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Balance to Revenue
1,825.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
AMERICAN LEGION QUARTERS
CR.
Appropriation
$600.00
DR.
Rent, American Legion Quarters
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS QUARTERS
CR.
Appropriation
$600.00
DR.
Rent, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Quarters $600.00
$600.00
$600.00
70
Appropriation
INSURANCE CR.
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund Refunds
$11,600.00 2,250.00 5.00
DR.
Insurance
Balance to Revenue
$13,677.60 177.40
$13,855.00
$13,855.00
ARMISTICE DAY CR.
Appropriation
$150.00
DR.
Music, Wreaths, etc.
$81.75
Balance to Revenue
68.25
$150.00
$150.00
MEMORIAL DAY
CR.
Appropriation
DR.
Bands
$235.00
Plants, Grave Markers, etc.
582.21
Total Expenditures
$817.21
Balance to Revenue
307.79
$1,125.00
$1,125.00
TOWN REPORTS
CR.
Appropriation
.$943.50
DR.
Printing Town Reports
$943.50
$943.50
$943.50
71
$1,125.00
TOWN SCALES CR.
Appropriation
$425.00
DR.
Salary, Public Weigher
$100.00
Repairs
250.00
Total Expenditures
$350.00
Balance to Revenue
75.00
$425.00
$425.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
CR.
Appropriation
$49,100.00
Petty Cash Refund
50.00
DR.
Salaries, Superintendent
$1,751.20
Clerks
3,160.60
Secretary
50.00
Labor
14,518.38
Engineers
7,569.30
Office Maintenance
1,220.82
Pipe, Meter and Fittings
3,559.24
Equipment, Hardware and Tools
1,975.78
Lawrence Gas and Electric Company 3,785.79
Maintenance of Pumping Station
9,609.39
Total Expenditures
$47,200.50
Balance to Revenue
1,949.50
$49,150.00
$49,150.00
ARTICLE 5-IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM CR.
Balance from 1946
$16,143.41
72
Amount Brought Forward
$16,143.41
DR.
Salary, Engineer
$629.00
Labor
351.37
Plans and Specifications
1,287.68
Pipe and Construction
8,053.62
Paving, Tarvia, etc.
711.60
Total Expenditures
$11,033.27
Balance to 1948
5,110.14
$16,143.41
$16,143.41
ARTICLE 5-INSTALL NEW PUMP INTAKE SUCTION PIPE AT HAGGETTS POND STATION CR.
Appropriation
$12,000.00
DR.
Plans and Specifications
$165.18
Equipment, etc.
14.83
Total Expenditures
$180.01
Balance to 1948
11,819.99
$12,000.00
$12,000.00
ENGINEERING CR.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
DR.
Salary, Engineer
$1,340.00
Labor
71.84
Equipment, etc.
74.25
Total Expenditures
$1,486.09
Balance to Revenue
13.91
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
73
ARTICLE 41-WATER MAIN EXTENSION SOUTH MAIN STREET ALONG COUNTY ROAD CR.
Appropriation
$2,650.00
DR.
Labor
· $453.65 1,201.76
Pipe, etc.
Construction
372.00
Total Expenditures
$2,027.41
Balance to 1948
622.59
$2,650.00
$2,650.00
ARTICLE 46-WATER MAIN EXTENSION SALEM STREET ALONG VINE STREET CR.
Balance from 1946
$473.50
Equipment
$92.33
Balance to Revenue
$381.17
$473.50
$473.50
ARTICLE 47-WATER MAIN EXTENSION SPRING GROVE ROAD CR.
Balance from 1946
$455.84
DR.
Equipment
$92.34
Balance to Revenue
363.50
$455.84
$455.84
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY CR.
Appropriation Petty Cash Refund 10.00 Refunds 5.94
$14,434.51
74
DR.
Amount Brought Forward
$14,450.45
DR.
Salary, Superintendent Clerk
$2,457.97
200.00
Labor
9,261.37
Office Maintenance
171.98
Containers
505.40
Equipment, Tools and Truck Maintenance
1,023.59
Seed, Loam, Cinders, etc.
443.89
Total Expenditures
$14,064.20
Balance to Revenue
386.25
$14,450.45
$14,450.45
ARTICLE 34-NEW POWER LAWN MOWER
CR.
$600.00
New Power Lawn Mower
$540.00
Balance to Revenue
60.00
$600.00
$600.00
INTEREST
CR.
Appropriation
DR.
Interest
$4,933.75
$4,933.75
$4,933.75
MATURING DEBT
CR.
$41,000.00
Appropriation
75
$4,933.75
Appropriation
DR.
Amount Brought Forward
$41,000.00
DR.
General Loans
$41,000.00
$41,000.00
$41,000.00
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
2,574.80
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
4,186.34
Private Trust Funds
105.02
Retirement Fund
10,000.00
Essex County Tax
35,972.57
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
16,764.39
War Savings Bonds
3,731.25
Withholding Taxes
48,138.96
Blue Cross
3,976.00
Refunds
3,351.19
Total Expenditures, 1947
$1,071,646.14
RESERVE FUND CR.
Transferred from Overlay Reserve
$15,000.00
DR.
Insurance
$2,250.00
Forest Fires
1,800.00
Old Age Assistance
1,500.00
Article 2-School
1,135.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
6,675.81
Total Transferred
$13,360.81
Balance to Overlay Reserve 1,639.19
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
TAXES 1943
Refunds
$10.00
Abated
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
76
TAXES 1944
Refunds Abated
$8.00
$8.00
$8.00
$8.00
TAXES 1945
Balance from 1946 Refunds Collected in 1947 Abated
$886.63
2,071.07
$886.63
2,071.07
$2,957.70
$2,957.70
TAXES 1946
Balance from 1946
$32,181.23
Refunds
89.60
Collected in 1947
$30,633.09
Abated
1,109.52
Balance to 1948
528.22
$32,270.83
$32,270.83
TAXES 1947
Commitments
$626,019.25
Refunds
791.69
Collected in 1947
Abated
$582,429.36 5,261.73 56.10
Tax Titles
Balance to 1948
39,063.75
$626,810.94
$626,810.94
FOREST PRODUCTS TAX-STATE 1946
Balance from 1946
$6.81
Expenditures 1947
$6.81
$6.81 $6.81
77
FOREST LAND 1947
Commitment Collected in 1947
$4.29
$4.29
$4.29
$4.29
WATER LIENS 1946
Balance from 1946
$44.74
Collected in 1947
$44.74
$44.74
$44.74
WATER LIENS 1947
Commitments
$309.81
Collected in 1947
$155.77
Balance to 1948
154.04
$309.81
$309.81
TAX TITLE ACCOUNT
Balance from 1946
$770.59
Added to Tax Titles
306.37
Redemptions
$664.51
Balance to 1948
412.45
$1,076.96
$1,076.96
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance from 1946
$667.82
Balance to 1948
$667.82
$667.82
$667.82
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1946
Balance from 1946
$834.66
Committed in 1947
104.99
Refunds
1.10
Collected in 1947
$886.02
Abated
25.27
Balance to 1948
29.46
$940.75
$940.75
78
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1947
Commitments, 1947
$34,252.39 365.86
Refunds
Collected in 1947
$31,691.69
Abated
Balance to 1948
1,592.15 1,334.41
$34,618.25
$34,618.25
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1945
Balance from 1946
$3.52
Collected in 1947
$3.52
$3.52
$3.52
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1946
Balance from 1946
$101.50
Collected in 1947
$97.18
Balance to 1948
4.32
$101.50
$101.50
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1947
Commitments, 1947
$1,896.22
Collected in 1947
$1,771.61
Balance to 1948
124.61
$1,896.22
$1,896.22
UNAPPROPRIATED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1946
Balance from 1946
$3,635.83
Collected in 1947
$ 115.86
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments Apportioned
1,772.29
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments Added to Taxes 1947
1,379.18
Balance to 1948
368.50
$3,635.83
$3,635.83
79
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1946
Balance from 1946
$20.17
Collected in 1947
$20.17
$20.17 $20.17
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS . ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Commitment, 1947
$297.15
Collected in 1947
$246.24
Balance to 1948
50.91
$297.15
$297.15
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Commitment, 1947
$1,379.18
Collected in 1947
$639.28
Abated
246.93
Balance to 1948
492.97
$1,379.18
$1,379.18
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1946
Balance from 1946
$6.05
Collected in 1947
$6.05
$6.05
$6.05
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1947
$82.91
Commitment Collected in 1947
$60.45
Balance to 1948
22.46
$82.91
$82.91
80
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS UNAPPORTIONED-ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Commitment Collected in 1947
$60.55
$39.13
Balance to 1948
21.42
$60.55
$60.55
OVERLAY 1942
Balance from 1946
$4.00
Appropriation 1947
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
OVERLAY 1943
Abatements, 1947
$10.00
Appropriation
$6.00
Balance to 1948 (To be raised in 1948)
4.00
$10.00
$10.00
OVERLAY 1944
· Abatements, 1947
$8.00
Appropriation
$4.00
Balance to 1948 (To be raised in 1948)
4.00
$8.00
$8.00
OVERLAY 1945
Balance from 1946
$ 886.63
Abatements $2,071.07
Balance to 1948 (To be raised in 1948)
1,184.44
$2,071.07
$2,071.07
81
OVERLAY 1946
Balance from 1946 Abatements Balance to 1948
$10,365.41
$1,109.52
9,255.89
$10,365.41
$10,365.41
OVERLAY 1947
Overlay 1947
$12,142.50
Abatements
$5,261.73
Balance to 1948
$6,880.77
$12,142.50
$12,142.50
OVERLAY RESERVE
Balance from 1946
$26,312.45
Reserve Fund-Unexpended Balance
1,639.19
Transferred to Reserve Fund $15,000.00
Balance to 1948
$12,951.64
$27,951.64
$27,951.64
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1946
$10,945.06
Charges, Accounts Receivable in 1947
51,520.46
Collected in 1947
$49,415.35
Abatements
177.00
Balance to 1948
12,873.17
$62,465.52
$62,465.52
82
WATER RATES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1946
$ 4,144.37
Charges, Commitments, 1947
63,231.25 1.31
Adjustments
Collected in 1947
$58,669.85
Abatements
80.07
Adjustments
37.80
Balance to 1948
8,589.21
$67,376.93
$67,376.93
WATER SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1946
$ 252.84
Charges, Commitments, 1947
1,122.62
Collected in 1947
$1,122.62
Balance to 1948
252.84
$1,375.46
$1,375.46
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance from 1946
$248,525.03
Old Age Assistance Recovery
37.50
Unexpended Balance
6,000.00
Estimated Receipts
81,599.70
. Revenue 1947
31,625.23
Tax Title Revenue
414.86
Overage Account
100.00
Transferred to Revenue
$40,000.00
Article 6
27,000.00
Article 17
3,000.00
Tax Title Revenue
56.10
Balance to 1948
298,246.22
$368,302.32
$368,302.32
83
JOHN CORNELL FUND
Principal Fund - $5,000.00
Andover Savings Bank, Book #13259, Andover $1,000.00
Essex Savings Bank, Book #82865, Lawrence 1,000.00
Broadway Savings Bank, Book #13403, Lawrence 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings,
Book #69782, Lowell 1,000.00
The Central Savings Bank, Book # 21760, Lowell
1,000.00
$5,000.00
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January 1, 1947
$ 453.72
Interest received during 1947
90.00
$ 543.72
EXPENDITURES
None during fiscal year
00.00
Balance on hand January 1st, 1948
$ 543.72
84
Report of Tax Collector
POLL TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1948
1947
in 1947
1946
$ 22.00
$ 12.00
None
1947 5,634.00
2,546.00*
$44.00
*Of this amount :
Abatements to Men in Armed Services Abatements to Men over 70 years 512.00
PERSONAL TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
1947
in 1947
Jan. 1, 1948
1945
$ 11.31
None
None
1946
1,616.94
$104.40
None
1947
72,503.55
149.33
$3,398.68
REAL ESTATE TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
1947
in 1947
Jan. 1, 1948
1945
$ 875.32
None ·
None
1946
28,994.15
$ 925.12
$ 528.22
1947
504,291.81
2,566.40
35,677.17
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
1947
in 1947
.
1946
$ 886.02
$ 25.27
Jan. 1, 1948 $ 29.46
1947
31,691.69
1,591.15
1,334.41
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
Water Liens
$ 200.51
Moth Assessments
1,872.31
Sewer Assessments (Apportioned)
266.41
Committed Interest on Sewer Assessments
105.63
Sewer Assessments (Unapportioned)
755.14
Classified Forest Land Tax 4.29
Interest on Delinquent Taxes
1,044.27
Costs on Delinquent Taxes 80.85
$1,910.00
85
Summary of Collector's Cash Account
1947
1946
1945
Totals
Taxes
$582,429.36
$30,633.09
$886.63
$613,949.08
Moth
1,771.61
97.18
3.52
1,872.31
Excise
31,691.69
886.02
None
32,577.71
Sewer (Apportioned)
246.24
20.17
None
266.41
Committed Interest on Sewer (Apportioned) Sewer (Unapportioned)
60.45
6.05
None
66.50
639.28
115.86
None
755.14
Committed Interest on Sewer (Unapportioned)
39.13
None
None
39.13
Water Liens
155.77
44.74
None
200.51
Classified Forest Land Tax
4.29
None
None
4.29
Costs on Delinquent Taxes
77.00
3.85
None
80.85
Interest on Delinquent Taxes
156.42
834.40
53.45
1,044.27
$617,271.24
$32,641.36
$943.60
$650,856.20
JAMES P. CHRISTIE, Collector of Taxes
86
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1947 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$362,279.12
Town Clerk's Dog License Money $ 4.20
Real Estate Taxes 1946
528.22
Overlay 1946
9,255.89
Poll Taxes 1947
44.00
Overlay 1947
6,880.77
Personal Taxes 1947
3,398.68
Overlay Reserve
12,951.64
Real Estate Taxes 1947
35,621.07
Tax Title Revenue
1,080.27
Water Liens Added-to-Taxes 1947
154.04
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
1,363.87
Tax Title Account
412.45
Special Assessment Revenue
1,085.19
Tax Title Possessions
667.82
Departmental Revenue
12,873.17
87
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1946
29.46
Water Revenue
8,996.09
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1947
1,334.41
Cemetery Sales Fund
5,555.00
Moth Assessments 1946
4.32
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Income
719.47
Moth Assessments 1947
124.61
Essex County Tax
7,771.29
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1946
368.50
State Parks and Reservations
246.73
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1947
50.91
Proceeds of Tax Title Sales as Lands of Low Value 238.61
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
Sale of Real Estate Fund
3,001.15
Added-to-Taxes 1947
492.97
Tailings-Payment Stopped on Old Checks 29.24
Committed Interest on Sewer
Excess and Deficiency 298,246.22
Assessments 1947
22.46
Petty Cash Advance-Reserve
60.00
Amount Brought Forward
$405,533.04
Amount Brought Forward
$370,358.80
GENERAL' ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Carried Forward $405,533.04
Amount Carried Forward $370,358.80
Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments Unapportioned Added-to- Taxes 1947
21.42
Article 8, History of Andover
2,000.00
Departmental Accounts Receivable
12,873.17
Water Departmental Accounts Receivable
8,842.05
Article 8, New Conduit Traffic Lights 480.00
Overlay 1943
4.00
Article 6, Improving Sewer System
2,094.13
Overlay 1944
4.00
Overlay 1945
1,184.44
%% Petty Cash-School
25.00
Petty Cash-Library
35.00
1,650.00
Board of Public Works Machinery Account
2,088.76
Article 21, Roger Brook-Repair and Clean 727.32
Article 22, Rebuild Stevens Street Bridge 6,000.00 Article 23, New Garage-Board Public Works 3,016.20
Article 26, Widening Shawsheen Road 2,488.29
Article 38, Retaining Wall-Green Street 121.32
Amount Carried Forward
$428,522.12
Amount Carried Forward
$394,997.27
War Savings Bonds 219.95 Blue Cross 252.50
Article 22, Prepare Plans for Use of Shaw Property 2,500.00
Article 19, Sewer Special Committee Study 1,000.00
Article 55, Install Sewer Main-William Street
'GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $394,997.27
Article 2, Purchase Snow Equipment 12,022.70 Aid to Dependent Children (Grants) 35.22
Aid to Dependent Children Administration (Grants) 30.30
Old Age Assistance Administration (Grants) 113.42
Article 32, Shawsheen School Grading 580.88
Article 27, Improving Ballardvale Playground 664.07
Article 37, Supervised Winter Recreation Program at Hussey's Pond 360.49
Article 39, Providing Ice-skating Program and Facilities 215.05
Article 5, Improving Water System
5,110.14
Article 5, Install New Pump Intake Suction Pipe at Haggett's Pond Station 11,819.99
Article 41, Water Extension-South Main Street Along County Road 622.59
Article 56, Install Water Main- William Street 1,950.00
Amount Carried Forward
$428,522.12
89
DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount Brought Forward
$428,522.12
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due $1,555.82
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1948 $297.14 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1949 297.13 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1950 209.02 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1951 138.83 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1952 122.75 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1953 122.74
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1954 122.74 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1955 122.74
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1956
122.73 90
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded and Fixed Debt
$199,000.00
Water Extension Loan
$45,000.00
Outfall Sewer Loan 1923
30,000.00
Jr. High School Loan
124,000.00
Amount Carried Forward
$629,077.94
Amount Carried Forward
$629,077.94
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward
$629,077.94
Amount Brought Forward $629,077.94
Trust Funds Cash and Securities Municipal Retirement Fund Cash and Securities
$425,234.50
Punchard Free School
$80,661.80
Henry W. and Mabel P. Barnard Fund
1,020.46
Draper Fund, Punchard School
1,506.51
Reserve Fund, Punchard Free School
3,389.14
Barnard Fund, Punchard School
1,027.72
Goldsmith Fund, P.H.S. 329.12
Edna G. Chapin Fund, P.H.S.
2,215.19
Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund
680.48
Memorial Hall Library Fund
92,273.79
Emily F. Raymond Fund
1,431.89
Walter Landor Raymond Fund
8,511.14
U. S. Constitution Prize Fund
202.00
David and Lucy Hayward Shaw Legacy
11,542.57
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund
5,453.72
Emeline S. Lincoln Fund, Village Improvement 1,061.51
Emma J. Lincoln Fund, A.V.I.S.
578.08
Edward Taylor Fuel Fund 120.38
Amount Carried Forward $1,192,389.42
Amount Carried Forward
$841,083.44
138,076.98
91
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$841,083.44
Richardson School Fund
1,322.85
Draper School Fund
1,229.37
Holt School Fund
66.37
Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund
298.25
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
511.36
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
511.36
Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund
1,180.79
Post War Rehabilitation Fund 89,388.38
92
Isaac Giddings Burial Ground Fund 1,030.30
M. E. Gutterson Botany Prize Fund 305.67
Elizabeth T. Gutterson Scholarship Fund 1,024.63 B. M. Stevens Cemetery Flower Fund 202.67
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 116,157.00
Annuity Savings Fund 73,112.40
Pension Accumulation Fund
48,779.05
Annuity Reserve Fund
14,279.27
Expense Fund
195.86
Special Military Service Fund
1,710.40
Total
$1,192,389.42 Total
$1,192,389.42
Trust Funds
Name
Beneficiary
Balance Principal Jan. 1, 1947 Interest
Expen-
Balance ditures Dec. 31, 1947
Richardson
Shawsheen School
$1,000.00 $ 1,322.85
$ 26.05
$ 1,349.43
Draper
School Department
1,000.00
1,229.37
24.70
1,254.07
Holt
School Department
50.00
66.37
1.33
67.70
Conroy
Punchard Prize
250.00
298.25
5.94
$ 5.00
299.19
American Legion
Punchard Prize
200.00
202.00
4.02
4.02
202.00
Varnum Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
511.36
12.61
17.50
506.47
Alfred V. Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
511.36
12.61
17.50
506.47
Emeline Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
1,000.00
1,061.51
21.33
1,082.84
& Emma J. Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
544.60
578.08
11.61
589.69
Emma J. Lincoln
Library
544.60
680.48
13.67
694.15
Taylor
Welfare Fuel
100.00
120.38
2.41
122.79
David & Lucy Shaw
Welfare
10,000.00
11,542.57
231.99
11,774.56
Giddings
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,030.30
20.70
51.00
1,000.00
Smart
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,180.79
23.67
10.00
1,194.46
Bertha M. Stevens
Spring Grove
200.00
202.67
4.06
206.73
Walter L. Raymond Welfare
7,845.81
8,511.14
171.07
8,682.21
Emily F. Raymond Welfare and Cemetery
1,460.66
1,431.89
28.77
1,460.66
Totals
$27,195.67 $30,481.37
$617.07
$105.02
89,388.38
490.66 (net)
$30,993.42 89,879.04*
Post War Rehabilitation *Includes $719.47 in Town treasury.
Cemetery Funds PERPETUAL CARE
Cemetery
Number Balance of Accounts Jan. 1, 1947
Deposits
Interest
Withdrawals for Balance Care of Lots Dec. 31, 1947
Spring Grove
705
$ 83,979.08
$3,215.75
$1,942.74
$1,973.23
$ 87,164.34
South Church
142
17,225.42
429.52
425.00
17,229.94
Christ Church
71
7,932.13
155.42
477.55
7,610.00
West Church
10
2,184.03
43.84
55.04
2,172.83
St. Augustine's
6
650.00
13.00
13.00
650.00
Totals
934
$111,970.66
$3,215.75
$2,584.52
$2,943.82
$114,827.11
94
Board of Retirement Report
To the Board of Selectmen Andover, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
The Town of Andover Board of Retirement herewith sub- mits the following report for the year 1947 :
Balance, January 1, 1947 $ 9,142.29
Receipts, January 1-December 31, 1947 :
Deductions, Group I and II
$11,901.83
Bonds Sold 4,137.50
Interest on Bonds and Savings Banks 4,006.02
Appropriation 10,000.00
$30,045.35
$39,187.64
Expenditures :
Pensions paid, Group I and II $19,956.16
Investments 15,682.25
Office Expenses 825.53
Refunds, Deductions and Interest 2,134.60
$38,598.54
Balance, December 31, 1947
$589.10
The Total Active Members :
January 1, 1947
105
December 31, 1947
110
January 1, 1947 December 31, 1947
Active Members 105 . 110
Pensioners 25 26
Total Membership-Desember 31, 1947 136
95
During the year 15 Federal Bonds were purchased.
The Securities held at the close of the year cost $140,869.89.
$12,000 is the amount recommended to be added to the fund by town appropriation for 1948.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE C. NAPIER, Chairman GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Secretary EDMOND E. HAMMOND Board of Retirement
96
Treasurer's Report
Receipts and payments for the year were as follows :
Balance January 1, 1947
$ 334,495.08
Receipts
1,099,430.18
$1,433,925.26
Payments
1,071,646.14
Balance, December 31, 1947
$ 362,279.12
Disbursements were in accordance with 98 selectmen's warrants. 13,702 checks were issued. It is worthy of note that the cash balance is the largest, and the indebtedness the lowest, in this century.
Cemetery perpetual care funds for graves in the town cemetery amount to $87,164.34 and $27,662.77 is held by the treasurer as agent for 4 church cemeteries. 17 trust funds amount to $30,998.42 plus $89,879.04 in the post-war re- habilitation fund. 26 former town employees-the same as a year ago-receive pensions from the Retirement Board, averaging $65.00 a month. $48,164.76 was withheld from the pay of 294 people for federal taxes. Blue Cross mem- bers number 134, practically unchanged from a year ago, while employees, from whose pay deductions were made for the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, decreased somewhat to 29.
Tax titles reached the low number of 7, amounting to $171.19, excluding 2, which are invalid, involving $45.30.
Respectfully submitted,
THAXTER EATON, Treasurer
97
Town Debt DETAIL OF PAYMENT BY YEARS
Sewer Year Rate 41/4%
Junior High School 2 & 21/4%
Water Extension 3/4% -
Totals Av. 2.17%
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.
$30,000.
$124,000.
$45,000.
$199,000.
98
Assessor's Report
We herewith submit our annual report:
Number of polls assessed 4,076
Number of persons assessed (real and personal) 3,200
Valuation-personal estate $ 2,292,502.00
Valuation-real estate 16,415,245.00
Special Warrant (personal property) 7,125.00
Valuation-Classified Forest Land
130.00
$18,715,002.00
Tax on polls
$ 8,152.00
Tax on personal estate
75,653.16
Tax on real estate
541,709.02
Tax on Special Warrant
256.50
Classified Forest Land tax
4.29
$625,774.97
Moth assessments
$1,896.22
Apportioned sewer
297.15
Committed interest
82.91
Unapportioned sewer-added to 1947 taxes
1,379.18
Committed interest
60.55
Water liens added to taxes
309.81
Abatements : 1947)
Poll taxes (largely servicemen) 2,546.00
Personal estate
149.33
Real estate
2,566.40
Rate of taxation per $1000 .- $33.00
Number of assessed
Horses
73
Horses (Special Warrant)
30
Cows
589
Yearlings, bulls, heifers
232
Swine
230
99
Fowl Sheep All other
39,149
29
74
Number of acres land assessed 16,804.45±
Dwellings assessed
2,787
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Number of vehicles assessed
4,515
Assessed valuation
$1,218,400.00
Excise
34,251.39
Abatements
1,591.15
Rate-$36.23 per thousand
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Number of polls assessed
20
Number of persons assessed
(real and personal) 72
Valuation of personal estate
$2,600.00
Valuation of real estate
3,720.00
Tax on polls
40.00
Tax on personal estate
85.80
Tax on real estate
122.77
Number acres land assessed
5±
Respectfully submitted,
ROY E. HARDY, Chairman J. EVERETT COLLINS, Secretary HOWELL F. SHEPARD
Board of Assessors
100
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements
Land and Buildings
Equipment and other Property
Total
Town Hall
$ 109,650
$ 15,150
$ 124,800
Shaw Property
12,000
12,000
Fire Department
84,400
48,000
132,400
Police Department
700
2,700
3,400
Schools
1,765,250
52,000
1,817,250
Library
182,000
40,000
222,000
Water Department
139,350
863,000
1,002,350
Sewer Department
2,600
476,500
479,100
Highway Department
22,600
43,000
65,600
Parks and Playgrounds
62,175
1,500
63,675
Tree Warden and Moth Depts.
3,600
3,600
Infirmary
72,375
2,500
74,875
Spring Grove Cemetery
35,800
1,125
36,925
Weights and Measures
350
350
Town Scales
500
500
Old Schoolhouse-Ballardvale
24,250
81,270
81,270
Memorial Hall Investment Funds
87,390
87,390
Burnham Road-Land
2,500
2,500
Pomps Pond Beach
6,625
. 300
6,925
Indian Ridge-Land
1,000
1,000
Woodland-West District
275
275
Public Dump Site
4,150
4,150
Tax Title Possessions
3,075
3,075
Carmel Woods-Land
12,300
12,300
Totals
$2,543,075
$1,718,885
$4,261,960
24,250
Punchard School Fund
101
Board of Public Welfare
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report for the year 1947 :
The case load for Old Age Assistance has climbed during the year from 146 at the start, to 160 at the year's end. During the past year the average monthly cost per case has increased from $45.30 to $49.00, and since 1943, it has risen from $31.50 to the present $49.00. This increase is due to the mounting prices of food, clothing, and fuel. Every time there is an increase or decrease of ten per cent in the cost of living, the State Department of Public Welfare changes budgets, and it is mandatory for us to make these changes. We find many elderly persons unable to take care of them- selves, and the problem of finding suitable nursing homes for them at reasonable prices is becoming more and more difficult.
Aid to Dependent Children has increased in cost like Old Age Assistance, due to the rise in the cost of living. The average monthly cost per case has risen since 1943 from $62.00 to $103.00, the present cost. The case load at the year's end was seven families and nineteen children, a de- crease of one case and one child since the beginning of the year,
General Relief has remained at approximately the same figure, with a slight increase due to the cost of living. At the year's end, we are not aiding a single family where there is an employable person.
We wish to take the opportunity at this time to thank all private citizens and all organizations who have been of assistance to our board.
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