USA > Massachusetts > Norfolk County > Medfield > Town annual reports of Medfield 1955-1959 > Part 39
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49
Yes
800
No
651
Blanks
211
1662
A true copy attest:
145
1662
Yes
After the ballots were counted, tabulated and sealed, they, with the tally sheets and master sheet were turned over to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law. A tabulation of the disposition of all absentee ballots was posted as required by law.
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk
146
FINANCIAL REPORTS
F
ME
1645
16 51
Town of Medfield
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1958
TOWN OF MEDFIELD REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT For the year ending December 31, 1958
RECEIPTS EXPENDITURES BALANCE SHEET DEBT ACCOUNTS TRUST ACCOUNTS
Receipts
Balance Cash on hand January 1, 1958
$109,542.37
Taxes:
Current year
$431,649.64
Previous years
24,539.44
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
60,571.06
Sewer and Street Betterments
901.16
Tax Interest and Costs
918.53
State Income and Corporation Taxes
54,376.90
572,956.73
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor Licenses
2,950.00
Other Licenses
260.50
Permits-Wire
323.50
Permits-Building
1,455.00
Permits-Plumbing
694.00
5,683.00
Grants from State and County:
Disability Assistance
2,805.81
Old Age Assistance
24,692.66
Aid to Dependent Children
895.04
Schools-Building Program
14,533.78
Schools-Other
6,030.96
Highways-State
37,634.78
Highways-County
3,512.61
Health Subsidy
310.71
Meals Tax-O. A. A.
1,500.87
Veterans Services
699.08
149
County Dog Tax Reimbursement-Loss of Taxes Snow Removal
743.63 5,952.70 297.01
99,609.64
Departmental Revenue:
Sealers Fees
52.70
Library Fines and Book Sale
498.69
Old Age Assistance-Cities and Towns
1,355.37
Dental Clinic
122.00
School-Sale of Materials, etc.
787.47
Rent-Town Hall
48.00
Ambulance
950.00
Accrued Interest
15.00
School Athletic Association
1,397.69
School Cafeteria
26,955.93
Cancelled Checks
1,038.94
Fire Insurance-Refund
263.86
Vehicle Insurance-Refund
308.10
33,793.75.
Grants and Refunds from Federal Government:
Disability Assistance
2,137.55
Old Age Assistance and Refunds
20,003.18
Aid to Dependent Children
1,126.29
23,267.02:
Water Department:
Sale of Water
30,773.52
Services
2,447.97
Extensions
633.68
33,855.17
Cemetery:
Sale of Lots and Graves
400.00
Annual Care
9.00
Other
157.00
566.001
Interest on Trust Funds:
Library
302.70
Granville F. Dailey-Library
2,792.78
Cemetery Perpetual Care
1,300.60
4,396.08;
Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
150,000.00
Highways
44,100.00
194,100.00
150
Reserve Fund: Road Machinery Funds Withheld Tax Funds
2,628.50
39,944.39
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
925.00
County Retirement Funds
6,433.56
Dog Licenses
1,043.00
Clara S. Littledale Library Fund
85.00
Group Insurance
7,691.88
58,751.33
Total Receipts and Cash On Hand
$1,136,521.09
Expenditures 1958
General Government:
Executive
$8,940.27
Treasurer
2,375.00
Collector
3,490.36
Assessors
3,355.81
Town Clerk
1,484.36
Election and Registration
2,495.85
Town Hall
6,852.20
Legal
2,237.36
Finance Board
121.00
$31,352.21
Protection of Persons and Property:
Plumbing Inspector
454.28
Wiring Inspector
450.00
Building Inspector
773.76
Police
40,230.11
Fire
8,987.60
Sealer
165.00
Moth
981.10
Care of Trees
2,998.77
Mosquito Spray
1,263.20
Planting Trees
498.86
Dutch Elm Disease
4,992.67
Destroying Ivy
379.32
Ambulance
1,291.80
Civil Defense
559.50
Police Cruiser-Purchase
1,890.60
Ambulance-Purchase
5,868.74
71,785.31
Health and Sanitation: County Hospital
3,567.38
151
District Nurse
1,000.00
Health
1,681.98
Sewer
1,980.71
Public Dump
999.10
Garbage Removal
3,475.00
12,704.17
Highways:
Cutting Brush
1,998.96
Highways
29,236.23
Sidewalk Tractor Purchase
3,493.69
Chapter 81-Highways
18,702.87
Chapter 90-Highways
2,999.76
Snow and Sanding
22,769.52
Street Lights
8,808.51
Operating Road Machinery
2,146.28
Curve Street Bridge
295.37
Sidewalks
495.30
High Street Construction
25,373.62
Fence-Baker's Pond
1,027.45
Brush Tractor
893.88
Gravely Tractor
591.81
118,833.25;
Charities:
Disability Assistance
6,243.38
General Relief
2,263.68
Aid to Dependent Children
3,115.52
Old Age Assistance
54,534.64
66,157.22
Veterans' Benefits:
Veterans' Services and Aid
1,940.60+
Schools and Library:
Schools
251,454.86
Memorial School
666.05
Vocational Education
775.30
Athletic Association
1,130.69
Teachers Military Retirement
2.08
Dental Clinic
971.33
School Plans Committee
43.75
Cafeteria
28,248.75
Library
7,283.94
Purchase School Land
30.00
Science Laboratory
110.76
290,717.51
152
Water and Cemetery:
Water
19,027.49
Pumping Station
186.74
Adams Street-Fountain
121.65
Dale Street
6,821.72
Standpipe
301.00
High Street
39.94
Cemetery
8,521.86
35,020.40
Miscellaneous:
Certification of Notes
12.00
Real Estate Revaluation
2,777.50
American Legion Post
1,000.00
Memorial Day
605.09
Appeals Board
342.53
Tax and Motor Excise-Refunds
5,257.52
Park and Planning Board
1,583.00
Town Meeting Notices
393.00
Town Report
1,271.08
County Retirement System
5,257.44
Town Clock
150.00
Land Damages
618.70
Metacomet Park
499.55
19,767.41
State and County Taxes:
Parks and Reservations
2,243.56
County Tax
10,427.59
State Audit
2,159.48
State Mosquito Control
2,358.54
17,189.17
Town Debt:
Maturing Debt
64,200.00
Anticipation of Revenue
150,000.00
Highway Loans
58,700.00
Interest
16,020.27
288,920.27
Insurance:
Auto Liability
1,816.40
Fire
2,537.09
Workmen's Compensation
3,804.26
8,157.75
Trust Funds:
Dog Licenses
1,041.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care
925.00
153
County Retirement Plan Withheld Taxes Stabilization Fund Group Insurance
6,397.72
37,889.69
5,000.00
14,909.40
66,163.06
Cash on hand and in Bank December 31, 1958
107,812.76
Total Expenditures and Cash on Hand
$1,136,521.09
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
Balance Sheet - December 31, 1958
Assets
Cash in Bank and Office
$107,812.76
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes, Levy of 1950
$118.00
1951
346.38
1952
592.26
1953
310.37
1954
783.09
1955
1,842.25
1956
3,873.74
1957
6,786.60
1958
23,102.18
37,754.87
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
1950
42.32
1951
95.49
1952
93.46
1953
504.61
1954
1,126.03
1955
2,557.18
1956
1,612.70
1957
4,449.38
1958
15,547.55
26,028.72
Street and Sewer Betterments
110.00
Tax Titles .
2,229.60
154
Overlay Deficits-Levy of 1955
193.04
1956
38.70
1957
752.00
983.74
Departmental:
Ambulance
1,450.00
Old Age Assistance
1,968.81
Aid to Dependent Children
103.03
Veterans Aid
63.63
Disability Assistance
309.41
Cemetery Annual Care
5,035.00
Cemetery Sale of Lots
190.00
9,119.88
Water:
Rates
15,900.08
Services
2,749.29
Extensions
997.30
19,646.67
'State and County Aid to Highways
26,978.42
Underestimated:
School Cafeteria
413.50
County Tax
1,170.69
Snow
1,422.52
Total Assets
$233,671.37
Liabilities
Temporary Loans:
In Anticipation of Reimbursement
$32,000.00
Agency:
Federal Withheld Taxes
12,101.30
Clara S. Littledale Library Book Fund
85.00
Granville F. Dailey Library Trust Fund Income
5,109.59
Dog Licenses
1.75
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
130.24
County Retirement
13.74
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance
192.40
Old Age Assistance
726.91
Aid to Dependent Children
13.30
932.61
155
Appropriation Balances:
Police Cruiser
109.40
Ambulance Purchase
131.26
Baker's Pond Fence
172.55
Phillips St. Drainage
1,687.25
Road Machinery
406.55
Chapter 90 Highways
19,544.83
Memorial School
226.38
School Athletic Association
546.09
School Science Laboratory
68.34
School Building Needs Committee
200.00
Adams St. School
2,320.95
School Land Purchase
2,167.85
School Plans
2,456.25
By-Laws Committee
494.20
Development and Industrial Committee
239.50
Cemetery Tool Tomb
1.00
Group Insurance
822.48
Water Standpipe
299.00
Water Dale Street
1,290.75
Land Damages
1,798.97
34,983.60
Receipt Reserved for Appropriations:
Road Machinery Fund
576.50
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
3,771.94
Overlays Reserved for Abatement
1950
132.00
1951
350.38
1952
323.60
1953
331.67
1954
528.93
1958
3,877.97
5,544.55
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Departmental
9,119.88
Tax Titles
2,229.60
Street and Sewer Betterments
110.00
Motor Vehicle Excises
26,028.72
Water Revenue
19,646.67
57,134.87
Overestimated:
1,624.72
County Hospital State Mosquito Control
14.24
156
State Parks and Reservations
25.46
1,664.42
Surplus Revenue
79,621.26
Total Liabilities
$233,671.37
DEBT ACCOUNTS as of January 1, 1959
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$586,200.00
Inside Debt Limit:
Highway Equipment
$3,000.00
High School
1,000.00
4,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Memorial School
135,000.00
High School
10,000.00
Memorial School-Addition
350,000.00
Water
62,200.00
School Land Purchase
25,000.00
582,200.00
$586,200.00;
Debt by Year of Maturity
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
1973
20,000.00
1974
20,000.00
1975
20,000.00
Total Debt
$586,200.00
157
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Balance December 31, 1958
$155,666.31
In custody of Town Treasurer:
Library Trust Funds
$9,000.00
Granville F. Dailey Trust Funds-Lbrary
87,144.62
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
42,003.54
Clara S. Littledale Library Trust Funds Stabilization Fund
13,000.00
In custody of Selectmen:
Moses Ellis Post No. 117, G.A.R.
3,418.15
155,666.31
Trust Accounts-Income and Disbursements
Library Trust Funds:
Interest on Savings Accounts
82.18
Home Savings Bank
63.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
97.52
Massachusetts Savings Bank
60.00
302.70
Transfer to Library Account Book Purchases Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds:
302.70
Interest on Savings Accounts:
Massachusetts Savings Bank
219.00
Dedham Institution for Savings
839.52
Home Savings Bank
65.00
Medfield Cooperative Bank
177.08
1,300.60
Transfer to Cemetery Maintenance
1,300.60
Granville F. Dailey Trust-Income Account:
Balance as of January 1, 1958
4,592.97
Plus: Interest on Savings Account and Dividends
Dedham Institution for Savings
325.00
U. S. Treasury
750.00
Appalachian Power Company
184.96
General Electric Company
140.00
General Motors
130.00
Niagara Mohawk Power
72.48
Southwestern Gas & Electric
185.00
Seaboard Airlines R. R.
120.00
Southern California-Edison
312.50
158
1,100.00
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R.R.
127.50
Great Northern R.R.
127.50
Western Maryland R.R.
112.50
American Tel. & Tel. Co.
174.96
Missouri Pacific R.R.
135.00
Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe
200.00
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R.R.
87.52
Reading Railroad Equip. Trust
127.50
3,312.42
Total Income
7,905.39
Less:
Commissions paid and reserve for expenses
519.64
Transfer to Library Maintenance
2,276.16
2,795.80
Balance December 31, 1958
$5,109.59
The foregoing report is an account of the financial transactions and standing of the Town of Medfield for the year ending December 31, 1958.
LESLIE J. HOWLETT,
Town Accountant.
159
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
TAXES (REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL AND POLL):
Levy
of
1957 Balance
1958 Collected
1958 Balance
1950
130.00
12.00
118.00
1951
348.38
2.00
346.38
1952
616.36
24.10
592.26
1953
323.67
13.30
310.37
1954
1,409.86
626.77
783.09
1955
3,156.25
1,314.00
1,842.25
1956
5,721.30
1,847.56
3,873.74
1957
28,084.12
21,297.52
6,786.60
1958
-
441,551.54
23,100.18
Balance of Taxes due December 31, 1958
37,752.87
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES:
Levy
of
1957 Balance
1958 Collected 46.25
1958 Balance
1950
88.57
42.32
1951
95.49
95.49
1952
394.91
301.45
93.46
1953
831.68
327.07
504.61
1954
1,269.24
143.21
1,126.03
1955
2,741.79
184.61
2,557.18
1956
1,806.60
193.90
1,612.70
1957
22,555.44*
18,074.78
4,480.66
1958
-
46,706.17
15,547.55
*(Incl. 1957 Taxes Levied in 1958)
Balance of Excise Taxes due December 31, 1958
26,060.00
Total Interest Collected on Delinquent Taxes
766.16
Total Lien Fees Collected
152.00
Percentage of Taxes Collected
92.6%
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. RAYNER, JR.,
Collector of Taxes
160
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
-
Accepted in 1958 Medfield Cooperative Bank
Name of Fund
Original Fund
Clarence M. Boyce Lot
$200.00
Elmer E. Dyer Lot
100.00
Arthur V. Kennedy Lot
100.00
Mary A. Lawery Lot
25.00
Gordon A. Newell Lot
100.00
Roland Nowell Lot
100.00
Grace Soulis Lot
200.00
Arthur E. Wills Lot
100.00
161
ASSESSORS' REPORT
Town Appropriations
$628,720.49
Total Appropriations Voted to be Taken From Available Funds
In 1957
16,143.11
In 1958
3,920.01
$648,783.61
Overlay Deficits
3,312.08
Flood Relief Deficit 1955
1,144.03
$653,239.72
State Tax and Assessments:
State Parks and Reservations
$2,269.02
State Parks and Reservations-Underestimate
62.49
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
2,159.48
Mosquito Control
2,372.78
6,863.77
County Tax and Assessments:
County Tax
9,256.90
County Tax-Underestimate
708.19
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
5,192.10
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment-Underestimate 34.64
15,191.83
Overlay of current year
16,804.35
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
$692,099.67
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:
Income Tax
32,948.81
Corporation Taxes
12,339.25
Reimbursement on account of publicly
owned land
5,952.70
Old Age Tax (Meals) Chap. 64b, S10
1,108.35
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
49,070.33
Licenses
3,089.50
Special Assessments
304.41
General Government
2,181.19
Health and Sanitation
546.43
Highways
463.08
Charities (other than Federal grants)
6,076.15
162
Old Age Assistance (other than Federal grants)
21,087.21
Veterans Services
386.91
Schools
5,837.99
Public Service Enterprises
28,736.54
Cemeteries
867.00
Interest: On Taxes and Assessments
548.97
State Assistance for School Construction (Chapter 645, Acts of 1948)
14,533.78
Farm Animal Excise
23.04
Flood Relief
1,029.63
Total Estimated Receipts
187,131.27
Overestimates:
Mosquito Control (Norfolk)
.01
Amounts voted to be taken from Available Funds:
September 9, 1957
1,800.00
September 9, 1957
2,500.00
September 9, 1957
675.00
September 9, 1957
1,338.97
September 9, 1957
195.00
September 9, 1957
875.00
October 28, 1957
6,000.00
October 28, 1957
350.00
October 28, 1957
75.00
October 28, 1957
1,334.14
October 28, 1957
1,000.00
January 6, 1958
367.00
May 10, 1958
899.93
May 10, 1958
600.00
May 10, 1958
20,000.00
May 10, 1958
743.63
May 10, 1958
399.45
May 10, 1958
230.00
May 10, 1958
480.00
May 10, 1958
200.00
Total Available Funds 40,063.13
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $227,194.40
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY $464,905.27
Number of Polls at $2.00 each 1,252 2,504.00
163
Total Valuation: Personal Property Real Estate
$ 229,180
14,782.11
6,939,832
447,619.16
$464,905.27
Tax Rate $64.50
Number of Persons Assessed:
On Personal Estate Only
33
On Real Estate Only
1,070
On Both Personal and Real Estate
33
Total Number of Persons Assessed
1,136
Total Number of Polls Assessed
1,252
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
30,350.00
1,400.00
Machinery Live Stock All Other
6,202.00
191,228.00
229,180.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land
1,578,842.00
Buildings
5,360,990.00
Total value of Assessed Real Estate
6,939,832.00
TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE
$7,169,012.00
Tax Rate per $1,000 - $64.50
Taxes for State County and Town Purposes, Including Overlay:
On Personal Estate
14,782.11
On Real Estate
447,619.16
On Polls
2,504.00
Total Taxes Assessed
464,905.27
Number of Livestock Assessed:
Horses
35
Cows
6
Bulls
1
Swine
20
Fowl
300
164
Number of Acres of Land Assessed Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
8,062 995
CARLTON W. KINGSBURY, Chairman HARRY E. CONWAY JOSEPH S. KENNEDY
Assessors of Medfield
165
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 Med- field on Monday, the second day of March A.D. 1959 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, One Assessor, Three Constables, all for one year;
One Trustee of the Public Library for two years;
One Selectman, One Assessor, One Collector of Taxes, Two Mem- bers of the School Committee, 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.
167
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appro- priated Expended
Item
1958
1958
Requested by Department 1959
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
7,865.27
Departmental Expenses
7,920.00
6.
9,075.00
8,940.27
Total
8,995.00
7.
2,250.00
2,237.36
Legal
2,250.00
Treasurer
8.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary-Treasurer
1,100.00
9.
900.00
1,275.00
Departmental Expenses
1,002.00
10.
2,000.00
2,375.00
Total
2,102.00
Collector
11
2,000.00
2,000.00
Salary-Collector
2,200.00
12.
1,492.00
1,490.36
Departmental Expenses
1,760.00
13.
3,492.00
3,490.36
Total
3,960.00
Town Clerk
14.
1,100.00
1,100.00
Salary-Town Clerk
1,100.00
15.
300.00
384.36
Departmental Expenses
300.00
16.
1,400.00
1,484.36
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
2,300.00
2,280.81
Departmental Expenses
2,750.00
21.
3,375.00
3,355.81
Total
3,825.00
168
Appro- priated Expended 1958
Item
1958
Requested by Department 1959
Park and Planning Board
22.
Salary-Chairman
23.
Salary-4 Members
24.
1,880.00
1,583.00
Departmental Expenses
1,780.00
25.
1,880.00
1,583.00
Total
1,780.00
26.
2,500.00
2,495.85
Election and Registration
1,475.00
27.
6,900.00
6,852.20
Town Hall
8,175.00
28.
200.00
121.00
Finance Committee
200.00
29.
400.00
393.00
Town Meeting Notices
400.00
30.
10,000.00
9,862.05
Total
10,250.00
HIGHWAYS
31.
29,288.13
29,236.23
General Highways
32,972.00
32.
6,600.00
6,602.57
Chapter 81
6,600.00
33.
1,000.00
999.76
Chapter 90
1,000.00
34.
2,000.00
1,998.96
Cutting Brush
2,000.00
35.
500.00
495.30
Sidewalks
1,500.00
36.
*19,147.00
22,769.52
Snow and Ice
37.
58,535.13
62,102.34
Total (excluding Snow 1959)
44,072.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
38.
*37,305.54
40,130.11
Police
42,000.00
39.
100.00
Dog Officer
100.00
40.
100.00 8,991.00
8,987.60
Fire
8,500.00
41.
559.50
Civilian Defense
835.20
42
800.00
773.76
Building Inspector
850.00
43.
480.00
454.28
Plumbing Inspector
575.00
44.
650.00
450.00
Wiring Inspector
650.00
45.
350.00
342.53
Board of Appeals
350.00
46.
165.00
165.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
165.00
47.
1.85
1.85
Tree Warden-Salary per hour
2.00
48.
3,000.00
2,998.77
Care of Trees
3,000.00
49.
5,000.00
4,992.67
Dutch Elm Disease
4,000.00
50.
1,000.00
981.10
Moth
1,000.00
51.
500.00
498.86
Planting Trees
500.00
52.
400.00
379.32
Destroying Ivy
400.00
169
Appro- priated 1958
Expended 1958
53.
1,500.00
1,263.20
Mosquito Control
1,500.00
54.
8,974.89
8,808.51
Street Lights
9,100.00
55.
69,216.43
71,885.21
Total
73,525.20
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
56.
Salaries-Board of Health
3 Members
57.
3,000.00
1,681.98
Departmental Expenses
3,100.00
58.
1,000.00
1,000.00
District Nurse
1,000.00
59.
1,000.00
971.33
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
60.
1,500.00
1,291.80
Ambulance
1,200.00
Sanitation
61.
1,000.00
999.10
Public Dump
1,260.00
62.
3,600.00
3,475.00
Garbage Disposal
3,600.00
63.
2,000.00
1,980.71
Sewer
2,000.00
64.
13,100.00
11,399.92
Total
13,160.00
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.
2,000.00
1,528.68
General Relief
2,000.00
69.
100.00
100.00
General Relief Admin.
100.00
70.
30,000.00
30,105.95
Old Age Assistance
36,000.00
71
1,500.00
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance-Admin.
1,500.00
72
*3,500.00
5,029.70
Disability Assistance
2,200.00
73
100.00
100.00
Disability Assistance-Admin.
100.00
74.
1,500.00
1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,500.00
75.
300.00
300.00
Aid to Dep. Children-Admin.
300.00
76.
39,625.00
40,789.33
Total
45,325.00
VETERANS
77.
*1,700.00
1,940.60
Veterans Benefits
2,000.00
78
600.00
605.09
Memorial Day
600.00
79.
75.00
75.00
Grave Markers
75.00
80.
2,375.00
2,620.69
Total
2,675.00
170
Requested by Department 1959
Item
Appro- priated 1958
Expended 1958
Requested by- Department: 1959
SCHOOLS
81. 251,481.00
251,454.86
General School Budget
282,060.00
82.
450.00
450.00
Vocational Education
2,200.00ยท
83. 251,931.00
251,904.86
Total
284,260.00
LIBRARY
84.
Salaries-6 Trustees
85.
3,500.00
7,283.94
Departmental Expenses
3,500.00
86.
743.63
743.63
Dog Tax Transfer
638.97
87.
399.45
399.45
Library Fines Transfer
436.69
88.
4,643.08
8,427.02
Total
4,575.66
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water
89.
Salaries-Water and Sewerage
Board-3 Members
90.
19,000.00
18,999.99
Departmental Expenses
19,000.00
91.
1.95
1.95
Superintendent's Salary-per hour
1.95
92.
19,000.00
18,999.99
Total
19,000.00
CEMETERY
93.
Salaries-3 Commissioners
94.
5,575.00
7,790.36
Departmental Expenses
5,880.00
95.
565.00
565.00
Sale of Lots Transfer
130.24
96.
1.75
1.75
Superintendent's Salary-per hour
1.75
97.
6,140.00
8,355.36
Total
6,010.24
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST
98.
64,200.00
64,200.00
Notes
60,200.00
99.
16,593.50
16,020.27
Interest
14,754.25
100.
50.00
12.00
Certification of Notes
50.00
101. 80,843.50
80,232.27
Total
75,004.25,
171
Item
Requested by Department 1959
Item
Appro- priated 1958
Expended
1958
INSURANCE
102.
1,954.74
1,816.40
Vehicle Insurance
1,793.56
103.
3,804.26
3,804.26
Workmen's Compensation
3,827.86
104.
2,731.51
2,537.09
Fire Insurance
2,778.00
105.
8,490.51
8,157.75
Total
8,399.42
UNCLASSIFIED
106.
1,325.00
1,271.08
Town Report
107.
150.00
150.00
Town Clock
150.00
108.
5,257.44
5,275.44
County Retirement
6,783.80
109.
8,040.00
14,909.40
Group Insurance
6,412.08
110.
5,000.00
Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
111.
5,000.00
3,560.17
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
112.
24,772.44
25,166.00
Total
23,345.88
*Reserve Fund Transfers
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1959, and to issue note, or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Chapter 44 Section 17, General Laws.
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, Winter Street, which extends in an easterly and northeasterly direction from North Street to Pine Street for a distance of approximately 1400 feet as relocated by the Selectmen and as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Relocation and Widening of Winter Street, between North and Pine Streets and on file in the Town Clerk's Office and to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise such rights, titles and easements as may be necessary to accomplish said purpose.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift an ease- ment for drainage purposes running between Nebo Street and Mill Brook (so-called), said easement to be over the land shown as "20' Drain easement" on Land Court Plan No. 24576B duly filed with Nor-
172
folk Registry District of the Land Court, or do or act anything in rela- tion thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,250.00 for the construction of High Street, said money to be used in conjunction with money allotted by the State and County, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $5,000.00 and appropriate the same to an account to be designated the Street Improvement Account; said money to be expended in 1959 for the im- provement and surfacing of Grove Street and for installing drainage in Dale Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow a sum of money for the purchase of a pick-up truck for the use of the Highway Department and authorize the Selectmen to trade the present pick-up truck as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow the sum of $7,500.00 for the purchase of a used road grader for the Street Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 payable to the County of Norfolk as reimbursement for land damages paid in the first instance by the County of Norfolk to Elizabeth Koch for settlement of a suit for damages by Superior Court Petition No. 59654 in the matter of the relocation of High Street and further sum of $1,075.00 incurred as expenses of said suit, said sums amounting in the whole to Thirty-two Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($3,275.00).
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.