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50.00
50.00
Charles Swanson
10.00
.08
10.08
Anne Sweeney
20.00
.04
20.04
Albert W. Torrey
20.00
.13
20.13
Louis Tucker
50.00
.42
50.42
Abbie C. Underwood and Grace S. Richardson
50.00
50.00
Harry W. White
100.00
100.00
Lillian White
20.00
.13
20.13
Richard Whittington-addition to fund
10.00
10.00
Percy Young
50.00
50.00
$ 49,210.37
$ 4,896.23
$ 1,315.93
$ 1,505.61
$ 53,916.92
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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Appropriation Accounts 1939
Bonds Issued
Appro- priations
Additions
Expended
Balances
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
Selectmen-Salaries of Board
500.00
445.00
$ 55.00
Selectmen's Dept .- Salary of Clerk
475.00
475.00
Selectmen's Dept .- Other Expenses
1,205.00 R$
25.00
1,221.07
8.93
Accounting Dept .- Salary of Accountant
2,650.00
2,650.00
Accounting Dept .- Salary of Clerk
910.00
905.00
5.00
Accounting Dept .- Other Expenses
290.00
281.97
8.03
Treasurer's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
Treasurer's Dept .- Salary of Paymaster
410.00
410.00
Treasurer's Dept .- Other Expenses
1,100.00
A 19.50
760.39
359.11
Collector's Salary
1,595.00
1,595.00
Collector's Dept .- Salaries of Clerks
1,800.00
1,750.00
50.00
Collector's Dept .- Other Expenses
1,600.00
1,590.66
9.34
Assessors-Salaries of Board
2,900.00
2,900.00
Assessors' Dept .- Salaries of Clerks
4,004.00
4,004.00
Assessors' Dept .- Other Expenses
846.00 A
.30
801.01
45.29
Legal Dept .- Salary of Town Counsel
1,100.00
1,100.00
Legal Dept .- Other Expenses
500.00
150.08
349.92
Town Clerk's Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Clerk-Department Expenses
863.00 R
30.00
883.26
9.74
Vital Statistics
75.00
59.75
15.25
Election and Registration-Salaries of Registrars
425.00
423.61
1.39
Election and Registration-Other Expenses
2,075.00 R
200.00
2,273.88
1.12
Town Hall-Janitor's Salaries
2,696.00
2,670.01
25.99
250
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Town Hall-Other Expenses
2,504.00 B
130.00
A
3.00
R
65.00
2,688.89
13.11
Lafayette Bldg. Maintenance-Janitor's Salary
1,350.00
30
1,342.00
8.30
Lafayette Bldg. Maintenance-Other Expenses Lafayette Bldg. Equipment
B
236.58
220.62
15.96
$ 36,173.00
$ 813.52
$ 35,994.34
$ 992.18
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept .- Salary of the Chief
$ 3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
Police Dept .- Salary of Lieutenant
2,600.00 B$
100.00
2,700.00
Police Dept .- Salaries of Sergeants
4,800.00
4,800.00
Police Dept .- Salaries of Regular Patrolmen
23,375.50
23,298.10
77.40
Police Dept .- Pension Gervase V. Stanley
1,095.00
1,095.00
Police Dept .- Other Expenses
5,500.00
A 3.00
R
55.00
5,556.26
1.74
Fire Dept .- Salary of Chief
2,700.00
2,700.00
Fire Dept .- Salaries of Captains
4,800.00
4,800.00
Fire Dept .- Salary of Lieutenant
2,275.00
2,275.00
Fire Dept .- Salaries of Regular Firemen
21,900.00
21,900.00
Fire Dept .- Other Expenses
1
7,700.00
7,698.27
1.73
Hydrant Rental
9,000.00
9,000.00
Moth Dept .- Salary of Superintendent
2,300.00
2,300.00
Moth Dept .- Wages of Other Employees
3,800.00
3,796.89
3.11
Moth Dept .- Other Expenses
1,600.00 R
200.00
1,789.29
10.71
Building Inspector's Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
Building Inspector-Use of Auto
150.00
150.00
Building Inspector-Other Expenses
50.00
46.71
3.29
Sealer Weights and Measures-Salary
650.00
650.00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
251
A
B
1,368.14
10.70
1,275.00
103.84
Sealer Weights and Measures-Use of Truck Sealer Weights and Measures-Other Expenses Dog Officer's Salary
200.00
200.00
50.00
35.26
14.74
600.00
600.00
Animal Inspector's Salary
300.00
300.00
Forest Warden
150.00
150.00
Wire Inspector's Salary
300.00
300.00
Compensation Account
1,500.00
687.29
812.71
Compensation Account-Unpaid Bills 1938
79.32
79.32
$101,474.82
$ 358.00
$100,907.39
$ 925.43
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Dept .- Salaries of Board
$ 300.00
$ 272.22
$ 27.78
Health Dept .- Salaries of Agent
600.00
550.00
50.00
Health Dept .- Salary of Nurse
1,560.00
1,560.00
Health Dept .- Salary of Milk Inspector
500.00
500.00
Health Dept .- Salary of Plumbing Inspector
700.00
599.98
100.02
Health Dept .- Other Expenses
9,095.00
8,341.03
753.97
Care of Dumps
1,100.00
1,093.42
6.58
Garbage Collection
4,800.00
4,800.00
Sewer Dept. Maintenance Supt.'s Salary
288.45
288.45
Sewer Dept. Maintenance-Salaries of Clerks
255.00
255.00
Sewer Dept. Maintenance-Salary of Paymaster
50.00
50.00
Sewer Dept. Maintenance-Other Expenses
6,200.00
6,058.33
141.67
Sewer Connections
2,500.00
2,106.22
393.78
Sewer Construction Crystal Lake Park
B$ 3,552.48
1,694.59
1,857.89
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT General Highways: Salary of Superintendent
$
3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
TOWN
OF
WAKEFIELD
$ 27,948.45
$ 3,552.48
$ 28,169.24
$ 3,331.69
252
Salary of Assistant Superintendent Salary of Timekeeper Salary of Clerk Other Expenses
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,800.00
1,793.25
$ 6.75
1,170.00
1,170.00
39,000.00
A$
358.73
B
534.41
39,521.55
371.59
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance-1939
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,989.32
10.68
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance-1938
C
1,992.88
1,989.32
3.56
Chapter 90 North Avenue Construction-1938
C
8,691.82
R
298.96
8,990.78
Chapter 90 Green Street Construction-1938
C
448.74
448.74
Chapter 500 Highway Fund
B
538.34
538.34
Centre Street re-location
S 4,000.00
4,000.00
$ 51,970.00
$ 14,863.88
$ 66,441.30
$ 392.58
FEDERAL PROJECTS W. P. A. Projects-Town Funds General
$ 18,000.00 R$ 19,800.00
A 14.10
$ 37,191.04
$ 623.06
W. P. A. Projects-Town Funds Playgrounds
4,500.00
4,484.29
15.71
W. P. A. Projects-Town Funds Bath House
3,200.00
2,958.98
241.02
W. P. A. Projects-Town Funds Loan
B 3,361.64
3,361.64
$ 25,700.00
$ 23,175.74
$ 47,995.95
$ 879.79
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Welfare Dept .- Salaries of Board
$ 500.00
$ 494.52
$ 5.48
Welfare Dept .- Outside Relief
45,000.00 A$
146.62
40,773.37
4,373.25
Welfare Dept. Outside Relief Administration: Salaries of Agent and Clerks Other Expenses
3,500.00
3,377.01
122.99
450.00
382.99
67.01
Welfare Dept .- Aid to Dependent Children
15,000.00 A
35.00
14,396.50
638.50
L
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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Welfare Dept .- Aid to Dependent Children Adm .: Salaries of Agent and Clerks Other Expenses
424.00
424.00
76.00
76.00
Welfare Dept. Outside Relief Unpaid Bills:
1936
215.57
215.57
1937
5,763.49 A
24.00
5,763.49
24.00
1938
1,371.16
A
746.52
2,101.97
15.71
Welfare Loan
B
7,352.04
7,352.04
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Funds
F
4,208.78
1,343.00
2,865.78
Aid to Dependent Children Administration Fed- eral Funds
F
440.58
195.14
245.44
Old Age Assistance
55,226.00 A
400.00
55,626.00
Old Age Assistance Administration :
Salary of Investigator
1,304.00
1,300.00
4.00
Use of Auto
240.00
240.00
Other Expenses
R
100.00
94.65
5.35
Old Age Assistance Federal Funds
F
45,997.37
A
640.53
39,831.92
6,805.98
Old Age Assistance Administration Federal Funds
F
1,431.14
1,330.81
100.33
523.84
523.84
Infirmary-Salary of Superintendent
1,080.00
1,080.00
Infirmary-Wages of Other Employees
1,250.00 R
48.66
1,298.66
Infirmary-Other Expenses
7,000.00 R
250.00
7,244.80
5.20
Infirmary-Unpaid Bills 1937
12.25
12.25
State Aid
1,400.00 A
10.00
1,350.00
60.00
Military Aid
1,000.00 A
85.00
R 1,500.00
2,345.50
239.50
Soldiers' Relief
21,000.00
A 257.30
R 2,500.00
23,356.87
400.43
254
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OF
WAKEFIELD
Old Age Assistance-Unpaid Bills 1938
1
Soldiers' Relief-Unpaid Bills 1938 Soldiers' Relief Agent-Salary Soldiers' Relief Investigation
561.58 500.00
561.58 500.00
R 200.00
200.00
1
$163,397.89
$ 66,373.54
$213,592.48
$ 16,178.95
EDUCATION School Dept .- Salaries
$239,000.00 A$
45.20
$237,602.83
$ 1,442.37
"Smith Hughes" Fund
B
166.01
70.14
95.87
"George Reid" Fund
B
8.41
8.41
School Dept .- Other Expenses
38,000.00
37,392.73
607.27
Trade School
3,400.00
2,479.01
920.99
High School Alterations
5,000.00
4,992.16
7.84
Library Salaries
13,500.00
13,499.86
.14
5,000.00
67.10
D
1,790.18
T
3,493.23
9,889.65
460.86
$303,900.00
$ 5,570.13
$305,934.79
$ 3,535.34
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Park and Cemetery Depts .- Salaries of Board
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
Park Dept .- Superintendent's Salary
1,540.00
1,505.00
$ 35.00
Park Dept .- Wages of Other Employees
1,060.00
1,040.50
19.50
Park Dept .- Other Expenses
2,200.00 T$
75.48
2,23626
39.22
Cemetery Dept .- Superintendent's Salary
1,200.00
1,197.00
3.00
Cemetery Dept .- Wages of Other Employees
900.00
900.00
255
Cemetery Dept .- Other Expenses
400.00
399.57
.43
Cemetery Dept .- Unpaid Bills 1938
77.52
77.52
Cemetery Special Fund
G
450.00
448.09
1.91
Miscellaneous Account
500.00
325.05
174.95
1
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Library-Other Expenses
A
Street Lights Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights
20,000.00
20,000.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
Rifle Range-Company E
550.00
467.24
82.76
Rifle Range-Medical Company
75.00
74.98
02
Recreation Commission
1,200.00
1,191.81
8.19
Fire Insurance
4,700.00
4,505.91
194.09
Lake Quannapowitt
500.00
234.01
265.99
Planning Board
50.00
37.50
12.50
Board of Appeal
75.00 R
25.00
93.73
6.27
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
500.00
Memorial Day-Veterans' Organizations
750.00
730.17
19.83
Armistice Day-American Legion
50.00
45.00
5.00
Pension Frank H. Robinson
B
164.25
711.78
985.50
H
230.00
207.97
Middlesex County Hospital Tax
9,826.27
9,826.27
War Veterans' Portraits
100.00
100.00
Contributory Retirement Funds-Pensions
18,307.00
18,307.00
Contributory Retirement Funds-Interest Deficiency
170.00
170.00
Contributory Retirement Funds-AdministrativeExpense
782.00
782.00
Reserve Fund
O 33,000.00
25,297.62
7,702.38
$102,348.29
$ 264.73
$ 93,734.01
$ 8,879.01
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Dept .- Salaries of Board
$ 300.00
$ 300.00
Water Dept .- Maintenance:
Superintendent's Salary
2,711.55
2,711.55
Salaries of Clerks
2,400.00
2,377.75
$ 22.25
Salary of Collector-Paymaster
500.00
500.00
Other Expenses
55,442.70
54,598.45
844.25
1
256
TOWN
OF
WAKEFIELD
Water Bonds Water Interest Water Construction: Water Mains-Relaying Water Mains-Extensions
14,000.00 3,631.25
14,000.00
3,631.25
$ 50,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
3,229.12
1,770.88
$ 55,000.00
$ 78,985.50
$131,348.12
$ 2,637.38
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT Interest
$ 12,000.00 I$
27.78
$ 11,112.45
$ 915.33
Maturing Debt
114,000.00
114,000.00
$ 55,000.00
$126,000.00
$ 27.78
$125,112.45
$ 915.33
Grand Totals
$ 55,000.00 $1,017,897.95
$114,999.80 $1,149,230.07
$ 38,667.68
A-Refunds.
B-Appropriation Balances available.
C-Received from County and State.
D-Dog Licenses.
F-From Federal Government.
G-From Sale of Graves and Lots.
H-Appropriated to Town Hall and Police Salaries
I-Accrued Interest on Bonds Issued.
L-From Loans Anticipation Highway Reimbursements
O-Transfer from Overlay Surplus, $10,000.00. R-From Reserve Fund.
S From Sale of Real Estate Fund.
T-Income from Trust Funds.
257
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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:
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1939
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$269,962.30 3,628.77
Temporary Loans
$350,000.00
Non Revenue Cash
$273,591.07
Taxes 1935
$ 507.70
Taxes 1936
590.13
Sewer Connection Deposits
10.00
Taxes 1937
1,204.49
Excise Tax Revenue
5,302.08
Overlay 1935
$ 793.70
Overlay 1936
1,362.13
Overlay 1937
2,248.49
Overlay 1938
10,011.95
Overlay 1939
10,931.32
Poll Taxes 1935
$ 286.00
Poll Taxes 1936
772.00
Tax Title Revenue
80,333.13
Special Assessment Revenue
11,544.49
Departmental Revenue
31,590.15
Water Revenue
3,132.00
Excise Tax 1935
$ 774.04
Municipal Light Revenue
23,177.40
Excise Tax 1936
1,413.11
Overlay Surplus Reserve Fund
16,366.15
Excise Tax 1937
1,747.24
Excess and Deficiency
131,450.78
Excise Tax 1938
538.78
Excise Tax 1939
828.91
$ 5,302.08
Betterment Assessments 1938 $ 485.27
Betterment Assessments 1939
2,591.40
$ 3,076.67
Temporary Loans - Highway Reimbursement
2,000.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds
26.06
Taxes 1938
80,085.68
Real Estate Taxes 1939
245,326.12
Personal Property Taxes 1939
5,910.16
$333,624.28
$ 25,347.59
Poll Taxes 1937
1,044.00
Poll Taxes 1938
1,108.00
Poll Taxes 1939
1,502.00
$ 4,712.00
Reserve for Petty Cash - Tax Collector 100.00
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OF
WAKEFIELD
.
Sewer Assessments 1938
Sewer Assessments 1939
$ 1,835.21 2,313.66
$ 4,148.87
Moth Assessments 1938 $ 187.78
Moth Assessments 1939
435.32
¿A 623.10
Sewer Assessments Not Ap- portioned
621.77
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned
1,273.70
Committed Interest 1938 $ 379.13
Committed Interest 1939 1,421.25
1,800.38
Tax Collector's Petty Cash
100.00
Tax Titles
80,333.13
Accounts Receivable:
School Department
$ 8,694.90
Welfare Department-Outside Relief
$ 11,367.81
Welfare Department-Old Age Assist.
1,513.64
Health Department
7,243.55
State Aid-Commonwealth of Mass.
1,340.00
Military Aid-Commonwealth of Mass.
1,130.25
Soldiers' Burials - Commonwealth of Mass.
300.00
State Aid-Highways
235.20
County Aid-Highways
235.20
Water Rates
2,500.64
Water Services
631.36
Light Department Bills
23,177.40
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
259
Sewer Assessments Apportioned 17,767.03
Sewer Assessments Apportioned:
Due in 1940
$ 4,569.53
Due in 1941
3,678.84
Due in 1942
2,361.11
Due in 1943
1,954.44
Due in 1944
1,919.60
Due in 1945
1,129.11
Due in 1946
1,115.84
Due in 1947
1,038.56
$ 17,767.03
Betterment Assessments Apportioned $ 25,789.75
Betterment Assessments Apportioned :
Due in 1940
$ 4,455.06
Due in 1941
3,677.70
Due in 1942
3,411.83
Due in 1943
3,351.16
Due in 1944
3,030.03
Due in 1945
2,911.92
Due in 1946
2,245.86
Due in 1947
1,989.66
Due in 1948
716.53
Tax Title Possessions $ 7,764.08
Tax Title Possessions Revenue
$ 7,764.08
Sale of Real Estate Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery
1,130.13
3,384.00
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WAKEFIELD
25,789.75
Balances Appropriated or Available - Forward to 1940:
Foreclosure of Tax Titles $ 124.71
Lafayette Bldg. Equip. 15.96
Highway Maint. Chap. 90 10.68
W. P. A. General Funds 623.06
W. P. A. Playgrounds 15.71
W. P. A. Bath House
241.02
Old Age Assist. U. S. Grant
6,805.98
O. A. A. Adm. U. S. Grant
100.33
Aid to Dependent Children U. S. Grant
2,865.78
A. D. C. Adm. U. S. Grant
245.44
Soldiers' Relief Investiga- tion
200.00
Smith - Hughes Fund - School
95.87
Plans for Intermed. School
100.68
War Veterans' Portraits
100.00
Willard Donnell Trust -
Welfare 247.01
Antonio Muccio-Payment on account of injuries 1,770.17
Investigating Committee- Welfare Department 197.00
Additional Land - Water Street Playground 100.00
Light Dept. - Operation Account 29,565.41
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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1
Light Dept .- Depreciation Account 31,563.22
$ 74,988.03
Underestimates State and Metropolitan Charges:
Care of Civil War Veterans
$
81.00
Metropolitan Planning Di-
vision
22.22
West Roxbury - Brookline
Parkway
06
$ 103.28
Over Estimates State and Met. Charges :
Abatement of Smoke Nui- sance $
2.80
Charles River Basin
308.82
Metropolitan Parks Loan
1,804.29
Metropolitan Parks-Nan- tasket 105.42
Wellington Bridge
2.96
Metropolitan Sewerage
Loan-North System 1,945.23
$
4,169.52
Total Revenue $815,372.37
Bond
Issues
(Non Revenue
Cash) :
Water Mains Extensions $ 1,770.88 Crystal Lake Park Sewer Construction 1,857.89
Total Non Revenue
$
3,628.77
Grand Total
$819,001.14
Grand Total
$819,001.14
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET GUARANTEE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT-LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1939 Received as Deposits
$ 41,145.17
Payments
$ 5,924.04
9,041.65
Cash on Hand December 31, 1939
44,262.78
$ 50,186.82
$ 50,186.82
BONDED DEBT ACCOUNT
Bonded Debt December 31, 1939
$398,000.00
Sewer Department
$103,000.00
School Department
102,000.00
Water Department
138,000.00
Light Department
39,000.00
Highway Department
16,000.00
$398,000.00
$398,000.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1939 New Funds 1939 Interest 1939
$ 51,701.60
Interest transferred to Library
$ 336.92
2,405.00
Interest transferred to Park Department
75.48
1,315.93
Payments 1939
1,093.21
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1939
53,916.92
$ 55,422.53
$ 55,422.53
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
263
RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS-CASH AND SECURITIES
Balance, January 1, 1939
$ 30,748.39 10,974.05
Payments:
Pensions and Annuities $ 13,373.10
Administrative Expense 806.20
Refunds Members Deductions 691.19
For Expense Fund 782.00
Balance December 31, 1939
46,794.19
$ 19,259.00
Interest and Dividends on Investments
683.24
$ 61,664.68
$ 61,664.68
264
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Transfers from Payroll Deductions
Received from Town Appropriation : For Pensions $ 18,477.00
265
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
The accounts of the Treasurer have been examined and found to be in agreement with the Accountant's books.
Cash balances have been verified and found to be on deposit as follows:
General Funds:
Wakefield Trust Company $173,591.07 Second Natl. Bank of Boston 100,000.00
Total December 31, 1939 $273,591.07
Trust and Investment Funds have been checked by examination of Savings Bank Deposit Books.
Funds of the Contributory Retirement System have been checked by examination of Savings Bank Deposit Books, Stock Certificates, and statement of Wakefield Trust Company covering checking accounts and found to be in agreement with the Town Accountant's books and report of the Retirement Board, such amount being dis- tributed as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank $ 29,898.73
Wakefield Trust Company-Sav- ings Department 10,215.56
Wakefield Trust Company -
Checking Account 301.79
100 Shares National Shawmut Bank (present dividend $1.00) purchase price 2,287.50
100 Shares First National Bank of Boston (present dividend $2.00) purchase price 3,900.00
Check for Payroll Deductions De- cember 30th, in hands of the Treasurer, not deposited un- til January 190.61
Total Funds December 31, 1939 $ 46,794.19
All permanent and temporary loans cancelled during the year by the Treasurer have been examined and found to be as reported.
On October first auditors from the State Division of Accounts started an examination of the accounts and records of the town and this audit, being the first since 1935, is still in progress at the close of the year.
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I take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen and all other town officers and employees co-operating and assisting in the work of this department.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES C. COX, Town Accountant.
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Index to Town Officers' Reports
Animal Inspector
87
Assessors
101
Bath House Supervisor
163
Births
47
Building Inspector
84
Compensation Agent
85
Deaths
58
Dog Licenses
62
Dog Officer
87
Election Results and Town Meetings
11
Fire Department
71
Fishing Licenses
63 73
Forest Warden
Health Department
104
Health Officer
109
Hunting Licenses
63
Jurors
6
Library Trustees
154
Light Department
166
Marriages
51
Middlesex County Extension Service
152
Milk and Food Inspector
111
Moth Department
83
Park and Cemetery Department
162
Plumbing Inspector
110
Police Department
67
Retirement Board
89
School Committee
120
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100
Selectmen
63
Street Superintendent
74
Sweetser Charity
88
Sweetser Lecture Committee
87
Town Accountant
196
Town Counsel
86
Town Meetings and Election Results
11
Town Officers 1939-1940
3
Treasurer
183
Tree Warden
83
Tuberculosis Dispensary 109
Water and Sewerage Department 173
Welfare Department 112
Wire Inspector 74
W P A Agent 91
W P A Statement
95
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Accounting 201
Accounts Receivable-Schools 242
Accounts Receivable-Welfare Department 242
Accounts Receivable-Light Department 244
Accounts Receivable-Health
243
Aid to Dependent Children-Payments 210
Aid to Dependent Children-U. S. Grant 200-230
Appeal Board 197-214
Appropriations Scheduled 250
Appropriations to Enter the Tax Levy 227
Armistice Day
215
Assessors
202
Available Balances 228
Balance Sheet 258
Betterment Assessments 1937 238
Betterment Assessments 1938-1939 239
Betterment Assessments Paid in Full 196
Betterment Assessments Apportioned 196-239
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned 196-239
Bond Issues
199
Centre Street-Relocation 209
Crystal Lake Park Sewer 217-233
Collector
197-202
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-State Aid 200-243
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Military Aid .. 200-243
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Soldiers' Burials 243
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Receipts 200
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Old Age
Assist.
200
Committed Interest 1937-1938-1939 241
Compensation Account 206
Dog Licenses
197-200-207
Dog Officer
207
Dumps
Election and Registration 203
Excess and Deficiency 246
Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle-Receipts 196
Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle-1934 237
Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle-1935-1936-1937-1938-1939 238
Fines and Forfeits 197
Fire 197-205
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights 234
Fire Insurance 214
Forest Warden 206
Garbage 208
George Reid Fund 212-230
Green Street-Rebuilding 208-229
208
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Guarantee Deposit Account-Light Department 263
Health 198-207
High School Alterations 212
Highway
198-208-219
Highway Maintenance, Chap. 90 .200-208-229
Hydrant Rental 206
Indebtedness Account-Insert following
247
Infirmary 198-210
Inspector of Animals 207
Inspector of Buildings 197-206
Inspector of Wires 206
Interest
199-218
Investigating Committee, Welfare Department 233
Lafayette Building 197-204
Land Damages-Salem Street 215-232
Legal
203
Library 198-212
Licenses and Permits 197
Light Department
199-215-223-234
Maturing Debt
218
Memorial Day-War Veterans
215
Middlesex County Receipts 200
Middlesex County Tax
214
Middlesex County Hospital Tax 214
211
Miscellaneous Account
214
Moderator 201
Moth Department 197-206
Moth Assessments-Receipts
196
Moth Assessments-1937-1938-1939 240
Muccio Injuries
232
North Avenue-Rebuilding 208-229
Old Age Assistance-Taxes 1933
237
Old Age Assistance-Commonwealth of Mass. 200
Old Age Assistance-U. S. Government 200-230
Old Age Assistance-Payments
210
Overlay-1934 to 1939
245
Overlay Surplus 245
Park and Cemetery 198-213
Payments 201
Perpetual Care-Cemetery 199-218
Planning Board 214
Poll Taxes-1935 to 1939 237
Police 197-204
Pension-F. H. Robinson 214-231
Plans-Intermediate School 231
Premium on Bonds 233
Receipts
196
Recreation Commission 214
Military Aid
270
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Receivables 235
Refunds 200-218
Retirement Board
214-215-264
Reserve Fund
231
Rifle Range
214
Sale of Cemetery Lots
234
Sale of Real Estate
234-242
Sealer of Weights and Measures 197-206
Selectmen
201
Schools
198-211-220
Sewer Assessments 1937-1938-1939 239
Sewer Assessments Paid in Full
196
Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned
196-240
Sewer Assessments Apportioned 196-240
Sewer Connection Deposits 199-244
Sewer Department 199-217-224
Smith-Hughes Fund
212-231
Soldiers' Burials
214
Soldiers' Relief
211
State Aid 211
State Charges
214-232
Street Lights
214
Sweetser Lecture Fund
199-218
Taxes-Receipts 196
Taxes-1934 to 1936
235
Taxes-1937-1938-1939
236
Tax Title Possessions 196-241
Tax Title Redemptions
196
Tax Titles 241
Temporary Loans 199-218-233
Town Clerk 197-203
Town Hall 197-204
Treasurer 197-202
Trust Fund Account 247
Unpaid Bills, 1939 225
Vernon Street Rebuilding 229
Visiting Nurse Association 214
Vital Statistics 203
Water Department 199-216-224
Water Mains-Relaying and Extensions 217
Water Rates 199-244
Water Services
199-244
Water Street Playground 233
Welfare 198-209-233
W P A Town Fund 209-233
W P A Project-Bath House 209
Willard Donnell Trust 199-210
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