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Given under our hands this 30th day of January, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-three.
James A. Grant Karl M. Perham Stewart Mackay Selectmen of Chelmsford
RETURN
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Chelmsford, Jan. 50, 1943
Middlesex, s8
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at the Post Offices in the Centre of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and the School House in East Chelmsford, and at the Golden Cove School House in Westlands, seven days at least before the time of holding the meeting, as within directed.
Ralph J. Hulslander Constable of Chelmsford
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Herewith is submitted the Annual Report of the Town Accountant in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 624, Section 7 of the Revised Laws.
All transfers made and show in this report were authorized by vote of the Finance Committee or by vote in Town Meeting.
RECEIPTS
General Revenue TAXES
CURRENT YEAR :
Poll.
$4,454.00
Personal Estate.
22,928.16
Real Estate
190,907.73
$218,289.89
PREVIOUS YEARS :
Poll
372.00
Personal Estate.
2,394.93
Real Estate.
47,296.32
$ 50,063.25
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX:
Motor Excise Tax, 1942. $18,034.27
Motor Excise Tax, Previous Years.
481.70
$18,515.97
TAX TITLE REDEMPTION:
Tax Title Redemption
$ 3,378.59
FROM THE STATE:
Income Tax
$34,585.00
Corporation Tax, Business. 25,174.37
Corporation Tax, Gas, Electric, & Water 2,480.49
Meal Tax.
513.59
Total from State
$ 62,753.45
GRANTS AND GIFTS
FROM COUNTY :
Dog Licenses.
$ 1,023.50
Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance 1,492.53
Chapter 90, Highway Construction 1,826.89
$ 4,342.92
FROM STATE:
Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance. 1,791.95
Chapter 90, Highway Construction. 3,653.77
Highway Fund Distribution. 18,152.25
Aid to Industrial Schools
1,359.70
$24,957.67
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT :
Old Age Assistance, Administration $ 1,313.81
Old Age Assistance, Relief.
38,480.29
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief. 2,791.09
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
68.02
$ 42,653.21
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines
$ 165.31
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Oil Burner Permits.
$ 14.50
Blasting
1.00
Plumbing Permits
192.50
Automobile Dealers
45.00
Sunday Licenses
38.00
Common Victualers' Licenses
16.00
Bottling Licenses
20.00
Liquor Licenses for 1942
1,267.50
Liquor Licenses for 1943.
400.00
Pedlars' Licenses
26.00
Milk Licenses
48.00
Entertainment License
25.50
Sunday Cabin License
1.50
Slaughtering License
3.00
Wood Alcohol License
4.00
Funeral Director's License
2.00
Amusement License
20.00
$ 2,124.50
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN :
Advertising.
$ 3.00
TAX COLLECTOR :
Deposit, Tax Title Assignment
$ 100.00
Tax Title Redemption Costs
24.45
Tax Collection Costs.
157.15
$ 281.60
TOWN CLERK :
Auctioneers' Licenses
$ 6.00
Junk Dealers' Licenses.
27.50
Certificate of Registration.
3.25
Dog Licenses.
2,061.90
$ 2,098.65
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT:
Lists of Persons.
1.06
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT :
Telephone Tolls
1.35
Supplies
2.60
$ 3.95
145
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN HALLS :
Rent from Chelmsford Center Town Hall $ 236.82
Rent from North Chelmsford Town Hall. 51.00
Sale of Junk
15.00 $ 302.82
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Revolver Permits
$ 24.50
Bicycle Permits
142.00
$ 166.50
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Oil Permits.
$ 349.00
Telophone Tolls
4.45
353.45
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Labor at Fires
$ 20.45
Sale of Junk.
1.94
$ 22.39
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Sealing and Testing
$ 96.14
ALL OTHER :
Damage by Dogs.
$ 102.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
State T. B. Subsidy.
$
602.84
Reimbursement by Individuals.
31.00
$ 633.34
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Repairs for Individuals
177.50
Gasoline Refund.
4.55
Sale of Junk.
17.30
Rental of Equipment.
565.50
Snow Removal
42.00
$ 806.85
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
INFIRMARY :
Sale of Personal Property $ 2,499.50
Sale of Produce
1,477.76 $ 3,977.26
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Telephone Tolls
$ 6.24
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUTSIDE RELIEF :
Cities and Towns
620.88
State Temporary Aid.
2,734.74 $ 3,355.62
146
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
REIMBURSEMENT FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN ,
State
$ 2,692.10
From Individuals.
151.55
$ 2,843.65
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Cities and Towns
$ 1,407.41
Stato
32,698.98
From Individuals
1,450.00
$ 35,556.39
REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :
Military Aid.
$ 534.25
State Aid.
30.00
Soldiers' Burials
200.00
$ 764.25
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Tuition, State Wards
$ 1,618.08
Tuition, Other Towns
741.70
Rental of Auditorium
45.50
Property Damage.
6.35
Telephone Tolls
3.10
$ 2,414.73
ADAMS LIBRARY
Fines.
$ 97.07
Book Damage
.75
$ 97.82
UNCLASSIFIED
Guaranty for Cleaning at Crystal Lake $ 80.00
Sale of Real Estate ..
5,288.50
Sale of Street Car Rails
2,635.57
Sale of Town History.
5.00
Sale of Maps.
1.50
Sale of Survey Instruments
22.00
$ 8,032.57
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots
380.00
INTEREST
On Tax Titles Redeemed.
$ 385.61
On Taxes.
1,719.67
On Trust Fund Perpetual Care
645.05
$ 2,750.33
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation of Revenue .8150,000.00
Chap. 90 Highway Loan.
3,900.00
$153,900.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
EAST CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT:
Tax and Interest $ 2,138.62
147
REPORT OF TOWN! ACCOUNTANT
SOUTH CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT:
Tax and Interest.
879.77
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE BEQUESTS:
Bequests
$ 1,250.00
PURCHASE OF WAR BONDS:
From Employees
$ 2,123.73
REFUNDS
Welfare Department.
$ 153.50
Moth Department.
20.83
Infirmary Department, Petty Cash.
50.00
Health Department.
11.95
Cemetery Department
4.09
Interest Tax Title Loan
28.58
Tax Title Foreclosure
168.25
School Department.
10.35
Soldiers' Benefits
18.00
Public Buildings Insurance
37.35
Old Age Assistance
65.00
Highway Department.
501.28
Dog Licenses
1,243.90
Tax Abatement.
17.33
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
1,000.00
$ 3,330.41
Total Receipts for 1942.
$655,918.40
Cash on Hand January 1, 1942. 4/4, 872.15
Total Receipts for 1942 and Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1942. $700,790.55
14,8
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PAY MENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR :
Salary
25.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries.
1,000.00
Stationery and Postage.
12.45
Printing and Advertising ..
118.66
Telephone
61.42
Auctioneer's Fees.
20.00
All Other
6.00
$ 1,218.53
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT :
Salary .
$ 2,000.00
Stationery and Postage
38.72
Clerk Hiro
400.00
Printing.
21.11
All Other
10.00
$ 2,469.83
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT :
Salary.
200.00
Stationery and Postage ..
16.82
Printing and Advertising.
171.05
Bond. .
7.50
All Other
15.00
$ 410.37
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR :
Salary
$ 2,500.00
Clerk Hire ..
1,040.00
Offi co Equipment.
14.50
Stationery and Postage
640.16
Printing and Advertising.
406.81
Tele phone
102.15
Insurance -- Robbery.
93.00
Fees, Demands, Deeds, etc.
192.10
Certification of Notes.
14.00
Foreclosing Tax Titles
1,353.35
Recording Tax Deeds
94.46
Demand s.
40.60
Treasurer and Collector's Bond.
565.00
Traveling Expense
28.40
Deputy Collectors's Bonda
45.00
Clerk's Bond.
15.00
49.55 $ 7,194.08 All Other.
ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries, Assessors.
$ 3,000.00
Stationery and Postag ..
198.10
Printing and Advertising.
166.14
Transportation.
110.47
Salary Clerk and Assistant Assessor
640.00
Tele phone
95.05
149
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Office Equipment.
$ 195.34
Ice.
13.25
Maps.
8.50
All Other
15.79
$ 4,442.64
LAW DEPARTMENT :
Town Counsel Salary
$ 300.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Stenographic Services
$ 10.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION :
Registrar's Salaries and Transportation.
$ 412.40
Assistant Registrars.
553.64
Election Officers.
602.79
Printing and Advertising
404.12
Typewriter Rental
9.00
Stationery and Postage
9.20
Rent.
15.00
$ 2,006.15
PLANNING BOARD:
Association Dues
10.00
Printing and Advertising.
57.45
Typing.
.75
$ 68.20
BOARD OF APPEALS:
Witness Fees
57.60
Serving Summons
18.00
Advertising
9.63
85.23
PUBLIC BUILDINGS: (TOWN HALLS)
Janitors' Salaries
1,386.00
Fuel.
769.44
Light
548.93
Water
35.00
Repairs.
.. (Materials and Labor)
217.46
Flag Poles
28.68
Janitor's Supplies
71.43
All Other.
33.10
$ 3,090.04
Total for General Government
$ 21,320.07
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Chief's Salary.
2,100.00
Patrolmen's Salaries ...
3,750.00
Special and School Police
1,719.29
Clerk.
16.00
Bicycle Plates.
42.00
Keeping Prisoners. 31.25
Ambulance Service.
15.00
Ambulance Equipment
210.00
150
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Gas and Oil.
522.13
Automobile Repairs.
301.89
Equipment for Men.
100.07
Other Equipment and Repairs.
40.06
Printing, Stationery and Postage.
76.08
Telephones.
343.42
Telephone Operator
96.00
Insurance.
302.80
Radio Repairs
54.86
Radio Service
63.00
All Other
55.69
$ 9,839.54
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Salaries :
Engineers
$ 350.00
Firemen.
3,446.90
Janitors
540.00
$ 4,336.90
ENGINEERS' EXPENSE:
Stationery and Postage.
74.65
Transportation.
21.48
Clerk.
20.00
$ 116.13
FIRES :
Labor
$ 520.56
MAINTENANCE :
Apparatus
$ 126.53
Garage Rent.
360.00
Repairs of Apparatus
497.39
Gas and Oil
96.23
Fuel.
447.58
Light.
145.98
Alarm System
168.47
Hose
242.11
Water
73.25
Telephones
527.28
Equipment for Men ..
112.24
Heater and Repairs.
45.59
Insurance.
493.16
Oil Burner Inspection
152.35
All Other
14.15
3,502.31
HYDRANT SERVICE:
East Chelmsford.
* 2,200.00
North Chelmsford.
500.00
Chelmsford Center
2,000.00
South Chelmsford
1,000.00
$ 5,700.00
Total for Fire Department.
$ 14,175.90
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Wages
$ 163.90
Seals and Tags.
11.10 $ 175.00
151
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Superintendent's Salary.
250.00
Labor.
642.85
Trucking. .
98.00
Insecticides
316.02
Tools.
2.70
Gas and Oil
19.89
$ 1,329.46
TREE WARDEN:
Labor.
$
209.80
Repairs and Tools
1.00
$ 210.80
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS :
Salary
$ 300.00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Clerk and Telephone Operator
$ 10.00
Warden.
400.00
Fighting Fires
310.41
Gas and Oil.
21.27
Advertising.
6.50
Truck Maintenance and Storage.
150.06
Telephone
38.63
Insurance
62.48
Acid and Soda
13.58
All Other
5.97
$ 1,018.90
Total for Protection of Persons and Property. .. 27,049.60
HEALTH AND SANITATION
SALARIES:
Board of Health
662.74
Agent ..
1,800.00
Meat Inspector
650.00
Milk Inspector
300.76
Animal Inspector
200.00
Plumbing Inspector, Fees
250.00
Physicians' Salaries
100.00
3,963.50
MAINTENANCE:
Telephone
16.55
Stationery and Postage
4.98
Printing and Advertising.
153.85
Burying Animals
36.50
Dog Clinic.
30.50
Serving Notices.
2.00
Gasoline.
14.30
Sign
15.00
All Other
4.00
$ 277.68
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152
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES:
Nurses Services.
516.15
Board and Treatment
167.86
Medical Attendance
26.00
Groceries and Supplies
65.77
$ 775.78
TUBERCULOSIS:
Board and Treatment.
$ 511.75
CARE OF PUBLIC DUMPS :
Westlands Dump.
$ 365.55
North Chelmsford Dump.
229.25
$ 594.80
Total for Health and Sanitation
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SUPERINTENDENT :
Salary
2,000.00
Clerk.
310.00
$ 2,310.00
SNOW REMOVAL :
Labor.
$ 2,221.61
Calcium Chloride and Salt.
168.20
Sand.
297.60
$ 2,687.41
GENERAL MAINTENANCE:
Automobile Mileage Allowance
431.15
Office Supplies.
44.46
Labor.
13,079.74
Stone, Gravel, Sand.
1,304.34
Equipment and Repairs
1,255.26
Cold Patch and Tar.
347.50
Trucking and Sawing Logs
87.60
Pipe
111.00
Sewer Pipe Rental.
6.00
Water.
12.00
Telephone.
119.20
Traffic Light
30.00
Express
20.53
$ 16,848.78
MACHINERY ACCOUNT :
Repairs
1,526.71
Gas and Oil.
2,039.81
Insurance.
142.80
Coal ..
86.68
Registration
18.00
All Other
4.03
$ 3,818.03
ROAD BINDER:
Oil and Cold Patch $ 6,176.88
6,176.88
153
6,123.51
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE : 1942 CONTRACT:
Labor.
$ 4,104.47
Taric, Asphalt, etc.
2,828.65
Sand.
265.20
Guard Posts.
170.00
Rental of Machinery
258.00
$
7,626.32
CHAPTER 90, NORTH ROAD NO. 2 PROJECT:
Rental of Equipment.
$ 307.50
Lumber.
4.02
Guard Posts.
136.00
Use of Car
42.00
$ 489.52
Total for Highway Department
$ 39,956.94
STREET LIGHTING:
Lighting.
$ 10,053.43
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ADMINISTRATION :
Salaries of Board
325.00
Agent.
826.89
Clerk.
1,040.00
Printing and Postage.
134.56
Tele phone
59.57
All Other
5.87
$ 2,391.89
OU TSI DE RELIEF :
Groceries and Provisions
1,395.65
Fuel.
493.77
Rent and Board.
1,550.70
Medicine and Attendance
1,161.83
State Institutions
117.00
Clothing and Shoes
224.69
Cash Grants to Individuals
7,647.18
Light and Water
26.20
Transportation
6.50
Burials.
100.00
All Other
17.45
$ 12,740.97
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS:
Cities
$ 250.14
Town s.
521.73
$ 771.87
Total Outside Relief and Administration
$ 15,904.73
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
Town
$ 6,057.25
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATION :
Agent Salary ..
$ 992.01
Stationery and Postage.
37.38
Telephone ..
18.45
Office Equipment
44.17
$ 1,092.01
154
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, RELIEF:
Cash Grants
$ 45,183.81
Other Cities and Towns.
277.24
Medicine and Attendance
12.87
$ 45,473.92
INFIRMARY :
Superintendent, Salary
$ 562.50
OTHER EXPENSES :
Other Employees
$ 325.25
Groceries and Provisions
506.66
Clothing and Dry Goods
29.64
Fuel and Light.
167.41
Water
35.15
Hay and Grain.
752.49
Tolls and Repairs ..
6.25
Medicine and Medical Attendance.
41.37
Telephone
29.33
Seeds, Plants, and Fertilizer.
37.86
Household Supplies
93.73
Building Repairs
25.58
Horse Shoeing ..
53.65
Automobile Maintenance
60.38
Gas and Oil.
20.91
All Other
4.50
Total for Infirmary Department
$ 2,752.66
Total Charities
$ 71,280.57
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF:
Groceries
32.00
Cash. .
1,913.10
Medicine and Medical Attendance.
163.87
Fuel and Light.
106.26
Shoes and Clothing.
6.50
Rent and Board.
204.00
$ 2,425.73
STATE AID:
Cash.
$ 120.00
MILITARY AID:
Cash
745.00
Total for Soldiers' Benefits.
3,290.73
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATION:
Superintendent, Salary $ 3,400.00
Committee Expenses 175.00
155
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Attendance Officers
30.00
Stationery, Printing, and Postage
41.77
Tele phone
111.95 $ 3,758.72
INSTRUCTION:
Teachers' Salaries:
High
28,687.92
Elementary.
$ 56,856.17
Supervisor.
1,700.00
$ 87,244.09
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES :
High -- Text and Reference Books.
869.87
Elementary -- Text and Reference Books , . 1,090.21
High -- Supplies.
1,359.34
Elementary -- Supplies
1,316.22
$ 4,635.64
Total Instruction
$ 91,879.73
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE :
JANITORS' SALARIES:
High.
3,057.32
Elementary.
8,274.50
11,331.82
$ 11,331.82
FUEL, LIGHT, AND WATER:
High, Fuel and Light.
$ 2,145.45
Elementary, Fuel and Light ..
5,416.45
Water.
2411.00
$ 7,802.90
REPAIRS:
High.
$ 493.94
Elementary
1,327.21
$ 1,821.15
JAN ITORS' SUPPLIES :
High.
$ 181.92
Elementary.
323.63
505.55
Total Operation and Maintenance
$ 21,461.42
AUXILIARY AGENCIES :
TRANSPORTATION:
High.
$ 6,250.60
Elementary
5,378.00
11,628.60
NURSE:
Supplies. $ 75.35
Physicians' Salaries
600.00
Total Auxiliary Agencies.
$ 12,303.95
15€
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
CARE OF PLAYGROUNDS :
Labor and Materials
$ 434.02
VOCATIONAL AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS:
Tuition.
$ 2,033.10
Total for Schools
$131,870.94
LIBRARIES
ADAMS LIBRARY :
Librarian
500.00
Assistants
148.44
Janitors
434.55
Repairs
172.58
Books and Periodicals
266.11
Light, Fuel and Water
589.65
Treasurer's Bond.
25.00
Transporting Books
113.33
Stationery
23.25
Binding.
46.55
Insurance
50.16
Box Rent.
1.50
Trucking Ashes
16.20
$ 2,387.32
NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY :
Annual Appropriation $ 1,200.00
PARKS :
Labor.
966.65
Fertilizer.
10.00
Plants, Trees, etc ..
59.12
Water .
45.96
Gasoline
2.55
Repairs and Equipment.
25.97
Garage Rent
6.00
Curbing.
181.80
Stationery and Postage
1.83
$ 1,299.88
Care of Varney Playground
593.54
Total Parks and Playgrounds.
$ 1,893.42
UNCLASSIFIED:
Memorial Day, Dinners and Refreshments .. $ 186.70
Music and Other Expenses
207.63
Claims for Personal Injuries.
1,083.29
American Legion Rental
300.00
Dog Officer's Fees.
107.00
Town Clock.
65.35
Town Reports, Printing and Delivery ..... Insurance Sinking Fund Treasurer's Bond.
50.00
Constable, Posting Warrants
36.00
Public Buildings, Insurance
659.66
2,435.66
157
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Middle sex County T. B. Sanatorium Maint. $
2,138.51
Police Dept., New Automobile.
654.00
Highway Dept., Street Signs.
71.00
Highway Dept., Engineering ..
116.47
Newburyport Chlorinating Plant
.32
Surplus Commodities Expense
300.61
Legal Expense.
605.00
Guarantee for cleaning at Crystal Lake ..
80.00
Commission on Sale of Infirmary Property
342.45
Sale of Dog ..
3.00
Claim of Rose M. Roane
1,500.00
$ 10,942.65
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION:
Salaries and Wages
$ 1,196.86
Office Supplies and Tele phone
117.58
Transportation.
100.05
Water Project
16.85
Car Rail Removal Project.
4,597.06
Maps.
14.91
Federal Commissary
134.48
$ 6,177.79
CIVILIAN DEFENSE:
Salary, Supervisor Ration Board
216.00
Salaries, Clerks. Defense Board.
370.20
Secretary, Medical Director
25.00
Equipment
200.19
Furniture
57.50
Black -Out Shades
46.52
Lumber and Labor
99.22
Electrical Work
36.30
Fuel.
8.00
Medi cal Supplies
542.16
Canteen Supplies
111.72
Siren and Siren Deflector.
97.25
Photographs.
116.25
Stationery, Printing and Advertising ....
368.79
Tele phones
172.08
All Other
57.44
$ 2,524.62
WESTLANDS SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION :
Equipment and Repairs
$
67.45
Architect's Services
378.68
Construction Contract
15,684.25
$ 16,130.38
UNPAID BILLS:
Board of Appeals
3.50
Welfare Dept
1,270.80
Old Age Assistance
824.56
Soldiers' Relief.
87.50
Health Dept
134.00
Fire Dept.
51.80
Public Buildings
3.15
Police Dept
.67
Forest Fire Dept
32.51
Dog Officer
11.00
$ 2,419.49
158
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
CEMETERIES
Commissioners' Salaries $ 105.00
CEMETERY MAINTENANCE :
Labor
$ 2,339.36
Tools and Repairs
180.94
Water ..
37.00
Loam, Seed, Fertilizer, and Shrubs
197.34
Trucking.
4.00
All Other
2.80
$ 2,761.44
WATER SYSTEM AT PINE RIDGE, AND
GRADING AT FAIRVIEW CEMETERIES:
Labor and Trucking.
$ 141.30
Water
162.07
Pipe.
48.16
$ 351.53
Total for Cemeteries.
$ 3,217.97
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST :
Westlands School Building Loan.
430.00
High School Building Loan
645.00
Anticipation of Revenue
627.08
Tax Title Loan ..
11.79
Chap. 90 Highway Loan
16.03
$ 1,729.90
MATURING DEBT:
Westlands School Bldg. Loan ..
$ 6,000.00
High School Bldg. Addition Loan ...
6,000.00
Tax Title Loan.
851.96
$ 12,851.96
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE :
Loans
$150.000.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY :
State Tax ..
$ 20,127.04
County Tax ..
10,258.33
County, Dog License Fees.
3,314.80
South Chelmsford Water District
856:83
East Chelmsford Water District.
2,114.58
State Board of Health -- Beverage Permits
10.00
Purchase of War Bonds.
1,350.05
$ 38,031.63
FEDERAL GRANT :
Old Age Assistance, Administration
1,423.80
Old Age Assistance, Relief.
39,388.97
Aid to Dependent Children, Admin
22.18
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief
2,574.09
$ 43,409.04
159
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TRUST:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests 2,250.00
Interest on Perpetual Care Bequests
645.05 $ 2,895.05
REFUNDS
Interest on Taxes
$ 28.98
1941 Taxes
34.50
1942 Taxes
35.20
1941 Motor Excise Tax
47.43
1942 Motor Excise Tax
324.04
Old Age Assistance Refunds
497.11
Outside Relief.
31.25
Defense Bond Purchases
33.00
Estimated Receipts
2.25
$ 1,033.76
Total Payments for 1942
$607,790.77
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1942
$ 92,999.78
Grand Total
$700,790.55
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160
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS -- REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES -- BALANCES
Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
GENERAL GOVERNMENT :
Moderator's Salary ..
25.00
$
25.00
$ 25.00
Selectmen's Salaries.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Selectmen's Expense.
200.00
40.00
240.00
218.53
21.47
Town Accountant Salary.
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Town Accountant Clerk.
400.00
400.00
400.00
Town Accountant Expense
150.00
150.00
69.83
80.17
Town Clerk Salary.
200,00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk Expense.
225.00
225.00
210.37
14.63
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Salary.
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Expense
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,735.73
64.27
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Clerk ..
1,040.00
1,040.00
1,040.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Bonds ..
565.00
565.00
565.00
Foreclosing Tax Titles.
1,200.00
168.25
1,368.25
1,353.35
14.90
Assessors' Salaries ..
.
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor.
640.00
640.00
640.00
Assessors Expense.
750.00
100.00
850.00
802.64
47.36
Town Counsel Salary.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Elections ..
800.00
800.00
662.54
137.46
Registration of Voters ...
1,720.00
1,720.00
1,343.61
376.39
Finance Committee Expense.
20.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
Planning Board ..
100.00
100.00
68.20
31.80
Board of Appeals ....
150.00
150.00
85.23
64.77
Public Buildings -- Janitors' Salaries ....
1,386.00
1,386.00
1,386.00
Public Buildings -- Fuel, Light, Water.
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,353.37
146.63
Public Buildings -- Other Expense .. 400.00
400.00
350.67
49.33
$22,071.00
$ 308.25
$22,379.25
$ 21,320.07
$1,059.18
·
.
·
.
.
....
161
Appro- priations
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department -- Chief's Salary ...
2,100.00
$ $ 2,100.00
$ 2,100.00
Police Department -- Patrolmen, Salaries ..
3,750.00
3,750.00
3,750.00
Police Department -- Spec. & School Police
1,895.00
1,895.00
1,719.29
175.71
Police Department -- Other Expenses.
2,115.00
2,325.00
2,210.25
54.75
Fire Department -- Administration
4,400.00
4.400.00
4,336.90
63.10
Fire Department -- Maintenance.
3,700.00
3.700.00
3,618.44
81.56
Fire Department -- Fires. ..
900.00
900.00
520.56
379.44
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, Center
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, North.
500.00
500.00
500.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, East ..
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service,
South.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
175.00
175.00
175.00
Moth Department
1,500.00
20.83
1,520.83
1,329.46
191.37
Tree Warden.
300.00
300.00
210.80
89.20
Forest Fire Department.
900.00
14,0.00
1,040.00
1,018.90
21.10
Inspector of Buildings Salary ..
300.00
300.00
300.00
$27,735.00
$ 370.83
$28,105.83
$27,049.60
$ 1,056.23
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health Department -- Salaries of Board ....
700.00
% 700.00
662.74
37.26
Health Department -- Agent's Salary ..
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Health Department -- Aid ..
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,287.53
712.47
Health Department -- Maintenance .. ....
300.00
32.15
332.15
277.68
54.47
Health Department -- Meat Inspector's Sal.
650.00
650.00
650.00
Health Department -- Milk Inspector's Sal.
315.00
315.00
300.76
14.24
Health Department -- Care of Dumps ........
500.00
94.80
594.80
594.80
Health Department -- Physicians' Salaries.
100.00
100.00
100.00
Health Department -- Animal Inspector's Sal.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Health Department -- Plumbing Inspection ..
500.00
500.00
250.00
250.00
Health Department -- Vaccine Treatment ...
400.00
400.00
400.00
$ 7,465.00
$ 126.95
$ 7,591.95
$ 6,123,51
$ 1,468.04
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1
162
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
Balances & Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Highway Superintendent's Salary.
2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
2,000.00
Clerk.
400.00
400.00
310.00
90.00
General ..
18,700.00
74.00
18,774.00
16,848.78
1,925.22
Snow and Ice Removal
·
2,750.00
96.91
2,846.91
2,687.41
159.50
Machinery Account.
5,500.00
20.45
5,520.45
3,818.03
1,702.42
Road Binder.
10.000.00
121.01
10,121.01
6,176.88
3,944.13
Chapter 90, Various Roads ..
2,500.00
2,912.29
5,412.29
7,626.32
2,214.03*
Chapter 90, North Road. No. 2. Project ..
702.76
702.76
489.52
213.24
Street Lights.
10,175.00
10,175.00
10,053.43
121.57
$52,025.00
$ 3,927.42
$55,952.42
$50,010.37
$5,942.05
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Board of Public Welfare, Salaries.
$ 325.00
$ 325.00
$ 325.00
Public Welfare Dept., Investigator's Sal.
1,000.00
1,000.00
826.89
173.11
Public Welfare Dept., Clerks' Salary ...
1,040.00
1,040.00
1,040.00
Public Welfare Dept., Maintenance ...
200.00
200.00
200.00
Public Welfare Dept., Outside Relief ...
13,500.00
29.50
13,529.50
13,512.84
16.66
Public Welfare Dept., Aid to Dep. Childn
6,000.00
217.00
6,217.00
6,057.25
159.75
Old Age Assistance, Relief ..
45,300.00
175.00
45,475.00
45,473.92
1.08
Old Age Assistance, Investigator's Sal.
1,200.00
1,200.00
992.01
207.99
Old Age Assistance, Maintenance. .
100.00
100.00
100.00
Infirmary Dept., Superintendent's Sal ..
684.00
684.00
562.50
121.50
Infirmary Dept. , Maintenance.
2,350.00
2,350.00
2,190.16
159.84
Soldiers' Benefits ..
3,400.00
18.00
3,418.00
3.290.73
127.27
$75,099.00
439.50
$75,538.50
$74,571.30
$ 967.20
*Due from State and County
163
Balances & Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES:
School Dept., Administration.
4,025.00
4,025.00
$ 3,758.72
266,28
School Dept., Instruction ..
91,900.00
10.35
91,910.35
91,879.73
30.62
School Dept., Janitors' Salaries ....
11,500.00
11,500.00
11,331,82
168.18
School Dept., Operation & Maintenance.
10,100.00
30.00
10,130.00
10,129.60
40
School Dept., Auxiliary Agencies ..
12,325.00
12,325.00
12,303.95
21.05
School Dept., Care of Playgrounds.
450.00
450.00
434.02
15.98
School Dept., Vocational School.
1,000.00
1,023.50
2,023.50
2,033.10
9.60*
Supervisor Physical Education.
600.00
600.00
600.00
Adams Library ..
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,387.32
12.68
North Chelmsford Library.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
$135,500.00
1,063.85
$136,563.85
$135,458.26
$ 1,105.59
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department ..
$ 1,300.00
$ 1,300.00
$ 1,299.88
.12
Care of Varney Playground.
600.00
600.00
593.54
6.46
Memorial Day.
400.00
400.00
394.33
5.67
Town Clock ...
50.00
27.00
77.00
65.35
11.65
Insurance of Public Buildings .. ·
2,450.00
2,450.00
2,435.66
14.34
Treasurer's Bond, Ins. Sinking Fund ... 50.00
50.00
50.00
Town Reports.
659.66
659.66
659.66
Unpaid Bills 1941.
2,628.78
2,628.78
2,419.49
209.29
Middlesex County Sanatorium, Maint ..
2,138.51
2,138.51
2,138.51
High School Building Addition.
235.48
893.87
453.22
440.65
Westlands School Building Addition (Bal. )
16,280.62
16,280.62
16,130.38
150.24
Westlands School Building Addition Plans E 200.00
200.00
200.00
Highway Dept., Street Signs.
75.00
75.00
71.00
4.00
Highway Dept., Engineering ..
150.00
150.00
116.47
33.53
Guarantee for Cleaning at Crystal Lake
80.00
80.00
80.00
Commission on sale of Infirmary Property
342.45
342.45
Sale of Dog.
3.00
3.00
3.00
*Deficit
164
342.45
658.39
Balances & Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
Newburyport Chlorinating Plant
1,00
1,00
$ .32
$ .68
Expense of Legal Actions.
900.00
900.00
605.00
295.00
Constable.
12.00
24.00
36.00
36.00
Rent for American Legion, Post 212 ·
300.00
300.00
300.00
Dog Officer's Fees ..
75.00
38.00
113.00
107.00
6.00
Claims for Personal Injuries.
500.00
662.00
1,162.00
1,083.29
78.71
National Civilian Defense
2,500.00
120.01
2,620.01
2.308.62
311.39
Claim of Rose Roane.
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
Supervisor, Rationing Board.
216.00
216.00
216.00
W P A Administration, Expenses & Supplies
5,500.00
545.58
6,045.58
6,043.31
2.27
Federal Commissary ...
75.00
72.07
147.07
134.48
12.59
Surplus Commodities Division.
300.61
300.61
300.61
Police Dept., New Automobile.
700.00
700.00
654.00
46.00
$39,562.18
$ 1,914.11
$41,476.29
$ 40,088.35
$ 1.387.94
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT :
Cemetery Commissi mers' Salaries.
105.00
$ 105.00
$ 105.00
Care of Cemeteries ..
2,800.00
4.09
2,804.09
2, 761.114
42.65
Water System at Pine Ridge and
Grading at Fairview Comteries.
500.00
500.00
351.53
148.47
Care and Improvement, Perpetual Care ....
645.05
645.05
645.05
$ 3,405.00
649.14
$ 4,054.14
$ 3,863.02
191.12
INTEREST :
Chap. 90 Highway Loan.
$
16.03
$
Temporary Loans.
627.08
High School Building Loan. . .
645.00
Westlands School Building Loan ..
430.00
Tax Title Loan ...
11.79
$
1,729.90
·
.
165
Balances & Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refund s Total
Expended
Balance
MATURING DEBT : Westlands School Building Loan.
$ 6,000.00
High School Building Loan ..
6,000.00
Tax Title Loan ..
851.96
$12,851.96
EXPENDED FROM REVENUE :
Agency, Trust and Investment :
$20,127.04
State Tax.
10,258.33
County Tax.
150,000.00
Temporary Loans.
2,250.00
Refunds ..
1,033.76
County, Dog Licenses
10.00
Beverage Permits.
2,114.58
856.83
1,423.80
39,388.97
Aid to Dependent Children, Admin ..
22.18
2,574.09
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief. Purchase of War Bonds.
1,350.05
$234,724.43
166
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
3,314.80
East Chelmsford Water District Tax Col .. South Chelmsford Water District Tax Col. Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Admin ... Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Relief.
BALANCE SHEET -- DECEMBER 31, 1942 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
Sale of Street Car Rails.
635.57
Sale of Town Property ..
6,657.05
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue. 50,000.00 3,900.00 Chap. 90 Highway Loan ..
26.48
Deputy Collector.
50.00
$93,099.78
Tailings .. ·
61.94
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves. ·
851.50
Premium on Loans.
261.49
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus
2,860.17
Road Machinery Fund.
661.55
Levy of 1942.
38,327.21
$44,481.20
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1940
$ 792.39
Levy of 1941
81.83
Levy of 1941
4.00
Levy of 1942
8,032.24
8,906.46
Levy of 1942
202.68
$ 206.68
Departmental:
Public Buildings.
$ 52.13
State & County Aid to Highways
2,863.22
16,665.38
Police.
5.00
Fed. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Admin.
338.90
Forest Fire.
2.50
Health
574.75
Claims for Personal Injuries.
78.71
Public Welfare.
1,570.65
National Civilian Defense 311.39
Highway s-Chap. 90.
655.62
Old Age Assistance ..
764.28
Water System at Pine Ridge and Grading at Fairview Cemeteries. 148.47
Schools
259.00
Military Aid.
640.00
State Aid ...
120.00
$ 4,014.01
East Chelmsford Water District Tax Collections South Chelmsford Water District Tax Collections 22.94
Pay Roll Deductions for Purchase of War Bonds 740.68
Excess and Deficiency.
64,381.31
General. $92,999.78
Petty Cash:
Treasurer.
50.00
· Taxes to be refunded.
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1941
$ 6,153.99
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax.
206.68
Departmental
4,014.01
Tax Title and Tax Possessions
9,581.47
Fed. Grant, Aid to Dependent Child. Admin ...
81.36
Highway . .
25.70
24.04
167
168
Tax Titles ..
Tax Possessions ... .. ....
5,761.61 3,819.86
Revenue 1942 to be raised in 1943.
1,500.00
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1936.
$ 7.61
Levy of 1937.
6.91
Levy of 1938.
6.75
Levy of 1939.
23.78
45.05
*State Aid to Highways ....
1,519.13
*County Aid to Highways ...
1,344.09
Vocational Schools ... .
9.60
*Chap. 90, Maintenance ....
2,214.03
Chap. 90, North Rd. No. 1.
1,07
Interest.
254.90
5,387.87
$ 158,271.01
$158,271.01
*Due from State and County
DEBT ACCOUNTS
December 31, 1942
Net Funded or Fixed Debt .... $ 77,000.00
High School Building Loan.
$ 40,000.00 Westlands School Building Loan .. 37,000.00
$ 77,000.00
$ 77,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds :
Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer .. $31,732.81
Joseph Warren Library Fund ..
977.77
In Custody of Library Trustees ..... 15,711.49
Adams Emerson Library Fund.
204.04
In Custody of Insurance Fund Comm ... ..
44,641.02
Selina G. Richardson Library Fund.
546.84
Aaron George Cemetery Fund.
1,047.11
George Library Fund ..
2,323.07
A. F. Adams Library Fund ..
10,612.66
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund.
31,551.03
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund ... 181.78
Insurance Investment Fund.
44,641.02
$92,085.32
$92,085.32
WINTHROP A. PARKHURST,
Town Accountant.
169
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS OF TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Totals
1943
$6,000.00
High School Building Ad- dition
$6,000.00
1944
6,000.00
6,000.00
1945
6,000.00
6,000.00
1946
6,000.00
6,000.00
1947
6,000.00
6,000.00
1948
5,000.00
5,000.00
1949
5,000.00
5,000.00
$ 40,000.00
$ 40,000.00
1%
1943
6,000.00
Westlands School Building Addition
6,000.00
1944
6,000.00
6,000.00
1945
5,000.00
5,000.00
1946
5,000.00
5,000.00
1947
5,000.00
5,000.00
1948
5,000.00
5,000.00
1949
5,000.00
5,000.00
$ 37,000.00
$ 37,000.00
INTEREST PAYMENTS ON TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Totals
1943-
$555.00.
High School Building Ad-
$555.00
1944
465.00
dition
465.00
1945
375.00
375.00
1946
285.00
285.00
1947
195.00
195.00
1948
112.50
112.50
$1,987.50
$1,987.50
1%
1943
370.00
Westlands School Building
370.00
1944
310.00
Addition
310.00
1945
250.00
250.00
1946
200.00
200.00
1947
150.00
150.00
1948
100.00
100.00
1949
50.00
50.00
$1,430.00
$1,430.00
1 2%
170
TRUST FUNDS
On Hand Dec. 31, 1941
New
Income
Payments
On Hand Dec. 31 1942
Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund ..
960.89
$ 16.88
977.77
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund.
200.52
3.52
204.04
S. G. Richardson, Library Fund ..
537.40
9.44
546.84
Aaron George Cemetery Care.
1,037.95
18.16
9.00
1,047.11
George Memorial Hall ..
2,282.96
40.11
2,323.07
A. F. Adams Fund, c/o Bldgs. and Grounds ..
10,628.16
184.50
200.00
10,612.66
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds ..
30,339.40
1,250.00
606.68
645.05
31,551.03
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund.
178.21
3.57
181.78
Insurance Investment Fund.
43,898.18
742.84
44,641.02
$90,063.67
$ 1,250.00 $1,625.70
854.05
$92,085.32
Funds
171
INDEX
Accountant's Report:
161
Appropriations and Transfers
167
Debt Account.
Interest Payments.
170 149
Payments.
170
Receipts.
144
Trust Funds
169
Reports of:
Adams Library, Librarian
77
Adams Library, Treasurer
77
Adams Library, Trustees
61
Assessors
Audit, by State.
Board of Health:
Agent
Board of Health.
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Meat
Inspector of Milk.
Inspector of Plumbing.
Inspector of Slaughtering.
Cemetery Commissioners.
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Fire Engineers
Forest Warden.
Middlesex County Extension Service
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
Park Commissioners
Planning Board.
Police
Police woman.
School Dept.
Census
Graduates,
134
High School Principal's Report
129
Personnel
117 121
School Committee
Superintendent.
Westland School.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Soldier's Relief Agent.
Tax Collector.
Tax Collector. East Chelmsford Water District.
Tax Collector, South Chelmsford Water District.
Town Clerk:
Annual Town Meeting March 9, 1942.
22
Births
6
Deaths
13 46
Financial report.
45 8
Marriages.
1
Special Town Meeting, July 23, 1942
30
Special Town Meeting, Oct. 9, 1942.
37 44
Special Town Meeting, Deo. 11, 1942
41
State Eleotion, Nov. 3, 1942.
33
State Primary, Sept. 16, 1942.
21
Town Election, March 2, 1942.
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting March 2, and March 9, 1942.
16
172
73 82 76 76 75 76 78 52 79 81 66 79
. No report 82 67
68
133
123 137 71 51 72 47 50 50
Jury List.
Officers elected.
Balance Sheet.
168
Principal Payments
77
&
73
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting March 1, and March 8, 1943. 138 Warrant for Special Town Meeting, July 23, 1942 .. 29. Warrant for Special Town Meeting, October 9, 1942 .. 35 Warrant for Special Town Meeting, December 11, 1942. 43 Warrant for State Election,
Warrant for State Primary. 32
38
Town Forest Committee
80 Tom Treasurer
Welfare Agent
51 6
173
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