Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Merrimac 1943, Part 3

Author: Merrimac (Mass.)
Publication date: 1943
Publisher: Merrimac (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 122


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1,268.12


*$93.12


Street Lights.


3,854.24


3,854.24


3,854.24


State Aid.


120.00


120.00


120.00


Public Welfare.


8,000.00


10,000.00


4,787.76


5,212.24


3,600.00


2,000.00


5,600.00


2,042.47


3,557.53


, Aid to Dependent Children.


2,500.00


1,000.00


3,500.00


1,323.80


2,176.20


Old Age Assistance


29,000.00


29,000.00


26,067.80


2,932.20


School Committee Salaries.


175.00


175.00


175.00


School Department.


29,100.00


225.00


185.37


29,510.37


29,492.64


17.73


Public Library . .


1,000.00


536.00


1,536.00


1,535.93


.07


Memorial Day


150.00


150.00


150.00


Vocational Aid.


300.00


300.00


30.87


269.13


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


*Underestimate Rocks Bridge


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50


$2,000.00


Soldiers Relief .


TABLE OF ACCOUNTS-(Concluded)


Appropria- tions


Balance Transfers Transfers in


Out


Refunds and Receipts


Total


Payments


Balance


Balance


Lighting Town Buildings.


$406.76


$406.76


$406.76


Insurance .


2,300.00


2,300.00


1,928.76


$371.24


Reserve Fund.


500.00


$242.00


258.00


258.00


Interest . .


500.00


500.00


155.89


344.11


Cemeteries .


1,400.00


$505.56


1,905.56


1,904.41


1.15


Vital Statistics.


90.00


90.00


86.00


4.00


Water in Town Buildings.


243.17


243.17


243.17


Printing Town Reports ..


224.40


224.40


224.40


Playground Commission.


150.00


150.00


89.40


60.60


Highway T. S .. . .


500.00


500.00


493.07


6.93


Registrars Expense .


250.00


250.00


175.04


74.96


Repairs to Tax Title Property.


300.00


300.00


20.15


279.85


Highway Shed.


700.00


700.00


700.00


Basketball Expense. .


25.00


25.00


25.00


Local Rationing Board.


250.00


250.00


161.55


88.45


Civilian Defense. .


1,000.00 $407.63


1,407.63


370.97


1,036.66


Complete Playground. .


1,000.00


1,000.00


999.00


1.00


Recreational Purposes. . .


300.00


300.00


249.58


50.42


Repairs Snow on Town Hall.


1,400.00


1,400.00


1,169.72


230.28


Mill Street Bridge.


700.00


700.00


700.00


Clearing Stevens Pond .


500.00


500.00


197.15


302.85


Legal Suits .


200.00


200.00


200.00


$123,433.28|$407.63|$5,242.00


$242.00$5,226.93$134,067.84$113,713.89$20,353.95


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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


51


OTHER PAYMENTS NOT APPROPRIATED


Balance Dec. 31 1942


Transfers In


Transfers Out


Refunds and Receipts


Total


Payments


Balance


Balance


Tax Collector 1936


$38.54


$38.54


$.05


$38.49


Tax Collector 1937


116.81


116.81


.29


116.52


Tax Collector, 1938.


124.20


124.20


30


123.90


Tax Collector 1939 .


145.93


145.93


.69


145.24


Tax Collector 1940


221.53


221.53


9.23


212.30


Tax Collector 1941


376.73


376.73


100.27


276.46


Tax Collector 1942


255.16


255.16


224.39


30.77


W.P.A. Co-ordinator.


69.33


69.33


66.66


2.67


Maintenance of Road Machinery


1,000.00


1,000.00


716.98


283.02


Road Machinery .


1,349.77


$1,000.00


$1,124.10


1,473.87


26.00


1,447.87


A.D.C. U. S. Grant. .


205.38


466.91


672.29


620.61


51.68


A.D.C. Admx. U. S. Grant. .


92.96


47.72|


140.68


.31


140.37


Old Age Admx. U. S. Grant.


492.31


717.26


1,209.57


655.15


554.42


Old Age U. S. Grant ..


5,568.67


21,519.06


27,087.73


18,989.40


8,098.33


W.P.A.


5,416.03


5,000.00


416.03


407.55


8.48


Kimball Park.


61.25


61.25


61.25


Light Maintenance


3,660.75


3,660.75


34,546.47


34,546.47


29,891.90


4,654.57


Water Maintenance ..


3,396.40


11,309.08


14,705.48


9,450.55


5,254.93


Care, Improvement and Embellish- lishment of Cemeteries


230.00


230.00


230.00


Poll 1936.


2.00


2.00


2.00


Taxes 1936


51.00


51.00


51.00


Taxes 1938


15.30


15.30


15.30


Poll 1941.


2.35


2.35


2.35


Poll 1942 .. .


2.00


2.00


2.00


Poll 1939.


6.02


6.02


6.02


Taxes 1939.


173.53


173.53


173.53


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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


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52


.


OTHER PAYMENTS NOT APPROPRIATED-(Concluded)


Balance Dec. 31 1942


Transfers In


Transfers Out


Refunds and Receipts


Total


Payments


Balance


Balance


Taxes 1940


$5.00


$5.00


$5.00


Taxes 1941 .


1.00


1.00


1.00


Taxes 1942.


112.80


112.80


112.80


Moth 1938 .


3.31


3.31


3.31


Poll 1943.


2.00


2.00


2.00


Real 1943


25.00


25.00


25.00


Excise 1940.


5.49


5.49


5.49


Excise 1942. .


10.03


10.03


10.03


Excise 1943.


32.80


32.80


32.80


State Ch. 81 Loan.


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


State and County Ch. 90 Loan.


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


Surplus Revenue . .


2.26


2.26


2.26


Old Age Due State .


43.00


43.00


43.00


Consumers Deposits.


155.00


155.00


155.00


Dog Fees. .


257.40


257.40


257.40


Reserved for Payment of Tax Title Loans. .


4,422.53


4,422.53


4,422.53


Victory and Withholding Tax.


2,104.05


2,104.05


2,104.05


Trust Funds in Transit. . .


2,255.00


2,255.00


2,255.00


Sale Price and Recording Fees .


12.75


12.75


12.75


State Tax.


3,115.75


3,115.75


3,115.75


County Tax


2,648.67


2,648.67


2,818.22


*$1,695.57


.


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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


$162,837.45|$6,472.00 $9,902.75$75,018.78$234,425.48$192,801.06$41,624.42


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*Underestimate County Tax


53


54


RECAPITULATION


Appropriations. . . Accounts Balances.


$123,433.28 39,404.17


$162,837.45


Transferred to Accounts:


To Bonding Town Officers.


$17.00


To Welfare Dept.


2,000.00


To Soldiers' Relief .


2,000.00


To Mothers' Aid .


1,000.00


From W.P.A.


To School Dept.


225.00


From Reserve Fund


To Maintenance of Road Machinery.


1,000.00


From Road Machinery From Sale of Lots


Improvement and Embellishment Cemeteries . 230.00


$169,309.45


Transferred from Accounts :


Reserve Fund. .


$242.00


Road Machinery .


1,000.00


W.P.A.


5,000.00


Light Maintenance .


3,660.75


$9,902.75


$159,406.70


Refunds and Receipts.


75,018.78


$234,425.48


Payments . .


192,801.06


Balances December 31, 1943


$41,624.42


.


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.


To Account Above To Maintenance of Road Machinery To Accounts Above To Revenue


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


From Reserve Fund


From W.P.A. From W.P.A.


FINAL BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1943


ASSETS


LIABILITIES


Cash Balance .


Excise Revenue .


$250.57


Cash Light Dept. Depreciation Fund .


Moth Revenue. .


20.85


Departmental Revenue.


2,478.90


Taxes-


Poll 1941.


2.00


Excess and Deficiency ..


57,363.60


Poll 1942.


70.00


Light Revenue. .


345.79


Personal 1942.


761.50


555.94


Real Estate 1942.


6,623.90


Sale of Lots 1943.


161.00


Poll 1943.


90.00


Bond Premium.


3.00


Personal 1943.


907.20


Consumers Deposits .


790.00


Real Estate 1943


18,757.17


Overlay Surplus.


92.94


Tailings.


15.00


Moth ---


Reserved for payment of Tax Title Loans .


328.31


1942.


17.85


897.75


1943.


3.00


374.60


Excise-


Tax Collector 1933 .


.27


1942


99.03


19.78


1943


151.54


52.12


Overlays-


Tax Collector 1937 .


116.52


1928


48.40


Tax Collector 1938 .


123.90


1929.


31.85


Tax Collector 1939 .


145.24


1935.


70.00


Tax Collector 1940


.


1936.


171.71


Tax Collector 1941


276.46


1937.


90.71


Tax Collector 1942


30.77


1938.


22.03


Tax Collector 1943


225.53


1939.


543.62


Chapter 498 Acts of 1938.


.43


1940.


1,167.07


Main Street Chapter 90


163.86


1941.


903.49


Road Machinery


1,447.87


1943


10.75


Aid to Dependent Children U.S. Grant. . .. ...


51.68


. .


55


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


.


.


.


Withholding Tax.


Highway Loans in Anticipation Chapter 81 .. .


4,000.00


Tax Collector 1934 .


Tax Collector 1935


Tax Collector 1936 .


38.49


.


.


212.30


Overlay 1942 .


30,452.29


Tax Title Revenue


$53,346.61 27,618.08


Water Revenue .


.


FINAL BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1943-(Concluded)


Health Accounts Receivable .


$14.96


Aid to Dependent Children Admx. U.S. Grant


$140.37


Welfare Accounts Receivable .


2,427.61


Old Age Admx. U.S. Grant ..


554.42


Old Age Accounts Receivable .


36.33


Old Age U.S. Grant.


8,098.33


Tax Titles.


22,513.97


Civilian Defense ..


1,036.66


Tax Titles Possessions


7,938.32


Light Maintenance


4,654.57


Advance Town Office


10.00


Light Depreciation


27,618.08


Advance Light and Water Office.


125.00


Water Maintenance ..


5,254.93


Light Accounts Receivable Light .


314.48


State Tax.


2.48


Light Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous .


31.31


Water Accounts Receivable Rates .


518.31


Water Accounts Receivable Miscellaneous.


37.63


New England Timber Salvage Corporation Tax Collector's Discrepancy-claims pending . . .. .


578.51


County Tax


169.55


State Aid to Highway Chapter 81 .


651.19


Rocks Bridge .


93.12


$148,395.60


$148,395.60


TRUST FUND


Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer . . $60,217.97


Library Funds .


$2,286.62


Thos. H. Hoyt Funds. .


22,714.26


Kimball Park Funds. .


3,070.98


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.


32,146.11


$60,217.97


$60,217.97


LIABILITIES


Net Debt Fixed Debt.


$7,701.15


$801.15


Tax Titles. Tax Titles. . .


2,400.00


Tax Titles. .


4,500.00


$7,701.15


$7,701.15


.


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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


.


1,427.80


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


M. E. Sargent Fund


$100.00


$113.54


$2.27


$3.00


$112.81


Eliza M. Sawyer-Thos. Sawyer Lot.


114.00


115.27


2.31


2.50


115.08


Emily A. Goodwin-Patten Sargent lot .


250.00


304.34


6.11


4.00


306.45


John L. and Sophia Merrill.


200.00


224.80


4.51


8.50


220.81


Moses Goodrich.


100.00


100.86


2.01


102.87


M. A. Paine-Henry Sargent lot.


50.00


50.00


1.00


51.00


J. E. Prescott .. .


200.00


207.21


4.16


6.00


205.37


Rhoda S. Poore-Daniel Poore lot. .


400.00


404.09


8.12


6.00


406.21


Rhoda S. Poore-Frederick Sargent lot.


200.00


280.92


5.63


12.00


274.55


Otis W. Little. . .


200.00


257.89


5.17


6.50


256.56


Susan G. Sargent-Westerly half J. B. Sargent lot.


75.00


82.57


1.65


3.50


80.72


Henriette B. Sargent-Wm. P. Colly lot ..


250.00


359.60


7.22


8.00


358.82


Caroline S. Noyes-Somerby Noyes lot


100.00


100.30


2.01


102.31


Adeline Whittier .


100.00


101.73


2.03


2.50


101.26


Warren Sargent. .


100.00


100.28


2.01


102.29


Ruth Rowell-Jacob Rowell and Chas. Dow lot.


200.00


293.52


5.89


7.75


291.66


Sarah Pattee-Asa Ford and Sarah Pattee lot.


175.00


190.75


3.82


8.00


186.57


Sarah Pattee-Wm. Gunnison lot.


125.00


125.70


2.51


2.00


126.21


I. B. Little.


337.87


351.50


7.06


8.75


349.81


John Bancroft .


50.00


50.58


1.01


51.59


Capt, Aaron Bancroft.


50.00


50.64


1.01


51.65


Thos. D. Nelson.


150.00


151.11


3.03


3.00


151.14


Mabel Shepardson-Isaac Jones lot.


100.00


100.56


2.01


102.57


Henry E. Crosby. .


50.00


125.51


2.51


3.00


125.02


A. Linda Little. .


150.00


173.84


3.48


8.50


168.82


Etta H. Colly .


100.00


100.65


2.01


102.66


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


57


58


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Mrs. Gilman Hoyt ..


$100.00


$105.30


$2.11


$3.00


$104.41


Phineas Chase .


100.00


100.06


2.01


102.07


Charles A. Bridges.


100.00


100.24


2.01


102.25


Louis Clement-John S. Clement lot.


100.00


128.11


2.57


5.25


125.43


Carrie C. Noyes. .


150.00


154.98


3.10


3.00


155.08


W. O. Smiley-Wm. and Francis Smiley .


100.00


101.22


2.03


3.25


100.00


Hattie and Carrie Baxter.


100.00


105.70


2.11


6.00


101.81


Parmelia C. Trefethen-Ephraim Trefethen lot.


100.00


120.81


2.42


4.00


119.23


Ida E. Stevens. ..


125.00


126.89


2.54


4.00


125.43


Stuart, Chase and Sargent.


150.00


152.90


3.06


4.50


151.46


Chas. A. Noyes-Chas. A. Noyes lot.


75.00


75.00


1.50


76.50


Mason W. R. Downing-John Sargent and Ichabod Nichols lot.


125.00


126.75


2.54


3.00


126.29


Wm. Gilday. .


200.00


200.52


4.02


3.50


201.04


Moses Stevens


100.00


102.10


2.05


3.00


101.15


Elizabeth M. Cooper-Jas. Cooper lot .


100.00


100.33


2.01


102.34


Amos Weed.


100.00


105.54


2.11


3.50


104.15


E. Fannie Bradley-Daniel Bradley.


100.00


110.49


2.21


1.00


111.70


Porter Sargent. . .


150.00


151.63


3.04


3.50


151.17


Addie F. Sawyer-Chas. Sawyer lot.


100.00


100.79


2.01


102.80


Melville S. Gibbs-Added $50.00 since Dec. 31, 1942.


*50.00


50.00


1:00


101.00


Arthur C. Sargent.


100.00


106.39


2.13


3.00


105.52


Heirs of A. R. Kimball.


100.00


100.00


2.01


102.01


Geo. E. Ricker-Capt. J. W. Sargent


100.00


100.00


2.01


102.01


Alfred G. Wells-R. K. Nichols, Patriquin and Wells .


200.00


210.59


4.22


6.00


208.81


Stephen C. Parsons. .


200.00


233.30


4.68


4.00


233.98


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


Mary A. Chase-Wm. & Mary A. Chase


100.00


102.29


2.05


4.00


100.34


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Alfred H. Colby-A. M. Colby lot ..


$100.00


$100.43


$2.01


$102.44


Geo. S. Sargent .


100.00


100.42


2.01


102.43


Frank Ward. .


200.00


231.61


4.64


$6.00


230.25


R. W. Sargent and D. A. Moulton.


100.00


103.38


2.07


4.00


101.45


Samuel C. Pease .


150.00


151.07


3.03


3.50


150.60


Agnes F. Judkins-Geo. W. and Olive O. Judkins lot


150.00


158.98


3.18


6.00


156.16


Willard D. Sargent-Edward P. Sargent .


200.00


257.80


5.17


5.75


257.22


Everett Carlton-Richard Stoyle lot. .


100.00


101.01


2.03


2.50


100.54


A. E. Porter-S. L. Porter and Mary Emery.


150.00


167.47


3.36


5.50


165.33


Donald MacDiarmid.


150.00


175.10


3.51


5.25


173.36


Wm. H. Young


100.00


100.91


2.01


102.92


Mary A. Hoyt-Thos. Hoyt lot.


200.00


210.93


4.23


3.50


211.66


Willard D. Sargent-Capt. Moses Sargent.


100.00


102.85


2.05


3.00


101.90


Willard D. Sargent-Nicholas Sargent .


100.00


100.16


2.01


102.17


Lilla P. Larraway-H. W. Larraway lot ..


100.00


103.20


2.07


2.50


102.77


Warren E. Wallace .


100.00


126.43


2.53


3.00


125.96


Justin Clement. . .


75.00


86.17


1.73


2.50


85.40


Emma P. Emerson-Alfred Chase lot. .


100.00


100.38


2.01


102.39


John Foster.


150.00


159.02


3.19


5.75


156.46


John H. Cleary .


100.00


102.33


2.05


3.00


101.38


M. A. Gassett ..


100.00


104.18


2.09


3.00


103.27


V. W. Johnson .


100.00


100.69


2.01


102.70


Wm. Greeley .


100.00


102.37


2.05


4.00


100.42


Moses S. Brown-Chas. E. Hoyt lot. .


100.00


100.01


2.01


102.02


Henry C. Fox. .


100.00


102.86


2.05


4.00


100.91


John B. Judkins.


350.00


520.26


10.45


11.50


519.21


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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


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60


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Geo. G. Larkins-Little, Larkin and Oliver Larkin lot Addie Haley .


$300.00


$309.82


$6.21


$7.50


$308.53


Jacob F. Crosby.


100.00


100.34


2.01


102.35


Willis H. Scott


.


75.00


80.41


1.61


3.00


79.02


Herbert F. Chase. .


100.00


101.00


2.03


2.50


100.53


Joseph H. Leavitt-Daniel Leavitt lot.


100.00


106.22


2.13


4.00


104.35


Wm. Betts


150.00


159.99


3.20


4.00


159.19


Horace J. Batchelder .


200.00


201.25


4.04


5.25


200.04


James D. Pike


100.00


102.05


2.05


4.00


100.10


Gustavus D. Veal-G. D. Veal and Geo. Grant lot .


100.00


100.13


2.01


102.14


Edward G. Sherman .


100.00


100.46


2.01


102.47


Chas. E. Rowell ..


150.00


151.02


3.03


4.00


150.05


Erastus Sargent.


100.00


100.17


2.01


102.18


Mary E. Robinson ..


150.00


164.94


3.30


4.50


163.74


Chas. A. Wallace and Helen Chamberlain


100.00


100.06


2.01


102.07


Frank C. Williams.


100.00


101.80


2.03


3.00


100.83


Melville A. Cunningham


100.00


102.49


2.05


3.00


101.54


Daniel M. Means. .


100.00


100.01


2.01


102.02


Conrad Kippenberger


50.00


50.22


1.00


51.22


Judson S. Jewett


100.00


102.69


2.05


3.00


101.74


Herbert C. Oak.


150.00


150.98


3.02


154.00


Walter L. Chaloner


200.00


203.63


4.08


4.00


203.71


Benjamin Rowell.


50.00


72.03


1.44


2.00


71.47


Moses Sawyer.


50.00


65.13


1.30


2.00


64.43


Charles S. Lockwood. .


100.00


100.72


2.01


102.73


Fred B. Porter


100.00


102.55


2.05


3.00


101.60


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


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. . . . .


.


100.00


100.93


2.01


102.94


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Rufus H. Bennett


$100.00


$109.34


$2.19


$1.00


$110.53


Thos. H. Hoyt.


150.00


151.11


3.03


3.00


151.14


N. L. and Ella S. Howe


100.00


104.64


2.09


4.00


102.73


Edmund Ricker.


100.00


100.18


2.01


102.19


Toppan Sargent and Franklin Mason


100.00


101.07


2.03


3.00


100.10


Austin Sawyer .


100.00


102.57


2.05


3.00


101.62


Geo. H. Tilton. .


100.00


107.17


2.15


3.00


106.32


Moses C. Flanders. .


50.00


54.09


1.08


1.00


54.17


Edward F. Goodwin and Thos. Goodwin .


150.00


150.93


3.02


153.95


Fred W. Cate. .


100.00


100.21


2.01


102.22


Mary A. Noyes .


100.00


109.22


2.19


3.00


108.41


Clara Kendall.


200.00


217.61


4.36


1.00


217.97


Daniel Gould


100.00


100.05


2.01


102.06


David Tewksbury and Thos. Merrill.


150.00


153.23


3.07


3.00


153.30


Steven Nichols


100.00


100.92


2.01


102.93


Betsy A. Veal .. :


100.00


100.86


2.01


102.87


Frank Hargraves


100.00


100.30


2.01


102.31


John Logan.


100.00


100.37


2.01


102.38


Charles Logan .


100.00


100.69


2.01


102.70


Julia Whaland .


150.00


158.71


3.18


4.00


157.89


Norman S. Cole. .


100.00


100.01


2.01


102.02


Mary Ordway .. .


100.00


100.05


2.01


102.06


John T. Lovett-added 1943 $50.00.


150.00


153.37


3.07


3.00


203.44


Wm. H. Franklin.


100.00


100.40


2.01


102.41


Helen G. Linden .


100.00


100.45


2.01


102.46


Clifton B. Heath


150.00


151.67


3.04


4.00


150.71


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Mary E. Sargent-Orlando Sargent.


$100.00


$100.40


$2.01


$102.41


John K. Sargent. .


100.00


114.73


2.29


$1.50


115.52


May H. Sargent-Hayden Sargent.


100.00


100.68


2.01


102.69


Roswell J. Eaton.


100.00


100.92


2.01


102.93


John E. Currier-Joshua Currier


150.00


156.24


3.13


4.00


155.37


John E. Currier


125.00


125.95


2.52


2.50


125.97


Single Graves-added $30.00 since Dec. 31, 1942.


90.00


120.00


2.65


2.40


150.25


Annie M. Sargent-John L. Sargent. .


125.00


128.53


2.57


3.00


128.10


Fred R. Weed .. .


200.00


217.57


4.36


3.00


218.93


Mary J. Murphy-J. H. Murphy lot.


100.00


100.17


2.01


102.18


Edward H. Preble.


125.00


128.46


2.57


3.00


128.03


Edwin S. Lane.


100.00


100.93


2.01


102.94


Elbridge D. Young


100.00


100.02


2.01


102.03


Mary E. Hoyt. .


150.00


154.43


3.09


3.00


154.52


Harriet E. Storey-F. A. Sargent and Storey lot. .


100.00


100.04


2.01


102.05


Phillip E. Quimby. .


100.00


101.81


2.03


2.50


101.34


Rebecca P. Little-Albert Sargent and Edmund Sargent lot .


200.00


206.07


4.14


4.00


206.21


Clara T. Allison.


100.00


101.10


2.03


2.75


100.38


Sarah B. Titcomb-Eva J. Titcomb


100.00


100.23


2.01


102.24


John Heald-Isaac Heald lot


200.00


216.91


4.35


3.00


218.26


Jennie Prescott-Geo. S. Prescott .


100.00


100.01


2.01


102.02


Annie Tuttle-Amos Small-Lawson lot ..


100.00


110.85


2.21


1.00


112.06


Benjamin F. Sargent.


300.00


320.31


6.43


6.00


320.74


Ralph H. Sargent.


100.00


100.45


2.01


102.46


Fullington Ashley lot


100.00


100.15


2.01


102.16


Laura Patten-T. Hayden Patten .


200.00


205.25


4.12


2.50


206.87


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Geo. G. Crouse ..


$100.00


$100.13


$2.01


$102.14


Nellie M. Hall-Thos. Fraser lot.


100.00


100.96


2.01


102.97


Lottie Hopkins-Nichols-Hopkins lot.


100.00


100.01


2.01


102.02


Louise C. Brackett-Wm. Russell lot .


100.00


100.15


2.01


102.16


Marion Armstrong-Armstrong and McInnis lot.


400.00


404.65


8.12


$11.00


401.77


Theodore L. Hayes-added 1943 $100.00*


100.00


100.40


2.51


2.91


200.00


Frank M. Haynes.


100.00


104.26


2.09


106.35


F. L. Parker


150.00


155.99


3.12


3.00


156.11


Dr. F. E. Sweetsir.


350.00


351.01


7.05


8.00


350.06


William M. Pettigrew. .


100.00


114.31


2.29


116.60


Fred S. Hardwick-added 1943 $50.00.


100.00


100.17


2.01


152.18


J. Melvin Clement. .


100.00


100.00


2.01


102.01


Edwin S. Mckay.


100.00


100.26


2.01


102.27


Henry A. Stickney.


150.00


153.70


3.08


3.00


153.78


B. F. Hardwick


150.00


168.47


3.38


171.85


Emma L. Sargent-Orlando H. Sargent lot .


150.00


153.36


3.07


3.00


153.43


Emma F. Sargent-O. F. Seavey lot


150.00


151.24


3.03


3.00


151.27


Elsie G. Mathews-Elmer Grant lot . .


200.00


208.02


4.18


3.00


209.20


Sarah A. Spiller-Frank Burnham lot ..


200.00


212.33


4.26


3.00


213.59


Lettie F. Whitney-Herbert Whitney lot ..


300.00


306.46


6.15


8.00


304.61


Fred W. Mathison ...


100.00


101.65


2.03


2.00


101.68


Minnie A. Chapman-Judson Webster lot .


125.00


125.56


2.51


2.00


126.07


Frederick W. Carter


200.00


208.38


4.18


3.00


209.56


Ethel A. Goodwin-Chas. H. Goodwin lot ..


100.00


107.20


2.15


109.35


Lucy J. Bagley-Mrs. Clarence J. Bagley lot.


100.00


104.20


2.09


3.00


103.29


Samuel W. Condon.


150.00


161.21


3.23


164,44


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Samuel Porter-Jas. W. Porter lot. .


$150.00


$151.80


$3.04


$3.00


$151.84


Benjamin B. Wood . .


200.00


202.58


4.06


4.00


202.64


Mary Belle Brown. .


100.00


100.31


2.01


102.32


Norman M. Hunter-Alfred Goodwin lot. .


200.00


206.48


4.14


2.00


208.62


Ida C. Tobey


100.00


105.32


2.11


3.00


104.43


John E. Bean.


75.00


75.40


1.51


76.91


Mary E. Tuxbury .


150.00


151.85


3.04


3.00


151.89


Mina G. Carter .


100.00


100.32


2.01


102.33


Georgie G. Patten-Hayden Patten lot.


100.00


105.77


2.11


2.50


105.38


Frank Glines-Glines-Bartlett lot


150.00


151.69


3.04


3.00


151.73


Wm. Evans-Lucien Chapin lot.


50.00


50.00


1.00


51.00


Wm. Dwyer.


50.00


50.00


1.00


51.00


Delma Black-Adelina T. Jones lot.


100.00


100.23


2.01


102.24


Ruth Hargraves. .


100.00


101.01


2.03


2.50


100.54


Jennie Chase-Moses Stevens lot.


100.00


103.53


2.07


105.60


Richard Sargent-Edmund Fielsend lot


100.00


102.03


2.05


1.50


102.58


Richard E. Sargent.


125.00


128.42


2.57


1.00


129.99


Eva J. Grant .


100.00


103.36


2.07


3.00


102.43


Clara Foster-John S. Foster lot .


200.00


205.71


4.12


209.83


Jeanette E. Whittier-Wendell B. Whittier lot.


150.00


151.28


3.03


3.00


151.31


Luther W. Bridges, Edgar C. Bridges and John Whitman


150.00


150.77


3.02


1.50


152.29


Wm. S. Tuckwell-Newton Tuckwell lot .


50.00


50.00


1.00


51.00


Wm. S. Tuckwell-S. S. Tuckwell lot .


50.00


50.00


1.00


51.00


Abbie W. Sargent-Alexander Smart lot ..


225.00


227.62


4.56


3.00


229.18


Francis P. Clement. .


200.00


202.33


4.06


3.00


203.39


Wilbur W. Colby-Joseph Colby lot.


200.00


202.00


4.06


2.50


203.56


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Concluded)


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Katherine McMasters.


$150.00


$151.25


$3.03


$2.00


$152.28


Louise A. Thacher.


200.00


201.67


4.04


2.00


203.71


Willie Colby-Warren H. Colby lot ..


100.00


100.67


2.01


102.68


Willie Colby-Wm. H. Colby lot. .


100.00


100.67


2.01


102.68


Alice E. Purdy.


100.00


100.67


2.01


102.68


John S. Poyen


500.00


503.33


10.11


5.00


508.44


Pearl Stevens .


150.00


150.00


2.51


152.51


Annie Bird .


200.00


200.33


4.02


204.35


ADDED SINCE DECEMBER 31, 1942


Fred O. Bailey . . . .


200.00


1.67


201.67


David C. Stevens-Charles Stevens lot.


200.00


200.00


Edith E. Wood-James M. Wood lot .


100.00


100.00


Augustus N. Parry-John and Louis Elliott lot.


100.00


100.00


Charles L. Waterhouse.


150.00


1.00


151.00


Sarah K. Noyes.


100.00


.67


100.67


Clarence W. Crosby


150.00


1.00


151.00


Dustin Hall and B. Frost.


400.00


400.00


Charles L. Waterhouse-Almon Waterhouse lot


150.00


150.00


Charles L. Waterhouse-Moses Sargent lot


150.00


150.00


$30,064.66


$607.01


$505.56


$32,146.11


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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


Deposited in 1943


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Merrimac Savings-Electric Light Depreciation Fund.


$18,976.44


$375.17 $2,264.74 74.26


$21,616.35


Provident Institution-Electric Light Depreciation Fund.


2,952.63


3,026.89


Pentucket Savings Bank-Electric Light Depreciation Fund


2,923.47


51.37


2,974.84


$24,852.54


$500.80|$2,264.74


$27,618.08


KIMBALL PARK FUNDS


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


Amos Weed. Judith Kimball.


$1,860.86 1,000.00


$2,002.75 1,067.99


$40.24 21.45


$21.25 40.00


$2,021.74 1,049.24


$2,860.86


$3,070.54


$61.69


$61.25


$3,070.98


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


PUBLIC LIBRARY


Original Amount


Dec. 31, 1942 Balance


Interest


With- drawals


Balance Dec. 31, 1943


James Whittier.


$457.07


$645.94


$12.97


$658.91


D. J. Poore. .


500.00


613.53


12.32


$36.00


589.85


A. E. Goodwin.


200.00


251.63


5.05


256.68


Laura Patten .


500.00


564.47


11.34


575.81


Willie Colby


200.00


201.33


4.04


205.37


Thomas H. Hoyt.


10,237.31


201.95


500.00


10,214.26


275.00


Balances shown in Merrimac Savings Bank Books


$12,514.21


$522.67


$536.00


$12,500.88


Haverhill Savings Bank, Thos. H. Hoyt Fund. Danvers Savings Bank, Thos. H. Hoyt Fund .


$5,000.00


$87.50


$87.50


$5,000.00


7,500.00


187.50


187.50


7,500.00


$25,014.21


$797.67


$811.00


$25,000.88


MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT


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SUMMARY OF STATE AUDIT


The State Audit of the Town Books made during the year 1942 being received too late for inclusion in last year's Town Report, the summary is printed herewith in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, which section reads in part as follows :-


"Upon the completion of each audit, as aforesaid, a report there- on shall be made to the mayor and city government in cities, and to the selectmen in towns and a copy of the same shall be furnished to the city or town clerk who shall cause the same or a summary of its essential features to be published at the expense of the city or town."


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS


State House, Boston


February 24, 1943.


To the Board of Selectmen, .


Mr. Ralph L. Buzzell, Chairman, Merrimac, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac- counts of the Town of Merrimac for the period from October 22, 1939 to November 18, 1942, made in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Ac- counts.


Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL,


Director of Accounts.


TNM:MMH:CAH


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Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston.


Sir:


In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the period from October 22, 1939, the date of the previous audit, to November 18, 1942, the following reported being submitted thereon:


The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting or disbursing money for the town, or send- ing out bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified.




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