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Extra Labor
238.00
$ 500.00
$ 1,910.00
FOREST FIRES
Expenses:
Labor
$ 134.00
Food
8.00
Supplies
158.00
$ 300.00
$
300.00
BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Salaries:
Superintendent Maintenance Repairmen Extra Labor
$ 2,270.32 9,782.13 205.00 $ 12,257.45
164
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 78.35
Printing and Advertising
16.95
Stationery and Postage
17.50
Carpentry and Lumber
759.91
Painting :
Felton School
207.93
Cliftondale School
1,738.00
Plumbing:
Lynnhurst School
1,996.00
Carpentry :
Sweetser School
557.38
Heating :
North Saugus School
2,360.00
Electrical :
Labor
322.82
Materials
524.73
Equipment and Tools
45.25
Glass and Glazing
147.83
Hardware
618.31
Heating
798.64
Masonry
132.39
Millwork and Windows
32.00
Oil Burner Service
144.83
Painting
44.00
Plumbing
879.48
Roofing
72.40
Transportation
150.00
Gasoline and Oil
311.66
Miscellaneous
390.00
Boiler Repair
1,080.00
New Truck
1,760.00
$ 15,186.36
$ 27,443.81
OTHER BUILDINGS
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 2,305.68
Maintenance Repairmen
5,563.81
Custodian-Town Hall
3,120.00
Custodian-Police Station
3,087.60
Junior Clerk
1,225.00
Janitress-Town Hall
1,236.00
Overtime-Crew
868.46
$ 17,406.55
Expenses :
Telephone
$ 138.75
Printing and Advertising
293.99
Stationery and Postage
22.50
Office Supplies
145.06
Dues and Subscriptions
34.90
165
2,985.94
Light
2,703.62
Sewer and Water
390.40
Carpentry and Lumber
1,153.53
Chairs
110.00
Moving Building
465.00
Flooring
750.00
Electrical Work-Town Hall
1,106.49
Custodian Supplies
896.19
Electrical:
Labor
503.20
Materials
749.36
Equipment and Tools
271.56
Glass and Glazing
173.97
Hardware
588.88
Heating
1,227.15
Masonry
1,138.75
Millwork and Windows
12.00
Oil Burner Service
296.74
Painting
243.12
Plumbing
555.35
Roofing
290.43
Transportation
702.50
Gasoline and Oil
269.86
Truck Repairs Service
98.69
Miscellaneous
431.45
Water Cooler
165.48
$ 19,014.66
$ 36,421.21
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salaries:
Sealer
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Expenses:
Transportation
50.00
$ 50.00
$ 1,050.00
FORESTRY AND PARKS TREE DIVISION
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 579.59
Labor
3,101.33
$ 3,680.92
Expenses:
Printing and Advertising
$ 9.88
Dues
10.00
Association Meetings
15.15
Supplies
282.58
Equipment Repairs
168.43
Gasoline and Oil
472.26
166
Fuel
Tires and Tubes Contract Work
95.62
503.90
Special Police
32.00
Equipment
270.40
Seed
167.58
Trees
147.30
Truck Registration
6.00
New Compressor
1,025.00
$ 3,206.10
$ 6,887.02
FORESTRY AND PARKS MOTH DIVISION
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 1,946.12
Labor
2,631.20
$ 4,577.32
Expenses:
Printing and Advertising
$ 4.50
Association Meetings
20.50
Supplies
32.65
Equipment Repairs
35.28
Spraying Contract
700.00
New Compressor
500.00
$ 1,292.93
$
5,870.25
FORESTRY AND PARKS DUTCH ELM DIVISION
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 1,974.29
Labor
3,956.60
$ 5,930.89
Expenses:
Supplies
$ 472.74
Equipment Repairs
254.72
Gasoline and Oil
33.48
$ 760.94
$
6,691.83
CIVILIAN EXPENSE
Expenses :
Telephone
$ 216.29
Printing and Advertising
8.32
Supplies
460.57
Directors' Expense
1,271.05
Fuel
68.87
Light
65.08
Equipment and Repairs
2,580.41
Gasoline and Oil
84.85
Communication System
356.96
Warning System
106.59
167
Insurance Warning Maintenance Radio Maintenance Heating Materials Lumber for Garage Install Sirens
103.70
10.65
120.00
191.40
272.95
221.60
$ 6,139.29
Total for Protection of Persons and Property
$ 299,864.19
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH
Salaries:
Board
$ 652.04
Agent
4,900.00
Nurse
2,787.58
Clerk
1,225.16
$ 9,474.78
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 184.19
Printing and Advertising
171.00
Stationery and Postage
53.00
Office Supplies
207.88
Dues
36.50
Subscriptions
10.00
Express
14.01
Vital Statistics
2.82
Tires and Tubes
10.50
Auto Repairs
136.00
Gasoline and Oil
266.57
Registration and Insurance
214.47
Garage Rent
60.00
License for Agent
11.00
Relief Inspector
125.00
Conference Expense
15.00
Tuberculosis Board and Care
2,895.46
X-Rays
5.00
Medicine and Medical Care
537.59
Dental Supplies
29.15
Burying Dead Animals
251.00
Board of Dogs
56.00
Private School Expense
35.00
Extra Clerical
15.00
Clinics:
Polio
357.14
Diphtheria
70.00
Well-Child
235.38
Dental
500.00
Dog
75.00
$ 6,139.29
168
Laboratory :
Supplies
103.19
Equipment
45.45
Permit
3.50
Water Analysis
10.00
Contracts:
Aerial Mosquito Spraying
999.90
Garbage
9,000.00
Rubbish
26,966.64
$ 43,708.34
$ 53,183.12
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 325.00
Clerical
338.90
Labor
128.04
$ 791.94
Expenses :
Postage
$ 36.00
Printing and Advertising
24.50
Power and Light
3,382.52
Water
20.00
Materials and Supplies
319.09
Equipment Repairs
2,910.58
Pipe and Fittings
43.40
Inspection
2.00
City of Lynn Maintenance
431.00
$ 7,169.09
$ 7,961.03
SEWER AND DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION ART. 20 - 1954 BOND ISSUE
Expenses:
Engineers
$ 21,686.90
Contractor-Sewers
146,996.11
Contractor-Drainage
25,312.33
Comm. of Mass .- Shute Brook
40,000.00
Supplies
57.85
Printing and Advertising
115.98
Legal
103.00
Postage
10.40
$ 234,282.57
SEWER AND DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION ART. 10 - 1955
Expenses:
Contractor
$ 2,400.00 $ 2,400.00
Total for Health and Sanitation
$ 297,826.72
169
HIGHWAYS
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 2,925.00
Clerical
3,050.05
Labor
44,501.89
Labor-Overtime
2,747.99
$ 53,224.93
Expenses :
Gasoline and Oil
$ 2,689.42
Equipment Maintenance
2,579.23
Street Lines
589.00
Advertising and Express
132.97
Registration
60.00
Lumber
8.98
Materials and Supplies
963.18
Basin and Manhole Service
1,999.39
Tires and Tubes
797.14
Signs and Posts
500.00
Bitumols and Repairs
16,588.55
Fence
150.00
Sidewalks and Curbing
1,998.40
Street Signs
66.82
Contract Work
6,775.00
Equipment
300.00
$ 36,198.08
Snow and Ice:
Salaries:
Labor-Overtime
$ 1,199.51
$ 1,199.51
Expenses:
Gasoline and Oil
606.99
Equipment
2,041.00
Equipment Repair
1,111.70
Materials and Supplies
193.54
Hired Plowing
500.20
Sand, Salt, Chloride
3,487.83
Advertising
6.57
Tires and Tubes
57.70
Registration
3.00
$ 8,008.53
$ 98,631.05
CHAPTER 90 ESSEX STREET CONTRACTS 15521-16020
Expenses:
Recording Fees
$ 5.00
Postage
38.73
Contractor
40,139.10
Grates, Frames, Covers
936.50
Curbing
749.88
$ 41,869.21
170
CHAPTER 90 WALNUT STREET ART. 2 - 1955
Expenses :
Deputy Sheriff Service
$ 22.59
Postage
.63
$ 23.22
CHAPTER 90 SIDEWALKS AND CURBING ART. 15 - 1954 ESSEX STREET
Expenses :
Contractor
$ 7,976.00 $ 7,976.00
STREET LIGHTING
Expenses:
Town Streets
$ 33,124.03
Traffic Lights
600.00
Lighting Monument
137.65
Salem Turnpike
822.76
$ 34,684.44
MAIN STREET-EMINENT DOMAIN LAND TAKING. ART. 35 - 1954
Expenses :
Advertising
$ 24.53
Land Damage
1,580.00
Moving Building
330.00
Foundation
1,475.00
Cement, Sand, Mortar
38.50
Fence
90.75
Cement Work
20.00
Loam
36.00
$ 3,594.78
HURD AVENUE EXTENSION
ART. 25 - 1954 ART. 9 - 1955
Expenses:
Equipment Rental
$ 332.00
Lumber
143.94
Labor
135.00
Moving House
1,200.00
Electrical Work
91.79
Plumbing and Supplies
305.84
Foundation
1,036.61
Disposal System
390.00
Carpentry Supplies
3.63
Heating and Supplies
168.56
Cesspool
100.00
171
Land Damage: Advertising Shovel Dozer Gasoline and Oil
20.23 306.00
10.00 $ 4,443.60
STREET ACCEPTANCES
Expenses :
Elaine Ave .- Art. 35-1952
$ 11.00
Bufford St .- Art. 43-1955
6.50
Farrington Ave .- Art. 42-1955
8.00
Curtis Rd .- Art. 40-1955
7.00
Beechview Ave .- Art. 41-1955
7.00
Highland Ave .- Art. 4-1955
9.00
$ 48.50
MAIN STREET-CURB AND SIDEWALK ART. 11 - 1954
Expenses :
Contractor
$ 4,999.20 $ 4,999.20
LAND DAMAGE-ESSEX STREET ART. 18 - 1955
Expenses:
Supplies
$ 2.50
Pipe
281.45
Contract-Manhole
330.00
Contract-Move Trees
140.00
$ 753.95
CONSTRUCT DAVIS COURT ART. 5 - 1955
Expenses :
Gravel
$ 413.25
Move Shovel
40.00 $ 453.25
Total for Highways and Bridges
$ 197,477.20
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATION
Salaries:
Board
$ 450.00
Agent
2,888.99
Principal Clerk
2,655.09
Senior Clerk
2,025.04
Social Worker
2,227.94
Overtime
305.61
$ 10,552.67
Expenses :
Telephone
$ 117.43
Stationery and Postage
287.60
Printing and Advertising
21.88
Office Supplies
169.59
172
Dues and Association Meetings
90.65
Insurance
97.60
Legal Service
9.00
Equipment Maintenance
42.00
Gasoline and Oil
263.49
Repairs to Car
29.40
Tires and Tubes
17.94
Registration
.75
Social Course
3.36
New Car
400.00
$ 1,550.69
$ 12,103.36
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-AID
Expenses :
Cash
$215,149.44
Cities and Towns
4,709.46 $ 219,858.90
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-ADMINISTRATION
Salaries:
Board
$ 60.00
Agent
295.36
Principal Clerk
272.28
Senior Clerk
207.68
Social Worker
103.84
$ 939.16
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 15.00
Stationery and Postage
40.00
Printing and Advertising
5.00
Office Supplies
30.00
Dues and Association Meetings
3.85
Insurance
15.00
Legal Services
1.00
Equipment Maintenance
7.25
Repairs to Car
5.00
Tires and Tubes
3.00
Registration
.30
New Car
100.00
$ 225.40
$
1,164.56
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN-AID
Expenses :
Cash
$ 26,751.53 $ 26,751.53
173
DISABILITY AID-ADMINISTRATION
Salaries:
Board
$ 60.00
Agent
369.20
Principal Clerk
340.35
Senior Clerk
259.60
Social Worker
259.60
$ 1,288.75
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 15.00
Stationery and Postage
40.00
Printing and Advertising
5.00
Office Supplies
26.75
Insurance
15.00
Equipment Maintenance
7.50
$ 212.55
$ 1,501.30
DISABILITY AID-AID
Expenses:
Cash
$ 16,589.68 $ 16,589.68
GENERAL RELIEF-ADMINISTRATION
Salaries:
Board
$ 30.00
Agent
295.36
Principal Clerk
272.28
Senior Clerk
207.68
Social Worker
207.68
$ 1,013.00
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 7.50
Stationery and Postage
25.00
Printing and Advertising
2.50
Office Supplies
42.50
Dues and Association Meetings
4.50
Insurance
7.50
Equipment Maintenance
3.75
Gasoline and Oil
2.00
Tires and Tubes
1.00
Registration
.15
$ 96.40
$ 1,109.40
GENERAL RELIEF-AID
Expenses :
Cash
$ 5,687.73
Groceries
2,492.85
Medicine and Medical Care
2,100.13
174
Clothing
73.54
Fuel
132.23
Board and Care
1,740.38
Burials
165.00
Cities and Towns
9,368.34
$ 21,760.20
VETERANS' BENEFITS-ADMINISTRATION
Salaries:
Director
$ 1,680.00
$ 1,680.00
Expenses :
Telephone
$ 98.78
Stationery and Postage
15.00
Office Supplies
13.23
Dues
10.00
Transportation
50.00
$ 187.01
Benefits:
Cash
$ 9,553.00
Groceries
390.25
Fuel
35.39
Burial
150.00
Medicine and Medical Care
4,607.49
$ 14,736.13
$ 16,603.14
Total for Charities and Veterans' Benefits
$ 317,442.07
EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES SCHOOLS
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 8,653.84
Teachers
554,054.67
Clerical
12,413.26
Nurse
3,699.98
Custodians
61,356.83
Band Director
3,930.80
Physicians
1,800.00
Game Officials
2,590.00
Special Police
53.50
Assistant Nurse
873.04
Licensed Fireman
954.00
$ 650,379.92
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 1,958.66
Printing and Advertising
827.06
Stationery and Postage
217.00
Supplies
12,711.08
Books
9,919.38
175
Fuel
21,725.01
Light
10,905.63
Transportation of Pupils
17,210.71
Water and Sewer
1,708.65
In State Travel
300.78
Rentals
840.00
Vehicle Repairs, Insurance and Garage Rental
1,148.67
Care of Grounds
604.27
Hand Writing Supervision
2,560.00
Visual Education
709.24
Staff Expenses
539.59
Tuition
840.68
Band
1,898.94
Equipment
7,462.63
Graduation
445.76
Guidance
679.36
Shop Supplies
1,274.07
Tests
262.88
Library
778.84
Driver Education
187.41
Nurse Transportation
540.00
Home Making
103.39
Census
29.25
Truants
104.00
Athletics
4,608.34
$ 103,501.28
Personnel: Out of State Travel
$
247.00
TRADE SCHOOL TUITION
Expenses:
City of Everett
$ 437.72
City of Malden
223.41
City of Boston
375.68
City of Lynn
1,127.65
City of Medford
21.75
City of Beverly
21.00
City of Cambridge
185.00
City of Salem
6.00
Town of Lexington
5.40
Lynn Vocational
1,877.60
Transportation of Pupils
163,45
$ 4,456.66
ATHLETIC - REVOLVING FUND
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 35.00
Advertising
7.50
Equipment
2,399.35
Transportation
797.50
Medical
717.75
$
753,881.20
176
Water
22.00
Custodian
29.25
Heat and Light
47.17
1,026.92
Cities and Towns Share Game Officials
1,507.00
$ 6,589.44
CAFETERIAS REVOLVING FUND
Salaries:
Supervisor
$ 3,153.92
Cafeteria Workers
16,883.15
$ 20,037.07
Expenses:
Milk
$ 12,368.42
Meal and Groceries
15,587.03
Supplies
608.14
Express
205.22
Linen Service
355.60
Bakery
2,791.27
Equipment Repairs
1,799.95
Insurance
12.50
Printing
75.75
Permit
1.50
$ 37,808.73
SCHOOL MILK PROGRAM-REVOLVING FUND
Expenses:
Director
$ 180.00
Milk
5,019.37
Crackers
84.41
Dishes
1,082.65
$ 6,366.43
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL-BOND ISSUE ART. 2-1952 CONSTRUCT .- EQUIP.
Expenses :
Architect
$ 27,740.15
General Contractor
869,093.70
Furniture and Equipment
113,962.29
Site Development
43,063.20
Clerk of Works
3,875.00
Office Supplies
47.82
Advertising
244.27
Miscellaneous
663.37
Telephone
219.78
Fuel
105.69
Insurance
3,211.60
Labor
992.40
Gravel
273.60
Bronze Tablet
995.00
Painting Parking Area
215.00
$ 1,064,702.87
$ 57,845.80
177
HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ART. 10 - 1955
Expenses :
Clerical
$ 119.00
Miscellaneous
167.29
Fuel
195.10
Transportation
8.05
$ 489.44
ARMITAGE SCHOOL YARD ART. 65 - 1955
Expenses:
Supplies
$ 99.10
Fence
330.00
Bituminous Concrete
2,115.63
$ 2,544.73
LIBRARY
Salaries:
Librarian
$ 3,400.00
Assistant Librarian
2,300.00
General Assistants
6,256.91
Custodian
120.00
Labor
693.00
$ 12,769.91
Expenses:
Telephone
$ 268.64
Stationery and Postage
12.00
Printing and Advertising
49.00
Supplies
168.10
Subscriptions
198.95
Books
3,497.12
Association Meetings
16.00
Binding
489.33
Cartage
108.00
Newspapers
35.25
Custodian Supplies
44.24
Fuel
1,034.35
Light
305.19
Equipment
48.58
Sewer
12.00
Water
20.00
$ 6,306.75
$ 19,076.66
Total for Education and Libraries
$ 1,916,200.23
178
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED PLAYGROUNDS
Salaries:
Director
$ 765.00
Assistant Recreation Leaders
1,872.00
Labor
4,295.00
Athletic Officials
256.00
7,188.00
Expenses:
Light
$ 14.59
Water
162.63
Clerical
150.00
Commission Expense
150.00
Printing and Advertising
4.64
Materials and Supplies
169.47
Arts and Crafts
193.12
Repairs
18.88
Softballs
243.00
Slides
125.00
Program Equipment
452.99
Bases and Plates
147.00
Gasoline and Oil
17.28
Construct Lynnhurst Playground
489.00
Gravel Lynnhurst Playground
369.90
Painting
145.79
Equipment
466.56
Stone Dust
130.53
Flags and Poles
500.00
Rotary Mower
152.55
Lighting Anna Parker Grounds
2,120.47
Carpentry
229.00
Water Connections
286.00
Loam and Clay
636.25
Seed
420.28
Fencing
1,458.50
Ice Cream
54.23
Trophies
87.75
Buses
70.00
Transportation
40.00
$ 9,505.41
$ 16,693.41
DEPARTMENTAL PENSIONS
Police Department:
Roland L. Mansfield
$ 1,500.00
James P. Sullivan
1,824.06
John T. Stuart
1,278.76
Henry P. Wheaton
2,670.20
William MacDougall
2,138.66
Mrs. Joseph Lambert
1,500.00
Mrs. Peter Flaherty
613.88
179
Fire Department: Alfred Bird George B. Drew Mrs. Lucy Mathewson Public Works Department: Ernest A. Merrithew Henry Hodgkins School Department:
$ 2,220.40
1,181.42
1,500.00
$ 1,501.00
146.88
Vernon W. Evans
$ 4,132.70
Mabel Willey
2,470.00
Edward Hayes
2,600.00
John A. Taylor
2,583.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Alfred H. Woodward
$ 1,170.00
$ 31,030.96
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Expenses:
Pensions and Expenses
$ 13,000.00 $ 13,000.00
TOWN REPORT
Expenses:
Printing
$ 3,469.78
Pictures
64.00
Advertising
8.76
Clerical and Labor
451.00
Supplies
2.00
$ 3,995.54
HOLIDAYS
Expenses :
Memorial Day:
Bands
$ 398.50
Flags
214.04
Flowers
271.00
Programs
24.00
Clerical
10.00
Signs
15.00
Supplies
299.62
Sound Truck
25.00
Roby Elm Tablet
55.00
July Fourth Celebration:
Music
$ 60.00
Record Hop
40.00
Police
8.00
Labor
75.00
Prizes
170.65
Badges
42.80
Ice Cream
100.00
Veterans' Day, Nov. 11:
Wreaths
150.00
$ 1,958.61
180
INSURANCE
Expenses :
Building Fire Schedule
$ 5,103.34
Grandstand-Fire
234.00
Boilers
1,772.78
Public Liability
523.25
Employees Compensation
9,068.06
Cars and Trucks
344.53
Police Safety Car
61.00
$ 17,106.96
STATE CENSUS
Expenses :
Advertising
$ 25.00
Supplies and Express
33.76
Taking Census Binding
2,302.50
12.00
$ 2,373.26
EMERGENCY HURRICANE WORK
Expenses :
Tree and Debris Removal
$ 7,900.00 $ 7,900.00
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS ACCOUNT
Expense :
Lynn Water Rates Deposited as Lynn
Water Shed Tax
$
583.20
$
583.20
SETTLEMENT-WATER DAMAGE ART. 12 - 1955
Expense :
Payment to Catherine P. Dunlop
$
846.23
$
846.23
MOSQUITO CONTROL CHAPTER 112 ACTS 1931
Expense :
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$
1,000.00
$
1,000.00
INDEMNIFICATION
Expenses:
Michael Maher-Art. 37 - 1955
$ 42.35 150.00 $ 192.35
Rosario Bucchiere-Art. 64 - 1955
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE ASSESSORS' RECAPITULATION
Expenses:
Attorney
$
1,699.00
$
1,699.00
181
ACCESS WAYS TO HIGH SCHOOL ART. 10 - 1955
Expenses :
Labor
$ 2,617.20
Concrete Pipe
4,404.80
Bituminous Concrete
1,916.26
Fittings
19.50
Equipment Rental
544.00
Repair Equipment
43.56
Gravel Filling
6,336.90
Burlap Bags
25.50
Bulldozing and Fill
4,554.38
$ 20,462.10
CONSTRUCT LYNNHURST PLAYGROUND ART. 7 - 1955
Expenses:
Bulldozing
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
ENCUMBRANCE SYSTEM ART. 18 - 1954
Expense :
Supplies
$ 11.00
$ 11.00
Total for Recreation and Unclassified
$ 119,452.62
ENTERPRISE AND CEMETERIES WATER
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 2,925.00
Clerical
3,050.05
Labor
41,960.71
Overtime
3,835.41
$ 51,771.17
Expenses:
Water Purchase:
City of Melrose
$ 1,437.40
Met. Dist. Comm.
28,017.28
(By State and County Settlement)
Postage
296.85
Stationery, Printing, Adv.
693.04
Dues and Registration
47.00
Gasoline and Oil
1,699.99
Materials and Supplies
1,051.40
Gravel, Cement, Bituminous
104.59
Recording Liens
107.25
Meter Parts
2,340.40
Express
44.89
Equipment Rental
20.00
182
Tires and Tubes
191.09
Equipment Maintenance
1,150.08
Service Pipe and Fittings
11,171.24
New Meters
9,961.11
Hydrants, Gates, Valves
8,700.72
Contract Work
1,973.21
New Equipment :
Power Tapping Mach.
2,057.26
Paving Breakers
285.00
$ 71,349.80
$
123,120.97
WATER MAINS-BOND ISSUE ART. 20 - 1954
Expenses:
Engineers
$ 3,578.93
Contractors
40,884.46 $ 44,463.39
WATER MAIN-ESSEX STREET ART. 15 - 1955
Expenses :
Advertising
$ 37.95
Supplies
67.37
Contractor
13,501.10
$ 13,606.42
WATER MAIN-DAVIS COURT
Expenses :
Pipe
$ 4,310.40
Legal Notice
26.63
Valves
619.39
$ 4,956.42
WATER MAIN-VINE STREET ART. 8 - 1955
Expenses :
Pipe and Fittings
$ 3,904.50
Supplies
237.98
Repairs
8.00
Advertising
18.38
$ 4,168.86
WATER EXTENSION-ESSEX STREET ART. 6 - 1955
Expenses :
Pipe
$ 1,766.10
Gravel
465.75
Labor
144.00
Repairs
264.94
$ 2,640.79
183
WATER CONNECTION TO M. D. C. SYSTEM ART. 5 - 1952
Expenses :
Contractor
$ 4,374.31 $ 4,374.31
CEMETERIES
Salaries:
Superintendent
$ 4,500.00
Clerk
1,474.72
Labor
12,608.00
Seasonal Labor
3,566.25
Overtime
1,096.03
$ 23,245.00
Expenses :
Telephone
$ 91.95
Stationery and Postage
25.00
Printing and Advertising
8.13
Office Supplies
19.43
Light
20.50
Water
30.00
Fuel
107.78
Material and Supplies
690.52
Equipment and Repairs
422.60
Gasoline and Oil
299.54
Shrubs and Flowers
405.44
Burial Liners
1,111.35
Special Police
75.00
Truck Registration
3.00
Equipment
916.30
$ 4,226.54
$
27,471.54
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE-NEW CEMETERY ART. 14 - 1954
Expenses :
Architect
$ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Totel for Enterprise and Cemeteries
$ 226,802.70
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Maturities :
Sewer Bonds
$ 50,000.00
Water Bonds
15,000.00
School Bonds
138,000.00
Temporary Loans
700,000.00
$ 903,000.00
Interest:
On Sewer Bonds
$ 17,568.25
On Water Bonds
4,230.00
On School Bonds
67,834.00
On Temporary Loans
4,415.08
$ 94,047.33
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt $ 997,047.33
184
SALE OF TOWN OWNED LAND INVESTED IN U. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES
Expense : Investments
$100,000.00 $ 100,000.00
AGENCY AND TRUST
Town:
Perpetual Care Bequests
$ 4,580.00
Wilson Library Fund Income
206.61
Kimball Library Fund Income
41.50
Guarantee Deposits-Planning Board
375.75
Guarantee Deposits-Board of Appeals
127.20
$ 5,331.06
County :
Dog Licenses
$ 3,825.70
State:
Dept. of Conservation-Fish and Game
$
2,147.50
Federal:
Withholding Taxes
$ 135,559.39
Private:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
$ 16,073.70
Total for Agency and Trust
$ 162,937.35
STATE AND COUNTY CHARGES
State:
Audit Municipal Accounts
$ 219.35
Audit Retirement Funds
51.61
Met. Parks Serial Bonds and Interest
7.22
Met. Parks Maintenance
19,203.37
Met. Parks Ser. Bonds 2 and Interest
18.76
Smoke Inspection
289.15
Boston Arena Authority
395.00
Met. Water Connection
11,870.24
$ 32,054.70
(See Water Division for Met. Water Purchase)
County :
County Tax
$ 52,650.46
Tuberculosis Hospital
21,610.18
$ 74,260.64
Total for State and County Charges
$ 106,315.34
REFUNDS
Taxes:
1952 Real Estate
$ 55.37
1953 Real Estate
52.82
1954 Real Estate
1,664.36
1955 Real Estate
8,380.48
1955 Poll
2.00
185
Privileges:
1954 M.V.E. 1955 M.V.E.
$ 403.11 3,119.00
Water:
Dec. 1954 Rates
$ 4.70
1955 Water Liens Dec. 1955 Rates
2.00
Departmental:
1955 Ambulance Charges
$
21.00
Estimated Receipts:
1955 Interest and Costs
$ .42
Sewers:
Rental Added to 1955 Taxes
$ 8.50
Total for Refunds
$ 13,719.76
TRANSFERS
From Reserve Fund
$ 12,233.22
From Excess and Deficiency
5,288.58
From Earned Interest
9,300.00
From Various Accounts
50,059.81
Total for Transfers Total Expenditures, Refunds and Transfers
$ 4,953,372.84
Cash on Hand December 31, 1955
$ 416,249.45
$ 5,369,622.29
RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash on Hand January 1, 1955
$ 1,757,708.74
Receipts:
General Revenue
$ 1,891,639.49
Commercial Revenue
184,748.73
Departmental Revenue:
General Government
108,878.57
Protection of Persons and Property
4,991.70
Health and Sanitation
12,743.16
Highways and Bridges
27,843.30
Charities and Veterans' Benefits
137,480.38
Education and Libraries
88,383.09
Recreation and Unclassified
29,067.41
Enterprise and Cemeteries Interest
144,356.76
28,164.19
Agency and Trust
163,142.89
Indebtedness
700,000.00
Refunds
13,592.27
Transfers
76,881.61
$ 3,611,913.55
Total Receipts, Refunds and Transfers $ 5,369,622.29
186
$ 76,881.61
6.00
Expenditures :
General Government
$121,405.72
Protection of Persons and Property
299,864.19
Health and Sanitation
297,826.72
Highways and Bridges
197,477.20
Charities and Veterans' Benefits
317,442.07
Education and Libraries
1,916,200.23
Recreation and Unclassified
119,452.62
Enterprises and Cemeteries
226,802.70
Interest and Maturing Debt
997,047.33
Investment
100,000.00
Agency and Trust
162,937.35
State and County Charges
106,315.34
Refunds
13,719.76
Transfers
76,881.61
$ 4,953,372.84
Cash on Hand December 31, 1955
$ 416,249.45
$ 5,369,622.29
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND NOTES DECEMBER 31, 1955
Description
Date of Issue
Total
Balance
Sewers
May 1, 1938
$ 136,000.00
$ 40,000.00
Sewers
Sept. 1, 1938
359,000.00
155,000.00
Sewers
Mar. 1, 1951
40,000.00
20,000.00
Sewers
Aug.
1, 1953
240,000.00
216,000.00
Sewers
Aug.
1, 1954
244,000.00
228,000.00
Water
Jan.
1, 1947
40,000.00
24,000.00
Water
Jan.
1, 1947
40,000.00
24,000.00
Water
Jan.
1, 1947
30,000.00
14,000.00
Water
Aug.
1, 1953
75,000.00
65,000.00
Water
Aug.
1, 1954
50,000.00
46,000.00
Schools
Nov.
1, 1950
400,000.00
300,000.00
Schools
Aug.
1, 1951
140,000.00
108,000.00
Schools
Sept.
1, 1953
380,000.00
340,000.00
Schools
Sept. 1, 1953
1,800,000.00
1,620,000.00
$ 3,200,000.00
TOWN OF SAUGUS-RECEIPTS 1952 - 1955 Inclusive
Classification
1952
1953
1954
1955
Excise Taxes
$ 98,112.00
$116,491.00
$137,022.00
$175,422.00
Licenses-Permits
22,201.00
23,379.00
22,352.00
23,410.00
Fines-Forfeits
4,692.00
11,029.00
4,553.00
4,199.00
Grants-Gifts
115,728.00
127,390.00
118,425.00
109,696.00
Assessments
974.00
1,027.00
6,978.00
9,326.00
Gen. Government
10,273.00
9,689.00
10,045.00
108,878.00
Protection
1,975.00
3,229.00
5,276.00
4,991.00
Health
9,633.00
11,832.00
12,107.00
12,743.00
187
Highways
49,673.00
22,919.00
25,490.00
27,843.00
Charities
13,731.00
18,049.00
20,854.00
19,214.00
Old Age Assistance
115,385.00
109,875.00
102,454.00
111,581.00
Vet. Benefits
4,935.00
6,362.00
6,890.00
6,685.00
Schools
41,370.00
63,887.00
6,896.00
87,391.00
Libraries
723.00
928.00
854.00
992.00
Unclassified
910.00
29,067.00
Water
84,413.00
86,309.00
109,291.00
132,101.00
Cemeteries
13,789.00
12,719.00
12,577.00
12,255.00
Interest
303.00
453.00
3,255.00
28,164.00
Miscellaneous
3,239.00
4,083.00
1,684.00
School Construction
113,179.00
69,545.00
$503,952.00
$629,650.00
$720,191.00
$973,503.00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY AND FREE CASH 1947 - 1956 Inclusive
Jan. 1
Excess and Deficiency
Free
Cash
1947
$ 87,861.00
$ 31,664.00
1948
116,794.00
66,682.00
1949
136,704.00
148,074.00
1950
238,582.00
123,548.00
1951
202,789.00
100,184.00
1952
187,821.00
108,251.00
1953
190,126.00
116,538.00
1954
208,601.00
137,001.00
1955
84,617.00
9,315.00
1956
91,008.00
8,442.00
RECEIPTS FROM COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 1946 - 1955 Inclusive
Income Tax
Corporation Tax
Meal Tax
1946
$ 83,064.00
$ 32,488.00
$ 3,569.00
1947
82,890.00
33,741.00
3,813.00
1948
78,717.00
48,182.00
3,746.00
1949
164,199.00
67,151.00
3,723.00
1950
135,440.00
45,475.00
3,891.00
1951
153,104.00
65,383.00
3,636.00
1952
161,247.00
70,759.00
7,041.00
1953
178,519.00
58,731.00
5,365.00
1954
168,749.00
62,527.00
6,338.00
1955
179,380.00
54,967.00
4,626.00
TAX RATES AND VALUATIONS 1941 - 1955 Inclusive
Tax Rate
Valuations
1941
$ 41.00
$15,623,333.00
1942
42.40
15,828,547.00
1943
41.00
15,948,110.00
1944
42.40
16,056,581.00
188
1945
45.90
16,026,280.00
1946
47.50
18,007,603.00
1947
41.20
18,315,961.00
1948
39.90
18,966,179.00
1949
38.90
19,176,046.00
1950
41.00
20,536,714.00
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