Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1954-1955, Part 9

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1954
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 210


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Wilmington is largely a community of young homeowners. Even a supposedly moderate increase in the tax bill can easily impose an intol - erable strain upon a tight family budget.


Moreover, the most likely source of general relief from the tax burden - new industrial valuation - is attracted to a community more by the prospects of fiscal stability than by any other single attribute other than that of strategic location. In effect, this requires a policy of modera - tion in the assumption of major new expenses, and the careful planning and scheduling of unavoidable capital outlays.


Fortunately Wilmington has sustained a level of stability since 1950 unusual among the rapidly growing suburbs of Metropolitan Boston and Lowell. Although individual tax rates are meaningless, a five or six- year trend is a fair measure of financial condition.


The following chart taken from the 1955 tax bill enclosure offers an interesting comparison between Wilmington and similar suburban communities.


HOW WILMINGTON'S TAX RATE COMPARES WITH OTHER TOWNS


TOWN


1950


1955


INCREASE OR DECREASE IN TAX RATE 1950 - 1955


WILMINGTON


56.00


56.00


-0-


CHELMSFORD


53.00


58.00


+5.00


BURLINGTON


53.00


59.00


+6.00


DANVERS


49.00


56.00


+7.00


GONGORD


53.00


61.00


+8.00


READING


43.00


53.50


+10.50


NEEDHAM


38.00


50.00


+ 12.00


NATICK


45.60


58.40


+ 12.80


WAKEFIELD


44.00


59.20


+ 15.20


ANDOVER


36.00


53.00


+17.00


TEWKSBURY


40.00


58.00


+18.00


BILLERICA


34.00


60.00


+ 26.00


"1954 TAX RATE - 1955 RATE NOT YET ANNOUNCED


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With the exception of school costs, the cost of Town Government has been more than offset by the revenue from new valuation and miscell - aneous sources of Town revenue. As shown in the following table, the support of our educational system has required an increasing share of each tax dollar since 1950:


Comparative Tax Rate Analysis 1950-1955


1950


1955


Assessed Valuation


Amt. Raised from Prop. Tax


7,865,913.00 440,491.00


13,248, 383. 00 741,909.45


Tax Rate


56.00


56.00


Net Cost of Schools


134,550.00


289,597. 08


355, 530. 99


Net Cost Town Govt.


277,467. 00


359,056. 96


367,005. 03


Net Cost State, Cty. Agen.


28,474.00


20,130.66


19, 373. 43


Total Tax Levy


440,491.00


668, 784. 70


741,909.45


Tax Rate, Schools


17. 20


24. 69


26. 83


Tax Rate, Town Govt.


35. 20


30. 53


27. 72


Tax Rate, State, Cty. Agen.


3. 60


1,78


1. 45


Total


56. 00


57.00


56.00


Est. 1956


Amt. Tax Dollar for Schools


.30


. 43


. 48


. 54


Amt. Tax Dollar for Town Govt.


. 64


. 54


. 50


. 44


Amt. Tax Dollar for State, Cty.


. 06


. 03


. 02


. 02


Total


1.00


1.00


1.00


1.00


There can be no question that the Town would have enjoyed a substantially lower tax rate, had the cost of schools increased in only the same proportion as other Town services. Even so Wilmington can take pride in the knowledge that it is one of the very few communities in the entire State whose tax rate in 1955 was no higher than it was in 1950.


The fact that the cost of education has increased far out of pro- portion to other costs is not offered in a spirit of criticism. This is a national problem, but it can be said safely that Wilmington has met the problem with greater courage and generosity than any other community in Massachusetts.


Unfortunately the competition between schools and other Town services for a fair share of the tax dollar has forced other Town Depart- ments to operate on unquestionably skimpy budgets for the level of service they must maintain. Moreover it has forced the officials of the Town to recommend that the construction of new streets and the extension of new water mains be done only under the provisions of the so-called Betterment Act (i. e. that those who receive the benefit of such special expenditures should bear the full cost). This is the most common method of financing such expenditures among other communities in Eastern Massachusetts.


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1954 11,733,065.00 668, 784. 70 57.00


Slavery


Among the advantages accruing from the application of betterments to water main extensions would be a major step toward establishing the water department as a self-sustaining public utility that would operate entirely from its own revenues without cost to the property taxpayer. In 1955 the cost to the Town of direct appropriations for water main exten- sions and the debt service of the Water Department amounted to approxi - mately $2. 00 of the $56. 00 tax rate.


Briefly the principal recommendations of the Town Manager which are listed in greater detail on page eleven may be summarized as follows:


1. Continued reasonable financial stabilization including the application of betterment assessments to special improve - ments.


2. A planned program for placing the Water Department on a self-sustaining financial basis - and to provide for such necessities as a new standpipe, the improvement of the distribution system, and the location and acquisition of essential new Well Field sites.


3. Intensified efforts to induce new industry to Wilmington - for which the Town has already provided such basic tools as reappraisal and a new zoning by-law designed to attract desirable industrial development.


4. Specific planning and action to acquire new school and play- ground sites, and the alleviation of the serious traffic and parking problem in Wilmington Center by the provision of off -street parking facilities.


5. Continue the program for improving the administration of Town government in such matters as purchasing, personnel, engineering, and office systems and procedures.


In conclusion I wish to acknowledge the wholehearted cooperation and assistance of my associates in the official Town family.


To the Board of Selectmen I extend my appreciation for their support and guidance - without which 1955 could not have been a year of such substantial progress.


Respectfully submitted,


Joseph F. Courtney Town Manager


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collector of taxes


TOWN COLLECTOR Mrs. Miriam H. Ware


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COMMITMENTS IN 1954


COMMITMENTS IN 1955


1953 Excise in 1954


4,379.50


1954 Excise in 1955


2,026. 12


1954 Excise


64,937. 12


1955 Excise


79,968. 11


1954 Real Estate


624, 721. 13


1955 Real Estate


698, 523. 28


1954 Personal Property


47, 268. 39


1955 Personal Property


47, 176. 80


1954 Poll


5,108.00


1955 Poll


5,430.00


Total Commitments in 1954


746, 414. 14


Total Commitments in 1955


833, 124. 31


Commitment


Balance 1/1/55


Cash Collected


Title


Abatements


Refunds


Balance 12/31/55


1953 Poll


12.00


6.00


6.00


1953 Personal


967. 90


967. 90


1953 Excise


327. 65


57.03


270. 62


1954 Real Estate


61,993.28


58,927. 37


1,765.88


3,048.34


1,748. 35


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1954 Poll


84.00


42.00


30.00


2.00


14.00


1954 Personal


6,252. 32


4,432. 82


1,388.52


101.63


532. 61


1954 Excise


7,892.09


7,501.99


966. 19


738. 76


162. 67


1955 Real Estate


698, 523. 28


612,988. 48


7,951. 72


34,255.98


6,652.68


49,979. 78


1955 Poll


5,430.00


4,470.00


896. 00


8.00


72.00


1955 Personal


47,176. 80


40,707. 47


824. 04


17. 15


5,662. 44


1955 Excise


79,968. 11


70,408. 32


7,557.21


3,048.13


5,050.71


TOTAL


908, 627. 43


800,503. 38 9,717.60


49,242.90


12,316. 70


61,480.21


*Error in total of original commitment


The above figures show that 93% of all taxes have been collected.


Miscellaneous Collections:


Lien Certificates


588.00


Advertising Reimbursements


44. 50


Interests and Costs


2,700.16


Tax


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treasurer


29 30 31


FEBRUARY 195€


1 2 3 4


5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25


26 27 28 29


MARCH 1956


--- 123


4 5 6 7 8 910


11 12 13 14 15 16 17


1 19 20 21 22 23 24


25 26 27 28 29 30 31


Cash in Treasury, January 1, 1955


$ 371,932. 18


Receipts Sundries


2,672,072. 75


Receipts Collector


803, 204. 24


3, 847, 209. 17


Less Treasury Warrants


3,429,213. 12


Cash in Treasury, January 1, 1956


$


417,996. 05


ITEMS OF INTEREST - FIVE YEAR COMPARISON FIGURES


Cash Collections


$1, 716, 280. 21


$3, 847, 209. 17


Disbursements


1,407,281.46


3,429,213. 12


Checks issued during year


8,098


17,480


Regular Town Employees


144


173


School Teachers


65


124


Employees having Blue Cross


49


119


Employees having Group Insurance


0


117


Emp. members of Retirement System


49


97


(Teachers belong to State Retire. System)


Withholding Tax Deductions:


Regular Employees


7,805. 45


30,078.41


Teachers


12,497.66


35,668. 45


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TOWN TREASURER Mrs. Grace H. Tilley


Grace H. Tilley Town Treasurer


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town clerk


TOWN CLERK Mrs. Mary E. Gilligan


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Vital Statistics: - Chapter 46, General Laws as amended.


All births, deaths and marriages have been brought up to date.


Births recorded in 1954 were 229, although the number given in the Town Report. was 213. This is due to the delay of some cities and towns in sending report of the births in their towns.


Births already recorded in 1955 are 255, and this figure will be increased somewhat when all returns are in.


Marriages recorded in 1955 were 91, only three more than in 1954, and 82 were of residents of Wilmington, one or both parties.


Deaths recorded in 1955 were 73, eight less than 1954, and of this number 43 were caused by a heart condition and only four of the 43 were women.


Chapter 46, Section 15:


The Town Clerk will furnish to parents, householders, midwives and physicians applying therefor, blanks for the return of births as required by law.


Chapter 115, Section 45:


Thirty-six burial permits have been issued by the Town Clerk as special agent for the Board of Health.


Chapter 148, Section 13:


During 1955 there were two additional permits issued for the storage of inflammables and thirty-five Certificates of Registration issued. These licenses must be registered by the owner or occupant of the land or by the holder of the license in the Town Clerk's office on or before April 30 as required by law. Notification will be sent on or about March 15 each year that each license shall be


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registered as required by law on or before April 10. If not registered as required by law the license may be revoked by the licensing authority after a public hearing.


Town Records:


We still need copies of Town Reports previous to the year 1891 to complete our records. Also missing are copies of Persons Listed by the Board of Registrars for the years previous to the year 1914. We also need those for the years 1916, 1917, 1918, 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943. We would like to get Valuation Books on Real and Personal Property for the years 1905, 1915, 1930, 1935 and any before 1905.


Chattel Mortgages Recorded - 371 An increase of 75 over 1954 Chattel Mortgages Discharged - 99 An increase of 32 over 1954


Dog Licenses Issued - 1025 An increase of 169 over 1954


Fish & Game Licenses - 386 An increase of 26 over 1954


Four kennel licenses were issued this year on affidavits that such kennels were not being operated as businesses.


There are still on hand sixty-five of the compiled records of Births, Deaths and Marriages from 1730 to 1898. By a vote of the Selectmen, these books are on sale at $1. 00 each.


Mrs. Mary E. Gilligan Town Clerk


registrars of voters


In accordance with Section 1, Chapter 3, of the Town By-Laws, meetings of the Board of Registrars are being held once a month.


On January 1, 1955 there were listed in the town 5520 persons twenty years of age and over. This is an increase of 418 over the previous year.


On December 31, 1955 there were 3616 registered voters listed. There were 786 registered Republicans and 464 registered Democrats.


1956 will be a very busy year, for in addition to the several all-day sessions, that is from 12. 00 Noon to 10. 00 P. M., because of the Presidential Elections, this Board will be in session from 7. 30 P. M. to 9. 00 P. M. the second Monday of each month at the Town Hall for the purpose of register - ing voters.


Please notify the Board of any change of address. New residents are requested to register the date on which they take residence in the town. Women married in 1955 must re-register after January 1, 1956. Naturalized citizens must have their naturalization papers when registering.


Joseph P. Ring, Chairman William I. Coffin F. Talbot Emery Mary E. Gilligan, Clerk


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board of assessors


ASSESSORS


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BOARD OF ASSESSORS Alfred Calabrese Louis T. Doucette Olive M. Sheldon


Assessors, as public officers, take an oath to truly and impartially assess and apportion all taxes. Following the assessment, the assessors submit a list of persons, owing taxes, to the Collector, whose duty it is to collect all money due the town. The two offices, while separate and distinct, must nevertheless work in close cooperation in order to effectively perform these functions. 1955 saw closer liason between these two departments than ever before. The value to the taxpayer of such close coopera- tion is best illustrated by the fact that 1955 tax bills were issued earlier than in any year in recent mem - ory. This resulted in earlier tax payments, thus eliminating the need for a tax anticipation note in order to conduct municipal affairs. The saving in dollars was substantial.


The year 1955 brought an increase in Veterans exemption applications. One hundred and ninety-one (191) abatement requests were processed, each representing an average of $100. 00 in tax exemption. The cost to the town was approximately $20, 720 in tax dollars.


In 1955 the addressograph-graphotype equipment was put into operation at great saving in time. Further mechanization is contemplated. Additional savings in time and greater efficiency are anticipated.


Work is progressing satisfactorily on the house numbering program, and as in the past, the new numbers, where assigned, will appear on the tax bills issued in 1956.


Last but not least, the assessors are pleased with the progress of the reappraisal and map- ping program. The results will be available for the 1956 assessments. It might be pointed out that the maps, though incomplete, have proven invaluable to many departments. The assessors are certain that the usefulness of the maps will increase as their potential becomes apparent.


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RECAPITULATION - 1955


Total Appropriations (Taxation) Total Appropriations (Available Funds)


984,407. 01 122,271. 16


1,106,678. 17


Tax Foreclosures


144.00


Hurricane Expense 1954


22,634. 55


Overdraft 1954 (Health and Sanitation)


10. 54


Overlay Deficits


2,221. 76


Pension Fund


9,973.22


State Parks and Reservations


1,051.44


State Audit


3,599. 59


County Tax


11,500.00


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment


3,222.40


Overlay


30,607. 72


84,965.22


Gross Amount to be Raised


1,191,643. 39


Less Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:


Income Tax


101,437. 33


Corporation Tax


16,075.79


Reimbursement Publicly owned land


51.86


Old Age Tax (Meals


1,577.81


Motor Vehicle Excise


64,000.00


Licenses


3,200.00


General Government


6,800.00


Charities


20,400.00


Old Age Assistance


26,700.00


Veterans Services


4,500.00


Schools


21,700.00


Library


200.00


Cemeteries


2,500.00


Interest on Taxes and Assessments


3,000.00


State Assistance School Construction


26,472. 89


Dog Licenses


1,500.00


Hurricane Assistance


20,371. 10


Total Estimated Receipts


320,486. 78


County T. B. Hospital - Overestimate


1,241.93


County Tax - Overestimate


422.08


State Parks - Overestimate


4.68


Voted from Available Funds


122,271. 16


123, 939. 85


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation


444, 426. 63


747, 216. 76


1,191, 643. 39


Personal Property


826, 493 @ 56. 00 per M


46,283. 60


Real Estate


12,419, 735 @ 56. 00 per M


695, 505. 16


Polls - 2714


@ 2.00 each


5,428.00


Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property


747,216. 76


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TABLE OF AGGREGATE FOR WILMINGTON OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED JANUARY 1, 1955


Compiled from the figures entered in the Valuation List:


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Number of Persons Assessed:


Individuals


Others


Total


On Personal Estate Only


30


11


41


On Real Estate Only


3627


49


3,676


On Both Personal and Real Estate


301


6


307


Total Number of Persons Assessed


4,024


Total Number of Polls Assessed


2,714


Value of Assessed Personal Estate:


Stock in Trade


90,840


Machinery


119,275


Live Stock


62,798


All Other Tangible Personal Property


553,580


Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate


826, 493


Value of Assessed Real Estate


Land Exclusive of Buildings


2,176,970


Buildings exclusive of Land


10,242, 765


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Total Value of Assessed Real Estate


12,419,735


Total Valuation of Assessed Estate


13, 246, 228


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Tax Rate per $1, 000 - $56. 00


Taxes for State, County and City or Town Purposes, including Overlay


On Personal Estate


46,283. 60


On Real Estate


695, 505. 16


On Polls


5,428.00


Total Taxes Assessed


747, 216. 76


Number of Live Stock Estimated Under Sec. 36, Chapter 59


Horses (1 yr. old, or over)


37


Neat Cattle: (1 yr. old, or over)


Cows (Milch)


113


Bulls 2, oxen 0, yearlings 11, steers 18, heifers 64


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Swine (6 months old, or over)


930


Sheep (6 months old, or over)


13


Fowl


12,960


All Other


30,838


Number of Acres of Land Assessed


10,043


Number of Dwellings Assessed


2,726


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TOWN OWNED PROPERTY


Equipment


Total


Water Dept. - 185 acres of Land & Buildings


421,000


18,000


439,000


Schools - Approx. 39 acres of Land & Buildings


1,434,050


190,000


1,624,050


Town Park - Approx. 50 acres of Land


4,500


4,500


Silver Lake Beach, Parks and Playgroud


500


1,850


2,350


Town Hall - 1/4 Acre of Land and Building


10,000


9,000


19,000


Cemetery - Land and Building


23,800


4,200


28,000


Library - 1/16 acre of Land and Building


2,000


3,000


5,000


Fire-Police Station - 29, 138 sq. ft. Land & Bldg.


65,500


40,000


105,500


Tree Warden & Moth Dept. - 6, 694 sq. ft. Land & Bldg.


1,700


1,800


3,500


Highway Dept. - 15, 500 sq. ft. Land & Building


5,000


48,000


53,000


Common and Flag Staff - 2 acres of Land


2,500


2,500


Sealer of Weights & Measures


1,300


1,300


Welfare Department


1,200


1,200


TOTALS


$1,970,550


$318, 350


$2,288,900


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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Town of Wilmington


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my annual report of the Constable of the Town of Wilmington for the year ending December 31, 1955.


I have posted Notices and Warrants for the Town Meeting in March 1955, and all other Special Town Meetings during the year in accordance with the By-Laws of the Town of Wilmington. I have posted Papers and Notices for various departments of the Town.


Respectfully submitted,


Harry J. Ainsworth Constable of Wilmington


dog officer


Dog Licenses Kennels: $50.00 10.00


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Dogs Confined


187


Complaints Covered


224


Dogs Destroyed


135


Dogs Disposed of


173


Dogs Killed by Cars


38


Residence Calls for Licenses


213


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town counsel


In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-Laws, I submit herewith my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1955.


A. On January 1, 1955, 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, and of tax lien foreclosure proceedings in the Land Court):


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover the sum of $275. 96 for special vocational training of certain pupils. )


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover $657. 77 plus interest for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )


City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover $721. 90 for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )


Town of Wilmington v. A Certain Defendant, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract under G. L. Chap. 117, Sec. 5. )


Jacob Levine & Sons v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract to recover burial expense. )


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Town of Wilmington v. Edward N. Gadsby et als, Commissioners of Department of Public Utilities and Boston and Maine Railroad Company, Supreme Judicial Court, Suffolk County. (Petition to review certain rulings and orders of the Department of Public Utilities in connection with protection at the Middlesex Avenue Grade Crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad. )


City of Boston v. Town of Wilmington, Suffolk Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid rendered various persons whose legal settlement is supposed to be in Wilmington. )


Town of Wilmington v. Julia Godzyk, Administratrix of the Estate of Andrew Klebasz, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract to recover amounts expended by the Town for support and hospital treatment of decedent. )


Marion J. Murphy v. Ernest Rice, Sr. , Bldg. Inspector et al, Middlesex Superior Court. (Equity appeal to review the action by the Board of Appeal in denying a variance under the Zoning By-Law requested by the petitioner. )


Town of Wilmington v. City of Cambridge, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )


Town of Wilmington v. City of Somerville, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )


Town of Wilmington v. City of Woburn, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )


Town of Wilmington v. John W. O'Brien, Essex Superior Court. (Equity suit to enforce obligation to support. )


Town of Wilmington v. Wendell Phillips, Middlesex Probate Court. (Petition to enforce obligation to support. )


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Rocco and Rose Yentile v. County of Middlesex, Middlesex Superior Court. (Petition for assessment of damages resulting from relocation of Cross Street, the relocation having been made by the County but the Town being liable for any damages which may be assessed. )


Willie B. McIntosh v. Courty of Middlesex, Middlesex Superior Court. (Petition for assess - ment of damages resulting from relocation of Cross Street, the relocation having been made by the County but the Town being liable for any damages which may be assessed. )


Elizabeth F. Green v. Town of Wilmington and other defendants, Middle sex Superior Court. (Action of tort for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of a defect in Shawsheen Avenue. )


Mary E. Cosgrove v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of tort for trespass and conversion, alleged taking of soil. )


Joseph A. Grimes v. Frank J. Hagerty et al, Members of the Board of Health in the Town of Wilmington, Middle sex Superior Court. (Petition under Chapter 111 of the General Laws for determina- tion by a jury of a certain order of prohibition issued against the petitioner by the respondents. )


Town of Wilmington v. Irving L. White, Middlesex Probate Court. (Petition to enforce obligation to support. )


B. (1). During the year 1955 the following new actions were brought by or on behalf of the Town:


Town of Wilmington v. Grace V. Murray, Administratrix of Estate of Rose M. Kilcup, Middle sex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to enforce statutory lien for old age assistance payments. )


Town of Wilmington v. Otto George VonRosenberg-De LaMarre, Executor of the will of Gamaliel Washburn, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to enforce statutory lien for old age assist- ance payments. )


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Town of Wilmington v. Otto George VonRosenberg-DeLaMarre, Executor of the will of Gamaliel Washburn, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for old age assistance not included in the statutory lien. )


B. (2). During the year 1955 the following new actions were brought against the Town or its officers or agents:


Bernard "Buster" Atkins v. Town of Wilmington et al, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to recover land sold for taxes. )


City of Boston v. Town of Wilmington, Suffolk Superior Court. (New action of contract to recover for aid rendered various persons whose legal settlement is supposed to be in Wilmington. )


Marilyn Ann Gilbert and Charles Gilbert v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of tort to recover for sidewalk injury. )


James J. London v. Town of Wilmington et al, First District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of tort to recover for damages resulting from collision with town truck - defended by insurance carrier. )


Robert J. Moran v. Mary E. Gilligan, Town Clerk; Middlesex Superior Court. (Petition for writ of mandamus to compel issuance of kennel license. )


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James Pipes v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Small claim proceeding to recover for damage to truck - alleged highway defect. )


Samuel Missel d.b. a. Chelsea Cement Co. v. Town of Wilmington et als., Suffolk Superior Court. (Petition in equity to enforce statutory lien for materials and labor furnished one of the subcon- tractors on the high school extension. )


Towne Land Development, Inc. v. Wilmington Planning Board, Middle sex Superior Court.


(Appeal in equity from action of Planning Board disapproving a proposed sub-division. Complaint entered in Court but no subpoena served on Town. )


C. During the year 1955 the following actions by or against the Town were finally disposed of:


Town of Wilmington v. City of Cambridge, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action.of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. ) Disposed of after trial by judgment for the defendant.


Town of Wilmington v. City of Somerville, Middle sex Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. ) Disposed of after trial by judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $572. 25 paid direct by the City of Somerville to the Board of Public Welfare.




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