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$500.00
Alice Biggs, Clerk
732.67
Esther McKenna, Clerk
732.67
Other Clerk Hire
44.00
Mother's Aid
5,777.46
Rent
3,930.75
216
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Board
$8,452.39
Groceries
23,451.11
Shoes and Clothing
3,940.01
Fuel
1,965.84
Auto Expense
1,690.26
Medical Attention
1,507.81
Hospital Care
3,098.87
Burial Expense
410.00
Relief by Other Cities
617.71
Office Expense
611.04
Bus Hire
871.00
All Other
293.70
$58,627.29
Old Age Assistance
$28,499.34
From Federal Funds 3,842.22
$32,341.56
$90,968.85 67.20
Paid from Willard Donnell Trust Fund Unpaid Bills for 1935
4,945.07
Infirmary :
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin W. Brown, Supt. and Matron
$1,566.00
Other Employees
887.50
Groceries and Provisions
2,673.17
Dry Goods and Clothing
136.37
Fuel and Light
756.94
Gasoline and Truck Expenses
201.73
Water
152.76
Household Supplies and Expense
267.57
Telephone
54.88
All Other
803.00
Unpaid Bills for 1935-(Infirmary)
Soldiers' Benefits :
Soldier's Relief Agent Salary-John Findlay Jr.
$360.00
Soldier's Relief Agent Expenses-John Findlay Jr. 40.00
$400.00
Soldiers' Relief Disbursements:
Civil War Veterans
$390.05
Spanish War Veterans
258.71
World War Veterans
17,088.42
All Other
35.50
Unpaid Bills for 1935
$7,499.92 289.82
$17,772.68 845.19
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
217
State Aid:
Civil War Veterans
$250.00
Spanish War Veterans
460.00
World War Veterans
510.00
$1,220.00
Military Aid :
World War Veterans 843.00
State Military Aid:
World War Veterans
60.00
School Department:
Willard B. Atwell, Superintendent
$4,470.94
Willard B. Atwell, Allowance for Auto
400.00
Clerk Hire:
Pauline Meads
1,342.31
Anna Anderson
1,026.00
J. Edward Hatch, Attendance Officer
1,665.49
C. E. Montague, Physician
809.40
Mary English, Nurse
1,213.72
Health Expenses
170.88
Traveling Expenses
597.96
Books and Supplies:
High
$7,321.84
Elementary
5,019.60
$12,341.44
Care of Buildings :
High
$6,513.30
Elementary
10,045.61
$16,558.91
Teachers' Salaries:
High
$83,750.83
Elementary
105,674.97
$189,425.80
Telephone
536.83
Office Expenses
143.53
School Committee Expenses
296.44
Janitor Services:
High
$6,459.34
Elementary
9,512.34
$15,971.68
Fuel and Light:
High
$3,131.05
Elementary
5,949.27
$9,080.32
218
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Transportation
$1,048.58 285.41
Support of Truants All Other
1,728.10
$259,113.74
Unpaid Bills for 1935
786.67
From Nancy White Hurd School Trust Fund
51.92
Trade Schools
2,804.28
Library Department:
Helen F. Carleton, Librarian
$2,070.00
Assistants:
Louise E. Sheldon
1,363.50
H. Gladys Mackenzie
1,318.50
Clara G. Wilson
1,305.00
Margaret Doe
891.04
Dorothy Peterson
888.79
Barbara LeNoir
792.03
Other Assistants
1,816.79
Janitors :
Herbert Mitchell
$1,620.00
Other Janitors
815.06
Telephone
180.34
Books
4,622.43
Periodicals
452.73
Binding
1,412.02
Supplies
1,291.67
Printing
24.00
Care of Buildings
288.08
Light
529.58
Heat
753.77
All Other
263.33
$22,698.66
Park and Cemetery Departments:
Salaries of Board:
William J. Garden, Chairman
$45.00
George W. Abbott, Secretary
90.00
John T. Stringer
45.00
Park Department Expenses:
Arthur G. Abbott, Superintendent
$1,310.00
Daniel R. Carr
650.00
Other Labor
182.00
Equipment
85.36
Bath House
1,019.40
Care of Lake
183.42
$180.00
219
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Water
$136.81
Plants and Bulbs
66.57
Repairing Mower
46.89
Spraying Trees
97.86
Repairs to Flag Pole
151.00
Painting and Repairing Band Stand
129.10
Repairs to Fence
105.54
All Other
109.10
$4,273.05
Cemetery Department Expenses :
Frank LeGro, Superintendent
$701.00
Charles Lynch
577.50
Other Labor
337.70
Plants and Trees
364.73
Old Cemetery
98.51
Signs
144.50
Tar for Driveways
684.45
Water
109.19
Loam, Fertilizer, Seed
127.61
Clerical
25.00
Notary Public Fees
9.00
All Other
120.07
From Various Trust Funds
Recreation Commission :
Supervisors
$531.20
Supplies
205.43
Umpiring
78.00
Moving Equipment
32.40
$847.03
Planning Board-Payments
5.50
Board of Appeal-Payment
26.50
Miscellaneous :
Soldiers' Burials
$100.00
Finance Committee Expenses
74.86
Engrossing Resolutions
15.75
New Bubbler
59.50
Water for Bubbler
31.32
Advertising
10.08
Ink
3.50
Perambulating Town Lines
45.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
78.50
Building Inspector's Supplies
14.05
Selectmen's Association Dues
10.00
All Other
7.85
$3,299.26 220.00
$450.41
220
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Rifle Range Company E-Payments
$548.91
Rifle Range-Medical Company-Payments 148.90
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association-Payments
500.00
Street Lights-Payments
18,000.00
Fire Insurance-Payments
4,060.99
Memorial Day-War Veterans-Payments:
Waverley Post Band
$150.00
J. Henry Vik
107.50
William J. Garden
94.00
Joseph H. Fanck
70.00
White & Johnson Co.
42.60
Masten & Wells Fireworks Co.
37.40
De Vita's Conservatories
25.00
Cosgrove Bros.
20.00
James A. Lilley
37.20
Harding Uniform and Regalia Co.
18.89
George W. Reid
11.04
All Other
35.22
$648.85
Armistice Day-American Legion-Payments :
White & Johnson Co.
$16.80
Harding Uniform & Regalia Co.
14.47
George H. Taylor Co.
2.46
A. S. Edgett
2.10
$35.83
Pension-Frank H. Robinson-(May-Dec.)
657.00
Rent of Headquarters-Spanish War Veterans
Municipal Advertising
17.00
Middlesex County Tax
31,978.86
Middlesex County Hospital Tax
9,083.50
State Charges
65,332.62
Reimbursement for Damages-John M. Wenzel
80.00
Light Department:
Salaries of Board :
Marcus Beebe 2nd., Chairman
$90.00
A. Francis Harrington, Secretary
90.00
Curtis L. Sopher
90.00
$270.00
Samuel H. Brooks, Manager
$2,925.00
James M. Whitehead, Office Manager
3,061.50
Various Clerks-See Payroll
12,944.72
Labor-See Payroll
76,668.73
Material
26,438.27
Rent
1,534.66
Office Expenses
1,333.11
200.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 221
Telephone
$418.55
Insurance
2,539.47
Transportation Expenses
3,566.51
Meters and Transformers
7,583.83
Gas Purchased
50,152.82
Electric Current Purchased
82,428.61
Coal and Freight
1,131.60
Tools
190.84
All Other
19,505.14
$292,423.36
Light Bonds
$10,000.00
Light Interest
3,158.13
$13,158.13
Water and Sewerage Department:
Salaries of Board:
William B. Stantial, Chairman
$90.00
George O. Sheldon, Secretary
62.46
Aaron T. Butler
27.54
Sidney F. Adams
90.00
$270.00
Department Expenses:
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent (in part)
$2,440.40
Leah Kinder, Clerk (in part)
1,405.80
Helen Salipante (in part)
879.33
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster and Col- lector
450.00
Telephone
220.93
Labor (See Payroll)
20,818.37
Office Expenses
640.12
Supervision and Analyses
276.83
Meters, Pipes etc.
6,504.40
Equipment Repairs
2,449.01
Transportation Expenses
1,214.98
Freight and Coal
882.74
Power
5,223.83
All Other
1,940.57
Water Services:
Labor
$1,348.96
Material
1,657.63
$3,006.59
Water Construction :
Labor
$915.90
Material
470.16
$1,386.06
$49,739.96
222
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Water Bonds Water Interest Lake Quannapowitt
$31,000.00 6,238.50 262.05
6
Sewer Department Expenses:
Sewer Maintenance:
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent (in part)
$259.60
Leah Kinder, Clerk (in part)
148.50
Helen Salipante, Clerk, (in part)
100.00
Carl W. Sunman, Paymaster
45.00
Labor (See Payroll)
4,055.10
Tools and Equipment
412.72
All Other
1,760.62
$6,781.54
Sewer Connections:
Labor (See Payroll)
$1,021.84
Pipe
267.54
All Other
262.52
$1,551.90
Interest :
Sewer Loans
$6,411.25
School Loans
13,144.63
Discount on Temporary Loans
1,851.76
$21,407:64
Maturing Debt:
Sewer Bonds
$27,000.00
School Bonds
57,500.00
$84,500.00
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue
500,000.00
Sweetser Lecture Fund:
Interest paid to Sweetser Lecture Committee
$308.59
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund: Payment-Edwin M. Winslow
10.00
Surplus War Bonus Fund-Payment: Bourdon Studio-Portraits Co. A, 6th Regt.
300.00
Refunds :
Taxes-Property and Poll Motor Vehicle Excise Licenses
$3,875.29
642.43
33.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 223
Water Rates Sewer Connection Deposits
$9.90 447.42
$5,008.04
Total Payments
$1,844,082.44
Cash on Hand December 31, 1936
309,458.35
Total Payments and Cash on Hand, December 31, 1936
$2,153,540.79
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PAYROLL 1936
Harry H. Denning
$2,700.00
Joseph Albani
2,032.06
Clyde Simonds
1,906.54
Carl Chelman
1,845.58
Robert MacKenna
1,805.65
Edmund Muise
1,667.83
John Doherty
1,638.64
William Hurton
1,585.00
Edward Butler
1,579.88
William Gerrish
1,557.39
William Fall
1,549.34
Salvatore Terravecchia
1,521.99
Robert Black
1,454.92
Angelo DeFeo
1,371.22
John White
1,350.84
William Scanlon
1,349.02
Fred Doucette
1,338.60
Mary MacDougall
951.00
Thomas Sullivan
755.88
John Regan
676.00
William Donegan
665.30
John O'Donnell
611.44
Horace Hale
551.48
All Others (Less than $500.00)
7,508.38
Total Labor
$39,973.98
Labor (Received more than $500.00)
$32,465.60
Labor (Received less than $500.00)
7,508.38
Truck and Equipment Rental
1,499.35
Sidewalk Plowing
954.50
Trucks Plowing
1,859.44
Trucks Hauling
2,124.63
Total Payrolls
$46,411.90
224
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1936
Willard B. Atwell
$4,470.94
Charles J. Peterson
4,049.52
Roland H. Kinder
3,127.26
George E. Hayes
2,848.26
Joseph H. Fanck
2,703.78
William D. Healey
2,699.40
Homer M. Shellenberger
2,699.40
Raymond S. Dower
2,690.64
Arthur A. Fulton
2,609.28
Howard J. Heavens
2,609.28
R. Edgar Fisher
2,541.90
T. Frank Shea
2,520.00
Vivian Dix
2,499.60
Eliot B. Leonard
2,429.40
Bernice L. Caswell
2,418.31
Louis P. Marche
2,317.03
Joseph Cassano
2,249.64
Alfred E. Preble
2,249.64
Donald White
2,249.64
Edward E. Eaton
1,936.11
S. Morton Sherman
1,925.28
M. Alice Ryan
1,911.90
Helen F. Gilmore
1,907.12
Elvira C. Cosman
1,844.52
Ruth F. Hiatt
1,844.52
Isabel M. Hirst
1,844.52
Ethel G. Reed
1,844.52
Irving A. Wells
1,788.38
Margaret L. Macdonald
1,777.14
Myron E. Gallop
1,751.28
Anne H. Meserve
1,709.76
Janet S. Height
1,709.76
Ethelyn M. Pattee
1,709.76
Eleanor B. Ringdahl
1,709.76
Harriet D. Dunning
1,701.62
Margaret A. Ryan
1,701.42
Marjorie T. Bunker
1,701.21
Blanche L. Meserve
1,687.02
Mary E. C. Geagan
1,687.02
Irene F. Norton
1,687.02
Isabel M. Elliot
1,683.01
Ellen L. Cowing
1,673.76
Bernice E. Hendrickson
1,666.46
J. Edward Hatch
1,665.49
M. Leo Conway
1,657.02
Thomas C. Murray
1,655.76
Hazel O. Wilder
1,642.38
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
225
Maude E. Parks
$1,619.64
Katherine L. Kelly
1,619.64
Mary Kalaher
1,619.64
Bessie E. David
1,618.77
Ethel M. Wilson
1,615.79
Elizabeth D. Burke
1,611.93
Lillian A. Shaffer
1,609.77
Hester A. Walker
1,592.64
Lydia M. Sullivan
1,592.64
Mabel A. Kernan
1,585.03
Carl A. Peterson
1,583.43
George E. Zwicker
1,572.43
Genesta B. Tooker
1,565.68
James F. Curley
1,558.82
Eleanor K. Abbott
1,557.93
Michael Neary
1,557.72
Amanda J. Stephenson
1,552.26
Myrta E. Knight
1,552.26
Cora Guarnaccia
1,552.26
Signe M. Peterson
1,548.38
Ruth B. Spence
1,544.50
M. Grace Pike
1,538.76
Susie E. Long
1,538.76
Clareberta Wilson
1,484.88
Hertha Bergner
1,484.88
Alice J. Kernan
1,484.88
Helen M. Delaney
1,477.46
Eleanor H. Blaikie
1,477.46
Mary P. Butler
1,475.52
Annette E. Lane
1,475.52
Lee Pfeiffer
1,457.88
Abbie A. Bell
1,463.16
Winifred R. Beal
1,457.88
Catherine A. Doran
1,440.04
Laura A. Hart
1,435.14
Avis M. Jones
1,412.40
Ruth C. Webber
1,397.08
Ross Vardon
1,390.51
Lois I. Jordan
1,390.50
Alice E. Calkins
1,376.24
Hilda M. Hayden
1,367.76
Pauline E. Meads
1,342.31
Mabel F. Johnson
1,322.28
Lillian J. Shoff
1,322.28
Ruth V. Conley
1,322.28
Katheryn D. Carney
1,277.64
Charles W. Stevens
1,269.96
Edna M. Paulson
1,221.00
Mary K. English
1,213.72
226
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Bernice O. Bazley
ยท $1,187.52
John Butler
1,182.02
Marjorie E. Bent
1,148.10
Elizabeth M. Strout
1,147.65
Bella A. Rattray
1,142.88
Alice M. Scipione
1,137.26
Oliver G. Glover
1,135.55
Grace E. Widtfeldt
1,134.45
Grace A. Jenkins
1,131.15
Alice M. Drugan
1,115.88
Mildred G. Moore
1,115.88
A. Louise Allman
1,113.18
Eleanor M. Gleason
1,110.55
G. Fred Dodge
1,106.10
Theresa J. Collins
1,079.85
Winifred Geizer
1,052.76
Carrie M. Agry
1,047.20
Anna M. Anderson
1,026.00
Madaliene J. Crocker
1,012.80
Margaret M. Landers
1,005.53
Eliza V. Coburn
972.00
Christine Callan
967.32
Flora S. Hall
962.69
Dorothy M. Flannigan
962.57
Eugene Lenners
953.29
Helen E. Harper
918.00
Nancy D'Amico
918.00
Marion E. Garland
913.50
Rita Neagle
899.52
Gladys Douglass
899.52
Marjorie Finney
899.52
Eva M. Chick
890.05
Thomas Hemsworth
820.70
Dr. Charles E. Montague
809.40
Dorothy G. Wallace
729.00
Mary T. Bonney
688.80
Rose Assenza
665.65
Hannah J. Ardill
601.23
Susie Rich
589.50
T. John Ardill
526.42
Beatrice D. Moody
444.59
Alice E. Ladieu
442.56
Walter E. Antunes
431.76
Elizabeth V. Upham
431.76
Mary E. Grace
359.52
Katherine H. Nichols
295.32
Dorothy L. Shepard
295.32
Various Persons
8,814.48
$223,790.08
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
227
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1936
S. H. Brooks, Mgr.
$2,925.00
J. M. Whitehead
3,061.50
L. H. DeMarco
2,076.52
Fred F. Fober
1,469.75
M. I. Tyler
1,267.87
Howard Seabury
1,455.94
Edward Chambers
1,362.34
W. F. Wright
1,428.70
J. R. McPartland
1,320.13
Hugh Kelso
1,338.41
Fred Rich
1,211.66
Thomas Daley
1,450.84
J. W. Macgillivrey
2,590.50
G. E. Halloran
1,877.13
E. L. Brown
1,598.05
D. W. Martin
1,602.85
W. D. Scott
1,890.40
A. C. MacPhee
2,228.77
F. L. Champagne
1,869.81
James Cameron
1,865.41
Roger Seabury
2,015.27
Matthew Burns
1,701.95
John Curran
1,872.39
John Scanlon
1,535.37
John Mahoney
1,517.53
E. T. Winslow
1,307.68
Cornelius Horgan
2,093.34
Patrick Desmond
1,590.23
J. H. Draper
1,557.41
James Galvin
1,554.30
James McGrath
1,400.85
Patrick Quinn
1,561.74
Richard Trahey
1,532.04
Raymond White
1,562.35
Daniel Flynn
1,506.90
M. J. Kelly
1,440.09
John Collins
1,409.63
Joseph DeMarco
1,492.59
Martin Joyce
1,408.50
Patrick Meade
1,431.83
Thomas Hanright
1,418.90
Timothy Delaney A. J. Vincent
1,306.36
Donald Cockburn
1,227.54
Harry Tounge
2,180.50
William Muse
1,127.95
655.66
James Chambers
1,375.94
228
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Patrick McLaughlin
$523.33
William Barry
701.79
Louis Evans
680.04
Eli Muse
699.15
John Wiley
584.40
Joseph Burns
614.14
Leo Smith
571.66
Michael Hourihan
563.67
Joseph Smith
542.41
Various Persons
13,442.94
Total
$95,599.95
WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1936
Morrison Merrill
$2,700.00
William L. Wenzel
1,836.90
James L. Palmer
1,647.15
James J. O'Rourke
1,599.54
Leah F. Kinder
1,554.30
John R. Fraughton
1,545.67
Patrick Keefe
1,526.76
Patrick Curran
1,499.86
Matthew Curran
1,494.45
Patrick J. Finn
1,451.26
Harold J. Maloney
1,441.72
Chester S. Eldredge
1,395.80
Dominick Bennedetto
1,378.14
Edmund M. De Veau
1,171.90
Arthur M. Gibbons
1,015.38
Patrick Sexton
990.90
Serafino Volpe
981.68
Helen R. Salipante
979.33
Daniel Calore
975.26
Harry Costello
856.10
Harry Ayscough
836.31
James McFadden
832.50
J. J. Murphy
789.82
Various Persons-Under $500.00 each
2,907.99
Total
$33,417.72
UNPAID BILLS FOR 1936
Health Department:
North Reading Sanatorium City of Malden-Contagious Hospital
$31.00
32.00
$63.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
229
Soldiers' Relief :
Lindsay Shoe Store
$5.00
J. William Burke, M. D. 22.00
Ellen McManamin
6.00
Joseph Longo & Son
20.00
Family Food Stores
15.00
Various Relief Orders (Bills not rendered)
49.80
$117.80
Welfare Department-Outside Relief:
Economy Grocery Stores
$92.50
Thomas F. Halpin, M. D.
9.00
H. S. Sorenson & Co.
9.00
Reid's Market, Inc.
26.00
C. Latimer
12.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
842.23
Joseph Tine
17.40
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
177.75
Palumbo Bros.
13.00
Greenwood Supreme Market
4.25
A. V. Cerretani
13.25
Edward E. Lee & Co.
30.00
Wakefield Municipal Light Dept.
8.30
Family Food Stores
62.75
Standard Oil of New York
70.72
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
9,899.94
$11,288.09
There are also disputed bills, chiefly with the City of Boston of about $2,000.
Infirmary:
Melrose Hospital Association
$5.00
Wakefield Municipal Light Dept.
42.05
William F. Barrett
15.50
Charles E. Montague, M. D.
12.00
Frank Woodbury, M. D.
30.95
Frank Lanzillo
46.08
G. W. Beasley
3.60
Armour & Co.
53.54
D. D. Landers
96.25
Junction Shoe Repair
.
4.25
McCarthy's Market
11.52
Orde's Fish Market
11.21
George H. Taylor Co.
.30
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
6.02
Curley Bros.
57.30
230
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Fernando I. Proia
$22.10
Standard Oil Co. of New York
23.57
$441.24
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHARGES TO ENTER TAX LEVY OF 1936
Appropriations (See Schedule-Insert) $927,429.96
Less Transferred from Overlay Surplus 15,000.00
$912,429.96
State Charges: ,
State Tax
$32,500.00
Charles River Basin Loan Fund-Serial Bonds
58.20
Charles River Basin Loan Interest
609.41
Charles River Basin Loan Maintenance
1,421.71
Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund
253.61
Metropolitan Parks Loan Serial Bonds
11.64
Metropolitan Parks Loan Interest
1,372.24
Metropolitan Parks Loan Maintenance
7,382.68
Metropolitan Planning Division
134.12
Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund Series 2
84.22
Metropolitan Parks Loan Serial Bonds
410.67
Metropolitan Parks Loan Interest
604.85
Metropolitan Parks Loan Maintenance
296.30
Metropolitan Parks Loan Nantasket- Maintenance 546.97
Wellington Bridge Maintenance
18.01
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Sinking
Fund-North System 363.79
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Serial Bonds
2,104.98
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Interest
1,446.24
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Mainten- ance 8,289.53
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
212.02
Auditing Municipal Accounts
5,774.92
Care of Civil War Veterans
492.00
Land Takings-Revere Highway
46.71
Ocean Avenue, Revere
887.55
Ways in Malden, Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway
.90
9.35
County Tax Overlay for 1936
$65,332.62
31,978.86
23,630.13
$1,033,371.57
231
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECAPITULATION
Town Purposes State Purposes County Tax Hospital Tax Overlay-1936
$903,346.46
65,332.62
31,978.86
9,083.50
23,630.13
$1,033,371.57
AVAILABLE BALANCES NOT APPROPRIATED IN 1936
Revision of Assessors' Plans:
Balance January 1, 1936
$77.81
Payment 3
$17.22
Balance to 1937
60.59
Balance to 1937
$77.81
$77.81
Highways-Chapter 464-Grant from State: Balance January 1, 1936
$1,286.60
Payments
$1,286.60
$1,286.60
$1,286.60
Oak Street Construction:
Balance January 1, 1936
$28.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Acct.
$28.00
$28.00
$28.00
Land Damage Meriam Street:
Balance January 1, 1936
$105.30
Transfer to Reserve Fund
$105.30
$105.30
$105.30
Old Age Assistance-United States Grant:
Receipts
$9,434.75
Payments
$3,842.22
Balance available for 1937
5,592.53
$9,434.75
$9,434.75
Old Age Assistance-Administration U. S. Grant:
Receipts Balance available for 1937
$314.43
$314.43
$314.43
"George Reid Fund"-From State: Balance January 1, 1936-(No payments in 1936)
$314.43
8.41
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"Smith-Hughes Fund"-From Federal Government:
Balance January 1, 1936-(No payments in 1936)
$166.01
Plans for Intermediate School:
Balance January 1, 1936-(No payments in 1936)
100.68
Sale of Dogs:
Balance January 1, 1936-(No payments in 1936)
3.00
Reserve Fund:
Appropriation
$35,000.00
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
15,000.00
Transfer from Appropriation Balances
4,842.80
Transfer to-W.P.A. Account
$37,800.00
Welfare Dept.
12,000.00
Compensation Account
600.00
Health Dept. 500.00
Collector's Expense Account 135.00
Selectmen's Expense Acct. 100.00
Miscellaneous Account 100.00
Board of Appeal
50.00
Treasurer's Expense Acct. 25.00
Balance to Revenue 3,532.80
$54,842.80 $54,842.80
Investigating Committee-Welfare Department:
Balance January 1, 1936-(No payments in 1936) 197.00
Greenwood Playground-Land Takings:
Balance January 1, 1936 $50.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Acct. $50.00
$50.00
$50.00
Greenwood Playground-1935 Appropriation (Art. 35) :
Balance January 1, 1936
Transfer to Reserve Fund $350.00
$350.00
$350.00 $350.00
Greenwood Playground-1935 Appropriation (Art. 36): Balance January 1, 1936
$1.00
Balance to Excess and Deficiency Acct. $1.00
$1.00
$1.00
Water Street Playground-Additional Land:
Balance January 1, 1936 (No payments in 1936) $100.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
233
Municipal Advertising: Balance January 1, 1936 Payments
$17.00
$17.00
$17.00
$17.00
Land Takings-Chapter 249-Acts 1906:
Balance January 1, 1936
$500.00
Transfer to Reserve Fund
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
Survey, Lake Quannapowitt:
Balance January 1, 1936
$200.00
Transfer to Reserve Fund
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Old Age Assistance-Due State:
Balance January 1,1936 (No payments for 1936)
$3.00
Moulton Playground Account:
Balance January 1, 1936 (No payments in 1936)
$107.58
Willard Donnell Trust:
Income for 1936
$277.28
Payments by Welfare Department
$67.20
Balance to 1937
210.08
1
$277.28
$277.28
Temporary Loans:
Balance January 1, 1936
$350,000.00
Loans during 1936
575,000.00
Payments during 1936
$500,000.00
Balance to 1937
425,000.00
$925,000.00
$925,000.00
Surplus War Bonus Fund
Balance January 1, 1936
$9,022.99
Interest for 1936
280.02
Payments
300.00
Balance to 1937
9,003.01
$9,303.01
$9,303.01
Analysis of Light Dept. Accounts: Operation Account : Balance January 1, 1936
$23,751.88
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Transfers from Depreciation and Fire Alarm Account
$73,905.47
Receipts
308,759.28
Payments
$305,851.49
Transfer to Revenue
23,751.88
Transfers to Depreciation Account
42,326.42
Balance to 1937 Account
34,486.84
$406,416.63
$406,416.63
Depreciation Account :
Balance January 1, 1936
$58,312.64
Transfers from Operation Account
42,326.42
Transfers to Operation Account
$71,405.47
Balance to 1937 Account
29,233.59
$100,639.06
$100,639.06
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Appropriation Transfers to Light Dept. Operation Acct. $2,500.00
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
Guarantee Deposit Account:
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1936
$34,098.82
Receipts
8,319.07
Payments
$5,587.35
Balance, Cash on Hand, December 31, 1936
36,830.54
$42,417.89
$42,417.89
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank
$25,293.10
Wakefield Trust Company (Savings Dept.)
10,218.72
Wakefield Trust Company (Checking Acct.)
1,318.72
$36,830.54
CHARLES C. COX,
Town Accountant.
RECEIVABLES
Taxes 1929: Commitment Cash
$50.40
$25.40
Credit to Collector
25.00
$50.40 $50.40
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
235
Taxes 1930:
Commitment Cash
$17.50
$17.50
$17.50
$17.50
Taxes 1931 :
Commitment Cash
$54.30
$29.30
Credit to Collector
25.00
$54.30
$54.30
Taxes 1932:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$1,398.29
Commitments
590.06
Cash
$291.50
Abatements
1,654.94
Certification of Taxes
30.77
Adjustment Entry
11.14
$1,988.35
$1,988.35
Taxes 1933 :
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$4,747.03
Commitments
368.49
Adjustment Entries
39.45
Cash
$948.52
Abatements
145.32
Credits to Collector
216.02
Outstanding December 31, 1936
3,845.11
$5,154.97
$5,154.97
Taxes 1934:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$88,327.09
Commitments
341.70
Cash Refunds
30.00
Adjustment Entries
32.30
Cash
$65,634.43
Credits to Collector
3,740.39
Abatements
1,054.55
Adjustment Entries
41.17
Tax Titles taken by Town
13,546.13
Certification of Tax Sale
637.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936
4,077.42
$88,731.09
$88,731.09
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Taxes 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1936 Cash Refunds
$269,011.53
3,084.38
Adjustment Entries Commitments
353.60
Cash
$155,329.31
Abatements
4,999.70
Credits to Collector Outstanding December 31, 1936
28,027.40
84,134.27
$272,490.68
$272,490.68
Taxes 1936:
Commitments Cash Refunds Cash
$749,171.90
760.91
$474,376.86
Abatements
14,874.70
Outstanding December 31, 1936
260,681.25
$749,932.81
$749,932.81
Old Age Assistance-Taxes 1932: Outstanding January 1, 1936 Cash Abatements
$526.00
$8.00
518.00
$526.00
$526.00
Old Age Assistance-Taxes 1933: Outstanding January 1, 1936 Cash Outstanding December 31, 1936
$837.00
$72.00
765.00
$837.00
$837.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1932: Outstanding January 1, 1936: Abatements
$3,444.74
$3,444.74
$3,444.74
$3,444.74
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1933: Outstanding January 1, 1936 Cash Abatements
$2,510.05
$450.19
2,059.86
$2,510.05
$2,510.05
41.17
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
237
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1934:
Outstanding January 1, 1936 Cash Outstanding December 31, 1936
$3,145.49
$765.42
2,380.07
$3,145.49
$3,145.49
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$5,207.20
Commitment
835.97
Cash Refunds
121.54
Cash
$3,615.57
Abatements
98.74
Outstanding December 31, 1936
2,450.40
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1936:
Commitments
$26,222.19
Cash Refunds
520.89
Cash
$18,560.29
Abatements
1,424.18
Outstanding December 31, 1936
6,758.61
$26,743.08
$26,743.08
Betterment Assessments 1930:
Commitment
$7.36
Cash
$7.36
$7.36
$7.36
Betterment Assessments 1931:
Commitment
$21.98
Cash
$21.98
$21.98
$21.98
Betterment Assessments 1932:
Commitment
$6.71
Cash
$6.71
$6.71
$6.71
Betterment Assessments 1933:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$26.87
Commitment
6.39
Cash
$6.39
Credit to Collector
9.00
Adjustment Entry
17.87
$33.26
$33.26
$6,164.71
$6.164.71
238
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Betterment Assessments 1934:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$665.07
Commitment
6.06
Adjustment Entries
87.82
Cash
$366.77
Credits to Collector
269.47
Abatements
131.91
Balance to 1937
9.20
$768.15
$768.15
Betterment Assessments 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$1,766.74
Commitment
18.23
Adjustment Entry
11.33
Cash
$1,056.58
Abatement
58.43
Adjustment Entry
1.76
Credits to Collector
318.55
Outstanding December 31, 1936
360.98
$1,796.30
$1,796.30
Betterment Assessments 1936:
Commitment
$3,570.31
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