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TOWN OF HARWICH
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Old Academy Building
ANNUAL REPORTS Year Ending December 31, 1947
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF HARWICH
0
L PORATED SEPT 14
SEAL OF
INCORPO
1694
WICH
ADOPTED
4 .1897.
SEPT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1947
Printed by THE GOSS PRINT Harwich, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS - 1947
Selectmen, Overseers Public Welfare And Board of Health
Charles D. Holmes
Howard C. Cahoon
Emulous E. Hall
Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1949 Assessors
Charles D. Holmes Howard C. Cahoon Emoulous E. Hall
Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1949
Town Clerk
Henry K. Bearse Term Expires February 1948 Town Treasurer
Term Expires February 1948
Collector of Taxes
Term Expires February 1948 Moderator
John H. Paine
Term Expires February 1948 School Committee
Wilbur H. Crowell Norman Holmes Denise G. Francis
Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1949
Surveyor of Highways
Alton P. Hall
Term Expires February 1948 Constables
Alton E. Walker Benjamin H. Eldredge Isaiah Kelley
Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1948
Henry K. Bearse
Leslie V. Nickerson
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Finance Committee
Robert S. Stearns
Term Expires February 1950
Arthur W. Tobey
Term Expires February 1948
William M. Gorham
Term Expires February 1948
Earl Phillips
Term Expires February 1949
E. Gorham Nickerson
Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1950
Marshall Siebenmann
Thomas Taylor
Term Expires February 1949
Wallace Wales
Calvin C. Eldredge
Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1950
Trustees Broadbrooks Free Library
Hillary M. LeClaire
Mildred B. Paine
Charlotte P. Sims
Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1948
Trustees Caleb Chase Fund
Theophilus B. Baker
Term Expires February 1948
Earl B. Eldredge
Term Expires February 1948
Joseph B. Atkins
Term Expires February 1948
John T. Wood
Term Expires February 1948
J. Freeman Ryder
Term Expires February 1948
Thomas M. Wright
Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1948
Park Commissioners
William H. Nichols
Emulous E. Hall Jr.
Edward Taylor
Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1949
Water Commissioners
Walter E. Cahoon Term Expires February 1950 Lawrence F. Nickerson Term Expires February 1949 Norman O. Nickerson Term Expires February 1948
Cemetery Commissioners
Earl B. Eldredge Henry F. Smith John T. Wood
Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1948
Herring Committee
Clarence E. Greenwood Term Expires February 1948
Robert H. Cahoon Term Expires February 1948 Term Expires February 1948
James F. Kelley (Deceased)
Earle L. Sims
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Registrars of Voters
Amy B. Davis Cleon S. Crowell Chr. Walter T. Gilmore Sealer of Weights and Measures Victor S. Ryder
Chief of Police
Town Accountant
Isaiah Kelley
Althea M. Chase
Fire Chief and Forest Warden
Wire Inspector
G. Norman Ostby
Bradford L. Barrett
Superintendent Moth Department and Tree Warden Walter E. Cahoon
Inspector of Animals Inspector of Slaughtering
Charles H. Taylor Charles H. Taylor
Surveyor of Wood and Lumber
Roswell H. Nye
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers
Alton E. Walker Isaiah Kelley Benjamin H. Eldredge
Welfare Agent
Olive L. Williams
Secretary to Selectmen and Assessors Bernice E. Swienton
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ASSESSORS REPORT
Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1947
Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1946
$8,778,052.00 $8,210,580.00
Increase in Valuation $567.472.00
Valuation of Land Exclusive of Buildings $2,183,430.00
Valuation of Buildings Exclusive of land 5,873,290.00
Total Valuation of Land and Buildings $8,056,720.00
Valuation of Personal Estates :
On Stock and Trade
$70,950.00
On Machinery 45,700.00
On Livestock 11,980.00
On all other Tangible Property 592,702.00
Total Valuation on Personal Estate $721,332.00
Valuation of Real and Personal Estates
$8,778,052.00
Tax On Personal $19,475.96
Tax on Real Estate
217,531.44
Tax on 957 Polls 1,914.00
Total Taxes Assessed $238,921.40
Tax Rate $27.00 Per Thousand
Added Valuation in December 1947 on Pers. Est. 1
None
Added Valuation in December 1947 on Real Est. $4,000.00
Total Added Valuation in Dec. 1947 Total Tax on Added Valuation
$4,000.00
$108.00
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
11
Cows
45
Heifers
8
Swine
27
Sheep
None
Fowl
2745
Turkeys
6
1
7
Number of Acres of Land 7493
Number of Dwelling Houses 2038
RECAPITULATION
Total Appropriations as Certified by the Town Clerk Amount used from available funds
$337,313.60
46,321.64
$383,635.24
State Tax
$6,200.00
State Parks and Reservations
280.77
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
466.42
Cape Cod Mosquito Cont. Barns. Co. 2,873.70
$9,820.89
1946 Under Estimates
1,254.71
County Tax
35,859.60
Overlays
4,956.10
Gross Amount to be Raised
$435,526.54
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$21,219.52
Corporation Tax
11,152.20
Gasoline Tax Acts of 1946
9,979.61
Motor Vehicle Excise
5,000.00
Licenses
3,000.00
Court Fines
50.00
Special Assessments
1,300.00
General Government
3,300.00
Health and Sanitation
681.43
Charities other than Federal Grant 7,535.64
Old Age Assistance
25,000.00
Old Age Meals Tax
1,575.00
Soldiers' Benefits
500.00
Schools
12,000.00
Libraries
1,000.00
Public Service Enterprises
27,000.00
Interest on Taxes
400.00
Suppl. cherry sheet Income Tax
10,765.48
Suppl. cherry sheet Corp.
3,826.57
$145,285.45
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Amount used from Available Funds
51,321.69
Total Est. Receipts and Available Funds
$196,607.14
Net Amount Raised on Polls and Property
$238,919.40
Tax on Polls
$1,912.00
Tax on Personal Estate
19,475.96
Tax on Real Estate
217,531.44
Total Tax
$238,919.40
Moth Tax
$288.15
CHARLES D. HOLMES, HOWARD C. CAHOON, EMULOUS E. HALL, Assessors of Harwich.
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Harwich, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
The Town Accountant herewith submits a report of the financial transactions of the Town of Harwich for the year ending December 31, 1947.
Respectfully submitted,
ALTHEA M. CHASE, Accountant.
RECEIPTS
For year ending December 31, 1947
Taxes:
Prior Years
$13,619.15
Current:
Poll
$ 1,276.00
Personal Property
18,408.03
Real Estate
201,427.84
221,111.87
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Prior Years
$ 482.61
Current Year
7,938.82
8,421.43
Moth Assessment:
Prior Years
$ 14.72
Current Year
274.05
288.77
Assignments of Tax Titles
105.66
Sale of Tax Possessions
4,600.00
Federal Withholding Tax
8,970.68
Water Collections
26,551.46
Accounts Receivable :
Old Age Assistance:
Reimbursement Cities and Towns $ 437.81
Reimbursement State
27,442.35
Aid to Dependent Children: Reimbursement State
3,458.70
Health Fund:
$234,731.02
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Reimbursement State Public Welfare:
814.29
507.06
Reimbursement Cities and Towns Reimbursement State Soldiers' Relief : Reimbursement Cities and Towns Schools
2,909.97
79.38
1,528.69
37,178.25
Highway Construction-Chapter 90: Reimbursement State
$ 9,069.92
Reimbursement County
4,959.16
14,029.08
Highway Maintenance-Chapter 90:
Reimbursement State
$ 999.90
Reimbursement County
999.90
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
$ 192.69
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
2,420.15
Old Age Assistance, Administration
1,208,44
Old Age Assistance, Aid
26,137.70
Water Department for Engineering Survey
4,550.00
1
34,508.98
Licenses and Permits:
Amusement
$ 5.00
Auctioneer
8.00
Bowling
22.00
Cabin
26.00
Cesspool
10.00
Dog
713.40
Garbage
25.00
Gasoline
15.50
Innholder
76.00
Junk
5.00
Liquor
2,350.00
Lodging-house
72.00
Lunch-wagon
2.00
Marriage
62.00
Massage
5.00
Milk
18.50
Physiotherapy
5.00
Pistol
10.00
Plumbing
20.00
Sunday Movies
52.00
Victualer
30.00
1,999.80
3,532.40
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Court Fines
135.00
Court House Rent
1,208.33
Library Fines
32.30
Library - Sale of Door
5.00
Sealer's Fees
98.23
Fire Department - Sale of Water Pumper
400.00
Sale of Herring Rights
402.40
Sale of Voting List
1.00
Rent of School house, Harwich Port
10.00
Rent of Exchange Building
1,380.00
Rent of School Auditorium
40.00
Rent of Infirmary
366.00
Use of Police Lock-up
10.00
Highway Department - Use of Sand Loader
12.00
Telephone Refunds
1.61
Fire Department - Refund
4.78
High School Cafeteria
6,682.52
Elementary School Lunch
9,177.10
Barnstable County Dog Fund
571.28
Advertising
45.00
Interest on Taxes
378.73
Fees on Taxes
41.35
Public Welfare Refund
282.00
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship Fund Income-Refund
50.00
Refunds to Appropriations:
Selectmen's Expense
$ 25.00
Forestry Department
1.27
Highways - General Repairs
1.08
Snow Removal
15.30
Old Age Assistance - Town
27.60
Old Age Assistance - Fed. Grant
247.83
Veterans' Benefits
2.08
School Department
128.03
Chase Library
5.68
Cemetery Commission
98.00
$551.87
State Grants:
Income Tax
$34,352.99
Corporation Tax
15,140.72
Old Age Meal Tax
1,870.51
Highway Fund
9,979.61
School Tuition
390.44
Director of Standards
8.00
Vocational Education
138.00
Veterans' Aid and Pensions
210.00
Cemetery Bequests Trust Funds-Income: Cemetery Perpetual Care $ 492.59
$62,090.27 500.00
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Post-War Rehabilitation
(Balance Jan. 1, 1947-$187.50)
375.00
Brooks Medals Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
1,525.00
Caleb Chase Charity (Balance Jan. 1, 1947-$392.94)
393.19
2,812.48
Total Receipts
$462.206.78
DISBURSEMENTS For year ending December 31, 1947
Moderator
$ 50.00
Selectmen
4,100.00
Selectmen's Expense
248.77
Selectmen's Clerk
1,200.00
Assessors
2,000.00
Assessors' Expense
600.00
Surveying Town Property
1,688.37
Accountant
1,200.00
Accountant's Expense
99.30
Treasurer
1,500.00
Treasurer's Expense
299.63
Treasurer's Bond
164.00
Collector
2,000.00
Collector's Expense
551.58
Collector's Bond
191.50
Town Clerk
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
97.07
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Election and Registration
798.59
Law Department
200.00
Office Equipment
100.00
Exchange Building
3,997.77
Fire Escape for Exchange Building
2,372.92
Painting Exterior of Exchange Building
5,500.00
Repairs of Public Buildings
1,000.00
Police Department
9,391.61
Police Patrol Car
850.00
Fire Department
8,899.13
Fire Alarm Siren
3,000.00
Forestry (Including Tree Warden)
2,801.27
Planting Shade Trees
1,200.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
500.00
Wire Inspector
300.00
Life Guard at Beach
329.75
Harbor Master
50.00
Board of Health
1,644.00
Visiting Nurse Association
1,600.00
Dental Clinic
709.87
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
26.70
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Town Dump
1,342.23
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
Highway Surveyor
2,000.00
Highways - General Repairs
16,999.85
Fences and Railings
767.01
Snow Removal
2,838.55
Dredging Wychmere Harbor
2,500.00
Dredging Allens' Harbor
3,000.00
Beach Erosion
3.700.00
Highway Maintenance - Chapter 90
2.999 71
Highway Construction - Chapter 90
999.51
Resurfacing and Widening Route 137
1,999.17
Sidewalk South St. to R. R. Bridge
496.32
Sidewalk North Side Park St.
474 38
Resurfacing Hiawatha Road Leach Basin on Sea Street Laying-out Pleasant Road
23.25
Laying-out Shore Road
30.75
Laying-out Grey Neck Road
9.25
Street Lights - Contract
7,883.94
Street Light - Park Street
4.20
Welfare Agent
780 00
Welfare Agent's Expense
398.77
Welfare - Outside Poor
3.999.40
State Poor
2,867.47
Poor of Other Towns
888.20
Old Age Assistance - Town
41,027.60
Old Age Assistant - Federal Grant
25,427.60
Old Age Assistance Administration Federal Grant
957.75
Aid to Dependent Children - Town
8.623.57
Aid to Dependent Children - Federal Grant
2,128.85
Aid to Dependent Children - Administration Federal Grant
180 00
Veterans' Benefits
2,443.53
Free Ped
1,000.00
School Committee
450.00
School Department
96,060.86
Vocational Education
284.00
Building Committee for New Elementary School
36.50
Brooks Free Library
2,071.28
Brooks Block Oil Burner
650.00
Harwich Port Library
600 00
Chase Library
455.68
Park Commission
995.27
Repair Bleachers - Brooks Park
688.83
Steps to Beach
455.32
Cleaning Beaches
399.86
Bank Street Beach Raft
84.51
Baseball
500.00
Band Concerts
250.00
Miscellaneous
283 57
20,077.70
Resurfacing Lothrop Avenue
494.16
466.80
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Maintenance of Parking Lots
1,711.90
Repairs - Town Dock and Floats Insurance
2,000.00
Advertising
153.25
Herring Committee
172.17
Town Reports
635.00
Memorial Day
162.50
Herring Brook Flume - Long Pond
243.39
Planting Shell-fish
54 00
Propagation of Game
98.79
1946 Unpaid Bills
3,236.73
Cemetery Commission
621.22
Water Department - Federal Grant
for Engineering Survey
4,500.00
Water Department
26,195.09
Water Commissioners
300.00
Water Emergency Extensions
2,068.71
Water - Neel and Walther Roads
91.80
Water - Pleasant Lake Avenue
12 03
Water - Harbor View Road
77.20
Water - Shore Road
1,301.40
Water
- Belmont Road
30.12
Water -- Silver Street
133.25
Water
Division Street
147.26
Water New Diesel Engine
12,465.22
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
1,330.00
Retirement of School House Bonds
6,000.00
Interest on School House Bonds
525.00
Tax Titles Expenses
72.26
Federal Withholding Tax
8,606.00
Proceeds Dog Licenses to County
713.40
State Assessments:
State Parks and Reservations
205.02
State Tax
6,200.00
State Audit
466.42
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
2,793.28
County Tax, Barnstable
30,918.36
Trust Funds Income:
Cemetery Bequests,
Deposited in Cape Cod 5c Savings Bank
500.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care, Care of Lots
492.59
Post-War Rehabilitation U. S. Government Bonds
562.50
Brooks Medals
26.70
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
U. S. Government Bonds $875.00
Scholarships 650.00
Caleb Chase Charity Public Welfare Refunds:
1,525.00
656.75
129.77
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Taxes,
Polls
28.00
Real Estate
156.33
Motor Vehicle Excise
29.30
Total Disbursements
$451.788.04
LEDGER ACCOUNT - APPROPRIATIONS - EXPENDITURES
Cash
Reserve Fund Transfers
Expendi- tures
Unex- Balances Carried to Revenue to 1948
Moderator
50.00
50.00
Selectmen's Salaries
4,100.00
4,100.00
Selectmen's Expense
250.00
25.00
248.77
26.23
Selectmen's Clerk
1,200.00
1,200.00
Assessors' Salaries
2,000.00
2,000.00
Assessors' Expense
600.00
600.00
Assessors' Maps
97.61
97.61
Surveying Town Property
2,000.00
1,688.37
311.63
Accountant's Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
Accountant's Expense
· 100.00
99.30
.70
Treasurer's Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
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Treasurer's Expense
300 00
299.63
.37
Treasurer's Bond
164.00
164.00
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
Collector's Expense
700.00
551.58
148.42
Collector's Bond
243.00
191.50
51.50
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
97.07
2.93
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
5.00
Election and Registration
800.00
798.59
1.41
Certifying Town Notes
10 00
10.00
Law Department
200.00
200.00
Office Equipment
100.00
100 00
Exchange Building
4,000.00
3,997.77
2.23
Fire Escape for Exchange Bldg.
,2500.00
2,372.92
127.08
Painting Exterior of Exchange Bldg.
*5,500.00
5,500.00
Bal-
Accounts
Balances Appropri- January 1, ations
Receipts
Accounts
Balances Appropri- January 1, ations
Receipts
Reserve Fund Transfers
tures
Balances Carried to Revenue to 1948
1,000.00
Police Department
9,297.00
94.61
9,391.61
Police Patrol Car
850.00
850.00
Fire Department
3,533.13
8,899.13
Fire Alarm Siren
3,000.00
3,000.00
Forestry (inc. Tree Warden)
1.27
2,801.27
Planting Shade Trees
1,200.00
1,200.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
500.00
500.00
Wire Inspector
300.00
300.00
Life Guard at Beach
350 00
329.75
20.25
Harbor Master
50.00
50.00
Board of Health
3,000.00
1,644.00 1,356.00
Visiting Nurse Association
1,600 00
1,600.00
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Dental Clinic
500.00
300.00
709.87
90.13
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
500.00
Town Dump
1,500.00
1,342.23
157.77
Inspector of Animals
50.00
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
50.00
Highway Surveyor
2,000.00
Highways-General Reapairs
17,000.00
1.08
16,999.85
1.23
Bridges
500.00
500.00
Allen Harbor Bridge-Chap. 90
1,063.73
1,063.73
Hardening Beach Road
300.00
300.00
Fences and Railings
800.00
767.01
32.99
Snow Removal
3,000.00
15.30
2,838.55
176.75
Dredging Wychmere Harbor
5,000.00
7,000.00
2,500.00
9,500.00
Dredging Allens' Harbor
2,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Cash
Expendi-
Unex-
Bal-
Repairs of Public Buildings
1,000.00
5,366.00
2,800.00
Cash
Reserve Fund
Expendi- tures
Unex-
Bal-
Accounts
Balances Appropri- January 1, ations 4,500.00
Receipts
Transfers
3,700.00
800.00
1,000.00
*2,000.00
2,999.71
.29
Highway Contruction-Chap. 90
2,400.00
7,500.00
*22,500.00
20,077.70
33,922.30
Resurfacing Lothrop Ave. Resurfacing & Widening Route 137
1,000.00
999.51
.49
2,000.00
1,999.17
.83
Resurfacing & Widening Bay Rd.
2,500.00
2,500.00
500.00
496.32
3.68
500.00
474.38
25.62
500.00
494.16
5.84
500.00
466.80
33.20
Dredging Breakwater Round Cove
1,000.00
1,000.00
Town Dock-Round Cove
312.58
312.58
Laying-Out Pleasant Rd.
50.00
23.25
26.75
Laying-Out Shore Rd.
70.00
30.75
39.25
, Laying-Out River Rd.
12.00
12.00
Laying-Out Grey Neck Rd.
9.25
6.95
Building for Road Equipment
5,850.00
5,850.00
. Bound Stones
57.00
57.00
Street Lights-Contract
8,066.60
7,883.94
182.66
Street Light-Park St.
16.80
4.20
12.60
Three Street Lights-Kendrick Rd.
50.40
50.40
Street Light-Pleasant Rd.
16.80
16.80
Welfare Agent
780.00
780.00
Welfare Agent's Expense
400.00
398.77
1.23
Welfare-Outside Poor
4,000.00
3,999.40
60
State Poor
3,000.00
2,867.47
132.53
Balances Carried to Reserve to 1948
Beach Erosion
Highway Maintenance-Chap. 90
Sidewalk So. St. to R.R. Bridge Sidewalk No. Side Park St. Resurfacing Hiawatha Rd. Leach Basin on Sea St.
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16.00
Cash Reserve Expendi- Unex-
Bal-
Accounts
Balances Appropri- January 1, ations 1,500.00 41,000.00
27.60
41,027.60
O. A. A. Fed. Grant
136.72
26,385.53
25,427.60
1.094.65
1,208.44
957.75
726.85
Aid to Dependent Children-Town
10,000.00
8,623.57 1,376.43
A. D. C. Fed. Grant
6.22
2,420.15
2,128.85
297.52
A. D. C. Administration-Fed. Grant
107.05
192.69
180.00
119.74
Veterans' Benefits
3,000.00
2.08
2,443.53
558.55
Free Bed
1,000.00
1,000.00
100.00
450.00
450.00
Water-Proofing High School
16.00
16.00
School Department
95,935.00
128.03
96,060.86
2.17
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Vocational Education
600.00
284.00
316.00
School-Special Repair Account
243.39
243.39
Bldg. Com. for New Elem. School
500.00
36.50
463.50
1,500.00
** 571.28
2,071.28
650.00
650 00
Harwich Port Library
600.00
600.00
Chase Library
450.00
5.68
455.68
.Park Commission
1,000.00
995.27
4.73
Repair Bleachers-Brooks Park
750.00
688.83
61.17
Mckinley Beach Property 3,000.00
3,000.00
Steps to Beach
500.00
455.32
44.68
Cleaning Beaches
400.00
399.86
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Bank St. Beach Raft
85.32
84.51
.81
Baseball
500.00
500.00
Balances Carried to Reserve to 1948 611.80
Receipts Transfers
Poor of Other Towns
888.20
Old Age Assistance-Town
O. A. A. Administration-Fed Grant 476.16
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Veterans' Re-employment Committee 100.00
School Committee
.Brooks Free Library
Brooks Block Oil Burner
Fund tures
قير
Cash Reserve Fund
Expendi- tures
Unex-
Bal-
Accounts
Balances Appropri- January 1, ations
Receipts Transfers
Band Concerts
250.00
250.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
288.57
11.43
Maintenance of Parking Lots
2,000.00
1,711.90
288.10
Repairs-Town Docks & Floats
129.77
170.23
Insurance
2,000.00
2,000.00
Advertising
200.00
153.25
46.75
Herring Committee
200.00
172.17
27.83
Town Reports
635.00
635.00
Reserve Fund
4,000.00
4,000.00
Memorial Day
300.00
162.50
137.50
Herring Brook Flume-Long Pond
900.00
243.39
656.61
Seining Pool Construction
500.00
500.00
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Zoning Committee
200.00
200.00
Planting Shell-fish
183.20
54.00
129.20
Propagation of Game
100.00
98.79
1.21
1946 Unpaid Bills
*3,250.41
3,236.73
13.68
Cemetery Commission
600.00
98.00
621.22
76.78
Water Dept. Fed. Grant for Engineering Survey
4,550.00
4,500.00
50.00
Water Department
26,205.00
26,195.09
9.91
Water Commissioners
300.00
300.00
Water-Emergency Extensions
68.85
2,000.00
2,068.71
.14
Water-Hiawatha Rd.
99.04
99.04
Water-Neel & Walther Rds.
219.32
91.80
127.52
Water-Pleasant Lake Ave.
571.88
12.03
559.85
Water-Harbor View Rd.
217.01
77.20
139.81
Water-Shore Rd.
2,515.11
1,301.40
1,213.71
300.00
-
Balances Carried to Reserve to 1948
F
Cash
Reserve
Expendi-
Unex-
Bal-
Accounts
Balances Appropri-
January 1, ations
Receipts
Transfers
Water-Belmont Rd.
135.01
30.12
104.89
Water-Silver St.
369.62
133.25
236.37
Water-Earl R.
91.08
91.08
Water-Division St.
324.55
147.26
177.29
Water-New Diesel Engine
*12,500.00
12,465.22
34.78
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
7,000.00
Retirement of School House Bonds
6,000.00
6,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
1,330.00
1,330.00
Interest on School House Bonds
525.00
525.00
Int. on Tax Anticipation Loans
20.00
20.00
Tax Titles Expenses
72.26
72.26
* Signifies Transfer from Available Funds.
** Signifies Transfer from County Dog Fund.
Fund tures
Balances Carried to Reserve to 1948
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TOWN OF HARWICH Balance Sheet - December 31, 1947 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$116,942.73
Federal Withholding Taxes
$2,200.62
Accounts Receivable : Taxes:
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
Trust Funds Income :
Caleb Chase Charity Fund,
$129.38
2,587.25
Levy of 1947 Poll,
$16.00
Personal Property,
604.58
Real Estate
14,501.39
Premium on Loans;
1,239.15
Motor Vehicle Excise: Levy of 1947, 22 884.25
Moth:
Levy of 1947,
14.10
$417.26
Tax Titles,
$294.03
Tax Possessions,
403.26
697.29
Assistance, 1,094.65
Departmental: Schools,
3,717.00
2,238.76
Water Rates and Services,
1,265.87
Overestimates 1947: State Parks and Reservations, $75.75
Overlay Deficit: Levy of 1933,
15.73
Cape Cod Mosquito Control, 80.42
County Tax, 3,136.24
Unexpended Appropriation Balances, Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus,
3,292.41 67,019.74 3,259.89
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship Fund, 50.00
179.38
15,121.97
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration, $119.74
Aid, 297.52
Old Age Assistance: Administration, $726.85
1,821.50
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes; Levy of 1947, 2,126.33
Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax,
$884.25
Special Assessments, 14.10
697.29
Departmental, Water,
1,265.87
Surplus Revenue,
47,936.90
$138,658.94
$138,658.94
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$87,000.00
School Loan, Water Loan,
$24,000.00 63,000.00
$87,000.00
$87,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities,
Caleb Chase Charity Fund $92,971.48 Brooks Free Public Library Fund
$10,118.26 5,303.38
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions,
3,717.00
6,578.51
Henry C. Brooks Medal Fund,
1,200.23
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship Fund, 35,225.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
24,789.80
16,334.81
$92,971.48
$92,971.48
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25
COLLECTOR OF TAXES REPORT FOR 1947
Personal Property Taxes - 1946
Outstanding January 1, 1947
$659.06
Payments to Treasurer $643.94
Abatements 15.12
$659.06
Personal Property Taxes - 1947
Commitment as per Warrant
$19,475.96
Payments to Treasurer
$18,408.03
Abatements
463.35
Outstanding December 31, 1947
604.58
$19,475.96
Real Estate Taxes - 1933
Tax Title Disclaimed $51.73
Abatement $51.73
$51.73
Real Estate Taxes - 1946
Outstanding January 1, 1947
$13,443.66
Payments to Treasurer
$12,975.21
Abatements
363.15
Tax Titles Taken
105.30
$13,443.66
Real Estate Taxes - 1947
Commitments as per Warrants Refunds 156.33
$217,639.44
$217,795.77
Payments to Treasurer
$201,427.84
Abatements
1,716.42
Added to Tax Titles
150.12
Outstanding December 31, 1947
14,501.39
$217,795.77
Poll Taxes - 1944, 1945, 1946
Refunds $6.00
Abatements $6.00
$6.00
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Poll Taxes - 1947
Commitments as per Warrants Refunds 22.00
$1,914.00
$1,936.00
Payments to Treasurer
$1,276.00
Abatements
644.00
Outstanding December 31, 1947
16.00
$1,936.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes - 1946
Outstanding January 1, 1947
$492.67
Commitment as per Warrant
38.14
$530.81
Payments to Treasurer
$482.61
Abatements 48.20
$530.81
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes - 1947
Commitments as per Warrants $9,267.36 Refunds 29.30
$9,296.66
Payments to Treasurer
$7,938.82
Abatements 473.59
Outstanding December 31, 1947
884.25
$9,296.66
Moth Assessments - 1946
Outstanding January 1, 1947
$18.92
Payments to Treasurer $14.72
Abatements 4.20
$18.92
Moth Assessments - 1947
Commitments as per Warrant
$288.15
Payments to Treasurer $274.05
Outstanding December 31, 1947
14.10
$288.15
Respectfully submitted, LESLIE V. NICKERSON, Collector of Taxes.
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1947 REPORT HARWICH WATER DEPARTMENT
To the Citizens of the Town of Harwich :
We submit herewith for your consideration the Elev- enth Annual Report of the Harwich Water Department for the year ending December 31, 1947.
This department has enjoyed another very successful year as indicated by the substantial gains in revenue and service installations. Receipts for the year amounted to $26,551.46. This is an increase of $2,482.49 over the previous year. Although no major extensions were voted at Town Meeting, and extensions to the system were limited to the small amount available in the Water Extension Account, a total of 109 new services were installed. This is only slightly less than the previous year when several major extensions were made. This demand for service installations seems to be due principally to the large number of new houses being constructed in town and, no doubt, will continue for several years.
The Federal Works Agency approved our application for funds for an engineering survey of the North Harwich, Pleasant Lake and East Harwich areas. Whitman & How- ard, consulting engineers, were engaged to do the engineer- ing work involved. Late in the year complete plans, specifi- cations, estimates and other data were completed and this information will be available to the voters at the next An- nual Town Meeting when these projects are presented for action.
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