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299.00
Payment to Registry of Deeds
1.53
Association Dues
12.50
364.66
TOWN HALL
Salary of Custodian
600.00
Telephone
158.80
Light
72.39
Water
18.00
Repairs to building
40.68
Janitor's supplies
16.28
Fuel
274.28
Insurance
10.40
1,190.83
BOARD OF APPEALS
Postage
2.50
Stationery
1.50
4.00
TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT $ 21,933.37
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief
$ 3,380.00
Deputy Chief
2,912.00
Sergeant
2,800.00
Patrolmen (4)
10,400.00
125
...
Clerk
104.00
Replacement, for Officers
on
vacation
652.50
Matrons
53.50
Officer during emergency
8.50
20,310.50
Expenses :
Telephone
$ 387.51
Lights:
Station
75.96
Traffic
14.67
Floodlight
21.59
Water
18.00
Repairs and maintenance of
cruiser
238.54
Repairs of damages to cruiser ..
241.65
Repairs and maintenance of
radio
224.15
Laundry
15.90
Travel
5.00
Special police
40.00
Fuel for heat
242.38
Gasoline and oil
685.39
Postage and stationery
32.00
Station supplies
23.86
Bicycle plates
12.41
Rent of police station
300.00
Insurance on cruiser, fire and theft
8.00
Association dues
10.00
Purchase of pistol
42.47
2,639.48
CONSTABLE
Salary of Constable
50.00
AMBULANCE
Expenses :
Repair and maintenance $ 84.25
Laundry
11.55
Gasoline and Oil
88.50
Fuel for heat
25.00
Insurance
8.75
Purchase of sheets and pillow
cases
15.82
233.87
126
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Chief
$ 3,284.70
Deputy Chief (11 weeks)
495.00
Firemen
9,586.00
Captain of Call Men
260.00
Call men's wages
2,651.50
Replacement, for Firemen on
vacation
507.14
16,784.34
Expenses :
Food
64.26
Telephone
194.40
Printing and advertising
81.00
Water
18.00
Light
122.82
Repair and maintenance of equip-
ment Automotive
707.29
Firefighting
471.29
For men
168.52
Repair and maintenance of sta- tion
22.55
Travel
35.00
Fuel for heat
344.70
Station supplies and materials
79.20
Gasoline and oil
531.63
Medical supplies
3.54
Fire fighting supplies
28.15
Insurance
236.25
Association dues
3.00
Automotive accessories
pur-
chased
30.00
3,141.60
FIRE DEPARTMENT OUTLAYS
Purchase of resuscitator
$ 550.00
Purchase of hose 1000' - 1 1/8" hose
@ 49c
490.00
1000' - 11/2" hose at 68c
680.00
1000' - 21/2" hose @ $1.32
1,320.00
Advertising cost
3.00
Nozzles for hose
36.64
2,529.64
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127
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Salary of building inspector $ 400.00 Expenses :
Telephone tolls, travel expenses,
postage and stationery $ 83.70
Printing of building by-laws .... 57.00 140.70
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary of Sealer of weights and
measures
250.00
Expenses :
Trucking
20.00
Dies
12.50
Small tools
10.95
Set of apothecary weights
29.40
52.85
SUPPRESSION OF MOTHS
Salary and wages
1,844.50
Light
12.00
Truck hire
434.38
Repair and maintenance of equip-
ment
10.76
Repair and maintenance of moth
house
4.50
Gasoline and oil
37.15
Insecticides
4.37
Paint
2.90
Brushes
7.00
Insurance
138.39
2,495.95
SUPPRESSION OF ELM LEAF BEETLE
Salaries and wages
958.00
Truck hire
163.00
Printing of signs
5.00
Gasoline and oil
53.83
Insecticides
269.28
Insurance
49.98
1,499.09
TREE WARDEN
Salary of Tree Warden
800.00
Wages
1,450.00
Expenses :
Truck hire
549.88
Filing saws and sharpening axes 9.22
958
128
Gasoline and oil
161.38
Axes 12.00
Climbing rope
9.16
Hardware supplies
S.36
750.00
TOTAL PROTECTION OF PER- SONS AND PROPERTY $ 54,098.02
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health Agent, Salary
$ 400.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
250.00
Attendant at Town Dump, Wages
1,803.00
Printing and advertising
3.50
Replacement, for Nurse on vaca-
tion 77.00
Reimbursement, to Inspector of
AAnimals, for Travel:
Telephone, Postage and Station- ery 50.13
Postage
2.50
Middlesex County Sanatorium
1,638.00
Purchase of file cabinet for Nurse
39.95
Hospital benefits paid
$8.00
4.352.05
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Salary
$
2,000.00
Expenses
480.00
TOTAL HEALTH AND SANITATION 6,832.08
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
Salary of Superintendent
2,041.78
Regular wages
11.392.02
Wages for cleaning center of Town
589.50
11,023.30
Expenses
Wages
615.20
Telephone
99.77
Light
14.34
Water
18.00
Repair and maintenance
Equipment
1,108.47
129
Building
248.54
Printing and advertising
11.00
Rental of equipment
4,347.50
Surveying
25.00
Freight and express
16.02
Tool maintenance
31.35
Topping trees
32.00
Fuel for heat
279.70
Gasoline and oil
880.46
Medical supplies
9.25
Postage and stationery
10.54
Hardware supplies & accessories
547.68
Street signs
486.06
Road repair materials
Gravel
2,900.78
Sand
1,239.34
Road tars and oil
8,421.09
Pipe
66.70
Manhole frames and covers
103.14
Insurance
724.00
Sander
265.00
22,504.28
SNOW REMOVAL
Superintendent's salary
337.80
Regular wages
2,620.00
Repair and maintenance of equip.
596.95
Food
10.00
Plowing services
Rental of plowing equipment ....
679.50
Payments to other Towns for plowing
80.00
Gasoline and oil
299.02
Sand
1,182.68
Salt
743.00
Insurance
23.52
6,572.47
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Repair and maintenance of equip-
ment
452.55
Gasoline and oil
1,536.58
Parts
1,006.24
2,995.37
130
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Salary of Superintendent
170.02
Regular wages
1,104.73
Construction materials:
Gravel
933.84
Sand
194.99
Road tars and oil
2,096.42
4,500.00
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION 1949
Final payment on contract
5,695.55
Book Transfer
6,839.83
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION 1950
Salary of Superintendent 557.00
Regular wages
3,814.00
Rental of steam shovel and bull- dozer
916.50
Tree removal
290.00
Materials and supplies :
Gravel
1,122.80
Sand
129.90
Road tars and oil
1,009.55
Cement, cement blocks & grates
534.69
Concrete pipe
202.92
Culvert pipe
458.37
Cable posts
270.00
Two cable guard rail
704.00
Highway safety materials and
supplies :
Kerosene for night lights
32.87
Lumber and nails
34.52 10,077.12
SURVEYING AND LAYING OUT STREETS
Surveying 230.00
PURCHASE OF TRUCK FOR
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ......
4,000.00
PURCHASE OF BAKER SNOW-
PLOW 499.60
STREET LIGHTS
8,946.20
NASSAU AVENUE STREET REPAIRS Salary of superintendent ..
42.00
Regular wages
232.75
131
Construction materials and sup-
plies:
Gravel
16.50
Sand
5.44
Road tars and oil
230.34
527.03
BALLARDVALE STREET, STREET REPAIRS
Salary of Superintendent
27.00
Regular wages
251.75
Construction materials and sup-
plies :
Gravel
82.50
Sand
22.64
Road tars and oil
260.94
644.83
BEECH STREET, STREET REPAIRS
Rental of equipment
327.00
GLEN ROAD STREET REPAIRS
Salary of Superintendent
47.00
Regular wages
461.00
Construction materials & supplies :
Gravel
95.25
Sand
10.80
Road tars and oil
178.33
792.38
REPAIRS TO CROSS STREET
Regular wages
25.00
Culvert pipe
97.20
122.20
TOTAL HIGHWAYS $ 89,297.16
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS (From money appropriated by Town of Wilmington)
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, ADMINISTRATION Salaries of administrative person-
nel
$ 936.15
Telephone
41.45
Light
3.01
Fuel for heat
46.27
Gasoline and oil
2.50
Postage and stationery
14.62
Social Service Index
16.00
Rent
240.00
1,300.00
132
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, AID Aid provided :
In Cash
2,931.90
In kind, for:
Fuel
1,295.97
Food
9,341.59
Clothing
739.45
Medicine and medical care
1,501.61
Light
224.56
Hospitalization
2,220.25
Rent
547.00
Burial expenses
195.19
Payments to State Hospital
4,217.27
Payments to other cities and
towns for aid given by them
to people who have a Wil-
mington settlement
1,005.80
24,220.59
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN, ADMINISTRATION
Salaries of administrative person-
nel
555.00
Telephone
18.05
Light
3.80
Travel
17.93
Fuel for heat
22.00
Gasoline and oil
18.41
Office supplies
4.81
Rent
60.00
700.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN, AID
Aid provided :
In cash
24,697.35
In kind, for medicine and med-
ical care
28.00
24,725.35
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATION
Salaries of administrative person-
nel
2,076.20
Telephone
21.20
Light
3.01
Repair and maintenance of auto-
mobile
11.85
Fuel for heat
27.83
Gasoline and oil
13.13
133
Office supplies
40.97
Postage and stationery
30.00
Miscellaneous supplies
2.65
Rent
180.00
Insurance
93.16
2,500.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE
Aid provided :
In cash
34,025.81
In kind for:
Medicine and medical care ...
20.85
Burial expenses
150.00
Payments to other cities and
towns for aid given by them
to people who have a Wil-
mington settlement ..
803.34
35,000.00
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Salary of Veterans' Agent,
1,700.00
Repair of office equipment
9.50
Travel
121.42
Office supplies
35.64
Postage
24.00
Stationery
7.50
Association dues
5.00
Aid provided :
Ordinary benefits
11,073.99
Fuel
935.60
Medicine and medical care
452.60
Payments to other cities and
towns for aid given by them
to people who have a Wil- mington settlement
26.50
Equipment purchased
71.43
14,463.18
TOTAL CHARITIES AND VETERANS BENEFITS
(From money appropriated by Town of Wilmington) .... $102,909.12
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, SALARIES AND WAGES
Superintendent
3,444.15
Principal, High School
3,886.67
Supervisors
6,571.33
134
Teachers :
High School
31,659.18
Elementary
79,742.7S
Special and substitutes
1,441.84
School physician
500.00
School nurse
2,199.96
Truant officer
300.00
Clerk:
For Superintendent
1,527.00
For High School Principal
400.00
For High School, Accounting
150.00
Librarian for High School
175.00
Janitors:
High School and Junior High
School
3,099.9S
Elementary
S.358.49
Military Leave Pay
25.86
Maintenance Man
3,640.00
147,122.24
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, EXPENSES
Telephone :
High School (New and Old )
1SS.25
Elementary
418.73
Roman House
159.00
Tolls on private lines
3.00
Light:
High School (New and Old)
554.02
Elementary
827.80
Roman House
76.81
Water:
High School
23.27
Elementary
76.84
Repair and maintenance:
Buildings and grounds :
High School (Old)
1,14S.63
Elementary
6,899.67
Furniture and fixtures :
High School
230.00
Roman House
21.75
Printing and advertising
111.58
Transportation :
Of Children
18,322.25
Of Superintendent
187.79
Hall rentals
50.00
135
Chair rentals
45.00
Platform erection
34.50
Freight and express
11.69
School census, payment for taking of
400.00
Mental clinic, payment for
nurses's services
100.00
Tuition (for University extension courses )
56.25
Fuel for heat:
High School (New and Old)
1,099.75
Elementary
4,674.86
Office supplies
39.74
Postage and stationery
73.20
Text books:
High School (New and Old)
1,039.53
Elementary
1,602.28
School supplies:
High School (New and Old)
1,283.58
Elementary
2,716.90
Janitors' supplies :
High School (New and Old)
304.53
Elementary
628.21
Safety and health supplies
739.49
Physical education and athletic supplies
1,719.13
School Committee supplies
43.50
Insurance
467.55
Equipment purchased
3,140.91
Bills paid to inaugurate:
Wilmington School Lunch Pro-
gram
500.00
51,019.99
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Tuition payments to:
City of Lowell
2,227.60
City of Boston
350.23
City of Medford
132.29
City of Lawrence
9.60
Norfolk County Agricultural
School
416.40
Essex County
Agricultural
School
1,290.00
4,426.12.
136
CONSTRUCTION OF WILMINGTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. AND EQUIPMENT AND FUR- NISHING SAME
Advertising $5.97
Building architect's fee (including
telephone and travel expenses of his personnel) 14,531.39
Landscape architect's fee
1.234.10
Reimbursement of miscellaneous
expenses paid by Building Com- mittee 37.89
Amount paid to Rich Brothers
Construction Company 358,238.61
Furnishings, furniture and equip- ment
26,256.41
Insurance
2,623.04
403,007.41
ALTERING AND EQUIPPING EX- ISTING BUILDINGS ON ROMAN PROPERTY
Wages
7.553.03
Carpentry work
60.00
Tiling
444.35
Advertising
60.50
Electric work
1.132.86
Plumbing work
1,221.81
Plastering work
21.50
Concrete work
215.00
Hauling rubbish and digging dry wells
270.00
Rental of equipment for painting ..
115.00
Paint supplies
582.43
Lumber, shingles, nails, etc.
1,261.94
Hardware supplies
186.89
Gravel, sand, cement
34.90
Floor covering
86.00
Window shades and paint brushes
S0.15
13,326.36
LIBRARY
Salary of librarian
480.00
Salary of librarian's replacement during her vacation 18.00
Wages of janitor
120 00
137
Telephone
59.93
Light
46.55
Water
9.00
Repair and maintenance of build-
ing and grounds 1,254.78
Binding
15.00
Repair and maintenance of office equipment
18.70
Fuel for heat
79.54
Library supplies
63.83
Postage and stationery
7.08
Library books
468.60
Fiction catalog
6.00
Magazine subscriptions
14.10
Purchase and installation of air conditioner
572.00
Purchase of storage cabinet
46.00
3,279.11
TOTAL SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES $621,181.23
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
PARKS
Wages
1,471.85
Telephone
16.16
Light
12.00
Trucking
27.00
Drilling of wash well
90.75
Gasoline and oil
5.15
Medical supplies
10.39
Identification tags
18.29
Lime, lead
47.00
Flowers
15.00
Gravel
34.00
Paint and miscellaneous hardware
and lumber supplies
109.76
Insurance
42.34
1,899.69
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing annual report for 1949 ...
913.25
Fees paid to Dog Officer for Kill- ing dogs 348.00
Reimbursement of travel expenses
of Dog Officer
100.00
Care of Town clock
75.00
138
Rental of sound system for meet- ing with Legislative Committee on Towns
50.00
Insurance
2,452.90
Damage claims
144.40
4,083.55
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO TOWN HALL
Sketches of proposed changes to Town Hall
100.00
4-H TOWN COMMITTEE
100.00
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
500.00
LEASE OF QUARTERS:
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
500.00
AMERICAN LEGION ...
500.00
REIMBURSEMENT TO CHIEF OF POLICE FOR EXPENSES IN- CURRED IN ACCIDENT ON DUTY 2,161.03
INDEMNITY INSURANCE FOR
DRIVERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
OWNED BY THE TOWN OF WILMINGTON 1,074.78
RESERVE FUND
Transfers to the following ac-
counts :
Selectmen, Expenses
70.00
Town Accountant, Expenses
15.00
Treasurer, Expenses
150.00
Tax Collector, Expenses
25.00
Assessors, Expenses
142.83
Assessors, Outlays
150.00
Police Department, Expenses ....
241.65
Fire Department, Salaries and Wages
300.00
Fire Department, Expenses
1,150.00
Suppression of Elm Leaf Beetle
500.00
Tree Warden, Wages
350.00
Tree Warden, Expenses ........
150.00
139
Vocational Training
550.00
Unclassified
590.00
Indemnity insurance for drivers of motor vehicles owned by Town of Wilmington 74.78
Interest
246.91
4,706.17*
UNPAID BILLS OF PREVIOUS YEARS
Accounts for which bills were
paid:
Fire Department, Expenses 219.66
Vocational Training
354.60
Snow and Ice Removal
282.00
Veterans' Benefits
373.47
1,299.73
TOTAL RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED ... ....... ....
12,148.78
* Not shown as an expenditure; only as transfer.
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
WATER DEPARTMENT, SALARIES AND WAGES Salary of superintendent 2,730.00
Wages:
Clerical
2,755.80
Operator
5,268.70
Services, maintenance
3,283.20
Hydrant maintenance
779.80
Water Shed
671.40
Station maintenance
310.00
Services, private
3,672.85
Street mains
226.00
Wellfield maintenance
712.00
20,409.75
WATER DEPARTMENT, EXPENSES
Station:
Station supplies
200.23
Fuel oil
3,475.05
Lubricating oil
355.20
Repairs
1,057.45
Light
113.92
Telephone
175.95
5,377.80
140
Trucks and Auto:
Gas
273.34
Oil
10.90
Tires
107.05
Insurance
230.65
Repairs
208.55
Auto Hire
465.60
Sundries
26.68
1,322.77
Services:
Pipe and fittings
1,433.84
Brass Goods
3,551.59
Boxes
698.45
Sundries
648.52
Meters
1,428.13
7,760.53
Office :
Rent
270.00
Telephone, Light, Heat & Power
60.78
Stationery
195.17
Postage
76.48
Office Furniture
10.00
612.43
Tools
262.03
Insurance
908.85
Miscellaneous
304.06
Maintenance:
Hydrant
46.67
Equipment
279.84
Station
175.56
Street Mains
212.50
Maintenance:
Well Field
2,222.14
Recorder
72.00
Bulldozer
3,873.10
6,881.81
23,430.28
WATER EXTENSIONS, GLEN ROAD, WATER MAINS, 1950
Salary of suprintendent
195.00
Wages
1,475.70
Rental of backhoe
492.50
Tool maintenance
79.93
Track maintenance by B. & M.R.R.
41.34
141
Tools and hardware supplies
83.98
Range oil for night lamps
9.82
Gate boxes
80.40
Valves
218.20
Fittings
116.92
Hydrant
135.52
Joint materials
100.26
Pipe
147.78
Explosives
63.75
Gravel
21.00
3,262.10
WATER EXTENSIONS, AYOTTE STREET AND
CREST AVENUE, 1950
Salary of superintendent
65.00
Wages
579.00
Rental of bulldozer
458.00
Rental of backhoe
418.75
Hydrants
406.55
Valves
206.50
Gate boxes
55.05
Fittings
187.81
Joint materials
40.00
Pipe
1,732.50
Miscellaneous repair
parts and
tees
125.68
4,274.84
WATER EXTENSIONS, BEECH STREET, 1950
Salary of superintendent
195.00
Wages
1,467.20
Rental of bulldozer
458.00
Rental of backhoe
885.00
Tool maintenance
6.20
Pipe
550.55
Valves
191.80
Gate boxes
45.60
Hydrants
271.04
Fittings
177.25
Explosives
82.13
Joint materials
51.42
Gravel
84.00
Gasoline and oil
180.11
4,645.30
142
WATER EXTENSIONS, BALLARDVALE STREET,
WATER MAINS, 1950
Salary of superintendent
130.00
Wages
1,582.05
Rental of backhoe
1,282.50
Tool maintenance
4.25
Easement plans
68.00
Pipe
2,252.25
Fittings
92.94
Gate boxes
92.80
Hydrants
271.04
Valves
214.00
Joint materials
152.66
Gasoline and oil
102.43
Range oil for night lamps
4.25
6,249.17
WATER EXTENSIONS, NASSAU AVENUE,
WATER MAINS, 1949 AND 1950
Salary of superintendent
65.00
Wages
399.40
Tool maintenance
2.05
Pipe
397.57
Valves
42.80
Range oil for night lamps
11.85
918.67
HYDRANT RENTAL
Amount appropriated by Town
Meeting for transfer to Water
Department as receipts of
that department
7,500.00
CEMETERY
Salaries and wages
4,569.65
Light
10.58
Repair and maintenance:
Truck
99.69
Tools
30.80
Stationery
3.75
Tree removal
25.00
Harrowing
8.00
Express charges
.80
143
Liners
513.20
Grave covers
80.00
Forms and deed book
37.54
Fuel for heat
48.00
Loam
128.00
Seed
36.05
Fertilizer
106.00
Flowers
16.60
Gasoline and oil
75.70
Hardware supplies
24.73
Rocks
4.50
Tools
53.45
Insurance
73.50
Purchase of rotary hoe
640.00
6,585.54
TOTAL ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES 77,275.65
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST
Paid on:
4% Water Loan Bonds, 1928 4,250.00
Water Extension Notes:
1946 issue 718.75
1947 issue
240.00
1949 issue
320.00
Anticipation of Revenue Notes
1,478.40
Anticipation of Reimbursement
from State and County for
Chapter 90 Construction and Maintenance, 1950 70.00
Welfare Notes (Welfare Aid, Aid
to Dependent Children, and Veterans' Benefits; issued in 1949) 104.76
School Loan Bonds, 1950
4,068.75
11,250.66
MATURING DEBT
Water Loan Bonds, 1928, 4%
12,500.00
Water Extension Notes:
1946 issue
5,000.00
1947 issue
2,000.00
1949 issue
4,000.00
144
Chapter 90, Acts of 1949. Weltare Aid Notes:
Welfare Aid, Note No. 482 5,000.00 Aid to Dependent Children Note No. 483 1,500.00
Veterans' Benefits, Note No. 454 2,000.00
32,000.00
TOTAL INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT 43,250.66
GRAND TOTAL, EXPENDITURES MADE FROM AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED BY TOWN OF WILMINGTON (AI- lotments from State and County for Chapter 90, Main- tenance and Construction included ) 1,028,926.07
145
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1950
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash in Banks $308,998.75
Accounts Receivable
Poll, Personal, and Real Estate
Taxes
Current year
83,519.75
Prior years
24,850.28
108,370.03
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Taxes
Current year
4,407.25
Prior years
2,415.77
6,823.02
Tax Titles
36,070.67
Tax Possessions
2,420.38
Water Department
Chapter 60, General Laws
127.61
Rates
1,433.53
Services
641.12
2,074.65
5.50
over to Mass. Hospital Service Surplus War Bonus Fund
1,475.83
Road Machinery Fund
11.55
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
2,123.00
Department
Temporary Aid
16,997.22
Temporary Loans
In anticipation of Revenue, 1950 150,000.00 In Anticipation of Reimburse- ment by State and County .... 15,000.00 165,000.00
Due Middlesex County for
Dog License Collections
82.40
Water Guarantee Deposits
60.00
Overpayments to Tax Collector ...
330.00
Tailings-Uncashed checks added back to Cash 179.91
Excess Receipts Reserved, Lands
of Low Value, Section 79
Blue Cross Payment not paid
..
Departmental, except Water
Perpetual Care Bequests due Trustees 100.00
146
Aid to Dependent Children .... 5,110.68 Old Age Assistance 5,136.52
Veterans' Benefits
965.50
Health and Sanitation 800.00 ........ 29,009.92
Overestimates of 1950 Assessments County Tax 2,051.27 County Hospital 838.16 2,889.43
Federal Grants
Old Age Assistance Assistance 5,753.24
Aid to Highways
State
9,500.00
County
5,500.00
15,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid 5,100.44
Administration 1,159.53
6,259.97
12,612.14
Due from Trust Funds
Carter Lecture Fund Income
65.00
Cemetery Trust Funds Income
451.88
516.88
Overlays Reserved for Abatements
Levy of 1945
120.77
Levy of 1946
195.40
316.17
Underestimates of 1950 Assessment
State Parks 156.73
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus .... Unexpended Appropriation
Balances 90,948.89
Revenue Reserved until Collected
Overlays Provided
1947
344.49
1948
1,186.42
1949
1,535.20
Department 29,009.92
1950
1,227.28
4,293.39
Water Department
2,074.65
76,398.64
147
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Ex. 6,823.02
Tax Title and Possession 38,491.05
Departmental, except Water
6,466.68
Tax Abatements in Excess of
Administration 598.93
6,352.17
2.503.75 339.06
Overdraft, 1949 Interest Due from Wilmington School Lunch Program
251.33
Premium on School Bonds
Accrued Interest Sold
400.85
Surplus Available for Appropriation by Water Department 19,118.38
Excess and Deficiency 133,297.96 152,416.34
Total Assets
514,386.60
Total Liabilities and Reserves .... 514,386.60
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities $ 25,522.22
S. D. J. Carter Lecture Funds $ 6,785.91
Sears Cook Walker School Fund 353.21
Carter W. Clark Library Fund 780.57
Burnap Library Fund 206.47
Benjamin Buck Library Fund 514.71
Charlotte C. Smith Library Fund
583.65
Sabra Carter Common Fund 217.52
Lizzie T. B. Sweat Cemetery Fund
5,251.84
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
10,828.34
$ 25,522.22 Trust Funds Cash and Securities
$ 25,522.22
148
FUNDED OR FIXED DEBT
Outstanding January 1. 1950
Paid during 1950
Borrowed during 1950
Balance Dec. 31. 1950
Water Department Bonds (issue of 1928)
$112,500.00
$ 12,500.00
$100,000.00
Water Mains Extension Notes (issue of 1946)
60,000.00
5.000.00
55.000.00
Water Mains Extension Notes (issue of 1947 )
16,000.00
2,000.00
14.000.00
Water Mains Extension Notes (issue of 1948)
16.000.00
4,000.00
12,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans Chapter 90, Acts of 1949
Welfare Aid Note No. 482
5.000.00
5,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Note No. 483
1,500.00
1,500.00
Veteran's Benefits, Note No. 484
2,000.00
2,000.00
School Loan
Inside debt limit. Notes 1-265
265,000.00
265,000.00
Acts of 1947. Notes 1-200
200,000.00
200.000.00
...
$213,000.00
$ 32,000.00
$465,000.00
$646.000.00
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ANALYSIS OF WATER AVAILABLE SURPLUS For the calendar year ended December 31, 1950
Water Department receipts submitted to Treasurer during 1950
$ 48,819.09 ..
Appropriation (raised by taxation-added to receipts of Water Department, Town of Wilmington) Hydrant Rental
7,500.00 $ 56,319.09
Less:
Expenditures for salaries and wages
20,409.75
Expenditures for operation and maintenance
23,430.28
Water Guarantee Deposits refunded to individual depositors
.. Add:
1,074.41
44,914.44
Water Guarantee Deposits (decrease in balance as at the end of the year over the balance as at the beginning of the year)
Balance, January 1, 1950
245.00
Balance, December 31, 1950
60.00
185.00
Increase in Water Available Surplus
11,589.65
Balance of Water Available Surplus, January 1, 1950
7,528.73
BALANCE, Water Available Surplus, December 31, 1950
$ 19,118.38
..
150
ANALYSIS OF OVERLAY ACCOUNTS For the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 1950
Deduct
Balance January 1. 1950
1950 Abate- ments
1950 Appropri- ations
Balance Dec. 31, 1950
Overlay Accounts
1943
$
3.88
3.88
1944
170.73
170.73
1945
248.29
127.52
$ 120.77
1946
553.66
358.26
195.40
1947
(102.89)
241.60
(344.49)
1948
(SS.49)
1.097.93
(1,186.42)
1949
15.27
1,550.47
(1,535.20)
1950
15,119.57*
16,346.85
((1,227.28)
Reserve Fund Overlay
Surplus
12,466.68
6,000.00
6,466.68
* Overlay set by Assessors in 1950
151
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
TEMPORARY LOANS Anticipation of Revenue
Balance, January 1, 1950, Notes 478-485
$100,000.00
Borrowed during 1950:
Note No. 486
$ 50,000.00
Note No. 487
50,000.00
Note No. 488
50,000.00
Note No. 491
50,000.00
Note No. 492
50,000.00
Note No. 493
50,000.00
300,000.00
400,000.00
Paid during 1950:
Note No. 478
50,000.00
Note No. 485
50,000.00
Note No. 486
50,000.00
Note No. 487
50.000.00
Note No. 488
50,000.00
250.000.00
Balance as at December 31, 1950
150,000.00
152
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Reimbursement by State and County Aid to Highways
Balance, January 1, 1950
Note No. 476
24,000.00
Note No. 477
3,000.00
27,000.00
Borrowed during 1950
Note No. 489
12,000.00
Note No. 490
3,000.00
15,000.00
42,000.00
Paid during 1950
Note No. 476
Note No. 477
24,000.00 3,000.00
27,000.00
15,000.00
Balance as at December 31, 1950
153
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
To Harry J. Ainsworth, a Constable of the Town of Wil- mington :
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 qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the
TOWN HALL
on
Monday, the 5th day of March, A.D. 1951 at 9 :45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 10:00 A. M. and shall be closed at 8:00 P. M. for the election of Town Offices.
ARTICLE 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot re- spectively for the following named offices, to wit: Two Se- lectmen, for the term of three years; two Selectmen for the term of two years; one Selectman for the term of one year ; two Members of the School Committee for the term of three years; one Moderator for the term of one year; four Mem- bers of the Wilmington Housing Authority.
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