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A
3,000.00
T
325.00
3,318.02
6.98
Forest Fires
A
1,200.00
971.20
228.80
Painting Fire House and New Doors
A
375.00
336.99
38.01
Hydrant Service
A
3,453.00
3,453.00
Moth Department
A
1,200.00
1,194.52
5.48
Repairing Sprayer
A
. 150.00
140.67
9.33
Tree Warden
A
650.00
T
750.73
1,400.73
Health
A
3,800.00
B
429.00
4,131.92
97.08
Garbage Disposal
A
1,800.00
1,630.88
169.12
Highways Village
A
1,200.00
1,200.00
Highways, Chapter 81
A
7,125.00
G 7,125.00
14,250.00
A
2,000.00
G
4,000.00
5,998.61
1.39
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Highways, Chapter 90 Maintenance
Highways, Concord Rd. Chapter 90
A
1,000.00
G
2,000.00
840.79
2,159.21
A
4,000.00
3,998.84
1.16
B
750.00
T
300.00
973.16
76.84
Street Lighting
A
3,400.00
3,350.40
49.60
Public Welfare
A
4,800.00
4,365.99
434.01
Public Welfare Administration
A
100.00
97.02
2.98
Soldiers' Benefits
A
3,000.00
322.23
2,677.77
A
1,800.00
T
175.00
G
596.01
2,504.21
66.80
Old Age Assistance
A
18,000.00
32,117.09
172.19
Education
A
59,000.00
58,997.78
2.22
Part Time Janitor, High School
A
75.00
71.28
3.72
New Grates for High School
A
400.00
325.00
75.00
Power Metal Working Machines
A
1,500.00
1,467.36
32.64
Repairing High School Roof
A
1,500.00
1,490.00
10.00
Fluorescent Lighting
A
1,500.00
159.80
1,340.20
Mass. Teachers' Retirement Board
A
277.88
234.67
43.21
Library Maintenance
A 1,500.00
1,204.70
295.30
Library Books
A
200.00
T
200.00
373.79
26.21
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Snow Removal Machinery Account
Aid to Dependent Children
G
14,289.28
Cemeteries
A
2,800.00
2,443.17
356.83
Cemeteries-Perpetual Care
T
1,509.22
1,279.18
230.04
Cemeteries-Blanchard Fund
T
25.00
25.00
Cemeteries-Hosmer Fund
T
2,417.98
2,417.98
Workman's Compensation Insurance Committee on Public Safety
A
500.00
358.94
141.06
Memorial Day
A
250.00
235.49
14.51
Expense of Dog Officer
A
200.00
168.00
32.00
Jones Community Field
A
100.00
79.56
20.44
Rationing Board
A
950.00
604.50
345.50
Post War Public Works Com.
A
500.00
500.00
Buildings and Grounds of the Acton Agric. Holding Co.
A
6,000.00
6,000.00
Unclassified
A
300.00
224.00
76.00
1943 Bills
A
393.15
388.65
4.50
Interest on Notes and Bonds
A
320.00
320.00
Interest Highway Loan
A
22.50
22.50
Bonded Indebtedness
A 3,000.00
3,000.00
$194,022.88
$178,209.21
$15,813.67
No appropriation Accounts :
State Taxes State Parks
$ 7,986.00
134.37
State Auditing
710.69
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A
600.00
600.00
County Tax County Hospital Assessments
5,108.21
1,286.80
Refunds-Taxes Tailings Account
101.70
169.47
Cemetery Land Fund Purchase of a lot
10.00
Highway Loan
10,000.00
County Dog Licenses
930.80
Refund-Town of Boxboro overpayment
39
$204,647.64
A Appropriations B Balances
G Grants
T
Transfers
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Cash Receipts and Departmental Payments TREASURER'S RECEIPTS
Treasurer's Itemized Report ..
$214,654.24
Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1944 .
. .
83,575.71
$298,229.95
PAYMENTS General Government
Selectmen
Salaries and Wages
Selectmen $ 691.67
Clerks
1,190.10
Postage
29.50
Stationery, printing .. 27.33
Town Reports ..
343.00
Middlesex County
Selectmen Assoc., dues 9.00
Assn. of Town Fi-
nance Com. dues 10.00
Advertising
6.38
Repairing Type-
writer 8.00
Sundry Expense
1.10
$ 2,316.08
Collector of Taxes :
Salary $ 1,000.00
Postage 96.12
Books
and
Sta-
tionery 18.28
Printing
48.66
Tax Title Expense 7.79
$ 1,170.85
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Treasurer :
Salary
$ 650.00
Postage
121.04
Telephone
12.35
Printing
16.51
Books, stationery
30.40
Safety Deposit box
6.00
Sundry expense
10.01
$
846.31
Assessors :
Salaries $ 1,458.33
Ass'n. of Mass. As-
sessors, dues . . 6.00
Notices of trans-
fers
11.40
Attending meet-
ings
20.00
Stationery, print-
ing
9.58
$ 1,505.31
Accountant :
Salary $ 650.00
Books, stationery
32.42
. Postage
5.70
Telephone
1.30
$ 689.42
Town Clerk :
Salary
$ 200.00
Postage
20.00
Telephone
18.00
Attending Ass'n.
meetings and
dues
20.00
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Recording vital sta-
tistics 80.25
Stationery, print-
ing
13.82
$ 352.07
Elctions and Regis- trations :
Salaries :
Registrars .... $ 350.00
Election officers
324.00
Recount
35.00
Moderator
25.00
Printing, station-
ery
204.12
Posting warrants.
20.00
Lunches for elec- tion officers . .
46.32
Rent
44.00
Street booklets
70.17
Sundry expense .
9.19
$ 1,127.80
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary, transpor-
tation
$
200.00
Books, seals, ad-
vertising
15.55
$ 215.55
Cattle Inspector :
$
125.00
Salary
.
Soldiers' Relief Agent :
Salary
50.00
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Board of Health :
Salaries 50.00
Postage, tele-
phone 1.53
$ 51.53
Public Welfare:
Salaries
$
262.50
$ 8,712.42
Bonds :
Collectors, treas-
urer's and Town Clerk's bonds . .
229.25
Buildings and Grounds : Wages:
Custodian $ 624.00
Labor on grounds and buildings
252.54
Heat
583.92
Light
271.74
Telephone
53.36
Repair W. Acton
Fire House ...
22.00
Repair town clock
65.00
Repair boiler,
West Fire House
156.73
Planting trees and shrubs
29.00
Building repairs,
Town Hall . . .
31.94
Installing light lines
29.00
Electrical work .
98.82
Shingles, lumber, doors
511.36
Flags
7.92
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Water
14.55
Hose
15.06
Wax
10.50
Repair lawn
mowers
17.25
Sundry expense ...
52.02
$ 2,846.71
Special Painting Fire Houses and new
doors :
Wages
$ 104.96
Paint
13.45
Doors
193.00
Lumber
· 25.58
$ 336.99
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Salaries :
Chief
$ 2,100.00
Other officers .
409.70
Telephone
118.71
Gas and oil
328.54
Auto Repairs .. 191.92
Radio service and
parts
106.20
Insurance
14.25
Office supplies,
postage
50.84
Batteries
4.80
Signs
3.75
Belt
4.50 '
$ 3,333.21
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Fire Department:
Salaries and Wages :
Annual $
458.75
Fires
1,074.05
Janitors
360.00
Heat
393.00
Light
127.39
Telephone
87.32
Gas and oil
77.57
Repairing equip-
ment
104.52
New equipment
385.19
Chains
33.00
Water
36.00
Printing
36.78
Oxygen
12.76
Foamite charges
7.80
Gloves
13.75
Repairing
56.00
Sundry Expense .
54.14
$ 3,318.02
Forest Fires :
Wages for fires . .
$
971.20
Hydrants :
West and South
Water District Rental ... $ 3,200.00
Town of Concord
253.00
3,453.00
Moth Department:
Wages:
Supt. $ 318.00
Labor
234.36
Trucks
92.18
Gas, oil
64.82
Spraying material
459.71
Sundry expenses
25.45
$ 1,194.52
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Tree Warden:
Wages:
Supt.
$ 569.10
Labor
408.59
Trucks
328.09
Rent for equip-
ment
25.00
Tools
41.25
Sundry expenses.
28.70
$ 1,400.73
Special Repairing Sprayer: Labor and parts $
140.67
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health:
1
Salaries and Wages:
Agent
.$
68.80
Labor at Town
dump
693.20
Town nurse
1,750.16
Special nurses, includes trans-
portation ... 960.00
Professional ser-
vices clinic . . . 130.00
Transportation,
town nurse . . 350.00
Supplies town
nurse
166.12
Sundry expense
13.64
$ 4,131.92
Garbage Disposal : Collection of gar-
bage as per con- tract
$1,600.00
Advertising .
10.88
Sundry expenses
20.00
1,630.88
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Dog Officer: Keeping and de- stroying dogs .
168.00
Highways
Village :
Wages:
Supt.
$ 274.55
Labor
483.25
Trucks
304.12
Gas and oil
23.70
Paint
20.01
Telephone
15.16
Kerosene
10.60
Tools
32.22
Sundry expense
23.79
Lumber, cement
12.60
$ 1,200.00
Chapter 81 :
Wages:
Supt.
$ 1,228.15
Labor
3,398.86
Trucks
2,550.20
Rental of equip-
ment
1,205.88
Broken stone
2,477.09
Patching material
347.94
Oil and tar
2,276.42
Rail posts
58.50
Cement
42.50
Lumber
398.62
Gravel
111.00
Culvert
131.32
Sundry expense
23.52
$14,250.00
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Chapter 90 : Maintenance
Wages:
Supt.
$ 304.80
Labor
827.84
Trucks
506.70
Rental of equip-
ment
197.50
Broken stone
1,901.43
Oil and tar
2,125.07
Patching material
135.27
$ 5,998.61
Chapter 90: Concord Road
Wages:
Supt.
$ 67.00
Labor
138.96
Trucks
241.70
Rental of
equip-
ment
262.50
Gravel
74.40
Lumber
. . 56.23
$ 840.79
Snow Removal :
Wages:
Supt.
$ 424.52
Labor
905.19
Trucks
898.15
Plowing snow
. ..
1,357.20
Rental of equip- ment
28.88
Salt
214.50
Sand
19.60
Repairs and parts
92.51
Blades
52.23
Sundry expense . .
6.06
$ 3,998.84
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Machinery Account :
New equipment
and tools $ 132.17
Cutting edges
187.79
Tires and tube . .
76.00
Repairs and parts
390.26
Fuel oil, kerosene
26.87
Lumber
11.42
Gas, oil
112.51
Paint
15.04
Penetrating oil ..
5.00
Sundry expense .
16.10
$
973.16
Street Lighting :
Street lighting .. $ 3,336.77
Installing light .. 13.63
$ 3,350.40
Charities
Public Welfare :
Temporary Aid :
Cash to indi-
viduals $ 790.00
Provisions
69.46
Fuel
79.86
Light
6.68
Medical and
hospital . 545.10
Relief by other
citiesand towns
2,849.89
Professional ser-
vices a/c out-
side aid
25.00
$ 4,365.99
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Administration Account :
Books, forms, sta-
tionery
$
29.02
Filing cabinet .
.
30.00
Attending
meet-
ings
38.00
$
97.02
Old Age Assistance :
Cash Aid ..... $17,143.66
Indirect payments 80.00
Aid by other cities
and towns
...
604.15
$17,827.81
U. S. Grant:
Cash Aid $13,828.39
Administration :
Salary and
expenses . .. 460.89 $14,289.28 $32,117.09
Aid to Dependent Children :
Cash Aid
$ 1,908.20
$ 1,908.20
U. S. Grant:
Cash Aid
579.50
Administrative Ac- count:
Salary and ex- penses
16.51
596.01
2,504.21
Soldiers' Benefits :
Provisions $ 47.34
Fuel
69.14
Medicals and hos-
pital
128.50
Transportation .
30.25
Rent
47.00
$ 322.23
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Education : Report of School Committee .
$58,997.78
Special Appropriations :
part time janitor
$ 71.28
New grates
325.00
Power metal work- ing machines .
1,467.36
Repairing high
school roof ...
1,490.00
Fluorescent light-
ing
159.80
Mass. Teachers'
Retirement Bd.
234.67
Library
Maintenance :
Librarian
$ 102.00
Asst. Librarian
204.00
Janitor
153.00
Heat
227.83
Light
51.17
Writing cards, bind- ing, etc.
22.90
Postage
1.91
Insurance
30.95
Water
12.00
Work on shade trees
27.80
Service pipe (elec-
tricity)
12.90
Book plates
11.10
Sundry expense
5.15
$ 862.71
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Branch Library :
Librarians $ 208.00
Lights
8.63
Transporting
books
50.00
Fuel
53.76
Janitor
21.60
341.99
$ 1,204.70
373.79
Library books . .
Cemeteries
Wages:
Supts.
$ 1,425.90
Labor
623.90
Trucks
65.50
Water
36.95
Flowers, shrubs
28.50
Insurance
16.00
Repairing mowers
44.06
Cement
11.05
Loam
40.00
Fertilizer
43.20
Tools
20.81
Pipe and labor
12.45
Paint
11.02
Gasoline
7.05
Postage, telephone
stationery
23.94
Grass seed
7.68
Lumber
8.12
Lighting chapel
9.75
Sundry expense
7.29
.
$ 2,443.17
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Perpetual Care :
Wages:
Supts. $ 679.95
Labor
487.18
Trucking
8.50
Flowers
72.70
Sundry expense
30.85
$ 1,279.18
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund : Care of lots
$
25.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund :
Wages:
Supt. $ 921.60
Labor
513.36
Trucking
189.23
Loam
134.00
Broken stone
58.93
Tar
482.68
Weed killer
58.48
Flowers
26.80
Sundry expense
32.90
$ 2,417.98
Rationing Board
Wages:
Clerks $ 435.30
Telephone
111.28
Stationery
47.43
Repairing typewriter
8.00
Sundry items
2.49
$
604.50
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Committee on Public Safety : Wages:
Clerks
$ 301.28
Telephone 22.16
Bond, Fire Dept. . .
5.00
Property shortages
State Guard ..
30.50
$
358.94
Liability Insurance
Premium
600.00
Jones Community Field
Wages:
Labor
$ 75.91
Lumber
. .
3.65
79.56
Memorial Day
Music
$ 125.00
Flags
28.62
Flowers, wreaths
70.15
Refreshments
10.22
Post cards
1.50
$
235.49
Unclassified
Robbery Insurance . $
75.00
Legal and court
expense
106.30
Flags
25.95
Printed cards
9.75
Writing and execut-
ing deed
7.00
1943 Bills
$
224.00
388.65
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Notes and Bonds
High School bonds . $ 1,000.00
High School addi-
tional bond 1,000.00
Fire truck note 1,000.00
1
$ 3,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
High School Bonds . $
80.00
High School addition 210.00
Fire equipment notes 30.00
$
320.00
Interest on
High-
way Loans
22.50
No Appropriation Items
Agency :
State taxes $ 7,986.00
State parks 134.37
State auditing 710.69
County tax
5,108.21
County hospital as-
sessment
1,286.80
$15,226.07
Refunds :
Motor vehicle ex-
cise taxes $ 28.20
Real estate
73.50
$ 101.70
169.47
Tailings account .. Cemetery land fund purchase of lot . Highway loan . ..
10.00
10,000.00
County dog licenses
930.80
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Refund
Town of
Boxboro,
over-
payment
.39
Total Expenditures
$204,647.64
Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1944 . .
93,582.31
$298,229.95
Reserve Fund Transfers
General Government $ 112.42
Building and Grounds 446.71
Fire Department
325.00
Tree Warden
750.73
Aid to Dependent Children
175.00
$1,809.86
Unexpended Balance
190.14
$ 2,000.00
Machinery Fund
Balance January 1, 1944
$ 1,146.25
Received from Rentals 799.25
$ 1,945.50
Transferred to Rd. Mach. Acct.
1,050.00
Balance December 31, 1944
895.50
1,945.50
Cemetery Land Fund
Balance January 1, 1944 $ 478.35
Received from Sale of Lots 205.00
683.35
Paid Repurchase of Lots $ 10.00
Balance December 31, 1944 673.35
683.35
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Balance Sheet, December 31, 1944
Assets
Cash
$ 93,532.31
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1943
Polls
$ 26.00
Personal Property
470.03
Real Estate
5,628.87
6,124.90
Levy of 1944
Polls
$ 144.00
Personal Property
1,033.91
Real Estate
15,614.92
16,792.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Levy of 1943
$ 117.55
Levy of 1944
562.19
Tax Judgment:
Motor Vehicle Excise
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles
$ 407.84
Tax Title Possessions
73.28
Departmental:
Public Welfare
$ 275.00
Old Age Assistance
175.25
450.25
State and County Aid to Highways:
State
$ 2,498.84
County
1,000.46
3,499.30
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt $ 16,000.00
$ 16,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer In Custody of Trustees
$199,717.65
3,465.54
$203,183.19
679.74
502.62
481.12
$122,113.07
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Liabilities and Reserves
County Dog Licenses
$ 7.20
Premiums on Bonds
4.25
Old Age Assistance Recovery
361.21
Tailings Account
102.15
Cemetery Land Fund
673.35
Road Machinery Fund
895.50
Appropriation Balances:
Road Machinery Account
$ 76.84
Concord Road, Chapter 90
2,159.21
Fluorescent Lighting
1,340.20
Buildings and Grounds from
Acton Agricul-
tural Holding Co.
6,000.00
9,576.25
Trust Funds Income:
Library Books
$ 26.21
Cemetery Perpetual Care
230.04
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
5,903.40
Overlays, Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1943
$ 1,241.54
Levy of 1944
3,683.61
4,925.15
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$ 679.74
Tax Title
481.12
Departmental
450.25
State and County Aid to Highways
3,499.30
Surplus Revenue
94,297.95
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Accounts :
Fire Equipment Loan
$ 2,000.00
High School Loan
1,000.00
School House Addition Loan
13,000.00
$ 16,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
$ 27,415.75
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
14,452.90
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
16,376.79
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
3,109.75
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
650.49
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
50,159.69
Cemetery Surplus Fund
1,083.78
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,504.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
83,445.12
Charlotte Conant School Fund
1,509.38
In Custody of Trustees:
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
$203,183.19
Respectfully submitted, HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant
256.25
5,110.41
$122,113.07
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
October 5, 1944.
To the Board of Selectmen : Mr. Arthur W. Lee, Chairman Acton, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from August 22, 1943 to July 3, 1944, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts.
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts -
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston.
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from August 22, 1943, the date of the previous audit, to July 3, 1944, and submit the following report thereon :
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were exam- ined and checked with the books of the town accountant and the treasurer.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined. The receipts, as recorded, were checked with the treasurer's books and with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town, while the pay-
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ments were checked with the treasury warrants and with the books of the treasurer.
The appropriations as listed from the town clerk's records of town meetings, as well as the transfers from the reserve fund authorized by the finance committee, were checked to the town accountant's ledger. The ledger ac- counts were analyzed, the necessary adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this re- port, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on July 3, 1944. This balance sheet indicates that the town is in very good financial condition.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were com- pared with the records of the several departments collect- ing money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the payments were checked with the warrants of the select- men authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The cash balance on July 3, 1944, was proved by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office.
The payments of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and with the can- celled securities on file.
The records of tax titles held by the town were exam- ined and checked. The amounts added to the tax title ac- count were compared with the collector's records and the tax titles as listed were checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
The savings bank books and securities representing trust fund investments in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees were examined and listed. The income was proved, the disbursements were verified by comparison with the vouchers on file, and the transfers to the town were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treas- urer's cash book.
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The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- . amined and checked. The poll, property, and motor vehicle excise taxes outstanding at the time of the previous exam- ination and all subsequent commitments were audited and reconciled with the assessors' warrants. The payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's cash book, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding ac- counts were listed and reconciled with the respective ledger accounts.
Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by sending notices to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, the re- plies received thereto indicating the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The town clerks' records of sporting and dog licenses issued were examined, the payments to the State being verified by comparison with the receipts on file and the payments to the town treasurer being compared with the treasurer's cash book.
The accounts of the public welfare, school, and cem- etery departments, as well as of all other departments col- lecting money for the town or committing bills for collec- tion, were examined, checked, and reconciled with the treasurer's and the town accountant's books.
It was noted that the health nurse keeps no record of visits and of fees collected, and it is recommended that such a record be kept in the future.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law. to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the balance sheet referred to, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the taxes, tax title, and departmental accounts, together with tables showing the trust fund transactions.
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For the co-operation extended by the various town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance August 22, 1943
$ 19,613.53
Receipts :
Aug. 22 to Dec. 31,
1943
141,241.46 -
$160,854.99
Payments :
Aug. 22 to Dec. 31,
1943
77,279.28
Balance Dec. 31, 1943.
83,575.71
$160,854.99
Balance Jan. 1, 1944
$ 83,575.71
Receipts Jan. 1 to
July 3, 1944
57,192.77
$140,768.48
Payments :
Jan. 1 to July 3
1944
$97,517.81
Balance July 3, 1944 :
First Nat. Bank of
Ayer $41,169.37
Cash in office, ver- ified 2,081.30
43,250.67
$140,768.48
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First National Bank of Ayer
Balance July 3, 1944,
per statement ....
$46,242.74
Balance July 3, 1944,
per check register
$ 41,169.37
Outstanding
checks
July 3, 1944, per
list
5,073.37
$46,242.74
RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH
Cash balances July 3, 1944, per schedules : Levy of 1942:
Polls
$
6.00
Personal
$
90.88
Real Estate
1,009.93
$ 1,106.81
Levy of 1943 :
Polls $ 18.00
Personal
74.55
Real Estate
1,152.41
$ 1,244.96
Levy of 1944:
Polls $ 38.00
Real Estate
51.45
$
89.45
Motor vehicle excise taxes :
Levy of 1942 .. $ 26.24
Levy of 1943 . . 20.34
Levy of 1944 . . 67.40
$ 113.98
Interest on taxes : Levy of 1942:
Polls
$
.40
Personal
5.98
Real Estate . . 72.18
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Levy of 1943 :
Polls
.44
Personal
2.06
Real Estate . . 36.26
Motor vehicle excise taxes:
Levy of 1942
2.54
Levy of 1943
.99
$
120.85
Cost on taxes :
Levy of 1942,
Polls
.70
Levy of 1943, Polls 2.80
Excess cash
July 3, 1944
.20
Cash on hand July 3, 1944 :
2,679.75
Concord
National
Bank
$ 2,235.50
In office verified
444.25
$ 2,679.75
Balance Sheet, July 3, 1944 General Accounts
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
State Tax and Assessments:
$ 3,993.00
$ 43,250.67 State Tax . . State Parks and Reservations . . 134.37
Auditing Municipal Accounts 710.69
$ 4,838.06
Polls
$ 28.00
County Tax
.
5,108.21 174.60
Real Estate
3,644.67
Premium on Bonds
4.25
Trust Fund Income:
Levy of 1943:
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund 400.00
Polls
$ 114.00
Personal Property
866.92
Old Age Assistance Recovery
361.21
Real Estate
10,335.29
11,316.21
Levy of 1944:
Sales of Cemetery Land Fund
618.35
Polls
$ 758.00
Road Machinery Fund
Personal Property
13,121.40
Real Estate .. ...
94,803.52
108,682.92
124,093.19 Aid to Dependent Children .. 29.70
1,601.71
Levy of 1942 .....
$ 269.71
Levy of 1943
528.62
Levy of 1944 ..
909.98
1,708.31 Levy of 1942
$ 1,733.56
Tax Judgment-Motor
Levy of 1943
1,265.54
502.62 Levy of 1944
5,010.90
Vehicle Excise .. Tax Title and Posses- sions:
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $ 1,708.31
Tax Titles
$ 443.98
Tax Title Possessions
73.28
Tax Title 517.26
517.26 Departmental
4,436.94
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Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes :
Unexpended Appropriation Balances Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus .... Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
89,376.39 4,986.60
. .
8,010.00
Cash: In Banks and Office . Accounts Receivable : Taxes:
Levy of 1942
Personal Property 421.39
County-Dog Licenses
$ 4,094.06
Tailings-Reserved for Unclaimed Checks 102.15
479.00
Federal Grants: Old Age Assistance: Assistance $ 1,572.01
Departmental: Public Welfare - Temporary Aid .. Old Age Assistance Military Aid War Allowance, World War II School
State and County Aid to Highways: State County
Estimated Receipts - to be collected ... Due from Trust Funds: Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds .
$ 419.00 2,721.19 127.50
Revenue-1944 Surplus Revenue
16,279.77 392.00 79,493.75
200.00
969.25
4,436.94
$ 7,617.26 2,000.00
9,617.26
27,869.10
230.70
$212,226.05
$212,226.05
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State and County Aid to Highways 9,617.26
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
. $ 18,000.00Fire Equipment Loan .
$ 3,000.00
High School Loan . . Schoolhouse Addition Loan
1,000.00
14,000.00
$ 18,000.00
$ 18,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer
1,500.00
16,286.31
3,465.54
653.96
2,800.82
49,682.85
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Cemetery Surplus Fund Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,083.78
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery
Fund
84,918.11
$200,438.86
In Custody of Trustees: Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund ...
3,465.54
$203,904.40
$203.904.40
$200,438.86
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Elizabeth White Charity Fund Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund Charlotte Conant School Fund .. Wilde Memorial Library Fund .. West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund Acton Firemen's Relief Fund ....
$ 27,512.89
14,476.10
In Custody of Trus-
tees
DEBT ACCOUNTS
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1,524.04
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
of the
TOWN OF ACTON MASSACHUSETTS
RATED
DONI
1735.
"ACTON.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1944
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ORGANIZATION
School Committee
Mr. Richard Lowden, Chairman Term expires 1945
Mr. H. Vaughn Allen
Term expires 1945
Mrs. J. Henry Engman Term expires 1947
Mr. Waldo J. Flint
Term expires 1946
Mrs. Arthur Fraser Term expires 1947
Mrs. G. Howard Reed
Term expires 1946
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the school committee are held the third Monday of each month in the high school at 8:00 P. M. Exceptions may be made during July and August.
Superintendent
Richard B. Greenman
Office-High School Building, Telephone 110 School Physician Ernest A. Mayell, M. D.
·
East Acton, Telephone 345-3
School Nurse Mrs. Simon D. Taylor, R. N.
North Acton, Telephone 33-22
Attendance Officer George Charter
West Acton, Telephone 110 or 158-2
Custodians :
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