The town receives each year various amounts outside of
the tax levy. In some instances these amounts have been
appropriated for various municipal purposes, and in some
cases used to meet legal obligations against the town without
any direct action.
There are many unappropriated balances available in the
treasury for appropriation, derived from various sources and
your Board is causing a list thereof to be prepared, to guide
our town in future appropriation meetings.
The amounts as above set forth have been received in part
from the following sources: Interest on unpaid taxes, interest on bank balances, insurance money, sale of land, Commonwealth, corporation and national bank tax, other cash
payments for various debts due from State, repayments from
abolition of grade crossings, miscellaneous licenses, sale of
merchandise, and from other sources, all of which we recommend should be considered in part from year to year, when
our appropriations for annual payments on town debt and
interest, or other necessary appropriations, are made.
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS.
In the consideration of our municipal obligations, and II
some of the reasons for .high tax rates, our citizens should
consider what we pay outside of State and County taxes,
and current ...