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REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUTSIDE RELIEF:
Cities and Towns
$ 958.61
State Temporary Aid.
3,164.51
From Individuals.
5.16
4,128.28
REIMBURSEMENT FOR AID TO DEFENDENT CHILDREN :
State.
$ 4,197.23
$ 4,197.23
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Cities and Towns
$ 1,487.89
State.
37,673.76
From Individuals.
61.00
$ 39,222.65
REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
Military Aid.
$ 390.00
State Aid.
120.00
War Allowance, State
35.00
$ 545.00
98
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Tuition, State Wards
$ 1,484.47
Tuition, Other Towns.
539.02
Rental of Auditorium
100.00
Property Damage Insurance
1,590.00
Telephone Tolls
5.55
$ 3,719.04
ADAMS LIBRARY
Fines
$ 102.77
$ 102.77
UNCLASSIFIED
Rental of Land ..
36.00
Sale of Real Estate ..
790.57
Sale of Town History
6.00
832.57
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots
495.00
$ 495.00
INTEREST
On Tax Titles Redeemed.
211.15
On Taxes.
1,282.22
On Trust Fund Perpetual Care.
629.75
2,123.12
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation of Revenue
$100,000.00
Chap. 90 Highway Loan.
5,000.00
$ 105,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
EAST CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT :
Taxes and Interest
$ 2,138.89
SOUTH CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT:
Taxes and Interest.
$ 423.64
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE BEQUESTS:
Bequests.
1,350.00
PURCHASE OF WAR BONDS:
From Employees
$ 3,148.75
AGENCY :
Victory Tax.
$ 2,818.00
Withholding Tax.
$
6,271.70
Beverage Permits for State.
30.00
VARNEY PLAYGROUND FUND
$ 1,000.00
99
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
REFUNDS
Assessors' Department
10.60
Unpaid Bills -- W. P. .
5,532.87
Welfare Department
59.29
Health Department
26.98
Interest Tax Title Loan
7.75
Tax Title Foreclosure
51.50
School Department ..
5.50
Soldiers' Benefits.
65.00
Public Buildings Insurance
11.48
Old Age Assistance
354.69
$ 6,125.66
Total Receipts for 1943.
$ 586,968.41
Cash on Hand January 1, 1943.
..
92,999.78
Total Receipts for 1943 and Cash on Hand Jan. 1, 1943 $ 679,968.19
100
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT 1
MODERATOR :
Salary
25.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT :
Salaries of Board.
$ 1,000.00
Salary, Clerk.
57.00
Stationery and Postage.
20.70
Printing and Advertising.
65.28
Telephone.
94.69
Survey and Plan.
39.56
All Other.
15.00
$1,292.23
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT :
Salary
$ 2,100.00
Stationery and Postage
27.50
Clerk Hire.
94.00
All Other.
2.70
$2,224.20
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT:
Salary
200.00
Stationery and Postage
16.95
Printing and Advertising.
71.06
Bond
7.50
Binding ..
42.25
Adding Machine Repairs.
15.00
All Other
19.00
$ 371.76
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR:
Salary
$ 2,500.00
Clerk Hire
1,100.00
Binding.
27.00
Stationery and Postago.
477.40
Printing and Advertising.
556.99
Telephone.
69.25
Insurance -- Robbery.
93.00
Fees, Demands, Deeds, etc.
120.50
Certification of Notes
10.00
Foreclosing Tax Titles
928.60
Recording Tax Deeds.
42.20
Legal Expen se
17.50
Treasurer and Collector's Bond.
553.00
Traveling Expense.
27.60
Deputy Collector's Bonds.
5.00
Clerk's Bond.
15.00
Survey, Middlesex Street.
33.82
$6,576.86
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT :
Assessors, Salaries of Board.
$ 3,000.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor, Salary.
1,051.32
Stationery and Postage
92.13
Printing and Advertising.
66.93
Transportation.
148.76
Telephone.
61.81
Convention Expense
6.26
Ice.
13.50
Maps.
28.70
All Other
18.23
$ 4,487.64
LAW DEPARTMENT :
Town Counsel Salary
300.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Stenographic Services
$ 10.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION:
Registrars' Salaries and Transportation
$ 206.25
Assistant Registrars.
543.40
Election Officers.
195.03
Printing and Advertising.
149.24
Typewriter Rental
13.00
Stationery and Postage.
7.44
Rent.
5.00
$ 1,119.36
PLANNING BOARD:
Association Dues.
$ 10.00
Massachusetts Laws.
2.75
Plan
25.00
$ 37.75
BOARD OF APPEALS:
Advertising.
..
$ 2.63
PUBLIC BUILDINGS : (TOWN HALLS)
Janitors' Salaries
$ 1,508.58
Fuel.
738.63
Light
478.00
Water
35.00
Repairs.
. . (Materials and Labor).
301.72
Furniture
61.70
Janitors'
Supplies
31.56
All Other
7.20
$ 3,162.39
Total for General Government
$ 19,609.82
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Chief' s Salary.
2,300.00
Patrolmen's Salaries.
4,000.00
Special and School Police
2,041.34
Bicycle Plates
12.41
Keeping Prisoners.
19.75
Fuel and Light
25.93
Association Dues
5.00
Convention Expense
21.50
Gas and Oil.
546.44
Automobile Repairs and Equipment
905.17
Equipment for Men.
88.55
Other Equipment and Repairs.
19.29
Printing, Stationery and Postage.
48.37
Telephones.
302.85
Telephone Operator
95.00
Insurance
138.12
Radio Repairs.
17.20
Radio Service
55.00
All Other
16.45
Total for Police Department.
$ 10,658.37
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Salaries:
Engineers
355.00
Firemen.
4,760.86
Janitor
590.00
$ 5,705.86
ENGINEERS" EXPENSE:
Stationery and Postage
$ 24.03
Transportation.
7.50
Clerk- and Labor
48.75
$ 80.28
FIRES:
Labor
$ 691.60
MAINTENANCE:
Apparatus.
$ 629.25
Garage Rent.
. 280.00
Repairs of Apparatus
532.35
Gas and Oil
85.67
Fue
412.79
Light.
154.70
Alarm System.
106.95
Water ..
48.00
Telephones
398.40
Building Repairs.
31.46
Insurance, Trucks
172.55
All Other
67.36
$ 2,919.48
1.
103
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
HYDRANT SERVICE:
East Chelmsford.
$ 2,000.00
North Chelmsford.
500.00
Chelmsford Center
2,000.00
South Chelmsford.
1,000.00
$ 5,500.00
Total for Fire Department
$ 14,897.22
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Wages
$ 232.87
Seals and Tags.
7.31
Stationery
9.82
$ 250.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
.
Superintendent's Salary
$ 229.17
Labor
445.44
Printing
7.00
Insecticides.
259.20
Tools and Repairs
46.73
Gas and Oil.
24.19
$ 1,011.73
TREE WARDEN :
Labor and Trucks
82.80
82.80
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS:
Salary.
$ 300.00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Clerk and Telephone Operator.
5.00
Warden.
400.00
Fighting Fires
604.41
Gas and Oil.
32.90
Repairs of Apparatus.
24.16
Truck Maintenance and Storage ..
168.62
Telephone
40.26
Insurance
30.65
All Other
3.75
1,309.75
Total for Protection of Persons and Property.
$ 28,509.87
HEALTH AND SANITATION
SALARIES:
Board of Health
700.00
Agent.
1,800.00
Meat Inspector
676.98
Milk Inspector
300.00
Animal Inspector
200.00
Plumbing Inspector, Fees
314.50
Physicians' Salaries
100.00
$ 4,091.48
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MAINTENANCE:
Telephone.
23.40
Stationery and Postago ..
21.25
Printing and Advertising
17.51
Burying Animals
29.50
Hardware and Tools
15.51
Agent's Mileage
119.65
All Other.
37.48
$ 264.30
QUARANTINE AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES:
Ambulance Service
12.00
Cities and Towns.
120.86
Board and Treatment.
62.15
Medical Attendance.
35.00
Groceries and Supplies
14.96
Medicine
12.83
$ 257.80
TUBERCULOSIS:
Board and Treatment
$ 276.50
CARE OF PUBLIC DUMPS:
Westlands Dump.
371.50
North Chelmsford Dump
202.50
$ 574.00
Total for Health and Sanitation
$ 5,464.08
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SUPERINTENDENT:
Salary
$ 2,000.00
Clerk
365.70
$ 2,365.70
SNOW REMOVAL:
Trucks
882.20
Labor.
3,444.95
Calcium Chloride and Salt.
253.43
Sand.
900.40
$ 5,480.98
GENERAL MAINTENANCE:
Automobile Mileage Allowance
$ 347.10
Office Supplies
27.62
Labor
9,951.21
Stone, Gravel, Sand.
1,057.47
Equipment and Repairs
179.06
Cold Patch and Tar
110.30
Garage Rent.
100.00
Pipe.
97.04
Sewer Pipe Rental.
6.00
Water
24.00
Telephone
107.10
Traffic Light.
30.00
Coal.
98.40
All Other
21.05
$ 12,156.35
105
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MACHINERY ACCOUNT :
Repairs
771.11
Gas and Oil
1,065.93
Insurance.
143.70
Coal .
88.30
Registration
11.00
Snow Plow.
385.00
$ 2,465.04
ROAD BINDER:
Oil and Cold Patch.
$ 4,898.11
CHAPTER 90, MAINTENANCE: 1943 CONTRACT :
Labor
$ 2,105.37
Taric, Asphalt, etc ..
2,721.55
Sand, Gravel and Stone
1,774.80
Flanges and Grates
74.21
Rental of Machinery
770.50
Pipe
34.68
Lumber and Hardware.
17.71
$ 7,498.82
Total for Highway Department
$ 34,865.00
STREET LIGHTING:
Lighting.
$ 10,059.96
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
ADMINISTRATION:
Salaries of Board.
325.00
Agent.
1,000.00
Clerk
500.00
Printing and Postage
124.05
Telephone.
33.30
Advertising.
14.88
All Other.
5.30
$ 2,002.53
OUTSIDE RELIEF:
Groceries and Provisions
332.98
Fuel.
191.45
Board and Care
1,176.63
Board and Care at Westford Infirmary ...
1,243.47
Medicine and Attendance
542.87
State Institutions
396.00
Clothing and Shoes
162.69
Cash Grants to Individuals.
6,681.20
Light and Water
25 42
Transportation
3.00
Burials.
300.00
Rent. .
154.00
All Other
12.47
$ 11,222.18
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS:
Cities.
247.65
Total Outside Relief and Administration.
$ 13,472.36
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
Town
$ 6,271.72
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATION:
Agent, Salary.
$ 1,200.00
Clerk, Salary.
540.00
Typewriter Rental and Repairs.
·
29.25
Stationery and Postage ..
48.90
Telephone.
10.91
Office Supplies.
8.00
$ 1,837.06
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, RELIEF:
Cash Grants.
$ 50,022.63
Other Cities and Towns.
233.95
$ 50,256.58
Total Charities
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' RELIEF:
Cash .
1,166.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
47.57
Fuel and Light
53.93
Rent and Board.
102.00
$ 1,369.50
STATE AID:
Cash.
$ 120.00
MILITARY AID:
Cash.
227.50
Total for Soldiers' Benefits.
$ 1,717.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATI ON:
Superintendent, Salary
$ 3,400.00
Attendance Officers.
30.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage
70.74
Tele phone
149.83
Total Administration.
$ 3,650.57
INSTRUCTION :
Teachers' Salaries:
107
$ 71,837.72
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
High Elementary. Supervisor
$ 29,278.42 58,143.50 1,020.00
$ 88,441.92
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:
High -- Text and Reference Books
$ 680.47
Elementary -- Text and Reference Books. ...
1,575.12
High -- Supplies.
1,385.42
Elementary -- Supplies.
1,305.14
$ 4,946.15
Total Instruction
$ 93,388.07
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE:
JANITORS' SALARIES :
High.
$ 3,240.00
Elementary
9,110.00
$ 12,350.00
FUEL, LIGHT AND WATER:
High, Fuel and Light.
$ 2,336.89
Elementary, Fuel and Light.
5,248.77
Water.
278.38
$ 7,864.04
REPAIRS :
High.
$ 724.36
Elementary
2,667.27
$ 3,391.63
JANITORS' SUPPLIES:
High
132.27
Elementary.
97.40
$ 229.67
Total Operation and Maintenance
$ 23,835.34
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
TRANSPORTATION:
High. Elementary
$ 6,240.00
5,376.00
$ 11,616.00
NURSE :
Supplies.
$ 48.52
PHYSICIANS' SALARIES
$ 600.00
Total Auxiliary Agencies.
$ 12,264.52
NEW EQUIPMENT :
68.80 Athletic Equipment
CARE OF PLAYGROUNDS:
Labor and Materials
$ 430.85
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
VOCATIONAL AND CONTINUATION SCHOOLS:
Tuition.
$ 1,357.45
Total for Schools
$134,995.60
LIBRARIES
ADAMS LIBRARY:
Librarian.
$ 500.00
Assistants.
136.60
Janitors.
420.80
Repairs.
100.51
Books and Periodicals
332.93
Light, Fuel and Water.
558.43
Treasurer's Bond.
25.00
Transporting Books.
110.00
Stationery.
37.00
Binding.
78.47
Insurance
50.16
Safety Deposit Box.
6.00
Trucking Ashes
11.00
All Other.
33.10
$ 2,400.00
NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY:
Annual Appropriation
$ 1,200.00
PARKS:
Labor
$ 603.55
Plants
6.00
Water.
14.00
Gas and Oil ...
2.63
Repairs and Equipment.
13.08
Garage Rent
30.00
Trucking.
12.00
Stationery, Postage and Advertising ....
4.34
$ 685.60
Care of Varney Playground :
Labor.
$ 514.50
Tools & Repairs.
7.76
First Aid Kit.
1.00
Sa It
41.58
Sand. .
3.00
Cement.
6.00
Trucking
10.00
$ 583.84
Total Parks and Playgrounds
$ 1,269.44
UNCLASSIFIED:
Memorial Day, Dinners and Refreshments ..
$ 206. 70
Music and Other Expenses.
193.25
Claims for Personal Injuries
18.74
American Legion Rental
300.00
Dog Officer's Fees.
87.00
Town Clock.
59.25
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Town Reports, Printing and Delivery ....
789.32
Insurance Sinking Fund Treasurer's Bond
50.00
Constable, Posting Warrants.
6.00
Public Buildings, Insurance
1,946.72
Repairs, Highland Ave. School Building. Forest Fire Dept., Equipment
896.17
Middlesex County T. B. Sanatorium Maint Newburyport Chlorinating Plant ..
7.64
Surplus Commodities Expense.
12.60
Sale of Land, Commission.
50.55
Garage Rental.
1,000.00
$ 9,488.02
CIVILIAN DEFENSE:
Salaries, Clerks, Defense Board.
$ 271.45
Lumber and Labor.
7.47
Canteen Supplies.
33.12
Postage, Stationery, and Advertising ...
38.25
All Other
11.47
361.76
Rationing Board:
Supervisor, Salary.
$ 347.37
Postage and Box Rent.
66.06
Equipment Repairs
29.00
Telephone.
85.62
Printing and Advertising.
48.90
Office Supplies.
158.79
Electric Wiring
46.40
Rental of Adding Machine
20.00
Adding Machine.
101.30
$ 903.44
Report Center:
Wages.
$ 750.71
Telephone
128.14
Radio Repairs
2.50
Couch Cover
1.74
Postage.
.35
$ 883.44
UNPAID BILLS:
Selectmen, Expense
$ 22.50
Welfare Dept.
1,521.13
Old Age Assistance
569.16
Soldiers' Relief.
5.00
Health Dept.
15.01
Adams Library
.75
Dog Officer
18.00
Civilian Defense
12.00
Assessors' Expense.
17.41
W. P. A. .
10,430.47
Elections
.39
$ 12,611.82
CEMETERIES
Commissioners' Salaries * 105.00
110
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1,590.00
2,274.08
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
CEMETERY MAINTENANCE :
Labor.
$ 2,504.60
Tools and Repairs
59.16
Water
47.00
Loam, Seed, Fertilizer, and Shrubs
109.58
All Other
5.00
$ 2,725.34
WATER SYSTEM AT PINE RIDGE, AND
GRADING AT FAIRVIEW CEMETERIES:
La bor.
57.95
CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL CEMETERIES:
Labor.
12.00
Cinders.
110.00
122.00
Total for Cemeteries
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST :
Westlands School Building Loan
$ 370.00
High School Building Loan
555.00
Anticipation of Revenue
229.83
Chap. 90 Highway Loan
12.27
$ 1,167.10
MATURING DEBT :
Westlands School Bldg. Loan.
6,000.00
High School Bldg. Addition Loan
6,000.00
12,000.00
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE:
Temporary Loans.
$ 150,000.00
Chap. 90 Highway Loan.
3,900.00
$153,900.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY :
State Tax.
$ 7,743.18
County Tax.
9,832.66
County, Dog License Fees.
1,688.00
East Chelmsford Water District.
473.73
State Board of Health -- Beverage Permits
30.00
Purchase of War Bonds
3,562.50
Victory Tax.
2,669.50
6,271.70 $ 32,271.27 Withholding Tax
FEDERAL GRANT :
Old Age Assistance, Administration. 1,628.50
Old Age Assistance, Relief ..
42,378.62
Aid to Dependent Children, Admin. ....
123.55
Aid to Dependent Children, Relief.
2,231.24
$ 46,361.91
$ 3,010.29
111
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TRUST :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests.
$ 1,350.00
Interest on Perpetual Care Bequests
629.75 $ 1,979.75
REFUNDS
Taxes.
41.62
Motor Excise Tax ...
163.09
Tax Title Redemption
17.00
Defense Bond Purchases
59.50
$ 281.21
Total Payments for 1943
$587,148.50
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1943
$ 92,819.69
Grand Total
$679,968.19
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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 ..
25.00
$ 25.00
25.00
Selectmen's Salaries.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Selectmen's Expense .
250.00
$ 42.23
292.23
292.23
Town Accountant Salary.
2,100.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
Town Accountant Clerk.
450.00
450.00
94.00 30.20
356.00
Town Accountant Expense
100.00
100.00
69.80
Town Clerk Salary.
200.00
200.00
200.00
Town Clerk Expense
190.00
190.00
171.76
18.24
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Salary ..
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Expense.
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,495.26
104.74
Town
Treasurer and Tax Collector Clerk ...
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Bonds ...
553.00
553.00
553.00
Foreclosing Tax Titles.
900.00
51.50
951.50
928.60
22.90
Assessors' Salaries. ..
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Clerk and Assistant Assessor.
1,100.00
1,100.00
1,051.32
48.68
Assessors' Expense. .
575.00
10.60
585.60
436.32
149.28
Town Counsel Salary.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Elections. .
275.00
275.00
200.57
74.43
Registration of Voters.
1,179.00
1,179.00
918.79
260.21
Finance Committee Expense
20.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
Planning Board ..
100.00
100.00
37.75
62.25
Board of Appeals.
150.00
150.00
2.63
147.37
Public Buildings -- Janitors' Salaries ...
1,550.00
1,550.00
1,508.58
41.42
Public Buildings -- Fuel, Light, Water ...
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,251.63
248.37
Public Buildings -- Other Expense ..
700.00
700.00
402.18
297.82
$21,417.00
$104.33
$21,521.33
$19,609.82
$1,911.51
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Appro- priations
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department -- Chief's Salary ...
$ 2,300.00
2,300.00
$ 2,300.00
Police Department -- Patrolmen, Salaries ...
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
Police Department -- Spec. & School Police.
2,086.00
2,086.00
2,041.34
44.66
Police Department -- Other Expenses.
2,216.00
860.51
3,076.51 %
2,317.03
759.48
Fire Department -- Administration.
5,742.00
5,742.00
5,715.86
26.14
Fire Department -- Maintenance.
3,325.00
3,325.00
2,989.76
335.24
Fire Department -- Fires.
900.00
900.00
691.60
208.40
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 ...
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Department -- Hydrant Service, South ..
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
250.00
250.00
250.00
Moth Department.
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,011.73
488.27
Tree Warden ..
300.00
300.00
82.80
217.20
Forest Fire Department.
1,000.00
309.75
1,309.75
1,309.75
Inspector of Buildings Salary.
300.00
300.00
300.00
$29,419.00
$1,170.26
$30,589.26
$28,509.87
$2,079.39
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health Department -- Salaries of Board ..
$ 700.00
700.00
$ 700.00
$
Health Department -- Agent's Salary ..
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
Health. Department -- Aid ...
1,700.00
1,700.00
571.78
1,128.22
Health Department -- Maintenance.
300.00
300.00
226.82
73.18
Health Department -- Meat Inspector's Sal ..
650.00
26.98
676.98
676.98
Health Department -- Milk Inspector's Sal ..
300.00
300.00
300.00
750.00
750.00
.
574.00
176.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Health Department -- Animal Inspector's Sal
200.00
200.00
200.00
500.00
500.00
314.50
185.50
200.00
200.00
200.00
-
$ 7,200.00
$ 26.98
$ 7,226.98
$ 5,464.08
$1,762.90
·
114
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
Health Department -- Care of Dumps .... . . . Health Department -- Physicians' Salaries ..
Health Department -- Plumbing Inspection ... Health Department -- Vaccine Treatment ..
Transfers Additions
Appro- priations Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT :
Highway Superintendent's Salary.
2,000.00
$
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 34.30
Clerk ..
400.00
400.00
365.70
General.
15,000.00
15,000.00
12,156.35
2,843.65
Snow & Ice Removal.
6,000.00
6,000.00
5,480.98
519.02
Machinery Account.
4,000.00
4,000.00
2,465.04
1,534.96
Road Binder.
6,000.00
6,000.00
4,898.11
1,101.89
Chapter 90, Various Roads.
2,500.00
4,999.72
7,499.72
7,498.82
.90
Street Lights.
10,150.00
10,150.00
10,059.96
90.04
$ 46,050.00
$4, 999.72
$ 51,049.72
$ 44,924.96
$6,124.76
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
115
Board of Public Welfare, Salaries ...
$ 325.00
$
$ 325.00
$ 325.00
$
Public Welfare Dept., Investigator's Sal.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Public Welfare Dept., Clerk's Salary ..
500.00
500.00
500.00
Public Welfare Dept., Maintenance ..
200.00
200.00
177.53
22.47
Public Welfare Dept., Outside Relief .. .
14,500.00
69.29
14,569.29
11,469.83
3,099.46
Public Welfare Dept., Aid to Dep. Childn.
6,500.00
6,500.00
6,271.72
228.28
Old Age Assistance, Relief.
50,000.00
281.26
50,281.26
50,256.58
24.68
Old Age Assistance, Agent's Salary ... ·
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Old Age Assistance, Clerk's Salary ...
540.00
540.00
540.00
Old Age Assistance, Maintenance.
100.00
100.00
97.06
2.94
Soldiers' Benefits.
4,500.00
65.00
4,565.00
1,717.00
2,848.00
$ 79,365.00
$ 415.55
$ 79,780.55
$ 73,554.72
$6,225.83
Appro- priations
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES:
School Dept., Administration.
3,675.00
3,675.00
$ 3,650.57
24.43
School Dept., Instruction
94,000.00
5.50
94,005.50
93,388.07
617.43
School Dept., Janitors' Salaries. ...
12,600.00
12,600.00
12,350.00
250.00
School Dept., Operation & Maintenance ..
11,550.00
11,550.00
11,485.34
64.66
School Dept., Auxiliary Agencies ..
12,350.00
12,350.00
12,264.52
85.48
School Dept., Care of Playgrounds.
500.00
500.00
430.85
69.15
School Dept., Vocational Schools.
500.00
1,585.01
2,085.01
1,357.45
727.56
New Equipment. .
400.00
400.00
68.80
331.20
Adams Library ..
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
North Chelmsford Library.
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
139,175.00
$1,590.51
$ 140,765.51
$138,595.60
$ 2,169.91
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Park Department ..
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
685.60
$ 324.40
Care of Varney Playground.
600.00
600.00
583.84
16.16
Memorial Day.
400.00
400.00
399.95
.05
Town Clock. ..
75.00
75.00
59.25
15.75
Insurance of Public Buildings .....
3,000.00
3.07
3,003.07
1,946.72
1,050.35
Treasurer's Bond, Ins. Sinking Fund.
50.00
50.00
50.00
Town Reports.
787.40
1.92
789.32
789.32
Unpaid Bills 1942 ..
8,533.10
5,532.87
14,065.97
12,611.82
1,454.15
Middlesex County Sanatorium, Maint ..
2,274.84
2,274.84
2,274.08
.76
Rental of Kidder's Garage ..
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Lightning Damage, School Dept.
...
1,590.00
1,590.00
1,590.00
Forest Fire Department, Equipment.
900.00
900.00
896.17
3.83
Newburyport Chlorinating Plant.
7.64
7.64
7.64
Constable
18.00
18.00
6.00
12.00
Rent for American Legion, Post 212.
300.00
300.00
300.00
Dog Officer's Fees ..
75.00
12.00
87.00
87.00
Claims for Personal Injuries.
78.71
78.71
18.74
59.97
..
.
·
.
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
116
..
.
.
.
.
Appro- priations
Transfers Additions Refunds
Total
Expended
Balance
National Civilian Defense ..
2,000.00
$ 311.39
2,311.39
1,801.27
510.12
Supervisor, Rationing Board ..
1,000.00
1,000.00
347.37
652.63
Federal Commissary ...
50.00
50.00
12.60
37.40
$ 22,070.98
$7,529.96
$29,600.94
$ 25,467.37
$4,133.57
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT :
Cemetery Commissioners' Salaries.
$ 105.00
$ 105.00
105.00
Care of Cemeteries ..
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,725.34
74.66
Care of All Cemeteries ..
300.00
300.00
122.00
178.00
Water System at Pine Ridge and
Grading at Fairview Cemeteries ......
148.47
148.47
57.95
90.52
Care and Improvement, Perpetual Care.
629.75
629.75
629.75
3,205.00
778.22
$ 3,983.22
3,640.04
343.18
INTEREST :
Chap. 90 Highway Loan.
12.27
Temporary Loans. . . . .
229.83
High School Building Loan. .. .
555.00
Westlands School Building Loan .......
370.00
$ 1,167.10
MATURING DEBT:
Westlands School Building Loan. . High School Building Loan. . ...
6,000.00 6,000.00
$ 12,000.00
117
Appro - priations
Transfers Additions Refunds Total
Expended Balance
EXPENDED FROM REVENUE:
Agency, Trust and Investment:
$ 7,743.18
State Tax.
9,832.66
County Tax ...
153,900.00
Temporary Loans ..
1,350.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
281.21
Refunds.
1,688.00
County, Dog Licenses.
30.00
Beverage Permits.
East Chelmsford Water District, Tax Col.
473.73
Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Admin ....
1,628.50
Fed. Grant Old Age Assistance, Relief ...
42,378.62
Fed. Grant Aid to Dependent Childn. Adm. Fed. Grant Aid to Dependent Childn. Rel. Purchase of War Bonds.
2,231.24
3,562.50
Victory Tax ..
2,669.50
Withholding Tax ...
6,271.70
Commission on Sale of Property.
50.55
$234,214.94
123.55
118
BALANCE SHEET -- DECEMBER 31, 1943 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
Sale of Street Car Rails. $ 635.57
Sale of Town Property .. 6,656.50
General. $92,819.69
Chap. 90 Highway Loan. 5,000.00
Petty Cash:
Taxes to be refunded 209.28
61.94
Deputy Collector ....
50.00
$ 92,919.69
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves ..
1,046.50
Premium on Loans.
261.49
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus.
860.17
Road Machinery Fund ..
1,472.95
Levy of 1942.
$ 5,203.87
Levy of 1943.
29,291.78
$ 34,495.65
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1943 ..
$ 243.14
$ 243.14
Departmental:
Selectmen's Dept ..
14.63
Fed. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Admin ...
122.89
Police
5.00
Fed. Grant, Aid to Dependent Child. Admin.
100.59
Forest Fire
6.25
Fed. Grant, Aid to Dependent Child. Relief 189.75
Health ..
732.61
Claims for Personal Injuries. 59.97
Public Welfare.
747.60
National Civilian Defense.
510.12
Highway ... 25.70 .
Water System at Pine Ridge and Grading at Fairview Cemeteries .. 90.52
Old Age Assistance. ...
990.01
Schools ..
84.80
Care and Improvement of all Cemeteries ... 178.00
East Chelmsford Water District Tax Collections 1,689.20 South Chelmsford Water District Tax Collections 446.58
Old Age Assistance, Refunds ... 68.59
Pay Roll Deductions for Purchase of War Bonds
415.93
State Tax .. 9.77
Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund .. 1,000.00
Excess and Deficiency.
93,345.83
. .
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes :
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1940 $791.58
Levy of 1942. 7,590.62
Levy of 1943. .
5,604.44
13,986.64
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax ... $243.24
Departmental. 3,448.10 Tax Title and Tax Possessions8,195.69 State & County Aid to Highways .28
11,887.21
Military Aid.
477.50
State Aid. .
120.00
World War II Allowance.
2444.00
3,448.10
Treasurer
50.00
Tailings. ..
119
New England Salvage Co. Tax .. County Tax. ..... .
Tax Titles .... Tax Possessions ..
405.08 513.31 4,153.38 3,955.31
Overlay Deficits :
Levy of 1938.
.75
Levy of 1939.
.82
Levy of 1941.
170.48
172.05
*State Aid to Highways ....
.14
*County Aid to Highways ...
. 14
$140,305.99
$140,305.99
*Due from State and County
DEBT ACCOUNTS
December 31, 1943
Net Funded or Fixed Debt.
$ 65,000.00 High School Building Loan
$34,000.00
Westlands School Building Loan ... 31,000.00
$ 65,000.00
$65,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Joseph Warren Library Fund. Adams Emerson Library Fund .. 207.09
$ 992.38
Selina G. Richardson Library Fund. ..
555.01
Aaron George Cemetery Fund. 1,054.00
George Library Fund .. 2,332.60
15,761.37 45,455.80 A F. Adams Library Fund .. 10,620.29
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund. 32,759.18
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund ... 183.51
Insurance Investment Fund .. .45,455.80
$ 94,159.86
$94,159.86
WINTHROP A. PARKHURST,
Town Accountant.
120
Trust and Investment Funds:
Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer.
$ 32,942.69
In Custody of Library Trustees ......
In Custody of Insurance Fund Comm. ....
.28
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS OF TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Totals
1%
1944
$ 6,000.00
High School Building Ad- $6,000.00 dition
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
$34,000.00
$34,000.00
1%
1944
$ 6,000.00
Westlands School Build- $ 6,000.00
1945
5,000.00
ing Addition
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
$31,000.00
$31,000.00
INTEREST PAYMENTS ON TOWN DEBT TO BE RAISED ANNUALLY BY TAXATION
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Totals
12%
1944
$ 465.00
~High School Building Ad-$ dition
465.00
1945
375.00
375.00
1946
285.00
285.00
1947
195.00
195.00
1948
112.50
112.50
$ 1,432.50
$ 1,432.50
1%
1944
$ 310.00
Westlands School Build- $ ing 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
$ 1,060.00
$ 1,060.00
121
TRUST FUNDS
On Hand Dec. 31, 1942
New Funds
Income
Payments
On Hand Dec. 31, 1943
Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund ...
977.77
$ 14.61
$
992.38
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund.
204.04
3.05
207.09
S. G. Richardson, Library Fund ... ·
546.84
8.17
555.01
Aaron George, Cemetery Care Fund.
1,047.11
15.64
8.75
1,054.00
George Memorial Hall Fund ...
2,323.07
34.53
25.00
2,332.60
A. F. Adams, c/o Buildings and Grounds.
10,612.66
157.63
150.00
10,620.29
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
31,551.03
1,350.00
487.90
629.75
32,759.18
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund ..
181.78
1.73
183.51
Insurance Investment Fund.
4,641.02
814.78
45,455.80
$ 92,085.32
$ 1,350.00
$1,538.04
$813.50
$94,159.86
122
INDEX
Accountant's Report :
Appropriations and Transfers. 113
Balance Sheet 119
Debt Account. 120
Interest Payments 117
Payments. 101
Principal Payments
121
Receipts.
96
Trust Funds
122
Reports of:
Adams Library, Librarian 64
Adams Library,
Treasurer
64
Adams Library, Trustees. 63
Assessors.
43
Board of Health:
Agent.
51
Board of Health
52
Inspector of Animals
68
Inspector of Meat
None
Inspector of Milk.
62
Inspector of Plumbing.
67
Inspector of Slaughtering.
62
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
34
Constable.
54
Fire Engineers
61
Forest Warden.
60
Middlesex County Extension Service.
48
North Chelmsford Library Corporation
65
Park Commissioners
None
Planning Board
67
Police.
49
Police Woman.
50
Post-War Public Works Committee
87
School Department:
Census.
80
Graduates
84
High School Principal's Report. 81
Personnel. 69
School Committee
73
Superintendent
73
Sealer of Weights and Measures
6%
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
53
Soldiers' Relief Agent
57
Tax Collector.
30
Tax Collector, East Chelmsford Water District
32
Tax Collector, South Chelmsford Water District
33
Town Clerk :
Annual Town Meeting March 3, 1943 21
6
Births
Deaths. 12
Financial report. 29
Jury List 25
9
Officers elected.
1
Town Election, March 1, 1943. 26
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting March 1, and March 8, 1943 ... 15
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting March 6, and March 13,1944 .. 91
66
Cemetery Commissioners.
Highway Superintendent.
58
Marriages.
123
Town Forest Committee.
None Town Treasurer. 33 Varney Playground Commission. 66
Welfare Agent.
55
1
124
FED 7 58
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