Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1927-1928, Part 4

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1927
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 278


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11


Fracture of skull while fight- ing fire


34


Sept. 11


Howard Russell Pratt


43


G


6


Fracture of skull while fight- ing fire


35


Sept. 20


Mary E. Phelps


81


21


Cerebral Hemorrhage Suffocation in burned build- ing


37


Sept. 29


Arthur Nicholas Kelleher


21


Bullet wound of heart


38


Oct. 13


Inez L. Watson


80


7


-


Chronic Nephritis


39


Oct. 14


Frank Ellis Wood


69


11


14


Cerebral Hemorrhage


41


Oct. 18


William Warren Carter


80


3


5


Cancer of Liver


42


Oct. 23


Robbins


Premature Birth


43


Oct. 31


Michael McDonald


55


28


Broncho Pneumonia


44


Nov. 10


Gladys Swain


4 11


-


Scarlet Fever


45


Dec.


4


Takoohi Chopoorian


74


-


Angina Pectoris


46


Dec. 27


Grietja Verheide


75


-


2


Apoplexy, Mitral Regurgita- tion


47


Dec. 27


David Bishop


78


9 18


Meningitis Pneumococcic


8


Feb. 16


John Jenkins


-


Arteriosclerosis Congenital Debility Broncho Pneumonia


Arteriosclerosis


12


Mar. 19


Robert W. Reynolds


1


Mitral Regurgitation Angina Pectoris Arteriosclerosis


Convulsions Mitral Regurgitation Acrania and anencephalus Aortic Regurgitation


24


June 27


Daniel C. Norcross


July


17 Mande O. Babine


68


2


9


Angina Pectoris


36


Sept. 22


John Fogarty


24


1 h


Jan. 13


Agnes Rebecca Allen


Arteriosclerosis Acute Dilation of the Heart Scarlet Fever Prematurity Diabetes Epithelioma, Base of Tongue


-


-


2 h.


1 h.


Milton Timothy Holt James E. Kelley


Age


42


THE FOLLOWING NON-RESIDENTS WERE BURIED IN WILMINGTON


Name


AGE Years Months Days


Date of Death


Place


Jessie L. Purves


64


2


19


Jan.


20


Waltham


Sebastian Becker


66


-


Apr.


8


Woburn


Eugene A. Carter


66


6


28


Apr.


17


Boston


Archibald MacKillop


19


11


3


Apr.


20


Tewksbury


Percy Sallsbury Potter


29


7


May


29


Tewksbury


Esther Southnard


87


6


7


June


20


Wakefield


Sarah E. Addison


91


3


July


9


Roxbury


Jessie Hoban


44


-


July


10


Dorchester


Helen Smith


86


19


Oct.


4


Tewksbury


Harrison Bancroft


59


10 6


4


Nov.


3


Brookline


RECAPITULATION


Births registered in 1927 89


Males


54


Females 35


Marriages registered in 1927 36


Deaths registered in 1927 47


Males


23


Females


24


Dog License Account:


Number of Licenses issued.


362


By Cash paid County Treasurer. $890.60


Respectfully submitted,


HARRY R. DEMING,


Town Clerk, Pro. Tem.


The Town Clerk will furnish parents, householders, physicians and midwives, applying therefor, blanks for returns of births as required by law.


In Memoriam


JAMES E. KELLEY


Born March 31, 1853 Died April 21, 1927


Served as Selectman and Assessor for several terms, and as Town Clerk for twenty- nine years.


In the death of Mr. Kelley the Town of Wilmington suffered the loss of a loyal, painstaking and efficient official.


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ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY, 1927


Real Estate


$3,378,605.00


Personal Estate


385,181.00


Amount of Tax Assessed including overlay.


116,823.29


State Tax Assessed


5,400.00


State Highway Tax Assessed


794.60


Fire Prevention Tax Assessed


38.61


Moth Tax Assessed (State)


37.47


County Tax Assessed


4,709.52


Tuberculosis Tax Assessed


570.31


Town Tax Assessed


105,272.78


Moth Tax Assessed (Town)


713.30


Rate of Taxation per 1,000


30.50


Schedule of Town Property


School Houses and Lots


62,500.00


Town Farm


4,500.00


Town Hall, Lot and Fire Equipment ..


3,500.00


Cemetery Land and Lots


2,500.00


Tool House and Tools


200.00


Public Library and Lot


1,500.00


Contents of Public Library


3,000.00


Highway Trucks, Machinery and Tools


14,000.00


Furniture in Town Hall


300.00


Nine Safes


1,800.00


Engine House, Lockup and Lot


3,000.00


Three Motor Fire Trucks


5,000.00


Hose, Ladders, etc.


2,500.00


Moth Building and Lot


600.00


Sprayers and Fixtures


1,750.00


Sealer's Weights and Measures and Equipment ..


1,000.00


Common and Flag Staff


2,000.00


Police Equipment


200.00


Land Account of Tax Sales


9,640.00


$119,490.00


GEORGE W. BUCK, J. HOWARD EAMES, FRANK L. EAMES,


Assessors of Wilmington.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


Receipts


Cash in Treasury


$38,306.09


Cash Received Account of Income Tax


17,669.73


National Bank Tax


155.02


Street Railway Tax


531.39


Corporation Taxes


865.44


State Aid


164.00


Mothers' Aid


637.00


Department of Public Welfare


2,548.49


Veteran Exemptions


63.52


Military Aid


392.05


Trust Company Tax


44.94


Vocational Education


168.10


Income Massachusetts Fund


5,313.76


Superintendent of Schools


1,160.00


Tuition of Children


774.86


Reimbursement for Loss of Taxes for Land used for Public Institutions


6.00


Income from Trust Funds


173.25


Trust Funds


200.00


Library


95.67


Fire Department


5.75


Sealer's Fees


40.95


Income from S. D. J. Carter Lecture Fund.


240.00


Licenses


562.00


Rent of Town Hall


12.00


Rent of Town Farm


50.00


Building Inspection


126.65


Moths


46.51


Tree Warden


.96


Soldiers Relief


72.84


Cemetery


912.98


Court Fines


397.00


Return of Dog Licenses


801.24


Deeds of Release


123.95


Interest


715.40


Highways


74.00


Highways from State and County


9,800.00


Loans Anticipation of Revenue.


120,000.00


Loans Departmental Equipment


11,750.00


Loans Land and Building


3,500.00


Taxes, 1926


56,162.56


Interest on Taxes, 1926


2,545.79


Taxes, 1927


64,734.25


Interest on Taxes, 1927


97.26


$342,041.40


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Payments


Cash Paid Account of Selectmen's Orders


$157,293.09


State Tax


5,400.00


County Tax


4,709.52


Fire Prevention


38.61


Repairs State Highways


794.60


Suppression of Moths


37.47


Refund Account of Licenses


26.52


National Bank Tax


.52


Maintenance of Tubercular Patients.


570.31


High School Bonds


1,750.00


Interest


5,106.62


Town Notes


136,000.00


Cash in Treasury


30,314.14


$342,041.40


FRANK L. EAMES,


Treasurer.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


FOR THE


Financial Year ending December 31, 1927


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


REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Following is my report and accounts for the Town's financial year ending December 31, 1927, which shows departmental ap- propriations and payments; general receipts; loans made and pay- ments on same; statement of Town debt and balance sheet after closing the books.


The books and accounts of the Assessors, Tax Collector, Trustees of Trust Funds and Treasurer of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee have been examined and found correct.


The Treasurer's vouchers and books have been audited, and the cash balance shown in his account, $30,314.14, is correct.


Respectfully,


HARRY R. DEMING, Town Accountant.


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Selectmen


Appropriation


Payments


Salaries


$675.00


Legal services


25.00


Postage, printing and stationery


31.30


Transportation


2.50


$733.80


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


166.20


$900.00


$900.00


Town Accountant


Appropriation


$650.00


Payments


Salary


$600.00


Postage, printing and stationery


36.05


$636.05


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


13.95


$650.00


$650.00


Treasurer


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


Salary


$800.00


Premium on Bond


100.00


Postage, printing and stationery


73.50


Protest fee on check


1.52


$975.02


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


24.98


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


Tax Collector


Appropriation


Payments


-


Salary


$1,500.00


Premium on bond


113.00


Postage, printing and stationery.


153.89


$1,766.89


Unexpended balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account


33.11


$1,800.00


$1,800.00


$900.00


Deficiency Account


Deficiency Account


$1,800.00


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Finance Committee


$100.00


Payments


Postage, printing and stationery


$85.50


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


14.50


$100.00


$100.00


Assessors


Appropriation


Payments


Salaries


$1,306.00


Postage, printing and stationery.


144.34


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


49.66


$1,500.00


$1,500.00


Town Clerk


Appropriation


$220.00


Payments


Salary


200.00


Postage, printing and stationery


15.80


Premium on bond


4.00


$219.80


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


.20


$220.00


$220.00


Election and Registration


Appropriation


$400.00


Payments


Election :


Salaries


$84.00


Postage, printing and stationery


92.35


Labor on voting booths


4.50


$180.85


Registrations:


Salaries


$153.00


Postage, printing and stationery


2.75


Miscellaneous


3.00


158.75


Unexpended balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account.


60.40


$400.00


$400.00


-


Appropriation


Deficiency Account


$1,500.00


$1,450.34


Deficiency Account


$339.60


53


Town Hall


Appropriation


$500.00


Payments


Salary, janitor


$110.00


Telephone


51.26


Fuel


21.00


Light


73.34


Repairs


89.60


Supplies


7.19


$352.39


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


.44


$500.00


$500.00


Committee on Remodeling Town Hall and Library


Appropriation


$200.00


No payments, balance to 1928. $200.00


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Police Department


Appropriation


Overdraft, carried to 1928


Payments


Salaries and wages


$4,197.00


Auto hire


182.95


Telephone


92.66


Premium on bond


5.00


Light-traffic signs


103.27


Uniforms


22.50


Medical services


5.00


Traffic signs


24.00


Printing


2.75


Hire outside lock-up


13.50


Balance to 1928


$648.63


Constable


Appropriation


$50.00


Payments


Salary


$50.01


Police Department (1926 Overdraft)


Appropriation


$1,072.57


Overdraft from 1926 $1,072.57


$4,000.00 648.63


$4,648.63


$4,648.63


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Fire Department


Appropriation


Transferred from Reserve Fund


Payments


Salaries and wages


$1,738.67


Light


20.58


Fuel


225.85


Telephone


30.56


Power


130.82


Rent


45.00


Repairs and supplies


1,119.57


Accident insurance


136.00


New equipment


244.41


Hose


1,421.00


Medical services


91.75


Miscellaneous


15.50


Printing


18.00


Care of whistle


60.00


$5,297.71


$5,297.71


New Fire Apparatus


Appropriation


$7,500.00


Payments


1 American La France Type 65 pumping


engine


$7,500.00


Inspection of Buildings


Appropriation


$500.00


Salary, inspector


$400.00


Telephone .


26.98


Postage, printing and stationery


5.50


$432.48


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


67.52


$500.00


$500.00


Sealing of Weights and Measures


Appropriation


$350.00


Payments


Salary, sealer


$300.00


Transportation


35.00


Seals, dies, etc.


4.47


Postage, printing and stationery.


2.00


$341.47


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


8.53


Deficiency Account


$350.00


$5,000.00 297.71


$350.00


Payments


55


Suppression of Moths


Appropriation


$2,028.00


Payments


Salaries and Wages


$1,248.00


Truck hire


305.50


Repairs and supplies


361.72


Liability insurance


63.99


Telephone


38.93


Postage, printing and stationery


7.40


$2,025.54


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


2.46


$2,028.00


$2,028.00


Tree Warden


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$745.00


Truck hire


65.00


Repairs and supplies


17.85


Trees


89.00


Tools


72.35


Fertilizer


5.50


Postage


1.00


$995.70


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


4.30


$1,000.00


$1,000.00


Forest Fires


Appropriation


Transferred from Reserve Fund


Payments


Wages, fire duty


$877.15


Pump tanks


82.62


Miscellaneous


4.00


$963.77


$963.77


Health and Sanitation


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve Fund


$900.00 735.46


$600.00 363.77


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Payments


Salary, inspector of meats and provisions


$144.00


Salary, inspector of animals.


150.00


Vital Statistics, fees for return of


births, marriages and deaths.


158.25


Salary, Agent of Board of Health


25.00


Account Contagious Diseases :


Quarantine wages


$43.00


Groceries


103.16


Hospital care


929.55


Medical services


20.00


Disposal of garbage


60.00


Printing


2.50


Public Health Nurse


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Salary, District Nurse


$1,000.00


HIGHWAYS. ROADS AND BRIDGES


Town Account


Appropriation


$14,700.00


Less transferred to Highway Trucks


Account


2,750.00


$11,950.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$3,616.06


Team and truck hire


933.01


Removing Snow:


Wages


$1,445.00


Team and truck hire


859.01


Repairs and supplies


256.68


$2,560.69


Sand and gravel


190.50


Liability insurance


369.29


Repairs and supplies


1,191.51


Snow plows (new)


700.00


Bridge repairs


570.00


Tarvia


1,591.25


Rent


125.00


Fuel


88.25


Signs


4.50


Light


6.78


$11,946.84


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


3.16


Deficiency Account


$11,950.00


$11,950.00


1,095.71


$1,635.46


$1,635.46


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


Appropriation


$6,450.00


From State 4,300.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$3,792.77


Team and truck hire


662.25


Repairs and supplies


620.74


Sand and gravel


192.00


Tar


3,259.90


Road oil


2,220.86


$10,748.52


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account 1.48


$10,750.00


$10,750.00


Salem Street-Construction


Appropriation


$2,000.00


From State


2,000.00


From County


2,000.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$2,784.01


Truck hire


144.00


Crushed stone


1,359.88


Tar


787.50


Gravel


154.00


Repairs and supplies


728.97


Drain pipe


25.20


Signs


16.00


$5,999.56


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


.44


$6,000.00


$6,000.00


Salem and Lowell Streets (Specific Repairs)


Appropriation


$500.00


From State


500.00


From County


500.00


Payments


Salaries and wages


$572.49


Truck hire


218.25


Crushed stone


41.66


Tar


471.30


Sand and gravel


53.00


Repairs and supplies


143.06


$1,499.76


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


.24


Deficiency Account


$1,500.00


$1,500.00


58


Highway Department Land and Building


Appropriation


$5,500.00


Payments


Advertising for bids


$5.80


Plans and specifications


65.00


Recording deeds 4.68


Land


750.00


Building


4,105.00


Heating system


400.00


Electric pump and installation.


101.00


Electric wiring


68.50


$5,499.98


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


.02


$5,500.00


$5,500.00


Gasoline Road Roller


Appropriation


$5,000.00


Payments


1 Buffalo Springfield, 24,000 1b., 3 wheel


roller with pressure scarifier


$5,000.00


Highway Trucks


Appropriation


Payments


2 G. M. C. trucks


$5,500.00


Road to Quarry


Appropriation $100.00


Payments


Labor


$99.67


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


.33


$100.00 $100.00


Summary of Highway Accounts for 1927


Total appropriations


$37,000.00


Received from State


6,800.00


Received from County


2,500.00


Total resources


$46,300.00


Total expenditures


46,294.33


Unexpended balance $5.67


$5,500.00


59


Electric Street Lights Appropriation (from Excess and Deficiency)


$8,270.00


Payments


Lights, per contract $8,251.55


(505-40 C. P. Lights@$15.00 per year)


( 11-600 C. P. Lights@ 60.00 per year)


Unexpended balance,


to Excess and


Deficiency Account


18.45


$8,270.00


$8,270.00


CHARITIES Department of Public Welfare


Appropriation


$4,000.00


Overdraft, carried to 1928


2,809.50


Payments


Board


$1,631.26


Cash


2,938.00


Fuel


173.50


Rent


242.00


Groceries and provisions


944.61


Hospital board and care.


643.48


Transportation


39.00


Burials


170.00


Medical Service


22.65


Clothing


5.00


$6,809.50


$6,809.50


Balance to 1928


$2,809.50


Department of Public Welfare (1926 Overdraft)


Appropriation (from Excess and De-


ficiency Account)


$764.19


Overdraft from 1926


764.19


Aid to Dependent Mothers


Appropriation


$750.00


Payments


Cash


$420.00


Fuel


5.76


$425.76


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


324.24


$750.00


$750.00


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


State Aid


Appropriation


$200.00


.


60


Payments


Paid as per State returns


$118.00


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


Deficiency Account


82.00


$200.00


$200.00


Military Aid


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


120.94


Payments


Cash


$360.00


Groceries


260.94


$620.94


$620.94


Soldiers' Relief


Appropriation


$500.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


726.23


Payments


Cash


$1,044.00


Rent


176.00


Groceries


6.23


$1,226.23


$1,226.23


EDUCATION


Schools


Appropriation


$55,000.00


Payments


Superintendent's salary


$2,030.00


School physician's salary


25.00


School Nurse's salary


640.00


Superintendent's traveling expenses, etc ....


368.50


Telephones


76.40


Principals', supervisors' and teachers'


salaries


31,879.25


Transportation of pupils


5,690.98


Janitors' salaries


3,448.00


Fuel


2,656.38


Light


149.20


Insurance


1,483.09


Books and supplies


2,899.95


Water


124.10


Repairs and maintenance


2,627.51


New equipment


617.73


Miscellaneous


142.35


$54,858.44


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


141.56


Deficiency Account


$55,000.00


$55.000.00


61


Vocational Training


Appropriation


$500.00 354.94


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


Payments


For tuition at Vocational Training


Schools


$854.94


$854.94


$854.94


Land for School Purposes


Appropriation


$500.00


Payments


For land adjoining Walker School .. $500.00


Harold Rogers, Regan and Nee Parks


Appropriation


$165.00


Payments


Labor


$102.50


Shrubbery


32.63


Loam


3.50


Fertilizer


16.50


Seeds


1.20


$156.33


Unexpended balance, to Excess and


8.67


$165.00


$165.00


Public Library


Appropriation


$800.00


Payments


Salary, Librarian


$300.00


Janitor


40.00


Books and magazines


286.09


Binding and repairing books


73.25


Fuel


40.00


Cataloging


9.00


Light


13.55


Postage, printing and stationery.


5.23


$767.12


Unexpended balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account


32.88


$800.00


$800.00


Deficiency Account


62


AID TO MIDDLESEX COUNTY BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS


Payments


Appropriation


$200.00


Paid Middlesex County Bureau for


demonstration in agriculture and home economics


$200.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund.


170.10


Payments


Printing Town Reports


$338.63


Delivering Town Reports


30.00


Certifying Town Notes


28.00


Care Town Clock


45.00


Care and repairs Town Flag


6.00


Rent Grange Hall


30.00


Printing and stationery


235.29


Rent safe deposit box


10.00


License Plates


3.08


Settlement personal injury claim.


200.00


Typewriter


46.00


Legal services


75.00


Safe


50.00


Painting flagstaff


50.00


Miscellaneous


23.10


$1,170.10


$1,170.10


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation


$400.00


Payments


Music


$127.00


Printing and postage


6.25


Flowers


54.50


Refreshments


137.50


Flags ..


10.00


Transportation


30.00


Memorial address


25.00


$390.25


Unexpended balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account


9.75


$400.00


$400.00


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CEMETERY


Appropriation


$2,300.00


Payments


Labor


$1,751.12


Team hire


4.50


Tools


10.80


Printing and stationery


50.50


Shrubbery


95.63


Repairs


6.00


Crushed stone, sand and gravel


109.14


Supplies


104.57


Fertilizer


15.00


Road oil


151.20


$2,298.46


Unexpended balance, to Excess and De- ficiency Account


1.54


$2,300.00


$2,300.00


GRADING SOLDIERS' NEW LOT


Balance from 1926


$100.00


Payments


Shrubbery


$58.88


Boulder foundation


25.00


$83.88


Unexpended balance, to Excess and De-


16.12


$100.00


$100.00


TRUST FUNDS


Received perpetual care fund, cemetery lot Mary A. Gowing


$100.00


Received perpetual care fund, cemetery lot S. Lizzie Carter.


100.00


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


240.00


Received income, cemetery and common funds


173.25


Payments


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


$240.00


To Trustees, account perpetual care funds


200.00


Mowing Common


6.00


Account cemetery lots :


Isaac Cazneau


6.25


George W. and Minnie A. Sidelinker


13.00


Sabra Carter (Jaques lot)


7.25


William H. Carter


5.25


ficiency Account


64


Dolly Harnden


6.25


Thomas P. Eames


4.00


Sabra Carter


5.25


Rich Carter


6.25


James Frazer


11.00


Martha Temple


3.00


S. D. J. Carter


5.25


Charlotte C. Smith


2.00


Charles H. Hopkins.


6.25


Abner C. Childs


5.50


Gilman C. Harnden


6.50


Laura Parker


4.00


Sarah G. Sheldon


6.25


Rufus C. Eames


4.00


John Sheldon Sargent.


2.00


Isabelle Holt


3.00


Henry Blanchard


3.00


Nathan B. Eames


3.00


Thomas Day


6.25


Lorenzo Meads


6.25


George E. Swain


5.25


Josiah Monroe (care Elbridge Carter and Walter H. Blanchard lots).


5.00


Jacob H. Shedd.


4.00


George T. Eames


6.25


Jonathan Eames, 2nd ..


4.00


Captain George W. McIntosh


4.00


Sylvester and Lois R. Carter


4.00


Irwin E. Morse.


4.00


$613.25


$613.25


INTEREST


Appropriation


$5,000.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


106.62


Payments


On temporary loans


$4,294.46


On Highway Department loans


182.16


On High School House Bonds


630.00


$5,106.62


$5,106.62


TOWN INDEBTEDNESS


Appropriation


$2,750.00


Payments


High School House Bonds Nos. 25 and 26 $1,750.00


Highway Note No. 33. 1,000.00


$2,750.00


$2,750.00


65


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation


Transferred to:


Fire Department


$297.71


Health and Sanitation


735.46


Forest fires


363.77


Soldiers' relief


726.23


Military aid


120.94


Vocational training


414.94


Unclassified


110.10


Interest


106.62


$2,875.77


Unexpended balance, to Excess and De- ficiency Account


124.23


$3,000.00


$3,000.00


ABATEMENT 1925 TAXES


Dr.


Balance from 1926 $127.31


Cr.


Transferred from Overlay Reserve Ac-


count


$127.31


ABATEMENT 1926 TAXES


Dr.


1926 taxes abated in 1927


$607.70


Cr.


Balance from 1926


$65.76


Overdraft to 1928


541.94


$607.70


$607.70


Balance to 1928


$541.94


ABATEMENT 1927 TAXES


Dr.


1927 taxes abated


$48.80


Balance to 1928.


625.86


Cr.


Overlay


$674.66


$674.66


$674.66 $625.86


Balance to 1928.


$3,000.00


66


OVERLAY RESERVE ACCOUNT


Balance from 1926


$1,349.23


Transferred to abatement 1925 taxes.


$127.31


Balance


1,221.92


Balance to 1928


$1,221.92


PROPERTY TAX SALE ACCOUNT


Dr.


Balance from 1926


$3,868.58


Taxes and expenses on property taken by the Town


205.38


Cr.


Received from redeemed taxes


$123.95


Balance


3,950.01


$4,073.96


$4,073.96


Balance to 1928


$3,950.01


PRIVATE MOTH WORK


Private moth work, charged property


owners on tax bills


$713.30


Collected in 1927 and transferred to Esti- mated Receipts


$397.30


Balance


316.00


$713.30


$713.30


Balance to 1928


$316.00


REVENUE ACCOUNT


Dr.


Appropriations (for town purposes)


$124,413.00


Appropriations (for town purposes)


5,100.00


$129,513.00


Balance, to Excess and Deficiency Account.


167.34


Cr.


Committed to Collector


$104,598.12


Estimated receipts


24,914.88


Special forestry tax


1.23


Additional 1926 taxes


12.00


Additional 1927 taxes


154.11


$129,680.34


$129,680.34


$1,349.23


$1,349.23


67


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Dr.


Estimated amounts :


Income tax


$12,561.13


Corporation tax


988.56


Bank tax


193.99


Licenses


644.00


General government


4.80


Fines


324.00


Protection of persons and property


229.42


Health


3.00


Highways


42.00


Charities


2,551.18


Soldiers' benefits


265.00


Schools


2,557.73


Library


99.96


Interest on deposits


476.86


Interest on taxes


2,508.23


Cemetery


896.00


Soldiers' exemptions


50.88


Street railway tax


512.36


Reimbursement loss of tax-State.


5.78


$24,914.88


Refund account licenses


25.00


Paid State account National Bank tax ..


.52


Balance (excess of actual receipts over estimates) to Excess and Deficiency Account


12,508.20


$37,448.60


Cr.


Amounts actually received :


Income tax 1927


$16,904.73


Income tax 1926


675.00


Income tax 1925


90.00


$17,669.73


Corporation tax, P. S. 1927


$374.05


Corporation tax, bus. 1927


491.30


865.35


National bank tax 1927


$144.37


National bank tax 1926


10.65


155.02


Trust company tax


44.94


Licenses


562.00


Court fines


397.00


Moth Department:


Private work


$397.30


State-highways


41.50


Telephone tolls


5.00


443.81


68


Charities:


Outside board


$625.00


Temporary aid-State


1,700.49


Hospital board and care.


113.00


Burials


110.00


Rent-Town Farm land.


50.00


Mothers' aid


Soldiers' benefits:


State aid


$164.00


Military aid


464.89


628.89


Veterans' exemptions


63.52


Schools:


Dog licenses


$801.24


Tuition children


774.86


Income Mass. School Fund.


5,313.76


Rent High School Hall.


12.00


Account Superintendent-State.


1,160.00


8,061.86


Vocational training-State


168.10


Library, fines


95.67


Cemetery:


Sale lots and graves


$912.00


Sale rake


.98


912.98


Interest on deposits


842.56


Interest on taxes


2,515.89


Interest from State


.09


Inspection of buildings:


Fees


$114.50


Telephone tolls


12.15


126.65


Sealing of weights and measures, fees .. Tree warden


.96


Fire Department, return of accident in- surance premium


5.75


Highways, repairs to railroad crossing ..


74.00


Street railway tax


531.39


Reimbursement, loss of tax, State.


6.00


$37,448.60


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY ACCOUNT


Cr.


Balance from 1926


$18,256.13


Unexpended balances:


Selectmen


$166.20


Town Accountant


13.95


Treasurer


24.98


Tax Collector


33.11


Assessors


49.66


Town Clerk


.20


2,598.49 637.00


40.95


69


Finance Committee


14.50


Election and Registration


60.40


Town Hall


147.61


Moth Department


2.46


Sealer Weights and Measures.


8.53


Tree Warden


4.30


Building Inspection


67.52


Highways-Town Account


3.16


Chapter 81


1.48


Salem Street


.44


Salem and Lowell Streets


.24


Road to Quarry


.33


Street lights


18.45


Highway land and building


.02


Mothers' aid


324.24


State aid


82.00


Schools


141.56


Library


32.88


Parks


8.67


Memorial Day


9.75


Cemetery


1.54


Grading soldiers' lot


16.12


Reserve Fund


124.23


1,358.53


Balance from Revenue Account


167.34


Balance from Estimated Receipts.


12,508.20


Balance State of Mass. 1926 Highway Account


150.05


Dr.


Appropriation for street lights.


$8,270.00


Appropriation for 1926 Police Department overdraft


1,072.57


Appropriation for 1926 Department of Public Welfare overdraft


764.19


$10,106.76


Balance


22,333.49


$32,440.25


Cr. balance to 1928


$22,333.49


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS (1926)


Dr.


Balance from 1926


$349.95


Balance to Excess and Deficiency Account 150.05


Cr.


Received from State in 1927


$500.00


$500.00


$500.00


$32,440.25


70


STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS (1927)


Dr.


Allotment account Salem Street


$2,000.00


Allotment account Salem and Lowell


Streets


500.00


Allotment account Chapter 81


4,300.00


Cr.


Received during 1927


$6,800.00


$6,800.00


$6,800.00


COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX


Dr.


Allotment account Salem Street


$2,000.00


Allotment account Salem and Lowell


Streets


500.00


Cr


Received during 1927


$2,500.00


$2,500.00


$2,500.00


RECAPITULATION OF 1927 TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS


Total appropriations for town purposes $154,869.76


State Tax


5,400.00


State Highway Tax


794.60


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Tax


37.47


Fire Prevention Tax


38.61


County Tax


4,709.52


Tuberculosis Hospital Tax


570.31


Overlay


674.66


$167,094.93


Less appropriated from Excess and De- ficiency Account $10,106.76


Borrowed on notes 15,250.00


Estimated receipts (for details see Esti-


mated Receipts Account)


24,914.88


50,271.64


Amount raised by taxation


$116,823.29




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