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ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be author- ized to install three street lights on Oak Hill Road.
ARTICLE 8. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are au- thorized to settle on behalf of the Town a claim made against the Town by Henry Payne, Jr.
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the sum of $275.00 be raised and appropriated, or transferred from available funds, for the purpose of paying the amount of the settlement authorized under the preceding Article, and the expenses incurred in connection with such settlement.
ARTICLE 10. A motion to. dismiss this Article was Lost.
Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized in the name and behalf of the Town to sell for such sum as said Selectmen may deem sufficient, a lot of land, including the house lot, not exceeding four acres in all, being a part of the premises devised to the Town un- der the eighth clause of the will of Oscar R. Spalding, late of said West- ford, deceased testate, said devised premises being commonly known as the Snow Swamp lot, and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the Town a good and sufficient deed thereof.
ARTICLE 11. Voted that the sum of $400.00 be raised and appro- priated, or transferred from available funds, for the purpose of defray- ing the expenses of the School Planning Committee appointed under Article 1 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 12, 1949.
ARTICLE 12. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to the Town's withdrawing from the Union Health District known as the Nashoba Associated Board of Health.
ARTICLE 13. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to purchasing gas masks for the Fire Department.
ARTICLE 14. Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the Meeting.
ARTICLE 15. Voted to dissolve the Meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Town Clerk of Westford.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING-NOVEMBER 9, 1949
At a legal Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town Affairs, held at the Town House, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1949, at 8:00 o'clock P. M., the follow- ing business was transacted:
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, being absent, William R. Taylor was nominated Moderator Pro Tem, elected, and sworn in by the Town Clerk, Charles L. Hildreth.
ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,025.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to be added to the sum transferred under Article 5 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 12, 1949, to meet the State's share of . the cost of maintaining Chapter 81 Highways, the reimbursements from the State to be restored, upon their receipt, to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,300.00 be raised and appropriated, or transferred from available funds, and that the sum of $400.00 be transferred from the amount appropriated under Article 3, Item 2 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 12, 1949, the entire sum of $2,700.00 to be used for the purpose of making repairs and improvements to the present heating system in the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and appropriated, or transferred from available funds, in addi- tion to any sums heretofore appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Welfare Department, divided as follows:
Temporary Aid and Infirmary $2,000.00
Old Age Assistance 1,500.00
ARTICLE 4. Voted to accept the minutes of the Meeting.
ARTICLE 5. Voted to dissolve the Meeting.
A True Record, Attest:
CHARLES L. HILDRETH,
Town Clerk of Westford.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen organized in the beginning of the year with Dr. Cyril A. Blaney, Chairman; Edward F. Harrington, Secre- tary; and Thomas W. Gower the third member.
The Annual Audit was made by the Director of Accounts and a copy is printed herein.
New street lights were installed and more are yet to be installed. The Lowell Electric Light Company was asked to take care of the installation as soon as possible.
The streets were marked and new signs were installed at the intersections of the streets.
The Town Hall was refinished upstairs, and the Selectmen's and Board of Health and Welfare rooms downstairs were painted.
More work was completed on Town Farm Road but we still need more funds for its completion. An added part of Groton Road and North Street was completed. Additional appropriations are needed for its completion under the supervision of the State Highway De- partment and our own Superintendent of Streets.
Spraying of the trees for gypsy and brown-tail moth was done very satisfactorily by the Tree Warden.
The heating system was installed in the Town Hall.
The New Graniteville Fire House was completed and accepted. The old fire house was sold by bids to the highest bidder.
The reports of different departments are printed in this report.
Respectfully submitted,
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D. EDWARD F. HARRINGTON, THOMAS W. GOWER,
Board of Selectmen.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen:
The following is my report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1949.
CHAPTER 81 AND GENERAL HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
The usual highway maintenance was carried out this year, which included the use of gravel, tar, asphalt, sand, pea stone and bituminous concrete patch on our various roads and streets that come under our Chapter 81 Contract.
All our town line signs and most of our street signs have been scraped, painted and relettered.
A new bridge was built on Town Farm Road.
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
The usual maintenance of Chapter 90 Highways was carried out again this year under the provisions of the contract.
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
The town completed the construction on Groton Road and started on North Street this year, with funds that were provided for under Chapter 90 Construction Contract.
Respectully submitted,
J. AUSTIN HEALY, Supt.
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Westford, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1949 for the Police De- partment.
Report to the Department of Correction has been made.
Arrests made 24
Assault and battery
8
Abandoned autos 4
Auto Violations 14
Auto accidents
28
Auto transfers
96
Auto registration
12
Auto licenses revoked
19
Appeals cases to Superior court
5
Cases in Ayer Court
26
Collected for liquor licenses
$2,768.00
Complaints against dogs
32
Complaints investigated cruelty to animals
4
Complaints on dead animals left on top of ground
6
Complaints on suspicious persons
22
Camp and houses broken into
7
Dogs killed by automobiles
10
Dogs shot
9
Duty at public gathering
72
Dances
68
Driving under the influence of liquor
7
Driving so as to endanger
6
Disturbance of the peace
21
Drunkenness
21
Driving without a license
5
Fruit thieves
3
Family disturbances
62
Fires attended
12
Funerals attended
26
Idle and disorderly
4
Investigations made
714
Jurors
6
43
In lockup at town farm 24
Breaking and entering in the night time 4
Men taken to Jail 9
Leaving scene after injury to property 1
Larceny complaints 32
Notices posted
36
Non support 3
Public nuisances in beer places
21
Pedestrians struck by automobiles
2
Petty complaints 321
Summonses and notices served 64
8
Electric wires down on street
12
Inspection of camps when roads are open
22
Patients taken to Gardner State hospital
7
Driving so as to endanger
5
Lay watching in different places
7
Incest and rape
1
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Selectmen, Officer Connell, and the other Special Officers of the Town of Westford, also the State Police, for their advice, cooperation and assistance dur- ing the past year.
Respectully submitted,
JOHN F. SULLIVAN,
Chief of Police.
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Warrants served
Malicious injury to property
JURY LIST, 1950
Occupation
Weaver
Maintenance Man
Millhand
Carpentier, Clifford G.
Core Maker
Carver, William K.
Mechanic Clerk
Wool Sorter
Connolly, John E. Cote, Roland J.
Millhand
Courchaine, Donald E.
Millhand
Crickett, Joseph M.
Fireman
Decato, Herbert C.
Restaurant Owner
Denisevich, Anthony J.
Painter
Elliott, Matthew A.
Steam Fitter
Ellison, Frederick J. H.
Wool Sorter
Broadway
Fitzpatrick, Frederick J.
Millhand
7 Palermo Street Main Street, G. Main Street, G. Broadway
Gower, George D.
Hadley, Emerson E.
Sales Manager
Oak Hill Road
Funeral Dir. Apprentice
Second Street Main Street, G. Canal Street
Lavigne, Francis
Laborer
Nabnassett Street
McKniff, James J.
Painter
Orchard Street
McKniff, Thomas J.
Wool Sorter
12 Palermo Street
Miller, F. Everett
Bus Driver
Main Street
O'Connell, John J.
Assembler
Main Street Groton Road
Paduano, Frank Palmer, Warren R.
Garage Owner
Main Street, G.
Peterson, Edgar S.
Salesman
Coolidge Avenue
Poulin, Ernest L.
Research Operator Oak Hill Road River Street
Regan, John E.
Millhand
Reynolds, Maxwell W.
Farmer
Main Street
Scott, David C.
Carpenter
Forge Village Road Maple Street
St. Onge, Edward J.
Machinist
Photographer
Prescott Street
Thompson, Joseph M. Wark, Alfred T.
Wyman, William W.
Carpenter
Wool Sorter
Bradford Street
CYRIL A. BLANEY
EDWARD F. HARRINGTON
THOMAS W. GOWER
Selectmen of Westford.
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Address Forge Village Road Nabnassett Street 1 Canal Street River Street Main Street
5 Prescott Street Main Street, G. Broadway 10 Orchard Street Prescott Street Lowell Road Broadway Patton Road
Forty, Albert H. Gelinas, Wilfred
Clerk
Millhand
Machinist
Healy, James L.
Jewett, Ellsworth J. D. Kavanagh, Norman Kelley, James
Teamster
Millhand
Wool Sorter Lincoln Avenue
Bartender
Machinist Old Lowell Road Groton Road
Young, Wallace N.
February 17, 1950
Name Alling, Francis W. Bale, Frank V. Brule, George J.
Connell, Robert
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Citizens of the Town of Westford:
I herewith present the annual report of the Town Accountant in accordance with the General Laws.
All are reminded by the accountant that all books are open to the public for inspection at any time.
Respectfully submitted,
DANA FLETCHER, Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
Taxes :
Current year
Poll
$ 2,292.00
Personal
17,357.87
Real Estate
140,538.27
$160,188.14
Previous Years:
Poll
$ 12.00
Personal
565.44
Real Estate
12,256.62
$ 12,834.06
Tax Title Redemptions
996.41
Licenses and Permits:
Liquor
$ 3,334.57
Common Victualler
6.00
Amusement
80.00
Theater
51.00
Ice Cream Permits
17.00
Sunday
12.00
Used Car Dealer
5.00
Peddlar
15.00
Taxi
4.00
46
Pistol
5.00
Junk
5.00
Camp Permits
4.50
Milk Permits
11.50
Oleo Permits
3.50
Gasoline
38.25
$ 3,592.32
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax
11,744.72
Retirement System
2,412.48
$ 14,157.20
From State:
Corporation Taxes $ 43,122.72
Income Taxes
49,705.71
Old Age Meal Tax
914.54
Franchise Tax
47.16
$ 93,790.13
Dog Taxes:
From County $ 722.27
From Town
1,038.40
$
1,760.67
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Current Year
$ 16,025.55
Previous Years 377.02
$ 16,402.57 $ 1,010.00
Sale of Real Estate
Hyam Gift Fund 300.00
Grants from Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance $ 21,211.12 Aid Dependent Children 2,418.79
$ 23,629.91
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Court Fines
$ 115.00
Departmental Revenue:
Land Court Refund
30.00
Tailings Account
40.10
Ambulance Fund
10.00
Town Hall:
Rent
$ 260.00
Other
24.72
Tax Collector
$ 284.72 32.46
Welfare:
Infirmary, town $ 8,059.45
Infirmary, other towns
965.44
Temporary Aid
185.00
Aid Dependent Children
1,686.61
Old Age Assistance
15,077.63
$ 25,974.13 400.12
Veterans' Benefits, State
Schools:
Tuition
$ 1,325.20
From State . 6,033.65
Retirement System
354.57
Vending Machine
12.40
Lost Books
3.52
$ 7,729.34
Library, fines and sales 68.91
Sealer of Weights and Measures
70.20
Highway:
Chapter 81
$ 20,801.07
Chapter 90
7,743.44
From County
4,745.26
Machinery Fund
4,719.50
Work for Individuals
452.80
Sale of Materials
116.44
$ 38,578.51
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Cemeteries :
Sale of Lots $ 185.00
Care of Lots
566.00
Digging graves
517.00
Grading lot
5.00
$ 1,273.00
Withdrawals:
Metcalf Monument $ 25.00
Playground Fund
250.00
$ 275.00
Interest :
Perpetual Care $ 628.75
Investment Funds
398.47
Deferred Taxes
440.80
Tax Titles
49.24
Metcalf Monument
32.50
Sale of Lots
6.27
1,556.03 $
Refunds, Departmental
135.66
Cemetery Trust Funds:
Perpetual Care $ 1,170.00
Wilkins Fund
35.00
$ 1,205.00
Total Receipts $406,439.69
Balance on Hand January 1, 1949
97,998.01
$504,437.70
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EXPENDITURES
General Government:
Selectmen:
Salaries and Wages $ 845.00
Advertisements
90.76
Dues
28.00
Stationery and Printing
12.53
$ 976.29
Town Accountant:
Salary
$ 1,100.00
Binding Ledgers
21.00
Advertising
3.75
Stationery and Printing
37.48
Notary Fees
10.62
$
1,172.85
New Adding Machine
186.00
Town Treasurer:
Salary
$ 1,880.00
Printed Envelopes
151.04
Printing and Postage
20.27
Bond and Insurance
172.00
Dues
1.00
$ 2,224.31
Tax Collector:
Salary
$ 1,600.00
Printed Envelopes
171.40
Stationery and Printing
102.55
Surety Bond
209.00
Prepare Tax Takings
53.50
Advertising
65.00
Dues
1.00
$ 2,202.45
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Assessors :
Wages
$ 1,431.50
Clerks' Wages
188.40
Dues
6.00
Printing Maps
16.00
Assessors' Magazine
14.00
Printing and Postage
139.04
$ 1,794.94
License Expense
89.58
Finance Committee
10.00
Town Counsel
300.00
Tax Title Expense
207.47
Maps and Survey
496.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
$ 400.00
Recording Fees
208.00
Surety Bond
7.50
Binding Records
50.00
Stationery and Printing
87.71
Town Clerk Convention and Dues
44.64
Oaths to Officials
10.25
Express Charges
2.57
$ 810.67
Registration and Election: .
Wages, Registrars' Meetings $
63.00
Wages, Election Officers
179.00
Listing
712.00
Rent of Halls
23.00
Advertising
27.00
Checkers, Town Meeting
14.00
Stationery and Printing
77.87
Preparing Register
55.00
Maps
11.60
$ 1,162.47
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Town Hall:
Janitor's Wages
$ 1,680.64
Painting Lower Offices
147.00
Painting Tower
85.00
Janitor's Supplies
153.74
Light
123.24
Telephone
215.59
Repairs to Town Hall
148.12
Fuel
389.22
Water
16.00
Box Rent
1.80
.
$
2,960.35
Plans, Town Hall Heating System
229.60
$ 14,822.98
Protection of Persons and Property :
Insurance:
Compensation
$ 1,657.34
Fire
2,718.68
$ 4,376.02
Police Department:
Salaries
$ 6,396.00
Special Officers
606.50
Assistant's Auto Expense
900.00
Auto Repairs
172.45
Police Supplies
78.83
Tires
77.78
Telephone
226.64
Garage Rent
48.00
Gasoline and Oil
545.28
Radio Service
50.00
Insurance
122.47
Dues and Police Convention
39.00
Printing and Stationery
43.73
Typewriter
116.23
$ 9,422.91
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New Police Car
669.00
New Police Radios
1,050.00
Fire Department:
Salaries
$
1,826.35
Insurance
1,304.35
Repairs and Equipment
587.11
Fuel
744.42
Lights
172.51
Telephone
203.56
Gasoline
226.39
Cylinders for Air Masks
124.07
Extinguishers
146.00
Tires and Tubes
340.83
Department Supplies
168.20
Repairs, Fire Sirens
97.64
Moving Graniteville Siren
121.38
Special Control Circuit
224.15
Batteries and Chains
138.25
Firemen's Boots
70.13
Dues
12.00
Water
27.20
Repair Fire Cottage
277.15
$ 6,811.69
New Fire Hose
$ 650.00
New Graniteville Fire House
2,751.32
Fire Hydrants
4,432.50
Salary, Permanent Man
500.00
Forest Fires:
Payroll and Maintenance
1,584.97
Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
Tree Warden
442.84
New Power Saw
445.00
Moth Department
1,120.59
New Road Signs:
Work on Signs $ 336.97
Street Markings
479.10
$ 816.07
.
$ 35,197.91
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Health Department:
Health Department (see report) $ 3,796.31
Nashoba Health District 1,144.47
Cattle Inspector 200.00
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital
1,574.72
$ 6,715.50
Highway Department:
Street Lights $ 7,155.61
Snow and Ice Removal:
Salaries
$ 4,955.93
Hired Trucks
1,377.80
Sand
942.45
Salt
701.81
Blades for Plows
331.00
Gasoline
747.34
Grease
27.00
Equipment and Repairs
867.19
Anti-freeze
56.16
$ 10,006.68
Town Roads Account:
Salaries
$ 542.65
Lumber
80.33
Asphalt
171.75
Equipment and Repairs
55.60
Cement
58.55
Gravel
39.75
Granite
5.13
$ 953.76
Chapter 81 Roads:
Salaries
$ 15,384.67
Fence Construction
1,087.50
Stone and Gravel
2,402.47
Sand
1,013.20
Asphalt
10,486.51
$ 30,374.35
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New Tractor $ 4,321.19
Chapter 90 Roads:
Salaries
$ 495.52
Sand
162.48
Gravel
412.34
Asphalt
1,171.51
$ 2,241.85
Sidewalk Repairs:
Salaries
$ 208.32
Asphalt
288.96
$ 497.28
Groton Road Construction:
Salaries
$ 7,343.47
Pipe
650.65
$ 7,994.12
Town Farm Road:
Salaries
$ 3,692.14
Granite
316.66
Cement
136.19
Asphalt
69.80
Pipe
2,783.20
$ 6,997.99
Machinery and Equipment:
Equipment and Repairs $ 1,507.90
Gasoline
1,268.11
Grease
71.38
Oil
102.36
Power Gun
120.98
Tires
505.13
Garage
569.00
Insurance
596.35
Paint
11.36
Advertising
3.60
$ 4,756.17
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Sand Spreaders New Snow Plows Hydraulic Lifts for Plows
384.20
754.95
125.85
$ 76,564.00
Welfare Department: (see reports)
Temporary Aid
$ 8,918.25
Infirmary
10,648.86
Old Age Assistance
42,276.88
Aid Dependent Children
7,566.67
Old Age Assistance, administration
1,029.80
Aid Dependent Children,
92.50
administration
$ 70,532.96
Veterans Benefits:
Administration
$ 580.00
Printing and postage
17.82
Dues
5.00
Photo Supplies
6.24
Fuel
141.10
Groceries
987.72
Medical
373.45
Rent
220.00
Cash Grants
355.54
$ 2,686.87
$
2,686.87
School Department (see report)
$127,644.95
Vocational Tuition
1,405.46
School Planning Board
600.00
Library
4,409.52
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Cemeteries:
Administration
$ 200.00
Labor
2,293.70
Granite Markers
148.75
Printing
136.19
Loam
35.00
Trees and Shrubs
237.00
Repairs and Equipment
262.75
Repair Mowers
255.18
Lumber
23.07
New Mowers
236.95
Safe Deposit Box
12.00
$ 3,841.09
Other for Cemeteries:
Perpetual Care
$ 1,773.75
Wilkins Fund
35.00
$ 1,808.75
$ 5,649.84
Unclassified :
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
$ 1,257.57
Town Common
299.21
Whitney Playground
532.82
Whitney Shade Tree
5.00
Metcalf Monument
77.50
Home Economics
10.00
Printing Town Reports
995.28
Tailings
8.00
Memorial Day
343.74
Retirement System
1,525.95
County Tax
9,966.70
Withholding Tax
11,744.72
Retirement System Fund
2,412.48
Dog Taxes to County
1,197.80
Band Concerts
400.00
Claim for Damages
246.50
$ 31,023.27
$ 31,023.27
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State Taxes:
Parks and Reservations $ 436.44
State Audit
499.59
$ 936.03
$ 936.03
Refunds:
Motor Vehicle Excise $ 354.56
Real Estate
49.50
$ 404.06
$ 404.06
Total Expenditures
$378,593.35
Balance on hand,
December 31, 1949
125,844.35
$504,437.70
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TOWN OF WESTFORD - BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1949
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Trust Fund Income:
In Bank and On Hand
$125,844.35
Whitney Playground Fund .... $
38.43
Whitney Shade Tree Fund 28.11
Library
6.17 ef 72.71
-
Due County-Dog Taxes
90.80
Sale of Cemetery Lots
384.81
Real Estate
$ 1,148.55
1,148.55
Levy of 1949:
Poll tax
36.00
Personal Property
692.97
Real Estate
10,364.58
11,093.55
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
Levy of 1949
2,070.97
2,500.00
Levy of 1949
994.17
994.17
Tax Titles
1,022.57
Tax Possessions
1,472.46
Departmental:
Health
202.86
Temporary Aid
2,045.85
Infirmary
421.60
Aid Dependent Children
736.67
Old Age Assistance
194.78
School
28.62
Cemetery
243.00
3,873.38
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise $ 994.17
Departmental
3,873.38
Tax Title Revenue
2,495.03
Highway
1,860.73
9,223.31
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance $ 350.43
31.71 Old Age Assistance, Adm . Aid Dependent Children 506.26
Aid Dependent Children, Adm. 46.86 935.26
Sale of Real Estate
1,010.00
Tailings
136.25
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
5,922.63
Overlay Reserved for Abating: Levy of 1948 $ 429.03
Accounts Receivable: Taxes
Levy of 1948:
Highway-State Chapter 81 1,860.73 Underestimate: State and County Tax 1,156.36
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
Refinish Town Hall $ 800.00 Town Hall Heating System 2,700.00 School Planning Committee 400.00 Celebrating Veterans 1,000.00
4,900.00
Highway Machinery Fund
4,719.50
Overestimates:
Nashoba Health District
---...
$
.03
240.13
$
240.16
Middlesex T. B. Hospital
- --
Surplus Revenue
118,330.69
$148,466.12
$148,466.12
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:
Principal
$ 62,504.19
Income
10,725.31
Whitney Shade Tree Fund $ 2,500.00 Library Trust Funds 13,706.08
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund 2,000.00
Whitney Playground Fund 10,000.00
Metcalf Monument Fund 1,300.00
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund 1,413.11 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 31,585.00
$ 62,504.19
Whitney Shade Tree Income 379.20
Library Trust Fund Income 711.91
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund Income 388.19
Whitney Playground Income ---
326.37
Metcalf Monument Fund Income 602.75
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund Income $
296.80
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income
8,020.09 $ 10,725.31
$ 73,229.50
$ 73,229.50
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR TOWN OF WESTFORD-BALANCE SHEET-MAY 10, 1949 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Payroll Deductions:
Federal Taxes
$
63.44
In Bank and Office $ 72,031.96
Retirement System
42.48
$
105.92
Accounts Receivable:
Dog Licenses-Due County 286.20
Overestimate-County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment, 1948
56.78
Levy of 1948:
Personal Property $ 215.88
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests 100.00
Sale of Lots and Graves Fund
253.54
Levy of 1949:
Poll 1,458.00
7,586.45
Road Machinery Fund
407.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1948
16.00
Levy of 1949
2,714.46
2,730.46
Metcalf Monument Fund 20.00
63.11
Tax Titles 1,489.78
Tax Possessions
1,631.51
3,121.29
Departmental:
Temporary Aid
961.85
Aid to Dependent Children 1,045.89
Old Age Assistance
2,877.55
Tailings
144.25
Unexpected Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children- Aid 245.51
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration 90.99
Taxes:
Real Estate 5,912.57
Sale of Real Estate 300.00
Trust Fund Income: Whitney Shade Tree Fund. 43.11
Infirmary 537.30
Schools
15.76
Veterans' Services
81.30
Cemetery
415.00
5,934.65
Old Age Assistance- Administration 516.40
Old Age Assistance Assistance 6,639.24
State Aid to Highways:
Chapter 81
18,225.00
Chapter 90
2,000.00
County Aid to Highways 1,000.00 21,225.00
Revenue 1949 $283,639.75
Less-Estimated Receipts Collected 71,159.83
$212,479.92
Underestimates:
State Parks and Reservations Assessments, 1948 42.30
County Tax, 1948 514.71
557.01
Accounts to be Provided for:
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessments, 1949
1,574.72
1,604.72
Overlay, 1949
30.00
1,604.72
$327,271.46
.
Appropriation Balances Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlay Reserved for
$210,606.05
5,922.63
Abatements: Levy of 1948 Revenue Reserved Until
463.99
Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise
$
2,730.46
Tax Titles and Tax
Possessions
3,121.29
Departmental
5,934.65
State and County Aid to Highways 21,225.00 ยท 33,011.40
Surplus Revenue
68,058.45
$327,271.46
TRUST FUNDS
Whitney Shade Tree Fund. $ 2,500.00
Library Trust Funds 13,706.08
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund 2,000.00
Whitney Playground Fund.
10,000.00
Metcalf Monument Fund
1,300.00
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund 1,413.11
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
31,235.00
$ 62,154.19
Whitney Shade Tree Fund Income $ 336.51
Library Trust Funds Income ..
519.29
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture Fund Income 370.41
Whitney Playground Fund Income 450.89
Metcalf Monument Fund Income 586.40
Lyman E. Wilkins Cemetery Fund Income 272.82
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Income
7,326.97 $ 9,863.29
$ 72,017.48
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities :
Principal $ 62,154.19
Income 9,863.29 --
$ 72,017.48
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1949.
The three Companies responded to 32 alarms other than Forest Fires, namely: 3 automobile, 3 oil burner, 4 false, 5 chimney, 1 lumber pile, 7 dump, 4 house, 1 garage, i sawdust pile and 3 still. They also responded to 45 brush and grass fires making a total of 77 calls answered.
Mr. Robert Spinner, with the help of Mr. George St. Onge and several others has again done a fine service in operating the ambu- lance. These men responded to 81 calls this year most of which were to Lowell Hospitals. It must be remembered that this service is per- formed free of charge and they are deserving of many thanks.
Only routine maintenance and repairs were required this year and we are pleased to report that all apparatus and equipment is in good shape. All buildings are in good shape with the possible ex- ception of the Westford station which needs general repairs to the lower floor. Water has damaged the floor and it should be protected.
In order to have an extra load of 21/2" hose for the apparatus in each of the three stations it is necessary to maintain a total in- ventory of approximately 7,000 ft. At the present time we have ap- proximately 6,500 ft. including 500 ft. which was purchased this year. Assuming that 500 ft. were purchased each year, this would mean that eventually, our inventory would always include 500 ft. which was at least 14 years old. On this basis we feel that it is logical to continue with this purchase plan.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND D. ROGERS HAROLD E. WRIGHT RICHARD W. HALL.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
Balance on hand January 1, 1949 $ 97,998.01
Total Receipts to December 31, 1949 406,439.69
$504,437.70
Balance on hand December 31, 1949
$125,844.35
Total payments to December 31, 1949
378,593.35
$504,437.70
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE P. GREIG, Treasurer.
REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN
Westford, Mass, Feb. 11, 1950
Board of Selectmen
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