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17.94
$ 301.75
$ 301.75
Highway Equipment Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
$ 3,752.10
P. I. Perkins Co.
695.00
Hedges and Mathies
52.90
$ 4,500.00
$ 4,500.00
Street Lighting Cr.
Appropriation
$ 17,300.00
Dr.
Municipal Light Dept.
$ 17,300.00
$ 17,300.00 $ 17,300.00
311
$ 4,500.00
Charles M. Wood Co.
Dr.
Water Dept., Maintenance, etc.
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 47,190.87
Transfer from Water Reserve
2,809.13
Receipts, refunds
134.19
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 10,390.79
Clerical
1,936.25
Bonds
13,000.00
Interest on Bonds
2,580.00
Telephone
90.65
Insurance
795.10
Office Supplies and Equipment
298.37
Fuel
239.81
Light and Power
5,468.38
Supplies
11,433.37
Auto Equip. and Repairs
1,106.51
Tools and Repairs to Tools
703.72
New Meters and Hydrants
1,001.21
All Other
77.42
Total Payments
$ 50,022.08
Balance to Water Reserve
112.11
$ 50,134.19
$ 50,134.10
Municipal Light Department, Maintenance Etc.
Cr.
Balance from 1934
$
2,243.31
Bond Issue
20,000.00
Accrued Interest
Sale of Light, Power, Etc.
264,944.16
Other Receipts
54,408.44
Refunds
20.67
Dr.
New Construction
$ 51,563.30
Electric Energy Purchased
92,627.35
Salaries and Wages
91,111.35
Maint. and Operation of Lines
38,568.55
Taxes
3,384.50
Insurance
3,176.49
Office and Salesroom
5,878.79
Rent
2,018.54
312
Other Payments
15,262.43
Interest Paid
2,940.00
Bonds and Notes Paid
12,000.00
$318,531.30
Paid to Treasurer
$ 19,488.35
Total Payments
$338,019.65
Balance to 1936
3,596.93
$341,606.58
Paid to Treasurer, Town of Reading
$ 19,488.35
Total Payments
338,019.65
Balance to 1936
$ 3,596.93
$341,606.58
$341,606.58
Public Welfare Department Administrative Cr.
Appropriation
$ 7,282.00
Refund from E. R. A.
22.50
Dr.
Salaries :
Supervisory and clerical
$ 4,138.50
Investigators and visitors
2,282.00
Visitor's Expenses
137.36
Office Supplies and Equipment
180.25
Printing and postage
124.00
Trucking
213.34
Telephone
100.22
Other Payments
100.01
Total Payments
$ 7,275.68
Balance to Revenue
28.82
$ 7,304.50
$ 7,304.50
Aid, Board and Care Cr.
Appropriation
$ 52,000.00
Transfer from Interest Account
7,117.22
Refund from E. R. A.
799.64
Refunds on Individual Accounts
524.34
313
Dr.
Cash
$ 8,051.49
Pay Roll Labor
11,345.70
Board
3,486.43
Shelter
2,971.47
Food
14,817.59
Fuel and Light
3,756.17
Medical and Hospital Care
3,912.06
Clothing
1,123.72
Household Necessities
327.08
Massachusetts Hospital School
286.26
Division of Child Guardianship
260.71
Other Cities and Towns
6,047.92
Trucking
262.53
E. R. A. Expense
799.64
E. R. A. Medical Expense
46.50
Emergency Food Orders
197.84
Transportation
41.56
Burials
210.50
Other Payments
594.06
Total Payments
$ 58.539.23
Balance to Revenue
1,901.97
$ 60,441.20 $ 60,441.20
Temporary Aid
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 14,718.00
Transfer from Interest Account
195.58
Refunds
162.80
Dr.
Cash
$ 3,196.60
Pay Roll Labor
3,170.30
Board
350.50
Rent
830.90
Food
4,715.81
Fuel and Light
1,010.56
Hospital and Medical Care
1,076.03
Clothing
283.87
Household Necessities
173.80
314
Burial of Transients
249.00
Other Payments
1.67
Total Payments
$ 15,064.04
Balance to Revenue
12.34
Mother's Aid Cr.
Appropriation
$ 6,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
2,150.00
Transfer from Interest Account
463.04
Dr.
Cash
$ 6,567.15
Food
638.13
Rent
547.20
Fuel and Light
396.28
Hospital and Medical Care
392.27
Clothing
39.63
Household Necessities
8.00
Other Payments
2.55
Total Payments
$ 8,591.21
Balance to Revenue
21.83
· $ 8,613.04
$ 8,613.04
Old Age Assistance Cr.
Appropriation
$ 20,000.00 20.50
Refunds
Dr.
Cash
$ 16,898.00
Fuel
363.08
Clothing
10.20
Household Necessities
47.00
Hospital and Medical Care
451.51
Board
913.00
Other Cities and Towns
862.10
Other Payments
5.16
Total Payments
$ 19,550.05
Balance to Revenue
470.45
$ 20,020.50
$ 20,020.50
$ 15,076.38
$ 15,076.38
315
Soldiers' Relief Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Cash Payments
$ 7,297.29
Work Payroll
1,636.20
Food
1,101.84
Fuel
632.39
Medical and Hospital
737.07
Burial
100.00
Clothing
203.44
Kent
75.00
Miscellaneous
82.50
Agents's salary and expenses
563.13
Total Payments
$ 12,428.86
Balance to Revenue
49
$ 12,429.80 $ 12,429.80
Military Aid
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,100.00
Cash Payments
$ 1,002.00
Balance to Revenue
98.00
$
1,100.00 $ 1,100.00
State Aid
Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Cash Payments
$ 760.00
Balance to Revenue
240.00
$ 1,000.00
$ 1,000.00
School Department, General Salaries
Cr.
Appropriation
$169,722.00
Dr.
Supt. and Teachers' Salaries
$145,044.36
Janitors' Salaries
15,796.30
Attendance Officer
457.01
316
$ 12,429.80
Dr.
$ 1,000.00
School Nurse
1,774.92
Medical Inspection
935.00
Substitutes
1,537.25
Total Payments
$165,544.84
Transferred to Main Acct.
3,500.00
Balance to Revenue
677.16
$169,722.00
$169,722.00
School Department, General Maintenance
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 48,390.00
Transfer from Unemployment Relief Fund
839.79
Transfer from Salaries Account
3,500.00
Refunds
17.50
Dr.
Transportation of Pupils
$ 6,290.09
Tuition
203.00
Textbooks
4,132.13
Supplies for Pupils
6,704.63
Ceneral Control Expense
2,399.43
Supervision Expense
387.97
Principals' Office Expense
411.43
Commencement Expense
331.61
Other Expenses of Instruction
1,239.34
Compulsory Attendance
48.15
Medical Service
35.49
Nurse Service
291.91
Fuel
7,271.21
Other Operation Expenses
5,839.00
Maintenance Expense
10,282.11
Capital Outlay
2,804.53
Insurance
3,013.44
E. R. A. (refunded)
839.79
Total Payments
$ 52,530.26
Balance to Revenue
217.03
$ 52,747.29
$ 52,747.29
School Department, Agricultural Salaries
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,506.40
317
Dr.
Pay Rolls
$ 2,389.44
Balance to Revenue
116.96
$ 2,506.40 $ 2,506.40
School Department, Agricultural Maintenance Cr.
Appropriation
$ 540.00
Total Payments
$ 114.53
Balance to Revenue
425.47
$ 540.00 $ 540.00
School Department, Vocational Tuition Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
City of Medford
$ 262.50
City of Boston
209.22
Total Payments
$ 471.72
Balance to Revenue
1,028.23
$ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00
i
Public Library Salaries Cr.
Appropriation
Dr.
Bertha L. Brown, Librarian
$ 1,500.00
Grace J. Abbott, Librarian
1,200.00
Rebecca Turner, Asst Librarian
780.00
Ruth W. Currier
293.90
Nora Carney
277.90
Phyllis Comey
26.03
Mary Lee Kingman
12.45
William H. Killam, Janitor Service
706.50
Total Payments
$ 4,796.78
Balance to Revenue
3.22
$ 4,800.00
$ 4,800.00
318
$
4,800.00
Dr.
$ 1,500.00
Public Library, Maintenance
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,800.00
Dr.
Books and Periodicals
$ 1,830.11
Binding
11.10
Stationery, Printing and Supplies
166.65
Building Repairs
154.18
Fuel
210.95
Light
161.03
Water and Sewer
9.00
Removing Ashes
5.88
Insurance
89.66
Telephone
44.59
Furniture
54.75
All Other
55.77
Total Payments
$ 2,793.67
Balance to Revenue
6.33
$ 2,800.00 $ 2,800.00
Park Maintenance Department
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 503.48
Supplies
457.69
Repairs
189.65
Playground Equipment
137.07
Fence
377.78
Insurance
77.87
All Other
241.41
Total Payments
$ 1,984.95
Balance to Revenue
15.05
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
319
Laurel Hill Cemetery Cr.
Appropriation
Transfer from Cemetery Reserve
$ 8,000.00 400.00
Transfer from Cemetery Bequest Fund
2,156.09
Receipt
13.2
Dr.
Superintendent's Salary
$ 2,327.00
Clerical
788.84
Pay Roll
5,387.87
Telephone
98.24
Material and Supplies
652.40
Equipment and Repairs
776.67
Auto Truck Expense
298.66
Insurance
171.60
All Other
62.84
Total Payments
$ 10,564.12
Balance to Revenue
5.20
$ 10,569.32 $ 10,569.32
Forest Glen Cemetery Cr.
Appropriation
$ 600.00
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 493.93
All Other
104.66
Total Payments
$ 593.59
Balance to Revenue
1.41
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
Care Soldiers' Graves
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Dr.
Pay Roll
$ 314.37
Material
85.63
$ 400.00 $ 400.00
320
Article 6-Reserve Fund
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 5,000.00
Dr.
Transfer to following accounts :
Treasurer's Clerical
$ 25.00
Collector's Expenses
625.00
Election Expenses
100.00
Fire Station Maint.
250.00
Military Aid
300.00
Misc. Expenses
1,100.00
Municipal Building
300.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
150.00
Mother's Aid
2,150.00
Total Transfers $ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
Planning Board Expenses
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Dr.
Stationery and Printing
$ 10.50
Supplies and Apparatus
317.46
Mass. Federation Dues
15.00
Blue Prints, etc.
101.48
Revising Zoning Map
340.00
Clerical
30.00
Miscellaneous
61.41
Total Payments
$ 875.85
Balance to Revenue
124.15
$ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00
Memorial Day Observance
Cr.
Appropriation
$
500.00
321
Dr.
Flowers
$ 172.50
Lunches
75.00
Flags
25.00
Transportation, etc.
9.50
Band
165.00
Amplifier
35.00
Printing
17.50
Total Payments
$ 500.00 $ 500.00
Interest on Town Debt, Not Including Water, Light and Sewer
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 19,186.00
Dr.
On Temporary Loans
$ 2,271.25
Police Station
900.00
School Building
2,320.00
Municipal Building
270.00
Fire Apparatus
171.00
Relief Loan
813.75
Total Payments
$ 6,746.00
Transferred to Various Accounts
11,225.84
Balance to Revenue
1,214.16
$ 19,186.00 $ 19,186.00
Maturing Debt not Including Water and Light
Cr.
Appropriation
$ 66,000.00
Dr.
Sewer
$ 8,000.00
Police Station
5,000.00
School Building
34,000.00
Municipal Building
2,000.00
Fire Apparatus
2,000.00
Relief Loan
15,000.00
$ 66,000.00
$ 66,000.00
322
ACCOUNTING SPECIAL FUNDS
Name of Fund
Balance Jan. 1, '35
Receipts
Payments
Balance Dec. 31, '35
Public Welfare, Special Fund
$ 13.62 $
55.95
$ 59.95
$ 14.62
Morrison Fund
90.81
29.70
31.00
89.51
E. R. A. Clothing Fund
9.46
27.50
16.20
19.56
Base Ball Fund
17.78
44.85
62.63
00.00
Library Fund, Special
22.60
22.60
World War Memorial
4,069.82
4,069.82
Smith-Hughes Fund
279.97
579.33
279.97
579.33
George Reed Fund
36.91
36.91
00.00
Premium Account
759.76
428.31
331.45
Junior High School
101.66
101.66
Tailings Accounts
37.55
134.63
172.18
Guarantee Deposits
Cemetery Work
2.65
2.65
Sewer House Connections
374.30
374.30
E. R. A. Projects
289.34
289.34
*
ACCOUNTING SUNDRY APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriation 1935
Expended Balance
Title of Account
Unpaid bills, 1934
$ 2,800.00
$ 2,795.20 $
4.80*
Land Court Expenses
525.75
440.11
85.64*
Child Welfare Work
400.00
400.00
Temporary Aid
427.95
427.95
Damage Suit Settlement
1,360.00
1,360.00
Police Motor Cycles
800.00
669.80
130.20*
Moth Dept. Truck
800.00
658.50
141.50*
Middlesex County Hospital
5,929.86
5,929.86
Town Forest Development
75.00
55.29
19.71*
Rent, Legion Quarters
1,000.00
1,000.00
Overdraft Old Age Assistance
8.00
8.00*
Care Soldiers' Graves
400.00
400.00
Unemployment Relief Projects
15,000.00
15,000.00
W. P. A. Projects
25,000.00
2,644.21
22,355.79 **
*Balance to Revenue
** Balance to 1936
Accounting Trust Funds
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$229,691.67
Cemetery Bequests
2,965.00
Interest and Income
8,904.01
Payments for Hospital Care, etc.
$ 8,249.63
Payments Care Endowed Lots
2,156.09
Payments for Scholarships
150.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
231,004.96
$241,560.68
$241,560.63
Cemetery Bequest Fund
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935
$ 65,933.73
Bequests
2,065.00
Interest and Income
2,449.35
Payments Care Lots
$ 2,156.09
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
69,196.99
$ 71,353.08
$ 71,353.08
Hospital Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1935
$157,578.23
Interest and Income
6,269.52
Payments for Hospital Care
$ 8,167.96
Administrative Expenses
81.67
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
155,593.12
$163,847.75 $163,847.75
Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1935
$ 1,034.57
Interest
28.64
Balance December 31, 1935
$ 1,063.21
$ 1,063.21 $ 1,063.21
Reading High School Scholarship Fund
Balance January 1, 1935
$ 5,140.14
Income
156.50
Payments for Scholarships
$ 150.00
Balance December 31, 1935
5,1 46.64
$ 5,296.64
$ 5,296.54
325
STATEMENT OF INVESTED FUNDS
Cemetery Bequest Funds
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
Investments Listed at Par :
$5,000 N. E. Tel. 1st Mort. 5's Series A 1952 $ 5,000.00 $5,000 No. Pac. Ry. Ref. & Imp., 6's Series B 2047 5,000.00
$4,000 N. Y. C. R. R. Ref. Imp., 5's Series C. 2013 4,000.00
Blackstone Savings Bank, Boston, No. 10672 ..
6,055.38
Home Savings Bank, Boston, No. 368,204
9,713.50
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, No. 948,228
8,031.52
Andover Savings Bank, No. 40,177
4,262.11
Cambridge Savings Bank, No. 89,112
4,219.93
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence, No. 230,779
4,314.63
Mech. Savings Bank, Reading, No. 5103
6,427.52
Mech. Savings Bank, Reading, No. 10,714
1,701.46
Malden Savings Bank, No. 137,262 5,252.00
Woburn Savings Bank, No. 61,052 5,193.94
Cash in General Funds 25.00
$ 69,196.99
Library Fund
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
Investment :
Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, No. 987,334 $ 1,063.21
Reading High School Scholarship Fund
Balance Dec. 31, 1935
Investments :
Andover Savings Bank, No. 39861 1,000.00
Charlestown Five C'ts Sav'gs Bk. No. 161,863 3,000.00
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence, No. 230,306 1,000.00
First National Bank, Reading, Savings De- partment, No. 5624 142.03
Cash in Closed Bank 4.61
$ 5,146.64
326
Hospital Fund
Balance Dec. 31. 1935
Investments, Securities listed at Par or less :
$4,500 Am. Tel .- Tel. Cor. Tr. 5's, 1946 .. $ 4,500.00
$5,000 Boston Elevated, 5's, 1937 5,000.00
$5,000 Chicago B &Q R. R. Co., Ill., Div. "M" 31/2's, 1949 5,000.00
$5,000 Conn. Lt. & Power Co., 1st Ref. S. F. 41/2's 1956 Series C 5,000.00
$1,000 Conn. Lt. & Power Co., 1st Ref. S. F. 7's 1951 Series A
1,000.00
$5,000 Consumers' Power Co., 5's 1936 .. 5,000.00
$5,000 Consumers' Power Co., 41/2's, 1958 $5000 Consolidated Gas of Baltimore Gen. M 41/2's, 1954
5,000.00
5,000.00
$5,000 Ill. Cent. R. R. Co., Tr. 4's, 1952 .. 5,000.00
$5,000 Ill. Cent. R. R. Co., St. Louis Div. 1st M 3's 1951
5,000.00
$5,000 U. S. Treasury Bond 41/2's, 1952 .. 5,000.00 $10,000 U. S. Treasury Bonds 27/8's 1938 $5,000 Kings Co. Elec. Lt. & Pow. 5's, 1937 5,000.00 $5,000 N. Y. Tel. Co. 1st Gen. M 41/2's, 1939 5,000.00
10,000.00
$5,000 Old Colony R. R. 1st 5's, 1945
5,000.00
$5,000 Pacific Gas & Elec. 41/2's, 1957 5,000.00
$5,000 Penn. R. R. Co. Gen. Mort. 41/2's 1965
5,000.00
American Mfg. Co. Common, 72 Shares . 1.00
Home Bleachery & Dye Wks, Pfd, 2 Sh's 11.00
Sharp Mfg. Co., Pfd, 55 Shares
1.00
Sharp Mfg. Co. Com., 20 Sh's (10921300) 1.00
Andover Savings Bank, No. 39860
7,103.73
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, No. 162,338
7,226.73
Essex Sav'gs Bank, Lawrence, No. 230,778 7,191.20
327
Mechanics Sav'gs Bank, Reading, No. 9189 17,727.87 First Nat. Bank, Reading, Savings Dept., No. 6435 5,258.79
Warren Institute for Savings, Boston, No. 135,648 5,151.27
Chelsea Savings Bank, No. 154,784
4,000.00
Malden Savings Bank, No. 141,347
5,117.18
Provident Inst. for Savings, Boston, No. 615,034
3,000.00
Cash in General Funds
6,066.81
Cash in Closed Bank
2,240.54
$ 155,598.12
I hereby certify that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 55, Chapter 41, of the General Laws, I have audited the accounts of the Commissioners of Trust Funds, have examined the securities and verified bank balances and report the foregoing to be a true and accurate statement, December 31, 1935.
LEON G. BENT, Town Accountant.
ACCOUNTING LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1935 Issued in 1935 .
$250,000.00
Purchased
Month by Ratio Amount
Feb., Second National Bank, Boston 1/2-1%
$ 40,000.00
May, Second National Bank, Boston .. 1/2-1%
150,000.00
Nov., Second National Bank, Boston 4/10-1%
50,000.00
Nov, Second National Bank, Boston 8/10-1%
200,000.00
$440,000.00
$590,000.00
Paid in 1935 :
July
$ 50,000.00
November
390,000.00
440,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1935
$250,000.00
328
ACCOUNTING TOWN DEBT Detail of Payments in 1935, etc.
Outstanding
Loan
Jan. 1, 1935
Issued in 1935
Paid in Outstanding Town Debt
1935
Dec. 31, 1935 Maturing in
Municipal Relief Loan Chap.
1936
307, Acts 1935
$ 33,000.00
$ 33,000.00
$ 4,000.00
Municipal Light
$ 79,500.00
20,000.00
$ 12,000.00
87,500.00
11,000.00
Sewer
98,000.00
8,000.00
90,000.00
8,000.00
Water
73,000.00
13,000.00
60,000.00
10,000.00
Water Filtration Plant Loan
42,000.00
42,000.00
5,000.00
Municipal Building
6,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
School Building
58,000.00
34,000.00
24,000.00
24,000.00
Police Station
25,000.00
5,000.00
20,000.00
5,000.00
Fire Engine
7,000.00
2,000.00
5,600.00
2,000.00
$347,100.00 $ 53,000.00
$ 76,000.00 $366,100.00 $ 71,000.00
TOWN DEBT, DETAIL OF MATURITIES
Year
Municipal
Relief Loan
· Chap. 307
Acts 1935.
Municipal
Light
Dept.
Sewer Dept.
Water Dept.
Mun. Bldg.
School Bldg.
Police Station
Fire Engine
WVater
Filtration
Plant Loan.
Total
1936
$ 4,000.00 $ 11,000.00
$ 8,000.00
$ 10,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 24,000.00 $ 5,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$
5,000.00 $ 71,000.00
1937
4,000.00
9,500.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
41,500.00
1938
4,000.00
9,500.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
5,000.00
38,500.00
1939
3,000.00
9,500.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
600.00
5,000.00
37,100.00
1940
3,000.00
8,000.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
30,000.00
1941
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
26,000.00
1942
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
26,000.00
1943
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
23,000.00
1944
3,000.00
6,000.00
7,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
23,000.00
1945
3,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
3,000.00
20,000.00
1946
2,000.00
6,000.00
2,000.00
10,000.00
1947
2,000.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
1948
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
1949
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
1950
2,000.00
2,000.00
1951
2,000.00
2,000.00
$ 33,000.00 $ 87,500.00 $ 90,000.00
$ 60,000.00 $ 4,000.00
$ 24,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 5,600.00 $ 42,000.00
$366,100.00*
* Does not include Tax Title Loan $25,000 issued in 1935.
BORROWING CAPACITY 1936
Valuation Abatements in
Years
Valuation
1933
1934
1935
Total Abatements
Net Valuation
1933
A
$16,653,924 $
54,891
$ 33,423
$
20,645 $
$108,959
$16,545,365
D
400
Excise
510,297
18,073
16,994
17,019
52,086
458,211
1934
A
16,606,208
51,578
48,181
99,759
16,506,449
D
Excise
488,554
20,996
9,597
30,593
457,961
1935
J
16,588,560
135,915
135,915
16,453,795
D
1,150
Excise
477,764
20,215
20,215
457,549
Totals
$51,326,857
$ 72,964
$ 122,991
$ 251,572
$ 447,527
$50,879,330
Valuation 1935
$16,589,710
Net Valuation for 3 Years ..
$50,879,330
Req. Section 7
4,147.43
Average Valuation for 3 Years ..
16,959,776
Tax Rate 1935
32.00
3 per cent of Average Valuation
$508,793.30
Ratio of Debt to Valuation : 1.04, Enterprise 1.11, Total 2.15.
Total Debt
Debt inside limit
General
$ 50,600
Debt outside limit
General
126,000
Light
87,500
Water
102,000
$366,100.00
$458,193.30
Available Borrowing Capacity Jan. 1, 1936
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1935
$250,000.00
Cash in Banks and Offices
$189,155.21
Temporary Loans
Cash in Closed Bank
2,787.93
Reserved for Cash in Closed Banks
2,787.93
Taxes and Assessments Receivable :
Tailings Account
172.18
Personal Estate 1931
$ 69.53
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
5,865.76
Personal and Real Estate 1933
132.34
Moth Assessments Revenue ..
252.00
Poll, Personal and Real Estate 1934
19,522.70
Sewer Assessments and Int. Revenue
375.31
Poll, Personal and Real Estate 1935
186,420.03
Sewer Rentals Revenue
1,771.33
Old Age Assistance Tax 1933
1.00
Sidewalk and Curbing Assts. and Int. Revenue 1933-1935 ..
519.10
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1933
102.79
Sidewalk and Curbing Assts. and Int. Revenue 1936-1944 ..
2,188.14
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1934
1,823.04
Highway Betterment Assessments Revenue
2,284.01
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1935
3,939.93
Sewer Assessments Apportioned Revenue 1936-1944
1,697.69
Moth Assessments 1933-1935
252.00
Cemetery Lots and Bequests Revenue
512.50
Sewer Assessments 1933-1935
314.64
Highway Bett. Assts. Appor'n. Rev. 1936-1944
4,412.16
Committed Interest on same
60.67
Tax Titles Revenue
30,665.71
Sewer Rentals
1,771.33
Reserve For Payment of Tax Title Loans
4,525.97
Sidewalk and Curb Assessments 1934-1935 . .
449.86
Departmental Accounts Receivable Revenue
34,944.34
Committed Interest on same
69.24
Water Dept. Accts. Rec. Revenue
2,972.00
Highway Bett. Assessments 1933-1935
2,065.38
Municipal Light Department Accounts Rec. Rev.
31,891.31
Committed Interest on same
218.63
Municipal Light Department Maintenance
3,596.93
Sewer Ass'ts. Appor'n. 1936-1944
1,697.69
Federal Grant, Filtration Plant 29,250.00
Sidewalk and Curb Ass'ts. Appor'n. 1936-
Cemetery Reserve 6,080.44
1944
2,188.14
Water Reserve 5,926.72
Highway Bett. Ass't. Appor'n. 1936-1944 .. 4,412.16
Sewer Reserve
2,889.23
Cem. Lots and Beq. Deferred Payments . .
512.50
Overlay 1933
132.34
Tax Titles
30,665.71
Overlay 1934
990.06
Departmental Acc'ts. Receivable
34,944.34
Overlay 1935
4,355.51
Water Dept. Acc'ts. Receivable
2,567.06
Overlay Reserve
6,332.71
Water Liens
404.94
Special Account Sale of Land
1,348.25
Mun. Light Dept. Acc'ts. Receivable
31,891.31
Block System Survey
183.27
State Aid to Highways .
300.38
Highway Dept. Chap. 464, Acts 1935
4,212.17
County Aid to Highways
100.13
Chapin Ave. Construction
307.23
Abatements Old Age Assistance Taxes
50.00
Old Age Ass't. Special State Assessment ..
7.00
Winthrop Avenue Construction
17.94
Accounts Receivable Federal Grants
29,250.00
. Overlay 1932
85.11
356,289.58
W. P. A. Projects (Material)
22,355.79
Special Fund Public Welfare
14.62
Morrison Fund
89.51
Public Library, Special Account
22.60
Premium
331.45
World War Memorial
4,069.82
Smith-Hughes Fund
579.33
Junior High School Account
101.66
Hospital Fund
6,066.81
Cemetery Bequest Fund
25.00
E. R. A. Clothing Fund
19.56
Excess and Deficiency Account
42,364.96
.
$548,232.72
$548,232.72
County Road Construction
69.39
Colburn Road Construction
1,327.12
P. W. A. Filtration Plant
27,334.86
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt
$365,100.00
Municipal Relief Loan $ 33,000.00
Tax Title Loan
25,000.00
Municipal Light Loans 87,500.00
Sewer Loans 90,000.00
Water Loans 60,000.00
Municipal Building Loan
4,000.00
School Building Loan
24,000.00
Police Station Loan
20,000.00
Fire Engine Loan
5,600.00
Tax Title Loan
25,000.00
Water Filtration Loan
42,000.00
$391,100.00
$391,100.00
INDEX
Page
Accountant 273
Births Registered 60
Board of Appeal
90
Board of Assessors 264
Board of Health
90
Board of Public Welfare
251
Superintendent's Report
253
Board of Public Works
107
Executive Office 155
Highway Department
132 145
Sewer Department
151
Superintendent's Report
118
Water Department
123
Burial Agent's Report
96
Cemetery Trustees
102
Forest Glen Cemetery
104
Laurel Hill Cemetery 103
Chief of Fire Department
84
Chief of Police
83
Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves
101
Deaths Registered
72
Dogs Licensed
58
Dog Officer's Report
97
Elections : Town
13
Electric Light Commissioners
193
Manager's Report 194
Auditor's Report 227
Fire Alarm Card 88
Forest Warden's Report 86
Inspector of Animals
97
Inspector of Buildings Report 87
Inspector of Milk and Food 263
Park Department
INDEX
Page
Inspector of Plumbing
91
Inspector of Wires 90
Law Committee Report 80
List of Jurors
9
Marriages Registered 65
Middlesex County Extension Service
126
Notice to Parents, Housewives, Physicians and Midwives 57
Planning Board
98
Public Library
92
Publicity Committee's Report
261
Safety Council
260
School Committee
157
Administrative Officers
159
Budget
166
Change in Personnel
169
Committees for 1935-1936
187
Commencement Exercises
190
Promotion Statistics
189
Report of School Committee
162 164
School Schedule
161
Superintendent's Report
173
Teachers in Service, Dec. 31, 1935
170
Sealer of Weights and Measures
105
Selectmen's Report
76
Sporting Licenses
59
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
89
Tax Collector
267
Town Counsel's Report
81
Town Forest Committee
88
Town Meetings
15
Town Officers
3
Town of Reading, Statistics
12
Treasurer
270
Tree Warden's Report
89
Receipts Not From Tax Levy
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