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4.00
205.80
Harry W. Bailey-Richard Bailey
200.00
204.81
5.14
4.00
205.95
George S. Nelson-Brown-Nelson
100.00
102.70
2.57
2.00
103.27
Edith A. Wood-George T. Goldsmith
150.00
154.50
3.88
4.00
154.38
Pollie C. Grant-F. C. Grant Lot
150.00
154.22
3.88
4.00
154.10
Sarah Anderson-Moses Evans-Moses Hoyt Lot
100.00
103.39
2.59
3.00
102.98
Clara E. Patten-Patten Clement Lot
200.00
206.69
5.19
5.00
206.88
Byron Sargent
300.00
313.23
7.87
8.00
313.10
Alice Mercer ..
200.00
208.25
5.23
4.00
209.48
William Cleary
200.00
208.25
5.23
5.00
208.48
John A. Tidd
.......
..
200.00
206.05
5.18
5.00
206.23
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1952
Nellie Newhall
200.00
206.01
5.18
4.00
207.19
Sadie Hopkins-J. Danforth
100.00
103.31
2.59
3.00
102.90
Charles A. Bacon
150.00
154.22
3.88
3.00
155.10
William D. Large
150.00
154.22
3.88
2.00
156.10
Maude Adams
200.00
207.47
5.22
6.00
206.69
Charles L. Waterhouse
100.00
102.78
2.58
2.00
103.36
The Olive S. Wilde Fund-Morse-Wilde
300.00
315.85
7.93
8.00
315.78
Mabel Bettors
150.00
154.23
3.88
4.00
154.11
Zenas Lovell
200.00
206.65
5.19
5.00
206.84
Parker Walton
200.00
206.35
5.18
4.00
207.53
Estate of William Tuckwell
200.00
205.15
5.15
5.00
205.30
Esther M. Gormley-Katherine Connor Lot
150.00
154.91
3.88
4.00
154.79
Henrietta Anderson-Samuel Goodwin Lot.
150.00
154.91
3.88
4.00
154.79
Anderson Heaton
50.00
52.43
1.31
2.00
51.74
Mary E. Chaff
100.00
104.73
2.63
3.00
104.36
Cora L. Wadleigh-D. Porter Wadleigh
150.00
154.07
3.88
3.00
154.95
Grace L. MacDonald-John Colman Lot
150.00
154.07
3.88
3.00
154.95
George Hosford
200.00
206,09
5.18
4.00
207.27
A. W. Chase
100.00
103.53
2.59
3.00
103.12
A. Merrill Howe
200.00
206.09
5.18
4.00
207.27
Luella Cunningham
200.00
205.09
5.15
5.00
205.24
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Imogene Pettigrew
150.00
156.32
3.93
4.00
156.25
Frances and Bernard Bailey
150.00
153.71
3.85
3.00
154.56
Sybil A. Schiavoni
100.00
103.87
2.60
3.00
103.47
Mary C. Smith
200.00
207.75
5.22
6.00
206.97
Alberta Perreault
150.00
153.47
3.85
2.00
155.32
George W. J. Murphy
200.00
205.33
5.15
4.00
206.48
Harriet E. Cupples
500.00
515.66
12.97
10.00
518.63
Eva L. Lavalley
200.00
207.61
5.22
6.00
206.83
Isaiah S. McClure
100.00
103.63
2.59
2.00
104.22
Minnie Morrison, George M. Eaton, John E. Trull
200.00
203.86
5.12
4.00
204.98
Estate of J. E. Kemp
150.00
155.42
3.90
4.00
155.32
F. Leslie Viccaro
150.00
162.33
4.08
6.00
160.41
George E. Franklin
150.00
154.17
3.88
4.00
154.05
Stella Shorts
150.00
154.63
3.88
4.00
154.51
Gertrude L. Williams
200.00
205.12
5.15
4.00
206.27
William Lamb
35.00
36.46
.90
1.00
36.36
Ellen G. Heath
400.00
409.82
10.29
8.00
412.11
Ernest P. Dill
300.00
306.59
7.71
6.00
308.30
Emma L. Randall
300.00
307.59
7.73
5.00
310.32
Rudolph J. & Vivian Woyvoda
200.00
205.38
5.15
4.00
206.53
William H. Churchill
200.00
204.03
5.13
4.00
205.16
The Ada Seymore Trust
50 00
51.58
1.29
1.00
51.87
Helen F. Lucy
300.00
304.42
7.65
5.00
307.07
Carleton C. Witham
200.00
203.96
5.12
4.00
205.08
Charles E. Colman
200.00
203.96
5.12
4.00
205.08
Albert Ellis
150.00
153.30
3.85
3.00
154.15
William Rowell and William Sayre
300.00
305.46
7.67
5.00
308.13
Ralph and Minnie Sargent
300.00
305.46
7.67
5.00
308.13
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OF
MERRIMAC
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1952
Pearle Kinney-Harry Kinney
200.00
203.30
5.10
3.00
205.40
Ida E. Cushing
300.00
304.89
7.65
5.00
307.54
George W. Earl
300.00
304.31
7.65
5.00
306.96
George W. Evans
300.00
304.31
7.65
5.00
306.96
Samuel Colby
100.00
101.04
2.54
1.00
102.58
Burton Colby
100.00
101.04
2.54
1.00
102.58
Nettie Morse
200.00
202.08
5.08
2.00
205.16
James T. Colgan
200.00
202.08
5.08
4.00
203.16
Kenneth and Marion Haskell
200.00
201.25
5.05
3.00
203.30
Clarence V. Huntress
300.00
301.88
7.57
4.00
305.45
Florence Lee
100.00
100.00
2.08
102.08
1952 Additions - New Accounts
Charles Vincent
250.00
4.18
254.18
Francis MacDonald-
150.00
1.56
151.56
Follansbee Nichols lot
300.00
1.88
301.88
Charles Odiorne
100.00
.31
100.31
Bertha Clarke
300.00
1.25
301.25
E. D. Ovington
200.00
200.00
1,300.00
$46,837.54
$1.183.99
$908.00
$48,413.53
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RECAPITULATION
Balance January 1, 1952
$ 46,837.54
Interest added 1952
1,183.99
48,021.53
Withdrawals 1952
908.00
,
47,113.53
New Bequests Added to Funds in 1952
1,300.00
$ 48,413.53
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OF
MERRIMAC
93
FINAL TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1952
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash Balance
$111,853.41
Withholding Tax
$
1,379.06
Cash Balance Light Depreciation
10,144.41
Reserves for Petty Cash Advances
160.00
Petty Cash Advance Town Office
10.00
Consumers Deposits
1,414.38
Petty Cash Advance Light & Water Office
125.00
Sale land of low value excess book value ..
306.77
Petty Cash Advance Tax Collector
25.00
Sale lots 1952
285.00
Poll Taxes 1951
2.00
County Taxes
532.18
Personal Property Taxes 1951
1,834.24
Road Machinery
1,866.90
Real Estate Taxes 1951
3,485.06
Overlay surplus ..
787.66
Poll Taxes 1952
28.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
4,612,99
Personal Property Taxes 1952
4,747.88
Tax Title Revenue
8,251.08
Real Estate Taxes 1952
26,385.46
Departmental Revenue
114.20
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1951
237.08
Light Revenue
3,332.71
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1952
4,275.91
Water Revenue
3,379.36
New England Timber Salvage
1,427.80
State & County Aid to Highway Revenue ..
8,137.73
Tax Titles
6,400.31
New England Timber Salvage Revenue
1,427.80
Tax Possessions
1,850.77
Purchase Regulators for Light Dept.
8,598.40
Welfare Account Receivable
67.20
Premium Sale Light Bonds
31.75
Old Age Assistance (Acc. Receivable
47.00
School Building Fund Construction
227.61
Light Accounts Receivable, Light
1,955.43
Surplus Revenue
106,382.05
Light Accounts Receivable, Power
58.06
Guaranteed Deposits
100.00
Light Accounts Miscellaneous
1,319.22
School Fund Ch. 658
45.89
Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
2,498.30
School Lunch
2,498.72
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Water Accounts Receivable, Misc. 881.06
State Aid to Highway, Ch. 81
3,637.73
State & County Aid to Highways, Ch. 90
4,500.00
State Taxes Parks and Reservations
26.71
State Taxes Auditing
145.62
Main Street, Ch. 90 Highway
163.86
Essex County T. B. Hospital
52.61
Overlay 1950
484.74
A.D.C. Admx. U.S.
4.53
A.D.C. U.S.
769.60
Disability Assistance U.S.
1,115.43
Disability Assistance Admx.
40.66
Old Age Admx. U.S.
2,845.49
Old Age U.S.
6,585.26
Civilian Defense
500.50
Water Ext. Birch Meadow Road
193.60
Light Maintenance
13,535.54
Light Depreciation Fund
10,144.41
Water Ext. to New School
287.24
Electric Line to New School
904.30
$192,034.73
$192,034.73
Certification to Treasurer Tax Title Fore- closure 72.00
Tax Collector Salary 1952 103.95
Highway Chapter 90 728.10
Road to New School, Union Street 268.03
Overlay 1951
124.20
Overlay 1952
3,404.52
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
95
TRUST FUNDS
Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer $ 79,424.41 War Bonds $ 569.29
Library Funds
2,400.00
Thomas Hoyt Library Funds
25,001.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
48,413.53
Kimball Park Funds
3,040.09
$ 79,424.41
$ 79,424.41
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1951
Interest
Added in 1952
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
Electric Light Depreciation
Provident Institution, Amesbury
$3,602.22
$ 108.87
$
$ 3,711.09
Merrimac Savings Bank
3,367.60
65.72
3,000.00
6,433.32
$6,969.82
$ 174.59
$ 3,000.00
$10,144.41
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1951
Interest
Withdrawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
Nichols Memorial Fund
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
CA 12.58
$ 12.58
$ 500.00
James D. Whittier
457.07
500.00
12.58
12.58
500.00
D. J. Poore
500.00
500.00
12.58
12.58
500.00
A. E. Goodwin
200.00
200.00
5.03
5.03
200.00
Laura Patten
500.00
559.97
13.24
73.21
500.00
Willie Colby
200.00
200.00
5.03
5.03
200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt
11,951.30
302.36
114.66
,
$ 14,411.27
$ 12,501.50
Added to Hoyt Fund Merrimac Account
362.50
Balances in Merrimac Savings Bank .....
$ 14,411.27
$ 725.90
$ 235.67
$ 14,901.50
Haverhill Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
5,000.00
137.50
137.50
5,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
7,500.00
225.00
225.00
7,500.00
$ 26,911.27
$ 1,088.40
598.17
$ 27,401.50
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MERRIMAC
97
KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1951
Interest
With- drawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
Amos Weed
$ 2,025.00
$50.34
$40.00
$2,035.34
Judith Kimball
1,020.50
25.25
41.00
1,004.75
$ 3,045.50
$75.59
$81.00
$3,040.09
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Balance January 1, 1952
$8,513.69
Added to Fund, Interest & Coupon 1952
569.29
$9,082.98
Bonds sold and Withdrawals from Fund for School Build- ing Fund
8,513.69
Balance December 31, 1952
$ 569.29
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT Of CORPORATIONS And TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
May 21, 1952
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. J. Arthur Ollis, Chairman Merrimac, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the period from February 9, 1951 to December 31, 1951, made in accor- dance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
FRANCIS X. LANG
FXL:TJP
Director of Accounts
Mr. Francis X. Lang Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an
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audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the period from February 9, 1951, the date of the pre- vious audit, to December 31, 1951, and submit the follow- ing report thereon:
The financial transactions as shown on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection were ex- amined, checked, and verified by comparison with the books of the town accountant and the treasurer.
The town accountant's ledger accounts were analyzed and checked in detail. The receipts, as recorded, were checked with the treasurer's books, while the recorded pay- ments were compared with the treasurer's cash book, with the treasury warrants, and with the approved bills and payrolls on file. The appropriations, transfers, and loan authorizations, as entered, were checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the finance committee's records of transfers authorized from the re- serve fund.
A trial balance was taken off proving the accounts to be in balance, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial con- dition of the town as of December 31, 1951.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book additions were verified and the recorded receipts were compared with the accountant's books, with the records of the. several departments collecting money for the town, and with the other sources from which money is paid into the town treasury. The recorded payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the accountant's ledger.
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The cash balance on December 31, 1951 was proved by reconcilation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by verification of the cash in the office.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were compared with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file. The outstanding coupons were listed and reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank in which such funds are deposited.
The transactions of the several trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were verified and the securities and saving bank books representing the investment of these funds were personally examined and listed.
The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked in detail. The a- mounts added to the tax title account were compared with the tax collector's records and the accountant's books, the reported redemptions were checked with the treasurer's cash book, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, proved, and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The records of payroll deductions on account of fed- eral taxes were examined, listed, and proved to the ac- countant's ledger control.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The poll and property taxes and motor vehicle and trailer excise outstanding at the time of the previous audit, as well as all subsequent commit- ment lists, were audited and checked to the warrants for their collection. The payments to the treasurer were
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checked to the treasurer's cash book, the recorded abate- ments were compared with the assessor's records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the respective ledger accounts.
The financial records of the town clerk were ex- amined and checked in detail. The collections on account of dog and sporting licenses and gasoline renewals issued were verified and compared with the payments to the town treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
The surety bonds filed by the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The books and accounts of the school department were examined and checked. The records of receipts from the cafeteria and from athletic activities were check- ed, and the payments to the town treasurer were compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts.
The records of departmental collections of the board of selectmen, the sealer of weights and measures, the health, library, and cemetery departments, and of all other departments in which money is collected for the town, were examined and checked. The payments to the town treasurer were verified and the cash on hand in the several departments was proved by actual count.
It was noted that the milk inspector does not pay over his receipts to the treasurer, at least monthly, as required by the provisions of Section 53, Chapter 44, General Laws.
The books and accounts of the electric light depart- ment were examined and checked. The charges for light, power, and miscellaneous sales were totaled, the cash re- ceipts as recorded were footed, the payments to the treas- trer and the discounts were verified, and the outstanding
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accounts were listed and proved to the accountant's books.
The records of the water department were examined and checked. The commitment lists were analyzed, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstand- ing accounts were listed and proved.
Further verification of the outstanding tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, departmental, electric light, and water accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the outstanding accounts, as listed, are correct.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, together with summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title, tax possession, depart- mental, electric light, and water accounts, as well as tables. showing the trust and investment fund transactions.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was: received from all town officials, for which I wish, on be- half of my assistants and for myself, to express apprecia- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE,
Assistant Director of Accounts
HBD:TJP
TOWN OF MERRIMAC Balance Sheet - December 31, 1951 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES .
Federal Withholding Taxes, ....
$ 1,020.86
Overestimates 1951:
State Parks & Reservations
Assessment, $ 32.80
County Tax,
266.03
-$
298.83
Dog Licenses - Due County, .. $
48.80
Taxes :
Levy of 1949:
Real Estate, .$ 05
Levy of 1950:
Personal Property,
311.24
Real Estate,
3,734.80
Levy of 1951:
School Athletic Fund,
$
45.20
School Lunch Fund,
$
89.96
Poll,
22.00
Personal Property,
3,039.36
Real Estate,
20,300.86
Consumers' Deposits,
$
1,234.38
-$ 27,408.31
School Const. Plans Deposits, ..
$ 100.00
Cash:
General,
$195,364.56
Electric Light Depreciation, .... 6,969.82
Petty Cash Advances,
160.00
$202,494.38
Accounts Receivable:
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances:
Town Office, CA 10.00
Tax Collector,
25.00
Light and Water,
125.00
..
-$
160.00
Electric Light Department
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1950, $ 13.79
Levy of 1951,
3,203.66
3,217.45
New England Timber Salvage Corporation Taxes, $ 1,427.80
Tax Titles, .$. 5,973.97
Tax Possessions, 1,850.77 -$ 7,824.74
Departmental
Temporary Aid:
State, $ 17.20
Cities and Towns, 55.00
Aid to Dependent Children,
916.82
Old Age Assistance:
Cities and Towns,
253.67
-$ 1,242.69
Municipal Light:
Light,
$ 2,196.34
Power,
61.32
Miscellaneous,
1,162.64
-$
3,420.30
Water:
Rates, .$ 2,438.01
Premium on Loans:
Reserve for Payment of Sch.
Construction Debt, .$ 2,217.10 Reserve for Payment of Electric Light Debt, 31.75
Reserve for Payment of
Water Debt, 66.25 $
2,315.10
Sale of Real Estate Fund, .... Excess from Sale of Lands of Low Value, Section 79, Chap.
$ 3,650.00
60, General Laws,
$
306.77
Cemetery Perpetual Care Be- quests,
$ 250.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and
Graves Fund, $ 330.00
Road Machinery Fund,
$ 2,273.50
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children :
Aid, .$ 604.86
Administration, 396.24
Old Age Assistance:
Assistance, .$ 9,678.06
Administration, 1,837.15 ..
$ 12,516.31
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Miscellaneous, 572.07 -$ 3,010.08
State Aid to Highways:
Chapter 81,
$ 6,406.77
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1945, $ 19.32
Levy of 1946,
21.62
Levy of 1947,
27.60
Levy of 1948,
27.60
Levy of 1949,
109.68
Levy of 1950,
583.92
Levy of 1951,
750.82
-$ 1,540.56
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund for Sch. Construction, $ 4,525.48
Underestimates 1951 :
County Tuberculosis
Hosp.
Unexpended Balances :
General, 13,376.53
Electric Light Maintenance, 4,626.51 Electric Light Depreciation, 6,969.82
School Const. Authorized from
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
4,525.48
School Construction, 83,824.66
Electric Light Equipment, 8,598.40
$121,921.40
Water Available Surplus, ..
$
1,212.24
Reserve Fund - Overlay Sur- plus, $
787.66
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise, $ 3,217.45
New England Timber Salvage
Corporation Taxes,
1,427.80
Tax Title & Tax Possession,
7,824.74
Departmental, 1,242.69
Municipal Light, 3,420.30
Water, 3,010.08
Aid to Highways, 6,406.77 ---- $ 26,549.83
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Assessment,
$ 466.72 Surplus Revenue,
$ 87,874.44
$262,985.28
$262,985.28
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt, $373,000.00
School Construction Loan 1951,
$339,000.00
Electric Light Loan 1951, 20,000.00
Water Mains Loan 1949, 14,000.00
$373,000.00
$373,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds:
Willie Colby Library Fund, $ 200.00
A. E. Goodwin Library Fund, 200.00
Cash and Securities, $ 85,308.00
Thomas H. Hoyt Library Fund,
24,451.30
Nichols Memorial Library Fund,
500.00
Laura Patten Library Fund,
559.97
D. J. Poore Library Fund,
500.00
James D. Whittier Library Fund,
500.00
Kimball Park Fund,
3,045.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, 46,837.54
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,
8,513.69
$ 85,308.00
$ 85,308.00
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
107
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VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION
March 3, 1952
Votes Cast (Men 433, Women 396), Total 829
Moderator, for one year
Clifford R. Howe, 5 Forest Street 649
Blanks
180
Town Clerk, for one year
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church St.
....
666
Blanks
163
Selectmen, for one year
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School St. 543
Robert E. Fryer, 68 West Main St. 285
Kenneth E. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 389
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main St.
567
Francis J. Mathews, Emery St.
143
Blanks
560
Board of Public Welfare, for one year
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Ct. 630
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main St. 639
Ellen M. Wallace, 9 Central St. .... 571
Blanks
647
Assessor, for three years
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove St.
647
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182
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Treasurer, for one year
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect St. 656
Blanks 173
Tax Collector, for three years
Wilfred G. Journeay, 28 Grove St. 657
Blanks 172
School Committee, for three years
Alfred E. Lambert, Jr., 92 Church St. 599
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230
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years
George R. Buzzell, 33 School St. 1
Howard L. DeLong, 7 Pine St. 1
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main St. 21
Arthur D. Lockwood, 39 Main St.
1
Cecil E. Welch, 19 Middle St.
Blanks 799
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years
Alexander Q. Blake, 18 Main St.
1
George R. Buzzell, 33 School St.
1
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main St.
1
John W. Kirkpatrick, 19 Grove St.
1
Harold C. Lamb, 3 Abbott St.
1
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main St.
4
Merrill B. Smith, 46 East Main St.
1
Charles J. Vincent, Currier Ave.
1
Chester E. Whiting, 37 Main St. 1
Blanks 817
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ANNUAL REPORT
Arthur D. Lockwood appointed Trustee to finish out balance of year due to resignation of Frank Russo
Doland J. Selby appointed for balance of year by Selectmen, July, 1952
Library Trustees, for three years
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main St. 593
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove St. 586
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479
Light Commissioner, for three years
Howard L. DeLong, 7 Pine St. 327
William H. Franklin, 55 Main St. 403
Blanks
99
Water Commissioner, for three years
Howard L. DeLong, 7 Pine St. 322
William H. Franklin, 55 Main St. 413
Blanks
94
Constables, for one year
George R. Buzzell, Sr., 33 School St. 630
Ronald C. Sarasin, 65 Church St. 512
Alexander M. Sullivan, 20 Locust St. 668
Blanks
677
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark, for one year
Ralph L. Buzzell, 67 School St. 2
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main St. 1
Kenneth E. Haskell, Bear Hill Rd. 1
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Willard T. Kelly, Birch Meadow Rd.
1
Franklin Sanborn, Emery St. 1
Richard E. Sargent, Bear Hill Rd.
2
Donald J. Selby, 28 Church St.
1
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Robert L. Eckert appointed by Selectmen, March 11, 1952 to finish year
Tree Warden, for one year
Harold C. Lamb, 3 Abbott St.
548
Blanks 281
Playground Commission, for five years
Glen I. Blackden, 9 Green St. 1
George D. Currier, Prospect Hill 5
Howard L. DeLong, 7 Pine St. 1
Francis J. Noone, 8 Pleasant St.
2
Alexander M. Sullivan, 20 Locust St. 1
Blanks 818
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ANNUAL REPORT
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Essex, ss.
To Maurice Carey, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimàc:
Greeting:
In the name of the Comonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet in Sargent Hall on
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1953
at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon to act on the fol- lowing articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, three Selectmen for one year, three Members of the Department of Public Welfare for one year, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for one year, Treasurer for one year, one Member of the School Committee for three years, one Trustee of Cemeteries for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, one Trustee of Kimball Park for three years, one Trustee of Kimball Park for two years, one Trustee of Kimball Park for one year, one Commissioner of Play- ground for five years, one Commissioner of Municipal Light for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, three Constables for one year, three Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark for one year and a Tree Warden for one year.
In voting under this article the polls may be closed not earlier than four o'clock P. M.
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Article 2. To fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes. ..
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to fix the Salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as Provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws as amended; Moderator, Town Clerk, three Select- men, three Members of the Board of Public Welfare, three Assessors, Treasurer, three Members of the School Com- mittee, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, three Commissioners of Municipal Light, three Water Commissioners, and raise and appropriate sums of money, therefore.
Article 4. To determine what sums of money shall be raised to defray the necessary and usual charges and expenses of the Town for the year 1953 and make ap- propriations for same.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1800.00) for the maintenance of Road Machinery to keep Road Mach- inery in operation, said amount to be transferred from the Road Machinery Fund.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the Revenue, of the Financial year beginning January 1, 1954 and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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