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Article 18. (Longfellow Park) Voted unanimously: To accept as a Town Way the road, the Plan of which has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Plan showing a road sixty-six (66) feet in width and two 20 foot or more travelled ways extending in an Easterly direction from Hosmer Street a distance of approximately two hundred sev- enty (270) feet, said road to be known as Longfellow Park, and said road to be maintained by the developer for a period of one year after acceptance.
Article 19. (Agawam Road) Voted unanimously : To accept as a Town Way the road, the Plan of which has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Plan showing a road forty (40) feet in width and a twenty-four (24) foot or more travelled way extending in Westerly, Northerly and Southerly directions from Arlington Street to land of Howland Parker a distance of approximately twenty-nine hundred (2900) feet, said road to be known as Agawam Road, and said road to be maintained by the developer for a period of one year after acceptance.
Article 20. (Seneca Road) Voted unanimously: To ac- cept as a Town Way the road, the Plan of which has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Plan showing a road forty (40) feet in width and a twenty-four (24) foot or more travelled way extending in an Easterly direction from the point where it now ends at Mohegan Road a dis- tance of approximately three hundred ten (310) feet, said road to be known as Seneca Road, and said road to be main- tained by the developer for a period of one year after accept- ance.
Article 21. (Sioux Street) Voted unanimously: To ac- cept as a Town Way the road, the Plan of which has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said Plan showing a road forty (40) feet in width and a twenty-four (24) foot
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or more travelled way extending in an Easterly direction from Mohegan Road a distance of approximately three hun- dred ten (310) feet, said road to be known as Sioux Street, and said road to be maintained by the developer for a period of one year after acceptance.
Adjourned at 11:35 P. M.
CHARLES M. MacRAE, Town Clerk.
Amendments to the Zoning By-Laws and Building By-Laws voted in the affirmative at the Special Town Meeting, Novem- ber 4, 1957, were approved by Attorney General George Fingold on December 10, 1957 with the exception of the second paragraph of Article 4, which he disapproved.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT - 1957
Taxes assessed as follows:
Buildings, exclusive of land
Land
Personal
$6,618,980.00 972,075.00 693,435.00
$8,284,490.00
Valuation - January 1, 1956
$7,458,535.00
Increase in valuation
825,955.00
Rate of Taxation - $72.00
Real Estate
$546,555.96
Personal Estate
49.927.32
Polls
3,130.00
$599,613.28
Amount of Money raised :
State Parks and Reservation
tax
$1,353.71
State Audit of Municipal Ac- counts
1,743.79
County Tax
13,631.18
Tuberculosis Hospital Assess-
ment
3,302.97
Town Grant
557,035.40
Overlay
22,546.23
$599,613.28
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Number of Vehicles Assessed - 2447
Commissioner's Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers $1,388,880.00
Rate of Excise - $57.10
Total Excise 77,162.67
Added Excise of 1956 15,042.19
Number of Vehicles Added Excise- 852
Commissioner's Value 441,410.00
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT P. DURKEE, CARL FLINT, JAMES W. BAKER, Board of Assessors.
103
TOWN COLLECTOR'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1957.
1954 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$119.81
Interest
None
$119.81
Paid Treasurer
$10.37
Tax Title
109.44
Uncollected December 31, 1957
None
$119.81
1955 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$5,396.63
Interest
357.89
$5,754.52
Paid Treasurer
$5,638.52
Tax Title
116.00
Uncollected December 31, 1957
None
$5,754.52
1956 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$28,600.01
Interest
544.22
Refunded
136.00
$29,280.23
Paid Treasurer
$21,868.70
Tax Title
272.00
Abated
197.20
Uncollected December 31, 1957
6,942.33
$29,280.23
104
1957 Real Estate
Committed
$546,555.96
Interest
108.91
Refunded
1,695.60
$548,360.47
Paid Treasurer
$495,472.03
Abated
12,660.42
Tax Title
351.00
Uncollected December 31, 1957
39,877.02
$548,360.47
Mohawk and Seneca Betterment Assessment, Unapportioned
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$10,588.08
Interest
59.65
$10,647.73
Paid Treasurer
$1,009.52
Uncollected and reported to Assessors for Appor- tionment
9,638.21
$10.647.73
Mohawk and Seneca Betterment Assessment Apportioned and added to 1957 Real Estate Levy
Committed
$963.89
Committed Interest
399.39
$1,363.28
Paid Treasurer
$992.10
Abated
7.87
Uncollected December 31, 1957
363.31
$1,363.28
1957 Farm Animal Excise
Committed
$158.30
Paid Treasurer
120.75
Uncollected December 31, 1957
37.55
$158.30
105
1952 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$124.50
Uncollected December 31, 1957
$124.50
1953 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$412.35
Interest
4.97
$417.32
Paid Treasurer
$251.66
Uncollected December 31, 1957
165.66
$417.32
1954 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$647.22
Interest
38.99
$686.21
Paid Treasurer
$435.71
Uncollected December 31, 1957
250.50
$686.21
1955 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$1,577.20
Interest
75.71
$1,652.91
Paid Treasurer
$1,115.24
Uncollected December 31, 1957
537.67
$1,652.91
1956 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$3,159.62
Interest
69.90
$3,229.52
Paid Treasurer
$2,021.67
Uncollected December 31, 1957
1,207.85
$3,229.52
106
1957 Personal Property Tax
Committed
$49,927.32
Interest
5.51
Refunded
7.20
$49,940.03
Paid Treasurer
$47,356.31
Abated
14.40
Uncollected December 31, 1957
2,569.32
$49,940.03
1956 Poll Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$52.00
Interest ....
.82
Refunded
2.00
$54.82
Paid Treasurer
$32.82
Abated
14.00
Uncollected December 31, 1957
8.00
$54.82
1957 Poll Tax
Committed
$3,136.00
Interest
6.05
$3,142.05
Paid Treasurer
$2,726.05
Abated
358.00
Uncollected December 31, 1957
58.00
$3,142.05
1948 Motor Vehicle Excise
Abatement Rescinded
$24.74
Interest
9.94
$34.68
Paid Treasurer
$34.68
107
1949 Motor Vehicle Excise
Abatement Rescinded
$26.85
Interest
9.36
Paid Treasurer
$36.21
1953 Motor Vehicle Excise
Abatement rescinded
$12.61
Interest
1.38
Paid Treasurer
$13.99
1954 Motor Vehicle Excise
Abatement Rescinded
$99.83
Interest
.42
$100.25
Paid Treasurer
$100.25
1955 Motor Vehicle Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$575.05
Interest
49.60
Abatement Rescinded
18.57
$643.22
Paid Treasurer
$643.22
1956 Motor Vehicle Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$15,163.03
Additional Commitments
15,042.19
Interest
146.51
Refunded
754.34
$31,106.07
Paid Treasurer
$27,034.42
Abated
3,618.70
Uncollected December 31, 1957
452.95
$31,106.07
108
$36.21
$13.99
1957 Motor Vehicle Excise
Committed
$77,162.67
Interest
89.59
Refunded
1,745.53
$78,997.79
Paid Treasurer
$60,276.20
Abated
6,009.06
Uncollected December 31, 1957
12,712.53
$78,997.79
Cemetery Department
Uncollected December 31, 1956
$286.00
Committed
579.50
$865.50
Paid Treasurer
$615.50
Uncollected December 31, 1957
250.00
$865.50
Lien Certificates - Paid Treasurer
$242.00
Tax Title Advertising Repaid - Paid Treasurer
$13.00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES M. MacRAE, Town Collector.
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TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1957
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Acton, Massachusetts.
I herewith submit my report for the year 1957:
Cash Balance January 1, 1957 .. $289,788.22
Received from State Treasurer
Disability Assistance, Federal
$1,905.55
Aid Dependent Children, Federal
6,494.28
Old Age Assistance, Federal
28,707.60
Flood Relief
8,296.68
Licenses
31.00
Chapter 90 Highways
6,929.84
Old Age Assistance
26,812.36
Veterans' Service
4,196.13
Disability Assistance
2,790.57
Chapter 718 Highways
16,444.95
Interest
41.73
Highways
5,146.80
Aid Dependent Children
5,006.26
Meal Tax
1,601.48
Corporation Tax
30,280.87
School Aid Chapter 70
68,391.51
Income Tax
7,358.74
Loss on Taxes
1,935.69
Tuition
1,649.54
Blanchard Auditorium
24,276.56
Board of Health
310.72
Transportation
1,445.20
Abate to Veteran's
144.00
Vocational Education
723.99
$250,922.05
Received from County Treasurer
Dog Licenses
$1,137.35
Highways
1,499.82
Highways Mass. Ave.
258.46
County Aid
10.00
$2,905.63
110
Received from Town Clerk
Dog Licenses
$1,612.05
Game Fees
92.00
Certification Fees
184.25
Dog License Fees
142.20
Mortgage Fees
580.15
Business Fees
27.50
Registrars Lists
42.50
Pole Location Fees
127.50
Storage Fees
67.00
$2,875.15
Received from Collector Taxes
Excise 1948
$24.74
Excise 1949
26.85
Excise 1953
12.61
Personal 1953
246.69
Excise 1954
99.83
Personal 1954
396.72
Real Estate 1954
10.37
Excise 1955
593.62
Personal 1955
1,039.53
Real Estate 1955
5,293.63
Poll 1956
32.00
Excise 1956
26,887.91
Personal 1956
1,951.77
Real Estate 1956
21,324.48
Poll 1957
2,720.00
Excise 1957
60,186.61
Personal 1957
47,350.80
Real Estate 1957
495,363.12
Farm Animal Excise
120.75
Street Assessment
1,662.57
Interest
1,807.18
Care Lots
615.50
Highways
160.60
Liens
242.00
Old Age Assistance
122.56
$668,292.44
Miscellaneous Receipts
TOWN OF ACTON
County Retirement $5,855.51
Withholding Taxes
40,243.40
111
Teacher's Retirement
6,095.68
Blue Cross
3,163.40
Teacher's Insurance
538.30
Machinery Account
5,026.20
Village Package Store, License
500.00
Dewey's Market, License
500.00
So. Acton Fire Co., Blue Cross
808.45
ACTON HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Cafeteria
23,111.87
Telephone
14.10
Lavatories
187.76
ESTATE FRED L. ROBBINS
George T. Ames Fund
465.49
Mrs. Harry O'Neil's Fund
372.39
FRED S. KENNEDY
Burials
1,315.00
Lowering Device
120.00
Sale of Lots
990.00
Liners
90.00
Miscellaneous
81.00
Foundations
282.55
Chapel Fee
50.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Nurse Services
677.50
Plumbing Permits
941.50
Septic Tank Fees
2,390.00
Licenses
26.00
Roland Livermore, Rent Hall
225.00
Town of Weston, Old Age Assist- ance
562.32
Alberta Tuttle, Old Age Assistance
4.75
West Women's Club, Auditorium
70.00
TOWN OF WESTFORD
Tuition
504.00
Regional School
181.50
City of Waltham, Old Age Assist- ance
80.37
City of Cambridge, Old Age As- sistance
175.29
Planning Board, Hearings
140.00
112
Viola Foley, Blue Cross
3.30
Concord District Court, Fines 265.14
H. STUART MacGREGOR
Permits
117.43
Miscellaneous
46.38
Fires
203.75
Grange Rent
25.00
Marian L. Piper, Library Fines ..
443.20
Acton Mercuries, Auditorium
33.00
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Licenses
769.00
Wire Permits
868.00
Building Permits
2,510.00
Miscellaneous
85.00
Assabet Valley League, Auditorium 5.00 Minnie Harris, Old Age Assistance 49.50
Town of Harvard, Old Age Assist- ance
35.40
Charles MacRae, Blue Cross
20.50
Acton Comm. Center, Auditorium
101.25
4H Hoof Beats, Auditorium
6.00
Anna Lydiard, Old Age Assistance Town of Arlington, Old Age As- sistance
46.10
23.32
Board of Appeals, Hearings
45.00
City of Medford, Old Age Assist- ance
126.86
George Jacobs, Old Age Assistance
51.90
Sarah Pierce, Old Age Assistance
77.80
Joseph Benullo, Excise Refund
6.17
Daniel Dory, Excise Refund
13.61
CHIEF OF POLICE
Bicycle Registrations
43.25
Revolver Permits
37.00
Firearms Permit
10.00
Registry of Motor Vehicles, Vet. Ben.
8.00
Acton Girl Scouts, Auditorium
4.50
Robert Treyz, Auditorium
6.00
Treas. United States, Schools
4,962.48
Bradford Leach, Licenses
38.00
113
U. S. Fidelity Z Guarantee, Audit. A.B. Regional School Land Sale So. Acton Fire Co., Relief Fund .. Center Fire Co., Relief Fund
7,780.00
11,300.00
90.00
85.00
West Fire Co., Relief Fund
95.00
Town of Maynard, Old Age Assist- ance
110.50
Town of Concord, Old Age Assist- ance
117.07
Town of Concord, Land Tax
29.91
Town of Belmont, Old Age Assist- ance
115.92
Federal Civil Defense, Civil De- fense
175.74
Est. Sarah Watson, Trust Fund ..
2,500.00
Clinton Trust Co., Note 288
50,000.00
Clinton Trust Co., Note 289
25,000.00
Harvey Building Co., Contract Bid Edward Hall, Old Age Assistance James E. Kinsley, Sealer Weights Jo-Anne Stuart, Blue Cross
1,000.00
62.70
168.10
Miriam Baxter, Old Age Assistance
6,114.16
Boston and Maine R. R. Co. Fires
31.10
Carrie Piper, Old Age Assistance
90.08
Otto Anderson, Tax Title
81.83
Otto Anderson, Interest
9.35
Air Cond. Contractors, Elementary School
9.00
Town of Ayer, Old Age Assistance
168.60
City of Malden, Old Age Assistance
25.38
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.
Elementary School Bonds New
840,000.00
Premium
1,343.16
Accrued Interest
4,032.00
NATIONAL SHAWMUT BANK, BOSTON
Fire House Notes
60,000.00
Premium
79.80
Accrued Interest
121.00
$1,117,623.12
Perpetual Care - Woodland Cemetery
Mabel Wagner
$200.00
Viola Foley
100.00
114
11.55
Ewen Rankin
200.00
Swen Hagen
200.00
Donatus Benere
100.00
Mary Ringland
100.00
Mrs. John Murphy
50.00
Benjamin and Mary Sawyer
200.00
Ruth Kretschmar
200.00
$1,350.00
Perpetual Care - Mt. Hope
Sarah Crotty
$200.00
Raymond Gallant
150.00
Mrs. Charles Hassen
200.00
Estate Clara Sawyer
400.00
John Dingee
200.00
$1,150.00
Transfers to Town Account
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund ..
$25.00
Elizabeth White Fund
1,100.00
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund ..
50.00
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
568.00
Memorial Library Fund
900.00
Cemetery Fund
500.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,000.00
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
50.00
Dr. Robert I. Davis Fund
25.00
$5,218.00
Trust Fund Income
Betsey M. Ball Fund
344.49
Cemetery Fund
2,142.29
Elizabeth White Fund
787.95
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
422.20
Frank Hayward Fund
30.00
Hoit and Scott Fund
12.50
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,579.62
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
301.25
Memorial Library Fund
391.87
Memorial Library - Tainter Fund
477.84
Acton High School Library Fund 37.50
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund ..
188.39
115
Dr. Robert Davis Fund
35.00
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund 46.88
Henry S. Raymond Monument Fund
21.88
Henry S. Raymond Fund
71.13
Frank Knowlton Fund
30.00
Stabilization Fund
162.50
Sarah Watson Fund
13.54
$8,096.83
Total Receipts for 1957
$2,058,433.22
Cash Balance January 1, 1957
289,788.22
$2,348,221.44
Paid Selectmen's Orders for 1957
1,181,127.39
Cash Balance December 31, 1957
$1,167,094.05
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Elementary School Bonds, Chap-
ter 44, General Laws, 26 to 90 due 1958 to 1970, Julia McCarthy School $65,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chap- ter 645, Acts 1948 51 to 200 due 1958 to 1972 Julia McCarthy School 150,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium and Gym- nasium Notes, Chapter 645, Acts 1948, 264 to 283 due 1958 20,000.00
Surface Drainage, Mohawk-Seneca Road Notes, Chapter 44-645, Acts 1948-286 due 1958 .... 5,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chap- ter 44, Section 7, Clause 3, # 1 to 240 due 1958 to 1977 New 240,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chap- ter 645, Acts 1948, #1 to 600 due 1958 to 1977 New 600,000.00
116
Fire Station Notes, Chapter 44, General Laws, #290 to 349, due 1958 to 1962
60,000.00
Acton High School Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
166.61
Received Interest for 1957
$1,666.61 42.32
$1,708.93
Balance December 31, 1957 Deposits in Savings Banks ..
$1,708.93
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$6,005.00
Unexpended Balance
1,439.02
$7,444.02
Received to Fund in 1957
Company Salaries
$270.00
Interest
234.24
$504.24
$7,948.26
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks . .. .
$7,948.26
George T. Ames Fund
Principal Fund (new)
$500.00
Balance December 31, 1957
Inheritance Tax, State of Maine ..
$34.51
Deposits in Savings Bank 465.49
$500.00
117
Betsey M. Ball Fund Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$10,095.26
Unexpended Balance
1,951.33
Received Interest for 1957
$12,046.59 403.18
$12,449.77
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks ..
$12,449.77
Cemetery Surplus
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$234.00
Received Interest for 1957
7.07
$241.07
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposit in Savings Bank ..
$241.07
Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$68,972.21
Unexpended Balance
9,379.77
$78,351.98
Received for Perpetual Care
$2,500.00
Received Interest for 1957
2,398.38
$4,898.38
$83,250.36
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$75,150.36
U. S. Savings Bonds
7,600.00
Transfer to Town Account
500.00
$83,250.36
118
Dr. Robert I. Davis Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance
41.24
Received Interest for 1957
$1,041.24 36.20
$1,077.44
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,052.44
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,077.44
Elizabeth White Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
1,985.57
Received Interest for 1957
$26,985.57 833.32
$27,818.89
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$26,718.89
Paid Trustees' Orders for 1957
1,100.00
$27,818.89
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$14,073.70
Unexpended Balance
202.66
Received Interest for 1957
$14,276.36 428.92
$14,705.28
119
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$14,137.28
Paid Trustees' Orders
568.00
$14,705.28
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
239.57
Received Interest for 1957
$1,739.57 53.13
$1,792.70
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,742.70
Transfer to Town Account
50.00
$1,792.70
Frank C. Hayward Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance
227.36
Received Interest for 1957
36.89
$1,264.25
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks . .
$1,264.25
Hoit and Scott Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$500.00
Unexpended Balance
109.85
$609.85
120
$1,227.36
Received Interest for 1957
15.82
$625.67
Balance December 31, 1957
U. S. Savings Bond
$500.00
Deposit in Savings Bank
125.67
$625.67
Mrs. Harry O'Neill's Fund
Principal Fund (new)
$400.00
Balance December 31, 1957
Inheritance Tax, State of Maine ....
$27.61
Deposit in Savings Bank
372.39
$400.00
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance
27.65
Received Interest for 1957
$1,027.65
30.59
$1,058.24
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,033.24
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,058.24
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$1,627.60
Received Interest for 1957
49.70
$1,677.30
121
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,627.30
Transfer to Town Account
50.00
$1,677.30
Henry S. Raymond Fund Monument Perpetual Care
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$700.00
Unexpended Balance
210.30
Received Interest to Fund
$910.30
28.60
$938.90
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks ..
$938.90
Henry S. Raymond Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$2,000.00
Unexpended Balance
289.57
Received Interest for 1957 ..
71.13
$2,360.70
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks . .
$2,360.70
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
7,241.10
Received Interest for 1957
$89,480.05
2,809.94
$92,289.99
122
$2,289.57
Balance December 31, 1957 Deposits in Savings Banks Transfer to Town Account
$90,289.99 2,000.00
$92,289.99
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$10,000.00
Unexpended Balance
989.51
Received Interest for 1957
$10,989.51 331.09
$11,320.60
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks . .
$11,320.60
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$31,719.32
Unexpended Balance
636.21
Received Interest for 1957
1,061.02
$33,416.55
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks
$31,516.55
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
Transfer to Town Account
900.00
$33,416.55
Sarah A. Watson Fund
Principal Fund (new)
$2,500.00
Received Interest for 1957
13.54
$2,513.54
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks ..
$2,513.54
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$32,355.53
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
$886.47 27.90
Received Interest for 1957
$914.37
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposit in Savings Bank $914.37
Stabilization Fund Balance January 1, 1957
Principal Fund
Unexpended Balance
$450.80
Received Interest for 1957 $181.25
Articles Town Meetings
10,000.00
$10,181.25
$10,632.05
Balance December 31, 1957
Deposits in Savings Banks ..
$10,632.05
Respectfully submitted,
WM. HENRY SOAR, Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following material represents a report of the expendi- tures for the year, and the financial condition of the Town on December 31, 1957. It consists of two parts:
I.
Summary of Appropriations, Transfers, Disbursements and Unexpended Balances.
II. Balance Sheet, December 31, 1957.
In addition to the money spent as indicated in Part I, liabilities have been incurred as follows :
1. West and South Water Supply Dis- trict - Acton $95.44
2. Town of Concord - Hydrant Rental 500.00
These unpaid bills will be inserted in articles on the Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
The detail of the Departmental payments has been omitted again this year in the interests of economy, but it will be available to anyone who contacts me.
The 1958 amortization requirements for the bonded indebt- edness of the Town, and Acton's share of the Regional School District bond amortization are:
Julia McCarthy Elementary School $15,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium - Gymnasium 20,000.00
Mohawk and Seneca Road Betterments 5,000.00
New Elementary School
45,000.00
West Acton Fire House
12,000.00
Regional School District
8,672.36
$105,672.36
I have verified the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector and Manager of the School Cafeteria; and have reviewed the various funds in the custody of the Treasurer and Trustees.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD O. NYLANDER, Town Accountant.
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BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Cash :
General Funds
Petty Cash Funds
$1,167,094.05 70.00
$1,167,164.05
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1952
Personal Property ..
$124.50
Levy of 1953
Personal Property ..
165.66
Levy of 1954
Personal Property ..
250.50
Levy of 1955
Personal Property ..
537.67
Levy of 1956
Real Estate
$6,942.33
Personal
1,207.85
Poll
8.00
8,158.18
Levy of 1957
Real Estate
$39,877.02
Personal
2,569.32
Poll
58.00
42,504.34
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1956
$452.95
Levy of 1957
12,712.53
$13,165.48
Farm Animal Excise ....
$37.55
Street Assessments :
Added to 1957 Tax Bills
$251.19
Committed Interest
112.12
$363.31
Street Assessments : Deferred and not Com- mitted
$8,674.32
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$51,740.85
December 31, 1957 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loan in anticipation of School Bond issue ..... $25,000.00
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes
$277.00
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
286.10
County Retirement System
545.35
$1,108.45
Guarantee Deposits :
Board of Appeals
$71.50
Planning Board
33.00
Revolutionary Ridge Company
350.00
$454.50 $111.63
Tailings - Unclaimed Checks
Trust Fund Income Transfer Balances :
Cemetery
Perpetual Care
$22.23
Susan Noyes Hosmer
541.88
Luke Blanchard
9.00
J. Roland Wetherbee
153.89
Henry S. Raymond
10.88
Georgia Whitney
8.24
Frank Knowlton
17.00
Robert I. Davis
9.30
Library
Wilde Memorial
109.02
$881.44
Federal Grants :
Administration
$189.73
Old Age Assistance
12,949.74
Aid to Dependent Children
972.00
Disability Assistance
2,119.97
$16,231.44
Revolving Fund - School Department:
Cafeteria
$3,099.12
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Archives Committee
$500.00
Town Hall - Alterations and Office Fur- nishings
1,086.10
Radio and Fire Alarm Transmitter
402.49
West Fire Station Construction
62,155.66
Mosquito Control
1,040.00
Chapter 90, Construction
30,000.00
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Tax Titles
Tax Possessions
$1,291.83 400.19
$1,692.02
Departmental :
Old Age Assistance
$1,973.87
Aid to Dependent Children
1,486.82
Disability Assistance
100.00
Cemetery
250.00
Highway
120.00
$3,930.69
Aid to Highways:
State
$37,605.76
County
7,573.19
$45,178.95
Under-estimates, 1957 Assessments:
County Tax
$1,300.81
County Hospital
1,527.75
State Parks
65.21
$2,893.77
.
$1,294,840.99
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Chapter 718, Construction - School St. South
Sidewalks - Main Street, South
7,768.82 6,000.00
Committee for Addition to Elementary School
4,829.90
Auditorium and Gymnasium Building Committee
551.29
New Elementary School, Construction
784,910.26
Mount Hope Cemetery, Oiling
500.00
Surface Drainage Study
1,129.75
Civil Defense, Gonset Rigs
625.00
Civil Defense, Emergency Power Unit
300.00
Town Forest Committee
500.00
$902,299.27
Cemetery Land Fund
$3,690.35
Road Machinery Fund
10,640.26
Welfare Recoveries
7,138.87
County Dog Licenses
14.00
Overlay Surplus - Reserve Fund
14,547.36
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1952
$124.50
Levy of 1953
165.66
Levy of 1954
250.50
Levy of 1955
537.67
Levy of 1956
8,014.68
Levy of 1957
9,513.41
$18,606.42
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$13,165.48
Farm Animal Excise
37.55
Tax Title and Possession
1,692.02
Departmental
3,930.69
Aid to Highways
45,178.95
Street Assessment
9,037.63
$73,042.32
Premium received on Bond and Note Issues ...
1,362.96
Reserve for Petty Cash Funds
70.00
Surplus Revenue
216,542.60
$1,294,840.99
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$1,140,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities : In custody of Town Treasurer In custody of Trustees
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