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304.18
9.06
13.00
300.24
Fred W. Mathison
100.00
103.27
3.05
6.00
100.32
Minnie A. Chapman-Judson Webster Lot
125.00
127.24
3.79
6.00
125.03
Frederick W. Carter
200 00
203.56
6.05
9.00
200.61
Ethel A. Goodwin-Charles Goodwin Lot
200.00
203.00
6.05
9.00
200.05
ANNUAL REPORT
86
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...
Lucy J. Bagley- Mrs. Clarence Bagley Lot
100.00
102.99
3.03
6.00
100.02
Samuel W. Condon
400.00
405.70
12.08
17.00
400.78
Samuel L. Porter-Joseph Porter Lot
150.00
152.26
4.53
6.00
150.79
Benjamin B. Wood
200.00
203.02
6.05
9.00
200.07
May Belle Brown
100.00
103.38
3.05
6.00
100.43
Norman M. Hunter-A. Goodwin Lot
200.00
203.20
6.05
9.00
200.25
Ida C. Tobey
100.00
102.86
3.03
5.00
100.89
John E. Bean
75.00
77.36
2.29
4.00
75.65
Marv F. Tuxbury
150.00
152.32
4.53
6.00
150.85
Maud G. Carter
100.00
103.01
3.05
6.00
100.06
Georgia G. Patten-Hayden Patten Lot
100.00
101.57
3.02
4.00
100.59
Frank Glines-Glines-Bartlett
150.00
152.57
4.53
7.00
150.10
William Evans-Lucien Chapin Lot
50.00
51.91
1.52
3.00
50.43
William Dwyer
50.00
50.82
1.50
2.00
50.32
Delma Black, Adelina T. Jones Lot
100.00
102.87
3.03
5.00
100.90
Ruth Hargraves
100.00
103.08
3.05
6.00
100.13
Jennie Chase-Moses Stevens Lot
100.00
101.79
3.02
4.00
100.81
Richard E. Sargent-E. Fieldsend Lot
100.00
101.74
3.02
4.00
100.76
Richard E. Sargent
125.00
128.69
3.80
7.00
125.49
Eva J. Grant
100.00
101.75
3.02
4.00
100.77
Clara Foster-John Foster Lot
200.00
203.23
6.05
9.00
200.28
Jeannette E. Whittier-Wendell B. Whittier
150.00
152.72
4.53
7.00
150.25
Luther W. Bridges-E. C. Bridges, J. Whitman
..
150.00
152.15
4.53
6.00
150.68
William S. Tuckwell-Newton Tuckwell Lot
50.00
51.41
1.52
2.00
50.93
William S. Tuckwell-S. S. Tuckwell Lot
50.00
51.41
1.52
2.00
50.93
Abbie W. Sargent -- Alexander Smart Lot
225.00
229.04
6.82
10.00
225.86
Francis P. Clement
200.00
202.75
6.03
8.00
200.78
Wilbur H. Colby-Joseph Colby Lot
200.00
203.50
6.05
9.00
200.55
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
87
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1957
Katherine F. MacMasters
150.00
152.95
4.53
7.00
150.48
Louise A. Thacher
200.00
203.06
6.05
9.00
200.11
Willie Colby-Warren Colby Lot
100.00
102.87
3.03
5.00
100.90
Willie Colby-William H. Colby Lot
100.00
102.82
3.03
5.00
100.85
Alice E. Purdy
150.00
152.79
4.53
7.00
150.32
John S. Poyen
500.00
507.49
15.11
22.00
500.60
Anna Bird ..
200.00
203.23
6.05
9.00
200.28
Pearl M. Stevens
150.00
152.54
4.53
7.00
150.07
Fred O. Bailey
200.00
203.41
6.05
9.00
200.46
Charles L. Waterhouse
150.00
152.79
4.53
7.00
150.32
Sarah K. Noyes
100.00
102.95
3.03
5.00
100.98
Clarence W. Crosby
150.00
152.30
4.53
6.00
150.83
Donald E. Stevens-Charles Stevens Lot
300.00
304.96
9.06
14.00
300.02
Edith E. Wood-James Wood Lot
150.00
152.97
4.53
7.00
150.50
Augustus N. Parry-John and Louise Elliott
100.00
103.00
3.05
6.00
100.05
Dustin Hall and B. Frost
400.00
406.35
12.09
18.00
400.44
Charles L. Waterhouse-Almon Waterhouse Lot
150.00
152.68
4.53
7.00
150.21
Charles L. Waterhouse-Moses Sargent Lot
150.00
152.30
4.53
6.00
150.83
Leon L. Dow
200.00
203.04
6.05
9.00
200.09
Harry W. Bailey-Richard Bailey
200.00
203.18
6.05
9.00
200.23
ANNUAL REPORT
88
George S. Nelson - Brown- Nelson
100.00
102.37
3.03
5.00
100.40
Edith A. Wood-George T. Goldsmith
150.00
52.97
4.53
7.00
150.50
Pollie C. Grant- F. C. Grant Lot
150.00
152.69
1.53
7.00
150.22
Sarah Anderson-Moses Evans-Moses Hoyt Lot
100.00
102.05
3.03
5.00
100.08
Clara E. Patten-Patten Clement Lot
200.00
203.07
6.05
9.00
200.12
Byron Sargent
300.00
304.47
9.06
13.00
300.53
Alice Mercer
200.00
202.81
6.03
8.00
200.84
William Cleary
200.00
202.76
6.03
8.00
200.79
John A. Tidd
200.00
203.51
6.05
9.00
200.56
Nellie Newhall
200.00
203.48
6.05
9.00
200.53
Sadie Hopkins-J. Danforth
100.00
102.04
3.03
5.00
100.07
Charles A. Bacon
150.00
152.80
4.53
7.00
150.33
William D. Large
150.00
152.76
4.53
7.00
150.29
Maude Adams
200.00
202.90
6.03
8.00
200.93
Charles L. Waterhouse
100.00
101.48
3.02
4.00
100.50
The Olive S. Wilde Fund-Morse-Wilde
300.00
322.58
9.33
31.00
300.91
Mabel Bettors
Bequest $100.00
150.00
152.70
5.59
8.00
250.29
Zenas Lovell
200.00
203.23
6.05
9.00
200.28
Parker Walton
200.00
203.05
6.05
9.00
200.10
Estate of William Tuckwell
200.00
203.60
6.05
9.00
200.65
Esther M. Gormley-Katherine Connor Lot
150.00
152.55
4.53
7.00
150.08
Henrietta Anderson-Samuel Goodwin Lot.
150.00
152.55
4.53
7.00
150.08
Anderson Heaton
50.00
51.31
1.52
2.00
50.83
Mary E. Chaff
100.00
101.62
3.02
4.00
100.64
Cora L. Wadleigh-D. Porter Wadleigh
150.00
159.77
4.64
14.00
150.41
Grace L. MacDonald-John Colman Lot
150.00
152.67
4.53
7.00
150.20
George Hosford
200.00
202.78
6.03
8.00
200.81
89
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
..
.
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1957
A. W. Chase
100.00
102.33
3.03
5.00
100.36
A. Merrill Howe
200.00
203.74
6.05
9.00
200.79
Luella Cunningham
200.00
203.54
6.05
9.00
200.59
Imogene Pettigrew
150.00
152.10
4.53
6.00
150.63
Frances and Bernard Bailey
150.00
152.30
4.53
6.00
150.83
Sybil A. Schiavoni
100.00
101.60
3.02
4.00
100.62
Mary C. Smith
200.00
203.40
6.05
9.00
200.45
Alberta Perreault
150.00
152.19
4.53
6.00
150.72
George W. J. Murphy
200.00
202.93
6.03
8.00
200.96
Harriet E. Cupples
500.00
518.04
15.27
33.00
500.31
Eva L. Lavalley
200.00
217.44
6.26
23.00
200.70
Isaiah S. McClure
100.00
100.58
3.00
3.00
100.58
Minnie Morrison, George M. Eaton, John E. Trull
200.00
200.44
6.00
6.00
200.44
Estate of J. E. Kemp
150.00
150.24
4.50
4.00
150.74
F. Leslie Viccaro
150.00
152.79
4.53
7.00
150.32
George E. Franklin
150.00
150.90
4.50
5.00
150.40
Stella Shorts
150.00
150.40
4.50
4.00
150.90
Gertrude L. Williams
200.00
200.94
6.00
6.00
200.94
William Lamb
35.00
35.29
1.06
1.00
35.35
Ellen G. Heath
400.00
400.16
12.00
12.00
400.16
Ernest P. Dill
300.00
300.20
9.00
9.00
300.20
Emma L. Randall
300.00
300.27
9.00
9.00
300.27
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ANNUAL REPORT
90
Rudolph J. & Vivian Woyvoda
200.00
200.27
6.00
6.00
200.27
William H. Churchill
200.00
200.78
6.00
6.00
200.78
The Ada Seymore Trust
50.00
50.56
1.50
2.00
50.06
Helen F. Lucv
300.00
300.85
9.00
9.00
300.85
Carleton C. Witham
200.00
200.56
6.00
6.00
200.56
Charles E. Colman
200.00
200.56
6.00
6.00
200.56
Albert Ellis
150.00
158.11
4.62
12.00
150.73
William Rowell and William Sayre
300.00
300.03
9.00
9.00
300.03
Ralph and Minnie Sargent
300.00
300.92
9.00
9.00
300.92
Pearle Kinney-Harry Kinney
200.00
200.91
6.00
6.00
200.91
Ida E. Cushing
300.00
300.32
9.00
9.00
300.32
George W. Earl
300.00
300.70
9.00
9.00
300.70
George W. Evans
300.00
326.70
9.39
36.00
300.09
Samuel Colby ..
100.00
112.07
3.18
15.00
100.25
Burton Colby
100.00
112.07
3.18
15.00
100.25
Nettie Morse
200.00
218.78
6.27
25.00
200.05
James T. Colgan
200.00
216.54
6.24
22.00
200.78
Kenneth and Marion Haskell
200.00
217.74
6.26
24.00
200.00
Clarence V. Huntress
300.00
326.11
9.39
35.00
300.50
Florence Lee
100.00
109.33
3.14
12.00
100.47
Charles Vincent
250.00
271.19
7.82
29.00
250.01
Francis MacDonald
150.00
162.28
4.68
16.00
150.96
Follansbee Nichols lot
300.00
324.31
9.36
33.00
300.67
Charles Odiorne
100.00
111,69
3.17
14.00
100.86
Bertha Clarke
300.00
324.71
9.36
34.00
300.07
E. D. Ovington
200.00
215.84
6.23
22.00
200.07
Bertha M. Wiggin
300.00
322.44
9.33
31.00
300.77
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
91
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..
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1957
Will G. Sprague
200.00
218.53
6.27
24.00
200.80
Merrill I. Goldsmith
150.00
163.51
4.70
18.00
150.21
Dale W. Blackden
300.00
327.06
9.41
36.00
300.47
Stephen Kelley
200.00
216.56
6.24
22.00
200.80
Flora Clement
100.00
108.26
3.12
11.00
100.38
Heman W. Kelley
200.00
216.56
6.24
22.00
200.80
Mabel A. Bailey
200.00
216.56
6.24
22.00
200.80
Sylvia Hidden
50.00
53.88
1.55
5.00
50.43
Edwin H. Armstrong
600.00
642.37
18.63
61.00
600.00
Doris Connor
50.00
53.52
1.55
5.00
50.07
S. S. Thompson
300.00
319.00
9.29
28.00
300.29
Charles Staples
150.00
158.42
4.62
13.00
150.04
George Clough
300.00
316.84
9.24
26.00
300.08
Ada Calhoun
200.00
211.21
6.17
17.00
200.38
Ernest Hewson
300.00
316.11
9.24
25.00
300.35
Walter H. Sargent
200.00
209.78
6.14
15.00
200.92
P. Clyde Smith
200.00
207.40
6.11
13.00
200.51
Sally Winn
150.00
155.21
4.58
9.00
150.79
Harold Martin
400.00
409.21
12.14
21.00
400.35
92
ANNUAL REPORT
Mary Hughes
300.00
303.44
9.16
12.00
300.60
Thomas Wright
100.00
101.15
3.05
4.00
100.20
Mrs. Arthur Lockwood
200.00
200.00
5.03
5.00
200.03
New Bequests and Additions 1957
C. W. Streeter
200.00
4.52
4.00
200.52
C. R. Howe
200.00
4.52
4.00
200.52
Alfred M. Lake
300.00
6.02
6.00
300.02
Mabel Bettors
added to old fund
100.00
Francis Beckford
300.00
3.00
3.00
300.00
A. Palmer & F. Hargraves
200.00
2.00
2.00
200.00
J. Duncan Howe
300.00
2.25
2.00
300.25
John Hughes
200.00
1.50
1.00
200.50
E. A. & A. H. Metcalf
200.00
1.00
1.00
200.00
Walter Downing
50.00
50.00
Muriel J. Harkins
50.00
50.00
Alfred Bailey
200.00
200.00
John B. Judkins lot
.added to old funds
150.00
150.00
William Sutherland
200.00
200.00
Walter Killian
100.00
100.00
$ 53,493.58 $ 1,609.37 $ 2,812.00 $55,040.95
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
93
RECAPITULATION
Balance January 1, 1957 $ 53,493.58
Added to Funds 1957 Old Accounts
250.00
Bequests 1957
2,500.00
Interest Income 1957
1,609.37
$ 57,852.95
Withdrawals 1957
2,812.00
$ 55,040.95
94
ANNUAL REPORT
TRUST FUNDS
Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer ...... $110,729.59
Stabilization Fund
$ 16,055.41
War Bonds Income
683.23
Library Funds 3,100.00
Thomas Hoyt Library Funds
27,272.42
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 55,040.95
Kimball Park Funds 3,202.58
Merrimac School Renovations or Additions .. 5,075.00
$110,729.59
$110,729.59
PURCHASE BONDS FOR MERRIMAC SCHOOL RENOVATIONS OR ADDITIONS
Purchase In 1957
$ 5,000.00
Interest 1957
75.00
$ 5,075.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS Balance Dec. 31, 1956 Interest
Added in 1957
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
Electric Light Depreciation
Provident Institution Amesbury
.$ 4,180.46
$ 126.35
$
$ 4,306.81
Merrimac Savings Bank
18,407.12
556.36
5,405.67
24,369.15
$ 22,587.58
$ 682.71
$ 5,405.67
$28,675.96
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
95
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Added in 1957
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1956
Interest
Withdrawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
Nichols Memorial Fund
500.00
$ 500.00
$ 15.11
$ 15.11
$ 500.00
James D. Whittier
457.07
500.00
15.11
15.11
500.00
D. J. Poore
500.00
500.00
15.11
15.11
500.00
A. E. Goodwin
200.00
200.00
6.05
6.05
200.00
Laura Patten
1,000.00
1,000.00
30.23
30.23
1,000.00
Willie Colby
200.00
200.00
6.05
6.05
200.00
Dr. Henry J. Cushing
500.00
500.00
15.11
15.11
500.00
Thomas H. Hoyt
14,366.17
436.11
436.11
14,772.42
Added to Hoyt Fund Merrimac
406.25
Balances in Merrimac Savings Bank
$ 17,766.17
$ 945.13
538.88
$ 18,172.42
Haverhill Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
5,000.00
162.50
162.50
5,000.00
Danvers Savings Bank-T. H. Hoyt Fund
7,500.00
243.75
243.75
7,500.00
$ 30,266.17
$ 1,351.38
945.13
$ 30,672.42
RECAPITULATION
Balance Dec. 31, 1956 Interest 1957
$ 30,266.17
1,351.38
$ 31,617.55
Withdrawals
$ 945.13
Balances Dec. 31, 1957
$ 30,672.42
96
ANNUAL REPORT
KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1956
Interest
With- drawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
Amos Weed
$ 2,086.40
$ 63.05
$ 50.00
$2,099.45
Judith Kimball
1,070.79
32.34
1,103.13
$ 3,157.19
$ 95.39
$
50.00
$3,202.58
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Balance January 1, 1957
$ 663.18
Interest 1957
.
20.05
Balance December 31, 1957
$ 683.23
STABILIZATION FUND
Balance December 31, 1956
$ 15,584.38
Interest 1957
471.03
Balance December 31, 1957
$ 16,055.41
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
97
FINAL TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1957
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash Balance
$112,995.30
Reserves for Petty Cash Advances
$ 160.00
Cash Light Depreciation
28,675.96
Consumers Deposits
418.08
Petty Cash Advance, Town Office
10.00
Road Machinery
629.50
Petty Cash Advance, Light & Water
125.00
Overlay Surplus
1,385.76
Petty Cash Advance, Tax Collector
25.00
Overlay 1952
27.36
Personal Property Taxes, 1954
455.10
Overlay 1956
330.62
Poll Taxes, 1955
2.00
Excise Revenue
15,052.07
Personal Property Taxes, 1955
540.00
Tax Title Revenue
11,494.68
Real Estate Taxes, 1955
114.25
Departmental Revenue
463.51
Poll Taxes, 1956
22.00
Light Revenue
4,205.14
Personal Property Taxes, 1956
1,536.99
State & County Aid to Highways Revenue
8,152.34
Real Estate Taxes, 1956
2,175.99
Water Revenue
1,427.22
Poll Taxes, 1957
200.00
Sale of Lots 1957
975.00
Personal Property Taxes, 1957
2,182.61
Old Age Recovery Fund
5,055.00
Real Estate Taxes, 1957
23,461.36
Surplus Revenue
86,610.87
Excise, 1954
489.30
Sale of Real Estate Fund
3,200.00
Excise, 1955
985.29
School Athletics
170.05
Excise, 1956
1,593.34
School Lunch
1,749.91
Excise, 1957
11,984.14
Cert. to Treas. Tax Title Foreclosure ..
36.00
Tax Titles
8,683.11
Tailings Consumers Deposits
104.52
Tax Possessions
2,811.57
Overlay 1957
9,567.45
Welfare Accounts, Receivable
95.43
Excise Cancellations
2.00
A. D. C. Accounts Receivable
257.23
Legal Suits & Expenses
360.00
98
ANNUAL REPORT
Old Age Accounts Receivable 110.85
Highway Chapter 90, Construction
14,620.83
Light Accounts Receivable, Light 3.965.03
Disability Assistance U. S. 607.05
Light Accounts Receivable, Power
50.26
Disability Assistance Admx. 449.46
A. D. C. U. S.
537.83
A. D. C. Admx. U. S.
934.48
Old Age U. S.
3,811.17
Old Age Admx. U. S.
2,434.18
State Aid to Highways Accounts Receivable, Chapter 81
5,686.72
Library
245.79
Kimball Park
45.98
State & County Aid to Highways Accounts Receivable, Chapter 90
2,465.62
Civil Defense
1,165.13
State Parks & Reservations
37.19
Light Maintenance, Operation & Debt 10,392.61
County Taxes
1,276.06
Light Depreciation Fund 28,675.96
Essex County T. B. Hospital
204.90
Overlay 1954
45.88
Overlay 1955
400.72
Farm Animal Excise
216.28
$215,497.55
$215,497.55
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
99
Light Accounts Receivable, Misc.
189.85
Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
1,037.55
Water Accounts Receivable, Misc.
389.67
100
ANNUAL REPORT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 33
June 24, 1957
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Ralph L. Buzzell, Chairman
Merrimac, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the fiscal year 1956, 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
Director of Accounts
HBD :MMH
Mr. Herman B. Dine.
Director ofAccounts
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 fiscal year 1956, and submit the following report thereon:
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
An examination and verification was made of the recorded 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 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 meet- ings, and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the amounts 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, 1956 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed 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 payments, as entered, were checked with the select- men'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 February 16, 1957 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.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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 bond and coupon accounts were reconciled with state- ments furnished by the banks of deposit.
The transactions of the 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 tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were listed from the records of the treasurer, and all transactions pertaining thereto were verified, including a comparison with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The poll, personal property, and real estate taxes, and motor vehicle and trailer excise out- standing according to the previous examination, as well as all subsequent commitments, were verified and checked 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 the controlling ledger accounts.
The books and accounts of the municipal light and water departments were examined and checked. The re- corded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abatements and discounts, as entered, were checked with the depart- mental records of abatements and discounts granted, the outstanding accounts were listed and proved, and the cash balances on February 16, 1957 were verified by actual count of the cash in the office.
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
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 of the selectmen, the town clerk, and the sealer of weights and measures, as well as of the police, health, school, library, and cemetery. departments, and of all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were examin- ed and checked. The payments to the State and to the town treasurer were proved, and the cash on hand in the several departments was verified by actual count.
The surety bonds on file for the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examin- ed and found to be in proper form.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing reconciliations of the several cash accounts, summaries of the tax, tax title, and depart- mental accounts, as well as schedules showing the condit- ion and transactions of the several trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciat- ion.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWATZ
WS:MMH
Assistant Director of Accounts
TOWN OF MERRIMAC Balance Sheet - December 31, 1956 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Payroll Deductions:
General,
$110,353.10
Federal Taxes,
$ 1,860.83
Special :
Guarantee Deposits : Municipal Light,
$
548.08
Advances for Petty :
Tailings:
Unclaimed Checks, Etc., ..
$
104.52
Tax Collector,
25.00
Trust Fund Income: Kimball Park,
$
36.00
Water Department, ....
125.00
Recoveries :
Old Age Assistance, ..
$
4,582.05
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1952:
Administration, EA 372.84
Personal Property,
....
CA 7.60
Levy of 1954:
Aid to Dependent Children :
Personal Property,
985.78
Administration,
903.26
Real Estate,
463.24
Aid,
43.39
Levy of 1955:
Old Age Assistance:
Poll,
10.00
Administration,
2,625.22
Personal Property,
2,088.00
Assistance,
4,042.19
Real Estate,
6,650.61
-$ 8,226.01
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ANNUAL REPORT
Municipal Light Dep., ....
22,587.58
Town Office, $ 10.00
Electric Light and
CA
160.00
Federal Grants: Disability Aid:
Aid,
239.11
..
Levy of 1956:
Revolving Funds:
Poll,
70.00
Personal Property, 1,987.44
Real Estate, 26,082.89
$ 38,345.56
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1954, $ 489.30
Levy of 1955,
1,194.21
Levy of 1956,
2,405.63
-$ 4,089.14
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles, . $ 7,383.03
Tax Possessions,
2,409.18
-$ 9,792.21
Departmental:
General Relief, .$ 95.43
Aid to Dependent Children, .. 347.70
Old Age Assistance,
110.85
Veterans' Services,
65.05
EA
619.03
Municipal Light:
Rates,
$ 3,541.39
Miscellaneous,
139.92
GA
3,681.31
Water:
Rates,
$ 1,293.74
Levy of 1955, $ 371.32
Miscellaneous,
320.67
Levy of 1956,
5,874.60
-$ 1,614.41
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue :
General, ef 4,666.52
Municipal Light: Maintenance & Operation. 13,628.23
Depreciation, 22,587.58
Water:
Construction & Extension, 2,074.26
Non-Revenue (Loan Balances) : Municipal Light: Equipment, 386.33
Water:
Construction & Extension, 25.52
$ 43,368.44
Overestimates 1956:
County Tax,
$
114.21
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
3,200.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund, S 350.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriations :
$ Road Machinery, Reserve Fund - Overlay Suplus, CA
657.50
1,385.76
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
-$ 6,245.92
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TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
School Lunch, .Ş 2,449.99
School Athletics, 58.70
-$ 2,508.69
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Aid to Highways:
State,
10,685.59
County,
-$ 12,685.59
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimates 1956 Assessments: State :
Recreation Areas, ....... 246.42
County :
Hospital,
524.19
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1940,
2.00
Levy of 1941,
1.84
Levy of 1943,
1.80
Levy of 1944.
1.72
Levy of 1945,
1.68
Levy of 1946,
1.88
Levy of 1947,
2.40
Levy of 1948,
2.40
Levy of 1949,
2.36
Levy of 1950,
2.48
Levy of 1951,
2.56
Levy of 1952,
72.20
Levy of 1954,
633.17
728.49
$205,427.03
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise, $ 4,089.14
Tax Title and Possession, ....
9,792.21
Departmental, 619.03
Municipal Light,
3,681.31
Water, 1,614.41
Aid to Highways, 12,685.59
32,481.69 A
-$
770.61
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances,
$
160.00
Surplus Revenue,
$ 99,597.33
ANNUAL REPORT
$205,427.03
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2,000.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Inside Debt Limit : General,
$ 29,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General,
$225,000.00
Public Service Enterprise.
28,000.00
$253,000.00
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General:
School,
$ 29,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General:
School,
$225,000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Municipal Light,
$ 10,000.00
Water,
18,000.00
-$ 28,000.00
$282,000.00
$282,000.00
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Treasurer,
$103,564.50
In Custody of Treasurer:
Library Funds :
Willie Colby, $ 200.00
Dr. Harry J. Cushing, ..
500.00
A. E. Goodwin,
200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt, 26,866.17
Nichols Memorial,
500.00
Laura Patten, 1,000.00
D. J. Poore, 500.00
James D. Whittier,
500.00
$ 30,266.17
Park Funds:
Judith Kimball,
$
1,070.79
Amos Weed,
2,086.40
-$
3,157.19
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds,
$ 53,893.58
Investment Funds:
Post - War Rehabilitation
$
663.18
Stabilization,
15,584.38
-$ 16,247.56
$103,564.50
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ANNUAL REPORT
$103,564.50
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TOWN OF MERRIMAC
VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION March 4, 1957
Votes Cast (Men 466, Women 450), Total 916
Moderator, for one year:
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 789
Blanks 127
Town Clerk, for one year:
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church Street 783
Blanks 133
Selectmen, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School Street 621
George E. Lay, 13 Winter Street 572
George J. P. Stevens, Birch Meadow Road 502
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 537
Blanks 516
Board of Public Welfare, for one year:
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 759
Marian A. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 669
Jean S. Stuart, Sawyer Street 661
Gertrude C. Kopanski 1
Blanks 688
Assessor, for three years :
Frank M. Hargraves, 25 Church Street 754
Blanks 162
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ANNUAL REPORT
Treasurer, for one year :
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect Street 780
Blanks 136
School Committee, for three years:
Kenneth G. Fowle, 115 Church Street 765
Frederick N. Sweetsir, 84 River Road 754
Blanks 313
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years:
Arthur R. Clark, 108 River Road 752
Blanks
164
Library Trustees, for three years:
Burnell S. O'Brien, 99 River Road 704
Olive S. Wilde, 13 Locust Street 735
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