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509.29
Balance
324.04
December 31, 1945 Balance 1943 Taxes
$1,101.67
Collections 1946
742.83
Balance
$358.84
Dec. 31, 1945 Balance
$5,856.95
Abatements 1946
$402.63
Collections 1946
567.34
Delinquent list
4,886.98
$5,856.95
$5,856.95
Dec. 31, 1945 Balance
$14,860.50 Abatements 1946
$947.59
Collections 1946
5,853.54
- Delinquent List
8,059.37
$14,860.50
$14,860.50
Sewer Assessments Tax Titles Tax Possessions
248.91
1,787.37
168.52
Respectfully submitted, Amos C. Kingsbury Collector of Taxes for the Town of Medfield.
92
82.00
1945 REAL ESTATE DELINQUENT LIST
Abbott, Gertrude L.
$ .92
Manson, Warren 19.61
Manson, Warren &
Emily 5.55
Anderson, Edith L. 100.45
Bent, George L. Bal.
18.80
Blake, Edmund P.
29.60
Mitchell, Harold
493.21
Bridge, Collomer G.
289.52
Morse, Herbert Bal.
66.36
Murray, Annie
51.98
Catenacci, Albert & Gabrielle
88.25
McCormack, Malcolm 8.32
Mckeown, Cornelius P. & Helen 127.46
Chamberlain, Florence
52.72
Neal, Harry E. 1.11
Child, Harrison B. Est.
381.65
O'Brien, James R. 24.05
Daine, Gladys E.
41.63
Pederson, Embert W. 29.60
Day, Abbie
12.21
Reckis, Albert & Helen 5.55
DeVanenzi, Romola 82.88
Dutton, Marjorie S.
8.88
Ellis, George et al
1.29
Fabbricotti, Casimerio
5.55
Rouzaut, John P. & Helen 26.08
Farrell, Garfield N. & Ann F. 37.38
Gavin, Thomas
3.70
Sharpe, Florence 45.32
Geller, Mollie et al bal.
2.00
Shepardson, Mary .74
Gorman, Michael Bal.
13.65
Shultz, Charles
1.85
Greenough, David S. & & Mary M.
384.80
Taylor, John P. 22.57
Hale, Robert L.
6.66
Tibbetts, Nelson G. Est.
&
or subsequent owner 238.14
Hastings, Marie J.
9.25
Hayward, Mary A. Est.
68.45
Hollis, Mrs. James 7.40
Holmquist, Ellen
23.68
Turner Hollis Company 7.40
Johnson, Alice T. 173.90
Vasaturo, Pasquale & Angiolina 136.90
Johnson, Karl A. et al
303.77
Kelly, Antoinette S.
937.58
Kelly, Antoinette S.
229.04
Kelly, Antoinette & Delmer
153.56
Kingsbury, Carlton Bal.
96.37
Kingsbury, Wilma
2.96
Koch, Elizabeth
158.73
Yeo, William H. & Della G. 146.15
Lee, Bernice Bal.
85.10
Zullo, Alfredo
136.90
Lewis, Eva H.
97.13
Polls
190.00
Lobisser, Frank
3.33
December Assessment 94.91
Lucy, Dennis H. & Nora A.
118.40
Mann, Jessie
17.61
1945 PERSONAL TAXES-DELINQUENT
Blanchard, William
45.14 Greenough, David S. 92.50
Catenacci, Gemi
11.10
Hastings, Everett 5.18
Coyle, John E.
85.10 Holmquist, Ellen 47.36
Smith, Laura H.
267.14
Hastings, Everett Mary J.
115.44
Tubridy, Mary A. & Hallowell, Jane 3.70
Tubridy, Mary A. & Hal- lowell, Jane 37.00
Virkler, Stanley
231.25
Warner, Otto R. 19.42
Wentworth, Samuel
3.70
Williams, Alfred G. 9.25
Williams, George P. 8.88
7311.06
Allen, Joseph T. L.
35.15
Allen, Lucy E. 27.75
Medfield Grange Assoc. 107.30 Milton, Helen 20.72
Caulfield, Martin & Margaret
85.10
Regan, Gertrude E. 38.48
Roberts, Joseph A., Est. 224.40 Rokes, Ralph 145.97
Rouzaut, Russell
1.85
93
1945 PERSONAL TAXES-DELINQUENT-(Cont.)
Johnson, Carl A.
6.84
Roberts, Joseph
7.40
Kelly, Antoinette
85.10
Knight, Arthur
44.40
Kelly, Delmer M.
205.53
Zullo, Alfredo 18.50
Montgomery, Stuart
92.50
Petrie, Frank J.
1.66
748.31
1944 REAL ESTATE DELINQUIST LIST
Allen, Joseph T. L. 33.73
Milton, Helen E. 19.88
Allen, Lucy 26.62
1.60
Murray, Annie 49.88
Bridge, Collomer G. Bal. 257.49
McCormack, Malcolm
7.98
Catenacci, Albert & Gab-
rielle Bal. 4.00
Chamberlain, Florence J. 50.60
Daine, Gladys M. 39.94
5.33
Farrell, Garfield N. & Anne
35.85
Greenough, David & Mary
369.20
Sharp, Florence
43.50
Hall, Agnes M. & Wallace
4.26
Hastings, Marie Jeanne
8.88
Holmquist, Ellen
22.72
Hollis, Mrs. James
7.10
Johnson, Alice T.
166.85
Virkler, Stanley B.
221.87
Johnson, Karl A.
291.81
Washburn, Merle
4.26
Kelly, Antoinette
949.27
Welch, William T.
26.27
Kelly, Antoinette
219.75
Williams, Alfred G.
8.88
Kelly, Antoinette & Del- mer
147.32
POLLS
182.00
Koch, Elizabeth
152.30
Mann, Jessie
18.82
4126.04
1944 PERSONAL ACCOUNT
Blanchard, William S.
39.24
Kelly, Antoinette S. 81.65
Catenacci, Violet
10.65
Kelly, Delmer M.
195.78
Coyle, John
81.65
Knight, Arthur 42.60
Garabedian, Charles
4.43
Meyer, Carl H.
1.06
Greenough, David
88.75
Montgomery, Stuart
88.75
Hastings, Everett
7.99
Zullo, Alfredo
17.75
Hazel, Manufacturing Co. 71.00
Holmquist, Ellen
29.64
760.94
McDonough, Walter 3.90
Peterson, Embert 28.40
Rokes, Ralph H. & Ida M. 140.05
Rouzaut, John P. & Helen
25.02
Rouzaut, Russell
1.78
Sawyer, Anna J.
17.75
Temperley, Harold
10.65
Tubridy, Jane F. Est.
3.55
Tubridy, Jane F. Est.
35.50
Vasaturo, Pasquale & Agniolina 131.35
December Assessment
126.91
Fabbricotti, Casimerio
Mitchell, Harold Bal.
223.22
Baker, Francis
94
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT For the Year Ending December 31, 1945 Receipts
:
Balance Cash on Hand January 1, 1945
$81,371.93
Taxes:
Current Year
$89,257.55
Previous Years
15,176.67
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
2,173.32
Tax Interest and Costs
422.18
State Income Tax
14,601.08
State Corporation Tax
6,779.65
$128,410.45
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
$1,200.00
All Other
53.50
1,253.50
Court Fines
35.00
Grants from Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance
$9,171.38
Aid to Dependent Children
346.55
9,517.93
Grants from State:
Old Age Assistance
$13,750.73
Aid to Dependent Children
356.56
Vocational Education
230.00
High School Tuition
250.00
Union Superintendency
483.34
Highways-Snow
2,487.39
Veterans' Aid and Pensions
126.04
Meals Tax-Old Age Assistance
385.12
Tuberculosis Subsidy
341.43
18,411.21
Departmental Revenue:
Town Clerk-Dog Licenses
$713.80
Town Hall-Rentals
1,083.00
High School Auditorium-Rentals
120.00
Fire
100.00
Sealer
22.25
Library Fines
226.23
Moth
26.89
All Other
15.32
2,307.49
Highways:
State
$11,191.17
County
1,206.05
Machinery Revenue
3,750.20
16,147.42
95
Old Age Assistance: Reimbursement from Cities and Towns 427.97
Water Department:
Sale of Water Water Service Miscellaneous
$9,382.04
16.00
10.00
9,408.04
Cemetery :
Sale of Lots and Graves
$180.00
Care of Lots
269.00
449.00
Interest on Trust Funds:
Library
$160.00
Granville F. Dailey-Library
3,140.63
Cemetery Perpetual Care
463.25
3,763.88
Loans-Anticipation of:
Revenue
$30,000.00
Reimbursement-State and County Highways
7,125.00
37,125.00
Withheld Taxes
4,540.00
Cemetery Trust Funds
1,250.00
Granville F. Dailey Library Trust Funds
13,561.21
State Reimbursement-Tax Loss
1,823.82
Sale-Tax Possessed Property
300.00
School-Refund
117.91
Town Hall-Refund
27.50
Total Receipts
$330,249.26
DEPARTMENTAL INCOME AND EXPENSE
Executive
Appropriation
$2,800.00
Payments:
Frank G. Haley, Selectman
$200.00
Charles W. Haigh, Selectman
100.00
Daniel J. Sullivan, Selectman
150.00
$450.00
Marie Burke, Clerk
1,664.00
Frank D. McCarthy, Moderator
25.00
Leslie J. Howlett, Accountant
500.00
Postage
16.40
Supplies and Other Expenses
111.71
Balance to Revenue
32.89
Total
2,767.11
$2,800.00
96
Treasurer Appropriation
$750.00
Payments:
Orion Wight, Treasurer
$500.00
Bond
109.56
Postage
101.16
Supplies
27.67
Balance to Revenue
11.61
1
Total
$750.00
Collector
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Payments:
Amos C. Kingsbury, Collector
$1,087.98
Bond
114.00
Postage
70.00
Supplies
14.52
Printing
56.00
1,342.50
Balance to Revenue
257.50
Total
$1,600.00
Assessors
Appropriation
$800.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
100.00
$900.00
Payments:
Carleton W. Kingsbury, Assessor $300.00
Harry E. Conway, Assessor
100.00
Joseph S. Kennedy
100.00
$500.00
Transcripts and Listings
131.15
Supplies
177.71
Automobile
36.45
Assessors' Association
6.00
Postage
21.09
Balance to Revenue
27.60
Total
$900.00
Town Clerk Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
9.30
$509.30
97
872.40
738.39
Payments:
C. Warren Kierstead, Town Clerk Supplies Bond
$400.00 101.80
7.50
Total
$509.30
Election and Registration Appropriation
$350.00
Payments:
C. Warren Kierstead, Registrar $25.00
Louise D. Brennan, Registrar
15,00
Anne Young, Registrar
15.00
Edward A. Sweeney, Registrar
15.00
Election Officers
45.00
Meals
5.50
Printing
128.75
Supplies
45.66
294.91 55.09
Balance to Revenue
Total
$350.00
Town Hall Appropriation
$3,265.00
Payments:
Janitors
$1,302.12
Telephone
138.49
Water
33.16
Fuel
723.59
Light
747.55
Supplies and Other Expenses
248.91
3,193.82
To Revenue
36.18
Balance
35.00
Total
$3,265.00
Police
Appropriation
$4,543.20
Payments:
Coleman J. Hogan, Chief
$2,339.20
Officers
913.06
Police Car
624.13
Telephone
91.02
Radio
226.50
Supplies and Postage
166.32
98
$70.00
Uniforms Insurance
153.55 15.00
4,528.78
14.42
Total
$4,543.20
Fire
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Payments:
Allan A. Kingsbury, Chief $100.00 100.00
Kenneth R. Clark, Assistant
$200.00
Payroll
1,434.00
Gas, Oil and Maintenance
164.84
Hose
259.80
Equipment
255.31
Telephone
28.83
Air Horn and Appliances
423.81
Supplies
57.66
Insurance
166.26
2,990.51
Balance to Revenue
9.49
Total
$3,000.00
Air Compressor
Balance December 31, 1944
$619.00
Payments:
Air Compressor
470.98
Balance to Revenue
148.02
$619.00
Defense
Balance December 31, 1944
$382.22
Payments:
Uniforms and Equipment
165.00
Balance
217.22
Total
$382.22
Sealer
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments:
George E. Crowell, Sealer
Truck Hire
$100.00 15.00
99
Balance to Revenue
Bond Supplies
10.00 4.09
129.09 20.91
Balance to Revenue
Total
$150.00
Moth
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments:
George E. Allen, Superintendent
$80.33
Payroll
138.40
Gas and Oil
41.74
Supplies
177.24
437.71
Balance to Revenue
562.29
Total
$1,000.00
Care of Trees
Appropriation
$400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
100.00
$500.00
Payments:
George E. Allen, Superintendent
$160.59
Payroll
223.77
Gas and Oil
6.55
Equipment
12.05
402.96
Balance to Revenue
97.04
Total
$500.00
Cutting Brush
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments:
Payroll
$733.64
Team Hire
9.00
Equipment
29.20
Gas and Oil
14.89
Supplies
21.52
Balance to Revenue
191.75
Total
$1,000.00
- ------ -----
808.25
100
Spraying Elms Appropriation
$400.00
Payments:
$193.25
Payroll Gas and Oil Supplies
18.20
175.96
387.41
Balance to Revenue
12.59
Total
$400.00
District Nurse
Appropriation
$450.00
Payments:
Madeleine I. Harding, District Nurse
$450.00
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Transfers from Reserve Fund
878.25
$2,478.25
Payments:
Norfolk County Hospital
$1,699.50
Carleton W. Cheney, Inspector
150.00
Madeleine I. Harding
25.00
George W. Hinkley
25.00
H. L. Park
25.00
Francis X. Maguire, Inspector
100.00
C. Warren Kierstead, Clerk Expenses
194.00
2,478.25
County Hospital
Appropriation
$1,328.43
Payments:
Norfolk County Hospital
1,328.43
Public Dump
Appropriation
$250.00
Payments:
Payroll
$196.88 17.60
Truck
214.48
Balance to Revenue
35.52
Total:
$250.00
101
259.75
!
Sewer Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments:
Ira F. Penniman-Board
$25.00
Myron H. Smith-Board
25.00
W. B. Frothingham-Board
25.00
Ira F. Penniman, Superintendent
246.60
Payroll
367.90
Equipment
82.90
Truck
225.70
998.10
Balance to Revenue
1.90
Total:
$1,000.00
Highways Appropriation
$10,000.00
Payments:
F. G. Haley, Clerk
$1,300.00
Payroll
2,316.73
Supplies and Equipment
847.40
Asphalt, Stone, and Gravel
206.84
Trucks
195.64
Transfer to Highways, Chapter 81 Balance to Revenue
8.39
Total:
$10,000.00
Highways-Chapter 81
Transfer from Highways
$5,125.00
State Aid to Highways
5,125.00
$10,250.00
Payments:
Payroll
$4,478.47
Trucks
1,628.80
Grader and Other Equipment
712.60
Sand, Gravel, etc.
1,009.75
Tar and Oil
2,339.75
Other Supplies
80.61
Balance to Revenue
.02
Total:
$10,250.00
Highways-Chapter 90
$1,000.00
Appropriation County Aid to Highways
2,000.00
$3,000.00
102
10,249.98
4,866.61
5,125.00
Payments:
Payroll
$1,422.28
Trucks
517.25
Grader, and Other Equipment
297.40
Sand, Gravel, etc. Tar and Oil Guard Posts
145.40
363.77
253.50
Balance to Revenue
2,999.60 .40
Total:
$3,000.00
Guard Rails
Appropriation
$400.00
Payments:
Payroll
$326.37 55.00
Supplies
17.60
Balance to Revenue
1.03
Total:
$400.00
Bridges
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
Payroll
$48.12 51.88
Lumber
100.00
Sidewalks-Adams Avenue
Appropriation
$475.00
Payments:
Contractor
475.00
Sidewalks-Frairy Street
Appropriation
$116.00
Payments:
Contractor
100.75
Transfer to Snow
15.25
Total:
$116.00
Sidewalks-Main Street Appropriation $350.00
103
Truck
398.97
Payments: Contractor Transfer to Snow
248.50 101.50
Total:
$350.00
Sidewalks-Mitchell Street Appropriation
$430.00
Payments:
425.25
Contractor Transfer to Snow
4.75
Total:
$430.00
Sidewalks-North Street
Appropriation
$250.00
Payments: Contractor
250.00
Sidewalks-Pleasant Street Appropriation
$260.00
Payments:
Payroll
$60.16
Contractor
199.84
260.00
Sidewalks-Vinald Road
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments:
Contractor
189.00
Transfer to Snow
11.00
Total:
$200.00
Gravel Loader
Appropriation
$1,135.00
Payments:
Gravel Loader
1,135.00
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$300.00
Payments:
Payroll
$46.64
Sand and Asphalt
67.62
Contractor
181.66
295.92
104
Balance to Revenue
4.08
Total:
$300.00
Snow Appropriation Transfers from Reserve Account
$7,000.00
3,603.21
$10,603.21
Payments:
Payroll
$4,011.94
Trucks and Plows
5,868.14
Sand, etc.
596.77
Supplies and Other Expenses
95.01
Meals
31.35
$10,603.21
Street Lights Appropriation
$5,120.00
Payments:
Boston Edison Company
5,093.65
Balance to Revenue
26.35
$5,120.00
Road Machinery Operation
Balance December 31, 1943
$489.89
Transfer from Machinery Revenue
3,613.00
Transfer Required as of December 31, 1945
292.36
$4,395.25
Payments:
Operation and Upkeep
$4,395.25
Public Welfare-Board Appropriation
$500.00
Payments:
George H. Sauer-Board
$41.66
Herbert B. Burr-Board
233.33
Richard E. Huebener-Board
141.66
Harold Mckay-Board
83.35
500.00
Public Welfare Appropriation $1,500.00
105
Payments: State City of Boston
$689.72 135.92
825.64 674.36
Total
$1,500.00
Old Age Assistance Appropriation Federal Government Grants
$18,000.00
8,859.81
$26,859.81
Payments:
Old Age Assistance Balance to Revenue
26,048.51
811.30
Total
$26,859.81
Old Age Assistance-Administration Appropriation
$250.00
Balance to Revenue
$250.00
Old Age Assistance-Administration-Federal
Balance December 31, 1943
$380.46
Federal Grant
311.57
$692.03
Payments:
Bernice A. Robbins, Clerk
$348.75
Supplies
50.77
Postage
19.60
Gas and Oil
64.00
Other Expenses
26.00
Balance December 31, 1945
182.91
Total
$692.03
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
Bernice A. Robbins, Clerk
52.00
Balance to Revenue
48.00.
Total
$100.00
106
509.12
Balance to Revenue
Aid to Dependent Children Administration-Federal Grant Balance December 31, 1944
$43.51
Balance December 31, 1945
$43.51
Aid to Dependent Children
Appropriation Federal Grant
435.05
$1,935.05
Payments:
Assistance
1,589.65
Balance December 31, 1945
345.40
Total
$1,935.05
Soldier's Benefits
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments:
Assistance
1,700.64
Balance to Revenue
299.36
Total
$2,000.00
Schools
Appropriation
$45,035.00
Refunds
259.82
$45,294.82
Payments:
School Maintenance
44,381.06
Balance to Revenue
913.76
Total
$45,294.82
School Purchase of Land
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Payments:
Kenneth E. Lougee
$2,200.00
School Building Committee
Balance December 31, 1944
$116.47
Balance December 31, 1945
$116.47
Reconditioning High School Building
Balance December 31, 1944
$965.09
Balance December 31, 1945
$965.09
107
$1,500.00
Vocational Educational-George Deen Fund Balance December 31, 1944 State Grant
$99.00 230.00
$329.00
Payments:
Payroll Balance December 31, 1945
94.50
234.50
Total
$329.00
Vocational Educations-Tuition
Appropriation
$350.00
Payments:
Tuition
253.84
Balance to Revenue
96.16
Total:
$350.00
Evening Practical Arts
$50.00
Appropriation Balance December 31, 1944
14.95
Payments:
Supplies
1.00
Balance to Revenue
63.95
Total:
$64.95
School Committee
Appropriation
$150.00
Payments:
Rodman C. Nowers, Member
$41.66
Edith C. Howlett, Member
50.00
Dana B. Jefferson, Member
50.00
141.66
Balance to Revenue
8.34
Total:
$150.00
Library
Transfer from Granville Dailey Library Trust
$3,053.78
Payments:
Librarians
$760.394
Assistants
475.95
Janitors
630.00
108
$64.95
Books and Periodicals
568.93
Fuel
282.20
125.84
Light Telephone
26.48
Other Expenses
183.99
3,053.78
Boiler Insurance
Appropriation
$771.40
Payments:
Premiums
771.40
Contingent
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Payments:
Census Taking
$140.00
Printing Town Report
564.00
Care Town Clock
40.75
Advertising and Printing
79.87
Legal Expenses
98.38
Other Expenses
103.70
1,026.70
Balance to Revenue
73.30
Total:
$1,100.00
Fire Insurance
Appropriation
$925.00
Payments:
Premiums
827.88
Balance to Revenue
97.12
Total:
$925.00
Liability Insurance
Appropriation
$750.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
28.87
Payments:
Premiums
778.87
Memorial Day Appropriation
$300.00
Payments:
Music
$105.00 33.00
Decorations
$778.87
109
Other Expenses Programs
32.56 32.50
203.06 96.94
$300.00
$600.00
Payments:
Care and Upkeep
$170.44
Tennis Court Maintenance
328.13
Park Flag
52.00
Other Expenses
12.00
Balance to Revenue
Total:
$600.00
Reserve Fund Appropriation
Transfer:
Assessor
$100.00
Health
600.00
Care of Trees
100.00
Health
278.25
Town Clock
9.30
Interest
78.54
Liability Insurance
28.87
Snow
1,183.70
Balance to Revenue
Total:
$2,500.00
Water Department
Appropriation
$7,300.00
Payments:
Ira F. Penniman-Board
$25.00
Myron F. Smith
25.00
W. B. Frothingham
25.00
Ira F. Penniman, Commissioner
853.40
Payroll
799.88
Trucks
200.91
Supplies and Equipment
190.95
Purchase of Water
5,169.66
Bond
10.00
Balance to Revenue
7,299.80 .20
Total:
$7,300.00
110 ·
562.57 37.43
$2,500.00
2,378.66 121.34
.
Balance to Revenue.
Park and Planning Board Appropriation
Water Registrar
Appropriation
Payments: Ira F. Penniman, Registrar
$50.00
Cemetery
Appropriation Transfer from Cemetery Care
$3,000.00
222.30
$3,222.30
Payments:
Payroll
$2,172.80
1
Trucks
550.69
Loam and Fill
184.00
Equipment and Other Expenses
314.81
3,222.30
Cemetery-New Section
Balance December 31, 1944
$386.60
Transfer from Sale of Lots
269.00
Balance, December 31, 1945
$655.00
Interest
$4,700.00
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
78.54
$4,778.54
Payments:
Interest on Loans:
Water
$2,380.00
School
2,227.50
Revenue
171.04
$4,778.54
Maturing Debt
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Payments:
Town Debt
Water Loan
School Loan
$10,000.00 10,000.00
$20,000.00
111
$50.00
Outstanding Town Debt as of December 31, 1945 Net Fixed Debt
$199,000.00
Inside Debt Limit 112% High School
$66,000.00
Outside Debt Limit 31/2% Water Loan
58,000.00 -- -
1 1/2 % High School
75,000.00
$199,000.00
TRUST FUNDS (In Custody of Town Treasurer)
Balance as of December 31, 1945
$107,213.07
Library Trust Funds
$9,000.00
2,845.74
Moses Ellis Post 117 G. A. R. Fund (Selectmen Trustees)
Cemetery Perpetual Care
26,425.00
Granville F. Dailey Trust-Library
68,942.33
107,213.07
TRUST FUND INCOME 1945
School Trust Funds
Balance as of December 31, 1944
$53.44
Balance as of December 31, 1945
53.44
Library Trust Fund
Balance as of December 31, 1944
$838.67
Interest:
Home Savings
$30.00
Massachusetts Savings Bank
30.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
40.00
Provident Institution for Savings
60.00
Balance as of December 31, 1945
$998.67
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Balance as of December 31, 1944
$550.44
Interest:
Massachusetts Savings Bank
$109.62
U. S. Treasury Department
5.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
325.01
Home Savings Bank
23.62
463.25
Total
$1,013.69
112
160.00
Transfer to Cemetery Account
222.30
Balance as of December 31, 1945
$791.39
Granville F. Dailey Trust Income
Balance as of December 31, 1945
$2,728.51
Interest and Dividends:
Dedham Institution for Savings
$1,585.63
Bethlehem Steel
140.00
National Shawmut Bank
50.00
Guaranty Trust
120.00
General Electric
93.00
Consolidated Edison
100.00
F. W. Woolworth Co.
32.00
General Motors
120.00
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
200.00
Consumers Power
175.00
Peoples Gas, Light, Coke
125.00
U. S. Treasury
250.00
American Tel. & Tel.
150.00
Sales of Securities:
100 shs. National Shawmut Bank
$2,823.96
5000 shs. Peoples Gas, Light, Coke
5,449.75
5000 Consumers Power
5,287.50
Total
19,430.35
Transfers:
Library Maintenance 1945
$3,053.78
Granville Dailey Trust Fund
13,213.34
16,267.12
Balance as of December 31, 1945
$3,163.23
EXPENSES 1945
General Government
Executive
$2,767.11
Treasurer
738.39
Collector
1,342.50
Assessors
872.40
Town Clerk
509.30
Election and Registration
294.91
Town Hall
3,193.82
$9,718.43
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Fire
$4,528.78
2,990.51
Defense
165.00
113
Sealer
Moth Care of Trees Cutting Brush Spraying Elms Air Compressor
129.09
437.71
402.96
808.25
387.41
470.98
$10,320.69
Health and Sanitation
County Hospital
$1,328.43
District Nurse
450.00
Health
2,478.25
Sewer Maintenance
998.10
Public Dump
214.48
$5,469.26
Highways
General Highways
$4,866.61
Chapter 81
10,249.98
Chapter 90
2,999.60
Guard Rails
398.97
Bridges
100.00
Sidewalks
2,244.42
Snow
10,603.21
Street Lights
5,093.65
Gravel Loader
1,135.00
Road Machinery Operation
4,395.25
$42,086.69
Old Age Assistance
Board of Public Welfare
$500.00
Public Welfare-Assistance
825.64
Aid to Dependent Children
1,641.65
Old Age Assistance
26,557.63
$29,524.92
Soldiers' Benefits
1,700.64
Schools and Vocational Education
47,297.60
Library
3,053.78
Parks
562.57
Memorial Day
203.06
Contingent
1,026.70
Insurance
2,378.15
Water Department
7,349.80
Cemeteries
3,222.30
Interest on Town Debt
4,778.54
Maturing Debt
20,000.00
Revenue Loans
30,000.00
Temporary Loans
7,125.00
State Audit Assessment
1,045.36
114
State and County Taxes:
State Parks County State
$112.55
3,415.29
3,196.00
6,723.84
Dog Licenses
713.80
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds-Invested
1,050.00
Withheld Taxes
3,377.60
Refunds:
1942 Taxes
173.90
Balance Cash on Hand December 31, 1945
91,346.63
$330,249.26
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1945
Assets
Cash: In Bank and Office
$91,346.63
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes: Levy of 1937
$82.00
1938
113.00
1939
172.03
1940
263.39
1941
135.49
1942
833.33
1943
1,101.67
1944
6,156.95
1945
14,860.50
23,718.36
Motor Vehicle Taxes
1936
27.14
1937
76.67
1938
17.82
1939
68.84
1940
79.84
1941
139.98
1942
168.53
1943
124.85
1944
355.07
1945
575.65
1,634.39
Special Assessment-Sewers
1932-1938
200.83
Committed Interest-Sewers
1932-1938
48.08
Tax Titles Tax Possessions
1,787.37
168.52
115
Departmental:
Cemetery-Annual Care
Cemetery-Care of Lots
$3,592.00 50.00
$3,642.00
Old Age Assistance
1,059.41
Public Welfare
2,470.45 7,171.86
Water Rates
937.96
Water Service
166.22
New Water System
355.74
Liens
50.52
1,510.44
State Aid and County Aid-Highways State
2,132.93
County
1.74
2,134.67
Balance due Road Machinery Fund
292.36
Overlay Deficits: 1931
$10.00
1932
13.00
1933
26.00
1940
51.48
1941
306.29
1942
431.11
1943
322.93
1,160.81
Underestimated County Tax
211.91
$131,386.23
Liabilities and Reserves
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
$30,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement
7,125.00
$37,125.00
Overestimated State Parks and Reservations: Assessments 1945
37.27
Tailings
976.21
Withheld Taxes
1,313.70
Sale Tax Possessed Property
525.00
Sale Ralph Wheelock School Land
500.00
Trust Fund Income:
School
53.44
Library
998.67
Granville Dailey
3,163.23
Cemetery
791.39
5,006.73
Granville F. Dailey Funds
16,158.58
Road Machinery Funds
401.78
Federal Grants:
O.A.A. Administration Aid to Dependent Children
388.91
571.82
Appropriations Balances
2,230.31
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
345.07
Overlay:
Reserved for Abatement-1944
1,370.93
Reserved for Abatement-1945
2,054.80
3,425.73
116
182.91
·
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,634.39
Special Assessments
248.91
Tax Titles
1,787.37
Tax Possessions
168.52
Departmental
7,171.86
Water
1,510.44
12,521.49
Surplus Revenue
50,247.54
$131,386.23
The foregoing report is an account of the financial tran- sactions and standing of the Town of Medfield for the year 1945.
LESLIE J. HOWLETT,
Town Accountant
117
INDEX
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Town Officers Elected 3
Town Officers Appointed 4
Selectmen's Report 6
Town Clerk's Record
Vital Statistics
Births
13
Marriages
15
Deaths
18
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, March 5, 1945 19
Annual Town Meeting and Election, March 5, 1945
25
Doings of Annual Town Meeting, March 12, 1945
27
Departmental Records
Library
43
Chief of Police 44
Sewer Department 45
Water and Sewerage Board 46
Fire Engineers 47
Park and Planning Board 47
Board of Health 48
Cemetery Commissioners 48
Dog Officer 49
Sealer of Weights and Measures 49
Inspector of Animals 51
Slaughtering Inspector 51
Public Welfare
51
List of Jurors 53
School Department Report
School Committee 54
Superintendent of Schools 62
High School Principal 67
Elementary School Principal 69
School Physician
72
School Nurse
73
Home Economics
70
Manual Training
71
School Census 74
Attendance Record
75
Graduating Exercises, High School 76
Annual Report of:
Assessors
77
Town Debt
79
Town Accountant 95
Town Trust Funds
90
Cemetery Trust Funds
81
Tax Collector
91
Town Warrant, Annual Meeting, March 4, 1945
85
296th Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
1652
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
Year Ending December 31, 1946
The Transcript Press, Inc. Dedham, Mass.
TOWN OFFICERS 1946
Moderator Frank D. McCarthy
Town Clerk
Charles W. Keirstead
Treasurer
Orion Wight
Collector of Taxes Amos C. Kingsbury
Selectmen
Daniel L. Sullivan.
.Term expires 1947
Frank G. Haley. ..
Term expires 1948
William E. McCarthy Term expires 1949
Assessors
Harry F. Conway
Term expires 1947
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