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Interest credited as taxes 1924 Cash on hand April 3, 1926
.72
14.63.
$70.13
INTEREST ON TAXES-1925
W. C. Gorman, Collector
Interest collected to Dec. 31, 1925 91.41
Taxes 1925 credited as interest .13
$91.54 : {
Payments to Treasurer to Decem-
ber 31, 1925 $91.53
Interest credited as taxes 1925 .01
$91.54
Interest collected Jan. 1 to April 3, 1926
$236.50
Payments to Treasurer January 1 to April 3, 1926 $173.77
Cash on hand April 3, 1926 62.73
$236.50
WATER DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1925:
Rates per water register $2,668.50
Charges 1925 per register-rates 4,375.02
Payments in 1925 for charges prior
to or not identified with register 163.50
Service connections, etc., 1925, per cash book 744.38
$7,951.40
Collections 1925
$6,618.40
Abatements 1925
96.50
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1925, per list 1,236.50
$7,951.40
Outstanding January 1, 1926
$1,236.50
Charges 1926 to April 3-rates
1,676.00
$2,912.50
Collections 1926 to April 3
$1,108.00
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Abatements 1926 to April 3 3.50 Outstanding April 3, 1926, per list 1,801.00 $2,912.50
DONATION POOR FUND
Cash
Securities par value
Total®
On hand at beginning of year 1925
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
On hand at end of year 1925
$55.25
$1,300.00
$1,355.25
On hand April 3, 1926
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
1925
Receipts :
$55.25
Income received Total
$55.25
Payments :
$55.25
Cash on hand at end of year Total
$55.25
January 1 to April 3, 1926
Receipts :
$55.25
Cash on hand at beginning of year Total
$55.25
Payments : Aid rendered
$55.25
Total
$55.25
ALLEN POOR FUND
Securities
Cash
par value
Total
On hand at begining of year 1925
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1925
$40.00
$1,000.00
$1,040.00
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On hand April 3, 1926
$20.00 $1,000.00
$1,020.00
1925
Receipts : Income received
$40.00
Payments : Cash on hand at end of year Total
$40.00
$40.00
January 1 to April 3, 1926
Receipts : Income received
$20.00
Cash on hand at beginning of year
40.00
Total
$60.00
Payments : Aid rendered
$40.00
Cash on hand April 3, 1926
20.00
Total
$60.00
LOKER POOR FUND
Securities
Cash
par value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1925 On hand at end of year 1925 On hand April 3, 1926
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$80.00
$2,000.00
$2,080.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
1925
Receipts Payments : Income received Total
$80.00
$80.00
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Cash on hand at end of year
$80.00
Total January 1 to April 3, 1926
$80.00
Receipts :
Cash on hand at beginning of year Total
$80.00
Payments :
Aid rendered
$80.00
Total
$80.00
ELLA E. DRAPER LIBRARY FUND
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1925
$500.00
$500.00
On hand at end of year 1925 On hand April 3, 1926
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
1925
Receipts :
Income
$30.00
Total
$30.00
Payments :
$30.00
Transferred to Library Total
$30.00
JAMES DRAPER LIBRARY FUND
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1925 On hand at end of year 1925
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
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$80.00
On hand April 3, 1926
$500.00
$500.00
1925
Receipts : Income Total
$30.00
$30.00
Payments : Transferred to Library Total
$30.00
$30.00
GRACE CAMPBELL DRAPER LIBRARY FUND
Securities
Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of
year 1925
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1925 On hand April 3, 1926
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
1925
Receipts :
Income
$50.00
Total
$50.00
Payments :
$50.00
Transferred to Library Total
$50.00
JAMES SUMNER DRAPER LIBRARY FUND
Savings Bank
Deposits
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of
year 1925
$20.00
$5,000.00
$5,020.00
On hand at end of year 1925
$20.00
$5,000.00
$5,020.00
On hand April 3, 1925
$20.00
$5,000.00
$5,020.00
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1925
Receipts : Income Interest on deposit
$205.00 $1.37
Total
$206.37
Payments : Transferred to Library Total
$206.37
$206.37
SARAH WEBSTER HEARD LIBRARY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Securities
Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of
year 1925
$15.74
$3,100.00
$3,115.74
On hand at end of year 1925
$15.74
$3,100.00
$3,115.74
On hand April 3, 1926
$15.74
$3,100.00
$3,115.74
1925
Receipts :
Income
$131.75
Interest on deposit
$1.07
Total
$132.82
Payments : Transferred to Library Total
$132.82
$132.82
JONATHAN PARMENTER LIBRARY FUND
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1925 On hand at end of year 1925
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
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1925
Receipts : Income Total
$425.00
$425.00
Payments : Transferred to Library Total
$425.00
$425.00
ADA H. WELLINGTON LIBRARY FUND
Securities
Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1925
$500.00
$500.00
On hand at end of year 1925 On hand April 3, 1926
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
1925
Receipts :
Income
$21.25
Total
$21.25
Payments :
$21.25
Transferred to Library Total
$21.25
LYDIA MARIA CHILD LIBRARY FUND
Securities Par Value
Total
On hand at beginning of
year 1925
$100.00
$100.00
On hand at end of year 1925
$100.00
$100.00
On hand April 3, 1926
$100.00
$100.00
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1925
Receipts : Income Total
$4.25
$4.25
Transferred to Library Total
$4.25
$4.25
CYNTHIA G. ROBEY LIBRARY FUND
Savings Bank Securities Par Value
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of
year 1925
$92.00
$3,200.00
$3,292.00
On hand at end of year 1925
$92.00
$3,200.00
$3,292.00
1925
Receipts :
Income
$128.50
Interest on deposit
$6.33
Total
$134.83
Payments : Transferred to Library Total
$134.83
$134.83
HARRIET COBURN DAMON LIBRARY FUND
On hand April 3, 1926
Cash $3,00.00
Total $3,000.00
1926
Receipts : Bequests Total
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
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Payments : Cash on hand April 3, 1926 Total
$3,000.00 $3,000.00
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Securities
Cash
par value
Total
On hand at beginning of
year 1925 $766.75
$12,550.00
$13,316.75
On hand at end of year 1925 $1,342.99
$12,650.00 $13,992.99
On hand April 3, 1926 $1,635.43
$12,650.00
$14,285.43
1925
Receipts :
Payments :
Income received $533.38 Securities purchased $100.00
Bequests 600.00 Expended for care 453.86
Cash on hand at
beginning of year 766.75
Expenses on invest- ment 3.28
Cash on hand at
end of year 1,342.99
Total $1,900.13
Total
$1,900.13
January 1 to April 3, 1926
Income received $92.44 Cash
on hand
Bequests 200.00 April 3, 1926
$1,635.43
Cash on hand at beginning of
year 1,342.99
Total
$1,635.43
Total
$1,635.43
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TOWN OF WAYLAND Balance Sheet-April 3, 1926 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities
Cash :
In bank
$10,155.05
L. R. Gerald discrepancy
564.02
Tax collections, fees, etc.
18.74
Surplus War Bonus
1,197.04
Trust Funds income :
Poor Funds income $20.00
Levy of 1924 6,255.67
Levy of 1925 27,109.68
34,137.56
1,061.79
Special Assessments :
Moth 1923
$4.50
Moth 1924
51.30
Moth 1925 119.00
174.80
Appropriation balances : General $83,344.46
Departmental:
Town Hall
$10.00
Re-decorating interior of Town Hall 25.41
Moth Department 15.00
Health Department 125.38
Town Hall repairs 500.00
Highway Department
187.35
Highway Dept. building 6,000.00
State Aid 778.00
State Road sidewalk 2.67
Military Aid
87.00
Cochituate School Addition 43.62
Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Revenue $60,00.00
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1923 $772.21
Library Funds income 106.36
Cemetery Funds income 935.43
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Trust Funds : Harriet Coburn Damon Library Fund 3,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 700.00
1,202.73 2,005.50
Water rates
Maynard R. Porter, Water Collector 631.75 Tax Titles (held by town) 116.03 Revenue 1926 (Appropriations) 119,796.26 Loans Authorized : Water main extension, Indian and Woodland roads) 1,500.00
Cochituate Playground improvement 57.50 War Memorial 1,250.00
Water main extension, In- dian & Woodland Rds. 1,500.00
92,723.66
Water Dept. maintenance 1,595.61
Abatement of taxes $696.85
Overlay 1925 208.95
905.80
Estimated receipts (col- lections)
749.67
Special assessment revenue
174.80
Departmental revenue
1,202.73
Tax Title revenue
116.03
Water Revenue
2,637.25
Surplus revenue
4,200.58
$170,283.70
$170,283.70
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$34,000.00 Fire Department Equipment loan $6,000.00
Cochituate Schoolhouse loan 5,000.00
Cochituate Schoolhouse Addition loan 22,000.00 Water Main Extension loan 1,000.00
$34,000.00
$34,000.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities
$40,977.74
Donation Poor Fund
$1,300.00
Allen Poor Fund 1,000.00
Loker Poor Fund
2,000.00
Ella E. Draperr Library Fund
500.00
James Draper Library Fund
500.00
Grace Campbell Draper Library Fund
1,000.00
James Sumner Draper
Library Fund 5,020.00
Sarah Webster Heard
Library Fund
3,115.74
Jonathan M. Parmenter Library Fund
10,000.00
Ada H. Wellington Library Fund
500.00
Lydia Maria Child Library Fund 100.00
Cynthia C. Robey Library Fund
3,292.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
12,650.00
$40,977.74
$40.977.74
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
All regular appointments have been made as required by law. They appear in the list of Town Officers and Committees. Miss Marie R. Hynes was appointed Town Accountant.
Votes at the annual Town Meeting and at the special Town Meeting have been compiled as follows:
The Town scales have been removed. Life pre- servers have been purchased and placed where necessary. The land on Main St. adjacent to Legion Hall has been purchased for Park purposes.
A Committee consisting of John W. Leavitt, James J. Bolton. and P. H. Steele was appointed to assist in carry- ing out the vote of the Town relative to the naming of Squares. Signs have been purchased. They will be erected and the Squares dedicated early in the spring.
This was the first year of the new system of ac- counting adopted by the Town and installed under State supervision. It bids fair to be of much assistance in conducting Town affairs in a businesslike manner. It has of course entailed additional effort on the part of the Town Departments The Board wishes to express its appreciation of the way in which most of the Depart- ments have co-operated and to urge the importance of strict adherence to the details of the system at all times.
Progress on the installation of the water system for Wayland Center since the last annual Town Meeting has been as follows: Shortly after that meeting the Select- men. acting under the authority conferred upon them by the Town, signed with the Harvard Trust Co. contracts for the installation of the system. The principal con- tract was awarded to the General Contracting Co (A. L. Merrill Treas.) of Bath, Me. This provided for the wells, the pipe laying, the pumping station and the foundation for the standpipe. The other contracts awarded were
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as follows: The cast iron pipe to the Warren Foundry and Pipe Co. (Phillipsburg. N. J.,) ; the pumping ma- chinery to the Hayes Pump and Machinery Co. (Boston, Mass.) ; the standpipe, exclusive of the foundation, to the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works (New York).
Work on the system was begun in April and it was hoped that it would be completed before cold weather. Owing to various delays, however, the principal one of which was due to a strike during the construction of the standpipe, the work dragged on into the winter. On December 15th, although there was still a considerable amount of work to be done before the contracts would be completed, the Harvard Trust Co. suggested the possi- bility of the Board accepting the system provisionally in order to allow some house connections to be made. A joint meeting was held with the Water Board and the Harvard Trust Co. at which the situation was discussed. At the meeting it appeared from a report of Mr. Lama- rine, who had been appointed to inspect the installation of the system, that in testing out hydrants that very day a considerable quantity of dirt and stones had come out of the pipes. This indicated that the pipes were in no condition to accept and that if house connections were made with such foreign matter in the pipes, there were likely to be serious consequences. The result was that both Boards agreed that it would be unwise to accept the system at that time. Subsequently, at the sugges- tion of the Water Board, it was agreed that it would be well before acceptance to engage the services of a dis- interested expert to test the entire system. Prof. J. J. Eames of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was employed for the work. The first test was made toward the end of January and disclosed the fact that there was a serious loss of water between the pump and the standpipe, only approximately three-quarters of the water pumped reaching the stand pipe. A further test is now being made as this goes to press.
The Board greatly regret the serious inconvenience that has been caused several of the citizens by the delay in accepting the system, but they and the Water Board feel strongly that to accept it before it is in a satisfac- tory condition would be entirely unjustifiable, as such a course of action would in all probability result in much
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subsequent inconvenience to the citizens and in the loss of a considerable amount of money.
The Board wishes to express its appreciation of the way in which the Harvard Trust Co. has co-operated with it and the Water Board and to express its confidence that the system as finally turned over will be one of which the Town may be proud.
The following statement shows what the system is comprised of :
I Driven Well System
30 Wells, ranging from 45 to 60 ft. in depth, made of 21/2 in. extra heavy genuine wrought iron pipe. Each well provided with strainer.
Suction main consisting of the following pipe schedule :
50 ft .- 12 in. cast iron pipe 280 ft .- 10 in. cast iron pipe 48 ft .- 6 in. cast iron pipe 24 ft .- 4 in. cast iron pipe
Each well connected to suction lines with 21/2 in. galvanized pipe and each provided with lead gooseneck, flange union and gate and gate box so each well can be shut off.
A steel sand chamber 4 ft. by 8 in. is installed in suction line near the pump connection.
Piping in trenches with covering deep enough to protect pipe from frost.
II Pumping Station
Pumping station 24 by 48 ft., inside dimensions. Foundation for building and machinery of con- crete. Wall 12 ft. high, 18 in. thick, constructed of stone masonry with cement plaster inside and out ..
Roof of timber construction covered with asphalt shingles.
Copper ventilator.
Toilet and sink.
Complete electric lighting and telephone in ser- vice.
Hot water heating system, Ideal Arcola Heater and four radiators.
A sprinkler system, consisting of necessary piping
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and twenty-two sprinkler heads has been con- tracted for and not completed; to furnish fire pro- tection for the roof of the station.
Gravel road from Old Sudbury Road and around station and loam for seeding about station and rear, not quite completed.
III Pumping Plant
Pumps, 2-10x12 Class B, vertical triplex Smith- Vaile pumps, built by Platt Iron Works Co., pro- vided with revolution counters, by-pass, relief valves, suction and discharge air chambers.
Necessary suction and discharge piping with proper valves.
Pressure and vacuum gauges properly connected to piping system and gauge board.
Wrenches for pumps and engines mounted on a Board.
To drive pumps we have:
2-50 H.P. 3 cylinder full Diesel Bessemer En- gines, provided with friction clutches and coup- lings, muffler pit piping for exhaust, air, water and fuel oil systems.
Air tank and fittings.
Fuel oil tank and fittings.
Independent gasoline engine driven air-compres- sor complete for starting engines.
A gasoline driven vacuum pump is to be installed.
IV Distribution Pipe System
Installed in streets is the following schedule of . pipe :
919 ft-12 in C I Pipe, Class A, A W W S.
1915 ft-12 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S.
12005 ft-10 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 31749 ft- 8 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 18281 ft- 6 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S. 262 ft- 4 in C I Pipe, Class B, A W W S.
65137 ft-Cast-iron pipe manufactured by the Warren Foundry & Pipe Co., Phillips- burg, N. J.
3-12 in. Gates and Boxes 13-10 in. Gates and Boxes
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23- 8 in. Gates and Boxes 24- 6 in. Gates and Boxes
1- 2 in. Gate and Box
58- 6 in. Gates and Boxes on Hydrant Branches
58-Hydrants with steamer nozzles and 2 hose nozzles each
Hydrants and gates manufactured by A. P. Smith Mfg. Co, East Orange, N. J.
V Standpipe
On a concrete foundation, a steel standpipe was erected, 14 ft. 9 in. high by 77 ft. in diameter, having roof, capacity of 500,000 gallons.
WILLIAM S. LOVELL RICHARD AMES GEORGE G. BOGREN Selectmen
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
Finance Approp. Expended Committee 1926
1926 $430.59
Recom'ds $400.00
Abatement Taxes
General Government
Moderator
$10.00
10.00
10.00
Selectmen's Salaries
500.00
500.00
500.00
Selectmen's Incidentals
50.00
63.63
150.00
Notices of Meetings
100.00
61.49
100.00
Accountants Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Accountant's Expenses
100.00
11.45
150.00
Treasurer's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Treasurer's Expenses
85.00
53.62
75.00
Tax Collector's Salary (T. H. H.)
500,00
Tax Collector's Expenses 300.00
408.33
300.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,300.00
1,282.50
1,300.00
Assessors' Expenses
100.00
98.65
100.00
Other Finance Offices and Accounts
22.00
25.00
Legal Claims
500.00
454.64
500.00
Town Clerk's Salary
100.00
100.00
200.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
200.00
201.43
200.00
Election Officers
300.00
324.00
300.00
Registrars
100.00
100.00
100.00
Expenses, Election and Registration
150.00
185.85
150.00
Planning Board
500.00
Town Hall
500.00
524.96
600.00
Town Hall Repairs
500.00
304.77
Surety Bonds
400.00
252.00
300.00
Tax Collector's Salary
1,100.00
1,132.15
1,200.00
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Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
2,500.00
2,663.23
3,000.00
Fire Dept., Hose and Equipment
2,000.00
1,238.31
Fire Department
2,000.00
2,039.09
2,000.00
Fire Alarm Box
250.00
230.82
Special Repairs to Fire House Roof
400.00
Expenses
300.00
312.04
300.00
Sealer Weights and
Measures, Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Sealer Weights and Measures, Expenses
50.00
99.66
50.00
Moth Extermination
1,500.00
1,454.84
1,750.00
Tree Warden
250.00
254.25
250.00
Game Warden
50.00
45.83
50.00
Dog Officer
30.00
30.00
30.00
Insurance
1,500.00
1,767.58
1,750.00
Health Department,
Salaries
175.00
175.00
175.00
Expenses
300.00
312.14
300.00
District Nurse
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
Medical Inspection of Schools
150.00
150.00
150.00
Inspection of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
General Highways
Highway Account
7,000.00
6,998.95
6,000.00
Highway Dept. Truck
1,500.00
4,900.00
Railings
500.00
299.08
300.00
Sidewalks
500.00
499.40
700.00
Oiling State Aid Roads 6,000.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
Snow Removal
6,000.00
6,133.60
4,000.00
Street Lighting
4,200.00
4,195.28
4,600.00
Poor Department
Salaries
150.00
150.00
150.00
Expenses
1,000.00
599.25
600.00
State Aid
1,000.00
840.50
1,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
700.00
445.25
700.00
Schools and Libraries
School Committee
150.00
150.00
150.00
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School Department 42,000.00
42,306.78
44,000.00
Special School Repairs
2,500.00
Vocation Tuition
400.00
264.92
400.00
Library
3,600.00
3,961.53
3,800.00
Recreation and Unclassified
Park Commission
300.00
209.09
300.00
Town Clocks
50.00
35.00
50.00
Naming and Dedicat-
ing Town Squares
200.00
175.00
Discontinuance Town Scales
40.00
25.00
Life Preservers
100.00
46.06
Memorial Day
400.00
399.49
400.00
Aid to Agriculture
300.00
300.00
300.00
Printing Town Reports
500.00
531.15
650.00
Hydrant Assessments
3,000.00
1,150.00
3,000.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
986.92
2,000.00
Cemeteries
Lakeview Cemetery
400.00
402.31
500.00
Lakeview Cem. Spec. Ap. 200.00
173.15
North and Center Cem.
400.00
393.00
500.00
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Interest
5,000.00
4,720.
4,800.00
School House Bond
1,000.00
1,000.00
School House Additions
Notes
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Dept. Equipment Notes
2,000.00
2,000.00
Highway Motor Truck Notes
1,750.00
L. R. Gerald Defi- ciency
12,500.00
1,774.16
Unpaid Bills 1925
707.58
707.58
Unpaid Bills 1926
1,490.47
Overdrafts
1,263.68
126,436.26
118,704.63
The following items in the budget perhaps call for special comment :
Accountant's Expenses : We have made provision for
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taking over from the Water Board an adding machine which they already own, so that it will be available for all town work.
Town Clerk's Salary is increased in accordance with vote of the town.
Town Hall appropriation is increased at request of Selectmen, from $500 to $600.
Police Department is increased $500 at request of Selectmen.
Fire Department ask special appropriation of $400, to repair roof of Cochituate fire station, which leaks bad- ly.
Moth extermination is increased $250 to provide for purchase of arsenate of lead, of which last year a supply was left on hand from previous year.
District Nurse appropriation is $500 less, because the School Committee are to pay that amount of her salary.
General Highway Account: Last year a special ap- propriation of $1000 was made for Main Street, Cochit- uate, to be taken from. General Highway account. The highway surveyor defeated the clear intention of the voters by spending approximately the full General High- way appropriation, in addition to the Main Street job, and held back unpaid bills which we have elsewhere pro- vided for. His explanation of this did not seem to us to justify his action, and we recommend that the General Highway appropriation be made $6,000.00, instead of $7,000, because of these bills carried over from last year.
At the suggestion of the surveyor, the appropriation for railings is reduced $200, and this amount is added to the appropriation for sidewalks; also as the new equip- ment is proving more economical for snow removal, the appropriation is reduced $2000 which sum is added to the oiling account.
The regular appropriation for schools is increased $2000. Of this, $500 is to cover part of the nurse's sal- ary as already explained and the regular appropriation for district nurse is reduced by the same amount. $1500 is needed for an additional teacher.
The School Committee ask a special appropriation of $2500 to paper and shingle the High School building. We believe this will save the town money in painting and
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repairs and recommend it as a wise expenditure.
The library formerly kept the fines for overdue books, which money under the new accounting system goes into the town treasury. The rent of the Cochituate reading room has been increased $120 per year. We have therefore increased their appropriation by $200.
We have increased the cemetery appropriations $100 each. These appropriations have not increased with the increase in wages, and the cemetery commissioners feel that they cannot give the cemeteries proper care without this additional money.
We have increased the reserve fund $1000 in order to leave a reasonable margin in the hands of the select- men for emergencies.
The planning board had no appropriation last year. We have included an allowance of $500 for their use.
For the L. R. Gerald Deficiency apprporiation, see the Accountant's report.
We recommend that the money received from Dog Licenses be appropriated one-half to the Schools, "Edu- cation," and one half to the Library.
We recommend that the unpaid bills of the Highway Department: Oiling account of $839.44, and Snow Re- moval, $205.03; Fire Department, $4.00; Assessors' Sal- aries and Incidentals $410.00 and Registrars' Incidentals $32.00, be appropriated and assessed.
We recommend that the unexpended balances of the following accounts: Cochituate School Addition $43.62, State Road Sidewalk, $2.67; Cochituate Playground Im- provement, $57.50; Redecorating Town Hall, $25.41. Notices of Meetings, $38.51; Fire Alarm Box Old Con- necticut Path, $19.18; Town Scales, $15.00; Town Truck, $100.00; Repairing Main Street, Cochituate, $1.25; Hy- drant Assessments, $1850.00 be transferred to the Ex- cess and Deficiency account.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND H. SEARS FRANK E. DAVIS ERNEST F. LAWRENCE HAROLD H. LOKER JOSEPH KNAPP
Finance Committee
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen :
Having complied with laws governing the audit of town accounts, I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1926.
Schedule I
Cash Statement
Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$19,329.25
Total Receipts (Schedule II)
270,008.78
$289,338.03
Total Payments (Schedule III)
280,023.09
Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1926 Schedule II Receipts by Departments Taxes
Taxes 1923
$213.38
Taxes 1924
4,712.18
Taxes 1925
30,698.22
Taxes 1926
90,965.33
$116,589.11
State
Income Tax
$15,477.59
Corporation Tax
1,907.90
National Bank Tax
249.62
Trust Company Tax
105.10
Soldiers' Exemptions
55.51
Soldiers' War Bonus
1,197.04
$9,314.94
18,992.76
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Licenses Victuallers and Miscellaneous 280.50
Fines
District Court 455.30
Grants and Gifts
State Vocational Training
$125.30
County Dog Licenses
678.89
Individual donation to school
8.00
812.19
Special Assessments
Moth Assessment 1923
$9.00
Moth Assessment 1924
66.80
Moth Assessment 1925
92.72
Moth Assessment 1926
173.50
342.02
General Government
Tax Collector, collection charges, etc. $159.65 Town Hall rentals 58.00
217.65
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department receipts
$76.47
Fire Department receipts
15.00
Sealer's fees
38.45
Moth Department receipts
127.00
256.92
Health and Sanitation
Health Department receipts
125.38
125.38
Highways
State
$3,016.25
County
3,016.25
Miscellaneous receipts
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