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Mrs. Ridley left a lasting impression upon those who came under her instruction. She was firm, fair,
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and courteous. She taught boys and girls first and subject matter last. She took over the guidance of pupils where parental guidance had often stopped or failed to register. Although her reward for many years' teaching was but a brief retirement, she has left a generation of young men and women trained and inspired to carry on where she left off.
Mr. Roy Brooks resigned as instructor and coach, after one year's service to accept a more lucrative salary elsewhere.
From a large number of applicants the principal- ship at the Center School was filled by the election of Mr. Clarence Richardson who had received his Bachelors Degree in Education at Keene (N.H.) Teach- ers' College and his Master of Education degree at Boston University. Previous to coming to Lynnfield, Mr. Richardson had had seven years' experience as teacher and principal. In these few months Mr. Rich- ardson has demonstrated his ability to carry on the duties of a principal in a most satisfactory manner.
Mr. Robert Osterman, who received his Master of Arts degree at Boston University, was elected to the position vacated by Mr. Brooks. Mr. Osterman has made a place for himself in our school system in the brief time he has been with us. If we can provide the necessary equipment for the shop and our athletic teams, I am sure Mr. Osterman will continue to demonstrate what can be done with our boys and girls in the shop and on the playground.
Mrs. Frances Shumway assumed duties in Sep- tember, as the services of another teacher were necessary because of increased attendance. With her wholesome attitude and splendid background, she is an inspiration to her pupils.
AS I SEE IT
Providing the New South School Building is ready for occupancy next September, all ten classrooms will be occupied by the eight grades previously mentioned in this report. The ten classrooms of the Center School Building will likewise be fully occupied by grades one through six.
A Committee should be appointed this year to secure the services of an architect to plan for re- modelling and enlarging the Center School Building that necessary classrooms will be available when needed.
Timely planning will obviate the necessity of overcrowded classrooms, and operating on a platoon system.
CONCLUSION
The cooperation of all who have in anyway contrib- uted to the support of our school program is greatly appreciated.
January 17, 1950
Respectfully submitted, John P. Whittier, Supt. of Schools.
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
In case of no school for the day in grades or high school, announcement will be made by Stations WBZ, WNAC, and WESX between seven and eight o'clock.
AGE OF' ADMISSION
No child will be admitted to the first grade at the opening of school in September, who was not five years of age on or before the first day of April pre- ceding his entrance.
Pupils are admitted to this grade only during the first two weeks of school in September unless they have attended school in some other town.
VACCINATION
Children who have not yet been vaccinated will not be admitted to school in September unless they present a certificate from a regular practicing physi- cian stating that they are not fit subjects for vac- cination. Parents are requested to attend to this matter during the summer vacation, as exemption must be presented at the opening of school to entitle the children to admission.
SCHOOL CENSUS AS OF OCTOBER, 1949
Boys Girls
Number between 5 and 14 years of age 311 254
Number between 14 and 16 years of age 36 40
Number over 16 years of age 95 67
Totals
442
361
HONORS
At the close of schools in June, special awards to pupils were made as follows:
Perfect attendance certificates 5
Penmanship certificates 139
Reading certificates 133
GRADUATES OF LYNNFIELD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL June 24, 1949
Theodore Roosevelt Nelson, President Elizabeth Stetson Lummus, Secretary Sally Helen Millar, Treasurer
Carl Edwin Armerding Brian Dennis Burke Robert Eaton Chute
Sidney Janet Cowles Julianne Crawford
Edwin Eugene Cruise Robert Henry Dave
Paul Henry D'Entremont Philip Elderbaum
Evelyn Winona Evans Alfred Stevens Foster Richard Giarrusso
Lona Claire Franson Patricia Violet Hall
Norman Herbert Hall, Jr.
Stephen Louis Koch Mary Nora Liberty Esther Pope Carol Marjorie Roberts
Hugh Peter Robinson Norman Sanford Glenna Ann Smith
David Edwin Rourke
Harry Ernest Scribner
Shirley Ann Trask
Kent Hartt Waring
Shirley Weeks Carol Ann Williamson
Helen Margaret Bray
Natalie Jean Fitts
Gordon Ricker Hill Joan Lewis
Robert Earl McIntire Isobel Frances Rafuse
Dorothy Erma Urquhart Beverly Ann Webster William Francis Whitney
Bruce Allan Woodbury
Frank Harding Young
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Report of SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
LYNNFIELD TEACHERS' DIRECTORY, JAN. 1, 1950
NAME
SCHOOL SUBJECT SALARY APPOINT MENT OR GRADE
EDUCATION
Mrs. Katherine Morrill
South
Prin. 5 & 6
$2750
1942
Hyannis Normal School
Mrs. Retta Lovejoy
South
3 & 4
2650
1942
Farmington State Normal
Mrs. Gladys Goodwin
South
2
2650
1946
Hyannis Normal School
Mrs. Bernice Munroe
South
1
2650
1924
North Adams Normal
Clarence Richardson
Center
Principal
3200
1949
Boston University
Robert Osterman
Center
7 & 8
2400
1949
Boston University
Mrs. Lena Waite
Center
7 & 8
2650
1945
Farmington Normal
Mrs. Martha Libby
Center
7 & 8
2200
1948
Simmons College
Mrs. Mildred Fitts
Center
7 & 8
2650
1945
Keene Normal
Mrs. Faustina Barrows
Center
6
2650
1948
Bridgewater State Teachers College
Mrs. Esther Getchell
Center
5
2650
1947
Bridgewater State Normal
Mrs. Leora Donovan
Center
4
2650
1947
Farmington State Normal
Mrs. Mildreth Rourke
Center
4
2650
1947
Aroostook State Normal
Mrs. Pauline Chadwell
Center
3
2650
1948
Salem Normal
Mrs. Kathereine Higgins
Center
2
2650
1946
Lesley Normal
Mrs. Frances Shumway
Center
2
2200
1949
Boston University
Mrs. Edythe Baxter
Center
1
2600
1947
Hyannis Normal
Mrs. Marjorie Coon
Center
1
2650
1947
Boston University
Maude Thomas
All
Music Sup.
1190
1923
Boston University
Rupert Lillie
All
Art Sup.
1104
1948
Harvard School of Art
Florence Stobbart
All
Nurse
615
1927
Beverly Hospital
LYNNFIELD
SCHOOL CALENDAR 1949
September 7
Schools Open
October 12
Holiday
November 4
Teachers' Convention
November 11
Holiday
November 23
Schools close at noon
November 28
Schools Open
December 22
Schools Close
1950
January 3
Schools Open .
February 17
Schools Close
February 27
Schools Open
April 14
Schools Close
April 24
Schools Open
May 30
Holiday
June 15
Schools Close
June 16
Graduation
SUMMER VACATION
September 6
Schools Open
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Report of WELFARE BOARD
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare and Citizens of the Town:
In recent years Welfare Department activities have come in for a great deal more attention and emphasis than at any time in the past. In viewof this condition and in consideration of the substantial appropriations necessary to support this program, it is my desire to utilize this report to explain in a general way, how the Town's Assistance Program is financed.
The entire Assistance Program, which includes General Relief, Old Age Assistance and Aid to De- pendent Children, is governed by rules and regula- tions established by the State and Federal Govern- ments.
The liability of towns to assist those in need is founded upon and limited by statute, and is not to be enlarged or modified by any supposed moral obliga- tion of personal prejudice.
Fundamentally, Public Assistance is a local re- sponsibility. However, it should be understood that in order to have equitable treatment, for all, not only within our community, but throughout the Common- wealth, it was necessary to develop a sound and adequate program as a guide for local administrators.
To share in State and Federal distribution of funds all local Welfare Departments must comply with this program in its entirety.
The Town recovers practically nothing on its ex- penditures for General Relief for needy persons who cannot obtain assistance under other categories.
On Old Age Assistance a substantial portion of our
disbursements are returned. These refunds vary considerably, but we receive roughly 40% of the total grant from Federal and the same from the State.
On Aid to Dependent Children the State reimburses us for one third of our total grant and the Federal Government returns a slightly lower percentage.
All reimbursements from the Federal Grants are returned directly to the accounts to which they apply and can be re-used.
All State reimbursements must go into the Town's Excess and Deficiency Account and cannot be used again until they are transferred by vote of the Town.
The laws concerning the privacy of the entire As- sistance Program are very strict. From the moment a person applies, all records relating to the applicant are confidential, and are protected by law against disclosure to anyone except for purposes directly connected with the administration of Public Assist- ance.
Proper administration of Public Assistance today is as vital to a modern community as its banks, its schools, its systems of communications and distribu- tion.
All social work aims to solve four familiar prob- lems: economic need, human behavior and adjustment to living, health, leisure and its use.
Respectfully submitted,
WESLEY W. MUNROE Agent
Report of PLANNING BOARD
In compliance with section 81 (c) of Chapter 494 of the Acts of 1913, as amended to date, the Planning Board of the Town of Lynnfield submits its report to the citizens of the Town and forwards a copy to the State Planning Board.
The Town adopted its first Zoning and Planning By-Law in 1929 and now has the benefit of twenty years experience under Planning and Zoning. During this time the Town has grown in population and val- uation faster than any other Town in the State, except Westwood which has increased its population 84% while the increase in Lynnfield has been 54%. When the first Zoning By-Law was adopted, the valuation of Real Estate as given by the Assessors was $3,109,320, andfor 1949 the Real Estate is valued at $6,456, 480. With this increase in population and valuation the Town has retained the same character- istics that has given it appeal as a New England Village.
The present size of lots on which homes may be built prevents congestion and reduces the hazards
of conflagrations, and by limiting the number of people that live on an acre, the cost of government is maintained on a lower level.
In 1929, when Lynnfield adopted Zoning and Plan- ning, about 82 Cities and Town in the Commonwealth had adopted in some form or other Zoning and Plan- ning; while at the present time 197 Cities and Towns in the Commonwealth have such laws, and 93% of the population of the entire State are functioning under this statutory authority.
The original Act of 1913 has been broadened, and numerous duties have been given to Planning Boards, particularly in those Cities and Towns that have adopted Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936 as we have. As we think the citizens would like to know what the duties of a Planning Board are, we are enumerating these duties as set forth by Miss Herlihy, the Chair- man of the Massachusetts State Planning Board in the Planning Forum issued November, 1949, by the State Planning Board.
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Report of PLANNING BOARD
Statutory Powers and Duties of New Type Planning Board
Mandatory.
1. To elect annually a Chairman and a clerk (Chap. 41, Sec. 81-A)
2. To make studies and submit reports of re- sources, possibilities and needs of a commu- nity (Sec. 81-G)
3. To make, and perfect as necessary, a master plan of the community (Sec. 81)
4. To adopt regulations for submission and ap- proval of subdivision plats. (Sec. 81-L)
5. To hold hearings and pass upon subdivisions plats submitted to it for approval (Sec. 81 L-N)
6. To submit annual report on conditions and development of community to Town Meeting and State Planning Board (Sec. 81-C)
Permissive to all New-Type Planning Boards.
7. To appoint a custodian of its plans and records (Sec. 81-E)
8. To prepare an official map of the community (Sec. 81-E)
9. To employ experts and clerical and other as- sistants (Sec. 81-A)
10. To expend money appropriated therefor (Chap. 40, Sec. 5)
Mandatory to New Type Planning Boards in commu- nities where specified conditions or special action has been taken, as indicated (by underline).
11. To review and report on the laying out or changing of newor existing ways, if no official map (Chap. 41, Sec. 81-I)
12. To review any matter referred to it for rec- ommendation before final action is taken there- on, where community has provided for such referral and review (Sec. 81-I)
13. To pass upon the grading, surfacing and drain- age of private ways to be opened for public use other than in subdivisions, where community has adopted an official map (Sec. 81-G)
14. To review any proposed changes or additions to official map before acceptance thereof, where community has adopted such map (Sec. 81-F)
15. To hold hearing and make report, where com- munity has adopted such map (Sec. 81-F)
16. To hold hearing and make report on any pro- posed zoning changes where community has adopted a zoning ordinance or by-law (Chap. 40, Sec. 27)
17. In Towns, to act as park commissioners, where Town has so authorized it (Chap. 41, Sec. 81-C)
The printed copies of the Zoning By-Law being
exhausted, the Planning Board added the amendments adopted prior to 1949 and had a new supply printed which are now available, including an up-to-date map of the zones.
During the past year the Planning Board recom; mended two changes in the Zoning By-Law. The first, changing from a residential district to a business district the land on the west side of the Turnpike from the Saugus line to Ship's Haven. On this land the Esso Gas Co. has built a new modern Service Station, and provided off-the-Pike parking for their custom- ers. The second recommendation was to rezone from a residential to a business district the land on the easterly side of the Turnpike from the Town line at Peabody to Route 128. This land was to be leased to the William Filene Company of Boston, who proposed to erect a modern Country Club type of Shopping center, and Filene was to control all the land in Lynnfield. Since then we have been advised that Filene has purchased the entire parcel of land in both Lynnfield and Peabody and will control the entire development. Owing to other commitments it is un- certain just when work will begin on this, but it will not be until the Brookline-Newton Shopping center is completed. We have seen several instances where a shopping center of this character enhances rather than detracts from the surrounding territory. In some of the modern western cities and towns these shopping centers are entirely surrounded by high class resi- dences. By providing their own parking space they do not create any traffic hazards, and when properly landscaped they add to any residential district.
During the past year the Planning Board has ap- proved for acceptance eight streets totalling 6297 feet.
Under Chapter 211 the Planning Board has made final approval of over 10,000 feet of streets in de- velopments that have been built under the supervision of the Supt. of Streets, with installation of water mains under the supervision of the Water Commissioners, and all at no cost to the Town.
For 1950 we have before us at the present moment for action five streets to be accepted, a study of the motor traffic and parking at the center, and several prospective developments.
The printed copies of our Rules and Regulations for Developments are exhausted, and these we hope to revise and have a new supply printed by the end of the year.
We still realize the need of an off-set modest busi- ness district for the center, but at the present have not found an owner of desirable land that will co-oper- ate with us for this purpose.
The Planning Board meets in the Selectmen's room at the Town Hall the first and third Wednesday of each month and cordially invites anyone wishing to confer with it.
Lynnfield Planning Board
T. N. Ferren Secretary.
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Report of BOARD OF ASSESSORS
REAL ESTATE VALUES
Value of Land
$1,543,030.00
Value of Buildings 4,913,450.00
Value of Personal Property 409,020.00
Total of Real Estate Values $6,456,480.00
Tax on Polls 2,268.00
Tax on Real Estate .
264,715.90
Tax on Personal Property
16,769.82
Net amount to be raised $ 283,753.72
Tax Rate
$41.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
First Commitment .
$ 241.88
Second Commitment
1,691.64
Third Commitment .
2,778.74
Fourth Commitment
939.02
Fifth Commitment
2,021.49
Sixth Commitment
3,071.40
Seventh Commitment
3,855.51
Eighth Commitment
2,974.41
Ninth Commitment
725.17
Tenth Commitment.
1,466.42
Eleventh Commitment.
1,264.20
Twelvth Commitment
1,270.23
Thirteenth Commitment
1,416.57
Fourteenth Commitment
1,197.13
Fifteenth Commitment
3,545.27
Sixteenth Commitment
417.41
Seventeenth Commitment.
366.82
Eighteenth Commitment 226.75
$ 29,470.06
MOTOR EXCISE ABATEMENTS
Levy of 1948
$ 72.51
Levy of 1949
1,615.41
Total .
$ 1,687.92
ABATEMENTS MADE IN 1949 ON REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL, POLL
Real Estate Personal Poll
Levy of 1947 .. $ 218.57
Levy of 1948 ... 485.65
1948 .. $ 36.00
Levy of 1949 ... 5,249.85 1949 .. $180.40 1949 ... 182.00
Total
$5,954.07
$180.40 $218.00
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Real Estate .
$ 2,173.83
Personal.
1,230.00
Real Estate
6,456,480.00
Total $6,865,500.00
$ 438,963.38
Firemen's Pension Reserve. 1,000.00
Various Essex County Funds 2,336.75
Overlay Deficit 1936 .... $ 4.96 1941 ... .$36.00
1937 .. 15.36 1942 .... 32.00
1938 .... 44.08 1943 ... 29.75
1939 ... 36.00 1944 ... 32.25
1940 .... 36.00 1945 .. .. 26.44. .
State Tax .
State Parks and Reservations 301.56
State Parks and Reservations Deficit
41.35
State Audit
1,564.95
County Tax
12,144.68
County Tax Deficit
894.03
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment . 4,121.67
Overlay 1949.
11,947.64
$ 473,608.85
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax .
$ 36,766.73 14,424.28
Corporations Taxes
Reimbursement on account of State Owned Land
17.13
Gasoline Tax.
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise.
16,000.00
Licenses
3,000.00
General Government.
100.00
Protection of Persons and Property.
1,500.00
Charities (other than Federal Grants for Aid to Dependent Children)
500.00
Old Age Assistance (other than Fed- eral Grants)
13,000.00
Old Age Tax (meals) General Laws Chapter 64B, Sec. 10
755.12
Schools
200.00
Interests on Taxes and Assessments
400.00
Gas and Electric Franchise
62.73
Overestimates previous year
Available Funds (approved by Com- missioner of Corporations and Taxation . 103,129.14
Total Estimated Receipts and Avail-
able Funds
$ 189,855.13
Net Amount to be raised on Polls and Property
283,753.72
Credit 1,134 Polls
2,268.00
Total
$ 281,485.72
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Stock in Trade.
$ 21,850.00
Machinery
23,700.00
Live Stock
22,500.00
All other Tangible Personal
Property.
340,970.00
Total .. $ 3,403.83
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Appropriations since 1948 Tax Rate was fixed
292.84
Report of BOARD OF ASSESSORS
LYNNFIELD WATER DISTRICT
Value of Water District Real Estate Value of Water District Personal . .
$2,496,845.00 173,870.00
Total .
$2,670,715.00
Tax Rate $1.64
Real Estate Tax.
$ 4,094.57
Personal Tax
285.13
Total .
$ 4,379.70
Net Amount to be raised
4,106.25
Overlay
273.45
Gross Amount Raised . $ 4,379.70
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Real Estate $ 58.74
ABATEMENTS LYNNFIELD WATER DISTRICT
Real Estate
Personal
Levy of 1949 ..... $8.69
Levy of 1949 ..
.. $44.03
LYNNFIELD CENTER WATER DISTRICT
Value of Center Water District Real Estate. .
$3,198,225.00
Value of Center Water District
14.37%
1.33%
1.43%
3.28%
14.95%
.77%
.31%
39.55%
16.95%
.26%
6.80%
Personal
203,820.00
Total .
$3,402,045.00
Tax Rate
$3.40
Real Estate Tax
10,874.24
Personal Tax
693.00
Total
$ 11,567.24
Net Amount to be raised
$ 11,050.00
Overlay
517.24
Gross Amount to be raised
$ 11,567.24
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Real Estate .
$
36.38
ABATEMENTS LYNNFIELD CENTER WATER DISTRICT
Real Estate Personal
Levy of 1947 ..
$
3.84
Levy of 1948. 5.20
Levy of 1949. 251.38
Levy of 1949 ..... $1.02
Total
$260.42
Total
$1.02
Board of Assessors, Lynnfield, Mass. Stanley G. Thwing, Chairman Kenneth A. Worthen Stanley E. Flagg
Assessed Valuation
6,865,500.00
Total Appropriation 323,738.06
General Government
6.80%
Protection of Persons and Property 14.37%
Health and Sanitation
3.28%
Highway
14.95%
* Charities
16.95%
Veteran Service
.26%
Schools
39.55%
Libraries
.77%
Recreation
1.43%
Pensions
.31 %
Unclassified
1.33%
Total
100.00%
*The item of Charities is a per-cent which is two-thirds to three-quarters reimbursed to the Town by the Com- monwealth and the Federal Govern- ment.
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Report of TOWN TREASURER
To the citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
I herewith submit my report as Town Treasurer and custodian of Trust Funds.
Respectfully submitted, Harry W. Higgins Town Treasurer
TRUST FUNDS
George N. Blake Library Fund
4,000.00
Adelia J. Clough Library Fund
300.00
George L. Hawkes Library Fund
500.00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund
1,000.00
Mary U. Nash Improvement Fund
2,121.68
Legion Memorial Fund
1,431.88
Liability Insurance Fund
1,000.83
Various Cemetery Funds
18,464.34
EARNINGS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
George N. Blake Library Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949
4,000.00
Interest and Dividend received in 1949 80.00
4,080.00
Interest and Dividend withdrawn for Library 80.00
On deposit December 31, 1949 4,000.00
4,080.00
Adelia J. Clough Library Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949
300.00
Interest received in 1949
6.00
306.00
Interest withdrawn for Library
6.00
On deposit December 31, 1949
300.00
306.00
George L. Hawkes Library Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949
500.00
Interest received in 1949
10.00
510.00
Interest withdrawn for Library
10.00
On deposit December 31, 1949
500.00
510.00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949
1,000.00
Interest received in 1949
20.00
1,020.00
Interest withdrawn for Library
20.00
On deposit December 31, 1949
1,000.00
1,020.00
Mary U. Nash Improvement Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949
Interest in 1949 (Wakefield Savings Bank)
Interest in 1949 (Mechanics Savings Bank)
22,64
2,158.68
Withdrawn from Wakefield Savings Bank
30.00
2,128.68
On deposit Dec. 31, 1949 (Wak. Sav. Bank)
903.68
On deposit Dec. 31, 1949 (Mech. Sav. Bank)
1,225.00
2,128.68
Legion Memorial Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949 Interest received in 1949 28.20 1,431.88
On deposit December 31, 1949
1,431.88
Liability Insurance Fund
Amount of Fund January 1, 1949 1,701.89
Interest in 1949 (Dorchester Savings Bank) 7.82
Interest in 1949 (Wakefield Savings Bank) 19.08 1,728.79
Withdrawn from (Wakefield Savings Bank) 727.96
1,000.83
On deposit Dec. 31, 1949 (Wak. Sav. Bank) 603.04
On deposit Dec. 31, 1949 (Dor. Sav. Bank) 397.79
1,000.83
TREASURER'S RECEIPTS AND CASH BALANCE
James Reed Fund
25.00
George N. Blake Fund
80.00
A. J. Clough Fund 6.00
George L. Hawkes Fund
10.00
Mary U. Nash Fund
20.00
Susan Brown
16.78
Emerson Endowment
57.50
Nash Improvement Fund Withdrawal
30.00
Interest on Cemetery Endowments Withdrawn
281.50
Liability Fund Withdrawal
727.96
New Endowments
600.00
Received for opening graves
75.00
Library fines
136.40
Borrowing on notes
326,505.38
Board of Appeal
74.00
Dog licenses
1,073.80
Sealer of Weights and Measures
61.80
Building Permits
977.00
Plumbing Permits
652.00
Teachers Retirement
2,333.33
Essex County Retirement
3,272.92
Blue Cross Receipts
904.95
Withholding Tax Receipts
10,250.18
Sale of Rehabilitation Bonds
20,952.00
Miscellaneous Reimbur sements
917.61
Planning Board
30.00
Licenses-Permits
262.50
Liquor Licenses
3,350.00
Old Age Reimbursements
1,805.46
Recovery Account
2,073.80
Rent of Town Buildings
33.00
Rent of School Property
300.00
Private Moth Work
699.80
Sale of School Lunches
8,404.62
Rent of Highway Equipment
87.20
Settlement of Claims by Town
1,900.00
Interest on deposits, Day Trust Company
46.91
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Income Taxes
40,170.74
Corporation Business Taxes
21,850.86
Loss of Taxes
18.59
Old Age Assistance
13,743.93
Aid to Dependent Children
2,479.09
Tuition of Welfare Children
Old Age Tax-Meals
874.65
Vocational Education
152.31
Chapter 90 Construction and Maintenance
6,000.00
School Lunch Fund
3,929.35
Veterans Service
404.98
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2,117.65 18.39
1,403.68
Report of TOWN TREASURER
FEDERAL GRANTS
TAX TITLE
Old Age Assistance Costs of Administration
19,861.11
Real Estate
Interest and Costs
Aid to Dependent Children
2,702.76
Sale of Property
ESSEX COUNTY
Total receipts for 1949
808,465.58
Chapter 90 County Share
2,500.00
Total for 1950
Care and Feed of Dogs
131.00
Payments by warrants
Dog license, refund
743.80
Cash on Hand and in Banks, Dec. 31, 1949
373,353.13
TAXATION
Real Estate
254,845.13
Personal Property
16,158.32
Poll Tax
2,180.00
Motor Vechicle
27,750.60
Costs, Interests, Fees
577.54
Anyone interested in receiving information concerning their endowment fund may do so by contacting the treasurer's office.
Report of TAX COLLECTOR
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES Year Ending December 31, 1949
Commitments
Collected
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