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90.00
$ 612.00
Aid to Agriculture and Home Economics $
400.00
$ 400.00
Unpaid Bills 1919-1924 Inc.
Adams Library
$ 332.64
Public Buildings
23.52
School Dept.
1,007.18
Highway Truck Maintenance
40.13
Highway General
440.23
Vocational School
70.39
Marking Historic Spots
5.10
Outside Poor
3,534.81
Almshouse Expense
2.17
Cemetery Dept.
85.70
Selectmen Main.
51.76
Town Clerk and Acct. Main.
8.04
Assessors' Salaries
212.50
Public Buildings Expense
77.22
Police Dept.
69.00
Board of Health Dept.
. 44.50
$ 6,004.89
Expense of Committee on Renaming Streets :
Trans. and Typing
.$ 16.04
Re. to James R. Gookin:
Counsel Fee .$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Insurance on Public Buildings:
Premium $ 675.00
$ 675.00
Taking Census:
Enumerators . $ 70.00
$ 70.00
Total for Unclassified $ 8,345.18
57
$ 16.04
Donation
Cemeteries : Commissioners' Salaries
$ 105.00
$ 105.00
Forefathers' Cemetery :
Labor
$ 326.20
Tools and Supplies
17.59
Loam and Dressing
5.50
Water
3.00
Installing Water in Cemetery
347.64
Hart Pond Cemetery :
Labor
$ 360.61
Tools and Supplies
36.81
Shrubs and Seed
1.50
Pine Ridge Cemetery:
Labor
$ 459.20
Loam and Dressing
5.00
Tools and Supplies
14.75
Markers
21.00
Riverside Cemetery :
Labor
.$ 385.00
Water
15.00
West Chelmsford Cemetery:
Labor
.
$ 217.00
Water
. $
8.00
$
225.00
New Cemetery on North-West Road:
Contract for Grading
$ 2,200.00
Engineer
295.00
2,495.00 $
Total for Cemeteries 4,823.80 $
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest:
Anticipation of Revenue $ 223.75
Acton Road No. 1 270.00
Boston Road No. 2
228.00
School Truck 'White" . . North Road No. 3
288.00
Westland School Loan
1,800.00
Add. to East Chelmsford School House 855.00
Acton-Boston-Carlisle-Concord R.ds.
330.59
Groton Rd. No. 1
135.00
Stone Crusher
140.25
$
398.92
$ 499.95
$ 400.00
.
105.07
58
$ 699.93
High School
1,495.00
North Road No. 2
72.00
E. C. Fire House
64.10
Purchase of Fire Apparatus
281.40
Groton Road No. 2
199.50
Highway Truck Loan
44.40
Highway Truck Loan 1925
99.99
New Grade School at Centre . . 2,600.00
$ 9,232.05
Total for Interest
$
9,232.05
Maturing Debt:
High School
$
3,250.00
North Road No. 2
2,400.00
E. C. Fire House
570.00
Groton Road No. 2
1,200.00
Highway Truck Loan
1,480.00
Acton Road No. 1
2,400.00
Boston Road No. 2
1,200.00
School Truck "White"
1,106.00
Acton-Boston-Carlisle-Concord and Riverneck Road
1,600.00
Add. to E. Chelmsford School
2,000.00
Westland School
5,000.00
North Road No. 3
2,400.00
Groton Road No. 1
1,000.00
Stone Crusher
1,100.00
Fire Apparatus
2,680.00
Anticipation of Revenue
10,000.00
$ 39,386.00
Total for Maturing Debt ...
$ 39,386.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Agency :
State Tax:
State
$ 16,920.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts
28.97
Repairs to State Highways
5,256.22
Penalty for Failure to Make Returns
3.00
Inv. Merrk. Valley Sewerage System
227.24
$ 22,435.43
County Tax:
County $ 12,887.71
$ 12,887.71
Chelmsford Water District:
Taxes $ 7,414.87
North Chelmsford Water District:
Taxes
3,210.53
$ 10,625.40
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Trust: Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund:
Donations
.$ 525.00
$ 525.00
Interest:
Forefathers' Cemetery $ 401.00
Hart Pond Cemetery
75.17
Pine Ridge Cemetery
44.00
Riverside Cemetery
197.00
West Chelmsford Cemetery
....
207.83
.
$ 925.60
Investment:
Insurance Sinking Fund
.$ 3,500.00
Premium on Treasurer's Bond
.$ 40.00
$
3,540.00
Total for Agency, Trust and Investment
$ 50,938.54
Total Payments for Year 1925
$423,700.10
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TRUST FUNDS
Bank Book
Principal
On Hand Dec. 31, 1924
Income 1925
Payments 1925
On Hand Dec. 31, 1925
Joseph Warren-Adams Library Fund ..
83,694
$ 593.14
$1,428.64
$ 73.83
$ 1,532.47
Adams Emer. on-Adams Library Fund.
83,693
75.00
200.08
10.13
210.21
S. G. Richardson-Adams Library Fund
115,463
200.00
293.87
14.86
308.73
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
. Sundry Books
16,032.12
17,789.68
872.37
890.00
18,297.05
Harriett N. Edwards Perpetual Care Fund
69,924
200.00
200.00
*
200.00
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund ..
86,521
144.00
98.58
4.98
103.56
Insurance Investment Fund-(L. Bond 131,298, 78,370, 46,440, 99,250, 105,588, 16,610)
10,000.00
5,767.96
294.71
9,562.67
Ora A. G. Flint-Cemetery Care Fund
133,061
1,000.00
1,043.16
52.81
35.00
1,060.97
Ora A. G. Flint-Adams Library Book Fund
133,060
2,000.00
2,207.61
111.73
2,319.34
42,970-73,810
Ora A. G. Flint-Adams Library Fund
126,098-22,273
17,000.00
18,918.49
860.85
19,779.34
Totals
$47,244.26
$47,978.07
$2,296.27
$925.00
$53,374.34
* Included in Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund.
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Forefathers' Cemetery, December 31, 1925
No.
Donations
Lot No.
Bank Book
Principal
On Hand Dec.31, 1924
Income 1925
Payments 1925
On Hand Dec. 31, 1925
1
Adams, Isaac and T. M.
157
105,268
$ 82.12
$107.12
$ 5.23
$ 7.12
$105.23
2
Adams, Charles, Isac and Thos. M ...
*
15,286
500.00
557.05
23.83
32.88
548.00
3 Andrews, Leonard
4
99,281
100.00
110.37
5.40
7.00
108.77
4 Bremmer
*
136,842
100.00
102.92
5.18
108.10
5 Brown, Susan E.
5
95,542
100.00
109.99
5.36
7.00
108.35
6
Brown, W.
1/2-25
141,914
50.00
50.00
7
Coburn Fund
. Tomb-23
77,063
100.00
109.62
5.36
7.00
107.98
168
133,436
100.00
109.91
5.48
2.00
113.39
46
74,252
100.00
109.68
5.36
7.00
108.04
10
Davis, Henry P.
39
103,968
100.00
109.11
5.33
7.00
107.44
62
11
Dutton, Charles
*
136,078
100.00
104.63
5.28
109.91
12
Dutton, Samuel L.
129
106,995
100.00
110.06
5.35
8.00
107.41
13
Emerson, Burtt
*
93,312
100.00
110.56
5.38
8.00
107.94
14
Emerson, Adams
85
74,249
200.00
258.73
12.45
25.00
246.18
15
Elliott, Ephraim and Jasper
73
17,652
200.00
227.10
9.63
15.00
221.73
16
Emerson, Owen
*
138,599
100.00
100.00
4.63
104.63
17
Fiske, B. M.
Tomb
119,554
100.00
111.36
5.46
7.00
109.82
18
Fletcher, Gardner
112
80,048
100.00
108.56
5.30
7.00
106.86
19
Fletcher, Joseph M.
*
110,531
100.00
108.12
5.30
6.00
107.42
20 Hazen, Sanford
65
106,059
100.00
107.74
5.26
7.00
106.00
21
Hobbs, John C.
7
88,831
100.00
107.53
5.28
6.00
106.81
22
Hodges and Green Fund
90
97,331
100.00
107.88
5.31
5.00
108.19
23 Holt, A. W.
17
141,913
100.00
24
Howard, Levi
*
136,079
100.00
104.63
5.28
109.91
25
Howard, Nathaniel and Samuel.
Tomb
15,781
125.00
137.26
5.87
8.00
135.13
26 Hutchins, Melbourne F.
1
110,301
100.00
110.96
5.38
8.00
108.34
27
Kimball Fund .
Tomb 5
74,247
100.00
108.59
5.33
6.00
107.92
28
Kittredge, Joel C. & Emerson, R. F.
*
141,910
100.00
100.00
.... .
..
..
. .
100.00
Clogston, Wm. H. S.
9 Day, Alfred
29 Kittredge Fund
145
100,017
50.00
54.86
2.68
3.00
54.54
30
Kittredge, Dr. Paul
115
16,604
100.00
111.31
4.77
6.00
110.08
31 Marshall Fund
74,250
100.00
107.85
5.28
6.00
107.13
32
Marshall, F. A.
*
138,597
100.00
100.00
4.63
104.63
33
Morton, True
15
17,654
100.00
112.07
4.73
8.00
108.80
34
Nason, Fred E.
43
125,669
100.00
114.12
5.50
10.00
109.62
35
Pirker, Eli P.
*
91,360
100.00
107.77
5.31
5.00
108.08
36
Parker, F. B. & E. F.
89
107,919
100.00
107.48
5.28
6.00
106.76
37
Parkhurst, H. and S.
*
93,313
100.00
108.21
5.33
5.00
108.54
38
Perham, David .
95
129,773
100.00
114.72
5.55
9.00
111.27
39
Perham, David C.
75
91,358
100.00
109.17
5.38
5.00
109.55
40
Perham, Henry S.
95
129,774
100.00
114.72
5.55
9.00
111.27
11
Perham, Perley P.
105,783
100.00
107.68
5.28
6.00
106.96
42
Reed, Emily E.
96
103,126
50.00
56.15
2.75
3.00
55.90
43
Reed, Jonathon
185
127,028
200.00
234.34
11.23
25.00
220.57
44
Reed, Joseph
131
105,267
100.00
109.69
5.38
6.00
109.07
co
45
Richardson, E. & A. H.
94
91,359
100.00
108.06
5,33
5.00
108.39
46
Russell, Abbott
1
132,584
100.00
115.74
5.61
9.00
112.35
47
Saunders, Elizabeth
30
132,584
100.00
112.18
5.53
5.00
112.71
48
Shedd Fund
175
74,251
100.00
108.39
5.30
7.00
106.69
49
Shedd, John & John S.
53
80,513
200.00
222.50
10.88
15.00
218.38
50
Smith, Elbridge G.
16
80,557
100.00
107.46
5.28
6.00
106.74
51
Smith, Joseph W.
74
94,059
100.00
109.77
5.38
6.00
109.15
52
Stevens, Jabez
*
100,959
100.00
108.87
$5.35
5.00
109.22
53
Sweetser, Charles
47
91,357
100.00
107.67
5.28
6.00
106.95
54
Warren & Manning
. Tomb *
17,653
150.00
166.56
7.11
10.00
163.67
55
Webster, E. P. .
97
101,241
100.00
107.65
5.28
6.00
106.93
56 Wilbur A. Cheney
35
103,453
100.00
109.20
5.36
6.00
108.56
57
Whittemore & Spaulding
79
124,195
100.00
113.23
5.48
10.00
108.71
58
Worthen, Frank W.
*
140,269
100.00
.63
100.63
Totals
$6,507.12
$6,816.90
$325.45
$401.00
$7,091.35
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HART POND CEMETERY-December 31, 1925
No.
Donations
Lot No.
Bank Book
Principal
On Hand . Dec.31, 1924
Income 1925
Payments 1925
On Hand Dec. 31, 1925
1
Battles, Benjamin M.
*
120,989
$300.00
$363.47
$17.78
$24.00
$357.25
2
Bean, Eldad P.
39
119,550
100.00
126.09
6.33
2.00
130.42
3 Bickford, D. W.
145
129,652
150.00
178.23
8.93
3.00
184.16
4 Blaisde:1. Isriel
*
110,113
100.00
123.20
6.08
6.00
123.28
6
Byam, James S.
167
129,651
100.00
112.34
5.63
2.00
115.97
7
Byam, John
*
109,449
100.00
114.53
5.70
3.00
117.23
8 Chamberlin, Adams
*
136,080
100.00
104.63
5.20
3.00
106.83
10
Hartwell, William
144
124,711
100.00
119.22
5.96
2.50
122.68
11
Heywood Fund
*
84,376
50.00
60.67
2.78
10.67
52.78
12
Hutchins, Samuel M.
47
104,116
100.00
126.16
6.30
3.00
129.46
13
Kendall, Robert N.
*
110,114
100.00
126.90
6.33
3.00
130.23
14
Parkhurst, John
*
119,551
100.00
110.96
5.53
2.00
114.49
15
- Scoboria, John
97
119,553
100.00
127.11
6.38
2.00
131.49
16 Spaulding, Benjamin
15,287
100.00
115.83
5.11
3.00
117.94
17
Spaulding, Isiah B.
139,468
100.00
100.00
2.50
102.50
18
Spaulding, Orrin
37
119,552
100.00
127.11
6.38
2.00
131.49
Totals
$2,000.00
$2,370.50
$114.63
$75.17
$2,409.96
*
109,448
100.00
117.58
5.88
2.00
121.46
64
9 Fletcher, Benjamin
*
. .
109,450
100.00
116.47
5.83
2.00
120.30
5
Byam, George O.
.
.
.
*
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RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, December 31, 1925
No.
Donations
Lot No.
Bank Book
Principal
On Hand Dec.31, 1924
Income 1925
Payments 1925
On Hand Dec. 31, 1925
1
Adams, Clara A.H.
101
90,532
$200.00
$250.14
$12.58
$ 6.00
$256.72
2
Adams, Willie
158
106,994
100.00
119.53
5.96
6.00
119.49
3
Asmus, J. H. M.
62
84,375
200.00
278.15
14.00
6.00
286.15
4 Barton, James
130
129,655
100.00
115.74
5.76
6.00
115.50
5
Batchelder, Ann M.
131,854
150.00
167.31
8.38
6.00
169.69
6 Burnham, Roswell
117
133,025
100.00
107.73
5.36
6.00
107.09
7
Carleton, Phineas
120
74,702
150.00
172.96
8.65
6.00
175.61
8
Carr, Samuel
C
136,081
100.00
104.63
5.20
6.00
103.83
9 Clark, John H.
91
106,060
300.00
402.76
20.28
6.00
417.04
10
Davidson & Ripley Fund
55
100,957
200.00
257.16
12.93
6.00
264.09
11
Ebert & Weaver
37 & 46
100,018
200.00
229.36
11.53
6.00
234.89
12
Edwards, Harriett N. & Howard Tomb
82
69,924
200.00
216.56
10.85
6.00
221.41
13
Edwards, N. B.
*
120,988
250.00
293.08
14.76
6.00
301.84
14
Hamblett, Wm.
88
100,958
100.00
110.85
5.50
6.00
110.35
15
Huckins, Thos. S.
141
87,092
100.00
105.48
5.26
6.00
104.74
16
Marinel, John, Sr.
330
105,266
100.00
147.47
7.38
6.00
148.85
17
McCoy, Charles M.
152
16,006
100.00
123.05
5.45
6.00
122.50
18
Nolte, Justin
36
136,843
100.00
102.92
5.10
6.00
102.02
307
123,009
100.00
107.69
5.36
6.00
107.05
173
100,016
100.00
103.74
5.16
6.00
102.90
21
Pease, Joseph W.
142
87,094
100.00
111.32
5.56
6.00
110.88
22
Phelps Lot
16
138,600
75.00
75.00
3.46
78.46
23 Pratt, Marshall
164
104,414
100.00
105.30
5.23
6.00
104.53
24 Silver
Fund
*
74,248
100.00
165.16
8.28
6.00
167.44
25
Smith, George H.
148
87,095
100.00
109.88
5.46
6.00
109.34
26 Whittemore, Susan H.
60
34,377
100.00
107.41
5.36
6.00
106.77
27
Wood, Samuel Fox
Tomb
74,701
300.00
561.66
28.33
6.00
583.99
28
Woods, Isaac
57
87,093
100.00
106.64
5.30
6.00
105.94
$3,925.00
$4,858.68
$242.43
$162.00
$4,939.11
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19
Page, Francis A.
20 Parker, Angelina
WEST CHELMSFORD CEMETERY-December 31, 1925
No.
Donations
Lot No.
Bank Book
Principal
On Hand Dec. 31, 1924
Income 1925
Payments 1925
On Hand Dec. 31, 1925
1
Bowers, Sewell
77
82,305
100.00
123.23
5.63
24.00
104.86
2
Brown, James & Quist, Margaret ....
113-114
92,864
200.00
241.81
11.76
18.00
235.57
3 Brown, William H.
36
107,534
75.00
79.25
3.93
3.00
80.18
4
Bussey, Sarah
135
16,371
50.00
52.54
2.36
54.90
5
Butterfield, Jonas C.
65
97,894
100.00
121.94
6.03
4.00
123.97
6
Clark, William H.
79
103,452
100.00
111.29
5.41
9.00
107.70
7
Dawson & Pollard
129,215
100.00
110.08
5.45
4.00
111.53
8
Fletcher Fund
98
136,844
100.00
102.92
5.18
108.10
9
Fox, John
42
125,666
75.00
80.30
3.98
3.00
81.28
10
Fox, Richard H.
43
136,962
75.00
77.19
3.91
81.10
11
Furlong, Emma L.
57
105,269
100.00
117.37
5.71
9.00
114.08
12
Hodson, Fred
85
135,530
100.00
105.47
5.33
110.80
13
Hodson, Henry R.
86
130,498
100.00
107.13
5.31
4.00
108.44
14
Holt, Alice A.
118
134,491
100.00
104.60
5.18
4.00
105.78
15
Holt, J. J.
54
125,668
100.00
111.53
5.53
4.00
113.06
16
Jaquith, E. B. K. & Winn, J. P.
14-31
80,047
150.00
260.18
12.33
33.00
239.51
17
Le Duke Fund
44-45
126,580
150.00
154.83
7.68
4.83
157.68
18
Lee, William
120
128,152
100.00
112.07
5.65
117.72
19
Longley, Jonas & Eliza
55
93,846
100.00
113.47
5.63
4.00
115.10
20
Naylor Fund
10
141,911
100.00
21
Olsen, Carl
151
141,912
75.00
75.00
22
Parkhurst, Alfred G.
146
15,782
100.00
114.18
5.00
4.00
115.18
23
Parkhurst, A: W.
7
92,865
100.00
113.53
5.38
14.00
104.91
24
Perry, John N.
47
92,565
100.00
118.28
5.75
9.00
115.03
25
Snow, George F.
6
15,606
200.00
229.46
10.24
8.00
231.70
26
Spaulding, Oscar R.
*
138,598
100.00
100.00
4.63
104.63
27
Walker, Janet
38
129,214
100.00
110.08
5.35
8.00
107.43
28
Wheeler, Samuel F.
87
78,015
100.00
129.21
5.93
24.00
111.14
29
Whidden, John H.
130
105,270
100.00
112.86
5.45
9.00
109.31
30
Winship, Marcus H.
66
107,918
100.00
116.46
5.78
4.00
118.24
Totals
$3,150.00
3,431.26
$165.50
$207.83
$3,563.93
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66
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100.00
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PINE RIDGE CEMETERY-December 31, 1925
No.
Donations
Lot No.
Bank Book
Principal
On Hand Dec. 31, 1924
Income 1925
Payments 1925
On Hand Dec. 31, 1925
1
Hazen, Curtis G. & Frances B.
381
17,651
50.00
57.14
2.36
5.00
54.50
2
Howe, Edwin A.
297
129,654
50.00
58.34
2.83
4.00
57.17
3 Morse, C. Freemont
224
123,010
100.00
112.30
5.43
10.00
107.73
1 Pearson, Henry
347
125,667
100.00
114.12
5.50
10.00
109.62
5
Perry, George
313
124,193
100.00
113.23
5.48
10.00
108.71
6 Walker, Melvin
296
124,194
50.00
57.21
2.76
5.00
54.97
Totals
$450.00
$512.34
$24.36
$44.00
$492.70
SUMMARY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Number of Lots-140
Cemetery
Principal
On Hand Dec.31,1924
Income Payments On Hand 1925 Dec. 31, 1925 1925
Forefathers at Centre
$6,507.12
$6,816.90
$325.45
$401.00
$7,091.35
Hart Pond at South
2,000.00
2,370.50
114.63
75.17
2,409.96
Riverside at North
3,925.00
4,858.68
242.43
162.00
4,939.11
West Chelmsford at West
3,150.00
3,431.26
165.50
207.83
3,563.93
Pine Ridge at Centre
450.00
512.34
24.36
44.00
492.70
Totals
$16,032.12
$17,989.68
$872.37
$890.00
$18,497.05
.
67
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
1925
Appropriations
Transfers, Additions and Refunds
Totals
Expended
Balance
General Government:
Moderator
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
Selectmen-Salaries
650.00
650.00
650.00
Selectmen-Other Expense ..
200.00
200.00
163.93
$ 36.07
Town Clerk and Acct. Salary . ..
1,800.00
1,800.00
1.800.00
Town Clerk & Acct .- Other Expense ..
300.00
300.00
280.32
19.68
Collector and Treas .- Salary
1,350.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
325.00
50.00
375.00
375.00
Collector and Treas .- Other Expense. . Treasurer's Bond
220.00
220.00
220.00
Assessors' Wages
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,199.55
.45
Assessors-Other Expense
125.00
25.00
150.00
133.69
16.31
Assessors-Transportation
100.00
100.00
99.80
.20
Town Counsel
300.00
300.00
300.00
Election and Registration
450.00
500.00
950.00
941.96
8.04
Appraisers-Salaries
30.00
30.00
30.00
Appraisers-Expense
3.00
3.00
3.00
Public Bldgs .- Janitors' Salaries
900.00
900.00
900.00
Public Bldgs .- Fuel, Light, Water ..
800.00
800.00
700.20
99.80
Public Bldgs .- Repairs
500.00
270.00
770.00
687.18
82.82
Public Bldgs .- Other Expense
50.00
50.00
49.44
.56
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police
5.000.00
150.00
5.150.00
5,149.42
58
.
68
.
.
Fire Dept .- Salaries
3,200.00
3,200.00
3,125.63
74.37
Fire Dept .- Janitors' Salaries
270.00
270.00
270.00
Fire Dept .- Expense of Engineers ....
75.00
75.00
70.09
4.91
100.00
700.00
694.96
5.04
Fire Dept .- Supplies
175.00
175.00
175.00
Fire Dept .- Bldg. Repairs
300.00
300.00
293.86
6.14
Fire Dept .- Tel. and Alarms
500.00
500.00
499.87
.13
Fire Dept .- Main. of Trucks
500.00
500.00
499.29
.71
Fire Dept .- New Equipment
275.00
275.00
275.00
No. Chelmsford Fire Dist .- Hydrant Service
750.00
750.00
750.00
Chelmsford Water Dist .- Hydrant
Service
750.00
750.00
750.00
W. Chelmsford Hydrant Service.
20.00
20.00
20.00
Fire Dept .- Fuel, Light, Water.
500.00
500.00
475.40
24.60
Fire Dept .- Rent at Centre.
180.00
180.00
180.00
Fire Dept .- Rent at West
150.00
150.00
150.00
Improving Fire Alarm System .
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
New Fire Truck at E. Chelmsford ...
3,250.00
3,250.00
3,250.00
Middlesex St. Land for Fire House
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
150.00
150.00
131.85
18.15
Moth Dept.
2,857.95
2,857.95
2,842.85
15.10
Tree Warden
200.00
200.00
199.45
.55
Forest Fires
750.00
125.00
875.00
873.56
1.44
Fish and Game Warden
100.00
100.00
100.00
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health-Salaries
350.00
350.00
350.00
Board of Health-Transportation
150.00
150.00
146.49
3.51
.
69
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.
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Fire Dept .- Labor & Expense at Fires
600.00
70
.
12,022.00
12,022.00
11,647.73
374.27
Street Signs
100.00
100.00
98.03
1.97
School Street
1,000.00
1,000.00
993.89
6.11
Retaining Wall at Main St., W. C.
500.00
500.00
497.79
2.21
Middlesex St. (Macadam)
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,998.90
1.10
Church St. ( Macadam)
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,999.77
.23
Main St.
1,000.00
1,000.00
996.56
3.44
Billerica St.
1,000.00
1,000.00
997.80
2.20
Purchase of Highway Trucks-Inter- national, Federal
7,300.00
7,300.00
6,750.00
550.00
Highway Beacons (2)
405.00
405.00
405.00
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits:
225.00
225.00
225.00
Overseers of Poor-Maintenance
15.00
15.00
2.38
12.62
Outside Poor
8,000.00
8,000.00
7,996.85
3.15
Board of Health-Agent's Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
Board of Health-Agent's Trans. ..
200.00
200.00
200.00
Board
of Health-Aid
1,625.00
1,625.00
563.28
1,061.72
Board of Health-Animal Inspection. .
200.00
200.00
200.00
Board of Health-Maintenance
200.00
200.00
170.63
29.37
Poird of Health-Meat Inspector Salary
600.00
600.00
600.00
Board of Health-Milk Inspector Salary
350.00
350.00
350.00
Highways:
Supt. Salary .
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
General Repairs
21,925.00
21,925.00
21,890.18
34.82
Truck Maintenance
1,000.00
400.00
1,400.00
1,399.60
.40
Road Binder
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,990.31
9.69
Cutting Brush
200.00
200.00
192.84
7.16
Street Lighting
.
.
.
Overseers of Poor-Salaries
.
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Almshouse :
900.00
900.00
900.00
Almshouse Expense
2,300.00
2,300.00
1,880.81
419.19
Almshouse Repairs
300.00
300.00
36.33
263.67
State Aid
575.00
575.00
364.00
211.00
600.00
600.00
574.00
26.00
School Department:
3,900.00
3,900.00
3,868.96
31.04
New Equipment
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,498.67
1.33
37.08
65,037.08
62,560.31
2,476.77
190.00
18,390.00
18,388.09
1.91
Auxiliary Agencies
11,300.00
11,300.00
10,127.73
1,172.27
New Grade School at Centre
140,000.00
140,000.00
96,144.43
43,855.57
Retnining W. Il at Princeton School ...
750.00
750.00
749.54
.46
-Grading E. ( School Grounds.
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,468.78
31.22
Tablet at G. R. Quessy School.
50.00
50.00
46.00
4.00
Vocational School
1,600.00
862.22
2,462.22
2,462.22
Libraries:
Adams
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.000
North Chelmsford
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Recreation and Unclassified:
Parks
700.00
700.00
696.33
3.67
Grading Park at Westlands
500.00
500.00
475.00
25.00
Band Concerts
250.00
250.00
250.00
Memorial Day
200.00
200.00
187.25
12.75
Village Clock
30.00
30.00
30.00
Town Reports
612.00
612.00
612.00
Aid to Agriculture and Home Ec. ...
400.00
400.00
400.00
.
.
.
.
.
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Administration
Instruction
65,000:00
Operation and Maintenance
18,200.00
Soldiers' Relief
Supt. Salary
Unpaid Bills 1924
6,040.76
6,040.76
6,004.89
35.87
Reserve Fund
2.000.00
2,000.00
1,880.00
120.00
Ex. of Rep. Before Public Utilities. ....
300.00
300.00
Re. to James R. Gookin
100.00
100.00
100.00
Ins. on Public Buildings
675.00
675.00
675.00
Expense of Com. to Rename Sts.
25.00
25.00
16.04
8.96
Taking Census 1925
70.00
70.00
70.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries:
('em. Commissioners-Salaries
105.00
105.00
105.00
Forefathers' Cemetery
700.00
700.00
699.93
.07
Hart Pond Cemetery.
400.00
400.00
398.92
1.08
Pine Ridge Cemetery
500.00
500.00
499.95
.05
Riverside Cemetery
400.00
400.00
400.00
West Chelmsford Cemetery
300.00
300.00
225.00
75.00
New Cemetery on No. West Road ....
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,495.00
5.00
Care and Improvement
925.00
925.00
925.00
Insurance Fund
3,550.00
3,550.00
3,540.00
10.00
Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest
9,750.00
9,750.00
Temporary Loans
223.75
High School Loan
1,495.00
North Road Loan No. 2
72.00
North Road Loan No. 3
288.00
Highway Truck Loan 1920
44.40
Westeland School Loan
1,800.00
Motor Fire Apparatus Loan
281.40
Acton Road Loan, No. 1
270.00
ESist Chelmsford Fire Sta. Loan
.
64.10
.
72
.. .
300.00
135.00
Groton Rd. Const. Loan No. 2
199.50
Boston Road Const. No. 4
228.00
School Truck Loan "White Truck". ... E. Chelmsford School House Addition ..
855.00
Boston Rd. No. 5, Acton Rd. No. 2, C. C. and R. Rds.
330.59
Stone Crusher Loan
140.25
Highway Trucks, International, Fed- eral, 1925
99.99
New Grammar School at Centre.
2,600.00
517.95
Maturing Debt
29,386.00 29,386.00
High School Loan, Note No. 83
3,250.00
North Road Loan No. 2, Note No. 11 ...
2,400.00
2,400.00
1,480.00
5,000.00
2,680.00
2,400.00
Groton Rd. Conts. No. 1, Note No. 72 ..
1,000.00
Groton Rd. Const. No. 2, Note No. 79. .
1,200.00
Boston Rd. Const. No. 4, Note No. 94. . School Truck Loan - "White", Note No. 90
1,106.00
2,000.00
E. C. School Addition, Note No. 93 ... Boston Rd. No. 5, Acton Rd. No. 2, C. C. and R. Rds., Note No. 102
1,600.00
Stone Crusher, Note No. 111 .
1,100.00
Totals
$378,495.71
$42,840.30
$421,336.01
$369,106.56
$52,229.45
North Rond Loan No. 3, Note No. 43 .. Highway Truck Loan 1920, Note No. 17 Westland School Loan, Note No. 34 .. Motor Fire Apparatus, Note No. 48. ... Acton Road, Loan No. 1, Note No. 66. . E. Chelmsford Fire Sta. Note No. 59. .
570.00
1,200.00
Groton Rd. Const. Loan No. 1
105.07
Expended from Revenue:
Agency, Trust and Investment.
Agency :
State Tax
.$16,920.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts . 28.97
3.00
Repairs to State Highways
5,256.22
Inr. of Sew. Merrimack River, Chap. 49
227.24
County Tax
12,887.71
Chelmsford Water District
7,414.87
North Chelmsford Fire Dist.
3,210.53
Trust and Investment:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
525.00
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
10,000.00
$425,580.10
Funds Transferred from Reserve to Depts.
1,880.00
Total Expenditures for 1925
.$423,700.10
Penalty for Failure to Make Returns
74
BALANCE SHEET-January 1st, 1926
ASSETS
Cash in Bank and Office
.$ 75,918.90
Cash at Almshouse .
50.00
$ 75,968.90
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes 1923 .$ 2,880.09
Taxes 1924
4,546.04
Taxes 1925
68,528.09
$ 75,954.22
Departmental $ 441.38
.
$ 441.38
Special Assessments:
Moth 1920
.$ 18.35
Moth 1921
1.98
Moth 1922
7.58
Moth 1923
135.20
Moth 1924
14.85
$ 177.96
$152,542.46
LIABILITIES
Moth Revenue
177.96
$
117.96
Overlay for Abatement of Taxes:
1923 2,880.09
1924
2,708.31
1925
1,825.27
$ 7,413.67
Overlay Reserve:
For Extraordinary or Unforeseen Expenses .$ 27,109.41
$ 27,109.41
Dept. Accounts Revenue 441.38
$ 441.38
Excess and Deficiency .$ 70,439.52
$ 70,439.52
Surplus War Bonds Fund 3,104.95
New Grade School at Centre ........ $ 43,855.57 $ 3,104.95
$ 43,855.57
$152,542.46 .
75
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DEBT ACOUNTS
Net Bonded Debt .$241,120.00
High School Loan
.$ 35,750.00
North Road Loan, No. 3
2,400.00
Westland School Loan
25,000.00
Motor Fire Apparatus
2,680.00
Acton Road No. 1
4,800.00
E. Chelmsford Fire House
1,140.00
Groton Road No. 1
2,000.00
Groton Road No. 2
3,600.00
Boston Road No. 4
3,600.00
School Truck "White"
1,106.00
E. Chelmsford School Aid
16,000.00
Boston and Acton Roads, Carlisle
and Riverneck Roads
6,400.00
Stone Crusher
2,200.00
Highway Trucks
4,444.00
New Grade School at Centre.
130,000.00
$241,120.00
$241,120.00
76
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment . . $ 53,374.34
Jos. Warren Library Fund .$ 1,532.47
A. Emerson Library Fund 210.21
S. G. Richardson Library Fund 308.73
Cemetery Care Fund
18,297.05
H. N. Edwards Fund
200.00
Cemetery Imp. Fund
103.56
Ins. Investment Fund
9,562.67
O. A. G. Flint Cem. Care Fund.
1,060.97
O. A. G. Flint Adams Library Fund
2,319.34
O. A. G. Flint Adams Library Fund
19,779.34
.
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$ 53,374.34
$ 53,374.34
HAROLD C. PETTERSON, Town Accountant.
77
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS OF TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
New High School
4%
43/4% Apr. 1, July 20 $3250
6% 43/4% July 1 June 15 $5000 $1200
43/4% July 6 $1200
41/2% Aug. 14
41/2%
41/2%
51/4%
6%
434%
41/4%
41/4%
4%
4% 4% Av. Rate 4.64
1926
$2000
1927
Apr. 1, July 20
July 1 June 15
July 6
Aug. 14
July 1 May 29
July 6 $1600
$1100
$1111.00
$6666 $2000
$29,097.00
1928
Apr. 1, July 20
July 1 June 15
July 6
$5000 $1200
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