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ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
-OF THE-
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
-FOR THE-
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1871.
MIDDLETON
SALEM: PRINTED AT THE GAZETTE AND MERCURY OFFICE. 1871.
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
ANNUAL REPORT -OF THE --
Receipts and Expenditures -OF THE-
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
-FOR THE-
Year Ending March 1, 1871,
Town Officers' Bills.
Joseph A. Batchelder, as Selectman and Assessor
$ 45 00
Willianı A. Phelps,
45 00
Edward W. Wilkins
25 00
Henry A. Wilkins, Treasurer
20 00
William A. Phelps, Overseer of Poor
12 25
Joseph A. Batchelder,
2 00
Francis E. Batchelder, Constable
10 00
Farnham Stiles, sealer of weights and measures
5 00
William A. Russell, Overseer of Poor, 1869
4 00
Dr. E. S. Phelps, as School Committee
34 00
Joseph A. Batchelder, 66 Town Clerk
18 00
19 20
Henry A. Wilkins, Collecting Taxes
35 95
Samuel Peabody, Auditing Accounts, &c., 1869
10 00
Joseph A. Batchelder
.6
7 00
William A. Phelps,
06
6 00
$298 40
2
Highways.
Ward 1, O. L. Carlton, Surveyor. 154 50
2, J. D. Andrew, 66
136 09
" 3, Jeremiah Fuller, 66
61 00
66 4, M. J. Emerson, 46 25 66
5, Farnham Stiles, 50 25
" 6, S. H. Wilkins, ..
54 81
" 7, D. E. Graves, 6.
58 10
" 8, Geo. P. Wilkins,
65 11
9, John Curtis, 43 00
" 10, James Flint, 66
33 00
$702 11
Extra Expenses of Highways and Bridges.
S. H. Wilkins, appropriation on North Andover road $50 00
Geo. P. Wilkins, work on Porter Hill 8 00
D. E. Graves, cutting bushes 15 00
Calvin Putnam, for plank
4 45
Wm. A. Phelps, railing for road.
3 80
Geo. W. Rennerd, work and posts for railing 2 60
Wm. A. Phelps, repairs on bridges
3 15
James Flint, work on bridge
3 00
Jeremiah Fuller,
5 25
Joseph Towne, labor, 1869
10 00
W. H. Beverly,
5 60
Jonathan Perry, 66
2 60
A. P. Noyes,
2 40
J. P. Gould,
hauling plank 1869
2 50
66 gravelling road "
12 81
Wm. Peabody, labor,
5 20
A. W. Wilkins, labor on bridge " 8 00
labor on bridge and teaming plank, 1868. 8 10
Darius Emerson, labor on Turnpike bridge 11 00
C. K. Wilkins for gravel 3 00
$166 46
3
Cost of Cummings' Road.
David Stiles, repairing picks and drills
$ 28
Daniel Towne, for labor
209 00
Timothy Donovan,
66
15 50
Dennis Wells,
.6
65 60
Thomas Carlin, 66
57 00
William Lever,
4 00
Duncan Irving, 66
4 00
George W. Rennard,
62 30
Alvin Wilkins,
4 00
Peter Smith, land and fence
40 00
John Gage
12 50
$479 18
Clearing Roads of Snow.
Francis Peabody .
4 20
Alvin A. Wilkins
4 00
Geo. W. Rennerd
60
Joseph P. Gould
21 45
John D. Andrew
11 25
Joseph B. Perkins
16 20
Jeremiah Fuller
9 00
Geo. A. Currier
12 50
Geo. P. Wilkins
14 00
John Stewart
60
John A. Curtis
5 40
James M. Currier
1 00
Asa Howe
6 20
Farnham Stiles
5 00
John Curtis, paid sundry persons
5 60
J. A. Richardson
1 70
66 1867 . 5 00
M. J. Emerson .
8 65
Jason Richardson
7 00
Abijah Fuller
2 00
Porter J. Gould
4 50
4
William Peabody . 5 48
James Flint 7 00
G. H. Tufts 8 00
Wm. M. Peabody
8 00
Daniel E. Graves
8 75
C. K. Wilkins
2 50
Solomon W. Weston 9 60
$195 28
Miscellaneous Bills.
R. A. Phelps, painting cemetery gates $ 75
Foote & Horton, printing town and school reports 32 47
Ives & Pease for advertising 1 50
Wallis & Young, writing books 10 26
Brooks & Bro., school books 49 88
41 22
Lee & Shepard 69 95
J. A. Gillis, legal advice. 5 00
Wm. A. Phelps, plans &c. for new schoolhouse 3 00
John Gage, repairing Town Hall, 1869
12 00
Hiram Berry for plow
3 25
A. W. Wilkins for boards.
delivering boards
75
Luther Wilkins, wood for Town Hall.
5 46
Geo. A. Currier, 66
7 00
Ropes & Upton, stove and repairs
36 47
Cowperthwait & Co., maps
9 00
Foote & Horton, advertising.
1 00
Wm. A. Phelps, repairs on Town Hall
2 00
Jerome Leavitt, care of
30 00
Wallis & Young, school books
55 98
Wm. A. Phelps, paid R. R. fare.
3 00
perambulating town lines
3 00
J A. Batchelder,
2 00
Edward W. Wilkins 66
5 00
Geo. E. Crane, expressage
4 45
N. P. Averill, setting glass 50
5 60
Brewer & Tileston, 66
5
Benjamin Howe, horse hire. . 25
J. A. Batchelder, postage and cash paid. 6 06
C. K. Wilkins, collecting taxes, 1867 4 55
Addison Tyler, care of cemetery 5 00
returning deaths . 1 50
E. S. Phelps, administering oaths. 1 50
F. E. Batchelder, cleaning hearse harness 2 00
H. A. Wilkins & Son, oil and goods, Town Hall. 7 57
Abatements 48 17
Interest paid .
272 16
Discount on taxes 261 83
$1,014 08
School Department.
CENTRE SCHOOLS.
Marcia A. Burbank, teaching, grammar school, spring term $ 130 00
Sarah E. Pierce,
intermediate " 91 00
Ann E. Peabody, primary 91 00
Marcia A. Burbank, 66
grammar
fall term 120 00
Sarah E. Pierce,
intermediate "
66 49 00
R. H. Driver, 66
66
28 00
Ann E. Peabody, primary
66
84 00
Marcia A. Burbank, 66
grammar 6.
winter term 130 00
Sarah E. Pierce, 66 intermediate * 60
104 00
Rebecca A. Berry,
primary 66 104 00
H. O. Warren & Co., coal. 63 00
George A. Currier, wood.
sawing wood
John Gage
11 84
G. P. Hutchinson, care of school room and fires
10 00
J. G. Leavitt, 66 66 66
8 50
Lewis Flint, 66 66
2 00
William Berry, wood 13 50
Frank W. Stewart, building fires 13 00
Frank A. Flint,
50
$1,101 00
35 82
5 84
6
NORTH SCHOOL.
Emily F. Wilkins, teaching, summer term 91 00
66
fall term
84 00
66
66
winter term
104 00
Hiram A. Stiles, wood
6 00-$285 00
EAST SCHOOL ..
R. Frances Priest, teaching, spring term 91 00
66 fall term 84 00
66 66 winter term 104 00
John Gage, sawing wood 5 50
Lyman S. Wilkins, care of fires
8 00
Payson Wilkins 66 6 00-$298 50
$1,684 50
Balance due the schools
467 55
$2,152 05
Town appropriation for schools $1,700 00
Cash received from state school fund
161 21
66 dog licenses 48 62
Balance due the schools last year
242 22-$2,152 05
Incidental School Expenses.
W. O. Haskell & Son, school furniture $211 43
Eastern Railroad Co., transportation of do. 6 25
W. A. & H. D. Phelps, putting up seats and repairs on house .
13 50
W. A. Merriam, 2 gro. screws.
1 85
Sylvanus Flint, repairing plastering
6 50
N. P. Sanborn, 66 roof.
15 38
W. A. Russell,
clock
1 00
G. A Currier,
fence
2 00
John Gage,
East school house 28 00
66 Centre 14 00
Farnham Stiles, 66
North
7 50
W. A. Merriam, ink, crayons and brooms
66
7
George A. Currier, use of well 8 00
Rebecca R. McIntire, 66 3 00
Mrs. A. Nichols, 3 00
David Stiles, moving settees 50
Tyler & Beckford, ink, brooms and crayons .
11 40
Lewis Flint, moving settees .
50
F. WV. Stewart, lock. 50
Frank A. Flint, labor on school house 1 60
$346 57
Support of the Poor.
John C. Fish for Stephen Elliott $100 00
Mrs. E. A. Fisher for R. Wilkins 38 00
J. W. Russell for G. A. Russell 30 00
Mrs. McIntire, lodging travellers 35 80
25 00
Essex County, House of Correction 8 56
To assist poor travellers . 7 80
Wm. A. Russell supplies for 1869 5 00
Wm. A. Phelps, chairs & table for W. Daniels 3 00
Dennis Wells, moving 66
3 00
G. A. Currier, wood 11 00
Topsfield boarding W. Daniels and wife
7 84
City of Salem, Doctor's bill for Mrs. A. Peabody
6. Apothecaries' bill for
5 90
. 6 Doctor's bill for Mrs. H. Mansfield 4 00
.. Apothecaries bill for ..
1 20
66
coal
15 00
66 supplies .6
17 50
H. A. Wilkins & Son, R. R. tickets for the poor 81
66 supplies for R. Wilkins 66
2 53
66 66 W. Daniels 10 96
For R. R. tickets for Overseers of Poor . 2 00
Tyler & Beckford, supplies for Mrs. McIntire
44 00
G. A. Currier, wood 66
3 50
H. P. Richardson, house rent, &c., Mrs. Deaigneau 6 00
G. A. Currier, house rent 11 mos. 24 75
23 50
Mrs. Gellespie for Mrs. A. Peabody
8
G. A. Currier, moving Mrs. Deaigneau 3 00
Time finding house 66
25
G. A. Currier, wood for 66
11 00
Eben Damon
66
4 00
$445 90
Received of Lynnfield for Mrs. Deaigneau. $ 50 00
No. Reading for Mrs. McIntire 47 50
Unsettled bills of last year paid 40 00
of next " 45 CO
Whole cost of supporting the poor
353 40
$490 90
$490 90
Paid as State Aid.
Amount of State Aid paid in 1870 $288 00
Orders drawn from Jan. 1, 1871 to March 1, 1871.
72 00
Selectmen's Services 7 00
$367 00
Recapitulation.
Town officers' bills $ 298 40
Expense of highways. .
702 11
Extra expense of highways and bridges
166 46
Repairing Cummings road
479 18
Removing snow
195 28
Miscellaneous bills .
1,014 08
Expense of the schools . . 1,909 83
Incidental school expenses
346 57
Expense of supporting the poor
353 40
State Tax
1,050 00
County Tax.
529 10
Estimated amount of unsettled bills
150 00
$7,194 41
Deduct amount of bills due last year
221 59
$6,972 82
9
Assessment for State Tax $1,050 00
" County Tax
529 10
" town expenses 2,600 00
66
" schools 1,700 00
66 " highways 700 00
Overlay on Taxes. .
329 88
Received from school fund
161 21
66
corporation tax
75 33
dog licenses
48 62
66
sale of school books
144 57
66 cemetery lots
15 00
for use of Town Hall 53 63
Excess of receipts over expenses . 434 52
$7,407 34 $7,407 34
Financial Statement.
THE TOWN.
DR
To amount of outstanding orders
$5,241 01
due the schools 467 55
unsettled bills
150 00
$5,858 56
CR.
By cash in the treasury . . $2,721 46
Due from H. A. Wilkins, collector for 1870
240 82
C. K. Wilkins,
1869 14 99
D. E. Graves, 66 1868 30 10
66
state reimbursements.
360 00
sundry persons for cemetery lots
51 50
66 Congregational Society for use of Town Hall 41 00
Due for books, and books on hand. 420 26
Balance against the town 1,978 43
$5,858 56
JOSEPH A. BATCHELDER, Selectmen WILLIAM A. PHELPS, of EDWARD W. WILKINS. Middleton.
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