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2 town treasury, while the payments were checked with the treasury warrants . The cash book was added throughout for the period of the audit, and the I treasurer's cash balance on April 4, 1970 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office, by examination of the savings bank book, and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the depositories * The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were verified by comparison with the amounts falling due and were . checked with the cancelled securities and coupons on file . The savings bank books representing the investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed, and the income was proved. A schedule showing the transactions and the condition of the Samuel G. Davis School Fund was prepared from a statement of the transactions furnished by the trustee . The records of payroll deductions were examined and checked, the payments to the proper agencies being verified. The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked in detail. The amounts transferred to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records, the payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's cash book, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, reconciled with the accountant's ledgers, and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds. The books and accounts of the collector of taxes were examined and checked. The tax and excise accounts outstanding at the time of the previous audit, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved with the warrants of the assessors issued for their collection.