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4,608.26
1,391.74
6,000.00
20,000.00
2,000.00
22,000.00
Damages, Compensation, etc.
19,763.05
2,236.95
25,000.00
15,882.00
15,882.00
Town Clerk's Department
15,356.77
525.23
15,600.60
8,241.00
8,241.00
Registrars' Department
8,215.04
25.96
10,697 80
1,730.00
403.50
2,133.50
Election Expenses
2,123.13
10.37
9,198.00
12,000.00
12,360.00
Engineering Department
10,380.94
1,979.06
12,000.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Planning Board
516.51
583.49
1,300.00
21,750.00
21,750.00
New Engineering Department
21,750.00
1,020.00
50.00
1,070.00
Personnel Board
1,035.89
34.11
2,230.00
9,214.33
4,100.00
13,314.33
Civil Defense
4,185.93
9,128.40
5,000.00
33,600.00
33,600.00
Town Hall Maintenance
31,210.87
2,389.13
34,757.83
-
358
30,000.00
30,000.00
Drainage System
15,000.00
15,000.00
360.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department:
289,153.00
1,225.00
290,378.00
Salaries and Wages
278,136.61
12,241.39
319,161.86
3,800.00
4,800.00
8,600.00
New Equipment
8,576.00
24.00
8,400 00
4,275.00
4,275.00
Purchase of Uniforms
3,943.27
331.73
4,275.00
18,611.00
453.00
19,064.00
Other Expenses
17,753.17
1,310.83
22,472.00
Fire Department:
311,106.00
5,200.00
316,306.00
Salaries and Wages
314,572.26
1,733.74
325,307.90
1,700.00
1,700.00
New Equipment
1,697.42
2.58
3,175.00
3,150.00
3,150.00
Call Men
2,847.78
302.22
3,000.00
440.63
3,000.00
3,440.63
3,336.13
104.50
3,040.00
21,900.00
700.00
22,600.00
Purchase of Uniforms Other Expenses
22,458.78
141.22
20,815 00
15,704.00
45.00
15,749.00
Inspector's Department
15,661.00
88.00
17,165.00
1,820.00
1,820.00
Sealer's Department
1,797.00
23.00
1,820.00
48,978.00
77.60
49,055.60
Moth & Tree Department
41,685.75
7,369.85
67,551.00
7,131.22
11,000.00
18,131.22
Control Dutch Elm Disease
7,641.26
10,489.96
8,000.00
8,000.00
South Shore Mosquito Control
8,000.00
8,000.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Department:
1,050.00
1,050.00
Salaries of Board
1,050.00
1,050.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
1,816.77
483.23
2,450.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Premature Infant Cases
1,323.19
176.81
3,000.00
6,000.00
265.75
6,265.75
Tuberculosis Cases
6,265.75
7,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Contagious Disease Cases
2,261.78
738.22
3,000.00
4,996.00
4,996.00
Health Agent
4,996.00
5,168.00
2,583.00
2,583.00
Health Clerk
2,577.30
5.70
2,566.20
4,247.00
4,247.00
Health Nurse
4,246.50
.50
4,222.00
5,124.00
5,124.00
Plumbing Inspector
5,124.00
5,308.70
5,160.00
65.18
5,225.18
Maintenance Town Dump
5,225.18
5,000.00
3,727.00
3,727.00
Dental Hygienist
3,726.70
.30
3,703.60
3,150.00
3,150.00
Dentists, Supplies and Transp n
2,620.66
529.34
3,200 .. 00
850.00
850.00
Health Tests
850.00
850.00
359
1,200.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Incinerator
1,000.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
New Dental Equipment
2,446.39
53.61
500.00
500.00
Polio Clinic
498.17
1.83
15,000.00
1,875.00
7,500.00
9,375.00
Nurses
7,500.00
1,875.00
7,500.00
11,500.00
49,000.00
60,500.00
Garbage Disposal
48,250.00
12,250.00
52,000.00
Sewer Department:
72,200.00
72,200.00
Maintenance and Operation
64,895.37
7,304.63
76,840.40
8,872.67
72,500.00
81,372.67
Construction Particular Sewers
53,459.01
27,913.66
62,000.00
79,875.53
55,300.00
300,000.00
435,175.53
Construction Common Sewers
348,616.96
86,558.57
431,159.60
3,242.58
3,242.58
Construction-Commercial Street
3,242.58
15,000.00
15,000.00
Night Soil Disposal Chamber
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sewer Construction-Special
2,000.00
HIGHWAYS
Street Department:
242,190.00
3,920.76
246,110.76
Salaries and Wages
223,592.81
22,517.95
254,524.00
89,425.00
89,425.00
Other Expenses
81,920.55
7,504.45
89,350.00
49,060.00
49,060.00
New Equipment
48,869.33
190.67
46,270.00
48,172.27
90,000.00
Construction-Chapter 90
77.60
89,922.40
726.93
Working New Streets-1953
726,93
1,321.53
1,321.53
Working New Streets-1954
108.75
1,212.78
1,452.90
1,452.90
Working New Streets-1954
(1953)
318.90
1,134.00
6,352.00
6,352.00
Working New Streets-1955
4,477.76
1,874.24
20,866.00
20,866.00
Working New Streets-1955 (1954)
4,543.88
16,322.12
9,834.00
9,834.00
Water Main-New Streets 1955
550.95
9,283.05
2,730.00
2,730.00
Water Mains- Seaver Road
2,609.16
120.84
2,020.00
2,020.00
Water Mains-Gibbons Street
1,526.33
493.67
4,610.55
4,610.55
Water Mains-New Streets 1953
118.53
4,492.02
6,859.52
5,500.00
12,359.52
Water Main -New Streets 1954
10,715.39
1,644.13
1,690.40
25,000.00
26,690.40
Sidewalk Construction
25,462.40
1,228.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
Sidewalk Repairs
12,948.55
2,051.45
775.00
775.00
Pleasant Street Widening
775.00
-
360
1,200.00
1,200.00
Burying Animals
1,200.00
15,000.00
41,827.73
726.93
361
1,370.44
1,370.44
Green Street Drainage Survey
1,370.44
990.60
990.60
Drainage Survey
990.00
.60
704.56
704.56
Drain-Common Street
704.56
193.07
193.07
Oak Street Construction
26.67
166.40
3,000.00
3,000.00
Summer Street Construction
3,000.00
1,576.77
1,576.77
Drainage Installations
1,576.77
10,000.00
10,000.00
20,000.00
Sea Walls
15,000.00
5,000.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Lighting Parking Area-Weymouth
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
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
Land-N. Weymouth Parking Area
4,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
Const'n-N. Weymouth Parkin Area 1,439.60
569.29
58.71
3,500.00
3,500.00
Charles Diersch Street
2,726.43
773.57
485.00
485.00
Road-Town Hall Annex
338.15
146.85
1,000.00
1,000.00
Working Gibbons Street
1,000.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Sidewalk-Ralph Talbot Street
2,499.00
1.00
488.00
488.00
Drain-Adorn Street
418.76
69.24
10,000.00
10,000.00
Dredging Weymouth Fore River
10,000.00
42,329.47
96,620.65
138,950.12
Hurricane Damage Account
136,261.52
2,688.60
8,225.00
8,225.00
Harbor Master's Department
8,159.22
65.78
60,838.00
60,838.00
Street Lighting
58,883.40
1,954.60
8,954.16 64,750.76
PUBLIC WELFARE
51,035.00
20,754.83
71,789.83
Administration
47,561.39
24,228.44
52,243.40
65,000.00
745.37
65,745.37
Outside Relief
55,470.09
10,275.28
67,000.00
40,000,00
20,903.77
60,903.77
Disability Assistance
56,019.73
4,884.04
42,000.00
80,000.00
815.35
80,815.35
80,582.02
233.33
85,000.00
56,333.29
56,333.29
Relief-U. S. Grant
56,333.29
Old Age Assistance:
360,000.00
3,305.68
363,305.68
Assistance-Town
348,986.32
14,319.36
380,000.00
199,064.06
199,064.06
Assistance-U. S. Grant
199,064.06
7,560.40
628.00
628.00
Weymouth Parking Area
Aid to Dependent Children: Relief-Town
VETERANS' SERVICES
14,801.00 85,000.00
17,885.10
14,801.00 102,885.10
Administration Veterans' Benefits
14,006.20 102,885.10
794.80
15,721.40 115,000.00
EDUCATION
2,145,974.96
5,060.00
2,151,034.96
Support of Schools
2,109,164.22
41,870.74
2,495,412.00
School House Construction:
927,782.06
927,782.06
Central Junior High
817,581.24
110,200.82
320,657.29
320,657.29
Academy Avenue
264,382.80
56,274.49
483,275.26
4,996.00
488,271.26
Ralph Talbot Street
390,193.32
98,077.94
7,033.09
7,033.09
Elden H. Johnson
1,805.50
5,227.59
School Construction Committees :
Elden H. Johnson
375.86
8,179.57
Ralph Talbot Street
4,564.72
3,614.85
28,000.00
28,000.00
East Weymouth School
9,877.80
18,122.20
25,000.00
25,000.00
Precinct Four School
25,000.00
12,500.00
12,500.00
Land-Ralph Talbot Street
12,500.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
Land-Off Front Street
12,000.00
LIBRARIES
98,404.00
1,035.53
99,439.53
Tufts Library and Branches
98,513.21
926.32
106,463.35
10,925.00
10,925.00
Renovation Tufts Library
10,925.00
6,180.00
6,180.00
Fogg Library Reading Room
6,118.50
61.50
6,672.00
836.74
836.74
Plans, etc .- Branch Library
836.74
16,254.78
16,254.78
Construction Branch Library
16,074.42
180.36
RECREATION
1,040.00
55,050.00
56,090.00
Parks and Playgrounds
51,442.70
4,647.30
68,008.20
1,800.00
1,800.00
New Equipment
1,752.36
47.64
5,040.49
5,040.49
East Weymouth Playground
166.00
4,874.49
375.86 8,179.57
375.86
362
363
200.00
400.00
400.00
Observance Veterans' Day
331.95
68.05
2,000.00
2,000.00
Observance Memorial Day
2,000.00
2,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
Fire and Other Insurance
15,801.86
2,198.14
23,353.00
300.00
300.00
Purchase Fish and Game
300.00
6,250.00
6,250.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
5,977.33
272.67
5,150.00
9,750.00
9,750.00
Hall Rentals Expense
9,749.43
.57
9,750.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
Group Life Insurance
5,321.13
3,678.87
9,000.00
100.00
100.00
Care Soldiers' Monument
100.00
100.00
475.00
475.00
Care Old Cemeteries
475.00
475.00
2,160.00
2,160.00
Care Soldiers Graves
1,929.00
231.00
2,160.00
67,495.50
67,495.50
Contributory Retirement System
67,495.50
72,538.50
122.08
122.08
Improvement Ashwood Cemetery
105.00
17.08
1.00
1.00
Municipal Buildings Ins. Fund
1.00
1.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
Reserve Fund
22,482.83
2,517.17
25,000.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
200.00
200.00
Alewife Fishery
200.00
200.00
105.95 595.49 7,432.23
105.95
Mosquito Plain Playground
105.95
595.49
Whitman's Pond Project
592.49
3.00
7,432.23
Park Development-Idlewell
62.13
7,370.10
4,000.00
4,000.00
Playground-Off Green Street
576.93
3,423.07
1,000.00
1,000.00
Bradford Hawes Park
934.20
65.80
2,500.00
2,500.00
Great Hill Park
350.90
2,149.10
2,000.00
2,000.00
Beach Improvment-Woronoco Road Webb Park
5,174.53
825.47
986.00
986.00
Entrance-House Rock Park
986.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Skating Area-Homestead School
492.00
708.00
1.00
1.00
Land in "Birches"
1.00
UNCLASSIFIED
36,367.72
184.59
36,552.31
Pensions
36,552.31
39,289.52
200.00
Testimonial Folders
200.00
762.45
1,237.55
6,000.00
6,000.00
INTEREST & DEBT REQUIREMENTS
125,077.50 428,000.00
211.11 2,534.80
125,288.61 430,534.80
Interest and Discount General Bonds and Notes
125,077.50
211.11 2,534.80
124,130.00
428,000.00
433,000.00
$2,056,669.44
$5,781,813.42
$743,603.32
$8,582,086.18
$7,652,247.73
$929,838.45
$6,366,621.18
Balances to Revenue Balances to 1956 Accounts
$204,462.92
725,375.53
$929,838.45
364
ANALYSIS OF PAYROLLS FOR THE YEAR 1955
Personal Services to December 31, 1955
Department
Compensation Paid
Pension Deductions
Withholding Taxes
Blue Cross & Mass. Teachers Group Life Blue Shield Retirement Fund Insurance
Balance
Selectmen
$10,150.50
$192.51
$1,155.70
$90.00
$29.15
$8,683.14
Accountant
16,827.02
880.41
2,594.20
298.85
32.86
13,020.70
Treasurer
10,954.15
536.53
1,355.70
198.55
23.32
8,840.05
Collector
19,078.00
526.56
2,882.20
186.45
49.82
15,432.97
Assessors'
25,953.22
1,066.68
2,562.96
427.20
66.78
21,829.60
Legal
3,075.00
153.75
557.10
2,364.15
Town Clerk
13,179.33
500.05
1,482.20
184.45
30.74
10,981.89
Registrar
6,674.00
164.85
1,018.94
39.60
19.61
5,431.00
Personnel Board
920.00
46.00
165.60
708.40
Civil Defense
550.16
70.90
479.26
Maintenance Town Hall
18,680.20
947.20
1,653.00
254.50
42.40
15,783.10
Inspectors'
12,714.50
632.10
1,425.20
145.20
23.32
10,488.68
Sealer
1,500.00
75.04
1,424.96
Tree & Moth
33,054.41
1,556.96
2,275.60
443.65
72.61
28,705.59
Health
25,006.40
1,137.60
2,733.80
321.30
32.86
20,780.84
Harbor Master
7,134.63
356.83
548.40
66.55
16.96
6,145.89
Welfare Administration
40,967.75
2,016.91
4,665.70
597.90
95.40
33,591.84
Veterans' Services
12,668.90
629.90
1,647.00
186.15
30.74
10,175.11
Park
37,687.26
613.51
3,440.46
362.70
64.66
33,205.93
Miscellaneous
1,200.00
91.50
1,108.50
Care Soldiers' Graves
208.88
31.05
177.83
$298,184.31
$12,033.39
$32,265.71 $3,894.55
$631.23
$249,359.43
365
Department
Compensation Paid
Pension Deductions
Withholding Taxes
Blue Cross & Mass. Teachers Group Life Blue Shield Retirement Fund Insurance
Balance
Police
$278,136.61*
$9,324.33
$25,717.00
$5,269.20
$492.90
$237,333.18
Fire
317,420.04±
15,529.57
24,195.77
7,054.30
589.36
270,051.04
Sewer
75,195.17
2,733.24
7,178.06
468.45
125.08
64,690.34
Street
223,592.81
10,092.04
19,476.54
3,938.45
428.24
189,657.54
Flood Relief
16,951.19
383.81
1,182.30
295.30
50.88
15,038.90
Hurricane
7,524.68
74.62
522.70
44.25
6,883.11
Cafeteria
39,242.55
1,643.14
5,853.38
194.95
98.58
31,452.50
Atheletics
1,243.49
229.40
1,014.09
School
1,771,501.371
10,576.37
228,935.02
20,537.35
$75,149.89
2,391.36
1,433,911.38
School Construction
5,984.50
770.36
5.214.14
Library
70,598.02
3,219.43
10,678.77
831.00
111.30-
55,757.52
3,105,574.74
65,609.94
357,005.01
42,527.80
75,149.89
4,918.93
2,560,363.17
Water
144,938.71
6,750.74
14,626.85
2,194.35
265.00
121,101.77
366
$3,250,513.45
$72,360.68
$371,631.86 $44,722.15
$75,149.89
$5,183.93
$2,681,464.94
(*) Includes $4,205.35 Holiday Pay
(¿) Includes $6,016.88 Holiday Pay
(1) Includes $7,361.72 Hall Rentals Account
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH - MASSACHUSETTS
BALANCE SHEET
JANUARY 1, 1956
Treasurer's Cash :
Withholding Taxes for U. S. Treasury
$39,672.58
Town
$1,526,447.72 197,326.19
Water Construction Deposits Guarantee Deposits
3,500.00
Dog License Fees for County
140.40
Fish and Game Licenses for State
176.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund
8,856.19
School Athletics Account
1,952.89
School Lunch Account
2,485.73
Taxes- Levy 1954-Polls
70.00
Federal Grant-School Maintenance
18,385.93
Levy 1954-Personal
146.52
Federal Grant-George Barden Fund
40.00
Levy 1954-Real Estate
4,291.60
22,446.63
Levy 1955-Polls
582.00
4,508.12
Levy 1955-Personal
3,429.00
Levy 1955-Real Estate
92,752.00
101,271.12
367
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy 1954
1,623.46
Levy 1955
48,933.53
50,556.99
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
1,364.26
Committed Sewer Interest
460.83
Tax Titles
17,024.77
Public Welfare
5,527.04
Old Age Assistance
760.52
Hall Rentals
216.00
Vocational School
3,927.27
10,430.83
Receipts from Parking Meters
2,654.55
Unclaimed Checks Account
1,933.49
Sewer Assessment:
Common
23,693.92
81,519.04
Particular
60,658.00
84,351.92
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation : Sewer Assessments Sewer Receipts (In Escrow) Petty Cash Reserve-Collector
3,575.73
250.00
Water
Petty Cash-Collector's Office
250.00 $1,724,023.91
Accounts Receivable :
Overlays Reserved for Abatements-1954
Overlays Reserved for Abatements-1955
25,663.11
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
50,556.99
Departmental
10,430.83
Judgments
55.10
Sewer Assessments
84,351.92
Departmental:
Tax Possessions
11,936.90
Aid to Highways
65,000.00
Water Department
77,268.94
318,450.54
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
1,039.00
Apportioned Sewer Assessments:
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
Committee-Public Works Building
791.19
Committee-Revision Zoning Laws 44.33
Committee-Incinerator 79.27
Weymouth Youth Commission
686.80
Committee-Swimming Pool
100.00
1954
7.00
Committee-Highway Planning
951.82
1955
453.83
460.83
Committee-Drainage System
15,000.00
Judgments:
Accounting Department
777.00
Personal Taxes 1950
42.41
Planning Board
300.00
Motor Vehicles Excise Taxes 1950
12.69
55.10
Engineering Department
21,750.00
Civil Defense
9,128.40
Tax Titles (70 parcels)
17,024.77
Town Hall Maintenance
950.00
Tax Possessions (243 parcels)
11,936.90
Control Dutch Elm Disease
10,489.96
Rates
68,270.09
Health Department-Incinerator
1,000.00
New Service
3,013.14
Nurses
1,875.00
Private Work
3,530.51
Garbage Disposal
12,250.00
Liens-1954
332.80
Construction Common Sewers
86,558.57
Construction Particular Sewers
27,913.66
Night Disposal Chamber
15,000.00
State Aid to Highways
45,000.00
Street Construction-Chapter 90
89,922.40
County Aid to Highways
20,000.00
Working New Streets 1953
726.93
Working New Streets 1954
1,212.78
Working New Streets 1955
1,874.24
Working New Streets 1955 (1954)
16,322.12
Water Mains 1955
9,283.05
State Liabilities-Underestimates:
Water Mains-Gibbons Street
493.67
Metropolitan Parks Tax
2,913.52
Sidewalk Construction
1,228.00
Smoke Inspection Service
69.28
Sidewalk Repairs
2,051.45
Boston Arena Authority
1,047.54
4,030.34
Summer Street Construction
3,000.00
Sea Wall Construction
5,000.00
County Liabilities-Underestimates :
Lighting Parking Area
1,800.00
Norfolk County Tax
9,778.37
Land-Winter Street
7,500.00
368
Common 1954 Common 1955 Particular 1955
30.00 807.41
526.85
1,364.26
Committed Sewer Interest
Selectmen-Industrial Commission
250.00
Water Department:
Moth and Tree Department
1,320.00
Liens-1955
2,122.40
77,268.94
Chap. 698, 699, Acts of 1955: Flood Relief
27,512.36
369
Culvert-Middle Street 4,000.00 Improvement-N. Weymouth Parking Area 7,560.40 Working Gibbons Street 1,000.00 Harbor Master 9.03
School House Construction :
Central Junior High
110,200.82
Academy Avenue
56,274.49
Ralph Talbot Street 98,077.94
Eldon H. Johnson Addition 5,227.59
School Construction Committees :
Eldon H. Johnson Addition
375.86
Ralph Talbot Street
3,614.85
East Weymouth (Lovell Playground)
18,122.20
Precinct 4 (Stetson Field)
25,000.00
Land-Ralph Talbot Street
12,500.00
Renovation-Tufts Library
10,925.00
Construction-Branch Library
180.36
Construction-E. Weymouth Playground
4,874.49
Mosquito Plain Playground
105.95
Park Development-Idlewell
7,370.10
Green Street Playground
3,423.07
Great Hill Park
2,149.10
Beach Improvement-Woronoco Road
1,237.55
Webb Park
825.47
Skating Area-Homestead School
708.00
Land-Birches
1.00
Testimonial Folders
200.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
85.67
Group Life Insurance
3,678.87
Improvement Ashwood Cemetery
17.08
725,375.53
Water Department:
Filter Plant Improvements 12,092.58
Water Mains-Loan of 1954
28,405.10
Water Mains-1955
7,942.86
Purchase Land on Pond
2,375.77
Purchase New Equipment
7,000.00
4,965.61
Equipment Account Stock Account
12,629.65
75,411.57
State Liabilities-Overestimates: So. Metropolitan Sewerage System
2,446.43
Surplus Revenue (E. & D.) : Town
723,707.51
Water
120,875.62
844,583.13
370
$2,185,066.64
$2,185,066.64
January 18, 1956
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Net Funded Debt:
A. Adams & Pratt Schools - August 1, 1948
$90,000.00
General - General Laws $3,415,000.00
Schools - Chapter 645, Acts 1948
2,783.000.00
Pearl Street School - February 1, 1951 329,000.00
Sewer - Chapter 94, Acts 1945 429,000.00
Sewer Construction - October 1, 1951
164,000.00
Water
342,000.00
South Junior High School - October 1, 1951 34,000.00
Homestead School - May 1, 1952 375,000.00
Humphrey School - October 1, 1952
319,000.00
Nevin School - October 1, 1952
186,000.00
Sewer Construction - October 1, 1952
170,000.00
Bicknell & Pond Schools - August 1, 1953
450,000.00
Sewer Construction - August 1, 1953
180,000.00
Central Junior & Johnson - January 1, 1954
2,080,000.00
Academy Avenue School - May 15, 1954
475,000.00
Sewer Construction - May 15, 1954
95,000.00
Ralph Talbot School - December 1, 1954
475,000.00
Sewer Construction - August 1, 1955
300,000.00
Water Loan - October 1, 1946
5,000.00
Water Loan - August 1, 1948
95,000.00
Water Loan - April 1, 1950
30,000.00
Water Loan - October 1, 1951
72,000.00
Water Loan
May 15, 1954
140,000.00
$6,969,000.00
$6,969,000.00
371
A. Adams & Pratt Schools - August 1,1949 5,000.00
South Junior High School - May 1, 1950 900,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTED FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$946,526.71
Tufts Fund, Free Public Lectures
$5,000.00
Tufts Fund, Free Public Lectures, Income
2,038.69
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
254.09
Tufts Fund, Care Tufts Tomb
500.00
John C. Rhines Fund
10,000.00
John C. Rhines Fund, Income
7,133.66
Elias S. Beals Park Fund
1,000.00
Elias S. Beals Park Fund, Income
108.09
Laban Pratt Hospital Fund
300,000.00
Laban Pratt Hospital Fund, Income
454,129.77
Laban Pratt Fountain Fund
400.00
Laban Pratt Fountain Fund, Income
826.22
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
Francis Flint Forsyth 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
2,027.48
Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
126,035.21
Martha Hannah King Fund
93.36
Ashwood Cemetery Fund
567.45
Mary Fifield King Fund
108.01
-
372
$946,526.71
$946,526.71
=
373
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments - Not Due $164,479.27
Apportioned Sewer Assessments - Common
Due 1956
$12,733.27
Due 1957
12,690.00
Due 1958
12,680.00
Due 1959
11,596.00
Due 1960
9,364.00
Due 1961
7,303.00
Due 1962
6,710.00
Due 1963
5,592.00
Due 1964
1,196.00
Due 1965
1,021.00
Due 1966
1,016.00
Due 1967
1,016.00
Due 1968
1,016.00
Due 1969
1,016.00
Due 1970
1,016.00
Due 1971
1,016.00
Due 1972
1,011.00
Due 1973
1,006.00
Due 1974
991.00
Apportioned Sewer Assessments - Particular
Due 1956
8,032.00
Due 1957
8,032.00
Due 1958
8,032.00
Due 1959
7,684.00
Due 1960
7,076.00
Due 1961
6,386.00
Due 1962
4,834.00
Due 1963
3,016.00
Due 1964
2,068.00
Due 1965
1,933.00
Due 1966
1,933.00
Due 1967
1,933.00
Due 1968
1,933.00
Due 1969
1,933.00
Due 1970
1,933.00
Due 1971
1,933.00
Due 1972
1,933.00
Due 1973
Due 1974
$164,479.27
EMERSON R. DIZER, Town Accountant
374
$164,479.27 =
1,933.00
1,933.00
SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICIALS
Office and Incumbent
Salary Paid in 1955
Selectmen:
Joseph Crehan
$ 700.00
Ralph J. Amabile, Jr.
600.00
Warren P. Burrell
600.00
James T. O'Sullivan
600.00
Franklin Fryer
475.00
Raymond Morgan
125.00
Treasurer:
Harry T. Granger
5,125.25
Town Clerk:
Harry Christensen
4,842.40
Collector of Taxes:
Frank W. Holbrook
6,042.40
School Committee
None
Assessors:
Charles W. Burgess
1,800.00
Harry E. Bearce
5,661.35
John W. Heffernan
1,650.00
George H. Bell
1,306.25
Edward F. Butler
1,306.25
Frank A. Pray
343.75
Water Department:
Stanley T. Torrey
225.00
John E. Horace
200.00
Clarence W. Taylor
200.00
Joseph Crehan
200.00
Harry I. Granger
225.00
Sydney C. Beane
6,353.65
Registrars of Voters
Edward C. McIntosh
325.00
Helen R. Corridan
275.00
John J. Santry
250.00
Trustees of Tufts Library
None
376
Park Commissioners:
Everett J. McIntosh
200.00
200.00
Otto Mason Joseph D. Slattery William F. Kirrane, Supt.
200.00
4,262.05
Planning Board
None
Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent 5,125.25
Annual Moderator
None
Sewer Department:
J. Herbert Libbey
500.00
John W. Field
500.00
Charles J. Masterson
500.00
Norman M. Smith, Supt.
5,713.40
Town Counsel:
Arthur A. Cicchese 3,075.00
Town Accountant:
Emerson R. Dizer
6,042.40
Street Department:
Lloyd R. Crowther, Supt.
5,400.70
Daniel J. Slattery, Assistant
5,081.98
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Charles W. Burgess 1,500.00
Welfare Agent:
ThomasP. Delahunt
6,042.40
Police Department:
Joseph B. O'Kane. Chief
5,713.40
John W. Coyle, Captain
5,095.90
Charles A. Coyle, Captain
5,067.53
Fire Department:
Walter R. Murray, Chief
6,042.40
Norman E. Dorey, Deputy Chief
5,192.94
Archibald R. Coyle, Deputy Chief
5,221.26
Clarence T. Sherman, Deputy Chief
5,207.17
377
Health Agent:
Henry F. Godin
4,396.00
Plumbing Inspector:
Thomas J. MacDonald
4,396.00
Building Inspector:
Andrew A. Chisholm
5,220.25
Wiring Inspector:
Joseph W. Ross
4,396.00
Harbor Master:
Cecil L. Evans
3,516.80
Shellfish Warden:
Charles W. MacMurray
3,617.83
Veterans' Administrator:
Raymond E. Stein
4,529.70
Flurance I. Lyons
77.70
Dog Officer:
John H. Reidy
700.00
Custodian of Veterans' Graves:
Karl O'Neil
172.50
John J. Twomey
24.90
Animal Inspector:
John H. Reidy
500.00
Personnel Board
None
Personnel Officer:
William A. Taylor
520.00
Board of Health:
Paul V. Coffey
350.00
Francis Cashman
350.00
Norman J. Reilly
350.00
Librarian:
Christine E. Evarts
5,125.25
378
School Department:
Elmer S. Mapes, Supt.
10,700.00
Harold G. Olson, Ass't Supt.
6,866.67
Francis E. Whipple, Director
6,799.91
Ray G. Parker, Director
6,466.63
Flora H. McGrath, Director
6,300.03
Walter C. Gutterson, Director
6,099.94
Russell H. Jack, Director
5,866.62
Paul C. Cleaves, Director
5,399.97
John E. Fisher, Director
7,066.65
High School:
Wallace L. Whittle, Principal
7,366.64
Thomas A. Lyons, Assistant
6,816.73
Junior High School:
John F. Martin, Principal
6,449.60
E. Leo Madden, Principal
5,900.02
F. Randall Powers
5,331.39
379
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appropriations Annual Town Meeting 80
Annual Town Election 84
Annual Town Meeting, March 7 14
Annual Town Meeting, Adjourned March 9
59
Assessors' Report 197
Auditor's Report
115
Board of Health 157
Building Inspector 189-177
Civil Defense Committee 191
Collector of Taxes 256
Custodian of Veterans' Graves. 206
Dental Clinic 210
Director of Civil Defense 191
Drainage Committee 188
Electric Lighting Committee 184
Fire Alarm Superintendent 185
Fire Department 183
Fence Viewers 264
Graduation Exercises 319
General Relief 195
General School Building Committee 325
Harbor Master 114
High School, Athletic Account 317
Health Officer 207
Health Nurse 207 ·
Inspector of Animals 328
Jury List
103
Jurors Drawn
110
Laban Pratt Hospital Report 211
Library Trustees Report 244
Memorial Day Committee 175
Moth Department 260
380
Mosquito Control Project 178
Old Age Assistance 195
Park Commissioners 182
Planning Board 255
Plumbing Inspector 196
Police Department 192
Public Welfare
195
Personnel Board 206
Retirement System 252
Registrars of Voters 186
Salaries of Town Officials 376
School Report 267
Sealer of Weights and Measures 184
Shell Fish Constable 114
Sewer Construction 201
Sewer Department Superintendent. 202
Street Department 193
Town Counsel 263
Town Offices 3
Town Accountant's Report 337
Town Clerk's Financial Report. 112
Town Meeting, Special, September 26. 93
Town Meeting Members 5
Town Engineer 190
Treasurer's Report 329
Tree Department 260
Tufts Library Report 239
Veterans' Service 187
Vital Statistics 113
Visiting Nurse Association 263
Water Department 215
Wiring Inspector
185
381
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