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December 31, 1956
High School Addition Note, 176,
due 1957 $1,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44, General Laws, 21 to 90 due 1957 to 1970 70,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chap- ter 645, Acts 1948 41 to 200 due 1957 to 1972 160,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium and Gym- nasium Notes, Chapter 645, Acts 1948, 244 to 283, due 1957 to 1958 40,000.00
Surface-Drainage, Mohawk and Seneca Road Notes, Chapter 44 - 645, Acts 1948, 285 to 286, due 1957 to 1958 10,000.00
90
Acton High School Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund $1,500.00
Unexpended Balance 125.66
$1,625.66
Received Interest for 1956
40.95
$1,666.61
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks .....
$1,666.61
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$5,740.00
Unexpended Balance 1,218.10
$6,958.10
Received to Fund in 1956
Company Salaries
$265.00
Interest
220.92
$485.92
$7,444.02
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits ın Savings Banks ....
$7,444.02
Betsey M. Ball Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$10,095.26
Unexpended Balance
1,594.51
Received Interest for 1956
356.82
$12,046.59
Balance December 31, 1956 Deposits in Savings Banks ..
$11,689.77
$12,046.59
91
Cemetery Surplus Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$227.43
Received Interest for 1956
6.57
$234.00
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposit in Savings Bank . .
$234.00
Cemetery Fund Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$65,997.21
Unexpended Balance
7,765.53
$73,762.74
Received for Perpetual Care
$2,975.00
Received Interest for 1956
2,114.24
$5,089.24
$78,851.98
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
$70,534.48
U. S. Savings Bonds, Series G
7,600.00
Cash on Hand
217.50
Transfers to Town Account
500.00
$78,851.98
Dr. Robert I. Davis Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance 5.83
$1,005.83
Received Interest for 1956
35.41
$1,041.24
Balance December 31, 1956 Deposits in Savings Banks $1,041.24
92
Elizabeth White Fund Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
2,012.76
Received Interest for 1956
$27,012.76 807.81
$27,820.57
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
$26,985.57
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1956
835.00
$27,820.57
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$14,073.70
Unexpended Balance
503.64
$14,577.34
Received Interest for 1956
429.02
$15,006.36
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks $14,276.36
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1956
730.00
$15,006.36
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Unexpended Balance 189.36
$1,689.36
Received Interest for 1956
50.21
$1,739.57
Balance December 31, 1956 Deposits in Savings Banks ...
$1,739.57
93
Frank C. Hayward Fund Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance 192.96
Received Interest for 1956
34.40
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks ....
$1,227.36
Hoit and Scott Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$500.00
Unexpended Balance
94.58
Received Interest for 1956
15.27
$609.85
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks ... ..
$609.85
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Received Interest for 1956
27.65
$1,027.65
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks ....
$1,027.65
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$1,597.63
Received Interest for 1956
47.97
$1,645.60
94
$1,192.96
$1,227.36
$594.58
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
Transfer to Town Account
$1,627.60 18.00
$1,645.60
Henry S. Raymond Fund Monument Perpetual Care
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$700.00
Unexpended Balance
183.66
Received Interest for 1956
26.64
$910.30
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks $910.30
Henry S. Raymond Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$2,000.00
Unexpended Balance
272.74
Received Interest for 1956
$2,272.74 66.83
$2,339.57
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,289.57
Transfer to Town Account
50.00
$2,339.57
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
6,076.43
$883.66
$88,315.38
95
Received Interest for 1956 ... ..
2,664.67
$90,980.05
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
$89,480.05
Transfers to Town Account
1,500.00
$90,980.05
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$10,000.00
Unexpended Balance
930.42
Received Interest for 1956 ...
309.09
$11,239.51
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
$10,989.51
Transfers to Town Account
250.00
$11,239.51
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$31,565.65
Unexpended Balance
809.36
$32,375.01
Received Interest for 1956
980.52
$33,355.53
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposits in Savings Banks
$31,355.53
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
Transfers to Town Account
1,000.00
$33,355.53
96
$10,930.42
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
$860.47
Received Interest for 1956
26.00
$886.47
Balance December 31, 1956 Deposit in Savings Bank $886.47
Stabilization Fund Balance January 1, 1956
Principal Fund
Unexpended Balance
$437.53
Received Interest for 1956
13.27
$450.80
Balance December 31, 1956
Deposit in Savings Bank ..
$450.80
Respectfully submitted,
WM. HENRY SOAR, Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following material represents a report of the expendi- tures for the year, and the financial condition in the Town on December 31, 1956. It consists of three parts :
I. Graphical distribution of Cash Receipts and Disburse- ments.
II. Summary of Appropriations, Transfers, Disburse- ments, and unexpended balances.
III. Balance Sheet, December 31, 1956.
In addition to the money spent as indicated in Part II, liabilities have been incurred as follows :
Board of Health :
1. East Coast Aviation Corp. $1,000.00
(Mosquito control)
2. Tekton Associates 454.18
(Tests and recommendation to Agent)
3. Assabet Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. 138.00
(Gravel for Dump)
Highway Department :
1. James L. Hurton 227.50
(Painting lines)
2. Boston & Maine Railroad 1,230.84 (Work related to Chapter 90, Construction)
$3,050.52
These unpaid bills will be inserted in an article on the Town Meeting Warrant.
The detail of the Departmental payments has been omitted this year in the interest of economy, but it will be available to anyone who contacts me.
The 1957 amortization requirements for the bonded indebt- edness of the Town, and Acton's share of Regional School District bond amortization are:
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High School Addition
$1,000.00 Elementary School 15,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium - Gymnasium 20,000.00
Mohawk and Seneca Road Betterments 5,000.00
Regional School District
15,200.00
$56,200.00
I have verified the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector and Manager of the School Cafeteria; and have reviewed the various funds in the custody of the Treasurer and Trustees.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD O. NYLANDER, Town Accountant.
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PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
2
3
4
5
6
CASH RECEIPTS
11
12
13
10
14
15
9
8
16
7
CASH DISBURSEMENTS
100
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1956
This is where the money came from: %
1. Taxes - Real Estate, Personal and Poll 49.9
2. Special Assessments - Motor Vehicle Excise, Betterments, Welfare Recoveries, etc. 7.8
3. State and County tax apportionments and allotments 28.6
4. Federal grants for charity and schools 3.2
5. Agency and Trust 9.0
6. All other income 1.5
100.0
This is how the money was spent:
7. General Government 3.3
8. Protection of Persons and Property 8.4
9. Health and Sanitation 2.7
10. Highways 16.1
11. Charities and Veterans' Benefits 9.8
12. Schools and Libraries 34.2
13. Cemeteries 1.6
14. Recreation and Unclassified 3.2
15. Interest and Maturing Debt 11.3
16. Agency and Trust 9.4
100.0
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SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND DISBURSEMENTS JANUARY 1, 1956 TO DECEMBER 31, 1956
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriated Disbursed
Balance
Selectmen's Dept. Salaries and
Wages
$4,678.00
R
58.55
$4,736.55
-
Expense
300.00
298.49
1.51
Finance Committee
50.00
49.60
.40
Moderator
75.00
55.00
20.00
Treasurer, Salary
1,300.00
1,300.00
Expense
400.00
400.00
-
Assessors, Salaries Expense
400.00
352.50
47.50
Collector, Salary and Wages
2,500.00
2,500.00
-
Expense
700.00
675.24
24.76
Town Clerk, Salary and Wages Expense
350.00
288.36
61.64
Elections and Registrations
Salaries
2,490.00
2,330.80
159.20
Expense
900.00
785.75
114.25
Accountant, Salary
1,300.00
1,300.00
-
Expense
200.00
199.89
.11
Planning Board, Expense
R
195.00
806.33
38.67
Service Fees
1,150.00
1,110.83
39.17
C
60.00
14.50
75.50
Board of Appeals, Expense
50.00
19.15
30.85
Guarantee Deposits
B
26.50
34.25
42.25
Town Counsel
500.00
500.00
-
Buildings and Grounds, Salaries
and Wages
3,150.00
2,898.24
251.76
Expense
4,450.00
3,844.52
605.48
Total General Government
$31,913.05
$30,155.00
$1,758.05
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept. Salaries and Wages $22,220.00
R
125.00
22,345.00
-
E
2,296.16
2,296.16
S
2,300.00
$2,300.00
Guarantee Deposits
B
30.00
C
50.00
1,355.00
45.00
4,500.00
4,300.00
200.00
1,400.00
650.00
...
102
Expense
4,425.00
4,425.00
-
E
699.95
699.95
S
700.00
700.00
New Cruiser
1,350.00
1,327.00
23.00
Traffic Timer
450.00
450.00
-
Fire Dept. Salaries and Wages
8,775.00
R
700.00
9,458.45
16.55
S
2,100.00
2,100.00
Expense
9,120.00
8,968.51
151.49
Hydrant Rental
10,650.00
10,702.60
Base Station
600.00
600.00
Hose Reel
500.00
500.00
Fire Alarm System, Labor
4,760.00
4,347.52
412.48
Expense
230.00
143.67
86.33
Extension, Newtown Road
....
1,500.00
1,350.00
150.00
S
1,500.00
1,500.00
Extension, Hosmer Street ..
123.50
123.50
-
Building Inspectors
1,000.00
253.00
747.00
Moth Dept. Salaries and Wages Expense
1,000.00
967.67
32.33
Dutch Elm Disease
1,200.00
1,199.15
.85
S
300.00
300.00
Tree Dept. Salaries and Wages Expense
2,000.00
1,993.40
6.60
1,200.00
1,199.90
.10
Poison Ivy
1,000.00
992.60
7.40
Shade Trees
250.00
250.00
-
..
100.00
87.00
13.00
Town Forest Committee B
420.00
420.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
250.00
250.00
Expense
50.00
50.00
-
Wire Inspector, Salary and
Travel
750.00
750.00
Expense
100.00
60.98
39.02
Dog Officer
350.00
316.50
33.50
Civil Defense
B
510.81
396.01
114.80
Surface Drainage
B
4,140.75
1,737.00
2,403.75
Total Protection of Persons and
Property
$90,798.77
$79,240.32
$11,558.45
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries and
Wages, Board Members .....
50.00
50.00
-
Secretary
2,385.00
2,340.00
$45.00
-
-
-
1,000.00
999.75
.25
Town Forest, Cutting Brush
-
103
R
52.60
Town and School Nurse
3,120.00
3,120.00
Assistant Nurse
960.00
475.00
485.00
Agent
1,885.00
1,272.75
612.25
Milk and Food Inspector
150.00
150.00
Dump
3,760.00
R
74.00
3,834.00
-
Board of Health, Expense
Board
950.00
866.21
83.79
Town and School Nurse
960.00
960.00
Agent
665.00
297.04
367.96
Dump
800.00
762.75
37.25
State Sanitorium
700.00
652.50
47.50
Medical Supplies
150.00
103.20
46.80
Clinic
2,900.00
1,746.35
1,153.65
Garbage Collections
7,900.00
7,900.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
150.00
150.00
Expense
25.00
R
3.06
28.06
-
Plumbing Inspector
1,000.00
963.00
37.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$28,587.06
$25,670.86
$2,916.20
HIGHWAYS
Village
R
1,290.00
$6,788.87
$1.13
Chapter 81
8,550.00
R
150.00
A
38.35
G
15,950.00
24,687.64
.71
Chapter 90, Maintenance
G
3,000.00
4,999.01
.99
Chapter 90, Construction
B
8,397.74
7,000.00
G
28,000.00
43,296.21
101.53
Culverts
B
4,000.00 F
2,000.00
2,000.00
Signs and Lines
500.00
499.95
.05
Snow Removal
20,000.00
20,000.00
E
5,999.86
5,999.86
S
2,500.00
2,500.00
Road Machinery Maintenance
5,000.00
4,997.61
2.39
Tractor & Loader Purchase
9,500.00
9,385.20
114.80
Brook at Homestead Street
14,500.00
12,917.58
1,582.42
F
2,000.00
R
688.87
2,587.68
101.19
S
3,300.00
3,300.00
Sidewalks, South Acton
1,000.00
R
1.81
1,001.81
-
-
-
104
-
Drainage
$5,500.00
2,000.00
West Acton
4,500.00
4,500.00
Vacations
925.00
907.20
17.80
Street Lighting
7,000.00
6,939.77
60.23
Total Highways, excluding
transfer (F)
$159,291.63 $149,508.39
$9,783.24
CHARITIES AND VETERANS' BENEFITS
General Relief and Disability
Assistance
B
$3,796.28
$147.75
L
145.67
G
1,620.33
$7,477.87
2,936.66
Old Age Assistance
B
20,452.79
41,000.00
L
2,010.57
G
22,284.42
61,768.01
23,979.77
Aid to Dependent Children B
1,363.98
5,500.00
G
5,093.54
11,045.07
912.45
Welfare Administration
2,275.00
2,275.00
Veterans' Benefits, Aid
8,000.00
R
737.93
8,737.93
-
Agents' Salary
200.00
200.00
Agents' Expense
250.00
199.16
50.84
Veterans' Service, Salary
800.00
800.00
Expense
25.00
25.00
Total Charities and Veterans'
Benefits
$120,555.51
$91,703.04
$28,852.47
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools
Local, Instruction
$156,760.00
$153,695.11
$3,064.89
Control
9,235.00
8,531.63
703.37
Textbooks and Supplies
6,775.00
6,060.76
714.24
Plant Operation
28,450.00
27,526.90
923.10
Maintenance
2,350.00
2,020.20
329.80
Auxiliary Agencies
16,775.00
15,384.46
1,390.54
Outlay
2,400.00
1,116.13
1,283.87
Contingency Fund
700.00
700.00
Blanchard Auditorium Main- tenance
12,620.00
8,259.69
4,360.31
Cafeteria
B
1,489.99
C
16,399.49
15,909.01
1,980.47
105
-
5,000.00
Athletics
1,000.00
B
812.86
C
788.99
1,978.10
623.75
Tuition
2,000.00
1,912.07
87.93
Elementary School
Building
B
729.33
729.33
Addition
B
700.00
85.10
3,114.90
S
7,500.00
7,500.00
Blanchard Auditorium
Building
B
64.29
840.00
3,624.29
Center School, Cesspool
B
1,000.00
1,000.00
Regional, Operation
69,173.86
69,153.40
20.37
Libraries, Salaries
3,700.00
75.00
3,416.55
358.45
Expense
R
77.69
1,177.69
-
Books
B
2.27
660.00
T
1,000.00
1,659.09
3.18
Repairs
B
61.60
56.64
4.96
Total Schools and Libraries
$351,300.37
$318,782.62
$32,517.75
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages
$11,200.00
$11,194.25
$5.75
Expense
2,500.00
2,495.77
4.23
Mount Hope Oiling
B
500.00
500.00
Woodlawn, Clearing and Grad- ing B
68.50
68.50
Perpetual Care
B
161.17
T
500.00
606.24
54.93
Hosmer Fund
B
6.83
1,472.22
34.61
Blanchard Fund
T
18.00
18.00
-
Wetherbee Fund
B
27.59
T
250.00
60.06
217.53
Raymond Fund
B
36.38
T
50.00
49.11
37.27
Whitney Fund
B
46.07
44.85
1.22
Total Cemeteries
$16,864.54
$15,940.50
$924.04
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T
1,500.00
1,100.00
R
4,400.00
2,500.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Recreation
$1,650.00
$807.91
$842.09
Water Safety
500.00
500.00
-
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest on Debt
Town
$6,892.50
$6,384.49
$508.01
Regional School District
33,345.00
33,345.00
Maturing Debt
Town
41,000.00
41,000.00
Regional School District
24,700.00
24,700.00
-
Total Interest and Maturing Debt
$105,937.50
$105,429.49
$508.01
Total of Departmental Items
$935,417.28
$845,582.95
$89,834.33
-
Officer and Employee Insurance
1,200.00
1,119.75
80.25
Boiler and Machinery Insurance
778.24
778.24
-
C
7,745.05
13,071.27
-
Memorial Day
600.00
581.72
18.28
Pension and Military Service
Funds
4,016.82
4,016.82
Miscellaneous Expense
1,500.00
1,500.00
-
Total Recreation and Unclassified
$30,168.85
$29,152.73
$1,016.12
-
Town Building Insurance
1,100.00
R
574.38
1,674.38
Surety Bonds
675.00
599.50
75.50
Workmen's Compensation
2,000.00
R
280.57
2,280.57
Town Reports
2,222.57
2,222.57
Flood Emergency
E
5,326.22
-
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AGENCY AND TRUST
Agency
State Audit of Municipal Ac- counts
$635.49
State Parks and Reservations
1,042.50
Middlesex County Tax
12,999.19
Middlesex County Hospital As- sessment
3,197.97
Middlesex County Dog Licenses
1,464.80
Trust
Charity
1,565.00
Cemeteries
2,975.00
Firemen's Relief Fund
275.00
Trust Fund Income
7,431.95
Withholding Tax
34,983.90
Massachusetts Hospital Service
4,163.95
Middlesex County Retirement Association
5,334.49
Massachusetts Teachers Retire- ment Fund
7,408.05
Acton Teachers Insurance
39.30
Refunds on Taxes
3,503.71
Total Agency and Trust
$87,020.30
Grand Total of all Cash Dis- bursements
$932,603.25
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Key to alphabetical designations:
A - Audit adjustment
B- Balance from previous year
C- Cash Receipts
D - Guarantee Deposits
E - Emergency expenditures authorized under Section 31 of Chapter 44, General Laws
F - Transfer authorized at October 1, 1956 Special Town Meeting
G- Grants from Federal Government
L- Lien recoveries on Welfare cases
R - Reserve Fund transfers
S- Appropriations of October 1, 1956 Special Town Meeting restricted to disbursement after January 1, 1957
T-Trust Fund Transfers
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BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
Cash :
General Funds
Petty Cash Funds
$289,788.22 70.00
$289,858.22
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
Levy of 1952
Personal Property ...
124.50
Levy of 1953
Personal Property
412.35
Levy of 1954
Real Estate
$119.81
Personal Property
647.22
$767.03
Levy of 1955
Real Estate
$5,396.63
Personal Property
1,577.20
$6,973.83
Levy of 1956
Real Estate
$28,600.01
Personal Property
3,159.62
Poll
52.00
$31,811.63
Motor Vehicle Excise
Levy of 1955
$575.05
Levy of 1956
15,163.03
$15,738.08
Street Assessments
$10,588.08
Tax Titles
$491.50
Tax Possessions
400.19
$891.69
Departmental:
School
$216.00
Old Age Assistance
904.41
Aid to Dependent Children
1,244.39
Cemetery
286.00
Highway
60.00
$40,089.34
$2,710.80
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December 31, 1956 LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes
$3,332.60
County Retirement System
481.87
Teachers' Retirement System
505.39
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
224.15
$4,544.01
Guarantee Deposits :
Board of Appeals
$42.25
Planning Board
75.50
Revolutionary Ridge Co.
350.00
$467.75
Tailings - Unclaimed Checks
$111.63
Trust Fund Income Transfer Balances:
Cemetery
Perpetual Care
$54.93
Susan Noyes Hosmer
34.61
J. Roland Wetherbee
217.53
Henry S. Raymond
37.27
Georgia Whitney
1.22
Library
Wilde Memorial
3.18
$348.74
Federal Grants:
Administration
$362.05
Old Age Assistance
23,979.77
Aid to Dependent Children
912.45
Disability Assistance
2,936.66
$28,190.93
Revolving Funds - School Department:
Cafeteria
$1,980.47
Athletics
623.75
$2,604.22
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Police Department Salaries
$2,300.00
Police Department Expense
700.00
Fire Department Salaries
2,100.00
Fire Alarm System Extension
1,500.00
Dutch Elm Disease
300.00
Highway Culverts
2,000.00
Snow Removal
2,500.00
Brook at Homestead Street Drainage
1,582.42
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Aid to Highways:
State
County
$8,217.27 1,831.47
$10,048.74
Under-estimate, 1956 Assessments:
County Tax
$553.32
State Parks
432.42
1957 Revenue
$985.74 $20,200.00
Emergency expenditures under Chapter 44, Section 31:
Police Department
$2,996.11
Snow Removal
2,999.86
Flood, August 19-20, 1955
5,326.22
$11,322.19
$402,432.88
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Drainage
3,401.19
Elementary School Building
729.33
Blanchard Auditorium and Gymnasium 3,624.29
Elementary School Addition Committee
10,614.90
Center School Cesspool
1,000.00
Mount Hope Oiling
500.00
Woodlawn Clearing and Grading
68.50
Surface Drainage
2,403.75
Civil Defense
114.80
Town Forest Committee
420.00
$35,859.18
Over-estimate 1956 Assessment
County Hospital
612.37
Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
Cemetery Land Fund
2,700.35
Road Machinery Fund
13,538.22
Welfare Recoveries
3,934.43
County Dog Licenses
53.60
Overlay Surplus - Reserve Fund
10,841.21
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1952
$124.50
Levy of 1953
412.35
Levy of 1954
767.03
Levy of 1955
5,757.66
Levy of 1956
8,225.88
$15,287.42
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$15,738.08
Tax Title and Possession
891.69
Departmental
2,710.80
Aid to Highways
10,048.74
Street Assessment
10,588.08
$39,977.39
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances
70.00
Surplus Revenue
238,291.43
$402,432.88
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt ......
$281,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities : In custody of Town Treasurer ...... In custody of Trustees
$285,640.63 3,524.50
$289,165.13
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Inside Debt Limit: High School
$1,000.00
Elementary School
70,000.00
$71,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
Elementary School
160,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium
40,000.00
Betterment Notes
10,000.00
$281,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Charity Funds :
Elizabeth M. White
$26,985.57
Georgia E. Whitney
14,276.36
Betsy M. Ball
12,046.59
Cemetery Funds :
Henry S. Raymond - Monument
910.30
Henry S. Raymond - Care
2,289.57
Hoitt and Scott
609.85
J. Roland Wetherbee
10,989.51
Perpetual Care
78,351.98
Surplus
234.00
Luke Blanchard
1,627.60
Frank C. Hayward
1,227.36
Georgia E. Whitney
1,739.57
Susan Noyes Hosmer
89,480.05
Dr. Robert I. Davis
1,041.24
Frank R. Knowlton
1,027.65
Library Funds:
Charlotte Conant, School
1,666.61
Wilde Memorial
32,355.53
Firemen's Relief :
Acton Fund
7,444.02
West Acton Fund
886.47
Stabilization
450.80
$285,640.63
In Custody of Trustees: Charlotte Goodnow Fund
3,524.50
$289,165.13
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$200,000.00
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS
February 17, 1956
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Leo C. Cunningham, 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 December 7, 1954 to December 17, 1955, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN B. DINE, Director of Accounts.
HBD:BAB
Mr. Herman B. Dine Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Acton for the period from December 7, 1954, the date of the previous examination, to December 17, 1955, and submit the following report thereon:
The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting or disbursing money for the Town or committing bills for collection were examined, checked, and verified.
The books and accounts of the Town Accountant were examined. The ledger accounts were analyzed; the receipts as recorded were checked with the Treasurer's record of receipts; the payments were compared with the Treasury warrants approved by the Board of Selectmen; and the
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appropriation accounts were checked with the appropriations, transfers, and loan authorizations voted by the Town as listed from the Town Clerk's record of town meetings. The ledger record of departmental accounts receivable was checked with the records of the several departments committing the bills and with the Treasurer's book; the transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the amounts authorized by the finance committee; and a balance sheet, which is ap- pended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the Town on December 17, 1955.
The books and accounts of the Town Treasurer were exam- ined. The recorded receipts were analyzed and checked with the records of the departments making payments to the Treasurer and with other sources from which money was paid into the Town Treasury. The expenditures were com- pared with the Treasury Warrants approved by the Board of Selectmen, and the cash balance on December 17, 1955 was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with state- ments furnished by the banks of deposit.
The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were proved by comparison with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the Town Treasurer and the Trustees of the Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund were examined and listed, the income being proved and the payments to the Town being verified.
The payroll deductions for Federal taxes, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement and County Retirement Systems were listed and checked with the Treasurer's record of receipts; the payments to the Collector of Internal Revenue, the Massachusetts Hospital Service, Inc., the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Sys- tem, and the County Treasurer were verified; and the bal- ances of deductions in the general treasury on December 17, 1955 were listed and proved with the Accountant's ledger.
The records of tax titles held by the Town were examined. The tax title register was analyzed and checked with the Collector's and Treasurer's accounts and with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
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The books and accounts of the Town Collector were exam- ined and checked. The tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, and departmental accounts outstanding according to the previous examination, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved. The recorded collections were checked, the abatements were compared with the Assessors' and other departmental records of abatements granted, the payments to the Treasurer were verified, the outstanding ac- counts were listed and proved with the Accountant's ledger, and the Tax Collector's cash balance on December 17, 1955 was proved by actual count.
The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the Town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct, with the exception of certain payments made to a deputy collector which have not yet been accounted for to the Town and which are in the process of investigation.
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