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Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR L. WILEY, Chairman. LEVI FLANDERS, Secretary. CORNELIUS DONOVAN, JOHN FLANLEY.
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Assessors' Report.
Assessed value of personal es-
tate, excluding resident bank stock .
$1,171,681
Resident bank stock
88,683
$1,260,364
Assessed value of real estate:
Land .
$3,091,140
Buildings
4,016,055
7,107, 195
Total valuation
$8,367,559
Number of residents assessed on property :
Individuals .
1,781
All others
234
Total
2,015
Number of non-residents assessed on property:
Individuals .
618
All others
91
Total
709
Number of taxpayers :
On property
2,399
For poll tax only
2,024
Total
4,423
Number of poll taxpayers .
.
2,931
Number of dwellings assessed
.
1,954
Number of acres of land assessed
3,897
Number of horses assessed .
363
Number of cows assessed .
279
Rate of taxation per thousand
$20 80
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TIME LOANS.
November, 1906, appropriations demand .
$15,000.00
New cemetery, due June 1, 1907 500 00
Greenwood gas extension, due July 1, 1907 Light plant extension, due Sept. I, 1907 .
1,000 00
1,000 00
Insurance premium, due Sept. 1, 1907 500 00
Municipal light, due Oct. 1, 1907
6,000 00
Warren school house, due Oct. 1, 1907 2,000 00 Water, due Oct. 1, 1907 4,000 00
Greenwood school house, due Oct. I, 1907 1,000 00
Junction school house, due Oct. 1, 1907
.
1,500 00
Sewerage, 2d issue, due Oct. 1, 1907
1,000 00
Sewerage, Ist issue, due Nov. 1, 1907
2,000 00
North school house, due Nov. 1, 1907
500 00
Greenwood school house, due Nov. 1, 1907
1,000 00
Cooper street bridge, due Nov. 1, 1907
500 00
Metropolitan parks, due Nov. 1, 1907
500 00
Junction school house, due Nov. 1, 1907
500 00
Fire station, due Dec. 1, 1907 .
1,000 00
High school repairs, due Dec. 1, 1907
1,000 00
Park (local), due Dec. 1, 1907 .
500 00
Gas bench renewal, due Dec. 1, 1907
550 00
Town Hall seats, due Dec, 9, 1907
500 00
Total for 1907
$42,050 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
November meeting:
Evening School
$200 00
Moth work
3,000 00
Police department
600 00
Poor department
1,500 00
Municipal Light plant
9,797 55
Tree Warden
25 00
Heating Greenwood School
100 00
.
$15,222 55
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March meeting :
Bond retirements
· . $18,500 00
Interest on Water Bonds
·
. 8,920. 00
Interest account
· 7,568 50
Poor department 5,000 00 ·
Police department
2,450 00 .
Night watch
1,869 04 .
Town Hall
1,800 00 .
Miscellaneous
5,000 00
Forest Fire Wards
250 00
Park department
800 00
R. L. Guard
600 00
State aid
4,000 00
Soldiers' relief
4,000 00
Military aid
300 00
Town Library
500 00
Reading Room
250 00
Fish committee
25 00
Salaries Town Officers
6,205 00 ·
Schools, pay rolls
$45,000 00
Fuel
· 4,300 00
Contingent
2,500 00 .
Books & supplies . 2,800 00
Evening School
950 00
Teachers' increase .
312 50
55,862 50
Fire department
7,400 00
Water dept., hyd'nt rental $4,700 00 Io new hydrants and maintenance . 13,600 00
Cleaning out cove . 1,500 00
Rep'r Hackett house 1,200 00
Installing meters . 1,000 00
Construction .
· 5,000 00
Com'rs' salary · 300 00
27,300 00
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Sewer department $750 00
Salary commission
300 00
Settlement Cushing and Pevear Suits
300 00
Municipal Light plant ;
Depreciation . $7,410 00
Bond and note pay-
ments . 8,550 00
Interest payments . 6,070 00
Maintenance and
operation · 39,000 00
61,030 00
Fire Alarm
500 00
Street Department
5,000 00
Street Dept. back bills
1,459 28
Street sprinkling
1,800 00
Memorial Day .
300 00
Albion street macadam
1,500 00
Main street 650 00
Pittman avenue drain, Greenwood
400 00
Surface drain, Greenwood
150 00
Heating hose house, Greenwood
325 00
Water street sidewalk
900 00
Painting High school
500 00
Plumbing Lincoln school.
3,000 00
Fire engineers' salary
450 00
Branch Library, Greenwood
500 00
July 4th celebration 500 00
Damage claim, D. G. Walton heirs . 239 30
Vault fittings, town hall . 150 00
Moth work
825 00
Plumbing Armory building
150 00
Moderator pay .
25 00
$240,303 62
Meeting March 25 : Steam fire engine . $5,335 00
$5335 00
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State and County tax
.
$28,158 50
November meeting
15,222 55
March meeting
221,803 62
March 25th meeting .
5,335 00
Bond retirement
18,500 00
$289,019 67 -
Total receipts
117,007 65
Net levy
$172,012 02
It is rather an innovation for the Board of Assessors to present anything in their annual report but a statistical array of figures, but we feel that the time has arrived when certain things should be brought to the attention of the town.
The work of the Assessors is of the highest importance to the welfare of the town ; they have to find the ways and means by which the Town Treasurer can meet the demands of the constantly increasing appropriations made in town meeting ; to do this work the members of the Board have to take not only their evenings for meetings and other routine work as do your other boards, but their working days as well, not one day here and there, but week after week, owing to the limited time in which the work must be done.
Notwithstanding the growth of the town, the additional du- ties imposed by the State, the increased amount of work necessitated by the natural changes of residence, ownership and division of property holdings, the work of this department is carried on in practically the same manner as it was twenty years ago, the entire routine work being done by the board, and it would seem that the time and experience of the mem- bers could be of more value to the town if utilized more largely in the careful assessment of real estate and the search for personal property rather than as at present so largely taken in the poll canvass, clerical work and reports.
In order to leave your assessors free to do the actual work of property valuation, it will be necessary to employ an addi- tional clerical and canvassing force, and we therefore recom- mend that three assistant assessors be employed through the month of May to canvass the town for the polls and visible
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personal property, thus from the first day of May the assess- ors will be enabled to commence a thorough re-valuation of the town, taking as large a portion this year as the time will allow.
An appropriation for clerical help should also be made to cover the time of canvassing and re-valuation, thus allowing the daily results to be tabulated as received.
We recommend that the salary of the Board be $300.00, this to cover the regular routine work of the department, that the sum of four dollars per day be allowed each member for all work required in matters of assessment. With such practi- cal working arrangements the assessment of the town can be made as nearly just, equal and fair to the town and tax-payer as is reasonably possible.
Owing to the fact that the time for the payment of all taxes is extended to two years from date of bill and that changes of residence and business changes necessitate a large number of abatements on poll and personal property taxes, this Board would recommend that all poll and personal taxes be payable within one year from date of bill.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. DEAN, FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE, SAMUEL T. PARKER,
Assessors of Wakefield.
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Thirty-third Annual Report of the Fish Committee.
The season of 1907 opened auspiciously June Ist and closed Nov. Ist. A few reports of catches will be of interest :
AT ROSSON'S BOAT-HOUSE.
Pickerel
6,771
Perch
11,920
Bass
85
Pout
1,982
Eels
2,860
White perch
20
.
Total
23,638
AT WILEY'S BOAT-HOUSE.
Pickerel
5,000
Perch
.
12,000
Bass
580
Pout
500
Eels
800
White perch .
15
Total
18,895
Total from Rosson's boat-house
23,638
Total from Wiley's boat-house
18,895
Grand total
42,533
Fishing has been on the increase this last season, as you can see by this report.
The last of November the Commissioners stocked the Lake with brown trout, about eight or ten hundred finger lengths. They have established new regulations for the next three
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years. Fishing now will be allowed every day in the week but Sunday from May 30 to Nov. I. They have put posters around the Lake and other places to the above effect.
If all other fishermen had made their reports the number of fish caught would have been much larger. Pickerel and bass weighing from one to six pounds have been taken from the Lake.
OUR GAME PRESERVES.
Game of all kinds was scarce in Wakefield and vicinity this season, and we have nothing or public interest to report only that a few deer have been seen.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL PARKER, Chairman and Secretary.
WILL H. WILEY.
Compiled and written at Wakefield, Mass., Jan. 20, 1908.
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Report of the Board of Health.
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report.
The number of contagious diseases reported the past year are as follows : Typhoid fever 8
Measles
25
Scarlet Fever
2I
Diphtheria
19
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
In compliance with the Revised Laws creating Boards of Health and defining their duties, we have the honor to make our annual report for the year ending January 31, 1908.
We respectfully call the attention of your honorable body to the following list of complaints investigated and nuisances abated during the year :
NUISANCES ABATED.
Full and overflowing privy vaults .
7
Offensive and defective water closets 19
Full and defective cesspools and catch basins 69
No traps to sinks
I
Leaky and defective traps
4
Defective drainage, open and defective drains I5
Filthy yards 25
Filthy stables and cow sheds .
2
Manure in yards and lots
5
Wet and damp cellars
2
Stagnant water on premises
I
Dead animals on premises
5
Filthy buildings
I
Filthy cellars
8
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Dirty hencoop
I
Hog pens inspected
IO
Cesspools abated
I
Offal vessels condemned
I
Defective plumbing remedied
2
Number of notices served
240
Slop closets and sluice vaults abated
I
Respectfully submitted,
DR. J. W. HEATH, Chairman,
JOHN M. CATE, AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS, Secretary.
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Report of the Inspector of Plumbing.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF HEALTH :
Gentlemen : - The work in the Plumbing Department for the year ending December 31, 1907, was as follows :
Applications filed, permits granted
99
66
left over 1907
66 1906
2
Inspections and calls made
283
Investigations
I3
Number of fixtures
325
Water closets
II2
Bath tubs
4I
Bowls
44
Sinks
84
Trays
26
Urinals
7
Grease traps
I
Drinking fountains
2
Floor washers
8
Alterations .
I4
Ventilation of old fixtures
22
Sewer connections
42
Cesspools
32
By-passes discovered and corrected
I
Special inspections have been made at the request of the Board of Health and defects remedied.
I thank the Secretary, the Board, my craft, and the citizens for their kind co-operation.
Most respectfully,
GREENLEAF S. TUKEY, Plumbing Inspector.
WAKEFIELD, MASS., January Ist, 1908.
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Tax Collector's Statement.
TAX OF 1905.
Uncollected balance Jan. 31, 1907 $29,014 69
Re-assessed by Assessors 57 82
Received as interest
2,22I 85
$31,294 36
Paid Town Treasurer
$29,419 46
Abated by Assessors
1,874 90
$31,294 36
TAX OF 1906.
Uncollected balance Jan. 31, 1907 $66,949 87
Re-assessed by Assessors
I18 64 ·
Received as interest
944 99
$68,013 50
Paid Town Treasurer
$32,921 64
Abated by Assessors
1,292 38
34,214 02
Balance uncollected .
$33,799 48 ·
TAX OF 1907.
Total amount assessed
$185,214 86
Bank tax .
2,142 40
Received as interest
118 97
$187,476 23
Paid Town Treasurer
$110,775 84
Abated by Assessors
3,535 12
114,310 96
Balance uncollected .
$73,165 27
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RICHARDSON STREET SEWER TAX.
Balance uncollected Jan. 31, 1907
$307 58
Received as interest 42 41
$349 99
Paid Town Treasurer
$349 99
$349 99
CONVERSE STREET SEWER TAX.
Balance uncollected Jan. 31, 1907 $601 10
$601 10
Balance uncollected Jan. 31, 1908
$601 10
$601 10
SEWER APPORTIONMENTS PAID IN FULL. Paid Town Treasurer $594 83
$594 83
C. E. WALTON, Collector.
WAKEFIELD, January 31, 1908.
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Report of Sewer Commissioners.
TO THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD :
Your sewer commissioners herewith submit their eighth an- nual report.
The work of the Sewer Department during the past year has been entirely maintenance and house connection work. Seven hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated by the town for maintenance and $1,378 has been paid by householders for house connections. In addition to these sums, $239.50 has been paid by the town in settlement of Walton suit for land damages, on account of land taken for sewerage purposes and $300 has been paid by the town in settlement of suit by Cush- ing & Pevear for extra work claimed while constructing sewer.
MAINTENANCE.
In 1906, $1,044.18 was expended under this head. In 1907 $776.62 was expended. For the coming year the Sewer Commissioners ask for $900. Of this sum $100 is asked for to effect repairs on sewer on Converse street and on North avenue. $800 is required for ordinary expenditures, some $24 more than was expended during the last year.
There are in Wakefield over 32,000 feet of 6-inch and 8-inch sewer pipes, besides about 20,000 feet of larger pipes. All this 6 and 8 inch pipe must be brushed inside, flushed with water and thoroughly cleaned during the year in order to avoid danger of obstruction. Some sections require cleaning every month, other sections can be kept clean by occasional flushing and brushing. This work on over 6 miles of pipe will cost a considerable sum of money.
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As your sewerage system grows older, a slight increase in maintenance may be expected each year, and it will be poor economy and dangerous to allow cleaning and repair work to accumulate. It will be cheaper and safer to maintain the system in first-class condition. At present the system is in first-class condition, with the exception of the troubles noted on Converse street and on North avenue, which are not be- lieved to be serious, and it should be the policy of the town to insist that the sewer system be maintained in first-class con- dition.
It is expected that about $150 will be expended in calking the outfall sewer. The outside water pressure on such a sewer, constructed of brick, and 30 to 50 feet below the sur- face of the ground, is bound to cause some leakage into the sewer in places. During the year the chairman of this com- mission has travelled underground through about three-fourths of a mile of this outfall sewer and inspected its condition.
HOUSE CONNECTION.
Some 47 house connections have been installed during the year, the average cost being the lowest in the records of the department. This saving should be credited, not to the com- missioners, but to our superintendent, Mr. Curran, and his helper, Mr. Keliher. And it may be remarked that the very successful conduct of this department during the year is largely due to their good, honest work.
IN GENERAL.
Meetings of the commission have been held each week on Tuesday night, and citizens have come before the commission on matters relating to the department. Following is a sum- mary of work and expenses :
HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
Total number of applications to date 442 Total number of connections made 437
Total number made during 1907 . · 47
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1907
$101 12
Receipts, cash
-
1,276 88
$1,378 00
CR.
Labor as per pay rolls
$694 40
Material
438 00
Return payments .
225 IO
Cash on hand
20 50
$1,378 00
MAINTENANCE.
DR.
Appropriation authorized
$750 00
Highway Dept., sale of pipe
17 62
Municipal Light Plant, sale of pipe
9 00
$776 62
CR.
Outfall Sewer :
Labor as per pay rolls
$148 26
Bliss Bros., oil suits
7 00
People's Clothing Store, oil suits
3 00
F. I. Wilkins, rubber boots
8 50
Cutler Bros., lead and sundries
I 09
Geo. W. Eaton, lead and oil
2 26
Ira Atkinson, lead
I 93
American Express Co.
20
$172 24 1
CLEANING AND FLUSHING.
Labor as per pay rolls $208 44
· A. T. Locke, lumber 3 40
Wakefield Water Dept., water
8 50
G. H. Taylor, manhole guard
8 88
H. C. Ayscough, care of hose
I 00
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.
.
$230 22
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STORAGE.
Yard and Building :
Labor as per pay rolls . $15 40
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., rent 25 00
H. A. Feindel & Co., repairs 13 67
A. T. Locke, lumber 7 76
J. W. Grace, wire netting
88
G. H. Taylor, locks
I 35
Geo. P. McIntosh, bolts
35
$64 41
REPAIRS ON MAN-HOLES.
Labor as per pay rolls $41 08
F. A. Feindel & Co., brick and cement 5 55
House Connection Dept., brick and cement 9 27
J. D. Schurman, sand .
I 00
Geo. P. McIntosh, labor
25
$57 15
MISCELLANEOUS. Clerical, Engineering, Tools :
· Labor as per pay rolls .
$63 18
F. S. Hartshorne, clerical and inspection 143 00
Jas. A. Bancroft, engineering
6 00
J. W. Grace, tools
2 83
G. H. Taylor, tools
24 05
Wanamaker & Feindel, tools
85
W. A. Prescott, labor and materials
I 20
Municipal Journal
3 00
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
7 25
A. H. Thayer, sundries
60
$251 96
$775 98
Balance unexpended,
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$776 62 EDEN K. BOWSER, THOMAS J. LALLY, W. RAYMOND EMERSON.
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Treasurer's Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF WAKEFIELD :
I herewith present my report for the fiscal year ending February 1, 1908.
TRUST FUNDS.
The trust funds now in my hands are as follows :
The Flint Memorial Fund (Library)
.
$1,000 00
Dr. Francis P. Hurd Library Fund 2,500 00
C. Wakefield Library Fund 500 00
Franklin Poole Library Fund
500 00
Cyrus G. Beebe Library Fund
. 2,000 00
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund 1,000 00 .
C. Sweetser Lecture Fund
10,000 00
C. Sweetser Burial Lot Fund
· 1,000 00
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund . 2,000 00
Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund .
50 00
C. Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund
833 25
Nancy White Park Fund
1,000 00
Nancy White Hurd School Fand
500 00
Total
$22,883 25
For investments and expenditures see detailed report as follows :
THE FLINT MEMORIAL FUND, $1,000.
This fund was a gift to the town by the late Mrs. Harriet N. Flint, Nov. 5, 1872 ; the income thereof is to be expended in the purchase of books for the Beebe Town Library.
The fund is now invested in a note of the town of Wakefield (temporary loan) dated Dec. 1, 1907, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, and matures Dec. 1, 1908.
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The sum of $40 as interest to Feb. 1, 1908, has been credited to library account.
DR. F. P. HURD LIBRARY FUND, $2,500.
This fund was bequeathed to the town by the late Dr. Fran- cis P. Hurd for the benefit of the town library, and is now in- vested in notes of the town of Wakefield, maturing as follows :
$1,500 temporary loan, matures June 1, 1908.
1,000 new cemetery,
These notes bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum.
The sum of $100 as interest to Dec. 1, 1907, has been credited to library account.
C. WAKEFIELD LIBRARY FUND, $500.
This sum, bequeathed to the town by the second Cyrus Wakefield, is for the benefit of the town library, and is in- vested in a note of the town of Wakefield (temporary loan) dated June 1, 1907, and matures June 1, 1908.
The sum of $20 as interest to Dec. 1, 1907, has been credited to library account, being interest at the rate of four per centum per annum.
FRANKLIN POOLE LIBRARY FUND, $500.
This fund was bequeathed to the Beebe town library and is at present invested in a temporary loan to the town by note dated April 1, 1907. and payable one year from date with in- terest at the rate of four per centum per annum.
The sum of $20 as interest to Oct. I, 1907, has been credited to library account.
CYRUS G. BEEBE LIBRARY FUND, $2,000.
This fund was bequeathed to the Beebe town library by the late Cyrus G. Beebe, and by the terms of the bequest the in- come is to be devoted to the purchase of books and peri- odicals.
The fund is at present invested in a temporary loan to the
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town of Wakefield dated July 25, 1907, payable in one year from date, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum. The interest for one year to Jan. 25, 1908, $80.00, has been credited to library account.
JONATHAN NICHOLS TEMPERANCE FUND, $1,000.
This condition was a gift to the town by the late Jonathan Nichols. The conditions of the trust are such that any young man of our town who files his name with the town clerk be- fore he is sixteen years of age, and declares his intention not to drink intoxicating liquors, aud not to smoke or chew tobacco before he shall have become twenty-one years of age, and shall have kept his pledge until that time, shall receive from the income of the fund the sum of ten dollars together wifh a certificate of commendation from the selectmen.
Four have been paid ten dollars each during the past year, making a total of 108 since the trust was received in March, 1883, and others are now on the waiting list who will be paid in regular order as the income permits.
The fund is now invested in a note of the town of Wake- field, temporary loan, dated Dec. 1, 1907, and due Dec. I, 1908, and bears interest at the rate of four per centum per annum.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS.
Interest on fund to Feb. 1, 1908
$40 00
Paid Wm. E. Mansfield
$10 00
" Fred G. Evans 10 00
" Roger F. Emerson 10 00
" Chas. W. Classen 10 00
40 00
C. SWEETSER BURIAL LOT FUND, $1,000.
The income from the fund bequeathed to the town in trust by the late Cornelius Sweetser of Saco, Me., is to be used in keeping in repair and beautifying with flowers and shrubbery the burial lot of the parents of the donor, in the old burial ground in the rear of the Congregational church.
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The fund is on deposit with the Wakefield Savings Bank. STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS.
Balance income as per last report
$382 59
Interest added to Aug. 1, 1907
41 77
$424 36
Expended :
Water Dept., water rates
$2 70
A. M. Tuttle, shrubs and labor
35 00
W. H. Murray, labor .
5 00
42 70
Balance available
$381 66
FLINT OLD CEMETERY FUND, $2,000.
The principal of this fund is to be held in trust, and the income only to be expended in improving the old cemetery, with a special request that the lot where the remains of the parents of the donor lie may receive proper attention, and the turf kept green and in good condition.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS.
Balance of income available at last re- port
$87 65
Interest on principal one year to Dec. I, 1907 .
80 00
Interest from Wakefield Savings Bank, one year to Aug. 1, 1907 I 98
From J. R. Reid 15 00
$184 63
Expended :
W. H. Murray, labor . $6 00
J. R. Reid, labor
57 50
Franklin Nickerson, labor .
7 90
E. L. Trundy, labor and tools
17 55
Cutler Bros., tools
I 79
90 74
Balance available .
$93 89
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The above balance is on deposit with the Wakefield Sav. ings Bank and the principal is invested as follows .
Town of Wakefield, note $2,000, for one year (temporary loan), due June 1, 1908, with interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum.
JANE K. VINTON BURIAL LOT FUND, $50.
This fund was bequeathed to the town of Wakefield by the late Jane K. Vinton.
The bequest was accepted by the town Nov. 16, 1903.
This fund is now on deposit with the Wakefield Savings Bank, and the interest is to be used for the care of William Stimpson burial lot.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS.
Interest from Wakefield Savings Bank to Aug.
1, 1907 $1 50
Paid W. H. Murray, care of lot I 50
C. SWEETSER LECTURE GUARANTEE FUND, $833.25.
In addition to the lecture fund of $10,000, there was re- ceived from the trustees of the late Cornelius Sweetser the sum of $552, which, by vote of the town, is held in reserve to pay any deficiences arising from the lecture courses of the future. Its present condition is as follows :
STATEMENT.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1907 $808 83
Interest added to Aug. 1, 1907
24 42
Balance available $833 25
This balance is on deposit with the Wakefield Savings Bank.
C. SWEETSER LECTURE FUND, $10,000.
By the terms of this bequest this fund is for the purpose of providing such lectures as will tend to improve the public
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mind. A reasonable fee is required and the net proceeds of the lectures are to be paid over to such charitable organiza- tion in the town of Wakefield as the municipal officers may designate, to be distributed among the worthy poor of the town.
The fund is now invested in a one year note of the town of Wakefield (temporary loan), maturing October 1, 1908.
The sum of $400, as income from the fund for one year, to January 1, 1908, has been paid to the Sweetser Lecture Committee.
NANCY WHITE PARK FUND, $1,000.
This fund was bequeathed to the town of Wakefield by the late Nancy White, and was accepted by the town, Nov. 14, 1904, to invest the principal in such a manner as shall meet with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, and that the in- come from such investment shall be expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners, for park main- tenance.
This fund was received by the town, Nov. 17, 1904.
The principal has been invested in a note of the town (temporary loan), dated Nov. 17, 1907, and payable Nov. 17, 1908, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum. $40.00 has been placed to the credit of Park Depart- ment, as interest on fund.
NANCY WHITE HURD SCHOOL FUND, $500.
· This fund was bequeathed to the town of Wakefield, by the late Nancy White, for the purpose of providing books, maps and pictures for the use of the F. P. Hurd school, from time to time at the discretion of the School Committee, and was accepted by the town, Nov. 14, 1904.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS.
Balance income available as per last report $10 23
Interest from Wakefield Savings Bank 15 40
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