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 1956 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1956moul ANNUAL REPORT of the OFFICERS of the TOWN OF MOULTONBORO For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31 1956 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 - J —j Qs-j , \^ INDEX List of Town Officers 3 Town Warrant 5 Summary Inventory 8 Budget 9 Statement of Appropriations & Taxes Assessed 12 Comparative Statement of Appro. & Expenditures .... 14 Financial Report 16 Report of Town Clerk 17 Schedule of Town Property 18 Report of Tax Collector 19 Report of Town Treasurer 23 Summary of Receipts 24 Summary of Payments 25 Detailed Statement of Receipts 27 Detailed Statement of Payments 28 Report of Highway Agents 37 Report of Trust Funds 41 Auditor's Report 42 Report of Librarian 42 Report of Library Treasurer 43 Moultonboro Volunteer Fire Department 44 Fireman's Fund—1956 45 Report of Forest Fire Warden 46 SCHOOL REPORT 49 List of School District Officers 50 School District Warrant 51 Report of School District Meeting 53 Financial Report of School Board 55 Statement of Bonded Indebtedness 60 School Treasurer's Report 61 School Board Budget 62 Report of School Nurse 64 Report of Superintendent 65 Supervisory Union #2 Budget 67 Report of Principal 68 Table of Attendance Statistics 69 Real Estate Assessments 71 Vital Statistics 126 2 Town Officers Representative to the General Court George Stewart Lamprey 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 Ernest L. Berry Health Officer Dr. Aleksander Ratsep Trustees of Trust Funds Ernest L. Berry Fred E. Davis Robert M. Fletcher Overseers of the Poor Board of Selectmen 3 Highway Agents Thomas Cooney Jess Olden Leonard Mallard Forest Fire Warden John Randall Supervisors of the Check List Robert J. Lamprey, Jr. Wilmont White Frank E. Mclntire Library Trustees Isabelle Behr Nina L. Moulton Marion White James N. Solomon Clyde B. Foss Fred E. Davis Auditors James N. Solomon James Barry James Clowes School District Officers Moderator Clyde B. Foss Treasurer James N. Solomon Clerk Dorothy W. Davis Auditors Sybol Bodge William Twomey 4 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 12th day of March 1957, 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 raise and appropriate the sum of $663.76 for Town Road Aid. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the current year maintenance and operation expenses, and that the Selectmen be authorized to issue notes therefor, which notes are to be paid out of tax receipts of the current year as provided by the provisions of Acts of 1953, Chapter 258, and any amendments thereof. 5. 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. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the support of the Poor. 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Laconia and Huggins Hospitals. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for concerts to be provided by the Center Harbor Band. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to maintain parks and playgrounds for the ensuing year. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $356.03 which is 1/100 of 1%, of the assess- ed valuation of the Town, to the Lakes Region Associa- tion for the purpose of publicizing and promoting the natural advantages and resources of the Town: in co- operation with other towns in the Lakes Region. 11. To see if the Town will vote to approve the following schedule of salaries and wages: Town Clerk $500.00, Town Treasurer $500.00, Selectmen: First year of ser- vice $300.00, all succeeding years $500.00, Labor $1.20 per hour, Foremen $1.30 per hour, Tax Collector 1% of collections, not to exceed $1,500.00 per year, Health Officer $100.00 per year, Moderator $2.00 per hour, Auditors $2.00 per hour, Supervisors of the Check List $1.50 per hour, and Ballot Clerks $1.25 per hour. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum, not to exceed $17,000.00, for the purpose of pur- chasing a new fire truck; to authorize the Selectmen to purchase the same, and in order to provide such funds to determine the amount to be raised by taxation in the current year, and to authorize the Selectmen to borrow the balance of the total sum voted, and to issue Serial Notes or Bonds in the name and on the credit of the Town, and to fix the time and place of payment, the rate of interest, terms and maturities and provide for the sale thereof, all in accordance with New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated 1955, Chapter 33, known as the "Municipal Finance Act" and any amendments applicable thereto. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum, not to exceed $30,000.00, to construct suitable housing facilities for the storage of fire trucks and equipment, and in order to provide such funds, to deter- mine the amount to be raised by taxation in the current year, and to authorize the Selectmen to borrow the balance of the total sum voted, and to issue Serial Notes or Bonds in the name and on the credit of the Town, and to fix the time and place of payment, the rate of interest, terms and maturities and provide for the sale thereof, all in accordance with New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated 1955, Chapter 33, known as the "Municipal Finance Act," and any amendments applic- able thereto. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to pur- chase a strip of land 50 ft. wide and parallel to the existing south-westerly boundary of the Red Hill Ceme- tery, and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the same. 15. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting. Given under our hands and seals this 25th day of Febru- ary, A. D. 1957. GILBERT N. WIGGINS PETER 0. LARSON ROBERT J. LAMPREY, JR. Selectmen of Moultonboro A true copy of Warrant—Attest: GILBERT N. WIGGINS PETER 0. LARSON ROBERT J. LAMPREY, JR. Selectmen of Moultonboro Summary Inventory Lands & Buildings $3,391,400.00 Electric Plants 193,579.00 Stock in Trade 14,000.00 Boats & Launches 15,250.00 Horses, 10 415.00 Cows, 87 7,030.00 Other Neat Stock, 7 345.00 Sheep & Goats, 30 300.00 Fowls, 1800 1,145.00 Gasoline Pumps & Tanks 3,550.00 Portable Mills, Road Building Machinery 5,700.00 Total Gross Valuation $3,632,714.00 Less Soliders' Exemptions 72,333.00 Net Valuation on which Tax Rate is Computed $3,560,381.00 8 Budget for 1957 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for the Ensuing Year January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1957 Compared with Estimated & Actual Revenue, Appropriations & Expenditures of the Previous Year January 1, 1956 to December 31, 1956 l Estim't'd Actual Estim't'd< Revenue Revenue Revenue Previous Previous Ensuing SOURCES OF REVENUE Yr. 1956 Yr. 1956 Yr. 1957 From State : Interest & Dividends Tax $ 7,000.00 $ 8,072.86 $ 8,000.00 Railroad Tax .46 Savings Bank Tax 250.00 244.58 250.00 Reimb. a/c State & Federal forest lands 1.92 For Fighting Forest Fires 25.98 239.49 200.00 From Local Sources Except Taxes: < Dog Licenses 200.00 291.70 250.00 Bus. Lie, Permits & Filing Fees 9.00 14.00 10.00 Int. Received on Taxes & Deposits 400.00 519.09 500.00 Income of Departments: Dooryards 475.00 508.00 500.00 Motor Vehicle Permit Fees 5,000.00 6,146.39 6,000.00 Bicycle Fees 30.00 32.50 30.00 Sale of Town Property 250.00 207.23 200.00 From Local Taxes Other Than Property Taxes: Poll Taxes—Regular @ $2 500.00 646.00 600.00 Yield Taxes 2,014.90 3,934.62 2,500.00 Total Revenues from All Sources Except Property Taxes $16,156.80 $20,856.92 $ 19,040.00 Amt.