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200.00
6.00
206.00
6.00
200.00
Edmund I. Chenery
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Baxter Lot
300.00
9.00
309.00
9.00
300.00
John Schools
50.00
1.50
51.50
1.50
50.00
Susan B. Ware
50.00
1.50
51.50
1.50
50.00
119
Washburn Lot
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Joseph A. Allen
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
C. M. Clark
150.00
4.50
154.50
4.50
150.00
John Gould
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Bruce-Fisher Lot
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
John H. Pember
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
J. Augustus Fitts
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
George E. Pettis
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Sarah G. Shumway
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
E. V. Mitchell
500.00
15.00
515.00
15.00
500.00
George Emerson
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Amelia Everett
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
F. Sablome
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Oliver A. Clark
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
E. P. Tucker
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Emma Rhodes
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
A. C. Shumway
150.00
4.50
154.50
4.50
150.00
Benjamin Chenery
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Keyes-Gilley Lot
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Albion C. Gilbert
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Seth Maker
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Obed Hartshorn and Spear
200.00
6.00
206.00
6.00
200.00
George Morrill
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
N. A. Stone
50.00
1.50
51.50
1.50
50.00
Henry Wight
100.00
3.00
103.00
3.00
100.00
Clara Howard
150.00
4.50
154.50
4.50
150.00
$7,300.00 $219.00
$7,519.00 $219.00 $7,300.00
Home Savings Bank
Nancy H. Curtis
$50.00
$1.38
$51.38
$1.38
$50.00
Mary M. Phelps
50.00
1.38
51.38
1.38
50.00
Eliza E. Williams
475.00
13.06
488.06
13.06
475.00
George C. Davis
100.00
2.75
102.75
2.75
100.00
Daniel D. Curtis .
500.00
13.75
513.75
13.75
500.00
Joseph Clark
100.00
2.75
102.75
2.75
100.00
Ellenwood Lot
300.00
8.25
308.25
8.25
300.00
$1,575.00
$43.32
$1,618.32
$43.32
$1,575.00
120
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT for the year ending December 31, 1935
RECEIPTS
Balance cash on hand Jan. 1, 1935
$16,644.21
Taxes
105,118.16
Interest
1,354.72
Excise Tax
4,070.54
Old Age Assistance Tax
17.00
Moth Tax
23.10
Town of Milford, Welfare
169.33
Comm. of Mass., Welfare 66 66 66 Old Age Assistance
1,529.92
Town of Leominster, Old Age Assistance
86.67
Cemetery-Annual Care
323.50
Tax Titles
677.84
Water
6,893.13
Water Liens
44.93
County of Norfolk-Highways
849.79
Comm. of Mass .- Highways
6,999.90
66
66
66
198.22
66
66
66
School Fund
1,058.06
Educational Measure
1,369.05
66
66
Valuation Measure
1,296.97
66
66
66
Licenses
20.00
66
66
Reimbursement Loss of Taxes
1,664.87
School Tuition
84.50
66
66
66
Supt. Schools
509.80
121
66
66
2,465.57
Board of Health -- Licenses Dog Licenses (Clerk) Sale Cemetery Lots Trust Fund Interest-School
2.00
601.60
250.00
124.74
66
Library
230.00
66
66
Cemetery
630.60
Revenue Loans
30,000.00
New Truck Note
2,000.00
County Dog Tax
460.07
Comm. of Mass .- Income Tax-School
$2,493.60
3,430.75
66 66
66 66
Gasolene
& Electric
296.85
66
Race Tracks
143.50
66
Veteran's Exemptions
10.02
Fire Department
4.00
Sealer's Fees
28.93
Town of Walpole (Tuition)
349.57
Town of Dover (Sealer)
5.00
Town of Millis (Highway)
50.00
Liquor Licenses
1,475.00
Selectmen (Licenses)
65.00
Miscellaneous
3.00
Rent of Hall
24.00
Town Clerk (Licenses)
13.50
School telephone calls
1.80
Police 66
.40
Court Fines
355.00
Rent of Post Office
550.00
Library Fines
90.89
Comm. of Mass. (Bond Issue)
2,050.00
Total
$197,379.72
122
Corporation Tax-Business
663.82
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Executive Department
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Payments:
Salaries :
Moderator
$25.00
Selectmen
450.00
Accountant
400.00
Clerk
1,144.00
$2,019.00
Supplies
38.81
Postage
33.85
Total
$2,091.66
Balance to revenue
108.34
$2,200.00
Treasurer
Appropriation
$750.00
Payments :
Salary
$500.00
Bond
100.00
Travelling Exp.
62.50
Supplies
27.44
Safe Deposit Box
5.00
Postage
50.24
$745.18
Balance to revenue
4.82
$750.00
Collector Appropriation
$1,300.00
123
Transfer from Reserve Fund
91.94
$1,391.94
Payments :
Salary
$1,118.03
Bond 160.00
Supplies, printing and postage 113.91
Total
$1,391.94
$1,391.94
Assessors
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Payments :
Salaries
$500.00
Transcript
35.70
Supplies & Misc.
55.52
Valuation Books
240.00
Total
$831.22
Balance to revenue
268.78
$1,100.00 .
Town Clerk
Appropriation
$350.00
Payments :
Salary
$300.00
Supplies, etc.
37.70
Total
$337.70
Balance to revenue
12.30
$350.00
124
Election & Registration Appropriation Payments:
Salaries
$40.00
Election Officers 52.00
Printing, supplies, etc. 40.39
Total
$132.39
Balance to revenue
47.61
$180.00
Town Hall
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments:
Janitor
$1,092.00
Electricity
343.74
Fuel
640.50
Supplies & repairs
223.45
Telephone
121.75
Water
27.91
Total
$2,449.35
Balance to revenue
50.65
Police Department
Appropriation
$3,200.00
Payments :
Chief's salary $2,120.00
Officers 639.50
125
$180.00
$2,500.00
Lockup Keeper
14.50
Telephone 116.50
Automobile expense 216.69
Supplies & misc. 91.38
Total
$3,198.57
Balance to revenue 1.43
$3,200.00
Police Car
Appropriation Paid
$393.60
393.60
Fire Department
Appropriation
$3,300.00
Payments :
Engineer's salary $200.00
Forest Fire Warden 10.00
Firemen 1,170.50
Care apparatus
100.00
Hose
507.15
Supplies & repairs
573.89
Gas, oil, etc.
472.33
Telephone
44.10
Steward
24.50
Association dues
5.00
Equipment extension ladder 190.00
Total
$3,297.47
Balance to revenue 2.53
$3,300.00
Sealer's Department Appropriation Payments: 1
$100.00
Salary
$50.00
126 .
Supplies, transporta-
tion & expenses 36.84
Total
Balance to revenue
$86.84 13.16
$100.00
Moth Department
Appropriation
$700.00
Payments:
Superintendent
$108.00
Labor 247.80
Supplies & expense 278.23
Trucks & teams
64.25
Total
$698.28
Balance to revenue
1.72
$700.00
Health & Sanitation
Appropriation
$700.00
Payments :
Salaries
$75.00
Inspector of Animals 150.00
Inspector Provisions 100.00
Reporting births,
. deaths, etc. 207.25
Labor, Town Dump
33.60
Misc. 45.81
Total
$611.66
Balance to revenue
88.34
$700.00
127
Tree Warden Appropriation
Payments:
Superintendent
140.26
Labor
388.30
Supplies & misc.
203.05
Trucks & teams
118.00
Total
$849.61
Balance to revenue
.39
$850.00
Sewer Department Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
$500.00
200.00
$700.00
Payments :
Superintendent
$98.65
Labor
476.75
Trucks & teams
111.21
Supplies & misc.
13.15
Total
$699.76
Balance to revenue
.24
$700.00
Highway Department
Appropriation Received from State
6,150.00
$14,150.00
Payments :
Superintendent
$1,432.00
Labor 5,165.45
Truck hire
1,061.33
128
$850.00
$8,000.00
Gravel & stone
493.33
Tar, oil & patch
3,260.39
Gas, oil, tires, etc. 1,427.00
Traffic Beacon
maintenance 114.45
Registration-trucks
6.00
Roller hire
450.00
Blasting
47.90
Repairs, supplies, misc.
690.61
Total
$14,148.46
Balance to revenue
1.54
$14,150.00
Highways Under Chapter 90
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Received from State
849.80
Received from County
849.79
$2,699.59
Returned to revenue from appro- priation to match State & County $2,549.59
Payments:
Superintendent
$142.00
Labor
754.80
Truck hire
234.00
Tar, oil, etc.
540.93
Stone, gravel
434.89
Supplies, misc.
216.76
Gas, oil, etc.
53.51
Roller hire
172.50
Total
$2,549.39
Balance to revenue
.20
$2,549.59
129
Highway Special-Adams Street Appropriation Payments :
$1,430.00
Superintendent
$90.00
Labor
491.10
Truck hire
166.00
Tar & oil
426.90
Gravel
13.20
Supplies, misc.
62.88
Gas, oil, etc.
29.38
Roller hire
142.50
Total
$1,421.96
Balance to revenue 8.04
$1,430.00
Highway Special-Frairy Street
Appropriation
$450.00
Payments :
Labor
$61.10
Truck hire
25.40
Tar & oil
301.07
Roller hire
37.50
Gas & oil
24.79
Total
$449.86
Balance to revenue
.14
$450.00
Highway Special-Miller Street
Appropriation
$650.00
Payments :
Labor
$99.20
Truck hire
50.75
Roller hire
60.00
Tar & oil
411.38
130
Gas & oil 28.04
Total
Balance to revenue
$649.37 .63
$650.00
Highway Special-Mitchell Street Appropriation
$320.00
Payments :
Superintendent
$20.00
Labor
113.20
Truck hire
24.00
Roller hire
22.50
Tar & oil
139.39
Total
$319.09
Balance to revenue
.91
$320.00
Highway Special-Upham Road
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments:
Labor
$52.80
Truck hire
10.80
Roller hire
15.00
Tar & oil
57.50
Gas & oil
13.55
Total
$149.65
Balance to revenue
.35
Šnow
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Transfer to New Truck
300.00
$150.00
$3,700.00
131
Payments:
Superintendent
$264.00
Labor
1,192.30
Trucks & plows
1,065.26
Gas & oil
821.85
Equipment
140.00
Repairs & supplies
213.82
Total
$3,697.23
Balance to revenue 2.77
$3,700.00
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments:
Labor
$147.60
Balance to revenue 2.40
$150.00
Bridges
Appropriation
$100.00
Transfer to New Truck
100.00
Street Lights
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Payments
$4,967.85
Balance to revenue
32.15
$5,000.00
Guard Rails
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments :
Superintendent
$6.00
Labor
57.60
Material & supplies
33.20
132
Total Balance to revenue
$96.80 3.20
$100.00
State Bond Issue Special
Received from State
$2,050.00
Payments :
Superintendent
$130.00
Labor
905.75
Trucks
268.50
Blasting
30.38
Asphalt
116.64
Gravel & stone
36.06
Gas & oil
71.07
Misc.
5.00
Total
$1,563.40
Balance unexpended
486.60
$2,050.00
New Truck & Snow Plow
Transfer from Liability Insur.
$160.00
66- Snow
300.00
66
66 School Furnace
86.00
66
Bridges
100.00
66
66 Interest
1,206.36
Borrowed on Note
2,000.00
$3,852.36
Paid
$3,825.00
Balance to revenue 27.36
$3,852.36
133
Public Welfare Appropriation
$7,500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund
556.94
$8,056.94
Payments :
Rent, care, board, cash, etc. $3,495.04
Medical & hospital 1,064.49
Provisions
1,989.29
Fuel 762.60
Paid other towns 581.86
Sundry
163.66
Total $8,056.94
FERA Special
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments :
Truck hire
$703.60
Material, supplies
519.94
Total
$1,223.54
Balance unexpended
776.46
$2,000.00
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation
$7,000.00
Payments :
Assistance
$6,314.82
Supplies
25.86
Fuel
4.00
Medical
7.75
Total
$6,352.43
Balance to revenue
647.57
$7,000.00
134
Chairman Public Welfare Appropriation Payments: Salary $200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Soldiers' Benefits
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments $353.65
Balance to revenue 1,146.35 .
$1,500.00
District Nurse
Appropriation Paid District Nurse
450.00
Schools
Appropriation $29,500.00
Interest on funds 1934 $219.22
1935 124.74
343.96
$29,843.96
Payments per School
Report $29,804.07
To Interest Accrued
39.89
$29,843.96
Ralph Wheelock School Furnace
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments $413.94
Transfer New Truck 86.00
Balance to revenue
.06
Library Appropriation Dog Tax
$500.00
$1,750.00 460.07
135
$450.00
Int. on trust funds 1934 $77.22
66 1935 230.00
307.22
$2,517.29
Payments :
Salary Librarian
$600.00
Sal. Asst. Librarian
270.00
Salary Janitor
468.00
Books & periodicals
547.84
Rebinding books
39.54
Fuel
269.50
Electricity
121.44
Water
10.00
Supplies
116.63
Ash removal
9.00
Total
$2,451.95
To accrued interest
65.34
$2,517.29
Parks
Appropriation
$225.00
Payments :
Labor
$100.68
Supplies
45,86
Painting Flag Pole
15.00
Water
15.00
Total
$176.54
Balance to revenue
48.46
Memorial Day Appropriation Paid $221.20
$225.00
$225.00
136
Balance to revenue 3.80
$225.00
Contingent
$650.00
Appropriation Payments :
Law Books
$4.50
Town Reports
271.40
Census Taking
76.25
Printing 29.70
Selectmen's Assoc.
6.00
Music
8.07
County Entry Fee
3.00
State Certification Notes 8.00
Taxes-Town Walpole 6.28
Decorating Town Hall 15.00
Administering Oaths 14.75
Care Town Clock
40.00
Total
Balance to revenue
$482.95 167.05
County Hospital
Appropriation Paid
764.96
Liability Insurance
Appropriation
$725.00
Transfer to New Truck
160.00
Payments:
Insurance
$563.01
Balance to revenue 1.99
$565.00
137
$650.00
$764.96
$565.00
Reserve Fund Appropriation Transfer to:
Sewer Dept.
$200.00
Water Dept.
151.12
Collector's Dept.
91.94
Welfare Dept.
556.94
$1,000.00
1934 Unpaid Bills
Appropriation
$1,656.73
Paid
1,656.73
Cemetery
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Interest from trust
funds 1934
$13.27
Interest from trust
funds 1935
630.60
$643.87
$2,643.87
Payments:
Labor
$1,502.50
Trucks
602.05
Supplies
419.79
Shrubs
50.00
Water
27.33
Gas & oil
26.54
Total
$2,628.21
To interest accrued
15.66
$2,643.87
Water Special-Damaged Boilers Appropriation $69.00 Paid 69.00
138
$1,000.00
Water Department Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
$6,005.00 151.12
$6,156.12
Payments :
Com'ners' salaries
$150.00
Registrar's salary
50.00
Superintendent
454.52
Labor
296.88
Water purchased
4,117.01
Supplies, misc.
587.36
Daddario vs.
Medfield
500.00
Total
$6,155.77
Balance to revenue
.35
$6,156.12
Maturing Debt Appropriation
$18,000.00
Payments :
School
$5,000.00
Town Hall
2,000.00
Water Mains
1,000.00
Water System
10,000.00
Total
$18,000.00
$18,000.00
Interest
Appropriation
$9,923.74
Transfer to New Truck
1,206.36
$8,717.38
Payments :
Water Loan
$6,411.25
School
1,300.00
Town Hall
212.50
139
Anticipation Revenue 197.48
Total
$8,121.23
Balance to revenue
596.15
$8,717.38
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
Executive Department
$2,091.66
Treasurer
745.18
Collector
1,391.94
Assessors
831.22
Town Clerk
337.70
Election and Registration
132.39
Town Hall
2,449.35
Police
3,198.57
Police Car
393.60
Fire
3,297.47
Sealer
86.84
Moth
698.28
Health and Sanitation
611.66
Tree Warden
849.61
Sewer
699.76
Highway
14,148.46
Highway Chapter 90
2,549.39
Highway Special Adams Street
1,421.96
Highway Special Frairy Street
449.86
Highway Special Miller Street
649.37
Highway Special Mitchell Street
319.09
Highway Special Upham Road
149.65
Snow
3,697.23
Sidewalks
147.60
140
Street Lights
4,967.85
Guard Rails
96.80
State Bond Issue
1,563.40
New Truck and Snow Plow
3,825.00
Public Welfare
8,056.94
FERA
1,223.54
Old Age Assistance
6,352.43
Chairman Public Welfare
200.00
Soldiers' Benefits
353.65
District Nurse
450.00
Schools
29,804.07
Ralph Wheelock School Furnace
413.94
Library
2,451.95
Parks
176.54
Memorial Day
221.20
Contingent
482.95
County Hospital
764.96
Liability Insurance
563.01
1934 Unpaid Bills
1,656.73
Cemetery
2,628.21
Water
6,155.77
Water Special Damaged Boilers
69.00
Maturing Debt
18,000.00
Interest
8,121.23
Refund Taxes
5.95
Refund Motor Excise Taxes
232.48
Dog Licenses
601.60
Loans Anticipation Taxes
30,000.00
State Tax
4,100.00
Auditing Tax
13.70
State Parks Tax
61.13
County Tax
2,859.76
Balance Cash December 31, 1935
19,719.59
Total
$197,379.72
141
TOWN OF MEDFIELD BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1935
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$19,719.59
Temporary Loans
$30,000.00
Uncollected Taxes
40,915.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
75.00
Motor Excise Taxes
2,603.75
Sale Town Farm Fund
2,245.53
Special Assessments
300.98
Accrued Interest on Trust Funds 120.89
Tax Titles
4,090.89
Sale Cemetery Lots Fund
520.00
Public Welfare Accounts
849.69
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
3,639.92
Cemetery Accounts
2,053.00
Overlay reserve for abatements
2,200.64
Water Liens
54.27
State Tax-Old Age Assistance
7.00
Water Accounts
2,051.47
Special Appropriation Balances
1,276.74
Revenue Reserve until collected :
Motor Vehicles
$2,603.75
Special Assessments
300.98
Tax Titles
4,090.89
Departmental
2,902.69
Water
2,105.74
Surplus Revenue
12,004.05 20,548.87
$72,638.34
$72,638.34
142
TRUST FUNDS In custody of Town Treasurer
School Trust Funds
$3,658.87
Library Trust Funds
9,000.00
Cemetery Trust Funds
19,975.00
Total
$32,633.87
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNT
Apportioned Sewer Assessments not due
129.12
Due in 1936
43.04
Due in 1937
43.04
Due in 1938
43.04
$129.12
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$206,000.00
Town House Loan 1924
$8,000.00
School Loan 1927
30,000.00
Water Loan 1930
8,000.00
Water Loan 1931
158,000.00
Truck Loan 1935
2,000.00
$206,000.00
The foregoing report is an accurate account of the fin- ancial transactions and standing of the Town of Med- field for the year 1935.
FRANCIS M. BIBBY, Town Accountant.
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SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY
Real Estate
Town House
$100,000.00
Library
31,000.00
Ralph Wheelock School
20,000.00
Hannah Adams Pfaff School
75,000.00
Land in Walpole
150.00
Water Department, 16 acres
1,300.00
Water Department,
Pumping Station
1,250.00
Water Department, Spring House
150.00
Town Storehouse
3,500.00
$232,350.00
Personal Property
Town House, furnishings and equipment $4,000.00
Library, furnishings and equipment 4,000.00
Ralph Wheelock School, furnish- ings and equipment 4,000.00
Hannah Adams Pfaff School, furnishings and equipment
5,500.00
Town Clock 150.00
Highway Department, equipment 10,000.00
Forestry Department, equipment 1,000.00
Fire Department, equipment 12,100.00
Water Department, equipment 3,530.00
Cemetery Department, equipment 200.00
Sewer Department, equipment
150.00
$44,630.00
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Insurance Expires April 1, 1936
Town House
$80,000.00
Hannah Adams Pfaff School
60,000.00
Ralph Wheelock School
36,000.00
Library
20,000.00
Town Clock
120.00
Pumping Station
1,000.00
Spring House
120.00
Town Storehouse
2,400.00
On contents of above buildings
$199,640.00 36,756.00
All companies participate pro rata in any loss of Town buildings or their contents.
Boiler Insurance
Ralph Wheelock School -
Hannah Adams Pfaff School
Town House
expires April 1, 1936 $10,000.00
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Article 4.
Executive Department
$2,000.00
Treasurer
750.00
Collector
1,300.00
Assessors
600.00
Town Clerk
350.00
Election and Registration
350.00
Town House
2,500.00
Police
4,200.00
Fire
3,000.00
Sealer
100.00
Moth
750.00
Planting Shade Trees
100.00
Mowing Bushes
350.00
General Care of Trees
250.00
Spraying Elms
300.00
Sewer
1,000.00
Highways
8,500.00
Snow
150.00
Bridges
100.00
Guard Rails
100.00
Street Lighting
5,000.00
Public Welfare
7,500.00
Old Age Assistance
8,500.00
Soldiers Benefits
1,000.00
District Nurse
450.00
Schools
29,500.00
Library-And Dog Tax
1,750.00
Parks
150.00
Memorial Day
225.00
Contingent
650.00
Liability Insurance
650.00
County Hospital
828.28
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Sidewalks
Reserve Fund
Water
Notes
2,000.00 6,500.00 20,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds,
Jan. 1, 1936-Jan. 1, 1937
7,276.25
Boiler Insurance
780.00
Fire Insurance
3,600.00
Interest on Temporary Notes
1,500.00
Article 5. Recommended to pass.
Article 6. Finance committee recommend that taxes shall be paid in two equal payments, July 1, 1936 and October 1, 1936, interest will be paid at the rate of five per cent per annum from the first day of October until taxes are paid and that the Collector receive 1% for 1936 taxes.
Article 7. Finance Committee recommend that the members of the Fire Department be paid the sum of $19.50 per year and $1.00 per hour while working at fires.
Article 8. Recommend to pass.
Article 9. Finance Committee recommend that the price per hour paid for labor on the highways be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.
Article 10. Recommend to pass.
Article 11. Finance recommend that the sum of $50.00 be paid the Water Registrar.
Article 12. Recommended that the sum of $500 be paid members of the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 13. No recommendation.
Article 14. Recommend dismissal.
Article 15. Recommend dismissal.
Article 16. Recommend dismissal.
Article 17. Recommended to pass.
1 Article 18. Recommended that the sum of $2500 and the $250 from the Sale of Cemetery Lots be granted for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery.
Article 19. Recommended to pass.
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The usual routine work was carried on in the cemetery as has been done in previous years, such as, grass-cutting, use of fertilizer, etc.
There is considerable gravel needed on the avenues and the W. P. A. will require a great deal of cement and lum- ber to make a form for the wall. There will also be some trucking, the cost of which comes out of this appropria- tion.
Therefore, we recommend an appropriation of $2,500. Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS JOHN R. MILLER PETER PEDERZINI Cemetery Commissioners
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Balance due from commitments
Jan. 1, 1935 Commitment 1935 Annual Care
$1,854.00
522.50
$2,376.50
Sale of Lots
$250.00
Collections :
1929 Annual care
46.00
1930
66
6.00
1931
66
9.00
148
1932
66
12.00
1933
6.
12.00
1934
110.00
1935
66
128.50
323.50
Balance due on Commitments
December 31, 1935
$2,053.00
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REPORT OF THE WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD
Water Department
During the year we have added twenty new water takers making the total number of meters in use 354.
A great deal of water was used this year in blowing off the dead ends; also by the Fire, Highway, Tree, and Sewer Departments.
Extensions should be made on Pine, High and South Streets for the good of the service.
In the past two years the department has had an over- draft because the budgets have been cut without investi- gating the conditions first.
For general maintenance, we ask for an appropriation of $6500.
Respectfully submitted,
IRA F. PENNIMAN,
FRED A. SMITH, PETER PEDERZINI,
Water and Sewerage Commissioners.
Water used each month during 1935:
January
1,937,190 gallons @ 18.1c
$350.63
February
1,740,810
66
315.09
March
1,658,032
300.10
April
2,106,972
381.36
May
2,508,825
454.10
June
1,968,097
356.23
July
2,777,870
502.79
August
3,023,632
66
547.28
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September
2,124,000
66
384.44
October
2,065,575
373.87
November
2,043,375
369.85
December
1,896,900
66
66
343.34
Total
.
$4,679.08
WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance due from
1932-1933 Commitments-Rates
$41.98
1934 Commitments
1,172.44
1935 Commitments
6,845.14
$8,059.56
Collections :
1932-1933 Rates
$19.44
1934 Rates
1,155.08
1935 Rates
5,513.61
Water Lien-Rates
3.14
$6,691.27
Abatements :
1933 Rates
$7.83
1935 Rates
14.22
$22.05
$6,713.32
Balance due on Commitments-Rates December 31, 1935
Balance due from
1933 Commitments-Service
$117.14
1934 Commitments
99.60
1935 Commitments
161.73
Collections :
1933-35 Service
$185.65
$1,346.24
$378.47
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Water Lien Service
8.70
$194.35
Abatements : 1935 Service $5.78
$200.13
Balance due on Commitments- Service December 31, 1935
$178.34
Sewer Department
In the past year the sewer beds have had the usual care.
The collecting well must be repaired as the timbers have decayed and are unsafe to work on, great care being used by the men not to step on them preventing the dan- ger of falling in the well.
The manhole covers and frames on Adams, Mitchell, North, Miller, Cottage, Dale and Green Streets should be raised, and as the appropriation this year was cut to $500 there was no money to raise these manhole covers and frames to the surface where they belong on these streets.
We have had several stoppages in the Sanitary Sewers this year caused by the tree roots.
In order to carry on the work this year, we ask for an appropriation of $1,000.
Respectfully submitted, IRA F. PENNIMAN, FRED A. SMITH, PETER PEDERZINI,
Water and Sewerage Commissioners.
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INDEX
Town Officers
3
Inspector of Animals' Report 9
Assessors' Report 10
Report of Dog Officer 13
Police Department Report 14
Fire Engineers' Report 19
Weights and Measures 22
Public Library Report 24
List of Jurors
26
Town Clerk's Records
Vital Statistics
Births 31
Marriages
33
Deaths
35
Town Meetings
37
School Department Report
Report of School Committee 73
Collector's Report 103
Town Debt
114
Cemetery Trust Funds 117
Report of Town Accountant 121
Town Trust Funds 143
Schedule of Town Property and Insurance 144
Recommendations of the Finance Committee 146
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
148
Report of Water and Sewerage Board
150
286th Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
F
M.
1649
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YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1936
SENTINEL PRESS, INC. FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS
Alden WH. Wheeler Died February 3, 1936
Charles F, Bryant Died October 25, 1936
TOWN OFFICERS 1936
Moderator FRANK D. MCCARTHY
Town Clerk
GRACE EVERETT ROBERTS
Treasurer BESSIE L. HAMANT
Collector of Taxes AMOS C. KINGSBURY
Selectmen
CHARLES W. HAIGH Term expires 1937
CHARLES F. ALLEN Term expires 1938
FRANK G. HALEY Term expires 1939
Assessors
NELSON G. TIBBETTS Term expires 1937
HARRY E. CONWAY Term expires 1938
* CHARLES F. BRYANT Term expires 1939
CARLTON W. KINGSBURY Appointed until
March 1937
* Deceased
3
School Committee
A. HOWARD WILLIAMSON Term expires 1937
FRANK H. CLOUGH Term expires 1938
HAROLD F. STEVENS Term expires 1939
Water and Sewerage Board
ALFRED HEWINS Term expires 1937
PETER PEDERZINI Term expires 1938
IRA F. PENNIMAN Term expires 1939
Trustees of the Public Library
JAMES L. ATHERTON Term expires 1937
THEODORE B. PEDERSON
Term expires 1937
FRANK H. CLOUGH, M. D.
Term expires 1938
ANNE C. DONLAN
Term expires 1938
NELLIE T. KEYOU Term expires 1939
A. HOWARD WILLIAMSON
Term expires 1939
Board of Health
GEORGE W. HINKLEY Term expires 1937
A. RITCHEY STAGG, M. D. Term expires 1938
MADELEINE I. HARDING Term expires 1939
Cemetery Commissioners
PETER PEDERZINI Term expires 1937
JOHN R. MILLER Term expires 1938
JOSEPH A. ROBERTS
Term expires 1939
Park and Planning Board
FRANCIS M. PARKHURST Term expires 1937
PHILLIPS DENNETT Term expires 1938
GUY V. SCRIBNER Term expires 1939
ALFRED HEWINS Term expires 1940
JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE
Term expires 1941
4
Board of Public Welfare
* CHARLES F. BRYANT
Term expires 1937
MARY H. SMITH
Term expires 1938
GEORGE H. SAUER
Term expires 1939
GEORGE M. O'HARE Appointed until March 1937
* Deceased
Tree Warden GEORGE L. L. ALLEN
Constables
FRED C. CHICK WALTER P. REYNOLDS COLEMAN J. HOGAN
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