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Temporary Repairs Public Property
472.10
Guarding Devasted Areas
453.38
$17,155.22
Balance to 1955
22,844.78
$40,000.00
$40,000.00
85
WATER DEPARTMENT Cr.
Appropriation
$64,950.00
Dr.
Lawrence Electric Company
$13,966.14
Labor
19,906.94
Pipe and Fittings
3,537.87
Meters and Fittings
7,290.80
Equipment, Hardware and Tools
3,211.98
Office Maintenance and All Other
675.02
Maintenance of Pumping Station :
Engineers
8,526.20
Lime and Chlorine
1,079.80
Repairs on Buildings
423.10
Pumping Equipment
425.74
$59,043.59
Balance to Revenue
5,906.41
$64,950.00
$64,950.00
ARTICLE 19-EXTENDING AND IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM Cr.
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Dr.
Pipe and Backhoe
$ 519.12
Balance to 1955
9,480.88
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
ARTICLE 20-1953-EXTENDING AND IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM Cr.
$ 1,239.43
Dr.
Labor
$ 429.12
Hydrants, Gate Valves and Tarvia
810.31
$ 1,239.43
$ 1,239.43
86
Balance from 1953
ARTICLE 21-RENEW AND ADJUST SEWER AND WATER STRUCTURES Cr.
Appropriation
$ 750.00
Dr.
Labor
$ 475.84
Pipe and Fittings
89.61
$ 565.45
Balance to Revenue
184.55
$ 750.00
$ 750.00
ARTICLE 34-EXTEND WATER MAIN- BRUNDETTE AVENUE-SHLAKIS Cr.
Appropriation
$ 6,400.00
Labor
$ 724.12
Pipe and Hydrants
3,534.96
Backhoe and Scoop
796.50
$ 5,055.58
Balance to Revenue
1,344.42
$ 6,400.00
$ 6,400.00
ARTICLE 35-EXTEND WATER MAIN- BRUNDETTE AVENUE-ROBIDOUX Cr.
Appropriation
$ 3,200.00
Dr.
$ 336.06
Pipe
1,821.88
Backhoe and Scoop
423.00
$ 2,580.94
Balance to Revenue
619.06
$ 3,200.00
$ 3,200.00
87
Labor
Dr.
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY Cr.
Appropriation Perpetual Cares Income Refunds Petty Cash Refund
$18,379.00
2,651.87
791.18
10.00
Dr.
Salaries, Superintendent
$ 3,134.00
Clerk
250.00
Labor
11,592.74
Office Maintenance
187.37
Petty Cash Advance
10.00
Tarvia
748.11
Equipment
788.70
Seed, Loam and Gravel
256.42
Truck Maintenance
432.06
Containers
601.70
All Other
17.15
$18,018.25
Balance to Revenue
3,813.80
$21,832.05
$21,832.05
INTEREST Cr.
Appropriation
$10,557.50
Interest
Balance to Revenue
$10,057.50 500.00
$10,557.50
$10,557.50
MATURING DEPT
Cr.
Appropriation
$59,000.00
Dr.
$59,000.00
$59,000.00
$59,000.00
88
General Loans
Dr.
Town Clerk's Dog License Money Cemetery Perpetual Cares
$ 3,090.00 4,024.00
Income Cemetery Perpetual Cares Income Private Trust Funds
750.65
38.00
Essex County Tax
60,649.47
Clam Purification Plant
129.83
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4,660.14
Retirement Fund
32,334.00
Withholding Taxes
98,291.23
U. S. Savings Bonds
4,912.50
Massachusetts Hospital Service
11,489.75
Refunds
7,607.58
Total Expenditures for 1954
$1,945,550.86
Cash on Hand-January 1, 1955 Grand Total for 1954
$2,571.791.86
RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$20,000.00
Transfer of Unexpended Balances Dr.
Fire Department
$ 744.30
Forest Fires
200.00
Public Dump
150.00
Health Department
200.00
Chapter 90 Construction River Road 15,000.00
Public Welfare
328.69
$16,622.99
Balance to Overlay Surplus
3,570.89
$20,193.88
$20,193.88
TAXES 1950
Tax Titles Disclaimed
$ 3.60
Abated $ 3.60
$ 3.60 $ 3.60
89
626,241.00
193.88
TAXES 1951
Balance from 1953 Collected in 1954
$ 37.10
$
37.10
$ 37.10
$
37.10
TAXES 1952
Balance from 1953
$ 3,055.92
Refunds
151.80
Collected in 1954
$ 2,107.54
Abated
192.50
Balance to 1955
907.68
$ 3,207.72 $
3,207.72
TAXES 1953
Balance from 1953
$ 40,695.47
Refunds
79.20
Collected in 1954
$ 36,704.13
Tax Titles Taken
1,104.40
Tax Titles Added
1,060.40
Abated
521.50
Balance to 1955
1,384.24
$ 40,774.67 $ 40,774.67
TAXES 1954
Commitments
$1,070,571.81
Overlay 1954
2.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1954
4.70
Refunds
2,080.84
Collected in 1954
$1,010,680.94
Tax Titles Added
983.50
Abated
20,194.79
Balance to 1955
40,800.12
$1,072,659.35 $1,072,659.35
90
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1952
Balance from 1953 Abated
$ 168.73
$ 168.73
$ 168.73
$ 168.73
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1953
Balance from 1953
Commitments
$ 17,834.44 7,608.94
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1954
2.52
Refunds
730.18
Collected in 1954
$
23,712.68
Abated
2,463.40
$ 26,176.08 $
26,176.08
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1954
Commitments
Refunds
$ 151,523.27 4,022.75
Collected in 1954
$ 125,818.67 4.70
Real Estate Taxes 1954
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1953
2.52
Abated
11,162.60
Balance to 1955
18,557.53
$ 155,546.02
$ 155,546.02
CLASSIFIED FOREST LAND
Commitment
$ 6.11
Collected in 1954
$ 2.35
Balance to 1955
3.76
$ 6.11 $
6.11
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1949
Balance from 1953
$ 106.90
Balance to 1955
$ 106.90
$ 106.90
$ 106.90
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UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1953
Balance from 1953 Collected in 1954 Sewer Assessments 1954
$ 456.00
$ 276.00
180.00
$ 456.00 $ 456.00
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1952
Balance from 1953
$ 527.00
Collected in 1954
$ 527.00
$ 527.00
$ 527.00
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1953
Balance from 1953
$ 459.18
Collected in 1954
$ 105.95
Sewer Apportioned
353.23
$ 459.18
$ 459.18
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1954
Commitment
$ , 1,392.41
Unapportioned
Sewer Assessments 1954
180.00
Collected in 1954
$
1,268.38
Balance to 1955
304.03
$ 1,572.41
$ 1,572.41
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1953 Balance from 1953
$ 7.76
Collected in 1954
$ 7.76
$ 7.76 $ 7.76
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1954
Commitment $ 317.12
Collected in 1954
$ 285.92
Balance to 1955
31.20
$ 317.12 $ 317.12
92
TAX TITLES
Balance from 1953
Tax Titles Taken
$ 4,213.85 1,225.68
Tax Titles Added
2,065.07
Redemptions
$ 871.19
Tax Title Possessions - Adjustment
622.07
Tax Title Disclaimed
14.78
Balance to 1955
5,996.56
$ 7,504.60 $ 7,504.60
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance from 1953
$ 841.42
Tax Titles - Adjustment
622.07
Sale of Tax Title Possessions
$ 150.00
Balance to 1955
1,313.49
$ 1,463.49
$ 1,463.49
OVERLAY 1950
Real Estate Taxes
$ 3.60
Balance to 1955 - To be raised
$ 3.60
$ 3.60
$ 3.60
OVERLAY 1951
Balance from 1953
$ 37.10
Overlay Surplus
$
37.10
$ 37.10
$ 37.10
OVERLAY 1952
Balance from 1953
$ 3,055.92
Abatements
$ 192.50
Overlay Surplus
1,955.74
Balance to 1955
907.68
$ 3,055.92 $ 3,055.92
93
OVERLAY 1953
Balance from 1953 Abatements Overlay Surplus Balance to 1955
$ 15,031.80
$ 521.50
13,126.06
1,384.24
$ 15,031.80
$ 15,031.80
OVERLAY 1954
$
31,431.36
2.00
$ 20,194.79
11,238.57
$ 31,433.36 $ 31,433.36
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance from 1953
$ 35,745.35
Overlays - 1951 - 1952 - 1953
15,118.90
Reserve Fund Unexpended Balances
3,570.89
Reserve Fund 1953 - Rent Control - Town Scales
247.18
Rent Control
$ 169.67
Reserve Fund
20,000.00
Balance to 1955
34,512.65
$ 54,682.32
$ 54,682.32
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balances from 1953
$ 4,613.32
Charges Accounts Receivable in '54 76,641.50
Refunds
518.60
Balances from 1953
$ 505.00
Collected in 1954
74,221.46
Abated
7.50
Adjustments
22.50
Balance to 1955
355.00
7,371.96
$ 82,128.42 $ 82,128.42
94
Overlay 1954 Poll Taxes 1954 Abatements Balance to 1955
1
STATE AND COUNTY AID TO HIGHWAYS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1953
Charges for 1954
Collected in 1954
Balance to 1955
$ 1,000.00 16,000.00
$ 6,323.12 10,676.88
$ 17,000.00 $ 17,000.00
WATER RATES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1953
Commitments 1954
$ 20,197.96 85,717.36
Audit Adjustments
148.41
Collected in 1954
$ 83,864.57
Audit Adjustments
162.50
Water Liens Added to Taxes
831.38
Abated
141.77
Balance to 1955
21,063.51
$
106,063.73 $ 106,063.73
WATER SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1953
$ 238.04
Charges
633.00
Audit Adjustment
2,185.60
Collected in 1954
$ 2,660.30
Abated
190.24
Balance to 1955
206.10
$ 3,056.64 $
3,056.64
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1953
Balance from 1953
$ 1,756.81
Collected in 1954
$ 1,756.81
$ 1,756.81 $
1,756.81
95
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1954
Water Rates Collected in 1954 Abated Balance to 1955
$ 831.38
$ 559.48
25.00
246.90
$ 831.38 $
831.38
SURPLUS REVENUE
Balance from 1953
$ 421,829.98
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
28,794.38
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue
6,323.12
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
3,659.75
Audit Adjustments
491.56
Tax Title Revenue
1,021.19
Tax Title Disclaimed
3.60
Revenue 1954
149,086.86
Miscellaneous Refunds and Other
32.43
Tax Titles Added
$
1,060.40
Tax Titles Taken
1,104.40
Article 22 - Ballardvale Sewer
Disposal
30,000.00
Revenue 1954 (To Reduce 1954 Tax Rate)
60,000.00
Hurricane Carol
30,000.00
Hurricane Edna
40,000.00
Balance to 1955
449,078.07
$ 611,242.87
$ 611,242.87
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Cemetery Fund PERPETUAL CARE
Number
Cemetery
Balance of Accounts Jan. 1, 1954
Deposits
Withdrawals for Balance Interest Care of Lots Dec. 31,1954
Spring Grove
867
$108,926.71
$3,524.00
$2,763.28
$2,757.87
$112,456.12
South Church
143
17,936.57
449.68
425.00
17,961.25
Christ Church
71
7,610.00
199.77
199.77
7,610.00
West Church
10
2,109.71
55.68
59.52
2,105.87
St. Augustine's
6
650.00
17.07
17.07
650.00
1097
$137,232.99
$3,524.00
$3,485.48
$3,495.23
$140,783.24
97
Trust Funds
Name
Benificiary
Principal
Balance Jan. 1, 1954
Interest
Expen- Balance ditures Dec. 31, 1954
Richardson
Shawsheen School $ 1,000.00
$ 1,079.11
$ 28.51
$ 1,107.62
Draper
School Dept.
1000.00
1,036.53
27.33
1,063.90
Holt
School Dept.
50.00
76.90
2.01
78.91
Conroy
Punchard Prizes
250.00
288.63
7.51
8.00
288.14
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
1,230.70
32.51
1,263.21
Emma J. Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
544.60
670.16
17.70
687.86
Emma J. Lincoln Swift
Library
300.00
308.18
8.14
316.32
Taylor
Welfare Fuel
100.00
139.51
3.68
143.19
Welfare
10,000.00 .
13,383.11
353.60
13,736.71
David & Lucy Shaw Giddings
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,136.58
30.01
1,166.59
Smart
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,110.10
29.32
1,139.42
Walter L. Raymond
Welfare
7,845.81
9,949.23
282.67
10,231.90
Emily F. Raymond
"
& Cemetery
1,500.00
1,500.00
39.62
19.81
1,519.81
Flower Funds (13)
Cemetery
2,460.00
1,984.52
56.34
49.29
2,491.57
Bequest-
500.00
Totals The Post War Rehabilitation Fund now amounts to $20,994.30.
$29,395.28
$35,238.13
$1,452.80
$107.10
$36,583.83
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98
Library
144.87
144.87
3.81
148.68
Report of the Trustees of Punchard Free School
Year Ending December 31, 1954
PRINCIPAL FUND
January 1, 1954
Cash in Banks
$14,136.92
Real Estate Mortgages 32,843.70
Bonds at Book Value
30,019.38
$77,000.00
December 31, 1954
Cash in Banks
$21,569.03
Real Estate Mortgages
25,411.59
Bonds at Book Value
30,019.38
$77,000.00
INCOME ACCOUNT
January 1, 1954 Cash on Hand
$ 7,181.50
Interest and
Dividends Rec'd 2,630.05
$ 9,811.55
Expenditures
Safe Deposit Box $ 12.00
Treasurer's Bond 25.00
E. E. Hammond - Salary
200.00
Expenditures for Punchard Library, Commercial Dept.,
Manual Training Dept., Transportation, etc. 3,080.55
December 31, 1954 - Cash on Hand 6,494.00
$ 9,811.55
99
GOLDSMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received
$ 348.77 8.95
Prizes Awarded
20.00
Dec. 31, 1954
Cash in Savings Bank
$ 337.72
DRAPER FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received
$1,519.92
39.59
$1,559.51
Scholarship Awarded
40.00
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,519.51
BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $ 29.79
Dividends Received 40.00
Interest Received
.23
$ 70.02
Prizes Awarded
40.00
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank
$ 30.02
CHAPIN FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received
$2,255.95
58.77
$2,314.72
Scholarship Awarded
60.00
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank
$2,254.72
100
$ 357.72
RESERVE FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $3,999.86 Interest Received 105.66
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $4,105.52
HENRY WARREN BARNARD & MABEL PARADISE BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $1,052.65
Interest Received 27.79
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Saving Bank $1,080.44
ELIZABETH T. GUTTERSON SCHOLARSHIP
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $1,037.02 Interest Received 26.97
$1,063.99
Scholarship Awarded
30.00
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,033.99
M. E. GUTTERSON BOTANY PRIZES
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $ 316.47 8.24
Interest Received
$ 324.71
Prizes Awarded
7.50
Dec. 31, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank $ 317.21
101
ALICE M. BELL FUND
Jan. 1, 1954 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received
$1,038.92 26.95
$1,065.87
Scholarship Awarded
35.00
Dec. 31 1954 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,030.87
Respectfully Submitted,
EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Treasurer
This is to certify that the securities belonging to the Trus- tees of Punchard Free School and the income accruing there- from have been checked and found to be correct.
The remaining items in the above account are examined by the Town Accountant.
C. CARLETON KIMBALL ROY E. HARDY HARRY SELLARS
102
Report of Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
Cash January 1, 1954
$1,746.44
Income from Investments, Savings Banks and Contributions
3,129.88
Total Cash and Income
$4,876.32
Paid Town of Andover
$2,600.00
Safe Deposit Box Rental
12.50
Surety Bond for Treasurer
25.00
Balance due on American Land Marks Books
16.80
Lydia Davis - Speaker at Open House
25.00
Paul Cheney - Magic - Children's Book Week
35.00
Services in connection with proposed addition to Library
554.24
Mimeograph Work
62.50
Total Disbursements
$3,331.04
Balance December 31, 1954
$1,545.28
LEO F. DALEY
Treasurer
103
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, 1954 Interest received during 1954
$ 920.47
132.50
$1,052.97
EXPENDITURES
December 29, 1954 - Cross Coal Company
$ 26.95
Balance on hand January 1, 1955
$1,026.02
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD P. HALL, Chairman
FRED E. CHEEVER, Treasurer ARTHUR W. COLE
104
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$ 626,241.00
House Sewer Connection Deposits $ 355.00
Petty Cash Library
35.00
U. S. Savings Bonds
297.34
Personal Taxes 1952
907.68
Mass. Hospital Service
4.40
Personal Taxes 1953
1,384.24
Personal Taxes 1954
3,613.22
868.70
Real Estate Taxes 1954
37,186.90
Proceeds of Tax Title Sales as Lands of Low Value Tailings, Payment Stopped on Old Checks
273.41
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1954
18,557.53
Unidentified Cash, Board of Public Works
69.53
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1949
106.90
Trust Funds Income
15.00
Sewer Assessments 1954
304.03
Old Age Assistance Recovery
2,078.60
Committed Interest 1954
31.20
Smith-Hughes and George Barden Fund
6.32
Tax Titles
5,996.56
School Cafeterias
57.33
Tax Title Possessions
1,313.49
Punchard Athletic Asociation
324.49
Departmental Accounts Receivable
7,371.96
Essex County Tax
486.39
State Parks and Reservations
12.60
State and County Aid to Highways Accounts Receivable
10,676.88
Sale of Real Estate Fund
5,804.15
Amount Carried Forward $ 713,730.35
Amount Carried Forward $ 10,653.26
105
Classified Forest Land
3.76
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$ 713,730.35
Amount Brought Forward
$ 10,653.26
Water Departmental
Cemetery Sales Fund
5,805.00
Accounts Receivable
21,269.61
Parking Meters Fees
19,026.65
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1954
246.90
Overlay 1950
3.60
Board of Public Works Machinery Account
4,571.07
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
114.76
Overlay 1952
907.68
Overlay 1953
1,384.24
Overlay 1954
11,238.57
Overlay Surplus
34,512.65
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes Revenue
18,557.53
Special Assessment Revenue
445.89
Tax Titles Revenue
7,310.05
Departmental Revenue
7,371.96
Water Revenue
21,516.51
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue
10,676.88
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
35.00
Surplus Revenue
449,078.07
Amount Carried Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Carried Forward
$ 603,091.01
106
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Brought Forward $ 603,091.01 488.93
Hurricane Carol Damage Hurricane Edna Damage 22,844.78 Treasurer 6.77
State Census
1,200.00
Article 45, Repairs Town Community Building, Ballardvale 610.00
Article 16, 1953, Traffic Booth, Elm Square 2,898.00
Article 16, 1954, Traffic Booth, Elm Square 5,063.40
Article 19, 1945, Sewer Special Committee Study 447.07
Article 22, Ballardvale Sewer Disposal 23,388.35
Article 23, Constructing Relief Sewers 6,833.91
Article 33, 1953, Engineering Study, Special Committee 200.00
Amount Carried Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Carried Forward
$ 667,072.22
107
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Brought Forward $ 667,072.22 Article 37, Extend Sewer Main, Sutherland Street 893.70
Chapter 90, Construction, River Road Washout 5,932.63
Article 20, Repair and Build Sidewalks 5,000.00
Article 19, 1953, Repair and Build Sidewalks 2,068.42
Article 28, Construct Storm Drainage, Hidden Road 2,000.00
Article 31, Excavation, Subdrainage
and Grading Playstead Area 2,697.30
Article 38, Construct Sidewalk, Burnham Road 5,014.00
Disability Assistance Adminis-
5.27
tration - Federal Grants
Aid to Dependent Children Adminis- tration, Federal Grants 18
Amount Carried Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Carried Forward
$ 690.683.72
108
109
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Brought Forward $ 690,683.72 Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants 230.76
Old Age Assistance Administration, Federal Grants 379.78
Article 40, 1953, School Planning Committee 747.40
Article 42, School Building Committee 10,000.00
Civil Defense
49.53
Article 2, 1951, Special Town Meet-
ing, Purchase Land Adjacent to
Central Schools and Playstead
1,978.15
Article 8, Study of Zoning By-Law
1,700.00
Article 8, 1946, History of Andover Up to and Including World War II
1,800.00
Article 13, 1953, Engineering Study of Playground Area
390.00
Article 15, 1953, Purchase and Develop Parking Areas 10,000.00
Amount Carried Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Carried Forward
$ 717,959.34
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Brought Forward $ 717,959.34 Article 22, 1944, Prepare Plans for Use of Shaw Property 2,500.00 Article 29, 1951, Improve and Resurface Central Playground 2,300.00
Article 33, Riverina Road Fence 25.00
Article 44, Improve and Resurface Central Playground 600.00
Article 19, Extending and Improving Water Systems
9,480.88
Article 24, Acquisition of Land or Buildings on the Water Shed of
Haggetts Pond and Fish Brook 2,500.00
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Amount Carried Forward $ 735.365.22
Amount Carried Forward $ 735.365.22
DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount Brought Forward Unapportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
$ 735.365.22
Amount Brought Forward Sewer Assessment Revenue Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1955
$ 735,365.22
4,896.03
1,291.88
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1956
1,090.79
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1957
1,051.37
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1958
998.55
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1959
808.45
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1960
662.33
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1961
244.37
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1962 204.71
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1963
120.12
Amount Carried Forward $ 746.733.82
Amount Carried Forward
$ 746.733.82
$ 4,896.03
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
6,472.57
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward
$ 746,733.82
Amount Brought Forward
$ 746,733.82
Net Funded and Fixed Debt
$ 639.000.00
Junior High School
4,000.00
Article 1, Elementary School Loan
635,000.00
Amount Carried Forward
$1,385,733.82
Amount Carried Forward
$1,385,733.82
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward
$1,385,733.82
Amount Brought Forward
$1,385,733.82
Emily F. Raymond Fund 1,519.81
Walter Landor Raymond Welfare Fund 10,231.90
Municipal Contributory Retirement Funds Cash and Securities
264,129.82
Accrued Interest on Bonds
1,803.04
David and Lucy Hayward Shaw Welfare Fund
13,736.71
Edward Taylor Fuel Fund
143.19
Emeline S. Lincoln Village Improvement Fund
1,263.21
Emma J. Lincoln Village
Improvement Fund
687.86
Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund
288.14
Amount Carried Forward
$2,045,292.56
Amount Carried Forward
$1,413,604.64
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Trust and Investment Funds - Cash and Securities $ 393.625.88
113
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $2,045,292.56
Amount Brought Forward
$1,413,604.64
Draper School Fund 1,063.90
Holt School Fund
78.91
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
500.00
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund 500.00
Richardson School Fund
1,107.62
U. S. Constitution Fund, Andover Post #8 200.00
Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund
148.68
Kate Adams Swift Fund for Memorial Hall Library
316.32
J. M. Bean Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
M. E. Carter Cemeter Flower Fund
304.13
Vesta A. Davis Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
Ellen F. Foster Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
Isaac E. Giddings Burial Ground Fund
1,166.59
John Kershaw Cemetery Flower Fund
50.69
Ralph J. Maslen Cemetery Flower Fund 253.44
Mary E. Morrill Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
Amount Carried Forward $2,045,292.56
Amount Carried Forward
$1,419,700.44
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TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $2,045,292.56
Amount Brought Forward
$1,419,700.44
Francis Nichols Cemetery Flower Fund 50.69
Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund 1,139.42
George A. Torrey Cemetery Flower Fund
504.58
Alexander Smith Cemetery Flower Fund
162.20
Bertha M. Stevens Cemetery Flower Fund
202.75
George H. Wardwell Cemetery Flower Fund 506.88
White and McGraw Cemetery Flower Fund 50.69
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
20,994.30
Cemetery Perpetual Cares 140,783.24
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund
6,026.02
Punchard Free School, Principal Fund
83,474.62
Barnard Fund
1,030.02
Henry W. and Mabel P. Barnard Fund
1,080.44
Draper Fund
1,519.51
Goldsmith Fund
337.72
Edna G. Chapin Fund
2,254.72
Amount Carried Forward $2,045,292.56
Amount Carried Forward
$1,679,818.24
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $2,045,292.56
Amount Brought Forward $1,679,818.24 Elizabeth T. Gutterson Scholarship Fund 1,033.99 M. E. Gutterson Botany Prize Fund 317.21
Alice M. Bell Fund
1,030.87
Reserve Fund
4,105.52
Memorial Hall Library Fund
93,053.87
Annuity Savings Fund
176,858.98
Annuity Reserve Fund
32,198.86
Pension Fund
54,951.89
Expense Fund
130.58
Special Fund Military Service
1,792.55
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Total
$2,045,292.56
Total
$2,045.292.56
Town Debt
DETAIL OF PAYMENT BY YEARS
Year
Junior High School 2%
Elementary Schools 11/2%
Total
1955
$4,000.
$ 55,000.
$ 59,000.
1956
55,000.
55.000.
1957
55,000.
55,000.
1958
55,000.
55,000.
1959
55,000.
55,000.
1960
55,000.
55,000.
1961
55,000.
55,000.
1962
50,000.
50,000.
1963
50,000.
50,000.
1964
50,000.
50,000.
1965
50,000.
50,000.
1966
50,000.
50,000.
Totals
$4,000.
$635,000.
$639,000.
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Andover Contributory Board of Retirement Report
To the Board of Selectmen, Andover, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
The Town of Andover Contributory Board of Retirement herewith submits the following report for the year 1954 :
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1954
$
270.92
Receipts :
Appropriations :
Town Pension Fund
$ 30,534.00
Expense Fund
1,800.00
Andover Housing Authority Pension Fund
271.00
Members Contributions
23,929.97
Bonds Matured, Called and Sold
29,394.69
Interest on Investments
8,023.97
$ 94,224.55
Expenditures :
Retirement Allowances
$ 40,345.82
Investments 40,303.95
Accrued Interest on Investments
216.12
Refunds, Contributions and Interest 5,989.14
Office Maintenance :
Clerical Assistance 1,527.00
Office Supplies, Postage & All Other 161.70
$ 1,688.70
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1955
$ 88,543.73 $ 5,680.82
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ASSETS
Cash, Andover National Bank Investments
5,680.82 $
Bank Stocks
20,141.00
Government Bonds
95,394.76
Railroad Bonds 42,896.56
Telephone Bonds
46,743.34
Public Utility Bonds
53,273.34
Interest Due and Accrued, December 31, 1954
1,803.04
$265,932.86
LIABILITIES
Annuity Savings Fund
$176,858.98
Special Fund Military Service
1,792.55
Annuity Reserve Fund
32,198.86
Pension Fund
54,951.89
Expense Fund
130.58
$265,932.86
The required appropriation by the Town for 1955 is, Pen- sion Fund,$ 33,345.00, Office Maintenance, $1,800.00, Special Fund Military Service $1,017.98.
During the year fifteen employees were taken into the system. Two members were retired and seven left the em- ploy of the Town. Two pensioners died.
On December 31, 1954 there were one hundred and forty active and four inactive members and thirty-two on retire- ment.
Respectfully submitted
GEORGE C. NAPIER, Chairman DAVID L. NICOLL, Secretary EDMOND E. HAMMOND, Board of Retirement
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Treasurer's Report
Receipts and payments for the year were as folows :
Balance, January 1, 1954 $ 611,430.66 1,960,361.20
Receipts
$2,571,791.86 1,945,550.86
Payments
Balance, December 31, 1954 $ 626,241.00
Disbursements were in accordance with 111 Selectmen's warrants and 42 due to the hurricanes. Over 19,000 checks were issued and 4,000 pay envelopes filled. Included in the totals above was $98,291.23 for federal taxes, withheld from the pay of 375 individuals. Payroll deductions for the pur- chase of U. S. Savings Bonds amounted to $5,035.88 and $11,491.60 for Blue Cross-Blue Shield dues. Parking meter receipts of $10,856.32 declined slightly for the first time, due to the removal of several meters. 155 tax titles amount to $5,994.21.
Cemetery perpetual care funds and other trust funds, as well as the funds of the Retirement Board, all in the trea- surer's custody, are listed on other pages of this report. 32 former town employees receive an average pension of $106. a month, the same as last year.
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