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During the early winter this section was visited by the European Fowl Plague, many poultrymen loosing almost their entire flock before the disease was brought under control. Quarantine of all poultry ship- ments aided much in bringing it within control.
Rabies was diagnosed in a few dogs during the year, but fortunately persons bitten received treatment. No doubt the vaccination of dogs against rabies has helped materially in keeping down the number of cases which appear in places where the treatment is being used extensively.
About two hundred twenty-five head of cattle, four goats, and upward of one hundred swine were inspected this year.
Yours very truly,
C. H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
Mr. Frederick L. Springford,
Chairman of the Law Committee,
Reading, Mass.
Dear Mr. Springford :- Since I took office as Town Counsel last May I have advised the different town departments on a multitude of questions, I believe that with one exception I have advised every department at one time or another during the year. I have also rendered opinions in writing on what seemed to be the more important questions at the rate of about three opinions weekly. I have also attended to work at the Land Court concerning tax titles.
By direction of the Board of Selectmen I represented the Town at a hearing in the Middlesex Probate Court on the petition for instructions brought by the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, et al., Executors under the will of Gilman L. Parker.
By direction of the Board of Selectmen I also prepared and filed in the General Court a bill entitled "An Act Providing for Appointive Trustees of Trust Funds in the Town of Reading. "
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES P. HOWARD.
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REPORT OF TREASURER
To the Citizens of Reading:
My annual report as Treasurer is submitted as follows :
As authorized by vote at our March 9th meeting $20,000.00 of 4% Water Main Loan Bonds were issued and sold, dated May 1, 1925, payable $2,000.00 yearly May 1, 1926, to May 1, 1935, inclusive.
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Notes January 1, 1925 outstanding $428,800.00
Water Main Loan Bonds 20,000.00
Bonds and notes paid in 1925 $ 48,800.00
$448,800.00
December 31, 1925 outstanding
400,000.00
$448,800.00
NOTES ISSUED IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE
January 1, 1925 outstanding
$125,000.00
Notes issued in 1925 345,000.00
$470,000.00
Notes paid during year
$355,000.00
December 31, 1925 Notes Outstanding 115,000.00
$470,000.00
Our Trust Funds have been increased this year by receipts from the Executors of the Gilman L. Parker Estate of $5,000.00 for a High School Scholarship Fund with $41.11 Interest and $35,000.00 as part of the Bequest for a Hospital Fund with $10,000.00 interest.
An account of receipts and payments is shown on the following page and an itemized account of this with statements of our Trust Funds will be found in our Town Accountant's report which shows these accounts in detail,
WILFRED A. BANCROFT, Treasurer.
Reading, December 31, 1925.
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TREASURER'S REPORT, DECEMBER 31, 1925
Debtor
Balance, January 1, 1925
$ 58,708.51
Grace V. Viall, Collector
$451,722.59
Commonwealth of Mass., Taxes, etc.
44,177.08
Municipal Light Dept., Receipts
213,011.78
Water Dept. Receipts
47,224.49
Sewer Dept., Guarantee Deposits
2,697.06
Dept. of Public Welfare, Receipts
4,191.82
School Dept., Receipts
12,055.66
Cemetery Dept., Receipts
5,938.59
Other Depts., Receipts
5,727.53
Miscellaneous, Receipts
1,845.78
Interest on Deposits
1,419.84
Water Dept., Bonds Sold
20,000.00
Water Dept., Premiums and Accured Interest
132.89
Temporary Loans, Anticipation of Revenue ..
345,000.00
Trust Funds, Bequests and Interest, etc.
56,600.91
Trust Funds for Re-investment
14,659.22
$1,226,405.24
Total Receipts
$1,285,113.75
Creditor
Discount Temporary Loans $ 7,750.79
Interest on Notes and Bonds, Funded Debt . 10,148.75
State Taxes and Assessments
36,828.04
County Tax
16,452.40
Notes and Bonds paid during 1925 48,800.00
Temporary Loans Paid
355,000.00
Other payments
757,295.83
Total Payments
Balance Dec. 31, 1925
$1,232,275.81 52,837.94
$1,285,113.75
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES For the Year Ended December 31 1925
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Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :- The annual report of the accounting department, showing the receipts and expenditures, and other information relative to the financial transactions of the Town, is herewith submitted.
The Treasurer's accounts have been audited, bank balances and cash verified and proved.
The accounts of Trust Funds have been audited, securities examined and bank balances verified.
The Collector's accounts have been examined, collections checked with payments to the Treasurer, and auditor's statements of unpaid taxes, at date of audit, have been sent out.
The books and accounts of the Water Dept., Sewer, Moth and Cemetery Departments and of the Sealer of Weights and Measures have been ex- amined and verified.
Statements of balances have been furnished the several departments or the accounts checked with the Accountant's ledger.
Acknowledgement is made, with appreciation, of the continued - co- operation of the Board of Selectmen and other officials and department heads with this office.
Respectfully submitted,
LEON G. BENT, Town Accountant.
December 31, 1925.
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Receipts for 1925
Grace V. Viall, Collector :
Taxes, Poll, Personal, Real Estate
$432,743.66
Interest on Taxes
4,381.38
Moth Assessments
1,083.75
Sewer Assessments
4,613.07
Interest on Sewer Assessments
898.34
Sewer Rentals
5,988.20
Summons, Costs and Charges, less fees
508.35
Redemption of Property
1,505.84
$451,722.59
Wilfred A. Bancroft, Treasurer :
Moth Bills, 1924-1925
$ 1,224.10
Sidewalk Work Bills
191.34
Interest on Deposits
1,419.84
Premium & Accrued Interest on Bonds
132.89
Municipal Light Dept. Tax Reimbursement .
76.23
Cemetery Bequest Funds, Bequests & Int.
6,551.69
Cemetery Bequest Funds, for re-investment Reading High School Scholarship Fund
5,041.11
Hospital Fund
45,000.00
Geo. F. Buck Fund, Interest
3.29
Library Fund, Interest
4.82
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Corporation Tax
$ 9,927.74
Income Tax
32,986.07
National Bank Tax
397.16
Street Railway Tax
768.15
Soldiers' Exemption
97.96
44,177.08
County of Middlesex, Dog Tax
1,075.85
Board of Selectmen, Licenses, Permits, etc.
808.20
Moth and Tree Warden Dept's:
Sundry
178.50
Police Department :
Court Fines
690.00
Sale Material
6.46
696.46
14,659.22
$ 74,304.53
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Fire Department, Sale Material, Services, etc. .. 163.65 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Fees 46.14
Board of Health :
Contagious Diseases Account, Reimburse- ments
135.22
Licenses and Permits, etc.
118.25
253.47
Board of Public Works, Sundry Receipts
53.67
Highway Dept., M. & M. Gas Lt. Co. 312.50
366.17
Dept. of Public Welfare:
Comm. of Mass., Mothers' Aid 2,038.71
Comm. of Mass., Temporary Aid 2,021.45
Comm. of Mass., Burial Expenses
40.00
Sundry Receipts 81.66
Sundry Parties, Reimbursements
10.00
Soldiers' Relief Account
Comm. of Mass., State Aid, Reinbursement.
School Department:
Comm. of Mass., Tuition, State Wards 1,580.10
Federal Board Voc. Ed., U. S. Veterans, Bureau, Tuition
895.17
City of Boston, Tuition
1,528.00
City of Melrose, Tuition
299.62
Town of North Reading, Tuition
5,855.94
Town of Tewksbury, Tuition
142.50
Sundry Parties, Tuition
150.00
Comm. of Mass. Voc. Ed. Aid
877.74
Comm. of Mass., Tuition Reimbursement
408.46
Smith-Hughes Fund
287.58
Sundry Receipts
30.55
12,055.66 300.00
Public Library Fines
Municipal Light Department:
Light and Power Rates, etc.
213,011.78
Water Department: Water Rates, etc.
47,224.49
Sewer Department, House Connection Deposits .
2,697.06
Cemetery Department:
Sundry Parties, Sale Lots and Graves 2,739.00
Sundry Parties, Care Lots and Graves 3,199.59
5,938.59
Temporary Loans
345,000.00
Water Mains Extension Loan
20,000.00
4,191.82 37.00 402.00
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Rents :
C. L. Deming
360.00
Sundry Parties
700.50
1,060.50
Refunds:
Treasurer's Expense Account
4.00
Interest Account
420.23
Police Dept. Account
3.67
Board of Public Welfare Account
20.00
Highway Dept. Account
.50
Sewer Maint. Account
166.85
Water Dept. Maint. Account
16.00
631.25
Miscellaneous Receipts
62.45
Total Receipts
$1,226,405.24
PAYMENTS OF 1925
Overlay 1924 Abatements
$ 77.25
Overlay 1925 Abatements
7.59
Moderator's Salary
60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
288.37
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Accountant's Salary
1,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,000.00
Treasurer's Expenses
354.96
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Collector's Expenses
709.36
Collector's Clerical
136.50
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,997.47
Assessors' Clerical
1,300.00
Block System Survey
313.90
Town Counsel's Salary and Expenses
575.16
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
567.53
Board of Public Works, Salaries & Expenses
5,090.01
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election Expenses
1,310.66
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,834.21
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,948.98
Fire Stations Maintenance and Repairs
842.65
Victory House Lighting
106.25
G. A. R. Rooms Lighting
8.66
G. A. R. Rooms Rent
360.00
Insurance
5,657.70
Interest
18,319.77
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Police Department Maintenance & signal system
6,151.45
Police Department Salaries
17,325.09
Police Department Special Officers
910.04
Fire Department Maintenance 4,728.76
Fire Department Salaries
14,509.65
Fire Department Call Men Pay Roll
2,436.16
Fire Alarm Maintenance and new boxes
1,491.33
Moth Department Maintenance
6,185.79
Tree Warden Maintenance
1,670.63
Forest Warden Maintenance
502.79
Hydrant Rentals
6,685.00
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
99.28
Health Department Salaries
250.00
Health Department Expenses
521.21
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
700.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
200.00
Inspector of Milk Salary
100.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
1,390.47
Garbage Collection
1,800.00
Sewer Department, Maintenance and Construct'n House Connections Account
2,846.61
Highway Department :
59,999.39
Snow and Ice Removal
4,625.94
Drainage Ditches Cleaning
2,769.55
Street Lighting
11,000.00
Dept. of Public Welfare, Maintenance
7,412.97
Dept. of Public Welfare, Clerical Salary
352.00
Dept. of Public Welfare, Visitor's Salary
400.00
Dept. of Public Welfare, special appropriation
3,519.42
Dept. of Public Welfare, Mothers' Aid
4,051.41
Dept. of Public Welfare, Temporary Aid,
2,248.30
State Aid, Acct. Civil War
340.00
Military Aid
30.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,067.66
School Department:
General Maintenance
38,747.32
Salaries
118,939.79
Agricultural Maintenance
230.48
Agricultural Salaries
3,615.78
Agricultural Salaries, Smith-Hughes Fund .
287.58
Tuition, Vocational Education 585.77
Public Library Maintenance 2,746.24
Public Library Salaries
2,782.70
1
7,780.14
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Park Department, Maintenance
2,558.65
Laurel Hill Cemetery Maintenance
12,259.10
Water Department, Maintenance, Etc.
44,874.80
Municipal Light Department, Maintenance, Etc. .
222,601.17
Care of Soldiers' Graves
500.00
Memorial Day Observance
351.35
Water Department, Cash
100.00
Municipal Light Dept.,
Cash
150.00
No. Main Street Sidewalk
175.06
Channell Property Purchase
7,600.00
Victory House Maintenance
500.00
Child Welfare Work
300.00
Middlesex Co. Bureau of Agriculture
200.00
Planning Board Exp.
846.26
Traffic Beacons.
1.388.00
School Land, Survey, Etc.
148.33
Forest Glen Cemetery Development
10,910.31
School Land Purchase Expenses
838.33
Building Lines
100.00
John Street Drain
14,228.26
County Tax
16,452.40
State Tax
21,600.00
State Highway Tax
3,886.14
Fire Prevention Tax
109.83
Municipal Lighting Tax
76.23
Corporation Tax
70.41
Water Mains, Construction
11,760.99
Metropolitan Sewer Assessments
11,155.84
Temporary Loans
355,000.00
Maturing Debt, not including Water & Light Dept.
23,000.00
Cemetery Bequest Fund, Bequests & Inc., Trans.
5,312.23
Cemetery Bequest Fund, Securities Purchased ..
14,659.22
Geo. F. Buck Fund, Income Transfer
3,29
Library Fund, Income Transfer
4.82
Reading High School Scholarship Fund Transfer
5,041.11
Hospital Fund Transfer
45,000.00
Total Payments
$1,232,275.81
TREASURER'S CASH
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1925 $ 58,708.51
Receipts, 1925
1,226,405.24
$1,285,113.75
Payments 1925
1,232,275.81
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1925
$ 52,837.94
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1925
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
700.00
Tax Collector's Clerical
150.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
2,000.00
Assessors' Clerical
1,300.00
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
575.00
Town Counsel's Salary and Expenses
600.00
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election Expenses
1,000.00
Board of Public Works, Salaries and Office Expenses
5,100.00
Block System Survey
250.00
$ 20,145.00
General Accounts :
Miscellaneous Expenses $ 3,000.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
3,000.00
Fire Stations, Maintenance and Repairs
1,000.00
Lighting G. A. R. Rooms
25.00
Lighting Victory House
200.00
Insurance
5,500.00
Interest
18,000.00
$ 30,725.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department, Salaries
$ 17,329.72
Special Officers 200.00
Maintenance and Signal System 6,300.00
Fire Department, Salaries
14,509.59
Call Men, Salaries
2,444.00
Maintenance 5,000.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance and New Boxes
1,465.00
Moth Department Maintenance
6,200.00
Tree Warden Maintenance
1,500.00
Forest Warden Maintenance
500.00
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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
6,685.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
$ 63,133.31
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries
250.00
Board of Health, Expenses 600.00
Inspector of Plumbing, Salary
700.00
Inspector of Milk, Salary
100.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
200.00
Care Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Garbage Removal
1,800.00
$
5,650.00
HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, ETC.
Highway Maintenance
$ 60,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
4,000.00
Drainage Ditches
3,000.00
Street Lighting
11,000.00
$ 79,000.00
CHARITIES AND AID
Board of Public Welfare, Clerical
$ 352.00
Board of Public Welfare, Visitor
400.00
Board of Public Welfare, Aid, Board, Etc.
8,000.00
Mothers' Aid
4,000.00
Temporary Aid, Comm. of Mass.
2,000.00
$ 14,752.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Soldiers' Relief
$
3,000.00
Military Aid
200.00
State Aid
500.00
$
3,700.00
EDUCATION
School Department: Salaries, General Acct .:
$119,022.50
Expenses, General Acct.
39,750.00
Salaries, Agr. Acct.
3,840.00
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Expenses, Agr. Acct.
500.00
Vocational Tuition
800.00
Public Library, Salaries
2,800.00
Public Library, Expenses
2,750.00
$169,462.50
RECREATION
Care Common and Parks and Supervised Play .. $ 2,600.00
CEMETERIES
Forest Glen Cemetery
$ 10,000.00
Laurel Hill Cemetery
8,300.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day Observance
500.00
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
Maturing Debt
$ 4,980.48
Reserve Fund
3,000.00
Rent G. A. R. Rooms
360.00
Victory House Maintenance
500.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
500.00
Comm. of Mass. Pauper Support
3,519.42
John Street Drain
15,000.00
Traffic Beacons
1,338.00
Channell Property Purchase
7,600.00
Child Welfare Work
300.00
Agriculture and Home Economics
200.00
Planning Board
1,000.00
School Land Purchase
20,000.00
School Land Survey, Etc.
2,500.00
$ 60,797.90
Total Appropriations
$468,765.71
APPROPRIATIONS NOT FROM TAX LEVY
*Maturing Debt
$ 16,121.93
#Maturing Debt 1,897.59
$ 18,019.52
* Appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Account.
# Appropriated from Overlay Reserve Fund.
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RECAPITULATION
Town Expenses, Debt, Etc.
$168,765.71
State Taxes and Assessments
36,828.04
County Tax
16,452.40
$522,046.15
Overlay
4,671.37
$526,717.52
VALUATION 1925
APPROPRIATIONS
1925
Real Estate
$11,749,305.00
Town Purposes .. ... $468,765.71
Personal Estate
1,534,680.00
State & County Taxes,
etc.
53,280.44
Total Valuation
$13,283,985.00
Assessed @ $33.75:
Real Estate Tax
$ 396,540.95
Personal Estate Tax 51,800.57
$ 448,341.52
Poll Tax 2688 @ $2 ..
5,376.00
$ 453,717.52
$ 453,717.52
December Commitment
Real Estate
$ 5,900.00
Real Estate Tax $ 299.13
Personal Estate
3,001.00
Personal Estate Tax
101.31
Poll Tax
10.00
$ 8,901.00
Total Tax Dec. $ 310.44
Poll Tax 5 @ $2.00 ..
10.00
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ETC.
1925
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
State Tax
$ 21,600.600
State Highway Tax
3,886.14
Fire Prevention Tax
109.83
Municipal Lighting Tax
76.23
Metropolitan Sewerage Assessments
11,155.84
County of Middlesex, County Tax
16,452.40
Overlay
4,671.37
$526,717.52
Less
Estimated Receipts
.
73,000.00
$ 53,280.44
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ACCOUNTING, TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS TAXES 1921
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 194.62
Collected 1925
$ 148.00
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
46.62
$ 194.62 $ 194.62
TAXES 1922
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 431.94
Collected 1925
$ 84.77
Abatements
89.98
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
257.19
$ 431.94 $ 431.94
TAXES 1923
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 1,689.63
Commitment, Add'l
.59
Collected 1925
$ 1,205.18
Abatements
118.29
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
366.75
$ 1,690.22
$ 1,690.22
TAXES 1924
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$119,918.45
Commitment, Add'l
30.00
Collected 1925
$115,677.14
Abatements
516.35
Transfer to Tax Titles Acct.
2,366.55
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
1,388.41
$119,948.45
$119,948.45
TAXES 1925
Commitment September
$453,717.52
Commitment December
300.44
Commitment Poll Taxes Add'l
10.00
Collected
$315,628.57
Abatements
· 2,144.87
Transfer to Tax Titles Acct.
430.31
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
135,824.21
$454,027.96 $454,027.96
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MOTH 1924
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 346.25
Collected 1925
$ 343.25
Transfer to Tax Titles
3.00
$ 346.25
$ 346.25
-
MOTH 1925
Commitment
$ 1,070.65
Collected 1925
$ 740.50
Tranfer to Tax Titles
9.00
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
321.15
-
$ 1,070.65 $ 1,070.65
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Unapportioned
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 760.84
Betterments Assessed in 1925
1,471.14
Collected 1925
$ 1,746.45
Apportioned 1925
261.81
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
223.72
$ 2,231.98
$ 2,231.98
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1924
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 966.93
Transfer to Tax Titles
$ 10.26
Collected 1925
956.67
$ 966.93 $ 966.93
INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1924
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 292.64
Charged Add'l
51.27
Collected 1925
$ 343.91
$ 343.91
$ 343.91
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1925
Commitment 1925
$ 2,556.47
Collected 1925
$ 1,716,91 839.56
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
$ 2,556.47 $ 2,556.47
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INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportionment of 1925
Commitment 1925
$ 816.20
Charged Add'l
8.51
Collected 1925
$ 554.43
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
270.28
$ 824.71 $ 824.71
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportioned Receivable-Deferred Payments 1925 to 1935
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 13,849.09
Assessments 1925
261.81
Receipts 1925, Advanced Payments
$ 193.04
Committed to Collector 1925
2,556.47
Balance Dec. 31, 1925
11,361.39
$ 14,110.90
$ 14,110.90
SEWER RENTALS
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$ 87.90
Charged in 1925
6,084.80
Collected in 1925
$ 5,988.20
Transfer to Tax Titles
9.30
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1925
175.20
$ 6,172.70
$ 6,172.70
OVERLAY 1921
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 194.62
Transferred to Overlay Reserve Fund
148.00
Balance to 1926
46.62
$ 194.62
$ 194.62
OVERLAY 1922
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$ 89.98
Abatement, 1925
$ 89.98
$ 89.98
$ 89.98
OVERLAY 1923
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 1,689.63
Charged to Balance
.59
Abatements 1925
$ 118.29
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
1,195.28
Balance to 1926
376.65
$ 1,690.22
$ 1,690.22
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OVERLAY 1924
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 5,253.94 30.00
Charged, Return
Refunds & Abatements 1925
$ 593.60
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
3,301.93
Balance to 1926
1,388.41
$ 5,283.94 $
5,283.94
OVERLAY 1925
Appropriation
$ 4,671.37
Commitment, Poll Taxes Add'l
10.00
Commitment, December
300.44
Refunds & Abatements 1925
2,152.46
Balance to 1926
2,829.35
$ 4,981.81 $ 4,981.81
OVERLAY RESERVE FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 1,897.59
Transfer from Overlay, 1921
· 148.00
Transfer from Overlay, 1923
1,195.28
Transfer from Overlay, 1924
3,301.93
Transfer to Maturing Debt Account
$
1,897.59
Balance to 1926
4,645.21
$ 6,542.80 $ 6,542.80
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS Receivable
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 7,781.04
Charges in 1925
18,252.71
Received in 1925 & Credits
$ 22,295.31
Committed to Collector 1925
1,070.65
Balance to 1926
2,667.79
$ 26,033.75 $ 26,033.75
WATER DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$
105.72
Meter rates, etc., charged in 1925
47,414.24
Cr.
Receipts 1925
$ 47,224.49
Discounts, Etc.
48.42
Balance Dec. 31, 1925
247.05
$ 47,519.96
$ 47,519.96
250
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
Light, Power, etc., charged in 1925
$ 24,548.19 237,905.95
Interest, Customers' Deposits
43.29
Cr.
Receipts 1925
$213,011.78
Discounts, Credits
14,378.16
Bills uncollectible, charged off
41.05
Balance Dec. 31, 1925
35,066.44
$262,497.43
$262,497.43
CEMETERY RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$
1,631.71
Receipts, Sale Lots and Graves
2,739.00
Dr.
Transferred to Laurel Hill Cemetery Account
$
2,719.64
Balance to 1926 1,651.07
$ 4,370.71 $ 4,370.71
TAX TITLES HELD BY TOWN
Dr.
Balance from 1924
$ 3,886.33
Transfer from Taxes, 1924
2,366.55
Transfer from Taxes ,1925
430.31
Transfer from Sewer & Moth Assessments
31.56
Cr.
Redemption of Property $ 1,505.84
Balance to 1926
5,208.91
$ 6,714.75 $ 6,714.75
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 16,121.93
Transferred Tax Title Revenue
1,537.40
Transferred Revenue Account
9,995.87
Transferred Reserve Fund
1,591.27
Dr.
Transferred to Maturing Debt Account
$ 16,121.93
Transferred to Tax Titles Revenue 2,828.42
Balance to 1926 10,296.12
$ 29,246.47 $ 29,246.47
251
RESERVE FUND Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1925
$ 490.56
Appropriation
3,000.00
Dr.
Transfers to Sundry Accounts
$ 1,899.86
Balance to 1926
1,590.70
$ 3,490.56
$ 3,490.56
APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Moderator's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Jesse W. Morton
$ 60.00
$ 60.00
$ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Marion P. Allen
$ 2.00
C. F. Atkinson
10.00
Helen A. Brown
30.00
F. J. Barnard & Co.
6.00
Comm. of Mass., Public Safety Dept.
1.20
M. F. Charles
1.40
Vera Y. Cobb
1.50
Hobbs & Warren
2.22
H. M. Meek Pub. Co.
6.00
Mun. Light Dept.
21.25
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
82.00
New England Towel Supply Co.
16.80
W. F. Turner, Jr.
3.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
78.57
U. S. Post Office
6.93
John N. Weston
10.00
Wakefield Daily Item
6.00
Woburn Daily Times
3.50
Total Payments
288.37
Balance to Revenue
11.63
$ 60.00
$ 300.00
$ 300.00 $ 300.00
252
Selectmen's Clerical
Appropriation
Dr.
$
1,310.00
Leon G. Bent
$ 1,310.00
$ 1,310.00 $ 1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
.$ 1,000.00
Leon G. Bent
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Wilfred A. Bancroft $ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
Treasurer's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Refund
4.00
Dr.
Adams, Cushing & Foster
$ 9.41
Allen Bros.
3.65
Wilfred A. Bancroft
1.00
M. F. Charles
7.20
Comm. of Mass., Div. of Accounts
54.00
Dimond Union St. wks
.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
49.74
Prentiss & Parker
75,00
Thorp & Martin Co.
6.10
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
22.90
U. S. Post Office
116.46
Ward's, Stationers
9.00
Total Payments
354.96
Balance to Revenue
49.04
Dr.
$
1,000.00
$ 404.00 $ 404.00
253
Tax Collector's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
$
2,000.00
Dr.
Grace V. Viall
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Tax Collector's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 700.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
9.36
Dr.
Amstaco
$ 5.50
F. W. Barry, Beale Co.
2.73
M. F. Charles
.30
Clinton W. Crafts
161.00
Cummings Exp. Co.
.35
Hobbs & Warren
12.31
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
39.51
New England Towel Supply Co.
7.20
Prentiss & Parker
100.00
Stan. Mailing Mch. Co.
40.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
150.99
U. S. Post Office
176.44
Grace V. Viall
13.03
Total Payments
$ 709.36 $ 709.36
Tax Collector's Clerical Cr.
Appropriation
$ 150.00
Vera Y. Cobb
$ 4.50
Jessie M. Staples
23.75
Marion P. Allen
27.50
Christine F. Atkinson
80.75
Total Payments
136.50
Balance to Revenue
13.50
$ 150.00
$ 150.00
Assessors' Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
$
1,800.00
Dr.
254
Dr.
Edward B. Eames J. Fred Richardson Alvah W. Clark
600.00
600.00
$ 600.00
$ 1,800.00 $ 1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00
L. L. Applin
$ 22.42
C. F. Atkinson
23.25
Marion P. Allen
182.50
Am. R'y Exp. Co.
.55
M. F. Charles
4.35
Alvah W. Clark
50.00
Mrs. Mary Daniel
39.00
Dalton Add. Mch. Co.
1.25
Mary L. Doran
31.50
Philomena Doucette
509.25
Hobbs & Warren
3.66
Library Bureau
112.29
Munson Supply Co.
4.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
48.62
New England Towel Supply Co.
7.80
Quality Press
14.00
J. Fred Richardson
50.00
Harry W. Stacy
5.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
886.03
U. S. Postoffice
2.00
Total Payments
1,997.47
Balance to Revenue
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