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Carroll R. Heath
210.00
H. S. Hartwell & Son, Inc.
645.66
Hodson Brothers
3.62
Hobbs & Warren
18.93
Hodge Boiler Works
7.50
Thomas Hickey
818.60
Howe & French
6.75
Hoover Suction Sweeper Co.
78.80
E. L. Howe
10.45
Hutchins & Wheeler
45.00
India Alkali Works
27.55
C. L. Jeans & Co.
352.25
W. J. Jeandron Co.
14.26
Jenkins Bros.
44.23
John Jennings
355.00
W. A. Jepson Co.
894.92
John St. Garage
19.10
Johns-Manville Co.
121.94
David C. Justice
6.90
178
Jas. E. Kelly 15.00
Kendall's Garage
37.50
Kenney's Service Station
10.95
H. H. Kinsley, Treas., State Tax
77.15
.H. H. Kinsley, Treas., Ins. Acct.
642.25
Davis Klemis
50.00
Landers Frary & Clark
8.00
"Chas. I. Lassell
48.99
Lewis Elec. Supply Co.
106.06
Library Bureau
89.79
R. W. Linscott
133.64
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
36.00
J. E. Lonergan Co.
1.29
Wm. G. Long
75.00
Lunkenhiemer Co.
5.45
Lundstrom-Smith Co.
3.81
Lydon Mfg. Co.
5.00
Lynnfield, Town of
367.30
Manning & Bowman
1.57
George W. Marshall
1.05
A. E. Martell Co.
27.03
Mathias-Hart Co.
114.61
J. M. Maxwell Jr. & Son
1,755.82
H. B. McArdle
64.40
S. R. McIntosh
4.00
McKenney & Waterbury
81.20
Miller P. H. & H. Co.
1.85
Meloney Elec. Co.
80.68
Miley Soap Co.
24.50
Municipal Lighting Association
10.00
Munson Supply Co.
6.50
New England Products Co.
76.21
New England Coal & Coke Co.
1,781.81
New England Appliance Co.
64.60
New England Iron Works Co.
75.95
North Reading Wagon Co. 24.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
661.26
A. Newham
4,00
E. E. Nichols
20.00
North Reading, Town of
142.80
W. R. Patten
19.00
Peabody Elec. Light Plant
48.48
John W. Perry 4.10
Perrin-Seamans Co.
5.00
R. V. Pettingell Elec. Supply Co.
38.77
Pettingell-Andrews Co.
5,310.42
Municipal Light Plant, Rowley
165.00
--
179
Oscar Philips
2.00
Pocahontas Fuel Co. Inc.
2,302.40
Prentiss & Parker
4,189.49
Production Engineering Co.
5.00
Quaker City Range Co.
13.65
Reading Garage Inc.
314.60
Reading Motor Co.
747.61
Reading Rubber Mfg. Co.
535.08
Reading Tire Shop
55.03
L. B. Renfrew Gray
45.65
Registry of Motor Vehicles
20.00
Russell Coal Co.
662.87
Robbins-Phalow Co.
818.91
Samuel Role
50.00
Roover Bros.
8.78
Royal Typewriter Co.
2.50
P. J. Seaman
27.95
Thos. S. Sidelinker
350.00
Simplex Elec. & Heating Co.
21.18
Simplex Wire & Cable Co.
297.41
Chas. N. Smart
13.00
F. F. Smith
68.88
Standard Chemical Supply Co.
18.29
Standard Elec. Stove Co.
256.83
Standard Oil Co.
1,265.89
Chas. E. Stanwood
643.46
Star Brass Mfg. Co.
5.77
S. R. Stembridge
781.38
Stewart & Robertson
.75
P. J. Stockwell
37.25
Stuart Howland Co.
2,883.55
A. G. Sias, Expense
32.45
Society for Elec. Development
47.30
Spaulding Moss Co.
18.57
Spencer Regulator Co.
9.55
Percy N. Sweetser
1,596.01
J. S. Temple Co.
232.50
Thorp & Martin Co.
4.80
Triangle Sales & Service Co.
40.70
Frederick A. Turner
6.40
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
790.32
U. S. Post Office
720.06
Vacuum Oil Co.
41.78
Vulcan Elec. & Heating Co.
8.59
Wagner Elec. Mfg. Co.
739.12
George H. Wahn Co.
35.96
Wakefield Radiator Co.
54.58
180
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
42.94
F. Wallace
1.10
Wales Adding Machine Co.
4.20
Water Department
80.00
Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co.
387.90
Waters Govenor Co.
13.26
Webster Thomas Co.
112.50
A. Werby & Co. 40.00
Western Elec. Co.
2,181.83
Westinghouse Elec. Mfg. Co.
1,309.10
Westinghouse Tr. Br. Co.
23.00
Wetmore-Savage Co.
759.89
C. H. Wheeler Mfg. Co.
15.73
Ralph B. Willis
340.00
W. H. Willis
8.40
Wise, McClung Mfg. Co.
.79
F. E. Wolcott Mfg. Co.
2.73
Worthington Pump & Mfg. Co.
21.43
Woburn Machine Co.
16.39
Woburn Iron Foundry
29.00
W. A. Wood Co.
19.70
H. P. Woodbury Co.
187.76
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
26.34
Walter H. Yeager
80.00
Total Payments
$189,581.54
Balance to 1923
157.45
$189,738.99
$189,738.99
FIRE DEPARTMENT Special Repairs Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,800.00
O. F. Kress & Son
$ 1,800.00
$ 1,800.00 $ 1,800.00
CARE SOLDIERS' GRAVES Chap. 115, Sec. 22, Gen. Laws Cr.
$ 875.00
Pay Roll
$ 669.87
Balance to Revenue
205.13
·
$ 875.00
$ 875.00
Dr.
Appropriation
Dr.
181
SOUTH STREET REPAIRS Cr.
Balance from 1921
$
1,074.58
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 536.50
Balance to 1923
538.08
$ 1,074.58 $ 1,074.58
FOREST STREET Cr.
Balance from 1921
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 157.39
Balance to 1923
307.54
$ 464.93 $ 464.93
NORTH MAIN STREET SIDEWALK
Cr.
Balance from 1921
Dr.
Balance to 1923
$ 175.06
$ 175.06 $ 175.06
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING
Cr.
Balance from 1921
$ 854.92
Balance to 1923
854.92
$ 854.92 $ 854.92
SEWER INVESTMENT ACCOUNT
Cr.
Balance from 1921
$ 475.30
Dr.
Transfer to Maturing Debt Account
$ 470.36
Balance to 1923
4.94
$ 475.30 $ 475.30
SMITH-HUGHES FUND
Cr.
Balance from 1921
$ 221.69
Dr.
Agricultural School Salaries
$ 221.69
$ 221.69 $ 221.69
$ 464.93
$ 175.06
182
INTEREST Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Interest on Temporary Loans
$ 8,655.04
Interest on Municipal Building Loans
1,577.50
Interest on Mun. Bldg. & Library Grounds Loan
125.00
Interest on Sewer Loans
7,695.00
Interest on School Building Loans
960.00
Interest on Richardson Estate Loan
120.00
Interest on Brown Estate Loan
210.00
Total Payments
$ 19,342.54
Transferred to Reserve Fund
3,500.00
Balance to Revenue
3,204.96
$ 26,047.50
$ 26,047.50
TAXES ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Dr.
Grace V. Viall, Collector
$ 705.83
Balance to 1923
705.83
$ 705.83
$ 705.83
SEWER ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY TAKEN
Dr.
Grace V. Viall, Collector
$ 189.00
Balance to 1923
189.00
$ 189.00
$ 189.00
TEMPORARY LOANS Anticipation of Revenue Cr.
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922 $125,000.00
Notes Issued in 1922
Month By whom purchased
Rate of disc.
Amt.
-
Feb .- Chas. L. Edwardes & Co.
4.35
$ 30,000.00
Mar .- Grafton & Company
4.28
50,000.00
Apr .- Chas. L. Edwardes & Co.
4.12
50,000.00
June Paine, Webber & Co.
3.44
50,000.00
Aug .- Chas. L. Edwardes & Co.
3.45
20,000.00
Dec .- Chas. L. Edwardes & Co.
4.37
50,000.00
Dec .- Chas. L. Edwardes & Co.
4.35
75,000.00
Average rate of discount 4.05
$325,000.00
$
26,047.50
183
Notes Paid in 1922
March
$ 25,000.00
April
20,000.00
September
5,000.00
October
70 000.00
November
30,000.00
December
175,000.00
$325,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31. 1922
$125,000.00
ACCOUNTING MUNICIPAL LOANS SEWER DEPARTMENT LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$175,000.00
Paid in 1922
6,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
169.000.00
$175,000.00
$175,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$103,000.00
Paid in 1922
$ 14,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
89,000.00
$103,000.00
$103,000.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$156,700.00
Notes issued Dec., 1922
7,000.00
Paid in 1922
16,800.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
146,900.00
$163,700.00
$163,700.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$ 32,000.00
Paid in 1922
$ 2,000.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
30 000.00
$ 32,000.00
$ 32,000.00
MUNICIPAL AND LIBRARY BUILDING GROUNDS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922 $ 5,500.00
Paid in 1922
$ 500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
5,000.00
$ 5,500.00
$ 5,500.00
184
BROWN ESTATE LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$ 5,500.00
Paid in 1922
$ 500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
5,000.00
$ 5,500.00 $ 5,500.00
SCHOOL BUILDING LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$ 26,000.00
Paid in 1922
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
$ 5,000.00 21,000.00
$ 26,000.00
$ 26,000.00
RICHARDSON ESTATE LOANS
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1922
$ 3,000.00
Paid in 1922
$ 500.00
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1922
2,500.00
$ 3,000.00 $ 3.000.00
FUNDED DEBT Balancing Account
Total Debt, Jan. 1, 1922
$506,700.00
Mun. Light Dept. Notes issued in 1922 7,000.00
Paid in 1922
Sewer Department Loans
$ 6,000.00
Water Department Loans
14,000.00
Light Department Loans
16,800.00
Municipal Building Loans
2,000.00
Municipal Library Building Grounds Loans
500.00
Brown Estate Loans
500.00
School Building Loans
5,000.00
Richardson Estate Loans
500.00
Total Payments, 1922
45,300.00
Total Debt Dec. 31, 1922
468,400.00
$513,700.00
$513,700.00
SPECIAL DEBT ACCOUNT FUNDED DEBT MATURING IN 1922 Cr.
Appropriation from Excess & Deficiency Account $ 15,500.00
Appropriation from Sewer Premium Account .... 3,529.64
185
Appropriation from Sewer Interest Account
Received from Water Dept. Received from Light Dept.
470.36 9,000.00 16,800.00
Dr.
Payment of Loans due in 1922
$ 45,300.00
$ 45,300.00
$ 45,300.00
FUNDED DEBT MATURING IN 1923
Sewer Dept. Loans
$ 4,000.00
Water Dept. Loans
12,000.00
Light Dept. Loans
15,800.00
Municipal Building Loans
2,000.00
Municipal & Library Building Grounds Loans
500.00
Brown Estate Loans
500.00
Richardson Estate Loans
500.00
School Building Loans
5,000.00
Total
$ 40,300.00
TOWN DEBT-DETAIL OF PAYMENTS BY YEARS
Year
Sewer Dept.
Water Dept.
Mun. Light Dept.
Mun. Bldg.
Brown Est.
Lib. & Mun. Bld. Grounds
School Dept.
Richardson Est.
Totals
1923
$ 4,000.00
$ 12,000.00
$ 15,800.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 500.00
$ 40,300.00
1924
4,000.00
12,000.00
14,800.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
5,000.00
500.00
39,300.00
1925
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,800.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
5,000.00
500.00
45,300.00
1926
8,000.00
7,000.00
11,800.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
500.00
31,300.00
1927
8,000.00
7,000.00
11,800.00
2,000.00
500,00
500.00
1,000.00
500.00
31,300.00
1928
8,000.00
7,000.00
11,800.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
30,800.00
1929
8,000.00
7,000.00
10,800.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
29,800.00
1930
8,000.00
7,000.00
10,800.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
28,800.00
1931
8,000.00
2,000.00
8,000.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
22,000.00
1932
8,000.00
2,000.00
8,000.00
2,000.00
500.00
500.00
21,000.00
1933
8,000.00
2,000.00
7,000.00
2,000.00
19,000.00
1934
7,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
17,000.00
1935
6,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
16,000.00
1936
6,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
14,000.00
1937
6,000.00
1,000.00
2,500.00
2,000.00
11,000.00
-
1938
6,000.00
1,000.00
2,500.00
9,500.00
1939
6,000.00
1,000.00
2,500.00
9,500.00
1940
6,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
8,000.00
1941
6,000.00
1,000.00
7,000.00 7,000.00
1942
6,000.00
1,000.00
1943
6,000.00
6,000.00
1944
6,000.00
6,000.00
1945
6,000.00
6,000.00
1946
6,000.00
6,000.00
1947
2,000.00
2,000.00
1948
2,000.00
2,000.00
1949
2,000.00
2,000.00
Totals
$169,000.00
$ 89,000.00
$146,900.00
$30,000.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$21,000.00
$2,500.00
$468,400.00
188
BORROWING CAPACITY
Total Valuation Abatement Net Valuation
1920
$9,215,295.00 $21,269.00
$9,194,026.00
1921
9,513,847.00 88,769.00
9,425,078.00
1922
9,860,206.00
82,140.00
9,778,066.00
Average Net Valuation 3 years $9,465,723.00.
Note :- Indebtedness of towns limited to three per cent of valuation of three preceding years (Chap. 44, Sec. 10, G. L.).
Three per cent is
$282,971.00
Total Debt
$468,400.00
Exempted Loans :
Water Dept.
169,000.00
Light Dept.
146,900.00
Sewer Dept.
89,000.00
404,900.00
63,500.00
Borrowing Capacity, Dec. 31, 1922
$219,471.00
Increase over 1921
23,826.00
BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1922
Cash in Banks and Office
$ 40,887.39
Temporary Loans
$125,000.00
Taxes and Assessments Receivable :
Overlays reserved for abatements:
Taxes, 1918
$ 146.88
For 1918 Taxes 146.88
Taxes, 1919
209.16
For 1919 Taxes 209.16
Taxes, 1920
305.21
For 1920 Taxes A 305.21
Taxes, 1921
30,307.13
For 1921 Taxes 404.94
Taxes, 1922
96,469.88
For 1922 Taxes 994.69
2,060.88
Moth, 1921
121.75
Overlay Reserve Fund
864.38
Moth, 1922
452.75
583.70
Sewer Appor'n 1922
711.30
9,636.79
Sewer Appor'n 1922 Int. 153.55
Sewer Unappor'n 1922
8,771.94
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '24
1,982.17
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '25 .
1,893.85
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '26 1,677.17
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '27
1,260.74
Comm. of Mass. Temporary Aid .. 1,731.45
Comm. of Mass. State Aid 524.00
Town of No. Reading Tuition 1,387.85
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '30
1,210.66
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '31
1,211.12
U. S. Gov't. Veterans Bureau
2,273.18
Comm. of Mass.
1,898.78
City of Boston
1,857.08
15,385.79
Sundry Parties
134.85
Moth Bills 1922
1,919.20
City of Cambridge Poor Dept. .. 481.65
137,658.75
Departmental Acct. Receivable:
Comm. of Mass. Mothers Aid $ 1,651.94
Moth Assessments, Revenue
Sewer Assessments, Revenue '22
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '23
2,236.01
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '28 1,210.66
Sewer Assessments Rev. due '29 · 1,210.66
City of Melrose 179.05
13,893.04
Departmental Accts. Rec. (available when collected)
18,634.45 Municipal Light Dept. Accts. Rec. ... Water Department Accts. Rec. 663.31 . ..... Municipal Light Dept. Maint. Acct. .. 157.45
Moth, 1920
9.20
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1922 (Continued)
City of Boston Poor Dept. . 303.00
Water Department Maint. Acct. . 6,633.81
Sundry Parties:
Sewer Dept. Const. & Maint. Acct. ...
13,333.28
Cemetery Dept.
201.11
Sewer Dept. House Connections Acct.
921.63
Sealer of W. & M.
8.40
Cemetery Reserve Fund
577.11
Misc. Accts.
110.00
Insurance Account Special
28.75
Highway Dept.
342.75
Balances Forward to 1923:
Board of Health
381.50
Block System Survey
$ 3.19
15,385.79
South St. Repairs
538.08
Sewer Assessments Appor'n, Rec.
1923-1931
13,893.04
No. Main St. Sidewalk
175.06
Civilian War Poll Tax
3.00
Library Building
854.92
Municipal Light Dept. Accts. Rec.
18,634.45
Sewer Investment Acct.
4.94
Water Department Accts. Rec.
663.31
Painting Municipal Bldg.
300.00
Poor Department, Overdraft
528.45
Drainage System Survey
2,500.00
Taxes on Property Taken
705.83
4,683.73
Reserve Fund
42.13
Sewer Assessments on Property Taken
189.00
1,423.28
Excess & Deficiency Account ..
15,448.78
$228,549.01
$228,549.01
Forest St. Repairs
307.54
191
TRUST FUNDS GEORGE F. BUCK FUND
Dr.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1922
$ 63.54
3.02
Balance, Mechanics Savings Bank
Cr.
$ 66.56
66.56
66.56
Cemetry Bequest Fund
Dr.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1922
Bequests Received :
$ 1,274.41
H. E. Cummings
Emma L. Roby
200.00
Maria L. Winchester, addl.
100.00
Arthur W. Temple
25.00
Sarah B. Turner
150.00
Emma G. Johnston
100.00
Josie Lee
100.00
Emma D. Newell
100.00
Margaret E. Moore
100.00
Nancy Pinkham
100.00
Wilmot K Pratt Estate
100.00
Mary L. Hussey, addl.
100.00
Clara Cox
25.00
Charles D. Smith
100.00
Frank F. Simpson
100.00
Etta F. Rich
100.00
Lucy W. Parker
150.00
Edward F. Mellen
25.00
Mary I. Poland
100.00
George L. Pratt
150.00
A. Louise Todd
200.00
Myra A. Kimball
50.00
Ella J. Parker Estate
100.00
Rachael J. Bennett
200.00
Ward C. Mansfield
50.00
100.00
Total Bequests, 1922
Received from investment due in 1922
$ 2,625.00
Interest on invested funds
500.00
1,139.51
$ 5,538.92
Interest, 1922
192
Cr.
Paid Cemetery Department, Care of lots $ 1,100.00
Balance, Mechanics Savings Bank
4,438.92
$ 5,538.92
UNPAID BILLS, DEC. 31. 1922
Town Clerk's Expense :
Edgerly & Bessom $ 16.25
Doherty Brothers 2.75
-
-- $ 19.00
Fire Department :
Am. Oil & Gasoline Co.
.80
Clapp & Leach
.30
T. C. Fife
13.90
Francis Brothers
2.32
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
4.35
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
8.58
P. N. Sweetser
109.19
Walworth Mfg. Co.
4.26
Wetmore-Savage Co.
6.21
Winchester Laundries, Inc.
8.73
Fire Alarm:
Municipal Light Dept.
48.18
Board of Public Works:
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
5.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
5.53
10.53
Highway Department:
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
3.98
Reading Tire Shop
116.50
Standard Oil Co.
61.60
P. J. Seaman
3.75
185.83
Sewer Department:
Cummings Express Co.
.85
F. F. Smith
6.55
P. N. Sweetser
75.00
82.40
Board of Health:
City of Malden
36.00
Poor Department :
Adams Company
9.32
F. A. Bessom
2.20
Comm. of Mass.
80.00
158.64
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193
City of Boston
637.95
Mass. Homeopathic Hospital
218.50
W. H. Willis
11.95
959.92
School Department:
George H. Adams
60.00
G. H. Atkinson Co.
44.09
R. D. Clapp
9.95
Cummings' Express Co.
1.70
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co.
200.00
Edgerly & Bessom
2.50
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
16.65
J. M. Maxwell, Jr. & Son
9.52
Reading Custom Laundry, Inc.
3.09
Municipal Light Dept.
104.80
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
48.12
Rich's Market
4.78
Stewart & Robertson
54.64
F. Wallace
2.30
F. C. Whittemore
9.15
George T. Wood
62.50
633.79
Tuition Account :
City of Somerville
26.92
Cemetery Department :
John Street Garage
46.59
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
4.58
Joseph L. Peters
14.00
65.17
Water Department :
Bingham & Taylor
87.61
Cummings' Express Co.
2.80
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
60.76
Johns-Manville Co.
6.13
H. Mueller Mfg. Co.
7.06
National Meter Co.
2.06
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
31.15
Reading Motor Co.
35.36
Reading Tire Shop
.75
F. F. Smith
.
1.18
Woburn Machine Co.
6.79
241.65
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Municipal Light Department: See Dept. Report
Miscellaneous:
C. R. Henderson, M. D.
90.00
Hobbs & Warren
3.40
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
2.25
Harvey Quigley
125.00
. Security Lodge , I. O. O. F. 15.00
235.65
$ 2,703.69
$
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REPORT OF TREASURER
Reading, Mass., Dec. 31, 1922.
To the Citizens of Reading :-
During 1922 the only increase in the Town Debt was $7,000 414% Electric Light Department Notes sold in December to Merrill Oldham & Co. at par, but payments made during 1922 reduced the Town Debt to $468,400, the lowest point since 1917. Bonds and Notes to the amount of $40,300 fall due in 1923.
The amount of temporary loans authorized by law in anticipation of revenue for 1922 was $412,537.30. Notes were issued to the amount of $325,000 of which $70,000 was for the purpose of refunding loans of 1921, leaving a balance of $157,537.30 unissued for 1922. This unusual- ly large balance was made possible by the excellent tax collections and other receipts.
H. H. KINSLEY, Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT, CEMETERY BEQUEST FUND, DEC. 31, 1922
Debtor
Jan. 1,' 1922 :
To cash balance
$ 1,274.41
To cash, payment of notes
500.00
To cash, sundry bequests
2,625.00
To interest
1,139.51
$ 5,538.92
Creditor
By payment, care of lots
$ 1,100.00
By cash balance, Dec. 31, in Mechanics
Savings Bank
4,438.92
$ 5,538.92
HENRY H. KINSLEY, Treasurer.
TREASURER'S REPORT, GEORGE F. BUCK TRUSTEE FUND
Debtor
Jan. 1, 1922:
To cash balance $ 63.54
To interest
3.02
$ 66.56
Creditor
Dec. 31, 1922 :-
By balance cash on deposit in Mechanics
Savings Bank $ 66.56
HENRY H. KINSLEY, Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT, TOWN OF READING, DEC. 31, 1922
Debtor
Balance, Jan. 1, 1922
$ 25,906.61
G. V. Viall, Collector, Taxes, Moth, Interest Costs
and Charges
349,186.51
Balance from Municipal Light Dept.
3,506.09
Commonwealth of Mass .:
Corporation Tax
9,038.19
Income Tax
25,526.13
Nat'l Bank Tax
1,380.16
Street Ry. Tax
265.48
Civilian War Poll Tax
18.00
Soldiers' Redemption
94.08
Temporary Aid
1,658.55
State Aid
796.00
Mothers' Aid
2,965.94
Revenue Loans
325,000.00
Municipal Light Dept. Loan
6,800.00
Municipal Light Dept. Notes
7,000.00
Interest on Bank Deposits
1,662.91
School Dept .:
Commonwealth of Mass.
3,739.41
Tuition
4,323.18
Sewer Dept. Receipts
6,631.04
Municipal Light Dept. Receipts
169,949.83
Water Dept. Receipts
37,634.38
Miscellaneous Receipts
12,826.35
$995,908.84
Creditor
Discount Revenue Loans
$ 8,655.04
Interest on Notes & Bonds
10,687.50
State Tax
40,212.30
County Tax
13,035.00
Notes & Bonds paid during 1922
45,300.00
Revenue Loans Paid
325,000.00
Other Payments
512,131.61
Petty Cash on hand
3,200.00
Cash in Banks
37,687.39
$995,908.84
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GRACE V. VIALL, COLLECTOR,
Dr.
Amount uncollected, Dec. 31, 1921, account 1918 Tax
$ 146.88
uncollected, Dec. 31, 1921, account 1919 Tax 333.84
Interest collected, account 1919 Tax 10.52
uncollected, Dec. 31, 1921, account 1920 Tax 23,378.11
Interest collected, account 1920 Tax 2,529.91
66 uncollected, Dec. 31, 1921, account 1921 Tax 112,026.03
66 Interest collected, account 1921 Tax
2,715.15
Poll Tax warrant, June 20th, 1922 12,060.00
66 Poll Tax warrant, Dec. 18th, 1922 90.00
General Tax warrant, Sept. 5th, 1922
305,406.48
Moth Tax, Sept. 5th, 1922
1,310.25
General Tax warrant, Dec. 18th, 1922 264.29
66 Moth Tax, Dec. 18th, 1922 1.00
170.15
Costs and charges
603.22
66 received account redemption of property 27.28
received account sale of unredeemed property 73.18
$461,146.29
Cr.
Amount uncollected, account 1918 Tax
$ 146.88
paid Treasurer, account 1919 Tax
135.20
66 uncollected, account 1919 Tax 209.16
paid Treasurer, account 1920 Tax
25,409.87
66 abated, account 1920 Tax
183.74
66 uncollected, account 1920 Tax
314.41
paid Treasurer, account 1921 Tax
83,660.60
abated, account 1921 Tax 651.70
66 uncollected, account 1921 Tax
30,428.88
66
paid Treasurer, account 1922 Tax
218,335.23
abated, account 1922 Tax
4,044.31
uncollected, account 1922 Tax
96,922.63
66
paid Treasurer, account costs and charges 455.70
66 paid Constable, account warrants 147.52
66 paid Treasurer, account redemption of property ....
27.28
paid Treasurer, account sale of unredeemed property 73.18
$461,146.29
66 Interest collected, account 1922 Tax
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IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF READING
Dr.
Sewer Betterment assessed in 1922 $ 43,671.14
Cr.
Amount paid Treasurer to Sept. 30th, 1922
$ 11,839.68
apportioned 16,439.85
unapportioned 15,391.61
$ 43,671.14
SEWER COMMITMENT FOR 1922
Dr.
Unapportioned assessment
$ 15,391.61
Apportioned assessment
2,267.10
Interest on apportionment
409.13
Apportioned, advance payment
279.71
Interest
9.81
Cr.
$ 18,357.36
Amount paid Treasurer, unapportioned assessment
6,619.67
paid Treasurer, apportioned assessment
1,555.80
Interest
265.39
paid Treasurer, apportioned advance payment
279.71
unpaid assessments, 1922, Commitment
9,636.79
Dr.
522.30
Additional Sewer Rental
6.90
$ 529.20
Cr. 1
Amount paid Treasurer, account Sewer Rentals $ 529.20
GRACE V. VIALL, Collector of Taxes.
Reading, Mass., Dec. 31. 1922.
Approved :
L. G. BENT. Town Accountant.
$ 18,357.36
Sewer Rentals, July 1st, 1922
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REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Trustees of the Public Library submit the following report:
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
The Board organized for the year by the choice of Mr. Wadlin, Chairman, and of Mr. Mansfield as Secretary. Standing committees were appointed as follows:
On Accounts: Messrs. Wadlin, Mansfield and Carter.
On Books: Mr. Mansfield, Miss Whittemore and Miss Bancroft.
On Building and Grounds: Messrs. Wadlin and Keneeley and Miss Bancroft.
On Work with Children: Miss Whittemore and Miss Bancroft.
EXPENSES OF THE LIBRARY
Following is a condensed financial statement: Appropriation, Direct tax, 1922:
Salaries
$ 1,550.00
Maintenance
2,250.00
Total from tax levy
$ 3,800.00
Expended
Salaries, Librarian, Assistants and janitor $ 1,548.00
Books and periodicals, including re-binding
1,483.75
Printing and stationery, etc.
90.87
Fuel, light and water
313.02
Repairs
314.12
Miscellaneous expense
48.08
$ 3,797.84
Balance unexpended :
On salaries
$ 2.00
On maintenance
.16
$ 2.16
-
$ 3,800.00
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REPAIRS
By way of repairs the exterior painted finish of the building has been completely repainted two coats and is now in excellent condition. Some other incidental repairs have been made, not requiring large ex- penditure.
Certain defects in the plastered ceilings of the building have ap- peared which require repair, in order to prevent accident from falling plaster, however remote the possibility of such accident may be. These defects, due to imperfect workmanship on the part of the sub-contractor for the plastering, when the building was built, or to weather conditions not sufficiently guarded against, when part of the work was done, or to both causes, were hidden until recently. We have taken expert advice concerning the matter and acting upon it have included in our budget for the coming year, a sum sufficient to cover the expense involved.
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY
Volumes in library, close of 1921 11,042
Volumes bought, including replacements 688
Received by gift 101
11,831
Worn out, and not replaced
310
Total number of volumes Dec. 31, 1922
11,521
The net gain is 479 volumes. These include 153 in the class "fiction for adults"; and 113 "fiction for young readers; 203 "non-fiction", adults; and 62 "non-fiction", juveniles. The gifts include 21 public documents, (state and national) and 80 volumes, general literature, given by indi- viduals.
With reference to the volumes reported as "worn out and not re- placed," it is proper to say that these include also a certain number lost or discarded, and it is pertinent to quote the following remarks of the librarian :
"Seven volumes were burned on account of contagious disease (in the families of borrowers). Thirty-eight volumes were lost (20 "juve- nile" books and 18 "adult") notwithstanding the fact that 766 requests for return of books held beyond the time for which they were borrowed were sent during the year. Nine volumes were lost because borrowers moved away from town without returning them, some were charged to borrowers who declared that we were mistaken, "they never had them," or "had returned them," while others were taken from the shelves, with- out charging and never, so far, returned."
This statement exhibits some of the inevitable incidents in the operation of a free public library with open shelves. Unfortunately there are always those (comparatively few in number, as against the hundreds who use the library) who do not remember, or who do not
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care to remember that failure to observe the reasonable rules of the library restricts the privileges of others who are more scrupulous. If books are taken but not returned, or if they are kept out of the library longer than they should be, somebody else is deprived of the use of them, or perhaps duplicate copies must be bought to replace those lost, thus diminishing the number of new books which may be added to the library.
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