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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 23, 1882.
SALEM : J. H. CHOATE & CO., PRINTERS, 1882.
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 23, 1882.
SALEM : J. H. CHOATE & CO., PRINTERS, 1882.
MIDOLETON
VALID LIBA
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REPORT.
Selectmen's Department.
J. A. Batchelder, as Selectman and Assessor
$48 00
· B. P. Richardson, 45 75
O. L. Carleton,
56 75
S. A. Fletcher, as Treasurer
25 00
Joseph A. Batchelder, as Town Clerk. 8 00
J. A. Batchelder, recording marriages, births, and deaths. 15 00
Jesse W. Peabody, as Collector
65 69
J. Hovey Eaton, as Constable. 15 00
Martin J. Cheney, as School Committee 35 00
Ansel P. Tyler,
20 00
Hiram A. Stiles, ،، 28 00
J. A. Batchelder, auditing accounts 6 00
B. P. Richardson 66 6 00
(). L. Carleton
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.. 6 00
$380 19
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Ward 1. Levi Curtis, Surveyor, Appropriation. .$99 25
2. O. L. Carleton, 98 65 "
3. Levi F. Atwood, 66 60 00
4. M. J. Emerson,
66
63 60
5. William Q. Richardson, 59 00
6. Moses Peabody, 66
55 00
7. H. T. Sheldon, 66 65 35
8. B. W. Peabody, 66 66
92 55
9. Samuel M. Peabody,
60 00
66
10. Sylvanus Flint,
66
68 50
L. F. Atwood, repairs on bridge 3 82
4
Oren Peabody, light on culvert. 1 00
H. T. Shelden, labor on road in 1880 2 00
S. M. Peabody, labor on bridge 7 75
Moses Peabody, repairing bridge 3 05
O. L. Carleton, labor on bridge. 4 00
J. B. Thomas & Co., lumber and teaming 42 83
Calvin Putnam, lumber and teaming. 66 61
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, nails for bridges. 4 37
Ward 8. J. B. Thomas & Co. 20 12
Ward 8. O. L. Carleton, 15 00
$892 45
SNOW BILLS
Ward 1. Levi Curtis, 33 00
2. O. L. Carleton. 25 20
3. L. F. Atwood, 37 20
Elijah Richardson. 2 00
4. M. J. Emerson, 17 25
5. William Q. Richardson, 42 08
6. Moses Peabody 16 40
P. Donovan, 6 00
J. W. Donovan. . 3 40
Geo. H. Wells, . 3 60
G. W. Rennard. 5 90
H. E. Howe 4 00
Asa Howe 7 20
John Gage. 1 50
7. H. T. Shelden. 33 25
8. B. W. Peabody . 24 60
W. W. Peabody 4 60
J. W. Peabody
5 50
B. W. Peabody, Jr 7 20
Oren Peabody . 3 90
J. B. Thomas & Co 10 80
Porter I. Gould. 15 40
Lyman S. Wilkins. 20 70
9. J. B. Thomas & Co. 10 70
10. Sylvanus Flint, for 1880 8 00
$349 38
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT. EXPENSES.
Batchelder & Co., coal . $40 50
F. C. Campbell, cleaning hall. 15 80
Mary Lever, cleaning hall . 75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies 7 35
F. E. Campbell, cash paid for repairs and supplies. 1 .75
F. E. Campbell, cash paid for wood. 2 50
F. E. Campbell, services as janitor . 54 50
$123 15
RECEIPTS.
Cash received for use of hall $93 75
Balance against the town 29 40
$123 15
STATE AID AND RELIEF OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
Orders drawn for State Aid from Feb. 1, 1881
to Feb. 1, 1882. $216 00
Orders drawn for relief of Indigent Soldiers, from
Feb. 1, 1881 to Feb. 22, 1882, as follows :
Dennis Wells. 84 00
51 00
Charles P. Peabody
Patrick Gillispie. 28 55
$379 55
SCHOOL BOOK ACCOUNT.
Amount of books on hand at the close of last year. . $102 58 Amount of books purchased this year. 103 82
$206 40
Deduct amount of books now on hand.
117 79
Leaving amount of books sold $88 61
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Balance of last year's appropriation $ 35 00
Appropriation 75 00
$110 00
Deduct amount drawn.
50 15
Leaving amount undrawn. $59 85
MISCELLANEOUS.
Goodell & Batchelder, printing town reports. $ 20 00
E. S. Phelps, administering oaths. . 1 00
Danvers Water Board, water at Cemetery 6 00
C. K. Wilkins, expressage. 1 40
A. W. Tewksbury, school books. 12 21
Knight Adams & Co., school books. 42 73
Attleboro Machine Co., hydrant. 38 00
Danvers Water Board, labor and material for hydrant . 54 60
Thomas Carlin, care of Cemetery 50 00
J. A. Gillis, legal services. 10 00
Farnham Stiles, care of weights and measures.
W. H. Johnson, services as sexton.
10 00
Foote & Horton, printing order book and notices. .
17 87
Knight Adams & Co., school books. 48 88
O. L. Carleton, lamp post and setting same 10 25
J. J. Coughlin, burying horse. 2 00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, books. 60
J. J. Grothe, repairs on hydrants, . 2 50
M. E. Tyler, care of lamp. 12 00
M. E. Tyler, supplies for lamp. 7 39
J. A. Batchelder, journeys out of town. 4 00
J. A. Batchelder, car-fare, postage, etc. 5 85
S. A. Fletcher, postage. 15
J. H. Eaton, services as fish warden. 5 00
Flint Public Library, appropriation 50 15
Amount paid to firemen 35 00
Jesse W. Peabody, discount allowed on taxes. 233 78
Abatements 50 38
$733 24
1 50
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School Department.
CENTRE SCHOOLS.
L. G. McIntire, teaching Grammar School.
$240 00
A. R. Killoren,
120 00
C. A. Berry,
Intermediate “
300 00
O. R. Graves,
Primary
268 00
Batchelder & Co., coal. 106 25
Jeremiah Fuller, wood 17 36
William Berry, wood.
3 00
Arthur Berry, sawing wood
1 00
Fred S. Flint, . 6
1 50
A. C. Cheney,
66
66
1 50
Henry Young,
66
2 00
Willie Wilkins, services as Janitor 7 50
Albert C. Cheney,
12 00
A. B. Richardson,
5 00
Henry Young,
16 00
Willie Wilkins, preparing fuel. 2 25
$1,103 36
NORTH SCHOOL.
Phebe W. Tracy, teaching $300 00
E. F. Wilkins,
6 00
John A. Burgess, wood 6 75
Farnham Stiles,
66
17 61
A. E. Berry,
11 00
A. E. Berry, sawing "
4 00
Myron C. Berry, care of fires 4 00-$349 36
EAST SCHOOL.
Charles S. Averill, teaching
$300 00
Frank Noyes, care of fires.
5 00-$305 00
$1,757 72
Balance due the Schools.
43 70
$1.801 42
y.
Balance due the Schools last year. . . $ 5 10 Town appropriation for Schools .... 1,500 00 Am't rec'd from State School Fund. 216 17
Amount received from dog licenses .. 80 15-$1,801 42
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Goodell & Batchelder. printing School reports. $13 00
6 6
cards.
4 00
Farnum Stiles, repairing North School House. 2 00
87
C. S. Averill, School supplies. 5 00
A. W. Berry, work on School House.
W. A. Phelps, repairs on School House 2 50
John Gage, East . 17 50
John Gage, setting glass. 75
J. J. Grothe, water for Center School . 5 00
J. J. Grothe, for repairs on Center School House 25
A. P. Tyler, Car fares and cash paid. 12 15
H. A. Wilkins. supplies 28 38
M. E. Tyler,
26 79
$118 19
Overseers' Department.
H. A. Stiles, coal for Mrs. McIntire. $ 2 30
G. A. Currier, milk for “ 5 25
E. O. Fowler, medical attendance on Mrs. McIntire. 24 00
M. E. Tyler, supplies for .. 66 13 60
W. S. Merrill, medicine for
6 03
A. W. Peabody, supplies for 6 85
J. Fuller, wood for Samuel Curry and family .. 10 51
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Samuel Curry and family. 4 00
W. H. Hutchinson, house rent for Mrs. Bird. 27 00
City of Haverhill, supplies for Frank Guilford. 15 42
Sanger & Hood, coal for Pat Gillispie. 18 63
M. E. Tyler, supplies " 88 19
A. W. Peabody. “ ..
4 75
A. Cressy, medicine .. 15 00
Asa Howe, house rent “
..
13 50
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John Richardson, boarding Caroline Kelley 12 00 E. Berry, watching with Hugh Armstrong 2 00 J. M. Peabody, “ .. 2 00
W. E. Knight, medical attendance on Hugh Arm- strong . 7 00
Town of Peabody, boarding Rhoda Daniels. 135 75 " Danvers, supplies for Richard Tiernan .. 135 09
" Rufus Silver and
family .
181 88
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Lydia Silver. .
69
" tramp house .. . 1 38
66 " Andrew Gould. 52 00
City of Salem, supplies for Henry Mansfield. 39 20
John W. Peabody, boarding Flint Estey 145 75
Commonwealth of Mass., boarding Mary A. Tufts, 81 41
Essex County House, boarding Richard Green . ... 8 86
A. W. Peabody, cash paid and services as Overseer 18 75
B. T. McGlauflin, “ 60 25 17
J. B. Sinclair,
5 00
Amount of orders drawn by the Overseers. . $1,028 96 Unsettled bills of this year. . 62 00
Due from Amesbury . $ 19 00
North Reading 99 54
Dracut . 12 00
the State . 24 50
Unsettled bills of last year paid.
85 00
Whole cost of supporting the poor. 850 92
$1,090 96 $1,090 96
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Summary of Expenses.
Town Officers' Bills $ 380 19
Highways and Bridges 892 45
Removing snow 349 38
State Aid and Relief of Indigent Soldiers 379 55
Town Hall. 123 15
Miscellaneous 733 24
Schools.
1,757 72
Incidental School Expenses 118 19
Poor Department . 1,028 96
Total amount of orders drawn. $5.762 83
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid State Tax.
405 00
County Tax .440 87
$845 87
The Selectmen submit the following estimate of the sums necessary to be raised by taxation to defray the ordinary ex- penses of the town the ensuing year :
Current Expenses . $2.000 00
Reduction of Town Debt.
500 00
Interest 450 00
Schools.
1,200 00
Highways 800 00
Bridges .
50 00
Public Library 50 00
Cemetery 50 00
$5,100 00
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SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT CUR- RENT WITH THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 23, 1882.
To cash of O. L. Carleton, balance of last year's
account $3,079 46
To cash of North Reading, pauper account. 123 89
B. W. Peabody, old lumber 1 50
E. L. Lovejoy, pedler's license .. 3 00
F. E. Campbell, use of Town Hall. . 93 75
State Treasurer, corporation tax. 64 20
bank tax . 7 06
6.
corporation tax 93 08
bank tax
132 38
state aid. . 83 17
" relief of indigent soldiers
286 50
66 school fund. 216 17
County Treasurer, dog tax refunded. . 80 15 יי locking up tramp .. 50
Amesbury, pauper account .. 19 00
Peabody, repairing bridge. 13 74
J. Hathaway, repairing culvert. . 14 00
Different persons, for cemetery lot .. . .
104 00
O. L. Carleton, old lumber 3 25
John Gage, old lumber. 40
M. E. Tyler, school books. 88 61
Simon F. Estey, on tax of 1880. 727 38
Jesse W. Peabody, collector 4,924 97
$10,160 16
CR.
By cash paid on note. $ 500 00
As interest on notes. 425 00
State Treasurer, state tax. 405 00
On Selectmen's and Overseer's orders 6,278 42
Balance in Treasury . 2,551 74
$10,160 16
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, TREASURER.
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Assessors' Valuation of Property.
Real Estate.
$435,475 00
Personal Estate 83,455 50
$518,930 50
Number of Polls, 275.
Tax on Polls.
.$ 550 00 Tax on Real and Personal Estate, at $1.16 per $100, 6,019 59
$6,569 59
Amount voted by the town for current expenses, $2,000 00
reduction town debt, 500 00
interest
500 00
..
schools.
1,500 00
. . 66
highways. 800 00
..
bridges
100 00
library . 75 00
cemetery . 50 00
State tax
405 00
County tax. 440 87
Overlay on taxes 198 72
$6,569 59
Selectmen's Valuation of Town Property.
Flint Public Library . $2,500 00
Town Hall and land 7,000 00
School Houses .
8,800 00
Lock-up
500 00
Cemetery
500 00
Hearse and House.
400 00
Fire Apparatus 600 00
Gravel Pit 50 00
$20,850 00
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Financial Condition of the Town.
LIABILITIES.
Amount of town notes on interest at 5 per cent. . $9,000 00
due the schools. 43 70
" outstanding orders. 9 15
·· unsettled bill. 200 00
" due the library . 59 85
$9,312 70
ASSETS.
Balance in treasury as per Treasurer's account. . . $2,551 74
Due for State aid reimbursements 234 00
Due from State for relief of indigent soldiers 81 78
Due from North Reading 99 54
Due from Dracut 12 00
Due from State.
24 50
Due from State for corporation tax.
100 00
Due for Cemetery lots .
44 00
School books on hand. 88 61
Amount of uncollected taxes of 1880 46 73
Amount of uncollected taxes of 1881 1,203 75
Balance against the town. 4,826 05
$9.312 70
Decrease in town debt. $798 94
JOSEPH A. BATCHELDER, Selectmen
O. L. CARLETON, of
B. P. RICHARDSON. Middleton.
Middleton. Feb. 23, 1882.
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Flint Public Library.
TRUSTEES' REPORT.
The Trustees of Flint Public Library are still encouraged by a steady increase in the number of those who avail them- selves of the privileges of the Library, although the increase has not been so great as in the preceding year.
The whole number taken out is not so large as during last year, as many more than usual stopped taking out books during the summer months.
As we are expecting to make an addition to the books in the Library during the coming year, we would continue to solicit selections of books from the readers.
Ansel P. Tyler,
Samuel A. Fletcher,
James Flint,
Gilman A. Kimball,
William A. Phelps, Joseph A. Batchelder.
Trustees.
Middleton, Feb. 1, 1882.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Books in Library Feb. 1881. 2,596
Since presented by William Weston, bound volumes, 4
66 unbound 16 .. a friend . 1
Total 2.617
Whole number of persons to whom cards have been
issued. 572
Circulation from Feb. 1. 1881 to Feb. 1882. 8,568
Largest number taken out at one time. 242
Smallest number taken at one time. 112
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER. Librarian.
Middleton. Feb. 1. 1882.
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TREASURERS' REPORT.
Received of the Town. $50 15
from sales of catalogues, cards and from fines 16 19
balance of last year 28 25-$94 59
Paid Librarian's salary, 1 year ending
Feb. 1st. $64 00
" for record books.
. " repairing books. 6 55
" " rebinding books 13 18
9 68
"' kerosene oil. 60
" record book etc. 55
66
" postage
03-$94 59
The unexpended balance of Mr. Flint's gift to the town, $164.00, with the interest, is in the Danvers Savings Bank.
WM. A. PHELPS, Treasurer. for Trustees of Flint Public Library. Middleton Feb. 21, 1882.
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. To f. Hovey Eaton, Constable of the Town of Middleton, 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 Mid- dleton, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on MONDAY, the sixth day of March, next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the en- suing year.
ART. 3. To see how much money the town will raise to defray town charges the ensuing year, and determine how the same shall be appropriated.
ART. 4. To act on the list of Jurors, prepared and posted by the selectmen.
ART. 5. To see what action the town will take concerning the Cemetery.
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ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to letting the Town Hall.
ART. 7. To see what action the town will take for the prevention of fires, and in respect to the election and com- pensation of firemen.
ART. 8. To see what regulations the town will make in regard to fishing in Middleton pond.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting the taxes which a town treas- urer 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 reconsider the vote wherein it voted that the Collector should give his Note for unsettled Taxes.
ART. 12. To see if the town will grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town the present year.
ART. 13. To act on the following article contained in a petition to the selectmen, signed by William A. Russell and nine others : To see whether the town will, by its vote or otherwise, ask the Legislature to extend to women who are citizens. the right to hold town offices and to vote in town affairs on the same terms as male citizens.
ART. 14. To see if the town will move one of the furnaces at the Town Hall to the Center School House, for the pur- pose of heating the same.
ART. 15. To see if the town will take a valuation of the real estate in the town the present year.
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-third day of February, A. D .. 1882.
JOSEPH A. BATCHELDER, ) Selectmen of
O. L. CARLETON.
B. P. RICHARDSON. $
Middleton.
For Reference
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