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Our reason for this recommendation is that full-time members of these departments should not be in politics. They should, while mem- bers, be free from all political considerations. It is entirely improper for a member of either department to be at the same time a town officer who has supervision of either department, and so free from all direction and instruction of superiors.
Third. That the Commissioner of Public Safety appoint a full-time Deputy Chief of the Fire Department and four full-time men.
This will provide five permanent men, two of whom should be assigned to each fire station, so that one man will be on duty at each station every day and night. This arrangement will provide for imme- diate attention to every alarm both night and day. It will add to the cost of fire protection, but, as stated elsewhere, it will give additional service which we believe the citizens will favor.
Fourth. That a schedule be arranged whereby there shall always be a man available in each fire station who is capable of driving the apparatus and operating all pumping equipment.
Fifth. That the obsolete equipment of the fire alarm system be re- placed and a general modernization of the system be effected as soon as possible.
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During the past nine years it has cost the Town approximately $4,000.00 to maintain its present unsatisfactory fire alarm system. This is a yearly average of $445.00 for maintenance and repair. The Commit- tee believes this recommendation will yield a substantial saving in the cost of maintaining this very important service. The Fire Department is only as good as its fire-alarm system.
Sixth. That one additional full-time patrolman be appointed at once in order that arrangements may be made whereby police head- quarters will be adequately covered and the Town patrolled both day and night.
Seventh. That arrangements be made at once for the regular re- sponse of the cruising car to all fires.
Eighth. That a long range program be prepared for both the fire and police departments which will tend to increase their efficiency through :-
(a) Personnel training and operation;
(b) A combined fire and police headquarters building; and
(c) A modern ladder truck for the fire department.
Cost of Proposed Immediate Recommendations
The yearly cost of these recommendations will total as follows :- Police Department $ 2,330.00 Fire Department 9,400.00
Total $11,730.00
This will call for an addition of about $2.35 per $1,000 on the tax rate.
This does not include any costs coming under the Long Range Program.
We repeat what we have said before, we believe the citizens of the Town will approve of this added expense provided they receive its value in additional services.
If the Committee recommendations are adopted in full we believe this can and will be accomplished.
ERNEST P. LANE, Chairman GEORGE M. ROUNDY
RALPH L. WILKINSON JAMES D. MCNAMARA CARL H. RUSSELL
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell,
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 Lynnfield for the period from June 19, 1941, the date of the previous audit, to September 20, 1943, and submit the following report thereon:
The financial transactions as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for col- lection, were examined and checked in detail.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked with the treasurer's books and with the records in the several departments. The receipts, as recorded, were checked with the treas- urer's cash book and the payments were compared with the warrants authorizing the disbursements of town funds. The ledger was analyzed, the appropriations as recorded were compared with the town clerk's record of appropriations voted, and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were checked with the authorizations by the Finance Committee.
A balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on September 20, 1943.
The books and accounts of the Town Treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the collector's records of payments to the treasurer, with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town, and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants to the treasurer.
The cash balance on September 20, 1943, was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks in which town funds are deposited.
The payments of debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the canceled securities on file.
The securities and savings bank books representing the investments of the trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were personally examined and listed. The income was proved and the receipts and dis- bursements were verified.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The poll, property, and motor vehicle excise taxes, special assessments, and water district taxes outstanding at the time of the
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previous examination were audited, and all subsequent commitments were checked to the assessors' warrants. The payments to the town and the water district treasurers were checked with the respective cash books, the recorded abatements were compared with the assessors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the respective ledger accounts.
At the commencement of the audit, the collector's cash book entries and postings to the commitment books were found to be in arrears and considerable time elapsed before the work was brought up to date so that the books could be audited. Due to many errors in the clerical work of the collector, it was necessary to check in detail all postings on the commitment books to the cash books, a procedure which greatly increased the length of the audit and made the cost to the town excessive and out of proportion to what it reasonably should be for a town of the size of Lynnfield.
The collector's bank balance as of September 20, 1943, was reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit. The reconciliation of the cash book balances with the bank balance and the cash on hand, which was verified by actual count, showed that the sum of $533.53 was due from the tax collector to balance his accounts. This sum was paid to the town treasurer before the completion of the audit.
It is recommended that the collector of taxes make a determined effort to secure prompt settlement of all outstanding taxes, assessments and water district taxes which are considerably in arrears, as may be seen from the appended balance sheet. To assist the collector in this work, detailed lists of outstanding taxes for the levies of 1940 and prior were given to him.
It was noted that the collector has failed to make payments to the town treasurer as often as once a week, as required by Section 2, Chapter 60, General Laws.
Verification of the outstanding tax, assessment, and water district taxes was made by mailing notices to many persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town and the water districts, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The records of tax titles held by the town were examined and checked. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records, the redemptions were checked with the re- ceipts as recorded on the treasurer's cash book, and the outstanding accounts were compared with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
It is recommended that the town treasurer take action promptly to foreclose rights of redemption of tax titles held by the town more than two years, as provided by Section 65, Chapter 60, General Laws.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and the town clerk were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and to the town were verified.
The surety bonds of the financial officials bonded for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
. The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures and the building inspector, of the public welfare and library departments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town, were examined, checked, and reconciled with the treasurer's and the accountant's books.
. In addition to the balance sheet referred to, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax title, and depart- mental accounts, as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions.
For the co-operation extended by the various town officials during . the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.
REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Appropriations since the 1942 Tax Rate was fixed
$149,132.80
State Tax
3,500.00
Parks
94.69
County Tax
6,180.24
Tuberculosis Hospital
2,698.99
Overlays
3,289.15
Overlay Deficit, 1934
2.00
Overlay Deficit, 1935
172.36
Overlay Deficit, 1936
54.98
Overlay Deficit, 1937
67.04
$165,192.25
ESTIMATED CREDITS
Income Tax
$ 12,094.56
Corporation Tax
4,345.17
Reimbursement State Owned Land
10.17
Motor Vehicle and Trailer
7,000.00
Licenses
2,200.00
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Special Assessments
100.00
General Government
200.00
Protection of Persons and Property
1,000.00
Charities
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance
7,500.00
Old Age Tax
312.70
Schools
3,900.00
Library Fines
100.00
Interest
950.00
$ 42,212.60
Credits by authority of Commissioner of Corporations and
Taxation
4,184.58
$ 46,397.18
Credit Polls 919
1,838.00
$ 48,235.18
REAL ESTATE VALUES
Value of Buildings
$4,744,520.00
Value Personal Property
320,905.00
$5,065,425.00
Tax on Real Estate
$112,919.54
Tax on Personal
7,637.53
Tax on Polls
1,838.00
$122,395.07
Moth Assessment
59.84
$122,454.91
Tax Rate for 1943, $23.80.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Stock in Trade
$ 9,400.00
Machinery
54,800.00
Live Stock
16,435.00
All other tangible personal property
240,270.00
Total
-- $ 320,905.00
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Land Exclusive of Buildings $1,093,775.00
Buildings Exclusive of Land 3,650,745.00
$4,744,520.00
Total valuation of Assessed Estate
$5,065,425.00
Motor Vehicle Excise 1st Commitments
$ 51.52
2nd
1,281.63
3rd
1,031.94
4th
907.55
5th
1,868.40
6th
1,639.90
7th
302.45
8th
144.22
9th
26.17
$ 7,253.78
Abatements Motor Excise
Levy, 1942
$ 2.00
Levy, 1943
127.88
$ 129.88
ABATEMENTS REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL AND POLLS
Real Estate
Personal
Polls
1940
$ 12.00
1941
$ .43
1943 $ 380.00
1941
42.00
1942
4.80
1942
270.76
1943
4.76
1943
1,279.34
$1,604.10
$ 9.99
$ 380.00
DECEMBER ASSESSMENT
Real Estate $ 321.30
Abatement of uncollectable taxes, by authority of Commis-
sioner Henry F. Long made in December, 1943 $ 981.26
SOUTH LYNNFIELD WATER DISTRICT
Value of Water District Real $1,903,970.00
Value of Water District Personal 108,549.00
$2,012,519.00
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Tax Rate, $1.30
Real Estate Tax
$
2,475.46
· Personal Tax
141.15
$ 2,616.61
LYNNFIELD CENTER WATER DISTRICT
Value of Center Water District Real Estate
$2,194,745.00
Value of Center Water District Personal 126,774.00
$2,321,519.00
Tax Rate, $2.20
Real Estate Tax
$ 4,816.81
Personal Tax
278.92
$ 5,095.73
Respectfully submitted, EVERETT B. RICHARDS SIDNEY E. RICHARDS
WILLIAM W. MOXHAM Lynnfield Board of Assessors.
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
To the Citizens of the Town of Lynnfield:
My report as Town Treasurer and Custodian of the Trust Funds is herewith respectfully submitted.
TRUST FUNDS
George N. Blake Library Fund
$ 4,000.00
Adelia J. Clough Library Fund
300.00
George L. Hawkes Library Fund
500.00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund
1,000.00
Mary U. Nash Improvement Fund with accumu- lations
2,153.56
Legion Memorial Fund with accumulations
1,289.83
Liability Insurance Fund with accumulations . .
3.850.18
Various Cemetery Funds with accumulations . .
15,318.65
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EARNINGS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
GEORGE N. BLAKE LIBRARY FUND
Amount of Fund, January 1, 1943 $ 4,000.00
Interest and Dividends received in 1943 125.00 $ 4,125.00
Interest and Dividends withdrawn and credited to Library $ 125.00
On Deposit in Malden Savings Bank, December 31, 1943 3,000.00
Bond Investment on hand December 31, 1943 ..
1,000.00
$ 4,125.00
ADELIA J. CLOUGH LIBRARY FUND
Amount of Fund, January 1, 1943 $. 300.00
Interest received in 1943 6.00
$ 306.00
Interest withdrawn and credited to Library .... $ 6.00
On deposit December 31, 1943 in Wakefield Sav- ings Bank 300.00
$ 306.00
GEORGE L. HAWKES LIBRARY FUND 1
Amount of Fund, January 1, 1943
$
500.00
Interest received in 1943 12.50
$ 512.50
Interest withdrawn and credited to Library $ 12.50
On deposit December 31, 1943 in Malden Savings Bank 500.00
$ 512.50
MARY U. NASH LIBRARY FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1943 $ 1,000.00
Interest received in 1943 25.00 $ 1,025.00
$
25.00
Interest withdrawn and credited to Library .. .. On deposit December 31, 1943 in Malden Savings Bank 1,000.00 $ 1,025:00
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MARY U. NASH IMPROVEMENT FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1943 $ 2,192.10
Interest received at Wakefield Savings Bank in 1943 19.66 Interest received at Mechanics Savings Bank in 1943 21.33
$
2,233.09
Withdrawn from Mechanics Savings Bank
79.53
$ 2,153.56
On deposit December 31, 1943 in Wakefield Sav- ings Bank $ 997.88
On deposit December 31, 1943 in Mechanics Sav- ings Bank 1,155.68 $ 2,153.56
LEGION MEMORIAL FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1943 $ 1,264.42
Interest received in 1943 25.41
$ 1,289.83
On deposit December 31, 1943 in Dorchester Sav-
$ 1,289.83 ings Bank
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LIABILITY INSURANCE FUND
Amount of Fund January 1, 1943
$
3,789.12
Interest at Dorchester Savings Bank in 1943
34.48
Interest at Wakefield Savings Bank in 1943 41.66 $ 3,865.26
Withdrawn from Wakefield Savings Bank
15.08
$ 3,850.18
On Deposit December 31, 1943 in Dorchester Savings Bank $ 1,750.44
On Deposit December 31, 1943 in Wakefield Sav- ings Bank 2,099.74 $ 3,850.18
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CEMETERY ENDOWMENT FUNDS 1943
On Deposit Jan. 1, 1943
Income Expense
Charles F. Abbott
$ 204.11
$ 3.59
$ 4.00
$ 203.70
Isaac E. Averell
103.37
1.81
3.00
102.18
Henry. Bancroft
372.03
6.53
9.00
369.56
Joseph T. Bancroft
102.94
1.79
2.00
102.73
Warren Bancroft
102.72
2.58
2.00
103.30
Thomas D. Blake
103.77
2.07
4.00
101.84
Carrie M. Brown
100.00
1.99
1.00
100.99
Susan Brown Interest
66.60
18.18
10.00
74.78
Albert R. Bryant
144.62
2.90
4.00
143.52
John Bryant
103.01
1.81
2.00
102.82
Sarah E. Bryant
1,042.59
26.22
4.00
1,064.81
Jennie S. Buckman
118.42
2.07
3.00
117.49
Thomas J. Casson
102.53
1.79
3.00
101.32
Ernest J. Clark
103.41
1.81
4.00
101.22
Jeremiah Coney
164.86
4.13
5.00
163.99
Sarah J. Coney
103.50
2.59
4.00
102.09
Daniel P. Cook
103.56
2.07
4.00
101.63
Mrs. Robert Cossaboom
101.67
2.03
3.00
100.70
Mathew Cox
116.08
2.33
3.00
115.41
George S. Danforth
203.20
3.91
4.00
203.11
John M. Danforth
202.24
3.89
4.00
202.13
Mary A. Danforth
104.03
2.61
4.00
102.64
Abel B. Davis
102.30
2.05
3.00
101.35
Edward Downing
103.13
2.07
4.00
101.20
Oliver Downing
102.68
2.05
4.00
100.73
William C. Duncanson
103.00
1.81
4.00
100.81
Adelia C. Emerson
103.82
2.07
3.00
102.89
Emerson and Orne
104.81
2.09
2.00
104.90
John Woodbury Fuller
149.20
53.75
2.95
200.00
Elbridge Gerry
102.93
1.79
2.00
102.72
Elbridge F. Gerry
209.66
3.67
4.00
209.33
Charles H. Getchell
105.88
1.85
4.00
103.73
Esther M. Gilman
222.37
4.46
6.00
220.83
William Gowing
201.85
3.53
5.00
200.38
Lucy E. Gowing
65.41
1.15
1.00
65.56
Allen F. Gray
101.70
2.03
3.00
100.73
Endicott Hart
65.41
1.15
1.00
65.56
Joseph Hart
159.32
3.19
8.00
154.51
100.44
Jonathan Bryant
100.43
2.01
2.00
On Deposit Dec. 31, 1943
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John E. Hastings
103.55
1.81
4.00
101.36
Mary B. Hawkes
108.31
2.17
2.50
107.98
Lilley B. Hayward
125.71
2.51
128.22
George E. Herrick
103.36
1.81
4.00
101.17
Joshua Hewes
104.09
2.61
2.00
104.70
James A. Hewes
52.90
1.05
2.00
51.95
John H. Hewes
260.33
5.22
8.00
257.55
Joseph H. Hobson
105.91
2.11
3.00
105.02
Daniel Hood
102.47
1.79
4.00
100.26
Jacob Hood
103.61
2.07
4.00
101.68
John N. Hooper
103.53
1.81
4.00
101.34
George E. Lambert, Jr.
103.11
1.81
4.00
100.92
Arthur A. Lawson
311.16
7.83
6.00
312.99
George J. Mansfield
103.54
2.59
2.00
104.13
R. and M. Mansfield
102.25
2.05
2.00
102.30
Sophia C. Mansfield
409.48
8.22
4.00
413.70
Viola E. McNeil
103.78
2.07
4.00
101.85
Clarence H. Moulton
323.35
8.13
5.00
326.48
Joseph S. Moulton
140.09
2.46
3.00
139.55
A. Brigham Munroe
102.16
2.05
4.00
100.21
Daniel Needham
119.18
2.39
2.00
119.57
Lizzie B. Nelson
159.10
4.00
4.00
159.10
Harry B. Nesbitt
156.99
3.93
4.00
156.92
Helen D. Newcomb
106.95
2.68
2.50
107.13
Eugene A. Newhall
103.23
1.81
2.00
103.04
Frank Newhall
207.71
3.64
4.00
207.35
James H. Newhall
102.47
2.05
2.00
102.52
Joseph C. Newhall
102.49
2.05
2.00
102.54
Warren Newhall
102.69
1.79
3.00
101.48
Wright Newhall
102.19
2.05
4.00
100.24
James Norwood
103.60
2.07
4.00
101.67
Thomas B. Parker
103.43
1.81
3.00
102.24
David F. Parsons
106.76
2.68
4.00
105.44
Ebenezer Parsons
114.56
2.00
2.50
114.06
Israel A. Parsons
108.42
2.71
4.00
107.13
Esther R. Perkins
103.72
1.81
4.00
101.53
John H. Perkins
201.06
3.53
4.00
200.59
M. C. Pope
103.86
2.07
4.00
101.93
Albert G. Preston
102.45
1.79
4.00
100.24
Charlotte M. Ramsdell
102.75
2.05
2.00
102.80
Mrs. Will N. Reed
155.82
3.90
3.00
156.72
Herbert Richardson
101.38
2.03
2.00
101.41
Moses Richardson
117.11
2.35
2.00
117.46
John W. Ross
103.50
2.07
4.00
101.57
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Nathaniel Ross
102.05
2.05
3.00
101.10
Rev. John Rossnagle
79.57
1.99
2.00
79.56
William R. Roundy
201.99
4.05
4.00
202.04
Elbridge Russell
221.73
3.88
5.00
220.61
Levi H. Russell
156.31
3.93
4.00
156.24
Mary Ann Seaver
100.29
1.76
2.00
100.05
Lois Shute
104.53
2.09
3.00
103.62
George Skinner
100.24
2.01
2.00
100.25
Herbert A. Skinner
102.32
1.79
2.00
102.11
William Skinner
154.22
3.88
5.00
153.10
Bradley P. Smith
250.00
250.00
Henry E. Smith
200.00
200.00
William Smith
102.94
1.79
4.00
100.73
Edward Horace Spinney
102.38
1.79
104.17
Frank H. Thorndike
158.74
3.18
4.00
157.92
Izetta Tower
101.26
1.78
2.00
101.04
Augustus Upton
100.73
2.01
2.00
100.74
Bowman Viles
102.75
1.79
3.00
101.54
Thomas B. Wellman
208.94
3.66
6.00
206.60
Alfreda J. Whittredge
101.84
1.78
2.00
101.62
H. Amanda Wiley
103.09
1.81
4.00
100.90
Jacob Wiley
106.09
2.6"
2.50
106.26
Mary E. Wiley
101.88
2.03
2.00
101.91
Harry I. and Grace E. Win- chester
306.28
7.71
4.00
309.99
Hathron Woodworth
101.10
1.78
2.00
100.88
$15,308.54
$372.06
$361.95
$15,318.65
NEW ENDOWMENT FUNDS
On July 28, 1943, the Treasurer received from Benjamin Skinner, Cemetery Commissioner, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to be used as an endowment fund for the Henry E. Smith Lot at Forest Hill Cemetery.
This Fund was deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank, August 13, 1943.
On October 20, 1943, the Treasurer received from Walter S. Fuller the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to be added to the present John Wood- bury Fuller Fund.
This Fund was deposited in the Malden Savings Bank, December 16, 1943.
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On November 8, 1943, the Treasurer received from Benjamin Skinner, Cemetery Commissioner, the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to be used as an endowment fund for the Bradley P. Smith Lot at Forest Hill Cemetery.
This Fund was deposited in the Wakefield Savings Bank, December 15, 1943.
SALE OF CEMETERY LOTS
On May 1, 1943, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) was received for the sale of Lot 273A at Forest Hill Cemetery. .
On May 11, 1943, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) was received for the sale of Lot 114A at Willow Cemetery.
On September 30, 1943, the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) was received for the sale of Lot 116 at Willow Cemetery.
TEMPORARY NOTE
The following Temporary Note of the Town of Lynnfield was sold in Anticipation of Revenue to be received:
June 15, 1943, $25,000.00 payable at the Merchants National Bank of Boston, November 15, 1943.
TREASURER'S RECEIPTS AND CASH BALANCE
Cash on hand January 1, 1943 $ 38,991.30
G. H. Blake Library Fund 125.00
A. J. Clough Library Fund 6.00
G. L. Hawkes Library Fund 12.50
Mary U. Nash Library Fund .
25.00
Library Fines
102.40
Withdrawals from Cemetery Endowments
361.95
Interest on Susan Brown Fund
16.78
Sale of Cemetery Lots
150.00
New Cemetery Endowments
500.00
Withdrawn from Nash Improvement Fund
79.53
Rent of Town Hall
25.00
Rent of Chemical Hall
99.00
Use of Town Hall Telephone
4.66
Use of School Telephone
.55
Building Permit Fees
112.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Fees
21.82
Dog License Fees
781.40
Court Fines
25.00
Licenses and Permits
112.00
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Beer and Liquor License Fees
1,600.00
Teachers' Retirement
1,040.34
Victory and Withholding Tax Deductions
3,883.27
Welfare and Old Age Reimbursements
454.46
Reimbursement for Private Moth Work
504.75
Rent of School Property
387.45
Sale of School Lunches
2,824.83
Borrowed on Notes
25,000.00
Miscellaneous Reimbursements
49.32
Overpayments
98.35
Sale of Fire Department Water Pump and Tank
37.50
Sale of School Department Water Pump and Tanks
110.00
Sale of Salvage
36.50
Receipts from Canning Project
605.62
Rent of Town Equipment (Highway Department)
204.00
RECEIVED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Income Taxes
$ 13,430.00
Corporation Taxes
6,445.17
Loss of Taxes
10.17
Old Age Assistance
9,118.87
Temporary Aid and Support of Indigent Children
1,222.61
Vocational Education
220.84
School Lunch, Distribution Fund
525.15
Aid to Dependent Children
645.40
Chapter 90, Contract 8654
965.85
Chapter 90, Contract 8449
75.23
RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL GRANT
Old Age Assistance
$ 9,264.71
Old Age Administration Costs
308.79
Aid to Dependent Children
545.72
School Lunch Reimbursement
504.30
RECEIVED FROM ESSEX COUNTY
Refund from Dog Licenses $ 584.58
Chapter 90, Contract 8449
75.23
RECEIVED FROM TAXATION
Real Estate Taxes
$115,828.85
Personal Property Taxes 7,339.53
Poll Taxes
1,678.00
84
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
7,639.03
81.47
Moth Taxes Interest and Fees on Taxes
1,001.83
RECEIVED FROM TAX TITLE REDEMPTIONS AND PARTIAL PAYMENTS ON TAX TITLES
Real Estate $ 605.10
Interest on Real Estate Receipts
21.30
Total for 1943
$256,526.01
Payments made on Warrants in 1943
200,888.02
Cash on hand and in Banks
$ 55,637.99
HARRY W. HIGGINS, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
Commitments
Collected
Abated
Refunds
Tax Titles
Interest
Balance
1935 Personal
$ 5.49
$ 1.22
$ 4.27
1936 Personal
8.07
8.07
1937 Personal
12.80
12.80
1938 Personal
24.28
1.08
23.20
1939 Personal
44.56
96
4.00
$ 39.60
1940 Personal
288.24
20.88
267.36
1941 Personal
535.81
97.73
.43
$ 6.68
437.65
1942 Personal
571.67
121.49
2.13
450.18
1943 Personal
7,637.53
7,144.31
4.76
.02
488.46
1940 Real Estate
221.97
199.80
19.54
1.50
2.63
1941 Real Estate
6,370.51
5,435.37
42.00
$ 822.64
355.40
70.50
1942 Real Estate
22,950.39
16,078.33
264.16
$
37.96
2,296.46
410.17
4,349.40
1943 Real Estate
113,240.84
94,088.09
1,279.34
2,386.31
20.74
15,487.10
1936 Poll
6.00
6.00
1937 Poll
12.35
4.00
8.35
1.11
1938 Poll
28.00
8.00
16.00
1.74
4.00
1939 Poll
48.00
16.00
22.00
2.64
10.00
1940 Poll
192.00
42.00
146.00
5.26
4.00
1941 Poll
220.00
68.00
38.00
5.36
114.00
1942 Poll
298.00
78.00
56.00
3.37
164.00
1943 Poll
2,028.00
1,460.00
376.00
1934 Motor Vehicle Excise
11.78
11.78
1935 Motor Vehicle Excise
...
4.00
4.00
1937 Motor Vehicle Excise
...
1 76.34
45.07
31.27
.
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
14.93
85
.
.
.32
· 192.00
-
1938 Motor Vehicle Excise
..
17.71
12.30
5.41
3.00
86
1939 Motor Vehicle Excise
...
111.89
83.95
30.67
2.73
20.68
1940 Motor Vehicle Excise
409.97
137.13
258.33
23.09
14.51
1941 Motor Vehicle Excise
990.97
649.38
36.01
66.71
305.58
1942 Motor Vehicle Excise
826.40
282.81
6.62
11.92
9.11
.548.89
1943 Motor Vehicle Excise
7,253.78
6,416.64
121.30
48.79
4.50
764.63
1936 Moth
1.25
1.00
.25
.30
1937 Moth
1.00
1.00
1938 Moth
1.50
1.50
1940 Moth
2.00
2.00
1941 Moth
12.25
10.00
2.25
1942 Moth
34.28
25.66
8.62
1943 Moth
59.84
44.81
.63
14.40
$164,559.47
$132,553.13
$ 2,861.94
$ 101.40
$ 5,506.04 $
958.76 $ 23,739.76
CLIFFORD C. HAM,
Collector of Taxes
...
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.
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
SHOWING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE TOWN
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943 also
REPORTS OF TRUST FUNDS TAXES OUTSTANDING CASH ON HAND
BALANCE SHEET, ETC.
88
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand January 1, 1943
Treasurer
$ 38,991.30
Collector
50.00
Surplus War Bonus
1,264.42
$ 40,305.72
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