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Municipal Relief Loans
4,000.00
Fire Department Loan 1,500.00
Water Department Loan, Bonds 12,500.00
Water Department Loan, Notes
1,400.00
$ 23,200.00
TRUST FUNDS New Trust Funds, 1943
Received for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots
$
100.00
Payments .
To Trustees of Trust Funds
$
100.00
Trust Funds, 1943 Income
Received Income from Trustees of Trust Funds
$
150.00
Payments
Transferred to Cemetery
Account
Perpetual Care Lots
$
63.88
Balance to 1944
86.12
$
150.00
Trust Funds, 1942 Dr.
Balance from 1942
$
214.60
Trust Funds, 1941
Dr.
Balance from 1942
$
75.00
Cr.
Received Income from Trustees of Trust Funds
$
75.00
....
Trust Funds, 1939
Dr.
Balance from 1942
$
15.16
Cr.
Received Income from Trustees of Trust Funds
$
4.02
Balance to 1944
11.14
$
15.16
91
1931 Overlay Dr.
Balance from 1942 $ 45.32
Cr.
Levied by Assessors $ 45.32
1934 Overlay Dr.
Balance from 1942 $ 132.62
Cr.
Levied by Assessors $ 132.62
1936 Overlay Dr
Balance from 1942 $ 486.96
Cr.
Levied by Assessors
$
486.96
1937 Overlay Dr.
Abatements
(State Adj.) $ 131.25
Cr.
Levied by Assessors
$
131.25
....
1938 Overlay
Abatements
(State Adj.) $ 60.75
Cr.
Levied by Assessors
$
60.75
1939 Overlay
Dr.
Balance from 1942
$ 433.95
Abatements
(State Adj.) $ 50.62
$ 484.57
Cr.
1939 Taxes
(State Adj.) $ 16.92
Levied by Assessors
467.65
$ 484.57
92
1940 Overlay
Dr.
Balance from 1942
$ 1,125.13
Abatements
(State Adj.) .67
Abatements in 1943
199.93
$ 1,325.73
Cr.
1940 Taxes
(State Adj.)
$ 16.48
Levied by Assessors
$ 1,109.22
Balance to 1944
199.93
$ 1,325.73
1941 Overlay Cr.
Balance from 1942
$
1,559.95
Dr.
Abatements (State Adj. )
$ 11.94
Abatements in 1943
1,279.43
Balance to 1944
268.58
$ 1,559.95
1942 Overlay Cr.
Balance from 1942
$ 2,562.64
Dr.
Abatements (State Adj. )
$ 12.60
Refunds
2.00
Abatements in 1943
157.20
Balance to 1944
2,390.84
$ 2,562.64
1943 Overlay
Cr.
Levied by Assessors $ 6.418.86
Dr.
Refunds
$ 90.21
Abatements
1,361.01
Balance to 1944
4,967.64
$ 6,418.86
93
Revenue Account
Dr.
Appropriations, for Town Purposes
$261,130.83
1931 Overlay Deficit
45.32
1934 Overlay Deficit
132.62
1936 Overlay Deficit 486.96
131.25
1938 Overlay Deficit
60.75
1939 Overlay Deficit
467.65
1940 Overlay Deficit
1,109.32
State Tax
3,700.00
State Parks and Reservations Tax
129.33
County Tax
5,264.37
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Tax
1,284.60
1943 Overlay
6,418.86
$280,361.86
Cr.
Taxes Committed to Collector
$177,311.68
Water Revenue (Account Interest)
7,688.25
Water Revenue (Account Maturing Debt)
7,000.00
Cemetery Reserve Fund (Account Cemetery)
750.00
Excess and Deficiency (Account Purchase Real Estate 10,000.00
Estimated Receipts
77,126.62
$279,876.55
Balance (Deficit in Revenue) to 1944
485.31
$280,361.86
Water Revenue Account
Dr.
To Revenue Account (Interest )
$ 7,688.25
To Revenue Account (Maturing Debt)
7,000.00
$ 14,688.25
From Water Department Operating Account
$ 14,688.25
Tax Titles
Dr.
Balance from 1942
$ 19,458.39
Refund
51.75
Tax Adjustments (State Audit)
1,901.87
94
1937 Overlay Deficit
24.51
1940 Taxes
1941 Taxes
456.17
1942 Taxes 426.40
1943 Taxes
3,538.58
Costs, 1943 sale
337.00
$ 26,194.67
Cr.
Redemptions and Sales Low Value Land $ 4,171.02
Balance to 1944 22,023.65
$ 26,194.67
Tax Titles-Revenue
Dr.
To Tax Title Redemptions, Reserved - Redemptions and
Sales Low Value Land $ 3,251.74
To Excess and Deficiency Account, Redemptions and Sales Low Value Land 919.28
Balance to 1944
22,023.65
$ 26,194.67
Cr.
Balance from 1942
$ 19,458.39
Tax Adjustments (State Audit)
1,901.87
From Excess and Deficiency Account (Refund) 51.75
From Excess and Deficiency Account, 1940 Tax Titles
24.51
From Excess and Deficiency Account, 1941 Tax Titles 456.17
From Excess and Deficiency Account, 1942 Tax Titles 426.40 From Excess and Deficiency Account, 1943 Tax Titles 3,538.58
Tax Title Account, Costs 1943 Sales
337.00
$ 26,194.67
Tax Title Possessions
Dr.
$ 2,752.85
C'r.
Tax Adjustments (State Audit )
$ 257.39
Sale of Tax Title Possessions 2,160.00
Balance to 1944 335.46
Balance from 1942
$ 2,752.85
95
Tax Title Possessions-Revenue
Dr.
Tax Adjustments (State Audit) $ 257.39
To Tax Title Redemptions, Reserved, Sales 47.06
To Excess and Deficiency Account, Sales
2,112.94
Balance to 1944
335.46
$ 2,752.85
Cr.
Balance from 1942
$ 2,752.85
Estimated Deceipts
Dr.
Amounts Estimated by Assessors:
Income Tax
$ 27,102.46
Corporation Taxes
4,435.34
Reimbursement Account State Owned Land ..
7.56
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes
4,000.00
Licenses
3,500.00
General Government
100.00
Protection of Persons and Property
425.00
Health and Sanitation
1,200.00
Charities
12,000.00
Old Age Assistance
15,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Meal Tax
756.26
Schools
5,000.00
Cemetery
600.00
Interest
3,000.00
$ 77,126.62
Refunds, 1942 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Taxes
$ 2.00
Refunds, 1943 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes
36.54
$ 38.54
Paid Commonwealth, Account Income Taxes
1,085.46
Excess, to Excess and Delificiency Account
5,299.27
$ 83,549.89
('r.
Amounts Actually Received:
Income Taxes
$ 27,102.46
Corporation Taxes
6,655.34
Reimbursement, Tax on State Owned Land
7.56
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes
5,358.58
Licenses
3,466.50
Court Fines
160.00
96
General Government:
Treasurer:
Refunds, Land Court Fees $ 79.00
Land Court Fee Collected
24.75
Recording Fee
1.00
Deeds of Release
84.00
Postage
39.78
-$ 228.53
Tax Collector :
Collection Costs
60.90
Town Clerk:
Printed Records
1.20
Town Hall:
Telephone tolls
$
1.55
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department:
Telephone tolls $ 9.48
Damage to Police Car
61.81
Damage to cell.
4.00
Bicycle Registration Fees
35.00
$ 110.29
Fire Department:
Refund account wages
2.50
Ambulance:
Hire
427.00
Inspection of Buildings:
Fees
38.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures:
Fees
$
40.75
Health and Sanitation:
From State, account Middlesex County Sanatoriun.
255.71
Highways:
State, Snow Removal $ 81.50
Refund, Workmen's Compensation Insur- ance
59.29
Refund, account repairs
24.65
Sale of junk
75.00
Work for Park Department 110.00 $ 350.44
97
.
Board of Public Welfare:
From State
$ 748.97
From Other Cities and Towns
1,026.55
Refund, account fuel
90.50
Refunds, from individuals
20.00
Reimbursements, from individuals
358.50
$ 2,244.62
Aid to Dependent Children:
From State
$ 3,158.99
Refunds from individuals
35.00
$ 3,193.99
Old Age Assistance:
From State
$ 19,625.42
From State, Meal Tax
1,203.16
From Other Cities and Towns
1,071.07
Refunds, from individuals
141.75
$ 22,041.40
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid:
From State
360.00
War Allowance, World War 2:
From State
240.00
Soldiers' Relief:
From Other Cities and Towns
12.00
Education :
Schools:
Dog Licenses, County $ 612.55
Account Superintendent, State
1,202.84
Tuition and Transportation, State
4,271.05
Tuition, Other Cities and Towns
751.76
Refund, Account Books
60.15
Supplies Sold
9.00
Telephone Tolls
2.15
Destroyed Property
2.49
$ 6,911.99
Library:
Fines, etc.
83.57
Cemetery :
Burial Expenses
$ 487.00
Foundations
87.95
Markers
20.75
595.70
98
Interest :
On Taxes $ 2,839.84
On Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 20.28
On Redeemed Tax Titles 437.87
On Bank Deposits
.68
Refund, Account Tax Title Loans
67.45
3,366.12
Unclassified :
Disposal of Dogs, County $ 208.00
Return War Damage Insurance Premium .. 10.54
Return Insurance Premium, Tax Title Property
4.65
223.19
$ 83,549.89
Excess and Deficiency Account
Dr.
To Revenue Account $ 10,000.00
To Old Age Refund Account
1,500.00
To Tax Title-Revenue (Refund )
51.75
To Tax Title-Revenue, 1940 Taxes
24.51
To Tax Title-Revenue, 1941 Taxes
456.17
To Tax Title-Revenue, 1942 axes 426.40
To Tax Title-Revenue, 1943 Taxes
3,538.58
Balance to 1944
69,715.49
$ 85,712.90
Cr.
Balance from 1942
$ 64,384.10
Tax Adjustments (State Audit)
1,562.40
Old Age Refund Account (Town's proportion )
426.87
Tax Title Redemptions and Sales Low Value Land.
919.28
Sale of Tax Title Possessions
2,112.94
Unexpended Departmental Balances
11,008.04
Excess, Estimated Receipts
5,299.27
-
$ 85,712.90
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Account. Highways)
1942 Account
Dr.
Balance from 1942 $ 109.40
Cr.
Received from State
$ 109.40
99
1943 Account Dr.
Allotment, account Chapter 90, Maintenance .... $
999.99
Cr.
Received from State
$
695.71
Balance to 1944
304.28
$
999.99
County of Middlesex (Account Highways)
1942 Account Dr.
Balance from 1942
$
109.40
Received from County
Cr. $ 109.40
1943 Account Dr.
Allotment, account Chapter 90, Maintenance .... $
999.99
Cr.
Received from County
$
695.71
Balance to 1944
304.28
$
999.99
Old Age Assistance-Refund
Cr.
From Excess and Deficiency Account
Dr.
$
1,500.00
Paid State, proportion of refund ..
$
555.97
To Old Age Assistance, U. S. Grant
Account
517.16
To Excess and Deficiency, Town's
proportion
426.87
$
1,500.00
U. S. Victory Tax
Cr.
Deductions from salaries and wages
$
1,578.92
Dr.
Paid U. S. Depositary
$
1,578.92
U. S. Withholding Tax
Cr.
Deductions from salaries and wages
$
3,886.45
Dr.
Paid U. S. Depositary
$
3,886.45
100
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue)
Ontstanding January 1, 1943:
Note No. 320
$ 25,000.00
Note No. 321
15,000.00
Note No. 322
5,000.00
Note No. 323
25,000.00
Note No. 324
15,000.00
Note No. 328
25,000.00
Note No. 329
15,000.00
- $125,000.00
Borrowed During 1493:
Note No. 330
$ 25,000.00
Note No. 331
10,000.00
Note No. 333
5,000.00
Note No. 334
40,000.00
Note No. 335
30,000.00
$110,000.00
$235,000.00
Paid During 1943:
Note No. 320
$ 25,000.00
Note No. 321
15,000.00
Note No. 322
5,000.00
Note No. 323
25,000.00
Note No. 324
15,000.00
Note No. 328
25,000.00
Note No. 329
15,000.00
Note No. 330
25,000.00
Note No. 331
10,000.00
$160,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$ 75.000.00
Highway Loan (Account Chapter 90, Maintenance)
Borrowed during 1943:
Note No. 332
$ 2,000.00
Outstanding December 31. 1943 $ 2,000.00
101
Tax Title Loans
Outstanding January 1, 1943
Note No. 326 (Balance)
$ 1,106.45
Note No. 327
2,800.00
$
3,906.45
Paid During 1943:
Note No. 326 (Balance)
$
1,106.45
Note No. 327
2,800.00
$
3,906.45
Municipal Relief Loans
Outstanding January 1, 1943
$ 8,050.00
Paid During 1943:
Note No. 247
$
1,000.00
Note No. 303
3,000.00
$
4,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$
4,050.00
School Department Loans
Outstanding January 1, 1943:
Buzzell School Loan (issue of 1935) $ 6,000.00
Silver Lake School Loan (issue of 1939) .... 6,300.00
Silver Lake Land Loan (issue of 1939) 500.00
$ 12.800.00
Paid during 1943:
Notes Nos. 163, 164, Buzzell School $ 2,000.00
Note No. 265. Silver Lake School 1,300.00
Note No. 261, Silver Lake Land 500.00
$ 3,800.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943 $ 9.000.00
Fire Department Loan (Issue of 1940)
Outstanding January 1, 1943 $ 3,000.00
Paid during 1943:
Note No. 289
$ 1,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$ 1,500.00
Water Department Bonds (Issue of 1928)
Outstanding January 1, 1943 $ 20,000.00
Paid during 1943 $ 12,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$187,500.00
...
102
Water Department Notes (Issue of 1935, 1936)
Outstanding January 1, 1943
$
4,200.01
Paid During 1943:
Note No. 191
$ 1,400.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$ 3,800.00
Summary of Town Debt
Temporary Loans (Revenue) $ 75,000.00
Temporary Loan (Highway)
2,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans
4,050.00
School Department Loans 9,000.00
Fire Department Loan 1,500.00
Water Department Loan, Bonds
187,500.00
Water Department Loan, Notes
2,800.00
Outstanding December 31, 1943
$281,850.00
Outstanding December 31, 1942
$356,956.45
Decrease
$ 75,106.45
103
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1943
Dr.
Cr.
Cash in Treasury $ 94,377.19
Uncollected Taxes:
1933
$ 8.58
Police Department 325.00
1937
88.63
Aid Dependent Children-U. S .- Adm. 184.08
1938
151.87
Aid Dependent Children-U. S .- Aid
125.48
1939
491.90
Old Age Assistance-U. S .- Adm.
203.27
1940
198.26
Old Age Assistance-U. S .- Asssist.
1070.71
1941
1,294.56
Civilian Defense
227.68
1942
18,660.12
Vocational Training (1932-1936)
695.24
Water Department
1,898.65
Shawsheen Ave .- Lake St. Water Mains
500.00
Trust Funds, 1943 Income
86.12
Surplus War Bonus Funds
1,475.83
State Highway Damages
84.00
1940
286.02
Tailings Account 352.99
1941
219.60
1941 Overlay
268.58
1942
271.37
1942 Overlay
2,390.84
1943
122.69
1943 Overlay 4.967.64
1943
47,840.19
$ 68,734.11
Uncollected Motor Vehicle and
Trailer Excise Taxes :
1939
167.78
$ 1,067.46
Temporary Loans (Anticipation of Revenue) $ 75.000.00 Temporary Loan (Highways) 2,000.00
Dog Licenses (Due County) 21.00
Trust Funds 1939 11.14
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(Account Highways)
304.28
County of Middlesex , (Account Highways) ..
304.28
County Tax 1943 (Balance) )
289.95
Revenue Account (Deficit)
485.31
Tax Titles Possessions-Revenue
335.46
Authorized Loans
2,000.00
1940 Overlay
199.93
Tax Titles
22,023.65
Excess and Deficiency Account
69,715.49
Tax Title Possessions
335.46
$190,132.76
$190,132.76
Water Department Bonds $187.500.00
Water Department Notes 2,800.00
Fire Department Notes 1,500.00
School Department Notes 9,000.00
Municipal Relief Notes 4,050.00
$204,850.00
$204,850.00
State Parks and Reservations 5.54 Highway Machinery Fund 641.05 Cemetery Reserve Fund 2,467.00
Loans Authorized-Unissued 2,000.00
Tax Titles-Revenue 22,023.65
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax -- Revenue 1,067.46
.Net, Funded or Fixed Debt
$204,850.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $ 23,609.53
Sears Cook Walker School Fund CA 316.20
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund
6,713.81 Chester W. Clark Library Fund 709.35
Burnap Library Fund 279.74
Benjamin Buck Library Fund
639.21
Charlotte C. Smith Library Fund
681.33
Sabra Carter Common Fund
200.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 9,069.89
Lizzie T. B. Sweatt Cemetery Fund
5,000.00
$23,609.53
$23,609.53
HARRY R. DEMING,
Town Accountant.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS, 1943
Interest
Bank
Book No.
Amount
Accumu- lated
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund
Woburn
56672 11437
$2,000.00 4,578.50
$ 82.06
$2,082.06
176.38
4,754.88
$6,578.50
$258.44
$6,836.94
Library Funds :
Chester W. Clark
.Mechanics
17540
$ 500.00
$221.81
$ 721.81
Burnap
Andover
8512
200.00
85.35
285.35
Benjamin Buck
Andover
18341
500.00
152.05
652.05
Charlotte C. Smith
Mechanics
4215
500.00
193.30
693.30
Sears Cook Walker, Walker School Fund.
Mechanics
12819
257.00
64.75
321.75
Sabra Carter Common Fund
Andover
18349
$ 200.00
$ 4.02
$ 4.02
$ 200.00
Cemetery Funds:
Lizzie T. B. Sweatt
Town Note
333
5,000.00
150.00
150.00
5,000.00
Isaac Cazneau
Andover
18985
100.00
18.91
118.91
Geo. W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker
Andover
22450
200.00
24.33
224.33
Susan S. Carlton
Andover
18345
75.00
13.39
88.39
Sabra Carter-Jaques Lot
Andover
18347
200.00
35.96
235.96
Wm. H. Carter
Andover
24637
100.00
15.56
115.56
Dolly Harnden
Andover
18342
100.00
10.40
110.40
Thomas B. Eames
Andover
18346
100.00
16.08
116.08
Sabra Carter
Andover
18348
100.00
23.90
123.90
Rich Carter
Andover
22451
100.00
10.61
110.61
Mechanics
Interest
Bank
Book No.
Amount
Accumu- lated
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
James Frazer
.Andover
18343
200.00
31.76
231.76
Martha Temple
Andover
18344
100.00
11.22
111.22
S. D. J. Carter
Andover
22579
200.00
67.50
267.50
Thomas Day
Andover
31514
100.00
13.02
113.02
Almira J. Carley
Andover
32237
100.00
16.61
116.61
Jonathan Eames, 2nd
Andover
35188
100.00
12.98
112.98
Abner C. Childs
Woburn
33384
100.00
10.20
110.20
Gilman C. Harnden
Woburn
32614
100.00
9.47
109.47
Laura Parker
Woburn
32615
50.00
7.34
57.34
Sarah G. Sheldon
. Woburn
33814
200.00
58.10
258.10
Charlotte C. Smith
Mechanics
4214
50.00
7.89
57.89
Chas. H. Hopkins
Mechanics
17526
200.00
45.80
245.80
Rufus C. Eames
Mechanics
17527
100.00
11.29
111.29
John Sheldon Sargent
Mechanics
17528
100.00
11.29
111.29
Isabelle Holt
.Mechanics
17529
75.00
11.89
86.89
Henry Blanchard
Mechanics
17530
50.00
7.28
57.28
Nathan B. Eames
Mechanocs
6899
100.00
13.60
113.60
Lorenzo Meads
Mechanics
7176
100.00
13.35
113.35
George E. Swain
Mechanics
17531
100.00
10.39
110.39
Josiah Monroe (Care Elbridge H. Carter and
Walter Blanchard Lots)
Mechanics
7559
100.00
13.04
113.04
Jacob H. Shedd
Mechanics
17532
100.00
11.70
111.70
George T. Eames
Mechanics
17533
200.00
31.57
231.57
Newman Parker, Jr.
Mechanics
17534
100.00
13.16
113.16
Irwin E. Morse
Mechanics
8531
100.00
20.41
120.41
₱
Interest
Bank
Book No.
Amount
Accumu- lated
With- drawn
Balance on Deposit
Sylvester and Lois R. Carter
Mechanics
8990
100.00
16.01
116.01
Capt. George W. McIntosh
Mechanics
9662
200.00
44.60
244.60
Mary A. Gowing, Lot 410
Mechanics
10283
100.00
15.51
115.51
S. Lizzie Carter, Lot 439
Mechanics
10282
100.00
20.27
120.27
Julia M. Parker (Ward Parker Lot)
.Mechanics
10641
100.00
15.52
115.52
Manuel and Elizabeth Dexter
Mechanics
10640
50.00
9.97
59.97
Jaques Gowing
Mechanics
10639
100.00
15.32
115.32
Maud K. Tuttle, Lot 60 B
Mechanics
10693
100.00
15.04
115.04
Benjamin T. Glover
Mechanics
10953
100.00
18.16
118.16
John W. Perry, Lot 222, Sec. D
Mechanics
10967
100.00
17.63
117.63
Mary E. Kelley, Lot 322, Sec. E.
Mechanics
10968
100.00
14.79
114.79
Caleb S. Harriman, Lot 53
Mechanics
11642
100.00
17.23
117.23
John N. Eames, Lot 137
Mechanics
11643
100.00
17.71
117.71
Lemuel C. Eames
Mechanics
12493
100.00
18.22
118.22
Sarah H. Jackson
Mechanics
12494
100.00
17.31
117.31
Henry H. Gowing, Lot 20
.Mechanics
12495
150.00
19.08
169.08
Susan A. Hamlin, Lot 646 A
Mechanics
12820
100.00
17.73
117.73
William H. McCabe, Lot 334
Mechanics
12821
100.00
20.98
120.98
Walter A. Hill, Lot 458
.Mechanics
13322
100.00
19.09
119.09
Rachael Clough, Lot 132
Mechanics
13323
100.00
19.09
119.09
Samuel Manning and Stephen Buck Lot 73
Mechanics
13324
100.00
19.09
119.09
Clifford H. Wilson
Mechanics
13325
100.00
19.09
119.09
Edward B. Manning, Lots 196, 203
.Mechanics
13360
100.00
19.13
119.13
Thomas J. Morley, Lot 81, Sec. F.
Mechanics
17535
100.00
15.69
115.69
Sydney C. Buck, Lot 274, Sec. D
Mechanics
17536
100.00
14.72
114.72
Interest
Accumu- lated
With-
Balance on Deposit
John Simpson (Levi Swain Lots 134-140, Sec. B)
Mechanics
17537
150.00
25.62
175.62
Mrs. William T. Duffy, Lot 11, Main Ave. Sec. A
Mechanics
17538
100.00
14.40
114.40
Deacon Levi Parker, Lot 2, Old Cemetery
Mechanics
15602
100.00
16.25
116.25
Annie L. Priggen. Lot 75, Sec. F.
Mechanics
17539
100.00
13.70
113.70
Chas. and Ella Blaisdell, Lot 8, Sec. F
Mechanics
17267
100.00
14.49
114.49
George Gowing, Lot 178, Sec. F
Mechanics
17268
100.00
11.05
111.05
Mary Roman, Lot 501, Sec. F.
Mechanics
18151
100.00
10.77
110.77
Wilford Fletcher, Lot 637, Sec. B
Mechanics
18152
100.00
10.77
110.77
Milo Van Steensburg, Lot 93, A, Sec. F
.Mechanics
18153
100.00
7.09
107.09
Sarah A. Call, Lot 295, Sec. D.
Mechanics
18955
100.00
8.13
108.13
Elbridge Harnden
Mechanics
19870
100.00
5.72
105.72
Pettengill-Glover
.Mechanics
19869
100.00
5.72
105.72
August G. Macleod. Lot D, 1193
Mechanics
20895
100.00
3.45
103.45
Mrs. Guy B. Cook, Lot 182
Mechanics
22004
150.00
2.38
152.38
Estate, Arthur O. Buck, Lot 7.
Mechanics
22005
100.00
1.58
101.58
Edward Nfl Eames, Lot 642, Sec. B ..
Machanics
22921
100.00
.13
100.13
Mary F. Fitzgerald, Lots 110, 111.
.Mechanics
23337
100.00
100.00
$15,357.00
$2,109.51
$154.02 $17,312.49
CALEB S. HARRIMAN, EDWARD N. EAMES, PHILIP BUZZELL, Trustees of Trust Funds.
Bank
Book No. Amount
drawn
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
To Harry J. Ainsworth, Constable of the Town of Wilmington:
Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town quali- fied by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the Sixth Day of March next, at 9:45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be open at 10:00 A. M., and shall be closed at 8:00 P. M., for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot respectively for the following named Town Officers, to wit: One Selectman, who shall also act as a member of the Board of Survey for the term of three years; one Assessor for the term of three years; a Town Clerk for the term of one year; a Town Treasurer for the term of one year; a Col- lector of Taxes for the term of one year; a Constable for the term of one year; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for the term of three years; two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for the term of three years; ; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for the term of five years; one Water Commissioner for the term of three years; one member of the Planning Board for the term of three years; one Tree Warden for the term of one year; one Trustee of Trust Fund for the term of three years; one Moderator for the term of one year.
You are also further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington, on Monday, the Thirteenth day of March, A. D., 1944 at eight o'clock, P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles :
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:
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General Government
Protection of Persons and Property Highways Charities Soldiers' Benefits Educational Water Department Cemetery
Library
Parks
Insurance
Maturing Debt
Interest Unclassified
Reserve Fund
Health and Sanitation
Article 5. 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 financial year begin- ning January 1, 1944, 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, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to pay for insurance pro- viding indemnity for the protection of the officers and employees of the Highway, Cemetery and Police Departments of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employment of motor vehicles owned by the Town, to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) on account of injury to or death of one person, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Chapter 40, of the General Laws, as amended or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Memorial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a committee who shall arrange and have charge of such observance, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article S. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to sell at public auction in the evening, properties taken by the Town under Tax Title foreclosure procedure, and to execute all docu- ments necessary to carry out the purpose of this vote, provided how- ever, that before any sales are made due notice of the time and place of sale shall be given by advertising in the local paper and Lowell Sun at least fourteen (14) days before the sale and deeds executed here- under must be recorded within twenty (20) days of their execution.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey, in the name and on behalf of the Town, without further pay-
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ment therefor, to Joseph P. Thibeault or his nominee, all the Town's right, title and interest in and to the land with the buildings there- on, shown as Lots 5, 6 and 7 in Block 16, Section D, containing 7500 square feet, on Woburn City Land and Improvement Company Plan, recorded with Middlesex North District Deeds, Plan Book 6, Plan 17; said land having been bid in for the Town at a tax sale, and con- veyed to it by George W. Buck, Collector of Taxes, by deed dated November 10, 1933, recorded with said Deeds, Book 835, Page 186; and the right of redemption in said land having been conveyed to the Town as the result of a so-called "low value" sale, authorized by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, by Frank L. Eames, Town Treasurer, by deed dated December 10, 1936, recorded with said Deeds, Book 891, Page 294; the Selectmen then in office having voted, on May 29, 1939, to sell said land to said Joseph P. Thibeault for the price of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, payable in installments, and said Joseph P. Thibeault having now paid said purchase price to the Town in full. or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to convey in the name and on behalf of the Town, without fur- ther payment therefor, to George E. Pelletier or his nominee, all the Town's right, title and interest if any, in and to the land shown as Lots 163 and 164, on Maple Road, on the Silver Lake Pines Addition Plan, being the same premises formerly owned by Elizabeth V. McKenna, as evidenced by Land Court certificate of title No. 2640; said land having been bid in by said George E. Pelletier at a "low value" tax sale, and paid for in full by him; but a deed therefor running to the Town hav- ing through error been executed and recorded following said sale; or do anything in relation thereto.
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