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Tree Warden
Salaries and Wages
Warden
198.00
Labor
1,697.50
Other Expenses
Hardware and tools
166.85
Truck Hire, Carfares, etc.
280.00
All other
57.17
504.02
2,399.
Forest Warden
Salaries and Wages
Warden
125.07
Fighting Fires
62.52
187.59
Other Expenses
Team Hire
8.00
All other
4.41
12.41
200.00
Pneumatic Tires on Combination B.
Tires
160.00
160.00
Wheels
77.07
77.07
237.07
Subordinate Officers
Dog Officer
200.00
200.00
Constable
60.00
60.00
Inspector of Animals
100.00
100.00
Town Weigher
20.60
20.60
380.60
Inspector of Buildings
Salary
900.00
900.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage 24.75
24.75
All other
10.00
10.00
934.75
Police Motorcycle 265.00
265.00
265.00
Police Fire Alarm Signal System
Register
246.93
246.93
246.93
Amount carried forward
$116,162.28
Motorcycle
121
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1927]
Amount brought forward
$116,162.28
Hydrant Rental
$1,000.00
1,000.00
Replacing Three Fire Alarm Boxes
Boxes
405.00 50.41
Cables
455.41
455.41
Fire Alarm Box Fuller Avenue
Material
62.88
Box
150.00
212.88
212.88
Fire Alarm Box Aspen Road
74.88
Box
150.00
224.88
224.88*
Summary of Protection of Life and Property
Police
Appropriations $44,586.00
Expenditures
Balance $4,790.28
Fire
39,510.00
39,491.27
18.73
Sealer of Wts. and Measures
555.00
555.00
Moth
5,364.00
4,989.35
374.65
Tree Warden
2,400.00
2,399.52
.48
Forest Warden
200.00
200.00
Tires, Combination B.
260.00
237.07
22.93
Dog Officer
200.00
200.00
Constable
60.00
60.00
Inspector of Animals
100.00
100.00
Town Weigher
30.00
20.60
9.40
Inspector of Buildings
935.00
934.75
.25
Police Motorcycle
265.00
265.00
Police Fire Alarm Signal
250.00
246.93
3.07
Hydrant Rental
1,000.00
1,000.00
Replacing Fire Alarm Boxes
480.00
455.41
24.59
Fire Alarm Box, Fuller Ave.
225.00
212.88
12.12
Fire Alarm Box, Aspen Road
225.00
224.88
.12
Total
96,645.00
91,388.38
5,256.62
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department
General Administration
Salaries, Board of Health
500.00
Agent and Clerk
2,864.00
Stationery and Postage
98.19
Printing and Advertising
463.30
All other
633.77
4,559.26
Amount carried forward
$118,055.45
Wire
$39,795.72
122
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$118,055.45
Quarantine Board and Treatment
$832.89
Medical Attendance and Nurses 18.00
All other
35.70
$886.59
Tuberculosis
Board and Treatment
1,268.60
1,268.60
Vital Statistics
Births
454.00
Deaths
99.00
553.00
Other Expenses
Fumigation and Disinfections
5.00
All other
4.75
9.75
Inspections
School Children Expenses
45.17
45.17
Slaughtering
Salaries
100.00
100.00
Milk and Vinegar
Expenses
260.79
260.79
Plumbing
1,085.00
1,085.00
8,768.16
Cleaning Beaches
Wages, care of offal
393.00
Burying Cats and Dogs
27.00
Painting Boat
8.60
Special Collections
50.00
Labor, Cleaning Beaches
517.50
Teams
197.50
Material and Tools
26.40
1,220.00
1,220.00
Health Nurse
Salary
1,274.00
Expenses
16.50
1,290.50
1,290.50
Sewer Department
Administration
Commissioners
350.00
Superintendent
1,820.00
All Other
318.88
2,488.88
General
Tools and Equipment
122.30
All other
422.96
545.26
Amount carried forward
$129,334.11
1927]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
123
Amount brought forward
$129,334.11
Pumping Station
Engineers and Firemen
$3,640.00
Fuel and Light
1,483.15
Oil and Waste
29.25
Repairs on Buildings
20.26
Water
227.83
All other
97.44
$5,497.93
8,532.07
Particular Sewers
Contractors
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Refuse and Garbage
Refuse
Contractor
7,985.00
Night Soil
86.77
All other
5.60
8,077.37
Garbage
Contractor
5,500.00
5,500.00
13,577.37
Health Dump
Wages
1,575.00
Tool House
35.00
All Other
18.24
1,628.24
1,628.24
Dental Clinic
Dentists
400.00
Laundry
13.30
Express
.91
Supplies and cabinet
129.07
545.68
545.68
Brooks
Repairs
85.99
Cleaning
188.40
Pipe
. 9.45
283.84
283.84
Norfolk Avenue Sewer
Contractor
2,188.37
Advertising
9.50
All Other
2.13
2,200.00
2,200.00
Buena Vista Street Sewer
Contractor
2,662.05
Advertising
9.50
Pans
9.00
2,680.55
2,680.55
Amount carried forward
$159,781.86
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$159,781.86
Summary of Health and Sanitation
Health
Approp. $9,183.00
Expend. $8,768.16
Balance $414.84
Cleaning Beaches
1,220.00
1,220.00
Health Nurse
1,350.00
1,290.50
59.50
Sewer
9,000.00
8,532.07
467.93
Particular Sewers
1,000.00
1,000.00
Refuse and Garbage
13,730.00
13,577.37
152.63
Health Dump
1,700.00
1,628.24
71.76
Dental Clinic
550.00
545.68
4.32
Brooks
500.00
283.84
216.16
Norfolk Ave. Sewer
2,200.00
2,200.00
Buena Vista St. Sewer
2,700.00
2,680.55
19.45
Total
43,133.00
41,726.41
1,406.59
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES Highway Administration
Surveyor
$2,310.00
Clerk
200.00
Telephone
78.61
Light
9.63
$2,598.24
$2,598.24
Highway
General Administration
Compensation Snow
176.00
Compensation York
64.00
Compensation Burnett
399.00
General
Labor
23,046.00
Teams
3,832.50
Equipment and Repairs
742.66
Hay, Grain and Straw
2,523.52
Blacksmithing
473.90
All other
151.00
30,769.58
Motor Vehicles
Gasoline and Oil
435.81
Supplies and Repairs
76.19
Registration
18.00
530.00
Other Expenses
Coal
214.70
Express
13.65
Veterinary
88.50
Kerosene Oil
58.25
Insurance
281.00
Outside Snow Plows
30.00
Repairs of plows
66.95
Medical Services
28.00
Signs
4.50
Special
904.17
1,689.72
35,604.26
Amount carried forward
$197,984.36
639.00
125
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Amount brought forward
$197,984.36
Snow and Ice
Labor
$7,613.75
Teams
1,038.50
Storage of tractor
55.00
Gasoline '
206.64
Outside Contractors
796.00
Salt
54.00
Repairs
35.27
New Equipment
147.00
Medical Services
15.00
$9,961.16
9,961.16
Lighting Streets
Spot Lights
34.40
Incandescents
8,780.71
Arcs
8,005.83
White Way
2,262.94
19,083.88
19,083.88
Highway Locker
Balance on contract
282.60
282.60
282.60
Tractor and Plow
Snow plow
499.00
499.00
499.00
Humphrey Street Resurfacing
Contractor
6,639.32
Labor
492.50
Teaming
60.00
Fence
23.90
Castings
112.00
All other
47.50
7,375.22
7,375.22
Street Construction
Paver
852.00
Labor
1,447.50
Grates
55.00
Cement
84.20
2,138.70
2,138.70
Sidewalks and Curbing
Maintenance
Labor
732.50
Teams
120.00
All other
276.00
1,128.50
Amount carried forward
$235,348.96
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$235,348.96
Construction Cement
$28.80 1,643.36
Tar
Sand
199.34
$1,871.50
3,000.00
Crushed Stone and Gravel
Dust
1,504.52 322.33
Stone
1,731.26
3,558.11
3,558.11
Seal Coating
Cold Patch
473.84
Tarvia
2,255.70
Penetrating Asphalt
937.44
3,666.98
3,666.98
Continuous Sidewalks
Advertising
28.50 5,341.50
Curbing
130.00
5,500.00
5,500.00
Street Watering and Oiling
Sprinkling Water
Teams
790.00
Water
56.78
Repairs
21.00
867.78
Sprinkling Other
Labor
340.00
Materials
2,486.94
All other
31.00
2,857.94
3,725.72
Labor
New Streets Accepted 1926 1,555.00 225.00
Teams
1,780.00
1,780.00
Stable 'Repairs 275.45
Stock and labor
275.45
'275.45
New Equipment
Two Horse Tip Carts
1,000.00
Mixer
205.80
Harnesses
375.64
Horses
600.00
2,181.44
2,181.44
Amount carried forward
$259,036.66
Sand
Contractor
1927]
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127
Amount brought forward
$259,036.66
Heater
$782.00
782.00
Street and Traffic Signs
Contractor
1,131.37
Painted Signs
168.35
Labor
175.00
Railroad Signs
22.43
Traffic Signs
60.00
All other
31.87
1,589.02
1,589.02
Highway Truck
Truck
Advertising
5,277.90 14.70
5,292.60
5,292.60
Greenwood Avenue
Contractor
3,594.23
Removing Trees
142.00
Castings
30.00
All Other
26.65
3,792.88
3,792.88
Mountwood Road
Labor
1,810.00
Teams
272.50
Drilling and Blasting
200.00
All Other
5.75
2,288.25
2,288.25
Humphrey Street Paving
Contractor
925.30
Labor
46.00
Curbing
28.70
1,000.00
1,000.00
Ellis Terrace
Repairs
50.00
50.00
50.00
Morton Road
340.00
Labor Teams
60.00
400.00
400.00
Amount carried forward
1
$268,231.41
Highway Garage Heater $782.00
128
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$268,231.41
Magnolia Road
Advertising
$48.85
Contractor
1,500.00
Catch basin stones
68.00
Castings
124.61
Stone dust
93.14
All other
4.75
$1,839.35
Puritan Park Streets
Labor
920.00
Teams
180.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Huron Street Abatement of Nuisance
Labor
1,558.10
Teaming
240.00
Filling
279.50
Pipe
126.00
Castings
60.00
Brick
45.00
2,308.60
2,308.60
Summary of Highways and Bridges
Balance from Previous Year
Transfer to
Expend. Balance
Highway Administration
$2,790.00
$2,598.24
$191.76
Highway
38,800.00
33,628.30
5,171.70
Snow and Ice
10,000.00
9,961.16
38.84
Lighting Streets
20,500.00
19,083.88
1,416.12
Highway Locker
$735.20
282.60
452.60
Tractor and Plow
1,230.05
499.00
731.05
Humphrey St. Resurfacing 5,129.04
2,512.63
7,375.22
266.45
Puritan Rd. Land Grant 500.00
2,500.00
2,138.70
361.30
Sidewalks and Curbing
3,000.00
3,000.00
Crushed Stone and Gravel
4,000.00
3,558.11
441.89
Seal Coating
4,000.00
3,666.98
333.02
Continuous Sidewalks
5,500.00
5,500.00
274.28
Wyman and Millett Roads
3,000.00
1,780.00
1,220.00
Stable Repairs
1,000.00
275.45
724.55
New Equipment
2,600.00
2,181.44
418.56
Garage Heater
1,200.00
782.00
418.00
Street Signs
2,000.00
1,589.02
410.98
Highway Truck
5,500.00
5,292.60
207.40
Greenwood Avenue
4,000.00
3,792.88
207.12
Mountwood Road
3,000.00
2,288.25
711.75
Humphrey St. Paving
1,000.00
1,000.00
Minerva Street
400.00
400.00
Hawthorne Road
200.00
200.00
Estabrook Road
200.00
200.00
Ellis Terrace
50.00
50.00
Elm Place
300.00
300.00
Morton Road
400.00
400.00
Magnolia Road
2,000.00
1,839.35
160.65
Puritan Park Streets
1,100.00
1,100.00
Glen Road
600.00
600.00
Huron Street
2,500.00
2,500.00
Huron Street Abatement
2,500.00
2,308.60
191.40
Mapledale Place Catch Basin
1,000.00
1,000.00
Total
$7,594.29 $132,152.63 $2,500.00 $119,697.50 $22,549.42
Amount carried forward
$279,479.36
St. Watering and Oiling
4,000.00
3,725.72
2,500.00
New Streets Accepted
2,500.00
500.00
Street Construction
Approp.
129
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Amount brought forward
$279,479.36 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Poor
General Administration
Salary and Wages
$450.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage 25.35 All Other 44.47
$519.82
Outside Relief by Town
Groceries and Provisions
624.42
Coal and Wood
277.04
Board and Care
424.00
Medicine & Medical Attendance
208.65
State Institutions
380.00
All other
42.65
1,956.76
Relief by Other Cities
2,488.57
Mothers' Aid
125.00
Other Expenses
Cash Aid
2,875.25
Rent
991.50
3,866.75
8,956.90
Soldiers' Relief
General Administration
75.00
Cash Aid
4,485.00
Groceries and Provisions
319.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
61.10
All Other
19.00
4,959.10
State Aid
State Aid
516.00
516.00
Military Aid
Military Aid
620.00
620.00
Pensions
School
925.00
Police
2,200.00
Fire
300.00
Highway
2,110.10
5,535.10
Summary of Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Approp.
Expend. $8,956.90
$93.10
Soldiers' Relief
5,000.00
4,959.10
40.90
State Aid
700.00
516.00
184.00
Military Aid
720.00
620.00
100.00
Pensions
5,535.10
5,535.10
Total
$21,005.10
$20,587.10
$418.00
Amount brought forward
$300,066.46
Balance
Poor
$9,050.00
130
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[Dec. 31
Amount carried forward
$300,066.46
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES Schools
General
Salary of Secretary of School Committee $90.00
Salary of Superintendent 3,750.00
Secretary to Superintendent
1,200.00
Printing, Stationery & Postage
200.63
Telephone
437.15
Traveling Expenses
514.11
School Census
58.00
Substitutes
1,319.00
All other
192.64
$7,761.53
Teachers' Salaries
High
32,037.00
Elementary
40,146.50
Junior High
33,740.00
Supervisors
6,824.00
112,747.50
Text Books and Supplies
High: Text & Reference Books
979.14
All other
1,715.88
Elementery:
Text & Reference Books
2,274.86
All other
1,556.94
Domestic Science
346.75
Manual Training
966.91
7,840.48
Tuition
Continuation School
14.56
Trade and Shoe Schools
223.67
Evening School
21.64
259.87
Transportation of Pupils
750.00
750.00
Support of Truants
104.00
104.00
Janitors' Services
High
2,175.70
Elementary
3,699.50
Junior High
3,221.63
9,096.83
Fuel and Light
High
1,426.83
Elementary
2,396.56
Junior High
2,642.04
Maintenance Bldgs. & Grounds High
Repairs
450.30
Janitors' Supplies
148.34
All other
213.02
Elementary
2,559.36
Janitors' Supplies
341.79
All other
731.52
4,444.33
Amount carried forward
$300,066.46
6,465.43
Repairs
1927]
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131
Amount brought forward
$300,066.46
Furniture and Furnishings High
Elementary
$80.08 12.00
$92.08
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
53.91
Miscellaneous Printing
99.03
Medical Inspection
500.00
All other
344.53
1,699.94
151,261.99
Hadley School Furniture
Furnishings
477.04
477.04
Library
Salaries and Wages
Librarian
1,500.00
Assistants
1,440.52
Janitor
1,230.00
4,170.52
Books, Periodicals, etc.
Books
350.43
Periodicals
174.40
524.83
Binding Books
307.45
307.45
Fuel and Light
Fuel
282.10
Light
308.36
590.46
Buildings
Repairs
48.14
All other
85.13
133.27
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing and Advertising
112.83
All other
138.32
251.15
5,977.68
Joanna Morse Fund
Books
595.81
595.81
Books
118.11
118.11
High School Repairs
15.20
Contractor
3,944.80
Specifications
40.00
4,000.00
Amount carried forward
$462,497.09
Advertising
Ellen R. Whittle Fund
132
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$462,497.09
Summary of School and Libraries Balance from Previous year to
Transfer
School
Hadley School Furniture
762.67
477.04
235.36
Library
6,000.00
5,977.68
22.32
Joanna Morse Fund
428.82
263.03
595.81
96.04
Mary L. Thomson Fund
12.64
50.63
63.27
Ellen R. Whittle Fund
23.58
101.25
118.11
6.72
High School Repairs
4,000.00
4,000.00
Total
$1,227.71 $161,270.00 $414.91 $162,430.63 $481.99
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Parks
Administration
Secretary
$100.00
Telephone
30.94
Miscellaneous
2.10
$133.04
General Expense
Labor
1,789.35
Equipment
52.58
All other
480.83
2,322.76
Blaney Beach
Superintendent
1,040.00
Raft
827.01
All other
712.15
2,579.16
Abbott Park
Labor
280.00
All other
97.84
377.84
Jackson Park
Labor
360.00
All other
582.85
942.85
Phillips Park
Labor
660.00
All other
321.97
981.97
Monument Avenue
Labor
663.45
All other
330.01
993.46
8,331.08
Unpaid Bills
Poor Department
1,447.01
Moth Department
8.14
Park Department
783.83
Highway Department
15.00
Town Hall Department
215.30
Trust Fund Custodian's Bond
Premium
40.00
40.00
Amount carried forward
$473,337.45
Bal.
Approp. $151,270.00
Expend.
$151,261.99
$8.01
2,469.28
1927]
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133
Amount brought forward
$473,337.45
District Nurse Swampscott Visiting Nurse Association $300.00
300.00
Memorial Day
Gen. James L. Bates Post 118 G. A. R.
300.00
Flowers and Wreaths
36.50
Flags
5.00
Markers
14.50
Paint and Brushes
10.00
All other
98.81
464.81
Soldiers' Exemption
Soldiers' Exemption 14.63
14.63
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
Markers
25.00
Flags
3.75
Gloves
6.00
Band
110.00
Plants and flowers
37.00
Clergyman
5.00
Miscellaneous
6.76
193.51
Heat and Light G. A. R. Hall
Janitor
152.00
Light
29.85
Fuel
71.40
Repairs
369.73
622.98
Printing Town Reports
Printing
1,285.57
Distribution
140.00
Editing
100.00
Advertising
5.70
Messenger
.35
1,531.62
Printing By-Laws
Printing by-laws
235.50
235.50
Legion Lease
Legion lease
950.00
950.00
Insurance
Fire
5,396.53
Liability
270.00
Boiler
498.08
.
6,164.61
Amount carried forward
$483,815.11
134
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$483,815.11
Fourth of July
Prizes
$127.00
Music
330.00
Ice Cream
67.20
Fireworks
350.00
Flags
52.90
Truck and Express
8.35
Light
16.00
951.45
Heat and Light V. F. W. Hall
Fuel
60.56
Light
31.83
Janitor
100.00
Other Expenses
3.75
196.14
Summary of Recreation and Unclassified
Transfer Transfer
To From
Expend.
Bal.
Trust Fund Custodian's Bond 40.00
40.00
Unpaid Bills
2,469.28
2,469.28
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
4,867.90
132.10
Memorial Day
500.00
464.81
35.19
Soldiers' Exemption
50.00
14.63
35.37
District Nurse
300.00
300.00
Firemen's Memorial Sunday
200.00
193.51
6.49
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall 700.00
622.98
77.02
Printing Town Reports
1,531.67
1,531.62
.05
Printing Town By-laws
200.00
35.50
235.50
Insurance
5,250.00
914.61
6,164.61
Legion Lease
950.00
950.00
Fourth of July
1,000.00
951.45
48.55
Heat and Light V. F. W. Hall 200.00
196.14
3.86
Total
$25,890.95 $1,800.11 $4,867.90 $22,465.61 $357.55
ENTERPRISES
Water
Administration
Commissioners
350.00
Stationery and Postage
24.11
Printing and Advertising
127.70
Telephone
81.78
All other
371.33
Loans and Interest
Loans
10,000.00
Interest
9,397.50
Metropolitan Water Assessment
Loan Sinking Fund
1,051.23
Interest on Same
9,709.27
Cost of Maintenance
5,624.69
Serial Bonds
697.36
Brookline Credit
604.55
Improvements, etc.
1,667.60
19,354.70
Amount carried forward
$484,962.70
Parks
Appropriation $7,500.00
$850.00
$8,331.08
$18.92
954.92
19,397.50
135
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1927]
Amount brought forward
General
Pipe and Fittings
$12,903.48
Meters and Fittings
1,703.91
Motor Vehicles Maintenance
723.87
All other
1,498.32
Service Connections Labor
2,075.87
Extensions
Labor
2,229.78
Contractors
4,086.62
All other
5.00
6,321.40
Labor
Relaying
1,610.49
Meters
2,419.00
Maintenance
7,630.68
11,660.17
76,594.14
Cemetery
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent
1,050.00
Labor
1,800.00
2,850.00 .
Other Expenses
Loam
25.00
Shrubs
97.00
Tools
67.21
Telephone
28.53
All other
215.56
433.30
3,283.30
New Cemetery Lot Construction
Contractor
358.36
358.36
Cemetery Grading Wright Street and Lots
Contract
2,241.64
Advertising
6.30
Underground Cable
46.42
All other
7.11
2,301.47
Cemetery Wall
Contractor
500.00
500.00
Summary of Enterprises
Balance from Previous year
Transfer
Approp. to
Expend.
Bal.
Water
$6,261.18
$76,971.88 $76,594.14 $6,638.92 3,283.30 6.70
New lot construction
385.36
385.36
Land for Cemetery
491.25
491.25
Cemetery grading
2,500.00
2,301.47
198.53
Cemetery Wall
500.00
500.00
Total
$7,110.79 $6,290.00 $76,971.88 $83,037.27 $7,335.40
Amount carried forward
$567,999.97
Cemetery
3,290.00
$484,962.70
$16,829.58
136
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$567,999.97
NON-REVENUE Redington Street School
Architect
$2,050.00 774.90
Painting
70.00
Carpenter
34.85
All other
8.13
2,937.88
Emergency Water
Pipe and labor Humphrey Street 3,857.39
3,857.39
Emergency Sewer
Contractor
1,409.03
Castings
71.00
Advertising
15.20
All other
141.10
1,636.33
Bay View Drive Water Main
Stock and labor
1,009.71
1,009.71
Humphrey Street Resurfacing
Contractor
8,300.00
Advertising
10.50
8,310.50
Barnstable Street Water Main
Contractor digging and filling trench
1,318.20
Labor and material
1,389.98
2,708.18
Summary of Non-Revenue
Balance from pre- Appro- vious year priation $3,739.78
Transfer Transfer To From
Expend.
Balance
Redington St. School
Emergency Water ..
2,823.21
$1,034.18 8,098.07 $4,900.00
1,636.33
3,523.58
Bay View Drive Water Main. 2,043.89
1,034.18
1,009.71
Humphrey St. Resurfacing
8,358.33
8,310.50
47.83
Millett Road Sewer.
3,522.10
3,522.10
Aspen Road Sewer.
1,998.66
1,998.66
Orchard Road Sewer.
2,577.31
2,577.31
Barnstable St. Water Main.
$4,000.00
2,708.18 1,291.82
Kensington Lane Water Main. .
6,000.00
6,000.00
Continuous Sidewalks .
4,500.00
4,500.00
Foster Road Water Main
3,000.00
3,000.00
Investigation Committee.
1,000.00
1,000.00
$33,025.12$12,500.00$9,132.25$20,032.25$20,459.99$14,165.13
Interest, Maturing Debt and Agency
Interest
Loans in Anticipation of
,8,370.54
General Debt
14,893.50
Sewer Loans
7,830.75
T. B. Hospital Notes
2,280.00
33,374.79
33,374.79
Amount carried forward
$621,834.75
$2,937.88 3,857.39
$801.90
Emergency Sewer. .
1,961.84
Taxes
Electrical Contract
1927]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
137
Amount brought forward
$621,834.75
Debt
General Debt Maturing $41,200.00
Sewer Bonds Maturing 15,850.00
T. B. Hospital Notes Maturing 4,000.00 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue 400,000.00
$461,050.00
461,050.00
Agency
State Tax
31,200.00
County Tax
30,886.93
T. B. Hospital Assessment
3,985.55
Metropolitan Park Tax
12,600.64
Charles River Basin Tax
1,756.16
State Auditing Tax
833.06
State Highway Tax
971.94
Metropolitan Planning
Commission Tax
145.97
Southern Route Tax
1,364.08
Brighton St. Bridge Tax
277.54
84,021.87
Refunds
Overlay 1926
14.00
Overlay 1927
2.60
Corp. Tax 1921-1922
163.88
Trust and National Bank Taxes 145.12
Dance licenses
10.00
Sealer's fees
.09
335.69
Overpayments later reimbursed
Hadley School Furniture
17.82
Poor Department
30.00
Military Aid
20.00
Parks
36.21
Memorial Day
.65
Cemetery
24.00
128.68
Trust Funds Income
Cemetery lots
389.00
Phillips Medal
38.50
427.50
Trust Funds
Cemetery lots
1,969.50
1,969.50
Total Expenditures
1,169,767.99
TRANSFERS
To Emergency Sewer from Millett Road Sewer
3,522.10
To Emergency Sewer from Aspen Road Sewer
1,998.66
Amount carried forward
$5,520.76
84,021.87
335.69
128.68
427.50
138
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward $5,520.76
To Emergency Sewer From Orchard, Nason and Neighborhood Road Sewers $2,577.31
To Emergency Sewer from Bay View Drive Water Main 1,034.18
To Loans Authorized from Kensington Lane and Lewis Road Water Mains
6,000.00
To Highway Truck from Excess and Deficiency 5,500.00
To Greenwood Avenue from Excess and Deficiency 4,000.00
To Mountwood Road from Excess and Deficiency 3,000.00
To Humphrey Street Paving from Excess and Deficiency 1,000.00
To Minerva Street from Excess and Deficiency 400.00
To Hawthorne Road from Excess and Deficiency 200.00
To Estabrook Road from Excess and Deficiency 200.00
To Ellis Terrace from Excess and Deficiency 50.00
To Elm Place from Excess and Deficiency 300.00
To Morton Road from Excess and Deficiency 400.00
To Magnolia Road from Excess and Deficiency 2,000.00
To Puritan Park Streets from Excess and Deficiency 1,100.00
To Glen Road from Excess and Deficiency 600.00
To Huron Street from Excess and Deficiency 2,500.00
To Mapledale Place Catch Basin from Excess and Deficiency 1,000.00
To Fire Alarm Box Fuller Ave. from Excess and Deficiency 225.00
To Fire Alarm Box Aspen Road from Excess and Deficiency 225.00
To Unpaid Bills from Excess and Deficiency 2,469.28
To Overlay 1924 from Excess and Deficiency 32.50
To Overlay 1925 from Excess and Deficiency 114.99
To Overlay 1926 from Excess and Deficiency 364.94
To Overlay 1926 from Overlay Reserve
136.12
To Norfolk Avenue Sewer from Emergency Sewers 2,200.00
To Buena Vista Street Sewer from Emergency Sewers 2,700.00
To Cemetery Grading from Cemetery lots fund income 2,500.00
To Cemetery Wall from Cemetery lots fund income 500.00
To Trust and Investment Fund Income from Phillips Medal Fund Income 66.78
To Excess and Deficiency from Petty Cash 90.00
To Tax Title Revenue from Excess and Deficiency 2,504.90
To Tax Title Revenue from Excess and Deficiency 14.30
To Insurance from Reserve Fund 914.61
To Huron St. Abatement of nuisance from Reserve Fund 2,500.00
Amount carried forward
$54,940.67
1927]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
139
Amount brought forward
To Park from Reserve Fund
$850.00
To Taxes 1925 from Excess and Deficiency
.04
To Selectmen from Reserve Fund 315.40
To Election and Registration from Reserve Fund
149.75
To Town Hall from Reserve Fund 102.64
To Printing By-laws from Reserve Fund
35.50
To General Debt Maturing from Premiums on Notes and Bonds
23.00
56,417.00
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Balance Sheet, December 31, 1927
Cash
Petty Cash
Uncollected Taxes 1926 Poll
12.00
Uncollected Taxes 1926 Personal
310.60
Uncollected Taxes 1926 Real Estate
1,901.65
2,224.25
Uncollected Taxes 1927 Poll
102.00
Uncollected Taxes 1927 Personal
2,503.51
Uncollected Taxes 1927 Real Estate
87,407.17
90,012.68
Uncollected Moth 1926
.25
Uncollected Moth 1927
297.25
297.50
Uncollected Unapportioned Sidewalks
2,060.65
Uncollected Sidewalks 1927
595.27
2,655.92
Uncollected Unapportioned Sewers
283.13
Uncollected Sewers 1926
118.03
Uncollected Sewers 1927
1,205.27
1,606.43
Property Taken by Town for Taxes Tax Titles
255.35
2,504.68
2,760.03
Water Accounts Receivable 1923
.14
Water Accounts Receivable 1925
1.59
Water Accounts Receivable 1926
106.86
Water Accounts Receivable 1927
6,943.94
7,052.53
Water Services
824.81
Interest
433.87
Rents
30.00
1,288.68
Departmental Accounts Receivable Health 1,345.98
Departmental Accounts Receivable School
150.00
Departmental Accounts Receivable Poor
590.50
2,086.48
Overlay 1925
22.93
Overlay 1926
247.66
Loans Authorized
8,500.00
$206,583.47
$54,940.67
87,738.38 90.00
140
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Debt
Net Bonded Debt
Water Loan Sinking Fund
$627,091.06 149,608.94
$776,700.00
Trust Funds
Securities and Cash
21,350.96
Securities, Income and Interest
5,065.68
Sidewalks and Sewers
26,416.64 3,649.14
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1927
Accounts Current
Water Rates 1924 Overpayment
$1.00
Excess and Deficiency
63,828.40
Revenue
Water Revenue
8,340.21
Moth Revenue
297.50
Sidewalk Revenue
2,655.92
Sewer Revenue
1,606.43
Tax Title Revenue
2,760.03
Departmental Accounts Receivable
Revenue
2,086.48
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
100,000.00
Overlay 1927
2,599.41
Magnolia Road
160.65
Street and Traffic Signs
410.98
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
96.04
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
63.27
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
6.72
Water
6,638.92
Land for Cemetery
491.25
Cemetery Grading
198.53
General Debt Maturing
176.60
128,588.94
Non-Revenue
Redington Street School
801.90
Emergency Sewer
3,523.58
Humphrey Street Resurfacing
47.83
Continuous Sidewalks
4,500.00
Foster Road Water Main
3,000.00
Barnstable Street Water Main
1,291.82
Investigation Committee
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