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Fuel
105.01
Light
161.07
266.08
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
170.11
Furniture
56.94
Laundry Work
94.75
Supplies
72.84
All Other
43.35
437.99
Other Expenses
Advertising
3.00
Telephone
111.03
Office Expense
17.94
Water
52.90
Oil Inspections
90.00
All Other
2.62
277.49
(Credit 20.70)
17,322.56
FIRE ALARM
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent
360.00
Labor
149.50
509.50
Other Expenses
Repairs and Equipment
420.15
Insurance
9.54
429.69
939.19
30
FOREST FIRES
Salaries and Wages
Labor
23.00
Auto Hire
24.20
Supplies
5.18
52.38
PURCHASE OF FIRE HOSE
Purchase
996.74
HYDRANT RENTAL
Rental 193 Hydrants
8,635.88
CARE OF TREES
Salaries and Wages
Superintendent
75.00
Labor
1,087.47
1,162.47
Other Expenses
Auto Repairs, Gas and Oil 300.84
Stationery, Printing 2.00
Hardware and Tools 55.23
Arsenate of Lead
373.75
Insurance
74.28
Water
32.61
Repairs to Equipment
19.25
857.96
2,020.43
MOTH EXTERMINATION
Salaries and Wages Labor
274.50
Other Expenses
Hardware and Tools 3.00
Trans. to Convention 11.45
14.45
288.95
31
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salaries and Wages
Sealer
630.00
All Other
12.40
642.40
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
2.25
Printing and Advertising
4.00
Travel Expense
190.25
Office Expense
43.19
Repairs
9.19
248.88
891.28
BUILDING INSPECTION
Salaries and Wages
Inspector
500.00
Clerk
150.00
650.00
Other Expenses
Plumbing Inspection
805.00
Office Expense
17.99
822.99
1,472.99
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BY HURRICANE
Expenditures by Departments
Town Hall
1,917.60
Police
1,976.49
Fire
1,167.03
Fire Alarm
1,050.78
Trees
2,364.64
Board of Health
945.15
Sewer
9,578.50
Highway
6,189.77
Building Inspection
105.00
Planning Board
11.15
School
4,991.33
Park
439.37
32
National Guards
134.70
Infirmary Emergency Relief
445.22
2,120.62
All Other
27.82
(Credit $28.75) 33,465.17
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH
General Administration
Salary, Board of Health
720.00
Stationery and Postage 3.25
Printing and Advertising
34.75
Telephone
105.35
Office Expense
48.62
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases
Medical Attendance
47.00
Dry Goods and Clothing
21.99
Hospitals
64.06
133.05
Tuberculosis
Board and Treatment
4,541.47
Cities and Towns
39.00
4,580.47
Vital Statistics
Other Expenses
Fumigation and Disinfectants
28.60
All Other
10.96
39.56
Inspection
Animal Inspection
200.00
Expenses
1.85
Slaughter Inspector
50.00
251.85
Other Expenses
Burying Animals
84.00
Transportation
304.65
Carding and Releases
105.53
494.18
6,417.58
911.97
6.50
33
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Administration
Commissioners
450.00
Clerk
156.00
Stationery, Printing
28.50
634.50
General
Labor
4,191.00
Carting
93.00
Repairs to Equipment
1,090.49
Tools, Supplies
263.19
New Equipment
342.86
Pipe, Lumber, Cement
364.61
Gasoline and Oil
113.70
Power
1,571.96
Heat and Light
44.35
Water
101.99
Insurance
133.36
Telephone
39.08
Engineering
118.00
Rent of Land
100.00
Equipment for Men
20.75
All other
15.94
(Credit $180.56)
8,604.28
Connections
Labor
844.25
Carting
74.00
918.25
10,157.03
REFUSE AND GARBAGE
Refuse
Labor
Insurance
4,280.30 165.35
4,445.65
Garbage
Labor
2,600.00
7,045.65
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SHELLFISH INSPECTION
Labor Advertising
1,427.50 17.50
1,445.00
DENTAL CLINIC
Salaries and Wages
Physician
365.00
Nurse
109.50
474.50
Other Expense
Supplies 55.43
529.93
HEALTH NURSING SERVICE
Nurses
1,000.00
MOSQUITO CONTROL MAINTENANCE
Maintenance 1,200.00
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION
Salaries and Wages
Physician
60.00
Clerk
5.00
65.00
Other Expenses
Supplies
7.00
Printing
2.75
9.75
74.75
BRISTOL COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL Maintenance for 1937 7,765.79
35
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
General Administration
Superintendent
1,500.00
Office Expense
14.84
Telephone
16.45
1,531.29
General Expenses
Labor
15,931.75
Snow Plowing
226.50
Trucks
Equip., Repairs, Hire, 2,939.05
Gasoline and Oil
2,062.27
Stone, Gravel, etc.
2,867.54
Tarvia and Road Oil
2,739.33
New Equipment
156.30
General Equipment and Repairs
1,807.40
Equipment for Men
5.50
Fuel
148.96
Light
16.11
Water
55.08
Engineering
93.20
Insurance
1,080.91
All Other
29.98
30,159.88
(Credit $119.20)
31,691.17
STREET LIGHTS
Maintenance
9,866.56
COGGESHALL STREET BRIDGE
Maintenance for 1937
126.26
EMERGENCY RELIEF
Administration
Sponsor's Agent
1,465.00
Clerks 1,687.86
Office Expenses 451.10
3,603.96
36
General Expenses
Labor
18,646.08
Stone, Gravel
16,173.84
Repairs and Equipment 21,728.69
Women's Project
2,945.48
Engineering
3,348.03
Travel Expenses
184.69
Equipment for Men
31.00
Medical
89.46
Drinking Cups
216.90
All Other
53.22
63,417.39
66,921.35
PLEASANT STREET EXTENSION
Labor
174.76
Engineering
33.80
Trucks
28.80
Stone, Tarvia
675.37
912.73
CHAPTER 90
Labor
1,564.43
Trucks
220.00
Stone, Gravel, etc.
1,215.46
2,999.89
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
General Administration
Clerks
1,279.46
Visitor
938.00
Printing, Stationery,
Postage
154.38
2,371.84
Outside Relief by Town Groceries and Pro- visions 25,668.06
Fuel
4,812.23
37
Board and Care
140.40
Medicine and Medi-
cal Attendance
1,798.54
Hospital
5,824.36
State Institutions
970.49
Cash Grants to Indi- viduals
7,863.75
Clothing
1,956.89
Transportation
752.91
Rent
3,456.25
Burials
572.00
Commodity Distri- bution
415.54
All Other
146.77
54,378.19
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
Cities
7,336.66
Towns
1,030.55
8,367.21
(Credit $118.45)
65,117.24
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash Grants
12,558.75
All Other Cash Aid
2,140.85
Other Cities and Towns (Credit $8.45)
106.59
14,806.19
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
904.98
Cash Grants
63,222.88
All Other Cash Aid
2,220.66
Other Cities and Towns (Credit $129.00)
68,492.27
INFIRMARY
Salaries and Wages Superintendent
780.00
Employees
1,639.58
2,419.58
Other Expenses Groceries and Pro- visions
2,470.27
2,143.75
38
Dry Goods and Cloth-
ing
618.72
Buildings
905.32
Fuel and Light
925.49
Medical
130.89
Water
119.91
Expenses of Farm
421.93
Insurance
167.00
Transportation
61.20
All Other
108.52
5,929.25
8,348.83
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
660.00
Military Aid
435.00
Soldiers Burial
100.00
1,195.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Cash
3,424.50
Groceries and Provisions
807.60
Fuel
309.50
Medicine and Medical Attendance
472.49
Rent
353.50
Shoes and Clothing
205.59
Hospital Care
336.80
All Other
33.20
(Credit $17.00)
5,943.18
FUNDS
Julia A. Stoddard Fund
1,180.00
James Ricketts Fund
4.50
Lady Cara Fairhaven Fund (Credit $20.00)
233.83
1,418.33
39
SCHOOLS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
General
Salary of Superintendent 3,750.00
Clerk of Superintendent's Office
934.50
Truant Officer
177.00
Printing, Stationery, and Postage
37.50
Telephones
325.56
Traveling Expenses
140.26
School Census
125.00
Physician
150.00
Nurse
1,350.00
All Other
32.21
7,022.03
Teachers' Salaries
68,587.07
Text Books and Supplies
Text and Reference Books 2,845.03
Supplies
3,042.98
5,888.01
Tuition
155.75
Transportation
5,229.29
Janitors' Services
7,271.56
Fuel and Light
3,925.21
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Repairs
2,058.41
Janitors' Supplies
268.64
Water
809.96
All Other
401.05
3,538.06
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Gradua- tion Exercises
56.36
Miscellaneous Printing
56.00
Office Expense
133.25
New Equipment
424.82
Insurance
857.50
1,527.93
103,144.91
40
HIGH SCHOOL
General
Telephone
104.29
Traveling Expenses
122.50
School Census
3.65
Physician
350.00
All Other
68.06
648.50
Teachers' Salaries
36,720.89
Text Books and Supplies
Text and Reference Books 1,691.79
Supplies
1,481.42
3,173.21
Transportation
4.33
Janitors Services
6,333.35
Fuel and Light
2,628.82
Maintenance of Bldgs. and Grounds
Repairs
1,728.30
Janitors' Supplies
170.01
Water
505.63
All Other
272.76
2,676.70
Other Expenses
Diplomas and Gradua- tion Exercises
56.55
New Equipment
1,705.95
Insurance
320.00
2,082.50
54,268.30
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Tuition 1938
2,801.50
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
Tuition 1937 6.24
41
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Administration Office Expense
4.25
Parks
Labor
2,764.80
Equipment, etc.
513.13
Repairs
228.01
Insurance
60.95
All Other
7.40
3,574.29
(Credit $180)
3,578.54
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORIAL DAY
Care of Lot
15.00
Services of Bands
97.49
Flowers
67.80
Military Organizations
24.40
Provisions
43.31
Transportation
2.00
250.00
RENTAL OF QUARTERS
American Legion
310.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
660.00
BAND CONCERTS
Services of Band
250.00
RENT OF LAND
Approach to Anthony School
12.00
SMALL CLAIMS
Claims 79.65
42
PUBLICITY
Clerk's Salary
345.00
Telephone
24.74
Equipment and Repairs
68.04
Circulars
141.68
Stationery and Postage
10.50
Light
5.65
Directory
15.00
610.61
BUILDING OF VAULT
Equipment
291.26
DOG LICENSES
Town Clerk
1,777.80
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRIZE UNION WHARF
Salary of Wharfinger
297.50
Light
13.15
Water
59.97
Engineering
8.00
Repairs
.49
379.11
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT
Commonwealth of Mass.
10,200.00
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS
Water rates
12.20
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST
Temporary Loans Anticipation of Revenue
777.53 7,809.36
General Loans
8,586.89
43
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans Anticipation of Revenue
General Loans
305,000.00 35,155.00
340,155.00
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved Commonwealth of Massachusetts
21,643.16
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENTS
AGENCY
State Tax
30,600.00
Audit Tax
1,167.21
State Parks and Reservations
397.63
County Tax
15,868.35
48,033.19
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
Taxes
382.97
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
329.58
Excess and Deficiency
15.00
Tax Titles
8.97
Estimated Receipts
38.87
Sewer Connection Deposits
387.14
1,162.53
$1,032,664.23
Cash on Hand, December 31, 1938
32,696.43
$1,065,360.66
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1938
ACCOUNTS
Balance
Brought Forward from 1937
Appropriations
Reserve Fund Other Accounts
Income
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Unexpended
Balances
Unexpended
Balances
Carried Forward
Overdrafts
Selectmen's Salaries
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Selectmen's Office Expense
2,700.00
$ 90.73
2,790.73
Treasurer's Salary
1,900.00
1,900.00
Treasurer's Office Expense
2,921.00
2,920.41
Tax Collector's Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
Tax Collector's Office Expense
3,650.00
3,519.84
130.16
Tax Title Expense
$1,553.31
233.06
$1,320.25
Assessors Salaries
3,600.00
3,500.00
100.00
Assessors Office Expense
1,900.00
1,898.33
1.67
Platting System
250.00
250.00
Election and Registration
3,000.00
2,947.81
52.19
Legal Expense
500.00
112.90
612.90
Town Meeting Expense
700.00
543.01
156.99
Planning Board
125.00
120.97
4.03
Safety Council
75.00
64.00
11.00
Board of Appeals
50.00
28.96
21.04
Salary of Auditors
300.00
300.00
Contributory Retirement System
3,663.58
3,663.58
Expense, Contributory Ret. System 143.89
143.89
$ .59
to Revenue
Credits
Town Hall
6,800.00
6,599.20
200.80
Police Department
18,000.00
17,940.25
59.75
Police Radio Equipment
750.00
728.47
21.53
Fire Department
15,500.00
1,801.99
17,301.86
13
Fire Alarmı
600.00
579.19
20.81
Superintendent of Fire Alarmı
360.00
360.00
Forest Fires
100.00
52.38
47.62
Hydrant Rental
8,651.25
8,635.88
15.37
Purchase of Fire Hose
1,000.00
996.74
3.26
Purchase of Fire Pumper
54.05
54.05
Care of Trees
1,500.00
445.43
1,945.43
Salary of Tree Warden
75.00
75.00
Gypsy Moth Extermination
300.00
288.95
11.05
Sealer of Weights and Measures
900.00
891.28
8.72
Building Inspection
1,000.00
972.99
27.01
Building Inspector's Salary
500.00
500.00
Damage by Hurricane
39,250.00
1,200.00
33,620.65
6,829.35
Board of Health
5,500.00
5,500.00
Health Office Expense
200.00
197.58
2.42
Salaries, Board of Health
720.00
720.00
Sewer Maintenance
8,500.00
180.56
8,630.86
49.70
Sewer Office Expense
170.00
170.00
Sewer Commissioners Salaries
450.00
450.00
Collection of Ashes
4,450.00
4,445.65
4.35
Collection of Garbage
2,600.00
2,600.00
Shellfish Inspection
1,350.00
95.00
1,445.00
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1938-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Brought Forward
Appropriations
Reserve Fund
Other Accounts
Income
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Unexpended
Balances
Unexpended
Balances
Carried Forward
Overdrafts
Dental Clinic
500.00
29.93
529.93
Health Nursing Service
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mosquito Control Maintenance
1,200.00
1,200.00
Diphtheria Immunization
75.00
74.75
.25
County Tuberculosis Hospital
7,765.79
7,765.79
Land for Stations
755.45
755.45
Highway Department
29,550.00
30,071.97
521.97
Superintendent of Highways
1,500.00
1,500.00
Street Lights
10,371.70
9,866.56
505.14
Pleasant Street Extension
1,153.17
912.73
240.44
Chapter 90
1,000.00
$2,430.28
3,420.43
9.85
Emergency Relief
80,000.00
67,021.35
1,200.00
11,778.65
Granolithic Sidewalks
185.67
185.67
Coggeshall Street Bridge
126.26
126.26
Highway Fund, Chap. 500, Acts 1938
9,000.00
Public Welfare
65,000.00
64,998.79
1.21
Infirmary
8,314.00
34.83
8,348.83
Aid to Dependent Children
10,000.00
1,541.88
11,540.63
1.25
to Revenue
Balance
from 1937
Credits
9,000.00
Aid to Dep. Children, Fed. Grant
4.62
3,252.49
3,257.11
State Aid
700.00
660.00
40.00
Military Aid
300.00
135.00
435.00
Soldiers' Aid
6,000.00
5,926.18
73.82
State Burial
100.00
100.00
Old Age Assistance
40,000.00
38,563.17
1,436.83
Old Age Assistance, Fed. Grant
9.01
30,172.19
28,903.54
1,277.66
Old Age Assist. Adm., Fed. Grant
1,005.68
896.56
109.12
Income, Stoddard Fund
639.81
854.60
1,180.00
314.41
Rickett's Fund
39.33
4.50
$34.33
Lady Fairhaven Fund
1,000.00
233.83
766.17
Schools
134,130.00
25,145.30
157,413.21
1,862.09
Vocational School
3,600.00
2,801.50
798.50
Continuation School
6.24
6.24
Park Department
3,500.00
3,398.54
101.46
American Legion Quarters
420.00
310.00
110.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
350.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
4,352.86
647.14
Rent of Land
12.00
12.00
Small Claims
121.31
79.65
41.66
Publicity
12.17
300.00
300.00
610.61
1.56
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1938-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Brought Forward from 1937
Appropriations
Reserve Fund
Other Accounts
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Unexpended
Unexpended
Balances
Carried Forward
Overdrafts
Erection of Vault
500.00
291.26
208.74
Band Concerts
250.00
250.00
War Memorial
6,876.88
6,876.88
Union Wharf
150.00
81.61
68.39
Salary of Wharfinger
300.00
297.50
2.50
Harbor Improvement
10,200.00
10,200.00
Debt
35,155.00
35,155.00
Accrued Interest
7,828.55
7,807.61
20.94
Interest on Revenue Loans
2,500.00
777.53
1,722.47
$21,709.34
$605,715.37
$5,733.42
$73,234.70
$657,567.88
$1,234.83
$8,352.03
$39,760.06
$ 521.97
to Revenue
Balances
Balance
Credits
Income
BALANCE SHEET Town of Fairhaven December 31, 1938
BALANCE SHEET-TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN-DECEMBER 31, 1938
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$32,696.43
Petty Cash
10.00
Temporary Loans In Anticipation of Revenue
$100,000.00
Accounts Receivable
Overpayments to Collector and Abatements
John H. Stetson, former collector, Discrepancy Account
484.71
and Payments, to be refunded John H. Stetson 239.67
Taxes
Levy of 1923
$ 8.70
County Tax
Levy of 1925
158.40
Levy of 1933
105.05
Levy of 1934
35.00
Taxes 1932 13.81
Levy of 1935
401.50
Levy of 1936
350.88
Levy of 1937
11,623.96
Levy of 1938
100,194.06
Sewer Connection Deposits 14.11
Sewer Assessments
Levy of 1936
9.60
Sewer Connections
8.62
Levy of 1937
23.13
Levy of 1938
87.89
Trust Funds
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Levy of 1933
35.56
Levy of 1934
66.40
Levy of 1935
262.73
Levy of 1936
473.64
Levy of 1937
1,039.51
Levy of 1938
570.97
2,448.81
Julia A. Stoddard Fund $314.41
Lady Cara Fairhaven Fund 766.17
1,080.58
Highway Fund, Chapter 500, Acts of 1938
9,000.00
Tax Title Redemptions, Reserved for Payment of Loan 7,149.56
42.09
Sewer Assessments Paid in Advance 36.06
112,878.55
.
120.62
Ships and Vessels Excise Tax 1938 Committed Interest Tax Titles Tax Title Possessions
188.92
Overlays, Reserved for Abatements
21.00
Levy of 1923
8.70
101,610.35
Levy of 1925
158.40
2,131.94
Levy of 1937
945.82
Bankruptcy Decree-Tax Title Property
865.67
Levy of 1938
3,405.42
Departmental
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus Unexpended Balances
State Aid
660.00
Health
3,117.33
Tax Title Expense
1,320.25
Sewer
13.62
Purchase of Fire Pumper 54.05
Sidewalk
87.56
Damage by Hurricane
6,829.35
Highway
83.94
Land for Stations 755.45
Pleasant Street Extension
240.44
Emergency Relief
11,778.65
Granolithic Sidewalks
185.67
21,659.86
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grant 1,277.66
Old Age Asst. Administrative, Grant
109.12
Small Claims
41.66
Levy of 1924
143.55
Levy of 1927
37.80
Levy of 1928
34.22
Levy of 1929
58.54
Levy of 1930
282.08
Levy of 1931
112.45
Levy of 1932
216.67
Departmental
21,659.86
Special Assessments
84.56
Levy of 1934
265.62
Tax Title
103,730.09
Levy of 1935
1,401.75
Committed Interest 21.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
2,448.81
Ships and Vessels Excise Tax
188.92
Overdraft
521.97
Underestimates
16,200.00
Surplus Revenue
15,130.71
Parks and Reservations
37.58
16,237.58
$305,386.09
4,518.34 139.82
Loan Authorized -Harbor Improvement
10,200.00
Overlay Deficits
Publicity
1.56
Erection of Vault
208.74
War Memorial
6,876.88
Loan Authorized-Unissued
29,679.48 10,200.00
Revenue, Reserved Until Collected
Levy of 1933
202.05
Levy of 1936
554.95
3,309.68
128,133.24
Public Welfare
16,301.29
Old Age Assistance
1,317.08
School
79.04
State Tax
$305,386.09
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due .. $157.35
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Revenue
Due in 1939
$74.34
Due in 1940
57.61
Due in 1941
15.76
Due in 1942
9.64
$157.35
$157.35
DEBT ACCOUNTS
$317,529.09
Emergency Finance Loans Chap. 49
Loan of 1936
$17,589.09
Loan of 1937
25,000.00
Loan of 1938
20,000.00
Emergency Finance Loan Chap. 44, 1938
$62,589.09 39,250.00
Municipal Relief Loans
Chapter 80, 1936
12,000.00
Chapter 107, 1937
9,000.00
Chapter 58, 1938 50,000.00
71,000.00
Cottage Street Gravity Sewer Loan
800.00
Highway Loan-Town Lot and Building
900.00
New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge Loan School Loans
10,000.00
Rogers School Annex
2,190.00
Anthony School
7,800.00
Job C. Tripp School Addition
3,000.00
East Fairhaven School
4,200.00
Addition to High School
110,000.00
127,190.00
$317,529.09
$317,529.09
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
TRUST AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Retirement Funds Cash and Securities
In Custody of Treasurer In Custody of Trustees
$154,190.46 485,819.60
James Ricketts Charity Fund $1,430.66
Julia Stoddard Charity Fund 21,460.38
Hannah Chadwick Fund 500.00
H. H. Rogers Elementary School Fund 108,632.65
Abner Pease School Fund 7,558.12
Edmund Anthony, Jr. School Fund 10,000.00
H. H. Rogers High School Fund 485,819.60
Contributory Retirement Fund
Pension Accumulation 2,157.27
Annuity Savings 2,391.49
Expense Fund 7.69
Undistributed Income
52.20
$640,010.06
$640,010.06
Treasurer's Report CASH ACCOUNT
Receipts
1938
Payments
$ 13,534.19
January
$ 34,021.86
46,403.38
February
39,383.22
87,436.70
March
68,375.06
68,439.51
April
58,041.01
28,263.76
May
49,786.54
73,692.06
June
67,516.52
85,302.64
July
102,337.71
106,808.33
August
66,768.99
46,253.02
September
61,724.40
72,817.66
October
148,861.07
245,448.80
November
182,990.09
157,123.34
December
152,857.76
33,837.27 (Jan. 1, 1938) Balance (Jan. 1, 1939) 32,696.43
$1,065,360.66
$1,065,360.66
Selectmen's Warrants- Jan. 1, 1938 to Dec. 31, 1938
$1,032,664.23
Cash on hand January 1, 1939
$ 32,696.43
Report of the Outstanding Debt of the Town of Fairhaven, Mass. FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938
Date of Issue
Purpose of Loan
Regis. or Coup.
Rate %
Date of Maturity
Amount of Annual Payments
Amount Outstanding
Nov. 1, 1906
N. B. Fairhaven Bridge
Coupon
4
1948
$ 1,000.00
$ 10,000.00
Aug.
19, 1920
Job C. Tripp School
51/4
1940
1,500.00
3,000.00
Dec.
1, 1921
Anthony School
41/2
1940
3,900.00
7,800.00
July
15, 1922
Cottage Street Sewer
41/4
1942
200.00
800.00
Aug.
25, 1922
Town Lot and Buildings
41/4
1942
225.00
900.00
July
15, 1922
Roger School Annex
41/4
1940
1,130.00
2,190.00
June
15, 1924
East Fairhaven School
4
1939
4,200.00
4,200.00
Nov.
1, 1931
High School Addition
Coupon
4
1949
10,000.00
110,000.00 12,000.00
May
25, 1936
Chapter 49-Acts of 1933
1
17,589.09
July
1, 1937
Chapter 49-Acts of 1933
25,000.00
July
1, 1937
Municipal Relief Loan Acts of 1937
13/4
1942
3,000.00
9,000.00
Aug.
1, 1938
Municipal Relief Loan Acts of 1938
2
1943
10,000.00
50,000.00
Aug.
1, 1938
Harbor Improvement
11/2
1941
2,000.00
5,800.00
Nov.
15, 1938
Tax Title Loan Chapt. 49-Acts of 1933
1
20,000.00
Dec.
1, 1938
Emergency Loan (Hurricane)
.50
1939
39,250.00
$317,529.09
55
July
1, 1936
Municipal Relief Loan
13/4
1941
4,000.00
Chapter 80-Acts of 1936
Renewal Tax Titles
Renewal Tax Titles
Debt and Interest to be Paid in 1939
Debt $1,000.00
Interest $400.00
N. B. and Fairhaven Bridge
Job C. Tripp School
1,500.00
157.50
Anthony School
3,900.00
351.00
Cottage Street Gravity Sewer
200.00
34.00
Town Lot and Building
225.00
38.28
Rogers School Annex
1,130.00
93.11
East Fairhaven School
4,200.00
84.00
Addition to High School
10,000.00
4,400.00
Chapter 49, Acts of 1933
174.99
Chapter 49, Acts of 1933
250.00
Chapter 49, Acts of 1933
200.00
Municipal Relief Loan,
(Chapt. 80, Acts of '36)
4,000.00
210.00
Municipal Relief Loan, (Acts of 1937)
3,000.00
157.50
Municipal Relief Loan, (Acts of 1938)
10,000.00
1,000.00
Harbor Improvement
2,000.00
87.00
Emergency Loan (Hurricane)
39,250.00
196.25
$80,405.00
$7,833.63
Due on Debt
$80,405.00
Interest on Town Debt
7,833.63
$88,238.63
Estimated Interest on Revenue Loan 2,000.00
$90,238.63
Trust Funds --- 1938
HENRY H. ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
Principal $10,953.00
Interest $ 273.82 31.86
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
1,274.44
Citizens Savings Bank of Fall River
5,000.00
125.00
Union Savings Bank of Fall River
5,000.00
125.00
N. B. Five Cents Savings Bank
10,000.00
250.00
N. B. Institution for Savings
10,000.00
275.00
Wareham Savings Bank
5,148.96
154.44
Securities in Nat. Bank of Fairhaven
61,256.25
2,475.00
$108,632.65
$3,710.12
Transferred to School
3,710.12
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$108,632.65
EDMUND ANTHONY JR. SCHOOL FUND
Principal $10,000.00
Interest $ 275.00 275.00
N. B. Institution for Savings
Transferred to Schools
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$10,000.00
ABNER PEASE SCHOOL FUND
Interest
N. B. Institution for Savings
Principal $ 5,000.00
$ 137.50
N. B. Five Cents Savings Bank
2,558.12
63.96
$ 7,558.12
$ 201.46
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$ 7,558.12
HENRY H. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Principal
Interest
City Bank & Farmers Trust Co., New York
$512,200.00 $19,594.14
Transferred to High School
19,594.14
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$512,200.00
201.46
Transferred to Schools
58
JAMES RICKETTS TRUST FUND
Principal $ 1,430.66
Interest
N. B. Institution for Savings
$ 39.33
Transferred to Riverside Cemetery and Infirmary
39.33
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$ 1,430.66
JULIA A. STODDARD TRUST FUND
Principal
Securities in Nat. Bank of Fairhaven $21,276.25
$
Interest 830.00 4.60
$21,460.38
834.60
Transferred to Trust Account
834.60
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$21,460.38
HANNAH CHADWICK TRUST FUND
Interest
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
Principal $ 500.00
$ 12.50
Transferred to Estimated Receipts
12.50
Balance on hand January 1, 1939
$ 500.00
Fairhaven Institution for Savings
184.13
Report of Commissioners of Trust Funds
Your Commissioners have not found it necessary to make any changes in the Trust Fund investments during the past year. A list of the present investments and the income realized from these funds is given elsewhere in this report.
WILLIAM B. GARDNER, ISAAC N. BABBITT, GEORGE B. LUTHER,
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
Report of Tax Collector
For the year ending December 31, 1938 THOMAS J. MCDERMOTT, Tax Collector 1938 TAXES
Committed
$394,876.42 49.71
Additional
$394,926.13
Collected
$286,550.19
Abated Balance Due
9,714.69
98,661.25
$394,926.13
1937 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1938
$104,779.26
Collected
$ 74,711.48
Abated
640.27
Added to tax title
18,052.05
Sold to Town
739.44
Balance due
10,636.02
$104,779.26
1936 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1938
$
9,496.58
Collected
$ 4,530.12
Abated
1,178.91
Sold to Town
3,457.26
Balance due
330.29
$9,496.58
1935 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1938
$
1,063.53
Collected
$ 114.79
Abated
394.00
Sold to Town
220.40
Balance due
334.34
$ 1,063.53
61
1934 TAXES
Balance January 1, 1938 Collected Abated Balance due
$ 408.71
287.51
33.60
87.60
$ 408.71
1938 EXCISE
Committed
$ 15,838.46
Collected
$ 14,631.10
Abated
463.03
Balance due
744.33
$ 15,838.46
1937 EXCISE
Balance January 1, 1938
$
2,439.64
Collected
$ 1,355.97
Abated
46.16
Balance due
1,037.51
$ 2,439.64
1936 EXCISE
Balance January 1, 1938
$ 1,160.35
Collected
221.74
Abated
464.03
Balance due
474.58
$ 1,160.35
1935 EXCISE
Balance January 1, 1938
$ 534.26
Collected
45.18
Abated
228.99
Balance due
260.09
$ 534.26
62
1934 EXCISE
Balance January 1, 1938 Collected Abated Balance due
$ 161.00
41.47
53.13
66.40
$ 161.00
1933 EXCISE
Balance January 1, 1938
$ 81.95
Collected
26.77
Abated
19.62
Balance due
35.56
$
81.95
1938 POLL
Committed
$ 6,512.00
Additional
118.00
$ 6,630.00
Collected
$ 5,338.00
Abated
144.00
Balance Due
1,148.00
$ 6,630.00
1937 POLL
Balance January 1, 1938
$ 746.00
Collected
156.00
Balance due
590.00
$ 746.00
1936 POLL
Balance January 1, 1938
$ 529.00
Collected
58.00
Abated
294.00
Balance due
177.00
$ 529.00
63
1935 POLL
Balance January 1, 1938 Collected Abated Balance due
$ 533.00
24.00
394.00
115.00
$ 533.00
1934 POLL
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