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Appropriations
Town Appropriations
$219,830.69
State Parks
195.16
State Audit
409.25
County Tax
7,468.54
Tuberculosis Hospital
4,210.28
Overlay
2,710.58
$234,824.50
Estimated Receipts
Income Tax
$5,728.19
Corporation Tax
4,900.50
Motor Vehicle Tax
6,000.00
Licenses
2,011.00
Fines
245.00
Health and Sanitation
835.00
Highways
1,300.00
Old Age Assistance
11,450.00
Meals Tax
360.02
Schools.
20,500.00
Library
45.00
Sealer of Weights
30.00
Aid to Dependent Children
500.00
Interest on Taxes
200.00
Personal Income Tax
14,699.18
Business Corporation Tax
20,965.50
:
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Gas and Electric
1.02
Chap. 498 Acts 1948
3,300.00
Over Estimates
4,327.43
From Available Funds
19,400.00
$117,297.84
Total Appropriations
$234,824.50
Total Estimated Receipts
117,297.84
Total to be Raised
117,526.66
Value of Personal Estate
$307,616.00
Tax $10,458.94
Value of Real Estate
$3,093,521.00
Tax $105,179.71
Number of Polls
944
Tax
$1,888.00
Total Valuation $3,401,137.00
Total Tax $117,526.65
Tax Rate $34.00 per M
Valuations
Land
$586,165.00
Buildings
2,507,356.00
$3,093,521.00
Value of Personal Estate
Stock in Trade
$21,750.00
Machinery
12,625.00
Live Stock
84,441.00
Other Personal
188,800.00
$307,616.00
Motor Vehicles
$422,000.00
Tax
$12,525.97
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Live Stock
Number of Horses
81
Number of Cows
330
Number of Bulls
2
Number of Yearlings
41
Number of Swine
28
Number of Fowl
18,399
Number of Goats
5
Number of Acres of Land
12,767
Number of Dwellings
710
Electric Light District
Value of Real Estate
$836,240.00
Tax $2,508.65
Value of Per-
sonal Estate
203,988.00
Tax 611.93
$3,120.58 $1,040.228.00
Number Assessed
228
Tax Rate
$3.00 per M
North Dighton Fire District
Value of Real Estate
$1,140,311.00
Tax
$2,280.66
Value of Per-
sonal Estate
24,783.00
Tax 49.57 4
$2,330.23 $1,165,094.00
Number Assessed
69
Tax Rate
$2.00 per M
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Exempted Property
Dighton Schools
$215,900.00
Bristol County Agri- cultural School
282,610.00
Libraries
19,000.00
Fire Department
15,000.00
Police Department
5,000.00
Cemeteries
1,050.00
Sealer of Weights
50.00
Charitable Institutions
4,850.00
Water Companies
31,000.00
Churches and Parsonages
127,200.00
Highway Department
2,000.00
$703,660.00
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER HAMPTON
ARTHUR F. SPRAGUE
RAYMOND A. HORTON
Board of Assessors.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
POLL TAXES
Warrants 1948 Polls
$1,890.00
Collected Fees
48.65
$1,938.65
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$1,676.65
Abatements
244.00
Balance due December 31, 1948
18.00
$1,938.65
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Balance 1947 Excise-
December 31, 1947
480.30
Warrant January 22, 1948
34.69
Collected Interest
5.01
$520.00
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$478.87
Abatements
41.13
$520.00
Warrants 1948 Excise
$12,525.97
Collected Interest
1.00
Overpayment to Treasurer (Refund)
.76
$12,527.73
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$10,967.34
Abatements
565.52
.
Balance due
December 31, 1948
994.87
$12,527.73
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PERSONAL PROPERTY
Balance 1946, December 31, 1947 $3.81
Collected Interest .23
$4.04
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$4.04
$4.04
Balance, 1947,
December 31, 1947
$790.88
Collected Interest
13.49
$804.37
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$794.22
Abatements
6.65
Balance due December 31, 1948
3.50
$804.37
Warrants 1948 Personal $10.492.94
Collected Interest
2.29
$10,495.23
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$9,899.18
Abatements 34.00
Balance due December 31, 1948 562.05
$10,495.23
REAL ESTATE
Balance 1946,
December 31, 1947
903.34
Collected Interest
57.58 $960.92
Credit
Paid Treasurer $898.09
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Abatements
2.29
Tax Title Account
60.54
$960.92
Balance 1947,
December 31, 1947
$6,282.37
Collected Interest
101,33
$6,383.70
Credit :
Paid Treasurer
$4,295.28
Abatements
2.63
Tax Title Account
72,98
Balance due
December 31, 1948
2,012.81
$6,383.70
Warrants 1948 Real Estate $105,206.91
Collected Interest 10.95
$105,217.86
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$99,183.65
Abatements
875.43
Tax Title Account
131.24
Balance due
December 31, 1948
5,027.54 $105,217.86
Respectfully submitted,
PERCY B. SIMMONS Collector of Taxes.
Dighton Electric Light District Taxes
Balance 1946 Personal, December 31, 1947 $6.83
Collected Interest
.55
$7.38
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Credit
Paid Treasurer $7.38
$7.38
Balance 1946 Real Estate,
December 31, 1947
$84.57
Collected Interest
6.26
$90.83
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$90.83
$90.83
Balance 1947 Personal,
December 31, 1947
$23.96
Collected Interest
.03
$23.99
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$1.47
Balance due December 31, 1948
22.52
$23.99
Balance 1947 Real Estate,
December 31, 1947
$214.62
Collected Interest
2.78
$217.40
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$116.15
Abatements
2.50
Balance due December 31, 1948
98.75
$217.40
Warrant 1948 Personal Property $611.93
Collected Interest
.01
$611.94
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$585.47
Balance due December 31, 1948
26.47
611.94
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Warrant 1948 Real Estate $2,508.65
Collected Interest .28 $2,508.93
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$2,270.94
Abatements 8.04
Tax Title Account
.90
Balance due December 31, 1948 229.05
$2,508.93
Respectfully submitted,
PERCY B. SIMMONS
Collector of Taxes ..
North Dighton Fire District Taxes
Balance 1947 Personal,
December 31, 1947
$2.40
Collected Interest
.05
$2.45
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$2.45
$2.45
Balance 1947 Real Estate,
December 31, 1947
$34.73
Collected Interest
.80
$35.53
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$35.53
$35.53
Warrant 1948 Personal
$49.57
$49.57
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Credit
Paid Treasurer
$45.77
Abatements
2.00
Balance due December 31, 1948
1.80
$49.57
Warrant 1948 Real Estate
$2,280.66
$2,280.66
Credit
Paid Treasurer
$2,257.52
Abatements
1.54
Balance due December 31, 1948
21.60
$2,280.66
Respectfully submitted,
PERCY B. SIMMONS
Collector of Taxes.
Report of Tree Warden
To the Board of Selectmen:
Herewith is my report as Tree Warden for the year 1948:
I have made inspections in conjunction with Fall River Electric Light Company ,the Telephone Company and the Hixon Tree Company.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY P. GOFF
Tree Warden,
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of the Town of Dighton:
Herewith is a report of the financial transactions of the Town for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1948.
Classification of Treasurer's
Receipts for 1948
Cash balance January 1, 1948 $120,549.03
Received from Tax
Collector:
1946 Real Estate
Taxes $840.51
1947 Real Estate
Taxes
4,193.95
1948 Real Estate Taxes 99,172.70
1946 Personal Taxes 3.81
1947 Personal
Taxes 780.73
1948 Personal
Taxes 9,896.89
1948 Poll Taxes
1,628.00
1947 Motor
$116,516.59
Vehicle Taxes 473.86
1948 Motor
Vehicle Taxes 10,966.34
11,440.20
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Interest on Taxes:
Real Estate
169.86
Personal
16.01
Motor Vehicle 6.01
191.88
Fees on Taxes
48.65
Total Collector's Receipts $128,197.32
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Corporation Taxes 29,216.51
Income Taxes 21,195.74
Meals Tax 792.77
Vocational
Educational 4,376.28
Public Health
Subsidies 457.14
Veterans' Service 263.35
School Supt.
(2 years) 2,372.81
Public Service 1.00
58,675.60
Departmental Receipts and Refunds:
Nurse's Receipts 18.50
Library Receipts 44.31
Sealer's Receipts
30.14
School Dept.
Miscellaneous 122.59
School Dental Fund 377.50
General Government 19.48
Welfare Department 8.15
Insurance Refund 197.54
818.21
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Cemetery P. C. Funds Income:
Withdrawals for Care 240.48
Chase Fund Income 20.10
County of Bristol
Dog Fund 564.83
Departmental Revenue:
Aid to Dependent Children:
From State 842.23
Old Age Assistance:
From State
12,050.87
From Cities 88.25
From Other Towns 437.57
12,576.69
Public Welfare
Department:
From State
143.73
From Cities
290.78
From Towns
120.00
554.51
Dighton-Berkley Bridge
3.60
Fire Department
37.50
General Government
8.40
School Department: Tuition from
Various Towns 17,128.90
Other Tuition 749.02
17,877.92
Aid to Highway Revenue: Chapter 81: From State 18,328.87
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Chapter 90:
From State
1,000.00
From County 1,000.00
Chapter 90
Construction:
From State
3,226.54
From County
941.29
Machinery Fund
1,360.00
25,856.70
Grants and Gifts:
Police Dept.
15,324.00
Fire Dept. 672.00
Taunton Greyhound
Ass'n. Christmas
Donation
500.00
16,496.00
Licenses:
Alcohol
6.00
Automobile Dealers
25.00
Milk
7.50
Junk
30.00
Liquor
1,649.66
Lord's Day
66.00
Cabin
1.00
Sausage
5.00
Common Victualler's 60.00
Tank
1.00
State Licenses
8.00
Gasoline
3.50
Dance Permit
3.00
Advertising Costs
17.07
1,882.73
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Town Clerk:
Dog Licenses 821.00
Court Fines 23.10
Federal Withholding Tax 11,464.33
Bristol County Retirement Fund 733.76
U. S. Grants:
Aid to Dependent
Children 1,385.43
Aid to Dependent
Children Ad-
ministration
121.34
Old Age Assist-
ance
12,362.04
Old Age Assist-
ance Admin-
istration 756.15
Smith Hughes Fund 291.35
George Barden Fund 50.00
14,966.31
292,661.32
Total Receipts
$413,210.35
Expenditures for 1948
Departmental:
General Government-
Selectmen's Department:
Salaries
$1,381.01
Printing and
Postage 27.09
Travel and
Expenses 36.60
Association Dues
36.00
$1,480.70
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Auditing Department:
Salary
500.04
Office Supplies 23.66
523.70
Treasury Department:
Salary
850.08
Surety Bond 89.00
Printing, Station-
ary, Postage 16.83
Mileage and
Misc. Expense
37.00
992.91
Collector's Department:
Salary 1,050.00
Office Rental 75.00
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 372.61
Surety Bond
137.00
Deputy Collec-
tor's Fees 28.00
Miscellaneous
Expense 11.90
1,674.51
Assessor's Department:
Salaries,
Assessors 1,799.88
Salary, Clerk 415.22
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 85.05
Transportation 11.75
Association Dues
6.00
2,317.90
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Town Clerk's Department:
Salary 453.88
. Surety Bond 15.00
Printing, Station-
ery, Postage 57.00
Association Dues 3.00
Miscellaneous
Expense 3.50
532.38
Election Department:
Registrars 530.00
Election Officers
736.00
Printing
240.00
Erection of Voting
Booths and Mis-
cellaneous Exp. 92.23
1,598.23
Town Office Department:
Insurance on Pub- lic Property 2,756.05
Telephone
41.97
Printing, Station- ery, Postage 194.64
2,992.66
Other General Government:
Printing Town
Reports 621.60
Advertising Costs
29.23
Salary, Moderator (2 years) 40.00
Hydrant, Fitting
and Repairs
321.84
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Miscellaneous
Expense
93.32
Legal Fees 70.00
1,175.99
Total General Government
$13,288.98
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police Department:
Salary of Chief $499.92
Wages of Officers 358.50
Mileage 275.00
Telephone
88.80
Postage
9.35
Miscellaneous
Expenses 62.35
Uniform and
Traffic Belts
98.30
$1,392.22
Police Department Special: Wages
15,324.00
Fire Department :.
Wages
735.11
Janitor
100.00
Supplies 333.57
Repairs
455.93
Hose
522.00
Gasoline
94.91
Truck Storage
125.33
Fuel
51.63
Light
12.43
Rent
120.00
Telephone
125.79
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Association Dues 5.00
Miscellaneous
Expense 18.05
$2,699.75
Fire Department Special:
Wages
672.00
Remodel and Repair Fire
House and Install Equip-
ment: Paid on Contract 6,300.00
Gypsy Moth Department:
Wages
198.90
Mileage 5.00
Spraying Cost
570.00
773.90
Total Protection of Persons
and Property $27,161.87
Health and Sanitation:
Mosquito Control:
State Reclamation Board $125.00
Board of Health Department:
Administration
Salaries $374.85
Nurse's Salary 1,206.24
Board and
Treatment 118.20
Medicine and Medi- cal Attendance 11.52
Telephone 41.27
Clothing 16.17
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Tuberculosis: Board and
Treatment
989.00
Water Delivery 545.12
Playground Rental 35.00
Milk Inspector
249.96
Animal Inspector
175.00
Ambulance Repairs
and Supplies 449.02
School Water 70.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 100.00
Vital Statistics:
Births
179.00
Deaths
51.50
Marriages
72.00
Affidavits
2.00
Undertaker's
Fees
10.75
Doctor's Fees
24.50
Miscellaneous
Expense
15.68
$4,736.78
Total Health and Sanitation
$4,861.78
Streets and Bridges:
Highways and Bridges: Salary, Superin- tendent $240.00
Salary, Tree Warden
35.00
Wages 1,915.80
Truck and Trac- tor Hire 89.00
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Stone, Gravel, etc. 283.17 Equipment and
Repairs
189.72
Snow and Ice
Removal 3,589.69
Traffic Lamps 36.00
$6,378.38
Dighton-Berkley Bridge:
Wages 840.00
Electric Power 12.00
852.00
Streets-Chapter 81:
Wages 6,321.08
Materials 6,470.93
Trucks, Roller,
Tractor, etc.
Hire
4,457.65
17,249.66
Streets-Chapter 90:
Wages 134.92
Materials 1,201.08 .
Truck and Ma-
chinery Hire
164.00
1,500.00
Streets-Chapter 90
Construction:
Paid to Con-
tractor 3,307.10
Materials
61.89
3,368.99
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New Truck and Equipment: Cost of Truck 2,862.46
Road Machinery Fund:
Truck Expenses:
Gasoline and Oil 154.03
Repairs
8.91
Plow for Truck 469.43
Sand Spreader
150.00
782.37
Total Streets and Bridges $32,993.86
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits:
Old Age Assistance:
Direct Aid
$30,262.60
Outside Relief 375.62
$30,638.22
Old Age Administration: Wages 250.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
Direct Aid 6,370.45
Aid to Dependent Children
Administration:
Wages 10.00
Veterans' Benefits:
Aid
1,202.20
Fuel
5.11
Medical
115.09
Groceries
115.37
1,437.77
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General Relief Administration:
Administration
Salaries
374.97
Social Worker
881.15
Clerk
1,238.53
Telephone 102.38
Office Supplies 51.38
Postage
60.00
2,708.41
Taunton Greyhound Ass'n., Inc .:
Christmas Donation 500.00
Public Welfare Department:
Groceries and Provisions 208.24
Fuel 15.00
Board and Care 945.63
Medicine and
Medical At-
tention
115.79
Child Guardian- ship 440.02
Cash Payments 2,185.00
Funeral Cost 135.00
Clothing
93.30
Outside Relief:
Various Cities 2,588.16
Various Towns 10.00
6,736.14
Total Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $48,650.99
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Schools and Libraries:
School Department: (for classification, see School Report) $116,129.17
School Water Supply:
Electric Power $202.35
Services 1,199.58
Supplies 85.50
1,487.43
U. S. Grants:
Smith Hughes Fund:
Salaries
319.58
George Barden Fund: Salaries
100.00
Public Library:
Salary-
Librarian 495.76
Salary-
Asst. Librarian 9.00
Janitor Services 180.00
Books and
Periodicals 451.55
Book Repairs
6.00
Fuel
210.74
Light 32.40
Building Repairs
8.49
Janitor's Supplies
6.98
Water
6.00
Stationery and
Postage
15.42
Filing Cabinet
25.00
1,447.34
Total Schools and Libraries $119,483.52
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Miscellaneous and Unclassified:
Memorial Day Observance:
Flags
$41.07
Flowers
45.00
$86.07
Legal Fees-
Elementary School
50.00
Total Miscellaneous and Unclassified
$136.07
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest:
High School
Bonds $500.00
High School
Notes 109.38
$609.38
Bond and Note Payments:
High School
Bonds 4,000.00
High School
Notes 2,500.00
6,500.00
Total Interest and Maturing Debt
$7,109.38
Agency, Trust and Refunds:
State:
State Parks
$228.71
Auditing
Accounts
409.25
$637.96
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County:
County Tax 8,427.95
T. B. Hospital
Assessment
4,210.28
Dog Licenses
821.00
Retirement Fund
Assessment
316.51
13,775.74
Federal Taxes:
Withheld from Wages 11,953.28
Bristol County Retirement Fund: Withheld from Wages 738.85
Trust Funds:
Cemetery P. C.
Funds 240.55
Hon. Charles S.
Chase Fund 20.10
260.65
Refunds:
Poll Tax 2.00
Real Estate Tax 10.20
Personal Tax
16.63
Motor Vehicle
Exicse Tax 127.13
Comm. Vic.
License
5.00
160.96
Total Agency, Trust and Refunds $27,527.44
Total Expenditures $281,213.89
Cash Balance as of December 31, 1948 131,996.46
$413,210.35
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Departmental Statement
General Government:
Appropriation $13,828.55
Expenditures 13,356.98
Balance
$471.57
Police Department:
Appropriation 1,475.00
Expenditures 1,392.22
Balance
82.78
Fire Department:
Appropriation 3,351.80
Expenditures 2,699.75
Balance
652.05
Gypsy Moth Department:
Appropriation
1,000.00
Expenditures 773.90
Balance
226.10
Board of Health:
Appropriation 4,795.32
Expenditures 4,736.78
Balance
58.54
Mosquito Control:
Appropriation 125.00
Expenditures 125.00
Balance
None
Street Department:
Appropriation
6,000.00
Reserve Account 1,215.00
Total
7,215.00
Expenditures
6,378.38
Balance
836.62
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Streets-Chapter 81:
Appropriation
6,900.00
State's Share 10,350.00
Total 17,250.00
Expenditures 17,249.66
Balance
Streets-Chapter 90:
Appropriation
500.00
Received from State 500.00
Received from
County
500.00
Total
1,500.00
Expenditures 1,500.00
Balance
Dighton-Berkley Bridge:
Appropriation
900.00
Expenditures 852.00
Balance
Welfare Department :
Appropriation
5,000.00
Reserve Account 1,400.00
1949 Revenue
336.14
Total
6,736.14
Expenditures 6,736.14
Balance
Aid to Dependent Children:
Appropriation 1,000.00
Reserve Account 4,500.00
Total
5,500.00
.34
None
48.00
None
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Expenditures 4,809.29
Balance
690.71
Old Age Assistance:
Appropriation 17,500.00
U. S. Grant 14,083.74
Total
31,583.74
Expenditures 31,359.92
Balance-U. S. Grant
(223.82)
Balance-Town
None
Veterans' Benefits:
Appropriation 1,200.00
Reserve Account 500.00
Total
1,700.00
Expenditures
1,437.77
Balance
262.23
General Relief Administration:
Appropriation 2,657.14
1949 Revenue
51.27
Total
2,708.41
Expenditures 2,708.41
Balance
None
School Department:
Appropriation 118,222.00
Dog Fund 564.83
Reserve Account
(this amount re-
turned to Reserve
Account, not .
needed) 1,385.00
Total
120,171.83
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Expenditures
120,129.17
Balance
42.66
School Water Supply:
Appropriation 1,500.00
Expenditures 1,487.43
Balance
12.57
Public Library:
Appropriation 1,450.00
Expenditures 1,447.34
Balance
2.66
Fees and Costs-
Tax Title Redemptions:
Appropriation 200.00
Expenditures
None
Balance
200.00
Memorial Day:
Appropriation
100.00
Expenditures 86.07
Balance
13.93
Interest-High School Bonds and Notes:
Appropriation 609.37
1949 Revenue
.01
Total
609.38
Expenditures 609.38
Balance
None
High School Bond
Retirement:
Appropriation 4,000.00
Expenditures 4,000.00
Balance
None
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High School Notes-Payment:
Appropriation 2,500.00
Expenditures 2,500.00 Balance
None
Reserve Account:
Appropriation 5,000.00
Returned to
Account by
School Dept. 1,385.00
To Account by
School Dept. 2,615.00
Total 9,000.00
To School
Department 1,385.00
To Veterans'
Benefits 500.00
To Welfare
Department 1,400.00
To Street
Department
1,215.00
To Aid to De-
pendent Children 4,500.00
Balance
9,000.00
None
Total Appropriation Balances $3,600.76
Revenue Receipts over the Assessor's Estimate 11,033.50
To Surplus Revenue Account for year 1948 $14,634.26
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We certify, to the best of our knowledge and belief, that the reports contained herein are correct. All pay- ments to the Treasurer have been properly warranted, and all receipts have been recorded. The Tax Collector's report as published is correct. Abatements have been examined and were found to be in accordance with those granted by the Board of Assessors. The Tax Titles taken by the Collector are in order. Cash and Securities of the Trust Funds have been verified, all income accounted for, and all payments warranted.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM F. HATHAWAY Former Auditor
RUTH D. LEEMING Auditor
TOWN OF DIGHTON BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1948 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES and RESERVES
Cash
$131,996.46
LIABILITIES:
Accounts Receivable:
U. S. Grants:
1947 Real Estate Taxes
$2,016.31
Aid to Dependent Children,
1947 Personal Taxes
3.50
Adm.
$242.58
Old Age Adm.
1.01
1948 Real Estate Taxes
5,030.94
Old Age Assistance
223.82
1948 Personal Taxes
562.05
Smith Hughes Funds
291.35
7,632.80
George Deen Funds 2.04
1947 Motor Excise Tax
2.00
George Barden Funds
50.00
1948 Motor Excise Tax
996.68
State Aid to Highway Revenue:
Chapter 81
2,371.13
Tax Titles
703.08
Departmental:
High School Construction (Chapter 44, sec. 20)
1,754.75
Old Age Assistance
125.78
Town Cemetery Account
17.00
Aid to Dependent Children
878.22
Truck and Equipment, Highway Dept.
137.54
School Department
8,136.26
Witherell Bequest Fund
2,440.86
Sale of Real Estate Fund
3,733.05
Road Machinery Fund
1,577.63
State Aid to Highways: Chapter 81
2,371.13
Remodel and Repair Fire House and
Cemetery P. C. Fund
12.37
Install Equipment 3,200.00
810.80
998.68
Tax Possessions
1,156.16
Chapter 90 Construction
1,674.16
9,140.26
1948 Poll Taxes
20.00
1949 Revenue: Overdrafts, 1948 State Taxes and Assessments County Taxes
387.42
33.55
959.41
Expenses of New Elementary School Planning Committee
300.00
Withholding Tax-December, 1948 764.15
County Retirement Fund-December, 1948
72.78
RESERVES:
Overlay, Reserved for Abate- ment of Taxes:
Levy of 1947
1,775.85
Levy of 1948 1,540.14
3,315.99
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
16,808.08
Revenue Reserved until collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
994.28
Tax Title Revenue
703.08
Tax Possession Revenue
1,156.16
Departmental
· 9,140.26
EXCESS and DEFICIENCY:
Surplus Revenue
104,419.62
$155,391.32
$155,391.32
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt
$23,500.00 High School Construction Bonds High School Addition Notes
$16,000.00 7,500.00
$23,500.00
$23,500.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$13,974.54 Cemetery P. C. Funds $7,928.20 Joshua Bliss Cemetery Fund Hon. Charles S. Chase Fund 1,010.10
.5,036.24
$13,974.54
$13,974.54
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Treasurer's Report
Balance in Treasury, January 1, 1948
$120,549.03
Total Receipts during the year 292,661.32
$413,210.35
Selectmen's Warrants paid during the year $281,213.89
Balance in Treasury, December 31, 1948 131,996.46
$413,210.35
For Classification of Receipts and Expenditures, see Auditor's Report.
Respectfully submitted, DWIGHT F. LANE Treasurer.
Report of Gypsy Moth Superintendent
To the Board of Selectmen:
Trees have been painted on the streets of Dighton where moth nests were found as ordered by the Board of Selectmen under State supervision at the cost of $203.90.
The spraying was done by the Hixon Tree Company at the cost of $570.00.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. ROSE Gypsy Moth Superintendent.
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Report of Cemetery Fund
Amount On Deposit Interest Paid for
of Fund
Jan. 1, 1948
Rec'd
Care
.
Sarah Babbitt
$100.00
$192.06
$3.85
$
Briggs Lot
125.00
253.91
3.81
3.80
Mary J. Briggs
100.00
119.75
1.79
3.00
George E. Francis
100.00
149.95
2.25
2.25
Joseph Gooding
142.75
172.21
2.59
Truman N. Goff
100.00
130.12
2.6.1
2.60
George H. Horton
100.00
185.83
3.72
6.00
Nelson Horton
100.00
156.40
3.13
3.00
Sylvanus Jones
100.00
192.45
3.86
3.60
Josiah R. Talbot
100.00
154.67
2.32
6.00
Dr. A. J. Smith
150.00
187.38
1.88
3.00
Martha L. Smith
50.00
50.59
.50
1.00
Nathan Walker
100.00
131.40
1.97
3.60
William Walker
250.00
313.22
4.67
Williams Lot
100.00
185.54
2.79
7.80
Thomas B. Witherell
100.00
119.60
2.39
2.50
Benjamin F. Goff
100.00
130.02
2.61
2.60
Davis W. Francis
100.00
123.97
1.85
1.80
N. Allen Walker
150.98
309.12
4.65
Oliver P. Simmons
721.00
726.51
10.93
16.40
Francis J. Wheeler
100.00
116.74
1.75
1.75
William D. Goff
100.00
110.51
1.66
3.00
Robert S. Waterman
100.00
113.48
1.71
1.75
Joseph G. Thaxter
100.00
115.91
2.28
Submit Babbitt
50.00
51.59
.76
1.00
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Ebenezer Gay
50.00
51.28
.76
1.00
Emerson W. Goff
100.00
117.08
1.76
1.75
Westcott & McNally 200.00
209.41
2.10
2.10
Shubel Wheeler
100.00
100.02
1.00
1.00
Wendell Weed
100.00
102.57
1.54
3.60
Emeline Williams
100.00
112.42
1.69
6.00
Zenas H. Goff
150.00
174.70
2.63
2.60
Job Paull
100.00
115.13
1.72
Albert F. Goff
50.00
50.06
.50
.50
Edgar A. Essex
200.00
230.63
4.62
6.00
John H. Horton
100.00
103.60
1.55
1.55
Alfred A. Horton
100.00
102.18
2.05
2.00
John H. Harlow
100.00
100.75
2.01
2,00
Ephira Goff
100.00
102.56
2.05
2.00
Helen C. Briggs
75.00
83.83
1.67
Westcoat Lot
200.00
201.59
4.04
4.00
Joshua Bliss
5,000.00
5,035.04 101.20 100.00
Arthur A. Hathaway
200.00
211.64
4.24
2.50
E. & J. Lincoln
200.00
216.79
4.34
6.00
Gilbert Strange
200.00
202.50
4.06
6.00
Charles E. Carr
500.00
509.24
10.23
8.00
Nancy C. Jones
150.00
156.19
3.13
2.50
Jesse P. Goff
100.00
100.92
2.01
2.93
Emery White
100.00
100.17
2.05
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JURY LIST - 1948 - 1949
Name
Occupation
Address
Post Office
Adams, Russell Elliott Barry, Thomas Parker Bell, Joseph
Mill wright
266 Summer St.
No. Dighton
Student
Folder
271 Lincoln Ave. 23 Stoddard Ave. 32 Bedford St. Pleasant St.
Dighton
Brooks, John
Inspector-Folder
63 Prospect St.
No. Dighton Dighton
Carr, Howell Simmons
Janitor
31 Elm St.
Dighton
Cash, John Joseph
Chemical operator
Main St.
Dighton
Chadwick, Robert C.
Textile worker
116 School St.
No. Dighton
Costa, Frank E.
Cloth inspector
Elm St.
Dighton
Deslauries, Leo Joseph
Poultry man
10 Brook St.
Dighton
Gracia, Manuel S. Jr.
Carpenter
Main St. Dighton
Hathaway, Lyndon E. Higgins, Thomas D.
Textile worker
Spring St.
No. Dighton Dighton
Marble, S. Palmer
Farmer
Williams St.
No. Dighton
Mason, Charles Henry May, Alton Ellis
Stationary fireman Machinist
Centre St.
No. Dighton
Mendoza, Wm. John ·
Farmer
Elm St.
Dighton
Nelson, Thomas
Mill wright
Pleasant St.
Dighton
Parchesco, Manuel
Stationary fireman Teacher
Somerset Ave.
No. Dighton
Reed, George A.
Unemployed
Williams St.
No. Dighton
. Reid, Wilson Louis
Chauffeur
36 Park St.
No. Dighton
Rose, Earl Wellington
Laborer
21 Pleasant St.
Dighton
Sears, Chas. A. E., Jr.
Welder
Somerset Ave.
Strange, Ellis Emerson
Metal worker
Main St.
Segreganset Dighton
Torres, Edward H.
Clerk-typist
66 Middle St.
No. Dighton
White, Eugene M.
Machinist
134 Williams St.
No. Dighton
Wood, Louis E.
Stock clerk
Centre St.
Segreganset
No. Dighton No. Dighton No. Dighton
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