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Soldiers' Relief.
19.00
Public Buildings Insurance
9.91
Interest High School Addition Loan.
435.00
Old Age Assistance.
195.56
Highway Department.
134.70
Police Department Radio.
100.00
Fire Department.
4.05
$ 1,251.34
Total Receipts for 1939.
Cash on Hand January 1, 1939
$ 670,849.59 17,480.09
Total Receipts for 1939 and Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1939
$ 688,329.68
74
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR :
Salary.
$ 10.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries
$ 750.00
Stationery and Postage
39.82
Printing and Advertising.
97.28
Telephone.
68.85
All Other
17.13
$ 973.08
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT :
Salary
$1,800.00
Stationery and Postage
8.16
Clerk Hire.
78.36
All Other
8.00
$ 1,894.52
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT :
Salary.
$ 200.00
Stationery and Postage ..
10.55
Printing and Advertising.
26.83
Office Equipment.
83.30
All Other.
23.50
$ 344.18
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR:
Salary.
$2,000.00
Clerk Hire.
832.00
Stationery and Postage
729.10
Printing and Advertising.
366.13
Telephone.
102.95
Insurance -- Robbery.
93.00
Certification of Notes.
72.00
Foreclosing Tax Titles.
1,345.55 346.75
Drawing and Recording Tax Deeds
.
Treasurer and Collector's Bond.
492.00
Traveling Expense.
12.00
Deputy Collector's Bond.
30.00
All Other.
16.25
$ 6,437.73
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT :
Salaries, Assessors.
$ 2,200.00
Salary, Assistant Assessor.
30.00
Stationery and Postage.
87.39
Printing and Advertising.
123.14
Transportation.
156.76
Clerk Hire.
321.64
Telephone .
95.45
Office Equipment.
8.95
Ice ...
21.00
All Other.
31.06
3,075.39
LAW DEPARTMENT :
Town Counsel Salary.
$ 280.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Stenographic Services. $
10.00
75
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION :
Registrars' Salaries
220.00
Assistant Registrars
440.32
Election Officers.
189.96
Printing and Advertising.
228.33
Revising Voting Lists.
60.00
Traveling Expense
15.00
Fuel ...
6.00
Janitor Service.
2.00
Stationery and Postage
44.45
Rent ..
5.00
Typewriter Rental.
18.00
$ 1,229.06
PLANNING BOARD:
Printing and Advertising
. . $
49.30
PUBLIC BUILDINGS (TOWN HALLS ) :
Janitors' Salaries.
$ 1,136.00
Fuel ..
678.52
Light.
643.76
Water.
36.62
Repairs -- Materials and Labor
298.42
Brooms, Wax, Floor Cleaner, Etc.
55.14
All Other.
10.85
2,859.31
Total for General Government
$ 17,162.57
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Salaries:
Chief.
$ 2,000.00
Patrolmen.
3,600.00
Special and School Police
880.00
Investigations ..
33.20
Keeping Prisoners
34.25
Gas and Oil.
338.12
Automobile Repairs
114.20
Equipment for Men.
43.36
Other Equipment and Repairs.
22.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
14.80
Telephone .
256.20
Telephone Operator.
96.00
Insurance.
322.40
Garage Rent
16.25
Signs
41.25
All Other
26.68
$ 7,838.71
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Salaries:
Engineers
350.00
Firemen.
3,451.00
Janitors.
460.00
$ 4,261.00
ENGINEERS' EXPENSE:
Transportation
$ 30.15
Clerk.
20.00
$ 50.15
76
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FIRES :
Labor.
$ 316.82
MAINTENANCE :
Garage Rent.
$ 360.00
Apparatus.
42.77
Repairs of Apparatus
752.88
Gas and Oil.
90.96
Fuel. .
308.01
Light.
167.59
Alarm System
434.76
Hose.
445.17
Water.
33.00
Telephones.
512.75
Equipment for Men
285.30
Repairs of Buildings.
37.76
Insurance.
287.50
Stationery and Printing.
...
88.30
All Other.
26.10
# 3,872.85
HYDRANT SERVICE:
East Chelmsford.
$ 1,500.00
North Che Imsford.
500.00
Chelmsford Center
500.00
West Chelmsford.
20.00
South Chelmsford.
1,000.00
3,520.00
Total for Fire Department
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Wages ..
$ 145.25
Seals and Tags
7.48
Record Books.
22.03
$ 174.76
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Superintendent's Salary.
250.00
Labor.
413.00
Trucking. .
173.25
Insecticides.
324.42
Repairs
5.31
Tools.
15.00
Gas and Oil.
11.65
Printing.
7.00
$ 1,199.63
TREE WARDEN :
Labor ..
146.40
Repairs.
3.50
$ 149.90
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Warden.
$
65.00
Fighting Fires.
1,046.17
Investigations and Posting Signs.
46.67
Use of Auto
11.70
Advertising and Printing.
6.68
Garage Rent. .
44.00
Truck Maintenance
66.59
Truck Hire.
7.10
Clerical Work.
10.00
Telephone
12.10
Insurance
23.71
All Other
8.00
$ 1,347.72
77
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$ 12,020.82
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Total for Protection of Persons and Property. $ 22,731.54 HEALTH AND SANITATION
SALARIES :
Board of Health
$ 630.00
Agent. ..
1,385.83
Meat Inspector
650.00
Milk Inspector.
315.00
Animal Inspector
200.00
Plumbing Inspector, Fees
392.50
Physicians' Salaries
90.00
$ 3,663.33
MAINTENANCE :
Telephone
$ 14.40
Stationery and Postage.
24.10
Printing and Advertising.
33.15
Burying Animals
26.50
Serving Notice.
2.00
Medical Supplies.
21.15
Signs
20.00
$ 141.30
VACCINATION :
Treatment.
$
96.00
QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES :
Board and Treatment
$ 190.00
Medical Attendance.
45.00
Groceries.
65.73
Fuel. .
12.00
Transportation.
8.50
$
321.23
TUBERCULOSIS:
Board and Treatment
$
964.29
$
964.29
CARE OF PUBLIC DUMPS:
Labor
$
166.25
Total for Health and Sanitation
$
5,352.40
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SUPERINTENDENT :
Salary
$ 1,900.00
Clerk.
200.00
$ 2,100.00
SNOW REMOVAL :
Truck s
$ 832.00
Labor
2,407.47
Calcium Chloride
186.00
Sand.
464.00
Salt
55.20
$ 3,944.67
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78
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
GENERAL MAINTENANCE:
Labor.
$ 9,563.62
Stone, Gravel, Sand ..
1,331.70
Equipment and Repairs
586.19
Cold Patch and Tar
2,925.09
Weed Killer.
44.00
Damage Claims.
47.27
Railroad Signs
31.90
Water.
12.00
Telephone.
124.35
Pipe and Culverts.
332.85
Traffic Light.
30.00
All Other.
52.11
$ 15,081.08
MACHINERY ACCOUNT:
Repairs.
$ 2,261.91
Gas and Oil.
1,828.68
Insurance.
172.40
Coal. .
99.50
Equipment.
459.00
Registration
4. 00
All Other.
7.92
$ 4,833.41
ROAD BINDER:
Oil and Cold Patch.
$ 8,000.00
8,000.00
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE: 1939 CONTRACT:
Labor.
$ 3,689.10
Taric, Asphalt, etc
2,280.26
Sand and Gravel.
404.40
Paint ..
45.00
Rental of Machinery
192.00
Use of Car ..
64.00
Posts and Fence.
519.18
All Other.
3.30
$ 7,197.24
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE, 1938 CONTRACT :
Cable.
$ 96.51
Cement
24.60
$ 121.11
FRANCIS STREET:
Labor
$
50.00
LINWOOD AVENUE:
Asphalt
$
50.00
Total for Highway Department.
$ 41,377.51
STREET LIGHTING :
Lighting
$ 9,664.54
79
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ADMINISTRATION :
Salaries of Board.
325.00
Investigator
799.94
Clerk.
720.00
Extra Clerical Assistance
17.25
Printing and Postage
18.75
Gasoline and Oil.
17.18
Transportation.
17.75
Telephone. .
22.57
Legal Expense
6.50
$ 1,944.94
OUTSIDE RELIEF:
Groceries and Provisions.
$7,928.66
Fuel. ..
1,067.25
Rent and Board. .
2,932.00
Medicine and Attendance
2,048.29
State Institutions
69.44
Clothing and Shoes.
317.77
Cash Grants to Individuals
4,228.25
Light and Water.
93.79
Household Supplies and Repairs.
12.00
Trucking and Transportation.
11.50
$ 18,708.95
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS:
Cities
$2,292.58
Towns.
92.04
$
2,384.62
Total Outside Relief
$ 21,093.57
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
Town.
$ 6,950.46
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATION :
Investigator.
1,000.06
Stationery and Postage .
37.60 $ 1,037.66
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, RELIEF:
Cash Grants.
$30,522.86
Clothing and Shoes
31.32
Medical
1,829.16
Burials.
375.00
Board and Care. .
65.00
Other Cities and Towns.
983.34
Fuel.
191.88
Groceries.
43.51
Moving Furniture
50.00
$ 34,092.07
INFIRMARY:
Superintendent, Salary. $ 900.00
OTHER EXPENSES:
Other Employees.
$ 440.00
Groceries and Provisions
749.84
Clothing and Dry Goods.
90.27
Fuel and Light.
374.80
Water ...
40.10
Hay and Grain.
779.80
Tools and Repairs.
43.71
80
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Medicine and Medical Attendance
122.39
Burial.
75.00
Hens. .
31.25
Trucking.
8.00
Sawdust ..
7.00
Refrigerator.
175.00
Telephonc
47.43
Seeds, Plants, and Fertilizer.
114.30
Household Supplies.
30.16
Building Repairs.
123.87
Horse Shoeing and Veterinary Services
. .
41.10
Horse. .
175.00
Automobile Maintenance.
90.51
Gas and Oil.
70.06
All Other
33.58
Total for Infirmary Department $ 4,563.17
Total Charities
# 69,681.87
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF:
Groceries.
$ 1,145.36
Cash. .
2,418.70
Medicine and Medical Attendance.
265.67
Fuel and Light.
141.71
Shoes and Clothing.
71.46
Rent and Board.
637.25
$ 4,680.15
MILITARY AID:
Cash
$
220.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits.
$
4,900.15
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATION :
Supt. Salary.
$ 3,400.00
Committee Expenses.
350.00
Attendance Officers.
30.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage
64.64
Telephone.
101.75
$ 3,946.39
INSTRUCTION :
Teachers' Salaries
High
$23,626.80
Elementary.
44,367.00
Supervisor
1,253.00
$ 69,246.80
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES :
High -- Text and Reference Books.
$ 1,096.19
Elementary -- Text and Reference Books.
961.10
High -- Supplies.
1,028.14
Elementary -- Supplies
1,044.93
$
4,130.36
Total Instruction
$
73,377.16
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
JANITORS' SALARIES:
81
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
High. Elementary
# 2,211.50 6,386.00
$ 8,597.50
FUEL AND LIGHT :
High.
$ 1,608.41
Elementary
4,351.57
$ 5,959.98
Water
260.06
REPAIRS:
High.
$ 1,029.87
Elementary
1,550.40
$ 2,580.27
JANITORS' SUPPLIES:
High.
$ 120.07
Elementary.
199.26
$ 319.33
Total Operation and Maintenance
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
TRANSPORTATION :
High. ..
$ 5,712.05 4,800.00
# 10,512.05
Elementary
NURSE:
Salary
$ 206.25
Supplies
31.38
$ 237.63
Physicians' Salaries.
600.00
Total Auxiliary Agencies.
11,349.68
NEW EQUIPMENT :
Furniture.
$ 44.63
Care of Westlands Playground.
200.00
VOCATIONAL AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS:
Tuition.
$ 1,952.79
Total for Schools
$ 108,587.79
LIBRARIES
ADAMS LIBRARY:
Librarian
$ 400.00
Assistants.
247.94
Janitors.
412.34
Repairs.
50.45
Books and Periodicals.
416.27
Light, Fuel and Water
482.63
Treasurer's Bond.
17.97
Transporting Books. Stationery
15.30
Binding.
23.23
Insurance
50.16
$ 2,196.29
82
80.CO
$ 17,717.14
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY:
Annual Appropriation.
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED $ 1,200.00
PARKS:
Labor.
$ 729.75
Fertilizer.
27.60
Plants, Trees, etc
103.60
Water.
44.13
Tools ..
25.24
Repairs.
62.57
Garage Rent.
7.00
$ 999.89
Care of Varney Playground.
289.79
UNCLASSIFIED:
Memorial Day, Dinners.
$ 1.34.00
Music and Other Expenses
162.56
Workmen's Compensation.
125.40
Claims for Personal Injuries
207.20
American Legion Rental
300.00
Dog Officer's Fees.
39.00
Town Clock ..
73.61
Town Reports, Printing and Delivery.
901.76
Ins. Sinking Fund Treas. Bond. 50.00
Constable ..
18.00
Public Buildings, Insurance
1,678.87
Middlesex County T. B. San. Maintenance ...
1,988.45
Police Dept., New A tomobile.
358.00
Forest Fire Dept., Pump and Hoso.
1,149.48
North Chelmsford Dump, Road and Cleaning. .
350.39
Newburyport Chlorinating Plant.
22.27
Expense of Legal Actions ...
268.00
Survey and Laying Out of Locke and other
Roads ...
75.00
Survey and Laying Out Streets.
200.00
Chairs for Town Halls.
300.00
Petty Cash Advance Deputy Collector
50.00
Surplus Commodities Expense
280.63
Unclassified. $ 8,732.62
HURRICANE EMERGENCY:
Tree Warden Department.
$ 326.00
Infirmary Department.
13.68
WPA Department
57.66
$ 397.34
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION :
Salaries and Wages.
$1,924.00
Office Supplies and Telephone
160.66
Transportation.
224.05
Farm to Market Roads Project.
5,819.38
Cemetery Project.
40.76
Moth Project.
95.27
Sewing Project.
855.14
Survey Project.
275.29
Highland Avenue Project
61.38
Federal Commissary ..
260.12
Fire Hazard.
172.82
$ 9,888.87
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ADDITION:
Preliminary Expenses.
193.62
Construction Contract
81, 361.51
Architect's Services.
5,500.00
Clerk of Works.
1,696.00
Administrative Expenses
52.65
Equipment.
3,739.31
$ 92,543.09
UNPAID BILLS:
1939:
Registration.
$ 47.50
Highway Department.
83.15
Welfare Department
2,458.67
Old Age Assistance
1,265.04
Soldiers' Relief.
304.09
Assessors' Department
1.25
Health Department.
196.26
Federal Commissary.
3.89
Public Buildings Maintenance
2.35
Dog Officer.
3.00
Police Department
30.40
Infirmary Department.
6.00
Park Department.
5.00
Varney Playground.
2.50
Unclassified ..
2.55
Aid to Dependent Children.
36.35
$ 4,448.00
Total Recreation and Unclassified.
CEMETERIES
Commissioners' Salaries ..
$ 105.00
CEMETERY MAINTENANCE:
Labor
$ 2,042.25
Tools and Repairs.
81.21
Water.
31.00
Seed, Fertilizer, etc ..
36.01
Loam.
67.20
Trucking
37.00
Stationery
11.05
$ 2,305.72
IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERIES :
Labor and Trucking.
$ 465.35
Tools.
27.16
Paint.
5.28
$
497.79
Total for Cemeteries.
$
2,908.51
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST :
High School Building.
$ 870.00
New Grade School ....
519.96
Anticipation of Revenue.
297.22
Middlesex County Sanatorium.
225.00
Tax Title Loan.
55.27
$ 1,967.45
MATURING DEBT :
Grade School.
$ 8,666.00
Middlesex County Sanatorium.
2,500.00
Tax Title Loan.
6,741.85
$ 17,907.85
84
$ 117,299.60
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE:
Loans. .
$ 140,000.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY:
State Tax.
$ 22,601. 25
County Tax.
9,970.07
County, Dog License Fees .. 1,419.20
North Chelmsford Fire District .. .
562.05
South Chelmsford Water District.
1,114.98
East Chelmsford Water District.
2,050.18
State Board of Health -- Beverage Permit ..
20.00
37,737.73
FEDERAL GRANT:
Old Age Assistance, Administration.
$
906.75
Old Age Assistance, Relief ..
28,107.12
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
12.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief.
1,501.34
$ 30,527.21
TRUST :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests. $ 1,000.00
Interest on Perpetual Care Bequests.
710.50
$ 1,710.50
REFUNDS
1939 Taxes
225.20
1938 Taxes.
6.75
1936 Taxes
1.09
Motor Excise Tax, 1939
822.23
Motor Excise Tax, 1938.
70.31
Motor Excise Tax, 1937
2.00
Advertising.
1.50
Rent, Town Hall.
13.00
School Department
8.00
# 1,150.08
Total Payments for 1939
$ 634,063.59
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1939
54,266.09
Grand Total.
$ 688,329.68
85
TRUST FUNDS
On Hand Dec. 31 1938
New 9 Funds
Income
Payments
On Hand Dec. 30 19 39
Joseph Warren, Adams Lib. Fund ..
$ 896.27
$ 18.01
$ 914.28
Adams Emerson, Adams Lib. Fund ..
187.07
3.75
.....
190.82
S. G. Richardson, Lib. Fund ..
501.27
10.07
511.34
Aaron George Cemetery Care.
1,011.36
20.32
. 15.00
1,016.68
George Memorial Hall ...
2,167.07
43.55
2,210.62
A. F. Adams. Fund, c/o Bldgs. and Grounds. .
10,419.95
209.41
100.00
10.529.36
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
27,854.07
1,000.00
541.67
710.50
28,685.24
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund ..
167.92
3.36
171.28
Insurance Investment Fund ...
41,296.03
995.15
......
42,291.18
Total.
$84,501.01
$1,000.00
$1,845.29
$ 825.50
$86,520.80
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APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS -- REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES -- BALANCES
Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Moderator's Salary ..
$ 10.00
$
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
$.
Selectmen's Salaries.
750.00
750.00
750.00
Selectmen's Expense ..
180.00
43.08
223.08
223.08
Town Accountant Salary.
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Town Accountant Expense.
75.00
20.48
95.48
94.52
.96
Town Clerk Salary ..
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk Expense.
150.00
150.00
144.18
5.82
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Salary.
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Expense.
1,825,00
.25
1,825.25
1,798.18
27.07
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Clerk.
832.00
832.00
832.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Bonds.
462.00
462.00
462.00
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Foreclosing Tax Titles.
750.00
612.25
1,362.25
1,345.55
16.70
Assessors' Salaries ..
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor.
350.00
350.00
333.90
16.10
Assessors' Expense ..
450.00
553.05
541.49
11.56
Town Counsel Salary.
280.00
280.00
280.00
Elections.
330.00
330.00
238.71
91.29
Registration of Voters.
1,100.00
1,100.00
990.35
109.65
Finance Committee Expense ..
20.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
Planning Board ...
50.00
50.00
49.30
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Public Buildings -- Janitors' Salaries.
1,136.00
1,136.00
1,136.00
Public Buildings -- Fuel, Light, Water ..
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,358.90
41.10
Public Buildings -- Other Expense. .
400.00
400.00
364.41
35.59
$16,750.00
$ 779.11
$17,529.11
$17,162.57
366.54
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Police Department -- Chief's Salary ..
$ 2,000.00
$
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$.
Police Department -- Patrolmen, Salaries.
3,600.00
3,600.00
3,600.00
Police Department -- Special and School Police.
850.00
30.00
880.00
880.00
Police Department -- Other Expenses.
1,350.00
14.62
1,364.62
1,358.71
5.91
Fire Department -- Administration.
4,400.00
4,400.00
4,281.00
119.00
Fire Department -- Maintenance
3,900.00
7.78
3,907.78
3,903.00
4.78
Fire Department -- Fires ....
600.00
600.00
316.82
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, Center ..
500.00
500.00
500.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service North ..
500.00
500.00
500.00
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103.05
87
283.18
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Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds Total
Expended
Balance
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service . West.
$ 20.00
$. . . 20.00
20.00
$. . .
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, East.
1,500.00
. .
1,500.00
1,500.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, South.
1,000. 00
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1,000.00
1,000.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures.
175.00
175.00
174.76
.24
Moth Department.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,199.63
.37
Tree Warden ..
150.00
150.00
149.90
.10
Forest Fire Department
900.00
449.02
1,349.02
1,347.72
1.30
$22,645.00
$ 501.42
$23,146.42
$22,731.54
$ 414.88
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Health Department -- Salaries.
$ 630.00
$.
.
$ 630.00
630.00
$ .. . ....
Health Department -- Agent's Salary.
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,385.83
14.17
Health Department -- Aid.
1,750.00
1,750.00
1,285.52
464.48
Health Department -- Maintenance
125.00
50.00
175.00
141.30
33.70
Health Department -- Meat Inspector's Salary.
650.00
650.00
650.00
Health Department -- Milk Inspector's Salary.
315.00
315.00
315.00
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200.00
166.25
33.75
Health Department -- Physicians' Salaries.
90.00
90.00
90.00
Health Department -- Animal Inspector's Salary.
200.00
200.00
200.00
.
Health Department -- Plumbing Inspection ....
400.00
400.00
392.50
7.50
Health Department -- Vaccine Treatment.
400.00
.
400.00
96.00
304.00
$6,160.00
$ 50.00
$6,210.00
$5,352.40
$ 857.60
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT :
Highway Superintendent's Salary ..
$1,900.00
$. $1,900.00
$1,900.00
$ .......
Clerk ...
200.00
200.00
200.00
General.
12,993.30
2,101.97
15,095.27
15,081.08
14.19
Snow and Ice Removal.
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,944.67
55.33
Machinery Account.
4,781.45
58.98
4,840.43
4,833.41
7.02
Road Binder.
8,000.00
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8,000.00
8,000.00
Street Lights.
9,600.00
70.00
9,670.00
9,664.54
5.46
Chapter 90, Various Roads.
2,400.00
3,281.84
5,681.84
7,197.24
1,515.40#
Francis Street.
50.00
50.00
50.00
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Linwood Avenue
50.00
50.00
50.00
"Duo from State and County.
$43,974.75
$5,512.79
$40,487.54
$50,920.94
$1,433.40
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Health Department -- Care of Dumps ..
200.00
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Transfers Additions Refunds Total
Expended
Balance
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Board of Public Welfare, Salaries ..
325.00
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$ 325.00
325.00
$.
Public Welfare Dept.,
Investigator's Salary. ....
800.00
800.00
799.94
. 06
Public Welfare Dept.,
Clerk's Salary ..
720.00
720.00
720.00
Public . Welfare Dept.,
Maintenance.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Public Welfare Dept.,
Outside Relief.
21,000.00
106.00
21,106.00
21,093.57
12.43
Public Welfare Dept., Aid to Dependent Children. Old Age Assistance ...
35,000.00
653.83
35,653.83
34,092.07
1,561.76
Old Age Assistance, Investigator's Salary ..
1,000.00
. 06
1,000.06
1,000.06
12.40
Infirmary Department, Superintendent's Salary ...
900.00
900.00
900.00
86.83
State Aid ...
100.00
100.00
100.00
Soldiers' Relief.
4,950.00
19.00
4,969.00
4,680.15
288.85
Military Aid ..
400.00
400.00
220.00
180.00
$76,595.00
$ 778.89
$ 77,373.89
$74,582.02
$2,791.87
SCHOOL AND LIBRARIES:
Schools -- Administration.
$3,950.00
$.
$3,950.00
$3,946.39
$ 3.61
Schools -- Instruction.
73,400.00
73,400.00
73,377.16
22.84
School Dept .-- Operation and Maintenance
17,730.00
17,730.00
17,717.14
12.86
School Department -- Auxiliary Agencies.
11, 365.00
11,365.00
11,349.68
15.32
School Department -- New Equipment ...
50.00
50.00
44.63
5.37
School Department -- Care of Playgrounds.
200.00
200.00
200.00
School Department -- Vocational School ..
2,100.00
733.88
2,833.88
1,952.79
881.09
Adams Library ..
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,196.29
3.71
North Chelmsford Library.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
$ 112,195.00
733.88 $112,928.88
$111,984.08
944.80
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department
$ 1,000.00
€+ $1,000.00
999.89
$
.11
Care of Varney Playground ..
300.00
300.00
289.79
10.21
Memorial Day ...
300.00
300.00
296.56
3.44
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7,500.00
6,950.46
549.54
Old Age Assistance, Maintenance.
50.00
50.00
37.60
Infirmary Department, Maintenance.
3,750.00
3,750.00
3,663.17
7,500.00
89
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Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
Town Clock ....
$ 80.00
$.
$ 80.00
$ 73.61
$ 6.39
Treasurer's Bond, Insurance Sinking Fund. ...
50.00
50.00
50.00
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Town Reports. . ·
904.76
904.76
901.76
3.00
Unpaid Bills, 1938.
4,635.23
4,635.23
4,448.00
187.23
Middlesex County Sanatorium, Maintenance .. ...
1,988.45
1,988.45
1,988.45
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Health Dept., North Chelmsford Dump ...
375.00
375.00
350.39
24.61
High School Building Addition ...
58,000.00
36,908.90
94,908.90
92,543.09
2,365.81
Newburyport Chlorinating Plant.
22.27
22.27
22.27
.
Federal Government Surplus Commodities Division
280.63
280.63
280.63
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Expense of Legal Actions ..
268.00
268.00
268.00
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Survey of Locke and Other Roads.
90.00
90.00
75.00
15.00
Surveying and Laying Out Streets.
200.00
200.00
200.00
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Constable. .
20.00
20.00
18.00
2.00
Rent for American Legion, Post 212
300.00
300.00
300.00
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Dog Officers' Fees ..
75.00
75.00
39.00
36.00
Chairs for Town Halls.
300.00
300.00
300.00
167.40
WPA Administration, Expenses and Supplies.
8,500.00
1,142.77
9,642.77
9,628.75
14.02
Federal Commissary ..
225.00
35.12
260.12
260.12
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Hurricane Emergency.
397.34
397.34
397.34
Police Department, New Automobile.
360.00
360.00
358.00
2.00
Forest Fire Department, Pump and Hose.
1,200.00
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1,200.00
1,149.48
50.52
$ 82,071.68
$ 38,086.79 $120,158.47
$117,249.60
₩2,908.87
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT :
Cemetery Commissioners' Salaries ..
$ 105.00
$ .. . ....
$ 105.00
$ 105.00
$.
Care of Cemeteries ...
2,300.00
5.72
2,305.72
2,305.72
.
Care, Improvement and Embellishment of Cemeteries
500.00
...
500.00
497.79
2.21
Care and Improvement.
710.50
710.50
710.50
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$2,905.00
$ 716.22
$3,621.22
$3,619.01
$ 2.21
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1,700.00
1,700.00
1,678.87
21.13
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Claims for Personal Injuries ..
500.00
500.00
332.60
.
Insurance of Public Buildings ..
90
Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds Total
Expended Balance
INTEREST :
Temporary Loans. .
$
$ 297.22
$
New Grammar School Loan ..
519.96
Middlesex County Sanatorium.
225.00
High School Building Loan.
870.00
Tax Title Loan.
55.27
$1,967.45
MATURING DEBT:
New Grammar School Loan.
$8,666.00
Middlesex County Sanatorium Loan ..
2,500.00
Tax Title Loan.
6,741.85
EXPENDED FROM REVENUE :
Agency, Trust and Investment:
$22,601.25
County Tax ..
9,970.07
Temporary Loans.
140,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
1,000.00
Refunds.
1,150.08
Petty Cash Advance, Deputy Collector.
50.00
County, Dog Licenses.
1,419.20
Beverage Permits ..
20.00
North Chelmsford Fire District.
562.05
East Chelmsford Water District.
2,050.18
South Chelmsford Water District.
1,114.98
Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Administration and Relief
29,013.87
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration and Relief
1,513.34
Highway Dept. Chapter 90, 1938 Contract ..
121.11
$210, 586.13
Appropriations to Offset Deficits of Previous Years:
Vocational Schools, 1938 ..
98.71
Hurricane Emergency ..
532.13
630.84
$17,907.85
91
State Tax
BALANCE SHEET -- JANUARY 1, 1940 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Cash:
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
General.
$54,266.09
Petty Cash:
Treasurer. .
50.00
Deputy Tax Collector ..
50.00
Infirmary.
50.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
1,066.50
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus ...
6,653.47
State Taxes, 1939 .. 41.02
Road Machinery Fund. 27.00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1937.
$ 59.82
Levy of 1938.
16,596.71
Levy of 1939.
63,901.00
$80,557.53
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1938 ..
$ 57.42
Levy of 1939.
285.85
South Chelmsford Water District 67.70
238.75
Departmental:
High School Building Addition ...
2,365.81
Public Buildings.
23.61
WPA Tools and Equipment ..
14.02
Selectmen ...
4.50
Police.
80.00
Tree Warden.
12.00
Health.
798.08
Tax Title and Tax Possession ... 9613.91
Highway.
525.38
Public Welfare.
5,105.77
17,940.39
Moth. .
2.00
Old Age Assistance.
878.30
Schools.
25.00
Aid to Dependent Children.
492.91
Soldiers' Relief. 48.43
Fed. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Administration ..
30.08
$ 7,995.98
Fed. Grant, Aid to Dependent Children, Administration. 154.23
Fed. Grant, Aid to Dependent Children, Relief .. 27.06
$65,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue 1939 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1936 12.77
Taxes, 1936. 9.61
Tailings. 738.56
$54,416.09
High School Addition Loan In An- ticipation of Grant .. 24,000.00
Overlays Reserved for Abatements Levy of 1938. $320.15
Levy of 1939 20.97
341.12
Tax Collections:
North Chelmsford Fire District $ 49.42 East Chelmsford Water District 121.63
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