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4. Plass.
352 21926
1927
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REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
IPSWICH, MASS.
352 21926 ICH . MASS
THE HINT NPLACE or AMERICAN INDEYBOLNICE
For The Year Ending December 31, 1926
AND THE
Two Hundred and Ninety-Third Year OF THE Town's Incorporation
IPSWICH Geo. A. Schofield and Son 1927
9744
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INDEX
PART I. TOWN REPORT
Page
Accountant's Report
9
Balance Sheet
38
Bonded® Debt
41
Departmental Expenses
36
List of Jurors
46
List of Unpaid Bills
43
Tax Collector's Report
58
Town Officers
5
Trust Funds
48
PART II.
Report of Town Officers
PART III.
Water and Light Report
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS, 1926
Selectmen
Robert T. Bamford, Chairman
Term expires 1928
Thomas G. Gauld
Term expires 1927
Clifford C. Boylan
Term expires 1929
Assessors
Edward C. Brooks, Chairman George Fall Richard R. Glasier
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1929
Overseers of the Poor
Clarence M. Leet, Chairman
Term expires 1927
Francis E. Wood, Agent
Term expires 1928
Walter F. Poole
Term expires 1929
Town Clerk
Edward S. Cogswell Term expires 1927
Treasurer and Collector
Joseph T. Morton
Term expires 1927
Town Accountant -
Frederick S. Witham
Term expires 1928
School Committee
Joseph W. Ross, Chairman Fred D. Harris
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1927
Ernest J. Smith
Term expires 1928
Charles E. Goodhue, Jr.
Term expires 1928
Francis C. Wade
Harland Burke
Term expires 1929 Term expires 1929
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Water and Electric Light Commissioners
Arthur H. Walton, Chairman
Term expires 1927
Charles A. Mallard
Term expires 1929
James E. Cole, Jr.
Term expires 1928
Board of Health
George E. MacArthur, Chairman J. Dellinger Barney Thomas G. Gauld
Term expires 1927
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1929
Registrars of Voters
Frank H. Girard, Chairman
Term expires 1927
Edward S. Cogswell, Clerk
Term expires 1929
Charles H. Glasier
Term expires 1929
Oscar H. Ewing
Term expires 1928
Park Commissioners
Francis C. Wade, Chairman
Term expires 1927
Samuel C. Gordon
Term expires 1928
Ernest H. Pickard
Term expires 1929
Cemetery Commissioners
Ralph K. Whittier, Chairman
Term expires 1928
Howard Blake
Term expires 1929
Frank E. Howe
Term expires 1927
Clam Commissioners
Henry A. Churchill, Chairman
Term expires 1928
Henry Shaw Farley C. Lord
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1927
Town Counsel
George A. Schofield
Term expires 1927
Chief of Police Valorus H. Grant
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Engineers of Fire Department Edward H. Smith, Chief Frank B. Scabill Frank W. Mallard
Inspector of Animals G. Loring Woodbury
Sanitary Agent & Milk Inspector Eben B. Moulton
Sealer of Weights and Measures William A. Stone
Superintendent of Streets Joseph A. Huckins
Moderator John William Bailey
Janitor of Town Hall William C. Wallace
Finance Committee
M. Charles Arthur, Chairman George A. Schofield, Secretary
Term expires 1928 Term expires 1929
Charles M. Kelly Albert Jodrey
Term expires 1928
Howard N. Doughty
Term expires 1928 Term expires 1929
Jesse H. Wade
Term expires 1927
Thomas R. Lord
Term expires 1927
Edward W. Willis
Brainard J. Conley
Term expires 1927 Term expires 1929
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I beg to submit herewith the annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Ipswich for the year ending December 31, 1926, together with the reports of the various departments and town officials.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK S. WITHAM,
Town Accountant.
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Taxes
Current Year :
Property
$188,889 44
Poll
2,999 00
Previous Year :
Property
33,441 77
Poll
490 82
$225,821 03
From State :
Income Tax 1923
$177 00
Income Tax 1924
224 20
Income Tax 1925
630 00
Income Tax 1926
28,133 10
Corp. Tax-Business '26 17,771 69
Corp. Tax-Pub. Ser. 1926
903 65
National Bank Tax 1926
1,219 00
Trust Co. Tax 1926
339 47
Soldiers' Exemption
90 89
49,489 00
Forwarded
$275,310 03
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Brought forward
$275,310 03
LICENSES
Liquor (druggist)
$1 00
Junk
105 00
Amusement
116 00
Motor Vehicle
100 00
Common Victualler
70 00
Innholder
6 00
Coffee House
10 00
Peddler
22 00
Second hand
10 00
Bottler
10 00
Milk
27 00
Ice Cream
19 50
Oleomargarine
3 00
Cesspool
15 00
Firearms
1 00
Denatured alcohol
3 00
Slaughter house
1 00
Auctioneer
2 00
521 50
FINES AND FORFEITS
Third District Court $1,158 43
1,158 43
GRANTS AND GIFTS
From County :
Dog Tax
$584 79
584 79
Forwarded
$277,574 75
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$277,574 75
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Moth Assessment 1924
$27 00
Moth Assessment 1925
338 45
Moth Assessment 1926
1,384 23
1,749 68
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Collector
$135 22
Town Clerk
4 50
Town Hall-rent
502 00
Sale of settees
9 00
Rent of settees
10 00
Telephone toll
15
660 87
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept .- telephone tolls $1 20
Weights & Meas. Dept .- fees 103 19
From State-Bounty on seals 7 50
Moth Dept .- telephone acct. 29 80
141 69
Forwarded $280,126 99
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Brought forward $280 126 99
HEALTH AND SANITATION
From State-Tuberculosis
Subsidy
$11 43
Sale of supplies
13 25
Reimbursement
10 00
34 68
HIGHWAYS
Telephone refunds
$26 94
Sale of supplies
27 42
Rent of watering cart
9 00
Snow reimbursement 4 75
From State-Linebrook Rd. 4,967 00
From Co .- Linebrook Rd.
4,967 00
From State-Topsfield Rd.
1,493 59
11,495 70
CHARITIES
Almshouse :
Sale of produce $4,322 77
Poor Dept .- Reimbursements :
From State
908 24
From Individuals 205 00
5,436 01
Forwarded $297,093 38. .
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Brought forward
$297,093 38
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
From State :
State Aid
$606 00
Military Aid
172 50
778 50
EDUCATION
From Town of Rowley- tuition $3,740 00
From State-
Vocational education 225 00
Telephone reimbursements 55 84
4,020 84
LIBRARIES
Kimball Library Fund
$22 75
22 75
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Building-rent $1,200 00 From County Jail property 227 00 Sale of Hose 2 property 1,400 00 Sale of Warren St.
Schoolhouse 1,525 00
Rent of Warren St. Schoolhouse 4 38 Sale of Grape Isl. Schoolhouse 50 00
4,406 38
Forwarded
$306,321 85
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Brought forward $306,321 85
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Sale of elec. light, power $57,773 87
Sale of water 22,559 27 -
Public scale receipts 28 70
80,361 84
CEMETERIES
Sale of lots and graves $939 00
Care of lots-
Cemetery Trust Funds 638 50
1,577 50
INTEREST
Deposits
$1,453 37
Deferred taxes
1,827 20
3,280 57
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans
$150,000 00
General Loans :
So. Main & Market Sts. 30,400 00
Hammett Street
7,500 00
Linebrook Road
2,000 00
Premium on loans 4 34
189,904 34
Forwarded
$581,446 10
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Brought forward
$581,446 10
AGENCY AND TRUST
Trust :
Cemetery Perpetual Care $1,150 00
Perpetual Care Funds-
Income
1,252 03
Kimball Fund-Income 22 75
Brown Fund-Income
51 84
2,476 62
REFUNDS
Erroneous payments
$16 90
16 90
Total Receipts, Year 1926 $583,939 62
BALANCES
Cash (General) Jan. 1, 1926
88,410 52
$672,350 14
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries and Wages :
Selectmen
$699 92
Other Expenses :
Stationery and postage
20 38
Printing & Advt.
750 06
Carfares & expenses
48 00
Telephone
89 30
Wire Inspection
399 96
Moderator
20 00
Legal services
175 00
Plans
145 75
Posting warrants
49 00
Ringing bell
60 00
Distributing reports
17 00
Recording plans
3 50
Services, Deputy Sheriff
21 85
Express
93
Dog Officer
10 00
Miscellaneous
81 11
$2,591 76
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Brought forward
$2,591 76
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING
Salaries and Wages :
Auditor
$150 00
Accountant
1,650 00
Other Expenses :
Printing
56 72
Adding machine
165 00
Office supplies
27 89
Carfares and expense
6 25
2,055 86
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Salaries and Wages :
Treasurer & Collector
$2,200 00
Clerk
1,272 00
Other Expenses :
Stationery & postage
73 22
Printing & Advt.
72 00
Carfares
8 02
Telephone
29 83
Office supplies
42 15
Surety Bond
312 00
Certification of notes
30 00
Bounty on seals
7 50
Rent of deposit box
5 00
4,051 72
Forwarded
8,699 34
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Brought forward $8,699 34
ASSESSORS
Salaries and Wages :
Assessors
$1,967 00
('lerical work 236 48
Other Expenses :
Stationery and postage
34 92
Printing & Advt. 295 50
Transportation
79 00
Telephone
47 14
Office supplies 23 15
Abstracts, deeds
54 49
Interpreter
10 00
2,747 68
LAW
Salaries and Wages :
Town Counsel
$161 67
Counsel fees, Court cases 368 45
530 12
TOWN CLERK
Salaries and Wages:
Town Clerk
$1,015 98
Stenographer 35 00
Forwarded $1,050 98 $11,977 14
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Brought forward $1,050 98 $11,977 14
Other Expenses :
Stationery and postage
14 61
Printing & Advt.
25 75
Telephone
17 47
Recording & indexing fees 302 00
Office supplies
5 96
Express
1 03
Birth returns
13 75
Death returns
35 00
Transportation
3 00
1,469 55
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Salaries and Wages :
Registrars
$332 50
Election Officers
499 00
Clerical work
20 00
Other Expenses :
Stationery & postage
9 80
Printing & Advt.
153 65
Meals
28 45
Miscellaneous
2 53
1,045 93
TOWN HALL
Salaries and Wages : Janitor
$1,196 25
Forwarded
$1,196 25 $14,492 62
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Brought forward $1,196 25 $14,492 62
Other Expenses :
Fuel
729 98
Light
643 08
Water
37 14
Janitor's supplies
67 96
Repairs
151 89
On acct. Oil Burner
150 00
Insurance
114 25
Miscellaneous
103 15
3,193 70
Town Hall Expenditures $3,193 70
Receipts
521 00
Net Expense
$2,672 70
Total expenses, General Government
$17,686 32
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
Salaries and Wages :
Chief
$1,624 14
Patrolmen
4,036 85
Specials
1,076 62
Keeper of Lock-Up
521 43
Other Expenses :
Auto hire
12 00
Maintenance of auto
372 79
Equipment for men
158 20
Stationery and printing
88 40
Telephone
194 29
Travelling expenses
16 03
Forwarded
$8,100 75
$17,686 32
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Brought forward
$8,100 75 $17,686 32
Meals
16 20
Laundry
12 27
Postage
13 24
Insurance
42 20
Electric wiring
17 64
File
36.90
Services, physicians
24 00
Miscellaneous
45 33
$8,308 53
Total Police Exp. $8,308 53
Receipts & Court Fines 1,159 63
Net Expense
$7,148 90
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages :
Engineers
$475 66
Firemen
1,963 51
Chauffeurs
6,455 00
Still alarms
71 00
Other Expenses :
Hose
432 00
Equipment for men
349 86
Equipment and repairs.
408 12
Care of alarm & supplies
280 99
Fuel
296 50
Light
158 66
Maintenance of Buildings
& Grounds
339 15
Pension
300 00
Printing
3 25
Telephone
52 21
Miscellaneous
13 40
$11,599 31
Forwarded
$19,907 84
$17,686 32
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Brought forward
$19,907 84 $17,686 32
FOREST WARDEN
Fighting fires
$276 50
Apparatus
14 53
Miscellaneous
8 35
299 38
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages :
Superintendent
$1,200 00
Labor
1,084 45
Other Expenses :
Printing & postage
10 96
Advertising
22 00
Insecticides
968 03
Hardware & tools
111 23
Teams
157 00
Truck
822 00
Insurance
266 79
Gasoline & oil
99 45
Repairs & supplies
56 20
Telephone
25 65
Registration fees
4 00
Miscellaneous
22 53
Total Payments, Moth Department $4,850 29
TREE WARDEN
Salaries and Wages : Tree Warden
$300 00
Labor
414 88
Forwarded
$714 88 $25,057 51 $17,686 32
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Brought forward $714 88 $25,057 51 $17,686 32
Other Expenses :
Hardware & tools
24 70
Trees
45 00
Gasoline
12 60
Repairs
2 82
$800 00
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Sealer
$250 00
Transportation
46 00
Equipment
31 08
Legal services
15 00
Typewriting
1 50
Record book
6 16
$349 74
Weights & Meas. exp.
$349 74
Receipts-fees
103 19
Net expense
$246 55
Total Expenses, Protection of Persons & Property. $26,207 25
HEALTH AND SANITATION
General Administration :
Salaries
$250 00
Stationery & postage
1 80
Printing & Advt.
46 95
Garbage collection
853 28
Forwarded $1,152 03
$43,893 57
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Brought forward $1,152 03 $43,893 57
Express
3 54
Disposing of dead animals
14 00
Miscellaneous 21 26
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Board & treatment
1,066 58
Guards
126 50
Medicine
75
Loss of wages
116 55
Transportation
72 00
Fumigation
34 80
Tuberculosis :
Board and treatment
1,225 20
Transportation
36 00
Child Welfare :
Director
150 00
Nurse
550 00
Transportation
29 00
Inspection :
Inspector of Animals
175 00
Expense
6 00
Inspector of Slaughtering 200 00
Expense
2 56
Inspector of Milk
400 00
Analysis
24 00
Supplies
3 13
Sanitary Inspector
600 00
Transportation
120 00
Supplies
1 25
Total Payments,
Health and Sanitation
$6,130 15
$6,130 15
Forwarded
$50,023 72
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Brought forward
$50,023 72
HIGHWAYS
General Administration :
Supt. of Streets
$1,716 00
Freight & express
18 51
Telephone
85 88
Insurance
1,269 57
Car fares
5 07
Registration fees
8 00
Signs
8 00
Office supplies
27 72
Street Repairs :
Labor
9,893 76
Teams
900 00
Oil, gravel, stone, etc.
4,585 25
Equipment and Repairs
3,388 12
Buoys and floats
110 32
Street signs
318 25
Miscellaneous
10 45
Sidewalks :
Labor
35 16
Snow Removal :
Labor
15,268 75
Teams
2,050 75
Stable Expense :
Hay and grain
503 17
Blacksmithing
177 10
Water
110 16
Stall fittings
44 00
Share of heating garage
75 48
Miscellaneous
55 72
,
Total Payments, - Highway Department
$40,665 19
$40,665 19
Forwarded
$90,688 91
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Brought forward
$90,688 91
SPECIAL HIGHWAY WORK TOWN HILL ROAD
Labor
$162 50
$162 50
LINEBROOK ROAD
Labor
$576 50
Teams
301 50
Gravel and oil
602 85
Contract (Taylor & Dempsey) 13,191 02
Supplies 3 00
$14,674 87
SOUTH MAIN AND MARKET STREETS Contract ( Welch & Moyni-
han Co.) $34,736 02
Extra work (Welch &
Moynihan Co.) 482 23
Engineer (T. A. Appleton) 2,113 10
$37,331 35
HAMMATT STREET
Contract (Welch & Moyni-
han Co.) $7,830 16
Extra work (Welch &
Moynihan Co.) 1,186 36
Engineer (T. A. Appleton) 540 99
$9,557 51
SIDEWALKS
Contract (Manzer & Da-
mon)
$2,266 00
$2,266 00 1
Forwarded
$63,992 23
$90,688 91
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Brought forward
$63,992 23 $90,688 91
CAUSEWAY
Labor
$216 51
Teams
213 00
Gravel
124 00
$553 51
Total expenses for Special Highway Work $64,545 74
CHARITIES POOR DEPARTMENT
General Administration :
Salaries
$349 93
Agent
262 49
Expenses of Agent
38 85
Printing and postage
22 26
Legal services
15 00
Blanks
1 58
Transportation
40 00
$730 11
OUTSIDE RELIEF
Cash allowances
$3,401 00
Rent
612 90
Groceries and provisions
589 52
Fuel
326 57
Board and care
85 50
Clothing and furniture
34 50
Medical Attendance
593 30
Burials
125 00
State Institutions
821 42
Trucking
16 00
$6,605 71
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
Cities
$2,630 91
Towns
205 00
$2,835 91
Forwarded
$10,171 73 $155,234 65
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Brought forward
$10,171 73 $155,234 65
Local cases
Other cities
MOTHERS' AID $836 00 447 95
$1,333 95
$11,505 68
Total expenses Poor
Department
$11,505 68
Receipts
1,113 24
Net Expense
$10,392 44
TOWN FARM
Salaries and Wages :
Superintendent
$600 00
Matron
420 00
All other wages
451 50
$1,471 50
Other Expenses :
Groceries and provisions
1,575 73
Dry goods & clothing
64 57
Fuel
243 63
Equipment and repairs
844 51
Hay and grain
1.072 04
Live stock
139 89
Blacksmithing
113 25
Insurance
53 76
Laundry
30 95
Inspection
5 00
Dressing hog
2 50
Medical attendance
& medicine 81 77
$4,227 60
Total Payments,
Town Farm
$5,699 10
Total Payments, Charities
1
$17,204 78
Forwarded
$172,439 43
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Brought forward
$172,439 43
Total Farm Expenses $5,699 10
Receipts-Sale of Produce 4,322 77
Net Expense $1,376 33
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
Cash allowances
$528 00
$528 00
Military Aid
Cash allowances
$225 00
$225 00
Soldiers' Relief
Cash allowances
$1,626 00
Fuel
67 50
Groceries and provisions
288 00
Rent
96 00
Medical aid
352 00
Transportation
13 00
$2,442 50
Total Payments, Soldiers' Benefits $3,195 50
EDUCATION
General Expenses
Superintendent of Schools $3,000 00 Clerk 449 84
Forwarded
$3,449 84
$175,634 93
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Brought forward $3,449 84
$175,634 93
Truant Officer
300 00
Printing, stationery & postage 543 05
Telephones
268 00
Travelling expenses
227 10
Census
100 00
Physician
600 00
Files
275 10
Office supplies
91 77
Express & trucking
52 34
Badges
6 21
$5,913 41
Teachers' Salaries
Day School
$61,759 46
Evening School
178 00
61,937 46
Text Books and Supplies
Text and Reference Books $2,863 13
Paper and Blank Books
1,018 71
Drawing Materials 496 91
Manual Training Supplies
47 59
Domestic Science Supplies 96 73
All other 2,028 09
6,551 16
Tuition
$666 50
666 50
Transportation
$3,983 75
3,983 75
Support of Truants
$6 86
6 86
Forwarded .
$79,059 14 $175,634 93
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Brought forward
$79,059 14 $175,634 93
Janitors' services
3,889 02
Fuel
Light
Fuel and Light $3,388 09 477 21
3,865 30
Buildings and Grounds
Carpentry and Painting $2,327 84
Plumbing
958 30
Lumber
527 79
Flags
77 57
Janitors' Supplies
210 07
Water
388 76
All other
2,218 68
6,709 01
Furniture and Furnishings
811 91
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Graduating Exercises
$209 80
Insurance
1,432 17
Athletics 513 89
2,155 86
Total Payments, Education $96,490 24
Payments, Education
$96,490 24
Receipts 4,020 84
Net Expense 92,469 40 Shatswell School
Balance of Contract $40,494 30
Balance Architect's Fee 1,932 13
Furniture and Furnishings 2,983 70
Forwarded
$45,410 13
$272,125 17
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Brought forward $45,410 13
$272,125 17
Labor and Cartage
31 93
Inspection
4 00
$45,446 06
Total Payments, Shatswell School
$45,446 06
RECREATION
Parks
Labor
$377 45
Plants
61 50
Water
12 00
Repairs on Mower
67 55
Legal Services
15 00
Supplies
56 48
$589 98
Playgrounds
Instructor
$100 00
Caretaker
525 00
Labor
149 75
Teams
9 00
Carpentry
161 87
Labor and material-
Shower Baths
583 31
Lumber
209 56
Insurance
10 40
Miscellaneous
90 99
$1,839 88
Total Expense, Recreation
$2,429 86
Forwarded
$320,001 09
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Brought forward
$320,001 09
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Building
Janitor
$1,325 00
Fuel
382 84
Light
140 93
Repairs
6 35
Insurance
135 00
Water
6 28
Supplies
40 28
$2,036 68
Essex Sanatorium-
Maintenance
$1,828 54
Libraries
622 75
Shell Fish
200 00
Band Concerts
200 00
Cable Hospital
1,500 00
Memorial Day
300 00
Independence Day
571 14
5,222 43
Total Payments-Unclassified $7,259 11
PUBLIC. SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Electric Light Department
-
Maintenance & Operation $47,673 27
Construction
7,308 09
Jobbing
234 87
Interest
1,591 50
Notes
5,850 00
$62,657 73
Forwarded
$62,657 73 $327,260 20
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Brought forward
$62,657 73 $327,260 20
Water Department
Maintenance & Operation
$9,578 29
Construction
11,896 15
Interest
2,605 00
Notes
3,500 00
27,579 44
Total Payments, Public Service Enterprises
$90,237 17
Cemeteries
Labor
$1,855 00
Teams
27 25
Plants
61 40
Tools
124 12
Water
24 50
Lumber
2 24
Lime
1 00
Care of Endowed Lots
638 50
$2,734 01
Total Payments, Cemeteries
2,734 01
Interest
Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Revenue $3,739 12
General Loans 10,062 00
$13,801 12
Total Payments, Interest -
13,801 12
Forwarded
$434,032 50
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Brought forward
$434,032 50
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans-Anticipation
of Revenue $150,000 00
General Loans 22,650 00
$172,650 00
Total Payments-Municipal
Indebtedness
$172,650 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Agency :
State Tax
$15,120 00
State Highway Tax 4,388 63
County Tax
13,417 53
Municipal Lighting
Plant Tax 14 51
$32,940 67
Trust :
Perpetual Care Funds $1,150 00
Trust Fund Income 1,326 62
2,476 62
Total Payments, Agency and Trust
$35,417 29
REFUNDS
Taxes Refunded $379 59
379 59
Total Payments, Refunds
$379 59
Total Payments for Year 1926
$642,479 38
Balances
General Cash, December 31, 1926 $29,870 76
$672,350 14
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Recapitulation of Departmental Expenses Year 1926
Department
Appro.
Refunds or Transfers
Total
Expended
Balance
Selectmen
$2,400 00
$250 00
$2,650 00
$2,591 76
$58 24
Auditing & Acc'ting 2,065 00
2,065 00
2,055 86
Treasurer & Collector 4,300 00
4,300 00
4,051.72
248 28
Assessors
2,600 00
152 00
2,752 00
2,747 68
4 32
Law
700 00
700 00
530 12
169 88
Town Clerk
1,400 00
71 75
1,471 75
1,469 55
2 20
Election & Registration 700 00
385 00
1,085 00
1,045 93
39 07
Town Hall
3,200 00
200 00
3,400 00
3,193 70
206 30
Police
8,000 00
308 60
8,308 60
8,308 53
07
Fire
11,600 00
11,600 00
11,599 31
69
Forest Warden
100 00
200 00
300 00
299 38
62
Weights & Measures
350 00
350 00
349 74
26
Tree Warden
800 00
800 00
800 00
Moth
3,200 00
1,650 68
4,850 68
4,850 29
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Health
4,500 00
1,634 29
6,134 29
6,130 15
4 14
Highways
37,500 00
3,170 10
40,670 10
40,665 19
4 91
Linebrook Road
5,000 00
11,248 57
16,248 57
14,674 87
1,573 70
Causeway
500 00
54 25
554 25
553 51
74
Sidewalks
1,446 00
820 00
2,266 00
2,266 00
Town Hill Road
678 49
678 49
162 50
515 99
So. Main &
Market Streets
38,000 00
38,000 00
37,331 35
668 65
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Hammatt Street
7,500 00
2,168 65
9,668 65
9,557 51
111 14
Town Farm
4,600 00
1,425 00
6,025 00
5,699 10
325 90
Out Poor
8,000 00
3,599 28
11,599 28
11,505 68
93 60
State Aid
650 00
650 00
528 00
122 00
Military Aid
420 00
420 00
225 00
195 00
Soldiers' Relief
2,400 00
88 00
2,488 00
2,442 50
45 50
Cable Hospital
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
Education
97,007 00
4 60
97,011 60
96,490 24
521 36
Shatswell School
45,525 35
45,525 35
45,446 06
79 29
Libraries
600 00
22 75
622 75
622 75
Parks
590 00
590 00
589 98
02
Playgrounds
1,500 00
343 00
1,843 00
1,839 88
3 12
Band Concerts
200 00
200 00
200 00
Shell Fish
200 00
200 00
200 00
Memorial Building
2,000 00
38 39
2,038 39
2,036 68
1 71
Essex Sanatorium
1,828 54
1,828 54
1,828 54
Independence Day
600 00
600 00
571 14
28 86
Memorial Day
300 00
300 00
300 00
Legal Services- B.&M.R.R.
250 00
250 00
250 00
Elec. Light Dept.
11,172 00
75,190 81
86,362 81
62,657 73
Water Dept.
2,262 00
27,660 80
23,705 08
Cemeteries
2,100 00
29,922 80
27,579 44
2,343 36
Interest
13,454 00
347 12
2,100 00
2,095 51
4 49
Maturing Debt
21,727 49
922 51
13,801 12
13,801 12
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
22,650 00
22,650 00
1,000 00
835 00
165 00
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Balance Sheet, December 31, 1926
ASSETS
Cash on hand
$29,870 76
Accounts receivable :
Taxes. Levy of 1925
$11,676 42
Taxes, Levy of 1926 46,094 69
57,771 11
Special Assessments:
Moth Levy of 1925
$52 90
Moth Levy of 1926
266 55
319 45
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
640 50
Department Bills
938 09
J. T. Morton. Collector Electric Light
9,695 48
Electric Light Revenue
9,695 48
Water Revenue
7,364 29
Overlay Reserve
124 94
Surplus War Bonus Funds
3,208 13
Refunding Loan $700 00
Fire Station Loan 1,000 00
Electric Light Loan 3,300 00
Water Loan 31.000 00
Winthrop School Loan 9,000 00
Heating Plant Loan 2,500 00
Memorial Bldg. Loan
30,000 00
Burley School Loan
32,000 00
IPSWICH TOWN
Town Hall $200 00
Linebrook Road
1,073 70
Causeway 74
Town Hill Road 515 99
Town Farm 325 00
Legal Services. B.&M.R.R. 250 00
Electric Light 23,705 08
Water 2,343 36
28,413 87
REPORT
J. T. Morton. Collector Water 7.864 29
Overlay, 1926
27 99
LIABILITIES
Outstanding Temporary Loans: Anticipation of Revenue
$50,000 00
Overlay. 1925
914 23
Appropriation Balances :
Sinking Fund, Water Dept. $5,372 72 Net Bonded Debt 297,027 28
302,400 00
County Jail Loan
14,000 00
Town Hill Road Loan 2,000 00
Essex Co. Hospital Loan 27,000 00
Hose 2 Equipment Loan 2,000 00
Shatswell School Loan 78,000 00
Linebrook Road Loan 2,000 00 So. Main & Market St. Loan 30,400 00
Hammatt St. Loan 7,500 00
302,400 00
Cemetery Funds
$31,434 35
Kimball Fund 511 25
Brown Fund
1,191 45
33,137 05
Trust Funds
33,137 05
Excess and Deficiency
6,906 73
$442,164 72
$442,164 72
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
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AUDITOR'S STATEMENT
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct and the balance in his hands to agree with the report submitted. I have approved vouchers for all bills paid and find them to agree with the Treasurer's warrants.
FREDERICK S. WITHAM,
Auditor.
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
BONDED DEBT
Name of Loan
Amount
Payable
Refunding
$700 00
1927
Central Fire Station
1,000 00
1927
Winthrop School
9,000 00
Serially 1927-1935
Heating Plant
2,500 00
Serially 1927-1931
Memorial Building
30,000 00
Serially 1927-1941
Burley School Extension
32,000 00
Serially 1927-1942
County Jail
14,000 00
Serially 1927-1933
Town Hill Road
2,000 00
Serially 1927-1928
Essex County Hospital
27,000 00
Serially 1927-1935
Hose 2 Equipment
2,000 00
Serially 1927-1928
Col. Shatswell School
78,000 00
Serially 1927-1945
Linebrook Road
2,000 00
1927
So. Main & Market Sts.
30,400 00
Serially 1927-1930
Hammatt Street
7,500 00
Serially 1927-1931
Electric Light
33,300 00
Serially 1927-1938
Water
31,000 00
Serially 1927-1936
Total Bonded Debt
$302,400 00
Sinking Fund, Water Dept. 5,372 72
Net Bonded Debt
$297,027 28
TEMPORARY LOANS
First National Bank, Boston $50,000 00
March 18, 1927
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NOTE AND INTEREST PAYMENTS 1927
Name of Loan
Note Payments
Interest Payments
Refunding
$700 00
$28 00
Central Fire Station
1,000 00
20 00
Winthrop School
1,000 00
360 00
Heating Plant
500 00
100 00
Memorial Building
2,000 00
1,500 00
Burley School Extension
2,000 00
1,360 00
County Jail
2,000 00
630 00
Town Hill Road
1,000 00
85 00
Essex County Hospital
3,000 00
1,020 00
Hose 2 Equipment
1,000 00
80 00
Col. Shatswell School
5,000 00
3,315 00
Linebrook Road
2,000 00
90 00
So. Main & Market Sts.
7,600 00
1,064 00
Hammatt Street
1,500 00
300 00
Electric Light
5,850 00
1,340 00
Water
3,500 00
1,257 50
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