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2,430.00
Edna May Paulson
2,430.00
Lillian J. Shoff
2,430.00
Elizabeth M. Strout
2,430.00
Grace E. Widtfeldt
2,430.00
Hazel O. Wilder
2,430.00
Mabel A. Kernan
2,427.50
Catherine A. Doran
2,417.80
Fred G. Dodge
2,413.10
Abbie A. Bell
2,410.00
Stella H. Blaikie
2,410.00
Hilda M. Hayden
2,410.00
Stanley A. Gay
2,407.00
Mary M. Harrington
2,405.93
Margaret M. Landers
2,403.95
Alice M. Scipione
2,403.95
Chester I. Hopkins
2,390.00
Bella A. Rattray
2,390.00
Winifred R. Beal
2,384.00
Winifred Geizer
2,384.00
Harold W. Rood
2,377.50
Emma L. Lane
2,359.15
Lona H. Adams
2,345.00
Helen J. Coyne
2,325.00
William G. Skully
2,302.00
Pauline E. Meads
2,280.00
Hazel M. Vasso
2,265.00
Thomas Hemsworth
2,253.99
Francis H. Goldsmith
2,226.07
Alice E. Calkins
2,192.20
Dorothy M. Linder
2,177.00
Ruth C. Webber
2,144.00
Janet S. Wheeler
2,125.00
Frances G. McCarthy
2,119.75
Mary K. English
2,032.50
Eunice B. Chatterton
2,025.00
Lucy L. Valente
2,025.00
Grace A. Jenkins
2,021.99
Marion L. Weaver
2,005.00
Inez A. Gianfranchi
2,004.00
Cosima N. Perroni
2,000.00
Christina O'Leary
1,903.20
Alice M. Ryan
1,865.00
Vivian M. Rodriques
1,859.25
Alfred E. Delaney
1,832.80
Eleanor M. Gleason
1,795.25
Alice M. Kupiec
1,627.50
Edna M. Finnerty
1,612.50
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
245
Mabel F. Johnson
1,527.50
Beverly M. O'Donnell
1,456.25
Jennie Flaherty
1,444.80
Ira W. Richardson
1,312.50
Beatrice Quint
1,300.00
Maurice J. Dwyer
1,237.50
LeRoy R. Little
1,126.00
Lora E. Harris
1,123.75
George C. Monroe
1,067.13
Christine Callan
1,050.00
Joseph Silverman
975.00
Earle W. Crompton
957.00
Florence Clifford
937.50
Mary F. Vik
932.00
Harold E. Staunton
925.00
Esther Ball
910.00
Helen F. Frederic
900.00
Ruth Joyce
900.00
Richard C. Glynn
885.00
Michael Neary
852.67
Alfred E. Preble
850.00
Avis Blanchard
832.50
Norma B. Jackman
780.94
Sophia Giavis
750.00
Angelina Granese
750.00
Evelyn Leone
750.00
Richard E. Giles
687.05
Priscilla Dolbeare
637.52
Caroline Danforth
619.50
Edythe N. Baxter
351.00
Shirley P. Titus
345.76
Alice V. Gerrish
315.00
Jean Rector
269.50
Frances W. Cronin
252.00
Nita G. Tumblin
207.00
* Mary M. Hayes
180.00
* Charles F. Kirk
166.67
Richard Scanlon
150.00
* Mary S. Barnes
147.00
* Sigmund J. Szydlowski
103.00
Ruth White
73.50
* Gertrude Mackenna
67.16
* Richard Marché
66.00
* Edith H. Johnson
63.00
* Mary E. Sullo
58.50
* Louise W. Benson
52.50
* Hazel Mitchell
45.00
* Homer Shellenberger
43.42
246
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
* Esther A. Parsons
40.50
Gertrude D. Houghton
40.00
* Suzanne Taylor
32.00
* Elizabeth Fanck
31.50
* Juanita E. Lyle
31.50
* Alice M. Spindler
31.50
Paul E. Lally
27.00
*
Caroline B. Maloney
13.50
Carmen Rinaldi
16.00
* Richard Allen
12.00
* Paul Conway
12.00
* Mary Whalen
9.00
* Carroll V. Ronan
2.86
* Various Persons
$ 1,515.11
Library Department:
Helen Frances Carleton, Librarian
$ 3,180.00
Assistants:
> H. Gladys Mackenzie
2,491.44
- Clara G. Wilson
2,272.16
> Dorothy Rose
2,194.22
> Yolanda Roberto
1,950.00
Lois M. Ralston
1,051.19
Grace W. Eaton
877.07
Barbara Pement
740.32
Ruth Tyler
816.84
1 Etta E. Ux
725.99
Others
2,076.81
Pension-Michael Neary
168.00
Janitors:
Carl H. Brown
2,800.08
Chester I. Hopkins
463.68
Others
93.63
Department Expenses:
Telephones
165.08
Books
4,984.18
Periodicals
621.46
Binding
1,154.49
Supplies
1,271.72
Maintenance
2,158.36
Magazine Rack
69.00
Maple Unit
95.15
Light
474.82
Fuel
1,032.37
All Other
295.92
4
$ 34,223.98
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
247
Park and Cemetery Department: Salaries of Board :
Robert F. Fitz, Chairman
$ 138.00
George W. Abbott
44.85
John T. Stringer
23.00
Richard J. Volpe
115.00
Richard B. Dolbeare
86.25
$ 407.10
Park Department Expenses:
J. Henry Vik, Superintendent (part)
$ 1,450.00
Arthur G. Abbott
2,546.35
Other Labor
1,311.35
Auto Allowance
100.00
Equipment and Repairs
879.14
Bath House
2,560.48
Playgrounds
1,797.66
Water
111.12
Plants, Bulbs, Trees
439.60
Painting, Repairs and All Other Expense
1,242.55
$ 12,438.25
Special Appropriations: Water Street Playground Skating Area
5,950.00 $
600.00
Cemetery Department Expenses :
J. Henry Vik, Superintendent (part)
$ 1,450.00
Wages Other Employees
3,150.00
Auto Allowance
100.00
Truck Expense
190.99
Equipment
96.27
Plants, Seeds, Supplies
104.40
Office Expense
6.00
Filling (Charles Doyle)
329.00
Other Expense
273.34
Clerical Services-Marion B. Connell
75.00
(Marion B. Connell-Balance of salary-paid from Perpetual Care Funds) 225.00
$ 5,775.00
Unpaid Bills for 1945 Care of Old Cemetery
$ 58.00
199.45
From Trust Funds: Old Cemetery Funds
103.00
Forest Glade Perpetual Care Funds
$
1,072.85
248
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Recreation Commission :
Supervisor, William D. Healey
$ 460.00
Assistants
2,940.00
New Equipment
335.61
Supplies and Maintenance All Other
342.91
$ 4,755.83
Planning Board
$ 122.77
Board of Appeals: Services and Expenses
$
513.73
Finance Committee
$ 86.74
Miscellaneous Account:
Care of Veterans' Graves
$ 112.00
Selectmen's Association Dues
5.00
Bubbler in Square
35.00
Perambulating Town Lines
50.00
State Ink
5.84
Water Bills on town owned property - pur- chased for Police Station Site 66.08
Additional Service Telephone-Crystal 9-0703 94.08 All Other 8.40
$ 376.40
State and Metropolitan Charges
$ 38,002.90
Street Lights
22,000.00
Aid to Visiting Nurse Association
500.00
Rifle Range-Mass. National Guard
216.98
Memorial Day
1,400.35
Armistice Day 1
76.00
Middlesex County Hospital
10,208.02
Middlesex County Tax
37,374.50
State Tax
18,000.00
Fire and Liability Insurance
7,731.88
Collector of Internal Revenue-Federal Tax Deductions
82,924.96
Teachers' Retirement Deductions
13,891.34
Blue Cross Deductions
5,848.39
Retirement Funds-Pensions
43,871.69
Retirement Funds-Expense
1,165.00
Retirement Funds-Members Military Service
2,885.99
Teachers' Retirement Funds-Members Military Service
1,162.89
Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee
221.55
Department of Veterans' Services:
Salary of Director-Bertha L. Todd $ 2,600.00
Salary of Secretary-Katherine Loughlin 723.99
Other Expense: Telephone
92.50
677.31
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
249
Postage Stationery and Supplies All Other
35.00
215.31
12.50
$ 3,679.30
Light Department:
Salaries of Board:
Marcus Beebe 2nd., Chairman
$ 138.00
Theodore Eaton, Secretary
138.00
Aubrey T. Quinlan
138.00
$ 414.00
James M. Whitehead, Manager
$ 5,488.00
Leonard H. DeMarco, Office Manager
4,181.34
Fred F. Fober
2,819.01
Edward R. Chambers
2,699.32
Fred L. Rich
2,984.73
Hugh M. Kelso
2,664.66
Myrtle I. Tyler
2,368.65
Thomas Hennessey
2,090.67
Theodore L. Doherty
1,942.67
Thomas R. Daley
2,664.72
C. Orne Bayrd
1,335.20
Gladys Edmands
558.32
George E. Halloran
3,324.13
William Muse
4,777.71
Labor-See Payroll
84,239.29
Material and Supplies
31,280.31
Heat
500.00
Fuel
761.67
Office Expense
3,784.09
Telephones
678.59
Meters and Transformers
8,551.49
Motor Vehicle Expense
6,864.96
Gas Purchased
81,507.85
Electric Current Purchased
177,521.17
Tools and Equipment
2,235.03
Maintenance
4,107.59
Advertising
591.27
Insurance
2,761.50
All Other
17,780.36
$463,064.30
WAKEFIELD MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1947
J. M. Whitehead, Manager
$ 5,488.00
L. H. DeMarco
4,181.34
F. F. Fober
2,819.01
E. R. Chambers
2,699.32
250
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
F. L. Rich
2,984.73
H. M. Kelso
2,664.66
M. I. Tyler
2,368.65
Thomas Hennessy
2,090.67
T. L. Doherty
1,942.67
T. R. Daley
2,664.72
C. O. Bayrd
1,335.20
Gladys Edmands
-
558.32
G. E. Halloran
3,324.13
D. W. Martin
2,808.30
W. D. Scott
2,819.12
R. D. Turner
2,819.12
R. J. McGrail
2,821.83
C. H. Buxton
2,410.60
William Muse
4,777.71
R. J. Seabury
4,215.09
A. D. McIsaac
3,938.87
L. E. Stinson
3,678.58
J. M. Murphy
3,781.47
T. J. Dignan
3,558.99
R. W. O'Connor
1,802.75
J. F. Scanlon
2,878.11
L. J. Curran
1,941.97
Michael Hourihan
2,825.43
J. J. Curran
3,786.84
Patrick Quinn
3,118.19
Thomas Hanright
3,093.20
Daniel Flynn
2,655.37
D. J. Connaire
2,249.25
Joseph DeMarco
3,599.02
John Mohla
2,394.94
R. P. Hurton
2,544.45
John Collins
2,493.16
Timothy Delaney
2,511.39
Patrick Meade
2,474.12
C. L. Sullivan
2,399.54
G. H. Oldham
1,850.48
James McGrath
1,677.02
Hector MacDonald
1,008.04
J. H. Morgan
1,293.84
L. F. Loughlin
753.34
A. R. Mackintosh
747.59
Leo F. Daley
557.78
Various Persons
731.50
$124,138.42
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
251
Water and Sewerage Department: Salaries of Board:
Herman G. Dresser, Chairman Sidney F. Adams John N. Bill
$ 138.00
138.00
138.00
$ 414.00
Water Department:
Salary of Superintendent (in part)
$ 3,201.17
Salaries of Clerks (in part)
4,927.60
Salary of Collector (in part)
690.00
Labor (See Payroll)
35,692.51
Office Expense
883.21
Telephones
279.63
Meters, Pipes, etc.
8,456.54
Equipment and Repairs
2,823.33
Transportation Expense
1,609.53
Fuel
1,203.88
Power
10,956.87
Water Analyses
319.02
All Other
2,291.89
Water Services
8,317.50
Water Construction
431.43
Lake Quannapowitt
448.82
Water Bonds
$ 82,532.93 $ 25,000.00
Water Interest
1,526.87
Bond Issues :
Water Mains Relaying-Albion Street and
Other Streets
$ 65.00
Water Mains Extensions-Forrester Road
5,838.59
Water Mains Extensions-Various Streets
10,159.59
$ 16,063.18
Sewer Department:
Salary of Superintendent (in part)
$ 328.85
Salary of Clerks (in part)
542.55
Salary of Paymaster (in part)
69.00
Labor-See Payroll
6,410.73
Tools and Equipment
273.18
Motor Vehicle Expense
775.91
Power
863.03
Telephone
30.36
All Other
445.93
$ 9,739.54
252
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Sewer Connections:
€
$ 8,866.04
Labor-See Payroll Pipe
3,146.96
Motor Vehicle Expense
188.10
All Other
627.57
$ 12,828.67
Greenwood Street Sewer Stark Avenue Sewer
276.10
Sewer Construction Various Streets (See also Bond Issues)
6,000.00
Sewer Construction-Bond Issues :
Main Street
$
3,159.34
Orchard Avenue, Oak Street, Sherman Road,
Crosby Road and Others
31,164.26
Eastern Avenue
874.90
Green Street
790.54
Vernon and Lowell Streets
1,225.80
Gail Circle
984.16
Construction Various Streets-see also above
4,109.05
$ 42,308.05
Water and Sewer Office Payroll in Full:
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent
$ 789.51
William L. Wenzel, Superintendent
2,740.51
Leah F. Kinder, Chief Clerk
2,387.60
Katherine M. Workman, Clerk
1,561.15
Irene C. Carr, Clerk
1,218.90
Ruth Wells, Clerk
168.58
Katherine Wilkinson
133.92
Carl W. Sunman, Collector-Paymaster
759.00
$ 9,759.17
WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT PAYROLL-1947
Frederic M. Hartshorne
$ 3,690.83
James L. Palmer
3,622.31
William F. Greany
3,466.14
William L. Wenzel
3,356.74
John R. Fraughton
2,969.13
George H. Adams
2,955.24
Matthew P. Curran
2,939.57
Harold A. Butler
2,896.92
Albert F. Funk
2,821.06
Sabatino Confalone
2,789.51
Dominic Benedetto
2,764.25
Pasquale Zagaria
2,733.36
$ 318.09
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 253
Serafino Volpe
2,686.36
Daniel Calore
2,668.92
Frank A. Butler
2,658.65
James J. Murphy
2,609.82
Frank Confalone
2,563.01
Leah F. Kinder
2,387.60
Patrick Moynihan
2,339.48
Bradford L. Frautten
2,089.36
William L. Wenzel, Jr.
1,937.91
Camillo Benedetto
1,929.01
Benedetto Pizzuto
1,893.03
Joseph H. Dulong
1,869.16
Carl Locascio
1,766.63
John DelRossi
1,735.29
William H. Wells
1,731.30
Frank L. Hubbard
1,690.64
Katherine M. Workman
1,561.15
Arthur H. Anderson
1,484.65
Edward F. Kulacz
1,427.53
Louis Edwards
1,391.62
M. J. Moynihan
1,390.78
Joseph LeFave
1,376.33
Herbert A. Goldsmith
1,371.86
Michael Fasciano
1,330.73
Paul DiDonato
1,280.32
Irene C. Carr
1,218.90
Anthony J. Ciccarelli
1,173.66
Harold F. Glynn
1,126.20
Thomas W. Jazakawiz
1,016.13
Frederick A. Meuse
870.71
John Cicciarella
806.33
Morrison Merrill
789.51
Thomas J. LeFave
759.76
John F. Collins
756.21
John C. Meuse
748.73
Allan D. Bill
678.29
Raymond A. May, Jr.
614.94
Frank Deniso
597.20
Thomas W. Muse
591.91
Various Other Persons
6,262.49
$102,187.17
Interest:
Sewer Bonds Highway Bonds Temporary Loans-Highway Reimbursement
$ 1,695.62
1,086.25
122.70
$ 2,904.57
254
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Maturing Debt: Sewer Bonds Highway Bonds
$ 17,500.00
2,000.00
Temporary Loans-Highway Reimbursement
12,250.00
$ 31,750.00
Premium on Bonds - Expense Preparation and Printing on bonds issued
$ 676.60
Refunds:
Real Estate Taxes
$ 3,748.77
Personal Tax
14.34
Poll Taxes
40.00
Excise Taxes
804.07
Sewer Deposits
2,742.86
Water Rates
27.57
Special Assessments
7.98
Interest and Costs
1.91
All Other
24.90
$
7,412.40
Agency and Trust:
Sweetser Lecture Fund - Income Paid to
Sweetser Lecture Committee $ 201.00
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund :
Payments to:
Eleanor Confalone
$ 100.00
Marianne Piazza
100.00 $ 401.00
In Escrow for Investment-Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds : Payments to John I. Preston, Treasurer $ 1,940.00
Total Payments Cash on Hand December 31, 1947
$ 2,284,870.23
$ 879,254.35
Total Payments and Cash on Hand, December 31, 1947 $ 3,164,124.58
UNPAID BILLS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1947
Requiring Special Appropriation under Chapter 179, Acts of 1941
Welfare Department-General Relief : Year 1946: Melrose Hospital $ 155.00
Veterans' Benefits: Year 1947: Cities Service Oil Company
$ 54.00
$ 209.00
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
255
APPROPRIATIONS AND CHARGES TO ENTER THE TAX LEVY-1947
Appropriations (See Schedule)
$1,341,625.68
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus
$ 8,000.00
Less Appropriation from Sale of Lots and Graves - Cemetery
2,400.00
Less Appropriations from Excess and Deficiency Account
30,903.97
41,303.97
$1,300,321.71
State and Metropolitan Charges: State Tax
$ 18,000.00
Smoke Inspection Service
286.44
Auditing Municipal Accounts
141.54
Examination Retirement System
905.34
Care of Civil War Veterans
141.00
Charles River Basin
2,162.89
Metropolitan Parks Reservation
6,406.48
Metropolitan Parks Boulevard
100.58
Metropolitan Sewerage North System
24,246.74
Nantasket Beach Maintenance
682.48
$ 53,073.49
County Tax
43,106.53
County Hospital Overlay for 1947
23,404.85
$1,430,449.38
RECAPITULATION
Town Purposes
$1,300,321.71
State Purposes
53,073.49
County Purposes
53,649.33
Overlay 1947 .
23,404.85
$1,430,449.38
AVAILABLE BALANCES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1947
Including those from appropriations in prior years
Town By-Laws-New Publication
$ 490.00
Police Department-Boat House
2,305.00
New Police Station-Federal Advance
2,500.00
Highway-New Power Shovel Davidson Road Construction
141.67
Outlook Road Construction
3,285.67
Aborn Avenue Construction
38.39
White Circle Construction
277.65
-
10,542.80
10,738.23
256
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Cutter Street Construction
84.77
Willow Street Construction
71.90
New Highway Building-Federal Advance
5,200.00
New Sidewalks-Various Streets
644.49
Foster's Lane Construction
13,091.64
New Way-Water to Crescent Street
50.00
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance
62.08
Chapter 90 North Avenue Construction
6,652.66
Chapter 90 Main Street Construction
949.45
Old Age Assistance Federal Funds
5,777.86
Old Age Assistance Administration Federal Funds
2,040.75
Aid Dependent Children Federal Funds
4,195.86
Aid Dependent Children Administration Federal Funds
138.43
School Department Expense-Reserve for Greenwood Fence
366.00
West Ward School Improvements
1,738.19
Warren School Alterations
6,094.00
Hurd School Purchase of Real Estate
7,000.00
Hurd School Addition-Appropriation
10,000.00
Water Street Playground
50.00
Willard Donnell Trust-Welfare
678.07
Capital Outlay Expenditures Committee
762.40
Sewer Construction-Greenwood Street
3,110.38
Sewer Construction-Stark Avenue
3,698.11
Bond Issues :
Water Supply Addition
3,063.05
Water Mains Various Streets
130.45
Water Mains-Forrester Road, Drury Lane
6,661.41
Sewer Construction-Main Street
25,038.00
Sewer Construction-Morel Circle
1,812.85
Sewer Construction-Orchard Avenue and Other Streets
548.58
Sewer Construction-Eastern Avenue
3,909.25
Sewer Construction-Green Street
146.43
Sewer Construction-Vernon and Lowell Streets
16,706.28
Sewer Construction-Gail Circle
15.84
Sewer Construction-Various Streets
13,890.95
New Street-Mechanic to Centre Street
8,425.00
Highway-Construction of Public Ways
24,997.95
New Highway Buildings
64,414.97
OTHER BALANCES CARRIED OVER FROM 1947
Federal Tax Deductions:
Balance January 1, 1947
$ 6,764.95
Receipts-Payroll Deductions
84,452.55
Payments to Collector of Internal Revenue
$ 82,924.96
Balance to 1948
8,292.54
$ 91,217.50
$ 91,217.50
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
257
Blue Cross Deductions: Balance January 1, 1947 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Payments to Mass. Hospital Service Inc. Balance to 1948
$
663.75
5,483.05
$ 5,848.39
298.41
$ 6,146.80 $ 6,146.80
Teachers' Retirement Deductions: Balance January 1, 1947 Receipts-Payroll Deductions Audit Adjustment Payments to Mass. Teachers' Retirement Assn. $ 13,891.34
$
1,198.15
14,126.75 2.60
Adjustment Entry
1.83
Balance to 1948
1,434.33
$ 15,327.50
$ 15,327.50
Old Age Assistance Reimbursements: Balance January 1, 1947 No receipts or adjustments in 1947
$
1,675.00
Temporary Loans-Anticipation Highway Reimbursements: Balance January 1, 1947 Borrowed during 1947 Payments in 1947 Balance to 1948
$ 12,250.00
21,550.00
$ 12,250.00
21,550.00
$ 33,800.00
$ 33,800.00
Premium on Notes and Bonds: Balance January 1, 1947 Received in 1947
52.45
$
Expended for Preparation and Printing of Bonds Issued $ 676.60
Payment on Bonds maturing in 1947
$ 52.45
Balance to 1948
613.00
$ 1,342.05 $ 1,342.05
Perpetual Care Fund Income-Forest Glade Cemetery: Receipts-Interest on Various Funds Payments for expenses-Cemetery Department $ 1,072.85
$ 1,164.87
Balance to 1948
92.02
$ 1,164.87 $ 1,164.87
1,289.60
258
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Income on Post-War Rehabilitation Fund: Balance January 1, 1947 Received in 1947 Balance to 1948
$ 7,648.40
4,750.00
12,398.40
$ 12,398.40
$ 12,398.40
Sale of Real Estate: Balance January 1, 1947 Receipts for 1947 Audit Adjustment Audit Adjustment Balance to 1948
$ 8,926.00
75.00
500.00
75.00
9,426.00
$ 9,501.00 $ 9,501.00
Sale of Lots and Graves-Cemetery: Balance January 1, 1947 Receipts for 1947 Appropriation for Cemetery Department
$ 2,711.00
1,752.00
$ 2,400.00
Balance available for appropriation
2,063.00
$ 4,463.00 $ 4,463.00
Analyses of Light Department Accounts: Operation Account :
Balance January 1, 1947
$ 65,295.98
Receipts for 1947
501,249.78
Transfers from Construction Account
54,540.88
Transfers from Fire Alarm Account Payments
$463,478.30
Transfer to Revenue
35,000.00
Transfer to Construction Account
30,295.98
Transfers to Depreciation Account
54,964.26
Balance to 1948
43,274.72
$627,013.26 $627,013.26
Construction Fund : Balance January 1, 1947 Transfer from Operation Account Transfer to Operation Account
$ 68,283.47 30;295.98
$ 54,540.88
Balance to 1948 Account
44,038.57
$ 98,579.45
$ 98,579.45
5,926.62
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
259
Depreciation Account : Balance January 1, 1947 Transfers from Operation Account Balance to 1948 Account
$255,250.16 54,964.26
$310,214.42
$310,214.42
$310,214.42
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic Lights: Appropriation Transfers to Light Department Operation
$ 7,000.00
$ 5,926.62
Transfer to Revenue
1,073.38
$ 7,000.00
$ 7,000.00
Guarantee Deposit Accounts: Cash on Hand January 1, 1947
Receipts Payments Balance Cash on Hand December 31, 1947
10,036.10
$ 10,823.61
35,402.76
$ 46,226.37
$ 46,226.37
I have examined the above account and the balance is invested as follows:
Wakefield Savings Bank
$ 30,000.00
Wakefield Trust Company-Checking Account
5,402.76
$ 35,402.76
CHARLES C. COX,
Town Accountant
Overlay Surplus-Reserve Fund: Balance January 1, 1947
$
8,968.87
Appropriation to Reserve Fund
$ 8,000.00
Transfer from Overlay 1945
389.71
Transfer back from Reserve Fund
4,233.85
Balance December 31, 1947
5,592.43
$ 13,592.43
$ 13,592.43
Tax Titles: Outstanding January 1, 1947 Certificates of Takings
$ 76,351.82
223.63
Abatements Audit Entries
3,495.24
Redemptions-Cash
1,567.39
Outstanding December 31, 1947
71,339.90
$ 172.92
$ 76,575.45
$ 76,575.45
$ 36,190.27
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Tax Title Possessions : Outstanding January 1, 1947 Audit Entries Outstanding December 31, 1947
$ 2,039.07
$ 87.73
1,951.34
$ 2,039.07
$ 2,039.07
Sewer Connection Deposits:
Cash Balance January 1, 1947
$ 220.50
Cash Received
14,974.75
Cost of Connections
$ 12,140.58
2,742.86
Cash Returned Balance Cash on Hand-December 31, 1947
311.81
$ 15,195.25
$ 15,195.25
Excess and-Deficiency :
Balance January 1, 1947
$275,013.30
Tax Title Redemptions
1,567.39
Refunds Prior Years
31.31
Audit Entries
3,556.23
Excess Revenue for 1947
90,370.08
Appropriations:
Sewer Connections
$ 6,378.97
Foster's Lane Construction
13,500.00
Warren School Alterations
3,700.00
Water Maintenance
5,000.00
Hurd School Addition
10,000.00
Town Hall Expense
800.00
Welfare-General Relief
1,525.00
Free Cash to Revenue
100,000.00
Tax Takings
88.31
Audit Entries
502.60
Refund Cancelled
.50
Balance December 31, 1947
229,042.93
$370,538.31
$370,538.31
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Trust Fund Account
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1947 Funds Set Up in 1947 Interest for 1947
$ 76,602.06 3,040.00 1,527.40
Interest transferred to Library
$ 300.06
Interest transferred to Park Department
60.30
Payments and Transfers Perpetual Care Fund
1,164.87
Payments from Other Funds for 1947
504.00
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1947
79,140.23
$ 81,169.46
$ 81,169.46
ANALYSIS
Trust Fund
Accumulated Interest Jan. 1, 1947 $ 5,685.80
Interest 1947
Payments or Funds and Transfers 1947 $ 2,029.23 Interest Dec. 31, 1947 $ 76,100.23
Total of all funds as reported Jan. 1, 1947
$ 70,916.26
$ 1,527.40
For details see Treasurer's Report
New Funds Set Up in 1947:
Hiram Eaton Library Fund
1,000.00
1,000.00
John Raynor Lot-Old Cemetery Fund
100.00
100.00
Forest Glade Perpetual Care Funds
1,940.00
1,940.00
$ 73,956.26
$ 5,685.80
$ 1,527.40
$ 2,029.23
$ 79,140.23
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
261
Appropriations Accounts, 1947
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Bond-Issues Appropriations Additions
Expended
Balances
Moderator
$ 34.50
$ 34.50
Selectmen's Department
4,090.00 R.
120.00
4,200.76
9.24
Accounting Department
5,535.00
5,509.03
25.97
Treasurer's Department
5,583.00
A.
1.10
4,571.48
1,012.62
Collector's Department
6,357.00
R.
175.00
6,448.16
83.84
Assessor's Department
11,000.00
10,629.19
370.81
Legal Department
2,400.00
1,665.75
734.25
Town Clerk's Department
5,185.00
5,178.34
6.66
Vital Statistics
35.00
33.75
1.25
Election and Registration
4,329.00
R. 381.22
4,683.77
26.45
Election Expense-Selectmen
935.80
855.92
79.88
W.
9,280.00
9,193.55
86.45
Lafayette Building
4,886.00
4,714.34
171.66
By-Laws-New Publication
500.00
10.00
490.00
$ 60,150.30
$ 677.32
$ 57,728.54
$ 3,099.08
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department Fire Department
$ 76,455.00
$ 75,957.38
$ 497.62
75,396.00
R. 1,061.17
76,446.17
11.00
Hydrant Rental
9,725.00
9,725.00
Moth Department
12,533.00
12,510.41
22.59
Building Inspector
2,790.00
R. 142.00
2,933.67
.08
Sealer of Weights and Measures Dog Officer
1,157.00
1,125.44
31.56
828.00
828.00
262
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TOWN OF . WAKEFIELD
.
A. 1.75
Town Hall
Animal Inspector Forest Warden and Patrol Wire Inspector
414.00
414.00
570.00
261.50
308.50
345.00
345.00
A. 37.50
Compensation Account
1,500.00
R. 136.00
1,590.25
83.25
New Police Station-Site
15,000.00
1,500.00
16,500.00
Greenwood Fire Station Repairs
B.
253.88
253.88
$ 15,000.00
$183,213.00
$ 1,632.30
$198,890.70
$ 954.60
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Health Department
$ 8,162.00 A. $
17.94
$ 7,692.42
$ 487.52
Care of Dumps
3,020.00
2,833.44
186.56
Garbage Collection
8,000.00
7,207.98
792.02
Sewer Department
9,590.40
9,566.65
23.75
Sewer Connections
W.
10,500.00
R.
1,800.00
13,001.56
298.44
Greenwood Street Sewer
B.
3,428.47
318.09
3,110.38
Stark Avenue Sewer
B.
3,974.21
276.10
3,698.11
Sewer Construction-Various Streets
$ 18,000.00
6,000.00
10,109.05
13,890.95
Main Street Sewer
B.
28,197.34
3,159.34
25,038.00
Sewers-Orchard Avenue and Other Streets
B.
31,712.84
31,164.26
548.58
Eastern Avenue Sewer
B.
4,784.15
874.90
3,909.25
Green Street Sewer
· B.
936.97
790.54
146.43
Sewers-Vernon and Lowell Streets
B.
17,932.08
1,225.80
16,706.28
Gail Circle Sewer
B.
1,000.00
984.16
15.84
$ 18,000.00
$ 45,272.40
$ 94,784.00
$ 89,204.29
$ 68,852.11
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REPORT OF - TOWN ACCOUNTANT
263
B.
1,000.00
-
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
A. $
4.20
67,089.48
$ 7.61
New Equipment
10,000.00
B.
13,725.68
18,487.45
5,238.23
Construction-Davidson Road
B.
4,186.60
4,044.93
141.67
Outlook Road
B.
10,548.00
7,262.33
3,285.67
Aborn Avenue
B.
2,253.74
2,215.35
38.39
White Circle
B.
291.48
13.83
277.65
Cutter Street
B.
107.93
23.16
84.77
Willow Street
B.
637.57
565.67
71.90
Wolcott Street
B.
422.59
422.29
.30
Foster's Lane
W.
13,500.00
408.36
13,091.64
Public Ways-Various Streets
66,000.00
6,000.00
47,002.05
24,997.95
New Sidewalks
7,000.00
6,355.51
644.49
Preston Street Culvert
B.
500.00
500.00
New Street-
Mechanic to Centre Street
15,000.00
425.00 B.
85.00
7,035.00
8,475.00
Ash and Refuse Collection- Equipment
B.
6,500.00
6,500.00
Parking Area-Rental
125.00
117.18
7.82
Chapter 90-Maintenance
500.00
L. 1,000.00
1,437.92
62.08
Chapter 90-North Avenue Construction
5,000.00
18,000.00
17,347.34
6,652.66
Chapter 90-Main Street Construction
R.
250.00
2,450.55
949.45
New Highway Building
75,000.00
1,000.00
11,585.03
64,414.97
$156,000.00
$109,187.13
$ 64,118.55
$200,863.43
$128,442.25
4
L.
B.
600.00
L.
2,550.00
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General Highways
$ 65,637.13 R.
1,455.76
R.
1,000.00
CHARITIES AND VETERANS BENEFITS: Welfare Department General Relief Old Age Assistance Aid Dependent Children Old Age Assistance-Federal Funds
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