Town annual report for the town of Duxbury for the year ending 1936-1940, Part 39

Author: Duxbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1276


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416.65


10.46


5.00


222.11


Lucy Sprague Sampson


200.00


200.00


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Amount of Fund


Balance Dec. 31, 1938


Divi- dends


Pay- ments


Balance Dec. 31, 1939


Name of Fund


Margaret A. Sampson


100.00


108.78


3.27


4.00


108.05


Martin Sampson


100.00


106.13


2.67


3.00


105.80


Nahum Sampson


100.00


107.74


3.25


3.00


107.99


Alice H. Sampson


150.00


163.48


4.93


5.00


163.41


Ellen C. Santheson


100.00


.75


100.75


Frank A. Sargent


200.00


217.91


6.58


6.00


218.49


Henry Schlee


100.00


107.12


2.69


3.00


106.81


Jennie Shaw


100.00


100.00


Luther W. Sherman


100.00


106.21


2.67


3.00


105.88


Dr. J. Newton Shirley


100.00


102.25


3.08


2.00


103.33


Aaron and Sally Simmons


100.00


107.90


3.25


3.00


108.15


Henry D. Simmons


100.00


106.30


2.67


3.00


105.97


James Allen Simmons


100.00


102.25


3.08


2.00


103.33


Joseph W. Simmons


50.00


53.73


1.34


2.00


53.07


Mark L. Simmons


100.00


108.42


3.27


4.00


107.69


Mary Simmons


50.00


56.53


1.41


3.00


54.94


Mary Jane Simmons


100.00


107.58


2.69


3.00


107.27


Wilbur and Wesley Simmons


100.00


108.60


3.27


4.00


107.87


William S. Simmons


150.00


163.20


4.93


5.00


163.13


Hambleton E. Smith


100.00


107.51


2.69


3.00


107.20


Silvanus Smith


100.00


106.09


2.67


3.00


105.76


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Winfield Smith


200.00


216.97


5.44


5.00


217.41


Clara J. Soule


100.00


108.65


3.27


3.00


108.92


Eden W. Soule


100.00


106.81


2.68


3.00


106.49


George Soule


200.00


217.24


5.45


4.00


218.69


Harrison L. Soule


150.00


164.20


4.95


4.00


165.15


Lot Soule


100.00


106.24


2.67


2.00


106.91


Richard Soule


100.00


102.25


3.08


2.00


103.33


Thomas Soule


100.00


105.95


2.65


2.00


106.60


Thomas Soule


100.00


108.51


3.27


4.00


107.78


Zilpha S. Soule


100.00


106.95


2.68


3.00


106.63


Zeruah Soule


100.00


106.65


2.67


3.00


106.32


Edith M. Southworth


200.00


215.02


5.40


5.00


215.42


Edith M. Southworth


300.00


329.64


8.27


10.00


327.91


Robert A. Southworth


100.00


108.21


2.71


3.00


107.92


Marion W. Speare


200.00


200.00


Harriet E. Sprague


100.00


103.02


3.11


2.00


104.13


Emma T. Squires


100.00


106.21


2.67


3.00


105.88


Emma S. Stetson


50.00


56.34


1.41


2.00


55.75


Emma S. Stetson


100.00


107.19


2.69


3.00


106.88


Eliza J. Stickney


100.00


106.96


2.68


3.00


106.64


Harold E. Stuart


200.00


218.50


6.59


7.00


218.09


Joshua W. Swift


100.00


107.69


3.25


3.00


107.94


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Name of Fund


Amount of Fund


Balance Dec. 31, 1938


Divi- dends


Pay- ments


Balance Dec. 31, 1939


Daniel W. Symmes


100.00


108.78


3.27


3.00


109.05


Robert Tammett


100.00


108.40


3.27


4.00


107.67


Henry C. Tanner


100.00


106.78


2.68


3.00


106.46


Mary Reynolds Taylor


100.00


108.68


3.27


4.00


107.95


Capt. Briggs Thomas


100.00


100.00


Georgianna L. Thomas


100.00


106.53


2.67


3.00


106.20


John Thomas


623.50


658.82


16.57


18.00


657.39


Torrey-Ingalls


100.00


107.95


3.25


3.00


108.20


Ethel P. Tower


100.00


108.29


3.26


4.00


107.55


Jennie S. Tower


100.00


106.94


2.68


3.00


106.62


Sidney M. Towle


200.00


217.68


6.56


7.00


217.24


Abby Turner


100.00


107.47


2.69


3.00


107.16


Bethiah W. Turner


100.00


106.63


3.21


3.00


106.84


Alexander Wadsworth


200.00


217.54


5.46


8.00


215.00


Edward P. Wadsworth Estate


100.00


110.03


3.32


4.00


109.35


Frank G. F. Wadsworth


100.00


107.25


2.69


3.00


106.94


Fred O. Wadsworth


150.00


150.00


4.53


3.00


151.53


Gamaliel Wadsworth


100.00


108.45


3.27


4.00


107.72


Henry Wadsworth


100.00


108.18


3.26


4.00


107.44


Joseph and Ann Wadsworth


100.00


106.80


2.68


3.00


106.48


Peleg Wadsworth


1,000.00


1,076.89


32.54


20.00


1,089.43


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Mary J. Walker


75.00


82.47


2.07


3.00


81.54.


Augusta M. Watson


100.00


106.95


2.68


3.00


106.63


Annie M. Wellman


100.00


106.13


3.20


3.00


106.33


Annie V. Weston.


100.00


107.07


2.69


3.00


106.76


Bradford Weston


100.00


107.61


2.69


3.00


107.30


Edmund B. Weston


1,000.00


1,059.63


26.64


25.00


1,061.27


F. Irving Weston


125.00


125.00


George Weston


200.00


217.49


6.56


5.00


219.05


Georgianna M. Weston


50.00


53.85


1.34


2.00


53.19


Harrison G. Weston


50.00


53.85


1.34


2.00


53.19


Joshua Weston


100.00


106.89


2.68


3.00


106.57


Samuel N. Weston


300.00


332.22


8.35


7.00


333.57


William Ellis Weston


200.00


215.61


5.42


5.00


216.03


William A. Wheeler


130.00


140.17


3.51


4.00


139.68


Emma L. White


100.00


107.01


2.69


3.00


106.70


Mary A. White


150.00


162.37


4.08


5.00


161.45


Myron L. and Carrie L. White


100.00


107.87


3.25


4.00


107.12


Dr. James Wilde


100.00


107.51


2.69


3.00


107.20


Pauline W. Wilkinson


100.00


108.25


2.71


4.00


106.96


Jewett S. Willey


100.00


100.00


1.50


2.00


99.50


George M. Winslow


100.00


106.89


2.68


3.00


106.57


Abbie E. Brett Winsor


100.00


107.11


2.69


3.00


106.80


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Name of Fund


Amount of Fund


Balance Dec. 31, 1938


Divi- dends


Pay- ments


Balance Dec. 31, 1939


Bailey A. Winsor


100.00


107.23


3.23


3.00


107.46


Corrindo and Julia Winsor


100.00


107.11


2.69


3.00


106.80


Everett Winsor


100.00


100.00


James E. Winsor


100.00


106.49


2.67


3.00


106.16


Joseph Winsor


100.00


106.77


2.68


3.00


106.45


Martin Winsor


300.00


321.87


9.71


7.00


324.58


Richard A. and Ruth B. Winsor


150.00


163.28


4.10


4.00


163.38


William H. Winsor


75.00


79.62


1.99


2.00


79.61


Zenas Winsor


100.00


106.40


2.67


3.00


106.07


George Howard Wood


500.00


559.23


16.90


15.00


561.13


Arthur W. Wright


400.00


421.59


12.73


12.00


422.32


Edwin H. Wright


150.00


164.93


4.13


5.00


164.06


$44,606.50


$42,971.64


$1,180.94


$1,200.00 $47,530.58


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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR


March 15, 1939.


To the Board of Selectmen


Mr. Sidney C. Soule, Chairman Duxbury, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Duxbury for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1938, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours,


THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell 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 Duxbury for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1938, and submit the following report thereon:


The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were ex-


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amined and reconciled with the books in the town ac- countant's office.


The town accountant's ledger was analyzed, the re- corded receipts being checked with the treasurer's books, while the payments were compared with the warrants authorizing them and with the treasurer's records of payments.


The appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's records of town meeting proceedings and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were veri- fied.


The necessary adjusting and correcting entries result- ing from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1938. This balance sheet indicates that the town's financial condition is very good.


The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were analyzed and compared with the records of the several depart- ments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the treasury, while the payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash book additions were verified and the cash balance on February 4, 1939, was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.


Payments made for maturing debt and interest were examined and compared with cancelled securities and coupons on file.


The savings bank books and securities representing


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the investment of the several trust funds in the custody of the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank and the town treasurer were examined and listed, the income and with- drawals therefrom being compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts.


The records of tax titles held by the town were ex- amined and reconciled with the tax books and the town accountant's ledger, being further verified by a compari- son with the records in the Registry of Deeds.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked. The tax accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited and all subsequent commitments were compared with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The pay- ments to the treasurer were verified, the recorded abate- ments were checked with the assessors' records, the taxes transferred to the tax title account were proved, and the outstanding accounts were listed.


The departmental accounts receivable were examined and compared with commitments made by the several departments. The payments to the treasurer were check- ed with the treasurer's recorded receipts, the abatements as recorded were compared with the records of the de- partments authorized to grant such abatements, and the outstanding accounts were listed.


Verification of the outstanding tax and departmental accounts receivable 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 outstanding accounts, as listed, are correct.


The financial records of the town clerk pertaining to dog and sporting licenses, marriage permits, and record- ing fees were examined, the payments to the State being


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checked with receipts on file and the payments to the town treasurer being compared with the treasurer's re- corded receipts.


The records of licenses, permits, and grants issued by the selectmen and the health department were examined and checked, and the payments to the town were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's cash book.


The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and reconciled with the treasurer's and the town account- ant's records.


The surety bonds of the various town officials required to file them were examined and found to be in proper form.


Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and collector's cash, summaries of the tax, tax title, and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions.


For the co-operation extended by the various town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on be- half of my assistants and for myself, to express apprecia- tion.


Respectfully submitted,


HERMAN B. DINE,


Assistant Director of Accounts.


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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH


Balance January 1, 1938


$57,102.21


Receipts 265,772.28


$322,874.49


Payments


$258,003.41


Balance December 31, 1938 64,871.08


$322,874.49


Balance January 1, 1939


$64,871.08


Receipts January 1 to February 4, 1939 4,864.11


$69,735.19


Payments January 1 to February


4, 1939


$17,736.68


Balance February 4, 1939:


Cash in


office,


verified


$432.25


Plymouth National


Bank per check


Register


27,700.01


Rockland Trust


Company, per


statement and


check register


23,866.25


51,998.51


$69,735.19


Plymouth National Bank


Balance February 4, 1939, per statement $32,338.26


Balance February 4, 1939, per check register $27,700.01


Outstanding checks February 4,


1939, per list


4,638.25


$32,338.26


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Reconciliation of Collector's Cash


Balances February 4, 1939, per tables:


Taxes 1936


$13.87


Taxes 1937


391.93


Taxes 1938


763.93


Motor vehicle excise taxes 1936 35.06


Motor vehicle excise


taxes 1937 39.43


Motor vehicle excise taxes 1938 114.55


Interest and costs on taxes 79.53


Petty cash


$1,438.30 150.00


$1,588.30


Balance February 4, 1939:


Cash in office, verified $1,368.55


Plymouth National Bank per statement and check book. 202.79


Cash discrepancy 16.96


$1,588.30


Taxes-1935


Outstanding January 1, 1938 $51.75


Payments to treasurer $27.75


Abatements 16.00


Outstanding December 31, 1938,


and February 4, 1939, per list. . 8.00


$51.75


Taxes-1936


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$16,176.74


Payments to treasurer $15,807.80


Abatements 224.90


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Tax titles taken 28.05


Outstanding December 31, 1938.


115.99


Outstanding January 1, 1939


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list


$102.12


Cash balance February 4, 1939,. . 13.87


$115.99


Taxes-1937


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$36,922.50


Abatements and payments re - funded 13.50


$36,936.00


Payments to treasurer $18,839.00


Abatements


110.09


Added to tax titles


26.45


Outstanding December 31, 1938


17,960.46


$36,936.00


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$17,960.46


Payments to treasurer January 1 to


February 4, 1939 $90.88


Outstanding February 4, 1939 per list


17,477.65


Cash balance February 4, 1939


391.93


$17,960.46


Taxes-1938


Commitment per warrant


$165,452.53


Overpayment to collector adjusted .01


Abatements and payments re - funded 163.21


$165,615.75


Payments to treasurer $129,087.04


Abatements 357.48


Added to tax titles


486.95


Outstanding December 31, 1938


35,684.28


$16,176.74 $115.99


$165,615.75


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Outstanding January 1, 1939 $35,684.28 Abatements and payments to be refunded 33.75


$35,718.03


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939, $299.04


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list 34,655.06


Cash balance February 4, 1939 763.93


$35,718.03


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes-1935


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$204.56


Payments to treasurer


$75.54


Abatements 22.82


Outstanding December 31, 1938. . 106.20


$204.56


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$106.20


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939 $3.30


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list 102.90


$106.20


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes-1936


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$1,192.09


Overpayment refunded 1.00


$1,193.09


Payments to treasurer $773.03


Abatements


124.46


Outstanding December 31, 1938


295.60


$1,193.09


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$295.60


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list


$260.54


Cash balance February 4, 1939


35.06


$295.60


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Motor Vehicle Taxes-1937


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$1,886.68


Additional commitment per war- rant 42.53


Abatements and payments re -


funded 35.24


$1,964.45


Payments to treasurer


$1,451.55


Abatements


85.32


Outstanding December 31, 1938


427.58


$1,964.45


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$427.58


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939 $4.00


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list


384.15


Cash balance February 4, 1939


39.43


$427.58


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes-1938


Commitment per warrants


$7,409.73


Abatements and payments re - funded 95.45


$7,505.18


Payments to treasurer


$6,801.05


Abatements


213.78


Outstanding December 31, 1938


490.35


$7,505.18


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$490.35


Additional commitment January 1 to February 4, 1939 60.05 Abatements and payments re- funded January 1 to February 4, 1939 11.65


$562.05


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Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939 $30.49


Abatements January 1 to Febru- ary 4, 1939 11.65


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list 405.36


Cash balance February 4, 1939 114.55


$562.05


Interest and Costs on Taxes


Interest and costs collections 1938:


Taxes:


Levy of 1935 $7.59


Levy of 1936


1,586.45


Levy of 1937


688.48


Levy of 1938


51.65


$2,334.17


Motor vehicle excise taxes:


Levy of 1935 $25.23


Levy of 1936


111.46


Levy of 1937


100.38


Levy of 1938


47.54


284.61


$2,618.78


Payments to treasurer 1938


$2,618.78


Interest and costs collections January 1 to February 4, 1939:


Taxes:


Levy of 1936 $5.82


Levy of 1937


32.12


Levy of 1938


12.29


$50.23


Motor vehicle excise taxes:


Levy of 1935


$1.28


Levy of 1936 13.61


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Levy of 1937 6.24


Levy of 1938


16.19


37.32


$87.55


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939 $8.02


Cash balance February 4, 1939


79.53


$87.55


Tax Titles


Balance January 1, 1938


$3,817.71


Tax titles taken:


Taxes 1936


$28.05


Interest and costs


41.66


69.71


Added to tax titles:


Taxes 1937


$26.45


Taxes 1938


486.95


Interest


1.03


514.43


$4,401.85


Tax titles redeemed


$863.17


Balance December 31, 1938


3,538.68


$4,401.85


Balance January 1, 1939


$3,538.68


Tax titles redeemed January 1 to


February 4, 1939 $11.15


Balance February 4, 1939, per list 3,527.53


$3,538.68


Selectmen's Licenses, Permits and Grants


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$3.00


Licenses, permits and grants issued 1938:


Automobile dealers.


$20.00


Bowling 12.00


Clam grants 2.50


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Hawkers' and ped-


dlers'


32.00


Innholders'


4.00


Intelligence office


5.00


Junk


20.00


Liquor


1,956.00


Lodging house


4.00


Revolver


7.50


Shellfish


525.50


Sunday


19.00


Victuallers'


32.00


2,639.50


$2,642.50


Payments to treasurer 1938


$2,642.50


Licenses, permits and grants issued


January 1 to February 14, 1939:


Automobile dealers'


$20.00


Revolver


.50


Shellfish


10.00


Sunday


3.00


Victuallers'


2.00


$35.50


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 14, 1939


$30.00


Outstanding February 14, 1939, per list 5.00


Cash balance February 14, 1939


.50


$35.50


TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses


Licenses issued 1938:


Males,'


166 @ $ 2.00 $332.00


Spayed females,


57 @ 2.00


114.00


Females,


40 @ 5.00 200.00


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Kennel,


1 @


25.00


25.00


Transfer,


1 @


.25


.25


$671.25


Payments to treasurer 1938:


For county


$618.20


For town-fees


53.05


$671.25


Sporting Licenses


Licenses issued 1938


$359.75


Payments to treasurer 1938:


For State


$322.50


For town-fees


37.25


$359.75


Licenses issued January 1 to Feb- ruary 4, 1939


$60.75


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939:


For State


$54.50


For town-fees


6.25


$60.75


Marriage Permits


Permits issued 1938 $50.00


Payments to treasurer 1938 $50.00


Recording Fees


Receipts 1938 $65.51


Payments to treasurer 1938 $65.51


Receipts January 1 to February 4, 1939 $3.00


Payments to treasurer January 1


to February 4, 1939 $3.00


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Petty Cash


Petty cash advance $25.00


Petty cash disbursements per vouchers on file $1.80


Cash on hand February 4, 1939, verified 23.20


$25.00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Cash balance January 1, 1938


$2.10


Fees


46.13


$48.23


Payments to treasurer $47.23


Cash balance December 31, 1938,


and February 14, 1939 1.00


$48.23


HEALTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$260.71


Charges 475.71


$736.42


Payments to treasurer $260.71


Outstanding December 31, 1938,


and February 4, 1939, per list 475.71


$736.42


Licenses and Permits


Licenses and permits issued 1938:


Garbage $8.00


Pasteurization


10.00


$18.00


Payments to treasurer $10.00


Cash balance December 31, 1938,


and February 4, 1939 8.00


$18.00


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable


Charges 1938 $65.60


Payments to treasurer $39.00


Outstanding December 31, 1938,


and February 4, 1939, per list


26.60


$65.60


PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$2,051.84


Charges 3,285.35


$5,337.19


Payments to treasurer


$3,403.40


Outstanding December 31, 1938 and


February 4, 1939, per list


1,933.79


$5,337.19


BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$914.85


Charges 8,485.58


$9,400.43


Payments to treasurer


$8,293.97


Outstanding December 31, 1938 1,106.46


$9,400.43


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$1,106.46


Payments to treasurer January to February 4, 1939 $130.00


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list 976.46


$1,106.46


MILITARY AID Accounts Receivable


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$120.00


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Charges 120.00


$240.00


Payments to treasurer $120.00


Outstanding December 31, 1938,


and February 4, 1939, per list 120.00


$240.00


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$248.89


Charges 1,421.47


$1,670.36


Payments to treasurer $1,307.08


Outstanding December 31, 1938


and February 4, 1939, per list 363.28


$1,670.36


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable


Outstanding January 1, 1938


$885.25


Charges


2,013.25


$2,898.50


Payments to treasurer


$2,342.25


Outstanding December 31, 1938


556.25


$2,898.50


Outstanding January 1, 1939


$556.25


Charges January 1 to February 4, 1939 3.00


$559.25


Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 4, 1939 $23.00


Abatements January 1 to Febru- ary 4, 1939 157.00


Outstanding February 4, 1939, per list 379.25


$559.25


LUCY HATHAWAY FUND


Securities


Cash in Transit


Savings


Deposits


Par Value


Market Value


Total


On hand January 1, 1938


$107.50


$5,706.90


$30,700.00


$36,514.40


On hand December 31, 1938


$1,749.03


$19,000.00


$2,205.00


$22,954.03


On hand February 4, 1939


$2,088.98


$19,000.00


$2,205.00


$23,293.98


Receipts


#


Payments


1938


Withdrawn from savings deposits


$3,957.87


Transferred to town


$5,814.40


Income


1,749.03


Par value in excess of market


Reduction of securities to market value


9,495.00


Cash in transit January 1, 1938. . 107.50


$15,309.40


$15,309.40


Income


January 1 to February 4, 1939 $339.95 Added to savings deposits $339.95


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value of securities


9,495.00


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THOMAS D. HATHAWAY FUND Shade Trees and Sidewalks


Savings Deposits


Total


On hand January 1, 1938


$2,544.78


$2,544.78


On hand December 31, 1938 and


February 4, 1939


$2,615.25


$2,615.25


1938


Receipts


Payments


Income $70.47 Added to savings deposits $70.47


WILLIAM PENN HARDING LIBRARY FUND


Savings Deposits Total


On hand January 1, 1938


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


On hand December 31, 1938 and


February 4, 1939


$1,000.00 $1,000.00


Receipts


Payments


1938


Income


$25.15 Transferred to town


$25.15


MYLES STANDISH LOT FUND


Savings Deposits Total


On hand January 1, 1938


$1,376.98


$1,376.98


On hand December 31, 1938, and


February 4, 1939


$1,403.61


$1,403.61


Receipts


Payments


1938


Income $34.63. Added to savings deposits $26.63


Transferred to


town 8.00


$34.63


$34.63


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SAMUEL H. HOWLAND CEMETERY FUND


Savings Deposits Total


On hand January 1, 1938


$1,022.61 $1,022.61


On hand December 31, 1938, and


February 4, 1939


$1,053.50 $1,053.50


Receipts


Payments


1938


Added to savings


Income


$30.89


deposits


$30.89


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS


Savings Deposits


Total


On hand January 1, 1938


$40,336.80 $40,336.80


On hand December 31, 1938


$42.971.64 $42,971.64


On hand February 4, 1939 Receipts


$45,233.96 $45,233.96


Payments


1938


Income


$1,204.84


Added to savings


Bequests


2,450.00


deposits


$2,634.84


Transferred to


town


1,020.00


$3,654.84


$3,654.84


January 1 to February 4, 1939


Bequests


$2,262.32


Added to savings


deposits


$2,262.32


Town of Duxbury BALANCE SHEET-December 31, 1938 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash:


Fire Insurance Reserve


$2,500.00


In Banks and Office:


Tailings


173.20


General


$64,871.08


Proceeds of Dog Licenses-Due County


1.80


Town Clerk-Petty Cash


25.00


Sale of Lots and Graves Fund


40.00


Collector-Petty Cash


150.00


Highway Fund-Chapter 500, Acts of 1938


4,400.00


Appropriation Balances:


Accounts Receivable :


Repairs South Duxbury School- house $60.04


Taxes:


Levy of 1935


$8.00


Repairs Island Creek School- house


45.00


Levy of 1937


17,960.46


Levy of 1938


35,684.28


Town Dump - Purchase of Land 50.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:


East, Mayflower and Lincoln Streets Repairs


6.26


Levy of 1936


295.60


Keene Street Repairs


80.79


Levy of 1937


427.58


North Street Repairs


30.95


Levy of 1938


490.35


Bridges


1,214.43


Tax Titles


3,538.68


Departmental:


Union, Congress and West Streets $183.50


Health


$475.71


Tremont Street 15.10


Highway


26.60


Public Welfare


1,933.79


Summer and South Streets 30.00


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Levy of 1936


115.99


Extermination of Poison Ivy 9.50


53,768.73


Levy of 1935


$106.20


1,319.73


Land Damages:


$65,046.08


Old Age Assistance Military Aid School Cemetery


1,106.46


Bay Road 1929


83.25


Loring Street 1.00


312.85


Committee on Railroad Service


5.94


Binding Town Reports


95.00


Underestimates:


State Tax and Assessments


$9,311.99


County Tax


23.23


9,335.22


Purchase of Abbott Property


12.25


Improvements, Corner Alden


and George Streets 50.42


Unpaid Bills of 1936 and Prior


1,695.99


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatements:


Levy of 1935


8.00


Levy of 1936


115.99


Levy of 1937


3,508.86


Levy of 1938


2,254.72


Revenue Reserved Until Collected:


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$1,319.73


Tax Title


3,538.68


Departmental


4,582.09


Surplus Revenue


9,440.50 93,554.34 $144,590.53


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10,929.42 17,663.70


5,887.57


$144,590.53


Land Court for Tax Title Ac- counts 260.00


Dredging in Duxbury Bay


7,000.00


Revenue 1939


7,000.00


120.00


363.28


556.25


4,582.09


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt $40,000.00 High School Loan $40,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of : Town Treasurer Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank


Lucy Hathaway Fund


$22,954.03


Thomas D. Hathaway Fund


2,615.25


$71,586.10


William Penn Harding Library Fund


1,000.00


411.93


Myles Standish Lot Fund


1,403.61


Samuel H. Howland Fund


1,053.50


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


42,971.64


$71,998.03


$71,998.03


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Report of Town Clerk


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN DUXBURY IN 1939


January 7. In Wellesley, Alton H. Whiting, Jr. of Plym- outh and Virginia A. Bradlee of Duxbury, by Rev. Waitstill H. Sharp.


March 21. In Dedham, Stanley H. Merry of Duxbury and Alice E. Neal of Dedham, by Rev. J. Frank Rob- inson.


March 23. In Kingston, Raymond Leo Egan and Jose- phine C. Lanigan, both of West Duxbury, by Rev. George A. Gately.


April 9. In Duxbury, Eugene Bozek and Jane Masgay, both of Pawtucket, R. I., by Rev. Gordon L. King.


April 23. In Plymouth, Chester Winthrop Bates of Dux- bury and Margaret R. McLean of North Plymouth, by Rev. Carl Knudsen.


April 29. In Kingston, Louis Martin Bailey and Hazel (McNally) Herdman, both of Duxbury, by Rev. Lewis G. Adamson.


May 25. In Marshfield, Henry Russell Chandler of Dux- bury and Ruth S. Stetson of Marshfield Hills, by Rev. Edwin C. Field.




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