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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 FEBRUARY, 1, 1903.
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FLINT
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY, 1, 1903.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Balance due schools February 1, 1902, $ 693.84
Town appropriation, 1300.00
State school fund, 444.76
Amount received from dog tax 126.57
Received from State for Superinten- dent, 125.00
$2690.17
Moses Peabody, transporting children, $622.80 Ida L. Johnson, teaching Intermediate School. 328.00
Sarah A. Packard, teaching Grammar School, 322.60
Nellie C. Howe, teaching Primary School, 400.80
C. Alice Manning, teaching Grammar School, 39.60
Augustus Shepard, Janitor,
113.80
Melville A. Stone, Superintendent of Schools, 182.00
Town of Middleton, wood for schools, 54.00
H. K. Richardson, coal for schools, 51.15
J. Allen Atwood, sawing wood, 10.00
Oscar Cram, services as Truant Officer, 3.00
Amount carried forward, $2127.75
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $2127.75
Danvers Water Board, water for school-house, 30.00
E. A. Milberry, washing towels,
1.50
$2159.25
Balance due schools,
530.92
$2690.17
High School Department.
Amount unexpended Feb. 1, 1902, $ 58.00
Amount assessed on town, 177.50
Amount due from State, 210.00
$445.50
Town of Danvers for school tuition,
$445.50
School Books and Supplies.
Amount unexpended Feb. 1, 1902, $ 7.21
Town appropriation, 150.00
Cash received for books sold, 1.62
Atkinson & Mentzer, school supplies, $ 10.50 Leavenworth & Green, school supplies, 20.00
American Book Co., school supplies 9.44
Houghton & Mifflin Co., school supplies, 4.25
Frederika Geyer, school supplies, 7.86
Edw. E. Babb, school supplies, 53.48
Amount carried forward, $105.53
$158.83
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $105.53
Werner School Book Co., school supplies, 16.88
Ginn & Co., school supplies, 11.56
Morse & Co., school supplies,
19.65
$153.62
Amount unexpended,
5.21
$158.83
Incidental School Department.
Amount overdrawn last year, $10.90
Augustus Shepard, material, repairs, etc., 18.40
Edward M. Tyler, labor on drain pipe, 9.95
B. F. Tufts, work on cess-pool, 12.00
John L. Peabody, labor,
3.00
Brockway Smith Cor., material,
1.50
W. P. Earley, labor and material,
28.06
William Lindsey, labor and material, 3.45
C. Putnam Lumber Co., lumber, 4.59
H. K. Richardson, labor, car fare, telephone, etc., 40.23
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for school house, 8.94
$141.02
Town appropriation,
$100.00
Amount overdrawn,
41.02
$141.02
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Special Appropriation.
FOR HEATING AND VENTILATION FOR SCHOOL HOUSE.
Hosea W. Richardson, labor, $ 3.75
John L. Peabody, labor, 16.50
Bay State Heating Company, contract for heating and ventilating school house, 1059.15
J. F. Cabeen, plumbing work and ma- terial in school house, 332.99
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., Lumber,
8.38
Ernest W. Webb, mason work and material, 145.83
Edgar Gregory, time, carfare, tele- phone, express, etc.,
15.37
$1581.97
Town appropriation,
$1500.00
Amount overdrawn, 81.97
$1581.97
CURRENT' EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Town Officers.
George E. Barnaby, services as Auditor, 1902, $ 13.00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman, from February 1 to March 1, 1902, 12.33
Asa Howe, services as Selectman, from February 1 to March 1, 1902, 11.00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Modera- tor, 5.00
Harley M. Tyler, services as Teller, 2.50
2.50
Everett L. Brown, services as Teller, John M. Peabody, services as Tax Collector, 75.00
Matthew M. Merritt, services as Mod- erator, 10.00
Jesse W. Peabody, services as Asses- sor, 50.25
Samuel A. Fletcher, time and fare to Andover, 1.50
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as Treas- urer, 50.00
Samuel A. Fletcher, administering oaths, 4.50
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as Regis- trar, . 10.00
, Amount carried forward. 247.58
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CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as Town $247.58 Clerk, 10.00
Samuel A. Fletcher, Recording births, deaths and marriages, 10.80
Edgar Gregory, services as School 35.00
Committee,
Farnum Stiles, sealer of weights and measures, 5.00
H. K. Richardson, services as School Committee, 35.00
K. E. McKenney, services as School Committee, 35.00
L. F. Atwood, supt. of burial, 10.00
L. F. Atwood, returning 8 deaths. 2.00
Oscar Cram, services as Constable, 66.35
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman, 60.92
M. E. Tyler, services as Assessor,
45.25
M. E. Tyler, services as Registrar of voters, 10,00
Seba S. Merrill, services as Selectman, 48.84
Seba S. Merrill, services as Registrar of voters, 10.00
W. E. Sanford, services as Overseer of Poor, 20.00
H. E. Howe, services as Overseer of Poor, 35.00
A. W. Peabody. services as Overseer of Poor, 20.00
$706.74
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CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Miscellaneous.
J. H. Schofield, board for one week of forty-one men and boys under quarantine, $122.50
Samuel L. Peabody, four days special police, 8.00
A. M. Richardson, services as special police, 12.60
George W. Bouchard, services as special police, 18.80
George W. Ewing, returning births in 1901, 2.00
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Town Hall,
7.00
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and cash paid for clearing snow from roads and sidewalks,
430.17
140.00
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on note, Leverett H. Wilkins, coal for Town Hall, 7.00
George W. Ewing M. D., vaccination and medical attendance on small- pox quarantine, at Papermill, 60.50
Jones, McDuffy & Stratton, lamps for Town Hall, 5.28
Barry Printing Co., printing Town and School reports and warrants, 59.70
Flint Public Library, interest on Town notes, 120.00
F. O. Dewey, three street lamps for Hall and light on square, 13.50
Amount carried forward, $1007.05
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $1007.05
Otis H. Rennerd, services watching car from June 25th to Aug. 1, 1901, 45.75
Barry Printing Co., printing voting list and letter heads, 11.25
Danvers Water Board, water for Town Hall, 6.00
D. W. Case, cutting wood in Cem. lot, 10.65
J. A. Atwood, services at Ice House and forest fires, 30.93
H. M. Dolbeare, assessors canvassing books, stationery and Registration notices, 4.45
George W. Newman, labor on flagstaff, 6.00
Harley M. Tyler, labor and material on flagstaff, 9.90
B. & M. R. R., freight on lumber, 3.38
Chelmsford Foundry, sign post at Cem., 18.00
Ames Plow Co., pick handles and shovels, 2.72
Geo. W. Ewing, M. D., medical attendance and medicine in Washburn case, 59.90
Sarah P. Johnson, nursing and care of C. Washburn under quarentine, 46.25
E. S. Bradford, State Treasurer, interest on borrowed money, 41.00
Henry Young, cleaning Town Hall, 6.50
Henry Young, care of Hall and supplies for same, 109.47
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., lumber on
turnpike bridge,
33.86
Amount carried forward,
$1453.06
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $1453.06
E. B. Balcomb, plans for alteration in Town Hall, 55.00
Edward F. Glennon, services as police officer July 3, and 4, 5.00
Emery Record Co., restoring and preserv- ing town charter, 12.50
Jesse F. Hayward, supplies in case of C. Washburn, 3.80
Henry A. Young, police July 3 and 4, 5.00
J. A. Atwood, cutting and hauling wood, 17.62
W. P. Earley, labor and stock, 3.50
M. B. Paige, drain pipe,
2.36
C. Putnam Lumber Co., lumber for fence, 10.10 L. F. Atwood, labor on soldiers' lot in cemetery, 2.00
Oscar Cram, order from District Court, 3.04
Henry Newhall, nozzle watering tank, .50
Andrew Nichols, labor on No. Main St. and laying out lots in Cemetery, 31.00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as inspector of animals and cash for Telephones, 40.60
B. T. McGlauflin, services as inspector of foot and mouth disease of cattle, 20.00
Danvers Water Board, use of whistle 1902, 17.25 Walter Newhall, services as election officer, 2.50
A. P. Tyler, 66 66 2.50
A. G. Huntoon, 66 66 2.50
B. T. McGlauflin, building dam, 4.79
B. T. McGlauflin, services as teller, 2.50
Amount carried forward, $1697.12
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $1697.12
Oscar Cram, fees in James W. O'Connell case, $6.00
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as election officer, 2.50
L. F. Atwood, stakes and labor in ceme- tery, 5.50
Carter Ink Co., 1 doz. bottles Ink, 1.25
Ernest J. Powers, advice on Excise tax, 2.00
Ernest J. Powers, writing deed, for sale of East school house, 2.50
Hiram Hutchinson, interest on Town note, 40.00
M. E. Tyler, labor and cash paid for low- ering flag staff, 2.00
Danvers Water Board, labor and material repairing hydrant, 14.50
George W. Ewing, M. D., medical attend- ance in case of James O'Connell, 3.00
A. P. Tyler, interest on Town note, 40.00
F. E. Moynahan, printing sealers stickers, 2.25
M. E. Tyler, teaming wood from cemetery lot 19.00
Fuller manufacturing Co., building snow plow, 27.00
L. F. Atwood, burial of Mrs. Abigail P. Nye, 35.00
John M. Peabody, care street lamp, 12.00
John M. Peabody, time and car fare attending court case of Middleton paper Co., 6.50
Amount carried forward, $1918.12
13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount brought forward, $1918.12
H. A. Wilkins, material for fence at Gravel pit, etc., 1.30
H. A. Wilkins, & Sons, supplies for Town Hall, 20.28
H. A. Wilkins, & Sons, supplies for street lamps, 7.10
Oscar Cram, care of and repairs on flag, 8.00
Samuel A. Fletcher, postage, express, etc., 4.54
Seba S. Merrill, supplies in Charles Wash- burn case, 1.00
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for postage, express and telephones, 8.92
M. E. Tyler, time, teams and car fare to Boston, etc., 7.49
H. A. Wilkins & Son, supplies to Mrs. Sarah Johnson in Washburn case, 13.75
Oscar Cram, postal cards, 2.00
A. W. Peabody, car fares,
1.64
H. E. Howe, journeys out of town and cash for Telephone, 5.00
George W. Ewing, M. D. returning births, 2.25
C. P. Stiles, bolts and strap for fence at Gravel pit, .50
$2001.89
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Town Hall Accoun
DR.
Henry A. Young, care of Hall, $105.20
Henry A. Young, supplies for Hall, 4.27
Henry A. Young, cleaning Hall, 6.50
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Hall, 20.28
Danvers Water Board, water for Hall,
6.00
L. H. Wilkins, coal for Hall,
7.00
Oscar Sheldon, coal for Hall,
7.00
Town of Middleton, 3 cords wood for Hall, 15.00
CR.
By cash received from Red men.
$34.35
66 66
Cong'l Society, 28.60
66
66
Entertainments and
Dances,
43.90
$106.85
Net expense to Town,
64.40
$171.25
Soldiers' Relief Department.
Ansel Nickerson,
$16.00
Henry Peabody, 15.50
$31.50
Military Aid Department.
Danvers Insane Hospital, board of Loren Goodwin, $42.26
L. F. Atwood, burial expense of Loren Goodwin, 35.00
$77.26
$171.25
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STATE AID DEPARTMENT.
State Aid Department.
Harriet Hunt,
$32.00
Catherine Danforth,
48.00
Henry Peabody,
48.00
Susan A. Stewart,
48.00
Annie J. Sheldon,
48.00
Scott Wilkins,
48.00
Lyman E. Peabody,
48.00
Henry F. White,
48.00
Alexander Murray,
48.00
Nathaniel Bousley,
48.00
Isaiah B. Peabody,
24.00
Eben Gould,
24.00
Benjamin F. Gould,
20.00
Robert C. Rowley,
20.00
$552.00
Current Expense Account Balance.
Beginning Feb. 1, 1902.
DR.
Town Officers,
$ 706.74
Miscellaneous,
2,001.89
Soldiers Relief,
31.50
Military Aid,
77.26
State Aid,
552.00
$3369.39
Unexpended,
$455.15
$3,824.54
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
CR.
Amount unexpended Feb. 1, 1902,
$320.43
Town appropriation, 2200.00
Received from District Court,
51.36
Corporation tax from State,
5.72
National Bank Tax,
29.90
Red Men for use of Town Hall,
34.35
Cong'l Society, Town Hall,
28.60
Entertainments and Dances,
43.90
Due from state for State Aid,
552.00
Due from state for Military Aid,
56.13
Overlay,
176.74
Received for License,
1.00
Received from William Young for sale
of East School House and Land,
150.00
Received from Boston and Northern R.
R. for lumber for bridge, 33.86
Received for lots sold in cemetery,
70.00
Received for wood sold to Flint Public Library,
18.75
Received for wood from School Dept.,
51.50
Received for Ink Sold,
.30
$3824.54
Highway Department.
DR.
John Z. Averill,
28.00
Ralph Wilkins,
6.00
Edward Peabody,
25.17
George Peabody,
17.17
Amount carried forward, $76.34
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$76.34
Albert E. Coleman,
52.68
Walter Gould,
7.50
Ernest Curtis,
11.84
W. H. Marshall,
11.11
Frank Curtis,
61.84
Waldo Wilkins,
39.02
Scott Wilkins,
36.51
John Curtis,
15.51
Will Wilkins,
61.95
Carl Brown,
27.08
John L. Peabody,
84.02
Harry Curtis,
.17
Chester Campbell,
1.67
B. Frank Phillips
3.07
Daniel Faulkner,
1.17
J. H Fletcher,
3.00
Thomas R. Knight,
.20
Mrs. Mary Curtis, gravel,
8.00
H. E. Howe,
27.68
H. W. Richardson,
40.05
Charles Rier,
15.00
Levi F. Harlow,
3.00
Oscar Cram,
3.75
Daniel Fuller,
13.75
William N. Brown,
12.00
H. A. Currier,
12.00
Earle Collins,
27.68
Jesse W. Daniels,
4.00
R. E. Campbell,
3.88
W. Carter,
4.08
George E. Soper,
29.50
John Morgan,
6.34
Amount carried forward,
$705.39
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
705.39
H. K. Richardson,
13.14
S. M. Peabody,
5.34
John B. Putney, gravel,
50.60
John B. Putney,
.50
D. W. Case,
22.25
Dana I. Nash,
1.50
Charles Cross,
1.50
J. A. Block,
3.00
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight,
1.40
M. E. Tyler,
1.00
John P. Fuller,
27.00
C. P. Styles, gravel,
23.60
C. P. Styles, Repairs on tools,
4.07
Moses Peabody, gravel,
6.00
William Richardson,
1.33
B. T. McGlauflin,
234.42
B. T. McGlauflin, printing, telephone, car fare and freight,
7.84
Rufus Peabody,
3.00
Bronwell Brontee, gravel,
8.90
James Q. Gallagher, repairs on tools and road machine, 7.15
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies, 3.97
A. W. Peabody, gravel, .60
Eunice Fletcher, « .60
Woodman Brothers, & Ross, gravel,
2,50
M. B. Page, drain pipe,
30.88
Good Road Machine Co., repairs on road machine, 9.70
Ames Plow Co., tools, stone drag, etc.,
22.96
S. S. Merrill, storing road machine,
6.00
Unexpended
$1,206.14 $151.04
$1,357.18
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
CR.
Unexpended Feb. 1, 1902,
$ 5.62
Town Appropriation,
1,200.00
Cash from Boston & Northern R. R. Co.
104.10
Excise Tax from M. & D. R. R. Co.,
29.82
Cash for use of tools,
3.33
Due from Town of Danvers,
14.31
$1,357.18
Special Work on Peabody Street.
DR.
Frank Curtis,
$4.50
John L. Averill,
21.40
Ralph Wilkins,
7.50
Edward Peabody,
7.50
George Peabody,
7.50
A. E. Coleman,
7.50
Walter Gould,
7.50
Ernest Curtis,
7.50
W. H. Marshall,
4.50
Waldo Wilkins,
2.17
Scott Wilkins,
3.00
John Curtis,
.25
W. W. Wilkins and team,
10.50
B. T. McGlauflin,
8.68
$100.00
CR.
Town Appropriation,
$100.00
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BRIDGE DEPARTMENT.
Bridge Department.
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and team, $18.34
George E. Soper,
3.00
John L. Peabody, 7.00
M. J. Emerson,
2.00
Frank Curtis,
1.84
William Lindsey, Grates,
6.75
$38.93
Unexpended,
35.16
$74.09
CR.
Amount unexpended in 1901, $74.09
Sidewalk Department.
Amount overdrawn last year,
$32.67
D. W. Case, Labor,
3.75
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and nails,
43.07
Frank Curtis, labor,
8.34
Scott Wilkins, labor,
4.50
John L. Peabody, labor,
20.21
A. E. Coleman, labor,
9.00
H. W. Richardson, labor,
7.50
W. W. Wilkins, team and labor,
9.00
Oscar Cram, team,
.50
Waldo Wilkins, labor,
1.00
John B. Putney, gravel,
2.25
George Soper,
6.50
John P. Fuller, team and labor,
3.00
C. P. Stiles, gravel,
3.10
W. P. Earley, labor on fence,
5.00
Amount carried forward,
$159.39
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TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$159.39
C. C. Earley, labor on fence,
4.48
A. W. Peabody, posts,
3.60
Ames Plow Co., screen,
5.66
C. Putnam Lumber Co., lumber,
8.09
$181.22
Town Appropriation,
$115.00
Overdrawn,
66.22
$181.22
Tree Warden Department.
James Kelley, trees and planting,
$16.00
B. T. McGlauflin, team and labor,
27.24
Isaiah B. Peabody, labor,
1.50
D. W. Case, labor,
1.50
John L. Peabody, labor,
7.86
J. McDonald, labor,
3.25
William Lindsey, labor,
.45
$57.80
CR.
Unexpended February 2, 1902.
$1.02
Town appropriation,
50.00
Overdrawn,
6.78
$57.80
Cemetery Trust Fund.
L. F. Atwood,
$38.50
Thomas Carlin,
5.00
$43.50
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
Cemetery Department.
L. F. Atwood, labor in cemetery,
$125.97 6.00
Danvers Water Board, water,
$131.97
Unexpended,
.03
$132.00
CR.
Unexpended last year,
$7.00
Town appropriation, 1
125.00
$132.00
Water Pipe for School House.
Amount overdrawn last year,
$17.50
C. S. Cummings, note and interest,
152.63
$170.13
CR.
Town Appropriation,
$150.00
Overdrawn,
20.13
$170.13
Town Hall Repair Department.
Amount unexpended last year,
$75.00
Town Appropriation, (Assessed),
100.00
$175.00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Department.
Joseph Breck & Sons, hand pumps,
$28.00
J. A. Atwood, services as watchman,
3.00
66 time and car fare to Boston, 2.50
66
66
express,
1.10
66
.6 labor and supplies, 3.98
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, oil,
.12
Ira W. Kitchin, labor, 1.00
Boston Engineer Supply Co., 300 feet hose, 165.00
Leland Ross & Co., supplies,
7.56
$212.26
Unexpended,
101.05
$313.31
CR.
Amount unexpended.
$38.31
Town appropriation,
100.00
Town special appropriation,
175.00
Firemen's Department.
J. A. Atwood, compensation for fireman, $60.00
Town appropriation, 60.00
Soldiers' Lot Department.
Amount unexpended, Feb. 1, 1902,
$1.00
L. F. Atwood, labor, 1.00
Memorial Day Department.
Samuel A. Fletcher, cost paid speaker, band, and others, $101.51
Amount overdrawn, 1901, 11.32
$112.83
$313.31
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LIQUOR LAW DEPARTMENT.
CR.
Town appropriation,
$110.00
Overdrawn,
2.83
$112.83
Liquor Law Department.
Amount paid for suppressing sale of Liquor, $27.00
Amount unexpended, 104.00
$131.00
CR.
Unexpended Feb. 1, 1902,
$31.00
Town appropriation,
100.00
$131 00
State Highway Department.
Amount of Orders drawn on Town Treas-
urer, in 1901, $491.14
Amount of Orders drawn on Town Treas-
urer, James Q. Gallagher, labor, 3.20
632.38
.
$1126.72
CR.
Cash received from State,
$808.00
Total expense to town,
318.72
$1,126.72
Poor Department.
Augustus Shepard, board for Jesse Daniels, $145.50
Oscar Cram, cash paid for Frank L. Esty, 7.85
City of Beverly, aid rendered Emma Melcher, 12.00
Amount carried forward $165.35
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $165.35
Graves Bros., groceries for Ellen Giddings, 8.00
George W. Ewing, medical services, for J. Carter,
2.00
Daniel Fuller, house rent for J. Carter,
5.00
Danvers Insane Hospital, board for Sarah Rennard, 169.46
Danvers Insane Hospital, board for Frank L. Esty, 149.04
Danvers Insane Hospital, board for Wilfred Kelley,
133.71
Danvers Insane Hospital, board for Harri- son Nichols, 2.79
Danvers Insane Hospital, board for Barnard Batchelder, 5.10
Danvers Insane Hospital, burial suit for Barnard Batchelder,
1.40
Danvers Insane Hospital, burial suit for Harrison Nichols, 1.40
L. Frank Atwood, burial of Harrison Nichols, 30.00 Nickerson Clothing Co., clothing for Harri- son Nichols, 2.58
Town of Danvers, board and medical aid for Barnard Batchelder, 62.00
L. Frank Atwood, burial of Barnard Batch- elder, 30.00
James Fallon, burial of Felix Maynard,
30.00
City of Chelsea, aid rendered W. R. Chute and family, 122.00
Town of Peabody, board for Harriet Smith,
132.65
Town of Peabody, board for Frank Perkins, 90.00
Amount carried forward, $1142.48
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POOR DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1142.48
City of Boston, aid rendered George O. Goldwait, 22.00
A. G. Huntoon, coal delivered to Mrs. Johnson, 3.60
B. T. McGlauflin, care of 740 tramps, 74.00
Briggs & Wilkins, 6 pairs of blankets for tramp house, 3.30
B. T. McGlauflin, cash paid for filing saws, 1.50
B. T. McGlauflin, repairs on tramp house, .70
Augustus Shepard, cleaning and white washing tramp house, 6.50
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for tramp house, 42.70
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for William H. Goodwin, 29.93
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Chas. Cross, 6.00
$1332.71
Due from Otis Rennard, on account of Sarah Rennard, 169.46
Due from Wilfred Kelley, on account of board, 133.71
Due from Frank L. Esty, on account of board, 149.04
Due from Boxford, on account of William H. Goodwin, 29.93
Net Expense of poor, 850.57
$1,332.71
Town Appropriation, $1,300.00
A. W. PEABODY, W. E. SANFORD, H. E. HOWE,
Overseers of the Poor for the
Town of Middleton.
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SUMMARY.
Summary.
Schools for year ending Feb. 2, 1903,
$2,159.25
High School Department,
445.50
School books and supplies,
153.62
Incidental School Expenses,
141.02
Special work on heating and ventilating School House,
1,581.97
Current Expenses,
3,369.39
Highway,
1,206.14
Special work on Peabody Street,
100.00
Bridges,
38.93
Sidewalks,
148.55
Tree Warden,
57.80
Cemetery,
131.97
Water pipe for School House,
152.63
Fire Department,
212.26
Firemen,
60.00
Soldiers' Lot Department,
1.00
Memorial Day,
101.51
Liquor Law Department,
27.00
State Highway Department,
318.72
Poor Department,
1,332.71
$11,739.97
Tax Collectors' Report.
Samuel A. Flether in account with the Town of Middleton :
DR.
Balance of Tax List of 1890,
$24.66
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
10.91
66 abated,
13.75
$24.66
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TAX COLLECTORS' REPORT.
DR.
Balance of Tax List of 1891,
$29.50
CR.
Amount paid Treasurer,
$9.09
66
abated,
20.41
$29.50
Jessie W. Peabody in account with the Town of Middleton :
Balance of Tax List of 1894,
$34.18
Amount Collected,
24.41
Uncollected,
$9.77
Balance of Tax List of 1896,
$151.70
Interest,
25.28
$176.98
Collected,
83.88
Uncollected,
$93.10
Balance of Tax List of 1897,
$657.33
Interest,
12.81
$670.14
Collected,
101.47
Uncollected,
$568.76
Jesse W. Peabody in account with the Town of Middleton on tax book of Frank L. Esty.
Balance of tax list of 1895,
$347.48
John M. Peabody in account with the Town of Middleton.
Balance of tax list of 1898,
$207.51
Interest,
.70
$208.21
Collected,
4.01
$204.20
TAX COLLECTORS' REPORT. 29
Balance of tax list of 1899,
$583.67
Interest,
26.72
$610.39
Collected,
288.24
Uncollected,
$327.15
Balance of tax list of 1900,
$1541.00
Interest,
79.74
$1620.74
Collected,
939.14
Uncollected,
$681.60
Balance of tax list of 1901,
3824.23
Interest,
107.90
$3932.13
Collected,
2458.18
Uncollected,
$1473.95
Balance of tax list of 1902,
9089.08
Interest,
.70
$9089.78
Discount on taxes,
248.24
$8841.54
Collected,
5324.04
Uncollected,
$3517.50
Abatement Account.
Abatement taxes John M. Peabody,
$295.49
Abatement taxes Samuel A. Fletcher, 34.16
$329.65
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WOOD ACCOUNT.
Wood Account.
Amount of wood cut in town lot the past
year, cords, 42
On hand from last year,
9
51
Amount of wood sold to school and Flint
Public Library and Hall, cords 22
Estimated amount on hand, 29
51
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Samuel A. Fletcher Treasurer, in account with Trust funds for care of Cemetery Lots.
Lot Original Bal. Last Interest Amt. No. Fund. Year. added
Bal. on with- Account. drawn,
I. Larkin Eaton,
168 $ 75.00 $ 75.87 $3.04 $3.00 $ 75.91
Sophronia Fuller,
236
200.00
219.46
8.84
5.00
223.30
William Gifford,
180
100.00
101.24
4.08
3.00
102.32
A. M. McIntire,
338
100.00
104.36
4.20
3.00
105.56
A. S. McIntire,
132
75.00
75.87
3.04
3.00
75.91
P. B. Russell,
430
200.00
217.30
8.76 19.00
207.06
H. Amelia Thomas,
64
75.00
75.87
3.04
3.00
75.91
J. R. Wellman,
40
200.00
209.24
8.44
4.50 213.18
Samuel W. Weston,
36
200.00
204.00
8.24
212.24
Middleton, February 2, 1903.
Samuel A. Fletcher, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Middleton, year ending, Feb. 2, 1902.
DR.
To balance in Treasury, Feb. 1902, $1,819.85
Received from Otis H. Rennerd, 45.75
First District Court,
1,36
State Treasury for note dis- counted, 2,429.17
Amount carried forward, $4296.13
31
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$4296.13
Sarah P. Johnson, cemetery lot No. 224, 6.00
State Treasury, support of
State Paupers,
212.03
State Treasury, burial of State paupers, 10.00
Reimbursement of money paid School Supt., 125.00
State Treasury on note for three years, 1,000.00
Clerk of First District Court, 50.00
Albert A. Clark for Victualler's license at Ferncroft, 1.00
William E. Young, for East School House, 150.00
Boston and Northern R. R. for labor on road, 137.96
J. A. Atwood from sale of old hose, 1.35
State Treasury, support of
State paupers,
128.00
State Treasury, for Inspector of Animals, 15.00
State Treasury, for State High- way, 508.00
John E. Locke, cemetery lot No. 228. 8.00
Mrs. H. B. Delano, cemetery lot No. 244. 7.00
Ink sold,
.30
Middleton and Danvers R. R. Excise Tax, 29.82
Amount carried forward, $6685.59
33
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $6685.59
State Treasury, corporation tax, 5.72
State Treasury, Nat. Bank tax,
29.90
Military Aid,
132.61
State Aid,
630.00
66
for Note to
pay for ventilating system, 1,500.00
Henry Young, for rent of
Town Hall, 106.85
A. G. Huntoon, cemetery lot, No. 530, 16.00
Mark Manahan, cemetery lot, No. 422, 18.00
Clinton P. Styles, cemetery lot, No. 406,
15.00
State Treasury, Mass. School Fund,
444.76
County Treasurer dog tax refunded, 126.57
Flint Public Library for wood,
18.75
City of Boston, Auditor's department, 17.00
B. T. McGlauflin, old stock sold, and use of tools, 3.33
Cemetery funds for care of lots, 43.50
Town Hall department, for wood, 15.00
School department, for wood, 36.50
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