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Nov. 1,1914
Nov. 1, 1923
412
10,000 00
1923
Water Loan, 1910.
Dec. 1, 1910
Dec.
1,1923
4
1,000 00
1923
Crosby School Addition .
Dec. 1, 1910
Dec. 1,1923
4
3,000 00
1923
Henderson Street Sewer
Dec. 31, 1903
Dec. 31, 1923
4
10,500 00
1923
Locke School Addition .
Dec. 31, 1908
Dec. 31, 1923
4
2,500 00
1924
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914.
April 30, 1914
Jan.
1,1924
4
1,000 00
1924
High School Grading Lot Loan
June 1,1915
June
1,1924
4
1,000 00
1924
Sewer Loan, 1917
June 1,1917
June 1,1924
4
2,000 00
1924
High School Furnishings Loan
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1924
4
1,000 00
1924
Water Bonds. .
July 1,1894
April 1,1924
4
92,000 00
1924
Summer Street Bonds, 1914.
Nov.
1,1914
Nov. 1,1924
412
1,000 00
1924
Park Loan Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1,1914
Nov. 1,1924
412
500 00
1924
High School Bonds. 1914.
Nov.
1,1914
Nov. 1. 1924
10,000 00
1924
Water Loan, 1910.
Dec.
1,1910
Dec. 1,1924
1,000 00
1924
Crosby School Addition .
Dec.
1,1910
Dec. 1,1924
4
3,000 00
1924
Locke School Additional. .
Dec. 31, 1908
Dec. 31, 1924
4
2,500 00
$119,000 00
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
$115,000 00
412 4
$33,500 00
$31,500 00
1926
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914.
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1,1926
4 1,000 00
1926
High School Grading Lot Loan
June 1. 1915
June 1.1926
4
1,000 00
1926
Sewer Loan, 1917
June 1, 1917
June 1,1926
4
2,000 00
1926
High School Furnishings Loan
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1926
4
1,000 00
1926 1926
Water Bonds.
Oct. 1,1896
Oct. 1,1926
4
5,000 00
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1926
41/2
10,000 00
1926
Locke School Addition.
Dec. 31, 1908
Dec. 31, 1926
4
2,500 00
1927
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914.
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1,1927
4
1,000 00
1927
Sewer Loan, 1917.
June 1,1917
June 1, 1927
4
2,000 00
1927
High School Furnishings Loan
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1927
4
1,000 00
1927
Water Bonds
Oct. 1, 1897
Oct. 1, 1927
4
10,000 00
1927
High School Bonds, 1914
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1927
412
10,000 00
1928
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1,1928
4 1,000 00
1928
High School Furnishings Loan.
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1928
4
1,000 00
1928
Water Bonds
Oct. 1,1898
Oct. 1,1928
4
15,000 00
1928
High School Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1928
412
10,000 00
1929
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1,1929
4
1.000 00
1929
High School Furnishings Loan
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1929
1,000 00
1929
High School Bonds, 1914. .
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1929
10,000 00
$12,000 00
195
4
High School Grading Lot Loan.
June 1, 1915
June 1,1925
4
4
1925
High School Furnishings Loan
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1925
4
1,000 00
Oct. 1,1895
Oct. 1, 1925
4 41/2
10,000 00
1925
Water Loan, 1910
Dec. 1,1910
Nov. 1, 1925 Dec. 1,1925
4
1,000 00
1925
Crosby School Addition
Dec. 1,1910
Dec. 1,1925
3,000 00
1925
Locke School Addition
Dec. 31, 1908
Dec. 31, 1925
4 4
2,500 00
1925 1925
Water Bonds .
10,000 00
High School Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1, 1914
June 1, 1917 June 1, 1925
$1,000 00 1,000 00 2,000 00
1925 1925 Sewer Loan, 1917
1925 |Schouler Court Purchase, 1914.
April 30, 1914 Jan. 1,1925
$22,500 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
High School Bonds, 1914.
.
$24,000 00
$27,000 00
4 444
196
DETAILED STATEMENT OF FIXED TOWN DEBT - Concluded
Due
Account
Date of Note
When Due
Rate Per Cent
Amount
Total
1930
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1, 1930
4
$1,000 00
1930
High School Furnishings Loan.
June 15. 1915
June 15, 1930
4
1,000 00
1930
High School Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1930
412
10,000 00
1931
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1, 1931
4
1,000 00
1931
High School Furnishings Loan .
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1931
4
1,000 00
1931
High School Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1931
41/2
10,000 00
1932
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1, 1932
4
1,000 00
1932
High School Furnishings Loan .
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1932
4
1,000 00
1932
High School Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1, 1914
Nov. 1, 1932
412
10,000 00
12,000 00
1933
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
April 30, 1914
Jan. 1,1933
4
1,000 00
1933
High School Furnishings Loan
June 15, 1915
June 15, 1933
4
1,000 00
1933
High School Bonds, 1914.
Nov. 1. 1914
Nov. 1, 1933
412
6,000 00
1936
Sewer Bonds.
June 1,1896
June 1, 1936
4
100,000 00
1939
Town House Site Bonds
April 1,1899
April 1,1939
312
52,000 00
1946
Park Bonds. .
Nov. 1, 1896
Nov. 1, 1946
4
15,000 00
$803,400 00
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
$12,000 00
12,000 00
8,000 00
,
STATEMENT OF LOANS IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE.
Date of Issue
Number
To Whom
Due Date
Amount
April 16, 1917
209
Harry C. Grafton, Jr.
April 10, 1918
$40,000 00
April 16, 1917
210
Harry C. Grafton, Jr.
April 10, 1918
10,000 00
June 1, 1917
220
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
June 1,1918
18,000 00
Dec. 29, 1917
262
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank.
April 2,1918
25,000 00
Dec. 29, 1917
263
Sinking Fund Commissioners. .
Dec. 29, 1918
5,500 00
Dec. 29, 1917
264
Sinking Fund Commissioners. .
Dec. 29, 1918
2,000 00
$100,500 00
AUDITORS' REPORT
197
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, SHOWING RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND OVERDRAFTS
APPROPRIATIONS
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
ACCOUNTS
Balance Dec. 31, 1916
By Taxation
By Borrowing and Transfer
Credits
Totals
Disburse- ments
Available for Department
Available for Transfer
Overdrafts
Town Debt.
$31,939 70
$39,010 30
$70,950 00
$70,950 00
Sinking Fund .
11,550 00
3,000 00
14,550 00
14,550 00
Reserve Fund .
3,000 00
3,000 00
2,376 33
$623 67
Board of Health.
5,350 00
$632 00
5,982 00
5,981 58
42
Board of Survey
500 00
388 33
888 33
632 42
255 91
Cemeteries .
2,500 00
4,159 36
6,659 36
6,659 36
Engineering .
3,500 00
200 81
3,700 81
3,655 2
45 52
Fire Department.
19,000 00
10 00
19,010 00
19,003 59
6 41
Health Department.
17,600 00
10 00
17,610 00
17,309 20
300 80
Highways.
67,871 27
12,709 73
17,182 73
97,763 73
97,161 76
601 97
Highway Construction
$1,079 53
1,000 00
10,000 00
1 85
12,081 38
11,966 81
114 57
Incidentals: Selectmen . .
5,500
00
963 50
6,463 50
6,449 69
13 81
Assessors.
1,425
00
1,425 00
1,424 22
78
Auditor. .
125
00
125 00
112 67
12 33
Collector .
1,175 00
1,175 00
1,121 98
53
02
Town Clerk.
1,800
00
125 50
1,925 50
1,924 98
52
Treasurer. .
450
00
48 00
498 00
436 12
61 88
Insurance.
3,500 00
200 00
3,700 00
3,699 32
68
Interest.
26,008 72
11,991 28
20 00
38,020 00
38,568 63
$548 63
Memorial Day .
250 00
250 00
250 00
Outside Poor.
9,000 00
3,517 43
12,517 43
12,507 13
10 30
Park Commission
1,000.00
1,000 00
856 55
143 45
Planning Board ..
300 (
300 00
70 82
229 18
Police Department ..
20,676 00
646 78
21,322 78
21,314 00
8 78
Robbins Library . . .
5,200 00
800 40
3,039 48
9,039 88
9,030 17
9 71
·
Salaries.
12,475 00
12.475 00
12,462 50
12 50
Schools
133,590 00
3,504 70
1,949 08 139,043 78 138,601 26
442 52
School Repairs.
3,000 00 ·
2,990 92
9 08
Sewers. .
3,000 00
185 67
Sewer Construction
4,117 61
25,000 00
7,237 79
36,355 40
17,848 14
18,507 26
Sidewalks.
3,965 52
1,423 76
5,389 28
5,055 44
333 84
Snow and Ice.
6,000 00
1,012 60
7,012 60
7,010 54
2 06
Soldiers' Relief .
400
00
400 00
372 00
28 00
Spy Pond Athletic Field.
750
00
750 00
596 14
153 86
State and Military Aid.
250 00
2,028 00
2,278 00
1,677 00
601 00
State Aid, German War
2,783 65
2,783 65
2,794 65
11 00
Street Lighting.
15,300 00 ·
15,300 00
14,987 81
31219
Suppression of Moths
5,500 00
8 08
5,508 08
5,485 06
23 02
Street Sprinkling.
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
Surface Drainage.
3,000
00
3,000 00
2,621 78
378 22
Town House, New
4,500 00 ·
1,405 60
5,905 60
5,982 66
77 06
Town House, Old.
1,100 00
1,100 00
723 15
376 85
Tree Warden .
1,250 00
297 90
1,547 90
1,546 66
1 24
Water for Hydrants.
7,000 00
7,000 00
7,000 00
Water Department ..
1,066 18 8,035 49
38,442 50
5,866 25
45,374 93
44,360 94
1,013 99
Water Pipe Extensions .
2,000 00
8,000 00
76 99
18,112 48
16,984 50
1,127 98
Appleton Street Construction ..
2,486 24
2,486 24
2,486 24
Arlington Heights Playground .
800 00
800 00
800 00
Committee on Schools
500 00
500 00
498 92
1 08
Russell District.
500 00
500 00
500 00
Free Bed at Symmes Hospital ..
500 00
500 00
500 00
Marking New Streets, Turkey Hill . .
349 19
349 19
349 19
Printing By-Laws and Statutes
268 25
268 25
268 25
Purchase of Tax Titles. . Summer Street Extension ..
248 98
248 98
248 98
777 84
17 86
795 70
766 34
29 36
Topographical Survey.
388 33
388 33
388 33
·
·
·
·
Wire Department.
3,811 00
3,811 00
3,801 71
9 29
Cutter District.
·
3,000 00 3,185 67 3,173 41
12 26
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS, SHOWING RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, UNEXPENDED BALANCES AND OVERDRAFTS-Concluded.
APPROPRIATIONS
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
ACCOUNTS
Balance Dec. 31, 1916
By Taxation
By Borrowing and Transfer
Credits
Totals
Disburse- ments
Available for Department
Available for Transfer
Overdrafts
Tufts Street Land Purchase. Waltham Fire Tower (Town share)
$3,000 00| $10,000 00
$13,000 00
$5,660 00
$7,340 00
100 00
100 00
100 00
Overdraft 1916
1,553 85
1,553 85
1,553 85
Committee on Public Safety.
5,000 00
$2,366 38
7,366 38
6,318 58
$1,047 80
Soldiers Exemptions, 1916 and 1917
102 82
102 82
102 82
Redemption of Tax Titles.
170 53
170 53
170 53
$20,368 66 $460,961 19 $164,012 76
$58,078 73|$703,421 34 $667,883 48 $29,406 67 $6,767 88
$636 69
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS NOT HAVING APPROPRIATIONS, SHOWING RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES AND BALANCES
AVAILABLE BALANCES
ACCOUNTS
Balance Dec. 31, 1916
Receipts
Disbursements]
For Specific Purposes
For Transfers
Betterment Assessment Collections.
$15,476 77
$239 11
$15,237 66
Gypsy Moth Assessment Collections.
1,576 81
1,576 81
Sewer Assessment Collections.
$4,195 44
9,944 44
5,000 00
$9,139 88
Sidewalk Assessment Collections.
21 50
21 50
Supplementary Tax Collections
1,367 83
1,367 83
Rents: New Town Hall.
1,728 00
1,728 00
Old Town Hall
417 96
417 96
Summer Street Estate.
100 00
36 35
63 65
Medford Street Estate.
315 00
72 15
242 8
Interest Receipts.
4,465 99
4,465 99
Treasury Account (Miscellaneous) .
2,144 34
2,144 34
Court Fines .
261
65
261 65
Dog Tax
800 40
800 40
Corporation and Bank Tax.
20,000 00
20,000 00
State Income Tax.
37,914 96
37,392 86
522 10
Schools: High School Income Fund. E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial Fund .
144 53
144 53
Robbins Library Art Fund ..
10 00
10 00
Citizens Soldiers' Fund
96 00
96 00
Street Railway and Excise Taxes.
12,709 73
141 83
12,709 73
141 83
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds.
3,305 00
3,305 00
Sale of Lots in Cemetery . .
3,075 00
3,075 00
Sale of Offal.
1,260 00
1,260 00
Overlayings: 1915 Street Sprinkling.
381 30
9 50
371 80
1916 Street Sprinkling.
618 78
34 82
475 78
108 18
1916 Taxes . .
5,000 75
10 00
1,681 60
299 28
3,029 87
1917 Taxes.
8,910 83
3,316 53
5,594 30
$22,906 00
$114,270 57
$87,358 31
$15,651 07
$34,167 19
.
781 73
781
73
202
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1917.
Unexpended Balances of Appropriation $636.69 $36,174.55 49,818.26
Available Balances from Receipts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Burials $200.00
German War Aid 2,753.65
Advance Betterment Apportionments 1,998.53
Advance Sewer Apportionments
6,764.51
Collector of Betterment Apportionments
338.58
Collector of Sewer Apportionments 491.75
Collector of Sidewalk Assessments 188.36
Collector of Betterment Assessments
9,237.96
Collector of Sewer Assessments
6,861.60 .
Collector of Committed Interest
On Betterment Apportionments 24.10
On Sewer Apportionments 67.81
Collector of Moth Assessments
383.10
Collector of Street Railway Excise Taxes
405.99
Collector of Street Sprinkling As-
sessments, 1916
475.78
Collector of Taxes, 1916
299.28
Collector of Taxes, 1917
136,669.07
Collector of Water Rates
2,075.03
Town Treasurer
47,841.95
Tax Titles
198.40
Tax Title Surplus
95.81
Water Guarantee Fund
2,486.20
Betterment Assessments
11,575.07
Gypsy Moth Assessments
383.10
Sewer Assessments
14,117.86
Sidewalk Assessments
188.36
Street Railway Excise Taxes
405.99
Water Rates
2,075.03
Committed Interest
91.91
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
100,500.00
$217,912.14
$217,912.14
Public Property
$2,622,773.62
1,819,373.62
Surplus
203
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Crosby School Addition Loan
$24,000.00
Crosby School Additional Loan
1,500.00
Henderson Street Sewer Loan
10,500.00
High School Bonds, 1914
156,000.00
High School Furnishing Loan
16,000.00
High School Grading Loan
9,000.00
Locke School Loan
2,900.00
Locke School Addition Loan
22,500.00
Park Loan
15,000.00
Park Loan, 1914
3,500.00
Parmenter School Loan
4,000.00
Playground Loan, 1914
1,000.00
Schouler Court Purchase, 1914
19,000.00
Sewer Loan
100,000.00
Sewer Loan, 1910
2,000.00
Sewer Loans, 1916
10,000.00
Sewer Loan, 1917
20,000.00
Street Loan, 1914
5,000.00
Street Loan, 1915
5,500.00
Street Loans, 1916
12,000.00
Street Loan, 1917
10,000.00
Summer Street Extension Bonds, 1914
7,000.00
Summer Street Extension Loan, 1915
7,500.00
Summer Street Extension Loans, 1916
5,000.00
Town House Site Loan
52,000.00
Tufts Street Land Purchase
10,000.00
Turkey Hill Land Purchase, 1913
500.00
Water Loans
225,000.00
Water Loans, 1910
8,000.00
Water Loans, 1912
5,000.00
Water Loans, 1913
2,000.00
Water Loans, 1914
4,000.00
Water Loans, 1915
6,000.00
Water Loans, 1916
8,000.00
Water Loans, 1917
8,000.00
Water Pipe Renewal Loan, 1907
3,000.00
Water Pipe Renewal Loan, 1908
2,000.00
Water Pipe Renewal Loan, 1909
1,000.00
$2,840,685.76 $2,840,685.76
204
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
TAX LEVY, 1917. DR.
Appropriation by Taxation
$460,961.19
State Tax
40,700.00
County Tax
18,613.95
Metropolitan Park Tax
9,409.48
Metropolitan Sewer Tax
16,274.29
Charles River Basin Tax
1,789.54
Alewife Brook Tax
2,453.18
Fire Prevention Tax
204.77
Overlayings
8,610.72
CR.
Estimated Receipts :
Corporation and Bank Tax
$20,000.00
State Income Tax
37,392.86
Commitment to Collector
501,624.26
$559,017.12
$559,017.12
APPROPRIATION BY TAXATION.
DR.
Board of Health
$5,350.00
Board of Survey
500.00
Cemeteries
2,500.00
Engineering
3,500.00
Fire Department
19,000.00
Health Department
17,600.00
Highways
67,871.27
Highway Construction
1,000.00
Incidentals, Selectmen
5,500.00
Incidentals, Assessors
1,425.00
Incidentals, Auditor
125.00
Incidentals, Collector
1,175.00
Incidentals, Town Clerk
1,800.00
Incidentals, Treasurer
450.00
Insurance
3,500.00
Interest
26,008.72
Memorial Day
250.00
-
205
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Outside Poor
$9,000.00
Park Commission
1,000.00
Planning Board
300.00
Police Department
20,676.00
Robbins Library
5,200.00
Salaries
12,475.00
Schools
133,590.00
School Repairs
3,000.00
Sewers
3,000.00
Sidewalks
3,965.52
· Soldiers' Relief
400.00
State and Military Aid
250.00
Snow and Ice
6,000.00
Street Lighting
15,300.00
Suppression of Moths
5,500.00
Street Sprinkling
5,000.00
Surface Drainage
3,000.00
Spy Pond Athletic Field
750.00
Town House, New
4,500.00
Town House, Old
1,100.00
Tree Warden
1,250.00
Water for Hydrants
7,000.00
Water Pipe Extensions
2,000.00
Wire Department
3,811.00
Sinking Fund
11,550.00
Town Debt
31,939.70
Reserve Fund
3,000.00
Free Bed at Symmes Hospital
500.00
Redemption of Tax Titles
248.98
Tufts Street Land Purchase
3,000.00
Waltham Fire Tower
100.00
Committee on Public Safety
5,000.00
$460,961.19
APPROPRIATION BY BORROWING. DR.
Highway Construction Sewer Construction
$10,000.00 20,000.00
206
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Water Pipe Extensions
Tufts Street Land Purchase
$8,000.00 10,000.00
CR.
Loans Issued:
Highway Construction
$10,000.00
Sewer Construction
20,000.00
Water Pipe Extensions
8,000.00
Tufts Street Land Purchase
10,000.00
$48,000.00
$48,000.00
APPROPRIATION BY TRANSFER.
Sewer Assessment Collections
$5,000.00
To Sewer Construction
$5,000.00
Water Division Income
68,000.00
To Water Division
38,442.50
Interest
11,057.50
Sinking Fund
3,000.00
Town Debt, due 1917
15,500.00
Street Railway and Excise Taxes
12,709.73
To Highways
12,709.73
Available Receipts, 1916
12,380.26
Unexpended Balances, 1916
17,122.37
To Interest
933.78
Schools
3,504.70
Overdrafts, 1916
1,553.85
Town Debt, due 1917
23,510.30
Dog Tax, 1917
800.40
To Robbins Library
800.40
$116,012.76
$116,012.76
ADVANCE BETTERMENT APPORTIONMENTS.
DR.
Balance December 31, 1916
$1,502.85
Assessments Apportioned 2,047.76
207
AUDITOR'S REPORT
CR.
Committed to Collector
$1,302.21
Collections
249.87
$1,552.08
Uncollected December 31, 1917
1,998.53
$3,550.61
$3,550.61
ADVANCE SEWER APPORTIONMENTS. DR.
Balance December 31, 1916
$4,816.83
Assessments Apportioned 3,712.10
CR.
Committed to Collector
$1,360.07
Collections
404.35
$1,764.42
Uncollected December 31, 1917
6,764.51
$8,528.93
$8,528.93
ALEWIFE BROOK TAX.
CR.
Tax Levy, 1917
$2,453.18
DR.
Paid Treasurer: Special Assessment
$1,636.79
Interest
816.39
$2,453.18
$2,453.18
APPLETON STREET CONSTRUCTION.
CR.
Balance from 1916
$2,486.24
DR.
Pay Roll, Public Works Highway Division
$2,355.60 130.64
$2,486.24 $2,486.24
208
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PLAYGROUND.
CR.
Balance from 1916
$800.00
DR.
Unexpended balance
$800.00
$800.00
$800.00
BETTERMENT ASSESSMENT COLLECTIONS
CR.
Assessments Collected
$15,476.77
DR.
Summer Street Extension
$17.86
Betterment Assessments, refunded
221.25
Available Balance
15,237.66
$15,476.77
$15,476.77
BOARD OF HEALTH.
CR.
Appropriation by Taxation
$5,350.00
Schools
300.00
City of Cambridge
125.14
Charles R. Whital
169.29
Josephine Umpleby
26.57
Check returned
7.00
Reimbursement
4.00
DR.
Physician and Bacteriologist
$600.00
Nurse
637.50
Clerk of Board
535.00
Sanitary Inspector
150.00
Market Inspector
300.00
Contagious Disease, expense
32.85
Contagious Disease, board:
City of Medford
22.00
Town of Belmont
8.25
City of Boston
104.57
City of Cambridge
425.73
City of Lowell
210.70
209
AUDITOR'S REPORT
City of Somerville
$369.43
North Reading State Sanatorium
153.14
Rutland State Sanatorium
130.23
Westfield State Sanatorium
168.00
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital 1,314.36
Massachusetts General Hospital
13.00
Dispensary
43.79
Fumigation
87.25
Laboratory
135.86
Milk Inspector
65.20
Nurse's expense
34.78
Office expense
149.72
Plumbing Inspector
259.00
Destroying Animals
29.50
Highway Division
1.72
$5,981.58
Unexpended balance
.42
$5,982.00
$5,982.00
BOARD OF SURVEY.
CR.
Appropriation by Taxation
$500.00
Department Transfer
388.33
DR.
Public Works, Engineering
$247.74
Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk
200.00
Stenographer at Hearings
18.90
Office Supplies
17.25
Recording Deeds
13.50
Advertising
135.03
$632.42
Unexpended balance
255.91
$888.33
$888.33
210
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
CEMETERIES.
CR.
Appropriation by Taxation
$2,500.00
Income of Robbins Fund
165.00
Income S. C. Bucknam Fund
80.00
Income of Soldiers' Monument Fund
120.75
Income of Perpetual Care Fund
638.61
Receipts of care, etc.
3,155.00
DR.
Superintendent
$1,345.25
Pay Roll, labor
3,894.60
Burial devices
198.50
Care of grounds
501.58
Building repairs and fuel
43.06
Tools and supplies
188.99
Office expense and sundries
102.11
Decorating Soldiers' Monument
10.00
Trustees Perpetual Care Fund, 21 single graves at $5 each
105.00
Engineering
104.84
Highways
43.43
Committee on Public Safety
7.00
Incidentals: Town Clerk, expenses
50.00
Sale of Lots, Catherine E. Clifford
transfer of Lot 1021 to Lot 826
65.00
$6,659.36
$6,659.36
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND
CR.
Norman L. Cushman, Lot. 226
$200.00
Rodney T. Hardy, Lot 200
200.00
William H. Seaver, Lot 7
200.00
W. A. Peirce, Jr., Lot 224
200.00
George Henderson, Lot 555
200.00
Lucius Kimball, Lot 268
200.00
A. J. Wellington and F. W. Damon, Lot 695
200.00
211
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Charles S. Parker, Lot 830
$200.00
Mrs. A. G. Anderson and Mrs. H.
H. Haller, Lot 757
200.00
Harold L. Frost, Administrator, J. E. Locke, Lot 318
200.00
Mrs. Josephine Welch, Lot 1040
200.00
Estate Climena McGregor, Lot 508
200.00
Frank A. Noyes, Lot 734
200.00
Estate Stevens Lawrence, Lot 357
200.00
H. A. Phinney, Lot
200.00
Miss S. R. Scott, Lot 496
200.00
Trustees of Cemeteries, 21 single graves
105.00
DR.
Paid Trustees of Fund
$3,305.00
$3,305.00
$3,305.00
CHARLES RIVER BASIN TAX
CR.
Tax Levy, 1917
$1,789.54
DR.
Paid State Treasurer:
Interest
$743.05
Maintenance
981.79
Serial Bonds
64.70
$1,789.54
$1,789.54
CITIZENS-SOLDIERS' FUND
CR.
Trustees of Fund
$96.00
DR.
Aid rendered
$96.00
$96.00
$96.00
212
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
COLLECTOR OF APPORTIONED BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$35.26
Commitments
1,302.21
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$998.89
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
338.58
$1,337.47
$1,337.47
COLLECTOR OF APPORTIONED SEWER ASSESSMENTS
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$353.76
Commitments
1,360.07
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$1,222.08
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
491.75 .
$1,713.83
$1,713.83
COLLECTOR OF APPORTIONED SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$21.50
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$21.50
$21.50
$21.50
COLLECTOR OF BETTERMENT ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$32,432.08
Commitments 14,868.00
213
AUDITOR'S REPORT
CR.
Abatements
$21,786.35
Assessments Apportioned
2,047.76
Paid Treasurer
14,228.01
$38,062.12
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
9,237.96
$47,300.08
$47,300.08
COLLECTOR OF COMMITTED INTEREST ON BETTERMENT APPORTIONMENTS. DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$2.86
Commitment, 1917
84.82
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$63.58
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
24.10
$87.68
$87.68
COLLECTOR OF COMMITTED INTEREST ON SEWER APPORTIONMENTS. DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$57.61
Commitment, 1917 208.01
CR.
. Paid Treasurer
$197.81
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
67.81
$265.62 $265.62
COLLECTOR OF COMMITTED INTEREST ON SIDEWALK APPORTIONMENTS. DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916 $1.97
CR.
Paid Treasurer $1.97
$1.97 $1.97
214
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
COLLECTOR OF GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$355.58 1,610.43
Commitment, 1917
CR.
Abatements
Paid Treasurer
$6.10 1,576.81
$1,582.91
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
383.10
$1,966.01
$1,966.01
COLLECTOR OF SEWER ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$10,248.52
Commitments
8,952.26
CR.
Abatements
$309.07
Assessments Apportioned
3,712.10
Paid Treasurer
8,318.01
$12,339.18
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
6,861.60
$19,200.78
$19,200.78
COLLECTOR OF SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
DR.
Commitments
$188.36
CR.
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
$188.36
$188.36
$188.36
215
AUDITOR'S REPORT
COLLECTOR OF STREET RAILWAY AND EXCISE TAX.
DR.
Commitment
$536.90
CR.
Paid Treasurer
$130.91
$130.91
Uncollected
405.99
$536.90
$536.90
COLLECTOR OF STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENTS,
1915.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$391.36 1
Reassessments
5.08
CR.
Abatements
$14.58
Paid Treasurer
381.86
$396.44
$396.44
COLLECTOR OF STREET SPRINKLING ASSESSMENTS.
1916.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$3,618.78
CR.
Abatements
$34.82
Paid Treasurer
3,108.18
$3,143.00
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
475.78
$3,618.78
$3,618.78
216
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
COLLECTOR OF SUPPLEMENTARY TAX,
1916.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916 $2,085.46 CR.
Abatements
Paid Treasurer
$717.63 1,367.83
$2,085.46
$2,085.46
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, 1916.
DR.
Balance, December 30, 1916
$92,321.71
Additions 10.00
CR.
Abatements
$1,681.60 90,350.83
Paid Treasurer
$92,032.43
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
299.28
$92,331.71
$92,331.71
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, 1917.
DR.
Commitment
Additions
$501,624.26 300.11 416.67
Reassessments
CR.
Abatements
Paid Treasurer
$3,733.20 361,938.77
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
136,669.07
$365,671.97
$502,341.04
$502,341.04
217
AUDITOR'S REPORT
COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES.
DR.
Balance, December 31, 1916
$697.81
Commitment, January 1, 1917
30,831.69
Commitment, July 1, 1917
30,535.56
Additions
1,750.84
CR.
Rebates
$313.35 61,427.52
Paid Treasurer
$61,740.87
Uncollected, December 31, 1917
2,075.03
$63,815.90
$63,815.90
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY.
CR.
Appropriation by Taxation
$5,000.00
Sale of glass jars
1,376.65
Water-glass and potatoes
528.70
Plowing and harrowing
291.28
Dressing
162.75
Department Transfer
7.00
DR.
Printing and advertising
$264.97
Glass jars
1,376.65
Seed potatoes
507.28
Water-glass
70.00
Plowing
336.75
Dressing
131.50
Home Guard:
Furniture
1,005.80
Company Fund
300.00
Uniforms
300.00
Lighting playground
47.68
Instruction cards
19.50
Express and sundries
27.84
218
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Reception to soldiers
$262.00
Liberty Loan, expenses
92.05
Service flag and pole
55.00
Wrist watches
108.00
Supplies sent to camps
32.05
Sundries
17.30
Incidentals, supplies and labor
915.00
Schools, school garden work
151.18
Police Department, services and
expenses
298.03
$6,318.58
Unexpended balance
1,047.80
$7,366.38
$7,366.38
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS, CUTTER DISTRICT.
CR.
Balance, December 31, 1916
$500.00
DR.
Plans
$395.10
Reports
76.85
Engineering
26.97
$498.92
Unexpended balance
1.08
$500.00
$500.00
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS, RUSSELL DISTRICT.
CR.
Balance, December 31, 1916
$500.00
Unexpended
DR.
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
219
AUDITOR'S REPORT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIALS.
DR.
Balance from 1916
$50.00
Four (4) burials
200.00
1
CR.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$50.00
$50.00
Balance due
200.00
$250.00
$250.00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, GERMAN WAR AID.
DR.
Amount of 1917 payments, allowed $2,753.65
CR.
Amount due
$2,753.65
$2,753.65
$2,753.65
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AND MILITARY AID.
DR.
State Aid, 1916, allowed
$2,028.00
State Treasurer
$2,028.00
$2,028.00
$2,028.00
CORPORATION AND BANK TAX.
CR.
Corporation Tax, Business
$1,803.04
Corporation Tax, Public Service
5,780.35
National Bank Tax
11,469.97
$19,053.36
Transfer from Reserve Fund
946.64
$20,000.00
CR.
220
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