Town of Lynnfield, Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, annual report 1921-1930, Part 49

Author: Lynnfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1921-1930
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C. A. Smith, repairs to roof ..


4.80


A. O. Marshall, new cement steps 120.00


A. O. Marshall, repairs to plas- tering 60.00


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84 TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


A. O. Marshall, repairs to chimney 55.00


Wm. E. Gilson, repairs to light 1.40 G. L. Westover, miscellaneous. . 44.15


*Wm. W. Moxham, building


emergency room


76.67


*Transferred from Reserve Fund by Finance Committee. $ 539.57


Insurance


Dewick & Flanders .. .


$


88.20


Other Expenses:


Ideal Song Shop, tuning piano $ 7.50


Fred I. Wilkins, keys for vault 1.25


A. J. Rich, repairs to flag . .. 2.50


M. A. Fletcher, tuning piano ..


5.00


$


16.25


Repairs to Old Town Hall


C. A. Smith, repairs to roof ...


$


52.52


PRECINCT 2 HALL


Janitor


L. O. Newhall, wages $ 49.00


James E. Landry, wages 8.50


Harry F. Griffin, wages. 3.75


Edward W. Pierce, wages


49.00


$ 110.25.


Fuel and Light


Peabody Electric Light Plant, lights $ 59.49


Lynn Gas & Electric Co., gas .. 6.15


Curley Bros., coal 47.26


Geo. W. Pickering Co., coal. 43.50


$ 156.40


Janitor's Supplies


$ 8.53.


Repairs


W. W. Moxham, labor and sup- plies $ 9.39


A. L. Hayward, pipe and fittings 1.98


Daniel Lamont, repairs to clock 7.00


Frank C. Newhall, repairs to flag 4.00


L. H. Twiss, putting new rope in flag pole 5.00


J. Wallace Grace Co., rope for flag pole 1.35


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 85


*Wm. Delamater, painting hall


inside


150.00


$ 178.72


*Transferred from Reserve Fund by Finance Committee.


Insurance :


Raymond C. Daly $ 96.75


Louis B. Tuck


36.00


$ 132.75


Other Expenses :


Geo. H. Jacobs Co., flag


$ 12.00


Lynnfield Water District, water charges


6.75


M. H. Carter, removing ashes ..


7.00


$ 25.75


Total Payments


$ 7,415.97


Balance to Overlay Reserve ..


14.03


$ 7,430.00


$ 7,430.00


SUMMARY


GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT


Salaries


Expenses


Total


Selectmen


$ 472.22


$ 167.41


$ 639.63


Town Accountant


500.00


349.68


849.68


Treasurer


300.00


176.81


476.81


Collector


300.00


187.35


487.35


Assessors


772.50


124.66


897.16


Registration of Notes


18.00


18.00


Town Counsel


225.00


2.91


227.91


Town Clerk


244.75


678.79


923.54*


Registrars of Voters


57.50


12.48


69.98


Elections


126.00


131.25


257.25


Building Inspector


100.00


39.30


139.30


Town Hall


260.00


1,504.44


1,764.44


Hall, Precinct 2


110.25


502.15


612.40


Old Town Hall


52.52


52.52


Totals


$3,468.22


$3,947.75


$7,415.97



* Includes $635.38 non-recurring expense.


86


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY ...


POLICE DEPARTMENT


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 11 $ 4,750.00


DEBIT


Salaries:


Albert G. Tedford, chief. $ 436.00


Fred W. Bryant, patrolman. 2,047.14


Lewis F. Pope, patrolman. . .


1,345.00


Josiah Poeton, special duty .... 12.00


John M. Lynch, special duty ..


5.00


Edgar Brown, special duty .... 6.00


H. C. Pierce, special duty. . .


5.00


Lewis F. Pope, special duty.


10.25


$ 3,866.39


Transportation :


Lewis F. Pope, auto hire. $ 4.50


Equipment for Men:


Lake Erie-Anakin Co., billies,


etc.


$ 87.00


Other Expenses:


Frank E. Russell, lanterns. .$ 11.25


Dr. J. P. H. Murphy, examina- · tion of prisoner 3.00


Louis Burke, food for prisoners 1.50


Louis F. Pope, kerosene for lanterns 1.00


D. J. Manning, food for prisoners 4.75


M. H. Carter, installing signs .. 7.20


Dyar Sales and M'c'hy Co., signs 20.00


A. G. Tedford, telephone ...... 5.00


$ 53.70


Total Payments


$ 4,011.59


Balance to Revenue


738.41


$ 4,750.00


$ 4,750.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 87


FIRE DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 15


$ 4,100.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund by Finance Committee 204.85 Appropriation for Hydrant Rental, Article 16 1,125.00


$ 5,429.85


DEBIT


Salaries and Wages:


Administrative


. Wm. W. Moxham, Chief. $ 100.00


Forest E. Ross, Supt. of Fire


Alarm, 9 months 56.25


Forest E. Ross, Mechanic, 9 months 45.00


$ 201.25


House 1 Call Men


Carl I. Cheever, Captain $ 75.00


Minot H. Carter, Lieutenant 50.00


Chas. W. Pratt 35.00


Chas. M. Pratt


35.00


Raymond Pearson


35.00


Leon Pearson


35.00


Dana Sweetser


35.00


$ 300.00


House 2 Call Men


Wm. H. Griffin, Captain $ 75.00


Jos. A. Donovan, Lieutenant 50.00


Harold F. Kaler 35.00


H. F. Griffin


35.00


Albert Newhall


35.00


George Carder


35.00


Wesley W. Munroe


35.00


-


$ 300.00


Other Payrolls including care of equipment, overtime at fires, etc. House No. 1 $ 329.23


House No. 2 531.65


-


$ 860.88


88 TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


Fire Permits


A. G. Tedford $ 2.00


M. H. Carter


12.40


Wm. W. Moxham


11.30


$ 25.70


Grand Total Salaries and Wages, $1,687.83. Equipment


Am. Fire Equip. Co., canvas cover


$ 8.66


Am. Fire Equip. Co., acid re-


ceptacles, etc. 22.50


Carl I. Cheever, pails


2.50


Am. Fire Equip. Co., 1 chemical tank nozzel 1


15.20


Josiah Poeton, 1 measure.


3.00


Wm. W. Moxham, water pails ..


1.60


Josiah Poeton, jack for locomo- bile 9.00


$ 62.46


Maintenance and Repairs


Tires and tubes


$ 64.69


Repairs to equipment


1,209.08


Gasoline and Oil


74.08


Fire Alarm, Boxes, etc.


752.02


Lynnfield Water District, water charges


6.75


Josiah Poeton, battery charger


12.50


J. W. Harvey, soda and supplies


31.72


Geo. M. Roundy, soda and sup.


25.45


A. H. Whidden & Son, 4 car- boys Vitrol


21.88


Miscellaneous 9.74


-


$ 2,207.91


Hydrant Rental


Lynnfield Water District $ 1,125.00


Fuel and Light


Municipal Light Board, House 1 $ 10.41


Geo. W. Pickering, Coal, House 1 29.00


Curley Bros., Coal, House 2 .... 47.24


Geo. W. Pickering, Coal, House 2 43.50


Peabody Electric Light Plant, House 2 39.20


Lynn Gas & Elec. Co., House 2 .50


$ 39.41


$ 130.44


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 89


Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds Repairs


J. W. Grace Co., Repairs to heater, House No. 1 .. ......


$ 43.85


Janitor Service M. H. Carter, House No. 1 .... 25.00


$ 68.85


L. O. Newhall, House No. 2. 30.00


Ed. Pierce, House No. 2 ..


15.00


M. H. Carter, removing ashes, House No. 2 7.00


-


$ 52.00


Other Expenses


Telephone, House No. 1.


$ 25.25


Telephone, House No. 2 ..


6.90


W. W. Moxham, telephone tolls


8.95


Miscellaneous


14.85


$ 55.95


Total Payments


$ 5,429.85


$ 5,429.85


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CREDIT


Appropriation Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 11 DEBIT


$


150.00


Salary


Minot H. Carter


$ 75.00


Other Expenses


Minot H. Carter, transportation


25.00


Hobbs & Warren, seals, dies; etc.


17.97


Total Payments


$ 117.97


Balance to Revenue


32.03


$ 150.00


$ 150.00


MOTH DEPARTMENT CREDIT


Appropriation Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 20


$ 1,354.57


Appropriation Mar. 11, 1929, (Private Work) Article 26 .. Appropriation Mar. 11, 1929 (Satin Moth) Article 29


700.00


25.00


$ 2,079.57


90 TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


DEBIT


Labor: as per payrolls


L. H. Twiss


$ 540.30


E. D. Evans 494.00


E. W. Savage 94.00


C. V. Sweetser . . .


100.00


W. E. Wilkinson, Jr.


46.00


George Badaracco


22.00


$ 1,296.30


Other Expenses:


L. H. Twiss, auto and truck hire 359.25


E. W. Savage, truck hire. 112.00


C. V. Sweetser, express


7.00


Barry's Garage, battery


2.25


James A. Roome, repairs sprayer


to


12.00


W. E. Wilkinson, Jr., horse hire


57.50


Geo. M. Roundy, gasoline, oil and supplies


11.85


J. W. Harvey, gasoline and sup.


7.50


L. H. Twiss, postage, telephone and gasoline


4.40


$ 573.75


Total Payments


$ 1,870.05


Balance to Revenue


209.52


$ 2,079.57


$ 2,079.57


TREE WARDEN CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 28 $ 400.00


DEBIT


Labor, as per payrolls:


L. H. Twiss $ 155.00


E. D. Evans


150.00


$ 305.00


Other Expenses :


L. H. Twiss, truck hire


$ 88.75


L. H. Twiss, tree paint 1.25


W. F. White, filing saws


5.00


$ 95.00


Total payments


$ 400.00


$ 400.00


91


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


HEALTH AND SANITATION


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 11


$ 75.00


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 11


75.00


$ 150.00


DEBIT


Salary Board of Health:


F. C. Newhall, 2 months $


1.37


Ralph E. Cox, 1 year 8.33


Archie L. Hayward, 10 months 6.96


Joseph F. Smith, 10 months .. 6.96


$ 23.62


Other Expenses:


Lewis F. Pope, burying dog : . .


1.00


Inspector of Milk:


Dana Sweetser, salary


25.00


Inspector of Animals:


Arthur Bryant, Salary.


$ 50.00


Arthur Bryant, expenses 5.00


$ 55.00


Total Payments


$ 104.62


Balance to Revenue


45.38


$ 150.00


$ 150.00


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 9


$ 13,000.00


Transferred from Overlay Reserve,


Nov. 15, 1929, Article 4.


300.00


$.13,300.00


DEBIT


General Expenses :


Labor, as per payrolls $ 4,564.14


Trucks, teams, etc.


2,901.51


Broken stone, gravel, etc.


1,080.78


Equipment and repairs


77.36


Gasoline and motor oil ..


110.70


Tarvia and Road Oil


3,527.01


92


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


Other Miscellaneous Expenses :


L. E. Bennett, coal for steam roller


$ 45.52


Lewis F. Pope, rent of gravel pit 20.00


N. E. Metal Culvert Co. 58.80


Town of North Reading, rent of steam roller 140.00


Geo. M. Roundy, paint and


supplies


$ 7.50


Curley Bros., coal for steam


roller


8.00


Young Sign Studio, street signs


6.00


C. M. White Iron Works, catch basin frame and grate 13.00


M. H. Carter, telephone and express


5.65


All other miscellaneous


15.76


$ 320.23


Total General Expense, $12,581.73.


Snow Removal


Labor, as per payrolls. $ 128.18


Trucks and teams


514.75


Repairs to Equipment


49.12


Gasoline and oil


13.55


Sand


2.00


$ 707.60


Total Payments


$ 13,289.33


Balance to Overlay Reserve


10.67


$ 13,300.00


$ 13,300.00


REBUILDING MAIN STREET


CREDIT


Balance on hand, January 1, 1929. .


$ 1,102.02


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 31


10,000.00


Received from State


15,196.93


Received from County


15,196.93


$ 41,495.88


DEBIT


Payments on 1928 Contract M. McDonough Co. $ 12,104.56


Payments on 1929 Contract


93


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


M. McDonough Co.


28,681.04


Globe Newspaper Co., advertis- ing for bids


11.20


Lynn Evening Item, advertising for bids


3.90


Mass. State Prison, catch basin covers and grates


73.28


M. H. Carter, labor and truck


15.00


M. McDonough Co., trucking ...


25.00


Total Payments


$ 40,913.98


Balance unexpended Dec.


31, 1929


581.90


$ 41,495.88


$ 41,495.88


TOTAL OF PROJECT FOR 1928 AND 1929


Appropriation


Amount Spent


Balance Unexpended


State


$20,000.00


$19,393.09


$ 606.91


County


20,000.00


19,393.10


606.90


Town


20,000.00


19,418.10


581.90


Totals


$60,000.00


$58,204.29


$1,795.71


STREET LIGHTS CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 14


$ 3,567.00


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 30


13.50


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 43


13.50


$ 3,594.00


DEBIT


Precinct 1


Town of Reading


$ 2,127.38


Precinct 2


City of Peabody


1,318.52


Total Payments


$ 3,445.90


Balance to Revenue.


148.10


$ 3,594.00


$ 3,594.00


94


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


MOWING BUSHES ON HIGHWAYS


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 27


$ 500.00


DEBIT


Labor, as per payrolls.


$ 491.13


Other Expenses


M. H. Carter, Auto hire $ 2.50


Geo. M. Roundy, supplies. 5.85


$ 8.35


Total Payments


$ 499.48


Balance to revenue. . .


.52


$ 500.00


$ 500.00


DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 12


$ 1,500.00


DEBIT


General Administration


Salary, Board of Public Welfare


F. C. Newhall, 2 months.


$ 4.17


Ralph E. Cox, 1 year 25.00


Archie L. Hayward, 10 months .. 20.83


Joseph F. Smith, 10 months.


20.83


$ 70.83


Outside Relief by Town


Board and Care


$ 25.71


State Institutions 324.00


Transportation, City of Peabody 20.00


$ 369.71


Relief by Other Cities and Towns ..


$ 62.60


Mothers' Aid


By Town


$ 10.00


By Other Cities and Towns 288.00


$ 298.00


Total payments


$ 801.14


Balance to Revenue


698.86


$ 1,500.00


$ 1,500.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 95


STATE AID CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 19 DEBIT Payments due from Commonwealth


$ 96.00


$ 96.00


$ 96.00


$ 96.00


EDUCATION *School Department


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 8 Refund overpayment


4.50


$ 38,349.50


DEBIT


Payments for 1929


$ 37,504.18


Balance to Revenue


845.32


$ 38,349.50


$ 38,349.50


*For itemized account see report of School Committee.


LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 23


$ 900.00


Refund of Dog Tax, County of Essex


184.31


Income Blake Library Fund


210.00


Income Nash Library Fund


50.00


Income Hawkes Library Fund


22.50 °


Income Clough Library Fund


14.40


$ 1,381.21


DEBIT


Salaries and Wages:


Main Library


Elizabeth W. Green, librarian. $. 182.00


Seth H. Russell, janitor 92.00


Branch Library


Gertrude A. Chipman, librarian 182.00


Gertrude A. Chipman, janitor 57.50


$


513.50


$ 38,345.00


96


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


Books, Periodicals, etc .:


Main Library


Books


$ 170.14


Periodicals


15.25 .


Branch Library


Books $


190.89


Periodicals


20.65


$ 396.93


Binding:


Books


$ 83.20


Fuel and Light Main Library


. Percy N. Sweetser, coal $ 17.00


W. E. Wilkinson, Jr., wood. 18.00


E. L. Phillips, wood 2.00


Municipal Light Board, lights


18.89


Branch Library


Lynn Gas & Electric Co., heat $ 22.48


Peabody Elec. Light Plant, lights 5.75


$ 84.12


Buildings


Repairs and Furnishings


Main Library:


Hutchinson Hardware Co., wire mat


$ 3.00


J. W. Grace Co., repairs to stove 8.65


H. E. Todd, recovering window screens 14.85


Branch Library:


J. W. Harvey, shellac .67


W. C. Whittredge Co., cement. . 9.75


H. E. Maynard, labor 39.00


Mollie Nugent, shingles 1.00


-


$ 76.92


Other Expenses


Main Library


W. I. Olmsted, express


$ .25


R. C. Daly, insurance 106.80


Filing Equipment Bureau, sup. 5.59


25.12


Geo. H. Bancroft, insurance ... Elizabeth W. Green, express,


3.35


postage and supplies . . Geo. M. Roundy, janitor's sup. 2.70


Pearson Bros., care of lawn .... 6.00


.


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 97


Branch Library


Gertrude A. Chipman, supplies 2.14


Gertrude A. Chipman, postage


2.00


J. W. Harvey, electric lights. 1.20


$ 155.15


Total Payment


$ 1,309.82


Balance to revenue


71.39


$ 1,381.21


$ 1,381.21


PARK DEPARTMENT


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 25 $ 600.00


DEBIT


Labor:


L. H. Twiss


$ 12.25


Newell O. Whitney


35.20


E. Q. Moulton . .


26.50


Ralph E. Cox · . .


159.00


H. B. Nesbitt · ·


70.00


Pearson Bros.


. .


18.00


J. F. Stokes


. . 46.00


$ 366.95


Loam


Ralph E. Cox 60.00


Other Expenses


L. H. Twiss, truck hire $ 2.00


Ralph E. Cox, teams


71.88


Geo. M. Roundy, supplies 2.25


A. H. Packard, sharpening horse lawn-mower 14.36


E. Q. Moulton, nails and paint. .


1.05


A. F. Clark Lumber Co., lumber 62.59 Miscellaneous 15.18


$ 169.31


Total Payments


596.26


Balance to revenue


3.74


$ 600.00 $ 600.00


98 TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


COUNTY CHARGES CREDIT


Assessment by County of Essex .... DEBIT


$ 5,418.42


Paid County Treasurer 5,418.42


$ 5,418.42


$ 5,418.42


STATE CHARGES CREDIT


Assessment for State Tax


$ 3,570.00


Assessment, Repairs to State High-


ways


420.00


Assessment, Snow Removal


53.00


Assessment, Failure to make returns


23.00


Assessment, Veterans' Exemption. .


9.48


Assessment, Gypsy and Brown Tail


Moth


.07


Assessment, National Bank Tax 1927


.11


Assessment, National Bank Tax 1928


.01


$ 4,075.67


DEBIT


Paid State Treasurer


$


4,075.67


*MEMORIAL DAY CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 7


$ 200.00


Paid American Legion, Post 131.


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


$ 200.00


*For itemized account see report of Memorial Day Committee.


ESSEX COUNTY SANITARIUM MAINTENANCE CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 21 DEBIT


$ 731.46


Paid County Treasurer


$ 731.46


$ 731.46 $ 731.46


.


$ 4,075.67


$ 4,075.67


DEBIT


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 99


ESSEX COUNTY SANITARIUM SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION TAX CREDIT


Transferred from Reserve Fund .. DEBIT


$ 584.93


Paid County Treasurer


$ 584.93


$ 584.93


$ 584.93


TOWN HALL SEATS CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 32


$ 375.00


DEBIT


Paid Heywood-Wakefield Co .. $ 375.00


$ 375.00


$ 375.00


REPAIRS TO CHEMICAL HOUSE NO. 1 CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 37


$


150.00


DEBIT


Expenses


Carl I. Cheever, labor and sup. $ 8.71


A. O. Marshall, tearing down and rebuilding chimneys ..... J. Wallace Grace Co., repairs to heating equipment·


95.00


19.80


Total Payments


$ 123.51


Balance to Revenue


26.49


$ 150.00


$


150.00


TOWN HALL STORAGE SHED


CREDIT


Appropriation Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 42


$


1,200.00


DEBIT


Expenses Labor and trucks, as per pay-


$ 300.25 rolls


A. O. Marshall, laying cement blocks $ 101.60


100


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


A. O. Marshall, lime


4.00


Wakefield Concrete Block Co., cement and cement blocks Geo. M. Roundy, supplies ..


200.72


.60


W. E. Wilkinson, Jr., 73 loads gravel @ 25c 18.25


Wm. E. Knox, Cement


11.00


Wm. W. Moxham, lumber, labor and fittings


563.58


Total Payments $ 1,200.00


$ 1,200.00


TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND CREDIT


Treasurer's Receipts from School


Department


$ 650.25


DEBIT


Paid Mass. Teachers' Retirement


Fund Association


$ 650.25


$ 650.25


$ 650.25


REPAIRS TO BRANCH LIBRARY CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 24


$ 350.00


DEBIT


Labor:


H. E. Maynard $ 102.00


J. F. Stokes


168.20


$ 270.20


Other Expenses


Palmer Concrete Products Co., concrete blocks $


26.53


Guilford Lumber Co., lumber .. 21.73


W. C. Whittredge & Co., lime and cement 10.50


E. M. Fletcher, sand and stone 21.00


$ 79.76


Total Payments


$ 349.96


Balance to Revenue .04


$ 350.00


$ 350.00


REPORT' OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 101


TOWN SURVEY CREDIT Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 34 $ 500.00


DEBIT


Paid Morse & Dickinson Assessors' Plats and Services ..


$ 500.00


$ 500.00


$ . 500.00


RESERVE FUND CREDIT


Transferred from Overlay Reserve March 11, 1929, Article 13 ....


$


1,500.00


DEBIT


Transfers to General Government .. $ 230.00


Transferred to Essex Co. Sanitarium


584.93


Special Construction Tax .. .. Transferred to Fire Department ..


204.85


Total transfers


$ 1,019.78


Balance transferred to


Overlay Reserve


480.22


$ 1,500.00


$ 1,500.00


PLANNING BOARD CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 39 $ 100.00


DEBIT


Expenses


Wakefield Item Co., Zoning Laws and Map


$ 49.00


Morse & Dickinson, Corrections on Zoning Map


20.34


Wakefield Item Co., plate of Zoning Map


7.25


Total Payments


$ 76.59


-


Balance to Revenue


23.41


$ 100.00


$ 100.00


102 TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 22


$ 800.00


DEBIT


Labor:


Seth H. Russell


$ 190.86


Wm. E. Roundy


165.25


Charles M. Pratt


28.00


Herbert E. Todd


3.00


Daniel J. McCarthy


6.00


Fred Gray


15.00


Arthur Bryant


50.00


As per payrolls ..... . 78.00


-


$ 536.11


Other Expenses


Loam and Gravel


$ 10.00


Tools


43.69


Teams


87.62


Arthur Bryant, plank to cover well


5.00


D. F. Parker, cement and paint


1.20


C. B. Dodge Co., weed killer ..


14.50


$ 162.01


Total Payments


$ 698.12


Balance to Revenue .


101.88


$ 800.00


$ 800.00


INTEREST CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 17 $ 2,700.00


DEBIT


Temporary Loans


Wakefield Trust Co.


$· 1,395.21


General Loans Wakefield Trust Co. ·


1,172.50


Total Payments


$ 2,567.71


Balance to Revenue


132.29


$ 2,700.00


$ 2,700.00


. .


.. .


...


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 103


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS TEMPORARY LOANS


CREDIT


Balance Outstanding, Jan. 1, 1929 .. Anticipation of Revenue From Wakefield Trust Co.


$ 10,000.00


80,000.00


$ 90,000.00


DEBIT


Payments to Wakefield Trust Co ...


$ 70,000.00


Balance outstanding, Dec.


31, 1929


20,000.00


$ 90,000.00


$ 90,000.00


TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS


CREDIT


Withdrawn


from


Compensation


Fund


$


323.99


Withdrawn from Cemetery Trust


Funds


334.75


$ 658.74


DEBIT


Compensation Fund


Harold Kaler $ 300.00


Elmer A. Smith, supplies for Pierce and Kaler 12.74


Donovan Motor Supply Co.,


supplies for Pierce 8.25


F. W. Freeman, services .


3.00


$ 323.99


Cemetery Trust Funds


For perpetual care of lots


Geo. H. Bancroft


$ 75.00


Arthur Bryant


59.00


Seth H. Russell


196.50


Mabel Savage


4.25


.


$ 334.75


Total Payments


$ 658.74 $ 658.74


104


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


MATURING DEBT CREDIT


Appropriation, Mar. 11, 1929, Art. 18 Transferred from Essex County Sanitarium Fund, March 11, 1929, Article 18.


$ 5,226.06


1,773.94


$ 7,000.00


DEBIT


Payment 1929 on Centre School


Loan


$ 1,000.00


Payment 1929 on Town Hall


Addition


2,000.00


Payment 1929 on Essex County


Sanitarium


2,000.00


Payment 1929 on Rebuilding Main Street


2,000.00


$ 7,000.00


$ 7,000.00


GRAND SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS


General Government:


Salaries, expenses and care of municipal buildings . .


$ 7,415.97


Town Hall Seats


375.00


Town Hall Storage Shed


1,200.00


Town Survey


500.00


$ 9,490.97


Total General Government Protection of Persons and Property : Police Department


$ 4,011.59


Fire Department, Inc., hydrant rental


5,429.85


Sealer of Weights and Measures


117.97


Moth Department


1,870.05


Tree Warden


400.00


Repairs to Chemical House


123.51


Total Health and Sanitation:


$ 11,952.97


Board of Health


$ 24.62


Inspector of Milk


25.00


Inspector of Animals


55.00


REPORT OF TOWN


ACCOUNTANT 105


Essex Co., Sanitarium Main- tenance


731.46


Essex Co., Sanitarium Con-


584.93


Total


$ 1,421.01


Highways:


General Administration


$ 12,581.73


Rebuilding Main Street


40,913.98


Snow and Ice Removal


707.60


Street Lights


3,445.90


Mowing Bushes


499.48


Total


$ 58,148.69 $ 801.14


Department of Public Welfare


State Aid


96.00


Education :


Schools


$ 37,504.18


Libraries


1,309.82


Repairs to Branch Library.


349.96


Total


$ 39,163.96 596.26


Recreation-Parks


Unclassified :


Memorial Day


$ 200.00


Mass. Teachers' Retirement


Fund


650.25


Town Planning Board


76.59


Total


$ 926.84 698.12


Cemeteries


. Interest


2,567.71


Municipal Indebtedness:


Anticipation Revenue Loans . .


$ 70,000.00


Notes paid from Revenue.


7,000.00


Total


$ 77,000.00 ,


Agency, Trust and Investment:


Taxes-State


$ 4,075.67


Taxes-County


5,418.42


Trust Funds-Perpetual Care ..


334.75


Trust Funds-Compensation Fd.


323.99


Total


$ 10,152.83


Grand Total Payments by Treasurer


$213,016.50


struction Tax


106 TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


Balance Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1929 Revenue Non-Revenue


$ 14,100.43 581.90


$ 14,682.33


$227,698.83


DETAIL OF BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS


Assets


TAXES DECEMBER 1927 ASSESSMENT


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1929


$ 5.54


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


$ 5.54


$ 5.54


$ 5.54


TAXES, PROPERTY 1927


Outstanding, Jan. 1, 1929.


$ 390.80


Payments 1929 to Collector


$ 197.97


Abatements by Assessors


17.45


Balance Dec. 31, 1929.


175.38


$ 390.80 $ 390.80


TAXES, POLL 1927


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1929


$ 2.00


Abatement by Assessors


$ 2.00


$ 2.00


$ 2.00


TAXES, POLL 1928


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928.


. .


$ 18.00


Payments 1929 to Collector


6.00


Abatements 1928 Credited : Property Tax in error


12.00


$ 18.00 $ 18.00


TAXES, PROPERTY 1928


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1928. 19,132.56


Abatements 1928 of Polls Credited


this account in error


12.00


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 107


Payments 1929 to 'Collector


$ 17,301.49


Abatements by Assessors


284.33


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


1,558.74


$ 19,144.56 $ 19,144.56


TAXES, MOTH 1928


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1929


$ 11.75


Payments 1929 to Collector.


$ 8.50


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


3.25


$ 11.75


$ 11.75


TAXES, DECEMBER 1928 ASSESSMENT


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1929


$ 15.76


Payment 1929 to Collector


$ 1.74


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


14.02


$ 15.76


$ 15.76


TAXES, POLL 1929


Commitment


$ 998.00


Payments 1929 to Collector


$ 942.00


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


56.00


$ 998.00


$ 998.00


TAXES, PROPERTY 1929


Commitment


$ 77,438.98


Payments 1929 to Collector .


$ 51,786.51


Abatements by Assessors


371.30


Balance Dec. 31, 1929 .


25,281.17


$ 77,438.98


$ 77,428.98


TAXES, MOTH 1929


Commitment


.


$ 29.75


Payments 1929 to Collector


21.50


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


8.25


$ 29.75 $ 29.75


108


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


TAXES, AUTOMOBILE EXCISE 1929


Commitments


$ 7,601.95


Payments 1929 to Collector


$ 5,009.07


Abatements by Assessors


. 462.98


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


2,129.90


$ 7,601.95


$ 7,601.95


TAX TITLES


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1929


$ 587.72


Balance Dec. 31, 1929 .....


$ 587.72


$ 587.72


$ 587.72


STATE AID


Due from State Jan. 1, 1929.


$ 138.00


Payments by Town 1929.


96.00


Cash received from State, 1929. ..


$ 138.00


Balance due from State, Dec. 31, '29


$ 96.00


$ 234.00


$ 234.00


Liabilities OVERLAY 1927


Balance Jan. 1, 1929


$ 1,910.73


Abatements 1929 by Assessors


$ 19.45


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


$ 1,891.28


$ 1,910.73


$ 1,910.73


OVERLAY 1928


Balance Jan. 1, 1929.


$ 2,279.39


Abatements 1929 by Assessors . .


$ 284.33


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


1,995.06


$ 2,279.39


$ 2,279.39


OVERLAY 1929


Excess Assessment Property .


$ 1,103.48


Excess Assessment Excise


1,101.95


Abatements 1929 (Property)


$ 371.30


Abatements 1929 (Excise)


462.98


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


1,371.15


$ 2,205.43


$ 2,205.43


109


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


OVERLAY RESERVE


Balance Jan. 1, 1929


$ 5,880.14


Transferred to Reserve Fund


Transferred to Highway Dept.


Amounts transferred back to acct ..


504.92


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


4,585.06


$ 6,385.06


$ 6,385.06


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY


Balance Jan. 1, 1929


$ 8,352.85


State Aid from State, 1929.


138.00


Excess Revenue


5,072.78


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


$ 13,563.63


$ 13,563.63


$ 13,563.63


TEMPORARY LOANS


Balance Jan. 1, 1929


$ 10,000.00 80,000.00


Revenue Loans 1929


Payment of Loans by Treas., 1929


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


$ 70,000.00 20,000.00


$ 90,000.00


$ 90,000.00


SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE


$ 22.50


Balance Jan. 1, 1929 Balance Dec. 31, 1929


$ 22.50


$ 22.50


$ 22.50


TAX TITLES REVENUE


Balance Jan. 1, 1929


. . .


$ 587.72


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


...


$ 587.72


$ 587.72


$ 587.72


$ 1,500.00 300.00


110


TOWN OF LYNNFIELD


NON-REVENUE ACCOUNT MAIN STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance Jan. 1, 1929


$ 1,102.02


Appropriated by Town


10,000.00


Cash Received from State


15,196.93


Cash Received from County .


15,196.93


Payments 1929


.


$ 40,913.98


Balance Dec. 31, 1929


. .


$ 41,495.88


$ 41,495.88


DETAIL OF NET BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING


Balance Out- standing Jan. 1, '29


Notes Issued 1929


Payments - 1929


Balance Out- standing Dec. 31, '29


Purpose of Indebtedness


Centre School Addition


$ 6,000.00


$1,000.00


$ 5,000.00


Town Hall Addition


16,000.00


2,000.00


14,000.00


Essex County Sanitarium


2,000.00


2,000.00


Rebuilding Main Street


8,000.00


8,000.00


2,000.00


14,000.00


$32,000.00


$8,000.00


$7,000.00


$33,000.00


TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS


Balance on hand Jan. 1, '29


Income 1929


Payments 1929


Balance on hand Dec. 31, '29




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