The following additional information is available — January 2015 new Board Directors was elected for Bradley Hospital switched different

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On January 1, 2015, a new Board of Directors was elected for Bradley Hospital. The new board switched to a different accountant. After reviewing the hospital’s books, the accountant decided that the accounts should be adjusted. Effective January 1, 2015, the board decided that

1. Separate funds should be established for the General Fund, the Bradley Endowment Fund, and the Plant Replacement and Expansion Fund (the old balances will be reversed to eliminate them).

2. The accounts should be maintained in accordance with fund accounting principles. The balances in the general ledger at January 1, 2015, are presented here:

The following additional information is available:

1. Under the terms of the will of J. Ethington, founder of the hospital, “The principal of the bequest is to be fully invested in trust forevermore in mortgages secured by productive real estate in Central City and/or in U.S. Government securities . . . and the income therefrom is to be used to defray current expenses.”

2. The Endowment Fund consists of the following:

Cash received in 1898 by bequest from Ethington …………………………………………… $ 81,500

Net gains realized from 1956 through 1989 from the sale of real estate

acquired in mortgage foreclosures …………………………………………………………….. 23,500

Income received from 1990 through 2014 from 90-day U.S. treasury

bill investments ………………………………………………………………………………… 14,500

Balance per general ledger on January 1, 2015 ………………………………………………… $119,500

3. The land account balance is composed of

1900 appraisal of land at $10,000 and building at $5,000, received by

donation at that time. The building was demolished in 1934. …………………………………… $ 15,000

Appraisal increase based on insured value in land title policies issued in 1954. …………………. 380,000

Landscaping costs for trees planted. …………………………………………………………….. 12,000

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