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77.62
1,277.62
Amount carried forward
$244,765.86
1,530.00
525.00
692.00
$1,200.00
144
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$244,765.86
Salary
District Nurse $825.00
$825.00
825.00
Sewer
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$ 450.00
Engineers
6,895.80
Clerk
189.10
Secretary
10.00
$7,544.90
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Postage
$ 2.00
Telephone
90.91
Auto Expense
112.89
Tools
82.72
Gasoline and Oil
106.56
Supplies
315.53
Pipes and Fittings
20.06
Insurance
44.93
Fuel
130.34
Light and Power
1,932.30
Flushing Sewers
300.00
Water
26.80
All Others
44.96
3,210.00
10,754.90
Particular Sewer
Contractor
$30.00
Supplies
68.38
All Others
68.40
$166.78
166.78
Emergency Sewer
Contractor
$292.69
Equipment
291.33
All Others
127.39
$711.41
711.41
Brooks
Equipment
$42.41
All Others
2.45
$44.86
44.86
Sargent Road Sewer
Contractor
$2,064.27
Equipment
112.74
All Others
29.75
$2,206.76
2,206.76
Bates and Charlotte Road Sewers
Contractor
$3,171.00
Equipment
164.75
Inspector
330.00
All Others
34.25
$3,700.00
3,700.00
Beverly Road Sewer
Contractor
$11,542.53
Equipment
117.70
Inspector
30.00
All Others
71.05
$11,761.28
11,761.28
Amount carried forward
$274,936.85
.
1945]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
145
SUMMARY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue
Health Wages
Health Others
5,140.00
4,570.74
$100.00
· $469.26
Health Nurse
Wages
1,680.00
1,680.00
Health Nurse
Others
50.00
10.88
39.12
Refuse & Garbage
18,500.00
18,500.00.
District Nurse
...
825.00
825.00
Dental Clinic
Wages
1,200.00
1,200.00
Dental Clinic
Others
150.00
77.62
72.38
Sewer Wages
7,744.90
7,544.90
200.00
Sewer Others
3,210.00
3,210 00
Brooks
300.00
44.86
255.14
Emergency Sewer
$ 500.00
1,000.00
711.41
788.59
Particular Sewer
200.00
166.78
33.22
Sargent Road
Sewer
2,450.00
2,206.76
* 243.24
Beverly Road
2,000.00
10,200.00
11,761.28
* 438.72
Bates & Charlotte
Road Sewers
...
3,700 00
3,700.00
$100.00
$2,539.67
1
*To 1946
Amount brought forward
$274,936.85
Highway
Salaries and Wages:
Surveyor
$ 3,424.72
Clerk
220.08
Labor
59,032.70
Overtime, Snow and Ice
5,690.62
$68,368.12
Other Expenses :
Office Expenses
$ 171.04
Telephone
120.64
Trucks
2,356.78
Stone, Gravel, Dust
1,826.84
Equipment and Repairs
6,209.32
Gasoline and Oil
1,749.49
Building Repairs
1,102.47
Hay and Grain
1,927.72
Insurance
448.85
Medical
297.70
Supplies
933.97
Veterinary
54.00
Light
265.07
Water
23.80
Road Oil and Tarvia
6,314.32
Horses
30.00
Snow and Ice, Extra Labor
2,281.54
Snow and Ice, Trucks
576.50
Snow and Ice, Plows
3,416.00
Blacksmithing
226.50
All Others
641.10
30,973.65
99,341.77
Amount carried forward
$374,278.62
...
$ 4,353.60
$ 4,353.60
$2,500.00
$60,703.50
$60,563.83
Sewer
146
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$374,278.62
Street Lights
Lighting Streets $24,409.42
Traffic Lights
1,007.76
$25,417.18 25,417.18
Continuous Sidewalk Construction
Contractor
$1,177.37 596.98
Materials
$1,774.35
1,774.35
Erection of Street Signs $143.80
$143.80
143.80
Brooks Terrace Acceptance
Supplies
$584.41
$584.41
584.41
Shelton Road Acceptance $1,401.59
$1,401.59
1,401.59
Chapter 90
Supplies
$1,995.49
$1,995.49
1,995.49
Arbutus Road
Supplies
$449.85
$449.85
449.85
Eulow Street Drain
Supplies
$237.60
$237.60
237.60
Amount carried forward
$406,282.89
SUMMARY OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue
Highway Wages .
$68,637.85
$68,368.12
$ 269.73
Highway Others
31,000.00
30,973.65
26.35
Lighting Streets ..
27,000.00
25,417.18
1,582.82
Continuous
Side-
walk Construct- tion
$1,552.47
3,447.53
1,774.35
*3,225.65
Erection of
Street Signs ...
488.10
....
143.80
* 344.30
Brooks Terrace
Acceptance
750.00
584.41
* 165.59
Sargent Road
650.00
* 650.00
Shelton Road Acceptance
1,401.59
1,401.59
Atlantic Ave. & Essex Street, Chapter 90
2,000.00
1,995.49
* 4.51
Arbutus Road
......
450.00
449.85
.15
Eulow St. Drain ...
450.00
237.60
* 212.40
*To 1946
$4,842.16
$132,985.38 $131,346.04
$6,481.50
Repairs
*
Signs ..........
Supplies
147
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1945]
Amount brought forward .... $406,282.89
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$ 350.00
Secretary
100.00
Clerk
1,326.00
Administration:
Printing and Stationery
$ 61.98
Telephone
53.83
All Others
191.89
Relief by Town:
Groceries
$ 92.05
Fuel
185.67
Medical
1,087.26
State Institutions
1,108.00
Cash
3,617.92
Rent
100.00
Board
714.86
Clothing
8.95
Relief by Other Cities and
Towns
$2,573.66
2,573.66
11,572.07
Salary
Public Welfare Agent $440.00
$440.00
440.00
Old Age Assistance
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$ 350.00
Secretary
75.00
Clerk
1,275.08
$ 1,700.08
Other Expenses :
Cash Aid
$37,476.37
Other Cities and Towns
2,895.29
40,371.66
42,071.74
Salary
Old Age Assistance Agent $1,000.00
$1,000.00
1,000.00
U. S. Grant Aid to Dependent Children
Administration:
Clerical ...
$273.84
Stationery and Postage
8.41
Furniture and Fixtures
7.44
Telephone
2.87
All Others
33.49
$326.05
Cash Aid
$797.25
797.25
1,123.30
Amount carried forward
$462,490.00
$1,776.00
307.70
6,914.71
148
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$462,490.00
U. S. Grant Old Age Assistance
Administration:
Investigator
$412.68
Travel
9.54
Stationery and Postage
180.83
Furniture and Fixtures
140.16
Telephone
54.96
$ 798.17
Cash Aid
$27,035.00
27,035.00
27,833.17
Aid to Dependent Children
Cash by Town
$4,875.01
$4,875.01
4,875.01
Soldiers' Benefits
Salaries and Wages:
Agent
$330.00
$ 330.00
Other Expenses:
Office Expenses
$ 37.47
Cash Aid
2,491.95
State Aid
247.00
Military Aid and World War II Allowance
350.00
Fuel
267.59
Medical
811.96
Telephone
36.03
Burial
20.00
4,262.00
4,592.00
Pensions and Compensation
Highway
$6,202.75
Police
1,095.00
Fire
2,005.20
Park
60.00
$9,362.95
9,362.95
Workmen's Compensation
Slattery Case
$90.00
$90.00
90.00
Amount carried forward
$509,243.13
149
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
$ 1,776.00
... .....
....
$9,922.54 $29,169.39
$80,617.73 $102,960.24
$16,749.42
*To 1946
Amount brought forward $509,243.13
SCHOOLS
General:
Salary of Superintendent
$5,625.00
Salary of Superintendent's Secretary
1,450.30
Salary of Other Clerks
2,409.70
Truant Officer, Nurse and
Census
1,975.00
$11,460.00
Printing, Stationery & Postage
$388.50
Telephone
462.38
Traveling Expenses
213.20
All Others
74.34
1,138.42
Teachers' Salaries :
High
$57,918.40
Junior High
49,527.97
Elementary
55,784.42
Supervisory
5,400.00
Home
265.50
Substitutes
700.00
169,596.29
*
815.98
U. S. Grant
Old Age Assist
7,901.23
26,813.96
27,035.00
*7,680.19
U. S. Grant
A.D.C. Admin.
460.53
142.16
326.05
* 276.64
U. S. Grant
A.D.C. Assist ....
840.37
881.05
797.25
* 924.17
Aid to Dependent Children ...
6,250.00
4,875.01
1,374.99
Soldiers' Benefits Wages
330.00
330.00
Soldiers' Benefits
Others
....
5,525.00
4,262.00
1,263.00
Pensions and
Compensation
438.48
8,956.53
9,362.95
32.06
Workmen's
Compensation
...
90.00
90.00
.. ....
Old Age Assist-
ance Others ...
41,500.00
40,371.66
1,128.34
U. S. Grant
O.A.A. Admin. $ 720.41 $
893.74
798.17
3,153.93
Old Age Assist-
ance Wages
1,800.00
1,700.08
99.92
Old Age Assist-
ance Agent
1,000.00
1,000.00
$ .20
Public Welfare
Investigator
440.00
440.00
Public Welfare
Others ...
12,950.00
9,796.07
Amount carried forward
$509,243.13
1945]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
150
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward ..... $509,243.13
Text Books and Supplies :
High School Text and Refer- ence Books
$ 893.03
Supplies
1,520.72
Junior High Text and Refer- ence Books
1,049.72
Supplies
1,233.20
Elementary Text and Refer-
ence Books
1,022.46
Supplies
617.57
6,336.70
Tuition :
Evening
$409.22
409.22
Transportation :
Junior High
$933.33
933.33
Janitors' Services:
High
$8,465.21
Junior High
2,762.95
Elementary
8,777.82
20,005.98
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
High:
Repairs
$1,960.47
Janitors' Supplies
893.04
All Others
97.60
2,951.11
Junior High and Elementary:
Repairs
$6,491.74
Janitors' Supplies
664.14
All Others
122.19
7,278.07
Fuel and Light:
High
$4,024.55
Junior High
3,004.35
Elementary
3,462.21
10,491.11
Water
$558.20
Furniture and Fixtures :
High ..
$ 30.25
Junior High
241.23
271.48
Other Expenses:
Diplomas and Graduation
$453.59
School Physicians
334.67
Domestic Science
126.49
Manual Training
275.12
1,189.87
232,619.78
Travel Outside State
$37.52
$37.52
37.52
Amount carried forward
$741,900.43
558.20
151
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1945]
Amount brought forward
$741,900.43
LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages:
Librarian
$2,600.00
Assistants
5,751.05
Janitor
1,538.83
Extra Janitor
243.28
Books, Periodicals:
Books
$2,918.73
Periodicals
227.37
Newspapers
17.94
3,164.04
Binding Books
$281.02
281.02
Fuel and Light:
Fuel
$270.29
Light
422.12
692.41
Buildings:
Repairs
$ 50.18
Water
8.00
Furniture and Fixtures
111.91
All Others
32.81
202.90
Other Expenses:
Stationery, Printing and
Postage
$267.71
Telephone
105.15
All Others
51.59
424.45
14,897.98
Joanna Morse Library Fund Income
Books
$71.75
$71.75
71.75
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund Income
$51.49
$51.49
51.49
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund Income
Books
$27.04
$27.04
27.04
Amount carried forward
$756,948.69
SUMMARY OF SCHOOL AND LIBRARY
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue $ 85.22
Schools
Travel Expense
Outside State ..
37.52
62.48
Library Wages
..
...
Joanna Morse
Library Fund ...
$129.96
$104.43
71.75
*162.64
Ellen R. Whittle
Library Fund ....
80.40
40.20
51.49
69.11
Mary L. Thomson
Library Fund ...
29.70
20.10
27.04
* 22.76
$240.06
$164.73 $249,640.00 $247,705.56
$839.05
$1,500.18
*To 1946
100.00 10,950.00 5,120.00
10,133.16
816.84
Library Others
4,764.82
74.05
281.13
$233,470.00 $232,619.78
$765.00
Books
$10,133.16
152
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward .... $756,948.69 ...
PARK
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
$ 3,099.20
Secretary
44.00
Labor
24,397.42
Clerk
11.00
$27,551.62
Administration:
Telephone
$138.80
Printing, Stationery and
Postage
278.60
Use of Car
399.84
817.24
General Expenses:
Equipment
$ 750.08
Gasoline and Oil
692.66
Trees
369.80
Truck Maintenance
2,154.43
Fertilizer and Seed
769.92
Loam
483.75
Materials and Supplies
779.78
Building Repairs Insecticides
622.42
Light
72.27
Medical
64.57
Express
8.53
Water
328.67
Equipment Hire
588.02
All Others
280.65
8,146.83
36,515.69
Phillips Park Playground:
Contractor
$1,990.00
Labor
10.00
$2,000.00
2,000.00
Phillips Park Toilet:
Express
$.64
$.64
.64
Park Bulldozer:
Tractor and Bulldozer
$1,531.00
Advertising
13.13
Supplies
55.87
Painting Fish House:
Equipment, Painting
$856.00
$856.00
856.00
Spraying Machine:
Machine
$1,134.50
Truck
550.00
Advertising
15.75
Thomson Estate Grounds :
Contractor
$2,917.63
Supplies and Equipment
1,189.19
Labor
253.80
All Others
39.38
$4,400.00
4,400.00
Amount carried forward
$804,021.27
$1,600.00
1,600.00
$1,700.25
1,700.25
181.28
153
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1945]
Amount brought forward
$804,021.27
UNCLASSIFIED
Warrants Payable
Assessors
$ 100.40
Engineers
79.00
Health
103.00
Emergency Sewer
249.52
Sewer
75.48
Schools
1,619.07
Lighting Streets
2,178.15
Water
118.89
$4,523.51
4,523.51
Thomson Estate
Architect
$ 1,258.95
Contractor
27,589.45
Labor
3,708.33
Insurance
149.40
Supplies and Equipment
1,052.93
Advertising
37.32
Light
105.55
$33,901.93
33,901.93
Planning Board Master Sheet
Contract
$300.00
$300.00
300.00
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
Memorial Day
Band
$120.00
Flowers
232.00
Refreshments
67.91
Decorating Graves
165.00
All Others
15.09
$600.00
600.00
Recreational Program
Services
$200.00
$200.00
200.00
Veterans' Rehabilitation Committee
Clerk
$191.75
Equipment
55.00
Stationery
and Printing
28.00
Supplies
295.77
$570.52
570.52
Amount carried forward
$846,117.23
154
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
$846,117.23
Printing Town Reports
Printing
$1,295.76 291.00
Delivery
$1,586.76
1,586.76
Fourth of July
Amplifier
$105.00
Refreshments
54.00
Flags
75,00
War Stamps
265.50
$499.50
499.50
Armistice Day
Band
$194.00
Refreshments
86.48
Flowers
88.00
Decorating Graves
15.00
Transportation
62.00
All Others
30.59
$476.07
476.07
Unpaid Bills
Bills
$35.45
$35.45
35.45
Transportation and Moving
Moving
$103.00
$103.00
103.00
Master Plan
Services
$750.00
$750.00
750.00
Massachusetts State Guard Ammunition
Transportation
$25.00
$25.00
25.00
Amount carried forward
$849,593.01
155
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
1945]
SUMMARY OF RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation $27,557.60 8,965.00 2,000.00
$27,551.62 8,964.07 2,000.00
$900.00
.93
Warrants Payable
--- 1945 .....
5,348 39 28,253.13
800.00
5,000.00
4,523.51 33,901.93
.28
...
Mass. State Guard Ammunition
361.25
25.00
* 336.25
Planning Board Master Sheet
300.00
300.00
Legion Lease
1,350.00
1,350.00
V.F.W Lease
650.00
650.00
Memorial Day
600.00
600.00
Park Bulldozer
1,600.00
1,600.00
Painting Fish
House
856.00
856.00
Phillips Park Brook
200.00
Recreational
Compensation
200.00
200.00
Park Spraying
Machine
1,877.00
1,700.25
* 176.75
Veterans'
Rehabilitation
Committee
490.00
200.00
570.52
* 119 48
Printing Town Reports
1,586.76
1,586.76
Fourth of July
500.00
499.50
.50
Armistice Day
76.07
400.00
476.07
Unpaid Bills
39.05
35 45
3.60
Transportation
and Moving
300.00
103.00
* 197.00
Reserve Fund
7,500.00
6,685.02
814.98
Master Plan
1,200.00
750.00
* 450.00
Recreational
Program
500.00
Thomson Estate
Grounds
.....
$35,809.69
$1,976.07
$66,225.41
$92,644.32
$7,585.30
$3,781.55
*To 1946
...
Amount brought forward
$849,593.01
ENTERPRISES
Water
Salaries and Wages:
Commissioners
$450.00
Secretary
40.00
$ 490.00
Labor-Wages:
Maintenance
$14,923.75
Meters
1,283.65
16,207.40
16,697.40
Other Expenses:
Administration:
Printing and Advertising ....
$ 75.61
Stationery and Postage
102.60
Telephone
144.25
Use of Car
250.00
Recording Liens
22.85
Meters
207.45
Pipes and Fittings
1,323.27
All Others
4.25
....
* 151.20
Phillips Park
Toilet Bldg. .....
.92
.64
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue $ 5.98
Park Wages
Park Others
... $900.00
Phillips Park
....
...
$2,130.28
Amount carried forward
$866,290.41
...
* 200.00
...
...
4,400.00
4,400.00
* 500.00
Expen- diture
* 824.88
Thomson Estate ....
156
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward ...... $866,290.41
General Expenses:
Fuel
$ 33.30
Auto Expense
222.08
Light and Power
39.30
Gasoline and Oil
257.98
Insurance
89.86
Materials and Supplies
305.39
Equipment and Repairs
410.60
Furniture and Fixtures
160.70
All Others
5.36
1,524.57
3,654.85
Emergency Water
Payroll
$438.50
Equipment
240.42
Contractor
40.00
$718.92
718.92
Pipes and Fittings
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
4,000.00
Cemetery
Salaries and Wages:
Superintendent
$2,762.78
Labor
5,576.20
$8,338.98
Other Expenses:
Telephone
$ 26.79
Light
3.75
Garage
52.00
Loam
142.61
Plant, Shrubs and Seeds
202.00
Tools and Equipment
267.12
Trucks
58.91
Supplies
44.78
Gasoline and Oil
29.00
All Others
62.17
889.13
9,228.11
Amount carried forward
SUMMARY OF ENTERPRISES
From Last Year
Transfer To
Appro- priation
Expen- diture
Transfer From
Balance to Revenue
Water Wages
$17,154.84
$16,697.40
+$ 457.44
Water Others
7,115.00
3,654.85
$1,573.75
៛ 1,886 40
Cemetery Wages ..
8,599.20 866.00
8,338.98
§ 260.22
Cemetery Others ...
$42.00
889.13
18.87
Essex Street
Water Main
$9,187.04
* 9,187.04
Emergency
Water
10,000.00
718.92
៛ 9,281.08
Pipes and Fittings
4,000.00
4,000.00
$9,187.04
$42.00
$47,735.04
$34,299.28
$1,573.75 $21,091.05
*To 1946
¡To Water Available Surplus
§To Cemetery Lots Fund
$883,892.29
157
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1945]
Amount brought forward
$883,892.29
INTEREST, MATURING DEBT AND AGENCY
Interest:
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$ 465.00
General Debt, Inside Limit.
6,333.75
Sewer Loan, Outside Limit.
520.00
School Loan, Outside
3,000.00
Water Loan, Outside
73.75
$10,392.50
Maturing Debt:
General Debt, Inside Limit ..
$25,000.00
Sewer Loan, Outside Limit. .... 1,500.00
School Loan, Outside
14,000.00
Water Loan, Outside
1,500.00
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
200,000.00
242,000.00
State and County Taxes :
State
$25,976.00
County
42,348.62
68,324.62
Agency:
Essex County Dog Licenses ....
$ 1,203.60
Essex County T. B. Hospital ... Withholding Tax
9,949.49
53,211.48
Seals
15.00
64,379.57
Trust Fund Transactions :
E. Y. Stocker Fund
$10.05
Phillips Medal Fund
55.71
65.76
Charles River Basin Tax:
Serial Bonds
$ 60.98
Interest
701.72
Maintenance
1,355.12
2,117.82
Metropolitan Parks Tax:
Serial Bonds
$ 15.24
Interest
235.31
Maintenance
3,273.69
3,524.24
Metropolitan Parks Boulevards:
Serial Bonds
$190.55
Interest
146.95
337.50
Nantasket Beach
... $501.11
501.11
391,643.12
Amount carried forward
$1,275,535.41
158
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[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward
.... $1,275,535.41
Metropolitan Water:
Serial Bonds
$14,736.82
Interest
8,686.96
Maintenance
8,375.47
a/c Brookline Credit
896.61
$32,695.86
State Assessments:
Auditing Accounts :
Municipal
$1,104.92
Retirement System
47.12
1,152.04
33,847.90
Refunds:
1944 Real Estate Taxes
$1,094.10
1945 Real Estate Taxes
718.74
1945 Poll Taxes
2.00
1943 Excise Taxes
18.17
1944 Excise Taxes
3.71
1945 Excise Taxes
49.91
Water Rates
116.80
1944 Moth
2.50
1945 Moth
1.00
Water Services
1.00
Estimate Receipts
14.70
Withholding Tax
44.60
Committed Interest
1.61
1943 Sidewalks
5.36
1943 Water Liens
9.00
$2,083.20
Checks Returned and Deducted from Expenditures:
Selectmen Others
$ 60.00
Treasury Others
72.80
Election and Registration Wages
47.80
Board of Appeals Others
5.00
Rationing Board
15.00
Fire Others
2.50
Inspector of Buildings Others
4.00
Insurance
24.44
Highway Others
22.83
Health Others
1.50
Sewer Others
2.45
Public Welfare Others
6.00
Old Age Assistance Wages
32.73
Old Age Assistance Others
367.90
Soldiers' Benefits Others
78.58
Schools ..
11.00
Thomson Estate
34.76
Water Others
4.88
794.17 2,877.37
Total Expenditures Balance January 1, 1946 176,438.76
$1,312,260.68
$1,488,699.44
1945]
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
159
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1945
Dr.
Cr.
Cash
$176,438.76
Petty Cash
230.00
Special Tax
404.78
Reserve for Special Tax
$ 404.78
Withholding Tax
5,391.20
Reserve for Petty Cash
230.00
1944 Poll
26.00
1944 Real Estate
177.96
1945 Poll
114.00
1945 Personal
542.30
1945 Real Estate
41,021.46
1944 Excise
58.67
1945 Excise
285.31
1.50
1945 Moth
140.90
1945 Sewer
343.61
Unapportioned Sidewalks
19.59
1945 Sidewalks
154.70
Tax Titles
15,852.71
Property Taken by Town for Taxes
2,916.81
Water Rates
7,032.21
Water Services
171.83
Liens Added to 1944 Taxes
31.22
Liens Added to 1945 Taxes
874.10
Water Interest
61.78
D.A.R. Health
434.50
D.A.R. Park
245.70
D.A.R. Welfare
1,702.71
D.A.R. Old Age Assistance
10.77
D.A.R. A.D.C. State
552.30
D.A.R. Welfare State
2,156.80
1945 Committed Interest
16.31
Water Available Surplus
36,309.46
Water Revenue
8,171.14
Moth Revenue
139.40
Sewer Revenue
12,892.38
Sidewalk Revenue
155.00
Tax Title Revenue
18,769.52
D.A.R. Revenue
1,697.36
Excise Revenue
343.98
Committed Interest Revenue
16.31
Cemetery Revenue
588.00
Excess & Deficiency
120,327.13
1943 Overlay
618.46
Overlay Reserve
12,161.30
1944 Overlay
7,900.12
1945 Overlay
4,958.28
Balance carried forward
$263,304.35 $232,356.82
1944 Moth
Unapportioned Sewer
12,548.77
1944 Sidewalks
19.29
160
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[Dec. 31
Cr.
Amount brought forward
Dog Licenses
D.A.R. Cemetery
438.00
D.A.R. Perpetual Care
150.00
Cemetery Receipts
9,544.09
Committee of Public Safety
1,240.64
Rationing Board
728.04
Ladder Fire Truck
66.00
Fire Alarm Boxes
7.49
Continuous Sidewalk Construction
3,225.65
Erection of Street Signs
344.30
Brooks Terrace Acceptance
165.59
Sargent Road Repairs
650.00
Atlantic Avenue and Essex Street
4.51
Arbutus Road
.15
Sargent Road Sewer
243.24
Eulow Street Drain
212.40
Beverly Road Sewer
438.72
U. S. Grant-O.A.A. Administration
815.98
U. S. Grant-Old Age Assistance
7,680.19
U. S. Grant-A.D.C. Administration
276.64
U. S. Grant-A.D.C. Assistance
924.17
Joanna Morse Library Fund
162.64
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
69.11
Mary L. Thomson Library Fund
22.76
Warrants Payable 1945
824.88
Thomson Estate
151.20
Massachusetts State Guard Ammunition
336.25
Phillips Park Brook
200.00
Spraying Machine (Park)
176.75
Veterans' Rehabilitation Comm.
119.48
Transportation and Moving
197.00
Master Plan
450.00
Recreational Program
500.00
Essex Street Water Main
9,187.04
Trust Fund Transactions
9,497.20
County Tax
480.79
Nantasket Beach
14.84
Warrants Payable 1946
2,549.05
Dr. $263,304.35
$232,356.82 14.40
$273,885.18 $273,885.18
I. MURRAY ADAMS, Town Accountant.
161
TREASURER'S REPORT
1945]
Treasurer's Report
Lester B. Morley, Treasurer
In account with the Town of Swampscott for the year ended December 31, 1945.
Balance on hand, January 1, 1945
$229,089.89
RECEIPTS
Town Collector
$907,469.05
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
103,970.25
Temporary Loan Notes, Issued in Anticipation of Revenue:
Notes Discounted
200,000.00
Tax Titles, Redeemed
7,174.97
Essex County, Dog Tax Refund
996.64
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
1,209.00
Trust Funds Income
174.73
Transfers, Phillips Medal Fund
55.71
Withholding Income: (Refunds for Adjust- ments Not Included)
Tax of 1945
54,382.00
Fines
10.00
Miscellaneous
910.56
$1,276,352.91
Less:
Warrants Paid
1,314,848.01
Balance December 31, 1945
$190,594.79
BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE
Issued Inside Debt Limit
School Loans:
Schoolhouse Loan, 1929 (41/4 % )
$20,000.00
Total Schoolhouse Debt Outstanding
$20,000.00
Sewer Loans:
Sewerage Loan 1928 (4%)
$ 8,000.00
Sewerage Loan 1929
(41/4 %)
42,000.00
Sewerage Loan 1930
(4%)
27,000.00
Sewerage Loan 1931
(4%)
22,000.00
Total Sewer Loans Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit
99,000.00
Miscellaneous Loans:
Police Station Loan, 1937
(13/4 % ).
$ 3,000.00
Sewer and Drain Loan, 1937
(1 1/4 % ). .... 2,000.00
Stable and Vault Loan, 1929
(4 1/2 % ) .... 4,000.00
Town Hall Loan, 1944
( 3/4 %) .... 21,000.00
Total Miscellaneous Loans Outstanding 30,000.00
Total Loans Outstanding Issued Inside Debt Limit
$149,000.00
$1,505,442.80
162
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[Dec. 31
Issued Outside Debt Limit
High School Addition, 1936 (2%)
$143,000.00
$143,000.00
Sewer Loans:
August 1912, Acts of 1920 (5%) $6,000.00
August 1922, Acts of 1920 (41/4 %)
3,500.00
:: :: ) Total Sewer Loan Bonds and Notes Outstanding Issued Outside Debt Limit.
9,500.00
Total Loans Outstanding Issued Outside Debt Limit .. $152,500.00
LIABILITIES
General Debt Bonds and Notes Payable,
Issued Inside Debt Limit:
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
$149,000.00
Issued Outside Debt Limit:
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
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
143,000.00
Sewer Loans Issued Outside Debt Limit:
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
9,500.00
$301,500.00
163
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1945}
TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1945
General Debt Bonds and Notes:
Inside Debt Limit Issues
$149,000.00
Outside Debt Limit Issues
143,000.00
Sewer Loan Bonds and Notes (Outside) ....
9,500.00
Total Debt
$301,500.00
GENERAL DEBT STATEMENT INDICATING BORROWING CAPACITY AS OF DECEMBER 31. 1945
Valuation 1943, Less Abatements
$24,244,859.00
Valuation 1944, Less Abatements 23,845,496.00
Valuation 1945, Less Abatements
23,600,303.00
Gross Three Years' Valuation
$71,690,658.00
Average Valuation
$23,896,886.00
Three Per Cent of Average Valuation $716,906.58
Less: Bonds and Notes Issued
Within Debt Limit 149,000.00
Borrowing Capacity
$567,906.58
164
TREASURER'S REPORT Principal and Interest Due in 1946
GENERAL DEBT
SEWER LOANS
TOTAL
Inside Debt Limit
Outside Debt Limit
Principal
Interest
Principal
Interest
Principal
Interest
Principal
Interest
January
$ 540.00 1,645.00
$13,000.00
$1,430.00
$224.34
$13,000.00
$3,299.34
March
$ 2,000.00
440.00
2,000.00
440.00
May ...
3,000.00
122.50
3,000.00
122.50
June
3,000.00
540.00
3,000.00
540.00
August
10,000.00
1,645.00
$1,300.00
$1,500.00
224.41
11,500.00
3,169.41
September
400.00
November
3,000.00
111.25
.......
...
...
3,000.00
111.25
December
Totals
$21,000.00
$5,443.75
$13,000.00
$2,730.00
$1,500.00
$448.75
$35,500.00
$8,622.50
Total of Principal and Interest
$44,122.50
... ....
..
....
...
October
400.00
....
... ........
.......
...
...
.....
...
...
[Dec. 31
TOWN DOCUMENTS
$ 540.00
February
...
April
July
165
TREASURER'S REPORT
1945]
Trust Funds
Joanna Morse Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1945
$5,196.00
Income Accrued 1945
104.43
Less Withdrawals
104.43
Balance December 31, 1945
$5,196.00
Ellen R. Whittle Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1945
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