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17.32
16,875.26
16,875.26
Tid Street
Trucks
210.00
Compressor
410.00
Blasting
433.67
Materials
777.68
All other
6.85
1,838.20
1,838.20
Manton Road, Beach Bluff Avenue, Magnolia Road, Lexington Circle Drains
Administration
27.40
Trucks
90.00
Materials
631.15
Tools
8.54
757.09 757.09
Amount carried forward
$319,585.06
164
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$319,585.06
Beach Bluff Avenue Drain
Trucks
1,108.00 192.50
Materials
3,299.48
Tools
245.80
Pipe
2,375.25
All other
51.78
7,272.81
7,272.81
Elmwood Road Drain
Trucks
63.00
Compressor
60.00
Materials
877.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Trucks
Pipe
1,564.17
Castings
178.63
Materials
680.37
2,705.17
2,705.17
$330,563.04
Summary of Highway and Bridges
From last year
Appropri- ations Revenue
Transfers to
Expendi- Transfers tures from
Balance to
Highway
Wages
Highway
Others . .
Lighting Streets
473.51
27,300.00 24,500.00
24,973.51
Atlantic Avenue
Resurfacing
$1,425.70
៛4,208.24
5,539.89
94.05
Millett Rd. Ledge
175.00
Tid Street
1,200.00
800.00
1,838.20
161.80
Neighborhood Road Drain
1,703.61
787.19
916.42
Beach Bluff Ave.
Drain
8,450.00
7,272.81
1,177.19
Nason Rd. Drainage
Concrete Culvert
PWA 1543-F
14,031.40
±3,283.07
16,875.26
439.21
Special Highway Fund
18,150.00
18,150.00
Elmwood Rd. Drain
1,000.00
1,000.00
Crosman Ave. Drain
3,300.00
2,705.17
*594.83
Continuous Sidewalk
Construction 1939
1,414.87
7,000.00
· 8,414.87
Humphrey Street
Widening
3,500.00
*3,500.00
Manton Rd. Drain
8,175.00
757.09
*7,417.91
Continuous Sidewalk
Construction 1941
2,000.00
*2,000.00
Geo. S. Burton Est.
Easement
100.00
100.00
Bradlee Ave. Drain
2,000.00
2,000.00
$45,135.71 $40,604.69 $99,650.00 $139,195.27 $20,580.41 $16,614.72
* to 1940
¿ Receipts from State and County
¿ Receipts from Federal Government
Manton Road Drain includes also Beach Bluff Avenue, Magnolia Road and Lexington Circle.
Bradlee Avenue drain includes also Stanwood Road and Morton Road.
....
...
175.00
$212.88
$18,150.00 $24,050.00
$41,987.12
27,044.16
255.84
Crosman Avenue Drain 282.00
Amount carried forward
Compressor
165
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$330,563.04
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS BENEFITS Public Welfare
Salaries and Wages
Commissioners
350.00
Executive Secretary Secretary
150.00
Extra Clerical Services
133.00
1,536.00
1,536.00
Administration
Auto Hire
57.40
Typewriter
106.68
Printing, Stationery, Postage
141.38
All Others
16.00
Outside Relief by Town
Groceries and Provisions
3,399.71
Fuel
1,387.57
Board and Care
474.00
Medicine and Medical Attendance
1,091.11
State Institutions
1,676.69
Cash Grants to Individuals
889.50
Federal Milk
280.19
Food
442.33
Rent
735.32
Clothing and Shoes
119.58
All others
16.00
Relief by Other Cities and Towns Cities
2,808.72
2,808.72
Aid to Dependent Children
By Town
7,422.43
By State
328.55
7,750.98
W. P. A.
Rent of commissary
466.47
Supplies
92.02
Distribution
308.00
Light, Telephone, Fuel
126.73
U. S. Administration expenses
235.82
1,229.04
22,622.20
Public Welfare Investigator
Wages
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Old Age Assistance
Wages
Commissioners
350.00
Secretary
150.00
Clerical
1,092.00
1,592.00
1,592.00
Other Expenses
Cash Aid
29,117.12
Cities and Towns
1,659.60
Medical Service
54.91
Burials
60.00
All others
8.37
30,900.00
30,900.00
Amount carried forward
$388,413.24
10,512.00
321.46
903.00
166
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$388,413.24
U. S. Grant O. A. A. Administration
Clerk
40.45 488.60
Postage and Stationery
Auto Hire
238.00
767.05 767.05
U. S. Grant O. A. A. Assistance 24,663.82 24,663.82
24,663.82
U. S. Grant, Aid to Dependent Children
Cash Aid
926.75
Administration
189.00
1,115.75
1,115.75
Soldiers Relief
Wages
Agent
300.00
Clerical Service
50.00
350.00
Other Expenses
Fuel
1,126.64
Cash Aid
5,094.12
Medicine, Medical Care
479.79
Groceries
132.92
Gas and Electricity
166.77
Office Supplies
28.80
Clothing and Shoes
181.63
Federal Milk
44.83
Moving
27.00
Rent
7.00
All Others
24.30
7,313.80
7,663.80
State and Military Aid
State Aid
240.00
Military Aid
1,080.00
Soldiers Burials
16.00
1,336.00
1,336.00
Pensions and Compensation
Police
2,150.00
Fire
300.00
Highway
2,398.72
Health
936.00
Hanify case
2,339.00
8,123.72
8,123.72
Amount carried forward
$432,083.38
Cash Aid
167
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$432,083.38
Summary of Charities and Soldiers Benefits
From last Year
Transfer to
Appropri- ations $1,692.00 25,275.00
Expendi- tures $1,536.00 22,622.20
Balance to Revenue $156.00 2,652.80
Public Welfare Wages
Public Welfare Others
Pub. Wel. Investigator
1,200.00
1,200.00
Old Age Assist. Wages
1,592.00
1,592.00
Old Age Assist. Others
30,900.00
30,900.00
U. S. Grant O.A.A. Admin. 58.60
¡821.13
767.06
*112.68
U. S. Grant O.A.A. Aid
958.39
*24,635.16
......
24,663.82
*929.73
U. S. Grant Aid to De-
pendent Children, Adm.
¡251.51
189.00
*62.51
U. S. Grant Aid to De-
pendent Children, Aid
21.84
₹1,258.63
926.75
*353.72
Soldiers Relief Wages
350.00
350.00
Soldiers Relief Others
8,000.00
7,313.80
686.20
State and Military Aid
1,490.00
1,336.00
154.00
Pensions and Compensa-
tion
1,403.00
6,720.72
8,123.72
$1,038.83
$28,369.43
$77,219.72
$101,520.34
$5,107.64
* To 1940
¡ Receipts from Federal Government
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES Schools
General
Salary of Superintendent
5,000.00
Salary of Superintendent's Clerk
1,200.00
Salary of other clerks
1,832.20
Truant Officer and Nurse
1,600.00
School Census
100.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage
307.49
Telephones
419.75
Traveling Expense
224.17
All Others
164.48
Teachers' Salaries
High
49,308.22
Junior High
39,978.49
Elementary
48,612.00
Supervisory
6,844.00
Substitutes
868.00
Evening
280.00
Home
106.50
Text Books and Supplies
High
Text and reference books
1,106.35
Supplies
1,755.14
Junior High
Text and reference books
973.18
Supplies
1,032.29
Elementary
Text and reference books
876.32
Supplies
763.87
6,507.15
Amount carried forward
$432,083.38
...
. ..
... .....
10,848.09
145,997.21
168
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
Tuition
Trade Schools
225.59
Shoe School
58.00
Evening School
171.83
Transportation of Pupils
Elementary
361.00
Junior High
745.00
1,106.00
Janitors' Services
High
5,629.63
Junior High
2,121.00
Elementary
6,547.51
Fuel and Light
High
3,671.66
Junior High
2,153.02
Elementary
3,556.79
9,381.47
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
High
Repairs
1,771.13
Janitors' Supplies
800.05
All others
27.86
Repairs
1,996.17
Elementary and Junior High
Janitors' Supplies
659.76
All Others
151.93
Water
745.20
745.20
Furniture and Furnishings
High
665.16
Elementary
103.66
Junior High
64.92
833.74
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Graduation Ex- ercises
289.18
Recreation
233.15
School Physicians
648.00
Miscellaneous Printing
55.25
1,225.58
Domestic Science
223.89
223.89
Manual Training
642.90
642.90
197,671.69
Traveling Expenses Outside State
Expenses
36.50
36.50
36.50
Library
Salaries and Wages
Librarian
1,800.00
Assistants
4,102.43
Janitor
1,350.00
Janitor's Assistant
54.25
7,306.68
7,306.68
Amount carried forward
$637,098.25
$432,083.38
455.42
14,298.14
5,406.90
169
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$637,098.25
Books, Periodicals, etc.
Books
2,398.27
Periodicals
75.44
Newspapers
27.22
Binding Books
401.86
401.86
Fuel and Light Fuel
262.47
Light
350.28
Buildings
Repairs
85.54
Furniture and Furnishings
88.08
Janitor's Supplies
60.00
Water
10.00
Fence
100.00
Christmas decorations
4.50
348.12
Other Expenses
Stationery, Printing, Postage
184.34
Telephone
104.06
Office Supplies
6.15
All Others
21.79
316.34
4,180.00
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
Books
44.98
44.98
44.98
High School and Grounds
Draft Controls
303.17
303.17
303.17
Amount carried forward
$641,626.40
Summary of Schools and Libraries
From Last Year
Transfer to
Appropri- ations
Expendi- tures
Transfers from
Balance to Revenue $900.76
Schools
Traveling Expense
Outside State
100.00
36.50
63.50
Library Wages
7,630.00
7,306.68
323.32
Library Others
..
4,180.00
4,180.00
Morse Fund Income
143.85
44.98
*98.87
Thomson Fund
Income
27.69
$27.69
Whittle Fund
Income
27.69
*27.69
High School and
Grounds
$303.17
303.17
$303.17
$226.92 $210,493.00 $209,543.02
$10.80
$1,469.52
$
.25 $198,583.00 $197,671.69
$10.80
* To 1940
2,500.93
612.75
170
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$641,626.40
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Parks
Salaries
Secretary
50.00
General Expense, Labor
1,497.50
Jackson Park, Labor
2,309.88
Blaney Beach, Labor
1,704.50
Phillips Park, Labor
1,799.38
Abbott Park, Labor
180.00
Monument Avenue, Labor
677.52
Superintendent
1,900.00
Undistributed labor
169.50
Tree department labor
2,651.26
Moth department labor
1,307.50
Administration labor
15.00
Administration
Telephone
29.48
Printing, Stationery, Postage
23.40
M. S. C. Course
20.00
Use of auto
444.68
Furniture and Fixtures
42.00
All other
14.36
General Expense
Tools
237.84
Auto Expense
785.64
Materials
196.94
Repairs
91.35
All others
16.10
1,327.87
Jackson Park
Water
9.82
Repairs
4.50
Fuel and Light
9.84
Materials
86.21
Fence
449.85
All other
16.61
576.83
Blaney Beach
Electric Light
20.52
Water
44.71
Repairs
90.80
Supplies
254.86
410.89
Phillips Park
Water
329.56
Painting Stands
294.00
Paint
135.00
Gravel and stone
312.00
Park mixture
172.50
Culverts
38.80
Tools
37.35
Loam
332.50
All other
19.31
1,671.02
Amount carried forward
$641,626.40
14,262.04
573.92
171
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$641,626.40
Abbott Park Water
6.13
Hockey rink
291.59
Repairs
2.95
300.67
Monument Avenue and Lot
Shrubs and Flowers
374.49
Flags
18.75
Water
71.65
Care of flags
15.00
All other
7.50
487.39
Tree Division
Trees
442.00
Supplies
83.15
Repairs
48.82
All others
62.51
636.48
Moth Division
Auto Expense
144.84
Gasoline and oil
79.47
Insecticides
66.14
Water
50.00
All others .
30.23
370.68
20,617.79
W.P.A. Recreational Project
Rent
413.00
Transportation
17.75
Supplies
351.99
Fuel
142.04
Light
59.73
Repairs
16.21
Janitor's Supplies
15.05
All others
5.48
1,021.25
1,021.25
Printing Town Reports
Advertising
7.60
Distribution
148.00
Editing
100.00
Printing
839.51
All other
15.35
1,110.46
1,110.46
Warrants Payable
Water
31.39
School
187.03
Library
2.41
Health
16.00
Soldiers' Relief
20.75
Accounting
103.70
Tree Warden
4.80
Park
1.35
Town Hall
3.19
370.62
370.62
Amount carried forward
$664,746.52
172
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$664,746.52
Trust Fund Custodian's Bond
Premium
50.00
50.00
50.00
Legion Lease
Lease of Building
1,350.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lease
Lease of Building
650.00
650.00
650.00
Unpaid Bills
Public Welfare
1,240.55
Law
532.00
Soldiers Relief
72.29
Highway
33.00
Town Hall
.60
Park
23.55
Tree Warden
1.90
1,903.89
1,903.89
Memorial Day
G. A. R.
79.00
American Legion
55.65
Veterans of Foreign Wars
124.33
General Expense
141.02
400.00
400.00
Tennis Courts, Jackson Park
Materials
1,202.27
Trucks
153.00
Compressor
180.00
Blasting
176.60
Tools
135.82
Fence
758.00
Bubblers
114.44
Shrubs
30.15
Metal signs
11.00
Medical services
5.25
All other
18.24
2,784.77
2,784.77
Fourth of July
Fireworks
300.00
Prizes
18.00
Music
98.50
Children's Entertainment
83.50
500.00
500.00
Park Mosquito Elimination
Labor
77.82
Oil
307.23
Hose
87.09
All other
7.80
479.94
479.94
Armistice Day
Wreaths
40.00
Music
130.00
Parade Expense
50.00
Amount carried forward
$672,865.12
173
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$672,865.12
Transportation
8.00
Refreshments
35.80
Sound Truck
10.00
Flags
9.00
All others
17.20
300.00
300.00
Park Storm Emergency
Labor
11.88
Shrubs
18.50
Padlocks
5.25
Repairing flag pole
70.00
105.63
105.63
Amount carried forward
$673,270.75
Summary of Recreation and Unclassified
From Last Year
Transfer Appropri- Expendi- to ations tures
Transfer from
Balance to Revenue $130.96
Park Wages
$200.00 $14,193.00 $14,262.04
Park Others
6,355.75
6,355.75
Trust Fund Custo-
dian's Bond
50.00
50.00
Legion Lease
1,350.00
1,350.00
V. F. W. Lease
650.00
650.00
.....
Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
Printing Town Reports
1,110.46
1,110.46
5,000.00
Unpaid Bills
1,903.89
1,903.89
Fourth of July
500.00
500.00
Armistice Day
300.00
300.00
W.P.A. Recreational
Project
275.00
750.00
1,021.25
*3.75
Warrants payable
374.90
307.17
370.62
4.28
*307.17
Tennis Courts
Jackson Park
2,787.69
2,784.77
2.92
Park Storm
Emergency
105.66
105.63
.03
Park Mosquito
479.94
479.94
...
* To 1940
ENTERPRISES Water
Salaries and Wages
Commissioners
446.72
Superintendent
3,016.00
Registrar and Clerk
1,560.00
Labor
Maintenance
3,991.63
Services
1,246.39
Relay
516.92
Meters
2,406.37
Walnut Road
243.80
8,405.11
13,427.83
Amount carried forward
$686,698.58
. .
$3,268.25
$6,262.11 $27,563.10 $31,644.35
$5,004.28
$444.83
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
. .
5,022.72
174
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward Other Expenses
Administration
Printing and Advertising
235.95
Stationery and Postage
24.69
Telephones
96.60
Recording Liens
14.43
Use of Auto
256.00
Furniture and Fixtures
123.55
All others
16.60
,767.82
Loans and Interest
Loans
4,500.00
Interest
551.26
5,051.26
General Expense
Pipe and Fittings
2,890.16
Meters and Fittings
1,177.67
Fuel
146.40
Supplies
23.13
Tools and Materials
464.84
Medical Services
68.00
Auto Expense
1,505.90
Gasoline and Oil
209.02
Light and Power
36.86
Drilling and Blasting
84.13
Pump and Engine
103.06
Paving Material
4.00
6,713.17
12,532.25
Emergency Water
Contractor
505.40
Labor
334.26
839.66
839.66
Plymouth Avenue Water Main
Labor
435.09
Blasting
179.48
Pipe
477.87
Materials
27.01
1,119.55
1,119.55
Bradlee Avenue Water Main
Labor
381.73
Compressor
37.00
Pipe
462.50
Materials
37.18
918.41
918.41
Phillips Avenue Water Main
Labor
/
71.00
Pipe
530.73
Materials
74.83
Medical expense
111.07
1,202.13
1,202.13
$703,310.58
Amount carried forward
414.50
Compressor
$686,698.58
175
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$703,310.58
Shelton Road Water Main
Materials
78.68 508.73 17.15
Pipe
537.30
1,141.86
1,141.86
Lexington Circle Water Main
Labor
641.82
Drilling and Blasting
139.07
Pipe
590.12
Materials
17.71
Medical Expense
39.00
1,427.72
1,427.72
Brooks Terrace Water Main
Labor
503.54
Blasting
262.15
Pipe
475.89
Materials
14.51
1,256.09
1,256.09
Lewis Road Water Main
Labor
436.00
Blasting
154.35
Pipe
184.21
Materials
6.91
781.47
781.47
Burrill Street Water Main
Labor
1,574.46
Pipe
3,548.52
Materials
167.70
5,290.68
5,290.68
Cemetery
Salaries and Wages Superintendent
1,820.00
Labor
3.977.75
5,797.75
5,797.75
Other Expenses
Tools
120.52
Chapel
45.60
Telephone
28.81
Water and Water Pipe
47.10
Seed
19.60
Drilling and Blasting
49.87
Weed Killer
30.00
Police
5.00
Garage Rent
52.00
Power Lawn Mower
264.60
Sand and Cement
24.92
Plants and Shrubs
85.00
Auto Expense
21.20
Gasoline and Oil
79.63
873.85
873.85
Cemetery Storm Emergency
Labor
532.25
532.25
532.25
Amount carried forward
$720,412.25
Labor Blasting
176
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Summary of Enterprises
From last year
Transfer Appropri- Expendi- ations tures
Transfer from
Balance to Revenue
Water Wages
Water Others
50,915.00
12,532.25
38,382.75
Cemetery Wages
5,820.00
5,797.75
22.25
Cemetery Others
874.00
873.85
.15
Emergency Water
5,000.00
839.66
4,160.34
Phillips Ave.
Water Main
1,400.00
1,202.13
197.87
Bradlee Ave.
Water Main
1,100.00
918.41
181.59
Shelton Road
Water Main
1,400.00
1,141.86
258.14
Burrill Street
Water Main
5,300.00
5,290.68
9.32
Lexington Circle
Water Main
2,300.00
1,427.72
872.28
Brooks Terrace
Water Main
2,000.00
1,256.09
743.91
Plymouth Avenue
Water Main
2,000.00
1,119.55
880.45
Lewis Road
Water Main
800.00
781.47
18.53
Cemetery Storm
Emergency
532.25
532.25
$532.25 $22,994.00 $71,179.00 $47,141.50 $47,541.35
$22.40
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Amount brought forward
$720,412.25
Interest
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
256.74
General Debt Inside Limit
12,456.25
Sewer Loans Outside Limit
1,786.50
T. B. Hospital Notes
660.00
High School Loan
4,680.00
19,839.49
19,839.49
Maturing Debt
General Debt Inside Limit
31,700.00
Sewer Bonds Outside Limit
8,350.00
T. B. Hospital Notes Outside
3,000.00
High School Loan Outside
14,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
400,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of
Federal Grant
2,000.00
459,050.00
459,050.00
State and County Taxes
State Tax
65,340.00
County Tax
33,228.24
98,568.24
98,568.24
$1,297,869.98
Amount carried forward
to
$15,264.00 $13,427.83
$1,836.17
177
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
Amount brought forward
$1,297,869.98
Agency
Essex County Dog Licenses
1,464.60
Essex County T. B. Hospital Assessment
9,683.28
Petty Cash
25.00
Sale of Real Estate
9.30
11,182.18
11,182.18
Charles River Basin Taxes
Loan Fund, Serial Bonds
71.26
Sinking Fund
55.66
Interest
746.66
Maintenance
1,538.74
2,412.32
2,412.32
Metropolitan Park Taxes
Loan Sinking Fund
318.32
Serial Bonds
517.08
Interest
1,362.03
Maintenance
6,881.91
Metropolitan Planning Division
107.48
West Roxbury Brookline Parkway
.07
9,186.89
9,186.89
State Assessments
Auditing Municipal Accounts
2,009.93
Veterans' Exemption
30.78
2,040.71
2,040.71
Metropolitan Water
Sinking Fund
808.17
Serial Bonds
9,507.62
Interest
12,995.73
Maintenance
7,887.48
Brookline credit
1,169.47
32,368.47
32,368.47
Trust Fund Transactions
Phillips Medal Fund Income
56.96
Cemetery Lots Fund Income
36.00
Emma Y. Stocker Lots Fund Income
12.58
Cemetery, Sale of Lots
2,349.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care
445.00
Cemetery Ordinary Care
82.50
2,982.54
2,982.54
Refunds
1939 Taxes Personal
15.60
1938 Taxes Real Estate
53.75
1939 Taxes Poll
12.00
1939 Taxes Real Estate
1,804.50
1938 Excise Taxes
34.29
1939 Excise Taxes
1,531.09
Water
35.87
Interest on Taxes
2.54
Charges and Fees
10.00
Newsboys' Badge Fund
.50
Second National Bank
439.21
3,939.35
3,939.35
Amount carried forward
$1,361,982.44
178
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$1,361,982.44
Checks Returned and Deducted from Expenditures
Public Welfare
228.85
Old Age Assistance
15.00
U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance
107.87
Soldiers Relief
45.38
397.10
397.10
Total Expenditures
1,362,379.54
Balance January 1, 1940
79,385.11
$1,441,764.65
TRANSFERS
From Reserve Fund
To Pensions and Compensation
$1,403.00
To Park Mosquito Elimination
479.94
To Town Clerk
123.27
To Finance Committee
85.00
To Selectmen's Contingent Fund
227.81
To Police Others
475.00
To Forest Warden Wages
121.91
To Forest Warden Others
10.00
To Tax Collector Others
63.83
To Continuous Sidewalk Construction
850.00
To Law
75.00
To Fire Others
450.00
To Certifying Agent's Expenses
50.00
To Park Wages
200.00
To Town Hall Others
175.00
To Warrants Payable
210.24
From Overlay Reserve
5,000.00
From Cemetery Lots Fund
5,808.40
From Cemetery Lots Fund Income
To Cemetery Wages
11.60
To Cemetery Others
874.00
From Special Highway Fund
To Highway Wages
18,150.00
From Water Available Surplus
To Phillips Avenue Water Main
1,400.00
To Bradlee Avenue Water Main
1,100.00
To Shelton Road Water Main
1,400.00
To Burrill Street Water Main
5,300.00
To Lexington Circle Water Main
2,300.00
To Brooks Terrace Water Main
2,000.00
To Plymouth Avenue Water Main
2,000.00
To Lewis Road Water Main From Tid Street
800.00
To Neighborhood Road Drain
800.00
From Phillips Avenue Water Main
197.87
Bradlee Avenue Water Main
181.59
Shelton Road Water Main
258.14
Lexington Circle Water Main
872.28
Lewis Road Water Main
28.53
To Water Available Surplus
1,538.41
To Reserve Fund
To Cemetery Wages
179
From Beach Bluff Avenue Drain
1,177.19
Neighborhood Road Drain
116.42
Millett Road Ledge Tid Street
175.00
161.80
Excess and Deficiency To Manton Road et al, drain
6,544.59
From Excess and Deficiency
6,834.00
To George S. Burton Estate Easement
100.00
To Bradlee Avenue, et al., drain
4,459.00
To Continuous Sidewalk Construction (1940) To W.P.A. Recreation Project
275.00
From Engineering Wages To Engineering Others
75.00
75.00
From Fire Wages To Fire Others
600.00
600.00
From Excess and Deficiency
1,038.38
To Continuous Sidewalk Construction
564.87
To Lighting Streets
473.51
From School
10.80
Fire Others
9.10
Law
57.03
Inspector of Animals
20.00
Reserve Fund
210.24
To Warrants Payable
-
307.17
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT Balance Sheet, December 31, 1939
Cash
$79,385.11
Petty Cash
Uncollected Taxes 1938 Real Estate
2,584.04
Uncollected Taxes 1939 Poll
$218.00
Uncollected Taxes 1939 Personal
2,050.91
Uncollected Taxes 1939 Real Estate
125,658.02
127,926.93
Uncollected Moth 1930
349.75
Uncollected Sewer 1939
613.57
Uncollected Unapportioned Sewers
771.55
1,385.12
Uncollected Sidewalks 1939
2,800.27
Uncollected Unapportioned Sidewalks
3,463.20
6,263.47
Property Taken by Town for Taxes Tax Titles
25,522.08
Water Accounts Receivable 1936
134.05
Water Accounts Receivable 1937
341.99
Water Accounts Receivable 1938
207.04
Water Accounts Receivable 1939
7,808.60
Water Services 1937
75.49
Water Services 1938
44.68
Water Services 1939
443.39
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1938
61.38
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1939
3,452.91
Water Interest
817.71
Water Liens
181.06
13,568.30
Amount carried forward
$259,123.83
27,451.11
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1939]
1,929.03
210.00
8,175.00
2,000.00
180
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$259,123.83
Departmental Accounts Receivable
Health
417.85
Public Welfare
4,455.19
Old Age Assistance
564.60
Park
174.40
Tree Warden
70.50
Moth
13.00
Town Hall
5.00
Cemetery
306.00
6,006.54
1939 Excise on Motor Vehicles
1,087.68
Committed Interest
162.23
1935 Overlay
172.87
Dog Licenses
1.20
$266,554.35
Debt
Net Bonded Debt
561,950.00
Securities and Cash
29,029.89
Securities Income and Interest
7,085.36
Sewers Apportioned But Not Due
3,760.05
Sidewalks Apportioned But Not Due
3,235.81
6,995.86
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1939 Accounts Current
Water Available Surplus
$33,809.09
Sale of Real Estate
543.82
Excess and Deficiency
47,908.46
Revenue
Water
$13,568.30
Moth
349.75
Sidewalk
6,263.47
Sewer
1,385.12
Tax Title
27,451.11
Departmental Accounts Receivable
6,006.54
Committed Interest
162.23
Excise Tax
1,087.68
1938 Overlay
936.97
1939 Overlay
795.53
Overlay Reserve
1,686.33
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
Selectmen's Contingent Fund WPA
12.77
Certifying Agent's Expenses
15.85
Board of Selectmen Federal Projects
39.30
George S. Burton Estate Easement
100.00
Manton Road Drain
7,417.91
Crosman Avenue Drain
594.83
Humphrey Street Widening
3,500.00
Bradlee Avenue Drain
4,459.00
Continuous Sidewalk Construction
2,000.00
U. S. Grant O. A. A. Administration
112.68
Trust Funds
36,115.25
56,274.20
3,418.83 100,000.00
1939]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
181
U. S. Grant O. A. A. Assistance 929.73
U. S. Grant Aid to Dependent Children Administration 62.51
U. S. Grant Aid to Dependent Children Assistance
353.72
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
98.87
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
55.38
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
27.69
W.P.A. Recreational Project
3.75
Warrants Payable
307.17
Charles River Basin Assessments
358.06
Metropolitan Water Assessments
198.55
Metropolitan Park Assessments
1,689.49
State Assessments
50.09
Emergency Water
1,894.34
Newsboys Badge Fund
8.76
Lincoln Circle Sewer
309.51
266,554.35
Debt
Permanent Improvement Notes
Inside Debt Limit
275,400.00
Outside Debt Limit
242,000.00
Sewer Bonds Serial Outside Debt Limit
35,550.00
Water Bonds Serial Outside Debt Limit
9,000.00
561,950.00
Trust Funds
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
2,000.00
Joanna Morse Library Fund
5,196.00
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
1,000.00
Phillips Medal Fund
1,000.00
Cemetery Lots Fund
15,431.89
Municipal Insurance Fund
3,902.00
Emma Y. Stocker Cemetery Lots Fund
500.00
29,029.89
Trust Fund Incomes
Phillips Medal Fund Income
1,759.62
Municipal Insurance Fund Income
4,915.57
Emma Y. Stocker Cemetery Lots Fund Income
11.31
Cemetery Lots Fund Income
398.86
7,085.36
Apportioned
Sewers
3,760.05
Sidewalks
3,235.81
6,995.86
The following bills were reported unpaid at the end of the year:
Fire
216.78
Cemetery
4.50
Dog Officer
33.86
Jackson Park Map
11.79
Seal of Weights and Measures
150.00
Pensions and Compensations
418.85
182
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
In completing my report, I feel that I am justified in making reference to the failure of the Town to pay me my full wages for 1939, a matter of $70.
The circumstances are these:
When I became ex-officio a member of the Contributory Retire- ment Board in March 1937, I sensed the additional work that would be required and asked the Board of Selectmen for an additional $5 per week. I received no reply. When I prepared my budget at the beginning of 1938 I put in a request for $2600 covering this increase but later withdrew it as there did not appear to be any prospect of getting the increase. Imagine my surprise therefore when on November 17th I was notified that I had been granted the increase and that it would begin at once. I drew the increase for the balance of the year and for the 14 weeks preceding the Town Meeting con- tinued to do so. This was in accordance with the law provided to cover expenditures prior to the Town Meeting.
I knew that the finance committee had reported an appropria- tion which put my salary back to its original figure and I had pre- pared figures which explained the situation which I confidently ex- pected would be presented to the Town Meeting. Too late, I was in- formed this was not to be done. As a result, although for 14 weeks I had legally drawn the extra $5, no provision was made in the bud- get to cover this $70. The Town Counsel had stated that it was not necessary for me to pay this $70 back as it was not an overdraft. The Selectmen gave me the right to take two weeks vacation with- out pay but with so much work before me I decided to take the lick- ing and stay on the job and received $10 a week for each of these two weeks, thus keeping within the budget.
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