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2 <br /> The cash book was added throughout for the period covered by <br /> the audit, and the treasurer's cash balance on January 31, 1964 was proved <br /> by reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement received from <br /> ' the bank in which town funds are deposited and by actual count of the <br /> cash in the office. <br /> ' The records of payroll deductions on account of Federal and <br /> State taxes and for the county retirement system were examined and <br /> ' checked, and the payments to the proper agencies were verified. <br /> The savings bank books representing the investment of the <br /> Post-War Rehabilitation Fund and the Stabilization Fund in the custody <br /> ' of the town treasurer were examined and listed, and the income was proved. <br /> A statement was received from the New England Merchants <br /> ' National Bank as trustee for the Samuel G. Davis Fund for school purposes, <br /> tthe income as shown being checked with the town treasurer's recorded <br /> receipts. <br /> ' The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest <br /> were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled <br /> ' securities on file. The outstanding coupons were listed and reconciled <br /> ' with a statement received from the bank of deposit. <br /> It was noted that the special town meeting in August 1963 <br /> authorized the purchase of a dump truck and sander to be financed in <br /> part by a loan. However the dump truck and sander was purchased and <br /> paid for without the issuance of the loan, thereby creating an over- <br /> drawn account in the amount of $6,744.50. <br /> The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town <br /> were examined and checked in detail. The amounts transferred to the <br /> ' tax title account were compared with the collector' s records, the <br />