Town annual report of Saugus 1944, Part 8

Author: Saugus (Mass.)
Publication date: 1944
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 168


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58.46


Land Court Fee


.75


Register Motor Vehicles


2.00


340.00


Total for General Government $70,020.96


· * Part of Appropriation titled "Public Works and Allied Divisions" amounting to $54,500.00 for salaries and wages only.


87


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


1944]


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police:


Personal Services :


Chief


$ 3,035.00


Officers and Patrolmen


32,435.41


Reserve Patrolmen


354.00


Assistant Matron


3.00


Other Expenses:


Stationery and Postage


29.51


Materials and Supplies


97.22


Telephones and Teletype


1,532.17


Equipment and Repairs


757.95


Gas and Oil


712.71


Luncheons for Prisoners Laundry


4.26


Medicine and Medical Care


2.50


Radio Maintenance


202.80


Equipment for Men


84.30


Uniforms


500.00


$39,770.00


Fire and Police Building Maintenance:


Personal Services:


Custodian


$1,801.80


Relief Custodian


69.30


Other Expenses :


734.07


Light


578.58


Repairs


121.21


Supplies


108.54


Water


79.68


3,493.18


Town Constable:


Personal Services: Constable


$100.00


100.00


Fire Department:


Personal Services:


Chief


$3,035.00


Officers and Firemen


36,774.00


Call Firemen


2,675.00


Other Expenses:


Printing and Advertising


6.50


Stationery and Postage


10.00


Telephones


185.55


Equipment and Repairs


946.75


Gas and Oil


383.23


Station Supplies


603.34


Equipment for Men


372.73


Laundry


50.06


Chemicals and Oxygen


110.28


Medicine and Medical Care


18.53


Labor on Hydrants


8.40


Two-Way Radio


121.30


45,300.67


Fire Alarm Division: Personal Services: Superintendent Labor


$600.00


480.00


Fuel


19.17


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[Dec. 31


Other Expenses :


Materials and Supplies


91.78


Equipment and Repairs


689.11


Telephone


31.19


New Fire Signal


655.49


Power


28.00


2,575.57


Forest Fires:


Expenses :


Services at Fires


26.28


Equipment and Repairs


88.59


114.87


Building Inspector:


Personal Services:


Superintendent


$2,540.00


Other Expenses:


Printing and Advertising


96.95


Telephone


31.29


Transportation


250.00


Materials and Supplies


75.76


Postage


6.00


3,000.00


Sealer of Weights & Measures:


Personal Services:


Sealer


$825.00


Other Expenses:


360.00


1,185.00


Gypsy Moth:


Personal Services:


$1,830.40


Superintendent Labor


2,612.18


Other Expenses :


122.00


Materials and Supplies


32.23


Gas and Oil


173.73


Rent


114.00


Equipment and Repairs


459.72


Truck Registration


4.00


Insecticide


330.00


5,678.26


Tree Warden:


Personal Services:


Tree Warden


$144.00


Labor


652.28


Other Expenses:


Truck Hire


50,00


Telephone


20.26


Materials and Supplies


51.11


Insecticide


134.50


Equipment and Repairs


132.55


Gas and Oil


12.81


1,197.51


Public Safety Committee:


Expenses :


Subscription and Dues


$25.00


Signs and Posters


31.44


56.44


Transportation


Truck Hire


89


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


1944]


National Defense Committee:


Expenses :


Materials and Supplies


$ 214.20


Telephones


1,087.25


Rent


46.45


Bond


5.00


1,352.90


Secreteary (War Prices & Rationing) :


Personal Services:


Secretary


$2,080.00


2,080.00


Rationing Board:


Expenses :


Supplies


$ 93.61


Telephone


192.96


Printing


7.50


Equipment and Repairs


68.95


363.02


Hurricane Emergency of Sept. 14, 1944:


Personal Services: Labor


$2,184.87


Other Expenses :


Tools and Equipment


177.30


Materials


12.31


Gas and Oil


58.86


2,433.34


Total for Protection of Persons and Property $108,700.76


HEALTH AND SANITATION


Health Department:


Personal Services:


Chairman


$ 450.00


Other Members (2)


900.00


Health Agent


3,060.00


Health Nurse


1,773.20


Clerk


1,773.20


Relief Plumbing Inspector


120.00


Relief Clerk


34.10


Other Expenses:


Use of Cars


644.07


Gas and Oil


63.93


Printing and Advertising


181.05


Stationery and Postage


59.94


Telephone


203.31


Materials and Supplies


559.89


Equipment and Repairs


14.20


Tuberculosis Board and Care


3,737.50


Medicine and Medical Care


461.93


Anti-Rabic Treatment


20.15


Bury Dead Dogs and Cats


14.00


Board Dogs


253.00


Dental Clinic


400.00


Stenographic Services


10.00


14,733.47


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[Dec. 31


Vital Statistics:


Expenses :


Births


$ 2.25


Deaths


18.75


Issuing Fees


19.75


40.75


Collection of Garbage: Disposal Contract


$6,000.00


6,000.00


Removal of Ashes:


Personal Services: Labor


$6,025.00


6,025.00*


Expenses (Excluding Salaries) ) :


Repairs


$162.44


Gas and Oil


299.95


Materials


1.33


Bulldozer Rental


120.00


Gravel


25.75


Advertising


10.50


Registration Motor Vehicle


2.00


621.97


Mosquito Control:


Commonwealth of Massachusetts $850.00


850.00


Sewer Maintenance:


Personal Services :


Collector of Assessments


$ 100.00


Labor


1,192.00


1,292.00*


Expenses (Excluding Salaries) :


Register Motor Vehicles


$ 10.00


Materials and Supplies


62.71


Light and Power


1,541.15


Fuel


785.48


Equipment and Repairs


139.79


Water


10.00


Telephone


5.50


Outfall Maintenance Fee


421.00


2,975.63


Sewer Construction (Jasper & Pearson) :


Personal Services: Labor


$4,261.76


Other Expenses:


Materials and Supplies


295.76


Gas and Oil


93.81


Sand, Gravel and Cement


194.05


Fuel


41.18


Equipment Repairs


265.48


5,152.04


*Part of Appropriation titled "Public Works and Allied Divisions" amounting to $54,500.00 for salaries and wages only.


1944]


Sewer Connection on Vincent Street for #36 Newhall Street:


Personal Services: Labor


$86.09


Other Expenses:


5,40


Bitumols


13.35


104.84


Sewer Connection on Kent Street for # 16 Baker Street:


Personal Services: Labor


$118.35


Other Expenses: Pipe


7.80


126.15


Sewer Connections for #10 and #14 Linwood Street:


Personal Services: Labor


$180.68


Other Expenses:


Pipe


18.02


Bitumols


12.88


211.58


Total for Health and Sanitation $38,133.43


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES


Highways:


Personal Services:


Labor


$19,037.87


$19,037.87*


Expenses (Excluding Salaries) :


Printing and Advertising


$ 62.00


Telephone


232.68


Office Supplies


24.95


Fuel


251.79


Light


76.86


Equipment and Repairs


1,182.26


Gas and Oil


1,001.87


Sand, Gravel and Stone


1,737.34


Pipe and Fittings


172.65


Anti-Freeze


46.98


Bitumols


647.58


Lumber


101.76


Hardware and Paint


69,11


Water


5.00


Signs


34.55


Registration of Motor Vehicles


4.00


Service on Flag


30.00


Bulldozer Rental


250.00


Freight and Express


8.55


Rent


60.00


Granite Road Stairs


300.00


6,299.93


*Part of Appropriation titled "Public Works and Allied Divisions" amounting to $54,500.00 for salaries and wages only.


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


91


Pipe


92


TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31


Snow and Ice Removal: Personal Services: Labor $1,629.75


Other Expenses :


Equipment and Repairs


1,225.28


Gas and Oil


442.53


Sand and Salt


412.64


Luncheons


90.55


Plowing


66.00


Materials and Supplies


39.04


Anti-Freeze


93.96


3,999.75


Street Lighting:


Expenses :


Town Streets


$14,213.41


Salem Turnpike


736.32


14,949.73


Highway Surface Treatment:


Expenses :


Bitumols


$3,515.43


Sand, Gravel and Stone


1,911.46


Materials


420.52


Gas Roller Rental


230.00


Pipe


16.29


Gas and Oil


104.30


6,198.00


Road Machinery:


Expenses :


Repairs to Equipment


$262.12


Gas and Oil


53.19


315.31


Resurface Clinton Avenue:


Personal Services: Labor


$206.91


Other Expenses :


Sand, Gravel and Stone


188.44


Materials and Supplies


21.00


Bitumols


255.45


Gas Roller Rental


20.00


691.80


Fill, Grade and Repair Appleton Street:


Expenses :


Contract-W. E. Wilkinson


$1,450.00


1,450.00


Widen, Repair and Resurface Spring Street:


Personal Services: Labor


$1,382.29


Other Expenses:


471.86


Pipe


Steel and Compound


168.09


Sand and Gravel


34.24


Move Shovel


40.00


2,096.48


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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


1944]


Grade, Oil and Sand Streets: Expenses :


Sand, Gravel and Stone


$1,257.45


Gas and Oil


145.88


Gas Roller Rental


170.00


Bitumols


958.58


2,531.91


Granite Curbing-Central Street (Columbus Avenue to Old Cemetery) :


Personal Services: Labor


$396.27


Other Expenses :


172.66


Bitumols


58.41


Gravel


5.25


632.59


Total for Highways and Bridges $58,203.37


CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


Old Age Assistance Recoveries: To Commonwealth of Massachu- setts $45.12


$ 45.12


Old Age Assistance-Aid: Expenses:


Cash


$90,436.35


Medicine and Medical Care


4,599.04


Burials


200.00


Cities and Towns


3,068.10


98,303.49


Old Age Assistance-Administration:


Personal Services:


Bureau (3)


$ 283.33


Agent


1,887.60


Clerical


1,060.48


Other Expenses:


Use of Car


204.00


Stationery and Postage


37.50


Office Supplies


49.97


Insurance


6.00


3,528.88


Aid to Dependent Children-Aid: Expenses :


Cash


$6,034.15


6,034.15


Aid to Dependent Children- Administration:


Personal Services :


Agent


· $ 90.00


Clerical


514.80


Other Expenses:


Postage


6.00


610.80


Curbing


94


TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Public Welfare-Temporary Aid:


Personal Services:


Chairman


$ 375.00


Secretary


400.00


Other Member


350.00


Agent


430.00


Clerical


2,459.60


Other Expenses :


Cash


1,593.20


Use of Car


102.00


Groceries


384.42


Stationery and Postage


27.25


Office Supplies


54.62


Telephone


116.76


Rent


16.50


Medicine and Medical Care


192.83


Clothing


26.10


Fuel


125.12


Board and Care


678.60


Cities and Towns


1,806.67


Other Institutions


1,130.60


Burials


325.00


Dues and Conference Expense


8.00


Repairs


132.35


10,734.62


Infirmary:


Personal Services:


Superintendent


$660.00


Matron


660.00


Labor


264.10


Other Expenses :


Telephone


39.33


Groceries


987.37


Clothing


82.04


Light and Fuel


474.31


Medicine and Medical Care


24.92


Materials and Supplies


232.73


Equipment and Repairs


92.89


Gas and Oil


2.00


Grain and Feed


632.90


Insurance


67.90


Water


50.00


Stock


52.50


Shoeing Horses


60.00


Plowing


180.00


Truck Registration


2.00


4,660.67


Soldiers' Relief :


Personal Services:


Director


$ 990.00


Other Expenses:


Cash


7,076.75


Groceries


123.43


Fuel


342.57


Medicine and Medical Care


2,420.77


Clothing


46.39


Stationery and Postage


45.50


Office Supplies


27.95


95.68


Dog License


1944]


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


95


Telephone


60.10


Board and Care


69.13


Transportation


200.00


Dues


2.00


Rent


29.00


11,433.59


State and Military Aid and World War III Allowance:


Expenses :


State Aid


$1,100.00


Military Aid


285.00


World War II Allowances


1,463.00


2,848.00


Unpaid W. P. A. Bills of 1940


$2,790.40


2,790.40


Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $140,989.72


SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES


Schools:


Personal Services:


Superintendent


$ 4,500.00


Teachers


189,947.13


Janitors


18,610.47


School Nurse


1,980.00


Clerks


3,536.20


Physicians


1,197.34


Band Director


1,575.84


Other Expenses: Supplies


5,254.93


Books


3,699.33


Transportation of Pupils Printing and Advertising


361.51


Stationery and Postage


139.50


Telephones


742.77


Fuel


10,534.03


Light


2,014.43


Furniture and Equipment


1,562.44


Tuition


127.97


Support of Truants


95.04


Census


82.43


Freight and Express


633.97


Special Police


22.00


Laundry


106.42


Care of Grounds


239.30


Diplomas


175.85


Conference Expense


6.18


Water and Sewer Rentals


613.81


Gas and Car Hire During Hurricane


12.00


Teachers' Military Service Deductions


335.16


$254,940.79


Roby School Sewer Connection: Expenses : Contract $425.00 425.00


6,834.74


96


TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31


Old Centre School Sewer Connection : Expenses : Contract


$160.00


160.00


Schoolhouse Repairs:


Expenses :


Plumbing


$1,242.91


Carpentry and Painting


1,886.88


Masonry


160.00


Electrical


200.59


Materials and Supplies


6,582.13


10,072.51


Trade School Tuition:


Expenses :


City of Boston


$396.63


City of Everett


758.96


City of Lynn


100.65


City of Malden


3.85


1,260.09


Stadium Maintenance:


Personal Services: Custodian


$417.50


Other Expenses:


Light and Fuel


47.43


Repairs


338.74


Materials and Supplies


183.25


Water


10.30


Examination


2.00


999.22


Library:


Personal Services:


Librarian


$1,785.00


Assistant Librarians (2)


3,161.76


General Assistants


1,696.08


Janitor


124.00


Other Expenses:


Books


2,297.30


Periodicals


249.47


Materials and Supplies


146.25


Printing and Advertising


4.75


Stationery and Postage


21.45


Telephones


83.32


Fuel


335.24


Light


318.79


Rent


156.00


Water and Sewer Rental


15.00


Cartage of Books


67.95


Binding


344.94


Repairs


177.70


Transportation


10.05


10,995.05


Income-Wilson Library Fund:


Expenses :


Books


$28.62


28.62


1944]


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


97


Income-Johnson Library Fund:


Expenses : Books


$95.05


95.05


Income-Kimball Library Fund:


Expenses : Books


$68.60


68.60


Total for Schools and Libraries $279,044.93


RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED


Playgrounds :


Personal Services:


Instructors and Labor


$661.96


Other Expenses:


Materials and Supplies


749.00


Repairs


33.77


Bulldozer Rental


210.00


Express


6.00


Printing and Advertising


8.25


$ 1,668.98


Departmental Pensions:


Fire:


Lucy Mathewson


$ 780.00


Georgena Joy


520.00


Police :


Roland L. Mansfield


1,300.00


Mrs. Peter Flaherty


520.00


World War I Veterans:


Edgar H. MacDougall


800.00


Ernest A. Merrithew


1,401.00


5,321.00


Contributory Retirement Fund:


Pensions


$10,544.00


Interest Deficiency


89.89


In-Service Deductions


357.57


Administration


1,008.54


12,000.00


Judgments and Settlements:


Expenses :


Joseph A. Lambert, Jr.


$ 86.00


Beatrice Clark


200.00


286.00


Memorial Day Exercises :


Expenses :


Printing and Advertising


$ 18.90


Bands


75.00


Flowers


189.00


Transportation and Lunches


59.45


Flags


54.60


Quartette


30.00


Amplifying


35.00


461.95


98


TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31


Print and Distribute Town Report:


Expenses : Printing Delivering


$892.35 125.00


1,017.35


Insurance:


Expenses


Fire (Schedule)


$4,855.20


Fire (Grandstand)


187.50


Auto Fire


359.21


Auto Liability and Property Damage


1,071.82


Compensation and Liability


2,984.89


9,458.62


Tax Title Validity :


Expenses : Legal Fees


$850.00


850.00


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment:


County of Essex


$8,985.15


8,985.15


Planning Board-Guarantee Deposits :


Expenses :


Printing and Advertising


$31.50


Maps


3.00


Postage


11.00


Stenographic Services


20.00


Refunds to Depositors


97.50


163.00


Repairs to Legion Building (1943 a/c) :


Expenses :


Materials


$56.50


56.50


Repairs to Legion Building (1944 a/c) :


Expenses:


Advertising


$30.00


Blueprints


1.85


31.85


Post-War Rehabilitation Fund:


Expenses :


U. S. Government Bonds


$25,000.00


25,000.00


Purchase Old Iron Works House:


Expenses :


Henry Ford Trade School Alumni Association $11,875.00 125.00


Philip Rosenberg


12,000.00


Total for Recreation and Unclassified $77,300.40


1944]


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES


Water Purchase:


Expenses : City of Lynn City of Melrose


$20,388.63 811.55


Metropolitan District Com- mission


12.30


$21,212.48


Water Purchase 1943 Unpaid Bill:


City of Melrose


$2,278.53


2,278.53


Water Maintenance:


Personal Services:


Collector of Water Rates


$ 300.00


Labor


14,803.51


15,103.51*


Expenses (Excluding Salaries) :


Pipe and Fittings


$ 672.50


Equipment and Repairs


1,270.58


Materials and Supplies


222.70


Meter Fittings


124.02


Gas and Oil


989.38


Cement and Gravel


9.20


Printing and Advertising


170.75


Stationery and Postage


266.19


Anti-Freeze


46.98


Telephone


321.86


Fuel


549.07


Power and Light


1,373.15


Lumber


12.50


Recording Liens


65.00


Water


5.00


Storage


183.00


Subscription


2.00


Signs


1.00


Register Motor Vehicles


14.00


6,298.88


Water Extensions:


Expenses :


Pipe and Fittings


$327.89


Materials and Supplies


169.33


497.22


Hydrants, Gates and Meters:


Expenses :


Hydrants


$ 55.18


Meters


731.58


786.76


Water Services:


Expenses :


Pipe and Fittings


$1,270.07


Supplies


29.61


1,299.68


*Part of Appropriation titled "Public Works and Allied Divisions" amounting to $54,500.00 for salaries and wages only.


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TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31


Water Extension-Aberdeen Avenue:


Expense:


Performance Bond


$ 20.00


Excavating Contract


1,800.00


Gravel


132.75


Bulldozer Rental


40.00


Fittings and Salt Hay


4.44


1,997.19


Cemetery Department:


Personal Services:


Superintendent


$ 2,700.00


Labor


10,675.69


Clerical


628.60


Other Expenses:


Materials and Supplies


702.97


Equipment and Repairs


840.66


Telephone


86.65


Light and Fuel


89.67


Gas and Oil


329.86


Printing and Advertising


16.50


Stationery and Postage


32.70


Use of Car


250.00


Trees and Shrubs


118.00


Sod and Loam


365.50


Bond and Insurance


73.44


Water


30.00


Registering Motor Vehicles


12.00


Perpetual Care


40.00


16,992.24


New Veterans' Lot in Riverside Cemetery:


Expenses :


Engineering


$ 55.00


Loam


560.00


615.00


Total for Enterprise and Cemeteries


$67,081.49


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Maturities :


Relief Loan


$ 1,000.00


Fire and Police Building Loan


5,000.00


Sewer Loans


18,000.00


Tax Title Loans


36,558.22


Temporary Loans


450,000.00


$510,558.22


Interest:


On Relief Loan


$ 112.50


On Fire and Police Building Loan


1,137.50


On Sewer Loans


11,055.00


On Tax Title Loans


1,963.15


On Temporary Loans


1,690.11


15,958.26


Total for Interest and Maturing Debt $526,516.48


1944]


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


101


AGENCY AND TRUST


State Tax and Assessments:


State Tax


$30,008.00


Audit Municipal Accounts


3,235.64


Examine Retirement System


71.50


Charles River Basin Loan


1,209.89


Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund


3,410.11


Metropolitan Nantasket Main- tenance


290.99


Metropolitan Parks Loan Sink-


ing Fund Series 2


439.91


Care of Civil War Veterans


55.00


Smoke Inspection


167.80


38,888.84


County :


County Tax


$25,590.75


Dog Licenses to County


3,465.20


29,055.95


Federal:


Withholding Tax Deductions


$41,826.81


41,826.81


Reinvestment of Cemetery Per- petual Care Funds:


U. S. War Savings Bonds


$70,000.00


Lynn Institute for Savings


1,050.03


71,050.03


Bequests : Perpetual Care Deposits


$7,149.00


7,149.00


Teachers' Annuities Refunded: Mrs. Mabel N. Dodds


$32.00


32.00


Total for Agency and Trust


$188,002.63


REFUNDS


Taxes :


Real Estate:


1944


$1,942.59 865.29


$2,807.88


Personal:


1943


$10.25


10.25


Motor Vehicle Excise:


1944


$59.36


1943


19,61


78.97


Tax Title Redemptions : 1944


$10.90


10.90


Sewer Assessments Paid in Advance


$5.00


5.00


1943


102


TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Sewer Rentals: 1942


$5.00


5.00


Water Rates:


June 1943


$5.00


5.00


Licenses :


1944 Liquor


$450.00


1944 Entertainment


5.00


1944 Victuallers


5.00


460.00


Withholding Tax Deductions: 1944


$29.64


29.64


Total Refunds


$3,412.64


Total Cash Expenditures and Refunds


$1,557,406.81


TRANSFERS


From Reserve Fund To:


Selectmen


$ 328.62


Law Department


100.00


Election and Registration


664.00


Fire Department


2,000.00


Hurricane Emergency of 9/14/44


2,433.34


Sewer Connection-Vincent Street


125.00


Sewer Connection-Baker Street


135.00


Sewer Connection-Linwood Street


211.58


$5,997.54


From Other Sources


To:


Library


$2,424.21


Cemetery


1,894.39


Sewer Loans


7,487.61


Overlay 1929


8.05


Overlay 1930


7.72


Overlay 1931


19.44


Overlay 1932


18.29


Overlay 1933


168.26


Overlay 1937


2.00


Overlay 1941


119.93


Road Machinery Account


313.85


New Veterans' Lot in Riverside Cemetery


4,535.97


Water Extension-Aberdeen,


Alaric and Saugus Avenue


1,527.35


18,527.07


Total for Transfers $24,524.61


Total Cash Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers Cash on Hand, December 31, 1944


$1,581,931.42


120,806.24


Total


$1,702,737.66


103


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


1944]


RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


Cash Balance, January 1, 1944 Receipts:


$ 87,807.16


General Revenue $861,108.95


Commercial Revenue


727,602.23


Refunds


1,694.71


Transfers


1,590,405.89 24,524.61


Total Receipts, Refunds and Transfers $1,702,737.66


Expenditures :


General Government


$ 70,020.96


Protection Persons and Property 108,700.76


Health and Sanitation


38,133.43


Highways and Bridges


58,203.37


Charities and Soldiers' Benefits


140,989.72


Education and Libraries 279,044.93


Recreation and Unclassified 77,300.40


Enterprise and Cemeteries


67,081.49


Interest and Maturing Debt 526,516.48


Agency and Trust 188,002.63


Refunds 3,412.64


Transfers


1,557,406.81 24,524.61


Total Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers


$1,581,931.42


Cash on Hand, December 31, 1944


$120,806.24


104


TOWN DOCUMENTS


[Dec. 31


Outstanding Bonds and Notes, Dec. 31, 1944


1938 Municipal Relief Loan Notes, Issued Under Chapter 58, Acts of 1938, November 15, 1938


Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.


No. 595 Due November 15, 1945, at 21/4 per cent


$1,000.00


No. 596


Due November 15, 1946, at 21/4 per cent 1,000.00


No. 597


Due November 15, 1947, at 214 per cent


1,000.00


No. 598


Due November 15, 1948, at 21/4 per cent


1,000.00


$4,000.00


1934 Fire and Police Station Loan Bonds, Issued December 1, 1934


Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.


The following bonds are registered and payable to the Common- wealth of Massachusetts: Nos. 51 to 56 inclusive, and Nos. 59 to 62 inclusive.


Nos. 51-53 Due December 1, 1945, at 314 per cent


$3,000.00


Nos. 54-56


Due December 1, 1946, at 31/4 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 57-59


Due December 1, 1947, at 31/4 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 60-62


Due December 1, 1948, at 314 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 63-65


Due December 1, 1949, at 314 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 66-68


Due December 1, 1950, at 314 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 69-71


Due December 1, 1951, at 314 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 72-74


Due December 1, 1952, at 31/4 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 75-77


Due December 1, 1953, at 31/4 per cent


3,000.00


Nos. 78-80


Due December 1, 1954, at 314 per cent


3,000.00


$30,000.00


1938 Sewer Loan Bonds, Issued May 1, 1938 (W.P.A. Project No. 16218-Saugus, Mass.)


Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.


Nos. 37-42 Due May 1, 1945, at 234 per cent


$6,000.00


Nos. 43-48


Due May 1, 1946, at 234 per cent


6,000.00


Nos. 49-54 Due May 1, 1947, at 234 per cent


6,000.00


Nos. 55-60 Due May 1, 1948, at 234 per cent


6,000.00


Nos.


61-66


Due May 1, 1949, at 234 per cent


6,000.00


Nos.


67-71


Due May 1, 1950, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos.


72-76


Due May 1, 1951, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos.


77-81


Due May 1, 1952, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos.


82-86


Due May 1, 1953, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos.


87-91


Due May 1, 1954, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos.


92-96


Due May 1, 1955, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos.


97-101


Due May 1, 1956, at 234


per cent


5,000.00


Nos. 102-106


Due May 1, 1957, at 234


per cent


5,000.00


Nos. 107-111


Due May 1, 1958, at 234 per


cent


5,000.00


Nos. 112-116


Due May 1, 1959, at 234


per cent


5,000.00


Nos. 117-121


Due May 1, 1960, at 234


per cent


5,000.00


Nos. 122-126


Due May 1, 1961, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos. 127-131


Due May 1, 1962, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


Nos. 132-136


Due May 1, 1936, at 234 per cent


5,000.00


$100,000.00


TOWN OF SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS Summarized Statement of Appropriations, Disbursements and Available Funds for the Year Ending December 31, 1944


APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS:


Dalance carried over from 1943


Revenue approprialion Annual. T.M.


Transferred reserve fund


Refirds


OTHER CREDITS


Total Crelil


Disburse- ments


Reverting to Surplus


Carried over to 1945


Finance Committee


$ 440.00


$ 440.00


$ 439.08


$ .92


Board of Appeals


600.00


525.47


74.53


Board of Selectmen


2,000,00


$328.62


2,328.62


2,328.62


718.00


709.00


$ 9.00


Treasury Department


6,800.00


61.23


Foreclosure of Tax Titles


3,500.00


$10.75


Tax Title Expense


9,349.51


.49


Renew Assessor's Plans


8,945.00


8,945.00


Law Department


1,900.00


100.00


2,000.00


1,944.70


5.30


Election and Registration


1,250.00


1,219.80


.20


Town Hall ....


6,664.00


6,659.33


4.67


Public Works (Salaries) *


6,100.00


6,099.14


.86


Public Works (Other Expenses)


700.00


700.00


699.87


.13


Engineering (Other Expenses)


340.00


340.00


340.00


Total for General Government


$842.73


$68,615.40


$1,092.62


$10.75


$70,561.50


$70,020.96


$211.36


$329.18


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:


Police Department


$39,770.00 3,600.00


$39,770.00 3,600.00


3,493.18


$106.82


Fire Department


43,780.00


$2,000.00


$21.2


45,804.24


15,300.67


503.57


Forest Fires


3,200.00


2,575.57 114.87


85.13


Sealer of Weights and Measures


3,000.00


3,000.00


6,000.00


28.85


6,028.85


5,678.26


350.59


1,200.00


1,197.51


24


National Defense Comm.


75.00


56.44


18,50


Secretary (War Prices and Rationing)


3,831.56


1,352.90


$2,478.66 440.00


Hurricane Emergency of Sept. 14, 1944


625.54


363.02


262,52


Total for Protection of Persons and Property


$4,397.10


$104,690.00


$1,433.34


$53.09


$113,573.53


$108,700.70


$1,691.59


$3,181.18


HEALTH AND SANITATION: Health Department


$15,000.00


$15,000.00


$14,733.47


$266.53


Removal of Garbage


60.00


40.75


19.25


Collection of Ashes (Salaries)"


6,000.00


6,000.00


Collection of Ashes (Other Expenses)


625.00


625.00


621.97


3.03


850.00


Sewer Maintenance (Other Expenses)


1,292,00


1,292.00


Sewer Construction (Jasper and Pearson Sts.)


3,000.00


2,975.63


24.37


$4,847.96


Sewer Connection-Kent Street


125.00


104,84


20.16


211.58


135.00


126.15


8.85


Total for Health and Sanitation


$42,852.00


$471.58


$43,323.58


$38,133.43


$342.19


$4,847.96


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES:


Highway Department (Salaries)*


$19,037.87


$19,037.87


$19,037.87 6,299.93


$ .07


Street Lighting


15,000.00


6,400.00


6,400.00


6,198.00


202.00


Road Machinery Account


$ 1.52 190.00


From Road Machinery Fund


313.85


315.37


315.31


.06


Resurface Clinton Avenue .....


1,000.00


1.000.00


691.80


$308.20


Widen, Repair and Resurface Spring Street ...


1,825.00


1,450.00


375.00


Grade, Oil and Sand Streets


3,000.00


639.00


639.00


632.59


6.4


Total for Highways and Bridges


$95.03


$59,301.87


$410.34


$59,807.24


$58,203.37


$449.06


$1,154.81


CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS: Old Age Assistance-Aid .


$55.000.00


$1,134.77


$42,336.94


From Recoverics


67.67


$98,539.38


$98,303.49


$235.89


Aid to Dependent Children-Aid


3,764.23


3,528.88


235.35


Aid to Dependent Children-Administration


6,251.00


6,034.15


216.85


Public Welfare-Temporary Aid


14,000.00


46.50


14,046.50


10,734.62 4,660.67


39.33


State and Military Aid and World War II Allowances


3,400.00


105.00


3,505.00


2,848.00


657.00 100.00


Unpaid W.P.A. Bills of 1940


2,790.40


2,790.40


2,790.40


Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits ...


$1,527.35


$101,790.40


$1,341.27


$43,715.85


$148,374.87


$140,944,60


$7,430.27


SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES:


Schools


$255,000.00


$255,000.00


$254,940.79


$ 59.21


Centre School Sewer Connection


500.00


425.00


75.00


Schoolhouse Repairs


10,000.00


$120.23


10,120.23


10,072.51




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