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Due in 1938
9,350.00
Due in 1939
8,350.00
Due in 1940
7,350.00
Due in 1941
7,350.00
Due in 1942
6,350.00
Due in 1943
1,750.00
Due in 1944
1,750.00
Due in 1945
1,500.00
Due in 1946
1,500.00
Due in 1947
1,500.00
Due in 1948
1,500.00
Due in 1949
1,500.00
Due in 1950
1,500.00
Due in 1951
1,500.00
Due in 1952
500.00
$147,700.00
Water Loans, Issued Outside Debt Limit
Due in 1930
$8,000.00
Due in 1931
8,000.00
Due in 1932
8,000.00
Due in 1933
8,000.00
Due in 1934
8,000.00
Due in 1935
7,500.00
Due in 1936
7,000.00
Due in 1937
5,500.00
Due in 1938
5,500.00
Due in 1939
4,500.00
Due in 1940
1,500.00
Due in 1941
1,500.00
Due in 1942
1,500.00
Due in 1943
1,500.00
Due in 1944
1,500.00
Due in 1945
1,500.00
$79,000.00
Temporary Loan Notes Issued in Anticipation of Revenue
Payable at Rate When Payable
Amount
440 Dec. 6, 1929
1st Nat'l Bank, Boston
3.70%
Nov. 12, 1930
$25,000.00
441 Dec. 6, 1929
1st Nat'l Bank, Boston
3.70%
Nov. 12, 1930
$25,000.00
442 Dec. 6, 1929
1st Nat'l Bank, Boston
3.70%
Nov. 12, 1930
$25,000.00
443
Dec. 6, 1929
1st Nat'l Bank, Boston
3.70%
Nov. 12, 1930
$25,000.00
$100,000.00
No
Date
170
TREASURER'S REPORT Principal and Interest Due in 1930
GENERAL DEBT
TOTAL
Inside Debt Limit Principal Interest
Outside Debt Limit
SEWER LOANS Outside Debt Limit Principal Interest
WATER LOANS Outside Debt Limit Principal Interest Principal
Interest
January
$2,177.50
February
6,603.25
7,922.43
March
1,046.50
April
$2,000.00
1,707.50
$4,000.00
$940.00
$3,000.00
739.34
$9,000.00
3,739.34
May
2,200.00
343.00
$3,250.00
629.25
500.00
116.25
5,950.00
1,088.50
3,000.00
405.00
3,000.00
405.00
August
21,700.00
6,603.25
3,500.00
958.24
1,500.00
361.33
29,700.00
7,922.82
September
1,600.00
1,046.50
4,600.00
1,046.50
October
8,000.00
1,667.50
860.00
2,000.00
352.50
1,500.00
686.91
11,500.00
3,566.91
November
500.00
296.50
1,500.00
563.00
500.00
105.00
2,500.00
964.50
December
1,000.00
343.75
1,000.00
343.75
Total of Principal Total of Interest
$51,900.00
$4,000.00
$14,850.00
$8,000.00
$78,750.00
$22,324.75
$1,800.00
$5,906.50
$3,210.00
$33,241.25
-
July
10,500.00
2,177.50
1,000.00
420.00
11,500.00
2,597.50
$958.01 1,046.50 352.50
$420.00 361.17
$2,597.50
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Principal Interest
1929]
REPORT OF TREASURER
171
Town Debt December 31, 1929
General Debt Bonds and Notes
Inside Debt Limit Issues
$502,600.00
Outside Debt Limit Issues
47,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds and Notes
147,700.00
Water Loan Bonds and Notes
79,000.00
Total Debt
$776,300.00
General Debt Statement Indicating Borrowing Capacity as of December 31, 1929
Valuation 1927, less abatements
*$22,878,428.00
Valuation 1928, less abatements
* 22,746,142.00
Valuation 1929, less abatements
* 24,058,086.00
Gross three years' valuation
$69,682,656.00
Average valuation
$23,227,552.00
Three per cent. of average valuation
$696,826.56
Less:
Bonds and Notes issued within the debt limit
502.600.00
Borrowing Capacity $194,226.56
*Figures furnished by the Board of Assessors.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES W. LIBBY, Town Treasurer.
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172
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Trust Funds
Joanna Morse Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1929 Principal Income accrued, 1929
$5,196.00 263.03
$5,459.03
Less withdrawals
263.03
Balance, December 31, 1929
$5,196.00
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
Principal, January 1, 1929 Income accrued, 1929
$2,000.00
101.25
$2,101.25
Less withdrawals
101.25
Balance, December 31, 1929
$2,000.00
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
Balance, January 1, 1929
$1,000.00 50.63
Less withdrawals
50.63
Balance, December 31, 1929
$1,000.00
Fund for Perpetual Care of Cemetery Lots
Balance, January 1, 1929
$16,393.27 4,184.50
$20,577.77
Dividends, 1929
694.18
Less withdrawals
3,500.00
Balance, December 31, 1929
$17,771.95
Municipal Insurance Fund
Balance, January 1, 1929 Principal Income accrued Dividends, 1929
$3,902.00
$2,133.45
226.71
2,360.16
Less withdrawals
3,153.15
Balance, December 31, 1929
$3,109.01
Principal Income accrued, 1929
$1,050.63
Deposits
$21,271.95
$6,262.16
173
REPORT OF THE TRUST FUNDS
1929]
Phillips School Medal Fund
Balance, January 1, 1929 Principal Income accrued
$1,000.00 1,291.37
Dividends, 1929
$2,291.37 115.99
Less withdrawals for medals
40.99
Balance, December 31, 1929
$2,366.37
High School Alumni Fund (see note)
Balance, January 1, 1929
Dividends, 1929
. $3,839.11 181.20
Total
$4,020.31
Less
Withdrawal, payment made on account of Scholarship awarded by Executive
Committee of High School Alumni Association
100.00
Balance, December 31, 1928 $3,920.31
NOTE .- This is not a town of Swampscott trust fund as defined by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915, but is held by the Town Treasurer as Trustee for the Swampscott High School Alumni. It is included in this report in order that the members of the High School Alumni may be kept informed of its existence.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. LIBBY, Town Treasurer. Treasurer of Trust Funds and Custodian of all funds and securities, as provided for by Chapter 282 of the General Acts of 1915.
Swampscott, December 31, 1929.
$2,407.36
174
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Collector of Taxes
Ralph D. Merritt, Collector of Taxes, in Account Current with the Town of Swampscott. 1929 Dr.
State tax
$28,305.00
County tax
42,960.32
State highway·
1,140.42
Auditing municipal accounts
824.33
Snow removal
47.40
Charles River Basin
2,518.48
Metropolitan Park
14,009.09
Metropolitan Planning Board
158.67
Southern route
158.93
Northern route
1,668.50
Moth tax
2,562.25
Sidewalk assessment
1,332.26
Sewer assessment
1,005.88
Town tax
446,827.49
Overlay
4,000.00
Poll tax
6,108.00
Poll tax (supplementary)
46.00
Special warrant (vessel)
70.67
Interest on taxes at 6 per cent. from Oct. 15, 1929, to January 1, 1930
183.03
$553,926.72
Cr.
Cash paid on moth tax
$2,239.25
Cash paid on sidewalk assessment
974.87
Cash paid on sewer assessment
573.62
Cash paid on poll taxes
5,998.00
Cash paid on taxes
458,293.70
Cash paid on special warrant (vessel)
70.67
Cash paid on interest on taxes from October 15, 1929, to January 1, 1930
183.03
Abatement on poll taxes
72.00
Abatement on taxes
1,363.18
Abatement on moth taxes
.50
Uncollected moth tax
322.50
Uncollected sidewalk assessment
357.39
Uncollected sewer assessment
432.26
Uncollected poll taxes
84.00
Uncollected taxes
82,961.75
$553,926.72
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1929 Dr.
Excise tax warrant No. 1
$29,047.74
Excise tax warrant No. 2
9,642.82
Excise tax warrant No. 3
6,229.39
Excise tax warrant No. 4
1,596.72
Excise tax warrant No. 5
2,597.80
Excise tax warrant No. 6
1,089.96
Interest on taxes from October 15, 1929, to January 1, 1930
45.93
$50,250.36
1929]
REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
175
Cr.
Cash paid on excise taxes Abatement on excise taxes Interest paid on taxes from October 15, 1929, to January 1, 1930 Uncollected excise taxes
$42,963.93 4,032.27
45.93
3,208.23
$50,250.36
Water 1927 Dr.
Water rates
$17.50
Cash paid
$16.07 1.43
Water 1928 Dr.
Water rates
$10,025.78
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
$9,775.77 50.83
199.18
Water 1929 Dr.
Water rates
$71,443.79
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
$58,519.08 121.00
12,803.71
Water Service 1927 Dr. .
Water service
$58.40
Cash paid
$58.40
Water service
$1,205.26
Cash paid
$1,062.78 142.48
Water Service 1929 Dr.
Water service
$6,540.13
Cr.
$5,318.67 91.43 1,130.03
Cash paid Abatements Uncollected
Cr.
Water Service 1928 Dr.
Cr.
Uncollected
Cr.
Uncollected
Cr.
Cr.
176
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Miscellaneous, Rents 1927 Dr.
Miscellaneous, rents
$115.52
Cash paid Uncollected
Cr.
$25.67 89.85
Miscellaneous, Rents 1928 Dr.
Miscellaneous, rents
$139.35
Cash paid Uncollected
$105.42 33.93
Miscellaneous, Rents 1929 Dr.
Miscellaneous, rents
$910.33
Cash paid Uncollected
Cr.
$704.02 206.31
Respectfully submitted, RALPH D. MERRITT, Tax Collector.
Cr.
1929]
Accounting Department
THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Board of Selectmen:
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, I herewith submit the following report of the Accounting De- partment for the year ending December 31, 1929.
Treasurer's Receipts
Taxes:
Poll, 1927
$8.00
Personal, 1927
167.31
Real Estate, 1927
974.88
$1,150.19
Poll, 1928
20.00
Personal, 1928
1,473.80
Real Estate, 1928
76,935.26
78,429.06
Poll, 1929
6,000.00
Personal, 1929
23,632.89
Real Estate, 1929
434,590.14
464,223.03
Tax Titles
1,621.65
Income Tax, 1928
4,597.19
Income Tax, 1929
84,372.00
Corp. Tax Business, 1928
951.29
Corp. Tax Business, 1929
6,597.00
Corp. Tax P. S., 1925
10.45
Corp. Tax P. S., 1928
318.41
Corp. Tax P. S., 1929
4,923.54
National Bank Tax
.19
National Bank Tax, 1926
6.86
National Bank Tax, 1928
2.65
National Bank Tax, 1929
2,634.16
Trust Co. Tax, 1927
50.25
Trust Co. Tax, 1926
22.82
Trust Co. Tax, 1928
11.72
Trust Co. Tax, 1929
2,631.87
Street Railway Tax, 1928
.47
Street Railway Tax, 1929
656.18
107,787.05
107,787.05
Licenses and Permits :
Taxi
10.00
Junk
225.00
Peddlers
99.00
Pool
6.00
Bowling Alley
4.00
Express
16.00
Used Car Dealers
35.00
Elevator
16.00
Innholders
40.00
Amount carried forward
$653,210.98
$545,423.93
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
177
178
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
Common Victualers
$36.00
Milk
37.50
Alcohol
20.00
Non-alcohol
10.00
Oleo
3.50
Soap Grease
2.00
Ice Cream
5.00
Hairdresser
5.00
Cesspool
2.00
Transportation
4.00
Auctioneer
6.00
Manicure
2.00
Intelligence Office
2.00
$586.00
586.00
Fines and Forfeits:
Court fines
318.54
318.54
318.54
Grants and Gifts:
Dog Taxes from County
577.37
577.37
577.37
Excise Tax
42,918.00
42,918.00
42,918.00
Tax on vessels
70.67
70.67
70.67
Special Assessments:
Moth, 1927
1.00
Moth, 1928
290.75
Moth, 1929
2,239.25
Sewers, 1928
235.46
Sewers, 1929
573.62
Unapportioned Sewers
10,807.32
11,616.40
Sidewalks, 1928
619.70
Sidewalks, 1929
1,020.85
Unapportioned Sidewalks
383.70
2,024.25
16,171.65
General Government:
Selectmen
Gasoline hearings
125.00
Zoning hearings
30.00
Sale of maps
8.00
Collector of Taxes
120.00
Town Hall
132.00
Board of Appeals, hearings
70.00
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police
1.65
Sealer of Weights and Measures
73.87
Tree Warden
6.50
Building permits
341.00
Health:
Division of Sanatoria
1,166.42
Board and Treatment
89.70
Sale of Ribbons
40.00
1,256.52
Highway:
Removing Snow, State Road
232.00
Use of Roller
400.00
632.00
Amount carried forward
$713,853.21
485.00
423.02
$653,210.98
2,531.00
179
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1929]
Amount brought forward
$713,853.21
Charities:
Relief given from cities and towns
$544.67
From State
809.35
Mothers' Aid from State
126.67
Burial of Paupers
121.96
Sale of Safe
10.00
$1,612.65
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
432.00
Military Aid
160.00
Soldiers' Burials
51.00
643.00
Schools:
Tuition State Wards
83.13
Other Tuition
336.25
Sale of Supplies
62.72
Vocational Education
191.71
All other
39.55
713.36
Library:
Fines
386.91
386.91
Park:
Fish House Receipts
388.30
388.30
Cemetery :
Sale of lots
3,591.00
Perpetual Care
593.50
Care of lots not under perpetual care
62.00
4,246.50
4,246.50
Water:
Rates, 1927
16.07
Rates, 1928
9,775.77
Rates, 1929
58,519.08
68,310.92
Services
6,439.85
Rent
480.00
Interest
325.11
Miscellaneous
30.00
75,585.88
Interest:
On Deposits
3,381.74
On Taxes
2,665.85
On Tax Titles
83.23
On Sidewalks Assessments
2.76
On Sewer Assessments
2.74
On Excise Taxes
45.93
Premiums on Bonds
5,456.55
11,638.80
11,638.80
Municipal Indebtedness:
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
300,000.00
Public Improvement Bonds
253,700.00
553,700.00 553,700.00
Amount carried forward
$1,365,565.15
$6,540.76
180
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$1,365,565.15
Trust Funds:
Joanna Morse Library Fund, Income
$263.03
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund, Income
101.25
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund, Income
50.63
Phillips Medal Fund, Income
40.99
Municipal Insurance Fund, Income
2,133.45
Municipal Insurance Fund
1,019.70
Cemetery Lots Fund, Income
2,494.31
Cemetery Lots Fund
1,005.69
$7,109.05
$7,109.05
Refunds:
Unclaimed Checks
1,641.55
Insurance Refunds
295.22
Insurance Loss
256.16
Overpayments, Checks returned
642.94
Refunds of Payments
208.45
3,044.32
3,044.32
Balance January 1, 1929
116,450.55
Total Receipts
$1,492,169.07
TRANSFERS
From Excess and Deficiency:
To Police Motorcycles
$530.00
To Police Side Cars
230.00
To New F. A. Box, Stanley School
250.00
To Hydrant Rental
1,000.00
To New Hose
500.00
To Essex Street Bridge
600.00
To Danvers Street Bridge
800.00
To Tercentenary
200.00
To Puritan Park Streets
1,500.00
To Crescent Street
250.00
To Catch Basin, Puritan Road
700.00
To Catch Basin, Cherry Street
650.00
To Manhole, Palmer's Pond
200.00
To Drain, Aspen Road
2,500.00
To Lewis Road
475.00
To Nason Road
1,300.00
To Cedar Road
475.00
To Francis Road
600.00
To F. A. Box, Lewis Road
200.00
To F. A. Box, Harrison Avenue
200.00
To McDermott Bill
163.97
To County Deficit
4,665.53
To Awards and Executions
1,083.20
To Humphrey Street
5,000.00
To Bay View Drive
3,500.00
To Care of Prisoners
100.00
To Fourth of July
1,000.00
To Drain, Humphrey Street
240.00
$1,375,718.52
1929]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
181
To Eastern Intercepting Sewer
$3,240.00
To Phillips Avenue Sewer
300.00
To Bradlee Avenue Sewer
720.00
To Humphrey Street and Ocean Avenue Sewer
78.00
To Bristol Avenue Sewer
258.00
To Sargent Road and Prospect Avenue Sewer
270.00
To Barnstable Street Sewer
114.00
To King's Brook Culvert
780.00
To Monument Avenue and Walker Road
3,000.00
To Franklin Avenue
3,000.00
$40,672.70
From Reserve Fund:
To Police
900.00
To Emergency Water
1,500.00
To Franklin Avenue
893.48
To School Repairs
624.40
To Fire Department Pump Repairs
534.50
To Forest Warden
82.95
To Forest Warden
45.00
To Public Welfare
240.81
To Police
94.46
To Soldiers' Relief
84.40
From Premium on Notes and Bonds:
To General Debt Maturing
5,456.55
From Municipal Insurance Fund Income:
To Insurance
2,133.45
From Municipal Insurance Fund:
To Insurance
1,019.70
From Cemetery Lots Fund Income:
1,994.31
To Cemetery Truck
500.00
From Cemetery Lots Fund:
To Cemetery Improvements
1,005.69
From Redington Street School:
801.90
From Franklin Avenue Sewer: To Emergency Sewer
3,851.36
From Fuller Avenue Sewer:
To Emergency Sewer
605.97
From Eastern Intercepting Sewer:
9.06
17,377.99
$63,050.69
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Legislative
$100.00
$100.00
Finance Committee
Clerical Services
111.34
Reports
161.00
All other
6.65
278.99
Amount carried forward
$378.99
5,000.00
To Cemetery Improvements
To High School Committee
To Emergency Sewer
Moderator, salary
182
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$378.99
Special Town Meetings Warrants
$24.75
24.75
$403.74
Selectmen's Department
Salaries and Wages
Selectmen
1,500.00
Secretary
300.00
Assistant
945.00
2,745.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
123.16
Printing and Advertising
252.71
Carfares, Teams, etc.
41.20
Furniture and Fixtures
180.96
Flowers
70.00
Flowers for Honor Roll
20.00
Books
33.50
Repairs
106.20
Addressing Machine
171.84
All other
30.43
1,030.00
3,775.00
Accounting Department
Salaries and Wages
Accountant
2,000.00
Clerks
347.00
2,347.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
92.14
Printing and Advertising
39.25
Telephone
35.80
All other
29.60
196.79
2,543.79
Treasury Department
Salaries and Wages
Treasurer
1,200.00
Assistant
300.00
All other
15.00
1,515.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
158.77
Printing and Advertising
16.12
Carfares, Teams, etc.
10.80
Telephone
10.58
Bond
230.00
Insurance
94.50
Furniture and Fixtures
102.23
Painting
115.00
All other
28.75
766.75
2,281.75
Amount carried forward
$9,004.28:
1929]
Amount brought forward
$9,004.28
Collector of Taxes Department
Salaries and Wages
Collector
$1,500.00 115.00
$1,615.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
349.08
Printing and Advertising
441.50
Tax Titles
238.08
Bond
480.00
Insurance
94.50
Painting
87.00
Furniture and Fixtures
172.25
All other
8.90
1,871.31
3,486.31
Assessors' Department
Salaries and Wages
Assessors
1,900.00
Assistant
200.00
Clerk
936.00
3,036.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
182.52
Printing and Advertising
478.72
Carfare, Teams, etc.
75.36
Telephone
27.54
Furniture and Fixtures
199.30
Deed Abstracts
103.37
All other
56.00
1,122.81
4,158.81
Town Clerk's Department
Salaries and Wages
Town Clerk
200.00
Assistant
88.00
Elections
100.00
Canvassing Births
25.00
413.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
69.53
Printing and Advertising
162.10
Oaths, Justice of the Peace
42.50
Dog Tags
20.40
Bond
5.00
All other
2.17
301.70
Law Department
Salaries and Wages
Town Counsel
1,100.00
Special Attorneys
15.00
Stenographer
150.00
Expert Witnesses
75.00
1,340.00
Amount carried forward
$17,364.10
714.70
Assistant
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
183
184
TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$17,364.10
Other Expenses
Pictures
$72.00
Auto Hire
20.00
Recording Fees
14.04
Service of Processes
39.75
Printing
165.00
$310.79
Election and Registration Department
Salaries and Wages
Registrars
425.00
Election Officers
800.00
Janitors' Overtime
25.50
All other
26.25
1,276.75
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
10.45
Printing and Advertising
464.30
Carfares, Teams, etc.
221.00
Rent of Polling Places
160.00
Moving School Desks
23.00
878.75
2,155.50
Certification of Notes and Bonds
Certifying
839.00
Advertising
32.00
871.00
871.00
Engineering Department
Salaries and Wages
Engineer
2,860.00
Assistants
3,220.83
6,080.83
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
23.86
Supplies
136.49
Blue Prints
12.12
Auto Expense
272.04
Expenses
42.50
Furniture and Fixtures
21.50
All other
8.00
516.51
6,597.34
Town Hall Department
Salaries and Wages
Janitor
1,820.00
Assistant
30.00
Other Expenses
Fuel
574.20
Light
347.70
Janitor's Supplies
189.97
Repairs
271.53
Water
18.35
Telephone
521.05
Furniture and Fixtures
225.25
All other
1.75
2,149.80
3,999.80
Amount carried forward
$32,638.53
1,850.00
$1,650.79
185
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Amount brought forward
$32,638.53
Town Hall Repairs
General
$1,498.15
$1,498.15
Board of Appeals
Clerical Services
$150.00
Advertising
24.15
Books
50.75
Stationery and Postage
24.75
249.65
249.65
Summary of General Government
Appropriation
Expenditures
Legislative
$550.00
$403.74
Balance $146.26
Selectmen
3,775.00
3,775.00
Accounting
2,545.00
2,543.79
1.21
Treasury
2,303.00
2,281.75
21.25
Cert. of Notes and Bonds
1,000.00
871.00
129.00
Collector of Taxes.
3,489.50
3,486.31
3.19
Assessors
4,200.00
4,158.81
41.19
Town Clerk
716.00
714.70
1.30
Law
2,000.00
1,650.79
349.21
Election and Registration
3,000.00
2,155.50
844.50
Engineering
6,600.00
6,597.34
2.66
Town Hall
4,000.00
3,999.80
.20
Town Hall Repairs
1,500.00
1,498.15
1.85
Board of Appeals
250.00
249.65
.35
Total
$35,928.50
$34,386.33
$1,542.17
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY Police Department
Salaries and Wages
Chief
$2,600.00
Captains
4,400.00
Patrolmen
21,875.06
Special Police
1,441.49
Clerk
. 936.00
Autos and Care of Same
Gasoline and Oil
696.36
Tires and Tubes
142.13
Repairs and Supplies
738.57
Equipment and Repairs
Equipment for Men
351.43
Department Equipment
326.26
Fuel and Light
Fuel
285.50
Light
116.59
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
76.07
Janitor's Supplies
299.76
All other
120.07
495.90
Amount carried forward
$34,386.33
$31,252.55
1,577.06
677.69
402.09
186
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$34,386.33
Amount brought forward
Other Expenses
Printing, Stationery and Postage
$270.20
Telephone
1,075.46
Medical Services
39.89
Beacons
40.00
Paint
195.83
Furniture and Fixtures
113.88
Photos
12.25
Expenses at Police School
32.00
Signs
77.18
Insurance
48.00
Water
15.86
Express
14.59
Newspapers
12.70
All other
15.75
$1,963.59
36,368.88
Police Specials
Motorcycle
530.00
530.00
Side Cars
230.00
230.00
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages
Engineers
250.00
Chief
2,600.00
Deputy Chief
2,160.00
Captains
6,300.00
Privates
22,000.00
Other Employees
2,328.17
Equipment
Apparatus
250.30
Equipment for Men
129.75
380.05
Maintenance and Repairs
Repairs
852.12
Gasoline and Oil
299.05
Alarm Boxes, etc.
370.71
All other
98.16
1,620.04
Fuel and Light
Fuel
541.33
Light
358.02
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
379.31
Furniture and Furnishings
107.46
Laundry Work
84.12
Water
81.88
All other
326.36
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing and Postage
46.21
Telephone
202.24
Medical Services and Supplies
14.40
All other
24.60
287.45
39,804.19
Amount carried forward
$111,319.40
35,638.17
899.35
979.13
1929]
Amount brought forward
$111,319.40
Fire Department Specials
Hydrant Rental
$1,000.00
1,000.00
New Hose
489.02
489.02
Fire Alarm Box, Harrison Avenue
200.00
200.00
Fire Alarm Box, Lewis Road
194.53
194.53
Fire Alarm Box, Stanley School
247.05
247.05
Pump Repairs
534.50
534.50
Fire Alarm Extension
Contract
$4,720.94
Advertising
8.40
Labor
52.50
4,781.84
4,781.84
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaries and Wages Sealer
400.00
400.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
21.16
Printing and Advertising
4.90
Teaming
126.99
Paint and Brushes
1.95
155.00
555.00
Inspector of Buildings
Salaries and Wages
Inspector
1,000.00
Assistant Inspector
9.00
1,009.00
Other Expenses
Special Counsel
200.00
Stationery
31.65
231.65
1,240.65
Moth Department
Salaries and Wages Superintendent Labor
1,160.00
2,517.50
3,677.50
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing and Postage
5.22
Telephone
27.69
Insecticides
329.53
Hardware and Tools
162.24
Carfare, Teams, etc.
272.00
Gasoline and Oil
119.24
All other
79.10
995.02
4,672.52
Tree Warden Department
Salaries and Wages Superintendent Labor
920.00 1,895.00
2,815.00
Amount carried forward
C
$125,234.51
187
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188
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
Other Expenses
Hardware and Tools
$135.25
Carfare, Teams, etc.
507.44
Gasoline and Oil
76.31
All other
6.00
$725.00
3,540.00
Forest Warden Department
Labor
306.25
Fire Gun
17.20
Brooms
4.50
327.95
327.95
Forest Warden Special
Labor
500.00
500.00
Subordinate Officials
Dog Officer
300.00
Constable
100.00
Inspector of Animals
200.00
600.00
600.00
Summary of Protection of Persons and Property
Appropriation
Transfer to $994.46
Expend. $36,368.88
Balance
Fire
39,840.00
39,804.19
$35.81
Sealer of Weights and Measures ..
555.00
555.00
Inspector of Buildings.
1,250.00
1,240.65
9.35
Moth
4,673.00
4,672.52
.48
Tree Warden
3,540.00
3,540.00
Forest Warden
200.00
127.95
327.95
Forest Warden Special
500.00
500.00
Police Specials
Motorcycles
530.00
530.00
Side Cars
230.00
230.00
Fire Specials
Stanley School F. A. Box.
250.00
247.05
2.95
Hydrant Rental
1,000.00
1,000.00
New Hose
500.00
489.02
10.98
Fire Alarm Box, Lewis Road.
200.00
194.53
5.47
Fire Alarm Box, Harrison Ave.
200.00
200.00
Pump Repairs
534.50
534.50
Fire Alarm Extension
5,000.00
4,781.84
218.16
Subordinate Officials
630.00
600.00
30.00
Total
$94,472.42
$1,656.91
$95,816.13
$313.20
HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department
Salaries and Wages
Board of Health
$500.00
Agent and Clerk
2,778.00
Stationery and Postage
126.53
Printing and Advertising
211.50
All other
169.90
$3,785.93
Amount carried forward
$130,202.46
Police
$35,374.42
$125,234.51
1929]
Amount brought forward
$130,202.46
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Medical Attendance
$39.00
Drugs and Medicines
10.00
Hospitals
148.00
Culture Examinations
141.00
All other
15.20
$353.20
Tuberculosis Board and Treatment
2,587.00
2,587.00
Vital Statistics
Births
531.50
Deaths
24.75
556.25
Other Expenses
Plumbing Inspector
1,020.00
Milk Inspection
326.68
Slaughtering Inspector
100.00
Ice Cream Inspection
8.00
1,454.68
8,737.06
Cleaning Beaches
Labor
664.34
Disposing of Offal
418.56
Burying Cats and Dogs
34.00
1,116.90
1,116.90
Health Nurse
Salary
1,300.00
Use of Automobile
50.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
Sewer Department
Administration
Commissioners
350.00
Superintendent
1,820.00
Stationery, Printing and Postage
12.00
Clerical Services
260.00
2,442.00
General
Labor
35.00
Tools and Equipment
32.40
All other
40.47
107.87
Connections
Labor
59.16
Pipe and Fittings
29.10
Contractors
150.10
238.36
Extensions
Contractors
94.13
Pipe and Fittings
42.75
Castings
37.71
174.59
Amount carried forward
$141,406.42
189
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
190
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$141,406.42
Pumping Station
Engineers
$3,640.00
Supplies
161.62
Light and Power
1,373.10
Telephone
62.39
Repairs
308.00
Water
84.30
Fuel
157.74
1
Flushing Sewers
250.00
$5,787.15 250.00
8,999.97
Particular Sewers
Contractors
729.70
Medical Services
2.00
731.70
731.70
Refuse and Garbage
Refuse Contract
7,890.00
Garbage Contract
4,975,00
1
12,865.00
12,865.00
Health Dumps
Labor
1,629.16
Teaming
2.50
Tools
4.44
Signs
3.90
Building Fence
60.00
1,700.00
- 1,700.00
Dental Clinic
Dentist
1,000.00
Supplies
116.28
Coats and Towels
26.48
Printing and Stationery
52.69
Express
.77
1,196.22
1,196.22
Brooks
Contractor
480.87
Labor
17.50
Materials
1.63
500.00
500.00
Drain, Humphrey Street
Contractor
8.62
Castings
64.38
Curbing
152.00
Advertising
8.40
Stencils
5.00
Blue Prints
1.60
240.00
240.00
Eastern Intercepting Sewer
Contractor
1,997.08
Castings
491.56
Inspection
472.50
Advertising
24.15
Amount carried forward
$167,639.31
191
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1929]
Amount brought forward
$167,639.31
Pipe
$231.70
15.16
Crushed Stone - Blue Prints Stencils
6.60
1.25
$3,240.00
3,240.00
Bradlee Avenue Sewer
Contractor
424.29
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