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Water Loan
Water Main Extension (Attitash) . 10,000.00
Total from Municipal Indebtedness.
$77,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Savings Bank Deposits
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds. . $600.00
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Transfers
From Light Department-
1931 appropriation for street light- ing .. . $2,296.43
1931 appropriation of lighting mu- nicipal buildings. 383.30
Withdrawal from Reserve Fund in
Savings Bank 5,320.27
$8,000.00
Refunds
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund. . .
$425.00
From Light Department-
Municipal Light Tax. $8.71
Highway Department-
Checks Uncashed. 4.75
Public Welfare-
Check issued in error . 1.19
Outstanding checks of prior years . 509.30
$523.95
Total from Refunds and Transfers. $8,951.43
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Unclassified
Reimbursement Fire Loss, Town
Buildings.
$2.48
Total Receipts . $238,808.94
Cash Balance, January 1, 1931.
$11,374.57
$250,183.51
EXPENDITURES-GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative
Salaries-Moderator ..
$15.00 . . $15.00
Selectmen's Department
Salaries-Chairman.
$450.00
Other two
300.00
$750.00
Accounting Department
Salary-Accountant
1,100.00
1,100.00
Treasurer's Department
Salary-Treasurer
300.00
$300.00
Collector's Department
Salary-Collector (balance 1929
taxes).
160.00
(on account 1930 taxes)
711.13
$871.13
Assessors' Department
Salary-Clerk. .
$325.14
Other two.
474.86
$800.00
Law Department
Salary-Town Counsel
$100.00
$100.00
Town Clerk Department
Salary-Town Clerk.
$250.00
$250.00
Election and Registration
Salaries and Services-
Election Officers.
$100.00
Registrars
125.00
$225.00
. .
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Bonding Town Officers
Surety Bonds-
Tax Collector
$120.00
Treasurer®
50.00
Town Clerk.
5.00
Light and Water Collector.
20.00
$205.00
Town Hall Maintenance
Salary-Janitor
$75.00
Services-Janitor .
215.00
Other Expenses-Fuel.
569.29
Janitor Supplies . .
38.26
Telephone. .
128.08
Sundry Repairs .. .
14.80
$1,040.43
Town Hall Repairs
Painting-
Town Hall Building (outside)
$300.00
Town Clock
20.00
Flag Pole.
5.00
Town Clerk and. Assessors' Office.
85.00
Rewiring-
Town Clerk and Assessors
13.93
Time Clock.
1.88
Fixtures.
2.50
Carpenter-Offices
42.94
Plumbing-Offices
8.80
Cleaning and moving books, re-
20.70
cords, etc.
$500.75
Total for General Government. $6,157.31
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Salaries and Services-
Chief of Police.
$2,000.00
Night Patrol.
1,825.00
Special Police Officers.
451.50
$4,276.50
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Other Expenses-
Matron .
$18.00
Transportation.
132.15
Telephone
110.89
Posting Warrants.
12.00
Postage.
. .
2.15
Meals and care of prisoners.
4.25
Street Painting.
38.15
Inside painting. .
6.25
Repairs, cell room
4.00
Typewriter
39.00
Printing.
8.00
Supplies.
....
$399.43
$4,675.93
Fire Department
Salaries and Services-
Engineers-
Chief
$75.00
Other two.
125.00
Clerk
10.00
Superintendent of Fire Alarms. .
125.00
Stewards
110.00
Call Men.
1,996.75
$2,441.75
Fuel
341.17
341.17
Fire Alarm Box Repairs-
Supplies for Reconditioning.
$119.20
Motor Generator Set.
80.00
Labor.
15.75
Transportation.
3.00
Maintenance of Buildings-
Light Fixtures
$33.50
Labor.
13.50
Painting Inside.
280.25
Paint and Supplies
83.47
Lumber .
8.70
Plumbing.
8.65
Light Bulbs.
5.97
Hardware
24.51
Cement
109.20
Repairs on Stove ....
7.77
Equipment and Repairs-
Labor on Truck
$66.53
Supplies.
16.08
. .
.
$217.95
$575.52
$82.61
.
24.59
.
.
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Other Expenses-
Motor Fuel, etc
$46.39
Insurance .
16.20
Telephone
33.40
Towels.
6.00
Gas.
5.56
Printing.
... 10.15
$117.70
$3,776.70
Moth Department
Salaries and Services-
Superintendent.
$336.00
Other employees
484.24
Other Expenses-
Teams. .
$45.00
Shop Rent.
52.00
Arsenate of lead.
101.45
Motor expense .
26.84
Scythe
1.65
Snath.
2.38
Spray Pump
17.50
Rope .
2.28
Saw handle and screws.
.49
$249.59
$1,069.83
Tree Warden
Labor.
$240.88
Transportation.
6.00
Horse hire.
2.00
$248.88
Forest Warden
Labor.
$159.75
Truck.
7.00
Carboy Vitrol.
10.76
$177.51
Town Forest
Labor.
$185.50
Gate. .
10.90
Express on tress.
1.01
$197.41
Inspector of Wiring
Salary .
$100.00
$100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
$100.00
$100.00
Total for Protection of Persons and Property
$10,346.26
.
$820.24
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases-
Tuberculosis-
Board and Treatment.
$895.70
Burying Dead Animals.
4.00
Sanitation-
Labor on Mill Street Drain
$56.70
Labor on Spring Street.
88.40
$1,044.80
Public Health Nurse
Salary
$1,350.00
Motor Expense.
43.61
Motor Fuel. .
17.11
Postage and Printing
9.33
.
$1,420.05
Inspection
Inspector of Animals, Salary.
$100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering.
50.00
Inspector of Milk.
25.00
$175.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
Assessment of the cost and expen- ses of constructing an addition . .
$408.63
Maintenance, Apportionment for 1930.
682.02
$1,090.65
Total for Health and Sanitation.
$3,730.50
HIGHWAYS
Administration-
Superintendent.
$456.22
Other Expenses-
Labor.
$3,204.53
Trucks
992.11
Drivers.
264.04
Stone, gravel, etc ..
328.38
Equipment and Repairs
167.02
Motor Expense.
216.19
Teams .
20.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Asphalt .
991.22
Tafvia B
228.00
Tarvia K. P
1,340.46
Cold Patch
106.24
Telephone
41.30
Culverts and pipe
123.61
Pipe and Fittings.
2.72
Fuel .
23.34
Grates and Frames
16.35
Town Line Posts .
23.03
Shovels
21.09
Scraper
11.40
Supplies.
37.98
.
$8,615.23
Snow Removal
Administration-
Superintendent.
$375.10
Other Expenses --
Labor.
$2,037.03.
Trucks.
509.50
Drivers .
254.75
Teaming (Sidewalk plowing, etc.) .
278.50
Rental of Snow Plow
395.50
Fuel .
54.31
Telephone
19.95
Express .
34.00
Motor Fuel, etc .
95.40
Supplies.
72.98
Repairs on Plow.
274.27
Repairs on Truck.
101.75
Reapairs on Tractor
211.88
$4,714.92
Sidewalks, Railings, Bridges
Labor.
$157.65
Trucks.
46.25
Motor Expense.
1.50
Cement and Sand.
43.60
Lumber and Hardware.
65.97
Permanent Sidewalks
East Main Street. .
$897.50
West Main Street.
100.00
$997.50
4
$314.97
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Special Highways
Labor.
$2,309.60
Road Guard.
938.56
Asphalt
63.46
Poles
54.00
Motor Expense.
109.25
Tools .
45.99
Lumber and Sand.
15.93
Repairs on Tools
22.15
$3,558.94
Rebuilding Highland Road
Final payment on contract.
$5,486.99
Gravel on Nichols Street
Labor.
$272.30
Trucks
186.25
Gravel
41.70
$500.25
Gravel on some of the Roads
Labor.
$1,169.51
Trucks.
416.51
Gravel
109.15
Motor Fuel, etc.
60.82
Repairs on Motor
153.77
$1,909.76
Cutting Bushes on Roadside
Labor.
$190.75
Transportation.
8.00
$198.75
Rocks Bridge
Assessment for Maintenance 1930.
$575.62
Total for Highways.
$26,872.93
CHARITIES
Public Welfare
Outside Relief by the Town-
Groceries and Provisions .
$9,737.38
Fuel .
2,012.60
Rent.
2,684.65
Burial.
100.00
Clothing
43.81
Cash. .
241.45
Medical Aid.
1,483.15
Board & Care (in private families. .
2,228.00
Board & Care (in own homes). .
1,802.22
.
.
. .
.
$20,333.26
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Other Institutions-
Amesbury Hospital
$560.55
Newburyport Hospital
91.00
Gale Hospital ..
170.98
Private Hospital
100.00
$922.53
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns-
Haverhill (Food).
$125.00
Amesbury (Food)
20.00
$145.00
Relief given by State Dept. of Public Welfare- Division of Child Guardianship, Board in Private Family . .
$520.71
$21,921.50
Soldiers' Relief
Groceries and Provisions
$2,949.22
Fuel .
353.50
Rent.
1,037.25
Clothing
19.20
Cash.
528.00
Medical Aid
350.00
Other Institutions-
Amesbury Hospital
$175.75
Hale Hospital. .
189.00
$5,601.92
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid-
$200.00
$200.00
Old Age Assistance
Cash.
$2,027.32
Medical Aid.
10.00
$2,037.32
$29,960.74
SCHOOLS
Administration
Salaries
School Committee
$175.00
Superintendent.
850.00
Regular $750.00
Special. 100.00
Superintendent's Secretary 250.00
$1,275.00
Cash ..
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Other Expenses-
Superintendent Expenses
$251.51
Travel .
$158.17
Telephone
30.05
Postage.
30.66
Supplies. 49.53
School Committee Expenses
38.56
Truant Officer
50.00
School Census.
25.00
School Physician
50.00
Law Enforcement ...
5.07
$420.14
Teachers' Salaries --
High.
$7,146.07
Elementary.
11,174.08
Supervisors (High)
200.00
Supervisors (Elementary).
600.00
Health Nurse
260.00
$19,380.15
Text Books and Supplies-
High --
Text Books and Reference Books
$488.16
Supplies.
276.08
$764.24
Elementary-
Text and Reference Books.
$440.53
Supplies.
813.60
$1,254,13
Tuition-Elementary
$60.00
Transportation-
Busses
. $2,915.00
Liability Insurance .
246.72
$3,161.72
Fuel-
High.
$474.06
Elementary.
960.29
$1,434.35
Janitors' Services-
High ..
$400.00
Elementary.
1,180.00
$1,580.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Buildings-
High-
Repairs .
$175.56
Janitors' Supplies.
54.53
Miscellaneous.
8.70
$238.79
Elementary-
Repairs . .
$692.23
Janitors' Supplies.
68.29
Miscellaneous.
9.20
$769.72
Furniture and Furnishings.
$46.06
$46.06
Health-Supplies.
$9.00
$9.00
Other Expenses-High
$20.50
Toilets and Heating in Merrimacport School
Contract.
$1,490.00
$1,490.00
Vocational Training (1930)
City of Haverhill.
$89.42
Vocational Training (1931) .
168.44
$257.86
Total for Schools
$32,161.66
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Salaries and Services-
Librarian.
$530.78
Janitor Services
173.29
$704.07
Books and Periodicals, includ. Bind.
$612.93
$612.93
Building-
Fuel
$285.45
Light .
15.13
$300.58
Air Purifier and Cleaner
$73.25
Waxing Floor
142.00
Costumer.
3.95
Supplies.
19.53
Express .
.75
Janitors' Supplies.
18.47
Librarian Expense.
2.60
.
$260.55
Total for Libraries.
$1,878.13
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RECREATION
Kimball Park
Labor.
$60.00
Shrubs
74.75
Fertilizer
5.00
Total for Recreation $139.75
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
American Legion .
$100.00
Grand Army of Republic
100.00
$200.00
Printing-
1931 Town Reports.
$200.64
Selectmen .
39.85
Elections
88.85
Town Clerk.
$332.84
Insurance-
Health Nurse Automobile
$37.38
Tractor
90.20
Truck.
74.35
Firemen.
243.75
Workmens' Compensation
752.95
Tax Collector
27.50
Fire Department (Motor Pumping Engine)
36.45
Town Buildings (School Buildings,
Fires Station, Town Hall Build-
ing, Highway Storehouse) .
1,008.00
$2,270.58
Advance for Change-
Light Department.
$62.50
Water Department
62.50
$125.00
Miscellaneous-
Selectmen-
Transportation.
$50.45
Supplies. .
29.42
P. O. Box Rent.
1.80
Printing.
6.16
$87.82
Accountant-Supplies $22.38
$22.38
3.50
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Town Clerk-
Printing.
$15.00
Supplies.
24.25
Recording Births, Deaths, Mar- riages
78.50
Qualifiing Officers
12.75
Certifying Oaths .
5.75
$136.25
Town Treasurer-
Envelopes
$89.92
Checks.
37.16
Supplies.
4.20
Check Writer
36.50
Transportation.
5.30
Certifying Notes
.
$199.08
Assessors-
Adding Machine
$171.50
Preparing Polls Lists.
25.00
Abstract of Deeds
39.41
State Book.
50.00
Envelopes and Postage.
13.98
Transportation.
11.00
Supplies.
34.65
$345.54
Sealer of Weights and Measures-
Transportation.
$33.63
Supplies.
8.23
$41.86
Tax Collector-
Printing.
$43.40
Envelopes
48.28
Supplies.
18.39
$110.07
Inspector of Wiring-
Transportation.
$14.80
Postage
. 24
Fuses .
.15
$15.19
Election and Registration-
Voting Lists
$58.00
Checking Voters at Town Meetings
14.75
$72.75
Water Department-
Repairing Watering Trough.
$13.95
$13.95
. .
26.00
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All Other-
Fee for recording deed to land giv- en to Town by Standard Oil Co.
$2.00
$2.00
Expenses in connection with the Old Age Assitance
30.00
30.00
$1,076.89
Reserve Fund
Town Hall Maintenance.
$340.43
Town Hall Repairs
.75
Board of Health.
44.80
Highway .
15.23
Gravel on Nichols Street.
.25
Rebuilding Highland Road
70.82
Miscellaneous
276.89
Insurance
144.61
Snow
106.22
$1,000.00
Total for Unclassified . $5,005.31
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Electric Light Department
Administration-
Commissioners
$75.00
Manager
1,270.10
Collector
1,160.00
Other Clerk.
300.00
$2,805.10
Rent of office (to Town).
$184.00
Care of Office
28.00
Office Supplies .
237.49
$449.49
Station-
Wages (to Water Department) .. .
$588.00
Electric Energy
14,563.38
Rent (to Water Department) .
350.00
$15,501.38
General Expenses-
Meters and Transformers.
$1,610.54
Lamps, etc. .
723.71
Repairs to Lines.
1,063.87
Trimming Trees.
1,052.77
Street Lighting Equipment .
26.54
Insurance .
170.78
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Depreciation Fund to Sav. Bank . .
1,330.58
Construction. 1,309.20
Incidentals .
293.90
$7,581.89
Total for Electric Light Department.
$26,337.86
Water Department
Administration-
Commissioners
$75.00
Superintendent.
799.76
Collector.
580.00
$1,454.76
Rent of Office (to Town)
$184.00
Office Supplies.
205.17
$389.17
Pumping Station
Engineers
$1,840.00
Fuel.
2,468.52
Insurance.
270.78
Oil and Waste
80.49
$4,659.79
General-
Labor. .
$1,679.19
Miscellaneous and Repairs.
1,201.57
$2,880.76
Total for Water Department .. $9,384.48
ATTITASH WATER EXTENSION
Installing Pipe Line
Labor ..
$3,407.25
Pipe and Fittings.
2,993.30
Stock and Waste Valves.
178.41
Equipment .
49.60
Hydrants
287.06
Lead.
243.98
Telephone
4.50
Trucking
6.00
Express .
7.99
Dynamites, Caps, Yarn
20.07
Oil, Lanterns, Lime.
24.07
Civil Engineer, services
140.10
.
Total for Water Extension.
$7,372.33
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CEMETERIES
Labor.
$1,353.81
Other Expenses-
Equipment .
$30.45
Supplies.
12.75
Total for Cemeteries.
$1,397.01
INTEREST
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue.
$1,296.27
Public Service Loans
Water.
280.00
Total for Interest.
$1,576.27
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue. $62,000.00
Public Service Loans
Water.
3,500.00
Total for Municipal Indebtedness
$65,500.00
AGENCY, TRUST, INVESTMENT
Agency
State Tax
$2,700.00
County Tax
4,416.94
Auditing Municipals Accounts . 40.76
Municipal Light Tax.
8.71
Parks and Reservations Tax
43.45
Old Age Assistance Tax
775.00
$7,984.86
Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care-
Deposits to Savings Bank.
$500.00
Public Library-
Deposits to Savings Bank
612.50
$1,112.50
Total for Agency and Trust. $9,097.36
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REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Abatement after payment $9.71
Water Department
Reimbursement on account of in- surance collected by town for broken hydrant. 17.00
Light Department
1930 Appropriation Street Light- ing .
$2,296.43
1930 Appropriation Lighting Town Buildings. . 383.30
Transferred to Town General Rev- enue . Total for Refunds and Transfers. $2,706.44
Less Transfers
Reserve Fund to various depart-
ments. .
$1,000.00
Total Payments.
$238,424.34
Cash Balance, December 31, 1931.
11,759.17
$250,183.51
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TABLE OF ACCOUNTS
Appropriations
Transfers
Refunds and Receipts
Total
Payments
Balances
General Government
Moderator.
$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
Selectmen .
750.00
750.00
750.00
Accountant. .
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Treasurer ..
300.00
300.00
300.00
Tax Collector
790.00
790.00
711.13
' $78.87
Assessors .
800.00
800.00
800.00
Town Counsel.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Town Clerk ..
250.00
250.00
250.00
Registrars of Voters
125.00
125.00
125.00
Election Officers.
115.00
115.00
100.00
15.00
Bonding Town Officers.
210.00
210.00
205.00
5.00
Town Hall Maintenance ..
700.00
B$340.43
1,040.43
1,040.43
Town Hall Repairs.
500.00
B.75
500.75
500.75
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department .
4,700.00
4,700.00
4,675.93
24.07
Fire Engineers ..
200.00
200.00
200.00
Fire Department ..
3,600.00
3,600.00
3,576.70
23.30
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Wiring ..
100.00
100.00
100.00
Moth Department ..
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,069.84
30.17
Tree Warden .
250.00
250.00
248.88
1.12
Forest Warden.
200.00
200.00
177.51
22.49
Town Forest.
200.00
200.00
197.41
2.59
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health.
1,000.00
B44.80
1,044.80
1,044.80
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TABLE OF ACCOUNTS-(Continued)
Appropriations
Transfers
Refunds and Receipts
Total
Payments
Balances
Health and Sanitation
Public Health Nurse ..
$1,450.00
$1,450.00
$1,420.05
$29.95
Inspector of Animals ..
100.00
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Slaughter
50.00
50.00
50.00
Inspector of Milk ..
25.00
25.00
25.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital Maintenance.
682.02
682.02
682.02
Essex County T. B. Hospital Addition .
408.63
408.63
408.63
Highways
Highway Department ..
5,500.00
B$15.23
$3,100.00
8,615.23
8,615.23
Gravel on Roads.
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,909.76
90.24
Gravel on Nichols Street .
500.00
B.25
500.25
500.25
Rebuilding Bear Hill Street.
2,000.00
B106.20
2,000.00
2,000.00
Snow Removal. .
4,000.00
₣608.72
4,714.92
4,714.92
Sidewalks, Railings, Bridges
500.00
500.00
314.97
185.03
Permanent Sidewalks
1,000.00
1,000.00
997.50
2.50
Rocks Bridge.
650.00
650.00
575.62
74.38
Street Lighting.
2,296.43
C2,296.43
Cutting Bushes on Roadside.
200.00
200.00
198.75
1.25
Charities
Public Welfare.
14,525.95
₣7,395.55
21,921.50
21,921.50
Soldiers' Relief
6,200.00
6,200.00
5,601.92
598.08
Old Age Assistance .
800.00
F1,237.32
2,037.32
2,037.32
State Aid.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Schools and Libraries
School Committee Salaries.
175.00
175.00
175.00
School Department ..
29,825.00
154.57
29,979.57
29,978.80
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Appropriations
Transfers
Refunds and Receipts
Total
Payments
Balances
Schools and Libraries
School Transportation-(Merrimaeport) .. ..
$260.00
$260.00 1,500.00
$260.00 1,490.00
$10.00
Publie Library
1,000.00
D$878.13
1,878.13
1,878.13
Recreation and Unclassified
Memorial Day, (G. A. R.).
100.00
100.00
100.00
Memorial Day, (American Legion)
100.00
100.00
100.00
Printing. .
350.00
350.00
332.84
17.16
Miscellaneous.
800.00
B276.89
1,076.89
1,076.89
Insurance.
2,125.97
B144.61
2,270.58
2,270.58
Reserve Fund ..
G1,000.00
Vocational Training-(1930).
89.42
89.42
89.42
Vocational Training-(1931).
200.00
200.00
168.44
31.56
Lighting Town Buildings.
383.30
C383.30
Enterprises
Water Extension-(Attitash) .
1,500.00
E10,000.00
11,500.00
7,372.33
4,127.67
Cemeteries
Cemetery Department.
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,397.01
2.99
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest. .
600.00
F696.27
1,296.27
1,296.27
$101,701.72
'$24,424.88
$3,254.57
$123,021.71
$115,647.52
$7,374.19
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Overdrafts, 1930
G3,489.63
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS
$105,191.35
.
1,500.00
School Toilet and Heating-(Merrimacport) .
TABLE OF ACCOUNTS-(Concluded)
Transfers
Refunds and Receipts
Total
Payments
Balances
Other Payments not Appropriated
Tax Collector, 1929. .
$160.00
$160.00
Special Highways.
A$160.00 A1,065.50 A3,149.07
B$70.82
2,267.10
5,486.99
5,486.99
Kimball Park Fund.
139.75
139.75
139.75
County Tax.
4,416.94
4,416.94
State Tax ..
2,700.00
2,700.00
Parks and Reservation Tax.
43.45
43.45
Municipal Light Tax ..
8.71
8.71
Auditing Municipal Accounts
40.76
40.76
Trust Funds Deposits.
1,112.50
1,112.50
Light Department.
A6,439.04
29,367.16
33,126.47
26,337.86
6,788.61
Water Department.
A4,886.12
12,203.85
17,090.97
13,164.48
3,926.49
Temporary Loans.
62,000.00
62,000.00
Old Age Assistance Tax.
775.00
775.00
Advance for change (Light and Water Departments).
125.00
125.00
Refunds
Electric Light Maintenance Surplus ..
2,679.73
2,679.73
Excise Tax 1931.
9.71
9.71
Water Department.
17.00
17.00
$120,891.08
$24,495.70
$49,732.43
$256,520.19
$238,424.34
$18,095.85
A-Balance, January 1, 1931. $10,000.00 E-Transferred from Public Service Loans to Water Main Extension.
$1,000.00 B-Transferred from Reserve Fund.
9,937.84 F-Transferred to Revenue 1932.
2,679.73 C-Transferred to Light Department.
1,000.00 G-Transferred to various departments.
878.13 D-Transferred from T. H. Hoyt Fund to Library.
3,489.63 G-Transferred to various departments.
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$2,500.00
3,565.50
3,558.94
$6.56
Repairing Highland Road
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Number
Name of Fund
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Interest 1931
Expended 1931
Balance Dec. 31, 1931
3335
M. E. Sargent. .
$100.00
$112.23
$5.39
$4.00
$113.62
4119
Eliza M. Sawyer .
114.00
133.83
6.41
4.50
135.74
4149
Emily S. Goodwin. .
250.00
354.73
17.02
5.00
366.75
4205
John L. and Sophia A. Merrill
200.00
342.49
16.45
5.00
353.94
4432
Moses Goodrich.
100.00
116.18
5.58
3.00
118.76
4450
W. A. Paine.
50.00
62.44
2.97
2.00
63.41
4679
J. E. Prescott.
125.00
151.45
7.27
5.00
153.72
4683
Rhoda S. Poore (Poore lot)
300.00
429.83
20.63
5.00
445.46
4684
Rhoda S. Poore (Sargent lot)
200.00
325.59
15.62
5.00
336.21
'4713
Otis W. Little ..
200.00
285.62
13.70
6.00
293.32
4724
Susan G. Sargent. .
75.00
86.05
4.13
3.00
87.18
4787
Marietta B. Sargent
250.00
465.56
22.36
4.00
483.92
4796
Caroline S. Noyes.
100.00
129.85
6.22
4.00
132.07
4806
Adeline Whittier .
100.00
124.86
5.96
3.00
127.82
4825
J. Warren Sargent ..
100.00
109.79
5.25
3.00
112.04
4844
Ruth C. Rowell.
200.00
333.49
16.00
6.00
343.49
4917
Sarah A. Pattee (Asa F. and Sarah A. Pattee)
175.00
260.18
12.49
5.00
267.67
4918
Sarah A. Pattee (Wiliam Gunnison lot)
125.00
159.42
7.65
5.00
162.07
4958
L. B. Little. .
337.87
531.55
25.52
6.00
551.07
4977
John Bancroft.
50.00
52.78
2.52
2.00
53.30
4978
Aaron Bancroft.
50.00
52.10
2.49
2.00
52.59
4981
Thomas D. Nelson .
150.00
214.24
10.28
5.00
219.52
5066
Mabel Jones Shepardson
100.00
111.86
5.35
4.00
113.21
5080
Henry E. Crosby .
65.00
118.19
5.67
3.00
120.86
5091
A. Linda Little. .
150.00
190.29
9.14
. 6.00
193.43
5146
Etta H. Colby
100.00
108.43
5.20
4.00
109.63
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Number
Name of Fund
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Interest 1931
Expended 1931
Balance Dec. 31, 1931
5147
Mrs. Gilman S. Hoyt.
$100.00
$119.27
$5.73
$3.00
$122.00
5151
Phineas Chase .
100.00
102.76
4.91
4.00
103.67
5205
Charles A. Bridges
100.00
124.24
5.96
3.00
127.70
5322
Louise Clement ..
100.00
136.64
6.55
3.00
140.19
5352
Carrie C. Notes.
150.00
206.99
9.92
5.00
211.91
5367
W. O. Smiley.
100.00
123.73
5.92
129.65
5371
Hattie and Carrie P. Baxter
100.00
126.48
6.05
17.00
115.53
5376
Parmelia Trefethen.
100.00
134.39
6.43
3.00
137.82
5388
Ida E. Stevens. .
125.00
139.13
6.68
5.00
140.81
5429
Mary Ann Chase ..
100.00
116.89
5.58
4.00
118.47
5431
Stuart, Chase and Sargent.
150.00
168.84
8.09
4.00
172.93
5500
Charles A. Noyes.
75.00
88.83
4.25
2.50
90.58
5502
Mason W. R. Downing.
100.00
108.96
5.39
4.50
159.85
5640
Moses Stevens .
100.00
125.74
6.01
3.00
128.75
5690
Elizabeth M. Cooper.
100.00
120.59
5.73
3.50
122.86
5779
Amos Weed ..
100.00
126.73
6.05
2.00
130.78
5826
E. Fannie Bradley.
100.00
104.01
4.99
5.00
104.00
5858
Porter Sargent.
150.00
195.94
9.38
5.00
200.32
6288
Addie F. Sawyer .
100.00
119.39
5.77
3.00
122.12
6343
Melville S. Gibbs.
50.00
51.60
2.55
2.00
52.05
6348
Arthur C. Sargent.
100.00
127.36
6.11
2.50
130.97
6388
Heirs of A. R. Kimball
100.00
113.11
5.42
3.00
115.53
6415
George E. Ricker.
100.00
114.41
5.48
3.50
116.39
6441
Alfred G. Wells.
200.00
221.93
10.65
3.00
229.57
6452
Stephen C. Parsons.
200.00
255.91
12.28
4.00
264.19
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125.00
150.75
7.22
5.00
152.97
5603
William Gilday ..
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Number
Name of Fund
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Interest 1931
Expended 1931
Balance Dec. 17, 1931
6465
Alfred H. Colby ..
$100.00
$107.87
$5.16
$4.50
$108.53
6681
George S. Sargent.
100.00
123.90
5.92
3.00
126.82
6694
Frank E. Ward.
200.00
256.69
12.32
3.50
265.51
6730
R. W. Sargent.
100.00
114.87
5.48
2.50
117.85
6831
Samuel C. Pease. .
150.00
170.32
8.17
5.00
173.49
6890
Agnes F. Judkins.
150.00
174.26
8.36
5.00
177.62
6987
W. D. Sargent (Edward P. Sargent lot)
200.00
252.73
12.13
3.00
261.86
6992
Everett Carlton.
100.00
109.81
5.25
4.00
111.06
6993
A. E. Porter.
150.00
203.69
9.76
3.00
210.45
7065
Donald MacDiarmid.
150.00
178.10
8.55
3.00
183.65
7086
Wm. H. Young.
100.00
108.94
5.20
2.00
112.14
7116
Mary Abby Hoyt. ..
200.00
231.71
11.11
5.00
237.82
7135
Willard D. Sargent (Moses Sargent lot)
50.00
53.37
2.55
2.00
53.92
7136
Willard D. Sargent (Nicholas Sargent lot) .
50.00
53.37
2.55
2.00
53.92
7171
Lilla P. Laraway .
100.00
116.37
5.58
3.00
118.95
7173
Warren E. Wallace.
100.00
120.33
5.77
3.00
123.10
7184
Justin Clement. .
75.00
85.47
4.09
2.50
87.06
7197
Emma P. Emerson
100.00
112.91
5.39
3.50
114.80
7350
John W. Foster .
150.00
167.52
8.03
6.00
169.55
7356
John W. Cleary .
100.00
123.47
5.92
2.50
126.89
7365
M. A. Gassett ..
100.00
115.56
5.54
3.00
118.10
7424
J. W. Johnson .
100.00
117.25
5.63
3.00
119.88
7427
William Greeley ..
100.00
114.50
5.48
2.00
117.98
7513
Moses S. Brown ..
100.00
122.31
5.86
3.00
125.17
7459
John B. Judkins.
350.00
452.68
21.72
6.00
468.40
7560
Henry G. Fox.
100.00
110.16
5.27
2.00
113.43
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Number
Name of Fund
Original® Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1930
Interest 1931
Expended 1931
Balance Dec. 31, 1931
7564
George G. Larkins ..
$300.00
$353.37
$16.98
$7.00
$363.35
7650
Addie Haley .
100.00
112.96
5.39
3.00
115.35
7696
Jaeob T. Crosby .
100.00
122.79
5.86
3.00
125.65
7713
Willis H. Scott ...
75.00
90.56
4.32
2.50
92.38
7755
Herbert F. Chase.
100.00
117.26
5.63
2.50
120.39
7887
Joseph H. Leavitt .
100.00
112.83
5.39
3.00
115.22
7920
William Betts ..
150.00
158.70
7.60
3.00
163.30
7921
James D. Pike.
100.00
112.33
5.39
3.00
114.72
7926
Horace J. Batchelder and George H. Niehols.
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