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14,007.78
Aid to Dependent Children:
Sundry Persons 1,391.39
1,391.39
State Aid
Cash
340.00
Transferred to Military Aid
240.00
580.00
Appropriation
600.00
Unexpended Balance 20.00
Military Aid
Cash
838.00
Appropriation 600.00
Transfer from State Aid 240.00
Unexpended Balance 2.00
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Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Burial Expense
86.19
Burial Agent's Fee
2.00
Transfer, Reserve Fund
88.19
88.19
Soldiers' Relief
Cash
1.357.00
Groceries and Provisions
2,232.16
Fuel
435.06
Rent
805.39
Clothing
138.08
Medical
316.89
Dues
2.00
Printing
3.50
5,298.08
Appropriation
6,500.00
Unexpended Balance 1,225.92
Soldiers' Graves
Labor
175.00
Appropriation
175.00
Education
General Expense:
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent 3,000.00
Clerk 499.84
Other Clerical 650.00
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Truant Officer
300.00
Census 100.00
4,549.84
Trucking
109.55
Travel
226.07
Stationery, Printing, Postage
67.86
Telephone
289.67
5,242.99
Health:
Nurse
1,060.00
Doctor
600.00
Expenses
36.34
1,696.34
Teachers' Salaries
68,687.52
Americanization Classes
190.20
Textbooks and Supplies
3,317.42
Libraries
96.97
Tuition
431.86
Support of Truants
375.14
Transportation
8,075.75
Janitors
6,796.00
Fuel, Gas, Light and Water
5,460.20
Building and Grounds, Maintenance and Repairs
3,048.12
Furniture and Fixtures
644.84
Diplomas and Graduation
71.56
Insurance
279.70
104,414.61
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Appropriated
102,377.25
Received :
Feoffees 1,500.00
Manning
Fund 500.00
Refunds 54.08
2,054.08 Less Unexpended Balance 16.72
104,414.61
New High School
Flag Pole:
Construction and Erection 387.25
387.25
School Ground Lighting
Ipswich Municipal Light Plant:
Construction Lighting System 798.79
798.79
Appropriation 1,000.00
Unexpended Balance 201.21
Scholarships
Althea Hebb 150.00
Richard Horton
150.00
300.00
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Library
Salaries and Wages:
Librarian
825.91
Assistant Librarian
333.10
Secretary and Treasurer
175.00
Books and Periodicals
272.74
Insurance
134.28
Fuel
220.75
Light
16.92
Plumbing
21.30
Appropriation 2,000.00
2,000.00
Parks -
Expended 1938
Labor
366.88
Equipment and Supplies
67.66
Plants and Fertilizer
144.50
Repairs, Gas, Oil, Etc.
77.24
Water
24.00
Express
1.21
681.49
Appropriation
700.00
Unexpended Balance
18.51
Playgrounds
Labor
595.50
Supplies
54.00
Equipment
288.20
Repairs to Apparatus
15.60
146
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Gravel, Loam and Sand . .
36.41
Truck Hire
10.00
Gas and Oil
4.10
1,003.81
Appropriation 1,025.00
Unexpended Balance
21.19
1937 Unpaid Education Bills
Tuition
57.40
Supplies
169.03
Groceries
17.00
Express
3.99
Fuel
116.16
Lumber
8.07
Transportation
22.00
Police Service
3.00
Appropriation 396.65
396.65
1937 Unpaid Cemetery Bills
Water
15.00
Supplies
2.94
17.94
Appropriation
18.94
Unexpended Balance
1.00
1937 Unpaid Highway Bills
Tools and Supplies 53.61
Lumber 26.11
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Asphalt
58.32
Gas and Oil
240.22
Equipment Maintenance
203.43
Care of Traffic Beacons
124.00
Fuel
33.46
Insurance
490.37
Express
.35
Appropriation $1,229.87
$1,229.87
1937 Unpaid Welfare Bills
Telephone
34.54
Office Supplies
16.25
Transportation
5.25
Trucking
15.00
Groceries and Provisions
2,162.12
Rent.
400.75
Fuel
412.51
Clothing
37.24
Medical
300.01
Board and Care
61.66
Other Cities and Towns
779.01
State and Other Institutions
452.34
$4,676.68
Appropriation $4,676.68
1937 Unpaid Soldiers' Relief Bills
Groceries and Provisions
500.00
Fuel
22.50
Rent
63.00
Other Cities and Towns
54.22
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Board and Care
18.68
$658.50
Appropriation $660.40
Unexpended Balance
2.00
1933 No. 2 Unemployment Appropriation
Supplies
$6.88
$6.88
Unemployment $35,000.00
Travel
$8.00
$8.00
Unemployment W. P. A. $30,000.00 Appropriation Drainage Project :
Truck Hire $363.65
Tools and Supplies 81.68
Sharpening Tools 53.85
Blasting 42.00
Rental of Equipment 12.50
Cement and Lime 11.15
$564.83
Sewing Project:
Purchase of Materials 288.00 Rent 70.00
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Lights
3.09
$361.09
Farley Brook :
Engineering Services $300.00 $300.00
Administration :
Salaries
125.00
Telephone 4.27
Postage and Box Rent 1.59
Office Supplies .50
$131.36
$1,357.28
Unemployment W. P. A. $3,500.00 Appropriation Drainage Project :
Pipe $992.70
Truck Hire
580.01
Plans and Surveys
277.50
Brick
168.00
Tools and Supplies
117.64
Grates and Frames
109.28
Sand and Gravel
55.15
Lumber
43.40
Labor
27.75
Cement and Lime
26.60
Kerosene
16.79
Sharpening Tools
15.60
Rental, Storage Space
10.00
150
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Medical Supplies
5.20
Expressing
2.48
$2,448.10
Farm-Market Project:
Truck Hire
628.75
Labor
2.00
$630.75
Administration :
Salaries
201.50
Travel and Expenses
42.09
Telephone
13.84
Office Supplies
2.54
$259.97
Moth Project:
Tools and Supplies
46.40
Creosote
25.92
Labor
8.88
$81.20
Sewing Project:
Rent
70.00
Lights
6.28
Supplies
3.70
$79.98
$3,500.00
4
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Green Street Dam
Contract Payments, Thomas H. Reedy 1,000.00
1,000.00
Balance, Jan. 1, 1939 1,200.00 Unexpended Balance 200.00
Unemployment W. P. A. No. 2 1938 Appropriation Farm-Market Project:
Truck Hire 3,801.60
Gravel 1,718.20
Supplies
420.64
Pea Stone
106.20
Sharpening Tools 61.85
Labor
28.00
$6,136.49
Drainage Project :
Supplies - Materials 4,047.07
Truck Hire
1,070.42
Labor 230.20
Sharpening Tools 78.85
Property Repairs 62.70
Gravel and Loam
61.58
Rental of Storage Space 50.00
Surveys, Plans, Grades 26.45
Rental of Equipment
24.00
$5,651.27
Nabby's Point Road Project :
Supplies and Materials 943.68
Truck Hire 886.27
Gravel and Sand 190.03
Rental of Equipment 119.00
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Sod 89.25
=
Pea Stone
59.57
Labor
59.25
Surveys, Plans, Grades
58.75
$2,405.80
Administration :
Salaries, Clerk
Hire, Labor
1,623.69
Supplies and Repairs 219.60
Travel and Expenses
112.74
Telephone
96.54
Postage and
P. O. Box Rent
5.70
$2,058.27
Highland Cemetery Project:
Trucks 823.50
Supplies and Materials
551.22
Gravel 83.70
Labor
21.75
Sharpening Tools 11.20
$1,491.37
Recreation Project :
Supplies and Equipment 748.32
Labor and Police
219.75
Rent 80.00
Expressing - Trucking 55.50
Travel and Expenses 44.61
Instructor 35.00
Rental of Equipment 29.00
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Janitor Services
22.50
Printing and Supplies 6.25
$1,240.93
Sewing Project:
Contribution for
Materials
630.00
Rent
315.00
Expressing
39.25
Supplies and Equipment
30.69
Repairing Machines
10.00
Lights
6.20
Expenses
3.29
Cleaning Windows
1.50
$1,035.93
Painting Project:
Supplies
764.30
. Rental of Equipment
103.00
Expressing
8.00
Repairs
.50
$875.80
Plans, Surveys,
Blue Prints 870.90
870.90
Emergency Tree Removal Project: Supplies
193.01
Labor
162.50
Teaming
126.50
Blasting
10.00
Sharpening Tools
3.70
495.71
154
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Shade Tree Census Project :
Supplies and Equipment 341.50
Labor 10.45
351.95
Neck Causeway and Farm Road Gravel:
Trucks
114.41
Gravel
39.75
Labor
21.00
Rental of Equipment
31.50
206.66
Green St. Wall and Stadium:
Labor
135.00
Truck Hire
24.69
159.69
1937 Moth Project:
Supplies
96.34
Travel
13.74
Truck Hire
17.50
127.58
Nursery School:
Supplies
20.00
Instructor
19.32
39.32
Music Project :
Contribution
36.00
36.00
Moth Project No. 2:
Supplies
30.46
30.46
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Painting Project No. 2:
Labor
10.00
10.00
Tree Conservation Project: Labor
21.50
21.50
Currier Park:
Supplies
19.50
19.50
Concrete Sidewalk Project: Labor
16.00
16.00
New Street Project: Labor
10.00
10.00
Green Crab Project:
Supplies
13.35
13.35
Neck Road Water Ext .;
Sharpening Tools
4.90
Supplies
3.15
8.05
Cemetery Survey Project:
Labor
5.25
5.25
W. P. A. Tool Room:
Labor
4.00
4.00
$23,321.78
Crane Picnic Fund
Transportation (Boats) $ 385.00
Transportation (Auto and Bus) 50.75
Float (Maintenance and Lumber) 234.47
Water Supply (Pipe and Installation) 171.12
Gas and Oil Telegram .57
2.52
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Printing
8.75
Supplies
48.90
Trucking
8.00
Life Guards
25.00
Police
25.00
Band
50.00
Tents
50.00
Recreational Equipment
16.65
Frankfurts
55.00
Candy
263.16
Ice Cream
137.50
Sandwiches and Coffee
27.05
Cookies, Cakes and Rolls
34.86
Preparation and Serving of Food
39.00
$1,633.30
Bayard Horsman Indemnity
Bayard Horsman
$39.00
Appropriation
$39.00
Memorial Building
Janitor
1,300.00
Fuel
299.85
Light
26.05
Water
15.27
Gas
31.59
Supplies
22.22
Flags
6.53
Repairs
37.40
Sod
64.66
Insurance
421.72
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157
Teaming
1.00
$2,226.29
Appropriation $2,250.00
Unexpended Balance 23.71
Donation from Women's Relief Corps
50.00
Repairs to Memorial Building
Foreman
$ 90.00
Labor
568.85
Trucks
14.38
Materials and Supplies
287.88
Sharpening Tools
9.35
$970.46
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance
29.54
Memorial Day
Band
$125.00
Flowers
107.00
Flags
45.40
Brushes and Paint
3.55
Painting Grave Markers
15.00
$295.95
Appropriation
$300.00
Unexpended Balance
4.05
Town Clock
Repairs and Maintenance 75.00
75.00
158
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Bounties on Seals
Treasurer's Fees Bounties
9.50
50.00
59.50
Appropriation $100.00
Unexpended Balance
40.50
RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS
Selectmen
$3,265.86
Auditing and Accounting
262.50
Law
396.60
Trustees Great Neck
249.65
Moth
240.64
Tree Warden
28.84
Cemetery
130.18
$4,574.27
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Balance
425.73
Transfers To Selectmen's Department From Reserve Fund Storm Damage:
Labor
$879.41
Police
35.50
Trucks
230.88
Repairs Fire Alarm System
75.70
Repairs To Fire Station Roof
20.96
Tools and Supplies
316.19
Gas and Oil
3.20
$1,561.84
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
159
Transfer Reserve Fund $1,561.84 Repairs To Cell Room:
Labor:
Carpentry
$59.40
Masonry
66.45
Painting
38.50
Plumbing
64.00
Electrical
19.54
Materials and Supplies:
Lumber
33.82
Gravel, Cement, Etc.
12.55
Ironwork
10.00
Paint
24.53
Miscellaneous Supplies
6.17
Other Expenses:
Trucking
1.00
Furnishings
6.75
$342.71
Transfer, Reserve Fund
$350.00
Unexpended Balance 7.29
Town Hall Oil Burner:
Installation New Burner, per contract $240.00
Transfer Reserve Fund $240.00
Currier Park Easement :
Easement and Drainage Rights
$200.00
$200.00
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Transfer, Reserve Fund $200.00
Town Wharf Railing:
Erection of Railing at Wharf
$170.00
$170.00
Transfer,
Reserve Fund
$170.00
Turkey Shore Wall:
Construction Retaining Wall
$145.00
$145.00
Transfer,
Reserve Fund
$145.00
Plans and Survey :
Stakings and Plans, Great Neck
$85.40
$85.40
Transfer To Trustees Great Neck From Reserve Fund Plans and Surveys:
Plans and Surveys of Subdivisions
$189.65
$189.65
Transfer, Reserve Fund $249.65
Unexpended Balance
60.00
161
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Transfer To Cemetery Department Reserve Fund Cemetery Markers: Bound Stones 10.50
$10.50
Transfer, Reserve Fund $10.50
Ipswich River Dredging
Commonwealth of Mass.
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Appropriation $5,000.00
Court Judgments Ascertained
Markos Claim
$300.00
Skowronek Claim
300.00
$600.00
Raised in Tax Levy
$600.00
Labor-In-Vain Road Water Extension
Labor
$ 218.95
Trucks
28.77
Rock Excavation
14.20
Tools
116.85
Supplies
20.59
Sharpening Tools
3.60
162
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Pipe Gates and Hydrants
$1,780.14 204.87
$2,387.97
Appropriation $7,500.00
Unexpended Balance 5,112.03
Safford and Cherry Streets, Water Extension
Labor
$593.40
Trucks
21.25
Freight and Express
133.25
Supplies
25.20
Pipe
953.52
Mineralead
160.00
Hydrant
78.72
$1,965.34
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Unexpended Balance
34.66
Cemeteries
Salaries and Wages:
Chairman
25.00
Clerical
2.00
Labor
2,037.50
Truck Hire
10.50
Equipment and Repairs:
Equipment 125.00
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
163
Tools and Supplies
76.50
Truck Maintenance
56.69
Sharpening Tools
54.50
Other Expenses:
Stationery and Postage
3.20
Insurance
142.77 ..
Repairs to Water System
29.33
Water
38.00
Painting Signs
10.00
Plants and Shrubs
44.00
Blueprints
2.28
2,657.27
Appropriation
2,543.95
Transfer Refer Fund
119.68
Unexpended BBalance
6.36
Grave Digging
Labor
669.50
Tools and Supplies
22.15
Storage of Truck
16.00
Gas and Oil
10.85
Sharpening Tools
4.45
Blasting
11.00
Express
.35
734.30
164
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Appropriation 900.00
Unexpended Balance
165.70
Locust Grove Cemetery Enclosure
Advertising 7.00
Furnishing and Erection of Fence
1,095.60
Repairs to Entrance Pier
3.00
Brushes and Paint 14.00
Painting
51.50
1,171.10
Appropriation
1,200.00
Unexpended Balance 28.90
Perpetual Care of Lots and Graves
Benjamin W. Homans
478.77
Howard Blake 419.83
Edward N. Martel
7.75
F. Lincoln Howe
9.36
Clarence Comeau
7.50
Mrs. E. F. Brown (Flowers) 3.00
George E. Hills 6.25
A. J. Barton & Son (Granite Marker) 29.50
William D. Warner 50.00
Chester L. Stone 129.46
Michal Ryan (Truck and Loam) 32.05
S. C. Gordon & Son (Flowers) 4.00
Carl G. Woodbury 141.56
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165
Frank Comeau
6.35
1.325.28
Interest
1
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue 645.11
General Loans:
1935 Emergency
225.00
Fire Equipment
152.10
New High School Equipment
55.12
Burley School
425.00
Shatswell School
1,360.00
Memorial Building
400.00
Highway Grader
16.88
New High School
2,160.00
1937 Emergency
90.00
5,529.21
Appropriation
6,084.10
Unexpended Balance 554.89
Maturing Debt
General Loans:
New High School Equipment 700.00
Highway Grader
900.00
Fire Equipment
2,340.00
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1935 Emergency
5,000.00
Burley School
2,000.00
Shatswell School
4,000.00
Memorial Building
2,000.00
1937 Emergency
12,000.00
New High School
6,000.00
34,940.00
Appropriation
34,940.00
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Accountant's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I beg to submit herewith the annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Ipswich for the year ending December 31, 1938, together with the reports of various depart- ments and town officials.
Respectfully submitted,
KENNARD V. DAMON,
Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
Taxes, Current Year
Property
203,765.82
Poll 2,881.17
206,646.99
Taxes, Previous Years
Property 75,211.45
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Poll
276.84
75,488.29
Taxes, Advance Payment 1939 Poll 4.00
Tax Titles 7,310.75
289,450.03
From State
Income Tax
29,961.32
Corporation Tax
5,126.81
Chapter 362, Acts of 1936
576.75
Corporation Tax B
288.92
Corporation Tax, Gas, Light & Water Co.'s 7.33
Lieu of Taxes
1,779.47
37,740.60
Old Age Assistance Tax
6.00
Licenses and Permits
Liquor
4,602.00
Hawkers and Peddlers
18.00
Junk
40.00
Amusement
32.00
Victualler
70.00
Innholder
12.00
Tallow
8.00
Garage
40.00
Revolver
17.00
169
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Bowling and Pool
26.00
Ice Cream
10.00
Auctioneer
2.00
Used Car Dealer's
10.00
Intelligence Office
2.00
Garbage
2.00
Theatre
60.00
Milk and Oleo
31.50
Seaworm
1.00
Pasteurizing
30.00
Carbonated Beverages
10.00
Miscellaneous
.50
5,024.50
Fines and Forfeits
Third District Court
106.65
Grants and Gifts
Aid to Industrial Schools
284.25
For Memorial Building
50.00
English Speaking Classes
159.00
Dog Fund
551.03
Highways, Chapter 90
State
16,744.82
County
7,963.05
U. S. Old Age Assistance-
Administration 456.98
U. S. Old Age Assistance-
Assistance 13,710.58
U. S. Aid to Dependent Children 1,305.66
Highway Fund, Chapter 500,
Acts of 1938 5,550.00
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Federal Emergency Relief Fund 150.49
Support of Indigent Persons 16.|00
46,941.86
Special Assessments Moth
2,472.29
Privileges
Motor Vehicle Excise 11,594.26
General Government
Selectmen
Town Hall Rent 90.00
Town Wharf Rent 100.00
Great Neck, Lot Rent 125.00
Court Room Rent 325.00
Sale Shotgun Record Books 1.00
641.00
Treasurer and Collector Costs 41.75
Town Clerk
Dog Licenses 918.20
1,600.95
171
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Protection of Persons and Property
Police
Ambulance
170.00
Sale of Motorcycle 25.00
195.00
Fire
Phone Tolls
13.15
Refill Fire Extinguisher 1.10
14.25
Moth
Private Work
40.75
Insurance Refund
52.57
Sale of Sprayer
50.00
143.32
352.57
Weights and Measures
107.30
Town Scales
47.23
Seal Bounties
104.50
Health
State Susbidy
600.71
Individuals
174.27
774.98
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Highways
Sale of Materials
49.98
Damage to Blinkers 67.50
Sale of Snow Plow and Tractor Cab 50.00
Damage to Truck 15.00
Use of Grader 12.00
Machinery Fund
695.93
890.41
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Temporary Aid
State
4,049.74
Cities and Towns 2,226.23
6,275.97
Infirmary
Sales
2,303.23
Cities and Towns 606.45
Condemned Cattle 222.50
3,132.18
Aid to Dependent Children
State 1,963.13
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Old Age Assistance
State
9,334.26
Cities and Towns 446.67
.9,780.93
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
412.00
Military Aid
30.00
442.00
21,594.21
Schools
Tuition
4,139.50
Manual Training
85.91
Manning School Fund
500.00
Feofees Grammar School
1,500.00
6,225.41
Public Service Enterprises Electric Light 97,886.89
Water
Rates
20.345.01
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Liens
1,178.98
21,523.99
119,410.88
Cemeteries
Interments, Etc. Sale of Truck Sale of Lots
766.00
15.00
535.00
1,316.00
Interest :
Taxes
3,913.56
Tax Titles
456.21
Electric Light Meter Deposits
101.48
4,471.25
Trust Funds
Cemetery Funds, Bequests 1,179.34
Cemetery Funds, Income 60.00
Cemetery Funds, Water Note
500.00
Cemetery Funds, Care of Graves 1,325.28
175
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Cowles Fund, Scholarships
300.00
John C. Kimball Fund, Income
12.58
Crane Fund, Picnic
1,633.30
Crane Fund, Income
312.50
Electric Light Meter Deposits
379.00
5,702.00
Indebtedness
Water Loan
15,000.00
Tax Title Loan
25,000.00
Emergency Loan
10,000.00
Temporary Loans
286,750.00
Premium
118.50
Accrued Interest on Water Loan 7.29
336,875.79
Refunds
Petty Cash Advance
40.00
Treasurer and Collector
1.88
Police
1.00
Highway
47.19
Snow Removal
106.00
Welfare
69.33
Education
54.08
Unemployment
2.25
176
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
Interest
3.30
325.03
Total Receipts
893,143.70
Balance January 1, 1938:
General
21,725.71
Electric Light Deposits 4,034.55
25,760.26
918,894.96
177
IPSWICH TOWN REPORT PAYMENTS
Per Recapitulation of Appropriation Accounts Petty Cash Advance Temporary Loans Dog Licenses
$586,064.84 40.00
274,750.00 918.20
Trust Fund Deposits :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
1,179.34
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income
60.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care, Water Note
500.00
R. T. Crane Picnic Fund, Income John C. Kimball Fund
12.58
Refunds:
Taxes 1934
4.44
Taxes 1936
11.65
Taxes 1937
30.02
Taxes 1938
147.36
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
1936
8.37
1937
34.56
1938
170.42
Old Age Assistance Tax: 1933
1.00
Moth Assessments:
1937
40.00
Water Liens Added to Taxes: 1937
1.00
Tax Titles
22.00
Electric Light Accounts Receivable
6.02
Water Accounts Receivable
4.24
Electric Light Meter Deposits
208.00
Total Payments
$864,526.54
Balance December 31, 1938 General
50,061.39
Electric Light Deposits
4,307.03
54,368.42
$918,894.96
312.50
RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES WITH CASH
Balance Jan. 1,'38
Appropriation and Loans
Cash Receipts
Moderator
100.00
Selectmen
3,000.00
Auditing and Accounting
2,040.00
Treasurer and Collector
5,697.00
1.88
Assessors
2,576.22
Law
600.00
Town Clerk
1,750.00
Election and Registration
Town Hall
3,383.50
Repairs to Cell Room
Town Hall Oil Burner
Trustees Great Neck Property
Plans and Survey
Town Wharf Railing
Turkey Shore Retaining Wall
45.00
Special Committee on By-Laws
13,495.00
1.00
Police
1,456.00
Fire
2,000.00
Fire Apparatus
300.00
Moth
5,782.20
Tree Warden
780.00
Weights and Measures
465.05
Forest Warden
250.00
Shell Fish
15.94
Green Crab
Mosquito Control
6,465.50
Cable Hospital
2,500.00
Essex Sanitarium
2,747.05
Highways
Highways, Chapter 464, Acts of 1935
.08
Chap. 90, Topsfield and Linebrook Roads
4.05
Chap. 90, Topsfield Road 1937
Chap. 90, Topsfield Road, 1938
Chap. 90, Mill Road, 1937
4,000.00
East and Newmarch Streets
214.40
Union and Saltonstall
113.52
Resurfacing Little Neck Road
1,702.00
Resurfacing Candlewood Road
3,000.00
Traffic Signs and Rules
993.02
Chap. 500, Acts of 1938
10,000.00
106.00
Street Lighting
6,000.00
45,000.00
L 10,000.00
69.33
Town Infirmary
U. S. Grants Aid to Dependent Children
85.83
Old Age Assistance-Adm.
1.94
1,305.66 456.98
Health
23,925.00
47.19
3,750.00
Chap. 90, Mill Road 1938
1,300.00
Special Clam Committee
250.00
Harbor Master
13,068.80
Committee on Town Government
64.44
V. H. Grant Pension
1,900.00
Public Welfare
6,000.00
5,550.00
Snow Removal
DISBURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938
Credit Transfer
Deficits Dec.31,'38
Deficits Jan. 1,'38
Cash Payments
Debit Transfer
Transferred To Revenue
Balance Dec.31,'38
100.00
100.00
3,095.94
4.06
262.50
2,298.08
4.42
5.698.73
.15
2,568.48
7.74
996.60
1,700.82
49.08
1,848.03
51.97
3,267.34
116.16
350.00
342.71
7.29
240.00
240.00
249.65
189.65
60.00
85.40
85.40
145.00
145.00
170.00
170.00
45.00
13,340.90
155.10
1,456.00
13,007.81
60.99
2,000.00
119.00
181.00
240.64
6,021.52
1.32
28.84
808.80
.04
465.05
178.63
71.37
1,298.45
1.55
250.00
500.00
850.00
850.00
6,452.71
12.79
2.500.00
2.747.05
23,972.19
.08
4.05
6,300.00
581.44
4,906.72
800.00
11.84
4,803.15
4,213.99
4,339.16
9,444.70
1,535.93
6,367.12
1,541.65
12,000.00
14,266.80
1,733.20
214.40
113.52
1,538.33
1,702.00
3,000.00
.10
5,084.66
465.34
8,950.63
155.37
6,000.00
55,069.12
.21
5,983.90
16.10
1,311.18
80.21
.10
451.80
7.12
75.43
1,068.35
15.94
64.44
396.60
RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES WITH CASH
Balance Jan. 1,'38
Appropriation and Loans
Cash Receipts
Old Age Assistance-Assistance
297.20
13,710.58
State Aid
600.00
Military Aid
600.00
Soldiers' Relief
6,500.00
Soldiers' Graves
175.00
Soldiers' Burials
102,377.25
2,054.08
New High School Construction
387.25
1,000.00
300.00
Libraries
2,000.00
Parks
700.00
Playground
1,025.00
Unpaid Bills, School Department
396.65
Unpaid Bills, Welfare, Soldiers' Relief Highway and Cemeteries
6,585.89
Unemployment Committee, 1933, No. 2
13.39
Unemployment $35,000.00
8.00
W. P. A. 30,000
1,357.28
Unemployment 3,500.00
3,500.00
Green Street Dam
1,200.00
24,573.66
2.25
Storm Damage
R. T. Crane Picnic Fund
1,633.30
Horsman Indemnity
39.00
Memorial Building
2,250.00
Repairs to Memorial Building
1,000.00
Memorial Day
300.00
Town Clock
75.00
Bounties on Seals
100.00
Reserve Fund
Ipswich River Dredging
600.00
Currier Park Easement
Cemetery Markers
11,727.04
97,880.87
Electric Light Depreciation
6,646.40
Water Department
2,744.51
21,500.00
125.79
Labor-In-Vain Road Water Extension
Safford and Cherry Streets, Water Extension Cemeteries
Grave Digging
Locust Grove Cemetery Fence
Locust Grove Cemetery
140.63
Cemetery Perpetual Care of Lots
6,084.10
Interest Maturing Debt
34,940.00
State Tax
Auditing Municipal Accounts
State Parks and Reservations
Veterans Exemptions
County Tax
L15,000.00
7,500.00
2,000.00
2,543.95
900.00
1,200.00
1.325.28
Electric Light Operations
5,000.00
Court Judgments Ascertained
5,000.00
Unemployment 1938, No. 2
1,561.84
Education
School Ground Lighting
Scholarships
$25,066.90 $442,341.84 $126,132.03
DISBURSEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938
Credit Transfer
Deficits Dec. 31.'38
Deficits Jan.1,'38
Cash Payments
Debit Transfer
Transferred To Revenue
Balance Dec. 31 ,'38
14,007.78
340.00
240.00
20.00
240.00
838.00
2.00
5,290.08
1,209.92
175.00
88.19
88.19
104.414.61
16.72
387.25
201.21
300.00
2.000.00
681.49
18.51
1,003.81
21.19
396.65
6,582.89
3.00
6.88
6.51
8.00
1,357.28
3,500.00
1,000.00
200.00
23,311.78
1,264.13
1,561.84
1,633.30
39.00
2,226.29
23.71
970.46
29.54
295.95
4.05
75.00
59.50
40.50
4,574.24
425.73
5,000.00
200.00
200.00
10.50
10.50
73,153.34
12,146.45 10,000.00
14,308.12
12,146.45
18,792.85
32.75
36,134.75
3,268.30
2,387.97
5,112.03
1,965.34
34.66
119.68
2,657.27
6.36
734.30
165.70
1,171.10
28.90
1,325.28
5,529.21
554.89
9,667.50
9,990.00
787.50
18,870.00
95.59
95.59
274.73
61.50
235.22
21.99
18.83
2.53
15.25
1.05
11,248.58
223.03
11,008.28
17.27
$69,284.71 $10,840.00 $3,191.93 $586,064.84 $17,847.41 $13,724.22 $54,419.26
34,940.00
140.63
600.00
798.79
TOWN OF IPSWICH-BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1938 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash :
General
$50,061.39
Electric Light Deposits
4,307.03
$ 54,368.42
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1933 18.00
Levy of 1934 427.22
Levy of 1935
1,475.25
Levy of 1936
12,257.26
Levy of 1937
35,654.44
Levy of 1938
91,818.90
141,651.07
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1932 90.16
Levy of 1933
223.46
Levy of 1934
341.93
Levy of 1935
326.58
Levy of 1936
721.67
Levy of 1937
1,068.72
Levy of 1938
991.67
3,764.19
Special Assessments :
Moth 1934
45.10
Moth 1936
41.28
Moth 1937
141.07
Moth 1938
185.85
413.30 47,226.97
LIABILITIES and RESERVES Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue $100,000.00 In Anticipation of Reimbursement 12,000.00
$112,000.00
Electric Light Deposit Fund 2,804.99
Electric Light Deposit Fund :
Accrued Interest 1,502.04
4,307.03
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved for Payment of Debt
2,677.84
Tailings
182.05
Highway Machinery Fund
1,853.83
Sale of Town Property Fund
75.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
1,286.00
Water Available Surplus
3,268.30
U. S. Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children 10
Old Age Assistance, Administration 7.12
7.22
Overestimates :
County Tax
17.27
Veteran's Exemptions 1.05
18.32
Advance Payment 1939 Poll Taxes Unexpended Appropriation Balances : Chapter 90, Topsfield Road 1937 11.84
Chapter 90,
Topsfield Road 1938 4,339.16
Chapter 90,
Mill Road 1937 1,541.65
4.00
Tax Titles
Departmental : Town Hall Rentals Town Property Telephone
50.00
1,467.50
97.12
Traffic Signs and Regulations .10
Ambulance
306.00
Health
2,607.43
School Ground Lighting 201.21
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