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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
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-
2 h.
1 h.
Milton Timothy Holt James E. Kelley
Age
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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