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APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department (Cont.)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Animal Inspector's Salary
$
275.00
SA 275.00 $
275.00*
$
ef None
Inspector of Plumbing, Fees
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,086.50
413.50
Labor at Dumps
1,200.00
23.07
1,223.07
1,222.96
.11
Care of Dumps
200.00
42.00
242.00
227.65
14.35
Contagious Diseases
3,000.00
3,000.00
833.60
2,166.40
Vaccine Treatment
250.00
250.00
25.19
224.81
Collection of Garbage
4,750.00
4,750.00
4,750.00
None
Outlays-New Equipment - Purchase of a New Refrigerator
150.00
-
150.00
149.00
1.00
Care of Premature Children
500.00
500.00
None
500.00
Other Expenses
860.00
1.00
15.00
876.00
874.91
1.09
Total of Health and Sanitation
$ 21,850.00 $
24.07
$ 207.00
$ 22,081.07 $
18,170.88
$
,
$ 3,910.19
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Superintendent's Salary
$
3,400.00 $
$
$
$ 3,400.00 $
$ 3,400.00
None
Clerk's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
None
Overhead: Gasoline & Oil for Equip- ment
2,900.00
2,900.00
2,526.05
373.95
Fuel, Light and Water
300.00
125.00
425.00
420.66
4.34
Street Signs
350.00
350.00
316.19
33.81
Office Expenses
300.00
.30
300.30
222.44
77.86
Miscellaneous Account
150.00
150.00
77.47
72.53
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Highway Department (Cont.)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants .
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Construction and Reconstruction:
Town Roads
$ 14,300.00 $
Bridges
· 3,000.00
3,000.00
371.26
2,628.74
Drainage
1,500.00
2,300.00
3,800.00
2,400.16
1,399.84
Machinery Hire-Town Owned
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,212.45
287.55
Machinery Hire-Other
1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
827.50
1,172.50
Maintenance:
Resurfacing
12,000.00
12,000.00
2,046.48
4,425.00
5,528.52
Materials
4,000.00
57.75
4,057.75
3,331.60
726.15
Drainage (Ordinary)
1,000.00
1,000.00
274.41
725.59
Misc. Equip. and Small Tools
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,375.87
624.13
Machinery Hire-Town Owned
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,199.56
44
Machinery Hire-Other
1,000.00
220.00
1,000.00
2,220.00
1,225.75
994.25
Labor
24,000.00
24,000.00
22,338.64
1,661.36
Road Machinery Acc't .- Repairs
4,350.00
4,350.00
2,655.47
1,694.53
Road Machinery Acc't. - Mechanic's Labor
3,150.00
3,150.00
3,068.10
81.90
Snow and Ice Removal
13,000.00
1,000.00
4,700.00
18,700.00
17,576.24
1,123.76
Chap. 90, Main. Various Roads
9,000.00
9,000.00
8,999.60
.40
Chap. 90, Groton Road, Reconst.
18,000.00
18,000.00
15,451.61
2,500.00
48.39
Chap. 90, Concord Road, Reconst.
10,000.00
2,500.00
12,500.00
7,908.55
4,591.45
Purchase of Two New Trucks
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,975.00
25.00
Purchase of a Sand Spreader
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,332.93
167.07
Reconstruction:
of Tobin Avenue
194.45
194.45
None
194.45
$ 14,300.00 $
10,912.39
$
$ 3,387.61
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APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT (Continued)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers $
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
of Swain Road
$
313.90 $
$
€A 313.90 ¢
249.93
$
$ 63.97
of Clinton Avenue
114.62
114.62
None
114.62
of Donald Avenue
50.00
50.00
None
50.00
of Flint Street
202.99
202.99
202.99
None
of Linwood Street
1,380.42
1,380.42
1,380.42
None
of Field Street
200.00
200.00
None
200.00
of Clear Street
100.00
100.00
75.15
24.85
of Priscilla Avenue
1,329.37
1,329.37
1,034.26
295.11
Road Machinery Fund
10,021.35
8,729.85
18,751.20
6,500.00
12,251.20
Total of Highway Department
$148,107.10 $
8,787.90
$1,220.00 $18,125.00 $ 176,240.00 $
122,189.13
$13,425.00
$ 40,625.87
STREET LIGHTING
$ 12,600.00 $
$
$
$ 12,600.00 $
12,380.73
$
$ 219.27
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare Department:
Salaries of Board
$ 360.00 $
$
$ 360.00 $
360.00
CA
$ None
Agent's Salary
810.00
810.00
810.00
None
Social Worker's Salary
690.00
690.00
690.00
None
Clerk's Salary
540.00
540.00
540.00
None
Junior Clerk's Salary
435.00
435.00
435.00
None
Cash Grants
17,000.00
113.80
17,113.80
14,266.24
1,500.00
1,347.56
Material Grants
6,900.00
83.60
900.00
1,500.00
9,383.60
9,361.21
22.39
Relief to Other Cities and Towns
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,585.54
414.46
State Institutions
1,500.00
1,500.00
934.91
565.09
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CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFIT
(Continued
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Aid to Dependent Children: Cash Grants
$ 31,000.00 $
18.45 $
$
$ 31,018.45 $
23,699.43
$
$ 7,319.02
Old Age Assistance Department:
Agent's Salary
1,890.00
1,890.00
1,890.00
None
Social Worker's Salary
1,610.00
1,610.00
1,610.00
None
Clerk's Salary
1,260.00
1,260.00
1,218.93
41.07
Junior Clerk's Salary
1,015.00
1,015.00
657.88
357.12
Cash Grants
115,000.00
434.32
10,000.00
125,434.32
121,355.52
4,078.80
Relief to Other Cities and Towns
4,000.00
4,000.00
2,501.09
1,498.91
Old Age Recoveries
595.00
1,020.00
1,615.00
None
1,615.00
Federal Grant, O.A.A. Adm.
1,372.81
5,130.79
6,503.60
3,356.64
3,146.96
Federal Grant, O.A.A. Relief
3,513.14
99,754.37
103,267.51
88,391.58
14,875.93
Federal Grant, A.D.C. Adm.
960.84
1,215.54
2,176.38
258.17
1,918.21
Federal Grant, A.D.C. Relief
2,690.70
14,780.56
17,471.26
16,893.91
577.35
Total of Charities
$198,142.49 $122,551.43
$ 900.00 $11,500.00
333,093.92 $ 293,816.05 $ 1,500.00 $ 37,777.87
Veterans' Benefits :
Benefits Paid
$ 15,000.00 $
35.00
$
$
$ 15,035.00 $
10,665.87
$
$ 4,369.13
Director's Salary
660.00
660.00
660.00
None
Director's Expenses
100.00
100.00
98.85
1.15
Veterans' Benefits-Refund
39.00
39.00
None
39.00
Total of Veterans' Benefits
$ 15,799.00 $
35.00
$
$
$ 15,834.00 $
11,424.72
$ 4,409.28
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APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT School Department:
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Superintendent's Salary
$
5,200.00 $
CA
$
$ 5,200.00 $
5,200.00
None
Secretary's Salary
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
None
Physicians' Salaries
600.00
, 600.00
600.00
None
Attendance Officer's Salary
50.00
50.00
50.00
None
Teachers' Salaries
177,000.00
177,000.00
176,997.45
2.55
Janitors' Salaries
21,000.00
88.00
21,088.00
20,281.42
806.58
Superintendent's Dept., Adm.
1,700.00
1,700.00
1,602.56
97.44
Books and Supplies, V. E.
12,550.00
5.16
12,555.16
12,340.35
214.81
Repairs
13,000.00
1,903.00
14,903.00
14,675.84
227.16
Janitors' Supplies
2,250.00
400.00
2,650.00
2,552.19
97.81
Fuel, Light and Water
14,000.00
14,000.00
11,443.50
2,556.50
Transportation
31,000.00
31,000,00
30,988.73
11.27
'Nurses' Supplies
100.00
100.00
99.84
.16
Playgrounds
500.00
500.00
498.26
1.74
New Equipment
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,931.07
68.93
Replacement of Equipment
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,116.08
183.92
Survey & Title Examination of Land Acquired by Town for School at No. Chelmsford
727.50
727.50
727.50
None
Purchase of Land for New Grade School at No. Chelmsford
6,000.00
6,000.00
6,000.00
None
Purchase of Add'l Land for New Grade School at No. Chelmsford
4,375.00
4,375.00
2,375.00
2,000.00
Princeton St. School Bldg. Repairs
126.88
126.88
104.71
22.17
$
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT School Department (Cont.)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures .
Expended
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Further Study & Securing Plans & Costs for Const. or Add. to Elem. Schools and/or a 6 Yr. High School$ Plans & Specifications for New Grade School at No. Chelmsford
5,840.00
5,840.00
5,511.32
328.68
Installation of Adequate. Lighting at McFarlin School
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
None
Construction, Equipping, Furnishing
an Elem. School at No. Chelmsford
$20,000.00
20,000.00
None
20,000.00
Plans & Costs for necessary Const. to house a six-year program at the High School
8,371.00
8,371.00
3,969.67
4,401.33
None
Vocational Schools
3,500.00
1,833.47
5,333.47
5,051.95
281.52
School Lunch Program
592.26
28,415.05
1,676.75
30,684.06
30,541.22
142.84
Set Up Records
200.00
200.00
None
200.00
School Athletic Program
980.07
2,933.62
3,913.69
3,770.98
142.71
Refund of Teachers' Retirement De- duction
30.83
30.83
30.83
None
Totals for School Department
$318,762.71 $ 31,472.66
$
$30,414.55 $ 380,649.92 $ 344,460.47
$ 4,401.33 $ 31,788.12
LIBRARIES
Librarian's Salary
$
1,720.00 $
$
$ 1,720.00 $ CA
1,720.00
$
$ None
Assistants' Salaries
1,150.00
1,150.00
1,046.12
103.88
Janitors' Salaries
530.00
530.00
421.69
108.31
Repairs to Inside of Building
600.00
600.00
1,200.00
1,160.13
39.87
.
Rebuilding & Grading of Lawn
600.00
600.00
600.00
None
$
$ 4,401.33 $
4,401.33 $
None
$
$ 4,401.33
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Warrants
.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
LIBRARIES
(Continued)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures 750.00 $
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Repairs
$
750.00 $
$
$
728.30
$
$ 21.70
Fuel, Light and Water
1,050.00
38.26
1,088.26
1,088.26
None
Books and Periodicals
1,600.00
76.26
1,676.26
1,660.47
15.79
Other Expenses
750.00
750.00
665.23
84.77
Totals of Library
$ 8,750.00 $
$ 114.52
$ 600.00 $
9,464.52 $
8,490.20
$ 600.00 $ 374.32
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Park Department:
Salaries
$
1,500.00 $
$ $ 200.00
$ 1,700.00 $
1,696.55
3.45
Expenses
400.00
75.00
475.00
470.81
4.19
Outlays-New Equipment
175.00
175.00
164.47
10.53
Varney Playground:
Labor
440.00
100.00
540.00
471.90
68.10
Curbing
300.00
300.00
300.00
None
Other Expenses
280.00
100.00
380.00
368.51
11.49
Transfer of Funds from E. G. Varney Playground Fund for Improvement of Tennis Court
926.00
926.00
926.00
None
Edwards Memorial Beach:
Bath House Attendant
490.00
490.00
455.00
35.00
Other Expenses
200.00
200.00
194.65
5.35
Memorial Day
975.00
975.00
687.94
287.06
Town Clock
150.00
150.00
135.74
14.26
Microfilming of Certain Town Records
1,500.00
1,500.00
None
1,500.00
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RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED (Cont.)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Town & Finance Committee Reports. $
3,000.00 $
$
$
$ 3,000.00 $
2,659.48
$
$ 340.52
Unpaid Bills of Previous Years
1,133.27
4.00
1,137.27
1,102.87
34.40
Maintenance of the Honor Roll
25.00
25.00
16.00
9.00
Constable
50.00
50.00
36.00
14.00
Rental of Quarters for Post 212, Ameri- can Legion
120.00
60.00
180.00
180.00
None
Survey of American Legion Post 313 Quarters
75.00
75.00
75.00
None
Installation of Plumbing, Heating, Water
Service & Cesspool in American Legion
Quarters, Post 313, on Gay Street
1,900.00
1,900.00
None
1,900.00
Bid Bond Deposit, American Legion Quarters, Post 313
100.00
100.00
100.00
None
Workmen's Compensation, Claims Personal Injuries
4,841.44
5,018.89
5,015.09
3.80
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases
675.00
675.00
None
675.00
Civilian Defense Expenses
2,000.00
2,000.00
243.49
1,756.51
Civilian Defense-Alarm
3,200.00
3,200.00
3,058.00
142.00
Civilian Defense-Hose
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
None
Total of Recreation and Unclassified
$ 24,954.71 $ 100.00
$ 787.45 $
930.00
$ 26,772.16 $
19,957.50
$
$ 6,814.66
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Salary of Commissioners
$ 120.00 $
$
$ 120.00 $
118.55
$ 1.45
Clerk Hire
15.00
15.00
11.50
3.50
Labor-Others
500.00
500.00
253.65
246.35
Labor-Superintendent
1,650.00
1.00
1,651.00
1,651.00
None
1
.
175
for
177.45
1
.
APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT (Continued)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Labor-Checking Records
$
250.00 $
$
$ 250.00 $
232.10
$
$ 17.90
Labor-General
2,850.00
2,850.00
2,503.88
346.12
Labor-Burials & Truck Hire
900.00
900.00
820.95
79.05
New Equipment
600.00
600.00
577.10
22.90
Liners & Transportation for Burials
200.00
103.00
303.00
303.00
None
Other Expenses
880.00
880.00
843.60
36.40
Repairs to Grounds & Historic Head- stones
200.00
200.00
195.00
5.00
Town
Clerk-Additional Salary of Town Clerk
90.00
90.00
90.00
None
Town Clerk-Add'l Clerk Hire
300.00
300.00
267.50
32.50
Town Clerk-Other Expenses
250.00
224.80
474.80
466.68
8.12
Total of Cemetery Department $ 8,605.00 $
$ 328.80
$ 200.00 $ 9,133.80 $
8,334.51
$
$ 799.29
INTEREST
(Raised by Assessors) $ 1,125.00 $
$
$
$ 1,125.00 $
GA
66
New Truck for Fire Department
75.00
Temporary Loan Issued in Anticipa- tion of Reimbursement
152.40
Totals for Interest
1,125.00
1,125.00
227.40
897.60
176
Interest:
Maturing Debt
Appropria- tions $ 5,000.00 $
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers $
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
$
$
5,000.00 $
Expended on Warrants 5,000.00
$
$ None
Temporary Loan Issued in Antic. of Reim. Chap. 90, Maint. & New Con- struction
27,000.00
27,000.00
27,000.00
Totals
$ 5,000.00 $ 27,000.00 $
$
$ 32,000.00 $
5,000.00 $
$ 27,000.00
Agency, Trust & Investment:
Middlesex County Sanatorium
Main-
tenance
$
6,332.89 $
$
$
$ 6,332.89 $
6,332.89
$
$ None
State Parks and Reservations
1,268.24
1,268.24
1,076.44
191.80
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
270.82
270.82
270.82
None
Snow and Ice Removal 1947 & 1948
81.16
81.16
81.16
None
County Taxes
20,945.64
20,945.64
20,945.64
None
Over & Short-Treas. & Coll.
9.68
.70
10.38
9.55
.83
Refunds
6,915.27
6,915.27
6,915.27
None
County, Dog Licenses
2,439.00
2,439.00
2,439.00
None
State Beverage Permits
20.00
20.00
20.00
None
State Sunday Entertainment Licenses
342.00
342.00
342.00
None
Withholding Tax
35,845.32
35,845.32 $
35,845.32
$
$ None
Tailings
155.84
132.36
288.20
None
288.20
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
1,515.00
1,515.00
1,515.00
None
Perpetual Care Interest
709.00
855.75
1,564.75
1,564.75
None
Veterans' Emergency Fund
12.50
50.00
62.50
15.00
47.50
Middlesex County Retirement System,
Pension Fund
3,894.00
.
3,894.00
3,894.00
None
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
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APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFERS ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
Agency, Trust & Investment (Cont.)
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Middlesex County Retirement Deductions$
$ 6,386.48 $
$
$
6,386.48 $
6,386.48
$
$ None
Gift from S. B. McFarlin Estate
100.00
100.00
None
100.00
Totals of Agency, Trust and Investment$ 33,679.77 $ 54,601.88
$
$
$ 88,281.65 $
87,653.32
$
$ 628.33
RECAPITULATION
General Government
$ 49,425.29 $
101.20
$ 349.84
$
$
$ 9,433.89
Protection of Persons and Property
113,562.83
50.45
1,047.69
1,713.76
$ 49,876.33 $ 116,374.73 22,081.07 176,240.00
18,170.88
3,910.19
Highway Department
148,107.10
8,787.90
1,220.00
18,125.00
122,189.13
13,425.00
40,625.87 219.27
Street Lighting
12,600.00
Welfare, ADC and OAA Depts.
198,142.49
122,551.43
900.00
11,500.00
12,600.00 333,093.92
12,380.73 293,816.05
1,500.00
37,777.87
Veterans' Benefits
15,799.00
35.00
4,409.28
School Department
318,762.71
31,472.66
30,414.55
15,834.00 380,649.92
11,424.72 344,460.47
4,401.33
31,788.12
Library Department
8,750.00
114.52
600.00
9,464.50
8,490.20
600.00
374.32
Recreation and Unclassified
24,954.71
100.00
787.45
930.00
26,772.16
19,957.50
6,814.66
Cemetery Department
8,605.00
328.80
200.00
9,133.80
8,334.51
799.29
Interest
1,125.00
1,125.00
227.40
897.60
Maturing Debt
5,000.00
27,000.00
32,000.00
5,000.00
27,000.00
Agency, Trust and Investment
33,679.77
54,601.88
88,281.65
87,653.32
628.33
Grand Totals
$960,363.90 $244,724.59
$4,955.30
$63,483.31
$1,273,527.10 $1,086,445.38
$20,396.39 $166,685.33
40,442.44 113,898.03
470.06
2,006.64
Health and Sanitation
21,850.00
24.07
207.00
178
APPROPRIATIONS:
Appropria-
tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Balances from 1950 Accounts: $70,216.18 less $2,100.00 which is included in next item $ 68,116.18
Town Meeting appropriations raised by Taxation during 1951 & reflected on Assessors Reca- pitulation Sheet 830,214.29
State & County Charges raised by Taxation during 1951 by As- sessors 27,972.74
State and County Charges to be raised by Taxation during 1952 by Assessors 926.07
Principal and Interest payments on Loan raised by Taxation dur- ing 1951 by Assessors 6,125.00
State & County Shares of Chap-
ter 90, Maintenance & New Construction reimbursed to Town during 1951 and to be re- imbursed to Town during 1952 27,000.00
Other Account balances forward- ed from 1950 Accounts 9.68
Total
$960,363.90
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES ADDITIONS-REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES-BALANCES
REFUNDS AND RECEIPTS
Appropria- tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
Grants from the Federal Government $120,881.26
Temporary Loan Issued in Anticipation of Re-
imbursement for Chapter 90 Maintenance & New Construction for the year 1951
27,000.00
Withholding Tax and Retirement Deductions from Payrolls
42,231.80
Tailings-Outstanding Checks Taken In
132.36
License Fees transmitted to State & County.
2,801.00
Perpetual Care Bequests and Interest
2,370.75
Refunds
7,827.37
Additions to the Machinery Fund Bid Bond Deposits
8,729.85
200.00
School Lunch & Athletic Program Receipts
31,348.67
Teachers' Retirement System-Refund of Deduction
30.83
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
1,020.00
Veterans' Emergency Fund Transfer
50.00
Gift from Susan B. McFarlin Estate
100.00
Over and Short-Treasurer & Collector's De- partment
.70
Total
$244,724.59
180
Appropria-
tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Available for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS Transfers from the Finance Committee Reserve Fund per authorizations approved and on file $ 4,955.30
TRANSFERS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS
Transfers from Available funds voted at Annual Town Meeting $ 2,633.47
Interdepartmental Transfers by Special Town Meeting vote 13,296.39
Transfer of Interest from Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund 926.00
Transfers from Excess and Deficiency Account by Town Meeting vote and per authorizations from the Tax Commissioner on file 40,127.45
Transefrs from the Road Machinery Fund by Town Meeting vote
6,500.00
Total
$ 63,483.31
TOTAL SUM OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE
Total sum of Funds available for expenditure per Town Meeting Appropriations, Refunds, Receipts and Transfers $1,273,527.10
EXPENDED ON WARRANTS Total sum disbursed on Warrants from January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1951 as approved by the Board of Selectmen $1,086,445.38
181
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES ADDITIONS REFUNDS AND EXPENDITURES BALANCES
Appropria-
tions
Refunds and Receipts
Finance Committee Reserve· Fund Transfers
Adjustments & Transfers From Other Accounts
Total Avallabie for Expendi- tures
Expended on Warrants
Transfers to Other Accounts
Balance
TRANSFERS TO OTHER ACCOUNTS
Total of Interdepartmental Transfers by Special Town Meeting votes to Other Accounts
$ 13,896.39
Votes at the Annual Town Meeting to transfer from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Department,
Purchase of Two Trucks and a Sand Spreader
6,500.00
Total
$ 20,396.39
BALANCES
Balances forwarded to 1952 Accounts
$105,744.68
Total Amount of Unused Balances from Appropriation Accounts refunded to the Finance Committee Reserve Fund, then to Overlay Reserve
213.65
Total Amount of Unused Appropriation Accounts closed out to Revenue 1951, then to Excess and Deficiency
60,727.00
Total
$166,685.33
182
183
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Principal Payments of Town Debt to be raised annually by Taxation
Year
Interest Rate
Principal Payment
Purpose of Loan
Total
1952
1%
$5,000.00
Purchase of a new Fire Truck
$5,000.00
Interest Payments of Town Debt to be raised annually by Taxation
Interest Rate
Interest Payment
Purpose of Loan
Total
Year
1952
1%
$ 25.00
Purchase of a new Fire Truck
$ 25.00
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1951 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash:
General $343,974.11
Petty Cash:
Treasurer
50.00
Collector's Clerk
50.00
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes .... $ 2,136.30 Tax Titles and Tax Possessions 1,265.98
Departmental 6,003.45
$344,074.11
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes :
Levy of 1951 Poll $ 24.00
Levy of 1951 Personal
380.40
Levy of 1951 Real Estate
9,082.80
$ 9,487.20
Timber Salvage
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy. of 1951
$ 2,136.30
Departmental:
Selectmen's Department CA 146.00
Public Buildings, Town Halls
5.20
Health Department 209.50
Highway Department 163.13
Welfare Department 478.92
Road Machinery Fund 12,251.20
Chapter 90, Concord Road, New Construction 4,591.45
Reconstruction of Tobin Avenue 194.45
Reconstruction of Priscilla Avenue
295.11
Reconstruction of Clinton Avenue
114.62
School Department
27.31
Cemetery Department
586.25
Reconstruction of Field Street 200.00
Federal Grant, A.D.C. Administration 1,918.21
$
6,003.45
Federal Grant, A.D.C. Relief
577.35
-
9,405.73
Poll Taxes-1950-Overpaid
2.00 385.52
Overlay 1951
Overlay Reserve-Surplus
7,523.08 99.56
Temporary Loan Issued in Anticipation of Re- imbursement of Chapter 90 Maintenance and New Construction for the year-1951
27,000.00 State Parks and Reservations-1951 191.80
405.08 Sale of Town Property 3,162.62
Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves
2,781.50
Dog License Fees (Due County) __
10.80
Treasurer and Collector-Over and Short .83
Loans Authorized and Unissued 580,000.00
Assessors Dept., Survey and Maps of the Town
7,100.00
Revision of Plans for Chelmsford Center Fire House 50.00
A.D.C. Department 4,309.32
O.A.A. Department, Other Cities and Towns
77.82
Taxes to be Refunded
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184
State Aid to Highways $ 9,274.20
County Aid to Highways
6,137.10
$ 15,411.30
Tax Titles .$ 56.75
Tax Possessions 1,209.23
Overlay 1950
288.87
County Tax -- 1951
844.85
Snow & Ice Removal 1947-1948-Assistance by the Commonwealth 81.16
Loans Authorized-New Elementary School
at North Chelmsford $580,000.00
Federal Grant, O.A.A. Administration 3,146.96 Federal Grant, O.A.A. Relief 14,875.93
Tailings-Outstanding Checks Taken In 288.20
O.A.A. Recoveries $ 1,615.00
Veterans' Benefits Refund 39.00
Purchase of Additional Land for New Grade School at North Chelmsford 2,000.00
Plans and Specifications for New Grade School at North Chelmsford 328.68
Construction, Equipping and Furnishing an Elementary School Building at North Chelmsford 20,000.00
Further Study and the Securing of Plans for Construction or Addition to Elementary Schools and/or High School 4,401.33
School Lunch Program 142.84
Cost of Professional Services, equipment and Materials to properly set up a system of checking and recording the receipts and ex- penditures of the School Lunch Program
200.00
School Athletic Program 142.71
Microfilming of Certain Town Records 1,500.00
Civilian Defense Expenses
1,756.51
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases 675.00
'Veterans' Emergency Fund 47.50
Gift from the Susan B. McFarlin Estate for the
. Beautification and Adornment of the McFarlin School 100.00
Excess and Deficiency
250,882.81
Total Assets
-$959,998.30
Total Liabilities and Reserves $959,998.30
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
CASH AND SECURITIES
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$ 44,793.72
208.91
In Custody of Library Trustees
32,072.10
In Custody of Insurance Fund Commissioners 38,001.22
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Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund
1,044.94
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund
232.78
Selina G. Richardson, Library Fund
324.14
Albert H. Davis, Library Fund
350.38
Aaron George Cemetery Care Fund
1,127.52
George Memorial Hall Fund
2,622.24
A. F. Adams, Care of Buildings and Grounds
10,875.94
Mary B. Proctor, Library Fund
10,873.19
Clement Fund, F. B. Edwards Estate, Mackay Library
1,280.48
General Fund, MacKay Library
359.51
Charles W. Flint, Library Fund
1,478.84
Nathan B. Edwards, Library Fund
720.36
Victor E. Edwards, Library Fund * * * *
781.78
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Insurance Investment Fund
38,001.22
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Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund * * * *
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