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All Other
6.15
$ 21,000.05
31
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Labor
Trucks and Machinery
Tarvia and Asphalt Dynamite
$ 1,751.40 2,105.05 4,101.57 41.90
7,999.92
Chapter 90 Construction: 1952 Contract
Pleasantdale Road:
Labor
$ 84.60
Trucks and Machinery
29.25
Tarvia, Asphalt, etc.
162.40
$ 276.25
Chapter 90 Construction: 1953 Contract
Maple Avenue :
Labor
$ 3,367.55
Trucks and Machinery
3,283.10
Bituminous Concrete
5,222.91
Drainage Materials
1,468.22
Cement
106.53
All Other
30.09
$
13,478.40
Total For Highways - General
$ 43,107.87
Highways - Miscellaneous:
Road Machinery Expense
$
5,395.37
Town Garage Construction :
Paint
$ 34.15
Electricity
5.80
$ 39.95
Town Garage Maintenance:
Fuel
$ 260.56
Light
70.20
Telephone
14.15
$ 344.91
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Sidewalk Repairs:
Labor
$ 221.10
Truck
6.75
$ 227.85
Snow and Ice Removal:
Labor
$ 3,289.50
Trucks and Machinery
2,004.20
Calcium Chloride
261.14
$ 5,554.84
Snow Fence
$
200.00
Lighting:
Contract-Street Lights
# 2,404.54
Highway Department Employees Vacation Allowance
652.00
Total for Highways - Miscellaneous
# 14, 819.46
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Public Welfare Department:
Administration :
Salaries and Wages:
Board of Public Welfare
$ 122.85
Welfare Agent
1,108.56
Printing, Stationery, Postage
50.12
Office Supplies
38.54
Telephone
50.42
Typewriter, Tables and Chairs
247.66
Office Flooring
45.88
Welfare Meetings
108.83 $ 1,772.86
Outside Relief by Town:
Rent
$ 122.25
Board and Care
731.11
Medicine and Medical Attendance 80.33
Cash Grants to Individuals
1,290.15
Burial Expense
494.10 # 2,717.94
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Disability Assistance:
From Appropriations:
Cash Grants
$ 975.22
Hospitalization
1,688.17
Medicine and Medical Attendance
283.24
Ambulance Service
36.00 $ 2,982.63
From Federal Grants:
Administration :
Redecorating Welfare Office #
30.00
Office Supplies
30 % 70
Telephone
8.67
Cash Grants
672.81
Hospitalization
396.00
Ambulance Service
24.00
$ 1,162.18
Aid to Dependent Children:
From Appropriations:
Cash Grants
$ 2,236.97
Hospitalization
36.74
Medicine
2.85
# 2,276.56
From Federal Grants:
Administration:
Welfare Board Salaries
$ 77.15
Postage
36.66
Travel and Meals
55.59
Telephone
6.80
Cash Grants
843.96
$ 1,020.16
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Old Age Assistance:
From Appropriations:
Cash Grants
Hospitalization
$ 14,440. 71 2,060.76
Ambulance Service 46.00
Other Cities and Towns
251.63
Burials 200.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
167.04 $ 17,166.14
From Federal Grants:
Administration:
Welfare Agents Salary $ 1,051.44
Cash Grants
10,273.18
Medicine and Medical Attendance
262.15
Hospitalization
473.98
Ambulance
12.00
$ 12,072.75
Veterans' Benefits:
Agent's Salary
$ 200.00
Travel and Telephone, etc.
11.45
Cash allowances
2,862.50
Medical
124.45
1952 Overdrafts
1,268.20
# 4,466.60
Total for Charities and Veterans' Benefits
$ 45,637.82
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Schools and Libraries:
Schools:
Salaries of School Committee # 275.00
Salary of Superintendent
1,080.04
Clerks in Supt's. office
923.84
Janitors' Salaries
4,271.43
Printing, Stationery, Postage
36.42
Telephone
161.80
Traveling Expenses
270.00
School Census
40.00
New Equipment
724.89
School Library
71.00
Teachers' Salaries
46, 771. 74
All Other (General)
186.39
High School Tuition
211.20
Text Books and Supplies:
High School Books
$ 266.05
High School Supplies
452.91
Elementary School Books
725.96
Elementary School Supplies
1,721.48
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
49.22
Transportation
12,186.82
Fuel
3,327.70
Light
953.03
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs and replacements $ 1,506.93
Janitor's Supplies 439.25
Rent
606.25
School Health:
Physician $ 225.00
Nurse (Salary and Travel) 629.73
All Other 31.55
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Trade Schools:
Tuition Transportation
$ 2,052.13 720.80 $ 80,918.56
School Building Remodeling and Addition $ 2,500.00
Wachusett Regional School-Debt & Interest
9,750.00
Wachusett Regional School-General Control 2,520.00
School Athletic Activities
722.85
School Building Investigation Committee - Expense
School Lunch Program
113. 76 1,282.96
Total for Schools
$ 97,808.13
Public Library:
Librarian's Salary
$ 520.00
Books
176.19
Periodicals
116.05
Binding Periodicals
48.84
Office Supplies and Expense
57.87
$ 918.95
Total for Schools and Library
$ 98,727.08
Recreation and Unclassified:
Park Commissioners - Salaries
$ 225.00
Parks Department:
Salaries and Wages $ 567.76
Maintenance
1,570.17 # 2,137.93
State Parks and Reservations Assessment
$ 335.66
Fourth of July Celebration
250.00
Memorial Day
287.40
Care of Town Clock
175.00
Damages to Persons and Property
92.00
Town Record Vault Shelving
174.80
Insurance on Public Buildings
1,186.72
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,493.59
Printing Town Reports
360.00
Worcester County Retirement System Expense
1,468.26
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
552.22
Total for Recreation and Unclassified
$ 8,738.58
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Enterprises and Cemeteries:
Water and Sewer Department:
Administration:
Commissioners' Salaries
275.00
Superintendent's Salary
3,770.00
Printing, Stationery, & Postage
43.15
Telephone
5.23
Express charges
6.83
All Other
31.96
General :
Labor
156.51
Maintenance of Truck
104.38
Equipment and Supplies
1,251.47
Lumber
85.99
Hydrant Repairs
102,80
All Other
121.15
Pumping Station:
Fuel, Light and Power
$ 4,157.83
Repairs
576.67
Supplies, etc.
593.96
Service Pipe:
Labor $ 12.00
Extensions :
Labor
$ 300.00
11,594.93
Glenwood Road - Water Main:
Labor
19.00
Maple Avenue - Water Main:
Labor $ 1,291.50 Hired Equipment and Labor 4,475.16 7,721.87 25.72 $ 13,517.25
Pipe and Fittings Advertising
38
Prescott Street - Water Main:
Labor $ 328.25 1,081.08
Material
Hired Equipment, Excavating, etc. 17.00 $ 1,426.33
New Pump for Water Department $ 1,000.00
Sewer Department:
Sewer Disposal (Comm. of Mass.)
$ 538.55
Total for Water and Sewer Departments
# 28,096.06
Cemetery Department:
Care of Old Cemeteries - Labor
$ 200.10
Total for Enterprises and Cemeteries
$ 28,296.16
Interest:
General Loans:
Municipal Building Loans $ 375.00
Water Main Loans
284. 34
Water Equipment Loans
21.88
Highways Equipment Loans
11.25
$ 692.47
Total for Interest
692.47
Municipal Indebtedness:
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Reimbursement Loans $ 16,000.00
(State and County Highway Allotments)
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General Loans:
Municipal Building Loans # 4,000.00
Water Main Loan
1,500.00
Highway Equipment Loan
500.00
Water Equipment Loan
1,000.00 $ 23,000.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$ 23,692.47
Agency, Trust and Investment:
Agency :
County Tax Dog Licenses for County
$
4,582.34 614.00
Trust and Investment:
Employees Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes $ 9,976.28
County Retirement System
1,453.44 # 16,626.06
Total for Agency, Trust and Investment
$ 16,626.06
Refunds and Transfers:
Refunds :
Taxes
Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 1,003.65 776.19 $ 1,779.84
Total Refunds and Transfers
$ 1,779.84
Total Payments - 1953 Cash Balance December 31, 1953
$ 318,904.37 64, 352.13
$ 383,256.50
TOWN OF RUTLAND - BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1953 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$ 64,352. 13
Payroll Deductions: Federal Taxes County Retirement Deductions
$ 1,499. 07 160. 41
$ 1,659.48
Accounts Receivable : Taxes:
Levy of 1949
$ 1.63
13. 40
Levy of 1950
11.07
Levy of 1951
24. 16
Levy of 1952
1,825.59
Federal Grants:
Levy of 1953:
Disability Assistance : Administration Assistance
31. 37
Personal Property
1,516.02
Real Estate
9,534. 34
12,920. 81
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration
50.60
Assistance
1,472. 77
Levy of 1952
195. 67
Old Age Assistance:
Levy of 1953
2,704.62
2,900.29
Administration
222.86
Assistance
2,676. 26
4,602. 38
Tax Titles
1,630.09
Tax Possessions
242. 50
1,872.59
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch
384. 28
Sewer Rentals
691. 98
Temporary Aid
60.00
Appropriation Balances :
Purchase of Fire Truck
4,109. 64
Civil Defense
298. 76
Chapter 90 - Highway '52 Construction
528. 15
Land Damage
400.00
Care of Town Clock
30.00
Worcester County Extension Service
50.00
Aid to Highways:
State
18,137. 80
County
6,347.90
24,485. 70
Loans Authorized and Unissued
198,000.00
Loans Authorized - School
198,000.00
Underestimates 1953:
State Parks and Reservations Assessment 108.51
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 26. 84
135. 35
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations :
5,637. 87
Overdrawn Accounts:
Emergency Expenditures - Tornado Relief
50.12
Clearing Debris
1,033.06
Highways - Chapter 90 Maintenance 399. 92
Highways - Chapter 90 Construction '53 1,478. 40
2,961.50
40
Departmental:
School Athletics
130.48
514. 76
Aid to Dependent Children
58.11
Old Age Assistance
359. 52
Veterans Services
535. 97
1,705.58
Water Rates
5,438.87
Water Mains - Maple Ave. and Prescott Street 1,056.42
6,472. 97
Overestimate 1953: County Tax
214. 17
Highway Machinery Rentals
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
1,542. 71
Dog Licenses - For County Playground Donation
1,076.85
Poll
8. 00
148. 52
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1949
1.63
Levy of 1950
11.07
Levy of 1951
24.16
Levy of 1952
1,040.65
Levy of 1953
5. 26
1,082.77
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
2,900.29
Tax Titles and Possessions
1,872.59
Departmental
1,705.58
Water
5,438. 87
Aid to Highway
24,485. 70
36,403.03
Surplus Revenue
57, 552. 43
$314, 772. 82
$314, 772. 82
DEBT ACCOUNTS
$ 41,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan
$ 500.00
Public Building Construction Loan
6,000.00
Town Garage Construction Loan
11,000.00
Water Pumping Station Equipment Loan
2,500.00
Water Mains Loan - Central Tree Road
6,000.00
Water Mains Loan - Maple Ave. and Prescott St.
15,000.00
$ 41,000.00
$ 41, 000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds - Cash and Securities
$ 14,630. 22
Charles T. Monroe School Fund
$ 8, 060. 74
Library Funds:
Sarah E. Bartlett Fund
5,440.19
Horace H. King Fund
621. 81
David Putnam Fund
207. 48
6,269.48
Rural Cemetary Funds:
Rufus Houghton Fund
100.00
Frederick Hunt Fund
200.00
300.00
$ 14,630. 22
$ 14, 630. 22
41
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
TOWN OF RUTLAND, 1953
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
Appropriation Annual Town Meeting
From Reserve Fund
From Other Sources
Totals
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Overdrawn Accounts
Moderator
$ 30.00
$
$
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$
$
Selectmen's Salaries
825.00
825.00
779. 16
45. 84
Selectmen's Expense
150.00
25.00 e
175.00
158.80
16. 20
Town Accountant's Salary
700.00
700.00
700.00
Town Accountant's Expense
25.00
25.00
25.00
Treasurer's Salary
700. 00
700.00
700. 00
Treasurer's Expense
300.00
15. 53 e
315. 53
315. 45
. 08
Collector's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Collector's Expense
500.00
500.00
469. 87
30. 13
Assessors' Salaries
1,050.00
1,050.00
1,050.00
Assessors' Expense
457. 84
120.60
578. 44
578.44
Assessors' Clerk Hire
125.00
125.00
100.00
25.00
Town Clerk's Salary
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk's Expense
70.00
27. 62
97. 62
97.62
Legal Expense
200.00
26. 55
226.55
226. 55
Elections and Registration
200.00
205.00 k
405.00
403. 14
1.86
Community Hall Maintenance
2,500.00
31.27
2,531.27
2,395.89
135. 38
Community Hall Repairs
500.00
500.00
470.68
29. 32
Police Department
1,800.00
220. 16
2,020.16
2,020.16
Forest Warden
50.00
50.00
50.00
Forest Fires
200.00
65.00
265.00
265.00
Fire Department
1,500.00
29. 30
200.00 k
1,729. 30
1,729.30
Purchase of Fire Truck
10,000.00
10,000.00
5,890.36
4,109. 64 **
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Moth Department
50.00
50.00
50.00
Dutch Elm Disease Control
100.00
100.00
100.00
Dog Officer
150.00
15.00 1
165.00
41.00
124.00
Wire Inspector
100.00
100.00
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
50.00
50.00
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expense
10.00
10.00
10.00
Tree Warden
50.00
50.00
50.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,000.00
493. 59
1,493.59
1,493.59
Fire Insurance - Public Buildings
1,061.50
125. 22
1,186. 72
1,186.72
Civil Defense
372. 59 c
372. 59
73.83
Tornado Disaster Relief
146.09 p
146. 09
196.21
Tornado - Opening Roads
260.55 p
260. 55
260. 55
Tornado - Clearing Debris
3,889.60 p
1,213.75 k
5,103. 35
6,136.41
Tornado - Chain Saw
30.00 p
30.00
30.00
Tornado - Town Garage Repair
3,886.32 p
3,886. 32
3,886. 32
Board of Health Salaries
145.00
145.00
145.00
Board of Health Expense
950.00
950.00
627. 48
Town Dump Maintenance
600.00
60.00 e
660.00
480.00
180.00
Cattle Inspector
50.00
50.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
225.00
225.00
152.00
Chapter 81 - Highway Maintenance
4,500.00
. 05
16,500.00 a
21,000.05
21,000.05
Chapter 90 - Highway Maintenance
2,400.00
400.00
4,800.00 b
7,600.00
7,999. 92
399. 92 **
298. 76 **
50.12 **
1,033.06 **
322. 52
73.00
Chapter 90 - Highway Construction: 1952 Account 1953 Account
334. 30 b 470. 10 c 9,000.00
804. 40
276. 25
528.15 **
1,478.40 **
General Highways
350.00
3. 25
353. 25
353. 25
Street Lighting
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,404.54
95.46
Road Machinery Maintenance
32. 05 e 5,400.00 j
5,432.05
5,395. 37
36.68
Town Garage Construction
50. 11 c
50. 11
39.95
10. 16
Town Garage Maintenance
500.00
500.00
344. 91
155.09
Sidewalk Repairs
300.00
300.00
227. 85
72. 15
Snow Fence
200.00
200.00
200.00
Snow and Ice Removal
6,000.00
6,000.000
5,554.84
445. 16
52.00
652.00
652.00
400.00 **
Public Welfare Dept. - Salaries of Board
200.00
200.00
122.85
77. 15
Public Welfare Dept. - Agent's Salary
2,160.00
2,160.00
1,080.45
1,079.55
75.00 e
-2,943. 75 k
4,631.25
3,287. 50
1,343. 75
Disability Assistance
2,500.00
64. 35 e
500.00 k
3,064. 35
2,982.63
81. 72
336. 52 c
902. 36 d
2. 45 e
1,241.33
1,092.81
148.52 **
Disability Assistance - Fed. Grants - Adm.
61. 49 c
100. 74
69. 37
31.37 **
Aid to Dependent Children
2, 500.00
2,500.00
2,276. 56
223. 44
Aid to Dependent Children - Federal Grant
442.94 c
2, 316. 73
843. 96
1,472.77 **
Aid to Dependent Children - Fed. Grant - Adm.
138.52 c
88. 28 d
226. 80
176. 20
50. 60
**
Old Age Assistance
17,600.00
301.53 €
17, 901.53
17, 166. 14
735. 39
1,345.97 c
12, 172. 93 d
178,67 e
13,697. 57
11,021.31
2,676.26 **
Old Age Assistance - Federal Grant - Adm.
606. 39 c
1,274. 30
1,051.44
222.86 **
Veterans' Benefits
2,500.00
700.00 k
3,200.00
3,198. 40
1.60
Veterans' Benefits - Prior Year's Bills
1,268. 20
School Committee Salaries
275.00
275.00
275.00
School Department Expense
80,288.00
80, 288.00
78,411. 74
1,876.26
School Building Repairs and Equipment
2,540.00
2, 540. 00
2,231.82
308. 18
School Lunch Program
295.63 c
1,371.61 h
1,667.24
1,282.96
384. 28 **
School Athletics
122.64 c
853. 33
722. 85
Wachusett Regional School - Debt and Interest
9. 750.00
9,750.00
9,750.00
Wachusett Regional School - General Control
2,520.00
2, 520.00
2, 520.00
Elementary School Addition and Remodeling
2,500.00 c
2, 500.00
2,500.00
School Investigating Committee
200.00
2.00.00
113. 76
86. 24
Library
500.00
448.59 f
948. 59
918.95
29. 64
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
2,000.00 o
3,000.00
(*)
1,084.79
Memorial Park - Special Fund
1,076.85 c
1,076.85
1,076.85 **
Highway - Vacation Pay
600.00
Land Damage Account
200.00
200.00 c
400.00
Public Welfare Dept. - Expense
7,500. 00
Disability Assistance - Federal Grants
43
3,000.00
12,000.00
13,478. 40
130. 48 **
730. 69 h
1,268. 20
1,268.20
29. 25 d
1,873.79 d
Old Age Assistance - Federal Grant
667. 91 d
Park Commissioners' Salaries
225.00
225.00
225.00
Parks - Maintenance
1,685.00
333.40
125.00 k
2,143.40
2,137.93
5.47
Old Cemetaries
200.00
. 10
200. 10
200.10
Care of Town Clock
205.00
205.00
175.00
30. 00
**
Damages to Persons and Property
100.00
100.00
92.00
8.00
Memorial Day
300.00
300.00
287. 40
12.60
Fourth of July Celebration
250.00
250.00
250.00
Printing Town Reports
360.00
360.00
360.00
Extension Service
50.00
50.00
50.00 **
Planning Board Expense
75.00
75.00
12.50
62. 50
Tax Title Expense
18. 17
1,000.00 c
1,018.17
1,018.17
Town Record Vault Shelving
200.00
200.00
174.80
25.20
Water and Sewer Department:
275.00
275.00
Superintendent's Salary
3, 770.00
3,770.00
3,770.00
221. 72 e
8, 121. 72
8,107.48
14. 24
Water Pump
Water Mains - Maple Ave. and Prescott St.
Maturing Debt
6,500.00
500.00 j
7,000.00
7,000.00
Interest
2, 523. 75
Worcester County Retirement System Assess.
1,468. 06
. 20
1,468.26
1,468.26
State Assessments:
Parks and Reservations
335. 66 g
335. 66
335. 66
Audit of Municipal Accounts
552. 22 g
552.22
552. 22
County Tax
4,582. 34 g
4,582. 34
4, 582. 34
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
4, 364. 14 g
4, 364. 14
4, 364. 14
Dog Licences for County
614.00 h
614.00
614.00
Federal Taxes Withheld
9,976.28 i
9,976.28
9,976.28
County Retirement Deductions
1,453.44 i
1,453.44
1,453.44
Anticipation of Reimbursement Loans
16,000.00 g
16,000.00
16,000.00
Refunds
1,779.84 h
1,779.84
1,779.84
TOTALS
$208, 562. 35
$1, 915.21 $130, 742. 51
$341, 220.07
$318, 904. 37
$23, 361. 99
$2,961.50
Key to column three:
(a) State Allotments
(b) State and County Allotments
(1) Reimbursements from County
(m) From Surplus Revenue
(n) Loan
(o) From Overlay Surplus
(g) From Revenue
(p) State Tornado Reimbursement
Reserve Fund Transfers shown in second column
(h) Receipts
(i) Payroll Deductions
(j) From Machinery Rental Fund
(k) Appropriation Transfers
(c) Balances from 1952
(d) Federal Grants
(e) Refunds
(f) County Dog Tax $430. 59; Donations $18. 00
2,523. 75
692.47
1,831.28
1,000.00 c
1,000.00
1,000.00
15,000.00 n
1,000.00 k
16,000.00
14, 943.58
1,056.42 **
Commissioners' Salaries
275.00
Maintenance
8,900.00
-1,000.00 k
** Balances carried forward to 1954
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT For the Year 1953
Balance January 1, 1953
$ 86,879.07 296,377.43
$383,256.50 Receipts
Payments Per Warrants
$318,904.37
Balance December 31, 1953
64,352.13
$383,256.50
Outstanding Debt
Public Bldgs. Const. Loan, 1938 $ 6,000.00
Water Mains Loan, 1947 6,000,00
Highway Dept. Equipment Loan, 1949
500.00
Municipal Garage Loan, 1951
1,100.00
Water Departmental Equipment Loan, 1952-2, 500.00
Water Mains Loan, 1953 15,000.00
£ 31,100.00
Maturing Debt
Loan
Interest
239-240 Public Bldgs. Conts. Loan,
1938
2,000,00
135.00
284-285 Water Mains Loan, 1947
1,500.00
75.00
296 Highway Dept. Equipment
Loan, 1949
500.00
3.75
304=305 Municipal Garage Loan, 1951
2,000.00
165.00
317 Water Dept. Equipment Loan
1952
1,000.00
31.25
321-322 Water Main Loan, 1953
2,000.00
168.75
9,000.00
578.75
Trust Funds
Jan. 1, 1953 1953 Interest
Dec. 31, 1953
Charles T. Monroe
School Fund
£ 7,796.06
$ 261.68
$ 8,060.74
Horace H. King
Library Fund 621.81 621.81
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Jan. 1, 1953 1953 Interest
Dec. 31, 1953
David F. Putnam Library Fund $ 207.48
$ 207.48
Sarah E. Bartlett Library Fund
5,390.37 $ 49.82
5,440.19
Frederick Hunt
Cemetery Fund
200.00
200.00
Rufus Houghton Cemetery Fund
100.00
X
100.00
$14,315.72
$ 314.50
$14,630.22
*Permanent Dividends to Rural Cemetery of Rutland, Inc.
Respectfully Submitted,
Marion H. Fay
Treasurer
47
REPORT OF THE TOWN COLLECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen Rutland, Massachusetts
I submit my report as Collector for the year 1953.
REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL AND POLLS
1950
Outstanding January 1, 1953
$ 14.57
Cash to Treasurer Abatements Tax Title
# 1.87
11.07
1.63
14.57
1951
Outstanding January 1, 1953
$1,892.91
Payments and Abatements Refunded
3.60
$1,896.51
Cash to Treasurer
1,853.05
Abatements
11.60
Tax Titles Taken
11.70
Outstanding December 31, 1953
20.16
$1,896.51
1952
Outstanding January 1, 1953
$9,753.53
Payments and Abatements Refunded
78.00
$9,831.53
Cash to Treasurer
$7,923.81
Abatements
69.45
Tax Titles Taken
12.68
Outstanding December 31, 1953
1,825.59
$9,831.53
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1953 POLL TAXES
Commitments
$ 1,324.00
Cash to Treasurer
$ 1,140.00
Abatements
176.00
Outstanding December 31, 1953
8.00
$ 1,324.00
1953 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
Commitments
$14,148.08
Cash to Treasurer
$12,602.36
Abatements
29.70
Outstanding December 31, 1953
1,516.02
$14,148.08
1953 REAL ESTATE TAXES
Commitments
$79,538.45
Payments and Abatements Refunded
922.05
$80,460.50
Cash to Treasurer
$67,066.13
Abatements
3,680.95
Added to Tax Titles
14.30
Outstanding December 31, 1953
9,699.12
$80,460.50
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
1952
Outstanding January 1, 1953
$ 1,296.00
Commitments
2,247.55
Payments and Abatements Refunded
165.22
$ 3,708.77
Cash to Treasurer Abatements
$ 2,746.81
766.30
Outstanding December 31, 1953
195.66
$ 3,708.77
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1953
Commitments
Payments and Abatements Refunded
$18,501.42 610.97
$19.112.39
Cash to Treasurer Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1953
$16,178.47
229. 30
2, 704.62
$19,112. 39
WATER RATES
Outstanding January 1, 1953
$ 1,542.26
Commitments
5,250.42
$ 6,792.68
Cash to Treasurer
$ 5,288.62
Abatements
103.42
Outstanding December 31, 1953
1,400.64
$ 6,792.68
SEWER RENTALS
Outstanding January 1, 1953
$ 187.07
Commitments
706.93
# 894.00
Cash to Treasurer
$ 632.29
Abatements
6.17
Outstanding December 31, 1953
255.54
# 894.00
INTEREST AND CHARGES
Cash to Treasurer for 1951 Taxes
$ 111.55
Cash to Treasurer for 1952 Taxes
154.35
Cash to Treasurer for 1953 Taxes
25.04
Cash to Treasurer for Water Rates
55.88
Cash to Treasurer for Sewer Rentals
5.86
Total
$ 352.68
Respectfully submitted,
G. Edgar Fay Collector
50 ASSESSORS' RECAPITULATION OF 1953 TAX RATE
Appropriation to be raised by Taxation
$195,562. 35
Appropriation from Available Funds
62,762.15 $258,324.50
State Parks and Reservations
$ 227.15
State Parks and Reservations 1952 Underestimate
26.31
State Audit of Municipal Accts.
552.22
Underestimate of 1952
109.42
County Tax
4,796.51
Tuberculosis Hosp. Assessment
4,337.30
Underestimate 1952
1,258.56
Overlay Current Year
1,928.21
$ 13,235.68
Gross Amount to be Raised
$271,560.18
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$ 22,268.02
Corporation Tax
5,758.49
Reimbursement on account of Publicly owned land
1,867.27
Old Age Meals Tax
530.15
Motor Vehicle Excise & Trailer Tax
18,198.57
Licenses
1,670.00
Fines
5.00
Snow Removal and Sale of Material
165.26
General Government
184.45
Protection of Person and Property
169.25
Health and Sanitation
127.00
Disability assistance other than Federal Grants 1,133.77
Charities (other than Federal Grants)
1,162.17
Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grants)
13,209.64
Veterans Benefits
855.00
Schools (Funds from income tax not
to be included)
18,442.17
30.70
Libraries Disability Assistance Recoveries
148.33
51
Public Service Enterprises
# 12,000.93 Water Department
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
389.59
Aid to Dependent Children
1,500.45
Sewer Rentals
593.26
M. D. C. Loss of Taxes
7,240.26
M. D. C. in lieu of Taxes
2,800.00
Total Estimated Receipts
Overestimate County Hospital
$110,446.73 401.19 3,000.00
Amount taken from Available Funds
Amount Appropriated from Available Funds
62,762.15
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $176,610.07
Net Amount to be raised by Taxation
$ 94,950.11 $271,560.18
Number of Polls - 662 @ $2.00 $ 1, 324.00
Valuation Personal
Property $ 320,174.00 # 14,087.66
Valuation Real Estate 1,807,692.00 79,53 .45 $ 94,950.11
Tax Rate $44.00
GEORGE E. SMITH EDWARD F. ABER F. SELBY PADDOCK
Board of Assessors
52
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
BIRTHS
The place of birth of Roberta Dorothy Salls, which was omitted in the 1952 report, was Holden Mass.
1953
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Date January 5 Paul Francis Christianson Holden, Mass.
Carl G. and Greta E. (Wales) Christianson
24 Mark Stevens Congdon Holden, Mass. Chester A. and Grace E. ( Judkins) Congdon
February 9 George Arthur Allard, Jr. Worcester, Mass. George A. and Eleanor A. (Riopel) Allard
9 Orall Eugene Peabody Holden, Mass. Curtis F. and Bertha A. (Young) Peabody
23 Gerrilyn Ann Sullivan Holden, Mass. Joseph G. and Anna E. (Hodgkins) Sullivan
24 Douglas Charles Temple Holden, Mass. William R. and Ruth E. (Patterson) Temple
March 2 Brian Jay Dulmaine Worcester, Mass. Walter J. and Virginia C. (Weller) Dulmaine
22
Joanne Lynn Gullberg Holden, Mass. Roy G. and Grace Ho ( Johnson) Gullberg
53
Date March 22
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Barbara Jean Lindquist Worcester, Mass. William E. and Jeanne F. (Kevin) Lindquist
27
James Edward Pond Holden, Mass. Clarence A. and Agnes Go (Locker) Pond
30
Paul Duane Bok Worcester, Mass. Henry A. and Edith J. (Connolly) Bok
April 4 Michael Joseph Hughes Worcester, Mass. Arthur F. and Margaret A. (Haley) Hughes
12 Kathleen Gail Harmon Holden, Mass. Roscoe L. and Mary Ao (Armstrong) Harmon
14 Leah Eunice Marsh Holden, Mass. Charles D. and Eileen M. (Cowperthwaite) Marsh
16
Bruce Bell Taylor Holden, Mass.
Francis M. and Carol J. (Bell) Taylor
19
William Joseph Oliver, Jr. Holden, Mass. William J. and Concettina Lo (Cavallaro) Oliver
23
Ralph Ernest Caloiaro Holden, Mass.
Ralph and Gloria M.
(Willett) Caloiaro
May 7 Robert Adrian Vander Pyl Worcester, Mass. Adrian W. and Esther J. (Pickett) Vander Pyl
54
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Date May 9 David Lee Bigelow Holden, Mass. Milton J. and Elfreda M. (Johnson) Bigelow
26 Stella Marie Caloiaro Holden, Mass. Beiago F. and Augustina B. (Narcisi) Caloiaro
June 9 Kristine Elaine Amsden Worcester, Mass. Robert H. and Irene T. (Torpey) Amsden
18
Cynthia Dianne Hodgdon Worcester, Mass. Paul L. and Rosa M. (Philbeck) Hodgdon
July 5 Janet Evangeline Enman Worcester, Mass. Herbert R. and Marcia J. (Gordon) Enman
21
Joanne Marie Suchocki Holden, Mass. William W. and Elaine M. (Barre) Suchocki
25
Anne Fenton Worcester, Mass. John E. and Ruth A. (Cooney) Fenton
August 9 Donna Lee Strong Holden, Mass. Clarence E. and Eunice M. (Handy) Strong
19
Ruth Lynn Tuukanen Holden, Mass.
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