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The Tax Collector's books have been audited during the year; pay- ments to the Treasurer verified with Treasurer's receipts; statements of all unpaid taxes and assessments sent out.
The accounts of the Water Department have been examined; pay- ments to the Treasurer verified; statements of all unpaid charges sent out and cash in office counted and proved.
The charges and receipts of the Sewer, Moth, Cemetery and Sealer's departments have been checked and found correct.
Statements of department appropriation accounts have been fur- nished each month or the accounts compared with the Accountant's ledger.
The Treasurer's accounts have been examined and agree with the Accountant's books; bank balances have been verified and cash in office counted and proved. Checks have been drawn and deposited for the pay- ment of all temporary and funded loans and for the payment of interest on all notes and bonds.
The accounts of funds held in trust by the Treasurer have been audited; securities examined and cash verified with bank deposits.
My thanks are tendered the Board of Selectmen and all officials and department heads for co-operation with the accounting office.
Respectfully submitted,
LEON G. BENT, Town Accountant.
December 31, 1923.
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Receipts of 1923
Grace V. Viall, Collector :
Poll, Personal and Real Estate Taxes
$361,162.11
Moth Assessments
1,371.25
Sewer Assessments
8,623.84
Sewer Rentals
3,127.05
Sidewalk Assessments
166.42
Interest on Taxes
6,940.80
Interest on Sewer Assessments
912.26
Costs and Charges, less fees
539,60
Redemption of Property
959.24
$383,802.57
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Corporation Tax
$ 8,050.02
Income Tax
16,373 69
School Income Tax, see School Dept.
National Bank Tax
273.61
Street Railway Tax
708.22
Civilian War Poll Tax
24.00
25,429.54
Board of Selectmen:
Licenses and Permits:
Jitney Bus
$ 500 00
Taxicab
10.00
Second-hand Auto Dealers
75.00
Advertising Hearings
37.12
Victuallers
3,3.50
Auctioneers
4.00
Revolvers
17.00
Pool Room and Bowling Alley
15.00
Junk Dealers
75.00
Liquor, 3rd Class
1.00
Hair Dressers
2 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Pedlers' Licenses
26.00
County of Middlesex :
769.62
Dog Tax
896.83
202
Police Department: Sale Still Material
17.15
Court Fines
719.00
736.15
Fire Department:
Mrs. C. F. Burdette
$ 25.00
Town of Wilmington
50.00
C. J. Jaquith
3.00
Neighborhood Betterment Association
19.48
Miscellaneous
20.00
117.48
Moth Department:
Bills paid to H. H. Kinsley, Treasurer :
Account of 1922 work
$ 670.20
Account of 1923 work
756.75
Board of Health:
Sundry Parties reimbursements
$ 4.20
Comm. of Massachusetts
8.00
Town of Stoneham
40,00
Alcohol Permits
9:00
Milk Dealers and Oleomargarine Licenses
19.50
Slaughtering License
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Sundry Parties, testing and sealing fees
52.81
Sewer Department: House Connections : Sundry Parties Guarantee Deposits
3,768.58
Highway Department:
Sundry Parties, Sidewalk Construction,
one-half cost
$ 144.48
Comm. of Massachusetts
60.00
204 48
Poor Department :
Comm. of Mass., Mothers' Aid
$ 2,231.86
Comm. of Mass., Temporary Aid
1,731.45
City of Boston, Overseers of Public Welfare
303.00
City of Cambridge, Overseers of Pub. Welfare
569.50
Sundry Parties, reimbursements, etc.
146.40
Soldiers' Benefits:
Comm. of Mass., State Aid
$ 602.00
Comm. of Mass., Military Aid
145.00
Comm. of Mass., Soldiers' Exemption
145.99
4,982.21
892.99
1,426.95
180.70
203
School Department:
Comm. of Mass., Income Tax (Chap. 70, Sect 1, G. L.) $ 11,400.00
Comm. of Mass., Aid to Industrial School 778.43
Comm. of Mass., Industrial Tuition, reimburse- ment 176.50
Comm. of Mass., Smith-Hughes Fund
165.10
Comm. of Mass., Tuition State Minor Wards
2,707.97
Federal Board Vocational Education, U. S. Veterans Bureau 3,980.43
City of Boston, Tuition City Minor Wards . 1,293.39
City of Melrose, Tuition
617.49
Town of North Reading, Tuition
7,213, 16
Town; of Wilmington, Tuition
124.23
Town of Tewksbury, Tuition
695.19
Sundry Parties, Tuition
350.00
Grouard House, sale food, etc.
358.51
Miscellaneous Receipts
31.09
29,891.49 263,00
Public Library Fines
Municipal Light Department:
Light and Power, rates and charges
197,518.62
Water Department: Water rates and charges
41,231.75
Rents :
C. L. Deming $ 360.00
Sundry Parties
538.00
898.00
Cemetery Department :
Sundry Parties, sale of lots and graves $ 3,011.00
Sundry Parties, care of lots, etc. 2,604.38
Interest on Cemetery Bequest Funds 1,152.19
Royal Indemnity Co. 20.56
6,788 13
Interest on Bank Balances
1,478.71
Revenue Loans, Temporary
300,000.00
Municipal Light Dept. Bonds sold
10,000.00
Premium on Municipal Light Dept. Bonds ..
65.00
Benj. L. Fabens' Est. Legacy
100.00
C. L. Deming, Telephone charges, reimbursement $ 45.77 Light charges, ditto 53.98
99.75
Insurance Account Special, Sundry Parties, pay- ment on loss 63.24
Miscellaneous Receipts .85
204
Refunds :
Sundry Parties, Insurance rebates
$ 172.49
Poor Dept. Acct, 1923 payment
3,00
School Dept. Acct. 1923, payment
2.64
178.13
Total Receipts
$1,011,863.58
PAYMENTS OF 1923
Insurance Account, Special
$ 71.00
Overlay 1922 Abatements
39.06
Overlay 1923 Abatements
8.08
General Revenue, Refunds
215 00
Tax Title Account
32.70
Moderator's Salary
60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
276.59
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Accountant's Salary
1,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,000.00
Treasurer's Expenses
431.68
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Collector's Expenses
722, 63
Collector's Clerical
127.25
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
999.10
Assessors' Clerical
1,144.00
Block System Survey
219.53
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Salary
200.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
493.69
Board of Public Works Salaries and Expenses
4,467.33
Registrars Salaries
170.00
Election Expenses
270.09
Miscellaneous Expenses
4,001.54
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,874.92
Central Fire Station Maintenance
865.00
Victory House Lighting
173.72
G. A. R. Rooms Lighting
12.28
G. A. R. Rooms, Rent
336.00
Insurance
10,424.11
Interest
18,269.79
Police Department Maintenance
2,206.35
Police Department Salaries
12,663.85
Police Department Special Pay Roll
713.76
Fire Department Maintenance
3,760.63
Fire Department Salaries
8,800.00
Fire Department Call Men Pay Roll
2,751.00
205
Fire Alarm Special Appropriation
1,095.56
Fire Alarm Maintenance
634.08
Fire Alarm Supt. Salary
33.34
Moth Department Maintenance
6,397.89
Tree Warden Maintenance
1,500.00
Forest Warden Maintenance
136.11
Hydrant Rentals
6,060.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Inspector of Buildings Salary 300.00
Inspector of Wires Salary 100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses
61.66
Health Department Salaries
250.00
Health Department Expenses
298.84
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
700.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
200.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
735.42
Garbage Collection
1,600.00
Sewer Department, Maintenance and Construction House Connections Account
14,559.55
Highway Department:
49,035.69
Snow and Ice Removal
7,474.56
· Drainage Ditches Cleaning
2,702.19
Street Lighting
14,800.00
Poor Department, Maintenance
6,184.95
Poor Department, Clerical Salary
352.00
Poor Department, Visitor
400.00
Poor Department, Board and Care
2,319.61
Poor Department, Mothers' Aid, Town of Reading
1,846, 56
Poor Department, Mothers' Aid, State of Mass.
2,189.34
Poor Department, Temporary Aid, State of Mass.
1,912.05
State Aid, Acct. Civil War
462.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,800.50
School Department:
General Maintenance
35,852.82
Salaries
107,498.08
Agricultural Maintenance
999.20
Agricultural Salaries
4,426.50
Tuition
808.36
Public Library Maintenance
3,046.38
Public Library Salaries
1,995.98
Park Department, Maintenance
1,958.11
Cemetery Department, Maintenance
11,061.70
Water Department
45,379.89
Municipal Light Department
244,741.57
Flag Pole
431.20
3,494.51
Inspector of Milk Salary
100.00
206
Memorial Day
260,78
Soldiers' Graves, Care of
361.34
Public Library Building Claims
854.92
Painting Municipal Building
75.00
Drainage System Survey
1,500.00
Child Welfare Work
290.00
Middlesex County Agricultural Bureau
150.00
State Tax
20,520.00
Civilian War Poll Tax
7,125.00
National Bank Tax
574.91
Corporation Tax
31,03
State Highway Tax
2,318.99
Fire Prevention Tax
99.02
Municipal Lighting Tax
39.17
County Tax
12,627 383
Metropolitan Sewer Assessments
10,064.92
Temporary Loans
325,000.00
Maturing Debt, not including light & water bonds
12,500.00
B. L. Fabens' Legacy, to Library Fund
100,00
Total
$1,039,339.79
Less Transfers
18,547.73
Net Payments
$1,020,792.06
TREASURER'S CASH
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1923
$ 40,887.39
Receipts for 1923
1,011,863.58
1,052,750,97
Payments for 1923
1,020,792.06
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1923
$ 31,958.91
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1923
General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
300.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Accountant's Salary
1,000, 00
Treasurer's Salary
1,000.00
Treasurer's Expenses
400.00
Tax Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Tax Collector's Expenses
650.00
Tax Collector's Clerical
150.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,000 00
207
Assessors' Clerical
1,144,00
Town Clerk's Salary
200.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
500.00
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
Registrars' Salaries
170.00
Election Expenses
500.00
Board of Public Works, Supt. Salary
3,000.00
Clerical
936 00
Expenses
576.50
Block System Survey
250.00
$ 17,446.50
General Accounts:
Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 3,000.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
3,000.00
Central Fire Station Maintenance
850.00
Lighting G. A. R. Rooms
25.00
Lighting Victory House
200.00
Insurance
9,000.00
Interest
(19,142.50
$ 35,217.50
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department, Salaries
$ 13,500.00
Expenses
2,048.00
Fire Dept., Salaries
8,800,00
Call Men
2,765.00
Expenses
3,500.00
Fire Alarm, Supt.'s Salary Maintenance
100.00
775.00
Moth Department Maintenance
6,400.00
Forest Warden Maintenance
200,00
Tree Warden Maintenance
1,500.00
Inspector of Wires, Salary
100.00
Inspector of Buildings, Salary
300.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Salary
400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Expenses
100.00
Hydrant Rentals
6,060.00
$ 46,548.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries
$ 250.00
Board of Health, Expenses
300.00
Inspector of Plumbing, Salary
700.00
Inspector of Milk, Salary
100.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
200.00
Care Contagious Diseases
1,200.00
Garbage Removal
1,600.00
$ 4,350.00
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HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, Etc.
Highway Maintenance
$ 50,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
7,500.00
Drainage Ditches
3,000.00
Street Lighting
14,800.00
$ 75,300.00
CHARITIES AND AID
Overseers of Poor, Clerical
$ 352.00
Overseers of Poor, Visitor
400 00
Poor Department, Outside Relief, etc.
5,000.00
Board and Care
2,500.00
Mothers' Aid, Town of Reading
1,500.00
Mothers' Aid, Comm. of Mass.
2,500 00
Temporary Aid, Comm. of Mass.
1,800.00
$ 14,052.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Soldiers' Relief
$ 4,000.00
Military Aid
300.00
State Aid
700.00
$ 5,000.00
EDUCATION
School Department: Salaries, General Acct .:
$107,867.00
Expenses, Gen'l Acct.
33,000.00
Salaries, Agr. Acct.
4,800.00
Expenses, Agr. Acct.
1,000.00
Vocational Tuition
500.00
Public Library, Salaries
2,050.00
Public Library, Expenses
3.050,00
$152,267.00
RECREATION
Care Common and Parks and Supervised Play ..
$ 2,370.00
CEMETERIES
Laurel Hill Cemetery
$ 8,553.82
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Memorial Day Observance
$ 300.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Rent G. A. R. Rooms
336.00
Flag Pole
500.00
Collector's Special
150.00
Fire Alarm Boxes
1,320. 00
209
فيمجـ
Child Welfare Work Bureau of Agriculture
150.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
6,021.00
Total Appropriations
$367,125.82
APPROPRIATIONS NOT FROM TAX LEVY Overdrafts from 1922
Taxes on Property Taken
$ 705.83
Sewer Assessments on Property Taken
189.00
Poor Department Maintenance
528.45
Note: Appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Account.
RECAPITULATION
Town Expenses
$367,125.82
State Taxes and Assessments
33,042.10
County Tax
12,627.83
Civilian War Poll Tax
7,107.00
$419,920.75
Overlay
5,577.79
$425,498.54
VALUATION 1923
APPROPRIATIONS 1923
Real Estate
$ 9,086,055.00
Town Expenses
$367,125.82
State & County Tax-
es, etc.
22,977.18
Total Valuation $10,380,903.00
Civilian War Poll Tax 7,125.00
Overlay
5,577.79
Real Estate Tax $ 293,483.49
Personal Estate Tax
41,826.82
$425,498.54
Less
$ 335,310.31
Poll Tax 2375 @ $5
11,875, 00
$ 347,185.31
$347,185.31
December Commitment
Real Estate Tax .. $ 768.13
Real Estate $ 23,780.00
Personal Estate Tax 180.90
Personal Estate
5,600.00
Poll Tax 75.00
$ 29,380 00
Total Taxes . $ 1,024.03
Polls 15 @ $5.00
290.00
875.00
$ 1,423.28
Personal Estate
1,294,848.00
Assessed @ $32.30
Estimated Receipts ..
78,313.23
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STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ETC. 1923
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Tax
$ 20,520.00
State Highway Tax, Sec. 16, Chap. 81, Gell
Laws
2,318.99
Fire Prevention Tax, Sec. 29, Chap. 148, Gen. Laws
99.02
Civilian War Poll Tax, Chap. 283, Acts 1919
7,170.00
Municipal Lighting Tax, Sec. 11, Chap, 25, Gen. Laws
(Reimbursed by Municipal Light Dept.) 39.17
National Bank Tax
574.91
Corporation Tax
31.03
Metropolitan Sewerage Assessments
(Reimbursed by Sewer Dept.)
10,064.92
County of Middlesex, County Tax
12,627.83
$ 53,445.87
ACCOUNTING, TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS TAXES 1918
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 146.88
Collected 1923
146.88
$ 146.88 $ 146.88
TAXES 1919
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 209.16
Collected 1923
209.16
$ 209.16
$ 209.16
TAXES 1920
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 305.21
Transfer from Moth Acct. to correct
9.20
Collected 1923
65.08
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
249.33
$ 314.41 $ 314.41
TAXES 1921
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 30,307.13
Transfer from Moth Acct. to correct
18.25
Collected 1923
28,464.40
Abatements
160.21
Transfer, Tax Titles Acct.
1,471.38
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
229.39
$ 30,325.58 $ 30,325 58
211
TAXES 1922
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 96,469.88
Transfer from Moth and Int. Acct. to correct ..
57.50
Collected 1923
92,922.41
Abatements
996.88
Transfer, Tax Titles Acct.
783.64
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
1,824.45
$ 96,527.38
$ 96,527.38
TAXES 1923
Commitment Sept.
$347,185.31
Commitment Dec.
1,024.03
Collected
239,354.18
Abatements
2,968.64
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
105,886 52
$348,209.34
$348,209.34
MOTH 1921
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 121.75
Collected 1923
103.50
Transfer, Taxes to correct
18.25
$ 121.75 $ 121.75
MOTH 1922
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 452,75
Collected 1923
395.25
Transfer, Taxes 1922 to correct.
57.50
$ 452.75 $ 452.75
MOTH 1923
Commitment
$ 1,282.00
Collected 1923
872.50
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
409.50
$ 1,282.00 $ 1,282 00
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Commitment 1923
$ 209.82
Collected 1923
166.42
Balance uncollected Dee. 31, 1923
43.40
$ 200.82 $ 209.82
212
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Unapportioned
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 8,771.94
Commitment 1923
243.00
Interest 1923
242.10
Collected 1923
6,410.75
Apportioned 1923
128.73
Abatements 1923
90.86
Cancelled
1,793.23
Transfer, Tax Titles Acct.
716.52
Transfer, to correct
27.60
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
89.35
$ 9,257.04 $ 9,257.04
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1922
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 711.30
Transfer to correct
36.09
Collected 1923
747.39
$ 747.39 $ 747.39
INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1922
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1923
$ 153.55
Transfer to correct
7.60
Collected
161.15
$ 161.15 $ 161.15
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1923
Commitment 1923
$ 2,244.92
Collected 1923
1,498.24
Transfer to correct
12.87
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
733.81
$ 2,244.92
$ 2,244.92
INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1923
Commitment
$ 834.69
Collected
509.01
Transfer to correct
3.22
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
..
322.46
$ 831.69 $ 834.69
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213
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1923
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$
2,236.01
Additional Apportionment
25.74
Collected to Sept. 1, 1923
16.83
Commitment to Collector
2,244.92
$ 2,261,75 $2,261.75
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1924
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,982.17
Additional Apportionment
12.87
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,970.95
$ 1,995.04 $ 1,995.04
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1925
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,893.85
Additional Apportionment
12.87
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,882.63
$ 1,906.72 $ 1,906.72
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Approtionment of 1926
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,677.17
Additional Apportionment
12.87
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,665.95
$ 1,690.04 $ 1,690.04
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1927
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$
1,260.74
Additional Apportionment
12.87
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,249.52
$ 1,273.61
$
1,273.61
214
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1928
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
Additional Apportionment
$ 1,210,66 12.87
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,199.44
$ 1,223.53 $ 1,223.53
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1929
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,210.66
Additional Apportionment
12.87
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,199.44
$ 1,223. 53 $ 1,223.53
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1930
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,210.66
Additional Apportionment
12,87
Collected, advance payment 1923
24.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,199.44
$ 1,223.53 $ 1,223.53
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1931
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,211.12
Additional Apportionment
12.90
Collected, advance payments 1923
24.10
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
1,199.92
$ 1,224 02
$ 1,224.02
OVERLAY 1918
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 146 88
Transferred to Overlay Reserve Fund
$ 146.88
$ 146.88
$ 146.88
OVERLAY 1919
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 209.16
Transferred to Overlay Reserve Fund
$ 209.16
$ 209.16 $ 209.16
215
OVERLAY 1920
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 305.21
Transferred to Overlay Reserve Fund
55.88
Balance to 1924
249.33
OVERLAY 1921
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 404.94
Abatements 1923
160.21
Transferred to Overlay Reserve Fund
15.34
Balance to 1924
229.39
1
$ 404,94
$ 404.94
OVERLAY 1922
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 994.69
Abatements 1923
1,035.94
Balance to 1924, Overdraft
41.25
$ 1,035.94 $
1,035.94
OVERLAY 1923
Appropriation
$ 5,577.79
December Commitment
1,024.03
Abatements 1922
2,976.72
Balance to 1923
3,625.10
$ 6,601.82 $ 6,601.82
OVERLAY RESERVE FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 864.38
Transferred from 1918
146.88
Transferred from 1919
209.16
Transferred from 1920
55.88
Transferred from 1921
15.34
Transferred to Reserve Fund
864.38
Balance to 1924
427.26
$ 1,291.64
$ 1,291.64
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE POOR DEPARTMENT Mother's Aid
Balance due from Comm. of Mass., Jan. 1, 1923 $ 1,651.94
Payments 1923
2,189.34
Received from Comm.
2,231.86
Balance due from Comm. Dec. 31, 1923
1,609.42
$ 3,841.28
$ 3,841.28
$ 305.21
$ 305.21
216
Temporary Aid
Balance due from Comm. of Mass, Jan. 1, 1923 $ 1,731.45
Payments 1923
1,912.05
Received from Comm.
1,731.45
Balance due from Comm., Dec. 31, 1923
1,912.05
$ 3,643.50 $ 3,643.50
CITY OF BOSTON Overseers of Public Welfare
Balance due Jan. 1, 1923
$ 303.00
Received
303.00
$ 303.00 $ 303.00
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Overseers of Public Welfare
Balance due Jan. 1, 1923
$ 481.65
Charged in 1923
87.85
Received
569.50
$ 569.50 $ 569.50
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS STATE AID
Balance due from Comm, of Mass., Jan. 1, 1923 .. $ 524.00
Payments, 1923
462.00
Received from Comm.
602.00
Balance due from Comm.
384.00
$ 986.00 $ 986.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Balance due from Sundry Parties Jan. 1, 1923
$ 381.50
Charged to Sundry Parties, 1923
208.20
Received from ditto
52.20
Balance due from ditto
537.50
$ 589.70 $ 589.70
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, TUITION Town of North Reading
Balance due Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,387.85 5,825.31
Charged in 1923
Received
7,213.16
$ 7,213.16 $ 7,213.16
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217
Town of Wilmington
Charged in 1923
$ 186.34
Received
124.23
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
62.11
$ 186.34 $ 186.34
City of Melrose
Balance due Jan. 1, 1923
$ 179.05
Charged in 1923
624.77
Received
617.49
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
186.33
$ 803.82
$ 803.82
Sundry Parties
Charged in 1923
$ 510.00
Received
379.00
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
131 00
$ 510.00 $ 510.00
FEDERAL BOARD VOCATIONAL EDUCATION U. S. Veterans' Bureau
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 2,273.18
Charged in 1923
2,788.43
Received
3,980.76
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
1,080.85
$ 5,061.61
$ 5,061.61
Town of Tewksbury
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 163.85
Charged in 1923
428.45
Received
530.19
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
62.11
$ 592.30
$ 592.30
City of Boston City Minor Wards
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,857.08
Charged in 1923
756.32
Received
1,293.39
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
1,320.01
$ 2,613.40 $ 2,613.40
218
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Minor Wards
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 1,898.78
Charged in 1923
1,513.39
Received
2,707.97
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
704.20
$ 3,412.17 $ 3,412.17
MOTH DEPARTMENT Moth Bills 1922
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 charged in 1922
$ 1,919.20
Charged to balance
1.50
Received to Aug. 25, 1923
638,70
Committed to Collector
1,282.00
$ 1,920.70
$ 1,920.70
Moth Bills 1923
Charged in 1923 (work done in 1923)
$ 2,442.00
Received
756.75
Credits
4.00
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
1,681.25
$ 2,442.00
$ 2,442,00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Care of Lots, Etc.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 201.11
Additional Charges for 1922
19.70
Charged in 1923
3,083.93
Received
2,604.38
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1923
700.36
$ 3,304.74 $ 3,30474
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Sidewalk Construction
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 342.75
Charged in 1923
101.96
Received
144.48
Cancelled
21.11
Committed to Collector
.
209.82
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
69.30
$ 444 71 $ 444.71
219
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 8.40
Charged in 1923
68.16
Received
52.81
Cancelled
.72
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
23.03
$ 76.56
$ 76.56
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 56.00
Charged in 1923
108.48
Received
114.48
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
50.00
$ 164.48 $ 164.48
SUNDRY DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 54,00
Charged in 1923
168.00
Received .
80.00
Balance due Dec. 31, 1923
142.00
$ 222.00 $ 222.00
TOTAL DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS
Receivable Dec. 31, 1923 $ 10,655.52
WATER DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 663.31
Meter rates, etc., charged in 1923
41,142.66
Cr.
Receipts 1923
41,231.75
Abatements
362.72
Bills uncollectible
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
211.49
$ 41,805.97
$ 41,805,97
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923 $ 18,634.45
Light, Power, etc., charged in 1923 215,543.32
220
Cr.
Receipts 1923
197,518.62
Discounts and Credits
13,450.63
Bills uncollectible, charged off
1,290.24
Balance Dec. 31, 1923
21,918.28
$234,177.77
$234,177.77
CEMETERY RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 577.11
Receipts, Sale Lots and Graves
3,011.00
Dr.
Transferred to Laurel Hill Cemetery Account .. 2,129.28
Balance to 1924
1,458.83
$ 3,588.11 $ 3,588.11
INSURANCE ACCOUNT-SPECIAL
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 28.75
Receipts Various Parties, payments on loss
63.24
Dr.
Paid Stewart & Robertson
71,00
Balance to 1924
20.99
$ 91.99 $ 91.99
TAX TITLES HELD BY TOWN
Dr.
Taxes, assessments, interest and costs on prop-
erty taken on 1916 to 1920 levies
$ 1,567.61
Ditto on 1921 levy
1,690.20
Ditto on 1922 levy
1,659.47
Cr.
Redemption of property 1923
959.24
Balance to 1924
3,958.04
$ 4,917.28 $ 4,917.2S
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 15,448.78
Transferred Tax Title Revenue
959.24
Transferred Sewer Assessment Revenue
716.52
Transferred Revenue Acct.
20,241.54
221
Dr.
Transferred to Maturing Debt. Acct.
12,500.00
Transferred to Poor Dept. Acct.
528.45
Transferred to Taxes on Property Taken
705.83
Transferred to Sewer Assessment on Property Taken
189.00
Transferred to Tax Titles Revenue
3,004.24
Transferred to Reserve Fund
1,500.00
Balance to 1924
18,938.56
$ 37,366.08 $ 37,366.08
RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1923
$ 42.13
Appropriation
2,000.00
Appropriation Transfer from E. & D. Acct. ....
1,500.00
Appropriation Transfer from Overlay Reserve ..
864.38
Dr.
Transfer to Treasurer's Expense
$ 31.68
Transfer to Collector's Expense 72.63
Transfer to Miscellaneous Expense
1,001.54
Transfer Central Fire Station Expense
15.00
Transfer Police Dept., Maintenance
158.35
Transfer Fire Dept. Maintenance
260.63
Transfer School Dept. Gen'l Maintenance
2,850.18
Balance to 1924
16.50
$
4,406.51 $
4,406.51
APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Moderator's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Jesse W. Morton
$ 60.00
$ 60.00 $ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
Cr.
Appropriation
$
300.00
Dr.
C. F. Atkinson, Services
$
10.00
L. G. Bent, Expenses
1.20
$
60.00
222
L. G. Bent, Perambulating Town Lines 20 00
Helen A. Brown, Services
20.00
Commercial Art Studio, Signs 3.75
L. M. Cook, Copying
1.00
Effie C. Currell, Services
8.00
Hobbs & Warren, Stationery
1.50
Margaret Hunt, Copying
3.37
H. B. MeArdle, Stationery
3.50
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
59.29
New England Towel Supply Co.
16.80
J. Fred Richardson, Perambulating Town Lines
20.00
Royal Typewriter Co.
35.00
L. C. Smith & Bro. Typewriter Co.
2.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, Printing
43.18
United States Post Office, Box rent
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