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study by the special Water Committee.
Article 24. We recommend that the sum of $150,- 000.00 be raised by a thirty (30) year bond issue for the purpose of constructing a new gravel packed well, connecting same via North Street with the stand pipe and construction of new water mains along Route 6 and on Prospect Road all in accordance with the recommendations of the spec- ial Water Committee as printed elsewhere in this Town Report.
Article 25. We recommend that the Town vote to purchase the land in question and that the bal- ance of the appropriation for a water extension under Article 21 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held on March 6, 1950 be trans- ferred and made available for this purpose.
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pipe set in an angle of the fence thence N 81º-00' W 644.8 feet still along the above fence to the point of beginning all by land now or formerly of Herman Dex- ter and by the southerly line of said lane way said parcel containing about 7.4 acres more or less and be- ing the northerly corner of land conveyed by Jeremiah L. Randall to J. Leonard Randall et ux; said convey- ance being dated December 2, 1937, and recorded at the Registry of Deeds of Plymouth County, Book 1740 -Page 24.
and if so voted make an appropriation therefore, whether by transfer from available funds in the Treas- ury or from the balance of the appropriation for a water extension under Article 21 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held on March 6, 1950.
Article 26. To see if the Town will authorize the continuation for another year of the Special Commit- tee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting to study the problem of our water supply, for the purpose of further study of the problem of water distribution and equitable financing thereof; and further to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of said committee in an amount not to exceed $500.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to lay a Water Main on Bay Road and Briar Road at Point Connett, or take any other action thereon.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, not to exceed $1.500. to prepare Assessors Plans and Cards.
Article 29. To see if the Town will lease to the Machacam Club of Mattapoisett, the (so-called) G. M. Barnard Lot on the south side of Water Street for a
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Article 26. We recommend $500.00.
Article 27. We recommend $4,000.00, the amount re- quested by the Water Commissioners.
Article 28. We recommend $1,000.00, the amount re- quested by the Assessors.
Article 29.
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term of 30 years, with option of renewal, at a yearly rental of $25 per year, and that the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to sign and seal and acknowl- edge in the name of the Town, a lease of said property on the above terms, same to be recorded in the Regis- try of Deeds.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a fence on the south side of Monument Lot (so- called) on Barstow Street. (Selectmen).
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to place the maintenance of the Comfort Station at the Town Wharf, under the control of Shipyard Park. (Select- men) .
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to lay a 6 inch Water Main on Reservation Road from the State Highway to the Reservation Golf Club property (approximately 400 feet) .
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $3,000 for drainage and to resurface Hammond St., or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct a sidewalk on Hammond St., between Pearl and Barstow Sts. or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2,000 for constructing and originally equipping and furnishing Police Offices, including a Radio Room, in the rear of the present Ambulance Room in the Town Hall, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 30. We do not recommend this item, the cost of which is estimated at $300.00.
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Article 32. We recommend $1,400.00.
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Article 33. We recommend $3,000.00, the amount re- quested by the Selectmen subject to our com- ments under Article 46.
Article 34. We do not recommend this item, the cost of which is estimated at $2,000.00. We feel that there are other more pressing sidewalk projects confronting the Town this year.
Article 35. We do not recommend this item.
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Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for extending the present Voting Room, in the rear of the present Am- bulance Room at the Town Hall, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote a sum of money to be taken from the Post War Rehabilitation Fund for the purpose of constructing a road, improving the grounds, and for a riprap on the shore at (Neds Point) Veteran's of Mattapoisett Memorial Park and also the construction and equipping of a Comfort Sta- tion.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to have all holes and ruts filled in and be given a ceil coat from the Stone Pillars to the water front on Brandt Beach Ave. (By petition) .
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to have Brandt Island Road widened and surfaced to eliminate driving haz- ards. (By petition.)
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to widen Bowman Rd. (so-called) remove stumps and boulders from side of said road and to grade so as to make a decent, passable road. (By petition) .
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to resurface Long Plain Rd. (so-called) starting at end of previous project and continuing northerly. (By petition) .
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to widen and resur-
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Article 36. We do not recommend this item.
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Article 37. We do not recommend this item. We have not been able to get any estimates of its cost. : rel
Article 38. We recommend that this work, estimated at $450.00, be done from the General Highway funds.
Article 39. We do not recommend this project. the cost of which has been estimated up to $5,000.00.
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Article 40. We recommend that this work, estimated at $400.00, be done from the General Highway funds.
100,00 Article 41. We recommend the amount of $2,500.00 subject to our comments under Article 46.
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Article 42. We do not recommend this item.
450
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face Crystal Spring Road at Jenney's Cor. and con- tinuing northerly. (By petition) .
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the repairing of Aucoot Rd. from the entrance to the Public Beach to the northerly entrance of the Harbor Beach Develop- ment, or take any other action relative thereto. (By petition) .
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain two Street Lights on Aucoot Rd. on poles numbered 61530 and 61534 and raise and appropriate $48 for the same. (By petition - Tax Payers of Har- bor Beach).
Article 45. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate or otherwise provide the sum of $900 for the purpose of reconstructing and drainage of the sec- tion of Acushnet Rd. near the residence of Alfred Faria to take care of the water condition from the hill which accumulates in cellar of Mr. Faria.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or otherwise provide the sum of $8,900 towards the purchase of a new Road Roller the cost of which is $9,400 and will vote to trade in the old Roller for an allowance of $500 for same, or take any action in relation thereto. (Highway Surveyor) .
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Article 43. We do not recommend this item at this time, the cost of which has been estimated at $1,100.00.
Article 44. We recommend the amount of $48.00.
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Article 45. We recommend that this situation be cor- rected by the Highway Commissioner from the Highway General Funds.
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Article 46. We recommend that $3,000.00 be appro- priated under this Article for the purchase of a Road Roller provided that such purchase can be arranged on a deferred payment basis. The amounts likely to be expended for Road Roller hire will more than pay for the Roller over the next four to five years. If this Article is adopted, we further recommend that the amounts appro- priated under the following Articles be reduced by the following amounts to eliminate therefrom amounts provided for Roller hire. Article 3 - Tar Account $500.00. Article 33 - Resurfacing Hammond Street $275.00. Article 41 - Resur- facing Long Plain Road $400.00. Article 52 - Completion of Oakland Street $150.00.
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Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain Street Lights on the following streets :
1. On North St. - Pole No. 33A-51A 50/1
2. On Long Plain Rd. (so-called) -Pole No. 62013
3. On Oliver Lane-Pole No. 61236
4. On Aucoot Rd .- Pole No. 61543
and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same or act in relation thereto. (By petition) .
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,100 for construction of new sidewalk, entrance walk and raising curbing in front of Town Hall. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,100 for construction of a sidewalk on North St. from Church St. to County Rd. This is for material alone as the labor can go un- der Chapter 90. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600 for curbing on North St. from Church St. to Holmes' Driveway on the east side and on the west side where necessary. The labor on this can go under Chapter 90. (Highway Surveyor) .
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400 for construction of sidewalk on the east side of Cannon St. from Church St. south to Water St. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,350 to finish construc- tion of Oakland St. including two catch basins and 300 feet of pipe for drainage. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for new sidewalk
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Article 47. We recommend $72.00.
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Article 48. We do not recommend this item cost of which has been estimated at $1,100.00.
Article 49. We recommend the amount of $2,100.00 provided that the labor of installing this side- walk can be included under Chapter 90. There appears to be some doubt on this question.
Article 50. We do not recommend this item.
Article 51. We do not recommend this item.
Article 52. We recommend the amount of $1,350.00 subject to our comments under Article 46.
Article 53. We recommend the amount of $2,000.00.
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and curbing on the west side of Main St. from Mahon- ey's Lane and Depot St. (Highway Surveyor) .
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,900 for construction of new sidewalk on the west side of Pearl St. from Church St. to Hammond St. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to au- thorize the Selectmen to sell, after giving notice of the time and place of sale, by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town, four- teen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, providing that the Selectmen, or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto. (Selectmen) .
Article 56. To see if the Town will authorize the continuation, for another year, of the present Com- mittee to present future intended plans for improving the Veteran's of Mattapoisett Memorial Park.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to lay a 6 inch Water Main from its present ending on the Ned's Point Rd. (so-called) to the entrance of Veteran's of Mattapoisett Memorial Park and raise and appropriate or otherwise provide a sum of money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow as a Town Way the Road known as Ocean Drive, from the present ending of Town Way southerly 2625 feet in accordance with plan dated January 5, 1953 by Samuel H. Corse, Surveyor and on file in the office of the Town Clerk, or take any other action thereto.
Article 59. To choose all necessary Officers for the year, viz: Town Clerk; Town Treasurer and Tax
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Article 54. We recommend the amount of $1,900.00.
Article 55.
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Article 57. We do not recommend this item, the cost of which is estimated at $1,600.00.
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Collector, for one year; One Selectman and Board of Public Welfare, for three years; One Water Commis- sioner, for three years; One Assessor, for three years ; One Member of the Board of Health, for three years; Trustee for the Public Library, for three years; Wharf Commissioner, for one year; Herring Inspector, for one year; Two Constables, for one year; Auditor, for one year; One Member of the School Committee, for three years; Moderator, for one year; One Member of the Planning Board, for five years; One Member of the Mattapoisett Housing Authority, for five years; One Tree Warden, for one year; One Highway Surveyor, for one year.
All the above to be voted for one one ballot.
The Polls for the Election of Officers will be open at the Town Hall at twelve o'clock noon and shall close at eight P. M.
Both of said days will constitute the Annual Town Meeting.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the several places desig- nated in the Town By-Laws, seven days at least before the day appointed for said Meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of Janu- ary in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty- three.
LESTER A. CRAMPTON, MANUEL C. LINHARES, GEORGE S. WHITE,
Board of Selectmen
A True Cop. Attested : ALDEN S. KINNEY, Constable of Mattapoisett
Posted January 27, 1953
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Respectfully submitted,
Finance Committee
FRANK T. PIMENTAL, JR.
OMAN R. PRICE
RICHARD N. STONE ROBERT TOWNSEND GEORGE YEN
Town Auditor's Report
I hereby certify that I have examined the finan- cial accounts of the following Town Officials and have found them to be correct:
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Treasurer and Tax Collector
Highway Surveyor
Water Commissioners
Wharf Commissioner
Tree Warden
School Committee
Public Library
Board of Health
Respectfully submitted,
N. FRANKLIN HARRIMAN, JR.,
Town Auditor
State Auditor's Report
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston 33
Henry F. Long Commissioner Francis X. Lang Director of Accounts
February 6, 1953
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Lester A. Crampton, Chairman Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Mattapoisett for the period from October 28, 1951 to December 13, 1952, made in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
Signed-FRANCIS X. LANG,
Director of Accounts
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Mr. Francis X. Lang Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Mattapoisett for the period from October 28, 1951, the date of the previous examination, to December 13, 1952, and re- port thereon as follows :
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disburs- ing town funds or sending out bills for collection, were examined and checked in detail.
The selectmen's appropriation accounts were an- alyzed and checked with the treasurer's records of disbursements. General ledger accounts were com- piled, and a balance sheet showing the financial con- dition of the town on December 13, 1952 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as record- ed, were analyzed and compared with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were checked with the warrants of the selectmen authorizing them, the cash book additions were verified, and the cash balance on December 13, 1952 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank in which town funds are deposited.
The savings bank books and securities represent- ing the investment of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustee were examined and listed. The income was proved and
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the transfers to the town were checked with the re- ceipts as recorded on the treasurer's cash book.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were checked with the amounts fall- ing due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The tax title records were examined and the amounts transferred to the tax title account were veri- fied. The tax titles redeemed were compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts and the tax titles on hand were listed.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The tax and excise accounts outstanding according to the previous examination and all subsequent commitment lists were audited and proved with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The collections as recorded were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the re- corded abatements were proved by comparison with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the out- standing accounts were listed.
The records of departmental and water accounts receivable were examined and checked. The charges and commitments were proved, the recorded collec- tions were compared with the treasurer's record of re- ceipts, the abatements were verified, and the outstand- ing accounts were listed.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a large number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and in reply thereto three claims were received to the effect that tax accounts were paid and not cred- ited on the collector's books. These claims were care- fully investigated and two claims aggregating $633.52, were substantiated by presentation by the taxpayers of cancelled checks, the proper accounts being cred- ited from the treasurer's unidentified receipts. The
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other claim pending had not been proved up to the completion of the audit. From the remainder of the replies it appears that the outstanding accounts, as listed, are substantially correct.
The appropriations voted by the town were listed from the town clerk's records of town meetings, and the aggregate amount of the appropriations was check- ed with the total raised by the assessors in the determin- ation of the tax rate.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, the town clerk, and the police and health departments were examined and checked and the pay- ments to the State and the town treasurer were verified.
The records of the sealer of weights and measures and of the school and library departments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town, were examined, checked, and compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts.
The surety bonds furnished by the officials bond- ed for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, departmental, and water accounts, together with tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from the officials of the town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and myself, I wish to ex- press appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE
Assistant Director of Accounts
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TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT Balance Sheet - December 13, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$125,021.19
Temporary Loans in Anticipation of : Revenue 1952 $30,000.00 15,000.00 Reimbursement
Levy of 1950 :
$45,000.00
Personal Property
$30.48
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Real Estate
167.54
Federal Taxes $2,269.22
Levy of 1951 :
County Retirement System 47.12
Personal Property
1,568.06
2,316.34
Real Estate
9,947.12
Treasurer's and Collector's
Levy of 1952 :
Unidentified Receipts
107.80
Poll
58.00
37.38
George Purrington, Jr., Fund Income
28
Premium on Fire Station Loan
67.25
48.698.42
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
567.50
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Levy of 1951
60.47
Levy of 1952
2,438.68
Administration
$5.55
Assistance 110.00
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles
2,054.96
Tax Possessions
892.02
Aid 1,462.01
Old Age Assistance :
Departmental :
Administration 2,196.16
Infirmary Rental
200.00
Disability Assistance
2.78
8,931.04
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Tailings
Personal Property
2,451.99
Real Estate
34,475.23
Federal Grants :
Disability Assistance :
2,499.15
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration
173.95
2,946.98
Assistance 4,983.37
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
1
1
Aid to Dependent Children Old Age Assistance
697.68 2,092.45 155.00
Wharfage
3,147.91
7,190.79
Non-Revenue
57,636.73
Overestimate 1952 : County Hospital Assessment 378.74
Sale of Real Estate Fund 640.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation : Road Machinery Fund 58.30
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 10,034.39
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1950
198.02
County Tax
511.51
653.62
Levy of 1952
11,491.08 222
Revenue 1953
650.00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
2,499.15
Tax Title and Possession 2,946.98
· Departmental 3,147.91
Water 7,190.79
15,784.83
Surplus Revenue : Current Year 3,754.60
Prior Years
43,275.80
47,030.40
$200,308.06
$200,308.06
Revolving Fund : School Lunch 226.00
Unexpended Appropriation Balances : Revenue 51,321.91 6,314.82
Water Rates and Charges Aid to Highways - Chapter 90 : State 6,000.00
County
3,500.00
9,500.00
Underestimates 1952 : State Parks and Reservations
Assessment 35.95
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
106.16
Levy of 1951 5,401.26 5,891.80
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit : General Outside Debt Limit : General
Serial Loans :
Inside Debt Limit :
$35,000.00
Insurance Premium $5,000.00
Fire Station
23,000.00
Street Pavement 2,000.00
Public Service Enterprise
39,000.00
Beach Property
5,000.00
259,000.00
$35,000.00
Outside Debt Limit :
School
220,000.00
Water
39,000.00
259,000.00
$294,000.00
$294,000.00
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities :
George Purrington, Jr., Fund (Fire Truck) $5,213.95
In Custody of Treasurer
$43.521.91
Barstow School Fund 11,876.57
In Custody of Trustee
16,828.27
R. L. Barstow Library Fund 301.31
Cemetery Funds :
General Carc
1,378.86
Perpetual Care 10,597.01
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 14,154.21
$43,521.91
Lewis R. Bolles Fund
16,828.27
$60,350.18
$60.350.18
$220,000.00
TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT
Balance Sheet - December 31, 1952
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$66,160.35
Treasurer Unidentified Receipts $107.80
37.38
Accounts Receivable
Levy of 1950
George Purrington Fund
28
Real Estate
167.54
167.54
Levy of 1951
Personal
1,556.81
County Hospital
378.74
Real Estate
8,369.00
9,925.81
Real Estate Fund
640.00
Levy of 1952
Poll
56.00
School Lunch Program
85.54
Personal
2,218.36
Real Estate
31,424.33
33.698.69 43,792.04
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
A. D. C .. Aid $1,073.06
Levy of 1951
60.47
Levy of 1952
2,680.47
2,740.94
2,740.94
O. A. A. Aid 1,128.73
O. A. A. Administration
2,139.96
Tax Title Possessions
892.02
Disability Assistance Aid 110.00
Tax Title
2,426.90
3,318.92
3,318.92
Disability Assistance Administration 5.55
4.631.25
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O. A. A. Recoveries
567.50
Federal Grants
A. D. C. Administration 173.95
Fire Station Premium
67.25
Tailings
Departmental A. D. C.
697.68
Disability Assistance 2.78
Infirmary Rental 200.00
Wharfage 155.00
O. A. A. 77.63
1,133.09
Water Rates and Charges 5,912.89
5,912.89
Chap. 90 Construction and Maintenance Due from
Commonwealth 6,000.00
Due from County
of Plymouth
3,500.00
9,500.00
Underestimates in 1952 Appropriations to be provided for in year 1953
Bronze Tablet- Shipyard Park 200.00
Barstow Street-
Water 450.00
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