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$ 299.93
Finance Committee
$
184.80
Miscellaneous Account:
Care of Soldiers' Graves
$ 112.00
Selectmen's Association Meeting
14.25
Selectmen's Association Dues
15.00
Bubbler in Square
35.00
Perambulating Town Lines
110.00
Rationing Board
283.82
Examination of Veterans for Retirement
10.00
Wire Inspector Expense
16.25
Additional Service-Telephone Crystal 0703
44.42
U. N. O. Site 44.18 All Other 48.65
$ 733.57
State and Metropolitan Charges
$ 36,816.51
Street Lights
20,000.00
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
Rifle Range-State Guard
307.80
Memorial Day
1,102.22
Armistice Day
61.00
Middlesex County Hospital
8,434.24
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$ 4,158.55
248
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Middlesex County Tax
35,922.11
Veterans' Welcome Home-Special Appropriation
2,589.25
Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee
16.05
State Tax
18,000.00
Fire and Liability Insurance
7,589.70
Collector of Internal Revenue-Federal Tax Deductions
70,504.68
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
10,438.56
Blue Cross Deductions
2,714.95
Retirement Funds-Pensions
36,836.79
Retirement Funds-Expense
1,110.00
Retirement Funds-Members Military Service
997.70
Teachers' Retirement Funds - Members Military Service
392.00
Department of Veterans' Services:
Salary of Director-E. J. Connelly $ 2,500.00
Salary of Secretary and Director-Bertha L. Todd
1,833.75
Salaries of Secretaries:
Catherine Loughlin
173.11
Katherine S. Wallquist
28.75
Other Expense :
Telephone
99.92
Postage
35.00
Stationery, Photostatic and Other Supplies
563.68
Travel Expense
45.00
$ 5,279.21
Light Department:
Salaries of Board:
Marcus Beebe, 2nd, Chairman
$ 120.00
Theodore Eaton, Secretary
120.00
Aubrey T. Quinlan
100.00
Curtis L. Sopher
20.00
$ 360.00
James M. Whitehead, Manager
$ 5,204.93
Leonard H. DeMarco, Office Manager
3,951.10
Fred F. Fober
2,745.19
Edward R. Chambers
2,688.52
Fred L. Rich
2,562.34
Hugh M. Kelso
2,420.17
Myrtle I. Tyler
2,308.14
Thomas R. Daley
2,495.93
George E. Halloran
3,146.98
Robert P. Hurton
2,259.27
Leonard F. Loughlin .
1,991.52
C. Orne Bayrd
1,174.00
John W. MacGillivray
1,064.89
249
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
William Muse
3,917.73
Labor-See Payroll
74,618.71
Material and Supplies
19,412.83
Heat
625.00
Office Expense
5,020.06
Telephones
576.21
Meters and Transformers
6,762.60
Motor Vehicle Expense
7,178.48
Gas Purchased
69,439.45
Current Purchased
156,467.55
Equipment and Tools
734.42
Maintenance
2,572.82
Coal
1,145.45
Advertising
426.21
Insurance
1,834.99
All Other
8,160.84
$392,906.33
Water and Sewerage Department:
Salaries of Board:
John N. Bill, Chairman
$ 120.00
Herman G. Dresser, Secretary
120.00
Sidney F. Adams
120.00
$ 360.00
Morrison Merrill, Supt. (part of salary)
$ 3,163.50
Leah F. Kinder, Clerk (part of salary)
1,884.25
Katherine C. Workman, Clerk (part of salary)
1,191.40
Ruth Wells (part of salary)
1,091.60
Carl W. Sunman, Collector (part of salary)
600.00
Labor (see payroll)
30,271.38
Office Expenses
652.00
Telephones
239.13
Meters, Pipes, etc.
4,238.91
Equipment and Repairs
2,124.83
Transportation Expense
1,876.18
Fuel
1,890.18
Power
11,519.99
Water Analyses
250.00
All Other
1,864.86
Water Services
4,552.71
Water Construction
342.98
Lake Quannapowitt
21.67
Water Bonds Water Interest
$ 67,775.57 $ 22,000.00 $ 1,716.25
250
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Bond Issues:
Water Mains Relaying, Albion Street, Green Street and West Water Street
$ 27,897.40
Water Mains Relaying-Lake Street Water Mains Extensions
2,237.42
$ 33,525.93
Sewer Department:
Morrison Merrill, Supt. (part of salary)
$ 336.50
Leah F. Kinder (part of salary)
204.00
Katherine C. Workman (part of salary)
132.00
Ruth Wells (part of salary)
114.00
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster (part of salary)
60.00
Labor-See Payroll
4,697.30
Tools and Equipment
3,533.72
Motor Vehicle Expense
218.27
Power
368.44
All Other
1,094.52
$ 10,758.75
Sewer Connections:
Labor-See Payroll
$ 3,579.14
Pipe
601.04
Motor Vehicle Expense
122.78
All Other
107.85
$
4,410.81
Sewerage Survey
$
2,556.19
Stark Avenue Sewer Construction
$ 25.79
Greenwood Street Sewer Construction
$ 71.53
Sewer Construction-Bond Issues:
Morel Circle
$ 5,687.15
Main Street
302.66
Eastern Avenue
4,215.85
Green Street
11,063.03
Vernon and Lowell Streets
67.92
Orchard Avenue, Oak Street, Sherman Road,
Crosby Road and Others
2,287.16
$ 23,623.77
Interest:
Sewer Bonds
$ 1,284.37
Highway Bonds
52.50
Temporary Loans-Highway Reimbursement
83.37
$ 1,420.24
Maturing Debt: Sewer Bonds Highway Bonds
$ 11,500.00
2,000.00
$ 13,500.00
3,391.11
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
251
Premium on Bonds - Expense Preparation and Printing: Bonds Issued
$ 464.35
Refunds:
Real Estate Tax
$ 3,575.88
Personal Taxes
63.60
Poll Taxes
140.00
Excise Taxes
243.39
Sewer Deposits
528.15
Water Rates
71.09
Special Assessments
6.32
Interest and Costs
3.54
$ 4,631.97
Agency and Trust:
Sweetser Lecture Fund - Income Paid to
Sweetser Lecture Committee $ 201.00
In Escrow for Investment-Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds:
Payments to John I. Preston, Treasurer
$ 2,190.00
Total Payments
$ 1,828,079.65
Cash on Hand December 31, 1946
$ 834,287.53
Total Payments and Cash on Hand, December 31, 1946 $ 2,662,367.18
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1946
Robert B. Mackenna, Acting Superintendent
$ 3,500.00
Edmund S. Muise
2,965.29
Carl G. Chelman
2,750.24
Edward J. Butler
2,622.01
William L. Fall
2,539.28
Daniel Benjamin
2,246.52
Charles Gatchell
2,240.13
Wesley J. Cobb
2,224.04
David Ingerton
2,220.32
Fred A. Doucette
2,208.55
Norman Peard
2,175.18
Nicola Benedetto
1,949.56
Marion G. Costello
1,758.40
William Curran
1,547.82
Francis Lynch
1,504.31
Thomas Powers
1,486.80
Peter Miezwa
1,470.31
252
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
John Canavan
1,421.73
Samuel Tropeano
1,362.93
John W. Doherty
1,358.04
Albert Hubbard
973.51
Salvatore Terravecchia
860.75
Thomas Sullivan
743.37
Ernest L. Ward
702.69
Angelo Russo
670.13
Edward McMann
588.43
Leon Dingle
372.57
George White
330.39
Charles Casey
313.33
All Others (less than $200.00)
832.71
$ 47,939.34
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1946
Willard B. Atwell
$ 5,508.28
Charles J. Peterson
4,899.43
Edgar R. Fisher
4,122.00
Roland H. Kinder
3,979.43
Harold W. Rood
3,900.64
Joseph H. Fanck
3,726.66
William D. Healey
3,723.61
Jules I. Philie
3,602.44
, Eliot B. Leonard
3,557.44
Raymond S. Dower
3,461.09
Arthur Fulton
3,429.69
Howard J. Heavens
3,390.15
James M. Walsh
3,289.33
Morton S. Sherman
3,263.66
Bernice L. Caswell
3,235.61
William B. Black
3,142.57
Louis P. Marche
3,044.02
Myron E. Gallop
3,037.64
Thomas C. Murray
2,939.68
Donald White
2,939.68
Francis W. Dinan
2,851.59
Leo Conway
2,783.44
Elizabeth V. Upham
2,639.73
Isabel Hirst
2,407.35
Ellen L. Cowing
2,550.13
Thomas F. Kenney
2,527.92
Alice M. Ryan
2,490.28
Richard Giles
2,430.41
Ruth F. Hiatt
2,407.35
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
253
Elvira C. Cosman
2,378.10
Alfred E. Preble
2,377.18
Anthony Kard
2,331.90
Margaret L. MacDonald
2,321.02
Janet S. Height
2,316.66
Alice L. Mason
2,316.66
Eleanor M. Gleason
2,305.78
Harriet D. Dunning
2,300.01
Walter E. Antunes
2,299.53
Ethelyn M. Pattee
2,297.91
Louise E. Sheldon
2,279.16
Lucian J. Colucci
2,278.13
Eleanor K. Abbott
2,241.66
Marjorie T. Bunker
2,241.66
Alice E. Ladieu
2,241.66
Zelda Mackenzie
2,241.66
Lyman E. Allen
2,218.41
Wilfred E. Lemos
2,213.51
Ruth V. Conley
2,211.06
Ethel M. Wilson
2,196.63
Charles B. Lally
2,177.43
Blanche L. Meserve
2,158.77
Irene Norton
2,158.77
Edna M. Finnerty
2,157.89
Bernice E. Hendrickson
2,150.89
Mary E. C. Geagan
2,148.02
Lydia M. Sullivan
2,113.36
Hester A. Walker
2,113.36
John M. Hennessey
2,102.69
Chester I. Hopkins
2,080.31
Fred S. Dodge
2,068.03
Elizabeth D. Burke
2,060.45
Hazel O. Wilder
2,058.43
Laura A. Hart
2,057.83
Constance M. Doyle
2,023.92
Bernice O. Bazley
2,022.66 .
Signe M. Peterson
2,015.66
Armanda M. Stephenson
2,015.66
Ruth B. Spence
1,995.86
Pauline E. Meads
1,986.11
Lee Pfeiffer
1,975.91
Mabel F. Johnson
1,970.16
Edna M. Paulson
1,962.66
Helen M. Delaney
1,962.66
Grace Widtfeldt
1,962.66
Kathyrn Carney
1,962.66
Elizabeth Strout
1,962.66
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
255
Gladys M. Harrison
1,016.30
Edythe Baxter
996.73
Virginia Bauer
932.77
Priscilla Hingston
907.35
Caroline Hilton
862.40
Michael Neary
852.67
Margaret Austin
852.65
George Monroe
776.75
Stanley A. Gay
712.50
William G. Skulley
675.00
Homer Shellenberger
669.94
John Fletcher
656.50
Janet Wheeler
592.00
Carl Paulson
567.80
Marion L. Weaver
562.50
Eunice B. Chatterton
562.50
Inez A. Gianfranchi
562.50
Frances G. McCarthy
556.00
Lucy L. Valente
555.00
Cosima Perroni
547.50
Christine O'Leary
543.20
Margaret Dower
441.60
T. Frank Shea
409.29
Axel Nelson
405.31
Carroll V. Ronan
405.00
Cora Guarnaccia
400.99
Mary B. Pettipost
421.13
Avis Blanchard
349.14
Helen F. Gilmore
342.02
Paul J. Conway
324.88
Charles T. Kirk
250.00
Marie L. Murphy
228.89
Marjorie Black
225.01
Various Persons
2,204.68
$292,270.38
LIGHT DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1946
J. M. Whitehead, Mgr.
$ 5,204.93
L. H. DeMarco
3,951.10
F. F. Fober
2,745.19
E. R. Chambers
2,688.52
F. L. Rich
2,562.34
H. M. Kelso
2,420.17
M. I. Tyler
2,308.14
Thomas Hennessy
1,498.60
254
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Hilda M. Hayden
1,955.16
Mabel A. Kernan
1,953.86
Lillian J. Shoff
1,953.41
Abbie A. Bell
1,950.11
Beatrice Moody
1,948.23
Stella Blaikie
1,947.93
Winifred Beal
1,947.66
Winifred Geizer
1,947.66
Bella A. Rattray.
1,947.66
Lois J. Jordan
1,945.53
Margaret M. Landers
1,940.69
Catherine A. Doran
1,932.13
Ruth C. Webber
1,914.50
Thomas Hemsworth
1,895.00
Alice E. Calkins
1,889.84
Francis H. Goldsmith
1,808.38
Anne H. Meserve
1,807.86
Jennie D. Flaherty
1,800.68
Emma L. Lane
1,768.22
Lona Adams
1,767.02
Alice M. Scipione
1,713.71
Hazel Vasso
1,705.13
Mary K. English
1,705.00
Helen J. Coyne
1,683.49
Grace A. Jenkins
1,671.93
Katherine H. Nichols
1,667.83
Mary T. Bonney
1,665.11
Shirley P. Titus
1,536.25
Mary M. Harrington
1,531.40
Vivian Rodrigues
1,494.85
Beatrice G. Quint
1,487.87
Norma B. Jackman
1,481.40
Mary Grace Sullo
1,332.83
Maude Parks
1,288.36
Sally C. King
1,260.79
Mary Cusack
1,239.17
Joseph Cassano
1,200.00
Carrie M. Agry
1,199.61
Lillian A. Shaffer
1,195.58
Antonio J. Ceddia, Jr.
1,087.50
Barbara R. Holden
1,084.52
Violet Kelly
1,078.50
Nita G. Tumblin
1,066.49
Ira W. Richardson
1,065.49
Helen E. Pendergast
1,052.63
Alice V. Gerrish
1,036.58
Charlotte Oicles
1,033.32
256
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
T. L. Doherty
1,003.30
T. R. Daley
2,495.93
C. O. Bayrd
1,174.00
G. E. Halloran
3,146.98
D. W. Martin
1,574.88
W. D. Scott
2,684.70
R. D. Turner
2,615.14
R. J. McGrail
2,459.91
William Muse
3,917.73
R. J. Seabury
3,731.26
A. D. McIsaac
1,477.93
L. E. Stinson
3,289.47
Hector MacDonald
3,116.48
J. M. Murphy
3,324.43
T. J. Dignan
2,765.62
J. F. Scanlon
2,622.65
Michael Hourihan
2,670.51
J. J. Curran
3,109.57
R. P. Hurton
2,259.27
J. H. Morgan
2,098.04
Patrick Quinn
2,844.16
Daniel Flynn
2,487.90
Thomas Hanright
2,700.28
Joseph DeMarco
3,299.55
John Mohla
2,266.53
James McGrath
2,711.62
John Collins
2,360.66
Timothy Delaney
2,362.54
Patrick Meade
2,360.66
C. L. Sullivan
2,259.88
C. H. Buxton
2,265.33
D. J. Connaire
1,892.99
L. F. Loughlin
1,991.52
L. J. Curran
1,141.25
George H. Oldham
1,117.54
V. M. Wood
86.40
Alvin Schelske
44.00
Michael Lally
327.25
John Shanahan
209.00
J. W. Macgillivrey
1,064.89
Alexander McPhee
1,750.43
F. E. Glynn
5.50
Leo MacDonald
15.75
$112,482.42
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
257
WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1946
Morrison Merrill
$3,500.00
James L. Palmer
3,335.29
Frank A. Butler
2,956.40
William F. Greany
2,746.79
John R. Fraughton
2,652.09
George H. Adams
2,649.83
Matthew P. Curran
2,630.85
Harold A. Butler
2,620.19
Albert F. Funk
2,609.12
Dominic Benedetto
2,583.64
Sabatino Confalone
2,559.03
James J. Murphy
2,542.92
Pasquale Zagaria
2,516.39
Serafino Volpe
2,479.15
Daniel Calore
2,429.61
Frank Confalone
2,405.91
William L. Wenzel
2,353.28
Frederic M. Hartshorne
2,247.91
Patrick Moynihan
2,092.22
Leah F. Kinder
2,088.25
Carl Locascio
1,956.63
Benedetto Pizzuto
1,867.68
John W. Muse
1,715.55
Joseph H. Dulong
1,591.28
Camillo Benedetto
1,580.31
Bradford L. Frautten
1,548.95
Frank F. Neeb, Jr.
1,445.45
John DelRossi
1,427.61
William H. Wells
1,417.01
Edmund M. Deveau
1,335.43
Katherine M. Workman
1,323.40
Albert E. Mackinnon
1,317.83
Forman LaFave
1,283.90
Frederick A. Meuse
1,260.41
Frank L. Hubbard
1,231.60
Ruth S. Wells
1,205.60
Francis W. LaFave
1,054.26
Warren D. Clark
1,040.76
Christopher J. O'Keefe
1,035.84
Joseph J. LeFave
944.32
Charles F. Rice
735.95
John Cicciarella
724.62
Arnold F. Muise
717.15
Anthony P. Ricardo
710.74
Alfred E. Delaney
681.87
258
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Alfred M. Muise Edward H. Nowalk Various Persons
658.99
502.43
5,824.58
$ 90,139.02
UNPAID BILLS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1946
Requiring Special Appropriation under Chapter 179, Acts of 1941
Welfare Department-General Relief: Year 1944:
House of Good Shepherd
$ 43.00
Year 1945:
House of Good Shepherd
$ 180.00
Year 1946:
Metropolitan Ice Company
$ 3.25
6.85
Dexter G. Cann House of Good Shepherd
180.00
$ 190.10
$ 413.10
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHARGES TO ENTER THE TAX LEVY-1946
Appropriations (See Schedule)
$ 1,141,995.93
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$ 33,000.00
Less Appropriation from Sale of Lots and Graves Cemetery
2,825.00
Less Appropriations from Excess and Deficiency Account
7,500.00
$ 43,325.00
$1,098,670.93
State and Metropolitan Charges: State Tax
$ 18,000.00
Smoke Inspection Service
225.63
Auditing Municipal Accounts
2,810.19
Examination Retirement System
106.93
Charles River Basin
2,162.89
Metropolitan Parks Reservation
5,884.02
Metropolitan Parks Boulevard
147.57
Metropolitan Sewerage North System
20,946.39
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
642.51
County Tax County Hospital Overlay for 1946
$ 50,926.13
35,446.22
8,434.24
17,000.00
$ 1,210,477.52
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
259
RECAPITULATION
Town Purposes State Purposes County Purposes Overlay 1946
$ 1,098,670.93
50,926.13 43,880.46 17,000.00
$1,210,477.52
AVAILABLE BALANCES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1946
Including those from appropriations in prior years
Police Department-Boat House
$ 2,305.00
Greenwood Fire Station Repairs
253.88
White Circle Construction
291.48
Cutter Street Construction
107.93
Willow Street Construction
637.57
Wolcott Street Construction
422.59
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance 1945
623.48
Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
2,238.93
Old Age Assistance Administration-Federal Funds
408.53
Aid to Dependent Children-Federal Funds
3,107.24
Aid to Dependent Children Administration-Federal Funds
252.31
West Ward School Improvements
12,810.79
Civilian Defense
99.47
Veterans' Rehabilitation Committee Expense
364.32
Willard Donnell Trust
822.88
Sewer Construction Fox Road and Mountain Avenue
621.03
Water Supply Addition-Bond Issue
3,063.05
OTHER BALANCES CARRIED OVER FROM 1946
Federal Tax Deductions:
Balance January 1, 1946
$ 8,653.23 68,616.40
Receipts-Payroll Deductions
Payments to Collector Internal Revenue
$ 70,504.68
Balance to 1947
6,764.95
$ 77,269.63 $ 77,269.63
Blue Cross Deductions: Balance January 1, 1946 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Mass. Hospital Service Inc. Balance to 1947
$ 446.05
2,932.65
$ 2,714.95
663.75
$ 3,378.70
$ 3,378.70
260
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Teachers' Retirement Deductions: Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund Balance to 1947
$ 11,636.71
$ 10,438.56 1,198.15
$ 11,636.71
$ 11,636.71
Old Age Assistance Reimbursements: Balance January 1, 1946 Receipts in 1946 Balance to 1947
$ 1,375.00-
300.00
$ 1,675.00
$ 1,675.00
$ 1,675.00
Temporary Loans - Anticipation Highway Reim- bursements Borrowed During 1946
$ 12,250.00
Balance to 1947
$ 12,250.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds: Received in 1946
$ 516.80
Expended for Preparation and Printing of Bonds Issued
$ 464.35
Balance to 1947
52.45
$ 516.80 $ 516.80
Income on Post War Rehabilitation Fund: Balance Jan. 1, 1946 Received in 1946 Balance to 1947
1
$ 4,542.65
3,105.75
$ 7,648.40
$ 7,648.40 $ 7,648.40
Sale of Real Estate: Balance January 1, 1946 Received 1946-Sale of Hamilton School Property Balance to 1947
$ 1,426.00 7,500.00
8,926.00
$ 8,926.00 $ 8,926.00
Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery: Balance January 1, 1946 Receipts for 1946 Appropriation for Cemetery Department Balance Available for Appropriation
$ 3,244.00 2,292.00
$ 2,825.00 2,711.00
$ 5,536.00 $ 5,536.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
261
Analyses of Light Department Accounts:
Operation Account:
Balance January 1, 1946
$ 69,738.70
Receipts for 1946
475,795.95
Transfers from Construction Account
32,388.96
Transfers from Fire Alarm Account
4,000.00
Payments
$393,266.33
Transfer to Revenue
35,000.00
Transfer to Construction Account
34,738.70
Transfers to Depreciation Account Balance to 1947
65,295.98
$581,923.61
$581,923.61
Construction Fund :
Balance January 1, 1946
$ 62,931.33 3,002.40
Transfer from Reserve Fund (Light)
Transfer from Operation Account
34,738.70
Transfers to Operation Account
$ 32,388.96
Balance to 1947 Account
68,283.47
$100,672.43
$100,672.43
Reserve Fund-Light Department: Balance January 1, 1946 Transfer to Construction Account
$ 3,002.40
$ 3,002.40
$ 3,002.40
$ 3,002.40
Depreciation Account: Balance January 1, 1946 Transfers from Operation Account Balance to 1947 Account
$201,627.56 53,622.60
$255,250.16
$255,250.16
$255,250.16
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Appropriation Transfers to Light Dept. Operation
$ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
53,622.60
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Guarantee Deposit Accounts:
Cash on Hand January 1, 1946 Receipts Payments Balance Cash on Hand December 31, 1946
$ 33,277.04 11,774.77
$ 8,861.54 36,190.27
$ 45,051.81 $ 45,051.81
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank Wakefield Trust Company-Checking Account
$ 30,000.00
6,190.27
$ 36,190.27
CHARLES C. COX,
Town Accountant
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund:
Balance January 1, 1946
$ 33,808.98
Appropriation to Reserve Fund
$ 33,000.00
Transfers from Overlay 1942-1944
2,635.80
Transfer back from Reserve Fund
5,524.09
Balance December 31, 1946
8,968.87
$ 41,968.87
$ 41,968.87
Tax Titles:
Outstanding January 1, 1946
$ 77,716.98 3,676.41
Certificates of Takings
Abatements
$ 1,781.98
Redemptions-Cash
3,259.59
Outstanding December 31, 1946
76,351.82
$ 81,393.39
$ 81,393.39
Tax Title Possessions:
Outstanding January 1, 1947
$ 2,039.07
Sewer Connection Deposits: Cash Balance January 1, 1946
$ 214.72
Cash Received
5,651.16
Cost of Connections
$ 5,117.23
Cash Returned
528.15
Balance Cash on Hand December 31, 1946
220.50
$ 5,865.88 $ 5,865.88
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
263
Excess and Deficiency :
Balance January 1, 1946 Tax Title Abatements
Tax Title Redemptions Refunds-Prior Years
Excess Revenue for 1946
$253,524.71 956.12 3,259.59 4.16 95,239.15
Appropriation-Old Age Assistance
$ 5,000.00
Appropriation-Welcome Home Veterans
2,500.00
67,000.00
Free Cash to Revenue Tax Takings Balance December 31, 1946
3,470.43
275,013.30
$352,983.73
$352,983.73
Trust Fund Account
Cash on Hand January 1, 1946
Funds Set up in 1946
Interest for 1946
Interest Transferred to Library
$ 269.12
Interest Transferred to Park Department
60.30
Payments from Other Funds for 1946
887.16
Cash on Hand December 31, 1946
76,602.06
$ 77,818.64
$ 77,818.64
ANALYSIS
Trust Fund
$ 66,726.26
Accumulated Interest Jan. 1, 1946 $ 5,462.30
$
Interest 1946 1,437.00
Payments or Transfers 1946 $ 1,216.58
Funds and Interest Dec. 31, 1946 $ 72,408.98
Total of all funds as reported Jan. 1, 1946 For details see Treasurer's Report: New Funds Set Up in 1946:
Annie L. Cox Library Fund
2,000.00
2,000.00
Forest Glade Perpetual Care Funds
2,190.00
3.08
2,193.08
$ 70,916.26
$ 5,462.30
$ 1,440.08
$ 1,216.58
$ 76,602.06
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WAKEFIELD
.
$ 72,188.56 4,190.00 1,440.08
Appropriations Accounts, 1946
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Bond Issues Appropriations
Additions
Expended
Balances
Moderator
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
Selectmen's Department
3,900.00 R. $
250.00
3,647.24
$ 502.76
Accounting Department
4,360.00
R.
100.00
4,422.91
37.09
Treasurer's Department
3,842.00
A. 11.00
3,435.02
417.98
Collector's Department
5,650.00
R. 211.00
5,854.17
6.83
Assessors' Department
8,629.20
R.
100.00
8,727.46
1.74
Legal Department
1,940.00
1,789.03
150.97
Town Clerk's Department
4,600.00
5.71
4,589.47
16.24
Vital Statistics
50.00
34.50
15.50
Election and Registration
3,440.00
R.
873.91
4,310.18
3.73
Election Expense-Selectmen
1,950.00 B.
175.00
1,996.03
128.97
Town Hall
7,350.00
R. 75.00
7,363.34
61.66
Lafayette Building
4,038.00
4,030.99
7.01
$ 49,779.20
$ 1,801.62
$ 50,230.34
$ 1,350.48
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department Fire Department Hydrant Rental Moth Department Building Inspector Sealer of Weights and Measures Dog Officer
$ 66,907.80 B. $
615.60
$ 65,303.19
$ 2,220.21
64,549.90 A.
5.00
64,373.18
181.72
9,600.00
9,600.00
8,200.00 R.
1,500.00
9,697.32
2.68
2,585.00
2,569.64
15.36
1,005.00
1,004.47
.53
720.00
720.00
A.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
265
Animal Inspector Forest Warden and Patrol Wire Inspector Compensation Account
360.00
360.00
450.00
149.00
301.00
300.00
225.00
75.00
1,000.00
943.71
56.29
$155,677.70
$ 2,120.60
$154,945.51
$ 2,852.79
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health Department
$ 8,545.00
$ 7,184.41
$ 1,360.59
Care of Dumps
2,600.00
2,560.15
39.85
Garbage Collection
7,500.00
7,500.00
Sewer Department
10,846.50
10,803.19
43.31
Sewer Connections
2,500.00
R.
3,000.00
4,423.22
1,076.78
Sewerage Survey
B.
2,561.44
2,556.19
5.25
Greenwood Street Sewer
3,500.00
71.53
3,428.47
Stark Avenue Sewer
4,000.00
25.79
3,974.21
Main Street Sewer
$ 28,500.00
302.66
28,197.34
Morel Circle Sewer
8,500.00
5,687.15
2,812.85
Orchard Avenue, Oak Street and Other Sewers 34,000.00
2,287.16
31,712.84
Eastern Avenue Sewer
9,000.00
4,215.85
4,784.15
Green Street Sewer
12,000.00
11,063.03
936.97
Vernon and Lowell Street Sewer
18,000.00
67.92
17,932.08
$110,000.00
$ 39,491.50
$ 5,561.44
$ 58,748.25
$ 96,304.69
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT: General Highways New Equipment
$ 54,867.66 30,000.00
$ 54,845.92
$ 21.74
16,274.32
13,725.68
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Construction-Davidson Road
Outlook Road Aborn Avenue
4,250.00 10,789.00 8,600.00
B. $
465.10
454.61
10.49
White Circle
B.
312.95
21.47
291.48
Morgan Avenue
B.
1,397.13
1,389.41
7.72
Cutter Street
B.
1,140.23
1,032.30
107.93
Willow Street
B.
1,623.02
985.45
637.57
Wolcott Street
B.
2,106.69
1,684.10
422.59
New Way-Water to Crescent Street
500.00
415.00
85.00
Ash Collection-Equipment
6,500.00
6,500.00
Preston Street Culvert
500.00
500.00
Chapter 90-Maintenance
500.00
L. 1,000.00
177.90
1,322.10
Chapter 90-North Avenue Construction
3,750.00
L. 11,250.00
15,000.00
Parking Area-Rental
125.00
100.17
24.83
$120,381.66
$ 19,295.12
$ 99,031.31
$ 40,645.47
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Welfare Department: General Relief
R. $
1,651.00
$ 14,096.48
A.
103.71
$ 15,706.32
$ 144.87
R.
6,187.50
Old Age Assistance
W. 103,600.00
A.
30.67
109.818.17
R.
37.50
Aid Dependent Children
17,100.00
17,134.51 2.99
267
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4,186.60
63.40 241.00 6,346.26
10,548.00
2,253.74
Water Street Sidewalks
Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
A.
784.33
F.
62,085.20
64,274.46
2,647.46
B.
2,921.14
Aid Dependent Children-Federal Funds
A.
186.44
F.
4,882.68
4,630.71
3,359.55
Infirmary
10,229.49
R.
1,500.00
11,728.38
1.11
A.
33.92
Soldiers' Benefits
15,948.21
R.
3,400.00
19,139.50
242.63
Department of Veterans' Services
5,450.00
R.
100.00
5,279.21
270.79
$166,424.18
$ 87,956.48
$247,711.26
$ 6,669.40
EDUCATION :
School Department
$344,112.67 R. $ 7,500.00
$349,231.55
$ 2,381.12
West Ward School Improvements
B.
15,000.00
2,189.21
12,810.79
Library Department
D. 1,799.05
26,202.95
T. 3,526.53
31,422.10
106.43
Montrose Branch Library
B.
5,605.00
5,605.00
$370,315.62
$ 33,430.58
$388,447.86
$ 15,298.34
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department
$ 9,308.92 T. $
60.30
$ 9,029.25
$ 339.97
Water Street Playground
1,500.00
1,499.70
30
Cemetery Department
G.
4,825.00
4,808.05
16.95
Finance Committee
200.00
184.80
15.20
Miscellaneous Account
943.52
769.92
173.60
268
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OF
WAKEFIELD
.
B.
4,052.39
Street Lights Fire Alarm, Police Signal, etc
20,000.00
20,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Rifle Range
500.00
307.80
192.20
Recreation Commission
4,782.00
R.
200.00
4,158.55
823.45
Fire and Liability Insurance
7,465.00
A.
153.07
7,589.70
28.37
Lake Quannapowitt
500.00
21.67
478.33
Planning Board
210.00
151.10
58.90
Board of Appeals
300.00
R.
30.00
299.93
30.07
Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
500.00
Memorial Day-Veterans' Organizations
1,200.00
1,102.22
97.78
Armistice Day-A. L. and V. F. W.
$ 125.00
$
61.00
64.00
Retirement Funds
38,944.49
38,944.49
Teachers' Retirement-Military Service
392.00
392.00
Welcome Home-Veterans, World War II
W. 2,500.00 B.
54.00
2,552.90
1.10
Capital Outlay Committee
1,000.00
16.05
983.95
$ 99,195.93
$ 497.37
$ 96,389.13
$ 3,304.17
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Water Department
$ 69,723.89 22,000.00
$ 67,550.37
$ 2,173.52
Water Bonds
1,506.25
R.
210.00
1,716.25
Water Mains Extensions
B.
2,237.42
2,237.42
$ 42,000.00
B.
150.23
31,795.19
10,355.04
$ 42,000.00
$ 93,230.14
$ 2,597.65
$125,299.23
$ 12,528.56
269
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
22,000.00
Water Interest
Water Mains Relaying
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
Interest Maturing Debt
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