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$ 5,802.81
Assistants
32,452.24
Treasurer
100.00
Janitor
4,057.68
Bindings
1,597.65
Books and Periodicals
10,385.02
Buildings and Maintenance
758.98
Fuel
984.89
Light
1,036.38
Janitors Supplies
865.73
Office Maintenance All Other
2,450.52
484.11
To Revenue
$ 60,976.01 2,015.24
$ 62,991.25
$ 62,991.25
$ 57,396.30 2,614.95 2,980.00
211
AMERICAN LEGION, DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS FOREIGN WARS QUARTERS
Balance from 1957 Appropriation
$ 120.00 2,700.00
Rents
Other
$ 2,342.26 50.00
$ 2,392.26
To Revenue
427.74
$ 2,820.00
$ 2,820.00
PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS
Appropriation
$ 1,490.00
Bands
$ 650.60
Flags and Markers
311.31
Wreaths and Sprays
117.00
Refreshments and All Other
371.17
$ 1,450.08
To Revenue
39.92
$ 1,490.00
$ 1,490.00
DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Appropriation
Transfer from Reserve Fund
Damages to Persons and Property $
2,105.58
$ 2,105.58
To Revenue
194.42
$ 2,300.00
$ 2,300.00
INSURANCE
Appropriation Insurance
$ 31,408.60
$ 31,408.60
To Revenue
591.40
$ 32,000.00
$ 32,000.00
$
500.00 1,800.00
$ 32,000.00
212
TOWN REPORTS
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Printing Town Reports
$ 1,064.84
To Revenue
$ 1,064.84 1,435.16
$ 2,500.00
$ 2,500.00
ARTICLE 4, 1958 - PERSONNEL BOARD
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Management Engineers
$ 448.28
All Other
7.33
To 1959
1,044.39
$ 1,500.00
$ 1,500.00
ARTICLE 13, 1958 - DEMOLISH INDIAN RIDGE SCHOOL AND CONSTRUCT SMALL FIELDHOUSE
Transfer Article 11, 1956
$ 2,500.00
Razing School
$ 450.00 76.00
Erection of Fieldhouse
1,900.00
$ 2,426.00
To 1959
74.00
$ 2,500.00
$ 2,500.00
ARTICLE 14, 1957 - TO ACQUIRE FUTURE SCHOOL SITES
Balance from 1957
$ 25,000.00
Engineering Services
$ 542.20
Purchase of Land
17,535.00
To 1959
6,922.80
$ 25,000.00
$ 25,000.00
213
$ 18,077.20
Backhoe Service
$ 455.61
ARTICLE 15, 1953 - PURCHASE AND DEVELOP PARKING AREAS Balance from 1957 $ Survey and Plan
1,063.15
$ 121.25
$ 121.25
To 1959
941.90
$ 1,063.15
$ 1,063.15
ARTICLE 19, 1956 - ESTABLISH DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Balance from 1957
$
327.09
Supplies
$
11.80
$ 11.80
To 1959
315.29
$ 327.09
$ 327.09
ARTICLE 24, 1957 - TO ESTABLISH A PERSONNEL BOARD
Balance from 1957
$
975.00
Management Engineers Supplies All Other
$ 775.22
173.90
25.88
1
$ 975.00
$ 975.00
ARTICLE 31, 1954 - EXCAVATION & GRADING PLAYSTEAD
Balance from 1957
$ 2,697.30
Labor
$ 1,286.33
Backhoe and Dozer Service
495.00
Pipe
660.91
Sand and Cement
207.63
All Other
10.00
$ 2,659.87
To 1959
37.43
$ 2,697.30
$ 2,697.30
214
PARKING METERS RESERVE
Balance from 1957
Receipts for 1958
$ 9,768.12 10,304.70
Meter Conversion
$ 162.00
New Meters
3,523.50
$ 3,685.50
To 1959
16,387.32
$ 20,072.82
$ 20,072.82
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OFFICE BOARD PUBLIC WORKS
Appropriation Petty Cash Advance Refund
$ 30,025.00 200.00
Salaries
Supt. Highway
$ 5,524.52 5,524.52
Supt. Water
300.00
Clerks
7,399.77
4,401.00
Office Manager Engineers
580.38
Office Maintenance
2,644.62
Petty Cash Advance
200.00
Use of Car and Other
250.45
To Revenue
$ 26,825.26 3,399.74
$ 30,225.00
$ 30,225.00
PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$ 9,920.00
Labor
Equipment and Supplies
Seed and Fertilizer All Other
$ 8,419.04 1,172.35 304.60 22.04
$ 9,918.03
To Revenue
1.97
$ 9,920.00
$ 9,920.00
215
Chairman
RECREATION
Appropriation
$ 17,770.00
Playground Salaries
Instructors Secretary
$
4,956.96 350.00
Wages Labor
531.39
Equipment and Repairs
1,448.52
Miscellaneous Supplies
761.21
Entertainment
640.32
Transportation
177.44
Trees
390.00
All Other
63.54
Pomps Pond
Salaries
Lifeguards
4,734.90
Matron
372.00
Caretaker and Police
644.80
Labor - Board Public Works
26.01
Equipment and Repairs
1,140.35
Transportation
1,200.00
All Other
138.80
$ 17,576.24
To Revenue
193.76
$ 17,770.00
$ 17,770.00
EUGENE V. LOVELY PENSION
$ 2,354.00
Appropriation
Eugene V. Lovely Pension
$ 2,354.00
$ 2,354.00
$ 2,354.00
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance from 1957 Appropriation Refund
$ 2,234.27 135,523.05 10.72
Labor
Engineering Service
$ 46,424.59 6,642.10 20,651.82
Equipment and Tools
Fuel and Lights
23,054.16
Maintenance - Gas and Oil
704.07
Meters and Fittings
10,153.67
Pipe and Fittings
3,797.94
Tractor and Backhoe
1,668.01
Office Maintenance
1,544.60
Use of Car and All Other
1,734.97
Maintenance Pumping Station Engineers
11,437.84
Lime and Chlorine
1,560.89
Repairs
2,726.21
$132,100.87
To Revenue
867.17
To 1959
4,800.00
$137,768.04
$137,768.04
ARTICLE 1, 1957 - ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY BALLARDVALE AND ABBOT WELLS
Balance from 1957
$173,267.85
Labor
$ 3,331.04
Backhoe Service
445.00
Contractors
65,416.18
Engineering
15,231.91
Equipment and Supplies
11,973.07
Lights
376.14
Rental Equipment
2,283.00
Technologist
145.40
Land Taking
2,789.75
All Other
1,430.58
$103,422.07
To 1959
69,845.78
$173,267.85
$173,267.85
217
ARTICLE 14, 1958 - PARCELS OF LAND HAGGETTS POND - TAKEN BY EMINENT DOMAIN
Appropriation
Payment of Lots
$ 2,903.50
$ 2,903.50
To 1959
20,096.50
$ 23,000.00
$ 23,000.00
ARTICLE 23, 1958 - IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SYSTEM
Transfer from Surplus Revenue Refund
$ 70,000.00 1,415.16
Labor
Engineering Services
$ 849.28 7,766.03 20,659.69
Contractual Services
Pipe, Cement Lining and Supplies
36,859.58
Hydrants and Valves
4,680.64
All Other
106.98
$ 70,922.20
To 1959
492.96
$ 71,415.16
$ 71,415.16
ARTICLE 24, 1958 - IMPROVEMENTS AT HAGGETTS POND PUMPING STATION, WOOD HILL RESERVOIR
Transfer from Surplus Revenue
$ 43,000.00
Engineering Services
Contractual Services
All Other
$ 3,013.19 30,403.15 48.36
$ 33,464.70
To 1959
9,535.30
$ 43,000.00
$ 43,000.00
$ 23,000.00
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ARTICLE 27, 1955 - ACQUISITION OF LAND WATER SUPPLY WATER SHED OF HAGGETTS POND
Balance from 1957
Payment for Land
$ 5,112.50
$ 5,112.50 $ 5,112.50
ARTICLE 31, 1956 - FLUORIDATION EQUIPMENT
Balance from 1957
$ 1,325.76
Equipment and Supplies All Other
$ 819.95 46.12
$ 866.07
To 1959
459.69
$ 1,325.76
$ 1,325.76
ARTICLE 31, 1957 - IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SYSTEM
Balance from 1957
Refund to Article 31, 1957
Labor
Engineering Services
$ 1,907.23 1,528.18
Contractual Services
9,678.68
Pipe, lining and supplies
4,735.73
Equipment and Supplies
5,979.25
Sand and Gravel
178.61
Backhoe Service All Other
150.00
17.78
To 1959
$ 24,175.46 7,717.44
$ 31,892.90
$ 31,892.90
$ 5,112.50
$ 30,775.90 1,117.00
219
ARTICLE 35, 1958 - DRAIN FROM BANCROFT RESERVOIR
Appropriation
$ 4,000.00
Engineering Services
Contractual Services All Other
$ 419.12 841.00
14.50
$ 1,274.62
To 1959
2,725.38
$ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
ARTICLE 37, 1956 - RESERVOIR WOOD HILL
Balance from 1957
$ 11,879.20
Labor
$ 37.66
Engineering Services
374.10
Contractual Services
7,313.04 1,175.37
Equipment and Supplies
All Other
32.82
$ 8,932.99
To 1959
2,946.21
$ 11,879.20
$ 11,879.20
ARTICLE 38, 1956 - RESERVOIR AND IMPROVEMENTS TO HIGH LEVEL SYSTEM
Balance from 1957
$ 404.20
Contractual Services
$ 404.20
$ 404.20
$ 404.20
ARTICLE 39, 1956 - ACQUIRE LAND WATERSHED HAGGETTS POND
Balance from 1957
$ 3,484.00
Payment of Lots
$ 3,484.00
$ 3,484.00
$ 3,484.00
220
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Appropriation Perpetual Care Funds Income Petty Cash Advance Refund
$ 22,227.50 3,673.51 10.00
Salaries
Superintendent Clerk
$ 4,130.99 286.65 14,426.06
Labor
Equipment and Supplies
1,950.19
Tarvia, Sand and Gravel
618.06
Trees and Fertilizers
144.00
Maintenance - Gas and Oil
393.97
Office Maintenance
213.03
Petty Cash Advance All Other
52.52
$ 22,225.47
3,685.54
$ 25,911.01
$ 25,911.01
INTEREST
Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund
$ 82,133.00 673.08
School Loans
Water Bonds
$ 74,572.50 7,560.00 124.85
Bay State Merchants
Temporary Loan Anticipation of Revenue
548.73
$ 82,806.08
$ 82,806.08
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Appropriation Loan Anticipation of Revenue
$252,000.00 250,000.00
Maturing Debt Loan Anticipation of Revenue School Loans
$250,000.00 230,000.00 22,000.00
Water Bonds
$502,000.00
$502,000.00
221
10.00
To Revenue
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cemetery Perpetual Cares
Interest Cemetery Perpetual Cares
$ 11,394.35 3,555.00 871.68
700.00
Cemetery Flower Funds Interest Private Trust Funds Andover Tennis Court Fund Essex County Tax
Town Clerk's Dog Licenses
Retirement Fund
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
Savings Bonds
Withholding Taxes
United Fund
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
Redemption of Bonds
Tax Title Recordings
Refunds
432.86 736.63 88,638.16 3,175.50 52,705.00 24,674.10 9,393.75 181,052.08 466.62 23,242.91 17,083.75 33.57 20,723.10
Total Expenditures for 1958
$4,097,115.89
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1959
1,148,823.26
Grand Total for 1958
5,245,939.15
222
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1958 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash Petty Cash Advances
$1,148,823.26 35.00
Uncollected Taxes Levy of 1957 Personal Real Estate
1,170.60 8,460.39
Levy of 1958 Poll
Personal
36.00 3,245.25 89,861.35
Real Estate
235,000.00
To be raised in 1959
10,652.83
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
2,507.08
Clam Purification Plant
113.04
Revenue 1959
5,500.00
$1,505,404.80
LIABILITIES
Unidentified Cash
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
Withholding Taxes
Savings Bonds
1,000.00 490.00
House Sewer Connections Deposits
Highway Construction Deposit
Water Installation Deposit
Tailings
1,300.00 32.00 401.89 2.50
Trust Fund Transactions
Old Age Assistance Recovery
7,625.91
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grants
277.13
Disability Assistance Federal Grants
Old Age Assistance Federal Grants
Smith-Hughes-George Barden Fund
School Cafeterias
Punchard Athletic Association
Loans Authorized and Unissued
Premiums on Loans Overestimate State Parks and Reservations Sale of Real Estate Fund Cemetery Sales Fund Parking Meters Reserve
Off Street Parking Meters Reserve
Board of Public Works Machinery Account Overlay Surplus Overlay 1957
223
270.77 485.52 5.32 11,249.93 1,118.59 235,000.00 1,852.16 101.02 6,616.15 5,925.00 16,387.32 297.85 4,571.07 42,100.04 9,630.99
Loans Authorized
County Tax
55.70 82.25 2,806.24 823.20
Gravel Pit Deposit
Overlay 1958
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
Surplus Revenue
Article 55, 1956 - Planning Board of Appeals 100.00 Article 8, 1956 - Remodeling Town Offices 4,768.15
Article 9, 1957 - Engage Engineering Consultants Revaluation of Property 1,295.60
Article 55, 1958 - Improve Town Hall Facilities 12,000.00 Article 9, 1958 - Purchase Automobiles, Police Department
Article 8, 1958 - New Aerial Ladder, Fire Department
5,500.00
Civil Defense
1,468.85
Article 2, 1956 - Andover Street, Ballardvale
372.91
Article 21, 1956 - Sewer Line, Golden' s Gardens
237.48
Article 30, 1957 - Study for Improvements to Sewer System 848.95
Article 34, 1955 - Constructing Relief Sewers 1,135.84
Article 36, 1956 - Sewerage and Drainage 433.78
Article 37, 1957 - Install Sewer on Juliette St. 208.91
Article 37, 1958 - Trunk Sewer, Lowell Street
and Shawsheen Hylands
20,230.53
Article 6, 1957 - Widening and Relocation Shawsheen Road 1.00
Article 13, 1958 - Shawsheen Road Construction
659.93
Article 23, 1956 - Chapter 90 Construction
17,023.53
Article 29, 1958 - Construction Andover Street Bridge
29,599.62
Article 32, 1957 - Construct Additional Garage Space 70.44
Article 33, 1958 - Highway Improvement
3,712.57
Article 34, 1958 - Land Acquisition and Relocation work, Ballardvale Road 500.00
Article 42, 1956 - Storm Drainage, Hidden Road 2,129.91 Chapter 718, Acts of 1956, Chapter 90 Construction 279.39 Veterans Service
640.00
Article 1, 1955 - Preliminary Plans, School, Ballardvale 105.15
Article 1, 1957 - South School 135,667.31
Article 10, 1955 - New High School 55,004.47
Article 13, 1955 - West Elementary School Add'n. 9,248.71
Article 72, 1958 - Evening Practical Arts 283.18
Article 77, 1956 - Shawsheen School Addition 1,785.59
Article 2, 1951 - Special Town Meeting,
Purchase Land 1,333.15
Article 4, 1958 - Personnel Board
1,044.39
Article 3, 1958 - Personnel By-Law
5,620.92
Article 8, 1958 - To Acquire Future School
Sites, etc. 19,100.00
Article 11, 1957 - Purchasing and Developing Land for Off Street Parking 25,000.00
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39,314.37 35.00 598,008.19
207.50
Article 12, 1957 - To Develop Off Street Parking 3,875.68 Article 13, 1958 - To Demolish Indian Ridge School and Construct Small Fieldhouse
74.00
Article 14, 1957 - To Acquire Future School Sites 6,922.80
Article 15, 1953 - Purchase and Develop Parking Areas 941.90
Article 15, 1958 - For Development and Industrial Commission 1,000.00
Article 17, 1957 - Study the Town By-Laws and Zoning By-Laws 1,000.00
Article 19, 1956 - Establishing Development and Industrial Commission
315.29
Article 31, 1954 - Excavation, Subdrainage and Grading Playstead Area 37.43
Article 31, 1958 - Land Acquisition, Wildwood Road 1.00
Article 32, 1958 - Land Acquisition, Woodland Road 1.00
Article 38, 1955 - Land Acquisition, Torr Street 1.00
Article 40, 1955 - Land Acquisition, Ballardvale Rd. 1.00
Water Department
4,800.00
Article 1, 1957 - Additional Water Supply, Abbot and Ballardvale Wells
Article 13, 1956 - Acquiring Land Prospect Hill
69,845.78 135.00
Article 14, 1958 - Purchase Parcels Land Haggetts Pond
20,096.50
Article 18, 1956 - Rogers Brook and Tributaries
25,000.00
Article 23, 1958 - Improvements to Water Syster
492.96
Article 24, 1958 - Improvements at Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, Wood Hill Reservoir 9,535.30
Article 31, 1956 - Flouridation Equipment
459.69
Article 31, 1957 - Improvements to Water System
7,717.44
Article 35, 1956 - Water Extensions
1,995.57
Article 35, 1958 - Drain from Bancroft Reservoir 2,725.38
Article 37, 1956 - Reservoir, etc. Wood Hill
2,946.21
$1,505,404.80
225
REVENUE ACCOUNTS - RESERVE UNTIL COLLECTED MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Motor Vehicle Excise
Taxes
1955
58.71
1956
493.64
1957
3,644.88
1958
21,897.32
$26,294.55
$26,294.55
FARM ANIMAL EXCISE TAXES
Farm Animal Excise
Farm Animal Excise
Taxes
1958
$ 66.28
$
66.28
$ 66.28
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Sewer
Unapportioned 1958
$25,516.05
Added to Taxes.
1957
6.25
1958
1,205.54
Water Betterments
Unapportioned 1957
2,711.41
Added to Taxes 1958
372.11
Committed Interest
1957
88.68
1958
590.10
$29,284.60
$29,284.60
TAX TITLES
Tax Titles
$15,257.62 Tax Titles Revenue $15,257.62
TAX TITLES POSSESSIONS
Tax Titles Possessions
$ 1,289.89
Tax Titles Possessions Revenue $ 1,289.89
226
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
$26,294.55
Revenue $ 66.28
Special Assessments Revenue
$28,079.06
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Town Property $ 300.00
Fire Department
535.00
Highway Department 138.00
Sewer Installations 292.55
Public Welfare 396.16
Old Age Assistance 1,326.37
School Department 1,920.25
$ 4,908.33
$ 4,908.33
WATER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Water Rates $22,072.27
Water Revenue $26,313.40
Water Services
and Miscellaneous2, 857.39
Water Liens 1957 135.86
Water Liens 1958 1,247.88
$26,313.40
$26,313.40
STATE AND COUNTY AID TO HIGHWAYS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
State and County Aid
to Highways $ 4,468.46
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue $ 4,468.46
$ 4,468.46
$ 4,468.46
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Net Funded and Fixed Debt $3,242,000.00
Article 1, 1951 Elem. School $ 415,000.00
Article 1, 1957 South School 760,000.00
Article 1, 1957
Ballardvale & Abbot Wells 252,000.00
Article 10, 1955
High School 1,730,000.00 Article 13, 1955 West Elementary School 85,000.00
$3,242,000.00
$3,242,000.00
Departmental Revenue $ 4,908.33
227
DEFERRED REVENUE
Suspended Sewer Assessments $ 9,680.87
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
Not Due $32,201.08
Suspended Sewer Assessments Revenue $ 9,680.87
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
Due 1959
$ 3,588.82
1960
3,465.77
1961
3,133.06
1962
2,666.49
1963
2,539.76
1964
2,318.42
1965
2,318.40
1966
1,830.60
1967
1,290.71
1968
1,020.25
1969
1,020.26
1970
1,020.26
1971
1,020.26
1972
1,020.25
1973
1,006.21
1974
1,006.21
1975
1,006.18
1976
620.72
1977
308.45
Apportioned Water
Betterment Assessments
Not Due $17,646.27
Due 1959
$ 1,422.94
1960
1,422.67
1961
1,422.67
1962
1,422.67
1963
1,422.67
1964
1,422.68
1965
1,422.68
1966
1,422.69
1967
1,422.69
1968
486.63
1969
486.63
1970
486.63
1971
486.63
1972
486.63
1973
486.63
1974
486.63
1975
486.63
1976
486.63
1977
462.24
$59,528.22
$59,528.22
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Apportioned Water Betterment Assessments
228
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TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities
$415,237.13
Emily J. Lincoln Village Improvement Fund 772.92 Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund 289.79 Draper School Fund 1,195.48
Holt School Fund 88.63
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund 521.61
Emily F. Raymond Fund 1,523.19
Walter Landor Raymond Welfare Fund 11,579.09
David and Lucy Hayward Shaw Welfare
Fund 15,103.60
Edward Taylor Fuel Fund 160.88
Emeline S. Lincoln
Village Improvement Fund 1,419.46
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund 521.61
Richardson School Fund 1,244.61
U. S. Constitution Fund Andover Post #8 200.00
Emma J. Lincoln
Library Fund
167.03
Kate Adams Swift Fund for Memorial Hall Library. 355.40
J. M. Bean Cemetery Flower Fund 102.13
M. E. Carter Cemetery Flower Fund 306.44
Vesta A. Davis Cemetery Flower Fund 102.13
Ellen F. Foster Cemetery Flower Fund 102.13
Isaac E. Giddings Burial Ground Fund 1,310.86
John Kershaw Cemetery Flower Fund 51.05
229
Ralph J. Maslen Cemetery Flower Fund 255.37 Mary E. Morrill Cemetery Flower Fund 102.13
Frances E. Nichols
Cemetery Flower Fund 51.05
Abbie M. Smart Special
Cemetery Fund 1,264.65 George A. Torrey Cemetery Flower Fund 528.54
Alexander Smith Cemetery Flower Fund 163.44 Bertha M. Stevens Cemetery Flower Fund 204.31
G. H. Wardwell Cemetery Flower Fund 510.78
White and McGraw Cemetery Flower Fund 51.05
J. M. Souter Cemetery Flower Fund 306.59 Post War Rehabilitation Fund 23,396.05
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 155,200.34
Nettie E. Hudson Cemetery Flower Fund 200.00
Thomas Thin Cemetery
Flower Fund 505.00
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund 6,467.96
Punchard Free School Principal Fund 85,805.45 Barnard Fund 1,031.22
Henry W. and Mabel Barnard Fund 1,106.17
Draper Fund 1,581.31
Goldsmith Fund 337.62
Edna G. Chapin Fund 2,279.73
Elizabeth T. Gutterson Scholarship Fund 1,034.92
M. E. Gutterson Botany Prize Fund 322.39 Alice M. Bell Fund1, 032.83 Helen and Harold Rafton Prize 626.29
Reserve Fund Punchard 4,613.40
230
Memorial Hall Library Fund 88,392.83
Andover Tennis
Court Fund 747.67
$415,237.13
$415,237.13
MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT FUND
Municipal Contributory Retirement Funds Cash and Securities $347,387.64
Annuity Savings Fund $246,584.06
Military Service Fund
3,161.51
Annuity Reserve Fund
54,256.08
Pension Fund
43,028.58
Expense Fund
357.41
$347,387.64
$347,387.64
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Andover Contributory Board of Retirement Report
To the Board of Selectmen Andover, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The Town of Andover Contributory Board of Retirement herewith submits the following report for the year 1958:
$ 1,179.50
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1958 Receipts :
Appropriations :
Town Pension Fund
$50,147.00
Andover Housing Authority
374.00
Expense Fund
2,558.00
Members Contributions Bonds Sold
33,756.66
22,632.78
Interest on Investments
11,505.16
$120,973.60
Expenditures :
Retirement Allowances
$63,834.20
Investments
40,645.56
Accrued Interest on Investments . 263.93
Refunds
5,125.64
Office Maintenance
Salaries
Accountant
450.00
Clerk
1,714.10
Office Supplies, postage
and other
225.07
$112,258.50
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1959 $ 9,894.60
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ASSETS
Cash, Bay State Merchants Bank
Andover Savings Bank
$ 4,894.60 5,000.00
Investments :
Bank Stocks
48,350.00
Government Bonds
10,000.00 20,095.47
Public Utility Bonds
Railroad Bonds
114,708.23 63,561.42 77,565.82
Telephone Bonds
Interest Due and Accrued, December 31, 1958 3,212.10
$347,387.64
LIABILITIES
Annuity Savings Fund
$246,584,06
Special Fund Military Service
3,161.51
Annuity Reserve Fund
54,256.08
Pension Fund
43,028.58 357.41
Expense Fund
$347,387.64
The required appropriation by the Town for 1959 for the Pension Fund as certified by the Insurance Department of the Commonwealth is $50,615.00.
During the year seventeen employees were taken into the system. One member was retired. Ten members left the employ of the Town. Seven pensioners died.
On December 31, 1958, there were one hundred and seventy-eight active members and six inactive members and forty on retirement.
Respectfully submitted,
George C. Napier, Chairman David L. Nicoll, Secretary Edmond E. Hammond
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Industrial Bonds
TOWN OF
ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS
RATED
SACHUSET
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1959
TOWN OF ANDOVER
MASSACHUSETTS
D
RPORATED MAY
T
6. 1646.
MASS
rs
T
CH
E'
ANNUAL
REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1959
INDEX
ANIMAL INSPECTOR
ASSESSORS' REPORT
BOARD OF APPEALS
89
BOARD OF HEALTH 100
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE 74
BOARD OF RETIREMENT 197
BONDS, REDEMPTION OF ( See Town Debt)
BY-LAW COMMITTEE 131
CEMETERY FUNDS 59
CENTRAL MERRIMACK VALLEY PLANNING DISTRICT REPORT. 129
CIVIL DEFENSE 105
COMMITTEE TO ACQUIRE LAND 86
COMMITTEE TO STUDY NEED FOR NEW FIRE STATION 92
CORNELL FUND
65
DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION 84
DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS 132
DOG OFFICER
98-99
FIRE DEPARTMENT 93
GRAVEL REMOVAL HEARINGS 82
HOUSING AUTHORITY REPORT
79
Balance Sheet 81
JURY LIST 106
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Library Statistics
117
Report of Librarian
109
Trustees' Report 64
MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT FUND 196
MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 73
PLANNING BOARD
87
POLICE DEPARTMENT
96
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
118
Employees
118
Highway
119
New Equipment
122
Parks
121 Sewerage System
127
Street Lighting
123
Tree Department
121
Water Pumping Report 124
Water System Summary
125
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RECOUNT RECREATION COMMITTEE
53 90
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
104
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY 76
TAX COLLECTOR
68
Miscellaneous Collections
69
Summary of Tax Collector's Cash Account
70
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
136 TOWN ACCOUNTS
Appropriations for 1959
137
Balance Sheet
187
Deferred Revenue 192
Director of Accounts
132
Expenditures for 1959
147 thru 186
Municipal Indebtedness
192
Receipts for 1959
140
Receipts - Analysis of Surplus Revenue
139
Receipts - Analysis of Revenue Account
138 198
Trust Funds
194
Unpaid Taxes December 31, 1959
138
TOWN CLERK
TOWN DEBT
TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT
TOWN MEETINGS - Annual.
Annual Adjourned
Special
TOWN OFFICERS
TREASURER
TRUST FUNDS
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
VETERANS' SERVICES 77
WIRE INSPECTOR'S REPORT 101
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Town Officers
ELECTED AND APPOINTED
MODERATOR Charles G. Hatch
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Eugene A. Bernardin, Jr., Chairman
Term expires 1962
William Stewart, Secretary
Term expires 1962
Philip K. Allen
Term expires 1961
James D. Wilson
Term expires 1961
Edward P. Hall
George H. Winslow, Clerk
TOWN MANAGER Thomas E. Duff
ASSESSORS
Archibald D. Maclaren, Jr., Chairman Bernard F. Magane Selby Groff
Term expires 1960 Term expires 1960 Term expires 1960
TOWN CLERK George H. Winslow
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
James P. Christie
Term expires 1962
TREASURER
Anna M. Greeley
Term expires 1962
TOWN ACCOUNTANT George C. Napier
TOWN COUNSEL Fredric S. O'Brien
BOARD OF RETIREMENT
George C. Napier, Chairman
Edmond E. Hammond
David L. Nicoll
Term expires 1961 Term expires 1960 Term expires 1962
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Arthur W. Cole, Dir. of Public Assistance Joseph Serio, Chairman Pauline Mayo Thayer S. Warshaw
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1961 Term expires 1960
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Term expires 1960
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Calvin E. Metcalf, Office Manager
Stanley Chlebowski, Supt. of Highways Donald C. Bassett, Supt. of Sewer and Water Dept.
VETERANS' SERVICES
Francis P. Markey, Veterans' Service Agent
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Roy A. Russell, Chairman
Term expires 1960
William A. Doherty, Secretary
Term expires 1961
Milton J. Meyers
Term expires 1961
John S. Sullivan
Term expires 1962
Reta V. Buchan
Term expires 1962
Edward I. Erickson, Superintendent
VISUAL CONSULTANT William V. Emmons, O. D.
DENTAL HYGIENIST M. Augusta Breck
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN John J. McArdle, Jr. , M. D.
ATTENDANCE OFFICER William F. Tammany
SCHOOL NURSES Ruth E. Westcott, R. N. Gertrude A. Stewart, R. N.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Gordon L. Colquhoun, Chairman
Stanley F. Swanton
Edward I. Erickson, Secretary Melvin L. Weiner
Fred W. Doyle
SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Charles G. Hatch, Chairman Frederick S. Allis, Jr. Edward P. Hall
John Sullivan, Secretary
BOARD OF HEALTH
Robert A. Walsh, Chairman Term expires 1962
Walter R. Vogt, Secretary
Michael A. Gravallese, M. D.
Term expires 1961 Term expires 1960
Alexander Thomson, Sanitary and Plumbing Inspector
Elizabeth C. Nadeau, R.N., Health Agent and Public Health Nurse
TOWN PHYSICIAN Charles A. Currier, M. D.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Ernest N. Hall
INSPECTOR OF WIRES Alex. Ritchie, Jr.
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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Richard D. Lindsay, D. V. M.
CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR Lee E. Noyes
PLANNING BOARD
Donald G. Thompson, Chairman
Term expires 1963
Virginia H. Hammond, Secretary
Term expires 1964
John N. Cole, II
Term expires 1962
James H. Eaton, III
Term expires 1961
Harold T. King
Term expires 1960
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Newton A. Jones
Richard Wrigley, Deputy
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Arthur Reynolds, Chairman
Term expires 1966
William N. Perry, Secretary
Term expires 1965
Leo F. Daley, Treasurer
Term expires 1964
Elinore L. Washburn
Term expires 1963
Edward I. Erickson
Term expires 1962
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