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"The new spirit is the democratic spirit as over against the spirit of benevolent despotism that has in the past char- acterized most schools. In the main the business of the pupil was to keep quiet, learn his lesson, and speak when he was spoken to. If he did not memorize his lesson or if he did not obey strictly and promptly, he was punished.
"The new method of the schools is a co-operative method under which pupils take an active and important part in the
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recitation and in the various exercises and functions of the school.
"The aim of the modern school is to develop initiative, good judgment, and the right attitude toward one's fellows (good will).
"To develop initiative pupils must be given opportunity to initiate; to cultivate good will requires active co-operation with others; to develop skill of any sort involves activity un- der proper guidance. A good school is an active school, but its activity is not lawless or disorderly. In its activity it is economic, intensive, joyous."
The athletics of a school hold a very vital place in the devel- opment of the right sort of school. The responsibility of management, the learning of team play, the necessity of co- operation, and the subordination of individual wishes to the good of the mass are only a few of the lessons learned in this way.
Thanks to the co-operation of the community a football team was maintained this fall and the outlook for an equally successful baseball team this spring is most promising.
The girls' athletics have not been neglected. Miss Laura Marland, the teacher of history, has organized class basket- ball teams, and has a regular gymnasium class. Besides being very popular with the girls, they get regular physical exer- cise that is most helpful. The physical well being of our boys and girls is as much a reason for the school's solicitude as their mental.
A furtherance of this policy of student activity has led to the permitting of student socials with entertainments, games, and dancing. These have been entirely student managed, but properly supervised by the High School faculty.
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The usual school plays will be given this year and addition- al dramatic work has been encouraged in the regular work so that pupils might take a more active and important part in the recitation.
Probably the greatest work undertaken by the pupils has been the publication of a weekly paper. This has been an exacting and arduous task. There is no study in the school course in which pupils can get as much benefit as being held responsible for the regular appearance of a school paper. The Alpha has been a success and I feel that the community would miss its weekly appearance immensely.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The school has one need that should be carefully studied and some way found to meet it. Pupils are sadly deficient in ability to stand before their fellows and express themselves in a simple straightforward manner. It would seem that training in public speaking was as essential as that in sing- ing or manual arts.
Another need is for some form of vocational guidance. It is the exceptional youth who at so early an age sees clearly what his calling is or has abilities so clearly defined as to en- able others to decide for him. I shall do some rather definite work along this line this year, but it is a subject which should have your thorough consideration. If properly done and con- sistently followed up, it would have a social as well as a dollar and cents value to the community, far in excess of any money expenditures necessary to make it a success.
There is one further need of an entirely different kind. If the school is to have athletics, it should have some sort of shower baths provided for the teams. Students after violent
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exercise have to take long walks to their homes before taking baths. That they do not catch severe colds speaks well for their robust constitutions.
In closing I wish to take this opportunity to thank each of you and the members of the High School faculty for a splen- did spirit of friendly co-operation. I wish also to express my appreciation for the support and kindly interest of the entire community in making the work of the High School a success.
Respectfully submitted,
NELSON I. MIXER, Principal.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation Total amount expended
$25,533.00
25,515.46
Unexpended balance $17.54
GENERAL EXPENSES
School Committee:
Salaries
$200.00
Other expenses*
61.38 $261.38
Superintendent of Schools and Enforcement of the Law:
Salaries
$1.058.52
Other expenses#
86.34 1,144.86 $1,406.24
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors :
Salaries
$215.00
Salaries:
Principals, High
$1,640.00
Teachers, High 3,920.00
Teachers, Elemen.
7,820.65 13,595.65
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Text Books :
High
Elementary
128.98
252.25
381.23
Stationery, Supplies and Miscellaneous:
High Elementary
144.85
632.56
777.41
14,754.29
EXPENSES OF OPERATING SCHOOL PLANTS
Wages of Janitors :
High Elementary
924.00 976.00 1,900.00
Fuel:
High
Elementary
341.72 2,050.87 2,392.59
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Miscellaneous :
High
114.41
Elementary
59.96
174.37
4,466.96
Maintenance :
Repairs :
High Elementary
513.55 1,139.18 1,652.73
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Auxiliary Agencies:
Health
Transportation
65.90 1,225.00
1,290.90
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Tuition
366.00
Sundries
49.49
415.49
Outlays :
New Grounds
47.20
New Equipment
1,481.65
1,528.85
$25,515.46
*Telephone, Postage, Stationery. #Telephone, Postage, Express, Stationery.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
FOR THE
Financial year ending December 31, 1919 SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT AND BALANCE SHEET
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Following is my report as Town Accountant for 1919, showing appropriations, receipts, payments, statement of Town Debt and Balance sheet.
As will be noted by referring to Balance Sheet, the financial condition of the Town is much more satisfactory than was the case a year ago. Collections of $7,370.49, represented in part by Accounts Receivable, have changed a deficit of $5,132.12 at the beginning of the year to a surplus, or reserve, of $2,080.19, as reference to Excess and Deficiency Account will show.
Assessors' valuation book was examined, and Tax Collec- tor's book compared with same.
Books and accounts of Trustees of Trust Funds, Tax Col- lector's, S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Committee, Wilmington Public Health Nurse Association, and Town Clerk's Dog Tax Records have been examined and found in order.
The books and accounts of the Treasurer have been checked, and cash balance as stated in his account, $6,568.04, is cor- rect.
Respectfully,
HARRY R. DEMING, Town Accountant.
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SCHEDULE 1
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Appropriation
$850.00
Payments
Salaries
$675.00
Postage, printing and stationery
60.04
Legal services
5.00
$740.04
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
109.96
$850.00
$850.00
Town Accountant
Appropriation
$450.00
Payments
Salary
$400.00
Postage, printing and stationery
· 39.80
$439.80
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
10.20
$450.00
$450.00
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Treasurer
Appropriation
$450.00
Payments
Salary
$250.00
Premium on Bond
50.00
Postage, printing and stationery
39.28
$339.28
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
110.72
$450.00
$450.00
Tax Collector
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
10.47
Overdraft, transferred to Balance Account
256.19
Payments
Salaries
$1,193.07
Postage, printing and stationery
59.60
Telephone
13.99
$1,266.66
$1,266.66
Assessors
Appropriation
$925.00
Payments
Salaries
$700.00
Postage, printing and stationery
47.36
Record of Property Transfers
32.40
Copying Valuation Book
66.50
$846.26
Unexpended, transferred to Balance Account
78.74
$925.00
$925.00
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Town Clerk
Appropriation Transferred from Contingent Fund
$120.00 6.99
Payments
Salary
$100.00
Postage, printing and stationery
9.45
Miscellaneous
17.54
$126.99
$126.99
Election and Registration
Appropriation
$300.00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
38.57
Payments
Election :
Salaries
$130.00
Printing and stationery
28.82
$158.82
Registration :
Salaries $155.00
Postage, printing and sta-
tionery 24.75
179.75
$338.57
$338.57
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Town Hall
Appropriation
$200.00
Received return insurance premium
7.22
Transferred from Contingent Fund
84.53
Payments
Salary, janitor
$87.50
Telephone
21.18
Fuel
103.55
Light
23.38
Supplies
2.21
Repairs
28.95
Insurance
17.48
Miscellaneous
7.50
$291.75
$291.75
Constable
Appropriation
$50.00
Payments
Salary
$50.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Received for police duty
390.00
Overdrafts, transferred to Balance Acct.
207.26
Payments
Salaries and wages
$1,830.86
Telephone 32.12
Automobile hire
138.50
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Premium on surety bond
5.00
Travelling expenses
33.28
Badges, handcuffs, uniforms, etc.
38.00
Printing
2.25
Traffic signs
5.00
Hire outside lock-up
10.50
Miscellaneous
1.75
$2,097.26
$2,097.26
Fire Department
Appropriation
$1,250.00
Received for horse
150.00
Overdraft, transferred to Balance Acct.
859.87
Payments
Salaries and wages
$606.12
Telephone
16.26
Whistle repairs and maintenance
98.74
Auto and horse hire
34.50
Repairs and alterations
503.89
Stable rent
24.00
Supplies
114.05
Badges
30.75
Fuel
46.00
Light
6.26
Hose
750.00
Hay and grain
9.75
Printing
4.00
Miscellaneous
15.55
$2,259.87
$2,259.87
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Motor Fire Apparatus
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Payments
Triple combination engine, suction hose and couplings
$3,133.00
Repairs and alterations to engine house
744.26
$3,877.26
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
122.74
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appropriation
$75.00
Received sealing fees
23.50
Transferred from Contingent Fund
2.15
Payments
Salary
$75.00
Auto and team hire
21.50
Scales
4.15
$100.65
$100.65
Suppression of Moths
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Received from State
1,472.55
Received for private work
80.00
Charged property owners on tax bills
694.46
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Payments
Salaries and wages
$2,438.10
Team hire
482.00
Repairs and supplies
176.85
Premium liability insurance
203.02
Telephone
26.32
Postage, printing and stationery
13.55
Miscellaneous
10.61
$3,350.45
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
96.56
$3,447.01
$3,447.01
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Tree Warden
Appropriation
$300.00
Payments
Salaries and wages
$193.48
Team hire
45.50
Hardware and repairs
9.25
Trees
28.50
Fertilizer
4.75
Miscellaneous
11.00
$292.48
Unexpended, transferred to Balance Account
7.52
$300.00
$300.00
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Forest Fires
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Salaries and wages
$316.46
Auto and horse hire
51.00
Board of horse
33.00
Supplies
39.04
Repairs
2.90
$442.40
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
57.60
$500.00
$500.00
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation
$300.00
Received from State, account Inspector
of Animals
75.00
Received fees, Slaughter House Inspector
137.00
Payments
Salary, Agent Board of Health $15.00
Salary, Inspector Meats & Provisions 287.00
Salary, Inspector of Animals
150.00
Vital statistics, fees for returning
births, deaths and marriages
59.25
$511.25
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
.75
$512.00 $512.00
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Public Health Service
Appropriation $500.00
Payments
Paid Wilmington Public Health Nursing Association $500.00
Highways, Roads and Bridges
Appropriation
$7,500.00
Received return liability insurance premium
14.75
Received for private work
106.00
Received for tools sold
21.13
Payments
Salaries and wages
$2,693.56
Team hire
2,139.33
Removing snow
194.23
Hardware, repairs, etc.
111.31
Premium liability insurance
224.59
Signs
13.40
Asphalt and oil
84.48
Pump repairs
7.75
Gravel
150.45
$5,619.10
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
2,022.78
$7,641.88
$7,641.88
New State Highway (Lowell Street)
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Received from State
1,000.00
Received from County
1,326.01
Transferred from Contingent Fund
791.49
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Payments
Salaries and wages
$1,368.88
Team hire
504.88
Lumber and hardware-
35.78
Blacksmithing
4.44
Stone
1,372.60
Asphalt
612.00
Steam roller
150.00
Coal
68.92
$4,117.50
$4,117.50
Electric Street Lights
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Payments
Paid for lights per contract
$5,774.93
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
225.07
$6,000.00 $6,000.00
Charities-Poor
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Received for aid rendered Outside Poor
3.00
Received for labor and team hire
1,263.53
Received for milk
654.42
Received for poultry and eggs
69.90
Received for vegetables
420.21
Received for live stock
1,626.09
Received for slaughtering
33.50
Received for wood and lumber
175.00
Received for junk and old brick
35.00
Received for furniture
283.95
Received for cultivator
10.00
Received for miscellaneous
9.84
Overdraft, transferred to balance account
1,384.31
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Payments
Account Town Farm :
Superintendent's salary
$350.00
Groceries and provisions
658.08
Labor
1,809.67
Hardware and repairs
145.87
Hay, grain and feed
1,332.61
Live stock
604.00
Poultry and eggs
111.30
Dry goods and furnishings
259.56
Seeds and fertilizer
401.90
Blacksmithing
123.64
Medical services and medicines
4.31
Farming implements
78.94
Fuel and light
35.46
Telephone
20.48
Veterinary and medicines
22.36
Stable supplies and repairs
19.85
Rent of house
65.50
Board of inmates
471.00
Rent of stable
25.00
Miscellaneous
10.56
Total account Town Farm
$6,550.09
Account Outside Poor :
Groceries and provisions
$48.99
Fuel
65.45
Clothing and shoes
46.62
Cash
602.00
Hospital treatment
138.60
Medical services and medicine
9.00
Transportation
8.00
Total account Outside Poor
$918.66
Total payments account Town Farm and Outside Poor $7,468.75
$7,468.75
$7,468.75
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Aid to Dependent Mothers
Appropriation Transferred from Contingent Fund
$200.00 43.00
Payments
Paid under provisions Chapter 763, Acts 1913 $243.00
$243.00
$243.00
State Aid
Appropriation
$500.00
Payments
Paid as per State returns
$322.00
Unexpended, transferred to Balance Account
178.00
$500.00
$500.00
Soldiers' Relief
Appropriation Payments $48.00
$48.00
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EDUCATION Schools
Appropriation
$25,533.00
Payments
Salaries
$16,754.17
Fuel
2,392.59
Miscellaneous
197.21
New Equipment
1,481.65
New grounds
47.20
Tuition
366.00
Books and supplies
1,333.01
Repairs
1,652.73
Health
65.90
Transportation
1,225.00
$25,515.46
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
17.54
$25,533.00 $25,533.00
Public Library
Appropriation
$300.00
Received for fines and damage to books
49.91
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds
204.44
Transferred from Contingent Fund
20.00
Payments
Salary Librarian
$175.00
Books and magazines
218.44
Binding
116.53
Light
10.49
Fuel
23.75
Janitor
9.00
Stationery and postage
21.14
$574.35 $574.35
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Unclassified
Appropriation
$500.00
Received for tax deed releases
44.43
Received account telephone service
.55
Received from sale two Town lots
13.21
Overdraft, transferred to Balance Account
396.77
Payments
Printing Town Reports
$345.00
Certifying Town Notes
16.00
Care of Town Flag
86.50
Tax Sales
282.82
Taxes on Town property
83.79
Plans
10.00
Delivering Town Reports
16.00
Ambulance service
12.00
Rent Safe Deposit box
10.00
Repairs to Flag-staff
10.00
Care Town Clock
45.00
Repairs to Town Clock
10.75
Ringing Town Bell
5.00
Miscellaneous
22.10
$954.96
$954.96
Memorial Day.
Appropriation
$200.00
Received from Memorial Day Committee
11.54
Payments
Music
$115.00
Printing
3.00
Flowers
25.00
Special car
10.80
Memorial address
10.00
Refreshments
47.74
$211.54 $211.54
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High Street Triangle
Appropriation
$15.00
Payments
Care of grass plot $15.00
Reception to Returned Soldiers and Sailors
Appropriation $600.00
Payments
Paid Committee $600.00
Cemetery
Appropriation
$500.00
Received one-half sale of Lots
75.00
Payments
Labor
$537.76
Tools
14.95
Cement, lumber, etc.
2.46
Fertilizer
5.20
$560.37
Unexpended, transferred to
Balance Account
14.63
$575.00
$575.00
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Trust Funds
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds
income S. D. J. Carter Free Lec- ture Fund $265.00
Received for Perpetual Care Fund
cemetery lot Lorenzo Meads 100.00
Received for Perpetual Care Fund
cemetery lot Almira J. Carley 100.00
Received from Trustees of Trust Funds 132.75
Payments
S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Com- mittee, income $265.00
Trustees of Trust Funds, Perpetual
Care Fund, lot Lorenzo Meads 100.00
Trustees of Trust Funds, Perpetual Care Fund, lot Almira J. Carley 100.00
Mowing and raking Common 12.00
Care Cemetery Lots :
Isaac Cazneau
6.75
Susan Carlton
2.00
Geo. W. & Minnie A. Sidelinker
3.50
Sabra Carter (Jaques Lot)
8.50
William H. Carter
3.25
Dolly Harnden
3.25
Thos. P. Eames
2.50
Sabra Carter
1.50
Rich Carter
3.50
James Frazer
11.50
Martha Temple
3.50
S. D. J. Carter
5.50
Charlottte C. Smith
9.75
Charles H. Hopkins
24.75
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Abner C. Childs
6.25
Gilman C. Harnden
7.25
Sarah G. Sheldon
1.75
Rufus C. Eames
3.50
John Sheldon Sargent
3.25
Isabelle Holt
6.00
Henry Blanchard
1.75
Nathan B. Eames
1.25
$597.75
$597.75
Interest
Appropriation :
General loans
$450.00
High School Bonds
1,265.00
$1,715.00
Received interest on taxes
1,597.62
Received interest on deposits
126.92
Transferred from Contingent Fund
2.80
Payments
On temporary loans
$2,180.76
On High School Bonds
1,261.58
$3,442.34
$3,442.34
Town Indebtedness
Appropriation $1,750.00
Payments
Paid High School Bonds, Nos. 9 and 10 $1,750.00
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Contingent Fund
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transferred to
Tax Collector
$10.47
Town Clerk
6.99
Election and Registration
38.57
Town Hall
84.53
Sealer Weights and Measures
2.15
State Highway (Lowell Street)
791.49
Dependent Mothers' Aid
43.00
Library
20.00
Interest
2.80
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Abatement 1917 Taxes
Balance from 1918
$334.98
1917 Taxes Abated
$161.06
Balance, transferred to Reserve acct.
173.92
$334.98
$334.98
Abatement 1918 Taxes
Balance from 1918
$197.06
1918 Taxes Abated
$48.33
Balance
148.73
$197.06
$197.06
Balance
$148.73
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Abatement 1919 Taxes
Appropriation
100.00 312.25
Overlay
1919 Taxes Abated
$42.93
Balance
369.32
$412.25
$412.25
Balance
$369.32
Reserve Account
Balance from 1918
$30.46
Transferred from Abatement 1917 Taxes
173.92
Balance
$204.38
Balance
$204.38
Excess and Deficiency Account
DR.
Balance, January 1, 1919
$5,132.12
Deficiency for year
185.37
Balance
2,080.19
$7,397.68
CR.
Balance, Fencing Whitefield and Walker School
House Lots account transferred
$27.19
Received 1917 and 1918 Street Railway Taxes
6,603.62
Received from State account Outside Poor
586.87
Received account Fire at Town Hall
180.00
$7,397.68
Cr. Balance, January 1, 1920
$2,080.19
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$204.38
$204.38
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SCHEDULE 2
BALANCE ACCOUNT
DR.
Overdrafts :
Tax Collector
$256.19
Police
207.26
Fire Department
859.87
Poor
1,384.31
Unclassified
396.77
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts
141.00
$3,245.40
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SCHEDULE 2
BALANCE ACCOUNT
CR.
Unexpended balances :
Selectmen
$109.96
Town Accountant
10.20
Treasurer
110.72
Assessors
78.74
Moth Account
96.56
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Motor Fire Apparatus
122.74
Tree Warden
7.52
Forest Fires
57.60
Health
.75
Highways
2,022.78
Electric Street Lights
225.07
State Aid
178.00
Schools
17.54
Cemetery
14.63
3,052.81
From Revenue Account
7.22
Net deficiency for year
185.37
LAA
$3,245.40
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SCHEDULE 3
Revenue Account
DR.
Appropriation (for Town purposes)
$62,931.00
Transferred to Balance Account
7.22
$62,938.22
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
DR.
Estimated :
Income tax, general purposes
$2,419.25
Reimbursement loss of taxes
1.90
Soldiers' exemptions
53.22
Court fines
255.50
Licenses
163.00
Sale cemetery lots
57.50
Nat'l Bank tax
71.28
Corporation tax, Business
1,169.02
Corporation tax, Public Service
255.45
Street Railway
2,536.64
Income tax, general school fund
2,200.00
State Aid
500.00
Schools
2,538.50
Motor Fire Apparatus
4,000.00
$16,221.26
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SCHEDULE 3
REVENUE ACCOUNT
CR.
Tax committed to Collector (for Town purposes)
$46,716.96
Estimated Receipts
16,221.26
$62,938.22
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
CR.
Amounts actually received :
Income tax, general purposes
$3,103.56
Reimbursement, loss of taxes
1.94
Soldiers' exemptions
79.29
Court fines
162.00
Licenses
302.00
Sale cemetery lots ·
75.00
National Bank tax
83.82
Corporation tax, Business
2,920.03
Corporation tax, Public Service
318.30
Street Railway
597.06
Income tax, general school fund
1,400.00
State Aid
820.83
Schools
2,216.43
Motor Fire Apparatus
4,000.00
$16,080.26
Deficiency in Estimated Receipts, transferred to Balance Account 141.00
$16,221.26
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SCHEDULE 4
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT
TEMPORARY LOANS
(Anticipation of Revenue)
Outstanding January 1, 1919 :
Note No. 60
$10,000.00
Note No. 61
6,500.00
Note No. 62
16,000.00
$32,500.00
Borrowed during 1919 :
Note No. 63
$3,500.00
Note No. 64
15,000.00
Note No. 65
25,000.00
Note No. 67
8,000.00
51,500.00
$84,000.00
Paid during 1919.
Note No. 60
$10,000.00
Note No. 61
6,500.00
Note No. 62
16,000.00
Note No. 63
3,500.00
Note No. 64
15,000.00
51,000.00
Outstanding December 31, 1919
$33,000.00
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NEW HIGH SCHOOL BONDS
(Issue 1914)
Outstanding January 1, 1919
$28,000.00
Paid during 1919
1,750.00
Outstanding December 31, 1919
$26,250.00
MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS NOTES
(Issue 1919)
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Outstanding December 31, 1919 $1,200.00
Total Town Indebtedness, December 31, 1919 $60,450.00
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SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1919
DR.
Cash in Treasury
$6,568.04
Walter L. Hale, Collector :
Due on 1918 Taxes
$8,454.49
Due on 1919 Taxes 20,949.48
$29,403.97
Accounts receivable
84.00
Balancing Account (High School Bonds)
26,250.00
Balancing Acct. (Motor Fire Apparatus Notes) 1,200.00
$63,506.01
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SCHEDULE 5
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1919
CR.
Temporary loans
$33,000.00
Reserve Account
204.38
Tax Abatements, 1919
369.32
Tax Abatements, 1918
148.73
Cemetery Lots, Reserve Account
88.00
High School Bonds
26,250.00
Motor Fire Apparatus Notes
1,200.00
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Committee on Public Safety
81.39
Suspense Account
84.00
Excess and Deficiency Account
2,080.19
$63,506.01
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SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATES
General Government :
Selectmen, salaries and expenses $850.00
Town Accountant, salary and expenses 650.00
Treasurer, salary and expenses 450.00
Collector, salary and expenses
1,000.00
Assessors, salary and expenses 1,600.00
Valuation Books and Printing
900.00
Town Clerk, salary and expenses
130.00
Election and Registration, salaries and expenses
300.00
Town Hall, janitor, fuel, light and repairs 300.00
Town Constable
50.00
Protection of Life and Property :
Police Department, receipts, etc. and 1,500.00
Fire Department, receipts, etc. and 1,600.00
Suppression of Moths (compulsory, $888.55), Incidentals, Telephone, Insurance, etc. and 1,200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts, etc. and
75.00
Tree Warden, receipts, etc. and 300.00
Forest Fires, receipts, etc. and
500.00
Health and Sanitation :
Board of Health Agent's salary, quarantine wages, Inspector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics, receipts, etc. and 300.00
Highways :
Highways, roads and bridges, including Street Railroad Excise and Franchise Tax 8,500.00
Electric Street Lights 6,250.00
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Charities :
Care of Poor, receipts, etc. and
2,000.00
Aid for Dependent Mothers, receipts, and
200.00
Town Indebtedness :
Bonds, Nos. 11 and 12 account High School
1,750.00
Contingent Fund 1,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits :
State Aid
300.00
Soldiers' Relief
48.00
Education :
Schools, including salaries, books and supplies, re- pairs, fuel, furnishings, tuition at vocational schools, outside tuition, transportation, includ- ing estimated receipts of $2,538.50 33,963.00
Library, receipts and
300.00
Memorial Day
400.00
Cemetery, receipts and
500.00
Unclassified, printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc. and 600.00
Interest :
On loans for general purposes, receipts and
500.00
On High School Loan 1200.00
Abatements
100.00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Wilmington:
The Overseers of the Poor herewith submits its annual re- port. It is with regret that we are called upon to report our Town Farm is, for the present time, a thing of the past. Ow- ing to the fire last April, which burned all the Town Farm buildings, we opened a Town Farm Home in Mr. Brown's house near the Farm, planning to carry on the farm as usual. Early in August Mr. Brown accepted a position as superin- tendent of the Wakefield Town Farm. We did not think at this time advisable to hire a new superintendent. We asked the Town of Wakefield to board our three inmates and we are very fortunate in having them in such an ideal home. The household property left from the fire was sold at auction. The cattle, pigs, two horses and farm crops were sold at private sale. The few farming tools and wagons left from the fire have been kept.
We also have two horses that are at work on our highways.
The inventory of this property taken Jan. 1, 1920, is as fol- lows :
$300.00
Live Stock Farming tools and vehicles
479.00
Hay and grain 5.00
RODNEY E. BUCK, CHAS. F. PERRY, FRANK W. DAYTON, Overseers of the Poor.
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ASSESSORS' VALUATION, 1919
Real estate
$1,905,905.00
Personal property
315,464.00
Amount of tax assessed
55,757.65
State tax assessed
5,060.00
Special State tax assessed
303.60
State Highway tax assessed
735.60
Fire prevention tax assessed
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