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$31,875.50
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Dr.
Walter L. Ritchie, Contractor
$ 1,000.00
Clerk of Works
101.25
Clerical Assistance
88.50
Paving Parking Area
3,501.01
Sidewalks
218.88
Furniture and Furnishings
1,814.58
Plumbing and Wiring
400.00
Janitor's Supplies
116.39
Office Supplies
445.19
$ 7,685.80
WEST CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Walter L. Ritchie, Contractor
$ 432.32
Furniture and Furnishings Projector Office Supplies
386.00
414.57
$ 1,966.35
$ 9,652.15
Balance to 1954
$22,250.28
$31,902.43
$31,902.43
SCHOOL CAFETERIAS Cr.
Balance from 1952
$ 36.60
Receipts in 1953
47,984.14 75.00
Transfer from School Milk Fund
747.24
Dr.
Salaries, Supervisors
$ 5,540.00
Cafeteria Assistants
Amount Carried Forward
11,451.50 $16,991.50 $48,842.98
75
Petty Cash Refunds
733.46
Amount Brought Forward Groceries and Provisions Maintenance of Kitchens Petty Cash Advance Express, Telephone and Conventions
$16,991.50
$48,842.98
27,147.84 4,275.74 75.00
348.18
$48,838.26
Balance to 1954
4.72
$48,842.98
$48,842.98
SCHOOL MILK FUND Cr.
Balance from 1952
$ 460.97
Receipts in 1953
1,042.44
Dr.
Purchase of Milk
$756.17
Tranfer to School Cafeterias Fund
747.24
$ 1,503.41
$ 1,503.41
PUNCHARD ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Cr.
Balance from 1952
$ 179.13
Receipts in 1953
4,517.45 100.00
Dr.
Salary, Director of Athletics
$ 150.00
Services, Officials at Games
270.00
Equipment
1,352.70
Medical Supplies and Services
386.35
Police and Janitors' Services
246.00
Game Guarantees
543.10
Insurance
500.00
Transportation and Meals
567.83
Programs, Tickets and Ticket Selling
257.89
Petty Cash Advance
100.00
Telephone and All Other
175.02
$ 4,548.89
Balance to 1954
247.69
$ 4,796.58
$ 4,796.58
Petty Cash Refund
76
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Cr
Appropriation
$35,827.58
Dog Account Refund
2,139.03
Income from Investments
2,800.00
Refund
1.25
Dr.
Salaries, Librarian
$ 4,526.00
Assistants
16,447.10
Treasurer
100.00
Janitors
3,558.89
Books and Periodicals
7,967.98
Binding
867.21
New Meeting Room
1,878.35
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds 1,329.46
Fuel and Light
1,780.66
Office Maintenance
1,636.46
Janitors' Supplies
454.01
Express and All Other
218.81
$40,764.93
Balance to Revenue
2.93
$40,767.86
$40,767.86
AMERICAN LEGION QUARTERS
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Rent for Quarters
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS QUARTERS
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 480.00
Dr.
Rent for Quarters
$ 480.00
$ 480.00
$ 480.00
77
$ - 600.00
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS QUARTERS
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 600.00
Dr.
Rent for Quarters
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
ARMISTICE DAY
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 150.00
Dr.
Showing of Film
$ 75.00
Wreaths and Bugler
13.00
Essay Contest
20.00
Entertainment
40.00
$ 148.00
Balance to Revenue
2.00
$ 150.00
$ 150.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,525.00
Dr.
Bands and Sound Service
$ 335.20
Flowers and Wreaths
646.00
Flags and Markers
158.15
Transportation and Refreshments
181.95
$ 1,321.30
Balance to Revenue
203.70
$ 1,525.00
$ 1,525.00
78
CIVIL DEFENSE Cr
Balance from 1952 Petty Cash Refund
$ 1,734.38 25.00
Dr.
Salary, Director
Clerical Assistance
$ 1,200.00 50.00
Office Maintenance
144.22
Petty Cash Advance
25.00
Equipment and Entertainment
96.98
$ 1,516.20
Balance to 1954
243.18
$ 1,759.38
$ 1,759.38
DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Damages to Persons and Property $ 97.30
Balance to Revenue
402.70
$ 500.00 $
500.00
ARTICLE 12-1952-SHAW PROPERTY PARKING LOT
Cr.
Balance from 1952
Dr.
Labor
$ 2,486.47
Shovel Hire
1,076.02
Tar Patch and Mixture
866.09
Erection Wire Fence
894.30
Equipment
127.71
$ 5,450.59
Balance to 1954
1,510.29
$ 6,960.88
$ 6,960.88
$ 500.00
$ 6,960.88
79
ARTICLE 13-ENGINEERING STUDY OF PLAYGROUND AREA
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Engineering
$ 610.00
$ 610.00
Balance to 1954
390.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
ARTICLE 18-MORAL OBLIGATION TO ALBERT COLE Jr.
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Moral Obligation
$ 207.00
$ 207.00
$ 207.00
INSURANCE
Cr
Appropriation Refund
$20,000.00 7.50
Dr.
$19,584.18
Insurance Balance to Revenue
423.32
$20,007.50
$20,007.50
EUGENE V. LOVELY PENSION
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,354.00
Dr.
Eugene V. Lovely Pension
$ 2,354.00
$ 2.354.00
$ 2,354.00
Dr.
$ 207.00
80
TOWN REPORTS
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,400.00
Dr.
Printing Town Report Balance to Revenue
$ 1,320.00 80.00
$ 1,400.00
$ 1,400.00
TOWN SCALES
Cr.
Appropriation
$
200.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1,800.00
Dr.
Salary, Public Weigher
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Transfer to 1954
1,800.00
Balance to Revenue
100.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
RENT CONTROL BOARD
Cr.
Transfer from Reserve Fund $ 300.00
Dr.
Clerical Assistance
$ 98.75
Office Supplies and Advertising
31.58
$ 130.33
Balance to Reserve Fund
169.67
$ 300.00 $ 300.00
81
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OFFICE, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Cr.
Appropriation Petty Cash Refund
$20,560.00 50.00
Dr.
Salaries, Chairman,
Board of Public Works $
300.00
Superintendent
5,379.00
Engineer
4,505.00
Clerks
7,907.00
Petty Cash Advance
50.00
Office Maintenance
1,645.23
$19,786.23
Balance to Revenue
823.77
$20,610.00
$20,610.00
PARK DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Labor
$ 5,528.26
Rental and Maintenance of Grounds
530.25
Equipment
334.60
$ 6,393.11
Balance to Revenue
6.89
$ 6,400.00
$ 6,400.00
ARTICLE 30-BASEBALL DIAMONDS AT PLAYSTEAD
Cr.
$ 750.00
Labor
$ 627.60
Equipment
122.40
$ 750.00 $ 750.00
82
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 6,400.00
ARTICLE 22-1951-ENCLOSING ROGERS BOOK
Cr.
Balance from 1952
$ 795.13
Dr.
Labor
$ 361.02
Grates
41.96
$ 402.98
Balance to 1954
392.15
$ 795.13
$ 795.13
RECREATION
Cr.
Appropriation
$10,894.25
Dr.
Playgrounds :
Salaries, Instructors
$ 3,653.95
Police and Other Employees
121.00
Labor
315.13
Repairs
376.53
Equipment
1,334.13
Miscellaneous Supplies
426.73
Entertainment
382.59
Pomps Pond :
Salaries, Lifeguards, Matron
and Others
2,630.20
Transportation
520.00
Repairs
587.81
Miscellaneous Supplies and All Other
233.95
Skating
300.73
$10,882.75
Balance to Revenue
11.50
$10,894.25
$10,894.25
83
WATER DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Appropriation
$60.000.00
Dr.
Lawrence Gas and Electric Company $15,034.46
Labor
17,354.53
Pipe and Fittings
3,643.38
Meters and Fittings
5,103.87
Equipment, Hardware and Tools
737.01
Office Maintenance and All Other
867.65
Maintenance of Pumping Station :
Engineers
9,422.57
Lime and Chlorine
1,493.20
Coal
3,995.74
Pumping Equipment
1,202.64
Repairs on Buildings
578.13
$59,433.18
Balance to Revenue
566.82
$60,000.00
$60,000.00
ARTICLE 18-1952-16" LOW SERVICE FORCE MAIN
Cr.
Balance from 1952
$ 4,704.69
Dr.
Labor
$ 1,042.37
Inspection Services - State
299.24
Tar Patch and Mixture
342.39
Grass Seed and Fertilizer
119.23
$ 1,803.23
Balance to 1954
2,901.46
$ 4,704.69
$ 4,704.69
84
ARTICLE 20-EXTENDING AND IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,300.00
Dr.
Wayne Backhoe
Balance to 1954
$ 60.57 1,239.43
$ 1,300.00
$ 1,300.00
ARTICLE 23-1952-EXTENDING AND IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM Cr.
Balance from 1952
$ 3,678.77
Labor
$ 2,279.36
Backhoe
618.99
Fittings and Compounds
655.93
All Other
124.49
$ 3,678.77
$ 3,678.77
ARTICLE 25-PICKUP TRUCK-BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,300.00
Dr.
Purchase Truck
$ 1,131.32
Balance to 1954
168.68
$ 1,300.00
$ 1,300.00
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Cr.
Appropriation
$18,379.00
Perpetual Cares Income
2,664.07
Raymond Fund Income
60.00
Petty Cash Refund
10.00
Amount Carried Forward
$21,113.07
Dr.
85
Amount Brought Forward
$21,113.07
Dr.
Salaries, Superintendent Clerk
$ 3,074.00
250.00
Labor
11,120.52
Office Maintenance
234.62
Petty Cash Advance
10.00
Equipment
1,001.85
Truck Maintenance
345.42
Seed, Loam and Gravel
259.09
Tarvia
418.43
Containers
600.00
All Other
60.91
$17,374.84
Balance to Revenue
3,738.23
$21,113.07
$21,113.07
ARTICLE 44-POWER MOWER-SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 450.00
Dr.
Purchase Power Mower
$
416.50
Balance to 1954
33.50
$ 450.00
$ 450.00
INTEREST
Cr.
Appropriation
$11,406.25
Dr.
$11,406.25
Interest
$11,406.25
$11,406.25
86
MATURING DEBT Cr.
Appropriation
$79,000.00
Dr.
General Loans
$79,000.00
$79,000.00
$79,000.00
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
$ 2,951.80
Cemetery Perpetual Cares
2,703.00
Income Cemetery Perpetual Cares
743.47
Income Private Trust Accounts
1,176.58
Essex County Tax
60,261.25
Clam Purification Plant
423.69
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3,761.55
Retirement Fund
22,953.00
Withholding Taxes
100,351.80
U. S. Savings Bonds
4,556.25
Massachusetts Hospital Service - Blue Cross
10,198.10
Refunds
5,240.49
Refund - Estimated Receipts - Police Dept.
29.60
Total Expenditures for 1953
$1,754.052.12
Cash on Hand - January 1, 1954
611,430.66
Grand Total for 1953
$2,365,482.78
RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$20,000.00
Transfer of Balances
289.28
Dr.
Rent Control
$ 300.00
Elections and Registration
350.00
Town Scales
1,800.00
Disability Assistance
500.00
School Department
15,000.00
$17,950.00
Balance to Overlay Surplus
2,339.28
$20,289.28
$20,289.28
87
TAXES 1950
Balance from 1952 Collected in 1953 Tax Title Taken Abated
$ 173.70
$ 48.60
9.00
116.10
$ 173.70
$ 173.70
TAXES 1951
Balance from 1952
$ 8,291.25
Collected in 1953
$ 5,925.75
815.00
Tax Title Taken Abated
1,493.40
Audit Adjustment, Surplus Revenue
20.00
Balance to 1954
37.10
$ 8,291.25
$ 8,291.25
TAXES 1952
Balance from 1952
$50,640.08
Refunds
20.80
Collected in 1953
$45.739.26
Tax Title Taken
60.50
Tax Titles Added
849.20
Abated
956.00
Balance to 1954
3,055.92
$50,660.88
$50,660.88
TAXES 1953
Commitments 1953
$968,089.12
Refunds
2,358.21
Adjustments, Overlay 1953
6.00
Collected in 1953
Tax Titles Taken
$916,171.95 8.80
Abated
13,577.11 40,695.47
Balance to 1954
$970,453.33 $970,453.33
88
ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSONS
Commitments 1953 Collected in 1953
$ 1,124.30
$ 1,124.30
$ 1,124.30
$ 1,124.30
TAX TITLES
Balance from 1952
$ 1,488.60
Tax Titles Taken
1,954.59
Tax Titles Added
880.08
Audit Adjustment, Tax Title Revenue
1.00
Redemptions Balance to 1954
$ 110.42
4,213.85
$ 4,324.27
$ 4,324.27
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance from 1952
$ 841.42
Balance to 1954
$ 841.42
$ 841.42
$ 841.42
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1951
Balance from 1952
$ 1,032.71
Collected in 1953 Abated
566.98
$ 1,032.71
$ 1,032.71
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1952
Balance from 1952
Commitments in 1953
$ 6,627.47 8,686.08 323.37
Refunds
Collected in 1953
$13,274.43
Abated
2,193.76
Balance to 1954
168.73
$15,636.92
$15,636.92
89
$ 465.73
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1953
Commitments Refunds Collected in 1953 Abated Balance to 1954
$130,182.21 2,153.74
$107,433.96 7,067.55 17,834.44
$132,335.95 $132,335.95
CLASSIFIED FOREST LAND
Commitment
$ 5.72
Collected in 1953
$ 5.72
$ 5.72
$ 5.72
SEWER ASSESSMENTS PAID IN ADVANCE
Commitments
$ 1,995.13
Collected in 1953
$ 1,995.13
$ 1,995.13
$ 1,995.13
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS NOT DUE
Commitments $ 255.79
Collected in 1953
$ 255.79
$ 255.79 $ 255.79
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1949
Balance from 1952
$ 1,466.91
Collected in 1953
$ 498.00
Apportioned
702.81
Tax Titles Taken
159.20
Balance to 1954
106.90
$ 1,466.91
$ 1,466.91
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1952
Balance from 1952 $ 444.58
Sewer Assessments 1953
$ 444.58
$ 444.58 $ 444.58
90
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1953
Commitment Collected in 1953 Apportioned Balance to 1954
$ 5,740.39
$ 4,083.19 1,201.20 456.00
$ 5,740.39
$ 5,740.39
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1952
Balance from 1952
$ 842.15
Collected in 1953
$ 315.15
Balance to 1954
527.00
$ 842.15
$ 842.15
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1953
Commitment
$ 1,326.87
Unapportioned Sewer Asses. 1952
444.58
Collected in 1953
Balance to 1954
$ 1,312.27 459.18
$ 1,771.45
$ 1,771.45
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1952
Balance from 1952
$ 72.49
Collected in 1953
$ 72.49
$ 72.49
$ 72.49
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1953
Commitment
$ 366.60
Collected in 1953
Balance to 1954
$ 358.84 7.76
$ 366.60
$ 366.60
OVERLAY 1950
Balance from 1952
$ 173.70
Abatements
$ 116.10
Overlay Surplus
57.60
$ 173.70
$ 173.70
91
OVERLAY 1951
$ 8,291.25
Balance from 1952 Abatements Overlay Surplus Balance to 1954
$ 1,493.40 6,760.75 37.10
$ 8,291.25
$ 8,291.25
OVERLAY 1952
$15,417.43
$ 956.00
11,405.51
3,055.92
$15,417.43
$15,417.43
ยท OVERLAY 1953
Overlay 1953
Poll Taxes 1953
$13,577.11
Abatements Balance to 1954
15,031.80
$28,608.91
$28,608.91
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance from 1952
$34,146.10
Overlays 1950 - 1951 - 1952
18,223.86
Reserve Fund Unexpended Balances
2,339.28
Reserve Fund 1952 - Police Dept. Bal.
1,036.11
Transferred to Reserve Fund
$20,000.00
Balance to 1954
35,745.35
$55,745.35
$55,745.35
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balances from 1952
$ 4,212.35
Charges, Accounts Receivable in 1953 74,637.39
Refunds
338.50
Balances from 1952
$ 235.00
Collected in 1953
74,530.92
Abated
314.00
Balance to 1954
505.00
4,613.32
$79,693.24
$79,693.24
92
Balance from 1952 Abatements Overlay Surplus Balance to 1954
$28,602.91 6.00
STATE AND COUNTY AID TO HIGHWAYS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Charges for 1952, Audit Adjustment $
667.00
Charges for 1953
1,000.00
$ 667.00
Collected in 1953
Balance to 1954
1,000.00
$ 1,667.00
$ 1,667.00
WATER RATES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1952
$12,329.69
Commitments, Charges 1953
83,093.63
Water Services and Miscellaneous
2.60
Water Revenue, Audit Adjustment
2,156.32
Collected in 1953
$75,080.02
Water Liens Added to Taxes
2,257.86
Water Services and Miscellaneous
35.64
Water Revenue, Audit Adjustment
10.76
Balance to 1954
20,197.96
$97,582.24
$97,582.24
WATER SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1952
$ 190.24
Charges
735.80
Water Rates
35.64
Collected in 1953
$ 721.04
Water Rates
2.60
Balance to 1954
238.04
$ 961.68
$ 961.68
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1949
Balance from 1952
$ 32.29
Collected in 1953
$ 10.00
Tax Titles Taken
22.29
$ 32.29
$ 32.29
93
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1951
Balance from 1952 $ 249.15
Collected in 1953
$ 249.15
$ 249.15
$ 249.15
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1952
Balance from 1952
$ 177.06
Collected in 1953
$ 177.06
$ 177.06 $ 177.06
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1953
Water Rates
Refund
$ 2,257.86 22.95
Collected in 1953
$ 431.01
Abated
92.99
Balance to 1954
1,756.81
$ 2,280.81
$ 2,280.81
SURPLUS REVENUE
Balance from 1952
$400,483.15
Unexpended Appropriation Balances 1952
531.39
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue
667.00
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
6,795.22
Estate of Deceased Persons Revenue
1,124.30
Tax Title Revenue
110.42
Revenue 1953
113,785.20
Insurance for Damages to Motor Pumping Station
942.48
Miscellaneous Refunds
87.00
Real Estate Taxes 1951 -
Audit Adjustment $ 20.00
Article 31 - Ballardvale Sewer
40,000.00
Revenue 1953 (To Reduce 1953 Tax Rate)
60,000.00
Estimated Receipts, Damages to Motor, Pumping Station
942.48
Tax Titles Taken
884.50
Tax Titles Added
849.20
Balance to 1954
421,829.98
$524,526.16 $524,526.16
94
Cemetery Funds PERPETUAL CARE
Cemetery
Number Balance of Accounts Jan. 1, 1953
Deposits
Withdrawals for Balance Interest Care of Lots Dec. 31, 1953
Spring Grove
844
$106,223.68
$2,703.00
$2,664.10
$2,664.07
$108,926.71
South Church
143
17,966.09
448.61
478.13
17,936.57
Christ Church
71
7,610.00
190.26
190.26
7,610.00
West Church
10
2,115.37
53.16
58.82
2,109.71
St. Augustine's
6
650.00
16.26
16.26
650.00
Totals
1074
$134,565.14
$2,703.00
$3,372.39
$3,407.54
$137,232.99
95
Trust Funds
Name
Beneficiary
Principal
Balance Jan. 1, 1953
Interest
Expen- ditures Dec. 31, 1953
Richardson
Shawsheen School $ 1,000.00
$ 1,496.10
$ 32.01
$ 449.00
$ 1,079.11
Draper
School Dept.
1,000.00
1,050.61
25.92
40.00
1,036.53
Holt
School Dept.
50.00
75.02
1.88
76.90
Conroy
Punchard Prizes
250.00
289.46
7.17
8.00
288.63
American Legion
Punchard Prizes
200.00
200.00
5.00
5.00
200.00
Varnum Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
500.00
12.50
12.50
500.00
Alfred V. Lincoln
Spelling Prizes
500.00
500.00
12.50
12.50
500.00
Emeline Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
1,000.00
1,200.51
30.19
1,230.70
Emma J. Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
544.60
653.74
16.42
670.16
Emma J. Lincoln
Library
544.60
580.98
14.60
450.71
144.87
Swift
Library
300.00
300.63
7.55
308.18
Taylor
Welfare Fuel
100.00
136.10
3.31
139.51
David & Lucy Shaw Welfare
10,000.00
13,054.72
328.39
13,383.11
Giddings
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,108.70
27.88
1,136.58
Smart
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,082.87
27.23
1,110.10
Walter L. Raymond
Welfare
7,845.81
9,686.06
263.17
9,949.23
Emily F. Raymond
Welfare & Cemetery
1,500.00
1,540.83
38.75
79.58
1,500.00
Flower Funds (12)
Spring Grove
1,960.00
1,992.37
49.35
57.20
1,984.52
Totals The Post War Rehabilitation Fund now amounts to $20,468.09.
$29,295.01
$35,448.70
$903.92
$1,114.49
$35,238.13
96
Report of the Trustees of Punchard Free School
Year Ending December 31, 1953
PRINCIPAL FUND
January 1, 1953
Cash in Banks
$13,405.62
Real Estate Mortgages
33,575.00
Bonds at Book Value
30,019.38
$77,000.00
December 31, 1953
Cash in Banks
$14,136.92
Real Estate Mortgages
32,843.70
Bonds at Book Value
30,019.38
$77,000.00
INCOME ACCOUNT
January 1, 1953 Cash on Hand
$ 6,982.11
Interest and
Dividends Rec'd
2,640.54
$ 9,622.65
Expenditures
Safe Deposit Box $ 12.00
Treasurer's Bond 25.00
E. E. Hammond - Salary 200.00
Expenditures for Punchard Library, Commerical Dept.,
Manual Training Dept., Transportation, etc. 2,204.15
December 31, 1953 - Cash on Hand 7,181.50
$ 9,622.65
97
GOLDSMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank $ 350.22 Interest Received 8.55
Prizes Awarded
$ 358.77 10.00
Dec. 31, 1953
Cash in Savings Bank
$ 348.77
DRAPER FUND
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,512.26
Interest Received
37.66
$1,549.92
Scholarship Awarded
30.00
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank BARNARD FUND
$1,519.92
Jan. 1, 1053 Cash in Savings Bank $ 29.32
Dividends Received 40.00
Interest Received .47
$ 69.79
Prizes Awarded
40.00
$ 29.79
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank CHAPIN FUND
$2,249.99
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank
Interest Received
55.96
$2,305.95
Scholarship Awarded
50.00
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank RESERVE FUND
$2,255.95
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank
$3,901.72
Interest Received 98.14
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank $3,999.86
98
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HENRY WARREN BARNARD AND MABEL PARADISE BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received 25.82
$1,026.83
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,052.65 ELIZABETH T. GUTTERSON SCHOLARSHIP Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received
$1,031.33 25.69
$1,057.02
Scholarship Awarded
20.00
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,037.02
M. E. GUTTERSON BOTANY PRIZES
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank $ 313.66
Interest Received 7.81
$ 321.47
Prizes Awarded
5.00
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank $ 316.47
ALICE M. BELL FUND
Jan. 1, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank $1,013.43
Interest Received 25.49
Dec. 31, 1953 Cash in Savings Bank Respectfully submitted,
$1,038.92
EDMOND E. HAMMOND Treasurer
This is to certify that the securities belonging to the Trustees of Punchard Free School and the income accruing therefrom have been checked and found to be correct.
The remaining items in the above account are examined by the Town Accountant.
ROY E. HARDY HARRY SELLARS
99
Report of Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
Cash January 1, 1953
$ 546.64
Income from Investments, Savings Banks and Contributions
3,094.04
Redemption of Bonds
999.00
Total Cash and Income
$4,639.68
Paid Town of Andover
$2,800.00
Safe Deposit Box Rental
12.50
Surety Bond for Treasurer
25.00
Electrical Contractor
7.74
World Politics Discussion Group
48.00
Total Disbursements
$2,893.24
Balance December 31, 1953
$1,746.44
LEO F. DALEY
Treasurer
100
JOHN CORNELL WOOD AND COAL FUND
Principal Fund.
Andover Savings Bank, Andover #13259
$1,000.00
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence #82865 $1,000.00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence #13403 $1,000.00
City Inst. Savings Bank, Lowell #69782 $1,000.00
The Central Savings Bank, Lowell #21760
$1,000.00
$5,000.00
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January 1st, 1953
$ 787.97
Interest received during 1953
132.50
$ 920.47
EXPENDITURES
1953 None
00.00
Balance on hand January 1st, 1954
$ 920.47
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD P. HALL, Chairman
FRED E. CHEEVER, Treasurer ARTHUR W. COLE
101
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1953 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$ 611,430.66
Unidentified Cash Board of Public Works
$ 177.62
Poll Taxes 1953
12.00
Unidentified Cash Treasurer
8.36
Personal Taxes 1951
37.10
House Sewer Connection Deposits
505.00
Personal Taxes 1952
1,229.14
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
27.20
Personal Taxes 1953
4,282.94
School Cafeterias
4.72
Real Estate Taxes 1952
1,826.78
Punchard Athletic Association
247.69
Real Estate Taxes 1953 Tax Titles
4,213.85
112.50
Tax Title Possessions
841.42
Old Age Assistance Recovery
1,149.55
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1952
168.73
Parking Meter Fees
12,203.12
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1953
17,834.44
Proceeds of Tax Titles Sales as Lands of Low Value
868.70
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1949
106.90
Sale of Real Estate Fund
5,804.15
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1953
456.00
Sale of Land Fund
149.99
Sewer Assessments 1952
527.00
Sale of Veterans Lots
95.92
Amount Carried Forward
$ 679,402.49
Amount Carried Forward
$ 21,534.73
Petty Cash Library
35.00
102
36,400.53
Tailings, Payment Stopped on Old Checks
Defense Bonds
180.21
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$ 679,402.49
Amount Brought Forward $ 21,534.73
Sewer Assessments 1953
459.18
Surveying of Veterans Lots
155.52
Committed Interest 1953
7.76
Cemetery Sales Fund
5,769.00
Departmental Accounts Receivable
4,613.32
Essex County Tax
1,471.06
State and County Aid to Highways
1,000.00
Smith-Hughes and George Barden Fund
42.32
Trust Funds Income
15.00
Water Departmental Accounts Receivable
20,436.00
Overlay 1951
37.10
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1953
1,756.81
Overlay 1952
3,055.92
State Parks and Reservations
714.26
Overlay 1953
15,031.80
103
Essex County Tuberculosis
2,399.63
Overlay Surplus
35,745.35
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
35.00
Tax Title Revenue
5,055.27
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
Excise Taxes Revenue
18,003.17
Special Assessment Revenue
1,556.84
Departmental Revenue
4,613.32
State and County Aid to
Highways Revenue
1,000.00
Water Revenue
22,192.81
Amount Carried Forward $ 710,789.45
Amount Carried Forward
$ 135,314.21
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104
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward -
$ 710,789.45
Amount Brought Forward $ 135,314.21 Surplus Revenue 421,829.98
Article 14, New Police Automobile
3.58
Article 16, Traffic Booth, Elm Square
3,936.60
Article 17, Utility Truck, Fire Department 53.57
Article 12, Chain Link Fence at Dump
89.78
Article 19, 1945, Sewer Special Committee Study 447.07
Article 31, Ballardvale Sewer
72,108.00
Article 33, Engineering Study, Special Committee
200.00
Article 34, Sewer Extension,
Summer Street 340.25
Board of Public Works
Machinery Account 4,571.07
Article 19, 1952, Improvement
Beacon Street 301.26
Article 19, Repair and Build Sidewalks 2,764.05
Amount Carried Forward $ 710,789.45
Amount Carried Forward
$ 641,959.42
105
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 710,789.45
Amount Brought Forward
$ 641,959.42 Article 22, Three Sand Spreaders, B. P. W.
65.00
Article 23, Snow Loader, B. P. W.
11,000.00
Article 24, Street Sweeper, B. P. W.
1,125.40
Article 27, Supt. Automobile, B. P. W.
196.25
Article 28, Widening Whittier Street
698.01
Article 29, Greenwood Road, Purchase Land and Construction
91.50
Article 35, Storn Drain, William Street
146.02
Article 41, 1952, Grading, Canterbury Street
59.87
Disability Assistance, Federal Grants
62.87
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants
1,995.95
Old Age Assistance Administration, Federal Grants
402.80
Article 39, State Aided Vocational Education 137.37
Amount Carried Forward $ 710,789.45 Amount Carried Forward
$ 657,940.46
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 710,789.45
Amount Brought Forward $ 659,940.46 Article 1, 1950, School Construction 22,250.28 Article 40, School Planning Committee 1,000.00 Civil Defense 243.18
Article 2, 1951, Special Town Meeting, Purchase Land Adjacent
to Central Schools and Playstead 3,188.15
Article 8, 1946, History of Andover up to and including World War II 1,800.00
Article 12, 1952, Shaw Property Parking Lot 1,510.29
Article 13, Engineering Study of Playground Area 390.00
Article 15, Purchase and Develop Parking Areas 10,000.00
Article 22, 1944, Prepare Plans for
Use of Shaw Property
2,500.00
1,800.00
Town Scales Article 29, 1951, Improve and Re- surface Central Playground
2,300.00
Amount Carried Forward
$ 710,789.45
Amount Carried Forward
$ 704,922.36
106
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 710,789.45
Amount Brought Forward $ 704,922.36 Article 22, 1951, Enclosing Rogers Brook 392.15
Article 1, 1950, Supplementary Warrant, Engine Driven Centrifugal Pump 1,131.87
Article 18, 1952, 16" Low Service Force Main 2,901.46
Article 20, Extending and Improving Water System
1,239.43
Article 25, Pickup Truck, B. P .W
168.68
Article 44, Power Mower, Spring Grove Cemetery 33.50
107
Amount Carried Forward $ 710,789.45 Amount Carried Forward
$ 710,789.45
DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount Brought Forward Unapportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
$ 710,789.45
Amount Brought Forward
$ 710,789.45 Sewer Assessments Revenue 4,896.03 Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1954
1,321.76
Assessments Not Due
7,511.75
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1955
1,221.23
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due 1956
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