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BRAINARD C. WALLACE,
Town Accountant.
TOWN OF IPSWICH Balance Sheet - December 30, 1944 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash :
Tailings $ 1,042.92
In banks and Office
$215,072.66
Sale of Real Estate Fund 8,470.00
Highway Machinery Fund 2,907.41
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
2,306.00
Taxes:
Levy of 1943:
Personal $ 277.92
Real Estate 2,230.12
$ 2,508.04
Levy of 1944:
Poll
$ 48.00
Personal
2,244.33
Real Estate 23,862.16
26,154.49 ยท
Cemetery $1,350.00
28,662.53
Shell Fish Benefits
1,000.00
Accounts Receivable
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children $135.36
Old Age Assistance 171.94
307.30
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits
2,967.92
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits Interest 2,151.52
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Office and Storage Building,
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1944
Advisory Committee 1,000.00
126.33
Town Dump Construction 500.00
Town Hall Improvements 438.35
Honor Roll Committee 370.37
Moth 1943
$25.00
Civilian Defense Committee
241.36
Moth 1944
20.00
Skating Rink
238.72
45.00
Rationing Board
184.23
Tax Titles
$13,044.60
Service Flag
178.40
Tax Title Possessions
8,624.35
Henry Augustine Cowles
21,668.95
Memorial Cemetery 639.02
6,140.35
Departmental :
Town Hall
$ 10.00
Town Property
1,633.25
Ambulance
318.00
Depreciation
78,046.26
Moth
103.75
103,963.46
Water :
Health
1,499.46
Surplus
$26,059.60
Highway
104.98
Public Welfare
1,303.75
41,059.60
Old Age Assistance
362.49
Electric Light:
Operations
$25,917.20
Loan Authorized - Not Issued 15,000.00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
6,791.68
Special Assessments :
Soldier's Benefits 232.00
Education 75.00
Cemetery
1,246.00
6,888.68
Electric Light
17,352.03
Revenue Reserved Until' Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $ 126.33
Special Assessment 45.00
Tax Title
21,668.95
Departmental
6,888.68
Electric Light
17,352.03
Loan Authorized
15,000.00
Water 12,195.42
Surplus Revenue
58,276.42 75,253.55
$317,011.60
$317,011.60
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Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1943 $1,579.14
Levy of 1944 3,794.24
5,373.38
Water
$11,920.02
Water Liens to Taxes 1944
242.47
Water Liens to Tax Titles 32.93
12,195.42
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt.
$97,800.00
High School Loan
$66,000.00
Water Extension Loan 1938
9,000.00
Additional Water Supply Loan 1942
8,000.00
Water System Loan 1927
6,000.00
Highway Equipment Loan
4,800.00
Shatswell School Loan
4,000.00
$97,800.00
$97,800.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$156,127.06
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$55,161.56
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
50,00.00
Richard T. Crane Jr., Picnic Fund
32,095.44
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
10,031.54
Mark Newman Memorial Fund
5,094.14
Mrs. William G. Brown Animal Fund
2,036.07
Marianna T. Junes Fund
782.81
John T. Kimball Fund
500.00
Martha I. Savory Fund
288.54
Dow Memorial Boulder Fund
136.96
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$156,127.06
$156,127.06
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RECAPITULATION OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES WITH CASH DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30, 1944
Balance Jan. 1, '44
Appropriations And Loans
Cash Receipts
Credit Transfer
Cash Payments
Debit Transfer
Transferred
Balance To Revenue Dec. 30, '44
Moderator
4.493.83
3.83
385.00
4.703.06
Selectmen
55.75
Selectmen, Unpaid Bill 1942
55.75
1.45
400.00
3,646.54
114.91
Accountant
8.984.40
60.75
700.00
9.047.77
697.38
Treasurer and Collector
2.895.00
200.00
3,083.35
Assessors
600.00
275.00
875.00
Law
Town Clerk
1.907.50
200.00
2.064.26
Election and Registration
2,337.00
Town Hall
3.029.80
508.60
3.516.09
Town Hall Improvements
1.800.00
18.485.75
18.360.04
125.71
Police
18.793.55
42.59
745.25
19.519.08
62.31
Fire
235.19
Weights and Measures
3.907.75
350.00
3.829.59
428.16
Moth
1.425.00
45
50.00
1.387.26
88.19
Tree Warden
500.00
1.20
100.00
561.21
39.99
Forest Warden
150.00
10.00
140.00
Bounty On Seals
1.500.00
200.00
1,695.39
4.61
Clam Commissioner
1,000.00
Shell Fish Benefits
7.359.40
15.00
211.76
7.586.16
Mosquito Control
500.00
45.60
545.60
Town Dump Construction
26,544.00
894.12
27.305.58
132.54
Highway
7.000.00
3.483.11
3.516.89
Snow Removal
350.00
350.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,400.00
100.00
700,00
2.200.00
Resurfacing North Gate Road
5.400.00
5.400.00
Public Welfare
6.560.00
30.00
200.00
5.674.98
.20
1.114.82
Unpaid Bill Public Welfare 1939
2.500.00
2.500.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm.
100.00
100.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Aid
2,500.00
5.00
2,428.40
76.60
U. S. Grant, A. D. C .. Adm.
77.79
77.79
U. S. Grant, A. D. C .. Aid
55.36
1.248.00
1.168.00
135.36
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
300.00
300.00
Old Age Assistance, Assistance
35.000.00
210.50
33.550.54
1.659.96
U. S. Grant, O. A. A., Adm.
1.34
791.46
.20
793.00
U. S. Grant, O. A. A., Assistance
23,750.13
23.578.19
171.94
Soldier's Benefits
4,000.00
600.55
3,399.45
Education
104,442.15
2,002.00
10.600.00
116,845.60
198.55
Education, Special Retirement Fund
177.25
177.25
Scholarships
300.00
300.00
Library
3,350.00
3.350.00
Parks
704.00
75.00
565.75
213.25
Playgrounds
1,215.00
125.00
1.276.85
63.15
Skating Rink
238.72
238.72
Valorous H. Grant, Pension
728.00
728.00
Memorial Day
415.00
15.00
410.15
19.85
Town Clock
75.00
75.00
Memorial Building
2,305.30
50
200.00
2.361.59
144.21
Advisory Committee
1,000.00
Civilian Defense Committee
1,750.00
9.23
2.518.76
241.36
Honor Roll Committee
3.000.00
2.629.63
370.37
Rationing Board
262.42
975.00
1.053.19
184.23
Service Flag
220.40
42.00
178.40
30 No. Main Street Disposal
350.00
318.48
31.52
Electric Light Operations
32,103.08
161,313.98
25.37
142.149.69
25,375.54
25.917.20
Water
30.160.46
14,520.06
20,813.85
23,866.67
Cemetery
4.319.00
1.195.75
700.00
6.211.42
3.33
H. A. Cowles, Memorial Cemetery
1.500.00
860.98
639.02
Office and Storage Building, Cemetery
1.350.00
Soldier's Graves
325.00
45.00
369.85
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Interest
1,890.00
1,890.00
Maturing Debt
14.400.00
14.400.00
Emergency Increases for 1944
14.845.00
14,845.00
Reserve Fund
5.000.00
5,000.00
34.867.40
363.883.89
191.411.13
39.844.96
515.891.83
69.087.41
12,663.19
32,364.95
RECAPITULATION OF TRANSFERS AND DISBURSEMENTS OTHER THAN DEPARTMENTAL
State Tax
14.278.00
14,278.00
County Tax
12,176.25
12.176.25
Essex County Sanatorium
3.855.70
3.855.70
Auditing Tax
1,500.59
1.500.59
State Parks and Reservations
270.81
270.81
Withholding Tax Deductions
19,620.73
19,620.73
Dog Licenses Collected for County
966.20
966.20
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
1.825.00
1,825.00
R. T. Crane Jr .. Picnic Fund
1.250.00
1,250.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
625.00
625.00
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
250.00
250.00
John C. Kimball Fund
25.62
25.62
Martha I. Savory Fund
4.00
4.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
18.000.00
32,000.00
50.000.00
Sale of Real Estate Fund
1992.50
6.477.50
8,470.00
Highway Machinery Fund
2.385.83
521.58
2,907.41
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund
1,669.00
637.00
2.306.00
Electric Light Meter Deposits
2,877.56
328.57
238.21
2.967.92
Electric Light Meter Deposits, Int. 2,032.61
123.28
4.37
2.151.52
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
11,297.30
494.38
5.000.00
6,791.68
Electric Light Depreciation
52,670.72
25.375.54
78,046.26
Water Surplus
14,520.06
16.712.99
14,520.06
16,712.00
Refunds:
Electric Light Accounts Rec.,
1,535.88
Real Estate Taxes
216.00
Poll Taxes
2.00
Interest on Taxes 1940
30
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
27.39
Tailings
18.00
Surplus Revenue
8.52
89,445.58
50,654.48
106,664.26
108.698.57
19.520.06
120,352.79
1.000.00
Health
850.00
850.00
Town Dump
500.00
500.00
Bay- View Road Construction
890.00
890.00
Street Lighting
149.00
149.00
19
Fire Alarm Little Neck
235.00
519.00
449.52
69.48
2.275.81
61.19
22.31
1.361.65
438.35
100.00
100.00
179.60
3,360.00
11.65
43.24
Mrs. William Brown, Animal Fund
236.52
236.52
1,350.00
1.000.000
B. S. Cable Memorial Hospital
REPORT
OF
STATE AUDIT
OF THE
Books and Accounts
OF THE
TOWN OF IPSWICH
For The Period From December 23, 1942 To December 16, 1943
Chronicle Publishing Co., Printers Ipswich, Mass.
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April 10, 1944.
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. John F. Conley, Chairman Ipswich, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Ipswich for the period from December 23, 1942, to December 16, 1943, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, As- sistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL
Director of Accounts.
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell 1
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Ipswich for the period from December 23, 1942, the date of the previous audit, to December 16, 1943, and submit the following report thereon :
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The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were examined, check- ed and reconciled with the books of the town accountant.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked in detail. The receipts as recorded were checked with the treasurer's records and with the records of the departments collecting money for the town, while the pay- ments were compared with the treasury warrants and the trea- surer's cash book. The ledgers were analyzed, the appropria- tion accounts were checked with the town clerk's record of town meetings, and other accounts were checked with informa- tion in the departments in which the transaction originated. After the necessary adjustments were made a trial balance was drawn off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this re- port, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 16, 1943.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as treasurer, were examined and checked in detail. The recorded. receipts were analyzed and compared with departmental re- cords, with the other sources from which money was paid to the town treasury, and with the records of the town account- ant. The payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disbursement of town funds and with the ac- countant's ledger accounts.
The cash balance on December 16, 1943, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks.
The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were proved with the accounts falling due and with the can- celled securities and coupons on file.
The records of tax titles taken by the town were ex- amined and analyzed. The recorded redemptions and fore- closures were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed, checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds, and recon- ciled with the town accountant's books. .
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The securities, including savings bank books, represent- ing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer and trust fund commissioners were examined and listed, and the transactions were verified by comparison with the accountant's ledger.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as collector, were examined and checked in detail.
The tax accounts outstanding at the time of the pre- vious examinations and all subsequent commitments of taxes were audited and compared with the assessors' warrants. The recorded colleitions were verified by lomparison with the treas- urer's books and the recorded abatements were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted.
The commitments of departmental accounts were check- ed with the records in the departments in which they originated. The collections, the payments to the treasurer, and the abate- ments and allowances were checked and verified, the outstand- ing accounts being listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing notice to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies re- ceived thereto it appears that the accounts as listed, are correct.
The records in the treasurer's and collector's office were found to have been accurately and efficiently kept.
The treasurer and collector relinquished his office on February 5, 1944, at which time an acting officer was appoint- ed under Chapter 708, Acts of 1941, as amended by Chapter 548, Acts of 1943. The cash in the office was again counted, the bank balances were reconciled, and the aggregate amount outstanding on each of the several tax levies, as shown by the town accountant's books, were given to the assessors for re- commitment by their warrants to the acting collector. The aggregate amounts of outstanding departmental accounts re- ceivable were also given to the respective departments for re- commitment to the acting town collector.
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The financial records to the town clerk were examined and checked. The receipts for dog and hunting and fishing licenses were checked with the records of licenses issued, and the payments were verified.
The records of licenses issued by the selectmen were checked and the payments to the treasurer were verified by comparison with the treasurer's cash book.
The records of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, including those of the health, public welfare, school, electric light, water, and cemetery departments, were examined and checked by cam- parison with the treasurer's and the town accountant's books.
The surety bonds on file for the several town officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax title, tax title pos- session, and departmental accounts together with schedules showing the trust fund transactions.
For the co-operation extended by the various town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE
Assistant Director of Accounts.
TOWN OF IPSWICH Balance Sheet - December 16, 1943 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Libilities and Reserves
Cash :
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In Banks and Office,
$186,189.15
Petty Cash Advances:
Civilian Defense,
$
30.00
Highway Department, 10.00
40.00
Tailings,
264.94
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1942:
Personal, $ 306.86
Real Estate,
2,616.03
$2,922.89
Levy of 1943:
Personal, $ 2,543.10
Real Estate, 34,686.56
37,229.66
40,152.55
Temporary Loans:
In Anticipation of Reimbursement, $1,000.00
Withholding Tax Deductions, 677.70
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances, 40.00
Trust Fund Income :
Martha I. Savory Tree Fund,
$
1.00
Richard T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund, 312.50
313.50
Sale of Town Property Fund, 1,992.50
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes: Levy of 1943, 55.53
Special Assessments :
Moth 1942,
$ 15.60
Moth 1943, 42.25
57.85
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles,
$ 18,037.55
Tax Possessions,
10,050.52
Aid to Dependent Children :
28,088.07
Assistance, 225.86
296.70
Departmental :
Town Hall,
$ 10.00
Town Property,
1,499.50
Shellfish Benefits,
21.61
Ambulance,
225.00
Health,
612.40
Moth,
213.75
Highway,
16.10
Temporary Aid,
2,239.18
Old Age Assistance, 565.18
Highway Machinery Fund, 2,375.03
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund, 1,661.50
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance :
Administration, $ 70.84
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits, 2,880.56
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits Interest, 2,032.61
Unexpended Appropriation Balances :
General, $38,221.14
Electric Light:
Operations, $41,062.19
Depreciation,
42,569.65
83,631.84
Aid to Dependent Children, 65.67 Soldiers' Benefits, 420.00
School, 603.50
Cemetery, 1,007.00
7,448.89
13,808.17
Electric Light, Water, $ 7,415.34
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1942, 207.34
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1943, 273.92
Tax Titles-Water Liens, 340.88
8,237.48
State Aid to Highways, 1,000.00
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1936, $ 8.80
Levy of 1937, 7.72 Levy of 1938, 8.96
Levy of 1939, 60.57
Water:
Appropriation,
$17,890.48
Loan Authorized,
Not Issued,
15,000.00
32,890.48
154,743.46
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, 8,623.12
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1942, $2,922.89
Levy of 1943. 1,579.68
4,502.57
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, $ 55.53
Special Assessment, 57.85
Tax Title, 28,088.07
Departmental, 7,448.89
Levy of 1940, 53.10
Electric Light,
13,808.17
County Tax,
632.98
Water,
8,237.48
57,695.99
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Scholar-
ship Fund Income,
300.00
Surplus Revenue : Current Year, $ 6,820.21
1,072.13
Prior Years,
55,541.27
62,361.48
Loan Authorized - Water Department, 15,000.00
Water Appropriation in Excess of Collections, 311.84
$301,461.66
$301,461.66
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$118,200.00 Highway Equipment Loan 1941, $ 7,200.00
Municipal Relief Loan 1939, 2,000.00
Shatswell School Loan, 8,000.00
New High School Loan 1935,
72,000.00
Electric Light Loans,
2,000.00
Water Loans, 27,000.00
$118,200.00
$118,200.00
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Fund, Cash and Securities, $102,710.53
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund (Scholarships) ,
$ 10,254.56
Mark Newman School Fund, 5,000.00
John C. Kimball Library Fund, 512.73
Mrs. William G. Brown Animal Fund,
2,216.84
Marianna T. Jones Fund, 763.61
Richard T. Crane, Jr., Picnic Fund,
30,454.71
Martha I. Savory Tree Fund,
281.49
Dow Memorial Boulder Fund, 133.61
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
53,092.98
$102,710.53
$102,710.53
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REPORT
OF
STATE AUDIT
OF THE
Books and Accounts
OF THE
TOWN OF IPSWICH
MASS
JIM Sal
IN
1634
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 1667
For The Period From December 17,: 1943 To December 9, 1944
Chronicle Publishing Co., Printers Ipswich, Mass.
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January 30, 1945.
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. John F. Conley, Chairman Ipswich, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Ipswich for the period from De- cember 17, 1943 to December 9, 1944, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL
Director of Accounts
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporation and Taxation
State House, Boston Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Ipswich for the period from December 17, 1943, the date of the previous audit, to December 9, 1944, the following report being sub- mitted thereon:
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The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined, check- ed and reconciled with the books of the town accountant.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were checked and examined in detail. The receipts as recorded were checked with the treasurer's records and with the records of the departments collecting money for the town, while the payments were compared with the treasury warrants and the treasurer's cash book. The ledgers were analyzed, the appropriation ac- counts were checked with the town clerk's record of town meet- ings, and other accounts were checked with information in the departments in which the transactions originated. After the necessary adjustments were made, a trial balance was drawn off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town as of De- cember 9, 1944.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as treasurer, were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the departmental records, with the other sources from which money was paid to the town treasury, and with the records of the town ac- countant.
The payments were checked with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbursement of town funds and with the accountant's ledger accounts, and the cash balance on De- cember 9, 1944, was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with state- ments furnished by the banks.
The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and with the can- celled securities and coupons on file.
The securities, including savings bank books, represent- ing the investments of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed, and the transactions were verified by comparison with the accountant's ledger.
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The records of tax titles taken by the town were ex- amined and analyzed, the recorded redemptions were checked to the treasurer's cash book, and outstanding accounts were listed and checked to the deeds on file and with the records in the Registry of Deeds at Salem.
The securities, including savings bank books, repre- senting the investments of the trust and investment funds in the custody of trustees were examined and listed.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as collector, were examined and checked in detail. The tax ac- counts outstanding at the time of the previous examination and all subsequent commitments of taxes were audited and compared with the assessors' warrants. The recorded collections were verified by comparison with the treasurer's books and the recorded abatements were checked to the assessors' records of abatements granted.
The commitments of departmental accounts were check- ed with the records in the departments in which they originated. The collections, the payments to the treasurer, and the abate- ments were checked and verified, the outstanding accounts be- ing listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
The records of all other departments collecting money or committing bills for collection, including those of the light and water departments, were examined and checked. The pay- ments to the treasurer and the abatements were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies re- ceived thereto it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The financial records of the town clerk were examined and checked. The receipts from' dog and sporting licenses were checked with the records of licenses issued, and the payments to the treasurer and the Division of Fisheries and Game were verified.
The surety bonds on file for the several town officials
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IPSWICH TOWN REPORT
required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax title, water, light, and departmental accounts, together with tables showing the transactions and condition of the trust funds.
On behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation for the cooperation extended by the various town officials during the progress of the audit.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE
Assistant Director of Accounts.
TOWN OF IPSWICH Balance Sheet --- December 9, 1944 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash :
In Banks and Office,
$220,276.74
.
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes :
Levy of 1943:
Personal,
$
327.92
Real Estate, 2,900.94
$ 3,228.86
Levy of 1944 :
Poll,
$
234.00
Personal, 2,276.73
Real Estate, 25,560.96
28,071.69
Liabilities and Reserves
Withholding Tax Deductions, $ 170.30
200.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests, Tailings, Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund,
246.94
2,299.00
Highway Machinery Fund, Sale of Real Estate Fund,
8,060.00
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance:
Administration,
$
7.95
Assistance, 470.94
Aid to Dependent Children :
Administration, 8.57
Assistance,
31.36
518.82
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits,
2,988.92
31,300.55
Electric Meter Guarantee Deposits Interest,
2,151.52
2,907.41
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1944,
Unexpended Balances :
171.81
General, $47,088.21 Electric Light : Operations, $20,057.52
Depreciation,
78,046.26
98,103.78
47.00
Water:
Appropriation,
$28,123.88
Tax Titles,
$13,306.47
Tax (Possessions,
9,034.35
22,340.82
43,123.88
Departmental :
Town Hall,
$ 10.00
Town Property,
1,599.50
Ambulance,
316.00
Moth,
108.75
Health,
1,013.54
Highway,
16.10
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Public Welfare,
1,653.83
Old Age Assistance,
362.49
Soldiers' Benefits,
222.00
Cemetery ,
933.00
Tax Title, 22,340.82
Departmental, 6,235.21
Electric Light,
6,235.21 16,497.51
State Aid to Highways, 392.56
188,315.87
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus,
6,546.01
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1943, $1,579.14
Levy of 1944, 4,010.24
5,589.38
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, $ 171.81
Special Assessment, 47.00
Special Assessments :
Moth 1943, Moth 1944,
$25.00
22.00
Tax Titles and Possessions:
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