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Secretary
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER Massachusetts
For the Year Ending December 31 1955
To the Board of Selectmen:
I submit herewith my Annual Report in accordance with Sec- tion 61, Chapter 41, General Laws, for the year ending December 31, 1955, giving a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Town, and showing the amount of each specific appropriation with statements showing the Town debt and Trust funds.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. CHAVES Town Accountant
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER Balance Sheet for the Year Ending December 31, 1955 General Fund
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$385,114.03
Unexpended Appropriations: General
$183,875.52
Taxes Receivable:
1955:
Old Age Assistance-Adm.
723.09
Poll
$ 26.00
Old Age Assistance-Aid
1,268.06
Real Estate
19,165.36
Personal Property
6,143.18
25,334.54
Dependent Children-Aid 6,140.39
Disability Assistance-Adm. 190.40
Disability Assistance-Aid
2,950.52
11,618.99
Poll
4.00
Real Estate
5.40
Special Accounts:
Sale of Real Estate 2,307.00
Road Machinery Fund 2,342.42
Servicemens' Fund-Town Field 1,785.83
Fire Loss Reimbursement 750.00
Surplus War Bonus Fund
540.32
Motor Vehicle Excise:
Westdale Improvement Fund 174.76
1955
2,988.14
Welfare-Individual Returns 2,800.57
1954
184.16
3,172.30
Premium on Elem. School Bonds
334.07
11,034.97
118
1954:
Personal Property
1,646.40
1,655.80
1953:
Personal Property
4,356.00
Federal Grants:
Dependent Children-Adm. 346.53
Tax 'Titles
4,746.54
School Hot Lunch Program 5,187.49
Tax Possessions
6,688.48
School Athletics
148.67
Departmental Receivables:
Unclaimed Checks
186.03
Highway
50.00
Ilealth
356.42
Public Welfare
2,612.26
Old Age Assistance
5,753.27
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
12,870.55
Disability Assistance
245.42
Aid to Dependent Children
357.06
1955
3,628.19
Veterans' Services
601.47
1954
1,655.80
Trailer Fees
1,007.10
10,983.00
1953
4,356.00
9,639.99
Water Receivables:
Rates and Services
5,203.91
Liens
386.29
5,590.20
Tax Titles
4,746.54
Tax Possessions
6,688.48
Departmental
10,983.00
Water
5,590.20
31,180.52
Underestimates:
Plymouth County Tax Assessment 101.89
Surplus Revenue:
General
177,443.52
Plymouth County Hospital 1,068.72
1,170.61
Water
6,959.19
184,402.71
$450,230.55
$450,230.55
119
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise
3,172.30
Other Reccivables:
State Aid-Hurricane
1,419.05
Overestimates:
State Parks & Reservations
85.11
Reserve for Abatement of Taxes:
DEBT FUND
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$1,502,000.00
School Loans Water Loans
$1,403,000.00 99,000.00
$1,502,000.00
$1,502,000.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$60,755.42
Stabilization Fund
$ 6,034.31
Rehabilitation Fund
4,324.62
Library Funds
36,214.91
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
8,955.97
Wm. J. & Anna C. Howard Scholarship Fund
5,225.61
$60,755.42
$60,755.42
120
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Date of
2% Bonds Issued 1948
2% Bonds Issued 1955
Total
1956
$ 50,000
$ 15,000
$ 20,000
$ 85,000
1956
$ 15,000
$ 1,000
$ 16,000
1957-69
650,000
195,000
260,000
1,105,000
1957-58
30,000
2,000
32,000
1970
48,000
15,000
20,000
83,000
1959-60
20,000
2,000
22,000
1971-72
30,000
40,000
70,000
1961-62
20,000
20,000
1973-75
60,000
60,000
1963
9,000
9,000
Totals
$748,000
$255,000
$400,000
$1,403,000
Totals
$94,000
$5,000
$99,000
Date of Maturity
2% Bonds Issued 1950
1.90% Bonds Issued 1952
2 12 % Bonds Issued 1955
Total
121
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE:
Taxes:
Current Year:
Property
$335,860.24
Poll
2,390.00
Lieu Taxes (State, Cities, Towns)
293.46
$338,543.70
Previous Years:
Property
25,817.65
Poll
20.00
Tax Title Redemptions
2,263.49
28,101.14
From the State:
Income
45,947.33
Corporation
25,349.16
71,296.49
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
904.00
Other
578.00
1,482.00
FINES AND FORFEITS:
Court
178.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
From the Federal Government:
Old Age Assistance
24,993.27
Aid to Dependent Children
2,305.61
Disability Assistance
2,556.11
29,854.99
From the State Government:
Old Age Assistance
24,708.17
Aid to Dependent Children
947.82
Disability Assistance
1,679.49
Vocational Education
2,933.64
School Transportation
14,648.75
School Building Aid
33,559.90
Hurricane Damage
17,744.69
School Union Superintendency
2,488.93
Mcals Tax
1,205.31
100,780.85
From the County Government:
Dog Licenses
1,811.57
OTHER GENERAL REVENUE:
Estates of deceased, tax reimbursement
315.30
122
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise
50,391.45
Trailer Park Fees
948.00
51,339.45
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Treasurer
75.62
Collector
16.00
Town Clerk
46.75
138.37
TOWN HALL AND OFFICES: Rents and Miscellaneous
761.74
PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY: Scaling of Weights and Measures
47.40
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Tuberculosis, including subsidies from State
1,324.86
Other
58.81
1,383.67
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Construction, State & County
19,484.70
Machine Fund
315.00
19,799.70
CHARITIES:
Public Welfare:
Reimbursements:
Cities and Towns
238.02
State
924.76
1,162.78
Old Age Assistance:
Reimbursements:
Cities and Towns
1,904.98
State
3,447.21
5,352.19
VETERANS' SERVICES:
Reimbursements:
State
7,008.79
SCHOOLS:
Tuition, Transportation, State Wards
6,088.33
School Athletics
1,317.73
School Lunches (incl. reimb. from State)
31,589.34
Other
537.34
39,532.74
LIBRARY:
Fines
99.54
Miscellaneous
10.00
109.54
123
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES: Sale of Water & Services
47,085.17
INTEREST:
Deferred Taxes
1,476.28
Investment Funds
1,224.11
Public Trust Funds:
Scholarship
175.00
Library
3,957.71
Public
125.00
Other
524.10
7,482.20
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation Revenue Loans
50,000.00
School Loan
400,000.00
Water Loan
5,000.00
Premium on Bonds Sold
1,337.00
456,337.00
AGENCY, TRUSTS AND INVESTMENTS:
Agency:
Dog Licenses
1,372.80
Trusts:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
219.00
Public Trust Funds
62,789.00
Other Funds and Accounts:
Federal Withholding Taxes
31,187.88
Retirement Fund Deductions
4,221.39
99,790.07
REFUNDS:
Miscellaneous
858.13
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$1,310,552.98
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS PAYMENTS
MODERATOR
Appropriated and Expended
$ 25.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriated
100.00
Expenses:
Printing
$ 13.42
Clerk Hire
8.00
Association Dues & Meetings
32.00
53.42
124
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
46.58
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT
Appropriated and Expended
4,486.80
SELECTMEN
Appropriated
2,300.00
Salarics
1,600.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
60.57
Office Expenses
178.57
Travel
150.00
Miscellaneous
25.00
2,067.14
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
232.86
ACCOUNTING
Appropriated
2,175.69
Salary
1,250.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
410.70
Office Expenses
103.09
Association Dues & Meetings
54.90
Equipment
357.00
2,175.69
TREASURER
Appropriated
3,113.81
Salary
1,800.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
145.00
Office Expenses
399.14
Tax Titles
334.17
Travel
85.00
Surety Bond
208.50
Association Dues & Meetings
2.00
Equipment
140.00
3,113.81
COLLECTOR
Appropriated
4,346.26
Salary
2,800.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
332.00
Office Expenses
534.76
125
Travel
75.00
Surety Bonds
339.50
Association Dues & Meetings
2.00
Equipment
255.50
4,338.76
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
7.50
ASSESSORS
Appropriated
4,249.82
Salaries
3,000.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
500.00
Office Expenses
203.98
Travel
312.00
Transfers
118.19
Association Dues & Meetings
52.50
Equipment
63.15
4,249.82
TOWN CLERK
Appropriated
1,543.00
Salary
1,300.00
Expenses:
Office Expenses
107.36
Travel
35.00
Surety Bond
7.50
Association Dues & Meetings
24.50
1,474.36
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
68.64
ELECTION & REGISTRATION
Appropriated
1,400.00
Salarics
260.00
Expenses:
Counters. Checkers & Observers
128.25
Clerk Hire
125.00
Office Expenses
102.57
Printing Street Lists
135.00
Census Taking
157.10
Equipment
186.40
1,094.32
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
305.68
STATE CENSUS
1954 Unexpended Balance carried to 1955 and Expended
600.00
126
PRESERVING OLD RECORDS
Appropriated 50.00
Expenses:
Binding
20.58
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
29.42
LAW
Appropriated and Expended
200.00
TOWN COUNSEL
Appropriated and Expended
500.00
TOWN HALL & OFFICES
Appropriated
5,789.33
Expenses:
Janitor
2,236.00
Repairs
1,079.41
Janitor Supplies
77.81
Telephone
425.16
Gas, Electricity & Water
492.36
Fuel
1,478.59
5,789.33
PAINTING TOWN HALL
1954 Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
2,000.00
Expenses:
Painting Town Hall
1,276.73
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
723.27
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ALTERATIONS TO TOWN HALL HEATING SYSTEM
1954 Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
2,800.00
Expenses:
Renovation of Heating System
2,747.52
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
52.48
POLICE
Appropriated
16,746.08
Expenses:
Chief
4,600.00
127
Patrolmen
8,464.25
Lock-Up-Keeper
57.60
Matron
35.00
Office Expenses
203.47
Police Tools & Supplies
331.48
Equipment for Men
224.70
Radio Repair & Maintenance
81.66
Car Repairs
333.72
Out-of-State Prisoners
50.00
Insurance
217.45
Telephone
538.38
Fuel, Gas & Tires
1,065.12
Care of Telephone
156.00
Association Dues & Meetings
167.25
Equipment
190.25
16,716.33
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
29.75
NEW POLICE CAR
Appropriated and Expended
800.00
FIRE
Appropriated
10,920.00
Expenses:
Chief
480.00
Firemen
2,320.00
Hose & Fittings
1,241.47
Insurance
1,196.30
Clerk Hire
50.00
Office Expenses
78.91
Telephone
438.46
Gas, Oil & Grease
224.57
Repairs
500.44
Fire Alarm Maintenance
281.05
Care of Telephone
480.00
Association Dues & Meetings
163.00
Maintenance:
Fuel
985.70
Electricity
366.73
Janitor Supplies
401.16
Repairs
150.74
9,358.53
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1,561.47
128
FIRE STATION
1954 Balance carried to 1955-Building Construction
6,570.37
Furniture & Equipment 1,360.92
Appropriated
Air Whistle
3,000.00
Appropriated
Radio Equipment
2,840.00
Appropriated
Paving Grounds
250.00
Total
14,021.99
Expenses:
Building Construction
6,570.37
Furniture & Equipment
1,360.92
Air Whistle
2,981.60
Radio Equipment
2,768.77
Paving Grounds
250.00
13,931.66
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
89.63
HYDRANTS
Appropriated and Expended
4,446.00
DOG OFFICER
Appropriated
275.00
Expenses:
Care of Animals
274.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1.00
ZONING COMMITTEE
1954 Balance carried to 1955
233.25
Expenses:
Printing and Advertising
73.43
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
159.82
PLANNING COMMITTEE
1954 Balance carried to 1955
246.30
Expenses:
Office Expenses
46.32
Association Dues & Meeting
12.50
58.82
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
187.48
129
TREE WARDEN
Appropriated
6,426.00
Expenses:
Salary
1,897.10
Labor
3,581.30
Office Expenses
4.01
Insurance
55.89
Gas, Oil & Grease
127.55
Tools & Supplies
158.51
Repairs
199.65
Poison Ivy Killer
307.89
Association Dues & Meetings
4.50-
6,336.40
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
MOTH SUPPRESSION
Appropriated
2,365.00
Expenses:
Salary
620.00
Labor
1,120.00
Office Expenses
2.08
Insurance
57.04
Gas, Oil & Grease
87.56
Tools & Supplies
166.20
Repairs
68.32
Insecticides
243.80
2,365.00
TOWN ELMS
Appropriated
2,365.00
Expenses:
Salary
620.00
Labor
1,120.00
Gas, Oil & Grease
58.30
Tools & Supplies
134.33
Repairs
106.57
Insecticides
243.80
Fertilizer & Lime
82.00
2,365.00
TOWN TREE NURSERY
Appropriated and Expended
400.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Appropriated
245.00
89.60
130
Expenses:
Salary
176.25
Travel
19.17
Supplies
12.35
207.77
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
37.23
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriated
650.00
Expenses:
Salary
258.50
Travel
93.50
352.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
298.00
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Appropriated
409.00
Expenses:
Salary
284.00
Travel
125.00
409.00
HEALTH & SANITATION
Appropriated
3,114.00
Expenses:
Care of Dump
1,200.00
T. B. Hospital
1,254.00
Office Expenses
32.93
Medical Supplies
101.80
Vital Statistics
204.85
Travel
20.00
2,813.58
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
300.42
VISITING NURSE
Appropriated and Expended
800.00
DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
Appropriated and Expended
110.00
DENTAL CLINIC
1954 Balance carried to 1955
455.00
131
Expenses:
Dental Nurse
290.00
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
165.00
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE
Appropriated and Unexpended reverting to Revenue
100.00
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriated
400.00
Expenses:
Inspections
274.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
126.00
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING
Appropriated and Unexpended reverting to Revenue
100.00
HIGHWAY
Appropriated
32,542.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
3,586.79
Labor
11,120.70
Materials
6,229.53
Mix-In-Place
7,002.47
Tools & Supplies
587.08
Insurance
177.08
Street Signs
90.39
Bridges and Railings
2.50
Electricity
12.95
Gas & Oil
1,487.70
Repairs
934.79
Tires & Tubes
267.27
31,499.25
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1,042.75
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriated
6,210.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
Labor
55.21 1,128.50
132
Tools & Supplies
142.58
Repairs
231.09
Equipment Hire
925.13
Plowing Route 106
75.00
Salt, Sand, Etc.
1,027.70
Equipment
454.40
4,039.61
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
2,170.39
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT
Appropriated-Tractor
3,000.00
Appropriated-Sweeper
1,200.00
4,200.00
Expenses:
Tractor
2,992.30
Sweeper
1,053.76
4,046.06
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
153.94
CHAPTER 90 NEW CONSTRUCTION
Appropriated
20,000.00
Expenses:
Highway Construction-Spring Street
18,239.55
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
1,760.45
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriated and Expended
3,000.00
MACHINE FUND
1954 Balance carried to 1955
2,027.42
Add-Hire of Highway Equipment for Snow Removal
315.00
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
2,342.42
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriated
8,240.00
Expenses:
Street Lighting for year
7,895.08
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
344.92
133
LAND DAMAGES
1954 Balance carried to 1956
572.35
PUBLIC WELFARE
Administration
Appropriated
922.00
Expenses:
Salary
252.00
Agent
310.08
Clerk
222.96
Telephone -
44.20
Office Expense
38.34
Travel
15.00
Association Dues and Meetings
26.60
909.18
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
12.82
Aid
Appropriated
7,700.00
Refunds
11.46
Total
7,711.46
Expenses:
Groceries
1,008.80
Fuel
206.55
Clothing
71.30
Medical
1,731.90
State Institutions
1,117.29
Cash
1,797.74
Other Cities & Towns
1,120.38
Outside Board
657.50
7,711.46
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Appropriated
1,600.00
Expenses:
Agent
800.00
Clerk
800.00
1,600.00
Aid
Appropriated
26,000.00
Refunds
344.54
Total 2
26,344.54
134
Expenses:
Cash
Other Cities & Towns
25,032.80 1,311.74
26,344.54
Federal Administration
1954 Balance carried to 1955 1955 Reimbursements
829.61
2,281.19
Total
3,110.80
Expenses:
Agent
1,305.00
Clerk
880.00
Office Expenses
31.66
Travel
100.00
Telephone
71.05
2,387.71
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
723.09
Federal Aid
1954 Balance carried to 1955 1955 Reimbursements
9,045.45
22,733.20
Total
31,778.65
Expenses:
30,834.82
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
943.83
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Administration
Appropriated
225.00
Expenses:
Telephone
100.00
Travel
25.00
125.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
100.00
Aid
Appropriated
2,000.00
Refunds
80.40
Total
2,080.40
Cash
135
Expenses: Cash 2,047.49
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
32.91
Federal Administration
1954 Balance carried to 1955
782.93
1955 Reimbursements
311.48
Total
1,094.41
Expenses:
Agent
461.36
Clerk
200.00
Office Expenses
65.57
Telephone
20.95
747.88
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
346.53
Federal Aid
1954 Balance carried to 1955
5,205.16
1955 Reimbursements
1,994.03
Total
7,199.29
Expenses:
Cash
1,058.90
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
6,140.39
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE Administration
Appropriated
360.00
Expenses:
Agent
170.00
Clerk
180.00
Travel
10.00
360.00
Aid
Appropriated
2,000.00
Refunds
119.50
Total
2,119.50
Expenses:
Cash
2,119.50
136
Federal Administration
1954 Balance carried to 1955
163.78
1955 Reimbursements
196.19
Total
359.97
Expenses:
Agent
73.56
Clerk
2.49
Office Expenses
70.42
Telephone
23.10
169.57
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
190.40
Federal Aid
1954 Balance carried to 1955
3,872.24
1955 Reimbursements
2,359.92
Total
6,232.16
Expenses:
Cash
3,281.64
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
2,950.52
VETERANS' SERVICES
Appropriated
19,000.00
Expenses:
Agent
360.00
Clerk
4.57
Office Expenses
22.08
Association Dues & Meetings
13.00
Travel
25.00
Cash Aid
14,034.52
Dental
133.00
Fuel
1,239.40
Drugs & Medicines
659.63
Doctors
486.58
Miscellaneous
378.50
Equipment
20.00
17,376.28
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1,623.72
137
SCHOOLS
Appropriated
246,227.83
Expenses:
Administration
Salaries
6,267.12
Telephone
919.58
Census
75.00
Office Expense
324.61
Travel (State)
400.08
Travel (Out of State)
129.71
Miscellaneous
277.34
Total
8,393.44*
Instruction
Salaries
158,491.14
Textbooks
3,952.01
Supplies
7,916.87
Total
170,360.02*
Operation
Salaries
16,324.61
Fuel
4,940.85
Electricity & Gas
5,135.04
Water
223.38
Supplies
2,209.00
Total
28,832.88*
Maintenance
General
7,322.02*
Auxiliary Agencies
Health Salaries
2,775.00
Health Supplies
123.12
Transportation
21,937.37
Tuition
3,376.54
Insurance
127.51
Miscellaneous
115.29
Total
28,454.83*
Capital Outlay
General 2,576.14
138
Total Expenditures
245,939.33
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
288.50
*Reflects transfers between departments and appropriations
LIBRARY
Appropriated
3,327.00
Expenses:
Salary
967.50
Assistants
795.52
Office Expenses
88.22
Fuel, Electricity & Water
140.55
Repairs
19.85
Janitor
225.00
Books
799.38
3,036.02
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
290.98
SMITH-HUGHES-GEORGE BARDEN ACT
1954 Balance carried to 1955 and Expended
10.00
SCHOOL HOT LUNCH
1954 Balance carried to 1955
6,026.38
1955 Reimbursements and Receipts
32,428.23
Total
37,615.72
Expenses:
School Lunch Operation
32,428.23
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
5,187.49
SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION
1954 Balance carried to 1955
889.07
Appropriated
3,500.00
1955 Receipts
1,317.73
Total
5,706.80
Expenses:
School Athletics
5,558.13
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
148.67
139
SARAH B. SHUKIS
Appropriated and Expended
4,183.10
SCHOOL BOND PREMIUM
Premium on Elementary School Bonds Sold
1,470.89
Expenses:
Issuance of Bonds 1,136.82
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
334.07
SCHOOL BONDS & INTEREST
Appropriated
91,447.00
Expenses:
Payment of Interest and Bonds
90,947.50
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
499.50
HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
1954 Balance carried to 1956 4,791.47
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
1954 Balance carried to 1955
48,243.52
Receipt from Sale of Bonds
400,000.00
Total
448,243.52
Expenses:
Elementary School Construction
274,471.47
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
173,772.05
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
1954 Balance carried to 1956 292.75
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS-INTEREST
Earned and Expended 1,477.61
EDITH DUNBAR BLANCHARD LIBRARY-PRINCIPAL
Receipt from Estate of Edith Blanchard 3,717.00
140
WILLIAM J. & ANNA C. HOWARD-SCHOLARSHIP
Interest
1954 Balance carried to 1955 Interest Earned
- 62.50
175.00
Balance
112.50
Expended
62.50
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
50.00
Principal
1954 Balance carried to 1955 U. S. Government Bonds Matured
146.10
5,000.00
Total
5,146.10
Transferred to Principal
5,146.10
WILLIAM J. & ANNA C. HOWARD-LIBRARY
1954 Balance carried to 1955
73.05
U. S. Government Bonds Matured
2,500.00
Total
2,573.05
Transferred to Principal
2,573.05
LOANS-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Loans Authorized
400,000.00
Loans Authorized and Issued
- 400,000.00
POST WAR REHABILITATION BONDS
1954 Balance carried to 1955 transferred to Fire Station 50,000.00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
1954 Balance carried to 1955
369.23
Appropriated
800.00
Total
1,169.23
Expenses: Telephone 33.78
Building Supplies 43.66
141
Office Expense Equipment
45.01 743.22
865.67
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
303.56
MONUMENTS, PARKS & FLAGS
Appropriated
2,840.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
2,100.00
Labor
131.40
Park Expense
286.79
Memorial Field
78.59
Rolling Park
176.00
Flags
20.00
2,814.63
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
47.22
STABILIZATION FUND
Earned and Expended 125.00
REHABILITATION FUND-PRINCIPAL
Proceeds from Matured U. S. Government Bonds Reinvested
4,072.00
INSURANCE
Appropriated and Expended 5,448.93
MEMORIAL & ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE
Appropriated
500.00
Expenses
490.52
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
9.48
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Appropriated and Expended
100.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Appropriated and Expended
100.00
142
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING TOWN REPORTS
Appropriated and Expended 1,130.70
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF TOWN FIELD - SERVICEMEN'S FUND
1954 Balance carried to 1956
1,785.83
TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
Appropriated
500.00
Expenses:
Postage
10.00
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
490.00
EMERGENCY-HURRICANE
1954 Balance carried to 1955
- 16,118.50
Reimbursements from State
17,744.69
Balance
1,629.19
Expenses:
1955 Additional Expenses
- 3,045.24
1955 Balance carried to 1956
- 1,419.05
WATER
Appropriated
24,760.00
Expenses:
Commissioners
856.00
Superintendent
3,800.00
Labor
5,760.00
Equipment
138.76
Pipe, Fittings & Meters
3,360.16
Personal Services
500.00
Electricity
3,810.55
Equipment Hire
400.00
Clerk Hire
381.25
Office Expenses
510.44
Care of Telephone
480.00
Liens, Deeds, & Publications
20.63
Telephone
311.08
Insurance
115.35
Gas, Oil & Grease
457.37
Tools & Supplies
378.55
143
Truck Repair and Expense
102.69
Chapter 90 Construction
12.54
Water
1,339.45
Heating Oil
141.66
22,876.48
Unexpended Balance reverting to Water Revenue
WATER BONDS & INTEREST
Appropriated
18,150.00
Premium on Sale of Water Bonds
5.00
Total
18,155.00
Expenses:
Water Bonds & Interest
17,080.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Water Revenue
1,075.00
SOUTH & CROSS STREET PROJECT
1954 Balance carried to 1955 Sale of Water Bonds
214.52
5,000.00
Total
5,214.52
Expenses:
Water Construction
4,607.20
Unexpended Balance carried to 1956
607.32
RIGHT OF WAY-PUMPING STATION
1954 Balance carried to 1955
150.00
Expenses
140.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Water Revenue
10.00
CARE OF CEMETERIES
Appropriated
500.00
Expenses:
Care of Cemeteries
390.60
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
109.40
1,883.52
144
INTEREST
Appropriated 300.00
Expenses:
Interest on Tax Anticipation Note
264.44
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
35.56
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Earned and Expended
223.20
MISCELLANEOUS
Retirement Deductions
4,221.39
Federal Withholding Taxes
31,187.88
Plymouth County Hospital Assessment
8,253.57
Plymouth County Tax Assessment
15,579.89
State Parks & Reservations
622.09
Auditing Municipal Accounts
706.01
Dog Licenses
1,372.80
Refunds
4,030.32
Tax Anticipation Note
50,000.00
TOTAL PAYMENTS
$1,112,423.74
RECORD OF TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Town Accountant Expenses
33.69
Treasurer's Expenses
48.81
Collector's Expenses
51.26
Town Hall Repairs
79.41
Town Hall Expenses & Supplies
259.92
Police-Patrolmen
379.25
Police --- Expenses
95.83
Inspector of Buildings
94.00
Health-Hospital
54.00
Schools-#5-Auxiliary Agencies
64.83
Insurance
48.93
TOTAL
$ 1,209.93
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
12-31-35 Balance
Name of Fund
12-31-55 Balance
Evard-Alger
$ 207.63
Samuel Howard
$ 101.30
Alfred E. Alger
203.78
Harriet M. Jennings
100.54
Nathan Alger
101.69
.Abbic B. Jones
100.77
Sanford Alger
50.64
Frank HI. Jones
162.73
William Burke
154.15
Smith R. Kelly
513.95
M. A. Clapp
406.71
Sumner D. Kieth
119.13
Davis Copeland
204.55
Warren C. Kinney
204.70
Mrs. Henry Copeland
101.77
Henry J. LeLacheur
102.86
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
673.56
Elihu Leonard
312.86
Samuel G. Copeland
205.24
Axel Lothrop
162.73
Samuel G. & James Copeland
1,130.94
Joshua Morse
123.19
Martha K. Crosby
103.65
Emma F. Packard
308.99
Mary A. Dewyer
100.89
Fred A. Perkins
100.93
Michael Dewyer
100.77
Rosa R. Shaw
358.28
John E. & Desire L. Gould
100.38
Sarah F. Shipman
101.23
The Hartwell Fund
302.44
Orrin A. Smith
154.78
Etta L. Hartwell
350.43
South St. Cemetery
117.08
Frank P. Hatch
161.28
Flora Snell
100.54
Julia M. Hooper
190.00
Robert Tibbetts
101.11
Alba Howard
100.83
Charles C. Thayer
251.61
Isabelle Howard
102.11
Mary E. Wilson
202.15
S. Nelson Howard
101.07
Sub-Total
$ 5,154.51
Total
$ 8,955.97
145
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Name of Fund
12-31-55 Balance
Cornelia Alger
$ 675.00
Francis E. Howard
$ 500.00
Edith Dunbar Blanchard
13,717.00
W. J. Howard & Anna C. Howard
2,603.18
Nathan Copeland
500.00
Mary L. Perkins
1,000.00
Eliza P. Dalton & M. O. Dalton
250.00
Mary P. Whitman
15,000.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly
500.00
$ 34,745.18
Interest Account No. 1
$ 860.59
Interest Account No. 2
345.58
Interest Account No. 3
263.56
Total
WV. J. & Anna C. Howard
$ 5,225.61
SUMMARY
Name of Fund
1-1-55 Balance
Receipts
Payments
12-31-55 Balance
Cemetery Trust Funds
$ 8,902.02
$ 272.95
$ 219.00
$ 8,955.97
Library Trust Funds-Principal
30,953.01
3,792.17
0.00
34,745.18
Library Trust Funds-Interest
1,075.82
913.81
519.90
1,469.73
W. J. & Anna C. Howard Scholarship Trust Fund
5,074.70
150.91
0.00
5,225.61
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
5,175.91
76.71
928.00*
4,324.62
Stabilization Fund
5,881.42
152.89
0.00
6,034.31
Totals
$ 57,062:88
$ 5,359.44
$ 1,666.90
$ 60,755.42
146
SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
$ 1,469.73
$ 15,642.00
12-31-55 Balance
147
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. William W. Noyes, Chairman West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the year ending December 31, 1955, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
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