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ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
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FLINT
MIDDLETON.
PU
BLIC
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1902.
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRA
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Balance due schools February 1, 1901, $ 537.63
Town appropriation, 1500.00
State school fund, 738.08
Amount received from dog tax, 121.88
$2897.59
Moses Peabody, transporting children, $ 705.60 Susie B. Gould, teaching Grammar School, 190.00
Iva Smith, teaching Intermediate School, 171.00
Nellie C. Howe, teaching Primary School, 429.00
Sarah A. Packard, teaching Grammar School, 168.00
Ethel B. Gray, teaching Intermediate School, 128.00
Danvers Water Works, water for School, 45.00
Alice Milbury, washing towels,
.43
Ida L. Johnson, teaching Intermediate School, 32.00
Melville A. Stone, Superintendent of Schools, 125.10
Amount carried forward, $1994.13
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1994.13
H. K. Richardson, coal, 80.12
Augustus Shepard, Janitor, . 106.75
Town of North Reading, transporting children,
22.75
$2203.75
693.84
Balance due schools, $2897.59
High School Department.
Amount unexpended February 1, 1901, $385.00 Town appropriation, 600.00
$985.00
Town of Danvers, tuition on pupils, $927.00
Amount unexpended,
58.00
$985.00
School Books and Supplies.
Amount unexpended February 1, 1901, $ 41.49 Town appropriation, 100.00
$141.49
Edward E. Babb & Co, school supplies, $100.23 Silver, Burdett & Co., school supplies, 4.00
H. C. Dimond & Co., school supplies, 1.00
Atkinson Mentzer, school supplies, 5.00
J. F. Barnard & Co., school supplies, 5.50
Werner Book Co., school supplies, 9.80
A. T. Merrill, school supplies, 3.25
Amount carried forward, $128.78
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $128.78
J. L. Hammett Co., school supplies, 1.00
H. K. Richardson, school supplies, 4.50
$134.28
Amount unexpended, 7.21
$141.49
Incidental School Department.
Amount overdrawn last year, $28.68
Francis Brothers, supplies, 7.96
M. S. Quinham, repairs on school house, 30.00
Calvin Putnam Co., sanding desks, 2.00
Augustus Shepard, repairs on school house, 51.99 Caskin & O'Connell, labor on water closet, 6.65 Melville A. Stone, travelling expenses, etc., 20.06 H. K. Richardson, labor and material, 40.73
Chandler Chair Works, chairs, 11.25
J. Q. Gallagher, labor and material, 1.60
H. E. Howe, express and telephone, 1.25
A. P. Bagley, postage and telephone, etc., 2.58
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for school house, 6.15.
$210.90
Town appropriation,
$200.00
Overdrawn,
10.90
$210.90
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Town Officers. 1
D. J. Nash, services as Auditor for 1901, $18.00 Oscar Cram, services as Constable July 3 and 4, 1900, 5.00
F. L. Esty, services as Tax Collector 1895, 8.89
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman from
from February 1 to March 1, 1901, 17.00 Asa Howe, services as Selectman from February 1 to March 1, 1901, 17.00
Everett L. Brown, services as Teller, 2.50
A. A. Wilkins, services as Teller, 2.50
John M. Peabody, services as Tax Collector, 100.00
John M. Peabody, returning deaths, .50
Oscar Cram, District Court expense, 5.74
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Moderator, 5.00
Walter C. Metcalf, services as Truant Officer, 2.00
Henry Young, Special Police, 5.00
Charles J. Brown, Special Police, 5.00
B. T. McGlauflin, Special Police, 5.00
Farnum Stiles, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 5.00
Samuel A. Fletcher, journey to Andover, 1.60
Amount carried forward, $205.73
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CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $205.73
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Election Officer, 2.00
L. F. Atwood, services as Election Officer, 2.00
A. A. Wilkins, services as Election Officer, 2.00
Otis M. Wilkins, services as Election Officer, 2.00
Oscar Cram, services as Constable, 77.00
H. E. Howe, services as Overseer of Poor, 20.00
H. E. Howe, services School Committee, 35.00
H. K. Richardson, services School Committee, 35.00
A. P. Bagley, services School Committee, 35.00
A. W. Peabody, Services as Overseer of Poor, 20.00
F. W. Giles, services as Overseer of Poor, 35.00
F. W. Giles, services as Election Officer, 2.00
S. A. Fletcher, services as Town Treasurer, 40.00
S. A. Fletcher, services as Town Clerk, 10.00
S. A. Fletcher, administering oaths, 4.50
S. A. Fletcher, car fare, postage, express and stationary, 5.75
S. A. Fletcher, recording births, marriages and deaths, 9.05
S. A. Fletcher, services as Registrar, 10.00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman and Assessor, 115.00
M. E. Tyler, services as Registrar of Voters, 10.00
Amount carried forward,
$677.03
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward $677.03 M. E. Tyler, services team canvassing, expressing and trips on account of quarantine, 22.75
M. E. Tyler, cost for car fare, postage, freight, etc., 10.31
Asa Howe, services Selectman and Assessor, 96.00
Asa Howe, services as Registrar of Voters,
10.00
$816.09
M. M. Merritt, services as Selectman,
50.00
$866.09
Miscellaneous.
B. T. McGlauflin, quarantining cattle, $2.00
W. E. Sanford, clearing snow from roads, and sidewalks, 1901, 10.30
John Q. Averill, labor and cash paid for clearing snow from roads, 1901, 143.98
James H. Martin, supplies for Town Hall, 7.78
J. E. Ropes, conductor for Town Hall, 2.72
A. G. Huntoon, coal for Town Hall, 14.50
A. G. Huntoon, labor and cash paid for clearing snow from roads, 45.85
Frost & Wood, printing Town Reports, 22.84
Frost & Wood, printing School Reports, 10.23 Frost & Wood, printing Warrants, 1.75
John M. Peabody, clearing snow in cemetery, 3.00
Amount carried forward, $264.95
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $264.95
B. T. McGlauflin, time and carfare to Boston, 3.12
M. M. Merritt, time and carfare to Boston, 3.12
Porter I. Gould, clearing snow from road, 1.80
Henry A. Young, sawdust for Hall, 1.25
Danvers Water Board, water for Hall, 6.00
Harley M. Tyler, cash and labor on flag- staff, 1.75
F. W. Giles, working tramps and filing saws, 5.38
State of Massachusetts, interest on note, 48.62
H. M. Dolbeare, valuation books, 1.20
S. A. Fletcher, interest on town note of Flint Public Library, 48.16
George H. Hutchinson, interest on note, 40.00
Jackson & Jackson, drawing franchise, 40.00
H. A. Esty, labor and cash paid for watching fire at paper mill, 8.00
George B. Flint, cementing flagstaff, 6.94
F. E. Moinahan, advertising hearing, 11.50
Lewis Brown, bound stones, 15.00
Henry Young, cleaning Town Hall, 6.00
Oscar Cram, attending District Court, 2.19
Perry & Searle, order book and stationery, 16.50 H. A. Esty, services as watchman July 3 and 4, 3.00
J. H. Schofield, nine suppers for firemen, 2.25
M. E. Tyler, cash for tax book, 1.25
Henry A. Young, repairing Town Hall steps, 2.25
Amount carried forward, $540.23
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $540.23
Henry A. Young, sand for Town Hall, 1.50
M. E. Tyler, cash for ink-stand, freight, etc., 3.17
Town of Danvers, blowing whistle, 17.83
Asiatic Bank, interest on note, 10.00
Ira Kitchin, supplies for Town Hall, 3.78
F. O. Dewey, half-dozen lanterns, 2.38
Ames Plow Company, tools for highway,
31.80
Hobbs & Warren, blanks, 1.50
Cattle Commissioners, branding stamp, 1.75
L. H. Wilkins, coal for Town Hall, 28.00
E. S. Bradford, interest on note, 14.90
G. D. Richardson, taking school census, 4.00
J. T. Carroll, flags and pictures, 1.85
B. T. McGlauflin, clearing snow from sidewalk, 6.70
H. L. Hutchinson, interest on note, 40.00
.M. E. Tyler, cash for lowering flagstaff, etc., 1.80
L. F. Ross, picks, 3.20
L. F. Atwood, services as Supt. of Burial, 10.00
L. F. Atwood, returning eight deaths, 2.00
Henry A. Young, care Town Hall, 91.75
Henry A. Young, supplies for Town Hall, 3.32
J. A. Atwood, teaming wood, 2.00
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on note, 80.00 B. T. McGlauflin, Inspector of Meat and Provisions, 12.00
H. A. Esty, labor and care of Hose House, 10.00
E. S. Bradford, interest on note, 17.69
Amount carried forward, $943.15
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $943.15
James Q. Gallagher, sharpening picks, 2.95
Oscar Cram, care of flag, 5.00
Oscar Cram, cash, telephone, etc., Thomas and Callahan case, 8.05
F. L. Evans, services in 1894 and 1895, 50.00
F. L. Evans, services in 1900, 10.00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Town Hall, 3.50
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, rope for flagstaff, .58
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for state highway, 2.12
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for street lamps 3.08
H: A. Wilkins & Sons, cambric for draping hall, 3.15
John M. Peabody, care street lamps, 12.00
J. H. Schofield, board for one week of forty men and boys under quarantine, 115.50
A. M. Richardson, services as Special Police, 14.00
George Bouchard, services as Special Police, 14.00
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and cash paid for clearing snow from roads, 27.85
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and cash paid for fencing gravel pit, 14.10
$1229.03
A. P. Tailor, interest on Emerson Fund note, 40.00
$1269.03
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Town Hall Account.
DR.
Henry A. Young, care Town Hall, $91.75
Henry A. Young, supplies for Hall, 3.32
Henry A. Young, cleaning hall, 6.00
Henry A. Young, sand and sawdust,
2.75
Henry A. Young, repairs on Hall,
2.25
James H. Martin, supplies for Hall, 7.78
A. G. Huntoon, coal for Hall, 14.50
L. H. Wilkins, coal for Hall, 28.00
Danvers Water Board, water for Hall,
6.00
H. A. Wilkins, supplies for Hall,
3.50
Ira Kitchin, supplies,
3.78
$149.63
CR.
By Cash received from Red Men,
$33.50
By Cash received from Cong'l Society, 19.80
By Cash received, Entertainments and Dances, .
44.40
97.70
Net expense to Town,
51.93
$149.63
Soldiers' Relief Department.
Frank Russell,
$117.50
Ansel Nickerson,
24.00
Henry Peabody,
38.25
Hugh Cook,
1.00
$210.75
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MILITARY AND STATE AID.
Military Aid Department.
Benjamin F. Gould,
$54.00
Danvers, Hospital, board of Lorin
Goodwin,,
169.48
$223.48
State Aid Department.
Harriet Hunt,
$48.00
Hugh Cook,
28.00
Catherine Danforth,
48.00
Mary E. Manning,
32.00
Ansel Nickerson,
36.00
Henry Peabody,
48.00
Benjamin W. Peabody,
15.00
Susan A. Stewart,
48.00
Isaih B. Peabody,
18.00
Annie J. Sheldon,
48.00
Scott Wilkins,
48.00
Lyman E. Peabody,
48.00
Henry F. White,
48.00
Alexander Murray,
48.00
Nathaniel C. Bousley,
44.00
Ebenezer Tarbox,
12.00
$617.00
Current Expense Account Balance.
DR.
Beginning Feb. 1, 1901.
Town Officers,
$866.09
Miscellaneous,
1269.03
Amount carried forward, $2135.12
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$2135.12
Soldiers, Relief,
210.75
Military Aid,
223.48
State Aid,
617.00
$3186.35
Unexpended,
320.43
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$3506.78
CR.
Amount unexpended, Feb. 1, 1901,
$146.25
Town appropriation,
2200.00
Received from District Court,
50.00
Coporation tax from State,
2.78
National Bank Tax,
25.62
Red Men for use of Town Hall,
33.50
Cong. Society, Town Hall,
19.80
Entertainments and Dances,
44.40
Due from State for State Aid,
617.00
Due from State for Military Aid,
111.74
Overlay,
235.97
Received for Licenses,
7.00
Received for Excise Tax (M. & D. R. R.) 12.72
$3506.78
Highway Department.
DR.
B. T. McGlauflin,
$222.55
Daniel Fuller,
7.50
Fred Flint,
2.65
Amount carried forward,
$232.60
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward
$232.60
Carl Brown,
1.49
B. Fay McGlauflin,
44.57
John L. Peabody,
5.84
John F. Richardson,
9.51
James Currier,
1.50
Wesley Milbury,
1.25
Fred Wilkins,
11.83
Oscar Cram,
7.00
Maurice Margeson,
.75
Alvin A. Wilkins,
23.67
B. Frank Phillips,
18.00
Samuel L. Peabody,
22.59
Charles Darling,
24.67
Levi Harlow,
1.50
Otis Rennerd,
13.59
D. J. Nash,
21.64
J. A. Atwood,
11.10
Ralph Wilkins,
1.50
Wilson Floyd,
.67
Hosea W. Richardson,
27.02
D. W. Case,
11.13
John F. Higgins,
10.83
Edward Peabody,
7.83
L. H. Wilkins,
1.10
J. A. Curtis,
1.60
Bromwell Bronte,
4.20
C. P. Stiles
15.20
JJohn R. Jester,
8.92
Earle Collins,
12.25
Amount carried forward, $555.44
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$555.44
J. L. Averill,
19.27
H. E. Howe,
22.50
L. W. McGlauflin,
14.14
Daniel Richardson,
.67
Frank Evans,
1.00
Daniel Falkner,
8.75
Frank Curtis,
58.05
John Milbury,
13.15
A. E. Coleman,
47.88
C. O. Floyd,
10.31
George W. Newman,
16.24
Allen D. Bryer,
70.44
John P. Fuller,
57.18
M. E. Tyler,
46.80
Charles Cross,
.75
S. A. Fletcher,
.50
Frank L. Esty,
1.50
George E. Currier,
7.90
Jesse W. Peabody,
1.20
George E. Soper,
4.50
H. R. Richardson,
47.05
William Marshall,
2.83
George E. Peabody,
4.50
John B. Putney,
21.60
M. B. Page, drain pipe,
94.52
Ames Plow Co.,
10.24
Goodroads Machine Co.
3.40
James Q. Gallagher,
17.85
H. A. Wilkins & Sons,
2.45
1162.71
Unexpended,
5.62
$1168.33
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BRIDGE DEPARTMENT.
CR.
Amount unexpended, Feb. 1, 1901,
$44.69
Town appropriation,
1100.00
Cash for pipe sold,
2.50
Cash received of John Wilkins,
1.00
Cash received of Annie Sheldon,
1.00
Cash received of B. & M. R. R.
2.80
Cash for timber and boards sold,
1.81
Cash due from M. and D. street railway,
3.50
Cash due from E. J. Hickey, pipe and
labor. 11.03
$1168.33
Bridge Department.
Amount overdrawn,
19.64
B. F. McGlauflin,
10.12
Frank Curtis,
2.17
Henry Newhall, nails,
1.50
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.,
39.48
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, nails, etc.
2.33
D. I. Nash,
.50
76.91
Unexpended,
74.09
$151.00
Town appropriation,
$150.00
Cash for Plank,
1.00
$151.00
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SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT.
Sidewalk Department.
Town Appropriation,
$125.00
Amount overdrawn,
32.67
$157.67
Amount overdrawn last year,
$ .58
D. I. Nash, labor,
7.01
A. E. Coleman, labor,
1.43
S. L. Peabody, labor,
.59
L. W. McGlauflin, labor,
3.00
Frank Curtis,
5.17
A. D. Bryer,
5.25
B. T. McGlauflin,
19.80
John P. Fuller,
4.50
M. E. Tyler,
1.68
Pettingell & Barry,
108.66
$157.67
Tree Warden Department.
B. T. McGlauflin,
$20.30
J. H. Kelly, trees,
17.00
L. W. McGlauflin,
1.34
George W. Newman,
2.00
Edward Peabody,
1.50
W. P. Earley,
.75
Hosea W. Richardson,
6.09
$48.98
Unexpended,
1.02
Town appropriation,
$50.00 $50.00
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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS.
Cemetery Trust Fund.
L. F. Atwood,
$21.50
Thomas Carlin,
5.00
(See Treasurer's Report.) $26.50
Cemetery Department.
CR.
Amount unexpended last year,
$15.70
Town appropriation,
100.00
$115.70
John M. Peabody, (laundry bill,)
$1.50
Danvers Water Board, water,
6.00
L. F. Atwood, labor in cemetery,
101.20
$108.70
Unexpended,
7.00
$115.70
Water Pipe for School House.
Town appropriation,
$307.56
Overdrawn,
17.50
$325.06
Amount overdrawn last year,
$157.56
C. S. Cummings, note and interest to Dec. 1, 1900, 152.62
E. S. Bradford, interest on notes to June 1, 1901, 14.88
฿325.06
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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS.
Town Hall Repair Department.
CR.
Amount unexpended last year, $ 18.51
Town appropriation, 100.00
฿118.51
Paine Furniture Co., table and chairs, 28.52
J. A. Atwood, labor and stock, 9.00
M. E. Tyler, paint and varnish, 5.30
43.82
Unexpended,
75.69
$118.51
Fire Department.
Amount unexpended, last year, $5.19
Town appropriation, 100.00
Cash received for old hose,
10.35
$115.54
M. E. Tyler, lettering Firemens coats, $3.00
H. A. Esty, car fare and trip to Boston, 2.60
68.92
Cornelius Callahan, hats, pails, coats, etc, H. A. Esty, cash for express and repairs on coats,
1.65
Ira Kitchin, supplies,
1.06
$77.23
Unexpended,
38.31
$115.54
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MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS.
Firemen Department.
Town appropriation, $60.00
H. A. Esty, conpensation for firemen, 60.00
Soldiers' Department.
Amount unexpended last year,
$4.00
$4.00
L. F. Atwood, labor,
$3.00
Unexpended,
1.00
$4.00
Memorial Day Department.
Town appropriation,
$110.00
Overdrawn,
11.32
$121.32
Amount overdrawn last year, $5.71
Frost and Wood, program,
5.00
S. A. Fletcher, cash paid Speaker, Band · and others, 110.61
$121.32
Liquor Law Department.
Amount unexpended last year, $40.00
$40.00
Charles J. Brown, assisting Constable, $3.00
Oscar Cram, suppressing sale of liquor, 6.00
Unexpended, 31.00
$40.00
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
State Highway Department.
Amount of orders drawn on Town
Treasurer,
$491.14
$491.14
Received from State,
$300.00
Due from State,
191.14
·
$491.14
Poor Department.
Town of Peabody, board for Frank Perkins, $135.00
Town of Peabody, board and clothing for Mrs. Smith, 134.91
Town of Danvers, board and medical
attendance, Barnard Batchelder, 129.99
City of Chelsea, supplies for William R. Chute, 39.75
Mrs. McGlauflin, mending clothes for Mrs. Smith, 1.00
Agustus Shephard, board for Jesse Daniels, 99.00
George W. Ewing, medical atttendance, for Jesse Daniels, 10.00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, boots for Jesse Daniels, 2.75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Charles Wilkins, 35.19
M. E. Tyler, rent for Charles Wilkins, 12.75
Amount carried forward, 600.34
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forw ard, 600.34
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for William D. H. Goodwin, 68.03
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Leonard Russell, 3.65
George W. Ewing, medical attendance for Leonard Russell, 10.50
City of Salem, board at hospital for Angeline Rier, 15.71
John M. Peabody, funeral expense for Frank Coy Eaton, 15.00
Grace Crosby, nursing Felix Maynard, 135.00
George W. Erwing, medical attendance for Felix Maynard, 102.00
L. F. Atwood, care of body of Felix Maynard, 10.00
J. F. Hayward provisions for Felix Maynard, 14.24
H. A. Wilkins, supplies for Felix Maynard, 8.98
S. M. Moore, medicine for Felix
Maynard, 22.65
James H. Martin, supplies for Mrs. Giddings, 25.86
Ira W. Kitchin, supplies for Mrs. Giddings, 24.82
W. C. Metcalf, milk for Mrs. Giddings, 13.40
Graves Brothers, supplies for Mrs. Giddings, 8.00
G. A. Currier, rent for Mrs. Giddings, 6.00
Amount carried forward, 1084.18
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward $1084.18
A. G. Huntoon, coal for Mrs. Giddings, 1.80
B. T. McGlauflin, wood for Mrs. Giddings, 1.00
Ira W. Kitchin, stove for tramp house, 8.00
Charles Cross, drawing wood, 1.50
Fred W. Giles, locking 95 tramps and cash paid, 5.00
B. T. McGlauflin, locking 369 tramps and cash paid, 36.90
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for tramp house, 29.26
J. L. Fairbanks, blanks for Poor Dept., 2.15
H. E. Howe, telephoning for Poor Dept., .75
Fred W. Giles, care of 37 tramps and working tramps six hours, 3.25
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board for Sarah Rennard, 169.47
Danvers Lunatic Hospital, board for Wilfred J. Kelly, 71.02
City of Beverly, board for Emma Melcher, 6.00
Due from Otis Rennard, on account of Sarah Rennard, 169.47
Due from Wilfred Kelly, on account of board, 71.02
Due from Boxford, on account of William D. H. Goodwin, 68.03 Amount carried forward, 308.52
$1420.28
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SUMMARY.
Amount brought forward, 308.52
Due from State, on account of Felix Maynard, 292.87
Net expense of poor,
818.89
1420.28
Town appropriation,
1100.00
A. W. PEABODY,
Overseers of the Poor
FRED W. GILES, for the
H. ERSKINE HOWE, Town of Middleton.
Summary.
Schools for year ending, Feb. 1, 1902, $2203.75
High School Department,
927.00
School Books and Supplies,
134.28
Incidental School Expenses,
210.90
Current Expenses,
3096.35
Highway,
1162.71
Bridges,
76.91
Sidewalk,
157.67
Tree Warden,
48.98
Cemetery Trust Fund,
26.50
Cemetery,
108.70
Water pipe for School House,
325.06
Town Hall repairs and furniture,
42.82
Fire Department,
77.23
Firemen,
60.00
Soldiers' lot,
3.00
Memorial Day,
121.32
Liquor Law Department,
9.00
Poor Department,
818.89
$9,611.07
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TAX COLLECTORS' REPORTS.
Tax Collectors' Report.
Samuel A. Fletcher in account with Town of Middleton :
DR.
Balance of Tax List of 1890, DR.
$24.66
Balance of Tax List of 1891, 29.50
Frank L. Esty in account with Town of Middleton :
DR.
To balance of tax list of 1895, $347.48 347.48
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer on prin. and int., 76.32
Uncollected on list of 1895. 271.16 347.48
Jesse W. Peabody, in account with the Town of Middleton :
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1893 as per last yr. $17.59
CR.
17.59
Amount paid Treasurer,
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1894 as per last year, 49.48
49.48
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
15.30
Uncollected,
34.18
49.48
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1896 as per last yr., $355.76
355.76
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
204.06
Uncollected,
151.70
355.76
27
TAX COLLECTORS' REPORT.
DR.
Balance of tax list of 1897 as per last year,
Interest Collected,
$1199.98 60.37
1260.35
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
603.02
Uncollected,
657.33
1260.35
John M. Peabody in account with Town of Middleton :
DR.
Uncollected tax list of 1898,
$417.79
Interest Collected,
32.29
450.08
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
$242.57
Uncollected,
207.51
450.08
DR.
Uncollected tax list of 1899,
$1454.28
Interest Collected,
78.71
1532.99
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
$949.32
Uncollected,
583.67
1532.99
DR.
Uncollected tax list of 1900,
$2621.80
Interest Collected,
12.64
2664.44
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer, Uncollected,
$1123.44
1541.00
2664.44
28
TAX COLLECTORS' REPORT.
DR.
Tax list of 1901,
$9467.20
Interest Collected,
.27
9467.47
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
$5643.24
Uncollected,
3824.23
9467.47
ABATEMENT ACCOUNT.
Abatement Taxes, Jesse W. Peabody, $304.18
Abatement Taxes, John M. Peabody, 36.49
$340.67
.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Samuel A. Fletcher, treasurer, in account with Trust Fund for care of Cemetery Lots.
Lot No.
Original Bal. Last Interest Fund. Year
Added.
Amt. With- drawn.
Bal. on Account
M. J. Averill
36 $200.00
$4.00
$204.00
I. Larkin Eaton
168
75.00
$ 75.83
3.04 $3.00
75.87
Sophronia Fuller
236
200.00
215.76
8.70
5.00
219.46
William Gifford
180
100.00
100.20
4.04
3.00
101.24
A. M. McIntire
338
100.00
103.20
4.16
3.00
104.36
A. S. McIntire
132
75.00
75.83
3.04
3.00
75.87
P. B. Russell
430
200.00
212.24
8.56
3.50
217.30
H. Amelia Thomas
64
75.00
75.83
3.04
3.00
75.87
J. R. Wellman
40
200.00
204.00
8.24
3.00
209.24
Middleton, February 1, 1902.
Samuel A. Fletcher, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Middleton, year ending, Feb. 1902.
DR.
To balance in treasury, Feb, 1901, $738.44
Cash from City of Gloucester, aid for Colbey family, 55.50
Town of Boxford, aid furnished 3.81
Amount carried forward,
797.75
(29)
30
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 797.75 Cash from M. J. Averill, for care of Ceme-
tery lot, 200.00
Flint Book Fund, 500.00
State Treasury for note dis- counted, 2451.38
Walter C. Metcalf, peddler's license, 3.00
Stamegna, peddler's license, 3.00
B. T. McGlauflin, work on
Mrs. A. J. Sheldon's walk, 1.00
B. T. McGlauflin, old timber sold, 1.00
John P. Fuller, butcher's license 1.00
State Treasurer, coporation tax, 2.78
State Treasurer, Nat. Bank tax, 25.62
State Treasurer, Military aid, 64.00
State Treasurer, State aid, 682.00
B. T. McGlauflin, work for John Wilkins, 1.00
B. T. McGlauflin, work for
J. Q. Gallagher, 2.50
District Court, fines, 50.00
B. & N. R. R. Excise, 12.72
Henry Young, use of Town Hall, 97.70
Mrs. Mary J. Brown, cemetery lot, No. 436, 18.00
Mrs. Catherine Kitchin, cem- etery lot, 18.00
John Bott, cemetery lot No. 420 10.00
Mass. School Fund Income, 738.08 Amount carried forward, 5680.53
31
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 5680.53 Cash from B. T. McGlauflin, work on
B. & M. R. R. Yard, 2.80
B. T. McGlauflin, old stock sold, .81 County Treas. dog tax returned, 121.88
State Treasurer, $1000 note discounted, 982.31
State Treas., State Highway
Loan Fund, 300.00
Ink sold,
.15
State Treasurer, $2000 note discounted, 1949.57
Cemetery funds for care of lots, 26.50
State Treas. for inspection of Animals, 13.50
Herbert A. Esty, old hose sold, 10.35
Jesse W. Peabody, tax col-
lector,
839.97
Frank L. Estey, tax collector,
1895, 76.32
John M. Peabody, tax col-
lector,
7713.00
$17,717.69
CR.
By Cash deposited for Mrs. M. J.
Averill, 200.00
Selectmen's Orders,
15,080.84
State Aid Orders, 617.00
Balance in Treasury,
1,819.85
17,717.69
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
32
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Assessors Valuation of Property.
Real Estate,
$527,395.00
Personal Estate,
51,826.00
579,221.00
Number of polls, 236.
Rate of taxation, 15.50 per 1000.
Tax on polls,
472.00
Tax on real estate,
8174.79
Tax on personal estate,
803.30
9450.09
Amount assessed for current expenses.
2200.00
Schools,
1500.00
Incidental School Expenses.
200.00
School books and supplies,
100.00
High School tuition,
600.00
Fire Department supplies,
100.00
Poor Department,
1100.00
Highways,
1100.00
Bridges,
150.00
Sidewalks,
125.00
Care of Cemetery,
100.00
Memorial Day,
110.00
Repairs for inside of town hall,
100.00
Compensation for firemen,
60.00
Pay of Moderator, 5.00
Note at Asiatic Bank with interest, 530.00
Note on water pipe at school-house, 150.00 To pay amount overdrawn, school-house,
157.56
Amount carried forward, 8387.56
33
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Amount brought forward,
$8357.56
Tree Warden,
50.00
County tax,
459.83
State tax,
352.50
Overlay,
235.97
$9485.86
Financial Condition of the Town.
LIABILITIES.
Amount of Notes,
$10,650.00
$10,650.00
ASSETS.
Balance in Treasury
$1819.95
Due for State Aid,
617.00
Due for Military Aid,
111.74
Due from Otis H. Rennerd, as per Over-
seers' Report for year 1901, end- ing February 1, 1902,
169.47
Wilfred Kelly,
71.02
William Goodwin, Town of Boxford,
68.03
Felix Maynard, due from State,
292.87
Uncollected Taxes for 1890,
24.66
66
" 1891,
29.50
" 1894,
34.18
66
" 1895,
271.16
66 1896,
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