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$3,665.00
$3,665.00
Recreation Commission-Administration
Payments
$22.62 27.38
Appropriated
$50.00
Bal. to Revenue
$50.00
$50.00
Payments Bal. to Revenue
Junior and Senior Activities $992.69 7.31
Appropriated
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
100
Park Development $500.00 Appropriated $500.00
Payments
Recreation-Athletics
None
Bal. January 1, 1955
$70.00
$70.00
$70.00
$70.00
Memorial Day and Veterans' Day
Payments
$417.80
Appropriated
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
82.20
$500.00
$500.00
Band Concerts-Art. 10
Payments
$450.00
Special Article
$600.00
Bal. to Revenue
150.00
$600.00
$600.00
Celebration of July Fourth, 1955-Art. 11
Payments
$881.87
Special Article
$1,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
118.13
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Erect Entrance Signs to Villages of Harwich-Art. 80
Payments
$337.55
Special Article
$350.00
Balance to 1955
12.45
$350.00
$350.00
Advertising Resources of Harwich-Art. 81
Payments
$2,956.15
Special Article
$3,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
43.85
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Payments
Town Reports $1,300.00 Appropriated
$1,300.00
Payments
Moving Jetty-Earle Road Beach $2,000.00 Bal. January 1, 1955
$2,000.00
Payments
Building Jetty-Uncle Venies Road-Beach $2,000.00 Bal. January 1, 1955
$2,000.00
Pumping Sand on Bathing Beach-Deep Hole Road
Trans. to Art. 71 $2,500.00 Bal. January 1, 1955
$2,500.00
Payments
Purchase Beach Property-West Harwich $750.00 Bal. January 1, 1955
$750.00
Purchase Beach Land-C. B. Russell
Payments None Bal. to 1956 $1,850.00
Bal. January 1, 1955
$1,850.00
$1,850.00
$1,850.00
Payments
Recreation-Baseball-Art. 12 $500.00 Special Article $500.00
Payments Balance to 1956
101
Purchase South Harwich Beach Land
Payments Balance to 1956
None Bal. January 1, 1955 $2,916.00
$2,916.00
$2,916.00
$2,916.00
Care of Town Beaches
Payments
$2,913.38 Appropriated
$3,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
36.62
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Payments
$5,000.00
Appropriated
$5,000.00
Shore Erosion & Development of Beach-S. Harwich-Art. 70
Payments
None
E. & D. Surplus Rev. $2,500.00
Balance to 1956
$12,000.00
Special Article 9,500.00
$12,000.00
$12,000.00
Extend and Improve Parking Lot-New Beach, S. Harwich-Art. 71 Payments $2,500.00
Prevention of Erosion-Camp Ground Beach
Payments
None
Bal. January 1, 1955
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
Prevention of Erosion-Earle Road Beach
Payments
$1,000.00 Bal. January 1, 1955
$1,000.00
Development New South Harwich Beach
Payments
$7,500.00 Bal. January 1, 1955
$7,500.00
Improvement to Parking Lot-Pleasant Road Beach
Payments
None
Bal. January 1, 1955
$400.00
Balance to 1956
$400.00
$400.00
$400.00
Oil Parking Lot-Pleasant Road Beach
Payments
None Bal. January 1, 1955
$200.00
Balance to 1956
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Harden Parking Area-Town Beach, Pleasant Bay
Payments
None
Bal. January 1, 1955
$500.00
Balance to 1956
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
Clear and Improve New Beach-Long Pond
Payments
$694.00
Bal. January 1, 1955
$935.00
Balance to 1956
241.00
$935.00
$935.00
Clear and Improve New Beach-Seymour's Pond
Payments
Balance to 1956
None $200.00
Bal. January 1, 1955
$200.00
$200.00
$200.00
Balance to 1956
$3,000.00
Trans. frm
Art. 77-1953
$2,500.00
Beach Erosion
102
Shellfish Warden's Salary
Salary
$1,542.50
Appropriated
$1,800.00
Bal. to Revenue
257.50
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
Shellfish Warden's Expense
Payments
$300.00
Appropriated
$300.00
Planting Shellfish
Payments
$5.68
Appropriated
$800.00
Bal. to Revenue
794.32
$800.00
$800.00
Propagation of Fish and Game
Payments
$60.77
Appropriated
$100.00
Bal. to Revenue
39.23
$100.00
$100.00
Herring Supervision
Payments
$300.00
Appropriated
$300.00
Necessary Improvements to Herring Brook
Payments
$83.44
Bal. January 1, 1955
$843.55
Balance to 1956
760.11
$843.55
$843.55
Cost of State Census
Payments
$401.25
Bal. January 1, 1955
$500.00
Balance to 1956
98.75
$500.00
$500.00
Advertising
Payments
$207.53
Appropriated
$700.00
Bal. to Revenue
492.47
$700.00
$700.00
Insurance
Payments
$14,330.59
Appropriated
$15,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
669.41
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
Miscellaneous
Payments
$500.00
$500.00
Payments
Appropriated
$976.70
Cemetery Commission-Labor
Payments
$955.45
Appropriated
$1,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
44.55
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Appropriated Unpaid Bills of 1954-Art. 87 $976.70
103
WATER DEPARTMENT
Water Commissioners $300.00 Appropriated
$300.00
Water Department-Administration $7,699.64
Salaries
Appropriated
$7,700.00
Bal. to Revenue
.36
$7,700.00
$7,700.00
Administration Expenses
Payments Bal. to Revenue
$3,069.48
Appropriated
$3,300.00
230.52
$3,300.00
$3,300.00
General-Foreman's Salary
Payments
$4,399.72
Appropriated
$4,400.00
Bal. to Revenue
.28
$4,400.00
$4,400.00
General Expense
Payments
$10,770.37
Appropriated
$14,175.00
Bal. to Revenue
3,404.63
$14,175.00
$14,175.00
Pumping Station Expenses
Payments
$3,893.27 2,381.73
Appropriated
$6,275.00
$6,275.00
$6,275.00
Service Installations
Payments
$14,026.66
Appropriated
$15,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
973.34
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
Water Survey
$938.40
Bal. January 1, 1955
$1,283.57
$1,283.57
$1,283.57
Payments
$348.04 Bal. January 1, 1955
$348.04
Water Extensions
Payments
$4,979.83 927.79
Bal. January 1, 1955 E. & D. Surplus Rev. Article 40
$1,907.62
Balance to 1956
4,000.00
$5,907.62
$5,907.62
Painting & Repairing Water Tank-Kildee Hill
Payments Balance to 1956
$220.00 664.94
Bal. January 1, 1955
$884.94
$884.94
$884.94
Bal. to Revenue
Payments Balance to 1956
345.17
Water Main Construction Account
Payment
104
Installation of Water Mains on Town Accepted Roads-Art. 46-1954 Payments $414.33 Balance to 1956 26,534.61
Bal. January 1, 1955 $26,948.94
$26,948.94 $26,948.94
Extending Water Mains Along Doane Road and South Street to Sisson Road-Art. 48-1954
Trans. to Arts.
39-46-58 $203.77 Bal. January 1, 1955 $203.77
Complete Water Mains on South Street North to Existing Mains Along Sisson Road to Route 28-Art. 49-1954
Transfer to Arts. 39-46-58 $16,506.90 2,000.00
Bal. January 1, 1955 $18,506.90
$18,506.90
$18,506.90
Connect Existing Water Mains on Belmont Road-Art. 50-1954
Payments
$2,146.93
Bal. January 1, 1955 $4,491.62
Bal. to 1956
2,344.69
$4,491.62
$4,491.62
Extend Water Mains at Old Mill Point, West Harwich-Art. 51-1954
Payments
$865.04
Bal. January 1, 1955 $1,325.55
Balance to 1956
460.51
$1,325.55
$1,325.55
Construction and Extension of Water Mains-Art. 39
Payments
$205.89
Balance to 1956
4,534.78
Transfer from Arts. 48 & 49-1954 $4,740.67
$4,740.67
$4,740.67
Extend Water Mains-Uncle Venie's Road-Art. 46
Payments
$562.20
Balance to 1956
6,937.80
Transfer from Arts. 48 & 49-1954 $7,500.00
$7,500.00
$7,500.00
Extend Water Mains-Grassy Pond Road-Art. 58
Payments
$2,327.83
Balance to 1956
2,142.17
Transfer from Arts. 48 & 49-1954
$4,470.00
$4,470.00
$4,470.00
Extend Water to Flag Pole-Brooks Park-Art. 22
Payments
$297.98
Special Article $322.25
Balance to 1956
24.27
$322.25
$322.25
Electrify Pumping Apparatus-Water Dept .- Art. 44
Payments
Balance to 1956
$300.00 E. & D. Surplus Rev. $17,000.00
16,700.00
$17,000.00 Method of Financing Water Mains Extension-Art. 59 Trans. to Art. 57 $794.75 Special Article $794.75
$17,000.00
Bal. to 1956
105
Rest Room at Pumping Station-Water Dept .- Art. 45
Payments
$987.01 E. & D. Surplus Rev. $3,725.00
Balance to 1956
2,737.99
$3,725.00
$3,725.00
Purchase of Truck-Water Dept .- Art. 41
Payments
$2,095.00
E. & D. Surplus Rev. $2,100.00
Balance to 1956
5.00
$2,100.00
$2,100.00
Making Test Wells-Art. 3
Payments
$1,866.60
E. & D. Surplus Rev.
$6,000.00
Balance to 1956
4,133.40
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
Purchase of Land for Water Dept .- Art. 42
Payments
None
Special Article
$2,500.00
Balance to 1956
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
Water Dept .- New Wells-Art. 43
Payments
$35,604.55
Temp. Loan
$15,000.00
Balance to 1956
58,395.45
Bond Issue
79,000.00
$94,000.00
$94,000.00
Water-Kelley Street-Art. 48
Payments
$9,843.74 6,746.26
Bond Issue
$16,590.00
Balance to 1956
$16,590.00
$16,590.00
Water-Ginger Plum Lane-Art. 49
Payments
$2,094.25
Bond Issue
$5,434.00
Balance to 1956
3,339.75
$5,434.00
$5,434.00
Water-Depot Road-Art. 53
Payments
$14,496.40 Bond Issue
$15,487.75
Balance to 1956
991.35
$15,487.75
$15,487.75
Water-Route 24-Pleasant Lake-Art. 54
Payments
$24,486.60 26,894.40
Bond Issue
$51,381.00
Balance to 1956
$51,381.00
$51,381.00
Water-Queen Anne Road-East-Art. 55
Payments
$7,994.08 1,965.92
Bond Issue
$9,960.00
Balance to 1956
$9,960.00
$9,960.00
106
Water-Queen Anne Road-West-Art. 56
Payments
$12,592.49
Bond Issue $14,045.00
Balance to 1956
1,452.51
$14,045.00
$14,045.00
Water-Brook's Road-Art. 57
Payments
$693.98
Bond Issue
$102.25
Balance to 1956
203.02
Transfer Art. 59
794.75
$897.00
$897.00
Water Mains Construction, Art. 1-June 3, 1955
Payments
$169,108.79
Temporary Loan
$85,000.00
Balance to 1956
208,891.21
Bond Issue
294,000.00
$379,000.00
$379,000.00
Reserve Fund Transfers-1955
Retirement of Water Bonds & Interest
$806.80
Appropriated
$8,000.00
Moth Dept.
500.00
Board of Appeals
300.00
Collector's Clerk
100.00
Highway-Bridges
600.00
Veterans' Dept.
2,000.00
Schools:
Instructions
600.00
Maintenance
1,785.00
Aux. Agencies
500.00
Accountant's Salary
79.84
Accountant's Clerk
100.00
Exchange Bldg. &
Town Offices
165.80
Town Council Fees
200.00
Bal. to Revenue
262.56
$8,000.00
$8,000.00
TOWN OF HARWICH Balance Sheet-December 31, 1955 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Cash
$585,756.54
Caleb Chase Charity Fund Income $378.78
Premium on Water Loans 348.47
General:
State Grants-Marine Fisheries Federal Grants: Disability Assistance $781.52
894.17
Accounts Receivable: Taxes
Administration Assistance
589.74
Personal Property
1,858.35
Real Estate
24,144.36
26,026.71
2,152.06
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
442.22
Assistance
3,572.21
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise Levy of 1955
2,060.90
10,352.59
Special Tax-Section 95, Chapter 60, General Laws Personal Property Taxes 1952
16.00
$1,213.38
Athletics
45.24
Tax Titles and Possessions: Tax Ttitles
$1,215.32
Tax Possessions
1,038.25
2,253.57
Appropriation Balance: Revenue
General
$65,905.75
Departmental:
General Relief
$573.00
Non-Revenue
Aid to Dependent Children
1,282.36
School Construction
18,239.35
Veterans' Services
437.13
Water Construction
School
3,260.56
and Extensions
354,834.43
5,553.05
467,018.09
Levy of 1955: Poll
$24.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
2,814.84
Administration Aid
107
School Revolving Funds: Lunch
1,258.62
Water
28,038.56
Assets
Liabilities and Reserves
Water Rates and Services Aid to Highways: State County
$1,500.00 1,500.00
Overestimates 1955: State Recreation Areas Assessment Sale of Real Estate Fund Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
110.46
3,422.75
713.42
3,000.00
Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1955
2,328.58
Unprovided Accounts: Overlay Deficits:
Levy of 1949
$140.95
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
$2,060.90
Special Tax
16.00
Tax Title and Possession
2,253.57
Departmental
5,553.05
Water
4,713.47
Aid to Highway
3,000.00
Underestimates 1955: State Assessments: Mosquito Control County Tax
14.95
7,781.61
Surplus Revenue
134,115.99
$638,538.91
$638,538.91
108
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: : General Outside Debt Limit: Public Service Enterprises
$604,000.00
694,000.00
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: General $604,000.00 School Outside Debt Limit: Public Service Enterprise: Water 694,000.00
$1,298,000.00
$1,298,000.00
Levy of 1950
127.44
Levy of 1951
132.48
Levy of 1954
961.24
1,362.11
17,596.99
4,713.47
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Savings Deposits and Securities: In custody of Town Treasurer In custody of Trustees
72,219.66 15,683.88
In Custody of Town Treasurer: School Funds: Henry C. Brooks Medal $1,252.47 Johnson-Ulm Scholarship 35,701.53
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Investment Funds: Post-War Rehabilitation Stabilization
$36,954.00 33,417.04
$899.26
949.36
1,848.62
In Custody of Trustees: Caleb Chase Charity Fund Library Funds: George W. Nickerson
10,303.49
5,211.73
John J. Small
168.66
5,380.39
109
$87,903.54
$87,903.54
Respectfully submitted,
DOUGLAS B. SAWYER, Town Accountant
110
Treasurer's Report
Dr.
Cash on hand-January 1, 1955
$320,355.65 1,623,062.91
Received during 1955
Total Receipts
$1,943,474.56
Cr.
Payments made by Warrants-1955
$1,357,718.02
Cash in Cape Cod Trust Co., Dec. 31, 1955
585,637.09
Cash on hand in Treasury, Dec. 31, 1955
119.45
Total
$1,943,474.56
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Treasurer
BROOK'S MEDAL FUND Dr.
Amount of Fund, December 31, 1955 Interest
18.50
Cr.
Paid for School Medal-1955
18.13
Amount in Savings Bank, December 31, 1955
$1,252.47
Licensing-Filling Stations, Gasoline Pumps and Storage Tanks-1955 30 Licenses issued at 50c each
Paid Town Treasurer
$15.00 $15.00
DOG LICENSES-1955
217 Males
@
$2.00
$434.00
48 Females
a 5.00
240.00
94 Spayed Females
a 2.00
188.00
6 Breeders
a
10.00
60.00
365
Total
$922.00
Deducted for fees
@
.20
73.00
Amt. due County on account of Licenses
$849.00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Treasurer
$1,252.10
$1,270.60
111
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS - PERPETUAL CARE LOTS Interest only to be used.
Principal
Interest Expended
Interest Not Used
Allen, Jairus
$50.00
$2.00
$50.36
Allen, Mercie K.
200.00
238.38
Ansell, William E.
100.00
2.75
106.43
Atkins, Prince A.
200.00
6.00
204.11
Atwood, Love C.
150.00
5.00
150.31
Baker, Aaron E.
50.00
1.50
50.24
Baker, Austin
50.00
1.50
50.32
Baker, Cyrus
100.00
3.00
100.82
Baker, John Avery
100.00
3.00
100.47
Baker, Richard R.
100.00
3.00
100.31
Baker, Sarah M.
50.00
1.50
50.75
Baker, Theophilus B.
200.00
4.00
208.89
Bassett, Alvin N.
200.00
7.00
238.26
Bassett, Heman E.
100.00
4.00
100.96
Bassett, Isaac
300.00
10.00
312.39
Bassett, Vincent I.
250.00
Bearse, Isaac M.
150.00
5.00
153.69
Bee, Benjamin F.
100.00
3.00
100.29
Bent, Charles T. A.
5,000.00
202.00
5,790.69
Berry, Henry C.
100.00
2.75
101.18
Berry, Herbert C.
100.00
2.75
101.40
Berry, Sr., James
100.00
2.75
101.72
Berry, James C.
100.00
2.75
104.59
Berry, Judah
100.00
2.75
101.24
Briggs, Emma J.
50.00
1.25
53.54
Brown & Phillips
100.00
3.00
100.06
Bullard, Maude S.
250.00
6.00
268.67
Butler, Joseph L.
200.00
2.50
202.88
Cahoon, Alpheus
75.00
2.00
84.23
Cahoon, Joel B.
150.00
4.00
157.71
Chase, A. & Josiah Thacher
300.00
8.00
315.22
Chase, Anna A.
100.00
1.50
100.00
Chase, Arthur F.
100.00
2.75
101.74
Chase, Benjamin R.
100.00
2.75
101.67
Chase, Benjamin W.
200.00
6.00
204.45
Chase, Caleb
300.00
6.00
310.00
Chase, Edgar W.
50.00
1.50
50.82
Chase, Freeman E.
100.00
3.00
101.05
Chase, Henry N.
100.00
2.75
101.67
Chase, Joseph W.
100.00
2.75
101.53
Chase, Reuben R.
300.00
6.00
322.57
Chase, Robert W.
100.00
2.75
101.74
Chase, Sylvanus
100.00
3.00
100.48
Cobb, Frederick
200.00
6.00
206.94
Cobb, Frederick E.
100.00
3.00
101.28
Cole, Stephen
200.00
6.00
223.52
Cook, Ruth S.
50.00
56.36
Crapo, William F.
150.00
5.00
Crosby, Henry T.
200.00
6.00
200.44
Cahoon, Elvira R.
125.00
5.00
130.10
Cahoon, Emulous A.
50.00
62.84
Cahoon, Myra L.
200.00
1.25
243.67
Chase, Judah Howard
300.00
200.50
Barnes, William P.
200.00
112
Principal
Interest Expended
Interest Not Used
Crosby & Hubbard
200.00
2.50
217.06
Crowell, George F.
50.00
1.50
50.33
Crowell, Joseph W.
100.00
153.10
Cummings, James W.
50.00
1.50
50,87
Cummings, Ralph
100.00
2.75
100.43
Davis, Amy B.
100.00
2.75
101.63
Doane, Abisha
250.00
3.87
262.44
Doane, Abisha Morris
250.00
3.87
262.44
Doane, Franklin S.
100.00
2.75
101.98
Doane, Lewis B.
50.00
1.50
50.37
Doane, James B.
100.00
2.75
101.61
Dunton, Charles W.
25.00
44
29.51
Ellis, Albyron
200.00
6.00
207.62
Ellis, Theodore R.
100.00
3.00
101.27
Eldredge, Benjamin F.
100.00
4.00
100.47
Eldredge, Isaac K.
100.00
2.75
104.42
Eldredge, Ebenezer
100.00
4.00
100.73
Eldredge, Frederick S.
100.00
4.00
100.31
Eldredge, Isaac B.
200.00
6.00
212.55
Eldredge, James H.
50.00
1.50
50.19
Eldredge, John P.
100.00
3.00
100.27
Eldredge, Milton L.
100.00
4.00
102.81
Eldredge, Polly M.
50.00
1.50
50.89
Emery, Frank A.
50.00
2.00
50.28
Emery, Frank H.
50.00
1.50
50.44
Foster, Nathan
250.00
4.00
292.68
Ghen, Clarence A.
100.00
3.00
100.27
Gorham, Nathaniel T.
150.00
5.00
150.44
Goss, Alton P.
50.00
1.50
50.50
Hall, Daniel
100.00
3.00
100.28
Handren, Moses & Baker, Elam
300.00
6.00
305.20
Harris, John & Everett
100.00
2.75
101.25
Hays, Samuel L.
100.00
2.75
101.30
Haywood, Sylvanus A.
100.00
2.75
102.00
Hooks, Gilman
100.00
3.00
101.22
Hopkins, Giles
50.00
1,00
50.63
Hurd, M. Irene
110.00
4.00
110.00
Ives, Mary T.
50.00
2.00
50.05
Janes, Mary
200.00
8.00
Jones, Asa L.
100.00
139.12
Kelley, Benjamin F.
75.00
2.00
76.67
Kelley, Baxter D.
50.00
1,50
50.28
Kelley, Eunice B.
100.00
5.00
125.8
Kelley, Gus. & Jonathan
200.00
6.00
207.68
Kelley, Robert B.
200.00
3.00
203.05
Kendrick, Alonso
100.00
110.23
Kendrick. Benjamin
50.00
2.00
50.50
Kendrick, Elmore
100.00
2.75
100.80
Kendrick, Mary B.
100.00
3.00
100.97
Long, Abner F.
100.00
4.00
100.44
Long, Albert D.
50.00
1.50
50.39
Long, Levi
200.00
322.55
Lopes, John M.
100.00
3.00
100.64
Lothrop, Davis
200.00
6.00
206.30
Lothrop, John D.
150.00
3.00
155.51
Goff, Hope S. Baker
100.00
2.00
230.67
Doyle, Lawrence
200.00
113
Principal
Interest Expended
Interest Not Used
Loveland, Elizabeth
25.00
27.79
Long, Clara M.
50.00
1.50
50.33
McLean, James
50.00
1.50
51.94
Miles, Samuel J.
75.00
4.00
75.44
Megathlin, Anthony S.
300.00
3.00
301.50
Moody, Sidney B.
100.00
3.00
100.10
Mullins, Daniel J.
200.00
249.60
Munsell, George N.
200.00
200.00
Nickerson, Alonzo
150.00
6.00
152.91
Nickerson, Darius M.
100.00
3.00
102.35
Nickerson, George W.
200.00
6.00
207.54
Nickerson, Henry
100.00
2.75
101.67
Nickerson, Huldah
50.00
2.00
50.55
Nickerson, Joshua
250.00
275.23
Nickerson, John W. & John P.
500.00
7.00
530.62
Nickerson, Nathan & Thankful
150.00
6.00
157.01
Nickerson, Lovetta & Chase, Neri
400.00
8.00
418.49
Nickerson, Nathan E.
100.00
3.00
100.65
Nickerson, Philip L.
400.00
8.00
410.05
Nickerson, Samuel T.
100.00
3.00
100.16
Norris, Ann J.
100.00
109.18
Overbaugh-A. Butler
(See Butler)
2.50
Oliver, Charles B.
50.00
1.50
50.30
Old Methodist Church, E. Harwich
616.84
Pachard, Charles H.
200.00
5.00
208.15
Phillips, Deborah C.
50.00
50.63
Phillips, Lewis L.
200.00
6.00
214.83
Phillips, Jacob F.
100.00
4.00
110.11
Paine, Walter I.
400.00
12.00
418.30
Potter, Eugene A.
200.00
7.00
204.96
Ritchie, Gordon
200.00
3.00
208.52
Rogers, Bessie
50.00
1.50
50.18
Robbins, Jos. K .- Nathaniel
250.00
366.10
Ryder, Freeman
300.00
1.25
305.55
Sears, Burton G.
100.00
2.75
102.22
Sears, Edith E.
50.00
1.25
56.92
Sewell, Susan B.
200.00
3.00
207.06
Shaw, Susan D.
50.00
3.00
50.40
Sherman - Freeman - Taylor
600.00
19.00
611.60
Simmons, Burgess T.
100.00
3.00
100.81
Sisson, John & Phebe
200.00
6.00
203.47
Sleuman, Frederick
150.00
4.00
153.10
Sparrow, Henry L.
100.00
3.00
100.09
Sparrow, Phebe
25.00
26.34
Smith, Daniel H.
100.00
113.41
Smith, Joseph
100.00
3.00
101.14
Smith, F. Otto
200.00
5.00
215.72
Smith, Warren
100.00
3.00
102.10
Snow, Augustus C.
100.00
3.00
100.40
Snow, Chester
100.00
3.00
100.73
Snow, Ernest L.
100.00
2.75
102.23
Snow, Franklin
100.00
4.00
100.05
Snow, Franklin D .- Stearns Ward
100.00
3.00
100.08
Snow, John L.
100.00
2.75
102.19
Snow, Laban
100.00
3.00
100.39
Snow, Levi
50.00
2.00
50.40
Snow, Herbert Franklin
200.00
6.00
214.67
114
Principal
Interest Expended
Interest Not Used
Small, Aaron
100.00
2.00
108.33
Small, Abner L.
150.00
5.00
156.30
Small, David L.
200.00
6.00
200.49
Small, Elizabeth
50.00
1.00
50.70
Small, Samuel
125.00
Small, Thomas G.
100.00
5.00
102.41
Small, Zebina H.
200.00
10.00
206.88
Smalley, Ebenezer
150.00
4.00
153.94
Starbuck, George W.
100.00
3.00
100.88
Taylor, Daniel B.
100.00
1.25
111.63
Taylor, Edwin F .- J. Parks
300.00
9.00
308.14
Taylor, George B.
50.00
1.50
50.51
Tripp, Gideon H.
200.00
6.00
207.64
Turpie, Clarendon
100.00
3.00
100.04
Underwood, Lucy E.
150.00
6.00
209.94
Underwood, Nathan
200.00
10.00
214.25
Wixon, Amos F.
50.00
2.00
57.09
Watkins, Annie F .- Chase, F. T.
100.00
3.00
101.84
Wixon, David E.
50.00
1.25
54.10
Willett, Wallace
200.00
8.00
200.00
Young, Jonathan B.
75.00
3.00
75.51
$31,001.84
$859.00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Treasurer
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Report of the Annual Town Meeting
HELD IN EXCHANGE HALL, HARWICH CENTER FEBRUARY 14 - 15 - 16, 1955
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees: Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Col- lector of Taxes for one year; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health for three years; one Assessor for three years; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health for two years; one Assessor for two years; three Herring Committee for one year; one Rec- reation Committee for five years; three Constables for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; Surveyor of Highways for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; one Tree Warden for one year; one Moderator for one year; one School Committee for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; one Water Commissioner for one year and one Planning Board Member for five years.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers and Com- mittees.
Complete list is printed on first page of this Town Report.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1955 and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17 Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year of 1954.
Accepted and adopted as printed in the Town Report for 1954.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the calendar year 1955 and to act fully thereon.
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BUDGET-1955
General Government:
Selectmen:
$1,510.00
Chairman's Salary
2,820.00
Board Members' Salaries
2,500.00
Clerk's Salary
500.00
Expenses
Town Accountant's Salary
2,500.00
Accountant's clerk hire
250.00
Accountant's Expenses
300.00
Town Treasurer's Salary
2,080.00
Town Treasurer's Expenses
800.00
Town Treasurer's Bond
226.50
Certification of Notes
10.00
Town Clerk's Salary
800.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
100.00
Town Clerk's Bond
5.00
Tax Collector's Salary
2,880.00
Tax Collector's Expenses
915.00
Collector's Clerk Hire
350.00
Deputy Collector's Fees
100.00
Collector's Bond
344.25
Tax Title Expense
100.00
Expenses
1,500.00
Out of State Travel
300.00
Exchange Building & Town Offices:
Janitor's Salary
2,770.00
Other Expenses
3,700.00
Town Counsel's Fees
1,200.00
Settlement of Claims & Suits
300.00
Land Transactions & Expenses
650.00
Moderator's Salary
100.00
Planning Board Expenses
1,400.00
Board of Appeals Expenses
50.00
Finance Committee Expenses
250.00
Elections, Wages, & Expenses
3,000.00
Total General Government
$43,910.75
Protection of Persons & Property:
Police Chief's Salary
$4,000.00
Deputy Chief's Salary
3,600.00
Sergeant's Salary
3,400.00
Patrolmen's Salaries
13,200.00
Special Officer's Salaries
3,500.00
Equipment Expense (Cruisers)
2,850.00
Other Expense
1.766.60
Fire Chief's Salary
4,000.00
Permanent Men's Salaries
9,900.00
Call Men's Salaries
3,500.00
Equipment Expenses
4,494.75
Other Expense
2,314.75
Dog Officer's Salary
150.00
Tree Warden's Salary
500.00
Moth Dept. Expenses
2,100.00
Assessors' Salaries
3,600.00
Survey & Maps of the Town
6,000.00
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Forestry Dept. Expenses
800.00
Dutch Elm Control Expense
700.00
Building Inspector's Salary
2,200.00
Building Inspector's Expenses
300.00
Wire Inspector's Salary
900.00
Civil Defense Expenses
1,500.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures Salary
700.00
Total Protection of Persons & Property
$66,376.10
Health and Sanitation:
Town Nurse Salary
$2,800.00
Town Nurse Substitute Salary
500.00
Town Nurse Expenses
400.00
School Dental Clinic
1,500.00
School Physician's Salary
300.00
Sanitation and Layout Ins.
300.00
Free Bed Cape Cod Hospital
1,000.00
Care of Town Beaches
3,000.00
Life Guard
600.00
Inspector of Animals' Salary
50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering Salary
50.00
Plumbing Inspector Fees and Expenses
1,500.00
Town Dump
3,300.00
Board of Health
2,450.00
Total Health & Sanitation
$17,750.00
Highways:
Surveyor's Salary
$4,000.00
General Repairs including help
40,000.00
Snow Removal
6,000.00
Fences and Railings
600.00
Bridges
2,000.00
Sidewalks
2,000.00
Total Highway Dept.
$54,600.00
Street Lights
$13,000.00
Charities:
Board of Public Welfare Salaries
$900.00
Agent's Salary
2,100.00
Social Worker's Salary
1,680.00
Junior Clerk & Typist's Salary
1,230.00
Expenses
600.00
Welfare Cash Grants
14,000.00
Disability Assistance Cash Grants
5,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children Cash
13,500.00
Old Age Assistance Cash
42,000.00
Total Charities
$81,010.00
Veterans' Services:
Agent's Salary
$1,700.00
Telephone and Other Expenses
1,325.00
Cash and Material Grants
9,975.00
Total Veterans' Services
$13,000.00
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Schools:
Committee's Salaries
$450.00
High School Athletic Program
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