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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01861 6802
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
GC 974.402 M865AR, 1936
OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MOUNT WASHINGTON MASSACHUSETTS
T
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st 1936
TOWN OFFICERS
GILBERT ISAACSON
Selectmen HOWARD PORTER NORMAN MELIUS
Clerk and Treasurer WILLIAM A. HUNT
Assessors GILBERT ISAACSON
RUSSELL WHITBECK LEWIS HOUGHTALING
Constable MERVIN WHITBECK
WILLIAM HUNT
School Committee MARY MELIUS PERC WEAVER
LEWIS HOUGHTALING RUSSELL WHITBECK
Game Warden MERVIN WHITBECK
Road Commissioner GILBERT ISAACSON
Tax Collector WILLIAM A. HUNT
Auditor GEORGE T. HAMILTON
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF
MOUNT WASHINGTON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st 1936
Press of Peter Hagen Great Barrington Mass
REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
October 16, 1936.
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. Gilbert Isaacson, Chairman,
Mount Washington, Massachusetts. Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Mount Washington for the period from June 3, 1934 to Sep- tember 2, 1936, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL.
Director of Accounts
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir:
As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Mount Washington for the period from June 3, 1934, the date of the previous examination, to September 2, 1936, and submit the following report thereon.
The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the depart- ments collecting or disbursing money for the town were examined, checked, and verified.
Ledger accounts were compiled, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on September 2, 1936, was prepared and is appended to this report. This balance sheet indicates that the town is in good financial condition.
The receipts for licenses issued by the board of selectmen were checked with the record of licenses granted, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while pay- ments were compared with the orders issued by the board of selectmen. The cash book additions were verified for the period covered by the audit, and the cash balance September 2, 1936, was proved by a recon- ciliation of the bank balance with a statement received from the bank and by actual count of cash in the office.
The savings bank books representing the investment of the funds held in trust by the town were examined and listed, the income being proved and the expenditures being verified.
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It was noted that the amounts withdrawn from the Ministerial Fund and disbursed by the treasurer were not entered on the treas- urer's cash book. All money received or disbursed should be entered on the treasurer's cash book, and disbursements of cash by the treas- urer should be made only on authority of selectmen's orders bearing the signatures of approval by at least two members of the board.
In this connection attention is called to Section 52, Chapter 41, General Laws.
It is recommended that the treasurer's and the town clerk's cash be kept separate, and that the treasurer prove his cash book balance at frequent intervals by a comparison with the bank balance and the cash on hand.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The taxes outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited and proved, and the commitment lists of all subsequent poll, property, and motor vehicle excise taxes were added and reconciled with the warrants given by the assessors for their col- lection. The recorded collections were checked with the commitment lists, the payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's record of receipts, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
A verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. Among the replies received was the claim of one person to the effect that his taxes were paid but not credited on the collector's book. This claim was referred to the collector, who acknowledged the receipt of the tax and entered it on the cash book. From the remaining replies received it appears that the outstanding accounts, as listed, are correct.
The appropriations and transfers voted by the town were listed from the town clerk's record of town meetings, and a comparison with the aggregate amounts chargeable against each appropriation indi- cates that the town officials are using care to keep the expenditures within the amounts provided.
The financial transactions of the town clerk were examined. The receipts for dog and sporting licenses were checked with the record of licenses issued, the payments to the State and town treasurers were verified, and the cash on hand September 2, 1936, was proved by actual count.
The surety bonds of the town clerk, treasurer and tax collector were examined and found to be in proper form.
The computation of the tax rates by the assessors was examined, and it was noted that appropriations voted from available funds were not included in the determination of the tax rates.
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In this connection attention is called to Section 23, Chapter 59, General Laws, which requires that the assessors raise all sums appro- priated since the last preceding annual tax assessment, and which also provides that deductions on account of appropriations voted from available funds in the treasury may be made by the assessors only upon the written approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation. All appropriations voted by the town, whether they are to be raised by taxation or transferred from available funds in the treas- ury, should therefore be certified by the town clerk to the assessors, as required by Section 13A, Chapter 41, General Laws.
The receipts from town hall rents were checked with the record of hall rentals, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The receipts of the sealer of weights and measures were checked with the record of fees charged, and the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book.
The librarian's record of fines collected was examined and checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the cash on hand September 2, 1936, was counted.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax and departmental accounts, together with tables showing the trust fund transactions.
For the co-operation extended by the town officials during the process of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE Assistant Director of Accounts
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance, June 3, 1934, per
previous audit, $ 7,079.00
Receipts:
June 3 to December 31,
12,186.58
1934, per cash book,
1935:
Per cash book, $ 13,674.51
Omitted from cash book:
Ministerial Fund Income, 250.00
13,924.51 $ 33,190.09
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Payments:
June 3 to December 31, 1934: Per selectmen's orders, $ 10,986.98
Without orders:
State and county taxes and assessments, $853.90
Refund of motor vehicle excise taxes, 10.68
864.58
$ 11,851.56
1935:
Per selectmen's orders, $ 13,224.38
Without orders:
State and county taxes and assessments, $753.33
Wild cat bounty, 20.00
Dog licenses, 82.80
856.13
Balance December 31, 1935,
14,080.51 7,258.02
-$ 33,190.09
Balance January 1, 1936,
$
7,258.02
Receipts January 1 to September 2, 1936: Per cash book, $ 5,335.08
Omitted from cash book:
Ministerial Fund Income, 250.00
5,585.08
-$ 12,843.10
Payments January 1 to September 2, 1936:
Per selectmen's orders, $4,939.19
Without orders:
Dog licenses,
$ 54.60
Refund of motor vehicle excise taxes, 12.10
Ministerial fund income, 250.00
316.70 --- $ 5,255.89
Balance September 2, 1936:
Cash in office, verified, $ 1,731.97
National Mahaiwe Bank of Great Barrington, 5,855.24
7,587.21
$ 12,843.10
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NATIONAL MAHAIWE BANK-GREAT BARRINGTON
Balance September 2, 1936, per statement, $ 6,208.34
Balance September 2, 1936, per check book, $ 5,855.24 Outstanding checks September 2, 1936, per list, 353.10 -$ 6,208.34
TAXES-1931 Howard Porter, Collector
Outstanding June 3, 1934, per previous audit,
$ 13.34
Payments to treasurer June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ 13.34
TAXES-1932 William A. Hunt, Collector
Outstanding June 3, 1934, per previous audit,
$ 148.13
Payments to treasurer June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ 1443.13
TAXES-1933 William A. Hunt, Collector
Outstanding June 3, 1934, per previous audit,
$ 614.72
Payments to treasurer:
June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ 346.40
1935,
268.32 -$ 614.72
TAXES-1934 William A. Hunt, Collector
Commitment, per warrant, $ 4,666.40 Additional commitment, 2.00 -$ 4,668.40
Payments to treasurer:
1934,
$ 4,317.92 335.08
1935,
-$ 4,653.00 15.40
Transfer to tax titles 1934,
$ 4,668.40
TAXES-1935 William A. Hunt, Collector
$
4,261.34
Commitment, per warrant,
Payments to treasurer,
Outstanding December 31, 1935,
$ 4,006.21 255.13 $ 4,261.34
$ 255.13
Outstanding January 1, 1936,
Payments to treasurer January 1 to September 2, 1936,
Outstanding September 2, 1936, per list,
$ 254.63 .50 -$ 255.13
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TAXES-1936 William A. Hunt, Collector $ 4,480.11 .75 $ 4,480.86
Commitment, per warrant,
Commitment list in excess of warrant,
Payments to treasurer January 1 to September 2, 1936, $ 1,723.81
Outstanding September 2, 1936, per list,
2,757.05 -$ 4,480.86
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1933 William A. Hunt, Collector
Outstanding June 3, 1934, per previous audit,
$ 5.62
Payments to treasurer June 3 to September 31, 1934, $ 5.62
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1934 William A. Hunt, Collector
Outstanding June 3, 1934, per previous audit, $ 60.98
Additional commitments June 3
to December 31, 1934, 84.70
Abatements after payment, refunded
June 3 to December 31, 1934, 10.68 _$
156.36
Payments to treasurer:
June 3 to December 31, 1934, $ 120.71
1935,
21.92 -$ 142.63
Abatements June 3 to December 31, 1934,
13.73 $ 156.36
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1935 William A. Hunt, Collector
Commitment, per warrants,
$ 167.02
Payments to treasurer, 1935,
$ 129.99
Outstanding December 31, 1935,
37.03
$ 167.02
Outstanding January 1, 1936,
$ 37.03
Abatements after payment, refunded
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
12.10
49.13
Payments to treasurer January 1 to September 2, 1936, $ 37.03
Abatements January 1 to September 2, 1936,
12.10
-$ 49.13
-_- $
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1936 William A. Hunt, Collector
Commitment, per warrants, $ 129.51
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
September 2, 1936,
$
72.11
Outstanding September 2, 1936, per list,
37.40
$ 129.51
INTEREST ON TAXES
Cash on hand June 3, 1934, per previous audit, $ .01
Collections:
June 3 to December 31, 1934:
Taxes, 1931, $ 1.27
Taxes, 1932, 16.30
Taxes, 1933,
25.60
Taxes, 1934,
10.63
Motor vehicle excise taxes:
1933,
.22
1934,
.75
--- $ 54.77
1935:
Taxes, 1933,
$24.50
Taxes, 1934, 10.30
Taxes, 1935, 5.45
Motor vehicle excise taxes:
1934,
.18
1935,
.31
40.74
95.51
-$ 95.52
Payments to treasurer: June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ 54.78
1935,
--- $
95.52
Collections January 1 to September 2, 1936:
Taxes, 1935,
$ 8.63
Motor vehicle excise taxes, 1935,
.13
Motor vehicle excise taxes, 1936,
.09
8.85
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
September 2, 1936,
$
8.85
TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses
Licenses issued: June 3 to December 31, 1934: Males, 14 @ $2.00, $28.00
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- -
-
40.74
Females, 2 @ $5.00, 10.00 Spayed females, 2 @ $2.00, 4.00
$ 42.00
1935:
Males, 23 @ $2.00,
$46.00
Females, 6 @ $5.00,
30.00
Spayed females, 7 @ $2.00, 14.00
90.00
$ 132.00
Payments:
To county treasurer, June 3
to December 31, 1934,
$38.40
To town treasurer, 1935,
82.80
-
$ 121.20
Fees retained:
June 3 to December 31,
1934, 18 @ 20c,
$ 3.60
1935, 36 @ 20c,
7.20
-$ 10.80
$ 132.00
Licenses issued January 1 to September 2, 1936:
Males, 23 @ $2.00,
$ 46.00
Females, 5 @ $5.00,
25.00
Spayed females, 7 @ $2.00, .
14.00
$ 85.00
Payments to treasurer, January 1
to September 2, 1936,
$ 78.00
Fees retained January 1 to
- September 2, 1936, 35 @ 20c,
7.00
$ 85.00
TOWN CLERK Sporting Licenses Licenses issued June 3 to December 31, 1934:
Resident citizens' hunting, 7 @ $2.00, $14.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 2 @ $3.25, 6.50
Female and minor fishing, 1 @ $1.25, 1.25
Non-resident citizens' fishing, 5 @ $5.25, 26.25 Non-resident citizens'
hunting, 12 @ $10.25, 123.00
Special three-day fishing, 6 @ $1.50, 9.00
$ 180.00
1935:
Resident citizens' fishing, 3 @ $2.00, $ 6.00 Resident citizens' hunting, 13 @ $2.00, 26.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 6 @ $3.25, 19.50
Female and minor fishing, 4 @ $1.25, 5.00
Resident citizens' trapping, 1 @ $5.25, 5.25
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Non-resident citizens' fishing, 13 @ $5.25, 68.25 Non-resident citizens' hunting,
14 @ $10.25 143.50
Non-resident citizens' sporting, 1 @ $15.25, 15.25
Special three-day fishing, 10 @ $1.50, 15.00
Duplicate, 2 @ 50c, 1.00 -$
304.75 $ 484.75
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game:
June 3 to December 31, 1934, $171.75
288.50
1935, $ 460.25
Fees retained by clerk:
June 3 to December 31, 1934, 33 @ 25c, $ 8.25
1935, 65 @ 25c, 16.25
-$ 24.50
$
484.75
Licenses issued January 1 to September 2, 1936:
Resident citizens' fishing, 5 @ $2.00, $10.00
Resident citizens' hunting, 6 @ $2.00, $12.00
Resident citizens' sporting, 11 @ $3.25, 35.75
Female and minor fishing, 5 @ $1.25,
6.25
Non-resident citizens' fishing,
8 @ $5.25, 42.00
Non-resident citizens' hunting,
1 @ $10.25, 10.25
Non-resident citizens' sporting, 1 @ $15.25,
15.25
Special three-day fishing, 12 @ $1.50, 18.00
Non-resident citizens' minor fishing,
1 @ $2.25, 2.25
Overpayment to Division of Fisheries and Game, -$ 167.50 10.00
177.50
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game, January 1 to September 2, 1936, $160.50
Fees retained by clerk, January 1 to
September 2, 1936, 53 @ 25c,
13.25
Cash on hand September 2, 1936, verified,
3.75
-$ 177.50
SELECTMEN'S LICENSES
Licenses issued:
June 3 to December 31, 1934:
Gasoline, $ 1.00
1935:
1.00
Gasoline, -$ 2.00
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Payments to treasurer:
June 3 to December 31, 1934, 1935,
$ 1.00
1.00
$ 2.00
Licenses issued January 1 to September 2, 1936:
Peddler's:
Fruit,
$ 1.00
Meat,
1.00
Provisions,
5.00
$
7.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to September 2, 1936,
$
7.00
TOWN HALL RENTALS
Charges 1935,
$
12.00
Payments to treasurer 1935,
$ 12.00
Charges January 1 to September 2, 1936
$ 6.00
Cash on hand September 2, 1936, verified,
$ 6.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Fees:
June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ .60
1935,
1.10
-$
1.70
Payments to treasurer:
June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ .60
1935,
1.10
-$ 1.70
LIBRARY
Cash on hand June 3, 1934, per previous audit, $ .55
Collections:
June 3 to December 31, 1934, 1935,
5.23
-$ 7.07
-$
7.62
Payments to treasurer:
$ 2.39
June 3 to December 31, 1934, 1935,
5.23
$
7.62
Collections January 1 to September 2, 1936,
$ 2.87
Cash on hand September 2, 1936, verified,
$ 2.87
MINISTERIAL FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand June 3, 1934,
$1,525.19
$1,525.19
On hand at end of year 1934,
$1,571.29
$1,571.29
On hand at end of year 1935,
$1,365.02
$1,365.02
On hand September 2, 1936,
$1,132.08
$1,132.08
$ 1.84
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Receipts
Withdrawn from savings deposits: 1935,
$ 250.00
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
250.00
500.00
Income:
June 3 to December 31, 1934,
$ 46.10
1935,
43.73
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
17.06
$ 106.89
$ 606.89
Payments
Added to savings deposits:
June 3, to December 31, 1934,
$ 46.10
1935,
43.73
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
17.06
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-$
106.89
Transfers to town:
1935,
$ 250.00
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
250.00
$ 500.00
$ 606.89
SCHOOL FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand June 3, 1934,
$145.10
$145.10
On hand at end of year 1934,
$149.48
$149.48
On hand at end of year 1935,
$153.99
$153.99
On hand September 2, 1936,
$155.92
$155.92
Receipts
Income:
June 3 to December 31, 1934,
4.51
1935,
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
1.93
$ 10.82
Payments
Added to savings deposits:
$ 4.38
June 3 to December 31, 1934, 1935,
4.51
January 1 to September 2, 1936,
1.93
$ 10.82
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$ 4.38
TOWN OF MOUNT WASHINGTON Balance Sheet-September 2, 1936 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash,
$ 7,587.21
Surplus War Bonus Fund,
$ 46.14
Accounts Receivable:
Dog Licenses-Due County,
23.40
Taxes:
State Tax,
300.00
Levy of 1935,
$ .50
Levy of 1936,
2,757.05
Veterans' Exemption Tax,
1.19
-$ 2,757.55
County Tax,
432.37
Appropriation Balances,
9,577.76
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1936,
57.40
Aid to Highways:
State,
$ 2,410.80
County,
1,000.00
3,410.80
Estimated Receipts to be Collected,
814.88
Surplus Revenue, 2,051.32
$ 14,627.84
$ 14,627.84
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds:
Ministerial Fund,
$ 1,132.08
Cash and Securities,
$ 1,288.00
School Fund,
155.92
$ 1,288.00
$ 1,288.00
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Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1935, $
50
Levy of 1936,
112.11
112.61
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax,
57.40
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus,
1,000.13
State Parks and Reservations Tax, 2.46
Tractor Earnings Reserve, 1,023.06
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
CHAPTER 81
Paid William Laragh, labor,
$ 202.50
Edmund Salling, labor,
320.50
Ezra Whitbeck, labor,
108.00
Perc Weaver, labor,
91.50
Howard Porter, labor and truck,
90.00
Russell Whitbeck, labor,
62.00
Mervin Whitbeck, labor and truck,
675.50
Norman Melius, labor and truck,
699.50
Edwin Houghtaling, labor and truck,
435.50
Gilbert Isaacson, labor,
382.00
Tractor,
171.50
Northrop Camp, gravel,
10.00
Charles May, gravel,
92.00
John Keating, tools,
14.25
Chases Garage, gas and oil,
13.42
F. H. Turner & Co., pipe and dynamite,
103.83
Amos Gallant, drill,
28.00
$ 3,500.00
LIBRARY
Paid Lucy Hunt,
$ 34.33
CHAPTER 90
Paid Ezra Whitbeck, labor,
$ 174.00
Russell Whitbeck, labor and stone,
75.90
Perc Weaver, labor,
219.50
Amos Gallant, drill,
349.00
Edwin Salling, labor,
418.00
Gilbert Isaacson, labor,
306.00
Edwin Houghtaling, labor and truck,
170.00
Howard Porter, labor and truck,
665.00
Norman Melius, labor and truck,
649.25
Mervin Whitbeck, labor and truck,
136.02
F. H. Turner, pipe and dynamite,
144.44
New England Culvert Co., pipe,
12.00
Chases Garage, gas and oil,
8.40
Edwin Baker, cement,
1.50
Mountain Sand & Gravel Co.,
129.20
Charles May, gravel,
48.00
Town Becket, use of drill,
$ 3,624.21
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70.00
William Laragh, labor,
48.00
CARE OF CEMETERIES
Paid Russell Whitbeck,
$ 15.00
BONDS FOR TOWN OFFICERS
Paid Walter B. Sanford,
$ 27.50
EMERGENCY ACCOUNT
Paid Wright & Frein, insurance,
$ 38.75
Hobbs & Warren, assessors' books,
12.21
Davol Printing House, assessors' blanks,
3.50
Howard Porter,
20.50
Norman Melius,
25.50
Russell Whitbeck,
17.50
Ezra Whitbeck,
18.00
Mervin Whitbeck,
39.50
William Laragh,
14.75
Edmund Salling,
14.75
Earl Van Deusen,
2.00
Edwin Houghtaling,
10.75
Berkshire Health Unit,
54.00
Wright & Frein, insurance,
22.63
Hobbs & Warren, blanks,
.78
Collins L. Miles, town hall yard,
14.55
Peter Hagen, town reports,
82.25
Ecclesiastical Society, rent of shed,
3.68
Howard Porter, yard for pound,
1.00
Emma Isaacson, garage rent,
5.00
Gilbert Isaacson,
28.50
Gilbert Isaacson, postage and telephone,
3.80
William Hunt, officers' sworn and recording,
9.00
William Hunt, stamps, telephone, envelopes and pads,
13.91
William Hunt, sealer of weights and measures,
.60
$ 457.41
BRIDGES AND RAILING
Paid Albert C. Bristol, cement,
$ 29.40
Albert C. Bristol, lumber,
24.86
Mervin Whitbeck, labor and truck,
67.00
Norman Melius, labor and truck,
24.00.
Ezra Whitbeck, labor,
12.00
Edwin Houghtaling, labor,
16.50
Edmund Salling, labor,
21.50
William Laragh, labor,
12.00
Howard Porter, truck and labor,
8.00
Russell Whitbeck, labor and stones,
5.00
Perc Weaver, labor,
4.00
John Keating, nails,
4.96
Edwin Baker, cement,
56.00
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Charles May, gravel, Gilbert Isaacson, labor,
1.50
21.50
$ 308.22
WINTER RUTTING
Paid Mervin Whitbeck, labor,
$ 28.50
Norman Melius, labor, Gilbert Isaacson, labor, Town tractor,
28.50
28.50
78.25
$ 163.75
SNOW AND SANDING
Paid Edwin Houghtaling, labor and truck,
$ 36.00
Howard Porter, labor and truck,
46.50
Norman Melius, labor and truck,
68.50
Edmund Salling, labor,
24.00
Earl Van Deusen, labor,
15.25
William Laragh, labor,
10.00
Ezra Whitbeck, labor,
31.25
Russell Whitbeck, labor,
30.75
Mervin Whitbeck, labor and truck,
36.60
Gilbert Isaacson, labor,
61.50
Town tractor,
138.25
$ 498.60
SNOW FENCE
Paid William Laragh, labor,
$ 11.00
Ezra Whitbeck, labor,
14.00
Mervin Whitbeck, labor and truck,
22.00
Norman Melius, labor and truck,
34.00
Edmund Salling, labor,
11.50
Edwin Houghtaling, labor and truck,
10.00
Russell Whitbeck, labor,
10.00
Howard Porter, labor,
4.60
Edwin Baker, wire,
45.00
F. H. Turner & Co., snow fence,
16.00
Gilbert Isaacson, labor,
$ 192.10
TOWN OFFICERS
Paid William A. Hunt, tax collector, 1935,
George T. Hamilton, auditor, 1935,
10.00
Howard Porter, stock inspector,
5.00
Howard Porter, fire warden,
40.00
Howard Porter, selectman,
$ 125.00
10.00
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14.00
Russell Whitbeck, assessor,
50.00
Mervin Whitbeck, game warden,
25.00
Mervin Whitbeck, constable,
20.00
Norman Melius, selectman,
40.00
Perc Weaver, school committee,
10.00
Lewis Houghtaling, meat inspector,
5.00
Lewis Houghtaling, school committee,
10.00
Lewis Houghtaling, assessor,
45.00
Gilbert Isaacson, assessor,
47.50
Gilbert Isaacson, selectman,
50.00
William Hunt, town clerk,
75.00
William Hunt, town treasurer,
75.00
William Hunt, school committee,
3.33
Mary Melius, school committee,
5.84
Russell Whitbeck, school committee,
.83
Anna Isaacson, ballot clerk,
1.25
Norman Melius, ballot clerk,
1.25
Mary Porter, ballot clerk,
1.25
Mary McLain, ballot clerk,
1.25
Russell Whitbeck, ballot clerk,
1.25
Howard Porter, ballot clerk,
1.25
Ellen Whitbeck, ballot clerk,
1.25
Helen Salling, ballot clerk,
1.25
$ 662.50
MACHINERY FUND
Balance December 31, 1935,
$ 1,435.06
Received from Chapter 81, Winter Rutting,
78.25
Snow,
138.25
Balance,
$ 1,823.06
Expenses for gas, oil and repairs,
1,146.28
Balance December 31, 1936,
$ 676.78
TOTAL ORDERS DRAWN ON TREASURER
Chapter 81,
$ 3,500.00
Chapter 90,
3,624.21
Bridges and railing,
308.22
Bonds,
27.50
Town officers,
662.50
Emergency account,
457.41
Machinery account,
1,146.28
Snow fence,
192.10
Winter rutting,
163.75
Library,
34.33
Snow and sanding,
498.60
Cemeteries,
15.00
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171.50
Schools,
2,988.23
State tax,
300.00
Park tax,
1.83
Soldiers' exemption,
1.17
County tax,
425.19
Ministerial fund,
250.00
Excise tax refund,
12.10
Dog license,
78.00
Total expenses for 1936,
$ 14,686.42
RECEIPTS AND CASH ON HAND
Balance in treasury, January 1, 1936,
$ 7,258.02
Tax collector, 1936 taxes,
3,965.53
Tax collector, 1935 taxes,
254.63
Ministerial fund,
250.00
Dog refund,
61.95
Rebate on stock inspector,
5.00
Chapter 81,
3,000.00
Chapter 90,
3,125.00
Income tax,
191.72
Corporation tax,
19.69
Loss on taxes,
91.13
Excise tax, 1936,
115.66
Excise tax, 1935,
37.03
Gas license,
1.00
Race track,
14.49
Town hall rent,
6.00
School, part one,
100.00
School, part two,
677.75
Interest on taxes,
16.76
Peddler license,
7.00
Sealer of weights and measures,
.60
Library,
2.91
Wild cat bounty,
20.00
Superintendent of schools,
196.17
High school transportation,
461.30
Dog license,
78.00
Machinery fund,
388.00
Total receipts for 1936,
$ 20,345.34
Total expenses for 1936,
14,686.42
Balance in treasury January 1, 1937,
$ 5,658.92
Respectfully submitted,
GILBERT ISAACSON, HOWARD PORTER, NORMAN MELIUS, Selectmen of Mount Washington.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
W. A. HUNT, Treasurer
Balance in treasury January 1, 1936, $ 7,258.02
Received from Tax Collector 1936 taxes,
3,965.53
Received from Tax Collector 1935 taxes, 254.63
Received from Tax Collector 1936 excise tax,
115.66
Received from Tax Collector 1935 excise tax,
37.03
Received from Tax Collector interest
16.76
Received from Town Clerk, dog licenses,
78.00
Received from Town Clerk, peddlers' licenses,
7.00
Received from Town Hall Superintendent, rent,
6.00
Received from Librarian,
2.91
Received from W. A. Hunt, gasolene license,
1.00
Received from State Treasurer, School Superintendent,
196.17
Received from State Treasurer, High School Transportation
461.30
Received from State Treasurer, Animal Inspection, 5.00
91.13
Received from State Treasurer, Chapter 90, roads,
757.23
Received from State Treasurer, Chapter 81, roads
3,000.00
Received from State Treasurer, corporation tax,
19.69
Received from State Treasurer, income tax,
96.10
Received from State Treasurer, school, Part 11,
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