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3.00
Shellfish :
Residential, Non-Commercial
844.00
Non-Residential, Non-Commercial
346.00
Commercial
15.00
Commercial Scallop
300.00
Victualler
20.00
$2,001.00
Fish and Game Licenses
1,235.50
Dog Licenses
337.20
Grants and Gifts:
School :
Boston School Reimbursement
$ 395.28
Public School Aid, Chapter 70
2,600.00
School Superintendent 866.15
Transportation
9,627.15
Tuition and Transportation (State Children) 765.54
14,254.12
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Interest on Taxes:
Real Estate
$123.96
Personal
33.35
Poll
.70
Motor Vehicle Excise
7:30
Tax Title Redemption
5.09
170.40
Collectors' Fees
161.10
Commercial Revenue:
Auditorium Rental
$ 776.00
Gas Inspection
1.00
Library Fines
61.22
Police Fine
5.00
Planning Board Hearings
20.00
Recording Fees
26.62
School Lunch
2,673.35
Sealers Fines
28.50
Shellfish Grants
28.92
3,620.61
From State:
Livestock Control
$ 40.00
Highway: Chapter 81
11,220.67
Chapter 90
1,999.97
Old Age Assistance
8,074.05
Aid to Dependent Children
2,912.08
Veterans' Benefits
710.00
Disability Assistance
657.06
Health
97.86
Public Welfare
276.00
25,987.69
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
$8,874.67
Old Age Assistance, Administrative
559.55
Aid to Dependent Children
3,651.33
Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative
538.51
Disability Assistance
353.86
Disability Assistance, Administrative
44.58
School Lunch .
1,150.49
15,172.99
From Other Towns: Old Age Assistance 812.47
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Refunds :
Police
$138.40
Aid to Dependent Children
76.15
Civilian Defense
128.41
Collector's Bond
32.75
Dog Officer
26.00
Fire Department
17.59
Interest
48.61
New School Building
1.09
Old Age Assistance
309.11
Old Mill - Operating
7.84
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
3.99
School
4.00
Town Hall
75.00
Christmas Tree
15.52
884.46
Temporary Loans :
Chapter 81
$10,725.00
Chapter 90
7,500.00
18,225.00
School Loan, New Building:
Bonds
$125,000.00
Premium
387.50
125,387.50
Unclassified :
Barnstable County Retirement
$1,288.00
Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement
910.37
Withholding Tax
4,006.44
Blue Cross
1,519.00
Dental Clinic Fees
20.00
Miscellaneous
3.00
Sale of: Radiator Grates
3.00
Voting Lists
4.00
Scallop Bags
357.70
Telephone Tolls
9.55
Rent of Boat Yard
25.00
Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes
20.74
8,166.80
Trust Accounts :
Timothy Smith Fund: Bond Interest $ 275.00
Income
1,493.04
Gift
200.00
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Loans and Interest 852.00
Town Hall Income
146.09
World War Memorial
12.25
350.00
Billings Fund Income Old Mill Operating Fund, (Donations & Sales)
1,249.36
4,5.77.74
TOTAL
$431,421.19
PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Selectmen's Salaries
$1,800.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Board of Welfare Salaries
750.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Salary
3,000.00
Accountant Salary
1,100.00
Clerk Salary
1,188.00
Custodian Salary
2,392.00
Building Inspector Salary
1,200.00
Moderator Salary
10.41
Road Surveyor Salary
50.00
Finance Committee Secretary Salary
50.00
Constable Salary
50.00
Accountant Expense :
General Office Supplies
$ 57.20
Binders & Binding Records
46.78
Adding Machine
124.00
Travel Expenses
attending meetings
21.18
249.16
Assessors' Abstracts
132.98
Selectmen & Assessor Expense:
Typewriter
$185.00
Binders and Binding Records
53.51
Law Books
33.00
Kardex File
232.42
Plans and Maps
17.04
General Office Supplies
176.73
Travel & Meeting Expenses
191.60
889.30
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Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense :
Adding Machine
200.00
Overhaul Typewriter
17.50
Rental of Adding Machine
12.80
Use of Car
48.81
Binders & Binding Records
54.01
Recording Fees
103.25
General Office Supplies
682.50
Meeting Expenses
23.57
Finance Committee Expense, Typing
10.00
Legal Expense :
Counsel
$165.00
Searching Titles
500.00
Deeds and Lease
17.50
682.50
Counter Cabinets
612.56
Selectmen's Desks and Chairs
402.07
Surety on Bonds
230.00
Certification of Notes
4.00
Election and Registration :
Registrars and Clerk
$350.00
General Office Supplies
100.68
Binding Voters Register
28.32
Election Officers and Tellers
189.85
668.85
Town Hall:
Janitor, Extra Duty
$190.00
Labor, Hauling Trash
16.00
Telephone
300.74
Fuel
1,152.35
Electricity
377.23
Janitor Supplies
155.84
Maintenance and Repairs
377.48
Insurance
731.63
Police Office
437.80
Fire Extinguishers
116.70
Gas
41.10
New Burner for Furnace
285.00
Piano and Mike Repairs
72.03
Lawn Mower Repairs
139.98
Blackboard and Coat Racks
68.84
Miscellaneous
17.47
1,142.44
4,480.19
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Town Hall Parking Area Surfacing Town Dump Land Tax Title; 70 Takings Tax Possessions
1,392.73
400.00
1,000.00
37.11
25,724.30
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Shellfish Constable
$900.00
Shellfish Propagation:
Oysters and Quahaugs
$1,050.00
Labor
107.75
Scallop Bags and Express
489.45
Printing and Postage
13.25
Miscellaneous
9.06
1,669.51
Fire Department:
Fire Chief
$1,000.00
Fire Payrolls
484.00
2-Way Radio and Speaker
210.00
Apparatus and Hose
456.29
Gasoline and Oil
103.56
Fuel
200.57
Electricity
154.02
Building Maintenance and
Repairs
104.59
Plumbing
119.05
Insurance
472.48
Telephone
120.95
Office Supplies & File Cabinet
116.79
Lettering Fire Engine
52.00
Tools
38.41
Truck Repairs
32.15
Batteries and Bulbs
102.46
First Aid and Oxygen
38.06
Travel and Meeting Expenses
29.85
Inspections and Miscellaneous
15.50
3,850.73
Police Department :
Police Chief
$2,976.16
Police Payroll
1,101.03
Mileage (before Cruiser)
22.40
Insurance
422.33
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Street Light
14.16
Cruiser: Gas, Oil, etc.
482.21
Telephone
215.22
Police Radio Service
100.00
Replace Windshield
71.25
General Office Supplies
63.64
Jail Keeper
20.00
Miscellaneous
10.02
5,498.42
Police Cruiser
1,783.80
Tree Warden; Labor and Truck Rental
231.39
Insect Pest Control :
Labor
$238.76
Truck Rental and Mileage
189.52
Gas and Oil
24.64
452.92
Moth Truck Expense:
Insurance
$51.50
Gas and Oil
8.46
Maintenance and Repairs
114.54
Towing Charges
25.50
200.00
Poison Ivy Control: Insecticide
69.76
Dutch Elm Disease:
Insecticide
$69.76
Checking Trees
15.00
84.76
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100.00
Inspection of Wiring
198.00
Bounties on Woodchucks
7.90
Appeal Board:
Ads
$23.20
Typing Expense and Salary
88.78
Postage
6.55
Zoning Bulletins
10.00
128.53
Planning Board:
Ads
$ 6.80
General Office Supplies
61.19
Binders
23.39
Typing Expense
5.00
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Dues and Meeting Expenses 20.00
Ambulance
1,000.00
New Ambulance
1,500.00
Civilian Defense:
Director
$480.00
Mileage
154.93
General Office Supplies
34.45
Telephone
31.05
Insurance
9.34
Fuel
13.70
Food
17.06
740.53
18,532.63
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health:
Salary of Board
$ 15.00
Survey of Land
135.00
School Dentist
220.00
Hospital Care
169.50
Disposal of Cat
.50
540.00
Town Dump:
Custodian
$1,200.00
Burning Payroll
70.66
Bulldozing and Hardening
305.00
Electricity
11.18
Well
73.62
Signs
7.00
1,667.46
Inspection of Animals
80.00
Dog Officer Account
39.00
2,326.46
HIGHWAYS:
General:
Wages
112.50
Trucks and Operators
112.00
Materials
130.50
Axes, Shovel, etc.
53.50
Signs and Express
91.50
500.00
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116.38
Chapter 81:
Wages
$2,125.00
Trucks and Operators
5,842.95
Materials
6,569.55
Signs
21.50
Brooms
66.00
14,625.00
Chapter 90:
Wages
$1,507.50
Trucks and Operators
4,148.50
Materials
47.77
5,703.77
Snow :
Wages
$336.25
Trucks and Operators
796.50
Sand Spreaders
446.88
Hydraulic Pump
32.00
Blades
164.34
Salt
182.75
Welding
39.50
1,998.22
Rock Harbor
1,000.00
Bridge Road:
Wages
$ 80.00
Trucks and Operators
828.00
Materials
92.00
1,000.00
Town Landings:
New Rest Room
$1,366.09
Cleaning Rest Rooms & Beaches
238.17
Hauling Trash
416.50
Life Guards
531.50
Wages
226.70
Trucks and Operators
344.50
Materials and Repairs
347.86
Piling Boats
100.00
Repairing Float and Barrels
84.00
Plumbing
47.16
Towels and Tissue
24.95
Electricity
24.72
Signs and Miscellaneous
21.87
3,774.02
28,601.01
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CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS:
Public Welfare Administration
704.92
General Relief:
Board and Care
$252.00
Hospital and Medical Care
290.00
Groceries and Provisions
23.88
Cash Grants
159.45
725.33
Old Age Assistance
13,886.69
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants
9,485.60
Aid to Dependent Children
6,536.71
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants
3,485.18
Disability Assistance
1,082.66
Disability Assistance, Federal Grants
342.45
Administration Expenses :
Adding Machine
124.00
Desk and Chair (share of)
134.03
File Cabinet
85.05
Dues
39.00
New Office
409.97
Telephone
48.75
Mileage and Meeting Expenses
135.61
Office Supplies
209.19
Salaries; Social Worker and Board 620.08
Legal Fees
139.94
1,945.62
Veterans' Benefits:
Salary
$480.00
Board and Care
179.18
Groceries and Fuel
99.50
Medicine and Medical Care
185.50
Cash Grants
421.00
Telephone
21.82
Travel and Meeting Expenses
74.84
File Cabinet
30.24
General Office Expenses
27.12
Free Bed-Cape Cod Hospital
500.00
SCHOOL AND LIBRARY:
School (See School Report)
$58,249.85
Special School
Lunch : ($3,823.84)
1,519.20
40,214.36
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School Lunch
Appropriation : ($ 303.43)
Salary
$1,340.00
Extra Help
5.00
Groceries
2,513.14
Express
49.32
Gas
61.65
Meat Slicer
34.65
Dishes, Pans, Supplies
113.32
Ads for Bids
10.19
4,127.27
Reshingle Schoolhouse Roof
1,542.00
New School Building
68,798.78
Premium on New Schoolhouse Loan
83.00
School Playground
50.00
Regional School Committee:
Cards and Printed Matter
74.00
Travel Expenses
45.06
119.06
Public Library : ($922.09)
Library Trust: ($583.79)
Librarian
$625.00
Fuel
123.30
Electricity
40.58
Books
428.14
General Office Supplies
24.29
Insurance
64.70
Wiring
50.30
Fire Extinguisher
19.45
Care of Grounds and Repairs
130.12
Vocational Education
392.20
134,868.04
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST:
Auditorium Note
$3,000.00
Interest
764.57
3,764.57
CEMETERIES:
Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00
Old Cemeteries
242.75
292.75
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1,505.88
UNCLASSIFIED:
Barnstable County Retirement
$1,288.00
Withholding Tax Teacher Retirement Blue Cross
4,006.44
910.37
1,519.00
Miscellaneous :
Professional Services
$228.50
Placing Channel Markers
10.00
3 Sets Outdoor Lights
25.44
Road Location
40.00
Typing
15.00
Town Reports
25.00
Recording Deeds
25.65
Tabloids
84.00
Grading off Higgins Road
75.75
Signs
66.50
Street Light
63.72
Printing, Postage and Misc.
25.73
685.29
Memorial Day: Wreath and Band
74.00
Christmas Tree
151.40
Insurance
534.99
Public Amusement and Advertising:
Insurance
88.00
Baseball Equipment
412.00
500.00
Recreation Commission :
Payrolls
325.00
Athletic Equipment
183.00
Parties
68.46
Stationery and Postage
9.45
585.91
Old Mill Care and Improvement:
Insurance
30.77
Care of Grounds and Mill
55.27
Electricity
1.60
87.64
Band Concerts
300.00
Moving Band Stand
250.00
Town Reports
700.00
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Unpaid Bills Estimated Receipts
84.72 .01
11,677.77
GENERAL REVENUE REFUNDS:
Real Estate Taxes 1953
14.64
Real Estate Taxes 1954
117.92
Personal Taxes 1954
28.86
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1953
41.38
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1954
569.14
Tax Possession
95.00
866.94
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES:
County Tax
8,822.86
State Parks and Reservations
233.50
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
1,244.68
County Retirement Assessment
804.10
State Audit
670.53
11,775.67
TRUST FUNDS
Timothy Smith Fund: Loans
$ 852.00
Income
1,493.04
Bonds
275.00
Gifts
100.00
World War Memorial
12.25
Town Hall Income
146.09
Old Mill Operating
1,257.20
4,135.58
TEMPORARY LOANS:
Chapter 90
$3,000.00
Chapter 81
10,725.00
13,725.00
FISH AND GAME
1,235.50
PROCEEDS OF DOG LICENSES
337.20
COLLECTORS FEES
175.35
Total Payments Cash on Hand December 31, 1954
$298,253.13
133,168.06
$431,421.19
REVENUE 1954
Appropriations
$172,567.07 Estates of Deceased
State & County Taxes 13,400.38
Persons $ 49.02
Overlay 1954
5,231.70
Poll Tax Commit-
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Overlays 1948 - 1951
19.99
ments 668.00
Real Estate Commit- ments 123,024.63
Personal Tax Com- mitments 18,986.55
Over-Estimates on
State and County Taxes 423.07
Estimated Receipts
48,419.78
Appropriation Bal-
ances
9,177.30
To Surplus Revenue
14,638.27
Estimated Receipts
5,158.08
$205,906.43
$205,906.43
SURPLUS REVENUE
School Playground
$ 60.00
Bal. Jan. 1, 1954
$31,705.25
Tax Titles
838.79
Tax Possession
Auditors Adjustment
.04
Sales 789.00
Subsequent Taxes
447.70
Tax Title Redemp- tion
55.26
Refund Tax Posses- sion Sale
95.00
Tax Disclaimers
258.43
Aid to Dependent Children
1,027.71
$ 2,469.24
Surplus Revenue
44,976.97
$47,446.21
$47,446.21
The Appropriation Balances transferred to Revenue at the close of the year were as follows:
Board of Welfare Salaries
$150.00
Assessors Abstracts
67.02
Accountant Expense
.84
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense 7.56
Selectmen & Assessor Expense
10.70
Legal Expense
317.50
Finance Committee Expense
15.00
Selectmen's Desks and Chairs
97.93
Counter Cabinets
87.44
Tax Possession
462.89
Certification of Notes
6.00
Police Cruiser
16.20
Police Department
68.73
Insect Pest Control
197.08
Tree Warden
68.61
Dutch Elm Disease
235.24
Poison Ivy Control
330.24
Inspection of Wiring
52.00
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To Estimated Receipts
49.02
$191,268.16
From Revenue
14,638.27
Moderator Salary
$14.59
Sealer of Weights
Appeal Board
121.47
and Measures
10.00
Health
460.00
Bounties on Woodchucks
42.10
Dog Officer Account
13.00
Planning Board
Public Welfare Admin-
Expense
133.62
istration 235.08
Town Dump
82.54
Disability Assistance
1,417.34
Town Landings
725.98
School
865.15
General Relief
274.67
Reshingle Schoolhouse
Veterans' Services
980.80
Roof
258.00
School Lunch
Regional School
Appropriation
196.57
Committee
80.94
School Playground
10.00
Interest
184.04
Vocational Education
107.80
Reserve
533.80
Old Cemeteries
57.25
Recreation Commission
14.09
Insurance
115.01
Christmas Tree
14.12
Memorial Day
26.00
Old Mill Care and
Total to Revenue
$9,177.30
Improvement
12.36
The transfers from the Reserve account to various accounts during the year are as listed in the report of the Finance Com- mittee.
The preceding report, together with the Balance Sheet directly following, are a record of this accountant's books for the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
GENEVIEVE C. SCHROEDER,
Town Accountant. .
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BALANCE SHEET FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1954
Cash, December 31, 1954
$133,168.06
Real Estate Taxes 1954
6,441.82
Personal Taxes 1954
660.45
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax 1954
511.76
Tax Title
2,601.51
Tax Possession
1,427.60
Aid to Dependent Children, Accounts Receivable
1,051.96
State Aid to Highways, Chapter 81, A/R
9,255.60
State Aid to Highways, Chapter 90, A/R
5,000.00
County Aid to Highways
2,500.00
$162,618.76
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
$ 511.76
Tax Title and Tax Possession Revenue
4,029.11
Overlay 1954
3,419.06
Overlay Surplus
13,842.06
Departmental Revenue
1,051.96
Collector's Fees
77.00
Tailings
38.69
Sale of Real Estate
46.91
County Tax
2,375.72
State Parks and Reservations
.92
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
.01
Road Machinery Fund
1,068.86
Old Age Assistance, Administrative, Federal Grants
91.13
Old Age Assistance, Recoveries of Lien Account
55.83
Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative, Federal Grants Disability Assistance, Federal Grants
11.41
Disability Assistance, Administrative, Federal Grants
43.81
Temporary Loan, Chapter 90
7,500.00
Temporary Loan, Chapter 81
10,725.00
Civilan Defense
587.88
Highways, Chapter 90
4,296.23
Park and Bathing Beach
336.14
Samoset Road Layout
180.83
Boat Meadow Creek
104.72
Doane Road to Cable Road
390.00
Rock Harbor or Dyer Prince Road
245.26
New School Building
66,202.31
Premium on New School Building Loan
304.50
$117,641.79
Surplus Revenue
44,976.97
$162,618.76
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104.68
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS - EASTHAM 1954 RECAPITULATION
Figures used in fixing Tax Rate G.L. Chapter 59 23, 25
A. CITY or TOWN: Includes all appropriations voted-since 1953 Tax Rate was fixed.
1. Total Appropriations as certified by city or town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, 15 A
$172,567.07 ....
2. Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds:
(a) In 1954, $. (b) In 1953 since 1953 tax rate was fixed $6,200.00
............... 6,200.00
$178,767.07
3. Deficits due to abatements in excess of overlay of prior years:
of year amount of year amount
(a) 1948 $5.67
(c) 1950 $4.28
(b) 1949
$5.99 (d) 1951 $4.05
4. Total Deficits to be carried to outside column
$ 19.99
B. STATE: Tax and Assessments:
1. State Parks and Reservations
$ 234.42
2. State Audit of Municipal Accounts
670.53
3. Mosquito Control
1,244.69
4. Sum of totals carried to outside column ...
$2,149.64
$52.16
$2,201.80
C. COUNTY TAX AID ASSESSMENTS:
1. County Tax
$11,198.58
$
2. Sum of totals carried to outside column
$11,198.58
$
D. OVERLAY OF CURRENT YEAR
5,231.87
E. GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
$197,419.31
....
1954
Estimates
1953 Under- estimates $52.16
...
$11,198.58
F. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:
1. Income Tax
$6,916.60
2. Corporation Taxes
5,978.55
3. Reimbursement on account of publicly owned Land ...
20.17
4. Old Age Meal Tax
454.63
Б. Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
10,000.00
6. Licenses and Pemits
2,100.00
7. Fines, Library and Sealer's Fees
80.00
8. Rent of Hall
750.00 20.00
9. Health and Sanitation (Inspection of Animals) ...
10. Charities (Other than Federal Grants for A. D. C. and D. A.) ...
3,500.00
11. Old Age Assistance (Other than Federal Grants)
8,000.00
12. Veterans' Benefits
500.00
13. School (Income Tax Funds Excluded) ... 10,000.00
14. Interest (On Taxes and Assessments)
100.00
15. TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS ....
$48,419.95
16. Amounts to be taken from available funds:
6,200.00
17. Over Estimates: (a) County Tax
423.04
(b) Mosquito Control
03
TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
G. NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLL AND PROPERTY ...
H. Number of Polls ...... 330 $2.00 each
J. Total Valuation: Personal Property .... $ 511,570.00
Real Estate
3,318,600.00
$3,830,170.00
Personal Property Tax
$18,928.09
Real Estate Tax
122,788.20
$142,376.29
K. TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON POLL, PROPERTY
$55,043.02
....
$142,376.29
Poll Tax
S
660.00
Tax Rate
$37.00
...
REPORT OF SALES OF TAX POSSESSION OF LAND
Case No.
Costs $ 21.24
Sale Price
Gain
Loss Acreage
$ 94.00
$ 72.76
.15
2
10.70
50.00
39.30
.16
3
83.96
95.00
11.04
.50
4
11.61
50.00
38.39
.08
5
40.51
400.00
359.49
.35
$168.02
$689.00
$520.98
1.24
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE W. WILEY, Chairman LUTHER P. SMITH BERNARD C. COLLINS Board of Selectmen
LIST OF JURORS
Prepared under Chapter 243, General Laws as Amended : Name
Occupation Mail Address
Robert O. Abbott
Retired
Orleans, R.F.D.
Luther Brown
Retired
Eastham
Johanna S. Brooks
Housewife
Orleans, R.F.D.
Henry O. Daniels
Retired
North Eastham
Elizabeth Lloyd
Housewife North Eastham
Harold D. White
Commercial Illustrator
North Eastham
Agatha A. Whitright
Housewife North Eastham
Harry S. Young
Retired Orleans, R.F.D.
Charles N. Campbell
Carpenter
Eastham
MAURICE W. WILEY, Chm. LUTHER P. SMITH
BERNARD C. COLLINS
Board of Selectmen
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Inventory of Town Property
Town Hall
Land and Buildings $95,000.00 5,000.00
Furniture and other Property $10,000.00 9,000.00
Total $105,000.00 14,000.00
Fire Department
Sealer of Weights and Measures
400.00
400.00
Moth Department
600.00
600.00
Highway Department
1,000.00
1,000.00
Schools
26,500.00
5,000.00
31,500.00
Libraries
2,200.00
2,000.00
4,200.00
Old Windmill
10,200.00
10,200.00
Town Landings
9,000.00
9,000.00
Defense Center
1,000.00
1,000.00
Cemeteries
250.00
250.00
Total
$148,150.00
$29,000.00
$177,150.00
Insurance In Force On Eastham Town Property
December 31, 1954
Personal Property
$19,000.00
Town Hall
110,000.00
School (including new building)
184,000.00
Library
9,000.00
Fire Station
5,000.00
Fire Tower
4,000.00
Old Windmill
5,000.00
2 Comfort Stations at Beaches
1,200.00
Compensation and liability insurance necessary is car- ried on the basis of payroll totals.
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Annual Report of Town Treasurer
On Deposit Cape Cod Trust Co. Jan. 1, 1954
$47,538.17
Receipts Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1954 383,883.02
$431,421.19
Disbursements Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1954
$298,253.13
Balance Dec. 31, 1954 (Cash on hand and in bank) 133,168.06
$431,421.19
MUNICIPAL TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
1. MERCY A. MINES FUND
January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$62.89
Interest
1.90
$64.79
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
$64.79
2. ZARA HIGGINS FUND January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$128.05
Interest
3.87
$131.92
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
$131.92
3. FRANK O. DANIELS January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$51.52
Interest
1.56
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
$53.08
Eastham World War Memorial Fund
January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$513.25
Interest
15.34
$528.59
Withdrawn
$12.25
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
516.34
$528.59
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$53.08
Town Hall Fund
January 1, 1954 December 31, 1954
On Deposit $2,708.15 On Deposit $2,708.15
Town Hall Income Fund
January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$44.99
Income 81.26
Interest
1.61
$127.86
Withdrawn
$64.83
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
63.06
$127.86
Old Wind Grist Mill Account
January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$620.43
Interest
18.75
$639.18
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
$639.18
Old Mill Operating Account
January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$1,583.18
Interest
39.08
Deposited
371.35
$1,993.61
Withdrawn
$345.00
December 31, 1954
On Deposit
1,648.61
$1,993.61
Robert C. Billings Fund
January 1, 1954 Invested in Bonds Income (Credited to Public Library)
$14,000.00
350.00
$14,350.00
Credited to Public Library
$ 350.00
December 31, 1954
Invested
14,000.00
$14,350.00
Timothy Smith Account
January 1, 1954
On Deposit
$25,898.18
Invested
11,000.00
Interest
755.48
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Income Interest on Bonds Loans Repaid
1,503.04 275.00
90.00
December 31, 1954
Loans Gifts On Deposit Invested Funds
$39,521.70
$ 750.00
200.00
27,571.70
11,000.00
$39,521.70
Respectfully submitted,
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Treasurer
Report of The Registrars of Voters
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To the Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Registrars of the Town submit their re- port for the year 1954.
There are now 333 Women and 313 Men registered, mak- ing a total of 646 Voters.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE S. DUFFY, SR., Chairman VERENA DALEY HARRIS BROWN
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Report of the Tax Collector
FOR YEAR 1954
REAL ESTATE
Dr.
Estate Deceased Persons (1949)
8 49.02
Disclaimers (1952)
131.02
Balance Due Real Estate Taxes 1953
4,235.10
Warrant for Real Estate Taxes
1954
122,788.20
Omitted Taxes Assessments
1954
236.43
Refunds after payments
132.56
$127,572.33
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Account 1949
$ 49.02
Paid Treasurer Account
1952
15.20
Paid Treasurer Account
1953
4,019.25
Paid Treasurer Account
1954
114,519.31
Abated 1952
115.82
Abated
1953
27.90
Abated 1954
1,273.81
Tax Titles 1953
202.59
Tax Titles 1954
907.61
Uncollected Real Estate Taxes 1954
6,441.82
127,572.33
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
Dr.
Balance Due Personal Taxes 1953
$1,360.26
Warrant for 1954
18,928.09
Omitted Assessments
58.46
Refunds after Payment
28.86
20,375.67
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Account 1953
$1,162.95
Paid Treasurer Account 1954
18,040.46
Abated 1953
197.31
Abated 1954
314.50
Uncollected Personal Property Taxes 1954
660.45
20,375.67
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POLL TAXES
Dr.
Warrant 1954
$668.64 668.00
Cr.
$536.00
Paid Treasurer 1954 Abated 1954
132.00
668.00
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Dr.
Balance Due 1953
$ 564.63
1953 Commitments received in 1954
474.66
Warrants for 1954
10,690.97
Abatements after payment refunded
610.52
12,340.78
Cr.
Paid Treasurer Account 1953
$1,021.28
Paid Treasurer Account 1954
9,925.05
Abated 1953
59.38
Abated 1954
823.31
Uncollected Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes
511.76
12,340.78
SUMMARY OF UNCOLLECTED TAXES
1954 Real Estate Taxes
$6,441.82
1954 Personal Property Taxes
660.45
1954 M. V. Excise Taxes
511.76
$7,614.03
Respectfully submitted,
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT Tax Collector
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1954 Report of Fees of the Collector, Treasurer and Town Clerk
Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith a report of fees collected in the year 1954.
Collector's Fees (including Tax Title fees)
$409.85
136.00
Recordings Administering Oaths
19.25
$505.10
Respectfully submitted,
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT,
Collector, Treasurer, Town Clerk
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Report of Board of Assessors
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To the Citizens of Eastham :
Your assessors are glad to report that the increase in valuation from 1953 to 1954 was $273,910.00, and it is ex- pected that the increase this past year will be approximately the same. It is hoped that the increased valuation will ab- sorb the rising cost of operating, maintaining and servicing the Town and it's facilities.
The following figures show the growth of Eastham in the past six years, and also the increase in funds necessary for the good of the Town:
Jan. 1, '48 Jan. 1, '54 Change
Assessed Valuation
$1,989,310 $3,831,280 Up 92.59%
Tax Rate per $1,000
$27.00
$37.00 Up 37.03%
Appropriated from Available Funds
16,835
6,200 Down 63.17%
New Receipts from
State & County
18,788
30,170 Up 60.58%
Raised by Taxation
54,236
142,417 Up 162.59%
Total
$89,859
$178,787 Up 99.42%
The Town now receives photostated copies of all ab- stracts recorded at the Registry of Deeds in Barnstable which pertain to properties in Eastham. These photostats, inaugurated this year, replace the old system of copying abstracts onto cards, and eliminate any chance of error or omission in the copying of deeds. After the photostated
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deeds are recorded on the Town tax books, they are filed in a loose-leaf binder. Every few years, when the binder is sufficiently filled, the photostats will be bound. We feel that the new system is a great improvement over the old card file.
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER P. SMITH, Chairman MAURICE W. WILEY BERNARD C. COLLINS
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