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101.02
2.79
3.00
100.81
Frank Glines-Glines-Bartlett
150.00
152.22
4.21
5.00
151.43
William Evans-Lucien Chapin Lot
50.00
52.08
1.44
3.00
50.52
William Dwyer
50.00
50.05
1.38
51.43
Delma Black, Adelina T. Jones Lot
100.00
100.33
2.77
3.00
100.10
Ruth Hargraves
100.00
100.54
2.77
3.00
100.31
Jennie Chase-Moses Stevens Lot
100.00
103.17
2.85
5.00
101.02
Richard E. Sargent-E. Fieldsend Lot
100.00
100.19
2.77
102.96
Richard E. Sargent
125.00
125.77
3.47
4.00
125.24
Eva J. Grant
100.00
102.17
2.82
4.00
100.99
Clara Foster-John Foster Lot
200.00
202.11
5.59
5.00
202.70
Jeannette E. Whittier-Wendell B. Whittier
150.00
150.45
4.15
4.00
150.60
William S. Tuckwell-Newton Tuckwell Lot
50.00
50.61
1.39
52.00
William S. Tuckwell-S. S. Tuckwell Lot
50.00
50.61
1.39
52.00
Abbie W. Sargent-Alexander Smart Lot
225.00
226.57
6.26
5.00
227.83
Francis P. Clement
200.00
201.65
5.57
5.00
202.22
Wilbur H. Colby-Joseph Colby Lot
200.00
202.37
5.60
5.00
202.97
Katherine F. MacMasters
150.00
151.65
4.18
5.00
150.83
Louise A. Thacher
200.00
202.92
5.60
5.00
203.52
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ANNUAL REPORT
Luther W. Bridges-E. C. Bridges, J. Whitman
150.00
151.83
4.18
5.00
151.01
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Willie Colby-Warren Colby Lot
100.00
101.31
2.79
4.00
100.10
Willie Colby-William H. Colby Lot
100.00
100.28
2.77
3.00
100.05
Alice E. Purdy
150.00
151.49
4.18
5.00
150.67
John S. Poyen
500.00
507.61
14.04
15.00
506.65
Anna Bird
200.00
202.11
5.59
5.00
202.70
Pearl M. Stevens
150.00
151.24
4.18
5.00
150.42
Fred O. Bailey
200.00
202.28
5.60
5.00
202.88
Charles L. Waterhouse
150.00
151.49
4.18
5.00
150.67
Sarah K. Noyes
100.00
101.39
2.79
4.00
100.18
Clarence W. Crosby
150.00
151.96
4.20
5.00
151.16
Donald E. Stevens-Charles Stevens Lot
300.00
303.30
8.39
10.00
301.69
Edith E. Wood-James Wood Lot
150.00
151.67
4.18
5.00
150.85
Augustus N. Parry-John and Louise Elliott
100.00
100.46
2.77
3.00
100.23
Dustin Hall and B. Frost
400.00
403.14
11.15
10.00
404.29
Charles L. Waterhouse-Almon Waterhouse Lot
150.00
151.38
4.18
5.00
150.56
Charles L. Waterhouse-Moses Sargent Lot
150.00
151.94
4.20
3.00
153.14
Leon L. Dow
200.00
202.83
5.60
208.43
Harry W. Bailey-Richard Bailey
200.00
202.97
5.60
208.57
George S. Nelson-Brown-Nelson
100.00
100.79
2.78
103.57
Edith A. Wood-George T. Goldsmith
150.00
151.60
4.18
155.78
Pollie C. Grant-F. C. Grant Lot
150.00
151.32
4.18
155.50
Sarah Anderson-Moses Evans-Moses Hoyt Lot
100.00
100.48
2.77
103.25
Clara E. Patten-Patten Clement Lot
200.00
201.90
5.57
207.47
Byron Sargent
300.00
303.66
8.39
312.05
Alice Mercer
200.00
203.57
5.62
209.19
William Cleary
200.00
202.55
5.60
208.15
John A. Tidd
200.00
203.28
5.62
208.90
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TOWN
OF
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MERRIMAC
85
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1955
Nellie Newhall
200.00
203.25
5.62
208.87
Sadie Hopkins-J. Danforth
100.00
101.44
2.79
104.23
Charles A. Bacon
150.00
152.38
4.21
156.59
William D. Large
150.00
151.39
4.18
155.57
Maude Adams
200.00
202.69
5.60
208.29
Charles L. Waterhouse
100.00
100.90
2.78
103.68
The Olive S. Wilde Fund-Morse-Wilde
300.00
305.47
8.44
313.91
Mabel Bettors
150.00
151.33
4.18
155.51
Zenas Lovell
200.00
206.86
5.70
212.56
Parker Walton
200.00
208.60
5.76
214.36
Estate of William Tuckwell
200.00
206.25
5.70
211.95
Esther M. Gormley-Katherine Connor Lot
150.00
155.01
4.29
159.30
Henrietta Anderson-Samuel Goodwin Lot.
150.00
155.01
4.29
159.30
Anderson Heaton
50.00
51.48
1.42
52.90
Mary E. Chaff
100.00
103.92
2.86
106.78
Cora L. Wadleigh-D. Porter Wadleigh
150.00
154.17
4.27
158.44
Grace L. MacDonald-John Colman Lot
150.00
154.17
4.27
158.44
George Hosford
200.00
208.33
5.76
214.09
A. W. Chase
100.00
103.63
2.86
106.49
A. Merrill Howe
200.00
207.32
5.74
213.06
Luella Cunningham
200.00
206.19
5.70
211.89
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ANNUAL
REPORT
Imogene Pettigrew
150.00
155.56
4.29
159.85
Frances and Bernard Bailey
150.00
154.78
4.27
159.05
Sybil A. Schiavoni
100.00
102.95
2.83
105.78
Mary C. Smith
200.00
207.01
5.72
212.73
Alberta Perreault
150.00
155.65
4.29
159.94
George W. J. Murphy
200.00
207.51
5.74
213.25
Harriet E. Cupples
500.00
519.31
14.37
533.68
Eva L. Lavalley
200.00
206.88
5.70
212.58
Isaiah S. McClure
100.00
103.77
2.86
106.63
Minnie Morrison, George M. Eaton, John E. Trull
200.00
205.92
5.68
211.60
Estate of J. E. Kemp
150.00
154.59
4.27
158.86
F. Leslie Viccaro
150.00
158.90
4.38
163.28
George E. Franklin
150.00
154.26
4.27
158.53
Stella Shorts
150.00
154.73
4.27
159.00
Gertrude L. Williams
200.00
207.31
5.74
213.05
William Lamb
35.00
36.27
1.00
37.27
Ellen G. Heath
400.00
412.04
11.40
423.44
Ernest P. Dill
300.00
310.78
8.59
319.37
Emma L. Randall
300.00
310.85
8.59
319.44
Rudolph J. & Vivian Woyvoda
200.00
208.59
5.76
214.35
William H. Churchill
200.00
207.16
5.74
212.90
The Ada Seymore Trust
50.00
52.63
1.45
54.08
Helen F. Lucy
300.00
309.50
8.55
318.05
Carleton C. Witham
200.00
206.03
5.69
211.72
Charles E. Colman
200.00
206.03
5.69
211.72
Albert Ellis
150.00
155.42
4.29
159.71
William Rowell and William Sayre
300.00
310.62
8.58
319.20
Ralph and Minnie Sargent
300.00
309.57
8.55
318.12
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
87
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1955
Pearle Kinney-Harry Kinney
200.00
206.35
5.70
212.05
Ida E. Cushing
300.00
309.95
8.57
318.52
George W. Earl
300.00
309.36
8.55
317.91
George W. Evans
300.00
309.36
8.55
317.91
Samuel Colby
100.00
106.13
2.93
109.06
Burton Colby
100.00
106.13
2.93
109.06
Nettie Morse
200.00
207.16
5.74
212.90
James T. Colgan
200.00
205.05
5.67
210.72
Kenneth and Marion Haskell
200.00
206.20
5.70
211.90
Clarence V. Huntress
300.00
308.80
8.54
317.34
Florence Lee
100.00
103.55
2.85
106.40
Charles Vincent
250.00
256.80
7.10
263.90
Francis MacDonald
150.00
153.69
4.23
157.92
Follansbee Nichols lot
300.00
307.09
8.50
315.59
Charles Odiorne
100.00
105.78
2.91
108.69
Bertha Clarke
300.00
307.48
8.50
315.98
E. D. Ovington
200.00
204.37
5.66
210.03
Bertha M. Wiggin
300.00
305.33
8.44
313.77
Will G. Sprague
200.00
206.95
5.70
212.65
Merrill I. Goldsmith
150.00
154.84
4.27
159.11
Dale W. Blackden
300.00
309.71
8.55
318.26
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ANNUAL REPORT
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1955
Stephen Kelley
200.00
205.07
5.67
210.74
Flora Clement
100.00
102.54
2.82
105.36
Heman W. Kelley
200.00
205.07
5.67
210.74
Mabel A. Bailey
200.00
205.07
5.67
210.74
Sylvia Hidden
50.00
51.03
1.40
52.43
Edwin H. Armstrong
600.00
608.25
16.83
625.08
Doris Connor
50.00
50.69
1.39
52.08
S. S. Thompson
300.00
302.06
8.36
310.42
Charles Staples
150.00
150.00
4.15
154.15
George Clough
300.00
300.00
8.31
308.31
Ada Calhoun
200.00
200.00
5.53
205.53
Ernest Hewson
300.00
300.00
7.61
307.61
Walter H. Sargent
200.00
200.00
4.14
204.14
$ 51,545.59
Interest Adjustment
.02
$ 51,545.61
1955 New Bequests and Additions
P. Clyde Smith
200.00
1.83
201.83
Sally Winn
150.00
1.03
151.03
Harold Martin
400.00
400.00
$51,545.59 $ 1,424.35 $
905.00 $52,814.96
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
89
RECAPITULATION
Balance, January 1, 1955 $ 51,545.59
Interest Adjustment
.02
Bequests, 1955
750.00
Income, 1955
1,424.35
Total
.$ 53,719.96
Withdrawals in 1955
905.00
Balance, January 1, 1956
$ 52,814.96
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ANNUAL
REPORT
TRUST FUNDS
Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer ........ $ 96,208.77
Stabilization Fund
$ 10,254.60
War Bonds Income
645.32
Library Funds
2,900.00
Thomas Hoyt Library Funds
26,472.42
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
52,814.96
Kimball Park Funds
3,121.47
$ 96,208.77
$ 96,208.77
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Interest
Added in 1955
Balance Dec. 31, 1955
Electric Light Depreciation
Provident Institution, Amesbury
.... $ 3,938.80
$ 119.03
$ 4,057.83
Merrimac Savings Bank
7,891.57
216.62
4,929.29
13,037.48
$ 11,830.37
$ 335.65
$ 4,929.29
$17,095.31
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
91
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Interest
Withdrawals Balance Dec. 31, 1955
Nichols Memorial Fund
$ 500.00
CA 500.00
$ 13.84
$ 13.84
$ 500.00
James D. Whittier
457.07
500.00
13.84
13.84
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
13.84
13.84
500.00
Willie Colby
200.00
200.00
5.53
5.53
200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt
13,458.52
374.82
235.92
13,972.42
Added to Hoyt Fund Merrimac
375.00
Added in 1955 Dr. Henry J. Cushing
500.00
6.88
6.88
500.00
Balances in Merrimac Savings Bank $ 500.00
$ 15,858.52
$ 823.12
$ 309.22
$ 16,872.42
Haverhill Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
5,000.00
150.00
150.00
5,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
7,500.00
225.00
225.00
7,500.00
CA 500.00
$ 28,358.52
$ 1,198.12
$ 684.22
$ 29,372.42
RECAPITULATION
Balances Dec. 31, 1954
.$ 28,358.52
Interest 1955
1,198.12
Added in 1955 New Fund
500.00
$ 30,056.64
Withdrawals
.$ 684.22
Balances Dec. 31, 1955
$ 29,372.42
ANNUAL
REPORT
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KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
Interest
With- drawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1955
Amos Weed
2,136.94
$ 57.57
$115.00
$2,079.51
Judith Kimball
1,013.91
28.05
1,041.96
$ 3,150.85
$ 85.62
$115.00
$3,121.47
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Balance January 1, 1955
$ 627.95
Interest 1955
17.37
$ 645.32
STABILIZATION FUND
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
$5,057.29
Interest '1955
197.31
Added To Fund In 1955
5,000.00
$10,254.60
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
93
FINAL TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1955
ASSETS
Cash Balance
.$110,011.17
Withholding Tax
$ 1,589.29
Cash Light Depreciation
17,095.31
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
160.00
Petty Cash Advance, Town Office
10.00
Consumers Deposit
408.08
Petty Cash Advance, Light and Water
125.00
State Parks and Reservations
53.32
Petty Cash Advance, Tax Collector
25.00
County Taxes
514.65
Taxes 1940 - 1951
23.12
Road Machinery
1,037.23
Personal Property Taxes 1952
164.92
Overlay Surplus
833.09
Personal Property Taxes 1953
1,903.30
Overlay 1953
906.17
Real Estate Taxes 1953
452.16
Overlay 1955
716.36
Personal Property Taxes 1954
2,838.77
Excise Revenue
2,699.34
Real Estate Taxes 1954
7,114.19
Tax Title Revenue
8,609.46
Poll Taxes 1955
84.00
Departmental Revenue
1,299.53
Personal Property Taxes 1955
4,767.48
Light Revenue
3,700.27
Real Estate Taxes 1955
24,096.56
Water Revenue
2,755.35
Estates of Deceased Persons
218.00
Special Tax Revenue
218.00
Excise 1952
387.63
State & County Aid to Highways Revenue 12,843.33
Excise 1953
596.37
Purchase Regulators, Light Dept.
561.63
Excise 1954
1,320.10
Sale of Lots 1955
400.00
Excise 1955
310.84
Old Age Recovery Funds
2,546.17
Tax Titles
6,200.58
Surplus Revenue
110,816.71
Tax Possessions
2,409.18
Sale of Real Estate Fund
1,200.00
Welfare Accounts Receivable
63.43
School Athletics, Chapter 658
64.75
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LIABILITIES
A. D. C. Accounts Receivable
1,125.25
School Lunch
4,331.99
Old Age Accounts Receivable
110.85
Cert. to Treas. Tax Title Foreclosure
36.00
Veterans Benefits Accounts Receivable
33.00
Tailings, Consumers Deposits
104.52
Light Accounts Receivable, Power
50.26
Disability Assistance U. S.
675.26
Light Accounts Receivable, Light
3,408.60
Disability Assistance, Admx. ...
354.43
Light Accounts Receivable, Misc.
241.41
A. D. C. U. S.
1,710.56
Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
2,097.98
A. D. C. Admx. U. S.
770.70
Water Accounts Receivable, Misc.
657.37
Old Age U. S.
5,122.33
State Aid to Highways, Chapter 81
Old Age Admx. U. S.
2,935.00
Accounts Receivable
6,343.33
Revaluation
3,270.90
State and County Aid to Highways, Chapter 90
Kimball Park
4.00
Accounts Receivable
6,500.00
Civil Defense
183.85
Water Ext., Birchmeadow Road
80.58
Water Ext., Emery Street
561.61
Water Ext., Ridgefield Road
868.37
Water Ext., Belmore Road
1,757.31
Light Maint., Operation and Dept.
8,174.09
Light Depreciation Fund
17,095.31
Cemeteries
266.56
$202,236.10
$202,236.10
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
Essex County T. B. Hospital
588.31
Overlay 1954
862.63
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ANNUAL REPORT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 33
April 27, 1955
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 March 3, 1954 to January 31, 1955, 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 Sch- wartz, 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 March 3, 1954 the date of the previous examination, to January 31, 1955, and submit the follow- ing report thereon :
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
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 re- corded, were checked with the departmental records and with the treasurer's books, while the payments were com- pared with the selectmen's warrants and the treasurer's records.
The ledgers were analyzed, and the recorded trans- fers from the reserve fund were compared with the a- mounts authorized by the finance committee, while other accounts were checked with the records 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 December 31, 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 an- alyzed 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 checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds and with the records of the town accountant.
The cash book was footed, and the cash balance on
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January 31, 1955 was verified by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit, 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 add- ed to the tax title account were compared with the trea- surer's records. The reported redemptions were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treasurer's books, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, prov- ed, and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
It is again recommended that prompt 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 examined 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 payment to the treasurer was verified, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the ledger controlling accounts.
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
The collector's cash books were footed, and the cash balance on January 31, 1955, including the petty cash advance, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement 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 ac- counts were listed and proved with the accountant's ledger.
It was necessary to check the detailed postings of these accounts, which added materially to the time con- sumed in the audit.
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 in- dicating 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
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for the faithful performance of their duties were examined 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, together with schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
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 - December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Employees' Payroll Deductions:
General,
$107,133.14
Federal Taxes, $ 1,754.93
Special:
Guarantee Deposits :
Municipal Light Dep.
11,830.37
Advance for Petty :
Town Office, . $ 10.00
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance :
Administration, $ 248.52
Assistance,
1,462.99
Aid to Dependent Children :
Administration,
532.95
Aid,
1,605.51
Levy of 1940:
Real Estate,
. $ 2.00
Levy of 1941:
Real Estate,
1.84
Levy of 1943: Real Estate,
1.80
School Lunch, $ 3,564.69
Levy of 1944:
School Athletics,
14.97
Real Estate,
1.72
-- $
3,579.66
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OF
Tax Collector,
25.00
Electric Light and Water
Department,
125.00
-$ 160.00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes :
Old Age Assistance : Administration,
4,833.80
Assistance,
6,493.58
$ 15,177.35
Revolving Funds:
MERRIMAC
Municipal Light, .$ 1,681.16
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Levy of 1945: Real Estate, Levy of 1946: Real Estate,
1.68
1.88
Levy of 1947: Real Estate,
2.40
Depreciation, 11,830.37
Levy of 1948: Real Estate,
2.40
Water:
Construction & Extension, 5,839.36
Levy of 1949 : Real Estate,
2.36
Non-Revenue : Municipal Light Equip., ..
2,718.40
Water Extension, 10,069.01
-$ 48,111.22
Levy of 1951:
Real Estate,
2.56
Levy of 1952: Personal,
1,236.40
Levy of 1953: Poll,
10.00
Personal Property,
3,417.22
Real Estate,
7,269.82
Levy of 1954:
Poll,
536.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund, ....
$ 975.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Overestimates - 1954:
State : Parks and Reservations
Assessment, $ 1.97
County Tax,
49.93
-$ 51.90
Sale of Real Estate Fund, ..
$
1,200.00
Levy of 1950: Real Estate,
2.48
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue: General, . $ 519.76
Municipal Light: Maintenance & Operations, 17,134.32
Personal Property, .$ 5,398.69
Real Estate, 29,323.53
$ 47,214.78
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1952, .....
.$ 484.53
Levy of 1953,
859.72
Levy of 1954, 2,457.26
-$ 3,801.51
Special Taxes:
Estates of Deceased Persons,
$ 407.28
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles, $ 5,965.02
Tax Possessions,
2,409.18
-$ 8,374.20
Departmental:
General Relief,
$ 1,176.49
Aid to Dependent Children, ..
1,332.14
Veterans' Services,
24.00
-$ 2,532.63
Municipal Light:
Rates,
$ 3,002.08
Miscellaneous,
488.02
-$ 3,490.10
Water:
Rates,
.$ 3,704.32
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations:
Road Machinery, $ 1,619.95
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, CA 833.09
Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1953, $ 1,076.27
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $ 3,801.51
Special Tax, 407.28
Tax Title and Possession, 8,374.20
Departmental, 2,532.63
Municipal Light, 3,490.10
Water,
4,834.27
Aid to Highway,
16,300.00
$ 39,739.99
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances,
$
160.00
Surplus Revenue : General,
$102,861.61
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MERRIMAC
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Miscellaneous, .$ 1,129.95 $ 4,834.27
Aid to Highway:
Chapter 81, $ 8,800.00
Chapter 90,
7,500.00
$ 16,300.00
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts: Underestimates 1954:
County :
Tuberculosis Hospital,
....
$ 30.27
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1951, $ 99.20
Levy of 1952,
760.74
Levy of 1954,
1,355.33 -$ 2,215.27
Emergency Overdraft Section 31, Chapter 44,
General Laws:
Hurricane Emergency :
Carol,
.$
5,518.31
Edna,
4,980.00
-$ 10,498.31
$218,822.13
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ANNUAL REPORT
$218,822.13
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General,
$
33,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General,
.$255,000.00
Public Service Enterprise, 41,000.00
$296,000.00
Inside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$ 33,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$255,000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Municipal, Light,
14,000.00
Water,
27,000.00
$296,000.00
$329,000.00
$329,000.00
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OF
MERRIMAC
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer, $ 88,740.20
In Custody of Treasurer:
Library Funds: Willie Colby, $ 200.00
A. E. Goodwin, 200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt,
$ 25,958.52
Nichols Memorial, ..
500.00
Laura Patten,
500.00
D. J. Poore,
500.00
James D. Whittier,
500.00
$ 28,358.52
Park Funds:
Judith Kimball,
$
1,013.91
Amos Weed, ..
2,136.94 $ 3,150.85
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Fund,
51,545.59
Post-War Rehabilitation
Fund,
627.95
Stabilization Fund,
5,057.29
106
ANNUAL REPORT
$ 88,740.20
$ 88,740.20
..
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION March 7, 1955
Votes Cast (Men 516, Women 497), Total 1,013
Moderator, for one year :
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 869
Blanks
144
Town Clerk, for one year:
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church Street
848
Blanks
165
Selectmen, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School Street 546
Frank M. Hargraves, 25 Church Street 418
George E. Lay, 13 Winter Street 727
Francis J. Mathews, Emery Street 59
George J. P. Stevens, 65 Church Street 440
Robert C. Young, Birch Meadow Road 367
Blanks
482
Board of Public Welfare, for one year :
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 808
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 788
Ellen M. Wallace, 9 Central Street 756
Blanks
687
Assessor, for three years:
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove Street 827
Blanks
186
108
ANNUAL REPORT
Treasurer, for one year:
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect Street 833
Blanks 180
Tax Collector, for three years:
Wilfred G. Journeay, 28 Grove Street 837
Blanks
176
School Committee, for three years:
Irving A. Blake, Judkins Court 836
Blanks
177
School Committee, for two years:
Kenneth G. Fowle, 115 Church Street 800
Blanks
213
School Committee, for one year:
Carl G. Olson, 57 Main Street 778
Blanks
235
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 598
Arthur D. Lockwood, 39 Main Street 326
Blanks
89
Trustee of Cemeteries, for one year
Everett A. Haight, Lake Attitash 776
Blanks
237
Library Trustees, for three years :
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 796
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove Street 767
Blanks
463
109
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 6
Arthur D. Lockwood, 39 Main Street 2
Richard A. McCarron, 41 Grove Street 1
Chester E. Whiting, 39 Main Street 1
Blanks 1,003
Light Commissioner, for three years:
Arthur D. Lockwood, 39 Main Street 201
Harry N. Pendleton, River Road 149
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 351
Gordon J. Roberts, 46 Church Street 234
Blanks
78
Water Commissioner, for three years:
Arthur D. Lockwood, 39 Main Street 180
Harry N. Pendleton, River Road 149
J. Arthur Ollis, 37 East Main Street 379
Gordon J. Roberts, 46 Church Street 240
Blanks
65
Constables, for one year:
George R. Buzzell, Sr., 33 School Street 786
Ronald C. Sarasin, 65 Church Street 729
Alexander M. Sullivan, 20 Locust Street 848
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