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3,497.91
$241,939.49
WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1941
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent $3,000.00 2,038.70
James L. Palmer
257
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
William L. Wenzel
$2,034.50
F. M. Hartshorne
1,916.80
James J. O'Rourke
1,821.40
Matthew Curran
1,741.13
Frank A. Butler
1,739.81
Leah F. Kinder
1,721.50
Patrick Keefe
1,665.84
George H. Adams
1,643.45
John R. Fraughton
1,606.14
J. J. Murphy
1,568.80
Dominick Bennedetto
1,541.90
Chester S. Eldredge
1,525.80
Edmund M. Deveau
1,502.40
A. F. Funk
1,413.15
Harry Ayscough
1,215.43
Daniel Calore
1,159.84
Serafino Volpe
1,104.39
Henry Costello
1,045.05
Frank Confalone
947.81
F. J. Dulong
929.22
Joseph Connaire
912.64
James Collins
897.32
C. W. Dalrymple
806.40
Carl Locash
777.78
G. J. Deveau
774.70
Alice M. Loubris
753.33
Michael Cieri
660.01
Samuel Confalone
567.65
Katherine C. Miller
504.00
Various Persons-Under $500.00 Each
9,613.13
$51,150.02
WAKEFIELD MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1941
S. H. Brooks, Manager
$3,250.00
J. M. Whitehead, Office Manager
3,521.25
L. H. DeMarco
2,477.92
F. F. Fober
1,724.20
E. R. Chambers
1,697.60
H. M. Kelso
1,681.86
W. F. Alden
1,738.44
F. P. Rich
1,615.46
M. I. Tyler
1,475.93
W. F. Wright
1,545.33
J. F. Mahoney
1,512.83
T. R. Daley
1,643.25
J. W. Macgillivrey
2,869.19
G. E. Halloran
2,086.67
258
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
E. L. Brown
$1,722.07
D. W. Martin
1,727.48
W. D. Scott
1,722.07
Alexander McPhee
2,359.00
James Cameron
1,977.25
F. L. Champagne
2,084.08
Roger Seabury
2,132.04
William Muse
2,140.98
Matthew Burns
1,766.54
John Curran
1,816.40
John Scanlon
1,683.30
Michael Hourihan
1,585.67
E. T. Winslow
1,333.97
Patrick Quinn
1,963.27
Daniel Flynn
1,755.96
James McGrath
1,721.50
Joseph DeMarco
1,905.81
Thomas Hanright
1,741.71
Raymond White
1,692.77
John Collins
1,643.25
Martin Joyce
1,643.25
H. W. Seabury
1,591.74
Patrick Meade
1,558.13
Timothy Delaney
1,462.43
John Mohla
1,343.54
Donald Cockburn
1,406.25
John M. McKenna
2,277.50
J. Henry Morgan
1,561.25
Richard McGrail
1,029.03
Henry J. Morgan
1,581.50
C. O. Bayrd
521.67
John Keefe
800.61
Harold Gates
827.19
Antonio Martino
856.69
Maurice Clapp
724.13
J. F. Malonson
779.89
John T. Curran
804.87
Daniel Burbine
780.16
Various Persons
2,738.15
$89,603.03
UNPAID BILLS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1941
Election and Registration Account: Albion Diner $4.50
Health Department: Middlesex County Hospital $267.75
259
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Soldiers' Relief :
Cataldo Pharmacy
$1.50
R. T. Anderson
2.00
Thomas Hickey Coal and Oil Co.
2.00
Sperber's Market
5.00
Ralph W. Daffinee M. D.
5.00
Morris Market
6.47
Middlesex Oil Co.
10.00
Economy Grocery Stores
11.00
Ira W. Richardson M. D.
11.50
Burwen Oil Corporation
12.00
John H. Holleran M. D.
44.00
Winchester Hospital
15.00
Edmand's Service Station
28.00
$153.47
Welfare Department-Outside Relief :
Unpaid Bills for 1938 City of Boston
$12.00
Unpaid Bills for 1939:
City of Boston
$455.96
Unpaid Bills for 1940:
City of Boston
$569.55
City of Everett
330.90
City of Gloucester
335.69
City of Lynn
281.42
City of Medford
229.25
City of Malden
1,039.52
City of Woburn
2.83
$2,789.16
Unpaid Bills for 1941 :
City of Boston
$207.84
Town of Concord
48.57
City of Everett
341.70
City of Lynn
212.23
City of Lowell
391.55
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
890.69
City of Medford
225.93
Town of North Reading
3.00
City of Somerville
33.89
$2,355.40
260
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
UNPAID BILLS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1941 REQUIRING SPECIAL APPROPRIATION UNDER CHAPTER 179 ACTS OF 1941
Compensation Account:
Dr. George R. Murphy
$5.00
Dr. Ira W. Richardson 8.00
Dr. John H. Holleran
152.00
Dr. Irving Showstack
9.00
Dr. J. William Burke
11.00
Melrose Hospital Association
86.66
$271.66
Welfare Department:
Unpaid Bills for 1936:
Dr. Elwin H. Wells
$58.00
Unpaid Bills for 1937 :
Dr. Elwin H. Wells
$12.00
Unpaid Bills for 1938:
Dr. Elwin H. Wells
$32.00
Unpaid Bills for 1941 :
Reid's Market
$4.00
Morris Market
5.20
Municipal Light Dept.
7.80
Dr. L. Marshall Crosby
9.00
Dr. William Corcoran
10.00
Dr. Vernon A. Roach
20.00
John T. Stringer
100.00
$156.00
Health Department:
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
$49.00
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHARGES TO ENTER TAX LEVY OF 1941
Appropriations (See Schedule)
$987,225.60
Less Transferred from Overlay Surplus $16,000.00
Less Appropriation from Sale of Lots and Graves Cemetery 2,556.00
$18,556.00
$968,669.60
State and Metropolitan Charges :
State Tax Auditing Municipal Accounts
$56,430.00 1,994.22
.
261
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Charles River Basin
$1,815.82
Metropolitan Parks Reservation
5,121.99
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
412.18
Metropolitan Parks Boulevard
798.47
Metropolitan Planning Division
36.52
Metropolitan Sewerage North System
19,688.55
Smoke Inspection Service
229.53
Canterbury Street Highway
.20
$86,527.48
Underestimates State and Metropolitan Charges for 1940
$2.47
County Tax
32,294.32
Overlay for 1941
17,475.57
Abatements on Taxes for years 1916-17-18
38.68
$1,105,008.12
RECAPITULATION
Town Purposes
$959,386.91
State Purposes
86,529.95
County Tax
32,294.32
Hospital Tax
9,282.69
Overlay 1941
17,475.57
Abatements Taxes 1916-17-18
38.68
$1,105,008.12
AVAILABLE BALANCES NOT APPROPRIATED IN 1941
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance 1940:
Balance January 1, 1941
$339.39
Payments Balance to Revenue
339.32
.07
$339.39
$339.39
Old Age Assistance-Federal Grant:
Balance January 1, 1941
$3,190.14
Receipts
51,699.40
Refunds
1,265.54
Payments
Balance to 1942
$55,724.71 430.37
$56,155.08
$56,155.08
262
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Old Age Assistance Administration-Federal Grant:
Balance January 1, 1941
$108.56
Receipts Refunds
1.55
Payments
$1,847.47
Balance to 1942
27.67
$1,875.14
$1,875.14
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant :-
Balance January 1, 1941
$77.50
Receipts
6,627.58
Refunds
18.50
Payments
$5,666.80
Balance to 1942
1,056.78
$6,723.58
$6,723.58
Aid to Dependent Children Administration- Federal Grant:
Balance January 1, 1941
$156.26
Receipts
650.56
Payments
$616.97
Balance to 1942
189.85
$806.82
$806.82
High School Seats for Auditorium:
Balance January 1, 1941
$433.01
Payments
$433.01
$433.01
$433.01
Reserve Fund:
Appropriation
$14,000.00
Transfers from Overlay Surplus
16,000.00
Transfers to:
W.P.A. Account
$18,300.00
Old Age Assistance
2,500.00
Sewer Connections
1,600.00
Meriam Street Sewer
1,500.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,375.00
Miscellaneous Account
697.75
Compensation Account
600.00
Fire Department Salaries
564.00
Election and Registration
540.00
Moth Department Expenses
500.00
Board of Appeal
460.00
Health Department Expense
400.00
1,765.03
263
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Rifle Range Account
$300.00
Interest Account
300.00
Forest Warden
273.25
Town Clerk Expense
50.00
Building Inspector Expense
40.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
Dog Licenses:
Balance January 1, 1941
$69.60
Receipts
2,280.00
Payments to County Treasurer
$2,326.20
Balance to 1942
23.40
$2,349.60
$2,349.60
Repairs of Foreclosed Tax Title Property :
Balance January 1, 1941 (No payments in 1941)
$124.71
State Charges:
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance, over esti- mate carried forward to 1942 Care of Civil War Veterans, under estimate carried forward to 1942
$.65
$36.61
Metropolitan Charges:
Charles River Basin, under estimate carried forward to 1942
$40.29
Metropolitan Parks Loan, over estimate carried forward to 1942
$153.27
Metropolitan Planning Division; under es- timate carried forward to 1942 $29.67
Metropolitan Parks Boulevards, over esti- mate carried forward to 1942 Metropolitan Parks Nantasket, under esti- mate carried forward to 1942 $30.46
$.38
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan North Sys- tem, over estimate carried forward to 1942 $709.98
West Roxbury-Brookline Parkway, under estimate carried forward to 1942 $ .15
Willard Donnell Trust: Balance January 1, 1941 Income for 1941 Payments Balance available for 1942
$416.39
280.08
$137.89
558.58
$696.47 $696.47
264
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Antonio Muccio-On Account of Injuries :
Balance January 1, 1941 (No payments in 1941) $1,770.17
Water Street Playground-Additional Land:
Balance January 1, 1941 (No payments in 1941)
$100.00
Water Mains Extensions-Bond Issue : Balance January 1, 1941
$1,447.24
Payments
$1,447.24
$1,447.24
$1,447.24
Water Mains Relaying-Bond Issue:
Balance January 1, 1941 Payments Balance to 1942
$1,901.21
150.23
$2,051.44
$2,051.44
Sewer Construction-Brook Avenue, Lowell Street, Walton Lane:
Balance January 1, 1941
$5,258.54
Transfer to White Circle Sewer
$1,000.00
Transfer to Pine Hill Circle Sewer
3,354.66
Payments
903.88
$5,258.54
$5,258.54
Sewer Construction-Walden Road and Chris- tofaro Street:
Balance January 1, 1941
$1,645.34
Transfer to Pine Hill Circle Sewer
$1,645.34
$1,645.34
$1,645.34
Temporary Loans-Anticipation of Revenue :
Balance January 1, 1941 Loans during 1941 Payments during 1941
$300,000.00
400,000.00
$400,000.00
Balance to 1942
300,000.00
$700,000.00
$700,000.00
Temporary Loans-Anticipation Highway Re- imbursements : Balance January 1, 1941 $2,000.00
$2,051.44
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
265
Loans during 1941 Payments during 1941 Balance to 1942
$17,000.00
$2,000.00
17,000.00
$19,000.00
$19,000.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds:
Balance January 1, 1941
$830.58
Payment applied on Maturing Water Bonds
$423.77
Payment applied on Maturing Sewer Bonds
406.81
$830.58
$830.58
Sale of Real Estate:
Balance January 1, 1941
$2,480.13
Tax Title Possessions sold in 1941
1,275.00
Appropriation to Sewer Construction
$2,480.13
Balance available for appropriation
1,275.00
$3,755.13
$3,755.13
Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery:
Balance January 1, 1941
$7,947.00
Receipts for 1941
1,538.00
Appropriation for Cemetery Dpeartment
$2,556.00
Balance available for appropriation
6,929.00
$9,485.00
$9,485.00
Analyses of Light Department Accounts:
Operation Account:
Balance January 1, 1941
$36,231.43
Transfers from Depreciation
$42,414.92
Transfers from Fire Alarm Account
1,505.37
Transfers from Construction Account
13,731.43
Receipts
359,405.94
Payments
$326,452.31
Transfer to Revenue
22,500.00
Transfer to Construction Account
13,731.43
Transfers to Depreciation Account
52,420.65
Balance to 1942 Account
38,184.70
$453,289.09
$453,289.09
Construction Account :
Transfer from Operation Account 1940
$13,731.43
Transfers to Operation Account 1941
$13,731.43
$13,731.43
$13,731.43
266
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Depreciation Account: Balance January 1, 1941 Transfers from Operation Account Transfers to Operation Account Balance to 1942 Account
$37,060.25 52,420.65
$41,928.20 47,552.70
$89,480.90
$89,480.90
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Appropriation
$2,000.00
Transfers to Light Dept. Operation Account
$1,992.09
Balance to Revenue
7.91
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Guarantee Deposits Account:
Cash on Hand January 1, 1941
$47,968.39
Receipts
11,075.86
Payments
$7,012.39
Balance, Cash on Hand, December 31, 1941
52,031.96
$59,044.25
$59,044.25
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank
$32,793.10
Wakefield Trust Co .- Savings Dept.
13,418.72
Wakefield Trust Co .- Checking Account
5,820.04
$52,031.86
CHARLES C. COX,
Town Accountant.
RECEIVABLES
Taxes 1932:
Disclaimers by Collector
$290.34
Abatements Cash
$136.21
154.13
$290.34
$290.34
Taxes 1933:
Disclaimer by Collector
Abatement
Cash
$218.84
$87.31
131.53
$218.84 $218.84
267
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Taxes 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
Abatements
Outstanding December 31, 1941
$242.08
$173.40
68.68
$242.08
$242.08
Taxes 1936:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$349.00
Disclaimer by Collector
137.28
Cash
$151.36
Outstanding December 31, 1941
334.92
$486.28
$486.28
Taxes 1937:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$781.56
Disclaimer by Collector
137.56
Cash
$268.69
Outstanding December 31, 1941
649.43
$919.12
$919.12
Taxes 1938:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$2,093.73
Disclaimer by Collector
142.12
Refund
.41
Abatements
$2.82
Cash
1,299.82
Outstanding December 31, 1941
933.68
$2,236.32
$2,236.32
Real Estate Taxes 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$71,679.20
Disclaimer by Collector
142.88
Refunds
348.72
Abatements
$688.29
Certificate of Tax Takings Cash
759.52
70,722.99
$72,170.80
$72,170.80
Personal Property Taxes 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,592.51
Abatements
$2.82
Cash
454.21
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,135.48
$1,592.51
$1,592.51
268
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Real Estate Taxes 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
Disclaimer by Collector
$201,272.16 86.32
Adjustment Tax Titles
219.30
Refunds
479.14
Abatements
$743.98
Credits to Collector
10,986.30
Cash
143,503.29
Outstanding December 31, 1941
46,823.35
$202,056.92
$202,056.92
Personal Property Taxes 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$5,270.58
Refund
1.72
Abatements
$214.14
Cash
3,251.64
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,806.52
$5,272.30
$5,272.30
Real Estate Taxes 1941:
Commitment
$636,253.18
Refunds
2,256.92
Abatements
$8,644.46
Credit to Collector
6,005.10
Cash
479,133.21
Outstanding December 31, 1941
144,727.33
$638,510.10
$638,510.10
Personal Property Taxes 1941:
Commitment ,
$30,747.98
Refunds
457.20
Abatements
$792.86
Cash
25,749.42
Outstanding December 31, 1941
4,662.90
$31,205.18
$31,205.18
Poll Taxes 1936:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$668.00
Abatements
$10.00
Cash
60.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
598.00
$668.00 $668.00
269
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Poll Taxes 1937:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Abatements Cash
$920.00
$8.00
60.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
852.00
$920.00
$920.00
Poll Taxes 1938:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$974.00
Abatements
$18.00
Cash
80.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
876.00
$974.00
$974.00
Poll Taxes 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,102.00
Abatements
$8.00
Cash
106.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
988.00
$1,102.00
$1,102.00
Poll Taxes 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,530.00
Abatements
$84.00
Cash
468.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
978.00
$1,530.00
$1,530.00
Poll Taxes 1941:
Commitments
$10,594.00
Refunds
8.00
Adjustment Entry
2.00
Abatements
$980.00
Cash
9,108.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
876.00
$10,964.00
$10,964.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1935:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Cash
$5.29
$5.29
$5.29
$5.29;
270
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1936:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Abatements Cash
$1,322.64
$80.78
105.54
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,136.32
$1,322.64
$1,322.64
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1937:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Abatements
$1,578.87
$34.24
Cash
136.04
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,408.59
$1,578.87
$1,578.87
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1938:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$505.17
Abatements
$41.01
Cash
22.76
Outstanding December 31, 1941
441.40
$505.17
$505.17
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$310.96
Abatements
$2.16
Cash
6.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
302.80
$310.96
$310.96
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$914.90
Commitment
366.63
Refunds
55.87
Abatements
$92.77
Cash
951.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
193.63
$1,237.40
$1,237.40
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1941:
Commitments
$41,930.04
Refunds
1,704.64
Abatements
$3,432.33
Cash
39,134.07
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,068.28
$43,634.68
$43,634.68
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
271
Betterment Assessments 1933: Disclaimer by Collector Cash
$6.27
$6.27
$6.27
$6.27
Betterment Assessments 1939: Outstanding January 1, 1941 Abatements Cash
$569.20
$18.00
551.20
$569.20
$569.20
Betterment Assessments 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Credit to Collector Cash
$2,045.77
$129.49
1,341.91
Outstanding December 31, 1940
574.37
$2,045.77
$2,045.77
Betterment Assessments 1941:
Commitment
$5,659.08
Credit to Collector Cash
3,763.79
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,698.80
$5,659.08
$5,659.08
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned :
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$20,801.70
Commitments
21,261.55
Refunds
8.66
Abatements
$866.44
Apportionments Cash
7,707.56
Outstanding December 31, 1941
15,489.23
$42,071.91
$42,071.91
Betterment Assessments Apportioned :
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$20,896.83
Apportionments
18,008.69
Adjustment Entry
9.77
Commitment to Collector
$5,659.08
Payments in Full
1,000.72
Outstanding December 31, 1941
32,255.48
$38,915.28 $38,915.28
$196.49
18,008.68
272
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Sewer Assessments 1931 :
Disclaimer by Collector Abatements Adjustment Entry (Payment)
$801.97
$301.97 500.00
$801.97
$801.97
Sewer Assessments 1932:
Disclaimer by Collector Abatements
$47.75
$47.75
$47.75
$47.75
Sewer Assessments 1933:
Disclaimer by Collector Cash
$17.67
$17.67
$17.67
$17.67
Sewer Assessments 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Cash
$545.13
$545.13
$545.13
$545.13
Sewef Assessments 1940:
Outstanding Janauary 1, 1941
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,865.82
Credit to Collector
$442.09
Cash
1,075.76
Outstanding December 31, 1941
347.97
$1,865.82
$1,865.82
Sewer Assessments 1941:
Commitment
$3,504.15
Credit to Collector
$36.87
Cash
2,347.11
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,120.17
$3,504.15
$3,504.15
Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$363.77
Commitments
39,350.92
Adjustment Entry (Payment)
500.00
Abatements
$8,277.60
Cash
3,062.46
Outstanding December 31, 1941
28,874.63
$40,214.69
$40,214.69
1
273
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Sewer Assessments Apportioned:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Adjustment Entry Committed to Collector Payments in Full Outstanding December 31, 1941
$12,999.96 26.72
$3,504.15 469.03 9,053.50
$13,026.68
$13,026.68
Moth Assessments 1936:
Disclaimer by Collector Cash
$.50
$.50
$.50
$.50
Moth Assessments 1938:
Disclaimer by Collector Refund
3.00
$3.00
.50
$3.50
$3.50
Moth Assessments 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Adjustment Entry Cash
$104.64
3.00
$107.64
$107.64
$107.64
Moth Assessments 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Credit to Collector Cash
$131.55
11.25
96.67
Outstanding December 31, 1941
23.63
$131.55
$131.55
Moth Assessments 1941:
Commitment Credit to Collector Cash
$878.42
$14.25
636.15
Outstanding December 31, 1941
228.02
$878.42 $878.42
Adjustment Entry Cash
$.50
274
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Committed Interest 1939:
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Abatements Cash
$339.14
$9.17 329.97
$339.14
$339.14
Committed Interest 1940:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,068.63
$73.69
Credit to Collector Cash
749.64
Outstanding December 31, 1941
245.30
$1,068.63
$1,068.63
Committed Interest 1941 :
Commitment
$2,924.93
Credit to Collector
$79.08
Cash
1,940.91
Outstanding December 31, 1941
904.94
$2,924.93
$2,924.93
Tax Titles :
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$86,015.95
Credits to Collector
17,974.61
Certificate of Tax Taking
973.87
Refund to Collector
207.22
Disclaimers
$2,206.77
Abatements prior years
88.65
Foreclosure
1,513.01
Adjustment Entry
219.30
Cash
21,101.95
Outstanding December 31, 1941
80,041.97
$105,171.65
$105,171.65
Tax Title Possessions:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$3,129.28
Foreclosure (W. H. & E. P. Hall)
1,513.01
Sale of Property :
Melvin Street
$497.39
Vernon Street
622.82
Elm Square
1,513.01
Outstanding December 31, 1941
2,009.07
$4,642.29
$4,642.29
275
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Sale of Real Estate:
Balance January 1, 1941
$2,480.13
Property Sold :
Melvin Street
$725.00
Vernon Street
50.00
Elm Square
500.00
Appropriation to Sewer Construction
$2,480.13
Balance Available for 1942
1,275.00
$3,755.13
$3,755.13
Accounts Receivable-School Department:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$5,935.36
Commitment
21,704.82
Cash
$27,601.68
Outstanding December 31, 1941
38.50
$27,640.18
$27,640.18
Accounts Receivable-Welfare Outside Relief :
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$5,691.67
Commitments
3,500.95
Abatements
$2,791.48
Cash
4,518.69
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,882.45
$9,192.62
$9,192.62
Accounts Receivable-Welfare Old Age Assistance :
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$3,404.25
Commitments
39,799.59
Disallowances restored
463.50
Cash
$42,653.54
Disallowances -- State
647.20
Outstanding December 31, 1941
366.50
$43,667.34
$43,667.34
Accounts Receivable-Welfare-Aid to Dependent Children :
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,647.21
Commitments
3,182.13
Cash
$4,194.51
Disallowances-State
381.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
253.83
$4,829.34 $4,829.34
276
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Accounts Receivable-Health Department:
Outstanding January 1,1941 Commitments Cash Outstanding December 31, 1941
$6,479.93 6,543.43
$14.00
13,009.36
$13,023.36
$13,023.36
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-State Aid:
Due from State Account of 1940
$1,395.00
Cash
$1,395.00
Due from State Account of 1941
1,535.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,535.00
$2,930.00
$2,930.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Military Aid:
Due from State Account of 1940
Cash
Due from State Account of 1941
838.75
Outstanding December 31, 1941
838.75
$1,731.75
$1,731.75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-Soldiers' Burials:
Due from State Account of 1941
$100.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
State Aid-Highways:
Balance due from State 1940
$157.62
Allotment from State for Maintenance 1941
1,000.00
Allotment from State for Lowell Street 1941 Cash
10,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
$6,701.42 4,456.20
$11,157.62
$11,157.62
County Aid-Highways:
Balance due from County 1940
$157.62
Allotment from County for Maintenance 1941
1,000.00
Allotment from County for Lowell St. 1941 Cash Outstanding December 31, 1941
5,000.00
$3,926.38
2,231.24
$6,157.62 $6,157.62
$893.00
$893.00
277
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Accounts Receivable-Light Department:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
Commitments Cash
$359,405.94
Discounts, Interest etc. Outstanding December 31, 1941
61,169.02
20,575.89
$441,150.85
$441,150.85
Water Rates:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$1,892.36
Commitments
86,305.84
Cash Refunds
26.20
Abatements
$318.09
Refunds
26.20
Cash
86,658.35
Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,221.76
$88,224.40
$88,224.40
Water Services:
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$605.17
Commitment
3,841.33
Abatements
$4.80
Cash
3,888.57
Outstanding December 31, 1941
553.13
$4,446.50
$4,446.50
Sewer Connection Deposits:
Cash Blance January 1, 1941
$246.00
Cash Received
7,099.79
Cost of Connections
$5,865.23
Cash Returned
1,263.25
Balance, Cash on Hand December 31, 1941
217.31
$7,345.79
$7,345.79
Overlay 1932:
Abatements
$136.21
Deficit to 1942 Tax Levy
$136.21
$136.21
$136.21
Overlay 1933: Abatements Deficit to 1942 Tax Levy
$87.31
$87.31
$87.31 $87.31
$22,381.25 418,769.60
278
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Overlay 1935:
Balance January 1, 1941 Abatements Balance, December 31, 1941
$242.08
$173.40
68.68
$242.08
$244.08
Overlay 1936:
Balance January 1, 1941 Abatements
$10.00
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
74.08
Balance December 31, 1941
932.92
$1,017.00
$1,017.00
Overlay 1937:
Balance January 1, 1941 Abatements
$8.00
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
192.13
Balance December 31, 1941
1,501.43
$1,701.56
$1,701.56
Overlay 1938:
Balance January 1, 1941 Abatements
$20.82
Transfers to Overlay Surplus
1,237.29
Balance December 31, 1941
1,809.68
$3,067.79
$3,067.79
Overlay 1939:
Balance January 1, 1941 Abatements
$9,148.18
$699.11
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
6,325.59
Balance December 31, 1941
2,123.48
$9,148.18
$9,148.18
Overlay 1940: Balance January 1, 1941 Abatements Balance December 31, 1941
$14,547.70
$1,045.56
13,502.14
$14,547.70 $14,547.70
$1,017.00
$1,701.56
$3,067.79
279
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Overlay 1941: Commitment Adjustment Entry Abatements Balance December 31, 1941
$17,475.57 2.00
$10,417.32
7,060.25
$17,477.57
$17,477.57
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund:
Balance, January 1, 1941
$16,431.57
Transfer to Reserve Fund
$16,000.00
Transfer from Overlay 1936-37-38-39
7,829.09
Balance December 31, 1941
8,260.66
$24,260.66
$24,260.66
Excess and Deficiency :
Balance January 1, 1941
$127,360.12
Refund-Water Department 1940
2.90
Refund Old Age Ass't. 1940
78.00
Refund Town Clerk 1949
.25
Refund Welfare 1940
55.78
Disclaimers Tax Titles
1,155.34
Adjustment Entry-Tax Titles
219.30
Tax Title Redemptions
21,101.95
Excess Revenue for 1941
25,962.78
Free Cash to Revenue
$35,000.00
Credits to Collector
16,991.40
Certification of Tax Takings
973.87
Adjustment Tax Redemptions
207.22
Balance December 31, 1941
122,763.93
$175,936.42
$175,936.42
Trust Fund Account
Cash on hand January 1, 1941 Funds Set Up in 1941
$58,279.64 1,905.00 1,241.75
Interest for 1941
Interest transferred to Library
$307.03
Interest transferred to Park Department
65.35
Payments 1941
818.82
Cash on Hand December 31, 1941
60,235.19
$61,426.39
$61,426.39
ANALYSIS
Name of Fund
Trust Fund
Accumulated Interest Jan. 1, 1941 $4,679.39
Interest for 1941
$1,237.91
Payments or Transfers 1941 $1,191.20
Funds and Interest Dec. 31, 1941 $58,326.37
Total of all funds as reported January 1, 1941
$53,600.27
For details of funds prior to 1940 see Treasurer's Report
New funds set up in 1941 :
Anne F. Barry
50.00
50.00
Humphrey Collins
50.00
.08
50.08
John J. Cotter
75.00
.13
75.13
280
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
1941 INDEBTEDNESS ACCOUNT
Outstanding January 1, 1941 Payments 1941 Outstanding December 31, 1941
$407,500.00
฿89,500.00 318,000.00
$407,500.00
$407,500.00
RECAPITULATION
Sewers
$99,000.00
Schools
34,000.00
Water
153,000.00
Light
20,000.00
Street
12,000.00
$318,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS ACCOUNT-DUE 1942 TO 1954 INCLUSIVE
Loans
Outstanding
Due
Due 1943
Due 1944
Due 1945
Due 1946
Due 1947
Due 1948
Due 1949
Due
Due
Due
Due
Sewer Loan 1924
$8,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
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