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Fees retained Feb. 15 to Dec. 31, 1944, 258 @ 25¢ 64.50
$535.25
Licenses issued Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945:
Resident citizens' fishing,
100 @ $2.00 $200.00
Resident citizens' hunting, 16 @ 2.00 32.00
Resident citizens' sporting,
76 @ 3.25 247.00
Resident citizens' minor and female fishing, 44 @ 1.25 55.00
Resident citizens' trapping,
1 @ 5.25 5.25
98
Special non-resident citizens' fishing, 1 @ 1.50 1.50
Non-resident citizens' fishing, 1 @ 5.25 5.25
$546.00
Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game, Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $474.50
Fees retained Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945, 239 @ 25¢ 59.75
Cash balance Sept. 11, 1945 11.75
$546.00
JUNK LICENSES
Issued by Town Clerk Nellie L. Wells, Clerk
Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,
per previous audit $8.00
Licenses issued Sept. 24 to
Dec. 31, 1943 2.00
$10.00
Payments to treasurer Sept. 24 to
Dec. 31, 1943 $10.00
Edward C. Foster, Clerk
Licenses issued 1944, $4.00
$4.00
Payments to treasurer 1944
Licenses issued Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $2.00
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $2.00
99
Reconciliation of Clerk's Cash
Cash balances Sept. 11, 1945,
per tables :
Dog licenses
$1.80
Sporting licenses
11.75
Selectmen's licenses
1.50
$15.05
Cash in office Sept. 11, 1945, verified
$13.50
Cash discrepancy Sept. 11, 1945
1.55
$15.05
SELECTMEN'S LICENSES Issued by Town Clerk
Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,
per previous audit $4.00
Licenses granted 1944:
Liquor $1,300.00
Common victuallers'
9.00
Second-hand auto dealers' 3.00
Sunday
10.00
Ice cream manufacturing 2.00
Gasoline
8.50
1,332.50
$1,336.50
Payments to treasurer :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
$4.00 1,332.50
1944
$1,336.50
100
Licenses granted Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945:
Liquor
$1,800.00
Common victuallers'
12.00
Second-hand auto dealers'
3.00
Ice cream manufacturing
2.00 ·
Gasoline
2.50
Sunday
8.00
$1,827.50
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $1,818.00
Licenses granted, but not isuued Sept. 11, 1945
8.00
Cash balance Sept. 11, 1945
1.50
$1,827.50
COURT FINES
Receipts :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
$287.30
1944
58.20
$345.50
Payments to treasurer :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
$287.30
1944
58.20
$345.50
Receipts Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$29.70
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$29.70
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Cash on hand Oct. 7, 1943, per previous audit $22.77
101
Fees :
Oct. 7 to Dec. 31, 1943 $3.60
1944 21.72
25.32
$48.09
Payments to treasurer :
Oct. 7 to Dec. 31, 1943 $26.37
1944
20.63
$47.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
1.09
$48.09
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$1.09
Fees Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
.10
$1.19
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list $1.09
Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, verified
.10
$1.19
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Accounts Receivable
Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943
per previous audit
$260.61
Commitments 1944
260.61
$521.22
Payments to treasurer 1944
$260.71
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
260.51
$521.22
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945 $260.51 Commitments Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 203.57
102
Audit adjustment: Collection in excess of commitment 1944 .10
$464.18
Audit adjustment:
Commitment 1944 reported in error $260.61 Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list 203.57
$464.18
Licenses
Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,
per previous audit $4.00
Licenses granted :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 :
Oleomargarine .50
1944:
Oleomargarine.
$1.00
Milk 3.00
4.00
$8.50
Payments to treasurer Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $4.00
License cancelled Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
.50
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1944
4.00
$8.50
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1945 $4.00
Licenses Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 :
Oleomargarine $.50
Milk 3.00
3.50
$7.50
103
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $4.00
Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, verified 3.50
$7.50
SNOW REMOVAL-STATE Chapter 560, Acts of 1945
Commitment Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$1,448.63
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list $1,448.63
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Temporary Aid Accounts Receivable
Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943,
per previous audit $236.91
Commitments Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 27.20
$264.11
Payments to treasurer Sept. 24
to Dec. 31, 1943 $27.20
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
236.91
$264.11
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$236.91
Commitments Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11, 1945 1,261.45
$1,498.36
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $442.00
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list
1,056.36
$1,498.36
104
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Aid to Dependent Children-Accounts Receivable
Commitments :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $102.65
1944
286.94
$389.59
Credit balance December 31, 1944
7.55
$397.14
Payments to treasurer : Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
$110.20
1944
286.94
$397.14
Commitments Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $299.35
Audit adjustments :
Commitments not entered Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 110.20
Federal Grant-Aid to Depend-
ent Children reported as aid to dependent children accounts receivable 86.50
Credit balance Jan. 1, 1945
$7.55
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 385.85
$496.05
Audit adjustment : Aid to dependent children ac- counts receiable reporter as federal grand-aid Sept. 24 to Dec 31, 1943 102.65
$496.05
105
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable
Commitments :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 1943
$5,477.83
1944 11,649.38
Credit balance Dec. 31, 1944
$17,127.21 2,819.15
$19,946.36
Payments to treasurer :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
$7,293.95
1944
12,652.41
$19,946.36
Commitments Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $8,371.61
Audit adjustment:
Commitments not reported
2,737.44
Credit balance Jan. 1, 1945 $2,819.15
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 5,053.35
Audit adjustments :
Old age assistance account re- ceivable reported as Federal Grant-old age assistance, Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 3,130.61
Abatements not reported :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $62.81 1944 16.46
79.27
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list
26.67
$11,109.05
$11,109.05
106
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable
Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943
per previous audit
$394.10
Commitments 1944
3,930.31
$4,324.41
Payments to treasurer 1944
$4,190.50
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944 133.91
$4,324.41
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$133.91
Commitment Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
2,762.46
Audit adjustment:
Commitments not reported in 1944
447.78
$3,344.15
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11, 1945 $2,762.30
Audit adjustment :
School accounts receivable credited
to estimated receipts, 1944
541.69
Abatements not reported, 1944 40.00
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list
.16
$3,344.15
Miscellaneous Receipts
Receipts :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 :
Sale of oil drum $15.00
Rent of hall
4.00
Sale of waste paper 4.70
Damage to books
1.00
Telephone
.73
$25.43
107
1944:
Sale of oil drum
$2.50
Rent of hall 19.50
Sale of waste paper
3.50
Damage to books
.60
Telephone 1.58
27.68
$53.11
Payments to treasurer Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
25.43
1944
27.68
$53.11
Receipts Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945:
Sale of oil drum
$2.50
Rent of hall
23.00
Sale of waste paper
4.95
Damage to books
1.12
Telephone
2.10
$33.67
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11, 1945
$33.67
HAYDENVILLE LIBRARY
Cash on hand Oct. 2, 1943,
per previous audit $2.50
Fines :
Oct. 2 to Dec. 31, 1943 $3.56
1944
21.99
25.55
$28.05
Payments to treasurer in 1944
$17.95
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1944 10.10
$28.05
108
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1945
$10.10
Fines Jan. 1 to Sept. 21, 1945
14.40
$24.50
Payments to treasurer :
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $10.10
Sept. 12 to 21, 1945 13.98
$24.08
Cash on hand Sept. 21, 1945,
verified .42
$24.50
WATER DEPARTMENT
Rates
Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943
per previous audit $1,003.37
Commitments :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $9.15
1944
4,409.62
4,418.77
$5,422.14
Payments to treasurer :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $645.32 1944 4,282.14
$4,927.46
Abatements :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 12.48
1944 167.72
180.20
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
314.48
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945 $314.48
Commitment Jan. 1 to
$5,422.14
Sept. 11, 1945 2,175.29
109
Audit adjustments :
Commitments not reported :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $70.09
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 2,076.00
2,146.09
Error reporting abatements 1944 3.50
Overpayment to collector to be adjusted .50
$4,639.86
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $3,670.56
Abatements Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 46.16
Error in reporting commitments,
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 4.96
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list 847.68
Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945,
verified 70.50
$4,639.86
Miscellaneous Sales
Outstanding Sept. 24, 1943,
per previous audit $19.23
Commitments :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $13.00 1944 623.59
636.59
$655.82
110
Payments to treasurer:
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
1944
$13.00 392.13
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
$405.13 250.69
$655.82
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$250.69
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$31.46
Audit adjustment:
Error in reporting com- mitments in 1944 200.00
Outstanding Sept. 11, 1945, per list 19.23
$250.69
Interest
Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,
per previous audit $.30
Collections :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $1.91
1944 36.70
38.61
$38.91
Payments to treasurer :
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $2.21
1944 36.70
$38.91
111
Collections Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$22.74
Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$20.66
Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, verified
2.08
$22.74
TOWN HISTORY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$66.34
$66.34
On hand at end of year 1943
$66.34
$66.34
On hand at end of year 1944
$17.67
$17.67
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$17.67
$17.67
Receipts
Payments Transfers to town 1944
$50.00
Withdrawn from sav-
ings bank 1944
$48.67
Income 1944
1.33
.
$50.00
$50.00
112
WHITING STREET WORTHY POOR FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$5,574.25
$5,574.25
On hand at end of year 1943
$5,574.25 $5,574.25
On hand at end of year 1944
$5,574.25 $5,574.25
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$5,574.25
$5,574.25
Receipts
Payments
Income :
Transfers to town: Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,
Sept. 24 to
Dec. 31, 1945
$55.74
1943
$55.74
1944
111.48
1944
111.48
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 55.74
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 55.74
$222.96
$222.96
MARY L. MAIN WORTHY POOR FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Securities Par Value Total
On hand at beginning of year 1945 On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$3,000.00 $3,000.00
Receipts
Payments
Bequest January 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
$3,000.00
Income January 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
37.50
Purchase of securities Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $3,000.00
Transfers to town Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 37.50
$3,037.50
$3,037.50
113
ELECTA WAITE CHARITY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$1,773.51
$1,773.51
On hand at end of year 1943
$1,773.51
$1,773.51
On hand at end of year 1944
$1,773.51
$1,773.51
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$1,773.51
$1,773.51
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town:
1944
$35.46
1944
$35.46
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,
1945
35.46
1945 35.46
$70.92
$70.92
LYMAN D. WAITE CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$700.00
$700.00
On hand at end of year 1944
$700.00
$700.00
On hand at end of year 1944
$700.00
$700.00
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$700.00
$700.00
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Sept. 24 to Dec 31,
1943
$7.00
$7.00
1944 14.00
1944
14.00
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 7.00
1945 7.00
$28.00
Transfers to town: Sept. 24 to Dec 31, 1943
$28.00
114
ALBERT S. HILLS CHARITY FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On hand at end of year 1943
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On hand at end of year 1944
$5,000.00 $5,000.00
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Receipts
Payments
Income :
1944
$112.50
$112.50
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
100.00
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 100.00
$212.50
$212.50
HENRY M. HILLS HOSPITAL BED FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value $5,000.00
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943 $10,046.40
$15,046.40
On hand at end of
year 1943
$10,046.40
$5,000.00
$15,046.40
On hand at end of year 1944 $10,046.40
$5,000.00
$15,046.40
On hand Sept. 11, 1945 $10,046.40
$5,000.00 $15,046.40
Receipts
Income:
1944
$325.92
Payments Transfers to town: 1944
$325.92
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
325.92
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 325.92
$651.84
$651.84
Transfers to town: 1944
115
C. J. HILLS CHARITY FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings
Deposits
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On hand at end of year 1943
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
On hand at end of year 1944
$5,000.00 $5,000.00
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town:
$100.00
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
100.00
1945
100.00
$200.00
$200.00
COLLINS SCHOOL FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Securities
Deposits Par Value
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$3,766.70
$7,600.00
$11,366.70
On hand at end of year 1943
$3,766.70
$7,600.00
$11,366.70
On hand at end of year 1944
$3,766.70
$7,720.00
$11,486.70
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$3,773.45
$8,650.00
$12,423.45
1944
$100.00
1944
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,
116
Receipts
Payments
Sale of rights Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 $6.75
Added to savings
deposits Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11, 1945
$6.75
Stock distribution :
1944 $120.00
Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11,
1945 930.00
Sept. 11,
1,050.00
1945 930.00
$1,050.00
Income:
Sept. 24 to
Dec. 31,
1943
$30.58
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,
1944
281.97
1943
$30.58
Jan. 1 to
1944 281.97
Sept. 11,
Jan. 1 to
1945 331.56
Sept. 11,
644.11
1945 331.56
644.11
$1,700.86
$1,700.86
ONSLOW G. SPELMAN SCHOOL FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Securities Deposits Par Value Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943 $25,933.07 $11,000.00
$36,933.07
On hand at end of year 1943 $25,933.07 $11,000.00
$36,933.07
On hand at end of year 1944 $26,947.77 $10,000.00 $36,947.77
On hand Sept. 11 1945 $26,947.77 $10,000.00 $36,947.77
Value of stock distributed :
1944
$120.00
Jan. 1 to
Transfers to town:
117
Receipts
Sale of securities 1944
$1,000.00
Premium on sale of
securities 1944 15.00
Accrued interest on securities sold 1944 6.11
Income:
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,
1943
$112.75
1944
845.35
1944 839.24
1945 691.05
Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11, 1945 691.05
1,643.04
$2,664.15
$2,664.15
BYRON LOOMIS SCHOOL FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$7,436.51
$7,436.51
On hand at end of year 1943
On hand at end of year 1944
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$7,436.51
$7,436.51
Receipts
Income :
1944
$148.72
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11,
1945 148.72
Payments
Transfers to town: 1944 $148.72
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 148.72
$297.44
Payments
Added to savings deposits 1944 $1,014.70 Administration expense .30
Transfers to town: Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943 $112.75
Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11,
1,649.15
Savings
Deposits Total
$7,436.51 $7,436.51
$7,436.51 $7,436.51
$297.44
118
HELEN E. JAMES SCHOOL FUND
In Custody of Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company Savings Securities Income Deposits Par Value Total
On hand Sept. 24,
$341.17 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,488.80
On hand at end of year 1943
$341.17 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,488.80
On hand at end of year 1944 On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$405.01 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,552.64
$468.85 $1,147.63 $2,000.00 $3,616.48
Receipts
Payments
Income:
1944
$67.20
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 67.20
Cash on hand Sept. 24, 1943,
Income 341.17
$475.57
$475.57
ETHEL CURRY SCHOOL FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1943
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1944
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Trustees' compensation : 1944 $3.36
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 3.36
Cash on hand Sept. 11, 1945, Income 468.85
119
Receipts
Payments
Income:
Transfers to town:
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31,
1943
$10.00
$10.00
1944
20.00
1944
20.00
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945
10.00
Jan. 1 to Sept. 11, 1945 10.00
$40.00
$40.00
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
In Custody of Town Treasurer
On hand Sept. 24, 1943
On hand at beginning of year 1943
$1,075.00 $1,075.00
On hand at end of year 1944
$1,225.00 $1,225.00
On hand Sept. 11, 1945
$1,325.00
$1,325.00
Receipts
Payments
Bequests :
1944 $150.00
Added to savings deposits : 1944 $150.00
Jan. 1 to
Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11,
Sept. 11,
1945 100.00
1945
100.00
$250.00
$250.00
Income :
Transfers to town : 1944 $21.50
1944
$21.50
Jan. 1 to
Jan. 1 to
Sept 11, 1945 23.67
Sept 11, 1945 23.67
45.17
45.17
$295.17
$295.17
Savings
Deposits $1,075.00
Total
$1,075.00
-
Sept. 24 to Dec. 31, 1943
120
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND In Custody of Town Treasurer
Cash in General Savings Securities Treasury Deposits Par Value Total
On hand at be- ginning of year 1944
·
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.
. . ...
On hand at end of year 1944 $125.00 $10.000.00 $10,125.00 On hand Sept. 11, 1945 $10,000.00 $378.34 $10,000.00 $20,378.34
Receipts
Town appropriations :
1944
$10,000.00
Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11,
1945
10,000.00
$20,000.00
Income:
1944
$125.00
Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11,
1945
253.34
378.34
$20,378.34
Payments
Purchase of securi-
ties 1944
$10,000.00
Deposited in savings
bank 1944
125.00
Added to savings de-
posits Jan. 1 to
Sept. 11, 1945
253.34
Cash in general
treasury Sept. 11,
1945
10,000.00
$20,378.34
TOWN OF WILLIAMSBURG Balance Sheet-September 11, 1945 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$22,728.58
Dog Licenses-Due County
$163.80
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1941
$2.00
Levy of 1942
5.19
Levy of 1943
719.23
Levy of 1944
7,153.00
County. Tax, 1945
3,755.31
51,757.12 Trust Fund Income:
Federal Disaster Loan Corporation-Taxes 1941
607.05
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1942
$40.76
Henry M. Hills Hospital
Bed Fund
$1,173.02
Whiting Street Worthy
Poor Fund
126.89
Mary L. Main Worthy
Poor Fund
37.50
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State Parks and Reservations
Tax 1945
62.60
Levy of 1945
43,877.70
Pay-Roll Deductions for Federal Taxes 412.20
Levy of 1943 42.31
Levy of 1944 55.85
Levy of 1945 671.94
810.86
Tax Possessions
306.31
Electa Waite Charity Fund 61.86
Albert S. Hills Charity Fund 134.56
C. J. Hills Charity Fund 131.54 Lyman D. Waite Charity Fund 25.08
Departmental :
Health
$203.57
Snow Removal, State
Chapter 560, Acts of 1945 1,448.63
Public Welfare
1,056.36
Old Age Assistance 26.67
Schools
.16
State Aid to Highways
2,836.40
Water:
Rates
$917.68
Miscellaneous
19.23
936.91
Revenue 1945
1,000.00
Federal Grants : Aid to Dependent Children : Aid $75.35
Administration
9.97
Old Age Assistance :
Administration
34.47
122
3,501.43
2,735.39 Road Machinery Fund 2,239.50
Ethel Curry School Fund 91.67
Collins School Fund
331.56
Onslow G. Spelman
School Fund
691.05
Byron Loomis School
Fund
696.70
Estimated Receipts to be Collected 8,827.19
Overlay Deficit-Levy of 1941 22.85
Overdrawn Accounts : Highway Construction- Hosford and Walpole Road $397.23
Federal Grant:
Old Age Assistance-
Assistance
29.29
Post-War Water Project: Survey and Plans 655.00
774.79
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
General
$35,213.22
Post-War Rehabilitation
Fund
10,000.00
45,213.22
Water Available Surplus
2,324.79
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
2,221.99
123
426.52
Overlays Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1942 $5.19
Levy of 1943
326.65
Levy of 1944 481.03
Levy of 1945
41.77
854.64
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $810.86
INDEX
Office Hours
3
Warrant
5
Selectmen
11
Finance Committee
14
Budget Recommendations
15
Treasurer
19
Town Clerk
20
Town Accountant 26
Water Commissioners
38
Tax Collector
42
Assessors
45
Haydenville Library 47
Mountain Street Cemetery 48
Moth Work 48
Tree Warden
48
Fire Department 49
Sealer of Weights and Measures 50
Trust Fund Commissioners
51
Recreation 54
American Legion 56
School Department 57
State Audit
75
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF WILLIAMSBURG MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st
1946
INDEX
Office Hours
3
Warrant 5
Selectmen 11
Finance Committee 14
Budget Recommendations 16
Treasurer
20
Town Clerk 21
Town Accountant
30
Water Commissioners
45
Tax Collector
50
Assessors
53
Fire Department 56
Sealer of Weights and Measures 58
Trust Fund Commissioners
61
Haydenville Library
65
Mountain Street Cemetery 66
Moth Work . 66
Tree Warden 67
Board of Health .68
Recreation 59
School Department 73
State Audit
93
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BOOKBINDERS NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
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OFFICE HOURS
The various town officers may be reached at the time and place as stated.
Selectmen-Town Hall, Monday evening, 8 P. M.
Assessors-Feb., March, April, every Monday, 7 to 9 P. M. May to January, first Monday of the month. Home of J. O. Jones.
Treasurer-Tuesday, 9 to 12 A. M. Home of A. Watson.
School Committee-Last Friday of each month. High School.
Tax Collector-Monday evening, 7:30 to 9:00. Jenkins' Store.
Water Commissioners-By appointment.
Town Clerk-Thursday evening, 7:30 to 9:00. Home of E. Foster.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
Article 1. To elect a Moderator. To elect three Select- men, who shall be Overseers of Public Welfare. To elect one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, one Elector under the will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq., two Constables, one Tree Warden, all for one year; one Water Commissioner, one Assessor, one School Com- mitteeman, one Commissioner of Trust Funds one Recreation Commissioner, all for three years; one Library Trustee for three years and one Library Trustee for one year; also one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years.
Article 2. To choose all necessary minor Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of General Laws.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as shall be deemed necessary to defray the expenses of the current financial year.
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Article 5. To hear the report of the Selectmen, Treas- urer, School Committee, Water Commissioners, and other Committees and act thereon.
Article 6. To choose a committee to expend the income from the Whiting Street Fund.
Article 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $798.62, to pay the unpaid bills of 1946, namely : Public Welfare $80.20, Tree Warden $30.00, Winter Highways $24.91, Bridge Account $81.04, Truck and Tractor $582.47, or take any action thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one thousand dollars to pay the note which is due in 1947 on the Spelman Annex to the High School and to instruct the Assessors to use the income from the Onslow G. Spelman School Fund (not to exceed one thousand dollars) as an estimated receipt in determining the tax rate.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer and appropriate the balance of $2,572.74 in the Road Machinery Earnings Account of 1946 to the Road Machinery Account of 1947.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use from Free Cash a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars to reduce taxation.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the County and State under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, for construction, and to vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 the Town's share of the expense,
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and to vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, the County and State's share of the expense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement, from the County and State under the provisions of this Chapter, the Town's share to be raised by taxation and the County and State's share to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Account and returned to the Surplus Reve- nue Account when received from the County and State, or take any other action thereon.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to co-operate with the State under the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws, and to vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,150.00, the Town's share of the expense, and to vote to ap- propriate the State's share of the expense, and in anticipation of re-imbursement under this Chapter, such sum to be taken from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count, the State's share to be returned to the Surplus Revenue Account when received, or take any other action thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend its by-laws in accordance with Article 21 of the last annual town warrant, by adding thereto the follow- ing section: "The Board of Selectmen, consisting of three members, shall be elected for a term of three years. However, at the annual meting in 1948, one shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, and thereafter one shall be elected at each annual meeting for a term of three years", or take any other action thereon.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to use funds from the Veterans' Benefits
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Account of 1947 to pay the Town's share of the ex- pense of operating a Veterans' Service Center.
Article 15. To see whether or not the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $446.60 to pay the overdraft on Winter Roads Account, and the sum of $325.66 to pay the overdraft on the Bridge Account.
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