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3.00
M. F. Charles
2.87
Cummings Express Co.
21.06
Louis Davis
29.30
Dennison Mfg. Co.
1.48
Dept. of Superintendence
10.00
Emerson & Co.
1.08
Francis Brothers
1.78
J. L. Hammett Co.
.38
Harding Typewriter Co.
50.00
Mary E. Hilton
42.80
H. S. Horne & Co.
18.12
John W. Hutchins
5.00
Jordan Marsh Co.
22.80
Kenney's Service Station
24.39
Library Bureau
27.03
Ida C. Lucas
30.00
H. B. McArdle
177.38
E. F. Mahady
7.61
A. E. Martell Co.
54.47
H. M. Meserve & Co.
22.98
Abigail H. Mingo
11.70
National Education Assn.
25.00
National Child Welfare Assn.
1.50
170
National Educ. Assn. of U. S.
4.00
National Safety Council .
13.50
New Eng. Assn. of Col. & Secon. Schs.
2.00
New England Publishing Co.
18.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
774.46
The Office Appliance Co.
25.51
Prentiss & Parker
35.75
Rand Kardex Co.
8.80
Reading Greenhouses & Nurseries
8.00
Reading Motor Co., Inc.
21.86
Reading Police Dept.
9.00
Reading Theatre, Inc.
75.00
Reading Tire Shop
11.00
Town of Reading
3.00
Adelbert L. Safford
6.50
H. A. Shepard Co.
20.55
The Science Press
5.00
Fred F. Smith
7.52
S. R. Stembridge
3.50
Rudolf Sussman
3.20
Teachers College
5.50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
601.87
Univ. of Chicago, Dept. of Education
2.50
United States Post Office
64.68
Wards
3.00
Warwick & York
8.72
W. H. Willis
2.90
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
4.08
-$ 2,348.13
Fuel:
Municipal Light Board
5,355.99
Percy N. Sweetser
2,812.32
Otis P. Symonds & Son
32.00
-$ 8,200.31
Gas and Electricity :
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
280.31
Municipal Light Board
1,601.60
$ 1,881.91
Water and Sewer:
Sewer Department
672.30
Water Department
680.60
$ 1,352.90
171
Ashes and Trucking:
American Railway Express Co.
17.46
Edward E. Babb & Co.
22.50
Harold W. Batchelder
2.75
Milton Bradley Co.
5.80
Chase's Auto Express
2.15
Cummings Express Co.
300.99
George T. Lewis
37.50
J. L. Peters
13.50
Silver Burdett & Co.
10.92
A. Zanni
200.00
$ 613.57
Janitors' Supplies:
Air-Way Branch of New England
58.50
Andrews Paper Co.
178.15
G. H. Atkinson Co.
15.95
The Cudahy Packing Co.
17.65
M. F. Charles
.30
H. I. Dallman
214.30
C. B. Dolge
192.57
Economy Lubricating Co.
44.58
T. C. Fife
4.20
Francis Brothers
232.45
Wilbur D. Gilpatric
138.86
L. M. Glover
68.15
J. L. Hammett Co.
9.23
The Norman C. Hayner Co.
111.62
Hodge Boiler Works
20.78
Hodson Brothers
32.40
Kenney's Service Station
2.50
Lightfoot Schultz Co.
7.84
Mass. State Prison
196.13
Masury-Young Co.
51.17
Mun. Light Board
12.48
Ernest B. Nourse
37.85
Ira S. Noyes
64.87
Proctor & Gamble Co.
4.90
J. Fred Richardson
3.03
S. R. Stembridge
6.25
Fred F. Smith
21.78
Stone & Forsyth Co.
48.00
Tropical Paint & Oil Co.
60.25
F. Wallace
.97
West Disinfectant Co.
65.45
$ 1,923.17
172
Repairs:
American Abrasive Metals Co. 271.13
American Fire Equipment Co.
55.84
Allen Shade Holder Co. 68.36
Allen-Wales Corp
8.38
Edward E. Babb & Co.
70.00
IV. Bancroft Co.
17.36
Barris Lumber Co.
7.50
Curtis C. Caldwell
3.37
Clapp & Leach, Inc.
332.01
Columbia School Supply Co.
2.90
C. A. Cook Co.
60.33
E. B. Currell & Son
51.98
Dictaphone Sales Corp.
107.60
Hugh L. Eames
3.00
T. C. Fife
1,039.64
Francis Brothers
182.92
Frost & Adams
66.00
Stephen Harrow
94.75
Heywood-Wakefield Co. 23.71
J. L. Hammett Co.
48.46
Miles C. Higgins, Treas.
102.00
Hodson Brothers
597.21
Hodge Boiler Works
659.19
Hulse Roofing Co.
1,113.00
Cory Lindsay Co.
96.78
The Ideal Song Shop
39.25
W. E. Johnson
3.00
B. J. Leathers
4.00
George T. Lewis
83.50
H. B. McArdle
117.85
John McCarthy
341.50
Geo. A. McConn
60.00
George W. Marshall
5.00
Metal Craftsmen, Inc.
5.00
J. Henry Morgan
35.00
Municipal Light Board
68.84
J. A. Murphy
8.50
Fred W. Nelson
58.00
New Eng. Sales Co.
6.50
Norton Door Closer Co.
14.89
Office Appliance Co.
16.98
M. T. Pratt 1.98
H. Harvey Quigley
183.00
Ryan & Buker, Inc.
4.50
173
P. J. Seaman
2.50
Clinton W. Schwamb & Co., Inc.
13.94
Fred F. Smith
45.98
Harry E. Smith
902.50
W. A. Snow Iron Works
35.00
The Standard Electric Time Co.
31.06
A. M. Surrette
939.60
Underwood Typewriter Co.
4.80
Town of Reading, Water Dept.
20.83
A. M. Wood Co.
17.49
$ 8,154.41
Agricultural Account
Books and Supplies:
Assn. of Official Agric. Chemists
5.00
American Book Co.
.80
American Nature Magazine
2.40
Wendell Bancroft Co.
12.37
James W. Brine Co.
25.39
Francis Brothers
3.17
Ginn & Company
14.76
Harding Typewriter Co.
5.00
Hoard's Dairyman
1.00
Houghton Mifflin Co.
2.51
Market Growers Journal
2.00
Old Corner Book Store
18.31
Oxford Book Co.
1.63
Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.
. ..
10.85
Municipal Light Board
54.66
Rural Publishing Co.
1.60
Reading Greenhouses ..
20.93
Phelps Publishing Co.
3.00
Hermon T. Wheeler
1.50
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1.90
....
$ 188.78
Industrial Tuition
Tuition Paid:
City of Boston
215.88
City of Somerville
123.06
$ 338.94
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES For the Year Ended December 31 1927
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Accounting Department Receipts for 1927
Grace V. Viall, Collector
Taxes, Polls, Personal, Real Estate
$504,672.60
Interest on Taxes
5,515.71
Moth Assessments
1,004.85
Sewer Assessments and Interest
3,740.89
Sewer Rentals
7,729.38
Sidewalk Assessments
34.87
Summons, Costs and Charges, less fees .. 603.50
Redemption of Property
590.31
$523,892.11
Wilfred A. Bancroft, Treas.
Preston F. Nichols, Treas. pro-tem.
Interest on Deposits
2,614.31
Premium on Bonds
5,242.63
Accrued Interest
3.51
Moth and Tree Work Bills, '26, '27
1,332.60
Sidewalk Work Bills, 1927
195.65
Cemetery Bequest Fund Bequests
2,410.00
Interest
1,560.00
For Transfer for Cem. Care
1,641.55
Hospital Fund
Bequest
689.74
Interest
5,528.83
For Reinvestment
12,951.85
For Transfer for Hospital Care
628.80
Reading High School Scholarship Fund
Interest
150.00
For Transfer for Scholarships
200.00
Loans, Anticipation of Revenue
215,000.00
Loans, Anticipation of Serial Bonds,
Junior High School 60,000.00
Loans, Junior High School Building
330,000.00
Loan, Emergency-payment of Junior High School Bonds 18,000.00
Loans, Water Mains Ext.
15,000.00
Municipal Light Dept., Payment of cash advanced
14,000.00
177
Mun. Light Dept., Tax Reimbursement ... 124.21 Mun. Light Dept., Insurance Reimburse- ment
656.27
Sewer Dept., Insurance Reimbursement . 93.08
Water Dept., Insurance Reimbursement . 422.12
688,445.15 1,369.37
County of Middlesex Dog Tax
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
Income Tax
49,223.79
Corporation Tax
3,698.55
National Bank Tax
1,646.63
Trust Company
421.15
Street Railway
872.91
Soldiers' Exemption
72.83
State Aid
348.00
56,283.86
Board of Selectmen :
Licenses :
2nd-hand Motor Vehicles
100.00
Motor Bus
50.00
Taxi
13.00
Truck
19.50
Victualers'
30.50
Lord's Day
145.00
Inn-holder
1.00
3rd Class Liquor
1.00
Theatre
5.00
Auctioneer
4.00
Junk Dealers
75.00
Bowling and Pool
20.00
Revolver
14.50
Transfers
.50
Advertising Hearings
82.00
561.00
Rents, Municipal Property
735.00
Police Dept.
Court Fines
667.50
Damage to Beacon
48.15
715.65
Fire Department
Sale Material
6.37
Damage to Truck
350.00
356.37
Tree Warden, Damage to tree
5.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Fees
64.41
.
.
178
Board of Health :
Hair-Dressers' Licenses
10.00
Alcohol Licenses
6.00
Slaughtering Licenses
100.00
Milk and Oleo Licenses
24.50
Board of Public Works
Board of Public Welfare :
Comm. of Mass., Mothers' Aid
247.57
Comm. of Mass., Temporary Aid
17.77
Hospital Fund, Aid Acct.
554.90
Hospital Fund, Soldiers' Relief Acct.
73.90
Sundry Receipts, Aid Acct.
382.07
School Department :
Comm. of Mass., Tuition of State Wards
2,964.29
Town of North Reading, Tuition 8,558.46
Town of Wakefield, Tuition
54.82
Sundry Parties, Tuition
478.35
Comm. of Mass., Maint. Agric. Dept.
1,172.35
Comm. Voc. Edu., Tuition
398.58
Smith-Hughes Fund
197.98
Sundry Receipts
6.50
Public Library Fines
Cemetery Department :
Sale Lots and Graves
2,498.00
Care Lots and Graves
3,670.23
Cemetery Bequest Fund for care
1,641.55
7,809.78
Sewer Department, House Connections, Guar- antee Deposits
2,760.86
Water Department, Meter rates, etc.
50,820.89
Municipal Light Dept., Light and Rates, etc.
Power
269,669.79
Insurance, Payment of Losses
149.99
Insurance, Rebates on Premiums
53.57
Comm. of Mass., Pedlers' Licenses
28.00
Miscellaneous Receipts
4.44
Refunds :
Sewer H. C. Acct.
.73
Board of Health Acct. .77
Board of Public Welfare Aid Acct.
68.00
Soldiers' Relief Acct.
10.00
Laurel Hill Cemetery Acct.
2.06
140.50 43.36
1,276.21
13,831.33 325.00
179
Water Mains Ext. Acct.
7.00
Junior High School Building Insurance Account
1,337.56
1,426.12
Total Receipts
$1,620,767.76
PAYMENTS 1927
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator's Salary
$ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses
274.97
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary
2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,200.00
Treasurer's Expenses
553.21
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Collector's Expenses
1,046.76
Collector's Clerical
200.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,099.67
Assessors' Clerical
2,200.00
Block System Survey
499.70
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
13,20
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
481.89
Bd. of Pub. Wks. Sal. and Off. Exp.
5,199.73
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election and Registration Expenses .. 704.72
$ 21,743.85
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 2,785.54
Municipal Building Maintenance
2,432.82
Fire Stations, Maintenance
1,595.07
Victory House, Light
127.16
G. A. R. Rooms, Light
6.00
Insurance
8,151.28
Interest
21,113.68
Maturing Debt, not including Water and Light
46,500.00
Planning Board Expenses
10.60
$ 82,722.15
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept., Maintenance
$ 4,602.66
Police Dept., Salaries
23,113.91
180
Police Dept., Special Officers
1,574.32
Fire Dept., Maintenance
2,496.27
Fire Dept., Salaries
16,851.85
Fire Dept., Call Men Salaries
3,410.75
Fire Alarm, Maintenance and New Boxes
2,485.42
Moth Dept., Maintenance
5,710.12
Tree Warden, Maintenance
1,998.63
Forest Warden, Maintenance
544.18
Hydrant Rentals
7,315.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Inspector of Buildings, Salary
500.00
Inspector of Wires, Salary
100.00
Sealer of W. and M., Salary
400.00
Sealer of W. and M., Expenses
174.41
$ 71,377.52
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries
300.00
Board of Health, Expenses
562.19
Inspector of Plumbing, Salary
800.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
200.00
Inspector of Milk, Salary
100.00
Care of Contagious Diseases
971.78
Garbage Collection
2,300.00
$ 5,233.97
HIGHWAYS
Highways Dept., Maintenance
$ 53,679.56
Sidewalk Construction
5,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
10.351.68
Cleaning Drainage Ditches
2,490.39
Drainage System
14,770.74
$ 86,292.37
Street Lighting
13,500.00
CHARITIES AND AID
Board of Public Welfare :
Visitor's Salary
$ 400.00
Clerical Salary
352.00
Aid, Board and Care
8,699.53
Mothers' Aid
1,794.80
Temporary Aid
2,450.87
$ 13,697.20
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid
$ 258.00
Military Aid
220.00
Soldiers' Relief
4,633.38
$ 5,111.38
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EDUCATION
School Department :
General Maintenance
$ 42,278.98
General Salaries
150,887.23
Agricultural Maintenance
500.00
Agricultural Salaries
2,933.28
Industrial Tuition
338.94
$196,938.43
Public Library Maintenance
$ 3,172.25
Public Labrary Salaries
4,016.33
$ 7,188.58
RECREATION
Park Dept., Maintenance
CEMETERIES
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maintenance
$ 11,124.24
Forest Glen Cemetery, Development
2,866.42
$ 13,990.66
MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day Observance OTHER PAYMENTS
$ 373.45
G. A. R. Rooms, Rent
$ 360.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
492.00
Child Welfare Work
299.79
Middlesex Co. Bur. of Agri.
200.00
Victory House, Maintenance
500.00
Sundry Payments, unclassified
492.72
Junior High School Bonds exp.
738.30
Junior High School Ed. Advisor
631.00
Junior High School Building
273,155.26
Junior High School Lot Grading
30,000.00
Sewer Dept., Maintenance
13,230.63
Sewer Dept., House Connections
2,166.37
Water Dept., Maintenance, etc.
48,083.31
Water Mains Extension
10,513.70
Municipal Light Dept., Maintenance, etc.
269,380.70
State Taxes
25,437.40
County Tax
21,456.30
Metropolitan Sewer Assessments
12,362.71
Temporary Loans, Ant. of Rev.
240,000.00
Temporary Loans, Ant. Serial Bonds
135,000.00
Cemetery Bequest Fund Transfer
5,611.55
Hospital Fund Transfer
19,799.22
Reading High School Sch. Fund, Transfer
350.00
$1,110,260.96
Total Payments
$1,630,518.82
$ 2,088.30
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TREASURER'S CASH
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1927
Receipts, 1927
$ 32,600.65 1,620,767.76
$ 1,653,368.41
Payments, 1927
$ 1,630,518.82
Balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1927
$ 22,849.59
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1927
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
1,000.00
Collector's Clerical
200.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,100.00
Assessors Clerical
2,200.00
Block System Survey
500.00
Town 'Counsel's Salary
500.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
100.00
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
600.00
Board of Pub. Wks. Sal. and Off. Exp.
5,200.00
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election and Registration Expenses
700.00
$ 21,770.00
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 2,800.00
Municipal Bldg., Maintenance
2,500.00
Fire Stations, Maintenance and Repairs
1,600.00
Victory House, Light
150.00
G. A. R. Rooms, Light
25.00
Insurance
5,500.00
Interest
28,000.00
Maturing Debt
12,500.00
$ 53,075.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept., Maintenance
$
4,435.00
Police Dept., Salaries
23,396.20
163
Police Dept., Special Officers
200.00
Fire Dept., Maintenance
2,500.00
Fire Dept., Salaries
16,851.85
Fire Dept., Call Men Salaries
3,519.00
Fire Alarm, Maintenance
1,380.00
Moth Dept., Maintenance
5,700.00
Tree Warden, Maintenance
2,000.00
Forest Warden, Maintenance
500.00
Inspector of Buildings, Salary
500.00
Inspector of Wires, Salary
100.00
Sealer of W. and M., Salary
400.00
Sealer of W. and M., Expenses
150.00
$ 61,632.05
Hydrant Rentals
7,315.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
7,415.00
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 of Contagious Diseases
2,000.00
Garbage Collection
2,300.00
$ 6,300.00
HIGHWAYS
Highway Dept., Maintenance
$ 55,000.00
Sidewalk Construction
5,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
10,000.00
Maintenance of Storm Drains
3,000.00
$ 73,000.00
Street Lighting
$ 13,500.00
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 and Military Aid
$ 500.00 -
Soldiers' Relief
3,000.00
$ 3,500.00
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EDUCATION
School Department :
General Maintenance
$ 40,225.00
General Salaries 152,357.91
Agricultural Maintenance 500.00
Agricultural Salaries
2,937.50
Industrial Tuition 800.00
$196,820.41
Public Library, Maintenance
$ 3,200.00
Public Library, Salaries
4,080.00
$ 7,280.00
RECREATION
Park Dept., Maintenance
CEMETERIES
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maintenance $ 8,300.00
Forest Glen Cemetery, Development
3,000.00
$ 11,300.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Memorial Day Observance $ 500.00
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
Overdrafts, 1926
$ 4,878.16
Storm Water Drainage
15,000.00
Jun. High School Equipment
10,000.00
Jun. High School Grading
30,000.00
Child Welfare Work
300.00
Middlesex Bu. Agr. Extension
200.00
Maintenance Victory House
500.00
Rent G. A. R. Rooms
360.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
500.00
Transporting School Children
900.00
$ 62,638.16
Total Appropriations
$534,582.62
APPROPRIATIONS NOT FROM TAX LEVY
Reserve Fund from Overlay Reserve Fund $ 5,000.00
Maturing Debt from Sundry Accounts 16,000.00
$ 21,000.00
RECAPITULATION
Town Expenses, Debt, Etc.
$534,582.62
State Taxes and Assessments
37,712.55
County Tax
21,456.30
$593,751.47
Overlay
2,923.92
$596,675.39
$ 2,600.00
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VALUATION 1927
APPROPRIATIONS 1927
Real Estate
$ 12,871,665.00
Town Purposes $ 534,582.62
Personal Estate 1,505,484.00
State and County
Taxes, etc. .. 59,168.85
Overlay
2,923.92
Estimated Receipts
78,000.00
Real Estate Tax . .
459,521.44
Personal Estate Tax 53,747.95
$ 513,269.39
Poll Tax, 2703 @ $2
5,406.00
$ 518,675.39
$ 518,675.39
December Commitment
Real Estate
$ 2,000.00
Real Estate Tax $ 71.40
Personal Estate
150.00
Personal Estate
Tax 5.36
$ 2,150.00
$ 76.76
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, ETC. 1927
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :
State Tax
$ 21,600.00
State Highway Tax
3,561.93
Fire Prevention Tax
114.44
Municipal Lighting Tax 73.47
Metropolitan Sewerage Assessments
12,362.71
County of Middlesex, County Tax
21,456.30
$ 59,168.85
ACCOUNTING, TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS TAXES, 1924
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$ 27.25
Abatements
$ 27.25
$ 27.25
$ 27.25
TAXES, 1925
Balance uncollected, Jan. 1, 1927
$ 1,708.19
Collected 1927
$ 900.31
Abatements
286.78
Balance to 1928
521.10
$ 1,708.19 $ 1,708.19
TAXES, 1926
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$144,979.75
,
Total Valuation $ 14,377,149.00
Assessed @ $35.70 :
186
Collected 1927
$142,257.28
Abatements
86.41
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
1,705.44
Balance to 1928
170.62
$144,979.75
$144,979.75
TAXES, 1927
Commitment September
$518,675.39
Commitment Poll Taxes Additional
6.00
Commitment December
78.76
Collected
$361,515.01
Abatements
1.616.38
Balance to 1928
155,628.76
$518,760.15
$518,760.15
MOTH 1926
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$ 414.60
Collected 1927
$ 414.60
$ 414.60
$ +14.60
MOTH 1927
Commitment
$ 953.00
Collected 1927
$ 630.25
Balance to 1928
322.75
$ 953.00 $ 953.00
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT 1926
Balance from 1926
$ 44.80
Abatement
$ 9.93
Collected 1927
34.87
$ 44.80
$ 44.80
SEWER ASSESSMENT Unapportioned
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$ 167.02
Betterments assessed in 1926
882.24
Collected in 1927
$ 825.51
Apportioned
70.00
Balance to 1928
153.75
$ 1,049.26 $ 1,049.26
SEWER ASSESSMENT Apportionment of 1926
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$
751.57
187
Collected 1926
$ 744.64
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
6.93
$ 751.57 $ 751.57
SEWER ASSESSMENT Apportionment of 1927
Comitment 1927
$ 1,998.80
Collected 1927
$ 1,282.14
Balance to 1928
716.66
$ 1,998.80
$ 1,998.80
INTEREST ON SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$ 235.96
Commitment 1927
533.67
Additional charges
62.22
Collected
$ 628.04
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
2.49
Balance to 1928
201.32
$ 831.85 $ 831.85
SEWER ASSESSMENTS
1
Apportioned Receivable-Deferred Payments 1926 to
1936
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$ 9,170.49
Assessments 1927
797.30
Receipts 1927, Advanced Payments
$ 260.56
Committed to Collector, 1927
1,998.80
Balance Dec. 31, 1927
7,708.43
$ 9,967.79
$ 9,967.79
SEWER RENTALS
Balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1927
$ 423.00
Charged in 1927
7,445.72
Collected in 1927
$ 7,729.38
Abatements
4.94
Transfer to Tax Titles Account
15.00
Balance to 1928
119.40
$ 7,868.72
$ 7,868.72
OVERLAY 1924
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 27.25
Abatements 1926
$ 27.25
$ 27.25 $ 27.25
188
OVERLAY 1925
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 1,708.19
Abatements 1927
$ 286.78
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
900.31
Balance to 1928
521.10
OVERLAY 1926
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 1,670.78
Refunds and Abatements, 1927
$ 882.41
Transfer to Overlay Reserve Fund
617.75
Balance to 1928
170.62
$ 1,670.78
$ 1,670.78
OVERLAY 1927
Appropriation
$ 2,923.92
Commitment Poll Taxes, Additional
8.00
Commitment December
76.76
Refunds and Abatements
$ 1,842.04
Balance to 1928
1,166.64
$ 3,008.68 $ 3,008.68
OVERLAY RESERVE FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 5,785.88
Transfer from Overlay, 1925
900.31
Transfer from Overlay, 1926
617.75
Transfer to Reserve Fund
$ 5,000.00
Balance to 1928
$
2,303.94
$
7,303.94 $ 7,303.94
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS Receivable
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 3,140.69
Charges in 1927
29,219.18
Received in 1927 and Credits
$ 20,399.22
Committed to Collector 1927
953.00
Balance to 1928
11,007.65
$ 32,359.87
$ 32,359.87
WATER DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1927 $ 354.00
Meter Rates, etc., Charged in 1927
51,046.91
Cr.
$ 1,708.19
$ 1,708.19
189
Receipts 1927
$ 50,820.89
Discounts, etc.
202.61
Balance Dec. 31, 1928
377.41
$ 51,400.91
$ 51,400.91
MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Dr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 39,144.46
Light, Power, etc., charged 1927
286,020.61
Cr.
Receipts, 1927
$269,669.79
Discounts and Adjustments
20,065.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1927
35,430.19
$325,165.07
$325,165.07
CEMETERY RESERVE FUND
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 688.83
Receipts, Sale Lots and Graves
2,368.00
Dr.
Transferred to Laurel Hill Cemetery Account $ 1,180.63
Balance to 1928
1,876.20
$ 3,056.83 $ 3,056.83
TAX TITLES (HELD BY TOWN)
Dr.
Balance from 1926
$ 6,797.35
Taken by Town in 1927
1,729.86
Cr.
Redemption of Property
$ 590.31
Balance to 1928
7,936.90
$ 8,527.21 $ 8,527.21
EXCESS AND EFFICIENCY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Balance Jan. 1, 1927
$ 11,845.29
Transferred Tax Title Revenue Account
614.73
Transferred Revenue Account
26,610.92
Dr.
Transferred to Maturing Debt Account $ 9,577.67
Transferred to Tax Titles Revenue 1,729.86
Balance to 1928
27,763.41
$ 39,070.94
$ 39,070.94
A
.
190
RESERVE FUND Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Transfers to Sundry Accounts
Balance to Revenue
$
4,568.84
431.16
$
5,000.00 $ 5,000.00
APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Moderator's Salary
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 60.00
Dr.
Charles P. Howard
$
60.00
Selectmen's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Millard F. Charles
$ .95
Comm. of Mass.
.33
Comm. of Public Safety
1.20
Davis & Abbott
12.50
H. L. Heseltine
1.75
Hobbs & Warren
1.54
Hazel Killam
1.00
Geo. E. Larrabee
6.00
W. W. Lydston
3.45
H. B. McArdle
11.75
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
93.60
N. E. Towel Supply Co.
16.80
Remington-Rand Co.
10.00
Chas. N. Smart
2.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
91.10
U. S. Post Office
6.00
John N. Weston
15.00
Total Payments
$ 274.97
Balance to Revenue
25.03
$ 300.00 $ 300.00
Appropriation
$ 1,310.00
Selectmen's Clerical Cr.
$
5,000.00
$ 60.00 $ 60.00
$ 300.00
191
Dr.
Leon G. Bent $ 1,310.00
$
1,310.00
$
1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Leon G. Bent
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Wilfred A. Bancroft
$ 250.00
Preston F. Nichols
$ 950.00
$ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00
Treasurer's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
153.21
Dr.
Adams, Cushing & Foster
$ 5.20
Ajax Time St. Co.
15.70
American Railway Exp. Co.
.83
M. F. Charles
13.30
Chase's Auto Express
.35
Comm. of Mass.
48.00
F. & E. Co.
.50
G. J. Hewson
16.17
Hill, Smith & Co.
2.15
C. E. Hersom
1.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
64.99
Prentiss & Parker
155.00
Second National Bank
.11
Standard Mailing Mch. Co.
39.20
U. S. Post Office
190.71
Total Payments $ 553.21
$ 553.21
Tax Collector's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00
$
2,000.00
$ 1,200.00
192
Dr.
Grace V. Viall
$ 2.000.00
Tax Collector's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
$
1,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
50.00
Dr.
Ajax Time Stamp Co.
$ 16.00
M. F. Charles
4.75
Clinton W. Crafts
179.00
Dalton Adding Machine Co.
4.00
Hobbs & Warren
2.00
C. E. Hersom
1.00
W. W. Lydston
2.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
54.12
N. E. Towel Supply Co.
7.20
Prentiss & Parker
310.00
Jas. T. Towhill Co.
39.50
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
93.85
U. S. Post Office
317.24
Grace V. Viall
16.30
Total Payments
$ 1,046.76
Balance to Revenue
3.24
$ 1,050.00 $ 1,050.00
Tax Collector's Clerical Cr.
Appropriation
$ 200.00
Dr.
Christine F. Atkinson
$ 104.25
Jessie M. Staples
60.50
Philomena Doucette
35.25
$ 200.00 $ 200.00
Board of Assessors' Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Alvah W. Clark
$ 600.00
Geo. E. Horrocks
600.00
J. Fred Richardson
600.00
$ 1,800.00
$ 1,800.00
$ 1,800.00
$ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
193
Board of Assessors' Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Adams, Cushing & Foster
$
10.00
L. L. Applin
4.85
Assessors' Auto Tax. Ser.
5.00
C. F. Atkinson
17.93
Blackbird Pen Co.
3.50
Anne D. Canty
51.75
Chamberlain Metal Weath. Str. Co.
15.00
M. F. Charles
1.30
A. W. Clark, Auto Expense, etc.
128.00
Harding Typewriter Co.
2.00
C. F. Hersom
1.00
Hobbs & Warren
1.88
Geo. E. Horrocks
15.00
Geo. W. S. Ide
3.25
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
51.49
N. E. Towel Supply Co.
7.20
Annie Patrick
46.50
Quality Press
19.00
Rand Kardex Serv. Corp.
1.12
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
705.55
U. S. Post Office
6.00
W. W. White & Co.
2.35
Total Payments
$ 1,099.67
Balance to Revenue
.33
$ 1,100.00
$ 1,100.00
Board of Assessors' Clerical
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,200.00
Dr.
Christine F. Atkinson
$ 1,300.00
Philomena C. Doucette
900.00
$ 2,200.00 $ 2,200.00
Block System Survey
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Dr.
Davis & Abbott
$ 499.70
$ 1,100.00
194
Balance to Revenue .30
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Town Counsel's Salary Cr.
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Dr.
Melville F. Weston
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Town Counsel's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Melville F. Weston
$ 1.95
Margaret O'Neill
11.25
Total Payments
$ 13.20
Balance to Revenue
86.80
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Town Clerk's Salary
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Millard F. Charles
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses Cr.
Appropriation
600.00
Dr.
C. F. Atkinson
65.00
Millard F. Charles
335.74
Edgerley & Bessom
25.75
P. B. Murphy
5.65
Chas. N. Smart
6.00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly
25.75
Various Parties (Returns)
18.00
Total Payments
$ 481.89
Balance to Revenue
118.11
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