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Lafayette Building
90.53
Lafayette Building-Hall and Doors
69.08
Moth and Tree Division
191.00
Garbage Collection
129.52
Sewer Department
2,420.23
Highway Department
2,856.42
Rental Parking Area
26.40
Park and Cemetery Division
262.13
Water Department
573.26
Health Department:
$
157.26
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Welfare Department
$ 1,420.40
Veterans' Benefits
1,207.57
Veterans' Services Department
40.02
Education :
School Department
$ -4,228.65
Library Department
22.54
Recreation and Unclassified :
Miscellaneous Account
$ 419.50
Finance Committee
14.01
280
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights
1,048.25
Rifle Range
51.28
Fire and Liability Insurance
1,597.43
Planning Board
72.50
Board of Appeals
280.27
Memorial Day-Veterans' Organizations
45.77
Armistice Day-Veterans Foreign Wars
25.00
Armistice Day-American Legion
32.50
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest
$
1,592.74
Reserve Fund
$
1,986.25
$ 24,570.06
AVAILABLE BALANCES-CARRIED OVER TO 1951
SCHEDULE B
Town By-Laws-New Publication
$ 145.00
Department of Public Works-Town Hall Study
200.00
Police Department-New Boat House
2,305.00
New Police Station
215.82
New Police Station Equipment
8,506.24
Department of Public Works-New Police Station Expenses 430.37
Fire Department-New Fire Truck
8,000.00
Fire Department-Other Expense
741.67
Health Department-Collection of Garbage
568.75
Sewerage Survey Preliminary
185.45
Sewerage Survey-Montrose District
11,362.49
Wharton Park Sewer
1,900.00
Pleasant Street Sewer
408.93
Highway Department-New Power Shovel 1948
38.23
Highway Department-New Equipment 1948
1,064.18
Highway Department-New Equipment 1949
412.32
Highway Department-New Equipment 1950
1,105.74
Highway Construction Chapter 90 Main St. 1949
622.87
Highway Construction Chap. 90 Main St. 1950
10,014.75
New Way-Water St. to Crescent St.
33.68
New Sidewalks 1950
2,236.85
Sidewalk and Curbing-Vernon St.
2,270.74
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks 1950
515.78
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Streets 1949
3,756.55
Drainage Special 1950
127.82
Replacing Defective Curbing 1950
725.58
Foster's Lane Construction
2,248.52
Construction Public Ways 1950
3,150.17
Road Machinery Account
1.00
Willard Donnell Trust-Welfare
517.99
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
281
Aid Dependent Children-Federal Funds
6,742.63
Aid Dep. Children Adm .- Federal Funds 1,401.30
Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
11,306.74
Old Age Asst. Adm. Federal Funds
5,954.35
School Lunch Fund
1,433.12
School Athletic Fund
3,520.66
High School Addition - Plans and Preliminary
Expense
143.88
High School Planning Committee
14,678.00
Schools-Professional Survey
900.00
Elementary Schools Planning Committee
4,479.25
Franklin School Plumbing Alterations
1,321.25
Park Department-Hall Property Improvements
500.00
Perpetual Care Fund-Joseph DeRenne
100.00
Veterans' of Foreign Wars-Lease of Quarters
50.00
Salary, Director Board Public Works
328.46
Salary, Clerk Board of Public Works
125.00
Town Hall Expense
311.06
Civil Defense
78.86
Water Supply Survey
2,000.00
Purchase of Land-Met. District Commission
1.00
Route No. 28-Committee Expense
100.00
Police Department-Officer Clark
781.04
Bond Issues :
Water Supply Addition $ 295.96
Water Mains Extensions-Forrester Road and Drury Lane 5,115.22
Water Mains Extensions-Various Streets
46,056,01
Water and Sewer Dept .- Power Shovel
1,433.94
Sewer Construction-Various Streets 1947
6,600.00
Sewer Construction-Various Streets 1948
2,069.93
Sewer Construction-Various Streets 1949
10,577.50
Sewer Construction-Various Streets 1950
126,385.77
Montrose Sewer Construction 1949
3,840.42
Sewer Construction Orchard Avenue and Other Streets
191.79
Drainage Special 1948-New Construction
27,986.50
Drainage Special 1949-New Construction
489.37
Highway Construction Public Ways 1948 First Issue 1,102.85
Highway Construction Public Ways 1948- Second Issue 7,200.31
Highway Construction Public Ways 1949
4,744.88
Highway Construction Public Ways 1950 15,613.19
Hurd School Addition 11.41
$379,784.14
282
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
OTHER BALANCES CARRIED OVER FROM 1950
Federal Tax Deductions: Balance January 1, 1950 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Collector of Internal Revenue Balance to 1951
$ 8,239.04 91,997.72
$ 89,421.19
10,815.57
$100,236.76
$100,236.76
Teachers Retirement Deductions : Balance January 1, 1950 Receipts-Payroll Deductions
$ 1,848.52
19,127.71
Payments to Mass. Teachers Retirement Fund Balance to 1951
$ 18,973.25
2,002.98
$ 20,976.23
$ 20,976.23
Blue Cross Deductions: Balance January 1, 1950 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Mass. Hospital Service Inc. Balance to 1951
$ 17.11
$ 10,919.25
$ 10,928.50
7.86
$ 10,936.36
$ 10,936.36
Old Age Assistance Reimbursements : Balance January 1, 1950 Received in 1950 Apportioned Federal, State and Town Share
$ 600.00
Balance to 1951
1,354.00
$ 1,954.00 $ 1,954.00
Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Highway Reimbursements: Balance January 1, 1950 Borrowed during 1950 Payments in 1950 Balance to 1951
$ 36,500.00 25,300.00
$ 36,500.00
25,300.00
$ 61,800.00
$ 61,800.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds: Balance January 1, 1950 Received in 1950 Payments 1950 Balance to 1951
$ 5,276.96
996.48
$ 5,905.36
368.08
$ 6,273.44 $ 6,273.44
$ 600.00
1,354.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
283
Perpetual Care Fund Income-Forest Glade Cemetery : Balance January 1, 1950 Receipts-Interest on Various Funds
$ 106.92
626.96
$ 609.32
124.56
$ 733.88 $ 733.88
Income on Post War Rehabilitation Fund: Balance January 1, 1950 Received in 1950 Transfer-Payment Balance to 1951
$ 5,408.93
3,896.73
2,475.00
6,830.66
$ 9,305.66 $ 9,305.66
Sale of Real Estate: Balance January 1, 1950 Received in 1950 Balance to 1951
$ 11,976.00 319.00
$ 12,295.00
$ 12,295.00
$ 12,295.00
Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery: Balance January 1, 1950 Receipts for 1950 Appropriation for Cemetery Division
$ 2,147.00
2,021.00
$ 2,100.00
Balance available for appropriation
2,068.00
$ 4,168.00 $ 4,168.00
Analyses of Light Department Account: Operation Account:
Balance January 1, 1950
$ 70,188.70
661,619.86
Receipts for 1950 Transfers from Construction Account
35,188.70 240,249.59
Transfers from Depreciation Account Transfers from Fire Alarm Account Payments Transfer to Revenue
7,551.75
$ 829,386.59
35,000.00
Transfers to Construction Account
35,188.70
65,077.04
Transfers to Depreciation Account Balance to 1951
50,146.27
$ 1,014,798.60
$ 1,014,798.60
Payments for Expenses-Cemetery Division Balance to 1951
284
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Depreciation Account: Balance January 1, 1950 Transfers from Operation Account Transfers to Operation Account Balance to 1951 Account
$316,347.40
65,077.04
$240,249.59
141,174.85
$381,424.44
$381,424.44
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Appropriation Transfer to Operation Balance to Revenue
$ 8,600.00
$ 7,551.75
1,048.25
$ 8,600.00 $ 8,600.00
Construction Fund :
Transfer from Operation Account 1949
$ 35,188.70
Transfer to Operation Account 1950
$ 35,188.70
Guarantee Deposit Account:
Cash on Hand January 1, 1950
$ 37,760.45
Receipts
12,910.34
Payments Balance, Cash on Hand December 31, 1950
8,976.36
41,694.43
$ 50,670.79
$ 50.670.79
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank Wakefield Trust Company-Checking Account
$ 35,000.00
6,694.43
$ 41,694.43
JOHN J. MCCARTHY,
Town Accountant
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund: Balance January 1, 1950, Transfer from Overlay 1948
$ 6,734.03
5,139.33
1,986.25
Transfer from Reserve Fund Appropriation to Reserve Fund Balance December 31, 1950
$ 6,000.00 7,859,61
$ 13,859.61
$ 13,859.61
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
285
Tax Titles :
Outstanding January 1, 1950
Certificates of Takings
Redemptions-Cash
Adjustment Entry
Abatements
Outstanding December 31, 1950
$ 83,077.04
2,546.96
$ 17,101.06 24.96
2,050.00
66,447.98
$ 85,624.00
$ 85,624.00
Tax Title Possessions:
Outstanding January 1, 1950
$ 1,876.34 15,037.41
Foreclosure Low Value Sale Sale of Property Outstanding December 31, 1950
$ 102.75
16,811.00
$ 16,913.75
$ 16,913.75
Sewer Connection Deposits:
Cash Balance January 1, 1950
$ 415.48
Cash Received
18,662.14
Cost of Connections
$ 13,949.53
Cash Returned
2,583.22
Balance December 31, 1950
2,544.87
$ 19,077.62
$ 19,077.62
Excess and Deficiency :
Balance January 1, 1950
$328,363.37
Tax Title Redemptions
2,063.65
Adjustment Entries
590.06
Abatements-Tax Titles
2,050.00
Military Service Credit
1,008.07
Old Age Ass't. Reimbursement
150.00
Refund-Welfare Department
346.00
Excess Revenue for 1950
87,782.87
Appropriations :
Chapter 90-Closing Entry
$ .36
Snow and Ice Removal
4,500.00
Tax Takings
974.59
Sewer Construction-Wharton Park
1,900.00
Sewer Construction-Pleasant Street
1,500.00
Memorial Plaque-American Legion
51.00
Veterans' Benefits
3,500.00
Health Department
110.00
Pension Dept. Public Works
240.82
Town Hall Expense
1,300.00
-
286
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Real Estate Tax 1950-Tax Title Adjustment
1,013.10
Police Dept .- Moving Expense
230.00
Police Dept .- Salaries Regular Patrolmen
549.30
Pension-Fire Department
330.00
Pension-Infirmary
229.62
Civil Defense
400.00
School Dept. Repairs-Expense
2,786.86
Town Hall Study-Dept. Public Works
200.00
Free Cash to Revenue
65,000.00
New Police Station Expense
1,400.00
Sewer Connections
8,000.00
Welfare Department-Unpaid Bills
187.05
Balance December 31, 1950
327,951.32
$422,354.02
$422,354.02
Trust Fund Account
Cash on Hand January 1, 1950
Funds Set Up in 1950
Interest for 1950
$ 84,405.32 2,700.00 1,796.31
Interest transferred to Library
$ 373.63
Interest transferred to Park Department
67.87
Payments and Transfers Perpetual Care Funds
626.96
Payments from Other Funds for 1950
436.32
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1950
87,396.85
$ 88,901.63
$ 88,901.63
ANALYSIS
Accumulated Interest Jan. 1, 1950 $ 5,529.06
$
Interest 1950 1,796.31
Payments or Transfers 1950
Funds and Interest Dec. 31, 1950 $ 84,696.85
Total of all funds as reported January 1, 1950 New Funds Set Up in 1950
Trust Funds $ 78,876.26 2,700.00
Forest Glade Perpetual Care Funds 1950
2,700.00
$ 81,576.26
$ 5,529.06
$ 1,796.31
$ 1,504.78
$ 87,396.85
$ 1,504.78
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
287
Statement of Appropriated Funds, Expenditures and Balances December 31, 1950
Bond Issues
Available Expended or Funds for the Year 1950 Transferred
Balances
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Selectmen's Department
$ 4,887.00
$ 4,877.76
$ 9.24
Accounting Department
7,348.30
7,343.61
4.69
Treasurer's Department
7,193.56
6,380.04
813.52
Collector's Department
7,619.96
7,619.13
.83
Assessors' Department
15,242.61
15,242.61
Legal Department
2,565.50
2,390.88
174.62
Town Clerk's Department
5,757.75
5,755.27
2.48
Vital Statistics
50.00
27.50
22.50
Town By-Laws - New Publication
490.00
345.00
145.00
Election and Registration
6,376.55
6,331.47
45.08
Election Expense - Selectmen
3,150.08
3,022.18
127.90
Board of Public Works
3,187.50
2,653.79
533.71
Town Hall
/11,121.06
8,679.36
2,441.70
Lafayette Building
5,469.23
5,309.62
159.61
$ 80,459.10
$ 75,978.22
$ 4,480.88
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department New Police Station Fire Department
$ 87,886.73
$ 84,295.30
$ 3,591.43
88,017.65
79,295.59
8,722.06
99,220.64
90,114.04
9,106.60
288
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Forest Warden Hydrant Rental Moth Department
270.00
256.31
13.69
10,525.00
10,525.00
14,233.66
14,042.66
191.00
Building Inspector Plumbing Inspector
3,732.05
3,730.77
1.28
921.30
921.30
Wire Inspector
679.15
636.48
42.67
Compensation Account
1,820.00
1,819.95
.05
Dog Officer
885.96
885.96
Animal Inspector
442.98
442.98
Sealer Weights and Measures
1,262.79
1,262.65
14
Civil Defense
400.00
321.14
78.86
$ 310,297.91
$ 288,550.13
$ 21,747.78
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health Department
$ 10,525.60
$ 10,368.80
$ 156.80
Care of Dumps
645.62
645.16
46
Garbage Collection
7,000.00
6,301.73
698.27
Sewer Department
11,503.83
11,503.83
Sewer Connections
18,000.00
15,579.77
2,420.23
Sewer Survey Preliminary
2,469.83
2,284.38
185.45
Sewer Survey Montrose District
14,962.49
3,600.00
11,362.49
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1950
6,400.00
6,400.00
Wharton Park Sewer
1,900.00
1,900.00
Pleasant Street Sewer
1,500.00
1,091.07
408.93
$ 74,907.37
$ 57,774.74
$ 17,132.63
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
289
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Highway Department Maintenance Expense
$ 113,583.78
$ 108,108.17
$ 5,475.61
Chap. 90 Maintenance 1950
4,200.00
4,198.72
Chap. 90 Main St. Construction 1949
15,782.46
15,159.59
Chap. 90 Main St. Construction 1950
33,314.65
23,299.90
1.28 622.87 10,014.75 33.68
New Way, Water Street to Crescent Street
50.00
16.32
New Sidewalks 1948
39.62
39.62
New Sidewalks 1949
3.29
3.29
New Sidewalks 1950
15,000.00
12,763.15
2,236.85
Sidewalk and Curbing-Vernon Street
16,929.00
14,658.26
2,270.74
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks 1949
256.24
256.24
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Sidewalks 1950
10,000.00
9,484.22
515.78
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Streets 1949
3,756.55
3,756.55
Drainage Special
900.00
772.18
127.82
Replacing Defective Curbing 1950
3,500.00
2,774.42
725.58
Foster's Lane Construction
2,248.52
2,248.52
Construction Public Ways 1950
6,400.00
3,249.83
3,150.17
Rental Parking Area
165.00
138.60
26.40
Road Machinery Account
1.00
1.00
$ 226,130.11
$ 194,922.51
$ 31,207.60
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS:
Welfare Department: General Relief
$ 33,544.67
$ 32,955.28
$ 589.39
Aid Dependent Children-Town Funds
26,370.00
26,370.00
Old Age Assistance-Town Funds
189,521.12
189,440.25
80.87
Aid Dependent Children-Federal Funds
19,024.02
10,880.09
8,143.93
Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
142,189.79
124,928.70
17,261.09
290
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Infirmary Veterans' Benefits Department of Veterans' Services
16,719.15
15,451.02
1,268.13
38,143.11
36,935.54
1,207.57
434.60
394.58
40.02
$ 465,946.46
$ 437,355.46
$ 28,591.00
EDUCATION :
School Department
$ 600,158.93
$ 595,930.28
$ 4,228.65
School Lunch Fund
14,418.58
12,985.46
1,433.12
School Athletic Fund
8,870.82
5,350.16
3,520.66
High School Addition-Plans and Preliminary Expense
5,576.33
5,432.45
143.88
High School Planning Committee Expense
15,000.00
322.00
14,678.00
Professional Survey-Schools
4,500.00
3,600.00
900.00
Elementary Schools-Planning Committee Expense
4,500.00
20.75
4,479.25
10,000.00
8,678.75
1,321.25
Franklin School Plumbing Alterations School Dept .- Emergency Repairs Library Department
2,786.86
2,786.84
02
41,454.94
41,432.40
22.54
$ 707,266.46
$ 676,539.09
$ 30,727.37
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department Water Street Playground-Additional Land
$ 19,547.21
$ 19,285.08
$ 262.13
100.00
100.00
Hall Property Improvement
500.00
500.00
Cemetery Department
8,381.60
8,381.60
Perpetual Care Fund -DeRenne
100.00
100.00
Memorial Day Marker-American Legion
51.00
51.00
Recreation Commission
5,800.93
5,800.93
Miscellaneous Account
2,142.33
1,722.83
419.50
291
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Finance Committee Street Lights Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights Rifle Range Fire and Liability Insurance
200.00
14.01
26,000.00
185.99 26,000.00 7,551.75
1,048.25
800.00
748.72
51.28
12,518.32
10,920.89
1,597.43
Planning Board
125.00
52.50
72.50
Board of Appeals
675.00
394.73
280.27
Dog Licenses
2,416.00
2,416.00
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association
1,000.00
1,000.00
Memorial Day, Veterans' Organizations
1,600.00
1,554.23
45.77
Armistice Day, Veterans' Foreign Wars
75.00
50.00
25.00
Armistice Day, American Legion
100.00
67.50
32.50
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lease of Quarters
650.00
600.00
50.00
Purchase of Land, Metropolitan District Commission
1.00
1.00
Retirement Funds
44,393.64
44,393.64
Route No. 28-Committee Expense
100.00
100.00
$ 135,877.03
$ 131,277.39
$ 4,599.64
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Water Department
$ 109,697.58
$ 109,125.00
$ 572.58
Lake Quannapowitt
500.00
499.32
.68
Water Bonds
30,000.00
30,000.00
Water Interest
3,240.00
3,240.00
Water Supply Survey Committee Expense
2,000.00
2,000.00
$ 145,437.58
$ 142,864.32 $
2,573.26
TOWN
OF
WAKEFIELD
292
8,600.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT: Interest Maturing Debt
$ 19,080.00
$ 17,487.26
$ 1,592.74
78,723.04
78,723.04
$ 97,803.04
$ 96,210.30
$ 1,592.74
RESERVE FUND: BOND ISSUES:
$ 18,000.00
$ 16,013.75
$ 1,986.25
New Police Station Bond Issue
$ 100,000.00
$ 100,000.00
Water Supply Addition
3,063.05
2,767.09
295.96
Water Mains Extensions
5,517.29
402.07
5,115.22
Water Mains 1949
17,198.05
17,198.05
Water Mains 1950
100,000.00
53,943.99
46,056.01
Water and Sewerage Dept. Power Shovel
1,433.94
1,433.94
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1947
7,870.64
1,270.64
6,600.00
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1948
30,627.52
28,557.59
2,069.93
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1949
31,739.04
21,161.54
10,577.50
Sewer Construction Various Streets 1950
178,578.29
52,192.52
126,385.77
Sewer Construction Montrose 1949
84,791.60
80,951.18
3,840.42
Sewer Construction 1946-#1
191.79
191.79
Sewer Construction 1946-#2
8,213.94
8,213.94
Sewer Construction 1949
353.71
353.71
Sewers for Drainage-New Construction 1948
27,986.50
27,986.50
Sewers for Drainage-New Construction 1949
5,967.72
5,478.35
489.37
Construction Public Ways #1-1948
$
1,102.85
$
1,102.85
Construction Public Ways #2-1948
9,329.66
2,129.35
7,200.31
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
293
Construction Public Ways-1949 Street Construction 1950 Hurd School Addition
24,443.59
19,698.71
4,744.88
294
33,000.00
17,386.81
15,613.19
23,793.73
23,782.32
11.41
$ 695,202.91
$ 435,487.86
$ 259,715.05
Grand Totals
$ 695,202.91 $ 2,262,125.06 $ 2,552,973.77
$ 404,354.20
:
Appropriation Balances December 31, 1950-Transferred to Revenue (See Schedule A) Available Balances December 31, 1950-Carried forward to 1951 (See Schedule B)
$ 24,570.06
$ 379,784.14
$ 404,354.20
TOWN OF
WAKEFIELD
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1950
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$639,705.19 259,715.05
Uncommitted Betterments - Streets $ 420.79 Temporary Loans - Highway Reimbursements 25,300.00
Real Estate Taxes 1949
$ 9,720.35
Real Estate Taxes 1950
53,600.40
Perpetual Care Fund Income
124.56
Personal Property Taxes 1949
72.80
Income on Post War Rehabilitation Fund
6,830.66
Personal Property Taxes 1950
3,015.00
Excise Tax Revenue
22,743.32
Departmental Revenue
31,843.20
Poll Taxes 1949
$
4.00
Special Assessment Revenue
3,712.04
Poll Taxes 1950
104.00
Trust Fund Income
15.68
$ 108.00
Excise Taxes 1949
$ 179.01
Excise Taxes 1950
22,564.31
$ 22,743.32
Betterment Assessments 1949
$
36.25
Betterment Assessments 1950
1,754.63
$ 1,790.88
Sewer Assessments 1949
$ 175.57
Sewer Assessments 1950
865.18
$ 1,040.75
Moth Assessments 1949
$
14.50
Moth Assessments 1950
29.50
$ 44.00
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned 198.80
295
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
1
None Revenue Cash
$899,420.24
Premiums on Notes and Bonds 368.08
Sewer Connection Deposits 2,544.87
$ 66,408.55
Committed Interest 1949 Committed Interest 1950
$ 20.10 617.51
$ 637.61
Tax Collector-Petty Cash $ 100.00
School Lunch Fund-Petty Cash 300.00
School Athletic Fund-Petty Cash 600.00
Light Department-Petty Cash 400.00
$ 1,400.00 Reserve for Petty Cash Advances 1,400.00
$ 66,447.98
Tax Title Revenue 66,447.98
Tax Titles Accounts Receivable :
Health Department
$ 8,288.88
Welfare Temporary Aid
1,121.66
Welfare Aid Dependent Children 3,948.73
Old Age Assistance 2,111.86
School Department 16,183.89
Comm. of Mass .- Veterans' Burials 188.18
$ 31,843.20
State Aid - Highways
$ 6,563.80
County Aid - Highways
3,169.63
$ 9,733.43
Water Rates
$ 1,692.77
Water Services
476.04
$ 2,168.81 Water Revenue Municipal Light Revenue
2,168.81
$ 43,594.74
43,594.74
$ 41,694.43
Light Department Bills Special Cash-Municipal Light Guarantees Overlay: 1933 1934
$ 186.02
139.40
1935
190.01
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund 7,859.61 Excess and Deficiency 327,951.32
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
296
.
1936
141.33
1937
174.68
1938
62.44
1939 1940
165.98
1941
151.51
1942
146.68
1943
123.49
1944
87.44
1945
86.40
1946
85.16
1947
93.93
1949
608.80
1950
837.36
$ 3,433.47
Sewer Assessments Apportioned
$ 48,999.37
Sewer Assessments Apportioned:
Due in 1951
$ 11,317.17
Due in 1952
6,526.39
Due in 1953
5,931.38
Due in 1954
5,159.27
Due in 1955
5,130.93
Due in 1956
4,702.66
Due in 1957
3,940.55
Due in 1958
3,300.65
Due in 1959
1,504.01
Due in 1960
1,486.36
Betterment Assessments Apportioned
$ 94,429.19
Betterment Assessments Apportioned: Due in 1951 $ 11,372.07
REPORT
OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
297
$ 48,999.37
152.84
Due in 1952
10,540.70
Due in 1953
10,248.07
Due in 1954
10,195.59
Due in 1955
9,981.32
Due in 1956
9,742.49
Due in 1957
9,737.26
Due in 1958
9,725.38
Due in 1959
8,782.57
Due in 1960
4,103.74
Tax Title Possessions
$ 16,811.00
Tax Title Possessions Revenue
$ 16,811.00
Sale of Real Estate
12,295.00
Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery
2,068.00
Perpetual Care Bequests-Cemetery
145.00
Sale of Lots-Partial Payments
80.00
Perpetual Care Bequests-Partial Payments
85.00
Aid to Dependent Children-Reimbursements
206.75
Old Age Assistance-Reimbursements
1,354.00
Municipal Light Guarantee Deposits
41,694.43
Appropriation Balances :
Town By-Laws-New Publication
145.00
Dept. Public Works-Town Hall Study 200.00
Police Dept. - New Boat House
2,305.00
New Police Station 215.82
New Police Station Equipment
8,506.24
Dept. Public Works-New Police Station Expenses 430.37
Fire Dept .- New Fire Truck
8,000.00
298
TOWN OF
WAKEFIELD
$ 94,429.19
Fire Department-Other Expense 741.67
Health Dept .- Collection of Garbage 568.75 Sewerage Survey-Preliminary 185.45
Sewerage Survey - Montrose District 11,362.49
Wharton Park Sewer
1,900.00
Pleasant Street Sewer
408.93
Highway Dept.
- New Power
Shovel 1948 38.23
Highway Dept. - New Equip- ment 1948 1,064.18
Highway Dept.
- New Equip-
ment 1949
412.32
Highway Dept. - New Equip- ment 1950 1,105.74
Highway Const. Chap. 90 Main St. 1949 622.87
Highway Const. Chap. 90 Main St. 1950 10,014.75
New Way-Water St. to Crescent St. 33.68
New Sidewalks 1950 2,236.85
Sidewalk and Curbing-Vernon St. 2,270.74
Rebuilding and Resurfacing and Sidewalks 1950 515.78
Rebuilding and Resurfacing Streets 1949
3,756.55
Drainage Special 1950
127.82
Replacing Defective Curbing 1950 725.58
Foster's Lane Construction
2,248.52
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
299
Construction Public Ways 1950 3,150.17
Road Machinery Account 1.00
Willard Donnell Trust-Welfare 517.99
Aid Dep. Children-Federal Funds 6,742.63
Aid Dep. Children Adm .- Fed- eral Funds 1,401.30
Old Age Assistance Federal Funds 11,306.74 Old Age Asst. Adm .- Federal Funds 5,954.35 School Lunch Fund 1,433.12
School Athletic Fund
3,520.66
High School Addition - Plans
and Preliminary Expense 143.88
High School Planning Committee 14,678.00
Schools-Professional Survey 900.00
Elementary Schools Planning
Committee 4,479.25
Franklin School Plumbing Al- terations 1,321.25
Park Dept .- Hall Property Im- provements 500.00
Perpetual Care Fund - Joseph DeRenne 100.00
Veterans Foreign Wars-Lease of Quarters 50.00
Salary Director Board Public Works 328.46
Salary Clerk Board Public Works 125.00
Town Hall Expense 311.06
Civil Defense 78.86
$117,187.05
300
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Under Estimates State and County Charges: Auditing Municipal Accounts $ 01 Metropolitan Parks Reservations 807.10 Metropolitan Sewerage-North System 2,639.05
$ 3,446.16
Water Supply Survey
Purchase of Land-Met. District Commission $ 1.00
Over Estimates State and County Charges: County Tax $ 11,021.75
Middlesex County Hospital 714.16
Smoke Inspection Service 13.99
Route #28-Committee Expense
$ 11,749.90 $ 100.00
Agency and Trust:
Blue Cross Deductions $ 7.86
Federal Tax Deductions 10,816.57
Teachers' Retirement Deductions 2,002.98
$ 12,826.41
Municipal Light Department: Operation Fund $ 50,146.27
Depreciation Fund 141,174.85
$191,321.12
$ 1,096,678.88
Total Revenue Bond Issues-Non-Revenue Cash: Water Supply Addition $ 295.96
Water Mains Extensions-For- rester Road and Drury Lane 5,115.22
Water Mains Extensions-Vari- ous Streets 46,056.01
Water and Sewerage Depart- ment-Power Shovel 1,433.94
Sewer Construction: Various Streets 1947 6,600.00
$
2,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
301
Various Streets 1948
2,069.93
Various Streets 1949
10,577.50
Various Streets 1950
126,385.77
Montrose Sewer Construction 1949 3,840.42
Orchard Avenue and Other Streets
191.79
Special Drainage 1948
27,986.50
Special Drainage 1949
489.37
Highway Construction - Public
Ways 1948-First Issue 1,102.85
Highway Construction - Public Ways 1948-Second Issue 7,200.31
Highway Construction - Public Ways 1949
4,744.88
Highway Construction - Public Ways 1950 15,613.19
Hurd School Addition
11.41
$259,715.05
Grand Total
$ 1,356,393.93
$ 1,356,393.93
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Balance December 31, 1950
$152,396.85
Sweetser Lecture Fund
$ 10,000.00
Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Funds
3,410.11
Library Trust Funds
16,389.26
Park Trust Funds
5,575.84
School and Scholarship Funds
9,561.84
Old Cemetery Trust Funds
6,608.34
302
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
1950 Indebtedness Account
Outstanding January 1, 1950 Bonds Issued 1950 Payments 1950 Outstanding, December 31, 1950
$ 1,248,000.00 192,000.00
$ 114,000.00 1,326,000.00
$ 1,440,000.00
$ 1,440,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Sewers
$ 487,000.00
Highways
173,000.00
Water
289,000.00
Schools
210,000.00
Highway Building and Police Station Loan
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