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ANNUAL REPORT
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It was the desire that at the beginning of the fiscal year in March, 1900, new books should be opened and that the balance due each department be carried over to the succeeding year. And that the balance due each department of the year ending Feb. 22, 1900, be turned into the treasury as a general fund. The following report shows the outstanding bills of last year which have been paid from the above general fund :
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Moses Peabody, transporting children, $108.00
Augustus Shepard, janitor, 35.00
Susie B. Gould, teaching Grammar School, 36.00
Carrie W. Carpenter, teaching Inter. School, 36.00
Nellie C. Howe, teaching Primary School, 44.00
$259.00
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies,
$41.62
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Dana I. Nash, auditing accounts, $12.00
B. P. Richardson, auditing accounts, 9.00
Asa Howe, auditing accounts, 6.00
A. G. Huntoon, coal for Town Hall, 6.50
Wm. Perry, clerk of First District Court. 6.81
F. E. Moynahan, printing town reports and town warrants, 25.43
Daniel N. Crowley, franchise for M. & D. Rail- way; 75.00
F. E. Moynahan, printing school reports, 21.50
F. W. Giles, care of flag, 5.00
$167.24
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ANNUAL REPORT.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
M. J. Emerson, house rent for Chas. Wilkins, $ 4.00 Harry N. White, supplies for Chas. Wilkins, 15.90
Harry N. White, supplies for Mrs. Giddings, 7.04 Town of Danvers, board of Barnard Batchelder, 160.00 City of Malden, board of Mary Mansfield, · 46.00
Town of Peabody, board of Harriet Smith, 25.00
Town of Peabody, board of Frank Perkins, 25.00
Danvers Hospital, board of Sarah Rennerd, 32.50
$315.44
SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPARTMENT.
Frank Russell,
$12.00
Ansel Nickerson,
2.00
$14.00
MILITARY AID DEPARTMENT.
Benjamin F. Gould,
$6.00
Loren Goodwin, 8.00
$14.00
STATE AID DEPARTMENT.
Hugh Cook,
$4.00
Catherine Danforth,
4.00
Mary E. Manning,
4.00
Henry Peabody,
4.00
Angeline Newhall,
4.00
Ansel Nickerson,
6.00
Lydia M. Peabody,
4.00
Isaiah B. Peabody,
2.00
Susan A. Stewart,
4.00
Ánnie J. Sheldon,
4.00
Scott Wilkins,
2.00
Benj. W. Peabody,
3.00
Lyman E. Peabody,
4.00
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Henry F. White, 4.00
Alexander Murray,
4.00
$57.00
The following is a report of the amount of orders drawn in the va- rious departments of the year beginning March 13th, 1900 :
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Moses Peabody, transporting children, $547.20
Carrie W. Carpenter, teaching Inter. School, 108.00
Susie B. Gould, teaching Grammar School, 288.00
Ina Smith, teaching Inter. School, 162.00
Nellie C. Howe, teaching Primary School, 330.00
Augustus Shepard, janitor, 66.60
Alice Milbury, washing towels,
2.36
H. K. Richardson, coal,
71.34
James Q. Gallagher, water for schools.
10.00
A. F. Killam, tuning school piano,
2.00
$1,587.50
Balance due schools,
537.63
$2,125.13
Town appropriation,
$1,600.00
State school fund,
428.59
Amount received from dog license,
96.54
$2,125.13
HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
700.00
Town appropriation.
Town of Danvers, tuition of 21 pupils, one half year, $315.00
Amount unexpended, 385.00
$700.00
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Educational Publishing Co., school supplies, $ 1.47
J. L. Hammett Co., 2.90
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Ginn & Co.,
School Supplies, 16.50
T. R. Shewell & Co.,
2.20
Carrie W. Carpenter,
.30
Edward E. Babb,
65.17
Thompson, Brown & Co.,
3.75
Adams, Cushing & Foster
10.22
Silver, Burdett & Co.,
6.00
$108.51
Amount unexpended, 41.49
$150.00 $150.00
Town appropriation,
INCIDENTAL SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Augustus Shepard, repairs on school house, $ 29.85
Marsh Bros., insurance on school house, 101.25
J. Allen Atwood, painting and whitewashing. 33.80
Charles Cross, cleaning vault and teaming, 2.00
Calvin Putnam Co., cellar windows and frames, 2.40
Edmund Dernier, material and labor on school house, 71.46
George B. Flint, plastering school house, 8.04
Austin P. Bagley, cash for postage and inci- dentals, 3.17
H. K. Richardson, time, car fare and expressing, 20.79 H. A. Wilkins, supplies for school house, 5.92
£278.68
Town appropriation,
$250.00
Overdrawn, 28.68
$278.68
Current Expense Department.
TOWN OFFCIERS.
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as treasurer,
$40.00
" town cierk, 10.00
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administering oaths, 4.00
registrar of voters, 10.00
recording births and deaths, 11.15
Geo. W. Bouchard, special police, 5.00
Oscar Cram, services as constable,
35.00
election officer,
2.00
dog account,
3.00
posting warrants,
4.00
expense in Loren Goodwin case, 3.50
" W. J. Kelly, 4.00
" James Cleary, 3.00
trip to West Peabody, hen thieves, 2.00
telephone messages, .40
care of flag, 5.00
H. L. Richardson, services as school committee, 35.00
H. E. Howe,
35.00
Austin P. Bagley,
35.00
taking school census, 4.00
John Q. Averill, services as road commissioner, 10.00
A. D. Bryer,
10.00
A. G. Huntoon, 10.00
John M. Peabody, returning deaths,
2.50
superintendent of cemetery, 10.00
B. T. McGlauflin, inspector of cattle,
25.00
Farnham Stiles, sealer of weights and measures, 5.00
F. W. Ciles, election officer, 2.00
Henry Yonng,
2.00
Joseph King, services as special police,
2.00
Ira Kitchin,
2.00
Geo. W. Newman, “
4.00
Charles J. Brown, “
5.00
Charles Darling,
5.00
Wm. Richardson.
5.00
B. T. McGlauflin, “ ·
5.00
John M. Peabody, collecting taxes for 1899, 60.00
P. T. McGlauflin, services as moderator, 5.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Asa Howe, services as selectman, 114.00
" registrar, 10.00
" perambulating town lines, 12.00
M. E. Tyler, " selectman, 114.00
" registrar, 10.00
" perambulating town lines, 12.00
M. M. Merritt, services as selectman, 75.00
" registrar, 6.00
cash for car fare and telephone, &c, 9.20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Harley M. Tyler, services as teller, $ 2.50
Henry A. Youug, sawdust and cleaning hall, 9.00
Danvers Water Works, water for Town Hall, 6.00
Adams, Cushing & Foster, supplies, 7.60
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, wire rope for flag staff, 6.00
Geo. Margeson, cutting wood in cemetery, 4.12
E. L. Brown, services as teller, 2.50
B. T. McGlauflin, care of W. J. Kelly, 3.00
Harry N. White, supplies for Town Hall,
6.43
A. G. Huntoon, coal for Town Hali,
6.50
Charles Cross, teaming wood, 3.75
Guy Pope, insurance on Town Hall, 60.00
W. S. Milbury, care of W. J. Kelly, 1.50
H. M. Dolbeare, assessment books, 2.60
Loren G. Esty, services and cash for fighting forest fires, 35.40
John P. Fuller, breaking out sidewalks 4.10
Dr. H. G. Vinal, fumigating at B. P. Richardson's, 10.00 F. E. Moynahan, town seal, 35.75
Oscar Cram,(badges, repairs on flag, 5.00
B. & M. R. R., freight on hose, .25
Dr. Geo. W. Ewing, medical attendance on Mrs. Nickerson 6.00
M. R. Warren, tax book, 1.25
James H. Martin, supplies for Town Hall, 7.72
John T. Carroll. letter boxes, 1.00
$782.75
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Harley M. Tyler, material and labor on flag staff, 8.50
Danvers Water Works, use of whistle, 17.83
H. A. Esty, labor and cash for forest fires, 100.30
B. T. McGlauflin, trimming shade trees, 10.24
F. W. Giles, working tramps, 9.38
S. A. Fletcher, time and car fare to Boston, 1.84
William B. Reed, services at District Court,
6.17
H. K. Richardson, coal for Town Hall,
28.00
Henry Young, sand for Town Hall,
1.50
Jacob Edgerly, labor digging ditch,
.60
Carter Ink Co., ink for town, .90
F. E. Moynahan, stationery and printing, 8.50
M. E. Tyler, cash and labor on flag staff, 1.25
Dr. G. W. Ewing, returning births, 1.25
Dr. H. G. Vinal, returning births,
.25
John M. Peabody, care of street lamps,
12.00
Dr. G. W. Ewing, disinfectant for Colby house,
13.50
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for street lamps, 4.77
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, stationery, 2.31
S. A. Fletcher, postage, express and stationery, 5.36
S. A. Fletcher, time and car fare to Andover, 1.33
A. G. Huntoon, breaking out sidewalk,
4.18
M. E. Tyler, 66
2.55
Asa Howe, team journeys out of town, etc., 6.00
M. E. Tyler, team journeys out of town, peram- bulating, etc., 17.50
M. E. Tyler, cash for car fare, express, etc., 7.11
Henry A. Young, care of Town Hall, 90.40
Henry A. Young, supplies and repairs on Town Hall, 1.40
D. W. Case, abatement,
6.20
Florence Haynes, abatement,
1.55
Eugene Upton,
4.55
Jerome Leavitt,
32.22
A. B. Gardner, 66
2.00
Discount on taxes in 1900,
299.03
$938.44
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
DR.
Henry A. Young, care Town Hall. $90.40
supplies and repairs on Hall, 1.40
H. K. Richardson, coal,
28.00
A. G. Huntoon,
6.50
Henry A. Young, sand,
1.50
Danvers Water Works, water, 6.00
Henry A. Young, sawdust and cleaning hall,
9.00
Harry N. White, supplies, 6.43
James H. Martin,
7.72
$156.95
CR.
By cash received from Red Men,
$30.75
Cong'l society, 20.80
entertainment and dances,
40.45
net expense to town,
64.95
SOLDIERS' RELIEF DEPT.
Frank Russell,
$132.00
Ansel Nickerson,
24.00
Henry Peabody,
6.00
$162.00
City of Salem, board for Mrs. Nickerson at
Hospital, 41.43
MILITARY AID DEPARTMENT.
Benj. F. Gould, $66.00
Loren Goodwin, 32.00
Danvers Hospital, board of Loren Goodwin, 78.46
$203.40
$176.46
$156.95
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ANNUAL REPORT.
STATE AID DEPARTMENT.
Hugh Cook,
$44.00
Catherine Danforth.
44.00
Mary E. Manning.
44.00
enry Peabody,
44.00
Angeline Newhall,
12.00
Ansel' Nickerson,
66.00
Lydia M. Peabody,
28.00
Isaiah B. Peabody,
22.00
Susan A. Stewart,
44.00
Annie J. Sheldon,
44.00
Scott Wilkins,
34.00
Benj. W. Peabody,
33.00
Lyman E. Peabody,
44.00
Henry F. White,
40.00
Alexander Murray,
44.00
Harriet Hunt,
40.00
$627.00
Samuel W. Fuller, (land sold for taxes, ) Harry E. Jackson, Administrator, $36.41
Estate of Joseph Russell, (land sold for taxes ),
$21.06
CURRENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT BALANCE.
Beginning March 13, 1900.
DR.
Town Officers,
$782.75
Miscellaneous,
938.44
Soldiers' Relief,
203.43
Military Aid,
176.46
State Aid,
627.00
Land Sold for Taxes,
57.47
$2,785.55
Unexpended,
146.25
$2,931.80
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ANNUAL REPORT.
CR.
Town appropriation,
$2,000.00
Corporation tax from State,
7.11
National Bank tax from State,
23.83
Red Men for use of Town Hall,
30.75
Cong. Society " .. ..
20.80
Entertainments and Dances,
40.45
Due from State for State Aid,
627.00
Military Aid,
95.23
Cash for land sold for taxes Overlay,
29.17
$2,931.80
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Allen D. Bryer,
$139.15
A. G. Huntoon,
131.68
John Q. Averill,
117.16
Hosea Richardson,
50.00
John L. Peabody,
64.25
Frank Curtis
63.08
Geo. W. Newman,
15.00
Chester Campbell,
25.25
Earl L. Collins,
5.40
Benj. F. Gould,
27.00
A. E. Coleman,
32.00
Warren Thomas,
1.50
Edward Peabody,
17.25
A. W. Peabody, posts,
1.25
H. K Richardson,
140.25
D. W. Faulkner,
7.50
A. M. Richardson,
34.00
John Jester,
4.50
Charles Floyd,
6.00
James Q. Gallagher, blacksmith bill,
10.15
Otis H. Rennerd,
9.10
Fred S. Flint,
9.00
57.47
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Henry Fuller, gravel
14.80
John B. Putney,
14.60
Willie Gould,
3.40
Samuel M. Peabody, gravel
2.30
L. H. Wilkins,
3.40
William Berry, 14
.45
Geo. E. Currier,
4.85
Daniel Woodman,
3.40
John P. Fuller,
39.00
George Sopher,
33.00
Ralph P. Wilkins,
.75
Jesse Peabody,
9.00
William Porter,
6.00
Willie Gould, gravel
2.40
Frank Phillips,
4.50
W. W. Wilkins,
13.50
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, nails,
.25
M. B. Page, drain pipe
58.56
Good Roads Machine Co., supplies
13.87
S. S. Merrill, storing road machine
3.00
Ames Plow Co., shovels, picks, &c
8.74
A. G. Huntoon, freight and teaming
5.07
$1,155.31
Unexpended,
44.69
$1,200.00
Town appropriation,
1,200.00
BRIDGE DEPARTMENT.
John Q. Averill,
$13.33
Allen D. Bryer,
22.00
A. G. Huntoon,
37.60
Warren Thomas,
10.50
Frank Curtis,
4.50
Hosea Richardson,
4.50
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Samuel Peabody,
.25
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.
151.96
$244.64
Town appropriation,
$225.00
Overdrawn,
19.64
SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT.
Allen D. Bryer, labor,
$ 3.29
A. G. Huntoon,
.6
23.70
Frank Curtis, 10.21
Hosea Richardson "
9.00
Daniel Faulkner,
.75
A. W. Peabody, lumber,
2.88
Gravel and nails,
.75
$50.58
Town appropriation,
$50.00
Overdrawn,
.58
CEMETERY TRUST FUND.
John M. Peabody,
$21.00
Thomas Carlin, 6.00
$27.00
(See Treasurer's Report ) CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
John M. Peabody, labor in cemetery,
$113.30
Danvers Water Works, water, 6.00
$119.30
Unexpended,
15.70
Town appropriation,
$135.00
$244.64
$50.58
ANNUAL REPORT. 15
WATER PIPE FOR SCHOOL HOUSE DEPARTMENT.
B. & M. R. R., freight on water pipe; $36.19
M. E. Tyler, teaming, 5.17
Ira Kitchin, labor, 2.40
B. & M. R. R., freight on pipe,
1.88
American Express Co.,
.15
James H. Curtis, postage and telephone,
.82
Ludlow Valve Co., hydrant, pipe, etc.,
42.45
Danvers Water Works, supplies for water pipe,
49.98
John W. Millbury, labor,
.52
F. A. Snow, laying pipe,
353.40
Builders' Iron Foundry, pipe,
243.01
Caskin & O'Connell, plumbing,
353.80
George B. Flint, labor and material,
24.60
M. E. Tyler, cash for postage and telephone, .59 Teaming, 2.60
B. F. Tufts, building vault,
40.00
$1157.56
Town appropriation,
$1000.00
Overdrawn,
157.56
$1157.56
TOWN HALL, HOSE, AND HEARSE HOUSE DEPT.
Harley M. Tyler, labor and paint for Hose and hearse house, $ 29.50
Harley M. Tyler, painting posts and water house in cemetery, 3.00
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co , 25000 shingles,
87.50
Edmund Dernier, shingling town hall,
34.50
Harley M. Tyler, painting and repairing town hall, 106.49
Harley M. Tyler, painting trimmings on tramp house, 2.50
$263.49
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Unexpended,
18.51
$282.00
Town appropriation, $275.00
Shingles sold to M. E. Tyler, 7.00
$282.CO
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
F. O. Dewey, 1-2 dozen lanterns, $12.63
Eagle Oil Supply Co., hose, 85.00
M. E. Tyler, express, teaming, and lettering lanterns, 1.50
M. E. Tyler, painting and varnishing, 1.50
H. A. Wilkins, supplies, 4.18
$104.81
Unexpended.
5.19
$110.00
Town appropriation,
$110.00
FIREMEN DEPARTMENT.
Herbert A. Esty, compensation for firemen, $60.00
Town appropriation, $60.00
SOLDIERS' LOT DEPARTMENT.
John M. Peabody, labor, soil and team, $21.00
Unexpended, 4.00
$25.00
Town appropriation, 25 00
MEMORIAL DAY DEPARTMENT.
M. E. Tyler, horse and carriage, $ 1.50
H. E. Howe, cash and supplies, 15.63
J. T. Carroll, flags, 4.05
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ANNUAL REPORT.
E. & C. Woodman, plants, $4.50
Frost & Wood, programs, 4.00
S. A. Fletcher, cash paid for speaker, band, etc., 77.23
F. H. Lewis, ice cream, 4.80
H. F. White, making wreaths, 4.00
$115.71
Town appropriation, $110.00
Overdrawn, 5.71
$115.71
LIQUOR LAW DEPARTMENT.
Oscar Cram, suppressing sale of liquor, $10.00
Unexpended, 40.00
$50.00
Town appropriation,
$50.00
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
For the year ending January 1, 1901.
State of Mass. Board for Sarah Rennard, $169.46
Wilfred J. Kelly, 125.82
City of Malden. board and funeral expenses for Mary Mansfield, 153.15
City of Salem, board for Joseph Chandler, 8.57
Town of Peabody, board and clothing, Harriet Smith, 1 32.27
Town of Peabody, board and clothing, Frank Perkins, 134.15
Town of Danvers, board and clothing, Barnard Batchelder, 240.86
M. J. Emerson, house rent for Chas. Wilkins, 14.00
M. E. Tyler, 8.50
H. G. Vinal, medical attendance, 11.00
H. N. White, supplies for Chas. Wilkins, 39.59
H. A. Wilkins, 21.85
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ANNUAL REPORT.
H. N. White, supplies for Mrs. Giddings, $26.62
J. H. Martin, 45.98
W. C. Metcalf, milk for 15.90
Chas. Cross, drawing wood, 3.75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, 1 pr shoes for family of Geo. Margeson, 1.55
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Wm. Goodwin,
3.81
tramp house, 10.68
F. W. Giles, locking up 263 tramps, 13.15
Goe. W. Ewing, attendance on family of Leonard Russell, 10.00
H. E. Howe, services as overseer,
20.00
A. W. Peabody, services as overseer, 20.00
Fred. W. Giles, services as overseer, 35.00
Whole amount of overseers' orders drawn,
$1,265.66
Bills outstanding Feb. 1, 1901, 70.00
$1,335.66
Paid from general fund as per selectmen's re-
port [which see ] $315.44
Paid from appropriation, 950.22
$1,265,66
Due from Otis Rennard on acct. of Sarah
Rennard, $169.46
Due from Wilfred J. Kelley, 125.82
Boxford on account of Wm. Goodwin, 3.81
Unsettled bills of last year paid, 175.00
Net cost of supporting the poor, 861.57
$1,335.66
A.'W. PEABODY Overseers of the Poor FRED W. GILES, . for the H. E. HOWE, Town of Middleton.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
SUMMARY.
Schools, paid from general fund.
$259.00
School books and supplies, general fund,
41.62
Current expenses,
167.24
Poor Department
315.44
Soldiers' Relief,
14.00
Military Aid,
14.00
State Aid,
57.00
Schools for year ending Feb. 1, 1901,
1,587.50
High School Department,
315.00
School books and supplies,
108.51
Incidental school expenses,
278.68
Current expenses,
2,785.55
Highway,
1,155.31
Bridges.
244.64
Sidewalks,
50.58
Cemetery Trust fund,
27.00
Cemetery,
119.30
Water pipe for school house,
1,157.56
Town Hall, hose and hearse house.
263.49
Fire Department,
104.81
Firemen,
60.00
Soldiers' lot,
21.00
Memorial Day,
115.71
Liquor Law Department,
10.00
Poor Department,
950.22
$10,223.16
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, TAX COLLECTOR,
in account with the Town of Middleton.
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1890,
$24.66
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1891 $29.50
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ANNUAL REPORT
FRANK L. ESTY, in account with the Town of Middleton. DR.
To balance of tax list, 1895,
$365.67 2.02
Interest collected,
$367.69
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
$20.21
Uncollected on list of 1895.
347.48
$367.69
JOHN M. PEABODY, in account withithe Town of Middleton.
DR.
Uncollected tax list, 1898,
$1,094.13
Interest Collected,
61.81
$1,155.94
CR.
Amount paid treasurer,
$738.15
Uncollected on tax list of 1898,
417.79
$1,155.94
DR.
Uncollected tax list, 1899,
$3,146.61
Additional tax,
2.00
Interest collected,
52.58
CR.
Amount paid treasurer,
$1,746.91
Uncollected on tax list of 1899,
1,454.28
$3,201.19
$3,201.19
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ANNUAL REPORT.
DR.
Tax list. 1900, Interest collected,
$9,321.94 .70
$9,322.64
CR.
Amount paid treasurer,
$6,700.84
Uncollected on tax list of 1900,
2,621.80
$9,322.64
JESSE W. PEABODY In account with the Town of Middleton.
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1893, as per last year's
$17.59
report,
CR.
$17.59
Uncollected,
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1894, as per last year's
report,
$68.40
Interest collected.
4.32
$72.72
CR.
Amount paid treasurer,
$23.24
Uncollected, 1894,
49.48
$72.72
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1896, as per last year's
$433.50
report,
Interest collected,
14.52
$448.02
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CR.
Amount paid treasurer,
$ 92.26
Uncollected,
355.76
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1897, as per last years'
report, $1.585.03
36.11
Interest collected,
$1621.14
CR.
Amount paid treasurer,
$ 421.16
Uncollected,
1,199.98
$1,621.14
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Treasurer, In account with Trust Fund for care of Cemetery Lots.
Lot
No.
Original Fund
Bal last year
Interest
With- drawn
Bal on acct.
I. Larkin Eaton, Lot 168
$75.00
$75.79
$3.04
$3.00
$75.83
Sophronia Fuller,
236
200.00
213.16
8.60
6.00
215.76
William Gifford,
180
100.00
102.08
4.12
6.00
100.20
A. S. McIntire,
132
75.00
75.79
3.04
3.00
75.83
A. M. McIntire,
338
100.00
102.08
4.12
3.00
103.20
P. B. Russell,
430
200.00
206.90
8.34
3.00
212.24
H.Amelia Thomas,“
64
75.00
75.79
3.04
3.00
75.83
J. R. Wellman, 66
40
200.00
200.00
4.00
204.00
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Treasurer in account with the Town of Middleton for the year ending Feb. 1901. DR.
To balance in treasury, Feb. 1900, $935.28
To cash from State Treasurer, corporation tax, 90.65
Burial of state paupers, 10.00
Sheriff S. A. Johnson, acc't James Maybee 5.00
State Treasurer, note discounted, 1,474.17
988.67
$448.02
23
ANNUAL REPORT.
C. S. Cummings & Co., for note, 1,001.75
First District Court, 2.08
Henry A. Young for use of Town Hall,
92.00
State Treasurer, corporation tax,
7.11
..
Nat. Bank tax, 23.83
66 Military Aid, 77.13
State Aid 675.00
Ink sold, .30
Mrs. Herbert S. Weaver, for cemetery
lot 248, 15.00
State Treasurer, income of School Fund, 428.59
County dog tax refunded, 96.54
Cemetery lots, Trust Funds, 27.00
M. E. Tyler, for shingles sold. 7.00
Emerson land, sold for taxes,
260.58
Frank L. Esty. collector for 1895, 20.21
John M. Peabody, collector, 9,185.90
Jesse W. Peabody, collector, 536.66
$15,960.45
CR.
By cash paid Asiatic Nat. Bank on note, $500.00
interest on
note,
50.00
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on notes, 60.00
State Treasurer note, 1,500.00
1,000.00
state tax, 300.00
County “ county tax, 435.77
Interest on note of 2,000.00. 80.00
Interest on note of B. F. Emerson Fund
of $800.00, 40.00
Interest on Flint Book Fund note, 155.00
on principal Flint Book Fund note, 600 00
C. S. Cummings' note, interest, 17.50
Heirs of Emerson, land sold for taxes, 260.58
24
ANNUAL REPORT
By cash paid Selectmen's orders, $9,539.16
.. for State Aid, 684.00
Balance in treasury, 738.44
$15,960.45
ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
Real estate,
$517,925.CO
Personal estate,
51,998.00
$569,923.00
Number of polls, 236.
Rate of taxation, $15.50 per $1000.
Tax on polls,
$ 472.00
Tax on real estate,
8,029.97
Tax on personal estate,
807.97
$9,309.94
Amount assessed for current expenses,
$2,000.00
Schools,
1,600.00
School books and supplies,
150.00
Incidental school expenses,
250.00
Highways,
1,200.00
Bridges,
225.00
Sidewalks,
50.00
Supplies for fire department,
110.00
Cemetery,
135.00
Town hall, hose and hearse house,
275.00
Soldiers' lot in cemetery,
25.00
Compensation for firemen,
60.00
Memorial Day,
110.00
High school tuition,
700.00
Liquor law,
50.00
To pay moderator,
5.00
Support of poor,
1,000.00
Library lot,
600.00
County tax,
435.77
25
ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount assessd for State tax,
$300.00
Overlay, 29.17
$9,309.94
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN. LIABILITIES.
Amount of notes,
$8,800.00
Outstanding bills, ( estimated )
150.00
$8,950.00
ASSETS.
Balance in Treasury,
$738.44
Due for State Aid,
741.00
Military Aid,
95.23
from Otis F. Rennerd, (as per Over-
seers' report, )
169.46
Wilfred J. Kelly,
125.82
Boxford, on account of Wm. Goodwin,
3.81
Uncollected taxes, 1890,
24.66
1891,
29.50
1893,
17.59
1894,
49.48
1895,
347.48
1896,
355.76
1897,
1.199.98
1898,
417.79
1899,
1,454.28
1900,
2,621.80
$8,392.08
Balance against Town,
557.92
$8,950.00
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Library building and land,
$11,000.00
Flint Public Library. 3,600.00
Town Hall,
4,000.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Schoolhouses,
5,500.00
Lockup,
400.00
Cemetery,
1,300.00
Hearse and Hearse House,
600.00
Fire apparatus and Hose House,
800.00
Gravel pit,
25 00
Road machine,
100.00
School books in use,
300.00
B. F. Emerson fund,
11.587.17
C. L. Flint Book fund,
5,000.00
$44,212.17
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I hereby certify that I have examined the books and accounts of the Town of Middleton and all original bills and vouchers on which moneys have been paid from the treasury of said Town, and find the same to be correct.
DANA I. NASH, Auditor.
List of Jurors.
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The following list of persons qualified for Jurors, prepared and posted by the Selectmen, will be submitted to the Town at the An- nual Town Meeting for revision and acceptance :
John M. Peabody,
John W. Demsey,
Charies A. Fletcher,
Herbert H. Wilkins,
Kendall F. Richardson,
Edwin E. Currier,
Loren G. Esty.
George E. Currier,
Sylvanus Flint,
Henry E. Howe,
Fred H. Wilkins,
Austin P. Bagley,
Eli E. Richardson,
Levi F. Harlow.
ASA HOWE, Selectmen
MATTHEW M. MERRITT, of
MAURICE E. TYLER, ) Middlleton.
Flint Public Library.
TWENTY-SECOND REPORT.
The Trustees of Flint Public Library herewith submit their an- nual report for the year ending February 1, 1901 :
At a meeting of the Trustees held in the early Spring, it was de- cided to have some of the fruit trees removed, and to have Maple trees planted on the Library grounds. Ivy has been planted along the front of the building and it is hoped that a luxuriant growth will soon be attained.
It has been plainly evident for several years that something must be done in the way of a new catalogue of the books in the Library, to obviate the necessity of looking through a catalogue, ten supple- ments and several bulletins, perhaps, in search of some particular book.
After much deliberation, it was voted to adopt the Card Catalogue system which has been so extensively introduced into libraries at the present time. Three of the Trustees, Messrs. A. P. Tyler, G. B. Howe and S. A. Fletcher, were appointed to take charge of this matter, and it was decided to use the Dewey-Cutter System of clas- sification. We were fortunate in securing the services of Miss E. Louise Jones of Waltham who performed the work in a most thorough and satisfactory manner. She was assisted by Miss Lillian P. Fletcher. A Hammond typewriter was purchased, also the nec- essary cases, cards and accession books, and now we consider that the arrangements and equipments of our Library will compare favor- ably with those ef any Library of the same size in the State.
There has been a call for a catalogue for the use of those who cannot well visit the Library. Accordingly, a Finding List of the works of fiction, which includes the larger per cent. of the books called for, has been prepared and is now in the hands of the printer.
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