Town annual report of the officers of Wakefield Massachusetts : including the vital statistics for the year 1946, Part 18

Author: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: Town of Wakefield
Number of Pages: 300


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Reserve Fund


Grand Totals


$152,000.00


$1,141,995.93


$153,831.97


$1,263,199.04


$184,628.86


A-Refunds


B-Balances from Prior Years


D-Dog Licenses


F-From Federal Government


I-Accrued Interest on Bonds Sold G-From Sale of Graves and Lots-$2,825.00


L-Loans-Anticipation Highway Reimbursement O-From Overlay Surplus R-From Reserve Fund


T-Income from Trust Funds


W-Appropriated from E. & D. (Surplus) $2,500.00 $5,000.00


I. $ 21.11


$ 1,000.00 R.


550.00


$ 1,420.24


$ 150.87


13,500.00


13,500.00


$ 14,500.00


$ 571.11


$ 14,920.24


150.87


O. $ 33,000.00


$ 27,475.91


$ 5,524.09


270


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1946


ASSETS


LIABILITIES


Revenue Cash


$734,493.21 99,794.32


Overpayment on Tax Titles Temporary Loans - Highway Reimbursement


12,250.00


Real Estate Taxes 1945


$ 5,951.14


Premium on Notes and Bonds


52.45


Real Estate Taxes 1946


42,453.74


Sewer Connection Deposits


220.50


Personal Property Tax 1946


2,247.93


Income on Post-War Rehabil- itation Fund


7,648.40


Poll Tax 1946


$


4.00


Excise Tax Revenue


1,325.35


Excise Tax 1946


$ 1,325.35


Betterment Assessments 1945


$ 141.31


Betterment Assessments 1946


446.27


$ 587.58


Sewer Assessments 1945


$ 5.85


Sewer Assessments 1946


735.73


$ 741.58


Moth Assessments 1945


$ 35.70


Moth Assessments 1946


38.38


$


74.08


$ 9,442.34


Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned Betterment Assessments Not Ap- portioned


$ 298.04


Committed Interest 1945 $ 24.51 286.28


Committed Interest 1946


$ 310.79


$ 90.00


Non-Revenue Cash


$834,287.53


$ 50,652.81


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


271


Tax Collector-Petty Cash Light Department-Petty Cash


$ 100.00 400.00


Tax Titles


$ 500.00 $ 76,351.82


Accounts Receivable :


School Department


$ 10,614.73


Welfare Temporary Aid


71.47


Welfare Old Age Assistance


9,652.31


Welfare Aid Dependent Children


2,257.85


Health Department


5,560.25


State Aid-Com. of Mass.


1,840.00


Military Aid-Com. of Mass.


1,020.00


$ 31,016.61


State Aid-Highways


$ 2,857.01


County Aid-Highways


1,678.51


$ 4,535.52


Water Rates


$ 206.25


Water Services


611.38


·


$ 817.63


$ 22,540.93


Light Department Bills Special Cash - Municipal Light Guarantees


$ 36,190.27


Revenue 1947


$ 3,000.00


Overlay 1933


$ 6.80


Overlay 1945


$ 395.71 1,729.99


Overlay 1935


27.20


Overlay 1936


28.16


Overlay 1937


28.96


Overlay 1938


29.92


Tax Title Revenue Special Assessment Revenue Departmental Revenue


$ 76,351.82 11,454.41 31,016.61


272


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


$ 2,125.70


Overlay 1934


27.20


Overlay 1946


-


1946 Indebtedness Account


Outstanding January 1, 1946 Water and Sewer Bonds issued in 1946 Payments 1946 Outstanding December 31, 1946


$144,000.00 152,000.00


$ 35,500.00 260,500.00


$296,000.00


$296,000.00


RECAPITULATION


Sewers Highways


$139,500.00 2,000.00


Water


119,000.00


$260,500.00


INDEBTEDNESS ACCOUNT - DUE 1947 TO 1966 INCLUSIVE


Loans Outstanding Dec. 31, 1946


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due


Due 1962


Due 1963


Due


Due


Due


1947


1948


1949


1950


1951


1952


1953


1954


1955


1956


1957


1958


1959


1960


1961


1964


1965


1966


Sewer Loan 1924


$ 3,000.00


$ 1,000.00


$


$


1,000.00


Sewer Loan 1925


4,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


Sewer Loan 1937


4,500.00


4,500.00


Sewer Loan 1940


18,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


3,000.00


Sewer Loan 1946


110,000.00


6,000.00


6,000.00


6,000.00


6,000.00


6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 6,000.00


$ 5,000.00


$ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00


Street Loan


2,000.00


2,000.00


Water Loan 1927


8,000.00


8,000.00


Water Loan 1946


42,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


2,000.00


1,000.00


Water Mains Relaying Loan 1939


23,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


2,000.00


Water Mains Relaying Loan 1940


20,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


Water Loans 1942


25,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


5,000.00


3,000.00


2,000.00


Water Mains Ext. Loan 1942


1,000.00


1,000.00


$260,500.00 $ 44,500.00 $ 29,000.00


$ 29,000.00 $ 26,000.00 $ 15,000.00


$ 14,000.00 $ 12,000.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 9,000.00


$ 9,000.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 8,000.00 $ 6,000.00


$ 5,000.00


$ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $


3,000.00 $ 3,000.00


1


1,000.00


-


Overlay 1941 Overlay 1943


54.67 90.00


$ 292.91 .


Sewer Assessments Apportioned


$ 13,898.92


Water Revenue Municipal Light Revenue Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund Excess and Deficiency Reserve for Petty Cash Advances


Sewer Assessments Apportioned:


Due in 1947


$ 3,162.55


Due in 1948


2,381.90


Due in 1949


2,376.30


Due in 1950


2,376.30


Due in 1951


2,378.21


Due in 1952


844.23


Due in 1953


296.06


Due in 1954


41.66


Due in 1955


41.71


Betterment Assessments Apportioned $ 16,837.97


Betterment Assessments Apportioned:


Due in 1947


$ 4,692.34


Due in 1948


3,502.86


Due in 1949


2,865.34


Due in 1950


2,766.66


Due in 1951


1,663.01


Due in 1952


638.63


Due in 1953


284.60


Due in 1954


232.17


Due in 1955


192.36


$ 16,837.97


Tax Title Possessions


$ 2,039.07


Tax Title Possessions Revenue


$ 2,039.07


Sale of Real Estate


8,926.00


Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery


2,711.00


273


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


817.63 22,540.93 8,968.87 275,013.30 500.00


$ 13,898.92


Sale of Lots-Partial Payments Perpetual Care Bequests-Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests - Partial Payments 85.00


80.00 240.00


274


Old Age Assistance-Reimbursements Municipal Light Guarantee Deposits Appropriation Balances:


1,675.00


36,190.27


Police Department - New Boat


House


$ 2,305.00


Federal Advance -New Police Station 2,500.00


Greenwood Fire Station Repairs


253.88


Highway Department - New Equipment


13,725.68


Davidson Road Construction


4,186.60


Outlook Road Construction


10,548.00


Aborn Avenue Construction


2,253.74


White Circle Construction


291.48


Cutter Street Construction


107.93


Willow Street Construction


637.57


Wolcott Street Construction


422.59


New Way - Water Street Crescent Street


to


85.00


Ash and Refuse Collection


6,500.00


Preston Street Culvert


500.00


Highway Maint. Chap. 90 (1945)


623.48


Highway Maint. Chap. 90 (1946)


1,322.10


Federal Advance - New Highway Bldgs. 1,300.00


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Welfare - Salary of Agent (1947) 3,000.00 Old Age Assistance - Federal Funds 2,238.93


Old Age Ass't. Adm .- Federal Funds 408.53 Aid Dependent Children-Fed. Fds. 3,107.24 Aid Dep. Children Adm .- Fed. Fds. 252.31


West Ward School Improvements 12,810.79 Montrose Branch Library Equipment 73.46


Civilian Defense 99.47


Veterans' Advisory Committee Ex- pense 364.32


Willard Donnell Trust-Welfare


822.88


Capital Outlay Expenditures Com- mittee 983.85


Sewer Construction Mountain Avenue


621.03


Sewer Construction - Greenwood Street 3,428.47


Sewer Construction-Stark Avenue 3,974.21


$ 79,748.64


Under Estimate State and County Charges :


County Tax $ 475.89


Smoke Inspection Service 67.15


Metropolitan Parks Loan 522.46


Metropolitan Parks-Nantasket 39.97


Metropolitan Sewerage Loan 3,300.35


$


4,405.82


Teachers' Retirement Deductions 1,198.15


$


8,680.25


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Over Estimates State Charges: Charles River Basin $ 39.55 $ 39.55


Agency and Trust: Dog Licenses for County $ 53.40


Federal Tax Deductions


6,764.95


Blue Cross Deductions 663.75


275


Light Dept. Operation Fund


$ 65,295.98


Light Dept. Depreciation Fund 255,250.16


Light Dept. Construction Fund 68,283.47


$388,829.61


Total Revenue $ 1,010,357.25


Bond Issues-Non-Revenue Cash : Water Supply Addition


$ 3,063.05


Water Mains Relaying-Albion and other streets 7,746.15


Water Mains Relaying - Lake Street 2,608.89


Sewer Construction Main Street 28,197.34


Sewer Construction-Morel Circle


2,812.85


Sewer Construction - Orchard Avenue and other streets 31,712.84


Sewer Construction - Eastern Avenue 4,784.15


Sewer Construction-Green Street 936.97


Sewer Construction - Vernon


and Lowell Street 17,932.08


$ 99,794.32


Grand Total


$ 1,110,151.57


Grand Total


$ 1,110,151.57


276


TOWN OF


WAKEFIELD


SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS-CASH AND SECURITIES


Balance January 1, 1946 Transfers from Payroll Deductions


$112,811.91 18,209.84


Payments:


Pensions and Annuities


$ 32,660.42


Administrative Expense


1,026.74


Payroll Deductions from Town of Arlington


250.44


Refunds to Members


3,185.07


Received from Town Appropriations:


Balance December 31, 1946


136,855.01


For Pensions $ 36,366.00


For Members Military Service


997.70


For Interest Deficiency


470.79


For Expense Fund


1,110.00


$ 38,944.49


Interest and Dividends on Investments 3,510.56


$173,727.24


$173,727.24


TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS


$226,602.06


Sweetser Lecture Fund


$ 10,000.00


Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund


3,149.22


Library Trust Funds


15,389.26


Park Trust Funds


5,376.86


School and Scholarship Funds


9,484.07


Old Cemetery Trust Funds


6,376.04


Forest Glade Cemetery Funds


25,218.37


Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund


1,608.24


Investment-Post-War Rehabilitation Fund


U. S. War and Treasury Bonds


150,000.00


$226,602.06


$226,602.06


277


REPORT


OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Balance December 31, 1946


278


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


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 distributed as follows: General Funds-on deposit in:


Wakefield Trust Company $479,177.43


Second National Bank of Boston 352,537.90


Cash in hands of Treasurer not deposited until January 2,572.20


Total December 31, 1946 $834,287.53


Trust Funds have been checked by examination of Savings Bank de- posit books.


Investment Funds have been checked and found in the custody of the


Treasurer and consist of the following:


U. S. War Bonds 21/2%-Series G $100,000.00


U. S. Treasury Bonds-214 %-of 1959-1962 50,000.00


$150,000.00


Funds of the Contributory Retirement System have been checked by examination of Co-operative Bank books, securities and statement of the Wakefield Trust Company covering checking account, and have been found to be in agreement with the Town Accountant's books.


Funds are invested as follows:


Co-operative Banks-Paid Up and Matured Shares:


Wakefield


$ 2,000.00


Brighton


4,000.00


Congress


4,000.00


Merrimack


4,000.00


$ 14,000.00


Co-operative Banks-Serial Shares including ac- crued interest


$ 55,081.70 45,000.00


United States War Bonds 214 % Series G


100 Shares First National Bank of Boston (Pur- chase Price) $ 3,900.00


100 Shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston (Purchase Price) 2,287.50


$ 6,187.50


Wakefield Trust Company Checking Account


16,144.47


Checks for Payroll Deductions in hands of Treas- urer not Deposited until January 441.34


$ 16,585.81


$136,855.01


Total Funds December 31, 1946


279


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


All cancelled permanent and temporary loans paid during the year by the Treasurer have been examined and found to be as reported.


I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Select- men and to all other officers and employees who have co-operated in carry- ing on the work of this department.


Respectfully submitted, CHARLES C. COX, Town Accountant


280


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Index to Town Officers' Reports


Animal Inspector


125


Assessors


131


Births


68


Building Inspector


123


Compensation Agent


124


Deaths


95


Dog Licenses


101


Dog Officer


125 11


Election Results and Town Meetings


Fire Department


Fishing Licenses


Forest Warden


Health Department


Hunting Licenses


101


Jurors


6


Library Trustees


139


Light Department


149


Marriages


80


Middlesex County Extension Service


138


Milk and Food Inspector


137 122 147


Park and Cemetery Department


Planning Board


133 106


Recreation Commission


195


Retirement Board


126 198


Sealer of Weights and Measures


130


Selectmen


102 .


Street Superintendent


115


Sweetser Charity


129


Sweetser Lecture Committee


128


Town Accountant


229


Town Counsel


21


Town Officers 1946-1947


3


Treasurer


176


Tree Warden


98


Water and Sewerage Department


155


Wire Inspector


113


.


Welfare Department


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


167


111 101 114 134


Moth Department


Police Department


School Committee


Town Meetings


281


INDEX TO TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


Index to Town Accountant's Report


Accounting


234


Accounts Receivable-Various Departments


271


Adjourned Session


31


Aid to Dependent Children


233, 243


Appeals Board 230, 247


Appropriations Schedule


265


Appropriations to Enter the Tax Levy


258


Armistice Day


247


Assessors


235


Available Balances


259


Balance Sheet


271


Betterment Assessments Paid in Full


229


Betterment Assessments Apportioned


229


Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned 229


Blue Cross Deductions


233, 248, 259


Bond Issues


259


Building Inspector 230, 240


Cemetery Sale of Lots


260


Civilian Defense


259


Collector 230, 235


Commonwealth of Massachusetts-State Aid


271


Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Military Aid 271


Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Receipts 232


Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Old Age Assistance 233


240


Dog Licenses


230,


240


Dog Officer


240


Dumps


241


Election and Registration


236


Excess and Deficiency


263


Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle


229


Federal Withholding Taxes


233, 248, 259


Finance Committee


247


Fines and Forfeits


230


Fire


230,


238


Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights


261


Fire and Liability Insurance


248


Garbage


Forest Warden 239 241


Guarantee Deposit Account-Light Department 262


Health 230, 240


Highway


232, 241, 251


Highway Chap. 90 259


Compensation Account


282


TOWN OF WAKEFIELD


Hydrant Rental


239


Indebtedness Account-insert following


272


Infirmary


231, 243


Inspector of Animals


240


Inspector of Wires


240


Interest


232,


250


Investment-War Bonds


232, 260


Lafayette Building


230, 237


Legal


236


Library


231, 245 229


Light Department


231, 248, 255, 261


Maturing Debt


250


Memorial Day


247 233


Middlesex County . Tax


248 247


Miscellaneous Account


247


Moderator


234


Moth Department


Moth Assessments


Old Age Assistance


231, 243, 260


Old Age Assistance-Commonwealth of Mass.


233


Old Age Assistance-U. S. Grant 233, 259


271


Overlay Surplus


262


Park and Cemetery


231, 246, 260


Payments


234


Perpetual Care-Cemetery 232, 251


Planning Board


247 229


Poll Taxes-Prior Years


Police 230,


237


Premium on Notes and Bond


260


Real Estate Sale 260


Receipts


229


Recount


20


Recreation Commission


247


Refunds


233, 251


Retirement System 248, 277


261


Rifle Range


247


Sealer of Weights and Measures


230, 240


Selectmen


234


Schools 231, 244, 252


Sewer Assessments Paid in Full


229


Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned 229


Sewer Assesments Apportioned


229


Licenses and Permits


Middlesex County Receipts


Middlesex County Hospital


239 229


Overlay-1933-1946


Reserve Fund


INDEX TO TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT 283


Sewer Connection Deposits


262


Sewer Construction


250


Sewerage Survey


250


Sewer Department


232, 250


Soldiers' Benefits


244


Soldiers' Burials


247


Special Town Meeting


34, 57


State Charges


247, 248


State Election


17


State Primaries


13


Street Lights


247


Sweetser Lecture Fund


251


Taxes-Receipts


229


Taxes Prior Years


229


Tax Title Possessions


262


Tax Title Redemptions


229


Tax Titles


262


Teachers' Retirement Fund 248, 260


Temporary Loans


260


Town Clerk


230, 236


Town Hall


230, 237


Treasurer


230, 234


Trust Fund Account


232, 251, 264


Trust Fund Payments


251


Unpaid Bills


258


Veterans' Service Department


248


Visiting Nurse


247


Vital Statistics


236


Water Department 231, 249, 257


Water Rates


271


Water Services


271


Welfare


231, 242, 243


Willard Donnell Trust 243, 259


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