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15 inch
259
10 inch
259
$620 22
Ash .
Washington to Summit M. H.
8 inch
826
5 inch
239
1685 51
Brook ..
North Metropolitan Sewer to Ash Street ..
24 inch
848
6 inch
*848
18650 00
Eaton . .
Green to Pleasant Street.
15 inch
895
6 in-8 in
895
3409 61
Green .
John to Eaton Street ..
15 inch
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5 in-6 in
*821
4266 99
Green . .
High to Summit M. H.
6 in-8 in
632
6 inch
449
1107 82
Haven .
Village to Summit M. H.
8 inch
670
6 inch
585
2703 99
High
Washington to Haven Street.
12 inch
735
8 inch
735
1777 53
Interceptor
Ash to John Street.
24 inch
2732
6 inch
*2732
21346 01
John.
Interceptor to Village Street.
24 inch
179
6 inch
*179
1150 40
John
Village to Green Street
15 inch
570
6 inch
*570
2800 03
Lincoln
Washington to Prescott Street.
12 inch
538
8 inch
538
1187 92
Linden
Haven to Woburn Street ..
8 inch
586
6 inch
586
1574 97
Lowell
Main to Highland Street.
8 inch
1175
6 inch
362
2267 89
Main.
Ash to Washington Street. .
20 inch
235
10 inch
235
1131 70
Main.
Washington to Lowell Street.
8 inch
1059
6 inch
1059
2958 67
Pleasant.
Eaton to Wilson Street.
12 inch
470
8 inch
470
1031 96
Pleasant.
Near Main to Middle Street ..
8 inch
556
5 in-6 in
556
1082 31
Prospect.
Woburn to King Street ..
8 inch
1260
5 inch
887
1991 28
Prescott .
Lincoln to Sunnyside Avenue.
12 inch
1163
6 inch
1163
2482 03
Prescott
Sunnyside to Perkins Avenue.
8 inch
1616
5 in-6 in
1616
2369 57
Parker. ..
Haven to Pleasant Street. .
8 inch
427
8 inch
132
457 65
Salem .
..
John to Washington Street ..
18 inch
488
6 inch
*488
1969 33
Village
Washington to Haven Street.
8 inch
1015
6 inch
*337
2346 30
Wilson
Pleasant to Gardner Road.
10 inch
472
8 inch
472
845 22
Wilson
Gardner Road to Salem Street.
20 inch
692
6 inch
*692
3302 98
Washington
Elliott to Main Street.
20 inch
882
10 in-6 in
882
3555 74
Washington
Ash to High Street. .
15 inch
313
10 inch
313
1261 15
Washington
High to Lincoln .
12 inch
247
8 inch
247
695 41
Woburn .
Pratt to Prospect Street.
8 inch
870
5 inch
870
1236 61
Woburn .
Lowell to Summit M. H.
8 inch
211
5 inch
184
340 47
Woburn
Linden Street Easterly .
8 inch
184
25620
20725
¥91,253 47
.. .
1017 04
Pratt .. . .
Prescott to Woburn Street ..
8 inch
334
8 inch
334
1733 14
12 inch
132
Village
Wilson to Harrison Street ..
12 inch
466
2365 65
Haven .
High to Summit M. H.
8 inch
1062
* Indicates underdrains for construction purposes only; all others have permanent outlets.
# Does not include land damages, engineering or undivided miscellaneous charges.
1537 84
Washington
Village to Elliott Street.
992 53
247
At the present time the following material is on hand :
VITRIFIED PIPE
STRAIGHT PIPE
SPECIALS
2ft. lengths
3 ft. lengths
Number of Pieces
Size
Feet
Feet
Ys
Ts
1-8
1-4
Red
Stop
Cross T
5 in.
3986
8
48
40
900
6 in.
6614
21
38
160
24
19
1
8 in.
1532
11,268
728
9
48
3
10 in.
110
375
12
5
18
1
1
12 in.
972
43
1
1
15 in.
82
18 in.
18
20 in.
48
24 in.
51
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL MATERIALS ON HAND
Vitrified pipe and specials
$5,237 23
Jute 300 lbs. at $.10
30 00
Compound, 400 lbs. at $.02
8 00
Cheese cloth, 75 yds. at $.06
4 50
Manhole frames, 7 (rings only ) manhole steps,
285 at $.34
96 60
Cast iron pipe, 2 L., 10 in., 1335 lbs.
at $.03
40 05
$5,416 68
At the present time the contract for the manhole frames and covers has not been fulfilled-about 28 rejected covers being in use on the streets, which are to be replaced before the contract is completed in accordance with its require- ments.
In closing, I wish to express my appreciation of the many courtesies and valuable assistance rendered by the members of your Board during the progress of the work.
Respectfully submitted, F. A. BARBOUR.
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OF READING
SELECTMEN'S OFFICE, READING, Jan. 1, 1918.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
The undersigned herewith presents the annual state- ment of the receipts and expenditures of the Town of Read- ing for the financial year ending December 31, 1917, together with such other information relating to the fiscal interests of the Town as may be of general interest.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN H. SHELDON
Town Accountant.
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1917
RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES DURING YEAR
General Accounts . . $579,422 20
Cash on hand beginning of year
·
7,647 06
$587,069 26
PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR
Payments for the year
. $571,980 14
Cash on hand .
15,089 12
$587,069 26
TOWN DEBT
The total indebtedness of the Town Jan. 1, 1917 .
$343,225 00
This has been increased during the year by the issue of bonds and notes as follows :
Sewer Loan Construction $105,000 00
Municipal Light Equipment .
55,000 00
Municipal Light Construction 6,500 00
Brown Estate Lot 7,750 00
Town Office Building
40,000 00
Water Loan
16,000 00
Grading Grounds, Library and
Town Office Building
2,640 00
232,890 00
$576,115 00
250
251
There has been a decrease by the payment of the following bonds and notes :
Municipal Light
$11,300 00
High School Building
4,000 00
Water Loan
13,000 00
Gouard Estate
1,000 00
Auto Chemical Truck
1,500 00
Cemetery and Library Bequests
1,200 00
Public Library Building
1,000 00
H. and L. Combination Truck
2,000 00
Richardson Estate Lot
550 00
School Extension Loan
1,000 00
Grouard House Site
975 00
$37,525 00
Totalindebtedness Dec. 31, 1917
$538,590 00
SUMMARY OF TOWN DEBT 1917
1916 INCREASE
$538,590 00
$343,225 00
$195,365 00
252
The following is a statement of the total debt of the Town, with the rate of interest thereon :
MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 and 4 1-2%
1918
$14,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
· 1919
14,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1920
14,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1921
14,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1922
12,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1923
10,800 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1924
10,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1925
8,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1926
7,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1927
7,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1928
7,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1929
7,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1930
7,300 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1931
5,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1932
5,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1933
4,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1934
3,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1935
3,500 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1936
1,500 00
$161,900 00
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
3 1-2%
1918
$4,000 00
3 1-2%
1919
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1920
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1921
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1922
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1923
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1924
4,000 00
3 1-2%
1925
4,000 00
$32,000 00
253
GROUARD ESTATE LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
1 %
1918
$1,000 00
4 %
1919
1,000 00
4 %
1920
1,000 00
4 %
1921
1,000 00
$4,000 00
WATER LOANS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 and 4 1-2%
1918
$14,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1919
14,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1920
14,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1921
14,000 00
4 and 4 1-2% .
1922
14,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1923
12,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1924
12,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1925
12,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1926
7,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1927
7,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1928
7,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1929
7,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1930
7,000 00
4 and 41-2%
1931
2,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1932
2,000 00
4 and 4 1-2%
1933
2,000 00
4 %
1934
1,000 00
4 %
1935
1,000 00
4 %
1936
1,000 00
$150,000 00
AUTO CHEMICAL TRUCK
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 1-2%
1918
$1,500 00
$1,500 00
254
CEMETERY AND LIBRARY BEQUESTS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1918
$1,200 00
4 %
1919
1,200 00
4 %
1920
1,200 00
4 %
1921
1,200 00
$4,800 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1918
$1,000 00
4 %
1919
1,000 00
1 %
1920
1,000 00
. 4 %
1921
1,000 00
$4,000 00
HOOK AND LADDER AND COMBINATION TRUCKS
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
5 %
1918
$1,500 00
5 %
1919
1,500 00
5 %
1920
1,500 00
5 %
1921
1,500 00
$6,000 00
RICHARDSON ESTATE LOT
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1918
$500 00
4 %
1919
500 00
4 %
1920
500 00
4 %
1921
500 00
+ %
1922
500 00
4 %
1923
500 00
4 %
1924
500 00
4 %
1925
500 00
4 %
1926
500 00
4 %
1927
500 00
$5,000 00
255
SCHOOL EXTENSION LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1918
$1,000 00
4 %
1919
1,000 00
4 %
1920
1,000 00
4 %
1921
1,000 00
4 %
1922
1,000 00
4 %
1923
1,000 00
4 %
1924
1,000 00
4 %
1925
1,000 00
4 %
1926
1,000 00
4 %
1927
1,000 00
4 %
1928
1,000 00
4 %
1929
1,000 00
4 %
1930
1,000 00
4 %
1931
1,000 00
$14,000 00
BROWN ESTATE
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
4 %
1918
$750 00
4 %
1919
500 00
4 %
1920
500 00
4 %
1921
500 00
4 %
1922
500 00
4 %
1923
500 00
4 %
1924
500 00
4 %
1925
500 00
4 %
1926
500 00
4 %
1927
500 00
4 %
1928
500 00
4 %
1929
500 00
4 %
1930
500 00
4 %
1931
500 00
4 %
1932
500 00
$7,750 00
256
SEWER CONSTRUCTION LOAN
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT .
TOTAL
5 %
1918
$1,000 00
5 %
1919
1,000 00
5 %
1920
1,000 00
5 %
1921
1,000 00
5 %
1922
1,000 00
4 %
1923
4,000 00
4 %
1924
4,000 00
4 %
1925
4,000 00
4 %
1926
4,000 00
4 %
1927
4,000 00
4 %
1928
4,000 00
4 %
1929
4,000 00
4 %
1930
4,000 00
4 %
1931
4,400 00
4 %
1932
4,000 00
4 %
1933
4,000 00
4 %
1934
4,000 00
4 %
1935
4,000 00
4 %
1936
4,000 00
4 %
1937
4,000 00
4 %
1938
4,000 00
4 %
1939
4,000 00
4 %
1940
4,000 00
4 %
1941
4,000 00
4 %
1942
4,000 00
4 %
1943
4,000 00
4 %
1944
4,000 00
4 %
1945
4,000 00-
4 %
1946
4,000 00
4 %
1947
4,000 00
$105,000 00
-
257
TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
RATE ON INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT TOTAL
4 1-2%
1918
$2,000 00
4 1-2%
1919
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1920
2,000 00
1 1-2%
1921
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1922
2,000 00
4 1.2%
1923
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1924
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1925
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1926
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1927
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1928
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1929
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1930
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1931
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1932
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1933
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1934
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1935
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1936
2,000 00
4 1-2%
1937
2,000 00
$40,000 00
$530,950 00
GRADING GROUNDS OF LIBRARY AND TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
1.
RATE OF INT.
WHEN DUE
AMOUNT
TOTAL
5 %
1918
$1,340 00
5 %
1919
1,300 00
$2,640 00
Totalindebtedness Dec. 31,1917
$538,590 00
258
TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance from 1916 . $70,000 00
BORROWED IN 1917
O. D. Parker & Co, due Oct. 30, 1917, 3.98% .
$10,000 00
R. L. Day & Co., due Nov. 2,
1917, 3.84% 40,000 00
R. L. Day & Co., due Nov. 15, 1917, 3.84% 30,000 00 . R. L. Day & Co., due Dec. 15, 1917, 3.92% 20,000 00
Cemetery Trustees, due Oct. 15, 1918, 4%
3,500 00
O. D. Parker & Co., due Jan. 15, 1918, 4.75% .
30,000 00
C. D. Parker & Co., due Feb. 21, 1918, 4.92% .
40,000 00
173,500 00
$243,500 00
PAID IN 1917
O. D. Parker & Co., due Apr. 2, 1917, 3 3-4%
$40,000 00
Harry O. Grafton, due April 25, 1917, 3.49% 30,000 00
O. D. Parker & Co., due Oct. 30, 1917, 3.98% .
10,000 00
R. L. Day & Co., due Nov. 2. 1917, 3.84%
40,000 00
R. L. Day & Co. due Nov. 15, 1917, 3.84% 30,000 00
R. L. Day & Co., due Dec. 15, 1917, 3.82% 20,000 00
Total temporary loans out- standing .
170,000 00
$73,500 00
259
TEMPORARY LOANS OUTSTANDING
Cemetery Trust Funds, due Oct.
15, 1918 $3,500 00
C. D. Parker & Co., due Jan. 15, 1918 30,000 00
C. D. Parker & Co., due Feb. 21, 1918 . 40,000 00
$73,500 00
TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1917
DUE IN 1918
NOTES AND BONDS
TOTAL
Per Cent.
Mar. 27
$1,000 4
Municipal Light
Apr. 16
1,500 4 1-4
Municipal Light
May 15
1,300 4
Municipal Light
July 15
2,500 4
Municipal Light -
Sept. 15
500 4 1-2
Municipal Light
$161,900 00
Sept. 22
500 5
Municipal Light
Oct. 1 2,000 4
Municipal Light
Oct. 1 1,000 4 1-2
Municipal Light
Oct. 15
1,500 4 1-4
Municipal Light
Oct. 1 3,000 4 1-2
Municipal Light
June 1 13,000 4
Water Loans
150,000 00
June 1 1,000 4 1-2
Water Loans
Nov. 1
4,000 3 1-2
High School
32,000 00
July 21
1,000 4
Grouard Estate
4,000 00
July 15
1,500 4 1-2
Auto Chemical Truck .
1,500 00
Apr. 15
1,200 4
Current Expense Bonds
4,800 00
Oct. 1
1,000 4
Public Library Building
4,000 00
Nov. 1 1,500 4
H. & L. & Com. Trucks
6,000 00
Nov. 1 500 4
Richardson Estate 5,000 00
Nov. 15 1,000 4
School Extension Loan
14,000 00
May 1 750 4
Brown Estate 7,750 00
Dec. 17
1,000 5 Sewer Construction
105,000 00
Aug. 1
2,000 4 1-2 Town Office Building 40,000 00
Nov. 1
1,340 5 Grading Grounds . 2,640 00
$45,590
$538,590 00
260
FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town April 1, 1917, was
$7,711,046 00
Real Estate .
. $6,828,425 00
Personal Estate
882,621 00
$7,711,046 00
Assessed at $25 per $1,000, gives $192,779 74
2162 Polls at $2.00
4,324 00
$197,103 74
This tax is divided as follows :
Town Purposes
$195,987 59
Less the Estimated Revenues $26,900 00
Less the Estimated In-
come Tax . 18,015 02
$44,915 02
Net for Town Purposes $151,072, 57
State Tax
$18,150 00
County Tax
8,300 82
Highway Tax
3,930 00
Fire Prevention Tax 90 96
Sewer Tax, Sinking Fund
7,000 00
Sewer Tax, Metropolitan Sewer, Sinking Fund
1,595 82
Sewer Tax, Interest
3,155 38
Sewer Tax, Sewer Bonds
300 32
Overlays
3,507 87
$197,103 74
YEAR
TOTAL VALUATION
ABATEMENT
NET VALUATION
1915
$7,999,523 00
$55,450 00
$7,944,073 00
1916
8,318,975 00
63,670 00
8,255,305 00
1917
7,711,046 00
54,340 00
7,656,706 00
$24,029,544 00
$173,460 00
$23,856,084 00
261
BORROWING CAPACITY
The average net valuation of the Town of Reading for 1915, 1916, 1917 . ·
$7,952,028 00 · The indebtedness of towns is limited by Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913, Section 12, to 3% of the average valuation for the three preceding years, the valuation being first reduced by the amount of all abatements thereon previous to the 31st day of December of each year :
Three per cent. is . Total Town debt is $538,590 00
$238,560 00
Of this amount the following loans are not included in the debt limit, being exempt by Acts of the Legislature :
Water loans 150,000 00
Elec. Light 161,900 00
Sewer Dept. 100,000 00
411,900 00
Net municipal debt. Dec. 31, 1917 $126,690 00
Borrowing capacity Jan. 1,
$111,870 00 1918
262
ASSETS TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS
Cemetery Funds
Town of Reading, Wilmington Extension Bonds, 4%
$8,000 00
Municipal Light Extension Note, 4%
3,000 00
Public Library Loan .
3,000 00
Temporary Loan, Town of Reading, 4 1-2%
3,500 00
Accrued Interest
201 67
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank
2,748 33
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank, Library Fund
317 99
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank, Buck Fund
53 24
$20,821 23
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM
ASSETS
Cash held by the Treasurer
$15,089 12
Collector of Taxes, 1915
755 24
Collector of Taxes, 1916
16,650 93
Collector of Taxes, 1917
72,147 21
Collector, Moth Assessments, 1915
24 97
Collector, Moth Assessments, 1916 .
152 00
Collector, Moth Assessments, 1917
.
533 25
Sundry parties, moth spraying
925 75
National Bank tax
521 24
Taxes on property taken
165 99
Water Department, insurance
106 60
Parker Tavern
3,500 00
Moth Department
2,093 61
West Street
200 01
Stone Crusher Account
1,668 68
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapter 763
940 19
City of Somerville, Chapter 763
339 58
City of Springfield, Chapter 763
208 00
City of Salem, Chapter 763
239 97
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Temporary Aid
460 69
City of Boston
19 55
City of Attleboro
32 00
Burial of Soldiers
40 00
State Aid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
2,635 46
Public Library Building
3 86
General Revenue
2,436 14
Bay State Street Railway Tax .
4,420 39
$126,310 43
CAPITAL ASSETS
Public Property
. $931,651 44
263
LIABILITIES TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Bequests
$20,450 00
Library Bequests
317 99
George F. Buck Trust Fund
53 24
$20,821 23
APPROPRIATIONS DECEMBER 31, 1917
LIABILITIES
Town Indebtedness, special
$841 24
Temporary Loans
73,500 00
Excess and Deficiency Account
1,825 20
Overlays, 1915
728 24
Overlays, 1916
585 32
Overlays, 1917
2,147 29
Cemetery, special
5,807 25
Suspense Account (assessments unpaid)
1,635 97
Reserve Fund
778 64
Reserve Fund, surplus overlays
907 18
Block Survey
76 40
Central Fire Station alterations
418 22
New Town Building Committee
169 45
New Town Building
14,648 93
Main Street
257 45
High Street
394 09
Lincoln Street
188 49
Sewer construction
18,056 83
Sewer bond premiums
1,836 00
Mothers with Dependent Children
512 44
School House Extension Loan .
37 41
Public Library .
77 06
Grading Library and Town Office Building grounds
881 33
$126,310 43
CAPITAL LIABILITIES
Town Debt
. $538,590 00
Balance, Town of Reading
393,061 44
$931,651 44
264
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance from 1916
$2,583 16
Sundry receipts
211 60
Transferred from sundry departments .
4,762 20
Transferred to sundry departments $5,731 76
Balance surplus
.
1,825 20
$7,556 96 $7,556 96
TRUST FUNDS
Balance from 1916
18,341 10
RECEIVED IN 1917
Ida M. Walton
50 00
Estate Charles R. Morgan
100 00
Augusta C. Kingman .
100 00
Mrs. Henry Cook
100 00
Fannie M. Harriman
100 00
Isaac G. Valentine.
100 00
Clarence O. Knight
100 00
Joseph Marshall .
100 00
Samuel Brown ·
100 00
Tristram Littlefield
100 00
$19,291 10
Interest accrued on the above
1,158 90
Unexpended .
$20,450 00
CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trustees and Select- men, acting as Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, held, Dec. 31, 1917, cash and securi- ties amounting to .
20,450 00
Balance from 1916
$19,423 06
Received from bequests $950 00
Received from interest 930 44
$1,880 44
Less amount paid for
perpetual care
853 50
1,026 94
$20,450 00
265
This fund is invested as follows : Town of Reading Electric Light, Wilmington Extension, 4%, in- terest payable Jan'y and July Town of Reading Electric Light, construction within Town
$8,000 00
limits, 4% ·
3,000 00
New Library Building, 4%
3,000 00
Town of Reading temporary loan, 4 1-2%
3,500 00
Accrued interest to Dec. 31, 1917 .
201 67
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank . 2,748 33
$20,450 00
LIBRARY BEQUEST FUND
This Fund is invested as follows :
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank
317 99
GEORGE F. BUCK TRUST FUND
This Fund is invested as follows :
Cash in Mechanics Savings Bank
53 24
CASH HELD BY THE TREASURER
Cemetery Fund
$2,748 33
Library Bequest Fund 317 99
George F. Buck Trust Fund
53 24
3,119 56
REVENUE ACCOUNT
DEBIT
Revenue estimated by Assessors $26,900 00
Income, Chapter 629, Acts 1916 18,015 02
CREDIT
Interest on Taxes
$2,762 98
Corporation Tax
8,082 76
Dog Tax
627 07
Court Fines
168 00
Interest on Deposits
933 95
266
Moth Tax
$1,650 00
Town Home
347 00
Accrued Interest
321 11
Sealer of Weights and Measures
54 02
Bay State Street Railway Tax
4,420 39
Poor Department
40 00
Agricultural Department
2,648 58
School Department
1,125 00
Licenses .
294 50
Sale of House (Brown Lot)
335 00
Certification of Taxes
6 00
National Bank Tax
649 96
Income Tax
17,727 34
Soldiers' Exemption
165 22
Fines, Library
120 00
$42,478 8%
Deficit
2,436 14
$44,915 02
$44,915 02
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated and collected during the fiscal year, together with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1916, and Dec. 31, 1917, are as follows :
TAXES, 1914
Balance from 1916
$1,302 72
Collected
$824 85
Abated
477 87
$1,302 72
TAXES, 1915
Balance from 1916
$14,431 40
Collected
$13.257 30
Abated
418 86
$13,676 16
$755 24
267
TAXES, 1916
Balance from 1916
$53,651 68
Error over-payment
02
$53,651 70
Collected
$36,262 07
Abated
738 70
$37,000 77
$16,650 93
TAXES, 1917
Amount assessed
$197,103 74
December supplemen- tary
178 75
$197,282 49
Collected
. $123,774 70
Abated
1,360 58
$125,135 28
72,147 21
Total uncollected Taxes Dec. 31, 1917
$89,553 38
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MOTH, 1914
Balance from 1916
$20 75
Collected
$ 2 00
Abated
18 75
20 75
MOTH, 1915
Balance from 1916
180 47
Collected
$153 00
Abated
2 50
155 50
$24 97
MOTH, 1916
Balance from 1916
$517 00
Error in commitment
1 00
$518 00
Collected
366 00
152 00
,
.
268
MOTH, 1917
Committed
$1,161 50
Collected
.
.
628 25
533 25
Total uncollected Moth Assess- ment Dec. 31, 1917 . .
$710 22
OVERLAYS, 1913
Balance from 1916
$181 75
Collected
11 96
Balance to 1917 193 71 .
OVERLAYS, 1914
Balance from 1916
1,824 31
Collected
9 07
$1,833 38
Abatements .
477 87
Transferred to surplus overlay
$1,355 51
OVERLAYS, 1915
Balance from 1916
. $1,144 88
Received
.
2 22
$1,147 10
Abated .
418 86
728 24
OVERLAYS, 1916
Balance from 1916
$1,324 00
Over-payment
02
$1,324 02
Abated .
738 70
585 32
OVERLAYS, 1917
From Tax Levy
3,507 87
Abated . . . .
1,360 58 .
$2,147 29
269
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS FIRE PREVENTION TAX
$90 96
From Tax Levy EXPENDED
To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
90 96
STATE TAX
From Tax Levy
. 18,150 00
EXPENDED
To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
. 18,150 00
COUNTY TAX
From Tax Levy . 8,300 82
EXPENDED
To Middlesex County . 8,300 82
STATE HIGHWAY TAX
From Tax Levy
EXPENDED . 3,930 00
To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
3,930 00
STREET RAILWAY TAX
Amount due from Street Railway tax, 1917 .
.
4,420 39
METROPOLITAN SEWER TAX
From Tax Levy . 12,051 52
EXPENDED
To the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
. 12,051 52
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN RECEIVED
H. M. Viall, Collector
.
746 53
EXPENDED
Balance from 1916 $380 39
Expended to H. M. Viall, Collector 532 13
912 52
Balance to 1918
$165 99
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, the expen- ditures and the unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1917.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE
MODERATOR :
Appropriation
$75 00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, Moderator $55 00
Balance to the Excess and Deficiency
Account 20 00
75 00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN'S SALARIES :
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDED
Edgar O. Dewey, Chairman
$200 00
Edwin L. Hutchinson, Secretary
150 00
Otis B. Ruggles
150 00
500 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
14 00
214 00
EXPENDED
Post Office box rent
$3 75
Office supplies
76 30
Printing
16 00
Telephone
51 99
Auto hire
5 00
Typewriting
20 00
Incidentals
·
40 96
214 00
270
.
271
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT :
Appropriation
$750 00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, services · .
750 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
.
.
100 00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, extra work
100 00
TREASURER'S SALARY :
Appropriation
600 00
EXPENDED
Ward O. Mansfield, services
$375 00
Lewis M. Bancroft, services
225 00
600 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
235 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
46 21
$281 21
EXPENDED
Treasurer's bond
$75 00
Certification of notes
70 00
Voucher checks
21 50
Recording deeds
95
Office supplies
51 45
Printing
61 75
Express .
56
281 21
TAX COLLECTOR'S SALARY :
Appropriation
1,200 00
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account
27 94
1,227 94
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector .
1,227 94
272
TAX COLLECTOR'S EXPENSES : Appropriation $200 00
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account
58 10
$258 10
EXPENDED
Books and office supplies
$54 95
Recording
.
.
12 02
Envelopes and postage
72 21
Printing
116 62
Incidentals
2 30
258 10
ASSESSORS' SALARIES
Appropriation
1,150 00
Millard F. Charles
$383 33
Ardine M. Allen
383 34
George E. Horrocks
383 33
1,150 00
ASSESSORS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
580 00
EXPENDED
Transfers and abstracts
$73 00
Light
8 40
Printing
35 75
Corporation information
11 00
Supplies
37 89
Rent
78 00
Telephone
15 89
Auto hire
10 00
Furniture
18 20
Street Lists
259 20
$547 33
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account
32 67
580 00
TOWN CLERK'S SALARY :
Appropriation 150 00
EXPENDED
273
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, salary $150 00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from Excess and De- ficiency Account
58 95
$241 05
EXPENDED
Reporting marriages, births and deaths
$142 50
Death returns
11 25
Supplies
59 93
Printing
23 25
Directory
4 12
$241 05
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION REGISTRARS' SALARIES
Appropriation
$130 00
M. F. Charles, clerk
$40 00
Walter S. Prentiss
30 00
Arthur C. Copeland
30 00
Owen McKenney
30 00
$130 00
ELECTION EXPENSES
Appropriation
.
$750 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account
145 31
$895 31
EXPENDED
Posting notices
$38 00
Incidentals
50 12
Printing
293 75
Pay roll, Election Officers
285 00
Express
9 00
Selectmen, services
50 00
Rent
140 00
Lumber
.
29 44
$895 31
EXPENDED
274
UNPAID BILLS
Trustee Security Lodge
$36 00
American Express
43
$36 43
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 267 76
$1,767 76
EXPENDED
Lighting Old South Clock $160 60
Care of Old South Clock
50 00
Finance Committee, John H. Sheldon
30 00
Finance Committee, E. A. Brown
48 25
Liability Insurance
259 09
Boarding windows, Parker Tavern
20 39
Christmas tree
3 00
Incidentals
42 16
Professional services
17 00
Printing
98 75
Printing Town Reports .
783 20
Telephone
11 52
Printing Finance Committee's Report
77 60
Engrossing Resolutions .
25 00
Lighting Signs
54 20
Flags
47 00
Perambulation of Town Bounds
40 00
$1,767 76
TOWN BUILDING
Appropriation $600 00
Transferred from Excess and De-
ficiency Account 62 12
$662 12
275
EXPENDED
Repairs
$114 35
Fuel
317 13
Lighting
190 20
Supplies
21 74
Express
3 00
Water rates
15 70
$662 12
UNPAID BILLS
Hodson Brothers
$2 00
O. O. Ordway
1 00
W. Bancroft
80 25
Francis Brothers
10 00
J. B. Van Buskirk
14 09
$107 34
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,500 00
RECEIVED
Dividends and return premiums .
8 81
$1,508 81
EXPENDED
Geo. E. Horrocks, premiums $233 58
H. P. Bosson, premiums
258 60
W. H. Wightman & Co., premiums
294 57
U. L. Bancroft, premiums
75 00
Prentiss & Viall, premiums
12 16
Transferred to Excess and De-
ficiency Account 634 90
$1,508 81
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDED
For lighting
.
$50 00
$873 91
276
BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Balance from 1916 .
$184 04
Appropriation
500 00
$684 04
EXPENDED
O. E. Carter, plans and surveys
$544 64
Indexing plans 63 00
$607 64
Balance to 1918 $76 40
TOWN COUNSEL'S SALARY
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