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Credits :
Appropriation 251,896.29
Expenditures : 401 General Control 12,400.01
Receipts from Feoffees of
.402 Expense of Instruction 179,089.15 .403 School Plant Operation 26,922.86
the Grammar Schools 5,000.00
.404 Maints. and Repairs
6,930.15
405 Auxiliary Agencies
27,561.74
.406 Outlay
3,503.46
256,407.37
Encumbered for 1954 for 403
15.00
To Revenue
473.92
256,896.29
256,896.29
80
Expenditures :
HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Credits :
Balance January 1, 1953 754.37 Receipts 20,804.74
Expenditures : Lunches Expense 19,419.92 Balance Forward to 1954 2,139.19
21,559.11
21,559.11
WINTHROP SCHOOL LUNCH
Credits :
Balance January 1, 1953
144.67
Receipts
9,370.75
Expenditures : Lunches Expense 8,632.95 Balance Forward to 1954 882.47
9,515.42
9,515.42
ATHLETIC RECEIPTS FUND
Credits :
Balance January 1, 1953
1,818.14
Expenditures : Athletic Expense Balance Forward to 1954
1,732.08
Receipts
1,570.64
1,656.70
3,388.78
3,388.78
ATHLETIC FUND
Credits :
Appropriation
Expenditures : Athletic Expense
3,439.18
To Revenue .53
3,439.71
3,439.71
BAND FUND
Expenditures :
797.50 Balance Forward to 1954
797.50
LIBRARY
Credits :
Appropriation
Expenditures : .2 Outside Services
9,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
R. T. CRANE, JR. PICNIC FUND-ADMINISTRATION
Credits :
Receipts
Expenditures : .2 Outside Services 69.00
R. T. CRANE, JR. PICNIC FUND-PICNIC
Credits :
Receipts
1,178.77
Expenditures : .2 Outside Services
1,178.77
EUNICE CALDWELL COWLES FUND
Credits :
Receipts
250.00
Expenditures : Scholarships 250.00
BROWN DOG FUND
Credits :
Receipts
311.61
Expenditures : .2 Outside Services 311.61
MARK NEWMAN MEMORIAL FUND
Credits : Receipts
115.00
Expenditures : .4 Supplies 115.00
JOHN C. KIMBALL FUND
Credits : Receipts
46.70
Expenditures : 2 Outside Services 46.70
81
Credits :
Receipts
3,439.71
9,000.00
69.00
CASH RECEIPTS AND CASH PAYMENTS SUMMARY Year Ending December 31, 1953 General Account
Cash Balance January 1, 1953 Receipts
$ 139,751.01 1,847,205.06
1,986,956.07
Expenditures :
Transferred to Payroll Account
$ 533,140.04 1,246,286.14
All other
1,779,426.18
$ 207,529.89
Treasury Bills
157,420.89
General Balance, December 31, 1953
364,950.78
Composition of Balance:
Cash in Banks
198,031.33
Cash In Office
9,498.56
Treasury Bills
157,420.89
$ 364,950.78
Payroll Account
Transferred from General Account
$ 533,140.04
Expenditures
532,140.04
Payroll Balance, December 31, 1953
$ 1,000.00
STATEMENT OF COLLECTIONS For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1953
Taxes :
Current Year
431,732.24 $
Prior Years
34,590.12
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Current Year
51,395.34
Prior Years
8,133.72
Moth:
Current Year
49.50
Prior Years
34.50
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Current Year
673.65
Prior Years
187.20
Interest:
Current Year
133.13
Prior Years
1,361.34
Costs:
Current Year
180.25
Prior Years
186.45
Tax Certificates
28.00
Electric Light
312,068.24
Water
73,959.70
Departmental
105,526.47
$1,020,239.85
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1953
Departmental Expenditures $824,249.82 Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, Adm.
190.29
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, Aid
2,173.50
Old Age Assistance Adm.
3,346.84
Old Age Assistance, Aid
66,185.55
Disability Assistance 4,839.08
Disability Assistance 238.12
76,973.38
Taxes:
Auditing Tax
1,807.74
State Parks-Reservations
1,018.37
County Tax
23,545.79
Construction
28,245.80
36,940.13
Agency and Trusts :
Dog Licenses for County
1,506.80
Dog Sales for County
3.00
Retirement Deductions
14,330.73
Withholding Deductions
55,510.64
Blue Cross 7,993.35
79,344.52
Refunds :
Real Estate 1952
92.88
Poll 1953
6.00
Personal 1953
1.74
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
994.00
R. T. Crane, Jr., Fund
1,245.47
E. C. Cowles Fund
250.00
Martha I. Savory Fund
6.00
Appleton Memorial Fund
25.00
Ipswich High World War
II Memorial Fund
210.32
4,080.79
Water A/R
67.32
Sidewalks A/R
285.50
Trust Fund Expenditures :
R. T. Crane, Jr., Fund
2,513.40
E. C. Cowles Fund
250.00
Donations
3.75
Brown Dog Fund
311.61
Mark Newman Memorial Fund
115.00
John C. Kimball Fund
46.70
Burley School Milk Fund
30.28
3,270.74
State Grants :
Disability Assistance, Adm. 181.51
Shellfish Reimbursement 363.99
545.50
Electric Light :
Operations
257,854.45
Construction
4,456.00
262,310.45
Water Department: Operations
45,199.38
Essex County Sanitorium Tax 10,568.23
73,445.18
Maturing Debt :
7,000.00
Interest :
412.50
Trust Fund Deposits:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
1,350.00
Real Estate 1953
497.65
M V X 1952
186.45
M V X 1953
1,365.28
M V X Interest
.74
Blue Cross
12.85
Withholding
24.20
Retirement
32.66
Meter Deposits & Interest
541.69
Police A/R
8.00
Electric Light A/R
1,458.30
4,581.26
Treasury Bills :
406,271.91
Total Payments
$1,779,426.18
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1953
Taxes Current Year :
Comm. of Mass .:
Poll
3,982.00
Income Tax
58,289.55
Personal
28,182.72
Corporation Tax
32,234.85
Real Estate
399,567.52
Meal Tax
3,178.23
Lieu of Taxes
5,644.12
Vocational Education
679.63
Education Transportation
9,385.14
Taxes Previous Years :
Poll
6.00
Personal
3,652.53
Real Estate
30,925.24
Public Welfare
638.27
Aid to Dependent Children
152.23
Old Age Assistance
59,314.21
Disability Assistance
4,573.73
Veteran's Services
7,726.96
Motor Vehicle & Trailer
Excise 1952
8,133.72
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise 1953
51,395.34
Burley School Milk
Reimbursement 30.28
59,529.06
Special Assessments:
Moth to Taxes
84.00
Licenses and Permits :
Liquor
9,698.00
Hawkers & Peddlers
72.00
Pool & Bowling
36.00
Pistol
42.00
Amusement
66.00
Donations
3.75
Auto Dealer
10.00
Automatic Amusement
200.00
Cabin
1.00
Shellfish
737.00
Dog Sales for County
9.00
Common Victualler
55.00
Garbage
6.00
Innholders
3.00
Junk
40.00
Methyl Alcoholic
19.00
Milk, Cream & Oleo
41.00
Pasteurization
40.50
Rendering
5.00
Slaughtering
100.00
Theater
90.00
Nursery
2.00
Tallow
2.00
Recreation Camp
3.00
Auctioneer
12.00
Agents License
20.00
11,300.50
Fines & Forfeits:
646.00
Brown Dog Fund- Withdrawal 311.61
Mark Newman Memorial Fund-Withdrawal 115.00
J. C. Kimball Fund- Withdrawal 46.76
Martha I. Savory Fund- Income 6.00
Children, Aid
2.198.28
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
2,960.31
Old Age Assistance, Aid 63,179.36
Disability Assistance, Aid
6,779.98
High School World War II
Disability Assistance, Adm. 238.75
Memorial Fund-Income
210.32
75,491.68
82,457.58
Trusts :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests 1,450.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income 994.00
R. T. Crane, Jr.
Picnic Fund-Income
1,245.47
R. T. Crane, Jr. Picnic Fund-Withdrawals 2,513.40 E. C. Cowles Fund-Income 250.00
E. C. Cowles Fund- Withdrawal
250.00
Grants & Gifts: Federal:
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm
135.00
Aid to Dependent
Appleton Memorial Fund- Income 25.00
7,417.56
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199,104.80
County :
Aid to Highways Chapter 90
4,858.06
Individual :
W. R. C. for Memorial Building 100.00
Feoffees of Grammar Schools
5,000.00
Tailing : Agency :
114.90
Dog Licenses for County 1,452.00
Retirement System Deductions 15,804.70
Withholding Taxes
57,185.68
Blue Cross 8,006.20
Privileges:
Shellfish Reimbursement
1,100.00
Aid to Highways Chapter 90
13,716.12
English Class
120.00
School Aid
1,525.10
Tuition Reimbursement
796.38
34,583.77
431,732.24
DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS-(Continued)
Sale of Cemetery Lots 245.00 1,438.70
Highway Machinery Fund
Sale of Real Estate 10,748.58
Ald Age Assistance Recoveries
2,131.20
14,563.48
General Government:
Town Manager
Sale of Equipment
28.36
Crane's Beach
6,829.56
Ipswich Housing
3,889.61
Great Neck Rental
1,700.00
Town Farm Lease
125.00
12,572.53
Town Clerk
Fees
1,069.36
Dog Licenses
1,170.03
Photostat
17.00
Scale Receipts
118.20
2,374.59
Treasurer
Interest on Treasury Bills
2,380.51
Tax Certificates
42.00
2,422.51
74,847.05
Education :
Tuition
13,842.50
High School Cafeteria
20,804.74
Winthrop Lunch
9,370.75
Athletic Receipts
1,570.64
Band Fund
797.50
4,770.08
Fire Department
Oil Storage Permit
62.50
L. P. Gas Permit
8.50
Oil Burner Inspection
6.00
Gas Renewal
1.50
78.50
Fire
22.90
Moth
3.09
Health
47.10
Sanitation
.69
Highway
69.83
Public Welfare
6.00
Old Age Assistance
1,572.73
Disability Assistance
304.45
Veteran's Services
57.50
1,470.20
Education
141.28
Committee on School Requirements
25.00
Tuberculosis
567.14
Capital Equipment
7.08
Garbage
733.27
Electric Light
429.87
Slaughter Inspection
1,554.66
Water
149.48
Cemeteries
12.60
2,855.07
2,882.32
Treasury Bills
447,619.49
Shellfish Sale of Crabs
65.00
Highways: Sidewalks Other
644.62
275.00
919.62
Recreation :
Equipment Sales
63.00
Cemetery :
Internment-Removals
2,719.00
Annual Care
610.50
Foundations
665.41
Liners
130.20
Interests & Costs
1,861.17
Electric Light Department :
Electric Sales & Misc. 312,057.56
Meter Deposits & Dividends 2,683.30
314,740.86
Water Department:
Water Liens
860.85
Water Sales & Misc.
73,986.20
Protection of Persons & Property :
Police Department
Ambulance
422.00
Special Work
4,318.83
Bicycle Permits
29.25
46,386.13
Insurance Receipts 38.00
Refunds :
Treas. & Collector
4.54
Town Hall
25.18
Civilian Defense
3.00
Weights & Measures Fees
126.45
Grounds & Buildings
Tree Spraying
1,344.85
Insurance
125.35
Health & Sanitation:
4,125.11
$1.847,205.06
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COMPARATIVE TAX STRUCTURE STATEMENT 1952 - 1953
1952
1953
A. Total Appropriation to be raised by taxation :
$ 700,736.50
$ 768,622.24
Total Appropriation to be from available funds : 68,450.00
taken
145,850.00
$ 769,186.50 $ 914,472.24
B. State Requirement :
Parks & Reservations
689,15
Audit
1,807.74
Underestimated Previous Years : Parks & Reservations Audit
78.97
504.35
$ 3,333.19 $ 3,080.21
C. County Retirement :
Tax T. B. Hospital
12,294.46
11,550.97
Underestimates Previous Years : Tax
1,070.23
$ 38,656.67
$ 35,671.54
D). Overlay
13,622.58
14,407.47
E. Gross Amount to be Raised
$ 824,798.94
$ 967,631,46
F. Estimated Receipts & Available Funds:
State Income
76,135.03
90,208.40
Local Revenue
135,950 00
165,245.00
Water Revenue
55,000.00
70,000.00
Overestimates of Previous Years : County Tax State Parks
1.012.63
2,025.74
170.55
T. B. Hospital
1,677.42
Surplus Revenues
61,450.00
130,371.61
Electric Light
15,000.00
15,000.00
Overlay Reserve Fund
7,000.00
10,000.00
Machinery Fund
2,733.39
Insurance Fund
2,745.00
$ 351,718.21
$ 490,006.56
G. Net Amount to be raised by Taxation :
Poll Tax Personal Property
4,836.00 31,847.71 436,400.02
4,830.00 33,814.60 438,980.30
Grand Total to be Raised
$ 824,798.94
$ 967,631.46
H. Assessed Valuation
Real Estate Personal
9,187.290.00 670,415.00
9,543,050.00 735,100.00
Total
$9,857,705.00
$10,278,150.00
No. of Polls
2.418
2,415
I. Tax Rate
$47.50 per thousand
$46.00 per thousand
Real Estate
473,080.73
477,624.90
1,078.44 2,254.75
25,291.98
24,120.57
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STATEMENT OF 1953 ASSESSMENT
1953 Tax Rate
Persons Assessed :
Personal Estate
549
Real Estate
1585
Personal & Real Estate
329
Total
Polls Assessed (Poll Tax)
2415
Value of Assessed Personal Estate :
Stock in Trade
$ 209,565.00
Machinery
137,850.00
Live Stock
59,345.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
328,340.00
Total
$ 735,100.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land exclusive of Buildings
1.842,625.00
Buildings exclusive of Land
7,700,425.00
Total: Value of Assessed Real Estate
9,543.050.00
Total : Valuation of Assessed Estate
$10,278,150.00
Total: Taxes Assessed for State, County and Town Purposes, including Overlay
$ 477.624.90
Number of Livestock Assessed : Horses (1 year old, or over)
68
Cows (Milch)
289
Swine
29
Sheep
304
Fowl All Other
153
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
17,730
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,283
STATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS December 31, 1953
Date of Issue
Rate
Date of Maturity
Dec. 31, 1953
Dec. 1, 1935
2%
New High School, 1954-1955
$12,000.00
Dec. 1. 1948
134%
Masconomet Road Water Mains.
2.000.00
1954-1955
Oct. 1, 1949
11/4% - 11/2%
Laying & Extending Water Mains
6,000.00
April 15, 1946
114%
Extending Water Mains.
12,800.03
1954-1961
Dec. 1. 1951
1.40%
Electric Light Generator.
56.000.00
1954-1961
Total Bonded Debt $88.800.00
87
2463
$16.00 per $1,000
Outstanding
to Present System. 1954-1959
4,215
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1953 $77,479.14
Bequests $1,450.00
Income 1953 $2,417.30
Expenditures 1953 $2,245.29
Balance Dec. 31, 1953 $79,101.15
Appleton Memorial Fountain
1,050.53
26.52
1,077.05
Eunice Caldwell
Cowles
10,145.39
252.89
250.00
10,148.28
Mrs. William G. Brown
2,417.54
85.33
311.61
2,191.26
Dow Boulder
165.74
5.83
171.57
Marianna T. Jones
947.76
33.44
981.20
John C. Kimball
528.06
18.64
46.70
500.00
Mark Newman
5,459.08
192.73
115.00
5,536.81
Martha I. Savory
328.35
10.50
338.85
Richard T. Crane, Jr.
31,227.13
1,343.47
1,464.96
31,105.64
Stabilization
356.24
12.57
368.81
Post War Rehabilitation 1,559.40
55.04
1,614.44
Statements in detail of the above Trust Funds are available to you at the Town Treasurer's Office.
EDWARD J. MARCORELLE
GEORGE C. PARSONS CHARLES E. GOODHUE, JR. GLADYS M. POOLE, Treasurer Trust Fund Commissioners
TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TRUSTEES
Manning School Fund
Balance-January 1, 1953
$ 8,769.82
Income
1,151.38
Expenditures
33.00
Balance December 31, 1953
9,888.20
Holding of First National Bank of Boston
Stock increased by Stock Dividend of 5 shares
R. H. Manning Fund
Balance-January 1, 1953
14,065.32
Income
566.85
Balance December 31, 1953
14,622.17
M. Charles Arthur, Treasurer
Burley Education Fund
8,052.76
257.31
Income: Bank Dividends Stock Dividends
19.35
276.66
Deduct: Expenditure for safe deposit box rent
6.00
Difference in valuation of stock
208.99
214.99
Represents a change for stock yielding higher revenue
Frederick S. Witham, Treasurer
Brown School Fund
Previous Balance
3,469.30
Income
56.12
Balance-December 31, 1953
$3,525.42
J. Perry Smith, Treasurer
88
Balance-January 1, 1953
8,329.42
8.114.43
Cemeteries
9,921.20
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Trust Funds - 1953
Lower of Cost or
Book Value
Market Value
Market Value
Income
Treadwell Fund
$17,143.32
$16,936.59
$15,232.35
$ 761.58
Heard Fund
8,593.29
9,810.67
8,465.18
387.72
Lathrop Fund
1,854.90
1,854.90
1,854.90
54.90
Spiller Fund
1,812.05
1,812.05
1,812.05
49.36
Newman Fund
2,506.23
2,506.23
2,506.23
73.44
Building Fund
92.06
92.06
92.06
3.12
Total - 1953
$32,001.85
$33,012.50
$29,963.27
$1,330.12
Total
. 1952
31,912.99
32,608.84
30,126.00
1,319.41
Increase or (decrease)
88.86
403.66
(162.73)
10.71
* Newman Fund income not available for operating expense use.
D. W. Poor, Jr., Treasurer Ipswich Public Library
FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Balance January 1, 1953
$ 2,622.04
Income 1953
22,771.35
25,393.39
Expenditures
22,267.24
Balance December 31, 1953
3,126.15
Property held in Trust by the Feoffees December 31, 1953
Little Neck Valued at
$16,500.00 10,000.00
Store Building
Cash on hand or in First National Bank, Ipswich
3,126.15
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
2,341.77
Interest earned on same 1953
82.66
2,424.43
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank Farm Account
5,265.45
Interest earned on same 1953
185.89
5,451.34
Present Value
5 United States Series F. Bonds
$ 3,700.00
$ 4,305.00
54 Shares First Nat .Bank of Boston
2,685.38
2,700.00
100 Shares Nat. Shawmut Bank Boston
2,748.63
3,700.00
Ipswich Co-operative Bank paid up Certificate
2,000.00
2,000.00
$11,134.01
$12,705.00
12,705.00
$50,206.92
Charles A. Mallard, Treasurer
89
Cost
DETAILED STATEMENT OF TAXES For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1953
Outstanding Jan. 1. 1953
Commitments
Refunds
Collections
Abatements
Tax Title
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1953
Taxes:
Poll 1953
$ 4,864.00
6.00
$ 3,982.00
$ 796.00
$
$ 92.00
Personal 1953
34,081.40
1.74
28,182.72
330.28
5.570.14
Real Estate 1953
439,099.90
497.65
399,567.52
7,686.68
94.30
32,249.05
Poll 1952
6.00
6.00
Personal 1952
4,140.98
3,652.53
10.69
477.76
Real Estate 1952
30,519.84
92.88
22,664.85
9.50
11.88
7,926.49
Real Estate 1951
8,339.24
8,266.74
22.50
50.00
43,006.06
478,045.30
598.27
466,322.36
8,855.65
106.18
46,365.44
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise :
52,427.34)
1953
Dec. 8,820.90)
1,365.28
51,395,34
3,763.68
7,454.50
1952
5,075.87
3,869.03
186.55
8,133.72
525.56
472.17
$48,081.93
$543,162.57
$2,150.10
$525,851.42
$13,144.89
$106.18
$54,292.11
Moth:
1953
64.75
49.50
15.25
1952
51.50
20.50
31.00
1951
14.00
14.00
1950
6.00
6.00
Water Liens Added to
: Taxes: 1953
803.14
673.65
1952
288.20
187.20
129.49 101.00
90
WATER DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Receipts and Expenditures Statement December 31, 1953
Revenue :
Metered Sales Flat Rate Sales
50,031.63 4,024.50
Sundry Sales
12.00
Sales of Services & Supplies
12,712.13
66,780.26
Insp. of Customers Installation
1,774.32
General Labor
10,328.05
Maint. of Mains
5,336.66
Maint. of Services
11,534.28
Maint. of Meters
1,786.81
Maint. of Hydrants
1,987.62
General Office Salaries
6,812.00
General Office Supplies & Expense
567.25
Insurance
915.06
Stores Expense
118.17
Transportation Expense
1,246.19
Misc. General Expense
1,505.74
Pensions
670.80
Operating Profit
17,546.71
Net Revenue 66,471.91
66,471.91
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1953
Fixed Assets
Liabilities
Plant Investment:
Appropriation from Tax
Engineering
7,314.71
Land
8,219.12
New Well System
23,815.12
Pumping Station
15,075.24
Storage Basin
27,693.59
Distributor Reservoir
17,827.56
Bull Brook Reservoir
50,476.43
Total Liabilities
82,221.94
Departmental Building
2,367.97
Store House
178.70
Pumps & Pumping Equipt.
6,607.02
Purification System
3,050.86
Pipe Lines & Distribution Mains
280,003.40
Service Pipes
110,180.09
Meters
2,818.80
Office Equipment
131.75
Shops Equipment
2,755.46
Transportation Equipt.
10,092.13
Misc. Equipt.
4,946.04
573,553.99
Less Reserve for Depreciation
275,016.81
Net Plant Investment
298,537.18
Current Assets:
Cash-Operating
19,966.22
Cash-Construction
373.49
Cash-Water Ext. Agcy.
8,217.38
Accounts Receivable
7,591.51
Inventory
9,527.34
Total Current Assets
45,675.94
Total Assets
344,213.12
Total Liabilities and Surplus
344,213.12
91
Operating Expenses : Maint. of Water Supply Structure 109.67
Electricity Purchased 3,737.65
Maint. of Pumping Equipt. 346.34
Purification Supplies & Expense 148.59
Less: Interest on Bonds
295.00
Abatements 13.35 308.35
Levy for note Payments and Construction
24,083.03
Appropriation from Light
Dept. for Construction
39,338.91
Notes Payable
18,800.00
Surplus
Ipswich Water Dept. Property Account
215,008.27
Operating Surplus
46,982.91
261,991.18
48,925.20
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Balance Sheet December 31, 1953
Assets :
Liabilities:
Land
841.20
Structures
78,591.53
Fuel System
4,165.75
65.33
Internal Combustion Engines
426,749.44
Electric Plant
26,003.06
Transformer Station Equipment
47,406.71
Loans Repayments
251,000.00
Poles, Fixtures and Over- head conductors
157,949.92
Underground conductors
10,903.59
Consumers Meters
48,758.30
Consumers Meters installation
1,291.48
Live Transformers
79,360.82
Transformers installation
1,091.64
Street Lighting Equipment
17,619.89
Transportation equipment
10,796.94
Office Equipment
1,500.00
913,030.27
Less Reserve for
Depreciation
359,544.00
553,486.27
Current Assets :
Cash-Operating
36,347.29
Construction
4,534.86
Consumers Deposits
8,052.51
Accounts Receivable
24,156.82
Material and Supplies
13,864.69
Depreciation Fund
34,500.04
121,456.21
Total Assets
674,942.48
674,942.48
Analysis of Profit and Loss
Balance December 31, 1952 per Town Report
353,658.20
Add: Interest Received on Consumers Deposits in 1952
192.52
Deduct: Inventory adjustment 1952
3,947.98
Depreciation on Transportation Equipment Notes Paid
1,835.48
7,000.00
12,783.46
Adjusted Balance December 31, 1952
341,067.26
Add Net Profit for the year
39,702.45
Deduct: Transfer to Town Treasury in lieu of taxes
15,000.00
Notes Paid
7,000.00
22,000.00
Balance December 31, 1953
358,769.71
Bonds Payable
56,000.00
Consumers Deposits Accrued Interest
7,596.38
63,661.71
Surplus :
App. for Const.
Repay
1,511.06
Profit and Loss
358,769.71
611,280.77
380,769.71
92
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Revenues and Expenditures December 31, 1953
Revenues :
Operating Expenses :
Domestic Sales
163,809.38
Generating:
Commercial Sales
105,960.63
Engine Labor
39,095.67
Sales to Other Utilities
29,803.50
Engine Fuel
108,141.37
Municipal Sales
15,670.04
Lubricants
4,966.90
Station Supplies & Exp.
3,024.68
Maint. Engines
4,983.66
Gross Revenue
320,688.20
Maint. Auxiliaries
Maint. Generating
5,330.72
Less Discount 17,762.60
Maint. Sta. Structures
100.18
Abatements 159.08
17,921.68
Distribution :
Insp. & Testing Meters
2,440.52
302,766.52
Removing & Resetting Meters 324.69
Removing & Resetting Transformers
2,559.89
Maint. Transfer
Station Equipment
191 89
Maint. of Lines
32,409.75
Oper. Street Lamps
4,560.37
Maint. Com'l Lamps Equipment 4.84
Administration:
Commercial Salaries
1,352.90
Salaries Gen. Office 5,210.00
Other Gen. Office Salaries
6,888.19
Office Supplies & Expenses Insurance
3,644.53
Pensions
670.80
Stores Expenses
178.42
Transportation Exp.
3,064.03
Misc. General Expenses
340.70
Maint. General Structures 3,381.87
Depreciation 26,501.80
Total Expenses 262,556.75
Profit for 1953
39,702.45
302,259.20
302,259.20
Interest on Notes 770.93
Int. on Cons. Dep. 8.69
779.62
301,986.90
Add
Interests on Con. Dep.
272.30
&
3,188.38
Miscellaneous Revenue
5,444.92
93
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2
MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION
3
REPORTS
Board of Selectmen
5
Town Manager
7
Departmental
Finance
8
Legal
9
Assessing
10
Records
11
Planning
12
Engineering
13
Personnel
14
Purchasing
14
Civil Defense
14
Shellfish and Harbors
15
Weights and Measures
15
Police
16
Fire
17
Health
18
Welfare
20
Veterans' Services
21
Recreation
22
Libraries
23
Grounds and Buildings
25
Sanitation
25
Highway
26
Cemetery
28
Electric
29
Water
30
List of Jurors
32
SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee
33
Superintendent's Report
35
High School Principal
37
Burley and Shatswell School
40
Winthrop School
42
Guidance Director
44
Music Supervisor
47
Art Supervisor
49
School Health
51
School Calendar
53
Statistic Data
54
High School Graduates
57
The Staff
58
School Salary Schedule
59
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
61
Balance Sheet
62
Consolidated Expenditures
64
Detailed Expenditures
66
Cash Receipts, Payments
82
Statement of Collections
82
Detailed Payments
83
Detailed Receipts ..
84
Comparative Tax Structure
86
1953 Assessments
87
Municipal Indebtedness
87
Trust and Funds
88
Detailed Taxes
90
Water Department
91
Electric Department
92
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A handy Check-List and Directory of Often-Used Town Services Emergency - FIRE 137
POLICE AMBULANCE HOSPITAL 320
237
237
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT
PHONE
Administration, General
Town Manager
241
Assessments (Taxes)
Assessors
176
Bicycle Licenses
Police
237
Bills and Accounts
Treasurer
92
Birth Certificates
Town Clerk
318
Burial Permits
Town Clerk
318
Business Certificates
Town Clerk
318
Cemeteries
Cemetery Division
634-W
Cemetery Deeds
Cemetery Division
634-W
Death Certificates
318
Town Clerk
318
Elections
Registrars of Voters
318
Electric
Electric Department
140
Employment
Town Manager
241
Engineering
Engineering Department
933
Entertainment Licenses
Selectmen
241
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
318
Fire Department
137
Garbage Collection
Public Works Department
466
Health
Health Department
896
Home for Aged and Infirm
Welfare Department
621
Housing
Housing Authority
662-M
Library
Public Library
834
Licenses (General)
Selectmen
241
Light Department (Office)
140
Lighting Department (Plant)
139
Town Engineer
933
Town Clerk
318
Health Department
896
Mortgages, Personal Property
Town Clerk
318
Mortgages, Real Estate
Assessors
176
Moth Protection
Moth Division
695-M
Treasurer
92
Municipal Finances
Accountant
553
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department
621
Ordinance, Town
Town Clerk
318
Parks
Park Division
695-M
Planning
Planning Board
933
Playgrounds
Playground Division
1247
Purchasing
Town Manager
241
Recreation
Recreation Director
1247
Treasurer
92
Public Works Department
466
School Department (Supt.)
34
High School
34
Burley
367-R
Shatswell
367-W
Winthrop
35
Nurse
Sewers
Health Department
896
Shellfish
Clam Commissioner
1097-M
Shellfish, Licenses
Police Department
237
Streets, Maintenance
Highway Division
466
Subdivisions
Planning Board
933
Tax Collections
Collector
92
Trees
Grounds Division
695-M
Tuberculosis Hospital
Health Department
896
Veterans' Benefits
Veterans' Agent
318
Voting, Registration
Registrars of Voters
318
Water
Water Division (Office)
140
Water Division (Plant) Sealer
139
896
Welfare Department
621
Weights & Measures Welfare Wiring Inspector
Wire Inspector .
140
Maps
Marriage Certificates
Milk Inspection
Municipal Pensions
Retirement
Rubbish Collection
Schools
186
Lights, Street
Town Clerk
Dog Licenses
Fuel Oil Storage
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