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Swampscott has a total beach area of 23.05 acres. There are five beach areas known by distinctive titles, to wit: Fisherman's Beach, Blaney's Beach, Whale's Beach, Phillips' Beach, King's Beach.
Fisherman's Beach, which contains 4.82 acres, is owned by the Town, which purchased it a few years ago. On maps it is designated as the southerly portion of Blaney's Beach.
Blaney's Beach, with an acreage of 2.S1 acres, is now in the Land Court, but this is a technical proceeding to confirm the Town's title, as the abutters have released their claims to the flats. The ownership of Whale's Beach (2.86 acres) is in doubt, and the town authorities intend to put the matter before the Land Court. The public rights on Phillips' Beach (9.46 acres) have in the past been supposed to be secure, but recently certain of the abutters have attempted to interfere with the rights of the public on the beach in front of their estates, and it is understood that the Land Court is to be called on to settle its status.
The Metropolitan Park Commission controls King's Beach (3.1 acres). The Swampscott situation seems to be one of which is being held in hand admirably.
XII. Scales.
The old town scales having been broken down, and not being capable of weighing the heavy loads of to-day, the Selectmen were authorized at the Special Town Meeting of May 10, 1915, to install new ones. This has been done, and the expense was as follows :
Fairbanks Scales Co.
$412 40
M. McDonough Co., Concrete pit
241 23
E. Ball & Son, Carpenter work
132 95
$786 58
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State Audit Report.
The semi-annual, as well as the annual, report of the Auditor is printed in this report. Parts of this report have been published and comments made thereon in the press, and we deem it wise to touch upon this subject in consquence thereof.
In regard to the Sewer Department : The July audit included a detailed audit of the Sewer Department from its inception to the present time, and shows that $49,543.60 should have been assessed to property owners in town. After showing minor discrepancies and accounting therefor, they report that $1,315.79 of old assessments had never been sent out, and that with sewer assessment unapportioned in recent years, an amount of $7,525.91 was due the Town.
No sewer work of any consequence was done in 1915, and there is no reason why this amount should not have been sent out long ago.
The report states :
"I regret, however, to report that there has beenja lack of coöper. ation between departments, and that the accounts on December 31, 1915, were practically the same as were set up June 30, 1915. Many of these accounts have been outstanding for a considerable period of time, and immediate action should be taken in order that the Town's interest be protected."
The lack of cooperation was between the Sewer Department and Tax Collector, as to who should send out the bills. The Selectmen, knowing of these conditions, took the matter up with the Town Counsel about December 1, and found that the commitments were ready August I, and so reported to the Tax Collector ; he also informed us that his opinion, as rendered, was that the duty of sending out these bills (which was about two days' work), belonged to the Tax Collector.
These facts we verified at a joint meeting with the Sewer Commission, as we thought we were justified in this matter, as this money was due the Town, and we were losing interest thereon. We understand these bills were sent out in January, 1916.
We recommend that the amount, $773-45, as assessed to the different departments, be paid in order to close these accounts and that this money be appropriated therefor.
We further recommend that in order that no future entries be made against departments for sewer work, that no assessments be made against town property.
In regard to the water accounts which were not posted and adversely reported upon, and also as to recommendations that the Town take action which would require these accounts to be kept in a business like manner, the work was discontinued January 7, without waiting for the water books to be posted, that the Balance Sheet, showing Swampscott's assets and liabilities, could be prepared in time for the report. The detail of check- ing the water commitments has since been made.
In regard to these recommendations, we find, in consultation with the Water Board, that they find their work cannot be done evenings, and that they have made arrangements for one man to give his whole time to these accounts and also act as collector of water bills.
Last year we had two articles in the warrant, one making the Tax Collector a collector of all moneys, and one giving the Town Accountant
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charge of all departmental accounts. We still believe the adoption of these articles good business policy, and do not approve of any one depart- ment billing and collecting its own money, as this method is adverse to sound accounting. We think, however, that the action of the Water Board is in line with the Bureau of Statistics' recommendations, and suggest that it be given a fair trial.
FINANCE.
I. Town Accounting.
The books of the Town have been twice audited by the Bureau of Statis- tics, and a report appears in these pages as shown in index.
This system has now been in vogue since 1911, and can hardly be im- proved upon. There is one detail, however, being entirely administra- tive, that should be installed the coming year, and that is the manner in which the purchase of supplies is now conducted by our departments, and about which we spoke in our report of last year.
At the present time, various departments purchasing supplies have these charged, and the bill rendered to their respective departments. These bills, when small, are allowed to accumulate and not sent in-in some cases-during the same fiscal year, and furthermore, the Accountant has no record of these obligations, and does not know how each account stands except as bills are rendered.
We recommend that the coming year a system, consisting of triplicate orders, be established, whereby one may be kept by the department head, one by the merchant supplying materials, and one to be sent to the Town Accountant, that he may know of all outstanding purchases.
We recommend that the Town instruct the Board of Selectmen to take the necessary steps to have this system installed in all of the departments.
II. Town Debt.
On December 31, 1914, the net bonded debt was,
$720,895 40
Added during the year
$89,000 00
Paid during the year . ·
62,694 03
Increase during the year 26,305 97
On December 31, 1915, the net bonded debt is . $747,201 37
III. Bonds.
All bonds issued this year have been authenticated by the Bureau of Statistics and the premium realized amounted to $841.20.
The passage of Chapter 84, Acts of 1915, making the. certification of Town notes by the Bureau of Statistics prima facie evidence of the liability of the Town for the payment of the debt, has eliminated ques- tions raised in previous years and the notes when advertised have found a ready market.
They are made up as follows :
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Swampscott Additional Water Loan .
$6,000 00
Swampscott Miscellaneous Loan of 1915 : Humphrey street, concrete roadway Continuous sidewalk
$6,000 00
6,000 00
12,000 00
Swampscott Sewer Loan :
Mudge brook
· $20,000 00
Marshall brook
1,000 00
Banks road drain .
2,100 00
Humphrey street .
900 00
24,000 00
Swampscott High School Addition
47,000 00
$89,000 00
IV. Notes in Anticipation of Taxes.
$125,coo dated March 25, 1915, due Nov. 15, 1915-3.05 per cent
40,000 July 9, 1915, Nov. 15, 1915-2.49
35,000 Dec. 30, 1915, " Apr. 10, 1916-2.35
IV. Amount Appropriated by the Town in 1915, of which $89,000 was Raised by Issue of Bonds.
General Government
$ 15,443 57
Protection of Life and Property
35,775 00
Health and Sanitation
12,325 00
Sewer Construction
24,000 00
Highway and Bridges
.54,721 52
Charities
9,800 00
Education
112,859 00
Libraries
26,400 00
Recreation
6,777 50
Unclassified
5,523 96
Cemetery
2,800 00
Water Department .
6,000 00
Interest
28,485 0I
Debt
52,790 65
State Tax
33,247 50
County Tax
23,961 36
$450,910 07
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VI. Anticipated Receipts as Estimated in Figuring the Tax Rate for 1915.
Corporation Tax .
$14,500 00
National Bank Tax
12,500 00
Street Railway Tax
1,400 00
Excise Tax .
1,000 00
Sidewalk Assessment .
1,900 00
Motor Assessment
1,874 00
State Aid
3,000 00
Sewer Assessment
2,000 00
Engineers' Department
2,500 00
Interest on deposits
2,900 00
Sale of property .
1,000 00
Business
265 84
Licenses and permits .
700 00
Court fines
300 00
Rents
1,000 00
Protection of Life and Property .
100 00
Health Department
50 00
Highway and Bridges .
60 00
Poor Department
400 00
School Department .
100 00
Park Department
300 00
$47,849 84
VII. Figuring the Rate for 1915.
Town Grant
$290,000 98
State Tax
33,247 50
County Tax
23,961 36
Metropolitan Park Tax
5,508 61
Charles River Basin Tax
1,071 53
State Highway Tax
621 52
Bureau of Statistics
498 57
Overlay
5,000 00
$359,910 07
Transfer to Library Fund .
$25,000 00
Transfer to payment of General Debt .
1,177 00
Poll Taxes
3,958 00
Estimated Receipts
.
47,849 84
77,984 84
Property Tax, $15,838,495 at $17.80 per $1,000 .
$281,925 23
VIII. Where the Taxpayers' Dollars Went Under the Following Tax Rates.
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
State Tax .
$1.31
$1 24
$2 13
$2 10
County Tax
37
I 28
47
I 48
Park and Highway Tax
52
61
54
46
Bonded Indebtedness
.
3 06
3 38
5 21
4 64
Town Expenses
8 73
8 49
7 45
9 12
Tax rate
.
$15 00 $15 00
$16 So $17 80
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Every appropriation of $15,838 meant $1.00 on the tax rate. Ten thousand dollars saved in appropriations meant a saving of 63 cents on the tax rate.
These percentages are computed after deducting all receipts and are based upon the amounts actually raised by taxation, namely, $281,925.23.
IX. State and County Taxes.
State tax
1911 $14,905 00 15,485 85
1912 $16,937 50 15,556 94
1913 $27,280 00 20,886 94
1914 $29,837 50 20,672 28
1915 $33,247 50 23,961 36
County tax
$30,390 85 $32,493 79
$48,166 94
$50,509 78
$57,208 86
The amount paid on State and County taxes is figured on the ratio of valuation, the rate being fixed every three years, and we are now paying on the rate fixed for 1913, 1914 and 1915. Note that the total of these taxes has nearly doubled since 1911.
X. Other State Taxes.
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
Metropolitan
Park Tax $7,175 59
$5,665 71
$6,340 95
$6,543 77
$6,580 14
State High-
way Tax
74 50
74 50
74 50
460 10
621 53
Bureau of
Statistics
0 00
622 66
330 13
633 99
498 57
$7,250 09
$6,362 87
$6,745 58
$7,637 86
$7,700 23
Met. Water
Tax
$10,651 30 $10,814 10 $11,254 35
$10,810 32
$11,858 74
XI. Borrowing Money for Permanent Improvements.
Section 5 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913 and amendments thereto show clearly the purposes and periods for which debt may be incurred within the debt limit.
We are of the same opinion as expressed in our report of last year, on page 114, that the Town does not gain anything by raising money on five- year bonds, and recommend that these so-called permanent improvements be paid for by an increase in the tax levy.
Swampscott's borrowing capacity is as follows :
Net valuation for the year 1913
. $13,213,784
Net valuation for the year 1914 ·
· 16,278,31I
Net valuation for the year 1915 ·
. 15,911,936
Total for three years
. $45,404,031
Average for three years
· 15,134,677
Borrowing capacity .
454,040 ·
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Special Acts for Bond Issues.
Purpose.
Authorized.
Issued.
Balance.
Water, Acts of 1898, Chapter 293 . $150,000
$150,000
Water, Acts of 1909, Chapter 112
100,000
90,000
$10,000
Water, Acts of 1912, Chapter 235
50,000
27,400
22,600
Sewer, Acts of 1902, Chapter 86
200,000
. ·
Sewer, Acts of 1903, Chapter 401 ·
50,000
249,946
94
Sewer, Acts of 1913, Chapter 202 ·
100,000
78,200
21,800
Humphrey Street, Acts 1913, Chap. 778
50,000
50,000
Debt.
Inside Limit
General
.
· $311,900 00
Cemetery ·
4,500 00
$316,400 00
Outside Limit
Humphrey Street, Chap. 778, Acts 1913,
$47.500 00
Sewer, Chapter 86, Acts of 1902
Sewer, Chapter 401, Acts of 1903
166,350 00
Sewer, Chapter 202, Acts of 1913
51,000 00
Water, Chapter 293, Acts of 1908
150,000 00
Water, Chapter 112, Acts of 1909
72,000 00
Water, Chapter 235, Acts of 1912
17,900 00
$504,750 00
Less Sinking Fund .
73,948 63
430,801 37
$747,201 37
Available Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1916_$137,640 00
XIII. Appropriations for Departmental Expenses.
The Town Accountant Act provides that all boards, committees, etc., authorized to expend money, shall furnish the Accountant with estimates of the amounts necessary for the ensuing year. These estimates are fur- nished the Selectmen for tabulation to present to the Ways and Means Committee, which committee shall, after due consideration, designate the amounts which, in their opinion, shall be appropriated for the ensuing year, and shall be accompanied by such explanations as may be deemed desirable for the proper information of the citizens.
We tabulate herewith the amounts as recommended by the several departments and recommend appropriations therefor.
I. General Government.
Legislative.
Moderator
.
$55 00
Ways and Means reports
100 00
Miscellaneous
.
45 00
$200 00
.
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·
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Selectmen.
Chairman
$300 00
Associates
400 00
Secretary
200 00
Constable
60 00
Other expense
Soo 00
$1,760 00
Auditing.
Accountant
$1,100 00
Other expenses
200 00
$1,300 00
Treasurer.
Treasurer .
$600 00
Treasurer's Bond
60 00
Other expenses
125 00
$785 00
Collector of Taxes.
Salary
$600 00
Collector's Bond
50 00
Other expenses
250 00
Assessors.
Chairman .
$600 00
Two associates
500 00
Clerical work .
200 00
Special information
200 00
Poll books
115 00
Deed records
75 00
Town Clerk.
Salary
$200 00
Other expenses
300 00
Law.
Town Counsel . ·
$200 00
Special work .
900 00
$1,100 00
Election and Registration.
Registrars
$225 00
Election Officers
205 00
Other expenses
320 00
Engineering.
Town Engineer
$1,800 00
First Assistant
1,200 00
Second Assistant
600 00
Stone bounds .
200 00
Other expenses
200 00
Town Hall.
Janitor
$1,040 00
Light
375 00
Coal .
200 00
Telephone
200 00
Other expenses
1,000 00
·
-
$750 00
$4,000 00
00
- $2,815 00
$900 00
$1,690 00
$500 00
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II. Protection of Life and Property.
Police.
Chief
$1,300 00
Seven officers
7,644 00
Special officers
600 00
Telephones
390 00
Fuel .
100 00
Light
175 00
Other expenses
791 00
$11,000 00
Fire.
Chief .
$1,300 00
Eight permanent men
8,736 00
Three engineers
300 00
Call men .
1,680 00
Horses
780 00
Coal .
350 00
Telephone
200 00
Light
133 00
Water
45 co
Insurance
220 00
Tires
600 00
Gasoline
100 00
Repairs in buildings
75 00
Repairs to fire alarms
75 00
Overdraft in 1915 .
Soo oo
Hydrant rent (1SI at $15)
2,715 00
Other expenses
800 00
$18,584 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Salaries
$125 00
Printing
28 00
Other expenses
42 00
$195 00
Moth Department
$5,000 00
Forest Warden
375 00
Tree Warden.
Salary
$75 00
Trée maintenance
500 00
Reaming trees
100 00
New trees
00
Wire and stakes
100 00
New trees on Humphrey Street
125 00
Heading in Willow trees
200 00
$1,300 00
III. Health and Sanitation.
Board of Health.
General.
Chairman
.
$200 00
Associates .
300 00
Sanitary inspection
1,248 00
Printing and Advertising
100 00
Telephone
S4 00
Stationery
25 00
Equipment
25 00
$1,982 00
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Quarantine.
Board and treatment
$200 00
Tuberculosis
120 00
Services
00
Transportation
25 00
Medical attendance
25 00
$490 00
Vital Statistics.
Births and deaths
200 00
Inspection.
Animals and slaughtering
$100 00
Others.
Supplies and miscellaneous expenses · 600 00
700 00
Sewer Maintenance.
Chairman
$150 00
Associates ·
200 00
Clerk
104 00
Telephone
75 00
Fuel and Power
800 00
Engineer
1,092 00,
Fireman
910 00
Superintendent
1,040 00
Sewer plans (to complete)
300 00
Other expenses
1,329 00
$6,000 00
Particular Sewers
$S00 00
Refuse and Garbage.
Contracts.
Ashes and Paper .
$2,650 00
Garbage
840 00
Night
90 00
Cleaning Beaches.
Care of offal .
$225 00
Cleaning beaches
150 00
Others.
10 00
-
$3,965 00
IV. Highways and Bridges.
Administrative.
Surveyor
$1,560 00
Clerical work and telephone
100 00
Repairs on streets, labor and teams
.
8,000 00
Cleaning streets and catch basins
2,000 00
Crushing stone, labor and blasting
2,000 00
Roller and crusher repairs
500 00
Equipment and repairs
500 00
Fuel .
349 00
Vacations
650 00
Hay, grain and straw
1,300 00
Shoeing
275 00
Gas, insurance, board of horses
425 00
Repairs to harness
50 00
Snow and ice, labor and teams
2,000 00
Other expenses
500 00
$20,210 00
$3,580 00
375 00
Burying carrion .
-
$3,372 00
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New work, oil penetration
$6,000 00
New construction
2,000 00
Sidewalks and curbs
1,500 00
Street watering and oiling
5,000 00
Street lighting
15,000 00
V. Charities.
Poor.
Chairman .
$150 00
Associates
.
.
200 00
Secretary .
50 00
Telephone
65 00
Other expenses
3,035 00
$3,500 00
State aid
3,000 00
Soldiers' relief
3,000 00
VI. Education.
Schools.
School Committee
$327 00
Superintendent
150 00
Pay roll
48,477 00
Text books and supplies
3,300 00
Fuel .
2,700 00
Miscellaneous operating expenses
1,100 00
Repairs
1,200 00,
Medical attendance
200 00
Libraries .
75 00
Car tickets
300 00
Miscellaneous expenses
900 00
Tuition .
71 00
New equipment
1,200 00
Teachers' Pensions.
VII. Libraries.
General.
Librarian and Assistants
$970 00
Printing, etc. .
190 00
Coal (new building)
200 00
Water (new building)
30 00
Janitor (new building)
210 00
Gas and electricity (new building)
150 00
Books and periodicals
185 00
Other expenses
750 00 -
$2,685 00
VIII. Recreation.
General.
Monument lot .
$50 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Metropolitan Park Maintenance (Estimated)
3,600 00
Parks and Gardens.
Blaney Beach Reservation
$1,200 00
Jackson Park .
900 00
Phillips Park upkeep
200 00
Monument Avenue
700 00
Paradise Road
400 00
Sundries
300 00
.
-
$60,000 00 675 00
$7,550 00
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IX. Unclassified.
Town Reports
$1,000 00
Reserve Fund
2,000 00
Grand Army Hall, heating and repairs
500 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Cemetery.
Superintendent
$450 00
Labor
600 00
Other expenses
488 00
$1,538 00
Interest.
Temporary loans (estimated)
5,000 00
General debt
15,031 52
Sewer bonds
3,466 75
Metropolitan Park Interest (Estimated)
2,400 00
Municipal Indebtedness.
General debt
45,500 00
Sewer bonds
12,950 00
Metropolitan Park (Estimated)
475 00
Agency.
State tax (estimated)
36,500 00
County tax (estimated) .
27,000 00
State enterprises (estimated)
1,000 00
$358,872 27
XIV. Overdrafts.
The departments and appropriations that show balances to their credit amount to $8,573. The departments that show overdrafts amount to $1,300.68, which were ordered paid. They are as follows :
Election and Registration
$38 60
Health
230 15
Sewer
29 00
Refuse and Garbage
397 18
Suffolk avenue sewer
436 00
Interest on sewer debt
169 75
$1,300 68
Bills reported and paid in January, which have not been allowed for in the respective budgets, are as follows :
Poor
$390 00
Fire Department
498 00
Health Department
298 93
Police
IIO 81
Park
764 73
Insurance
361 29
$2,423 76
We recommend these amounts be appropriated.
We wish to call attention to the town debt ; the fact that each year more is added than paid off, and that the amounts asked for this year under the town budget by the various departments, which are supposed to be for overhead charges only, are $47,399.25 in excess of those asked for last year.
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The analysis of this budget and the articles in the warrant carrying appropriations is the duty of the Ways and Means Committee under our town by-laws, and the importance of their duties this year should not rest lightly upon their shoulders.
The Selectmen have spent many hours this year in the performance of their duties other than the regular meetings on Friday evenings ; have considered departments and officials as such in our dealings with them, and all recommendations are such as we think would ensure effici- ency in our problems.
In closing, we urge all our citizens to make it their business to become well informed in all matters pertaining to our town, to ally themselves with all progressive civic movements, and give assistance in solving our common problems.
The following clipping from the Philadelphia Bulletin is well worth reading :
"Every citizen owes it to his city and state to take an active interest in what we call politics. This does not mean that he should necessarily seek office, or indeed that he should take a personal part in the councils of parties, but it does mean that he should keep informed on the issues of the day, and that he should be prepared to do his part whenever the occasion requires. Those who are in authority do not always recline on a bed of roses, and they should be judged in a spirit of fairmindedness and not in accordance with the passing clamor of the day. If they are right, give them the support to which they are entitled, and if they are at fault, repudiate them at the polls. But get the facts, and go at the matter understandingly."
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE B. HUMPHREY, JAMES F. CATON, ELIAS G. HODGKINS, Board of Selectmen.
In signing this report I take exceptions to commission government statements contained on pages, 189-190, and also the last paragraph on page 216.
Signed,
JAMES F. CATON.
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In Memoriam
THOMAS B. P. CURTIS
Overseer of Poor
Died April 6, 1915
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IN MEMORIAM.
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In Memoriam
1. IRVING EDGERLY
Chairman Water and Sewer Boards
Died May 14, 1915 1
16
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In Memoriam
DAVID W. NESBETT
Board of Health
Died October 9, 1915
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ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910. I herewith submit the following report of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1915 :
Treasurer's Receipts.
Taxes.
Property, 1913
·
$6,557 95
Poll, 1913 .
.
·
282 00
$6,839 95
Property, 1914
19,476 50
Poll, 1914 .
584 00
20,060 50
Property, 1915
.. 254,692 61
Poll, 1915
3,098 00
257,790 61
Corporation
11,537 73
National Bank
11,473 89
Street Railway
1,264 55
Business
167 II
$309, 134 34
Licenses and Permits.
Junk
.
$120 00
Pool and Billiards
12 00
Auctioneers .
4 00
Automobiles
70 00
Fruit
18 00
Dog Tax and Damage
519 53
743 53
Fines and Forfeits.
Court Fines .
$214 00
House Correction
5 00
219 00
Special Assessments.
Moth, 1913 .
$107 25
Moth, 1914
.
90 00
Moth, 1915
1,647 50
$1,844 75
Sidewalk, 1913
312 47
Sidewalk, 1914
566 86
Sidewalk, 1915
1,019 25
1,898 58
Sewers, 1913
1,200 65
Sewers, 1914
278 06
Sewers, 1915
247 13
1,725 84
Continuous Sidewalks
1,530 27
6,999 44
Amount carried forward,
$317,096 31
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Amount brought forward,
$317,096 31
Privileges.
Excise Tax .
1,096 06
General Government.
Town Hall, rent
$618 00
Town Hall, telephone .
19 06
Telephone, rebates
16 46
Engineering
61 50
Reserved for Coupons .
35 00
Tax Titles and Final Sales
279 34
General Electric Co.
2 00
Essex Registry Deeds
8 70
Silver, Burdett & Co.
28
Rents, tenements over Police
Station and Morris House
277 00
1,318 34
Protection of Life and Property.
Commonwealth of Mass., officers,
$78 00
Telephone, Police Station .
61 00
Automobile licenses (reimbursed)
1 50
Boston & Maine R. R., fighting fires
20 05
Hose House, Insurance rebate
5 85
Motor Cycle
60 00
Use of Ambulance
6 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
11 30
Fire Dept., sale of materials
8 00
Telephone, Firemen
57 39
Health and Sanitation.
Milk licenses ·
$22 00
Cleaning cesspool
5 00
Junk
7 00
Telephone
2 68
Animal, industry .
I 40
38 08
Highway and Bridges.
Sale crush stone
$14 20
Use roller
8 00
Charities.
From Cities and Towns.
$175 54
Burial paupers
15 00
Individuals .
2 14
Dependent, Mothers
13 33
206 0I
Land New Ocean street
1,000 00
Parks and Gardens.
Rents
299 80
Soldiers' Benefits.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
State Aid, reimbursed
$2,720 00
Individuals, reimbursed .
22 00
Burial soldiers
.
.
100 00
2,842 00
Amount carried forward,
$324,227 89
·
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309 09
.
.
22 20
.
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1915] 233
Amount brought forward,
$324,227 89
Education.
Tuition State Wards
62 50
Public Services, Enterprises.
Water rates
$43,932 45
Service pipe and labor
652 99
$44,585 44
Interest on deposits
$120 77
Telephone .
9 80
Reserved for coupons ·
87 50
Accrued interest .
28 67
246 74
44,832 18
Cemetery Perpetual Care.
Sale of lots
1,122 00
Interest.
Treasurer's Deposits .
$1,542 66
Taxes
1,510 22
Sewer
19 87
Accrued
651 89
Premiums
841 30
4,565 94
Municipal Indebtedness.
Temporary loans
$200,000 00
Permanent improvement notes
59,000 00
Sewer bonds
24,000 00
Water bonds
6,000 00
289,000 00
Trust and Instrument Funds.
Phillips Medal Fund-Medals
$29 21
Cemetery Lots, care of lots
35 00
Joanna Morse Library Fund, books
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