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Cash
$2,016.58
Outstanding December 31, 1936
1,553.73
$3,570.31
$3,570.31
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$606.25
Commitments
5,937.32
Cash
1,847.96
Reversal Entry
1,749.23
Outstanding December 31, 1936
2,946.38
$6,543.57
$6,543.57
Betterment Assessments Apportioned :
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$12,436.43
Commitments
5,997.85
Adjustment Entries
71.32
Paid in Full
$147.47
Commitment to Collector
3,570.31
Adjustment Entry
36.99
Outstanding December 31, 1936
14,750.83
$18,505.60
$18,505.60
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
239
Sewer Assessments 1931:
Commitments Cash Certification of Taxes
$314.47
$14.84
299.63
$314.47
$314.47
Sewer Assessments 1932: Commitment Certification of Taxes
$17.54
$17.54
1
$17.54
$17.54
Sewer Assessments 1933:
Outstanding January 1, 1936 Credit to Collector Adjustment Entry
$76.01
$61.35
14.66
$76.01
$76.01
Sewer Assessments 1934:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$2,294.29
Cash
$1,369.33
Credits to Collector
238.93
Tax Titles taken by Town
403.73
Abatements Outstanding December 31, 1936
75.79
$2,294.29
$2,294.29
Sewer Assessments 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$5,532.65
Commitment
12.22
Cash
$2,954.68
Credits to Collector
1,006.02
Adjustment Entry
8.90
Outstanding December 31, 1936
1,575.27
$5,544.87
$5,544.87
Sewer Assessments 1936:
Commitment Cash
$8,951.80
$4,605.18
Outstanding December 31, 1936
4,346.62
$8,951.80
$8,951.80
Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned: Outstanding January 1, 1936 Commitments
$1,715.10
225.14
206.51
240
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Cash
$225.14
Commitment to Collector
1,057.26
Outstanding December 31, 1936
657.84
$1,940.24
$1,940.24
Sewer Assessments Apportioned :
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$33,342.48
Commitment
1,057.26
Adjustment Entry
36.99
Paid in Full
$571.89
Commitment to Collector
8,951.80
Abatement
51.60
Adjustment Entries
48.85
Outstanding December 31, 1936
24,812.59
$34,436.73
$34,436.73
Moth Assessments 1933:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$4.50
Commitment
.50
Abatement
$.50
Outstanding December 31, 1936
4.50
$5.00
$5.00
Moth Assessments 1934:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$143.54
Commitment
.75
Cash
$103.62
Credits to. Collector
7.00
Tax Titles taken by Town
32.86
Outstanding December 31, 1936
.81
$144.29
$144.29
Moth Assessments 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$254.54
Commitment
.50
Adjustment Entry
2.00
Cash
$169.19
Credits to Collector
25.01
Outstanding December 31, 1936
62.84
$257.04
$257.04
Moth Assessments 1936:
Commitment
$2,047.28
Cash
$1,215.22
Outstanding December 31, 1936
832.06
$2,047.28
$2,047.28
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
241
Interest and Costs 1932:
Commitments Outstanding December 31, 1936
$181.80
$181.80
$181.80
$181.80
Committed Interest 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$1,730.40
Adjustment Entry
5.50
Reversal Entry
.41
Cash
$947.66
Abatements
25.38
Credits to Collector
305.43
Adjustment Entry
22.92
Outstanding December 31, 1936
434.92
$1,736.31
$1,736.31
Committed Interest 1936:
Commitment
$3,058.65
Cash
$1,643.24
Outstanding December 31, 1936
1,415.41
$3,058.65
$3,058.65
Tax Titles:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$95,622.78
Tax Titles Taken by Town
18,686.66
Credits to Collector
31,723.52
Cost of Foreclosures
109.30
Adjustment Entries
375.05
Certification of Tax Sales
1,228.10
Cash
$38,258.07
Adjustment Entries
570.01
Transfer of Tax Possessions
9,418.01
Commitments to Collector
2,207.26
Outstanding December 31, 1936
97,292.06
$147,745.41
$147,745.41
Tax Title Possessions:
Transfer of Tax Liens
$9,580.67
$987.53
Sale of Property, 35 Valley Street Adjustment Entry Outstanding December 31, 1936
357.43
8,235.71
$9,580.67
$9,580.67
242
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Accounts Receivable-School Department
Outstanding January 1, 1936
Commitments
$351.95 18,661.75
Adjustment Entry
44.00
Cash
$14,652.76
Adjustment Entry
45.52
Outstanding December 31, 1936
4,359.42
$19,057.70
$19,057.70
Accounts Receivable-Health Department:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$620.25
Commitments
3,467.00
Cash
$123.00
Outstanding December 31, 1936
3,964.25
$4,087.25
$4,087.25
Accounts Receivable-Welfare Department:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$673.91
Commitment
13,215.21
Cash
$1,475.68
Adjustment Entry
8,954.18
Outstanding December 31, 1936
3,459.26
$13,889.12
$13,889.12
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-State Aid:
Due from the State January 1, 1936
$1,350.00
Cash
$1,330.00
Adjustment Entry
20.00
$1,350.00
$1,350.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Military Aid:
Due from State January 1, 1936 $976.00
Adjustment Entry 210.00
Cash $1,186.00
$1,186.00
$1,186.00
Commonwealth of Mass .- State Military Aid:
Due from State January 1, 1936 $105.00
Balance due December 31, 1936
$105.00
$105.00 $105.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
243
Accounts Receivable-Light Department:
Outstanding January 1, 1936 Commitments Cash
$21,140.78
358,638.38
$308,759.28
Discounts Outstanding December 31, 1936
55,394.24
15,625.64
$379,779.16
$379,779.16
Water Rates:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$3,474.95
Commitments
88,607.17
Cash Refunds
9.90
Cash
$89,299.61
Abatements
597.45
Outstanding December 31, 1936
2,194.96
$92,092.02
$92,092.02
Water Services:
Outstanding January 1, 1936
$659.74
Commitments
2,702.43
Cash
$3,056.64
Abatements
1.77
Outstanding December 31, 1936
303.76
$3,362.17
$3,362.17
Sewer Connection Deposits:
Cash Received
$2,231.99
Adjustment Entry
16.34
Cost of Connections
$1,757.16
Cash Returned
447.42
Adjustment Entries
33.75
Balance Cash on Hand, Dec. 31, 1936
10.00
$2,248.33
$2,248.33
Overlay 1931:
Balance January 1, 1936
$5.00
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
$5.00
$5.00
$5.00
Overlay 1932:
Balance January 1, 1936 Abatements
$1,654.94
262.91
Overdraft
$1,392.03
$1,654.94
$1,654.94
244
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Overlay 1933:
Balance January 1, 1936
Adjustment Entry
Abatements
$145.32
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
756.60
Balance December 31, 1936
3,845.11
$4,747.03
$4,747.03
Overlay 1934:
Balance January 1, 1936
$24,005.06
Abatements
$1,054.55
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
18,873.09
Balance December 31, 1936
4,077.42
$24,005.06
$24,005.06
Overlay 1935:
Balance January 1, 1936
$19,962.09
Abatements Balance December 31, 1936
$4,999.70
14,962.39
$19,962.09
$19,962.09
Overlay 1936:
Commitment
$23,630.13
Abatements
$9,600.33
Balance December 31, 1936
14,029.80
$23,630.13
$23,630.13
Special Overlay Account 1936:
Machinery Tax Abatement: Commitments
$5,274.37
Abatements
$5,274.37
$5,274.37
$5,274.37
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund:
Balance January 1, 1936
$15,236.27
Transfer from Overlay 1931-1933-1934
19,634.69
Transfer to Reserve Fund
$15,000.00
Balance December 31, 1936
19,870.96
$34,870.96
$34,870.96
$3,747.03 1,000.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
245
Excess and Deficiency :
Balance January 1, 1936 Added Tax Commitment
$106,736.41
17.15
Tax Title Redemptions Adjustment Entries
40,082.98
154.82
Excess Revenue for 1936
15,362.62
Old Age Assistance Abatements
$518.00
Tax Titles Taken by Town
15,642.14
Credits to Collector
29,937.80
Adjustment Entry
122.64
Certification of Tax Sales
667.77
Balance December 31, 1936
115,465.63
$162,353.98
$162,353.98
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1936
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Revenue Cash
$309,458.35
Temporary Loans Surplus War Bonus Fund Sewer Connection Deposits Excise Tax Revenue
$425,000.00
Taxes 1933
$3,845.11
Taxes 1934
4,077.42
10.00
Taxes 1935
84,134.27
Taxes 1936
260,681.25
Overlay 1932
262.91
Overlay 1933
$3,845.11
Old Age Assistance 1933
765.00
Overlay 1934
4,077.42
Overlay 1935
14,962.39
Excise Tax 1934
$2,380.07
Excise Tax 1935
2,450.40
Excise Tax 1936
6,758.61
Tax Title Revenue
97,292.06
Special Assessment Revenue
14,439.75
Betterment Assessments 1935
$360.98
Betterment Assessments 1934
9.20
Departmental Revenue
11,887.93
$1,914.71
Water Revenue
2,498.72
Sewer Assessments 1934
$75.79
Municipal Light Revenue
15,625.64
Sewer Assessments 1935
1,575.27
Overlay Surplus Reserve Fund
19,870.96
Sewer Assessments 1936
4,346.62
Excess and Deficiency
115,465.63
$5,997.68 Reserve for Petty Cash-Tax Collector
100.00
Moth Assessments 1933
$4,50
Moth Assessments 1934
.81
Moth Assessments 1935
62.84
Moth Assessments 1936
832.06
$900.21
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
$36,914.72
$11,589.08
Betterment Assessments 1936
1,553.73
Overlay 1936
14,029.80
9,003.01
11,589.08
$352,738.05
Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned
$657.84
Interest and Costs 1932
Committed Interest 1935 $434.92
Committed Interest 1936 1,415.41
$1,850.33
Tax Collector's Petty Cash
100.00
Tax Titles
97,292.06
Accounts Receivable School Department
4,359.42
Accounts Receivable Welfare Department
3,459.26
Accounts Receivable Health Department
3,964.25
Commonwealth of Mass .- State Military Aid 105.00
Water Rates
2,194.96
Water Services
303.76
Light Department Bills
15,625.64
Sewer Assessments Apportioned
$24,812.59
Sewer Assessments Apportioned:
Due in 1937
$6,500.53
Due in 1938
4,745.99
Due in 1939
4,402.79
Due in 1940
3,487.91
Due in 1941
2,621.56
Due in 1942
1,137.07
Due in 1943
865.27
Due in 1944
865.94
Due in 1945
92.68
Due in 1946
92.85
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
$24,812.59
2,946.38 181.80
247
Betterment Assessments Apportioned $14,750.83
Betterment Assessments Apportioned:
Due in 1937
$3,234.71
Due in 1938 2,838.45
Due in 1939 2,778.97
Due in 1940
2,026.35
Due in 1941
1,157.74
Due in 1942
918.79
Due in 1943
777.40
Due in 1944
526.71
Due in 1945
491.71
Tax Title Possessions
$8,235.71
Tax Title Possessions Revenue
$8,235.71
*Overdraft-Vernon Street Construction
8,559.78
*Overdraft-Salem Street Construction 4,038.87
*Overdraft-Highway Maintenance Chapter 90
3,523.46
Revision of Assessors' Plans
$60.59
Old Age Assistance U. S. Grant
5,592.53
Old Age Assistance U. S. Grant Administration 314.43
Welfare Dept. Unpaid Bills
1,485.83
Infirmary Unpaid Bills
25.00
George Reed Fund (School)
8.41
Smith-Hughes Fund (School)
166.01
Plans for Intermediate School
100.68
Sale of Dogs
3.00
Investigating Com .- Welfare Dept. 197.00
*Note :- Overdrafts on account of Funds due from State
248
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
$14,750.83
Sale of Real Estate (Valley Street)
987.53
Balances appropriated or avail- able forwarded to 1937:
Add'l Land Water St. Play- ground $100.00
Old Age Assistance 3.00
Moulton Playground Account 107.58
Willard Donnell Trust (Welfare) 210.08
Light Dept. Operation Acct. 34,486.84
Light Dept. Depreciation Acct.
29,233.59
72,094.57
$880,587.93 Total
$880,587.93
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
249
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET GUARANTEE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT-LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1936
$34,098.82
Payments
$5,587.35
Received as Deposits
8,319.07 Cash on Hand, December 31, 1936 36,830.54
$42,417.89
$42,417.89
BONDED DEBT ACCOUNT
Bonded Debt December 31, 1936
$628,500.00
Sewer Department
$140,000.00
School Department
271,500.00
Water Department
148,000.00
Light Department
69,000.00
$628,500.00
$628,500.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Cash on Hand January 1, 1936 New Funds 1936
$45,085.51 Interest transferred to Library Dept.
$348.04
1,290.00
Interest transferred to Park Dept.
93.21
Interest 1936
1,373.68
Payments 1936
590.51
Cash on Hand December 31, 1936
46,717.43
$47,749.19
$47,749.19
250
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
25
The account; of the Treasurer have been examined and found to be in agreement with the Accountant's books.
Cash balances have been verified and found to be on deposit as fol- lows:
General Funds-Wakefield Trust Co. $121,740.98 Second National Bank of Boston 178,311.36
Checks in Treasurer's hands December 31 1936-not deposited 103.00
$300,155.34
To be transferred from War Bonus Fund
300.00
$300,455.34
War Bonus Fund-Wakefield Savings
Bank $3,109.66
Malden Savings Bank 2,981.08
Cambridge Savings Bank
3,212.27
$9,303.01
To be transferred to General Funds
300.00
$9,003.01
$309,458.35
Trust and Investment Funds have been checked by examination of Savings Bank Deposit Books except in case of Perpetual Care Funds, which have been verified by statement from Wakefield Savings Bank signed by the Treasurer of the Bank.
All permanent and Temporary Loans cancelled during the year by the Treasurer have been examined and found to be as reported.
I wish to extend thanks to my predecessor, Harry A. Simonds, for the assistance given me in taking over the duties of this office. Also I take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Se- lectmen and all other Town Officers and employees, co-operating and as- sisting in the work of this department.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES C. COX,
Town Accountant.
252
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Index to Town Officers' Reports
Animal Inspector.
101
Assessors
109
Bath House Instructor
172
Births
53
Building Inspector.
98
Compensation Agent
99
Deaths.
68
Dog Licenses
72 101
Election Results and Town Meetings
11
Fire Department .
85
Fishing Licenses
72
Forest Warden.
87
Health Department
112
Health Officer.
115
Hunting Licenses.
72
Jurors.
6
Library Trustees
154
Light Department.
173
Marriages .
60
Middlesex County Extension Service.
153
Milk and Food Inspector.
116
Moth Department.
98
Park and Cemetery Department.
167
Plumbing Inspector.
115
Police Department
79
School Committee
122
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
102
Selectmen
73
Street Superintendent.
88
Sweetser Charity
104
Sweetser Lecture Committee.
103
Town Counsel
100
Town Meetings and Election Results
11
Town Officers 1936-1937 .
3
Treasurer
191
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
114
Water and Sewerage Department
184
Welfare Department.
117
Wire Inspector.
87
W.P.A. Agent.
105
Dog Officer
253
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Index to Town Accountant's Report
Accountant. 209
Accounts Receivable-Schools
242
Accounts Receivable-Welfare Department. 242
Accounts Receivable-Health. 242
Accounts Receivable-Light Department. 243
Appeal Board. 205- 219
Appropriations Schedule-Insert following. 204
Appropriations to Enter the Tax Levy
230
Armistice Day 220
Assessors 209-210
Available Balances
231
Balance Sheet.
246
Betterment Assessments 1930-1933
237
Betterment Assessments 1934-1936
238
Betterment Assessments Paid in Full .
204
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned
204-238
Betterment Assessments Apportioned .
204-238
Collector 205-209
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-State Aid.
207-242
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Military Aid.
207-242
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Receipts
207
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Old Age Assistance.
207
Committed Interest 1935-1936. 241
Compensation.
213
Departmental Revenue
205
Dog Licenses
205-207-213
Dog Officer
213
Dumps.
214
Damages-J. M. Wenzel
220
Election and Registration
210
Excess and Deficiency. 245
Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle-Receipts . 204
Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle-1932-1933.
236
Excise Tax-Motor Vehicle-1934-1936. . 237
Fines and Forfeits 205
Fire . 205-212
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights.
234
Farm Street Rebuilding 215
Fire Insurance . 220
Forest Warden. 212
Garbage.
214
254
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
George Reid Fund. 231
Greenwood Playground 232
Health
205-213-228
Highway
206-214-223-231
Hydrant Rental. 212
Indebtedness Account-Insert following.
204
Infirmary
206-216-229
Inspector of Animals. 213
Inspector of Buildings
205-213
Inspector of Wires.
212
Interest
207-222
Interest and Costs-1932. 241
Investigating Committee, Welfare Department.
232
Land Takings. 233
210
Library
206-
218
Licenses and Permits
204
Light Department.
.206-220-227-233
Maturing Debt.
222
Memorial Day-War Veterans
220
Middlesex County Tax.
220-
230
Middlesex County Hospital Tax
220
Military Aid.
217
Miscellaneous Account
219 208 212
Moth Department.
Moth Assessments-Receipts 204
Moth Assessments 1933-1936
240
Moulton Playground.
233
Municipal Advertising
220-233
Old Age Assistance-Taxes .
204-236
Old Age Assistance-Commonwealth of Mass. 207-233
Old Age Assistance -. U. S. Government
207-216-231
Old Age Assistance-Payments.
216
Overlay 1931-1932
243
Overlay 1933-1936.
244
Overlay 1936-Special (Machinery)
244
Overlay Surplus.
244
Park and Cemetery.
206- -218
Payments
208
Planning Board .
219
Police. 205
211
Pension-F. H. Robinson. 220
Plans-Intermediate School. 232
Receipts. 204
Recreation Commission 219
Receivables. 234
Refunds.
208-222
Legal
Moderator.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 255
Revision of Assessors' Plans
231
Reserve Fund.
232
Rifle Range. 220
Salem Street Rebuilding.
215
Sale of Dogs
232
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
205- 213
Selectmen
208
School
206-217-224
Sewer Assessments 1931-1936.
239
Sewer Assessments Paid in Full .
204
Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned.
204-239
Sewer Assessments Apportioned.
204-240
Sewer Connection Deposits
206-243
Sewer Department.
206-222-228
Smith-Hughes Fund.
232
Soldiers' Burials.
219
Soldiers' Relief.
216-229
Spanish War Veterans' Rent.
220
State Aid.
217
State Charges.
220-230
State Military Aid.
217
Street Lights. . 220
Surplus War Bonus Funds. 222- 233
233
Taxes-Receipts
204
Taxes 1929.
234
Taxes 1930-1934
235
Taxes 1935-1936
236
Tax Title Possessions
204-241
Tax Title Redemptions
204
Tax Titles.
241
Temporary Loans
207-222-233
Town Hall.
205-211
Treasurer 205-209
Trust Fund Account-Insert following 204
Unpaid Bills-1936. 228
Vernon Street Rebuilding. 215
Visiting Nurse 220
Vital Statistics 210
Water Department 206-221-228
Water Rates. 206-243
Water Services. 206-243
Water Street Playground. 232
Welfare
206- -229
W.P.A. Town Fund.
215
Willard Donnell Trust
216-233
Survey, Lake Quannapowitt
Town Clerk. 205-210
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