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4,031.37
Fuel
2,883.32
Light
319.71
Water
120.92
Insurance
646.99
Books and supplies
4,196.61
Repairs, maintenance, etc.
3,046.26
Rent
166.00
New equipment
498.20
Truant officer
150.00
Miscellaneous
145.28
$69,667.61
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
335.26
$70,002.87
$70,002.87
Vocational Training
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$1,000.00 760.65
Payments
Tuition at vocational training schools
$1,756.48
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
4.17
$1,760.65
$1,760.65
$70,000.00 2.87
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Public Library
Appropriation
Payments
Salary, librarian
$350.00
Janitor
48.00
Light
19.15
Fuel
30.00
Repairs
23.99
Postage, printing and stationery
7.22
Books and magazines
525.96
Binding
53.55
Furniture
97.50
$1,155.37
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
44.63
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Parks
Appropriation
Payments
Labor
$313.00
Truck hire
15.00
Loam and sod
13.20
Fertilizer
3.00
Flag rope
2.22
$346.42
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
3.58
$350.00
$350.00
Firemen's Pensions
Appropriation
Payments
Payments made under provisions of
Chap. 83, Acts 1928
$1,248.00
Aid to Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics
$50.00
Payments
$50.00
Unclassified
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Payments
Printing Town reports
$326.03
Delivering Town reports
25.00
Certifying Town notes
12.00
$1,200.00
$1,248.00
Appropriation
Material and expenses
$350.00
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Maintenance charge (water bonds) .. 150.00
Rent safe deposit box
10.00
Care of Town Clock
45.00
Care and repairs, Town flag
4.50
Postage, printing and stationery
33.10
Disposal of dogs
31.00
License plates
4.80
$641.43
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
358.57
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
Payments
Music
$110.00
Postage and printing
6.75
Flowers
65.50
Dinners
138.50
Flags
8.50
Transportation
30.00
Ammunition
15.75
Memorial address
25.00
$400.00
$400.00
Water Department
Balance from 1930
$703.17
Water revenue
8,402.90
Services
1,952.43
Hydrant rental
4,920.00
Miscellaneous
693.82
.
$16,672.32
Payments
Salaries and wages
$7,694.50
Pumping station, maintenance
1,042.96
Services, material
1,869.40
Trucks and autos, maintenance
1,271.27
Railroad rent
24.00
Office, rent, light, heat, janitor and supplies
360.56
Tools and equipment
635.28
Insurance
355.07
Miscellaneous
190.72
Maintenance:
Hydrants
16.24
Equipment
397.13
Street Mains
69.54
Well field
5.13
Grading
69.65
· $14,001.45
$400.00
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Balance
2,670.87
$16,672.32
$16,672.32 $2,670.87
Credit Balance to 1932
Glen Road Water Mains-Construction
Appropriation
$1,500.00 4.00
Payments
Wages
$1,261.05
Truck hire
72.50
Tools, supplies and repairs
62.80
Damage
1.50
Grading
.
$1,497.85
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
6.15
$1,504.00
$1,504.00
Woburn Street (North) Water Mains-Construction
Appropriation
Payments
Wages
$1,408.65
Truck hire
75.00
Cast iron pipe
1,836.41
Gates
254.02
Tools, supplies and repairs
233.29
Drilling
89.60
Grading
100.00
$3,996.97
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
3.03
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
Woburn Street (South) Water Mains-Construction
Appropriation
Payments
Wages
90.00
Cast iron pipe
928.62
Gates and castings
258.35
Tools, repairs and supplies
382.13
Damage
137.60
Grading
.
$3,989.45
Unexpended balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account
10.55
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
$2,091.00
Truck hire
1.75
Drilling
100.00
Refund, wages
100.00
$4,000.00
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Cemetery
Appropriation
Payments
Wages
$2,211.70
Team hire
51.88
Compensation insurance
27.08
Tools and repairs
67.00
Fertilizer
46.25
Shrubs
44.63
Stone, gravel and loam
195.00
Iron fence
. .
353.60
$2,997.14
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
2.86
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Cemetery Reserve Fund
Credit balance from 1930
$780.00
Sale of lots and graves in 1931
950.00
Credit balance to 1932
$1,730.00
Interest
Appropriation
$20,844.00
Payments
Interest on:
Temporary loans
$6,018.23
Highway Department loan
21.25
School Department bonds
315.00
Water Department bonds
12,843.75
Emergency loan
164.80
Refunded taxes
17.82
$19,380.85
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
1,463.15
$20,844.00
$20,844.00
Interest 1930 Account
Appropriation
Overdraft from 1930 $124.64
Town Indebtedness
Appropriation
Transferred from Premium on sale of Water Blonds Payments
9,167.25
Water Department bonds
$12,500.00
Highway Department Note No. 55 1,000.00
$3,000.00
$124.64
$11,082.75
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High School House bonds No. 33 and 34 Emergency loan notes, Nos. 83 and 84
1,750.00
5,000.00
$20,250.00
$20,250.00
Trust Funds
Receipts
Perpetual care fund, cemetery lot Susan A. Hamlin ..
$100.00
Perpetual care fund, cemetery lot William H. McCabe
100.00
Income, Sabra Carter Common Fund
8.00
Income, Cemetery Trust Funds
191.00
Payments
To Trustees of Trust Funds, account
cemetery perpetual care funds
$200.00
Labor on Common 8.00
Account Cemetery Lots :
Isaac Cazneau
6.00
Geo. W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker
11.00
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
6.00
William H. Carter
4.00
Dolly Harnden
6.00
Thomas P. Eames
4.00
Sabra Carter
3.00
Rich Carter
2.00
S. D. J. Carter
6.00
James Frazer
10.00
Charlotte C. Smith
2.00
Charles H. Hopkins
6.00
Abner C. Childs
3.00
Gilman C. Harnden
7.00
Laura Parker
2.00
Sarah G. Sheldon
6.00
Rufus C. Eames
6.00
John Sheldon Sargent
6.00
Isabelle Holt
3.00
Henry Blanchard
3.00
Nathan B. Eames
4.00
Thomas Day
5.00
Lorenzo Meads
6.00
George E. Swain
5.00
Josiah Monroe (Elbridge Carter and Walter H. Blanchard Lots)
4.00
Jacob H. Shedd
4.00
George T. Eames
6.00
Jonathan Eames, 2nd
4.00
Newman Parker
6.00
Irwin E. Morse
4.00
Sylvester and Lois R. Carter
6.00
Capt. George W. McIntosh
7.00
Mary A. Gowing
3.00
S. Lizzie Carter
3.00
Julia M. Parker (Ward Parker Lot)
3.00
Manuel and Elizabeth Dexter
2.00
Jaques Gowing
3.00
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Benjamin T. Glover
3.00
John W. Perry
3.00
Mary E. Kelley
4.00
Henry G. Gowing
4.00
$399.00
$399.00
Reserve Fund
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Transferred to:
Election and Registration
$160.00
Sealing, Weights and Measures
45.00
Tree Warden
300.00
Health and Sanitation
1,000.00
Board of Public Welfare
2,000.00
State Aid
6.00
Soldiers' Relief
140.00
Vocational Training
760.65
$4,411.65
Unexpended balance, to Excess and
Deficiency Account
588.35
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Premium on Sale Water Department Bonds
Cr.
Balance from 1930
Dr.
Transferred to Town Indebtedness Ac-
count®
$9,167.25
Tax Titles-Property Tax Sale Account
Dr.
Balance from 1930
$4,081.99
Taxes and expenses on property taken by Town
2,405.88
Cr.
Received from redeemed tax titles
$514.46
Balance
5,973.41
$6,487.87
$6,487.87
Dr. Balance to 1932
$5,973.41
Tax Titles-Revenue Account
Cr.
Transferred from Excess and Deficiency Account (offset to Tax Titles)
$6,487.87
Dr. To Excess and Deficiency Account
(tax titles redeemed)
$514.46
Balance
5,973.41
Cr. Balance to 1932
$6,487.87
$6,487.87 $5,973.41
$9,167.25
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Abatement 1929 Taxes
Dr.
1929 Taxes refunded
$18.75
1929 Taxes abated
14.00
Balance to Overlay Reserve Account ..
184.86
Balance from 1930
$217.61
$217.61
$217.61
Abatement 1930 Taxes
Dr.
1930 Taxes refunded
$31.45
1930 Taxes abated
1,017.60
Cr.
Balance from 1930
$896.77
Transferred from
Overlay Reserve
Account
152.28
$1,049.05
$1,049.05
Abatement 1931 Taxes
Dr.
1931 Taxes abated
$274.39
Balance
1,089.77
Cr.
1931 Overlay
$1,364.16
$1,364.16
$1,364.16
Cr. Balance to 1932
$1,089.77
Overlay Reserve Account
Dr.
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 taxes refunded ..
$57.73
Transferred to Abatement of 1930
taxes
152.28
Balance
1,261.23
Balance from 1930
From Abatement 1929 Taxes
$1,471.24
$1,471.24
Cr. Balance to 1932
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Dr.
Balance due from 1930
$2,000.00
Allotment account Salem and Lowell Streets
749.83
Allotment account Burlington Avenue
3,861.55
Cr.
Received in 1931
$6,611.38
$6,611.38
$6,611.38
Cr.
$1,286.38 184.86
$1,261.23
Cr.
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County of Middlesex
Dr.
Balance due from 1930
$2,000.00
Allotment account Salem and Lowell
Streets
749.83
Allotment account Burlington Avenue
3,861.55
Cr.
Received in 1931
$6,611.38
$6,611.38
$6,611.38
Tax Revenue Account
Dr.
Appropriations (for Town purposes)
$213,703.69
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Account
24.40
Cr.
Committed to Collector
$166,260.03
Estimated Receipts
47,468.06
$213,728.09
Estimated Receipts Dr.
Estimated Amounts :
Income Tax
$23,002.84
Automobile Excise Tax
7,519.24
Old Age Assistance Tax
1,192.00
Highways (Chap. 122)
1,464.27
Corporation Tax, Bus.
894.40
Corporation Tax, P. S.
523.87
Corporation Tax, P. S. addt'l
7.18
Trust Company Tax
11.53
National Bank Tax
113.59
Licenses
782.25
Court Fines
165.00
Town Clerk
4.00
Protection of Persons and Property
979.76
Highways
42.98
Charities
2,333.92
Soldiers' Benefits
420.50
Education
2,405.38
Library
68.61
Parks
50.00
Interest
5,276.97
Veterans' Exemptions
83.67
Land Sold
80.00
Refund Gas Tax
48.04
Reimbursement, Loss of Tax
6.06
$47,476.06
Refund, Automobile Excise Taxes
47.76
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Account
.67
$47,524.49
$213,728.09
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Estimated Receipts
Cr.
Amounts Actually Received :
Income Tax, 1931
$23,910.95
Automobile Excise Tax, 1931
3,921.78
Automobile Excise Tax, 1930
2,226.52
Automobile Excise Tax, 1929
340.15
Old Age Assistance Tax
728.00
Corporation Tax, Bus. 1931
779.69
Corporation Tax, P. S., 1931
509.98
Corporation Tax, 1930
5.34
Trust Company Tax, 1931
4.29
Trust Company Tax, 1930
.08
Trust Company Tax, 1929
.17
National Bank Tax, 1931
76.43
National Bank Tax, 1930
.29
National Bank Tax, 1929
.20
Street Railway Tax, 1931
302.02
Fire Prevention Tax, refund
.36
Licenses
804.16
Court Fines
175.00
Town Clerk, printed records
3.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Fire Department, use of inhalator
13.74
Building Inspection, fees
61.50
Sealing Weights and Measures, fees
87.25
Moth Department:
Private work
$27.63
Telephone tolls
3.93
31.56
Tree Warden, private work
Highways:
Refund tax on gas used
$57.94
Refund freight
1.13
Snow removal, State
137.50
Discount, oil and grease
3.30
Sale stone crusher
65.00
Grading
300.00
564.87
Highways, State gasoline tax, Chap. 122
1,464.27
Charities :
Board Public Welfare:
Outside board
$275.00
State, temporary aid
1,392.77
Other cities, aid
491.87
2,159.64
Mothers' Aid, from State
582.98
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid, from State
335.00
Military Aid, from State
135.00
700.00
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Education :
Schools:
Account Superintendent, State. .
$1,181.70
Dog Licenses
912.69
Tuition, State
526.93
Tuition, other towns
164.00
2,785.32
Library, Fines and books sold
Parks, Rent of land
50.00
Interest:
On taxes
$4,055.59
On Excise taxes
138.35
On Tax titles
55.16
On deposits
285.26
4,534.36
Veterans' Exemptions, from State
120.81
Reimbursement, loss of tax, State
6.08
$47,524.49
Excess and Deficiency Account
Dr.
To Tax Title Revenue Account
$6,487.87
Balance
5,600.04
$12,087.91
Cr.
Balance from 1930
$6,645.09
From Tax Title Revenue Account (redeemed tax
titles)
514.46
From Tax Revenue Account
24.40
From Estimated Receipts
.67
Unexpended Balances:
Selectmen
$182.03
Town Accountant
4.24
Treasurer
31.02
Tax Collector
2.26
Assessors
7.17
Finance Committee
22.54
Town Plans
2.29
Town Counsel
88.95
Town Clerk
13.12
Town Clerk's Filing Cabinet
4.45
Election and Registration
43.56
Town Hall
134.56
Police Department
24.10
Fire Department
475.74
Building Inspection
87.69
Sealing Weights and Measures
2.25
Moth Suppression
9.33
Tree Warden
10.34
Forest Fires
73.10
Health and Sanitation
8.99
103.70
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Highways, Roads and Bridges
92.08
Burlington Avenue 1930 Account
1.11
Burlington Avenue 1931 Account
69.23
Salem and Lowell Streets
.18
Electric Street Lights
524.35
Board of Public Welfare
21.06
Mothers' Aid
32.25
Military Aid
115.00
Schools
335.26
Vocational Training
4.17
Library
44.63
Parks
3.58
Unclassified
358.57
Cemetery
2.86
Interest
1,463.15
Reserve Fund
588.35
Glen Road Water Mains
6.15
Woburn Street (North) Water Mains
3.03
Woburn Street (South) Water Mains
10.55
4,903.29
$12,087.91
Recapitulation of 1931 Taxes
Total appropriation for Town purposes
$213,703.69
State Tax
4,200.00
State Parks and Reservations Tax . (
72.77
County Tax
6,977.04
County Tuberculosis Hospital Tax
788.57
Old Age Assistance Tax
1,184.00
Overlay
1,364.16
$228,290.23
Raised as follows:
Poll taxes, 1,137 @ $2.00
$2,274.00
Property tax, $4,333,709 @ $41.20
178,548.17
Estimated Receipts
47,468.06
$228,290.23
Committed to Collector
Real Estate and Personal Tax
$178,548.17
Poll Taxes
2,274.00
Special Forestry Tax
.16
Additional Commitment
24.24
$180,846.57
Old Age Assistance Tax
$1,184.00
Old Age Assistance Tax (additional) .
8.00
1,192.00
Automobile Excise Tax
8,549.06
$190.587.63
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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1931:
Note No. 79
$35,000.00
Note No. 80
15,000.00
Note No. 81
61,000.00
$111,000.00
Borrowed during 1931:
Note No. 85
$15,000.00
Note No. 86
20,000.00
Note No. 87
40,000.00
Note No. 88
25,000.00
Note No. 89
65,000.00
Note No. 90
25,000.00
190,000.00
$301,000.00
Paid during 1931 :
Note No. 79
$35,000.00
Note No. 80
15,000.00
Note No. 81
61,000.00
Note No. 85
15,000.00
Note No. 86
20,000.00
Note No. 87
40,000.00
186,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
$115,000.00
Emergency Loan (Issue of 1930)
Outstanding January 1, 1931:
Note No. 83
$2,000.00
Note No. 84
3,000.00
$5,000.00
Paid during 1931:
Note No. 83
$2,000.00
Note No. 84
3,000.00
$5,000.00
High School House Bonds (Issue of 1914)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$7,000.00
Paid during 1931
1,750.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
$5,250.00
Highway Department Loan (Issue of 1927)
Outstanding January 1, 1931, Note No. 55 $1,000.00
Paid during 1931, Note No. 55 $1,000.00
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Water Department Bonds (Issue of 1928)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
Paid during 1931
$350,000.00 12,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
$337,500.00
Summary of Town Debt
Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)
$115,000.00
High School House Bonds
5,250.00
Water Department Bonds
337,500.00
$457,750.00
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1931
Cash in Treasury
George W. Buck, Collector, uncollected
taxes :
1930 Property and Polls .. $5,635.57
1931 Property and Polls .. 101,695.16
$107,330.73
1931 Old Age Assistance Tax 464.00
1929 Auto. Excise Tax .. $1,571.89
1930 Auto. Excise Tax . . . 2,446.82
1931 Auto. Excise Tax .. 4,453.50
8,472.21
116,226.94
Tax Titles
5,973.41
Balancing Account, High School House Bonds
5,250.00
Balancing Account, Water Department Bonds 337,500.00
Cr.
Temporary Loans (anticipation of revenue)
$115,000.00
Old Age Assistance Tax-Revenue Account
464.00
Automobile Excise Tax-Revenue Account
8,472.21
Tax Titles-Revenue Account
5,973.41
High School House Bonds
5,250.00
Water Department, Bonds
337,500.00
Water Department, Operating Account, Balance
2,670.87
Surplus War Bonus Funds
1,475.83
Cemetery Reserve Fund (sale of lots and graves)
1,730.00
State Highway Land Damages
84.00
Abatement 1931 Taxes .
1,089.77
Overlay Reserve Account
1,261.23
Excess and Deficiency Account
5,600.04
$486,571.36
HARRY R. DEMING,
Town Accountant.
Dr. $21,581.01
$486,571.36
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Wilmington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Following is a list of departmental recommendations for 1932, with reasons for increase, if any, over 1931:
Department
Amount
Reasons for Increase
Selectmen
$750.00
Town Accountant
650.00
Treasurer
1,015.00
Tax Collector
2,100.00
Assessors
2,100.00
Finance Committee
75.00
Town Counsel
600.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Election and Registration ..
500.00
Town Hall
450.00
Police Department
6,500.00
Constable
50.00
Fire Department
6,500.00
Hydrant Rental
4,960.00
Building Inspection
500.00
Sealing, Weights and Meas- ures
413.00
Insurance on standards
Moth Department
1,100.00
Tree Warden
700.00
Forest Fires
1,000.00
Health and Sanitation
500.00
Public Health Nurse
1,200.00
Highways. General Account
22,000.00
Construction (Shawsheen
Ave.)
4,000.00
Rebuilding bridge
Burlington Ave., Salem and Lowell Sts.
750.00
Electric Street Lights
7,685.00
Board of Public Welfare
12,000.00
Increased aid
Mothers' Aid
1,350.00
State Aid
500.00
Increase in aid by State
Military Aid
300.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,500.00
Increase in aid
Schools
70,000.00
Vocational Training
3,000.00
Library
1,000.00
Parks
325.00
Firemen's Pensions
542.00
Unclassified
750.00
Memorial Day
400.00
Increase in bond premium
Four new hydrants
More pupils
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Water Department
Unexpended 1931 Balance, 1932 Receipts
Cemetery
2,700.00
Interest
20,145.00
Town Indebtedness
14,250.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Yours respectfully,
HARRY R. DEMING, Town Accountant.
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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
January 7, 1932.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-Laws, I submit herewith my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1931.
A. On January 1, 1931, there were pending the following actions by or against the Town (exclusive of actions in which the Town was merely summoned as trustee, and in which it had no interest) : Hakey v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court.
(Action of tort by Mary Jane Surrette Hakey to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of a defect in Middlesex Avenue; ad damnum $5000.)
Town of Wilmington v. Wilmington Packing Company, Mid- dlesex Superior Court.
(Bill in equity brought to enjoin the Wilmington Packing Company from conducting a rendering plant without a per- mit.)
Shepard v. Town of Wilmington, Essex Superior Court.
(Action of tort by Ernest J. Shepard to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by reason of a defect in Woburn Street; ad damnum $4000.)
Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad v. Town of Wilming- ton, Middlesex Superior Court.
(Application for appointment of a special commission to determine who is to do the work involved in the alteration of a railroad bridge in Wilmington decreed by the County Com- missioners, namely, the Eames Street bridge, and who is to pay the expense thereof, or how the same shall be appor- tioned.)
Town of Billerica v. Town of Wilmington et als, Suffolk Superior Court.
(Bill in equity brought by the Town of Billerica and join- ing all of the interested parties to determine the proper dis- position of the funds available for payment of the cost of construction of the Nichols Street bridge over the Shawsheen River among the several claimants thereto.)
B. During the year 1931 there were no new actions brought by or against the Town.
C. During the year 1931 the following actions by or against the Town were settled and disposed of:
Town of Billerica v. Town of Wilmington et als, Suffolk Superior Court.
(Final decree in this case fixing the amounts to be paid by the Town of Wilmington and the persons to whom payment should be made was entered December 28th, 1931. The total
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amount required to be paid by the Town under this decree is the same amount which it had already agreed to pay under its arrangement with the Town of Billerica for the construc- tion of the Nichols Street bridge, but the decree protects the Town in making | iment as therein provided, as against other possible claimants.)
Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad v. Town of Wil- mington, Middlesex Superior Court.
(This was the case relating to the special commission for the apportionment of the expense of the Eames Street bridge. A hearing was had before a special commission appointed by the Superior Court, which commission determined that the railroad should furnish all the materials and do all the work necessary to accomplish the alterations in the bridge which had been ordered by the County Commissioners; that the Town of Wilmington should contribute to the railroad the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) as its share of the cost of said alterations; that the railroad should pay the costs of the application to the County Commissioners and of the hearing before the special commission; that the rail- road should hereafter maintain and keep in repair the bridge and its abutments; and that the Town should hereafter main- tain and keep in repair the approaches and the wearing sur- face of said bridge. This finding was approved by decree of the Superior Court entered by consent October 23, 1931.)
In addition to the above, it should be noted that on September 8, 1930, the long pending suit of George L. Taylor v. Town of Wil- mington, Middlesex Superior Court, was dismissed under the pro- visions of Rule 62. Reference to this was omitted by inadvertence from my previous report.
D. The compensation received by the Town Counsel in said actions and in all other matters during the year is as follows: Compensation : $1,460.00
(This amount was entirely on account of services rendered in 1930)
Disbursements : 33.97
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP B. BUZZELL,
Town Counsel.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I submit the following report of the work of the Police Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1931.
Number of Arrests
50
Males
48
Females
2
Residents
28
Non-Residents
.
Causes of Arrest
Non-Support
8
Non-Payment of Wages
2
Drunks
15
Violation of the Automobile Laws
10
Assault and Battery
4
Insane
1
Maintaining Gambling Nuisance
1
Breaking and Entering and Larceny
1
Malicious Mischief
2
Larceny
2
Concealing Leased Property
1
Violation of the Liquor Laws
2
Bastardy
1
Stubborn Child
2
Contempt of Court
1
Keeping Unlicensed Dogs
1
Assault with Intent to Kill
1
Manslaughter
.
1
Receiving Stolen Property
1
Disposition of Cases
House of Correction
3
Suspended Sentence, House of Correction
6
Suspended Sentence, State Farm, Bridgewater
1
Danvers Insane Asylum
1
State Prison
1
Placed on Probation
5
Placed on File
3
Released
4
Number of Fines Imposed
14
Amount of Fines Imposed
$570.00
Amount of Stolen Property Recovered
$5,300.00
Turned over to the Lowell Police
1
Turned over to the Tewksbury Police
1
Turned over to the Lexington Police
1
22
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Turned over to the Boston Police
2
Turned over to the Woburn Police Search Warrants Appealed Cases
2
2
2
Cases Investigated
22
Dogs Disposed of
51
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. HILL,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my fourteenth annual report as Chief of the Fire Department.
This Department has answered calls as follows for the year ending December 31, 1931.
RECORD OF ALARMS
Month
House
Brush
Total
January
3
3
February
6
6
March
6
7
13
April
4
58
62
May
1
31
32
June
2
2
4
July
3
3
6
August
1
4
5
September
7
1
8
October
5
7
12
November
2
9
11
December
9
4
13
49
126
175
Valuation of Buildings Totally Destroyed
$9,225.00
Valuation of Buildings Not Destroyed
14,900.00
Damage to Buildings
2,405.00
Valuation of Contents
38,600.00
Damage to Contents
12,110.00
Valuation of Autos
3,600.00
Damage to Autos
1,115.00
Valuation of Trucks
500.00
Damage to Trucks
500.00
Number of feet of 21/2-inch hose laid
18,600
Number of feet of 11/2-inch hose laid
13,650
Number of feet of Chemical hose laid
3,300
Gallons of Chemical
1,490
Fire Permits Issued
197
Oil Permits Issued
129
Hydrants Used
22
Mileage of Trucks:
Reo
624.2
La France
179.1
Ford Howe
170
Model AA Ford
414.9
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ROLL OF DEPARTMENT
Chief Edwin L. Day
Asst. Chief Winfred W. Rice .
Captain Chester T. Horton
Clerk Charles H. Black
W. G. Buckle
L. Carter
F. Field
R. Porter
J. Castine
J. Gracie
H. Quigley
J. Cotton
J. McAndrew
N. Rice
N. Darling
F. Muse
R. Wood
E. Parker
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN L. DAY,
Chief of Fire Department.
E. Downing N. Perry
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1931.
Number of platforms over 5,000 lbs.
3
Number of platforms under 5,000 lbs.
17
Number of counter scales under 100 lbs. 15
Number of beam scales under 100 1bs.
1
Number of spring scales over 100 1bs.
12
Number of computing scales under 100 lbs.
14
Number of personal weighing scales
5
Number of weights avoirdupois
92
Number of compartments on vehicle tanks
8
Number of liquid measures
191
Number of gasoline pumps
51
Number of kerosene measuring devices
8
Number of quantity stops sealed
316
Number of oil measuring devices
14
Number of yard measures
1
Number of gasoline meters
14
Number of scales condemned
3
Number of gasoline pumps condemned
3
Number of licenses inspected
10
Number of transient vendors' licenses approved
5
Number of clinical thermometers observed
4
Sealing fees collected and turned over to Town Treasurer .
$87.25
Appropriation and Expense of Department as follows:
Appropriation
$350.00
Transferred
45.00
$395.00
Total Expense
$392.75
Unexpended Balance
2.25
$395.00 $395.00
An increase of $62.75 will be necessary to cover insurance on State Standard.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. MUSE,
Sealer.
.
44
Number of spring scales under 100 lbs.
.
.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of Inspector of Buildings from January 1, 1931, to April 1, 1931.
1
Dwelling Cottages
3
4
The fees of $4.00 were collected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.
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