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975.53
Gasoline and Oil
933.35
1,908.88
Unexpended Balanec reverting to Revenue
391.12
134
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
3,000.00
Expense:
Superintendent
86,60
Labor
910.80
Snow Plow Hire
427.50
Route No. 106
138.00
Repairs
509.35
Salt and Gravel
477.75
2,550.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
450.00
LAND PURCHASE
Appropriation
100.00
Balance carried forward to 1951
100.00
LAND DAMAGE
KEENAN, BEDFORD, MATFIELD & SCOTLAND STREETS 1949 Balance
526.40
Expense
217.00
Balance carried forward to 1951
309.40
CRESCENT STREET
1941 Balance
63.40
Balance carried forward to 1951
63.40
SOUTH ELM STREET
1941 Balance
3.00
Balance carried forward to 1951
3.00
RIVER STREET
1941 Balance
2.70
Balance carried forward to 1951
2.70
SPRING STREET
1941 Balance
29.45
Balance carried forward to 1951
29.45
135
NORTH ELM STREET
1941 Balance
2.40
Balance carried forward to 1951
2.40
WEST CENTER STREET
1941 Balance
162.00
Balance carried forward to 1951
162.00
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation
5,658.08
Expense:
Street Lights
5,428.69
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
229.39
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
845.00
Salary
150.00
Expense
695.00
Expense:
Welfare Board
124.20
Welfare Agent
223.36
Typist-Clerk
196.63
Travel
58.38
Stationery & Postage, Printing & Supplies
23.90
Telephone
168.75
All Other
14.64
809.86
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
35.14
RELIEF
Appropriation
13,200.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
14.31
Refund
22.82
13,237.13
Expenses:
Fuel
197.92
Groceries
490.50
Board and Care
20.00
Appropriation
136
Medicine and Medical Cash Grants
5,801.44
Shocs and Clothing
99.25
Other Cities and Towns
4,327.58
State Institutions All Other
53.53
13,237.13
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation
2,577.00
Federal Funds
4,782.04
7,359.04
Expenses:
Administration
180.29
Cash Aid
4,206.69
4,386.98
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
.93
Unexpended Balance-Federal Balance
carried forward to 1951
2,971.13
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
2,606.00
Federal Funds
2,713.91
Refund
4.00
5,323.91
Expenses:
Welfare Agent
1,643.58
Typist-Clerk
1,447.09
Printing and Postage, Stationery
73.45
Travel
40.00
Office Supplies
10.77
New Equipment
61.74
Repair
455.00
All Other
53.95
3,785.58
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue .
30.25
Unexpended Balance-Federal Balance carried forward to 1951 1,508.08
1,287.29
959.62
137
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
32,000.00
Federal Funds
29,521.00
Refunds
368.96
61,889.96
Expenses:
Cash Grants
52,971.85
Other Cities and Towns
1,063.30
54,035.15
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
58.00
Unexpended Balance-Federal Balance
carried forward to 1951
7,796.81
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Appropriation
Expenses:
Administration Expense
36.00
Cash
2,122.15
Provisions
112.00
Medical
46.00
2,316.15
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
EDUCATION
Appropriation
141,813.95
Expenses:
General Administration:
Superintendent
3,650.00
Clerk
1,481.50
Truant Officer
125.00
Stationery, Postage, Printing, etc.
384.83
Telephone
888.04
Travelling Expense
535.84
Out of State Travel
30.00
Teachers' Salaries
82,405.36
Health:
Nurse and Supplics
1,452.18
Physician
400.00
Text Books and Supplies
6,784.01
Tuition
2,239.09
Transportation
18,100.69
3,145.00
828.85
138
Janitors 6,849.60
Fucl, Light and Water
1,337.13
Maintenance of Building and Grounds
10,350.98
Insurance
218.70
Physical Education
1,422.55
Vocational Education
2,803.54
All Other
284.23
141,743.27
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue 70.68
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, EQUIPMENT
Appropriation, Special Town Meeting, June 20, 1950 Payments
7,721.15
3,893.23
Balance carried forward to 1951 3,827.92
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPMENT
Transfer from Surplus, Special Town Meeting, June 20, 1950
2,000.00
Chapter 44, General Laws
198,000.00
Chapter 285, Acts 1950, amended by Art. 71, Acts 1950
800,000.00
1,000,000.00
Payments
53,588.56
Balance carried forward to 1951
946,411.44
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPMENT PREMIUMS AND INTEREST ACCOUNT
Premiums
10,209.54
Payments
2,551.47
Balance carricd forward to 1951
7,658.07
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE EXPENSE
1,342.58
2,958.26
4,300.84
Expense
3,281.60
Balance carried forward to 1951
1,019.24
1950 Balances (Two Funds)
139
SCHOOL LUNCH
Chapter 417, Acts of 1950 Chapter 548, Acts of 1948
1950 Receipts Payments
1,514.74
1,269.59
245.15
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Chapter 658, Acts of 1950 Chapter 71, General Laws
1950 Receipts
331.95
Payments
377.81
1951 Deficit
45.86
SMITH-HUGHES FUNDS
Federal Funds for Vocational Education
113.41
LIBRARY
Appropriation
2,329.00
Expense:
Maintenance:
Librarian
500.00
Assistants
616.08
Janitor
200.00
Janitor's Supplies and Repairs
56.18
Books and Periodicals
599.96
Fuel, Light and Water
108.56
Other Expenses
27.65
Petty Cash
31.11
New Equipment
148.60
2,288.14
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
40.86
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Expense:
Books, Periodicals and Bindings 322.88
140
SERVICEMEN'S FUND
1950 Balance
1,785.83
Balance carried forward to 1951
1,785.83
UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENTS
Appropriation
Expense
Care of Monument Grounds, Flags
1,500.00 200.00
1,700.00
1,680.98
Memorial and Armistice Days
450.00
371.35
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
Town Reports
834.36
834.36
Diphtheria Clinic
110.00
110.00
Well Child Conference
50.00
50.00
Christmas Tree Decorations
100.00
62.60
Power Lawn Mower
290.00
284.20
3,634.36
3,493.49
Unexpended Balances reverting to Revenue:
Christmas Tree Decorations
37.40
Memorial and Armistice Days
78.65
Power Lawn Mower
5.80
121.85
Unexpended Balance reverting to Reserve Fund
19.02
Adjustment 1950 Real Estate Payment
37.80
INSURANCE
Appropriation
2,680.65
Refund
128.92
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1,086.93
3,896.50
Expense:
Liability
1,757.71
Fire
2,138.79
3,896.50
INTEREST
Appropriation
100.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenuc
100.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
141
WATER DEPARTMENT
12,543.13
Appropriation
Salary
1,000.00
Expense
11,541.00
Refund
2.13
Salaries:
Commissioners
996.00
Expenses:
Clerk
411.56
Superintendent
3,000.00
Labor
4,420.00
Call Station
450.00
Water
653.67
Stationery, Postage and Printing
240.03
Truck Repairs
41.25
Pipe Fittings
1,511.33
Meters and Fittings
97.95
Gasoline and Oil
258.54
Repair and Tools
240.80
Water Liens Expense
68.65
Insurance and Registration
57.85
All Other
8.15
12,455.78
Unexpended Balance reverting to Water Receipts
87.35
PUMPING STATION
Appropriation
4,029.80
Expenses:
Fuel and Oil
122.12
Tools and Supplies
38.20
Electricity
3,097.03
Telephone
127.24
All Other
28.20
3,412.79
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
617.01
CLEANING MAINS ON EAST CENTER AND EAST STREETS 1949 Balance
2,000.00
Expenses:
Labor
348.00
Pipc and Fittings
192.90
142
Equipment Hire All Other
381.50
25.79
948.19
Balance carried forward to 1951
1,051.81
NEW WATER MAINS, NO. MAIN AND BEACON STREETS 1950 Balance
1,179.36
Expenses:
Contractor
850.99
Balance carried forward to 1951
328.37
WATER, NEW CONSTRUCTION - ARTICLE 4 - 2 1948 Balance
594.25
Appropriation, Water Surplus
5,000.00
5,594.25
Expenses:
Engineer
1,757.88
Material
563.35
Contracts
2,516.39
Labor
300.00
5,137.62
Balance carried forward to 1951
456.63
WATER BONDS AND INTEREST
Appropriation, Water Revenue
17,665.00
Appropriation, Water Surplus
3,000.00
20,665.00
Expenses:
Bonds
17,000.00
Interest
3,665.00
20,665.00
WATER BONDS PREMIUM
1948 Premium Balance
45.50
Balance carried forward to 1951
45.50
143
CEMETERY
Appropriation 250.00
Expenses:
Care of Cemeteries 249.41
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
.59
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Assessed in Tax Levy
Payments to the Commonwealth:
State Audit
590.68
State Parks and Reservations
467.60
1,058.28
Under-assessment carricd over to 1951 114.17
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH
Assessed in Tax Levy
Payments to the County:
County Tax
11,645.46
Overestimate carried over to 1951
37.34
Plymouth County Hospital
5,257.51
Overestimate carried over to 1951
1,470.16
Dog Licenses paid to the County
1,243.20
Federal Withholding Tax
11,011.22
Retirement Deductions
1,948.51
AGENCY & TRUST INVESTMENTS
Scholarship Trust Funds
125.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Funds
167.00
Library Trust Funds Interest Accounts
497.16
Rehabilitation Fund
1,375.00
Stabilization Fund
125.00
Library Bonds
4,000.00
REFUNDS
Real Estate
176.40
Poll
6.00
Motor Vehicle
368.69
551.09
TOTAL PAYMENTS
469,600.61
144
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
Police
360.00
Park
200.00
Public Welfare Aid
14.31
Insurance
1,086.93
Dog Officer
6.00
1,667.24
To Overlay Surplus
1,332.76
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS WATER LOANS
Date of
2% Bonds Issued 1948
1 1/2 % Bonds
Maturity
1949
1951
15,000.00
2,000.00
1952
15,000.00
2,000.00
1953
15,000.00
2,000.00
1954
15,000.00
2,000.00
1955
15,000.00
1956
15,000.00
1957
15,000.00
1958
15,000.00
1959
10,000.00
1960
10,000.00
1961
10,000.00
1962
10,000.00
1963
9,000.00
169,000.00
8,000.00
HIGH SCHOOL LOAN
2 % Bonds Issued Aug 15, 1950
1951
50,000.00
1952 to 1969 incl.
900,000.00
1970
48,000.00
998,000.00
Issued
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
Invested in
January 1, 1950
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1950
Name of Fund Cemetery Trust Funds
Evrard-Alger
Brockton Savings Bank
200.25
4.02
4.00
200.27
Alfred E. Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
200.81
4.02
4.00
200.83
Nathan Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.17
2.01
2.00
100.18
Sanford Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
50.18
1.00
1.00
50.18
William Burke
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
150.91
3.02
3.00
150.93
M. A. Clapp
Brockton Savings Bank
400.12
8,04
8.00
400.16
Davis Copeland
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
201.31
4.04
4.00
201.35
Mrs. Henry Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
100.62
2.01
2.00
100.63
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
658.45
13.23
12.00
659.68
Samuel G. Copeland
Peoples' Savings Bank
201.46
4.04
4.00
201.50
Samuel G. & James Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
1,093.42
21.97
15.00
1,100.39
Martha K. Crosby
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.31
2.01
2.00
100.32
Mary A. Dewyer
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.19
2.01
2.00
100.20
Michael Dewyer
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.32
2.01
2.00
100.33
John E. & Desire L. Gould
Brockton Savings Bank
100.03
2.01
2.00
100.04
The Hartwell Fund
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
301.97
6.05
6.00
302.02
Etta L. Hartwell
Peoples' Savings Bank
356.94
7.16
10.00
354.10
Frank P. Hatch
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
160.73
3.22
3.00
160.95
Julia M. Hooper
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
162.42
3.26
165.68
Alba Howard
Brockton Savings Bank
100.22
2.01
2.00
100.23
Isabelle Howard
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.31
2.01
2.00
100.32
S. Nelson Howard
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
101.30
2.03
2.00
101.33
Samuel H. Howard
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.33
2.01
2.00
100.34
Harriet M. Jennings
Brockton Savings Bank
100.43
2.01
2.00
100.44
145
Name of Fund
1, 1950
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1950
Invested in Brockton Savings Bank
100.64
2.01
2.00
100.65
Brockton Savings Bank
155.65
3.12
3.00
155.77
Sumner D. Keith
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
122.14
2.45
2.00
122.59
Warren C. Kinney
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
201.44
4.04
4.00
201.48
Henry J. LeLacheur
Brockton Savings Bank
100.62
2.01
2.00
100.63
Elihu Leonard
Brockton Savings Bank
302.94
6.07
5.00
304.01
.Azcl Lothrop
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
155.65
3.12
3.00
155.77
Joshua Morse
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
121.90
2.44
3.00
121.34
Finma F. Packard
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
300.95
6.03
6.00
300.98
Fred A Perkins
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.47
2.01
2.00
100.48
Rosa R. Shaw
Brockton Savings Bank
362.48
7.28
10.00
359.76
Sarah F. Shipman
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.75
2.01
2.00
100.76
Orrin A. Smith
Pcoples' Savings Bank
152.04
3.05
3.00
152.09
South St. Cemetery
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.81
2.01
102.82
Flora Snell
Brockton Savings Bank
100.68
2.01
2.00
100.69
Robert Tibbetts
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
100.63
2.01
2.00
100.64
Charles C. Thayer
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
232.24
4.66
16.00
220.90
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
200.66
4.02
4.00
200.68
8,255.89
165.55
167.00
8,254.44
Library Trust Funds
Cornelia Alger
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank 675.00
675.00
Nathan Copeland
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
500.00
500.00
Eliza P. Dalton &
Millard O. Dalton
Brockton Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly
North Easton Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond
250.00
250.00
146
January
Abbic B. Jones Frank H. Jones
Name of Fund Francis E. Howard
Invested in
1, 1950
Earned
Paid Out
31, 1950
Bridgewater Savings Bank
250.00
250.00
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond
250.00
250.00
Peoples' Savings Bank
24.88
49
25.37
War Bond Series G.
2,500.00
2,500.00
E. Bridgewater Savings Bank
1,000.00
1,000.00
Brockton Savings Bank
3,000.00
3,000.00
Bridgewater Savings Bank
4,000.00
4,000.00
Peoples' Savings Bank
4,000.00
4,000.00
Middleboro Co-operative Bank
4,000.00
4,000.00
20,949.88
.49
20,950.37
Library Trust Funds
Interest Account No. 1
Brockton Savings Bank
347.48
369.55
199.88
517.15
Interest Account No. 2
Brockton Savings Bank
135.34
136.14
123.50
147.98
482.82
505.69
323.38
665.13
Scholarship Trust Fund
William J. Howard &
Peoples' Savings Bank
66.27
1.32
125.00
67.59
Anna C. Howard
War Bond Series G. Income
5,000.00
5,000.00
125.00
5,066.27
126.32
125.00
5,067.59
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Securities
December
Par Value
Income
Paid Out
31, 1950
55,000.00
1,375.00
55,000.00
2,551.97
53.96
3,980.93
57,551.97
1,428.96
58,980.93
147
Series G. War Bonds Savings Bank
January
Income
Income
December
William J. Howard & Anna C. Howard Mary L. Perkins
Mary P. Whitman
Name of Fund Stabilization Fund Scrics G. War Bonds Brockton Savings Bank
Invested in
January
Income
Income
December
1, 1950
Earned
Paid Out
31, 1950
5,000.00
125.00
5,000.00
189.64
4.63
319.27
5,189.64
129.63
5,319.27
148
149
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
The financial transactions of the Town for the year 1950 may be briefly summarized as follows:
Cash on hand, January 1, 1950 $107,465.08
Cash on hand, December 31, 1950
625.62
Balance in Brockton National Bank 114,968.35
Balance in Home National Bank
12,304.56
Balance in Second National Bank of Boston
952,623.95
Received from Tax Collector
275,315.01
Received from Other Sources
1,167,343.00
Payments on Selectmen's Warrants
469,600.61
Tax Title Accounts December 31, 1950
2,009.10
Tax Title Redemptions
369.98
Tax Title Releases
18.00
Recording Tax Title Releases
7.50
Tax Title Added Interest
65.35
Tax Title Possessions Sale
588.72
Tax Title Possessions
1,332.28
The report of the expenses of the Treasurer's office, and a detailed account of the Library Trust Funds, Cemetery Trust Funds, Scholarship Funds, Rehabilitation Fund and Stabilization Fund may be found in the Town Accountant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
ORVIS F. KINNEY Treasurer
150
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report for the year 1950.
Court fines returned to the Town
$ 98.00
Stolen property recovered
$3,421.35
Complaints and Investigations
340
Breaking, Entering in night time and larceny
4
Larceny
5
Auto Violations
584
Auto Violations turned in to the Registry
220
Auto Violations filed
249
The following cases were disposed of in District Courts:
Grand Larceny
2
Breaking, Entering in night time and larceny
1
Larceny
3
Assault
1
Assault and Battery
1
Obtaining liquor for minors
1
Affray
1
Drunkenness
10
Disturbance
2
Abandonment
1
Non support
2
Setting fire without a permit
1
Suspicious Person
1
Operating under the influence of liquor
9
Operating so as to endanger
13
Unlawful possession of firearms
2
Speeding
54
Leaving scene of accident after causing property
damage without making self known
2
151
Failing to slow Failing to keep right
6
Failing to stop at stop sign
4
Failing to stop on signal of officer
3
Failing to stop before passing school bus
3
Operating without license
6
Operating without registration
3
Operating after suspension of license .
1
Operating uninsured car
1 1
Operating unregistered car
Admitted to the State Hospital
1
Auto Accidents
31
Persons injured in the above accidents taken to Hospital
22
Persons injured in the above accidents taken to Doctor
5
Persons killed in the above accidents
1
Persons injured other than auto accidents taken to Hospital Persons ill taken to Hospital
3
Persons ill taken home
17
Missing persons located
1
Fires covered by police
44
Fires reported by police
6
Summonses served for other departments
22
Investigations with other departments
9
Investigations out of Town
6
Arrest made out of Town
1
Arrest made out of State
1
Arrest made for other departments
4
Persons dropped dead
2
Emergency communications delivered
6
Road hazards reported
3
Street lights out and reported
9
Wires down and-reported
Defective light tickets and parking tickets given out
53
Auto transfer papers given out and received
37.
Business Establishments doors and windows found open or unlocked 31
4
152
The police car has traveled 46,010 miles in performance of duty.
I sincerely wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the Selectmen and to the officers of the department, and to all others who have cooperated with the department.
DOUGLAS EATON, Chief of Police
REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report of the work done by me as dog officer for the year 1950.
Number of calls answered 48
Number of persons bitten by dogs
16
Number of Stray dogs picked up 29
Stray dogs returned to owners
3
Dogs killing chickens
4
Dogs killed by cars 5
All dogs that we have a record of are licensed for 1950. There are several dogs that we have no record of that are not licensed and I am taking action against the owners as I come across them. The number of stray dogs is increasing every year and if everyone would take care in properly securing the tag on their dog's collar or get a new one for 25c from the Town Clerk if the tag is lost, I would be able to return many dogs to their owners.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN L. DOWNS, JR., Dog Officer
153
REPORT OF TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
We hereby submit our annual report on the Town Forest.
In the year 1950, we cut out dead wood, pruned some trees and cleared out underbrush and disposed of the same.
We recommend that we do some more thinning out of the trees and underbrush again this year.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER HUNT ANTONE SOUSA CARLTON HOYT Town Forest Committee
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit this report for the year 1950.
In the year 1950, we did considerable field work, and removed and disposed of 16 elm trees, 3 maples and 4 ash trees that were diseased. We worked in conjunction with the Highway Depart- ment and trimmed considerable brush on the highways.
I recommend that the town purchase a power saw, to be used in the tree department.
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In regard to the gypsy moth, we worked with the county and sprayed the whole town by air, with good results. However, in the scouting and trapping work following this spraying we found some gypsy moths in the area bounding on Bristol County. Moths in this area will multiply and spread to other sections. It is recom- mended that the town spray with planes this infested area again this year.
Respectfully submitted, ELMER W. HUNT, Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Elected
Term Expires
Dorothy Freeman
1948
1951
Allan C. Foye
1948
1951
Martha B. Mason
1949
1952
Robert G. Dean
1949
1952
Jane Bartlett
1950
1953
Winfield C. Leavitt
1950
1953
Book Committee
Martha B. Mason
Dorothy Freeman
Jane Bartlett
Winfield C. Leavitt
Executive Officer
Robert G. Dean
Treasurer
Martha B. Mason
Submitted by,
JANE BARTLETT
Secretary
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To the Trustees of the West Bridgewater Public Library:
Our yearly circulation remains about the same, with a slight loss in adult reading and a small gain in the school circulation.
We have a number of interested patrons who have donated some fine collections of books during the year. Mrs. Bertha Bryant Gordon of California is sending, from time to time, books in mem- ory of her father, Mr. Herbert Bryant, formerly Town Clerk of West Bridgewater. Besides the gifts of books, we had a gift of three bookcases, which are appreciated.
Under improvements, five double, steel bookcases were pur- chased and installed in a room which has been cleared upstairs, which will take care of many books, releasing space in the main library.
The librarians attended the meeting of the Old Colony Li- brary Club held at the Middleboro Public Library in November.
The staff remains the same and continues to enjoy very cordial relationship with both our Trustees and the Public.
Respectfully submitted,
JEAN M. MURDOCK, Librarian
STATISTICS
Circulation
Adult Fiction
8057
Adult Non-fiction
1838
Juvenile Fiction
4885
Juvenile Non-fiction
1039
Bound Magazines
10
Monthly Magazines
2820
Total
18,649
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School Circulation
Elementary Fiction
1692
Elementary Non-fiction
672
Magazines
80
Pictures
77
Total
2521
Secondary Fiction
456
Secondary Non-fiction
528
Magazines
222
Total
1206
Total Elementary
2521
Total Secondary
1206
Total School
3727
Books added by Purchase
Adult-186
Juvenile- 93
279
REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Following is a report of the unpaid Taxes and Water Rates as of December 31, 1950.
1949 Personal Tax $ 25.85
1950 Motor Vehicle
2,736.40
1950 Personal Tax
2,436.21
1950 Real Estate
16,449.74
Total in Taxcs $21,648.20
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Water Rates $3,974.95
Total Collections for year
$275,315.01
WALTER C. DUNBAR,
Collector
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Total Appropriations at Annual Town Meeting,
March 13, 1950
$383,227.32
Other amounts required to be raised
($437.00 and $738.56) 1,175.56
Appropriations at Special Town Meetings since 1950 Tax Rate was fixed None
Total Appropriations made since 1949 Rate was fixed
$384,402.88
State Parks and Reservations Tax
353.43
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
590.68
County Tax-1950
11,682.80
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
6,727.67
403,757.46
Plus Underestimates of Previous Year
718.21
404,475.67
Overlay
10,030.25
Total Amount to be raised
414,505.92
Less Total Estimated Receipts
139,666.28
274,839.64
Less Amounts taken from Available Funds
60,217.43
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NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXES ON POLLS AND PROPERTY 214,622.21
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Persons, Partnerships, Corporations, etc., assessed:
On Personal Estate only
56
On Real Estate only
1,216
On both Personal and Real Estate
143
Total Number assessed
1,415
Number of Polls assessed
1,327
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
32,320.00
Machinery
33,750.00
Live Stock
111,360.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
375,957.00
Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate
553,387.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land
787,751.00
Buildings
3,705,725.00
Total Value of Assessed Real Estate
4,493,476.00
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL ASSESSED PROPERTY
5,046,863.00
Tax Rate per $1000
42.00
Tax for all purposes spread as follows:
On Polls
2,654.00
On Personal Estate
23,242.25
On Real Estate
188,725.96
TOTAL TAXES ASSESSED 214,622.21
Number of Horses assessed
51
Number of Cows assessed
699
Number of Yearlings, Bulls and Heifers assessed 102
159
Number of Swine assessed
135
Number of Sheep assessed
35
Number of Fowl assessed
26,958
Number of Goats assessed
7
Number of Acres of Land assessed
9037.10
Number of Dwellings assessed
1042
EXEMPTED PROPERTY
Real Estate
Old Bridgewater Historical Society
15,500.00
Baptist Society
6,700.00
Methodist Society
9,450.00
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston
24,100.00
Sunset Avenue Congregational Church
4,700.00
Unitarian Society
13,500.00
Cemeteries (Privately owned)
4,540.00
Town Hall and Lot
15,500.00
Fire Station
2,000.00
Highway Building and Lot
9,500.00
Library
3,400.00
School Dept. (Land and Buildings)
66,100.00
Parks
8,800.00
Water Dept.
12,000.00
Cemeteries (Town Owned)
600.00
Various Lots owned by the Town
8,020.00
Property of the Commonwealth
2,723.00
Total value of exempted Real Estate
207,133.00
Personal Property
Old Bridgewater Historical Society
8,000.00
Town of West Bridgewater:
Water Department
297,500.00
Fire Department
15,000.00
Library
8,000.00
School Department
7,000.00
Highway Department
4,000.00
160
Town Hall and Offices
3,000.00
Moth Department
2,000.00
Police Department
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Tree Warden
100.00
Total value of Exempted Personal Property
345,350.00
Total value of all Exempted Property
552,483.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
No. of Cars
Value
Excise
Ist Commitment, Mar. 7, 1950
94
48,140.
1,995.55
2nd Commitment, Mar. 23, 1950
53
23,590.
1,013.31
3rd Commitment, April 7, 1950
95
29,750.
1,309.56
4th Commitment, April 21, 1950
650
181,020.
7,911.25
5th Commitment, June 14, 1950
95
39,250.
1,416.59
6th Commitment, July 12, 1950
89
33,570.
1,068.52
7th Commitment, Aug. 2, 1950
93
39,460.
1,246.07
8th Commitment, Aug. 23, 1950
115
45,270.
1,837.89
9th Commitment, Oct. 6, 1950
286
134,630.
4,695.35
10th Commitment, Nov. 1, 1950
252
82,930.
2,142.39
11th Commitment, Nov. 15, 1950
113
35,250.
618.04
12th Commitment, Nov. 28, 1950
(Dealer's Plates)
2,900.00
13th Commitment, Nov. 29, 1950
46
24,020.
356.68
14th Commitment, Dec. 5, 1950
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