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Reconstruction on Salem St.
$ 2,500.00
Received from State
3,289.97
Received from County
2,193.05
Appropriation June 15, 1936, Art. 1,
for Resurfacing Shoulders
on Salem Street $ 2,500.00
Received From State
3,450.22
Received from County
2,299.87
Total Credits
$ 16,233.11
DEBIT RECONSTRUCTION OF SALEM STREET Contract No. 5455
Labor, as per payrolls $ 3,246.24
Truck Hire
L. H. Twiss $ 12.50
W. E. Wilkinson 467.30
M. H. Carter 67.00
$ 546.80
Tools, etc.
Use of Shovel, and Operator- W. E. Wilkinson
$ 666.00
Rental of Roller - Buffalo- Springfield Roller Co. 450.00
Other Tools
49.71
Sharpening Tools
13.75
$ 1,179.46
106
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
Materials and Supplies
Culverts and Drain Pipe
$ 335.63
Sand, Gravel and Loam
37.47
Broken Stone
1,514.68
Brick for Catch Basins
72.00
Catch Basin Frames and Grates
114.50
Asphalt and Bituminous Mixt. ..
1,171.29
Cement
33.60
Gasoline and Oil for Trucks .
110.24
Stock Fence
73.20
All Other
11.50
$ 3,474.11
Total Salem St. Reconstruct. $ 8,446.61
RESURFACING SHOULDERS ON SALEM STREET
Contract No. 5560
Labor, as per payrolls
$4,138.01
Truck Hire
W. E. Wilkinson $ 164.50
M. H. Carter
348.25
$ 512.75
Tools, etc.
Use of Shovel and Operator- W. E. Wilkinson $ 243.25
Use of Compressor and Operator Charles Doyle 334.96
Rental of Roller - Buffalo-
Springfield Roller Co. 225.00
Lanterns and Globes
21.45
Rental of Stone Gigger-M. H. Carter
10.00
Sharpening Tools
35.55
$ 870.21
Materials and Supplies
Culvert and Drain Pipe $ 368.41
Sand and Gravel Delivered- W. E. Wilkinson 348.85
Essex Sand & Stone Co.
7.43
Broken Stone 993.28
Brick for Catch Basins 48.00
Catch Basins, Frames and Grates
130.50
107
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Cement
24.00
Asphalt and Bituminous Mixt. ..
1,191.46
Gasoline and Oil for Trucks . .
226.31
Dynamite and Exploders
34.51
All Other
12.07
$ 3,384.82
Total Resurfacing Shoulders .
$ 8,905.79
Total Payments
$ 17,352.40
$ 16,233.11
Bal. due from State and County
$ 1,119.29
$ 17,352.40
$ 17,352.40
STREET LIGHTING
CREDIT
Appropriation Mar. 9, 1936, Art. 14
$ 3,675.00
DEBIT
Town of Reading, Pre. 1
$ 2,281.56
Peabody Electric Light Dept. Pre. 2
1,392.00
Total Payments
$ 3,673.56
Balance trans. to Revenue
1.44
$ 3,675.00
$ 3,675.00
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
CREDIT
Appropriation Oct. 14, 1935, Art. 2
Appropriation Mar. 9, 1936, Art. 15
$ 2,000.00 10,000.00
$ 12,000.00
DEBIT
General Administration
Salaries
Clarence A. Studley, 1 year .. $ 16.66
George W. Peavey, 1 year 16.66 . . James D. McNamara, 2 mos. .. 2.78
Everett S. Webster, 10 mos. 13.90
$ 50.00
108
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
George W. Peavey, clerk
Stationery and Postage
All Other
Rental of Commissary at Salem
for Surplus Commodities . 12.00
Telephone 4.32
Boxes and Bags for Surplus Commodities 3.75
Transporting Surplus Com-
2.00
$ 22.07
Relief by Town
Groceries and Provisions $ 664.25
Coal, Wood and Oil 295.49
Board and Care
1,084.08
Medicine and Medical Attend. .
309.75
Rent and Lights
238.00
State Institutions
57.00
Cash Grants to Individuals
1,825.00
Labor by Welfare Recipients
30.00
$ 4,503.57
Relief by Others
Town of Stoneham
$ 29.80
Town of Lexington
49.00
$ 78.80
Mothers' Aid by Town
395.00
Total Public Welfare
$ 5,107.71
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ASSISTANCE
CREDIT
Received from State-Federal Grants $ 2,421.15
DEBIT
Cash Grants to Individuals as per
payrolls $ 7,479.60
Board and Care 8.00
Other Cities and Towns
173.33
$ 7,660.93
50.00 8.27
modities
109
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE - ADMINISTRATION
CREDIT
Received from State-Federal Grants
$ 80.66
DEBIT
Salary-George W. Peavey, Clerk .. $ 50.00
Stationery and Postage 6.90
$ 56.90
Total Payments
$ 12,825.54
$ 14,501.81
Balance of Old Age Assistance
-Administration to 1937 . .
23.76
Balance trans. to Revenue
1,652.51
$ 14,501.81
$ 14,501.81
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
CREDIT
Transferred from Reserve Fund . .
$ 1,454.27
DEBIT
Cash Grants to Veterans
$ 70.00
Cash Grants to Veterans' dependents 1,009.00
$ 1,079.00
Other Expenses
Fuel
$ 44.18
Groceries and Provisions
155.99
Clothing
16.40
Medicine and Medical Attend. .
158.70
$ 375.27
Total Payments
$ 1,454.27
$ 1,454.27
EDUCATION SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation Mar. 9, 1936, Art. 16 $ 40,000.00
110
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
DEBIT
Payments for 1936 (For itemized ac-
count see Report of School Committee)
$ 39,986.51
Balance trans. to Revenue
13.49
$ 40,000.00
$ 40,000.00
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation Mar. 9, 1936, Art. 17
$ 800.00
Refund from County for Dog Li-
censes, Mar. 9, 1936, Art. 18
313.19
Income from Library Trust Funds ..
258.85
$ 1,372:04
DEBIT
Salaries
Librarians
Elizabeth W. Green-Main $ 185.50
Sylvia A. Maynard-Branch 185.50
Janitors
C. W. Pierce-Main 79.50
Sylvia A. Maynard-Branch
53.00
Ernest S. Nugent-Branch
2.50
$ 506.00
Books and Periodicals
Books-Main
$ 209.20
Books-Branch
245.43
Periodicals-Main
20.50
Periodicals-Branch
16.00
$ 491.13
Binding
Books-Branch
$ 50.00
Fuel and Light
Fuel-Main
$ 44.80
Fuel-Branch
34.56
Light-Main
13.85
Light-Branch
4.80
- -
$ 98.01
111
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Buildings
Repairs-Main
$ 71.35
Repairs-Branch
38.92
Insurance-Main
26.70
Insurance-Branch
48.25
$ 185.22
Other Expenses
Stationery and Printing
$ 10.29
Work on Books in connection
WPA Project-Main
Edith W. Bush
12.13
Elizabeth W. Green
15.00
All Other
4.23
$ 41.65
Total Payments
$ 1,372.01
$ 1,372.04
Balance trans. to Revenue
.03
$ 1,372.04
$ 1,372.04
REPAIRS TO CENTRE LIBRARY
CREDIT
Appropriation Mar. 9, 1936, Art. 30
$ 350.00
DEBIT
Repairs to Roof-Charles A. Smith as per contract
$ 315.00
Other Repairs
Hugh J. Morgan
28.00
Miscellaneous
.60
Total Payments
$ 343.60
Balance trans. to Revenue
6.40
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
RECREATION PARK DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 19
$ 600.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund ...
16.66
$ 616.66
112
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
DEBIT
Labor as per payrolls
$ 354.00
Equipment
Tennis Tapes-Suntaug
10.38
Loam for Suntaug Park
W. E. Wilkinson
67.50
Teams-Suntaug Park
E. M. Fletcher
12.38
Playground Instructors
Frank H. McDuffee-Suntaug $ 75.00
James H. Savage-Centre 30.00
$ 105.00
All Other
Suntaug-Grass Seed
$ 39.90
Suntaug-Gasoline 2.75
Suntaug-Grade Stakes
5.00
Common-Fertilizer
7.00
Common - Sharpening Lawn
Mowers
4.75
Common-Paint for Flag Pole .
6.00
Common-Other
2.00
$ 67.40
Total Payments $ 616.66
$ 616.66
UNCLASSIFIED MEMORIAL DAY
CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 20 DEBIT
Payment (For itemized account see report of Memorial Day Com- mittee) $ 175.00
$ 175.00
$ 175.00
$ 175.00
GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF PROJECTS (Spent in conjunction with W. P. A. Projects)
CREDIT Appropriation Oct. 14, 1935, Art. 1 .. $ 2,000.00 2,000.00
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 26
$ 4,000.00
113
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DEBIT
Administration
Salary
Wesley W. Munroe, Co-ordinator $ 1,314.60
Other Administration
Rental of typewriter
35.00
Telephone
6.20
Office Supplies
8.29
All Other
9.55
$
1,373.64
Project No. 107-Painting Branch Library-1935 Labor, W. H. Griffith $ 5.88
Project No. 548-Lynbrook Road
Labor, as per payrolls
$ 416.25
Materials
Gasoline, Kerosene, etc.
26.41
Cement
206.20
Sand, Gravel and Stone Dust
98.49
Lamp Black
10.75
Calcium Chloride
7.00
Loam
33.00
All Other
3.29
$ 801.39
Project 1941-Farm to Market Roads Labor, as per payrolls $ 311.75
Materials
Gasoline and Oil
58.32
Gravel-W. E. Wilkinson
177.00
Brick
12.00
Tarvia
137.68
All other
3.80
Truck Hire
M. H. Carter
84.00
W. E. Wilkinson
84.00
Tools
1 Dozen Picks
21.00
Lanterns
4.50
All Other
Sharpening Tools
8.50
-
$ 902.55
114
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
Project No. 3047-Painting Centre Library
Materials
Paint, Brushes, etc. $ 65.06
Sponges
4.00
All Other
1.55
$ 70.61
Project No. 3173-Munroe Street Drainage
Labor, as per payrolls $ 10.50
Materials
Gasoline and oil
1.55
$ 12.05
Project No. 5930-Repairing Chemical House No. 2 Labor, as per payrolls $ 61.80
Materials
Cement, Lumber, etc. 68.25
Iron Bars 18.88
Sand and Stone
28.25
Tin and labor covering door jams 16.60
Rewiring-Labor and Stock 70.15
All Other
6.38
$ 270.31
Project No. 8191-Suntaug Park Improvement Labor, as per payrolls $ 182.50
Materials
Guard Rail, Cement Posts, Gate
and installing same
137.47
Gasoline and Oil
16.39
Lime, Cement and Sand
17.50
Lamp Black
1.80
All Other
2.70
Truck
Trucking Cement Posts
11.25
Tools
9.98
Other Expense
Sharpening Tools
11.00
$ 390.59
Tree Project-L. H. Twiss
Tools
Tree Pruners $ 10.00
115
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
All Other Sharpening Tools . . 2.00
$ 12.00
Total Payments
$ 3,839.02
Balance transferred to 1937
160.98
$ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
RESERVE FUND
CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 22
$ 3,000.00
DEBIT
Transfers to Appropriation Accounts on Authority of Finance Com- mittee
$ 2,199.11
Balance transferred to Revenue
800.89
$ 3,000.00
$ 3,000.00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 23 $ 650.00
DEBIT
Labor, as per payrolls
$ 532.15
Other Expenses
Loam-W. E. Wilkinson
$ 29.00
Teams
14.00
Lumber
2.50
Fertilizer
34.41
Grass Seed
22.00
Lowering Straps
3.06
Tin Boxes for Cards
5.00
All Other
7.40
$ 117.37
Total Payments
$ 649.52
Balance trans. to Revenue
.48
$ 650.00 $ 650.00
116
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
PURCHASE OF LAND FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 32
$ 200.00
DEBIT
Paid Frank H. Thorndike as option
for Purchase of Land
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
INTEREST
CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 25
$ 500.00
DEBIT
Payments on Temporary Loans
Merchants Nat. Bank, Boston .
$ 64.31
First Nat. Bank, Reading 75.31
$ 139.62
Payments on General Loans
Town Hall Addition
$ 37.50
Fire Department Equipment 95.50
$ 133.00
Total Payments
$ 272.62
Balance trans. to Revenue
227.38
$ 500.00 $ 500.00
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS TEMPORARY LOANS
CREDIT
Balance outstanding Jan. 1, 1936 ..
$ 25,000.00
Receipts-Notes in Anticipation of Revenue First National Bank, Reading
60,000.00
Merchants Nat. Bank, Boston . .
15,000.00
$100,000.00
DEBIT
Payment of Notes
First National Bank, Reading . Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
$ 70,000.00
30,000.00
$100,000.00
$100,000.00
117
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
GENERAL LOANS-MATURING DEBT
CREDIT
Appropriation March 9, 1936, Art. 24
$ 4,000.00
DEBIT
Payments
Town Hall Addition
$ 2,000.00
Fire Dept. Pumping Engine
2,000.00
Total Payments
$ 4,000.00 $ 4,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT AGENCY
CREDIT
Received from Teachers for Teach- ers' Retirement Fund $ 686.20
Received from Town Clerk for Dog Licenses
546.20
Transferred from Revenue for State
and County Taxes
11,062.46
$ 12,294.86
DEBIT
Payments
Mass. Teachers' Retirement
Board
$ 686.20
County of Essex-Dog Licenses.
546.20
County of Essex-County Tax .
5,425.21
Commonwealth
State Tax
$ 5,600.00
State Parks and Reservations 37.25
$ 5,637.25
Total Payments
$ 12,294.86
$ 12,294.86
TRUST
CREDIT
Withdrawals from Cemetery Funds $ 359.25
Withdrawal from Compensation
Fund
19.14
118
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
Withdrawal from Mary U. Nash Town Improvement Fund . . Interest and Dividends on Library Trust Funds 285.85
Receipts for establishment of Ceme- tery Perpetual Care Funds . ..
600.00
$ 1,345.73
Less Income from Library Funds Credited to Library Dept. ....
$ 258.85
$ 1,086.88
DEBIT
Payments
Deposits in Savings Bank for
Establishment of Cemetery
Trust Funds $ 600.00
Care of Lots in Cemeteries
Raymond Pearson $ 280.25
Arthur W. Bryant 79.00
$ 359.25
Compensation Fund
Expense of Roger Mansfield in- jury 19.14
Mary U. Nash Improvement Fund
Installing Toilet Facilities in Old Town Hall 108.49
Total Payments $ 1,086.88
$ 1,086.88
REFUNDS
CREDIT
Transfer from Property Tax of 1935
$ 56.12
Transferred from Revenue 208.19
$ 264.31
DEBIT
Refunds
Property Tax of 1934 by Decree of Board of Tax Appeals .
$ 68.04
.. Property Tax of 1934-Illegal Assessment 10.08
108.49
119
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Property Tax of 1935-Over-as- sessment
56.12
Bottlers' Licenses - Proportion
paid Depart. of Public Health
20.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax of 1935
12.37
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax of 1936
97.70
Total Payments
$ 264.31
$ 264.31
GRAND SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
General Government
Salaries and Wages
$ 4,618.75
All other expenses
3,305.22
$ 7,923.97
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
$ 3,786.45
Fire Department
4,227.41
Fire Department Pumping En- gine
7,987.84
Hydrant Rental
1,100.00
Changing Fire Alarm on Turn- pike
174.28
Moth Department
1,862.85
Tree Warden
471.80
Other Protection
296.80
$ 19,907.43
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
$ 230.73
Inspector of Animals
60.00
Inspector of Milk
21.50
Essex County Sanatorium
1,221.09
$ 1,533.32
Highway Department
Maintenance
$ 6,058.71
Snow and Ice Removal
2,433.78
Highway Repairs, Chap. 464 of 1935
970.71
Salem Street Reconstruction . ..
8,446.61
Resurfacing Shoulders on Salem Street
8,905.79
Street Lighting
3,673.56
$ 30,489.16
120
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
Department of Public Welfare
Welfare
$ 5,107.71
Old Age Assistance-Assistance
7,660.93
Old Age Assistance-Adminis- tration
56.90
-
$ 12,825.54
Soldiers' Relief
1,454.27
Education
School Department $ 39,986.51
Library Department
1,372.01
Repairs to Centre Library
343.60
$ 41,702.12
Recreation
Park Department
$ 616.66
Unclassified
Memorial Day
$ 175.00
Government and Relief Projects 3,839.02
$ 4,014.02
Cemeteries
Cemetery Department
$ 649.52
Land for Cemetery Purposes 200.00
$
849.52
Interest
$ 272.62
Municipal Indebtedness
Anticipation of Revenue Loans . $ 70,000.00
General Loans-Maturing Debt. 4,000.00
$ 74,000.00
Agency and Trust
Agency $ 12,294.86
Trust
1,086.88
Refunds
$ 13,381.74 $ 264.31
$209,234.68
Total Payments by Treasurer .. Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1936 Treasurer $ 16,148.77
Collector
50.00
$ 16,198.77
$225,433.45
121
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
DETAIL OF BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNTS ASSETS
TAXES, PROPERTY-1933
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 978.10
Abatements by Assessors
$ 874.76
Payments reported by Collector.
103.34
$ 978.10
$ 978.10
TAXES, PROPERTY-1934
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 15,528.49
Abatements by Assessors
$ 539.40
Transferred to Tax Titles
1,397.22
Payments reported by Collector.
11,748.75
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
1,843.12
$ 15,528.49
$ 15,528.49
TAXES, PROPERTY-1935
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 35,109.41
Refund on account of Abatement of Tax already paid 56.12
Abatements by Assessors
$ 718.34
Transferred to Tax Titles
2,274.20
Payments reported by Collector.
15,234.99
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
16,938.00
$ 35,165.53
$ 35,165.53
TAXES, PROPERTY-1936
Commitments to Collector
$ 92,698.94
Abatements by Assessors
$ 697.64
Payments reported by Collector
59,161.94
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
32,839.36
$ 92,698.94
$ 92,698.94
TAXES, POLL-1933
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 40.00
Abatements by Assessors
$ 26.00
14.00
Payments reported by Collector
.
$ 40.00 $ 40.00
122
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
TAXES, POLL-1934
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 140.00
Payments reported by Collector
$ 36.00
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
104.00
$ 140.00
$ 140.00
TAXES, POLL-1935
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 240.35
Payments reported by Collector.
$ 54.00
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
186.35
$ 240.35
$ 240.35
TAXES, POLL-1936
Commitments to Collector 1
$ 1,438.00
Abatements by Assessors
$ 14.00
Payments reported by Collector.
1,082.00
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
342.00
$ 1,438.00
$ 1,438.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX-1933
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 15.00
Abatements by Assessors
$ 8.00
Payments reported by Collector
'7.00
$ 15.00
$ 15.00
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MOTH ASSESSMENT-1933
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ .50
Abatement by Assessors
$ .50
$ .50
$ .50
MOTH ASSESSMENT-1934
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 3.50
Payments reported by Collector
$ 3.50
$ 3.50
$ 3.50
123
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
MOTH ASSESSMENT-1935
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 2.50
Payment reported by Collector.
$ .50
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
2.00
$ 2.50
$ 2.50
MOTH ASSESSMENT-1936
Commitment to Collector
$ 30.00
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX-1933
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 291.03
Abatements by Tax Commission-
er
$ 275.35
Payments reported by Collector.
15.68
$ 291.03 $ 291.03
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX-1934
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 616.73
Abatement by Assessors
$ 2.41
Payments reported by Collector.
58.76
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
555.56
$ 616.73 $ 616.73
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX-1935
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 1,441.97
Abatements by Assessors
$ 20.08
Payments reported by Collector
408.18
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
1,013.71
$ 1,441.97
$ 1,441.97
124
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX-1936
Commitments to Collector
$ 6,153.38
Abatements by Assessors after
Payment to Collector
92.22
Abatements by Assessors
$ 232.60
Payments reported by Collector
4,196.00
Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
1,817.00
$ 6,245.60
$ 6,245.60
TAX TITLES
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936
$ 9,089.77
Transferred from Taxes-1934
1,397.22
Transferred from Taxes-1935
2,274.20
Interest, deeds, advertising and other
expenses added to Tax Titles ..
528.77
Payments reported by Treasurer
3,153.51
Abatement by Tax Commission- er Balance outstanding Dec. 31, 1936
1,132.50
9,003.95
$ 13,289.96
$ 13,289.96
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
OVERLAY-1933, PROPERTY AND POLL TAXES
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 579.66
Additional overlay assessed in 1936
329.10
Abatements by Assessors
$ 908.76
$ 908.76
$ 908.76
OVERLAY-1934, PROPERTY AND POLL TAXES
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 1,519.86
Abatements by Assessors
$ 539.40
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
980.46
$ 1,519.86
$ 1,519.86
125
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OVERLAY-1935, PROPERTY AND POLL TAXES Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 985.53
Abatements by Assessors
$ 718.34
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
267.19
$ 985.53 $ 985.53
OVERLAY-1936, PROPERTY AND POLL TAXES
Excess Assessment to provide Overlay
$ 1,762.39
Abatements by Assessors
$ 711.64
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
1,050.75
$ 1,762.39
$ 1,762.39
RESERVE FUND-OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 2,446.60
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
$ 2,446.60
$ 2,446.60
$ 2,446.60
REVENUE RESERVED UNTIL COLLECTED
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE-MOTH
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 6.50
Moth Assessment of 1936
30.00
Abatement by Assessors
$ .50
Receipts during 1936
4.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
32.00
$ 36.50
$ 36.50
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 2,349.73
Recharge of Abatements on ac- count of refunds
92.22
Commitments to Collector
6,153.38
Abatements by Assessors and Tax Commissioner $ 530.44
Receipts during 1936
4,678.62
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
3,386.27
$ 8,595.33
$ 8,595.33
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TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
TAX TITLE REVENUE
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 9,089.77
Credits from Tax Accounts, in-
cluding Interest, Deeds, and other expenses
4,200.19
Receipts during 1936
$ 3,153.51
Abatement by Tax Commissioner
1,132.50
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
9,003.95
$ 13,289.96
$ 13,289.96
SURPLUS REVENUE EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY
Balance Jan. 1, 1936
$ 30,222.15
Receipts from Tax Titles
3,153.51
Revenue Account Balances
4,711.19
Amounts added to Tax Titles
$ 3,671.42
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
34,415.43
$ 38,086.85
$ 38,086.85
TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance Jan. 1, 1936 Revenue Loans during 1936
$ 25,000.00 75,000.00
Loans Paid during 1936
$ 70,000.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1936
30,000.00
$100,000.00
$100.000.00
DETAIL OF BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING
Purpose of Indebtedness Town Hall Addition
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1936 $ 2,000.00
Notes Issued 1936
Payments 1936 $2,000.00 2,000.00
Out- standing Dec. 31, 1936
Fire Dept .- Pump. Engine No. 1
3,500.00
Fire Dept .- Pump. Engine No. 2
$5,000.00
$ 1,500.00 5,000.00
$ 5,500.00
$5,000.00
$4,000.00
$ 6,500.00
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Name of Fund
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1936
Income 1936
Payments 1936
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1936
Mary U. Nash Improvem't Fund $ 2,182.36
$ 65.94
$ 108.49
$ 2,139.81
Compensation Fund
3,244.51
90.58
19.14
3,315.95
Legion Memorial Fund
1,083.88
27.24
1,111.12
G. L. Hawkes Library Fund . .
500.00
14.79
14.79
500.00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund ..
1,000.00
30.00
30.00
1,000.00
G. N. Blake Library Fund
4,000.00
205.00
205.00
4,000.00
Adelia J. Clough Library Fund
300.00
9.06
9.06
300.00
Cemetery Trust Funds.
11,207.12
935.49*
359.25
11,783.36
$23,517.87
$1,378.10 $ 745.73 $24,150.24
* Includes two new endowments amounting to $600.00.
Note: For further detail of these accounts see Report of the Town Treasurer
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1936 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash on hand December 31, 1936 $ 16,148.77
Overlays-Reserved for Abatement of Taxes Levy of 1934 $ 980.46
Cash advance in hands of Collector 50.00
$ 16,198.77
Levy of 1935 267.19
Accounts Receivable Taxes
Levy of 1934-Property
$ 1,843.12
Levy of 1935-Property .
16,938.00
Levy of 1936-Property ยท 32,839.36
$ 51,620.48
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes . 3,386.27
Levy of 1934-Poll
$ 104.00
Levy of 1935-Poll
186.35
Levy of 1936-Poll
342.00
Surplus Revenue
Excess and Deficiency
Moth Assessments
Levy of 1935
$
2.00
Balances in Revenue Accounts carried to 1937
Changing Fire Alarm on
$ 32.00 Turnpike $ 225.72
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Levy of 1934
$ 555.56
Levy of 1935
$ 1,013.71
Levy of 1936
1,817.00
Government and Relief Pro- jects
160.98
Tax Titles
$ 9,003.95
,
Due from State and County on
Chapter 90 work of 1936 ...
1,119.29
$ 81,993.11
$ 81,993.11
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TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
$ 2,298.40 2,446.60
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus .. Revenue Reserved Until Collected Special Assessments-Moth .. $ 32.00
Tax Titles 9,003.95
$ 12,422.22
$ 632.35
$ 34,415.43 30,000.00
Temporary Loans
Levy of 1936
30.00
Old Age Assistance-Adminis- tration 23.76
$ 3,386.27
$ 410.46
Levy of 1936 1,050.75
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Bonded Debt, December 31, 1936 $ 6,500.00
Fire Department Pumping Engine No. 1 . . $ 1,500.00
Fire Department Pumping Engine No. 2 . . 5,000.00
$ 6,500.00
$ 6,500.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS
Trust Fund Cash and Securities Dec. 31, 1936 $ 24,150.24
George L. Hawkes Library Fund
$ 500.00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund
1,000.00
George 'N. Blake Library Fund
4,000.00
Adelia J. Clough Library Fund
300.00
Mary U. Nash Improvement Fund
2,139.81
Liability Compensation Fund
3,315.95
Legion Memorial Fund . 1,111.12 Cemetery Endowment Funds (93 Accounts) . 11,783.36
$ 24,150.24
$ 24,150.24
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
ACCOUNTANT'S CERTIFICATE
The cash on hand and cash and securities in the various Trust Funds are as stated in the Treasurer's Report and the Balance Sheet.
The receipts as reported by the Collector of Taxes and the Treas- urer are as stated in the reports of those officials.
The payments from the various appropriations for the year are as stated in the foregoing report, and the Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1936, correctly sets forth the financial condition of the Town at the close of the year.
I wish to take this opportunity to thank those Town Officials who submitted their reports promptly in order to facilitate the compilation of the Annual Town Report.
January 30, 1937.
CARL H. RUSSELL,
Town Accountant.
COMPARISON OF EXPENDITURES FOR FIVE YEARS
Analysis of Actual Expenditures General Government
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
Selectmen
$ 902.78
$ 854.19
$ 851.16
$ 704.00
$ 841.14
Accountant
724.78
745.21
783.47
698.16
856.57
Treasurer
635.90
547.08
544.59
592.85
665.69
Collector of Taxes
1,040.70
778.59
898.51
1,036.12
839.54
Assessors
1,388.44
1,128.06
1,292.07
1,079.02
1,291.95
Other Offices
62.45
146.15
58.45
54.10
51.65
Law Department
300.00
225.00
325.00
378.16
457.84
Town Clerk
291.72
296.07
286.31
302.98
318.47
Elections. and Registrations
547.53
245.49
615.15
382.73
765.66
Municipal Buildings
2,029.67
1,862.01
3,331.10
2,228.96
2,136.03
Total
$ 7,923.97
$ 6,827.85
$ 8,985.81
$ 7,457.08
$ 8,224.54
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
$ 3,786.45
$ 4,131.67
$ 4,270.01
$ 4,473.08
$ 5,157.64
Fire Department including Hydrants
5,327.41
5,124.66
5,189.17
6,003.68
5,948.84
Moth Department
1,862.85
1,735.47
1,714.20
1,812.25
1,824.53
Tree Warden
471.80
399.93
399.93
399.90
499.82
Other Protection-Inspector of Buildings,
Sealer of Weights and Measures, etc.
296.80
240.54
258.91
224.90
287.31
Fire Department Pumping Engine
7,987.84
7,500.00
Changing Fire Alarm on Turnpike
174.28
Total
$ 19,907.43
$ 11,632.27
$ 19,332.22
$ 12,913.81
$ 13,718.14
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health and Health Officer
$ 230.73
$ 58.40
$ 20.70
$ 21.85
$ 29.70
Inspector of Animals
60.00
60.00
60.00
58.00
66.00
Inspector of Milk
21.50
26.75
20.00
20.00
25.00
Essex County Sanatorium
1,221.09
809.66
655.19
866.55
850.49
Other Expenses
67.00
62.20
49.00
1.00
Total
$
1,533.32
$ 1,021.81
$ 818.09
$ 1,015.40
$ 972.19
Analysis of Actual Expenditures Highway Department
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
General Maintenance and Equipment
$ 6,058.71
$ 9,314.65
$ 8,110.17
$ 7,511.16
$ 9,135.23
Construction, Streets
17,352.40
12,287.29
324.25
Construction, Sidewalks
1,995.88
1,999.81
2,002.10
1,694.71
2,433.78
2,303.05
3,111.46
1,866.44
977.71
Snow and Ice Removal Lighting
3,673.56
3,536.75
3,596.88
3,560.57
3,191.84
Other Expenses
970.71
293.43
359.90
300.28
918.13
Total
$ 30,489.16
$ 29,731.05
$ 17,178.22
$ 15,240.55
$ 16,241.87
Public Welfare
Administration
$ 130.34
$ 154.41
$ 70.60
$ 57.45
$ 80.30
Relief
4,977.37
5,302.90
2,922.60
2,286.81
1,538.27
Old Age Administration
56.90
Old Age Assistance
7,660.93
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