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5. Lot Size. No dwelling shall be erected in an "A" Residence Dis- trict on a lot containing less than twenty thousand square feet or less than one hundred and twenty feet wide, or in a "B" Residence District or in a Business District, on a lot containing less than twelve thousand square feet or less than one hundred feet wide, provided that one dwelling may be erected on any lot which, at the time this by-law is adopted, is separately owned.
Article 17. Voted that this article be defeated wherein an amend- ment to the Zoning By-Law was submitted as an alternative proposition in the event that Articles 15 and 16 were not accepted.
Article 18. Voted unanimously that the sum of $30.00 be trans- ferred from the unexpended balance of the appropriation made under Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of November 30, 1953 for the purpose of purchasing for school purposes the following described par- cel of land, from Myron R. Brennan and Eunice K. Brennan:
A certain parcel of land in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts and bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHWESTERLY by other land of the Town of Medfield, eighty- two and 55/100 (82.55) feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by land now or formerly of Bois, fifty-three and 31/100 (53.31) feet; and
SOUTHEASTERLY by other land of Myron R. Brennan and Eunice K. Brennan (formerly of Willard F. Pear) ninety-four and 89/100 (94.89) feet.
Said premises contain 2,194 square feet of land and are shown on a "Plan of Land in Medfield, Mass." dated December 5, 1955, drawn by MacCarthy Engineering Service, Inc. and recorded with Norfolk Deeds as Plan No. 1685 of 1955 in Book 3438, Page 250. The transaction to be carried out by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 19. Voted to appoint Leon M. Bowden to the School Build- ing Committee created by the action taken under Article 12 of the Special Town Meeting of July 18, 1955.
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Article 20. Voted that the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from available funds in the Town Treasury and that the sum of $30,000.00 be raised and appropriated by borrowing and the Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $30,000.00 by issuing bonds or notes therefor in denominations of $5,000.00 each, the whole loan to be paid in not more than six years from the date of issue of the first bond or note under the authority of Chapter 44, of the General Laws, for the purchase of land for school purposes described as follows:
Parcel 1. Land belonging to Byron Bristol shown on a plan of land drawn by MacCarthy Engineering Service, Inc. dated July 11, 1956, and comprising lots No. 508, 422, 423, 425 and a part of lot No. 426 as shown on the Assessors' Maps of the Town of Medfield and containing 30.93 acres.
Parcel 2. Lands belonging to Esther B. and Byron Bristol and being lots No. 421 and 428 as shown on the Assessors' Maps of the Town of Medfield and containing approximately 22 acres.
Parcel 3. Lands of William Blackett off Pound Street shown on a plan of land drawn by MacCarthy Engineering Service, Inc. dated August 2, 1956, and comprising lots No. 420 and a part of lot .No. 403 as shown on the Assessors' Maps of the Town of Medfield and con- taining 7 acres, more or less.
The committee consisting of William F. Mittendorf, Charles Cain, William B. Rogers, Hope Wallingford and John Roskilly, Jr. is hereby authorized to consumate the purchase of the aforedescribed land.
The vote for the passage of this article was: 312 in favor, 6 against.
Article 21. Voted to accept the report of the committee appointed to study the most advisable location of the sidewalk on North Street from Dale Street to the new school entrance, said committee to remain in power and report at a future town meeting.
Article 22. Voted to accept the report of the Swimming Pool Committee as read.
Article 23. Voted to transfer the sum of $200.00 from the Bathing Beach appropriation under Article 3 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1956 for the expenses of a new Swimming Pool Committee consisting of the following members: Richard E. Gorman, Daniels Hamant, David Kingsbury, Charles Mains, Frederic Pemple, Elizabeth Place, Paul Seeley, Claire H. Smith, Thomas Tapley and Gordon Yarlott. Said committee to look into the feasibility of constructing a swimming pool on Lot No. 120 or elsewhere.
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Article 24. Voted against the passage of this article wherein an amendment to the Zoning By-laws seeking to place a section of the town under the classification of "C" Residence Districts was proposed
184 voted against passage of this article 165 voted for passage of this article
Article 25. Voted to transfer the sum of $3,500.00 from the unex- pended balance of the Pumping Station appropriation voted under Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting of December 13, 1954 for the purpose of an installation of an extension of a water main in Adams Street from its present termination in a northwesterly direction for an approximate distance of 570 feet under the provisions of the Water Betterment Act.
Article 26. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,500.00 from the unex- pended balance of the Water Account voted under Article 3 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1956 for the purpose of surfacing Causeway Street with asphalt from a point at or near the intersection of Claypit Road and Causeway Street for a distance of 1,800 feet more or less toward the Norfolk Line to a point 100 feet beyond the residence of Peter C. Murach.
Article 27. Voted to accept the following named sums as Per- petual Trust Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care viz:
Albert L. Clark Lot
$200.00
Hughes Lot
100.00
Julia McCarthy Lot
100.00
Helen S. Murphy Lot
100.00
O. Atwood Phinney Lot
100.00
Rogers-Allen Lot
100.00
Charles E. Sullivan Lot
100.00
Ruth Evans Lot
50.00
John H. Henderson Lot
50.00
Myra C. Leighton Lot
100.00
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
A true copy attest:
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk
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FINANCIAL REPORTS
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Town of Medfield
For the Year Ending December 31, 1956
TOWN OF MEDFIELD REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT For the year ending December 31, 1956
RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DEBT ACCOUNTS TRUST ACCOUNTS
Receipts
Balance Cash on hand January 1, 1956
$423,146.99
Taxes:
Current Year
$358,815.77
Previous Years
13,088.64
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
38,731.12
Sewer Assessments
207.29
Street Betterments
527.07
Tax Interests and Costs
415.14
State Income and Corporation Taxes
51,190.96
Tax Titles
164.69
463,140.68
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor Licenses
1,600.00
Other Licenses
225.50
Permits-Wire
302.75
Permits-Building
932.00
Permits-Plumbing
520.00
Permits-Cesspool
360.00
3,940.25
Grants from State and County:
Disability Assistance
2,539.68
Old Age Assistance
19,075.04
Aid to Dependent Children
1,679.01
Schools
16,317.74
Highways-State
27,074.30
Highways-County
9,300.80
Health Subsidy
569.99
Meals Tax
902.66
Veterans Services
594.80
County Dog Tax
702.42
Reimbursement-Tax Loss
5,377.68
Civil Defense
997.85
Floods
8,388.28
93,520.25
153
Department Revenue:
Town Hall-Rentals
12.00
Sealers Fees
51.90
Library Fines
399.64
Old Age Assistance, Cities & Towns and Other
1,589.81
Veterans Benefits, Cities & Towns and Other
453.81
School Dental Clinic
192.00
School Sale of Materials etc.
368.80
School Tuition
1,159.80
Ambulance
805.00
Accrued Interest & Premiums on Loans
2,487.07
School Athletic Association
1,139.31
School Cafeteria
21,031.29
Treasurer-Refund
200.00
Court Fines
45.00
Tree Department
220.00
Cancelled Checks
76.67
30,232.10
Grants and Refunds from Federal Government:
Disability Assistance
1,851.93
Old Age Assistance & Refunds
15,057.33
Aid to Dependent Children
2,130.62
19,039.88
Water Department:
Sale of Water
26,942.83
Services
2,097.52
Extensions
389.04
29,429.39
Cemetery:
Sale of Lots and Graves
130.00
Care of Lots and Graves
200.00
330.00
Interest on Trust Funds:
Library
272.50
Granville F. Dailey-Library
2,579.13
Cemetery Perpetual Care
1,171.66
4,023.29
Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
50,000.00
Water
3,600.00
Highways
14,100.00
Truck & Plow
4,500.00
72,200.00
Reserve Funds:
Road Machinery Funds
1,796.00
Withheld Tax Funds
30,642.65
Cemetery Trust Funds
1,125.00
154
County Retirement Funds Dog Licenses
5,084.41 1,027.00
39,675.06
Total Receipts and Cash on Hand
$1,178,677.89
Expenditures 1956
General Government:
Executive
$8,633.82
Treasurer
2,300.00
Collector
2,977.73
Assessors
3,328.78
Town Clerk
1,349.17
Election and Registration
2,957.36
Town Hall
6,839.91
Legal
1,590.34
Finance Board
198.77
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$30,175.88
Protection of Persons and Property:
Plumbing Inspector
450.00
Wiring Inspector
503.96
Building Inspector
760.80
Police
34,199.41
Police Car-Purchase
1,651.84
Fire
8,999.21
Sealer Weights and Measures
165.00
Moth
1,494.15
Care of Trees
2,198.19
Mosquito Spray
1,593.86
Planting Trees
360.28
Dutch Elm Disease
4,807.02
Destroying Ivy
330.78
Ambulance
1,643.66
Civil Defense
4.70
59,162.86
Health and Sanitation
County Hospital
4,973.82
District Nurse
1,000.00
Health
3,821.08
Sewer
1,990.19
Public Dump
1,075.18
Garbage Removal
3,175.00
16,035.27
Highways:
Cutting Brush
1,999.78
Highways
20,171.16
Truck & Plow Purchase
5,404.38
155
Chapter 81 Highways-State
18,700.67
Chapter 90 Highways-County
3,001.28
Snow & Sanding
23,137.35
Street Lights
7,836.00
Operating Road Machinery
2,162.67
Survey-Curve & Pleasant Streets
185.00
Sidewalks
501.30
High Street
21,143.09
Material & Sand Spreaders
3,343.08
Flood Emergency
3,298.44
Causeway Street Bridge
849.26
111,733.46
Charities:
Disability Assistance
5,336.57
General Relief
2,090.80
Aid to Dependent Children
5,104.08
Old Age Assistance
46,526.36
59,057.81
Veterans Benefits:
Veterans Services
509.00
Veterans Aid
1,210.72
1,719.72
Schools and Library:
Memorial School
268,744.21
Schools
185,566.88
Vocational Education
612.85
Athletic Association
546.64
Teachers M.S. Retirement
19.00
Dental Clinic
968.53
Building Committee
36.75
Cafeteria
20,740.68
Library
5,888.64
Library Children's Room
1,287.24
484,411.42
Water and Cemetery:
New Water Pumping System
22,558.16
Water
20,368.04
Adams Street
2,665.73
High Street
95.00
Pine Street
1,475.61
Causeway Street
3,599.10
1955 Water Bills
1,860.15
Cemetery
7,023.03
59,644.82
Miscellaneous:
Certification of Notes
18.00
Land Acquisition
150.00
Tax Collector
417.00
156
American Legion Post Memorial Day
1,000.00
552.25
Appeals Boards
163.50
Tax & Motor Excise-Refunds
4,598.69
Park and Planning
1,575.66
Town Meeting Notices
177.50
Purchasing Service
205.00
County Retirement System
3,324.75
Water Rates Refunds
19.52
Town Clock
150.00
Land Damages-High Street
348.88
Town Report
1,195.25
Bakers Pond
1,365.37
15,261.37
State and County Taxes:
Parks and Reservations
999.03
County Tax
7,134.56
State Audit
305.99
State Gypsy & Brown Tail Moth
1,988.00
State Income Tax-Refund
1,979.67
12,407.25
Town Debt
Maturing Debt
64,300.00
Anticipation of Revenue
50,000.00
Highway Loans
33,350.00
Interest
15,798.89
163,448.89
Insurance:
Auto Liability
1,279.28
Fire
2,563.96
Workmen's Compensation
2,996.88
6,840.12
Trust Funds:
Dog Licenses
1,030.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
1,125.00
County Retirement Plan
5,047.39
Withheld Taxes
20,993.55
Stabilization Fund
3,000.00
31,195.94
Cash on hand and in Bank December 31, 1956 Total Expenditures and Cash on Hand
127,583.08
$1,178,677.89
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD Balance Sheet - December 31, 1956 Assets
Cash in Bank and Office, Accounts Receivable:
$127,583.08
Taxes: Levy of 1947
$2.00
1948
2.00
1949
2.00
1950
132.00
1951
352.38
1952
622.36
1953
331.67
1954
2,041.43
1955
5,025.80
1956
17,154.55
25,666.19
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
1948
19.04
1949
66.81
1950
97.77
1951
123.01
1952
472.18
1953
938.98
1954
1,539.52
1955
3,559.13
1956
12,334.76
19,151.20
Sewer Assessments
53.11
Tax Titles
2,014.29
Overlay Deficits-Levy of 1955 Levy of 1956
1,996.03
2,070.52
Departmental:
Ambulance
940.00
Aid to Dependent Children
687.45
General Relief
1,140.18
Cemetery Annual Care
5,204.00
Cemetery Sale of Lots
190.00
8,161.63
Water:
Rates
11,098.49
Services
1,585.79
Extensions
181.90
12,866.18
State & County Aid to Highways
17,431.82
158
74.49
Underestimated: State Parks State Gypsy Moth Assessment County Tax
414.37 1,988.00 619.57
3,021.94
Total Assets
$218,019.96
Liabilities and Reserves
Temporary Loans:
In Anticipation of Reimbursement
$12,100.00
Agency:
County Dog Licenses
5.40
Federal Withheld Taxes
9,618.70
9,624.10
Trust Fund Income:
Granville F. Dailey Library Trust
5,202.35
Cemetery
556.84
5,759.19
Reserves for Expenses:
Premium on School Loan
2,863.82
Recovery-Old Age Assistance
2,134.90
4,998.72
County Retirement Fund
5.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
465.00
470.00
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance
783.56
Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children
1,702.31
4,542.66
Revolving Funds:
George Barden Fund
36.00
School Athletics
652.39
School Cafeteria
236.00
924.39
Appropriation Balances
84,380.44
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations: Road Machinery Account
268.49
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
3,401.28
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
1947
2.00
1948
2.00
1950
136.88
1951
494.48
159
2,056.79
1952
321.60
1953
547.35
1954
528.93
2,033.24
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Departmental
8,161.63
Tax Titles
2,014.29
Special Assessment
53.11
Motor Vehicle Excise
19,151.20
Water
12,866.18
42,246.41
Surplus Revenue
47,271.04
Total Liabilities and Reserves
$218,019.96
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$675,100.00
Inside Debt Limit:
Oak St. Drainage
$1,500.00
Spring St. Sidewalk
2,000.00
Highway Equipment
9,000.00
High School
11,000.00
23,500.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Memorial School
159,000.00
High School
20,000.00
Memorial School-Addition
400,000.00
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Water
72,600.00
651,600.00
$675,100.00
Debt by Year of Maturity
1957
$61,700.00
1958
57,200.00
1959
53,200.00
1960
48,000.00
1961
37,000.00
1962
36,000.00
1963
36,000.00
1964
36,000.00
1965
35,000.00
1966
35,000.00
1967
35,000.00
1968
35,000.00
1969
35,000.00
1970
35,000.00
160
1971
20,000.00
1972
20,000.00
1973
20,000.00
1974
20,000.00
1975
20,000.00
TOTAL DEBT
$675,100.00
Trust Accounts
Balance as of December 31, 1956
$
121,243.71
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Library Trust Funds
$9,000.00
Granville F. Dailey Trust Funds-Library
68,889.10
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
39,988.78
117,877.88
In Custody of Selectmen: Moses Ellis Post No. 117 GAR Fund
3,365.83
121,243.71
Library Trust Fund: Interest:
Home Savings Bank
60.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
62.50
Provident Institute for Savings
90.00
Massachusetts Savings Bank
60.00
Refunded from Cemetery Trust Income Account
27.50
300.00
Transfer to Library Account Book Purchases
300.00
Balance as of January 1, 1956 Interest:
414.31
Massachusetts Savings Bank
219.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
806.40
Home Savings Bank
47.26
Medfield Cooperative Bank
99.00
1,171.66
Transfer to Cemetery
1,001.63
Refunded to Library Trust Income Account
27.50
Balance as of December 31, 1956
556.84
Granville F. Dailey Trust Income:
Balance as of January 1, 1956
5,476.89
161
1,029.13
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund:
Interest, Dividends and Stock Rights:
Dedham Institution for Savings
1,129.13
General Motors
480.00
General Electric
360.00
Guaranty Trust
220.00
Bethlehem Steel
140.00
Consolidated Edison
100.00
F. W. Woolworth Company
50.00
Atcheson, Topeka & Sante Fe
100.00
2,579.13
Transfer to Library
2,853.67
Balance as of December 31, 1956
$5,202.35
The foregoing report is an account of the financial transactions and standing of the Town of Medfield for the year ending December 31, 1956.
LESLIE J. HOWLETT, Town Accountant
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Taxes (Real Estate, Personal Property, Poll):
Levy of 1947
$2.00
1948
2.00
1949
2.00
1950
132.00
1951
352.38
1952
622.36
1953
331.67
1954
2,041.43
1955
5,025.80
1956
17,146.55
Balance as of December 31, 1956
$25,658.19
Collected on above accounts 1957
1,976.97
Balance as of January 12, 1957
$23,681.22
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1948
$19.04
1949
66.81
1950
102.19
1951
123.01
1952
472.18
1953
938.98
1954
1,539.52
1955
3,559.13
1956
11,881.63
Balance as of December 31, 1956
$18,702.49
Collected on above accounts 1957
5,045.43
Balance as of January 12, 1957
$13,657.06
. Total Interest Collected on Delinquent Taxes
$200.43
Total Lien Fees Collected
$108.06
Percentage of Taxes Collected
91.8%
In concluding this report I wish to express my appreciation to the town officials and their assistants, to the members of the police depart- ment, and to all of the townspeople who have so willingly assisted and supported me during this past year.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. RAYNER, JR. Collector of Taxes
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Accepted 1956
MEDFIELD COOPERATIVE BANK
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Benjamin H. Brock Lot
$125.00
Albert L. Clark Lot
200.00
Ruth Evans Lot
50.00
John H. Henderson Lot
50.00
Hughes Lot
100.00
Myra C. Leighton Lot
100.00
Julia McCarthy Lot
100.00
Helen S. Murphy Lot
100.00
O. Atwood Phinney Lot
100.00
Rogers-Allen Lot
100.00
Mabel Rogers Lot
50.00
Charles E. Sullivan Lot
100.00
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Town Appropriations Total appropriations voted to be taken from Available Funds In 1955 In 1956
$523,154.53
12,986.92
7,806.29
Overlay deficits Emergency Flood and Snow
16,180.27
State Tax and Assessments:
State Parks and Reservations
$584.66
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
305.99
890.65
County Tax and Assessments:
County Tax
6,514.99
Underestimate
569.06
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
5,115.85
12,199.90
Overlay of current year
10,136.50
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
585,359.06
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:
Income Tax
37,618.53
Corporation Taxes
12,579.25
Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land
5,272.96
Old Age Tax (Meals) Chap. 64BS10
913.61
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
42,286.17
Licenses
3,622.00
Fines
5.00
Special Assessments
441.81
General Government
1,523.53
Health and Sanitation
545.71
Highways
204.00
Charities (other than federal grants)
7,112.20
Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)
16,580.36
Veterans' Services
442.07
Schools
8,456.74
Public Service Enterprises
24,395.82
Cemeteries
111.00
Interest: On Taxes and Assessments
725.47
State Assistance for School Construction
-Chap. 645 Acts of 1948
4,800.73
Flood Reimbursement
8,262.24
Total Estimated Receipts
175,899.20
165
543,947.74
2,004.00
Overestimates:
Tuberculosis Hospital 1955
2,065.37
State Parks and Reservations Gypsy-Brown Tail Moth
75.64
Amounts to be taken from available funds:
May 9, 1955
1,729.64
May 9, 1955
450.00
May 9, 1955
1,208.69
July 18, 1955
900.00
July 18, 1955
522.69
July 18, 1955
350.00
July 18, 1955
2,500.00
November 28, 1955
2,625.90
November 28, 1955
1,800.00
November 28, 1955
900.00
March 13, 1956
1,000.00
March 13, 1956
500.00
March 13, 1956
1,000.00
March 13, 1956
1,500.00
March 13, 1956
1,000.00
March 13, 1956
702.42
March 13, 1956
353.87
March 13, 1956
1,000.00
March 13, 1956
750.00
Total Available Funds
23,018.71
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
198,917.91
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY
386,441.15
Number of Polls at $2.00 each
1119
2,238.00
Total Valuation:
Personal Property
$ 225,144
17,201.00
Real Estate
4,803,693.00
367,002.15
$5,028,837.00
$386,441.15
Tax Rate $76.40
TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON POLLS AND PROPERTY 386,441.15
Number of Persons Assessed
On Personal Estate Only
37
On Real Estate Only
996
On Both Personal and Real Estate
40
Total Number of Persons Assessed 1073
Total Number of Polls Assessed 1119
166
84.49
Value of Assessed Personal Estate: Stock in Trade Machinery Live Stock All Other
22,600.00
8,050.00
11,672.00
182,822.00
225,144.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate Land exclusive of buildings
708,081.00
Buildings exclusive of land
4,095,612.00
4,803,693.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
$5,028,837.00
Tax Rate per $1,000 - $76.40
Taxes for State, County, and Town Purposes Including Overlay:
On Personal Estate
On Real Estate
On Polls
17,201.00 367,002.15 2,238.00
Total Taxes Assessed
386,441.15
Number of Livestock Assessed:
Horses
50
Cows
36
Bulls
5
Swine
44
Sheep
4
Fowl
2805
All Other
1
Number of acres of land assessed
8062
Number of dwelling houses assessed
928
CARLTON W. KINGSBURY, Chairman HARRY E. CONWAY JOSEPH S. KENNEDY
Assessors of Medfield
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TOWN WARRANT TOWN OF MEDFIELD
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Monday, the fourth day of March A.D. 1957 at 12:00 Noon then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To nominate all Town Officers required to be elected annually, viz:
One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Treasurer, Three Constables, One Tree Warden, all for one year;
One Selectman, One Assessor, Two Members of the School Com- mittee, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewerage Board, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, all for three years;
One Member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls to be opened at 12:00 noon and shall be closed at 8:00 o'clock P.M.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the following departmental and other expenses of the Town for the ensuing year, and to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town as provided for in Section 108, Chapter 41 of the General Laws:
169
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Item
Appro- priated 1956
Expended 1956
Requested by Department 1957
1.
Moderator
Selectmen
2.
$
375.00
$ 375.00
Salary-Chairman
$ 375.00
3.
350.00
350.00
Salary-Clerk
350.00
4.
350.00
350.00
Salary-Third Member
350.00
5.
7,600.00
7,558.82
Departmental Expenses
8,576.00
6.
8,675.00
8,633.82
Total
9,651.00
7.
2,500.00
1,590.34
Legal
2,500.00
Treasurer
8.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary-Treasurer
1,100.00
9.
900.00
1,200.00
Departmental Expenses
1,200.00
10.
2,000.00
2,300.00
Total
2,300.00
Collector
11.
2,000.00
2,000.00
Salary-Collector
2,000.00
12.
1,200.00
1,176.71
Departmental Expenses
1,776.00
13.
3,200.00
3,176.71
Total
3,776.00
Town Clerk
14.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary-Town Clerk
1,100.00
15.
250.00
249.17
Departmental Expenses
175.00
16.
1,350.00
1,349.17
Total
1,275.00
Assessors
17.
375.00
375.00
Salary-Chairman
375.00
18.
350.00
350.00
Salary-Clerk
350.00
19.
350.00
350.00
Salary-Third Member
350.00
20.
2,300.00
2,253.78
Departmental Expenses
3,500.00
21.
3,375.00
3,328.78 Total
4,575.00
Park and Planning Board
22.
Salary-Chairman
23.
Salary-4 Members
24.
1,600.00
1,575.66
Departmental Expenses
1,715.00
.
170
Appro- priated
Expended 1956
Item
1956
25.
1,600.00
1,575.66
Total
1,715.00
26.
2,960.00
2,957.36
Elections & Registrations
1,350.00
27.
6,650.00
6,839.91
Town Hall
7,415:00
28.
200.00
198.77
Finance Committee
250.00
29.
390.00
177.50
Town Meeting Notices
390.00
30.
32,900.00
32,128.02
Totals
34,947.00
Highways
31.
20,200.00
20,171.16
General Highways
26,200.00
32.
6,600.00
6,600.67
Chapter 81
6,600.00
33.
1,000.00
996.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
34.
2,000.00
1,999.78
Cutting Brush
2,500.00
35.
500.00
501.30
Sidewalks
500.00
36.
11,000.00
23,137.35
Snow & Sanding
37
41,300.00
53,406.26
Totals (excluding Snow 1957)
36,800.00
Protection of Persons and Property
38.
34,595.25
34,199.41
Police
35,261.40
39.
Dog Officer
250.00
40.
9,000.00
8,999.21
Fire
9,350.00
41.
150.00
4.70
Civil Defense
1,100.00
42.
800.00
760.80
Building Inspector
925.00
43.
475.00
450.00
Plumbing Inspector
575.00
44.
650.00
503.96
Wiring Inspector
650.00
45.
200.00
163.50
Board of Appeals
200.00
46.
165.00
165.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
165.00
47.
1.75
1.75
Tree Warden-Salary per hour
1.85
48
2,200.00
2,198.19
Care of Trees
4,000.00
49.
2,200.00
3,415.22
Dutch Elm Disease
9,200.00
50.
1,500.00
1,494.15 Moth
1,000.00
51
400.00
360.28
Planting Trees
500.00
52.
400.00
330.78
Destroying Ivy
400.00
53.
1,700.00
1,593.86
Mosquito Control
2,200.00
54.
7,900.00
7,836.00
Street Lights
8,074.55
55.
62,335.20
62,475.06
Totals
73,850.95
HEALTH AND SANITATION
56.
..
Health Salaries-Board of Health, 3 Members
. . . . . . . . .
171
Requested by Department 1957
Requested by Department 1957
Item
1956
Expended 1956
57.
3,000.00
3,821.08
Departmental Expenses
3,500.00
58.
1,000.00
1,000.00
District Nurse
1,000.00
59.
1,000.00
968.53
Dental Clinic
1,100.00
60.
2,000.00
1,643.66
Ambulance
2,000.00
Sanitation
61.
1,000.00
1,075.18
Public Dump
1,000.00
62.
3,300.00
3,175.00
Garbage Disposal
3,300.00
63.
2,100.00
1,990.19
Sewer
2,000.00
64.
13,400.00
13,673.64
Totals
13,900.00
Public Welfare
65.
312.50
312.50
Salary-Chairman
312.50
66.
187.50
187.50
Salary-Clerk
187.50
67.
125.00
125.00
Salary-Third Member
125.00
68.
1,500.00
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