Annual Report of the Town of Moultonborough, New Hampshire
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ANNUAL REPORT of the Town of Moultonboro For the Year Ending December 31 1953 : INDEX List of Town Officers , , 2 List of School District Officers , . , 3 Town Warrant 4 Summary Inventory 6 Budget 7 Statement of Appropriations & Taxes Assessed 10 Schedule of Town Property 12 Comparative Statement of Approp. & Expenditures .... 13 Financial Report 15 Report of Town Clerk 16 Report of Tax Collector 17 Report of Town Treasurer , 22 Summary of Receipts , 24 Summary of Payments 25 Detailed Statement of Receipts , 27 Detailed Statement of Payments , 28 Report of Highway Agents East Side—Thomas Cooney 36 West Side—Leonard Mallard 38 Moultonboro Neck—Jess Olden 40 Auditors' Report 41 Report of Librarian , 42 Report of Library Treasurer ,../.. 43 Firemen's Fund , 44 Report of Volunteer Fire Department 45 Report of Forest Fire Warden 46 Trust Funds 47 SCHOOL REPORT Minutes of 1953 District Meeting , , 2 School Warrant , , ? * 3 Auditors' Report • » , ,,,,...,... 5 Financial Report of School Board 6 Report of Treasurer 8 Statement of Bonded Indebtedness 10 School Board's Budget , 11 Supervisory Union Report » 12 . Report of School Nurse , . 13 Report of Superintendent and Principal ..,...,,...,,. 14 Table of Attendance Statistics 16 Real Estate Assessments , . o 21 Vital Statistics ,,.,.,.,,. 54 ANNUAL REPORT of the OFFICERS of the TOWN OF MOULTONBORO For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31 ^ %3 o This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from our official records and is complete to the best of our knowledge and belief. GILBERT N. WIGGINS PETER 0. LARSON ROBERT J. LAMPREY, JR. Selectmen of Moultonboro* f6.::: Town Officers Representative to the General Court Parker S. Kimball Moderator Ernest L. Berry Town Clerk Ethel C. Smith Selectmen Gilbert N. Wiggins Peter 0. Larson Robert J. Lamprey, Jr. Treasurer Nina L. Moulton Tax Collector Charles B. Darling Health Officer M. Verna Foss Trustees of Trust Funds Ernest L. Berry Henry Boyle Fred E. Davis Supervisors of Check List Robert J. Lamprey, Sr. Henry Boyle Fred W. Berry Overseers of the Poor Board of Selectmen Highway Agents Thomas Cooney Jess Olden Leonard Mallard Forest Fire Warden John Randall Library Trustees Minnie Gordon Henry Boyle James N. Solomon Nina L. Moulton Marion White Clyde B. Foss Auditors Roger Larson James Barry James N. Solomoni School District Officers Moderator Clyde B. Foss Treasurer Ralph E. Goodwin Clerk Dorothy W. Davis Auditors Roger Larson William Twoomejr : : state of New Hampshire TOWN OF MOULTONBORO Town Warrant To the Inhabitants of the Town of Moultonboro, in the County of Carroll, in said State, qualified to vote in Town affairs You are hereby notified to meet at the Moultonboro Central School Auditorium in said Moultonboro on Tuesday the 9th day of March 1954, at ten of the clock in the fore- noon to act upon the following subjects: 1 To choose by ballot and major vote a Treasurer, Clerk, Tax Collector, one or more, not exceeding two Highway Agents, three Auditors, one Selectman for three years, One Trustee of the Trust Funds for three years, and such other officers and agents as the voters may deem necessary. 2 To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to repair Highways and Bridges in said Town. 3 To see if the Town will vote to increase the hourly com- pensation as follows Labor from $1.00 per hour .... to $1.05 Foreman from $1.10 to $1.15 2-Ton Trucks on Maintenance, Patrol exclusive of Plowing Snow from 90c to $1.10 and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for same. 4 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $650.14 for Town Road Aid. 5 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes. 6 To see if the Town will vote to allow a discount on taxes paid in full up to fifteen days after the approval of the tax warrant. 7 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the Support of the Poor. 8 To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Laconia and Huggins Hospitals. 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for concerts provided by the Center Harbor Band. 10 To see if tlie Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to maintain the beach at Long Island. 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $278.00, which is 1/100 of 1 per cent of the assessed valuation of the Town, to the Lakes Region Association for the purpose of publicizing and promot- ing the natural resources of the Town, in cooperation with other towns in the Lakes Region. 12 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for State Aid Construction. 13 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to purchase the land, approximate- ly 2 acres, between the Library and the Fire House. 14 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,248.30, it being the amount of the deficit caused by the Forest Fire on Mt. Shaw. 15 To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting. Given under our hands and seal this 20th day of February, A. D. 1954. GILBERT N. WIGGINS PETER 0. LARSON ROBERT J. LAMPREY, JR. Selectmen of Moultonboro A true copy of Warrant—Attest: GILBERT N. WIGGINS PETER O. LARSON ROBERT J. LAMPREY, JR. Selectmen of Moultonboro Summary Inventory Lands and Buildings $2,657,250.00 Electric Plants 144,109.00 Horses, 8 350.00 Cows, 109 8,150.00 Other Neat Stock, 7 350.00 Sheep and Goats, 35 350.00 Hogs, 5 105.00 Fowl, 3,180 3,180.00 Boats and Launches, 84 26,215.00 Portable Mills, 4 2,050.00 Wood, Lumber, etc. 120.00 Gasoline Pumps and Tanks 2,925.00 Stock in Trade 10,360.00 Total Gross Valuation $2,855,514.00 Less: Soldiers' Exemptions 77,108.00 Net Valuation on which tax rate is Computed $2,778,406.00 Budget for 1954 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for the Ensuing Year January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954 Compared with Estimated and Actual Revenue, Appropriations and Expendi- tures of the Previous Year Jan. 1, 1953 to Dec. 31, 1953 Estimated Actual Estim'td Revenue Revenue Revenue Previous Previous Ensuing SOURCES OF REVENUE Yr. 1953 Yr. 1953 Yr. 1954 From State— Interest and Dividends Tax $2,000.00 $4,478.79 $4,000.00 Railroad Tax 1.55 1.56 1.56 Savings Bank Tax 95.00 182.51 150.00 Reimbursement a/c Exemption of Growing Wood and Timber 2,000.00 2,909.91 2,400.00 For Fighting Forest Fires 50.00 9.30 50.00 Nat. Forest Reserve, Mt. Shaw Fire 10,915.34 7,454.39 From Local Sources Except Taxes-- Do^ Licenses 150.00 204.98 150.00 Business Licenses, Permits, Filing Fees 10.00 20.00 10.00 Rent of Town Hall & Other Buildings 50.00 Interest Received on Taxes & Deposits 200.00 253.36 200.00 Plowing Dooryards 400.00 381.00 350.00 Motor Vehicle Permit Fees 3,500.00 4,590.39 4,000.00 Sale of Town Property 100.00 225.00 100.00 Am,t. Raised by Issue of Bonds or Notes— State Aid Construction 20,094.44 Cash Surplus Jan. 1, 1953 $3,943.11 Net Debt Jan. 1, 1954 4,248.30 From Local Taxes Other Than Property Taxes— Poll Taxes—Regular @ $2 750.00 694.00 600.00 Total Revenues from All Sources Except Property Taxes $9,306.55 $44,960.58 $19,465.95 Amt. to be Raised by Property Taxes 111,463.73 Total Revenues $130,929.68 Appro- Actual Estimated priations ExpHtures ExpHturea Previous Previous Ensuing Purposes of Expenditures Year 1953 Year 1953 Year 195^ General Government— Town Officers' Salaries $2,900.00 $2,902.97 $2,950.00 Town Officers' Expenses 2,000.00 2,038.10 2,100.00 Election & Registration Expenses 400.00 284.85 600.00 Town Reports 500.00 486.00 750.00 Exp. Town Hall & Other Buildings 600.00 132.26 500.00 Protection of Persons & Propertyerty— Bounties 99.25 Police Department 400.00 301.25 350.00 Fire Dept. & Forest Fires 1,700.00 1,953.19 2,300.00 Moth Exterm.—Blister Rust 400.00 400.00 400.00 Insurance 1,000.00 827.69 900.00 Mt, Shaw Fire 34,461.18 *4,248.30 Health— Health Dept., including Dump 1,300.00 1,516.36 1,500.00 Vital Statistics 50.00 36.50 50.00 Hospitals 700.00 700.00 500.00 Highways and Bridges— Town Maint. Summer & Winter 23,000.00 21,728.70 21,500.00 Street Lighting 950.00 852.74 900.00 Gen. Expenses of Highway Dept. 2,000.00 2,672.97 6,000.00 Town Road Aid 668.60 959.69 650.14 Libraries— 2,100.00 2,100.00 3,000.00 Public Welfare— Town Poor 2,500.00 1,235.14 1,500.00 Old Age Assistance 2,500.00 2,804.17 3,200.00 Patriotic Purposes— Memorial Day 150.00 92.99 100.00 Aid to Soldiers and Their Families 200.00 397.31 400.00 Recreation— Long Island Beach 500.00 747.15 1,000.00 Parks, Playg'ds, incl.