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10,000.00
S. N. Bond & Co., due Dec. 15, Int. 4.50%
25,000.00
S. N. Bond & Co., due Dec. 15, Int. 4.50%
10,000.00
S. N. Bond & Co., due Dec. 15, Int. 4.50%
10,000.00
S. N. Bond & Co., due Dec. 15, Int. 4.50% 5,000.00
S. N. Bond & Co., due Dec. 15, Int. 4.45% 25,000.00
$310,000.00
Temporary loans outstanding
$100,000.00
$410,000.00
87
TEMPORARY LOANS OUTSTANDING 1920
S. N. Bond & Co., due Apr. 15, Int. 4.62% $50,000.00 S. N. Bond & Co., due Apr. 15, Int. 4.37% 25,000.00
S. N. Bond & Co., due June 15, Int. 4.75% 25,000.00
$100,000.00
TOWN DEBT DECEMBER 31, 1919
DUE IN 1920
NOTES AND BONDS
TOTAL
Per Cent.
Sept. 22.
$
500
5 Municipal Light
Oct.
1.
3,000
41/2
Municipal Light
Jan.
1.
1,000
41/2
Municipal Light
Apr.
1.
1,000
4 34 Municipal Light
Nov.
20.
1,500 5
Municipal Light
May
28.
6,500
5
Municipal Light
Oct.
1.
3,000
4 Municipal Light
Mar. 27.
1,000
4 Municipal Light
Full Loan
$173,800
Apr. 16.
1,500
41/4
Municipal Light
July 15.
2,000 4
Municipal Light
Oct. 15.
1,500
41/4
Municipal Light
Sept. 15.
500
41/2 Municipal Light
May 15.
800
4 Municipal Light
July 15.
500
4 Municipal Light
May 15.
500
4 Municipal Light L
June 1. 14,000
4-41/2 Water Department
131,000.00
Nov.
1.
4,000
31/2 High School Building
24,000.00
July 21.
1,000 4 Grouard Estate
2,000.00
Dec. 17.
1,000
4-5 Sewer Construction
103,000.00
Aug. 1.
2,000
41/
Town Office Building
36,000.00
Apr. 15.
1,200
4 Current Expense Bonds
2,400.00
Oct.
4.
1,000
4
Library Building
2,000.00
Nov. 1. 1,500
5
H. & L. and Com. Trucks
3,000.00
Nov. 1.
500
4 Richardson Estate
4,000.00
Nov. 15.
1,000
4 School Extension
12,000.00
May
1.
500
4 Brown Estate
6,500.00
Apr.
1.
500
5 Library and Town Office
Buildings and Furnishings
6,500.00
$53,000
$506,200.00
88
FINANCES
The assessed valuation of the Town
April 1, 1919, was:
$8,164,234.00
Real Estate $7,197,770.00
Personal Property . 966,464.00
8,164,234.00
240,030.56
Assessed at $29.40 per $1000 gives 1958 Polls
3,916.00
$243,946.56
This tax is divided as follows:
Town Purposes ... $ 242,744.00
Less estim'd revenue 47,343.20
195,400.80
State Tax
· 19,588.80
County Tax
9,494.30
Highway Tax
4,779.43
Fire Prevention Tax
117.90
Sewer Tax
5,046.99
Sewer Tax Entrance Fee
7,000.00
Overlay . . 2,518.34
243,946.56
GENERAL REVENUE ACCOUNTS
The following is the estimated revenue of all Departments to- gether with the actual revenue received during the year:
Balance from 1918
549.26
Estimated Revenue . $ 47,343.20
Transfer Moth Dept. 100.00
$ 47,443.20
RECEIVED
Court fines
169.00
Moth Assessments
2,516.98
School Dept. Tuition
3,082.80
Interest on Deposit
839.04
Interest on Taxes
3,864.02
Corporation Tax
8,574.40
Income Tax, 1917
165.00
Income Tax, 1918
1,650.00
Income Tax, 1919
.
13,863.20
.
.
1
89
Income Tax, School Fund
8,253.33
Dog Tax
659.49
Licenses
187.00
Certification of Taxes
21.84
Street Railway Tax Interest
614.63
Town Home
687.16
National Bank Tax
1,198.44
Soldiers' Exemption
182.72
December Supplementary Tax
101.38
Eastern St. Railway Tax
1,144.03
Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees
60.89
Public Library Fines
165.00
Excess Transferred to E. & D. Acct.
1,106.41
48,549.61
48,549.61
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Balance from 1918
997.61
RECEIVED
Sundry Sources
16.47
TRANSFERRED
From Sundry Sources
5,508.24
EXPENDED
Sundry Transfers
5,222.62
Balance to 1920
1,299.70
6,522.32
6,522.32
RESERVE FUND FROM SURPLUS OVERLAYS
Balance from 1918
449.51
RECEIVED
Sundry Sources
4.88
TRANSFERRED
From Overlay, 1917
. .
789.51
TRANSFERRED
To Memorial Park
400.00
To Fire Department
156.00
To Overlay Acct, 1916
205.16
To Reserve Fund
338.12
To Abatements
144.62
1,243.90
1,243.90
90
RESERVE FUND
Balance from 1918 . . 778.64
TRANSFERRED
From Surplus Overlays
338.12'
Balance to 1920 $ 1,116.76
RICHARDSON PROPERTY INCOME ACCOUNT
Amount received from rent $ 336.00
EXPENDED
For Repairs
$
30.49
TRANSFERRED
To Excess and Deficiency Acct. . . 305.51
336.00
CEMETERY SPECIAL-SALE OF LOTS AND GRAVES
Balance from 1918 3,994.35
RECEIVED
From Sundry Parties
1,385.00
TRANSFERRED
From Cemetery Account
35.54
5,414.89
TRANSFERRED
To Cemetery Account
4,200.00
1
Balance to 1920
1,214.89
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BORROWING CAPACITY NET VALUATION FOR 1917, 1918, 1919
Year Total Val. Abatement Net
1917
$ 7,711,046 $54,340 $ 7,656,706
1918 8,082,434
11,535
8,070,899
1919
8,164,234 18,823
8,145,411
$23,957,714 $84,698 $23,873,016
The average net valuation for 1917, 1918, 1919
$7,957,672.00
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 pre- ceding years, the valuation being first reduced by the amount of all abatements thereon previous to the 31st of December of each year: Three per cent is
$ 238,720.00 Total Town Debt is $ 506,200.00
Of this amount the following loans are not included in the debt limit, being exempt by Acts of the Legislature :
Water loans $ 131,000.00
Sewer loans
100,000.00
Electric Light 167,300.00
398,300.00
Net municipal debt, Dec. 31, 1919
107,900.00
Borrowing capacity, Jan. 1, 1920 .. 130,820.00
92
ASSETS
TRUST FUND AND INVESTMENTS
Cemetery Funds:
U. S. 4th 414 % Bonds
$ 9,000.00
U. S. 3rd 41/4 % Bonds
2,611.77
U. S. 5th 434 % Bonds
500.00
Mun. Light Dept., Wilmington Ext.
4,000.00
Mun. Light Dept., Construction
Town limits
2,000.00
Library Building Loan
2,000.00
Accrued interest
247.80
Excess Fund earned over 5% Guar- teed
152.76
Cash in bank and office
2,252.41
Cash in bank, Geo. F. Buck Fund ..
58.15
$ 22,822.89
93
LIABILITIES
TRUST FUNDS
George F. Buck Trust Fund
Cemetery Bequests $ 22,764.74 58.15
$
22,822.89
94
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM
Cash held by Treasurer
$ 4,811.28
Taxes, 1917
623.53
Taxes, 1918
17,817.78
Taxes, 1919
78,348.99
Moth Assessments, 1917
3.25
Moth Assessments, 1918
147.25
Moth Assessments, 1919
577.33
Sundry Parties, Spraying
925.75
Street Railway Tax
1,144.03
Taxes on property taken
18.47
Parker Tavern
3,500.00
Com. of Mass., Moth
2,093.61
Stone Crusher Acct.
868.69
Scarifier Acct.
250.00
Mothers' Aid, Com. of Mass.
1,690.61
State Aid
1,614.20
Sundry Parties
36.15
Interest Acct.
1,802.50
Com. of Mass., Temporary Aid
1,602.60
$ 117,876.02
CAPITAL ASSETS
Public Property Acct. . $1,001,651.44
1
95
APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 31, 1919
Temporary Loans
$ 100.000.00
Excess and Deficiency Acct
1,299.70
Overlays, 1917
623.53
Overlays, 1918
663.42
Overlays, 1919
1,989.88
Suspense Acct. (Assessments unpaid)
1,653.58
Reserve Fund
1,116.76
Town Office Building Maintenance
452.24
Block System Survey
206.83
Remodeling John-Street School
260.59
Sewer Bonds, Premiums
1,928.20
Hose 2 Equipment
323.14
Moth Department
330.31
Forest Warden
175.00
Sewer Construction
46.79
Prospect Street
500.00
Forest Street
464.93
High Street
184.09
West Street
700.00
Woburn Street
396.65
Summer Avenue
423.98
Salem Street
1,203.62
North Main Street Sidewalk
395.00
Schoolhouse Extension
37.41
Public Library
134.38
Public Library Building
854.92
Common and Parks
215.51
Memorial Park
80.67
Cemetery Special
1,214.89
$ 117,876.02
CAPITAL LIABILITIES
Town Debt
Balance, Town of Reading
$ 506,200.00 495,451.44
$1,001,651.44
96
TRUST FUNDS
Balance from 1918
$ 20,016.10
RECEIVED IN 1919
Heirs of Samuel W. Parker
100.00
Mrs. F. A. Winship
100.00
Mrs. Mary E. Knight
100.00
F. A. and Arthur Brown
100.00
Gilman L. Parker
100.00
Hattie M. Whitney
60.00
Maria L. Winchester
75.00
Charles H. Goodwin
100.00
Mary E. Weston
100.00
Estate of D. F. Hunt
200.00
William T. Temple
100.00
Charles D. Wells
100.00
John B. Fairbanks
94.05
$ 21,345.15
Interest accrued on the above un- expended
$ 1,419.59
$22,764.74
CEMETERY TRUST FUND
The Treasurer, Cemetery Trus- tees and Selectmen, acting as Trus- tees of the Cemetery Fund held Dec. 31, 1919, cash and securities amount- ing to
$ 22,764.74
Balance from 1918
$ 21,269.42
Rec'd from bequests $ 1,329.05
Rec'd from interest 1,073.77
2,402.82
Paid Perpetual Care
907.50
1,495.32
22,764.74
This Fund is invested as follows:
LIBERTY BONDS
U. S. 4th 4 1/4 % Bonds $ 9,000.00
U. S. 3rd 41/4 % Bonds 2,611.77
U. S. 5th 4 3/4 % Bonds 500.00
97
NOTES
Mun. Light Dept., Wilmington Ext.
4,000.00
Mun. Light Dept., Construction Town limits
2,000.00
Library loan Building
2,000.00
Excess Fund earned over 5% guar- anteed
152.76
Accrued interest
247.80
Cash in bank and office
2,252.41
$ 22,764.74
GEORGE F. BUCK FUND
This Fund is invested as follows:
Cash in Savings Bank $ 58.15
TAXES
The taxes committed, abated, and collected during the year, to- gether with the balance unpaid Dec. 31, 1918 and Dec. 31, 1919, are as follows:
TAXES 1916
Balance from 1918
$ 630.43
Collected
$ 485.81
Abated
144.62
630.43
630.43
TAXES 1917
Balance from 1918
19,956.53
Collected
19,192.83
Abated
140.17
19,333.00
623.53
TAXES 1918
Balance from 1918
70,302.91
Refunded
2.00
70,304.91
Collected
$ 52,073.74
Abated
413.39
52,487.13
17,817.78
98
TAXES 1919
Amount of Commitment
243,946.56
December Supplementary
101.38
244,047.94
Refund
8.82
244,056.76
Collected
165,179.31
Abated
528.46
165,707.77
78,348.99
Total uncollected taxes, Dec. 31, '19 96,790.30
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
MOTH 1916
Balance from 1918
16.25
Abatement
16.25
MOTH 1917
Balance from 1918
121.00
Collected
117.75
3.25
MOTH 1918
Balance from 1918
508.75
Error in Commitment
.50
Refunded
10.00
519.25
Collected
362.00
Abated
. .
10.00
372.00
147.25
MOTH 1919
Amount of Commitment
1,659.09
Collected
1,081.76
Uncollected Moth Assessments
727.83
OVERLAYS 1915
Received
11.94
577.33
Transferred to Reserve Fund
11.94
99
OVERLAYS 1916
Balance from 1918
207.49 Received
2.33
Transferred to Reserve Fund
205.16
207.49
OVERLAYS 1917
Balance from 1918
1,541.27
Abatements
140.17
Reserve Fund
777.57
917.74
.
Balance to 1920 623.53
OVERLAYS 1918
Balance from 1918
1,076.81
Abatements
.413.39
Balance to 1920
663.42
OVERLAYS 1919
Appropriations
2,518.34
Abatements
528.46
Balance to 1920
1,989.88
AGENCY AND TRUST TRANSACTIONS
STATE TAX
From Tax Levy $ 19,588.80
EXPENDED
Com. of Massachusetts
19,588.80
COUNTY TAX
From Tax Levy
9,494.30
EXPENDED
Middlesex County
9,494.30
100
HIGHWAY TAX
From Tax Levy
4,779.43
EXPENDED
Com. of Massachusetts
. .
4,779.43
FIRE PREVENTION TAX
From Tax Levy
117.90
EXPENDED
Com. of Massachusetts
117.90
SEWER TAX
From Tax Levy
12,046.99
EXPENDED
Com. of Massachusetts
12,046.99
STREET RAILWAY TAX
Balance
325.05
Assessed in 1919
818.98
Balance to 1920 1,144.03
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Balance from 1918
199.45
Received
14.17
213.62
EXPENDED
To Tax Collector
232.09
Balance to 1920 18.47
101
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Detailed account of the appropriations made by the Town during the year, together with the transfers, expenditures and the un- expended balance, Dec. 31, 1919.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE $ 60.00
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, Moderator .... 60.00
EXECUTIVE
SELECTMEN SALARIES
Appropriation
500.00
EXPENDED
J. Edward Frost, Chairman $ 191.66
Edgar O. Dewey, 2 months
33.34
225.00
William S. Kinsley, Secretary
125.00
Edwin L. Hutchinson
150.00
500.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
900.00
Transfer from Excess and Deficiency Account
82.42
982.42
John H. Sheldon, services
705.00
Mabel A. Strout
76.00
Rent of P. O. box
3.75
Telephone
54.04
Express
.87
Supplies
29.75
Printing
57.95
Vouchers
27.65
Balance book case
13.00
Incidentals
14.41
1
982.42
102
FINANCIAL
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Appropriation® 750.00
EXPENDED
John H. Sheldon, Accountant 750.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
193.00
EXPENDED
J. H. Sheldon, services
100.00
One-half cost of adding machine .. 93.00
193.00
TREASUER'S SALARY
Appropriation 600.00
EXPENDED
Henry H. Kinsley, Treasurer
. .
600.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
368.00
EXPENDED
Treasurer's Bond
75.00
Certification of notes
28.00
Safety Deposit box
10.00
Printing
9.00
Supplies
14.25
One-half cost of adding machine
92.00
Stamped envelopes
45.12
Incidentals
2.30
275.67
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency Account 92.33
368.00
TAX COLLECTOR'S SALARY
Appropriation
1,300.00
Transferred from Excess and Defi- ciency Account 253.69
EXPENDED
H. M. Viall, Collector:
5/8 % on 1919 Tax
1,039.93
5/8 % on 1918 Tax
356.15
5/8 % on 1917 Tax
153.50
3/4 % on 1916 Tax
4.11
1
1,553.69
103
OTHER EXPENSES
275.00
Appropriation
EXPENDED
Telephone
28.08
Supplies
4.48
Lamp
11.45
Books
42.50
Stamped envelopes
112.38
Printing
56.80
255.69
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
19.31
275.00
UNPAID BILLS
Prentiss and Viall, Bond Premiums $ 100.00
ASSESSORS' SALARIES
Appropriation
1,200.00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, Chairman
$ 433.32
A. M. Allen
383.34
George E. Horrocks
383.34
1,200.00
EXPENSES
Appropriation
1,000.00
EXPENDED
Mrs. Christine Atkinson, clerk
324.00
Street list
348.00
George E. Horrocks, services
31.77
M. F. Charles, services
30.00
A. M. Allen, services
30.00
Typewriter
50.00
Printing
32.05
Telephone
33.27
Towels
4.70
Supplies
48.03
Use of auto
20.00
Abstracting
29.40
Auto list
5.00
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
986.22
Account
13.78
1,000.00
104
TOWN CLERK'S SALARY Appropriation
200.00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, Town Clerk :
10 months' rate of $200
166.66
2 months' rate of $150 . .
25.00
191.66
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
8.34
200.00
Appropriation
OTHER EXPENSES $ 325.00
EXPENDED
Reporting births
$ 38.50
Reporting Deaths
24.00
Recording births
83.00
Recording deaths
28.60
Recording marriages
15.00
Administering oaths
10.25
Printing
31.50
Supplies
40.60
M. F. Charles, expenses
. .
5.25
Incidentals
. .
279.90
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
ciency Account
45.10
325.00
TOWN COUNSEL'S SALARY
Appropriation
500.00
EXPENDED
Jesse W. Morton, salary
500.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
REGISTRARS' SALARIES
Appropriation
130.00
EXPENDED
M. F. Charles, clerk
40.00
W. S. Prentiss
30.00
Arthur C. Copeland
30.00
Owen McKenney . .
30.00
130.00
3.20
105
ELECTION EXPENSES
550.00
Appropriation
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Account
53.95
EXPENDED
Pay roll, Election Officers
210.00
Services, primaries and recount
75.00
Posting notices
18.00
Printing ballots, warrants, etc.
219.70
Rent of hall
75.00
Express
2.25
Incidentals
4.00
603.95
OTHER GENERAL ACCOUNTS MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Appropriation
1,800.00
EXPENDED
Lighting Old South Clock
180.15
Care of Old South Clock, two years
100.00
Card for Memorial Tablet
10.00
Printing
11.00
Flags
36.88
J. H. Sheldon, Sec'y Fin. Com.
50.00
Printing Town Reports
833.25
Printing Finance Com. Reports
55.40
Postage
2.25
Picture Community Day
17.10
Lettering Honor Roll
13.25
Removing stand at Playground
7.50
Repairs on Parker Tavern
14.06
Penalty Sec. 42, Chap. 81, R. L.
111.00
Incidentals
21.06
Repairs Playground
8.65
Transferred to Excess and Defi-
1,471.55
ciency Account
328.45
603.95
1,800.00
106
CARE OF CENTRAL FIRE STATION
Appropriation
600.00
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
22.53
ciency Account
622.53
EXPENDED
Lighting
151.61
Supplies
18.12
Fuel
419.87
Labor
6.51
Repairs
17.67
Flags
.
622.53
UNPAID BILLS
W. Bancroft & Co., fuel
236.12
Francis Bros., Supplies
1.62
Hodson Bros., repairs
11.75
Hodson Bros., repairs
5.00
Mun. Light Dept., lighting
41.74
296.23
CARE OF TOWN OFFICE BUILDING
Balance from 1918
301.27
Appropriation
2,000.00
2301.27
EXPENDED
Transferred to Highway Dept. for teaming fuel
20.40
Janitor's service
715.50
Lighting
449.85
Supplies
43.61
Towels
12.75
Labor on grounds
68.50
Fuel
273.53
Express
2.64
Signs
31.50
Cost of Walk
29.68
Water rates
12.43
Repairs
88.60
Transferred to Excess and Defi- ciency Account
100.04
1,849.03
Balance to 1920
452.24
.
. .
. .
.
. .
1,748.99
.
8.75
107
UNPAID BILLS
Municipal Light Board, fuel
62.89
Municipal Light Board, lighting .
39.10
101.99
INSURANCE
Appropriation . .
1,500.00
RECEIVED
113.89
Return premiums
1,613.89
EXPENDED
To Sundry Parties
1,581.90
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
31.99
1,613.89
LIGHTING G. A. R. HALL
Appropriation
50.00
EXPENDED
Mun. Light Department
12.53
Transferred to Excess and Deficieny
37.47
50.00
BLOCK SYSTEM SURVEY
Balance from 1918
206.83
Balance to 1920
206.83
CENTRAL FIRE STATION ALTERATIONS
Balance from 1918
418.22
EXPENDED
Bath room
220.00
Painting
14.45
Labor and material
. . 183.77
418.22
NEW TOWN BUILDING
Balance from 1918 169.45
Transferred Town Building Acct. .. 169.45
Account
108
REMODELING JOHN ST. SCHOOL HOUSE
Appropriation
1,687.00
Transferred from
Highway 71.22
Transferred from
E. and D. Account
36.00
107.22
1,794.22
EXPENDED
Transferred to Highway Department,
cement
163.50
Pay roll
647.75
Setting glass
26.51
Labor and material
421.22
Supplies
23.39
Lumber
48.59
Express
10.00
Doors and frames
169.25
Posts
23.42
1,533.63
Balance to 1920
260.59
NEW TOWN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1919
158.07
RECEIVED
Sale of stone
8.00
166.07
EXPENDED
Labor
22.25
Book case
6.80
Brick walk
137.02
166.07
PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL GARAGE
Appropriation
150.00
EXPENDED
Walter B. Nichols, plans
40.00
Adden & Parker, plans
100.00
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
10.00
150.00
.
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PREMIUMS
Balance from 1919
Balance to 1920
1,928.20
HOSE 2 EQUIPMENT
Appropriation
TRANSFERRED
To Highway, sand and cement . . 17.50
EXPENDED
Ford chassis
590.00
War tax
37.80
Bracket
1.10
Supplies
24.36
Express
6.10
676.86
Balance to 1920 323.14
AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS
Appropriation
50.00
EXPENDED
Middlesex County Bureau
50.00
WATER MAIN, SOUTH STREET
Appropriation
1,500.00
TRANSFERRED
To Excess and Deficiency Account
1,500.00
PROTECTION TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
7,210.00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Account
503.98
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
56.00
7,769.98
EXPENDED
Pay roll, Chief and Patrolmen
6,452.05
Telephone
95.29
Printing
31.75
Auto maintenance and supplies
129.29
1,928.20
1,000.00
110
J. Cullinane, expenses
23.33
Express
3.05
Auto hire
73.50
Ford automobile
571.81
Auto list
18.00
Clock
16.00
Patrol boxes and equipment .
302.69
Signs
12.00
Incidentals
41.22
7,769.98
UNPAID BILLS
Reading Garage
25.02
Reading Garage
11.85
Wm. Newhouse, care of signs
10.00
Donald Patrick, care of signs . . . ..
5.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone ..
4.24
56.11
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
11,050.00
Appropriation, Call Men
625.00
Appropriation, coats
200.00
Appropriation, tires
...
679.00
TRANSFERRED
To Surplus Overlays
156.00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
62.16
12,772.16
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account
202.76
12,974.92
EXPENDED
Pay roll, Chief & Permanent Firemer.
6,630.00
Pay roll, Call Men
2,583.43
9,213.43
Supplies
420.58
Gas
210.93
Fuel
54.40
Telephone
.
.
69.69
12,554.00
4
111
Ford chassis
125.00
Painting Knox truck
225.00
Water
28.56
Horse hire
180.00
Express
43.40
Laundry
51.87
Repairs
513.42
L. T. Eames, Supt. fire alarm
100.00
Labor
115.34
Lighting and incidentals
59.80
Printing
6.25
Tires for trucks
1,336.00
Removing ashes
15.00
12,768.67
Coats for firemen
206.25
12,974.92
UNPAID BILLS
P. N. Sweetser, fuel
87.65
Reading Laundry, laundry
10.64
Malden & Melrose Gas Co., gas
7.80
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
11.80
J. J. Cameron, supplies
.50
Jenney. Mfg. Co., gasoline
39.24
Francis Bros., supplies
1.51
Francis Bros., supplies
3.21
F. F. Smith, supplies
1.16
F. Wallace, supplies
.50
Earl H. Chapin, supplies
2.50
Foster, McDonald & Co., supplies . .
1.48
167.99
FIRE ALARM REPAIRS
Appropriation
350.00
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Account
23.03
EXPENDED
Pay roll
.
223.50
Supplies
149.53
373.03
373.03
112
HYDRANT RENTALS
Appropriation
6,030.00
EXPENDED
Reading Water Works
6,030.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
6,000.00
TRANSFERRED
From Tree Warden Dept. ...
140.00
6,140.00
EXPENDED
Pay roll
4,539.09
Ladder
31.82
Telephone
16.58
Repairs
52.32
Cement
1.60
Supplies
138.03
Printing
20.50
Storage, machines
101.00
Express and freight
22.10
Services, Treasurer
25.00
H. M. Donegan, expenses
11.92
Incidentals
12.40
Insecticide
142.00
Damage spraying
10.00
Office supplies
17.50
Engine
175.00
Hose
75.00
Insurance
291.83
Lead
126.00
.
5,809.69
Balance to 1920
330.31
FOREST WARDEN
Appropriation
450.00
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
5.33
.
455.33
.
113
EXPENDED
Ford chassis
175.00
H. M. Donegan, Assistant Deputy
15.00
Supplies
48.70
Telephone
3.86
Repairs
8.61
Brooms
11.00
Labor
4.00
Sign
7.00
273.17
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency Account
7.16
280.33
Balance to 1920
175.00
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
500.00
TRANSFERRED
From General Revenue
90.00
TRANSFERRED
From Moth Account, labor . .... 140.00
EXPENDED
H. M. Donegan, Tree Warden
50.00
Pay roll
306.91
Trees
48.00
Supplies
18.71
Repairs
5.62
569.24
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
20.76
590.00
INSPECTION INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Appropriation
100.00
EXPENDED
Arthur G. Sias, Inspector
.
100.00
.
590.00
114
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation .. 300.00
EXPENDED
Carl M. Smith, S. of W. & M .:
2 months at rate of $225
37.50
10 months at rate of $300
250.00
287.50
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency Account 12.50
300.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation
115.00
EXPENDED
C. M. Smith, expenses
8.65
Expense to Convention
5.00
Testing measures
6.00
Express
2.79
Use of automobile
12.75
Supplies
34.62
Dies
9.76
Printing
6.00
85.57
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
29.43
115.00
BUILDING INSPECTOR'S SALARY
Appropriation
300.00
EXPENDED
George H. Sidebottom, Inspector ..
300.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation . .
30.00
EXPENDED
Telephone
25.02
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
4.98
30.00
.
115
HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH DEPT. SALARIES
250.00
EXPENDED
Lemuel W. Allen, Sec'y
100.00
Dr. E. M. Halligan, Chairman
75.00
Dr. C. H. Playdon
75.00
250.00
HEALTH DEPT. MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
1,150.00
RECEIVED
From cities and towns
149.89
TRANSFERRED
From Excess and Deficiency Account
133.95
1,433.84
EXPENDED
David Taggart, Plumbing Inspector
600.00
Carl M. Smith, Milk Inspector ....
100.00
Dr. C. H. Playdon, Animal Inspector J. Howard Eames, Slaugh. Inspector Geo. L. Flint, Slaughtering Inspector
261.00
1,246.83
Express
10.07
Printing
20.00
Telephone
25.60
Supplies
9.69
Ambulance
13.00
Disinfectants
40.80
Milk-testing machines
67.85
1,433.84
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Appropriation
650.00
EXPENDED
Rutland Sanitarium
154.29
Mass. Homeopathic Hospital
234.50
No. Reading Sanitorium
158.86
Town of Stoneham
31.37
Printing
12.75
591.77
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
58.23
650.00
200.00
85.83
Appropriation
116
UNPAID BILLS
City of Malden
168.85
SEWER DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION
Balance from 1918
3,713.27
EXPENDED
Bruno & Pettiti, contract
2,627.97
H. E. Smith, labor
50.00
Boston Iron Co., castings
755.64
Fred F. Smith, pipe and castings
198.00
W. A. Snow Iron Works, fittings ..
13.44
Express
.68
Composition
20.75
3,666.48
Balance to 1920 46.79
SEWER DEPARTMENT SALARIES
Appropriation
225.00
EXPENDED
John W. Owen, Chairman
75.00
Charles R. Herrick
75.00
Edward J. Dahill
75.00
225.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Appropriation .
100.00
EXPENDED
John W. Owen, expenses
8.50
Telephone
34.28
Printing
20.65
Typewriting
.50
Cabinet
19.55
83.48
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
16.52
100.00
117
CHARITIES POOR DEPARTMENT
3,000.00
Appropriation
RECEIVED
From sundry sources
3,056.00
Salaries:
J. E. Frost, Chairman
100.00
William S. Kinsley, Sec'y
83.34
Edwin L. Hutchinson
100.00
Edgar O. Dewey
16.66
Burials
120.00
Boots and shoes
32.25
Cash aid
542.00
Clothing
25.75
Fuel
280.18
Groceries and provisions
868.24
Professional services
52.00
Nursing
172.32
Rent
231.00
Ambulance
10.00
Helen Nowell, services
140.00
Incidentals
52.07
Board
84.36
2,910.17
Transferred to Excess and Deficiency
Account
145.83
3,056.00
UNPAID BILLS
Helen Nowell, services
20.00
Reading Visit. Nurse Ass'n, nursing
4.00
24.00
TOWN HOME
Appropriation
3,700.00
RECEIVED
For board
267.00
For telephone tolls
.92
Transferred from Excess and Defi-
ciency Account
115.25
4,083.17
56.00
300.00
118
EXPENDED
L. A. Deming, Superintendent
600.00
L. A. Deming, labor
332.00
932.00
Hay and grain
421.35
Groceries and provisions
1,331.13
Lighting
67.96
Supplies
118.40
Dry goods
24.38
Harness
35.40
Live Stock
151.00
Horse
300.00
Wagon
25.00
Fuel
125.73
Repairs
107.57
Ice (2 years)
75.84
Professional services
48.50
Clothing
16.31
Burial
50.00
Pasturing
18.00
Telephone
34.05
Water rates
34.56
Spraying
12.00
Labor
122.79
Incidentals
.
4,083.17
UNPAID BILLS
W. H. Willis, supplies
5.69
Mun. Light Dept., lighting
11.73
G. H. Atkinson Co., groceries
64.76
Wendell Bancroft & Co., fuel
41.43
Angelo Zanni, labor
12.00
Francis Bros., hardware
7.58
Dr. C. H. Playdon, services ..
4.00
147.19
P. N. Sweetser, fuel
88.08
235.27
31.20
119
MOTHERS' AID
Appropriation
TRANSFERRED
1,200.00
From Excess and Deficiency Account -
699.87
Sundry persons
EXPENDED
1,899.87
NOTE-$432 of the above to be refunded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Balance due from 1918
1,201.78
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth
1,230.80
·
EXPENDED
Aid, sundry persons
1,719.63
2,921.41
Amount due from Commonwealth
1,690.61
2,921.41
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS -- TEMPORARY AID
Balance from 1918
1,016.30
RECEIVED
From the Commonwealth
. .
332.05
EXPENDED
Aid, sundry parties
918.35
1,934.65
Due from The Commonwealth
1,602.60
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS-STATE AID
Balance from 1918
3,186.36
RECEIVED
From The Commonwealth
.
3,203.16
EXPENDED
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