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1,228.39
Ashwood Cemetery: Labor
60.00
103,067.13
328
Harbor Master's Department: Salaries:
Harbor Master
Shellfish Warden
$3,328.00 3,423.68
6,751.68
Transportation
400.00
Planting Seed Clams
500.00
Miscellaneous
440.62
8,092.30
Street Lighting:
Weymouth Light and Power Company (Contract)
52,310.56
PUBLIC WELFARE
Town-Administration :
Salaries
$17,491.18
Stationery, Postage, etc.
1,345.92
Miscellaneous
154.45
Travel Expenses
3,555.00
Partitions, Equipment, etc.
2,865.21
25,411.76
U. S. Grants-Administration:
Salaries
21,574.81
Outside Relief :
Aided by Other Cities and Towns
$5,058.83
Aided in Weymouth
45,925.58
50,984.4]
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Town-Assistance:
Cash Allotments
56,875.73
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Town-Relief :
Cash Allotments
81,416.19
U. S. Grant-Relief:
Cash Allotments
55,236.33
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Town-Assistance:
Cash Allotments
Other Cities and Towns
342,502.71 7,629.39
350,132.10
U. S. Grant-Assistance:
Cash Allotments
215,144.52
VETERANS' SERVICES
Administration :
Salaries
10,248.00
Travel Expense
500.00
Miscellaneous
599.91
11,347.91
Veterans' Benefits
82,755.15
94,103.06
329
EDUCATION
Administration:
Superintendent
10,000.00
Other General Salaries
30,793.23
Other General Expense
3,413.88
Legal Expense
350.00
44,557.11
Instruction :
Salaries of Teachers
1,234,506.01
Expenses of Teachers
16,137.78
Textbooks
31,439.24
Supplies
46,303.85
Other Expense of Instruction
515.19
1,328,902.07
Operation of School Plant:
Janitors Salaries
110,758.30
Fuel
25,400.54
Light and Power
19,093.92
Water
2,713.65
Telephones
3,815.11
Janitors Supplies
11,298.58
173,080.10
Maintenance :
Salaries
43,590.04
Materials, Supplies
23,221.17
Repairs (contract)
58,052.97
Replacement of Equipment
13,435.42
Other Expenses
765.85
139,065.45
Auxiliary Agencies:
Library Books and Supplies
4,582.70
Graduating Expenses
450.78
Promotion of Health
15,854.46
Transportation of Pupils
76,062.39
Athletic Equipment
3,882.01
Tuition
5,174.25
Support of Truants
164.86
Insurance
904.56
Other Expenses
157.25
107,233.26
Outlay and New Equipment:
Outlay
7,523.22
New Equipment
13,662.40
21,185.62
330
Day Vocational School:
Salaries
81,857.24
Expenses of Principal's Office
3,207.86
Textbooks
1,311.76
Supplies
11,303.55
Operating Expenses
5,618.61
Repairs to Buildings
319.04
Replacement of Equipment
3,633.49
New Equipment
6,564.72
Capital Outlay
2,556.48
116,372.75
Class for Exceptional Children
6,466.34
Evening Schools:
Commercial
1,071.56
Practical Arts
5,464.23
Trade Extension
41.66
Part-time Apprenticeship
1,024.30
Woodworking
1,481.12
Adult Civic Education
75.88
9,158.75
War Veterans' Pensions
2,112.21
Travel Expenses:
In State
354.06
Out-of-State
370.86
724.92
1,948,858.62
School House Construction:
Homestead
3,355.69
James Humphrey
3,542.68
Edward B. Nevin
1,048.61
Bicknell
20,468.82
Bicknell-Alterations
6,054.69
Pond
91,414.74
Central Junior High
1,156,407.94
Elden H. Johnson
262,641.91
Academy Avenue School
217,842.71
Ralph Talbot Street School
36,024.74
School Construction Committees:
Pond School
2,976.31
Central Junior High
650.46
Elden H. Johnson
14,290.61
School Rear of High School
22,001.91
Ralph Talbot Street School
19,820.43
Playground-Adams School
235.20
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LIBRARIES
Tufts Library :
Salaries
41,591.44
Janitor Service
4,006.00
Books, Periodicals, etc.
8,433.33
Service to Stations
709.82
Insurance
21.22
Bindery
1,714.51
Fuel
924.79
Light
671.24
Maintenance
2,352.05
Miscellaneous
2,671.10
Convention Expenses
94.99
63,190.49
North Weymouth Branch:
Salaries
6,039.76
Janitor Service
1,147.75
Books, Periodicals, etc.
2,064.88
Rent
1,045.00
Fuel
244.55
Maintenance
204.80
Light
84.51
Transportation of Books
52.00
Sundries
335.75
Insurance
145.26
11,364.26
East Weymouth Branch:
Salaries
4,426.95
Janitor Service
551.00
Books, Periodicals, etc. Rent
1,500.00
Maintenance
376.10
Light
61.44
Transportation of Books
52.00
Sundries
6.03
8,744.53
83,299.28
Fogg Library Reading Room:
Trustees of Fogg Library:
Salaries
3,714.00
Books
840.00
Fuel
540.00
Insurance
180.00
Telephone
72.00
Lights
120.00
Water
12.00
Repairs
232.50
Miscellaneous
156.00
Common Sewer Assessment
667.00
Improvement in Lighting
795.00
7,328.50
Plans-Branch Library
4,707.01
Construction Branch Library
78,745.22
332
1,771.01
RECREATION
Parks and Playgrounds :
Administration:
Salaries-Commissioners
600.00
Expenses-Commissioners
150.00
750.00
General Labor
20,037.82
Equipment, Repairs, Maintenance,
etc.
5,027.23
Fences
457.00
Miscellaneous
301.96
25,824.01
Bath House:
Salaries
2,856.00
Other Expenses
1,211.42
4,067.42
Supervised Playgrounds:
Salaries
5,520.00
Other Expenses
2,310.51
7,830.51
38,471.94
Park Department-New Equipment
483.21
Land-East Weymouth Playground
3,072.50
Constructoin-East Weymouth Playground
5,307.25
Land-Idlewell
1,650.00
Park Improvement-Idlewell
7.97
Land for Park-Idlewell
1,499.00
Mosquito Plain Playground
1,843.50
Bronze Plaques-Public Squares
113.89
Town Green-Weymouth Heights
499.50
Whitman Pond Project
4,404.51
Land-"House Rock Site"
4,900.00
Plaque-Church & North Streets
55.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Pensions :
Police Department
17,978.76
Fire Department
7,000.00
Street Department
3,246.06
School Department
4,512.25
32,737.07
Observance Memorial Day:
Flowers and wreaths
1,075.60
Flags
438.54
Bands
320.00
Transportation
110.00
Printing
38.50
Miscellaneous
15.98
1,998.62
333
Observance Veteran's Day:
Wreath Printing, etc. Tarnsportation Refreshments Band
5.00
25.25
35.00
100.00
175.00
340.25
Fire and Other Insurance
13,301.02
Mosquito Control:
Twin Spruce Trout Hatchery
100.00
Weymouth Sportsmen's Club
-
200.00
300.00
Miscellaneous Expenses :
National Guard Expenses
350.00
Printing Town Reports
3,666.80
Dog Officer-Salary
600.00
Animal Inspector
400.00
5,016.80
Hall Rentals Expenses: School Department Charges
7,000.00
Care Soldiers' Monument:
North Weymouth Cemetery Association
100.00
Care Old Cemeteries Wessagusset Post No. 1399, V.F.W.
475.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves:
.
Superintendent Salary
230.00
Labor
84.00
Transportation
90.25
Miscellaneous
122.84
Grave Markers
142.35
Care of Lots
1,466.00
2,135.44
Contributory Retirement System :
Weymouth Retirement System
67,086.21
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund: East Weymouth Savings Bank
1.00
Reserve Fund:
Apr. 9 Registrars
375.00
Apr. 22 Pensions a/c
1,664.26
June 7 Miscellaneous Expenses a/c
166.80
July 6 Police Department
49.00
July 6 Moth and Tree Department
750.00
Oct. 11 Damages a/c
1,500.00
Oct. 22 Fire Department-Other Expenses
420.00
Oct. 22 Police Department-Salaries and Wages 189.00 Other Expenses 331.00
334
Oct. 22 Libraries
250.00
Oct. 22 Registrars-Recount Nov. 2 Election 310.00
Oct. 26 Damages a/c 1,000.00
Oct. 26 Election Expenses 126.57
Dec. 13 Land-Park Purposes, East Weymouth 2,097.50
Dec. 13 Land-Idlewell 1,649.00
Dec. 13 Damages a/c 700.00
Dec. 13 Pensions a/c-School Department 312.25
Dec. 31 Legal Department 101.98
Dec. 31 Selectmen's Department-State Census 2,000.00
Dec. 31 Veterans' Services 2,043.16
16,035.52
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Alewife Fishery:
Weymouth Sportsmen's Club, Inc.
200.00
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENTS
Interest:
Adams and Pratt Schools
2,987.50
Pearl Street School
4,675.00
Bicknell School Addition
8,280.00
Pond School Addition
3,450.00
South Junior High School
15,585.00
Humphrey School Addition
7,380.00
Nevin School Addition
4,160.00
Homestead School
6,187.50
Academy Avenue School
5,000.00
Johnson School Addition & Central Junior High School
46,400.00
Sewer Loans
12,585.00
116,690 00
General Bonds and Notes:
Adams and Pratt Schools
40,000.00
Pearl Street School
30,000.00
Bicknell School Addition
21,176.47
Pond School Addition
8,823.53
South Junior High School
64,000.00
Humphrey School Addition
26,000.00
Nevin School Addition
11,000.00
Homestead School
25,000.00
Johnson School Addition and Central Junior High School
120,000.00
Sewer Loans
29,000.00
375,000.00
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AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State Liabilities:
Auditing Municipal Accounts
2,835.26
Examination Retirement System
617.89
Charles River Basin: Interest
.33
Metropolitan Parks:
Serial Bonds
16.26
Interest
7.32
Maintenance
44,868.35
Metropolitan Parks-Series 2:
Serial Bonds
56.92
Interest
6.51
Metorpolitan Sewer-South System:
Serial Bonds
14,224.20
Interest
3,222.87
Maintenance
37,536.26
Smoke Inspection
1,046.44
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Control
8,373.40
112,812.01
County Liabilities:
County Tax
94,655.76
Norfolk County Hospital
62,049.58
156,705.34
Dog Licenses to County
5,821.60
George-Barden Fund
1,579.48
Smith-Hughes Fund
1,386.85
Withholding Tax Deductions
336,791.92
Public Trust Funds
7,805.40
Fish and Game Licenses for State
4,709.50
School Lunch Account
96,126.72
School Athletic Account
15,175.02
Sewer Receipts-In Escrow
7,061.32
Parking Meter Receipts
2,030.04
U. S. Grant-School Maintenance
26,463.39
504,951.24
REFUNDS
Taxes-1952
1,358.97
Taxes-1953
2,078.58
Taxes-1954
38,104.40
Motor Vehicle Taxes-1953
1,746.52
Motor Vehicle Taxes-1954
4,984.36
Licenses
64.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
93.17
48,430.00
Total
$8,461,845.51
336
Less Items Transfers (Not Cash :
Assessors to Registrars
300.00
Whitman St. Construction to Moth & Tree Dept.
110.93
Parking Area-So. Weymouth to Street Dept.
937.20
School Department to Police Department
4,100.00
Pensions a/c to:
Police Department
1,225.00
Fire Department
5,200.00
Street Department
3,246.06
School Department
2,112.25
11,783.31
Reserve Fund to Various Accounts
16,035.52
33,266.96
Balance
$8,428,578.55
Cash on hand December 31, 1954
2,608,834.29
$11,037,412.84
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1951
$621,373.61
Charges :
Appropriations March 3, 1954:
Police Department
$3,500.00
Fire Department
1,100.00
Street Department
32,500.00
Park Department
530.00
Chapter 90 Construction
25,000.00
Academy Avenue School
34,480.16
Land-off Front Street
12,000.00
Const'n Branch Library
95,000.00
Sewer Construction
104,678.93
Night Soil Disposal Chamber
15,000.00
Land-Winter Street
7,500.00
For use by Assessors'
75,000.00
Appropriations October 4, 1954:
School Construction
8,235.84
Sewer Construction
2,000.00
Culvert-Middle Street
4,000.00
Police Department
8,536.93
Acquiring Tax Titles :
Real Estate Taxes-1952
1,066.17
Real Estate Taxes-1953
1,211.28
Real Estate Taxes-1954
2,455.20
Adjustments:
Appropriation Account
25.00
Water Account
25.00
State Liabilities
5.65
433,850.16
187,523.45
337
Credits:
Tax Titles Redeemed
5,118.33
Commonwealth-Chapter 90 Aid
13,526.25
County-Chapter 90 Aid
6,763.13
Estimated Receipts-Excess
155,901.59
Appropriation Balances-Unexpended
155,640.48
Revenue 1954 Excess
1,602.41
338,552.19
Balance December 31, 1954
526,075.64
Uncollected Taxes as of December 31, 1954
104,659.27
FREE CASH-January 1, 1955
$421,416.37
LIMITATIONS OF INDEBTEDNESS STATEMENT
January 1, 1955
Prepared in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, Section 10, of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) as amended.
Valuation for the three preceding years, including Motor Vehicles:
1952 Valuations
1953 Valuations 1954 Valuations
$87,954,030.00 98,308,747.00 107,788,030.00
$294,050,807.00
Less Abatements to December 31, 1954:
On 1952 Accounts
$2,013,940.00
On 1953 Accounts
2,301,345.00
On 1954 Accounts
2,236,030.00
$6,551,315.00
Balance
$287,499,492.00
Average Net Valuation 5% of Average Net Valuation
95,833,164.00 4,791,658.20
Outstanding and Authorized Debt
$7,282,000.00
Less Debt Outside the Debt Limit:
School Construction: Chapter 645, Acts 1948
$2,940,000.00
Sewer Construction Chapter 94, Acts 1945
453,000.00
Water Construction: General Laws
387,000.00
$3,780,000.00
3,502,000.00
Borrowing Capacity January 1, 1955
$1,289,658.20
Under the provisions of Chapter 645, Acts of 1948, and Chapter 56 of the Acts of 1952, a Town may borrow up to ten per cent with the approval of the Emergency Finance Board, established under Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933.
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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH - MASSACHUSETTS RECAPULATION OF ESTIMATES - 1954
Balances January 1, 1954
Appropria- Receipts and
tions
Transfers
Totals
Accounts
1954 Charges
Balances Dec. 31, 1954
1955 Estimates
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
Appropriation Committee
$1.245.40
$54.60
$1,300.00
Special Committees:
$791.19
791.19
Public Works Building
791.19
60.10
60.10
Revision Zoning Laws
15.77
44.33
79.27
79.27
Incinerator
79.27
1,051.00
1,051.00
Weymouth Youth Commission
364.20
686.80
11,840.00
$2,049.00
13,889.00
Selectmen's Department
9,573.36
4,315.64
10,430.00
16,188.00
1,500.00
17,688.00
Accounting Department
17,686.08
1.92
16,041.50
24,058.00
2,897.10
26,955.10
Treasurer's Department
24,456.72
2,498.38
17,211.00
22,241.00
22,241.00
Collector's Department
22,240.72
28
24,572.00
28,458.00
28,458.00
Assessors' Department
28,409.38
48.62
29,448.00
6,000.00
101.98
6,101.98
Legal Department
6,101.98
6,000.00
15,000.00
3,200.00
18,200.00
Damages, Compensation, etc.
18,108.26
91.74
20,000.00
14,837.00
14,837.00
Town Clerk's Department
14,694.06
142.94
15,547.84
7,968.00
985.00
8,953.00
Registrars' Department
8,943.55
9.45
7,974.00
5,380.00
126.57
5,506.57
Election Expenses
5,506.57
1,729.50
12,800.00
12,800.00
Engineering Department
11,684.13
1,115.87
12,000.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Planning Board
563.84
536.16
1,100.00
Personnel Board
984.36
35.64
1,020.00
13,290.80
13,290.80
Civil Defense
4,076.47
9,214.33
4,000.00
1,047.60
35,867.00
36,914.60
Town Hall Maintenance
35,335.46
1,579.14
35,734.77
1,000.00
1,000.00
Parking Area-Town Hall Annex
1,000.00
8,000.00
8,000.00
Town Hall Repairs
8,000.00
339
1,020.00
1,020.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department:
249,573.93
5,514.00 390.55
255,087.93
Salaries and Wages
247,225.57
7,862.36 7.61
277,929.98
13,319.00
13,709.55
Other Expenses
13,701.94
18,611.00
7,300.00
7,300.00
New Equipment
3,491.01
4,800.00
3,825.00
3,825.00
Purchase of Uniforms
3,657.84
3,808.99 167.16
4,275.00
Fire Department:
Salaries and Wages
291,974.70
3,868.30
306,097.57
3,000.00
3,000.00
Call Men
2,047.50
952.50
3,000.00
22,245.00
420.00
22,665.00
Other Expenses
22,643.16
21.84
21,525.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
New Equipment
989.13
110.87
1,700.00
2,920.00
2,920.00
Purchase of Uniforms
2,479.37
440.63
3,420.00
14,465.00
14,465.00
Inspector's Department
14,284.72
180.28
15,251.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
Sealer's Department
1,593.11
6.89
1,820.00
43,441.00
860.93
44,301.93
Moth & Tree Department
32,770.58
11,531.35
77,852.21
7,242.74
11,000.00
18,242.74
Control Dutch Elm Disease
11,111.52
7,131.22
549.20
549.20
Tree Planting Program
496.20
53.00
8,250.00
8,250.00
South Shore Mosquito Control
8,250.00
500.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Department:
900.00
900.00
Salaries of Board
900.00
1,050.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
1,626.32
773.68
5,520.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Premature Infants Cases
718.20
781.80
1,500.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Tuberculosis Cases
5,977.75
22.25
6,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Contagious Disease Cases
1,097.94
1,902.06
3,000.00
4,660.00
4,660.00
Health Agent
4,660.00
4,760.00
2,288.00
2,288.00
Health Clerk
2,288.00
2,548.00
3,832.00
3,832.00
Health Nurse
3,832.00
4,040.00
4,888.00
4,888.00
Plumbing Inspector
4,888.00
4,888.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Maintenance Dump
4,951.16
48.84
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Incinerator
1,000.00
3,376.00
3,376.00
Dental Hygienist
3,376.00
3,532.00
290,643.00
5,200.00
295,843.00
340
.
3,150.00
3,150.00
3,076.73
73.27
3,150.00
850.00
850.00
850.00
850.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Burying Animals
1,100.00
1,100.00
7,500.00
9,375.00
Nurses
7,500.00
1,875.00
7,500.00
8,250.00
46,000.00
54,250.00
Garbage Disposal
42,750.00
11,500.00
49,000.00
70,000.00
317.65
70,317.65
Sewer Department-M. & O.
55,481.64
14,836.01
70,110.08
73,000.00
73,000.00
Construction-Particular Sewers
64,127.33
8,872.67
71,000.00
131,767,94
157,000.00
118,439.77
407,207.71
Construction-Comon Sewers
327,332.18
79,875.53
358,889.92
15,000,00
15,000.00
Night Soil Disposal Chamber
15,000.00
12,321.07
12,321.07
Sewer Const'n-Bicknell School
12,321.07
22,000.00
22,000.00
Sewer Const'n-Commercial Street 18,757.42
3,242.58
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sewer Const'n-Special 1954
2,000.00
HIGHWAYS
Street Department:
Salaries and Wages
211,734.32
21,323.74
248,435.00
80,600.00
937.20
81,537.20
Other Expenses
81,145.69
391.51
83,750.00
32,500.00
32,500.00
New Equipment
32,008.22
491.78
41,600.00
41,976.84
25,000.00
66,976.84
Construction-Chapter 90
25,149.11
41,827.73
Working New Streets-1952
520.87
745.27
Working New Streets-1953
1,843.32
726.93
5,676.00
5,676.00
Working New Streets-1954
4,354.47
1,321.53
Working New Streets-1953 layouts
5,127.10
1,452.90
9,686.38
28,314.00
28,314.00
Water Mains-New Streets 1954
21,454.48
6,859.52
1,370.44
1,370.44
Green Street-Drainage Survey
1,370.44
775.00
775.00
Pleasant Street Widening
775.00
50.26
50.26
Plot-Bald Eagle Road
50.00
26
1.00
1.00
Land-Near Neck Street
1.00
346.80
25,000.00
25,346.80
Sidewalk Construction
23,656.40
1,690.40
1,000.00
1,000.00
Drainage Survey
9.40
990.60
1,000.00
1,000.00
Drain-Common Street
295.44
704.56
1,552.01
1,552.01
Parking Area-Chauncey Street
910.07
641.94
1
341
229,812.00
3,246.06
233,058.06
1,266.14
1,266.14
2,570.25
2,570.25
6,580.00
6,580.00
9,686.38
Water Mains-New Streets 1953
5,075.83
4,610.55
1,875.00
Dentists, Supplies, Transp'n Health Tests
164.02 500.00
164.02
Construction-Summer Street
164.02
500.00
Essex Street Drainage
500.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Whitman Street Construction
1,628.72
1,371.28
475.00
475.00
Oak Street Consturction
281.93
193.07
3,000.00
3,000.00
Summer Street Construction
3,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Drainage Installations
2,423.23
1,576.77
150.00
150.00
Shawmut Avenue-Land
150.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Sea Wall Constructoin
10,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Parking Area-So. Weymouth
1,000.00
2,081.93
2,081.93
Land-Weymouth Parking Area
2,081.93
1,800.00
1,800.00
Lighting Parking Area
1,800.00
7,500.00
7,500.00
Land-Winter Street
7,500.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Culvert-Middle Street
4,000.00
600.00
600.00
Surfacing Parking Area Entrance
496.48
103.52
2,000.00
2,000.00
Parking Area-No. Weymouth
2,000.00
135,100.00
135,100.00
Hurricane Damage
103,067.13
32,032.87
8,122.00
8,122.00
Harbor Master's Department
8,092.30
29.70
56,269.00
56.269.00
Street Lighting
52,310.56
3,958.44
8,036.84 60,838.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
49,000.00
21,574.81
70,574.81
Administration
46,986.57
23,588.24
51,563.15
65,000.00
1,064.95
66,064.95
Outside Relief
50,984.41
15,080.54
65,000.00
40,000.00
22,458.04
62,458.04
Disability Assistance
56,875.73
5,582.31
45,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
80,000.00
3,680.25
83,680.25
Relief-Town
81,416.19
2,264.06
90,000.00
Relief-U. S. Grant
55,236.33
Old Age Assistance:
360,000.00
3,424.22
363,424.22
Assistance-Town
350,132.10
13,292.12
370,000.00
215,144.52
215,144.52
Assistance-U. S. Grant
215,144.52
VETERANS" SERVICES
11,760.00
11,347.91
412.09
11,760.00 80,000.00
2,755.15
82,755.15
Administration Veterans' Benefits
82,755.15
14,792.00 94,000.00
342
55,236.33
55,236.33
EDUCATION
1,946,764.00
2,130.25
1,948,894.25
Support of Schools
1,948,858.62
35.63
2,161,062.00
3,164.56
3,164.56
South Junior High
3,164.56
855.28
855.28
Pearl Street
855.28
3,362.55
3,362.55
Homestaed
3,362.55
9,947.42
9,947.42
James Humphrey
9,947.42
1,551.65
1,551.65
Edward B. Nevin
1,551.65
30,810.36
30,810.36
Bicknell
30,810.36
6,071.38
6,071.38
Bicknell-Alterations
6,071.38
Pond
85,190.09
10,000.00
Pond-Alterations
10,000.00
24,190.00
2,060.000.00 260,000.00
2,084,190.00
Central Junior High
1,156,407.94
927,782.06
9,675.00
38,500.00 19,300.00
500,000.00
519,300.00
Ralph Talbot Street
36,024.74
483,275.26
School Construction Committees:
Pond School
2,982.07
650.46
650.46
Central Junior High
650.46
14,666.47
14,666.47
Elden H. Johnson
14,290.61
375.86
22,001.91
22,001.91
Rear of High School
22,001.91
28,000.00
28,000.00
Ralph Talbot Street
19,820.43
8,179.57
255.60
255.60
Playground-Adams School
235.20
20.40
12,500.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
Land-off Front Street
12,000.00
1
LIBRARIES
82,029.00
1,352.30
83,381.30
Tufts Library and Branches
83,299.28
82.02
92,903.00
10,925.00
10,925.00
Renovation Tufts Library
10,925.00
5,543.75
5,543.75
Plans-Branch Library
4,707.01
836.74
95,000.00
95,000.00
Construction Branch Library
78 745.22
16,254.78
7,501.00
7,501.00
Fogg Library Reading Room
7,328.50
172.50
6,180.00
10,000.00
269,675.00
Elden H. Johnson
262,641.91
7,033.09
500,000.00
538,500.00
Academy Avenue
217,842.71
320 657.29
2,982.07
2,982.07
12,500.00
Land-Ralph Talbot Street
12,500.00
85,190.09
85,190.09
School House Construction:
343
1
344
UNCLASSIFIED
30,760.56
1,976.51
32,737.07
Pensions
32,737.07
33,866.76
200.00
200.00
Testimonial Folders
Observance Memorial Day
1,998.62
1.38
2,000.00
350.00
350.00
Ovservance Veterans' Day
340.25
9.75
14,500.00
14,500.00
Fire and Other Insurance
13,301.02
1,198.98
19,300.00
300.00
300.00
Purchase Fish and Game 300.00
5,850.00
166.80
6,016.80
Miscellaneous Expenses
5,016.80
1,000.00
5,550.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Hall Rentals Expense
7,000.00
8,100.00
100.00
100.00
Care Soldiers' Monument
100.00
100.00
475.00
475.00
Care of Old Cemeteries
475.00
475.00
2,160.00
2,160.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
2,135.44
24.56
2,600.00
67,086.21
67,086.21
Contributory Retirement System
67,086.21
67,495.50
122.08
1.00
1.00
Municipal Buildings Ins. Fund
1.00
1.00
25,000.00
25 000.00
Reserve Fund
16,035.52
8,964.48
25,000.00
1.00
1,649.00
1,650.00
Land-Idlewell
1,650.00
7,440.20
7,440.20
Park Improvement-Idlewell
7.97
7,432.23
1,500.00
1,500.00
Land-Idlewell
1,499.00
1.00
149.45
1,800.00
1,949.45
Mosquito Plain Playground
1,843.50
105.95
300.00
300.00
Bronze Plaques-Public Squares
113.89
186.11
500.00
500.00
Town Green-Weymouth Heights
499.50
50
5,000.00
5,000.00
Whitman Pond Project
4,404.51
595.49
4,900.00
4,900.00
Land-"House Rock Site"
4,900.00
100.00
100.00
Plaque-Church & North Sts.
55.00
45.00
50,275.10
530.00
New Equipment
46.79
1,040.00
Supt. Parks and Recreation
1,040.00
975.00
2,097.50
3,072.50
Land-E. Wey. Playground
3 072.50
1,847.74
8,500.00
10,347.74
Const'n-E. Wey. Playground
5,307.25
5,040.49
41,064.00 530.00 1,040.00
RECREATION
41,064.00
Parks and Playgrounds
38,471.94 483.21
2,592.06
122.08
122.08
Improvement Ashwood Cemetery
200.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
200.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE 200.00 Alewife Fishery
200.00
200.00
INTEREST & DEBT REQUIREMENTS
117,190.00
2,038.06
119,228.06
Interest and Discount General Bonds and Notes
116,690.00
2,538.06
125,077.50
375,000.00
375,000.00
375,000.00
428,000.00
$565,264.07
$5,428,123.63
$3,938,034.50
$9,931,422.20
$7,687,079.41
$2,244,342.79
$5,745,529.22
Balances to Revenue Balances to 1955 Accounts
$155,640.48
2,088,702.31
$2,244,342.79
345
ANALYSIS OF PAYROLLS FOR THE YEAR 1954 Personal Services to December 31, 1954
Department
Compensation Paid
Pension Deductions
Withholding Taxes
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund
Balance
Selectmen
$6,532.00
$171.60
$941.85
$90.00
$5,328.55
Accountant
16,116.40
1,095.10
2,487.40
216.30
12,317.60
Treasurer
10,396.00
512.20
1,280.80
198.10
8,404.90
Collector
17,703.00
438.93
2,634.13
185.45
14,444.49
Assessors'
23,973.02
1,000.88
2,494.58
352.65
20,124.91
Legal
3,400.00
170.00
615.60
2,614.40
Town Clerk
12,320.00
384.80
1,211.60
195.30
10,528.30
Registrar
6,127.60
148.20
957.49
36.30
4,985.61
Personnel Board
920.00
46.00
165.60
708.40
Civil Defense
559.64
72.80
486.84
Maint. Town Hall
16,841.67
948.45
1,247.70
216.80
14,428.72
Inspectors
11,965.00
594.45
1,434.90
133.10
9,802.55
Sealer
1,300.00
65.00
1,235.00
Tree & Moth
22,840.10
975.76
1,778.50
309.05
19,776.79
Health
23,100.34
1,049.40
2,214.00
359.10
19,477.84
Harbor Master
6,751.68
337.48
488.80
66.55
5,858.85
Welfare Adm'n.
39,065.99
1,926.90
4,389.00
580.30
32,169.79
Veterans' Services
10,248.00
511.50
1,383.80
179.70
8,173.00
Park
29,013.82
124.42
2,637.08
225.30
26,027.02
Miscellaneous
1,000.00
78.25
921.75
Care of Soldiers' Graves
230.00
41.40
188.60
$260,404.26
$10,501.07
$28,577.03
$3,422.25
$218,003.91
346
Police
$247,225.57*
$8,044.38
$22,226.50
$4,658.15
$212,296.54
Fire
294,022.20§
14,382.95
22,851.46
6,099.70
250,688.09
Sewer
81,038.69
2,524.57
8,193.99
414.60
69,905.53
Street
211,734.32
9,594.96
18,743.75
3,683.65
179,711.96
Hurricane
68,759.56
908.67
5,486.72
171.75
62,192.42
Cafeteria
32,222.37
1,441.78
4,652.26
158.15
25,970.18
Athletics
1,710.05
315.05
1,395.00
School
1,565,992.69+
9,253.25
202,510.41
17,774.30
67,153.08
1,269,301.65
Library
60,194.90
2,729.86
8,816.63
611.65
48,036.76
2,823,304.61
59,381.49
322,273.80
36,994.20
67,153.08
2,337,502.04
Water
136,039.59
6,925.43
13,673.28
1,810.30
113,630.58
$2,959,344.20
$66,306.92
$335,947.08
$38,804.50
$67,153.08
$2,451,132.62
(*) Includes $3,727.73 Holiday Pay
(§) Includes $5,459.26 Holiday Pay (+) Includes $4,511.63 Hall Rentals Account
347
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH - MASSACHUSETTS
BALANCE SHEET
JANUARY 1, 1955
Treasurer's Cash:
Withholding Taxes for U. S. Treasury
$35,035.24
Water Construction Deposits
6,441.00
Guarantee Deposits
4,500.00
Dog License Fees for County
203.40
Fish and Game Licenses for State
171.50
Sale of Real Estate Fund
6,963.06
School Athletics Account
6,953.80
Taxes-Levy 1953-Polls
14.00
School Lunch Account
4,366.89
Federal Grant-School Maintenance
17,853.74
Levy 1953-Real Estate
5,794.68
Federal Grant-George Barden Fund
40.00
Levy 1954-Polls
532.00
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
22,060.86
Levy 1954-Personal
4,030.29
Overlays Reserved for Abatements-1953
5,882.18
Levy 1954-Real Estate
94,214.80
104,659.27
Overlays Reserved for Abatements-1954
23,650.38
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy 1953
1,592.60
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
69,658.46
Levy 1954
68,065.86
69,658.46
Departmental
17,037.72
Judgments
55.10
Departmental:
Public Welfare
8,680.09
Old Age Assistance
499.71
Tax Titles
11,406.17
Hall Rentals
250.00
Vocational School
7,607.92
17,037.72
Add to Highways
6,750.00
Water Department
75,081.21
301,114.55
Sewer Assessments:
Common
35,148.32
Particular
72,321.57
107,469.89
Receipts from Parking Meters Unclaimed Checks Account
285.21
· Apportioned Sewer Assessments: Common 1953
70.00
Sewer Assessments
67,291.77
Town
$2,608,834.29 224,057.21
Water
Petty Cash-Collector's Office
250.00 $2,833,141.50
Accounts Receivable :
Levy 1953-Personal
73.50
Sewer Assessments
107,469.89
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
1,221.63
Committed Sewer Interest
336.77
Tax Possessions
12,097.60
689.01
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation:
348
Common 1954 Particular 1954
804.95 346.68
1,221.63
Loans Authorized-Not Negotiated Premium Account-Town Premium Account-Water Accrued Interest Account-Town
2,534.80
Committed Sewer Interest:
1953
21.00
1954
315.77
336.77
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Judgments
Committee-Public Works Building
791.19
Committee-Revision Zoning Laws 44.33
Committee-Incinerator 79.27
Motor Vehicles Excise Taxes 1950
12.69
55.10
Weymouth Youth Commission
686.80
Selectmen (Census)
4,000.00
Tax Titles (79 parcels)
11,406.17
Engineering Department
360.00
Civil Defense
9,214.33
Tax Possessions
12,097.60
Police Department-New Equipment
3,800.00
Water Department:
Rates
66,397.04
Health Department-Incinerator
1,000.00
New Services
3,685.90
Nurses
1,875.00
Private Work
2,347.71
Garbage Disposal
11,500.00
Liens-1953
341.02
75,081.21
Sewer Const'n-Commercial Street
3,242.58
Night Soil Disposal Chamber
15,000.00
Sewer Construction-Special
2,000.00
Street Construction-Chapter 90
41,827.73
Working New Streets-1953
726.93
County Aid to Highways:
Working New Streets-1954
1,321.53
Contract No. 14828
2,250.00
Working New Streets-1954 (1953)
1,452.90
Water Mains-New Streets-1953
4,610.55
Water Mains-New Streets-1954
6,859.52
Revenue of 1955-Town
136,140.00
Sidewalk Construction
1,690.40
Pleasant Street Widenisg
775.00
Green Street Drainage Survey
1,370.44
Fire Department-Uniforms
440.63
Control Dutch Elm Disease
7,131.22
Construction Particular Sewers
8,872.67
Construction Common Sewers
79,875.53
Liens-1954
2,309.54
State Aid to Highways: Contract No. 14828
4,500.00
Loans Authorized
140,000.00
Sewer Receipts (In Escrow)
2,527.16 140,000.00
465.00
211.11
Petty Cash Reserve-Collector
250.00
Personal Taxes 1950
42.41
349
Drainage Survey
990.60
Drain-Common Street
704.56
Oak Street Construction 193.07
Summer Street Construction
3,000.00
Drainage Installations
1,576.77
Sea Wall Construction
10,000.00
Lighting Parking Area
1,800.00
Land-Winter Street
7,500.00
Culvert-Middle Street
4,000.00
Land-N. W. Parking Area
2,000.00
Hurricane Damage Account
32,032.87
School House Construction:
Central Junior High
927,782.06
Elden H. Johnson
7,033.09
Academy Avenue
320,657.29
Ralph Talbot Street
483,275.26
School Construction Committees:
Elden H. Johnson
375.86
Ralph Talbot Street
8,179.57
Land-Ralph Talbot Street
12,500.00
Land-off Front Street
12,000.00
Renovation Tufts Library
10,925.00
Committee-Branch Library
836.74
Construction Branch Library
16,254.78
Supt. Parks and Recreation
1,040.00
Construction-E. Weymouth Playground
5,040.49
Mosquito Plain Playground
105.95
Park Development-Idlewell
7,432.23
Whitman's Pond Project
595.49
Testimonial Folders
200.00
Improvement Ashwood Cemetery
122.08
2,088,702.31
350
Water Department: Filter Plant Improvements
12,211.05
Water Mains-Loan of 1954
84,035.89
Purchase Land on Pond
2,375.77
7,000.00
812.38
Purchase New Equipment Equipment Account Stock Account
12,930.22
119,365.31
State Liabilities-Overestimates:
Metropolitan Parks Tax
751.77
So. Met. Sewerage System
6,319.93
Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth Control Smoke Inspection
10,688.95
165.41
17,926.06
County Liabilities-Overestimates : Norfolk County Tax
15,709.44
Surplus Revenue (E. & D.) :
Town
526,075.64
Water
97,785.90
623,861.54
$3,515,055.32
January 17, 1955
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant
351
$3,515,055.32
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Net Funded Debt:
General-General Laws
Schools-Chapter 645, Acts 1948
Sewer-Chapter 94, Acts 1945
453,000.00
Pearl Street School-February 1, 1951 359,000.00
Water
387,000.00
Sewer Construction-October 1, 1951
173,000.00
South Junior High School-October 1, 1951
38,000.00
Homestead School - May 1, 1952 400,000.00
Humphrey School-October 1, 1952 343,000.00
Nevin School-October 1, 1952 197,000.00
Sewer Construction-October 1, 1952
180,000.00
Bicknell & Pond Schools-August 1, 1953
480,000.00
Sewer Construction-August 1, 1953
190,000.00
Central Junior High & Johnson-January 1, 1954
2,200,000.00
Academy Avenue School-May 15, 1954
500,000.00
Sewer Construction-May 15, 1954
100,000.00
Ralph Talbot School-December 1, 1954
500,000.00
Water Loan-October 1, 1946
10,000.00
Water Loan-August 1, 1948
110,000.00
Water Loan-April 1, 1950
33,000.00
Water Loan-April 1, 1950
5,000.00
Water Loan-October 1, 1951
79,000.00
Water Loan-May 15, 1954
150,000.00
$7,142,000.00
$7,142,000.00
$3,362,000.00 2,940,000.00
A. Adams & Pratt Schools-August 1, 1948 A. Adams & Pratt Schools-August 1, 1949 South Junior High School-May 1, 1950
$125,000.00 10,000.00 960,000.00
352
353
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$924,214.66 Tufts Fund, Free Public Lectures
$5,000.00
Tufts Fund, Free Public Lectures, Income
1,794.73
Tufts Fund, Books
2,500.00
Tufts Fund, Reading Room
2,500.00
Tufts Fund, Sidewalks and Shade Trees
2,000.00
Tufts Fund, Sidewalks and Shade Trees, Income
169,59
Tufts Fund, Care Tufts Tomb
500.00
John C. Rhines Fund
10,000.00
John C. Rhines Fund, Income
6,674.76
Elias S. Beals Park Fund
1,000.00
Elias S. Beals Park Fund, ncome
71.63
Laban Pratt Hospital Fund
300,000.00
Laban Pratt Hospital Fund, Income
435,753.89
Laban Pratt Fountain Fund
400.00
Laban Pratt Fountain Fund, Income
797.63
Augustus J. Richards Library Fund
5,000.00
Joseph E. Trask Library Fund
12,805.88
Susannah Hunt Stetson Library Fund
2,500.00
Tirrell Donation Library Fund
1,000.00
Arthur E. Pratt Library Fund
3,000.00
Charles Henry Pratt Library Fund
500.00
William H. Pratt Library Fund
2,798.80
Alida M. Denton Library Fund
700.00
Mary Fifield King Library Fund
2,000.78
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
122,997.11
Martha Hannah King Fund
91.18
Ashwood Cemetery Fund
. 554.22
Mary Fifield King Fund
104.46
$924,214.66
$924,214.66
Francis Flint Forsyth Library Fund
1,000.00
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Not Due $131,494.99
Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Common
Due 1955
$12,420.99
Due 1956
12,419.00
Due 1957
12,384.00
Due 1958
12,334.00
Due 1959
10,395.00
Due 1960
8,845.00
Due 1961
6,604.00
Due 1962
5,899.00
Due 1963
4,764.00
Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Particular
Due 1955
6,392.00
Due 1956
6,392.00
Due 1957
6,392.00
Due 1958
6,285.00
Due 1959
6,015.00
Due 1960
5,384.00
Due 1961
4,649.00
Due 1962
2,915.00
Due 1963
1,006.00
$131,494.99
$131,494.99
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appropriations Annual Town Meeting 80
Annual Town Election 82
Annual Town Election Recount 89
Annual Town Meeting, March 1
13
Annual Town Meeting, Adjourned March 3
31
Assessors' Report
166
Board of Health
157
Building Inspector
145
Civil Defense Committee 144
Collector of Taxes
183
Custodian of Veterans' Graves 154
Committee on Drainage 174
Dental Clinic
158
Director of Civil Defense 144
Electric Lighting Committee 148
Fire Alarm, Superintendent 155
Fire Department 156
Graduation Exercises 289
General Relief
153
General School Building Committee 295
Harbor Master 150
High School, Athletic Account 287
Health Officer 157
Health Nurse 171
Inspector of Animals 147
Jury List
130
Jurors Drawn 137
Laban Pratt Hospital Report 190
Library Trustees Report 193
356
Memorial Day Committee 128 Moth Department 188
Mosquito Control Project 140
Old Age Assistance 153
Park Commissioners
152
Planning Board
209
Plumbing Inspector
147
Police Department
157
Public Welfare
153
Personnel Board
170
Retirement System
236 & 313
Registrars of Voters
187
Salaries of Town Officials
303-305
School Report
241
Sealer of Weights and Measures
148
Shell Fish Constable 159
Sewer Construction
163
Sewer Department Superintendent
162
Street Department
160
State Primary
92
State Election
120
State Election Recount
124
Town Accountant's Report
314
Town Clerk's Financial Report
138
Town Counsel
149
Town Meeting, Special, October 4
100
Town Meeting, Special, December 6
126
Town Meeting Members
5
Town Engineer
151
Town Offices
3
Treasurer's Report
306
Tree Department
188
Tufts Library Report
193
Veteran's Service
146
Vital Statistics
138
Visiting Nurse Assoc.
173
Water Department 211
Zoning Appeals 239
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