Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1925-1926, Part 13

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 314


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In homemaking a series of meetings was held for those inter- ested in food selection-this group was made up of home-makers and high school girls. The purpose of the project is to help in the selection and preparation of foods for the family, with special ref- erence to its influence on health.


In the boys' and girls' 4-H club activities work was carried on in food, canning, poultry and garden clubs. One hundred thirty-eight boys and girls were enrolled under the local leadership of nine people. Alice Henxman won third prize in the county-wide room beautiful contest. Dorothy Hathaway and Marjorie Ireland were awarded a two-day trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural College for outstanding club work. An Achievement Club program was put on at which the boys and girls exhibited the results of their season's work and told of the benefits of club work. Club mem- bers in this town were in competition with 3,690 boys and girls of Middlesex County.


Several county-wide meetings were conducted, such as the county picnic at the Market Garden Field Station, the annual meeting of the Extension Service at Waltham, and sectional meetings of fruit- growers and poultrymen. These were attended by many Wilming- ton people.


ERNEST R. CURRIER, Director.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


FOR THE


Financial Year ending December 31, 1926


SHOWING APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS, STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT AND BALANCE SHEET


86


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Herewith I hand you my account for the financial year ending December 31, 1926, giving appropriations, receipts, payments, statement of town debt and balance sheet after closing of the books.


The books and accounts of the Tax Collector, Assessors, S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee and Town Clerk's Dog Tax Records have audited and found in order.


The books and vouchers of the Treasurer have been examined and the cash balance as stated in his account, $38,306.09, is correct.


Respectfully,


HARRY R. DEMING, Town Accountant.


87


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Selectmen


Appropriation


Payments


Salaries


$675.00


Perambulating town lines


25.00


Postage, printing and stationery


30.75


$730.75


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


169.25


$900.00


$900.00


Town Accountant


Appropriation


$650.00


Payments


Salary


$600.00


Postage, printing and stationery.


34.26


$634.26


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


15.74


$650.00


$650.00


Treasurer


Appropriation


Payments


Salary


$400.00


Premium on bond


100.00


Check writer


20.00


Postage, printing and stationery.


50.00


$570.00


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


5.00


$575.00


$575.00


Tax Collector


Appropriation


$1,700.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


72.53


Payments


Salary


$1,500.00


Premium on bond


113.00


Postage, printing and stationery.


159.53


$1,772.53


$1,772.53


$900.00


$575.00


Deficiency Account


88


Finance Committee


Appropriation $100.00


Payments


Postage, printing and stationery. $90.23


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account 9.77


$100.00


$100.00


Assessors


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Salaries


$1,080.00


Clerical hire


196.00


Record of property transfers.


56.00


Transportation


23.00


Postage, printing and stationery


16.75


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account 128.25


$1,500.00


$1,500.00


Printing Valuation Books


Balance from 1925 account


$639.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


96.00


Payments


Printing 750 copies Valuation Books. $720.00


15.00


$735.00


$735.00


Town Clerk


Appropriation


$220.00


Payments


Salary


$200.00


Postage, printing and stationery


14.60


Miscellaneous


3.00


$217.60


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


2.40


$220.00


$220.00


Election and Registration


Appropriation


$500.00


Payments


Election:


Salaries


$252.00


Delivering above


$1,371.75


89


Labor on booths and seats. $28.63 Postage, printing and stationery 38.45 $319.08


Registration:


Salaries


$125.00


List of voters.


10.00


Postage, printing and stationery 42.75


177.75


$496.83


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


3.17


$500.00


$500.00


Town Hall


Appropriation


$500.00


Payments


Salary, janitor


$110.00


Telephone


39.76


Fuel


7.50


Light


64.28


Repairs and supplies


83.60


Insurance


53.44


$358.58


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


141.42


$500.00


$500.00


Fire-Proof Office Equipment


Appropriation


$290.00


Payments


Safe


$245.17


Freight and carting


12.66


$257.83


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account


32.17


$290.00


$290.00


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department


Appropriation


$4,000.00 1,072.57


Overdraft, carried to 1927


Payments


Salaries and wages


$4,297.50


Auto hire


136.59


Telephone


108.54


90


Premium on bond


$5.00


Hire of outside lock-up


10.00


Traffic signs


115.46


Light-traffic signs


251.13


Medical services


42.30


Repairs


1.35


Ambulance


18.00


Equipment


43.20


Veterinarian


7.00


Uniform


18.00


Traveling expenses


15.00


Printing


3.50


Overdraft to 1927


$1,072.57


Police Department (1925 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$1,945.36


Overdraft from 1925


$1,945.36


Constable


$50.00


Salary


$50.00


Fire Department


Appropriation


$2,800.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$1,021.06


Repairs, replacements and supplies


802.27


Fuel


185.20


Light


17.74


Power


125.36


Telephone


25.04


Caps


7.40


Alarm maintenance


60.00


Gasoline


127.60


Rent


60.00


New equipment:


Chemical tank


$175.00


Test pump


95.00


Miscellaneous


15.34


285.34


Accident insurance


34.00


Miscellaneous


8.05


$2,759.06


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


40.94


$2,800.00


$2,800.00


Appropriation


Payments


$5.072.57


$5,072.57


91


Fire Department (1925 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$151.14


Overdraft from 1925


$151.14


Inspection of Buildings


Appropriation


$500.00


Payments


Salary, inspector


$400.00


Telephone


24.24


Printing


51.25


$475.49


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account


24.51


$500.00


$500.00


Sealing of Weights and Measures


Appropriation


Payments


Salary, Sealer


$150.00


Transportation


35.00


Dies, seals, etc.


5.10


$190.10


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


59.90


$250.00


$250.00


Suppression of Moths


Appropriation


$2,100.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$1,421.34


Team and truck hire


340.75


Repairs and supplies


138.33


Liability insurance


133.73


Telephone


41.13


Postage, printing and stationery.


9.08


Advertising


12.00


Miscellaneous


2.32


$2,098.68


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


1.32


$2,100.00


$2,100.00


Moth Spraying Machine


Appropriation


$300.00


$250.00


Deficiency Account


92


Payments


1 Model C, Arlington XL spraying machine $295.00 Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account 5.00


$300.00


$300.00


Tree Warden


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$749.63


Truck hire


62.50


Repairs and supplies


38.28


Trees


89.50


Tools


47.00


Fertilizer


6.00


Miscellaneous


3.82


$996.73


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account 3.27


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


Forest Fires


Appropriation


Transferred from Reserve Fund


Payments


Wages, fire duty


$917.40


$917.40


$917.40


Forest Fires (1925 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$413.95


Overdraft from 1925. $413.95


Health and Sanitation


Appropriation


$800.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund. 81.31


Payments


Salary, inspector of meats and provisions .... $76.00


Salary, inspector of animals 150.00


Vital statistics, fees for return of births, deaths and marriages 170.25


Salary, Agent Board of Health


25.00


Account contagious diseases : Hospital care $78.58


$600.00 317.40


93


Groceries and provisions $299.23


Fuel


17.00


$394.81


Disposal of garbage


60.00


Printing


5.25


$881.31


$881.31


Health and Sanitation (1925 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$206.50


Overdraft from 1925


$206.50


Public Health Nurse


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


Salary, District Nurse


$1,000.00


HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND BRIDGES


Town Account, Repairs and Construction


$21,199.45


Less transferred to Chapter 81.


$6,450.00


Less transferred to Loader Account.


500.00


Less transferred to Boutwell Street.


600.00


Less transferred to Glen Road.


650.00


8,200.00


Net amount for Town Account.


$12,999.45


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


290.14


$13,289.59


Payments


Salaries and wages


$3,886.81


Team and truck hire


2,447.52


Removing snow:


Wages


$2,886.62


Team and truck hire


1,069.30


Repairs and supplies.


560.12


4,516.04


Sand and gravel


86.00


Liability insurance


439.56


Rent


108.00


Repairs and supplies


798.73


Coal


11.00


Tarvia


265.39


Signs


17.00


Surveys and plans


115.50


Cinders


498.04


Insurance on stone crusher


100.00


$13,289.59


$13,289.59


Appropriation


94


Town and State Account (Chap. 81, G. L.)


Appropriation (from Town Account)


$6,450.00


From State


4,149.95


Transferred from Reserve Fund


149.93


Payments


Salaries and wages


$2,152.05


Team and truck hire


1,798.13


Repairs and supplies


318.75


Coal


99.00


Sand and gravel


332.75


Road oil


2,073.92


Tarvia


3,600.28


Steam roller hire


375.00


$10,749.88


$10,749.88


Salem Street (Construction)


Appropriation


$2,000.00


From State


2,000.00


From County


2,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


332.48


Payments


Advertising for bids


$29.88


Paid for construction, per contract.


6,301.89


$6,331.77


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account


.71


$6,332.48


$6,332.48


Salem and Lowell Streets (Specific Repairs)


Appropriation


$500.00


From State


493.63


From County


493.63


Payments


Salaries and wages


$551.05


Team and truck hire


422.75


Tarvia


433.74


Gravel


28.75


Crushed stone


44.10


$1,480.39


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account


6.87


$1,487.26


$1,487.26


Boutwell Street-Repairs Appropriation (from Town Account) ..


$600.00


95


Payments


Salaries and wages


$540.23


Team and truck hire


58.50


$598.73


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account 1.27


$600.00


$600.00


Glen Road-Repairs Appropriation (from Town Account)


$650.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$343.73


Team and truck hire


16.00


Cement, etc.


34.60


Gravel


5.00


Culvert


250.00


$649.33


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


.67


$650.00


$650.00


Nichols Street-Repairs


Appropriation


$50.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$30.33


Team and truck hire


18.00


Gravel


1.00


$49.33


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


.67


$50.00


$50.00


Loader


Appropriation (from Town Account)


$500.00


From 1925 Highway Account


500.00


Payments


1 Conant loader, engine, screen, etc.


$1,000.00


$1,000.00 $1,000.00


Tractor and Snow Plow


Appropriation $2,650.00


96


Payments 1 Model K, Cletrac tractor, plow and cab .... $2,650.00


$2,650.00 $2,650.00


Road Scraper


Appropriation


$950.00


Payments


Road machine and extra front wheel.


$537.50


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


412.50


$950.00


$950.00


Highway 1925 Unpaid Bills


Appropriation


$988.38


Payments


Water


$71.00


Gasoline, oil and repairs


95.41


Crusher repairs


79.00


Crushed stone


742.97


$988.38


$988.38


Summary of Highways for 1926


Total appropriations


$27,349.45


Received (or due) from State


6,643.58


Received from County From 1925 Highway Account


500.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


772.55


Total resources


$37,759.21


Total expenditures


37,336.52


Unexpended balance


$422.69


Electric Street Lights


Appropriation


$8,165.00


Payments


506 lights, 3 mos. at $15.00 year.


$1,897.50


510 lights, 9 mos. at $15.00 year.


5,737.50


$7,635.00


Less credit


1.72


$7,633.28


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


531.72


$8,165.00


$8,165.00


2,493.63


97


CHARITIES Poor


Appropriation


Overdraft carried to 1927


$4,000.00 764.19


Payments


Board


$1,246.00


Cash


1,324.00


Fuel


276.50


Rent


180.00


Groceries and provisions


688.87


Hospital care and board.


916.64


Transportation


39.10


Medical services


24.75


Burial


67.00


Miscellaneous


1.33


Balance to 1927


764.19


Poor (1925 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$1,440.21


Overdraft from 1925


$1,440,21


Mothers' Aid


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


540.80


Payments


Cash


$988.00


Fuel


51.87


Medicine


.93


$1,040.80


$1,040.80


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


State Aid


Appropriation


$350.00


Payments


Paid as per State returns


$164.00


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account


186.00


$350.00


$350.00


Military Aid


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


174.89


$4,764.19


$4,764.19


98


Payments.


Cash


$390.00


Fuel


25.00


Groceries and provisions


259.89


$674.89


$674.89


Soldiers' Relief


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


677.00


Payments


Cash


$969.00


Rent


208.00


$1,177.00


$1,177.00


Soldiers' Relief (1925 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$348.24


Overdraft from 1925


$348.24


EDUCATION


Schools


Appropriation


$50,130.00


Payments


Superintendent's salary


$1,890.00


School physician's salary


75.00


School nurse's salary


770.00


Truant officer


50.00


Superintendent's traveling expenses


357.63


Telephones


73.57


Principals', supervisors' salaries


and teachers'


29,013.00


Transportation of pupils


4,455.32


Janitors' salaries


3,283.00


Fuel


2,382.91


Light


108.33


Books and supplies


3,830.60


Insurance


644.17


Water


71.20


Repairs and maintenance


1,239.34


New equipment


1,187.61


Miscellaneous


114.35


$49,546.03


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


583.97


$50,130.00


$50,130.00


99


Schools (1925 Unpaid Bills)


$1,835.17


Payments


Telephones


$5.16


Fuel


83.75


Transportation of pupils


837.00


Books and supplies


323.38


Repairs


75.60


$1,324.89


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


510.28


$1,835.17


$1,835.17


Vocational Training


Appropriation


$800.00


Payments


Tuition, Lowell Vocational School


$437.53


Tuition, Boston Trade School


27.20


$464.73


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


335.27


$800.00


$800.00


Public Library


Appropriation


$800.00


Received income from Trust Funds


37.08


Payments


Salary, Librarian


$287.50


Janitor


15.00


Books and magazines


350.05


Repairing books


30.00


Fuel


33.75


Light


5.55


Postage, printing and stationery


9.01


Insurance


63.21


Repairs


3.01


Grading and seeding grounds


40.00


$837.08


$837.08


HAROLD DOGERS, REGAN AND NEE PARKS


Appropriation


$75.00


Care of parks Payments $75.00


Appropriation


100


AID TO MIDDLESEX COUNTY BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS


Appropriation


$200.00


Payments


For demonstration work in agriculture and home economics $200.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


Printing Town Reports.


$533.50


Delivering Town Reports


30.00


Certifying town notes


10.00


Care town clock


45.00


Care town flag


4.00


Rent Grange Hall


10.00


Printing and stationery


176.11


License plates and badges


4.64


Painting town clock


50.00


Repairs town flagstaff


15.04


Rent safe deposit box


10.00


Adding machine repairs


8.50


Miscellaneous


10.00


$906.79


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and


Deficiency Account


93.21


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


WATER SUPPLY


Balance from 1925


$378.93


Payments


Legal services


$175.00


Advertising


9.38


$184.38


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


194.55


$378.93


$378.93


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation $400.00


101


Payments


Music


$115.00


Printing and postage


3.75


Flowers


48.75


Refreshments


168.75


Flags


9.60


Transportation


25.00


Memorial address


25.00


$395.85


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess ana Deficiency Account 4.15


$400.00


$400.00


CEMETERY


Appropriation


$2,200.00


Payments


Labor


$1,242.88


Tools and repairs


43.80


Trees, plants, shrubs, seeds, etc.


41.10


Fertilizer


10.50


Lot markers


68.62


Grading


599.42


Road oil


154.20


Pump


12.86


Printing


14.00


Miscellaneous


2.25


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


10.37


$2,200.00


$2,200.00


GRADING SOLDIERS' NEW LOT


Balance from 1925


$100.00


No Payments


Balance


$100.00


Balance to 1927


$100.00


TRUST FUNDS


Received perpetual care fund cemetery lot Capt. George W. McIntosh


$200.00


Received from estate of Chester W. Clarke, Library Trust Fund


500.00


Received from Trustees, income S. D. J. Carter Free Lecture Fund ..


240.00


Received from Trustees, income Common and Cemetery Funds 178.50


$2,189.63


102


Payments


To S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee, in-


come from Trust Fund.


$240.00


To Trustees, perpetual care fund


200.00


To Trustees, Library trust fund.


500.00


For mowing Common.


6.00


Account care cemetery lots :


Isaac Cazneau


5.25


Susan Carlton


4.25


George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker


15.00


Sabra Carter (Jaques lot)


14.25


William H. Carter


6.25


Dolly Harnden


6.25


Thomas P. Eames


4.00


Sabra Carter


5.25


Rich Carter


6.25


James Frazer


12.00


Martha Temple


6.25


S. D. J. Carter


5.25


Charles H. Hopkins


5.25


Abner C. Childs


5.25


Gilman C. Harnden


7.00


Sarah G. Sheldon


6.25


Rufus C. Eames


4.00


John Sheldon Sargent


4.25


Isabelle Holt


3.00


Nathan B. Eames


3.00


Thomas Day


6.25


Lorenzo Meads


6.25


Almira J. Carley


5.25


George E. Swain


5.25


Jacob H. Shedd


3.00


George T. Eames


6.25


Jonathan Eames, 2nd.


4.00


Irwin E. Morse


4.00


Sylvester and Lois R. Carter


4.00


$1,118.50


$1,118.50


INTEREST


Appropriation


$5,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


209.25


Payments


On temporary loans


$4,405.51


On highway loan


95.00


On High School house bonds.


708.74


$5,209.25


$5,209.25


TOWN INDEBTEDNESS


Appropriation


$2,750.00


103


Payments


High School House Bonds Nos. 23 and 24 .... $1,750.00


Highway Note No. 32. 1,000.00


$2,750.00


$2,750.00


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Transferred to:


Tax Collector


$72.53


Printing Valuation Book


96.00


Forest fires


317.40


Health


81.31


Highways-Town Account


290.14


Highways-Chap. 81


149.93


Salem Street


332.48


Mothers' Aid


540.80


Military Aid


174.89


Soldiers' Relief


677.00


Interest


209.25


Unexpended balance, carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


58.27


$3,000.00


$3,000.00


ABATEMENT 1925 TAXES


Balance from 1925


Overdraft to 1927


1925 taxes abated


$640.33


$640.33


$640.33


Balance to 1927


$127.31


ABATEMENT 1926 TAXES


Overlay


$314.83


1926 taxes abated


$249.07


Balance


65.76


Balance to 1927


$65.76


OVERLAY RESERVE ACCOUNT


Balance from 1925


$1,349.23


Balance


$1,349.23


Balance to 1927


$1,349.23


$2,941.73


$513.02 127.31


$314.83


$314.83


104


PROPERTY TAX SALE ACCOUNT


Dr.


Balance from 1925


$3,423.55


Taxes and expenses on property taken by town


677.32


Cr.


$232.29


Balance


3,868.58


Balance, Dr. to 1927


....


$3,868.58


REVENUE ACCOUNT


Dr.


Appropriations (for town purposes).


$135,383.40


Balance carried to Excess and Deficiency Account


89.50


Cr.


Committed to Collector


$110,612.52


Estimated Receipts


24,770.88


Special Forestry Tax


.86


Additional taxes 1925


21.09


Additional taxes 1926


67.55


$135,472.90


REVENUE ACCOUNT 1925


Dr.


Balance from 1925


$331.02


Transferred from Excess and Deficiency


Account


$331.02


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Dr.


Estimated amounts :


Income tax


$9,786.96


Corporation tax


732.78


Bank tax


8.39


Licenses


582.00


Fines


376.00


Moth work, private


743.50


Health


20.00


Charities


1,747.24


Soldiers' benefits


410.08


$4,100.87


Received from redeemed taxes.


$4,100.87


$135,472.90


$135,383.40


105


Schools


$6,841.31


Library


76.83


Cemetery


453.00


Interest on deposits


445.25


Interest on taxes


1,892.40


Building inspection


119.00


Sealer weights and measures


37.83


Street railway tax


467.61


Unclassified


25.00


Reimbursement-loss of tax


5.70


$24,770.88


Paid State-trust company tax 1922


6.50


Balance (excess of actual receipts over estimates) carried to Excess and Defi- ciency Account


2,935.23


$27,712.61


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Cr.


Amounts actually received:


Income tax 1926


$9,786.96


Income tax 1926


4,482.50


Income tax 1923


67.50


Income tax 1924


85.50


Income tax 1925


225.00


$14,647.46


Corporation tax, bus. 1926


$616.39


Corporation tax, P. S. 1926


320.20


Corporation tax, bus. 1924


.02


Corporation tax, bus. 1925


51.95


988.56


National bank tax


58.67


Trust company tax


135.32


Licenses


644.00


Fines


324.00


Moth Department:


Private work, charged property


owners


$711.40


From State-highways


42.50


Telephone tolls


4.90


758.80


Health, printed records


3.00


Charities :


Outside board


$677.00


Outside relief


228.00


Temporary aid-State


1,453.18


Hospital board and care


123.00


106


Burials


$20.00


Rent Town Farm land.


50.00


$2,551.18


Soldiers' benefits:


State aid


$250.00


Military aid


15.00


265.00


Soldiers' exemptions-State


Schools:


Dog licenses


$712.54


Rent, High School Hall


10.00


Tuition, Tewksbury


412.17


Account Supt .- State


1,160.00


Vocational training, State


263.02


2,557.73


Library, fines, etc.


99.96


Cemetery, sale of lots


896.00


Interest on deposits


476.86


Interest on taxes


2,508.23


Building inspection:


Permits


$115.50


Telephone tolls


5.25


120.75


Sealing of weights and measures, fees ....


42.02


Street railway tax


512.36


Reimbursement-loss of tax


5.78


Tax Collector, return bond premium


4.80


Police, account liquor raids


15.80


Fire Dept., return accident insurance


premium


3.45


Highways:


Barrels sold


$28.00


Crushed stone sold


14.00


42.00


$27,712.61


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT


Cr.


Balance from 1925


$11,989.83


Unexpended balances:


Selectmen


$169.25


Town Accountant


15.74


Treasurer


5.00


Assessors


128.25


Finance Committee


9.77


Town Clerk


2.40


Election and registration


3.17


Town Hall


141.42


Fireproof office equipment


32.17


Fire Department


40.94


Building inspection


24.51


50.88


107


Sealing, weights and measures


$59.90


Suppression of moths


1.32


Spraying machine


5.00


Tree Warden


3.27


Road scraper


412.50


Nichols Street-repairs


.67


Salem Street-construction


.71


Boutwell Street-repairs


1.27


Glen Road-repairs


.67


Salem and Lowell Streets


6.87


Electric street lights


531.72


State Aid


186.00


Schools


583.97


Schools-1925 bills


510.28


Vocational training


335.27


Unclassified


93.21


Memorial Day


4.15


Water supply


194.55


Cemetery


10.37


Reserve Fund


58.27


$3,572.59


Balance from Revenue Account


89.50


Balance from Estimated Receipts


2,935.23


Dr.


Transferred to Revenue Account 1925.


$331.02


Balance


18,256.13


$18,587.15


Cr. balance to 1927


$18,256.13


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS (Year 1925)


Dr.


Balance due December 1, 1925


$525.00


Received during 1926


$525.00


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS (Year 1926)


Dr.


Allotment, account Chap. 81


$4,149.95


Allotment, account Chap. 90, Salem St .. ...


2,000.00


Allotment, account Salem and Lowell Sts.


493.63


$6,643.58


Cr


Received during 1926


$6,293.63


Balance due


349.95


$6,643.58


Balance to 1927


$349.95


Cr.


$18,587.15


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COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX


Dr.


Allotment, account Chap. 90, Salem St ........


$2,000.00 493.63


Allotment, account Salem and Lowell Sts.


$2,493.63


Received during 1926 Cr.


$2,493.63


RECAPITULATION OF 1926 TAXES


Town appropriations


$135,383.40


State Tax


5,400.00


State Highway Tax


794.60


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Tax


282.29


Fire Prevention Tax


37.96


Auditing town accounts


162.15


County Tax


4,380.90


Tuberculosis Tax


75.69


Overlay


314.83


$146,831.82.


Less Estimated Receipts (for details see Estimated Receipts Account)


24,770.88


Amount to be raised by taxation


$122,060.94


Raised as follows:


Poll taxes, 986 at $2.00


$1,972.00


Property Tax, valuation $3,511,297.00 at $34.20 per $1,000.00


120.088.94


$122,060.94


Moth work charged property owners


711.40


Special Forestry Tax


.86


Committed to Tax Collector


$122,773.20.


STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT Temporary Loans


(Anticipation of Taxes)


Outstanding January 1, 1926:


Note No. 39


$30,000.00


Note No. 40


25,000.00


Note No. 42


25,000.00


$80,000.00;


Borrowed during 1926:


Note No. 45


$30,000.00


Note No. 46


25,000.00


Note No. 47


20,000.00


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Note No. 48


Note No. 49


$25,000.00 24,000.00 $124,000.00


$204,000.00


Paid during 1926:


Note No. 39


$30,000.00


Note No. 40


25,000.00


Note No. 42


25,000.00


Note No. 47


20,000.00


Note No. 49


24,000.00


$124,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1926.


$80,000.00


(Note-Note No. 41 cancelled.)


Highway Loans (Main Street Construction Loan, 1923)


Outstanding January 1, 1926:


Note No. 32


$1,000.00


Note No. 33


1,000.00


$2,000.00


Paid during 1926, Note No. 32.


1,000.00


Outstanding December 31, 1926


$1,000.00


High School House Bonds (Issue of 1914)


Outstanding January 1, 1926


$15,750.00


Paid during 1926


1,750.00


$14,000.00


Summary


Temporary loans (anticipation of taxes)


$80,000.00


Highway loans (Main St. construction)


1,000.00


High School house bonds


14,000.00


Total Town Indebtedness, December 31, 1926


$95,000.00


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BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1926


Dr.


Cash in Treasury


$38,306.09


George W. Buck, Collector, 1926 Taxes uncollected.


56,758.26


Departmental Overdrafts:


Police Department


$1,072.57


Poor


764.19


1,836.76


State of Massachusetts, due account Highways.


349.95


Property Tax Sale Account


3,868.58


Abatement 1925 Taxes


127.31


Balancing Account-High School Bonds


14,000.00


Balancing Account-Highway Notes


1,000.00


$116,246.95


BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1926


Cr.


Temporary Loans (anticipation of taxes)


$80,000.00


Highway Loans (Main St. construction)


1,000.00


High School Bonds


14,000.00


Grading Soldiers' New Lot


100.00


Abatement 1926 Taxes


65.76


Overlay Reserve Account


1,349.23


Surplus War Bonus Funds


1,475.83


Excess and Deficiency Account


18,256.13


$116,246.95


HARRY R. DEMING,


Town Accountant.


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TOWN WARRANT


To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington:


Greeting-In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 9:45 a. m. and shall be closed at 8 p. m. for the election of Town Officers.


Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Select- men, who shall also act as Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; Constable; Three Fence Viewers; Two mem- bers of the School Committee for three years; Two trustees of the Public Library for three years; One trustee of Trust Funds for three years; One member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years; Tree Warden; Moderator.


You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently, and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington, on Monday, the fourteenth day of March, A. D. 1927, at eight (8) o'clock p. m., then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 2. To choose all other Town officers for the ensuing year.


Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.


Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:


General Government Cemetery Town Indebtedness


Protection of Life and Property Health and Sanitation


Street Lights Unclassified


Highways Charities and Aid


Finance Committee


Soldiers' Benefits Interest


Reserve Fund


Public Library


Education


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year.


Article 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to de- termine how the same will be expended.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.


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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars or some other amount, and elect a Director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex County Trustees for county aid to Agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Ex- tension Service under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, of the General Laws of Massachusetts.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred sixty-five ($165) dollars for the upkeep of Regan Park, Rogers Park and Thomas Nee Park, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract to retain the service of the ten (10) Nova- lux street lights now on trial, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) Novalux street light at the junction of Main and Lowell Streets, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light on Washington Av- enue, about 150 feet from Clark Street, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light to be installed on High Street at Regan Park, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light to be installed on Clark Street, between Church Street and Middlesex Avenue or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to contract for electric lights to be installed on Park Street from the last light now located on said street easterly to the North Reading Town Line, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to contract for two (2) electric lights to be installed on Parker Street, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred thirty-six dollars and seventy-six cents ($1,836.76) for departmental overdrafts for the year 1926 or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Over- law Reserve Account to Abatement of 1925 Taxes Account the sum of one hundred twenty-seven dollars and thirty-one cents ($127.31) or do anything in relation thereto. .


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee to study the requirements of suitable quarters for the Fire De- partment and to bring in plans and specifications for the erection of a new building for the Fire Department, and also to bring in recommendations for the location of such a building, or do any- thing in relation thereto.


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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 276 of the Acts of 1926 authorizing the Town to supply itself and its inhabitants with water, and to sell water to the Commonwealth and to Towns of Reading, North Reading and Tewksbury and to the City of Woburn, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 21. To elect by ballot, three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years, one until the expiration of two years, and one until the expiration of one year, and thereafter to elect one member each year for three years to constitute a Board of Water Commissioners in accordance with Section No. 8, Chapter No. 276, Acts of 1926.


Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to negotiate for the purchase of at least seventy-five (75) acres of land for the safeguarding of the water shed, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to change the term of office of the members of the Board of Selectmen from one to three years, as provided for in Section 7, Chapter 41, of the General Laws of Massachusetts and at the next Annual Town Election to elect one member for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter to elect one member each year for three years, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for carrying out the recommendation of the special com- mittee on school accommodations; to raise by borrowing or other- wise money to acquire said location by purchase, or otherwise, and for the construction and original equipment and furnishing of a school building thereon; or to take any action relative thereto.


Article 25. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a Road Roller, or what they will do in relation thereto.


Article 26. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of two (2) motor trucks for the High- way Department, or what they will do in relation thereto.


Article 27. To see if the Town will appoint a committee includ- ing one or more of the Board of Selectmen to look into the matter of furnishing a suitable building for the highway department, or what they will do in relation thereto.


Article 28. To see if the Town will accept so called Floradale Avenue, as laid out by Board of Survey, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars for a fire well in that sec- tion known as Wilmington Gardens, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Treasurer, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 70, 71 and 72 of Chapter 41, of the General Laws. Creating a Plan- ning Board of three members to be elected at the next annual Town Meeting, one to serve for three years, one for two years and one for


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one year, and thereafter annually elect one for the term of three years, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will act on the report of the Committee to remodel the Town Hall and Public Library, and ap- point Mr. Edward N. Eames, Mr. A. Chandler Manning, and Mr. C. S. Harrimen, a building committee to make further investigation or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the use of the Committee to remodel the Town Hall and Public Library, to defray incidental expenses that may arise in further investigations, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 34. To see if the Town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the lay- ing out, alteration, construction or reconstruction of the State High- way known as Main Street in Wilmington, or any section or reloca- tion thereof, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands and seal of said Town this fourteenth day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.


Seal


CHARLES F. PERRY, CARL S. PETTENGILL, WALTER L. HALE,


Selectmen of Wilmington.


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INDEX


Assessors' Valuation 1926. 33


Board of Health, Report of 47


Building Inspector, Report of 39, 81


Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of 66


Cemetery Commissioners 74


Chief of Police, Report of. 34


Collector's Account 79


Fire Department, Report of. 35


Inspector of Animals, Report of


71


Inspector of Slaughtering, Report of. 70


Jury List


9


Librarian's Report 40


List of Library Books 42


Middlesex County Extension Service 46


Overseers of the Poor, Report of. 82 49


School Committee, Report of.


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of 38


Superintendent of Streets, Report of. 80


Town Accountant, Report of.


85


Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of


11


Births Registered 27


66 Marriages Registered 29


Deaths Registered 30


Recapitulation 32


Treasurer's Report 68


Tree Warden's Report 65


Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of.


72


Town Officers, 1926 3


Town Warrant 111


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