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202.70
High & Burley Cafeteria
38,515.42
Winthrop Cafeteria
10,271.56
Athletic Receipts
1,895.78
62,457.96
Premium on Notes
1,842.00
Hurricane Emergency Receipts 81,326 68
Refunds :
Executive Secretary
9.81
Treasurer & Collector
1.00
Assessing
14.00
Planning Board
3.58
Fire Town Hall
18.80
Sanitation
227.50
Highway Summer Maint.
143.63
General Relief
14.00
Old Age Assistance Aid
457.05
Disability Assistance 78.60
Veterans Services
180.00
School Building Committee
1.00
Education
18.25
High & Burley Cafeteria
89.70
Athletic Fund
10.00
Recreation
503.80
Electric Light
608.08
Water
3,154.58
Highways:
Highway Machinery
963.52
5,568.70
Sidewalks
172.50
Other
26.97
Miscellaneous Receipts
47.73
1,162.99
Total Receipts: 2,502,922.91
8,484.84
Perpetual Care Income Used by Cemeteries
2,421.13
Electric Light Department:
Sales
360,494.76
Meter Dep. & Div.
1,540.18
362,034.94
Water Department:
Sales
87,926.13
Water Liens
245.41
3,692.55
Protection of Persons & Property :
Police Department
Special Work
4,505.62
Ambulance
402.00
Bicycle Registrations
33.00
4,940.62
Weights and Measures: Fees
57.75
Grounds and Buildings Spraying
714.50
Eunice Caldwell Cowles Fund
10,000.00
Cemetery Trust Fund
25,000.00
Health and Sanitation:
Tuberculosis
800.70
Garbage
1,342.50
Slaughter Inspection
910.00
3,053.20
Town Manager:
Crane's Beach
7,006.83
88,171.54
35.32
93
COMPARATIVE TAX STRUCTURE STATEMENT
1954 - 1955
1954
1955
A. Total Appropriation to be raised by taxation:
$841,931.31
$912,326.46
Total Appropriation to be taken from available funds:
102,682.10
113,111.75
Hurricane Damage
B. State Requirement:
Parks & Reservations
1,479.75
1,303.12
Audit
20.10
Underestimated Previous Years:
Parks & Reservations
329.22
2,192.83
Audit
Greenhead Fly Control
1,015.14
1,829.07
4,511.09
C. County Requirement:
Tax
23,887.52
24,092.00
T. B. Hospital
11,398.57
15,300.14
Underestimated T. B. Hospital
2,800.37
35,286.09
42,192.51
D. Overlay
13,621.89
16,360.22
E. Gross Amount to be Raised
995,350.46
1,107,959.83
F. Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:
State Income
98,092.57
98,911.27
Local Revenue
177,100.00
181,740.00 55,000.00
Overestimates of Previous Years: County Tax
574.78
190.05
T. B. Hospital
982.74
5.81
Surplus Revenues
102,682.10
106,111.75
Electric Light
15,000.00
15,000.00
Overlay Reserve Fund
10,000.00
7,000.00
Machinery Fund
Insurance Fund
Hurricane Relief
17,512.02
481,470.90
G. Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation:
Poll Tax
4,872.00
5,102.00
Personal Property
34,894.61
39,451.70
Real Estate
481,151.66
581,935.23
520,918.27
626,488.93
Gross Amount Raised
995,350.46
1,107,959.83
H. Assessed Valuation
Real Estate
9,941,150.00 720,963.00
10,209,390.00 692,135.00
$10,662,113.00
$10,901,525.00
No. of Polls I. Tax Rate
2,436
2,551 $57.00
$48.40
944,613.41
1,025,438.21 19,457.80
Water Revenue
70,000.00
474,432.19
Personal
94
STATEMENT OF 1955 ASSESSMENT
1955 Tax Rate
$57.00 per $1,000
Persons Assessed :
Personal Estate
450
Real Estate
1861
Personal and Real Estate
302
Total
Polls Assessed (Poll Tax)
2551
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
$197,110.00
Machinery
120,625.00
Live Stock
58,675.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
315,725.00
Total
$692,135.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
$1,913,820.00
Buildings exclusive of Land
8,295,570.00
Total: Value of Assessed Real Estate
10,209,390.00
Total: Valuation of Assessed Estate
$10,901,525.00
Total: Taxes Assessed for State, County and Town Pur-
poses, including Overlay
626,489.37
Number of Livestock Assessed:
Horses (1 year old, or over)
67
Cows (Milch)
479
Swine
29
Sheep
276
Fowl
4,919
All other
489
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
17,730
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,367
STATEMENT OF MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
December 31, 1955
Date of Issue
Purpose
Rate
Date of Outstanding Maturity Dec. 31, 1955
Oct. 1, 1949
Laying and Extending Water Mains to Present System
11/2%
1956-1959
$4,000.00
April 15, 1946
Extending Water Mains
11/4 %
1956-1961
9,600.00
Sept. 1, 1954
Developing a New Well Field for Water Supply
1.30%
1956-1964
27,000.00
Dec. 1, 1951
Enlarging or Extending Electric Light Plant
1.40%
1956-1961
42,000 00
Sept. 1, 1954
Additions to Electric Light Sys- tem
1.30%
1956-1963
80,000.00
Oct. 1, 1955
New Elementary School
21/4 %
1956-1962 175,000.00
Oct. 1, 1955
New Elementary School Project, Act of 1948
21/4 %
1956-1975 200,000 00
Total Bonded Debt
$797,600.00
95
1963-1975 260,000.00
Land exclusive of Buildings
2613
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TOWN TREASURER
Balance
Balance Jan. 1, 1955 $81,426.50
Bequests $3,430.00
Income $2,733.79
Withdrawals Dec. 31, 1955 $2,421.13 $85,169.16
Cemeteries
Appleton Memorial
Fountain
1,079.31
27.35
19.05
1,087.61
Eunice Caldwell
Cowles
10,001.27
389.18
350.00
10,040.45
Mrs. William G. Brown
2,268.61
80.08
2,348.69
Dow Boulder
177.61
6.25
183.86
Marianna T. Jones
1,015.84
35.84
1,051.68
John C. Kimball
517.64
18.26
535.90
Mark Newman
Memorial
5,291.87
186.81
5,478.68
Martha I. Savory
349.72
12.77
362.49
Stabilization
381.81
13.46
395.27
Post War Rehabilitation 1,671.43
58.99
1,730.42
Details of the above Trust Funds are available at the Town Treasurer's Office.
Trust Fund Commissioners GLADYS M. POOLE, Treasurer
TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TRUSTEES Burley Education Fund
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank
$1,166 38
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
1,027.14
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
2.022 60
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank (Caldwell Fund)
1,705 95
Ipswich Co-operative Bank - Paid Up Certificate
1,000.00
$6,922.07
Income from funds for the year 1955 as follows:
Interest Salem Savings Bank
$ 34 22
Interest Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
31.34
Interest Ipswich Savings Bank
84.69
Interest Ipswich Savings Bank (Caldwell Fund)
68.95
Dividend Ipswich Co-operative Bank
30.00
Sale of Boston & Maine R. R. Stock
168 27
$ 417.47
Expenditures :
Rent of Safe Deposit Box
$ 5.50
Checkbook
2.00
Equipment for Burley School
1,752.19
Total Expenditures
$1,759.69
Frederick S. Witham, Treasurer
Brown School Fund
Balance 3rd February, 1955:
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
$1,946.59
Interest to February 1st, 1956
61.29
Balance 7th February, 1956
$2,007.88
Balance 3rd February 1955:
Ipswich Savings Bank
$1,752.70
Interest to February 1st, 1956
61.86
Balance 7th February, 1956
$1,814.56
J. Perry Smith, Treasurer
96
GEORGE C. PARSONS
CHARLES E. GOODHUE, JR.
EDWARD J. MARCORELLE
$ 249.20
The Manning School Fund
Balance January 1st, 1955
$11,108.14 1,112.52
Income from Interest and Dividends
12,220 66
Less Expense, rental of Safe Deposit Box
5.50
Balance in Account No. 14,293, Ipswich Savings Bank
$12,215.16
Securities at Book Value:
64 Shares First National Bank of Boston
$ 2,941 04
10 Shares Ipswich Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
9 Shares Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. preferred
746 00
16 Shares Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. common
554.00
$6,600 Bonds Peoria & Eastern Railway
6,600 00
$11,000 Bonds U. S. Savings, series G.
11,000.00
$23,841.04
Total Assets in Fund
$36,056 20
The R. H. Manning Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
$15,198.67
Income from interest and dividends
596.86
Balance in Account No. 7,885, Ipswich Savings Bank
15,795.53
Securities at Book Value:
10 Shares Ipswich Co-operative Bank
2,000.00
Total Assets in Fund
$17,795.53
M. Chas. Arthur, Treasurer
R. T. Crane, Jr. Picnic Fund In Custody of The New England Trust Co, Agent
Balance January 1st, 1955
$29,869.38
Income
1,425.49
Stock Dividend
285.00
Gain on Sale of Securities
347 71
$31,927 58
Expenditures
1.541.69
Balance December 31st, 1955
$30,385.89
Charles E. Goodhue, Jr. Robert F. Savitt Gladys M. Poole
Trustees
97
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
IPSWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY
Trust Funds - 1955
A summary of the Library Trust Fund Accounts as of December 31, 1955 is as follows:
Book Value
Market Value $20,568.48
Lower of Cost or Market
Income $806.93
Heard Fund
8,622.59
11,203.78
8,622.59
401.71
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
2,661.47
2,661.47
2,661.47
79.23
Building Fund
98.64
98.64
98.64
3.34
Total -
. 1955
$31,551.29
$38,199.32
$31,340.57
$1,395.47
Total
1954
$32,100.78
$36,570.82
$30,771.82
$1,358.80
Increase or (decrease)
($549.49)
$1,628.50
$568 75
$36 67
D. W. Poor, Jr., Treasurer
FEOFFEES OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Balance January 1, 1955
$ 5,405.09
Income 1955
27,430.73
$32,835.82
Expenditures
26,454.38
Balance December 31, 1955
$ 6,381.44
Property held in Trust by the Feoffees December 31, 1955
Little Neck Valued at
Store Building
Cash on hand or in First National Bank, Ipswich
2,510.01
Interest earned on same 1955
88 61
2,598.62
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank, Farm Account
5,643.79
Interest earned on same 1955
199.24
5,843.03
Present
Cost
Value
54 shares First National Bank of Boston
$ 2,685.38
$ 3.334 50
100 shares National Shawmut Bank Boston
2,748.63
4,225 00
Ipswich Cooperative Bank paid up Certificate
2,000.00
2,000.00
5 United States Series F Bonds
3,700.00
4,645.00
$11,134.01
$14,204.50
14,204 50
$55,527.59
$5 000 00 was paid to the Town for support of the Schools.
A breakdown of the taxes paid to the Town follows:
Land-Assessed value
$ 17,000.00
$ 969 00
Store-Assessed value
6,000.00
342 00
Barn-Assessed value
ยท 300.00
17 10
Cottages-Assessed value
306,750 00
17,484 75*
$18,812.85
* This amount was prepaid to the Town by the Feoffees and in turn collected from the individual owners of the cottages.
98
Treadwell Fund
$16,501.64
$16,290.92
$16,500.00 10,000.00 6,381 44
Deposited in Ipswich Savings Bank
DETAILED STATEMENT OF TAXES For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1955
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1955 Commitments
Refunds Collections
Abatements
Outstanding Tax Titles Dec. 31, 1955
Taxes :
Poll 1955
$
$ 5,108.00
$
$ 3,754.00 34,412.81 522,845.55
10,417.23
456.01
49,358.33
Poll 1954
18.00
2.00
16.00
Personal 1954
5,327.19
211.75
Real Estate 1954
36,329.90
135.52
5,115.44 24,554.37
366.63
134.31
11,410.11
Personal 1953
255.30
16.10
Real Estate 1953
9,601.04
1.40
239.20 9,439.14
35.65
127.65
$51,531.43
$626,507.51
$1,279.07
$600,362.51
$12,286 88
$717.97
$65,950.65
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise:
79,583.74)
1955
(Dec.) 6,895.48)
3,542.52
75,894.41
6,448.95
1954
10,624 98
1,441.27
318 30
11,076.44
1,308.11
1953
94.76
7.56
87.20
$10,719.74
$87,920,49
$3,860.82
$ 86,978.41
$ 7,844.26
Moth: 1955
87.00
87.00
Water Liens Added to
Taxes: 1955
779.11
129.42
649.69
1953
102.53
102.53
1952
13.46
13.46
$ 115.99
$ 779.11
$ 245.41
$ 649.69
$
$ 330 00 4,852.21
Personal 1955
39,463.54
1.00
199.52
Real Estate 1955
581,935.97
. 1,141.15
$ 1,024.00
7,678.38
$ 7,678.38
99
WATER DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Profit and Loss Statement For the Year Ending December 31, 1955
Income:
Metered Sales
61,950.44
Flat Rate Sales
7,502.50
Sale of Services
3,628.66
Sale of Supplies
20,896.97
Maint. of Reservoirs
158.06
Electricity Purchased
2,931.08
Maint. of Pumping Equip.
254.92
Purification Supplies &
Expenses
609.30
Inspection of Customers' Installations
3,007.68
General Labor
10,937.69
Maint. of Mains
2,612 00
Maint. of Services
9,053.69
Maint. of Meters
2,024.40
Maint. of Hydrants
758.68
Total Operating
32,355.06
Administrative Expenses:
General Office Salaries
5,696.31
General Office Supplies
772.25
Insurance
1,242.64
Transportation Expense
2,093 20
Maint. of Gen. Structures
430.79
Depreciation
13,313.11
Misc. General Expense
931.11
Pensions
670.80
Total Administrative
25,150.21
Total Expenses
57,505.27
Profit for 1955
35,391.67
Net Revenue
92,896.94
92,896.94
Expenses :
Operating Expenses : Maint. Water Supply Structures
7 56
93,978.57
Less: Interest on Notes 595.00
Abatements
486.63 1,081.63
100
WATER DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Balance Sheet - December 31, 1955
Fixed Assets :
Engineering
8,314.71
Land
8,219.12
New Well System
52,844.96
Pumping Station
15,075.24
Appropriation from Light Dept. for Construction
39,338.91
Distribution Reservoir
17,827.56
Notes Payable
40,600.00
Bull Brook Reservoir
50,476.43
Departmental Bldg.
2,367.97
Total Liabilities
104,021.94
Store House
178.70
Pumps & Pumping Equip.
6,607.02
Purification System
3,050.86
Distribution Lines & Mains 307,838 24
Service Pipes
125,053.51
Meters
6,078.95
Hydrants
192.79
Office Equipment
231.75
Shop Equipment
2,755.46
Transportation Equip.
11,242.13
Misc. Equipment
7,168.53
Less: Reserve for Depreciation
300,981.35
Net Plant Investment
352,236.17
Current Assets :
Cash-Operating
15,144.43
Cash-Construction
3,023.83
Cash-Well Construction
1,399.25
Accounts Receivable
18,248.04
Materials & Supplies
39,829.77
Total Current Assets Total Assets
77,645.32
429,881.49
Total Liabilities and Surplus
429,881.49
Liabilities :
Appropriation from Tax Levy for Note Payments and Construction
24,083.03
Storage Basin
27,693.59
Surplus :
Ipswich Water Dept. Property Account
223,208.27
Profit & Loss
102,651.28
653,217.52
101
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Balance Sheet - December 31, 1955
Current Assets :
Liabilities :
Cash Construction
2,409.02
Notes Payable
122.000 00
Cash-Operating
20,178.50
Consumers Deposits
9,940.88
Cash-Depreciation
68,135.10
Interest Accrued
447.17
Cash-Consumers Deposits
10,720.17
Accounts Receivable
23,776.90
132,388.05
Inventory-Materials and Supplies
14,586.56
Inventory-Fuel Oil
2,771.45
Inventory-Lub Oil
1,579.20
Total Current Assets
144,156.90
Other Assets:
Land
841.20
Structures
78,591.53
Fuel System
4,165.75
International Combustion Engines
594,597.47
Auxiliaries
6,862.17
Electric Plant
26,767.81
Transformer Station Equipment
47,406.71
Poles, Fixtures and Over- head Conductors
190,603.50
Underground Conductors
10,903.59
Consumers Deposits
54,680.79
Consumers' Meter Instal- lations
1,291.48
Line Transformers
89,360.23
Transformer Installation
1,091.64
Street Lighting Equip.
21,313.60
Office Equipment
1,500.00
Transportation Equipment
14,591.21
Engineering & Superin- tendence
3,673.05
1,148,241.73
Less: Reserve for
Depreciation
442,878.30
705,363.43
Total Assets
849,520.33
Total Liabilities & Surplus
849,520.33
Surplus :
Loans Repayment
258,000.00
Approp. for Construction Repayment
1,511.06
Profit and Loss
457,621.22
717,132.28
102
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Profit and Loss Statement For the Year Ending December 31, 1955
Sales :
Domestic Sales
190,223.68
Operating Expenses :
Engine Labor
46,810.86
Engine Fuel
114,566.41
Lubricants
5,208.01
Sta. Supplies & Exp.
2,294.76
Maint. of Engines
2,238.25
Maint. of Station Structures 410 41
Maint. of Accessory Equip. 6.11
Less :
Discounts
20,695.40
21,171.95
Abatements
476.55
Distribution :
Insp. & Test Meters
1,512.12
Remove & Reset Meters
1,063.36
Remove & Reset
Transformers
1,220.95
Maint. Transformer
Station Equipment
Maint. of Lines
36,931.46
Street Lights
1,872.54
Total Distribution
42,600.43
Administration :
Commercial Salaries
6,110.11
Salaries of General Office
5,713.00
Other Gen. Office Salaries
5,029.86
General Office Supplies and Expenses
2,688.75
Insurance
6,477.56
Pensions
670.80
Transportation Expense
1,659.20
Misc. General Expense
22.00
Maint. of Gen. Structures
208.28
Depreciation
54,452.27
Stores Expense
49.40
Total Administration
83,081.23
Interest on Notes
1,856.00
Total Expenditures
299,072.47
Profit for 1955
62,573.62
361,646.09
361,646.09
Commercial Sales
136,871.70
Sales to other Utilities
33,993.00
Municipal Sales
16,334.84
Miscellaneous Revenue
5,394.82
382,818.04
Expenditures :
Total Generating
171,534.81
Operation of Municipal
361,646.09
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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REPORTS
Board of Selectmen
3
Executive Secretary
5
Departmental -
Finance
6
Veterans' Services
6
Legal
7
Assessing
7
Records
8
Town Meeting and Elections
8
Sanitation
8
Planning
9
Purchasing
9
Personnel
9
Engineering
10
Fire
11
Police
12
Health
14
Weights and Measures
15
Nursing
16
Welfare
17
Recreation
19
Shellfish and Harbor
21
Libraries
22
Electric
24
Cemetery
25
Highway
26
Forestry, Dutch Elm & Moth Div. 27
Water
28
LIST OF JURORS
30
MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION
31
SCHOOL REPORT
School Committee
33
Superintendent's Report
35
High School Principal
40
Administrative Assistant
43
Burley and Shatswell School
44
Winthrop School
46
Guidance Director
47
Music Supervisor
50
Art Supervisor
51
Reading Supervisor
53
Audio-Visual Director
54
Special Education Supervisor
56
School Health
57
School Calendar
58
Statistic Data
59
High School Graduates
61
The Staff
62
School Salary Schedule
63
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
67
Balance Sheet
68
Consolidated Expenditures
70
Detailed Expenditures
72
Statement of Collections
90
Detailed Payments
91
Cash Receipts, Payments
92
Comparative Tax Structure
94
1955 Assessments
95
Municipal Indebtedness
95
Trust and Funds
96
Detailed Taxes
99
Water Department
100
Electric Department
102
THE TOWN OF IPSWICH AT YOUR SERVICE
A handy Check-List and Directory of Often-Used Town Services Emergency - FIRE POLICE AMBULANCE 237
137
237
HOSPITAL 320
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT
PHONE
Administration, General
Executive Secretary
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
Town Clerk
318
Town Clerk
318
Elections
Registrars of Voters
318
Electric
Electric Department
140
Employment
Executive Secretary
241
Engineering
Engineering Department
933
Entertainment Licenses
Selectmen
241
Fishing & Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
318
Fuel Oil Storage
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
Lights, Street
Light Department (Office)
140
Lighting Department (Plant)
139
Town Engineer
933
Milk Inspection
Health Department
896
Mortgages, Personal Property
Town Clerk
318
Mortgages, Real Estate
Assessors
176
Moth Protection
Moth Division
1181
Municipal Pensions
Treasurer
92
Municipal Finances
Accountant
553
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department
621
Ordinance, Town
Town Clerk
318
Parks
Park Division
1247
Planning
Planning Board
933
Playgrounds
Playground Division
1247
Purchasing
Executive Secretary
241
Recreation
Recreation Directors
1247
Treasurer
92
Rubbish Collection
Public Works Department
466
Schools
School Department (Supt.)
34
High School
34
Burley
367-R
Shatswell
367-W
Winthrop
35
Nurse
186
Sewers
Health Department
896
Shellfish
Clam Commissioner
1101-R
Shellfish, Licenses
Police Department
237
Streets, Maintenance
Highway Division
466
Subdivisions
Planning Board
933
Tax Collections
Collector
92
Trees
Grounds Division
1181
Tuberculosis Hospital
896
Veterans' Benefits
Veterans' Agent
318
Voting, Registration
Registrars of Voters
318
Water
Water Division (Office)
140
Weights & Measures
896
Welfare
Welfare Department
621
Wiring Inspector
Wire Inspector
140
Maps
Marriage Certificates
Town Clerk
318
1
Retirement
Health Department
Water Division (Plant) Sealer
139
Dog Licenses
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