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36.34
Returned to Taxes
174.40
Abatement
19.24
Adjustments
1,468.91
Transferred from General Appropriations
11,926.44
Transferred to Tax Title Loan Reserve
$ 20,474.03
Transferred from Tax Title Account
40,462.49
Adjustments
77.12
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
24,824.30
$ 85,837.94 $ 85,837.94
310
VALUATION
Real Estate $ 15,563,220
Personal Estate 1,023,048
$ 16,586,268
Tax Rate $34.70
TAXES
Real Estate
$540,047.03
Personal Estate 35,500.18
$575,547.21
APPROPRIATIONS
Town Exp. Debt, etc .:
March 1936 $671,799.87
December 1935
14,725.84
Deficit 1932 Overlay
85.11
O. A. A. Abatements .
: 50.00
Water Dept. 54,800.00
Sewer Dept. 11,200.00
State Tax 24,300.00
State Hosp. Care 142.40
Parks and Reservations 232.47
Met. Sewer Tax
8,231.38
County Tax 24,057.79
Overlay 1936
3,138.19
Poll Taxes :
3245 at $2 $ 6,490.00
$812,763.05
Less Estimated Receipts :
General $150,000.00 -
Water Dept.
Reserve
$
5,926.72
Receipts 48,873.28
$ 54,800.00
Sewer Dept .: :
Reserve $ 2,889.23
Receipts
8,310.77
$ 11,200.00
Available Funds
14,725.84
$230,752.84
$582,037.21
$582,037.21
.
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TOWN DEBT DETAIL OF MATURITIES
Municipal
Relief Loan
Chap. 300
Acts 1935
Municipal
Light
Dept.
Sewer Dept.
Water Dept.
Mun. Building
Police Station
Fire Engine
Water
Filtration
Plant Loan
Total
1937
$ 4,000.00
$ 9,500.00
$ 8,000.00
$ 6,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 41,500.00
1938
4,000.00
9,500.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
38,500.00
1939
3,000.00
9,500.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
600.00
5,000.00
37,100.00
1940
3,000.00
8,000.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
30,000.00
19-11
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
26,000.00
19-2
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
26,000.00
1943
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
23,000.00
1944
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
23,000.00
1945
3,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
20,000.00
1946
2,000.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
10,000.00
1947
2,000.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
1948
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
1949
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
1950
2,000.00
2,000.00
1951
2,000.00
2,000.00
$ 29,000.00 $ 76,500.00 $ 82,000.00 $ 50,000.00
$ 2,000.00 $ 15,000.00
$ 3,600.00 $ 37,000.00
$295,100.00*
* Does not include Tax Title Loan, $25,000.
ACCOUNTING LOANS, ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936 Issued in 1936 :
$250,000.00
Mon. Due Purchased by Rate Amount
1936 Feb. Nov. 2nd. Nat'l Bank, Boston
.445 $200,000.00
1936 Nov. Nov./37 2nd. Nat'l. Bank, Boston
.52 250,000.00 450,000.00
$700,000.00
Paid in 1936 :
May
$ 50,000.00
Nov.
400,000.00
$450,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
$250,000.00
ACCOUNTING TRUST FUNDS
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$231,004.96
Bequest, Horace G. Wadlin Estate
1,725.84
Income, etc., Hospital Fund
5,609.06
Bequest Cemetery Fund
3,040.00
Income Cemetery Fund
2,269.87
Income R. H. S. Scholarship Fund
145.21
Income Library Fund
26.74
Payments for Hospital Care, etc.
$ 4,146.62
Payments for Care Cem. Lots
2,306.23
Payments for Library Books
76.50
Payments for Scholarship
50.00
Transfer Cash in Closed Bank
1,122.59
Adjustment
106.25
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
236,013.49
$243,821.68
$243,821.68
HOSPITAL FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$155,598.12
Receipts Income Refund
10.00
P .: ya ents for Hospital Care
$ 4,046.62
Payments for Administrative Expense
100.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
157,060.56
5,599.06
$161,207.18 $161,207.18
213
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 69,196.99
Bequests
3,040.00
Income
2,269.87
Payments for care endowed lots
$ 2,306.23
Adjustment
106.25
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
72,094.38
$ 74,506.86 $ 74,506.86.
READING HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 5,146.64
Income
145.21
Payment Scholarship
$ 50.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
5,241.85
$ 5,291.85
$ 5,291.85.
PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 1,063.21
Income
26.74
Payment for Books
$ 76.50
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
1,013.45
$ 1,089.95 $ 1,089.95
HORACE G. WADLIN FUND
Bequest
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
$ 1,725.84 $ 1,725.84
STATEMENT OF INVESTED FUNDS
Cemetery Bequest Fund
Investments Listed at Par :
$5,000 N. E. Tel. 1st Mort. 5's Series A 1952 $ 5,000.00
$5,000 No. Pac. Ry. Ref. & Imp., 6's Series B 2047 5,000.00
$4,000 N. Y. C. R. R. Ref. Imp., 5's Series C 2013 4,000.00
Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston, No. 10672 6,207.71
Home Savings Bank, Boston, No. 368,204 9,939.00
314
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, No. 948,228
9,346.49
Andover Savings Bank, No. 40,177 4,369.33
Cambridge Savings Bank, No. 89,112 4,347.47
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence, No. 230,779 4,434.08
Mechanics Savings Bank, Reading, No. 5103 6,621.78
Mechanics Savings Bank, Reading, No. 10,714 1,878.55
Malden Savings Bank, No. 137,262
5,424.05
Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank, No. 61,052 5,350.91
Cash in General Funds 175.00
$ 72,094.38
Library Fund
Investment :
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, No. 987,334 $ 1,013.45
Horace G. Wadlin Fund
Investment :
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, No. 1,079,095
$ 1,725.84
Reading High School Scholarship Fund
Investments :
Andover Savings Bank, No. 39861 $ 1,000.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, No. 161,863 3,000.00
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence, No. 230,306 1,000.00
First National Bank, Reading, Savings Dept., No. 5624 . .
239.53
Cash in Closed Bank 2.32
$ 5,241.85
Hospital Fund
Investments listed at par :
$5,000 Chicago B & Q R. R. Co., Ill., Div. "M" 31/2's, 1949 $ 5,000.00
$5,000 Conn. Lt. & Power Co., 1st Ref. S. F. 41/2's 1956 Series C 5,000.00
$1,000 Conn. Lt. & Power Co., 1st Ref. S. F. 7's 1951 Series A 1,000.00 $5,000 Consolidated Gas of Baltimore Gen. M 41/2's, 1954 5,000.00
$5,000 Ill. Cent. R. R. Co., Tr. 4's, 1952
5,000.00
$5,000 Ill. Cent. R. R. Co., St. Louis Div. 1st M 3's 1951 5,000.00
$5,000 U. S. Treasury Bond 41/4's, 1952 5,000.00
$10,000 U. S. Treasury Bonds 2 7/8's 1938 10,000.00
315
$5,000 Kings Co. Elec. Lt. & Pow. 5's 1937 ... 5,000.00
$5,000 N. Y. Tel. Co. 1st Gen. M 41/2's, 1939 5,000.00
$5,000 Old Colony R. R. 1st 5's 1945 5,000.00 $5,000 Penn. R. R. Co. Gen. Mort. 41/2's 1965 5,000.00
American Mfg. Co. Common, 72 Shares
1.00
Home Bleachery & Dye Wks, Pfd. 2 Shares
11.00
Sharp Mfg. Co., Pfd, 55 Shares
1.00
Sharp Mfg. Co. Com., 20 Sh's (10921300)
1.00
Andover Savings Bank, No. 39860
7,282.42
.. Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, No. 162,338
7,445.15
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence, No. 230,778 .. Mechanics Savings Bank, Reading, No. 9189 First Nat. Bank, Reading, Savings Dept., No. 6435
5,364.49
Warren Institute for Savings, Boston, No. 135,648
10,301.68
Chelsea Savings Bank, No. 154,784
9,156.05
Malden Savings Bank, No. 141,347
5,284.82
Provident Inst. for Savings, Boston, No. 615,034
8,050.15
Suffolk Savings Bank, Boston, No. 544,673
2,008.33
Franklin Savings Bank, Boston, No. 187,890 .
2,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank, Danvers, No. 2189
1,002.50
Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank, Woburn, No. 63,401
4,500.00
Cash in General Funds
6,876.71
Cash in Closed Bank
1,120.27
$157,060.56
I hereby certify that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 55, Chapter 41, of the General Laws, I have audited the accounts of the Commissioners of Trust Funds, have examined the securities and veri- fied bank balances and report the foregoing to be a true and accurate statement, December 31, 1936.
LEON G. BENT,
Town Accountant.
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7,390.31
18,263.68
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1936 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash-in Banks and Office : General:
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue 1936 $250,000.00
Unencumbered
$173,620.41
In Closed Bank
1,393.97
Petty Cash :
In Anticipation of Federal Grant 15,000.00
Municipal Light Department
250.00
Water Department
100.00
Public Welfare Department
50.00
Soldiers' Relief Department
25.00
Guarantee Deposits :
Cemetery
$ 85.00
Municipal Light Consumers
8,109.81
8,194.81
Premium on Loans
332.89
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
175.00
Hospital Fund Income
6,876.71
Sale of Land
1,348.25
Levy of 1934
$ 420.52
Cemetery Reserve Fund
6,789.68
Levy of 1935
10,767.93
Water Reserve Fund
4,721.38
Levy of 1936
184,853.76
Sewer Reserve Fund
2,791.71
Tax Title Advance Payment
25.00
Surplus War Bonus Fund
4,069.82
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
County Tax
147.44
Levy of 1934
$ 901.10
56.29
Levy of 1935
2,151.29
State Taxes . Dog License Fees-Due County
$ 34.80
Levy of 1936
3,763.63
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
41,489.48
$ 6,816.02
$281,000.00
Library
15.00
Municipal Light Consumers' Deposit Fund . 8,109.81
$183,564.19
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
$196,042.21
In Anticipation of Reimbursement by State and County 16,000.00
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1936 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Special Assessments :
Special Funds :
Moth 1935
$
25.00
Public Welfare
$ 31.99
Moth 1936
243.50
Reading Publicity Booklet 68.57
Sewer assessments added to Taxes 1936
143.85
Morrison Fund
136.20
Sidewalk and Curbing Assessments added to taxes 1936 255.13
Betterment Assessments added to Taxes 1935
$
351.10
Tailings
$ 216.02
Betterment Assessments added to Taxes
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
$ 2,636.90
1936 424.00
Overlays Reserved for Abatements of Taxes :
Committed Sewer Assessment Interest
37.49
Levy of 1934
$ 394.63
Committed Sidewalk and Curbing Assess- ment Interest ..
47.57
Committed Betterment Assessment Interest
176.49
$ 4,069.76
Sidewalk and Curbing Assessments Unap- portioned ...
819.42
Betterment Assessments Unapportioned ...
1,827.69
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$ 6,816.02
Moth Assessment
268.50
Sewer Assessment and Interest
181.34
Sewer Rentals
$ 1,390.51
Sidewalk and Curbing Assessment and Interest
1,122.12
Tax Titles
38,520.48
Tax Title Possessions
3,517.85
Sewer Rental
1,390.51
Tax Title
42,038.33
Departmental
54,903.88
Departmental :
Water
2,473.00
Moth and Tree Work
$ 1,241.25
Municipal Light
36,841.35
Health
3,550.55
Cemetery Lots and Bequests
251.25
$149,063.58
Baseball Fund
19.10
$ 255.86
Levy of 1935
3,675.13 .
$ 4,351.24
Betterment Assessment and Interest 2,779.28
$ 42,038.33
Public Welfare 39,041.53 8.00 Old Age Assistance State and Military Aid 1,767.50 School
9,243.95
Public Works
51.10
Reserve for Cash in Closed Bank $ 1,393.97 Surplus Revenue ( E & D Account) 24,824.30
$ 54,903.88
Water Rates
$ 1,954.21
Water Liens
490.97
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1935
23.78
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1936
4.04
$ 2,473.00
Municipal Light Rates
$ 36,051.17
Municipal Light Notes Receivable
790.18
$ 36,841.35
Cemetery Lots-Deferred Payments
141.25
C'emetery Perpetual Care Bequests-Defer- red Payments
$ 110.00
$
251.25
$ 5,250.00
4,250.00
189.26
155.74
Snow and Ice Acct. Overdraft
1,998.67
State Aid to Highways County Aid to Highways Overlay Deficit 1936 Metropolitan Sewer Asst. Deficit
$541,115.0.
$541,115.55
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1936 DEFERRED ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
$ 1,256.88
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue :
$ 305.39
Apportioned Betterment Assessments Not Due
4,353.89
1938
285.81
1939
285.78
1940
259.42
1941
86.75
1942
14.93
1943
14.94
1944
3.86
Apportioned Sidewalk and Curbing Assessment Revenue :
Due in 1937
$ 489.18
1938
418.31
1939
318.07
1940
221.09
1941
112.64
1942
55.52
1943
29.68
1944
16.90
$
1,256.88
Apportioned Sidewalk and Curbing Assessments Not Due
1,661.39
Due in 1937
.
$ 1,661.39
Apportioned Betterment Assessment Revenue :
Due in 1937
$ 795.24
1938
727.30
1939
704.63
1940
671.37
1941
624.41
1942
425.76
1943
180.46
1944
164.47
1945
60.25
$ 4,353.89
$ 7,272.16 DEBT ACCOUNTS
$ 7,272.16
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
Tax Title Loan 25,000.00
Municipal Building Loan
$ 2,000.00
Police Station Loan
15,000.00
Fire Equipment Loan
3,600.00
Sewer Loan
82,000.00
Municipal Relief Loan
29,000.00
Tax Title Loan
25,000.00
$156,600.00
. :
$295,100.00
General Debt :
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1936
DEBT ACCOUNT
Public Service, Enterprise Debt : Municipal Light Loan $ 76,500.00
Water Loan 50,000.00
Water Filtration Plant Loan 37,000.00
163,500.0
$320,100.00
$320,100.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $237,136.08*
Hospital Fund
$157,060.56
Cemetery Bequest Fund
72,094.33
R. H. S. Scholarship Fund
5,241.85
Library Fund 1,013.45
Horace G. Wadlin Fund
1,725.84
$237,136.08
$237,136.03
* Includes $1,222.59 in closed bank.
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Taxes 1931
Uncollected December 31, 1935
$ 69.53
Interests and Costs Collected
100.20
Paid Treasurer
$ 169.73
$ . 169.73 $. 169.73
Taxes and Assessments 1933
Uncollected December 31, 1935
$ 251.95
Interest and Costs Collected
26.11
Paid Treasurer
$ 152.70
Abated
125.36
$ 278.06 $ 278.06
Taxes and Assessments 1934
Uncollected December 31, 1935
$ 21,505.40
Transferred from Tax Title Account
159.08
Refund Account Excise Tax
2.57
Interest and Costs Collected
942.82
Paid Treasurer
$ 5,991.07
Transferred to Tax Title Account
14,701.75
Abated
595.43
Uncollected December 31, 1936
1,321.62
$ 22,609.87 $ 22,609.87
Taxes and Assessments 1935
Uncollected December 31, 1935
$193,126.19
Transferred from Tax Title Account
203.20
Refunds Account Taxes
129.29
Interest and Costs Collected
6,763.45
Refund Account Interest and Costs
7.47
Additional Commitment
174.64
Paid Treasurer
$172,127.69
Transferred to Tax Title Account
13,763.72
Abated
736.61
Transferred to Deferred Payments
* #428.94
Refund Account Interest and Costs
7:47
Uncollected December 31, 1936
13,339.81
$200,404.24 $200,404.24
323
Taxes and Assessments 1936
General Tax Warrant
$605,112.53
Interest and Costs Collected
680.95
Refunds Accounts Taxes
1,313.10
Over Paid
.02
Paid Treasurer
$392,112.96
Transferred to Tax Title Account
12,795.74
Abated
12,269.15
Uncollected December 31, 1936
189,928.75
$607,106.60
$607,106.60
Sewer Rentals
Uncollected December 31, 1935
$ 1,805.89
Committed, 1936
8,161.21
Interest Collected
83.74
Refunds
10.86
Paid Treasurer
$ 7,890.21
Transferred to Tax Title Account
771.48
Abated
9.50
Uncollected December 31, 1936
1,390.51
$ 10,061.70 $ 10,061.70
Highway Betterment
Commitments, 1936
$ 2,324.54
Paid Treasurer
$ 496.85
Apportioned 1937 to 1946
1,827.69
$ 2,324.54
$ 2,324.54
Advanced Payment Apportioned Highway
$ 108.87
Interest and Costs Collected
2.34
Paid Treasurer
$ 111.21
$ 111.21
$ 111.21
Sidewalk Betterment
Commitments, 1936
$ 1,219.07
Paid Treasurer
$ 367.73
Apportioned 1937 to 1946
851.34
$ 1,219.07 $ 1,219.07
324
Advanced Payment Apportioned Sidewalk
$ 54.42 .98
Interest and Costs Collected
Paid Treasurer
$ 55.40
$ 55.40
$ 55.40
Sewer Betterment
Advanced Payment Apportioned Sewer
$ 22.40
Paid Treasurer
$ 22.40
$ 22.40
$ 22.40
Water Liens Added to Taxes
Uncollected December 31, 1935
$ 141.85
Interest and Costs Collected
1.89
Paid Treasurer
$ 16.64
Added to 1936 Taxes
127.10
$ 143.74 $ 143.74
Water Liens Not Added to Taxes
Commitments, 1936
$ 671.32
Interest and Costs Collected
9.30
Paid Treasurer
$ 189.65
Uncollected December 31, 1936
490.97
$ 680.21
$ 680.21
Recapitulation
Total receipts from taxes and assessments :
Taxes
$541,078.33
Highway assessments and interest
1,986.18
Sidewalk assessments and interest
1,263.27
Sewer assessments and interest
8,328.98
Water Liens
322.58
Motor Vehicle assessments
18,110.12
Interest, costs, etc.
8,735.67
$579,825.13
Paid to Treasurer as per Treasurer's Receipts .
$579,825.13
GRACE V. VIALL, Collector of Taxes.
325
REPORT OF THE TREASURER For the Year Ended December 31, 1936
The transactions in the General Cash Account, in summary form, were as follows:
Balance January 1, 1936
$188,715.21
Receipts :
Grace V. Viall, Collector
$579,825.13
Municipal Light Department 343,525.24
Water Department
53,271.61
School Department
31,141.83
Cemetery Department
7,331.24
Tree Warden and Moth Departments
722.00
Library
502.17
Hearings, Licenses and Permits
1,028.79
Other Departmental Receipts
6,498.93
Refunds to Welfare and Soldier's Relief
Departments, including Federal Grants for Old Age Assistance
32,252.79
Temporary Loans in Anticipation of 1936 Revenue
450,000.00
Filtration Plant Loan
15,000.00
Highway Construction Loan
16,000.00
Tax Title Loan
25,000.00
Federal Grant for Filtration Plant
29,250.00
Com. of Mass., Taxes
34,300.30
Com. of Mass., Soldier's Benefits
1,772.82
State and County for Highways
6,500.00
Municipal Light Dept., Transfer of Income
20,000.00
Redemption of Property, Taxes, Interest and Costs
32,425.04
Trust Funds Transfers
28,161.54
Trust Funds Income
4,622.50
Dividend from Trustees-Closed Bank
1,393.96
Bequest for Library Fund
1,725.84
Miscellaneous
3,071.61
Total Receipts
$1,725,323.34
$1,914,038.55
Disbursements :
Temporary Loans
$
450,000.00
Funded Debt ... 71,000.00
Tax Title Loans
25,000.00
326
Interest
14,238.95
State Taxes and Assessments
33,005.70
County Taxes
23,910.35
Other Disbursements
1,123,263.14
Total Disbursements $1,740,418.14
Balance December 31, 1936 Funded Debt
$ 173,620.41
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$365,100.00*
Bonds and Notes Issued in 1936
$366,100.00
Bonds and Notes Paid in 1936
71,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936
295,100.00*
$366,100.00
* Exclusive of Tax Title Loan of $25,000.00
Notes Issued in Anticipation of Revenue
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$250,000.00
Notes Issued in 1936
450,000.00
$700,000.00
Notes Paid in 1936
$450,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936
250,000.00
$700,000.00
Special Loans
Outstanding January 1, 1936:
Tax Title Loan of Oct. 1935 .
$ 25,000.00
Issued in 1936 :
Filtration Plant Loan $ 15,000.00
Highway Construction Loan 16,000.00
Tax Title Loan
25,000.00 56,000.00
$ 81,000.00
Paid in 1936:
Tax Title Loan of 1935
$ 25,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936 :
Filtration Plant Loan
$ 15,000.00
Highway Construction Loan
$ 16,000.00
Tax Title Loan of 1936
25,000.00 $ 56,000.00
$ 81,000.00 A more detailed statement of receipts and disbursements and a statement of the Trust Funds are presented in the report of the Town Accountant.
PRESTON F. NICHOLS,
Treasurer.
327
REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
This Board organized on March 2, 1936 by electing Arthur S. Cook, Chairman, Edgar Frost, Secretary, George E. Horrocks being the third member of the Board. Christine F. Atkinson and Helen W. Brown were retained as office assistants. Gladys R. Dickinson and Ruth T. Van Horn were appointed Assistant Assessors.
The Field Work of the Assessors began on January 2, 1936 and continued until completion.
It is encouraging to note that new construction in Reading showed a material increase in the number of dwelling houses over that of the previous year, with a corresponding increase in valuation of buildings, amounting to $66,615.00.
A slight loss in total valuation of taxable property and a very ma- terial increase in the amount necessary to be raised, was reflected in an increase of $2.70 per M. in the tax rate.
All abatement and exemption requests received were promptly acted upon and decisions rendered in accordance with our best judge- ment ;.
Meetings of the Board are held Friday evenings at the Municipal Building from 7:30 to 9:00 p. m. for the convenience of citizens wishing to confer with the Board.
The summary of activities for the year of 1936 is as under :
VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY
Buildings, exclusive of land
$ 11,988,065
Land,: exclusive of buildings
3,575,155
Personal Estate
1,023,048
Total
$ 16,586,268
Amount appropriated for
Town purposes
$ 686,525.71
Overlay Deficit, 1932.
85.11
Old Age Assistance Abate- : : ments 50.00
Amount to be paid for State
.. and County
56,964.04
Overlay
3,138.19
$ 746,763.05
328
Less Estimated Receipts $ 135,800.00
Less Excise Tax .
14,200.00
Less 3245 pools @ $2.00
6,490.00
Less Available Funds
Amount to be raised
14,725.84 $ 171,215.84 $ 575,547.21
Tax rate for 1936 (Amount to be raised divided by Total Taxable Valuation)-$34.70 per M.
Recapitulation
Real Estate Tax
$540,047.03
Personal Estate Tax
35,500.18
Poll Tax
6,490.00
Excise Tax
19,417.56
Moth Assessment
618.00
Betterments :
Sewer
520.25
Sidewalk
755.29
Curbing
76.75
Highway
1,239.48
Water
141.34
Additional Polls
16.00
December commitment for 1936
271.53
$605,093.41
Detail of State and County Taxes
State Tax
$ 24,300.00
State Parks and Reservation Tax
232.47
State Hospital Home Care Tax
142.40
Metropolitan Sewerage Tax
8,231.38
County Tax
24,057.79
Total State and County Tax for 1936
$ 56,964.04
Valuation Comparisons
1935
1936
Inc. Dec.
Val. of Bldgs. only
$11,921,450
$11,988,065
$ 66,615
Val. of Land only
3,604,395
3,575,155
$ 29,240
Val. of Personal Estate
1,062,715
1,023,048
39,667
Val. of Town Property
1,444,270
1,448,345
4,075
Val. of Exempted Prop.
533,415
532,115
1,300
Val. of Excise Tax
588,020
700,210
112,190
December Commitment
1,150
7,825
6,675
Total Town Val.
$19,155,415
$19,274,763
$ 189,555
$ 70,207
Net Increase in Valuation
$ 119,348
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Miscellaneous Data
1935
1936
Inc.
Dec.
Num. of persons, partnerships
and corporations assessed Jan.
1936
2,615
3,168
550
Number of Automobiles as- sessed
3,090
3,325
235
Number of Polls
3,252
3,253
1
Number of Horses
40
31
9
Number of Cows
128
132
4
Number of Neat Cattle
23
19
4
Number of Swine
81
96
15
Num. of Dwelling Houses .
2,562
2,586
24
Num. of Acres of land
5,770
5,770
Number of Fowl
14,099
14,088
11
Population of 1935 Census
10,703
ARTHUR S. COOK EDGAR FROST GEORGE E. HORROCKS
Board of Assessors.
330
REPORT OF CUSTODIAN OF SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' GRAVES
Reading, Mass., Dec. 31, 1936.
The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Reading, Massachusetts.
I herewith submit my report as Custodian of Soldiers and Sail- ors' Graves for the year ended December 31, 1936.
The following Veterans have answered the final Roll Call during the year :
Laurel Hill Cemetery,
Spanish American War :
April 15, 1936, George Copeland, Co. A 6th Mass. Vol. Inf.
Nov. 22, 1936, Charles W. Parker, Co. A. 6th Mass. Vol. Inf. World War :
July 5, 1936, Arthur K. Lowell.
Forest Glen Cemetery :
May 12, 1936, Walter E. O'Connell.
There were nine sunken graves repaired during the year. I find the Veterans's graves are kept in fine condition.
Respectfully, HARRY A. TURNER,
Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors Graves.
331
INDEX
Page 273
Accountant's Report
Births Registered 62
Board of Appeal 91
Board of Assessors 328
Board of Health 100
Board of Public Welfare 109
Director of Old Age Assistance Report 115
Superintendent's Report 111
Board of Public Works 139
Executive Office 191
Highway Department 162
Park Department 176
Sewer Department 182
Superintendent's Report 143
Water Department 143
Cemetery Trustees 106
Forest Glen Cemetery
108
Laurel Hill Cemetery
107
Chief of Fire Department
86
Chief of Police
84
Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves 331
Deaths Registered 74
Dogs Licensed 60
Dog Officer's Report
101
Dutch Elm Disease Committee Report 92
Elections : Town 13
Electric Light Commissioners 225
Manager's Report 226
Auditor's Report
252
Fire Alarm Card Back Page
Forest Warden's Report 88
Inspector of Animals 101
Inspector of Building's Report 91
Inspector of Milk and Food 97
INDEX
Page
Inspector of Plumbing
99
Inspector of Wires 89
List of Jurors 10
Marriages Registered 67
Middlesex County Extension Service 93
Notice to Parents, Housewives, Physicians and Midwives
59
Old Age Assistance Director's Report
115
Planning Board
89
Presidential Primary
40
Public Library Report
102
Publicity Committee's Report
95
School Committee
193 194
Administrative Officers
Age-Grade Table
219
Budget
200 202
Commencement Exercises
220
High School Graduates
221
Report of School Committee
197 198
School Schedule
196
Superintendent's Report
206
Teachers in Service, Dec. 31, 1936
203
Sealer of Weights and Measures
98
Selectmen's Report
79
Soldier's Relief Agent Report
119
Sporting Licenses
61
State Primary
45
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
89
Tax Collector's Report
323
Town Counsel's Report
223
Town Forest Committee
92
Town Meetings
15
Town Officers
3
Town of Reading, Statistics 9
Treasurer's Report 326
Tree Warden's Report
93
W.P.A. Sponsor's Agent Report 120
Change in Personnel
Receipts Not From Tax Levy
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TOWN OF READING FIRE ALARM BOXES (March 1, 1937)
112 113 114 115 12 121 1212 122 123 Haven and High
Woburn and Sanborn Woburn and Bancroft Ave. Mt. Vernon, Chute and School Woburn and High
38 No. Main and Forest
381 Forest east of Colburn Rd.
382 Van Norden Road
39 No. Main and Franklin
*391 Franklin west of Main
392
No. Main and Mill
Haven and Linden
41 Village and Green
124 13 14 141
Main and Washington
Hill Crest Road and Oak
Hill Crest Road and Howard
Main and Minot
44 Salem and Pearl
Summer and Pennsylvania Ave.
Main and South
Summer Ave. and Walnut
Minot and Center Ave.
Walnut and Curtis
46 Pearl and Charles
Summer Avenue and Temple
*461
Pearl and Wakefield
Prescott and Arlington
*47
Charles and Haverhill
Prescott and Sunnyside Ave.
*471 Charles and Wakefield
Pratt and Fairview Ave.
Prescott and Perkins Ave.
West and Howard
*481
Salem and Line Road
County Road
Union Street School (Private)
*483 Haverhill north Bay State Rd.
Lowell and Salem
High School
49
Franklin and Haverhill
Highland School
53
Main and Knollwood Road
Prospect Street School
54
Ash and Cross
Chestnut Hill School
55
Sanford Mills
Woburn and Temple Junior High School, Temple St.
56
Ash and Avon
Mineral and Hancock
*59
Hopkins east of Main
Prospect and King
60
C. H. Bangs Co., Prescott St.
Longview Road
61
Lowell near Linden
Engine 2 House, Woburn st.
611
Home for Aged Women, Linden
Berkeley and Fremont
Summer Ave. nr. Prescott
623 School and Dudley
West and County Road
63
Hanscom Ave.
West and King
*632
Hartshorn and Winthrop Ave.
West and Longwood Road
642 Vine and Vale Road
65 Middlesex and Bancroft Ave.
67 Middlesex Ave. and High
68 Grove and Franklin
*681 Grove beyond Franklin
34 Grove and Forest
69
Franklin and Van Norden Rd.
Forest east of Grove
8 Out of Town
81 Call to Wakefield
82 No. Reading State Sanatorium
10 Town Forest off Grove St.
SPECIAL SIGNALS
2
All out signal
22
No school signal
3 followed by box number, 2nd alarm
3 followed in 1 min. by 3, Boy Scout Call
4 followed by box number, 3rd alarm
4 Police call
7 W. P. A. signal
CENTRAL FIRE STATION Telephone Reading 0430 *Transmitter Boxes, sounded only from Central Fire Station
15 152 16 17 18 19 21 211 212 213 214 217 219 221 223 224 225 226 227 228 23 232 24 242 25 252 26 262 27
Central Fire Station Main opp. Pleasant Main and Haven
Green and Ash
414 Green and Beech
42 Haven and John
422 Eaton and Pleasant
43 Salem and John
442 Pierce and Orange
45 Salem and Belmont
452 Salem and Libby Ave.
453
Libby Avenue
*472 Wakefield and Haverhill
48
Bay State Road
*485 Rifle Range, Rivers Road
*491 Franklin and Pearl
Lowell Street School
551 Sanford Mills
*57 Summer Ave. east of Main
Summer Ave. and Woodbine
62 Spare box
28 29 291
West beyond Longwood Rd. Lowell and Grove
Lowell and Dustin
Lowell and Grand
292 31 312 33
*341 35 No. Main and Locust 36 No. Main and Ridge Rd. 37 No. Main, front of no. 1177
*482 Torre St. and Harvest Rd.
412 Boston Stove Foundry
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