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47.72
Stadium Maintenance
1,100.00
168.20
1,268.20
1,260.09
8,11
Library
8,575.79
From County Dog Licenses $2,424.21
11,000.00
10,995.05
4.95
Total for Schools and Libraries
$276,335.79
$288.43
$2,424.21
$279,048.43
$278,852.66
195.77
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED:
Playgrounds +++
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$1,668.98
$331.02
Contributory Retirement Fund
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
214.00
Town Report
500.00
461.95
38.05
Insurance
9,500.00
9,500.00
9,458.62
41.38
Purchase Old Iron Works House
$4,000.00
From Old Iron Works Ass'n., Inc. $4,000.00 From Commonwealth of Mass ...
4,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
400.00
$326.35
Steps and Walk-Legion Bldg. (1944 a/c) ......
800.00
800.00
31.85
768.15
Purchase War Bonds (Post-War Rehabilitation Fund)
25,000.00
25,000.00
Total for Recreation and Unclassified
$8,000.00
$70,353.85
$68,152.25
$1,107.10
$1,094.50
Water Purchase
$22,000.00
$22,000.00
$21,212.48
$787.52
Water Maintenance (Salaries)"
15,104.73
15,104.73
15,103.51
1.22
6,300.00
6,298.88
1.12
Hydrants, Gates and Meters (materials only) ....
500.00
500.00
497.22
2.78
Water Services (materials only) .....
800.00
800.00
786.76
13.24
Water Main-Aberdeen, Alaric and Saugus
1,300.00
1,299.68
.32
Avenues
472.65
Saugus Avenues
$1,527.35
2,000.00
1,997.19
2,81
New Veterans' Lot in Riverside Cemetery
1,464.03
From Sale of Cemetery Land Fund 4,535.97
6,000.00
015.00
$5,385.00
Total for Enterprise and Cemeteries
$65,325.55
$1.17
$73,284.43
$67,081.49
$817.94
$5,385.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT:
Interest on Temoparry Loans
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$3,653.26
$6,346.74
Municipal Relief Loan .
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000,00
112.50
112,50
112.50
Fire and Police Bldg. Loan
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
Interest on Fire and Police Bldg. Loan
1,137.50
1,137.50
1,137.50
Sewer Loans
10,512,39
From Reserve
for Payment of
Interest on Sewer Loans
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt
$7,487.61
$46,305.00
$39,958.26
$6,346.74
TOTALS-Revenue Accounts
$11,645.06
$815,299.40
$1,694.71
Reserve Fund
$6,000.00
$5,997.54 ($5,997.54)
$69,995.72
$004,632.43
$870,047.78
$15,992.63
Balances Carried Over from 1943
$ 11,645.06 821,209.40 71,690.43
($821,299.40)
($1,694.71)
($69,995.72)
Total Disbursements- Revenue Accounts
Unexpended Balances-Reverting to Revenue ... Balances Carried Over to 19-15
18,594.48 15,992.63
($18,594.48)
($15,992.63)
$904,634.89
$904,634.89
$904,634.89
NON-APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS:
War Bonus Fund
$5,489.00 4,255.97
To New Veterans' Lot
($4,535.97)
Dog License Reimbursement from County
From County ..
2,424.21
Road Machinery Fund
l'o Road Machinery Account
($313.85)
Reserve for Payment of Sewer Loans
From Sewer Revenue ......
7.135.17
Reserve for Payment of Tax Title Loans
From Redemption, Low Value Sales and Tax Possession Sales
36,558.22
36,558.22
$36,558.22
To U. S. Grant Account ..
($67.67)
To State ....
($45.12)
Income-Wilson Library Fund
37.48
From Interest
206.00
243.48
28.62
Income-Johnson Library Fund
88.55
From Interest
159.23
247.78
95.05
152.73
Income-Kimball Library Fund
130.39
From Interest
75.00
205.39
68.60
Income- Kimball Welfare Fund
134,17
From Interest
125.00
259.17
Guarantee Deposits-Planning Board
13.00
From Deposits
150.00
163.00
163.00
Income from Perpetual Care Bequests
6.37
From Interest
3,392.80
To Cemetery Dept. Account.
($1,894,39)
1,504.78
1,504.78
Insurance Receipts
From Insurance Settlements
85.71
To Estimated Receipts
($85.71)
TOTAL-Non-Appropriation Accounts
$18,091.74
$35,130.76
$53.222.50
$36,913.49
$16,309.01
"Part of Appropriation titled "Publle Works and Allied Divisions" amounting to $54,600.00 for salaries and wages only.
Compiled by RALPH QUIRK, Town Accountant
82.65
Tax Title Validity .
850.00
850,00
850.00
Purchase Lots A19 and A20 Plan 1014
400.00
400.00
Repair Roof and Doors -- Publie Works Bldg.
326.35
Repairs to Legion Bldg. 1943 a/c)
326.35
56.50
56.50
Unpaid Water Purchase Bill of 1943
2,278.53
2,278.53
2,278.53
Water Maintenance (Other Expenses)
6,300.00
From Water Main-Aberdeen and
Cemetery .....
15,105.61
$1.17
From Perpetual Care Income 1,894.39
17,001.17
16,992,24
8.93
3.52
Granite Curbing-Central Street
3,000,00
2,531.91
2,096.48
610.80
12.56
Infirmary
4.700.00
Soldiers' Relief
14,000.00
55.00
14,055.00
11,433.59
2,621.41
Soldiers' Burials
Water Main-Aberdeen and Saugus Avenues ..
$1,527.35
To Water Main-Aberdeen, Alaric
and Saugus Avenues
... ($1,527.35)
Roby School Sewer Connection
500.00
160.00
160.00
160.00
Departmental Pensions
5,321,00
5,321.00
5,321.00
Judgments and Settlements
500.00
500.00
286.00
500.00
1,100,00
1,100.00
1,017.35
25
Resurfacing (materials only)
15,000.00
3,999.75 14,949.73
50.27
Chap, 90, Maintenance (1943 Contract #8849) ...
($96.49)
From Commonwealth of Mass.
To Surplus Revenue ......
$ 98.83 ($2.34)
Replace Fence on Spring Street
190.00
190.00
Fill, Grade and Repair Appleton Street
1,825.00
2,100.00
From U. S. Grants
1,414.23
5,000.00
From U. S. Grants
1,251.00
450.00
From U. S. Grants
173.36
623.36
4,700,00
5,152.04
$125.00
10,000.00
135.00
Highway Department (Other Expenses)
6,300.00
Snow and Ice Removal
4,000.00
4,000,00
6,025.00
Mosquito Control
850.00
Sewer Maintenance ( Salaries)"
1,292,00
3,000.00
10,000.00
Sewer Connection-Linwood Street
211.58
211.58
75.00
Rationing Board
$3,831.56 440.00 125.54
2,080.00
500.00
2,433.34
2,433.34
2,433.34
10.00
Tax Collector
9,350.00
11.72
Assessing Department
292.95
107.05
800.00
552.77
Town Clerk
1,250.00
6,000.00
664.00
G,100.00
6,382.00
6,382.00
0,382.00
Engineering (Salaries)*
6,658.40
6,658.40
6,658.40
Fire and Police Building Maintenance.
$39,770.00
Town Constable
100.00
100.00
100.00
Fire Alarm Division
3,200.00 200.00
200.00
3.000.00
1,185.00
1,185.00
1,185.00
Tree Warden
1,200.00
Public Safety Comin,
Vital Statistics
60.00
6,000,00
6,025.00
6,025.00
624.43
Building Inspection
$718.00
Accounting Department
6,200,00
New Accounting System
6,200.00
6,200.00
121.73
63.50
Registration of Town Notes
6,800.00
6,792.79
7.21
50.00
40,00
3,510.75
3,499.03
400.00
9,850.00 400.00
8,945.00
CREDIT'S
BALANCES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Source
Amount
Planning Board
000.00
200,00
200.00
200.00
Selectmeu (Water Survey Comm.)
124.73
50.00
From Interest
$ 131.51
$5,620.51
$5,620.51
From Land Sales
1,565.00
1.285.00
1,285.00
To Library Account
($2,424.21)
813.85 7,487.61
To Sewer Loan Account
($7,487.61)
7,135.17
7,135,17
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
135.35
Sewer Loans
$7,487.61
18,000.00 11,055.00
18,000.00
11,055.00
11,055.00
$38,817.39
$18,592.02 2.46
2.46
Annual Town Meeting Appropriations
Miscellaneous Credits
1,000.00
1,000.00
999.22
Memorial Day
56.50
25,000.00
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES:
$4,782.85
$57,571.00
From U. S. Grants
Old Age Assistance-Administration
2,350.00
100.00
100.00
2,080.00
2,520.00
850.00
Sewer Connection-Vincent Street
6,300.00
Gypsy Moth
800.00
247.23
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
To Estimated Receipts
($22.56)
214.86
136.79
259.17
Water Extensions (materials only)
1,300.00
$7,957.71
Interest on Relief Loan
2,100.00
468.09
3,311.88
Trade School Tuition
1944]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
105
1938 Sewer Loan Bonds Issued September 1, 1938 (P.W.A. Docket No. 1422-F)
Registered and Payable to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nos. 73-84 Due September 1, 1945, at 234 per cent
$12,000.00
Nos. 85-96
Due September 1, 1946, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 97-108 Due September 1, 1947, at 234 per cent 12,000.00
Nos. 109-120
Due September 1, 1948, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 121-132
Due September 1, 1949, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Payable at National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass.
Nos. 133-144
Due September 1, 1950, at 234 per cent
$12,000.00
Nos. 145-156
Due September 1, 1951, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 157-168
Due September 1, 1952, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 169-180
Due September 1, 1953, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 181-192
Due September 1, 1954, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 193-204
Due September 1, 1955, at 234
per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 205-216
Due September 1, 1956, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 217-228
Due September 1, 1957, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 229-240
Due September 1, 1958, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 241-252
Due September 1, 1959, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 253-264
Due September 1, 1960, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 265-276
Due September 1, 1961, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 277-288
Due September 1, 1962, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 289-300
Due September 1, 1963, at 234
per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 301-312
Due September 1, 1964, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 313-324
Due September 1, 1965, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 325-336
Due September 1, 1966, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 337-348
Due September 1, 1967, at 234 per cent
12,000.00
Nos. 349-359
Due September 1, 1968, at 234 per cent
11,000.00
$287,000.00
Tax Title Notes Payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
No. 748 Due October 16, 1945, at 1 per cent
$41,808.81
No. 749 Due November 18, 1945, at 1 per cent
50,000.00
No. 750 Due December 1, 1945, at 1 per cent
50,000.00
No. 751 Due December 4, 1945, at 1 per cent
25,000.00
$166,808.81
Outstanding Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Taxes
No. 740-741 National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass. $25,000.00 each @ .497 322 days discounted Dated June 5, 1944 Due April 27, 1945 $50,000.00
No. 742-743 Merchants National Bank of Boston, Mass. $25,000.00 each @ .497 322 days discounted Dated June 5, 1944 Due April 27, 1945 50,000.00
No. 744-745 National Shawmut Ban kof Boston, Mass. $25,000.00 each @ .497 350 days discounted Dated June 5, 1944 Due May 25, 1945 50,000.00
No. 746-747 Merchants National Bank of Boston, Mass. $25,000.00 each @ .497 350 days discounted Dated June 5, 1944 Due May 25, 1945
50,000.00
$200,000.00
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Statement of Total Bonded Indebtedness
1938 Relief Loan
$
4,000.00
1934 Fire and Police Station Loan
30,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan (May)
$100,000.00
1938 Sewer Loan (September) )
287,000.00
Total Sewer Loans $387,000.00
Total Bonded Indebtedness
$421,000.00
STATEMENT OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS OUTSTANDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
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
1942
none
1943
none
1944
none
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
1937
53,793.67
1938
66,851.20
1939
57,741.78
1940
56,827.76
1941
65,116.15
1942
45,746.82
1943
48,632.97
1944
36,558.22
Total Payments (Deduct $667,791.19
Total Outstanding Tax Title Loans December 31, 1944 $166,808.81
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
1944]
RECAPITULATION OF TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
Bonded Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
$190,280.00 230,720.00
Total Bonded Debt
Total Tax Title Loans
$421,000.00 166,808.81
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
587,808.81
Temporary Loans Outstanding
200,000.00
TOTAL TOWN INDEBTEDNESS
$787,808.81
Table of Town Debt, December 31, 1944, Showing Annual Payments of Principal to Be Raised -- 1945 to 1968 Inclusive
Relief Loan of
Nov. 15/38 21/4 %
Fire & Police Station Loan of Dec. 1/34 31/4 %
Sewer Loan of May 1/38 Sewer Loan
Sept. 1/38 2 3/4 %
TOTALS
1945
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
$6,000.00
$12,000.00
$22,000.00
1946
1,000.00
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
22,000.00
1947
1,000.00
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
22,000.00
1948
1,000.00
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
22,000.00
1949
3,000.00
6,000.00
12,000.00
21,000.00
1950
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1951
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1952
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1953
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1954
3,000.00
5,000.00
12,000.00
20,000.00
1955
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1956
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1957
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1958
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1959
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1960
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1961
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1962
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1963
5,000.00
12,000.00
17,000.00
1964
12,000.00
12,000.00
1965
12,000.00
12,000.00
1966
12,000.00
12,000.00
1967
12,000.00
12,000.00
1968
11,000.00
11,000.00
$4,000.00
$30,000.00
$100,000.00
$287,000.00
$421,000.00
2.3/4 % of
Outside Debt Limit
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Annual Payments of Interest to Be Paid - 1945 to 1968 Inclusive on Above Loans
Due in:
1945
$90.00
$975.00
$2,667.50
$7,892.50
$11,625.00
1946
67.50
877.50
2,502.50
7,562.50
11,010.00
1947
45.00
780.00
2,337.50
7,232.50
10,395.00
1948
22.50
682.50
1,172.50
6,902.50
9,780.00
1949
585.00
2,007.50
6,572.50
9,165.00
1950
487.50
1,856.25
6,242.50
8,586.25
1951
390.00
1,718.75
5,912.50
8,021.25
1952
292.50
1,581.25
5,582.50
7,456.25
1953
195.00
1,443.75
5,252.50
6,891.25
1954
97.50
1,306.25
4,922.50
6,326.25
1955
1,168.75
4,592.50
5,761.25
1956
1,031.25
4,262.50
5,293.75
1957
893.75
3,932.50
4,826.25
1958
756.25
3,602.50
4,358.75
1959
618.75
3,272.50
3,891.25
1960
481.25
2,942.50
3,423.75
1961
343.75
2,612.50
2,956.25
1962
206.25
2,282,50
2,488.75
1963
68.75
1,952.50
2,021.25
1964
1,622.50
1,622.50
1965
1,292.50
1,292.50
1966
962.50
962.50
1967
632.50
632.50
1968
302.50
302.50
$225.00
$5,362.50
$25,162.50
$98,340.00
$129,090.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
1944]
Report of The Contributory Retirement Fund
To the Members of the Retirement System, Saugus, Massachusetts.
The Contributory Retirement Board herewith submits its eighth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1944:
ACTIVE MEMBERS
Group 1
Male 46
Female 22
Total 68 7
Membership, December 31, 194 3
3
4
49
26
75
Withdrawals
4
2
6
Retired
0
0
0
Deaths
0
0
0
45
24
69
Group 2
26
0
26
Enrolled during 1944
11
0
11
37
0
37
Withdrawals
2
0
2
Retired
0
0
0
Deaths
0
0
0
Octive Members December 31, 1944
80
24
104
PENSIONERS
Membership, December 31, 1943
5
2
7
Retired during 1944
0
0
0
Deaths during 1944
0
0
0
Total Membership, December 31, 1944
85
26
111
ACTIVE MEMBERS-GROUP 1 On Leave of Absence in Armed Forces of the United States
Name
Occupation
Date of Leave
Robert F. Griffin
Laborer
May 16, 1942
James F. McCadden
Laborer
April 18, 1942
*John F. Marlborough
Laborer
June 9, 1942
Henry M. Hodgkins
Meter Man
September 26, 1942
George M. Berrett
Tree Surgeon
December 26, 1942
*Honorably discharged and returned to employment on May 29, 1944.
ACTIVE MEMBERS-GROUP 2 On Leave of Absence in Armed Forces of the United States
Name
Occupation
Date of Leave
Robert F. Griffin
Call Fireman
May 16, 1942
Edward F. Newbury
Reserve Policeman
November, 1942
George M. Berrett
Call Fireman
December 26, 1942
Walter B. Wetmore
Call Fireman
July 1, 1942
Charles A. Ryder
Regular Fireman
August 2, 1943
John R. La Viska
Regular Fireman
January 15, 1944
35
0
35
5
2
7
Membership, December 31, 1943
Enrolled during 1944
110
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
WITHDRAWALS DURING 1944
Name
Occupation
Date of Withdrawals
Edward S. Batchelder
Gypsy Moth Supt. and Tree Warden
March 31, 1944
Edward T. McKenna
Jr. Bldg. Custodian
March 31, 1944
Edward W. Flood
Call Fireman
April 28, 1944
Doris E. Ferguson
Clerk-Stenographer
August 7, 1944
M. Patricia Devine
Jr. Clerk
September 22, 1944
Alfred H. Woodward
October 9, 1944
Joseph A. Vatcher
November 30, 1944
William T. Inch
December 4, 1944
DEATHS DURING 1944
None.
PENSIONERS List of Surviving Pensioners
Name
Occupation
Date Retired
Hatch, Raymond D.
Janitor
September 8, 1937
Sutherst, Thomas C.
Plumbing Inspector
October 3, 1937
Porter, Sarah W.
Janitress
April 4, 1938
Day, Albert C.
Pumpman
July 1, 1939
Shores, Lillian
Chief Clerk
May 17, 1941
*Lynn, Andrew C.
Jr. Bldg. Custodian
January 2, 1943
*O'Neil, Maurice F.
Jr. Bldg. Custodian
July 10, 1943
*Temporarily re-employed during the continuance of the existing state of war in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 16 of the Acts, Special Session, 1942.
DEATHS DURING 1944
None.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS SUMMARIZED
Cash Receipts
Cash Payments
Cash on Hand,
Investments
$12,000.00
Jan. 1, 1944 $1,400.61
Expenses 1,229.48
Employees' Contributions :
Retirement Allowances:
Group 1
6,225.79
Annuities Paid 171.67
Group 2
673.28
Prior Service
3,490.89
Appropriation by Town:
Subsequent Service
171.67
Pensions (Accrued Liability)
6,984.00
Group 1:
Pensions (Normal Liability) )
3,560.00
Interest
48.99
Interest Deficiency
89.89
Group 2:
Military Services
357.57
Deposits 14.92
Expense
1,008.54
Investment Income
1,832.50
Cash on Hand 12/31/44
2,037.18
$22,132.18
$22,132.18
Refunds:
Deposits
2,967.38
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Call Fireman Equip. Opr .- Laborer
1944]
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
111
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1944 After Closing
Assets
Cash on Hand $ 2,037.18
Investments:
Bonds
$73,533.37
Co-op. Bank
$32,625.26
Annuity Reserve Fund:
Group - $992.04
Interest Deficiency
606.37
Group 2 None
992.04
Pension Accumulation Fund: Group 1 $42,591.68
Group 2 1,192.96
43,784.64
Military Service Fund 357.57
Expense Fund 417.41
$78,176.92
$78,176.92
STATEMENT OF CASH AND SECURITIES, DECEMBER 31, 1944 After Amortization
Cash on Hand: Merchants National Bank
In Treasurer's Office
$1,886.91 150.27
$2,037.18
Bonds :
U. S. Treasury 234 % 60/65
$12,233.40
Town of Saugus Sewer 2 3/4 % 62
5,174.86
State of North Dakota 4% 60
1,125.11
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 53
10,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 54
10,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 54
10,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 55
10,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 55
1,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 55
1,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2% 55
1,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 56
10,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 21/2 % 56
1,000.00
U. S. Savings Series G 212 % 56
1,000.00
73,533.37
Paid-Up Shares: 10 Saugus Cooperative Bank
$2,000.00
2,000.00
$77,570.55
$77,570.55
Shares 2,000.00
75,533.37
Liabilities and Reserves Annuity Savings Fund: Group 1 $31,658.23 Group 2 967.03
Respectfully submitted, RALPH QUIRK, Chairman; WILLIAM H. ROBINSON, Secretary; DELMONT E. GODING.
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TOWN OF SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1944
ASSETS
Cash:
General:
In Banks and Office
$120,806.24
Special Deposit:
Surplus War Bonus
5,620.51
Advances for Petty Cash:
Tax Collector
100.00
$126,526.75
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1943:
Polls
2.00
Levy of 1944:
Polls
260.00
Personal
1,432.61
Real Estate
103,112.96
104,807.57
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Levy of 1943
$ 2.12
Levy of 1944
482.71
484.83
ยท Special Assessmnets : Sewer:
Levy of 1944
$1,093.49
Committed Sewer Interest:
Levy of 1944
313.05
1,406.54
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans : In Anticipation of Revenue
$200,000.00
Reserve for Payment of Sewer Loans
7,135.17
Surplus War Bonus Fund
5,620.51
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance 100.00
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
1,285.00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $ 484.83
Sewer Assessment
1,406.54
Tax Title
300,243.48
Tax Possessions
108,389.62
Departmental 3,508.28
Water
19,911.30
433,944.05
Excess Proceeds from Sale of Tax Titles as Lands of Low Value 41.22
Trust Fund Income:
George M. Wilson Library Fund $ 214.86 Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund 152.73
Annie May Kimball Library Fund
136.79
Ora Maitland Kimball Welfare Fund 259.17
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
1,504.78
2,268.33
[Dec. 31
TOWN DOCUMENTS
Tax Titles Tax Possessions Departmental:
Sewer Rentals:
1943
$ 3.50
1944
2,303.83
Old Age Assistance
60.00
Estates of Deceased Persons 1,140.95
3,508.28
Water Rates:
December, 1941
$ .95
June, 1942
25.21
December, 1942
194.01
June, 1943
1,212.04
December, 1943
1,745.81
June, 1944
3,285.05
National Defense Comm.
2,478.66
December, 1944
12,087.61
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1944
1,370.62
Revenue Deficit
8,981.92
Sewer Construction (Jasper and Pearson Streets)
4,847.96
Resurface Clinton Avenue
308.20
Repair Appleton Street 375.00
Repair Spring Street 3.52
Grade, Sand and Oil Streets
468.09
Repair Public Works Stockroom
326.35
Repairs to Legion Building
768.15
New Veterans' Lot-Riverside Cemetery 5,385.00
15,992.63
$674,260.29
$674,260.29
1944]
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
New Accounting System
61.23
Foreclosure of Tax Titles
11.72
Renew Assessor's Plans
247.23
Secretary (War Prices and Rationing)
440.00
Rationing Board
262.52
19,911.30
State Assessment Overestimate: Care of Civil War Veterans Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1943 Levy of 1944
$ 2.00 3,858.77
498.19
5.00
3,509.42
3,860.77
Appropriation Balances: Selectmen (Water Survey Comm.)
$ 9.00
300,243.48 108,389.62
Tailings
114
Deferred Revenue
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due
$25,625.69 247.93
Apportioned Sewer Assessment Revenue: Due in 1945 $4,050.54
1946
4,050.29
1947
4,039.12
1948
4,028.27
1949
4,017.69
1950
4,012.63
1951
885.35
1952
413.33
1953
128.47
Suspended Sewer Assessment Revenue
$25,625.69 247.93
$25,873.62
$25,873.62
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$587,808.81
Fire and Police Station Loan Sewer Construction Loans Municipal Relief Loan Tax Title Loans
$ 30,000.00
387,000.00
4,000.00
166,808.81
$587,808.81
$587,808.81
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Suspended Sewer Assessments
1944]
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities
$147,454.69
Benjamin N. Johnson Library Fund 2,100.00 George M. Wilson Library Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 115,229.69 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 25,000.00
$ 5,125.00
$147,454.69
$147,454.69
Retirement Funds
Municipal Contributory Retirement System Funds
$77,596.77
Annuity Savings Fund
$31,785.56
Annuity Reserve Fund
960.43
Pension Accumulation Fund
42,553.95
Military Service Fund
357.57
Expense Fund
417.41
Undistributed Income
1,521.85
$77,596.77
$77,596.77
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Report of the Board of Public Welfare
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus:
The Board of Public Welfare submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1944 on its several divisions:
TEMPORARY AID
Appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting .... Refunds
$ 14,000.00 46.50
$ 14,046.50
Accounts Receivable from State of Mass. $ 298.37
Accounts Receivable from Cities and Towns .. 989.46
Accounts Receivable from Individuals
303.00
1,590.83
$ 15,637.33
Expenditures for 1944
10,734.62
$ 4,902.71
Town Appropriation
$ 14,000.00
Accounts Receivable
$ 1,590.83
Returned to Surlus Revenue
3,311.88
4,902.71
Net Cost to Town .......
$ 9,097.29
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - AID
Appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting ... Federal Grants
$ 5,000.00
1,251.00
Accounts Receivable from State of Mass. ....
2,115.60
$ 8,366.60
Expenditures for 1944
6,034.15
$ 2,332.45
Town Appropriation
$ 5,000.00
Accounts Receivable
$ 2,115.60
Returned to Surplus
216.85
2,332.45
Net Cost to Town
$ 2,667.55
$ 6,251.00
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
1944]
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN - ADMINISTRATION
Appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting .. Federal Grants
..
$ 450.00
173.36
$ 623.36
Expenditures for 1944
610.80
Returned to Surplus
12.56
Net Cost to Town
$ 437.44
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
The total cost of Old Age Assistance for 1944 was $99,266.81 of which $2,114.65 was for administration and $3,068.49 was for relief by other municipalities to recipients with Saugus Settlements. The following chart pictures the story of Old Age Assistance granted to residents of Saugus during 1944 and should be of some interest:
1944 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TABLE
Month
Grant
Federal Grant
State's Share
Other Munici- palities
Saugus' Share
Cases
January
$7,748.05
$3,521.28
$3,027.73
$ 97.58
$1,101.46
207
February
7,924.72
3,548.19
3,144.64
93.21
1,138.68
208
March
7,653.95
3,527.78
2,954.96
85.55
1,085.66
205
April
7,855.24
3,484.44
3,156.60
81.03
1,133.17
206
May
7,771.78
3,502.34
3,066.88
79.58
1,122.98
209
June
8,220.65
3,516.99
3,374.14
83.73
1,245.79
210
July
7,553.55
3,490.98
2,936.71
89.38
1,036.48
205
August
7,931.47
3,568.89
3,166.83
110.46
1,085.29
210
September
7,793.21
3,544.45
3,047.99
116.93
1,083.84
207
October
7,836.68
3,561.20
3,075.78
124.24
1,075.46
210
November
7,707.15
3,497.20
3,025.38
113.12
1,071.45
206
December
8,087.22
3,527.78
3,275.58
150.04
1,133.82
205
Totals
$94,083.67 $42,291.52 $37,253.22 $1,224.85 $13,314.08
.....
Out of the above $94,083.67 spent, only $13,314.08 was paid by the town. The remainder is reimbursable by the Federal Government, State, other municipalities and State Meal Tax. $1,411.23 is reim- bursed by the Federal Government for Old Age Administration. The actual cost to the town for Old Age is $13,314.08 and for Old Age As- sistance Administration is $2,114.65.
Note: This is on an accrual basis in anticipation of two months grants.
There will in all probability be an increase in cost of Old Age Assistance for 1945 caused by a rise in the cost of food and clothing and also seevral changes to be made in the legislature such as, children's contributions and minimum and maximum allowances.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
INFIRMARY
Apropriated at the Annual Town Meeting Expenditures for 1944
$ 4,700.00
4,660.67
Returned to Surplus
$ 39.33
Incoe from Sales
243.65
Net Cost to Town
$ 4,417.02
At the Infirmary, fourteen acres were again plowed up for Victory Gardens in compliance with Governor Saltonstall's Proclamation. One hundred and three plots of land, approximately (2500) twenty-five hundred square feet, were allotted to citizens of the town. The result was very satisfactory and it is the hope of your Welfare Board that persons will avail themselves again of the opportunity this year.
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