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Wages
800.00
800.00
Others
505.00
335.36
169.64
Constable
100.00
100.00
Insurance
15,000.00
12,170.03
2,829.97
$712.36 $1,842.76 $216,305.09 $214,912.75
$279.63
$3,667.83
Police Wages
Others
Motorcycle ..
750.00
682.00
..
Fire Wages
.....
9.75
Chief's Auto
...
...
Others
A-To Warrants Payable
146
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward ... $311,287.54
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health
Salaries
Board
500.00
Agent
3,610.98
Clerk
2,146.59
Health Nurse
2,462.26
Dentist
1,650.00
10,369.83
Administration
Stationery and Postage
82.34
Printing and Advertising
149.61
Telephone
136.02
Use of Car
910.00
Supplies
29.35
Miscellaneous
440.31
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Cultures
20.00
Hospital Care
228.80
Schick Test
36.21
Vaccination
75.00
Quarantine of Dogs
364.60
Tuberculosis
Board and Treatment
271.50
Vital Statistics
Births
461.75
Deaths
...
221.00
Marriages
159.00
Undertakers
......
22.00
Inspections
Slaughtering
100.00
Plumbing
940.00
Disposal of Animals
93.00
Milk Inspections
317.74
Other Expenses
Rabies Clinic
37.75
Mosquito Control
95.78
Others
44.87
Dental Clinic Supplies
103.14
Refuse and Garbage
29,640.00
Fumigation & Disinfectants
150.02
Sanitary Inspector
24.65
35,154.44
45,524.27
District Nurse
Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Amount carried forward
$358,311.81
...
147
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
1949]
Amount brought forward
$358,311.81
Sewer
Salaries
Commissioners
450.00
Engineers
8,962.25
Clerk
188.68
9,600.93
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
10.70
Telephone
72.45
Auto Expense
48.36
Tools
845.72
Gasoline and Oil
344.16
Supplies
155.67
Pipes and Fittings
1,270.12
Insurance
67.28
Medical
65.00
Light and Power
2,282.38
Flushing Sewers
300.00
Water
38.20
Building Repairs
111.23
Miscellaneous
74.14
5,685.41
15,286.34
Brooks
Equipment and Supplies
247.06
247.06
247.06
Supplies, Equipment
2,600.16
2,600.16
2,600.16
Particular Sewer
Supplies, Equipment
37.33
37.33
37.33
Outfall Sewer
Contractor
104,854.55
Supplies and Equipment
14.94
Engineering
4,652.98
Legal Services
100.00
109,622.47
109,622.47
Pine Hill Sewer
Supplies and Equipment ...
287.61
287.61
287.61
Sewer Construction
Equipment and Supplies
1,075.75
Contractor
10,206.12
11,281.87
11,281.87
Amount carried forward
$497,674.65
1949 SUMMARY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION
From 1948
Transfer To
Appro- priation $10,369.83
Expendi-
Transfer From
Bal. to Revenue
Health Wages
Others
35,440.00
35,154.44
A$270.00
$15.56
District Nurse
1,500.00
1,500.00
189.73
Others
6,580.00
5,685.41
894.59
Brooks
300.00
247.06
52.94
Emer. Sewer
5,000.00
2,600.16
2,399.84
Outfall Sewer
....
$242,190.96
109,622.47
132,568.49*
Pine Hill Sewer
287.61
287.61
Kings Beach
Drain
450.00
Beach Culverts ..
7,000.00
Sewer Const. ......
22,925.00
11,281.87
11,643.13*
State Rd. Sewer
7,000.00
7,000.00*
Smith Lane
Sewer
2,350.00
2,350.00*
$242,478.57
$108,905.49 $186,387.11
$270.00 $164,726.95
A-To Warrants Payable *_ To 1950
200.00
37.33
162.67
Partic. Sewer
9,790.66
9,600.93
450.00* 7,000.00*
tures $10,369.83
Sewer Wages
Emergency Sewer
148
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward .... $497,674.65
Highways
Salaries and Wages
Surveyor
3,985.00
Clerk
240.00
Labor
74,322.12
Labor, Snow & Ice
23.40
78,570.52
Other Expenses
Office Expense
317.36
Telephone
135.57
Truck Maintenance
3,342.54
Stone, Gravel and Dust
5,342.32
Equipment and Repairs
7,391.29
Gasoline and Oil
2,203.08
Building Repairs
673.03
Insurance
1,206.91
Medical
197.78
Supplies
725.30
Light
78.79
Water
9.05
Asphalt
7,757.61
Bridges, Essex Street
1,024.74
Other
189.94
Snow Removal, Truck Hire ..
1,637.50
32,232.81
110,803.33
Lighting Streets
Street Lights
26,214.40
Traffic Lights
859.66
Fire Boxes
143.61
27,217.67
27,217.67
Salem Street Chapter 90-1948
9,166.22
9,166.22
9,166.22
Highway Barn
11,079.94
11,079.94
11,079.94
Highway Automobile
1,323.00
1,323.00
1,323.00
Highway Jeep
1,859.05
1,859.05
1,859.05
Cutting Road
134.07
134.07
134.07
Charles Road
134.07
134.07
134.07
Shepard Avenue
660.00
660.00
660.00
Redington Street Resurface
3,554.08
3,554.08
3,554.08
Highway Repairs
Chapter 90, 1949
8,373.09
8,373.09
8,373.09
Amount carried forward
$671,979.17
1949 SUMMARY OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
From 1948
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expendi- tures
Transfer From
Bal. to Revenue
Highway Wages
$82,339.40
$78,570.52
$3,768.88
Lighting Streets
...
32,000.00
27,217.67
A2,537.29
2,245.04
Ch. 90 Salem St.
$5,728.57
$3,437.65
9,166.22
....
134.31*
Jeep
Cutting Rd.
200.00
134.07
65.93*
Forest Ave.
250.00
Charles Rd.
200.00
134.07
65.93*
Shepard Ave.
660.00
660.00
Redington St.
5,250.00
3,554.08
1,695.92*
Repairs, Ch. 90
9,647.15
6,000.00
8,373.09
7,274.06*
$16,942.82
$13,084.80 $166,219.40 $174,304.52
$2,537.29 $19,405.21
Others
35,870.00
32,232.81
3,637.19
Auto
1,550.00
1,323.00
227.00*
1,900.00
1,859.05
40.95*
Highway Barn ..
11,214.25
11,079.94
250.00*
...
A-To Warrants Payable *- To 1950
149
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
1949]
Amount brought forward
$671,979.17 ....
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' SERVICES Public Welfare
Salaries
Commissioners
350.00
Secretary
100.00
Olerk
2,145.53
Investigator
520.00
3,115.53
Administration
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
52.27
Telephone
64.53
Miscellaneous
1.25
Aid by Town
Groceries
1,201.78
Fuel
230.35
Medical
2,957.28
Board, State Institutions
1,408.55
Cash Grants
6,013.60
Board and Care
5,704.91
Clothing
32.47
Funerals
150.00
Aid to Other
Cities and Towns
8,043.13
25,860.12
28,975.65
Old Age Assistance
Salaries
Commissioners
900.00
Secretary
100.00
Clerk
2,156.70
Investigator
1,395.17
4,551.87
Other Expenses
Cash Aid
63,684.21
Aid by Other
Cities and Towns
3,131.10
66,815.31
71,367.18
U. S. Grant Aid to Dependent Children
Cash Aid
1,286.79
1,286.79
1,286.79
U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance
Cash Aid
37,440.79 37,440.79
37,440.79
U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance Administration Administration
Investigator
1,227.33
Stationery and Postage
227.39
Furniture and Fixtures
11.75
Telephone
82.33
Miscellaneous
1.38
1,550.18
1,550.18
Amount carried forward
$812,599.76
150
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward .... .....
..... $812,599.76
Aid to Dependent Children
Cash Aid
10,069.41
10,069.41 10,069.41
Veterans' Services
Salary
Commissioner
520.00
520.00
Other Expenses
Office Expense
315.20
Cash Aid
3,176.15
Fuel
110.28
Medical
179.64
Groceries
253.00
Telephone
100.76
4,135.03
4,655.03
Pensions and Compensation
Police
1,244.76
Fire
3,575.84
Highway
8,050.04
Park
1,217.84
14,088.48
14,088.48
Workmen's Compensation
Cash Aid
600.00
Medical
247.41
847.41
847.41
Amount carried forward
$842,260.09
1949 SUMMARY OF CHARITIES AND VETERANS' SERVICES
From 1948
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expendi- tures
Transfer From
Bal. to Revenue
Welfare Wages ..
$3,215.53
$3,115.53
$100.00
Others
$6,514.65
19,450.00
25,860.12
104.53
O.A.A. Wages
100.00
Others
69,200.00
66,815.31
2,384.69
U. S. Grant
O.A.A. Adm. ..
$2,218.03
2,473.68
1,550.18
3,141.53*
O.A.A.
8,725.56
46,380.07
37,440.79
17,664.84*
A.D.C. Adm. ..
46.89
276.70
323.59*
A.D.C.
936.99
3,184.93
1,286.79
2,835.13*
Aid to Dep.
Children
10,250.00
10,069.41
180.59
Vets' Services
Wages
520.00
520.00
Others
4,980.00
4,135.03
844.97
Pensions and
Comp.
150.00
13,984.36
14,088.48
45.88
Workmen's
1,610.00
847.41
762.59
Comp.
...
...
*_ To 1950
$11,927.47
$58,980.03 $127,861.76 $170,280.92
$28,488.34
4,651.87
4,551.87
151
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
1949]
Amonut brought forward
........ $842,260.09
Schools
General
Superintendent's Salary
6,866.64
Secretary
2,311.81
Salary of Other Clerks
4,095.59
Truant Officer,
Nurse & Census
2,680.00
15,954.04
Administration
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
697.29
Telephones
789.61
Traveling Expenses
239.25
Miscellaneous
195.81
1,921.96
Teachers' Salaries
High
77,676.86
Junior High
67,557.57
Elementary
101,286.88
Supervisory
10,102.90
Home
40.50
Substitutes
1,825.00
Baseball Coach
300.00
258.789.71
Text Books and Supplies
High Text &
Reference Books
3,034.19
Supplies
4,801.18
Junior High Text and Reference Books
790.24
Supplies
1,925.48
Elementary Text &
Reference Books
3,480.49
Supplies
3,738.79
17,770.37
Tuition
698.95
698.95
Football Coach
600.00
600.00
Transportation
Junior High
1,200.00
1,200.00
Janitor's Services
High
14,971.51
Junior High
4,002.62
Elementary
13,425.49
32,399.62
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
High Repairs
3,821.28
Janitors Supplies
1,590.30
Miscellaneous
365.77
5,777.35
Junior High and
Elementary Repairs
9,886.47
Janitors Supplies
1,407.02
Miscellaneous
177.48
11,470.97
... .....
Amount carried forward $842,260.09
152
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward .....
.... $842,260.09
Fuel and Light
High
5,496.23
Junior High
3,215.12
Elementary
6,510.05
15,221.40
Water
401.15
401.15
Furniture and Fixtures
High
546.90
Junior High
271.88
Elementary
659.52
1,478.30
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Graduation
378.49
School Physicians
675.00
Physical Education
1,917.91
Insurance
2,180.11
Domestic Science
473.16
Manual Training
1,076.81
Miscellaneous
19.59
6,721.07
370,404.89
Out of State Travel
30.98
30.98
30.98
Junior High Gymnasium
7.24
7.24
7.24
Special Committee School
225.05
225.05
225.05
Library
Salaries
Librarian
3,765.23
Assistants
9,062.88
Janitor
2,665.20
Extra Assistants
1,166.01
16,659.32
Books and Periodicals
Books
3,455.18
Periodicals
249.82
Newspapers
26.30
Binding Books
220.03
Fuel and Light
Fuel
696.55
Light
528.74
Building Repairs
Repairs
1,749.79
Water
7.45
Furniture and Fixtures
57.69
Miscellaneous
565.66
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing
and Postage
372.88
Telephone
163.72
Miscellaneous
286.31
8,380.12
25,039.44
....
Amount carried forward
$1,237,967.69
153
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
1949]
Amount brought forward
$1,237,967.69
Trust Funds
Joanna Morse Fund
Books
110.27
110.27
110.27
Ellen R. Whittle Fund
Books
13.51
13.51
13.51
Mary L. Thomson Fund
3.34
3.34
3.34
Amount carried forward
$1,238,094.81
1949 SUMMARY OF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
From 1948
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expendi- tures
Transfer From A$172.84
Bal. to Revenue
Schools
Travel Out State
$814.00 $369,880.00 $370,404.89 150.00 16,746.00 8,506.00
30.98
119.02
Others
125.88
Machon
Playground
$319.39 250.00
319.39
... 242.76
Special Com. ...
225.05
225.05
...
Morse Fund ......
255.86
104.43
110.27
250.02
Thomson Fund ..
1.86
20.10
3.34
18.62
Whittle Fund
....
93.68
40.20
13.51
120.37
A-To Warrants Payable
$920.79 $1,203.78 $395,282.00 $395,834.72
$492.23
$1,079.62
Jr. High Gym ....
7.24
$116.27
Library Wages
16,659.32 8,380.12
86.68
Books
154
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
.... $1,238,094.81
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Park
Salaries
Superintendent
4,172.62
Labor
35,013.38
Police
457.81 39.643.81
Administration
Telephone
154.58
Printing, Stationery,
Postage & Adv.
91.90
Use of Car
641.59
General Expenses
Equipment
2,223.01
Gas & Oil
1,235.10
Truck Maintenance
661.63
Trees
76.00
Fertilizer
310.76
Materials & Supplies
2,511.17
Building Repairs
401.47
Insecticides
777.46
Light
284.33
Medical
70.56
Water
253.05
Equipment Hire
341.00
Recreation Supplies
354.94
Miscellaneous
150.78
10,539.33
50,183.14
Field House
208.04
208.04
208.04
Park Dept. Repairs
732.51
732.51
732.51
Memorial Plaques, Park
50.00
50.00
50.00
Chassis
1,847.80
1,847.80
1,847.80
Phillips Park
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Unclassified
Warrants Payable 1947
62.00
62.00
62.00
Warrants Payable 1949
Accounting
10.02
Treasurer
247.84
Tax Collector
336.00
Town Clerk
23.00
Assessors
446.01
Town Hall
37.65
Police
345.45
Forest Warden
25.00
School
1,070.43
Library
100.77
Emergency Water
232.28
Armistice Day
88.00
2,962.45
2,962.45
Amount carried forward
$1,297,140.75
1949]
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
155
Amount brought forward
$1,297,140.75
Memorial Plaques ....
663.50
663.50 663.50
Veterans Housing Authority
Legal fees
97.25
Clerical
220.61
Printing, Stationery & Postage
89.18
Travel
125.12
Supplies
91.30
Telephone
5.00
Miscellaneous
70.00
698.46
698.46
Veterans Funerals
Services
224.77
Supplies
173.27
398.04
398.04
Printing Town Reports
Printing
1,581.43
Editing
150.00
Supplies
25.00
1,756.43
1,756.43
Legion Lease
1,350.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
Unpaid Bills 1948
Election & Registration
82.29
Highway
1,363.03
1,445.32
1,445.32
100th Anniversary
25.00
25.00
25.00
Fourth of July
Fireworks
500.00
Supplies
440.71
Equipment
50.00
Band
144.00
Labor
25.56
1,160.27
1,160.27
Memorial Day
Band
417.00
Flowers
254.00
Transportation
59.00
Decoration of Graves
45.00
Supplies
52.88
Food
154.21
982.09
982.09
Armistice Day
Flowers
88.00
Supplies
103.83
191.83
191.83
Fisherman's Beach Land Court
356.13
356.13
356.13
Classification Report
..... ..
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Amount carried forward
$1,307,667.82
156
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
1949 SUMMARY OF RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
From 1948
Transfer To
Appro- priation $39,644.61 10,000.00
Expendi- tures
Transfer From
Bal. to Revenue
Others
$550.00
10,539.33
10.67
Park Repairs
735.38
732.51
2.87
Plaques
50.00
50.00
Chassis
1,850.00
1,847.80
2.20
Phillips Park
12,500.00
100.00
663.50
32.70*
Vet's Housing ....
698.46
698.46
Vet's Funerals .
726.90
398.04
328.86*
Humphrey St.
Land Damages
1.00
1.00*
Town Reports
1,800.00
1,756.43
43.57
Legion Lease
1,350.00
1,350.00
Unpaid Bills 1948
1,445.32
1,445.32
175.00*
4th of July
1,200.00
1,160.27
39.78
Memorial Day
1,000.00
982.09
17.91
Armistice Day
200.00
191.83
8.17
Land Court
Fishermen's
Beach
500.00
356.13
143.87*
Walker Road
Eminent
Domain
1.00
1.00*
Classification
1,500.00
1,500.00
....
...
Warrants Paya- ble '46
62.75
62.00
.75
Warrants Paya-
3,080.10
2,962.45
117.65
*- To 1950
$3,332.73
$16,130.10
$63,790.93
$69,573.01
$12,177.27
$1,503.48
......
Reserve Fund
$12,177.27
322.73
R. E. Disposal .
154.00
254.00*
Memorial Plaques
696.20
3,000.00
3,000.00
....
Park Mem.
$39,643.81
$ .80
Field House
$208.04
208.04
....
......
100th Anniv.
200.00
25.00
....
ble '49
Park Wages
157
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
1949]
Amount brought forward
$1,307,667.82
ENTERPRISES Water
Salaries and Wages
Commissioners
1,350.00
Superintendent
4,158.98
Clerk
2,248.66
Maintenance
19,193.77
Meter Reading
2,306.99
29,258.40
Administration
Printing and Advertising
321.85
Stationery and Postage
104.59
Telephone
157.28
Use of Car
400.00
Recording Liens
27.75
Meters
912.81
Pipes and Fittings
1,793.03
Miscellaneous
17.53
Operating Expenses
Auto Expense
149.76
Light and Power
28.92
Gasoline and Oil
469.71
Insurance
201.87
Materials and Supplies
322.50
Equipment and Repairs
1,294.91
Medical
27.76
Furniture and Fixtures
262.00
Drilling and Blasting
150.00
6,642.27
35,900.67
Emergency Water
Labor
2,153.61
Equipment and Supplies ....
6,872.07
9,025.68
9,025.68
Pipes and Fittings
Supplies
6,887.44
6,887.44
6,887.44
Metropolitan Water
13,533.20
13,533.20
13,533.20
Rockyledge Water Main
1,700.31
1,700.31
1,700.31
Draft Posts
1,116.08
1,116.08
1,116.08
Cemetery
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent
3,733.60
Labor
11,754.24
15,487.84
Amount carried forward $1,375,831.20
158
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward ....... $1,375,831.20
Other Expenses
Telephone
82.65
Light
12.00
Garage Rent
50.00
Plants, Shrubs and Seeds
478.00
Tools and Equipment
1,284.31
Loam ..
500.00
Gasoline and Oil
205.85
Supplies
1,273.98
Miscellaneous
...
54.35
3,941.14
19,428.98
Amount carried forward
$1,395,260.18
1949 SUMMARY OF ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERY
From 1948
Transfer To
Appro- priation $29,258.40 7,910.00 10,000.00
Expendi- tures $29,258.40
Transfer From
Bal. to Revenue
Water Wages
Others
6,642.27
$1,267.73+
Emergency Water
9,025.68
974.32+
Pipes and
Fittings
7,500.00
6,887.44
612.56+
Met. Water
18,000.00
13,533.20
4,466.80+
Gale Road
Water Main ...
$250.00
250.00
Rockledge Rd. W. M.
1,700.31
1,700.31
Draft Posts
1,250.00
1,116.08
133.92+
Cemetery Wages
$353.31
15,230.24
15,487.84
95.71
Others
4,792.00
3,941.14
850.86
$1,950.31
$353.31
$93,940.64
$87,592.36
$8,651.90
...
i-To Water A. S. *- To 1950
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Amount brought forward
.... $1,395,260.18
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Interest:
Loans in Anticipation
of Revenue
1,004.84
General Debt,
inside limit
9,196.25
Sewer Loan,
outside limit
235.00
School Loan, outside limit
1,950.00
Interest on refunds
2.15
Interest 1950
593.75
12,981.99
Maturing Debt:
General Debt,
inside limit
43,000.00
Sewer Loan,
outside limit
1,500.00
School Loan, ontside limit
13,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
600,000.00
Maturing Debt 1950
7,000.00
664,500.00
Cour ty Tax
66,232.24
66,232.24
Agency:
Payments to County for Dog Licenses
1,221.00
Payment to County for
T. B. Hospital
18,364.34
Payments to Federal Govern-
ment for Witholding Tax
58,168.76
77,754.10
Trust Fund Transactions :
E. Y. Stocker Grave
Decoration
10.50
Phillips Medal Fund
62.20
Manuel Ross Fund
100.00
Alumni Fund
100.00
272.70
Metropolitan Park Assessments:
Charles River Basin
2,081.61
Metropolitan Parks
11,736.49
Metropolitan Boulevard
86.13
Nantasket Beach
410.28
14,314.51
State Auditing :
Municipal 1948
1.05
Municipal 1949
1,462.47
Retirement System
282.14
1,745.66
837,801.20
Refunds :
1948 Real Estate
270.00
1949 Real Estate
2,185.79
1949 Personal
164.00
Poll
52.35
1948 Excise
173.74
1949 Excise
2,190.09
Water Rates
15.15
Water Services
1.00
Miscellaneous
185.98
Estimated Receipts Refund
5.00
5,243.10
5,243.10
Amount carried forward
$2,238,304.48
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Amount brought forward
.... $2,238,304.48
Checks Returned and Deducted from Expenditures
Selectmen
1.00
Treasurer
.58
Collector of Taxes
1.00
Town Clerk
11.00
Assessors
4.78
Engineers
10.00
Town Hall
51.67
Fire Others
3.36
Public Welfare
65.02
Old Age Assistance
189.25
U. S. Grant O.A.A.
80.55
Veterans Services
148.00
Park
5.73
Memorial Plaques
53.00
Veterans Funerals
34.02
Interest
37.50
696.46
696.46
Total Expenditures
2,239,000.94
Balance January 1, 1950
463,683.00
$2,702,683.94
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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
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Balance as of December 31, 1949
Cash
Petty Cash
$463,683.00 230.00
$4,945.78
1947 Poll Tax
10.00
1948 Poll Tax
370.00
1948 Personal Tax
54.72
1948 Real Estate Tax
671.70
1949 Poll Tax
994.00
1949 Personal Tax
1,462.06
1949 Real Estate Tax
40,316.18
1947 Excise
318.26
1948 Excise
552.06
1949 Excise
3,800.40
Unapportioned Sewer
877.59
1948 Sewer
59.99
1949 Sewer
172.76
App'd. Sewers paid in Advance
212.20
Unapportioned Sidewalks
27.72
1949 Sidewalks
97.54
1949 Committed Interest
96.04
Tax Titles
5,910.67
Tax Possessions
2,663.97
Special Tax Chapter 227
1,295.49
Accts. Rec. Town Hall
25.00
Accts. Rec. Health
804.23
Accts. Rec. Public Welfare
396.20
Accts. Rec. Aid to Dependent Children
1,333.35
Accts. Rec. O.A.A. Cities
40.48
Accts. Rec. Veterans Services
38.00
Accts. Rec. Schools
71.25
Accts. Rec. Park
143.70
Accts. Rec. Cemetery
1,483.50
Water Rates
3,858.34
Water Services
1,815.07
Water Liens added to 1948 Taxes
5.35
Water Lien added to 1949 Taxes
105.00
1947 Overlay
26.59
1948 Overlay
9,618.16
1949 Overlay
4,415.24
Overlay Reserve
3,418.85
Sale of Cemetery Lots
150.00
Cemetery Fees
1,573.50
Petty Cash Reserve
230.00
Water Available Surplus
40,294.07
Cemetery Receipts Reserved for App.
3,644.50
Cemetery Funds
10.00
Joanna Morse Library Fund
250.02
Mary L. Thomson Fund
18.62
Ellen R. Whittle Fund
120.37
State & City Aid to Highway AR
4,421.06
State & City Aid to Highway Rev.
4,421.06
State Audit 1949
569.02
Charles River Basin 1949
1,261.17
Reservations 1949
3,723.64
Amount carried forward
$539,736.73
$77,371.39
Warrants Payable 1950
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Amount brought forward ........ $539,736.73 $77,371.39
Nantasket 1949
314.38
1949 County Tax
10,135.35
1949 T. B. Hospital
2,067.78
Witholding Tax
6,202.30
Tailings
90.38
Excise Revenue
4,575.47
Special Assessment Revenue
269.00
Tax Title Revenue
5,910.27
Tax Possession Revenue
2,663.97
Departmental Revenue
3,625.35
Water Revenue
5,773.71
Special Tax Chapter 227 Acts 1941 Rev. ...
1,295.49
Cemetery Revenue
81.00
Surplus Revenue
254,800.27
Tax Title Foreclosures
146.00
Outfall Sewer
132,568.49
Kings Beach Sewer
450.00
Fisherman's Beach Culverts
7,000.00
Sewer Construction
11,643.13
State Road Sewer
7,000.00
Smith Lane Sewer
2,350.00
Highway Barn
134.31
Highway Auto
227.00
Highway Jeep
40.95
Cutting Road
65.93
Forest Avenue
250.00
Charles Road
65.93
Redington Street
1,695.92
U. S. Grant O.A.A. Administration
3,141.53
U. S. Grant O.A.A.
17,664.84
U.S. Grant A.D.C. Adm.
323.59
U. S. Grant A.D.C.
2,835.13
Junior High Gymnasium
242.76
Real Estate Disposal
254.00
Memorial Plaques
32.70
Veterans Funerals
328.86
Humphrey Street Land Damages
1.00
100th Anniversary
175.00
Fisherman's Beach Land Court
143.87
Walker Road Eminent Domain
1.00
Gale Road Water Main
250.00
Bond Premiums
416.63
Interest 1950
593.75
Maturing Debt 1950
7,000.00
Total
$559,614.61
$559,614.61
I. MURRAY ADAMS
Town Accountant
Chapter 90
7,274.06
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TOWN WARRANT
1949]
Town Warrant
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1950
Essex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscottin said County : GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to assemble in their respective precincts, in said Swampscott, to wit-
In Precinct One-Polling Place-Machon School on Burpee Road. In Precinct Two- Polling Place-Phoenix Bowling Alleys, 217 Burrill Street.
In Precinct Three-Polling Place -Town Hall on Burrill Street. In Precinct Four- Polling Place- Clarke School, adjoining Abbott Park.
In Precinct Five-Polling Place-Odd Fellows Hall, 115 Elm- wood Road.
In Precinct Six-Polling Place-Hadley School on Redington Street.
In Precinct Seven-Polling Place-Essex Oil Filling Station, 638 Humphrey Street.
In Precinct Eight-Polling Place-Phillips Beach Fire Engine House, Phillips Avenue.
On Monday, the twentieth day of March, 1950, at seven (7) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following ar- ticles, viz :
At the close of the election the meeting will adjourn to Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of March, 1950, at 7:45 P.M., at the Hadley Junior High School.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Water and Sewerage Board for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Park Commission for three (3) years.
To choose two members of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Pub- lic Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose three constables for one (1) year.
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To choose one member of the Planning Board for five (5) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Swampscott Housing Author- ity for five (5) years.
To choose eight (8) representative Town Meeting Mem- bers in each precinct for three (3) years.
To choose one (1) representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct One for two (2) years.
To choose two (2) representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two for two (2) years.
To choose two (2) representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three for two (2) years.
To choose one (1) representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct Five for one (1) year.
To choose one (1) representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct Six for one (1) year.
All to be voted by ballot.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards, and committees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to petition the legislature to enact appropriate legislation to provide for a town manager form of government in the Town of Swampscott. Sponsored by the Town Manager Committee.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to continue the committee appointed under Article 67 of the warrant for the annual town meet- ing of 1949 to study the town manager form of government and to appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the use of this committee. Spon- sored by the Town Manager Committee.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to continue the committee appointed under Article 39 of the warrant for the annual town meet- ing of 1949 to investigate the advisability of celebrating the one hun- dredth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Swampscott and to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the use of this committee. Sponsored by the 100th Anniversary Committee.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to continue the cost of living bonus of two dollars a week to each full time employee of the various departments of the town and appropriate the necessary money therefor or take any action relative thereto. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to the recommendations calling for the appropriation or expenditures of money, and creation of a debt, or the disposition of town property, as set forth in the report of officers, boards or committees. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
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