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In checking the appropriations it was noted that transfers aggregating $25,717.76 were voted during the year from surplus revenue for various departmental pur- poses. It is recommended that caution be exercised in voting appropriations from surplus revenue, for unless such transfers are actually represented by free cash in the treasury, the financial condition of the town may be seriously impaired and the town treasurer hindered from complying with the provisions of Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws, as effecting the issuance and payment of tem- porary revenue laws.
The surplus revenue at the end of 1929, amounting to $18,597.29, is not available for appropriation until the
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outstanding taxes of 1928 and prior years, aggregating $45,197.33, are collected.
It is recommended that a determined effort be made at once to secure settlement of outstanding taxes of prior years.
The town treasurer's accounts were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were compared with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were checked with the warrants authorizing the treas- urer to disburse town funds and with the accountant's books.
The cash book was footed for the period covered by the audit, and the cash balance was reconciled with the amounts in banks.
The payments on account of debt and interest were verified with the amounts falling due and with the can- celled bonds, notes, and coupons on file.
The treasurer's record of sewer assessments was ex- amined, the amount added to taxes and the apportion- ments were verified, and the outstanding amounts were listed and reconciled.
The savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the sinking fund and of the several trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were ex- amined and verified, the income, withdrawals, and new bequests being proved and found to be as recorded.
Appended to this report are tables showing a re- conciliation of the treasurer's cash and the condition of the sinking and trust funds.
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The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and verified. The commitments were proved to the assessors' warrants and the recorded collections were verified by a comparison with the payments to the treasurer, as shown by the treasurer's books.
The abatements, as recorded, were checked to the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the out- standing accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's books.
The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed are correct.
Summary tables of the tax and assessment accounts and a reconciliation of the tax collector's cash are ap- pended to this report.
The town clerk's recorded receipts for licenses is- sued for the town were compared with the selectmen's record of licenses granted, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The records of fish and game licenses issued for the State and of dog licenses for the county were ex- amined, and the payments to State and County, respect- ively, were verified.
The records of charges and receipts from the rent of the town hall and from the sealer of weights and measures, as well as from the police, fire, ambulance, health, highway, public welfare, infirmary, mothers' aid, school, library, and cemetery departments were ex-
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amined, and the payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's and the accountant's books, the out- standing accounts being listed and reconciled.
The surety bonds of the treasurer, tax collector and town clerk were examined and found to be in proper form.
For the cooperation rendered by the several town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on be- half of my assistants and for myself, to express appre- ciation.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) EDW. H. FENTON.
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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance January 1, 1929
$56,582.64
996,456.88
Receipts $1,053,039.52
Payments
$1,035,235.69
Balance December 31, 1929
17,803.83
$1,053,039.52
Balance January 1, 1930
$17,803.83
Receipts January 1 to 25, 1930
45,592.97
$63,396.80
Payments January 1 to 25, 1930
$30,433.20
Balance January 25, 1930 :
Southbridge National Bank, $28,763.95
Peoples National Bank
4,199.65
Southbridge
32,963.60
$63,396.80
Southbridge National Bank
Balance January 25, 1930, per
statement,
$29,055.91
Balance January 25, 1930, per
check register $28,763.95
Outstanding checks January 25,
1930, per list 291.96
$29,055.91
Peoples National Bank, Southbridge
Balance January 25, 1930, per statement, $9,930.92
Balance January 25, 1930, per check register, $4,199.65
Outstanding checks January 25, 1930, per list 5,731.27
$9,930.92
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RECONCILIATION OF TAX COLLECTOR'S CASH
Balance January 25, 1930 :
Taxes 1927,
$110.92
Taxes 1928
195.27
Taxes 1929
462.41
Motor Vehicles Excise taxes 1929
71.55
Interest-taxes 1927,
2.53
Interest-taxes 1928
.81
Interest-taxes 1929,
8.10
$851.59
Cash on hand January 25, 1930, verified $851.59
TAXES-1926
Outstanding January 1, 1929,
$2,798.56
Payments to treasurer,
$2,263.93
Abatements, Outstanding December 31, 1929
402.92
$2,798.56
Outstanding January 1, 1930,
$402.92
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930,
$150.04
Outstanding January 25, 1930 per list, 252.88
$402.92
TAXES-1927
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$27,555.97
Payments to treasurer $18,695.23
Abatements,
601.92
Outstanding December 31, 1929
8,258.82
$27,555.97
Outstanding January 1, 1930 $8,258.82
$577.08
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930, Abatements January 1 to 25, 1930 . . 19.04
131.71
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Outstanding January, 25, 1930, per list
7,551.78
Cash on hand January 25, 1930 110.92
$8,258.82
TAXES-1928
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $72,950.84
Overpayment taxes 1928 applied to taxes 1929 10.00
Abatement after payment, refunded
17.68
$72,978.52
Payments to treasurer
$35,676.57
Abatements 749.36
Overpayment to treasurer in 1928 17.00
Outstanding December 31, 1929
36,535.59
$72,978.52
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$36,535.59
Abatement after payment, refunded
.68
$36,536.27
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930 $3,281.75
Outstanding January 25, 1930 per list
33,059.25
Cash on Hand January 25, 1930 195.27
$36,536.27
TAXES-1929
Committment per warrent
$375,474.12
Additional commitment
90.87
$375,564.99
Payment to treasurer $302,677.41
Abatements Transferred to tax titles
556.30
7.87
Overpayment taxes 1928 applied
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to taxes 1929
10.00
Outstanding December 31, 1929
72,313.41
.
$375,564.99
Outstanding January 1, 1930 . .
$72,313.41
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930 $2,936.98
Outstanding January 25, 1930
per list Cash on hand January 25 1930
68,914.02
462.41
$72,313.41
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES-1929
Commitment per warrant
$23,435.24
Additional commitment
7,369.41
$30,804.65
Abatement after payment, refunded
75.38
$30,880.03
Payments to treasurer
$22,951.35
Abatements 2,320.03
Outstanding December 31, 1929
5,608.65
$30,880.03
Outstanding January 1, 1930 $5,608.65
Abatement after payment 1929 re- funded 1.28
Abatement after payment, refunded 3.95 Overpayment to collector, to be re- funded 1.00
$5,614.88
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930
$1,466.34
Abatements January 1 to 25 1930 . . 60.63
Outstanding January 25, 1930, per list
4,016.36
Cash on hand January 25, 1930 71.55
$5,614.88
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INTEREST ON TAXES
Collections 1929 :
Levy of 1926
$351.64
Levy of 1927
2,117.31
Levy of 1928
1,552.35
Levy of 1929
117.45
Levy of 1929, motor vehicle excise 16.33
$4,155.08
Payments to treasurer
$4,055.39
Cash on hand December 31, 1929
99.69
$4,155.08
Cash on hand January 1, 1930
$99.69
Collections January 1 to 25, 1930 :
Levy of 1926
$6.29
Levy of 1927
72.67
Levy of 1928
79.20
Levy of 1929
36.85
Levy of 1929, motor vehicle excise
11.44
206.45
$306.14
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930 Cash on hand January 25, 1930
$294.70
11.44
$306.14
UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$3,402.10
Payments to treasurer $569.07
Apportionments due 1929-1934
2,377.91
Added to taxes 1929 3.91
Outstanding December 31, 1929
451.21
$3,402.10
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UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1928
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$485.56
Payments to treasurer $101.94
Outstanding December 31, 1929
383.62
$485.56
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$383.62
Abatements January 1 to 25, 1930-
$181.35
Outstanding January 25, 1930 per
202.27
list
$383.62
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1927
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $52.01
Payments to treasurer $38.51
Outstanding December 31, 1929 and
January 25, 1930, per list 13.50
$52.01
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1928
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $359.64
Payments to treasurer $197.69
Outstanding December 31, 1929 and
January 25, 1930, per list
161.95
$359.64
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1929
Commitment
$952.81
Payments to treasurer $279.14
Outstanding December 31, 1929 and
January 25, 1930, per list
673.67
$952.81
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UNAPPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1929
Commitment $3.91
Payments to treasurer $3.91
APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS PAID IN ADVANCE
Collections :
Apportionments due 1930 $74.66
Apportionments due 1932 16.90
$91.56
Payments to treasurer
$91.56
COMMITTED INTEREST-SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$ 233.31
Commitment 227.32
Overpayment of committed interest, apportioned sewer due 1929, applied
to additional interest 1.01
$461.64
Payments to treasurer
$154.50
Outstanding December 31, 1929
307.14
$461.64
Outstanding January 1, 1930 $307.14
Abatement January 1 to 25, 1930 $52.57
Outstanding January 25, 1930 per list 254.57
$307.14
ADDITIONAL INTEREST-SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Collections
Payments to treasurer
$8.97
$9.98
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Overpayment of committed interest on apportioned sewer due 1929, ap- plied to additional interest 1.01
$9.98
UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Commitments 1929
$1,361.39
Outstanding December 31, 1929
$1,361.39
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$1,361.39
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930 Outstanding January 25, 1930
$105.76
1,255.63
$1,361.39
UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1926
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$1,361.39
Outstanding December 31, 1929 $192.40
Outstanding January 1, 1930 $192.40
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930 $141.60 Abatements January 1 to 25, 1930 . 50.80
$192.40
UNAPPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1927
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $681.02
Payments to treasurer $486.11
Outstanding December 31, 1929 and
January 25, 1930, per list
194.91
$681.02
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APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1927
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $28.56
Payments to treasurer $28.56
APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1928
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$233.00
Payments to treasurer $172.05
Outstanding December 31, 1929 and
January 25, 1930, per list 60.95
$233.00
APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS ADDED TO TAXES 1929
Commitment
$389.13
Payments to treasurer $156.13
Outstanding December 31, 1929 and
January 25, 1930, per list 233.00
$389.13
COMMITTED INTEREST - SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $85.80
45.64
Payments to treasurer
$68.61
Outstanding December 31, 1929
62.83
$131.44
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$62.83
Payments to treasurer January 1 to 25, 1930
$4.96
Abatements January 1 to 25, 1930 1.78
Outstanding January 25, 1930
56.09
$62.83
Commitments
$131.44
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ADDITIONAL INTEREST-SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Collections
$33.62
Payments to treasurer 1929
$33.62
Collections January 1 to 25, 1930
$27.93
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
$27.93
25, 1930
SELECTMEN'S LICENSES
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$1.00
Licenses issued :
Firearms
$6.00
Jitney drivers
145.00
Jitney
219.00
Innholders
24.00
Sunday
213.00
Common victuallers
69.00
Auto first class
9.00
Auto second class
36.00
Garage
2.00
Advertisement gasoline
18.00
Gasoline
19.00
Circus
15.00
Theatre
10.00
783.00
$784.00
Payments to treasurer
$784.00
TOWN CLERK'S LICENSES
Licenses issued 1929 :
Junk
$120.00
Pool
79.00
Bowling Alley
45.00
Auctioneers
10.00
Liquor third class
2.00
Gasoline storage
.50
$256.50
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Payments to treasurer $256.00 .50
Cash on hand December 31, 1929
$256.50
Cash on hand January 1, 1930 $.50
Overpayment to treasurer 1928
16.00
Licenses issued January 1 to 25, 1930 Auctioneer $2.00
$18.50
Overpayment to treasurer 1928
$16.00
Cash on hand January 25, 1930
2.50
$18.50
DOG LICENSES
Licenses issued 1929 :
544 Males
and spayed
females
@ $2.00
$1,088.00
95 Females @ $5.00
475.00
1 Breeder ,@ $50.00 50.00
$1,613.00
Payments to county treasurer
$1,483.20
Fees retained by town clerk 639 @ 20c 127.80 Cash on hand December 31, 1929 $2.00
$1,613.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1930 $2.00
Overpayment to county treasurer 1927 4.00
Licenses issued January 1 to Janu-
ary 25, 1930 : 2 Males @ $2.00 4.00
$10.00
Overpayment to county treasurer
1927 $4.00
Cash on hand January 25, 1930 6.00
$10.00
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HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
Licenses issued January 1 to 25, 1930 :
Resident citizens' sporting, 246 @ $2.25
$553.50
Resident citizens' trapping 1 @ $2.25 2.25
Non-resident citizens' sporting 1
@ $2.25
2.25
Minor trappers' 4 @ .75 3.00
$561.00
Fees retained by town clerk, 252 @ 25c $63.00
Cash on hand January 25, 1930 498.00
$561.00
RECONCILIATION OF TOWN CLERK'S CASH
Balances January 25, 1930 :
Town licenses
$2.50
Hunting and fishing licenses
498.00
Dog licenses 6.00
$506.50
Cash over
16.50
$523.00
Overpayment to town treasurer 1928
$16.00
Overpayment to county 1927 4.00
Cash on hand January 25, 1930
(verified) 503.00
$523.00
TOWN HALL RENTALS
Chrges 1929 Payments to treasurer
$566.00
$541.00
Outstanding December 31, 1929 25.00
$566.00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$25.00
Bills of 1928, not previously charged : Rent of lock-up
$50.00
Rent of court room
300.00
350.00
Charges 1929 :
Rent of lock-up
$50.00
Rent of court-room
1,200.00
Repairing beacon
15.00
Gasoline and oil
2.25
Telephone calls
1.85
1,269.10
$1,644.10
Payments to treasurer
$1,294.10
Outstanding December 31, 1929 per
list
350.00
$1,644.10
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Charges :
Garage permits
$72.00
Fires
220.00
Recharging extinguishers
6.50
Repairing hose
2.00
$300.50
Payments to treasurer
$300.50
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES F. Gatineau, Sealer
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $.78
Abatements 1929 . $.78
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G. R. Lariviere, Sealer
Cash on hand January 1, 1929
$4.11
Fees for sealing 202.67
$206.78
Payments to treasurer
$198.62
Overpayment to treasurer 1928
8.16
$206.78
AMBULANCE
Cash on hand January 1, 1929
$10.00
Outstanding January 1, 1929
842.00
Charges
1,087.00
$1,939.00
Payments to treasurer
$937.00
Abatements
247.00
Outstanding December 31, 1929 per
list
745.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1929
10.00
$1,939.00
BOARD OF HEALTH Accounts Receivable
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$21.93
Charges
20.00
$41.93
Payments to treasurer
$20.00
Abatements
21.93
$41.93
BOARD OF HEALTH Licenses
Licenses issued :
Alcohol
$12.00
Hair dresser
23.00
Milk
25.00
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Oleomargarine
3.50
Slaughter
2.00
Rendering Ice Cream
1.00
1.00
Pasteurization
10.00
$77.50
Payments to treasurer
$77.00
Outstanding December 31, 1929, per list .50
$77.50
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$103.50
Charges
422.55
$526.05
Payments to treasurer
$422.55
Outstanding December 31, 1929, per
list
103.50
$526.05
PUBLIC WELFARE
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$7,093.79
Charges
6,326.44
$13,420.23
Payments to treasurer
$3,752.66
Abatements
725.00
Disallowances by state
1,302.06
Outstanding December 31, 1929 per
list
7,640.51
$13,420.23
INFIRMARY
Outstanding January 1, 1929 $59.00
Charge for board
100.00
Sale of lumber 5.00
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Payments to treasurer
$164.00 $164.00
MOTHERS' AID
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$3,562.65
Correction of 1928 charges 72.93
Charges 1929
5,706.35
$9,341.93
Payments to treasurer
$3,635.58
Outstanding December 31, 1929 per
list
5,706.35
$9,341.93
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1929
$621.50
Charges :
Tuition
$7,420.97
Use of auditorium
50.00
Rent of typewriter
10.00
Typewriting
.75
Trade School supplies
25.00
Books and supplies
11.47
Car tickets
106.00
Toll calls
13.10
7,637.29
$8,258.79
Payments to treasurer
$7,859.79
Outstanding December 31, 1929, per
list
Tuition 399.00
$8,258.79
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LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
Cash on hand January 1, 1929
$47.05
Fines 499.32
$546.37
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Payments to treasurer
$491.52
Cash on hand December 31, 1929 54.85
$546.37
Cash on hand January 1, 1930 $54.85
Fines January 1 to February 12, 1930 54.99
$109.84
Payments to treasurer January 1 to
February 12, 1930 $94.14
Cash on hand February 12, 1930, (verified)
15.70
$109.84
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Outstanding January 1, 1929 :
Perpetual care funds
$400.00
Sale of lots
217.00
Opening graves
43.00
$660.00
Charges 1929 :
Perpetual care funds
$450.00
Sale of lots
425.00
Opening graves
310.00
Foundations
9.30
Annual care
3.00
1,197.30
$1,857.30
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Payments to treasurer $1,465.30
Outstanding December 31, 1929, per list:
Perpetual care funds
$150.00
Sale of lots 167.00
Opening graves 75.00
392.00
$1,857.30
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SEWER LOAN SINKING FUND
Securities
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year, 1929 $16,000.00
$34,496.01
$50,496.01
On hand at end of year, 1929
$8,000.00
$14,350.46
$22,350.46
Receipts
Payments
Securities sold,
$8,000.00
Deposited in savings banks
Withdrawn from
$1,854.45
savings banks,
22,000.00
Transferred to town
Income,
1,854.45
for maturing debt,
30,000.00
$31,854.45
$31,854.45
JESSE J. ANGELL CHARITY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year, 1929
$1,020.10
$1,020.10
On hand at end of year 1929
$1,061.51
$1,061.51
Receipts
Payments
Income
$41.41 Deposited in savings bank
$41.41
ELLA M. COLE FUND (Needy School Children)
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year, 1929 On hand at end of year 1929
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Receipts
Payments
Income
$150.00
Transferred to town
$150.00
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ALEXIS BOYER, JR., SCHOOL FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1929
$231.16
$231.16
On hand at end of year 1929
$242.28
$242.28
Receipts
Payments
Income
$11.12 Deposited in savings banks
$11.12
MARY MYNOTT LIBRARY FUND
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at begininng of year 1929
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1929
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Receipts
Payments
Income
$48.10 Transferred to town
$48.10
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank
Securities
Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1929
$39,768.93
$39,768.93
On hand at end of year 1929
$8,000.00
$32,943.93
$40,943.93
Receipts
Payments
Withdrawn from savings
Deposited in savings
bank
$8,000.00
banks
$1,175.00
Income
1,865.33
Securities purchased
8,000.00
Sale of lots
475.00
Transferred to town for
Bequests
700.00
cemetery
1,865.33
$11,040.33
$11,040.33
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CEMETERY GENERAL CARE FUNDS
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1929
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
On hand at end of year 1929
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
Receipts
Payments
Income
$1,221.38 Transferred to town for cemetery
$1,221.38
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TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE
BALANCE SHEET -- December 31, 1929 GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash in Banks:
General
$17,803.83
Surplus War Bonus Fund
and Accumulation
9,345.79
$ 27,149.62
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1926 402.92
Levy of 1927
8,258.82
Levy of 1928
36,535.59
Levy of 1929
72,313.41
117,510.74
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1929
5,608.65
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Special assessments
Unapportioned Sewer
(Treasurer)
451.21
Unapportioned Sewer 1928
Added to Taxes
383.62
Apportioned Sewer 1927
Added to Taxes 13.50
Apportioned Sewer 1928 Added to Taxes 161.95
Apportioned Sewer 1929
Added to Taxes
673.67
Committed Sewer
Interest 1927
2.43
Committed Sewer
Interest 1928
130.88
Committed Sewer
Interest 1929
173.83
1,991.09
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Unapportioned Sidewalk 1929 1,361.39
Unapportioned Sidewalk
1926, Added to Taxes 192.40
Unapportioned Sidewalk 1927, Added to Taxes 194.91
Apportioned Sidewalk 1928 Added to Taxes 60.95
Apportioned Sidewalk 1929
Added to Taxes 233.00
Committed Sidewalk
Interest
62.83
2,105.48
Tax Titles held by Town
804.31
Departmental :
Town Hall
25.00
Police
350.00
Ambulance
755.00
Highway
103.50
Public Welfare
7,640.51
Mothers': Aid
5,706.35
State Aid
606.00
Military Aid
682.75
School
399.00
Cemetery
392.00
16,660.11
Overdrawn Accounts :
Tree Warden
2.59
Snow and Ice
996.01
Highways
9.48
1,008.08
Gideon Gregoire Tax Reimbursement
1,240.12
$174,078.20
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LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue
$100,000.00
Trust Funds Income :
Jesse J. Angell
Charity Fund 16.69
Alexis Boyer, Jr. School Fund
11.29
Ella M. Cole Fund
153.85
Jacob Edwards Library Fund
738.26
Mary Mynott Library Fund
.67
920.76
Tailings
467.89
World War Memorial Fund 9,345.79
Appropriation Balances :
Fairmont Avenue Drain .40
Everett Street Drain .62
Main Street Paving
497.56
Main Street Drain
1.06
Olney Avenue Drain
1.58
Main and Everett Street Sidewalks 56.96
By-Laws
133.50
691.68
Sewer Assessment Receipts
4,354.81
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
3,182.69
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1926 422.69
Levy of 1927
2,359.84
Levy of 1928
3,578.31
Levy of 1929
2,986.81
9,347.65
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Revenue Reserved Until Collected
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 5,608.65
Sewer Assessment 1,991.09
Sidewalk Assessment
2,105.48
Tax Title
804.31
Departmental
16,660.11
27,169.64
Surplus Revenue
18,597.29
$174,078.20
DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Sewer Assessments Apportioned
but not Due
$3,239.42
Sidewalk Assessments Apportioned
but not Due
371.84
$3,611.26
LIABILITIES
Apportioned Sewer Assessments
Due in 1930
$1,006.94
Due in 1931
835.56
Due in 1932
554.09
Due in 1933
554.07
Due in 1934
102.90
Due in 1935
78.58
Due in 1936
56.76
Due in : 1937
30.62
Due in 1938
19.90
$3,239.42
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Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments Due in 1930 Due in 1931
339.45
32.39
371.84
$3,611.26
DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Sinking Funds-Cash and Securities
$ 22,350.46
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
170,619.54
$192,970.00
LIABILITIES
Sewer Construction Loan 1900 General Loans:
$20,000.00
Serial 4 Per Cent
$162,250.00
Serial 4 1-4 Per Cent
2,000.00
Serial 5 Per Cent
6,000.00
Serial 5 1-8 Per Cent
2,720.00
172,970.00
$192,970.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
ASSETS Trust Funds-Cash and Securities $71,247.72
$71,247.72
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LIABILITIES
Jesse J. Angell Charity Fund Ella M. Cole Fund
$1,061.51
(Needy School Children) Alexis Boyer, Jr., School Fund
3,000.00
242.28
1,000.00
Mary Mynott Library Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 40,943.93
Cemetery General Care Funds
25,000.00
$71,247.72
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INDEX
Report of Town Finance Committee 127
Accountant's Report 27
Balance Sheet 53
Assessor's Report 105
Board of Health
89
Cemetery Committee 111
Engineer's Report
67
Fire Engineers
69
Forest Fire Warden
77
List of Town Officers
3
Police Department
83
Playground Committee 117
Report of the Almoner
105
Report of Ambulance Department 37
Report of the Board of Public Welfare 109
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
121
Report of State Audit 1928
139
Selectmen's Report
19
Tax Collector
59
Town Clerk's Report
60
Treasurer's Report
22
Trustees of the Public Library
113
Report of the Inspector of Wires 124
Report of the Tree Warden 125
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE TOWN OFFICERS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE
TOWN of SOUTHBRIDGE
. MAS
.
THE EYE O
YE OF THE COMMONW!
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31
1930
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS PRINTING COMPANY SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1930
TREASURER Felix A. Bouvier
CLERK Raymond H. Favreau
SELECTMEN
Joseph Lafleche, 2nd Alfred J. Peloquin Joseph E. Benoit
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Hermas Lippe Napoleon J. Blanchard
Hermenegilde J. Lamothe
Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1932 Term Expires 1931
ASSESSORS
Joseph T. Gervais Philias X. Casavant Eugene E. Gabree
Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1932 Term Expires 1931
BOARD OF HEALTH
Charles Simpson, M. D. Arthur Lavallee Joseph G. E. Page, M. D.
Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1932 Term Expires 1931
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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Adelard Bouchard
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Leo Renaud Armand O. Degrenier George B. Wells
Pierre Lafortune
Joseph E. Benoit Hector LeClair
Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1933
Term Expires 1932
Term Expires 1932
Term Expires 1931 Term Expires 1931
TRUSTEES JACOB EDWARDS
MEMORIAL LIBRARY For The Town
George Grant Louis O. Rieutord
Fred E. Corbin Henry Tetreault
For The Fund John E. Paige
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Seaver M. Rice Alva L. Hyde George H. Hartwell Clarence F. Morse Wardwell M. Edwards Daniel T. Morrill
Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1932 Term Expires 1932 Term Expires 1931 Term Expires 1931
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CONSTABLES
Ulric Brault Alfred Lariviere
Andrew Higgins Ovila Martin Marcus L. Dillaber
Patrick Donnelly
George H. Hartwell
TAX COLLECTOR Leon J. Delage
PLANNING BOARD
Henry R. Dufault Oswald Laliberte
Joseph A. Allard George S. Potter Origene J. Paquette
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
Pierre Benoit Omer Perron Onesiphore Lapierre
Term Expires 1933 Term Expires 1932 Term Expires 1931
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