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3,101.51
Special Assessments
77,742.10
Tax Titles
3,447.18
Tax Possessions
20,469.76
Departmental
32,077.79
Water
10,175.18
147,013.52
Overlay Deficit of 1942.
24.00
Overlay Deficit of 1943
16.00
Overlay Deficit of 1944.
6.00
Overlay Deficit of 1945.
10.00
80.00
Commonwealth of Mass .- Overestimated. .
29,419.62
Middlesex County Tax-Overestimated .. ..
14,537.06
1948 Revenue
58,092.00
Commonwealth of Mass .- Underestimated.
8,293.61
Surplus 625,305.62
$1,469,111.57
$1,469,111.57
Levy of 1947. 14,362.07
17,712.77
Water :
Liens added to 1947 Taxes.
77.87
Rates
10,097.31
10,175.18
Overlay Deficit of 1941
24.00
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Reserve for Petty Cash Advances.
622.00
Overlay Reserved for Abatement : Levy of 1946. 3,350.70
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DEFERRED ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Assessments Not Due :
Apportioned Special Assessments Due, 1948 to 1956 inclusive :
Sewers ..
$8,468.47
Sewers ..
$8,468.47
Sidewalks . Street Betterments
2,871.33
Sidewalks
2,871.33
25,322.96
Street Betterments
25,322.96
$36,662.76
$36,662.76
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Funded or Fixed Debt. ..
$10,000.00
Serial Loans $10,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
$1,456,125.06
Municipal Insurance Fund.
$108,142.88
Workmen's Compensation Fund.
822.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund.
150,000.00
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Accumulated Income.
5,248.00
Contributory Retirement Fund. . 311,975.71
Public Trust Funds-Schedule "C"
933,099.60
$1,509,288.19
$1,509,288.19
In custody of Treasurer.
In custody of Trustees.
53,163.13
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UNEXPENDED BALANCES, APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS (SCHEDULE A) December 31, 1947
Committee on:
Classification of Positions
$25.30
Town Yard
15.00
Purchase of Land for Park Purposes
45.15
Relief
187.39
Parks and Playgrounds.
90.94
Reclamation Plant
16.58
Reclamation Plant-Art. No. 37-1945.
402.20
Plans for Completion of High School Auditorium. .
50.00
Purchasing Agent
33.06
War Transportation
139.29
Insurance
50.00
Memorial, 2nd World War Veterans
78.00
Memorial Building, World War Veterans
460.56
Rehabilitation of Returned Servicemen.
447.59
Advanced Programming and Budgeting
513.19
Alteration and Addition to Town Hall.
81.50
Building Code
2,903.25
Salaries and Wages, Town Employees.
1,327.30
Plans for Construction of New School.
6,000.00
Veterans' Housing, World War II Veterans.
1,000.00
Adopting Another Form of Government.
1,500.00
Study of Traffic, Arlington Center
909.79
Town Hall-Expense
1,350.00
Police-Expense
1,615.00
Police-Capital Outlay
61.45
Alteration and Addition to Police Headquarters Build- ing
487.50
Fire-Combination Ladder and Pump Unit.
19,000.00
Fire-Capital Outlay
69.41
Sealer-Expense
370.00
Moth-Capital Outlay
73.19
Sewer Extensions
13,799.68
Arlmont Village Sewer Extensions Damages
4.81
Sewer Extensions-Reserve for Damages
505.15
Storm Drain-Extension
21,137.57
Storm Drain-Extension-Damages
76.13
Highway-Capital Outlay
35,236.23
Street Construction-1940
1,000.00
Street Construction-1941
2,500.00
Street Construction-1946
2,505.04
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Easement in Land-1946. .
1,500.00
Street Construction-1937-Reserve for Damages ... 286.69
Street Construction-1939-Reserve for Damages ...
109.83
Street Construction-1942-Reserve for Damages ... 108.38
Relocation, Alteration and Widening of Massachusetts Avenue
8,918.21
Alteration of Gray Street-Reserve for Damages
83.29
Alteration of River Street-Reserve for Damages
7.18
Sidewalks and Edgestones .
2,589.99
Exterior Lines-Ely Road to Rublee Street.
739.18
Exterior Lines-Appleton Street to Rublee Street . . .
211.63
Exterior Lines-Glenburn Road to Hillcrest. .
50.61
Exterior Lines-Marion Road from Massachusetts Avenue
18.96
Exterior Lines-Venner Road, Hillside to Spring.
60.31
Exterior Lines-Hibbert Street.
241.58
Exterior Lines-Spring Street to Concord Turnpike. .
39.48
Exterior Lines-Renfrew Street.
19.41
Exterior Lines-Hillside Road.
804.55
Exterior Lines-Spy Pond Parkway, Lake Street to Kelwyn
36.48
Exterior Lines-Spy Pond Parkway to Princeton Road 25.14
Exterior Lines-Heath Road from Norcross Street .. .
90.86
Snow and Ice Removal-Capital Outlay-1944.
88.00
Snow and Ice Removal-Capital Outlay-1945.
402.93
Traffic Signals-Capital Outlay
328.32
School-Capital Outlay
1,526.43
Plans and Specifications Re: Architectural and En- gineering Future School Construction. 3,800.00
Acquisition of Land for School Purposes.
4,125.00
Repairs for Library Building.
1,000.00
Robbins Library-Capital Outlay.
7,026.55
Parks-Capital Outlay
2,235.99
Improvements-Florence Avenue Playground-Art. No. 23-1947 1,388.36
Improvements-Thorndike Street Playground. 415.94
Acquisition of Land for Public Playgrounds
3,058.35
Improvements-Waldo Road Playground.
1,729.47
Wellington Playground Improvements.
277.50
Improvement - Linwood Street Playground - Art. No. 47-1945
1,795.96
Improvement - Linwood Street Playground - Art. No. 48-1945 157.20
1,000.00
Thorndike Street-Wading Pool-Art. No. 41-1946 North Union Street Combination Sanitary and Service Building
Improvement-Summer Street Playground-Art. No. 27-1947
7,000.00
1,578.16
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Acquisition of Land for Playground-Art. No. 21- 1947
937.50
Improvement-Thorndike Street Playground-Art.
No. 26-1947 5,000.00
Plans for Development of Robbins Farm-Art. No. 49 -1945 500.00
Removal of Robbins Homestead and Improvement of Playground-Art. No. 25-1947.
1,929.04
Menotomy Hall-Capital Outlay. 105.00
Preservation of Health and Protection of Person and Property
2,743.94
Arlington Rationing Board.
616.48
Annual Rental-Veterans of Foreign Wars. 883.36
Annual Rental-Marine Corps League.
160.00
Foreclosure and Registration Tax Titles
115.73
Sale of Acquired Tax Title Property
100.00
Conversion of Heating Systems.
1,047.18
Hurricane Damage-Emergency Fund
302.14
Honor Roll Maintenance .
510.80
Acquisition of Land for Municipal Improvement.
58,187.00
Removal of Structures
5,000.00
Addition and Alteration-Robbins Memorial Town Hall
125,000.00
Emergency Valve Insertions
1,152.00
New Meters
793.72
Replacement of Meters
1,211.39
Water Extensions
29,646.13
Turkey Hill-Water Main Supply Line.
1,168.00
Water Extension-Reserve for Damages
741.06
Arlmont Village Water Extension-Reserve for Dam- ages 4.81
Turkey Hill Water Main-Reserve for Damages.
49.00
Cemetery-Capital Outlay
4,450.11
Acquisition of Land for Cemetery
141.82
Cemetery-Improvement of Land.
13,996.51
Land for Extension Mount Pleasant Cemetery .
297.48
Purchase of Burial Rights.
112.00
Extra Special Compensation Art. No. 2-Special Meet- ing Nov. 17, 1947.
2,791.10
Special Compensation-January, February, March, 1948-Art. No. 3, Nov. 17, 1947 25,000.00
Repairs, etc., George H. Lowe Auditorium-Special Meeting, Nov. 17, 1947. 20,000.00
Disposal of Shed-Art. No. 10, Special Meeting, Nov. 17, 1947 297.00
$475,933.47
DEBT STATEMENT (SCHEDULE B)
Bonds
Rate
Balance Dec. 31, 1946
Paid During 1947
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947
Principal Due July, 1948
Schools-1929 (Peirce Addition)
41/2
$15,000.00
$5,000.00
$10,000.00
$5,000.00
$15,000.00
$5,000.00
$10,000.00
$5,000.00
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PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS (SCHEDULE C)
Balance Dec. 31, 1947
E. Nelson Blake, Jr. Memorial Fund.
$3,000.00
Nathan Pratt High School Fund.
25,000.00
Nathan Pratt Library Fund.
10,000.00
Nathan Pratt Poor Widows Fund.
5,000.00
E. S. Farmer Poor Widows Fund.
5,000.00
E. S. Farmer Relief Fund. 5,145.00
Julia Fillebrown Charity Fund. 100.00
William Cutter School Fund.
5,354.00
M. M. W. Russell School Fund.
5,327.86
Mary Cutter Poor Widows Fund.
613.11
M. M. W. Russell Poor Widows Fund.
1,704.23
Annie L. Hill Poor Widows Fund.
2,000.00
Maria L. Hill Poor Widows Fund.
2,000.00
Emma L. Sprague Poor Widows Fund.
15,000.00
Robbins Library Art Fund.
43,594.71
Timothy Wellington Library Fund.
100.00
Henry W. Mott Library Fund.
5,425.00
Ellen W. Hodgdon Library Fund.
1,000.00
Children's Book Fund.
5,400.00
Dexter Rawson Fay Library Fund.
1,741.60
E. Nelson Blake Library Fund. .
4,696.57
Francis E. Thompson Library Fund.
8,181.54
Emma L. Sprague Library Fund.
15,000.00
Elbridge Farmer Library Fund.
53,163.13
Francis E. Thompson Scholarship Fund.
447,360.04
Robbins Cemetery Fund.
5,425.14
S. C. Bucknam Cemetery Fund 2,028.07
Perpetual Care Fund.
252,317.53
Soldiers' Monument Fund. 2,422.07
$933,099.60
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance Dec. 31, 1946
Appro- priations 1947
Other Credits
Total
Expended
Transfers
Balance Dec. 31, 1947
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Finance Committee :
Personal Services
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00 529.26
$0.00 70.74 2,464.76
Reserve
30,000.00
Various Committees on :
Classification of Positions
$25.30
25.30
0.00
25.30
Town Yard
15.00
15.00
0.00
15.00
Purchase of Land-Park Purposes. ....
45.15
45.15
0.00
45.15
Relief
187.39
187.39
0.00
187.39
Parks and Playgrounds
90.94
90.94
0.00
90.94
Reclamation Plant
16.58
16.58
0.00
16.58
Reclamation Plant
402.20
402.20
0.00
402.20
Plans for Completion of High School Auditorium
50.00
50.00
0.00
50.00
Purchasing Agent
33.06
33.06
0.00
33.06
War Transportation
139.29
139.29
0.00
139.29
Insurance
50.00
50.00
0.00
50.00
Re Memorial 2nd World War Veterans
78.00
78.00
0.00
78.00
Memorial Bldg. World War Veterans.
460.56
460.56
0.00
460.56
447.59
350.00
81.50
0.00
81.50
Building Code .
3,000.00
3,000.00
96.75
2,903.25
Salaries and Wages- Town Employees
1,500.00
1,500.00
172.70
1,327.30
Plans for Construction of New School
6,000.00
6,000.00
0.00
6,000.00
Veterans' Housing-World War Vet- erans No. 2.
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
1,000.00
Adopting Another Form of Govern- ment
1,500.00
1,500.00
0.00
1,500.00
Selectmen :
Personal Services
7,992.00
7,992.00
7,976.24
15.76
Expense
1,315.00
200.00
1,515.00
1,453.26
61.74
Accountant:
Personal Services
10,317.96
430.00
161.75
10,317.96 591.75
566.19
25.56
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447.59
0.00
447.59
Rehabilitation of Returned Servicemen Advance Programming and Budgeting Alteration and Addition Town Hall
539.28
889.28
376.09
513.19
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Expense
600.00
600.00 30,000.00
$27,535.24
462.36
9,855.60
Expense
81.50
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Treasurer-Collector :
Personal Services
17,280.00 4,222.00
17,280.00 4,661.60
17,044.06 4,535.07
235.94 126.53
Assessors:
Personal Services
12,306.00 1,100.00
207.90
1,307.90
1,302.75
5.15
Capital Outlay
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,723.16
276.84
Town Counsel:
Personal Services
2,000.00
2,000.00 10,000.00
2,000.00
0.00
Legal Expenses, Damage Claims, etc .. .
10,000.00
9,538.09
461.91
Town Clerk:
Personal Services
7,986.00
7,986.00
7,974.98
Expense
1,943.00
586.00
2,529.00
2,026.42
11.02 502.58 800.00
Advertising Zoning By-Law ...
800.00
0.00
Public Works:
22,908.00
22,908.00
20,653.63
2,254.37
General Adminis. Personal Services .. Administrative Expense
1,900.00
1,900.00
1,894.71
5.29
Engineering:
Personal Services
6,280.00
6,280.00
5,845.54
434.46
Wages
26,382.87
26,382.87
24,683.55
1,699.32
Expense Capital Outlay
1,685.00
1,685.00
1,681.90
3.10
Elections and Town Meetings:
6,052.00
1,460.00
7,512.00
7,269.07
242.93
Expense
4,254.00
275.00
4,529.00
3,992.29
536.71
Board of Survey:
1,880.00
1,880.00
1,880.00
0.00
Personal Services Expense
760.00
760.00
285.16
474.84
Planning Board :
800.00
800.00
705.39
94.61
Study of Traffic in Arlington Center ..
909.79
909.79
0.00
909.79
Town Hall:
8,990.00
62.57
9,052.57
9,052.57
0.00
Expense
6,797.00
1,769.81
8,566.81
7,195.67
1,371.14
5,370.00
5,370.00
5,265.95
104.05
149.63
149.63
0.00
Personal Services
183,103.75
8.95
183,112.70
175,382.03
7,729.87
Expense
1,200.00
17,792.00
19,770.08
18,128.27
1,641.81
Police and Fire Radio Transmitter
36.87
36.87
36.87
0.00
Police-Capital Outlay
61.45
61.45
0.00
61.45
Out of State Travel.
150.00
150.00
0.00
150.00
Alterations and Additions to Police Headquarters Building
487.50
487.50
0.00
487.50
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Expense
439.60
12,306.00
12,306.00
0.00
Expense
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2,376.50
2,376.50
2,357.72
18.78
Personal Services
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Personal Services and Expense.
Personal Services
Town Hall-Maintenance of Grounds. .. Maint. of Grounds-Capital Outlay .. Police:
149.63
778.08
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800.00
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued
Balance Dec. 31, 1946
Appro- priations 1947
Other Credits
Total
Expended
Transfers
Balance Dec. 31, 1947
Fire:
Personal Services
172,341.75
172,341.75
164,903.78
7,437.97
Expense
13,106.00
200.00
13,306.00
13,300.58
5.42
Out of State Travel. .
100.00
100.00
100.00
0.00
Fire -- Capital Outlay
1.84
600.00
601.84
599.75
2.09
Combination Ladder and Pumper Unit
19,000.00
19,000.00
0.00
19,000.00
Fire and Police Signal System:
Expense
2,190.00
2,190.00
2,182.14
7.86
Capital Outlay
15,457.42
4,118.00
19,575.42
19,506.01
69.41
Out of State Travel.
100.00
100.00
0.00
100.00
Building Inspector:
10,160.00
10,160.00
10,132.68
27.32
Expense
1,114.00
1,114.00
1,073.73
40.27
Capital Outlay
830.00
830.00
827.00
3.00
Boards of Appeal:
2,100.00
500.00
2,600.00
2,597.45
2.55
Wire Inspector:
3,760.00
3,760.00
3,660.00
100.00
Expense
653.70
.84
654.54
654.54
0.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
2,760.00
2,760.00
2,760.00
0.00
Expense
395.00
370.00
765.00
341.85
423.15
Gypsy Moth:
10,135.00
10,135.00
9,821.80
313.20
Expense
2,703.00
2,703.00
2,247.09
455.91
Capital Outlay
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,926.81
73.19
Tree Warden:
7,000.00
7,000.00
6,621.40
378.60
Expense
1,073.00
1,073.00
976.02
96.98
Capital Outlay
12.69
1,800.00
500.00
2,312.69
2,262.80
49.89
Board of Health:
Personal Services
10,830.00
10,830.00
10,751.88
78.12
Expense
2,100.00
2,100.00
1,296.07
803.93
Communicable Diseases
17,500.00
17,500.00
15,130.81
2,369.19
Mosquito Control
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
0.00
Capital Outlay
131.89
101.22
233.11
101.22
131.89
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Personal Services and Wages.
Personal Services and Wages.
Expense
Personal Services
Personal Services
Assessment for County Tuberculosis Hospital
25,556.75
25,556.75
25,556.75
0.00
Board of Health:
Expense-Arts. No. 28 and No. 29
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
0.00
Inspector of Animals:
600.00
600.00
556.46
43.54
Sewer Maintenance
15,000.00
15,000.00
12,113.09
2,886.91
Sewer Extensions
10,772.01
30,000.00
40,772.01
26,972.33
13,799.68
Arlmont Village Sewer Extension. .
4.81
4.81
0.00
4.81
Sewer Extension-Reserve for Damages
813.44
813.44
308.29
505.15
Storm Drain Extension.
12,025.46
21,670.00
33,695.46
12,557.89
21,137.57
Storm Drain Extension-Damages. .. Sanitation :
76.13
76.13
0.00
76.13
Personal Services
2,510.00 137,490.00
2,510.00 140,490.00
2,486.64
23.36
Collection of Ashes, Rubbish
137,116.36
3,373.64
Highway: Personal Services
3,070.00
3,070.00
3,069.49
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Highway
132,000.00
132,000.00
119,339.67
12,660.33
Highway-Capital Outlay
57,459.70
23,950.00
760.00
82,169.70
46,933.47
35,236.23
Street Construction-1940
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
1,000.00
Street Construction-1941
2,500.00
2,500.00
0.00
2,500.00
Street Construction-1946
14,820.27
14,820.27
12,315.23
2,505.04
Easements in Land-1946.
1,500.00
1,500.00
0.00
1,500.00
Street Construction-1937-Reserve for Damages
286.69
286.69
0.00
286.69
Street Construction-1939-Reserve for Damages
109.83
109.83
0.00
109.83
Street Construction-1942-Reserve for Damages
108.38
108.38
0.00
108.38
Relocation, Alteration and Widening of Massachusetts Avenue
10,967.81
7,000.00
35,012.57
52,980.38
44,062.17
8,918.21
Alteration of Gray Street-Reserve for Damages
83.29
83.29
0.00
83.29
Alteration of River Street-Reserve for Damages
7.18
7.18
0.00
7.18
Sidewalks and Edgestones ..
3.762.44
12,000.00
15,762.44
13,172.45
2,589.99
Exterior Lines-Ely Road to Rublee St ..
739.18
739.18
0.00
739.18
Exterior Lines-Appleton Street to Rublee Street
211.63
211.63
0.00
211.63
Exterior Lines-Glenburn Road to Hill- crest Road
50.61
50.61
0.00
50.61
Exterior Lines-Marion Road from Massachusetts Avenue
18.96
18.96
0.00
18.96
Exterior Lines-Venner Road-Hillside Road to Spring.
60.31
60.31
0.00
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Personal Services
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued
Balance Dec. 31, 1946
Appro- priations 1947
Other Credits
Total
Expended
Transfers
Balance Dec. 31, 1947
Exterior Lines-Hibbert Street.
241.58
241.58
0.00
241.58
Exterior Lines-Spring Street to Con- cord Turnpike
39.48
39.48
0.00
39.48
Exterior Lines-Renfrew Street.
19.41
19.41
0.00
19.41
Exterior Lines-Hillside Road.
804.55
804.55
0.00
804.55
Exterior Lines-Spy Pond Parkway -- Lake Street to Kelwyn ..
36.48
36.48
0.00
36.48
Exterior Lines-Spy Pond Parkway to Princeton Road
25.14
25.14
0.00
25.14
Exterior Lines-Heath Road from Nor- cross Street
442.49
442.49
351.63
90.86
Snow and Ice Removal.
44,197.19
8,000.00
52,197.19
52,197.19
0.00
Snow and Ice-Capital Outlay-1944.
88.00
88.00
0.00
88.00
Snow and Ice-Capital Outlay-1945.
402.93
402.93
0.00
402.93
Maintenance of Snow Removal Equip- ment
3,750.00
3,750.00
3,750.00
0.00
Salt and Calcium Chloride.
750.00
750.00
750.00
0.00
Street Lighting
59,513.40
59,513.40
56,868.87
2,644.53
Traffic Signals:
Personal Services
4,743.68
5.43
4,749.11
4,749.11
0.00
Expense
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,989.44
10.56
Capital Outlay
328.32
328.32
0.00
328.32
Board of Public Welfare:
Personal Services-Welfare-A. D. C. and Old Age.
28,900.00
28,900.00
23,533.23
5,366.77
Welfare-Aid
32,000.00
32,000.00
26,393.21
5,606.79
Aid to Dependent Children
33,000.00
33,000.00
20,839.12
12,160.88
Old Age Assistance
150,000.00
150,000.00
149,556.34
443.66
District and Other Nurses
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
0.00
Veterans' Services:
6,420.00
6,420.00
6,420.00
0.00
Expense
900.00
38.77
938.77
938.77
0.00
Veterans' Benefits
17,300.00
17,300.00
16,795.76
504.24
School:
General Control
21,975.00
21,975.00
20,476.49
1,498.51
Instructional Services
876,010.00
3,500.00
879,510.00
811,195.64
68,314.36
Operation of Plant.
123,450.00
123,450.00
115,106.36
8,343.64
Maintenance of Plant.
55,039.00
55,039.00
54,217.22
821.78
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Personal Services
Auxiliary Agencies and Activities .... Capital Outlay Roof Repairs-Locke School.
3,853.98 58.64
20,225.00 8,750.00
20,225.00 12,603.98 58.64
19,830.15 11,076.89 0.00
394.85 1,527.09 58.64
Erection of Stone Wall and Fence- Brackett School
228.56
228.56
193.35
35.21
Plans and Specifications Re Architec- tural and Engineering School --- Article No. 20.
5,000.00
5,000.00
1,200.00
3,800.00
Teachers Retirement Fund.
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,476.54
23.46
Acquisition of Land for School Pur- poses
4,125.00
4,125.00
0.00
4,125.00
Out of State Travel.
200.00
200.00
164.59
35.41
Vocation Tuition
4,500.00
4,500.00
2,059.49
2,440.51
Robbins Library :
32,966.00
32,966.00
30,187.64
2,778.36
Expense
17,370.00
17,370.00
17,069.27
300.73
Repairs to Library Building. ..
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
1,000.00
Capital Outlay
14,036.55
14,036.55
7,010.00
7,026.55
Parks:
Personal Services and Wages.
41,089.21
41,089.21
40,778.35
310.86
Expense
6,560.00
6,560.00
6,539.32
20.68
Capital Outlay
5,440.00
11,963.75
9,215.07
2,748.68
Warren A. Pierce Playground.
700.00
700.00
700.00
0.00
Improvements-Linwood Street Beach -Article No. 35. .
9.15
9.15
9.15
0.00
Playground-Article No. 33-1944 ..
24.23
24.23
24.23
0.00
Improvements-Florence Avenue
Playground-Article No. 33-1943
1,451.26
1,451.26
0.00
1,451.26
0.00
Improvements-Florence Avenue
1,451.26
62.90
1,388.36
*Improvements-Thorndike Street Playground
515.62
515.62
99.68
415.94
Acquisition of Land for Public Play- grounds
3,058.35
3,058.35
0.00
3,058.35
Improvements-Waldo Road Play- ground
1,831.01
1,831.01
101.54
1,729.47
Wellington Park Sanitary Station ....
2,500.00
2,500.00
0.00
2,500.00
Wellington Playground-Improve- ments
277.50
277.50
0.00
277.50
Improvements-Linwood Street Play- ground-Article No. 47-1945
2,901.92
2,901.92
1,105.96
1,795.96
Improvements-Linwood Street Play- ground-Article No. 48-1945.
157.20
157.20
0.00
157.20
Thorndike Street Wading Pool- Article No. 41-1946
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
1,000.00
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Improvements-No. Union Street
Playground-Article No. 23-1947
1,451.26
.
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Personal Services
6,523.75
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued
Balance Dec. 31, 1946
Appro- priations 1947
Other Credits
Total
Expended
Transfers
Balance Dec. 31, 1947
No. Union Street Combination Sani- tary and Service Building.
7,000.00
7,000.00
0.00
7,000.00
Improvement-Summer Street Play- ground-Article No. 44-1946. .
750.00
750.00
750.00
0.00
Improvement-Summer Street Play- ground-Article No. 27-1947. .
9,000.00
9,000.00
7,421.84
1,578.16
Acquisition of Land for Playground- Article No. 21-1947.
937.50
937.50
0.00
937.50
Improvement-Thorndike Street
Playground-Article No. 26-1947 ...
5,000.00
5,000.00
0.00
5,000.00
*Improvement-Florence Avenue Playground-Article No. 47-1942.
2.20
2.20
2.20
0.00
Plans for Developing Robbins Farm- Article No. 49-1945
500.00
500.00
0.00
500.00
Removal of Robbins Homestead and
15,000.00
15,000.00
13,070.96
1,929.04
Patriots Day Observance.
250.00
250.00
214.88
35.12
Memorial Day
1,210.00
1,210.00
1,152.72
57.28
Menotomy Hall:
2,510.00
2,510.00
2,509.66
.34
Expense
3,070.00
3,070.00
2,612.46
457.54
Capital Outlay
600.00
600.00
495.00
105.00
Preservation of Health and Protection of Persons and Property .
2,989.77 616.48
2,989.77
245.83
2,743.94
Arlington Rationing Board. .
616.48
0.00
616.48
Insurance, Fire, Liability, etc ..
15,908.37
15,256.31
652.06
Workmen's Compensation
12,000.00
14,625.58
26,625.58
14,625.58
12,000.00
0.00
Pensions
35,724.08
1,963.04
37,687.12
36,703.51
33,777.08
0.00
Symmes Hospital Claims.
2,432.00
2,432.00
1,617.80
814.20
Printing Town Reports.
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
0.00
Annual Rental for Veterans Foreign Wars-Post 1775
283.36
600.00
883.36
0.00
883.36
Annual Rental for Marine Corps League
50.00
500.00
550.00
390.00
160.00
Foreclosure and Registration Tax Titles
142.73
142.73
27.00
115.73
100.00
100.00
0.00
100.00
Sale of Acquired Tax Title Property .... Conversion of Heating Systems.
1,047.18
1,047.18
0.00
1,047.18
Hurricane Damage Emergency Fund ...
302.14
302.14
0.00
302.14
W. P. A. and Unemployment:
Personal Services
1,000.00
1,000.00
0.00
1,000.00
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983.61
Contributory Retirement System.
33,777.08
33,777.08
.
15,908.37
Improvement of Playground-Arti- cle No. 25-1947.
Personal Services
W. P. A. Material and Equipment: Wages and Expense. ..
3,800.00 510.80
3,800.00 510.80
0.00
3,800.00 510.80
Acquisition of Land for Municipal Im- provement
58,187.00
58,187.00 5,000.00
0.00
58,187.00 5,000.00
Additions and Alterations to Robbins Memorial Town Hall.
125,000.00
125,000.00
0.00
125,000.00
Special Compensation for Town Officers and Employees-Art. No. 11.
4,921.09
4,921.09
104.00
4,817.09
Personal Services
6,958.00
6,958.00
6,958.00
0.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,997.24
2.76
65,000.00
65,000.00
64,669.42
330.58
Water House Connections
8,000.00
7,844.05
155.95
Emergency Valve Insertions
1,152.00
1,152.00
0.00
1,152.00
New Meters .
2,472.85
1,800.00
4,272.85
3,479.13
793.72
Replacement of Meters
991.39
1,000.00
1,991.39
780.00
1,211.39
Water Extensions
19,956.96
40,000.00
59,956.96
30,310.83
29,646.13
Turkey Hill Water Main Supply Line ...
2,800.00
2,800.00
1,632.00
1,168.00
Water Extension-Reserve for Damages
1,038.22
1,038.22
297.16
741.06
Arlmont Village-Water Extension-Re- serve for Damages.
4.81
4.81
0.00
4.81
Turkey Hill Water Main-Reserve for Damages
103.15
103.15
54.15
49.00
Cemetery:
Personal Services and Wages.
29,292.00
29,292.00
26,226.65
3,065.35
Expense
1,930.00
8,917.15
2,584.27
6,332.88
Capital Outlay
1,526.12
6,700.00
8,226.12
3,776.01
4,450.11
Acquisition of Land for Cemetery.
130.20
3,200.00
3,330.20
3,188.38
141.82
Cemetery-Improvement of Land.
2,935.26
15,000.00
17,935.26
3,938.75
13,996.51
Land for Extension of Mount Pleasant Cemetery
297.48
297.48
0.00
297.48
Purchase of Burial Rights
544.00
544.00
432.00
112.00
Interest
1,600.00 19,000.00
50.00
1,650.00
1,624.14
25.86
Town Debt
19,000.00
19,000.00
0.00
Special Compensation-Art. No. 2 Spec. Town Meeting-May 20, 1947 ..
100,000.00
100,000.00
91,261.00
8,739.00
Extra Special Compensation-Art. No. 2 Special Meeting-Nov. 17, 1947.
33,092.00
33,092.00
30,300.90
2,791.10
Special Compensation-Jan., Feb., Mar., 1948-Art. No. 3 Special Meeting- Nov. 17, 1947. .
25,000.00
25,000.00
0.00
25,000.00
Repairs, etc., to George H. Lowe Audi-
20,000.00
20,000.00
0.00
20,000.00
Disposal of Shed-Article No. 10.
500.00
500.00
203.00
297.00
$458,425.34
$3,229,431.27
$81,463.04
$3,769,319.65 $3,021,462.40
$74,763.58
$673,093.67
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Honor Roll Maintenance.
0.00
Removal of Structures
5,000.00
0.00
.
Water Maintenance:
Administrative Expense Wages and Expense ..
8,000.00
.
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torium
6,987.15
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RECEIPTS - 1947
TAXES:
Current Year:
Real Estate
$2,219,663.17
Personal
133,944.74
Poll
18,676.00
Previous Years:
Real Estate
80,617.53
Personal
946.99
Polls
144.00
Tax Titles Redemption.
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933.33
From the State:
Corporation Tax
111,538.93
Income Tax
257,190.24
Total Taxes
$2,823,654.93
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Licenses:
Junk
$181.00
Pedlars
75.00
Milk
85.50
Bicycles
191.50
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