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150.00
153.64
4.19
6.00
151.83
William S. Tuckwell-Newton Tuckwell Lot
50.00
52.17
1.44
3.00
50.61
William S. Tuckwell-S. S. Tuckwell Lot
50.00
52.17
1.44
3.00
50.61
Abbie W. Sargent -- Alexander Smart Lot
225.00
229.28
6.29
9.00
226.57
Francis P. Clement
200.00
204.06
5.59
8.00
201.65
Wilbur H. Colby-Joseph Colby Lot
200.00
204.77
5.60
8.00
202.37
Katherine F. MacMasters
150.00
153.46
4.19
6.00
151.65
Louise A. Thacher
200.00
205.28
5.64
8.00
202.92
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84
Willie Colby-Warren Colby Lot
100.00
104.48
2.83
6.00
101.31
Willie Colby-William H. Colby Lot
100.00
103.47
2.81
6.00
100.28
Alice E. Purdy
150.00
153.30
4.19
6.00
151.49
John S. Poyen
500.00
511.57
14.04
18.00
507.61
Anna Bird
200.00
206.47
5.64
10.00
202.11
Pearl M. Stevens
150.00
154.03
4.21
7.00
151.24
Fred O. Bailey
200.00
205.65
5.63
9.00
202.28
Charles L. Waterhouse
150.00
153.30
4.19
6.00
151.49
Sarah K. Noyes
100.00
103.57
2.82
5.00
101.39
Clarence W. Crosby
150.00
153.77
4.19
6.00
151.96
Donald E. Stevens-Charles Stevens Lot
300.00
306.90
8.40
12.00
303.30
Edith E. Wood-James Wood Lot
150.00
153.47
4.20
6.00
151.67
Augustus N. Parry-John and Louise Elliott
100.00
102.66
2.80
5.00
100.46
Dustin Hall and B. Frost
400.00
409.92
11.22
18.00
403.14
Charles L. Waterhouse-Almon Waterhouse Lot
150.00
154.16
4.22
7.00
151.38
Charles L. Waterhouse-Moses Sargent Lot
150.00
154.72
4.22
7.00
151.94
Leon L. Dow
200.00
206.18
5.65
9.00
202.83
Harry W. Bailey-Richard Bailey
200.00
206.33
5.64
9.00
202.97
George S. Nelson-Brown-Nelson
100.00
102.99
2.80
5.00
100.79
Edith A. Wood-George T. Goldsmith
150.00
153.41
4.19
6.00
151.60
Pollie C. Grant-F. C. Grant Lot
150.00
153.13
4.19
6.00
151.32
Sarah Anderson-Moses Evans-Moses Hoyt Lot
100.00
103.66
2.82
6.00
100.48
Clara E. Patten-Patten Clement Lot
200.00
205.27
5.63
9.00
201.90
Byron Sargent
300.00
307.23
8.43
12.00
303.66
Alice Mercer
200.00
206.92
5.65
9.00
203.57
William Cleary
200.00
206.91
5.64
10.00
202.55
John A. Tidd
200.00
206.63
5.65
9.00
203.28
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OF
MERRIMAC
85
86
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1954
Nellie Newhall
200.00
206.60
5.65
9.00
203.25
Sadie Hopkins-J. Danforth
100.00
102.61
2.83
4.00
101.44
Charles A. Bacon
150.00
154.16
4.22
6.00
152.38
William D. Large
150.00
154.17
4.22
7.00
151.39
Maude Adams
200.00
205.08
5.61
8.00
202.69
Charles L. Waterhouse
100.00
103.08
2.82
5.00
100.90
The Olive S. Wilde Fund-Morse-Wilde
300.00
309.97
8.50
13.00
305.47
Mabel Bettors
150.00
153.14
4.19
6.00
151.33
Zenas Lovell
200.00
205.23
5.63
4.00
206.86
Parker Walton
200.00
206.95
5.65
4.00
208.60
Estate of William Tuckwell
200.00
204.65
5.60
4.00
206.25
Esther M. Gormley-Katherine Connor Lot
150.00
153.82
4.19
3.00
155.01
Henrietta Anderson-Samuel Goodwin Lot
150.00
153.82
4.19
3.00
155.01
Anderson Heaton
50.00
50.10
1.38
51.48
Mary E. Chaff
100.00
103.10
2.82
2.00
103.92
Cora L. Wadleigh-D. Porter Wadleigh
150.00
153.98
4.19
4.00
154.17
Grace L. MacDonald-John Colman Lot
150.00
153.98
4.19
4.00
154.17
George Hosford
200.00
206.68
5.65
4.00
208.33
A. W. Chase
100.00
103.81
2.82
3.00
103.63
A. Merrill Howe
200.00
206.68
5.64
5.00
207.32
Luella Cunningham
200.00
204.59
5.60
4.00
206.19
ANNUAL REPORT
Imogene Pettigrew
150.00
155.33
4.23
4.00
155.56
Frances and Bernard Bailey
150.00
153.59
4.19
3.00
154.78
Sybil A. Schiavoni
100.00
102.16
2.79
2.00
102.95
Mary C. Smith
200.00
206.37
5.64
5.00
207.01
Alberta Perreault
150.00
155.42
4.23
4.00
155.65
George W. J. Murphy
200.00
205.88
5.63
4.00
207.51
Harriet E. Cupples
500.00
515.19
14.12
10.00
519.31
Eva L. Lavalley
200.00
206.23
5.65
5.00
206.88
Isaiah S. McClure
100.00
104.94
2.83
4.00
103.77
Minnie Morrison, George M. Eaton, John E. Trull
200.00
204.32
5.60
4.00
205.92
Estate of J. E. Kemp
150.00
154.38
4.21
4.00
154.59
F. Leslie Viccaro
150.00
158.58
4.32
4.00
158.90
George E. Franklin
150.00
153.07
4.19
3.00
154.26
Stella Shorts
150.00
153.54
4.19
3.00
154.73
Gertrude L. Williams
200.00
206.67
5.64
5.00
207.31
William Lamb
35.00
35.31
.96
36.27
Ellen G. Heath
400.00
407.86
11.18
7.00
412.04
Ernest P. Dill
300.00
306.36
8.42
4.00
310.78
Emma L. Randall
300.00
307.42
8.43
5.00
310.85
Rudolph J. & Vivian Woyvoda
200.00
206.94
5.65
4.00
208.59
William H. Churchill
200.00
205.53
5.63
4.00
207.16
The Ada Seymore Trust
50.00
51.23
1.40
52.63
Helen F. Lucy
300.00
306.10
8.40
5.00
309.50
Carleton C. Witham
200.00
204.43
5.60
4.00
206.03
Charles E. Colman
200.00
204.43
5.60
4.00
206.03
Albert Ellis
150.00
154.20
4.22
3.00
155.42
William Rowell and William Sayre
300.00
307.19
8.43
5.00
310.62
Ralph and Minnie Sargent
300.00
306.17
8.40
5.00
309.57
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MERRIMAC
TOWN OF
87
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1954
Pearle Kinney- Harry Kinney
200.00
204.75
5.60
4.00
206.35
Ida E. Cushing
300.00
305.57
8.38
4.00
309.95
George W. Earl
300.00
305.98
8.38
5.00
309.36
George W. Evans
300.00
305.98
8.38
5.00
309.36
Samuel Colby
100.00
103.28
2.85
106.13
Burton Colby
100.00
103.28
2.85
106.13
Nettie Morse
200.00
205.53
5.63
4.00
207.16
James T. Colgan
200.00
203.48
5.57
4.00
205.05
Kenneth and Marion Haskell
200.00
203.62
5.58
3.00
206.20
Clarence V. Huntress
300.00
304.44
8.36
4.00
308.80
Florence Lee
100.00
102.75
2.80
2.00
103.55
Charles Vincent
250.00
253.84
6.96
4.00
256.80
Francis MacDonald
150.00
151.53
4.16
2.00
153.69
Follansbee Nichols lot
300.00
302.79
8.30
4.00
307.09
Charles Odiorne
100.00
102.95
2.83
105.78
Bertha Clarke
300.00
302.16
8.32
3.00
307.48
E. D. Ovington
200.00
200.86
5.51
2.00
204.37
Bertha M. Wiggin
300.00
300.06
8.27
3.00
305.33
Will G. Sprague
200.00
201.38
5.57
206.95
Merrill I. Goldsmith
150.00
150.69
4.15
154.84
Dale W. Blackden
300.00
301.38
8.33
309.71
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1954
Stephen Kelley
200.00
200.00
5.07
205.07
Flora Clement
100.00
100.00
2.54
102.54
Heman W. Kelley
200.00
200.00
5.07
205.07
Mabel A. Bailey
200.00
200.00
5.07
205.07
Sylvia Hidden
50.00
50.00
1.03
51.03
1954 Additions - New Accounts
Edwin H. Armstrong
600.00
8.25
608.25
Doris Connor
50.00
.69
50.69
S. S. Thompson
300.00
2.06
302.06
Charles Staples
150.00
150.00
George Clough
300.00
300.00
Ada Calhoun
200.00
200.00
Ernest Hewson
300.00
300.00
Walter H. Sargent
200.00
200.00
$ 2,100.00
$49,891.06 $ 1,373.53 $ 1,819.00 $51,545.54
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
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RECAPITULATION
Balance, January 1, 1954 $ 49,891.06
Bequests, 1954
2,100.00
Income, 1954
1,373.53
Total
$ 53,364.59
Withdrawals, 1954
1,819.00
Balance, January 1, 1955
$ 51,545.59
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REPORT
TRUST FUNDS
Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer .$ 88,740.20
Stabilization Fund
.$ 5,057.29
War Bonds Income
627.95
Library Funds
2,400.00
Thomas Hoyt Library Funds
25,958.52
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
51,545.59
Kimball Park Funds
3,150.85
$ 88,740.20
$ 88,740.20
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Balance
Balance Dec. 31, 1953
Interest
Added in 1954
Dec. 31, 1954
Electric Light Depreciation
Provident Institution, Amesbury
$ 3,823.25
$ 115.55
$
$ 3,938.80
Merrimac Savings Bank
6,584.27
182.30
1,125.00
7,891.57
$10,407.52
$ 297.85
$ 1,125.00
$11,830.37
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1953
Interest
Withdrawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Nichols Memorial Fund
$ 500.00
CA 500.00
$ 13.76
$ 13.76
S 500.00
James D. Whittier
457.07
500.00
13.76
13.76
500.00
D. J. Poore
500.00
500.00
13.84
13.84
500.00
A. E. Goodwin
200.00
200.00
5.53
5.53
200.00
Laura Patten
500.00
500.00
13.76
13.76
500.00
Willie Colby
200.00
200.00
5.53
5.53
200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt
13,083.52
364.30
364.30
13,458.52
Added to Hoyt Fund Merrimac
375.00
Balances in Merrimac Savings Account Haverhill Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund Danvers Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
$ 15,483.52
$ 805.48
$ 430.48
$ 15,858.52
5,000.00
150.00
150.00
5,000.00
7,500.00
225.00
225.00
7,500.00
$ 27,983.52
$ 1,180.48
$ 805.48
$ 28,358.52
ANNUAL REPORT
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KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1953
Interest
With- drawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Amos Weed
$ 2,089.11
$ 57.83
$ 10.00
$2,136.94
Judith Kimball
1,020.13
27.78
34.00
1,013.91
$ 3,109.24
$ 85.61
$ 44.00
$3,150.85
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Balance, January 1, 1954
$ 611.04
Interest 1954
16.91
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 627.95
STABILIZATION FUND
Original $5,000.00
Interest $ 57.29
Dec. 31, 1954 $5,057.29
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MERRIMAC
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FINAL TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1954
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash Balance
$107,133.14
Withholding Tax
$
1,754.93
Cash Light Depreciation
11,830.37
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
160.00
Petty Cash Advance, Town Office
10.00
Consumers' Deposits
1,681.16
Petty Cash Advance, Light & Water
125.00
Sale land low value Ch. 60, Sec. 79
306.77
Petty Cash Advance, Tax Collector
25.00
Sale Cemetery Lots 1954
975.00
Personal Property Taxes 1952
1,271.36
State Parks & Reservations
1.97
Poll Taxes 1953
10.00
Road Machinery Fund
1,619.95
Personal Property Taxes 1953
3,353.25
County Taxes
712.42
Real Estate Taxes 1953
7,333.79
Overlay surplus
833.09
Poll Taxes 1954
536.00
Overlay 1953
1,076.27
Personal Property Taxes 1954
5,398.69
Excise Revenue
3,798.01
Real Estate Taxes 1954
29,323.63
Tax Title Revenue
8,697.01
Estates of Deceased Persons
407.28
Departmental Revenue
2,542.93
Excise 1952
481.03
Light Revenue
3,490.06
Excise 1953
859.72
Water Revenue
4,908.04
Excise 1954
2,457.26
Special Tax Revenue
407.28
Tax Titles
5,993.97
State & County Aid to Highways Revenue
16,300.00
Tax Possessions
2,418.72
Purchase Regulators, Light Department ..
2,718.40
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Welfare Accounts Receivable 1,176.49
Old Age Recovery Fund 259.15
A. D. C. Accounts Receivable
1,332.14
Surplus Revenue
102,113.38
Old Age Accounts Receivable
10.30
Sale Real Estate Fund
1,200.00
Veterans Benefits Accts. Receivable 24.00
School Ch. 658, Acts of 1950, Athletics 14.97
Light Accounts Receivable, Light
2,853.63
School Lunch
3,574.99
Light Accounts Receivable, Power
148.45
Cert. to Treas., Tax Title Foreclosure
36.00
Light Accounts Receivable, Misc.
487.98
Disability Assistance, U.S.
1,462.99
Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
3,704.82
Disability Assistance, Admx.
248.52
Water Accounts Receivable, Misc.
1,202.62
A.D.C., U.S. Grant
1,605.51
State Aid to Highways, Chap. 81 Accounts Receivable
8,800.00
Old Age, U.S. Grant ...
6,392.51
State & County Aid to Highways, Ch. 90 Accounts Receivable
7,500.00
Library
18.14
Essex County T.B. Hospital
692.76
Civil Defense
232.72
Overlay 1951
99.20
Water Ext., Emery Street
10,069.01
Overlay 1952
760.74
Water Ext., Ridgefield Road
1,562.17
Overlay 1954
1,355.23
Water Ext., Belmore Road
2,923.22
Hurricane (Edna)
4,980.00
Water Ext., Birch Meadow Road
1,353.97
Hurricane (Carol)
5,518.31
Light, Maintenance & Operation
17,134.32
Light Depreciation Fund
11,830.37
Cemeteries
232.90
$219,614.88
$219,614.88
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TOWN OF
A.D.C., U.S. Grant, Admx.
532.95
Old Age, U.S. Grant, Admx.
4,833.80
MERRIMAC
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
May 21, 1954
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. George E. Lay, 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 January 1, 1953 to March 2, 1954, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN B. DINE
HBD:GBS
Director of Accounts
Mr. Herman B. Dine
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 January 1, 1953, the date of the previ- ous examination, to March 2, 1954, and submit the follow-
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ing report thereon:
The financial transactions, as recorded 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 records in the offices of the town accountant and the town treasurer.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The cash receipts, as recorded, were checked with the departmental records and with the treasurer's books, while the payments were compared with the treasury warrants and the treasurer's records.
The ledgers were analyzed, the appropriation ac- counts were checked with the amounts voted by the town as shown on the town clerk's record of town meetings and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were com- pared with the amounts authorized by the finance com- mittee, while other accounts were checked with the rec- ords of the various departments in which the transactions originated.
A trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town on March 2, 1954 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were anal- yzed and verified by comparison with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and with the town accountant's books. The pay- ments, as entered, were checkd with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbursement of town funds and with the records of the town accountant.
The cash book was footed, and the cash balance on March 2, 1954 was verified by reconciliation of the bank
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balances with statements furnished by the banks of de- posit, by examination of the savings bank books, and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The reported 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 transactions of the several trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were verified, and the savings 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. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the treasurer's records. The reported redemptions and sales were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treas- urer's books, the foreclosures were verified, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, proved, and checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
It is recommended that action be taken to foreclose the rights of redemption on tax titles held for over two years, as required by law.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked. The poll, personal property, real estate, and motor vehicle and trailer excise accounts out- standing according to the previous examination, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The payments to the treasurer were verified, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with ledger controlling accounts.
The collector's cash books were footed, and the cash balance on March 2, 1954, including the petty cash ad- vance, was verified by actual count of cash in the office
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and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a state- ment furnished by the bank of deposit.
The books and accounts of the municipal light and water departments were examined and checked. The records of charges were analyzed, the recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abatements and discounts were checked with the departmental records of abate- ments and discounts granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's ledger.
Further verification of the outstanding tax and de- partmental 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 accounts as listed are correct.
The records of departmental cash collections by the selectmen, the town clerk, and the sealer of weights and measures, as well as by the police, health, school, library, and cemetery departments, and by all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were exam- ined and checked. The payments to the State and the town treasurer were verified, and the cash on hand in the several departments was proved by actual count.
The surety bonds on file for the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were exam- ined and found to be in proper form.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing reconciliations of the treasurer's, tax collector's, and municipal light and water department collector's cash, summaries of the tax, tax title, and de- partmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
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While engaged in making the audit cooperation was extended by all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
WS:GBS
Assistant Director of Accounts
TOWN OF MERRIMAC Balance Sheet - March 2, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
General,
$113,505.13
Federal Taxes, ..
$ 1,351.88
Special :
Guarantee Deposits :
Municipal Light Dep.
10,407.52
Advances for Petty :
Town Office, $ 10.00
Agency :
County Dog Licenses, .. . . . . . . .. $ 3.60
Excess - Sale Lands of Low
Value,
306.77
$ 310.37
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1951:
Personal Property, .. $ 25.60
Levy of 1952:
Personal Property,
3,541.60
Real Estate,
2,145.15
Levy of 1953:
Poll,
34.00
Administration,
209.72
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Recoveries :
Old Age Assistance, ef 47.50
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance : Administration, .$ 204.46 Assistance, 2,374.79
Aid to Dependent Children:
Department
125.00
$ 160.00
Municipal Light,
$ 1,629.38
Tax Collector,
25.00
Electric Light and Water
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Personal Property,
Real Estate,
3,977.40 19,492.05
-$ 29,215.80
Levy of 1952,
$ 665.91
Levy of 1953,
4,399.69 -$ 5,065.60
Special Tax:
Timber Salvage,
$ 1,427.80
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles,
$ 5,619.99
Tax Possessions,
.. 2,418.72
-$ 8,038.71
General Relief, $ 8.00
Disability Assistance,
31.51
Aid to Dependent Children,
2,369.72
Old Age Assistance,
10.30
Veterans' Services,
34.00
$ 2,453.53
Municipal Light:
Rates, $ 12,369.09
Miscellaneous, 490.89
-$ 12,859.98
Aid,
2,201.43
Old Age Assistance:
Administration, 3,863.81
Assistance, 6,804.68
$ 15,658.89 -
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch, $ 4,960.98
School Athletics, 228.60 -$ 5,189.58
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue :
General, $275,462.53
Municipal Light:
Maintenance & Operation, 19,052.99
Depreciation, 10,407.52
Construction, 1,277.00
Water:
Maintenance & Operation, 22,262.67
Construction & Extension. 8,477.45
Non-Revenue : School Construction, . . . . . . 133.72
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ANNUAL REPORT
Water:
Rates, .$ 2,527.01
Miscellaneous, 1,133.08 __ $ €A 3,660.09
Revenue 1954:
Appropriations Voted,
.$323,640.99
County Hospital Assessment
Paid,
3,332.55
Deduct Available Funds
Voted,
30,000.00
Estimated Receipts
Collected,
13,297.93
$283,675.61
Loan Authorized:
Water, $ 19,000.00
$ 19,000.00
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimates 1953:
State Parks Assessment, .. $ 111.93 County Hospital Assess-
ment,
662.49
-$ 774.42
Municipal Light Equip. .... 8,598.40
$345,672.28
Stabilization Fund - for
Investment,
$
5,000.00
Loans Authorized & Unissued, $ 19,000.00
Overestimate - 1953:
County Tax, $ 151.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
$ 1,200.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations:
Road Machinery, €A 615.20
Reserve Fund- Overlay Surplus, CA 1,008.06
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1953, $ 1,461.12
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, .$ 5,065.60
Special Tax 1,427.80
Tax Title and Possession, 8,038.71
Departmental, 2,453.53
Municipal Light, 12,859.98
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Overlay Deficits:
Water,
3,660.09
Levy of 1949,
$ 5.90
$ 03,505.71
Levy of 1951,
362.60
Levy of 1952,
1,050.50
Reserve for Petty Cash Adv., .. $ 160.00
Surplus Revenue, $ 59,702.22
$491,663.19
$491,663.19
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ANNUAL
REPORT
-$ 1,419.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded of Fixed Debt:
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General,
$ 35,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General,
$270,000.00
Public Service Enterprise,
26,000.00
$296,000.00
Inside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$ 35,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$270,000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Municipal Light,
16,000.00
Water,
10,000.00
$296,000.00
$331,000.00
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MERRIMAC
105
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities : In Custody of Treasurer, .. $ 81,594.86
In Custody of Treasurer:
Library Funds :
Willie Colby, $ 200.00
A. E. Goodwin, 200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt, 25,583.52
Nichols Memorial,
500.00
Laura Patten,
500.00
D. J. Poore,
500.00
James D. Whittier,
500.00
-$ 27,983.52
Park Funds:
Judith Kimball, $ 1,020.13
Amos Weed, 2,089.11 -$ 3,109.24
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds,
49,891.06
Post-War Rehabilitation
Fund,
611.04
$ 81,594.86
$ 81,594.86
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ANNUAL REPORT
107
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION March 1, 1954
Votes Cast (Men 479, Women 470), Total 949
Moderator, for one year:
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 792
Blanks
157
Town Clerk, for one year:
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church Street
785
Blanks 164
Selectmen, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School Street 409
Kenneth E. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 372
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 373 Frank M. Hargraves, 25 Church Street 418
George E. Lay, 13 Winter Street 581
Francis L. Mathews, Emery Street 121
Blanks
573
Board of Public Welfare, for one year:
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 744
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 691
Ellen M. Wallace, 9 Central Street 674
Blanks
738
Assessor, for three years:
Clifford R. Howe, Birch Meadow Road 766
Blanks
183
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ANNUAL REPORT
Treasurer, for one year:
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect Street 765
Blanks 184
School Committee, for three years :
Russell B. Kelly, Birch Meadow Road 377
Frederick N. Sweetsir, 84 River Road 515
Blanks
57
School Committee, for one year :
Irving A. Blake, 7 Judkins Court 780
Blanks
169
Trustees of Cemeteries, for three years :
Arthur R. Clark, 108 River Road 730
Blanks
219
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years:
Cecil L. Dressler 6
Everett W. Knight 1
Gordon J. Roberts 3
Blanks
939
Library Trustees, for three years :
Burnell S. O'Brien, 99 River Road 612
Olive S. Wilde, 13 Locust Street 697
Blanks
589
Light Commissioner, for three years:
Ray T. Wallace, River Road 719
Blanks
220
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
Light Commissioner, for one year:
Gordon J. Roberts, 46 Church Street 277
Robert C. Young, Birch Meadow Road 554
Blanks 118
Water Commissioner, for three years:
Ray T. Wallace, River Road 688
Blanks 261
Water Commissinoer, for one year:
Gordon J. Roberts, 46 Church Street 279
Robert C. Young, Birch Meadow Road 543
Blanks
127
Constables, for one year :
George R. Buzzell, Sr., 33 School Street 709
Ronald C. Sarasin, 65 Church Street 647
Alexander M. Sullivan, 20 Locust Street 763
Blanks
728
Surveyors of Lumber and Measures of Wood and Bark, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 67 School Street 1
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 1
Gerald M. Hargraves 1
George A. Hill 1
George E. Lay, 13 Winter Street 1
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 1 Richard E. Sargent 1
Gordon J. Roberts, 46 Church Street 2 Robert R. Silsva 1
Blanks
2837
110
ANNUAL REPORT
Tree Warden, for one year:
Harold C. Lamb, 3 Abbott Street 673
Blanks 276
Playground Commission, for five years :
Merrill B. Smith, 46 East Main Street 706
Blanks 243
Playground Commission, for two years:
Alexander M. Sullivan, 20 Locust Street 764
Blanks
185
Planning Board, for one year :
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 632
Blanks
317
Planning Board, for two years:
Allan B. MacGregor, 36 High Street, Port. 610
Blanks
339
Planning Board, for three years:
Bernard A. Morgan, 20 Pleasant Street 330
Milton E. Webster, 40 School Street 381
Blanks
238
Planning Board, for four years:
Edgar Palmer Sargent, Bear Hill Road 628
Blanks
321
Planning Board, for five years:
Russell E. Kershaw, 25 Woodland Street 624
Blanks
325
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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
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