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50.00
Plowing Snow
3.00
Vernon Street Bridge (State)
239.32
Vernon Street Bridge (County)
239.32
Various receipts
157.04
688.68
Public Welfare Department:
Mothers' Aid
482.12
Temporary Aid
554.00
Reimbursements
980.77
Melrose Hospital
53.00
Settlement of Claim
28.00
2,097.89
Infirmary Receipts:
Sale of Milk
2,100.05
Sale of Eggs
239.10
Sale of Pigs
1,746.72
Sale of Poultry
326.93
Sale of Produce
581.29
Slaughtering
117.50
Board
1,742.00
All Other
220.68
7,074.27
School Department:
Tuition
22,076.64
All Other
817.72
22,894.36
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Library Dept.
758.80
Cemetery Department
987.50
Municipal Light Dept .:
Sale of Gas
127,300.91
Sale of Electricity
175,265.34
All Other
6,773.22
309,339.47
Water and Sewer Dept .:
Water Rates
87,193.42
Water Services
2,421.95
Turn Ons
124.00
Summons
72.40
Maintenance Receipts
113.01
Construction Receipts
55.48
89,980.26
182
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Sewer Maintenance
25.35
Refunds:
Highway Department
212.73
Water Department
118.86
Public Welfare Dept.
2.50
Collector's Dept.
4.00
School Dept.
50.10
Library Dept.
50.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
38.81
Soldiers' Relief
30.00
Interest Account
590.28
1,097.28
$2,082,498.44
APPROPRIATIONS FOR TOWN PURPOSES TO ENTER THE TAX LEVY OF 1932
Moderator's Salary
$23.75
Selectmen's Department :
Salaries of Selectmen
$475.00
Department Expenses
1,519.40
1,994.40
Accounting Department
3,237.00
Treasurer's Department :
Salary of Treasurer
950.00
Department Expenses
685.00
1,635.00
Collector's Department :
Salary of Collector
950.00
Collector's Expenses
2,220.00
3,170.00
Assessor's Department :
Salary of Assessors
2,755.00
Department Expenses
5,287.00
8,042.00
Legal Department
1,950.00
Town Clerk's Department:
Salary of Clerk
475.00
Department Expenses
787.50
1,262.50
Vital Statistics
100.00
Election and Registration
2,512.50
Board of Appeal
150.00
Town Hall
4,869.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
183
Police Department
35,251.00
Police Department Unpaid Bills
91.75
Fire Department
37,669.40
Hydrant Rental
8,525.00
Moth Department
7,828.00
Salary Inspector of Buildings
950.00
Inspector of Buildings-Use of Auto
200.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
917.50
Dog Officer
570.00
Game Warden
47.50
Forest Warden
150.00
Inspector of Wires
285.00
Inspector of Animals
285.00
Compensation
2,000.00
Health Department:
Salaries of Board
285.00
Department Expenses
8,802.00
Care of Dumps
500.00
Collection of Garbage
5,255.00
Collection of Garbage-Unpaid Bill
84.46
14,926.46
Highway Department
81,637.00
Highway Department-Unpaid Bills
7,076.62
Public Welfare Department:
Salaries of Board
285.00
Department Expenses
85,758.00
Unpaid Bills
10,765.28
96,808.28
State Aid
1,500.00
Military Aid
750.00
Soldiers' Relief Agent
380.00
Soldiers' Relief
20,000.00
Soldiers' Relief-Unpaid Bills
1,201.55
23,831.55
School Department:
299,324.20
Trade School
2,285.00
Trade School-Unpaid Bills
469.81
302,079.01
Library Department
20,750.00
Park and Cemetery Departments:
Salaries of Commissioners
190.00
Park Department Expenses
4,878.00
Cemetery Department Expenses
3,134.00
8,202.00
184
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Miscellaneous
600.00
Rifle Range Account:
Company E Medical Company
550.00
150.00 700.00
Playground Commission
940.00
Visiting Nurse
500.00
Street Lights
18,000.00
Fire Insurance
5,500.00
Reserve Fund
20,000.00
Lake Quannapowitt
500.00
Planning Board
100.00
Memorial Day:
G. A. R.
250.00
S. W. V.
250.00
Legion
250.00
750.00
Legion Rent
900.00
S. W. V. Rent
350.00
Armistice Day
100.00
Additional Land Water St. Playground
100.00
Edwin M. Rowe Indemnity Appropriation
568.00
Middlesex County Hospital
150.07
Water and Sewer Department:
Salary of Commissioners
285.00
Water Maintenance
36,475.00
Water Services
3,850.00
Water Construction
2,868.00
North Avenue Construction
7,829.00
Water Bonds
30,000.00
Water Interest
8,628.75
89,935.75
Sewer Maintenance
7,012.50
Sewer Connections
3,980.00
North Avenue Sewer
5,800.00
Fairmount Avenue Sewer
7,900.00
24,692.50
Interest
60,000.00
Maturing Debt
93,500.00
Total for Town Purposes
$996,913.54
State Charges:
State Tax
Charles River Basin Bonds
Charles River Basin Interest
31,785.00 58.86 653.00
1
185
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Charles River Basin Maintenance
1,177.44
Metropolitan Parks Sinking Fund
357.55
Metropolitan Parks Bonds
1,486.22
Metropolitan Parks Interest
2,050.55
Metropolitan Parks Maintenance
7,813.30
Metropolitan Parks Series No. 2
85.76
Metropolitan Parks Bonds
441.82
Metropolitan Parks Interest
778.76
Metropolitan Parks Maintenance
1,397.01
Metropolitan Parks Nantasket Maintenance
680.80
Metropolitan Planning Division
138.07
Wellington Bridge Maintenance
29.35
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Sinking Fund
298.56
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Bonds
2,025.75
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Interest
1,277.37
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Maintenance
8,099.97
Auditing Municipal Accounts
2,774.88
Penalty Failure to Make Returns
2.00
Veterans' Exemption
126.94
Municipal Light Plant
104.09
Southern Traffic Artery
.55
Abatement Smoke Nuisance
265.20
Ways in Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham
17.26
Hospital Care Civil War Veterans
874.66
Revere Beach Parkway Crossing
135.49
Canterbury Street Highway
327.38
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
1,452.87
Refund National Bank Tax+
45.57
Refunds Trust Company Tax
131.47
County Tax
31,816.21
Hospital Tax
5,873.09
Deficit in 1930 Overlay
723.05
Overlay 1932
27,026.37
Old Age Assistance Charge
4,897.00
$1,134,142.76
RECAPITULATION
Town Purposes
$996,913.54
State Purposes
66,893.50
County Purposes
31,816.21
Hospital Tax
5,873.09
Overlay 1932
27,026.37
Old Age Assistance
4,897.00
Deficit 1930 Overlay
723.05
$1,134,142.76
186
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 Refund Cash Abatements
$968.40
73.59
$262.80
779.19
$1,041.99
$1,041.99
TAXES 1930
$23,322.80
$15,921.44
Credits to Collector
3,374.00
Abatements Outstanding December 31
2,679.44
$23,322.80
$23,322.80
TAXES 1931
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1932
$298,754.35
Refunds
477.84
Cash
$275,106.64
Abatements
5,098.09
Outstanding Dec. 31
19,027.46
$299,232.19
$299,232.19
TAXES 1932
Commitment
$811.344.64
Refund
280.08
Cash
$464,348.20
Abatements
7,435.86 339,840.66
Outstanding December 31
$811,624.72
$811,624.72
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE 1931
Balance Jan. 1, 1932 Cash Outstanding December 31
$1,563.00 332.00
$1,895.00
$1,895.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE 1932
$4,897.00
1
$2,680.00
2,217.00
$4,897.00
$4,897.00
Commitment Cash Outstanding December 31
$1,895.00
TAXES 1929
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 Cash
1,347.92
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
187
TAX TITLES
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Taken by Town Redemption of Titles Outstanding December 31
$27,417.39 22,061.26
$4,643.30 44,835.35
$49,478.65
$49,478.65
EXCISE TAX 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Abatements Outstanding December 31
$857.36
$707.19 150.17
$857.36
$857.36
EXCISE TAX 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Cash Outstanding December 31
$2,823.51
$359.43 2,464.08
$2,823.51
$2,823.51
EXCISE TAX 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$9,517.06
Refunds
83.06
Cash
$6,125.52
Abatements
135.66
Outstanding December 31
3,338.94
·
$9,600.12
$9,600.12
EXCISE TAX 1932
Commitment
$27,060.63
Refunds
229.33
Cash
$16,829.68
Abatements
896.93
Outstanding December 31
9,563.35
$27,289.96
$27,289.96
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1930
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 Cash
$48.00
Credit to Collector
. 50
Outstanding December 31
$44.00
3.50
$48.00 $48.00
188
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Cash Outstanding December 31
$915.00 79.62
$994.62
$994.62
MOTH ASSESSMENTS 1932
Commitment
$2,128.05
Cash
$1,294.14
Abatements
1.00
Outstanding December 31
832.91
$2,128.05
$2,128.05
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1928
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$9.23
Outstanding December 31
$9.23
$9.23
$9.23
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Cash
$322.64
Credit to Collector
185.17
$507.81
$507.81
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$5,505.29
Cash
$5,061.77 443.52
$5,505.29
$5,505.29
SEWER ASSESSMENTS 1932
Commitment Cash
$15,602.05
$7,455.68 8,146.37
$15,602.05
$15,602.05
SEWER ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Commitment
$4,555.48
2,678.48
Cash Outstanding December 31
$4,164.78
3,069.18
$7,233.96 $7,233.96
$507.81
Outstanding December 31
Outstanding December 31
$994.62
189
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS 1930
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Cash Credit to Collector
$163.12
$77.01
86.11
$163.12
$163.12
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS 1931
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Cash
$2,289.56
$1,942.50
Outstanding December 31
347.06
$2,289.56
$2,289.56
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS 1932
Commitment Cash
.
$2,386.98
Outstanding December 31
2,666.38
$5,053.36
$5,053.36
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS (Not Apportioned)
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Commitment
$449.68
Cash Outstanding December 31
$1,333.95
183.00
$1,516.95
$1,516.95
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Commitment
24,539.58
Cash Outstanding December 31
$22,076.64 9,091.93
$31,168.57
$31,168.57
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE-WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1932
Adjustment Entry
Commitment
$2,483.72 201.07 4,763.40
Cash
$2,217.96
Abatements
18.00
Outstanding December 31
5,212.23
$7,448.19 $7,448.19
$5,053.36
1,067.27
$6,628.99
190
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE-HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1932 Cash Outstanding December 31
$5,265.61
$89.00 5,176.61
$5,265.61
$5,265.61
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE AID
January 1, 1932 Due from State
$880.00
Payments 1932
1,280.00
Cash from State
$880.00
Due from State
1,280.00
$2,160.00
$2,160.00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-MILITARY AID
January 1, 1932 Due from State
$223.50
Payments 1932
77.00
Cash from State
$214.50
Due from State
86.00
$300.50
$300.50
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-SOLDIERS' BURIAL
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$25.00
Outstanding December 31
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
WATER SERVICES
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$691.06
Commitment
2,325.80
Cash
$2,421.95
Abatements
25.40
Outstanding December 31
569.51
$3,016.86
$3,016.86
WATER RATES
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$1,223.04
Commitment
89,377.88
Refunds
3.99
Cash
$87.193.42
Abatements
500.39
Outstanding December 31
2,911.10
$90,604.91
$90,604.91
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
191
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE-LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$25,530.02 391,773.84
Commitment Cash Discounts Outstanding December 31
$309,339.47 79,236.94
28,727.45
$417,303.86
$417,303.86
TEMPORARY LOANS
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$300,000.00
Borrowed
695,000.00
Payments Outstanding December 31
320,000.00
$995,000.00
$995,000.00
SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUNDS
Balance January 1, 1932
Interest for 1932
Cash on Hand December 31
$9,602.53
$9,602.53
$9,602.53
SEWER CONNECTION DEPOSITS
Cash on Hand January 1, 1932
Cash Received
Cost of Connections
$1,810.78
Cash Refunds
507.81
Cash on Hand December 31
215.00
$2,533.59
$2,533.59
OVERLAY 1929
Balance January 1, 1932 Abatements
$779.19
Balance December 31
276.92
$1,056.11
$1,056.11
OVERLAY 1930
$723.05
Appropriation Overdraft January 1, 1932
$150.38
Abatements
1,347.92
Overdraft
775.25
$1,498.30
$1,498.30
$675,000.00
$9,184.64 417.89
$301.50 2,232.09
$1,056.11
192
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
OVERLAY 1931
Balance January 1, 1932 Abatements Balance December 31
$10,211.74
$5,098.09
5,113.65
$10,211.74
$10,211.74
Commitment Abatements
$7,435.86
Balance December 31
19,590.51
$27,026.37
$27,026.37
RESERVE FUND-OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance January 1, 1932
$3,653.80
Transferred to Reserve Fund
$3,600.00
Balance December 31
53.80
$3,653.80
$3,653.80
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
January 1, 1932 Balance
$55,354.67
Taxes of 1930
19.25
Tax Titles redemptions
4,662.55
Excess Revenue for 1932
1,823.04
Tax Titles Taken by Town
$21,796.37
Balance
40,063.14
$61,859.51
$61,859.51
SEWER ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED
Balance January 1, 1932
$52,811.61
Commitment
17,099.18
Paid in Full
$297.83
Commitment to Collector
12,161.99
Balance December 31
57,450.97
$69,910.79
$69,910.79
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED
Balance January 1, 1932
$21,881.58
Commitment
2,030.21
Adjustment Entry
5.32
Paid in Full
$85.85 3,709.46
Commitment to Collector
20,121.80
Balance December 31
$23,917.11
$23,917.11
OVERLAY 1932
$27,026.37
193
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Appropriation Accounts
Moderator's Salary
Credit
Appropriation
$23.75
Debit
Thomas G. O'Connell
$23.75
$23.75
$23.75
Selectmen's Department
Salary Account
Credit
Appropriation
$475.00
Debit
Rena M. Colson, Chairman, 12 mo.
$95.00
Charles F. Young, Secretary 10 mo.
78.33
Eugene J. Sullivan, 12 mo.
95.00
Asa A. Boothby, 10 months
78.33
Fred S. Grant, 10 months
78.33
William Blanchard, 2 months
16.67
George O. Sheldon, 2 months
16.67
Leander M. Clark, 2 months
16.67
$475.00
$475.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
Transfer
Debit
Clerk Hire
$296.77
Repairs to Adding Machine
61.46
Telephone
53.35
Notary Public Fees
3.00
Town Reports
796.00
Desk Pads
15.90
Finance Committee Recommendations
72.00
Advertising Warrants
206.39
Jury Lists
12.00
Postage (one cent stamps only)
3.00
Advertising (Coal bids, etc.)
13.90
Stationery
13.42
$1,519.40 58.00
194
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Supplies
27.50
Repairing Numbering Stamp
1.00
Balance to Revenue
1.71
$1,577.40
$1,577.40
Accounting Department
Appropriation
$3,237.00
Debit
Harry A. Simonds, Accountant
$2,387.90
Clerk Hire, Ida L. Weiss
660.60
Postage
136.00
Treasury Warrants
13.75
Classification Sheets
13.47
Binding
5.50
Filing Envelopes
18.63
Balance to Revenue
1.15
$3,237.00
$3,237.00
Treasury Department
Salary of Treasurer Credit
Appropriation
$950.00
Debit
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
$950.00
$950.00
$950.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$685.00
Debit
Charles E. Walton, Paymaster
$264.75
Bond
242.50
Stationery, Postage
17.00
Printing, Advertising
48.00
Certification of Notes
82.00
Preparing Bonds
25.00
All Other
5.75
$685.00
$685.00
Credit
195
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Collector's Department
Salary of Collector
Credit
Appropriation
$950.00
Debit
Charles E. Walton, Collector
$950.00
$950.00
$950.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$2,220.00
Refund
4.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
30.00
Debit
Clerk Hire:
Elsie B. Potter ·
$1,073.60
Other Clerk Hire
52.96
Postage
518.15
Printing
119.27
Bond
485.00
Postoffice Box
5.00
Balance to Revenue
.02
$2,254.00
$2,254.00
Assessors' Department
Salary Account
Credit
Appropriation
$2,755.00
Debit
Charles A. Cheney, Chairman
$807.50
Arthur C. Verge, Secretary Hugh Connell
1,235.00
712.50
$2,755.00
$2,755.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$5,287.00
196
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
Elizabeth M. Jenkins, Chief Clerk
$1,690.94
L. Belle Woodward
1,207.50
Annie T. Santos
1,061.45
Other Clerk Hire
110.10
Assistant Assessors
305.15
Printing, Stationery
670.56
Taxi Hire
109.50
Transfers
81.30
Telephone
45.25
All Other
3.65
Balance to Revenue
1.60
$5,287.00
$5,287.00
REVISION OF ASSESSORS' PLANS
Credit
Balance from 1931
$1,395.83
Debit
Payments
$169.96
Balance forward to 1933
1,225.87
$1,395.83
$1,395.83
Legal Department
Credit
Appropriation
$1,950.00
Debit
M. E. S. Clemons, Town Counsel
$950.00
Witness Fees
3.00
Damages
204.80
All Other
45.28
Balance to Revenue
746.92
$1,950.00
$1,950.00
Town Clerk's Department
Salary of Clerk Credit
Appropriation
$475.00
197
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Debit
Frederic S. Hartshorne, Town Clerk $475.00
$475.00
$475.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$787.50
Debit
Recording Fees
$461.00
Stationery, Postage, Supplies
53.41
Printing
4.00
Telephone
35.00
Advertising
18.50
Clerk Hire
186.65
All Other
14.00
Balance to Revenue
14.94
$787.50
$787.50
VITAL STATISTICS
Credit
Appropriation
$100.00
Debit
Various Persons, Birth, Marriage, Death Returns
$88.00
Balance to Revenue
12.00
$100.00
$100.00
Election and Registration
Credit
Appropriation
$2,512.50
Transfer from Reserve Fund
74.00
Debit
Salaries of Registrars:
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman
$95.00
Frederic S. Hartshorne, Secretary
118.75
James F. Curley
95.00
Patrick J. Kelley
95.00
Election Officers
1,454.00
Meals
101.70
Care of Booths
62.00
Voting Lists
243.50
198
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Ballots
108.50
Advertising
37.50
Printing
77.75
Clerk Hire
43.53
Transportation
12.50
Postage
26.76
Supplies
2.50
Equipment
4.00
All Other
6.85
Balance to Revenue
1.66
$2,586.50
$2,586.50
Board of Appeal
Credit
Appropriation
$150.00
Debit
Payments
$6.78
Balance to Revenue
143.22
$150.00
$150.00
Town Hall
Credit
Appropriation
$4,869.00
Harvey S. Parker, Janitor
$1,714.98
Assistant Janitors
757.05
Fuel
543.03
Light
662.56
Janitor's Supplies
193.55
Repairs
574.10
Water Rates
154.54
Ice
28.20
Piano Tuning
10.00
New Flag
3.29
New Mat
2.55
Express
.70
Balance to Revenue
224.45
$4,869.00
$4,869.00
Debit
199
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Police Department
Credit
Appropriation
$35,251.00
Debit
James J. Pollard, Chief
$2,621.98
Patrolmen:
John G. Gates, Sergt.
2,259.40
George B. DeRoche, Sergt.
2,265.25
James A. McFadden
2,086.60
Frank H. Robinson
2,085.60
Fred J. Black
2,085.60
John A. Peterson
2,010.00
Joseph L. Preston
2,085.60
Eugene P. McDonnell
2,085.60
Hardy F. Russell
2,085.60
Gervase V. Stanley
2,091.00
James F. Hartnett
2,085.60
Walter E. Peterson
2,085.60
Edwin M. Rowe
2,010.00
Morton V. Griffin
1,910.44
Various other officers
392.18
Coasting
70.51
Elections
60.73
July 4th
225.91
Halloween
120.00
Liquor Work
17.00
Supplies, Printing and Postage
164.84
Motor Vehicle Expenses
1,670.79
Equipment
197.02
Police Signal
3.90
Telephone
213.54
Teletype
70.87
Meals
79.45
Doctor's Fees
31.00
All Other
78.92
Balance to Revenue
1.47
$35,251.00
$35,251.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT UNPAID BILLS 1931
Credit
Appropriation
$91.75
Debit
$91.73
Payments Balance to Revenue
.02
$91.75 $91.75
200
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Fire Department
Appropriation
$37,669.40
Fred D. Graham, Chief
$2,327.50
Capt. Clifford E. Jacobs
2,180.60
Capt. James E. Findlay
2,180.60
Lieut. George Sederquest
2,156.85
Robert P. MacDonald
2,085.60
Harry A. Russell
2,085.60
Alfred C. McGrath
2,085.60
James W. O'Donnell
2,085.60
John F. Coakley
2,085.60
Henry L. Parker
2,085.60
Frank J. Malonson
2,085.60
Daniel J. Sullivan
2,085.60
Arthur Goodridge
2,085.60
Charles T. George
2,049.35
Call Men
5,225.00
Equipment and Repairs
497.41
Expense of Apparatus.
1,147.78
Fuel and Light
346.42
Maintenance of Buildings
474.78
Office Expenses
17.33
Telephones
109.97
Badges
79.75
All Other
45.65
Balance to Revenue
60.01
$37,669.40
$37,669.40
Hydrant Rental
Credit
Appropriation
$8,525.00
Debit
341 Hydrants at $25.00 each
$8,525.00
$8,525.00
$8,525.00
Forest Warden
Credit
$150.00
Appropriation
Credit
Debit
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
20
Payments Balance to Revenue
$149.50 .50
$150.00
$150.00
Inspector of Wires
Credit
Appropriation
$285.00
Debit
Fred D. Graham
$285.00
$285.00
$285.00
Moth Department
Credit
Appropriation
$7,828.00
Debit
John A. Landry, Superintendent
$2,122.47
Ernest J. McWhinnie
1,114.04
J. H. Landry
1,021.65
F. A. Muse
954.48
Louis Surrette
817.45
Samuel Landry
121.13
J. A. McWhinnie
64.13
Benjamin Stentiford
64.13
T. J. Clines
59.38
J. J. Callan
59.38
Expense of Auto
335 50
Equipment Repairs
555.21
Insecticides
456.09
Trees
4.50
Oil
20.00
Printing, Payrolls
12.50
Advertising
19.31
All Other
26.65
$7,828.00
$7,828.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Credit
Appropriation
$917.50
Debit
202
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Debit
James J. Devlin, Salary
$617.50
James J. Devlin, Use of Truck
200.00
Equipment
56.47
Drill and Chuck
20.50
18.70
All Other Balance to Revenue
4.33
$917.50
$917.50
Inspector of Buildings
Appropriation
$950.00
Debit
Frank J. Henkel
$166.67
Joseph W. MacInnis
731.96
Balance to Revenue
51.37
$950.00
$950.00
USE OF AUTO
Credit
Appropriation
$200.00
Debit
Frank J. Henkel
$33.33
Joseph W. MacInnis
157.04
Balance to Revenue
9.63
$200.00
$200.00
Compensation Account
Credit
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Debit
Payments:
Sewer Department
$975.00
Highway Department
780.66
Water Department
189.50
Balance to Revenue
54.84
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Credit
203
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Dog Officer
Credit
Appropriation
$570.00
Debit
George A. Bennett
$570.00
$570.00
$570.00
Game Warden
Credit
Appropriation
$47.50
Debit
$47.50
$47.50
$47.50
Inspector of Animals
Credit
Appropriation
$285.00
George A. Bennett
$285.00
$285.00
$285.00
Health Department
Salaries
Credit
Appropriation
$285.00
Debit
Dr. Charles E. Montague, Chairman Wesley Goodwin, Secretary Dr. Charles W. DeWolfe
$95.00
95.00
95.00
$285.00 $285.00
Balance to Revenue
Debit
204
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
Credit
Appropriation
$8,802.00
Debit
David Taggart, Health Officer
$570.00
David Taggart, Plumbing Inspector
664.98
Lawrence E. Doucette, Milk and Food Inspector
855.00
Nellie Russell, Registered Nurse
1,482.00
Dr. Ira W. Richardson, Physician
190.00
Dorothy White
40.50
Tuberculosis
2,289.87
Contagious Diseases
804.61
Office Expenses
170.42
Telephone
74.90
Milk Analysis
240.00
Nellie Russell-Use of Auto
100.00
David Taggart-Use of Auto
25.00
Typewriter
30.00
All Other
77.05
Balance to Revenue
1,187.67
$8,802.00
$8,802.00
Collection of Garbage
Credit
Appropriation
$5,255.00
Debit
Labor
$3,090.55
Melvin W. Brown
94.98
Truck Repairs and Gasoline
1,029.93
Board paid Welfare Dept.
1,011.00
All Other
23.75
Balance to Revenue
4.79
$5,255.00
$5,255.00
COLLECTION OF GARBAGE UNPAID BILLS 1931
Credit
Appropriation
7 $84.46
Debit
Payments
$84.46
$84.46
$84.46
.
205
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Care of Dumps
Credits
Appropriation
$500.00
Debit
$219.71
Tony Ross Stanley Goodwin All Other Balance to Revenue
32.25
71.31
176.73
$500.00
$500.00
Highway Department
Credit
Appropriation
$81,637.00
Refunds
212.73
Debit
Harry H. Denning, Superintendent
$2,231.15
Robert B. Mackenna, Acting Supt.
369.28
Clerk Hire
1,479.57
Labor
24,950.74
Trucks
1,347.29
Equipment Repairs
5,068.21
Supplies
2,939.30
Garage and Yard
841.29
Office Expenses
508.94
Sidewalks:
Labor
8,721.87
Material
4,862.48
Snow and Ice Removal:
Labor
5,453.67
Trucks
3,969.51
Material
892.11
Tar and Sand
11,120.88
Patrol
894.31
Drainage
4,669.86
Street Signs
262.31
Paint
439.90
Guard Rail
259.05
All Other
375.43
Balance to Revenue
192.58
$81,849.73
$81,849.73
206
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
UNPAID BILLS 1931
Credit
Appropriation
$7,076.62
Debit
Payments
$7,067.62
$7,076.62
$7,076.62
VERNON STREET BRIDGE
Credit
Balance January 1, 1932
$83.27
Contribution from State
239.32
Contribution from County
239.32
Debit
Payments
$422.02
Balance to Revenue
139.89
$561.91
$561.91
OAK STREET CONSTRUCTION
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1932
$28.00
Debit
Balance forward to 1933
$28.00
$28.00
$28.00
MERIAM STREET LAND DAMAGE
Credit
Balance Jan. 1, 1932
$105.30
Debit
Balance forward to 1933
$105.30
$105.30
$105.30
WAKEFIELD HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PAYROLL 1932
Robert McKenna
$1,692.27
John Doherty
1,567.27
Edward Butler
1,537.92
William Fall
1,485.39
Edmund Muise
1,465.54
Clyde Simonds
1,355.29
Joseph Albani
1,350.90
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
20
James Murphy
1,343.55
Herbert Ramsdell
1,326.42
Jeremiah Doucette
1,320.00
John White
1,260.80
Thomas Sullivan
1,256.16
Salvatore Terravecchia
1,158.50
William Hurton
1,114.60
William Scanlon
1,098.85
John O'Donnell
1,083.73
John McGlory
1,070.36
John Shannon
1,039.78
William Gerrish
1,003.47
Horace Hale
1,001.31
William Landers
992.18
John Regan
946.04
William Donegan
936.44
C. W. Merrill
924.73
John Neiss
863.08
Fred Doucette
856.56
Leo Gerrior
838.95
Angelo DeFeo
807.92
Concetto Serafino
791.38
Robert Black
776.21
Joseph Walsh
747.82
Louis DeCecca
741.74
Mateo Bellande
628.03
Nick Carbone
591.43
Patrick Keady
570.73
Samuel Gorman
318.88
Peter A. Muise
284.84
Total
$38,149.07
(Men who have received $250.00 or more, during 1932) All others
8,802.60
Total
$46,951.67
1932
Labor
$38,149.07
(Received more than $250.)
Labor
8,802.60
(Less than $250.00 Transient)
Sidewalk Plowing
1,009.50
Trucks Plowing
1,294.00
Trucks Hauling
1,622.13
Trucks
1,943.27
Total of Payrolls
$52,820.57
208
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Public Welfare Department
Salaries of Board Credit
Appropriation
$285.00
Debit
William C. Strong, Chairman
$95.00
Adelaide Boynton, Secretary
95.00
James A. Fox
95.00
$285.00
$285.00
UNPAID BILLS 1931
Credit
Appropriation
$10,765.28
Debit
Infirmary Expenses
$901.57
Outside Relief
8,409.95
Balance Forward
1,453.76
$10,765.28
$10,765.28
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES 1932
Credit
Appropriation
$85,758.00
Transfer
12,000.00
Refund
2.50
Debit
Outside Relief :
Shoes, Clothing
$167.56
Meats, Groceries
$54,815.20
Coal, Wood
50.57
Board, Rent
11,316.35
Medical Attendance
912.58
Hospital Care
1,371.56
Mothers' Aid
2,215.00
Relief by Other Cities
1,338.63
Clerk Hire:
William F. Finneran
300.00
Alice Biggs
305.76
Expense of Buick
385.62
Insurance
58.15
Foreman Unemployed
171.00
Old Age Assistance
7,762.00
All Other
402.59
209
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Infirmary Expenses:
Melvin W. Brown, Supt.
$1,652.50
Other Employees
1,958.75
Groceries and Provisions
1,532.50
Dry Goods
252.76
Fuel, Light
1,411.81
Care of Buildings
1,643.71
Hay, Grain, Shoeing
4,506.11
Gasoline
561.38
Truck Expenses
1,285.02
Telephone
78.94
Farm Tools and Seeds
136.38
Water Rates
141.08
Sawdust
63.96
Blacksmith Repairs
200.57
All Other
762.05
Balance to Revenue
.41
$97,760.50
$97,760.50
Soldiers' Benefits
Soldiers' Relief Agent
Credit
Appropriation
$380.00
Debit
John Findlay, Jr., Agent
$380.00
$380.00
$380.00
STATE AID
Credit
Appropriation
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