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Book No.
Balance
Int. 1919
31084 Southbridge Savings Bank $209.09 $9.09
FELIX A. BOUVIER, Treasurer
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Report of Town Accountant
GENERAL REVENUE TAXES
Current year
$180,695.48
Previous years
30884.89
Corporation Tax
13537.97
Street Railway Tax
24.66
National Bank
3817.28
Income Tax
4169.00
Income Tax General Schools
4700.00
Total Tax
$237,829.28
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Liquor and Druggist
4152.27
Junk
450.00
Peddlers
140.00
Pool and Billiards
81.00
Common victuallers, Fruits, Innholders 149.00
Circus
10.00
Theatre
20.00
Jitney
4.00
Milk
18.00
All others
33.00
Total Licenses and Permits $4652.27
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court
$869.40
GRANTS AND GIFTS
County :
Dog Licenses
486.44
Soldiers' Exemption from State 9.70
Total Grants and Gifts $496.14
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COMMERCIAL REVENUE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Unapportioned Sewer 1251.32
Apportioned Sewer
133.03
Total Assessments
1429.85
GENERAL REVENUE
Town Hall $475.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire department
Rent (Woman's Club)
50.00
Services rendered Town of Charlton 75.00
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Total Fire Department $75.00
INSPECTION
Sealer of Wts. and Measures
$315.76
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 120.00
Total, W's. and Measures Department $435.76
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Tuberculosis
$270.00
Ambulance
261.50
M. Egan & Son, (Reimbursement) -
15.00
Total, Health and Sanitation
$546.50
HIGHWAYS
From State
1,543.06
Use of Steam Roller
78.00
Use of Mixer
17.50
From County
6,727.57
Total Highways 8,366.13
CHARITIES
Almhouse
Sale of produce
$1,274.90
House sold
:
185.00
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Outside Relief
Cities and towns
462.15
State
297.76
Mothers' Aid from State
1,211.16
Total Charities
$3430.97
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$2,707.37 200.00
Military Aid
Soldiers' burials
50.00
Total Soldiers' Benefits
$2,957.37
SCHOOLS
Tuition
$1,601.00
Sale of books and supplies
5.70
All other, car tickets, etc.
24.15
Total Schools
$1,630.85
LIBRARY
Fines, etc.
$282.80
Tailing's
$31.19
CEMETERY
Sale of Lots and Graves
$5.00
Care of graves
21.00
Opening graves
135.00
Total Cemetery
$161.00
INTEREST
Deposits
$2,171.47
Taxes
1,273.75
Committed Sewer Assessment, int.
7.79
Trust Funds :
Sinking Fund
640.00
All others
90.04
Perpetual Care Fund
1,240.42
Total
$5,429.47
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DEBT
Temporary Loans Dudley River Road
$200,000.00 11,000.00
$211,000.00
AGENCY
State and non-resident bank tax $23,909.17
Tax collected for county 10,466.00
Liquor licenses 1/4 for State
1,384.08
Auditing municipal accounts
479.81
Total Agency $36,239.06
TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
$490.00
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds :-
Departmental $750.73
Transfers
Library to Mynott Fund $37.00
Mothers' Aid to Outside Poor 300.00
Mothers' Aid to Almshouse 500.00
Schools to Town Hall 600.00
Various accts. to Central st sewer 1,250.00
Various accts to Dudley river rd. 1,000.00
Total Refunds and Transfers
$4,437.73
Total receipts and transfers
521,265.77
Cash on hand January 1, 1919
48,825.16
$570,090.93
PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Legislative :- Moderator $30.00
Selectmen's Salaries :- Selectmen's salaries $1,100.00
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Clerk's salary
100.00
Stationery and postage
26.66
Printing and advertising
104.30
Car fares, teams, etc.
34.00
Telephone
101.01
Plans, surveys, etc.
195.95
Serving warrants and notices
15.00
Signs and labor for putting up
45.07
Band stand repairs
35.81
All other expenses.
54.62
$1,812.42
Accountant :-
Salary
$1,200.00
Stationery and postage
14.95
Printing and advertising
15.70
Books binding
10.00
Supplies
17.73
$1,258.38
Treasurer :-
Salary
$700.00
Clerk
300.00
Stationery and postage
33.74
Telephone
38.76
Bond
100.00
Office Furniture
70.00
Certifying notes
10.00
All other
27.10
$1.279.60
Collector :-
Salary, 1914, 1915, '16, '17, '18
$800.00
Salary on account, 1919
600.00
Stationery and postage
152.90
Printing and advertising
59.55
Telephone
34.10
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Bond
200.00
Office furniture
110.99
All other
5.75
$1,963.29
Assessors :-
Salaries
$2,100.00
Interpreters
25.50
Stationery and postage
104.79
Pirnting and advertising
434.20
Car fares, teams, etc.
31.50
Telephone
32.70
Abstracts of deeds
48.98
Office furniture
48.50
All other
11.22
$2,837.39
Law :-
Town Counsel, salary
$600.00
Town Clerk :-
Salary
498.10
Clerk hire
400.00
Stationery and postage
21.25
Telephone
24.10
Books
12.80
$956.25
Election and Registration :-
Registrars' salaries
393.60
Election officers
513.25
Printing and advertising
631.20
Meals
244.50
$1,782.55
Town Hall :-
Janitor's salary
$941.70
Helpers
67.22
Fuel
385.23
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Lights
147.11
Janitor's supplies
92.10
1,349.03
Repairs Water Supply All other
48.90
37.53
$3,068.82
Less :-
Rent from School Department 600.00
$2,468.82
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages :-
Chief
$1,323.04
Patrolmen
11,353.25
Special police
65.52
Other employes
9.50
Auto and team hire
338.75
Equipment and Repairs :- Equipment for men
$48.40
Fuel and light :-
Fuel
119.45
Light
111.98
$231.43
Maintenance of Building :-
Repairs
$5.03
Janitor's supplies
92.66
All other
36.00
$133.69
Other Expenses :- Stationery, printing and postage 29.35
Telephone 71.00
$13,090.06
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Telephone signal
508.96
Transportation, care of prisoners
135.83
Rent
495.00
Law Services
35.00
All other
69.55
Total Police Department $14,848.27
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages :-
Engineers
$625.00
Chief
1,337.71
Permanent chauffeurs
5,139.09
Call men
2,953.07
Other employes
.80
$10,055.67
Horse hire
$95.00
Equipment and repairs :-
Apparatus
195.02
Hose
452.61
$647.63
Equipment for men
76.40
Alarm Boxes, etc
251.37
Tires
390.90
All other
85.53
$804.20
Fuel and Lights :--
Fuel
343.25
Lights
185.81
$529.06
Maintenance of Buildings :-
Repairs
65.09
Furniture and furnishings
160.33
Laundry work
22.75
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Water Supply All other
28.54 129.91
$4,066.62
Other expenses :- ·
Stationery, printing and postage
6.65
Telephone
112.57
Gasoline and Oil
136.37
All other
.75
Total Fire Department
$256.34 $12,794.52
DAMAGE TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY Persons 300.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
$745.40
Stationery and postage
8.50
Printing and advertising
19.48
Car fares, teams, etc
92.80
Telephone
4.20
Test measures
14.70
All others
14.92
$900.00
GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH EXTERMINATOR
Labor
$79.52
Teams
19.25
$98.77
TREE WARDEN
Labor
$215.38
Cement and sand
5.15
Storage of Spraying machine
28.00
All other
37.00
$285.53
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FOREST FIRES
Fighting fires
$249.62
Apparatus
71.90
Team hire
64.81
Printing
30.25
Stationery
17.75
All other
1.47
$435.80
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH
General administration :-
Salary of Board of Health
$258,50
Agent
300.00
Stationery and postage ,
10.30
Printing and advertising
4.00
Team hire
50.00
All other
21.28
$644.08
Quarantine and Contagious Diseases :-
Medical attendance
17.00
Groceries and provisions
9.00
Hospitals
55.85
Taking Culture
79.76
$161.61
Tuberculosis :-
Board and treatment
:
$2,135.14
Dispensary
123.00
Shoes and Clothing
45.34
All other
18.20
Vital Statistics :- Births 82.75
$2,321.68
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Deaths
40.75
$123.50
INSPECTION
School Children :-
Salary of Physicians
$210.00
Animal Inspection :- Salary
300.00
Expenses
2.50
$302.50
Meat and Provisions :-
Salary
225.00
Expenses
263.70
$488.70
Milk :-
Salary
$100.00
All other
2.00
$102.00
Plumbing Inspector
$900.00
All other
7.61
$907.61
Fumigation and Disinfectants
$34.70
Vaccination
$21.00
Public Health Nurse :-
Salary
$650.00
All other
22.61
$672.61
Total Health
$5,989.99
REFUSE AND GARBAGE Collecting refuse and garbage as per contract $2,000.00
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SEWER MAINTENANCE
Administration :-
Commissioners' Salaries
$300.00
Superintendent
812.50
Stationery, printing and postage
4.38
Office Furniture
101.20
$1,218.08
General :-
Labor
$1,715.02
Teams
84.25
Tools and equipment
253.90
Pipe and fittings
193.23
Materials
100.64
Insurance
222.28
Storage
·
24.00
Telephone
21.56
Surveys
40.00
All other
31.89
Total Sewer Maintenance
$3.904.85
STREET CLEANING
Cleaning Main and Hamilton Streets :-
Labor
$820.55
Teams
687.33
All other
92.00
$1,599.88
General Cleaning :-
Labor
$1,247.61
Teams
923.89
Tools
28.50
$2,200.00
Sanitary Cleaning :--
Labor
$681.95
Teams
628.35
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Cement All other
11.85
27.50
Total Street Cleaning $5,149.53
HIGHWAYS
General administration :-
Highway Surveyor
$1,500.00
Clerk
300.00
Telephone
61.51
Cleaning brook
122.75
All other, stationery, etc.
56.00
General Maintenance :-
Labor
$3,201.86
Teams
3,087.52
Crushed Stone
2,115.66
Equipment and repairs
524.36
Improved roads
2,348.19
$11,277.59
Sidewalk Repairs :-
Labor
$599.47
Teams
322.63
Material
947.06
Repairs to mixer
24.95
Tools
72.00
All other
33.72
$1,999.83
Snow and Ice : -
Labor
258.58
Teams
515.88
$774.46
Oiling Streets :-
Labor
$34.50
Teams
60.00
$2,040.26
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Dustaline
1,332.35
Tarvia
969.11
Repairs All other
131.00
47.36
Total Highway
$18,666.46
STREET LIGHTS
Contract
$13,914.15
BRIDGES
Labor
$69.03
Teams
28.03
Material
39.82
Tools
2.50
Labor, contract
59.96
RAILINGS
Labor
$104.67
Teams
34.14
Material
60.61
$199.42
MAINTENANCE OF PERMANENT ROADS
Labor
$687.10
Teams
432.42
Sand
106.50
Tarvia
675.87
Crushed Stone
502.56
All other
94.34
$2,498.79
CHARITIES
Poor Department :-
Salaries
$700.00
Stationery, printing and postage 18.67
Carfare, teams, investigation 99.48
$199.34
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Office Furniture
57.35
Office Supplies Advertising All other
4.75
7.50
43.50
$931.25
Outside Relief of Poor :-
Groceries
$2,155.40
Coal and wood
194.55
Board and care
2,746.20
Medicine and medical attendance
375.09
Town Physician's salary
350.00
State Institution
273.00
Dry goods and shoes
118.97
Rent
191.75
Burials
81.00
Auto hire
52.00
Services as nurse
25.90
Aid rendered
72.00
Carfare
20.63
All other
83.30
$6,739.79
Relief by other Cities and Towns :-
Cities
$662.50
Towns
15.00
$677.50
Mothers' Aid :-
By Town
$4,246.00
Other cities and towns
206.34
Fuel
162.00
Physician
100.00
All other
25.55
$4,739.89
Total Outside Relief
$13,088.43
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Almshouse :-
Superintendent
$780.00
Other employes
576.00
Groceries and provisions
1,307.78
Dry Goods and Clothing
133.09
Buildings
765.80
Fuel and Lights
500.96
Hay and grain
1,288.00
Telephone
.15
Automobile and supplies
448.60
Horse shoeing and tools repaired
35.23
Garbage
13.40
Supplies, seeds, hardware, etc.
72.53
Medicine
31.50
Medical attendance
18.00
All other
24.35
$5,995.39
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State aid
$1,219.26
Military aid
300.00
$1,519.26
Soldiers' Relief :-
Fuel
298.00
Cash
862.00
Medicine and medical attendance
114.54
$1,274.54
Total Soldiers' Benefits
$2,793.80
SCHOOLS
· Administration :-
Salary of Superintendent $2,645.00
Truant officer 285.48
Stationery, printing and postage 155.06
Telephone 91.07
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Traveling expenses
39.83
School census
32.84
Team hire
141.48
Office work and supplies
60.00
All other
48.58
$3,499.3₺
Teachers' Salaries :-
High
$10,176.07
Elementary
28,486.56
Evening
1,849.08
Supervisors
660.00
$41,171.7H
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
High :-
Text Books
463.97
All other School Supplies
598.03
1,052.00
Elementary :-
Text Books
597.80
All other School supplies
1,429.79
$2,027.59
Evening :-
Text books
$20.04
Tuition :-
High
21.00
Elementary
21.00
Transportation :-
Elementary
$2,357.74
Support of truants
17.29
$42.00
$2,375.03
Janitors' Salaries :- High 949.25
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Elementary
Evening
$3,540.12
Fuel and Lights :-
High
149.55
Elementary
1,077.73
Evening
104.76
$1,322.04
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
High :-
Repairs
$390.06
Janitors' supplies
9.91
Water Supply
88.65
Lumber
10.50
All other
111.97
$611.09
Elementary :-
Repairs
$2,111.96
Janitors' Supplies
61.17
Town hall account, rent
600.00
Water account
361.64
Lumber
74.37
Printing
53.75
Flags and brushes
97.60
All other
298.51
Furniture and Furnishings :-
High
$499.01
Elementary
18.35
$517.36
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Other Expenses :- Diplomas and graduation expenses 44.00
2,524.70 66.17
$3,659.00
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Miscellaneous printing 34.07
Total Schools
$59,915.39
LIBRARY
Salaries :-
Librarian
$1,200.00
›. . Assistants
1,005.08
Janitor
936.64
$3,141.72
Books, Periodicals, etc :-
Books
$748.02
Periodicals
486.12
All other
41.97
$1,276.11
Binding :-
Books
$71.25
Fuel and Light :-
Fuel
503.50
Lights
183.85
Building :-
Repairs
47.45
Janitor's supplies, etc.
76.92
$124.37
Other Expenses :-
Stationery, printing, and postage $138.31
Telephone
39.45
All other
21.34
$199.10
Mynott Fund, Books
$90.84
Total Library
$5,590.74
$687.35
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PLAYGROUNDS AND BATH HOUSES
Instructors
$1,119.79
Labor
277.10
Apparatus
66.64
Land
34.00
Teachers' Supplies
226.66
Rent
60.00
Lumber
146.78
Auto hire
64.08
Paint
27.00
Repairs
12.74
All other
51.73
$2,086.52
UNCLASSIFIED BAND CONCERTS
Music
$250.00
WELCOME HOME DAY
Decorating and Banner
$3,083.68
Telephone and postage
106.28
Parade
607.94
Dinners
2,192.50
Music
1,256.82
Auto Hire
65.00
Labor
269.49
All other
231.26
$7,812.97
MEMORIAL DAY
G. A. R.
$200.00
S. W. V.
100.00
$300.00
PENSIONS
Pensions Searching Parties
$165.00
$14.00
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Annual reports Fencing Brook Road State Guards Care of Town Clock
493.90
$250.00
$236.52
$50.00
INSURANCE
Fire department
$296.80
Schools
543.90
Town hall
49.92
Library
55.80
Ambulance
25.00
Liability
640.25
Almshouse
73.90
WATER AND ICE SUPPLY
Drinking fountains
$300.00
Hydrants
6,265.00
Care of fountains
10.00
Ice
220.15
Bubblers
78.05
$6,873.20
CEMETERIES
Superintendent's salary
$200.00
Labor
1,690.66
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$1,890.66
Other Expenses :-
Shrubs, etc
224.50
Tools
17.50
Weed killer
51.45
Surveys, etc.
85.18
Interest on Liberty Bonds
25.56
All other
45.50
$449.69
Total Cemeteries
$2,340.35
$1,685.57
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INTEREST
Temporary Loans :-
Anticipation of revenue
$4,665.17
General Loans :-
Sewer
$2,675.00
Highway
1,567.59
School
3,392.25
Auto truck
45.00
Soldiers' Monument
180.00
$12,525.01
DEBTS
Temporary Loans :-
Anticipation of revenue
$190,000.00
General Loans :-
Sewer
2,000.00
Highways
16,550.00
Schools
7,350.00
Auto truck
1,000.00
Soldiers' Monument
100.00
Total Indebtedness
$217,900.00
AGENCY
State and non-resident bank tax :-
Collected for county
$10,466.00
Collected for state 25,279.38
Liquor license, collected for state 1,384.08
Auditing municipal accounts 479.81
State highway tax
841.85
$38,451.12
SINKING FUND
Interest deposited $320.00
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds :-
State aid
$26.00
Board of Health
85.00
Schools
43.80
Insurance
153.16
Oiling street
249.90
Mothers' Aid
6.00
Outside Poor
100.00
Playgrounds
86.87
Transfers :-
Library to Mynott fund
$37.00
School to Town Hall
600.00
Mothers' Aid to Outside Poor
300.00
Mothers' aid to Almhouse
500.00
Various accts to Central st sewer
1,250.00
Various accts to Dudley River rd.
1,000.00
$3,650.00
Total Refunds and Transfers
$4,437.73
AMBULANCE
Repairs
$391.19
Drivers
20.77
Supplies
37.09
Oil and gasoline
53.16
Laundry
3.42
Tires and Tire Repairs
182.46
$688.09
OUTLAYS
Fire Station Alterations
$225.00
DUDLEY RIVER ROAD
Contract
$30,140.00
Advertising
4.03
Filling
615.76
Grates and frames
31.00
$750.73
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Toting Sand and stone 99.68
$30,894.47
SOUTH STREET IMPROVEMENT
Labor Contract
$6,718.38
Surveys, plans, etc.
697.50
Advertising Labor extras
1,021.42
$8,443.30
PLEASANT STREET REPAIRS
Labor
$80.04
Teams
41.88
Tools
5.10
Oil
.60
Pipes
18.08
$145.70
ROSE STREET SEWER
Labor contract
$247.24
Survey
17.97
$265.21
CENTRAL STREET SEWER
Engineering
$113.00
OVERLAND STREET SEWER
Labor contract
$548.67
Survey
21.34
$570.01
GREEN AVENUE SEWER
Labor contract
$258.00
Survey 35.94
$293.94
6.00
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CHARLTON STREET SEWER
Labor contract
$1,082.27
Lumber
56.33
Tools
13.45
Cement
12.60
Power drilling
433.93
Surveys
65.00
All other
155.34
$1,818.92
Total Payment and transfers
$524,373.41
Cash on hand December 31, 1919
45,717.41
$570,090.93
VALMORE P. TETREAULT Town Accountant
APPROPRIATIONS
Bal. Jan. 1, 1919
Transferred to
Appropriation
Total Credit
Unex. bal trans-
ferred to Rev.
Expenditures
Transf'd from
Total Debit
Bal. on hand
Dec. 31, 1919
Moderator
$ 50.00
50.00
30.00
20.00
50.00
Selectmen
2000.00
2000.00
187.58
1812.42
2000.00
Accountant
1300.00
1300.00
41.62
1258.38
1300.00
Treasurer
1300.00
1300.00
20.40
1279.60
1300.00
.Tax Collector
1975.00
1975.00
11.71
1963.29
1975.00
Assessors
3200.00
3200.00
362.61
2837.39
3200.00
Town Clerk
1000.00
1000.00
43.75
956.25
1000.00
Election and Registration
2000.00
2000.00
1782.55
217.45
2000.00
Law
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Town Hall
$600.00
2800.00
3400.00
30.52
3068.82
300.66
3400.00
Police Department
15000.00
15000.00
151.73
14848.27
15000.00
Fire Department
12800.00
12800.00
5.48
12794.52
12800.00
Fire Warden
300.00
300.00
14.47
285.53
300.00
Sealer
900.00
900.00
900.00
900.00
Forest Fires
500.00
500.00
64.20
435.80
500.00
Moth Extermination
100.00
100.00
1.23
98.77
100.00
Damage, persons, property
500.00
500.00
300.00
200.00
500.00
Board of Health
85.00
7700.00
7785,00
5.01
7779.99
7785.00
APPROPRIATIONS
Sewer Maintenance
1904.85
2000.00
3904.85
3904.85
3904.85
Main & Hamilton st cleaning
1600.00
1600.00
.12
1599.88
1600.00
General cleaning
2200.00
2200.00
2200.00
2200.00
Sanitary Cleaning
1350.00
1350.00
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1349.65
1350.00
Charlton St. Sewer
1818.92
1818.92
1818.92
1818.92
Green Ave. Sewer
293.94
293.94
293.94
293.94
Overland St. Sewer
570.01
570.01
570.01
570.01
Rose St. Sewer
265.21
265.21
265.21
265.21
Central St. Sewer
1250.00
1250.00
113.00
1250.00
1137.00
Bridges
200.00
200.00
.66
199.34
200.00
Highways
14,300.00
14300.00
207.69
14092.31
14300.00
Sidewalk Repairs
2000.00
2000.00
.17
1999.83
2000.00
Railings
200.00
200.00
.58
199.42
200.00
Street Lights
14000.00
14000.00
85.85
13914.15
14000.00
Maintenance Permanent roads
2500.00
2500.00
1.21
2498.79
2500.00
Oiling Street
249.90
2500.00
2749.90
175.58
2574.32
2749.90
Outside Relief of Poor
412.79
8000.00
8412.79
8412.79
8412.79
Mothers' Aid
6.00
5500.00
5506.00
30.36
4675.64
800.00
5506.00
Almshouse
500.00
5500.00
6000.00
4.61
5995.39
6000.00
State Aid
1219.26
1219.26
1219.26
1219.26
Military Aid
400.00
400.00
300.00
100.00
400.00
Soldiers' Relief
1600.00
1600.00
325.46
1274.54
1600.00
Soldiers' Burials
100.00
1000.00
100.00
100.00
Schools
3043.80
57084.10
60127.90
2.51 60125.39
60127.90
Primary School plans
361.02
361.02
361.02
APPROPRIATIONS
Bal. Jan. 1, 1919
Transferred to
Appropriation
Total Credit
Unex. bal trans-
ferred to Rev.
Expenditures
Transf'd from
Total Debit
Bal. on hand
Dec. 31, 1919
Public Library
37.00
5500.00
5537.00
.10
5536.90
5537.00
Mary Mynott Fund
91.28
91/28
90.84
91.28
Playgrounds
86.87
2000.00
2086.87
.35
2086.52
2086.87
Care of Town Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Insurance
153.16
2000.00
2153.16
1685.57
467.59
2153.16
Public Band Concerts
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Memorial day, care graves
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Searching parties
100.00
100.00
14.00
86.00
100.00
Annual reports
493.90
493.90
493.90
493.90
Water and Ice supplies
735.00
735.00
608.20
126.80
735.00
Pensions
396,00
396.00
165.00
231.00
396.00
Hydrants
6265.00
6265.00
6265.00
6265.00
State Guard
300.00
300.00
236.52
63.48
300.00
Ambulance
700.00
700.00
11.91
688.09
700:00
Welcome Home Day
8000.00
8000.00
7812.97
187.03
8000.00
Fire Station alterations
225.00
225.00
225.00
225.00
Cemetery improvements
1240.42
1200.00
2440.42
100.07
2340.35
2440.42
Interest
12675.00
12675.00
12525.01
149.99
12675.00
APPROPRIATIONS
Maturing Debt
27900.00
27900.00
27900.00
27900.00
South St. Macadam
8500.00
8500.00
56.70
8443.30
8500.00
Fencing McKinsty Bk. Rd.
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
Dudley River Rd.
417.15
9270.63
13700.00
23387.78
30890.47
30890.47
Mechanic st. paving
1,12f.86
1125.86
1125.86
Elm st Paving
99.16
99.16
99.16
Lebanon Brk. Bridge
12.66
12.66
12.66
Mechanic st. sidewalk
12.58
12.58
12.58
Mechanic st sidewalk
62.48
62.48
62.48
Chapin st Sidewalk
32.73
32.73
32.73
River St. School lot
43.18
43.18
43.18
Pleasant st. grading
145.70
145.70
145.70
145.70
$2,312.52
20624.07 265274.00
290010.56
1944.45
293576.00 3050.00
297663.58
2886.67
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1919 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash
$44,328.76
Accounts Receivable :-
Taxes
Levy of 1916
$15.87
Levy of 1917 784.69
Levy of 1918 6,236.81
Levy of 1919
27,814.47
$34,851.84
Special Assessments :-
Street Oiling 1916 446.11
Tailings
$53.11
Reserve Fund
$75.02
Overlay reserved for Abatements :-
Levy of 1916 1,115.10
Levy of 1917 3,293.27
Levy of 1918 2,995.76
Levy of 1919
2,571.64
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Liabilities
Temporary Loans $50,000.00
Anticipation of Rev. 11,000.00
Primary School Plans 361.02
$11,361.02
Revenue Accounts :-
Sidewalk 398.00
Sewer 3,612.01
$4,010.01
Sidewalk 398.00
Apportioned Sewer, '18 18.25
Apport'nd Sewer '19 185.73 Apportioned Sewer due 1920 to 1922 300.17 Unapport'ned Sewer 2,646.31
$3,994.57
$9,975.77
Committed Interest :-
Sewer Assessments 29.05
Departmental Bills 14.00
Apportioned Sewers :-
Due in 1920 185.70
Due in 1921 57.24
Due in 1922 57.23
From State :-
State Aid
1,246.26
Military Aid 150.00
$1,439.31
Dudley River Road
$7,502.69
320.00
14.895.09
$92,117.17
$92,117.17
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Cash
$1,388.65
Appropriation Balances :- Mechanic st Pav. $1,125.86
Elm st Paving 99.16
Lebanon Brk. Bridge
12.66
Mechanic st sidewalk 12.58 Mechanic st sidewalk 62.48 Chapin st sidewalk 32.73
River st school lot 43.18
$1,388.65
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$1,388.65
Central Street Sewer
$300.17 $1,137.00
Cemetery and Trust Funds to be invested 490.00
Sinking Fund to be in-
Excess + Teste Defienmy acco
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Sinking Funds $34,347.44 Net Funded and Fixed Debt 138,852.56
Funded Debt $50,000.00
Serial Debt 123,200.00
$173,200.00
$173,200.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Savings Deposits and Securities
Mynott Fund
$1,000.00
$27,880.02
Cemetery Funds 26,670.93 Boyer Trust Fund 209.09
$27,880.02
$27,880.02
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Report of An Audit
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OF
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THE ACCOUNTS
OF -
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The Town of Southbridge
For the Year Ending December 31, 1918
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 598, ACTS OF 1910 AND A VOTE OF THE TOWN
MARCH 14, 1919
Commonwealth of Massachusetts BUREAU OF STATISTICS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON
March 14, 1919
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. Wilfrid J. Lamoureux, Chairman Southbridge, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :-
I herewith submit my report of an audit of the ac- counts of the town of Southbridge for the year ending December 31, 1918, made in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1910 and amendments thereto. This report is in the form of a report to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Bureau, who was placed in charge of the work.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES F. GETTEMY, Director
Mr. Charles F. Gettemy,
Director, Bureau of Statistics,
State House, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sir :-
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the accounts of the town of Southbridge for the year ending December 31, 1918, and submit the fol- lowing report:
The appropriations made by the town for carrying on the work of the several departments were compared with the accounts set up on the accountant's books.
The books in the accountant's office were examined and the amounts charged against the several appropri-
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ations were checked to the warrants and authorized charges. The warrants were proved and checked with payments made by the treasurer.
The receipts as shown by the accountant's books were checked with the amounts reported by the treasurer and. with departmental reports to the accountant ..
The classification book was examined and checked to the ledger accounts.
The several commitments made for the collection of revenue were checked and proved by comparing the re- ported collections and abatements and by listing the out- standing accounts, and differences were reconciled.
A balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town at the close of the year is appended to this report
The records were found to be well kept and easily verified.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were checked in detail. The cash balance as shown by his books on January 31, 1919 was proved by a verification of the cash on hand and a reconciliation of the bank balance. The balance was reconciled back to December 31, 1918 as shown by the table appended to this report.
Receipts as shown by the treasurer were checked with departmental reports and with the accountant's books. The payments were proved by checking the amounts shown on the cash book with properly approved warrants.
Debt and interest payments were checked with amounts becoming due during the year and vouchers on file.
The securities and investments of the several funds in the custody of the treasurer were examined and found to be as recorded.
The necessary funds for meeting the needs of the
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town were provided in a business-like manner and the accounts were accurately kept.
The books and accounts of the collector of taxes were checked in detail. The collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer as shown by the treasurer's books, abatements were checked with the records of abatements granted, and outstanding accounts were listed. They were also checked with the reports to the accountant and the total amounts outstanding were reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
In reconciling the accounts the Collections as shown by the commitment book's were checked to the Collector's cash book and differences noted.
Verification notices were sent to a number of per- sons whose names appeared as owing money to the town; many replies were reeived acknowledgeing the account to be correct and but one replied claiming to have paid the amount stated. I am satisfied that the accounts are correct with the exception of some clerical errors. I have called the collector's attention to the above claim, and am assured that a proper credit will be given upon pre- sentation of a receipted bill. In the meantime, it will ap- pear among the open accounts of his books, as no tangi- ble evidence was presented in support of the claim.
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