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31444.55
$658263.71
$658263.71
ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSONS
Estate of Deceased Persons
$518.40
Collected in 1948
$518.40
$518.40
$518.40
CLASSIFIED FOREST LAND
Commitment
$4.42
Collected in 1948
$1.70
Balance to 1949
2.72
$4.42
$4.42
81
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Balance from 1947
$154.04
Collected in 1948
$154.04
$154.04
$154.04
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1948
Commitments
$285.68
Adjustments
17.00
Collected in 1948
$173.87
Tax Titles
15.62
Adjustments
35.49
Balance to 1949
77.70
$302.68
$302.68
TAX TITLE ACCOUNT
Balance from 1947
$262.03
Added to Tax Titles
377.36
Adjustments
$9.00
Balance to 1949
630.39
$639.39
$639.39
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance from 1947
$841.42
Balance to 1948
$841.42
$841.42
$841.42
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1946
Balance from 1947
$29.46
Collected in 1948
$29.46
$29.46
$29.46
82
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1947 Balance from 1947 $1334.41 343.65 28.94 Commitments, 1948 Refunds Collected in 1948 $1542.72 Abated 164.28
$1707.00
$1707.00
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1948
Commitments, 1948
Refunds
$53110.34 1035.01
Collected in 1948
$49920.42
Abated
2998.32
Balance to 1949
1226.61
$54145.35
$54145.35
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1946
Balance from 1947
$4.32
Abated
$4.32
$4.32
$4.32
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1947
Balance from 1947
$124.61
Adjustment
20.02
. Collected in 1948
$143.22
Tax Titles
. 81
Abated
. 60
$144.63
$144.63
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1948
Commitments, 1948
$1984.73
Collected in 1948
$1907.61
Adjustment
20.02
Tax Titles
.94
Balance to 1949
56.16
$1984.73
$1984.73
83
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS PAID IN ADVANCE
Commitment, 1948
$62.51
Collected in 1948
$62.51
$62.51
$62.51
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1946
Balance from 1947
$368.50
Abated
$368.50
$368.50
$368.50
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1948
Commitment, 1948
$18093.11
Collected in 1948
$ 294.98
Unapportioned Sewer Added to Taxes
17798.13
$18093.11
$18093.11
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Balance from 1947
$492.97
Collected in 1948
$168.13
Adjustments
78.14
Abated
246.70
$492.97
$492.97
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Balance from 1947
$50.91
Collected in 1948
$50.91
$50.91
$50.91
84
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1948
Commitment, 1948 Adjustment Collected in 1948 Abated
$17798.13
78.14
Balance to 1949
$4072.94 1480.39 12322.94
$17876.27
$17876. 27
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1948
Commitments, 1948
$428.17
Collected in 1948
$417.49
Balance to 1949
10.68
$428.17
$428.17
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1947
Balance from 1947
$22.46
Collected in 1948
$22.46
$22.46
$22.46
COMMITTED INTEREST ON UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1947
Balance from 1947
$21.42
$18.30
Collected in 1948 Abated
3.12
$21.42
$21.42
COMMITTED INTEREST ON UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1948
Commitments, 1948
$340.10
Collected in 1948
$99.65
Abated
11.79
Balance to 1949
228.66
$340.10
$340.10
85
COMMITTED INTEREST ON APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1948
Commitments, 1948 Collected in 1948 Balance to 1949
$88.62
$81.66
6.96
$88.62
$88.62
OVERLAY 1943
Balance from 1947
$4.00
Appropriation 1948
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
OVERLAY 1944
Balance from 1947
$4.00
Appropriation 1948
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
OVERLAY 1945
Balance from 1947
$1164.80
Appropriation 1948
$1164.80
$1164.80
$1164.80
OVERLAY 1946
Balance from 1947
$528.22
Abatements
$2.00
Overlay Surplus
526.22
$528.22
$528.22
OVERLAY 1947
Balance from 1947
$6880.77
Abatements
$1321.68
Overlay Surplus
5036.51
Balance to 1949
522.58
$6880.77
$6880.77
86
OVERLAY 1948
Overlay 1948 Abatements Balance to 1949
$12048.14
$3876.91
8171.23
$12048.14
$12048.14
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance from 1947
$21679.31
Reserve Fund-Unexpended Balance
6514.29
Overlays 1946-1947
5562.73
Adjustments
117.44
Transferred to Reserve Fund
$15000.00
Balance to 1949
18873.77
$33873.77
$33873.77
REVENUE 1949
Appropriations, Special Town Meeting,
December 27, 1948 $39951.20
Balance to 1949
$39951.20
$39951.20
$39951.20
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1947
$12873.17
Charges, Accounts Receivable in 1948
61273.33
Collected in 1948
$56834.82
Abatements
127.49
Adjustments
652.06
Balance to 1949
16532.13
$74146.50
$74146.50
87
WATER RATES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1947
$7958.95
Charges, Commitments, 1948
63947.59
Refund
11.04
Adjustments
61.96
Collected in 1948
$62977.38
Adjustments
330.84
Abatement
3.11
Balance to 1949
8668.21
$71979.54
$71979.54
WATER SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1947
$252.84
Charges, Commitments, 1948
2057.48
Adjustments
25.40
Collected in 1948
$2082.88
Balance to 1949
252.84
$2335.72
$2335.72
SURPLUS REVENUE
Balance from 1947
$298226.58
Refunds 1947
3.15
Old Age Assistance Recovery
681.09
Estimated Receipts
60092.91
Revenue 1948
23409.75
Estate of Deceased Persons
648.00
Chapter 90-Highways-Revenue
897.09
Adjustments
294.55
Transferred to Revenue
$65000.00
Tax Title Revenue
302.83
Adjustments
492.99
Balance to 1949
318457.30
$384253.12
$384253.12
88
JOHN CORNELL WOOD AND COAL FUND
Principal Fund :
$5000.00
Andover Savings Bank, Andover
$1000.00
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence 1000.00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence
1000.00
City Inst. for Savings, Lowell 1000.00
The Central Savings Bank, Lowell
1000.00
$5000.00
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand, January 1, 1948
$543.72
Interest received during 1948
92.50
$636.22
EXPENDITURES
Cross Coal Co.
$44.40
Balance on hand, January 1, 1949
$591.82
89
Cemetery Funds PERPETUAL CARE
4 Cemetery
Number of Accounts
Balance Jan. 1, 1948
Deposits
Interest
Withdrawals for Care of Lots
Balance Dec. 31, 1948
Spring Grove South Church
730
$ 87,164.34
$3,737.25
$2,056.86
$2,087.95
$ 90,870.50
143
17,229.94
200.00
429.61
425.00
17,434.55
Christ Church
71
7,610.00
76.10
76.10
7,610.00
West Church
10
2,172.83
43.62
55.04
2,161.41
St. Augustine's
6
650.00
13.00
13.00
650.00
Totals
960
$114,827.11
$3,937.25
$2,619.19
$2,657.09
$118,726.46
90
Trust Funds
Name
Beneficiary
Balance Principal Jan. 1, 1948
Interest
Expen- Balance ditures Dec. 31, 1948
Richardson
Shawsheen School
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,349.43
$ 27.11
$ 1,376.54
Draper
School Department
1,000.00
1,254.07
25.20
1,279.27
Holt
School Department
50.00
67.70
1.35
69.05
Conroy
Punchard Prizes
250.00
299.19
5.93
$ 8.00
297.12
American Legion
Punchard Prize
200.00
202.00
2.02
4.02
200.00
Varnum Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
506.47
12.56
12.50
506.53
Alfred V. Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
506.47
12.56
12.50
506.53
Emeline Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
1,000.00
1,082.84
21.75
1,104.59
Emma J. Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
544.60
589.69
11.84
601.53
Emma J. Lincoln
Library
544.60
694.15
13.95
100.00
608.10
Taylor
Welfare Fuel
100.00
122.79
2.46
125.25
David and Lucy Shaw
Welfare
10,000.00
11,774.56
236.66
12,011.22
Giddings
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,000.00
20.10
1,020.10
Smart
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,194.46
22.00
205.00
1,011.46
Walter L. Raymond
Welfare
7,845.81
8,682.21
174.51
8,856.72
Emily F. Raymond
Welfare and Cemetery
1,490.01
1,460.66
29.35
1,490.01
Flower Funds (9)
Spring Grove
1,100.00
356.73
15.85*
14.97
1,110.40
Totals
$28,125.02
$31,143.42
$635.20
$356.99
Post War
Re-habilitation
89,879.04
811.95
$32,174.42 190,690.99
*Plus Bequests of $752.79.
fIncludes $1,447.82 in Town Treasury.
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Report of the Trustees of Punchard Free School
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1948
January 1, 1948
Cash in Banks
$ 8,828.99
Real Estate Mortgages
26,151.09
Bonds at book value
42,019.92
$77,000.00
December 31, 1948
Cash in Banks
9,939.19
Real Estate Mortgages
34,040.89
Bonds at book value
33,019.92
$77,000.00
INCOME ACCOUNT
January 1, 1948
Cash on Hand
$5,294.88
Interest and Dividends Received
2,521.66
$7,816.54
Expenditures :
Legal
$950.96
Safe Deposit Box
12.00
Treasurer's Bond
25.00
E. E. Hammond, Salary
200.00
Dorothy R. Doyle, Professional Services
132.75
Expenditures for the Punchard
Library and Incidentals
1,179.11
December 31, 1948-Cash on Hand
5,316.72
$7,816.54
92
GOLDSMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $325.73
Interest Received 6.53
$332.26
Prizes awarded
10.00
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank
$322.26
DRAPER FUND
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $1,506.78
Interest Received 29.97
$1,536.75
Scholarship awarded
30.00
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank
$1,506.75
BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $27.86
Dividends Received 40.00
Interest Received . 35
$68.21
Prizes awarded 40.00
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank
$28.21
CHAPIN FUND
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $2,219.71
Interest Received 44.20
$2,263.91
Scholarship awarded
40.00
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank
$2,223.91
93
RESERVE FUND
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $3,457.26 Interest Received 69.59 Transfer to Reserve Fund 63.50
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $3,590.35
HENRY WARREN BARNARD AND MABEL PARADISE BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $1,040.96
Interest Received 20.91
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $1,061.87
ELIZABETH T. GUTTERSON SCHOLARSHIP
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $1,025.21
Interest Received 20.40
$1,045.61
Scholarship awarded
20.00
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank
$1,025.61
M. E. GUTTERSON BOTANY PRIZES
Jan. 1, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank
$306.75
Interest Received 6.10
$312.85
Prizes awarded
5.00
Dec. 31, 1948-Cash in Savings Bank $307.85
Respectfully submitted,
EDMOND E. HAMMOND, Treasurer
94
Report of Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
Report of the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library for the year ending December 31, 1948:
Cash in hand (Andover National Bank)
January 1, 1948
$2910.10
Redemption of Bonds
8127.10
Income from Investments
2319.75
Income from Savings Bank Accounts
171.26
Total Cash and Income
$13528.21
Paid Town of Andover
$2500.00
S. D. Box Rental (A. N. Bank)
12.50
Purchase of U. S. "G" Bonds in-
cluding postage and insurance
10902.50
Total Disbursements
$13415.00
Balance, December 31, 1948 $113.21
Very truly yours,
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY Arthur W. Reynolds, Treasurer
95
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1948 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$356974.75
Overage Account-Treasurer $ 64.00
Personal Taxes 1947
201.30
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
35.40
Real Estate Taxes 1947
321.28
Loans Authorized Unissued
35000.00
Poll Taxes 1948
8.00
Overlay 1947
522.58
Personal Taxes 1948
3517.38
Overlay 1948
8171.23
Real Estate Taxes 1948
27919.17
Overlay Surplus
18873.77
Classified Forest Land 1948
2.72
Tax Title Revenue
1471.81
Water Liens Added-to-Taxes 1948
77.70
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax Revenue 1226.61
Tax Title Possessions 96
841.42
Special Assessment Revenue
12625.40
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1948
1226.61
8998.75
Moth Assessments 1948
56.16
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue Cemetery Sales Fund
5599.00
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1948
12322.94
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Income
1447.82
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Added- to-Taxes 1948
10.68
Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund
18.42
Committed Interest on Unapportioned
Proceeds of Tax Title Sales as Lands of Low Value 238.61
Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1948
228.66
Sale of Real Estate Fund
3001.15
Parking Meter Fees 1536.10
Sale of Veterans' Lots 50.00
Committed Interest on Apportioned Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1948
6.96
Surveying of Veterans' Lots
129.60
Amount Carried Forward
$404346.12 Amount Carried Forward
$116544.88
Tax Title Account
630.39
Departmental Revenue 16532.13
Water Revenue
1000.00
U.S. Constitution Prize Fund
2.50
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$404346.12
Amount Brought Forward
$116544.88
Departmental Accounts Receivable
16532.13
Tailings, Payment Stopped on Old Checks 29.24
Water Departmental Accounts Receivable
8921.05
Old Age Assistance Recovery 491.62
State and County Aid to Highways- Chapter 90
1000.00
Petty Cash Advance, Reserve
60.00
Loans Authorized
35000.00
War Savings Bonds
271.45
Revenue 1949
39951.20
Article 8, History of Andover
2000.00
Essex County Tax
3214.25
Article 22, Prepare Plans for use of Shaw Property 2500.00
43.99
Petty Cash Library
35.00
Sewer Maintenance
213.80
Article 4, Sewer, Morton Street
6451.20
Article 6, Improving Sewer System
164.70
Article 19, Sewer Special Committee Study
716.50
Article 39, Sewer, Burnham and Dufton Roads 4290.64
Article 40, Sewer, Chestnut Street
679.08
Board of Public Works Machinery Account
2088.76
Article 6, Additional for Stevens Street Bridge
7000.00
Article 7, New Bridge, Central Street
15200.00
Article 14, New Sidewalks
3546.78
Article 21, Chestnut Street Stone Wall
500.00
Article 21, Roger Brook, Repair and Clean, 1947 505.72
Amount Carried Forward $509181.96
Amount Carried Forward
$481755.66
State Parks and Reservations
157.21
Petty Cash School
25.00
Fire Department
97
Surplus Revenue 318457.30
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$509181.96
Amount Brought Forward $481755.66
5334.75
Article 22, Rebuild Stevens Street Bridge Article 23, Additional for Stevens Street Bridge
2000.00
Article 38, Widening Dascomb Road
1500.00
Public Welfare
5.92
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants
102.30
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants
8.27
School Department 3.39
Article 30, Shawsheen School Yard
2238.61
Article 32, Shawsheen School Grading 524.88
Article 16, Baseball Diamond
84.47
Article 1, Housing Authority
457.85
Article 43, Grading, Veterans' Housing Project 47.70
Article 5, Improving Water System, 1945
1334.69
Article 5, Install New Pump Intake Suction Pipe at Haggetts Pond Sta- tion, 1947
564.73
Article 5, Additional for Intake Suction Pipe
3200.00
Article 24, Pumping Equipment, Ban- croft Road
6500.00
Article 33, Water, Red Spring Road
3518.74
Amount Carried Forward
$509181.96
Amount Carried Forward
$509181.96
98
DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount Brought Forward $509181.96
Amount Brought Forward
$509181.96
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
3039.16
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1949
565.40
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1950
477.25
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1951
376.39
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1952
312.76
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1953
299.84
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1954
299.83
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1955
258.72
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1956
258.71
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1957
125.98
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1958
64.28
99
Amount Carried Forward
$512221.12
Amount Carried Forward
$512221.12
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward
$512221.12
Amount Brought Forward
$512221.12
Net Funded and Fixed Debt
158000.00
Water Extension Loan Outfall Sewer Loan 1923 Junior High School Loan
30000.00
25000.00
103000.00
Amount Carried Forward
$670221.12 Amount Carried Forward
$670221.12
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward
$670221.12
Amount Brought Forward
$670221.12
Punchard Free School
82296.80
Trust and Investment Funds Cash and Securities
433154.10
Henry W. and Mabel P. Barnard Fund
1061.87
Draper Fund, Punchard School
1506.75
Municipal Retirement Fund Cash and Securities
155302.64
Reserve Fund, Punchard Free School
3590.35
Barnard Fund, Punchard School
1028.21
Goldsmith Fund, P.H.S.
322.26
Edna G. Chapin Fund, P.H.S.
2223.91
Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund
608.10
Memorial Hall Library Fund
92606.80
Emily F. Raymond Fund
1490.01
Walter Landor Raymond Fund
8856.72
U.S. Constitution Prize Fund
200.00
David and Lucy Hayward Shaw Legacy
12011.22
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund
5591.82
Emeline S. Lincoln Fund, Village Im- ment 1104.59
Emma J. Lincoln Fund, A.V.I.S.
601.53
Edward Taylor Fuel Fund
125.25
Richardson School Fund
1376.54
Draper School Fund
1279.27
Holt School Fund
69.05
Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund
297.12
Amount Carried Forward
$1258677.86
Amount Carried Forward
$888469.29
100
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$1258677.86
Amount Brought Forward $888469.29
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
$ 506.53
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund 506.53
Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund 1011.46
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
90690.99
Isaac Giddings Burial Ground Fund
1020.10
M. E. Gutterson Botany Prize Fund
307.85
Elizabeth T. Gutterson Scholarship Fund
1025.61
B. M. Stevens Cemetery Flower Fund
202.00
M. E. Carter Cemetery Flower Fund 304.01
J. M. Bean Cemetery Flower Fund 101.00
M. E. Morrill Cemetery Flower Fund 101.00
Alexander Smith Cemetery Flower Fund
150.63
Ellen F. Foster Cemetery Flower Fund
100.50
John Kershaw Cemetery Flower Fund
50.42
Francis Nichols Cemetery Flower Fund 50.42
White and McGraw Cemetery Flower Fund
50.42
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
118726.46
Annuity Savings Fund
86723.96
Annuity Reserve Fund
14136.28
Pension Accumulation Fund
52491.73
Expense Fund
188.31
Special Military Service Fund
1762.36
Total
$1258677.86
Total
$1258677.86
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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. 2.24%
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.
$25,000.
$103,000.
$30.000.
$158,000.
102
Board of Retirement Report
To the Board of Selectmen
Andover, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
The Town of Andover Board of Retirement herewith submits the following report for the year 1948:
Balance, January 1, 1948
589.10 $
Receipts, January 1-December 31, 1948:
Deductions, Groups I and II
$14401.76
Bonds Sold 1004.69
Interest on Bonds and Savings Banks
4096.60
Appropriation
21553.00
$41056.05
$41645.15
Expenditures:
Pensions paid, Groups I and II
$20022.34
Investments 14367.51
Office Expenses 1011.55
Refunds, Deductions and Interest
1852.23
$37253.63
Balance, December 31, 1948
$ 4391.52
The Total Active Members:
January 1, 1948
110
December 31, 1948
115
January 1, 1948 December 31, 1948
Active Members
110
115
Pensioners
25
25
Total Membership-December 31, 1948 140
103
During the year $15000 worth of Bonds were purchased. The Securities held at the close of the year cost. $154089.62. $20242.00 is the amount recommended to be added to the fund by town appropriation for 1949.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE C. NAPIER, Chairman GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Secretary EDMOND E. HAMMOND Board of Retirement
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts and payments for the year were as follows:
Balance, January 1, 1948 $362,279.12
Receipts
1,201,634.65
Payments
$1,563,913.77 1,206,939.02
Balance, December 31, 1948
$ 356,974.75
Disbursements were in accordance with 105 selectmen's war- rants; 14310 checks were issued. The balance is just slightly less than last year's record breaking one. Included in the above totals is $48,538.60 withheld from the pay of 323 full and part-time employees for federal taxes. Pay deductions for the purchase of U. S. Savings Bonds amounted to $3970.25 and $4940.66 for Blue Cross and Shield dues.
A report of the cemetery perpetual care funds and other trust funds in the treasurer's custody is to be found on other pages of the town report, as is that of the Retirement Board, which shows an average monthly pension of $68.00 being paid to the 25 former town employees on the rolls at the end of the year.
Tax titles number 15 and amount to $633.71.
An addition, this year, to the treasurer's responsibilities was the counting and packaging of the parking meter receipts, which takes about two half-days a week of an assistant's time and in- volves some 14,000 pennies and 1700 nickels a week. Half of the $38.00 a day received goes to the manufacturer of the meters for about two years. After deducting the enforcement officer's wages, the net profit, at present, is about $9.00 a day.
Respectfully submitted,
THAXTER EATON, Treasurer
105
Report of Tax Collector
POLL TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
1948
in 1948
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1949 None
1947
$ 30.00 $ 20.00
1948
7,486.00
694.00*
$ 8.00
*Abatements to Men over 70 years
$498.00
PERSONAL TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
1948
in 1948
Jan. 1, 1949
1947
$ 3,094.24
$ 103.14
$ 201.30
1948
78,655.14
53.55
3,517.38
REAL ESTATE TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
1948
in 1948
Jan. 1, 1949
1946
$
472.42
None
None
1947
34,073.37
$1,198.54
$ 321.28
1948
536,631.96
3,129.36
27,936.17
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Year
Collected
Abated
Outstanding
1948
in 1948
Jan. 1, 1949
1946
$ 29.46
None
None
1947
1,542.72
$ 164.28
None
1948
49,920.42
2,998.32
$1,226.61
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
Estate of Deceased Persons
$ 648.00
Water Liens
327.91
Moth Assessments
2,050.83
Sewer Assessments (apportioned) Paid in advance
62.51
Sewer Assessments (apportioned)
468.40
Sewer Assessments (unapportioned)
4,536.05
Committed Interest on Sewer Assessments
222.07
Classified Forest Land Tax
1.70
Interest on Delinquent Taxes
1,345.29
Costs on Delinquent Taxes
109.55
106
Summary of Collector's Cash Account
1948
1947
1946
Estate of Deceased Persons
Totals
Taxes
$622,773.10 $37,197.61
$472.42
$648.00 $661,091.13
Moth
1,927.63
123.20
None
None
2,050.83
Excise
49,920.42
1,542.72
29.46
None
51,492.60
Sewer (Apportioned)
417.49
50.91
None
None
468.40
Sewer (App. Pd. in advance)
62.51
None
None
None
62.51
107
Com. Int. on App. Sewer
81.66
22.46
None
None
104.12
Sewer (Unapportioned)
4,367.92
168.13
None
None
4,536.05
Com. Int. on Unapp. Sewer
99.65
18.30
None
None
117.95
Water Liens
173.87
154.04
None
None
327.91
Classified Forest Land Tax
1.70
None
None
None
1.70
Costs on Delinquent Taxes
104.30
5.25
None
None
109.55
Interest on Delinquent Taxes
215.78
936.26
33.09
160.16
1,345.29
Totals
$680,146.03 $40,218.88
$534.97
$808.16 $721,708.04
JAMES P. CHRISTIE, Collector of Taxes
Assessors' Report
We herewith submit our annual report:
Number of polls assessed 4,059
Number of persons assessed 3,280 (real and personal)
Valuation-personal property $ 2,413,149.00
Valuation-real estate 16,676,965.00
$19,090,114.00
Tax on polls
$ 8,118.00
Tax on personal property
82,047.10
Tax on real estate
567,016.81
$ 657,181.91
Moth assessments
$
1,984.73
Apportioned sewer
366.45
Committed interest
76.83
Unapportioned sewer-added to 1948 taxes
17,798.13
Committed interest
340.10
Water liens added to taxes
285.68
Abatements:
Poll taxes
694.00
Personal property
53.55
Real estate
3,129.36
Rate of taxation per $1,000-$34.00
Number of assessed
Horses
138
Cows
496
Yearlings, bulls, heifers
159
Swine
142
Fowl
40,918
Sheep
26
All other
196
Number of acres land assessed
16,800+
Dwellings assessed
2,890
108
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE
Number of vehicles assessed 4,792
Assessed valuation
Excise
Abatements
Rate-$38.07 per thousand
$1,772,010.00 53,110.34 2,998.32
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
Number of polls assessed 33
Number of persons assessed 74
(real and personal)
Valuation-personal property
$5,400.00
Valuation-real estate
3,525.00
Tax on polls
66.00
Tax on personal property
178.97
Tax on real estate
119.85
Number of acres land assessed 6.33+
Number horses assessed 25
Respectfully submitted,
ROY E. HARDY, Chairman J. EVERETT COLLINS, Secretary
Board of Assessors
109
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements
Land and Buildings
Equip. 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
140,550
899,000
1,039,550
Sewer Department
2,600
504,500
507,100
Highway Department
23,225
43,000
66,225
Parks and Playgrounds
62,175
1,500
63,675
Tree Warden and Moth Departments
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
80,662
80,662
Memorial Hall Investment Funds
92,274
92,274
Burnham Road-Land
2,500
2,500
Pomps Pond Bathing 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
$2,544,900
$1,787,161
$4,332,061
-
110
24,250
Punchard School Fund
3,600
3,600
Infirmary
Board of Public Welfare
The Board of Public Welfare submits the following report for the year 1948:
There has been little change in the case load of Old Age As- sistance during 1948. At the beginning of the year, we were aiding 160 cases, and at the end of December, our cases numbered 163. However, the cost of living, which has risen steadily for the past few years, caused our budgets to jump from $49.00 to $54.80 per case per month. It is now a law that all budgets must be refigured twice a year, to keep pace with any increase or decrease in the cost of living, as determined by the Division on the Necessaries of Life of the Department of Labor and Industries. The Federal Government has allotted more funds for the care of the aged, and this will help in keeping our appropriation down, although this extra Federal assistance is not equal to the increase in the cost of living.
Aid to Dependent Children budgets have also risen during the past year from $103.00 to $121.70 per case per month. At the start of 1948, we were aiding seven families and nineteen children, and at the year's end we had on our rolls eight families with twen- ty-two children. The Federal Government has allotted more funds for this form of aid, also, but the larger allotment fails to absorb all of the increase in the cost of living.
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