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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1910
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Unexpended balance, Jan. 1, 1909,
$ 458 20
Town appropriation, 2,450 00
Received from State for Superinten- dent's pay, 250 00
Received from State for tuition and
transportation of State Ward children,
252 50
Appropriation for School Physician,
10 00
State School Fund,
1,258 41
Received from Dog Tax,
130 45
$4,809 56
Clinton P. Stiles, for ringing church bell for No School signal, 5 00
Moses Peabody, transporting school children from Jan. 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910, 975 00
Helen O. Locke, services as teacher,
474 00
Hazel E. Weston, services as teacher,
450 00
Nellie C. Howe, services as teacher,
507 00
C. Alice Manning, services as teacher,
534 00
Goldie London, teaching drawing,
60 00
Andrew S. Thomson, services as Superintendent of Schools, 320 00
George H. Smith, services as janitor, 445 00
Danvers Water Board, water, 30 00
Henry L. Stone, teaching music,
50 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Prince T. Woods, school physician, 10 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal, 202 50
H. E. Howe, wood, 15 75
Town of North Reading, transport- ing children, 57 00
Frank B. Tyler, printing,
9 25
Atwood & McGlauflin, sawing wood,
3 00
$4,147 50
Unexpended,
662 06
$4,809 56
High School Department.
Amount received from State,
$568 75 $ 568 75
Due from State, Jan. 1, 1909, 587 50
Paid Town of Danvers, tuition of pupils, 1,000 00
$1,587 50
School Books and Supplies.
Town appropriation,
$300 00
Unexpended,
21 63
$321 63
Ginn & Co., books, etc.,
$ 98 04
American Book Co.,
25 60
Yamanaka Co.,
5 85
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
1 28
Edward E. Babb.
179 42
$310 19
Unexpended,
11 44
$321 63
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Incidental Department.
Unexpended in 1906,
$ 7 54
Town appropriation, 400 00
Special appropriation, painting in- side school house, 125 00
$532 54
Overdrawn,
129 28
$661 82
. Amount Overdrawn, $213 20
Herbert O. Hatch, labor and material
repairing water closet, 15 15
James F. Dean, labor and material repairing furnace, 25 99
George H. Smith, cash paid for faucet and carfare, 1 60
George H. Smith, labor painting,
54 75
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for freight,
teaming, glass, putty, etc., 11 24
M. E. Tyler, lead, oil, varnish and material for painting, 28 14
B. S. Chick, labor painting,
13 60
W. P. Earley, labor and stock for repairs, new doors, etc., 187 82
Laura E. Peabody, taking school census, 8 50
S. H. Davis & Co., hardware. 12 00
Newcomb & Gauss, printing programs,
2 50
B. J. Connors, piano stool,
2 00
Mrs. A. M. Peabody, washing towels,
2 15
H. M. Bixby, shades and hanging,
14 00
Leland J. Ross, hardware, 5 75
A. F. Killam, repairing piano,
1 00
A. P. Tyler, cash paid for carfares, express and journeys out of town, 8 71
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Geo. E. Smith, labor and material, 11 80
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies, 5 97
F. I. Gage, repairing clocks,
2 00
Edward M. Tyler, labor on closets,
2 00
A. W. Hastings, storm windows, 15 20
Mrs. David Milbery, washing towels,
1 00
Milo A. Newhall, printing reports,
14 08
Byron S. Chick, labor on windows,
1 40
$661 82
Special Appropriation.
FOR NOTE ON HEATING PLANT AT SCHOOL HOUSE.
Town appropriation,
$210 00
Unexpended, 6 62
$216 62
Elmer A. Stevens, payment of note
and interest,
$205 25
Unexpended,
11 37
$216 62
CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT.
Town Officers.
H. E. Howe, services as Selectman making up town reports last year, $ 35 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman on accounts of last year, 48 75
H. E. Howe, services as Selectman from Feb. 1 to March 1, special work and journeys out of town, 6 50
M. E. Tyler, special work and jour- neys out of town, 16 00
C. F. Floyd, services as Auditor, 15 00
H. K. Richardson, services as Assessor for 1908, 80 00
M. M. Merritt, balance due for ser- vices as Selectman to March 1, 10 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Selectman, 71 00
H. E. Howe, services as Selectman,
65 00
M. M. Merritt, services as Selectman,
10 00
H. K. Richardson, services for reg- ular work as Assessor, 80 00
H. K. Richardson, services for reval- uation of property, 24 00
H. K. Richardson, for special work directed by State Supervisor, 35 00
Prince T. Woods, services as School Committee, 26 25
A. P. Tyler, services as School Com- mittee, 35 00
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CURRENT EXPENSE DEPARTMENT
A. F. Henderson, services as School Committee, 35 00
H. F. Howe, for regular work as Assessor, 80 00
H. E. Howe, for revaluation of property, 25 00
H. F. Howe, for special work directed by State Supervisor, 39 00
M. E. Tyler, services for regular work as Assessor, 83 00
M. E. Tyler, for revaluation of property, 25 00
M. E. Tyler, for special work directed by State Supervisor, 54 75
B. T. McGlauflin, for services and cash paid as Overseer of Poor, 20 00
B. T. McGlauflin, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 10 00
H. E. Howe, services as Overseer of Poor, 35 00
S. A. Fletcher, services as Registrar, 10 00
S. A. Fletcher, administering oaths, 6 00
S. A. Fletcher, services as Town Treasurer, 75 00
S. A. Fletcher, services as Town Clerk, 15 00
A. W. Peabody, services as Overseer of Poor, 20 00
Oscar Cram, services as Constable and care of flag, 55 85
S. A. Fletcher, recording births, deaths and marriages, 13 00
M. E. Tyler, services as Registrar, 10 00
H. E. Howe, services as Registrar, 10 00
$1,179 10
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MISCELLANEOUS
Miscellaneous.
M. M. Merritt, special visit to Fern- croft, May 1, 1908, 3 00
Leland J. Ross, pullies for street lamps, 50
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on notes, 75 00
Gilbert Barker Co., gasoline, 6 36
T. L. Jenkins, returning birth, 25
M. E. Tyler, cash paid Salem News, time and carfare to Boston, 6 50
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on note, 15 00
L. E. Collins, care of street lamps, 5 00
M. E. Tyler, use of team and cash paid for freight, postage, tele- phones, etc., 4 77
Best Light Co., street light repairs, 3 24
Flint Public Library, interest on notes, 95 00
S. A. Fletcher, cash paid for Elec- tion Officers, 21 00
F. E. Moynahan, printing ballots, 7 50
Milo A. Newhall & Co., printing town reports, 42 24
Boston Book Co , abatement record book, 2 50
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for express and freight, teaming, etc., 2 54
C. H. Odell, insurance, 80 00
L. E. Collins, care of street lamps, 2 50
Carter Ink Co., ink, 1 25
Milo A. Newhall & Co., stationery, 4 65
H. M. Dolbeare, Assessors' blanks and notices, 5 20
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for grapple irons, making signs, and team, 5 90
County Commissioners, advertising petition in Salem News, 3 00
John H. Morgan, services as special police, 5 00
10
MISCELLANEOUS
L. E. Collins, care of street lamps, 2 50
A. G. Huntoon, collecting back taxes on the late Jesse Peabody books, 156 58
C. W. Bagley, grading back of hall, 10 00
Jophanas Adams, damage by break-
ing through culvert on East street 10 00
M. E. Tyler, making Town Hall sign, 6 00
M. E. Tyler, use of teams and cash paid for carfares and postage, 3 01
H. F. Howe, use of teams and carfares, 9 83
Danvers Water Board, water for hall, 3 00
B. T. McGlauflin, cleaning cess pools at Town Hall, 5 00
H. M. Tyler, painting and raising flag staff, 10 00
Hobbs and Warren Co., blanks and notices, 3 95
M. E. Tyler, making four street signs, 5 28
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on note, 15 00
Hiram L. Hutchinson, interest on note,
80 00
John H. Morgan, services as special police, 10 00 Oscar H. Sheldon, cash and expense on stamps 1 49 Lilla D. Stott, abstract of transfers, 15 35
M. E. Tyler, cost paid for postage,
4 06
H. F. Howe, use of team, 4 50
Elmer A. Stevens, interest on Town note, 5 25
L. E. Collins, care of street lights, 5 00
John H. Morgan, services as special police,
10 00
L. G. Esty, cash paid for carfares, etc., as Water Pipe Committee 4 00
Henry A. Young cleaning and sup- plies for Town Hall, 9 60
George E. Barnaby, special police July 4th, 5 00
Henry A. Young, special police July 4th, 5 00
Sidney Perley, legal services on elec-
tric light matters, 25 00
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MISCELLANEOUS
James H. Curtis, services as Moderator, 17 00
Best Light Co., street light repairs, 4 40
H. M. Dolbeare, printing cards, 1 50
F. E. Marsh, dry measure gauge, 1 50
George H. Smith. special police, July 4th,
5 00
Everett Bryer, special police July 4th,
5 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, special police July 4th,
5 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal for hall,
54 00
John H. Morgan, services as police,
7 50
John H. Morgan, services as police, 5 00
Pneumatic Stamp Co,, stamp, 57
B. T. McGlauflin, time and carfare as Water Pipe Committee, 12 00
W. L. Gurley, weights and measures, 8 15
H. E. Howe, use of team, 4 00
H. M. Dolbeare, list of Assessors' polls, 7 00
M. E. Tyler, damage to wagon at fire, 1 60
Leland J. Ross, rope for church bell, 2 85
H. M. Dolbeare, printing tax bills and envelopes, 8 25
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery, 1 59
M. E. Tyler, use of team and carfares,
6 77
Danvers Savings Bank, interest on notes,
75 00
Best Light Co .. street light repairs,
1 08
John H. Morgan, services as police, 10 00
Hobbs & Warren Co , notices, 1 09
W. W. Richardson, burying dog killed by car, 1 00
Malden Specialty Co. sealer's acid, 1 00
W. A. Berry, changing Town Hall doors,
30 66
L. E. Collins, care of street lights,
7 50
H. E. Howe, team and carfare, 2 20
John H. Morgan, services as police,
10 00
M. E. Tyler, cash for freight and express and use of team, 5 70
12
MISCELLANEOUS
50
Ernest S. Richardson, labor on torches, B. T. McGlauflin, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 10 00
Gilbert Barker Co., gasoline,
7 22
Henry A. Young, care of Town Hall,
98 45
Danvers Water Board, use of whistle,
16 07
Danvers Water Board, water for Hall,
3 00
David I. Robinson, County tax,
1,124 59
John H. Morgan, police service,
10 00
Best Light Co., street lamp repairs, 3 50
John Q. Averill, Cattle Inspector, 50 00
S. A. Fletcher, cash paid for Elect.on Officers at State Election, 27 00
L. E. Collins, care of street lights,
2 50
M. F. Tyler, cash for postage, express and use of team, 5 50
Elmer A. Stevens, State tax,
990 00
A. P. Tyler, interest on Emerson Fund note, 40 00
John H. Morgan, police service,
5 00
H. E. Howe, use of term and carfares,
2 30
H. M. Dolbeare, printing warrants,
2 25
Hobbs & Warren Co., tax book, etc.,
3 75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Firemen, 4 70
Best Light Co., street lamp repairs, 4 00
W. P. Earley, labor and material for extension of Hall stage, 18 75
A. G. Huntoon, collecting old taxes, 50 00
James H. Curtis, repairing water tank, 5 50
Hobbs & Warren Co., stationery,
4 15
Salem Evening News, advertising,
19 25
M. E. Tyler, time and expense out of town, postage and freight, 8 41
Guy P. Pope, insurance on moth workers, 56 25
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MISCELLANEOUS
A. G. Huntoon, land purchased by town at collector's sale, 24 92
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies for Election Officers, 6 26
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3.98
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies, street light and for hall, 24 37
J. A. Atwood, services as Superin- tendent of burials and returning deaths, 14 24
S. A. Fletcher, time and carfare to Ipswich, 3 00 Elmer A. Stevens, Town note and interest, 1,515 00 Danvers Savings Bank, interest on Town note, 29 00
Henry A. Young, supplies for hall, 1 90
S. A. Fletcher, carfares, postage and express, 4 02
B. T. McGlauflin, care of street lamp,
10 00
T. L. Jenkins, returning birth,
25
Geo. W. Ewing, returning births,
1 75
M. E. Tyler, cash paid for recording deeds and telephones, 2 70
M. E. Tyler, special work on State Highway, work on South Main Street, 5 00
B. T. McGlauflin, Inspector of Meat and Provisions, 20 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, services and cash paid for forest fire work, 377 82
$5,739 07
Cost of Forest fires,
377 82
County tax,
1,124 59
State tax,
990 00
Payment for note to State,
1,500 00
$3,992 41
Actual miscellaneous expense,
$1,746 66
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STATE AID DEPARTMENT
Soldiers Relief Department.
Sarah P. Johnson,
$36 00
Lucy W. Peabody,
24 00
W. W. Peabody, 24 00
Flora Dugan,
72 00
A. G. Huntoon, coal to Henry Peabody, 3 65
H. E. Howe, wood to B. F. Gould,
30 35
H. E. Howe, wood to Scott Wilkins,
5 00
City of Salem, aid to Geo. P. Melcher,
108 00
W. W. Richardson, coal to Henry Peabody, 7 30
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal to Scott Wilkins, 14 50
Town of Burlington, aid to Eunice G. Blodgett, 33 00
City of Woburn, aid to Eunice G. Blodgett, 29 04
Geo. W. Ewing, Medical aid to Flora Dugan, 11 50
$398 34
Received from the Town of Andover,
for aid to Mrs. Flora Dugan, 83 50
$314.84
State Aid Department.
B. F. Gould,
$48 00
John Jones,
48 00
Sarah P. Johnson,
48 00
Mary A. Leavitt,
48 00
Alexander Murray,
48 00
Lucy W. Peabody,
48 00
Robert Rowley,
48 00
Mrs. Robert Rowley,
48 00
Henry Peabody,
58 00
Susan A. Stewart,
48 00
Annie J. Sheldon,
48 00
Miraett Shepard,
48 00
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CURRENT EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Scott Wilkins,
72 00
Henry F. White,
48 00
W. W. Peabody,
72 00
Elmira W. Flagg,
48 00
Kendall F. Richardson,
42 00
Frank Atwood,
28 00
$896 00
Current Expense Account.
Town Officers, $1,179 10
Bills paid from Miscellaneous Department, 5,739 07
Soldiers' Relief,
398 34
State Aid,
896 00
Board of Health for Contagious Diseases, 220 80
$8,433 37
Unexpended balance 1909,
$2,204 24
Town appropriation,
1,200 00
Received from Town of Andover on account of Flora Dugan, 141 50
Oscar H. Sheldon, express license, .00
D. B. Bryer, for old lumber, 1 10
American Express, license, 1 00
Harris Goldstein, junk license, 2 00
Garrett Fitzgerald, junk license,
2 00
Charles H. Richardson, cemetery lot,
16 00
S. L. Stickney, license, 1 00
Richard D. Stewart, cemetery lot,
18 00
State Treasurer, Town Note,
1,479 97
State, for inspection of animals,
25 00
S. Goldman, junk license,
2 00
Max Merndall, junk license, one-half year, 1 00
Henry A. Young, use of hall, 103 75
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Annie J. Sheldon, cemetery lot,
16 00
Cash for ink, 30
Corporation tax,
630 76
National Bank tax,
107 99
State Aid,
846 00
Street Railway tax, 1,189 35
William Thomas, grave in cemetery, 5 00
Town of Danvers, Pond land tax, 84 00
John T. Hood, express license,
1 00
Received from Danvers National Bank for interest,
3.4 08
B. T. McGlauflin, auctioneer license,
2 00
$8,116 04
Overdrawn,
319 33
$8,433 27
Paid Danvers Savings Bank from back tax money collected Note issued in 1907 in anticipation of taxes,
$1,500 00 $1,500 00
Town Hall Account.
Henry A. Young, janitor,
98 45
Henry A. Young, supplies, 1 90
Danvers Water Board, water for hall, 6 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, coal for hall,
54 00
Henry A. Young, cleaning hall, 9 60
H. A. Wilkins, supplies for hall,
19 81
$189 76
Cr.
Cash received from Entertainment and Dances, $52 25
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Cash received from I. O. R. M., 35 90
Cash received from Congregational Society, 15 60
$103 75
Balance against Town,
86 01
$189 76
Board of Health Department Statement.
H. A. Whittier, filters for schoolhouse, $4 00
J. A. Atwood, burial and expense of L. E. Collins' son, Lawrence, 35 00
W. W. Richardson, wood and coal to L. E. Collins in diphtheria case, 7 40
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies to Collins family, 33 37
Roland H. Peabody, milk to Collins family, 4 06
J. F. Hayward, meat to Collins family, 13 49
F. S. Noyes, fish to Collins family, 1 35
George W. Ewing, medical aid to Collins family, 73 50
George W. Ewing, disinfecting in diphtheria cases, 10 00
Edward L. Rogers, drugs and disin- fectants in Richie and Collins cases, 28 69
M. E. Tyler, services rendered, 5 00
George W. Ewing, disinfecting school home, 5 00
$220 86
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
State Highway Department.
W. H. Marshall, for labor and cash
paid for same, $580 97
Beverly Granite Co., boundary stones, 10 00
$590 97
Due from State,
400 00
$190 97
Highway Department.
Unexpended,
930 38
Town appropriation,
300 00
B. & N. St. Ry. excise tax, 976 00
$2,206 44
Dana Hardware Co., shovels, $ 2 25
W. P. Earley, snow plough, 19 00
F. F. Flint, storing road machine, 3 00
Byron Morrison, shoeing snow plough,
6 00
Geo. E. Currier, breaking out sidewalk, 3 20
9 35
Ames Plow Co., repairs,
4 75
M. B. Paige, drain pipe,
8 14
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies,
5 00
Emery Goodwin, labor,
10 00
C. O. Currier,
228 97
W. H. Downing, 66
14 00
Geo. E. Soper, 66
68 93
Ralph Richardson,
66
44 76
Thomas Bott,
66
8 00
Frank Evans,
33 00
John H. Dowdell,
66
4 60
Henry St. Jean,
1 80
James Q. Gallagher, sharpening tools, etc.,
19
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
L. E. Collins, labor
38 40
Ross Richardson,
36 40
Burton McGlauflin, 66
2 60
David L. Sheldon, 66
5 80
John Gregory,
2 20
Ralph Currier,
1 00
Herbert Currier,
60
Barnes Pine,
66
1 20
John P. Fuller,
28 50
Oscar H. Sheldon, labor and team,
236 77
George E. Currier, labor,
1 60
James Q. Gallagher, labor sharpening tools,
1 25
E. S. Hutchinson, team and labor, 66 20
Frank Currier, team, 93 34
Arthur Fuller, labor,
2 80
Eugene Brown,
1 10
Maurice Margeson, 5 00
Wm. Freeman. 66
1 60
J. A. Margeson,
3 40
Frank Margeson,
3 40
George Durkee,
7 60
Frank Curtis,
74 60
Scott Wilkins,
15 20
James H. Derrah,
29 00
Forest Currier,
74 70
Geo. Margeson,
68 60
Charles B Jackson,
81 40
Roy Peabody,
2 00
William Brown,
1 10
M. E. Tyler, team,
11 20
Joseph Chandler, 66
5 40
Irving Hatch,
4 80
Geo. Ogden,
3 00
William Gould,
2 80
66
66
6:
66
66
20
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
George Peabody, team
2 80
Moses Peabody,
8 60
B. S. Foote,
4 60
W. W. Richardson,
38 49
Harry Richardson,
91 10
A. M. Richardson,
5 90
A. G. Huntoon,
1 34
W. E. Sanford,
32 70
John Jones,
7 30
Ernest Curtis,
8 40
Arthur Curtis,
66
2 80
Harry Curtis
80
Charles Gould,
9 00
H. F. Howe,
6 00
M. W. Berry,
66
13 80
Walter Clayton,
¥
3 00
James Rier,
66
70
Arthur M. Peabody,
3 50
W. E. Sanford, gravel,
2 70
Henry Fuller,
27 15
Benjamin F. Brown, “
53 55
George E. Currier,
12 15
$1,725 69
Unexpended,
480 75
$2,206 44
Liquor Law Department.
Unexpended balance,
$86 02 $86 02
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SIDEWALK DEPARTMENT
Bridge Department.
Town appropriation,
$ 75 00
Overdrawn, 67 29
$142 29
Overdrawn last year,
$36 45
Charles O. Currier, labor and cash paid for same,
42 31
M. J. Emerson, lumber,
6 65
Calvin Putnum Lumber Co.
56 88
· $142 29
Sidewalk Department.
Unexpended,
$ 17 97
Town appropriation,
100 00
$117 97
Charles O. Currier, labor,
$ 25 17
L. E. Collins, 66
3 80
Ross Richardson,
3 60
A. W. Peabody, gravel,
1 50
Oscar H. Sheldon, man and team,
9 60
Bert Jackson, labor,
2 20
Ralph Richardson,
9 00
Harry Richardson,
12 60
Frank Currier, use of horse,
1 50
Benjamin F. Brown, gravel,
1 50
$70 47
Unexpended,
47 50
$117 97
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GYPSY AND BROWNTAIL MOTHS
Tree Warden.
Town appropriation,
$100 00
Overdrawn, this year 6 10
$106 10
Overdrawn, last year $ 4 49
James R. Kelley, trees, 16 00
B. T. McGlauflin, labor and cash paid for same, 85 61
$106 10
Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths.
Town appropriation required by State, $ 307 67
Received from State to balance last
year and amount allotted for 1909, 1,405 26
Error on last year's balance due from State, 8 84
Received from S. A. Fletcher cash paid him for private work, 9 00
Due for work done on private prop- erty, submitted to Tax Collector for collection 287 53
$2,018 30
Balance due from State, Dec. 1, 1908, as per last year's report, $177 75
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, supplies, 5 22
Collins Hardware Co., for supplies, 10 90
S. A. Fletcher, cash paid for carfare and administering oaths, 4 70 Joseph Breck & Sons, 1 64
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GYPSY AND BROWNTAIL MOTHS
Samuel Cabot, for creosote, 8 84
New York and Boston Bag Company,
. for burlap and twine, 98 85
Frost Insecticide Co., Tanglefoot, etc., 48 87
Grasselli Chemical Co., paste,
6 38
Smith. Thayer & Co., for pump barrel and nozzles for spraying, 26 85
A. W. Chesterton Co., brushes, 9 00
James Q. Gallagher, repairing tools, 3 15
H. M. Dolbeare, circulars and envelopes, 3 25
M. E. Tyler, labor and cash paid for postage, 6 01
H. E. Howe, labor on notices, 3 75
L. E. Collins, labor,
283 26
W. E. Eaton,
66 50
David S. Sheldon,
278 64
Ross Richardson,
269 02
W. J. Gurley, 144 76
B. T. McGlauflin, labor, carfare, freight, etc , 489 17
M. E. Tyler, horse hire,
14 76
Burton McGlauflin,
11 00
J. A. Atwood, labor,
6 25
John F. Higgins,
3 25
John Gregory, 66
88
W. W. Wilkins,
25
$1,982 90
Unexpended,
35 50
$2,018 40
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SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Special Appropriation. SHINGLING AND PAINTING TOWN HALL.
Unexpended on Town Hall, repairs
last year, $ 32 39
Town appropriation for shingling, 175 00
Town appropriation for painting, 125 00
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$332 39
Calvin Putnam Lumber Company,
for shingles and lumber for new steps, $127 25
Edmund Dernier, for labor, 60 62
H. A. Wilkins & Sons, nails etc., 8 24
Harley M. Tyler, for labor and stock, painting hall, 115 55
George F. Smith, repairing chimneys,
12 80
$324 46
Unexpended, 7 93
$332 39
Cemetery Department.
Unexpended last year, $ 14 09
Town Appropriation, 175 00
$189 09
J. A. Atwood, labor and cash paid for same, $185 90 Unexpended, 3 19
$189 09
.
.
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Cemetery Trust Fund.
Interest on funds, deposited for care of private lots,
$82 00
$82 00
J. A. Atwood, care of private lots, $82 00
$82 00
Poor Department.
Unexpended,
$170 72
Town Appropriation,
225 00
$395 72
A. G. Huntoon, wood to Mrs. Dicoff,
$1 50
A. G. Huntoon, wood and coal to Mrs. Chandler, 9 50
City of Boston, aid to Charles Goldthwaite, 31 43
City of Salem, aid to Louise Dorothy
Freeman, 66 00
George W. Ewing, medical attend- ance to Joseph Chandler's children, 6 00
Medical attendance to John Duboaz, 10 75
John H. Morgan, assisting lady and children, 2 50
H. A. Wilkins & Son, Mrs. Dicoff, 1 07
Town of Peabody, board of Harriet Smith, 132 20
Town of Danvers, aid to Angeline Rier, 26 00
Unexpended,
$286 95 108 77
$395 72
Firemen's Department.
Town appropriation, $65 00
$65 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, services and cash paid to firemen,
$65 00
$65 00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Department.
Unexpended,
$92 40
Town appropriation,
100 00
$192 40
H. A. Wilkins, supplies,
$4 72
Leland J. Ross,
12 50
$17 22
Unexpended,
175 18
$192 40
Memorial Day.
Unexpended,
$ 4 96
Town appropriation,
100 00 .
$104 96
J. A. Atwood, bills paid,
$102 50
Unexpended, 2 46
$104 96
Special for Fares for High School Pupils.
Unexpended,
$132 92
Town appropriation,
235 00
$367 92
Boston & Northern Street Railway, tickets, $234 50
Unexpended, 133 42
$367 92
Land on Lake Street by the Pond.
Unexpended balance last year, $11 80
Overdrawn, 1 01
$12 81
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ORDERS ON TOWN TREASURER
B. T. McGlauflin, cleaning up the land, $ 4 86
H. E. Howe, cedar posts and rails for fence, 7 95
$12 81
Amount assessed for part payments
of Note of $600, as per vote of town, $200 00
$200 00
Paid Danvers Savings Bank,
$200 00
$200 00
Tax Collector's Department.
Unexpended,
$20 00 15 19
Overdrawn,
$35 19
M. E. Tyler, for services rendered for A. G. Huntoon,
$35 19
$35 19
Salary assessed for collecting taxes for 1909,
$150 00
$150 00
John Gregory, services for collecting,
$83 85
Unexpended,
66 15
$150 00
Summary of Orders on Town Treasurer.
Schools from Jan. 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910, $4,147 50 High School Tuition, 1,000 00
School Books and Supplies,
310 19
Incidental School Expenses,
448 62
Note on Heating Plant and Interest,
205 25
Town Officers,
1,179 10
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,746 66
Cost of Forest Fires,
377 82
County Tax,
1,124 59
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ORDERS ON TOWN TREASURER
State Tax, 990 00
State Note (in anticipation of taxes) 1,500 00
Danvers Savings Bank Note for money
hired in 1907 in anticipation of taxes,
1,500 00
Board of Health, 220 86
Soldier's Relief,
398 34
Abatement on Taxes,
241 92
Highway Department including Snow Bills, 1,725 70
Bridge Department, 105 84
Sidewalk Department, 70 47
Tree Warden Department,
101 61
Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moth,
1,805 15
Special Appropriation for shingling and painting Town Hall,
324 46
Cemetery Department,
185 90
Cemetery Trust Fund,
82 00
Poor Department,
286 95
Firemen,
65 00
Fire Department,
17 22
Memorial Day Department,
102 50
High School Scholars' Tickets,
234 50
Note for part payment of land on Lake street and labor on land,
212 81
Tax Collector,
118 54
State Highway,
590 97
$21,420 47
Overlay and Abatement on Taxes.
Balance on Overlay Jan. 1, 1909,
$ 89 93
Overlay assessed in 1909, 350 00
$439 93
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
A. G. Huntoon, abatement on taxes, John Gregory,
$235 62
6 30
$241 92
Balance on Overlay,
198 01
$439 93
Tax Collector's Report.
A. G. Huntoon, Tax Collector, in account with Town of
Middleton:
Balance Tax List, 1903,
$75 87
Tax collected,
72 37
Uncollected,
$3 50
Balance Tax List, 1904,
$82 73
Tax collected,
75 33
Uncollected,
$7 40
Balance Tax List, 1905,
$222 76
Tax collected,
219 31
Uncollected,
$3 45
Balance Tax List, 1906,
$374 92
Tax collected,
327 83
Uncollected,
$47 09
Balance Tax List, 1907,
$1,685 68
Tax collected,
1,619 68
Uncollected
$66 00
Balance Tax List, 1908,
$3.455 86
Tax collected,
3,336 35
Uncollected, $119 51
John Gregory, in account with Town of Middleton:
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