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667
Salaries Gen'l Office Clerks
3,242.51
2,809.83
432.68
668
Gen'l Office Sup. & Exp.
885.10
1,926.57
1,041.47
670
Law Expense-General
74.71
74.71
671
Insurance
3,827.61
4,184.75
357.14
673
Accidents & Damages
58.17
11.60
46.57
674
Store Expense
393.58
274.58
119.00
675
Transportation Expense
2,898.46
2,775.80
122.66
676
Inventory Adjustments
2,032.27
2,565.98
533.71
678
Depreciation
22,637.93
21,102.86
1,535.07
679
Misc. General Expense
599.88
2,694.50
2,094.62
$ 41,330.22
$ 42,216.33
$ 886.11
Total Electric Operating Expense
$171,633.43
$156,704.46
$ 14,928.97
SCHEDULE "F" TOWN OF READING-MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT ORIGINAL ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES AND AMOUNTS OUTSTANDING DEC. 31, 1926
BONDS
No. of
Date Authorized
Date Issued
Original Amount $ 50,000
Rate of Date of Int.
Issue
1st
Aug.
1894
Oet.
1, 1894
$1,000 yearly 10 yrs. 4 2,000 yearly 20 yrs. 1,000 yearly 26 yrs. 2,000 yearly 10 yrs.
41/2 Apr. 1-Oct. 1
Additions $ 78.75 $ 7,000
3rd
June
1911
July 15, 1911
20,000
4 Jan. 15-July 15
Wilmington Line
4th
Aug.
1913
Oct.
15, 1913
23,500
1,500 yearly 9 yrs. 414
Apr. 15-Oct. 15
Station
53.13
6,000
5th
Sept.
1914
Sept. 15, 1914
8,000
Mar. 15-Sept. 15 Reading
26.25
2,000
6th
Mar.
1916
May
15, 1916
10,000
1,000 yearly 10 yrs. 500 yearly 16 yrs. 41/2 500 yearly 20 yrs. 4
May 15-Nov. 15
New Con-
25.00
5,000
7th
Mar.
1917
Oct.
1, 1917
55,000
3,000 yearly 18 yrs. 416 Apr. 1-Oct. 1 1,000 1936
1,000 yearly 4 yrs. 41% Jan. 1-July 1 500 yearly 16 yrs.
434
Apr. 1-Oct. 1
Additions
151.37
13,000
10th
Mar.
1920
May
1, 1920
20,000
5 May 1-Nov. 1
Additions
116.67
14,000
11th
Dec.
1923
Dec.
1, 1923
10,000
4.1/2 June 1-Dec. 1
Additions
26.25
7,000
12th
Mar.
1926
Aug.
1, 1926
13,000
1,000 yearly 10 yrs. 3,000 Aug. 1, 1927
4 Feb. 1-Aug. 1
New Garage &
Storeroom
216.67
13,000
2,000 yearly 5 yrs.
Additions
146.25
6,500
8th
Oct.
1918
Jan.
1, 1919
12,000
9th
Mar.
1919
Apr.
1, 1919
20,000
1,000 yearly 20 yrs. 1,000 yearly 20 yrs.
$267,500
$1,158.34 $101,500
2nd
May
1907
Oct.
1, 1907
26,000
Pymts on Principal Int. Payment
Apr. 1-Oct. 1
Purpose Establishing Plant
Amount ont- Ac- standing erned Dec. 31' Interest 1926
struction
Additions
315.00
28,000
NOTES
1st Mar. 1895
May
1, 189€
$ 7,000
$1,400 yearly 5 yrs. 4
Nov. 1-May 1 Nov. 1-May 1
2nd
Mar. 1896
May
1, 1896
7,000
3rd
Dec. 1896
Dec. 9, 1896
1,500
4
June 9-Dec. 9
4th
Mar.
1898
July 15, 1898
3,000
334
Jan. 15-July 15
Construction of Plant Construction of Plant Construction of Plant New Generator
5th
Mar.
1903
Dec.
7, 1903
1,400
1,400 Dec. 7, 1906 4 June 7-Dec. 7
6th
Mar.
1909
Nov. 15, 1909
2,500
1,000 Nov. 15, 1910 1,500 Nov. 15, 1911
7th
Nov.
1909
Jan. 21, 1910
1,800
1,800 Jan. 31, 1913 4
July 21-Jan. 21
New Construction New Construction
8th
Jan.
1910
Mar. 27, 1910
12,000
4 Sept. 27-Mar. 27
9th
June
1911
July 12, 1911
2,200
No. Reading Lines
10th
Mar.
1913
Apr. 16, 1913
13,500
41/4
Jan. 12-July 12 Oct. 16-Apr. 16 Nov. 15-May 15
New Construction New Con- struction $
16.00 $ 3,200
12th
Mar.
1915
June 15, 1915
4,000
500 1 early 8 yrs.
4 Jan. 15-July 15
Reading
13th
Mar.
1917
Sept. 22, 1917
6,500
500 yearly 13 yrs.
5 Mar. 22-Sept. 22 New Con-
struction
27.22
2,000
14th
Nov.
1919
Nov. 20, 1919
3,000
1,500 yearly 2 yrs. 5
May 20-Nov. 20
New Construction
15th
Mar.
1921
July
1, 1921
7,000
1,000 yearly 7 yrs. 6
Jan. 1-July 1
Additions
60.00
2,000
16th
Dec. 1922
Dec. 15, 1922
7,000
1,000 yearly 7 yrs. 41/4 June 15-Dec. 15
Additions
5.48
3,000
$ 108.70 $ 10,200
$ 91,400
$1,267.04 $111,700
11th
Mar.
1915
May 15, 1915
12,000
4 1,000 yearly 12 yrs. 2,200 July 12, 1912 1,500 yearly 9 yrs. 800 yearly 15 yrs. 4
4 May 15-Nov. 15
Renewal of Note Lynnfield Ctr. Lines
1,400 yearly 5 yrs. 4 1,500 yearly 1 yr. 1,000 July 15, 1901 2,000 July 15, 1904
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SCHEDULE "G" TOWN OF READING MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT DETAIL OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1926
Name
Amount
Date of Oldest Bill
Abbott, H. L.
2.00
December 10
Addressograph Company
3.09
November
1
Aetna Electric Appliance Co.
21.66
August 3
American Railway Express Co.
14.84
December
27
Andren Company, Karl.
52.11
August
18
Automatic Electric Heater Co.
12.20
September
30
Bailey, J. Brinton
519.17
September
3
Bancroft Co., W
17.49
December
1
Bennett Van I ..
15.84
December
18
Boston & Maine Railroad
632.30
December
1
Bowen C ..
.60
November
30
Braman Dow Company
6.99
September 17
Bristol Company
7.80
November
29
Buckminster Co., George H.
2,504.21
August
Builders' Iron & Steel Co.
161.55
September
19
Castner Curran & Bullitt Inc.
9,320.54
October
1
Century Electric Co.
2.03
December
23
Chandler & Farquhar Co.
10.04
June
5
Chesterton Co., A. W.
4.42
September
2
Clapp & Leach Inc ..
48.97
November
30
Crandall Packing Co ..
2.77
December
20
Cummings Express Co
22.60
December
31
Currell & Son E. B ..
32.79
December
1
Dallman Co. H. I ..
22.01
August
26
Dickinson & Son, L. W
1.47
December
31
Doyle, Charles.
6.25
September
30
Dyer, Clark Co.
271.43
August
27
Eagle Oil & Supply Co.
29.98
July
20
Eames, E. W.
40.00
December
31
Eastern Service Co ..
83.95
September
11
Edison Electric Appliance Co ..
.25
October
15
Edison Electric Illuminating Co.
1,884.03
December
31
Electric Blower Co ..
17.87
November
16
Electric Machine & Instrument Co.
94.50
July
27
Euroka Vacuum Cleaner Co.
551.76
September
22
Fife, T. C ..
1.19
December
21.
Francis Brothers.
8.51
December
31
Garloc Packing Co
9.27
December
1.
General Electric Co.
285.40
November
4
Globe Paper Co ..
1.39
December
24
Gray, L. B. Renfrew
20.14
December
2
225
Graybar Electric Co
47.39
December
Hardy & Co., F. S.
326.57
November
1
Harnden, E. E.
82.54
December 31
Hart & Hegerman Mfg. Co.
.73
November
29
Hayes Pump & Machinery Co.
24.15
September 29
Hobbs & Warren.
14.57
November
9
Hodge Boiler Works
26.12
October
30
Howe & French, Inc.
71.91
September
7
India Alkali Works
15.90
October
2
Jenkins Brothers
45.68
August
16
Johns-Manville Inc
8.87
November
24
John Street Garage
13.00
December
31
Kelvinator Boston Inc.
274.17
November
18
Laffin, D. M ..
9.00
December
31
Landers, Frary & Clark.
68.10
November
16
Lewis Electrical Supply Co.
50.79
December
8
Linscott Motor Co ..
5.36
November
23
Lowell Electric Light Corp.
7.47
December
31
Lumsden & Van Stone Co.
188.24
October
30
Magee Furnace Co.
7.19
November
23
Mathias-Hart Co ..
33.35
October
27
Maxwell, J. M. Jr. & Son.
23.28
October
18
McArdle, H. B ..
43.05
September
14
Miller Co., The.
10.50
December
20
Miller Co., D. O ..
18.17
November
30
Morse, Frank W. Co.
1.07
September
20
Myers Auto Supply Co.
85.94
November
1
New England Iron Works
13.48
November
23
New England Lamp Division
1,340.62
September
29
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
299.43
August
27
Olmstead Flint Co.
2.15
October
4
Perrin Seaman Co ..
6.84
September
24
Pettingell Electric Supply Co., R. V.
158.21
September
10
Pettingell Andrews Co.
551.60
July
23
Portland Stone Ware Co ..
191.00
September
24
Robbins-Phalon Co.
806.63
September
3
Rochester Germicide Co.
13.50
September
23
Ryan & Buker Inc
247.80
September 15
Reading Motor Co.
19.78
December
31
Reading Tire Shop
1.50
December
31
Sager Electrical Supply Co.
15.81
November
27
Savogran Co., The
17.60
December
14
Seaman, P. J.
24.30
December
1
Simplex Electric Heating Co.
13.58
November
10
Smith Fred E.
9.00
December
Spaulding Moss Co.
1.85
November
30
Spencer Regulator Co
8.49
November
9
.
226
Standard Electric Stove Co.
4.03
November
6
Stanwood, Chares E. & Sons
1.20
November
Star Brass Mfg. Co.
2.83
September
14
Stearns, Perry & Smith Co.
12.50
November
13
Stembridge Co. S. R.
21.56
December 31
Sterling Battery Co.
16.40
December
17
Sweetser, Percy N ..
261.14
December
31
Taylor Instrument Co ..
1.27
December
7
Twombly, W. E. & J. F.
139.10
November
1
United States Post Office.
180.00
December
27
Vye Neill Co ..
204.15
August
19
Wagner Electric Corp.
4.75
December
9
Wahn Co., George H.
210.31
November
1
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.
46.03
October
18
Welsbach Co. of N. E.
2.22
December
2
Webster Thomas Co.
68.81
October
11
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co.
26.57
October
6
Wetmore Savage Co.
49.12
July
15
Wetmore Savage Auto Equipment Co ...
92.00
December
18
Woburn Machine Co.
58.59
October
30
Yawman Erbe
7.60
December
17
Zanni & Co ..
121.85
November
30
Total Accounts Payable. $23,166.50
SCHEDULE "H" TOWN OF READING-MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT LIST OF EMPLOYEES BONDED-DECEMBER 31, 1926
Amount
Name .
Position
Of Bond
Premium
Muriel C. Thomas
Cashier
$ 1,000.00
2.50
Addie M. Putney
Collector
1,000.00
2.50
George M. Roundy
Collector
1,000.00
2.50
Clarence L. Thomas
Meter Reader and Collector
1,000.00
2.50
Arthur G. Sias
Manager
1,000.00
2.50
Edward Oscar Herrick
Appliance Sales Mgr.
1,000.00
2.50
John R. Anderson
Collector
1,000.00
2.50
Fred G. Sargent
Bookkeeper and Office Mgr.
1,000.00
2.50
Edward E. Harnden
Salesman
1,000.00
2.50
Paul Edwin Lane
Salesman and Collector
1,000.00
2.50
MeLaughlin & Dennison
Collection Agency
1,000.00
2.50
Charles E. Tasney
Meter Reader
1,000.00
2.50
Charles P. Stratton
Distribution Engineer
1,000.00
2.50
Hazel Crocker Killam
Stenographer
1,000.00
2.50
Christine Cheney
Clerk
1,000.00
2.50
Kathleen H. Merritt
Clerk
1,000.00
2.50
John W. Babine
Meter Reader
1,000.00
2.50
$17,000.00
$42.50
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
For the Year Ended December 31 1926
228
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.
Acknowledgment 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, 1926.
229
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Receipts for 1926
Grace V. Viall, Collector :
Taxes, Polls, Personal, Real Estate.
$461,742.88
Interest on Taxes
5,047.07
Moth Assessments
902.85
Sewer Assessments and Interest
3,477.89
Sewer Rentals
6,717.51
Sidewalk Assessments
41.36
Summons, Costs & Charges, less fees
508.15
Redemption of Property
825.14
- $479,244.85
Wilfred A. Bancroft, Treasurer :
Interest on Deposits
1,295.81
Premiums on Bonds
32.79
Moth and Tree Work bills, 1925-1926.
1,298.50
Sidewalk Work bills.
234.36
Cemetery Bequest Fund,
Bequests
1,860.00
Interest
2,024.78
For re-investment
10,445.24
Premiums
79.69
Hospital Fund, Bequest, additional.
87,000.00
Interest
9,049.39
For re-investment
23,566.80
Reading High School Scholarship Fund,
Interest
211.84
Withdawn for Scholarships
200.00
Geo. F. Buck Fund, Interest
3.44
Library Fund Interest.
5.04
Withdrawn for Library
116.35
Sale of Property taken for Taxes
2,200.00
Loans, Anticipation of Revenue.
370,000.00
Loans, Anticipation of Serial Bonds, Junior High School
75,000.00
Loans, Municipal Light Dept. Extension ...
13,000.00
592,624.03
County of Middlesex, Dog Tax
1,314.10
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Income Tax
31,178.78
Income Tax Supplementary Distribution. . . 9,555.40
230
Corporation Tax
10,085.75
National Bank Tax
1,308.15
Trust Company Tax
393.64
Street Railway Tax
841.65
Soldiers' Exemption
92.96
State Aid, Reimbursement
330.00
Military Aid, Reimbursement.
15.00
Board of Selectmen, Licenses and Permits
765.00
Police Department, Court Fines
215.00
Fire Department, Sale of old material
88.60
Tree Warden Department, for damage to trees ..
310.00
Rents, Municipal Property
895.00
Scaler of Weights & Measures, Fees.
54.94
Board of Health, Licenses.
117.00
Board of Public Works, Sundry
35.77
Board of Public Welfare:
Com. of Mass., Reimbursements
Mothers' Aid.
1,757.54
Temporary Aid.
2,143.71
Other Aid.
183.59
City of Boston, Aid Reimbursement
124.17
Soldiers' Relief, Reimbursement.
64.00
Sundry Reimbursements.
99.82
4,372.83
School Department :
Tuition State Wards
1,852.42
Tuition City Wards
1,096.29
Tuition Town of No. Reading.
6,962.20
Tuition Sundry Parties
144.35
Comm. of Mass. Voc. Ed.
1,339.68
Tuition Reimbursement
274.94
Smith-Hughes Fund
313.29
Sundry Receipts
77.85
Public Library, Fines
Cemetery Department :
Sale, Lots and Graves
1,790.00
Care Lots and Graves
2,503.67
Cemetery Bequest Fund for Care
1,445.24
5,738.91
Sewer Department, House Connection, Guaran- tee Deposits
1,962.84
Water Department, meter rates, etc.
49,522.72
Municipal Light Department, Light & Power Rates, etc. (Bond Issue not included) ....
233,486.24
12,061.02 298.00
53,801.33
231
Insurance, Payment of loss.
50.01
Insurance, Rebates on premiums 64.35
114.36
Sale Land, Lowell St. School Lot
37.22
Comm. of Mass. Pedlers' Licenses
28.00
Miscellaneous Receipts
5.62
Refunds :
Acct. Municipal Building Maint.
3.00
Acct. Highway Dept. Maint.
94.83
Acct. Forest Warden Maint ..
3.00
Acct. School Dept. Gen'l Maint.
515.57
Acct. School Dept. Salaries
138.34
Acct. Forest Glen Cemetery.
25.12
779.86
$1,442,873.24
PAYMENTS 1926
Cemetery Reserve Fund
110.00
Overlay 1925 Refunds
63.13
Overlay 1926 Refunds
74.05
Moderator's Salary
60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
313.70
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Accountant's Salary
2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,200.00
Treasurer's Expenses
370.47
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Collector's Expenses
801.32
Collector's Clerical
178.50
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,999.52
Assessors' Clerical
1,325.00
Block System Survey
255.50
Town Counsel's Salary and Expenses
543.04
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
544.91
Board of Public Works, Salaries & Expenses
5,099.81
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election Expenses
1,507.75
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,594.93
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,332.49
Fire Stations Maintenance and Repairs
1,571.66
Victory House Lighting
107.15
G. A. R. Rooms Lighting
8 15
G. A. R. Rooms Rent
300 00
Insurance
3,926.79
232
Interest 19,929.69
Police Department Maintenance
1,747.66
Police Department Salaries
20,976.66
Police Department Special Officers
1,121.58
Fire Department Maintenance & New App .. 9,726.63
Fire Department Salaries
15,561.30
Fire Department Call Men Pay Roll 3,519.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance and new boxes 2,012.51
Moth Department Maintenance
6,177.82
Tree Warden Maintenance
1,808.82
Forest Warden Maintenance
216.41
Hydrant Rentals
7,035.00
Drinking Fountains 100.00
Inspector of Buildings Salary 500.00
Inspector of Wires Salary
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Salary
400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses 101.80
300.00
Health Department Expenses
556.53
Inspector of Plumbing Salary
800.00
Inspector of Animals Salary
200.00
Inspector of Milk Salary
100.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
451.97
Garbage Collection
1,980.00
Sewer Department, Maintenance and Construction House Connections Account
5,353.61
Highway Department :
57,738.92
Snow and Ice Removal
16,638.86
Drainage Ditches Cleaning
2,825.32
Street Lighting
12,000.00
Dept. of Public Welfare, Maintenance
6,914.27
Dept. of Public Welfare, Clerical Salary 352.00
Dept. of Public Welfare, Visitor's Salary 400.00
Dept. of Public Welfare, Mothers' Aid
2,257.55
Dept. of Public Welfare, Temporary Aid.
2,200.66
State Aid, Acet. Civil War
348.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,179.62
School Department:
General Maintenance
41,076.46
Salaries
135,423.19
Agricultural Maintenance
500.00
Agricultural Salaries
2,833.36
Tuition, Vocational Education 750.01
Public Library Maintenance
3,342.31
Public Library Salaries
3,458.58
Park Department, Maintenance
2,287.23
Health Department Salaries
2,060.02
233
Laurel Hill Cemetery Maintenance
12,411.60
Water Department, Maintenance, Etc.
50,552.94
Municipal Light Department, Maintenance, Etc. 262,684.56
Care of Soldiers' Graves
475.88
Memorial Day Observance
423.44
Board of Public Welfare Special
359.92
South Street Repairs
96.38
Re-imbursement Collector of Taxes
763.28
Channell Property Taxes
215.10
Sidewalk Municipal Bldg. Lot
3,000.00
Sidewalk Reading Square
1,000.00
Victory House Maintenance
500.00
Child Welfare Work
300.00
Middlesex Co. Bureau of Agriculture
200.00
Planning Board Exp.
201.11
School Land, Survey, Etc.
515.52
Forest Glen Cemetery Development
6,746.55
School Land Purchase
19,143.50
Drainage System
12,959.45
Highland School Lot Fence
37.50
Junior High School Bldg.
112,405.51
County Tax
17,854.37
State Tax
21,600.00
State Highway Tax
3,923.00
Fire Prevention Tax
113.34
Municipal Lighting Tax
50.74
Corporation Tax
59.09
Water Mains, Construction 7,565.98
11,829.64
Temporary Loans
335,000.00
Maturing Debt, not including Water & Light Dept.
15,000.00
Cemetery Bequest Fund, Bequests & Inc., Trans.
14,409.71
Geo. F. Buck Fund, Income Transfer
3.44
Library Fund, Income Transfer
121.39
Reading High School Scholarship Fund Transfer.
411.84
Hospital Fund Transfer
119,616.19
Total Payments $1,463,110.53
TREASURER'S CASH
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1926 $ 52,837.94
Receipts, 1926.
1,442.873.24
$1,495,711.18
Payments 1926
1,463,110.53
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1926
$ 32,600.65
Metropolitan Sewer Assessments
234
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1926
General Government:
Moderator's Salary
$ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
300.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary
2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,200.00
Treasurer's Expenses
400.00
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Collector's Expenses
700.00
Collector's Clerical
150.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
2,000.00
Assessors' Clerical
1,300.00
Block System Survey
250.00
Town Counsel Salary and Expenses
600.00
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
600.00
Bd. of Pub. Wks. Sal. and Off. Exp.
5,100.00
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election and Registration Expenses
1,000.00
$ 21,370.00
General Accounts:
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,500.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,500.00
Fire Stations Maint. and Repairs
1,600.00
Victory House Light
150.00
G. A. R. Rooms Light
25.00
Insurance
4,500.00
Interest
18,500.00
Maturing Debt
5,000.00
Planning Board Expenses
250.00
$ 35,025.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept. Maintenance $ 1,633.00
Police Dept. Salaries
20,808.92
Police Dept. Special Officers 200.00
Fire Dept. Maintenance
3,836.00
Fire Dept. Salaries
15,270.36
Fire Dept. Call Men Salaries
3,544.00
Fire Alarm Maint. and New Boxes
1,410.00
Moth Dept. Maintenance
6,200.00
Tree Warden Maintenance 1,500.00
Forest Warden Maintenance
500.00
Hydrant Rentals
7,035.00
235
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Inspector of Buildings' Salary
500.00
Inspector of Wires' Salary
100.00
Sealer of W. and M.'s Salary
400.00
Sealer of W. and M.'s Expenses
100.00
$ 63,137.28
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries
$ 300.00
Board of Health, Expenses
600.00
Inspector of Plumbing, Salary
800.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
200.00
Inspector of Milk, Salary
100.00
Care Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Garbage Collection
1,980.00
$ 5,980.00
HIGHWAYS
Highways Dept. Maintenance
$ 56,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
15,000.00
Cleaning Drainage Ditches
3,000.00
$ 74,000.00
Street Lighting
$ 12,000.00
CHARITIES AND AID
Board of Public Welfare:
Visitor's Salary
$ 400.00
Clerical Salary
352.00
Aid, Board and Care
8,000.00
Mothers' Aid
2,500.00
Temporary Aid
2,000.00
$ 13,252.00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$ 500.00
Military Aid
200.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,000.00
$ 3,700.00
EDUCATION
School Department :
General Maintenance
$ 40,728.00
General Salaries
135,776.00
Agricultural Maintenance
500.00
Agricultural Salaries
3,200.00
Industrial Tuition
800.00
$181,004.00
236
Public Library Maintenance
$
3,250.00
Public Library Salaries
3,400.00 $ 6,650.00
RECREATION
Park Dept. Maintenance
$
2,600.00
CEMETERIES
Laurel Hill Cemetery Maintenance
$ 8,300.00
Forest Glen Cemetery Development
$ 6,800.00
$ 15,100.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day Observance
..
$ 500.00
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
Reserve Fund
$ 3,000.00
G. A. R. Rooms, Rent
360.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
500.00
Sidewalk Municipal Building
3,000.00
Poor Department Bills
506.78
Drainage System
13,000.00
Child Welfare Work
300.00
Middlesex Co. Bureau of Agriculture
200.00
Victory House Maintenance
500.00
Sidewalk, Reading Square
1,000.00
Junior High School Building
45,000.00
Highland School Fence
37.50
Fire Alarm Extension
650.00
Fire Dept., Additional, Fire truck
6,000.00
$ 74,054.28
Total Appropriations
$508,372.56
APPROPRIATIONS NOT FROM TAX LEVY
Maturing Debt, from E. & D. Acct.
$ 10,000.00
Tax Reimbursement from Overlay Reserve
763.28
Taxes, Channel Property from Overlay Reserve
215.10
$ 10,978.35
RECAPITULATION
Town Expenses, Debt, Etc.
$508,372.56
State Taxes and Assessments 25,687.08
County Tax
17,854.37
Overlay
$551,914.01 2,960.34
$554,874.35
237
VALUATION 1926
Real Estate
$12,348,065.00
Town Purposes . . . $508,372.56
State & County Taxes, etc. 55,371.09
Overlay
2,960.34
Assessed @ $34.00:
Real Estate Tax
$ 419,834.21
Personal Estate Tax
49,606.14
Met. Sewer Asst.
$ 11,829.64
Estimated Receipts . 80,000.00
$ 469,440.35
Poll Tax 2717 @ $2 ..
$
5,434.00
91,829.64
$ 474,874.35
$474,874.35
December Commitment
Real Estate
$ 3,575.00
Real Estate Tax $ 302.94
Personal Estate
8,910.00
Personal Estate Tax 121.55
Poll Tax
40.00
$ 12,485.00
Poll Tax 20 @ $2 ..
40.00
Total Tax, Dec. .. $ 464.49
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ETC. 1926
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Tax
$ 21,600.00
State Highway Tax
3,923.00
Fire Prevention Tax
113.34
Municipal Lighting Tax
50.74
Metropolitan Sewerage Assessments
11,829.64
County of Middlesex, County Tax
17,854.37
$ 55,371.09
ACCOUNTING, TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS TAXES 1921
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 46.62
Collected 1926
$ 46.62
$ 46.62
$ 46.62
TAXES 1922
....
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$
257.19
Collected 1926
$ 257.19
$ 257.19
$ 257.19
Personal Estate
1,459,008.00
APPROPRIATIONS 1926
Total Valuation $13,807,073.00
$566,703.99
238
TAXES 1923
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 336.75
Collected 1926
$ 336.75
$ 336.75 $ 336.75
TAXES 1924
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 1,388.41
Collected 1926
$ 1,299.11
Abatements
62.05
Balance to 1927
27.25
$ 1,388.41 $ 1,388.41
TAXES 1925
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$135,824.21
Collected 1926
$131,076.12
Abatements
661.36
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
2,378.54
Balance to 1927
1,708.19
$135,824.21
$135,824.21
TAXES 1926
Commitment September
$474,874.35
Commitment December
424.49
Commitment Poll Taxes Add'l
40.00
Collected
$328,679.09 $ 1,680.00
Abatements
Balance to 1927
144,979.75
$475,338.84
$475,338.84
MOTH 1925
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 321.15
Collected 1926
$ 321.15
MOTH 1926
Commitment
$ 997.80
Collected 1926
$ 583.20
Balance to 1927
414.60
$ 997.80 $ 997.80
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT 1926
Commitment
$ 86.16
Collected 1926
$ 41.36
Balance to 1927
44.80
$ 86.16 $ 86.16
239
SEWER ASSESSMENT Unapportioned
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 223.72
Betterments assessed in 1926
45.50
Collected 1926
$ 102.20
Balance to 1927
167.02
$ 269.22
$ 269.22
SEWER ASSESSMENT Apportionment of 1925
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 839.56
Collected 1926
$ 832.63
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
6.93
$ 839.56 $ 839.56
INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 270.28
Commitment 1926
663.68
Additional Charges
40.77
Collected
$ 735.86
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
2,91
Balance to 1927
235.96
$ 974.73 $ 974.73
SEWER ASSESSMENT Apportionment of 1926
Commitment 1926
$ 2,253.05
Collected 1926
$ 1,501.48
Balance to 1927
751.57
$ 2,253.05 $ 2,253.05
SEWER ASSESSMENTS Apportioned Receivable-Deferred Payments 1926 to 1936
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$ 11,361.39 367.87
Assessments 1926
Receipts 1926, Advanced Payments
$ 305.72
Committed to Collector, 1926
2,253.05
Balance Dec. 31, 1926
9,170.49
$ 11,729.26
$ 11,729.26
SEWER RENTALS
Balance uncollected Jan 1, 1926
$
175.20
Charged in 1926 6,993.60 Collected in 1926 $ 6,717.51
240
Abatements
3.09
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
25.20
Balance to 1927
423.00
$ 7,168.80 $ 7,168.80
OVERLAY 1921
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$
$ 46.62
Transferred to Overlay Reserve Fund
$ 46.62
$ 46.62
$ 46.62
OVERLAY 1923
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$ 366.75
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
$ 366.75
$ 366.75
$ 366.75
OVERLAY 1924
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$ 1.388.41
Abatements 1926
$ 62.05
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
1,299.11
Balance to 1927
27.25
$ 1,388.41
$ 1,388.41
OVERLAY 1925
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
$ 2,829.35
Refunds & Abatements 1926
$ 724.49
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
396.67
Balance to 1927
1,708.19
$ 2,829.35 $ 2,829.35
OVERLAY 1926
Appropriation
$ 2,960.34
Commitment Poll Taxes, add'l
40.00
Commitment, December
424.49
Refunds & Abatements
$ 1,754.05
Balance to 1927
1,670.78
$ 3,424.83 $ 3,424.83
OVERLAY RESERVE FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1926
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