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150.00
150.85
4.50
5.00
150.35
Maud G. Carter
100.00
100.06
3.00
3.00
100.06
Georgia G. Patten-Hayden Patten Lot
100.00
100.59
3.00
3.50
100.09
Frank Glines-Glines-Bartlett
150.00
150.10
4.52
4.50
150.12
William Evans-Lucien Chapin Lot
50.00
50.43
1.50
1.50
50.43
William Dwyer
50.00
50.32
1.50
1.50
50.32
Delma Black, Adelina T. Jones Lot
100.00
100.90
3.00
3.50
100.40
Ruth Hargraves
100.00
100.13
3.00
3.00
100.13
Jennie Chase-Moses Stevens Lot
100.00
100.81
3.00
3.50
100.31
Richard E. Sargent-E. Fieldsend Lot
100.00
100.76
3.00
3.50
100.26
Richard E. Sargent
125.00
125.49
3.76
4.00
125.25
Eva J. Grant
100.00
100.77
3.00
3.50
100.27
Clara Foster-John Foster Lot
200.00
200.28
6.00
6.00
200.28
Jeannette E. Whittier-Wendell B. Whittier
150.00
150.25
4.50
4.50
150.25
Luther W. Bridges-E. C. Bridges, J. Whitman
..
150.00
150.68
4.50
5.00
150.18
William S. Tuckwell-Newton Tuckwell Lot
50.00
50.93
1.50
2.00
50.43
William S. Tuckwell-S. S. Tuckwell Lot
50.00
50.93
1.50
2.00
50.43
Abbie W. Sargent-Alexander Smart Lot
225.00
225.86
6.76
7.50
225.12
Francis P. Clement
200.00
200.78
6.00
6.50
200.28
Wilbur H. Colby-Joseph Colby Lot
200.00
200.55
6.00
6.50
200.05
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
89
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1958
Katherine F. MacMasters
150.00
1.50.48
4.50
4.50
150.48
Louise A. Thacher
200.00
200.11
6.00
6.00
200.11
Willie Colby-Warren Colby Lot
100.00
100.90
3.00
3.50
100.40
Willie Colby-William H. Colby Lot
100.00
100.85
3.00
3.50
100.35
Alice E. Purdy
150.00
150.32
4.50
4.50
150.32
John S. Poyen
500.00
500.60
15.00
15.50
500.10
Anna Bird
200.00
200.28
6.00
6.00
200.28
Pearl M. Stevens
150.00
150.07
4.50
4.50
150.07
Fred O. Bailey
200.00
200.46
6.00
6.00
200.46
Charles L. Waterhouse
150.00
150.32
4.50
4.50
150.32
Sarah K. Noyes
100.00
100.98
3.00
3.50
100.48
Clarence W. Crosby
150.00
150.83
4.50
5.00
150.33
Donald E. Stevens-Charles Stevens Lot
300.00
300.02
9.00
9.00
300.02
Edith E. Wood-James Wood Lot
150.00
150.50
4.50
5.00
150.00
Augustus N. Parry-John and Louise Elliott
100.00
100.05
3.00
3.00
100.05
Dustin Hall and B. Frost
400.00
400.44
12.00
12.00
400.44
Charles L. Waterhouse-Almon Waterhouse Lot
150.00
150.21
4.50
4.50
150.21
Charles L. Waterhouse-Moses Sargent Lot
150.00
150.83
4.50
5.00
150.33
Leon L. Dow
200.00
200.09
6.00
6.00
200.09
Harry W. Bailey-Richard Bailey
200.00
200.23
6.00
6.00
200.23
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ANNUAL REPORT
90
George S. Nelson-Brown-Nelson
100.00
100.40
3.00
3.00
100.40
Edith A. Wood-George T. Goldsmith
150.00
150.50
4.50
5.00
150.00
Pollie C. Grant-F. C. Grant Lot
150.00
150.22
4.50
4.50
150.22
Sarah Anderson-Moses Evans-Moses Hoyt Lot
100.00
100.08
3.00
3.00
100.08
Clara E. Patten-Patten Clement Lot
200.00
200.12
6.00
6.00
200.12
Byron Sargent
300.00
300.53
9.00
9.50
300.03
Alice Mercer
200.00
200.84
6.00
6.50
200.34
William Cleary
200.00
200.79
6.00
6.50
200.29
John A. Tidd
200.00
200.56
6.00
6.50
200.06
Nellie Newhall
200.00
200.53
6.00
6.50
200.03
Sadie Hopkins-J. Danforth
100.00
100.07
3.00
3.00
100.07
Charles A. Bacon
150.00
150.33
4.50
4.50
150.33
William D. Large
150.00
150.29
4.50
4.50
150.29
Maude Adams
200.00
200.93
6.00
6.50
200.43
Charles L. Waterhouse
100.00
100.50
3.00
3.50
100.00
The Olive S. Wilde Fund-Morse-Wilde
300.00
300.91
9.00
9.50
300.41
Mable Betters-George Betters Lot
250.00
250.29
7.50
7.50
250.29
Zenas Lovell
..
200.00
200.28
6.00
6.00
200.28
Parker Walton
200.00
200.10
6.00
6.00
200.10
Estate of William Tuckwell
200.00
200.65
6.00
6.50
200.15
Esther M. Gormley-Katherine Connor Lot
150.00
150.08
4.50
4.50
150.08
Henrietta Anderson-Samuel Goodwin Lot ..
150.00
150.08
4.50
4.50
150.08
Anderson Heaton
50.00
50.83
1.50
2.00
50.33
Mary E. Chaff
100.00
100.64
3.00
3.50
100.14
Cora L. Wadleigh-D. Porter Wadleigh
150.00
150.41
4.50
4.50
150.41
Grace L. MacDonald-John Colman Lot
150.00
150.20
4.50
4.50
150.20
George Hosford
200.00
200.81
6.00
6.50
200.31
..
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
91
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1958
A. W. Chase
100.00
100.36
3.00
3.00
100.36
A. Merrill Howe
200.00
200.79
6.00
6.50
200.29
Luella Cunningham
200.00
200.59
6.00
6.50
200.09
Imogene Pettigrew
150.00
150.63
4.50
5.00
150.13
Frances and Bernard Bailey
150.00
150.83
4.50
5.00
150.33
Sybil A. Schiavoni
100.00
100.62
3.00
3.50
100.12
Mary C. Smith
200.00
200.45
6.00
6.00
200.45
Alberta Perreault
150.00
150.72
4.50
5.00
150.22
George W. J. Murphy
200.00
200.96
6.00
6.50
200.46
Harriet E. Cupples
500.00
500.31
15.00
15.00
500.31
Eva L. Lavalley
200.00
200.70
6.00
6.50
200.20
Isaiah S. McClure
100.00
100.58
3.00
3.50
100.08
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
150.74
4.50
5.00
150.24
F. Leslie Viccaro
150.00
150.32
4.50
4.50
150.32
George E. Franklin
150.00
150.40
4.53
4.50
150.43
Stella Shorts
150.00
150.90
4.55
5.00
150.45
Gertrude L. Williams
200.00
200.94
6.05
6.50
200.49
William Lamb
35.00
35.35
1.06
1.00
35.41
Ellen G. Heath
400.00
400.16
12.09
12.00
400.25
Ernest P. Dill
300.00
300.20
9.06
9.00
300.26
Emma L. Randall
300.00
300.27
9.06
9.00
300.33
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ANNUAL REPORT
92
Rudolph J. & Vivian Woyvoda
200.00
200.27
6.05
6.00
200.32
William H. Churchill
200.00
200.78
6.05
6.50
200.33
The Ada Seymore Trust
50.00
50.06
1.50
1.50
50.06
Helen F. Lucv
300.00
300.85
9.08
9.50
300.43
Carleton C. Witham
200.00
200.56
6.05
6.50
200.11
Charles E. Colman
200.00
200.56
6.05
6.50
200.11
Albert Ellis
150.00
150.73
4.53
5.00
150.26
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
9.50
300.42
Pearle Kinney-Harry Kinney
200.00
200.91
6.00
6.50
200.41
Ida E. Cushing
300.00
300.32
9.00
9.00
300.32
George W. Earl
300.00
300.70
9.00
9.50
300.20
George W. Evans
300.00
300.09
9.00
9.00
300.09
Samuel Colby
100.00
100.25
3.00
3.00
100.25
Burton Colby
100.00
100.25
3.00
3.00
100.25
Nettie Morse
200.00
200.05
6.00
6.00
200.05
James T. Colgan
200.00
200.78
6.00
6.50
200.28
Kenneth and Marion Haskell
200.00
200.00
6.00
6.00
200.00
Clarence V. Huntress and William Andrews
300.00
300.50
9.00
9.50
300.00
Florence Lee
100.00
100.47
3.00
3.00
100.47
Charles Vincent
250.00
250.01
7.50
7.50
250.01
Francis MacDonald
150.00
150.96
4.50
5.00
150.46
Follansbee Nichols lot
300.00
300.67
9.00
9.50
300.17
Charles Odiorne
100.00
100.86
3.00
3.50
100.36
Bertha Clarke
300.00
300.07
9.00
9.00
300.07
E. D. Ovington
200.00
200.07
6.00
6.00
200.07
Bertha M. Wiggin
..
300.00
300.77
9.00
9.50
300.27
..
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
93
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)
Original Deposit
Balance Beginning of year
Income
With- drawn or Expended
Balance Dec. 31 1958
Will G. Sprague
200.00
200.80
6.00
6.50
200.30
Merrill I. Goldsmith
150.00
150.21
4.50
4.50
150.21
Dale W. Blackden
300.00
300.47
9.00
9.00
300.47
Stephen Kelley
200.00
200.80
6.00
6.50
200.30
Flora Clement
100.00
100.38
3.00
3.00
100.38
Heman W. Kelley
200.00
200.80
6.00
6.50
200.30
Mabel A. Bailey
200.00
200.80
6.00
6.50
200.30
Sylvia Hidden
50.00
50.43
1.50
1.50
50.43
Edwin H. Armstrong
600.00
600.00
18.00
18.00
600.00
Doris Connor
50.00
50.07
1.50
1.50
50.07
S. S. Thompson
300.00
300.29
9.00
9.00
300.29
Charles Staples
150.00
150.04
4.50
4.50
150.04
George Clough
300.00
300.08
9.00
9.00
300.08
Ada Calhoun
200.00
200.38
6.00
6.00
200.38
Ernest Hewson
300.00
300.35
9.00
9.00
300.35
Walter H. Sargent
200.00
200.92
6.02
6.50
200.44
P. Clyde Smith
200.00
200.51
6.00
6.50
200.01
Sally Winn
150.00
150.79
4.50
5.00
150.29
Harold Martin
400.00
400.35
12.00
12.00
400.35
.
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REPORT
94
ANNUAL
Mary Hughes
300.00
300.60
9.00
9.50
300.10
Thomas Wright
100.00
100.20
3.00
3.00
100.20
Mrs. Arthur Lockwood
200.00
200.03
6.00
6.00
200.03
C. W. Streeter
200.00
200.52
6.00
6.50
200.02
C. R. Howe
200.00
200.52
6.00
6.50
200.02
Alfred M. Lake
300.00
300.02
9.00
9.00
300.02
Francis Beckford
300.00
300.00
9.00
9.00
300.00
A. Palmer & F. Hargraves
200.00
200.00
6.00
6.00
200.00
J. Duncan Howe
300.00
300.25
9.00
9.00
300.25
John Hughes
200.00
200.50
6.00
6.50
200.00
E. A. & A. H. Metcalf
200.00
200.00
6.00
6.00
200.00
Walter Downing
50.00
50.00
1,25
1.00
50.25
Muriel J. Harkins
50.00
50.00
1.13
1.00
50.13
Alfred Bailey
200.00
200.00
4.50
4.50
200.00
William Sutherland
200.00
200.00
4.50
4.50
200.00
Walter Killian
100.00
100.00
2.25
2.00
100.25
New Bequests 1958
Roland Morin
300.00
300.00
4.75
4.50
300.25
Ethel Whiting
300.00
300.00
3.75
3.50
300.25
Henry Crosby
100.00
100.00
.50
100.50
Elsie Ulm
150.00
150.00
150.00
Arthur Hargraves
100.00
100.00
100.00
$55,990.95 $ 1,650.48 $ 1,720.00 $55,921.43
95
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
..
RECAPITULATION
Balance January 1, 1958
$ 55,040.95
New Bequests 950.00
Interest Income 1958
1,650.48
$ 57,641.43
Withdrawals 1958
. $ 1,720.00
$ 55,921.43
96
ANNUAL REPORT
TRUST FUNDS
Cash in Custody of Town Treasurer ...... $119,126.09
Harry Robinson Lot
$ 1,500.00
Stabilization Fund
16,540.68
Income War Bonds
703.88
Library Funds
3,400.00
Thomas Hoyt Library Funds
27,507.34
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
55,921.43
Kimball Park Funds 3,249.36
Merrimac School Renovations or Additions
10,303.40
$119,126.09
$119,126.09
PURCHASE BONDS FOR MERRIMAC SCHOOL RENOVATIONS OR ADDITIONS
Purchase In 1957
.$ 5,000.00
Interest In 1957
75.00
Purchase In 1958
5,000.00
Interest In 1958
228.40
$ 10,303.40
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
Added in 1958
Interest 1958
Balance Dec. 31, 1958
Electric Light Depreciation Funds Provident Institution Amesbury
..
EA 4,306.81
€A
$ 130.16
$ 4,436.97
Merrimac Savings Bank
24,369.15
5,547.08
736.55
30,652.78
$ 28,675.96
$ 5,547.08
$ 866.71
$ 35,089.75
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
97
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Added in 1958
Original Amount
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
Interest Withdrawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1958
Nichols Memorial Fund
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
15.00
$ 15.00
$ 500.00
James D. Whittier
457.07
500.00
15.00
15.00
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
30.00
30.00
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
14,772.42
444.29
Added to Hoyt Fund Merrimac .. $415.63
415.63
625.00
15,007.34
Balances in Merrimac Savings Bank
$ 18,172.42
CA 962.24
$ 727.32
$ 18,407.34
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
253.13
253.13
7,500.00
$ 30,672.42
$ 1,377.87
$ 1,142.95
$ 30,907.34
RECAPITULATION
Balances December 31, 1957 Interest 1958
.. $ 30,672.42
1,377.87
$ 32,050.29
Withdrawals
1,142.95
Balances December 31, 1958
$ 30,907.34
98
ANNUAL REPORT
KIMBALL PARK FUNDS
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
Interest
With- drawals
Balance Dec. 31, 1958
Amos Weed
$ 2,099.45
$ 63.44
$ 50.00
$2,112.89
Judith Kimball
1,103.13
33.34
1,136.47
$ 3,202.58
$ 96.78
$ 50.00
$3,249.36
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Balance January 1, 1958
$ 683.23
Interest 1958
20.65
Balance December 31, 1958
€A 703.88
STABILIZATION FUND
Balance December 31, 1957
.$ 16,055.41
Interest 1958
485.27
Balance December 31, 1958
$ 16,540.68
HARRY ROBINSON LOT
Balance January 1, 1958
.$ 1,500.00
Interest 1958
45.00
CA 1,545.00
Withdrawals 1958
45.00
1,500.00
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
99
FINAL TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1958
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash Balance
.$102,214.97
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
$ 160.00
Cash Light Depreciation
35,089.75
Consumer Deposits
678.08
Petty Cash Advance Town Office
10.00
State Parks & Reservations
15.16
Petty Cash Advance Light & Water
125.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital
2,098.83
Petty Cash Advance Tax Collector
25.00
Road Machinery
923.50
Personal 1955
511.20
Overlay Surplus
1,413.12
Real 1955
14.40
Overlay 1955
95.40
Poll 1956
22.00
Overlay
1956
700.36
Personal 1956
216.88
Overlay 1957
8,525.20
Real 1956
222.42
Overlay 1958
6,802.28
Poll 1957
26.00
Excise Revenue
16,273.14
Personal 1957
1,487.48
Tax Title Revenue
11,568.31
Real 1957
4,523.17
Departmental Revenue
963.25
Poll 1958
114.00
Light Revenue
2,721.46
Personal 1958
2,826.33
Water Revenue
1.136.16
Real 1958
37,641.53
State & County Aid to Highway Revenue
10,332.39
Excise 1955
531.72
Surplus Revenue
87,836.46
Excise 1956
1,512.06
Sale of Lots 1958
225.00
Excise 1957
2,448.88
Old Age Recovery Funds
16,510.56
Excise 1958
11,780.48
Sale of Real Estate Fund
3,200.00
Tax Titles
8,756.74
School Athletics
20.63
Tax Possessions
2,811.57
School Lunch
814.75
..
..
100
ANNUAL REPORT
Welfare Accounts, Receivable 343.75
Cert. to Treas. Tax Title Foreclosure 36.00
A. D. C. Accounts Receivable
619.50
Tailings Unclaimed Consumer Deposits 104.52
Light Accounts Receivable, Light
2,578.95
Farm Animal Excise 1957 43.02
Light Accounts Receivable, Misc.
142.51
Farm Animal Excise Revenue 37.30
Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
756.92
Highway Chapter 90, Construction
943.09
Water Accounts Receivable, Misc.
379.24
Surface Drain
1,474.54
D. A. U. S.
855.05
D. A. Admx.
470.54
A. D. C. U. S.
580.15
State & County Aid to Highways Accounts Receivable, Chapter 90
3,500.00
A. D. C. Admx. U. S.
989.76
County Taxes
1,093.50
Old Age Assistance U. S.
4,460.89
Farm Animal Excise 1958
80.32
Old Age Assistance Admx. U. S.
2,980.82
Kimball Park
50.78
Civil Defense 973.56
Light Maintenance, Operation & Debt 6,464.83
Light Depreciation Fund
35,089.75
Light Ex. Birch Meadow to Heath Rd. 669.79
Care Harry J. Robinson Lot
.23
$229,238.66
$229,238.66
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
State Aid to Highways Accounts Receivable, Chapter 81
6,832.39
101
102
ANNUAL REPORT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 33
July 18, 1958
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. George J. P. Stevens, 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 1957, 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:EM
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 fiscal year 1957, the following report being submitted 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 examined, checked, and verified by comparison with the records of the town accountant and the town treasurer.
The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The record- ed receipts were checked with the treasurer's cash book and with the records of departmental payments to the treasurer, while the recorded disbursements were checked with the treasury warrants and with the record of pay- ments by the treasurer.
The appropriations and transfers, as listed from the town clerk's record of town meetings and from the records of the finance committee, were checked with the appro- priation accounts in the accountant's ledger.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, the necessary adjusting entries resulting from the audit were made, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1957.
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 with the accountant's books.
The cash book was footed, and the cash balance on February 11, 1958 was verified by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks in which town funds are deposited, by examination of the savings bank books, and by actual count of the cash in the office.
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The payments on account of maturing debt and in- terest were verified by comparison with the amounts fall- ing due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The savings bank books representing the investments of the several trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were personally examined and listed. The income was proved, and all transactions and balances were verified and checked with the books of the town accountant.
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 and compar- ed with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The taxes and motor vehicle and trailer excise outstanding according to the previous ex- amination, as well as all subsequent commitment lists were audited and reconciled with the warrants issued for their collection.
The recorded receipts were checked with the pay- ments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abatements as recorded were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the out- standing accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's ledger controls.
The collector's cash books were footed, and the cash balance on February 11, 1957, 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.
It is recommended that prompt action be taken to obtain settlement of the past due tax and motor vehicle and trailer excise accounts.
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The books and accounts of the municipal light and water departments were examined and checked. An analyses was made of the charges, collections, abatements, etc. The recorded payments to the treasurer were com- pared with the treasurer's and the accountant's books, the outstanding accounts were listed and proved, and the cash balance on February 11, 1958 was verified by actual count of the cash in the office.
Verification notices were mailed to a number of per- sons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the outstanding tax and departmental 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 examin- ed and checked. The payments to the State and to the town treasurer were verified, and the cash on hand in the several departments was proved by actual count.
The surety bonds of the financial officials bonded for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing reconciliations of the several cash accounts, summaries of the tax, tax title, tax posses- ions, and departmental accounts, as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the several trust and investment funds.
For the cooperation extended by 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 SCHWATZ
WS:EM
Assistant Director of Accounts
TOWN OF MERRIMAC Balance Sheet - December 31, 1957 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
Guarantee Deposits: Municipal Light,
$ 423.08
General,
$112,995.30
Special:
Municipal Light Dep., ....
28,675.96
Unclaimed Checks, Etc., ....
$
104.52
Trust Fund Income: Kimball Park,
%
45.98
Recoveries:
Old Age Assistance,
$
4,555.00
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance : Administration, ..
ef 449.46
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1954:
Personal Property,
...... . $ 455.10
Real Estate,
11.84
Levy of 1955:
Personal Property, ........
540.00
Real Estate,
140.40
Levy of 1956: Poll,
22.00
Personal Property,
....
1,536.99
Real Estate,
2,671.50
-$ 1,919.96
ANNUAL REPORT
Aid to Dependent Children : Administration, Aid,
934.48
537.83
Old Age Assistance: Administration,
2,434.18
Assistance,
3,958.86
-$ 8,921.86
Revolving Funds: School Lunch, .$ 1,749.91 170.05
School Athletics,
106
Advance for Petty: Selectmen, .$ 10.00
Tax Collector,
25.00
Electric Light and
Water Department, ....
125.00
-$ 160.00
Assistance, ..
607.05
Tailings:
Levy of 1957:
Poll,
200.00
Personal Property, 244.32
Real Estate,
23,602.87
$ 31,425.02
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1954, $ 489.30
Levy of 1955,
985.29
Levy of 1956,
1,872.88
Levy of 1957,
11,984.14
-$ 15,331.61
Farm Animal Excise: Levy of 1957, $ 105.22
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles, $ 8,683.11
Tax Possessions,
2,811.57
$ 11,494.68
Departmental:
General Relief, $ 95.43
Aid to Dependent Children, ..
257.23
Old Age Assistance,
110.85
CA
463.51
Municipal Light:
Rates,
$ 4,015.29
Miscellaneous,
189.85
-$ 4,205.14
Water:
Rates,
1,039.05
Miscellaneous,
402.56
-$ 1,441.61
Appropriation Balances: Revenue : General,
$ 16,427.75
Municipal Light:
Maintenance & Operation, .. 10,387.61 Depreciation, 28,675.96
$ 55,491.32
Sale of Real Estate Fund, .....
$ 3,200.00
Sale of Lots & Graves Fund, .. $ 975.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation: Road Machinery, $ 629.50
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, $ 1,413.12
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1956, $ 826.13
Levy of 1957,
9,299.01
-$ 10,125.14
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $ 15,331.61
Farm Animal Excise, 105.22
Tax Title and Possession,
11,494.68
Departmental, 463.51
Municipal Light, ..
4,205.14
Water, 1,441.61
Aid to Highways,
..
8,152.34
TOWN
OF
MERRIMAC
$ 41,194.11
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Aid to Highways:
State, $ 7,497.13 655.21
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances,
$
160.00
Surplus Revenue, .....
$ 87,220.59
County,
$ 8,152.34
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimates 1957 Assessments:
State :
Recreation Areas, ...... $ 37.19
County :
Tax,
1,276.06
Hospital,
204.90
$ 1,518.15
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1954,
.$ 34.04
Levy of 1955,
376.60
-$ 410.64
$216,379.18
$216,379.18
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ANNUAL REPORT
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Inside Debt Limit: General, $ 27,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General, $210,000.00
Public Service Enterprise, .. 22,000.00
$232,000.00
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$ 27,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$210,000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Municipal Light,
8,000.00
Water,
14,000.00
$232,000.00
$259,000.00
$259,000.00
TOWN OF
MERRIMAC
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Treasurer,
$112,229.59
In Custody of Treasurer:
School Funds: Building Renovation, ...
$ 5,075.00
Library Funds :
Willie Colby, $
200.00
Dr. Harry J. Cushing, ....
500.00
A. E. Goodwin, 200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt,
27,272.42
Nichols Memorial,
500.00
Laura Patten,
1,000.00
D. J. Poore,
500.00
James D. Whittier,
........
500.00
$ 30,672.42
Park Funds :
Judith Kimball,
.$
1,103.13
Amos Weed, 2,099.45 -$
3,202.58
Cemetery Funds :
Perpetual Care,
..
.$ 55,040.95
Harry J. Robinson -
Special Care,
1,500.00
$ 56,540.95
Investment Funds:
Post - War Rehabilitation, $
683.23
Stabilization, 16,055.41
$ 16,738.64
$112,229.59
$112,229.59
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TOWN OF £ MERRIMAC
VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION March 3, 1958
Votes Cast (Men 379, Women 359), Total 738
Moderator, for one year:
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street
607
Blanks 131
Town Clerk, for one year:
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church St. .... 635
Blanks 103
Selectmen, for one year:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School Street 527
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 488
George J. P. Stevens, Birch Meadow Road 552 Carey A. Reynolds, 9 Woodland Street 125
George E. Lay 1
Blanks 521
Board of Public Welfare, for one year:
Hazen M. Emery, 15 Judkins Court 606
Marian A. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 546
Jean S. Stuart, Sawyer Street 517
Blanks 545
Assessor, for three years
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove Street ...... 596
142
Blanks
Assessor, for one year:
George P. Hardie, 30 Church Street
585
Blanks
153
112
ANNUAL REPORT
Treasurer, for one year:
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect Street
616
Blanks 122
Collector of Taxes, for three years :
Wilfred G. Journeay, 28 Grove Street 616
Blanks 122
School Committee, for three years:
Irving A. Blake, 7 Judkins Court 631
Blanks 107
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 611
Blanks 127
Library Trustees, for three years:
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 581
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove Street 558
Blanks
337
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years:
Gordon Rines Appointed Trustee Kimball Park
Marjorie Staples
1
H. D. Lay
1
Gordon Rines
1
Irvine Burbeck
1
Walter Calnan
1
Blanks
733
Trustee of Kimball Park, for two years:
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