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3.31
Fuel
1,250.00
1,174.57
75.43
South Middleboro Unit
350.00
344.28
5.72
Out of State Convention
100.00
100.00
.00
New Hose
500.00
500.00
.00
Uniforms
600.00
593.75
6.25
Expenses
1,575.00
1,572.60
2.40
Total Fire Department
86,783.64
Forest Fires
Wages
2,585.25
2,585.25
.00
Equipment
897.56
897.56
.00
Transportation
300.00
300.00
.00
Radio
600.00
431.50
168.50
Total Forest Fire
4,214.31
Inspector of Wires
Salary
900.00
900.00
.00
Transportation
250.00
250.00
.00
Total Inspector of Wires
1,150.00
Dog Officer
Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
.00
Transportation
250.00
250.00
.00
Expenses
125.00
125.00
.00
Total Dog Officer
1,375.00
Insect and Pest Control
Town Spraying
4,000.00
3,923.29
76.71
Dutch Elm Disease
4,500.00
4,471.65
28.35
Insects and Pests
2,304.04
1,278.22
1,025.82
Total Insect and Pest Control
9,673.16
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
1,144.00
1,144.00
.00
Transportation
200.00
200.00
.00
Expenses and Equipment
75.00
60.05
14.95
Total Sealer of Weights and Meas.
1,404.05
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Tree Warden
Removing and Trimming
1,500.00
1,500.00
.00
Stump Removal
1,500.00
1,490.00
10.00
Expenses
50.00
48.76
1.24
Total Tree Warden
3,038.76
Health Department
Salary Health Officer
2,376.00
2,376.00
.00
Salary Part time clerk
150.00
84.50
65.50
Salary Public Health Nurse
1,268.00
1,268.00
.00
Salary Plumbing Inspector
1,175.00
1,175.00
.00
Salary Animal Inspector
525.00
525.00
.00
Salary Milk Inspector
525.00
525.00
.00
Salary Dentist
1,000.00
1,000.00
.00
Salary Gas Inspector
700.00
543.00
157.00
Wages Garbage, Rubbish, Dump
19,314.00
19,250.65
63.35
Wages Vacation and Sick Leave
1,480.00
1,210.30
269.70
Transportation Health Officer
200.00
200.00
.00
Transportation Plumbing Insp.
200.00
200.00
.00
Transportation Gas Inspector
200.00
106.56
93.44
Transportation Animal & Milk Insp.
140.00
140.00
.00
Truck Operation & Maint.
3,500.00
2,936.42
563.58
New Cab Chassis (Rubbish)
4,650.00
4,645.00
5.00
New Rubbish Body
5,450.00
5,442.00
8.00
Conventions and Expense
100.00
48.34
51.66
Restaurant Sanitation
250.00
243.25
6.75
Hospital T.B. Board & Care
5,266.25
5,266.25
.00
Polio Clinic
500.00
262.64
237.36
Glaucoma Clinic
200.00
.00
200.00
Diabetes Clinic
200.00
40.00
160.00
Expenses
3,090.00
1,701.27
1,388.73
West Side Sewer #1
80,419.60
34,357.40
46,062.20
West Side Sewer #2
324,163.01
269,184.80
54,978.21
Total Health Department
352,731.38
Highway Department
Wages and Salary
72,000.00
69,495.51
2,504.49
Street Lighting
15,053.00
15,053.00
.00
Sundry Accounts
54,658.61
54,658.61
.00
Tools and Equipment
400.00
399.43
.57
Street and Traffic Signs
1,509.12
1,509.12
.00
Dump Body and Truck
4,500.00
4,498.19
1.81
Truck Chassis and Cab
3,500.00
3,500.00
.00
All Other Expenses
3,368.00
2,941.32
426.68
Chap. 90 Constr. No. Main St.
7,057.46
7,803.98
746.52
Chap. 90 Construction 1962
44,836.28
54,000.00
9,163.72
(Dr.)
Chap. 90 Maintenance 1963
8,713.30
13,713.30
5,000.00
(Dr.)
(Dr.)
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Chap. 90 Construction 1963
31,751.33
21,940.87
9,810.46
Vernon Street Bridge
787.57
.00
787.57
West End Avenue
358.50
.00
358.50
North Street Reconstruction
25,150.86
280.00
24,770.86
Total Highway Department
249,893.33
Welfare Department
Salary Director
7,320.00
7,320.00
.00
Salary Social Worker #1
5,700.00
5,700.00
.00
Salary Social Worker #2
5,700.00
5,700.00
.00
Salary Social Worker #3
4,980.00
4,980.00
.00
Salary Principal Clerk
5,250.00
5,250.00
.00
Salary Sr. Clerk Typist
4,140.00
4,140.00
.00
Salary Jr. Clerk Typist
2,680.43
2,680.43
.00
Salary Medical Advisor
600.00
600.00
.00
Transportation and Expense
750.00
673.91
76.09
Property Appraisals
150.00
20.00
130.00
Expenses
3,121.74
3,121.74
.00
General Relief
15,000.00
11,192.98
3,807.02
Total Welfare Department
51,379.06
Aid to Dependent Children
Cash Aid
87,653.14
87,653.14
.00
Total Aid to Dependent Children
87,653.14
Disability Assistance
Cash Aid
55,051.75
55,051.75
.00
Total Disability Assistance
55,051.75
Old Age Assistance
Cash Aid
129,537.88
129,537.88
.00
Cities and Towns
3,000.00
1,812.05
1,187.95
Total Old Age Assistance
131,349.93
Medical Assistance for the Aged
Medical Assistance
125,009.06
125,009.06
.00
Cash Aid
5,000.00
3,989.56
1,010.44 200.00
Burials
1,000.00
800.00
Total Med. Assist. for the Aged
129,798.62
Town Farm
Salary Caretaker Salary Vacation and Sick Leave
4,276.75
4,113.51
163.24
200.00
100.00
100.00
80
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Salary Extra Help
200.00
100.00
100.00
Veterinarian Services
200.00
93.50
106.50
Expenses
2,335.00
1,451.07
883.93
Total Town Farm
5,858.08
Veterans Services
Salary Director
3,150.00
3,150.00
.00
Salary Secretary
3,393.00
3,393.00
.00
Salary Part Time Clerk
200.00
144.00
56.00
Transportation
300.00
300.00
.00
Expenses
49,200.00
46,731.34
2,468.66
Total Veterans Services
53,718.34
School Department
Salaries Principals, Teachers
676,000.00
668,921.19
7,078.81
Salaries Clerks Prin. Offices
16,000.00
15,464.31
535.69
Expenses - Sundries
48,365.00
46,785.01
1,579.99
Salaries Custodians
35,750.00
35,249.05
500.95
Fuel and Expenses of Operation
40,450.00
38,997.37
1,452.63
Salary Maintenance Man
4,449.00
4,449.00
.00
Replacement and Upkeep, Repairs, Outlay
21,000.00
19,136.60
1,863.40
Salary School Nurse
4,400.00
4,400.00
.00
Salary School Physician
1,500.00
1,500.00
.00
Salary Part Time Clerk
1,000.00
1,000.00
.00
Expenses - Promotion Health, Libraries Tuition and Expenses
50,595.00
50,286.79
308.21
Salary Superintendent
10,653.00
10,653.00
.00
Salaries Secretaries
8,700.00
8,505.20
194.80
Salary Attendance Officer
350.00
350.00
.00
Salaries Census Enumerator
100.00
100.00
.00
Expenses School Committee, Supt. Office, Out of State Travel
1,125.00
1,089.11
35.89
Vocational Tuition, Transportation,
Adult Educ., Driver's Ed.
17,500.00
15,676.34
1,823.66
Athletics
9,515.15
8,803.74
711.41
Lunch and Milk
109,745.98
97,763.52
11,982.46
Architect's Services
3,500.00
.00
3,500.00
National Defense Education
1,814.68
1,000.77
813.91
Junior High Fire Loss
45,233.24
18,382.22
26,851.02
Evening School
5,239.68
2,988.06
2,251.62
George A. Richards Athletic Prize
50.00
Total School Department
1,051,551.28
Public Library
Salary Librarian
866.66
866.66
.00
Salary Librarian
4,200.00
4,119.00
81.00
Salary Assistant Librarians
11,590.00
11,573.10
16.90
Salaries Custodians
1,600.00
1,414.85
185.15
81
ANNUAL REPORT
Education
150.00
150.00
.00
Transportation Collecting books
50.00
6.48
43.52
Vacation Substitute
50.00
.00
50.00
Part Time Worker
400.00
356.40
43.60
State Grant for Libraries
2,767.72
479.14
2,288.58
Transportation
120.00
120.00
.00
Fuel
850.00
721.45
128.55
Building Maint. and Oper.
807.31
807.31
.00
Books
1,200.00
1,199.83
.17
Office Equipment
150.00
150.00
.00
Expenses
1,550.00
1,509.75
40.25
Total Public Library
23,473.97
Unclassified
Pratt Free School
200.00
200.00
.00
Veterans Day
600.00
600.00
.00
G.A.R. Memorial Day
200.00
200.00
.00
Christmas Display
1,500.00
1,500.00
.00
Employee's Health Insurance
48,530.06
39,648.42
8,881.64
Insurance
22,100.00
20,859.82
1,240.18
July 4th Celebration
1,200.00
1,200.00
.00
Jackson Street, Water, Sewer
50.00
.00
50.00
300th Anniversary Committee
50.00
6.25
43.75
Floral Beautification Committee
504.61
504.61
.00
Plymouth Co. Aid to Agriculture
200.00
200.00
.00
Purchase Land for Park
100.00
.00
100.00
Jackson Street Peirce Trustees
2,582.75
2,521.14
61.61
Wareham Street Dam
12,500.00
.00
12,500.00
Nemasket River Fisheries
3,467.75
.00
3,467.75
New Dump Chestnut Street
13,947.56
2,594.81
11,352.75
Gas & Electric Pensions
1,500.00
1,500.00
.00
Plymouth Co. Employees Pens.
46,434.00
46,434.00
.00
Total Unclassified
117,969.05
Water Department
Salary Clerk
3,393.00 675.00
3,393.00
.00
Salary Part Time Clerk
583.64
91.36
Salaries Pump Station Engineers, Asst.
Foreman and Asst. Wages
54,335.50
50,904.46
3,319.24
Power Fuel, Pumping Station
12,180.30
12,180.34
.00
Fuel, Light Meter Building
357.42
357.42
.00
Transportation Pump Station
443.74
443.74
.00
Gates and Valves
2,200.00
1,785.19
414.81
Hydrants and Parts
1,000.00
952.45
47.55
Meters and Parts
3,600.00
3,400.40
199.60
Pipes and Fittings
6,000.00
5,631.06
368.94
Exploration
2,882.46
2,882.46
.00
Sewer Maint. & Service
1,000.00
668.36
331.64
Sewer Tools
100.00
97.48
2.52
Water Mains to Sewer Plant
5,800.00
2,002.01
3,797.99
Office Furniture
100.00
.00
100.00
82
ANNUAL REPORT
New Comminutor
1,400.00
734.81
665.19
Expenses
6,015.00
4,882.08
1,132.92
Route 44 By-pass
3,600.00
3,271.23
328.77
Water Extension Wood Street
8,000.00
7,962.03
37.97
Extension Rotary Circle
174.79
.00
174.79
Total Water Department
102,132.12
Park Department
Salary Superintendent
1,600.00
1,600.00
.00
Salary Supervision
3,925.00
3,925.00
.00
Salary Clerk
250.00
220.00
30.00
Wages Ground Maintenances
3,023.00
3,013.90
9.10
Playground Lease
1.00
1.00
.00
Ice Skating Rink
1,500.00
1,500.00
.00
Paint Swimming Pool
450.00
450.00
.00
Construct 2 Tennis Courts
6,000.00
5,997.00
3.00
Transportation
200.00
200.00
.00
Expenses
4,975.00
4,975.00
.00
Peirce Fund Donation
2,705.02
2,683.59
21.43
George A. Richards Fund
970.89
Total Park Department
25,536.38
Interest on Municipal Indebtedness
Water Wells Development
907.50
907.50
.00
Sewer Disposal System
1,960.00
1,960.00
.00
Sewer Ext. School, North Sts. New School Building, 1st issue
440.00
440.00
.00
13,125.00
13,125.00
.00
Bath House
150.00
150.00
.00
Sewer Extension West Side
9,120.00
9,120.00
.00
Fire Department Equipment
165.00
165.00
.00
Sewage Disposal System
10,904.00
10,904.00
.00
Bull Dozer
296.38
296.38
.00
Total Interest Mun. Indebtedness 37,067.88
Municipal Indebtedness
Water Wells Development
5,500.00
5,500.00
.00
Sewer Disposal System
16,000.00
16,000.00
.00
Sewer Extension School Street
4,000.00
4,000.00
.00
New-School Building 1st issue
50,000.00
50,000.00
.00
Bath House
2,000.00
2,000.00
.00
Sewer Extension West Side
20,000.00
20,000.00
.00
Fire Department Equipment
10,000.00
10,000.00
.00
Sewage Disposal System
21,000.00
21,000.00
.00
Bull Dozer
9,000.00
9,000.00
.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness 137,500.00
83
ANNUAL REPORT
Electric Light Department
Station Equipment
2,112.04
Poles, Tower Fixtures
11,377.88
Overhead Conductor Service
16,175.49
Underground Conduits
1,251.11
Underground Conductor
121.40
Line Transformer and Installation
7,455.85
Services pole to house
6,254.89
Consumers Meters Installation
5,392.43
Street Lights Signal System
6,494.62
Office Equipment
244.73
Transportation Equipment
26,972.98
Tools
2,273.80
Laboratory Equipment
107.87
Communication Equipment
2,742.65
Misc. Expense
429.63
Purchase of Power
339,801.43
Station Expense
22,572.46
Overhead Line Expense
3,207.46
Underground Line Expense
905.59
Street Light Signal Expense
3,842.62
Meter Expense
4,399.06
Customer's Installation Expense
23.43
Misc. Distribution Expense
74.52
Mtce. Supervision Engineering
65.20
Mtce. Structure
1,777.08
Mtce. Station Equipment
1,897.55
Mtce. Overhead Lines
115,286.68
Mtce. Underground Lines
671.41
Mtce. Transformers
696.00
Mtce. Street Light Signal Supplies
394.25
Mtce. Meters
48.98
Reading Meters
9,590.41
Salaries Collectors
21,240.24
Advertising
857.39
Salary Manager
9,622.76
Salaries Office Workers
6,754.23
Property Insurance
983.76
Injuries Damages
2,987.52
Misc. General Expense
8,201.12
Salaries Collector
595.44
Communication Expense
467.65
Income Metered Sales Res. Customers
140.41
Metered Sales to Industrial Customers
13.32
Income Jobbing
300.00
Operating Supervision, Engineering
4,125.03
Outside Services Employed
4,783.15
Misc. Current - Accrued Assets
7,905.61
Total Electric Light Department 663,639.13
Gas Department
Structures Other Power Equipment
396.69 300.74
84
ANNUAL REPORT
Purification Equipment
6.84
Mains
7,904.14
Mtce. High Pressure
31,273.02
Compression Station Equipment
135.64
Services
3,479.73
Services High Pressure
2,240.99
Consumers Meters
1,655.35
Office Equipment
44.83
Tools Garage
3,974.90
Tools Shop - Garage Equip.
258.71
Power Operation Equip.
9,930.90
Communication Equipment
989.86
Mtce. Structures
1,864.78
Liquefied Gas Expense
2,632.65
Liquefied Mixing Expense
2,584.33
Gas Mixing Expense
4.00
Mtce. Production Equipment
2,249.44
Gas Purchase
62,997.17
Mtce. Structure Improvements
192.35
Mtce. Gas Holders
110.00
Compression Station Labor
7,624.55
Compression Station Labor, Expense
1,258.81
Mains Services
2,082.07
Meter Expense
369.49
Customers Installation Expense
6,622.10
Other Expenses
308.86
Mtce. Mains
3,616.62
Mtce. Services
16,456.55
Mtce. of Meters - House Regulators
2,809.71
Reading Meters
1,925.29
Customers Record Installation Expense
4,248.08
Advertising
126.10
Managers Salary
1,924.55
Office Equipment Supplies
1,660.58
Outside Services Employed
968.00
Property Insurance
685.68
Injuries Damages
2,773.49
Misc. Government Expense
1,672.60
Deposits
8,374.70
Income Jobbing
2,161.17
Communication Expense
63.90
Mtce. Street Mains
539.95
Mtce. High Pressure Services
277.29
Rent
26.00
Other Tangible Property
79.80
Income Metered Sales to Res. Customers
353.24
Operating, Supervising, Engineering
2,685.20
Misc. Current Accrued Accounts
5,183.10
Total Gas Department 212,104.54
Agency and Trust
Agency County Tax State Tax
63,129.76 6,538.20
85
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Trusts
M.L.H. Peirce Drinking Fountain Fund
370.33
Auditing Municipal Accounts
4,624.46
Calvin Murdock Fund
4,076.89
State Assessment System
442.60
Enoch Pratt Fund
477.45
Mildred Stearns Fund
5.00
Plymouth County Mosquito Control
7,650.14
Treasurer and Collector Unidentified Cash
36.46
Cemetery Trust Fund
7,403.53
Cemetery Trust Bequest
1,100.00
Dog Fund
922.00
Dog Fund Individual
2,172.75
Pensions and Retirement
32,263.54
State Withholding Tax
16,706.21
Federal Withholding Tax
191,656.92
Plymouth County Hospital
20,963.10
Herring Account
227.40
Mary Hullahan Fund
120.00
Total Agency and Trust
360,886.74
Refunds
Departmental
12,614.91
1961 Excise Tax
13.50
1962 Excise Tax
1,622.78
1963 Excise Tax
6,838.40
1961 Real Estate Tax
29.40
1962 Real Estate Tax
509.44
1963 Real Estate Tax
7,727.36
1963 Personal Tax
126.03
Water Liens
50.20
Committed Interest added to taxes
5.52
Sewer Betterments
17.70
Sundry Accounts
15.79
Total Refunds
29,571.03
Total Disbursements
4,193,956.50
Cash Balance, December 31, 1963
Revenue
863,943.30
Non-Revenue
101,516.85
965,460.15
GRAND TOTAL
$5,159,416.65
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BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1963 REVENUE ACCOUNT
Assets
Revenue Cash
$863,943.30
Petty Cash - Town Clerk
5.00
Petty Cash - Mun. Light Dept.
200.00
Petty Cash - Library
10.00
Petty Cash - School Athletics
25.00
Petty Cash - School Supt. Office
10.00
Outstanding Taxes
1963 Real Estate
103,183.01
1962 Personal Property
346.89
1963 Personal Property
2,266.59
1962 Poll Tax
28.00
1963 Poll Tax
86.00
1960 Excise Tax
88.11
1961 Excise Tax
485.72
1962 Excise Tax
2,020.68
1963 Excise Tax
27,950.47
1963 Farm Excise
100.51
Taxes in lieu of Water Liens 1961
59.01
Taxes in lieu of Water Liens 1963
1,252.38
Taxes in lieu of Sewer Betterments 1962
31.00
Taxes in lieu of Sewer Betterments 1963
34.00
Taxes in lieu of Sewer Liens 1963
107.65
Apportioned Water Betterments 1961
23.53
Apportioned Water Betterments 1962
23.53
Apportioned Water Betterments 1963
32.93
Committed Interest 1962
21.08
Committed Interest 1961
17.88
Committed Interest 1963
50.61
1963 Real Estate Tax in Litigation
6,119.85
Tax Possessions
1,845.74
Tax Titles
24,303.03
Accounts Receivable
Town Hall
35.00
Police
750.00
Moth
5.50
Forest Fires
69.50
Sewer Rentals
2,971.14
Health
137.61
Aid to Dependent Children
9,089.65
Old Age Assistance
25.12
Welfare
905.68
Schools
4,799.77
Mun. Light Dept.
56,447.31
Water Dept. Rates
6,004.96
Water Renewals
32.65
Water Repairs
264.69
Water Construction
326.31
Highway State Aid
3,807.39
Highway County Aid
1,903.71
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Unapportioned Street Assessments
176.80
717.75
State Parks and Reservations Overlay 1962 Overlay 1963
12,149.44
1,135,389.03
Liabilities
Treasurer and Collector - Unidentified Cash
201.95
Revenue Appropriation
198,366.19
County Tax
5,999.08
Mosquito Control
339.10
M.L.H. Peirce Drinking Fountain Fund
562.59
Road Machinery Fund
1,400.20
George A. Richards Playground Fund
3,749.94
John S. Reed Fund
122.76
Plymouth County Dog License Fund
1,660.63
M.L.H. Peirce Luxury Fund
699.30
Cemetery Trust Income
58.00
Old Age - A.D.C. - Disability Recovery Acct.
2,659.65
Plymouth County Dog Licenses Individuals
24.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund
11,446.71
Reuben Howes Fund
20.00
Herring-Fisheries Account
6,335.52
Mildred K. Stearns Fund
95.00
Evening Vocational School
2,251.62
Premium on Sewer Loan
800.07
Tailings Account
449.38
Federal Withholding Tax
49.08
State Withholding Tax
119.37
Mun. Light Operation
78,426.60
Mun. Light Depreciation
351,878.11
Mun. Light Construction
21,357.09
Mun. Light Deposits
10,563.30
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
30,000.00
Overlay 1960
176.00
Overlay 1961
152.60
Departmental Revenue
18,896.62
Excise Revenue
30,544.98
Animal Excise Revenue
100.51
Tax Title Revenue
26,148.77
Mun. G. & E. Revenue
56,447.31
Water Revenue
7,940.00
State and County Highway Revenue
5,711.10
Special Assessment Revenue
233.57
Petty Cash Revenue
5.00
Reserve for Petty Cash in Advance
245.00
Excess and Deficiency
206,997.81
Surplus Overlay
5,116.88
Unapportioned Sewer Betterments
9.79
Reserve Taxes in Litigation
6,119.85
Overlay 1956
140.00
Overlay 1957
152.00
172.00
Overlay 1958
97.55
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Overlay 1959 Sewer Betterments Paid in Advance Sewer Project #1 WPC
176.00 168.00 40,100.00
1,135,389.03
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Assets
Non-Revenue Cash
Non-Revenue
101,516.85 4,000.00
105,516.85
Liabilities
Sewage Disposal System
1,187.97
Water Wells Field
2,274.47
New Fire Equipment
1,014.00
Sewer Construction
46,062.20
Sewer Extension
54,978.21
105,516.85
Trust Funds
Trust and Investment Funds Cash and Securities
In custody of Town Treasurer
168,878.87
In custody of Library Trustees
7,516.59
In custody of Peirce Fund Trustees
597,872.84
In custody of Drinking Ftn. Fund Trustees
3,475.03
In custody of Middleboro Trust Co.
11,448.00
Enoch Pratt Fund
10,831,42
M.L.H. Peirce Charity Fund
3,798.74
M.L.H. Peirce Drinking Ftn. Fund
3,475.03
Copeland Library Fund
3,603.88
Harriet G. Beal Library Fund
1,000.00
Harriet G. Peirce Library Fund
500.00
Thomas S. Peirce Fund
536,635.52
Library Trust Fund Income Account
2,412.71
Thomas S. Peirce Library Fund
61,237.32
Cemetery Perpetual Care Principal
126,177.44
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income
24,420.44
Mary Hullahan Library
3,000.00
George S. Richards Playground
11,448.00
Cemetery General Cash
650.83
789,191.33
789,191.33
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Indebtedness
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
1,378,500.00
New School Building Loan
600,000.00
Sewer Extension Loans
275,000.00
Sewer Disposal System Loan Water Wells Development Bath House Loan Sewer Extension Loan Bull Dozer Loan
108,000.00
27,500.00
4,000.00
355,000.00
9,000.00
1,378,500.00
Reserve Fund
Appropriation
10,000.00
Finance Committee
14.18
Town Manager
400.00
Town Clerk and Accountant.
15.79
Selectmen
269.50
Town Hall
268.51
Forest Fires
1,532.81
Election and Registration
250.00
Floral Beautification Committee
4.61
Police
2,380.46
Library
7.31
Health
1,266.25
Water
663.92
Assessors
378.15
Highway
199.34
7,650.83
Balance, December 31, 1963
2,349.17
Respectfully submitted,
WALDO S. THOMAS Town Accountant
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of the Town of Middleborough :-
The voters at the annual town meeting held March 11, 1963 voted for an article to authorize the assessors to spend up to $43,000 for the purpose of aerial mapping, $17,200 to be appropriated in 1963 and the sum of $12,900 to be raised by taxation in both the years 1964 and 1965.
The town report of 1923 shows that the assessors in that year had anxiously been trying for adequate mapping, and later reports show they have still been trying up to the present time. The board previously had felt that aerial mapping being relatively new, it had not sufficiently proved itself to be on a sound and practical basis for filling the needs of Middleboro's large area and unusual conditions. However, it was now felt that the cost of an all over ground survey would be prohibitive for the taxpayers, and since the town had put off its needs of sufficient maps for so long, that the aerial survey using the material accumilated in the last several years would be the most useful and feasible at the present time.
Specifications for this mapping were drawn up by the assessors and bids were received from several companies. The contract was subse- quently awarded to the lowest bidder, which was the Eastern Aerial Surveys, a division of Col-East, Inc. of Boston and Pittsfield for $37,565. The maps are contracted to be completed by September 1965. Mr. Flinn of the Company has made frequent trips to the town and the mapping progress has been reported. The aerial photographs were taken in April before the leaves were on the trees. Assessor Deane visited the Pittsfield office in October and was shown the photos and the mapping processes and progress there by Mr. Herbert Foslund, vice-president of the company.
Mr. Donald Wood of the Bureau of Local Assessments has made several visits to town in connection with the state assistant assessing system which has been adopted by the town. With the ever increasing work load placed upon the assessing department and the fast changing methods and economies of the business and industrial worlds, the asses- sors felt that these were the field in which Middleboro needed the most assistance first. Mr. Charles Hoen, of the bureau, has spent considerable time in town in these fields and the results of this work is expected to be of much help to Middleboro.
The spring meeting of the Assessors Association of Massachusetts was held in Cambridge and was attended by assessors Sheldon L. Phin- ney, W. Lloyd Sturgis and assistant Assessor, Marilyn F. Shaw of Middle- boro.
The Plymouth County Assessors Association Inc. held it's summer meeting in Marion, July 10, 1963 and the Middleboro Assessors and Assistant Assessor attended. The annual winter meeting was held in
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Middleboro, November fifth with the Middleboro Assessors attending. Mr. Theodore V. Deane, chairman of the board, was again elected secre- tary-treasurer of the association.
The eighth annual school for Massachusetts Assessing Officers spon- sored by the Association of Massachusetts Assessors, the State Tax Commission and the Bureau of Government Research of the University of Massachusetts, was held at Amherst August 20 through the 23rd, 1963. Chairman of the board, Theodore V. Deane, completed his eighth year of attendance at this session. It is noteworthy that this school has been accredited by the International Association of Assessing Officers and is recognized as one of the finest in the country. Through well ordered courses of instruction, professional techniques are imparted at basic, intermediate and advanced levels. It was strongly pointed out that tax rates are made at the town meeting and not by the assessors. The overall program is much the same each year, but subjects are broadened and new material is taken up as it comes along, and this has been duly reported in previous reports and local papers each year.
The Department of Corporations and Taxation installed a new system in its offices in 1963 for the processing of the State automobile excise taxes. This system was supposed to save the cities and towns much time and money by printing the tax bills and commitment sheets for them in Boston, leaving practically nothing for the assessors to do except take out the municipal and other exempt vehicles values and commit the bills to the Treasurer. This was to cost the town fifteen cents for each bill. However, the process did not work out that way. Home made trailers which are usually taxed for two dollars came out with a bill for $13.20. One commitment sheet of a thousand bills contained 640 mistakes which had to be reassessed. The system had evidently been put into use before enough flaws had been taken out. Besides the trouble with this new system, there have been over 1500 vehicles out of about 8,000 up to the November commitment that have changed hands and required abate- ments and processing.
1963 is the last year that poll taxes will be required in Massachusetts. In early days, the poll taxes carried about half the municipal financial load. In late years, the cost of collecting and processing has made this two dollar tax impractical The questions were whether to raise the fee for men, to tax both men and women, or to drop the tax altogether. The legislature decided to drop the tax.
RECAPITULATION
Appropriations
$2,260,626.96
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
4,624.46
State Parks and Reservations
5,820.45
Mosquito Control
7,650.14
County Tax
69,128.84
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
20,963.10
State Assessment System
442.60
Overlay of Current Year
60,485.21
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Deficits due to abatements and exemptions in excess of Overlays: 1960 - $157.20; 1961 - $667.44; 1962 - $5,977.45
6,802.09
Gross Amount to be Raised Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
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