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While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was received from the officials of the town, for which, on be- half of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts
HBD :S
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1936 $117,054.95
Receipts 838,833.85
$955,888.80
Payments $924,566.96
Balance December 31, 1936 31,321.84
$955,888.80
Balance January 1, 1937 $31,321.84
Receipts January 1 to 19, 1937 55,809.94
$87,131.78
Payments January 1 to 19, 1937 $33,325.55
Balance January 19, 1937 :
Rockland Trust Company $23,604.75
The Merchants
National Bank
of Boston 30,201.48
53,806.23
$87,131.78
ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY
Balance January 19, 1937, per
statement
$26,537.57
Deposit in transit January 19, 1937, verified 2,217.42
$28,754.99
Balance January 19, 1937, per
check register $23,604.75
Outstanding checks January 19, 1937, per list 5,150.24
$28,754.99
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
Balance January 19, 1937, per statement .. $30,201.48 Balance January 19, 1937, per check register $30,201.48
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
Coupon Account
Balance January 19, 1937, per statement ... $3,843.75
Outstanding bonds and coupons January 19,
1937, per list $3,843.75
RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH
Balances January 19, 1937, per tables :
Property taxes 1935 . $701.71
Property taxes 1936 . 591.52
Motor vehicle excise
taxes 1936 14.79
Interest and costs on taxes 84.00
Water rates and
charges, 1936 13.35
Water rates
and
charges, 1937 589.51
$1,994.88
Petty cash advance
40.00
$2,034.88
Cash on hand January 19, 1937, verified ..
$2,034.88
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
PROPERTY TAXES - 1932
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per warrant . $25.74 Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $25.74
PROPERTY TAXES - 1933
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant
$316.66
Payments to treasurer March 13
to December 31, 1936 $28.79
Abatements March 13 to De-
cember 31, 1936 10.00
Tax titles taken by town March
13 to December 31, 1936 6.01
Outstanding December 31, 1936,
and January 19, 1937, per list 271.86
$316.66
POLL TAXES - 1934
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $268.00
Payments to treasurer, March 13 to December 31, 1936 $34.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936 234.00
$268.00
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$234.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $2.00
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 232.00
$234.00
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
PROPERTY TAXES - 1934
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant
$37,274.61
Payments to treasurer March 13
to December 31, 1936 $31,076.17
Abatements March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 1,342.71
Tax titles taken by town, March
13 to December 31, 1936
4,262.37
Added to tax titles March 13 to
December 31, 1936 103.74
Outstanding December 31, 1936,
and January 19, 1937, per list 489.62
$37,274.61
POLL TAXES - 1935
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $368.00
Payments to treasurer March 13
to December 31, 1936 $110.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936,
and January 19, 1937, per list 258.00
$368.00
PROPERTY TAXES - 1935
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant
$99,296.78
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $53,739.06
Added to tax titles March 13 to
December 31, 1936 4,542.02
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Outstanding December 31, 1936 41,015.70 $99,296.78
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$41,015.70
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $681.74
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 39,632.25
Cash balance January 19, 1937
701.71
$41,015.70
POLL TAXES - 1936
Commitment per warrant $2,786.00
Payments to treasurer $2,258.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936 528.00
$2,786.00
Outstanding January 1, 1937 $528.00
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $4.00
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 524.00
$528.00
PROPERTY TAXES - 1936
Commitment per warrant ..
.$402,536.99
Abatements and payments re- funded 267.55
Check returned account of in-
sufficient funds
109.02
$402,913.56
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Payments to treasurer $286,467.52
Abatements 1,428.91
Added to tax titles 7,656.36
Refund of motor vehicle excise
taxes 1936 reported as prop- erty taxes 1936 20.17
Outstanding December 31, 1936 107,340.60
$402,913.56
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$107,340.60
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $7,412.10
Outstanding January 19, 1937,
per list
99,336.98
Cash balance January 19, 1937 .
591.52
$107,340.60
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1932
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $69.15
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $12.00
Abatements March 13 to De-
cember 31, 1936
57.15
$69.15
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1933
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $874.53
Payments to treasurer March 13
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
to December 31, 1936 $72.97
Abatements March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 789.32
Outstanding December 31, 1936, and January 19, 1937, per list 12.24
$874.53
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1934
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $872.05
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $243.30
Outstanding December 31, 1936, and January 19, 1937, per list 628.75
$872.05
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1935
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $1,337.55
Abatements and payments, re- funded March 15 to Decem- ber 31, 1936 .74
$1,338.29
Payments to treasurer March 13 to. December 31, 1936 $632.82
Abatements March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 .74
Outstanding December 31, 1936 704.73
$1,338.29
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$704.73 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $2.00
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Outstanding January 19, 1937,
per list 702.73
$704.73
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES - 1936
Recommitment March 13, 1936,
per warrant $3,140.68
Additional commitments March 13 to December 31, 1936 8,807.82
Abatements and payments, re- funded March 13 to Decem- ber 31, 1936 453.52
Refund of motor vehicle excise taxes 1936 reported as prop- erty taxes 1936 20.17
$12,422.19
Payments to treasurer, March 13 to December 31, 1936 . $9,407.55
Abatements March 13, to De- cember 31, 1936 936.64
Outstanding December 31, 1936
2,078.00
$12,422.19
Outstanding January 1, 1937 . . $2,078.00
Additional commitment Janu-
ary 1 to 19, 1937 79.08
$2,157.08
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $182.38
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 1,959.91
Cash balance January 19, 1937 14.79
$2,157.08
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES Court Judgment
Balance January 1, 1936 $60.46
Payments to treasurer 1936 $60.46
MOTH ASSESSMENT - 1934
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant
$203.45
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $184.38
Abatements March 13, to De-
cember 31, 1936 6.87
Tax titles taken by town March
13 to December 31, 1936 12.20
$203.45
MOTH ASSESSMENT - 1936
Commitment per warrant
$425.22
Payments to treasurer $131.75
Added to tax titles 14.60
Outstanding December 31, 1936 278.87
$425.22
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$278.87
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $44.25
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 234.62
. $278.87
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
SEA WALL ASSESSMENTS
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant
$1,436.13
Outstanding December 31, 1936 and Jan- uary 19, 1937, per list $1,436.13
INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES
Collections March 13 to December 31, 1936 :
Taxes :
Levy of 1932
$6.36
Levy of 1933 4.78
Levy of 1934
3,132.42
Levy of 1935
2,495.64
Levy of 1936
367.60
$6,006.80
Motor Vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1932 .35
Levy of 1933
24.07
Levy of 1934
67.85
Levy of 1935
72.27
Levy of 1936
147.27
311.81
$6,318.61
Payments to treasurer March 13 to Decem- ber 31, 1936 $6,318.61
Collections January 1 to 19, 1937:
Taxes :
Levy of 1934
.59
Levy of 1935
109.84
Levy of 1936
155.55
$265.98
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1935 .56
Levy of 1936
9.47
10.03
$276.01
Payments to treasurer January
1 to 19, 1937
192.01
Cash balance January 19, 1937 84.00
$276.01
TAX TITLES
Balance January 1, 1936
$20,663.02
Tax titles taken by town :
Taxes 1933 $6.01
Taxes 1934 4,262.37
Moth assessment
1934 12.20
Interest and costs
.
794.95
5,075.53
Added to tax titles :
Taxes 1934 103.74
Taxes 1935 4,542.02
Taxes 1936 7,656.36
Moth assessment
1936
14.60
Interest and costs
228.64
12,545.36
Selling price in excess of book value of lands of low value .. 31.98
$38,315.89
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Tax titles redeemed $5,972.27
Sale of lands of low value 930.00
Transferred to tax possessions 2,586.67
Balance December 31, 1936 28,826.95
$38,315.89
Balance January 1, 1937
$28,826.95
Tax titles redeemed January 1 to 19, 1937
$1,000.17
Balance January 19, 1937, per list
27,826.78
$28,826.95
ADDITIONAL INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAX TITLES REDEEMED
Charges 1936 $1,261.58
Payments to treasurer 1936 $1,261.58
Charges January 1 to 19, 1937 $73.57
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $73.57
TAX POSSESSIONS
Transferred from tax titles 1936 $2,586.67
Balance December 31, 1936, and January 19, 1937, per list $2,586.67
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Recommitment March 13, 1936:
Police $80.00
Moth
778.10
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Health
606.60
Public welfare
1,867.75
Old age assistance . . 5,887.39
Mothers' aid
522.94
State aid
580.00
Military aid
37.50
Soldiers' relief
53.73
Schools
44.00
$10,458.01
Charges, March 13 to December 31, 1936:
Police
80.00
Moth
1,630.05
Public welfare
1,866.56
Old age assistance 7,859.76
Mothers' aid
766.29
State aid
770.00
Military aid
87.50
Schools
902.94
13,963.10
$24,421.11
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936:
Police $10.00
Moth 1,172.55
Public welfare 741.49
Old age assistance .11,662.07
Mothers' aid
510.28
State aid
580.00
Military aid
37.50
Schools
946.94
$15,660.83
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Abatements March 13 to December 31, 1936:
Public welfare 234.01
Old age assistance .. 190.08
Mothers' aid 51.99
476.08
Moth accounts receivable added to taxes 1936 425.22
Outstanding December 31, 1936:
Police
$150.00
Moth
810.38
Health
606.60
Public welfare
2,758.81
Old age assistance .
1,895.00
Mothers' aid
726.96
Soldiers' relief
53.73
State aid
770.00
Military aid
87.50
$7,858.98
$24,421.11
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$7,858.98
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 :
Moth
$42.00
Outstanding January 19, 1937,
per list :
Police $150.00
Moth 768.38
Health
606.60
Public welfare
2,758.81
Old age assistance . 1,895.00
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Mothers' aid
726.96
Soldiers' relief
53.73
State aid
770.00
Military aid
87.50
7,816.98
$7,858.98
WATER RATES AND CHARGES .- 1931
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war-
rant
$98.42
Abatements March 13 to De-
cember 31, 1936 $14.80
Outstanding December 31, 1936,
and January 19, 1937, per list
83.62
$98.42
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1932
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $320.50
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $60.79
Abatements March 13 to De-
cember 31, 1936 64.97
Outstanding December 31, 1936,
and January 19, 1937, per list 194.74
$320.50
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1933
Recommitment March 13, 1936, per war- rant $901.70
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Payments to treasurer March 13
to December 31, 1936 $145.94
Abatements March 13 to De-
cember 31, 1936 226.26
Outstanding December 31, 1936, and January 19, 1937, per list 529.50
$901.70
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1934
Recommitment March 13, 1936,
per warrant $1,762.63
Abatements and payments, re- funded, March 13, to Decem- ber 31, 1936 40.50
$1,803.13
Payments to treasurer, March 13 to December 31, 1936 $685.28
Abatements March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 129.25
Outstanding December 31, 1936 988.60
$1,803.13
Outstanding January 1, 1937 $988.60
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $16.00
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 972.60
$988.60
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1935 Recommitment March 13, 1936, per warrant $5,700.53
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE. 1937
Abatements and payments, re- funded, March 13 to Decem- ber 31, 1936 29.00
Water rates 1936 reported at water rates 1935 405.46
$6,134.99
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $3,444.02
Abatements March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 325.50
Outstanding December 31, 1936 2,365.47
$6,134.99
Outstanding January 1, 1937 Payments to treasurer, January 1 to 19, 1937 $58.50
$2,365.47
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 2,306.97
$2,365.47
WATER RATES AND CHARGES - 1936
Recommitment March 13, 1936,
per warrant $16,961.92
Additional commitments per warrants, March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 65,919.42
Abatements and payments re- funded, March 13 to Decem- ber 31, 1936 1,290.17
Payments to treasurer March 13 to December 31, 1936 $72,559.80 Abatements March 13 to De- cember 31, 1936 4,042.56
$84,171.51
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Transferred to liens, March 13 to December 31, 1936 3,442.86
Water rates 1936 reported as
water rates 1935 405.46
Outstanding December 31, 1936
3,720.83
$84,171.51
Outstanding January 1, 1937
$3,720.83 Payments to treasurer, January 1 to 19, 1937 $300.48
Outstanding January 19, 1937, per list 3,407.00
Cash balance January 19, 1937
13.35
$3,720.83
WATER RATES AND CHARGES -- 1937
Commitment January 1 to 19, 1937, per warrant
$32,312.28
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 19, 1937 $7,445.14
Abatements January 1 to 19, 1937 146.00
Outstanding January 19, 1937 .
24,131.63
Cash balance January 19, 1937 589.51
$32,312.28
WATER LIENS
Transferred from water rates
and charges, 1936
$3,442.86
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Costs :
Recording fees $131.00 Examining titles 65.50
196.50
$3,639.36
Outstanding December 31, 1936, and Janu- ary 19, 1937, per list $3,639.36
TOWN CLERK
Dog Licenses
Cash balance January 1, 1936 . $5.40
Licenses issued :
Males, 292 @ $2.00 . $584.00
Spayed females, 53 @ $2.00 106.00
Females, 68 @ $5.00 340.00
Breeders':
2 @ 25.00
50.00
2 @ 50.00
100.00
$1,180.00
$1,185.40
Payments to treasurer
$1,100.20
Fees retained, 417 @ $.20 83.40
Cash balance December 31,
1936, (verified January 26, 1937) 1.80
$1,185.40
Sporting and Trapping Licenses
Licenses issued 1936 $611.25
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Payments to Division of Fisher- ies and Game $514.50
Fees retained 56.00
Cash balance December 31, 1936 40.75
$611.25
Cash balance January 1, 1937 .
$40.75
Licenses issued January 1 to 26,
1937
101.25
$142.00
Payments to Division of Fisher- ies and Game, January 1 to 26, 1937
40.75
Fees retained January 1 to 26, 1937 10.25
Cash on hand January 26, 1937, verified 91.00
$142.00
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Outstanding January 1, 1936:
Police department
$3.00
Licenses and permits granted :
By chief of police ..
$6.00
By health depart-
ment 28.50
By selectmen 3,918.00
By town clerk :
Transient vendors'
150.00
By state :
Pedlars' licenses .
90.00
4,192.50
$4,195.50
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Payments to treasurer $4,167.00 Outstanding December 31, 1936 28.50
$4,195.50
Outstanding January 1, 1937
. .
$28.50
Licenses and permits granted January 1 to 19, 1937:
By selectmen 2,343.00
$2,371.50
Payments to treasurer, January 1 to 19, 1937 $2,363.50
Cash balance January 19, 1937 : Selectmen 8.00
$2,371.50
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Outstanding January 1, 1936 ..
$1.18
Fees
99.45
$100.63
Payments to treasurer
$94.26
Outstanding December 31, 1936
6.37
$100.63
Outstanding January 1, 1937 Payments to treasurer January 1 to February 1, 1937 $1.71
$6.37
Outstanding February 1, 1937, per list 4.66
$6.37
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Charges 1936:
Manual training
$110.71
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Rent of auditorium
66.45
$177.16
Payments to treasurer $167.16
Outstanding December 31, 1936, and January 19, 1937, per list 10.00
$177.16
ELIZA JENKINS CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$3,020.80
$3,020.80
On hand at end of year 1936 $3,020.80
$3,020.80
Receipts - 1936
Payments
Income $90.60 Transferred to town
$90.60
LUCY THOMAS CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1936 . .
1,000.00
1,000.00
Receipts 1936 Payments
Income $30.00 Transferred to town
$30.00
SARAH J. WHEELER CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$988.22
$988.22
On hand at end of year 1936
988.22
988.22
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Receipts - 1936 - Payments
Income $29.64 Transferred to town
$29.64
HANNAH DEAN MILLER CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$1,952.63
$1,952.63
On hand at end of year 1936 . .
1,952.63
1,952.63
Receipts - 1936 Payments
Income $58.56 Transferred to town
$58.56
CORNELIA M. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$5,086.68
$5,086.68
On hand at end of year 1936 . .
5,086.68
5,086.68
Receipts - 1936 - Payments
Income $152.58 Transferred to town
$152.58
GEORGE O. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$524.71
$524.71
On hand at end of year 1936 ..
524.71
524.71
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Receipts - 1936 - Payments
Income $15.72
Transferred to town $15.72
SCITUATE WELFARE FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$243.13
$243.13
On hand at end of year 1936 . . .
250.47
250.47
Receipts - 1936 - Payments
Income $7.34 Added to savings deposits
$7.34
BENJAMIN T. ELLMS CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
On hand at end of year 1936 . .
4,000.00
4,000.00
Receipts - 1936 -
Payments
Income $100.00
Transferred to town
$100.00
EVERETT TORREY PARK FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1936
$382.12
$382.12
On hand at end of year 1936
375.66
375.66
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Receipts
1936 - Payments
Withdrawn from
Transferred to town
$18.00
savings depos- its
$6.46
Income
11.54
$18.00
$18.00
CLARA T. BATES CEMETERY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
1936
$324.79
$324.79
On hand at end of year 1936
290.59
290.59
Receipts 1936
Payments
Withdrawn from
Transferred to town
$44.00
savings depos- its
$34.20
Income 9.80
$44.00
$44.00
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TOWN OF SCITUATE Balance Sheet - December 31, 1936 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
In Banks and Office
$31,321.84
$60,000.00
Collector's Petty Cash
40.00
Reserve for. Petty: Cash Advances:
Water Department
15.00
$31,376.84
Collector $40.00
Accounts Receivable:
Water Department 15.00
55.00
Taxes:
Trust Fund Income-Cornelia M. Allen Charity Fund
152.58
Tailings-Unclaimed checks
47.68
Levy of 1934:
Special State Tax-Old Age Assistance
5.00
Polls
234.00
Highway Grant -- Chapter 464, Acts of 1935
.08
Property
489.62
Sale of Real Estate Fund
930.00
Levy of 1935:
Federal Grant- Old Age Assistance:
Polls
258.00
Administration Assistance
58.92
Levy of 1936:
Overestimates: /
Polls
528.00
State Assessment
$28.99
Property
107,340.60
County Tax
292.87
150,137.78
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1933
$12.24
$270.92
Levy of 1934
628.75
Appropriation Balances: Tax Title Foreclosures Town Forest
200.00
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
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Levy of 1933 Property
$271.86
$30.09
Property
41,015.70
89.01
321.86
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue
50
Levy of 1935 Levy of 1936
704.73 2,078.00
Special Assessments :
Moth 1936 Sea Wall
1,436.13
Tax Titles
$28,826.95
Tax Possessions
2,586.67
31,413.62
ans' Graves
250.00
Water Department-Special 1933
948.89
Departmental :
Police
$150.00
Moth
810.38
Health
606.60
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Public Welfare
2,758.81
Levy of 1934
$451.94
Old Age Assistance
1,895.00
Levy of 1935
6,170.34
Mothers' Aid
726.96
Soldiers' Relief
53.73
State Aid
770.00
Military Aid
87.50
7,858.98
Water Rates and Charges:
1931
$83.62
1932
194.74
1933
529.50
1934
988.60
1935
2,365.47
1936
3,720.83
$7,882.76
Water Liens
3,639.36
Repairs to Breakwater 562.92
3,423.72
Land Damages: Highway North Scituate to Route 3-A $627.33 Prospect Avenue 250.00
877.33 6.94
New Town Way
Rebuilding Town Pier
583.43
Plan Showing Location of Veter-
3,700.43
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
1,188.29
Levy of 1936
7,955.30
14,577.58
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$3,423.72
Special Assessment
1,715.00
Tax Title
31,413.62
Departmental
7,858.98
Water
11,522.12
Surplus Revenue
55,933.44 109,679.41
11,522.12
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
$278.87
1,715.00
Overdrawn Accounts-Section 31, Chapter 44, G.L: Health $5,316.61 1,686.31 4.61 Snow Removal Mothers' Aid
Underestimate-State Tax
7,007.53 880.00
Overlay Deficit : Levy of 1933 Water Department Deficit
10.00 1,334.77
$246,680.36
$246,680.36
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$711,600.00 Concrete Bridge Loan Sea Wall Loan Town Pier Loan
$9,600.00 6,000.00 25,000.000
Water Loans
$40,600.00 671,000.00
$711,600.00
$711,600.00
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
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Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
Trust Funds $17,489.76
Charity Funds:
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$3,020.80
Lucy Thomas Fund
1,000.00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund
988.22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund
1,952.63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund
5,086.68
George O. Allen Fund
524.71
Scituate Welfare Fund
250.47
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund
4,000.00
$16,823.51
Everett Torrey Park Fund
375.66
Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund
290.59
$17,489.76
$17,489.76
52
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen: In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, I herewith submit the following report of the Accounting Department for the year ending December 31, 1937.
I have also included a detailed statement of disburse- ments showing amounts paid and the persons to whom payments were made as requested by vote at the annual meeting held March 7, 1937.
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT,
Town Accountant.
General Revenue
TAXES
Current Year :
Poll
$1,972.00
Personal
26,909.00
Real Estate
283,648.48
$312,529.48
Motor Vehicle Excise
11,458.47
Previous Years:
Poll
$269.06
Personal
6,062.35
Real Estate
93,726.86
100,058.27
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,752.74
53
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
From the Commonwealth:
Income Tax
$27,764.40
Income Tax, Chapter 362, Acts 1936
1,663.55
Corporation Tax-Public Service
3,255.02
Smith-Hughes Fund
144.49
Aid to Independent Industrial Schools
1,236.91
Tuition, State Wards
503.54
State Highway, Moth.
50.00
Licenses
110.00
U. S. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Assistance
10,771.07
U. S. Grant, Old Age Assistance, Administrative ..
359.00
U. S. Grant, Mothers' Aid
1,066.00
46,923.98
From the County:
Dog Licenses
866.79
Licenses and Permits
$4,873.15
Court Fines
513.15
Sealer's Fees
99.84
Transient Vendor's Fees
350.00
5,836.14
Special Assessments:
Moth 1936
$139.50
Moth 1937
169.75
309.25
OTHER RECEIPTS
From the Commonwealth:
Public Welfare
$3,011.26
Old Age Assistance
5,827.87
Mothers' Aid
717.18
State Aid
770.00
Military Aid
87.50
Veterans' Exemptions
73.35
10,487.16
54
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Other Cities and Towns:
Public Welfare
$243.47
Old Age Assistance
1,754.11
1,997.58
Individuals :
Public Welfare
$47.50
Old Age Assistance
33.06
80.56
General Government:
Selectmen:
Advertising Hearings $30.00
Sign
10.00
Plans and specifications, Town Pier
20.00
$60.00
Collector :
Costs
873.06
Treasurer :
Tax Titles redeemed
$18,160.82
Tailings
39.63
18,200.45
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
1,153.20
Town Hall, telephone tolls
7.00
20,293.71
Fire Department :
Stationery and postage
4.61
Board of Health:
Baby clinic
$116.45
Dental clinic
117.60
234.05
Highway Department :
Labor
$23.40
Sale of Material
13.20
36.60
55
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Police Department :
Ambulance
70.00
Moth Work
984.75
School Department :
Sale of supplies
$66.36
Telephone tolls
3.25
Rent of Auditorium
42.00
Tuition
617.18
728.79
Insurance
52.88
Refunds:
Taxes
$6.72
Tax Title Foreclosures
33.25
Federal, State and County Projects and Town Im- provements
40.00
Public Welfare
67.74
Old Age Assistance
5.00
Fire Department
1.25
Collector's Department
3.00
156.96
WATER DEPARTMENT
Fixture Rates
$41,704.10
Meter Rates
16,451.28
Service Charges
4,942.01
Miscellaneous Charges
28,455.20
Liens
1,870.13
93,422.72
INTEREST
On Taxes
$5,677.84
Accrued
1.50
Corporation Tax-Public Service
.01
5,679.35
56
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
TRUST FUNDS
Eliza Jenkins Fund
$90.60
Lucy Thomas Fund
30.00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund
29.64
Hannah D. Miller Fund
58.56
Cornelia Allen Fund
152.58
Clara T. Bates Fund
31.20
George O. Allen Fund
15.72
Everett Torrey Fund
15.60
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund
100.00
523.90
LOANS
Anticipation
$225,000.00
Fire Department
13,500.00
238,500.00
$852,988.74
Balance, January 1, 1937
31,321.84
$884,310.58
Expenditures
General Government SELECTMEN
Salaries:
Chairman
$2,000.00
Associates
1,200.00
$3,200.00
Expenses :
Stationery and postage
$54.53
Printing and advertising
101.62
Clerical Assistance
536.00
Telephone
6.63
Carfares, autos and lunches
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