Town annual report of Saugus 1930, Part 13

Author: Saugus (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 456


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227


252


350


435


2,666


Eva Hoffman, C.P.


2


3


5


6


6


6


I


8


37


Charles F. Hurley, D.


.


.


207


205


183


146


132


208


IOI


1 60


1,342


Walter S. Hutchins, S.P.


5


8


16


II


24


13


8


IO


95


Charles S. Oram, S.L.P.


.


·


4


5


10


2


13


6


I


4


45


Blanks


.


.


63


38


64


48


39


43


28


48


371


Total


·


670


590


638


535


44I


528


489


665


4,556


·


.


.


.


·


.


·


·


.


·


-


1930]


STATE ELECTION.


181


·


182


Auditor


PRECINCTS


One


Two


Three


Four


Five


Six


Seven


Eight


Total


Alonzo B. Cook, R. .


445


331


40I


356


248


293


393


450


2,917


Harry Fieldman, S. P.


2


5


9


150


III


117


181


64


145


1,085


Francis X. Hurley, D.


O


16


4


4


5


II


I


3


34


Albert Oddie, C. P. .


I


31


1 4


6


14


9


0


4


79


Fred E. Oelcher, S. L. P. .


65


47


60


40


46


40


28


58


384


Blanks


Total .


.


670 .


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


Attorney General


Morris I. Becker, S. L. P.


·


5


2


17


6


II


13


I


IO


65


John W. Janhonen, C. P.


·


·


O


5


3


3


5


2


3


6


27


John Weaver Sherman, S. P.


.


4


2


8


4


17


3


5


5


48


Harold W. Sullivan, D.


153


169


150


II6


I16


180


47


144


1,075


450


371


398


372


254


300


410


447


3,002


Joseph E. Warner, R. Blanks ·


58


41


62


34


38


30


23


53


339


Total .


·


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


.


.


.


.


.


·


·


·


157


160


18


II


4


3


5


57


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


Senator in Congress


William M. Butler, R.


.


120


354


332


214


266


372


402


2,727


Marcus A. Coolidge, D.


.


22I


2II


367 232


182


185


239


100


219


1,589


Oscar Kinsalas, S. L. P.


3


2


I 2


I


3


I


3


36


Max Lerner, C. P. ·


I


2


2


4


5


O


I


I


16


Sylvester J. McBride, S. P.


2


3


3


2


7


2


I


4


24


Blanks ·


.


23


18


22


14


19


18


14


36


164


Total .


670


590


638


535


44I


528


489


665


4,556


Congressman


William P. Connery, Jr., D.


28I


264


308


201


239


393


140


331


2,067


Charles W. Lovett, R.


347


286


287


297


I71


197


326


270


2, 181


Blanks ·


42


40


43


37


31


28


23


64


308


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


065


4,556


Councillor


James H. Brennan, D.


171


194


1 78


143


131


197


7.4


187


1,275


Ada F. York, R.


389


316


340


312


220


256


368


368


2,569


Blanks


·


.


.


IIO


80


I 20


80


90


75


47


IIO


712


Total .


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


.


·


.


.


·


.


.


-


1930]


STATE ELECTION.


183


·


.


.


.


·


.


Senator


PRECINCTS


One


Two


Three


Four


Five 278


335


399


485


3,186


191


185


228


140


163


193


90


1 80


1,370


Total .


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


Representatives in General Court


Michael H. Cotter, D.


83


89


84


56


64


88


26


72


562


Tony A. Garofano, D.


.


311


281


288


212


204


299


213


252


2,060


Harriet Russell Hart, R.


267


219


242


215


131


152


266


212


1,704


Fred A. Hutchinson, R.


376


319


321


291


204


236


330


336


2,413


Daniel J. O'Connor, Jr., D.


179


179


156


130


91


159


81


161


1, 136


C. F. Nelson Pratt, R.


384


339


40I


330


343


333


309


514


2,953


John W. Foley .. Blanks


·


·


.


·


I


I


.


·


410


343


422


371


286


317


242


448


2,839


Total .


. 2,010 1,770 1,914 1,605 1,323 1,584 1,467 1,995


13,668


District Attorney


John A. Costello, D.


·


.


I53


1 66


159


114


118


1 76


55


1 82


1,123


Hugh A. Cregg, R.


.


.


.


·


433


342


372


352


252


273


386


392


2,802


Edward F. Flynn


·


.


.


.


·


·


.


·


.


84


82


107


69


71


79


48


90


630


Total .


.


·


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


[Dec. 31


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


1 84


Conde Brodbine, R. .


.


.


479


405


410


395


Six


Seven


Eight


Total


Blanks .


·


.


·


.


.


.


I


I


Blanks


Registry of Probate and Insolvency


Horace H. Atherton, Jr., R.


.


.


.


466


364


428


371


266


314


396


452


3,057


Charles F. Spencer, D. .


·


.


·


.


136


153


I37


104


IIO


160


53


138


· 991


Blanks


.


.


68


73


73


60


65


54


40


75


508


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


County Commissioner


Mary F. Bowen, D.


150


1 70


151


116


I36


172


60


1 64


1,119


Raymond H. Trefry, R.


424


339


381


336


224


276


381


407


2,768


Blanks


96


8 1


106


83


81


So


48


94


669


Total .


·


·


670


590


638


535


44I


528


489


665


4,556


Associate Commissioners


Charles M. Boyle, D.


.


.


133


147


143


103


163


53


152


1,002


Cornelius F. Harrington, D.


127


146


137


106


96


I 36


55


143


916


Edwin C. Lewis, R.


405


323


356


329


235


264


357


389


2,658


Edgar S. Rideout, R.


38 1


305


317


301


209


246


353


352


2,464


Blanks


.


.


294


259


323


231


234


247


160


294


2,042


Total


· 1,340 1,180 1,276 1,070


882 1,056


978


1,330


9,112


.


.


.


·


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


185


1930]


STATE ELECTION.


186


County Treasurer


PRECINCTS


One


Two


Three


Four


Five


Six


Seven


Eight


Total


Harold E. Thurston, R.


.


·


420


329


360


330


223


259


374


405


2,700


Robert W. M. White, D.


.


·


·


153


186


168


125


138


190


60


181


1,201


Blanks


97


75


IIO


80


80


79


55


79


655


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


Sheriff (to fill vacancy)


Frank E. Raymond, R.


416


342


388


340


246


267


366


400


2,765


Matthew S. White, D.


·


.


·


·


152


168


154


III


127


178


56


158


1,104


Blanks


·


·


·


·


·


IO2


80


96


84


68


83


67


107


687


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


Question No. 1


Yes .


234


208


204


205


166


188


195


218


1,618


No .


·


.


·


89


87


100


82


62


66


75


95


656


Blanks


·


347


295


334


248


213


274


219


352


2,282


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


.


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


.


Question No. 2


Yes .


·


259


235


282


215


207


257


1 47


293


1,895


No .


·


.


·


317


269


248


204


160


197


283


254


1,932


Blanks


·


.


.


·


94


86


108


I 16


74


74


59


118


729


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


Question No. 3


Yes .


339


316


319


272


208


269


283


298


2,304


No .


.


.


.


168


127


1 32


II6


I 20


I33


107


177


1,080


Blanks


·


.


.


163


147


187


147


113


I 26


99


190


1,172


Total


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


Men


.


·


369


328


349


295


258


314


255


368


2,536


Women


.


.


.


30I


262


289


240


183


214


234


297


2,020


Total


·


670


590


638


535


441


528


489


665


4,556


* R .- Republican


C. P .- Communist Party


S. L. P .- Socialist Labor Party


A true copy . Attest :


LILLIAN SHORES,


Town Clerk. 187


1930]


STATE ELECTION.


D .- Democrat S. P .- Socialist Party


·


·


188


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


TOWN OF SAUGUS


ESSEX, SS.


To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus :


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall on Monday evening, December first, nineteen hundred and thirty at eight o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz.


ARTICLE I. To hear and act on reports of Committees.


ART. 2. To see if the town will transfer the sum of $2,000.00 for Soldiers' Relief. Said sum to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account, or to see what action the town will take in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.


ART. 3. To see if the town will transfer the sum of $2,000.00 for the Public Welfare Department. Said sum to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account, or to see what action the town will take in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.


ART. 4. To see if the town will transfer the sum of $6,000.00 to reconstruct the surface drainage system on Lincoln avenue from the Revere line to Cliftondale Square and to con- struct a surface drain in Jackson street and Mountain avenue. Said sum to be transferred from the following accounts :


Walnut Street Construction . $1,540 59 Cleveland Avenue Extension 600 00


Norman Road Extension 631 01 Bufford Street Extension .


Excess and Deficiency or Surplus


. 406 06 Account · 2,822 34


or to see what action the town will take in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen.


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.


1930]


ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to borrow $25,000 in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 8, Clause 3B, of the General Laws for purpose of laying and relaying water mains. Board of Selectmen.


And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the usual places seven days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands and the Town Seal this seventeenth day of November, A.D., nineteen hundred and thirty.


HARRY WOODWARD, FRANK A. GREEN, WALLACE CAMPBELL, Board of Selectmen.


A true copy. Attest :


W. CHARLES SELLICK, Constable.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


ESSEX, SS. November 22, 1930.


Pursuant hereunto I have served the within Warrant as directed by posting attested copies at the several precincts at least seven days before said meeting according to the By-Laws.


W. CHARLES SELLICK,


Constable.


A true copy. Attest :


LILLIAN SHORES, Town Clerk.


190


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


December 1, 1930.


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Frank P. Bennett, Jr., with 127 town meeting members present.


The Moderator appointed the following Tellers : Henry A. B. Peckham, J. Arthur Raddin, Daniel E. Radford and John Husler and duly qualified them.


ARTICLE I. Reports of Committees. P


The report of the Finance Committee was accepted and placed on file.


Report of the Finance Committee to the Limited Town Meeting DECEMBER 1, 1930


As a part of the great wave of industrial depression which has swept the entire country, many Saugus men with families and dependents find themselves unable to obtain gainful employ- ment. The grave effects of this depression is attested to by the unprecedented demand for relief both from the Board of Public Welfare and from the Department of Soldiers' Relief. This year the Town of Saugus is spending in excess of $60,000 for relief. This represents approximately 10 cents on each tax dollar.


Besides the scores who are being aided by these departments, there are many additional people who decline to ask for aid and whose natural pride would not permit them to become bene- ficiaries of municipal funds even to assist them in their straight- ened circumstances. A preliminary survey by the Committee on Unemployment recently appointed by the Board of Selectmen indicates that there are some 70 men out of work in Saugus who would be glad to accept any work which the town could give them. Superintendent Alfred L. Maggi of the Public Works Department informs the Finance Committee that he must release some 60 additional workers within the week, as his funds are practically depleted.


The Warrant which has been issued for a Special Town Meeting on Monday evening, December 1, is exclusively an


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.


1930]


unemployment Warrant. The Selectmen wisely declined to accept any articles other than those calculated to relieve the present crisis.


Although in normal circumstances the Finance Committee would unquestionably fail to recommend at least one of these articles, the Committee is unanimously of the opinion that the present crisis calls for stringent action. Winter has approached and there are scores of homes in Saugus where it will bring nothing but suffering and misery if assistance is not given. It is certainly more expedient and more humane to provide men with work than to force them to conceal their laudable pride and petition the town for aid.


Superintendent Maggi of the Public Works Department declares that the work outlined in Articles 4 and 5 can be pushed to completion this winter. He also feels that after a few days necessary for the hardening of muscles unused to such work that any active man can earn the money which the town will pay him.


The Finance Committee is advised that under Articles 4 and 5 that approximately $18,600 of the $31,000, or 60 per cent of the total, will be expended for labor. The remainder will be used for the purchase of water and drainage pipe.


This $18,600 represents 720 men weeks at the rate of $25 a week. This would give 72 men work for 10 weeks, thereby carrying them through the winter season. By application of the "stagger" system, it would give 144 men work three days a week. It is estimated that every able-bodied man in Saugus in need of work could be assisted by the passage of these articles.


The Finance Committee believes it the duty of every town board and citizen to cooperate in this emergency. Questions of government and financial policies must be relegated to the rear until the present crisis is met and conquered.


ART. 2. Request of the Director of State Aid and Soldiers' Relief for $2,000 for Soldiers' Relief.


The Finance Committee, after investigation, is convinced that this money will be urgently needed to complete the year. If it


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[Dec. 31


is not provided, necessary cash will not be available for persons in want and many unpaid bills for groceries will have to go over until the next Annual Town Meeting.


The Finance Committee, therefore,


Recommends-That the sum of $2,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account to the account of the Director of Soldiers' Relief.


ART. 3. Request of the Board of Public Welfare for $2,000 from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account.


This is a parallel case in which the need is equally as great. The Finance Committee, therefore,


Recommends-That the sum of $2,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account to the Public Welfare Department.


ART. 4. Request of the Board of Selectmen for a transfer of $6,000 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund and from certain unexpended balances for the construction of a drainage system through Mountain avenue and Jackson street to Cliftondale square.


Even apart from the relief which it will give to the unemploy- ment situation, this is a necessary piece of construction. Some years ago the town constructed a drain from Mountain avenue over Castle and Central streets into the brook at the foot of the hill on Central street. Since then the the town has paid damages in one civil action and another is pending as a result of what is said to be an illegal diversion of water. It appears that unless the situation is remedied that the town will have to continue to meet damages at the rate of about $1,000 annually.


The normal watershed of this district is Cliftondale Square. A line down Jackson street and thence into the square will cost, it is estimated, $6,000. Eventually it will be necessary to continue the line to a brook at Mayo's Pond in Revere, which is the natural outlet of all water in this section.


It would seem to be extravagance for the town to continue to pay $1,000 annually for its illegal diversion of water when it can clean up the situation for $6,000.


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.


1930]


The Finance Committee, therefore,


Recommends-That the sum of $6,000 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund and certain unexpended balances for the construction of a drain through from Mountain avenue, through Jackson street, to Cliftondale Square.


ART. 5. Request of the Board of Selectman for a bond issue of $25,000 for the laying and relaying of water mains.


The Finance Committee is normally unalterably opposed to bond issues for the laying or relaying of water mains. The Committee believes that it is much wiser for the town to establish a gradual system of elimination of antiquated water mains paying for the cost of the same from the annual budget. The committee has several times registered its objection to the type of procedure requested in this article.


It is impossible now, however, to raise such a sum without a bond issue. The Excess and Deficiency fund will not stand such a draft.


The Committee believes that because of the present depression and the universal desire to return prosperity that the Committee is justified in recommending that this article pass. The Select- men find that the laying of water mains is the most unexpensive method of providing work. The ratio of labor to overhead is greater in this type of work than anything else which the town might attempt. There is no question in the mind of the Com- mittee but what the money can be profitably spent in the elimin- ation of old water mains. The Committee, however, again reiterates that when the need of employment is met that the town should return to a "pay as you go" policy with reference to the laying of water mains.


The Finance Committee, therefore,


Recommends-that a bond issue of $25,000 be author- ized for the laying and relaying of water mains.


ALEXANDER S. ADDISON, Chairman. PAUL A. HALEY, Secretary. ARTHUR W. PRICE, EDWARD GIBBS, JR., AVERY TRUMAN WEIR,


FREDERICK R. SHARP, ROSWELL W. ABBOTT, BERTRAND D. WESTENDARP,


Finance Committee.


13


194


TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


ART. 2. Transfer of $2,000 for the Soldiers' Relief Depart- ment.


Voted, That the sum of $2,000 be and the same hereby is transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account to the Soldiers' Relief Department.


ART. 3. Transfer of $2,000 for the Public Welfare Depart- ment.


Voted, That the sum of $2,000 be and the same hereby is transferred from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus Account to the Board of Public Welfare.


ART. 4. Transfer of $6,000 for reconstructing of Surface Drainage.


Voted, That the sum of $6,000 be and the same hereby is transferred as follows for the purpose of reconstructing the surface drainage system on Lincoln avenue from the Revere line to Cliftondale square and to construct a drain in Jackson street and Mountain avenue; $1,540.59 from the Walnut street con- struction account ; $600 from the Cleveland avenue water ex- tension account ; $631.01 from the Norman road water extension account ; $406.06 from the Bufford street Water Extension account, and $2,822.34 from the Excess and Deficiency or Surplus account.


ART. 5. Request for a bond issue of $25,000 for water mains.


Voted, That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $25,000 for the purpose of laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches or more than sixteen inches in diameter ; and that, to meet said appropriation, the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first bond or note. Yeas 149, Nays o.


The Warrant being completed, the meeting adjourned at 9 P.M.


A true copy. Attest :


LILLIAN SHORES,


Town Clerk.


195


REPORT OF AN AUDIT.


1930]


Report of an Audit


OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TOWN OF SAUGUS


For the Year Ending December 31, 1929


Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws June 9, 1930


To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Harry Woodward, Chairman, Saugus, Massachusetts.


GENTLEMEN :- I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Saugus for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1929, made in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division.


Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell


Director of Accounts


Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston :


SIR,-As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Saugus for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1929, and submit the following report :


The records of the financial transactions of the several depart- ments receiving or disbursing money for the town were examined, checked, and compared with the records in the treasurer's and the accountant's departments.


The books in the accountant's office were examined and checked. The records of the receipts were compared with the


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TOWN DOCUMENTS.


[Dec. 31


treasurer's books and with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town; and the payments were checked by a comparison of approved bills and pay-rolls with the warrants authorizing disbursements and with the treasurer's books.


The appropriations and transfers voted by the town, as recorded by the town clerk, were checked to the accountant's ledger. The ledger accounts were checked and analyzed, the necessary correcting and adjusting entries were made, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1929.


In checking the approved vouchers and pay-rolls, it was noted that a G. M. C. truck was purchased for $1,280, although there does not appear to be any vote of the town authorizing the purchase of this equipment. Furthermore, the cost of this truck was apportioned and charged against ten separate highway appropriation accounts. Purchases of departmental equipment should be made only upon a vote of the town duly appro- priating the money necessary for such purchases.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book was footed, the cash in the office was proved by an actual count, and the bank balances were verified with statements furnished by the banks.


The recorded receipts were checked with the accounts of the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the treasurer's payments were checked to the warrants authorizing them and to the accountant's books.


The payment of temporary loans, interest on temporary loans, and payments to the State and county were not on warrants, in which connection attention is again called to the provisions of Sections 52 and 56, Chapter 41, General Laws, which require that all payments by the treasurer be made on warrants approved by the accountant and the selectmen.


The outstanding debt was listed and proved, and the debt and interest payments were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.


The savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were examined, the income of the funds and the transfers to the town being verified and found as recorded on the treasurer's and the accountant's books.


197


REPORT OF AN AUDIT.


1930]


The books and accounts of the collector of taxes were examined and checked.


The commitments of poll, property, and motor vehicle excise taxes and of assessments were proved to the assessors' warrants, and the abatements were compared with the assessors' record of abatements granted. The receipts, as recorded on the cash books, were checked in detail to the commitment lists, and the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's and the accountant's books. The outstanding accounts were listed and proved to the control account in the accountant's ledger.


A further verification of the outstanding accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts as listed, are correct.


The receipts for water charges were checked in detail with the records in the public works department, and the payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's and the account- ant's books.


The receipts of the town clerk's department were checked in detail. The records of fees received on account of marriage intentions, recording, etc., were checked with the office records, and the payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's and the accountant's books.


The records of sporting and of dog licenses issued were ex- amined, and the payments to the State and the county, respect- ively, were verified by the receipts on file.


The cash on hand in the office of the town clerk was verified by an actual count.


The financial records of the water department were examined and checked. The recorded receipts of the collector, together with the abatements granted by the department, were checked in detail to the records of water charges for each period. The totals of the commitments were proved, and the outstanding charges were listed and compared with the adjusted accounts in the accountant's ledger.


The selectmen's records of licenses and permits were examined, and the payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's and the accountant's books.


The records of receipts from town hall rentals, building inspector, plumbing inspector, and the milk inspector, as well as from the police, fire, sealer of weights and measures, health,


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public welfare, town infirmary, and school departments, were examined, and the payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's and the accountant's books.


The records of charges and receipts of the cemetery depart- ment were examined, the receipts being checked to the depart- ment cash book and the outstanding accounts being listed. The payments to the treasurer were compared with the treasurer's and the accountant's books.


The tax titles on hand were examined and listed, and the accountant's ledger was adjusted to the detailed list. It is re- commended that a more determined effort be made toward fore- closure of rights of redemption under tax titles held by the town, since the tax titles are increasing considerably each year.


In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to the re- port tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of tax, assessment, and water accounts, together with tables relative to the trust fund transactions.


For the co-operation received from the various town officials while making the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.




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