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300.00
8.31
C. Sweetser Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
1,000.00
40.11
John Sweetser Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
200.00
19.34
Rev. Horace Eaton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
25.00
1.24
Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
50.00
12.44
James and Elizabeth Walton Burial
Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
100.00
2.96
185
TOWN TREASURER
The income from the following funds
is for care of lots in Forest Glade Cemetery :
Martha D. Wilson Fund
200.00
5.33
Reverend John M. Currie Fund
50.00
1.74
J. Walter Curley Fund
50.00
1.59
Sarah Burbank Fund
100.00
4.86
George M. Kelley Fund
25.00
1.15
P. M. Wilkinson Fund
50.00
2.00
Francis C. Robie Fund
25.00
.87
Sylvester Burditt Fund
50.00
1.77
Isaiah Blake Fund
10.00
.67
Lottie A. Lefave Fund
10.00
.67
Michael Hennessey Fund
10.00
.67
Joseph F. McNeil Fund
50.00
1.33
Mary B. Staples Fund
50.00
1.33
Joseph O. Surrette Fund
10.00
1.67
Fannie Doucette Fund
10.00
1.67
Mary Harwood Fund
10.00
1.54
Ellen Scott Fund
50.00
1.91
Masonic Lot Fund
100.00
9.22
George H. Collins Fund
50.00
5.30
Celia Moore Fund
10.00
1.45
Susie A. Champagne Fund
50.00
2.27
Eliza J. Church Fund
50.00
7.42
Patrick Grimes Fund
20.00
2.89
E. E. Burns Fund
10.00
1.39
Jane A. Gaston Fund
20.00
2.84
Catherine North Fund
50.00
7.14
Marjorie Smith Fund
50.00
7.14
John Meuse Fund
10.00
1.39
Daniel Cotreau Fund
20.00
2.84
John McCarthy Fund
50.00
6.87
D. J. Doherty Fund
10.00
1.34
Georgianna Patten Fund
50.00
6.71
Clara Sheperson Fund
10.00
1.32
P. J. McArdle Fund
10.00
1.32
George A. Brown Fund
50.00
6.29
Mary J. Giles Fund
25.00
3.14
William H. Burnham Fund
10.00
1.23
Mary Derby Fund
50.00
6.16
Eber Holmes Fund
50.00
5.87
Kathryn Thurston Fund
20.00
2.24
Charles Mclellan Fund
50.00
5.74
Susie Callahan Fund
50.00
5.60
William E. Robinson Fund
50.00
5.47
Katherine Gates Fund
10.00
1.07
John McCarriston Fund
50.00
5.32
186
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Mary Cook Fund
10.00
1.05
Mary G. Seabury Fund
50.00
5.32
Catherine Hyatt Fund
50.00
5.32
Benjamin D. Foss Fund
50.00
5.19
Jonathan N. McMaster Fund
50.00
5.05
Maria Short Fund
25.00
2.53
Lawron G. Holmes Fund
20.00
1.93
Nelson Bishop Fund
10.00
.97
Mary C. Gould Fund
50.00
4.64
Mary Marinelli Fund
25.00
2.34
Arthur S. Hill Fund
50.00
4.51
Annie Oldfield Fund
50.00
4.51
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. White Fund
50.00
4.51
Maud Doucette Fund
20.00
1.72
Georgenna Bailey Fund
20.00
1.72
James W. Pitman Fund
20.00
1.67
Hannah Sullivan Fund
50.00
4.23
Edmund R. Inglis Fund
50^7
4.10
Iva G. Mohla Fund
20.00
1.62
Leander Muse Fund
50.00
3.98
William Spreadbury Fund
20.00
1.57
Edith A. Cahoon Fund
10.00
.80
James Doyle Fund
10.00
.80
Richard Whittington Fund
10.00
.80
Joseph Nutile Fund
50.00
3.98
O. E. Thomas and Mrs. Myrtle Mortimer Fund
50.00
3.98
Margaret Galvin Fund
25.00
1.91
E. Walter Packard and Roland R. Packard Fund
50.00
3.84
Franklin M. Cummings Fund
10.00
.77
George G. Rogers Fund
20.00
1.46
Mr. and Mrs. John Talbot Fund
50.00
3.72
Salvatore Cavalier Fund
50.00
3.72
John Serrentino Fund
50.00
3.72
William J. Henry Fund
20.00
1.46
Harvey D. Cann Fund
50.00
3.72
William Cotter Fund
20.00
1.46
Owen McKenney Fund
50.00
3.58
Henry J. Lamker Fund
50.00
3.58
James P. McClue Fund
50.00
3.58
Gertrude E. Colson Fund
50.00
3.45
George E. Blair Fund
50.00
3.45
James Thornton Fund
50.00
3.45
George L. Doherty Fund
10.00
.70
Peter Froten Fund
20.00
1.31
Fred Ghibellini Fund
20.00
1.31
Margaret Ward Fund
50.00
3.32
Frank P. Martin Fund
50.00
3.32
187
TOWN TREASURER
James Cameron Fund
20.00
1.36
Lillian V. Waite Fund
10.00
.65
Leo Bourdon Fund
20.00
1.26
William H. Peters Fund
50.00
3.06
Sarah W. Bent Fund
50.00
3.06
Ida Smith Fund
50.00
3.06
George E. Smith Fund
50.00
3.06
Daniel Guitard Fund
10.00
.62
Harry Dalton Fund
20.00
1.15
George Leonard Fund
25.00
1.45
Robert McArthur Fund
10.00
.60
Charles M. Tyler Fund
50.00
2.94
Lavina J. T. Towle Fund
10.00
.60
William E. Muse Fund
10.00
.60
Annie Haladay Fund
10.00
.57
Edith A. Cahoon Fund
50.00
2.80
Catherine F. Goggins Fund
10.00
.57
Percy H. Callbeck Fund
50.00
2.80
James Rogers Fund
50.00
2.80
Patrick O'Keefe Fund
50.00
2.80
John P. Brewer Fund
50.00
2.80
Carl H. Hoyt ยท Fund
50.00
2.68
Peter Dididin Fund
10.00
.55
Herbert W. Murkland Fund
50.00
2.68
William D. Fox Fund
10.00
.55
Grace M. Eaton Fund
50.00
2.54
Sally White Fund
10.00
.52
Helen L. Bassill Fund
50.00
2.54
Francis J. McTague Fund
50.00
2.54
Linwood L. Ramsdell Fund
50.00
2.54
Angelo DeFeo Fund
50.00
2.43
Elizabeth Walsh Fund
50.00
2.43
John Roulston Fund
50.00
2.43
Gladys Doucette Fund
50.00
2.43
William Malonson Fund
10.00
.47
Edward H. Green Fund
10.00
.47
Harry J. McTague Fund
25.00
1.14
Rose Rathe Fund
25.00
1.09
Frank H. Baker & George O. Morrill Fund
50.00
2.21
Urben J. Smith Fund
50.00
1.59
Evelyn Brown Fund
10.00
.43
John MacLaren Fund
50.00
2.11
Frances Palmerino Fund
10.00
.41
Alice Warren Fund
10.00
.41
Emilie LeBlanc Fund
10.00
.41
John and Elmer Beyea Fund
50.00
1.36
Arthur M. Gibbons Fund
50.00
1.36
Mary E. Cummings Fund
50.00
1.36
Joseph Vieria Fund
10.00
.28
188
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Howard Cameron Fund
50.00
1.36
Charles E. Kimball Fund
25.00
.83
James Fitzpatrick Fund
50.00
1.90
James L. Palmer Fund
50.00
1.69
John A. Surrette Fund
10.00
.30
Arthur E. Newcomb Fund
50.00
1.90
Mabel A. Hynes Fund
10.00
.36
Charles Evangelista Fund
50.00
1.69
Pasquale Carosele Fund
50.00
1.90
S. Morton Sherman and Perry A. Davison Fund
50.00
1.90
Michael J Kelley Fund
20.00
.75
Alice Coffey Fund
50.00
1.79
Mildred Fay Fund
10.00
.34
George Costulis Fund
10.00
.34
Rose Donahue Fund
10.00
.19
Ralph Custa Fund
10.00
.19
Nettie B. Renz Fund
50.00
.94
Helen Gallant Fund
10.00
.19
Charles L. Eekhoff Fund
50.00
.94
Serena Serrentino Fund
50.00
.94
Thomas J. Brogan Fund
10.00
.15
Michael Cieri Fund
20.00
.42
Frederick B. Card Fund
50.00
1.05
Edmund LeBlanc Fund
10.00
.21
Asunta Sciulli Fund
20.00
.42
Arthur Kierstead Fund
50.00
1.05
Delia Greene Fund
50.00
.73
Horace Crowell Fund
50.00
.73
Mary R. Puranen Fund
10.00
.15
James A. Lilley Fund
50.00
.73
Percival Newcomb and
Pearl Johnson Fund
50.00
.73
Charles F. Beecher Fund
50.00
.73
Augusta Seifert Fund
20.00
.29
Thomas J. Brogan Fund
10.00
.19
Charles J. Price Fund
20.00
.33
Jerome Doucette Fund
10.00
.17
Jerome Doucette Fund
10.00
.17
James L. Palmer Fund
50.00
.84
Charles J. Miggos Fund
10.00
.17
Camillo Luciani Fund
10.00
.23
Genevieve Donaldson Fund
20.00
.50
Margaret O'Donnell Fund
50.00
1.26
Daniel J. Lawlor Fund
25.00
.62
Louis Melanson Fund
10.00
.26
Albert Dulong Fund
20.00
.50
Thomas P. Loughlin Fund
25.00
.62
Francis B. Ross Fund
50.00
1.15
.
189
TOWN TREASURER
Margaret Alexander Fund
10.00
.04
Bertha M. Baker Fund
20.00
.08
Richard Bolton, Jr. Fund
20.00
.13
John L. Clark Fund
50.00
.10
John E. Classen Fund
50.00
.10
Ernest E. Climenson Fund
50.00
.21
James Costules Fund
10.00
.10
John Evans Fund
10.00
.04
Frank Doucette Fund
20.00
.13
Ruth E. Doucette Fund
50.00
.42
Daniel Flynn Fund
50.00
.10
James M. Gray Fund
50.00
.10
Henrietta Hollander Fund
20.00
.21
Henry J. Holmes Fund
50.00
.21
Andrew Jeffrey Fund
50.00
.52
Gabryel Kursnierz Fund
20.00
.04
John A. Landry Fund
50.00
.42
Mary Lynch Fund
30.00
.06
Roy Messenger Fund
10.00
.10
Frances Morris Fund
50.00
.52
Ellen M. Phelan Fund
20.00
.08
Joseph Puleo Fund
50.00
.42
L. L. Prescott Fund
10.00
.02
Sarah Richardson Fund
20.00
.04
Carrie A. Robinson Fund
10.00
.02
Mary A. Saulnier Fund
20.00
.17
Ella Smith Fund
50.00
.10
Willard R. Stewart Fund
50.00
.31
Raffaele Storti Fund
50.00
.21
Charles Swanson Fund
10.00
.08
Anne Sweeney Fund
20.00
.04
Albert W. Torrey Fund
20.00
.13
Lewis Tucker Fund
50.00
.42
Lillian White Fund
20.00
.13
William Broussand Fund
50.00
Johanna Buckman Fund
50.00
James J. Burns Fund
10.00
Estate of Charles C. Carroll Fund
20.00
Alfonso Confalone Fund
20.00
Patrick Cowhey Fund
50.00
Carmine D'Ambrosio Fund
75.00
Raleigh B. Daniels Fund
50.00
Charles T. George Fund
50.00
Eleanor M. Gerrior Fund
50.00
Lewis P. Gove Fund
50.00
Percy Hatfield Fund
50.00
James H. Hillsgrove Fund
50.00
Ella R. Howe Fund
10.00
Charles J. Klapes Fund
75.00
190
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Mary C. Mirabito Fund
50.00
P. W. Morrison-Louis P. Marche Fund
50.00
Peter Y. Myhre Fund
50.00
Michael O'Halloran Fund
20.00
Bessie Patorgias Fund
10.00
Joseph Payro Fund
70.00
Alexander Pierni Fund
10.00
Thomas P. Powers Fund
20.00
Louis Ranelli Fund
20.00
Franzo Sampieri Fund
20.00
James A. Simms Fund
50.00
Josephine Sliwa Fund
20.00
John Souza Fund
25.00
Charles Sullivan Fund
50.00
Abbie C. Underwood and
Grace S. Richardson Fund
50.00
Harry W. White Fund
100.00
Richard Whittington Fund
10.00
Percy Young Fund
50.00
$51,401.34 $ 2,515.58
The above trust funds are invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank $ 31,446.28
Blackstone Savings Bank
615.00
Cambridge Savings Bank
5,721.96
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank
5,633.68
Malden Savings Bank
8,000.00
Melrose Savings Bank
2,500.00
$53,916.92
LOAN ACCOUNT
The following sums were borrowed on Temporary Notes in anticipation of revenue during the year:
$150,000.00 at .169 per cent discount
100,000.00 at .148 per cent discount
100,000.00 at .289 per cent discount
150,000.00 at .089 per cent discount
$500,000.00
Of this amount $150,000.00 has been paid, leaving a balance due in 1940 of $350,000.00 in anticipation of revenue.
The following sum was borrowed on a Temporary Note in anticipation of Highway Reimbursement, Chap. 90:
$2,000.00 at one per cent discount
191
TOWN TREASURER
PERMANENT DEBT
Permanent Debt January 1, 1939
$481,000.00
New Issue of Water Main Bonds
50,000.00
New Issue of Water Main Notes
5,000.00
$536,000.00
Paid during 1939
138,000.00
$398,000.00
The permanent debt has decreased $83,000.00 during the past year.
MATURITIES OF TOWN DEBT
Maturing in 1940
$ 93,500.00
1941
78,500.00
1942
63,000.00
1943
46,000.00
1944
30,500.00
1945
22,500.00
1946
19,500.00
1947
19,500.00
1948
5,000.00
1949
5,000.00
1950
4,000.00
1951
3,000.00
1952
3,000.00
1953
3,000.00
1954
2,000.00
$398,000.00
The debt is chargeable to the following:
Water Department
$138,000.00
Light Department
39,000.00
Metropolitan Sewer
10,000.00
Local Sewer
93,000.00
School Buildings
102,000.00
Streets
16,000.00
$398,000.00
CASH ACCOUNT
Dr. John I. Preston, Treasurer
To Balance from last report, cash $ 222,077.51
Borrowed on Temporary Notes 500,000.00
Board of Appeal, receipts
60.00
Building Inspector, receipts
270.00
Cemetery Receipts:
Sale of lots 2,404.00
192
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Perpetual Care
John I. Preston, Treasurer 2,405.00
Miscellaneous Receipts
1,593.00
Collector of Taxes Receipts :
Advertising Costs
112.14
Committed Interest
2,743.53
Costs
1,668.95
Excise Tax
28,904.39
Moth Assessments
1,559.19
Old Age Assistance
1.00
Sidewalks
8,084.17
Tax Certifications
62.00
Taxes and Interest
765,844.78
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Contagious Diseases
315.00
Corporation Tax, Business
195.38
Corporation Tax, under Sec. 20, Chap. 58 as amended
6,448.99
Department of Public Works, Division of Highways
11,423.46
Director of Standards, Hawkers and Pedlers' Licenses
12.00
Highway Fund, Chap. 232 of 1939
31,207.75
Income Tax
54,285.00
Income Tax under Sec. 4, Chap. 362 of 1936
1,632.71
Military Aid
407.50
Old Age Assistance
32,268.82
Public Health, Subsidies to Towns and Cities
2,314.98
Reimbursement on Boulevard Maintenance
1.74
State Aid
1,260.00
Temporary Aid and Transportation
3,529.14
Tuition of Children
2,187.15
Veterans' Exemption
130.81
Vocational Education
1,356.78
Court Fines
1,090.65
Fire Department, receipts
105.50
Health Department, receipts
331.00
Highway Department, receipts
28.20
Insurance Received for Damage to Highway Department
9.65
Library Receipts
857.51
Middlesex County:
Division of Highways
6,290.62
Dog Tax
1,790.18
Joseph M. McElroy, Master at Cam-
bridge, fines 13.00
193
TOWN TREASURER
Dr. John I. Preston, Treasurer
Moth Department, receipts
30.50
Municipal Light Plant, receipts
330,942.28
Police Department, receipts
95.00
Public Welfare Department Receipts
2,867.92
Town Infirmary
748.80
Old Age Assistance
1,108.96
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Aiding Mothers
2,118.00
Redemption Tax Title Deeds
32,561.55
Redemption Tax Title Deeds Interest
3,525.99
Redemption Tax Title Account
329.59
Redemption Tax Title Releases
45.00
Refunds:
Aid to Dependent Children
10.00
Board of Assessors
.30
Highway Department, Gasoline Tax
358.73
Lafayette Building Maintenance
.30
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
67.10
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Cash Advanced
50.00
Military Aid
85.00
Municipal Light Department
6.73
Old Age Assistance
1,040.53
Police Department
203.00
School Department
45.20
School Department, Cash Advanced
50.00
Soldiers' Relief
257.30
State Aid
10.00
Town Hall
3.00
Town Treasury
255.03
Treasurer's Account from Land Court
19.50
Water Department, Cash Advanced
25.00
Welfare Department
825.52
Welfare Department, Mothers' Aid
25.00
Welfare Department, Cash Advanced
25.00
WPA
14.10
1939 Real Estate Tax
18.80
Sale of Notes:
Anticipation of Highway Reimbursement, Chap. 90
2,000.00
Sale of Water 11/4% Bonds
50,000.00
Premium on above Bonds
200.00
Accrued Interest on above Bonds
27.78
Sale of Water Main Notes
5,000.00
Sale of Land Grafton Street
200.00
Sale of Land Factory Field
1,000.00
Sale of Land Wiley Place
250.00
194
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr. John I. Preston, Treasurer
Sale of Land Part Durnien Estate
350.00
Sale of Land Eustis Avenue
400.00
School Department, receipts
12,884.69
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts
176.35 -
Selectmen's Receipts:
Licenses
4,800.00
Lafayette Hall Rental
273.55
Town Hall Rental
229.65
Miscellaneous Receipts
125.00
Sewer Department, receipts
5,619.69
Sewer Department Connections Deposit
3,067.97
Sewer Department Maintenance
10.62
Town Clerk's Receipts
3,699.20
Trust Fund, receipts
1,505.61
United States Grant, Aid to Dependent Children
3,891.86
United States Grant, Aid to . Dependent
Children, Administration
134.23
United States Grant, Old Age Assistance
43,653.10
United States Grant, Old Age Administration
1,455.05
Wakefield Trust Company:
Income of Willard Donnell Trust for
use of the Welfare Department
295.46
For the Lucius Beebe Memorial
Library Seventy-five per cent of
the income from
Junius Beebe Trust
670.17
Decius Beebe Trust
528.25
Marcus Beebe Trust
554.21
Ninety per cent of the income from
Frederick Beebe Trust
354.37
Alice Beebe Carpenter Trust
236.63
Charles S. Beebe Trust
43.67
George O. Carpenter Trust
43.56
Sylenda B. Stearns Trust
78.40
Eleanor H. Beebe Trust
181.76
Katherine E. Beebe Trust
182.92
John H. Beebe Trust Junius Oliver Beebe Trust
182.86
Water Department, receipts
82,275.99
Water Department Maintenance
108.36
Water Department Construction
897.43
99.51
$2,302,739.81
195
TOWN TREASURER
In account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
By cash paid, Discount on Temporary Notes $ 682.64
cash paid, Selectmen's Warrants 1,992,413.54
cash paid, Offset State Credits
36,052.56
$2,029,148.74
Cash in Treasury
273,591.07
$2,302,739.81
TAX LIEN FORECLOSURES
During the year 1939, three tax lien petitions were presented by the town to the Land Court for foreclosure. One has been foreclosed and two are still pending. Five parcels of foreclosed property have been sold for a total of $2,200.00.
FINAL STATEMENT
During the year 1940, the following time loans will fall due and are to be included in the tax levy of 1940: High School $22,500.00
Montrose School
4,000.00
Greenwood School
9,500.00
Metropolitan Sewer
10,000.00
Extension of Sewer
18,500.00
Street 2,000.00
$66,500.00
Water Loans (included in Water Department appropriation)
17,000.00
Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
10,000.00
$93,500.00
There also will be required the following amounts to meet the interest payments:
High School
$ 2,212.50
Montrose School
80.00
Greenwood School
1,413.13
Metropolitan Sewer
350.00
Extension of Sewer
2,810.63
Street
262.50
Temporary Loans (estimated)
2,871.24
Water Loans (included in Water Department appropriation) Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
$10,000.00
3,846.25
1,503.13
$15,349.38
196
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The borrowing capacity of the town, on temporary notes in anticipation of 1939 revenue, was $868,022.58 as determined by the State Director of Accounts. Of this amount, the town borrowed the sum of $500,000.00 and of this latter amount, $150,000.00 has been paid, leaving $350,000.00 to be paid in 1940.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN I. PRESTON,
Treasurer.
Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Town Accountant
For the Year Ending December 31, 1939
RECEIPTS FOR 1939
From Taxes-Current Year:
Real Estate
$489,982.50
Personal
27,431.45
Poll
8,638.00
$526,051.95
Taxes-Prior Years:
Real Estate
$221,586.44
Personal
7,237.03
Poll
996.00
$229,819.47
Old Age Assistance
1.00
Tax Title Redemptions
$ 32,888.35
Tax Title Possessions Sold
2,200.00
$ 35,088.35
From Special Assessments:
Moth Extermination
$ 1,559.19
Sewers Unapportioned
78.00
Sewers Apportioned
5,210.60
Sewers Paid in Full
534.34
Betterments Unapportioned
2,605.65
Betterments Apportioned
4,418.23
Betterments Paid in Full
857.04
From Motor Vehicle Excise
$ 15,263.05 28,904.39
197
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
From Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
$ 4,000.00
Motor Vehicle Dealers
175.00
Sunday
145.00
Victuallers
115.00
Dances
76.00
Pedler's
75.00
Beano
57.00
Pool and Billiards
55.00
Junk
30.00
Second Hand Dealers
15.00
Auctioneer
14.00
Inn Holders
15.00
Taxi
12.00
Signs and Awnings
12.00
Gasoline
4.00
$ 4,800.00
From Fines and Forfeits:
Court Fines
$ 1,090.65
County Fines
13.00
$ 1,103.65
Departmental Revenue:
From Treasurer
Tax Title Releases
$ 45.00
Rent of Foreclosed Property
100.00
$ 145.00
From Collector:
Fees
$ 1,668.95
Costs
112.14
Certifications
62.00
$ 1,843.09
From Town Clerk:
Fees
1,308.85
Sporting Licenses to State
239.75
Dog Licenses to County
2,150.60
Board of Appeal Fees
60.00
Town Hall Rentals
229.65
Lafayette Hall Rentals
273.55
Police Department :
Revolver Permits
95.00
Fire Department:
Rental Greenwood Hall
$ 73.75
Sale of Materials
31.75
$ 105.50
Inspector of Buildings-Permit Fees 270.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures-Fees 176.35
Moth Department-Use of Equipment
30.50
198
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Health Department:
Contagious Diseases
$ 315.00
Tuberculosis
11.00
Plumbing Permits
163.00
Milk and Food Inspector
134.00
All Other Permits
23.00
$ 646.00
Highway Department:
,
Sale of Junk
$ 19.86
Use of Equipment
8.34
Damages
9.65
$ 37.85
Welfare Department:
Re-imbursements Other Cities and Towns: Outside Relief including Temporary Aid
3,164.39
Old Age Assistance
1,264.96
$ 4,429.35
From Individuals
3.92
Infirmary :
Sale of Produce
$ 6.40
Sale of Hay
59.40
Pasturage of Cattle
25.00
Board
680.25
All Other
2.75
$ 773.80
School Department:
Tuition Town of Lynnfield $ 7,262.47
Tuition City of Boston-Wards
4,301.82
Other Tuition
594.00
Woodworking Dept. receipts
565.82
Rentals of auditoriums
105.00
Sanitary Machine Receipts
19.25
Sale of Textbooks and Supplies
3.87
Reimbursement for Damages
9.63
All Other Receipts
22.83
$ 12,884.69
Library-Fines, etc.
857.51
Cemetery Department:
Sale of Lots and Graves
$ 2,404.00
Annual Care
158.00
Foundations
325.00
Interments
848.00
Lowering Device
192.00
Holiday and Saturday Funerals
60.00
All Other Receipts
10.00
$ 3,997.00
199
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Public Service Enterprises: Light Department: Sale of Electricity
$225,518.89
102,093.20
Sale of Gas Miscellaneous
3,330.19
$330,942.28
Water and Sewer Departments:
Water Rates
$ 78,877.42
Water Services and Mainte- nance
3,201.13
Water Construction
897.43
Water Turn Ons
127.00
Water Summons
178.80
$ 83,281.78
Sewer Maintenance
$ 10.62
Sewer Connection Deposits
3,067.97
$ 3,078.59
From Interest:
Deferred Taxes
$ 9,973.36
Deferred Special Assessments
2,743.53
Tax Title Redemptions
3,528.78
Trust Funds:
Library
3,493.23
Park
75.48
Cemetery
328.98
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund
500.00
Sweetser Lecture Fund
264.23
Willard Donnell Trust-Wel- fare
295.46
$ 21,203.05
In Escrow for Investment:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Be-
quests
$ 2,405.00
From Loans:
Temporary Loans-Anticipa- tion of Revenue $500,000.00
Temporary Loan - Anticipa-
tion of Highway Re-im- bursement
2,000.00
Bonds Issued :
Water Mains Relaying
50,000.00
Water Mains Extensions
5,000.00
Premium on Bonds Issued
200.00
Accrued Interest on Bonds Is- sued 27.78
$557,227.78
200
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
From Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts:
Income Tax
$ 55,917.71
Corporation Tax
6,644.37
Soldiers' Exemptions
130.81
Aid to Industrial Schools
1,356.78
Tuition of State Wards
2,187.15
Boulevard Maintenance Re- funds
1.74
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
1,260.00
Military Aid
407.50
Hawkers and Pedlers' Li- censes
12.00
Health-Subsidies for Town
2,314.98
Highway Maintenance
1,761.24
Highway Construction
9,662.22
Highway - Gasoline Fund (Chap. 232)
31,207.75
Welfare - Aid to Dependent Children
2,118.00
Welfare-Temporary Aid
3,128.13
Welfare-Old Age Assistance
32,112.82
$150,223.20
From U. S. Government, through Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts:
Old Age Assistance
$ 43,653.10
Old Age Assistance Adminis- tration
1,455.05
Aid to Dependent Children
3,891.86
Aid to Dependent Children Adm.
134.23
$ 49,134.24
From Middlesex County:
Dog Licenses
$ 1,790.18
Highway Maintenance
1,761.24
Highway Construction
4,529.38
$ 8,080.80
Town Refunds :
Highway Department
$ 358.73
W. P. A.
14.10
Soldiers' Relief
257.30
State Aid
10.00
Military Aid
85.00
Town Hall
3.00
Welfare Department
961.14
School Department
45.20
201
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Library
67.10
Treasurer's Expense
19.50
Old Age Assistance
1,295.56
Lafayette Building Mainte- nance
.30
Assessors' Expense
.30
Police Expense
3.00
Light Department
6.73
Real Estate Tax 1939
18.80
$ 3,145.76
Total Receipts
$2,080,312.30
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1939
222,077.51
Total Receipts and Cash on Hand
$2,302,389.81
PAYMENTS
Expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Moderator, Thomas G. O'Connell $ 25.00 Selectmen:
Salaries of Board:
William R. Lindsay, Chairman $ 100.00
V. Richard Fazio, Secretary 100.00
Donald White 100.00
William G. Dill
83.33
George J. Evans
16.67
Charles F. Young, resigned
45.00
$ 445.00
Department Expenses:
Clerk Hire, Ida L. Weiss
$ 475.00
Telephone 61.00
Printing and Advertising War-
rants
191.25
Printing Town Reports
772.80
Printing Jury Lists
12.50
Printing Finance Committee Reports
60.50
2 Desk Pads
9.00
Stationery and Postage
52.86
Repairs to Adding Machine
10.00
Other Printing and Advertis- ing
36.38
All Other 14.78
.
$ 1,696.07
Accounting Department:
Charles C. Cox, Accountant $ 2,650.00 Ida L. Weiss, Clerk 905.00
.
202
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Postage
176.64
Ledger and Classification
Book Sheets 35.75
Treasury Warrants
19.00
Filing Envelopes
16.82
Stationery and Printing
20.76
Binding Classification Book
6.00
All Other 7.00
-
$ 3,836.97
Treasurer's Department:
Salary of Treasurer, John I. Preston
$ 1,000.00
Department Expenses :
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster $ 410.00
Certification of Notes
64.00
Bond
255.00
Land Court
121.26
Check Signing Machine
187.62
Printing and Advertising
98.75
Stationery and Postage
30.51
All Other
3.25
$
1,170.39
Collector's Department:
Salary of Collector-Carl W. Sunman
$
1,595.00
Department Expenses:
Elsie B. Potter, Clerk
$ 1,250.00
A. Mildred Hawkes, Clerk
500.00
Postage
353.37
Printing
389.29
Bond
490.00
Office Supplies
52.82
Telephone
51.85
Tax Sale Costs
225.03
All Other
28.30
$ 3,340.66
Assessors' Department:
Salaries of Board:
George E. Blair, Chairman
$ 816.00
Arthur C. Verge, Secretary
1,268.00
Hugh Connell
149.16
Leo F. Douglass
666.84
$ 2,900.00
Department Expenses:
Annie T. Santos, Clerk
$ 1,300.00
Everett E. Packard
1,560.00
Sarah E. Loughlin
1,144.00
Assistant Assessors
229.10
Printing
48.68
203
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Supplies
83.66
Books and Binding
54.30
Telephone
43.50
Taxi Hire
141.75
Transfers
101.30
Postage and Envelopes
37.50
Assessors' Plans Revision
34.87
All Other
26.35
$ 4,805.01
Legal Department:
Salary-Town Counsel, M. E. S.
Clemons $ 600.00
Salary-Town Counsel, Roger P. Clemons
500.00
Damages-Foley Case
50.00
Damages-Johnson Case 25.00
Damages-Cother Case
15.00
Damages-Lewis Case
20.00
Constable Fees
14.03
Expenses-Murkland Case
12.00
All Other
14.05
$
1,250.08
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary of Town Clerk:
Frederic S. Hartshorne
$ 905.55
Charles F. Young
1,094.45
$ 2,000.00
Department Expenses :
Recording Fees (F. S. Hart- shorne)
463.00
Stationery and Postage
87.41
Printing
12.50
Telephone
30.58
Binding Records
12.00
Clerk Hire
163.80
Office Furniture (F. S. Hart- shorne)
85.00
All Other
28.97
$ 883.26
Vital Statistics-Births, Marriages, Deaths $ 59.75
Election and Registration: Salaries of Registrars:
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman $ 100.00
Frederic S. Hartshorne, Sec- retary 56.60
Charles F. Young, Secretary 68.40
Owen A. Kenney 100.00
204
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
James F. Curley
50.00
Frederic G. Gorman
48.61
Election Officers
523.00
Postage, Supplies
51.46
Printing and Advertising
250.23
Meals for Election Officers
53.00
Care of Booths
17.50
Equipment
38.00
Transportation
4.00
Assistant Registrars
513.00
Clerk Hire
602.00
Street Lists
195.00
All Other
26.69
$ 2,697.49
Town Hall:
James J. Logan, Janitor
$ 1,772.86
Thomas E. Giles, Night Janitor
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