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31.16
Minor expenses 18,82
Dinner for Mr. Anderson $2.00
Lantern operators 5.00
Postage and telephone 1.68
Advertisement in Lowell Sun 3.90
Tax 6.24
Returned to the fund 12.34
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. ROUDENBUSH
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR ALICE M. HOWARD, Secretary MAY E. DAY CHARLES E. CARROLL
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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.
No State Audit was made for the year 1951.
Respectfully submitted,
DANA FLETCHER, Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
Taxes:
Current Year:
Poll
$ 2,240.00
Personal Property
21,187.80
Real Estate
162,668.08
$186,095.88
Previous Years:
Poll
$ 18.00
Personal Property
720.15
Real Estate
10,026.64
$ 10,764.79
Tax Title Redemptions
108.12
Licenses and Permits :
Liquor
$ 3,362.50
One-day Beer Licenses
11.00
Amusement
240.00
Movie
51.00
Common victualler
22.00
Sunday
28.00
Gasoline
34.00
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Pedlar
20.00
Ice Cream
15.00
Milk
13.50
Pistol
5.50
Music
9.00
Oleo permits
3.00
Junk
5.00
Used Car
5.00
Second Hand Auto Parts
5.00
Taxi
1.00
Camp
1.00
Advertising Expense
99.25
$
3,930.75
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax
$ 17,466.99
Retirement System
2,812.35
$ 20,279.34
From State:
Income Taxes
$ 48,539.39
Corporation Taxes
37,118.68
Old Age Meal Tax
861.67
Tuition and Transportation, schools
11,916.30
Franchise Tax
72.51
English-speaking classes
32.50
$ 98,541.05
Dog Taxes:
From town
$
1,156.20
From county
762.69
$ 1,918.89
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
Levy of 1950
$ 2,402.20
Levy of 1951
26,508.01
$ 28,910.21
Isabel F. Hyams Fund Gift 300.00
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Grants from Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance $ 23,685.82
Aid to Dependent Children 3,798.38
Old Age Assistance, administration 1,366.40
Aid to Dependent Children, administration 203.27
$ 29,053.87 $ 120.00
Court Fines
Departmental Revenue:
General Government:
Tax Collector, charges and fees
$ 9.50
Town Hall Rent
154.00
$ 163.50
Health Department:
Subsidy from State
$ 370.71
Sealer of Weights and Measures $
70.10
Highway Department:
Chapter 81 Roads
$ 19,887.97
Chapter 90 Roads
2,398.25
Road Machinery Fund
3,824.50
Work for Individuals
493.41
$ 26,604.13
Veterans' Benefits
$ 1,329.20
Welfare Department:
Infirmary, town
$ 11,960.67
Infirmary, other towns
2,526.94
Aid to Dependent Children
2,512.28
Old Age Assistance:
State
$ 15,846.91
Town
659.35
Refunds
493.93 17,000.19
$ 34,000.08
School Department:
Vending machine
$ 7.65
Tuition
521.86
$ 529.51
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Library, fines and sales Cemeteries :
$ 76.30
Sale of lots
$
75.00
Care of lots
539.00
Digging graves
621.00
Grade grave
20.00
$ 1,255.00
Interest:
Deposits in Savings Banks
$ 707.02
Deferred Taxes
412.70
Metcalf Monument Fund
32.50
Sale of lots
13.87
Tax Titles
9.50
Perpetual Care, Cemeteries
805.00
$ 1,980.59
Interest Withdrawals:
Fletcher Lecture Fund
$ 100.00
Playground Fund
140.00
Cemetery Fund
746.00
$ 986.00
Cemetery Trust Funds:
Perpetual Care $ 1,780.00
Lyman Wilkens Fund
35.00
$ 1,815.00
Sale of Fire Truck
$ 85.50
School Activities Funds:
School Milk Program
$ 2,539.80
School Athletics
474.75
$ 3,013.90
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund door receipts
$ 12.34
Refunds, departmental
$ 391.10
Total Receipts
$452,705.86
Balance, January 1, 1951
143,951.18
$596,657.04
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EXPENDITURES
General Government: Selectmen:
Salaries
$ 845.00
Dues and Expenses
40.00
Printing and postage
46.70
Advertisements
52.32
Walk Town Lines
20.00
$ 1,004.02
Town Accountant:
Salary
$ 1,100.00
Bind ledgers
23.50
Postage and stationery
32.85
Dues
3.00
$
1,159.35
Town Treasurer:
Salary
$ 1,880.00
Bond and insurance
176.50
Envelopes
100.13
Checks
104.87
Repair typewriter
16.50
Dues
2,00
$ 2,280.00
Finance Committee
$ 34.00
License Expense
$
133.39
Town Counsel
$ 300.00
Assessors:
Wages, Assessors
$ 1,497.40
Wages, clerk
115.50
Printing, postage
129.35
Prepare Notice of Tax Taking
35.00
Dues
9.00
$
1,786.25
Tax Collector:
Salary
$ 1,800.00
Bond
271.25
Envelopes and stamps
229.61
Printing and stationery
97.02
Dues
2.00
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Prepare Tax Takings
31.41
Advertisements
57.75
$ 2,489.04
Town Clerk:
Salary
$ 400.00
Recording fees
198.00
Printing
135.93
Oaths to town officials
10.50
Surety bond
7.50
Binding books
54.50
Express charges
2.85
Dues and expenses
64.50
$ 873.78
Registration and Election:
Wages, Registrars' Meetings $ 63.00
Wages, Election Officers
166.00
Listings
809.40
Checkers at Town Meeting
14.00
Stationery and printing
72.81
Advertisements
30.00
Rent of Halls
21.00
Ballots
76.95
Work on Annual Register
45.00
Revise Check Lists
65.00
Metal File Case
84.25
$
1,447.41
Maps and Survey
$ 498.41
Tax Title Expense
$ 510.25
Town Hall:
Salary, janitor
$ 1,681.00
Fuel
912.39
Lights
233.41
Janitor's supplies
95.10
Repairs
168.47
Telephone
255.23
Water
20.00
Clean cesspools
48.00
Postoffice box rent
2.40
$ 3,416.00
$ 15,931.90
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Protection of Persons and Property : Insurance:
Compensation
$ 2,226.98
Fire
2,033.74
$ 4,260.72
Police Department:
Salaries
$ 7,028.00
Special Officers
816.29
Assistant's Car
900.00
Repairs to Equipment
150.53
Police Supplies
34.52
Police Uniforms
99.75
Telephone
273.07
Gasoline and Oil
666.89
Radio Service
65.00
Garage Rent
48.00
Dues and Police Convention
25.00
Insurance
122.25
$ 10,229.30
New Police Cruiser $ 413.33
Fire Department:
Salaries and Wages
$ 2,177.97
Gasoline
254.98
Repairs to Equipment
191.02
Fuel
897.59
Lights
144.51
Repairs to Buildings
332.08
Telephone
253.17
Insurance
1,268.68
Dues
3.00
Supplies for Fire Department
246.19
Covers, clamps, bars
331.43
Water
43.95
Install Sirens
618.60
Hired Trucks
11.20
Tires and Tubes
114.02
Batteries
96.03
Raincoats
126.74
$ 7,111.16
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Salary, Permanent Man
$ 500.00
New Fire Hose
2,025.00
New Boiler, Westford Fire House
554.74
Hydrant Service
4,713.75
Forest Fires:
Forest Warden
$
25.00
Fighting fires
1,356.60
Repairs to equipment
11.02
Supplies and equipment
303.58
Use of equipment
10.00
Gasoline
30.52
Insurance
96.65
Advertisement
5.50
Telephone calls
76.00
$
1,914.87
New Truck, Forestry Department New Forestry Hose 679.20
2,999.32
Tree Department:
Wages for labor
$ 572.40
Equipment
41.65
Gas and oil
8.90
Repairs
30.34
Garage rent
18.00
$
671.29
Improvements to Graniteville Memorial:
Shrubs
$ 132.53
Loam
15.00
Labor
28.40
$
175.93
Moth Department:
Wages for labor $ 523.80
Equipment and repairs
182.57
Gas and oil
59.46
Insurance
57.29
Garage rent
36.00
Insecticide
325.95
$
1,185.07
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Fix Water Hole, Parker Village
125.00
169.50
$ 37,728.18
Health Department:
Administration $ 158.00
Tuberculosis, board and treat- ment
655.50
Nurse, salary
2,300.00
Dairy Inspector
50.00
Car:
Insurance $ 57.97
Gasoline and oil
176.60
Repairs
119.85 $
354.42
Care of dump
456.50
Inspections
39.00
Clinics
200.00
Garage rent
30.00
Medical supplies
66.88
Miscellaneous
30.24
$ 4,340.54
Animal Inspector
200.00
Middlesex County T. B. Hospital
3,411.63
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
1,955.10
$ 9,907.27
Highway Department:
Street Lights $ 7,461.58
Snow and Ice Removal:
Wages
$ 6,116.57
Sand
1,672.68
Salt
1,575.00
Hired trucks
1,541.00
Repairs to equipment
1,011.37
Blades
321.71
Gasoline
716.22
Grease and oil
81.32
Zerex
45.18
$ 13,081.05
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Town Roads Account:
Wages
$ 1,039.85
Building wall
2,565.00
Gasoline
39.00
Stone
295.00
Sand, gravel, etc.
92.26
Cement and lumber
56.40
Use of compressor
20.00
Highway supplies
180.01
$
4,287.52
New Truck, Highway Department
5,038.30
New Road Signs: Lumber
13.50
Chapter 81 Roads:
Wages for Labor
$ 18,234.95
Stone
5,427.46
Sand
322.65
Asphalt
7,146.76
Fence Construction
705.50
Loam
193.50
Culvert Pipe and Blocks
364.99
$ 32,395.81
Chapter 90 Maintenance:
Wages for labor
$ 1,240.85
Stone and gravel
651.78
Asphalt
1,102.30
$ 2,994.93
North Street Reconstruction:
Wages for labor
$ 7,649.60
Culvert pipe
1,171.04
Sand and gravel
294.26
Asphalt
409.29
Grates
280.00
Basin frames
354.22
$ 10,158.41
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Road Machinery Account:
Tires and tubes $ 715.23
Garage rent
825.00
Equipment and repairs
1,595.67
Insurance
657.16
Gasoline
1,118.23
Oil, grease, kerosene
152.67
$ 5,063.96
$ 80,495.06
Welfare Department: (see reports)
Temporary Aid
$ 10,132.25
Town Infirmary
16,558.92
Old Age Assistance
45,288.80
Old Age Assistance, admin- istration
1,390.60
Aid to Dependent Children
7,246.16
Aid to Dependent Children, administration
340.00
$ 80,956.73
Veterans' Benefits :
Administration
$ 580.00
Director of Veterans' Services
100.00
Stationery and photo supplies
21.41
Dues
5.00
Cash grants to individuals
1,158.55
Fuel
270.50
Groceries
649.00
Medical care and hospitalization
93.00
Dental expense
10.00
Clothing
36.82
$ 2,924.28
School Department (see report)
142,218.84
Vocational Tuition
2,505.00
Improvements at Sargent School.
1,175.00
School Activities Funds :
School Milk Program: Milk
$ 2,531.51
Straws
27.64
$ 2,559.15
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School Athletics:
Officials. for games
$ 386.00
Tax on games
77.96
Athletic equipment
886.31
Scorebooks
12.19
Telephone expense
12.75
Recondition athletic equipment
266.50
League dues
10.00
Guarantees
22.35
Miscellaneous
37.68
$ 1,711.74
School Planning Board:
School survey
$ 1,800.00
Prepare school survey reports
172.76
Architect's services
350.00
$
2,322.76
Town Library (see report) 4,342.94
Cemeteries:
General:
Administration $ 200.00
Wages for labor
3,237.75
Trees and Shrubs
250.00
Fertilizer
111.60
New Mowers
431.40
Repairs to equipment
186.56
Safe Deposit Box
12.00
$ 4,429.31
Trust Funds:
Perpetual Care $ 2,585.00
Lyman Wilkens Fund 35.00
$ 2,620.00
$ 7,049.31
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Unclassified:
Whitney Playground:
Wages for labor
$ 660.60
Water
20.00
Repairs and equipment
60.49
Loam and clay
62.15
Hot-top walk on playground
135.00
Repair benches, etc.
256.00
Harrow tennis court
6.00
$ 1,200.24
Town Common:
Salary
$ 300.00
Meter service
12.00
Repairs and equipment
34.98
Christmas tree lights
9.76
New Mower
160.00
Loam and clay
32.75
Lawn seed
19.00
$ 568.49
Metcalf Monument Fund
32.50
Publishing Town Reports
1,107.15
Memorial Day
369.30
Band Concerts
400.00
Unpaid Bill of Previous Years
500.62
Emily Fletcher Lecture Fund
100.00
Middlesex County Retirement System
1,788.00
Claims for Damages
380.00
Civil Defense:
Telephone $ 45.70
For Fire Department:
Sirens
577.31
Rewire sirens
102.00
Connect siren in Nabnassett
26.51
Equipment
150.65
Binoculars
50.00
Radio, speaker, antenna
64.65
Walkie-talkie set
275.00
Portable pump
150.00
Radio set, Forestry department
451.94
Civil Defense supplies
16.94
$ 1,910.70
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Payments to County : Dog Taxes
$ 1,082.40 County Tax
11,203,48
$ 12,285.88
Payments to State:
State parks and reservations ...... $ 528.80 Audit of municipal accounts 818.44
$
1,347.24
Payroll Deductions:
Withholding Tax $ 17,466.99
Retirement System 2,812.35
$ 20,279.34
$ 42,269.46
Abandoned Property, to state Refunds, taxes
21.05
846.75
Total Expenditures
$434,965.42
Balance, December 31, 1951
161,691.62
$596,657.04
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TOWN OF WESTFORD - BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1951 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Sale of Real Estate $ 1,010.00
In Bank and Office
$161,691.62
Accounts Receivable: Taxes :
Tailings 134.41
Highway Road Machinery Fund
3,824.50
Levy of 1950:
Poll $ 2.00
Real Estate
1,620.44
Levy of 1951:
Levy of 1951 1,534.09
4,339.49
Poll
18.00
Personal
749.18
Real Estate
11,924.74
14,314.36
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1951
1,002.71
Tax Titles
1,955.44
Tax Possessions
1,495.66
3,451.10
Tax Titles and Possessions 3,451.10
22,896.10
Temporary Aid
321.93
Unexpended Federal Grants:
Infirmary
439.10
Old Age Assistance-Aid
5,129.31
Aid to Dependent Children
844.45
Old Age Assistance
.83
Schools
148.60
Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
1,752.01
Highway
51.00
Cemetery
182.00
1,987.91
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration 49.16
6,946.64
Levy of 1950 $ 2,805.40
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
8,313.46
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : State and County Aid to Highways 16,454.38
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Tax 1,002.71
Departmental 1,987.91
Departmental:
Old Age Assistance- Administration 16.16
Sale of Lots and Graves Fund 614.03
Dog Licenses-Due County 117.60
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
State Aid to Highways:
Chapter 81
6,454.38
Chapter 90
6,000.00
County Aid to Highways 4,000.00 16,454.38
Underestimates: Middlesex County Tuberculosis : Hospital
730.05
County Tax
451.89
1,181.94
$200,084.02
School Activities Funds: Athletics
96.40
Milk Program --
186.25 282.65
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
4,812.01
Surplus Revenue
146,712.30
Overestimate:
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State Parks and Reservations 80.83
$200,084.02
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
Citizens of Westford:
The Finance Board report is being supplemented this year with a brief explanation of the important changes in the budgets in order that you may be better acquainted with the problems.
ESTIMATED 1952 TAX RATE
The total appropriations as recommended by the Finance Board totals $337,335.00, up $11,290 from 1951. After deducting estimated state and county taxes of $19,000 from estimated receipts of $155,000, this leaves a balance of $201,335 to be raised by taxation. Based on valuations of approximately $4,400,000 this means the rate if the boards recommendations are followed will be approximately $45.70 per thousand valuation. For every increase of $1,000 in expenditures the rate will increase approximately 23 cents.
DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS
Meetings were held with the various departments and agreement was reached on most of the regular budget items. There are minor adjustments of not more than $300 each in several departments, mostly due to salary adjustments and increased cost of supplies. The . major change in requests are as follows:
Schools - The largest increase in the town budget is in the School Department and amounts to $10,600.
Of this $7,865 is for increased teachers' salaries, an increase of $200 per teacher to bring the rate to the state minimum. Increases in supplies, janitors' salaries, bus transportation, and general control and repairs account for the balance.
Vocational Tuition - An increased number of students now num- bering twenty are attending Vocational School.
Registration and Election - Four elections in 1952 necessitates an increase of $1,250 in this budget.
Police - The police requested "increases in salaries of one dollar a day to cover the taxes that the government takes out." The Finance Board cannot recommend an increase on this basis.
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Welfare - The welfare budget is based on the number of cases being handled at the end of the year at the rate prescribed by the state. We are pleased to see an overall reduction in this budget.
In the Infirmary account, the Finance Board has recommended the purchase of a new tractor to replace the present one. It has also recommended a new sink and refrigerator and repairs to the silo.
Assessors - An increase of $300 is recommended primarily to clear the title on certain lots of land that they may be sold by the town and brought back on the list as assessable property.
Town Roads - An increase of $2,000 is recommended in this de- partment. More money is required to meet increased cost of materials and to repair some of the town roads that are in poor condition.
Civilian Defense - The Finance Board has followed the example of many of the other towns of the state in not recommending a larger budget until conditions warrant the expense. Purchases made in 1951 were for equipment currently useful to the town and the Civilian Defense Director is to be commended on the work done.
SPECIAL ARTICLES
The special articles requiring substantial funds are as follows:
Fire Department - In view of the fact that there are several piece of apparatus in town that are eighteen or nineteen years old and because in the near future Westford is faced with the tremendous cost of a new school, it seems advisable to replace one of the pieces of apparatus at this time. We believe a plan for the overall develop- ment of the department should be carefully worked out.
The department has asked for $1,000 for two mobile radio sets. The Finance Board has recommended the base set for the year under the Civilian Defense budget as it is possible the government will re- fund part of the cost. Next year the program should probably be com- pleted with the purchase of the two sets.
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FINANCE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 5.7%
Article No. Department
1951 Expense
1952 Request
Recommended
3- 1
Selectmen
$ 1,004.02
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Finance Committee
34.00
200.00
200.00
License Expense
133.39
150.00
150.00
Town Accountant
1,159.35
1,375,00
1,375.00
Town Treasurer
2,280.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Tax Title Expense
510.25
750.00
750.00
Assessors
1,786.25
2,300.00
2,300.00
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Maps and Survey
498.41
500.00
500.00
3- 1
Tax Collector
2,489.04
2,500.00
2,500.00
Town Counsel
300.00
300.00
300.00
Town Clerk
873.78
937.50
937.50
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New Typewriter - Town Clerk
175.00
175.00
3- 1 Registration and Election
1,447.41
2,800.00
2,800.00
3- 2
Town Hall
3,416.00
3,544.00
3,544.00
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Refinish Lower Town Hall
625.00
200.00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY-10.95%
Article No. Department
1951 Expense
1952 Request $ 4,200.00
Recommended
3-22
Insurance - Fire and Compensation
$ 4,260.72
$ 4,200.00
3- 3 Police Department
10,229.30
10,985.00
10,255.00
3- 4 Fire Department
7,111.16
7,500.00
7,500.00
Fire Dept. - Permanent Man
500.00
500.00
500.00
3- 5 Hydrants
$ 4,713.75
$ 4,770.00
$
4,770.00
45 New Hydrants
204.00
204.00
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New Fire Hose
2,025.00
575.00
575.00
15 Scott Air Pack
225.00
16 New Fire Truck
4,000.00
4,000.00
19 Repairs, Forge Fire House
500.00
500.00
13
Sirens - Forge and Graniteville
14 Radios for Fire Trucks
1,000.00
3- 7 Forest Fires
1,914.87
1,600.00
1,600.00
12
New Forestry Hose
225.00
225.00
3- 6 Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
125.00
125.00
3- 9 Tree Warden
671.29
1,000.00
1,000.00
34 Tree Planting Fund
100.00
100.00
3-10
Moth Department
1,185.07
1,400.00
1,400.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT - 1.54%
Article No. Department
3-11 Health Department
3-12 Cattle Inspector
$ 4,340.54 200.00
1952 Request $ 5,000.00 200.00
Recommended $ 5,000.00 200.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - 12.1%
3-25
Street Lights
$ 7,641.58
$ 8,000.00
$ 8,000.00
42-44
New Street Lights
25.00
25.00
3-13
Snow and Ice Removal
13,081.05
10,000.00
10,000.00
Town Roads Account
4,287.52
7,000.00
7,000.00
5 Chapter 81 Roads
32,395.81
10,125.00
10,125.00
6
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,994.93
1,000.00
1,000.00
7
Road Machinery Account
5,063.96
1,175.50
1,175.50
8
Beaver Brook Road Construction
2,000.00
2,000.00
9 Graniteville Road Construction
1,000.00
1,000.00
26 Sidewalk Repairs
500.00
500.00
CHARITIES - 14.64%
3-14
Temporary Aid
$ 10,132.25
$ 5,100.00
$ 5,100.00
Town Infirmary
16,558.92
17,100.00
17,100.00
Disability Allowance
4,400.00
4,400.00
Old Age Assistance
45,288.80
21,000.00
21,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
7,246.16
1,800.00
1,800.00
1951 Expense
VETERANS' BENEFITS - 0.89%
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Article No. Department 3-15 Veterans' Benefits
1951 Expense
1952 Request 3,000.00 $
Recommended $ 3,000.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - 48.03%
3-16 School Department
$142,218.84
$154,500.00
$154,500.00
3-17 Vocational Tuition
2,505.00
5,300.00
5,300.00
21 Improvement at Frost School
1,225.00
1,225.00
22 School Athletics
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
LIBRARY - 1.09%
3-18
Library
$ 4,342.94
$ 3,700.00
$ 3,700.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED - 3.85%
27
Whitney Playground
$ 1,200.24
$ 1,075.00
$ 800.00
3-19
Town Common
568.49
500.00
500.00
25
Hot-top Common Walk
150.00
150.00
3-26
Finance Committee Reserve Fund
2,497.01
5,000.00
5,000.00
3-21
Publish Town Reports
1,107.15
1,200.00
1,200.00
3-20
Memorial Day
369.30
400.00
400.00
20
Civil Defense
1,910.70
3,045.00
700.00
24
Band Concerts
400.00
600.00
600.00
$ 2,924.28
Article No. Department
1951 Expense
1952 Request 100.00
Recommended 100.00
3-27
Unpaid Bills, others Years
500.62
29
Middlesex County Retirement System
1,788.00
1,874.16
1,874.16
38
School Planning Committee
2,322.76
500.00
500.00
40 Stock Ponds
300.00
300.00
32 Legion - Nabnasset Post - Rent of Quarters
300.00
300.00
33
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Rent of Quarters
550.00
550.00
CEMETERIES - 1.18% 3-24 Cemeteries
$ 4,429.31
$ 4,000.00
$
4,000.00
INTEREST - 0.007%
3-23 Interest on Revenue Loans
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
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Article 10 - The Finance Board does not feel it is advisable to increase the number of Fire Engineers at this time.
Article 17 - The Finance Board does not recom-mend the transfer of the fire truck to Nabnasset.
Article 30 - The Finance Board recommends that the gift of the Solomon Hymes Fund, Inc. be accepted and that a vote of appreciation be extended to the donors.
Article 31 - The Finance Board recommends that the legacy left the town be accepted with appreciation.
Article 37 - The Finance Board recommends that bids be obtained for the purchase of fuel oil for town owned buildings.
Article 39 - The Finance Board recommends that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to appoint a com- mittee to study traffic conditions and make recommendations at the next town meeting.
Article 41 - The Finance Board cannot recommend the acceptance of a public way only 23 feet in width.
Article 46 - The Finance Board does not recommend the use of Available Funds in view of the fact that the town will probably build a new school within the next few years. Cash reserve should remain as high as possible for that purpose.
FINANCE BOARD:
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E. KENT ALLEN HERFORD ELLIOTT W. OTIS DAY ALBERT FORTY ALLISTER MacDOUGALL VICTOR B. DALY
TOWN OF WESTFORD WARRANT
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County,
GREETINGS:
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth afore- said, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet at their several polling places, viz:
PRECINCT 1. Town hall, Westford Center.
PRECINCT 2. Legion Hall, Graniteville.
PRECINCT 3. Nabnassett School, Brookside.
PRECINCT 4. Abbot Hall, Forge Village.
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1952
being the first Monday in said month, at 12:00 o'clock noon for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
FOR THREE YEARS
One Selectman.
One member of the Board of Public Welfare.
One Assessor.
Two members of the School Committee.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
One Trustee of J. V. Fletcher Library.
One member of the Board of Health.
FOR ONE YEAR
One Tree Warden .-
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Center on the following
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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1952
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers and Commit- tees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To determine the salary and compensation of elected officers and officials as provided by law.
ARTICLE 3. To appropriate money to meet the costs and ex- penses of the following departments, officers and purposes:
1. General Government.
2. Town Hall,
3. Police Department.
4. Fire Department.
5. Hydrants.
6. Sealer of Weights and Measures.
7. Forest Fires.
8. Town Forest.
9. Tree Warden.
10. Moth Department.
11. Health Department.
12. Cattle Inspector.
13. Highway purposes.
14. Department of Public Welfare.
15. Soldiers' Benefits.
16. School Department.
17. Vocational tuition.
18. Public Library.
19. Care of Common.
20. Commemoration of Memorial Day.
21. Publishing of Town Reports.
22. Fire and other insurance.
23. Interest on Revenue Loans.
24. Cemeteries.
25. Street Lights.
26. Finance Committee Reserve Fund.
27. Unpaid bills of previous years.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Trea- sury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway maintenance; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Eleven Hundred Seventy-Five and 50/100 ($1175.50) Dollars, or some other sum, for the Highway Machinery Fund, and to transfer a certain sum of money from said Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of recon- structing Beaver Brook Road, contingent upon the State and County contributing towards the cost of said reconstruction; or act in relation thereto.
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