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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Hamilton, Mass.
WITH REPORTS OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1922 TOGETHER WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC. 1923
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Hamilton, Mass.
WITH REPORTS OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1922 TOGETHER WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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AL
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ยท INCORP
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MANCHESTER : MASS. NORTH SHORE PRESS, INC. 1923
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LIST OF OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Moderator ROBERT B. WALSH
Town Clerk CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON
Treasurer JOHN L. WOODBURY
Tax Collector CHARLES W. APPLETON
Selectmen AVON D. BRADEEN, Chairman ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS JONATHAN LAMSON
Overseers of Poor ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, Chairman JONATHAN LAMSON AVON D. BRADEEN
Board of Health JONATHAN LAMSON, Chairman AVON D. BRADEEN ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS
Assessors GEORGE H. GIBNEY, Chairman Term expires 1923 GEORGE M. ADAMS GEORGE E. SAFFORD Term expires 1924 Term expires 1925
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Tree Warden HARRY R. McGREGOR
Trustees Public Library ROBERT B. WALSH Term expires 1924 ARTHUR W. CHANDLER EDWARD A. UNDERHILL Term expires 1925 Term expires 1923
School Committee ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR., Chairman Term expires 1924 MRS. ADELAIDE D. WALSH
Term expires 1923
HENRY G. BLOUNT* Term expires 1925
ALEXANDER H. SPROUL (Appointed to fill vacancy, until next election )
Cemetery Commissioners GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman Term expires 1923 FRANCIS C. NORTON GEORGE H. GIBNEY Term expires 1924
Term expires 1925
Park Commissioners PERCIVAL D. WHIPPLE Term expires 1924
EDWARD A. UNDERHILL EDWARD J. READY* Term expires 1923
Term expires 1925
Constables ALFRED T. POOLE, Chief of Police CHARLES H. SMITH LEROY S. DODGE
* Resigned
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LIST OF OFFICERS
Superintendent of Streets CHARLES E. WHIPPLE
Moth Superintendent HARRY R. McGREGOR
Superintendent of Cemetery GEORGE H. HARADEN*
Registrars of Voters ADDISON B. TOWLE, Chairman Term expires 1923
FRANK W. BUZZELL JAMES E. DODGE
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1924
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, Clerk
Sealer of Weights and Measures RANDALL E. ADAMS
Town Accountant CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON
Town Counsel ROBERT B. WALSH
Fire Engineers LESTER M. WHIPPLE, Chief RODNEY H. ADAMS FRANK DANE HARRY R. McGREGOR RAYMOND C. GOULD
* Resigned
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Inspector of Animals GEORGE R. DODGE
Forest Fire Warden FRED BERRY
Pound Keeper GEORGE H. HARADEN
Field Drivers
FRED BERRY MERRILL S. LOVERING
FRED P. KILHAM ERNEST M. BARKER
GEORGE M. ADAMS
Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber JESSE S. MANN LESTER M. WHIPPLE
RALPH BERRY TIMOTHY MOYNIHAN .
Keeper of Lockup GEORGE H. HARADEN
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
TAXES
Current Year :
Property
$64,539 00
Poll
1,964 00
Previous Years :
Property
13,793 49
Poll
433 00
$80,729 49
From State :
Income Tax, 1919
$ 19 00
Income Tax, 1920
133 00
Income Tax, 1921
798 00
Income Tax, 1922
24,460 68
Income Tax, 1922 (School)
3,706 00
National Bank Tax, 1921
105 35
National Bank Tax, 1922
802 66
Corporation Tax, Public Service, 1921
682 55
Corporation Tax, Public Service, 1922
11,730 39
Corporation Tax, Business
51 54
Street Railway Tax
47 44
42,536 61
Forwarded
$123,266 10
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$123,266 10
LICENSES
Junk
$50 00
Pool
2 00
Oleo
1 50
Auctioneer
2 00
Peddler's
6 00
Motor vehicle
4 00
65 50
FINES AND FORFEITS
Fines :
Court
$16 35
16 35
GRANTS AND GIFTS
From County :
Dog license
$324 57
Bridge street account
800 00
From Individuals :
Maxwell Norman
200 00
1,324 57
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Clerk :
Sale of junk
$16 00
Town Hall :
Rent
32 00
48 00
Forwarded
$124,720 52
9
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$124,720 52
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
Moth Tax, 1917
$ 98
Moth Tax, 1918
21 26
Moth Tax, 1919
31 04
Moth Tax, 1920
57 42
Moth Tax, 1921
394 34
Moth Tax, 1922
1,231 72
Sidewalk, 1921
185 13
1,921 89
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Inspection :
Sealer's fees
$ 23 20
Forestry :
State Highway work
108 53
Forest Warden :
Phone tolls
32 70
164 43
CHARITIES
Outside Relief :
From individuals
$330 48
From cities and towns
156 00
From State
234 00
Mothers' Aid :
From cities and towns
284 03
From State
216 16
1,220 67
Forwarded
$128,027 51
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$128.027 51
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$120 00
120 00
SCHOOLS
Tuition State wards
$ 78 57
Other tuition
259 31
337 88
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Fines
$64 55
64 55
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Fees, public scales $6 93
6 93
CEMETERIES
Sale of lots and graves $60 00
60 00
INTEREST
Deposits
$302 88
Deferred taxes
787 44
Deferred Public Service Tax
46 66
Perpetual Care funds
514 03
Dodge Fund income
45 50
Allen Fund income
22 75
1,719 26
Forwarded
$130.336 13
11
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$130,336 13
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Revenue loans
$70,000 00
70,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Trust :
For Perpetual Care
$300 00
Deposit with sidewalk bid
200 00
500 00
REFUNDS
Departmental : Soldiers' Relief
$20 00
From State :
Civilian War Poll Tax
6 00
From Bank :
Interest
2 36
28 36
Total Receipts year 1922
$200,864 49
BALANCES
General cash, January 1, 1922
$18,574.63
Dodge Fund income, January 1, 1922 36 71
Allen Fund income, January 1, 1922 22 92
18,634 26
$219,498 75
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EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE
Moderator
$30 00
Legislative Committee
32 00
Finance Committee
10 74
$ 72 74
SELECTMEN
Salaries and Wages :
Selectmen
$850 00
Clerk
50 00
Other Expenses :
Printing, postage, etc.
25 10
Telephone
29 75
Constable service
30 00
Setting boundary stones
6 36
Paint (for boundary stones )
1 20
Carfare and expenses
20 21
Repairing adding machine
6 85
1,019 47
ACCOUNTING
Salaries and Wages :
Town Accountant
$1,000 00
Other Expenses :
Printing, postage, etc.
67 81
Carfare and expenses
5 00
1,072 81
Forwarded
$2,165 02
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$2,165 02
TREASURY
Salaries and Wages : Treasurer
$750 00
Other Expenses :
Surety bond
50 00
Printing, postage, etc.
71 98
Carfare and expenses
17 62
889 60
COLLECTOR
Salaries and Wages : Collector
$500 00
Other Expenses :
Surety bond
150 00
Printing, postage, etc.
83 34
Telephone
10 75
744 09
ASSESSORS
Salaries and Wages :
Assessors
$1,322 50
Clerical and stenographic work
61 00
Other Expenses :
Printing, postage, etc.
31 28
Carfare, teams, etc.
45 30
Abstracts, Register of Deeds
25 51
Banker and Tradesman
7 00
Automobile list
6 00
1,498 59
Forwarded
$5,297 30
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$5,297 30
OTHER FINANCE ACCOUNTS
Certification of Notes $8 00
8 00
LAW
Salaries and Wages :
Town Counsel $100 00
100 00
TOWN CLERK
Salaries and Wages :
Town Clerk
$400 00
Recording fees
84 50
Other Expenses :
Printing, postage, etc.
49 38
Carfare, expenses, etc.
6 00
Surety bond
2 50
Express
48
542 86
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Salaries and Wages:
Registrars of voters
$237 72
Election officers
272 00
Other Expenses :
Printing, postage, etc.
117 16
Stenographic reports
33 00
Forwarded
$659 88
$5,948 16
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$659 88
$5,948 16
Food, Registrars and Tellers
73 73
Serving warrants
8 00
Carfare and expenses
3 00
Transportation
2 00
746 61
TOWN HALL
Salaries and Wages :
Janitor
$500 00
Labor, building and grounds
162 75
Other Expenses :
Fuel
530 40
Light
144 17
Repairs
244 18
Telephone
62 36
Removing ashes
30 50
Fertilizer
15 00
Janitor's supplies
9 23
Tuning piano
7 50
Sharpening mowers
3 75
Laundry
3 75
Post office box rent
1 05
1,714 64
TOWN HALL HEATING
Heating contract
$1,396 00
Rough labor contract
137 50
Engineer
130 32
Forwarded
$1,663 82
$8,409 41
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Brought forward
$1,663 82
$8,409 41
Extra work
259 07
Surety bond
20 94
1,943 83
Total expenses, General Government
$10,353 24
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE
Salaries and Wages :
Chief
$664 50
Officers
543 50
Other Expenses :
Auto hire
82 50
Equipment and repairs
142 96
Telephone
35 62
Car fare and expenses
8 01
Typewriting and postage
11 00
Medical aid for prisoner
6 00
Kerosene for street signals
5 28
$1,499 37
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages :
Firemen
$327 68
Janitor
75 00
Superintendent of apparatus 75 00
Forwarded
$477 68 $1,499 37
$10,353 24
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$477 68 $1,499 37 $10,353 24
Superintendent of alarms
25 00
Labor on lawn
23 50
Equipment and repairs
181 04
Fuel
139 50
Light
30 12
Power fire alarm
47 35
Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
111 60
Janitor's supplies
29 27
Fire insurance
164 37
Other Expenses :
Printing, postage, etc.
16 25
Phone
55 54
Supplies auto chemicals
39 71
Gas and oil
10 87
Engineering
13 73
Food for firemen
3 60
Medical aid
3 00
$1,372 13
ENGINE HOUSE REPAIRS
Furniture and fixtures
$30 50
Teams
38 75
Engineer
27 77
$97 02
Forwarded
$2,968 52
$10,353 24
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$2,968 52 $10,353 24
ENGINE HOUSE LOT
Barberry hedge
$100 00
Teams
60 00
Labor
90 00
$250 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salaries and Wages :
Sealer
$75 00
Other Expenses :
Transportation
62 50
Equipment and repairs
12 03
$149 53
INSECT PEST EXTERMINATION
Salaries and Wages :
Superintendent
$ 807 76
Labor
1,981 37
Teams
252 50
Equipment and repairs
405 60
Insecticides
478 24
Other Expenses :
Gas and oil
244 72
Liability insurance
183 08
Storage auto truck
66 00
Telephone
24 65
Forwarded
$4,443 92 $3,368 05
$10,353 24
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $4,433 92 $3,368 05 $10,353 24
Operator's license and regis- tration
6 00
Oil for sprayer 15 12
Freight and express
16 46
Carfare and expenses
2 86
Printing, postage, etc.
13 50
$4,497 86
TREE WARDEN
Salaries and wages
$776 00
Equipment and repairs
7 50
$783 50
FOREST WARDEN
Salaries and Wages :
Forest Warden
$10 00
Other Expenses :
Telephone 50 81
$60 81
Total expenses, Protection of Persons and Property $8,710 22
HEALTH AND SANITATION
General Administration :
Salaries and Wages : Board of Health
$100 00
Clerk
25 00
Forwarded
$125 00
$19,063 46
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Brought forward $125 00 $19,063 46
Printing, postage, etc. 10 98
Quarantine and Contagious Dis-
eases :
Medical aid 104 43
Tuberculosis :
Board and treatment
57 20
Transportation 5 00
Other Expenses :
Collection of rubbish
394 15
Public dump 80 00
Fumigation and disinfection 13 67
Labor, teams and gravel
9 50
Police work 4 00
Burying dead animals
1 00
Inspection :
Animals
62 00
Meat
5 00
Milk (salary of Inspector ) 30 00
$901 93
Maintenance Tuberculosis Sana- torium :
Assessment by County 563 58
Total expenses, Health and Sanitation
$1,465 51
Forwarded
$20,528 97
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$20,528 97
HIGHWAYS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Superintendent of Streets $770 00
$770 00
GENERAL EXPENDITURES
Labor
$4,299 11
Teams
3,465 02
Equipment and repairs
255 15
Stone, gravel, etc.
439 25
Other expenses :
Patching material
568 26
Gas and oil
217 71
Insurance, liability
111 49
Insurance, auto
79 00
Grates and frames
30 00
Storage oil wagon
15 00
Auto registration (1923)
10 00
Wood
4 50
Freight and express
2 10
$9,496 59
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
Contract
$1,035 00 73 34
Engineer
$1,108 34
Road oil
OILING $1,462 50
$1,462 50
Forwarded
$12,837 43
$20,528 97
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$12,837 43 $20.528 97
ROAD ROLLER
Engineer
$630 00
Repairs
293 04
Fuel
199 42
Oil and waste
37 06
Express and freight
1 25
$1.160 77
Total expenses, Highway Appropriation $13.998 20
SNOW
Salaries and wages
$1.044 55
Teams
823 13
Other Expenses :
Equipment and repairs
366 56
Sand
186 50
Freight
10 94
Auto registration (1922)
10 00
$2,441 68
BRIDGE STREET
Contract
$1.642 50
Extra excavation and fill
224 25
Land damage
300 00
Removing trees
170 00
$2,336 75
Forwarded
$18,776 63
$20,528 97
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$18,776 63 $20,528 97
STREET LIGHTING
Contract
$6,340 65
$6,340 65
Total expenses, Highway Division $25,117 28
CHARITIES
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Salaries and Wages :
Overseers
$100 00
Clerk
25 00
Printing, postage, etc.
1 50
$126 50
OUTSIDE RELIEF
Groceries
$597 61
Fuel
210 10
Board and care
320 00
Medical aid
104 40
Cash aid
390 00
Rent
98 26
Clothing
23 65
Burial expense
279 19
Premiums, industrial insurance
15 60
Transportation
12 00
$2,050 81
Forwarded
$2,177 31
$45,646 25
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$2,177 31 $45,646 25
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES
Board and care
$1,038 00
Rent
144 00
Groceries
20 00
Fuel
8 00
$1,210 00
MOTHERS' AID
By Town :
Cash aid
$183 30
Rent
51 04
Groceries
81 70
Milk
52 50
Fuel
31 25
Clothing
4 75
$404 54
Total expenses, Charities $3,791 85
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$120 00
$120 00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash aid
$196 00
Medical aid
75 51
$271 51
Total expenses, Soldiers' Benefits $391 51
Forwarded
$49,829 61
25
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$49,829 61
SCHOOLS GENERAL
Superintendent of Schools :
Salary
$1,125 00
Clerk and office expenses 197 47
Truant Officer, salary
100 00
Printing, postage, etc.
78 05
Telephone
70 18
Traveling expense
132 53
School census
30 00
Health :
Nurse and supplies
176 70
$1,909 93
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High includes Junior High) $11,303 00
Elementary
12,826 25
Music
485 00
Retirement fund 890 50
$25,504 75
JANITORS' SALARIES
High Elementary
$ 750 00 1,750 00
$2,500 00
Forwarded
$29,914 68
$49,829 61
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$29,914 68 $49,829 61
TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES
High :
Books
$ 501 14
Supplies
1,204 98
Elementary :
Books
753 44
Supplies
1,427 55
$3,887 11
TRANSPORTATION
High and elementary
$3,155 50
FUEL AND LIGHT
High :
Fuel
$ 639 40
Light
52 88
Elementary :
Fuel
1,582 59
Light
56 74
$2,331 61
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
High :
Repairs
$ 685 78
Janitors' supplies
124 14
Other Expenses :
Removing ashes 28 25
Carfare and expenses (jan-
itor ) 1 15
Forwarded
$839 32 $39,288 90
$49,829 61
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$839 32 $39,288 90 $49,829 61
Elementary :
Repairs
1,001 61
Janitors' supplies
124 23
Other Expenses :
Removing ashes
28 25
Carfare and expenses (jan- itor )
1 15
$1,994 56
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
High
$76 52
Elementary
12 02
$88 54
RENT
Smith's Hall
$21 90
$21 90
OTHER EXPENSES
Drinking water
$71 20
Expenses, graduating exercises
15 84
Freight and express
21 56
Miscellaneous printing
10 40
Repairing and tuning piano
10 00
$129 00
Total payments, School Appropriation $41,522 90
Forwarded
$41,522 90
$49,829 61
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$41,522 90 $49,829 61
WEST SCHOOL
General $75 00
Health
Teachers' Salaries
Teacher (elementary)
$1,045 00
Music
55 00
Retirement fund
55 00
Textbooks and Supplies
Supplies
$72 64
Janitor .
$100 00
Janitor
Fuel and Light
Fuel
$73 51
Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
Janitor's supplies
$16 40 7 45
$1,500 00
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Tuition
$395 25
$395 25
Forwarded
$43,418 15
$49,829 61
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$43,418 15 $49,829 61
SCHOOLHOUSE INSURANCE
Insurance
$241 10
$241 10
Total payments, School Division $43,659 25
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages :
Librarians
$525 00
Janitor service
28 50
$553 50
Books and Periodicals :
Books
$1,417 86
Periodicals
135 50
$1,553 36
Fuel and Light :
Fuel
$14 89
Light
22 23
$37 12
Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
$ 42 48
Furniture
12 25
Rent
185 00
Fire insurance
39 75
$279 48
Forwarded
$2,423 46
$93,488 86
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$2,423 46 $93,488 86
Other Expenses :
Filing cases and cards
$64 11
Postage, stationery, etc. 7 46
Transporting books
6 00
Postoffice box rent
35
Express
59
$78 51
Total expenses, Public Library
$2,501 97
RECREATION
PARKS
Labor
$48 13
$48 13
$48 13
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$172 00
Town clock
43 76
Town reports
375 88
American Legion
200 00
Boiler insurance
109 33
$900 97
Total payments, Unclassified
$900 97
Forwarded
$96,939 93
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought tforward
$96,939 93
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Repairing Main street public scales $128 41
$128 41
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages :
Superintendent
$ 38 94
Labor
316 32
Commissioners
45 00
Other Expenses :
Equipment and repairs
39 95
Teams 41 25
Fertilizer and seed
5 29
Stationery
4 50
Carfare and expenses
1 81
Total payments, Cemetery Appropriation $493 06
Payments, care endowed lots 514 03
Total payments, Cemetery Division $1,007 09
INTEREST
On Temporary Loans
$2,037 89
East School bonds 607 50
$2,645 39
Total payments, Interest $2,645 39
Forwarded
$100,720 82
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward $100,720 82
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Loans in Anticipation of Rev-
enue $80,000 00
East School bond 1.000 00
$81,000 00
Total payments, Municipal Indebtedess $81,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
AGENCY
State Tax. 1922 $9.240 00
County Tax, 1922 7,373 21
Civilian War Poll Tax. 1922
1,647 00
State Highway Tax. 1922
620 40
State Audit. 1922 291 65
Soldiers' Exemption, 1922 11 81
$19,184 07
TRUST
Investment of Perpetual Care funds $300 00
Investment of special Cemetery funds 180 00
Return of deposit with sidewalk bid 200 00
680 00
Total payments, Agency and Trust $19,864 07
Forwarded
$201,584 89
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$201,584 89
REFUNDS
Taxes
$37 06
$37 06
Total payments, Refunds
$37 06
Total payments, year 1922
$201,621 95
BALANCES
General Cash, December 31, - 1922 $17,750 89
Dodge Fund income, December 31, 1922 80 24
Allen Fund income, December 31, 1922
45 67
17,876 80
$219,498 75
RESERVE FUND (Ledger Account) Showing transfers by Finance and Advisory Board Transfers
Appropriations
1922
1922
July 27 Bridge Street
$436.75
Jan.
1 Balance $ 313.22
July 27 Snow
109.22
Mar. 14 Appropriation 2,000.00
Nov. 6 Snow
750.00
Nov. 6 Assessors
100.00
Nov. 6 Town Hall 25.00
Dec. 13 Moth
150.00
Dec. 18
Schools
200.00
Dec. 30
Snow
82.46
Dec. 31
Carried over to
1923 459.79
$2,313.22
$2,313.22
TOWN OF HAMILTON Balance Sheet, December 31, 1922
ASSETS
Cash on hand
$17,876.80
Accounts Receivable Taxes, levy of 1918
2.10
1919
237.26
1920
1,477.38
1920
7.07
1921
6,566.63
1921
22.66
1922
11,922.32
20,205.69
Special Assessment: Moth levy of 1918
$ .75
1919
13.49
1920
33.00
1921
160.00
1922
347.01
Interest 122.00
1,200.66
Norman fund
200.00
Dodge fund income
80.24
Allen fund income
45.67
Overlay reserve (surplus overlay)
3,862.86
Tailings account (outstanding checks prior to January 1, 1918)
42.81
Excess and deficiency (surplus)
24,637.65
$41,256.74
LIABILITIES
Revenue loans
$10,000.00
Overlay for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1918 $ 2.10
1919
237.26
1922
917.76
1,186.85
Appropriation Balances:
Legislative Committee
$ 62.70
Town Hall heating 556.17
Reserve fund
459.79
554.25
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (State Aid)
120.00
Revenue 1923
(Town Meeting,
Sept. 8, 1922)
2,500.00
$41,256.74
.
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net bonded debt
$13,000.00
East School Bonds
$13,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and securities
$9,072.54
Perpetual Care funds
$7,391.64
Dodge Library fund
1,000.00
Allen Library fund
500.00
Special cemetery fund
180.90
$9,072.54
$9,072.54
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS December 31, 1922
Endowment
Balance Jan. 1, 1922
Receipts 1922
Payments 1922
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
Abbott, M. K.
$200.00
$ 241.50
$ 9.74
$ 7.00
$ 244.24
Allen, Albert F.
100.00
107.16
4.32
11.75
99.73
Allen, D. S.
300.00
480.29
19.38
46.50
453.17
Allen, Dr. Justin
100.00
106.24
4.28
8.75
101.77
Andrews, Horace E.
100.00
108.04
4.86
10.50
102.40
Ayers Fund
150.00
172.00
6.94
18.25
160.69
Bean, Ellen A.
100.00
114.10
4.60
3.50
115.20
Brown, Elizabeth S.
100.00
112.98
4.54
14.25
103.27
Burnham, Amos
100.00
120.64
4.86
17.75
107.75
Burnham, Choate
175.00
195.26
7.88
25.00
178.14
Burton, F. J. & P. W.
100.00
103.76
4.66
3.50
104.92
Butler, N. B.
100.00
109.52
4.90
12.00
102.42
Butler, Temple (new lot)
75.00
76.38
3.44
2.00
77.82
Cutler, Temple (old lot)
75.00
76.38
3.44
2.00
77.82
Dane, Ephraim A.
108.00
108.00
4.84
5.00
107.84
Dane, Francis
1,000.00
1,137.32
45.94
55.00
1,128.26
Dane, Joseph F.
100.00
102.09
4.54
5.75
100.88
Dane, Luther
100.00
117.60
4.72
12.50
109.82
Davenport, J. K.
100.00
108.66
4.36
10.50
102.52
Dodge, Edward W.
100.00
104.17
4.70
3.25
105.62
Dodge, R. Augusta
200.00
278.68
11.24
30.00
259.92
Dodge, James E.
100.00
106.77
4.80
3.50
108.07
Dodge, Joseph T.
100.00
113.08
4.56
12.50
105.14
Dufton, Joseph W.
100.00
104.11
4.68
3.75
105.04
Fillebrown, H. K.
50.00
51.10
2.30
2.00
51.40
Gleason, William T.
100.00
109.20
4.40
3.50
110.10
Goodhue, Samuel G.
100.00
101.00
4.54
3.50
102.04
Graham, Charles E.
50.00
51.10
2.30
2.00
51.40
Hayes, Olivia E.
100.00
100.00
3.38
2.26
101.12
Haynes, George T.
100.00
116.78
4.70
19.00
102.48
Henry, Mary R.
75.00
75.82
3.40
2.00
77.22
Horne, Thomas
100.00
108.71
4.88
7.50
106.09
Kimball, Susan A.
150.00
152.13
6.86
3.75
155.24
Kinsman, Jacob
100.00
115.58
4.64
12.50
107.72
Knowlton, George K.
100.00
100.00
7.25
3.50
103.75
Knowlton, Isaac F.
200.00
203.25
9.21
3.75
208.71
Lovering, Joseph P.
100.00
102.42
4.60
3.50
103.52
Mason, Arthur
100.00
107.86
4.84
7.50
105.20
McNeil, Hattie
100.00
101.13
4.54
3.50
102.17
Patch, Emeline
100.00
103.65
4.66
3.25
105.06
Patch, Laura
100.00
107.88
4.84
9.50
103.22
Peterson, Charles A.
100.00
109.17
4.90
11.75
102.32
Preston, Thomas
100.00
102.67
4.62
3.75
103.54
Roberts, Daniel
100.00
104.90
4.20
4.00
105.10
Safford, Daniel
100.00
123.52
4.96
27.25
101.23
Thayer, Samuel E.
100.00
100.00
3.38
2.26
101.12
Townsend, William E.
100.00
108.90
4.38
10.50
102.78
Tuttle, John
100.00
101.13
4.54
3.25
102.42
Whipple, Albert
100.00
103.44
4.64
7.75
100.33
Whipple, Hannah M.
100.00
106.16
4.28
7.50
102.94
Whipple, L. D.
100.00
120.86
4.86
17.50
108.22
Added in 1922
Chadwick, Angeline
100.00
100.75
100.75
Ellis, Emily
100.00
100.38
.38
100.00
Whipple, Emerson A.
100.00
101.13
1.13
100.00
Total
$6,808.00
$7,293.09
$610.58
$514.03
$7,389.64
Savings Bank Deposits beginning of year Savings Bank Deposits at end of year
$7,293.09 7,389.64
Receipts
Payments
Deposits for care
$300.00
Care of lots
$224.03
Interest
310.58
Cleaning and refinishing monuments and
290.00
stones Deposited in savings bank
300.00
Income withdrawn
203.45
$814.03
$814.03
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
DECEMBER 31, 1922
DR. JUSTIN ALLEN FUND
Savings bank deposit at beginning of year
$500.00
Savings bank deposit at end of year 500.00
ALLEN FUND INCOME
Income
Payments
Cash on hand January
Cash on hand December
1,1922
$22.92
31, 1922
$45.67
Interest
22.75
$45.67
$45.67
H. AUGUSTA DODGE FUND
(GAIL HAMILTON READING ROOM)
Savings bank deposit at beginning of year $1,000.00
Savings bank deposit at end of year $1,000.00
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FINANCIAL REPORT
DODGE FUND INCOME
Income
Payments
Periodicals
$ 1.97
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
$36.71
Cash on hand December
Interest
45.50
31, 1922
80.24
$82.21
$82.21
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON,
Town Accountant.
TREASURER'S CASH DECEMBER 31, 1922
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
Receipts in 1922
$ 18,634.26 200,864.49
$219,498.75
Payments in 1922
$201,621.95
Cash on hand December 31, 2922
17,876.80
$219,498.75
Cash on hand December 31, 1922 Merchants National Bank, deposit
$17,876.80
$16,678.35
Cash in office
1,198.45
$17,876.80
Merchants National Bank, check book
$16,678.35
Outstanding checks per list 2,866.15
$19,544.50
Merchants National Bank, bank balance,
December 31 statement
$19,544.50
Yours respectfully,
JOHN L. WOODBURY,
Treasurer.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
REPORT OF AN AUDIT
of the
ACCOUNTS
of the
TOWN OF HAMILTON
for THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1922
Made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws
January 18, 1923
REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION HENRY F. LONG, Commissioner STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS THEODORE N. WADDELL Director of Accounts
January 18, 1923.
To the Board of Selectmen, MR. AVON D. BRADEEN, Chairman, Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Hamilton for the year ending December 31, 1922, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
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DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
REPORT OF CHIEF EXAMINER
MR. THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporation and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the accounts of the town of Hamilton for the year ending December 31, 1922, and submit the following report :
The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments, were checked and compared with the records in the accountant's office.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were exam- ined and checked; the records of the receipts were checked with the treasurer's books and with the records in the several depart- ments collecting money for the town. The reported disbursements were checked with the treasury warrants authorizing payments of money and with the treasurer's cash book. The appropriation accounts were examined, and all appropriations, transfers and loans authorized were checked with the town clerk's records.
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