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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1941-01-27-BASS-min.pdf Meeting, January 27, 1941 e Messrs Steeves, Burnham, Emery, Spencer and Miss Ready were present. l ��'R r.; At 8 P. M. Mr. Steeves went before the Selectmen at their request to talk over with them the 1941 Assessors Budget Appropriation. , The Selectmen having authorized two Water Assessment abatements i. the. Assessors at this meeting voted to abate the following two Assessments and signed the abatement slips: Albert A. & Alice M. Ross $131.16 '. Charles VI. & Robert L. Ryder, Trs. Lexington Estates Trust $142.20 REASON: Property already assessed a Water Betterment on Waltham. St. r :.t. The Assessors ' Department Report for the 1940 Town Report was , signed by the three members Resent. S ; 1 The 1940 Statutory Exemption Application received from Mrs. Emma ',; Nash; widow, of . 12 Theresa Avenue, was examined and the Assessors ''z+ voted to grant her the $2000 exemption under Clause 18. Mrs.Nash has been receiving the exemption in past. years under- Clause 17 and if she had filed on time this year the exemption would ,=. have been granted under Clause 17. r Mrs. Martha L. Jones, widow with four minor children, of 17 Pleas , Street, filed her 1940 Statutory Exemption Application late, and the Assessors after examining the application voted to abate her 1940 reaW estate tax of $63.76 under Clause 18. Mrs. Jones claimed she did not receive her 1940 tax bill and she did not know she had to file prior. to Oct. 1st. ' In past years the Assessors have been abating Mrs. Jones 's real F estate taxes under Clause 17. ,, ,;a The 1940 Statutory Exemption Application tiled by Mrs. Catherine , McEnroe, widow, of 135 Gedar Street, was examined and the Board voted to grant her the $2000 exemption under Clause 18, Mrs. McEnroe has in past years been granted exemption under Clause; 17 but because her application was filed late for 1940 the Assessors voted to grant her the exemption under Clause 18. _ Letter from Mr. W. S.. WallT.ce, representative of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in regard to Mrs. Alice C. Mellow's case was read. The Board after discussing the .case ,voted to abate the balance of -> her 1940 real estate taxi under Clause 18. At a prior meeting, the Assessors granted Mrs. Mellow, widow, of - 1 7 Smith Avenue, the $2000 exemption under Clause 17. Letter from Mr.. Clarence ,S. Walker, Treasurer of the Lexington Tr ', Company, was read and the Assessors voted to reduce the assessment on the, .1an . at #33 ,Hancock LStreet from 1$j to 12 ' per sq ft. (Property as 1 of January 1st, 1940 'assessed in the name of Eleanor J. McCabe. ) l � Land assessment reduced $655; tax of $21.09 abated. The Board again considered Mrs. Evelyn McVetty's request for additional help on her 1939 tax bill and the Assessors at this meet- ing voted to grant her an abatement of $75.00 on her 1939 tax bill. The Board considered the assessment on Mr. Barrington's property located at #39 Merriam Street and at this meeting voted to reduce the '1940 assessment from 418,100 to $17,000. Mr. Steeves told the Board that he was responsible for Mr. Barrington building in Lexington and that he told him that his house would be assessed for what it cost, and that now the building was assessed; for more :than it, cost Mr. Barrington. Mr. Steeves said Mr. Barrington had all his contract papers to show to the Assessors if they wished to examine them. Abatement of 635.42 granted on the 1940 tax bill. Mr. "Spencer told the Board that he had received a letter from The Appellate Tax Board informing the Assessors that The Workingmens Cooperative _ ;Sank case was listed for hearing on February 5th. (Property located at 6 Tower Road) Mr. Spencer said the case might not come up on the 5th but that the Assessors would have to appear every day until the case Was settled. The Assessors requested Mr. Spencer` to get in touch with the Attorney for the Bank and see if some compromise figure could not be arrived at )$I before Feb. 5th. A NOTE: Mr. Spencer got in touch with Mr. Murphy, Attorney for the Bank, the day after the meeting and Mr. Murphy said if the assessment was ' reduced to $7000 for the years '1939 and 1940 that they would withdraw the case. 3 The Board at a previous meeting did reduce the 1940 assessment `Afrom x$`7900 to $7400, so another valuation reduction of 8400 is necessary. 4 Abatement of 31.95 on the 1939 tax bill. f Abatement of ' a2.88 on the 1940 tax bill. (2nd abatement. ) i'' ,; Mr. Spencer informed the Board that he had the Attorneys Sullivan & ;� ,Sullivan for the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank withdraw their two cases ykbefore the Appellate Tax Board.. (Property located at 15 Sylvia Street) y ,, The Assessors reduced the 1939 assessment 8400 but the Bank was not ,F4atisfied with the red uction so they entered the case with the Appellate ' .'Tax Board. e =.1 The Bank ' still felt that the propertywas over assessed and when �fitmr.. Spencer talked with Mr. Sullivan he said if the Assessors would `: reduce the assessment on the property to =2.520 , and grant them the 1 batements for the two years that they woA1d withdraw the cases. y, Board considered the matter and voted to abate the following two o amounts ,` 1939 tax amount abated 521. 30 s 1940 tax amount abated 19. 32 The Board was ,told that Mrs. Josephine E. Bailey of East Street and 'aRussell Cook were both assessed for the same henhouse in 1940 so the r Assessors at this meeting voted to grant Mrs. Bailey an abatement of ;; 3.22 on her tax bill. Double assessment. Mr. Cook was assessed for ,.4f he henhouse on his personal tax bill. s�,' The Board voted to grant Mrs. Emily H. Morse of Waltbsm Street an Iiilja.batement of x$2.58. When Waltham Street was widened by the Town the ;£},4,rea of her lot was not changed and Mrs. Morse has been paying on more land. than she owned. ,le One' department bill was approved and signed for payment. (1 The Board was told that a goonany persons had written in lette d ,r asking for re-assesstents on their property for 1941 and the Chairman of the .Board suggested that a special meeting of they Board be called and that the full board goover the letters and that a good many of the new changes could. be made right here in the office for the :Board was familiar with *any of the• places under question, and then they could at go,,and view the other parcels. The Recapitulation Sheet on Motor Vehicles for 1940 to. be .:.sent. to. : Commissiaer Long was . signed by the three Members.. present. LThree .Commitments No. of autos Valuation Excise Tax of Motor Vehicles ' . 4653 $1,292;000 $36,.505.71;. during 1940. , , Letter to Chairman Steeves from Eugene .Viano in regard to hie purchasing the Valentine House from the Colonial Garage Inc. , was ,read. :, The letter was to inf ort t e Board. of his intention Of Moving the large house up on a lot' o Vine Brook Road and the condition it ; would be in as of January 1: 1941.. a Mr. Steeves said the large house would probably carry. an assess-: • ment of $100.0 and the small house that is also to be moved to Vine Brook Road would be assessed around $500. Letter . dated Dec. 26th from Mr. Charles W. Ryder in regard to the decisions of the Board on the valuations on #277 Waltham Street; #24 Maple Street and '#84 Cary Avenue (Cary House ) was read and the Board and Mr. Spender after discussing the matter said theyfelt thaf some reductions could be made on those three parcels. Board to consider the present Valuations at a later. date. The Board was informed of the several cases filed ,by. the 'Home Owners Loan 'Corporation. withthe Appellate Tax Board and the Assesso told Mr. Spencer to get in touch With the Attorney for the Corporati< and .find out What compromise 'figures they would accept so that the c,c could. .be withdrawn. The Board had looked at the various. parcels because` the Corporatj had filed abatement applications for 1940 onthese parcels and the Assessors had either made sore zaluation:>reductions or voted that no`' reductions be made on the parcels. , 7 ..... f /I, ,. • di -gal( . - Secre r a, y 'of :the Board .