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822.50
$487.50
$390.00 1,718.75 5,912.50
$292.50 1,581.25 5,582.50
$195.00 1,443.75 5,252.50
$97.50 1,306.25 4,922.50
$1,168.75 4,592.50
$1,031.25 4,262.50
$893.75 3,932.50
$756.25 3,602.50
$618.75 3,272,50
$481.25 2,942.50
$343.75 2,612,50
$206.25 2,282.50
$68.75 1,952.50
$1,622.50
$1,292.50
$962.50
$632.50
$302.50
123,997.50
Sewer Loan of May 1, 1938
8,162.50
2,997.50
2,832.50
2,667.50
2,502.50 7,562.50
2,337.50 7,232.50
682.50 2,172.50 6,902.50
$585.00 2.007.50 6,572.50
$9,165.00
$8,586.25
$8,021.25
$7,456.25
$6,891.25
$6,326.25
$5,761.25
$5,293.75
$4,826.25
$4,358.75
$3,891.25
$3,423.75
$2,956,25
$2,488.75
$2,021.25
$1,622.50
$1,292,50
$962.50
$632.50
$302.50 | $168,712.50
Totals
$14,310.00 $13,007.50
$12,305.00
$11,625.00
11,010.00 |
$10,395.00 |
$9,780.00
7,892.50
Sewer Loan of September 1, 1938
.2% %
8,882.50
8,552.50
8,222.50
Relief Loan of November 15, 1938
214%
202.50
$157.50
1,300.00
1,137.50
975.00
Fire & Police Bldg. Loan of Dec. 1, 1934
1,462.50
234 %
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
Sewer Loan of September 1, 1938
$51,500.00
$25,000.00
$24,000.00
$22,000.00
$22,000.00
$22,000.00 $22,000.00 $21,000,00 $20,000,00
6,000.00 12,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
$3,000.00
45,000.00 118,000.00
Fire & Police Bldg. Loan of Dec. 1, 1934 314%
5,000.00
Relief Loan of August 1, 1938
10,000.00
Schoolhouse Loan of May 1, 1922
8,000.00
2,500.00
2,500.00 10,000.00 5.000.00
9,000.00
Relief Loan of November 15, 1938
$12,000.00
12,000.00
6,000.00 12,000.00
$3,000.00 5,000,00 12,000.00
1,856.25 6,242.50
9,262.50 31,155.00
Water Loan of April 15, 1937
$375.00
Schoolhouse Loan of May 1, 1922
12.50
697.50
Relief Loan of August 1, 1938
$22.50 90.00
50.0
$1,000.00 8,000.00
Due in 196
Title of Loan
109
Nos. 675-678 inc. National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass. $25,000. each at .38% Discounted $100,000.00 Dated June 30, 1941 Due June 26, 1942 No. 687. Lyons and Shafts, Inc., Boston, Mass. $50,000. at .37% Discounted 50,000.00
Dated December 8, 1941 Due August 14, 1942 Payable at Second National Bank of Boston, Mass.
Total
$250,000.00
Statement of Total Bonded Indebtedness
1922 Schoolhouse Loan
$ 2,500.00
1932 Schoolhouse Loan
10,000.00
Total Schoolhouse Loan
$12,500.00
1914
Water Loan
$1,000.00
1937
Water Loan
8,000.00
Total Water Loans
9,000.00
1938
Relief Loan (August)
$5,000.00
1938
Relief Loan (November)
9,000.00
Total Relief Loans
14,000.00
1934
Fire and Police Station Loan
45,000.00
1938
Sewer Loan (May)
$118,000.00
1938
Sewer Loan (September)
323,000.00
Total Sewer Loans
441,000.00
Total Bonded Indebtedness
$521,500.00
Statement of Other Indebtedness Outstanding December 31, 1941 Tax Title Loans
Year of Loan:
1933
$165,000.00
1934
80,000.00
1935
82,600.00
1936
157,000.00
1937
75,000.00
1938
75,000.00
1939
100,000.00
1940
50,000.00
1941
50,000.00
Total Tax Title Loans
$834,600.00
Less --
Repaid :
1933
$ 34,424.40
1934
61,804.28
1935
70,261.48
1936
70,032.46
1938
66,851.20
1939
57,741.78
1940
56,827.76
1941
65,116.15
Total Payments (Deduct)
536,853.18
Total Outstanding Tax Title Loans December 31, 1941
$297,746.82
Recapitulation of Town Indebtedness
Total Bonded Indebtedness
$521,500.00
Total Tax Title Loans
297,746.82
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$819,246.82
Total Temporary Loans
250,000.00
Total Town Indebtedness
$1,069,246.82
1941]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
110
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Report of The Contributory Retirement Board
To the Members of the Retirement System, Saugus, Mass.
The Contributory Retirement Board herewith submits its fifth an- nual report for the year ending December 31, 1941:
Active Members
Male
Female
Total
Membership, December 31, 1940
52
22
74
Enrolled during 1941
2
5
7
54
27
81
Withdrawals
7
4
11
Membership, December 31, 1941
47
23
70
Pensioners
Membership, December 31, 1940
7
2
9
Retired during 1941
None
1
1
7
3
10
Deaths
3
none
3
Pensioners, December 31, 1941
4
3
7
Total Membership December 31, 1941 including Beneficiaries
51
26
77
List of Members Retired July 1, 1937 to December 31, 1941
Name
Occupation
Date Retired
Mansfield, Justin E.
Janitor
July 21, 1937 (deceaesd)
Winslow, Henry B.
Caretaker
Sept. 15, 1937 (deceased)
Hatch, Raymond D. Janitor
Sept. 8, 1937
Sutherst, Thomas C.
Plumbing Insp.
Oct. 3, 1937
Porter, Sarah W.
Janitor
Apr. 4, 1938
Bannon, Daniel S.
Stockkeeper
July 1, 1939 (deceased)
Day, Albert C.
Pumpman
July 1, 1939
Quint, Joseph J.
Janitor July 1, 1939
Taylor, Laura A.
Librarian
July 1, 1939
Shores, Lillian
Chief Clerk
May 17, 1941
Withdrawals during 1941
Name
Occupation
Date of Withdrawal
Rogers, John R.
Climber
January 10, 1941
Almquist, Walter S.
Mechanic
January 25, 1941
Clark, Raymond P. Foss, Paul R.
Janitor
April 26, 1941
Swanson, A. Arvida
Clerk
June 28, 1941
Warner, Charles O.
Chauffeur
June 28, 1941
White, John W.
Building Insp.
July 3, 1941
Cameron, Margaret L.
Librarian
August 9, 1941
McLernon, Mary
Secretary
August 1, 1941
Deputy Registrar August 30, 1941
Day, Laurence E.
Chief Clerk
January 25, 1941
1941]
REPORT OF CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD
111
Statement of Operations Summarized
Cash Receipts
Cash Payments
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1941 $6,537.96
Retirement Allowances:
Employees Contributions :
Annuities Paid
$ 27.14
Annuity Savings: Group 1
5,221.81
Subsequent Service
27.14
Group 2
104.00
Expenses
242.93
Appropriation by Town:
Accrued Interest
5.56
For Pensions For Expense
400.00
Refunded Deposits
2,522.29
Investment Income
694.37
Refunded Deductions
4.75
Investments
11,330.08
Cash on hand,
December 31, 1941
4,212.09
$22,080.51
$22,080.51
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1941
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash on hand
$4,212.09
Annuity Savings Fund: Group 1
$20,304.83
Bonds
28,610.15
Group 2 432.21.
Savings Banks
10,819.99
Annuity Reserve Fund
342.53
Interest Deficiency
536.03
Pension Accumulation Fund:
Group 1
22,045.63
Group 2
541.72
Expense
511.34
$44,178.26
$44,178.26
Cash and Securities December 31, 1941
Cash on hand:
Merchants National Bank
$4,187.65
In Office
24.44
Savings Banks:
Massachusetts Savings Bank Bonds:
10,819.99
U. S. Treasury 234 % 60/65
12,267.62
Town of Saugus Sewer 234 % 62
5,198.12
State of North Dakota 4% 60
1,144.32
U. S. Defense 234 % 51
10,000.00
$43,642.23
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH QUIRK, Chairman WILLIAM H. ROBINSON, Secretary DELMONT E. GODING
Prior Service
3,677.60
9,122.37
Refunded Interest
30.93
Investments:
112
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Report of the Board of Assessors FOR THE YEAR 1941.
Number of Polls assessed
5,135
Number of Persons paying on property
7,539
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY ASSESSED
Number of dwelling houses
3,808 +
Number of acres of land
5,401
Number of acres of land (exempted)
1,033
Number of acres of land (special tax)
413
Number of horses
47
Number of cows
310
Number of yearlings
14
Number of. swine
867
Number of all others
145
Number of fowl
4,749
Number of dogs to be registered
1,288
(males 1039, females 249)
VALUE OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Buildings exclusive of land
$10,422,710
Land exclusive of bulidings
3,900,235
Personal Property
1,300,388
Total valuation of assessed estate
15,623,333
MOTOR VEHICLES ASSESSED
Levy of 1940
536
Levy of 1941
5,390
ASSESSED VALUATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Levy of 1940
$ 176,040
Levy of 1941
1,094,690
PUBLIC PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Final Takings of unredeemed Real Estate
$ 71,070
Town Property
3,230,663
Religious Societies
437,225
Civic, Charitable, Historic and Literary Societies
6,775
City of Lynn, Park Department
350
City of Melrose
50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, "Breakheart Reservation" 125,943
United States of America "Post Office"
54,275
BASIS OF TAXATION
Town Appropriations
$822,237.20
Appellate Board Judgments
19,061.69
Deficit of Overlay Account 1936
22.50
Deficit of Overlay Account 1938
63.29
Deficit of Overlay Account 1939
711.85
Deficit of Overlay Account 1940
719.92
State Tax
43,065.00
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
5,451.85
Smoke Inspection Service
175.94
Parks, Metropolitan Area
6,459.23
County Tax
27,310.37
7,116.50
Tuberculosis Hospital Overlay
22,703.59
Under Estimates
1.84
Action of Finance Committee on General Budget
Expended 1939
Approp. 1940 A. & S. T. M.
Expended 1940
Requested 1941
Recommended 1941
General Government:
1 Moderator ....
2.
Finance Committee
$ 379.69
$ 380.00
377.89
380.00
380.00
3.
Planning Board
599.53
175.00
408.09
670.50
500.00
4.
Selectmen's Department
2,978.16
2,257.00
2,646.32
2,662.00
2,350.00
5. Accountant's Department
4,750.00
4,590.00
4,638.31
4,590.00
4,590.00
6.
Treasurer's Department
5,320.78
5,000.00
4,882.35
5,085.50
5,000.00
7.
Tax Collector's Department
7,200.00
8,600.00
8,500.00
8,293.00
8,200.00
8.
Tax Title Expense
3,250.00
1,500.00
1,138.75
1,500.00
1,100.00
10.
Registration of Town Notes
66.00
75.00
62.00
75.00
75.00
11
Law Department
2,300.00
1,600.00
2,096.50
2,156.00
1,600.00
12
Town Clerk's Department
942.93
900.00
905.00
983.50
975.00
13.
Election and Registration
6,840.00
6,900.00
7,255.00
5,027.35
4,900.00
14.
'Town Hall Account
5,313.05
5,000.00
5,173.74
5,250.00
5,000.00
15.
Public Works Department
6,550.00
6,000.00
5,999.57
6.074.00
6,000.00
16.
Removal of Ashes
5,000.00
5,200.00
5,199.94
5,200.00
5,200.00
17.
Board of Appeals
192.00
250.00
250.00
285.00
250.00
18.
Engineering Department
4,000.00
3,878.00
3,976.50
3,976.50
3,950.00
Totals
$64,601.99
$60,805.00
$61,772.08
$60,606.80
$58,470.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
19.
Police Department
$34,481.87
$34,300.00
$34,247.09
$35,085.00
$34,900.00
20.
Pensions
6,428.55
5,951.30
5,9GG.24
5,045.40
5.045.40
20a.
Contributory Retire. Pension Fund
8,863.92
9,385.08
9,385.08
9,507.11
9,522.37
21.
Constable
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
23.
Fire and Police Bldg .- Maint.
3,905.00
2,700.00
2,826.53
2,900.00
2,825.00
24.
Supt. of Fire Alarm
1,672.03
900.00
899.51
1,672.50
900.00
25.
Fire Department
6,292.34
39,000.00
39,000.00
38,925.00
38,800.00
26.
Forest Fire Warden
160.78
200.00
95.51
200.00
150.00
27.
Superintendent of Buildings
1,100.00
1,050.00
994.01
2,264.00
1,400.00
28.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,859.36
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
29
Gypsy Moth Department
4,372.01
4,000.00
3,997.71
3,976.00
3,975.00
30.
Tree Warden
1,080.84
800.00
899.72
900.00
800.00
31
Public Safety Committee
122.69
75.00
63.30
75.00
75.00
31a. Harbor Master
200.00
160.00
150.00
471.75
150.00
Totals
$105,059.39
$100,411.38
$100,424.70
$102,921.76
$100,442.77
Education and Libraries:
32. Schools
$225,816.61
$226,816.51
$226,807.94
$236,028.72
$236,000.00
33. School House Repairs
4,998.89
5,000.00
4,999.89
5,000.00
5,000.00
33a. Stadium
34. Public Library Department
8,258.25
8,250.00
8,245.78
10,767.00
*6,000.00
Totals
$239,073.65
$240,666.51
$240,653.50
$252,825.72
$247,600.00
*Plus $2,722.47 from available funds.
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits :
$44,631.27
$45,000.00
$36,581.85
$41,735.51
$32,000.00
35a. Old Age Assistance-Aid
39,939.33
41,000.00
35,587.79
41,000.00
35,000.00
35aa. Old Age Assistance-Admin.
inc. in 35a
1,200.00
1,093.09
1,500.00
1,200.00
35b. Aid to Dependent Children-Aid
5,053.27
5,750.00
3,056.10
6,000.00
5,000.00
37.
State and Military Aid
2,880.00
2,900.00
2,683.00
2,900.00
2,900.00
38.
Soldiers' Relief
19,904.48
20,000.00
19,436.66
19,000.00
18,500.00
39.
Soldiers' Burial
300.00
162.00
100.00
100.00
Totals
$117,465.19
$121,000.00
$103,344.75
$117,635.51
$99,550.00
39a. W. P. A. Projects .
$44,000.00
$43,979.40
$35,673.79
$27,000.00
Highway, Fences and Bridges :
40.
Highways, Fences and Bridges
$20,800.00
$17,500.00
$16,380.00
$17,500.00
$15,000.00
40a. Asphalt and Pea Stone Surf. Treat.
5,000.00
4,000.00
3,400.00
5,000.00
3,000.00
41. Snow and Ice .BIH
10,500.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
10,000.00
42. Street Lighting
14,000.00
14,400.00
14,669.22
14,400.00
14,400.00
Totals
$50,300.00
$49,400.00
$47,949.22
$50,400.00
$42,400.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries :
43.
Water Purchase
$18,735.80
$19,000.00
$17,089.86
$19,000.00
$18,500.00
44.
Water Maintenance
17,000.00
16,000.00
17,622.14
17,300.00
16,000.00
45.
Water Extension
1,500.00
500.00
850.00
1,000.00
500.00
46.
Hydrants, Gates and Meters
1,600.00
750,00
750.00
1,000.00
500.00
46a. Water Services
2,000.00
2,500.00
3,000.00
2,500.00
47. Cemetery
10,434.87
11,000.00
11,153.37
11,950.00
*10,000.00
Totals
$49,270.67
$49,250.00
$49,965.37
$53,250.00
$48,000.00
*$1,925.40 from available funds.
Health and Sanitation:
50.
Health Department
$17,289.61
$15,000.00
$15,574.72
$19,396.45
$17,800.00
51.
Vital Statistics
53.25
100.00
66.25
100.00
75.00
52.
Insp. of Plumbing and Sanitation
1,471.30
1,800.00
1,800.00
inc. in No. 50
inc. in No. 50
53.
Inspector of Cattle
400.00
400.00
320.81
inc. in No. 50
inc. in No. 50
54.
Inspector of Milk
300.00
300.00
300.00
inc. in No. 50
inc. in No. 50
55.
Collection of Garbage
3,250.00
3,250.00
3,250.00
3,500.00
3,500.00
55a. Sewer Maintenance
2,900.00
2,756.58
4,836.00
4,600.00
Totals
$22,764.16
$23,750.00
$24,068.36
$27,832.45
$25,975.00
Recreation and Unclassified:
56
Memorial Day
$ 464.85
$ 475.00
475.81
8 475.00
$ 475.00
57.
Town Reports
1,256.60
1,600.00
1,366.42
1,400.00
1,300.00
58
Insurance
12,384.48
12,500.00
12,695.71
10,500.00
10,500.00
59
Playgrounds
2,292.70
600.00
997.42
1,500.00
1,300.00
60.
Reserve Fund ...
(7,058.92)
6,000.00
(5,978.34)
6,000.00
6,000.00
61. Trade School Tuition
3,530.75
3,000.00
3,407.37
4,000.00
4,000.00
Totals
$19,929.38
$24,175.00
$18,942.73
$23,875.00
$23,575.00
Interest and Maturing Debt :
62.
Interest on Temporary Loans
$6,425.89
$8,000.00
$ 5,351.30
$ 8,000.00
$ 8,000.00
63
Interest on School Loans
2,150.00
1,475.00
1,475.00
900.00
900.00
64.
Interest on Water Loans
787.50
562.50
562.60
337.50
337.50
65
Schoolhouse Loan Bonds
17,500.00
17,600.00
17,500.00
12,500.00
12,500.00
66
Water Loan Bonds
9,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
*8,986.40
67
Welfare Loans, Notes and Bonds
14,000.00
14,000,00
14,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
68.
Interest on Welfare Loans
502.50
282.50
282.50
62.50
62.50
69
Fire and Police Station Bonds
5,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
70.
Interest on Fire & Police Sta. Bonds
1,950.00
1,787.50
1,787.50
1,625.00
1,625.00
71.
Interest on Sewer loans
9,580.97
13,035.50
13,035.00
12,540.00
12,540.00
72.
Sewer Bonds
18,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
18,000.00
** 4,620.35
73.
Int. on Municipal Relief Bonds
587.50
480.00
480.00
372.50
372.50
74.
Municipal Relief Bonds
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Totals
$92,484.36
$96,123.00
$93,473.80
$80,337.50
$66,944.25
Art. 2 Grand Totals
$760,948.79
$808,580.89
$784,573.91
$805,358.53
$739,957.02
Special Articles Total
28,694.15
Grand Total (Art. 2 and Special Articles)
$768,651.17
*Plus $13.60 from available funds.
** Plus $13,379,65 from available funds.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
EDWARD GIBBS, JR., Chairman
BERTRAND D. WESTENDARP, Secretary
CLARENCE O. MARTIN
ROSWELL W. ABBOTT
CHARLES H. MOORE
HOWARD E. HEATH
GEORGE E. MOOREHOUSE
ALBION L. HOGAN
35bb. Aid to Dependent Children -- Admin.
inc. in 35b
450.00
341.33
600.00
450.00
36. Infirmary
5,056.84
4,400.00
4,402.93
4,800.00
4,400.00
22.
Firemen's Salaries
34,420.00
inc. in No. 25
inc. in No. 25
inc. in No. 25
inc. in No. 25
9. Assessors
8,919.85
8,300.00
8,263.12
8,448.45
8,300.00
11a. Judgement and Settlements Acct.
50.00
50.00
600.00
599.89
1,030.00
600.00
35. Board of Welfare, Temporary Aid
$ 60.00
TOWN OF SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS Balance Sheet - December 31, 1941
General Accounts
ASSETS
Cash :
General: In Banks and Office
$38,358.10
Special Deposit:
Surplus War Bonus Fund
5,407.59
Petty Cash Advance:
Tax Collector 100.00
$ 43,855.69
Accounts Receivable:
Property Taxes 1937
$1,268.51
Property Taxes 1938
1,722.93
Property Taxes 1939
9,138.38
Real Estate Taxes 1940
8,420.15
Personal Property Taxes 1940
600.55
Real Estate Taxes 1941 190,634.12
Personal Property Taxes 1941
3,081.20
Polls 1937
$ 2.00
Polls 1938
122.00
Polls 1939
498.00
Polls 1940
596.00
Polls 1941
1,446.00
2,564.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1934
$ 723.10
Levy of 1935
1,312.41
Levy of 1935
24.44
Levy of 1937
179.27
Levy of 1938
213.37
Levy of 1939
885.88
Levy of 1940
955.85
Levy of 1941
3,642.12
7,936.44
Special Assessments: Gypsy Moth:
Levy of 1936
$2.10
Levy of 1938
3.15
Levy of 1939
39.09
Levy of 1941
182.87
227.21
Sinking Fund, Series No. 2 .38
Sewers:
Unapportioned 1940
$2,511.02
Unapportioned 1941
6,103.64
Apportioned 1941
1,873.42
Committed Interest 1941
1,211.94
Sewer Rentals
1,521.40
Sidewalks:
Levy of 1939
$ 54.75
Committed Interest
7.46
Levy of 1940
51.07
Committed Interest
4,95
Levy of 1941
107.35
Committed Interest
6,44
Appropriation Balances: Revenue:
New Accounting System $ 230.18
Two-way Radio
2,500.00
National Defense Committee 112.01
Sewer Connection-Legion Hall 87.32
Chap. 90, Central St. 27.55
Land Damages-Central St.
1.00
Road Machinery Account
376.66
Infirmary Addition
1,700.00
June 1938
67.53
School Band Maintenance
12.83
December 1938
33.87
June 1939
139.25
Land Taking-Berrett
1.00
December 1939
118.65
June 1940
53.07
Ballard & Dudley Sts.
1.00
December 1940
591.88
June 1941
4,925.06
December 1941
12,952.95
Liens:
1933 and prior years
$81.15
1935
51.16
1937
90,14
1938
84.53
1939
45,59
1940
51.83
1941
3,052.79
Added to 1941 Taxes 2,115.50
5,583.79
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles
$395,921.00
Tax Title Possessions
5,909.82
401,830.82
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts:
Overlay 1936
$ 637.60
Overlay 1937
60.33
Overlay 1938
1,131.12
Overlay 1939
946.58
Overlay 1940
1,685,27
Appellate Tax Board Judge-
ments
6,850.09
Judgements and Settlements
1,796.56
Chapter 90, Hesper Street
1,445.80
14,553.45
County Tax Underestimate Revenue Deficit
5,031.54
$741,697.33
$741,697.33
Deferred Revenue Accounts
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
$36,445.09
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue:
Due in 1942
$4,189.71
Due in 1943
4,184.48
Due in 1944
4,031.75
Due in 1945
4,026.65
Due in 1946
4,026.29
Due in 1947
4,015.15
Due in 1948
3,999.07
Due in 1949
3,988.45
Due in 1950
3,983.54
$36,445.09
$35,445.09
Debt Account
$819,246.82
Schoolhouse Loans
$12,500.00
Water Loans
9,000.00
Relief Loans
14,000.00
Fire and Police Station Loan
45,000.00
Sewer Loans
441,000.00
Tax Title Loans
297,746.82
$819,245.82
$819,246.82
Trust Funds
$102,335.39 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$94,982.68
Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund
5,125.00
George M. Wilson Library Fund
2,227.71
$102,335.39
$102,335.39
Contributory Retirement System Funds
Retirement System Funds-Cash and Securities
$43,674.70
Annuity Reserve Fund
335.38
Pension Accumulation Fund
21,942.68
Expense Fund
511.34
Undistributed Income
573.14
$43,574.70
$43,674.70
350.94 522,31 45.70
Income from Perpetual Care Deposits Tailings (Unclaimed Checks) Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
Sewers
11,800.02
Sewer Rentals
1,521.40
Sidewalks
242.04
Departmental
12,128.47
Water Rates
18,969.20
Water Liens 5,583.79
Tax Titles 395,921.00
Tax Title l'ossessions 5,909,82
Overlay Surplus
Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1941
3,842.58
Overestimates and Underestimates of State
Taxes and Assessments: Overestimates: Met. Parks Loan
Sinking Fund $127.69
Wellington Bridge Maintenance 53
Smoke Inspection .50
Met. Parks Loan
Underestimates:
Charles River Basin Loan Fund $29.25
Met. Planning 24.78
Met. Nantasket
Maintenance 22.28
West. Rox .- B'k'I'ne
Parkway 11
Veterans' Exenips. 32.39
Deduct
108.82
20.28
Departmental Revenue:
$10,872.55
Aid to Dependent Children
604.88
Old Age Assistance
651.04
12,128.47
Water:
Rates:
December 1937
$85.92
W.P.A. Water Extension 450.94
Land Taking-
Guarantee Deposits- Planning Board 102.87
Purchase Cemetery Land
216.10
5,929.46
Non-Revenue: Sewer Construction
83,96
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Taxes
$250,000.00 5,407.59
Surplus War Bonus Fund
Reserve for Petty Cash-Tax Collector
100.00
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
1,380.97
Sale of Town-owned Land
400.00
Road Machinery Fund
59.09
8,081.94
1,745,46
Reserve for Payment of Sewer Loans Old Age Assistance Recoveries Library Trust Fund Income: Wilson Fund $ 72.37
Johnson Fund 278.57
214,865.84
$ 7,936.44 227.21
Gypsy Moth
460,239.39 3,487.60
$129.10
11,800.02
242,04
Temporary Aid
18,959.20
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
477.42
Annuity Savings Fund
$20,212.16
1941]
REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
113
Gross amount to be raised
955,100.77
Less Town Income and Transfers of Available Funds
304,259.30
Net amount to be raised
650,841.47
Raised as follows:
On Real Estate
587,240.75
On Personal Property
53,315.90
On Polls
10,270.00
Gain on account of fractional divisions of tax rate
14.82
Interest on Sidewalks
7.52
Sidewalk Assessments
125.40
Gypsy Moth Tax
616.85
TAXES OF STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN COMMITTED TO THE TAX COLLECTOR
March 19, 1941
On Polls
$ 10,270.00
May 29, 1941
On Water Liens
4,384.29
June 16, 1941
On Real Estate
587,254.90
June 16, 1941
On Personal Estate
53,316.57
June 16, 1941
On Water Liens
3,232.84
June 16, 1941
On Sewers
4,398.85
June 16, 1941
On Sewer Interest
2,690.89
June 16, 1941
On Moth Tax
616.85
June 16, 1941
On Sidewalks
125.40
June 16, 1941
On Interest
7.52
June 30, 1941
On Sewers
4,598.72
August 1, 1941
On Sewers
99.90
July 25, 1941
On Sewers
113.40
Nov. 4. 1941
On Sewers
957.31
Nov. 4, 1941
Interest in advance
8.18
Dec. 3, 1941
On Sewers
253.25
Dec. 3, 1941
Interest in advance
.54
Dec. 20, 1941
On Real Estate
682.82
Dec. 20, 1941
On Water Liens
13.65
Dec. 20, 1941
On Polls
56.00
Dec. 31, 1941
On Sewers
2,756.95
TAX RATE PER ONE THOUSAND $41.00 ABATEMENTS
Levy of 1936
On Real and Personal
$ 660.10
Levy of 1937
On Real and Personal
1,023.41
Levy of 1937
On Polls
6.00
Levy of 1937
On Moth
6.23
Levy of 1938
On Real and Personal
1,128.41
Levy of 1938
On Polls
66.00
Levy of 1939
On Real and Personal
1,080.43
Levy of 1939
Appellate Board
20,001.19
Levy of 1939
On Tax Titles
92.32
Levy of 1939
On Polls
578.00
Levy of 1940
On Real and Personal
4,734.84
Levy of 1940
Appellate Board
6,802.94
Tevy of 1940
On Polls
492.00
Levy of 1941
On Real and Personal
18,293.16
Levy of 1941
Appellate Board
47.15
Levy of 1941
On Polls
656.00
MOTOR EXCISE COMMITTED TO TAX COLLECTOR
Jan. 28, 1941
$ 63.82
Feb. 24, 1941
11,775.79
.......
650,841.47
114
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
May 26, 1941
12,553.41
July 24, 1941
6,376.30
Sept. 2, 1941
3,410.59
Dec. 1, 1941
2,303.57
Dec. 31, 1941
440.65
36,924.13
ABATEMENTS ON MOTOR EXCISE
Levy of 1940
62.47
Levy of 1941
2,379.91
2,442.38
SPECIAL TAX COMMITTED TO TOWN ACCOUNTANT
City of Lynn, "Water Department" $ 756.45
GEORGE H. MASON, Chairman, ALEXANDER S. ADDISON, ALBION R. RICE,
Board of Assessors.
Report of the Superintendent of Buildings
January 10, 1942.
Dwelling and Store 1
2,500.00
Gasoline Station 1 5,000.00
Summer House 1 700.00
Town Hall
Chimney 1
60.00
Restaurant 1
2,000.00
Radio Tower 1
7,700.00
Driving Piles
1
600.00
Move House
1
0.00
Demolish
14
0.00
Signs
6
1,500.00
Excavations
67
0.00
TOTALS
452 $347,399.00
I have turned over to the Town Treausrer the sum total of $1,146. received for permits issued during the year.
In conclusion I wish to thank all town departments for their co- operation especially the Board of Assessors.
Respectfully submitted,
Barns
1
200.00
Greenhouses
2
1,700.00
Foundations
No. Value $222,780.00
Dwellings
67
Additions
and
Al-
terations
129
54,554.00
Repairs
53
16,895.00
Overnight Cabins
31
14,900.00
Garages
61
13,810.00
Out Houses and Sheds
7
950.00
Hen Houses
4
800.00
MELBOURNE MACLEOD,
2 750.00
Superintendent of Buildings.
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Saugus, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Superintendent of Buildings for the year ending December 31, 1941.
The following report lists the Type, Number and Value of the permits issued during the year.
Type
115
REPORT OF SEALER WEIGHTS & MEASURES
1941]
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
December 31, 1941
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Saugus, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The testing of weights and
measures has been carried on as
Scales
Pounds
Sealed
Not Sealed
Condemned
Platform
over 5000
5
Platform
100 to 5000
3
Counter
under 100
5
Beam
under 100
3
Spring
100 to 5000
5
Computing
100 to 5000
50
2
Computing
under 100
62
1
Personal Weighing
(Slot)
2
Prescription
4
Weights
Avoirdupois
18
5
Automatic Liquid Measuring Devices
Gasoline meter systems
45
9
Oil pumps
22
1
2
Tank truck meter systems
18
4
Stops on pumps
120
Totals
362
1
23
TRIAL WEIGHING OF COMMODITIES PUT UP FOR SALE
Total Tested
Correct
Under
Over
Beans
150
136
14
Bread
450
422
8
20
Butter
526
499
27
Coal (in paper bags)
326
313
13
Coal (in transit)
8
5
3
Flour
160
152
8
Lard
51
51
6
17
Totals
1981
1865
63
53
INSPECTIONS MADE
Paper or fibre cartons
270
Pedlers licenses
10
Gasoline meter systems
50
Milk jars
260
Scales all types
126
Coal certificates
16
Fuel truck meters
9
Marking of bread
450
Marking of food packages
1647
Marking of coal in paper bags 326
10
Ice scales
2
Junk scales
5
Ice Cream cans
18
Oil jars
189
Totals
3205
usual in the past year, and those not up to standard have been condemned.
The following is a detailed re- port of my activities for the past year.
Total
185
Pedlers scales
RETESTS OF DEVICES AFTER SEALING
Potatoes
310
287
116
TOWN DOCUMENTS
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