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18.50
$200.00
$185.90
$ 385.90
TREASURER
F. W. Freeman
150.00
7.60
F. W. Freeman, books
2.00
Thomas Groom, books .
1.25
Bureau Statistics, note reg. .
10.00
$150.00
$ 20.85
$ 170.85
(58)
F. W. Freeman, supplies, tel.
COLLECTOR
F. W. Freeman
George W. Abbott, 800 tax bills
6.75
E. A. Russell, stamped envelopes
21.24
$150.00
$ 27.99
$ 177.99
ASSESSORS
Charles J. Bolton
83.13
Albert P. Mansfield
96.25
George Hatch .
41.25
Item Press, notices, etc.
4.35
A. P. Mansfield, blanks
.80
Hobbs & Warren, supplies . .
1.60
A. P. Mansfield, tel., stamps, etc.
12.45
Lilla D. Stott, Probate records, etc.
29.55
$220.63
$ 48.75
$ 269.38
TOWN CLERK
Oscar E. Phillips
100.00
George W. Abbott, dog notices
2.25
Hobbs & Warren, binder . ·
3.38
Cash paid transportation .
3.00
Recording births, deaths, etc.
34.14
$100.00
$ 42.77
$ 142.77
REGISTRARS
H. W. Hodsdon .
15.00
Sidney M. Eaton
15.00
E. B. Richards .
15.00
George W. Abbott, printing notices
2.25
George W. Abbott, printing
voting lists
19.75
George W. Abbott, printing voting lists
23.00
$ 45.00
$ 45.00
$ 90.00
ELECTIONS
A. G. Tedford, services
22.00
Pay rolls, officers .
110.00
(59)
.
150.00
Melrose Free Press :
Annual Town Warrant .
6.00
George W. Abbott, ballots, tally sheets 22.50
Item Press, warrant, primary .
3.00
George W. Abbott, Apr. tally sheets, primary
5.25
Item Press, warrant Sept. primary
3.00
George W. Abbott, tally sheets
5.50
W. E. and J. F. Twombly
Nov. warrant .
3.00
George W. Abbott, Nov. tally sheets
6.50
Ella D. Roundy, dinner Pre. 1
12.00
Willis E. Peabody, services
2.50
$201.25
$ 201.25
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Printing Report
12.00
LEGAL EXPENSE
Rutherford E. Smith, Town Counsel :
Services, bal. due, 1915 96.35
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Services, 1916 69.00
Expense, Burke Case : (Damage
on Highway) ; Witness fees:
Samuel Wormstead
3.00
Arthur W. Bryant
3.00
Fred R. Harper .
11.00
Burke damage settlement .
115.00
E. T. Earle, damage claim sidewalk
50.00
C. A. Hall, damage highway acct.
12.00
$165.35
$194.00 $ 359.35
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
TOWN HALL
Heat and Light:
Town of Reading, lighting $ 39.44
Andrew Mansfield, wood .
7.50
$ 46.94
(60)
Insurance:
Geo. Hatch, policy $4000, 3 yrs. 115.00 G. H. Bancroft, policy $2000, 3 yrs. . 57.50 172.50
Repairs:
C. E. Pearson, labor . 5.25
B. M. Parker, labor and stock . 17.75
L. F. Schefisch, labor 2.50
E. B. Nye, tuning piano 2.50
George M. Roundy, supplies 1.96 29.96
L F. Southworth, janitor, labor and supplies 237.12
$486.52
HALL PRECINCT II
Heat and Light:
Angus Reid, coal . . $ 23.24
George W. Pickering, coal . 20.62
Andrew Mansfield, wood
15.88
Town of Peabody, lighting
19.27
$ 79.01
Repairs :
D. G. Harvey, labor and supplies 13.70 Willis Peabody, labor & supplies 3.75
Perkins & Bancroft, labor . .
64.15
Pyne, Smith & Co., material .
63.00
144.60
Janitor:
George Williams
44.00
44.00
$267.61
$754.13
Total payments, General Government
$2,772.04
(61)
1
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Rent Town Hall
.
126.50
Rent Hall Precinct II
154.50
License fees
38.00
Sale old books
10.18
From Emergency Fund
177.00
Total receipts .
3,006.18
Total payments
2,772.04
Balance unexpended
$ 234.14
PAYMENTS
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
BOARD OF HEALTH
Salaries
Expenses Totals
Charles J. Bolton, services
10.00
A. P. Mansfield, services .
5.00
Daniel G. Harvey, services .
5.00
F. F. Mahardy Co., supplies
4.20
Hobbs & Warren, record book
1.32
F. W. Freeman, Fumigating
2.00
20.00
7.52
27.52
POLICE
Charles J. Bolton, services
21.00
Daniel G. Harvey, services
·
·
25.00
Albert G. Tedford, services .
80.00
Willis Peabody, services
2.50
Special Officers
Arthur P. Reed, expense .
14.50
William F. Murray, expense
21.00
Town of Wakefield, police dept.
7.50
O. E. Phillips, dog officer
15.00
Transportation
E. H. McGregor, services
32.00
J. Gersinovitch, services . William A. Shea, lunches
3.00
2.90
Wm. Reid & Sons, badges
4.58
·
228.98
(62)
INSPECTION
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Oscar E. Phillips, services 25.00
Oscar E. Phillips, transportation
11.00
L. E. Gurley, supplies
6.69
25.00
17.69
42.69
Barns and Animals:
Walter Gray, services, 1915
50.00
Walter Gray, expense
1.00
50.00
1.00
51.00
Slaughtering:
Fred A. Trefethen, Dec. 1, 1915 to May 10, 1916
22.22
Edw. Doyle, M'y 10 to Dec. 31, '16 33.33
55.55
55.55
Total Payments
405.74
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
350.00
Court Fines, police account
79.80
Fees from Sealer
8.45
438.25
Total Payments
405.74
Balance unexpended
22.51
FOREST WARDEN PAYMENTS
Payrolls, labor and teams
142.80
State Forester, supplies
17.80
Frank L. Newhall, permits issued
3.60
Frank L. Newhall, storage wagon
5.00
A. G. Tedford, storage wagon
10.00
A. G. Tedford, permits issued
2.20
L. F. Pope, permits issued
6.90
L. F. Pope, telephone "
18.00
calls ·
.70
(63)
" " care of extinguishers 4.00
" care of payrolls 6.00
"
" "> Posting notices
2.00
Supplies
.25
Total Payments .
219.25 219.25
RECEIPTS
Appropriation . 300.00
Town of No. Reading, check ret. . 10.85
Boston & Maine R. R. reimbursement 4.68
315.53
Total Payments .
219.25
Balance unexpended
96.28
TREE WARDEN PAYMENTS
Samuel Wormstead, removing
tree, Walnut street
1.40
J. W. Manning, maple trees .
40.00
Pay Rolls, labor
51.19
Total Payments
92.59
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
100.00
Total Payments
92.59
Balance unexpended
7.41
ELM TREE BEETLE ACCOUNT
Pay rolls, labor, spraying
191.10
George M. Roundy, gasolene
8.00
Total Payments
199.10 199.10
RECEIPTS
Appropriation 200.00
Total Payments
199.10
Balance unexpended . .90
(64)
FIRE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS HOUSE NO. 1
Heat:
F. W. Freeman, coal 14.46
Light:
Town of Reading, lighting 6.39
General Care:
Frank Drayton, janitor 18.00
Badger Extinguisher Co., supplies 1.57
W. F. Gerry sundries 9.50
George Taylor, sundries 5.50
E. E. Walker, sundries 3.80
E. A. Russell, cleaning engine
2.00.
Wm. E. Gilson, labor
1.00 41.37
Insurance:
G. H. Bancroft, premium on Insurance House No. 1 . 15.94
Alterations:
A. A. Butler, cement floor 150.00
A. A. Butler, extra labor 15.00
Jesse H. Smith, iron work 10.75
A. T. Locke, lumber 26.43
G. M. Roundy, paint and hardware 16.22
John Hewes, gravel 2.80
John Lammers, labor on well 11.25
Pay Rolls, labor (carpenters)
111.39
343.84
*Other Expenses:
Fire Extinguishers .
40.50
Harold Cox, use of horses
5.00
Pay Roll, watch men July 4
6.00
51.50
473.50
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HOUSE NO. 2 PAYMENTS
Heat:
Angus Reid, coal
23.26
Andrew Mansfield, wood
14.00
37.26
Light:
Town of Peabody, lighting
49.56
(65)
General Care:
Arthur Killam, care of Ford Chem. 35.40
Harper Garage, supplies . 1.00
George Williams, janitor 18.00
Am. La France rep'rs to Ford . 10.00
D. G. Harvey, bicarbonate soda 11.76
H. W. Talbot, labor and stock
8.05
84.21
Fire Alarm:
Stuart-Howland Co., zincs
27.00
George S. Hosmer, vitriol 99.00
126.00
"Other Expenses: W. H. Griffin, painting small Chem.
7 9.90
306.93
Total payments for department *NOTE .- Unpaid Bills.
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
600.00
Appro. for cement floor, House 1 150.00
E. F. Gerry Co., fire Extinguishers . 27.00
777.00
Due Dept. for lumber sold .
3.44
780.44
Total Payments
780.44
UNPAID BILLS
House No. 1
George M. Roundy, gasolene, etc. .
13.39
E. A. Russell, janitor
18.00
Akron Tire Co., shoe
33.00
Wm. E. Gilson, labor
3.47
Town of Reading, light
2.76
Walter Harris, on well
15.51
86.13
House No. 2
George W. Pickering, coal
20.63
Andrew Mansfield, wood
5.38
Stuart, Howland, supplies
21.20
Town of Peabody, light
25.87
Thos. R. Evans, iron work
2.15
Wm. H. Griffin, care of fire alarm
78.02
153.25
780.43
Total unpaid bills 239.38
(66)
LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION INSURANCE
PAYMENTS
G. H. Bancroft, Agent
Travelers' Insurance Co.
.
.
126.30
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
125.00
Due on adjustment
1.30
126.30
Total payments .
126.30
MOTOR DRIVEN CHEMICAL ENGINE
PAYMENTS
0. F. Cress & Son .
3,000.00
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
3,000.00
Total payments .
3,000.00
GUARD RAILS-HIGHWAY PAYMENTS
D. G. Harvey, lumber .
87.94
D. G. Harvey, paint stock
17.37
Payrolls, labor .
94.69
200.00
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
200.00
Total payments ·
.
200.00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
PAYMENTS
1
Salaries Expense Total
Charles J. Bolton
25.00
Andrew P. Mansfield
25.00
Daniel G. Harvey
25.00
(67)
POOR ACCOUNT
Cash. (Partial support)
George M. Roundy groceries . 31.97
G. R. Hart, milk
2.71
A. D. Upton, milk
7.80
Medical Attendance
Richard Dutton, M. D. .
7.00
City of Lynn
58.14
Melrose Hospital
89.30
F. W. Freeman, M. D.
5.00
Edgerly & Bessom, ambulance
7.00
293.92
Soldiers' Relief
Cash.
Payrolls
114.00
Burial Agent
107.00
State Aid
Cash.
Payrolls
.
762.00
75.00
1,276.92
Total payments
1,351.92
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
700.00
From State (state aid account)
882.00
From State, Soldiers Burial
50.00
City of Salem, Poor account
37.00
1,669.00
Total Payments
1,351.92
Balance unexpended
317.08
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
PAYMENTS
Salaries
Expenses
School committee .
50.00
47.20
School superintendent
366.66
31.80
Teachers
3,527.19
Janitors
605.95
(68)
Books and supplies
255.19
Fuel and light .
685.60
Transportation
1,254.50
High school tuition
1,659.00
Health Inspection
25.00
Exits at Centre school
521.25
Other expenses
736.91
Interest on So school notes
360.00
4,549.80 5,576.45
10,126.25
RECEIPTS
Balance unexpended, 1915 .
1,697.73
Appropriation, 1916 .
6,000.00
Appropriation Centre school exits
550.00
Mass. School fund
903.28
Sale of tickets
3.00
City of Lynn, tuition .
140.00
Town of Peabody, tuition
60.00
Sale of blackboard
3.00
Refunded by parents (tuition)
100.00
Refunded from State:
Supt.'s salary
218.75
Tuition, State children .
104.50
Tuition, High School
793.75
Transportation High School
283.00
Refund on transportation parents
1.88
Refund Library Trustees .
3.88
Total receipts
10,862.77
Total payments .
·
10,126.25
Balance unexpended
·
736.52
(69)
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
PAYMENTS
MAIN LIBRARY
Heat and Light
F. W. Freeman, coal 1.50
A. L. Mansfield, wood . 9.50
Town of Reading
8.61
19.61
Janitor
L. F. Southworth 41.49
Books and Magazines
N. J. Bartlett Co., books 99.41
M. A. Dunn, books . 6.75
W. B. Clarke Co., magazines .
8.50
114.66
Librarian
Elizabeth W. Green:
Services for 1915 78.00
Services for 1916
78.00
156.00
Other Epenses
Stone & Forsythe, cover. paper 2.72
E. W. Green, cash paid
supplies, etc. .
5.32
8.04
339.80
BRANCH LIBRARY
Books and Magazines
George E. Houghton, magazines 17.85
W. A. Butterfield, books . · 26.86
44.71
Librarian
Cora M. Pike:
Balance due services, 1915 52.50
Fund for Branch Library
60.00
Services 1916-9 months .
57.00 169.50
(70)
Other Expenses
School Department:
Setting glass in door 3.88
E. Q. Moulton, repairs . 8.31
Francis Doan, record book . 7.50
George E. Houghton, supplies 4.79 24.48
238.69
Total payments .
578.49
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
200.00
Unexpended 1915 account
160.00
Dog tax
114.12
Income Nash fund
40.40
Income Hawkes fund .
18.75
Income Blake fund
140.00
673.27
Total payments .
578.49
Balance unexpended
94.78
CEMETERIES
PAYMENTS
Precinct I
General Care
Seth H. Russell, labor . 65.00
Perkins and Bancroft:
Iron pipe for boundaries
4.32
Labor and paint stock . 2.80
Walter Stevens, setting bounds
15.00
George M. Roundy, fertilizer and seed .
2.60
89.72
Grading Avenues, Forest Hill Cemetery :
William E. Roundy, men
teams
180.30
John H. Hewes, gravel
16.40
Seth H. Russell, labor
3.30
200.00
(71)
Care of Endowed Lots
Jos. T. Bancroft, care of lots at West Cemetery . . . Seth H. Russell, care of lots Forest Hill-Old Burying Ground
41.00
42.00
83.00
372.72
Precinct II
General Care
Willis Peabody . 28.15
Care of Endowed Lots
Willis Peabody .
10.25
E. W. M. Gilman
8.00
Total payments .
18.25
46.40
419.12
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
100.00
Balance, 1915 account
97.95
For grading avenues .
200.00
Income-Trust funds
101.25
Sale of lots
30.00
529.20
Total payments .
419.12
Balance unexpended
110.08
MEMORIAL DAY PAYMENTS 1
E. Q. Moulton, expense at Pre. 2 .
64.95
I. H. Mitchell, expense at Pre. 1 .
49.30
Charles McCarthy, supplies . .
10.15
124.40
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
125.00
124.40
Balance unexpended .
.60
(72)
PARK COMMISSION PAYMENTS
E. Q. Moulton,
Expense on Convenience Station . 34.70
Repairs to Pump and Swings 2.25
Cleaning grounds . 2.25
E. Q. Moulton, repairs to building
12.00
E. M. Fletcher, mowing grounds
8.50
59.70
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
75.00
Total Payments
59.70
Balance unexpended
15.30
MARY U. NASH FUND PAYMENTS
Care of Common
Jesse T. Putnam, labor 20.25
C. M. Tirrell, loam 4.00
Geo. M. Roundy, grass seed 2.05
T. E. Brown, painting seats
2.50
28.80
Painting Guard Rails
D. G. Harvey, labor
16.93
45.73
RECEIPTS
Drawn from Nash Fund .
45.73
Payments 45.73
HIGHWAY DEPARTMEN'I
General Care, Street Oiling,
Snow Work, Sidewalks, Supplies, etc.
Payrolls, labor and teams
1,963.83
Supplies
Geo. M. Roundy, tools, nails, etc. 7.80
Ames Plow Co., tools 6.79
Thos. R. Evans, iron work 6.90
Jesse Smith, iron work 3.80
A. T. Locke, lumber 15.73
N. E. Mach. Co., repairs & 10.50
(73)
M. B. Paige, drain tile, turnpipe 26.00
Curley Bros., cement . 1.28
Frank Newhall, cement : .70
Frank Newhall, freight paid . 1.15
80.65
Other Expenses
W. C. Harris, labor and driveway 6.00
G. L. Westover, labor on washout 2.25
M. J. Cain, repairs to fence 5.50
Perkins & Bancroft, rep. to pump
4.70
Mrs. C. Berry, gravel
32.85
Frank Oram, gravel
15.00
J. H. Hewes, gravel
7.60
L. F. Pope, gravel
1.85
L. H. Schefisch, gravel
4.60
L. O. Newhall, gravel
125.90
F. W. Freeman, gravel
2.25
John Baker, Jr., 5 bbls asphalt .
24.70
Barrett Co., 143 gals. asphalt
11.44
Mass. Hwy. Comm., on Turnpike . 149.78
Sylvester Nugent, care of square
13.50
408.92
Sidewalk, Main Street
Wm. E. Roundy, men and teams .
90.60
J. H. Hewes, gravel
9.40
100.00
Snow Work
Pay Rolls, labor and teams
396.36
Street Oiling
Barrett Co., 4900 gals. Tar. (app.) 330.75
John Baker, Jr., road oil {app.) . 1,209.22
B. & M. R. R. demurrage
39.00
D. J. McMcCarthy, sand .
9.50
T. E. Cox, sand
1.30
1,589.77
.
Total payments
$4,539.53
RECEIPTS
Appropriation .
4,000.00
Sidewalk, Main St.
100.00
Turnpike account
350.00
City of Lynn .
24.24
J. B. Pierce, street oiling
45.20
From County on 1915 account
62.93
Total receipts
4,582.37
Total payments .
4,539.53
Balance unexpended
42.84
(74)
.
SALEM STREET WORK PAYMENTS
Abutters-Land Damage
Sarah E. Ramsdell
200.00
Ella L. Abbott
75.00
Julia Swan
100.00
Elizabeth C. Merrill
250.00
Mary E. Cooper
50.00
Harry J. Winchester
110.00
A. W. Mansfield
Fred R. Mansfield
Mary F. Mansfield
Sidney B. Mansfield
150.00
935.00
Payrolls, Labor, Teams, etc.
1,791.60
2,726.60
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
900.00
Excise Tax
.
722.24
From County
935.00
2,557.24
NOTE .- Additional reimbursement
will be received from County and State in 1917.
STREET LIGHTING
PAYMENTS
Town of Reading
Town of Peabody .
1,208.22 756.00
Total payments
1,964.22
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, old contracts
1,876.44 .
Essex street
350.00
Howard av., Lincoln av., Arlington st. 108.00
Total receipts 2,334.44
Total Payments
1,964.22
Balance unexpended
370.22
(75)
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS
Reduction of Debt
First National Bank, Bond due
South School loan
1,000.00
Interest on Tax Loans
Wakefield Savings Bank 160.00
H. C. Grafton
222.30 382.30
Tax Loans
H. C. Grafton . 14,000.00
Interest on Motor Chemical Notes
Malden Savings Bank . 40.00
Treasurer Commonwealth
State Tax
2,240.00
License Fees
625.00
· Fines .
3.00
2,868.00
Treasurer Essex County
County Tax .
1,944.37
Total Payments
$49,965.97
RECAPITULATION
PAYMENTS
General Government .
·
2,772.04
Protection, Board of Health, Police, etc.
405.74
Fire Department, maintenance
782.87
Fire Department, Motor Driven Chemical
3,000.00
Guard Rails
200.00
Elm Beetle
199.10
Tree Warden
92.59
Forest Warden
217.75
Liability Insurance
126.30
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
589.92
State Aid
762.00
Schools, maintenance
10,125.20
Schools, bonds, South School
1,000.00
Library .
578.49
Cemeteries
419.12
Park Commission
59.70
Memorial Day
124.40
Nash Fund, public improvements
45.73
(76)
Street Lights 1,964.22.
Highway Maintenance 4,539.53
Salem Street, expense 2,726.60
Commonwealth, State Tax 2,240.00
Commonwealth, License Fees 625.00
Commonwealth, Fines . 3.00
County of Essex, county tax
1,944.37
Tax Loans
. 14,000.00
Interest
422.30
49,965.97
RECEIPTS AND CASH ON HAND
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1917 . 2,740.21
Receipts, taxes collected . 24,055.06
Receipts, Interest on taxes 207.21
Receipts, Interest on bank balance 68.26
Receipts, Excise Tax 722.24
Receipts, from State refund on schools, etc. 4,261.87
Tax Loans
14,000.00
Loan, Motor Chemical
2,000.00
License, Inn Holders
2,000.00
License, Club
500.00
Licenses, all others :
38.00
Interest, Library Trust Funds
199.15
Dog Tax, refunded .
114.12
Library Fines
18.64
Interest, Cemetery Trust Funds
101.25
Sale Cemetery Lots
30.00
Rent, Town Hall
126.50
Kent, Hall, Pre. 2
154.50
Court Fines
79.80
Sale old paper
10.19.
City of Salem on Poor account
37.00
R. & M. R. R., grass fires
4.68
Town of North Reading, refund, forest fires
10.85
E. F. Gerry, Fire extinguishers . 27.00
Moth Superintendent, collected for spraying
316.00,
(77)
J. B. Pierce, street oiling . 45.20
City of Lynn, highway account 24.24
County of Essex, setting bounds, Salem st.
62.93
County of Essex, land damage . 935.00
David Hewes, care of Tapley Tomb, 1914 100.00
From Suntaug Park Fund 1,000.00
From Suntaug Park Fund, interest
395.00
Premium on Bond .
5.56
Cities of Lynn and Peabody, tuition .
200.00
Parents for tuition
100.00
School Committee, sale of R. R. Tickets
3.00
School Committee, sale of blackboard
3.00
Refund School Transportation
1.88
Transfer Library to School
3.88
Total receipts $54,702.21
Total payments
49,965.97.
Cash on hand December 31, 1916
$4,736.24
See Treasurer's Statement
EMERGENCY FUND
TRANSFERS
To General Government:
Settlement of Burke Case, damage on highway
115.00
Settlement of Earle Case, damage on highway
50.00
Settlement of Hall case, damage on highway 12.00
Total Transfers
$177.00
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
300.00
Balance 1915 Account .
59.58
359.58
Total Transfers
177.00
Balance unexpended .
. 182.58
1
1
(78)
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
General Government
234.14
Protection Persons and Property
22.51
Forest Warden
96.28
Tree Warden
7.41
Elm Beetle
.90
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
317.08
Schools
736.52
Street Lighting
370.22
Highway Department
42.84
Library .
94.78
Cemeteries
110.08
Park Commission
15.30
Memorial Day
.60
Emergency Fund .
182.58
Moth Work, appropriated
538.08
Moth Department, receipts
316.00
Total Unexpended .
3,185.32
NOTE-For Trust Funds, see Treasurer's Report.
UNPAID BILLS
Fire Department
239.38
State Moth Commission .
1,361.58
Total unpaid accounts
2,600.96
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Available Assets
Suntaug Park Fund
6,000.00
Suntaug Park Fund, interest
680.00
Taxes, 1915, outstanding
2,269.42
Taxes 1916, outstanding
7,988.61
Due, State Aid account
832.00
17,770.03
Liabilities
South School Loan
7,000.00
Motor Chemical Loan
2,000.00
Tax Loans, 1916, outstanding
4,000.00
Due State Moth Commission
1,361.58
14,361.58
(79)
Tax Collector's Statement
Tax of 1913
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1915 . $ 34.93
Received for interest
3.23
38.16
Abated by the Assessors
$ 21.31
Paid Town Treasurer
16.85
38.16
Tax of 1914
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1915 .
1,530.92
Received for interest
114.30
1,645.22
Abated by the Assessors
55.85
Paid Town Treasurer
1,589.37
.
1,645.22
Tax of 1915
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1915 .
7,781.67
Received for interest .
81.15
7,862.82
Abated by the Assessors .
46.59
Paid Town Treasurer
5,547.21
5,593.80
Balance due Dec. 31, 1916 2,269.42
Tax of 1916
Amount of Warrant including Moth
24,528.48
December Warrant
730.72
Bay State St. R. R. Excise Tax
722.24
Received for interest .
8.53
25,989.97
Abated by the Assessors
170.28
Paid Town Treasurer
17,831.08
.
18,001.36
Balance due Dec. 31, 1916 . 7,988.61 F. W. FREEMAN, Collector of Taxes. (80)
Treasurer's Report
To the Citizens of Lynnfield:
I herewith submit my report for the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1916, it being my fourteenth annual report:
TRUST FUNDS
The invested funds held in trust are as follows:
Cemetery Endowments with accrued int. .
$ 3,896.41
Mary U. Nash Town Improvement Fund . 2,122.80
George L. Hawkes Library Fund 500.00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund 1,000.00
Geoege N. Blake Library Fund 4,000.00
Suntaug Park Fund
6,000.00
17,519.21
Report in detail of the earnings of the several trust funds and disposition of same:
George L. Hawkes Library Fund
Amount on Deposit Dec. 31, 1915
500.00
Dividend for year ending Oct. 1, 1916
18.75
$ 518.75
Interest withdrawn, credited to Library 18.75
On deposit Suffolk Sav'gs Bank Dec. 31, '16. 500.00
$ 518.75
Mary U. Nash Library Fund
Amount on deposit December 31, 1915 $ 1,000.00
Dividend for year ending Nov. 1, 1916 . 40.40
$ 1,040.40
(81)
Interest withdrawn credited to Library 40.40 On dep. Medford S'v'gs Bank, Dec. 31, '16 1,000.00
$ 1,040.40
George N. Blake Library Fund
City of Boston Registered Bond . $ 4,000.00
Interest one year to December 1, 1916
140.00
$ 4,140.00
Interest received and credited to Library
140.00
$ 4,000.00
Mary U. Nash Town Improvement Fund
Amount on deposit Dec. 31, 1915 .
$ 2,040.40
Dividend Wildey Savings Bank to Nov.
1, 1916 40.40
Dividend Wakefield Savings Bank to Aug.
1, 1916 . 31.50
Dividend Mechanics Savings Bank to Dec. 1, 1916 Cash in Treasurer's hands Dec. 31, 1915
10.50
86.84
$ 2,209.64
Expended on Selectmen's orders .
·
.
45.73
$ 2,163.91
On Deposit as Follows:
Wildey Savings Bank
$1,040.40
Wakefield Savings Bank
811.80
Mechanics Savings Bank
270.60
Cash in hands of Treasurer
41.11
2,163.91
2,163.91
(82)
Suntaug Park Fund
Amount invested in . Argentine Bonds Dec. 31, 1915
$ 7,000.00
Interest received to Dec. 1, 1916
395.00
Premium on Exchange of Bond
5.56
Cash in Treasurer's hands Dec. 31, 1915 .
280.00
$ 7,680.56
Bond sold Aug. 1, 1916 to pay school note
1,000.00
$ 6,680.56
:
Argentine Bonds
5,000.00
Am. Tel. & Tel. Bond
1,000.00
Cash in Treasurer's hands
680.56
$ 6,680.56
Cemetery Trust Funds
There have been four lots Endowed during the year 1916 all in Forest Hill Cemetery, the Elbridge Russell lot by will of W G. Russell for two hundred dollars, the lot of Herbert A. Skinner, by Everett A. Skinner, and the M. C. Pope lot by will of Elethea L. Bancroft; also the Wright-Newhall lot by several of the heirs, each for one hundred dollars.
Statement of Funds Showing Earnings, Disbursements, and How Invested
Amount of Funds and interest Dec. 31, 1915
$ 3,357.58
Received for Endowments
500.00
Interest .
140.08
$ 3,997.66
Interest withdrawn and paid for care of lots
101.25
$ 3,896.41
On deposit in the following banks:
Wakefield Savings Bank
1,980.21
Wildey Savings. Bank
760.47
Mechanics Savings Bank
1,155.73
$ 3,896.41
(83)
Income, Expense, and balance of each Endowment:
On deposit Income Dec. 31, '15 1916
Expense On dep. 1916 Dec. 31,'16
Henry Bancroft
$ 238.71
$ 9.62
$ 3.00
$ 245.33
Thomas D. Blake .
106.50
4.28
3.00
107.78
Albert R. Bryant
103.30
4.16
3.00
104.46
John Bryant
80.08
3.22
3.00
80.30
Jonathan Bryant
107.54
4.32
3.00
108.86
Matthew Cox
109.06
4.40
3.00
110.46
Jeremiah Coney
138.99
5.58
3.00
141.57
Sarah J. Coney
103.36
4.16
3.00
104.52
George S. Danforth
100.04
4.04
4.00
100.08
Mary A. Danforth
104.72
4.20
3.00
105.92
Adelia C. Emerson
64.45
2.58
1.75
65.28
Emerson & Orne
81.40
3.28
3.00
81.68
Lucy E. Gowing
53.73
2.14
3.00
52.87
Esther W. M. Gilman
200.24
8.08
8.00
200.32
Endicott Hart
53.73
2.14
3.00
52.87
John E. Hastings
101.04
4.08
3.00
102.12
Mary B. Hawkes
101.24
4.08
3.00
102.32
Jacob Hood
102.76
4.12
3.00
103.88
R. & M. Mansfield .
100.00
2.00
2.00
100.00
Daniel Needham
104.92
4.22
3.00
106.14
Helen D. Newcomb
101.00
4.08
5.00
100.08
James H. Newhall
108.25
4.36
2.25
110.36
Joseph C. Newhall
70.52
2.82
2.00
71.34
Wright Newhall
1.00
101.00
David F. Parsons .
102.50.
4.12
3.00
103.62
Israel Parsons
102.50
4.12
3.00
103.62
Ebenezer Parsons
109.26
4.40
3.00
110.66
Esther R. Perkins
100.00
4.04
3.00
101.04
M. C. Pope
100.00
Charlotte Ramsdell
116.22
4.68
2.25
118.65
Herbert Richardson
79.58
3.20
3.00
79.78
Moses Richardson
106.54
4.28
3.00
107.82
Elbridge Russell
4.00
204.00
Herbert A. Skinner
2.00
102.00
William Skinner
102.02
4.12
5.00
101.14
Amanda Wiley
103.38
4.16
3.00
104.54
$3,357.58
$140.08
$101.25
$3,896.41
(84)
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT
DR.
Cash balance January 1, 1916
$ 2,740.21
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
14,000.00
Loan for Motor Apparatus
2,000.00
License Innholders
2,000.00
License Club .
500.00
License all others
38.00
Interest George N. Blake Library Fund
140.00
Interest Mary U. Nash Library Fund
40.40
Interest George L. Hawkes Library Fund
18.75
Dog Tax refunded by County Treasurer
114.12
Fines Collected by Miss Green, Librarian
18.64
Interest Cemetery Trust Funds withdrawn
101.25
Sale of Cemetery lots
30.00
Rent of Town Hall .
126.50
Rent of South Hall .
154.50
Lynn and Peabody Court as fines
79.80
Sealer for sale of old paper .
10.18
City of Salem refund on Poor account
37.00
Boston & Maine R. R., forest fire account
4.68
North Reading Fire Dept., bill for service returned
10.85
E. F. Gerry for fire extinguishers
27.00
J. B. Pierce for street oiling
45.20
County of Essex, setting bounds on Salem St.
62.93
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