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SEAL OF
INCORPO
1694 HARWICH
ADOPTED SEPT. 4.1897
TOWN OF HARWICH MASSACHUSETTS
1948 Annual Reports
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF HARWICH
ED SEPT 14
F
ORAT
NCORP
SEAL
1694
RWICH
ADOPTED
SEPT. 4.1897.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1948
Printed by CENTRAL CAPE PRESS, Inc. Harwich, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS-1948
Selectmen, Overseers Public Welfare and Board of Health
Charles D. Holmes
Howard C. Cahoon
Emulous E. Hall
Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1951 Term Expires February 1949
Assessors
Charles D. Holmes
Howard C. Cahoon Emulous E. Hall
Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1951 Term Expires February 1949
Town Clerk
Henry K. Bearse Term Expires February 1949 Town Treasurer
Henry K. Bearse Term Expires February 1949
Collector of Taxes
Leslie V. Nickerson Term Expires February 1949
Moderator
John H. Paine Term Expires February 1949
School Committee
Channing N. Baker Term Expires February 1951
Ephriam G. Nickerson Term Expires February 1949
(to fill the unexpired term of Norman Holmes resigned)
Denise G. Francis Term Expires February 1949 Surveyor of Highways
Alton P. Hall Term Expires February 1949
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Constables
Alton E. Walker Horace F. Wixon
Isaiah Kelly
Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1949
Finance Committee
Harry B. Albro
William M. Gorham
Wallace Wales
Robert S. Stearns
Term Expires February 1951 Term Expires February 1951 Term Expires February 1951 Term Expires February 1950
Marshall Siebermann
Calvin C. Eldredge
Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1949
Thomas Taylor
Earl Phillips Term Expires February 1949
Thomas M. Wright Term Expires February 1949
Trustees Broadbrooks Free Library
Hillary M. LeClaire
Term Expires February 1949
Mildred B. Paine Term Expires February 1950
Charlotte P. Sims Term Expires February 1951
Trustees Caleb Chase Fund
Theophilus B. Baker Term Expires February 1949 Earl B. Eldredge Term Expires February 1949
Joseph B. Atkins Term Expires February 1949
John T. Wood Term Expires February 1949
J. Freeman Ryder Term Expires February 1949
Thomas M. Wright Term Expires February 1949 Earle L. Sims Term Expires February 1949
Park Commissioners
William H. Nichols
Emulous E. Hall, Jr.
Edward Taylor
Term Expires February 1951 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1949
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Water Commissioners
Walter E. Cahoon
Lawrence F. Nickerson
Norman O. Nickerson
Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1949
Term Expires February 1951
Cemetery Commissioners
Earl B. Eldredge
Henry F. Smith
John T. Wood
Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1950 Term Expires February 1951
Herring Committee
Clarence E. Greenwood
Robert H. Cahoon
Term Expires February 1949 Term Expires February 1949
Donald T. Bates Term Expires February 1949
Registrars of Voters
Amy B. Davis Cleon S. Crowell
Walter T. Gilmore, Chr.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Victor S. Ryder
Chief of Police Isaiah Kelly
Town Accountant
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
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Field Drivers and Fence Viewers
Alton E. Walker Isaiah Kelly
Horace F. Wixon
Welfare Agent
Olive L. Williams
Secretary to Selectmen and Assessors Bernice E. Swienton
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ASSESSORS REPORT
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Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1948 $9,314,780.00 Valuation of the Town Dec. 31, 1947 8,778,052.00
Increase in Valuation
536,728.00
Valuation of Land Exclusive of Buildings 2,273,170.00 Valuation of Buildings Exclusive of Land 6,270,290.00
Total Valuation of Land and Buildings 8,543,460.00
Valuation of Personal Estates :
On Stock and Trade $66,150.00
On Machinery 37,750.00
On Livestock 6,570.00
On all other Tangible Prop. 660,850.00
Total Valuation on Personal Estate 771,320.00
Valuation of Real and Personal Estates
9,314,780.00
Tax on Personal 25,453.56
Tax on Real Estate 281,934.18
Tax on 998 Polls 1,996.00
Total Taxes Assessed 309,383.74
Tax Rate $33.00 Per Thousand
Added Valuation in Dec. 1948 on Pers. Est. 2,600.00
Added Valuation in Dec. 1948 on Real Est. 26,080.00
Total added Valuation in Dec. 1948 28,680.00
Total Tax on Added Valuation 946.44
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
15
Cows
32
Heifers
7
Swine
21
Fowl
1922
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Numbers of Acres of Land 7493 Numbers of Dwelling Houses 2192
RECAPITULATION
Total Appropriations as Certified by the Town Clerk 424,521.26
Amount used from available funds 27,628.04
Overlay Deficit 1933
15.73
6 months Interest on New Elementary School bonds 3,500.00
State Parks and Reservations
280.77
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
628.98
Mosquito Control
3,072.32
County Tax
31,559.25
Barnstable County Retirement System
363.75
Overlay 1948
4,000.00
Gross Amount to be Raised
$495,570.10
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax 12,914.47
Corporation Tax 11,048.40
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise 7,000.00
Licenses 3,000.00
Special Assessments (Moth) 300.00
General Government
3,000.00
Health and Sanitation
814.29
Charities (other than Federal Grants) 7,500.00
Old Age Assistance (Other than Federal Grants)
25,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meals)
997.26
Veterans' Benefits
210.00
Schools
12,000.00
Libraries
1,000.00
Chapter 198 Acts of 1948 (Income Tax) 7,440.00
Public Service Enterprises (Water)
27,531.83
Personal Income Tax (Acts of '47) 20,447.50
Gas and Electric Franchise Tax 265.75
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Business Corp. Tax (Acts of '47) 3,823.80 Old Age Tax, Meals (Acts of '47) 872.61
Total Estimated Receipts 145,265.91
County Tax (1947 Over esitmate) 3,136.24
State Park and Reservation (1947 Over estimate)
75.75
Mosquito Control (Over estimate) 80.42
3,292.41
Available Funds to Reduce Rate
10,000.00
Chap. 90 Maintenance 2,000.00
Chap. 90 Construction
15,000.00
Bldg. Elementary School
10,000.00
Dog Fund Brooks Library
628.04
Total Available Funds 37,628.04
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 186,186.36
Net amount to be raised by Taxation on Polls and Property 309,383.74
Tax on Polls 1,996.00
Tax on Pers. Estate
25,453.56
Tax on Real Estate
281,934.18
Total Tax $309,383.74
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, 1948.
Respectfully submitted,
ALTHEA M. CHASE, Accountant.
RECEIPTS For year ending December 31, 1948
Taxes:
Prior Years
$14,822.27
Current:
Poll
$1,706.00
Personal Property 24,336.34
Real Estate
254,412.94
280,455.28
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Prior Years
$887.54
Current Years
12,229.36
13,116.90
Moth Assessment:
Prior Years
$14.10
Current Year
297.40
311.50
Redemption of Tax Titles
243.97
Land of Low Value
3.00
Federal Witholding Tax
8,331.16
Water Rates and Services
33,144.37
Accounts Receivable:
Old Age Assistance:
Reimbursement Cities and Towns
$741.83
Reimbursement State
36,266.01
Aid to Dependent Children:
Reimbursement State
4,174.13
Health Fund:
Reimbursement State
300.72
$295,277.55
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Public Welfare:
Reimbursement Cities and Towns
1,473.05
Reimbursement State
3,083.04
Schools
1,342.81
Highway Construction-Chapter 90:
Reimbursement State
$14,897.74
Reimbursement County
7,783.51
22,681.25
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
$2,838.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
152.37
Old Age Assistance, Administration
787.89
Old Age Assistance, Aid
29,848.06
33,626.32
Water Department-Federal Advance for Engineering Survey
4,550.00
Sale of Post-War Rehabilitation Bonds
$14,205.00
Interest-Rehabilitation Bonds
795.00
Sale of Elementary School Bonds
350,000.00
365,000.00
Premium on Elementary School Bonds
$2,100.00
Interest-Elementary School Bonds 427.78
2,527.78
Licenses and Permits:
Amusement
$4.00
Auctioneer
4.00
Auto Repair
2.00
Bowling
22.00
Cabins
28.50
Cesspool
17.50
Dog
737.20
Garage
20.00
Gasoline
19.00
Innholder
84.00
Junk
31.50
Liquor
2,725.00
Lodging-house
98.00
Marriage
90.00
Massage
7.00
Milk
22.50
Motor Vehicle-Class 2
10.00
Pistol
14.00
Plumbing
160.00
Sunday Movies
57.00
Victualer
48.00
47,381.59
Court Fines
4,201.20 $40.00
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Court House Rent
1,250.00
Library Fines
43.47
Brooks Library-Wind Storm Insurance
29.26
Sealer's Fees
67.09
Rent of School house, Harwich Port
80.00
Rent of Exchange Building
1,420.00
Rent of Infirmary
348.00
Rent of Police Lock-up
7.00
Highway Department-Use of Sander Box
12.00
Sale of Voting List
2.00
Copies of Business Certificates
.10
Damage to Trees
10.00
Damage to Highway
40.00
High School Cafeteria
7,849.16
Elementary School Lunch
11,019.71
Schools-Miscellaneous
69.54
Telephone Refunds
1.27
Water Department-Accident Insurance
12.50
Barnstable County Dog Fund
628.04
Advertising
50.00
Interest on Taxes
445.79
Fees on Taxes
88.70
Miscellaneous Receipt
5.82
Refund-Unclaimed Check
1.60
Refund-Overpayment Old Age Assistance
.40
Unidentified Cash
1.72
Refunds to Appropriations:
Exchange Building
$1.34
Highways-General Repairs
1.18
Highways-Earle Road
.20
Public Welfare
16.00
Old Age Assistance-Town
56.70
Old Age Assistance-Federal Grant
137.15
Building Committee, New Elem. School
42.50
School Department
1.35
Insurance
10.00
$266.42
State Grants:
Income Tax
$33,693.13
Corporation Tax
21,902.10
Gas and Electric Franchise Tax
248.62
Old Age Meal Tax .
1,865.13
School Tuition
505.45
Vocational Education
140.00
Veterans' Aid and Pensions
345.64
Cemetery Bequests
Trust Funds-Income:
Cemetery Perpetual Care
$524.75
Post-War Rehabilitation
187.50
Brooks Medals
30.48
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
1,500.00
$58,700.07 500.00
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Caleb Chase Charity
393.39
$2,636.12
Total Receipts Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1948
$916,022.37
116,942.73
$1,032,965.10
DISBURSEMENTS For year ending December 31, 1948
Moderator
$50.00
Selectmen
4,000.00
Selectmen's Clerk
1,350.00
Selectmen's Expense
235.35
Accountant
1,500.00
Accountant's Expense
100.00
Treasurer
1,500.00
Treasurer's Bond
174.00
Treasurer's Expense
437.86
Collector
2,000.00
Collector's Bond
2.02.50
Collector's Expense
579.61
Assessors
2,100.00
Assessors' Expense
584.48
Surveying Town Property
3,854.87
Law
1,000.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Town Clerk's Expense
76.50
Election and Registration
1,688.62
Office Equipment
199.38
Exchange Building
4,463.72
Repairs to Public Buildings
1,584.33
Tax Title Expenses
11.60
Police Department
12,000.00
Fire Department
9,997.95
Ford Combination Fire Apparatus
11,487.62
Moth Department
3,000.00
Forestry (Including Tree Warden)
900.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
500.00
Wire Inspector
400.00
Harbor Master
50.00
Life Guard at Beach
350.00
Board of Health
1,920.32
Town Dump
1,588.75
Visiting Nurse Association
1,600.00
Dental Clinic
699.68
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
Highway Surveyor
2,000.00
Highways-General Repairs
19,985.91.
Snow Removal
3,982.67
14
589.59
Fences and Railings Bridges
26.91
1948-Highway Maintenance-Chap. 90
1,499.68
1947-Highway Construction-Chap. 90
28,142.89
1948-Highway Construction-Chap. 90
3,051.00
Resurface and Widen Bay Road
2,500.00
Resurface Great Western Road
4,998.36
Resurface Foot Bank St. and School house Lot
600.00
Hardening Earle Road
999.01
Hardening Doane Way
1,099.40
Building for Road Equipment
2,944.95
Street Lights
8,514.46
Three Street Lights-Kendrick Road
33.75
One Street Light-Pleasant Road
14.65
Dredging Allen's Harbor
3,000.00
Dredging Breakwater at Round Cove
1,000.00
Welfare Agent
930.00
Welfare Agent's Expense
1,099.58
Welfare (Inc. Outside Poor, State and other Towns)
11,071.92
Old Age Assistance-Town
54,046.53
Old Age Assistance-Administration Federal Grant
1,181.30
Old Age Assistance-Federal Grant
27,945.93
Aid to Dependent Children-Town
9,831.66
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration Federal Grant
180.00
Aid to Dependent Children-Federal Grant
2,767.09
Veterans' Benefits
1,951.26
Free Bed
1,000.00
School Committee
437.50
School Department
107,902.61
Vocational Education
216.00
New Elementary School Construction Account
225,316.16
Building Committe for New Elementary School
70.83
Brooks Free Library
2,226.27
Harwich Port Library
600.00
Chase Library
450.00
Park Commission
1,893.94
Repairs to Town Docks and Floats
20.00
Cleaning Beaches and Repair of Board Walks
505.88
Steps to Beach
42.83
Beach Erosion
1,000.00
Planting Shell Fish
75.00
Mckinney Beach Property
4,800.00
Purchasing Beach Land-Long Pond
2,500.00
Purchasing Beach Land-Deep Hole
2,500.00
Propagation of Fish and Game
38.65
Planting Shade Trees
1,200.00
Miscellaneous
190.98
Insurance
2,484.38
Advertising
578.38
Cemetery Commission
576.75
Herring Committee
200.00
Herring Brook Flume-Long Pond
299.95
1947 Unpaid Bills
5,966.90
Town Reports
684.00
Concerts by Chatham Band
250.00
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Band Concerts-Brooks Park
225.00
Recreation-Baseball
478.50
Observance of Memorial Day
376.75
Antone Raneo Case
120.00
Removal of Cistern
194.00
Painting Exterior and Repairs on Brooks Block
1,242.82
Water Department-Federal Advance for Engineering Survey
4,600.00
Water Department
20,589.00
Water Commissioners
300.00
Water Department-New Truck
1,393.39
Water Extensions
2,905.61
Water Main Construction Account
29,992.49
Water-Shore Road
1,142.87
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
1,190.00
Retirement of School House Bonds
6,000.00
Interest on School House Bonds
420.00
Six Months' Interest on New Elementary School Bonds
3,500.00
Federal Witholding Tax
10,531.78
Proceeds Dog Licenses to County
737.20
Premium on Loans
790.00
State Assessments:
State Audit
628.98
State Parks and Reservations
329.03
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
3,072.32
County Tax, Barnstable
37,397.86
Barnstable County Retirement System
363.75
Trust Funds Income:
Caleb Chase Charity-Public Welfare
309.31
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
U. S. Government Bonds
$925.00
Scholarships
625.00
1,550.00
Cemetery Bequests
Deposited in Cape Cod 5c Savings Bank
500.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care, Care of Lots
524.75
Post-War Rehabilitation
187.50
Brooks Medals
30.48
Refunds:
Taxes :
Personal
13.20
Real Estate
249.64
1947 Motor Vehicle Excise
9.81
1948 Motor Vehicle Excise
120.47
Water Rates and Services
23.02
Estimated Receipts to Treasurer
.40
Total Disbursements
$772,356.58
Cash Balance December 31, 1948
260,608.52
$1,032,965.10
LEDGER ACCOUNT - APPROPRIATIONS - EXPENDITURES
Cash
Accounts
Balances Jan. 1, 1948
Appropri- ations
Receipts
Reserve Fund Transfers
Expendi- tures
. Unexp. Balances to Revenue
Bal. Carried to 1949
Moderator
$50.00
50.00
Selectmen's Salaries
4,000.00
4,000.00
Selectmen's Clerk
1,350.00
1,350.00
Selectmen's Expense
300.00
235.35
64.65
Accountant's Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
Accountant's Expense
100.00
100.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
Treasurer's Bond
174.00
174.00
Treasurer's Expense
300.00
150.00
437.86
12.14
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
Collector's Bond
254.25
202.50
51.75
Collector's Expense
600.00
579.61
20.39
Assessors' Salaries
2,100.00
2,100.00
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Assessors' Maps
97.61
*97.61
Assessors' Expense
800.00
584.48
215.52
Surveying Town Property
311.63
5,000.00
3,854.87
1,456.76
Law Department
1,000.00
1,000.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
500.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
5.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
76.50
23.50
Election and Registration
1,200.00
600.00
1,688.62
111.38
Office Equipment
200.00
199.38
.62
Exchange Building
4,500.00
1.34
4,463.72
37.62
Repairs to Public Buildings
2,000.00
1,584.33
415.67
Tax Title Expenses
100.00
11.60
88.40
Certifying Town Notes
10.00
10.00
Police Department
12,000.00
12,000.00
Fire Department
10,000.00
9,997.95
2.05
New Ford Fire Apparatus
11,500.00
11,487.62
12.38
Moth Department
3,000.00
3,000.00
Accounts
Balances Jan. 1, 1948
Appropri- ations
Receipts
Reserve Fund Transfers
Expendi- tures
Unexp. Balances to Revenue
Bal. Carried to 1949
Forestry-(Inc. Tree Warden)
900.00
900.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
500.00
500.00
Wire Inspector
400.00
400.00
Harbor Master
50.00
50.00
Life Guard at Beach
350.00
350.00
Board of Health
2,500.00
1,920.32
579.68
Town Dump
1,500.00
88.75
1,588.75
Visiting Nurse Association
1,600.00
1,600.00
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
699.68
300.32
Plumbing Inspector
500.00
500.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
50.00
Highway Surveyor's Salary
2000.00
2,000.00
Highways-General Repairs
20,000.00
1.18
19,985.91
15.27
Snow Removal
4,000.00
3,982.67
17.33
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Fences and Railings
600.00
598.59
1.41
Bridges
500.00
26.91
473.09
1948-Highway Maintenance- Chap. 90
3,000.00
1,499.68
1,500.32
Allen's Harbor Bridge-Chap. 90 1,063.73
*1,063.73
Hardening Beach Road
300.00
*300.00
1947, Highway Const .- Chap. 90
33,922.30
28,142.89
5,779.41
1948, Highway Const .- Chap. 90
20,000.00
3,051.00
16,949.00
Resurface and Widen Bay Road
2,500.00
2,500.00
Resurface Kendrick Road
1,000.00
1,000.00
Resurface Great Western Road
5,000.00
4,998.36
1.64
Resurface Foot of Bank St. and Schoolhouse Lot
600.00
600.00
Hardening Earle Rd. South of Lower Cty. Rd.
1,000.00
999.01
1.19
Hardening Doane Way
1,100.00
1,099.40
.60
Laying-out Pleasant Road
26.75
Cash
.20
26.75
Accounts
Balances Jan. 1, 1948
Appropri- ations
Receipts
Reserve Fund Transfers
Expendi- tures
Unexp. Balances to Revenue
Bal. Carried to 1949
Laying-out Shore Road
39.25
39.25
: Laying-out River Road
12.00
12.00
Laying-out Gray Neck Road
6.75
6.75
Building for Road Equipment
5,850.00
6,000.00
2,944.95
8,905.05
Boundstones
57.00
57.00
Street Lights-Contract
8,769.20
8,514.46
254.74
Three Street Lights-Kendrick Rd.
50.40
33.75
16.65
Street Light-Pleasant Rd. 16.80
14.65
2.15
Dredging Wychmere Harbor
9,500.00
9,500.00
Dredging Allen's Harbor 3,000.00
3,000.00
Dredging Breakwater, Round Cove
1,000.00
1,000.00
Town Dock-Round Cove
312.58
312.58
Welfare Agent
930.00
Welfare Agent's Expense
300.00
1,099.58
.42
Welfare (Inc. Outside Poor, State and Other Towns)
8,500.00
16.00
2,561.25
11,071.92
5.33
Old Age Assistance-Town
54,000.00
56.70
54,046.53
10.17
O. A. A. Adm. Fed. Grant
726.85
1,181.30
333.44
O. A. A. Federal Grant
1,094.65
27,945.93
3,133.93
Aid to Dependent Children-Town
12,000.00
9,831.66
2,168.34
A. D. C. Adm. Fed. Grant
119.74
152.37
180.00
92.11
A. D. C. Federal Grant
297.52
2,838.00
2,767.09
368.43
Veterans' Benefits
3,000.00
1,951.26
1,048.74
Veterans' Re-employment Com.
100.00
*100.00
Free Bed
1,000.00
1,000.00
School Committee
450.00
437.50
12.50
Water-Proofing High School
16.00
*16.00
School Department
107,912.00
1.35
107,902.61
10.74
Vocational Education
800.00
216.00
584.00
School Special Repair Account
243.39
*243.39
New Elementary School Account
10,000.00 365,000.00
225,316.16
Bldg, Committee, New Elem. School 463.50
42.50
70.83
149,683.84 435.17
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787.89 29,985.21
930.00 800.00
Cash
Cash
Accounts
Balances
Appropri- ations
Receipts
Reserve Fund Transfers ** 628.04
Expendi- tures
Unexp. Balances to Revenue 1.77
Bal. Carried to 1949
Brooks Free Library
1,600.00
2,226.27
Harwich Port Library
600.00
600.00
Chase Library
450.00
450.00
Park Commission
1,894.00
1,893.94
.06
Repairs-Town Dock and Floats
500.00
20.00
480.00
Cleaning Beaches and Repair of Board Walks
600.00
505.88
94.12
Steps to Beach 44.68
42.83
1.85
Beach Erosion
800.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Planting Shell-fish 129.20
75.00
54.20
McKinney Beach Property 3,000.00
1,800.00
4,800.00
Purchasing Beach Land-Long Pond
2,500.00
2,500.00
Purchasing Beach Land-Deep Hole Rd.
2,500.00
2,500.00
Propagation of Fish and Game
100.00
38.65
61.35
Planting Shade Trees
1,200.00
1,200.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
190.98
109.02
Insurance
2,500.00
10.00
2,484.38
25.62
Advertising
300.00
300.00
578.38
21.62
Cemetery Commission
600.00
576.75
23.25
Herring Committee
200.00
200.00
Herring Brook Flume-Long Pond
656.61
299.95
356.66
Seining Pool Construction
500.00
500.00
Zoning Committee
200.00
*200.00
1947 Unpaid Bills
5,967.81
5,966.90
.91
Town Reports
684.00
684.00
Reserve Fund
4,000.00
4,000.00
Concerts by Chatham Band
250.00
250.00
Band Concerts-Brooks Park
225.00
225.00
Recreation-Baseball
500.00
478.50
21.50
Observance of Memorial Day
500.00
376.75
123.25
Antone Raneo Case
120.00
120.00
Removal of Cistern
500.00
194.00
306.00
1,200.00
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Jan. 1, 1948
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. Accounts
Balances Jan. 1, 1948
Appropri- ations
Receipts
Cash Reserve Fund Transfers
Expendi- tures
Unexp. Balances to Revenue
Bal. Carried to 1949
Painting Exterior and Repairs to Brooks Block
1,500.00
1,242.82
257.18
Water Dept. Fed. Advance for Engineering Survey
50.00
4,550.00
4,600.00
Water Department
20,596.00
20,589.00
7.00
'Water Commissioners
300.00
300.00
Water Dept .- New Truck
1,400.00
1,393.39
Water Extensions
3,000.00
2,905.61
94.39
Water Main Construction Account
30,000.00
29,992.49
7.51
Water-Hiawatha Road
99.04
1,142.87
70.84
Water-Shore Road
1,213.71
*127.52
Water-Pleasant Lake Ave. 559.85
*139.81
Water-Harbor View Ave.
139.81
*104.89
Water-Belmont Road
104.89
*236.37
Water-Earl Road
91.08
*91.08
Water-Division St.
177.29
*177.29
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
7,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
1,190.00
1,190.00
Retirement of School House Bonds
6,000.00
6,000.00
Interest on School House Bonds
420.00
420.00
Int. on Tax Anticipation Loans
20.00
*Transferred to Surplus Revenue by Town vote at Annual Town Meeting February 4, 1948. ** Signifies Transfer from County Dog Fund.
20.00
20
Water-Silver St.
236.37
99.04
Water-Neel and Walther Roads 127.52
*559.85
6.61
TOWN OF HARWICH Balance Sheet-December 31, 1948 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$260,608.52
Sale of Real Estate Fund, $2,587.25
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Trust Fund Income: Caleb Chase Charity Fund
213.46
Premium on Loans
2,549.15
Levy of 1947, Real Estate,
111.78
Federal Grants:
Levy of 1948,
Foll,
$16.00 701.56
Aid to Dependent Chidren: Administration, $92.11
Personal Property,
24,840.68
Aid,
368.43
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Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1948,
1,161.68
Moth:
Levy of 1948,
14.65
Aid, 3,133.93
Tax Titles,
90.58
Tax Possessions
403.26
3,927.91
Departmental:
Old Age Assistance- Cities and Towns,
54.21
Welfare-State Sick Poor,
421.50
Welfare-Cities and Towns, Schools,
205.06
1,501.77
Revenue Reserved until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1,161.68
IVater Rates and Services Underestimates 1948 :
2,913.97
Special Assessments, 14.65 Tax Titles and Tax Possessions, 493.84
Real Estate,
25,558.24
$460.54
Old Age Assistance: Administration, 333.44
3,467.37
493.84
Unexpended Appropriation Balances 198,433.97 Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 5,101.64 Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1947 111.78
821.00
County Tax, State Parks and Reservations Overlay Deficit: Levy of 1948
5,838.61
Departmental, Water,
1,501.77 2,913.97
6,085.91 79,799.29
559.04
Surplus Revenue,
$298,810.36
$298,810.36
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$424,000.00 School Loans Water Loan
$368,000.00
56,000.00
$424,000.00
$424,000.00
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities,
$78,602.96
Brooks Free Public Library Fund
5,325.93
Henry C. Brooks Medal Fund Johnson-Ulm Scholarship Fund
1,193.56
35,537.17
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
25,679.68
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
748.36
$78,602.96
$78,602.96
Caleb Chase Charity Fund
$10,118.26
48.26
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TOWN OF HARWICH
TH
T PORATED SEPT 14
INCORPO
16 694
SEAL
HARWICH
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ADOPTED
SEPT. 4.1897.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
WARRANT
FEBRUARY 7, 1949
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable,SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich, in said County, Greetings :--
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Exchange Hall in said town on Monday, Feb- ruary 7, 1949, at 7:00 A.M., then and there to act on the following articles :-
Polls will be open at 7 A.M. and may close at 2 P.M.
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, for one year; One Selectman,, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health, for three years; one Assessor for three years; three Herring Committee for one year ; one School Committee for three years; one School
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Committe for one year; three Constables for one year ; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park Com- missioner for three years; Moderator for one year; one Water Commissioner for three years; Surveyor of Highways for one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers and Com- mittees.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1949, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1948.
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