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300.00
65.59
234.41
Windsor Avenue
Sewer
2,100.00
1,432.40
*667.60
*To 1945
§To Warrants Payable
Amount brought forward
$231,943.13
HIGHWAY
Salaries and Wages:
Surveyor
$ 3,425.00
Clerk
220.00
Labor
56,332.21
Other Expenses :
Office Expenses
$ 33.30
Telephone
114.24
Auto Expense
1,702.65
Stone, Gravel, Dust
4,155.61
Equipment and Repairs
2,522.79
Gasoline and Oil
938.94
Building Repairs
1,309.07
Hay and Grain
2,897.49
Insurance
340.65
Medical
154.40
Supplies
1,039.24
Drains
1,112.72
Veterinary
231.00
Fences and Bridges
2,007.20
Light
239.83
Water
23.40
Road Oil and Tarvia
6,235.35
Horses
400.00
Snow and Ice
3,459.88
Blacksmithing
456.50
All Others
193.53
29,567.79
89,545.00
Lighting Streets
Street Lights
$23,588.22 1,076.11
Traffic Lights
24,664.33
24,664.33
Amount carried forward
$346,152.46
.....
*$49,903.50
$47,622.45
$984.24
$1,296.81
...
825.00
825.00
$4,353.60
$4,353.60
.... ..........
59,977.21
154
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$346,152.46
Signs
Erection of Street Signs $337.36
337.36
337.36
Materials
Danvers Road Bridge $173.00
173.00
173.00
Supplies
Shelton Road Acceptance $698.41
698.41
698.41
Contract
Gasoline Roller $3,517.06
3,517.06
3,517.06
Continuous Sidewalk Construction
Materials
542.77 22.31
Advertising
565.08
565.08
Amount carried forward
$351,443.37
SUMMARY OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue
Highway Others .
Lighting Streets ..
900.00
$64,676.85 30,465.00 26,000.00
$59,977.21 29,567.79
897.21
Essex St. Bridge
$111.31
Humphrey St.
Widening
643.00
643.00
Continuous Side- walk Construct- tion ...
2,117.55
565.08
*1,552.47
Prospect Avenue ..
196.59
....
...
Erection of
Street Signs
325.46
500.00
337.36
*488.10
Danvers Rd.
Bridge ...
4,000.00
173.00
3,000.00
*827.00
Ellis Rd. Drain
223.62
....
...
Brooks Terrace Acceptance
Sargent Road Repairs
Shelton Road
Acceptance
2,100.00
698.41
*1,401.59
Steam Roller Con-
verted to Gaso- line
2,000.00
1,650.00
3,517.06
*132.94
$7,617.53
$2,900.00 $126,791.85 $119,500.24 $6,352.67 $11,456.47
*To 1945
§To Warrants Payable
...
111.31
57.52
24,664.33 §$2,178.15
196.59
...
223.62
..
750.00
*750.00
650.00
*650.00
...
Highway Wages .
$4,699.64
155
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1944]
Amount brought forward
$351,443.37
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$ 350.00
Secretary
100.00
Clerk
1,326.20
1,776.20
Administration:
Printing and Stationery
$91.44
Telephone
56.73
Equipment
25.45
All Others
21.90
195.52
Relief by Town:
Groceries
$ 18.54
Fuel
216.91
Medical
577.65
State Institutions
1,930.10
Cash
3,873.40
Rent
228.00
Board
797.14
Relief by Other Cities and Towns $2,362.94
Public Welfare Agent $330.00
330.00
330.00
Old Age Assistance
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$ 350.00
Secretary
100.00
Clerk
1,250.20
1,700.20
Other Expenses :
Cash Aid
$36,734.43
Other Cities and Towns
1,293.06
38,027.49
39,727.69
Salary
Old Age Assistance Agent $1,115.00
1,115.00
1,115.00
U. S. Grant Aid to Dependent Children
Administration :
Clerical
$80.33
Stationery and Postage
10.41
Furniture and Fixtures
14.22
Telephone
2.02
106.98
Cash Aid
$1,390.55
1,390.55
1,497.53
U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance
Administration:
Investigator
$330.00
Travel
13.40
Stationery and Printing
67.78
Furniture and Fixtures
39.41
Telephone
39.93
490.52
Amount carried forward
$406,089.99
7,641.74
2,362.94
11,976.40
Salary
156
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
Other Expenses : Cash Aid
$26,211.18
26,211.18
26,701.70
Aid to Dependent Children $3,481.85
Cash by Town
3,481.85
3,481.85
Soldiers' Benefits
Salaries and Wages: Agent
$330.00
330.00
Other Expenses :
Office Expenses
$ 10.50
Transportation
4.50
Cash Aid
2,102.75
State Aid
227.00
Military Aid and World War II Allowance
347.00
Fuel
181.49
Medical
1,063.10
Light
6.48
Groceries
9.98
Telephone
19.47
3,972.27
4,302.27
Pensions and Compensations
Highway
$4,489.73
Police
1,095.00
Fire
1,006.44
6,591.17
6,591.17
Workmen's Compensation
Hanifey Case
$202.00 936.00
Slattery Case
1,138.00
1,138.00
Amount carried forward
$448,304.98
$406,089.99
-
1944]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
157
SUMMARY OF CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue
Public Welfare
Wages
$1,776.20
$1,776.20
Public Welfare Others ...
12,500.00
10,200.20
$2,299.80
Public Welfare
Agent
330.00
330.00
Old Age Assist-
ance Wages
1,750.20
1,700.20
50.00
Old Age Assist- ance Others ....
39,750.00
38,027.49
1,722.51
Agent
....
1,115.00
1,115.00.
U. S. Grant
A.D.C. Admin.
316.27
$251.24
106.98
*460.53
U. S. Grant
A.D.C. Aid
1,054.32
1,176.60
1,390.55
*840.37
U. S. Grant
O.A.A. Admin.
289.34
921.59
490.52
*720.41
U. S. Grant
O.A.A. Aid
...
6,462.44
27,649.97
26,211.18
*7,901.23
Soldiers Benefits Wages
330.00
330.00
Soldiers Benefits Others
5,195.00
3,972.27
1,222.73
Pensions and
Compensation
706.44
5,884.73
6,591.17
Workmen's Compensation ..
1,138.00
1,138.00
Aid to Dependent
Children
8,250.00
3,481.85
4,768.15
$8,122.37 $30,705.84 $78,019.13 $96,861.61
$19,985.73
*To 1945
Amount brought forward
$448,304.98
SCHOOLS
General:
Salary of Superintendent
$5,625.00
Salary of Superintendent's Secretary
1,133.00
Salary of Other Clerks
2,482.40
Truant Officer, Nurse and Census
1,905.98
11,146.38
Printing, Stationery and Postage $273.03
Telephone
446.41
Traveling Expense
204.55
All Others
200.95
Teachers' Salaries :
High
$58,821.32
Junior High
47,602.35
Elementary
55,312.72
Supervisory
5,962.08
Substitutes
704.74
Home
437.00
168,840.21
Amount carried forward
$448,304.98
.....
...
......
...
Old Age Assist.
......
1,124.94
158
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
$448,304.98
Amount brought forward Text Books and Supplies :
1,271.03 High Text and Reference Books $1,096.18 Supplies
Junior High Text and
673.82
Reference Books Supplies
1,048.59
Elementary Text and Reference Books Supplies
854.04
547.58
Tuition :
Evening
$317.78
317.78
Transportation :
High
$ 2.50
Junior High
651.50
Elementary
173.55
827.55
Janitors' Services :
High
$9,327.60
Junior High
2,764.45
Elementary
8,754.90
20,846.95
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
High:
Repairs
$2,043.21
Janitors' Supplies
628.60
All Others
29.85
2,701.66
Junior High and Elementary:
Repairs
$4,742.77
Janitors' Supplies
638.54
All Others
64.71
5,446.02
Fuel and Light:
High
$4,192.18
Junior High
3,315.42
Elementary
4,284.99
11,792.59
Water
$577.85
577.85
Furniture and Fixtures:
High
$235.09
Junior High
38.80
Elementary
43.20
317.09
Other Expenses:
Diplomas and Graduation
$326.57
School Physicians
672.00
Domestic Science
267.18
Manual Training
209.77
1,475.52
230,905.78
Teachers' Retirement System
$286.00
286.00
286.00
Amount carried forward
$679,496.76
5,491.24
159
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1944]
Amount brought forward
$679,496.76
Library
Salaries and Wages:
Librarian
$2,499.96
Assistants
5,505.83
Janitor
1,610.04
Assistant Janitor
43.40
Books, Periodicals:
Books
$2,990.33
Periodicals
175.25
Newspapers
20.55
3,186.13
Binding Books
$154.89
154.89
Fuel and Light:
Fuel
$210.10
Light
423.11
633.21
Buildings:
Repairs
$173.76
Water
8.00
Furniture and Fixtures
56.20
All Others
6.34
244.30
Other Expenses:
Stationery, Printing and Postage $168.24
Telephone
105.55
All Others
25.37
299.16
14,176.92
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
Books
$78.90
78.90
78.90
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
Books
$10.50
10.50
10.50
Amount carried forward
$693,763.08
SUMMARY OF SCHOOL AND LIBRARY
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue $1,581.22
Schools
Traveling Expense Outside State
100.00
9,659.23
877.37
Library Others ..
4,517.69
407,31
Joanna Morse
Lib. Fund Inc.
$104.43
$104.43
78.90
*129.96
Ellen R. Whittle
40.20
40.20
.......
*80.40
Mary L. Thom-
son Library
Fund Inc. ...
20.10
20.10
10.50
*29.70
Teacher's Retire-
286.00
286.00
$164.73
$164.73 $250,134.60 $245,458.10 $1,800.00
$3,205.96
*To 1945
§To Warrants Payable
...
ment System
..
10,536.60 4,925.00
$230,905.78 $$1,800.00
$234,287.00
100.00
Library Wages
Lib. Fund Inc.
9,659.23
160
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$693,763.08
PARK
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
Secretary
$ 3,099.20 50.00
Labor
19,975.64
23,124.84
Administration :
Telephone
$ 87.21
Printing, Stationery and Postage
92.48
Use of Car
378.24
557.93
General Expenses :
Equipment
$1,172.59
Trees
511.40
Truck Maintenance
883.69
Fertilizer and Seed
345.92
Loam
1,758.68
Materials and Supplies
833.27
Building Repairs
454.47
Insecticides
762.12
Light
73.48
Medical
36.56
Sewer Connection
300.00
Water
362.48
Bulldozer
122.38
All Ohters
96.35
7,713.39
31,396.16
Forest Warden's Association Convention
$299.75
299.75
299.75
Blocksidge Field Bleachers
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
Armistice Day :
Band
$145.00
Flowers
92.00
Refreshments
79.63
Decorating Graves
52.00
Transportation
31.00
399.63
399.63
Phillips Park Playground :
Loam
$850.00
Filling
300.00
1,150.00
1,150.00
Blocksidge Field Loam:
Loam
$2,050.00
Filling
100.00
2,150.00
2,150.00
Phillips Park Toilet:
Contractor
$2,863.91
Equipment
301.81
Architect
50.00
Supplies
361.05
Advertising
22.31
3,599.08
3,599.08
Amount carried forward
$735,157.70
161
Amount brought forward
$735,157.70
UNCLASSIFIED
Warrants Payable
Selectmen
$ 16.38
Accounting
16.39
Engineering
90.72
Public Welfare
176.80
Health
247.00
Soldiers' Benefits
40.00
School
966.16
Water
313.87
1,867.32
1,867.32
Architect
$ 1,500.00
Contractor and Labor
115.00
Land and Building
30,000.00
Insurance
107.99
Supplies
89.54
31,812.53
31,812.53
Painting
Town Hall Painting $1,095.00 393.10
1,488.10
1,488.10
Fourth of July
Bands
$238.00
Refreshments
55.00
Flags
25.00
Prizes
108.00
All Others
25.95
451.95
451.95
Printing Town Reports
Editing
$ 100.00
Printing
1,154.28
Delivery
180.00
1,434.28
1,434.28
Contract
Painting Fish House $514.00
514.00
514.00
Massachusetts Selectmen's Association Convention
Meals
$202.67
Badges
31.44
Printing and Stationery
122.04
All Others
60.25
416.40
416.40
Planning Board Master Sheet
Contract
$1,100.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
Veteran's Rehabilitation Committee
Furniture and Fixtures
$10.00
10.00
10.00
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
Amount carried forward
$776,252.28
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1944]
Thomson Estate
Repair Work
162
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$776,252.28
Gun Cases
State Guard $455.00
455.00
455.00
Massachusetts State Guard Ammunition
Dinners
$117.00 100.00
Supplies
3.00
Range
118.75
338.75
338.75
Memorial Day
Band
$170.00
Flowers
188.20
Refreshments
146.79
Decorating Graves
95.01
600.00
600.00
Amount carried forward
$777,646.03
SUMMARY OF RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue
Park Others
...
W.P.A. Recrea-
tion Project ....
$221.18
Reserve Fund
...
...
7,500.00
7,196.44
303.56
Land Damages
Puritan Road
et al
404.00
404.00
Eminent Domain
Progress Park ..
325.00
Warrants Payable
-1944 ...
2,106.43
1,867.32
239.11
Printing Town Reports
1,434.28
1,434.28
Legion Lease
1,350.00
1,350.00
V.F.W. Lease
650.00
650.00
Memorial Day
$200.00
400.00
600.00
Fourth of July ...
500.00
451.95
48.05
Armistice Day
...
400.00
399.63
.37
Phillips Park
Playground
1,150.00
1,150.00
Phillips Park
Brook Encl.
200.00
*200.00
Painting Fish
House
1,370.00
514.00
*856.00
Phillips Park Toilet ...
1,000.00
2,600.00
3,599.08
* 92
Blocksidge Field
2,150.00
2,150.00
Blocksidge Field Bleachers
2,400.00
2,400.00
Mass. State
Guard Amm. ....
700.00
338.75
*361.25
Vets. Rehabilita-
tion Program ....
500.00
10.00
.
*490.00
Town Hall
1,500.00
1,488.10
*11.90
Thomson Estate ....
24,065.66
36,000.00
31,812.53
*28,253.13
Mass Sel. Ass'n Conv.
500.00
416.40
*83.60
Forest Warden's
Ass'n
300.00
299.75
.25
Planning Board
Master Sheet
1,400.00
1,100.00
*300.00
State Guard
455.00
455.00
1945 Warrants
Payable
5,348.39
*5,348.39
...
*To 1945
$3,056.61 $31,069.05 *$94,489.48
$83,882.95 $8,146.62 $36,585.57
325.00
$85.36 .3.68
Park Wages
$23,210.20
8,275.00
$23,124.84 8,271.32
$221.18
Bus
Loam
Painting
...
163
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1944]
Amount brought forward
$777,646.03
ENTERPRISES
Water
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$450.00
Secretary
40.00
Labor-Wages:
Maintenance
12,359.90
Services
578.61
Relay
35.25
Meters
3,003.60
16,467.36
Other Expenses :
Administration :
Printing and Advertising
$167.37
Stationery and Postage
82.03
Telephone
134.75
Use of Car
250.00
Recording Liens
32.97
Meters
720.24
Pipes and Fittings
2,419.34
General Expenses:
Fuel
$175.25
Auto Expense
135.10
Light and Power
38.28
Gasoline and Oil
240.65
Insurance
89.96
Materials and Supplies
221.82
Equipment and Repairs
6.12
Tools, Furniture and Fixtures
231.42
All Others
32.00
1,170.50
21,444.56
Supplies
$12.96
12.96
12.96
Cemetery
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
$3,000.00
Labor
5,315.20
Other Expenses :
Telephone
$26.04
Light
10.56
Garage Rent
52.00
Loam
106.95
Plants, Shrubs and Seed
135.24
Tools and Equipment
355.61
Trucks
54.95
Weed Killer
75.54
Gasoline and Oil
42.56
Special Police
6.50
All Others
9.54
875.49
9,190.69
Amount carried forward
$808,294.24
3,806.70
Essex Street Water Main
8,315.20
164
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
SUMMARY OF ENTERPRISES
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation $17,890.70 7,090.00 10,000.00
Expen- diture $16,467.36 4,977.20
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue *$1,423.34 $329.30 ₹10,000.00
Emergency Water
Essex Street
Water Main
9,200.00
12.96
*9,187.04
Cemetery Wages ..
8,987.70
8,315.20
672.50
Cemetery Others ..
876.00
875.49
.51
Metropolitan
Water
35,000.00
33,933.70
1,066.30
$89,044.40 $64,581.91 $1,783.50 $22,678.99
*To 1945
*To Water Available Surplus
Amount brought forward
$808,294.24
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Interest:
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$ 327.11
General Debt, Inside Limit
7,122.50
Sewer Loan, Outside Limit
596.25
School Loan, Outside
3,280.00
Water Loan, Outside
147.50
T. B. Hospital Loan
60.00
Interest on Refunds
57.91
Maturing Debt:
General Debt, Inside Limit
$22,000.00
Sewer Loan, Outside
1,750.00
School Loan, Outside
14,000.00
Water Loan Oustide
1,500.00
T. B. Hospital Loan
3,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
400,000.00
State and County Taxes :
State
$46,222.00
County
39,418.01
85,640.01
85,640.01
Agency:
Essex County Dog Licenses
$ 1,348.80
Essex County T. B. Hospital
12,531.01
Withholding Tax
46,853.16
60,732.97
60,732.97
Charles River Basin Tax:
Serial Bonds
$ 60.97
Interest
761.70
Maintenance
1,068.98
1,891.65
1,891.65
Metropolitan Park Tax:
Serial Bonds
$ 15.24
Interest
326.04
Maintenance
3,352.06
3,693.34
3,693.34
Metropolitan Park Loan:
Serial Bonds
$480.19
. . Interest
207.61
687.80
687.80
Amount carried forward
$1,414,781.28
Water Wages
Water Others
.....
... $1,783.50
....
11,591.27
11,591.27
442,250.00
442,250.00
.
1944]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
165
Amount brought forward
$1,414,781.28
Nantasket Beach
$455.03
455.03
455.03
Metropolitan Water:
Serial Bonds
$12,704.40
Interest
9,519.12
Maintenance
10,703.62
a/c Brookline Credit
1,006.56
*
33,933.70
33,933.70
State Assessments: Auditing Accounts
$1,055.50
1,055.50
1,055.50
Trust Fund Transactions:
Cemetery Lots Fund
$7,655.10
Cemetery Lots Fund-Flowers
41.00
E. Y. Stocker Fund
10.15
Phillips Medal Fund
60.07
Municipal Insurance Fund
403.14
8,169.46
8,169.46
Public Welfare Recovery Fund
$15.00
15.00
15.00
Old Age Assistance Recovery Fund
$659.76
659.76
659.76
Refunds:
1941 Real Estate Taxes
$ 390.15
1942 Real Estate Taxes
361.05
1943 Real Estate Taxes
1,688.63
1944 Real Estate Taxes
1,468.65
1943 Excise Taxes
19.79
1944 Excise Taxes
78.38
Water Rates
174.16
Water Services
7.62
1944 Poll
10.00
1944 Moth
6.50
Liens Added to 1943 Taxes
17.80
Liens Added to 1944 Taxes
10.60
Interest on Taxes
.37
Estimated Receipts
26.16
D. A. R. Cemetery
6.00
D. A. R. Welfare
3.22
4,269.08
4,269.08
Checks Returned and Deducted from Expenditures:
Selectmen Others
$ 3.15
Treasury Others
4.98
Assessors Others
14.00
Board of Appeals
5.00
Committee of Public Safety
4.02
Police Others
3.00
Insurance
1,051.58
Highway Others
.95
Old Age Assistance Others
108.02
U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance Others
83.95
School
20.00
Library Others
5.00
Park
12.87
1,316.52
1,316.52
Total Expenditures Balance January 1, 1945
$1,464,655.33
212,346.53
$1,677,001.86
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[Dec. 31
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1944
Dr. Cr.
Cash
Petty Cash
Special Tax, Chapter 227, Acts 1941
Reserve for Special Tax
$ 579.34 4,265.28
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
220.00
1943 Real Estate
106.35
1944 Taxes, Poll
114.80
1944 Taxes, Personal
732.95
1944 Taxes, Real Estate
65,330.31
1943 Excise Taxes
55.67
1944 Excise Taxes
198.11
1943 Moth
.50
1944 Moth
162.05
1944 Sewer
5.36
Unapportioned Sewer
2,625.00
Unapportioned Sidewalk
317.39
1943 Sidewalks
5.36
1944 Sidewalks
236.64
Tax Titles
15,871.81
Property Taken by Town for Taxes
2,688.72
Water Rates
7,033.74
Services
641.58
Liens Added to 1943 Taxes
9.00
Liens Added to 1944 Taxes
1,413.29
57.72
D.A.R. Health
841.10
Park
172.70
Welfare
564.86
Cemetery
463.50
Welfare, State
202.78
State Aid
340.00
World War II Allowance
1,356.00
Military Aid
140.00
1943 Committed Interest
1.61
1944 Committed Interest
51.58
Water Available Surplus
36,631.42
Water Revenue
9,021.89
Moth Revenue
161.55
Sidewalk Revenue
548.67
Sewer Revenue
2,619.64
Tax Title Revenue
18,560.53
D.A.R. Revenue
4,030.84
Excise Revenue
253.78
Committed Interest Revenue
49.97
Excess and Deficiency
133,565.93
1938 Overlay
71.77
1939 Overlay
70.54
1940 Overlay
61.91
1941 Overlay
436.70
1942 Overlay
387.22
1943 Overlay
10,896.81
1944 Overlay
11,181.97
Overlay Reserve
879.97
Dog Licenses
9.00
Perpetual Care
50.10
Committee of Public Safety
1,449.71
Rationing Board
1,751.27
.
Balance carried forward
$315,447.72 $237,194.44
Water Interest
$212,346.53 220.00 579.34
Withholding Tax
167
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
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Amount brought forward
$315,447.72 $237,194.44
Double Jacket Hose
20.00
Ladder Fire Truck
16,500.00 667.60
Continuous Sidewalk Construction
1,552.47
Erection of Street Signs
488.10
Danvers Road Bridge
827.00
Brooks Terrace Acceptance
750.00
Sargent Road Repairs
650.00
Shelton Road Acceptance
1,401.59
Steam Roller Converted to Gasoline
132.94
Assistance
840.37
U. S. Grant O. A. A. Administration Assistance
7,901.23
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
129.96
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
80.40
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
29.70
Warrants Payable-1945
5,348.39
Phillips Park Brook Enclosure
200.00
Painting Fish House
856.00
Phillips Park Toilet
.92
Massachusetts State Guard Ammunition
361.25
Veterans' Rehabilitation Program
490.00
Town Hall Painting
11.90
Thomson Estate
28,253.13
Massachusetts Selectmen's Association Convention
83.60
Forest Warden's Association
.25
Planning Board Master Sheet
300.00
Essex Street Water Main
9,187.04
Newsboys' Badge Fund
8.50
$315,447.72 $315,447.72
I. MURRAY ADAMS, Town Accountant.
Windsor Avenue Sewer
460.53
U. S. Grant A. D. C. Administration
720.41
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[Dec. 31
Town Clerk
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1944:
Births recorded-159; males-86; females-73.
January 20 April
18 July
19 October 7
February 18 May
19 August
11 November 4
March 15 June
15 September 13
Marriages recorded-146.
January 8 April
15 July
9 October 17
February 10 May
11 August
14 November 12
March 4 June
19 September
14 December 13
Deaths recorded-121; males-71; females-50.
January 13 April
5 July
5 October 10
February 17 May
8 August
11 November ...
12
March 14 June
10 September
10 December 6
Dogs licensed-675; males-397; females-42; spayed-231.
Five transfer licenses. Money paid to the Town Treasurer.
Resident citizen fishing licenses
60
@ $2.00
Resident citizen hunting licenses
115
@
2.00
Resident citizen sporting licenses.
31
@ 3.25
Resident citizen minor and female fishing licenses.
8
@ 1.25
Resident citizen trapping licenses ....
1
@
5.25
Resident citizen minor trapping licenses.
1
@
2.25
Resident citizen sporting licenses
13
@
Free
Resident citizen military and naval sporting licenses.
12
@
Free
Non-resident fishing licenses
1
@
5.25
Duplicate licenses
5
@
.50
Money paid to the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game.
MALCOLM F. MacLEAN, JR., Town Clerk.
1944]
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
169
Collector of Taxes
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Collector of Taxes, in Account With The Town of Swampscott 1944
Dr.
Real Estate Taxes
$676,725.60
Moth Assessments
2,019.50
Sewer Assessments
98.97
Sidewalk Assessments
612.83
Committed Interest
171.23
Water Liens
3,377.83
Personal Taxes
36,903.84
Poll Taxes
7,876.00
Poll Taxes (supplementary)
18.00
Excise Taxes
17,412.80
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
3,217.64
Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
347.50
$748,781.74
Cr.
Cash paid on Real Estate Taxes
$602,254.33
Cash paid on Moth Assessments
1,856.45
Cash paid on Sewer Assessments
98.97
Cash paid on Sidewalk Assessments
381.55
Cash paid on Committed Interest
119.65
Cash paid on Water Liens
2,159.95
Cash paid on Personal Taxes
36,122.64
Cash paid on Poll Taxes
5,367.00
Cash paid on Poll Taxes (supplementary)
18.00
Cash paid on Excise Taxes
16,836.43
Cash paid on Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
1,087.48
Cash paid on Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
51.92
Abatements on Real Estate Taxes
9,200.33
Abatements on Moth Assessments
5.00
Abatements on Water Liens
1.37
Abatements on Personal Taxes
69.45
Abatements on Poll Taxes
2,390.00
Abatements on Excise Taxes
Uncollected Real Estate Taxes
65,270.94
Uncollected Moth Assessments
158.05
Uncollected Sidewalk Assessments
231.28
Uncollected Committed Interest
51.58
Uncollected Water Liens
1,216.51
Uncollected Personal Taxes
711.75
Uncollected Poll Taxes
119.00
Uncollected Excise Taxes
276.69
Uncollected Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
2,130.16
Uncollected Unapportioned Sidewalk Assessments
295.58
$748,781.74
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[Dec. 31
Treasurer's Report
Lester B. Morley, Treasurer
In account with the Town of Swampscott for the year ended December 31, 1944.
Balance on hand, January 1, 1944
$355,225.67
RECEIPTS
Town Collector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$1,000,870.10 34,988.23
Temporary Loan Notes, issued in
Anticipation of Revenue: Notes Discounted
200,000.00
Tax Titles Redeemed
18,992.28
Essex County, Dog Tax Refund
973.48
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
1,330.20
Trust Funds Income:
Joanna Morse Library Fund
104.43
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
40.20
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
20.10
Phillips Medal Fund
60.07
Perpetual Care Cemetery Lots
36.83
Hattie F. Sherman Cemetery Lot
4.17
Witholding Income: Tax of 1943
41.90
Tax of 1944
46,214.92
Fines
89.50
Miscellaneous
457.80
Proceeds from Sale of Town Hall Bond Issue
24,065.66
$1,328,289.87
$1,683,515.54
Less :
Warrants Paid
1,454,425.65
Balance December 31, 1944
$229,089.89
BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE
Issued Inside Debt Limit
School Loans:
Schoolhouse Loan, 1925
(41/4 %)
$ 4,000.00
Schoolhause Loan, 1929
(41/4 %)
25,000.00
Total Schoolhouse Debt Outstanding
$29,000.00
Sewer Loans:
Sewerage Loan, 1928
(4%)
$ 9,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1929
(41/2 %)
45,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1930
(4%)
30,000.00
Sewerage Loan, 1931
(4%)
24,000.00
Total Sewer Loans Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit 108,000.00
1944]
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171
Miscellaneous Loans:
Police Station Loan, 1937
(134 %)
$ 5,000.00
Sewer and Drain Loan, 1937
(13/4 %)
$3,000.00
Stable and Vault Loan, 1929
(41/2 %)
5,000.00
Town Hall Loan, 1944
( 3/4 %)
24,000.00
Total Miscellaneous Loans Outstanding 37,000.00
Total Loans Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit
$174,000.00
Issued Outside Debt Limit
High School Addition, 1936
(2%) $157,000.00
157,000.00
Water Loans:
July 1, 1920, 17th Issue Acts of 1916
(51/4 %)
$1,000.00
August 1, 1922, 18th Issue Acts of 1916
(41/4 %)
500.00
Total Water Loan Bonds and Notes Outstanding
1,500.00
Sewer Loans:
August, 1912, Acts of 1920
(5%)
$7,000.00
August 1, 1922, Acts of 1920
(41/4 %)
4,000.00
Total Sewer Loan Bonds and Notes Outstanding Issued Outside Debt Limit
11,000.00
Total Loans Outstanding, Issued Outside Debt Limit
$169,500.00
LIABILITIES
General Debt Bonds and Notes Payable,
Issued Inside Debt Limit:
Due in 1945
$25,000.00
Due in 1946
21,000.00
Due in 1947
20,000.00
Due in 1948
18,000.00
Due in 1949
17,000.00
Due in 1950
11,000.00
Due in 1951
11,000.00
Due in 1952
11,000.00
Due in 1953
11,000.00
Due in 1954
10,000.00
Due in 1955
5,000.00
Due in 1956
5,000.00
Due in 1957
3,000.00
Due in 1958
3,000.00
Due in 1959
3,000.00
Issued Outside Debt Limit:
Due in 1945
$14,000.00
Due in 1946
13,000.00
Due in 1947
13,000.00
Due in 1948
13,000.00
Due in 1949
13,000.00
Due in 1950
13,000.00
Due in 1951
13,000.00
$174,000.00
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Due in 1952
13,000.00
Due in 1953
13,000.00
Due in 1954
13,000.00
Due in 1955
13,000.00
Due in 1956
13,000.00
$157,000.00
Sewer Loans Issued Outside Debt Limit:
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
$11,000.00
Water Loans, Issued Outside Debt Limit:
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