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89.00
Library
50.00
996.85
Total Receipts
$2,225,541.96
APPROPRIATION TO ENTER THE TAX LEVY FOR TOWN PURPOSES JANUARY AND MARCH MEETINGS, 1931
Moderator's Salary
$25.00
Selectmen's Department:
Salaries of Selectmen
500.00
Department Expenses
600.00
1,100.00
Salary of Soldiers' Relief Agent
400.00
Accounting Department
4,150.00
Treasury Department:
Salary
1,000.00
Department Expenses
750.00
1,750.00
Collector's Department:
Salary
1,000.00
Department Expenses
2,280.00
3,280.00
Assessors' Department :
Salaries of Assessors
2,900.00
Department Expenses
5,780.00
8,680.00
Town Clerk's Department: Salary of Clerk Department Expenses
500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
Legal Department
3,000.00
192
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Vital Statistics
100.00
Election and Registration
1,585.00
Town Hall Account
7,000.00
Town Hall Account Unpaid Bills 1930
197.11
Police Department
40,000.00
Police Department Unpaid Bills 1930
1,219.70
Fire Department
41,150.00
Moth Department
11,500.00
Forest Fires
150.00
Forest Fires Unpaid Bills, 1930
248.25
Hydrant Rental
8,325.00
Inspector of Wires
300.00
Dog Officer
600.00
Fire Alarm
2,700.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
950.00
Salary of Inspector of Buildings
1,000.00
Inspector of Buildings-Use of Auto
200.00
Inspector of Animals
300.00
Game Warden
50.00
Compensation Account
2,000.00
Planning Board
100.00
.
Health Department:
Salaries of Board
300.00
Department Expenses
9,300.00
Unpaid Bills 1930
230.00
Collection of Garbage
5,400.00
Collection of Garbage Unpaid Bills 1930
612.00
Care of Dumps
1,200.00
17,042.00
Highway Department:
General Highways
118,536.85
Unpaid Bills 1930
1,463.15
120,000.00
Public Welfare Department:
Salaries of Board
300.00
Department Expenses
63,500.00
Unpaid Bills 1930
1,492.75
65,292.75
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
1,000.00
Military Aid
1,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
11,500.00
Unpaid Bills 1930
479.23
13,979.23
School Department Trade School Library
320,000.00
1,500.00
22,500.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
193
Park Department: Salaries of Board Department Expenses
200.00
6,500.00
6,700.00
Cemetery Department
1,600.00
Street Lights
18,000.00
Fire Insurance
6,300.00
Miscellaneous Account
800.00
Unpaid Bills 1930
72.50
Rifle Range Account Co. E
550.00
Rifle Range Account Medical Co.
150.00
Rifle Range Account Unpaid Bills 1930
314.45
Recreation Department
1,500.00
Unpaid Bills 1930
42.18
Water Department:
Salaries of Commissioners
300.00
Maintenance
42,072.47
Water Services
6,000.00
Water Construction
5,000.00
Maturing Bonds
30,000.00
Interest
9,811.25
93,183.72
Sewer Department:
Maintenance
7,500.00
Connections
4,700.00
12,200.00
Interest
52,000.00
Maturing Debt
93,840.76
Lake Quannapowitt
800.00
Sewer Construction, Pleasant Street
9,400.00
Sewer Construction, Court Street
2,070.00
Sewer Construction, Broadway
560.00
Sewer Construction Wiley Place
20,000.00
Sewer Construction, Evergreen Street
700.00
Greenwood Playground
50.00
Fourth of July Celebration
1,000.00
Firemen's Lot-Lakeside Cemetery
100.00
Laying out roads-Forest Glade Cemetery
2,000.00
Spanish War Veterans' Rent
350.00
Memorial Day Spanish War Veterans
300.00
Memorial Day H. M. Warren Post No. 12, G. A. R.
300.00
Memorial Day American Legion
300.00
Armistice Day American Legion
200.00
American Legion Rent
900.00
Traveling Expenses-Supt. of Schools
160.00
Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
Surface Drainage
13,500.00
$1,044,317.65
194
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TAXES 1928
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931 Refund Adjustment Entry Cash Adjustment Entry
$114.60 2.00 24.19
$118.68
22.11
$140.79
$140.79
TAXES 1929
,
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$8,597.87
Adjustment Entry
189.62
Cash
$6,484.53
Abatements
689.24
Credit to Collector
523.32
Adjustment Entry
122.00
Outstanding Dec. 31
968.40
$8,787.49
$8,787.49
TAXES 1931
Commitment
$839,240.69
December Commitment
69.82
Refunds
216.48
Cash
$530,719.67
Abatements
10,052.97
Outstanding December 31
298,754.35
$839,526.99
$839,526.99
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Commitment
$4,900.00
Cash
3,005.00
Outstanding December 31
1,895.00
$4,900.00
$4,900.00
TAX TITLES
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$26,428.37
Taken by Town
3,429.33
Adjustment Entry
466.55
Redemption of Titles
$2,837.00
Adjustment Entry
69.86
Outstanding December 31, 1931
27,417.39
$30,324.25
$30,324.25
1
195
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EXCISE TAX 1929
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931
$1,718.37
Cash
$731.42
Abatements
19.27
Adjustment Entry
110.32
Outstanding December 31, 1931
857.36
$1,718.37
$1,718.37
EXCISE TAX 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$10,774.58
Refunds
20.11
Adjustment Entry
8.51
Cash
$7,698.73
Abatements
279.80
Adjustment Entry
1.16
Outstanding December 31, 1931
2,823.51
$10,803.20
$10,803.20
EXCISE TAX 1931
Commitment
$32,319.71
Refunds
88.03
Adjustment Entry
43.73
Cash
$21,274.92
Abatements
1,649.84
Adjustment Entry
9.65
Outstanding December 31, 1931
9,517.06
$32,451.47
$32,451.47
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1929
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931
$146.50
Adjustment Entry
32.52
Cash
$71.50
Abatement
.50
Adjustment Entry
107.02
$179.02
$179.02
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1930
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1931
$1,172.35
Adjustment Entry
34.22
Cash
$1,056.91
Abatements
18.00
Adjustment Entry
83.66
Outstanding December 31, 1931
48.00
$1,206.57
$1,206.57
196
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1931
Commitment Cash
$1,692.72
Abatements
14.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
994.62
$2,701.34
$2,701.34
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$186.02
Adjustment Entry
365.22
Credit to Collector
$350.25
Adjustment Entry
200.99
$551.24
$551.24
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$5,200.56
Adjustment Entry
224.05
Cash
$4,682.47
Adjustment Entry
234.33
Outstanding December 31, 1931
507.81
$5,424.61
$5424.61
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1931
Commitment
$13,729.81
Cash
$8,244.52
Outstanding December 31, 1931
5,505.29
$13,749.81
$13,749.81
SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$2,389.33
Commitment
4,246.49
Refund
15.53
Cash
$1,650.34
Adjustment Entry
445.53
Outstanding December 31, 1931
4,555.48
$6,651.35
$6,651.35
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$51.51
Adjustment Entry Credit Entry
118.46
$131.43
Adjustment Entry
38.54
$169.97 $169.97
$2,701.34
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
197
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$1,978.15
Refund
22.39
Adjustment Entry
45.81
Cash
$1,643.32
Abatements
52,24
Adjustment Entry
187.67
Outstanding December 31, 1931
163.12
$2,046.35
$2,046.35
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS 1931
Commitment
$4,874.32
Cash
$2,561.49
Abatements
23.27
Outstanding December 31, 1931
2,289.56
$4,874.32
$4,874.32
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$404.35
Commitment
810.24
Adjustment Entry
180.00
Cash
$810.24
Adjustment Entry
$134.67
Outstanding December 31, 1931
449.68
$1,394.59
$1,394.59
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Schools)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$879.34
Commitment
18,215.69
Cash
$10,909.04
Abatement
102.00
Adjustment Entry
1,455.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
6,628.99
$19,095.03
$19,095.03
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Public Welfare Dept.)
Commitment
$2,626.72
Cash Outstanding December 31, 1931
$143.00
2,483.72
$2,626.72 $2,626.72
198
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Health Dept.)
Commitment Outstanding December 31, 1931
$5,265.61
$5,265.61
$5,265.61
$5,265.61
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (State Aid)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$490.00
Commitment
880.00
Cash
396.00
Adjustment Entry
94.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
880.00
$1,370.00
$1,370.00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (Military Aid)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$371.50
Commitment
223.50
Cash
$336.50
Adjustment Entry
35.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
223.50
$595.00
$595.00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (Soldiers' Burial)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$100.00
Commitment
25.00
Cash
$100.00
Outstanding December 31, 1931
25.00
$125.00
$125.00
WATER SERVICES
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$684.72
Commitment
3,573.22
Cash
$3,543.37
Abatements
23.51
Outstanding December 31, 1931
691.06
$4,257.94 $4,257.94
199
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
WATER RATES
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$1,131.62
Commitment Refund
8.40
Cash
93,144.63
Abatements
625.37
Outstanding December 31, 1931
1,223.04
$94,993.04
$94,993.04
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (Light Dept.)
Outstanding January 1, 1931
$29,403.72 428,970.46
Commitment
Cash
$337,657.02
Discounts
92,798.71
Transfers
2,388.43
Outstanding December 31, 1931
25,530.02
$458,374.18 $458,374.18
TEMPORARY LOANS
Outstanding January 1, 1931 Borrowed
$250,000.00 750,000.00
Payments Outstanding December 31, 1931
$700,000.00
300,000.00
$1,000.000.00 $1,000,000.00
SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUNDS
Balance January 1, 1931 Interest for 1931 Cash on Hand December 31, 1931
$8,748.42 436.22
9,184.64
$9,184.64
$9,184.64
SEWER CONNECTION DEPOSITS
Cash on Hand January 1, 1931
$241.08 5,014.15
Cash Received
Cost of Connections
$4,193.01
Cash Refunds
760.72
Cash on Hand
301.50
$5,255.23
$5,255.23
93,853.02
200
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
OVERLAY 1928
Balance January 1, 1931 Commitment Transferred to Overlay Surplus
$3,287.95 11.31
$3,299.26
$3,299.26
$3,299.26
OVERLAY 1929
Balance January 1, 1931 Commitment Abatements Balance December 31, 1931
$1,737.85
7.50
$689.24
1,056.11
$1,745.35
$1,745.35
OVERLAY 1930
Balance January 1, 1931 Commitment Abatements Overdraft
$3.066.19
52.50
$3,269.07
150.38
$3,269.07
$3,269.07
OVERLAY 1931
Commitment
$20,264.71
Abatements
$10,052.97
Balance December 31, 1931
10,211.74
$20,264.71
$20,264.71
RESERVE FUND-OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance January 1, 1931
$5,314.85
Transferred from 1928 Overlay
3,299.26
Adjustment Entry
39.69
Transferred to Reserve Fund
$5,000.00
Balance December 31, 1931
3,653.80
$8,653.80
$8,653.80
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Credit
Balance January 1, 1931 Transfers
$43,836.72 16,154.13
Debit
Transfers Balance December 31, 1931
$4,636.18 55,354.67
$59,990.85
$59,990.85
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
201
SEWER ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED
Balance January 1, 1931 Commitment Paid in Full Committed to Collector
$54,210.61 9,676.77
$659.60
10,416.17
Outstanding December 31, 1931
52,811.61
$63,887.38
$63,887.38
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED
Balance January 1, 1931
Commitment
$17,378.72 9,024.55
Commitment to Collector
$3,924.90
Paid in Full
414.86
Abatements
124.00
Adjustment Entry
57.93
Balance December 31, 1931
21,881.58
$26,403.27 $26,403.27
Appropriation Accounts
Moderator's Salary
Credit
Appropriation
$25.00
Theodore Eaton
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
Selectmen's Department
-
Salary Account
Credit -
Appropriation
$500.00
Debit
202
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
William Blanchard, Chairman, 12 mo.
$100.00
Eugene J. Sullivan, Secretary, 12 mo.
100.00
Leander M. Clark, 12 mo.
100.00
George O. Sheldon, 12 mo.
100.00
Charles F. Young, 2 mo.
16.67
Rena M. Colson, 10 mo.
83.33
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
Refund
Debit
Clerk Hire
$188.68
Stationery, Postage
8.92
Printing, Advertising
307.38
Telephone
53.50
All Other
42.52
$601.00
$601.00
Accounting Department
Credit
Appropriation
$4,150.00
Debit
$2,650.00
H. A. Simonds, 12 mo. Clerk Hire
474.31
Stationery, Printing
65.77
Printing Town Reports
959.92
$4,150.00
$4,150.00
Treasury Department
Salary of Treasurer Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Debit
Arthur H. Boardman, 12 mo. $1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$500.00
$500.00
$600.00 1.00
203
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$750.00
Debit
Paymaster, Charles E. Walton
$300.00
Stationery, Postage
30.03
Printing, Advertising
39.00
Certification of Notes
52.00
Bond
242.50
Balance to Revenue
86.47
$750.00
$750.00
Collector's Department
Salary of Collector
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Debit
Charles E. Walton, 12 mo. $1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$2,280.00
Debit
Clerk Hire:
$1,147.67
Elsie B. Potter Other Clerk Hire
45.00
Postage, Printing
545.08
Supplies
10.00
Bond
485.00
All Other
11.65
Balance to Revenue
35.60
1
$2,280.00
$2,280.00
204
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Assessors' Department
Salary Account Credit
Appropriation
$2,900.00
Debit
Charles A. Cheney, Chairman, 12 mo.
$850.00
George H. Stowell, Secretary, 7 mo.
758.34
Arthur C. Verge, Secretary, 5 mo.
541.66
Hugh Connell, 12 mo.
750.00
$2,900.00
$2,900.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$5,780.00
Debit
Elizabeth M. Jenkins, Chief Clerk
$1,825.84
L. Belle Woodward, Clerk
1,304.17
Annie T. Santos, Clerk
1,031.01
Other Clerk Hire
178.67
Assistant Assessors
290.90
Printing, Stationery
713.03
Taxi Hire
105.00
Telephone
44.85
All Other
187.74
Balance to Revenue
98.79
$5,780.00
$5,780.00
Revision of Assessors' Plans
Credit
Appropriation
$1,472.94
Debit
Sanborn Map Co. All Other Balance to 1932
$73.53
3.58
1,395.83
$1,472.94 $1,472.94
205
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Legal Department
Credit
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Debit
M. E. S. Clemons, Town Counsel, 12 mo.
$1,000.00
Printing and Advertising Damages All Other Balance to Revenue
22.00
460.00
91.43
1,426.57
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Town Clerk's Department
Salary of Clerk
Credit
Appropriation
$500.00
Debit
Frederic S. Hartshorne, 12 mo.
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Debit
Recording Fees
$497.00
Stationery, Postage
39.99
Printing
69.20
Telephone
35.00
Clerk Hire
244.38
All Other
26.00
Balance to Revenue
88.43
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
206
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
VITAL STATISTICS
Credit
Appropriation
$100.00
Debit
Various Persons, Birth, Marriage, Death Returns
$96.75
Balance to Revenue
3.25
$100.00
$100.00
Election and Registration
Credit
$1,585.00
Appropriation
Debit
Salaries of Registrars:
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman
125.00
Frederic S. Hartshorne, Sec'y
100.00
James F. Curley
100.00
Patrick J. Kelley
386.00
Election Officers
29.65
Postage, Supplies
223.25
Printing, Advertising
67.50
Meals
214.75
Care of Booths
28.22
Transportation
5.00
Clerk Hire
6.75
Balance to Revenue
198.88
$1,585.00 $1,585.00
Town Hall
UNPAID BILLS, 1930 Credit
$197.11
Appropriation
Debit
$196.17
Payments Balance to Revenue
.94
$197.11 $197.11
Equipment
$100.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 207
1931
Credit
Appropriation
$7,000.00
Debit
Harvey S. Parker, Janitor
$1,800.00
Assistant Janitors
554.89
Fuel
419.96
Light
813.61
Janitors' Supplies
409.30
Repairs
468.63
Water Rates
124.32
Basement Repairs
1,401.90
New Doors
670.60
Scenery Back of Stage
97.00
Fire Extinguishers
35.80
All Other
121.26
Balance to Revenue
82.73
$7,000.00
$7,000.00
Police Department
UNPAID BILLS, 1930
Credit
. Appropriation
$1,219.70
Debit
$1,213.41
Payments Balance to Revenue
6.29
$1,219.70
$1,219.70
1931
Credit
Appropriation
$40,000.00
James J. Pollard, Chief Patrolmen
$2,750.00
John G. Gates, Sergeant
$2,372.50
George B. DeRoche, Sergeant
2,372.50
James A. McFadden
2,190.00
Frank H. Robinson
2,190.00
Fred J. Black
2,190.00
Walter E. Peterson
2,190.00
Debit
1
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Joseph L. Preston
2,190.00
Eugene P. McDonnell
2,190.00
Hardy F. Russell
2,190.00
Gervase V. Stanley
2,190.00
Edwin M. Rowe
2,190.00
James F. Hartnett
2,148.00
John A. Peterson
2,118.00
Morton V. Griffin
1,854.81
Ernest J. McWhinnie
848.91
George F. Sheridan
736.27
Charles L. MacDonald
261.30
Henry DeRoche
21.60
Liquor Work
96.25
Supplies, Printing, Postage
117.62
Motor Vehicle Expenses
2,197.37
Equipment
110.70
Police Signal
496.28
Telephone
268.23
Teletype
668.91
Medical Calls
34.00
Special Equipment ·
159.19
All Other
653.87
Balance to Revenue
3.69
$40,000.00
$40,000.00
Fire Department
Credit
$41,150.00
Appropriation
Debit
Chief Fred D. Graham
$2,450.00
Capt. Clifford E. Jacobs
2,290.00
Capt. James W. Findlay
2,290.00
Lieut. George Sederquest
2,265.00
Robert P. MacDonald
2,190.00
Harry A. Russell
2,190.00
Alfred C. McGrath
2,190.00
James W. O'Donnell
2,190.00
John F. Coakley
2,190.00
Henry L. Parker
2,190.00
Frank J. Malonson
2,190.00
Daniel J. Sullivan
2,190.00
Arthur Goodridge
2,136.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 20g
Charles T. George
2,062.75
Merritt J. Wenzel
489.50
Call Men
5,246.71
Equipment and Repairs
1,283.42
Expense of Apparatus
821.79
Fuel and Light
536.45
Maintenance of Buildings
644.36
Office Expense
8.60
Telephone
163.03
All Other
206.54
Balance to Revenue
735.85
$41,150.00
$41,150.00
Hydrant Rental
Credit
Appropriation
$8,325.00
Debit
333 Hydrants at $25.00 each
$8,325.00
$8,325.00
$8,325.00
Forest Warden
UNPAID BILLS, 1930
Credit
Appropriation
$248.25
Debit
Payments
$248.25
$248.25
$248.25
1931
Credit
Appropriation
$150.00
Debit
Payments Balance to Revenue
$82.25
67.75
$150.00
$150.00
210
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Inspector of Wires
Appropriation
$300.00
Fred D. Graham
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
Dog Officer
Credit
Appropriation
$600.00
Debit
George A. Bennett
$600.00
$600.00
$600.00
Game Warden
Credit
Appropriation
$50.00
Harry Robinson
$50.00
$50.00
$50.00
Moth Department
Credit
Appropriation, January Appropriation, March
$2,000.00 $9,500.00
Debit
John A. Landry, Superintendent
$2,250.00
J. H. Landry Louis Surrette
1,446.39
1,441.15
Fred A. Meuse
1,428.03
Credit
Debit
Debit
211
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
E. J. McWhinnie Various Persons
1,199.00
2,443.94
Auto Expenses
326.29
Equipment
170.28
Insecticides
419.00
Maple Trees All Other
200.92
$11,500.00
$11,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Credit
Appropriation
$950.00
Debit
James J. Devlin, Salary
$650.00
James J. Devlin, Use of Truck
200.00
Equipment
79.13
All Other
14.85
Balance to Revenue
6.02
$950.00
$950.00
Inspector of Buildings
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Frank J. Henkel, 12 mo.
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
USE OF AUTO
Credit
Appropriation
$200.00
Debit
Frank J. Henkel
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Debit
175.00
212
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Compensation Account
Credit
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Debit
Payments
Water Department
$279.00
Sewer Department
1,107.07
Highway Department
289.50
School Department
45.00
Moth Department
123.00
Balance to Revenue
156.43
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Health Department
UNPAID BILLS, 1930
Credit
Appropriation
$230.00
Debit
$230.00
$230.00
$230.00
1931
Credit
Salaries
Appropriation
$300.00
Debit
Dr. Charles E. Montague, Chairman
$100.00
Wesley S. Goodwin, Secretary
100.00
Dr. Charles DeWolfe
100.00
$300.00
$300.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation Refund
$9,300.00 89.00
Payments
213
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
David Taggart, Health Officer
$600.00
David Taggart, Insp. of Plumbing
700.00
Lawrence E. Doucett, Milk Inspector
600.00
Lawrence E. Doucett, Food Inspector
300.00
Dr. Ira W. Richardson, Physician
200.00
Nellie B. Russell, Nurse
1,560.00
Tuberculosis
2,823.89
Dispensary
104.15
Contagious Diseases
727.18
Printing, Postage
123.64
All Other
732.44
Balance to Revenue
917.70
$9,389.00
$9,389.00
Care of Dumps
Credit
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Debit
Payments Balance to Revenue
$1,099.77
100.23
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Inspector of Animals
Credit
Appropriation
$300.00
Debit Dr. Palmer Corbett, Jan. 1, to Oct. 1 George A. Bennett, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31
$225.00
75.00
$300.00 $300.00
214
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Collection of Garbage
UNPAID BILLS, 1930
Credit
Appropriation
$612.00
Debit
Payments
$612.00
$612.00
$612.00
1931
Credit
Appropriation
$5,400.00
Debit
Payrolls
$2,873.14
Board
1,491.45
Gasoline
271.91
Truck Expenses All Other
66.64
$5,400.00
$5,400.00
Highway Department
UNPAID BILLS, 1930
Credit
Appropriation
$1,463.15
Debit
Payments
$1,463.15
$1,463.15
$1,463.15
1931
Credit
$118,536.85 12,600.00 278.90
Appropriation Transfers Refunds
696.86
215
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Harold S. Powell, Superintendent
3,000.00
Clerk Hire
780.00
Office Expenses
688.09
Labor
16,372.82
Trucks
1,472.50
Equipment Repairs
10,993.55
Auto Expenses
151.97
Tar and Sand
18,048.63
Sidewalks and Curbing
9,095.72
Supplies
3,632.67
Main Street Construction
36,223.33
Snow and Ice Removal
10,736.39
Drainage
2,685.90
Patrol
1,535.75
Albion Street Construction
8,845.91
All Other
7,127.98
Balance to Revenue
24.54
$131,415.75 $131,415.75
SURFACE DRAINAGE
Credit
January 1, 1931, Balance from 1930
$3,497.53
Appropriation, January
13,500.00
Transfer
9,000.00
Debit
Labor
$19,702.71
Trucks
84.50
Supplies, Material
2,752.43
Rent of Crane
1,550.00
Pipe
1,803.56
Balance to Revenue
104.33
$25,997.53
$25,997.53
VERNON STREET BRIDGE
Credit
Transfer
$750.00
Cash from State
370.78
Cash from County
370.79
Debit
$1,408.30
Payments Balance to 1932
83.27
$1,491.57
1,491.57
216
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
OAK STREET CONSTRUCTION
Credit
Balance January 1, 1931
$83.00
Debit
Payments
$55.00
Balance to 1932
28.00
$83.00
$83.00
LAND DAMAGE MERRIAM STREET
Credit
Balance January 1, 1931
$105.30
Debit
December 31 Balance to 1932
$105.30
$105.30
$105.30
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PAYROLL, 1931
Clyde Simonds
$1,963.81
Joseph Albani
1,857.07
Edward Butler
1,820.91
Robert B. Mackenna
1,812.02
John Doherty
1,772.07
Jeremiah Doucette
1,738.75
Thomas Sullivan
1,737.00
John Shannon
1,689.57
John White
1,618.75
William Fall
1,594.36
William Gerrish
1,480.37
John McGlory.
1,478.45
Slayton E. Cross
1,424.25
Edmund Muise
1,410.41
William Donegan
1,335.15
Robert Black
1,251.61
Herbert Ramsdell
1,224.89
William Scanlon
1,199.70
Salvatore Terravechia
1,151.29
John O'Donnell
1,132.23
John Regan
1,126.85
William Landers
1,124.70
James Murphy
1,096.67
Samuel Gorman
1,096.31
John Neiss
1,088.98
Concetto Serafino
1,088.24
Fred Doucette
1,070.20
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
217
Angelo DeFeo
1,024.72
Joseph Walsh
988.94
Mateo Bellande
929.54
Horace Hale
907.25
Eleanor Barnes
795.75
Reginald Hovey
717.50
Peter Quinn
701.83
Louis DeCecca
682.23
Patrick Keady
610.99
Payroll of Employees less than $500 each
13,788.30
$62,531.66
Public Welfare Department
-
Salaries of Board
Credit
Appropriation
$300.00
Debit
William C. Strong, Chairman
$100.00
Adelaide Boynton, Secretary
100.00
James A. Fox
100.00
$300.00
$300.00
UNPAID BILLS, 1931
Credit
Appropriation
Debit
Payments
$1,492.75
$1,492.75
$1,492.75
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation Refunds
$63,500.00 206.35
Debit
Outside Aid Shoes, Clothing Meats, Groceries Coal, Wood
$189.40 20,031.39 445.86
$1,492.75
218
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Board, Rent
10,271.86
Medical Attendance
831.39
Hospital Care
1,079.29
Mothers' Aid
1,198.00
Relief by Other Cities
6,514.76
Buick Expenses
420.53
Old Age Assistance
994.25
All Other
794.29
Infirmary Expenses
Superintendent, Melvin W. Brown
$1,740.00
Other Employees
2,790.25
Groceries, Provisions
2,300.42
Dry Goods, Clothing
180.78
Fuel, Light
1,351.45
Care of Buildings
3,203.61
Hay, Grain
4,924.94
Gasoline
463.92
Truck Expenses
1,246.49
All Other
2,704.17
Balance to Revenue
29.30
$63,706.35
$63,706.35
Soldiers' Benefits
STATE AID
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Debit
Payments
Various Persons (Civil War)
$410.00
Various Persons (Spanish War)
470.00
Balance to Revenue
120.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
MILITARY AID
Credit
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Debit
Various Persons (Spanish War)
$135.00
Various Persons (World War)
312.00
Balance to Revenue
553.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
219
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
SOLDIERS' RELIEF UNPAID BILLS, 1930
. :
Credit
Appropriation
$479.23
Debit
$459.23
20.00
$479.23
$479.23
1931
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Credit
Appropriation
Transfer from Reserve Fund Refund
$11,500.00 6,500.00 10.00
Debit
Various Persons (Civil War)
$1,345.70
Various Persons (Spanish War)
2,087.54
Various Persons (World War)
14,575.88
Balance to Revenue
.88
$18,010.00
$18,010.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT
Credit
Appropriation
$400.00
Debit
John Findlay, Jr., Agent, Mar. 15, to Dec. 31
$316.63
Balance to Revenue
83.37
$400.00
$400.00
School Department
Credit
Appropriation Refunds
$320,000.00 2.44
Debit
Superintendent, Willard B. Atwell $4,949.98
Payments Balance to Revenue
220
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Clerk Hire
Pauline Meads
1,329.74
Anna Anderson
894.00
Gertrude Mackenna
833.50
Attendance Officer, J. Edward Hatch
1,580.45
Americanization
373.00
Health:
Mary English, Nurse
1,344.34
Dr. C. E. Montague
840.00
Other Expenses
289.40
Traveling Expenses
712.08
W. B. Atwell, Use of Auto
720.00
Books, Supplies
15,165.83
Care of Buildings
16,485.65
Teachers' Salaries
High School
93,969.65
Elementary
142,714.72
Evening School
592.66
Practical Arts
814.10
Telephone
825.89
Office
83.26
Committee
343.84
Janitor Service
High School
7,634.33
Elementary
12,830.21
Fuel and Light
High School
3,360.97
Elementary
7,245.12
Furnishings
472.88
Transportation
1,073.96
Support of Truants
88.57
All Other
2,432.74
Balance to Revenue
1.57
$320,002.44 $320,002.44
TRADE SCHOOL
Credit
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Debit
Various Cities-Tuition
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
221
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT-PAYROLL, 1931
Willard B. Atwell
$4,949.98
Charles J. Peterson
4,500.00
Roland H. Kinder
3,475.00
Helen F. Gilmore
2,125.00
Eleanor K. Abbott
1,612.00
Marjorie E. Bent
1,826.50
Marjorie T. Bunker
1,900.00
Mary Butler
1,540.00
Joseph Cassano
2,440.00
Bernice L. Caswell
2,626.76
Elvira C. Cosman
2,039.75
Raymond S. Dower
3,100.00
Harriet D. Dunning
1,900.00
Joseph H. Fanck
2,675.00
Thelma J. Ferguson
840.00
R. Edgar Fisher
2,820.00
Thelmer L. Fletcher
1,900.00
Marion Fuller
640.00
Arthur A. Fulton
2,900.00
Myron Gallop
1,899.84
Lillian M. Guillow
598.50
A. True Hardy
1,590.00
William D. Healey
2,985.00
Howard J. Heavens
2,900.00
Janet S. Hight
1,870.00
Ruth F. Hiatt
2,050.00
Isabel M. Hirst
2,050.00
Mildred Jones
1,975.00
Katherine M. Kelly
1,885.75
Dorothy K. Kohl
1,895.25
Annette E. Lane
1,525.62
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