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Delete "(b) Residential & Agricultural Districts" and substitute the following paragraph: "(b) Industrial Districts: Industrial Districts shall be located along the New Haven R.R. right of way in the following areas: North Harwich: Along the New Haven R.R. right of way from the Town of Dennis line easterly to a point approximately one thousand (1,000) feet distant. Harwich Center: Along the New Haven R.R. right of way from Lothrop Avenue easterly to a point approxi- mately one thousand (1,000) feet east of Kelley Street not more than two hundred (200) feet back from the R.R. right of way on north side and on south side back to Great Western Road from Lothrop Avenue to road leading to the oil plant, then two hundred (200) feet back from R.R. right of way easterly to east boundary. (c) Residential and Agricultural Districts: Residential and Agricultural Districts to consist of all areas in the Town of Harwich not included in (a) Com- mercial Districts and (b) Industrial Districts."
Under Section 2 "Use Regulations", after paragraph 1 insert the following new paragraph: "1A. In Industrial Districts: Buildings, structures and premises may be used for any lawful manufacturing or ware housing business if not considered detrimental to health or injury to vegetation from fumes or waste and if authorized by the Board of Appeals after its approval of all plans for proposed construction and occupancy."
Under Section 3. "General", strike out paragraph (d) and insert the following new paragraph. "(d) The minimum area of lots with dwelling thereon shall not be less than seventy-five hundred (7,500) square feet and where more than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of land is avail- able under the same owner the minimum shall not be less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet"; and to act fully thereon.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following changes in and amendments to the Build- ing and Fire Prevention By-Law of the Town of Harwich adopted February 7, 1950, effective June 29, 1950:
Section 4, Paragraph 2-to insert at the beginning of the paragraph "Except in commercially zoned areas." Section 11
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-delete the entire section 11 and substitute the following new section: "Section 11, Board of Appeals. The Board of Appeals established under the Protective By-Laws for the Town of Harwich shall be the Board of Appeals for the Building and Fire Prevention By-Laws, said Board to act in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25-30B as amended"; and to act fully thereon.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following changes in and amendments to the Build- ing and Fire Prevention By-Law of the Town of Harwich adopted February 7, 1950, effective June 29, 1950:
Section 7-to strike out this section and insert the follow- ing three sections:
"Section 7, Footings: 1. All footings shall be poured concrete. 2. All footings under one story buildings shall be six inches thick and extend three inches each side of wall. 3. All footings under one and a half and not over two story buildings shall be eight inches thick and extend four inches each side of wall. 4. Under all lally columns or posts the footings shall be at least twenty inches by twenty inches and eight inches thick. 5. Under chimneys the footings shall project at least six inches and be at least eight inches thick.
"Section 7A, Foundations: 1. All foundations shall be of continuous masonry walls, exclusive of access openings, windows or vents: Minimum requirements to be as follows: 2. Six inch concrete for poured concrete supporting one story wood frame structure without basement. 3. Eight inch thickness for all other poured walls. 4. Eight inch thick- ness for all masonry unit walls which extend not more than eight feet below finish grade. 5. Twelve inch thickness for all masonry unit walls which extend more than eight feet below finish grade. 6. All areas under building must be accessible with a minimum clearance of at least twenty inches and ventilated in two exterior walls.
"Section 7B, Framing: 1. Where floor joists frame into side of wood girders, metal hangers or a bearing strip spiked to the girder must be used. 2. No bearing partition shall be more than two feet from main carrying girder. 3. Girders shall be at least six by eight or its equivalent. Space between bearing shall not be over eight feet. 4. Maximum span of floor joists-two by six-10 feet; two by eight-14 feet; two by ten-18 feet; two by twelve-20 feet. Floor joists shall be spaced at a minimum of sixteen inches on centers. 5. All floor joists shall be cross bridged using at least one of three
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stock as follows: Span eight to fourteen feet-minimum one row; Span fourteen to twenty feet-minimum two rows. All floors in building used in whole or in part as dwellings shall be of double boarding. 6. All outside walls and bearing partitions shall be two by four studding set sixteen inches on centers. All plates on outside walls and bearing partition shall be two by four doubled. All openings in exterior or in- terior walls over four feet shall be trussed or timbered suffi- ciently to carry the load. 7. Rafters, minimum size: On buildings twenty-six feet wide or less two by six set not more than twenty-four inches on centers. On buildings over .twenty-six feet to thirty feet wide two by eight set not more than twenty-four inches on centers and to act fully thereon.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be used in planting shade trees along town accepted ways under Chapter 87 and to act fully thereon.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) for the purpose of making improvements to the stage switchboard and stage lighting in the Exchange Building Auditorium and to act fully thereon.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase 500 chairs for the Exchange Building Auditorium and to act fully thereon.
Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to buy and install a new chandelier for the auditorium in the Exchange Building and to act fully thereon.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to be used by the Town of Harwich for its share of the cost of the 1955 State Census and to act fully thereon.
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be used under the direction of the Selectmen for the promotion of public recreation and amusement in the form of athletics and to act fully thereon.
Article 81. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for Band Concerts in the summer of 1954 and to act fully thereon.
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Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to be used under the direction of the Selectmen to properly celebrate and observe July 4, 1954 and to act fully thereon.
Article 83. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell to Bradford Gardner et ux Helen a certain parcel of land adjacent to his homestead bounded and des- cribed as follows: Northerly by Pleasant Street 20 feet; westerly by the Schoolhouse Parking Lot 100 feet; southerly by the Schoolhouse Parking Lot 20 feet and easterly by land of Bradford Gardner et ux Helen 100 feet and to act fully thereon.
Article 84. To see if the Town will vote to release all right, title and interest which it may have in Prospect Avenue and Beach Street in Harwich Port, and to instruct the Select- men to convey by deed said Prospect Avenue and Beach Street for nominal consideration to the abuttors of said ways; all necessary expense shall be assumed by the abuttors. Said deed to the abuttors to convey title to said ways from the midlines thereof to the abuttors on each side and to act fully thereon.
Article 85. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase the land and building located in Harwich Center owned by the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank and the Cape Cod Trust Company for use as a Town Office Building with parking facilities more particularly described as follows: on the south by Main Street, on the east by Gershom D. Hall and Alfred H. Paine et ux, on the north by J. Howard Doane et ux and on the west by Harry B. Albro et ux and to act fully thereon.
Article 86. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to renovate, alter, and equip for town offices the so-called Bank Building referred to in the preceeding article and to act fully thereon.
Article 87. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the Stabilization Fund established under Article 46 of the 1953 Annual Town Warrant and appropriate a sum of money therefore and to act fully thereon.
Article 88. To see if the Town will vote to expend the refunded Dog Tax for the support of Brooks Free Library and to act fully thereon.
Article 89. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from surplus revenue or available funds a sum of money for the purpose of reducing the 1954 tax rate and to act fully thereon.
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Article 90. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money for unpaid bills of 1953 as provided for in Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1941 and to act fully thereon.
Article 91. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the following unexpended balances of special appropriations to Surplus Revenue:
Purchase Police Cruiser
$42.37
Control of Dutch Elm Disease
19.05
Planting shade trees
.11
Purchase new truck-Highway Dept.
60.00
Oiling & Hardening Queen Anne Road
.62
Widening & Hardening Gorham Road
6.50
Widening & Hardening Long Pond Drive
3.62
Improvement Channel Herring River
West Harwich
10,000.00
Harbor Improvement, Dredging & Groin Work-Round Cove
30.00
Herring Brook Flume 260.61
Fill Water hole-Brooks Park
.37
Celebration of July 4th
9.34
Painting Standpipe-Brooks Park
832.00
Complete 6" water mains-
Grey Neck Road
.66
Extension Water Main-
Sequatucket Bluffs
3,394.24
Water Dept. Storage Building
.13
$14,659.62
Hereof fail not and make returns of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventh day of January 1954.
HOWARD C. CAHOON
ALTON E. WALKER
STEPHEN WEEKES
Selectmen of Harwich
A true copy :
Attest:
C. CONRAD NICKERSON, Constable
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Report of the Finance Committee
Upon the resignation of Calvin Eldredge from the village of Pleasant Lake the moderator appointed Irvin Phipps for a term of three years and with the resignation of Thomas Wright from East Harwich and Hilliard Hopkins from North Harwich, the Selectmen met with the Finance Committee and appointed Dr. Carlton R. Crosby from East Harwich and Robert Stearns from North Harwich to serve until the annual town meeting of 1954.
Seven meetings were held throughout the year and the following transfers were made:
Reserve Fund Appropriation $8,000.00
June 26, 1953-Moth Department $300.00
(For purpose of spraying pine trees)
Sept. 4, 1953-Office Equipment 650.00
Repairs to Public Bldgs. 300.00
Oct. 30, 1953-Elections & Registrations 150.00
Nov. 10, 1953-Moth Department 250.00
(For purpose of conducting a survey relative to the Gypsy Moth)
Dec. 1, 1953-Civil Defense 718.16
(Worcester Tornado disaster-reim-
bursed from City of Worcester) Civil Defense 23.55
Aid to Dependent Children 1,000.00
$3,391.71
$3,391.71
$4,608.29
On November 16th the committee had authorized a trans- fer of $262.74 to Aid to Dependent Children but it was found that such a transfer was not needed at that particular time.
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Also a transfer of $124.89 to the Park Department was dis- approved on December 1st.
Several of our committee attended the State Association meetings that were held in Boston and much knowledge was derived.
Again, I would like to express my appreciation to the members of the Finance Committee for their faithful atten- dance and their conscientious manner of handling the re- quests as they arise.
Respectfully submitted,
MARSHALL SIEBENMANN, Chairman
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Report of the Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
and Citizens of Harwich, Massachusetts:
The Town Accountant herewith submits a report of the financial transactions of the Town of Harwich for the year ending December 31, 1953. Appreciation is expressed to the heads of the various departments for promptness in present- ing bills and payrolls for payment.
RECEIPTS For Year Ending December 31, 1953
Taxes.
Prior Years:
Poll
$22.00
Personal Property
658.88
Real Estate
16,036.38
$16,717.26
Current Year:
Poll
$1,792.00
Personal Property
33,575.36
Real Estate
365,493.68
400,861.04
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Prior Years
4,398.30
Current Year
30,279.73
34,678.03
Tax Titles Redemption
1,002.66
Federal Withholding Taxes
20,310.46
Water Rates and Services
51,676.64
Accounts Receivable:
Old Age Assistance:
Reimbursement State
$35,485.07
Reimbursement Cities and Towns
1,881.69
Aid to Dependent Children: Reimbursement State
4,711.70
Public Welfare:
Reimbursement State
2,244.61
Reimbursement Cities and Towns
2,288.61
Health Fund:
Reimbursement State
270.00
$417,578.30
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Disability Assistance:
Reimbursement State Administration
157.07
Reimbursement State Aid
2,620.96
Schools
5,744.59
Veterans' Benefits: Reimbursement State
5,737.00
Public Welfare:
Partial Reimbursement of Individual
166.43
Chap. 90-Highway Construction:
1951-Contract No. 13487: Reimbursement State
$1,430.38
Reimbursement County
715.21
$2,145.59
Chap. 90-Highway Construction:
1952-Contract No. 14042:
Reimbursement State
$5,324.60
Reimbursement County
2,308.43
7,633.03
Chap. 90-Highway Construction:
1953-Contract No. 14520:
Reimbursement State
$6,132.75
Reimbursement County
3,066.37
9,199.12
Chap. 90-Bridge Construction:
1953-Contract No. 14584: Reimbursement State
1,497.21
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration Aid
6,200.33
Old Age Assistance:
$2,228.68
Administration Aid
37,177.80
39,406.48
Disability Assistance:
$253.29
Administration Aid
1,520.18
1,773.47
Sale of Elementary School Addition Bonds Premium on Elementary School Addition Bonds
$1,161.00
Interest-Elementary School Addition Bonds
612.75
Licenses and Permits:
Amusement
$4.00
Auctioneer
6.00
Building
366.00
Bowling
22.00
Cabins
46.00
Cesspool
15.00
Dog (for County)
771.00
Garbage
30.00
Gasoline
16.00
Innholder
56.00
Junk and Rubbish
35.00
$20,474.95
$813.99
7,014.32
$48,194.27 430,000.00
1,773.75
$61,141.30
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Liquor
Lodging-house
148.00
Lord's Day
70.00
Marriage
90.00
Motor Vehicle-Classes 1, 2, and 3.
25.00
Pistol
14.00
Plumbing
266.00
Shellfish:
Commercial
$295.00
Resident
133.00
Non-resident
61.00
489.00
Subdivision
5.00
Sunday Movies
48.00
Victualler
70.00
All Others
14,00
$6,106.00
State Grants:
Income Tax
$41,027.18
Corporation Tax-Business
29,132.20
Meal Tax-Old Age
1,786.03
Marine Fisheries
850.00
School Construction
3,724.45
Vocational Education
370.47
$76,890.33
Court Fines
10.00
Court House Rent
1,250.00
Library Fines
71.78
Rent of Room-Brooks Block
1.00
Sealer's Fees
139.20
Rent of Exchange Hall
15.00
Rent of Stores-Exchange Building
$600.00
Donald T. Bates
600.00
$1,200.00
Sale of Fire Pumper
176.00
Rental of Town Sprayer
58.75
Civil Defense-Worcester Disaster Fund
718.16
Reimbursement from Federal Civil Defense Agency for purchase of new pumper
5,,637.50
Town Nurse Collections
661.25
Highways Miscellaneous
14.00
Rent of High School Auditorium
20.00
High School Miscellaneous
60.94
High School Lunch Account
7,588.14
Elementary School Lunch Account
16,055.71
High School Athletics
677.25
Sale of Voting Lists and Town Map
12.00
Director of Standards
48.00
Care and Killing of Dogs
32.50
Advertising
67.75
Barnstable County Dog Fund
615.33
Interest on Taxes
552.63
Charges and Fees on Taxes
34.72
Interest and Costs on Tax Titles
161.53
Interest and Costs on Tax Titles
161.53
Premium-Workmen's Compensation Insurance 1952
288.60
J. F. Tobey & Son
3,500.00
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Miscellaneous receipts Overpayment Barnstable County Retirement System
40.20 50.00
Refunds to Trust Funds: Income-Caleb Chase Charity Fund Income Johnson-Ulm Scholarship Fund
$183.00 50.00
$233.00
Refunds to Appropriations:
Purchase Police Cruiser
$124.95
Fire Department-Salaries
4.50
Highways-General Repairs
2.59
Aid to Dependent Children-Federal Grant
5.10
Old Age Assistance-Town Fund
146.88
Old Age Assistance-Federal Grant
96.90
School Department
68.29
Insurance
23.39
$472.60
Cemetery Bequests
250.00
Trust Funds Income:
Caleb Chase Charity
$693.62
Henry C. Brooks Medal
29.40
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship
1,825.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
801.25
3,349.27
Total Receipts
$1,210,555.93
Cash Balance January 1, 1953
243,577.71
$1,454,133.64
DISBURSEMENTS For year ending December 31, 1953
General Government:
Moderator
$100.00
Selectmen's Salaries
4,330.00
Selectmen's Clerk-Salary
2,400.00
Selectmen's Expense
493.07
Accountant's Salary
2,400.00
Accountant's Expense
210.91
Treasurer's Salary
1,980.00
Treasurer's Bond
215.50
Treasurer's Expense
688.29
Collector's Salary
2,780.00
Collector's Bond
330.00
Collector's Expense
997.29
Deputy Collector's Fees
30.00
Assessors' Salaries
3,600.00
Assessors' Expense
1,500.00
Assessors' Maps
3,021.00
Surveying Town Property
82.85
Boundstones
61.31
Relocation, Alteration and
2,988.11
Layout of Town Ways Law Department
700.00
$38,708.04
Protection of Persons and Property:
Police Department Salaries
$23,623.60
Police Department Operating Expense
4,038.94
Purchase New Police Cruiser
2,861.58
Fire Department-Salaries
13,852.36
Fire Department-Operating Expense
7,294.37
Purchase Fire Hose
1,150.00
Purchase New Pumper
17,000.00
Moth Department
1,950.00
Tree Warden's Salary
500.00
Payment to Tree Warden for Services in 1952
508.13
Forestry Department
800.00
Repairs on Large Spraying Machine
344.68
Control of Dutch Elm Disease
580.95
Planting Shade Trees
499.89
Spraying Pine Trees
288.29
Sealer Weights and Measures
700.00
Marine Fisheries-State
276.00
Wire Inspector
900.00
Life Guard at Beach
632.26
Building Inspection (Salary $2,200.00)
2,460.22
Civil Defense
1,938.53
$82,199.80
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health
$2,450.00
Town Dump
2,600.00
Dental Clinic (Schools)
1,437.22
Town Nurse
2,500.00
Town Nurse Substitute
474.90
Plumbing Inspection
1,090.00
Inspector of Animals
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
50.00
Highways and Harbors:
Highway Surveyor's Salary
$3,700.00
Highways-General Repair
34,969.01
Snow Removal
2,197.58
Fences and Railings
597.39
Bridges
537.59
New Bridge-Lothrop Avenue
4,500.00
State Aid to Bridge-Lothrop Avenue
365.82
Purchase New Highway Truck
2,940.00
Purchase New Tractor Loader
1,600.00
Chap. 90-1951 Highway Construction
2,170.34
Chap. 90-1952 Highway Construction
8,705.04
Chap. 90-1953 Highway Maintenance
2,997.64
Chap. 90-1953 Highway Construction
14,336.19
Land Damages
8.00
Town Clerk's Salary
800.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Town Clerk's Expense
91.11
Elections and Registrations
1,536.29
Office Equipment
1,142.04
Finance Committee Expense
134.18
Planning Board Expense
76.47
Tax Titles Expense
16.23
Exchange Building (Salary-$2,620.00)
5,990.39
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$10,652.12
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Street Lights 10,177.54
Oiling and Hardening Queen Anne Road
2,699.38
Widen and Improve Gorham Road
2,993.50
Widening and Hardening Long Pond Drive Accepting Layouts:
3,996.38
Grey Neck Lane
35.00
Earle Terrace
30.00
Joe Lincoln Road
40.00
Red River Road
40.00
Victory Drive
35.00
Ocean Avenue (South Harwich)
40.00
Regrading and Hardening Town Landing Allen's Harbor
275.00
Harbor Improvement-Dredging and
970.00
Seining Pool Construction
500.00
Repairs-Town Docks and Floats
188.05
Charities and Veterans' Benefits:
Board of Public Welfare
$900.00
Welfare Agent's Salary
2,240.00
Social Worker's Salary
1,400.00
Junior Clerk and Typist's Salary
1,220.00
Welfare Expense
599.45
Public Welfare
13,511.65
Disability Assistance:
Town Fund
3,552.20
Federal Grant
2,172.48
Aid to Dependent Children: Town Fund
6,000.00
Administration-Federal Grant:
Salary-Welfare Agent
$190.00
Salary-Social Worker
200.00
Salary-Junior Clerk Typist
185.00
Aid Federal Grant
7,614.34
Old Age Assistance:
Town Fund
45,146.88
Administration-Federal Grant
Salary-Welfare Agent $810.00
Salary Social Worker 800.00
Salary- Junior Clerk Typist
815.00
Other Expense
153.15
$2,578.15
Aid Federal Grant
44,793.55
Free Bed
1,000.00
Veterans' Benefits-(Salary $1,200.00)
14,989.61
$148,293.31
Schools and Libraries:
School Committee
$450.00
School Department
136,921.76
High School Lunch
7,250.12
Elementary School Lunch
16,699.51
High School Athletics
752.02
Vocational Education
253.90
For Use of Committee on
Space Needs for Schools
2,100.00
Addition to Elementary School
37,801.54
Groin Work-Round Cove
$101,636.45
$575.00
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Purchase of Land from H. J. Paine for School 1,000.00
Purchase of Land from Bertha H. Chase for School Brooks Free Public Library 3,115.33 Harwich Port Library 894.54 Chase Library 900.00
$210,638.72
Recreation and Unclassified:
Park Department
$6,653.08
Payment of 1952 Bills to Park Commissioners
378.00
Fill Water Hole-Brooks Park
399.63
Extending Parking Lot-Earle Road Relocate Drain Pipe
1,600.00
Regrading, Hardening with Oil, New Wall, Bank St. Parking Lot
3,000.00
Continued Hardening and Improvement-
Schoolhouse Parking Lot, Harwich Port
3,674.00
Extension of Hard Pavement Shore Road and Hard Surfacing for Parking Lot
2,000.00
Erection of Comfort Station-Bank Street Beach Parking Lot
2,900.00
Recreation-Baseball
500.00
Band Concerts-Chatham Band
500.00
Recreation Commission
3,733.48
Repairs of Public Buildings
3,291.63
Memorial Services and Armistice Day
440.30
Town Reports
1,050.00
Celebration on July 4th
990.66
Cleaning Beaches and Repairs to Board Walks
901.21
Beach Erosion
1,125.21
Purchase Beach Land (Larkin Property) Uncle Venies Road
3,500.00
Purchase Beach Land (L. Munro Property)
Foot of Bank Street
4,000.00
Planting and Purchasing Shellfish
547.13
Propagation & Protection of Shellfish (Salary $1,800.00)
2,217.15
Propagation of Fish and Game
99.95
Herring Committee
300.00
Advertising
491.56
Insurance
7,823.14
Miscellaneous
495.94
Unpaid Bills of 1952
1,400.40
Cemetery Commission
934.43
Water Department:
Water Commissioners
$300.00
Water Maintenance and Operation
22,522.91
Water Service Installations
9,453.90
Water Extensions
3,550.93
Painting and Repairing Elevated Water Tank
10,115.06
Painting Standpipe-Brooks Park
1,668.00
Complete 6-in. Water Mains-Grey Neck Road Water Main Construction
14,229.02
Extension Water Mains-Sequatucket Bluffs
212.00
Water Dept. Storage Building
271.42
Water Survey
4,368.77
$67,891.36
1,199.34
$54,946.90
2,500.00
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Municipal Indebtedness:
Retirement Water Bonds
$7,000.00 490.00
Interest on Water Bonds
Retirement Elementary School Bonds
18,000.00
Interest on Elementary School Bonds
5,380.00
$30,870.00
Federal Withholding Taxes
20,310.46
Proceeds Dog Licenses for County
771.00
State Assesments:
State Parks and Reservations
717.25
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
4,298.35
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
687.59
County Tax, Barnstable
55,639.32
Barnstable County Retirement System
2,789.57
Care and Killing of Dogs
32.50
Premium on Loan
1,165.53
Trust Funds Income:
Caleb Chase Charity for Public Welfare
763.38
Henry C. Brooks Metal
29.40
Johnson-Ulm Scholarship:
U. S. Government Bonds
$875.00
Scholarship
950.00
Refund paid to Fund
50.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Cemetery Bequests-Deposited in
Cape Cod 5 Cents Savings Bank
250.00
Stablization Fund
Deposited Wellfleet Savings Bank
$15,000.00
Deposited Bass River Savings Bank
15,000.00
$30,000.00
Refunds:
Taxes:
Poll-1953
$4.00
Personal Property-1953
131.20
Real Estate-1953
233.28
Motor Vehicle Excise-1952
73.20
Motor Vehicle Excise-1953
533.09
Water Rates and Services
46.53
Total Payments
$866,988.60
Cash on Hand-December 31, 1953
587,145.04
$1,454,133.64
$1,875.00
801.25
$974.77
TOWN OF HARWICH Ledger Account of Appropriations and Miscellaneous Accounts
Accounts
Balances Appropria- Jan. 1, 1953 tions
Cash Receipts
Reserve Fund Transfers
Expendi- tures
Unexp'd Bal. to Revenue
Balance Carried to 1954
Moderator
$100.00
$100.00
Selectmen's Salaries
4,330.00
4,330.00
Selectmen's Clerk
2,400.00
2,400.00
Selectmen's Expense
500.00
493.07
$6.93
Accountant's Salary
2,400.00
2,400.00
Accountant's Expense
250.00
210.91
39.09
Treasurer's Salary
1,980.00
1,980.00
Treasurer's Bond
215.50
215.50
Treasurer's Expense
700.00
688.29
11.71
Collector's Salary
2,780.00
2,780.00
Collector's Bond
330.00
330.00
44
Collector's Expense
1,000.00
997.29
2.71
Deputy Collector's Fees
100.00
30.00
70.00
Assessors' Salaries
3,600.00
3,600.00
Assessors' Expense
1,500.00
1,500.00
Assessors' Maps
$456.00
3,000.00
3,021.00
$435.00
Surveying Town Property
82.85
82.85
Boundstones
100.00
61.31
38.69
Relocation, Alteration &
4.00
3,500.00
2,988.11
515.89
Law Department
700.00
700.00
Settlement of Claims
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