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Moth and Dutch Elm Payments,
Combined and Itemized:
Payrolls:
Joseph O. Freeman, Supt. $246.40
John T. McCrohan, Sr., labor 224.00
Joseph O. Freeman, truck 224.00
Joseph O. Freeman, batteries, gas, oil
7.50
Total Moth
$701.90
Tree Department:
Salaries and Wages:
Stanley F. Hadro, Tree Warden
$120.00
Eugene Rose, labor
33.60
Russell Crimlisk
25.20
Benjamin F. Rose
65.20
Charles A. Brown
25.20
Manuel Fernandes, Jr.
40.00
$309.20
Equipment Hire:
Hadrose Builders, truck
$28.00
Joseph D. Rose, truck
16.00
Charles A. Brown, truck
18.00
John Frizado, chain saw
24.00
Stanley Hadro, chain saw
92.00
$178.00
Mail Box replaced, one damaged
3.41
Total Tree
$490.61
Sealing Weights and Measures:
William B. Mitchell, Salary
$40.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
15.39
Total Sealing Weights and Measures
$55.39
Dog Officer: Anthony Sylvia, boarding and killing dogs $130.50
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Mileage, 300 miles at $.06 mile
18.00
Collecting 129 licenses 64.50
Investigating Complaints-12 hours
15.00
Total Dog Officer
$225.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property $5,085.65
3. HEALTH AND SANITATION
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
$2,096.97
Board of Health Expense:
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital
$247.50
Charles M. Souza, M.D.
30.00
Diphtheria Clinic Polio Clinic
50.00
Influenza Clinic
20.00
Herbert Aspinall, Animal Inspector
60.00
Hadrose Builders, grading dump
20.00
B. & L. Excavating, grading dump
125.55
Anthony Sylvia, picking up 3 dead dogs 12.00
State Reclamation Board, mosquito control 50.00
Bristol County Health Ass'n, vaccine
36.38
Harold W. Ashley, rent Town Dump
40.00
Berkley General Store, medical supplies
1.71
Burning Town Dump: Herbert Flint
20.00
Donald W. Flint
6.50
Total Board of Health 719.64
Dental Clinic:
Israel Helfand, D.D.S. 300.00
Land for Town Dump:
John W. Barrow, construction of new Town Dump
689.00
Total Health and Sanitation $3,805.61
4. HIGHWAYS
Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance: Supervision
$1,395.00
Labor
3,217.38
Equipment Hire
4,968.22
Materials
4,691.46
$14,272.06
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Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance:
Supervision
$424.50
Labor
865.00
Equipment Hire
1,934.50
Materials
2,169.44
$5,393.44
Bryant Street Repairs: Materials
$899.05
Snow Removal, Sanding, Snow Fence:
Supervision
$48.00
Labor
112.45
Equipment Hire
231.00
Materials
106.76
$498.21
Chapter 90, Berkley-Dighton Bridge Maintenance: Advertising for bids for new motor $3.87
Berkley-Dighton Bridge Expense:
Joseph H. Babbitt, drawtender $360.00
Town of Dighton, electric service and repairs 33.90
$393.90
Road Machinery Account:
Pierce Hardware Co., paper, bit, shovels,
wedges, handles, brooms 79.26
Mozzone Brothers, paint, lumber
30.01
Manny's Hardware Company, rake, diggers, bolts, shovels
58.13
$167.40
Street Lights:
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
$126.00
Total Highways $21,753.93 Totals of Maintenance Accounts, Combined and Itemized:
a. Salaries and Wages
Stanley F. Hadro, Highway Surveyor, at $1.50 per hour
$1,867.50
Labor at $1.25 per hour:
Manuel Bairos $50.00
Charles A. Brown
1,036.35
Russell Crimlisk
187.95
Daniel R. Fernandes
139.65
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Manuel Fernandes
145.25
Harold Fitzgerald
25.20
Dennis Frizado
141.75
John Frizado
60.00
John Hadro
370.00
Nathan W. Holmes
8.40
Ronald S. Lee
8.40
David E. Marshall
15.75
Frank Moskel
16.25
Leon L. Overlock
181.50
Lawrence R. Perry
448.74
Antone Rose
25.00
Benjamin F. Rose
215.80
Eugene A. Rose
175.10
Harold Rose
5.00
Ralph E. Sherman
195.00
William L. Silva
703.74
Joseph Travis
35.00
John Westgate
5.00
$4,194.83
Total Salaries and Wages
$6,062.33
b. Equipment Hire
Town of Berkley, sander
$34.50
Stanley Hadro, chain saw
50.00
Frank Moskel, chain saw
15.00
Charles A. Brown, truck
671.50
Calvin Overlock, truck
16.00
Allan Raymond, truck
98.00
Joseph Simmons, truck
28.00
Manuel R. Fernandes, Jr., truck
182.00
Hadro Builders, truck
1,528.47
Hadro Builders, sprayer
75.00
Hadro Builders, shovel dozer
1,214.00
St. Germain & Sons, bulldozer
154.00
Joseph Simmons, bulldozer
144.00
Joseph Simmons, power shovel
456.00
Rufus Macomber, back hoe
28.00
Joseph Terra
32.00
McCabe Sand & Gravel, grader
201.50
James J. Vigers, grader
302.25
John Frizado, tractor and mower
319.50
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Murby Construction, roller 357.00
Manuel R. Fernandes, Jr., truck winch
37.50
Manuel R. Fernandes, Jr., truck and plow
192.50
Warren Holmes, truck and plow
28.00
Hadro Builders, truck and plow 916.50
David Marshall, jeep and plow
52.50
Total Equipment Hire
$7,133.72
c. Materials
Assonet Sand & Gravel Co .:
Sand and gravel
$1,774.31
Petrometal Industries, road signs
91.98
Mary M. Slivinski, gravel
70.00
Tri-City Concrete Co .:
Cold patch, concrete binder
152.19
Trimount Bituminous Products, asphalt
3,116.32
C. P. Washburn Co., calcium chloride
513.50
Mozzone Brothers, lumber, paint
67.25
The Chemical Corporation, rock salt
106.76
Penn Culvert Co., culvert
1,327.20
Nu-Brite Chemical Co., brush killer
275.00
Dean St. Builders Supply: Pipe, cement, block
153.05
Leonard DeMouranville, gravel
150.00
Taunton Mason Supply, cement
34.30
E. L. LeBaron Foundry Co .:
Frame and castings
34.85
Total Materials
$7,866.71
c. Recapitulation
Salaries and Wages
$6,062.33
Equipment Hire
7,133.72
Materials
7,866.71
$21,062.76
Chapter 81 Maintenance
$14,272.06
Chapter 90 Maintenance
5,393.44
Bryant Street Repairs
899.05
Snow and Sanding and Snow Fence
498.21
$21,062.76
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5. CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
D. A. Administration, Federal Grants $40.71
A. D. C. Administration, Federal Grants 659.53
O. A. A. Administration, Federal Grants 827.77
Welfare Administration, Town 1,595.31
$3,123.32
Administration Payments, combined and itemized: Harold G. Ashley, board member
$100.00
Martin E. Bergstrom, board member, chairman
100.00
Eino H. Silvan, board member
100.00
Sullivan's Office Supply, Inc .:
Repairs, paper, binder, etc.
$51.12
John C. Moore Corp .
6.38
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
65.01
Machinist National Bank, checks
40.55
Postmaster, Taunton, stamps
6.00
Warren L. Ide, appraiser
30.00
Theresa M. Parent, salary
2,503.02
Mileage
121.24
$3,123.32
a. General Relief, Aid
Cash Grants
$1,258.83
Groceries and Provisions :
Berkley General Store
$35.00
A. & P. Super Market
22.50
Eddie's Super Market
42.50
Market Basket Stores
640.00
740.00
Fuel Oil:
George F. Riley
$60.45
C. A. Pierce
37.72
Macomber Brothers, oil, barrel and stand
13.23
James J. Furtado
2.85
Berkley Shell Service Station
25.50
139.75
Medicine, Medical, and Hospital:
Dr. Charles Hoye
$18.00
M. V. Costa, D.S.C.
2.00
Hanson & Co., Inc., medicine
16.00
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Hanson & Co., Inc., hearing aid battery 17.60
Mulhern's Pharmacy, medicine 16.25
69.85
Other Cities and Towns: Freetown 1,738.29
Total General Relief b. Disability Assistance, Aid
$3,946.72
Payments from Federal Grants $975.45
Payments from Town Appropriation 2,353.03
$3,328.48
c. Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
Payments from Federal Grants $7,060.66
Payments from Town Appropriation 8,751.74
$15,812.40
d. Old Age Assistance, Aid
Payments from Federal Grants $9,679.20
Payments from Town Appropriation 20,316.48
$29,995.68
Old Age Assistance Aid Payments,
Combined and Itemized:
Payrolls
$28,520.25
Town of Braintree
$117.85
Town of Easton 148.55
Town of Fairhaven 126.78
Town of Raynham
151.36
Town of Swansea
395.94
Town of Winchester
20.73
City of Taunton
514.22
1,475.43
$29,995.68
Department of Veterans' Services: Administration:
Susan Harrison, director $150.00
Southeastern Mass. Veterans' Services Officers Assn., dues 5.00
Sullivan's Office Supply 4.12
$159.12
Cash Grants
3,512.25
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Medical, Medicine, Hospital, Oil, Groceries, etc .:
Arthur Nereo, M.D.
$3.00
Robert E. Haradon 20.00
Andrew Leddy, M.D. 6.00
Cohannet Restaurant, board
33.00
Hazelton Inn, room
32.00
John A. Arminio, M.D.
6.00
Dighton Red & White, groc.
21.60
Antone Goulart, Jr., oil
4.25
St. Anne's Hospital
58.16
Corrigan The Apothecary 19.05
Charles M. Souza, M.D.
12.00
The Brown Pharmacy
14.75
Chester Reckards Pharmacy
55.05
$284.68
Total Payments Veterans' Services $3,956.23
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits
$60,162.83
6. SCHOOL AND LIBRARY School Department
School Committee Salaries:
Maria E. D. Aguas
$50.00
Wilmon F. Makepeace
50.00
Richard W. Pilling
60.00
$160.00
General Expense:
Robert T. Roy, Supt., Salary
$717.57
Robert T. Roy, Supt., Expense
73.42
Gladys P. Babbitt, Sec., Salary
288.24
Ella F. Dillingham, Truant Officer
25.00
American School Board Journal 8.25
Mass. Ass'n of School Committees, dues 25.00
Oscar J. Lamoureux, expense at conference 22.80
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
190.78
James E. Williams, Postmaster, stamps
4.00
The O'Briens, letterheads .90
$1,355.96
Teachers' Salaries:
Grace Brady
$2,020.57
Martha E. Campbell
3,520.00
Edward G. Canuel
3,120.00
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Adele L. Cermak, Substitute 60.00
Helena Chamberlain, substitute
30.00
Carolyn B. Chester, substitute and special 745.00
Helyn T. Delano
3,560.00
Matthew T. Doherty
1,320.00
Florence H. Farrar
3,910.00
Harold L. Hall 1,842.29
Florence M. Harris, Substitute
20.00
Roland S. Horne, music 210.00
Oscar J. Lamoureux, Jr.
4,210.00
Charles H. Lincoln, music
146.00
Dorothy Lincoln, Substitute
40.00
Elizabeth R. Owen
3,102.86
Nellie M. Peirce, music
356.00
Irene E. Pillsbury
1,400.00
Roberta Smith, Substitute
20.00
Helen H. Tuttle, Substitute
10.00
$29,642.72
Text Books and Supplies :
Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
$106.48
Milton Bradley Co.
500.07
The Continental Press
20.35
J. E. Davidson
45.50
Educational Text Bureau
8.39
Field Enterprises, Inc. Carl Fischer, Inc.
1.26
The Garrard Press
13.86
Ginn and Company
440.11
Gledhill Bros., Inc.
270.55
J. L. Hammett Co.
194.23
Wilfred Hathaway
18.00
Lopes Artists Supplies
4.86
Houghton Mifflin Co.
123.84
James Millwood, Jr.
10.24
Rand McNally & Co.
77.74
Al's Photo Supply
4.50
Miller-Bryant-Pierce
15.75
Charles Scribners Sons
98.85
Jack Sprat Woodwind
41.98
Silver Burdett Co.
60.68
Sullivan's Office Supply, Inc.
6.12
Traners Sport Shop
4.50
Turner & Company
7.45
97.32
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Waterfield's Music Shop
10.84
Webster Publishing Co.
12.96
R. A. Wilcox Co. World Book Co.
13.90
25.02
$2,235.35
Tuition:
Town of Dighton
$16,107.10
City of New Bedford
13.50
City of Taunton
866.36
$16,986.96
Transportation:
Francis N. Fournier
$24.75
Joseph Quigley
78.00
Clarence C. Trenouth
14,000.00
Louis A. Wade
25.92
Margaret Rose, reimbursement
27.00
Anne Desautels, reimbursement
42.40
$14,198.07
Janitors' Salaries:
Francis N. Fournier
$1,200.00
Louis A. Wade
1,200.00
$2,400.00
Fuel and Light:
Pacific Oil Co.
$905.98
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
428.03
$1,334.01
Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds: (Includes Janitors' Supplies ) :
W. W. Leach Co., paint
$4.26
American Dispenser Co., soap dispenser
8.64
Babbitt & Simmons, repairs to plumbing
100.88
James Bliss & Co., soap 43.07
Brulin & Co., wax and solvent
112.38
Taunton Supply Corp., pipe
28.35
Allan Raymond, labor, flagpole base
10.75
A. D. Dukelow, repairs to lights
146.23
Manny's Hardware Co., paint, bolts, etc. 68.27
The Pierce Hardware Co., paints, bolts, etc. 96.53 Prescott Lock Co., doorknobs, repairs 6.80
24.50
R. A. Wilcox, paper towels, etc. 14.55
M. C. I. Industries, flag, pails, ashcans 28.87
Banner Towel System, towels and soap
97.65
James Bliss Co., soap, wax
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Mackenzie & Winslow Co., lumber 18.96 Turner Construction Co., repairs to school 342.00
Oscar J. Lamoureux, Jr., labor, painting 275.00
Division of the Blind, mops 4.25
Taunton Venetian Blind Co., repair blinds 1.90
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.,
valves
143.33
Taunton Glass Co., glass 1.75
Flint Auto Wrecking, incinerator barrel 3.00
DeSilvia Electric Co., repair hot plate 8.25
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co., janitor supplies 57.45
West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant
20.25
$1,667.87
Other Expenses:
J. L. Hammett Co., diplomas
$32.83
Allan M. Walker Co .. insurance
389.61
$422.44
School Health:
Ella F. Dillingham, nurse
$780.00
Hanson & Company, supplies
11.96
Alan Poole, D.O., physician
250.00
Weir Pharmacy
4.89
$1,046.85
Total School Department
$71,450.23
School Lunch: Roman Dairy Farms, Inc.
$1,130.02
Repoint and Waterproof Grammar School ( Special ) :
Taunton Daily Gazette, adv. for bid
$6.98
Fall River Herald News
7.20
Turner Construction Co.
990.00
$1,004.18
PUBLIC LIBRARY
General Expense:
Viola Holmes, Board Trustee, Salary $5.00
Ruth Howland, Board Trustee, Salary 15.00
Corinne Macker 5.00
Allan Raymond, Janitor, Salary
193.40
Laura M. Swift, Librarian, Salary
181.36
Dorothy Koski, Librarian, Salary 81.68
Nathaniel Dame & Co., books 313.97
Readers' Digest Ass'n., subscription
3.00
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Church Coal Co., fuel
170.90
Pacific Oil Co., fuel
160.65
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
38.34
Laura M. Swift, paid postage and money order 8.67
J. R. Tallman & Co., Inc., insurance 57.70
Gaylord Bros., Inc., shears, cards 7.70
Allan Raymond, repairs
25.00
Chester Scott Howland, books
2.67
Wonder House Service Store, vacuum cleaner
45.00
Taunton Supply Con storm window
8.17
Berkley General Store, bubs, soap cleaner
14.02
Pacific Oil Co., electric water heater
75.00
$1,412.23
Library Heating System ( Special) :
Pacific Oil Co., new furnace $879.00
Taunton Daily Gazette, advertising
5.98
$884.98
Repair Front Steps of Library ( Special) :
Walter H. Barker, Inc.
500.00
Total Schools and Library $76,381.64
7. RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
State Parks and Reservations:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$381.69
Care of Berkley Common: Wojciech Pysz, mowing
60.00
Town Reports: Holmes Print Shop
603.20
Memorial Day:
Eagle Flag and Toy Co., flags, markers
$33.18
The Wayside Florist, plants 34.80
$67.98
Care of Veterans' Graves :
Fox Cemetery Ass'n., Fox Cemetery $25.00
Joseph O. Freeman, Berkley Common Cemetery 25.00
$50.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance:
Employer's Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd. 550.00
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Building at Myricks:
Percy L. Baldwin, custodian, salary $25.00
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant 18.00
Allan M. Walker & Co., Inc., insurance 57.40
$100.40
Honor Roll:
The Wayside Florist, basket of flowers $5.00
Paul Pysz, labor, painting 6.00
Manny's Hardware Co., paint and supplies 4.52
$15.32
County Retirement Assessment: County of Bristol
569.73
Water for Town Buildings: Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
28.03
Unpaid Dais of 1956: Board of Health:
Herbert Aspinall, animal inspector
$45.00
Police Department:
City of Taunton, Police Department, 13 lock-ups, 1956 6.50
Highway Department:
Manny's Hardware Co., paint, brush, diggers 16.28
General Relief:
Morton Hospital, Inc.
$225.00
Wm. E. Barnes, M.D. 3.00
Hanson & Co., Inc., prescription
8.24
Highway Market
160.00
Weir Cash Market
50.00 1
Market Basket Stores, Inc.
50.00
Total Unpaid Bills 1956
$564.02
Total Recreation and Unclassified
$2,990.37
8. CEMETERIES
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income: $236.30
Cemetery Appropriation: 299.10
Total of Cemetery Accounts, combined and itemized: $535.40
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Labor:
Joseph O. Freeman
$204.85
Laurence B. Swift
98.55
John Q. Dillingham
44.00
Equipment:
Joseph O. Freeman, truck
10.00
Joseph O. Freeman, power mower
168.00
Joseph O. Freeman, loam
10.00
Total Cemeteries $535.40
9. INTEREST
Merchants National Bank:
School Remodeling Loan
$105.00
Fire Station Loan
157.50
Total Interest $262.50
10. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Merchants National Bank:
School Remodeling Loan
$2,000.00
Fire Station Loan
1,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
3,000.00
11. AGENCY
John Flynn, Deputy's Fees Collected: County of Bristol:
$19.00
County Tax
3,908.89
Proceeds of Dog Licenses
596.00
Deposits for Tax Title Redemption:
Warren Ide, notorizations
1.00
Bristol County Registry of Deeds,
6.00
recording
Total Agency $4,530.89
12. TRUSTS
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income
$94.50
Federal Withholding Taxes
6,545.09
County Retirement Deductions
457.34
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
1,367.62
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
77.90
Total Trusts $8,542.45
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13. INVESTMENTS
Giles Leach Fund:
Income deposited in savings $72.50
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund:
Purchase of Cooperative Bank Share
7,400.00
Deposited in Savings Bank 100.00
Income from Cooperative Shares Deposited 60.12
Total Investment
$7,632.62
14. REFUNDS
Abated after Payment of Tax:
Motor Vehicle Excise, 1956:
Ira S. Bumpus
$5.44
Arlon B. Dow
16.33
Anthony Gouvia
2.04
Motor Vehicle Excise, 1957:
Walter A. Falk
6.17
Francis A. Mederios
5.71
Manuel Paige
2.85
Stanley A. Poole
11.42
John F. Ring
14.27
John J. Aroujo, Jr.
4.76
Arthur T. Peirce
2.37
John L. Babbitt
2.14
Marian L. Babbitt
12.85
John E. Cermak
4.76
$91.11
Real Estate 1956:
Manuel Fernandes
$1.59
John B. Flint
.82
$2.41
Interest Refunded:
William and Marjorie Reed
$.58
Gwendolyn Bailey
4.06
Gladys Oakes
.61
$5.25
Recoveries Refunded:
James Thornton
39.50
Total Refunds
$138.27
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15. NEW CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
Myricks Fire Truck and Equipment:
George W. Stetson, reimbursement of advertising costs in Taunton Daily Gazette $2.66
Myricks Fire Station Construction: Myricks Community Club, payment in full for land $1.00
Taunton Daily Gazette, advertising
6.65
Fall River Herald News, advertising 7.20
E. Anthony & Sons, Inc., advertising
12.64
Benjamin Evans, surveying
6.50
Charlton H. Manter, Architect
518.03
Taunton Supply Corp., well pipe and paint 33.30
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant
9.20
Gordon M. Owen, title expense and deed recording
86.00
Lopes Neon Signs
40.00
Pacific Oil Co., fuel
35.92
Chas. H. Matthews, payments to contractor
10,200.00
Allan Walker Co., Inc., insurance
82.80
$11,039.24
Total New Construction and Equipment
$11,041.90
Recapitulation of Cash Payments
1. General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$20.00
Finance Committee Expense
10.00
Selectmen's Salaries
400.00
Selectmen's Expense
180.63
Auditor's Salary
48.52
Auditor's Expense
5.46
State Audit 1956
618.08
Treasurer's Salary
597.82
Treasurer's Expense
1,692.90
Tax Title Expense
12.58
Collector's Salary
600.00
Collector's Expense
752.84
Collector's Adding Machine
225.00
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Assessor's Salaries
1,500.00
Assessor's Expense 278.50
Town Clerk's Salary 200.00
Town Clerk's Fees
66.00
Town Clerk's Expense
60.86
Town Counsel
50.00
Elections
105.50
Registrations
307.00
Planning Board Expense
42.99
Regional Planning Board Membership 51.36
Town Hall Expense 97.71
Total General Government
$7,923.75
2. Protection of Persons and Property:
Police Department
$1,128.60
Fire Department
2,484.15
Moth Department
193.23
Dutch Elm Disease Control
508.67
Tree Department
490.61
Sealer of Weights and Measures 55.39
Dog Officer
225.00
Total Protection of Persons, Property $5,085.65
3. Health and Sanitation:
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment $2,096.97
Board of Health Expense
719.64
Dental Clinic 300.00
Land for Town Dump
689.00
Total Health and Sanitation $3,805.61
4. Highways and Bridges:
Chap. 81, Highway Maintenance $14,272.06
Chap. 90, Highway Maintenance 5,393.44
Bryant Street Repairs 899.05
Snow Removal, Sanding and Snow Fence 498.21
Chapter 90, B. and B. Bridge Maintenance 3.87
Berkley and Dighton Bridge Expense 393.90
Road Machinery 167.40
Street Lights 126.00
Total Highways and Bridges $21,753.93
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5. Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Welfare Administration
$3,123.32
General Relief
3,946.72
Disability Assistance
3,328.48
Aid to Dependent Children
15,812.40
Old Age Assistance
29,995.68
Veterans' Services 3,956.23
Total Charities and Veterans' Benefits $60,162.83
6. Schools and Library:
School Committee Salaries
$160.00
School Department 71,290.23
School Lunch 1,130.02
Repoint and Waterproofing School 1,004.18
Library
1,412.23
Library Heating System
884.98
Repair Front Steps of Library
500.00
Total Schools and Library
7. Recreation and Unclassified:
State Parks and Reservations
$381.69
Care of Berkley Common
60.00
Town Reports
603.20
Memorial Day 67.98
50.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 550.00
100.40
Honor Roll 15.32
County Retirement Assessment
569.73
Water for Town Buildings
28.03
Unpaid Bills, previous years
564.02
Total Recreation and Unclassified
$2,990.37
8. Cemeteries :
535.40
9. Interest:
262.50
10. Municipal Indebtedness:
3,000.00
11. Agency:
4,530.89
12. Trusts:
8,542.45
13. Investments:
7,632.62
14. Refunds :
138.27
15. New Construction and Equipment:
11,041.90
Total Cash Payments $213,787.81
$76,381.64
Care of Veterans' Graves
Building at Myricks
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ANNUAL REPORT
Statement of Annual Reserve Fund
Town Appropriation:
$1,500.00
Transfers by Finance Committee:
Selectmen's Expense
$100.00
Treasurer's Expense
50.00
Welfare Administration
300.00
Disability Assistance Aid
1,000.00
Dog Officer
35.00
Repoint and Waterproof Grammar School 4.18
$1,489.18
Statement of Town Debt
Temporary Loans:
None
Funded Debt:
School Remodeling Loan, 1951
$4,000.00
Fire Station Loan, 1953
6,000.00
Fire Station Loan, Myricks, 1957
12,000.00
$22,000.00
Statement of Trust and Investment Accounts
The Giles Leach Investment Fund:
Balance January 1, 1957
$2,466.75
Interest and Dividends Received
74.24
Balance December 1, 1957
$2,540.99
The Edwin H. Allen Cemetery Fund: Balance January 1, 1957
$1,000.27
Interest added
28.96
Balance December 31, 1957
1,029.23
Post War Rehabilitation Fund:
Balance January 1, 1957
$7,384.06
Interest Received
.32
Increase in redemption value
150.77
Dividends received
60.12
Balance December 31, 1957
7,595.27
Statement of Tax Possession Account
Balance January 1, 1957 $385.61
Balance December 31, 1957 385.61
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ANNUAL REPORT
Statement of Tax Titles
Balance January 1, 1957 Tax Takings, 8 titles Subsequent Taxes Certified:
$3,597.48 332.27
1955
$9.70
1956
31.01
1957
439.68
480.39
Insurance
6.90
Less: 2 Redemptions
$4,417.04 113.64
Balance December 31, 1957
$4,303.40
Statement of Excess and Deficiency Account
Balance January 1, 1957
$56,330.79
Chapter 90, Highway, 1956
2,034.96
Chapter 81, Highway, 1956
11,243.69
Chapter 81, Highway, 1957
7,846.28
Tax Titles redeemed, 2
113.64
Estimated Receipts
7,842.05
Accounts Closed March 18, 1957
69.62
Accounts Closed December 31, 1957
3,124.66
$88,605.69
Amount Taken Out in 1957: Voted from Account (at Town Meetings )
$34,939.02
Real Estate Taxes added to Tax Titles:
1954
$99.90
1955
153.90
1956
29.75
1957
439.68
723.23
Balance December 31, 1957
$35,662.0 52,943.44
$88,605.69
Respectfully submitted, RICHARD A. PERRY, Treasurer
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Berkley Common Cemetery
Date Name of Fund
Principal
Balance
Jan. 1, 1957
Interest
Received
Expended for
Care of Lots
Balance
Dec. 31, 1957
1900
William Babbitt
100.00
$101.73
$2.94
$2.75
$101.92
1906 Calvin T. Crane
150.00
101.52
2.92
2.75
101.69
1906
Susan H. Allen
200.00
150.45
4.53
3.85
151.13
1908
Thomas Terry
100.00
230.84
6.96
8.50
229.30
1909
Samuel C. Norcutt
100.00
102.08
2.95
2.75
102.28
1910
W. Burt and A. Simms
100.00
101.74
3.07
2.75
102.06
1910
Rev. Thomas Andros
200.00
101.54
3.07
2.75
101.86
1914
Asa W. Reed
200.00
202.85
6.11
7.70
201.26
1915
James Macomber
100.00
205.76
6.20
4.40
207.56
1916
J. Haskins and E. Burt
100.00
101.67
3.07
2.75
101.99
1918
J. Hervey, E. Hervey, et al
200.00
195.08
5.90
7.15
193.83
1920
Abail B. Crane
210.00
200.23
6.05
5.50
200.78
1922
Witherell and Seekell
100.00
214.92
6.48
7.70
213.70
1922
Stephen Corey
100.00
102.33
3.08
2.75
102.66
1923
Cummings and Howard
100.00
102.40
3.08
2.75
102.73
1925
Ebenezer D. Briggs
150.00
100.91
3.03
2.75
101.19
ANNUAL REPORT
1898
Philip C. Porter
$100.00
154.35
4.65
5.50
153.50
1925
Capt. Tamerlane Burt
150.00
155.52
4.69
7.70
152.51
1926
Herbert A. Perry
150.00
150.37
4.53
3.85
151.05
1927
Edward L. Smith
100.00
190.23
5.75
195.98
1929
Horace N. Macomber
100.00
101.95
3.07
2.75
102.27
1931
Albert French
200.00
200.09
6.05
5.50
200.64
1932
Charles E. French
150.00
150.41
4.53
3.85
151.09
1933
Dean Westgate
200.00
201.25
6.08
5.50
201.83
1938
Capt. John Cummings
100.00
101.40
3.05
2.75
101.70
1939
Capt. Joseph Sanford
200.00
201.23
6.08
5.50
201.81
1940
B. and A. Williams
100.00
102.64
3.09
2.75
102.98
1941
Frances A. Phillips
100.00
135.85
4.09
139.94
1942
Charles Westgate
100.00
103.32
3.11
2.75
103.68
1943
Harry E. Howland
100.00
130.60
3.93
134.53
1945
William P. Wood
200.00
200.22
6.05
5.50
200.77
1956
Burt and French
200.00
200.18
6.05
5.50
200.73
1947
Barnard and Norcutt
100.00
100.96
2.91
2.75
101.12
Private Cemeteries
1916
Paull Bros.
200.00
293.90
8.87
11.10
291.67
1923 Andrew J. Webster
200.00
206.80
6.23
5.50
207.53
1950 Dillingham-James Dean Lots in Dean Cemetery
3,000.00
3,041.81
98.30
88.00
3,055.42
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TOWN OF BERKLEY BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1957 General Accounts
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$60,073.96
Employees' Payroll Deductions:
Accounts Receivable:
Federal Withholding Taxes, $721.20
Taxes:
County Retirement Deductions, 37.73
Teachers' Retirement Deductions, 142.68
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 3.40
$905.01
Real Estate,
184.96
Agency :
Levy of 1956:
County-Dog Licenses,
10.00
Personal Property,
578.60
Easement on Tax Title Property, 370.00
Real Estate,
6,716.43
380.00
Levy of 1957:
Tailings:
160.91
Poll,
24.00
Old Age Assistance Recoveries:
2,354.91
Personal Property,
426.88
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