Town annual report of Rutland 1951-57, Part 22

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 870


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Director TU 6-4585


Dog Complaints


Dog Officer


TU 6-4454


Dog Licenses


Town Clerk


TU 6-4310


Elections


Town Clerk


TU 6-4310


Electrical Inspection


Wire Inspector


TU 6-4308


Fire Permits


Fire Chief


TU 6-4598


Library


Librarian


TU 6-4310


Licenses


Town Clerk


TU 6-4310


Oil Burner Inspection


Fire Chief


TU 6-4598


Registrations


Town Clerk


TU 6-4310


Schools


Principal


TU 6-4342


Selectmen


Office


TU 6-4551


Streets and Highways


Road Supt.


TU 6-4891


Taxes and Tax Bills


Town Collector.


TU 6-4551


Traffic


Police Chief


TU 6-4231


Trees


Tree Warden


TU 6-4367


Water and Sewers Welfare


Water Supt.


TU 6-6688


Welfare Agent


TU 6-4353


Veterans' Service


Veterans' Agent


TU 6-4326


MEETING NIGHTS OF TOWN BOARDS


Board of Selectmen-Every other Monday starting Jan. 9, 1956


Planning Board -Second Monday of each month


Water Board -Second and fourth Friday of each month


Board of Health -Fourth Monday of each month


All Boards meet in the Community Hall.


Meeting nights subject to change .


TOWN OFFICE HOURS


Town Collector


-Tuesday 1-5 P.M. Thursday 1-5 P.M. 7-9 P.M.


Town Clerk


-Hanff Residence on Maple Ave. except during Library hours listed below.


Welfare Office


-Tuesday and Wednesday 9-10 A.M. 3:30-4:30 P.M. Thursday 3:30-4:30 P.M.


Friday 10-11:15 A.M.


Agent may be reached at Paxton Monday from 3:30-4:30 P.M.


Library hours


-Thursday 10 A.M .- noon 1:30-4:30 P.M. 7-9 P.M. Saturday 1:30-4:30 7-9 P.M.


Swimming Pool


-Weekdays 1-5 6-8 P.M.


Sunday 1-5 P.M.


Open subject to weather. Season-Last week of June to latter part of August at the discretion of the Park Commissioners.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


MASSACHUSETTS


NOED FEB. 23. 1713


RUTUS PUTNAM


FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING


DECEMBER 31, 1956


ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


MASSACHUSETTS


UNDED FEB.


23.


1713


RUTUS PUTNAM . 1781-1788


FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1956


RUTLAND OFFSET PRESS RUTLAND TRAINING CENTER RUTLAND, MASSACHUSETTS


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TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR Lloyd H. Campbell


SELECTMEN


James L. Wood Frank J. Brooks Lloyd H. Campbell


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


ASSESSORS


F. Selby Paddock (Resigned) Frank E. Matthews appointed Edward F. Aber


George E. Smith


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


TREASURER


Marion H. Fay


Term Expires 1958


TOWN COLLECTOR


Marion H. Fay


Term Expires 1958


TOWN CLERK


Linda A. Hanff


Term Expires 1958


WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS


Robert B. Love Richard H. Jones William R. Temple


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Nelson M. Calkins, Jr. Leonard F. Janes Rollin M. Wheeler


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


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WACHUSETT REGIONAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Nelson M. Calkins Jr. (Appointed by School Committee) Herbert W. Burbank


Term Expires 1959


BOARD OF HEALTH


Edith L. Jones Percival Dow C. Hope Bracebridge


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Eldred F. Webber Burton H. Fiske Harry E. Dow


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


PARK COMMISSIONERS


Mark L. Read George E. Smith Raymond K. Putnam


Term Expires 1957


Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


PLANNING BOARD


Fred H. Rice


Term Expires 1957


John J. Yonker


Term Expires 1958


Alishan L. Martin


Term Expires 1959


Matthew Nolan, Jr. (Resigned) Cecil W. Blair appointed


Term Expires 1960


Rufus B. Dunbar


Term Expires 1961


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


Bernice F. Putnam Hazel H. Wood Ethel S. Dow Florence E. Wheeler


Edmund D. Kelsey Timothy C. Murphy


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1957


Term Expires 1958


Term Expires 1958


Term Expires 1959


Term Expires 1959


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TREE WARDEN H. Gordon Calkins CONSTABLES


Russell Erickson


John Collins


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK AND SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Merrill H. Wheeler


Herbert K. Bigelow


Clarence L. Bigelow


FIELD DRIVERS


Fred H. Rice


Merrill H. Wheeler


CATTLE INSPECTOR George R. Willis


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


William H. Griffin FENCE VIEWERS


Merrill H. Wheeler


Fred H. Rice


VETERANS AGENT AND BURIAL AGENT


Alishan L. Martin


SPECIAL POLICE AND DOG OFFICER


Albert W. Brown, Jr.


MOTH SUPERINTENDENT


H. Gordon Calkins


BUILDING AND PLUMBING INSPECTOR


Attilio Alinovi Arthur E. Smith, Assistant


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BOARD OF APPEALS


Nelson M. Calkins, Jr. Robert H. Cannon Timothy C. Murphy


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


ASSOCIATE BOARD OF APPEALS


Daniel B. Seger Stanley Gradowski Biego O. Caloiaro


Term Expires 1957 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959


FOREST WARDEN


Pussell Erickson


INSPECTOR OF WIRES


Robert W. Spindler


BOARD - FIRE ENGINEERS


Russell Erickson John Collins


Arthur Smith


Russell Gordon Robert Love


POLICE


Russell Erickson Ugo Alinovi Robert B. Love


John Collins, Chief


Carl E. Boquist Robert Donaldson John Boyle


POLICE - SPECIAL DUTY State Sanatorium


Walter C. Putnam


George Phipps Ernest Niemi Frank Rosvall


Sovittaja Park


Jacob Nauners William Alarnen


Cool Sandy Beach


John Campanalo


Anthony Carlo


Demond Pond John W. Moulton


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Roland Gagnon Edward Story, Jr. Grace O'Donnell


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE Edward Turner H. Judkins Eunice Demaray


Dorothy Letendre William O'Donnell Fred A. Kehoe


TOWN COUNSEL Miles Mooney


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Frances H. Poyhonen


Term Expires 1958


CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR


Edward H. Story, Jr.


BOARD OF REGISTRARS John Fiske (Resigned) Nelson H. Calkins appointed Francis B. Hayden (Deceased) Rita O. Canney appointed Eleanor K. Dennehy


Term Expires 1957


Term Expires 1958


Term Expires 1959


STREET SUPERINTENDENT George R. Willis


COMMUNITY HALL


Harold I. Judkins, Custodian


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING (Appointed by Board of Health)


Charles M. Fiske


WATER SUPERINTENDENT (Appointed by Water Commission)


Harold W. Wood


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FINANCE BOARD (Appointed by Moderator)


George M. Campbell


Term Expires 1957


Albert F. Scales


Term Expires 1957


Andrew R. Annala


Term Expires 1958


Roger L. Culver


Term Expires 1958


John A. Fiske


Term Expires 1959


Stewart C. Thurston


Term Expires 1959


ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES


Congressman - Third Congressional District Philip J. Philbin - Clinton State Senator - Worcester-Hampden District Paul Benoit - Southbridge State Representative - Third Worcester District Edward D. Harrington, Jr. - Holden


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TOWN WARRANT


For Town Meeting, March 4, 1957


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


To either of the Constables of Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester.


Worcester, SS.


Greeting:


In the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Community Hall in said Rutland on Monday the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon, then and there to act on the following articles:


ARTICLE 1. To bring in and deposit their ballots for a Moderator for one year; for one Selectman for three years; for one Assessor for three years; for one Water and Sewer Commissioner for three years; for one member of the School Committee for three years; for one member of the Board of Health for three years; for one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; for one Park Commissioner for three years; for two Library Trustees for three years; for one member of the Planning Board for five years; for one member of the Planning Board for three years; for a Tree Warden for one year; for two constables for one year. Each to specify the persons voted for by placing a cross (X) against the name. The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock noon and will be closed at 8 o'clock P.M.


ARTICLE 2. To hear the annual report of the Town Officers and Committees.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to fix the sal- aries or compensation of the elected Town Officers for the year 1957 is accordance with Section 108 - Chapter 41 - General Laws and to determine whether any Town Board shall be author- ized to employ for additional salary or compensation any of


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its members and to fix such salary or compensation.


ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, and to re- new any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of any equipment or material which may be of no further use to the Town.


ARTICLE 6. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the expenses of the several Town departments for the year 1957 and to determine whether the Town will appropriate money therefore to be provided by taxation or by appropriation from available funds, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to contract with the State and County for highway purposes as provided under Chapter 81 and Chapter 90, General Laws.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds in the treasury or borrow a sum of money to purchase a tractor for the Highway Department and to authorize the Selectmen to sell the tractor presently owned by the Town, the proceeds of said sale to be applied toward the purchase of the new tractor, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee recommends that the Town purchase a new tractor. We are unable to make any recommendations as to the amount of money for the lack of specific information pertaining to the cost.)


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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to install ad- ditional street lights on Main Street, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee recommends that necessary street lights be installed on Main Street.)


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sect- ions 42-G to 42-I of Chapter 40-General Laws as inserted by Chapter 332 of the Acts of 1955, authorizing the levy of spe- cial assessments to meet the cost of laying water pipes in public and private ways or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sum of money to lay a six inch water main on Edson Avenue for distance of approximately 530 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee recommends a sum not to exceed $2,500.00 (twenty five hundred) be raised and appropriated to replace present line with a six inch line.)


ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sum of money to lay an eight inch water main on Maple Avenue for a distance of approximately 1460 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.


(Not recommended by Finance Committee. Not economically feasible at this time.)


ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or borrow a sum of money to lay a six inch water main on Glenwood Road for a distance of approximately 4752 feet, or take any action in relation thereto.


(Not recommended by Finance Committee. Not economically feasible at this time.)


ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase radio equipment for Civil Defense purposes, or take any action in relation thereto.


(No recommendation made by Finance Committee, due to the lack of more specific information.)


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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Assessors to take $15,000.00 or any other sum from Available Funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year, or take any action in relation thereto.


(The Finance Committee recommends that the Assessors be au- thorized to take from available funds any necessary and available funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year. )


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept in behalf of the Town, as a gift from Bessie L. Harris, certain land situated in the Turkey Hill section of Rutland, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a By-Law, which provides a uniform system for numbering houses, in the general form as submitted by the Planning Board, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to provide for official street names in the general form as submitted by the Planning Board, either in the form of a By-Law or in the form of a standing vote, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will recommend or adopt a plan to provide for informal notice of town meetings and public hearings, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 21. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees.


All business contained in this Warrant with the exception of Article 1, will be considered at an adjourned meeting to be held in Community Hall, Monday evening, March 4, 1957 at 8 o'clock in accordance with the Town By-Laws .


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the five places in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


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HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this twenty-eigth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.


James L. Wood Frank J. Brooks Lloyd H. Campbell Selectmen of Rutland


ARTICLE 22 - To see if the Town will accept Chapter 605- Acts of 1956, relative to retirement allowances.


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BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH OFFICIAL NAMES FOR STREETS


Upon adoption of this by-law, a Committee shall be named to hold one or more public hearings, and to prepare a list of all streets in town found by it, with a suggestion of names for each of said streets. The report of this Committee shall be submitted to a town meeting, not later than the next annual town meeting.


2 . The acceptance of the report of the said Committee shall establish as the official name for each street, the name as recommended by the Committee, except so far as the names appear- ing in the report shall be changed by vote of the Town prior to acceptance of the report. After adoption of official names of streets as above provided, a copy of the votes of the Town, together with a copy of the report of the Committee, shall be recorded by the Town Clerk in the Registry of Deeds.


3. The official names for all streets not included in the report of said Committee, and of all new streets, shall be established by vote of the Planning Board, and shall be in- cluded in the annual report of the Planning Board. A copy of each vote, or of each plan approved by the Planning Board show- ing any new streets, shall be recorded in the Registry of Deeds .


4. After an official name for a street has been established and so recorded, the name thereof shall not be changed except by vote of the Town upon recommendation of the Planning Board; and, if the change is not so recommended by the Planning Board, by a two-thirds vote of the town meeting. The Town Clerk shall cause to be recorded in the Registry of Deeds, a copy of any vote changing the official name of a street, and the change shall become effective when so recorded.


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By-Law to Establish a Uniform System for Numbering Houses


1. A street number for each house shall be assigned by the Planning Board in accordance with the following rules:


a. From the point of beginning of the street, there shall be a number on each side for each one-hundred feet measured along the center line of the street, odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right.


b. Main Street -- Route 122A -- extending from Holden line to Route 122 shall be numbered beginning at Holden line.


St. (Barre-Paxton Rd. ) -Route 122-extending from Paxton line to Oakham line shall be numbered beginning at Paxton line .


d. St. (East County Rd.) -- Route 68 -- extending from Holden line to Hubbardston line shall be numbered begin- ing at Holden line.


e. Maple Avenue-Route 56-, southerly portion, extending from Rutland Center to Paxton line shall be numbered beginning at Rutland Center (Main Street) .


f. Pommogussett Road -- Route 56-, northerly portion, extend- ing from Rutland Center to Route 68 (North Rutland) shall be numbered beginning at Rutland Center (Main Street) .


g. All other streets shall be numbered beginning at the intersection with one of the streets above referred to, or at the point, determined by the Planning Board, the same in gen- eral to be the end nearest to the center of Rutland.


2. Where houses are nearer to each other than one-hundred feet, consecutive numbers shall be assigned from the nearest available hundred-foot positions.


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1957 BUDGET RECOMMENDED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE


Expended Recommended


1957 from


1956 from tax levy Available Funds


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Moderator


$ 30.00


$ 30.00


Selectmen's Salaries


825.00


825.00


Selectmen's Expense


260.33


350.00


Town Accountant 's Salary


700.00


700.00


Town Accountant's Expense


20.81


25.00


Treasurer's Salary


700.00


700.00


Treasurer's Expense


340.14


350.00


Tax Title Expense


17.03


100.00


Collector's Salary


1,000.00


1,000.00


Collector's Expense


545.98


575.00


Assessor's Salaries


1,050.00


1,050.00


Assessor's Expense


231.97


275.00


Assessor's Clerk Hire


146.00


200.00


Town Clerk's Salary


200.00


200.00


Town Clerk's Expense


128.86


125.00


Legal Department


200.00


200.00


Elections & Registrations


894.28


700.00


Real Estate Appraisal


1,900.00


2,000.00


Planning Board Expense


12.50


500.00


Finance Board Expense


19.95


100.00


Community Hall Repairs & Equip.


259.32


700.00


Community Hall Maintenance


2,732.22


3,100.00


Revaluation Books


200.00


$12,214.39


$14,005.00


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Expended 1956


from tax levy


Recommended 1957 from Available Funds


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police Department


$ 2,223.64


$ 2,644.00


Fire Department


2,098.97


1,953.00


Forest Fires


233.75


300.00


Fire Alarm System


1,453.67


1,500.00


Fire House Repairs


535. 30


Forest Warden


50.00


50.00


Hose & Equipment


628.17


700.00


Moth Department


288.05


250.00


Dutch Elm Disease


661.78


800.00


Dog Officer


204.54


200.00


Sealer of Weights & Measures


Salary


50.00


50.00


Expense


50.00


Wire Inspector


100.00


100.00


Tree Warden


319.65


175.00


Workmen's Compensation


1,543.13


1,000.00


$


618.62


Fire Insurance - Public Blds.


1,535.26


1,734.93


Building Inspections & By Laws


119.38


300.00


Civilian Defense


275.13


100.00


Flood Damage


978.70


Board of Appeals


50.00


$13,299.12


$11,956.93


$ 618.62


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Board of Health Salaries


$ 145.00


# 145.00


Board of Health Expense


539.26


500.00


Cattle Inspector


50.00


50.00


Vital Statistics


195.50


200.00


Maintenance of Town Dump


600.00


750.00


$ 1,529.76


$ 1,645.00


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Expended 1956


Recommended


from tax levy


1957 from Available Funds


HIGHWAYS


Sidewalks


$ 299.95


$ 300.00


General Highways


10.00


300.00


Chapter 81 Highways


21,699.96*


4,500.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance


4,799.79*


1,600.00


Chapter 90 Construction


12,589.37*


6,000.00


Snow & Ice Removal


16,364.79


10,000.00


Street Lights


2,611.26


2,700.00


Road Machinery Maintenance


8, 863.94


$2,700.00


Town Garage Maintenance


894.63


1,000.00


Power Mower - Highway Dept.


156.00


Highway Dept. Employees Vacation


692.00


700.00


Purchase of Highway Equip.


2,285.03


Road Oil


2,000.00


3,500.00


Road Grader


14,966.05


Snow Fence


200.00


$88,232.77


$30,800.00


$2,700.00


Includes State and County Allotments


CHARITIES AND VETERAN'S BENEFITS


Public Welfare


Salaries


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


Old Age Assistance and Public Welfare


23, 294. 14*


25,300.00


Veteran's Benefits


3,510.12


3,500.00


Agent's Salary


200.00


200.00


$27,204.26


$29,200.00


Includes Federal Grants


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Expended 1956


Recommended


from tax levy


1957 from Available Funds


EDUCATION


School Committee Salaries


$ 275.00


# 275.00


School Department


96,348.81


101,641.00


Repair to Buildings


1,275.00


1,400.00


School Equipment


1,219.00


1,000.00


Wachusett Regional School Debt & Interest


6,445.13


14,195.79


General Control


33,371.24


40,778.98


School Construction


4,719.62


School Remodelling


431.28


Library *


925.67


375.91


664.09


¥1,010.75 $159,666.68


$664.09


* Dog tax refund from County


RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED


Reserve Fund


$ 2,982.80 $ 30.00


30.00


Parks


Commissioners' Salaries


225.00


225.00


Maintenance


1,813.93


2,385.00


Memorial Day


348.55


300.00


Printing of Town Reports


378.00


400.00


Fourth of July Celebration


350.00


500.00


Worc. County Retirement System


1,565.15


2,192.91


Old Cemeteries


273.20


300.00


Damage to Persons and Property


44.00


50.00


Land Damage


1,500.00


Worc. County Extension Service


50.00


$ 8,010.63 $10,932.91


3,000.00


Care of Town Clock


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Expended Recommended 1957 from


1956 from tax levy Available Funds


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Interest Maturing Debt


$ 4,848.88 ₾ 4,842.90


20,000.00 18,500.00


$24,848.88


$23,342.90


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


Water and Sewer Department


Commissioners' Salaries


$ 275.00 $ 275.00


Maintenance of Works


7,909.78


9,000.00


Supt. Salary


4,030.00


4,160.00


Water Main - Pleasantdale Road


2,765.70


$14,980.48


$13,435.00


RECAPITULATION


General Government


$12,214.39


$14,005.00


Protection of Persons & Prop.


13,299.12


11,956.93 $ 618.62


Highways


88,232.77 1,529.76 27,204.26 145,010.74


30,800.00


2,700.00


Health & Sanitation


1,645.00


Charities and Veteran's Benef . Education


29,200.00


664.09


Recreation and Unclassified


8,010.63


159,666.68 10,932.91


Interest and Maturing Debt


24,848.88


23,342.90


Public Service Enterprises


14,980.48


13,435.00


$335,331.03 $294,984.42


$3,982.71


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The Finance Committee recommends that the following action be taken on Articles contained in the Warrant:


Article 9. We recommend that the Town purchase a new tractor. We are unable to make any recommendations as to the amount of money for the lack of specific in- formation pertaining to the cost.


Article 10. We recommend that necessary street lights be in- stalled on Main Street.


Article 12. We recommend a sum not to exceed $2,500.00 (Twenty five hundred) be raised and appropriated to replace present line with a six inch line .


Article 13. Not recommended. Not economically feasible at this time .


Article 14. Not recommended. Not economically feasible at this time .


Article 15. No recommendation made due to the lack of more spe- cific information.


Article 16. We recommend that the Assessors be authorized to take from available funds any necessary and avail- able funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year.


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A REPORT OF FUNDS TRANSFERRED FROM RESERVE FUND TO OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS


May 5, 1956 To: Tree Warden Department $ 170.00


Sept. 25, 1956 To: Fire Department for Building Repairs 300.00


Jan. 9, 1957.


The Finance Committee authorized the


transfer of $2,512.80 to the following


1956 accounts.


Treasurer's Expense


$ 27.21


Town Collector's Expense


45.98


Town Clerk's Expense 28.86


Fire Department


495.97


Dog Officer


79.54


Dutch Elm Disease


311.78


Snow Removal


1,264.79


Veteran's Benefits


210.12


Memorial Day


48.55


$2,982.80


Respectfully submitted,


George Campbell, Chairman


John Fiske, Clerk


Mrs. Frances Poyhonen, Town Accountant


Andrew Annala


Stuart Thurston


Albert Scales


Roger Culver


Finance Committee


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REPORT OF SELECTMEN


To the Citizens of Rutland:


The Board of Selectmen organized for 1956 with James L. Wood, Chairman; Frank J. Brooks, Clerk; and Lloyd H. Campbell, the third member.


Regular meetings were held every two weeks on Monday evenings .


The Selectmen report the following important actions in the year 1956.


A new power grader was purchased for the Highway Department.


The Town accepted a Building Code. This Code became ef- fective July 1, 1956. Under the provisions of the Code, a Building Inspector and Board of Appeals were appointed.


Chapter 90 construction on Pommogussett Road was completed. New Chapter 90 projects on Maple Avenue, and on Wachusett Street to the Princeton line, are planned for 1957.


At a special town meeting, it was voted to appoint a com- mittee of three to work with the Water Board to investigate and take steps to protect the Rutland water supply. We wish to call your attention to the fact that this is one of the most serious matters facing the Town in the near future .


The committee searching for a site for the relocation of the dump is still active.


The Selectmen thank those appointees and committees who have worked with us for the benefit of the Town.


Respectfully submitted,


James L. Wood Frank J. Brooks Lloyd H. Campbell Selectmen


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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT


To the Board of Selectmen:


I herewith submit the reports of the accounts of the Town of Rutland for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1956, as required by statute and in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the Director of Accounts of the Commonwealth.


This report consists of the following schedules :


Statement of all Receipts and Expenditures.


Table of Accounts showing Appropriations and Expenditures.


Balance Sheet.


Statement of Debt Accounts.




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