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$ 200.00
Dr.
Repairs Salary, Public Weigher
$ 40.00
100.00
$ 140.00
Balance to Revenue
60.00
$ 200.00 $ 200.00
ARTICLE 2, 1951-SPECIAL TOWN MEETING PURCHASE LAND ADJACENT TO CENTRAL SCHOOLS AND PLAYSTEAD
Cr.
Balance from 1954
$ 1,978.15
Dr.
$ 600.00
45.00
$ 645.00
Balance to 1956
1,333.15
$ 1,978.15
$ 1,978.15
Purchase of Land Legal Services
109
ARTICLE 8, 1954-STUDY OF ZONING BY-LAW
Cr.
Balance from 1954
$ 1,700.00
Dr.
Professional Services
$ 1,400.00
Printing
165.20
Postage
85.88
Photos
36.00
$ 1,687.08
Balance to Revenue
12.92
$ 1,700.00
$ 1,700.00
ARTICLE 15, 1953-PURCHASE AND DEVELOP PARKING AREAS
Cr.
Balance from 1954
$10,000.00
Dr.
Paving Parking Aera
$ 500.00
Balance to 1956
9,500.00
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
ARTICLE 13, 1954-TOWN OFFICE BUILDING COMMITTEE
Cr.
Balance from 1954
Dr.
Contractural Architect
$ 1,970.00 335.75
Printing Brochures
66.12
$ 2,371.87
Balance to 1956
128.13
$ 2,500.00
$ 2,500.00
110
$ 2,500.00
Postage
ADMINISTRATION AND OFFICE-BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Cr
Appropriation Refund Petty Cash Refund
$22,050.00 8.30
100.00
Dr.
Salaries, Chairman,
Board of Public Works
$ 300.00
Superintendent
5,586.00
Engineers
5,711.66
Clerks
8,099.00
Secretary
150.00
Petty Cash Advance
100.00
Office Maintenance and All Other
1,855.99
$21,802.65
Balance to Revenue
355.65
$22,158.30
$22,158.30
PARK DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 9,738.00
Dr.
Labor
$ 7,440.10
Contractural Repointing Piers
570.00
Rental and Maintenance of Grounds
621.03
Equipment
521.98
$ 9,153.11
Balance to Revenue
584.89
$ 9,738.00
$ 9,738.00
111
RECREATION
Cr.
Appropriation Refunds
$12,050.00 9.00
Dr.
Playgrounds :
Salaries, Instructors
$ 3,595.00
Secretary
125.00
Labor
275.26
Repairs
559.91
Equipment
288.33
Entertainment
544.01
Miscellaneous Supplies
443.72
Transportation and All Other
222.06
Pomps Pond :
Salaries, Lifeguards,
Matron and Police
2,897.00
Secretary
125.00
Labor
608.40
Transportation
800.00
Repairs
828.89
Miscellaneous Supplies and All Other
523.10
Skating
136.08
$11,971.76
Balance to Revenue
87.24
$12,059.00
$12,059.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
Cr.
Appropriation
$65,730.00
Dr.
Salary, Assistant Engineer
$ 2,125.00
Labor
24,292.07
Pipe and Fittings
3,487.22
Meters and Fittings
199.13
Amount Carried Forward
$30,103.42
$65,730.00
112
Amount Brought Forward
$30,103.42 $65,730.00
Equipment, Hardware and Tools
5,616.00
Tractor Rental and Backhoe
628.75
Lawrence Electric Company
16,093.86
Office Maintenance
844.61
All Other
644.33
Maintenance of Pumping Station :
Engineers
9,894.29
Lime and Chlorine
1,619.43
Pumping Equipment
123.27
All Other
138.26
$65,706.22
Balance to Revenue
23.78
$65,730.00
$65,730.00
ARTICLE 4-EXPANDING WATER MAINS
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 882.17
Pipe and Fittings
3,322.48
Backhoe
712.50
All Other
74.45
$ 4,991.60
Balance to Revenue
8.40
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
ARTICLE 14-RELOCATING ROGERS BROOK- MAIN STREET TO BARTLET STREET
Cr.
Appropriation
$55,200.00
Dr.
Contractural Engineering Balance to 1956
$ 6,389.00
48,811.00
$55,200.00
$55,200.00
113
$ 5,000.00
Labor
ARTICLE 15-ENCLOSING ROGERS BROOK-BARTLET STREET TO REAR OF COLEMAN'S PROPERTY Cr.
Appropriation
$12,000.00
Dr.
Contractural Engineering Balance to 1956
$ 3,000.00 9,000.00
$12,000.00
$12,000.00
ARTICLE 19, 1954-EXTENDING AND IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM Cr.
Balance from 1954
$ 9,480.88
Labor
$ 1,263.71 7,241.87
Pipe and Fittings
Contractural Backhoe
975.30
$ 9,480.88
$ 9,480.88
ARTICLE 28-IMPROVING WATER SYSTEM
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Labor
$ 223.21
Hydrants
152.84
Contractural Backhoe
143.95
$ 520.00 $ 520.00
ARTICLE 4-MOTOR AND PUMP HAGGETTS POND
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 5,000.00
Advertising
$ 10.50
Balance to 1956
4,989.50
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
Dr.
$ 520.00
Dr.
114
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY Cr.
Appropriation Perpetual Care Income Petty Cash Refund
$19,039.00 2,949.31 10.00
Dr.
Salary, Superintendent Clerk
$ 3,260.04 260.00
Labor
11,854.53
Office Maintenance
169.36
Petty Cash Advance
10.00
Tarvia, Sand and Crushed Stone
745.82
Containers
614.35
Seed and Loam
325.87
Equipment
1,294.90
Truck Maintenance
328.70
All Other
152.90
$19,016.47
Balance to Revenue
2,981.84
$21,998.31
$21,998.31
INTEREST
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 9,152.50
Interest School Bonds
$ 9,152.50
$ 9,152.50
$ 9,152.50
MATURING DEBT
Cr.
Appropriation
$59,000.00
Dr.
School Loans
$59,000.00
$59,000.00
$59,000.00
Dr.
115
Town Clerk's Dog License Money Cemetery Perpetual Cares Income Cemetery Perpetual Cares Income Private Trust Funds Essex County Tax Commonwealth of Massachusetts Retirement Fund
$ 3,170.00
3,789.00
712.38
398.76
63,096.98
4,173.93
36,162.98
Withholding Taxes
110,477.80
U. S. Savings Bonds
6,056.25
13,603.80
Massachusetts Hospital Service Refunds
10,582.68
Total Expenditures for 1955
$2,193,347.02
Cash on Hand - January 1, 1956
875,523.07
Grand Total for 1955
$3,068,870.09
RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$20,000.00
Transfer of Unexpended Balances
406.31
Dr.
Moderator
$ 30.00
Town Counsel
258.75
Selectmen
200.00
Election and Registration
141.85
Forest Fires
500.00
Health Department
400.00
Veterans Service
2,000.00
$ 3,530.60 Balance to Overlay Surplus 16,875.71
$20,406.31
$20,406.31
116
TAXES 1952
Balance from 1954 Collected in 1955 Abated
$
907.68
$
137.68
770.00
$ 907.68
$ 907.68
TAXES 1953
Balance from 1954
$ 1,384.24
Collected in 1955 Abated
$ 455.40
928.84
$ 1,384.24
$ 1,384.24
TAXES 1954
Balance from 1954
Refunds
$ 40,800.12 202.10
Collected
$ 39,176.61
Tax Titles Added
319.60
Tax Titles Taken Abated
1,148.61
$ 41,002.22
$ 41,002.22
TAXES 1955
Commitments
$1,236.880.59
Poll Taxes
2.00 2,375.99
Collected
$1,171,220.98
Personal Taxes
2.00 1,913.33
Abated
21,514.65
Balance to 1956
44,607.62
$1,239,258.58
$1,239,258.58
117
Refunds
Tax Titles Added
357.40
ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSONS
Commitments Collected Abated
$ 2,847.52
$ 2,031.09 816.43
$ 2,847.52
$ 2,847.52
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1953
Commitments in 1955
$ 451.24
Collected
$ 451.24
$ 451.24 $ 451.24
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1954
Balance from 1954
$ 18,557.53
Commitments in 1955
4,614.74 941.53
Refunds
Collected
$ 21,607.57
Abated
2,270.92
Balance to 1956
235.31
$ 24,113.80 $ 24,113.80
MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAXES 1955
Commitments
$ 181,461.62 6,625.00
Collected
$ 170,013.57 13,617.39
Abated
Balance to 1956
4,455.66
$ 188,086.62 $ 188,086.62
CLASSIFIED FOREST LAND 1954
Balance from 1954
$ 3.76
Collected
$ 3.76
$ 3.76
$ 3.76
118
Refunds
CLASSIFIED FOREST LAND 1955
Commitment Collected
$
6.89
$
6.89
$ 6.89
$ 6.89
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1949
Balance from 1954
$ 106.90
Collected
$ 60.00
Balance to 1956
46.90
$ 106.90
$ 106.90
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1955
Commitment
$ 55,558.42
Sewer Assessments 1954
180.00
Collected
$ 983.66
Tax Titles taken
180.00
Sewer Apportioned
145.80
Balance to 1956
54,428.96
$ 55,738.42
$ 55,738.42
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1954
Balance from 1954
$ 304.03
Collected
$ 124.03
Sewer Unapportioned 1955
180.00
$ 304.03
$ 304.03
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1955
Commitment $ 1,256.74
Collected
$ 1,226.28
Balance to 1956
30.46
$ 1,256.74
$ 1,256.74
SEWER ASSESSMENTS PAID IN ADVANCE
Commitments $ 1,117.37
Collected
$ 1,117.37
$ 1,117.37 $ 1,117.37
119
COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1954
Balance from 1954 Collected
$ 31.20
$ 31.20
31.20
$ 31.20
COMMITTER INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1955
Commitment Collected Balance to 1956
$ 251.65
$ 239.44
12.21
$ 251.65
$ 251.65
TAX TITLES
Balance from 1954
$ 5,996.56
Tax Titles Taken
646.16
Tax Titles Added
2,255.80
Redemptions
$ 1,372.94
Audit Adjustment
2.35
Balance to 1956
7,523.23
$ 8,898.52
$ 8,898.52
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Balance from 1954
$ 1,313.49
Audit Adjustment
$
23.60
Balance to 1956
1,289.89
$ 1,313.49
$ 1,313.49
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balances from 1954
$ 7,371.96
Charges
69,053.89
Refunds
370.40
Adjustment
27.00
Balances from 1954
$ 355.00
Collected
72,144.25
Abated
135.00
Balance to 1956
400.00
4,589.00
$ . 77,223.25
$ 77,223.25
120
STATE AND COUNTY AID TO HIGHWAYS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1954
Charges
Adjustment
Collected
$ 11,197.85
Reserve for State and County Aid to Highways
479.03
Adjustment
27.00
$ 11,703.88 $ 11,703.88
WATER RATES ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1954
Commitments
$ 21,063.51 87,704.22
Audit Adjustments
40.20
Collected
$ 57,739.12
Abated
173.29
Balance to 1956
50,895.52
$ 108,807.93
$ 108,807.93
WATER SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance from 1954
$ 206.10 453.27
Charges
Collected
$ 535.40
Abated
2.60
Balance to 1956
121.37
$ 659.37 $
659.37
WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES 1954
Balance from 1954
$ 246.90
Collected
$ 246.90
$ 246.90
$ 246.90
121
$ 10,676.88 1,000.00 27.00
OVERLAY 1950
Balance from 1954 Appropriation
$ 3.60
$
3.60
$ 3.60
$
3.60
OVERLAY 1952
$ 907.68
$ 770.00
137.68
$ 907.68
$ 907.68
OVERLAY 1953
$ 1,384.24
$
928.84
455.40
$ 1,384.24 $
1,384.24
OVERLAY 1954
Balance from 1954 Abatements
$ 1,148.61
Overlay Surplus
10,089.96
$ 11,238.57 $
11,238.57
OVERLAY 1955
$ 34,920.10
Overlay 1955 Abatements
$ 21,514.65
Balance to 1956
13,405.45
$ 34,920.10 $ 34,920.10
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance from 1954
Overlays -1952 -1953 -1954
$ 34,512.65 10,683.04
Amount Carried Forward
$ 45,195.69
Balance from 1954 Abatements Overlay Surplus
Balance from 1954 Abatements Overlay Surplus
$ 11,238.57
122
Amount Brought Forward
$
45,195.69
Reserved Fund Unexpended Balances
16,875.71
Reserve Fund 1954 Reserve Fund Balance to 1956
317.10
$ 20,000.00
42,388.50
$ 62,388.50 $ 62,388.50
SURPLUS REVENUE
Balance from 1954
$ 449,078.07
Estate of Deceased Persons
2,031.09
Tax Titles Revenue 1,372.94
State and County Aid to Highways Revenue
11,197.85
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
3,474.87
Disability Assistance Recovery
26.24
Revenue
166,756.11
Refund
66.20
Audit Adjustments
70,084.66
Article 1 - 1950 - School Construc-
tion - Audit Adjustment $ 22,250.28
Article 1 - Pre. Plans - Elemen-
tary School - Ballardvale
7,500.00
Article 4 - Motor and Pump -
Haggetts Pond
5,000.00
Article 5 - Water Main - Gleason Street
5,000.00
Article 10 - New High School
10,000.00
Article 13 - West Eelementary School
52,749.72
Article 14 - Shawsheen School
85,000.00
Tax Titles Added
2,232.93
Tax Titles Taken
357.40
Revenue 1955 (To reduce 1955 Tax Rate) 60,000.00
Balance to 1956
453,997.70
$ 704,088.03
$ 704,088.03
123
Cemetery Fund PERPETUAL CARE
Cemetery
Number of Accounts
Balance Jan. 1, 1955 Deposits
Withdrawals for Balance Interest Care of Lots Dec. 31 1955
124
Spring Grove
892
$112,456.12
$3,789.00
$2,903.46
$2,903.46
$116,245.12
South Church
143
17,961.25
451.52
425.00
17,987.77
Christ Church
71
7,610.00
209.28
209.28
7,610.00
West Church
10
2,105.87
58.23
60.22
2,103.88
St. Augustine's
6
650.00
17.88
17.88
650.00
1,122
$140,783.24
$3,789.00
$3,640.37
$3,615.84
$144,596.77
Trust Funds
Balance
With-
Name
Principal Jan. 1, 1955
Interest
Balance drawn Dec. 31, 1955 $ 1,138.27
Draper
School Dept.
1,000.00
1,063.90
29.44
1,093.34
Holt
School Dept.
50.00
78.91
2.16
81.07
Conroy
Punchard Prizes
250.00
288.14
7.87
$ 8.00
288.01
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
1,263.21
34.97
1,298.18
Emma J. Lincoln
A.V.I.S.
544.60
687.86
19.03
706.89
Emma J. Lincoln
Library
148.68
148.68
4.10
152.78
Swift
Library
300.00
316.32
8.75
325.07
Taylor
Welfare Fuel
100.00
143.19
3.96
147.15
David & Lucy Shaw
Welfare
10,000.00
13,736.71
376.21
300.00
13,812.92
Giddings
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,166.59
32.28
1,198.87
Smart
South Cemetery
1,000.00
1,139.42
31.54
1,170.96
Walter L. Raymond Welfare
7,845.81
10,231.90
304.20
10,536.10
Emily F. Raymond
& Cemetery
1,500.00
1,519.81
21.04
40.85
1,500.00
Flower Funds (13) Cemetery
2,460.00
2,491.57
68.06
65.76
2,493.87
Totals
$29,399.09
$36,583.83
$1,004.26
$444.61
$37,143.48
The Post War Rehabilitation Fund now amounts to $21,549.00.
125
Richardson
Beneficiary Shawsheen School
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,107.62
$ 30.65
Report of the Trustees of Punchard Free School
Year Ending December 31, 1955
PRINCIPAL FUND
January 1, 1955
Cash in Banks $21,569.03
Real Estate Mortgages 25,411.59
Bonds at Book Value 30,019.38
$77,000.00
December 31, 1955
Cash in Banks
$26,270.57
Real Estate Mortgages 20,710.05
Bonds at Book Value
30,019.38
$77,000.00
INCOME ACCOUNT
January 1, 1955 Cash on Hand $ 6,494.00
Interest and
Dividends Rec'd 2,514.20
$ 9,008.20
Expenditures
Safe Deposit Box $ 11.00
Treasurer's Bond 25.00
E. E. Hammond - Salary
200.00
Expenditures for Punchard Library, Commercial Dept., Manual Training Dept., Transportation, etc. 967.68
December 31, 1955 - Cash on Hand
7,804.52
$ 9,008.20
126
GOLDSMITH FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $ 337.72 9.33
Interest Received
$ 347.05
Prizes Awarded
10.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$
337.05
DRAPER FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,519.51
Interest Received
42.07
$1,561.58
Scholarship Awarded
40.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$ 1,521.58
BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $ 30.02
Dividends Received
40.00
Interest Received
.28
$ 70.30
Prizes Awarded
40.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$ 30.30
CHAPIN FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$2,254.72
Interest Received
62.41
$2,317.13
Scholarship Awarded
60.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$2,257.13
127
RESERVE FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $4,105.52
Interest Received 113.65
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $4,219.17
HENRY WARREN BARNARD & MABEL PARADISE BARNARD FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $1,080.44 Interest Received 29.91
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $1,110.35
ELIZABETH T. GUTTERSON SCHOLARSHIP
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $1,033.99
Interest Received 28.61
$1,062.60
Scholarship Awarded 30.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank
$1,032.60
M. E. GUTTERSON BOTANY PRIZE
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $ 317.21
Interest Received 8.66
$
325.87
Prizes Awarded
8.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank $ 317.87
128
ALICE M. BELL FUND
Jan. 1, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank Interest Received
$1,030.87 28.12
Scholarship Awarded
$1,058.99 30.00
Dec. 31, 1955 Cash in Savings Bank Respectfully submitted,
$1,028.99
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.
CHARLES C. KIMBALL HARRY SELLARS
129
Report of Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
Cash January 1, 1955
$1,545.28
Income from Investments, Savings Bank, Contributions, etc.
7,992.41
Total Cash and Income
$9,537.69
Paid Town of Andover
$2,600.00
Safe Deposit Box Rental
13.75
Surety Bond for Treasurer
25.00
Services in connection with proposed addition to Library
908.35
Bruce Lancaster - Speaker at Open House
25.00
Miriam Putnam - for expenses re Conference in Philadelphia 104.61
Total Disbursements
$3,676.71
Balance December 31, 1955
$5,860.98
LEO F. DALEY
Treasurer
130
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 Institution of Savings, Lowell #69782 The Central Savings Bank, Lowell #21760
1,000.00
1,000.00
$5,000.00
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand January 1st, 1955
$1,026.02
Interest received during 1955
145.00
$1,171.02
EXPENDITURES
1955
Cross Coal Co., March 4, 1955
$ 29.40
Cross Coal Co., August 11, 1955
11.92
Cross Coal Co., December 10, 1955
27.50
Cross Coal Co., December 22, 1955
19.74
$ 88.56
Balance on hand January 1st, 1956
$1,082.46
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD P. HALL, Chairman
FRED E. CHEEVER, Treasurer ARTHUR W. COLE
131
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1955 GENERAL ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$ 875,523.07 35.00
House Sewer Connection Deposits $ 400.00
Petty Cash Library
U. S. Savings Bonds
192.33
Personal Taxes 1955
4,681.65
Town Clerk's Dog License Money
15.60
Real Estate Taxes 1955
39,925.97
Proceeds of Tax Title Sales as Lands of Low Value 868.70
Excise Taxes 1954
235.31
Tailings, Payment Stopped on Old Checks 273.41
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes 1955 4,455.66
Trust Funds Income
15.00
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1949 46.90
Aid to Dependent Children Recovery
12.00
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments 1955 54,428.96
Old Age Assistance Recovery 492.71
Sewer Assessments 1955
30.46
Smith Hughes and George Barden Fund
6.32
Committed Interest 1955
12.21
School Cafeterias 2,925.95
Tax Titles
7,523.23
Punchard Athletic Association
548.75
Tax Title Possessions
1,289.89
State Parks and Reservations
340.26
Departmental Accounts Receivable
4,589.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund
5,804.15
Cemetery Sales Fund
5,831.00
Water Departmental Accounts Receivable
51,016.89
Parking Meters Reserve
19,177.44
Amount Carried Forward
$1,043,794.20
Amount Carried Forward
$ 36,903.62
132
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward Essex County Tax
1,436.98
Loans Authorized
2,262,000.00
4,571.07
Overlay 1955
13,405.45
Overlay Surplus
42,388.50
Loans Authorized and Unissued
2,012,000.00
Temporary Loan Anticipation of Serial Issue 250,000.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes Revenue 4,690.97
Special Assessment Revenue
54,518.53
Tax Titles Revenue
8,813.12
Departmental Revenue
4,589.00
Water Revenue
51,016.89
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance
35.00
Surplus Revenue
453,997.70
Planning Board
105.50
Article 3, Improving Town Hall Facilities
7,992.75
Amount Carried Forward
$3,307,231.18 Amount Carried Forward $2,945,028.10
133
$1,043,794.20
Amount Brought Forward $ 36,903.62 Board of Public Works Machinery Account
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $3,307,231.18
Amount Brought Forward
$2,945,028.10
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 2,739.42
Article 1, Sewers and Drains, Various Locations 3,219.03
Article 6, Sewers and Drains, Lockway Road 1,290.49
Article 19, 1945, Sewer Special Committee Study 447.07
134
Article 22, 1954, Ballardvale Sewer Disposal 11,152.65
Article 33, 1953, Engineering Study, Special Committee 200.00
Article 34, Constructing Relief Sewers 1,777.26
Article 37, 1954, Extend Sewer Main, Sutherland Street 893.70
Article 20, 1954, Repair and Build Sidewalks 69.05
Amount Carried Forward
$3,307,231.18
Amount Carried Forward
$2,966,816.77
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$3,307,231.18
Amount Brought Forward $2,966,816.77 Article 28, 1954, Construct Storm Drainage, Hidden Road 2,000.00
Article 31, 1954, Excavation, Subdrainage and Grading, Playstead Area 2,697.30 Article 38, 1954, Construct Sidewalk, Burnham Road 4,458.00
Disability Assistance, Federal Grants 214.90
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants 380.70
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants
4,776.38
Old Age Assistance Administration, Federal Grants 430.84
Article 12, State-Aided Vocational Education 138.87
Article 40, 1953, School Planning Committee 747.40
Article 42, 1954, School Building Committee 737.79
Amount Carried Forward
$3,307,231.18 Amount Carried Forward
$2,983,398.95
135
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $3,307,231.18
Amount Brought Forward
$2,983,398.95 Article 10, New High School 75,763.76
Article 13, West Elementary School Addition 62,401.92
Article 14, Shawsheen School Addition 81,000.00
Article 1, Preliminary Plans, Elemen- tary School, Ballardvale
7,500.00
Civil Defense 187.77
136
Article 2, 1951, Special Town Meeting, Purchase Land Adjacent to Central Schools and Playstead 1,333.15
Article 7, Purchase Land in Ballard- vale, Corner Andover and Center Streets 1,600.00 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
Amount Carried Forward
$3,307,231.18
Amount Carried Forward
$3,215,375.55
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward
$3,307,231.18
137
Amount Brought Forward $3,215,375.55 Article 15, 1953, Purchase and Develop Parking Areas 9,500.00
Article 13, 1954, Town Office Build- ing Committee 128.13
Article 38, To Legally Acquire Land to Widen Torr Street 1.00
Article 40, To Legally Acquire Land to Relocate Portion of Ballardvale Road 1.00
Article 26, Acquiring Land Adjacent to Board of Public Works Yard 1,500.00
Article 29, 1951, Improve and Re- surface Central Playground
2,300.00
Article 33, 1954, Riverina Road Fence
25.00
Article 44, 1954, Improve and Re- surface Central Playground 600.00
Article 14, Relocating Rogers Brook, Main Street to Bartlet 48,811.00
Amount Carried Forward
$3,307,231.18 Amount Carried Forward
$3,278,241.68
GENERAL ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $3,307,231.18
Amount Brought Forward $3,278,241.68 Article 15, Enclosing Rogers Brook, Bartlet Street to Rear of Coleman's Property 9,000.00
Article 4, Motor and Pump, Haggetts Pond 4,989.50
Article 5, Install Water Main, Gleason Street 5,000.00
Article 24, 1954, Acquisition of Land
138
or Buildings on the Water Shed of Haggetts Pond and Fish Brook 2,500.00
Article 27, Acquisition of Land, Etc., Water Supply on Water Shed of
Haggetts Pond and Fish Brook 7,500.00
Amount Carried Forward $3,307,231.18 Amount Carried Forward
$3,307,231.18
DEFERRED REVENUE
Amount Brought Forward Unapportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
4,896.03
Apportioned Sewer
Assessments Not Due
4,244.26
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1956
883.06
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1957 843.64
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1958
790.82
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1959
610.72
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1960
473.92
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1961
258.95
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1962 219.29
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1963
134.70
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1964 14.58
Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1965
14.58
Amount Carried Forward
$3,316,371.47 Amount Carried Forward
$3,316,371.47
139
$3,307,231.18
Amount Brought Forward $3,307,231.18
Sewer Assessment Revenue
4,896.03
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Amount Brought Forward
$3,316,371.47
Amount Brought Forward
$3,316,371.47
Net Funded and Fixed Debt
580,000.00
Article 1, Elementary School Loan
580,000.00
Amount Carried Forward
$3,896,371.47
Amount Carried Forward
$3,896,371.47
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Amount Brougth Forward
$3,896,371.47
Amount Brougth Forward
$3,896,371.47
Emily F. Raymond Fund 1,500.00
Walter Landor Raymond Welfare Fund 10,536.10
Municipal Contributory Retirement
Funds - Cash and Securities
274,046.63
Accrued Interest on Bonds
1,988.50
David and Lucy Hayward Shaw Welfare Fund
13,812.92
Edward Taylor Fuel Fund
147.15
Emeline S. Lincoln Village Improvement Fund
1,298.18
Emma J. Lincoln Village Im- provement Fund
706.89
Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund 288.01
Draper School Fund
1,093.34
Amount Carried Forward $4,571,788.06
Amount Carried Forward
$3,925,754.06
Trust and Investment Funds - Cash and Securities 399,381.46
140
141
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $4,571,788.06
Amount Brought Forward
$3,925,754.06
Holt School Fund 81.07
Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
500.00
Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund
500.00
Richardson School Fund
1,138.27
U. S. Constitution Fund, Andover Post No. 8 200.00
Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund
152.78
Kate Adams Swift Fund for Memorial Hall Library
325.07
J. M. Bean Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
M. E. Carter Cemetery Flower Fund
304.13
Vesta A. Davis Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
Ellen F. Foster Cemetery Flower Fund
101.38
Issac E. Giddings Burial Ground Fund
1,198.87
John Kershaw Cemetery Flower Fund
50.69
Ralph J. Maslen Cemetery Flower Fund
253.44
Mary E. Morrill Cemetery Flower Fund 101.38
Francis Nichols Cemetery Flower Fund
50.69
Amount Carried Forward $4,451,788.06
Amount Carried Forward
$3,930,914.59
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $4,571.788.06
£
Amount Brought Forward
$3,930.914.59
Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund 1,170.96
George A. Torrey Cemetery Flower Fund 506.88
Alexander Smith Cemetery Flower Fund 162.20
Bertha M. Stevens Cemetery Flower Fund 202.75 G. H. Wardwell Cemetery Flower Fund
506.88 White and McGraw Cemetery Flower Fund 50.69
Post War Rehabilitation Fund 21,549.00
Cemetery Perpetual Cares Fund 144,596.77
John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund 6,082.46
Punchard Free School, Principal Fund
84,785.14
Barnard Fund
1,030.30
Henry W. and Mabel P. Barnard Fund
1,110.35
Draper Fund
1,521.58
Goldsmith Fund
337.05
Edna G. Chapin Fund
2,257.13
Elizabeth T. Gutterson Scholarship Fund 1,032.60
M. E. Gutterson Botony Prize Fund 317.87
Alice M. Bell Fund 1,028.99
Amount Carried Forward $4,571,788.06
Amount Carried Forward
$4,199,164.19
142
TRUST ACCOUNTS-Continued
Amount Brought Forward $4,571,788.06
Amount Brought Forward
$4,199,164.19
Reserve Fund
4,219.17
Memorial Hall Library Fund
92,369.57
Annuity Savings Fund
182,993.55
Annuity Reserve Fund
42,897.38
Pension Fund
47,201.35
Expense Fund
48.41
Special Fund Military Service
2,894.44
143
Total $4,571,788.06
Total
$4,571,788.06
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 1955:
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1955 $ 5,680.82
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