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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, 1924 Together with the
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
X. H
AILTON
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TTS.
INCOR
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SALEM, MASS., NEWCOMB & GAUSS, PRINTERS 1925
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, 1924 Together with the RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MAS
A
HAMILTON
HA
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SALEM, MASS., NEWCOMB & GAUSS, PRINTERS 1925
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LIST OF OFFICERS
Elected and Appointed
Selectmen JONATHAN LAMSON, Chairman
ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS EDWARD A. DEWITT
Overseers of Poor ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, Chairman JONATHAN LAMSON EDWARD A. DEWITT
Board of Health EDWARD A. DEWITT, Chairman ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS JONATHAN LAMSON
Moderator ROBERT B. WALSH
Town Clerk CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON
Treasurer ANNIE E. WOODBURY
Tax Collector CHARLES W. APPLETON
Assessors GEORGE H. GIBNEY, Chairman Term expires 1926
GEORGE E. SAFFORD JESSE S. MANN Term expires 1927
Term expires 1925
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Tree Warden HARRY R. MCGREGOR
Trustees Public Library ROBERT B. WALSH, Chairman Term expires 1927
ARTHUR W. CHANDLER EDWARD A. UNDERHILL Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
School Committee ROBERT ROBERTSON, JR., Chairman Term expires 1927
MRS. ADELAIDE D. WALSH ALEXANDER H. SPROUL Term expires 1926 Term expires 1925
Cemetery Commissioners GEORGE H. GIBNEY, Chairman Term expires 1927
FRANCIS C. NORTON MRS. ADALIZA C. ROBERTS Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926
Park Commissioners PERCIVAL D. WHIPPLE Term expires 1927
EDWARD A. UNDERHILL EDWARD A. DEWITT Term expires 1926
Term expires 1925
Constables ARTHUR SOUTHWICK ALFRED T. POOLE CHARLES H. SMITH
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LIST OF OFFICERS
Chief of Police ARTHUR SOUTHWICK
Surveyor of Highways WILLIAM E. TOWNSEND
Moth Superintendent HARRY R. MCGREGOR
Superintendent of Cemetery WILLIAM G. MCKAY
Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term expires 1925 GEORGE E. SMITH RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927 CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, Clerk
Sealer of Weights and Measures RANDALL E. ADAMS
Town Accountant CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON
Town Counsel ROBERT B. WALSH
Fire Engineers CHESTER H. KNOWLES, Chief RODNEY H. ADAMS FRANK DANE
LESTER M. WHIPPLE HARRY R. MCGREGOR
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Finance and Advisory Board GEORGE v. L. MEYER, Chairman COL. J. C. R. PEABODY EDWARD L. McGARRY
LEVERETT A. HASKELL WILLIAM W. BANCROFT
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering GEORGE R. DODGE
Forest Fire Warden FRED BERRY
Pound Keeper GEORGE H. HARADEN
Field Drivers
FRED BERRY FRED P. KILHAM
MERRILL S. LOVERING ERNEST M. BARKER GEORGE M. ADAMS
Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber
JESSE S. MANN LESTER M. WHIPPLE TIMOTHY MOYNIHAN
RALPH BERRY
Keeper of the Lockup GEORGE H. HARADEN
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Receipts
TAXES
Current Year :
Property
$87,390 91
Poll
900 00
Soldier's Exemption
05
Previous Years :
Property
13,378 30
Poll
305 00
$101,974 26
From State :
Income Tax 1922
$187 64
Income Tax 1923
500 50
Income Tax 1924
23,601 72
Nat. Bank Tax 1924
196 32
Corp. Tax Pub. Serv. 1923
73 22
Corp. Tax Pub. Serv. 1924
3,098 51
Corp. Tax Business 1923
29 94
Corp. Tax Business 1924
298 05
Street Railway Tax 1924
127 25
28,113 15
Forwarded
$130,087 41
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$130,087 41
LICENSES
Junk
$50 00
Pedler's
30 00
Motor Vehicle (Dealer's)
24 00
Oleomargarine
1 50
105 50
FINES AND FORFEITS
Fines :
Court
$60 00
60 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS
From State:
Vocational Education
$100 50
From County :
Dog Licenses
341 96
442 46
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
Moth Assessment 1922
$17 40
Moth Assessment 1923
270 65
Moth Assessment 1924 ·1,004 96
1,293 01
Forwarded
$131,988 38
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$131,988 38
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Hall :
Rent
$121 00
$121 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Inspection :
Sealer's Fees
$34 38
Forestry :
State Highway Work 103 32
Forest Warden, Phone Tolls 36 15
173 85
HIGHWAYS
Rent of Road Roller
$200 00
Sale of Materials
4 50
204 50
CHARITIES
Outside Relief :
From Cities
$35 00
From State
45 50
Mothers' Aid :
From State
173 00
253 50
Forwarded
$132,741 23
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$132,741 23
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$198 00
198 00
SCHOOLS
Tuition
$90 00
Sale of books and supplies
8 00
98 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Insurance
$1,500 00
Fines
34 63
Sale of Junk
4 17
1,538 80
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Public Scales
$12 84
12 84
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots
$140 00
Sale of Graves
10 00
150 00
Forwarded
$134.638 8T
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$134,738 87
INTEREST
Deposits
$486 33
Deferred Taxes
539 37
Perpetual Care Funds
227 75
Dodge Fund Income
45 50
Allen Fund Income
22 75
$1,321 70
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue $80,000 00
Anticipation of Tubercu- losis Hospital Loan 27,000 00
Anticipation of Tubercu-
losis Hospital Loan
(renewal of a part of above) 8,000 00
General Loans :
Tuberculosis Hospital
19,000 00
134,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Trust :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $100 00
$100 00
Forwarded $270,160 57
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$270,160 57
REFUNDS
Departmental :
Moth
$0 75
Forest Warden
3 10
Poor
7 00
Schools
3 00
Interest
102 60
Civil War Poll Bonus
965 37
1,081 82
Total Receipts, Year 1924
$271,242 39
BALANCES
Cash (Gen.) Jan. 1, 1924 $30,570 63
Dodge Fund Income Jan. 1, 1924 125 74
Allen Fund Income Jan.
1, 1924 68 42
30,764 79
30,764 79
$302,007 18
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
Moderator
$30 00
Finance Committee
8 50
$38 50
SELECTMEN
Salaries and Wages :
Selectmen
$850 00
Clerk
50 00
Other Expenses :
Postage, Stationery, etc.
34 31
Car Fare and Expenses
61 30
Steel Tape
4 50
Stenographic Work
5 50
Freight and Express
2 81
1,008 42
ACCOUNTING
Salaries and Wages : Accountant
$1,160 74
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Postage, etc. 74 80
Typewriter Desk 42 00
Other Expenses :
Stenographic Work 2 00
Car Fare and Expenses
5 00
1,289 54
Forwarded
$2,336 46
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$2,336 46
TREASURY
Salaries and Wages :
Treasurer
$750 00
Other Expenses :
Stationery, Postage, etc.
67 88
Surety Bond
50 00
Insurance (on equipment
of Sealer in Custody of Treasurer)
42 40
Repairing protectograph
1 50
911 78
COLLECTOR
Salaries and Wages :
Collector
$500 00
Printing, Postage, etc.
113 95
Surety Bond
150 00
Phone
8 45
772 40
ASSESSORS
Salaries and Wages :
Assessors $1,535 00
Other Expenses :
Printing, Postage, etc. 58 44
Auto Hire, Car Fare and Expenses 85 00
Plans from Reg. of Deeds
175 00
Forwarded
$1.853 44
$4,020 64
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward . $1,853 44 $4,020 64
Abstracts from Reg. of Deeds 41 96
Surveying 37 00
Stenographic Work 29 25
Expenses at Joint Meetings
11 47
Table 12 50
Banker & Tradesman 7 00
1,992 62
OTHER FINANCE ACCOUNTS
Certification of Notes
$12 00
$12 00
LAW
Salaries and Wages : Town Counsel $200 00
200 00
TOWN CLERK
Salaries and Wages :
Town Clerk
$480 39
Fees
89 00
Other Expenses :
Printing, Postage, etc.
49 45
Publishing Amendments to By-Laws 10 50
Return of Representative Vote 5 00
Care Fare and Expenses 5 00
Typewriting and Stenography 3 50
Surety Bond 2 50
Express 2 21
647 55
Forwarded
$6,872 81
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$6,872 81
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Salaries and Wages :
Registrars of Voters
$200 00
Election Officers 432 00
Other Expenses :
Printing and Postage
131 12
Food, Registrars and
Election Officers
124 21
Stenographic Reports
and Typewriting
48 50
Counting Machines 10 00
Posting Warrants
4 00
Car Fare and Expenses
3 00
952 83
TOWN HALL
Salaries and Wages :
Janitor
$700 00
Extra Labor
27 00
Other Expenses :
Fuel
731 97
Light
126 70
Repairs
178 59
Janitor's Supplies
34 56
Phone
58 99
Water
60 00
New Flag
29 90
Removing Ashes
24 00
Forwarded $1,971 71
$7,825 64
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $1,971 71 $7,825 64
Tuning Piano
8 00
Laundry
3 50
Dump
3 00.
Gasoline for Pump
2 31
P. O. Box Rent
1 40
1,989 92
Payments from Town Hall Appropriation $1,989 92
Receipts :
Rent
$121 00
Net Expense
1,868 92
$1,989 92
TOWN HALL HEATING
Mason Work on Chimney
$27 55
$27 55
TOWN HALL INSURANCE
Insurance $1,065 30
1,065 30
Total Expenses, General Government
$10,908 41
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$10,908 41
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE
Salaries and Wages :
Chief
$797 50
Officers
804 25
Other Expenses :
Auto Hire
80 25
Equipment and Repairs
111 14
Phone
83 92
Fuel and Light
34 26
Rent
110 00
Car Fare and Expenses
2 24
Serving Dog Warrant
30 00
Photos of Finger Prints
10 00
Postage, Stationery, etc.
9 25
Stenographic Work
7 00
Food, Prisoners
6 30
Advertising
4 00
Freight and Express
2 08
Janitor's Supplies
2 00
Medical Aid
2 00
$2,096 19
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages :
Firemen
$543 88
Chief Mechanic
75 00
Superintendent of Alarms
25 00
Janitor
75 00
Forwarded
$718 88
$2,096 19
$10,908 41
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $718 88 $2,096 19 $10,908 41
Equipment and Repairs
799 96
Fuel
127 50
Light
57 98
Power, Fire Alarm
45 48
Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
25 80
Labor on Grounds 23 75
Furniture and Furnishings
6 50
Janitor's Supplies
4 30
Insurance
3 20
Sharpening Lawn Mower
2 00
Stationery and Postage
9 43
Phone
53 39
Supplies Auto Chemical
70 70
City of Beverly, Assistance
100 00
Food, Firemen
100 76
Gas and Oil
68 34
Medical Aid
26 00
Auto Hire 12 00
Express
2 44
Relief of Injured Firemen :
Medical Aid
211 86
Clothing
328 90
2,799 17
Forwarded
$4,895 36
$10,908 41
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$4,895 36 $10,908 41
NEW FIRE ENGINE, HOSE AND ACCESSORIES
Engine
$6,500 00
Hose
1,000 00
Accessories
250 00
$7,750 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salaries and Wages :
Sealer
$75 00
Other Expenses :
Transportation
112 25
Equipment
71 09
Record Book
2 06
Hay Scale Book
1 32
261 72
INSECT PEST EXTERMINATION
Salaries and Wages :
Superintendent
$1,134 35
Labor
1,637 50
Teams
223 00
Equipment and Repairs
379 26
Insecticides
861 00
Other Expenses :
Gas and Oil
200 48
Phone
25 71
Forwarded
$4.461 30
$12.907 08
$10,908 41
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $4,461 30 $12,907 08 $10,908 41
Liability Insurance
108 00
Auto Insurance
43 35
Garage Rent
66 00
Operator's License
2 00
Auto Registration
2 00
Printing, Postage, etc.
8 50
Freight and Express
4 64
Care Fare and Expenses
3 50
4,699 29
Payments from Moth : Appropriation $4,699 29
Receipts :
Private Property Work Assessed to Property Owner with Town Tax $1,289 53
State Highway Work paid by State
103 32
Net Expense
3,306 44
$4,699 29
TREE WARDEN
Salaries and Wages
$776 00
Equipment and Repairs
11 12
Gas and Oil
2 70
New Number Plates
75
790 57
Forwarded
$18,396 94
$10,908 41
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$18,396 94 $10,908 41
FOREST WARDEN
Salaries and Wages :
Forest Warden
$10 00
Phone
55 21
65 21
Total Expenses, Protection of Persons and Property
$18,462 15
Payments Forest Warden $65 21
Receipts :
Personal Phone Tolls $39 25
Net Expense of Department 25 96
65 21
HEALTH AND SANITATION
General Administration :
Salaries and Wages :
Board of Health
$100 00
Clerk 25 00
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :
Board and Treatment
64 28
Medical Aid
106 55
Printing and Supplies
15 25
Tuberculosis :
Board and Treatment 440 70
Vital Statistics :
Return of Births
2 75
Forwarded $754 53
$29,370 56
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $754 53
$29,370 56
Other Expenses :
Collection of Rubbish 1,088 26
Dump
25 70
Fumigation and Disinfection 122 10
Total Payments from Health Appropriation $1,990 59
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Inspection :
Animals $42 45
42 45
ASSESSMENTS BY COUNTY
Cost of Essex Sanatorium
$27,487 51
27,487 51
Main. Essex Sanatorium 1,109 59
1,109 59
$30,630 14
HIGHWAYS
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Superintendent of Streets
$789 75
$789 75
Forwarded
$60,000 70
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HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$789 75 $60,000 70
GENERAL EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,313 76
Teams
587 00
Stone, Gravel, etc.
406 09
Equipment and Repairs
476 69
Gravel Delivered as per
Contract 7,729 51
Excavation as per Contract
656 28
Gas and Oil
608 91
Liability Insurance
435 03
Patching Material
225 31
Auto Insurance
132 60
Storage for Cars
69 00
Freight and Express
1 99
13,642 17
BRIDGES
Lumber
$67 25
$67 25
OILING
Road Oil
$672 38
$672 38
Forwarded
$15,171 55
$60,000 70
25
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$15,171 55 $60,000 70
ROAD ROLLER
Engineer
$189 40
Repairs
316 17
Fuel
112 24
Freight and Express
7 82
625 63
OTHER EXPENSES
Bound Stones 9 00
9 00
Payments from Highway Appropriation
$15,806 18
Receipts :
Use of Roller
$200 00
Sale of Materials
4 50
Net Expense
15,601 68
$15,806 18
SNOW
Salaries and Wages
$2,736 25
Teams
930 50
Other Expenses :
Repairs on Trucks and Plows
1,063 28
Gas and Oil
114 42
Sand
54 00
Forwarded
$15,806 18
$60,000 70
26
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$15,806 18 $60.000 70
Registration of Trucks
54 00
Tools 27 07
Car Fare and Expenses
14 75
Food
2 50
Freight and Express
50
4,997 27
STREET LIGHTING
Contract
$6,457 34
6,457 34
NORMAN FUND
Labor
$194 00
Equipment and Repairs
12 75
209 25
MILES RIVER ROAD
Salaries and Wages
$278 51
Teams
18 00
Gravel as per Contract
703 49
1,000 00
UNION STREET DRAINAGE
Tile
$151 90
Contract
245 00
396 90
Forwarded
$28,866 94
$60 000 70
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Forwarded
$28,866 94 $60,000 70
SPECIAL HIGHWAY APPROPRIATION
PARK AND ARLINGTON STREETS
Salaries and Wages
$882 50
Teams
425 00
Excavation as per Contract
601 22
Other Expenses :
Surveying
76 80
Culverts
51 84
Catch Basin
36 00
Gravel
12 50
Gasoline and Oil
11 00
Repairs on Truck
6 04
Grade Stakes
5 60
WALNUT STREET
Salaries and Wages
$119 50
Gravel and Stone
49 84
Other Expenses :
Gas and Oil
28 46
Phone Calls
1 45
Repairs on Truck
75
LINDEN STREET
Salaries and Wages
$120 75
Gravel and Stone
42 13
Brought forward $2,471 38
$28,866 94
$60,000 70
28
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Forwarded
$2,471 38 $28,866 94 $60,000 70
Other Expenses :
Gas and Oil
37 36
Advertising (Home St.) 3 00
$2,511 74
$31,378 68
CHARITIES
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Overseers
$100 00
Clerk
25 00
Stationery, Postage, etc.
2 47
$127 47
OUTSIDE RELIEF
Groceries and Provisions
$26 38
Coal and Wood
51 50
Board and Care
439 00
Medical Aid
131 20
Cash Aid
441 00
Rent
40 00
Clothing
15 44
Burials
123 00
Transportation
5 50
1,273 02
$1,400 49
$91,371 38
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forwarded
$1,400 49 $91,371 38
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
By Cities :
Groceries and Provisions
$85 00
Milk
11 33
Fuel
11 50
Board and Care
6 00
Rent
19 50
133 33
MOTHER'S AID
By Town :
Cash Aid
$1,663 00
Milk
65 25
Medical Aid 95 00
$1,823 25
Total Payments, Charities
$3,357 07
Payments from Poor Appropriation $3,357 07
Receipts :
From Cities, Towns and State for Aid to Per-
sons Whose Settlement Was not in this Town $253 50
Temporary Aid Payment Refunded 7 00
Net Expense 3,096 57
$3,357 07
Forwarded
$94,736 45
30
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$94,736 45
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$156 00
$156 00
Soldiers' Relief :
Cash Aid
$96 00
Medical Aid
78 53
174 53
330 53
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS
School Committee :
Purchasing Agent
$75 00
Chairman
25 00
Secretary
25 00
Superintendents of Schools :
Salary
1,190 00
Clerk and Expenses
306 11
Truant Officer, Salary
100 00
Printing, Stationery, Postage
50 80
Telephones
101 67
Traveling Expense
119 53
School Census
30 00
Health :
School Physician
300 00
Forwarded
$2,323 11
$95,066 98
31
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $2,323 11
$95,066 38
School Nurse
648 00
Dental Examinations
65 00
Health Supplies
39 83
Other Expenses :
School Library
74 06
Phys. Training Supervision 35 00
Expenses of Principal
24 59
Entertaining State Officers
10 50
Office Furniture
34 50
$3,254 59
TEACHERS' SALARIES
High (incl. Junior High)
$11,661 52
Elementary 13,355 21
Retirement Fund :
High
442 74
Elementary
598 53
26,058 00
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
High :
Books
$488 53
Supplies
1,231 65
Elementary :
Books
194 14
Supplies
977 61
2,891 93
Forwarded
$32,204 52
$95,066 98
32
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$32,204 52 $95,066 98
TRANSPORTATION
High
Elementary
$1,975 00 1,975 00
3,950 00
JANITOR SERVICE
High
$750 00
Elementary
1,730 00
2,480 00
FUEL AND LIGHT
High :
Fuel
$588 58
Light
48 79
Elementary :
Fuel
1,360 83
Light
69 55
2,067 75
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
High :
Repairs
$1,035 92
Janitor's Supplies
179 45
Elementary :
Repairs
2,111 98
Janitor's Supplies
176 70
3,504 05
Forwarded
$44,206 32.
$95,066 98
33
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$14,206 32 $95,066 98
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
High
$59 93
Elementary
78 64
138 57
OTHER EXPENSES
Diplomas and Graduating Ex. $21 60
Miscellaneous Printing 32 25
Freight, Express and Parcel Post 40 60 Violin Outfits 103 65
Drinking Water
85 20
Trucking and Taxi Service 25 98
Advertising
4 00
313 28
Payments from School Appropriation
$44,658 17
Receipts :
Tuition
$90 00
Sale of Books and Supplies 8 00
Dog Tax
341 96
Net Expense 44,218 21
$44,658 17
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL TUITION
Beverly Industrial School
$276 50
276 50
Forwarded
$14,934 67
$95,066 98
34
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$14,934'67 $95,066 98
SCHOOL HOUSE INSURANCE
Insurance
$449 67
449 67
Total Payments School Division
$45,384 34
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages :
Librarians
$525 00
Extra Clerical Work
280 83
Janitor Service 40 08
$845 91
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS
Books
Periodicals
$1,304 20 175 14
1,479 34
FUEL AND LIGHT
Fuel
$22 75
Light
18 96
41 71
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Repairs $545 14
Furniture and Furnishings
668 67
Janitor's Supplies
15 50
Rent
283 50
1,512 81
Forwarded
$3,879 77 $140,451 32
35
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$3,879 77 $140,451 32
OTHER EXPENSES
Stationery, Postage, etc.
$13 35
Express and Freight
28 62
Insurance
146 75
Library Cards and Supplies
38 85
Baskets for Transporting Books 20 00
P. O. Box Rent 1 40
248 97
Total Payments Library Appropriation $4,128 74
Receipts :
Fire Insurance
$1,500 00
Fines
34 63
Sale of Junk
4 17
Income Trust Funds
128 74
Net Expense
2,461 20
$4,128 74
READING AND COMMUNITY ROOM
Repairs,
Furniture and
Furnishings $335 80
335 80
Total Payments Public Library Division
$4,464 54
Forwarded
$144,913 86
36
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$144,913 86
RECREATION
PARKS
Pay Rolls
$98 00
Record Book
2 00
$100 00
Total Payments Recreation
$100 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$211 00
Town Clock
25 00
Town Reports
349 50
Soldiers' Memorial
5,088 83
American Legion
250 00
Boiler Insurance
37 76
$5,962 09
5,962 09
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages :
Superintendent
$583 50
Labor
113 50
Commissioners
45 00
Forwarded
$742 00
$150,977 95
37
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward $742 00
$150,977 95
Other Expenses :
Teams
18 00
Sharpening Lawn Mowers 13 85
Repairing Pumps
13 07
Paint
4 50
Trees and Shrubs
1 00
Total Payments Cemetery Appropriation $792 42
Payments for Care Endowed Lots 227 75
Total Payments Cemetery Division
1,020 17
INTEREST
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue $1,683 13
Anticipation of Tuberculosis Hospi- tal Loan 270 96
General Loans:
East School Loan
517 50
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan 403 75
$2,875 34
Total Payments Interest 2,875 34
Forwarded
$154,873 46
38
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Brought forward
$154,873 46
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation of Revenue
Loans $80,000.00
Anticipation of Tubercu-
losis Hospital Loan 27,000 00
East School Bond 1,000 00
$108,000 00
$108,000 00
AGENCY AND TRUST
AGENCY
State Tax 1924
$7,700 00
County Tax 1924
7,132 36
State Highway Tax 1924
1,375 84
State Audits 1924
153 33
$16,361 53
TRUST
Investment of
Perpetual
Care Funds $100 00
Investment of Special Cem-
etery Fund 160 00
Total Payments Agency and Trust
260 00
$16,621 53
Forwarded
$279,494 99
39
FINANCIAL REPORT
Brought forward
$279.494 99
REFUNDS
Civilian War Poll Tax to
State $36 00
Auto Dealer's License (Re-
voked)
12 00
$48 00
48 00
Total Payments for Year 1924
$279,542 99
BALANCES
General Cash, 12/31/24 $22,330 52
Dodge Fund Income 12 /31 /24 101 24
Allen Fund Income 12 /31/24 32 43
$22,464 19
$22,464 19
$302,007 18
40
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES YEAR 1924
Appropriation 1924
Expended
1924
Balance Unexpended
Moderator
$50 00
$30 00
$20 00
Finance Committee
25 00
8 50
16 50
Selectmen
1,100 00
1,008 42
91 58
Accounting
1,300 00
1,289 54
10 46
Treasury :
Appropriation
$900 00
From Reserve
40 00
940 00
911 78
28 22
Collector
800 00
772 40
27 60
Assessors
2,000 00
1,992 62
7 38
Law
200 00
200 00
0 00
Town Clerk
650 00
647 55
2 45
Election and Registration
1,000 00
952 83
47 17
Town Hall :
Appropriation
$1,700 00
From Reserve 300 00
2,000 00
1,989 92
10 08
Town Hall Insurance
1,100 00
1,065 30
34 70
Police
2,200 00
2,096 19
103 81
Fire Department :
Appropriation $1,500 00
From Reserve
500 00
From Reserve
800 00
2,800 00
2,799 17
0 83
41
FINANCIAL REPORT
New Fire Engine
7,750 00
7,750 00
0 00
Sealer
300 00
261 72
38 28
Moth Department
4,700 00
4,699 29
0 71
Tree Warden
800 00
790 57
9 43
Forest Warden :
Appropriation
$65 00
Refund
3 10
68 10
65 21
2 89
Health :
Appropriation
$1,600 00
From Reserve 550 00
2,150 00
1,990 59
159 41
Inspector of Animals
75 00
42 45
32 55
Highways
15,000 00
15,806 18
*806 18
Union Street Drainage
400 00
396 90
3 10
Special Highway
3,000 00
2,511 74
488 26
Miles River Road
1,000 00
1,000 00
0 00
Snow Removal
5,000 00
4,997 27
2 73
Street Lighting
6,600 00
6,457 34
142 66
Poor Department :
Appropriation
$4,000 00
Refund
7 00
4,007 00
3,357 07
649 93
State Aid
300 00
156 00
144 00
Soldiers' Relief
300 00
174 53
125 47
*Overdraft.
HAMILTON TOWN REPORT
Schools :
Appropriation $45.880 00 Dog Tax 341 96
46,221 96
44.658 17
1,563 19
Industrial School Tuition
500 00
276 50
223 50
School House Insurance
450 00
119 67 0 33
Public Library :
Appropriation $4,000 00
Inc. Trust Funds 128 14
4.128 14
4,128 14
0 00
Reading Room
500 00
335 80
164 20
Parks
100 00
100 00
0 00
Soldiers' Memorial :
Appropriation $5,000 00
From Reserve 88 83
5,088 83 5,088 83 0 00
Memorial Day.
Appropriation $200 00
From Reserve 11 00
211 00
211 00
0 00
Town Reports
350 00
349 50
0 50
Town Clock
50 00
25 00
25 00
American Legion
250 00
250 00
0 00
Boiler Insurance
50 00
37 76
12 24
43
FINANCIAL REPORT
Reserve Fund :
Appropriation
$500 00
2,873 32
*2,289 83
583 49
Cemetery
800 00
792 42
7 58
Interest :
Appropriation
$3,600 00
Refund
98 26
Refund
4 34
3,702 60
2,875 34
827 26
Maturing Debt
1,000 00
1,000 00
0 00
TRANSFERS
RESERVE FUND
TRANSFERS BY FINANCE AND ADVISORY BOARD
TRANSFERS
1924
Oct. 9 Treasury $40 00
Oct. 9 Town Hall 300 00
Oct. 9 Fire Department 500 00
Oct. 9 Health 550 00
Oct. 9 Memorial Day 11 00
Nov. 17 Soldiers' Memorial 88 83
Nov. 17 Fire Department 800 00
Dec. 31 Balance unexpended (closed out) 583 49
$2,873 32
APPROPRIATIONS
Jan. 1 Balance
$2,373 32
Mar. 18 Appropriation 500 00
$2,873 32
*Transfers.
TOWN OF HAMILTON
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1923
ASSETS
Cash on hand
$22,464 19
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes Levy of 1920 $24 40
Taxes Levy of 1921
56 00
Taxes Levy of 1922 98 85
Taxes Levy of 1923
4,436 49
Taxes Levy of 1924
17,587 01
22,202 75
Special Assessments :
Moth Levy of 1923
$74 76
Moth Levy of 1924
284 57
359 33
Special Assessment Revenue (Outstanding Moth Assessment)
359 33
Appropriation Balances : Special Highway (Home St.) $488 26
Reading and Community
164 20
Interest 354 01
1,006 47
Surplus War Bonus Funds
965 37
Dodge Fund Income
101 24
Allen Fund Income
32 43
Overlay Reserve
4,914 28
Tailings Account
42 81
Excess and Deficiency (Surplus)
17,427 55
$54,405 56
$54,405 56
LIABILITIES
Outstanding Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Revenue
$20,000 00 Anticipation of Tuberculosis Hos- pital Loan
8,000 00
Overlay for Abatement of Taxes :
Levy of 1920 $24 40
Levy of 1921 .5 06
Levy of 1922 98 85
Levy of 1923 1,426 72
Levy of 1924 1 05
1,556 08
Commonwealth of Mass. (State Aid) Overdrawn Appropriations : Highway
806 18
Loans Authorized and Unissued :
Tuberculosis Hospital
8,000 00
Real Estate Tax Titles
417 11
Room
156 00
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Bonded Debt
$30,000 00
East School Loan
$11,000 00
Tuberculosis Hospital Loan 19,000 00
$30,000 00
$30,000 00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$10,461 30
Perpetual Care Funds
$8,090 77
Dodge Library Fund 1,000 00
Allen Library Fund
500 00
Special Cemetery Fund
870 53
$10,461 30
$10,461 30
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
December 31, 1924
. Endowment
Jan. 1, 1924
Receipts 1924
Payments Balance 1924 Dec. 31, 1924
Abbott, M. K.
$200 00
$245 10
$9 90
$6 00
$249 00
Allen, Albert F.
100 00
100 73
4 04
3 50
101 27
Allen, Dr. D. S.
300
00
460 47
18 58
9 00
470 05
Allen, Dr. Justin
100 00
102 85
4 12
3 50
103 47
Andrews, Horace E.
100 00
104 04
4 73
3 00
105 77
Austin, Delia
100 00
100 00
5 72
3 00
102 72
Ayers Fund
150 00
164 15
6 62
4 00
166 77
Bean, Ellen A.
100 00
109 34
4
40
3 50
110 24
Brown, Elizabeth S.
100 00
104 43
4 20
6 00
102 63
Burnham, Amos
100 00
109 57
4 40
3 50
110 47
Burnham, Choate
175 00
178 82
7 20
6 00
180 02
Butler, N. B.
100 00
102 56
4 64
4 50
102 70
Burton, F. J. and P. W.
100 00
106 67
4 84
3 50
108 01
Chadwick, Angeline
100 00
102 32
4 64
3 00
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