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Gravel
23.60
$218.50
Calcium Chloride :
Superintendent
$10.00
Labor
69.60
Freight
142.43
Calcium Chloride
705.25
Gas & oil
10.90
$938.23
Walnut Street:
Construction
$1,873.36
East Street, 1929 :
Construction
$1,268.86
Seal coat
203.99
Land damage
15.00
Advertising
10.45
Sand
4.79
$1,503.09
East Street, 1930
Construction
$5,536.02
Catch-basin
22.63
Weighing
16.80
Advertising
13.40
$5,588.85
Manley Street :
Construction
$9,245.70
Weighing
96.00
Advertising
13.40
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$9,355.10
Total for Highways $38,471.07
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State highway tax
$429.91
State highway tax, snow removal
$126.67
STREET LIGHTS
Edison Electric Ill. Co.
$3,511.04
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries
$16.00
Groceries & provisions
782.08
Fuel
75.25
Clothes
54.06
Medicine & medical attendance
64.88
Cash
1,108.00
Moving
16.80
Repairs
7.05
Rent
265.52
Burial
18.00
State institutions
1,528.50
Brockton Hospital
590.00
Other Cities and Towns
1,947.51
$6,473.65
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$210.00
Soldiers' Relief
484.19
Military Aid
300.00
$994.19
EDUCATION
Bills of 1928 and 1929:
Other tuition
$6.80
Supplies, high
36.20
Books, elementary
.75
Express
2.25
$46.00
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General :
Superintendents's salary $2,416.59
Clerk 288.00
Attendance officer
75.00
Printing, postage & sta- tionery
80.29
Telephone
259.96
Traveling expenses, Superintendent
279.40
Traveling expenses,
Teachers
230.94
School Census
45.00
Freight & express
17.32
Teachers' salaries, high
11,780.24
Teachers' salaries,
elementary
18,994.52
Teachers' Bonus
250.00
School Nurse salary
693.34
School Nurse traveling
expenses
209.26
Text & reference books, high
484.69
Text & reference books, elementary
510.42
Equipment and supplies, high
1,120.33
Equipment & supplies, elementary
945.37
Other tuition
837.64
Transportation ele- mentary
3,491.50
Transportation insur-
ance
264.00
Janitor service, ele-
mentary 2,404.00
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Janitor supplies, ele- mentary
139.78
Fuel
2,050.48
Janitor supplies, high
3.25
Gas, high
29.64
Electric current, ele-
mentary
136.36
Tuning Pianos
21.90
Diplomas & graduating exercises
124.05
Maintenance, Building and Grounds :
Repairs
1,104.13
Cleaning, elementary
44.00
Water, elementary
147.00
Water, high
28.63
$49,513.03
Total for Schools
$49,559.03
LIBRARY
Librarian, salary
$324.00
Assistants, salary
292.65
Books and periodicals
1,062.41
Fuel
34.75
Light
12.87
Janitor
91.67
Supplies
46.13
Repairs and cleaning
16.28
$1,880.76
RECREATION
Memorial Day $88.50
Care Monument Grounds $37.50
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PARKS
Painting and repairing Flag-pole
$32.60
Care of Elm Square
10.90
Putting out Flag, Central Sq.
7.00
Christmas Tree
97.12
$147.62
UNCLASSIFIED
Printing and distributing Town Reports
$543.00
Fire insurance
535.21
Liability insurance
446.23
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Public Safety
7.00
Finance Committee
14.25
WATER DEPARTMENT
Maintenance :
Commissioners' salaries
$150.00
Clerks
267.18
Office equipment
2.36
City of Brockton, water
5,831.91
Stationery and postage
35.12
Printing and advertising
146.62
Registration
2.00
Tools
4.72
Express
2.35
Labor
1,975.65
Pipes and fittings
546.72
Service boxes
25.20
Insurance
93.32
Supplies
33.07
Repairs, truck
192.67
Gas and oil
73.27
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Repairs, hydrants 4.50
Repairs, meters and new meters 153.55
$9,540.21
Bonds and Interest:
Bonds
$5,535.00
Interest
1,958.30
$7,493.30
Total for Water
$17,033.51
CEMETERIES
Care of Cemeteries
$304.10
INTEREST
On temporary loans
$1,105.08
On school loans
80.00
$1,185.08
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary loans
$87,000.00
Taxes :
State Tax
$3,220.00
County Tax
7,359.49
$10,579.49
TRUSTS
Library trust fund $182.03
REFUNDS
Taxes
$36.34
Estimated receipts
.10
Water department
17.82
$54.26
$243,251.84
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Cash balances Dec. 31, 1930 General Water
$32,210.62 8,702.46
$40,913.08
$284,164.92
Unpaid bills of 1930: Schools $312.80
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Collector and Treasurer
$85.00
Election and registration
175.00
Fire Department
50.00
Public Welfare
882.11
Soldiers' Relief
100.00
Military Aid
160.00
$1,452.11
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1930
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash :
General
$32,210.62
Water
8,702.46
Library
25.00
40,938.08
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1927 $448.00
Levy of 1928
1,887.01
Levy of 1929
12,804.46
Levy of 1930
33,293.60
$48,433.07
Manley Street
2,644.90
East Street 536.15
Land Drainage East St.
460.75
1928
47.50
Water Construction :
1929
237.47
1930
3,197.79
Less than 6" Main 1,783.36
$3,482.76
LIABILITIES
Temporary Loan : In Anticipation of Revenue $30,000.00 Special Accounts : Westdale Improvement Society $174.76
Soldiers' War Bonus Fund 1,540.32
$1,715.08
Appropriation balances :
Town By-Laws $200.50
Town Hall unemployed 200.00
Motor Vehicles Excise tax Water Rates:
$4,315.31
6" Main 1,518.00
$7.343.66
Com. of Mass .:
State Aid
$210.00
Overlays-Reserved for Abatement of Taxes :
Military Aid
150.00
Levy of 1927
$448.00
Highways, Chapter 81
111.78
Levy of 1928
1,265.83
Highways, Manley St.
121.81
Levy of 1929
1,064.05
County of Plymouth,
Levy of 1930
781.80
Highways, Manley St.
538.57
$3,559.68
Highways, East St.
180.98
Reserve Fund, Surplus Overlay
$6,247.23
Due from Library
Water Receipts, Reserved for Appropriation
$10,799.33
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax:
1929
$1,495.56
1930
2,819.75
Water
3,482.76
Departmental
360.00
Surplus Reserve
$30,709.31
$98,532.36
$98,532.36
DEBT ACCOUNT. $45,065.00 Water Loans $45,065.00
Net Debt
Trust Funds
50.00
$8,158.07
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds : Cash and Securities
$24,429.76
Cemetery Funds :
Alfred E. Alger fund $211.37
William Burke fund 167.73
Davis Copeland fund
209.78
Mrs. Henry Copeland
104.90
Lyman and Nathan
Copeland fund 673.31
Samuel G. Copeland 212.55
Martha K. Crosby
102.86
Mary A. Deyre fund
141.19
The Hartwell fund
307.18
Julia M. Hooper fund
128.40
Isabelle Howard fund
103.74
Samuel H. Howard fund
103.31
S. Nelson Howard
101.10
Harriet M. Jennings
107.46
Warren C. Kinney fund 200.00
Henry J. LeLacheur 102.95
Fred A. Perkins fund 103.04
Rossa R. Shaw fund 318.36
Oren Smith fund
153.69
South Street Cemetery 223.94 Charles C. Thayer 202.01
$3,978.87
Library Funds : Cornelia Alger fund $524.82
Nathan Copeland fund 577.24
Mary N. K. Edgerly fund 553.36
Francis E. Howard fund
535.03
Mary L. Perkins fund
1,001.53
Mary P. Whitman fund 17,258.91
$20,450.89
$24,429.76 $24,429.76
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STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
On hand at beginning of year On hand at end of year
Savings Bank Deposits Totals
$4,010.86 $4,010.86
3,978.87 3.978.87
Receipts
Income
$197.51
Deposited Deposited in Savings Bank $197.51
Withdrawn from
Savings Bank $229.50
Expenditures $229.50
$427.01
$427.01
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1930
Receipts
Withdrawn
Jan. 1, 1931
Alfred E. Alger
$205.96
$10.41
$5.00
$211.37
William Burke
164.43
8.30
5.00
167.73
Davis Copeland
207.32
10.46
8.00
209.78
Mrs. Henry Copeland
104.63
5.27
5.00
104.90
Lyman and Pardon
Copeland
659.93
33.38
20.00
673.31
Samuel G. Copeland
209.94
10.61
8.00
212.55
Martha K. Crosby
102.68
5.18
5.00
102.86
Mary A. Dewyer
142.01
7.18
8.00
141.19
The Hartwell fund
300.00
15.18
8.00
307.18
Julia M. Hooper
122.22
6.18
128.40
Isabelle Howard
103.51
5.23
5.00
103.74
Samuel H.Howard
101.20
5.11
3.00
103.31
S. Nelson Howard
100.05
5.05
4.00
101.10
Harriet M. Jennings
105.17
5.29
3.00
107.46
Warren C. Kinney
200.00
5.00
5.00
200.00
Henry J. LeLacheur
102.78
5.17
5.00
102.95
Fred A. Perkins
102.86
5.18
5.00
103.04
Rossa R. Shaw
305.92
15.44
3.00
318.36
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Oren Smith
153.93
7.76
8.00
153.69
South Street Cemetery
324.04
16.40
116.50
223.94
Charles C.Thayer
192.28
9.73
202.01
$4,010.86 $197.51 $229.50
$3,978.87
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
On hand at beginning of year On hand at end of year
Savings Bank Deposits Totals
$20,292.15 $20,292.15
20,450.89
20,450.89
Receipts
Deposited
Income
$1,023.36
Deposited in Bank
$1,023.36
Savings Bank 980.83
Expenditures 980.83
$2,004.19
$2,004.19
Name of Fund
Jan. 1, 1930
Withdrawn
Jan. 1, 1931
Cornelia Alger
$785.09
Receipts $39.73
$300.00
$524.82
Nathan Copeland
644.64
32.60
100.00
577.24
Mary N. K. Edgerly
538.79
25.20
10.63
553.36
Francis E. Howard
521.30
24.36
10.63
535.03
Mary L. Perkins
1,093.20
55.33
147.00
1,001.53
Mary P. Whitman
16,825.34
846.14
412.57
17,258.91
$20,408.36 $1,023.36
$980.83 $20,450.89
ARTHUR C. PECKHAM, Town Accountant.
Withdrawn from
State Auditor's Report, 1930
To the Board of Selectmen,
Mr. James A. Hemenway, Chairman, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the ac- counts of the town of West Bridgewater for the year end- ing December 31, 1930, made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
REPORT
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the year
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ending December 31, 1930, and submit the following report thereon :
The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disburs- ing money for the town, were examined and reconciled with the books and records in the accountant's office.
The books and records of the town accountant were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the reports from the several departments making pay- ments to the town treasurer and with the treasurer's cash book.
The necessary adjusting and closing entries were made, the ledger was analyzed, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1930.
The appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's record of town meeting votes, and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the authorizations for transfers by the finance committee.
The original vouchers on file in the accountant's office were examined, and it was noted that payments have been made for liability insurance on privately owned buses used for transportation of school children. No further payments of this nature should be made, as there is no provision of law authorizing the town to pay insurance on privately owned buses.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as treasurer, were examined and checked, the recorded re- ceipts being compared with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and with the records in the accountant's office. The pay- ments were checked with the warrants authorizing the
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treasurer to disburse town funds and with the accountant's ledger accounts.
The payments on account of debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due. All the cancelled securities were not on file and it is recommended that they be properly filed when received.
The cash on hand wa's verified by an actual count and the bank balance was reconciled with a statement furnished by the Home National Bank of Brockton.
The savings bank books and securities, representing the investments of the various trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer, were examined and listed, the income being proved and the withdrawals checked and reconciled.
It is again recommended that income from the various trust funds be withdrawn and entered on the treasurer's cash book and reported to the accountant before any ex- penditures are made therefrom. There is an overdraft of $50 in the account designated "Library-Books", and this amount should be transferred from library trust fund in- come as soon as it accrues. The practice of making dis- bursements from general cash on account of trust funds and of subsequently reimbursing the treasury constitutes a violation of Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws, which reads as follows :
No department of any city or town, except Boston, shall incur liability in excess of the appro- priation made for the use of such department, ex- cept in cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of persons or property, and then only by a vote in a city of two thirds of the mem- bers of the city council, and in a town by a vote of two thirds of the selectmen.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as tax collector, were examined and checked. The commit-
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ments of taxes were verified, and the receipts were com- pared with the payments to the treasurer. The abatements were listed and checked to the assessors' records of abate- ments granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the re- plies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
Outstanding taxes for the levies of 1927, 1928 and 1929 are now long overdue, and a determined effort should be made by the tax collector to effect settlement.
The books and accounts of the treasurer and collector, as water collector, were examined and checked. The rec- orded abatements were checked with the water commission- er's records of abatements granted, and the outstanding ac- counts were listed. Errors in addition of the water commit- ments were discovered and ledger adjustments were neces- sary to bring the commitments into agreement with the warrants. The collector should promptly verify the amount of all commitments.
The records of the town clerk for dog and sporting lic- enses were examined and checked, and the payments to the county and State, respectively, were verified with the re- ceipts on file.
It is again recommended that adequate records be kept of all licenses granted by the selectmen and of the detailed charges for rental of the town hall.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and accounts of the sealer of weights and measures and of the library department were examined, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The surety bonds of the treasurer and collector and of the town clerk were examined and found to be in proper form.
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Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax and water accounts, together with tables relative to the trust fund transactions.
For the courtesies extended and the assistance rend- ered during the process of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Accountant.
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1930
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash :
General
$40,913.08
Library (Petty Cash)
25.00
$40,938.08
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes
Levy of 1927
$448.00
Levy of 1928
1,887.01
Levy of 1929
12,804.46
Levy or 1930
33,293.60
Appropriation Balances: Land Damage (East Street)
$460.75
By-Laws
200.50
Town Hall (Unemployed)
200.00
Manley Street
2,644.90
East Street
536.15
Water Construction (6" Mains)
1,518.00
Departmental:
State Aid
$210.00
Military Aid
150.00
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue
$30,000.00
Special Accounts : Westdale Improvement Society (Gift) $174.76
Surplus War Bonus Fund 1,540.32
$1,715.08
$48,433.07
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1929
$1,495.86
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1930
2,819.75
$4,315.31
Water Construction (Less than 6" Mains) 1,783.36
$7,343.66
$360.00 Water Department Available Surplus $10,799.33
Water Rates:
1928
$47.50 237.47
1930
3,197.79
Levy of 1928
1,265.83
Levy of 1929
1,064.05
Levy of 1930
781.80
State Aid to Highways: Chapter 81
$111.78
Manley Street
121.81
$233.59
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$4,315.31
Departmental 360.00
East Street
180.98
Water
3,482.76
$719.55
$8,158.07
Surplus Revenue
$30,709.31
Overdrawn Accounts: Library -- Books to be withdrawn from library fund income
$50.00
$98,532.36
$98,532.36
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$45,065.00
Water Loan
$45,065.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer
Library Trust Funds
$20,450.89
$24,429.76
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
3,978.87
$24,429.76
$24,429.76
1929
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Levy of 1927 $448.00
$3,482.76
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus $6,247.23
$3,559.68
County Aid to Highways: Manley Street
$538.57
Report of Water Commissioners
During the year, eleven new Services and fifteen new meters have been installed. Two hydrants and twenty-eight curb and gate boxes moved and raised for new road and side walk construction. Five Services were renewed and fifteen Services cleaned from cellars to water main. Two Hydrants broken by automobiles replaced and repaired and thirty-two leaks in mains repaired. Sixty-one meters repaired and tested.
STOCK USED
350 ft. 2" gav. pipe 16 corporation cocks
1158 ft. 1" gav. pipe
18 curb cocks
108 ft. 34" gav. pipe
24 1"-34" stop & wastes
40 ft. 1/2" gav. pipe .
17 curb boxes
17 1" lead goose necks
2 4" gates
27 hydrants repacked 2 2" gates
Maintenance expense increased $863.99 over the year 1929. City of Brockton water bills account for most of this increase, being $749.97 more than in 1929.
Water rates committed for the year amounted to $20,- 668.15 of which $2,321.52 was for excess water. After de- ducting abatements of $133.45, water rates committed were $3,501.19 or 20.5% in excess of all expenses.
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Uncollected water rates at the end of this year amount to $3,478.71 as against $5,551.85 on December 31, 1929, a decrease of $2,073.14. The Water Commissioners feel that the Tax Collector has made some headway during a rather difficult year.
The town balance sheet of Dec. 31, 1930 shows that the Treasurer has on hand in cash from water receipts $10,- 799.33 which with the accounts receivable makes available for appropriation the total of $14,395.82 in addition to the anticipated revenue of approximately $20,000 from water rates to be committed during the year 1931.
HERVEY DUNHAM, WARREN P. LAUGHTON, F. C. PERKINS,
Water Commissioners.
Report of Gypsy Moth Superintendent.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1930.
In regard to the work of suppressing the gypsy moth in our town I find conditions the same as they were the two preceding years. Scouting for egg clusters we have found them scattered all over the town, but not so numerous as they were several years ago. We have creosoted all the egg clusters we have found also sprayed all the trees on the roadside. Every year there are some complaints because this department does not commence spraying fruit trees when they are in full bloom. The ideal time is when the blossoms on the late trees are falling. To spray when they are in full bloom would be disastrous to the fruit growers friends, the bees. For financial report see town accountants report.
CHRISTOPHER READ, Local Superintendent.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1930. I find the various Weighing and Measuring devices in the town in good condition.
The following have been tested and Sealed or con- demned during the year:
Sealed
Adjusted Condemned
Platform scales
30
7
Counter scales
9
3
Computing scales
9
All other scales
35
4
3
Avoirdupois weights
89
5
Liquid Measures
72
Gasoline Pumps
35
8
Gasoline meters
2
Yard sticks
1
Fees collected and paid to town Treasurer
$55.41
CHRISTOPHER READ, Sealer of Weight & Measures.
Report of Tree Warden.
I have trimmed trees in all sections of the town also cut down a number of trees that were considered dangerous three of them were very large located as follows an Oak on West Centre Street, opposite the seminary; a Buttonwood on North Elm Street, an Elm on Bryant Street, also two at the Cochesett school yard at the request of the school com- mittee. I have cut bushes on the following streets, Manley, West, Scotland, Bedford and Beacon Streets. The weather the past year was detrimental to our trees. First a blight struck the Elms then we had a drought that affected all the trees. I hope the present year we shall have conditions more favorable for the trees. For detailed financial report see report of the Town Accountant,
Appropriated Wages Supplies
$500.00 464.70 33.94
$498.64
CHRISTOPHER READ,
Tree Warden.
Report of the Town Director
Through local and county-wide meetings, through the preparation and mailing of timely circular letters, through the 4-H clubs organized for the boys and girls of the county, through personal correspondence and by means of individ- ual service to farmers and members of their families, the Plymouth County Extension Service during the year 1930 co-operated with every town in the county in bringing to its citizens information regarding agriculture and homemak- ing. Approximately fifty-five hundred families in the county received assistance, information, or advice from the Exten- sion Service this past year.
The following paragraphs summarize very briefly some of the ways through which the town of West Bridgewater was able to take advantage of the service offered through this organization.
Many farmers of West Bridgewater attended the meet- ings and tours. Eighty men received regularly letters and bulletins containing information on agricultural matters. Twenty-nine personal visits were made by the county agents to farmers of the town to give advice on definite questions. Stops were made in West Bridgewater by both the county-wide poultry and fruit tours. An evening meet- ing was held on one of the prominent dairy farms in town on the subject of pasture management . Thus in many ways the town has served as an educational center for farmers of the county, besides having offered to its own citizens un-
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usual opportunities. During the county-wide rat campaign, 75 packages of especially prepared poisoned bait were sup- plied at cost.
The homemaking projects stressed this year have included Vegetable Preparation and Child Development. Many homemakers have also enrolled for suggestions and instruction in Child Feeding and in home canning.
Four-H club members enrolled in the following clubs, clothing, garden, and handicraft. Each club met regularly and was under the supervision of a local leader.
Exhibits were held in the spring and the awards made by the club agents.
One girl attended the State 4-H Camp as the Plymouth County Canning Club Delegate.
Once more it is a pleasure to present the annual report of the Plymouth County Extension Service. I wish to thank all persons who have given assistance in the work.
CORELLI C. ALGER,
Town Director.
Report of Treasurer
Cash Balance January 1, 1930 Receipts 1930
$30,355.31
253,809.61
$284,164.92
Payments 1930 $243,251.84
Cash Balance December 31, 1930
40,913.08
$284,164.92
For details of receipts and expenditures see Town Ac- countant's report.
CATHERINE M. HOWARD,
Treasurer.
Report of Collector of Taxes
In the report of the audit by the State Division of Ac- counts it was recommended that a determined effort be made to collect the outstanding taxes of 1927 and 1928. This has been done, as over four-fifths of these taxes are now collected.
Considering business conditions during the past year it would seem to your Tax Collector that collections have been reasonably good, and attention is respectfully called to the tables appended to this report showing the condition of the various levies of taxes and commitments of water department charges.
TAXES OF 1927
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$3,460.20
Payments to Treasurer
$2,902.58
Abatements
109.62
Outstanding December 31, 1930
448.00
$3,460.20
TAXES OF 1928
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$10,259.84
Payments to Treasurer
$8,272.19
Abatements
75.64
Audit adjustments
25.00
Outstanding December 31, 1930
1,887.01
- $10,259.84
148
TAXES OF 1929
Cash on hand January 1, 1930
$1,401.03
Outstanding January 1, 1930
34,514.61
Audit Adjustments
27.00
$35,942.64
Payments to Treasurer
$23,108.04
Abatements
30.14
Outstanding December 31, 1930
12,804.46
$35,942.64
TAXES OF 1930
Commitment per warrant
$88,430.45
Additional Commitment
20.20
Overpayments to be refunded
19.86
$88,470.51
Payments to Treasurer
$55,031.15
Abatements
125.90
Outstanding December 31, 1930
33,313.46
$88,470.51
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX 1929
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$2.603.12
Refunds
24.42
$2,627.54
Payments to Treasurer
$1,107.56
Abatements
12.25
Outstanding December 31, 1930
1,507.73
$2,627.54
149
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1930
Commitments per warrant
$7,755.04
Refunds
42.31
Overpayment
.10
$7,797.45
Payments to Treasurer
$4,345.05
Abatements
592.06
Warrant in excess on Commitment
9.39
Outstanding December 31, 1930
2,850.95
$7,797.45
CATHERINE M. HOWARD,
Collector.
Report of the Collector of Water Rates.
WATER RATES-1927
Outstanding January 1, 1930
$238.68
Payments to Treasurer
$223.18
Abatements
15.50
$238.68
WATER RATES-1928
Outstanding January 1, 1930
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