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45.60
Est. Receipts-Refund on Bonds
51.18
Total Unclassified
2,134.36
Unclassified
Water Department
Metered Rates
$23,539.68
Interest
801.62
Construction
93.80
Hydrant Rental
2,050.00
Pipes and Fittings
1,226.42
Truck and Mtce. and Repairs
94.94
Repairs Meter Bldg. 62.72
Fuel Meter Bldg.
51.85
Power-Fuel P. Station
4,244.87
Repair Bldg. P. Sta.
155.92
Filter Station
12.33
Misc. Station
449.47
Printing-Adv.
44.78
Stationery-Pstge.
44.96
Telephone
81.55
Misc. Expenses
53.16
Total Water Department 16,950.37
Interest Municipal Indebtedness
Police Station-Court House $414.37
High School
1,000.00
Union St. School
437.50
Temporary Loan
82.82
Enoch Pratt Fund
313.93
M. L. H. P. Luxury Fund
75.92
Water Investment Notes
52.50
Total Interest Municipal Indebtedness
3,683.51
Total Interest Municipal Indebtedness 2,314.69
Municipal Indebtedness
Police Station-Court House $3,600.00
High School
10,000.00
Union St. School
4,000.00
Fire District
1,000.00
Sand Filter Unit
1,000.00
Water Notes 2,000.00
Temporary-Anticipation of Revenue
100,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness 121,600.00
Interest Municipal Indebtedness
On Taxes
$3,102.61
Trust Funds
M. L. H. P. Drky. Ftn. Fund
138.55
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loan
Anticipation of Revenue
$50,000.00
Anticipation State and County 1,500.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness
51,500.00
Fire District 20.00
Sand Filter Unit 140.00
Water Notes
220.00
Electric Light Department
Sale of Electricity
Lighting
$113,622.72
Manager
$3,125.00
Clerks
3,548.94
Office Supplies
165.75
Stationery-Postage
746.44
Printing-Advertising
538.34
Transp.
763.71
Telephone
70.12
Stations
Purification Supplies
49.51
Other Employees
5,261.90
Repairs to Plant
129.59
Repairs to Real Estate
14.89
Mtce. Underground Conduits
174.42
Tools
217.63
Purchase of Energy
48,021.69
Repairs Water Plant
16.76
Mtce. Conduits
373.99
General
Care of Lights
954.79
Repair of Lines
9,108.38
Meters-Transformers
218.94
Carbons
98.19
Metered Sales
9.94
Insurance
604.50
Reading Meters
1,355.69
Distri. Tools and Equip.
122.00
Repairs Meters
602.10
Construction
Underground Conduits
1,423.52
Sta. Equip. Transfer
317.03
Power
20,235.54
Street Lighting
5,500.00
Miscellaneous
Jobbing
428.88
Deposit
949.00
Bad Debts
36.83
Refunds
15.60
All Other-Phone
35
Total Electric Light Department
140,788.92
Electric Light Department
Administration
Meters-Transformers
7,959.69
Electric Lines
6,566.86
Installing Meters
425.40
St. Light Equip.
1.82
Misc. Power Plant
2,346.70
Office Equip.
702.09
Engineering Service
29.17
Underground System
358.75
Elec. Plant Hydro.
5,871.09
Total Electric Light Department
102,295.33
Gas Department
Gas Department
Sale of Gas $38,100.96
Total Gas Department
38,100.96
$625.00
Clerks
1,774.46
Office Supplies
74.61
Stationery-Postage
373.21
Printing-Advertising
92.41
Transportation
188.40
Telephone
33.10
Stations
Other Employees
1,912.00
Repairs to Plant
2,786.71
Repairs to Real Estate
165.61
Fuel
210.00
Water-Wood
17.12
General
Mains-Services
1,463.77
Meters
444.61
Mtce. Tools and Equip.
29.96
Sales
4.56
Appliances
149.93
Administration
Manager
Reading Meters
677.94
Insurance Jobbing Labor Purchase of Energy
215.17
49.47
22,599.50
Construction
Installing Meters
63.96
Street Mains
177.26
Meters 458.39
Services 123.38
Office Equipment
26.51
Constr. Gas Services
352.46
Total Gas Department 35,089.50
Guarantee Deposits-Fire Alarm System
Deposits Returned $1,114.14
Mtce. Fire Alarm System 854.90
Total Guarantee Deposits and Fire Alarm System 1,969.04
Agency and Trust
Trust
Cemetery Perpetual Care-Income $1,905.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care-Bequest 1,200.00
Dog License Fund 1,667.60
Enoch Pratt Fund
313.93
Agency
Cemeteries
State Taxes
25,280.55
Care of Endowed Lots Total Cemetries
$1,905.09
County Tax Total Agency and Trust
15,508.58
1,905.09
45,875.75
Agency and Trust Taxes collected for State, County and Non-Resident Bank Taxes are included in General Tax Receipts. Trust Cemetery-Perp. Care $1,200.00
Total Agency and Trust
1,200.00
Refunds
Refunds
Departmental
$771.41
Departmental
$771.41
Public Service Enterprise
222.19
Public Service Enterprise
222.19
1938 R. Estate Tax
5.00
1938 R. Estate Tax
5.00
1939 R. Estate Tax
4.23
1939 R. Estate Tax
4.23
1940 R. Estate Tax
244.90
1940 R. Estate Tax
244.90
1939 Personal Tax
16.15
1940 Polls
8.00
1939 Excise
4.28
1939 Excise
4.28
1940 Excise
638.80
1940 Excise
638.80
Total Refunds
1,914.96
Total Refunds
1,914.96
Total Receipts
$774,543.94
Total Disbursements
$815,888.57
Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1940
Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1940
Revenue
$80,353.60
Revenue
$40,373.50
Non-Revenue
8,245.36
Non-Revenue
6,880.83
88,598.96
47,254.33
Grand Total
$863,142.90
Grand Total
$863,142.90
1939 Personal Tax
16.15
1940 Polls
8.00
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31st, 1940 Revenue Account
Assets
Liabilities
Revenue Cash
$40,373.50 Tax Title Redemption Profit
$447.88
Petty Cash Town Clerk Accounts Receivable
Tax Levy-1938 Real Estate
322.01
Dog License Fund
26.40
Tax Levy-1939 Real Estate
22,986.76
Ida F. Rounseville Fund
510.00
Tax Levy-1940 Real Estate
66,224.09
Road Machinery Fund
1,437.72
Tax Levy-1939 Personal
1,531.09
Tailings Account
112.80
Tax Levy-1940 Personal
5,498.68
Mun. L. Operation
18,134.58
Tax Levy-1939 Polls
92.00
Mun. L. Construction
11,699.47
Tax Levy-1940 Polls
192.00
Mun. L. Depreciation
35,410.83
Tax Levy-1939 Excise
145.33
Mun. L. Deposits
1,483.94
Tax Levy-1940 Excise
997.86
Underground System
4.26
Tax Possessions
1,637.98
Overlay-1938
2,184.92
Excess Tax Titles Receipts
423.73
Overlay-1940
903.28
Tax Titles
683.55
Surplus Overlay
245.84
W. P. A.
28.60
Departmental Revenue
8,356.48
Police Department
1.00
Mun. L. Revenue
17,314.30
Forest Fires
33.71
Water Revenue
1,444.82
Moth
231.50
Excise Revenue
1,143.19
Health
1,413.50
Tax Title Revenue
2,321.53
Sewer
107.69
Petty Cash Reserve
5.00
Highway
124.32
Excess and Deficiency
42,245.17
Welfare
2,763.01
M. L. H. P. Drinking Fountain Fund
138.55
A. D. C.
814.65
Estimated Receipts-Rental Town Property
250.57
Old Age Asstce.
1,716.12
Town Hall Reshingling Roof
7.65
Schools
1,061.38
East and Beach Streets
3,202.83
Soldiers Benefits
61.00 Plympton Street
4,594.12
Highway County Aid
04
Thompson Street
170.07
Highway State Aid
.03 Plymouth Street
1,738.35
Mun. Light Dept.
17,314.30
A. D. C. Fed. Grant Adm.
227.87
5.00
Revenue Loan
1,500.00
State Parks and Reservations
26.10
Water Water Liens Overlay-1937 Overlay-1939 Revenue
1,374.06
A. D. C. Fed. Grant Exp.
3.96
70.76 Old Age Fed. Grant Adm.
977.24
7.79 Old Age Fed. Grant Exp.
651.40
860.36
1.82
9,874.11
M. L. H. P. Luxury Fund Bates School Repairs
173.20
Plympton St. Land Damages
61.75
Dental Clinic Donation
1.88
Investigating Sewerage Disposal
1,332.50
Distribution of Fish and Game
50.00
George Deen Fund School
410.00
Painting and Repairing Town Hall
2,000.00
Painting Police Station
800.00
Repairs Water Tower
10,000.00
W. P. A.
5,219.24
$178,971.51
$178,971.51
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
$6,880.83 Union Street School High Tension Transmission Line
4,552.08
$6,880.83
$6,880.83
DEBT ACCOUNT DECEMBER 31st 1940
$71,950.00
Water Loans
$5,000.00
High School Loan
20,000.00
Police Station and Court House
15,900.00
Municipal Building Loan
4,050.00
Union Street School Loan
21,000.00
Sand Filter Unit and Storage Tank
6,000.00
$71,950.00
$71,950.00
Non-Revenue Cash
$2,328.75
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
TRUST FUNDS, DECEMBER 31st, 1940
Trust and Investment Fund Cash and Securities
Enoch Pratt Fund
$10,668.75
M. L. H. P. Charity Fund
3,798.74
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$82,493.70
In Custody of Library Trustees
5,129.32
Harriet G. Beal Library Fund
1,000.00
In Custody of Peirce Trustees
589,427.33
Harriet C. Peirce Library Fund
500.00
Thomas S. Peirce Est.
537,066.53
Library Trust Fund Income
429.32
Thomas S. Peirce Library Fund
52,360.80
Timothy F. Canty Fund
81.66
Cemetery Fund Principal
57,076.20
Cemetery Fund Income
10,868.35
Water Sinking Fund Bond 4,000.00
$685,117.22
Respectfully submitted,
M. L. H. P. Drinking Fountain Fund
4,066.87
Copeland Library Fund
3,200.00
In Custody of Drinking Fountain Fund Trustees
4,066.87
Investment Fund Securities
4,000.00
$685,117.22
WALDO S. THOMAS, Town Accountant.
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REPORT OF THE GAS AND ELECTRIC PLANT
To the Town Manager,
Town of Middleboro.
Dear Sir:
I am submitting the forty-seventh report of the Gas and Electric Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1940.
This report includes operation accounts, revenues, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Sheet, in the same form as in the Report to the Public Utilities, together with Statement of Accounts.
Gas
Gas Purchased:
For High Pressure Services
2,075,900
For Low Pressure Services
27,923,600
Total Purchased
29,999,500
Increase over 1939
284,600
Gas sold
23,694,400
Decrease over 1939
1,765,000
Paid Taunton Gas Co.
$22,599.51
Average Per M
.753
Average Cost in Holder per M.
.92
Average Cost Purchased and Distributed.
1.64
Average Received per M sold
1.46
Average Consumption per Customer
20,600 cu. ft.
Miles of Main
28.45
Average Consumer per Mile of Main
40.4
Cu. ft. Sold per Mile of Main
832,200
Average B.T.U.
536
New Services
17
New Main (4")
250 ft.
Electric
K.W.H. Purchased High Tension.
4,986,000
K.W.H. Purchased for East, Beach and France Sts.
7,600
Total
4,993,600
Increase over 1939
264,300
Paid Plymouth County Electric Co.
$48,018.67
Average Cost per K.W.H. High Tension
.00956
Average Cost per K.W.H. East and Beach Sts.
.044
Average Production cost at Board
.0107
Average Cost Purchased and Distributed
.0192
Average Cost per K.W.H. Sold
.0235
Net Received per K.W.H. for Lighting
0389
Net Received per K.W.H. for Power
.0255
Net Received per K.W.H. for all Classes of Service.
.0356
90
Total K.W.H. used for Street Lights
209,806
Received for Street Lights
$5,500.00
Average Cost to Town per K.W.H. for Street Lights
.0262
Manufacturing Profit to Profit and Loss
$36,238.26
Decrease over 1939
$9,545.61
Maximum K.V.A. Demand (July)
1500
Maximum K.W. Demand (December)
1430
Maximum Power Factor December
96.6
Average Power Factor at Maximum Demands
77.9
Gas and Electric Department
TOTAL SALES
1939
1940
Increase
Decrease
Gas
$40,761.65
$36,709.92
$4,051.73
Lighting
129,058.10
118,980.38
10,077.72
Power
22,555.40
20,494.65
2,060.75
Street Lighting .
6,000.00
5,500.00
500.00
Jobbing
380.08
526.04
$145.96
$198,755.23
$182,210.99
$145.96
$16,690.20
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Gas
$2,358.80
Light
11,856.93
Power
3,050.71
Jobbing
47.86
$17,314.30
CONSUMERS
January 1, 1941
Gas
21
Electric
2397
Gas and Electric
1128
3546
METERS INSTALLED
January 1, 1941
Gas
1378
Electric
3818
5196
Street Lights-1940
Total No. nights
Total No. hours
Ave. No. nights per mo.
Ave. No. hours per night
run
All night service
366
4007
30
10 h. 56 m.
Part night service
366
2353
30
6 h. 26 m.
No. Middleboro Service
ยท366
2506
30
6 h. 51 m.
K.W.H. Purchased
Total K.W.H. used for Street Lights
4,993,600 209,806
So. Middleboro, Rock and
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1940 Operating Expenses-Gas PRODUCTION
Operation :
Wages at Gas Plant
$1,912.00
Boiler Fuel
186.00
Water
17.12
$2,115.12.
Maintenance:
Maintenance Water Gas Sets
$5.00
Maintenance Other Equipment at Works
53.35
Maintenance Purification Apparatus
8.00
Maintenance Holders
2,632.86
Maintenance Works and Station Structures.
165.61
$2,864.82
Gas Purchased
22,599.50
$22,599.50
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
Operation :
Removing and Resetting Meters ....
$72.09
$72.09
Maintenance:
Maintenance Street Mains
$59.88
Maintenance Services
1,403.89
Maintenance Consumers' Meters
375.54
Maintenance Tools and Appliances
3.46
Station Tools and Appliances
8.00
$1,850.77
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Salary of Manager
$625.00
Salaries General Office Clerks and Meter Readers.
2,452.40
General Office Supplies and Expense
677.98
Insurance
215.17
Transportation Expenses
188.40
Depreciation
6,233.66
$10,392.61
Total Expense
$39,894.91
Balance to Profit and Loss (Loss)
5,133.58
Total Debits
$34,761.33
INCOME-GAS
From Sales of Gas
$36,709.92
Less Discounts, Rebates, etc.
1,955.43
Bad Debt Paid
6.84
Total Credits
....
$34,761.33
.
$34,754.49
I
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1940 Operating Expenses-Electric HYDRO-ELECTRIC GENERATION
Operation:
Electric Labor
$5,238.65 216.63
Station Supplies and Expense
$5,455.28
Maintenance:
Maintenance Station Structures
$12.89
Maintenance Accessory Equipment 121.29
Maintenance Flumes and Canals
11.66
Maintenance Dams and Intakes
5.10
Maintenance Electric Generating Equipment
12.90
Electric Energy Purchased
48,018.67
$48,182.51
TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE
Operation :
Operation of Transmission and Distribution Lines
$418.32
Transmission and Distribution-
Supplies and Expense
273.69
Inspecting and Testing Meters
49.51
Removing and Resetting Meters
209.15
Removing and Resetting Transformers
90.76
Maintenance :
Maintenance Transmission and Distribution Lines
$9,010.66
Maintenance Consumers' Meters
392.95
Maintenance Transformers
128.18
Maintenance Underground Conduits
373.99
Maintenance Underground Conductors
174.42
Maintenance Municipal Street Lamps
1.00
$10,081.20
UTILIZATION
Operation :
Municipal Street Lamps, Supplies and Expense .... $948.97 $948.97
GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Salary of Manager
$3,125.00
Salaries of General Office Clerks and Meter Readers
4,904.63
General Office Supplies and Expense.
1,118.15
Insurance
604.50
Transportation Expense
963.71
Miscellaneous General Expense
98.19
Depreciation
18,754.41
Advertising
370.00
$29,938.59
Balance to Profit and Loss (Profit)
36,238.26
Total Debits
$131,916.24
$1,041.43
$95,647.98
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INCOME-ELECTRIC
From Lighting
$124,480.38 20,494.65
From Power
$144,975.03
Less Discounts, Rebates, etc.
13,088.78
Bad Debts paid
29.99
Total Credits
$131,916.24
Balance Sheet ASSETS INVESTMENTS-GAS
Land, Gas
$1,200.00
Structures
2,161.07
Boiler Plant Equipment
681.21
Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment
277.99
Water Gas Sets
1,947.39
Purification Apparatus
124.98
Other Equipment at Works
6,068.98
Street Mains
81,717.32
Services
19,316.31
Consumers' Meters
7,423.24
Consumers' Meter Installations
1,956.84
Office Equipment
493.80
Laboratory Equipment
376.51
High Pressure Gas Line
8,622.75
High Pressure Services
14.50
INVESTMENTS-ELECTRIC
Land, Electric
$6,000.00
Rights of Way
2,846.65
Rights of Way, Brockton High Tension
3,813.70
Structures
2,193.43
Reservoirs, Dams, Canals and Waterways.
5,123.22
Water Turbines and Water Wheels
1,416.00
Electric Plant, Hydro
9,257.35
Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment-Hydro
3,316.75
Transformer Station and Substation Equipment.
6,309.56
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors.
97,533.90
Consumers' Meters
26,507.97
Consumers' Meter Installations
8,754.89
Line Transformers
40,791.01
Line Capacitors
886.50
Transformer Installations
508.73
Street Lighting Equipment
8,759.61
Underground Conduits
42,420.85
Underground Conductors
39,235.42
Brockton High Tension Line
14,196.04
New High Tension Line Project
28,000.00
Office Equipment
2,750.13
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash on hand
18,134.58
Accounts Receivable
17,314.30
Inventory
7,420.40
$131,886.25
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RESERVE FUNDS:
Depreciation Fund
35,410.83
Construction Fund
11,699.47
Special Construction Fund
4.26
Special Deposits Fund
1,483.94
LIABILITIES
Loan Repayments
$162,200.00
Appropriations for Construction-Repayments.
45,992.39
Consumers' Deposits
1,483.94
Federal Tax Income
1.52
Profit and Loss Balance
364,794.53
$574,472.38 $574,472.38
Plant Investment (Book Value)
Gas
$132,382.89
Electric
350,621.71
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
By balance at beginning of year
$359,217.02
By balance of transfer returned
92.39
To balance Gas Operating Expense
$5,133.58
By balance Electric Operating Expense
36,238.26
By Jobbing Account
264.51
To transfer to Town of Middleborough
25,000.00
To expense of engineering and superintendence.
29.17
To Middleborough Signal System Expense.
854.90
To balance account
364,794.53
$395,812.18 $395,812.18
Construction Drafts-1940
GAS
Expended for :
Gas Mains
$177.26
Gas Services
475.84
Consumers' Meters
458.39
Consumers' Meter Installations
63.96
Laboratory Equipment
26.51
$1,201.96
ELECTRIC
Expended for:
Electric Plant, Hydro
$5,871.09
Consumers' Meters
1,236.89
Consumers' Meter Installations
425.40
Underground Conduits
1,423.52
Underground Conductors
363.75
Poles, Fixtures, and Overhead Conductors
6,566.86
Line Transformers
5,763.45
Line Capacitors
886.50
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Miscellaneous Power Plant Equipment 2,346.70
Transformer Station and Substation Equipment 317.03
Engineering and Superintendence 29.17
Office Equipment
702.09
Street Lighting Equipment
1.82
Transformer Installations
89.60
$26,023.87
$27,225.83
Statement of Accounts DEPRECIATION FUND
1940
Jan. 1 Balance in
Town Treasury
$10,422.76
Dec. 31 Transferred from
Operating Fund
24,988.07
Dec. 31 Balance in
Town Treasury
$35,410.83
$35,410.83
$35,410.83
SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION FUND
Jan.
1 Balance in
Dec. 31 Balance in
Town Treasury
$4.26
Town Treasury
$4.26
CONSTRUCTION FUND
Jan. 1 Balance in
Town Treasury
$8,905.75 Dec. 31 Payments $27,225.83
Dec. 31 Transferred from
Operating Cash
30,000.00
Refunds Received
19.55
Dec. 31 Balance in
Town Treasury
11,699.47
$38,925.30
$38,925.30
OPERATING CASH
Jan.
1 Balance in
Town Treasury
$31,101.78
Dec. 31 Transferred to Depreciation Fund 24,988.07
Transferred from
Transferred to
Reserve Fund 92.39
Deposit Fund
2.00
Transferred from
2.00
Middleboro 25,000.00
Transferred to
Refunds received .
187.44
Construction Fund 30,000.00
Collections
177,940.88
Payments 111,199.84
Balance in Town Treasury 18,134.58
$209,324.49
$209,324.49
Transferred to Town of
Deposits Fund
96
DEPOSITS FUND
Jan. 1 Balance in
Dec. 31 Payments $1,114.14
Town Treasury Transferred from
$1,649.08
Transferred to
Operating Cash 2.00
Operating Cash Collections
949.00
Treasury
1,483.94
$2,600.08
$2,600.08
SUMMARY
Balance in Depreciation Fund
$35,410.83
Balance in Construction Fund
11,699.47
Balance in Special Construction Fund
4.26
Balance in Operating Fund
18,134.58
Balance in Deposits Fund
1,483.94
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. PHILBROOK,
Superintendent.
GIFTS TO TOWN 1935
To reduce Taxes
$3,500.00
New Trucks
3,150.00 (W.P.A.)
Leveling Ball Field
1,800.00
Enlarging Playgrounds
3,900.00
New Sidewalks
6,200.00
Selectmen for future W.P.A.
5,000.00
Welfare
3,000.00
Old Age Assistance
500.00
$27,050.00
1937
Reserve Fund
$2,000.00
W. P. A. Fund
5,500.00
Union Street School
30,000.00
$37,500.00
For changes of offices and Equipment other than Electric Department
$1,969.91
1938
Reserve Fund
$2,000.00
Special Town Fund for Investigating
Sewerage Disposal
2,000.00
$4,000.00
1939
Reserve Fund
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
1939
Old Age Assistance
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
1940
Town of Middleboro to reduce taxes ..
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$102,519.91
2.00
Bal. in Town
97
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Middleborough, Massachusetts:
Gentlemen:
We herewith present the annual report of the Board of Assessors for the year ending January 31, 1940.
Recapitulation
Appropriations
$444,490.01
Deficits in overlay
1936
74.00
1937
365.83
1939
1,188.62
Revenue Deficit 1939
9,160.18
State Assessments for 1940
State Tax
23,040.00
Auditing Municipal Accounts
1,908.62
State Parks and Reservations
358.03
County Assessments for 1940
County Tax
15,508.58
Tuberculosis Hospital
4,765.25
Overlay
5,189.79
Gross Amount to be Raised
$506,048.91
$506,048.91
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
Income Tax
$ 32,110.51
Corporation Taxes
6,021.78
Reimbursement, State Owned Lands
116.48
Gasoline Tax (Acts of 1939, Chaps. 232 & 504)
19,082.58
Motor Vehicle Excise
18,619.66
Licenses
8,178.10
Fines
181.51
Grants and Gifts
5,117.87
General Government
1,661.58
Protection of Persons and Property
3,652.78
Health & Sanitation
1,714.21
Highways
26.00
Charities
29,087.64
Old Age Assistance
46,109.35
Soldiers' Benefits
930.00
Schools
13,600.00
Libraries
435.50
Recreation
1,441.21
Unclassified
791.53
Public Ser. Enterprises (Water Dept.)
28,660.30
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
3,461.87
Veterans' Exemptions
334.71
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Rent from Rounseville Estate
1,263.00
Peirce Trustees
1,000.00
Over-estimate, State Parks and Reservations
50.63
Over-estimate, Hospital or Home Care for Civil War Veterans
55.00
Available Funds
25,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation on Polls and Property
$248,703.80
$248,703.80
$257,345.11
Number of Polls 3,125 @ $2.00 each
Tax
$ 6,250.00
Total Valuation $7,946,045
Rate
31.60
Personal Estate $565,340
Tax
17,864.74
Real Estate $7,380,705
Tax
233,230.28
Water Liens
41.80
Value of Assessed Personal Estate
Stock in trade
$168,100.00
Machinery
47,585.00
Live Stock
95,770.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property.
253,885.00
Total Personal Estate
$565,340.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate
Land, Exclusive of Buildings
$2,368,760
Buildings, Exclusive of Land
5,011,945
Total. Real Estate
$7,380,705
Total Value of All Assessed Property, January 1, 1940
$7,946,045
Total Value of All Omitted Property, December 10, 1940
300
Total Value of All Assessed Property, December 31, 1940
7,946,345
Number of Livestock Assessed
Horses
75
Neat Cattle
2,230
Yearlings
141
Swine
19
Sheep
15
Fowl
49,245
All Other
253
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,226
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
38,403.13
Property Exempt from Taxation
Property of the Commonwealth, Real Estate
$30,300
Property of Literary, Benevolent and Charitable Institutions,
Personal and Real
254,410
Property of War Veterans, Real Estate
4,360
United States Post Office, Real Estate
105,000
Courthouse, Personal and Real
67,000
Churches, Real Estate
324,170
Parsonages, Real Estate
23,670
Cemeteries, Real Estate
53,010
Schools, Personal and Real Estate
476,670
Town Hall, Personal and Real
161,900
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Library, Personal and Real
95,220
Fire Department, Personal and Real
89,930
Gas and Electric Department, Personal and Real
390,430
Water Department, Personal and Real
350,970
Middleboro Home, Personal and Real
48,520
Swimming Pool and Playground, Real Estate
110,595
Property Owned by Town, Personal and Real
60,475
Peirce Trustees' Property, Real Estate
51.800
Total Exempt Property
$2,698,430
Motor Vehicle Excise
Number of Motor Vehicles Assessed
3,508
Value of Motor Vehicles Assessed
$678,415.00
Tax on Vehicles Assessed
$20,358.90
Rate per Thousand
$36.40
Abatements
Taxes Abated in 1940
Polls and Property
Motor Vehicles
Levy of 1936
$ 74.00
Levy of 1937
77.79
$ 16.89
Levy of 1938
1,199.70
105.87
Levy of 1939
1,698.99
14.51
Levy of 1940
4,286.51
1,246.55
Total
$ 7,336.99
$ 1,383.82
Taxes Committed in 1940
Commitment on Polls
$ 6,478.00
Commitment on Personal Estate
17,867.94
Commitment on Real Estate
233,236.65
Commitment on Motor Vehicles
20,358.90
BENJAMIN C. SHAW HARRISON F. SHURTLEFF FRED F. CHURBUCK Assessors, Middleboro.
REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES Year Ending December 31, 1940
Outstanding Taxes December 31, 1940:
Tax Levy, 1938 Real Estate
$ 322.01
Tax Levy, 1939 Real Estate
22,986.76
Tax Levy, 1940 Real Estate
66,224.09
Tax Levy, 1939 Personal
1,531.09
Tax Levy, 1940 Personal
5,498.68
Tax Levy, 1939 Polls
92.00
Tax Levy, 1940 Polls
192.00
Tax Levy, 1939 Excise
145.33
Tax Levy, 1940 Excise
997.86
Tax Possessions
1,637.98
Tax Title Account
638.55
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$100,311.35
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER L. SHAW, Collector of Taxes.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF THOMAS S. PEIRCE
January 20, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Middleborough, Mass.
Gentlemen:
We respectfully present herewith the Annual Report of the Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1940.
This report shows the present condition of the two funds held by us as Trustees and includes statements of the Receipts and Disbursements of the funds for the period indicated.
Fund Held in Trust for Use and Benefit of Town of Middleborough
Stocks-Inventory value
$175,383.54
Bonds-Inventory value
9,650.00
Mortgages and Notes
149,362.41
Real Estate
129,552.99
Real Estate under foreclosure
31,370.37
Cabinet at Library
100.00
Office Equipment
155.50
Savings Bank Deposits
Worcester
$1,000.00
Wareham
1,400.00
2,400.00
Cash-First Nat'l Bank
$6,324.05
Middleboro Trust
5,664.06
11,988.11
$509,962.92
Income Account RECEIPTS
Rentals
$9,525.02
Dividends
4,472.85
Interest
9,583.58
Sundries
174.99
$23,756.44
DISBURSEMENTS
Salaries, Trustees and Clerk
...... $2,679.84
Janitor
1,420.00
Insurance
1,025.79
Repairs-Labor and Material
1,162.03
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Light and Heat
975.48
Water
293.81
Sundries
281.61
$7,838.56
Net Income for the year
$15,917.88
Balance on hand, January 1, 1940.
11,692.42
$27,610.30
PAID FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE TOWN
Courthouse Notes and Interest
$4,014.37
Reduction of Taxes
2,000.00
Bates School Manual Training
346.96
High School Commercial Course
1,023.73
High School Agricultural Course
1,794.32
Uniforms, School Bands
469.49
Center Street Project
1,117.18
Power Lawn Mowers
261.99
Playground-Filling
73.84
Attendants
449.00
Fence for Athletic Field
1,302.03
Tennis Courts and Fencing
3,213.72
$16,066.63
Balance on hand, January 1, 1941
$11,543.67
Fund Held in Trust for the Middleborough Public Library
Bonds-Inventory value
$26,865.00
Stocks-Inventory value
11,557.04
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