Town of Eastham Annual Report 1952-1956, Part 10

Author: Eastham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: the Town
Number of Pages: 840


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Recoveries of Liens 610.93


$8,972,92


$8,972.92


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Aid to Dependent Children


Cash Grants $4,663.78 Appropriation


$6,500.00


Balance to Revenue 1,877.13


Refund 40.91


$6,540.91


$6,540.91


Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants


Cash Grants


$3,741.93


Federal Grants


$3,743.73


Balance to 1954


1.80


$3,743.73


$3,743.73


Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grants


Checks


$ 72.93


Bal. Jan. 1, 1953 $1,006.68


Desk and Lamp


165.62


Federal Grants 651.11


Binders


22.70


Dorrice M. Mayo,


Social Worker 315.00


Board of Welfare


Salaries


262.50


Office Supplies


40.09


Travel and Meeting


Expenses


102.51


Association Dues 20.00


Printing, Postage and


Stationery


69.85


$1,071.20


Balance to 1954


586.59


$1,657.79


$1,657.79


Aid to Dependent Children Adm. Federal Grants


Checks


$18.23 Bal. Jan. 1, 1953


$266.44


Association Dues 5.00 Federal Grants 374.57


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Binders 6.43


Dorrice M. Mayo,


Social Worker


70.00


Board of Welfare Salaries


75.00


Postage


.40


Travel


9.94


185.00


Balance to 1954


456.01


$641.01


$641.01


Veterans' Benefits


Ralph A. Chase,


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Agent


$319.20


Travel and Meeting


Expenses


41.26


Mass. Hospital School 352.94


Cash Grants


94.08


Stationery, Postage


11.05


Travel


7.33


Phone


1.55


827.41


Balance to Revenue 1,172.59


$2,000.00


Free Bed - Cape Cod Hospital


Cape Cod Hospital $500.00 Appropriation $500.00


HIGHWAYS


Highway General


Signs Labor


$160.40 Appropriation $500.00


24.00


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Trucks 7.50


Stone, Materials, etc. 141.67


Equipment


18.19


Express on Signs 7.30


359.06


Balance to Revenue


140.94


$500.00


Highway Chapter 81


Weed Killer $ 85.00


Appropriation $ 3,900.00


Labor


3,208.16


Temporary Loan 10,725.00


Trucks & Operators 6,303.60


Asphalt, Materials


Etc.


4,991.69


Signs


18.00


Express


18.55


$14,625.00


$14,625.00


Ocean View Drive Chapter 90


Labor


$ 785.01


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Trucks & Operators 1,579.75


Temporary Loan 3,000.00


Asphalt 1,635.18


3,999.94


Balance to Revenue .06


$4,000.00


$4,000.00


Snow


Labor


$64.75


Appropriation


$500.00


Trucks


80.50


Equipment, Parts


98.67


243.92


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Balance to Revenue 256.08


$500.00


New Snow Plow


New Snow Plow


$525.00 Appropriation $525.00


Town Landings


Labor


$ 285.25


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Trucks and


From Reserve


1,200.00


Operators


1,402.60


From Surplus


Lifeguard


520.00


Revenue


300.00


Hauling Rubbish


and Trash


404.40


Lumber, Paint, etc.


315.84


Plumbing, Rest Room Exp. Power


66.28


Asphalt


441.25


Plan and Painting Parking Area


165.00


Signs


9.50


Barrels, Painting


187.69


Miscellaneous Exp.


49.36


3,847.17


Balance to Revenue


152.83


$4,000.00


$4,000.00


Park and Bathing Beach


Survey and Plan


$55.00


Appropriation


$400.00


Recording Deed


10.00


Refund


1.14


65.00


Balance to 1954


336.14


$401.14


$401.14


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Samoset Road Layout


Taking Awards


$128.00


Appropriation


$100.00


Recording Deeds


15.03


From Surplus


Maps and Prints


8.46


Revenue


250.00


Recording Plan


27.68


Refund


10.00


179.17


Balance to 1954


180.83


$360.00


$360.00


Doane Road to Cable Road


Land Damages


$102.00


Balance to 1954


390.00


Balance Jan. 1, 1953


$492.00


$492.00


Rock Harbor or Dyer Prince Road


Taking Award $ 2.00


Balance to 1954


245.26


Balance Jan. 1, 1953


$247.26


$247.26


Cook's Brook Town Landing


Purchase of Land $1,000.00 From Surplus Revenue $1,000.00


SCHOOL AND LIBRARY


School


Expenditures $48,402.26


Appropriation


$49,187.00


(See Superintendent's Report)


Refund 19.76


Balance to Revenue


804.50


$49,206.76 $49,206.76


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School Building Committee


Architect


Survey


$800.00 157.00


Appropriation $1,000.00


Travel and Meeting Expenses 34.65


991.65


Balance to Revenue


8.35


$1,000.00


Special School Lunch


Mrs. Dorothy


Prentice


$1,400.00


Balance Jan. 1, 1953


$ 206.98


Other Salaries


70.00


Received from


Locker Rental


36.00


Pupils


3,404.95


Gas


52.70


Federal Grants


1,591.88


Silverware, Dishes,


Equipment


163.82


Freezer


79.50


Miscellaneous


Supplies


133.57


Groceries


3,213.13


Express and Delivery


47.54


Miscellaneous Exp.


7.55


$5,203.81


$5,203.81


School Lunch Appropriation


Freezer


$500.00


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Express


8.31


508.31


Balance to Revenue


491.69


$1,000.00


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Public Library


Blanche Keefe, Librarian


Appropriation


$400.00


$133.68


Refunded Dog Tax 254.40


Nathena Cole, Librarian


191.72


Insurance


23.63


Books, Magazines


134.38


Stationery, Printing


21.44


Insulating Library


340.00


Miscellaneous


2.98


Fuel


117.00


Electricity


35.02


Repairs


4.55


$1,004.40


$1,004.40


Public Library Trust


Blanche Keefe,


Librarian


$ 99.63


Bal. Jan. 1, 1953 $ 92.55 Billings Fund Income 350.00


Nathena Cole,


Librarian


86.22


Timothy Smith


Books & Magazines


149.75


Fund Gift


100.00


Fuel


55.10


Electricity


4.97


Office Supplies


9.14


Miscellaneous


9.33


414.14


Balance to 1954


128.41


$542.55


$542.55


Vocational Education


Bristol County Agricul-


Appropriation


$700.00


tural School


$125.80


Balance to Revenue 574.20


$700.00


From Reserve 350.00


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MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST


Auditorium Loan


Note


$ 3,000.00 January 1, 1953 $39,000.00


Balance to 1954


36,000.00


$39,000.00


Interest


Interest Paid


$946.97


Appropriation


$900.00


Balance to Revenue


75.25


From Reserve Refund


72.22


$1,022.22


$1,022.22


CEMETERIES


Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots


Labor


$50.00 Appropriation


$50.00


Old Cemeteries


Labor


$200.00 Appropriation


$200.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Miscellaneous


Printing, Postage


Stationery


$ 65.46


Appropriation From Surplus


$700.00


Fire Alarm


553.38


Revenue


300.00


Advertising


143.40


Election and


Registration


30.46


Vacation Booklets


78.00


Photos


11.00


50.00


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Staking Schoolhouse


Road


30.00


Move Channel Markers 10.00


Dog Fees and Use of Car 25.00


Lumber, etc 18.17


964.87


Balance to Revenue


35.13


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


Insurance


Insurance Paid


$869.74 Appropriation $1,700.00


Balance to Revenue 830.26


$1,700.00


Public Amusement and Advertising


Insurance


$ 88.00


Appropriation


$500.00


Uniforms, Baseball Supplies 412.00


$500.00


Recreation Committee


Doctor's Services


$13.00


Appropriation


$600.00


Salaries


350.00


Hallowe'en Party


16.61


Paint, etc.


15.00


Baseball Equipment,


Uniforms Cleaned 199.61


594.22


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Balance to Revenue 5.78


$600.00


Memorial Day


Flags


$24.58


Appropriation $100.00


Band for Parade


50.00


Wreaths


24.00


98.58


Balance to Revenue


1.42


$100.00


Band Concerts


Cape Cod Band $300.00 Appropriation


$300.00


Christmas Tree


Christmas Party


Appropriation


$150.00


Expenses


$143.95


Balance to Revenue


6.05


$150.00


Old Windmill Care and Improvement


Insurance


$ 19.50


Appropriation


$400.00


Lawn Mower


80.60


Fertilizer


23.27


Labor


56.00


Salary, Miller


160.00


Miscellaneous Exp.


13.64


Electricity


1.60


354.61


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Balance to Revenue 45.39


$400.00


Old Mill Operating Account


Salary, Miller


$320.00


Withdrawal $ 22.20


Cards & Booklets


91.90


Sales and


Advertising


17.50


Donations


1,075.44


Electricity


4.80


Fence, Labor,


Repairs


192.17


626.37


Deposited


471.27


$1,097.64


$1,097.64


Town Reports


The Patriot Press


$704.10 Appropriation $704.10


Unpaid Bills 1952


Unpaid Bills


$427.52 Appropriation


$427.52


TRANSFERS


Reserve Fund


Treasurer, Collector,


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Clerk Expense $ 500.00


Dining Room Equipment 200.00


Shellfish Propagation 200.00


Town Landings 1,200.00


Town Dump 100.00


Election and


Registration 100.00


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Interest


50.00


Library


350.00


Fire Department


287.94


Assessors' Abstracts


3.15


$2,991.09


Balance to Revenue


8.91


$3,000.00


All transfers from the Reserve Account were made upon advice of the Finance Committee and the Transfers from the Surplus Revenue Account were as voted at the Special Town Meeting held September 25, 1953, and shown on the records of the Town Clerk.


Respectfully submitted,


GENEVIEVE C. SCHROEDER,


Town Accountant.


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BALANCE SHEET FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1953


Cash, December 31, 1953


$47,538.17


Real Estate Taxes-1953


4,235.10


Personal Taxes-1953


1,360.26


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax-1953


564.63


Tax Title


1,346.24


Tax Possession


1,154.36


Overlay, 1948


5.67


Overlay, 1949


5.99


Overlay, 1950


4.28


Overlay, 1951


4.05


Old Age Assistance, Accounts Receivable


90.60


Aid to Dependent Children, Accounts Receivable


1,154.60


State Aid to Highways, Chapter 81, A/R


9,751.27


State Aid to Highways, Chapter 90, A/R


2,000.00


County Aid to Highways


1,000.00


State Parks and Reservations


52.16


$70,267.38


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue


$ 564.63


Tax Title and Tax Possession Revenue


2,500.60


Overlay, 1952


2,606.20


Overlay, 1953


4,744.75


Overlay Surplus


6,690.76


Departmental Revenue


1,245.20


Tailings


38.69


Sale of Real Estate


46.91


Cape Cod Mosquito Control


.03


Road Machinery Fund


1,068.86


Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants


610.93


Old Age Assistance, Administrative, Federal Grants


586.59


Old Age Assistance, Recoveries of Lien Account


55.83


Aid to Dependent Children, Federal Grants


1.80


Aid to Dependent Children, Administrative, Federal Grants


456.01


Public Library, Trust Account


128.41


Temporary Loan, Chapter 90


3,000.00


Temporary Loan, Chapter 81


10,725.00


Shellfish Propagation


719.69


Park and Bathing Beach


336.14


Samoset Road Layout


180.83


Boat Meadow Creek


104.72


Doane Road to Cable Road


390.00


Rock Harbor or Dyer Prince Road


245.26


Rock Harbor


1,000.00


$38,562.13


Surplus Revenue


31,705.25


$70,267.38


Collector's Fees


91.25


State and County Taxes


423.04


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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS - EASTHAM 1953 RECAPITULATION


Figures used in fixing Tax Rate G. L. Chapter 59 23, 25'


A. CITY OR TOWN: Includes all appropriations voted ... since 1952 Tax Rate was fixed.


1. Total appropriations as certified by city or town clerk to be raised by taxation, Chapter 41, 15 A


$137,876.40


2. Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds:


(a) In 1953, $. ..........................


(b) In 1952 since 1952 tax rate was fixed $4,200.00 ......


4,200.00


$142,076.40


1953 Estimates


1952 Under- estimates


B. STATE: Tax and Assessments:


1. State Parks and Reservations


$ 109.17


$ 10.93


2. State Audit of Municipal Accounts


1,039.87


66.27


3. Mosquito Control ...


1,149.39


4. Sum of totals carried to outside column ...


$2,298.43


$ 77.20


$ 2,375.63


C. COUNTY TAX AID ASSESSMENTS:


1. County Tax


$10,743.24


$ 295.63


2. Sum of totals carried to outside column ...


$10,743.24


$ 295.63


$11,038.87


D. OVERLAY OF CURRENT YEAR ...


6,592.06


E. GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED


$162,082.96


F. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:


1. Income Tax


$ 5,130.94


2. Corporation Taxes


5,518.55


3. Reimbursement on account of publicly owned Land


19.30


4. Old Age Meal Tax


317.80 8,000.00


6. Licenses and Permits


1,500.00


7. Fines, Library and Sealer's Fees


80.00


8. Rent of Hall


700.00


9. Health and Sanitation (Inspection of Animals)


20.00


10. Charities (Other than Federal Grants for A. D. C.)


3,500.00


11. Old Age Assistance (Other than Federal Grants)


8,400.00


12. Veterans' Benefits


1,000.00


13. Schools (Income Tax Funds Excluded)


12,700.00


14. Interest (On Taxes and Assessments)


100.00


15. TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


$46,986.59


16. Amounts to be taken from available funds:


4,200.00


17. Over Estimate (Mosquito Control)


12.31


TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS


$ 51,198.90


G. NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLL AND PROPERTY


H. Number of Polls ...... 320


... @ $2.00 each


Poll Tax


$640.00


J. Total Valuation: Personal Property ...... $ 480,650.00


Real Estate 3,075,610.00


Tax Rate $31.00


$3,556,260.00


Personal Property Tax


......


$14,900.15


Real Estate Tax


95,343.91


...


K. TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON POLLS, PROPERTY


...


$110,884.06


............


$110,884.06


5. Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


Auditor's Report


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Division of Accounts State House, Boston 33


June 29, 1953


To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Maurice W. Wiley, Chairman Eastham, Massachusetts


Gentlemen :


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Eastham for the period from February 20, 1952 to April 4, 1953, 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.


Very truly yours,


HERMAN B. DINE, Director of Accounts


HBD :GBS


Mr. Herman B. Dine 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 Eastham for the period from


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February 20, 1952, the date of the previous examination, to April 4, 1953, the following report being submitted thereon :


The financial transactions, as shown on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked with the records in the offices of the town trea- surer and the town accountant.


The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were compared with the treasurer's books and with the books and records of the several. departments in which charges originated or money was collected for the town. The recorded payments were checked with the treasury warrants and with the disbursements as shown on the books of the town treasurer. The appropriations and transfers, as recorded on the accountant's books, were checked and verified by comparison with the town clerk's records of financial votes passed by town meetings and with the finance committee's authorizations of transfers from the reserve fund.


The town accountant's ledgers were analyzed, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town on April 4, 1953.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and with the records of the town accountant. The pay- ments were checked with the selectmen's warrants auth- orizing the disbursement of town funds and with the ac- countant's books. The cash balance on April 4, 1953 was verified by actual count of the cash in the office and by


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reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit.


The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and were checked with the cancelled securities on file.


The savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the trust funds in custody of the town trea- surer and the trustees were examined and listed, the in- come, disbursements, and transfers to the town being verified.


The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records, the reported redemptions of tax titles and sale of tax possessions were verified, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger.


The records of payroll deductions on account of fed- eral taxes, the retirement system and Blue Cross and Blue Shield were examined and checked. The payments to the Director of Internal Revenue, the county treasurer, and the Massachusetts Hospital Service, Inc., were verified.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The tax and motor vehicle and trailer excise accounts outstanding according to the pre- vious examination, as well as all subsequent commitment lists, were audited and checked with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer as shown by the treasurer's and the accountant's books; the abatements, as entered, were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted; the taxes transferred to the tax title account were compared with the treasurer's and the ac- countant's records; and the outstanding accounts were


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listed and reconciled with the respective accounts in the accountant's ledger.


The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked. The charges were proved and the recorded collections were compared with the payments to the treasurer.


The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.


The town clerk's records of dog and sporting licenses issued were checked and the payments to the State and to the town were verified.


The surety bonds of the several town officials required by law to file them for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.


The financial records of the selectmen, the sealer of weights and measures, and of the school and library de- partments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked with the treasurer's cash receipts and with the records of the town accountant.


Appended to this report in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, motor vehicle and trailer excise, tax title, tax possession, and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust funds.


For the cooperation extended by the town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, Assistant Director of Accounts


WS :GBS


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TOWN OF EASTHAM Balance Sheet - April 4, 1953 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


Assets


Liabilities and Reserves


Cash:


General,


$14,256.34


Overpayments, Etc., to be Refunded: Levy of 1952: Real Estate, Tax Possessions,


$ 5.57 99.00


Levy of 1952:


Personal Property,


$


261.14


Agency :


Real Estate,


2,434.23


County-Dog Licenses,


$67.80


Levy of 1953:


Collector's Fees,


22.45


Poll, 222.00


2,9171.37


Tailings : Unclaimed Checks,


38.69


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise : Levy of 1952,


$107.29


Levy of 1953,


146.21


Trust Funds Income: Timothy Smith, Robert C. Billings Library,


92.55


Tax Titles and Possessions :


Tax Titles,


$ 104.58


Tax Possessions,


1,704.04


1,808.62


Departmental :


Health,


$ 105.71


Aid to Dependent Children, 1,380.46


78.26


Old Age Assistance, 937.63


Old Age Assistance :


558.52


Aid to Highways: State-Chapter 81,


10,725.00


Revenue 1953:


Revolving Fund: School Lunch,


490.34


Polls Assessed


-640.00


Estimated Receipts


-3,721.25


133,515.15


State:


Cape Cod Mosquito Control, 12.31


Sale of Real Estate Fund,


46.91


Recoveries : Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants: Aid to Dependent Children: Administration, Aid,


$285.61


Administration, Assistance,


998.96


1,921.35


Appropriations Voted, Deduct:


$137,876.40


Appropriate Balances: Revenue : General,


110,039.51


Overestimate 1952:


Collected,


253.50


118.55


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Accounts Receivable : Taxes :


$104.57


90.25


$26.00


1,595.95


2,423.80


Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts: Understimates 1952: State: Parks and Reservations, $10.93


Audit of Municipal Accounts, 66.27


County :


Tax, 295.63


Tax,


295.63


Tax Title and Possession, 1,808.62


Departmental, 2,423.80


Overlay Deficit:


Levy of 1953,


108.00


15,210.92


Surplus Revenue: General,


26,261.84


$166,380.61


$166,380.61


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General,


$39,000.00


Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: General: Municipal Building,


$39,000.00


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds:


Cash and Securities :


In Custody of Treasurer,


$55,477.69


$2,748.68


In Custody of Trustees,


40,946.20


In Custody of Treasurer: Town Hall Fund : Principal, School Fund: Timothy Smith Income,


36,211.38


Library Fund: Robert C. Billings,


14,000.00


Old Wind Grist Mill Fund,


1,706.41


Eastham World War Memorial Fund,


524.67


Cemetery Funds: Perpetual Care, In Custody of Trustees: Timothy Smith Fund Principal,


239.20


40,946.20


$96,423.89


$96,423.89


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Receipts Reserved for Appropriation : Road Machinery Fund, 1,068.86 Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, Overlay Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1952, 2,689.80 Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $ 253.50


372.83


372.83


Aid to Highways, 10,725.00


REPORT OF SALES OF TAX POSSESSION OF LAND


Case No.


Costs $25.62


Sale Price $100.00


$ 74.38


.25


2.


37.79


150.00


112.21


.50


3.


28.59


250.00


221.41


.33


4.


11.80


100.00


88.20


.25


5.


39.89


250.00


210.11


.40


6.


17.81


20.00


2.19


.13


7.


18.07


94.00


75.93


.20


$179.57


$964.00


$784.43


2.06


Respectfully submitted,


MAURICE W. WILEY


LUTHER P. SMITH


BERNARD C. COLLINS Board of Selectmen


LIST OF JURORS


Prepared under Chapter 243, General Laws as Amended Name


Occupation Mail Address


Robert O. Abbott


Retired


Orleans, R.F.D.


Howard E. Brewer


Plumber


Eastham


Luther Brown Retired


Eastham


Henry O. Daniels


Retired


North Eastham


Julian C. Hayes


Yardman


Orleans, R. F. D.


Andrew C. Miskelly


Retired Orleans, R. F. D.


Yngve E. Rongner


Retired


Eastham


MAURICE W. WILEY LUTHER P. SMITH BERNARD C. COLLINS


Board of Selectmen.


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Gain Loss Acreage


1.


Inventory of Town Property


Total


Town Hall


Land and Buildings $95,000.00 5,000.00


Furniture and other Property $10,000.00 9,000.00


$105,000.00 14,000.00


Fire Department


Sealer of Weights and Measures


400.00


400.00


Moth Department


600.00


600.00


Highway Department


1,000.00


1,000.00


Schools


26,500.00


5,000.00


31,500.00


Libraries


2,200.00


2,000.00


4,200.00


Old Windmill


10,200.00


10,200.00


Town Landings


7,000.00


7,000.00


Defense Center


1,000.00


1,000.00


Cemeteries


250.00


250.00


Total


$146,150.00


$29,000.00


$175,150.00


Insurance in Force on Eastham Town Property January 1, 1953


Personal Property


$19,000.00


Town Hall


110,000.00


School


85,000.00


Library


9,000.00


Fire Station


5,000.00


Fire Tower


4,000.00


Old Windmill


5,000.00


Nauset Beach Comfort Station


600.00


After careful investigation, it was found that a blanket insurance policy would be most advantagous to the Town and could be had at a considerable saving. Therefore, this year all insurances on Town Properties were consolidated into a blanket policy. This policy was taken for a five year term and will expire on May 1, 1958.


Compensation and liability insurance necessary is car- ried on the basis of pay-roll totals.


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Annual Report of Town Treasurer


GENERAL TOWN ACCOUNT


On deposit Cape Cod Trust Co. Jan. 1, 1953 $ 37,397.32 Checking Account and funds in Treasury 231,998.79


Total Receipts in 1953 $269,396.11


Disbursements


Selectmen's Warrants


$221,857.94


Balance on deposit December 31, 1953


47,538.17


$269,396.11


MUNICIPAL TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


1. Zara Higgins Fund


Jan. 1, 1953


On deposit


$130.09


Interest


.93


$132.05


Withdrawn


4.00


December 31, 1953


On deposit


128.05


$132.05


2. Mercy A. Mines Fund


Jan. 1, 1953


On Deposit


$61.96


Interest


.93


$62.89


December 31, 1953


On Deposit


$62.89


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3. Frank O. Daniels Fund


Jan. 1, 1953


On Deposit


$50.76


Interest


.76


$51.52


December 31, 1953


On Deposit


$51.52


Timothy Smith Fund


Receipts


January 1, 1953


On Deposit $23,681.38


Interest 712.20


Income 1,453.04


Interest on


Bonds


275.00


Loans repaid


646.03


Invested


funds


11,000.00


$37,767.65


Disbursements


Loans


$ 650.00


Gifts


200.00


Interest 19.47


December 31, 1953


On Deposit


25,898.18


Invested


funds


11,000.00


$37,767.65


Summary


Invested Funds


$11,000.00


On Deposit December 31, 1953


25,898.18


Loans


650.00


Gifts (Library and other)


200.00


Eastham World War Memorial Fund


January 1, 1953


On Deposit


$524.67


Interest


7.87


532.54


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Withdrawn 26.88


December 31, 1953


$505.66


Town Hall Fund


January 1, 1953


On Deposit $2,708.15


December 31, 1953


On Deposit $2,708.15


Town Hall Income Fund


January 1, 1953


On Deposit


$47.35


Interest 1.48


Income


81.16


$129.99


Withdrawn


$85.00


December 31, 1953


On Deposit


44.99


$129.99


Old Mill Operating Account


January 1, 1953


On Deposit $1,104.20


Interest 29.91


Donations and


Sales 471.27


$1,605.38


Withdrawn


$ 22.20


December 31, 1953


On Deposit 1,583.18


$1,605.38


Robert C. Billings Fund


January 1, 1953


Invested in


Bonds


$14,000.00


Income


(Credited to


Public


Library) 350.00


$14,350.00


December 31, 1953 Invested


$14,000.00


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Income Credited to Public Library 350.00


$14,350.00


Old Wind Grist Mill Account


January 1, 1953


$611.25


Interest


9.18


$620.34


December 31, 1953


On Deposit


$620.34


Respectfully submitted,


L. ISABELLE BRACKETT


Treasurer


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Report of Collector of Taxes


Real Estate


Balance due Real Estate Taxes 1952


$3,578.24


Warrants for 1953


95,343.91


Omitted Assessments


491.35


Refunds after payment refunded


77.18


$99,490.68


Paid Treasurer Account 1952


$ 3,042.74


Paid Treasurer Account 1953


89,857.73


Abated 1952


95.78


Abated 1953


1,356.72


Tax Titles 1952


459.62


Tax Titles 1953


442.99


Uncollected Real Estate Taxes 1953


4,235.10


$99,490.68


Tangible Personal Property


Balance Due 1952


$ 370.58


Warrant, for 1953


14,900.15


Omitted Assessments


33.48


Refunded after payment


5.47


$15,309.68


Paid Treasurer Account 1952


$ 345.65


Paid Treasurer Account 1953


13,210.67


Abated 1952


30.40


Abated 1953


362.70


Uncollected Personal Taxes (1953)


1,360.26


$15,309.68


Poll Taxes


1953 Warrant


$640.00


Abated 1953


122.00


Paid Treasurer


518.00


$640.00


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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Taxes


Balance due January 1, 1952 $ 561.11


1952 Commitments received in 1953


571.60


Commitments for 1953


9,404.35


Abatements after payment refunded


713.08


$11,250.14




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