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Mattapoisett Housing Authority
The Mattapoisett Housing Authority was created under Sections 26-I to 26-WW inclusive, of Chapter 121 of the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws, as amended. The act to provide housing for Vet- erans was created under Chapter 200 of the Acts of 1948, as amended.
There were four significant changes in the mem- bership of the Housing Authority since the last town report. Robert G. Johansen was elected a member by the town voters replacing Roscoe Barstow whose-term expired and who declined to run for the office again; former Chairman Ralph W. LeBaron was appointed by the State Housing Board as their representative. on the local Authority to fill out the unexpired term of Oscar St. Jacques who resigned for business rea- sons; Joseph Furtado was appointed by the Board of Selectmen and remaining Authority members to fill out the unexpired term of Chairman Charles R. Marvin who resigned for health reasons; and George B. Monteiro was selected as Executive Director and Secretary replacing Russell Thompson who resigned to take up residence in another state.
The officers of the Authority are listed below :
Name Title Term Expires
Joseph R. Nunes, Chairman
March 1, 1958
Joseph Furtado, Vice Chairman
March 1955 John Rafael, Treasurer March 1950
Robert G. Johansen, Ass't Treasurer March 1959
Ralph W. LeBaron, SHB Member
July 1, 1957
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Since the project was first officially occupied on June 1, 1950, there have been thirteen tenant changes; these, in turn, being replaced by other town residents.
This past year the Authority paid $360.00 to the town in lieu of taxes.
The State Auditor's Office conducted their an- nual audit of the Authority's records here in March and handed down a favorable report.
The Authority retired $2,000.00 in bonds (orig- inal issue, October 1, 1950) on October 1, 1954, bring- ing to $8,000.00 the total of bonds retired.
MATTAPOISETT HOUSING AUTHORITY
Balance Sheet, September 30, 1954
ASSETS
Administration Fund
$6,219.38
Debt Service Fund 2,997.50
$9,216.88
Development Cost 120,000.00
Less: Development Cost Liquid. 6,000.00
114,000.00
Total Assets
$123,216.00
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
Accounts Payable, Management
$1.50
Accrued Insurance
970.14
Accrued Pilot
360.00
Accrued Interest and
Principal
2,997.50
Debt Service Reserve
1,583.79
Operating Reserve
2,797.97
$8,710.90
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Bonds Authorized
Less : Bonds Retired
120,000.00 6,000.00
Surplus
114,000.00 505.98
Total Liabilities and Cap. $123,216.88
Respectfully submitted,
For the Authority
GEORGE B. MONTEIRO,
Executive Director
Mattapoisett Free Public Library
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TREASURER
Received :
Town Appropriation Dog Tax R. L. Barstow Library Fund
$4,000.00
313.06
75.18
$4,388.24
Paid :
Salaries
Dorothy L. Fox
1,300.00
Frances W. Walker
303.85
Barbara C. Taylor
232.65
Marjorie H. Bailey
84.75
Priscilla H. Hiller
21.00
1,942.25
Heat, Light and Telephone New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
Gas
405.37
Light
77.88
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
98.62
581.87
Books, Magazines, Newspapers Campbell & Hall, Inc.
260.52
Book-of-the-Month Club
21.60
O. H. Toothaker
39.28
Doubleday & Co.
259.45
Field Enterprises
117.86
W. Milton Cargill (magazines)
95.00
Hutchinson's Book Store
21.50
C. H. Whitlock (map)
5.00
Standard Times, Courier, N. Y. times 30.60
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Library Journal, Guide Posts H. W. Wilson
7.00
28.40
Books
20.45
906.66
Repairs and Supplies
Alfred Spagnoli
250.00
M. C. Linhares
5.00
T. LeBlanc & Sons
320.00
Big Three Lumber
5.27
John L. Carlos
132.69
C. F. Wing
35.48
C. E. Hiller
25.65
Keystone
3.90
Joseph Magilton
10.00
P. O. Box Rent and postage
9.26
Library Assoc. dues and meeting
8.50
Supplies
11.32
Services
51.43
F. J. Barnard (book binding for Town Report)
3.79
272.29
Demco
6.95
Gaylord Bros.
19.20
Bro-dart Industries
42.47
$940.91
$4,371.69
Balance returned to Treasury
16.55
$4,388.24
Respectfully submitted,
LEMUEL LeBARON DEXTER,
Treasurer
Library Treasurer's Report
SECRETARY'S REPORT
Circulation for 1954
Non-fiction
5,593
Fiction
15,672
Periodicals
1,121
Total
22,386
Weekly average
448
Books per capita
10
Registration
New borrowers
218
Total registered
1,145
Books added by
Town appropriation
328
Gifts
74
402
Books discarded
180
Number of volumes in library
11,100
Fines paid to Town Treasurer
$222.23
As September 1954 marked the fiftieth anniver- sary of the dedication of the Library building, it, like other things of that age, needed repairing. With the added appropriation we were able to have all the floors sanded and refinished and the outside trim paint- ed. We hope to have the interior walls redecorated this coming year.
Hurricane Carol came along in time to help cele- brate the birthday. While doing no damage to the building the appearance of the property suffered by
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the loss of several beautiful trees. Also about one hundred books were destroyed in houses which were demolished by the water.
Mrs. F. G. Hinsdale presented the library with a painting of the bark "Grayhound" by Clifford W. Ashley.
Mrs. J. H. Holmes gave a very interesting cata- logue of the Mattapoisett Academy for the year 1857.
Others who have given books and magazines are : Miss Beth Bailey, Mrs. H. A. Barlow, Mr. Carlton Burr, Mrs. C. E. Hiller, Mrs. F. G. Hinsdale, Mr. E. P. Harraghy, Mrs. T. M. Holcombe, Kiwanis Club, Mrs. J. D. Lannon, Mr. Ralph LeBaron, Mr. Joseph Magil- ton, Mr. Dennis Mahoney, Mr. Brinley Maury, Mrs. C. R. Marvin, Mr. Donald Marvin, Mattapoisett Book Club, Mattapoisett Improvement Association, Matta- poisett Grange, Mr. Duncan Mckenzie, Mr. H. P. Nash, Jr., Mr. H. C. Perham, Mr. C. P. Sawyer, Mrs. David Sawyer, Mr. G. A. Scherndal, Mrs. Mason Smith, Mrs. Richard Stone, Miss Minerva Sparrow, Mr. Murray Tuttle, Mrs. C. W. Tylee, Mrs. E. E. Watts, Mr. E. D. Wilson, Mr. H. B. Yerkes.
The Library is open on Monday, Wednesday, Fri- day and Saturday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. MAURY,
Secretary
Report of the Board of Health
Dr. Albert I York, Chairman, Health Physician
Rodney W. Perkins, Agent .
Grace M. Howard, Clerk
Grace De Costa, R. N., Health Nurse
Josiah H. Randall, Meat Inspector
Domingo Sylvia, Plumbing Inspector
PERMITS ISSUED
Burial
19
Plumbing
95
Cesspools
28
CLINICS
Toxoid
4
Dental
10
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Chicken Pox
15
Measles
8
German Measles
2
Tuberculosis
4
Salmonellosis
1
Encephalitis
1
Poliomyelitis
5
Mumps
237
LICENSES ISSUED
Overnight Cabins-4
$2.00
Milk-15
7.50
Eating and Drinking Establishments-19
95.00
Food Handlers-60
60.00
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Oleomargarine-Vehicle-2
1.00
Oleomargarine-Store-8
4.00
Pasteurization-1
10.00
Garbage Account Abel Grace
$2,700.00
2,659.92
Balance
$40.08
Dump Account
$1,800.00
Russell Chase, Work at Dump $1,073.60
Freddie's Texaco Station, Kerosene 20.81
Big 3 Lumber Co., Supplies 42.65
Pimental & Borges, Bulldozing 330.00
Dennis Mahoney & Sons, Bulldozing 55.00
Town Shop, Supplies 1.99
1,524.05
Balance
$275.95
Dental Account
$250.00
Augustus McKenna, D. M. D.
250.00
General Account
$2,175.00
E. A. Walsh, Supplies $1.49
The Darwin Press, Printing 49.90
Bruce York, Disposal of dead deed 2.50
Louis Silveria, Disposal of dead deer 2.50 The Village Shop, Board of Health Supplies 8.76
The Village Drug Store,
Clinic Supplies 2.70
Grace De Costa, Toxoid Clinics and Dental Service 83.00
Albert York, M. D., Toxoid Clinics 116.10
Ruth E. Fuller, Car for Clinics 20.00
Mattapoisett Presto Press, Notices
4.00
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Domingo Sylvia, Plumbing
Inspections 205.50
Hobbs and Warren, Decease Book 15.00
Josiah Randall, Meat Inspector 50.00
Rodney W. Perkins, Board of
Health work as Agent 255.74
Grace Howard, Clerical Work and Postage 54.00
Albert York, M. D., Physician Service 50.00
City of New Bedford, X-ray Clinic
Isolation Hospital Nursing 443.66
Town of Falmouth
Board and Medical Care for
T. B. Patient at Barnstable County Hospital 271.50
Plymouth County Hospital, Board and Medical care of
T. B. Patient 525.00
2,161.35
Balance $13.65
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT I. YORK, M. D. RODNEY W. PERKINS GRACE M. HOWARD
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for 1954
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31st, 1954.
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform Scales over 5000 lbs. 1
Counter Scales over 100 lbs. 1
Counter Scales under 100 lbs. 1
Spring Scales under 100 lbs.
12
Computing Scales under 100 lbs.
2
Prescription Scales under 100 lbs.
1
Apothecary Weights 13
Farm Milk Tank
1
Vehicle Tanks
1
4
Gasoline Measuring Meters
22
1
58
0
Sealing Fees - $51.30
Respectfully submitted,
NELSON F. HARRIMAN,
Sealer of Weights and Measures
REPORT OF SEWERAGE COMMISSION
Report of the Committee to investigate regarding a public sewerage system.
This committee has endeavored to determine : a-The possibility of obtaining funds for the for- mulation of plans and specifications and the construction of a public sewerage system.
b-The proper procedure in carrying out a pro- ject of this nature.
To obtain this information your committee wrote to the Federal Public Health Service. Their reply is as follows:
"Although the Water Pollution Control Act au- thorized annual appropriations for Federal loans for the construction of municipal treatment of works, such funds have never been made available under these provisions of the Act. Consequently we are unable to offer any financial assistance in this matter."
The State Department of Public Health was con- tacted to determine procedure and their answer fol- lows :
"The department recommends that your com- mittee engage the services of a competent engineer to review the preliminary report and bring this mat- ter up to date."
This committee recommends that a sewerage sys- tem be constructed in the thickly settled parts of the town of Mattapoisett at the earliest practical time that the town can financially execute such a program. A necessary prelude to such a project is the appropria- tion of a sum of money to continue with the survey which has been made to date. Such a request is in- corporated in the warrant.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN L. PERKINS GEORGE D. HEATH, Jr. EARL H. TINKHAM MANUEL N. NUNES, Jr. DOMINGO A. SYLVIA
Report of the Water Department
Outstanding
Outstanding
Jan. 1, 1954
$6,306.89
Dec. 31, 1954 $7,712.55
Rates Billed 19,416.46
Collected during
Over payment 3.80
1954 17,995.96
Abated during 1954 18.64
$25,727.15
$25,727.15
OPERATIONS FOR 1954
Years Water Consumption
63,244,888
Heaviest one day, July 17
486,200
Services, Jan. 1, 1954
1,108
New Services 1954
51
Services lost during hurricane
186
Active services Dec. 31, 1954
973
Metered Services
629
NOTES AND BONDS
New Well and Pipe Line
$140,000.00
To be retired 1955
10,000.00
North Street
31,000.00
To be retired 1955
3,000.00
Harbor Beach
50,000.00
To be retired 1955
5,000.00
MAINTENANCE 1954
Appropriation Salaries $8,944.00 Maintenance 10,256.00
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From Reserve Fund
600.00
Paid
Salaries
C. I. Tripp
$3,640.40
Fred LeBaron
3,122.72
J. H. Magilton
2,180.88
Supplies
Sumner & Dunbar
453.71
Dahill Co.
16.20
Hydraulic Development Corp.
11.00
Rensselaer Valve Co.
1,367.95
Burr Bros. Boats
37.46
Romeo's
3.95
Hutchinson Bookstore
3.40
Charles L. Lynch
47.13
Bronze Fittings Co.
435.00
The Keystone
9.00
Big 3 Lumber Co.
66.07
D. Mahoney & Sons
263.12
Geo. A. Caldwell Co.
150.66
Babbitt Steam Co.
89.04
Plumbers Supply Co.
580.30
Corp. Bros.
21.96
C. I. Tripp
66.74
Rockwell Mfg. Co.
15.47
The Bristol Co.
15.50
Utilities Supply Co.
5.66
Warren Bros. Road Co.
14.28
Agua Survey Co.
30.06
Graphostat Co.
4.90
Frederic Smith Co.
94.29
Red Hed Mfg. Co.
641.12
H. R. Prescott & Sons
13.48
Joseph G. Pollard & Co.
6.77
Girard Furniture Co.
55.00
Town Shop
1.95
Self Service Shoe Store
8.54
158
C. E. Beckman 9.40
P. K. Lindsay Co. 93.15
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
Station No. 1
471.84
Station No. 2
44.41
Station No. 3
1,137.37
Light 27.26
New England Tele. & Tele. Co.
Station No. 1
67.63
Station No. 2
63.63
Office
200.98
C. I. Tripp
59.28
Fred LeBaron
59.28
Labor
William B. Perkins
1,702.14
George Washburn
214.50
Frederick Eldridge
806.00
Repairs
Alfred Spagnoli
56.80
Donat Couet
12.00
Walter C. Dexter
13.50
Johansen's
35.00
Transportation
DeCoffee's Service Station
210.65
Cork Greenwood
64.74
Walter C. Dexter
7.50
Tex's Service Station
57.59
Gingras Service Station
153.19
Freddie's Service Station
179.99
Sears Auto Sales
6.50
Miscellaneous
C. I. Tripp
11.24
Cape Cod Engineering
103.00
Express 31.86
159
Winters Insurance Agency
10.00
P & B
128.00
Fairhaven Water Co.
24.10
Ernest Briggs
124.95
New England Water Works
6.00
Water and Sewerage
5.00
J. H. Magilton
2.00
Roscoe Barstow
36.76
C. I. Tripp
36.76
N. F. Harriman
36.76
W. F. Jenney
10.00
19,794.37
Balance
$5.63
NEW WELL AND PIPE LINE
Balance from 1953 Appropriation $21,636.82
Paid
Supplies
Girard Furniture Co.
$164.70
D. Mahoney & Sons
849.32
The Keystone
229.75
H. R. Prescott & Sons
310.20
A & B Venitian Blinds
74.60
Warren Bros. Road Co.
16.36
The Town Shop
14.59
Big 3 Lumber Co.
40.71
Stanley Oil Co.
33.75
Wordell Seed Store
10.95
Babbitt Steam Co.
42.42
C. E. Beckman
9.40
Miscellaneous
Weston & Sampson
1,248.41
Layne New York
5,884.85
L. M. Witherell & Sons
8,268.45
160
A. E. Bragger
700.00
Apperson & Manderville
204.25
Caton Aiello
15.00
John Denham, Jr.
825.16
P & B Inc.
58.50
Dept. of Public Works
372.59
Roberti Electric Co., Inc.
1,563.00
Ralph P. Hall, Inc.
56.60
Labor
William B. Perkins
370.00
George Washburn
32.00
Frederick Eldridge
239.00
21,634.64
Balance
$2.18
HARBOR BEACH
Appropriation
$65,000.00
Paid
Supplies
Sumner & Dunbar
$2,076.00
R. B. Corcoran Co.
191.08
Utilities Supply Co.
221.45
Johns-Manville
32,430.03
Builders - Providence
1,199.92
Rensselaer Valve Co.
4,562.70
Red Hed Mfg. Co.
576.64
Plumbers Supply Co.
488.45
Charles L. Lynch
32.20
Labor
William B. Perkins
50.00
Frederick Eldridge 40.00
Contracts and Miscellaneous
Gracia Bros. 17,885.69
Weston & Sampson
4,090.19
161
E. Anthony & Sons
41.44
Express
84.14
John F. Denham
23.50
63,993.43
Balance
$1,006.57
Not Completed
POINT CONNETT
Balance from 1953 $23.88
Paid
DeCoffee's Service Station
$1.75
Mattapoisett General Store
3.10
Fairhaven Water Company
15.50
20.35
Balance
$3.53
HYDRANT - NECK ROAD
Appropriation
$325.00
Paid
Rensselaer Valve Co.
$228.40
William B. Perkins
20.00
Frederick Eldridge
16.00
Fairhaven Water Co.
24.65
289.05
Balance
$35.95
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METERS
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Paid Rockwell Mfg. Co.
$736.17
Neptune Meter Co.
734.57
E. Anthony & Sons
8.88
Express
8.48
1,488.10
Balance
$11.90
BARSTOW STREET
Balance from 1953
$66.67
Paid
John F. Denham, Jr.
64.00
Balance
$2.67
CREEK STREET
Balance from 1953
$270.00
Paid
None
Balance
$270.00
Not completed
RESERVATION ROAD
Balance from 1953
$51.53
Paid
William B. Perkins
$40.00
Big 3 Lumber Co.
11.42
51.42
Balance
$0.11
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NEW TRUCK
Appropriation
$1,940.00
Paid
Sears Auto Sales
$1,765.74
Craftsman Signs
15.00
Sears Roebuck Co.
62.88
1,843.62
Balance
$96.38
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD I. TRIPP,
Superintendent
Report of District Nurse
To the Honorable Selectmen :
Total No. Visits
1496
Medical
1063
Surgical
95
Child Health
256
C. C. Clinic
9
Tuberculosis
68
Miscellaneous
5
1496
Old Age Assistance visits
120
Pay visits
971
Part Pay
35
Free
107
No charge
263
1496
No. patients 389
Total amount collected 713.50
Toxoid clinics were held in March, April, May and June under the Board of Health.
27 pre-school children and 114 school children were inoculated by Dr. Albert I. York.
New clothing was donated by Miss Jessie Peacock
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Used clothing was donated by
Mrs. Mario Silva
Mrs. Helmuth Heuberger
Mrs. Josephine Alves Mrs. L. A. Burnham
Mrs. Wanda Polterak
Mrs. Harry Kremp
Mrs. Joseph Zychowicz
Mrs. Joseph Sullivan
Mrs. Michael Ellis
Mrs. Russell Tinkham
Mrs. Foster Willoughby
New and used toys were donated by the Cub Scouts and the Mattapoisett Women's Club.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE DeCOSTA, R. N.
Report of the Community Band
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Herewith is the report of the Mattapoisett Com- munity Band.
During 1954 the Community Band continued its policy of Monday night rehearsals in the Town Hall. Between thirty and forty people gave freely of their time every rehearsal night in preparation for the Spring and Summer activities of the band.
In May, Mrs. Bryant R. Weeks and Mrs. Ken- neth M. Wood planned and staged the Band-sponsored Music Festival. This highly successful event found the Center School Girls' Glee Club, the Congrega- tional Church Senior and Junior Choirs, the Wom- an's Club Choral Group, the St. Anthony's Church Senior and Junior Choirs and the Wanderers collab- orating with the Community Band in presenting an evening of fine music.
The weather handicapped some of our Summer Wednesday nights. The hurricane removed the band- stand but it left us our chairs and our faith in Mat- tapoisett. We are asking for our usual $800.00 ap- propriation again this year because we are going to be presenting better concerts in a better Marine Park in the Summer of 1955. As you know, after all these years, the band members play without remuneration. The entire appropriation is necessary for music, the conductor's salary and incidentals such as instrument repairs.
In October of 1954 the Community Band reor- ganized and abolished all offices and committees. All
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Executive Board of three, at the present consisting of Mrs. Lee S. Root, Mr. George Douglass and Mr. Walter Longmore, is in charge of the Band's affairs.
At this time we wish to publicly thank the Board of Selectmen for their most helpful cooperation and assistance during the past year and to thank and commend our capable leader, Mr. Roland Bessette, for his work in building the Mattapoisett Community Band into a serious musical organization.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. LEE S. ROOT WALTER E. LONGMORE GEORGE W. DOUGLASS
Report of Tree Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Tree Warden and Superintendent of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
David Vermilya, 151 hrs.
$151.00
Jack Aylesbury, 146 hrs.
146.00
Peter Wertz, 203 hrs. 203.00
Billy Fields, 123 hrs.
123.00
Ray Bradley, 32 hrs.
40.00
Chester Dexter, 52 hrs.
52.00
George Veiga, 8 hrs.
8.80
Stuart Dudgeon, 381% hrs.
38.50
Joseph Farley, 52 hrs.
78.00
Joseph Farley, Truck, 187 hrs.
199.00
Big Three Lumber Co.
21.63
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expenditures
1,060.93
Suppression of Moths
Ray Bradley, 12 hrs.
$15.00
Joseph Farley, 32 hrs.
48.00
David Vermilya, 84 hrs.
84.00
Jack Aylesbury, 8 hrs.
8.00
Peter Wertz, 8 hrs.
8.00
Billy Fields, 8 hrs.
8.00
George Washburn, 8 hrs.
8.00
Daniel Klinka, 40 hrs.
50.00
Braddock Childs Tree Service
177.00
Joseph Farley, Truck
78.85
169
A. W. Winter, Spraying roadside trees Appropriation Expenditures
460.00
$950.00
944.85
$5.15
Spraying and Care of Shade Trees
$500.00
A. W. Winters, Spraying Shade Trees Appropriation Expenditures
$500.00
500.00
Dutch Elm Control Works
David Vermilya, 36 hrs.
$36.00
Joseph Farley, 44 hrs.
66.00
Joseph Farley, Truck, 44 hrs.
66.00
Braddock Childs Tree Service
285.00
Appropriation
$475.00
Expenditures
453.00
$22.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH FARLEY,
Tree Warden
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 1 and 2, 1954
Article 1. Voted that the reports of the Town Officers and Committees be accepted as printed in the Town Report. Unanimously voted.
Article 2. Voted that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $15,400.00 as salary and com- pensation of all elective officers, as provided by Sec- tion 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as follows :-
Treasurer and Tax Collector $3,300.00
Chairman, Board of Selectmen and
Public Welfare 3,300.00
Second and Third members of Board of Selectmen and Public Welfare, $575.00 each of a total of 1,150.00
Chairman, Board of Assessors
825.00
Other two Assessors $550.00 each, total of 1,100.00
Town Clerk
675.00
Three members Board of Health
$100.00 each, total of 300.00
Three members of School Committee
$100.00 each, total of 300.00
Town Auditor 50.00
Three Water Commissioners
$100.00 each, total of 300.00
Four members Board of Registrars of Voters $25.00 each 100.00 Moderator 100.00
Highway Surveyor 3,900.00
$15,400.00
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All salaries and compensations retroactive to Jan- uary 1, 1954. Unanimously voted.
Article 3. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $315,656.00 to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, as follows :- .
Incidental Expenses
$3,200.00
Public Welfare
12,500.00
Old Age Assistance (Aid)
35,000.00
Old Age Assistance (Administration)
1,200.00
Aid to Dependent Children (Aid) 3,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children (Administration)
100.00
Aid to Disability Assistance (Aid)
800.00
Aid to Disability Assistance (Administration)
100.00
Notes - Bonds and Interest
40,525.00
Interest on Loans
100.00
Maintenance of Town Hall 1,600.00
School 114,000.00
Agricultural and Vocational Schools
1,400.00
Board of Health
1,500.00
Elections and Town Meetings
500.00
Bathing Beach 2,350.00
Highway General, Care of Roads, Sidewalks and repairs of Bridges 11,000.00
Putting Tar on Streets and Roads 4,000.00
Collection of Garbage
2,700.00
Collection of Ashes and Rubbish
3,600.00
Police Department :
For Salaries of full time members of
the force only 6,150.00
other than Salaries of full time members of the force 3,775.00
Maintenance and Operation of Fire Department 6,000.00
Street Lighting 4,950.00
Maintenance of Wharf Properties 888.00
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Water Department
For Salaries of full time em- ployees (3)
8,300.00
For all other expenses of Water Department Maintenance of Public Library,
10,900.00
plus Dog Tax $313.06
4,000.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collectors Expenses
2,300.00
Assessors - Expenses
700.00
Town Clerk - Expenses
150.00
Tree Warden
1,000.00
Soldiers Benefits
3,000.00
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Hydrant Rental
120.00
Maintenance of Sewers
100.00
Repairs to Town Hall
1,000.00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
950.00
Dutch Elm Control
475.00
Spraying and Care of Shade Trees
500.00
Shellfish propagation
500.00
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector - Bonds
483.00
Maintenance of Town Dump (Board of Health) 1,800.00
Salary and Expenses of Shellfish Constables
2,050.00
Board of Registrars of Voters - Expenses
175.00
Planning Board - Expenses
300.00
Observance of Memorial Day
350.00
Hammond and Barlow Cemeteries 150.00
Insurance on Town Buildings
2,600.00
Insurance of Town Vehicles
1,500.00
Insurance on Holmes Wharf (so-called) 200.00
Maintenance and Expenses at Herring Weir
200.00
District Nurse
Salary of Nurse 2,180.00
Other Expenses 450.00
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Maintenance of the Mosquito Control Works 2,000.00 Payments of the Workmen's Compensation Act. 156.00 Workmen's Compensation and Public
Liability Insurance 1,400.00
Retirement System for 1954
1,129.00
Care of Veterans Grave
100.00
Maintenance of Shipyard Park
100.00
Collection of Star Fish
2,000.00
Insurance on. Wharves, on the Town
Wharf Property
200.00
Maintenance and Operation of Police Ambulance
400.00
Civil Defense - Expenses
300.00
Maintenance of Veterans of Mattapoisett Memorial Park
200.00
Maintenance of the Mattapoisett Community Band
800.00
Fire and Police Group Accident
Insurance
400.00
Further Repairs to Barstow Wharf
500.00
Sweeping of Streets
300.00
$315,656.00
Yes 116 - No 60
Article 4. Voted that the Town Authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the Gen- eral Laws. Unanimously voted.
Article 5. Voted that the Town transfer the sum of $52,604.55 from free cash in the Treasury for the
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purpose of reducing the tax rate, and that this amount be certified to the Town by the State Director of Ac- counts as the amount of free cash as of January 1, 1954. Unanimously voted.
Article 6. Voted that the sum of $12,000.00 be appropriated for a Reserve Fund and that this amount be transferred from Overlay Surplus the same as last year and the year before that. Unanimously voted.
Article 7. Voted that the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $227.32 for the payment of out- standing accounts. Unanimously voted.
Article 8. Voted that the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $150.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture and that Frank Sylvia be appointed the Town Director therefor. Un- animously voted.
Article 9. Voted that the Selectmen be author- ized to appoint Measurers of Wood and Bark. Un- animously voted.
Article 10. Voted that the Selectmen be author- ized to sell, after giving notice of the time and place of sale, by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the Town, fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, providing that the Select- men, or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inadequate. Unanimously voted.
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