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2,304.36
Office Supplies
159.24
Travel, Telephone
20.78
Printing and Postage
70.32
All Other
7.00
Aid
Cash Grants
37,485.13
40,046.83
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Salaries
6,551.17
Office Supplies
464.85
Printing, Postage
278.39
Telephone
83.65
Travel Expense and All Other
97.30
Aid
Cash Grants
251,180.05
Other Cities and Towns
3,014.08
261,669.49
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VETERANS' BENEFITS
General Administration
Salaries
448.00
Travel and All Other
100.62
Aid
Cash Grants
17,754.74
Fuel
14.00
Medical
6,305.54
Burial
12.00
Other Cities and Towns
35.00
24,669.90
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARY
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS
Salary of Superintendent
5,200.00
Clerks in Superintendent's Office
2,953.58
Truant Officer
225.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
87.88
Telephones
899.18
Travel Expenses
174.17
Office Expense
88.91
All Other
728.54
Teachers' Salaries
155,462.75
Elementary High
86,062.85
Text and Reference Books
Elementary
3,015.35
High
1,696.92
Supplies
Elementary
3,207.16
High
2,575.66
Transportation
Elementary
6,955.07
High
3,999.96
Janitors' Services
14,094.47
Elementary High
11,361.27
Fuel and Light
Elementary
4,282.03
High 3,762.49
Maintenance of Building and Grounds
Elementary 9,490.12
High 3,380.44
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Miscellaneous Operation
Elementary
1,173.14
High
417.52
Tuition
Elementary
559.11
High
69.50
Janitors' Supplies High
559.75
Outlay
Elementary
98.05
High
191.90
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
Elementary
27.50
High
41.05
Insurance
9.50
Health
139.46
Physician and Nurse
Elementary
2,233.41
High
1,026.07
All Other
30.00
Elementary
5.00
326,284.76
School Lunch and Athletic
17,950.20
School Building Committee
2,556.65
School Boilers
7,556.33
Vocational School
7,000.00
School Lighting
3,753.15
LIBRARIES
The Millicent Library
11,716.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PARK DEPARTMENT
Labor
4,458.54
Office Expense
6.50
Equipment and Repairs Loam
308.00
Trees
10.00
Gasoline and Oil
48.20
Insurance
8.64
All Other
109.14
5,999.99
32
1,050.97
High
MEMORIAL DAY
Plants All Other
170.00 20.19
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
Claims
3,197.09
WORKINGMEN'S COMPENSATION
Premiums
1,900.00
INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS Premiums
3,523.23
VETERANS MEMORIAL
Preliminary Plans
871.00
Advertising
8.25
879.25
SALE OF REAL ESTATE FUND
Commission
85.00
MISCELLANEOUS TAILINGS
6.90
Tailings
BICYCLE REGISTRATION
55.56
UNPAID BILLS OF PRIOR YEARS
Approved by Annual Meeting
952.88
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES
SCONTICUT NECK WATER EXTENSION
Engineering
662.10
Contract
3,773.27
Material
1,368.65
Office Supplies
4.90
Advertising
25.66
All Other
77.56
5,912.23
UNION WHARF
Salary of Wharfinger
330.00
Lighting
9.00
Water
15.00
Repairs
87.91
441.91
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190.19
Supplies
WOODSIDE CEMETERY
Labor
147.14
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT INTEREST
Temporary Loans
In Anticipation of Revenue
226.40
General Loans
3,234.97
3,461.37
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans
In Anticipation of Revenue 100,000.00
General Loans
10,800.00
110,800.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT AGENCY
Taxes
State Taxes
3,099.47
County Tax
33,070.87
Licenses
Dog Licenses for County
3,295.80
TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Andrus Spriit Fund
257.41
Julia A. Stoddard Fund
447.72
Federal Withholding Tax
34,668.18
Mass. Hospital Service
4,010.07
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT
Payments to System 13,895.06
92,744.58
REFUNDS
Taxes
904.84
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
934.72
Water
6,397.22
Sewer
5,272.06
Etimated Receipts
108.90
Granolithic Sidewalks
225.54
All Other
4.62
13,847.90
1,348,498.46
Cash on Hand December 31, 1950
302,589.25
$1,651,087.71
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ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1950
ACCOUNTS
Balance
Forward
Appropriations
Credits
Trust
Funds & Grants
Payments
Balances
to Revenue
Balances
Forward
Selectmen's
Salaries
$1,815.00
$1,814.90
.10
Selectmen's Office Expense
4,500.00
4,155.80
75.70
268.50
Treasurer's Salary
2,845.00
2,845.00
Treasurer's Office Expense
5,190.00
$7.48
5,195.73
1.75
Collector's Salary
2,845.00
2,845.00
Collector's Office Expense
3,723.14
3,672.44
50.70
Tax Title Expense
$632.19
1,000.00
13.70
1,624.63
21.26
Assessors' Salaries
6,053.76
6,053.76
Assessors'
Office Expense
2,123.50
2,123.50
:Election and Registration
6,500.00
5,475.67
1,024.33
Town Meeting Expense
1,250.00
3.50
1,167.77
85.73
Salary of Moderator
50.00
50.00
Legal Expense
625.00
625.00
Planning Board
· 221.15
204.75
16.40
Board of Appeals
75.00
34.10
40.90
:. Salary of Auditors
300.00
300.00
Town Hall
9,500.00
8,943.76
556.24
Town Hall Repairs
2,816.87
3,500.00
2,753.76
3,563.11
Police Department
34,000.00
20.88
33,084.24
936.64
Police Radio Equipment
550.00
447.75
102.25
Police Automobile
161.09
3,700.00
2,482.50
1,378.59
Fire Department
29,993.00
29,989.81
3.19
Fire Alarm
1,251.13
1,248.82
2.31
Fire Alarm Equipment
2,190.95
2,190.26
.69
Salary-Supt. Fire Alarm
360.00
360.00
Hydrant Rental
9225.00
9,090.00
135.00
Forest Fires
100.00
30.00
70.00
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1950-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Balance Forward
Appropriations
Credits
Trust
Funds & Grants
Payments
Balances
Balances
Forward
Purchase of Gas Masks
647.55
647.55
Safety Council
25.00
10.00
15.00
Care of Trees
4,500.00
4,492.02
7.98
Salary of Tree Warden
200.00
200.00
Trees, Hurricane
69.16
69.00
16
Tree Sprayer
2,000.00
2,000.00
Insect Pest Extermination
300.00
297.80
2.20
Sealer Weights & Measures
1,500.00
1,468.74
31.26
Building Inspection
2,200.00
2,192.90
7.10
Salary of Building Inspector
550.00
550.00
Insurance on Town Buildings
319.39
3,350.00
21.00
3,523.23
167.16
Workingmens Compensation Insurance
1,900.00
1,900.00
Health
4,500.00
3,145.40
1,354.60
Health Salaries
720.00
720.00
Health Nursing Service
2,000.00
2,000.00
Dental Clinic
1,200.00
824.39
375.61
Diphtheria Immunization
125.00
120.00
5.00
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital
16,344.07
15,161.42
1,182.65
Shellfish Inspection
1,650.00
1,565.86
84.14
Propagation of Shellfish
2,003.14
200.00
1,936.50
266.64
Mosquito Control Maintenance
2,000.00
2,000.00
Sewer and Water Dept.
27,000.00
65.81
27,054.48
11.33
Salaries, Sewer and Water Commissioners
750.00
750.00
Pleasant Street Sewer
1,000.00
172.43
827.57
Rotch Street Sewer
6,917.52
6,917.52
Sewage Disposal Survey
3,865.76
50,000.00
12,512.33
41,353.43
Collection of Rubbish
12,000.00
11,933.71
66.29
to Revenue
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ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1950-Continued
Collection of Garbage
4,000.00
4,000.00
Highway Department
35,000.00
34,943.18
56.82
Salary Supt. of Highways
2,200.00
2,108.34
91.66
Street Lighting
11,250.00
11,113.55
136.45
Street Repairs
8,750.00
8732.61
17.39
Highway-Hard Surfacing
25,000.00
24,998.46
1.54
Chap. 90 Maintenance
152.15
3,000.00
2,690.61
461.54
Union Street
113.94
14.00
99.94
Sconticut Neck Road Construction
8,719.72
9,993.95
12,974.89
13,438.78
New Boston Road
1,044.28
131.68
912.60
Mill Road
977.86
422.05
555.81
Main Street
20,274.02
20,000.00
40,274.02
Center Street Widening
6,500.00
6,434.65
65.35
Bay View Avenue
267.16
173.37
93.79
Granolithic Sidewalks
1,528.24
2,000.00
3.58
3,524.66
Surface Drains
163.22
2,000.00
2,163.22
Engineering Expense
2,500.00
1,888.50
611.50
Highway Grader
11,500.00
10,066.56
1,433.44
Public Welfare
55,000.00
176.50
55,135.34
41.16
Public Welfare Administration
2,950.00
2,915.30
34.70
Administration - 1949
140.40
140.40
Infirmary
6,500.00
24.10
6,515.07
9.03
Infirmary Repairs
994.45
187.56
806.89
Aid to Dependent Children
25,000.00
356.90
15,192.50
37,485.13
3,064.27
Aid to Dependent Children Administrative
1,600.00
1,152.89
2,561.70
191.19
Old Age Assistance
160,000.00
1,932.39
108,702.50
254,194.13
16,440 76
Old Age Assistance Administrative
1,800.00
5,871.01
7,334.96
336.05
Old Age Assistance - 1949
140.40
140.40
Veterans' Benefits
24,560.04
170.50
24,729.94
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Veterans' Burial
632.00
632.00
Elementary High Schools
306,425.00
2.00
19,982.76
326,284.76
Vocational School
7,000.00
7,000.00
Oxford School
971.75
971.75
East Fairhaven School
1,146.50
1,146.50
School Building Committee
200.00
23,000.00
2,556.65
20,643.35
7,700.00
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS - 1950-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Balance
Forward
Appropriations
Credits
Trust
Funds & Grants
Payments
Balances
to Revenue
Balances
Forward
School Lighting
4,200.00
3,753.15
School Boilers
11,500.00
7,556.33
The Millicent Library
11,716.00
11,716.00
Park Department
6,000.00
5,999.99
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Memorial Day
350.00
190.19
159.81
Small Claims
259.08
500.00
497.09
261.99
Settlement of Claims
2,700.00
2,700.00
Post War Planning Expense
900.60
900.60
Veterans Memorial Committee Expense 150.00
150.00
Veterans Memorial
15,000.00
879.25
14,120.75
Academy Bldg. Repairs
194.60
194.60
Unpaid Bills of Prior Years
964.88
952.88
12.00
Bicycle Registrations
32.02
25.00
55.56
1.46
Reserve Fund
10,000.00
8,631.63
1,368.37
Union Wharf
125.00
111.91
13.09
Salary of Wharfinger
330.00
330.00
Sconticut Neck Water Project
11,903.13
5,912.23
5,990.90
Woodside Cemetery
150.00
147.14
2.86
Debt
11,600.00
10,800.00
800.00
Accrued Interest
2,550.00
2,550.00
Interest on Revenue Loans
600.00
226.40
373.60
Contributory Retirement Fund
6,775.00
6,775.00
$86,303.07 $1,091,656.74
$12,764.61
$151,125.76 $1,141,071.28
$8,715.56
$192,063.34
**
446.85 3,943.67
Jury List
Made up by Board of Selectmen-July 10, 1950
Name
Address
Business
William L. Lacasse
65 Cedar Street
Salesman
John H. Stetson
74 Center Street
Manager
James Nelson
307 Main Street
Bus driver
J. Edwin Jones, Jr.
87 Laurel Street
Purchasing Agent
Harold F. Adshead
Delmar S. Bisbee
76 Chestnut Street Adjuster 42 Church Street Manager 62 Church Street Clerk Chauffeur
Arthur Savaria
35 New Boston Road
Harold W. Crapo
6 Farmfield Street
Sales Clerk
Joseph M. Falcao
129 Adams Street
Ins. Agent
Joseph Mello
194 Huttleston Ave.
Landscape Gardener
Ovila Riendeau
75 Laurel Street
Maintenance Man Sales Manager
Arthur L. O'Leary
3 Fort Street
Charles G. Miller
19 Fort Street
Assist. Manager
George E. Sylvia, Jr.
39 Fort Street
Draftsman Salesman
William A. Gifford
82 Fort Street
Colby H. Benson
89 Fort Street
Supervisor
Thomas Joy
3A Green Street
Sales Engineer Retired
Everett Hilton
5 Green Street
Francis Roberts, Jr.
20 Adams Street
Unemployed Sales Clerk
Arthur R. Knox
40 Green Street
Sales Manager
William C. B. Smalley
49 Green Street
Painter Fisherman
Earl C. Jertson
70 Green Street
Executive
George A. Greene
40 Spring Street
Accountant
Joseph Rumney
15 Bay Street
Retired
George H. L. Norman
17 Cedar Street
Engineer
Harold A. Gifford
26 Bay Street
Retired
Frank Horsley
19 Laurel Street
Clerk
Fred A. Hubbard
38 Cedar Street
Elec. Engineer Grocer
Jack B. Hirschmann
9 Main Street
Manager Clerk
Hans A. Darwin
55 Main Street
Manager
Norman H. Dreher
8 Maple Avenue
Operator
Lloyd E. Burgess
12 Middle Street Clerk
Raymond G. Archambault
72 Adams Street
Proprietor
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Edward J. Wlodyka
41 Center Street
Ralph R. Grindrod
57 Main Street
Alfred Pauline
16 E. Allen Street
Allen G. Booth
31 Green Street
Eliot R. Mowatt
Business
Name
Address
41 Middle Street
9 Ash Street
Norman J. Hendricks
57 Bridge Street
Joseph L. McCarthy
131 Chestnut Street
Edward H. Bradley
114 Bridge Street
William F. Pelton, Jr. Lawrence Bradshaw
18 Lafayette St.
William F. Hunter
51 Huttleston Ave.
Metal Worker
Harold P. Baldwin
33 Lafayette St.
General Contractor
Alfred E. Scotti
47 Cherry Street
Clarence E. Bangs
125 Laurel Street
Cooper Jacques
132 Laurel Street
Roger M. Marx
22 Cherry Street
Norman C. Martin
16 Dover Street
Virginio B. Marshall
32 Coggeshall Street
Alan B. Cooper
19 Garrison Street
Robert Norris
25 Garrison Street
George L. Geiger
160 Main Street
Carlton Davis
182 Main Street
George T. Rowe
71 Massasoit Ave.
Allen B. Tulley
16 Garrison Street
J. Milton Rex Claude S. Tucker John M. Clara
14 Hawthorn Street
Jos. A. Damanche
37 Hawthorn Street
Roger J. Messier
13 Hedge Street
Foreman
Antone Thumudo
29 Howland Road
Spooler-tender
Edgar A. Viens Albert Bissonette Peter S. Gwozdz
32 Jesse Street
Vocal Instructor Foreman Operative
Charles J. Bender
305 Main Street
Bus Driver Carpenter
Alfred M. Belliveau
33 Winsegansett Ave. Pressman
Arthur Laubi
773 Washington Street
Electrician
Milton Johnson
774 Washington Street
Salesman
Thomas Perry
100 Weeden Road
Salesman
Wilfred St. Onge
372 Main Street
Unemployed
William Porter
327 Main Street
Walter R. Chace
335 Main Street
Francois X. Faford
362 Main Street
Louis A. Rogissart
399 Main Street
Carpenter
Ludger Bissonette, Jr.
403 Main Street
Salesman
Camille L. Charbonneau
404 Main Street Engineer
August Perry
13 W. Morgan Street
Section-hand
52 Massasoit Ave.
97 Middle Street
Dock Builder Section Hand Steam-fitter
53 Howland Road
41 Howland Road
Albert E. Murray
21 Winsegansett Ave.
Grocery Clerk Drug Clerk Carpenter
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Malcolm M. Cummings Morris E. Teixeira
Maintenance Man Fixer Grocery Clerk Dealer Dept. Head Service Man Boat Bldr.
30 Elm Avenue
Hairdresser Salesman Ins. Agent Broker Operator Restaurant Worker
Manager Wilder Managing Editor Electrician Clerk Car Inspector Teacher
Business
Name
Address
Omer Blanchette
448 Main Street
Albert E. Stanton
141 New Boston Road
Walter P. Jachna
46 Spruce Street
John P. O'Neill
30 Sycamore Street
Joseph F. Battestelli Arthur Lavoie
141 Sycamore Street
Harry Wilcock
388 Washington Street
Raymond T. Babbitt
71 Akin Street
Manager Draftsman
Charles A. Maxfield, Jr.
68 Akin Street
Charles R. Dugdale
292 Washington Street Salesman 3 Wood Street Cable splicer
George Shurtleff
5 Wood Street
Musician
Manuel Pauline
183 S. Neck Road
Machinist
Harold A. Clifford
26 Bayview Ave.
Retired
Paul A. Pifko
20 Bayview Ave.
Helper
Clifford L. Belcher
37 Bernese Street
Carpenter
Joseph A. Saladino
85 Bridge Street
Production Engineer Farmer
Frank Barcellos
459 Bridge Street
Robert Packard
171 Spring Street
Machinist Printer
Evariste J. Richard
20 Sedgewick Road
Custodian
Christopher P. Keough
60 Seaview Ave. Laborer
Harold J. Bosworth
17 Egypt Lane
Operator
Robert E. Crabbe
107 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Purchasing Agent
Rexford A. York
770 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Ernest C. Macomber
107 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Harry L. Martel
497 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Peter J. Adams
382 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Benjamin Knudsen
8 Gilbert Street
Malcolm R. Hathaway
239 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Manager
Rudolph L. Gendron
243 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Proprietor
Lawrence R. Marra
273 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Foreman
Joseph H. McKensie
346 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Assist. Engineer Mechanic
Raymond A. Davenport ·Walter H. Burns
65 Larch Avenue
Retired
5 Kane Street
Laborer
24 Larch Avenue
Salesman
Stuart M. Briggs
45 William Street
Howard E. Odiorne
27 North Street
Stephen R. Hall
211 Main Street
Office Manager
James M. Leadbetter
26 Washington Street
James T. Dunn
214 Main Street
Time study Journalist
Arthur Charbonneau George A. Snedden John W. Roberts
25 Lafayette Street
Newspaper work Sales manager Civil Engineer
24 Harvard Street
Poultryman Packer Machinist Electrician Fisherman
Arthur Rock
14 Sedgwick Road
Robert C. Caddell
350 Washington Street
Carpenter Chemist
Landscaper Poultry dealer Copper worker Truck Driver Oil Sta. Attendant
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Name
Address
Business
John I. Barney
63 Spring Street
Theodore F. Ring
74 Green Street
7 Rodman Street
Harold J. O'Brien Aldei Bedard
39 North Street
John A. Murley
65 Oxford Street
Paul Hirst
44 Spring Street
George C. Silsby
33 North Street
John Gracie
90 Church Street
Retired Propeller Adjuster Manager Fireman
Office Manager Plumber Sailmaker
Salesman
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Treasurer's Report CASH ACCOUNT - 1950
Receipts
Expenditures
$ 276,940.76 Jan. 1, 1950 Bal.
35,896.09
January
$ 82,422.15
24,243.21
February
73,615.00
38,216.80
March
100,359.80
126,506.73
April
102,853.31
25,970.39
May
106,030.04
71,171.77
June
96,050.28
87,305.84
July
113,883.96
191,387.14
August
93,180.22
171,955.19
September
102,365.39
245,697.26
October
150,461.19
269,852.00
November
192,982.24
85,944.53
December
134,294.88
Bal. Jan. 1, 1951
302,589.25
$1,651,087.71
$1,651,087.71
1950 Cash Receipts
$1,374,146.95
Selectmen's Warrants Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1950 .. $1,348,498.46
Cash on hand January 1, 1951 $ 302,589.25
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REPORT OF OUTSTANDING DEBT - DECEMBER 31, 1950
Debt Record Page No. New Bk
Old Bk
Date of Issue
Purpose of Loan
Rate
Date of Maturity
1951 Annual Payment
1951 Interest Payments
Amount Outstanding 1-1-51
1
71
Jan.
1, 1941
Scon. Neck Water Project
2%
1971
$2,000.00
$820.00
$42,000.00
4
76
Oct. 1, 1945
Scon. Neck Water Project
11/2%
1968
2,000.00
360.00
24,000.00
6
81
June 1, 1947
Scon. Neck Water Project
21/2%
1977
800.00
530.00
21,600.00
9
85
Oct. 1, 1948
Scon. Neck Water Project
21/2%
1963
2,000.00
600.00
24,000.00
11
88
Sept. 1, 1949
Drains on Scon. Neck Rd.
11/4%
1951
4,000.00
50.00
4,000.00
$10,800.00
$2,360.00
$115,600.00
Debt and Interest SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS DUE IN 1951
1951
Page No.
Interest
Debt Principal $2,000.00
Jan.
1
71
$420.00
March 1
88
25.00
April
1
76
180.00
April
1
85
300.00
June
1
81
270.00
800.00
July
1
71
400.00
Sept.
1
88
25.00
4,000.00
Oct.
1
76
180.00
2,000.00
Oct.
1
85
300.00
2,000.00
Dec.
1
81
260.00
Totals
$2,360.00
$10,800.00
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1950 Trust Funds
HENRY H. ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
Principal $10,953.00
Interest $328.60 37.86
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
1,262.12
The Citizens Savings Bank of Fall River
5,000.00
125.00
N. B. Five Cents Savings Bank
10,000.00
225.00
The Wareham Savings Bank
4,148.96
88.15
Bass River Savings Bank
4,000.00
90.00
Bristol County Savings Bank
1,867.14
37.34
Nantucket Institution for Savings
2,477.65
49.54
Middleboro Savings Bank
2,000.00
40.00
Securities in National Bank of Fairhaven:
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
15,231.25
600.00
First National Bank of Boston
5,025.00
350.00
N. B. Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
60.00
Acushnet Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
60.00
Mt. Washington Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
60.00
Mt. Washington Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
60.00
Workingmen's Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
50.00
Workingmen's Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
50.00
Boston & Albany R. R. Co.
8,000.00
340.00
U. S. Defense Bond Series G.
30,500.00
762.50
$112,465.12
$3,413.99
Transferred to School
$3,413.99
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$112,465.12
EDMUND ANTHONY JR. SCHOOL FUND
U. S. Defense Bond Series G. $10,000.00 $250.00
Transferred to School 250.00
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$10,000.00
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ABNER PEASE SCHOOL FUND
Principal $5,000.00
Interest $100.00 57.56
N. B. Five Cent Savings Bank
2,558.12
$7,558.12
$157.56
Transferred to School
157.56
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$7,558.12
ROGERS FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL FUND
City Bank & Farmers Trust Co. $495,387.30 $11,817.49
Transferred to School
11,817.49
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$495,387.30
JAMES RICKETTS TRUST FUND
N. B. Institution for Savings
$1,430.66
$28.60
Transferred to Riverside Cemetery and Infirmary
28.60
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$1,430.66
JULIA A. STODDARD TRUST FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
$223.93
$6.70
First National Bank of Boston
9,276.25
717.50
U. S. Defense Bonds Series G. 12,500.00
312.50
$22,000.18
$1,036.70
Paid to Recipients
1,036.70
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$22,000.18
HANNAH CHADWICK TRUST FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
$500.00
$15.00
Transferred to Estimated Receipts
15.00
Balance on hand January 1, 1951
$500.00
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N. B. Institution for Savings
POST WAR PLANNING FUND
Principal
Interest
United States Certificates of Indebtedness
$48,000.00
$600.00
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
3,151.82
84.97
51,151.82
684.97
Deposited in Fairhaven Inst. for Savings
684.97
Principal January 1, 1951 $51,151.82
ANDRUS SPRIIT FUND
U. S. Government Bond Series G. $10,000.00 $250.00
Report of Commissioners of Trust Funds
U. S. Certificates of Indebtedness in the amount of $48,000.00 matured on March 1, 1950. These were re- placed by a like amount of 11/4% Treasury Notes of Series B-1951 due July 1, 1951. This was the only change in the Trust Fund Investments during the year.
GEORGE B. LUTHER ORRIN B. CARPENTER CHARLES RADCLIFFE, JR.
Trust Fund Commissioners
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Tax Title Report
Twenty-Three Central Avenue Lynn, Mass. 608-612 Security Trust Bldg.
Telephone Lynn 2-5485
LAURENCE F. DAVIS Attorney and Counsellor-At-Law
Mr. Michael J. O'Leary Town Treasurer Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Dear Mr. O'Leary :
The activity in tax titles during the year 1950 has been a progressive one.
There were nine tax titles redeemed, resulting in the payment to the Town of $644.41 of back taxes and $41.06 of costs and interest, a total of $685.47.
There were seven tax titles foreclosed as lands of low value. Two of the parcels were sold for $55.00 and five went to tax possessions with a book value of $130.37.
There were three foreclosure decrees received from the Land Court and one new petition was filed during the yar and is now pending in the Court. Two of the three decrees received pertain to registered land and proceed- ings are underway to obtain new certificates of title that the Selectmen may proceed to sell these properties. Two new certificates of title were obtained during the year for parcles of registered land previously foreclosed.
On November 17, 1950, the Collector, Mr. Thomas J. McDermott, cooperated in the disclaiming of thirty-nine invalid tax titles. In connection with this disclaimer, we also treated with a tax title which, also disclaimed in 1936, had continued to be carried as a tax title. The detail of the work involved in the disclaimer is too lengthy to set forth here but the project was carried to a successful conclusion through the splendid cooperation of the Board of Assessors, the Collector and the Town Accountant. The
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result was that the Collector was able to gather in $2379.49 of back taxes, $1273.16 of interest and $38.00 of costs or a total of $3690.65 on these old accounts. The items retaken were in the amount of $2843.21 of taxes and in two years these accounts can be foreclosed if they have not been redeemed. Of the amounts abated, a substantial portion was in one item of $1527.01 and pertains to the tax title that was disclaimed in 1936, many years before your present Board of Assessors was in office. The result of the disclaimer is that our tax title accounts are now, for the first time, in good, workable order ..
In conclusion I want to thank you and the members of your staff and through you, the Collector, the Assessors and the Accountant for the cooperation received.
Sincerely, LAURENCE F. DAVIS
LFD:ACT
Report of the Auditors
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector, Treasurer, Selectmen and School Committee of the Town of Fairhaven for the year ending December 31, 1950 and find them correct.
HAROLD B. DENNIE BRADFORD C. TERRY EDWARD B. SHURTLEFF
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Report of State Audit REPORT OF AN AUDIT of THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 2, 1949 TO OCTOBER 7, 1950 and of THE TREASURER'S AND TOWN CLERK'S ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 12, 1950 TO OCTOBER 7, 1950 Made in Accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston 33 January 16, 1951
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Harold E. Kerwin, Chairman Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the general accounts of the town of Fairhaven for the period from October 2, 1949, and of the accounts of the treasurer and town clerk for the period from February 12, 1950, to October 7, 1950, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, FRANCIS X. LANG Director of Accounts
FXL:FMD
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Mr. Francis X. Lang Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the general accounts of the town of Fairhaven for the period from October 2, 1949, and of the accounts of the treasurer and town clerk for the period from February 12, 1950, the dates of the previous examinations, to October 7, 1950, and report thereon as follows:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and verified by comparison with the records in the offices of the treasurer and the accounting officer.
The books and accounts in the office of the accounting officer were examined, checked, and compared with the records of the several departments of the town and with the town treasurer's accounts. The receipts, as recorded, were compared with the town treasurer's record of receipts and checked with the departmental records of payments to the treasurer, while the recorded payments were checked with the treasurer's record of disbursements and with the treasury warrants.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, the appropriations and transfers were checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the records of the finance com- mittee, the necessary adjustments resulting from the audit of the several departments were made, and a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town on October 7, 1950 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The records of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and checked to the accounting officer's books, with the depart- mental records of payments to the treasurer, and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the disbursements were checked with the treasury warrants.
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