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$37,363.59 $733.931.33
Expenditures-1951
General Government:
Executive
$4,507.21
Treasurer
975.23
Collector
3,000.00
Assessors
2,771.80
Town Clerk
749.94
Election and Registration
723.99
Town Hall
5,073.53
Town Hall-Remodeling Legion Room
1,591.72
$19,393.42
116
$25,386.63
Protection of Persons and Property:
Civil Defense
$337.94
Police
9,965.00
Constables
82.50
Fire
5,928.14
Sealer
162.32
Moth
1,054.62
Care of Trees
1,495.58
Cutting Brush
1,493.83
Spraying Elms
600.00
Dutch Elm Disease
894.96
Destroying Ivy
408.74
Dog Officer
100.00
Police Car
726.78
Town Ambulance
500.00
Planting Trees
198.53
$23,948.94
Health and Sanitation:
County Hospital
$4,268.77
District Nurse
1,000.00
Health
2,894.41
Sewer
1,554.85
Public Dump
715.40
Garbage Removal
1,900.00
Sewer-Adams St. Ext.
1,376.36
$13,709.79
Highways:
General Highways
$12,831.51
Chapter 81 Highways
17,424.28
Chapter 90 Highways
2,099.51
Snow
10,044.75
Street Lights
5,467.62
Operating Road Machinery
5,514.70
Sidewalks
342.90
Lowell Mason Road
3,364.85
$57,090.12
Old Age Assistance:
Public Welfare
$4,548.13
Aid to Dependent Children
4,765.20
Old Age Assistance
55,973.74
Old Age Assistance Administration
3,143.65
Aid to Dependent Children Admin.
168.45
$68,599.17
Veterans Benefits:
Veterans Services, Administration
$515.00
Veterans Aid
77.50
Legion Post Quarters
1,000.00
$1,592.50
117
Schools and Library:
Adams St. School
$161,506.60
Schools
92,009.50
Evening Practical Arts
82.80
Vocational Education
370.58
Athletic Association
638.65
Grammar School Roof and Repairs
6,765.34
George Barden Fund
60.00
Playground Assoc. & Swimming Place
405.57
Library
4,434.46
Cafeteria
12,748.89
Physical Education
4,699.04
Teachers M/S Retirement a/c
43.75
$283,765.18
Water and Cemeteries:
Water
$16,130.40
Truck Purchase
2,177.48
Cemetery
6,221.48
Water Dept. Refunds
33.38
$24,562.74
Miscellaneous
Memorial Day
$520.63
Town Clock
95.00
Tax and Motor Excise-Refunds
2,013.20
Park and Planning Board
1,237.18
Contingent
1,870.51
Relocate North St. Bounds
275.00
Postal Card Notices
26.22
Returned Items
1.10
County Retirement System
1,572.60
$7,611.44
State and County Taxes
Parks and Reservations
$471.60
County Tax
5,720.41
State Audit
63.04
$6,255.05
Town Debt
Maturing Debt
$42,000.00
Revenue Loans
30,000.00
Highway Loans
12,675.00
Interest
6,210.69
$90,885.69
Insurance:
Fire
$1,320.02
Liability
1,246,99
Boiler
1,018.20
$3.585.21
118
Trust Funds:
Dog Licenses Cemetery Perpetual Care Retirement Funds Withheld Taxes
$819.20
2,925.00
2,515.48
12,733.34
$18,993.02
Cash on hand and in bank
$113,939.06
Total Expenditures and Cash on Hand
$733,931.33
DEPARTMENTAL INCOME AND EXPENSE-1951 Executive
Appropriation
$4,625.00
Payments:
Frank G. Haley, Selectman
$375.00
Wm. E. McCarthy, Selectman
350.00
Jos. L. Marcionette, Selectman
350.00
$1,075.00
Marie Burke, Clerk
2,550.00
Frank D. McCarthy, Moderator
50.00
Leslie J. Howlett, Accountant
700.00
Postage and Supplies
107.21
Dues, Selectmen's Association
25.00
$4,507.21
Balance to Revenue
117.79
$4,625.00
TREASURER
Appropriation
$925.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
47.96
Transfer from Revenue
2.27
$975.23
Payments:
Orion Wight, Treasurer
$625.00
Bond
172.87
Postage
70.32
Supplies
102.12
Dues, Collectors and Treas. Assoc.
2.00
Other charges
2.92
COLLECTOR
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Payments:
Amos C. Kingsbury, Collector
$2,262.07
Bond
293.25
Clerical Salaries
112.00
Postage
205.39
Supplies
125.29
Dues, Collectors and Treas. Assoc.
2.00
$975.23
$3,000.00
119
ASSESSORS
Appropriation
Payments:
Carleton W. Kingsbury, Assessor $375.00
Harry E. Conway, Assessor
350.00
Joseph S. Kennedy, Assessor 350.00
$1,075.00
Clerical Salaries
1,032.70
Supplies and Typewriter
587.57
Postage
30.00
Transcripts
23.78
Transportation
13.75
Dues, Assessors' Association
9.00
Balance to Revenue
3.20
$2,775.00
TOWN CLERK
Appropriation
$750.00
Payments:
C. Warren Kierstead, Town Clerk
$500.00
Supplies, Postage and Typewriter
242.44
Bond
7.50
Balance to Revenue
.06
$750.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Appropriation
$700.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
23.99
$723.99
Payments:
C. Warren Kierstead, Registrar
$50.00
Mary Mair Etienne, Registrar
25.00
Anne Young, Registrar
25.00
Edw. A. Sweeney, Registrar
25.00
$125.00
Election Officers
237.00
Meals
38.53
Printing
211.55
Supplies and Postage
111.91
$723.99
120
4
$2,775.00
$2,771.80
$749.94
TOWN HALL
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
$4,900.00
173.53
$5,073.53
Payments:
Janitor
$1,870.00
Telephone
272.29
Water
24.93
Fuel
1,060.50
Light
698.20
Supplies
185.68
Repairs
961.93
$5,073.53
CIVIL DEFENSE
Appropriation
$250.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
140.00
$390.00
Payments:
Radio
$240.00
Telephone
48.50
Other
49.44
$337.94
Balance Dec. 31, 1951
52.06
POLICE
Appropriation
$9,600.00
Transfers from Reserve Fund
890.00
$10,490.00
Payments:
Coleman J. Hogan, Chief
$4,021.60
Officers
4,307.00
Police Car
545.40
Telephone
199.94
Supplies, Postage and Equipment
672.68
Uniforms
208.38
Dues, Police Chiefs' Assoc.
10.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1951
525.00
$10,490.00
CONSTABLES
Appropriation
$82.50
Payments:
Coleman J. Hogan
$27.50
Nicholas Gugliotta
27.50
Francis McCarthy
27.50
$82.50
121
$9,965.00
$390.00
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation Payments:
$100.00
Coleman J. Hogan, Dog Officer
$100.00
POLICE CAR PURCHASE
Balance, January 1, 1951
$779.00
Appropriation
550.00
$1,329.00
Payments:
Police Car Purchase
$726.78
Balance Dec. 31, 1951
602.22
FIRE
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Payments:
Allan A. Kingsbury, Chief
$150.00
Edgar Allen, Asst. Chief
150.00
Kenneth R. Clark, Asst. Chief
150.00
Leslie Travers, Steward
50.00
$500.00
Payroll
2,158.00
Gas, Oil and Maintenance
713.90
Equipment and Hose
1,849.50
Telephone
71.91
Supplies
469.33
Insurance
157.50
Dues
8.00
Balance to Revenue
71.86
$6,000.00
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Transfer from Revenue
$600.00
Balance, December 31, 1951
600.00
WIRING INSPECTOR
Appropriation
$50.00
Balance to Revenue
50.00
SEALER
Appropriation
$165.00
Payments:
J. Fred Whittier, Sealer
$125.00
Supplies and Transportation
32.32
Bond
5.00
$162.32
Balance to Revenue
2.68
$165.00
122
$5,928.14
$1,329.00
MOTH
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
$1,000.00 54.62
$1,054.62
Payments:
Payroll
$99.60
Gas and Oil
2.65
Contract
950.00
Supplies
2.37
CARE OF TREES
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments:
Payroll
1,328.61
Supplies
55.31
Equipment
68.34
Gas and Oil
43.32
Balance to Revenue
4.42
$1,500.00
CUTTING BRUSH
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments:
Payroll
$1,232.08
Supplies and Equipment
237.44
Gas and Oil
24.31
Balance to Revenue
6.17
DUTCH ELM DISEASE
Appropriation
$1,400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
94.96
$1,494.96
Payments:
Payroll
$832.81
Gas and Oil
38.95
Supplies
23.20
Contract, F. A. Bartlett Tree Co.
600.00
$1,494.96
DESTROYING IVY
Appropriation
$400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
8.74
$408.74
Payments:
Payroll Gas and Oil
5.71
Supplies
188.43
$408.74
123
$214.60
$1,054.62
$1,495.58
$1,493.83
$1,500.00
PLANTING TREES
$200.00
$92.10 106.43
$198.53
1.47
DISTRICT NURSE
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments:
Madeleine I. Harding, District Nurse
1,000.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation
$2,593.75
Transfer from Reserve Fund
300.66
$2,894.41
Payments:
Madeleine I. Harding,
Board Member
$31.25
A. Ritchie Stagg,
Board Member
31.25
Clarence M. Boyce,
Board Member
31.25
$93.75
Norfolk County Hospital
1,626.00
Carleton S. Cheney, Inspector
187.50
Francis X. Mcguire, Inspector
100.00
C. Warren Kierstead, Clerk
354.50
J. A. Roberts, Undertaker
41.00
Supplies
3.16
North Reading Sanitorium
488.50
$2,894.41
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Balance, January 1, 1951
$395.13
Appropriation
3,288.75
$3,683.88
Underestimated, December 31, 1951
980.02
$4,663.90
Payments:
Norfolk County Hospital Transfer to Revenue
$4,268.77
395.13
$4,663.90
124
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Appropriation Payments: Payroll Supplies and Stock
Balance to Revenue
$200.00
GARBAGE REMOVAL
Balance, January 1, 1951 Appropriation
$1,059.92 2,000.00
Payments:
Contract-Francis Cassidy
$1,900.00
Transfer to Revenue
1,159.92
$3,059.92
PUBLIC DUMP
Appropriation
$650.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
200.00
$850.00
Payments:
Payroll
$292.40
Bulldozer and Tractor Hire
423.00
$715.40
Balance to Revenue
134.60
SEWER
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transfer from Water
55.86
$1,555.86
Payments:
Payroll
$1,082.60
Supplies and Equipment
133.25
Truck and Tractor Hire
339.00
Balance to Revenue
1.01
$1,555.86
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Transfer from Water
33.23
$20,033.23
Payments:
F. G. Haley, Clerk
$1,300.00
Payroll
5,342.15
Supplies
726.48
Sand and Gravel
916.56
Asphalt
686.41
Gas and Oil
208.61
Truck Hire
476.00
Machinery-Maintenance and repair
3,175.30
$12,831.51
125
$3,059.92
$850.00
$1,554.85
Transfer to Highways Chapter 81 Transfer to Machinery Account Balance to Revenue
6,150.00
1,009.23
42.49
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81
Transfer from Highways Borrowing
11,275.00
$17,425.00
Payments:
Payroll
$12,514.20
Sand and Gravel
1,232.53
Asphalt and Patch
3,312.75
Pipe
364.80
$17,424.28
Balance to Revenue
.72
$17,425.00
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 90
Appropriation
$700.00
Borrowing
1,400.00
2,100.00
Payments:
Payroll
$837.54
Trucks
260.00
Grader and Other Equipment
152.00
Asphalt and Sand
849.97
Balance to Revenue
.49
$2,100.00
LOWELL MASON ROAD
Appropriation
$3,400.00
Payments:
Payroll
$1,371.90
Sand and Gravel
437.29
Asphalt and Tar
799.66
Truck and Equipment Hire
756.00
Balance to Revenue
35.15
$3,400.00
SIDEWALKS
$500.00
Payments:
Payroll
$334.65
Asphalt
8.25
342.90
Balance to Revenue
157.10
$500.00
126
$2,099.51
3,364.85
Appropriation
$20,033.23
$6,150.00
SNOW
Appropriation Payments:
Payroll
$8,585.55
Trucks and Plows-Hire
235.85
Sand and Calcium
948.52
15.79
Supplies and Meals Equipment
259.04
Balance to Revenue
10,044.75 155.25
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
$5,430.00
Balance, January 1, 1951
606.42
$6,036.42
Payments:
Boston Edison Co.
5,467.62
Balance to Revenue
568.80
$6,036.42
ROAD MACHINERY OPERATION
Transfer from Machinery Revenue
$8,100.00
Transfer from Highways
1,009.23
$9,109.23
Payments:
Transfer required January 1, 1951
2,655.76
Operation and Maintenance
5,514.70
Balance, December 31, 1951
938.77
$9,109.23
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$4,675.00
Payments:
Herbert B. Burr, Board Member
$291.56
Lawton B. Kingsbury, Board Member
177.04
Theodore Pederson, Board Member
156.40
625.00
Care and Expenses
3,923.13
Balance to Revenue
126.87
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation Payments:
$36,000.00
Care and Expenses
36,000.00
127
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$4,675.00
$10,200.00
$10,200.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-FEDERAL
Balance, January 1, 1951
$1,717.83
Federal Grants
22,388.08
$24,105.91
Payments:
19,973.64
Care and Expenses Balance, December 31, 1951
4,132.27
$24,105.91
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Payments:
Clerical Salaries
1,500.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION-FEDERAL
Balance, January 1, 1951
$461.54
Federal Grants
2,998.45
$3,459.99
Payments:
Clerical Salaries
$1,211.21
Postage
80.72
Supplies and Equipment
272.47
Telephone
62.30
Light
16.95
Balance, December 31, 1951
1,816.34
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation
Payments:
Care and Expenses
$3,500.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-FEDERAL
Balance-January 1, 1951
$1,635.99
Federal Grants
1,696.28
$3,332.27
Payments:
Care and Expenses
1,265.20
Balance, December 31, 1951
2,067.07
$3,332.27
128
1,643.65
$3,459.99
$3,500.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-ADMINISTRATION
Balance, January 1, 1951 Federal Grants
$3.21
120.15
$123.36
Payments:
Supplies Balance, December 31, 1951
104.91
VETERANS' AID
$2,000.00
Payments:
77.50
Assistance Balance to Revenue
1,922.50
$2,000.00
VETERANS' SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
$600.00
Payments:
Lawrence G. Rossi, Administrator
$500.00
Memberships
15.00
Balance to Revenue
85.00
$600.00
ADAMS STREET SCHOOL
Balance, January 1, 1951
$199,298.63
Transfer from Premium Refund
671.92
Payments:
Contractor
$140,909.10
Grading, Landscaping, Fill, etc.
9,288.39
Furniture and Equipment
7,176.51
Architects' Fees
3,677.96
Printing, Advertising, Interest, etc.
454.64
Balance, December 31, 1951
38,463.95
SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Balance, January 1, 1951
$517.09
Receipts
13,001.43
$13,518.52
Payments:
Salaries
$2,634.74
Supplies and other expenses
10,114.15
12,748.89
Balance, December 31, 1951
769.63
$13,518.52
129
18.45
$123.36
Appropriation
515.00
$199,970.55
161,506.60
$199,970.55
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION - TUITION
$800.00
Appropriation Payments:
City of Boston
40.80
255.78
Town of Norwood Other payments
74.00
Balance to Revenue
429.42
EVENING PRACTICAL ARTS
Appropriation
$170.00
Transfer from George Barden Fund
180.00
$350.00
Payments:
Salaries-Instructors
$142.80
Balance to Revenue
207.20
$350.00
LIBRARY
Dog Tax
$541.89
Library Fines
218.35
Appropriation
1,365.00
Transfer from Granville Dailey Library Trust Income
2,056.50
Transfer from Library Trust Income
252.72
Payments:
Board Members
$165.00
Librarians-Salaries
1,731.50
Janitors
532.75
Books
587.39
Fuel
321.75
Light
261.38
Telephone
64.78
Supplies
252.88
Magazines
132.24
Repairs
374.79
Water
10.00
$4,434.46
SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$92,082.50
Transfer from Revenue
2,449.01
$94,531.51
Payments:
School Payrolls
$78,017.64
Other Expenses
13,991.86
92,009.50
Balance, December 31, 1951
2,522.01
$94,531.51
130
$4,434.46
370.58
$800.00
SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Balance, January 1, 1951 Receipts
$250.82
912.56
$1,163.38
Expenses
373.88
Transfer to Athletic Field
264.77
Balance, December 31, 1951
524.73
$1,163.38
ATHLETIC FUND-PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION
Appropriation
$4,715.90
Payments:
Salaries-Instructors
$3,569.05
Supplies and Equipment
1,129.99
4,699.04
Balance, December 31, 1951
16.86
$4,715.90
TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND
Appropriation
$293.00
Payments:
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund
43.75
Balance to Revenue
249.75
$293.00
GRAMMAR SCHOOL ROOF & REPAIRS
Balance, January 1, 1951
$10,980.04
Payments: Contractors-Repairs and Supplies
6,765.34
Balance, December 31, 1951
4,214.70
$10,980.04
PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments:
Instructors-Salaries
$90.00
Supplies and Equipment
87.62
Balance to Revenue
22.38
$200.00
REMODEL TOWN HALL ROOM
Balance, January 1, 1951
$1,605.00
Payments: Contractor
1,591.72
Balance to Revenue
13.28
CONTINGENT
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Payments:
Printing Town Reports
$1,192.85
Care Town Clock
95.00
Advertising and Printing
217.45
177.62
$1,605.00
131
Other Payments Legal and Comm. of Mass.
421.21 39.00
1,965.51 34.49
FIRE INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,750.00
Payments: Premiums Balance to Revenue
429.98
RELOCATING STREET BOUNDARIES
Appropriation
$275.00
Transfer from Revenue
2,750.00
$3,025.00
Payments: Property Owners
275.00
Balance, December 31, 1951
2,750.00
$3,025.00
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Payments: Premiums
1,246.99
Balance to Revenue
553.01
BOILER INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,018.20
Payments: Premiums
$1,018.20
Appropriation
$500.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
20.63
$520.63
Payments:
Music
$235.00
Decorations and Flags
158.30
Other Payments
51.63
Refreshments
55.70
Programs and Printing
20.00
$520.63
TOWN MEETING NOTICES
Appropriation
$100.00
Payments:
Printing and Cards
$11.22
Delivery
15.00
26.22
Balance to Revenue
73.78
$100.00
TOWN AMBULANCE
$500.00
Appropriation Payments: Joseph A. Roberts
$500.00
132
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Balance to Revenue
$2,000.00
1,320.02
$1,750.00
$1,800.00
MEMORIAL DAY
AMERICAN LEGION POST
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments: Beckwith Post No. 110
$1,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$15,687.50
Transfer from Reserve Fund
500.00
$16,187.50
Payments:
Board Members
$187.50
Payroll
4,682.50
Gas and Oil
290.56
Postage and Supplies
571.82
Water
4,655.70
Bond
10.00
Pipe and Equipment
5,732.32
Transfer to Sewer
55.86
Balance to Revenue
1.24
WATER-TRUCK PURCHASE
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Payments: Truck Purchase and Equipment
2,177.48
Transfer to Highways
33.23
Balance, December 31, 1951
289.29
$2,500.00
CEMETERIES
Appropriation
$4,682.50
Cemetery Trust Interest
967.71
Sale of Lots
410.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
161.27
$6,221.48
Payments:
Board members
$82.50
Payroll
3,040.10
Trucks and Equipment Hire
463.00
Supplies
305.95
Equipment and Maintenance
1,386.60
Gas and Oil
220.49
Water
42.59
Cleaning Vine Lake-Contract
680.25
$6,221.48
PARK AND PLANNING BOARD
Appropriation
$1,237.50
Payments:
Board members
$137.50
General Care
677.50
Supplies and Other Payments
192.82
133
16,130.40
$16,187.50
Plans and Printing Mass. Fed. Planning Boards
216.86 12.50
Balance to Revenue
1,237.18 .32
SWIMMING PLACE
Appropriation
$300.00
Payments:
227.95
Sand and Fill Balance to Revenue
72.05
$300.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Transfer:
Police
$890.00
Water
500.00
Health
300.66
Dump
200.00
Town Hall
173.53
Cemetery
161.27
Civil Defense
140.00
Dutch Elm Disease
94.96
Moth
54.62
Treasurer
47.96
Election and Registration
23.99
Memorial Day
20.63
Interest
10.69
Destroying Ivy
8.74
Balance to Revenue
872.95
COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Appropriation
$1,572.60
Payments:
County Treasurer
$1,572.60
TERCENTENARY
Balance, January 1, 1951
$2,264.65
Transfer to Health
$2,264.65
INTEREST
Appropriation
$6,200.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
10.69
Payments: Interest on loans:
Schools
$5,700.00
Water
220.12
Sewer Extension
165.00
School Land Purchase
53.75
Truck Loans
41.25
Revenue and Other Borrowing
30.57
$6,210.69
134
2,627.05
$3,500.00
$6,210.69
$1,237.50
MATURING DEBT
Transfer from School Loan Premiums Refund Appropriation Refund
$3,502.94
36,497.06
2,000.00
$42,000.00
Payments:
Schools
$22,000.00
Water
11,000.00
Trucks
4,000.00
Sewer
2,000.00
School Loan
1,000.00
Refund
2,000.00
$42,000.00
TRUST FUNDS In Custody of Town Treasurer
Balance as of December 31, 1951
$115,973.29
Library Trust Funds
$9,000.00
Moses Ellis Post 117 G.A.R. Fund
2,954.01
Cemetery Perpetual Care
35,100.00
Granville F. Dailey Trust-Library
68,919.28
$115,973.29
TRUST FUND INCOME 1951
School Trust Fund:
Balance as of January 1, 1951
$53.44
Balance as of December 31, 1951
$53.44
Library Trust Fund:
Balance as of January 1, 1951
$45.00
Interest:
Home Savings Bank
$42.72
Massachusetts Savings Bank
40.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
50.00
Provident Inst. for Savings
75.00
207.72
$252.72
Transfer to Library Book Purchase
$252.72
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund:
Interest:
Mass. Savings Bank
$146.00
U.S. Treasury Department
5.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
540.96
Home Savings Bank
31.50
$723.46
Transfer to Cemetery Expenses
509.08
Balance, December 31, 1951
$214.38
135
Granville F. Dailey Trust Income
Balance as of January 1, 1951 Interest and Dividends:
$2,795.51
Dedham Institution for Savings
$903.30
General Motors
320.00
U.S. Treasury
312.50
General Electric
171.00
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
100.00
Guaranty Trust
154.00
Bethlehem Steel
140.00
Consolidated Edison
100.00
F. W. Woolworth Co.
50.00
2,250.80
$5,046.31
Transfer to Library Expenses
2,056.50
Transfer to Cemetery Trust Interest
2.50
Balance, December 31, 1951
2,987.31
$5,046.31
OUTSTANDING TOWN DEBT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1951
Net Fixed Debt
$320,000.00
Inside Debt Limit:
11/2 High School
ยท $36,000.00
School Land Purchase
4,000.00
Adams Street Water
1,500.00
Sewer Extension
9,000.00
Truck and Plow Purchase
2,000.00
Tractor and Bulldozer Purchase
500.00
Fire Truck
3,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
11/2 High School
45,000.00
134 % Adams St. School-1951
219,000.00
$320,000.00
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1951 ASSETS
Cash in Bank and office
$113,939.06
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes: Levy of 1944
$10.65
1945
17.94
1946
28.45
1947
114.67
1948
516.50
1949
1,972.03
1950
5,248.07
1951
18,455.62
26,363.93
136
Motor Vehicle Taxes:
1944
$4.51
1945
6.85
1946
47.12
1947
125.22
1948
470.13
1949
912.33
1950
1,628.51
1951
5,412.14
8,606.81
County Hospital-Underestimated
980.02
Unapportioned-Sewer Assessments
1,341.20
Overlay Deficits
20.00
Tax Titles
1,658.64
Departmental:
Cemetery-Annual Care
$4,764.50
Cemetery-Sale of Lots
195.00
4,959.50
Old Age Assistance
$8,602.97
Health
542.15
Aid to Dependent Children
905.88
Veterans' Benefits
39.00
10,090.00
Water Rates
$5,282.16
Water Service
662.35
Water Main Extensions
17.79
5,962.30
State Aid-Highways
$4,789.29
County Aid-Highways
.17
4,789.46
$178,710.92
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans:
Highway
$12,675.00
$12,675.00
Tailings
963.46
Withheld Taxes
3,986.80
Sale Tax Possessed Property
125.00
Trust Fund Income:
School
$53.44
Granville F. Dailey
2,987.31
3,040.75
Road Machinery Funds
1,525.08
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
$5,948.61
Aid to Dependent Children
2,171.98
8,120.59
137
36.00
Appropriation Balances
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
61,187.20 3,760.69
Overlays Reserved for Abatement
7,731.79
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$8,606.81
Departmental
10,090.00
Cemetery
4,959.50
Water
5,962.30
Tax Titles
1,658.64
Special Assessments
1,341.20
32,618.45
State Parks, Overestimated
78.69
County Tax, Overestimated
302.22
Athletic Association
524.73
School Cafeteria
769.63
Cemetery-Sale of Lots
285.00
County Retirement a/c
5.21
Surplus Revenue
40,974.63
$178,710.92
The foregoing report is an account of the financial trans- actions and the standing of the Town of Medfield for the year 1951.
LESLIE J. HOWLETT Town Accountant January 28, 1952
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Department of Corporations and Taxation
August 7, 1951
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Frank G. Haley, Chairman Medfield, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Medfield for the period from October 5, 1949 to May 31, 1951, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, As- sistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, FRANCIS X. LANG Director of Accounts
FXL:ACD
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George Barden Fund
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Dedham Institution for Savings
Interest
Name of Fund
Original Fund
for 1951
Total
1951
Credit of Fund $200.00
James Hewins Lot
$200.00
$5.00
$205.00
$5.00
Caleb Ellis Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Sabin Smith Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
William S. Tilden Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
Moses Ellis Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
Joseph Breck Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Mary F. Ellis Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Mary T. Derby Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
George M. Smith Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
George F. Miller Lot
50.00
1.25
51.25
1.25
50.00
Langley Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
Grant Newell Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
James Griffin Lot
50.00
1.25
51.25
1.25
50.00
Walter Janes Lot
50.00
1.25
51.25
1.25
50.00
Jeremiah Hale Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Martha M. Mason Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
George H. Shumway Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
Edward Alward Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Isaac White Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
J. V. Morang Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
G. D. Hamant Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Lucius Houghton Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Alex Ogilvie Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Bishop-Hartshorn Lot
450.00
11.25
461.25
11.25
450.00
Pattee-Turner Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Henry Parker Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
William Ryan Lot
300.00
7.50
307.50
7.50
300.00
Wesley Balch Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
A. B. Parker Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Dr. Saunders Lot
50.00
1.25
51.25
1.25
50.00
William Guild Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Seth Chenery Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Moses Johnson Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Samuel Johnson Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
George Chick Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Mrs. Selwyn Clark Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Cora B. Simpson Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Perry Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Saarm-Kennedy Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Braman Briggs Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Nathaniel Fairbanks Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Walter S. Wiswell Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Samuel Ellis Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
George Ellis Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Hutson-Smith Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Ex- pended
Balance to
139
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS (Continued) Dedham Institution for Savings
Interest
Original
for
Name of Fund
Fund
1951
Total
1951
Balance to Credit of Fund
Wales-Plimpton Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Mary A. Hotville Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
John G. Hutson Lot
150.00
3.75
153.75
3.75
150.00
Giles-Lord Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Margaret T. Bearse Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
William Conrick Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Bennett-Wilson Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
20.0.00
Tyler-Thayer Lot
300.00
7.50
307.50
7.50
300.00
Sprague Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Thomas Barney Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
Charles Wight Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Amos W. Shumway Lot
150.00
3.75
153.75
3.75
150.00
Nathan Fisher Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Joseph Bullard Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
Frank W. Morse Lot
200.00
5.00
205.00
5.00
200.00
William Anderson Lot
50.00
1.25
51.25
1.25
50.00
John H. Sweeney Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
John Hinkley Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Thomas Rourke Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
Samuel Guild Lot
100.00
2.50
102.50
2.50
100.00
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