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153.56
153.50
.06*
Street Lights
28,750.00
28,750.00
Nasella Playground-Chain Link Fence Installation
392.00
392.00
$ 292,362.20
$ 264,499.80
$ 27,862.40
$ 742,443.21
$ 665,464.04
$ 76,979.17
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TOTAL PUBLIC WORKS
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT: Salaries
$ 677,126.86 $ 670,106.79 $ 7,020.07*
Veterans' Pensions
6,004.87
6,004.87
Other Expense-1953
426.00 150,518.28
148,409.28
426.00* 2,109.00*
Other Expense 1954
Out of State Travel
250.00
246.21
3.79*
Adult Education
1,500.00
1,500.00
Trade Schools
6,100.00
4,408.85
1,691.15*
Athletic Fund
15,945.36
11,426.76
4,518.60 **
School Lunch Fund
38,809.48
34,560.56
4,248.92 **
Western Ave. School Construction Appropriation
32,653.84
31,667.24
986.60 **
Lowell Street Elementary School Appropriation High School Heating System-Conversion and Repair
23,000.00
23,000.00
George Barden Acct .- Adult Education
2,705.00
2,107.52
597.48 **
$ 990,039.69
$ 968,438.08
$ 21,601.61
Library
Salary Town Librarian
$ 4,650.00
$ 4,650.00
Salary Asst. Town Librarian
3,350.00
3,350.00
Salary Reference Librarian
3,000.00
3,000.00
Salary Circulation Librarian
3,250.00
3,250.00
Salary Children's Librarian
3,000.00
3,000.00
Salary Branch Librarian
3,000.00
3,000.00
Salary Administrative Assistant
2,600.00
2,600.00
Salary Library Assistant (Senior)
2,250.00
2,250.00
Salary Library Assistants (Junior)
4,200.00
4,200.00
Salary Clerk A (Part Time)
1,187.00
1,121.34
65.66*
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35,000.00
35,000.00
Salary Building Custodial Supervisor Salaries Part-Time Attendants Substitutions Other Expense
3,350.00
3,350.00
2,415.00
2,414.90
10*
550.00
549.50
50*
19,420.01
19,347.78
72.23*
$ 56,222.01
$ 56,083.52
$ 138.49
TOTAL EDUCATION
$ 1,046,261.70
$ 1,024,521.60
$ 21,740.10
Miscellaneous Account
$
4,270.00
$ 1,325.74
$ 2,944.26 **
Recreation
Salary of Supervisor
800.00
800.00
Salaries of Assistants
3,880.00
3,800.00
Head of Lake Area-Salaries of Attendants
1,200.00
1,200.00
Other Expense
2,000.00
2,000.00
New Equipment
1,500.00
1,500.00
New Equipment-Little League
144.00
144.00
Tennis Court-Maple Way Playground
1,263.00
1,263.00
Finance Committee-Clerical Assistance Other Expense
700.00
686.50
13.50*
Insurance-Fire Loss-Town Hall
43,120.79
43,120.79 **
Repairs to Town Hall
500.00
500.00 **
Town Hall Building Committee
500.00
500.00 **
Town Hall Study Committee
200.00
200.00 **
Capital Outlay Committee
1,000.00
845.60
154.40 **
Planning Board
385.00
330.08
54.92*
Board of Appeals
410.00
402.18
7.82*
Personnel Board
500.00
499.52
48*
Armistice Day-Veterans' Organizations
250.00
220.00
30.00*
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
250.00
244.16
5.84*
Memorial Day-Veterans' Organizations American Legion-Rental of Quarters
1,800.00
1,797.57
2.43*
1,200.00
1,200.00
Quarters for Veterans of Foreign Wars
1,200.00
1,200.00
Restore G. A. R. Lot-Lakeside Cemetery
150.00
150.00
Memorial Tablet
400.00
137.00
263.00 **
Visiting Nurse Association
1,000.00
1,000.00
Rifle Range Company E-182nd Infantry
1,000.00
857.21
142.79*
Rifle Range Medium Tank Co .- 182nd Inf.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Insurance
38,535.00
37,903.04
631.96*
Improvements Hall Park Property-North Ave.
185.82
184.60
1.22*
Hall Park Property-North Ave.
1,500.00
1,500.00 **
Purchase Land-Breakheart Reservation
2,000.00
2,000.00 **
Purchase of Land-Traffic Circle-Elm Street
1.00
1.00 **
Photographs-Deceased Korean War Veterans
69.00
66.00
3.00*
$ 113,013.61
$ 60,936.20
$ 52,077.41
STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
County Tax
$ 64,042.07
$ 61,774.16
$ 2,267.91 **
Middlesex County Hospital
27,266.08
26,264.21
1,001.87 **
Purchase of Land-Metropolitan District Commission
1.00
1.00 **
Metropolitan Parks Reservations
23,220.12
22,856.54
363.58 **
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan-North System
35,766.83
34,955.00
811.83 **
State Charges
2,567.50 ***
State Charges-Smoke Inspection
495.02
440.16
54.86 **
State Charges-Contributory Retirement System
97.43
97.43
1,081.82 ***
State Audit-Municipal Accounts
6,022.61
6,022.61
Boston Arena Authority
2,567.50 ***
Dog Licenses from Town Clerk
2,831.80
2,811.40
20.40 **
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Retirement System-Pension Accumulation Fund Retirement System-Credit Members Military Service Retirement System-Expense Fund
64,650.00
64,650.00
484.03
484.03
3,335.00
3,335.00
TOTAL STATE AND COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
$ 228,211.99
$ 223,690.54
$ 10,738.27
*** State Charge Carried Forward
AGENCY AND TRUST
Blue Cross Deductions
$ 22,743.22
$ 21,566.65
$ 1,176.57 **
Federal Tax Deductions
176,252.20
161,034.09
15,218.11 **
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
30,427.28
27,872.28
2,555.00 **
TOTAL AGENCY AND TRUST
$ 229,422.70
$ 210,473.02
$ 18,949.68
Light Operation
$ 1,264,337.80
$ 1,160,044.17
$ 104,293.63 **
Depreciation
119,034.52
57,748.42
61,286.10 **
Construction
68,695.44
68,695.44
Maturing Debt
254,554.24
248,639.90
5,914.34*
Interest
82,341.74
80,856.57
1,485.17*
$ 1,788,963.74
$ 1,615,984.50
$ 172,979.24
BOND ISSUES
Street Construction 1948-No. 2
$ 2,274.88
$ 2,274.88 **
Street Construction Loan-1951
3,867.42
34.91
3,832.51 **
Special Bond Issue Transfer
1,270.98
1,270.98 **
Street Construction-1953
36,266.41
18,595.74
17,670.67 **
Street Construction-1954
25,000.00
9,545.62
15,454.38 **
Water Supply Addition
(Const. of Wells and Pumping Station)
295.96
295.96 **
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Lay or Relay Water Mains-1954 Lay or Relay Water Mains 1953 W. & S. Power Shovel
70,000.00
25,686.98
44,313.02 **
18,856.65
18,856.65
1,433.94
1,433.94
B. P. W. New Equipment-1954
1,433.94
366.63
1,067.31 **
Sewer Construction-1948
339.62
339.62 **
Sewer Construction-1949
10,312.60
10,312.60 **
Sewer Construction-1951
32,848.81
234.59
32,614.22 **
Sewer Construction-1952
3,583.74
3,583.74 **
Sewer Construction-1953
50,118.33
26,374.31
23,744.02 **
Hurd School Addition
11.41
11.41 **
Lowell Street School
3,742.87
3,597.11
145.76 **
High School Building No. 2-1953
1,330,913.80
970,443.82
360,469.98 **
High School Site
636.78
636.78 **
Sewers for Drainage-1948
14,843.76
14,843.76 **
Sewers for Drainage-1949
489.37
489.37 **
TOTAL BOND ISSUE
$ 1,608,541.27
$ 1,075,170.30
$ 533,370.97
* Appropriation Balances December 31, 1954-Transferred to Revenue
** Appropriation Balances December 31, 1954-Carried Forward to 1955
*** State and County Assessment Over and Under-Estimates Carried Forward to 1955
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REPORT
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1954.
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$805,186.11 533,370.97
Temporary Loans
$ 39,700.00
Non-Revenue Cash
Reserve for State and County Aid-Highways
2,214.14
Premium on Notes and Bonds
1,226.17
Real Estate Tax 1953
$ 11,812.64
Sewer Connection Deposits
4,103.87
Real Estate Tax 1954
55,597.34
Trust Fund Income
15.68
$ 67,409.98
Perpetual Care Funds Income
1,326.03
Personal Property Tax
Overlay 1949
70.72
1951
$ 920.00
Overlay 1950
1952
110.00
Overlay 1951
1,941.01
1953
415.65
Overlay 1952
362.96
1954
3,327.14
Overlay 1953
6,279.41
Poll Tax 1951
$ 10.00
Overlay Surplus
2,450.52
Poll Tax 1952
4.00
Excess and Deficiency
452,311.52
Poll Tax 1953
48.00
Poll Tax 1954
136.00
$ 198.00
Excise Tax 1950
$ 4.42
Excise Tax 1951
463.73
Excise Tax 1952
444.40
Excise Tax 1953
1,468.22
Excise Tax 1954
46,012.40
$ 48,393.17
Excise Tax Revenue
48,393.17
264
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
$
4,772.79
Overlay 1954
1,958.40
3.20
$ 1,338,557.08
Betterments 1953 Betterments 1954
2,830.23 $
899.89
$ 3,730.12 Betterments 1952
16.75
Sewers 1953
$ 39,012.30
Sewers 1954
1,189.31
$ 40,201.61
Betterments Not Apportioned
$
43,686.52
Sewers Not Apportioned
36,266.67
Committed Interest 1953
$
181.24
Committed Interest 1954 493.60
$
674.84
Special Assessment Revenue
51,972.11
Due from Post War Rehabilitation Fund
$
7,445.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
11,268.16
Light Dept. Petty Cash
$ 400.00
Tax Collector Petty Cash 100.00
School Lunch Fd. Petty Cash 300.00
School Ath. Fd. Petty Cash 800.00
$ 1,600.00
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances 1,600.00
Revenue 1955
$ 25,000.00
Tax Titles
$ 28,562.23
Tax Title Revenue $ 28,562.23
Accounts Receivable :
Health Department
$ 11,636.03
Welfare Department 4,876.90
Aid Dependent Children 2,103.62
Old Age Assistance 812.35
School Department
167.66
Comm. of Mass., Veterans' Burials 138.21
Exempt Real Estate Taxes
946.68
$ 20,681.45
$ 20,681.45
143RD
ANNUAL
REPORT
Accounts Receivable : Departmental Revenue $ 19,480.81 Comm. Mass. Veterans' Burials 253.96
Exempt Real Est. Taxes Revenue 946.68
265
State Aid-Highways
County Aid-Highways
$ 10,117.58 5,608.82
$ 15,726.40
Water Rates
$ 3,859.83
Water Services
868.12
$ 4,727.95
Water Revenue $ 4,727.95
Hurricane Overdraft
$
6,410.61
Municipal Light Bills
$ 113,093.94
Municipal Light Revenue
$ 113,093.94
Special Cash-Municipal Light Guarantees
33,681.47
Municipal Light Guarantee Deposits
33,681.47
Municipal Light Operation Fund
104,293.63
Municipal Light Depreciation Fund
61,286.10
Sewer Assessments Apportioned $ 87,072.71
Sewer Assessments Apportioned :
Due in 1952
$ 288.10
Due in 1955
17,934.01
Due in 1956
11,864.34
Due in 1957
11,129.93
Due in 1958
10,299.40
Due in 1959
8,687.04
Due in 1960
8,508.68
Due in 1961
7,462.49
Due in 1962
5,994.29
Due in 1963
3,633.84
Due in 1964
1,270.59
$ 87,072.71
Betterment Assessments Apportioned $ 82,334.81
Betterment Assessments Apportioned: Due in 1955 $ 13,543.91 Due in 1956 13,220.25
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Due in 1957
13,053.53
Due in 1958
12,980.23
Due in 1959
12,307.03
Due in 1960
8,938.25
Due in 1961
5,136.79
Due in 1962
2,536.68
Due in 1963
618.14
V
$ 82,334.81
Tax Title Possessions
$ 50,198.97
Tax Title Possessions Revenue
$ 50,198.97
Sale of Real Estate
12,476.00
Sale of Lots and Graves
3,148.00
Perpetual Care Bequests-Cemetery
385.00
Partial Payments-Sale of Lots-Cemetery
80.00
Partial Payments-Perpetual Care-Cemetery
85.00
Aid to Dependent Children-Recovery
865.00
Old Age Assistance-Recovery
12,053.45
Disability Assistance-Recovery
181.02
Disability Assistance Recipients-Federal Funds
98.36
Disability Ass't. Adm .- Federal Funds
117.41
Aid to Dep. Children Recipients-Federal Funds
5,923.65
Aid to Dep. Children Adm .- Federal Funds
269.39
Old Age Assistance Recipients-Federal Funds
12,542.18
Old Age Ass't. Adm. Federal Funds
129.75
Willard Donnell Trust-Welfare
48.85
State Charges State Charges-Contributory Retirement System
$ 2,567.50
County Tax
2,267.91
State Charges-Smoke Inspection
54.86
1,081.82 Middlesex County Hospital
1,001.87
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Purchase of Land-Metropolitan District Comm. 1.00
Metropolitan Parks Reservations 363.58
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan-North System 811.83
Boston Arena Authority 2,567.50
Dog Licenses from Town Clerk
20.40
Blue Cross Deductions
1,176.57
Federal Tax Deductions
15,218.11
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
2,555.00
Memorial Tablet 263.00
General Appropriation Balances
170,319.56
Total Revenue $ 1,494,438.00
Bond Issues Non-Revenue Cash :
Highway Const. Bond Issue No. 2 $2,274.88
Street Const. Loan 1951 3,832.51
Highway Dept. Spec. Bond Issue Transfer 1,270.98
Construction Public Ways 1953 17,670.67
Construction Public Ways 1954 15,454.38
Water Supply Addition 295.96
Relaying Water Mains 1954 44,313.02
Board Public Works-New Equipment 1954 1,067.31
Sewer Const. Various Streets 1948 339.62
Sewers for Drainage-New Const. 14,843.76
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Sewer Const .- Various Streets 1949 10,312.60
Sewers for Drainage-New Const. 1949
489.37
Sewer Loan 1951
32,614.22
Sewer Loan 1953
23,744.02
Sewer Const. Lowell St. and Pine
Hill Circle-School Site
3,583.74
Hurd School Addition
11.41
Lowell Street School Const.
145.76
High School Bldg. Const. 360,469.98
High School Site 1952
636.78
$ 533,370.97
Grand Total
$ 2,027,808.97
$ 2,027,808.97
Cash on Hand December 31, 1954
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS $ 103,121.18
Sweetser Lecture Fund
$ 10,371.91
Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund
3,799.03
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Funds
1,918.31
Forest Glade Cemetery Funds
47,355.00
Library Trust Funds
16,389.26
Park Trust Funds
5,831.98
Old Cemetery Trust Funds
7,200.52
School and Scholarship Funds
10,255.17
$ 103,121.18
$ 103,121.18
143RD
ANNUAL
REPORT
269
RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS - CASH AND SECURITIES
Balance January 1, 1954 Refunds
$ 344,482.98 51.50
Payments:
Pensions and Annuities
$ 68,165.51
Investment Income
7,966.58
Administrative Expense
3,329.05
Transfers from Payroll Deductions
42,082.74
Refunds-Members Deductions
6,891.38
From Town Appropriations: For Pensions $ 64,560.00
Interest Balance, December 31, 1954
156.43
384,420.46
Members Military Service 484.03
Expense Fund
3,335.00
68,379.03
$ 462,962.83
$
462,962.83
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. MCCARTHY,
Town Accountant
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
1954 Indebtedness Account
Outstanding January 1, 1954 Bonds Issued 1954 Payments 1954 Outstanding December 31, 1954
$ 4,176,000.00 95,000.00
288,000.00 3,983,000.00
$ 4,271,000.00
$ 4,271,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Sewers
$ 565,000.00
Streets
222,000.00
Water
351,000.00
Schools
2,642,000.00
Light
80,000.00
Highway Building and Police Station Loan
123,000.00
$ 3,983,000.00
Loans Outstanding
Due
Due
Due
Du
Due
Due
Due
Due
Due 1965
Due 1966
Due 1967
Due
Due
Duc
Due
Due
Duc
Dec. 31, 1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1964
$ 62,000.00
$
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
65,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
Sewer Loan 1949
190,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
$ 10,000.00
$ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00
$ 10,000.00 $ 10,C00.00
Sewer Loan 1950
43,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
Sewer Loan 1951
43,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sewer Loan 1953
162,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Street Loan 1947
18,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
5,000.00
Street Construction Loan 1950
18,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Street Construction Loan 1951
28,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
96,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
Street Construction Loan 1954
25,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Water Mains Relaying Loan 1946
18,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1948
35,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1950
72,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1951
21,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Water Bonds 1953
45,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Water Mains Relaying Loan 1954
70,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Highway Bldg. & Police Station Loan 1947
48,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
Police Station Loan 1949
75,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000,00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Hurd School Bldg. Loan 1948
150,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00 10,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
School Loan 1951
487,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00
28,000.00 5,000.00
28,000.00 5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
High School Construction
950,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000,00
High School Const. Loan No. 2
950,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
Municipal Light Const. 1952
80,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000,00
5,000.00
$ 3,983,000.00 $289,000.00
$288,000.00
$270,000.00
$268,000.00 $262,000.00 $255,000.00 $249,000.00
$233,000.00 $227,000.00
$212,000.00
$197,000.00 $188,000.00 $185,000.00
$180,000.00
$165,000.00
$150,000.00
$140,000.00
$115,000.00 $110,000.00
Street Loan 1948, Second Issue
12,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Street Loan 1949
25,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Water Construction Loan 1952
40,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
High School Bldg. Site
105,000.00
9,000.00
8,000.00
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
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
Sewer Loan 1946
Sewer Loan 1948
10,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00 10,000.00
25,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
1968
Due 1962
Due 1963
Street Bond 1953
Water Mains Loan 1949
271
143RD ANNUAL REPORT
Index to Town Officers' Reports
Page
General Government:
Appeals Board
13
Assessors' Board 10
Capital Outlay Committee 40
Contributory Retirement Board
13
Personnel Board
37
Planning Board
12
Selectmen's Report
5
Town Clerk
7
Town Officers
2
Protection of Persons and Property :
Animal Inspector
26
Building Inspector
22
Civil Defense Director 27
Dog Officer
26
Fire Department
20
Forest Warden
22
Plumbing Inspector 25
15
Sealer of Weights and Measures
27
Wire Inspector
23
Health and Welfare:
Compensation Agent 36
Health Department 28
Recreation Commission 38
Veterans' Services and Benefits 36
Welfare Department
29
Maintenance:
Board of Public Works 40
Director of Public Works Report
41
Engineering Division
42
Highway Division 49
Moth and Tree Division 43
Park and Cemetery Division
43
Sewer Division 49
Water Division
44
Education:
Library Trustees
86
School Department 54
Sweetser Lecture Committee 85
Police Department
272
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Public Service Enterprises:
Municipal Light Department 93
General Government, Technical Reports:
Births 170
Deaths
192
Dog Licenses 164
Election Results
100
Jurors
164
Marriages
182
Sporting Licenses
164
Town Meetings
109, 126, 134, 137
Town Meetings, Special
145, 157, 159
Treasurer's Report, Trust Funds 197
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Analyses of Light Department Account
244
Balance Sheet
264
Excess and Deficiency
245
Indebtedness Account
Insert following 270
Payments
228
Accounting Department
229
Assessors' Department
230
Board of Public Works
233
Buildings 233
234
Cemetery Division
235
Highway Division 237
Moth and Tree Division
235
Park Division
235
Sewer Division
236
Water Division 236
Bond Premium
242
Building Inspector
232
Civil Defense
231
Collector's Department
229
Compensation
232
Dog Officer
232
Election Expense
230
Election and Registration 230
Fire Department
231
Health Department
233
Page
273
143RD ANNUAL REPORT
Interest
242
Legal Department
229
Library
240
Light Department
242
Maturing Debt
242
Plumbing Inspector
232
Police Department
230
Recreation
241
Refunds
243
School Department
239
Sealer of Weights and Measures
232
Selectmen's Department
228
Town Clerk's Department
230
Treasurer's Department
229
Unclassified
241
Veterans' Benefits and Services
239
Welfare Department
238
Wire Inspector
232
Receipts for 1953
224
Appeals Board
224
Agency and Trust
227
Board of Public Works
226
Cemetery Division
226
Park Division
226
Sewer Division
227
Water Division 226 225
225
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
227
County
227
Court Fines
224 227
Fire Department
225
Foreclosed Tax Titles
224
General Loans
228
Health Department
225
Infirmary
225
Interest
224
Library
226
Licenses and Permits
224
Light Department
227
Motor Vehicle Excise
224
Old Age Assistance
226
Petty Cash
228
Plumbing Inspector
225
Police Department
225
Refunds 228
School Department 226
Sealer of Weights and Measures 225
Special Assessments
224
Building Inspector
Collector
Federal Govt.
274
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Taxes-current year 224
Taxes-prior years 224
Town Clerk 225
Trust Funds, Interest
224
Welfare Department
225
Wire Inspector 225
Reserve Fund 245
Retirement System Funds Statement 270
Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures 246
Supplementary Balance Sheet 269
Tax Dollar Breakdown Chart 221
Town Accountant's Statement
222
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