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Annual Reports
FOR THE YEAR 1942
F
PORATED SEPT /4
OF T
INCORPO
SEAL
+691 LARWICH
ADOR
.1897.
TOWN OF HARWICH
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF HARWICH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1942
OF
INCORPO
PORATED SEPT 14 160
SEA
WICH
ADOPTED
SEPT. 4.1897.
Printed by THE GOSS PRINT Harwich, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS - 1942
Selectmen, Overseers Public Welfare and Board of Health
Charles T. Chase
Charles D. Holmes
Howard C. Cahoon
Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1944 Term Expires February 1945
Assessors
Charles T. Chase Charles D. Holmes Howard C. Cahoon
Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1944 Term Expires February 1945
Town Clerk
Henry K. Bearse
Term Expires February 1943
Town Treasurer
Henry K. Bearse Term Expires February 1943
Collector of Taxes
Thomas R. Eldredge Term Expires February 1943
Moderator
John H. Paine Term Expires February 1943
School Committee
Wilbur H. Crowell Mary Eldredge Norman Holmes
Term Expires February 1945 Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1944
Surveyor of Highways
Alton P. Hall
Term Expires February 1943
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Constables
Emulous E. Hall Horace F. Wixon Isaiah Kelley
Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1943
Finance Committee
Victor S. Ryder
Term Expires February 1944
Arthur W. Tobey
Earl Sims
Term Expires February 1945 Term Expires February 1945
James Baldwin
Term Expires February 1944
Earl Phillips
Term Expires February 1943
E. Gorham Nickerson to fill the unexpired term of Joshua A. Nickerson Term Expires February 1943 Thomas Taylor to fill the unexpired term of George W. Banspach Term Expires February 1943
Walter Kelley to fill the unexpired term of Gerald P. Ryder Term Expires February 1945
Sidney B. Moody - resigned Term Expires February 1944
Trustees Broadbrooks Free Library
Hillary M. LeClaire
Term Expires February 1943
Mildred B. Paine Term Expires February 1944
Charlotte P. Sims Term Expires February 1945
Trustees of Caleb Chase Fund
Theophilus B. Baker Term Expires February 1943 Earl B. Eldredge Term Expires February 1943
Joseph B. Atkins John T. Wood
Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1943
J. Freeman Ryder Term Expires February 1943
Alonzo Nickerson Term Expires February 1943 Bertram D. Crosby Term Expires February 1943
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Park Commissioners
Heman E. Bassett Term Expires February 1945 J. William Crowell - deceased
Sheldon J. Thayer
Term Expires February 1943 Term Expires February 1944
Water Commissioners
Walter E. Cahoon Term Expires February 1944
Lawrence F. Nickerson Term Expires February 1943
Harold A. Thompson - resigned
Term Expires February 1945
Cemetery Commissioners
Earl B. Eldredge, South Harwich Term Expires 1943
John Condon, Harwich Center Term Expires 1944
John T. Wood, West Harwich Term Expires 1945
Herring Committee
Clarence E. Greenwood
Term Expires February 1943
Henry F. Smith Term Expires February 1943 Donald T. Bates Term Expires February 1943
Registrars of Voters
Walter W. Kelley Cleon S. Crowell Walter T. Gilmore George W. Banspach - Deceased
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Victor S. Ryder
Chief of Police
Fire Chief
Emulous E. Hall
George M. Moody
Town Accountant Wire Inspector
Franklin D. Underwood Bradford L. Barrett
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Superintendent Moth Department Frank I. Shackley
Inspector of Animals Inspector of Slaughtering Charles H. Taylor Charles HI. Taylor
Surveyor of Wood and Lumber
Roswell H. Nye
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers
Horace F. Wixon Isaiah Kelley Emulous E. Hall
Welfare Agent Olive L. Williams
Secretary to Selectmen and Assessors Bernice E. IIilan
ASSESSORS' REPORT
Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1942
Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1941
$7,710,190.00 7,442,850.00
Increase in Valuation
$ 267,340.00
Valuation of land Exclusive of Buildings
$1,976,640.00
Valuation of Buildings Exclusive of Land
5,146,250.00
Valuation of Personal Estates
587,300.00
Total assessed Estates
$7,710,190.00
Tax on Polls
$ 1,882.00
Tax on Personal Estates
11,746.00
Tax on Real Estate
142,457.80
$ 156,085.80
Tax Rate-$20.00 Per Thousand
Added Valuation on Real Estate in Dec. 1942
$28,860.00
Added Valuation on Personal Estate Dec. 1942
500.00
Total added Valuation
$29,360.00
Tax on added Valuation
$ 577.20
Number of Horses assessed
5
Number of Neats Cattle
1
Number of Cows
48
Number of Yearlings
10
Number of Swine
15
Number of Sheep
7
Number of Fowl
2,370
Number of Goats
24
Number of Dwellings
1,802
Number of acres of Land assessed
7,211
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RECAPITULATION
Total appropriation as certified by the Town Clerk
State Tax
$211,530.71 16,050.00
State Parks and Reservations
169.51
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
563.63
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
2,463.58
County Tax
19,411.27
Overlays
4,079.98
$254,268.68
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$17,640.13
Corporation Tax
2,570.38
Gasoline Tax
14,667.49
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
6,000.00
Licenses
2,000.00
Court Fines
150.00
Special Assessments
1,100.00
General Government
1,500.00
Health and Sanitation
600.00
Charities other than Federal Grants
3,800.00
Old Age Assistance
7,000.00
Soldiers Benefits State Aid
400.00
Schools
7,900.00
Libraries
1,000.00
Public Service Enterprise
8,500.00
Interest on Taxes
1,750.00
Veteran's Exemption
11.97
Rebate on County Tax
1,583.79
State Parks
9.12
From available Funds to Lower Tax Levy
20,000.00
$98,182.88
-9.
Net amount to be raised by Taxation
$156,085.80
Tax on Polls at $2.00
$ 1,882.00
Tax on Personal
11,746.00
Tax on Real Estate
142,457.80
$156,085.80
Moth Tax
$1,102.55
CHARLES T. CHASE, CHARLES D. HOLMES, HOWARD C. CAHOON, Assessors of Harwich.
A
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Payments
Selectmen's Salaries $2,200.00. Appropriation $2,200.00
Selectmen's Expenses
Postage
$ 41.31
Appropriation
$300.00
Printing and supplies
52.08
Travel, etc.
79.72
Association dues
6.00
$179.11
Bal. to Revenue
120.89
$300.00
$300.00
Assessors' Salaries
Payments
$1,500.00
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Assessors' Expenses
Supplies
$123.74
Appropriation
$400.00
Abstract cards
102.73
Association dues
9.00
Travel, etc.
130.30
Miscellaneous
26.95
$392.72
Bal. to Revenue
7.28
$400.00
$400.00
Clerk's Salary
Payments
$705.00
Appropriation
$720.00
Bal. to Revenue
15.00
$720.00
$720.00
Assessors' Map
Payments
$262.12
Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to 1943
237.88
$500.00
$500.00
Accountant's Salary
Payments
$1,000.00 Appropriation
$1,000.00
-11
Accountant's Expense
Supplies
$28.28
Appropriation $75.00
Book and binding Clerical
25.25
15.00
Bal. to Revenue
6.97
$75.00
$75.00
Moderator
Payments
$25.00
Appropriation
$25.00
Treasurer's Salary
Payments
$700.00
Appropriation
$700.00
Treasurer's Bond
Payments
$123.50
Appropriation
$123.50
Treasurer's Expense
Postage
$ 96.57
Appropriation
$250.00
Travel and supplies
128.92
$225.49
Bal. to Revenue
24.51
$250.00
$250.00
Collector's Salary
Payments
$1,800.00
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Collector's Bond
Payments
$268.00
Appropriation
$268.00
Collector's Expense
Postage and
Appropriation
$475.00
printing
$317.92
Recording deeds
10.09
Supplies
128.75
$456.76
Bal. to Revenue
18.24
$475.00
$475.00
Town Clerk's Salary
Payments
$500.00 Appropriation
$500.00
Town Clerk's Bond
Payments
$5.00 Appropriation
$5.00
$68.53
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Town Clerk's Expense
Payments Bal. to Revenue
$82.17
Appropriation
$100.00
17.83
$100.00
$100.00
Certifying Town Notes
Payments
$2.00
Appropriation
$10.00
Bal. to Revenue
8.00
$10.00
$10.00
Law
Payments
$197.90
Appropriation
$200.00
Bal. to Revenue
2.10
$200.00
$200.00
Foreclosure of Tax Titles
Payments
$261.04
Bal. from 1941
$299.25
Bal. to 1943
38.21
$299.25
$299.25
Miscellaneous
Defense a/c
$ 25.17
Appropriation
$250.00
Office supplies
122.86
Sealer weights and measures
13.50
Rent S. D. Box
3.60
Signs
8.00
Town Clerk
42.54
Legal
3.00
Treas. Dept.
15.43
Rubbish collection
14.00
$248.10
Bal. to Revenue
1.90
$250.00
$250.00
Election and Registration .
Registrars
$380.00
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Town Clerk
80.00
Election Officers
76.00
Posting Warrants
35.00
·13.
Printing
418.38
Miscellaneous
10.57
$ 999.95
Bal. to Revenue
.05
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Office Equipment
Payments
$186.83
Appropriation
$200.00
Bal. to Revenue
13.17
$200.00
$200.00
Repairs of Public Buildings
Labor
$558.09
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Supplies
342.92
Refund
.75
$ 901.01
Bal. to Revenue
99.74
$1,000.75
$1,000.75
Exchange Building
Janitor service
$606.00
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Fuel
820.99
From Reserve Fund
100.00
Lights
116.34
Telephone
147.53
Water
75.50
Repairs and supplies
512.43
$2,278.79
Bal. to Revenue
21.21
$2,300.00
$2,300.00
Rationing Board
Payments
$403.64
From Reserve Fund
$400.00
Bal. to Revenue
1.36
Postage refund
5.00
$405.00
$405.00
Water Department
Payments
$7,766.34
Appropriation
$8,750.00
Bal. to Revenue
991.01
Refund
7.35
$8,757.35
$8,757.35
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(See report of Water Commissioners) Water - Emergency Extension
Payments
$569.43
Appropriation $2,000.00
Bal. to 1943
1,430.57
$2,000.00 (See report of Water Commissioners) Water to Chatham Line
Payments
$2,337.37
Appropriation $2,800.00
Bal. to Revenue
462.63
$2,800.00
$2,800.00 (See report of Water Commissioners) Water Department - Truck
Payments
$406.32
Appropriation
$850.00
Bal. to Revenue
443.68
$850.00
$850.00
Painting Inside of Water Tank
Payments
$494.00
Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
6.00
$500.00
$500.00
Fire Department
Chief
$550.00
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Fire House Keeper
1,200.00
Other wages
910.27
Fuel
192.00
Lights
91.19
Water
25.50
Telephone
78.09
Apparatus, gas, and repairs
585.74
$3,632.79
Bal. to Revenue
367.21
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
Police Department
Chief
$1,229.11
Appropriation
$6,500.00
Other wages
4,163.50
Fuel and light
186.35
$2,000.00
-15
Telephone
49.61
Water
25.00
Gas, equipment, and repairs
844.29
$6,497.86
Bal. to Revenue
2.14
$6,500.00
$6,500.00
Moth Department
Supt., trucking, and labor
$2,442.42
Supplies,
material, etc.
1,038.31
$3,480.73
Bal. to Revenue
19.27
$3,500.00
$3,500.00
Private creosoting
$183.50
Private spraying
1,014.40
$1,197.90
Actual cost to town
2,282.83
$3,480.73
Tree Warden
Payments
$49.60 Appropriation
$50.00
Bal. to Revenue
.40
$50.00
$50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Payments
$500.00 Appropriation
$500.00
Plumbing Inspector
Payments
$500.00 Appropriation
$500.00
Wire Inspector
Payments
$200.00 Appropriation
$200.00
Civilian Defense
Justin McCarthy Co.
$985.19
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Harwich Lumber Co.
209.51
N. E. Tel. and Tel. Co. Holmes Bros.
209.98
40.00
Appropriation
$3,500.00
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H. F. Smith 221.43
W. S. Darley Co.
98.45
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
97.95
Puritan Clothing Co.
628.76
A. H. Chase
84.15
Buzzards Bay Gas Co.
20.60
Westinghouse Air
Brake Co. 291.45
American Fire
Equipment Co.
309.58
D. T. Bates
84.87
Cape and Vineyard Co.
13.84
Galvin Mfg. Co.
270.00
John A. Knowles
52.25
E. E. Hall
187.50
Ruth A. Wheeler
30.00
George M. Moody
11.50
Meservey's Service Station
115.40
Jordan Marsh Co.
21.00
M. Linsky & Bros.
100.00
County of Barnstable
25.73
H. M. Meserve & Co.
30.53
Ellis Garage
40.04
Fred T. Young, Jr.
29.78
Postage
7.00
Federal
Laboratories 1
18.00
Pilgrim Badge
and Specialty Co.
11.85
Kenealy & Maxwell
26.77
L. B. Robbins
19.55
C. H. Goldthwaite Co.
44.21
Misc. small items
73.46
$4,410.33
Bal. to Revenue
589.67
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Board of Health
Board and care
$2,917.95
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Medical
8.00
Administration
2.80
-17.
Vital Statistics
7.50
Miscellaneous
10.00
$2,946.25
Bal. to Revenue
53.75
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Visiting Nurse
Nursing Assn.
$1,600.00
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Free Bed
Cape Cod Hospital
$481.62
Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
18.38
$500.00
$500.00
Cleaning Beaches
$400.00 Appropriation
$400.00
Town Dump
Payments
$946.02
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Bal. to Revenue
253.98
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Payments
$50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Payments
$50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Highway Dept. - General Repairs
Labor
$7,323.00
Appropriation
$11,000.00
Material and
Refunds
116.20
equipment
3,711.27
$11,034.27
Bal. to Revenue
81.93
$11,116.20
$11,116.20
Bridges
Labor
$93.50
Appropriation
$300.00
Material
206.44
299.94
Bal. to Revenue
.06
$300.00
$300.00
Payments
Inspector of Animals
-18
Fences and Railings
Labor
$41.00 Appropriation $200.00
Material
126.09
167.09
Bal. to Revenue
32.91
$200.00
$200.00
Snow
Labor and
Appropriation
$4,000.00
supplies
$4,415.00
From Reserve 415.00
$4,415.00
$4,415.00
Sea Street
Ret. to Revenue
$300.00 Appropriation
$300.00
Forest Street
Ret. to Revenue
$600.00
Appropriation
$600.00
Depot Road - North Harwich
Ret. to Revenue
$500.00 Appropriation $500.00
East Harwich - Brewster Road
Ret. to Revenue
$700.00 Appropriation
$700.00
South Street
Ret. to Revenue
$500.00 Appropriation
$500.00
South Harwich Road and Riverside Drive
Payments $321.71 Bal. from 1941
$608.27
Bal. to Revenue
967.62
Rec. from State 340.53
Rec. from County
340.53
$1,289.33 Harwich - Orleans Road
$1,289.33
Payments
$1,866.09
Bal. from 1941
$997.17
Bal. to Revenue
656.80
Rec. from State
1,017.14
Rec. from County
508.58
$2,522.89 Dredging Wychmere Harbor
$2,522.89
Open Account
Bal. from 1941
$5,000.00
Payments
Chatham - Dennis Shore Line $600.00 Bal. from 1941
$600.00
Allen's Harbor
Payments
$100.00 Appropriation $100.00
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Bathing Beach Parking Lot $200.00 Appropriation $200.00
Ret. to Revenue
Docks and Floats
Payments
$49.96
Appropriation $50.00
Bal. to Revenue
.04
Open Account
Bal. from 1941
$212.00
Park Commission
Labor
$442.43
Appropriation
$600.00
Supplies
173.67
Reserve Fund
50.00
Water
27.50
Lights
6.40
$650.00
$650.00
Electric Contract
Payments
$7,407.40
Appropriation
$7,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
13.66
Trans. from other
accts. at Town
Meeting, Dec. 4
421.06
$7,421.06
$7,421.06
Traffic Lights
Payments
$160.50
Appropriation
$200.00
Bal. to Revenue
39.50
$200.00
$200.00
Outside Poor
Groceries and
Appropriation
$6,000.00
provisions
$1,526.48
Refunds
103.38
Fuel
509.16
C. Chase Int.
343.80
Rent
876.75
Cash
587.06
Medical care and
supplies
1,399.16
Burial
100.00
Clothing, shoes, etc.
70.67
Board and care
1,032.94
$6,102.22
Bal. to Revenue
344.96
$6,447.18
$6,447.18
$50.00 Bound Stones
$50.00
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Poor of Other Cities and Towns
Payments
$417.07
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Transferred to
Aid Dept. Children
750.00
Old Age
300.00
Electric Contract
121.06
$1,588.13
Bal. to Revenue
411.87
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
State Poor
Payments
$2,650.00
Appropriation
$1,500.00
From Reserve
1,150.00
$2,650.00
$2,650.00
Welfare Agent's Salary
Payments
$780.00 Appropriation
$780.00
Welfare Agent's Expense
Payments
$133.65
Appropriated
$100.00
Bal. to Revenue
66.35
From Reserve
100.00
$200.00
$200.00
Old Age Assistance
Payments
$23,000.00
Appropriation
$22,000.00
Trans. from other
accts. at Town
Meeting Dec. 4
1,000.00
$23,000.00
$23,000.00
Old Age Assistance - Federal Grant
Payments
$17,610.28
Bal. from 1941
$908.82
Bal. to 1943
1,267.25
Rec. from State
17,968.71
$18,877.53
$18,877.53
Old Age Assistance - Federal Grant
For Administration
Payments
$487.93 Bal. from 1941
$561.66
Bal. to 1943
672.60 Rec. from State 598.87
$1,160.53 7| $1,160.53
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Dependent Children's Aid
Payments
$5,047.89 Appropriation
$4,200.00
Bal. to Revenue
177.11
From Reserve
275.00
Trans. from other
accts. at Town
Meeting Dec. 4
750.00
$5,225.00 Dependent Children's Aid - Federal Grant
$5,225.00
Payments
$2,473.50
Bal. from 1941
$227.39
Bal. to 1943
309.85
Rec. from State 2,555.96
$2,783.35
$2,783.35
Dependent Children's Aid - Federal Grant For Administration
Payments
$62.49
Bal. from 1941
$81.24
Bal. to 1943
62.90
Rec. from State
44.15
$125.39
$125.39
Soldiers' Relief
Payments
$1,173.60
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Trans. to Old Age
700.00
Refund
15.00
$1,873.60
Bal. to Revenue
141.40
$2,015.00
$2,015.00
State and Military Aid
Payments
$660.00
Appropriation
$600.00
Refund
50.00
From Reserve
10.00
$660.00
$660.00
Infirmary
Supt.
$720.00
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Extra help
79.45
Groceries and
provisions
1,338.40
Fuel and light
326.63
Telephone
25.25
Medical
34.96
Shoes and clothing
19.94
·22.
Repairs and supplies
349.25
Water
50.28
Miscellaneous
54.69
$2,998.85
Bal. to Revenue
1.15
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Schools
Payments
$55,032.57
Appropriation
$56,116.00
Bal. to Revenue
1,083.83
Refund
.40
$56,116.40
$56,116.40
Schools - Special Repair Account
Payments
$168.21
Bal. from 1941
$1,950.00
Bal. to 1943
1,781.79
$1,950.00
$1,950.00
Brooks Free Library
Librarian and
Appropriation
$1,150.00
Assistants
$272.00
Dog Tax
518.44
Janitor Service
346.50
Books and periodicals
490.98
Fuel and lights
312.32
Water
25.00
Transporting books
77.00
Repairs and supplies
48.29
$1,572.09
Bal. to Revenue
96.35
$1,668.44
$1,668.44
Harwich Port Library
Payments
$591.03 Appropriation
$600.00
Bal. to Revenue
8.97
$600.00
$600.00
Chase Library
Payments
$450.00 Appropriation
$450.00
WPA Work
Household project
$47.50
Appropriation
$1,150.00
Recreation project
280.77
Bal. from 1941
856.27
-23.
Transporting workmen
423.93
Trucking goods
301.63
Surplus Commodities
131.78
Bags
10.72
$1,196.33
Bal. to 1943
809.94
$2,006.27
$2,006.27
Insurance
Payments
$1,468.69
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Trans. to
Electric Contract
300.00
$1,768.69
Bal. to Revenue
731.31
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
Open Account
Appropriation
$200.00
Hearings
Payments
$68.00
Appropriation
$150.00
Bal. to Revenue
82.00
$150.00
$150.00
Advertising
Payments
$88.50
Appropriation
$100.00
Bal. to Revenue
11.50 1
$100.00
$100.00
Memorial and Armistice Days
Payments
$149.00
Appropriation
$200.00
Bal. to Revenue
51.00
$200.00
$200.00
Town Reports
Payments
$575.00 Appropriation
$575.00
Community Band
Payments
$200.00 Appropriation
$200.00
Herring Committee
Payments
$100.00 Appropriation
$100.00
Zoning Committee
+24.
Payments Bal. to Revenue
101.50
$250.00
$250.00
Stocking Ponds and Streams
Payments
$15.60
Appropriation
$100.00
Bal. to Revenue
84.40
$100.00
$100.00
Planting Shell Fish
Open Account
Appropriation
$200.00
1941 Unpaid Bills
Police Dept.
$118.71
Appropriation
$118.71
Care of Cemetery Lots
Payments
$405.87 Bal. from 1941
$10.00
Rec. Int. 1942
395.87
$405.87
$405.87
Cemetery Bequests
Dep. in Cape Cod 5c Sav. Bank
$550.00 Rec. bequests
$550.00
Dog Licenses
Paid County
$589.20 Rec. from Town Clerk
$589.20
Brooks Medal
Paid for Medals
$35.75 Rec. Interest
$35.75
County Tax
Paid County
$19,411.27
Assessment
$19,411.27
State Tax
Paid State
$1,261.11
Assessment
$19,246.72
Credit by Tax
Due from State
17,985.61
$19,246.72 Water Dept. - a/c National Defense
$19,246.72
Open Account Appropriation
$400.00
Retirement of Water Bonds
Cape Cod Trust Co. $7,000.00 Appropriation
$7,000.00
Retirement of Schoolhouse Bond
Cape Cod Trust Co. $7,000.00 Appropriation $7,000.00
Town Cemeteries
$148.50 Appropriation $250.00
+25-
Water Extension Note
Cape Cod Trust Co. $1,000.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
Cape Cod Trust Co. $2,030.00 Appropriation Interest on Water Extension Notes
$2,030.00
Cape Cod Trust Co. $72.00 Appropriation $72.00
Interest on Schoolhouse Bonds
Cape Cod Trust Co.
$1,137.50
Appropriation
$1,137.50
Interest on Current Notes
Cape Cod Trust Co.
$11.02
Appropriation
$50.00
Bal. to Revenue
38.98
$50.00
$50.00
Notes Payable
C. C. Trust Co.
$13,515.19
From 1941
$10,642.14
January 1942
2,873.05
$13,515.19
$13,515.19
Refunds
Excise Taxes
$164.26
Poll Taxes
2.00
Real Estate Taxes
544.85
$711.11
Reserve Fund
Transferred to
Appropriation $2,500.00
Rationing Board
$400.00
Welfare Agent. Exp.
100.00
State Poor
1,150.00
Park Commission
50.00
State Aid
10.00
Exchange
100.00
Dependent Aid
275.00
Snow
415.00
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
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RECEIPTS AND BALANCES
Balance on Hand January 1, 1942 Receipts :
$78,073.13
Real and Personal Taxes
157,205.88
Poll Taxes
1,671.04
Excise Taxes
8,008.48
Moth Taxes
1,133.55
Sale of Land of Low Value
12.50
Tax Titles Redeemed
1,916.99
Dog Licenses from County
518.44
Dog Licenses Collected
589:20
Cemetery Bequests
550.00
Cemetery Interest for Care of Lots
395.87
From State: Dependent Aid
1,876.91
Welfare
2,344.49
Old Age Assistance
14,623.86
State Aid
130.00
Military Aid
40.00
Old Age-Federal Grant
17,968.71
Old Age Adm .- Federal Grant
598.87
Dependent Aid-Federal Grant
2,555.96
Dependent Aid Adm .- Federal Grant
44.15
Income Tax
21,195.00
Corporation Tax
5,087.34
Gasoline Tax
14,667.49
Meal Tax
237.05
Highways
1,357.67
Cities and Towns: Welfare
1,101.33
Old Age Assistance
456.34
From County for Highways
849.11
Interest: Brooks Medal
35.75
Caleb Chase Fund
343.80
Taxes
1,292.86
Licenses
1,942.00
Fees
93.07
Advertising
24.00
Hearings
4.00
Court House Rent
2,000.00
Court Fines
45.00
Library Fines
11.70
Police Department
42.60
Exchange Rent
1,215.00
Sale of Herring Rights
63.00
,27.
Town Water Service
12,508.19
Notes Payable
2,873.05
School: Rent
50.00
Use of Telephone
1,25
Typewriters Released to Government
100.00
Cafe
3,270.57
Tuition and Transportation
1,256.65
Miscellaneous
.41
Miscellaneous Receipts
373.88
$362,756.14
Total Expenditures for 1942
278,609.87
Balance on Hand December 31, 1942
$ 84,146.27
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ACCOUNTANT'S BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Cash
$84,146.27
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes: Levy of 1940
$53.18
Levy of 1941
6,108.92
Levy of 1942
25,248.68
31,410.78
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1940
42.21
Levy of 1941
37.50
Levy of 1942
155.34
235.05
Special Assessments :
Moth : Levy of 1941
19.80
Levy of 1942
162.45
182.25
Tax Titles
5,037.51
Water Department
991.01
Overlay Deficit : Levy of 1940
399.66
Departmental :
Public Welfare
203.75
Old Age Assistance
406.64
Health
1,414.27
State Aid
290.00
Military Aid
320.00
2,688.66
$125,091.19
.29,
ACCOUNTANT'S BALANCE SHEET-Continued LIABILITIES
Federal Grants :
Old Age Assistance
$1,267.25
Old Age Assistance Adm.
672.60
Aid Dependent Children
309.85
Aid Dependent Children Adm.
62.90
$2,312.60
Unexpended Balances :
Assessors' Map
237.88
Foreclosure Tax Titles
38.21
Water Emergency Extension
1,430.57
School Repair Acct.
1,781.79
WPA
809.94
Bound Stones
212.00
Dredging Harbor
5,000.00
Planting Shell Fish
200.00
Zoning Committee
200.00
9,910.39
Overlay Reserved for
Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1939
34.42
Levy of 1941
491.70
Levy of 1942
2,463.53
2,989.65
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
235.05
Moth Tax
182.25
Tax Titles
5,037.51
Water Department
991.01
Departmental
2,688.66
9,134.48
24,347.12
Surplus Revenue
100,744.07
$125,091.19
,30,
DEBT ACCOUNT
Assets
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$160,000.00
Liabilities
School House Bonds
58,000.00
Water Bonds
98,000.00
Water Extension Notes
4,000.00
$160,000.00
SUMMARY OF WELFARE EXPENSE
Payments
Receipts
Outside Relief
$6,102.22
From State
Poor other Cities and Towns
417.07
a/c Welfare
$2,344.49
State Poor
2,650.00
a/c State Aid
130.00
Old Age Assistance
23,000.00
a/c Military Aid
40.00
Dependent Children's Aid
5,047.89
a/c Dependent Aid
1,876.91
Soldiers' Relief
1,173.60
a/c Old Age Assistance
14,623.86
State and Military Aid
660.00
a/c Old Age Assistance - Fed. Gr.
17,968.71
Infirmary
2,998.85
a/c Dependent Aid - Fed. Grant
2,555.96
Board of Health
2,946.25
a/c Dependent Aid Administration
44.15
Free Bed - Cape Cod Hospital
481.62
a/c Old Age Adm. - Fed. Grant
598.87
Old Age - Federal Grant
17,610.28
From Cities and Towns - Welfare
1,101.33
Old Age - Federal Grant Adm.
487.93
From Cities and Towns - Old Age
456.34
Dependent Aid - Federal Grant
2,473.50
Caleb Chase Fund - Interest
343.80
Dependent Aid - Federal Grant Adm.
62.49
Welfare Agent - Salary
780.00
$42,084.42
Welfare Agent
- Expense a/c
133.65
Net cost to Town
26,137.26
WPA
1,196.33
$68,221.68
$68,221.68
-31
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES REPORT FOR 1942
Taxes-1938
Outstanding January 1, 1942
$31.20
Payments to Treasurer, 1942 $17.00
Abatements
14.20
31.20
Personal Property Taxes-1939
Outstanding January 1, 1942
106.80
Payments to Treasurer, 1942
12.48
Abatements
94.32
106.80
Personal Property Taxes-1940
Outstanding January 1, 1942
476.94
Payments to Treasurer, 1942
280.08
Abatements
175.68
Outstanding December 31, 1942
21.18
476.94
Real Estate Taxes-1940
Outstanding January 1, 1942
7,492.52
Abatement and Payment refunded
160.80
7,653.32
Payments to Treasurer, 1942
6,443.74
Abatements
1,100.38
Tax Titles taken
109.20
7,653.32
Personal Property Taxes-1941
Outstanding January 1, 1942
1,402.07
Payments to Treasurer, 1942 1,090.03
Abatements 94.84
-33,
Outstanding December 31, 1942
217.20
1,402.07
Real Estate Taxes-1941
Outstanding January 1, 1942
27,527.68
Abatement and payment refunded 1
144.05
27,671.73
Payments to Treasurer, 1942
21,454.48
Abatements
308.76
Added to Tax Titles
96.77
Outstanding December 31, 1942
5,811.72
27,671.73
Personal Property Taxes-1942
Commitment as per Warrant
11,746.00
Additional Commitment
10.00
11,756.00
Payments to Treasurer, 1942
10,549.34
Abatements
134.40
Outstanding December 31, 1942
1,072.26
11,756.00
Real Estate Taxes-1942
Commitment as per Warrant
142,457.80
Additional Commitment
577.20
Abatement and payment refunded
240.00
Overpayment to be refunded
12.00
143,287.00
Payments to Treasurer, 1942
117,358.73
Abatements
1,094.05
Added to Tax Titles
829.80
Outstanding December 31, 1942
24,004.42
143,287.00
-34.
Poll Taxes-1936
Outstanding January 1, 1942 2.00 Abatements 2.00
Poll Taxes-1939
Outstanding January 1, 1942
38.04
Payments to Treasurer, 1942 22.04
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