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206.88
5.39
7.00
205.27
Byron Sargent
300.00
313.10
8.13
14.00
307.23
Alice Mercer
200.00
209.48
5.44
8.00
206.92
William Cleary
200.00
208.48
5.43
7.00
206.91
John A. Tidd
200.00
206.23
5.40
5.00
206.63
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OF
MERRIMAC
89
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1953
Nellie Newhall
200.00
207.19
5.41
6.00
206.60
Sadie Hopkins-J. Danforth
100.00
102.90
2.71
3.00
102.61
Charles A. Bacon
150.00
155.10
4.06
5.00
154.16
William D. Large
150.00
156.10
4.07
6.00
154.17
Maude Adams
200.00
206.69
5.39
7.00
205.08
Charles L. Waterhouse
100.00
103.36
2.72
3.00
103.08
The Olive S. Wilde Fund-Morse-Wilde
300.00
315.78
8.19
14.00
309.97
Mabel Bettors
150.00
154.11
4.03
5.00
153.14
Zenas Lovell
200.00
206.84
5.39
7.00
205.23
Parker Walton
2.00.00
207.53
5.42
6.00
206.95
Estate of William Tuckwell
200.00
205.30
5.35
6.00
204.65
Esther M. Gormley-Katherine Connor Lot
150.00
154.79
4.03
5.00
153.82
Henrietta Anderson-Samuel Goodwin Lot ..
150.00
154.79
4.03
5.00
153.82
Anderson Heaton
50.00
51.74
1.36
3.00
50.10
Mary E. Chaff
100.00
104.36
2.74
4.00
103.10
Cora L. Wadleigh-D. Porter Wadleigh
150.00
154.95
4.03
5.00
153.98
Grace L. MacDonald- John Colman Lot
150.00
154.95
4.03
5.00
153.98
George Hosford
200.00
207.27
5.41
6.00
206.68
A. W. Chase ...
100.00
103.12
2.69
2.00
103.81
A. Merrill Howe
200.00
207.27
5.41
6.00
206.68
Luella Cunningham
200.00
205.24
5.35
6.00
204.59
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Imogene Pettigrew
150.00
156.25
4.08
5.00
155.33
Frances and Bernard Bailey
150.00
154.56
4.03
5.00
153.59
Sybil A. Schiavoni
100.00
103.40
2.69
4.00
102.16
Mary C. Smith
200.00
206.97
5.40
6.00
206.37
Alberta Perreault
150.00
155.32
4.10
4.00
155.42
George W. J. Murphy
200.00
206.48
5.40
6.00
205.88
Harriet E. Cupples
500.00
518.63
13.56
17.00
515.19
Eva L. Lavalley
200.00
206.83
5.40
6.00
206.23
Isaiah S. McClure
100.00
104.22
2.72
2.00
104.94
Minnie Morrison, George M. Eaton, John E. Trull
200.00
204.98
5.34
6.00
204.32
Estate of J. E. Kemp
150.00
155.32
4.06
5.00
154.38
F. Leslie Viccaro
150.00
160.41
4.17
6.00
158.58
George E. Franklin
150.00
154.05
4.02
5.00
153.07
Stella Shorts
150.00
154.51
4.03
5.00
153.54
Gertrude L. Williams
200.00
206.27
5.40
5.00
206.67
William Lamb
35.00
36.36
95
2.00
35.31
Ellen G. Heath
400.00
412.11
10.75
15.00
407.86
Ernest P. Dill
300.00
308.30
8.06
10.00
306.36
Emma L. Randall
300.00
310.32
8.10
11.00
307.42
Rudolph J. & Vivian Woyvoda
200.00
206.53
5.41
5.00
206.94
William H. Churchill
200.00
205.16
5.37
5.00
205.53
The Ada Seymore Trust
50.00
51.87
1.36
2.00
51.23
Helen F. Lucv
300.00
307.07
8.03
9.00
306.10
Carleton C. Witham
200.00
205.08
5.35
6.00
204.43
Charles E. Colman
200.00
205.08
5.35
6.00
204.43
Albert Ellis
150.00
154.15
4.05
4.00
154.20
William Rowell and William Sayre
300.00
308.13
8.06
9.00
307.19
Ralph and Minnie Sargent
300.00
308.13
8.04
10.00
306.17
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MERRIMAC
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TOWN
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1953
Pearle Kinney-Harry Kinney
200.00
205.40
5.35
6.00
204.75
Ida E. Cushing
300.00
307.54
8.03
10.00
305.57
George W. Earl
300.00
306.96
8.02
9.00
305.98
George W. Evans
300.00
306.96
8.02
9.00
305.98
Samuel Colby
100.00
102.58
2.70
2.00
103.28
Burton Colby
100.00
102.58
2.70
2.00
103.28
Nettie Morse
200.00
205.16
5.37
5.00
205.53
James T. Colgan
200.00
203.16
5.32
5.00
203.48
Kenneth and Marion Haskell
200.00
203.30
5.32
5.00
203.62
Clarence V. Huntress
300.00
305.45
7.99
9.00
304.44
Florence Lee
100.00
102.08
2.67
2.00
102.75
Charles Vincent
250.00
254.18
6.66
7.00
253.84
Francis MacDonald
150.00
151.56
3.97
4.00
151.53
Follansbee Nichols lot
300.00
301.88
7.91
7.00
302.79
Charles Odiorne
100.00
100.31
2.64
102.95
Bertha Clarke
300.00
301.25
7.91
7.00
302.16
E. D. Ovington
200.00
200.00
4.86
4.00
200.86
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REPORT
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1953 Additions - New Accounts
Bertha M. Wiggin
300.00
2.06
2.00
300.06
Will G. Sprague
200.00
1.38
201.38
Merrill I. Goldsmith
150.00
.69
150.69
Dale W. Blackden
300.00
1.38
301.38
Stephen Kelley
200.00
200.00
Flora Clement
100.00
100.00
Heman W. Kelley
200.00
200.00
Mabel A. Bailey
200.00
200.00
Sylvia Hidden
50.00
50.00
$1,700.00
$48,413.53
$1,269.53
$1,492.00
$49,891.06
RECAPITULATION
Balance, January 1, 1953
$ 48,413.53
Interest added 1953
1,269.53
Total, Balance and Income
$ 49,683.06
Withdrawals, 1953
.. 1,492.00
Balance after Withdrawals
$ 48,191.06
New Bequests added to Funds in 1953
1,700.00
Balance, January 1, 1954
$ 49,891.06
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
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FINAL TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1953
DEBITS
CREDITS
Cash
$126,359.83
Withholding Tax
.$
1,535.29
Cash, Light Depreciation
10,407.52
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
160.00
Petty Cash, Advance Town Office
10.00
Dog Fees
1.80
Petty Cash, Advance Light & Water Office
125.00
Consumers Deposits
1,564.38
Petty Cash, Advance Collector of Taxes ....
25.00
Sale land low val. excess bk. val. Chap. 60
306.77
Personal 1951
64.00
Sale Cemetery Lots 1953
60.00
Poll 1952
2.00
County Taxes
151.00
Personal 1952
3,681.44
Road Machinery
1,245.20
Real 1952
5,417.25
Overlay Surplus
787.66
Poll 1953
98.00
Overlay 1950
220.40
Personal 1953
4,235.00
Overlay 1953
2,235.92
Real 1953
23,857.25
Excise Revenue
4,918.83
Excise 1951
1.76
Tax Title Revenue
8,038.71
Excise 1952
748.59
Departmental Revenue
53.89
Excise 1953
3,927.73
Light Revenue
2,812.34
New England Timber Salvage Co.
1,427.80
Water Revenue
3,770.68
Tax Titles
5,619.99
State & County Aid to H'way Revenue
9,382.35
Tax Possessions
2,418.72
New England Timber Salvage Revenue
...
1,427.80
Welfare Accounts Receivable
8.00
Purchase Regulators Light Dept.
8,598.40
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REPORT
....
Old Age Accounts Receivable
10.30
Premium Sale Light Bonds
31.75
Disability Accounts Receivable
35.59
School Construction, Building Fund
133.72
Light Accounts Receivable, Light
2,188.33
Surplus Revenue
102,492.57
Light Accounts Receivable, Power
148.45
Guaranteed Deposits
100.00
Light Accounts Receivable, Misc.
475.56
School Athletics, Chap. 658, Acts '50
44.70
Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
2,642.70
School Lunch
4,657.39
Water Accounts Receivable, Misc.
1,127.98
Cert. to Treas. Tax Title Foreclosure
72.00
Tax Collector Salary 1953
57.61
State Aid to Highways, Chap. 81 Accounts Receivable
4,882.35
Approp. Fire Truck 1953
10,000.00
State & County Aid to Highways, Chap. 90 Accounts Receivable
4,500.00
A.D.C. U.S. Admin.
212.82
State Taxes, Parks and Reservations
111.93
A.D.C. U.S.
1,771.09
Essex County T. B. Hospital
662.49
D.A. U.S.
2,366.64
Overlay 1949
5.90
D.A. U.S. & State Admin.
204.67
Overlay 1951
362.60
Old Age, Admin., U.S.
3,883.25
Overlay 1952
977.06
Old Age U.S.
7,743.23
Civil Defense
320.99
Water Ext. Birch Meadow, Hoyt
1,477.45
Light, Maintenance & Operation
13,120.83
Light Depreciation Fund
10,407.52
Cemeteries
32.61
Total
.$206,566.12
Total
$206,566.12
MERRIMAC
95
TOWN OF
Main Street Chap. 90 Highway
163.86
TRUST FUNDS
Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer .... $ 81,594.86 War Bonds
$ 611.04
Library Funds
2,281.03
Thomas Hoyt Library Funds
25,702.49
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
49,891.06
Kimball Park Funds
3,109.24
$ 81,594.86
$ 81,594.86
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
Interest
Added in 1953
Balance Dec. 31, 1953
Electric Light Depreciation
Provident Institution, Amesbury
.$ 3,711.09
$ 112.16
$
$ 3,823.25
Merrimac Savings Bank
6,433 32
150.95
6,584.27
$10,144.41
$ 263.11
$10,407.52
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REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
Interest
Withdrawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1953
Nichols Memorial Fund
$ 500.00
GA 500.00
$ 13.21
$ 13.21
$ 500.00
James D. Whittier
457.07
500.00
13.21
13.21
500.00
D. J. Poore
500.00
500.00
13.21
13.21
500.00
A. E. Goodwin
200.00
200.00
5.28
5.28
200.00
Laura Patten
500.00
500.00
13.21
13.21
500.00
Willie Colby
200.00
200.00
5.28
5.28
200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt
12,501.50
332.24
118.97
Added to Hoyt Fund Merrimac
368.75
13,083.52
Balances in Merrimac Savings Account
14,901.50
$ 764.39
$ 182.37
$ 15,483.52
Haverhill Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
5,000.00
143.75
143.75
5,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
7,500.00
225.00
225.00
7,500.00
$ 27,401.50
$ 1,133.14
$ 551.12
$ 27,983.52
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
97
KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1952
Interest
With- drawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1953
Amos Weed
$ 2,035.34
$53.77
$
$2,089.11
Judith Kimball
1,004.75
26.38
11.00
1,020.13
$ 3,040.09
$80.15
$11.00
$3,109.24
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Balance, January 1, 1953 $569.29
Added to Fund, Interest & Coupon 1953
41.75
Balance, December 31, 1953
$611.04
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
April 22, 1953
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 year ending December 31, 1952, made in accordance with the provis- ions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr William Schwartz, Assistant Di- rector of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN B. DINE
HBD: JRB
Director of Accounts
Mr. Herman B. Dine Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the year ending December 31, 1952, the following report being submitted
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thereon :
An examination and verification was made of the re- corded financial transactions of the town as shown on the books of the departments receiving or disbursing money or committing bills for collection.
The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded re- ceipts were checked with the treasurer's cash book and the records of departmental payments to the treasurer, while the recorded disbursements were checked with the treas- ury warrants and the records of payments by the treasurer.
The appropriations and transfers, as listed from the town clerk's record of town meeting votes, were checked to the appropriation accounts in the accountant's ledger.
An analysis was made of the ledger accounts, a trial balance was drawn off proving the accounts to be in bal- ance, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this re- port, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1952.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were analyzed and compared with the records of payments to the treasurer by the several departments and with other sources from which the town received money, while the recorded payments were compared with the selectmen's warrants and the accountant's books.
The cash book footings were proved for the period cov- ered by the audit, and the cash balance on January 28, 1953 was verified by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
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The payments made on account of maturing debt and interest were compared with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The securities and savings bank books representing the investments of the several trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The income was proved and the transfers to the town were verified.
The records of tax titles held by the town were exam- ined and checked. The amounts transferred to the tax title accounts were verified by comparison with the tax collec- tor's records and the accountant's books, the reported re- demptions were checked with the treasurer's cash book, and the tax titles on hand were listed, proved and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The records of payroll deductions for federal taxes were examined and checked. The payments to the Director of Internal Revenue for taxes withheld from the salaries and wages of employees were verified, and the balance in the general treasury was proved with the ledger controll- ing account.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked. The taxes and motor vehicle and trail- er excise out standing at the time of the previous examina- tion, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved with the warrants issued for their collection. The payments to the treasurer were verified, the recorded abatements were checked with the assessors' records, the taxes transferred to the tax title accounts were proved, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the respective controlling accounts in the general ledger.
The tax collector's cash balance on January 28, 1953
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was verified by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The books and accounts of the electric light depart- ment were examined and checked. The charges for light, power, and miscelaneous sales were totaled, the cash re- ceipts as recorded were footed, the payments to the treas- urer and the discounts were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's con- trolling accounts.
The records of the water department were examined and checked. The commitment lists were analyzed, the pay- ments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the ledger controls.
The cash balance in the electric light and water col- lector's office on January 28, 1953 was verified by actual count of the cash on hand.
The outstanding tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, departmental, electric light and water accounts were veri- fied by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the re- plies received thereto indicating that the outstanding ac- counts, as listed, are correct.
The financial accounts of the town clerk were exam- ined for dog and sporting licenses issued and for gasoline renewals. The payments to the town treasurer were check- ed to the treasurer's recorded receipts, the payments to the Division of Fisheries and Game being checked with the receipts on file.
The surety bonds of the town officials required to file them for the faithful performance of their duties were ex-
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amined 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 school lunch program and from athletic activities were checked, the payments to the town treasurer were com- pared with the treasurer's recorded receipts, and the cash on hand was verified.
The records of the selectmen and the sealer of weights and measures, of the health, library and cemetery depart- ments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town or commiting bills for collection, were exam- ined and checked, the recorded collections being compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treas- urer's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title, departmental, electric light and water ac- counts, as well as tables showing the condition and trans- actions of the trust and investment funds.
For the cooperation received from all town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
WS: JRB
Assistant Director of Accounts
TOWN OF MERRIMAC Balance Sheet - December 31, 1952 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
General, $111,853.41
Special:
Municipal Light Depreciation .. 10,144.41
Guarantee Deposists :
School Construction Plans, .... $ 100.00
Advances for Petty Cash
Town Office, 10.00
Tax Collector, 25.00
Municipal Light and Water, 125.00
$122,157.82
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1949:
Real Estate, .$ 5.90
Levy of 1951 :
Poll,
2.00
Personal Property,
1,847.04
Real Estate,
3,452.82
Levy of 1952:
Assistance,
1,074.10
Poll,
20.00
Aid to Dependent Children :
Personal Property,
4,782.84
Administration, 4.53
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ANNUAL REPORT
Agency:
Excess - Sale Lands of Low
Value,
$ 306.77
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
$
26.43
Income,
Premium on Loans:
Electric Light,
$
31.75
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance :
Administration, 71.67 $
Employees' Payroll Deductions: Federal Taxes, $ 1,379.06
Municipal Light, 1,414.38
-$ 1,514.38
Real Estate,
26,386.78
$ 36,497.38
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise: Levy of 1951, $ 120.43
Levy of 1952,
4,348.86 -$ 4,469.29
Special Taxes:
New England Timber Salvage Corporation Taxes, ..
$
1,427.80
Tax Titles, $ 6,393.93
Tax Possessions, 1,850.77
8,244.70
Departmental
General Relief, $ 67.20
Disability Assistance, 35.59
Aid to Dependent Children, 984.68
Old Age Assistance, 47.00
-$
1,134.47
Municipal Light:
Light,
$ 1,995.42
Power,
58.06
Miscellaneous,
1,304.22
$ 3,317.70
Water:
Rates,
$ 2,492.81
Miscellaneous,
881.06
$ 3,373.87
Aid,
769.60
Old Age Assistance : Administration, 2,845.49
Assistance, 6,585.26
$ 11,350.65
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch, $ 2,498.72
School Athletics, 45.88 -$ 2,544.60
Appropriation Balances :
Revenue :
General, .$ 2,740.74
Municipal Light:
Maintenance & Operation, .. 13,535.54
Depreciation, 10,144.41
Water:
Construction & Extension, .. 480.84
Non-Revenue :
School Construction, 227.61
Municipal Light Equip. ......
8,598.40
$ 35,727.54
Overestimates 1952 Assessments:
County Tax, $ 532.18
Sale of Cemetery Lots & Graves Fund,
$ 285.00
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MERRIMAC
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Aid to Highways:
State, $ 6,637.73
County,
1,500.00
-$
8,137.73
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimates 1952 Assessments:
State Parks & Reservations, .. $ 26.71
Audit of Municipal Accounts, 145.62
County Hospital, 52.61
-$ 224.94
Overlay Deficits :
Levy of 1950, $ 264.34
Levy of 1951, 143.40
Levy of 1952, 3,632.90
-$ 4,040.64
$193,026.34
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations : Road Machinery, $ 1,866.90
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, $ 787.66
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Ex- cise, $ 4,469.29
Special Tax, 1,427.80
Tax Title and Possession, 8,244.70
Departmental, 1,134.47
Municipal Light, 3,317.70
Water, 3,373.87
Aid to Highway,
8,137.73
$ 30,105.56
Reserve for Petty Cash Adv.
$
160.00
Surplus Revenue, $106,407.86
$193,026.34
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ANNUAL
REPORT
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit :
General,
$ 37,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General,
$285,000.00
Public Service Enterprise,
.. ..
30,000.00
315,000.00
$352,000.00
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General:
School,
$ 37,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$285,000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Municipal Light,
18,000.00
Water,
12,000.00
315,000.00
$352,000.00
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OF
MERRIMAC
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities : In Custody of Town Treasurer, $ 79,424.41
In Custody of Treasurer:
Library Funds : Willie Colby, .$ 200.00
A. E. Goodwin, 200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt,
25,001.50
Nichols Memorial,
500.00
Laura Patten,
500.00
D. J. Poore,
500.00
James D. Whittier,
500.00
-$ 27,401.50
Park Funds:
Judith Kimball, $ 1,004.75
Amos Weed,
2,035.34
3,040.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
48,413.53
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
569.29
$ 79,424.41
$ 79,424.41
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION
March 2, 1953
Votes Cast (Men 304, Women 326), Total 630
Moderator, for one year:
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 538
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92
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Town Clerk, for one year :
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church Street
541
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89
Selectmen, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School Street 440
Kenneth E. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 423
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 462
Francis J. Mathews, Emery Street 159
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406
Board of Public Welfare, for one year :
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 503
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 503
Ellen M. Wallace, 9 Central Street 481
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403
Assessor for three years :
George B. Crofut, 87 East Main Street 294
Edgar Palmer Sargent, Bear Hill Road 299
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37
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Assessor for one year :
Clifford R. Howe, Jr., Birch Meadow Road 525
Chester E. Whiting, 37 Main Street 1
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Treasurer for one year :
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect Street 520
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11Q
School Committee, for three years :
Howard L. DeLong, 7 Pine Street 255
Virginia H. Webster, 40 School Street 358
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17
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years:
Clifton V. Bixby, 30 High Street 481
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149
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years:
Donald J. Selby, 28 Church Street 511
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119
Trustee of Kimball Park, for two years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 469
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161
Trustee of Kimball Park, for one year:
Arthur D. Lockwood, 39 Main Street 482
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148
Library Trustees, for three years :
Barbara N. Adams, 100 Church Street 498
Charles M. Tibbetts, 9 Pleasant Street, M'port
443
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319
Light Commissioner, for three years :
Ulysses N. Corson, 71 West Main Street 521
Blanks 109
Water Commissioner, for three years:
Ulysses N. Corson, 71 West Main Street 515
Blanks 115
Constables, for one year :
George R. Buzzell, Sr., 33 School Street 504
Ronald C. Sarasin, 65 Church Street 441
Alexander M. Sullivan, 20 Locust Street 530
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415
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 67 School Street 2
George R. Buzzell, Sr., 33 School Street 2
Richard E. Sargent, Bear Hill Road 4
George R. Hoyt, Birch Meadow Road
2
Edson C. Walker, Birch Meadow Road 3
William Harold Whiting, 61 Church Street 1
Harold C. Lamb, 3 Abbott Street
1
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 3
William L. Andrews, 31 Church Street 2
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 1
Howard L. DeLong, 7 Pine Street 1
George L. Sargent, Bear Hill Road 1
Edgar Palmer Sargent, Bear Hill Road 2
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Ulysses N. Corson, 71 West Main Street 1 Blanks 1864
Tree Warden, for one year :
Harold C. Lamb, 3 Abbott Street 467
Kenneth E. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 1
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162
Playground Commission, for five years :
George P. Stevens, 65 Church Street 500
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Essex, ss.
To Maurice Carey, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimac:
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth 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 1, 1954
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, Treasurer for one year, one Member of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the School Committee for one year, one Trustee of Cemeteries for three years, two Trustees of Public Li- brary for three years, one Trustee of Kimball Park for three years, one Commissioner of Playground for five years, one Commissioner of Playground for two years, one Commissioner of Municipal Light for three years, one Commissioner of Municipal Light for one year, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Water Commisioner for one year, three Constables for one year, three Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark for one year, Tree Warden for one year, one Member of the Planning Board for five years, one Member of the Planning Board
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for four years, one Member of the Planning Board for three years, one Member of the Planning Board for two years and one Member of the Planning Board for one year.
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 1954 and make appro- priations for same.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) for the maintenance of Road Machinery to keep Road Machinery 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, 1955 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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