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9,278.51
Outside Services
142.50
Communications
819.78
Supplies
1,064.78
Insurance
795.89
12,101.46
To Revenue
116.34
12,217.80
12,217.80
72
Expenditures:
7,050 94
Appropriation
Expenditures :
9,709.60
Expenditures :
988.77
Salaries and Wages
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Available: Appropriation
550.00
Expenditures : Miscellaneous To Revenue
267.00 283.00
550.00
550.00
ASSESSING
Available : Appropriation
7,660.00
Expenditures : Salaries and Wages
6,212.93
Outside Services
440.11
Communications
177.38
Supplies
367.44
Equipment Costs
250.00
To Revenue
212.14
7,660.00
7,660.00
PURCHASING
Available : Appropriation
325.00
Outside Services
89.39
Communications Supplies
95.79
139.82
325.00
325.00
PERSONNEL
Available:
Expenditures :
Appropriation
150.00
Outside Services
31.30
Communications Supplies
117.36
To Revenue
1.34
150.00
150.00
LEGAL
Available:
Expenditures:
Appropriation
1,000.00
Salaries and Wages
1,000.00
Claim M. Osgood
1,000.00
Claim against Town
1,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
TOWN CLERK
Available:
Expenditures :
Salaries and Wages
3,967.00
Outside Services
134.73
Communications
111.97
Supplies
260.39
Insurance
7.50
To Revenue
55.41
4,537.00
4,537.00
73
4,481.59
Appropriation
4,537.00
148.66
Expenditures :
7,447.86
ENGINEERING
Available :
Appropriation
4,471.00
Expenditures : Salaries and Wages
3,352 02
Outside Services
313.75
Communications
112.41
Supplies
184.56
Equipment Costs Insurance
3.00
To Revenue
424.39
4,471.00
4,471.00
PLANNING BOARD
Available: Appropriation Refund
200.00
Outside Services
159 36
3.58
Communications Supplies
18.20
177.56
To Revenue
26.02
203.58
203.58
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Available:
Expenditures :
Appropriation
2,815.00 210.00
Salaries and Wages
1,766.89
From Reserve Fund
Communications
15 00
Supplies
551.90
Meals and Listings
677.00
Balance to Reserve Fund
14.21
3,025.00
3,025.00
REPORTS
Available:
Appropriation
2,230.00
Expenditures : Outside Services
2,211.00
To Revenue
19.00
2,230.00
2,230.00
TOWN HALL OPERATIONS
Available:
Expenditures :
Appropriation
7,082.00
Salaries and Wages
3,200.50
Refund
35.32
Outside Services
376.82
Encumbered
145.00
Supplies
211.88
Fuel and Utilities
2,501.45
Insurance
943.37
To Revenue
28.30
7,262.32
7,234.02
7,262.32
74
80.87
4,046.61
Expenditures :
3,010.79
MEMORIAL BUILDING
Available : Appropriation Donation W. R. C.
4,283.00 100.00
Expenditures : Salaries and Wages
2,641.40
Outside Services 46.60
Communications 54.97
Supplies
74.88
Fuel and Utilities
957.71
Insurance
344.78
To Revenue
262.66
4,383.00
4,383.00
TOWN CLOCK MAINTENANCE
Available:
Appropriation
75.00
Expenditures : Outside Services 75.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Available: Appropriation
45,080.50
Salaries and Wages
39,745.67
Outside Services
364.99
Communications
446.63
Supplies
664.12
Equipment Costs
1,284.22
Insurance
310.12
To Revenue
2,264.75
45,080.50
45,080.50
DOG OFFICER
Available: Appropriation
450.00
Miscellaneous
432.00
To Revenue
18.00
450.00
450.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Available:
43,204.75
Salaries and Wages
36,879.26
Outside Services
2,129.67
Communications
1,389.85
Supplies
1,506.29
Equipment Costs
1,036.11
Fuel and Utilities
644.37
Insurance
1,012.98
44,598.53
To Reserve Fund
6.22
44,604.75
44,604.75
FOREST FIRE DIVISION
Available: Appropriation
Expenditures :
600.00
Salaries and Wages
322.05
Supplies
190.79
Insurance
512.84
To Revenue
87.16
600.00
600.00
75
Appropriation
Reserve Fund
1,400.00
Expenditures :
Expenditures :
42,815.75
Expenditures :
4,120.34
MOTH CONTROL
Available: Appropriation
5,938.00
Salaries and Wages
1,355 27
Outside Services 11.49
Communications 66.53
Supplies
1,164.96
Equipment Costs
98.44
Fuel and Utilities Insurance
13.70
1,300.29
To Revenue
1,927.32
5,938.00
5,938.00
DUTCH ELM CONTROL
Available: Appropriation
1,685 00
Salaries and Wages
805 00
Supplies
670.00
Equipment Costs
210.00
1,685.00
1,685.00-
FORESTRY
Available:
Appropriation
10,093.00
Salaries and Wages
8,201.23
Outside Services
580.19
Supplies
638.20
Equipment Costs
582.18
To Revenue
91.20
10,093.00
10,093.00
SHELLFISH AND HARBORS
Available: Appropriation
5,066.84
Salaries and Wages
3,709.25
Outside Services
951.30
Supplies
120.34
Equipment Costs
238.57
Insurance
45.91
5,065.37
To Revenue
1.47
5,066.84
5,066.84
SHELLFISH BENEFITS
Available: Balance Jan. 1
1.46
Expenditures : Balance Forward to 1956
1.46
MASSACHUSETTS SHELLFISH REIMBURSEMENT
Available:
Balance Jan. 1
545.64
Expenditures : ' Outside Services Balance to 1956
1,149.71
Receipts
1,000.00
395.93
1,545.64
1,545.64
76
Expenditures :
4,010.68
Expenditures:
Expenditures :
10,001.80
Expenditures :
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Available: Appropriation
1,000.00
Expenditures: Outside Services Communications
10.00
565.13
Supplies Equipment Costs Insurance
28.47
To Revenue
374.90
1,000.00
1,000.00
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Available: Appropriation
65.00
Expenditures: Supplies Insurance
7.95
30.00
To Revenue
27.05
65.00
65.00
BOUNTY ON SEALS
Available:
Appropriation
100.00
Expenditures : Outside Services
40.00
To Revenue
60.00
100.00
100.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Available: Appropriation
8,456.75
Salaries and Wages
4,941.92
Outside Services
1,914.74
Communications
199.83
Supplies
537.08
Equipment Costs
405.00
Insurance
4.70
To Revenue
453.48
8,456.75
8,456.75
Available: Appropriation Refunds
15,745.00 243.60
Salaries and Wages
12,928.79
Outside Services
398.35
Supplies
Equipment Costs
1,780.66
Insurance
879.65
15,987.45
To Revenue
1.15
15,988.60
15,988.60
77
Expenditures :
8,003.27
SANITATION
Expenditures :
21.50
625.10
37.95
TOWN DUMP
Available:
Appropriation
1,000.00
Expenditures : Salaries and Wages Equipment Costs
629.75
370 25
1,000.00
1,000.00
PEST CONTROL
Available:
Appropriation
3,240.14
Expenditures: Outside Services-Mosquito Outside Services-Greenhead and Fly Control 825 00
1.000.00
Balance to 1956
1,415.14
3,240.14
3,240.14
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY-SUMMER MAINTENANCE
Available: Appropriation
47,160.00
Salaries and Wages
25,486.53
Outside Services
417.38
Communications
252 29
Supplies
8,760.91
Equipment Costs
7,256 71
Fuel and Utilities
592.17
Insurance
3,861 87
46,627.86
To Revenue
532.14
47,160.00
47,160.00
HIGHWAY-WINTER MAINTENANCE
Available: Appropriation
12,746.00
Salaries and Wages
3,951.30
Supplies
3,206.12
Equipment Costs
2,682.00
Outside Services
128.64
To Revenue
2,777.94
12,746.00
12,746 00
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Available : Appropriation
3,000.00
Salaries and Wages
460.14
Supplies
750.47
Equipment Costs
289.39
3,000.00
3,000.00
STREET LIGHTING
Available: Appropriation
7,200.00
Expenditures : Outside Services
7,200.00
78
Balance Forward to 1956
1,500.00
Expenditures:
9,968 06
Expenditures :
1,825.00
CHARITIES AND VETERANS SERVICES WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Available:
Expenditures: Salaries
9,490.64
Jan. 1
1,323.37
Outside Services
24.35
Communications
444.70
Supplies
366.98
Equipment Costs
139.00
Insurance
60.91
Balance of Federal Grants forward to 1956
1,114.33
11,640.91
11,640.91
GENERAL RELIEF
Available:
Expenditures :
Appropriation
11,975.00
Rent
2,102.57
From O. A. A.
3,313.15
Groceries
2,677.65
Refunds
14.00
Fuel
583.69
Hospital and Medical
3,656.21
Other cities and towns
2,546.42
Cash Payments
2,877.20
Board and Room
440.00
Miscellaneous
63.99
Clothing
19.90
Burials
100.00
Balance to 1956
234.52
15,302.15
15,302.15
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Available:
Balance of Federal Grants
Expenditures : Cash Allowances
7,642.83
Jan. 1
1,124.11
Balance of Federal Grants to 1956
3,160.05
Appropriation
6,500.00
10,802.88
10,802.88
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Available:
Balance of Federal Grants Jan. 1
2,078.08
Federal Grants during year
55,918.71
Appropriation
82,000.00
Refunds
5,142.75
145,139.54
145,139.54
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Available:
Balance of Federal Grants Jan. 1
1,137.24
Federal Grants during year
7,273.31
Appropriation
9,500.00
Refund
78.60
17,989.15
17,989.15
79
Expenditures: Cash Allowances Balance of Federal Grants
145,099.39
to 1956 40.15
Expenditures : Cash Allowances Balance of Federal Grants to 1956 254.27
17,734.88
Federal Grant during year Appropriation
4,644.54
5,673.00
Balance of Federal Grants
10,526.58
15,067.63
Federal Grants during year
3,178.77
VETERANS' SERVICES
Available : Appropriation
18,324.00
Expenditures:
Salaries and Wages
2,589.00
Outside Services
18.10
Supplies
87.68
Insurance
1.25
Communications
68.93
Equipment Costs
63.00
Total Administrative
2,827.96
Cash Allowances
10,628.60
Medical
1,666.19
Fuel
151.50
Groceries
1,107.00
To Revenue
1,942.75
18,324.00
18,324.00
RECREATION
PARKS
Available: Appropriation
2,395.00
Salaries and Wages
1,460.38
Outside Services
305.18
Supplies
241.27
Equipment Costs
114.41
Fuel and Utilities
78.32
Insurance
195.44
2,395.00
2,395.00
PLAYGROUNDS
Available:
Appropriation
2,393.00
Salaries and Wages
1,146.70
Outside Services
738.77
Supplies
442.65
Equipment Costs
34.74
Fuel and Utilities
18.50
Insurance
10.88
2,392.24
To Revenue
.76
2,393.00
2,393.00
RECREATION PROGRAM
Available: Appropriation
6,851.75
Salaries and Wages
5,013.25
Outside Services
448.64
Communications
160.97
Supplies
1,037.79
Equipment Costs
190.50
6,851.15
To Revenue
.60
6,851.75
6,851.75
80
Expenditures :
Expenditures :
Expenditures :
16,381.25
MISCELLANEOUS FINANCE
MATURING DEBT
Available :
Appropriation
7,000.00
Expenditures : High School Note Masconomet Water Ext. Note 1,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
INTEREST ON NOTES
Available :
Appropriation
137.50
Expenditures : High School Note Masconomet Water Note 17.50
120.00
137.50
137.50
PENSIONS
Available:
Appropriation
7,074.07
Expenditures : Pensions Payments
7,074.05
To Revenue .02
7,074.07
7,074.07
CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS
Available:
Appropriation
21,336.15
Expenditures : Essex County Assessment 21,336.15
RESERVE FUND
Available:
10,000.00
Transfers to: Election & Registration
210.00
Fire
1,400.00
Interest on Loans 454.30
2,064.30
To Overlay Surplus
7,956.13
10,020.43
10,020.43
Available: Appropriation
1,350.46
Expenditures : Bills Paid Balance to 1956
785.98
564.48
1,350.46
1,350.46
PARKING LOT LEASES
Available: Appropriation
603.00
Expenditures : Payments 603.00
81
Expenditures :
Appropriation Unexpended Balances of Transfers
20.43
UNPAID BILLS
6,000.00
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 90-1954
Available :
Balance Jan. 1, 1955
10,148.40
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies and Equipment Balance to 1956
8,252.71 1,895.69
10,148.40
10,148.40
CHAPTER 90-1955
Available:
Appropriation
28,000.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies and Equipment Balance to 1956
22,258.54
5,741.46
28,000.00
28,000.00
GREAT NECK LAND
Available: Balance Jan. 1, 1955
9,295.08
Expenditures: Labor, Supplies and Equipment Balance to 1956
564.30
8,730.78
9,295.08
9,295.08
LINEBROOK ROAD WIDENING
Available: Appropriation
1,800.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 1,800.00
FARLEY AVENUE DRAIN
Available: Balance Jan. 1
587.51
Expenditures: Labor, Supplies & Equipment Balance to 1956 587.51
587.51
587.51
STAGE HILL
Available: Balance Jan. 1
1,193.30
Labor, Supplies & Equipment
407.58
Balance to 1956
785.72
1,193.30
1,193.30
JEFFREYS NECK CAUSEWAY
Available: Appropriation
2,000.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 975.88
Balance to 1956
1,024.12
2,000.00
2,000.00
ARGILLA ROAD RESURFACING
Available: Appropriation
2,000.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 1,998.49 To Revenue 1.51
2,000.00
2,000.00
82
Expenditures :
LITTLE NECK ROAD RESURFACING
Available : Balance Jan. 1
2,000.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 1,640.99 Balance to 1956 359.01
2,000.00
2,000.00
KIMBALL AVENUE DRAINAGE
Available: Appropriation
220.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment
220.00
HOVEY STREET DRAINAGE
Available : Appropriation
220.00
Expenditures: Labor, Supplies Balance to 1956
172.65
47 35
220.00
220.00
WASHINGTON STREET DRAINAGE
Available: Appropriation
220.00
Expenditures: Labor, Supplies & Equipment
220.00
PERLEY AVE. NORTH- ROAD CONSTRUCTION DRAIN
Available: Appropriation
2,000.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 1,999.91 To Revenue .09
2,000.00
2,000.00
DREDGING IPSWICH RIVER
Available: Appropriation
10,000.00
Expenditures : To 1956
10,000.00
TOWN WHARF
Available: Appropriation
600.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment
337.50
Balance to 1956 262.50
600.00
600.00
BLINKER REPLACEMENT
Available: Balance Jan. 1
858.67
Labor, Supplies & Equipment
177.62
Balance to 1956 681.05
858.67
858.67
GUARD RAILS
Available:
Balance Jan. 1
2,183.41
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 2,517.06 Balance to 1956 1,166.35
Appropriation
1,500.00
3,683.41
3,683.41
83
Expenditures :
STREET SIGNS
Available : Balance Jan. 1 Appropriation
34.25 500.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment Balance to 1956
463.88
70.37
534.25
534.25
NEW SIDEWALKS
Available:
Balance Jan. 1
3,936.17
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment Balance to 1956 3,217.66
718.51
3,936.17
3,936.17
SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT
Available :
Appropriation
2,000.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 1,942 95 Balance to 1956 57.05
2,000.00
2,000.00
SEWER COMMITTEE
Available :
Balance Jan. 1
1,597.14
Expenditures : Outside Services
1,325.51
Balance to 1956
271.63
1,597.14
1,597.14
SCHOOL BUILDINGS COMMITTEE
Available : Balance Jan. 1 Refund
6,079.44
Expenditures : Outside Services Balance to 1956
454.98
1.00
5,625.46
6,080.44
6,080.44
LIGHTHOUSE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS
Available :
Balance Jan. 1
352.31
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment Balance to 1956
352.31
352.31
352.31
CEMETERY FENCE
Available: Appropriation
230.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment
230.00
PLAYGROUND CONSTRUCTION
Available:
Appropriation
815.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment
815 00
LINEBROOK ROAD DRAINAGE
Available : Appropriation
1,700.00
Expenditures : Balance to 1956 1,700.00
1,700.00
1,700.00
84
UPPER RIVER ROAD DRAINAGE
Available: Appropriation
1,270.00
Expenditures : Labor, Supplies & Equipment 1,049.02 Balance to 1956 220.98
1,270.00
1,270.00
PLANS AND SURVEYS
TAX MAPS
Available: Balance Jan. 1
11,455.00
Expenditures : Outside Services Balance to 1956
10,590.00
865.00
11,455.00
11,455.00
CENSUS TAKING
Available:
Balance Jan. 1
500.00
Expenditures : Outside Services
500.00
RECREATION
PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCES
Available:
Appropriation-Memorial Day
850.00
Expenditures : Miscellaneous To Revenue
1,251.75
Appropriation-4th of July 500.00
98.25
1,350.00
1,350.00
CEMETERIES
Available:
Expenditures :
Appropriation
14,596.00
Salaries and Wages
14,813.68
Perpetual Care Income
2,421.13
Outside Services
178.80
Communications
164.21
Supplies
463.60
Equipment Costs
644.20
Fuel and Utilities
230.76
Insurance
509.14
17,004.39
To Revenue
12.74
17,017.13
17,017.13
85
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
Available:
Appropriation
7,516.00
Expenditures :
Accounting Desk 120.00
Typewriter Stand 29 95
149.95
Treasury & Collection
Typewriter 293.75
Sealing Machine 120 00
413.75
Engineering
Reproduction Equip- ment
235 20
Police Department
4 Revolvers and
Holsters
226.77
4 Chairs 72.50
Cell Locks
31.20
Card File
180.00
510.47
Public Works Highway
Trucks
995 00
Sand & Stone
Spreader 975.10
Catch Basin
Cleaner 2,102.40
Grader Rim, Tire, Tube 200.29
4,272.79
Public Works Cemetery
Power Mower
177.08
Electric Generator 291 00
3 Hand Mowers
89.09
557.17
Playgrounds
Softball Backstop
357.45
Tennis Nets 83.81
Picnic Tables
114 01
Baseball & Softball Equipment
130.48
Volley Ball Standard
94.85
Merry-go-round & Slide 264.05
Link Chain & Seat
Replacements 105.35
1,150.00
To Revenue
226.67
7,516.00
7,289.33
7,516.00
86
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
EDUCATION
Available :
Appropriation
336,039.44
General Control
15,471.27
Receipts from Feoffees of the Grammar Schools Refunds
5,000.00
School Plant Operations
32,035.89
Maintenance & Repairs
14,839.42
Auxiliary Agencies Capital Outlay
8,696.26
To Revenue
1,810.25
341,062.69
341,062.69
ATHLETICS
Available:
Appropriation
4,298.55
Expenditures : Miscellaneous
4,297.96
To Revenue
.59
4,298 55
4,298.55
ATHLETIC RECEIPTS
Available :
Balance Jan. 1
354 62
Expenditures : Miscellaneous
2,026.53
Receipts
1,895.78
Balance Forward to 1956
223.87
2 250 40
2,250.40
HIGH SCHOOL BOILER
Available :
Appropriation
4.917.52
Expenditures : Outside Services Balance Forward to 1956
1,074.00
3,843.52
4,917.52
4,917.52
WINTHROP SCHOOL RECONSTRUCTION
Available :
Balance Jan. 1
8,663.95
Expenditures : Transferred to Elementary Winthrop School Account
8,663.95
HIGH AND BURLEY CAFETERIAS - OPERATIONS
Available:
Balance Jan. 1
833.29 38,605.12
Expenditures : Lunch Expenses Balance Forward to 1956
36,679.73
Receipts
2,758.68
39,438.41
39,438.41
WINTHROP CAFETERIA - OPERATIONS
Available :
Balance Jan. 1
657.58 10,271.56
Expenditures : Lunch Expenses Balance Forward to 1956
10,877.36
Receipts
51.78
10,929.14
10,929.14
LIBRARY
Available :
Appropriation
11,500.00
Expenditures : Outside Services
11,500.00
Expenditures :
Expenses of Instruction
226,021.70
23 25
42,187.90
339,252.44
87
TRUST FUNDS
R. T. CRANE, JR. PICNIC FUND
Available : Receipts
1,436.62
Expenditures : Expenses of Picnic 1,436.62
EUNICE CALDWELL COWLES FUND
Available: Receipts
300.00
Expenditures : Scholarship Awards 300.00
APPLETON FOUNTAIN MEMORIAL FUND
Available: Receipts
19.05
Expenditures : Outside Services 19.05
MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS DONATIONS
Available : Receipts from Portsmouth Naval Base 11.00
Expenditures :
Welfare Contributions 11.00
CASH RECEIPTS AND CASH PAYMENTS SUMMARY
For the Year Ending December 31, 1955
General Account
Balance, January 1, 1955 Receipts
$ 226,847.28 2,502,922.91
2,729,770.19
Expenditures : Transferred to Payroll Account All other
$ 643,285.93 1,742,300.16
2,385,586.09
General Balance, December 31, 1955
$ 344,184.10
(For details of receipts and expenditures, see report of Town Accountant)
Payroll Account
Cash Balance, January 1, 1955 Transferred from the General Account
$ 1,000.00 643,285.93
Expended
643,285.93
Payroll Balance, December 31, 1955
644,285.93
$ 1,000.00
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. Composition of Balances
Cash in Banks: General New Elementary School
$ 272,262.86 60,879.85
$ 333,142.71 12,041.39
Cash in office
345,184.10
Invested in Treasury Bills -
New Elementary School Funds
497,180.00
$ 842,364.10
A cash book of all money received and expended was maintained. Cash balances were verified monthly by reconciliation of Bank Balances with Bank Statements, and cash in office.
A schedule of receipts was rendered to the Town Accountant monthly.
Salary cards, showing gross earnings, withholding tax, retirement, blue cross, and net amount, were kept on each employee. Deductions were proven with Accountant's Ledger. A report of individual salary earned and retire- ment deduction was forwarded to the Essex County Retirement System monthly. W-2 Forms were made out.
Income received and transactions on Trust Funds in Custody of the Town Treasurer were recorded. Balances were proven with Bank Balances and Securities representing the various Funds. A report was made up and sub- mitted to the Trust Fund Commissioners.
Twenty-one Thousand, Nine Hundred Ninety-six Checks were issued.
Two new Tax Titles were taken. One Tax Title was redeemed. There are now fifteen Tax Titles on hand.
Committed for Collection
Motor Vehicle Excise 1954
$ 1,441.27
Motor Vehicle Excise 1955
86,479.22
Poll
5,108.00
Personal
39,463.54
Real Estate
581,935.97
Moth added to Taxes
87.00
Water Liens added to Taxes
779.11
Electric Light
382,791.57
Water
93,978.57
Departmental Accounts Receivable
100,565.78
$1,292,630.03
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STATEMENT OF COLLECTIONS
For Year Ending December 31, 1955
Taxes :
Current Year Prior Years
$ 561,012.36 39,350.15
Motor Vehicle Excise: Current Year
75,894 41
Prior Years
11,084.00
Moth :
Current Year
87 00
Water Lien Added to Taxes:
Current Year
129.42
Prior Years
115.99
Interest :
Current Year
232.30
Prior Years
1,429.29
Costs :
Current Year
207.55
Prior Years
242.65
Tax Certificates
70.00
Electric Light
360,494.76
Water
87,926.13
Departmental Accounts Receivable
97,958.57
$1,236,234.58
Appended to this report is a breakdown of taxes.
Commitments on Taxes and Excise were added and verified with Asses- sor's Warrants.
The following bills were prepared and mailed:
Poll
2355
Personal
715
Real Estate 2953
Excise
3481
Departmental Accounts Receivable bills, exclusive of electric light and water, were sent out each month.
Demands on Taxes and Excise remaining unpaid after the due date were issued. Notices on delinquent Electric Light accounts were mailed monthly.
Cash receipts were proven daily. All receipts, refunds and abatements on Taxes, Excise and Departmental Accounts Receivable, exclusive of electric light and water, were recorded in a cash book and posted to individual accounts.
A schedule of Collector's payments to the Treasurer was prepared monthly.
Ninety-one per cent of the current year's Tax Levy has been collected. The only previous year's Taxes and Excise remaining uncollected are 1954 Real Estate Taxes.
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1955
Departmental Expenditures 1,054,957 52 Federal Grants:
Welfare Administration
4,853 58
Aid Dependent Children
1,142 83
Disability Assistance
7,630.73
Old Age Assistance 53,270.94
66 898.08
State & County Requirements:
Parks & Reservations 1955
1,146.29
County Tax 1955
24,653.79
County Sanatorium Tax
13,751.25
State Audit
2,192.83
41,744.16
Agency :
Dog Licenses for County
1,868.20
Dog Sales for County
Retirement Deductions
20,666.37
Withholding Tax
74,239.93
Blue Cross Deductions
9,716.45
Donations
11.00
Cash Deposit-Garbage Contract
500.00
107,001.95
Trust Funds :
Cemetery Perpetual Care ยท
Bequests 2,480 00
R. T. Crane Jr. Picnic Fund
Transactions
36 67
Income
136.20
Picnic Expense
1,436.62
Cemetery Perpetual Care Income
2,170.61
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund 300.00
Appleton Memorial Fountain Fund 19.05
4,099.15
Mass. Shellfish Reimbursement 1,149.71
Electric Light :
Operations
299,539.01
Construction
9,579.47
Depreciation
54,452.27
363,570.75
Water Department : Operations & Extensions 95,956.55 Water Well Account 15,315.63
111,272.18
Maturing Debt
7,000.00
Interest on Maturing Debt
137.50
7,137.50
Hurricane Emergency
19,062.74
Refunds:
Real Estate Taxes 1953
1.40
Real Estate Taxes 1954
135.52
Personal 1955
1.00
Real Estate 1955
1,141.21
M V X 1954
318.30
M V X 1955
3,542.52
Electric Light
1,267.69
Water
91.39
Interests & Costs
5.22
Old Age Assistance Meter Deposits and Interest 792.28
7,296.53
Treasury Bills
497,180.00
Premium on Loans
1,735.82
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
100,000.00
Total Cash Payments
2,385,586.09
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1955
Taxes :
Current Year
Poll
3,754.00
Welfare Administration
4,644.54
Personal
34,412.81
Aid to Dep. Children
3,178.77
Real Estate
522,845.55
Old Age Assistance
55,918.71
Disability Assistance
7,273.31
561,012.36
71,015.33
Previous Years
Poll
2.00
Personal
5,355.12
Real Estate
33,991.08
Disability Assistance
4,939.93
39,348.20
Income Tax
38,599 05
Corporation Tax
29,292.27
Meals Tax
3,012.23
Motor Vehicle Excise 1953
7.56
Lieu of Taxes
5,924.07
Motor Vehicle Excise 1954
11,076.44
Teachers Retirement
260.81
Motor Vehicle Excise 1955
75,894.41
Vocational Education
1,225.09
School Aid
22,400.00
Public Welfare
699.05
Aid to Highways
16,726.10
Veterans Services
5,434.66
Marine Fisheries
1,000.00
Educational Transportation 9,350.00
196,785.99
County:
Aid to Highways
8,363 06
Cabin
5.50
Dog Licenses Refund
1,310.04
Shellfish
684.00
Common Victualler
115.00
Garbage
4.00
Junk
40.00
Other:
Feoffees of Grammar
School
5,000.00
Band Fund
10.00
Theatre
60.00
Donations
11.00
Nursery
5.00
W.R.C. for Memorial Bldg.
100 00
Tallow
2.00
Recreation Camp
.50
Disposal License
193.00
11,816.50
Tailings:
18.85
Loans Authorized
635,000 00
Temporary Loan
100,000.00
Fines and Forfeits:
397.00
Old Age Recoveries
1,050 00
Agency :
Trusts :
Dog Licenses for County
1.859 20
Retirement Deductions
18.889.54
Withholding Taxes
67,041.87
Income
136.20
Expense
1,436.62
Cemetery Perp. Care Income
1,220.61
Martha I. Savory Fund
14.45
Sale of Town Property Pro Forma Tax
102 27
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund 687.50
Appleton Memorial Fountain
44.05
107,298.76
State:
Tuition Reimbursement
308.70
Aid to Dep. Children
2,653.82
Old Age Assistance
54,960.21
Privileges :
86,978.41
Special Assessments: Moth to Taxes
87.00
Licenses and Permits :
Liquor
10,244.00
Hawkers & Peddlers
65.00
Pistol
40.50
Amusement
212.00
9,673.10
Methyl Alcohol
18.00
Milk, Cream & Oleo
28.00
Slaughtering
100.00
5,121.00
R. T. Crane Jr., Picnic Fund Transactions
36.67
Blue Cross Deductions
9,725.60
Sale of Real Estate
9,680 28
Grants and Gifts: Federal:
3,576.10
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS-(Continued)
General Government:
Cemeteries :
Internment-Removal
2,260.00
Liners
76.00
Ipswich Housing
3,429.47
Annual Care
723.50
Town Farm Lease
125.00
Foundations, etc.
1,565.34
Town Prop. Rental
941.75
Perpetual Care
3,860.00
11,503.05
Town Clerk:
Dog Fees
154.95
Sporting Fees
126.50
Misc. Fees
935.18
Photostats
20.00
Scale Receipts
27.50
1,264.13
Treasurer:
Int. & Costs on Taxes
2,113.74
Tax Certificates
70 00
Int. on Town Notes
912.81
Tax Titles
596.00
Education :
Tuition
11,572.50
Miscellaneous
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