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228
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$89,129 57
HEALTH AND SANITATION.
Health Department. General Administration
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Chairman, balance, 1922
$100 00
Associates, balance, 1922
100 00
Chairman, 1923
200 00
Associates, 1923
300 00
Agent and clerk
1,859 00
Assistant
30 00
Stationery and postage
136 30
Printing and advertising
188 90
Telephone
9 45
$2,923 65
OTHER EXPENSES.
Typewriter
$107 50
Cabinet
107 24
214 74
QUARANTINE.
Board and treatment
$178 29
Supplies
30 58
Schick test
24 14
Tongue depressors
12 50
Express
12 50
Officer
11 25
269 26
TUBERCULOSIS.
Board and treatment
1,141 30
VITAL STATISTICS.
Recording births
$170 25
Recording deaths
86 50
256 75
OTHER EXPENSES.
Testing milk, ice cream and vinegar samples
$472 88
Bacteriological
66 00
Sanitary inspector
940 00
Car fares
21 77
Serving notices
12 00
Supplies
11 30
Amount carried forward
$89,129 57
1923]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
229
Amount brought forward
$89,129 57
Marriages
50 50
Express
13 82
Chart for teeth
8 38
Office repairs
15 65
Entertainment at schools
19 61
Ice
46 00
Disinfectant
8 70
Inspector of animals, 1922
100 00
Inspector of animals, 1923
100 00
1,886 61
6,692 31
Health and School Nurse.
SALARY.
Nurse
$1,196 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Expenses
$10 00
Posters
6 00
Glasses
8 25
24 25
1,220 25
Sewers and Drains. Maintenance and Operation.
ADMINISTRATION.
Commissioners
$350 00
Clerk
260 00
Telephone
48 75
Chairs
27 00
Table
48 00
$733 75
GENERAL.
Labor
$1,635 25
Water
250 00
Medical
3 00
1,888 25
CONNECTIONS.
Labor
$32 56
Pipe and fittings
65 30
97 86
PUMPING STATION.
Engineers and fireman
$2,582 50
Fuel and light
1,625 31
Equipment and repairs
636 49
4,844 30
Amount carried forward
$97,042 13
1
230
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$97,042 13
OTHER EXPENSES.
Water
$34 86
Express
8 35
Supplies
37 56
Dynamo oil
23 77
Lawn dressing
39 00
143 54
7,707 70
CLAREMONT TERRACE SEWER.
Advertising
$ 9 06
Contract
290 94
Refund for private sewer
125 00
425 00
PARTICULAR SEWERS.
House connections
480 47
BROOKS.
Labor
$107 25
Pipe
176 28
283 53
Refuse and Garbage.
ASHES, GARBAGE AND NIGHT SOIL.
Ashes, contract
$4,339 87
Garbage, contract
5,433 67
Clean up week
100 00
Night soil
95 00
$9,968 54
OTHER EXPENSES.
Care of offal at beaches
$416 00
Cleaning beaches
602 50
Burying dead animals
28 00
Advertising
55 65
Repairs to dory
6 20
Painting dory
5 50
Cleaning cesspol
30 00
1,143 85
11,112 39
Summary of Health and Sanitation.
Appropriation Transfer
Expend.
Balance Overdraft
Health
$6,850 00
$20 00
$6,692 31
$177 69
Health and School Annex
1,250 00
1,220 25
29 75
Sewer
8,200 00
7,707 70
492 30
Claremont Terrace Sewer
425 00
425 00
Particular Sewers
500 00
480 47
19 53
Brooks
500 00
283 53
216 47
Refuse and Garbage
10,691 00
11,112 39
$421 39
$28,416 00
$20 00 $27,921 65
$935 74
$421 39
Amount carried forward
$117,051 22
231
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
Amount brought forward
$117,051 22
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Administration.
SALARIES.
Superintendent
$2,160 00
Clerk
200 00
Telephone
26 16
$2,386 16
GENERAL.
Labor
$23,580 75
Teams
4,277 50
Broken stone and gravel
1,764 49
Snow plows
530 00
Road roller
5,300 00
Road machine
270 00
Boiler stack
130 00
Repairs to stable, locker and shed 1,289 59
Equipment and repairs
2,133 56
Hay, grain and straw
2,242 42
41,518 31
OTHER EXPENSES.
Damages
$206 00
Insurance
6 19
Advertising
5 95
Gasolene and oil
462 61
Electricity
49 51
Kerosene oil
78 60
Lumber
7 50
Machine oil
36 94
Repairs to fence
8 05
Veterinary
43 50
Signs
290 00
Registration truck
30 00
Water
16 64
Medical
74 00
Numbering houses
50 00
Express
11 46
Horse shoeing
657 03
Coal
346 18
Cement
12 00
2,392 16
SEAL COATING.
Tarvia and cold patch
2,927 80
49,224 43
Amount carried forward
$166,275 65
232
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$166,275 65
SNOW AND ICE.
Labor
$16,857 00
Teams
2,749 00
Gasolene and oil
297 90
Repairs
387 65
Salt
68 26
Tools
16 00
Storage
10 00
20,385 81
Street Water and Oiling.
WATER.
Labor
$32 50
Teams
707 50
Hose
31 36
Repairs
17 93
Water
75 66
$864 95
OIL.
Teams
$270 00
Oils
2,762 92
Specifications
3 25
Advertising
9 35
Demurage
30 00
Valve
1 75
Testing oil
18 00
3,095 27
3,960 22
Burrill and Columbia Streets.
Balance on fence
26 68
Street Lights.
Contract
16,969 10
Burpee Road.
Advertising
$10 20
Typewriting contract
3 00
Contract
5,361 11
5,374 31
Forest Avenue.
Labor
$840 00
Gravel
255 50
Blasting
1,208 00
2,303 50
Amount carried forward
$215,295 27
1923]
Amount brought forward
$215,295 27
Street Construction.
Labor
$1,862 00
Blasting
60 00
Grates and frames
40 00
Cement
47 40
Express
50
2,009 90
Valley Road.
Labor
106 00
Bradlee Avenue.
Contract
492 75
Contract
294 00
Labor
300 00
Mountwood Road.
Contract
Sidewalk and Curbing.
Labor
$162 00
Blasting
60 00
Contract
400 00
Tar walks
996 45
1,618 45
Continuous Sidewalks.
Advertising
$12 75
Labor
517 00
Curbing and granolithic walks
3,157 42
3,687 17
Summary of Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation Transfer
Expend.
Balance $1,575 57
Overdraft
Highway
$50,800 00
$49,224 43
Snow and Ice
20,373 21
20,385 81
$12 60
Street and Water and Oiling
5,000 00
3,960 22
1,039 78
Burrill and Columbia Streets
115 18
26 68
88 50
Street Lights
17,000 00
16,969 10
30 90
Burpee Road
5,700 00
5,374 31
325 69
Forest Avenue
2,395 95
2,303 50
92 45
Street Construction
2,000 00
2,009 90
9 90
Valley Road
300 00
106 00
194 00
Bradlee Avenue
500 00
492 75
7 25
Middlesex Avenue
300 00
300 00
Mountwood Road
500 00
498 00
2 00
Sidewalk and Curbing
1,500 00
350 00
1,618 45
231 55
Continuous Sidewalks
3,557 55
3,687 17
129 62
Phillips Circle
300 00
294 00
6 00
Humphrey Street Curbing
2,900 00
2,900 00
Roy Street
300 00
300 00
$113,541 89
$350 00 $107,250 32
$6,793 69
$152 12.
Amount carried forward
$224,301 54:
Phillips Circle.
Middlesex Avenue.
498 00
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
233
234
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$224,301 54
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS. Poor Department.
ADMINISTRATION.
Salaries
Chairman
$150 00
Associates
200 00
Clerk
100 00
Stationery and postage
16 30
Telephone
38 35
Typewriting
2 00
Taxi
7 00
$513 65
OUTSIDE RELIEF BY TOWN.
Groceries and provisions
$2,324 15
Coal and wood
359 57
Board and care
355 00
Medical attendance
170 82
State institutions
923 00
Rent
416 00
Expenses to State hospital
7 08
Clothing
7 00
4,562 62
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
Cities
1,571 32
MOTHERS' AID.
Town
611 50
7,259 09
State Aid, Civil War.
Cash aid
888 00
Soldiers' Relief.
Cash aid
$2,105 43
Groceries and provisions
456 00
Soldiers' burials
85 50
2,646 93
Pensions.
School, fire, police and highway
3,797 36
Summary of Charities and Soldiers' Benefits.
Appropriation Expend.
Balance
Overdraft $759 09
State Aid®
1,500 00
888 00
$ 612 00
Soldiers' Relief
3,800 00
2,646 93
1,153 07
Military Aid
500 00
500 00
Pensions
3,750 00
3,797 36
47 36
$16,050 00 $14,591 38
$2,265 07 $806 45
Poor
$6,500 00
$7,259 09
Amount carried forward
$238,892 92
235
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
Amount brought forward
$238,892 92
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.
School Department.
ADMINISTRATION.
Superintendent
$4,200 00
Clerk
240 00
Stenographers
1,530 00
Attendance officer
200 00
Stationery and postage
101 80
Telephone
352 44
Supplies
22 96
Books
20 47
Principal's clerk
15 87
Teachers' agency
117 50
Expenses
368 53
School census
74 45
Entertainment
15 00
$7,259 02
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
High
$22,493 38
Elementary
58,525 96
Substitutes
575 94
Coach
1,400 00
Manual training
2,100 00
Domestic science
1,430 00
Music
1,760 00
Physical training
3,620 00
Drawing
1,640 00
93,545 28
TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
High school
Text and reference books
$1,102 01
Supplies
218 69
1,320 70
Elementary
Text and reference books
$1,981 80
Supplies
2,357 73
4,339 53
TUITION.
Elementary
369 91
TRANSPORTATION.
Elementary 770 00
Amount carried forward
$238,892 92
236
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$238,892 92
JANITORS' SERVICE.
High
$2,110 00
Elementary
5,495 59
Evening
144 25
7,749 84
FUEL AND LIGHT.
High
$2,742 99
Elementary
6,731 07
9,474 06
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
High
Repairs
$1,642 66
Janitors' supplies
109 83
Grading
177 75
Water
299 28
2,229 52
Elementary
Repairs
$2,052 70
Janitors' supplies
353 91
Grading
298 06
Water
578 54
3,283 21
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS.
High
$129 90
Elementary
1,682 20
Typewriters
566 94
Sewing machines
49 05
Dictaphone
61 95
Tuning piano
22 25
2,512 29
OTHER EXPENSES.
Diplomas and graduation exercises $56 15
Miscellaneous printing
235 18
Groceries
129 70
Ice
26 16
Express
17 77
Map
62 83
Belting
23 90
Flags
39 60
Medical
250 00
Supplies
161 53
Filing saws
11 25
Repairing mimeograph
14 96
Drop curtain
55 83
Manual training supplies
670 43
Amount carried forward
$238,892 92
237
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
Amount brought forward
Basket ball supplies
21 10
Football equipment
625 86
Badges
50 17
Police
7 00
2,459 42
135,312 78
Americanization Classes.
Salaries
$580 00
Fuel, books and supplies
260 20
840 20
Library Department.
SALARIES AND WAGES.
Librarian
$1,300 00
Assistants
1,924 99
Janitor
1,053 00
$4,277 99
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.
Books
$180 19
Periodicals
4 00
184 19
BINDING BOOKS.
Binding
243 94
FUEL AND LIGHT.
Coal and wood
$343 84
Electricity
260 19
604 03
BUILDING.'
Repairs and painting
$295 65
Supplies
44 39
Water
15 17
Telephone.
43 35
398 56
OTHER EXPENSES.
Stationery and postage
$66 15
Express
15 80
Repairing typewriter
19 00
Rope
6 00
106 95
5,815 66
Library Building.
Book stack
$186 40
Repairs
14 87
201 27
Amount carried forward
$381,062 83
$238,892 92
238
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$381,062 83
Summary of Schools and Library.
Appropriation
Expend.
Balance
Overdraft
Schools
. $135.463 00 $135,312 78
$150 22
Americanization
900 00
840 20
59 80
Library
5,800 00
5,815 66
$15 66
Library Building
308 59
201 27
107 32
$142,471 59 $142,169 91
$317 34
$15 66
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED. Parks and Playgrounds.
ADMINISTRATION.
Secretary
$100 00
Superintendent, Blaney's Beach
624 00
Superintendent, parks
1,380 00
Telephone
46 85
Stationery and postage
8 85
Advertising
5 40
$2,165 10
Blaney's Beach Reservation.
Lifeguard
$430 00
Plumbing
108 78
Express
4 00
Repairs and moving raft
111 86
Electricity
18 09
Repairs to building
110 48
Supplies
16 83
Water
9 49
Dory
87 50
Labor and dressing
58 00
Traps
14 00
969 03
Monument Avenue Reservation.
Supplies
$43 20
Water
7 33
Repairing lawn mower
28 55
Plants
366 00
445 08
Abbott Park.
Express
$ 75
Supplies
3 70
Lime
2 80
Painting and repairs, flag pole
17 00
Lawn mower
12 15
Plumbing
3 91
Labor
7 50
$47 81
Amount carried forward
$381,062 83
239
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
Amount brought forward
$381,062 83
Jackson Park.
Labor
$109 75
Express
1 50
Electricity
27 36
Flag pole
35 00
Supplies
51 87
Contract
965 26
Toboggan slide
178 17
Lumber
10 54
Lime
21 88
Pipe
12 96
Home plate
10 80
Loam
100 00
Police
7 19
Signs
6 75
1,539 03
Phillips Park.
Labor
$964 60
Lawn mower
26 45
Supplies
6 00
Loam
478 80
Home plate
38 80
Grass seed
54 00
Plumber
24 00
Stock and labor backstay
57 30
Skating rink
70 87
Ashes
65 50
Lime and cement
18 60
Portable building
528 00
2,332 92
7,498 97
Metropolitan Park Maintenance.
Assessment
7,788 35
Printing Town Reports.
Stenographer
$20 00
Printing
1,114 80
Distribution
88 00
Editing
100 00
Expenses
6 50
·
1,329 30
Memorial Day.
Post 118, G. A. R. 300 00 ·
Amount carried forward
$397,979 45
240
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$397,979 45
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall.
300 00
Expenses, Memorial Sunday
191 20
July 4th Celebration.
Band
$330 00
Prizes
59 96
Express and labor
37 50
Ice cream
146 00
Printing
5 00
Flags
79 94
Decorating
20 00
Electricity
41 48
Salute
12 00
Entertainment
178 72
Grand stand
20 68
931 28
Tubercular Hospital.
Assessment
3,797 61
Trust Fund Commissioners.
Bond
40 00
Premiums
1,202 93
District Nurse.
Visiting Nurse Association
300 00
Repairs G. A. R. Hall.
Carpentry
$332 38
Painting
341 00
Flag
5 70
Lights
3 00
682 08
Andrews Memorial Chapel.
Architect on account
$708 88
Contractors on account
5,806 35
6,515 23
Armistice Day.
Expenses
198 15
Heat and light . Firemen's Memorial Sunday.
Amount carried forward
$412,137 93
Insurance.
1923]
Amount brought forward
$412,137 93
Summary of Recreation and Unclassified.
Appropriation
Donation Expend.
Balance
Parks
$7,500 00
$7,498 97
$ 1 03
Metropolitan Park Maintenance
7,788 55
7,788 55
Printing Town Reports
1329 30
1,329 30
Memorial Day
300 00
300 00
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall
300 00
300 00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
200 00
191 20
8 80
July 4th Celebration
1,000 00
931 28
68 72
Tuberculosis Hospital
3,797 61
3,797 61
Trust Fund Commissioners
40 00
40 00
Insurance
1,300 00
1,202 93
97 07
District Nurse
300 00
300 00
Repairs, G. A. R. Hall
800 00
682 08
117 92
Andrews Memorial Chapel
$30,500 00
6,515 23
23,984 77
Armistice Day
200 00
198 15
1 85
Municipal Insurance
402 00
402 00
Contingent Fund
2,500 00
350 00
2,150 00
Soldiers' Exemption
50 00
19 38
30 62
$27,807 46 $30,500 00 $31,444 68 $26,862 78
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES.
Water Department.
ADMINISTRATION.
Commissioners
$350 00
Superintendent
2,160 00
Clerk
1,456 00
Stationery and postage
57 27
Printing and advertising
29 35
Telephone
62 81
$4,115 43
OTHER EXPENSES.
Typewriting
$9 75
Supplies
18 47
Automobile license
4 03
Box rent
7 50
39 75
GENERAL.
Labor on and reading meters
$2,301 00
Labor
7,813 42
Pipe and fittings
861 85
Meters
1,309 54
Equipment and repairs
1,622 93
Gasolene
189 05
Freight
146 09
Hydrants
586 97
Electricity
13 23
Coal
159 65
Express
4 62
Bricks
73 00
Amount carried forward
$412,137 93
241
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
242
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 3
Amount brought forward
$412,137 9:
Supplies
16 19
Water privilege
5 00
Bonds
54 00
Medical
30 00
Taxes
67 60
Repairing safe
10 00
15,264 14
METROPOLITAN ASSESSMENT.
Maintenance
$4,750 51
Interest
9,136 67
Sinking fund
1,188 12
Serial bond
354 04
15,429 34
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT.
Water bonds
$8,200 00
Interest
9,729 00
17,929 00
52,777 66
Cemetery Department.
SALARY AND WAGES.
Superintendent
$950 00
Labor
1,645 00
$2,595 00
OTHER EXPENSES.
Shrubs
$85 00
Tools
36 30
Telephone
23 36
Water pipe
8 61
Water
42 73
Sod cover
39 20
Lawn mower
37 00
Loam
42 90
Paint
3 40
Weed killer
28 00
Police
6 20
352 70
2,947 70
Summary of Public Service Enterprises.
Appropriation Expend.
Balance . $63,080 01 $52,777 66 $10,302 35 3,000 00 2,947 70 52 30
$66,080 01 $55,725 36 $10,354 65
Water Cemetery
Amount carried forward
$567,863 29
243
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
Amount brought forward
$567,863 29
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Interest on loans in anticipation of revenue
$8,043 54
Interest on general debt
15,602 25
Interest on sewer bonds
9,602 50
Interest on Metropolitan Park assessment
3,231 35
Loans in anticipation of revenue
$290,000 00
General debt maturing
52,000 00
Sewer bonds
17,150 00
Metropolitan sinking fund
339 30
Metropolitan serial bonds
360 43
359,849 73
AGENCY.
State tax
$32,280 00
County tax
30,542 53
Department of accounts
821 92
Highway tax
472 05
Soldiers' exemption
19 38
Poll tax
6,138 00
70,273 88
REFUNDS.
Bank tax
$36 82
Public service
117 00
Corporation tax
254 41
Poll tax
5 00
Personal tax
37 70
450 93
TRUST FUNDS.
Joanna Morse library fund
$398 49
Phillips medal fund
35 64
Cemetery lots fund
239 00
Mary L. Thomson library fund
148 75
821 88
Cemetery Lots Investment Funds.
Perpetual care
2,130 25
NON-REVENUE.
Fuller Avenue, Bond and Sherwood Streets Water Pipes.
Advertising
$12 14
Labor
335 57
Contracts
3,799 40
Cement
3 30
Pipe
2,088 83
36,479 64
Amount carried forward
$937,869 60
244
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$937,869 60
Hydrants Gates and boxes Freight and teaming
238 30
267 00
45 25
6,789 79
Emergency Water Pipe. Suffolk Avenue.
Contract
$170 32
Eureka Avenue.
Labor
$115 00
Pipe
155 34
Hydrants
56 15
Gates and boxes
65 30
391 79
Elm Place.
Labor
$85 00
Pipe
66 85
Freight
5 00
156 85
.
Banks Circle.
Labor
$6 25
Pipe
64 90
71 15
Suffolk Avenue.
Labor
$188 20
Pipe
213 25
Gates and boxes
28 20
Freight
8 50
438 15
Essex Street.
Labor
$17 50
Pipe
37 96
Freight
2 50
Hydrants
70 54
Gates and boxes
34 00
162 50
Humphrey Street.
Labor
$58 63
Pipe
45 59
Hydrants
70 54
Gates and boxes
34 00
Freight
2 50
211 26
1,602 02
Amount carried forward
$946,261 41
245
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
Amount brought forward
$946,261 41
Forest Avenue Water Pipe.
Contract
$1,272 98
Labor
142 00
Pipe, gates and boxes
946 08
2,361 06
Redington Street Water Pipe.
Labor
$142 00
Contract
433 05
Pipe, gates and boxes
1,020 20
1,595 25
Rockland Street Water Pipe.
Advertising
$7 22
Labor
220 00
Contract
594 48
Pipe and gates and boxes
1,705 30
2,527 00
Beach Avenue Water Pipe.
Advertising
$7 23
Labor
172 50
Contract
407 74
Pipe and gates and boxes
1,056 55
1,644 02
Boynton Street Water Pipe.
Labor
$93 75
Contract
187 34
Pipe and fittings
519 91
801 00
Rock Avenue Water Pipe.
Advertising
$14 45
Labor
290 00
Pipe and fittings
3,504 78
Contract
675 75
4,484 98
Emergency Sewer.
Claremont Terrace.
Contract
$391 31
Pipe
48 00
Particular Sewers.
Pipe and labor 417 20
856 51
Amount carried forward
$960,531 23
246
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$960,531 23
Humphrey Street Sewer.
Advertising Contract
$9 08 6,346 05
Manholes
23 24
6,378 37
Mountain Avenue Sewer.
Advertising
$9 06
Contract
707 00
716 06
Palmer School.
Balance heating contract
402 90
Stacey Brook.
Stock and labor
44 30
Humphrey Street.
Labor
$107 93
Grates and frames
71 00
178 93
Middlesex Avenue.
Contract
$1,248 07
Advertising
10 20
Edgestone
483 19
1,741 46
Summary of Non Revenue.
Appropriation
Expend.
Balance
Military Equipment
$ 6 45
$
6 45
Burrill Street Repairs
1,503 41
1,503 41
Atlantic Avenue Repairs
2,431 12
2,431 12
Burpee Road
1,143.47
1,143 47
Middlesex Avenue
1,741 46
$1,741 46
Humphrey Street
179 25
178 93
32
Emergency Sewer
5,747 68
858 51
4,889 17
Emergency Water
3,020 32
1,602 02
1,418 30
Forest Avenue Water
3,266 87
2,361 06 -
905 81
Fuller Avenue, Bond and Sherwood Streets Water
7,185 00
6,789 79
395 21
Stacey Brook
4,771 16
44 30
4,726 86
Palmer School
969 64
402 90
566 74
Humphrey Street Sewer
7,800 00
6,378 37
1,421 63
Mountain Avenue Sewer
1,200 00
716 06
483 94
Rockland Street, Rock Avenue, Beach
Avenue,
Redington and Boynton Streets
15,000 00
11,052 25
3,947 75
$55,965 83 $32,125 65 $23,840 18
Amount carried forward
$969,993 25.
247
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1923]
Amount brought forward
$969,993 25
TRANSFERS.
Excess and Deficiency to Revenue $24,000 00
Excess and Deficiency to Overdrawn Accounts 3,541 59
Contingent Fund to Sidewalk and Curbing 350 00
Humphrey street Widening to Middlesex Avenue 541 46 Hill Crest Circle Sewer to Emergency Sewer 44 89 Cherry Street Sewer to Emergency Sewer 1,433 81
Emergency Water to Water
1,431 70
Morton Road, Water to Emergency Water 381 50
Elmwood Road Water to Emergency Water 56 79
Bradlee Avenue Water to Emergency Water
7 69
Lawrence Road Water to Emergency Water
81 58
Francis Road Water to Emergency Water 63 06
Franklin Avenue Water to Emergency Water 384 03
Fuller Avenue Water to Water 715 28
Forest Avenue Water to Water 946 08
Redington Street, Rock Avenue, Beach Avenue and Rockland Street to Water 7,806 74
Sherwood Street, Bond Street and Fuller Avenue to Water 1,885 10
Cemetery Lots to Trust and Investment Funds 2,130 25
Palmer Avenue Sewer to Humphrey Street
Sewer 1,800 00
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Joanna Morse Library Fund Income 332 22
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income 59 84
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income 99 14
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Munici- ·
pal Insurance Fund Income 185 26
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Cemetery Lots Fund Income 680 85
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Chlotilda Farrar Fund Income 10 08
Trust and Investment Fund Income to A. F. Nesbitt Private Cemetery Fund Income 10 03
Trust and Investment Fund Income to A. F. Nesbitt General Cemetery Fund Income 16 02
Trust and Investment Fund Income to Phillips Medal Fund Income 89 92
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income to Trust and Investment Fund Income 398 49
Phillips Medal Fund Income to Trust and In- vestment Fund Income 35 64
Cemetery Lots Income to Trust and Investment Fund Income · 239 00
Amount carried forward
$969,993 25
248
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$969,993 25
Trust and Investment Funds to Cemetery Lots Fund, Bank books as per list 1,639 00
Ellen A. Buxton 200 00
Joseph S. Brown 100 00
Louisa Darling 100 00
Harriett A. Childs 100 00
Gratin Martin 100 00
Fredd O. Thompson
112 00
Miles Blanchard 100 00
Mary A. Machon
100 00
Jennie P. Chase
100 00
Mehitable Nesbitt
152 00
Sophia Pierce
100 00
Joseph Blaney
150 00
Sarah E. Parker
125 00
Sarah J. Harris
100 00
Chlotilda Farrar Cemetery Lot Fund to Cem- etery Lots Fund 250 00
A. F. Nesbitt Cemetery Lots Income, private, to Cemetery Lots Fund 200 00
A. F. Nesbitt Cemetery Lot Fund, private, to Cemetery Lot Fund 200 00
Trust and Investment Funds Income to Ceme- tery Lots Income, Interest on bank books 760 22
Chlotilda Farrar Cemetery Lot Income to Cem- etery Lots Income 10 08
A. F. Nesbitt Cemetery Lots Income, general, to Cemetery Lots Income 149 63
A. F. Nesbitt Cemetery Lot Fund, general, to Cemetery Lots Income 81 49
Water Loan Sinking Fund to Net Bonded Debt 4,825 64
57,874 08
$1,027,867 33
Balance January 1, 1924
93,784 67
$1,121,652 00
249
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1923.
CASH.
In banks and offices
$93,784 67
Uncollected Taxes, 1921
$28 80
Uncollected Taxes, 1922
343 75
Uncollected Taxes, 1923
54,519 75
54,892 30
Uncollected Moth, 1923
212 00
Uncollected Sidewalk, 1923
$819 97
Uncollected Sidewalk Bills
1,620 79
2,440 76
Uncollected Sewer, 1923
$476 38
Uncollected Sewer Bills
2,101 10
2,577 48
Property taken for Taxes
$309 61
Tax Titles
2,119 62
2,429 23
Water Accounts Receivable, 1921
$326 93
Water Accounts Receivable, 1922
733 22
Water Accounts Receivable, 1923
10,191 51
11,251 66
Water Services
$1,086 94
Rents
50 00
1,136 94
Interest Water Miscellaneous Accounts
507 90
OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS.
Election and Registration
$466 58
Town Hall
596 89
Police
1,468 90
Tree Warden
113 53
Dog Officer
20 50
Refuse and Garbage
421 39
Highway Snow and Ice
12 60
Street Construction
9 90
Continuous Sidewalks
129 62
Poor
759 09
250
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Pensions Library
47 36 15 66
4,062 02
$173,294 96
Loans, Authorized
35,000 00
$208,294 96
Debt.
Net Bonded Debt
$667,652 82
Water Loan Sinking Fund
125,147 18
$792,800 00
Trust Funds.
Securities
$29,519 46
Securities Income
7,922 07
$37,441 53
SIDEWALKS AND SEWERS. Apportioned, not due $1,956 65
251
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1923]
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1923.
Accounts Current.
Premium on Notes and Bonds
$2,289 64
Water Revenue
12,896 50
Reserve from Overlay
2,212 87
Overlay, 1921
28 80
Overlay, 1922
343 75
Overlay, 1923
467 75
Excess and Deficiency
33,662 41
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
50,000 00
$101,901 72
REVENUE.
Moth Revenue
$212 00
Sidewalk Revenue
2,440 76
Sewer Revenue
2,577 48
Blaney Beach Drain
100 00
Roy Street
300 00
Military Aid
500 00
Library Building Fund
107 32
Municipal Insurance
402 00
Contingent Fund
2,150 00
Repairs G. A. R. Hall
117 92
Andrews Memorial Chapel
23,984 77
Water Department
10,302 35
Interest on Loans in Anticipation Revenue
1,456 46
Humphrey Street Curbing
2,900 00
47,551 06
NON-REVENUE.
Military Equipment
$6 45
Burrill Street Repairs
1,503 41
Atlantic Avenue
2,431 12
Burpee Road
1,143 47
Humphrey Street
32
Emergency Sewer
4,891 17
Emergency Water
1,418 30
Forest Avenue Water Main
905 81
Stacey Brook
9,726 86
Palmer School Addition
566 74
Essex Street
24,000 00
Redington Street, Land and Buildings
6,000 00
252
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Humphrey Street Sewer 1,421 63
Mountain Avenue Sewer 483 94
Water Pipes, Rockland Street, Rock Avenue, Beach Avenue, Redington and Boynton Sts. 3,947 75 Water Pipes, Sherwood and Bond Streets 395 21
58,842 18
$208,294 96
Accounts.
Permanent Improvement Notes
$291,900 00
Sewer Bonds Serial
228,800 00
Water Bonds Serial
122,100 00
Water Bonds Sinking Fund
150,000 00
$792,800 00
Joanna Morse Library Fund
$5,196 00
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
1,000 00
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
2,000 00
Cemetery Lots Fund
16,823 46
Phillips School Medal Fund
1,000 00
Municipal Insurance Fund
3,500 00
29,519 46
Cemetery Lots Fund Income
$3,563 32
Municipal Insurance Fund
969 20
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
305 59
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
437 54
Phillips School Medal Fund Income
995 80
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
1,650 62
7,922 07
Apportioned Sewers, 1924-1932
$1,375 69
Apportioned Sidewalks
580 96
$1,956 65
253
DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS
1923]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
To the Board of Selectmen, MR. HENRY S. BALDWIN, Chairman,
Swampscott, Massachusetts.
GENTLEMEN :- I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Swampscott for the period July 1 to December 31, 1923, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work.
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