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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877.
FLINT
MIDDLETON
SALEM: PRESS OF THE ESSEX COUNTY MERCURY. 1877.
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ANNUAL REPORT
FLINT
MIDDLETON
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877.
SALEM: PRESS OF THE ESSEX COUNTY MERCURY. 1877.
REPORT.
Selectmen's Department.
TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS.
Joseph A. Batchelder, as Selectman and Assessor ... $38 00
Samuel Peabody,
66
. . . 38 00
Jesse W. Peabody, 39 00 66 .. .
Henry A. Wilkins, as Treasurer 25 00
John M. Peabody, as Constable. 15 00
Joseph A. Batchelder, as Town Clerk 8 00
J. A. Batchelder, recording marriages, births and deaths 14 70
Hiram A. Stiles, as School Committee
28 00
Martin J. Cheney,
27 00
Cyrus K. Wilkins, .6
27 00
Hiram A. Stiles, 66 in 1875
20 00
Andrew W. Peabody, collecting taxes. ...
51 98
Samuel Peabody, auditing accounts, 1875 6 00
J. A. Batchelder,
6 00
Jesse W. Peabody,
6 00
$349 68
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Ward 1, Levi Curtis, surveyor appropriation. $160 00
2, Benj. Howe, 120 00
3, Jeremiah Fuller 64 00
4, Otis L. Wilkins, ..
54 00
5, David C. Richardson, « 52 00
6, Moses Peabody, 66
45 00
7, K. F. Richardson, 66
54 00
8, George P. Wilkins, 66
. 56 00
9, John Curtis 66
60 00
10, C. H. Hayward, 66
...
... 35 00
4
Jeremiah Fuller, for gravel
2 55
Levi Curtis, extra labor on highway, 1 20
David C. Richardson, extra labor on highway 1 00
George P. Wilkins, extra labor on highway ..
16 00
Moses Peabody, extra labor on highway and bridge .. 21 50 George F. French for painting bridge 10 40 66 labor on highway 1 00
George A. Currier, for posts
3 50
M. J. Emerson, for timber
7 54
Edward W. Wilkins, for plank
2 97
Farnham Stiles, labor on culvert
5 00
SNOW BILLS.
Levi Curtis,
removing snow
$26 00
Charles H. Hayward
7 25
Otis L. Wilkins,
7 10
George P. Wilkins,
66
35 00
K. F. Richardson,
17 25
Moses Peabody,
66
14 90
Eli S. Soper,
66
6 00
Jeremiah Fuller,
9 30
David C. Richardson,
66
20 25
Benjamin Howe,
8 70
Luther Wilkins, 66
4 90
Porter I. Gould, 66
2 50
Stephen Emerson,
66
1 00
Francis Peabody,
66
4 00
Porter I. Gould,
66
5 95
STATE AID ACCOUNT. $170 10
Orders drawn from March 1, 1876 to March 1, 1877
$192 00
Miscellaneous Bills.
John G. Felt, painting and lettering guide boards .. ... $18 50 Foote & Horton, printing town and school reports. .. 36 58 E. S. Phelps, administering oaths to town officers. . .
1 00 Henry F. White, labor on fishway, and stock found .... 15 00
Isaac R. Gates,
66
. 2 29
.
..
.
$772 66
5
Milton J. Emerson, labor on fishway, and stock found, 4 50 Jesse W. Peabody, posts, books, and stock for guide boards 40
Addison Tyler, labor on cemetery 65 00
Addison Tyler, returning deaths, care of cemetery, and for trees. 60 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, care of hall .. 80 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, wood, coal and oil 47 93
Joseph A. Batchelder, journey to Saugus 1 00
Joseph A. Batchelder, postage, car tare, cash paid. 3 57
Cogswell's express, for expressage . 2 60
Cyrus K. Wilkins, cash paid and services, case of H. Averill. . 8 00
Perry & Tuckerman, advice to water committee. 20 00
Perry & Tuckerman, advice to overseers of poor 5 00
Ives & Lincoln, advice to school committee. 25 00
Farnham Stiles, care of weights and measures, 1 00
H. A. Wilkins, nails, expressage, & collecting dog fund 1 21
A. A. Averill, for horse hire in 1875 19
Abatement of taxes. 46 62
Amount of interest paid . 860 24
$1,315 63
School Department.
CENTRE SCHOOLS.
Jennie Lamson, teaching Intermediate School 12 wks. . $102 00 A. E. Rollins, teaching Grammar School 36 weeks ... 432 00 Lizzie T. Colcord, teach'g Intermediate School 18 wk's 144 00 Ella L. Wilkins, teach'g Intermediate School 6 weeks 48 00 A. H. Wilkins, teaching Intermediate School 12 weeks 96 00
Olive R. Graves, teaching Primary School 36 weeks. 288 00 A. E. Rollins, services as janitor, 18 weeks. 30 00
Potter, Batchelder & Co., coal. 52 50
Sanger, Hood & Co., coal 9 75
WV. H. Hutchinson, wood .. 5 67
Thomas Carlin, sawing wood 3 00
Fred. Campbell, sawing wood. 1 25
$1,212 17
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NORTH SCHOOL.
L. G. McIntire, teaching 36 weeks
$294 50
H. A. Stiles, wood.
9 50
George E. Soper, services as janitor
14 00
Flint Esty, sawing wood .
10 50
Robert Giddings, care of fire
..
2 00
Farnum Stiles, wood.
14 87-$345 37
EAST SCHOOL.
Helen W. Averill, teaching 12 weeks. . .$102 00
Mary A. Putnam, teaching 12 weeks
96 00
A. H. Wilkins, teaching 12 weeks
96 00
F. P. Thayer, teaching 12 weeks.
120 00
E. W. Wilkins, wood .
16 00
W. E. Gould, care of fire 5 00
G. E. Wilkins, sawing wood
4 50
G. E. Wilkins, as janitor
10 00-$449 50
Balance due the Schools
199 11
$2,206 15
Balance due the schools last year
$ 452 39
Town appropriation for schools
1,400 00
Cash received from State school fund.
. 234 84
Cash received from dog licenses 118 92-$2,206 15
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
George A. Currier, use of well, 1875 $ 8 00
W. A. Russell, repairing clock 50
John Gage, repairing clock . 1 50
Affa Nichols, use of well
3 00
William Lever, use of well . 3 00
John Gage, repairs .
2 60
George F. French, setting glass 3 00
Thomas Hoyt & Co., school supplies
17 70
M. E. Tyler, school supplies . . 7 70
H. A. Wilkins & Co., school supplies 4 48
Mary Cook, cleaning Centre School-house 5 67
C. K. Wilkins, cleaning school-house and cash paid ... 3 57
Farnham Stiles, repairing school-house 2 00
$63 72
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Overseers' Department.
EXPENSE OF SUPPORTING THE POOR.
Timothy Donovan, for lodging travellers $121 00
B. P. Richardson, “ " 86 00
Hiram Bryer, for board of A. Richardson. 91 00
Mrs. Eliza Bird, for washing for Mrs. McIntire
1 00
G. A. Currier, for house rent for Mrs. Deaigneau. 27 00
Cost concerning house rent of G. A. Currier 6 50
Hiram Berry, for wood for Mrs. G. McIntire 4 34
S. A. Margerson, for nursing. 4 00
John Cross, for watching. 2 00
G. W. Daniels, for cutting wood. 2 75
Hiram Berry, for wood for A. Richardson. 3 00
Town of Lexington, for board of W. Blodgett. 22 00
P. M. Chase, for medical attendance for A. Stiles.
...
P. M. Chase, 66 " S. Curry .... 15 00
15 00
P. M. Chase,
66
for Mrs. S. McIntire
20 00
P. M. Chase, .. for H. Bryer . . 98 00
Thos. Hoyt & Co., supplies for Samuel Curry 1 51
66 " G. W. Daniels 78 24
66 66
" Martha Kimball 130 00
66
66 66
" Mrs. McIntire
55 00
A. W. Peabody,
66
3 42
G. W. Daniels, for sawing wood for A. Richardson
..
75
66
" " H. Bryer 4 75
Asa Howe, for house rent for G. W. Daniels 30 00
W. H. Hutchinson, for wood for H. Bryer 3 50
66 66
" Mrs. Bird.
6 56
Essex House of Correction, for board of Richard Green 4 28
City of Lawrence, for aid rendered Mrs. Gillespie . 10 37
City of Salem, for aid rendered Henry Mansfield . 18 50
City of Lynn, for aid rendered Mrs. C. Peabody .. 126 75
J. H. Allen, for coffin . 50
Dr. E. S. Phelps, for medical services for A. Richardson
8 75
66 66 66 " G. W. Daniels 1 50
William Freeman, for care of G. W. Daniels 3 75 Town of Topsfield, for board of Rhoda Daniels. 3 00
8
Essex House of Correction, for board of Richard Green 4 28 Jeremiah Fuller, for wood . 17 62 Addison Tyler, for burial of Mrs. Irving's child. 3 50 Catherine Danforth, for house rent for Hiram Bryer ... 20 40 Samuel S. Curry, for services rendered A. Richardson 3 00
Town of Peabody, for board and care of Israel Esty . . 175 93
A. W. Peabody, for provisions for Samuel Curry. ... 2 25
Town of Burlington, for aid rendered Mrs. W. Blodgett 6 50 Sanger, Hood & Co , for coal for G. W. Daniels. ... 10 87 Town of Danvers, for supplies for Richard Tierannan 141 64 B. P. Richardson, for postage.
1 74
66 66
" express . 50
66
66
" bucket, etc 1 55
66
" car fare 80
" wood. 26 63
66 66
" registering tramps 21 20
66 66
" moving Hiram Bryer 4 00
" stationery
50
66 66
" potatoes for G. \V. Daniels. 2 80
66
" moving stove. . 50
66
" horse hire 11 00
66
" services as Overseer 32 25
Benjamin Howe, for car fare 1 55
66 services as Overseer 9 25
66 66 stove for G. W. Daniels 6 00
A. W. Peabody, for services as Overseer . .
5 00
$1,424 98
Due from No Reading, for Mrs. McIntire $91 82 66 for Mrs. Bird. 6 56
N. Andover, for Mrs. M. Kimball 130 00
66 State, for S. Curry 25 69
6. for burial of Mrs. Irving's
child 5 00
Received from Danvers, for H. Bryer. 141 36
Unsettled bills of last year paid 112 50
Unsettled bills for next year 45 00
Whole cost for supporting the poor 957 05
$1,469 98 $1,469 98
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Summary of Expenses.
Town Officers' Bills. $ 349 68
Highways and Bridges 772 66
Removing Snow
166 10
State Aid Account.
192 00
Miscellaneous Bills.
1,315 63
Appropriations for Schools.
1,753 76
Incidental School Expenses 63 72
Expense of Supporting the Poor.
957 05
$5,570 60
In accordance with a vote of the town, the Selectmen sub- mit the following estimate of the sums necessary to be raised by taxation to defray the ordinary expenses of the town the en- suing year :-
Current Expenses. $2,200 00
Interest and Reduction of Town Debt. 1,800 00
Schools. 1,400 00
Highways.
700 00
Bridges.
300 00
Cemetery
50 00
$6,450 00
HENRY A. WILKINS, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT CURRENT WITH THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1877.
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To balance in treasury, March 1, 1876 $2,501 14
To cash of North Andover 109 25
North Reading 36 00
S. G. Campbell, use of hall. 47 85
Danvers National Bank, on note. 587 90
Different persons, on notes. 2,500 00
State Treasurer, for bank tax 128 55
State Treasurer, for corporation tax 30 79
State Treasurer, for State aid. 230 96
State Treasurer, from school fund. 234 84
State Treas'r, on acc't of R. D. Irving .. 10 00
10
To cash of County Treasurer, dog tax refunded .... 118 92
A. W. Peabody, interest on note. . .
22 33
Town of Danvers, for gravel 34 20
Different persons, for cemetery lots ...
49 00
Town of Danvers, on pauper account ... 141 36
T. Hoyt & Co., for school books. 104 07 Sam'l A. Fletcher, for use of hall. 167 59
A. W. Peabody, Collector 5,593 00
Collector's note for unpaid taxes. 1,432 10
$14,079 85 CR.
By cash paid State Treasurer, State tax of 1876. $ 486 00
Danvers National Bank, on note 600 00
Different persons, on notes 2,750 00
As interest on town notes. 860 24
On Selectmen's and Overseers' orders .. 5,790 92
Balance in Treasury. 3,592 69
$14.079 85
HENRY A. WILKINS, Treasurer.
Assessors' Valuation of Property.
Real Estate . $406,395 00
Personal Estate. 95,395 00
$501,790 00
Number of polls, 251.
Tax on polls. .
$502 00
Tax on real and personal estate, at $1.38 per $100 7,426 70
$7,928 70
Amount voted by the town for current expenses. $4,000 00
66
for schools
1,400 00
66 66
for highways .
700 00
66
66 66 for cemetery 125 00
State tax
486 00
County tax
401 60
Overlay on taxes
314 10
$7,426 70
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Selectmen's Valuation of Town Property.
Town Hall and Land
$7,000 00
School houses and land. 8,800 00
Cemetery “
500 00
Hearse and House
400 00
Fire apparatus
175 00
Gravel pit ..
50 00
$16,925 00
Financial Condition of the Town. LIABILITIES.
Amount due Danvers Savings Bank $5,500 00
Amount of town notes on interest 7,374 51
Amount of outstanding orders
264 93
Amount due the schools
199 11
Amount of unsettled bills
100 00
$13,438 55
ASSETS.
Balance in treasury as per Treasurer's account
$3,592 69
School books on hand . .
113 60
Due for State aid reimbursements .. .
224 00
Due from North Reading.
98 38
Due from North Andover
130 00
Due from State
30 69
Due from cemetery lots .
138 35
Due from Town of Peabody
5 20
Balance against the town.
9,105 64
$13,438 55
Decrease in town debt
$1,563 16
JOSEPH A. BATCHELDER Selectmen SAMUEL PEABODY, of
JESSE W. PEABODY, Middleton.
Middleton, March 1, 1877.
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Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
To John M. Peabody, Constable of the Town of Mid- dleton, in the County of Essex, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Middle- ton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on MONDAY, the Fifth Day of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. To see how much money the town will raise to de- fray town charges the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
ART. 4. To see how much money the town will raise to support schools the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To see how much money the town will raise to repair roads and bridges the ensuing year, and determine how the same shall be appropriated.
ART. 6. To act on the list of jurors, prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see what action the town will take concerning the cemetery.
ART. 8. To see what action the town will take in relation to letting the Town Hall.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting the taxes which the Town Treasurer when appointed Collector may use.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire such sums of money' in anticipation of the taxes, as may be necessary, to meet current expenses.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to purchase hose, and a hose carriage, and provide a house for the same, provided the expense shall not exceed one thousand dollars.
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ART. 12. In case the the town purchase hose, &c., to see if the town will choose suitable men to have the charge and superintendence of the same.
ART. 13. To see what measures the town will take for the protection of black bass in Middleton Pond.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof, one at the Town Hall, and one at the Post Office in said town, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, A. D., 1877.
JOSEPH A. BATCHELDER, SAMUEL PEABODY, of
Selectmen
JESSE W. PEABODY, Middleton.
.
FLINT
MIDDLETON
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