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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following named sums as Perpetual 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:
Henry L. Kennedy Lot $50.00
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 16th day of October A.D. Nineteen hundred fifty-seven.
HERBERT B. BURR JOSEPH A. ROBERTS JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE
Selectmen of Medfield
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
October 16, 1957.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield qualified to vote in elections to meet at
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the time and for the purpose named by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.
NICHOLAS N. GUGLIOTTA Constable of Medfield
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 28, 1957
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M. and the following action was taken on the articles therein:
Article 1. Voted to ratify and confirm the actions of the Board of Selectmen in entering into a certain agreement with Ralph A. Hamilton and Harvey M. Hamilton dated September 18, 1957, and recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds, Book 3589, Page 56 for the purpose of redefining an easement given to the Town of Medfield by said Ralph A. Hamilton and Ethel G. Hamilton dated May 28, 1942, and recorded with Norfolk Registry of Deeds, Book 2410, Page 297.
Article 2. Voted that the sum of $875.00 be transferred from the Interest on School Bond Premiums account to the Police Force.
Article 3. Voted that the sum of $6,000.00 be transferred from available funds in the Town Treasury to the Old Age Assistance Account of the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 4. Voted to transfer the sum of $350.00 from the Assessors' Appropriation to defray the expenses of the Board of Assessors for the printing, publishing and distributing the new evaluations of real and personal property in the Town of Medfield upon the conclusion of the current revaluation program being carried out by the New England Survey Service, Inc.
Article 5. Voted to transfer the sum of $75.00 from available funds in the Treasury to the Board of Appeals to defray the expenses of said Board for the balance of the year.
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Article 6. Voted under the provisions of Chapter 71, Sections 14 to 16 of the General Laws to have the Moderator appoint a special unpaid committee to be known as a regional school district planning committee to consist of three members including one member of the School Committee. The Moderator thereby appointed Leon M. Bowden (member of the School Committee), Mrs. Virginia Roskilly and Robert Wallingford as said committee which shall report at some future Town Meeting.
Article 7. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,334.14 from the "Interest on School Bond Premiums" account to the Interest Account.
Article 8. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Mos- quito Control Account to the Dutch Elm Account for the purpose of removing tree stumps.
Article 9. Voted to accept the following named sum as a Perpetual Trust Fund for the care of lot in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:
Henry L. Kennedy Lot $50.00
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, 1957
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
For the year ending December 31, 1957
RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DEBT ACCOUNTS TRUST ACCOUNTS
Receipts
Balance Cash on hand January 1, 1957
$127,583.08
Taxes:
Current year
$401,998.52
Previous years
14,010.01
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
53,443.47
Sewer Assessments
54.06
Street Betterments
250.35
Tax Interests and Costs
548.97
State Income and Corporation Taxes
40,177.10
510,482.48
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor Licenses
1,750.00
Other Licenses
172.75
Permits-Wire
259.75
Permits-Building
480.00
Permits-Plumbing
427.00
3,089.50
Grants from State and County:
Disability Assistance
2,767.64
Old Age Assistance
21,087.21
Aid to Dependent Children
1,503.21
Schools
25,800.05
Highways-State
54,758.19
Highways-County
10,142.79
Health Subsidy
546.43
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Meals Tax Veterans Services County Dog Tax Reimbursement-Loss of Taxes Flood Relief
1,108.35
386.91
699.28
5,641.48
2,946.40
127,387.94
Departmental Revenue:
Sealer fees
53.40
Library fines
399.45
Old Age Assistance-Cities and Towns
1,805.30
Dental Clinic
194.72
School Sale of Materials, etc.
908.26
Highway Department
220.08
Ambulance
968.00
Accrued Interest
56.81
School Athletic Association
513.70
School Cafeteria
25,645.47
Cancelled Checks
86.60
Town Clerk
10.00
30,861.79
Grants and Refunds from Federal Government:
Disability Assistance
1,502.21
Old Age Assistance and Refunds
18,830.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,939.25
22,271.46
Water Department:
Sale of Water
25,848.55
Services
2,629.34
Extensions
258.65
28,736.54
Cemetery:
Sale of Lots and Graves
380.00
Annual Care
160.00
Other
707.00
1,247.00
Interest on Trust Funds:
Library
294.38
Granville F. Dailey-Library
2,597.58
Cemetery Perpetual Care
1,215.10
4,107.06
Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
150,000.00
Water
7,000.00
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Highways Purchase School Land
58,700.00 30,000.00
245,700.00
Reserve Funds:
Road Machinery Funds
2,848.00
Withheld Tax Funds
35,009.20
Cemetery Trust Funds
1,050.00
County Retirement Funds
6,326.30
Dog Licenses
1,065.20
46,298.70
Total Receipts and Cash on Hand
$1,147,765.55
Expenditures 1957
General Government:
Executive
9,028.07
Treasurer
1,897.01
Collector
3,624.95
Assessors
3,373.30
Town Clerk
1,272.02
Election and Registration
1,349.56
Town Hall
7,158.87
Legal
3,398.07
Finance Board
237.85
31,339.70
Protection of Persons and Property:
Plumbing Inspector
475.00
Wiring Inspector
509.99
Building Inspector
796.37
Police
38,960.79
Fire
11,313.35
Sealer
165.00
Moth
999.84
Care of Trees
2,298.76
Mosquito Spray
1,194.39
Planting Trees
388.85
Dutch Elm Disease
6,021.03
Destroying Ivy
394.13
Ambulance
1,270.52
Civil Defense
75.70
64,863.72
Health and Sanitation:
County Hospital
5,133.47
District Nurse
1,000.00
137
Health Sewer Public Dump Garbage Removal
1,957.27
1,946.18
992.95
3,300.00
14,329.87
Highways:
Cutting Brush
1,991.90
Highways
22,164.06
Truck and Plow Purchase
615.00
Chapter 81-Highways
18,699.48
Chapter 90-Highways
3,005.24
Snow and Sanding
16,057.73
Street Lights
8,074.55
Operating Road Machinery
3,152.99
Oak Street Drainage
49.50
Sidewalks
1,503.84
High Street
49,424.15
Causeway Street
1,500.00
Town Yard Drainage
2,478.99
Main Street
17,669.64
Railroad Crossing-Main Street
216.77
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146,603.84
Charities:
Disability Assistance
5,330.34
General Relief
2,173.19
Aid to Dependent Children
4,289.03
Old Age Assistance
51,287.67
63,080.23
Veterans' Benefits:
Veterans' Services and Aid
833.57
Schools and Library:
Schools
214,303.69
Memorial School
43,530.73
Vocational Education
302.23
Athletic Association
887.00
Teachers Military Retirement
57.50
Dental Clinic
1,862.11
Building Needs Committee
2,927.40
Cafeteria
25,002.65
Library
7,023.13
Purchase School Land
29,052.15
Science Laboratory
2,820.90
327,769.49
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Water and Cemetery:
Water
18,528.63
Pumping Station
594.78
Adams Street
7,621.32
Dale Street
4,097.21
Standpipe
816.00
High Street
4,940.99
Cemetery
7,554.76
44,153.69
Miscellaneous:
Certification Notes
34.00
Growth Committee
177.80
Real Estate Revaluation
5,989.75
American Legion Post
800.00
Memorial Day
588.45
Appeals Board
275.00
Tax and Motor Excise-Refunds
4,684.13
Park and Planning Board
1,435.80
Town Meeting Notices
390.00
Town Report
1,297.20
County Retirement System
4,466.50
Water Rates Refunds
6.90
Town Clock
150.00
Land Damages-South Street
1,435.00
Dailey Trust Income Account
62.13
Refund-Sealer's fees
3.60
Land Damages-High Street
675.00
Swimming Pool Committee
90.16
22,561.42
State and County Taxes:
Parks and Reservations
1,359.76
County Tax
8,441.81
State Audit
1,873.49
State Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
2,177.91
13,852.97
Town Debt:
Maturing Debt
61,700.00
Anticipation of Revenue
150,000.00
Highway Loans
24,200.00
Interest
16,587.85
252,487.85
Insurance:
Auto Liability
1,829.12
Fire
2,269.75
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Workmen's Compensation Boiler
2,972.46
1,220.20
8,291.53
Trust Funds:
Dog Licenses
1,070.60
Cemetery Perpetual Care
1,050.00
County Retirement Plan
6,353.40
Withheld Taxes
34,581.30
Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
Cash on hand and in Bank December 31, 1957
48,055.30 109,542.37
Total Expenditures and Cash on Hand
$1,147,765.55
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
Balance Sheet - December 31, 1957
Assets .
Cash in Bank and Office
$109,542.37
Accounts Receivable: Taxes, Levy of 1950
$ 130.00
1951
348.38
1952
616.36
1953
323.67
1954
1,409.86
1955
3,156.25
1956
5,721.30
1957
28,084.12
39,789.94
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
1950
88.57
1951
95.49
1952
394.91
1953
831.68
1954
1,269.24
1955
2,741.79
1956
1,806.60
1957
14,039.66
21,267.94
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Sewer Assessments
Street Betterments
33.66 16.71
50.37
Tax Titles
2,127.13
Overlay Deficits-Levy of 1956 Levy of 1957
2,975.96
3,312.08
Departmental:
Ambulance
1,240.00
Old Age Assistance
1,968.81
Aid to Dependent Children
103.03
Veterans Aid
63.63
Disability Assistance
309.41
Cemetery Annual Care
5,044.00
Cemetery Sale of Lots
190.00
8,918.88
Water:
Rates
17,249.30
Services
1,620.17
Extensions
731.45
19,600.92
State and County Aid to Highways
24,025.81
Emergency Flood Relief
1,144.03
Underestimated:
State Parks
62.49
County Hospital
34.64
County Tax
708.19
805.32
County Retirement System
22.10
Road Machinery Fund
87.17
Total Assets
$230,694.06
Liabilities
Temporary Loans:
In Anticipation of Reimbursement
$46,600.00
Agency:
Federal Withheld Taxes
10,046.60
Granville F. Dailey Library Trust Fund Income
4,592.97
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336.12
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
645.00
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children
208.53
202.53
2,463.22
2,874.28.
Revolving Funds:
School Athletics
279.09
School Cafeteria
879.32
1,158.41
Appropriation Balances:
Assessors Revaluation Report
350.00
Civil Defense
924.30
High Street-Highways
6,758.92
Memorial High School
892.43
School Land Purchase
2,197.85
Science Laboratory
1,179.10
Building Needs
2,320.95
By-Laws
494.20
Development and Industrial
239.50
Land Damages
873.97
Cemetery Tool Tomb
1.00
Real Estate Revaluation
2,510.25
Report of Growth
722.20
Water-New Supply System
2,089.71
Adams Street
1,359.29
Dale Street
902.79
High Street
59.01
23,875.47
Receipt Reserved for Appropriations: Road Machinery Fund
588.00
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
3,767.94
Overlays Reserved for Abatement
1947
2.00
1948
2.00
1950
132.00
. 1951
350.38
1952
323.60
1953
331.67
1954
528.93
1,670.58:
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Departmental
8,918.88
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Tax Titles Special Assessments Motor Vehicle Excises Water Revenue
2,127.13 50.37 21,267.94 19,600.92
51,965.24
Surplus Revenue
82,909.57
Total Liabilities
$230,694.06
DEBT ACCOUNTS (as of January 1, 1958)
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$650,400.00
Inside Debt Limit:
Highway Equipment
$ 6,000.00
High School
6,000.00
12,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Memorial School
147,000.00
High School
15,000.00
Memorial School-Addition
375,000.00
Water
71,400.00
School Land Purchase
30,000.00
638,400.00
$650,400.000
Debt by Year of Maturity
1958
$64,200.00
1959
60,200.00
1960
55,000.00
1961
43,000.00
1962
41,000.00
1963
41,000.00
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
1971
20,000.00
1972
20,000.00
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1973 1974 1975
20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00
TOTAL DEBT
$650,400.00
Trust Accounts
Balance as of December 31, 1957
$151,482.73
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Library Trust Funds
$ 9,000.00
Granville F. Dailey Trust Funds-Library
88,886.04
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
41,078.54
Stabilization Fund
8,000.00
Clara S. Littledale Library Trust Fund
1,100.00
148,064.58
In Custody of Selectmen:
Moses Ellis Post No. 117 GAR Fund
3,418.15
151,482.73
Library Trust Fund: Interest on Savings Accounts:
Home Savings Bank
62.50
Dedham Institution for Savings
65.00
Provident Institute for Savings
91.88
Massachusetts Savings Bank
60.00
Transfer to Library Account Book Purchases
279.38
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund: Balance as of January 1, 1957: Interest on Savings Accounts:
556.84
Massachusetts Savings Bank
219.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
839.52
Home Savings Bank
49.22
Medfield Cooperative Bank
122.36
1,230.10
Transfer to Cemetery Maintenance
1,786.94
Granville F. Dailey Trust-Income Account: Balance as of January 1, 1957
5,202.35
144
279.38
Plus: Interest on Savings Account and Dividends Paid:
Dedham Institution for Savings
749.65
U.S. Treasury
680.15
Guaranty Trust Co.
140.80
Appalachian Power Co.
46.27
General Electric Co.
238.33
General Motors
250.83
Niagara Mohawk Power
30.22
Southwestern Gas & Electric
15.40
Seaboard Airlines
36.00
Western Maryland Railroad
43.12
Missouri Pacific Railroad
48.00
American Tel & Tel.
58.35
Bethlehem Steel Co.
105.00
Consolidated Edison
50.00
F. W. Woolworth Co.
25.00
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe
400.00
2,917.12
Less: Interest Paid
11.95
Commissions and Expenses
369.72
Transfers to Library Maintenance
3,144.83
3,526.50
Balance December 31, 1957
4,592.97
The foregoing report is an account of the financial transactions and standing of the Town of Medfield for the year ending December 31, 1957.
LESLIE J. HOWLETT,
Town Accountant
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Taxes (Real Estate, Personal Property and Poll) :
Levy of 1950
$130.00
1951
348.38
1952
616.36
1953
323.67
1954
1,409.86
1955
3,156.25
1956
5,721.30
1957
28,084.12
Total
$39,789.94
Less: Taxes Committed in December 1957
1,250.40
Balance of Taxes due December 31, 1957
$38,539.54
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1950
$88.57
1951
95.49
1952
394.91
1953
831.68
1954
1,269.24
1955
2,741.79
1956
1,806.60
1957
14,040.96
Total
$21,269.24
Less: Taxes Committed in December 1957
8,861.53
Balance of Excise Taxes due December 1957
$12,407.71
Total Interest Collected on Delinquent Taxes
$338.04
Total Lien Fees Collected
$102.00
Percentage of Taxes Collected
91.3%
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. RAYNER, JR.
Collector of Taxes
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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Accepted 1957 Medfield Cooperative Bank
Name of Fund
Original Fund
William L. Bailey Lot
$100.00
Joseph Hazel Lot
50.00
Henry L. Kennedy Lot
50.00
Allan A. Kingsbury Lot
200.00
Dennis H. Lucy Lot
100.00
Joseph Mccarthy Lot
25.00
Eugene McSweeney Lot
25.00
Ralph W. Reimer Lot
50.00
Eve Shepherd Lot
50.00
William L. Stone Lot
100.00
John E. Varnum Lot
100.00
John C. Wight Lot
100.00.
Nathaniel J. Young Lot
100.00
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Town Appropriations
$573,961.40
Total Appropriation voted to be taken from Available Funds
In 1956
15,755.52
In 1957
20,617.91
$610,334.83
Overlay deficits State Tax and Assessments:
2,070.52
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
$1,873.49
State Parks and Reservations
1,297.27
State Parks and Reservations-Underestimate
414.37
Mosquito Control
2,177.92
Mosquito Control-Underestimate
1,988.00
7,751.05
County Tax and Assessments:
County Tax
7,733.62
County Tax-Underestimate
619.57
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
5,098.83
13,452.02
Overlay of current year
12,082.05
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
$645,690.47
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:
Income Tax
26,745.23
Corporation Taxes
13,299.25
Reimbursement on account of publicly owned land
5,377.68
Old Age Tax (Meals) Chap. 64B, S10
902.66
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
34,648.37
Licenses
3,940.25
Fines
45.00
Special Assessments
734.36
General Government
1,253.59
Health and Sanitation
569.99
Highways
273.00
Charities (other than federal grants)
4,218.69
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Old Age Assistance (other than Federal grants)
20,664.85
Veterans' Services
1,048.61
Schools
12,868.81
Public Service Enterprises
29,429.39
Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots) 200.00
Interest: On Taxes and Assessments
415.14
State Assistance for School Construction (Chapter 645, Acts of 1948)
4,800.73
State Tax Apportionment Ch. 559 Acts 1945
5,661.60
Total Estimated Receipts
167,097.20
Overestimates:
County Tuberculosis Hospital
142.03
Amounts voted to be taken from available funds:
March 11, 1957
1,000.00
March 11, 1957
5,000.00
April 29, 1957
931.91
April 29, 1957
728.49
April 29, 1957
1,198.92
March 11, 1957
11,758.59
November 26, 1956
3,000.00
November 26, 1956
1,700.00
November 26, 1956
574.64
November 26, 1956
575.00
November 26, 1956
348.88
November 26, 1956
205.00
November 26, 1956
300.00
November 26, 1956
1,000.00
November 26, 1956
822.00
November 26, 1956
30.00
November 26, 1956
2,000.00
November 26, 1956
200.00
November 26, 1956
3,500.00
November 26, 1956
1,500.00
Total Available Funds
36,515.46
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
203,612.66
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY
442,077.81
Number of Polls at $2.00 each 1151 2,302.00
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Total Valuation:
Personal Property
$ 217,107.00 17,585.67
Real Estate
5,212,224.00
422,190.14
442,077.81
Tax Rate $81.00
Number of Persons Assessed:
On Personal Estate Only
35
On Real Estate Only
1028
On Both Personal and Real Estate
38
Total Number of Persons Assessed
1101
Total Number of Polls Assessed
1151
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
20,200.00
Machinery
3,750.00
Live Stock
11,235.00
All Other
181,922.00
Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate
$ 217,107.00-
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land exclusive of Buildings
733,307.00
Buildings exclusive of Land
4,478,917.00
Total value of Assessed Real Estate
5,212,224.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
$5,429,331.00-
Tax Rate per $1,000-$81.00
Taxes for State, County, and Town Purposes, Including Overlay:
On Personal Estate
17,585.67
On Real Estate
422,190.14
On Polls
2,302.00
Total Taxes Assessed
442,077.81.
Number of Livestock Assessed:
Horses
45
Bulls
14
Cows
10
150
Swine
Fowl
13 3400
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
8062
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
969
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 third day of March A.D. 1958 at 12:00 Noon then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To choose all Town Officers required to be elected annually by ballot, viz:
One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Treasurer, Three Constables, all for one year;
One Selectman, One Assessor, One Member 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, One Tree Warden, all for three years;
One Member of the Planning Board for five years.
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Town of Medfield vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 6C of the General Laws, which authorizes cities and towns to appropriate money for the removal of snow and ice from private ways therein open to public use?"
Yes No
Information to the Voters:
If a majority of the votes in answer to the above question is in the affirmative, the Town will be enabled to appropriate money for the removal of snow and ice from such private ways within the Town as are open to public use as may be designated by the Board of Selectmen.
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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:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Item
Appro- priated 1957
Expended 1957
Requested by Department. 1958
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.
8,000.00
7,953.07
Departmental Expenses
8,000.00
6.
9,075.00
9,028.07
Total
9,075.00
7.
2,500.00
2,498.07
Legal
2,750.00
Treasurer
8.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary-Treasurer
1,100.00
9.
800.00
797.01
Departmental Expenses
900.00
10.
1,900.00
1,897.01
Total
2,000.00
Collector
11.
2,000.00
2,000.00
Salary-Collector
2,000.00
12.
1,625.00
1,624.95
Departmental Expenses
1,49200
13.
3,625.00
3,624.95
Total
3,492.00
Town Clerk
14.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary-Town Clerk
1,100.00
154
Appro- priated 1957
Expended 1957
Item
15.
175.00
172.02
Departmental Expenses
300.00
16.
1,275.00
1,272.02
Total
1,400.00
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.
2,800.00
2,648.30
Departmental Expenses
2,800.00
21.
3,875.00
3,723.30
Total
3,875.00
Park and Planning Board
22.
Salary-Chairman
23.
Salary-4 Members
24.
1,615.00
1,435.80
Departmental Expenses
1,880.00
25.
1,615.00
1,435.00
Total
1,880.00
26.
1,350.00
1,349.56
Elections and Registrations
3,575.00
27.
7,250.00
7,158.87
Town Hall
7,250.00
28.
250.00
237.85
Finance Committee
250.00
29.
390.00
390.00
Town Meeting Notices
400.00
30.
33,070.00
31,615.50
Total
36,372.00
HIGHWAYS
31.
22,200.00
22,169.18
General Highways
33,280.00
32.
6,600.00
6,599.48
Chapter 81
6,600.00
33.
*1,000.00
1,005.24
Chapter 90
1,000.00
34.
2,000.00
1,991.90
Cutting Brush
2,000.00
35
*500.00
504.12
Sidewalks
500.00
36.
16,161.49
16,057.73
Snow and Sanding
37.
48,461.49
48,327.65
Total (excluding Snow 1958)
43,380.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
38.
38,875.00
38,860.79 Police
38,415.36
39.
100.00
100.00 Dog Officer
100.00
40.
*9,000.00
10,838.15 Fire
10,500.00
155
Requested by Department 1958
Requested by Department 1958
Item
Appro- priated 1957
Expended 1957
41.
1,100.00
75.50
Civilian Defense
42.
925.00
796.37
Building Inspector
800.00
43.
475.00
475.00
Plumbing Inspector
480.00
44.
650.00
509.99
Wiring Inspector
650.00
45.
275.00
275.00
Board of Appeals
350.00
46.
165.00
165.00
Sealer
165.00
47.
1.85
1.85
Tree Warden-Salary per hour
1.95
48.
2,300.00
2,298.76
Care of Trees
4,000.00
49.
6,024.78
6,021.03
Dutch Elm Disease
5,000.00
50.
1,000.00
999.84
Moth
1,000.00
51.
400.00
388.85
Planting Trees
500.00
52.
400.00
394.13
Destroying Ivy
400.00
53.
2,200.00
1,194.39
Mosquito Control
2,200.00
54.
8,074.55
8,074.55
Street Lights
8,974.89
55.
71,964.33
71,467.35
Total
73,537.20
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
56.
Salaries-Board of Health
3 Members
57.
3,500.00
1,957.27
Departmental Expenses
3,000.00
58.
1,000.00
1,000.00
District Nurse
1,000.00
59.
*1,100.00
1,862.11
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
60.
2,000.00
1,207.52
Ambulance
2,000.00
Sanitation
61.
1,000.00
992.55
Public Dump
1,000.00
62.
3,300.00
3,300.00
Garbage Disposal
3,600.00
63.
2,000.00
1,946.18
Sewer
2,000.00
64.
13,900.00
12,265.63
Total
13,600.00
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
1,498.19
General Relief
2,000.00
69.
50.00
50.00
General Relief-Administration 100.00
70.
30,000.00
27,514.12
Old Age Assistance
30,000.00
156
71.
1,000.00
1,000.00
Old Age Assistance-Admin.
1,500.00
72.
2,600.00
2,600.00
Disability Assistance
3,500.00
73.
50.00
50.00
Disability Assistance-Admin.
100.00
74.
1,200.00
1,200.00
Aid Dependent Children
1,500.00
75.
250.00
250.00
Aid Dependent Children-Admin. 300.00
76.
37,275.00
34,787.31
Total
39,625.00
VETERANS
77.
2,000.00
295.89
Veterans Benefits
2,000.00
78.
500.00
500.00
Administration and Salary
700.00
79.
200.00
37.68
Administration
80.
600.00
588.45
Memorial Day
600.00
81.
75.00
75.00
Grave Markers
75.00
82.
3,375.00
1,497.02
Total
3,375.00
SCHOOLS
83.
214,671.96
214,274.47
General School Budget
251,981.00
84.
650.00
302.23
Vocational Education
650.00
85.
57.50
57.50
Military Retirement
175.00
86.
215,379.46
214,634.20
Total
252,806.00
Appro-
Requested by
priated
Expended
Department 1958
Item
1957
1957
LIBRARY
87.
Salaries-6 Trustees
88.
2,500.00
2,500.00
Departmental Expenses
3,500.00
89.
699.28
Dog Tax Transfer
743.63
90.
399.64
Library Fines Transfer
399.45
91.
2,500.00
3,598.92
Total
4,643.08
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water
92.
Salaries-Water and Sewerage
Board-3 Members
93.
21,500.00
18,528.63
Departmental Expenses
21,200.00
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