Annual report of the Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1950, Part 1

Author: Kingston (N.H. : Town)
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: [Kingston, N.H. : The Town]
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01869 9105


GC 974.202 K61AR, 1950


ANNUAL REPORTS


of the


SELECTMEN, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, TOWN CLERK, HIGHWAY AGENTS, SCHOOL BOARD, SCHOOL TREASURER, LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS,


of the


Town of Kingston NEW HAMPSHIRE


For the Year Ending December 31 1950


AMESBURY, MASS. ยท Amesbury Publishing Co., Inc. 1951


ANNUAL REPORTS


of the


SELECTMEN, TREASURER, COLLECTOR, TOWN CLERK, HIGHWAY AGENTS, SCHOOL BOARD, SCHOOL TREASURER, LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS,


of the


Town of Kingston NEW HAMPSHIRE


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For the Year Ending December 31 1950


AMESBURY, MASS. Amesbury Publishing Co., Inc. 1951


Town Officers


Moderator ARTHUR P. TUCKER


Representative to General Court CHARLES M. McNEILL


Town Clerk L. EVELYN BAKE


Selectmen


VERNON LEWIS, Chairman


Term Expires 1951


ERNEST P. BRAGDON Term Expires 1952 J. EDWARD STEVENS Term Expires 1953


Supervisors of Check List


HARRY T. SNOW ALDEN NASON


LAWRENCE B. CHENEY


Treasurer DENA S. SNOW


Tax Collector GEORGE E. SHAW


Road Agent WILBERT M. SWETT


Trustees of Trust Funds


ROLAND W. CHENEY, Chairman Term Expires 1953 FRANK W. FOSTER Term Expires 1952 ANNIE M. BUNKER Term Expires 1951


Auditors


HARRY T. SNOW


LESLIE W. CURRIER, JR.


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Library Trustees


EUNICE CLARK ANDREW CHRISTIE RALPH H. BAKE


Librarian GLADYS MERRICK


Board of Education


G. AUSTIN KEMP, Chairman Term Expires 1951


GLADYS MERRICK, Clerk Term Expires 1952


HARVEY S. CLARK Term Expires 1953


Police Officers HARRY L. CARTER, Chief MELVIN MARTIN LEO VINCENT


Fire Wards


EDWARD B. CLARK LLOYD M. CURRIER ROBERT MERRICK


Finance Committee


ROLAND W. CHENEY ANDREW CHRISTIE


G. AUSTIN KEMP LLOYD M. CURRIER


WARREN BAKIE CECIL CROSS


HARRY T. SNOW RALPH H. BAKE


LESLIE W. CURRIER, JR. GERARD R. DOLLIVER


RAYMOND AVERY HARVEY S. CLARK


CHARLES M. McNEILL


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Town Warrant


THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (L. S.)


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Kingston in the County of Rockingham in said State, qualified to vote in town affairs :


You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Kingston on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of March, next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :


1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.


2. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriations of the same.


3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $339.00, and the State will contribute $1,356.00, for Class V Highways, under the provisions of the T. R. A. so called.


4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00 to continue the permanent con- struction of the New Boston Rd.


5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 to continue the permanent construction of Great Park Pond Rd.


6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00 for further improvement to the


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Wadleigh Point Road, to include tarring that portion re- surfaced last year.


7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00 for improving the Shore Road.


8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300.00 to repair the clock in the Universalist Church Steeple.


9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $330.00 for 100 wooden folding single chairs for the Town Hall.


10. Shall the provisions of Chapter 171-A of the Revised Laws relating to playing games of Beano, be adopted in this town?


(This Article to be voted on by ballot)


11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed $2,700.00 to purchase a new Dump truck, the present truck to be traded in toward the new one, and the Selectmen are hereby authorized to borrow money to finance the deal in the name of the Town if it is deemed advisable to do so.


12. To see if the voters will authorize the Select- men and Town Treasurer to borrow sums of money not. exceeding $10,000.00 in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the current year, and to issue in the name and. on the credit of the Town negotiable notes therefor, said notes to be paid during the current year from taxes col- lected during the current year.


13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey to Exeter & Hampton Electric Com- pany a permanent right of way and easement 100 feet in width throughout, to construct, maintain and operate a transmission line or lines over property owned by the Town of Kingston on the Hunt Road, so called, bounded ;


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Northerly and Westerly by said Hunt Road; Easterly by land now or formerly of Hannah C. Primrose; Southerly by land formerly of Ezekiel Jones, now Isabelle Lynde, for such price and upon such terms as the Board of Select- men of the Town determine, and to authorize the Select- men on behalf of the town to execute and deliver to said Exeter and Hampton Electric Company a good and suf- ficient easement deed, conveying the rights and easements authorized under this Article. The location and extent of said right of way and easement to be determined upon a survey of the premises.


14. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Auditor's Report, and accept the Town Reports as printed.


15. To receive the report of the Zoning Commission and to see if the Town will vote to adopt a Zoning Ordi- nance for the Town of Kingston, the same having been prepared by the Board whose final report appears on the following pages, and becomes a part of this article :-


16. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


Given under our hands and seal this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hun- dred and fifty-one.


VERNON LEWIS, ERNEST P. BRAGDON, J. EDWARD STEVENS, Selectmen of Kingston.


A true copy of Warrant-Attest:


VERNON LEWIS, ERNEST P. BRAGDON, J. EDWARD STEVENS, Selectmen of Kingston.


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Final report after preliminary report of the Zoning Commission on a proposed zoning ordinance for the town of Kingston, New Hampshire, January 25, 1951 and Revis- ed Report as of February 14, 1951.


To promote the health, safety, convenience, and gener- al welfare of the community by regulating and restricting the use of land and the construction of buildings thereon in the Town of Kingston, and for said purposes dividing the Town into districts, in pursuance of authority conferred by chapters 51 and 53 of the Revised Laws of New Hamp- shire of 1942 and any amendments thereto, the following ordinance is hereby enacted by the voters of the Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, in annual town meeting convened :


ARTICLE I


Establishment of Zones


For the purposes of this ordinance, the Town of Kingston is divided into two Zones as defined below:


Section 1. Zone A, shall comprise Route 125 from the Plaistow line to the Brentwood line, Route 107 from the Brentwood line to the East Kingston line, Route 111 from . the Exeter line to the Danville line, Route 107A from the East Kingston line to the junction of Scotland and Depot Streets, Scotland and Bartlett Streets, Rock Rim- mon Road to the end of the tar road as of this date, Chase Street, North Danville Road to the Danville line, Little River Road from Chases Corner to the river, Newton Junction Road, West Shore Park Road, West Kingston and Mill Roads from Bartlett's Corner to Cheney's Mill, the cross road from Fifield's Corner on Route 125 to Route 111, 250 feet on either side as measured from the center line of the road.


Section 2. Zone B, shall comprise all areas within the Town of Kingston not included in Zone A.


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ARTICLE II


Restrictions for Zone A


All land included in Zone A shall be subject to the following regulations, restrictions and conditions :


Section 1. No buildings or structure shall be erected, and no existing structure shall be altered without the ap- proval of the Town Building Inspector, in writing, to whom adequate plans of the proposed building or alteration shall be submitted. A permit shall not be required in case of repairs, unless such repairs include alteration or new construction. A minimum fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall accompany each application submitted.


Section 2. The Town Building Inspector shall base his approval or rejection of proposed plans upon the effect such operations are likely to have on the value and use of other property in the vicinity and upon the follow- ing schedule of requirements :


(a) Foundations shall be constructed of solid cement, brick, stone, or cement-blocks. Industrial structures and accessory buildings may be set on stone or cement piers.


(b) Chimneys shall be constructed of stone or brick, or cement and cinder blocks to the ground, and shall be lined with tile or other material approved by the Under- writers; all entrances shall be of fireproof construction.


(c) Outside walls shall be constructed of wood or fire resistant shingles, sidings, clapboards, brick or stucco, cement or cinder blocks.


(d) Roofs shall be constructed of wood or fire- resisting shingles, metal, or fire-resisting composition.


(e) Every dwelling shall have a minimum ground floor area of 400 square feet for each family unit.


(f) Sewage; all dwellings, and buildings in public use shall be equipped with septic-tank or cesspool.


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(g) Every building shall be set back from the front property line not less than thirty feet (30'), or such dis- tance as shall conform with the existing building line of dwellings within 1000 feet on either side, and all buildings shall be set back at least 10 feet from the side lot lines.


Section 3. Nothing in the ordinance shall prevent land being used or structures erected, altered or used for sale of farm produce raised in the Town of Kingston by occupants of such land or the expansion of established poultry business.


Section 4. Building lots shall have a frontage of not less than 75 feet except those already existing and re- corded.


Section 5. Only such signs shall be permitted which pertain to the lease, sale or use of the land or buildings on which placed, and when they do not exceed a total area of twelve square feet.


ARTICE III


Restrictions for Zone B


All land included in Zone B shall be subject to the pro- visions set forth in Article II with the exception that the following schedule of building requirements shall be sub- stituted for that appearing under Section 2.


(a) All structures shall be set on solid foundations of cement or stone or piers of the same materials.


(b) Chimneys shall be constructed of stone or brick, cement or cinder blocks, to the ground, and shall be lined with tile or other material approved by the Underwriters; all entrances shall be of fire proof construction.


(c) Outside walls shall be constructed of wood or fire-resistant shingles, siding, clapboards, brick, stucco, logs, log-siding, cement or cinder blocks.


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(d) Roofs shall be constructed of wood or fire- resistant shingles, metal, or fire-resistant composition.


(e) Every dwelling shall have a minimum ground floor area of 350 square feet for each family unit.


(f) Every building shall be set back from the front property line not less than 30 feet or such distance as shall conform with the existing buildings or line of dwell- ings within 1000 feet on either side.


(g) Building lots shall have a frontage of not less than 40 feet, except those already existing and recorded, and all buildings shall be set back at least 10 feet from the side lot lines.


ARTICLE IV


Section 1. It shall be unlawful to park an occupied trailer home or house trailer within the limits of the town of Kingston, for more than three (3) days, without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Selectmen so to do. No permit to park an occupied trailer home or house trail- er shall be issued for more than a ninety (90) day period in any one year. The fee for such permit shall be five ($5.00) dollars payable to the town of Kingston. Nothing in this ordinance shall effect existing occupied trailer homes or house trailers except that such trailer homes or house trailers now established and occupied shall not be moved to a new or different location in said town of Kingston without a permit so to do.


Section 2. It shall be unlawful for the owner or lessor of land in the town of Kingston to erect or permit the erection of tents or other portable temporary shelters or structures for the purpose of a dwelling without first submitting a plan or layout and obtaining a permit from the Selectmen so to do. No permit to erect tents or other portable temporary shelters or structures for the purpose of dwellings shall be issued for a period of more than one hundred and twenty (120) days in any one year. The fee for such a permit shall be five dollars ($5.00) pay-


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able to the town of Kingston. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the erection or use of such tents or temporary portable shelter or structure by the owner for the use of himself or his family for a like period. The erection of such tents or temporary portable shelters or structures shall be at least ten feet from the lot lines and thirty feet back from the highway.


ARTICLE V


Section 1. The Building Inspector shall have the power in his discretion to waive any or all requirements of. this code, (other than those also contained in any statute of this State), in the case of small dairy rooms, root cellars, poultry houses, farm and storage sheds and other similar small structures to be so located on the owners property as not to menace the property of another.


ARTICLE VI Town Building Inspector


Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance the Board of Selectmen shall annually appoint a Town Build- ing Inspector who shall perform the duties pertaining to his office as designated in the various provisions of this ordinance, and he shall make inspections of all buildings in process of construction, and report all violations to the Board of Selectmen.


Section 2. The Town Building Inspector shall retain each application fee of two dollars which shall constitute full compensation for his services.


ARTICLE VII Administration


Section 1. Applications and permits. -


(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Selectmen and the Board is hereby given the power and authority to enforce the provisions of this ordinance.


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(b) The Board of Selectmen shall require that the application for a building permit include a plot plan, and contain all the necessary information to enable the Build- ing Inspector to ascertain whether the proposed building or structure and its intended use comply with the pro- visions of this ordinance.


(c) No building permit shall be issued until the Building Inspector has certified that the proposed build- ing and its intended use comply with the provisions of this ordinance.


(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to commence work for erection or alteration of any building or structure until a permit has been duly granted for such erection or alteration by the Building Inspector.


ARTICLE VIII


Board of Adjustment


Section 1. The Moderator, with the advice and consent of the Board of Selectmen shall appoint a Board of Adjustment consisting of five members as provided in Chapter 51 of the Revised Laws of 1942 as amended, each to be appointed for a term of five years, and re- movable for cause by the appointing authority, upon written charges and after public hearing. (On the first Board, one member shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, one for four years and one for five years, to obtain overlapping terms). Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.


Section 2. The Board of Adjustment shall have the following powers:


(a) To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in an order, requirement, decision, or de- termination made by an administrative official in the en- forcement of this ordinance, or any amendment adopted pursuant thereto.


(b) To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the Ordinance.


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(c) To authorize, upon appeal, in specific cases, such variance from the terms of this ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest where owing to special conditions a literal enforcement of the provisions of. this ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of this ordinance shall be observed and substantial justice done.


(d) The Board of Adjustment shall make rules as to the manner of filing appeals or application for special exceptions or for variance from the terms of this ordin- ance. A payment of the estimated cost of giving notice, is herein required by the appellant.


(e) Upon filing an appeal or an application for special exception from the terms of this ordinance with the Board of Adjustment, the Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal or the application for special exception, give public notice thereof, as well as due notice to the parties in interest and decide the same within a reasonable time.


(f) The said notices shall state the location of the building or lot and the general nature of the question involved.


(g) In exercising the above mentioned powers the Board may, in conformity with the provisions hereof re- verse or affirm wholly or partly or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from, and may make such order or decision as ought to be made, and to that end, shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.


(h) The concurring vote of three members of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any action of ad- ministrative officials or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any such ordinance, or to effect any variation in such ordinance.


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ARTICLE IX


Amendments


Section 1. This ordinance and the boundaries of districts may be amended at any Town Meeting in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 51 of the Re- vised Laws of 1942 as amended by Chapter 110 of the laws of 1949 or any amendments thereto.


ARTICLE X General Provisions


Section 1. Plot plans shall be filed with the Build- ing Inspector before work is commenced upon any de- velopment. Building lots must have a frontage of not less than seventy-five feet. No new street shall be accepted by the Town of Kingston unless it is rough graded and is at least forty feet wide.


Section 2. Validity. Should any section of provision of this ordinance be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or of any other part thereof.


Section 3. Interpretation. In interpreting and apply- ing the provisions of this ordinance, they shall be held to the minimum requirements for the promotion of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the Town of Kings- ton and its citizens.


Section 4. Penalties. For any and every violation of the provisions of this ordinance, the owner, general agent, or contractor of a building, or premises where such viola- tion has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such violations has been committed or shall exist, or the architect, builder or any other person who knowingly com- mits, takes part, or assists in any such violation, or who maintains any building on premises in which any such


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violation shall exist, shall be liable on conviction thereof to a fine or penalty not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00) for each and every offense, and whenever such person shall be notified by the Board of Selectmen, or by service of summons in prosecution, or in any other way, that he is committing such violation of this ordinance, each day that he shall continue such violation after notification, shall constitute a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty. Such fines or penalties shall be collected as like fines or penalties are now by law collected.


Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immedi- ately upon its passage.


Zoning Commission for the Town of Kingston.


VERNON LEWIS, Chairman RALPH H. BAKE, Clerk ERNEST P. BRAGDON J. EDWARD STEVENS LESLIE W. CURRIER, JR. WILLIAM G. E. SIMES JESSE D. SHAW


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Budget of the Town of Kingston, N. H.


Estimate of Revenue for the Ensuing Year Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1951, as Compared with the Estimates and Actual Revenue for the Previous Year.


SOURCES OF REVENUE


Estimated


Revenue


Previous


Year 1950


Actual


Revenue


Previous


Year 1950


Estimated Revenue


Ensuing


Year 1951


From State:


Interest and Dividends Tax


$ 2,863.47


$ 3,395.10


$ 3,395.10


Railroad Tax


20.80


21.54


21.54


Savings Bank Tax


45.04


45.13


45.13


Reimbursement a/c State and Federal Forest Lands.


38.69


39.76


39.76


Reimbursement a/c Exemption of Growing Wood and Timber .


210.38


38.63


From Local Sources Except Taxes:


Do Licenses


494.00


531.50


500.00


Business Licenses, Permits and Filing Fees


10.00


68.00


25.00


Rent of Town Hall and


Other Buildings


125.00


146.68


125.00


Income of Departments:


(a) Highway, including


rental of equipment


102.60


(b) State Contract Refund .


252.88


(c) Town Relief


746.50


Motor Vehicle Permit Fees


3,000.00


3,906.37


3,500.00


Sale of Town Property


405.56


Amount Raised by Issue of Notes:


Fire House Heater ..


800.00


From Local Taxes Other Than


Property Taxes:


(a) Poll Taxes - Regular @ $2. .


1,108.00


1,124.00


1,124.00


(b) National Bank Stock Taxes . 35.00


35.00


35.00


Total Revenue from All Sources


Except Property Taxes .. $ 7,740.00


$11,831.00


$ 8,849.16


Amount to be Raised by Property Taxes


$64,966.45


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Total Revenues


$73,815.61 Estimate of the Expenditures for the Ensuing Year Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1951, as Compared with the Estimated and Actual Expenditures of the Previous Year.


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PURPOSES OF EXPENDITURES


Appropriations


Previous


Year 1950


Actual


Expenditures


Previous


Year 1950


Estimated


Expenditures


Ensuing


Year


General Government:


Town Officers Salaries


$ 2,200.00


$ 2,159.60


$ 2,300.00


Town Officers Expenses and Supplies


600.00


728.32


850.00


Election and Registration Expenses


250.00


277.84


100.00


Expenses Town Hall and


Other Buildings


1,300.00


1,266.86


1,300.00


Protection of Persons and Property:


Police Department


250.00


80.74


300.00


Fire Department


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Health:


Health Dept. including Hospitals


25.00


25.00


Vital Statistics


40.00


36.00


40.00


Town Dump


500.00


544.23


600.00


Highways and Bridges:


Town Maintenance - Summer


2,000.00


2,933.62


2,000.00


Town Maintenance - Winter


2,000.00


2,571.83


2,000.00


Town Maintenance - Tarvia


3,000.00


3,065.12


3,000.00


Street Lighting


1,300.00


1,341.13


1,350.00


General Expense of Highway Dept.


500.00


899.42


600.00


Town Road Aid


338.95


338.95


339.00


Libraries:


750.00


750.00


1,200.00


Public Welfare:


Town Poor


1,000.00


2,125.76


1,300.00


Old Age Assistance


2,600.00


2,715.97


2,800.00


Patriotic Purposes :


Memorial Day and Veterans' Associations


100.00


39.87


100.00


Aid to Soldiers and Their Families


12.00


Recreation.


Parks and Playgrounds


100.00


131.75


250.00


Public Service Enterprises:


Cemeteries


400.00


404.95


400.00


Unclassified :


Damages and Legal Expenses, Including Dog Damage . ..


350.00


225.85


200.00


Universalist Church Clock Repairs


300.00


1951


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Interest:


On Temporary Loans


100.00


88.96


118.90


On Long Term Notes


125.00


106.54


100.00


On Principal of Trust Funds Used by Town


356.10


356.10


356.10


Highways and Bridges:


Town Construction


1,700.00


1,673.91


2,500.00


Water Works, Fire House Well


700.00


654.40


New Equipment,


Town Hall Water Heater


324.73


Fire House Heater


365.00


1,165.00


Town Hall Chairs


330.00


Town Dump Truck


2,700.00


Payment on Principal of Debt:


Long Term Notes,


Fire House and Heater


1,600.00


1,600.00


2,000.00


County Taxes


4,150.75


4,150.75


4,200.00


School Taxes


34,847.67


28,656.33


38,156.61


Total


Expenditures


$65,548.47


$63,426.53


$73,815.61


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Estimated Town Charges for 1951


Town Officers' Salaries


$ 2,300.00


Town Officers Expenses & Supplies


850.00


Elections & Registrations


100.00


Town Hall & Other Buildings


1,300.00


Police Department


300.00


Fire Department


2,000.00


Health Department


25.00


Vital Statistics


40.00


Town Maintenance Winter


2,000.00


Town Maintenance, Summer


2,000.00


Town Maintenance, Tarvia


3,000.00


Street Lighting


1,350.00


General Expense


600.00


Libraries


1,200.00


Old Age Assistance


2,800.00


Town Relief


1,300.00


Memorial Day


100.00


Parks & Playgrounds


250.00


Cemeteries


400.00


Damages & Legal Expense


200.00


Interest on Borrowed Money


575.00


Town Dump


600.00


Fire House Building Note


1,600.00


Fire House Heater Note


400.00


County Tax


4,200.00


$ 29,490.00


School District Appropriation


38,156.61


$ 67,646.61


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Inventory


For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1950 RESIDENT




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