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Salary, Public Weigher Balance to Revenue
$100.00 75.00
$175.00
$175.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
CR.
Appropriation
$48,000.00
Petty Cash Refund
50.00
Refund
9.70
DR.
Salaries, Superintendents
$ 3,225.30
Clerks
2,027.40
Secretary
50.00
Labor
14,847.02
Engineers
7,358.20
Office Maintenance
1,104.67
Pipe, Meter and Fittings
4,025.81
Equipment, Hardware and Tools
826.30
Maintenance of Pumping Station
10,457.09
Water from City of Lawrence
162.00
Lawrence Gas and Electric Company
3,773.94
Total Expenditures
$47,857.73
Balance to Revenue
201.97
$48,059.70
$48,059.70
ARTICLE 5-IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM
CR.
Balance from 1945
$30,706.70
Transfer from Free Cash
50,000.00
Transfer from Post War Rehabilitation Fund
65,000.00
Amount Carried Forward
$145,706.70
65
Amount Brought Forward
$145,706.70
DR.
Salary, Engineer
$ 234.00
Labor
1,303.36
Plans and Specifications
7,918.49
Pipe and Construction
119,189.63
Tarvia, Concrete and All Other
917.81
Total Expenditures
$129,563.29
Balance to 1947
16,143.41
$145,706.70
$145,706.70
ARTICLE 18-ENGINEERING SERVICES TO MAKE STUDY OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS CR.
Balance from 1945
$637.00
DR.
Engineering Services
$116.91
Balance to Excess and Deficiency
520.09
$637.00
$637.00
ARTICLE 20-PURCHASE LIGHT TRUCK
CR.
Appropriation
DR.
Purchase Dodge Truck
$1,095.14
Balance to Revenue
4.86
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
ARTICLE 43-WATER MAIN EXTENSION- BLANCHARD STREET CR.
Appropriation Refund
$4,550.00
4.40
Amount Carried Forward
$4,554.40
66
$1,100.00
Amount Brought Forward
$4,554.40
DR.
Labor
$ 560.69
Pipe and Fittings
1,789.53
Construction, etc.
849.59
Total Expenditures
$3,199.81
Balance to Revenue
1,354.59
$4,554.40.
$4,554.40
ARTICLE 44-WATER MAIN EXTENSION- BALLARDVALE ROAD CR.
Appropriation
$1,800.00
DR.
Labor
$1,141.43
Pipe and Fittings
355.30
Construction, etc.
302.28
Total Expenditures
$1,799.01
Balance to Revenue
. 99
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
ARTICLE 46-WATER MAIN EXTENSION- SALEM STREET ALONG VINE STREET CR.
Appropriation
$1,800.00
Refund
1.70
DR.
Labor
$532.11
Pipe and Fittings
597.18
Construction, etc.
198.91
Total Expenditures
$1,328.20
Balance to 1947
473.50
$1,801.70
$1,801.70
67
ARTICLE 47-WATER MAIN EXTENSION- SPRING GROVE ROAD
CR.
Appropriation
Refund
DR.
Labor
$380.40
Pipe and Fittings
271.45
Construction, etc.
144.01
Total Expenditures
$795.86
Balance to 1947
455.84
$1,251.70
$1,251.70
ARTICLE 50-WATER MAIN EXTENSION- VIRGINIA ROAD
CR.
Appropriation
$600.00
DR.
Labor
$210.83
Pipe and Fittings
387.69
Total Expenditures
$598.52
Balance to Revenue
1.48
$600.00
$600.00
ARTICLE 52-REPAIR FENCE ON WEST BANK OF SHAWSHEEN RIVER BETWEEN HAVERHILL STREET AND LOT "B"
CR.
Appropriation
$2,400.00
DR.
Chain Link Fence
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
$2,400.00
$1,250.00 1.70
68
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY CR.
Appropriation Petty Cash Refund
$12,734.60 10.00
DR.
Salary, Superintendent
$2,301.60
Clerk
200.00
Labor
8,737.60
Office Maintenance
158.63
Containers
464.00
Equipment, Tools and Truck Main-
tenance
499.33
Seed, Loam, Cinders, etc.
325.15
Total Expenditures
$12,686.31
Balance to Revenue
58.29
$12,744.60
$12,744.60
ARTICLE 30-PURCHASE 600-WATT GENERATOR
CR.
Appropriation
$225.00
Purchase Generator
$225.00
$225.00
$225.00
ARTICLE 31-PURCHASE FORD TRUCK
CR.
Appropriation
DR.
Purchase Truck
Balance to Revenue
$1,499.04 . 96
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
INTEREST CR.
Appropriation
$5,716.25
69
.
DR.
$1,500.00
Amount Brought Forward
$5,716.25
DR.
Interest
$5,716.25
$5,716.25
$5,716.25
MATURING DEBT
CR.
Appropriation
Note Premium from 1945
DR.
General Loans
$41,000.00
$41,000.00
$41,000.00
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
2,261.60
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
5,466.84
Private Trust Funds
224.02
Retirement Fund
17,591.00
Essex County Tax
36,453.22
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
16,959.76
War Savings Bonds
4,660.00
Withholding Taxes
40,172.64
Refunds
948.22
Total Expenditures, 1946
$1,057,715.17
RESERVE FUND
CR.
Transferred from Overlay Reserve
$15,000.00
DR.
Municipal Buildings
$ 400.00
Tax Collector
125.00
School Department
1,800.00
Article 10, Ambulance
1,225.10
Total Transferred
$ 3,550.10
Balance to Overlay Reserve
11,449.90
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
- 70
$40,737.42 262.58
TAXES 1942
Refunds Abated
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
TAXES 1943
Refunds
$14.00
Abated
$14.00
$14.00
$14.00
TAXES 1944
$893.39
Balance from 1945 Refunds
22.00
Collected in 1946
$893.39
Abated
22.00
$915.39
$915.39
TAXES 1945
Balance from 1945
$34,396.15
Refunds
72.80
Collected in 1946
$32,619.78
Abated
808.11
Tax Titles
154.43
Balance to 1947
886.63
$34,468.95
$34,468.95
TAXES 1946
Commitments
Refunds
Collected in 1946
$568,502.72 3,830.30
Tax Titles
262.80 32,181.23
Balance to 1947
$604,777.05
$604,777.05
71
$604,138.10 638.95
Abated
FOREST PRODUCTS 1946
Commitment
$68.05
Collected in 1946
$68.05
$68.05
$68.05
FOREST LAND 1946
Commitment
$11.88
Collected in 1946
$11.88
$11.88
$11.88
WATER LIENS 1945
Balance from 1945
$180.65
Collected in 1946
$180.65
$180.65
$180.65
WATER LIENS 1946
Commitments
$246.00
Collected in 1946
$201.26
Balance to 1947
44.74
$246.00
$246.00
TAX TITLE ACCOUNT
Balance from 1945
$2,467.15
Added to Tax Titles
466.63
Redemptions
$2,264.75
Balance to 1947
669.03
$2,933.78
$2,933.78
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance from 1945
$254.55
Added to Tax Title Possessions
895.79
Transferred to Tax Title Possessions
$1,500.00
Balance to 1947
349.66
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
72
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1945
Balance from 1945
$124.55
Committed in 1946 Refunds Collected in 1946 Abated
87.48
11.35
$204.03
19.35
$223.38
$223.38
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1946
Commitments, 1946
$17,784.55 142.54
Collected in 1946
$16,632.71
Abated
459.72
Balance to 1947
834.66
$17,927.09
$17,927.09
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1945
Balance from 1945
$118.52
Collected in 1946 Balance to 1947
3.52
$118.52
$118.52
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1946
Commitments, 1946
$1,814.84
Collected in 1946
$1,712.12
Abated
1.22
Balance to 1947
101.50
$1,814.84
$1,814.84
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1946
Commitment, 1946
$5,577.26 3.00
Refund
Collected in 1946
$1,941.43
Abated
3.00
Balance to 1947
3,635.83
$5,580.26
$5,580. 26
.
Refunds
$115.00
73
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED-TO- TAXES 1945
Balance from 1945
Collected in 1946
$20.17 $20.17
$20.17
$20.17
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED-TO- TAXES 1946
Commitment, 1946
$20.17
Balance to 1947
$20.17
$20.17
$20.17
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1945
Balance from 1945
$7.26
Collected in 1946
$7.26
$7.26
$7.26
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1946
Commitment, 1946
$6.05
Balance to 1947
$6.05
$6.05
$6.05
OVERLAY 1942
Abatements, 1946
$4.00
Balance to 1947 (to be raised in 1947)
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
OVERLAY 1943
Balance from 1945
$839.93
Abatements
$ 58.98
Balance to 1947
780.95
$839.93
$839.93
74
.
OVERLAY 1944
Balance from 1945 Abatements Balance to 1947
$2,505.82
$ 162.65
2,343.17
$2,505.82
$2,505.82
OVERLAY 1945
Balance from 1945 Abatements Balance to 1947
$ 918.31
6,072.61
$6,990.92
$6,990.92
OVERLAY 1946
Overlay 1946
$14,195.71
Abatements
$ 3,830.30
Balance to 1947
10,365.41
$14,195.71
$14,195.71
OVERLAY RESERVE
Balance from 1945
$21,552.45
Reserve Fund-Unexpended Balance
11,449.90
Transferred to Reserve Fund
$15,000.00
Balance to 1947
18,002.35
$33,002.35
$33,002.35
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1945
$ 7,987.67
Charges, Accounts Receivable in 1946 56,011.13
Collected in 1946
$52,921.10
Abatements
127.46
Balance to 1947
10,950.24
$63,998.80
$63,998. 80
75
$6,990.92
WATER RATES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1945
Charges, Commitments, 1946
$ 3,567.01 61,206.72 36.00
Adjustments
Refunds
16.01
Collected in 1946
Abatements
$60,365.00 85.92 1.50
Adjustments Balance to 1947
4,373.32
$64,825.74
$64,825.74
WATER SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1945
$315.57
Charges, Commitments, 1946
535.62
Collected in 1946
$571.35
Adjustments
27.00
Balance to 1947
252.84
$851.19
$851.19
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance from 1945
$212,856. 26
Refunds 1945
39.50
Unexpended Appropriation Balances from 1945
6,367. 94
Estimated Receipts
78,022.82
Revenue 1946
28,801.43
Tax Title Revenue
2,861.12
Transferred to Revenue
$ 30,000.00
Article 5-Water System
50,000.00
Tax Title Revenue
417.23
Balance to 1947
248,531.84
$328,949.07
$328,949.07
76
JOHN CORNELL FUND
Principal Fund :
Andover Savings Bank
$1,000.00
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,000.00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,000.00
City Inst. for Savings, Lowell 1,000.00
The Central Savings Bank, Lowell
1,000.00
$5,000.00
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand, January 1, 1946 $389.34
Interest received in 1946. 90.00
$479.34
EXPENDITURES
Cross Coal Company
$25.62
Balance on hand, January 1; 1947
$453.72
.
77
Cemetery Funds PERPETUAL CARE
Cemetery
Number Balance of Accounts Jan. 1, 1946
Deposits
Interest
Withdrawals Balance for Care of Lots Dec. 31, 1946
Spring Grove
687
$ 80,904.31
$3,875.00
'$1,836.85
$2,637.08
$ 83,979.08
South Church
142
17,552.28
325.00
388.06
1,039.92
17,225.42
Christ Church
71
7,932.13
158.84
158.84
7,932.13
West Church
10
2,195.01
44.06
55.04
2,184.03
St. Augustine's
6
650.00
13.04
13.04
650.00
Totals
916
$109,233.73
$4,200.00
$2,440.85
$3,903.92
$111,970.66
All the Spring Grove Cemetery perpetual care accounts which had not been previously converted into $40,000.00 U.S. Savings Bonds were combined into one savings bank account by vote of the Trustees.
Similarly all the South Church accounts were converted into $17,000.00 U.S. Savings Bonds, from which the annual income will be $425.00.
78
Trust Funds
Name
Beneficiary
Principal
Balance Jan. 1, 1946 Interest
Expen- ditures
Balance Dec. 31, 1946
Richardson
Shawsheen School
$ 1,000.00 $
1,296.80
$ 26.05
$ 1,322.85
Draper
School Department
1,000.00
1,205.15
24.22
1,229.37
Holt
School Department
50.00
65.07
1.30
66.37
Conroy
Punchard Prize
250.00
297.33
5.92
$ 5.00
298.25
American Legion
Punchard Prize
200.00
202.00
4.02
4.02
202.00
Varnum Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
506.25
12.61
7.50
511.36
Alfred V. Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
506.25
12.61
7.50
511.36
Emeline Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
1,000.00
1,040.60
20.91
1,061.51
Emma J. Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
544.60
566.70
11.38
578.08
Emma J. Lincoln
Library
544.60
667.08
13.40
680.48
Taylor
Welfare Fuel
100.00
118.01
2.37
120.38
David and Lucy Shaw Welfare
10,000.00
11,315.14
227.43
11,542.57
Giddings
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,010.00
20.30
1,030.30
Smart
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,157.53
23.26
1,180.79
Bertha M. Stevens
Spring Grove
200.00
2.67
202.67
Walter L. Raymond
Welfare
7,845.81
8,343.45
167.69
8,511.14
Emily F. Raymond
Welfare and Cemetery
1,431.89
1,403.69
28.20
1,431.89
Post War
Rehabilitation
151,877.12
2,578.69
65,067.43
89,388.38
Totals
$27,166.90 $181,578.17
$3,183.03 $65,091.45
$119,869.75
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Report of the Trustees of Punchard Free School YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946
January 1, 1946
Cash in Banks
$14,587.52
Real Estate Mortgages
20,392.56
Bonds at Book Value
42,019.92
$77,000.00
December 31, 1946
Cash in Banks
11,669.66
Real Estate Mortgages
23,310.42
Bonds at Book Value
42,019.92
$77,000.00
INCOME ACCOUNT
January 1, 1946
Cash on Hand
$4,289.26
Interest and Dividends Received
2,462.78
$6,752.04
Expenditures :
M. E. Stevens, Instructor
$2,468.00
Henry Grillo, Substitute
60.00
E. E. Hammond, Salary
200.00
Treasurer's Bond
25.00 -
Safe Deposit Box
12.00
Miscellaneous Expense
1.00
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue a/c Withholding Tax
304.32
December 31, 1946-Cash on Hand
3,681.72
$6,752.04
GOLDSMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $ 332.45
Interest Received 6.67
339.12
Prizes awarded
10.00
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $ 329.12
80
DRAPER FUND
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $1,506.54
Interest Received 29.97
1,536.51
Scholarship awarded 30.00
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank
$1,506.51
BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $27.58
Dividends Received 40.00
Interest Received .14
67.72
Prizes awarded :
First
$20.00
Second 12.00
Third 8.00
$40.00
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $ 27.72
CHAPIN FUND
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $2,211.15
Interest Received 44.04
2,255.19
Scholarship awarded 40.00
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $2,215.19
RESERVE FUND
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $3,669.32
Interest Received 69.82
3,739.14
81
Amount Brought Forward $3,739.14
Withdrawal on account of payment on Year Book 350.00
Dec 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $3,389.14
HENRY WARREN BARNARD AND MABEL PARADISE BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $1,036.97
Interest Received 20.46
1,057.43
Athletic Goods purchased
36.97
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $1,020.46
ELIZABETH T. GUTTERSON SCHOLARSHIP
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $1,024.25
Interest Received 20.38
1,044.63
Scholarship awarded 20.00
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank
$1,024.63
M. E. GUTTERSON BOTANY PRIZES
Jan. 1, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $ 304.61
Interest Received 6.06
310.67
Prize awarded
5.00
Dec. 31, 1946-Cash in Savings Bank $ 305.67
Respectfully submitted, EDMOND E. HAMMOND, Treasurer
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Town Debt
DETAIL OF PAYMENT BY YEARS
Year
Sewer Rate 414%
Junior High School 2 & 214%
Water Extension 34%
Totals Av. 2.12%
1947
$ 5,000.
$ 21,000.
$15,000.
$ 41,000.
1948
5,000.
21,000.
15,000.
41,000.
1949
5,000.
19,000.
15,000.
39,000 .
1950
5,000.
19,000.
15,000.
39,000 .
1951
5,000.
19,000.
24,000.
1952
5,000.
19,000.
24,000.
1953
5,000.
19,000.
24,000.
1954
4,000.
4,000.
1955
4,000.
4,000.
$35,000.
$145,000.
$60,000.
$240,000.
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Balance Sheet, December 31, 1946 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$334,495.08
Overage Account-Tax Collector $ 100.00
Personal Taxes 1945
11.31
Tax Title Possessions
349.66
Real Estate Taxes 1945
875.32 Old Age Assistance Refund
75.00
Poll Taxes 1946
34.00
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
77.60
Personal Taxes 1946
1,721.34
Overlay 1943
780.95
Real Estate Taxes 1946
30,425.89
Overlay 1944
2,343.17
Water Liens Added-to-Taxes 1946
44.74
Overlay 1945
6,072.61
Tax Title Account
669.03
Overlay 1946
10,365.41
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1946 Moth Assessments 1945 Moth Assessments 1946 84
834.66
Overlay Reserve
18,002.35
3.52
Tax Title Revenue
319.37
101.50
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
834.66
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1946
3,635.83
Special Assessment Revenue
3,767.07
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Added- to-Taxes 1946
20.17
Water Revenue
4,670.90
Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments 1946
6.05
Tailings-Payment Stopped on Old Checks
29.24
Departmental Accounts Receivable
10,950.24
Excess and Deficiency
248,531.84
Water Departmental Accounts Receivable
4,626.16
Petty Cash Advance-Reserve
35.00
Overlay 1942
4.00
War Savings Bonds
308.20
Essex County Tax
834.37
Article 8, History of Andover
2,000.00
State Parks and Reservations
342.94
Article 22, Prepare Plans for use of Shaw Property 2,500.00
Petty Cash-Library
35.00
Article 12, Repair Floor-B.V. Fire Station
1,000.00
.
Amount Carried Forward
$389,671.15
Amount Carried Forward
$318,645.27
€
Cemetery Sales Fund
5,532.00
Departmental Revenue
10,950.24
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$389,671.15
85
Amount Brought Forward $318,645.27 Article 6, Improving Sewer System 584.57 Article 19, Sewer Special Committee Study 1,000.00 Article 48, Sewer Construction-Haverhill Street 6,000.00
Article 55, Install Sewer Main-William Street 1,650.00
Board of Public Works Machinery Account 2,088.76
Article 21, Purchase Motor-driven Street Sweeper 5,000.00
Article 2, Purchase Snow Equipment
35,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children Administra- tion (Grants) 1.70
Old Age Assistance Administration (Grants) 10.66
Article 37, Supervised Winter Recreation Program at Hussey's Pond 362.54
Article 39, Providing Ice-skating Pro- gram and Facilities 304.90
Article 5, Improving Water System
16,143.41
Article 46, Water Main Extension, 200 ft. Salem Street along Vine Street 473.50
Article 47, Water Main Extension, 225 ft. Spring Grove Road 455.84
Article 56, Install Water Main, William Street 1,950.00
Amount Carried Forward $389,671.15 Amount Carried Forward
$389,671.15
DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount Brought Forward $389,671.15
Amount Brought Forward
$389,671.15
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due $ 80.68
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1947 $
20.17
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1948 20.17
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1949 20.17
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1950
20.17
Amount Carried Forward $389,751.83
Amount Carried Forward $389,751.83
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
. Amount Brought Forward
$389,751.83
Amount Brought Forward
$389,751.83
Net Funded and Fixed Debt
$240,000.00
Water Extension Loan
$ 60,000.00
Outfall Sewer Loan 1923 Junior High School Loan
35,000.00
145,000.00
Amount Carried Forward
$629,751.83
Amount Carried Forward
$629,751.83
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward $629,751.83
Amount Brought Forward $629,751.83
Punchard Free School
$81,269.34
Municipal Retirement Fund Cash and Securities
119,960.70
Draper Fund, Punchard School
1,506.54
Reserve Fund, Punchard Free School
3,669.32
Barnard Fund, Punchard School
1,027.58
Goldsmith Fund, P.H.S. 332.45
Edna G. Chapin Fund, P.H.S.
2,211.15
Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund
667.08
Memorial Hall Library Fund
87,392.86
Emily F. Raymond Fund
1,403.69
Walter Landor Raymond Fund
8,343.45
U.S. Constitution Prize Fund
202.00
David and Lucy Hayward Shaw Legacy
11,315.14
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund
5,389.34
Emeline S. Lincoln Fund, Village Im- provement
1,040.60
Emma J. Lincoln Fund, A.V.I.S.
566.70
Edward Taylor Fuel Fund
118.01
Richardson School Fund
1,296.80
Draper School Fund
1,205.15
Amount Carried Forward
$1,166,155.68
Amount Carried Forward
$839,746.00
Trust Funds Cash and Securities $416,443.15
Henry W. and Mabel P. Barnard Fund
1,036.97
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TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $1,166,155.68
Amount Brought Forward $839,746.00
Holt School Fund
65.07
Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund 297.33
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
506.25
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
506.25
Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund
1,157.53
Isaac Giddings Burial Ground Fund
1,010.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
86,877.12
M. E. Gutterson Botany Prize Fund
304.61
Elizabeth T. Gutterson Scholarship Fund
1,024.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
114,700.57
Annuity Savings Fund
57,513.31
Pension Accumulation Fund
51,769.75
Annuity Reserve Fund
2,741.29
Expense Fund
112.90
Income on Investments
6,941.21
Special Military Service Fund
882.24
Total $1,166,155.68 Tota!
$1,166,155.68
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts and payments for the year were as follows:
Balance January. 1, 1946 $ 280,705.19
Receipts
1,111,505.06
$1,392,210.25 1,057,715.17
Payments
Balance, December 31, 1946
$
334,495.08
Disbursements were in accordance with 103 selectmen's war- rants. No money was borrowed. 13670 checks were issued, or 10% more than in 1945.
Cemetery perpetual care funds amount to $111,970.66, and 17 other trust funds in the treasurer's custody, to $30,481.37, plus a balance of $89,388.38 in the post-war rehabilitation fund after the expenditure of $65,000. in water system improvements.
As usual, the treasurer handled the funds of the retirement system under the direction of the board in charge, making the deductions from the members' pay and issuing monthly checks to pensioners, who increased from 18 to 27 during the year. $40,262.64 in tax withholdings from the pay of 310 people (about half of them regularly employed by the town) was for- warded to the collector of internal revenue. U.S. Savings Bond accounts were handled for 50 employees. Blue Shield member- ships were added to the Blue Cross and deductions made monthly from the pay of 131 people.
Tax titles number 15 and amount to $770.59, one-half and one-third, respectively, of last year's figures.
Respectfully submitted,
THAXTER EATON, Treasurer
89
Report of Tax Collector
POLL TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947
in 1946
in 1946
1945 $ 30.00
$ 6.00
None
1946
6,252.00
*2,330.00
$ 34.00
*Of this amount:
Abatements to Men in Armed Services
$1,714.00
Abatements to Men over 70 years
490.00
PERSONAL TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Out standing
in 1946
in 1946
Jan. 1, 1947
1944
$ 155.88
None
None
1945
1,820.17
$ 20.39
$ 11.31
1946
79,048.85
306.90
1,721.34
REAL ESTATE TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
To Tax
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947
1944
$ 737.51
None
None
None
1945
30,769.61
$ 708.92
$154.43
$ 87.5.32
1946
483,201.87
1,151.10
262.80
30,425.89
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
in 1946
in 1946
Jan. 1, 1947
1945
$ 204.03
$ 8.00
None
1946
16,632.71
459.72
$834.66
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
Water Liens
$ 381.91
Moth Assessments
1,827.12
Sewer Assessments (Apportioned)
20.17
Committed Interest on Sewer Assessments
7.26
Sewer Assessments (Unapportioned)
1,941.43
Classified Forest Land Tax
11.88.
Forest Products Tax
68.05
Interest on Delinquent Taxes
1,022.80
Costs on Delinquent Taxes
86.10
in 1946
in 1946
Title
90
Summary of Collector's Cash Account
1946
1945
1944
Totals
Taxes
$568,502.72
$32,619.78
$893.39
$602,015.89
Moth
1,712.12
115.00
· None
1,827.12
Excise
16,632.71
204.03
None
16,836.74
Sewer (Apportioned)
None
20.17
None
20.17
Committed Interest on Sewer
None
7.26
None
7.26
Sewer (Unapportioned)
1,941.43
None
None
1,941.43
Water Liens
201.26
180.65
None
381.91
Classified Forest Land Tax
11.88
None
None
11.88
Forest Products Tax
68.05
None
None
68.05
Costs on Delinquent Taxes
80.85
5.25
None
86.10
Interest on Delinquent Taxes
134.72
831.46
56.62
1,022.80
$589,285.74
$33,983.60
$950.01
$624,219.35
.
JAMES P. CHRISTIE, Collector of Taxes
Assessors' Report
We herewith submit our annual report:
Number of polls assessed 4,108
Number of persons assessed (real and personal) 3,274
Valuation of personal estate $ 2,245,495.00
Valuation of real estate 14,289,955.00
Special Warrant (Tangible personal property)
6,325.00
$16,541,775.00
Tax on polls
$ 8,216.00
Tax on personal estate
80,837.86
Tax on real estate
514,438.39
Tax on Special Warrant
183.43
$603,675.68
Forest Land Tax
11.88
Forest Products Tax
68.05
Moth assessments
1,814.84
Sewer betterments
20.17
Sewer-committed interest
6.05
Sewer betterments-1946
5,577.26
Water liens added to taxes
246.00
Abatements: year 1946
Poll taxes-(largely servicemen)
2,330.00
Personal estate
349.20
Real estate
1,151.10
Rate of taxation on $1000 .- $36.00
Number of assessed
Horses
86
Horses (Special Warrant)
26
Cows
618
Yearlings, bulls, heifers
243
Swine
204
Fowl
53,862
Sheep
59
All other
83
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Number of acres of land assessed Number of dwelling houses assessed
16,801.52 + or -
2,708
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Number of vehicles assessed
4,069
Assessed valuation
Excise
Abatements Rate on $1000.00
$709,465.00 17,784.55 459.72 35.40
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Number of polls assessed 27
Number of persons assessed
(real and personal) 70
Valuation of personal estate
$1,550.00
Valuation of real estate
9,795.00
Number of acres of land assessed
19
Number of dwelling houses assessed
3
Tax on polls 54.00
Tax on personal estate 55.80
Tax on real estate
352.62
Respectfully submitted,
ROY E. HARDY, Chairman J. EVERETT COLLINS, Secretary HOWELL F. SHEPARD Board of Assessors
93
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements
Land and Buildings
Equip. and other property
Total
Town Hall
$ 95,980
$ 5,150
$ 101,130
Shaw Property
12,000
12,000
Fire Department
62,280
48,000
110,280
Police Department
340
2,700
3,040
Schools
1,092,065
51,179
1,143,244
Library
129,560
39,170
168,730
Water Department
100,638
859,346
959,984
Sewer Department
2,600
449,578
452,178
Highway Department
12,550
25,007
37,557
Parks and Playgrounds
58,675
1,500
60,175
Infirmary
44,125
2,500
46,625
Spring Grove Cemetery
31,300
1,125
32,425
Weights and Measures
350
350
Town Scales
500
500
Old Schoolhouse, Ballardvale
11,810
77,000
77,000
Memorial Hall Investment Funds
84,000
84,000
Burnham Road-Land
2,500
2,500
Pomps Pond Beach
2,000
2,000
Indian Ridge-Land
1,000
1,000
Woodland-West District
275
275
Sanders Purchase-Dump Site
3,100
3,100
River Park-Tax Title Possessions
400
400
Carmel Woods-Land
12,300
12,300
Totals
$1,675,498
$1,650,705
$3,326,203
.
1
11,810
Punchard School Fund
3,600
3,600
Tree Warden and Moth Departments
94
Report of Planning Board and Board of Survey
The following Public Hearings and several subsequent meet- ings were held by the Planning Board during the year 1946:
A Hearing was held May 24 on petition of the Plymold Cor- poration concerning the Pioneer Slopes Development off Haver- hill Street. The plan of subdivision (only) was approved.
A Hearing was held August 2 on petition of George Dufton for approval of a subdivision plan of land and recommendation of acceptance of way to be known as Beech Circle, located at junc- tion of Shawsheen Road and Stevens Street. This plan was ap- proved and recommendation made.
A Hearing was held August 30 on petition of George Cairns for approval of a subdivision plan of land at junction of Corbett Street and George Street. This plan was approved.
A Hearing was held October 18 on petition of Alex Henderson for approval of a subdivision plan of land and recommendation of acceptance of way through from Central Street to Lupine Road. This plan was approved and recommendation made.
The Board attended a general meeting April 26 with the Select- men, Finance Committee, Taxpayers' Association Committee, and the Committee on Water and Sewerage Survey regarding the needs of the Town concerning the Water and Sewer Systems.
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