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$500.00
Appropriation exceeded 89.26
$589.26
Paid
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
Co .. $505.06
Workmen's Compensation and Pub-
· lic Liability, Alexander Allan, Boiler Insurance 84.20
$589.26
Beckwith Post, A. L.
Appropriation .
$125.00
Paid Beckwith Post A. L
$125.00
District Nurse
Appropriation $300.00
Paid District Nurse
$300.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$200.00
Amount refunded town
6.02
$206.02
Paid .
$200.00
Unexpended balance
6.02
$206.02
County Hospital
Appropriation
$1,221.38
Paid .
$1,024.21
Unexpended balance
197.17
$1,221.38
Cemetery
Appropriation .
$ 800.00
Receipts as per report
$1,331.31
$2,131.31
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Paid as per report. .
$1,803.55
Unexpended balance 327.76
$2,131.31
Water Department
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Receipts as per report. 4,964.01
$5,964.01
Appropriation exceeded
889.15
$6,853.16
Paid as per report.
$6,853.16
Pleasant and Oak Streets Water Appropriation
Appropriation.
$279.08
Appropriation exceeded 5.32
$284.40
Paid as per report.
$284.40
Frairy Street Water Appropriation
Appropriation. $589.42
Paid as per report .
$584.35
Unexpended balance .
5.07
$589.42
Notes
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Received from notes in anticipation of
taxes . 30,000.00
Paid
Beacon Trust Co. for Hospital Note $ 500.00
For Fire Note. 2,000.00
For amount borrowed for taxes 30,000.00
$32,500.00
$32,500.00
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Interest
Appropriation .
$1,500.00
Interest on Deposits.
335.54
Interest on Taxes
220.48
Interest on Notes .
3.66
Interest adjustments as shown on J. H. Tuttle, Treasurer's report . 533.68
Premium on Town House Notes 105.40
$2,698.76
Paid
Beacon Trust Co., interest on Tax Notes, Fire and Hospital out- standing Notes .
$1,132.05
Interest adjustments as shown on J. H. Tuttle, Treasurer's report. . Certification Town House Notes. . .
170.00
31.00
Printing Town House Notes
36.24
$1,369.29
Unexpended balance
1,329.47
$2,698.76
Cemetery Trust Funds
Received for
William Ryan Lot.
$150.00*
Henry Parker
100.00
Pattee-Turner
100.00
Bishop-Hartshorn 450.00
Alex. Ogilvie .
100.00
Lucius Houghton
100.00
G. D. Hamant
100.00
J. V. Morang
100.00
Isaac White.
100.00
Edward Alward
100.00
George Emerson .
50.00
Helen Brown . 42.50+
$1,492.50
* Liberty Bonds matured.
f Returned to Helen Brown Estate.
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Deposited in Dedham Savings Bank . . $1,400.00 Deposited in North End Savings Bank 50.00
$1,450.00
Town Survey
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid.
1,000.00
Taxes
Taken from General Funds. $9,469.36
Paid Town of Walpole, Tax 1923 $ 6.36
Paid County, Tax 1923. $3,674.00
Paid State, Tax 1923
$5,789.00
$9,469.36
Refund to the Town of Middlefield
Taken from General Funds. $325.00
Paid as per J. H. Tuttle, Treasurer's. .
report $325.00
APPROPRIATION BALANCES
Unexpended
Overdrawn
Executive Department. . .
$ 109.03
Treasurer's Department. ..
1.59
Assessor's Department. .
79.04
Collector's Department.
47.35
Town Clerk's Department.
25.71
Town House . . .
265.00
Election and Registration .
55.20
Fire Department.
581.11
Building Committee.
134.00
Sewer Department. .
14.53
Police Department.
217.40
Highway Department.
215.63
Smoke Masks.
3.00
Highway Special.
109.20
Storage, Fire Apparatus.
68.00
Guard Rails. . .
100.20
Sealer's Department.
47
Street Lighting.
310.21
Moth Department. .
62.95
Charities .
661.09
Tree Warden's Department.
6.55
Liability and Boiler Insurance.
89.26
Health Department. .
59.11
Contingent Fund.
80.54
Street Cleaning. . .
12
Library . .
58.85
Sidewalk Department.
233.06
Water Department .
889.15
Bridge Department.
157.72
Water, Pleasant and Oak Streets. . . .
5.32
Snow Department.
83.40
Cement Mixer . .
5.00
Soldiers' Benefits .
27.36
Parks. .
23.17
Education .
275.78
Water, Frairy Street.
5.07
Interest. .
1,329.47
Cemetery .
327.76
Memorial Day . .
6.02
County Hospital.
197.17
.
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.
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Balance . . . .
62.53 *
.
$3,491.56
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·
$3,491.56
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BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1923
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Dr. Cr.
Cash on hand as per Treasurer's re- port. . . . .
$45,050.70
Due Reconstruction Town House. . . 35,800.13
Uncollected taxes and cash in hands of Collector. .
4,137.10
-
$49,187.80
$49,187.80
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Investments. . .
$23,902.59
Town School Funds .
$ 3,600.00
Library Funds . . 8,000.00
Cemetery Funds . . 12,302.59
$23,902.59
$23,902.59
Correct: W. E. GARDNER Town Accountant
Due Town Farm Fund.
$ 5,285.20
Resources exceed liabilities . . .
8,102.47
. .
TOWN DEBT
Net Funded Debt. .... $47,500.00
$47,500.00
Notes due 1924
Fire Department $1,000.00
County Hospital 500.00
Water Department . .
2,000.00
Town House . . 3,000.00
Notes due 1925
Fire Department
1,000.00
County Hospital. . 500.00
Water Department ..
2,000.00
Town House. .
2,000.00
Notes due 1926
County Hospital.
500.00
Water Department. .
2,000.00
Town House. .
2,000.00
Notes due 1927
Water Department
1,000.00
Town House . .
2,000.00
Notes due 1928
Water Department
1,000.00
Town House. .
2,000.00
Notes due 1929
Water Department ...
1,000.00
Town House . .
2,000.00
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TOWN DEBT-(Concluded)
Notes due 1930
Water Department . .. $1,000.00
Town House . . 2,000.00
Notes due 1931
Water Department 1,000.00
Town House. 2,000.00
Notes due 1932
Water Department 1,000.00
Town House. ..
2,000.00
Notes due 1933
Water Department .
1,000.00
Town House .
2,000.00
Notes due 1934
Town House .
2,000.00
Notes due 1935
Town House .
2,000.00
Notes due 1936 Town House. 2,000.00
Notes due 1937
Town House.
2,000.00
Notes due 1938
Town House .
2,000.00
$47,500.00
W. E. GARDNER, Accountant.
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$47,500.00
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1923
Date
Child's Name
Parents
Jan. 21 Preston Kimball Bryant Jan. 25 Carleton Robert Chick Jan. 28 Eileen Gloria Mckeown
Feb. 3 William Hanley Brock
Feb. 15 Illegitimate Female Feb. 24 Natalie May Dewar Feb. 25|David Percival Bramman Mar. 4 Betty Macintyre Williams Mar. 13 Edwin Maxwell Young, Jr. Mar. 19 Loraine Laverty
Mar. 22 Edith Margaret Allan
Mar. 24 William Henry Morrill, Jr. Mar. 31 Stillborn, Female April 4 Jane Overholser April 11 Nancy Heard
May 7 John Joseph Haverty
June 14 Edward William McKinnon June 19 Mary Martha Bennett
June 21 Mabel Elizabeth Yorston June 24 Jennie May Travers
July 7| William Woolard Yorston Jr. July 24 John Lewis Allan July 28 Giovanni Firmatzi
July 30 Henry Francis Parkhurst
July 30 Edward Palanci
July 31 Donald Edwin Penniman Aug. 6|Katharine May Blood Aug. 8 Melville Baker, Jr. Aug. 20 Frances Elizabeth Nowell Aug. 21 William Joseph Kelly, Jr. Sept. 3 Samuel Grosenstine
Sept. 5 Eunice Joy Pollard
Sept. 12 Dorothy Margaret Morgan Sept. 28 Edward John Lane
Oct. 1 Antoniette Flumero
Oct. 10 Marion Elline Rhodes
Oct. 24 Aubrey Nelson Tibbetts Nov. 2 John Francis Roak, Jr. Nov. 5 Mary Agnes Horgan Nov. 14 Charlotte Louise Rogers Nov. 15 George Phillips Wickstrom Nov. 22 Charles Glidden Kennett
Dec. 8 Walter Ervin Brayton, Jr. Dec. 16 Elsie Dorothy Welch
Charles F. & Ruth A. (Cutler) Fred C. & Ruth M. (Marshall) Cornelius P. & Helen (Hughes) Benjamin & Margaret (Hanley)
Lawrence M. & Thordist (Spaulding) George S. & Sibyl (Percival) Francis M. & Lucille (Spaulding) Edwin M. & Marion V. (Schortman) Frederick & Bessie F. (Adams) Alexander & Margaret (Mason) William H. & Olive (Simino)
Winfred & Dorothy (Stebbins) Joel E. & Emma (Smith) Martin & Catherine (Lane) James E. & Vera E. (MacGregor) William J. & Ellen 'M. (Flood) Charles A. & Dorothy M. (Hodgdon) Frank L. Jr. & Edna M. (Coombs) William W. & Sybil (Skinner) Thomas & Mary L. (Dodd) Romeo & Angelina (Magnaro) Francis M. & Dorothy (Shann) Carlo & Emma (Bellani) Edwin F. & Olive (Pember) Raymond B. & Martha E. (Honey) Melville & Virginia H. (Lawler) Roland M. & Gertrude A. (Weir) William J. & Charlotte (Walker) Abraham & Lena (Snyder) James H. & Eunice F. (Vail) John D. & Gertrude (Morang) Henry A. & Edith K. (Morrill) Nichola & Angelina (Lasga) Earl C. & Mary C. (Ferguson) Silas N. & Ada L. (Colwell) John F. & Dorothea B. (Abel) Michael & Marie J. (Drum) Arthur & Carrie E. (Ballou) George P. & Marion (Phillips)
Ervil C. & Lina I. (Kingsbury) Walter E. & Annie (Hardie) Howard A. & Frances (Pearce)
Total number of births, 44. Males, 23. Females, 21.
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READ CAREFULLY
The new ruling of the Department of Vital Statistics requires that Physicians and Midwives shall within 48 hours give notice to the Town Clerk with such data as may be procured at the time, regardless of child's name if not known.
Parents shall give notice, with such other data as may be necessary, within 15 days from the date of birth. Do not depend upon the Physicians or Hospitals, but be sure yourself that the Town Clerk is notified of the birth.
A fine of twenty-five dollars may be imposed for wilful neglect in com- plying with the above rules.
The Town Clerk is required to record the exact date of return and to report all violations or neglect in making such reports.
Blanks will be furnished on application to the Town Clerk.
DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1923
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Jan. 18
Sarah Laverty
83
5
22
Bronchial pneumonia
Jan. 19
Mary Jane Simmons
88
7
19
Lobar pneumonia
Jan. 27
Frank Edgar Award
64
4
Influenza
Jan. 29
Horatio W. Gilmore
68
11
7
Chronic myocarditis
Feb. 6
Johanna Davis White
87
0
9
Disease of the heart
Feb. 17
Mary Eliza Crawford
88
9
18
Arterio-sclerosis
Mar. 1
Amelia Josephine Pettis
75.
11
14
Interstitial nephritis
Mar. 17
Frank Ferone
55
7
12
Acute cardiac dilata- tion
Mar. 31
Stillborn Female
0
0
13
Spinal-bifida
April 26
Caroline E. Hewett
88
5
6
Arterio-sclerosis
June 6
John Linehan
36
8
14
Phthisis pulmonales
June 10
Lottie M. Bowden
56
2
4
Acute dilatation of heart
July 10
Arthur Guild
56
9
15
Lobar pneumonia
July 25
Josephine Silveri
20
11
1
Tuberculosis of lungs
Aug.
4
Mary J. Booth
65
1
14
Carcinoma of the
small intestines
Aug. 15
Joseph Miller Johnson
73
7
10
Interstitial nephritis
Oct.
9
Catherine St. John Saarm
43
11
20
Septic pneumonia
Oct. 16
Lucretia M. Johnson
77
10
14
Arterio-sclerosis
Nov. 6
Herbert Warren Hutson
65
3
21
Arterio-sclerosis
Nov. 11
Maria Antonia Ferone
66
1
6
Broncho pneumonia
Dec. 9
Timothy L. Donlan
73
0
0
Carcinoma of the liver
April 4
Edith M. Allan
Total number of deaths of residents, 22. Males, 8. Females, 14. Death at State Hospital, 76.
Total number of deaths in Town, 98.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1923
Date
Names
Residence
Where and by Whom Married
Jan. 13
Albert F. Bassey
Walpole,
Medfield
Jan. 23
Raymond Bent Blood
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. H. M. Peterson In Framingham by Rev. Theadore B. Lathrop
Feb.
14
Fred J. Mischler
Medfield
In Millis by Louis La Croix, J. P.
April 21
Arthur Farris Mary Henry
Medfield
In Natick by Rev. Arthur W. Ackerman
May
3
George R. Gove
Norfolk,
In Medfield by Rev. Manly B. Townsend
May 7
Ernest L. Bent
Boston,
In Boston by Albert Corey, J. P.
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June 24
Agnes A. Linehan Timothy J. Sullivan Katherine M. O'Leary
Boston,
In Medfield by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
June 28
Medfield
In Medfield by
Medfield
· Rev. Hugh M. Smith
June 30
Medfield
In Princeton by Rev. Charles E. Reeves
July 3
Watertown,
In Newton by Rev. James Hybert Pollard
Medfield
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Charles A. Forbes
August 12
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
August 26
Patrick H. Mulchey
Medfield
Catherine V. Lynch
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
Mercedes D. Alison
Medfield
Medfield
Elizabeth M. Hassler
Norfolk,
Medfield
Medfield
Princeton,
July 8
Anthony T. Terrenzi Mary E. Almeida Mark Woodbine, Jr. Elinor Hunt Stimson Morris McConnell Velma B. Crowell Herbert W. Crowell Hazel M. Hunt William Griffin Vronick Wall
Clarks Harbor, N. S.
Medfield
Thelma M. Wilson
Martha Allen Honey
Medfield
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1923
Date
Names
Residence
Where and by Whom Married
Sept. 2
Myron W. Grant
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
Sept. 2
John Francis Keenan
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. James Hybert Pollard
Sept. 12
Charles F. Lichfield
Worcester,
In Medfield by Rev. Guy Wilbur Miner
Oct.
12
Rosario Lanza
Boston
In Revere by William Cameron, J. P.
Nov.
15
Walton E. Brayton
Walpole
In Medfield by Rev. James H. Pollard
Nov. 29
William E. Dunham
Medfield
In Natick by Rev. James T. Landrigan
Dec.
1
Walter Edward Steeves
Needham
In Medfield by Rev. James H. Pollard
Dec.
21
Francis Edward Ryan
Medfield
In Needham by Rev. Hugh M. Smith
Helena Cotta
Medfield
Dec.
26
Edwin Long
Medfield
Margaret S. Douthwaite
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Manly B. Townsend
Total number of marriages, 22. Married in Town, 13. Married out of Town, 9. Residents of Town, 30. Non-residents, 14.
WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
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Elizabeth F. Connolly
Natick
Louise Adeline Lennon
Wellesley
Annie Hardie
Medfield
Yvonne Rouzaut
Medfield
Grace E. Munro
Medfield
Lillian Cambra
Medfield
Alice F. Brennan
Medfield
REPORT OF AN AUDIT
OF THE
ACCOUNTS
OF THE
TOWN OF MEDFIELD
FROM JANUARY 1, 1919 TO AUGUST 15, 1923
Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1923
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REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD
From January 1, 1919 to August 15, 1923
Made in Accordance with the Provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws
September 10, 1923
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. Fred Laverty, Chairman, Medfield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Medfield for the period from January 1, 1919 to August 15, 1923, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work.
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 Medfield for the period from January 1, 1919 to August 15, 1923, and submit the following report thereon:
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The records of receipts and disbursements of the Treasurer's office were examined and checked in detail for the period cov- ered by the audit, which disclosed a cash discrepancy in the Treasurer's accounts aggregating $2,727.18.
An examination of the Treasurer's Records of checks drawn against the Town's Checking Account at the Beacon Trust Company showed that from January 1, 1921 to August 15, 1923 the Treasurer drew checks against the Town's Account for personal business aggregating $2,747.96. The amount of personal checks is approximately the same as the discrepancy of cash and indicates that the shortage was due to the failure of the Treasurer to reimburse the Town Treasury for money used for personal business, or if reimbursement was made at the time the checks were drawn, that the money represented by them has subsequently been withdrawn.
In checking the receipts and disbursements of the Treas- urer's office, a number of errors were discovered wherein the Treasurer had failed to charge himself for money received from various sources or had credited himself with disbursements which had not been made.
In 1919 the Treasurer issued a temporary loan note, the interest to be paid at maturity. In crediting the proceeds of the loan to the Town's account, the bank, in error, deducted the interest, $323.26, on the note, and this amount was treated as a payment of interest by the Treasurer. When the error was discovered, the bank credited the Town's account with $312.80, and the Treasurer entered this amount as a receipt from interest on deposits; the bank subsequently credited the Town's ac- count with $10.46, but the Treasurer failed to enter it as a receipt, although the full amount of interest, namely, $323.26, was entered as a payment when the note was paid. I have, therefore. charged the Treasurer with this amount.
In 1920 the Treasurer received a deposit of $42.50 as a be- quest for cemetery perpetual care. This amount was not de- posited in the savings bank with other deposits for perpetual care, although the Treasurer, in the Town Report, page 43, shows the full amount received as invested. See also Town Accountant's Report, page 58.
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The receipt from rent of the post office as shown by the Treasurer in the Town Report is two cents in excess of the receipts from this source as shown by the Treasurer's cash book. I have, therefore, charged the Treasurer's account with $42.50 and credited the account with two cents.
In 1921 the Treasurer issued a loan of $12,500 for water pur- poses, on which the bank credited the Town's account with $12,511.46, the $11.46 being accrued interest which the Treas- urer failed to charge himself with having received. The Treasurer also charged himself with $35.75 less than the amount received from the State on account of corporation and income taxes.
The Treasurer again charged himself with having received two cents more than the amount received from rent of the Post Office as shown by the cash book, and failed to credit himself with interest coupons, aggregating $170, paid by the bank and charged against the Town account. I have, therefore, charged the Treasurer's account with $11.46 and $35.75, and have credited the account with two cents and $170.
In 1922 the Treasurer failed to charge himself with $264.00 received from the State on account of income tax, and with $48.75 transferred from the Sidewalk Special account (see Town Report, pages 14, 15 and 68). The Treasurer withdrew from the Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds in the Savings Bank as interest $174.73 more than he charged himself as having received; of this amount the Treasurer re-deposited $100.00 in the bank early in 1923, leaving the net amount unaccounted for, $74.73. The receipts from the Water Department as shown by the Treasurer's report are ten cents less than the amount paid over to the Treasurer, as shown by the receipts held by the Water Department collector. The Treasurer credited himself with having paid interest on Town notes of $511.76 more than was due or paid. He also charged himself with having received two cents more on account of the rent of the Post Office than the amount of receipts from this source as shown by the cash book. I have, therefore, charged the Treasurer's account with the following amounts: $264.00, $48.75, $74.73, $.10 and $511.76; and have credited the account with two cents.
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In 1923 the bank credited the Town's general checking ac- count with $53.21 and the Town Hall Fund account with $257.80 as interest on deposits, which the Treasurer failed to enter on his books. Liberty Bonds, held as investment of the Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds, aggregating $150.00, matured during 1923, and the Treasurer deposited the proceeds in the Town's general account, although he failed to enter the amount on his books. I have, therefore, charged the Treasurer's ac- count with the following amounts: $257.80, $53.21 and $150.00.
Appended to this report are tables showing a summary of the Treasurer's account.
The accounts of the Tax Collector were examined and checked in detail. The recorded collections were checked with the commitment list, the abatements were checked with the records of abatements granted, the payments to the Treasurer were verified by a comparison with the Treasurer's books, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled.
Appended to this report are summary tables of the Tax accounts.
The accounts of the Collector of Water charges were examined and checked. The recorded payments to the Treasurer were verified by a comparison with the receipts of the Treasurer, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled.
Appended to this report are summary tables of the accounts. The records of receipts from the sale of cemetery lots were found in a rather confused condition, no dates being shown, so that it was impossible to ascertain from the books the amount of collections for any given period.
With the assistance of the Superintendent of the cemetery, .. the receipts from 1917 to 1922 were aggregated, and it was found that $165.00 had been collected in excess of the amount paid into the Town Treasury, the Superintendent promising to turn over this amount to the Treasurer at once.
I would recommend that a record of all unsold lots be made, and that a proper record of all deeds be kept, so that the ac- counts may be checked properly.
Appended to this report is a summary of the accounts.
The Savings Bank books and securities representing the in-
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vestment of the school, library and cemetery perpetual care funds were examined, the income being verified and the dis- bursements checked and reconciled.
Appended to this report are tables showing the condition of the funds.
In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned, the accounts of the Sealer of Weights and Measures and of the Library were examined and checked.
Summary tables of the accounts are appended to this report, as well as a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the Town, August 15, 1923.
In checking the appropriation accounts it was found that it has been the practice to credit receipts to certain accounts in addition to the appropriation voted by the Town. In this connection I wish to call attention to Section 53, Chapter 44, General Laws, which reads as follows:
All moneys received by any Town Officer or Depart- ment, except as otherwise provided by special acts and except fees provided for by statute, shall be paid by such Officer or Department upon their receipt into the Town Treasury. Any sums so paid into the Town Treasury shall not later be used by such Officer or De- partment without a specific appropriation thereof.
It has also been the custom to keep the books open for a considerable period after December 31, and to treat transac- tions during the greater part of January as business of the pre- vious year. Section 56, Chapter 44, General Laws, provides that:
The financial year of all Towns of the Common- wealth shall end on December thirty-first, and the re- turns made to the Director under section forty-three shall show the financial condition of the Town at the close of business on that day.
While engaged in making the audit, I received the co-opera- tion of the several Town Officials, and on behalf of my assis-
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tants and for myself I wish to express to them my appreciation for the courtesies received and the assistance rendered.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD .H. FENTON, Chief Examiner.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT
1919
Cash on hand January 1, 1919, per
Town Report. .
$
5,784.82
Receipts 1919, per Town Report. 100,605.46
Receipt not previously entered, re- fund by Beacon Trust Company, overcharge of interest on tem- porary loans 10.46
$106,400.74
Payments 1920, per Town Report. ...
$ 99,508.61
Corrected balance December 31, 1919
6,892.13
$106,400.74
1920
Balance January 1, 1920. $ 6,892.13
Receipts 1920, per Town Report. 105,094.25
Cemetery Trust Fund, cash not in- vested . 42.50
$112,028.88
Payments 1920, per Town Report. ... $106,062.77 Receipts per Town Report in excess of receipts per cash book (Post Office rent) . . .02
Corrected balance December 31, 1920 5,966.09
$112,028.88
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1921
Balance January 1, 1921 . $ 5,966.09
Receipts 1921, per Town Report. 140,346.94 Receipts not previously entered : Accrued int. on water loan $11.46
Corporation tax.
35.75
47.21
$146,360.24
Payments 1921, per Town Report. ... $139,688.63 Receipts per Town Report in excess of receipts per cash book (Post Office rent) . .02
Payment of interest on maturing debt, not previously entered . 170.00
Corrected balance December 31, 1921 6,501.59
$146,360.24
1922
Balance January 1, 1922 $ 6,501.59
Receipts 1922, per Town Report . 124,453.73
Receipts not previously entered :
Income tax.
$264.00
Sidewalks (transfer from sidewalk special) 48.75
Int. on cemetery trust funds 74.73
Water.
.10
387.58
Interest on maturing debt in excess of amount actually due and paid by Treasurer 511.76
$131.854.66
Payments 1922, per Town Report. . . . 122,615.28 Receipts per Town Report in excess of receipts per cash book (Post Office rent) . .02
Corrected balance December 31, 1922 9,239.36
$131,854.66
114
1923
Balance January 1 1923.
$
9,239.36
Receipts to August 15, 1923, per cash book . 71,511.69
Receipts to August 15, 1923, not pre- viously entered :
Interest on Town House
Fund deposits
$
257.80
Interest on checking ac- count (March) . ... 53.21
Cemetery Trust Funds,
bonds matured and
deposited with gen- eral cash 150.00
461.01
$81,212.06
Payments to August 15, 1923.
55,118.43
Corrected balance August 15, 1923 26,093.63
$81,212.06
Corrected balance August 15, 1923 . . -
$26,093.63
Balance Beacon Trust
Company
August 15, 1923: Checking account, per
bank statement ... $10,577.20
Less outstanding checks
per list. 1,051.14 $ 9,526.06
Savings account, verified .
13,387.50
Cash in office August 15, 1923, verified 452.89
Cash discrepancy August 15, 1923. . . 2,727.18
$26,093.63
Taxes 1921
Commitment.
$65,546.07
Payments to Treasurer 1921 . $61,614.45 Abatements 1921 247.84
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