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FLINT
MIDDLETONY
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
WITH
REPORTS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation,
$2250 00
School Fund, 878 58
Received from Dog Tax,
126 99
Received from State for Superin- tendent's pay, 250 00
Received from State for Tuition of
State Ward children, etc. 350 50
$3851 07
Amount overdrawn 1905-6, $ 16 23
Moses Peabody, transporting children, 741 00
C. Alice Manning, teaching Centre Grammar School, 468 00
Ann W. C. Merrill, teaching Inter- mediate School, 80 00
Nellie C. Howe, teaching Primary School, 468 00
Hattie I. Lake, teaching Intermediate School,
104 00
Annie J. Howe, substituting,
6 00
Bertha D. Barton, teaching Inter- mediate School, 180 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Nellie L. Quinnell, teaching Third and Fourth Grade, $160 00
George F. Smith, teaching Music in Public Schools, 75 00
Andrew S. Thomson, services as Superintendent of Schools, 300 00
A. G. Huntoon, coal for school house, 172 34
Augustus Shepard, services as janitor, 147 00 Danvers Water Board, water for schoolhouse, 30 00
Town of North Reading, transport- ing school children, 36 00
Atwood & McGlauflin, sawing wood, 5 40
H. K. Richardson, wood for school- house, 33 25
H. K. Richardson, taking census,
4 00
$3026 22
Unexpended,
824 85
$3851 07
High School Department.
Amount received from State, $525 00
Amount due from State last year, 275 00
Balance, $250 00
Town of Danvers, tuition of High School scholars, half year, $250 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
School Books and Supplies.
Town appropriation,
$200 00
Cash received for books sold,
1 12
$201 12
Amount overdrawn 1905-6,
46 71
Silver Burdett & Co.,
10 50
Educational Publishing Co.,
8 00
George F. King,
44 05
American Book Co.,
8 96
Edward E. Baff & Co.,
167 00
$285 22
Amount overdrawn,
84 10
$201 12
School Incidental Department.
Town appropriation,
$200 00
Amount overdrawn, 1905-6, $56 14
· D. W. Case, cleaning cess pool, 6 50
Alice E. Milberry, washing towels, 54
C. Alice Manning, ribbons for diplomas,
90
Pitman & Brown Co., dust layer for school floors, 5 80
Treat Hardware Co., sash cord, weights, etc., 5 48
10 00
M. E. Tyler, teaming, etc.,
Augustus Shepard, cleaning school rooms and oiling floors, 15 50
6
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
A. P. Tyler, time, car fare and cash paid, $9 01
John Tupper, step ladder,
2 00
D. W. Case, postage,
30
M. E. Tyler, labor, time and cash,
6 55
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies,
14 26
Barry Printing Co., reports, 10 80
H. K. Richardson, time, car fare, pro- curing teachers, cleaning ashes
from yard and other incidental expenses,
22 42
$166 20
Unexpended.
33 80
$200 00
Special Appropriation. PAINTING SCHOOL HOUSE.
Town appropriation,
$160 00
Wadsworth Howland, lead oil, etc. $49 75
Harley M. Tyler, labor,
74 96
Augustus Shepard, labor,
27 75
$152 46
Unexpended balance,
7 54
$160 00
Special Appropriation.
FITTING NEW SCHOOL ROOM.
Town appropriation, $150 00
George B. Flint, labor and materials, $12 87
Briggs, Allyn & Co., lumber,
18 37
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Wilson Floyd, labor,
$14 72
A. W. Beckford, chairs,
1 90
Harley M. Tyler, labor and material,
37 54
M. E. Tyler,
2 00
Calvin Lumber Co.,
6 96
Augustus Shepard, labor,
8 50
American Seating Co.,
113 80
A. P. Tyler, time and cash,
3 60
American Seating Co., black board and freight on same,
29 30
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.,
19 01
$268 57
Amount overdrawn,
118 57
$150 00
Special Appropriation.
FOR NOTES DUE ON HEATING PLANT AND WATER SUPPLY FOR SCHOOL HOUSE.
Town appropriation, $385 00
Unexpended 1905-06, 2 99
$387 99
Arthur K. Chapin, payment of fourth annual note of $200 and interest, 231 50
Arthur B. Chapin, payment of sixth annual note of $150 and interest, 156 12 Unexpended balance, 37
$387 99
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Town Officers.
Ira W. Ketchum, Auditor, $15 00
Jesse W. Peabody, services as Assessor, February 1 to March, 1906, 1 25
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman and Assessor, February 1 to March, 1806, 28 85
H. K. Richardson, services as Select- man and Assessor, February to March, 1906, 30 00
M. J. Emerson, Selectman and Asses- sor, February to March, 1906, 25 00
Albert E. Coleman, services as Elec- tion Officer, 6 00
Albert G. Huntoon, Election Officer,
3 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, extra services at March election, 3 00
Rufus Peabody, services as Election Officer, 7 00
Charles E. Wilkins, Election Officer, 3 00
Ansel P. Tyler, Election Officer, 3 00
James H. Curtis, Moderator, 14 00
Darius W. Case, services as School Committee, 35 00
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Ansel P. Tyler, School Committee, $35 00
H. K. Richardson, School Committee, 35 00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Election Officer, 3 00
L. F. Atwood, services as Superin- tendent of burials, 10 00
L. F. Atwood, returning deaths, 2 75
H. Erskine Howe, services as Overseer,
35 00
B. T. McGlauflin, Overseer, 20 00
Oscar Cram, Constable,
35 00
Oscar Cram, services as Election Officer, 6 00
Oscar Cram, policeman on July 4th, 6 00
Oscar Cram, posting street notices, 1 00
Oscar Cram, posting warrant,
2 00
Oscar Cram, services in Pickering- Kelleher case, 3 00
Oscar Cram, account of dog tax,
4 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as Town Treasurer, 50 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, services as
Registrar, 10 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, services Town Clerk, 10 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, extra service at November election, 3 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, administering oaths, 4 50
A. W. Peabody, Overseer, 20 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman and Assessor, 125 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Registrar, 10 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
M. J. Emerson, services as Selectman and Assessor, $125 00
M. J. Emerson, Registrar, 10 00
H. K. Richardson, services as Select- man and Assessor, 125 00
H. K. Richardson, Registrar, 10 00
Fred W. Giles, services as election officer, March and November, 7 50
B. T. McGlauflin, sealer of weights and measures, 5 00
$886 85
Miscellaneous.
Charles H. Odell, insurance on North school house, $8 00
C. M. Duren, rubber bands, 55
W. P. Early, coal for Town Hall, 63 00
Flint Public Library, interest on Town note of $1500.00 at 5 per cent., 75 00
Flint Public library, interest on Town note of $500.00 at 4 per cent., 20 00
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on note of $1000, 40 00
Frank E. Monaghan, printing ballots, tax bills, etc., 12 25
L. T. Atwood, cleaning snow in ceme- tery, 5 20
L. G. Estey, fire in G. A. Currier's woods, 2 25
Barry Printing Company, printing Town reports, etc., 51 30
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Barry Printing Company, printing blanks for S. A. Fletcher, $2 75
Charles H. Odell, insurance on Town Hall, 60 00
Oscar Cram, officers fees in the Picker- ing and Kelleher case, 12 32
H. M. Dolbeare, Assessors blanks, etc., 5 70
Augustus Shepard, repairing Town Hall, 4 50
L. G. Esty, fire on School street, 5 00
L. G. Esty, services as Committee on Electric Lights, 5 00
B. T. McGlauflin, expenses as Com- mittee on Electric Lights, 5 00
M. J. Emerson, expenses as Com- mittee on Electric Lights, 5 00
H. K. Richardson, expenses as Com- mittee on Electric Lights, 5 00
James H. Curtis, labor on water tank, 2 00
Danvers Water Board, water for Town Hall, 6 00
Hiram L. Hutchinson, interest on Town note, 80 00
B. T. McGlauflin, setting lamp-post and cash paid M. E. Tyler, 1 90
Henry A. Young, cleaning Town Hall, 5 00
Salem News, printing notice, 2 50
H. A. Bartlett, blanks for births, marriages and deaths, 1 75
Newcomb & Gauss, blank deeds, 4 75
Lilla D. Stott, abstract of deeds, 14 45
12
MISCELLANEOUS.
H. K. Richardson, cash paid for put- ting new rope on flagstaff, $3 00
W. W. Richardson, services as special police July 4th, 5 00
B. T. McGlauflin, setting lamp and guide-board post, 85
Knox & Colsom, advice on railroad matters in 1905, 5 00
Globe Gas Light Company, street lamps on Square, 10 25
Henry A. Young, services as special police, 5 00
Augustus Shepard, services as special police, 5 00
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for tax book and bonds, 1 42
G. G. Esty, fire pung's barn, 2 25
L. G. Esty, services as special police July 4th, 5 00
B. F. Emerson, trustee's interest on Town note of $800. 40 00
A. G. Huntoon, wood and sawing wood at Town Hall, 4 00
B. T. McGlauflin, services as Cattle Inspector, 35 00
Carter Ink Co., ink, 7 50
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and cash paid on watering tank, 21 59
Danvers Water Board, repairs on watering tank and water pipe at Town Hall, 8 00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
George W. Ewing, fumigating at Moses Peabody's, $3 00
Town of Danvers, use of whistle at pumping station, 11 50
Henry A. Young, supplies for Town Hall, 4 28
Henry A. Young, services as janitor of Town Hall, 135 10
B. T. McGlauflin, care of street lamps, 10 00
George W. Ewing, returning births, 2 50
M. J. Emerson, time, carfare and other expenses, 14 06
J. F. Valentine, returning birth, 25
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Town Hall,
27 38
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for street lamps,
12 43
H. A. Williams, nails, rope, lunch, etc., 5 81 Almond R. Richardson, for care of street lamps, November 1, 1906, to March 1, 1907, 6 68
John M. Peabody, care of street lamps, March 1 to November 1, 1906, 12 00
Oscar Cram, care of flag, 5 00
Samuel A. Fletcher, postage, station- ery, time and carfare, 9 14
Samuel A. Fletcher, recording mar- riages, deaths, etc., 11 50
Danvers Savings Bank, note and inter- est on same, 1016 67
Jesse W. Peabody, stationery and postage, 10 71
14
MISCELLANEOUS.
M. E. Tyler, use of team, $12 25
M. E. Tyler, cash for freight, postage, stationery, 1 96
M. E. Tyler, carfare and time to Bos- ton and Salem, 8 44
David I. Robinson, County tax, 661 83
Arthur B. Chapin, State tax, 665 00
H. K. Richardson, journeys to Boston and Salem, time and team, etc., 25 64
$3331 46
Settlement of note of
$1000 00
County tax,
661 83
State tax,
665 00
$2326 83
Actual miscellaneous expense, $1004 58
Soldiers' Relief Department.
Benj. Peabody, $50 00
H. E. Howe, wood for B. F. Gould, 5 50
A. G. Huntoon, wood for B. F. Gould,
5 50
M. J. Emerson, cash paid Warner Peabody, 4 00
Sarah P. Johnson, 2 00
$67 00
State Aid Department.
John Jones,
$32 00
Catharine Danforth,
48 00
Benj. F. Gould,
48 00
Alexander Murray,
48 00
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CURRENT EXPENSE BALANCE.
Sarah P. Johnson,
$48 00
Henry Peabody,
48 00
Isaiah B. Peabody,
48 00
Lucy W. Peabody,
48 00
Robert Rowley,
48 00
Charlotte Rowley,
48 00
Susan A. Stewart,
48 00
Annie J. Sheldon,
48 00
Scott Wilkins,
48 00
Henry F. White,
48 00
$656 00
Current Expense Balance.
Town Officers,
$886 85
Miscellaneous expenses,
1004 58
Soldiers' Relief,
67 00
State Aid,
656 00
$2614 43
Unexpendended,
2636 44
$5250 87
Unexpended balance, 1906,
$1851 39
Town appropriation,
1000 00
Corporation tax,
492 72
National Bank tax,
18 88
Street Railroad tax,
998 83
State for Inspection of Animals,
17 50
Military and State aid,
640 00
Henry Young, for use of Hall,
159 00
Gravel sold,
2 55
License to American Express Co.,
1 00
Auctioneer's License to Roswell & Newhall,
1 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Beckford W. Brannen, for cemetery lot,
$16 00
George E. Barnaby, for cemetery lot, 12 00
Mary D. Ritchie, for cemetery lot, 6 00
Mrs. Nellie Richardson, for cemetery lot,
10 00
Laura E. Peabody, for cemetery lot, 16 00
Mary E. Drury, for cemetery lot,
8 00
$5250 87
Highway Department.
Town appropriation,
$600 00
Unexpended balance of excise tax due
Highway, 1905-6,
832 07
Cash for drain pipe sold,
20 15
Cash for cement sold,
8 52
Cash from B. & N. Railroad,
47 22
Cash for gravel and old plak,
90
$1509 86
Overdrawn, 1906,
$267 80
Ames Plow Co., tools,
28 67
Frank E. Moynahan, printing blanks,
4 75
Goodroads Machine Co., repairs,
13 50
M. B. Paige, drain pipe,
30 48
Danvers Carriage Co., snow plow,
28 00
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies,
6 58
S. S. Merrill, storing road machine,
3 00
J. B. McLean, pole for machine,
2 50
Byron Monison, repairing,
8 78
Mary E. Curtis, gravel,
5 80
L G. Estey, gravel,
4 90
M. J. Emerson, gravel,
1 75
J. W. Wilson, gravel,
1 05
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Miss W. J. Kelly, gravel,
$14 40
C. P. Stiles, gravel,
8 60
W. Dillard, gravel,
12 15
George A. Currier, gravel,
11 45
B. T. McGlauflin,
269 77
Burton McGlauflin,
64 21
David L. Sheldon,
61 48
L. E. Collins,
37 06
W. W. Wilkins,
11 09
William N. Brown,
27 81
Fred S. Flint,
45 99
William H. Maynard,
86 75
Oscar Sheldon,
3 92
Waldo Wilkins,
49 28
Frank Curtis,
52 93
Charles Wilkins,
19 25
John Q. Averill,
14 25
H. Crapley,
30
John L. Peabody,
78 23
W. P. Earley,
44 25
Fred A. Richardson,
52 18
M. E. Tyler,
41 34
H. W. Richardson,
45 60
Charles N. Bagley,
1 75
Joe Lerock,
5 00
J. A. Atwood,
14 90
$1481 50
Balance unexpended,
28 36
$1509 86
Snow Department.
Excise Tax, D. L. Sheldon,
$923 06
$ 1 30
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SNOW DEPARTMENT.
Fred S. Flint,
$1 15
Burton McGlauflin,
4 90
Frank Curtis,
40
John L. Peabody,
1 70
W. W. Richardson,
80
George E. Currier,
4 10
John Jones,
3 60
John P. Fuller,
28 70
George Fuller,
1 40
Arthur Curtis,
60
Arthur Curtis,
60
Waldo Wilkins,
40
Ernest Curtis,
60
A. D. Bryer,
20
Benj. T. McGlauflin,
13 70
W. P. Early,
2 90
J. J. H. Gregory,
2 60
George E. Soper,
8 70
M. W. Berry,
8 70
L. E. Collins,
2 00
Hosea W. Richardson,
2 40
A. G. Huntoon,
3 60
H. E. Howe,
2 70
Oscar Sheldon,
36 60
Hacket West Peabody,
2 50
W. E. Sanford,
10 20
B. Frank Phillips,
1 20
John Q. Averill,
1 20
George Durkee,
1 00
$150 45
Unexpended,
772 61
$923 06
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DEPARTMENTS.
Bridge Department.
Town appropriation, old plank sold,
$200 00
4 20
$204 20
Amount overdrawn 1905-6,
$117 98
B. T. McGlauflin,
9 70 .
Hosea W. Richardson,
1 75
Frank Curtis,
1 75
John P. Fuller,
2 00
Burton McGlauflin,
20
J. H. Fletcher,
50
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.,
39 26
$173 14
Unexpended balance,
31 06
$204 20
Sidewalk Department.
Town appropriation,
$100.00
Amount overdrawn 1905-6,
2 02
M. E. Tyler,
1 50
B. T. McGlauflin,
15 03
L. E. Collins,
3 25
William N. Brown,
13 00
Burton McGlauflin,
1 75
Frank Curtis,
2 72
C. P. Stiles, gravel,
30
Fred S. Flint,
1 75
Middleton Paper Co.,
15 00
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DEPARTMENTS.
John L. Peabody,
$6 00
Fred A. Richardson,
1 75
Waldo Wilkins,
5 25
David L. Sheldon,
5 25
G. A. Currier, gravel,
4 85
Charles Wilkins,
3 50
Hosea W. Richardson,
2 72
Charles W. Bagley,
1 75
Daniel Fuller, gravel and team,
16 90
$104 29
Amount overdrawn,
4 29
$100 00
Tree Warden.
Unexpended balance 1905-6,
$53 66
B. T. McGlauflin,
$7 99
Frank Curtis,
2 74
Fred A. Richardson,
30
L. E. Collins,
20
$11 23
Unexpended balance,
42 43
$53 66
Gypsy and Browntail Moth Department. .
Balance unexpended 1905-6, $609 93
Extra allotment by State for 1906, 800 00
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DEPARTMENTS.
Taxed to Town of Middleton by State for first half year of 1907, $129 18
Amount allotted to Town of Middle- ton by State for first half of year 1907, 300 00
$1839 11
Stoddard, Haserick, Richards & Co., burlap,
$41 87
H. A. Wilkins, supplies,
5 65
William H. Claflin, burlap,
11 96
Barry Printing Co.,
5 00
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools,
7 50
S. A. Fletcher, carfare, time, etc.,
5 50
H. L. Frost & Co., supplies,
1 20
George E. Currier,
203 28
Herbert Currier,
244 87
Ralph Currier,
121 60
George F. Evans,
107 37
M. J. Emerson,
127 58
George Trask,
3 25
W. J. Gurley,
15 77
David L. Sheldon,
73 51
John L. Peabody,
13 60
B. T. McGlauflin,
24 82
W. W. Wilkins,
50
Sargent Ogden,
3 00
Loren Esty,
50
M. E. Tyler,
63 00
Samuel M. Peabody,
5 00
Ernest Curtis,
39 50
$1066 83
Amount unexpended ,
772 28
$1839 11
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DEPARTMENTS.
Town Hall Account.
DR.
Henry A. Young, services as janitor of Town Hall, 135 10
Henry A. Young, supplies, 4 28
Henry A. Young, cleaning Town Hall, 5 00
H. A. Wilkins, supplies,
27 38
W. P. Early, coal for Hall,
63 00
A. G. Huntoon, sawing wood and wood for Town Hall, 4 00
Danvers Water Board, water for Hall,
6 00
Danvers Water Board, repairing water pipe, 4 00
$248 76
CR.
Cash received from I. O. R. M.,
35 30
Cong. Society, 15 40
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66
entertainments,
dances,
108 30
$159 00
Balance against Town,
89 76
$248 76
Cemetery Department.
Town appropriation,
$200 00
Unexpended balance, 1905-6, 3 04
$203 04
Due from Water Board by error, 6 00
$209 04
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DEPARTMENTS.
Danvers Water Board, $ 12 00
L. F. Atwood, labor and cash paid for
same, 179 55
Unexpended,
17 49
$209 04
Cemetery, Special Appropriation.
GUIDE POSTS AND SIGNS.
Town appropriation, $75 00
Salem Iron Foundry, $67 50
L. F. Atwood, labor, teaming, etc., 7 50
75 00
Cemetery Trust Fund.
L. F. Atwood, care of private lots in cemetery, $49 50
Bank interest on funds deposited for care of private lots, 49 50
Poor Department.
Town appropriation, $300 00
Unexpended balance, 1905-6, 532 59
$832 59
Outstanding bill against F. A.
Richardson,
56 00
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DEPARTMENTS.
B. T. McGlauflin, locking up 100 tramps, $10 00
Town of Peabody, board of Mrs. Harriet Smith and medicine, 131 25
City of Boston, board and attendance of Alice M. Goldthwaite at Hospital, 52 00
H. A. Wilkins, supplies for tramps, 2 80
$252 05
Unexpended, 580 54
$832 59
Firemen's Department.
Town appropriation, $65 00
L. G. Estey, services and cash paid Firemen, 65 00
Fire Department.
Town appropriation, $100 00
Unexpended balance, 1905-6, 7 69
Cash for old hose sold, 4 80
Boston Woven Hose Co., 150 ft. 2 1-2 in. bull dog hose attachments, rings, play pipe, etc., $94 00
$112 49
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DEPARTMENTS.
L. G. Estey, cash paid for express, printing, etc., $2 75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Hose house, 4 79
$101 54
Unexpended,
10 95
$112 49
Memorial Day Department.
Town appropriation,
$110 00
Lawrence Brass Band, $59 70
L. T. Atwood, cash paid for programmes, flags, plants, etc., 16 55
Henry F. White, wreaths,
6 00
H. A. Wilkins, coffee, butter, etc.,
2 55
W. P. Early, cash paid for cleaning church,
3 00
L. P. Fletcher, music and postage,
3 15
Jesse F. Hayward, ham, 3 90
60
Dirigo Ice Cream, 8 00
1 00
Mrs. Abbot, washing dishes, 1 35
Jerome Leavitt, cash paid for milk,
45
Moses Peabody, transporting school children,
4 00
$111 25
Overdrawn, 1 25
$110 00
Overdrawn in 1905,
$8 47
Overdrawn in 1906,
1 25
Balance against department,
$9 72
Ellis Bakery, bread and doughnuts,
O. Richardson, blowing church organ,
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DEPARTMENTS.
Liquor Law Department.
Balance unexpended last year,
$59 07
Town appropriation,
50 00
Received from First District Court,
50 00
$159 07
W. P. Early,
12 00
Henry A. Young,
5 00
Augustus Shepard,
4 00
H. K. Richardson,
15 00
Fred W. Giles,
12 50
$18 50
Unexpended,
110 57
$159 07
Special Appropriation.
HOSE HOUSE BELL.
Town appropriation,
$75 00.
M. E. Tyler, teaming bell from Merrimac, $10 00
L. G. Estey, time and car fare to Merrimac _ and cash paid, 2 85
J. V. Wilson, labor building belfry,
21 75
Bailey Sargent, bell,
50 00
Harley M. Tyler, labor, stock, painting, 4 00
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.,
12 40
$101 00
Overdrawn,
26 00
$75 00
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SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
State Highway Department.
John A. Gaffey, contract labor, $1028 00
M. J. Emerson, cash paid for labor on state road in 1905, 3 93
$1031 93
Received from State,
$1028 00
Overdrawn,
3 93
$1031 93
Special Appropriations.
NORTH AND SOUTH MAIN STREET WATER PIPE.
Town appropriation,
$300 00
Amount overdrawn on South Main street
account in 1905,
16 44
W. H. Marshall, labor on trench,
5 30
Danvers Water Board, for pipe on South Main street,
43 85
Teaming pipe,
1 50
Leland J. Ross, dynamite, etc.,
8 75
Darius W. Case, labor,
57 75
B. T. McGlauflin, labor,
9 16
Byron S. Chick, lighting trench,
9 00
Danvers Water Board, laying pipe,
19 00
$170 75
NORTH MAIN STREET.
Danvers Water Board, pipe for North Main street,
$100 76
Hydrant for North Main street,
27 03
Split branch,
11 00
Gate,
8 05
Gate box,
3 00
Teaming in part,
3 20
$153 04
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TAXES.
South Main street account brought over, $170 75
$323 79
Overdrawn,
23 79
$300 00
Material and teaming paid for, but not yet
used, $153 04
Dynamite sold,
4 90
Balance, $157 94
Tax Collecting Department.
Appropriation, $100 00
Jesse W. Peabody,
$80 00
Unexpended,
20 00
$100 00
Abatement of Taxes.
Jesse W. Peabody, abatement on Mary J. Mitchell's, 1906, 1 50
Jesse W. Peabody, abatement of H. C. Goodhue's tax, 1906, 60
Jesse W. Peabody, abatement of Henry Tudor tax of 1906, 75 00
Jesse W. Peabody, abatement on tax book, of 1903, 91 99
Jesse W. Peabody, abatement on tax book of 1904, 57 94
$227 03
Wood Account.
Estimated wood on hand February, 1906, cords, 3
Amount of wood used, cords, ·2
Balance on hand, cords, 1
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ORDERS ON TREASURY.
Summary of Orders drawn on Town Treasury.
High School,
$250 00
Schools for year ending February 1, 1907,
3009 99
School books and supplies,
238 51
Incidental school expense,
110 06
Notes on water supply and interest,
156 12
Notes on heating plant and interest,
231 50
Town officers,
886 85
Miscellaneous,
1004 58
Note paid,
1000 00
County tax,
661 83
State tax,
665 00
Highway Department,
1213 70
Snow Department,
150 45
Cemetery Department,
191 55
Cemetery Trust Fund,
49 50
Bridge Department,
55 16
Sidewalk Department,
102 27
Tree Warden,
11 23
Firemen,
65 00
Fire Department,
101 54
Memorial Day Department,
114 00
Poor Department,
196 05
Soldier's Relief,
67 00
Water pipe, North and South Main,
307 35
State Highways,
1031 94
Gipsy and Brown Tail Moths,
1066 79
Abatement of Taxes,
227 03
Liquor Law Department,
48 50
Hose House bell,
101 00
Fitting up new school-room,
268 56
Painting school-house,
152 46
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Collection of taxes,
$80 00
Cemetery guide posts,
75 00
$13,890 52
Tax Collector's Report.
Jesse W. Peabody, Tax Collector, in account with Town of Middleton :
Balance tax list, 1897,
$17 89
Interest,
4 46
February 1, 1907, uncollected,
$22 35
Balance tax list, 1903,
$452 73
Interest,
17 73
$470 46
Amount collected,
369 94
Uncollected,
$100 52
Balance tax list, 1904,
$856 36
Interest,
14 79
$871 13
Amount collected,
583 84
Uncollected,
$287 29
Balance tax list, 1905,
$2850 96
Interest,
35 50
$2886 46
Amount collected,
1668 40
Uncollected,
$1218 06
Tax list, 1906,
$7803 40
Amount collected,
3946 43
February 1, 1907, uncollected,
$3856 97
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
John M. Peabody, Tax Collector in account with Town of Middleton :
Feb. 1, 1907, balance tax list, 1898,
$51 44
Feb. 1, 1907, balance tax list, 1899,
61 61
Feb. 1, 1907, balance tax list, 1900,
$77 22
Interest,
36
$77 58
Amount collected,
36
Feb. 1, 1907, uncollected,
$77 22
Balance tax list, 1901,
$57 13
Interest,
2 18
$59 31
Amount collected,
7 74
Uncollected, Feb. 1, 1907,
$51 57
Balance tax list, 1902,
$352 54
Interest,
37 73
$390 27
Amount collected,
221 76
Uncollected, Feb. 1, 1907,
$168 51
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Samuel A. Fletcher, Treasurer, in account with Trust funds for care of Cemetery Lots.
Lot No.
Original Bal. Last Interest Amt. Fund.
Year.
added. with- drawn.
Bal. on Account.
Atwood L. Frank
360 $100.00 $103.02 $4.16
$107.18
Berry, Allen
112
75.00
1.50
76.50
Eaton, I. Larkin
168
75.00
76.03
3.06 $3.00
76.09
Fowler, Alonzo
12
100.00
101.04
4.08
3.00
102.12
Fuller, Sophronia
236
200.00
235.80
9.50
5.00
240.30
Gifford, William
180
100.00
105.26
4.24
3.00
106.50
Graves, D. Augustine 234
100.00
100 00
2.00
2.00
100.00
McIntire, Abram
132
75.00
76.03
3.06
3.00
76.09
McIntire, Annie M.
338
100.00
109.44
4.40
3.00
110.84
Phelps, William A.
148
100.00
101.04
4.08
3.00
102.12
Richardson, Lucy G.
80
100.00
101.06
4.08
3.00
102.14
Russell, Persis B.
430
200.00
218.06
8.80
6.50
220.36
Stiles, David,
150.00
151.52
6.10
3.00
154.62
Thomas, H. Amelia
64
75.00
76.03
3.06
3.00
76.09
Wellman, John R.
40
200.00
219.54
8.84
5.00
223.38
Weston, Samuel W.
36
200.00
238.96
9.62
248 58
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100.00
101.04
4.08
3.00
102.12
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
Middleton, February 1, 1907.
(32)
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Samuel A. Fletcher, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Middleton for the year ending February 1, 1907.
DR.
Balance in Treasury, February 1, 1906, $2729 91 Received from State Treasurer, Corporation tax, 453 18
State for Gypsy Moth suppression,
502 63
66 Tuition of children,
350 50
66
66 Inspection of Animals,
17 50
60
66 State highway,
1028 00
Gypsy Moth suppression, 153 63
60 66 Corporation tax, 39 54
66
66 National Bank tax, 18 88
6 State Aid,
640 00
66
66 Street Railway tax,
998 83
66 High School tuition,
525 00
66 Income from Mass. School
Fund,
995 63
Kendall E. Graves, cemetery lot number 586, 13 00
Bickford W. Brannen, cemetery lot number 590, 16 00
George E. Barnaby, cemetery lot number 506, 12 00
Mary D. Ritchie, cemetery lot
number 242, 6 00
Lester W. Hilton, cemetery lot number 432, 12 00
Nellie Richardson, cemetery lot
number 510, 10 00
Laura E. Peabody, cemetery lot number 534, 16 00
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TEASURER'S REPORT.
- Mary E. Drury, cemetery lot number 508, $8 00
For care of cemetery lot of Allen Berry, 75 00
From Savings Bank, interest on funds for care of cemetery lots, 48 50
D. A. Graves, balance for care of cemetery lot, 1 00
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