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NUAL REPORT
KOVISOUSA
SINTO
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1918
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SALEM MASS L MLO L N/WELLE & CO.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1918
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
RY
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1917
M. E. Tyler
Selectmen H. E. Howe
H. K. Richardson
Accountant Franklin C. Roberts
Auditor Frank Tyler
M. E. Tyler
Assessors B. F. Phillips
L. S. Wilkins
Constable Will A. Russell
Supt. of Highways, Sidewalks and Bridges O. H. Sheldon
Town Clerk C. F. Steele
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Treasurer H. H. Bradstreet
B. T. McGlauflin
Overseers of the Poor H. E. Howe
W. Sandford
M. E. Tyler
Board of Health H. E. Howe
H. K. Richardson
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TOWN OFFICERS
B. T. McGlauflin
Board of Registrars M. Berry C. F. Steele, ex-officio
S. Hutchinson
G. W. Ewing
School Committee F. Porter H. H. Bradstreet
Inspector of Slaughtering Harold Hall
Supt. of Moth Department B. T McGlauflin
Tree Warden B. T. McGlauflin
Superintendent of Burials J. A. Atwood
B. T. McGlauflin
Water Commissioners O. H. Sheldon
G. Ogden
Sealer of Weights and Measures J. W. Milberry
Report of the Accountant
In submitting this, my first report, as Town Accountant it is with the knowledge that is subject to improvement. In fact, every work of man is.
My connection with the Town accounts this year has been a trifle over six months, that is nearly one-half of the year's business had been transacted before I took up the office. The first year in any position must be one of learning ; becoming initiated, so that I do not feel that I have made all the progress and systemization possible.
There seems to be some misapprehension regarding the procedure of getting a bill against the Town paid. The bill should be referred to the head of the department authorizing the work for his examination and if found correct by him shall be approved by him in writing. It should then be forwarded to the Town Accountant, so that he receives it at least one day before the Selectmen's meeting. If found correct on exam- ination by the Town Accountant he will approve it in writing and draw a Selectmen's order for the same. If the Selectmen sign the order, thus denoting their approval, the Town Treas- urer will upon receipt of the approved bill and the endorsed order pay the bill.
I wish to state that the bills must be in my possession at least one day before the Selectmen's meeting or else they will not be approved for that week.
All bills submitted to me for approval must be itemized. I wish to thank all the Town Officials who have aided me in this year's work, particularly Mr. M. E. Tyler.
Whatever criticisms of this report are made I hope that they will be made of a constructive nature. Such criticisms will be welcomed.
Respectfully submitted, FRANKLIN C. ROBERTS, Town Accountant.
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES
Abatement of Taxes
Overlay 1915-16-17
$564 33
Expended
304 83
Unexpended balance
$259 50
ITEM
Taxes abated during year
$304 83
Bay State Street Railway Account
ITEMS
Removing snow along Bay State Street
Railway's right of way $20 76
Due from Bay State Street Railway Co. $20 76
Board of Health Account
Town Appropriation
$ 60 00
Expended
59 13
Unexpended balance
$ 87
ITEMS
Burial permits and death returns
$ 11 50
Case at Danvers Hospital
1 50
Contagious disease case expenses
4 50
Groceries supplied because of quarantine
32 28
Hosehouse drain
1 72
Inspection of slaughtering expense
1 00
Postage and telephone
33
Out-of-town health charges
6 30
Total expended
$59 13
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Cemetery Department Account
Town Appropriation
$350 00
Expended
349 76
Unexpended
$ 24
ITEMS
Gravel
$ 2 40
Labor
337 26
Pruning trees
1 25
Repairs on gate
1 85
Water
7 00
Total expended
$349 76
Contingent Fund Account
Town Appropriation (regular)
$1,500 00
Town Appropriation (special)
1,100 00
Miscellaneous receipts
196 38
Total receipts
$2,796 38
Total expended
$2,796 38
ITEMS
Accountant's expenses :
Postage, stationery, printing, etc. $18 26
Assessor's expenses :
Postage, team hire, carfare, canvassing blanks, etc. 50 06
Auditor's expenses :
Postage, printing 6 39
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Selectmen's expenses :
Postage, stationery and printing, tele-
phoning, carfares, account books, etc. 40 58 Time on 1916 Report 84 00
Tax Collector's expenses :
Postage, advertising, tax bills, tax sum-
mons, tax lists, etc. 23 67
Premium on bond 30 00
Town Clerk's expenses :
Postage, telephoning 6 19
Moving safe 2 00
Certification of vote on Representative 3 36
Treasurer's expenses :
Postage, telephoning, carfares, letter
file, rubber stamp, etc., moving safe 30 23
Premium on bond 20 00
Election expenses :
Election officers' pay
114 50
Lunch for election officers
16 80
Warrants
8 75
Ballots
16 50
Town Hall expenses :
Janitor
124 75
Telephoning
3 84
Light
56 43
Supplies, soap wax, globes, etc.
18 46
Cook stove
8 00
Coal
150 81
Labor on cesspool
6 77
Tile pipe
9 00
Water
18 00
Repair of toilets
5 25
Light bulbs
6 75
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Unclassified :
Account book for Electric Light Dept. 4 58
Administering oaths to Town Officers 20 25
Bay State hearing 27 02
Blowing fire whistle
31 20
Book : Mass. Municipal Corp. Laws
10 50
Book: Physician forms 50
Care of flag for 1916-17
10 00
Certification of Town Notes
16 00
Damage to vehicles due to defective
highways 42 00
Danvers water bill expenses
27 72
Filing petition with Co. Commissioners
3 00
Freight on water pipe
2 26
Insurance on Centre School
73 73
Insurance on Electric Light Manager
3 45
Insurance on Moth Department
93 77
Moth Notices 4 70
Printing Town Report
87 80
Probate Court and Deed Work
16 45
Rent of Safe Deposit Box
3 00
Rope for flag pole
94
Sealer's Supplies
4 34
Testing and painting hydrants
10 00
Winslow audit expenses
3 00
Wire privileges
12 00
Transfers to various departments
1,120 94
Police Department expenses
287 88
Total expended $2,796 38
Bridge Department Account
Town Appropriation
$1,700 00
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BRIDGE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Received for old lumber
4 50
Total receipts
$1,704 50
Expended
1,449 28
Unexpended balance
Due from Danvers
$255 22 38 81
ITEMS
Bridge signs
$5 75
Expert supervision
35 50
Freight
15 17
Lantern globes
45
Lumber
246 56
Oil
39
Paint and brushes
7 40
Payrolls
172 90
South Main Street bridge
13 00
South Middleton bridge
28 77
Spikes and nails
3 39
Steel bridge, East street
920 00
Total expended
$1,449 28
County Tax Account
County tax
$1,563 24
State Tax Account
State tax
$2,377 83
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DAVID CUMMINGS FUND
David Cummings Fund
Balance in Salem Sav. Bank, Jan. 22, 1917 $3,520 99
Balance in Salem Five Cent Savings Bank, Jan. 22, 1917 $3,396 20
United Shoe dividends
34 00
Extra United Shoe dividends
22 00
Scrip dividend 8 68
Interest Salem Five Cent Savings Bank 136 24
Interest Salem Savings Bank 136 96
$7,255 07
Trustees order paid
$ 385 56
Balance in Salem Sav. Bank, Jan. 2, 1918 3,474 79
Balance in Salem Five Cent Savings Bank, Jan. 2, 1918 3,394 72
$7,255 07
24 Shares U. S. Mch'y. Co. common stock value Jan. 2, 1918, 43} per share.
H. H. BRADSTREET,
Treasurer.
Aid Rendered Worthy Poor From Cummings Fund
Sarah P. Johnson, wood and coal $68 55
Benjamin F. Gould, wood 49 50
Mrs. Chandler, wood, coal and groceries 22 60
Charles Wilkins, home rent and groceries 20 00
John Bott, clothing 4 12
Eugene Grady, shoes and rubbers for children 10 40
L. E. Collins, care of M. A. Richardson 24 00
Henry Peabody, wood and coal 35 75
Mrs. Briscoe, shoes for children 9 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Scott Wilkins, wood and coal
35 87
Mrs. Wheelock, wood and groceries 9 81
C. O. Floyd, wood 4 00
Mrs. Boutwell, wood
8 00
Fred A. Richardson, wood
8 00
Charles Cross, wood
4 00
$313 60
Cash and wood on hand
71 96
$385 56
Orders drawn on Town Treasurer
$385 56
MAURICE E. TYLER, J. ALLEN ATWOOD,
Trustees.
Electric Light Depreciation and Repair
Town Appropriation
Expended
$225 00 68 16
Unexpended balance
$156 84
ITEMS
Installing lights and labor
$ 3 60
Street light supplies
39 10
Poles
14 00
Labor, repairing street lights
11 46
Total expended
$68 16
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Home Light Department
RECEIPTS
Received and paid Treasurer for sale of electric current $1,126 39
Due from sale of electric current for month of December 1917 98 24
Total receipts
$1,224 63
Expended
1,173 11
Balance
$51 52
ITEMS OF EXPENDITURES
Electric current purchased
$639 00
Insurance
50 00
Repairing meters and lights
14 00
State report expenses
6 19
Sundries and labor on the lines
128 68
Supervison work :
Reading meters, clerical work, postage, horse hire 120 46
Expended account H. L. Dept.
$958 33
Transferred to pay overdraft in Street Light Department 214 78
Total expended
$1,173 11
Respectfully submitted,
M. E. TYLER, Manager.
Street Light Department
Town Appropriation
$500.00
Expended 714 78
Overdraft
$214 78
Transferred from the profits of the House Light Dept. $214 78
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FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
ITEM
Electric current $714 78
Total expended.
$714 78
Flint Public Library Account
Town Appropriation $200 00
Expended
$200 00
ITEM
Paid Treasurer, Flint Public Library $200 00
Firemen's Account
Town Appropriation
$65 00
Expended
$65 00
Payroll of the Fire Department
$65 00
Forest and Building Fire Department
Town Appropriation
$250 00
Transfers from Contingent Fund
105 46
Reimbursements for fire fighting
71 00
Total receipts
$426 46
Expended
370 86
Unexpended balance
$55 60
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ITEMS
Payrolls (L. G. Esty, Forest Fire Warden) $210 60
Payrolls (O. H. Sheldon, Chief of Fire Department)
119 90
Fighting fire in Lynnfield 10 80
Supplies :
Paint, rope, salt, bottles, stoppers, hose
29 56
$370 86
Highway Department
Town Appropriation
$1,900 00
Received for snow work
4 00
Total receipts
$1,904 00
Expended
1,895 78
Unexpended balance
$8 22
ITEMS
Equipment and tools
$87 15
Fence posts
1 50
Payrolls
1,793 10
Repair of tools
7 25
Supplies : Nails, paint, grease
1 14
Tarvia
5 64
Total expended
$1,895 78
Hydrant on Maple Street
Town Appropriation
$150 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
3 97
Total
$153 97
Expended
$153 97
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LIQUOR LICENSE ACCOUNT
ITEMS
Hydrant and accessories
$67 00
Labor
30 69
Tapping valve and sleeve
56 28
Total expended
$153 97
Interest on Town Notes, Account
Town Appropriation
$1,000 00
Interest on deposits
38 57
Transferred from the Contingent Fund
141 93
Total receipts
$1,180 50
Expended
$1,180 50
ITEM
Interest paid on Town Notes
$1,180 50
Notes Paid Account
Revenue
$19,000 00
Water main note
1,500 0.0
Serial note
700 00
Outstanding demand note
500 00
Total
$21,700 00
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Schedule of Town Notes
Original Amount and Rate of Purpose of Notes Int.
Due 1917
Due 1918
Due 1919
Due 1920
Due 1921
Due 1922
Due 1923
Due 1924
Due 1925
Due 1926
Revenue $13,000 and $1,900
4 % 414%
Dec.20 4,000
Mar. 20 9,000 June 7 1,900
Water Mains $7,500
4%
June 1 1,500
June 1 1,500
June 1 1,500
June 1 1,500
Demand Notes $5,800
4%
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
Apr. 1 500
State Highway Fletcher's Bridge S. Main St. Water $3,000
41/4%
Aug. 7 600
Aug. 7 600
Aug. 7 600
Aug. 7 600
Aug. 7 600
Electric Light $4,500
41/4%
Dec. 1 500
Dec. 1 500
Dec. 1 |Dec. 1 500 500
Dec. 1 500
Dec. 1 500
Dec. 1 500
Dec. 1 500
Dec. 1 500
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MEMORIAL DAY
Liquor License Account
Received for liquor license
$3,000 00
Paid Commonwealth of Mass. (2)
750 00
Balance
$2,250 00
Memorial Day
Town Appropriation
$125 00
Expended
124 87
Unexpended balance
$ 13
ITEMS
Flags
$18 80
Flowers and wreaths
19 25
Gettysburg Speech
1 00
Groceries and provisions
8 12
Music
50 00
Oration
10 00
Programs
3 75
Refreshments for school children
9 95
Transportation of school children
4 00
$124 87
Pupils' Carfare Account
Town Appropriation
$ 200 00
Received from sale of tickets
33 60
Received from State
148 44
Total receipts
$382 04
Expended
310 00
Unexpended balance
$72 04
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
ITEMS
Paid transportation of pupils to Danvers $300 00 Paid for transportation of pupils to Peabody 10 00
Total expended $310 00
Police Department Account
Deputy Sheriff's expenses in case of
neglected children $34 12
District Court expenses
6 87
Keeper of lockup 1 56
Officers fees at District Court
16 61
Police services and conveyance
195 26
Police supplies : Revolvers, twisters, etc.
27 56
Transporting prisoner
2 00
Watchman on Boston St.
3 90
Total expended $287 88
This amount was paid from the Contingent Fund
Power Sprayer Department Account
Town Appropriation
$350 00
Transferred from Tree Warden Dept. 100 00
Total receipts $450 00
ITEM
Worked out in Moth Dept. on account of State allotment $450 00
Total expended $450 00
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Poor Department Account
Town Appropriation $516 50
Received from Salem for aid rendered in 1916 67 95
Received from North Reading for aid rendered 19 12
Received from State on acct. of sick paupers 119 82 Received from Almy, Bigelow & Washburn 3 50
Total receipts $726 89
Expended
492 89
Enexpended balance
Due from State account paupers
$234 00 $115 00
ITEMS
Paid City of Peabody for board of Mid- dleton inmate at its almshouse $204 30
Paid for rent of Town poor 151 59
Paid for groceries of Town poor 8 00
Paid for groceries and medicine for State poor 65 00
Paid for burial of indigent soldier, ac- count of State 40 00
Paid for burial of State child
10 00
Paid City of Lynn for board of Middleton inmate at its hospital 14 00
Total expended
$492 89
School Supplies and Books
Town Appropriation $450 00
Reimbursement on dress goods bill
19 08
Total receipts
$469 08
Expended
$226 23
Unexpended balance
$242 85 .
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
ITEMS
Dress goods
$19 63
Dry cells
1 60
Express and freight on supplies
1 77
Promotion cards
2 50
Supplies : books, pencils, pens etc.,
paper, music, shears
188 03
Supplies for Manual training
12 70
Total expended
$226 23
School Department Account
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$3,200 00
State school fund
1,118 92
Tuition of State children
205 50
Superintendent's salary from State
208 33
Tuition from Town of North Andover
25 00 1
Account State Board of Education
31 25
Transferred from the Contingent Fund
356 41
Transferred from Reserve Fund
8 39
Total receipts
$5,153 80
Due from North Andover for tuition $90 00
Due from Mr. F. A.Smith, Danvers, for tuition 30 00
Due from Mr. Clifton Berry, No. Andover, for tuition 60 00
Total credits of the departments $5,333 80 Total Expended $5,333 80
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE
Fuel :
Coal
$330 00
Charcoal
3 75
Wood
34 00
Janitor services
443 45
Regular teachers
2,325 00
Supervisors :
Drawing
80 00
Music
160 00
Sewing
84 00
School physician
10 00
Superintendent of School
316 60
Transportation to Centre School
1,500 00
Transportation of child to West Peabody
2 00
Truant officer
15 00
Water in the School house
30 00
Total Expended
$5,333 80
School Incidentals Account
Town Appropriation
$300 00
Expended
295 43
Unexpended balance
$4 57
ITEMS
Attending Bay State St. Ry. hearing on account of pupils' tickets
$8 68
Diplomas and ribbon 16 07
Express and postage
3 31
Flag for school
5 75
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Incidentals : Keys, lumber, holiday cards, first aid outfit, batteries, graduating programs and tickets, billheads Investigating candidate for Supt. of Schools
28 89
Labor on cesspool
27 55
Repair of toilets
172 38
Transportation of School Committee to attend Union Committee meetings
14 00
Tuning piano
5 25
Writing certificates
5 55
Transporting School bird houses to Topsfield fair 4 00
Total expended
$295 43
High School Tuition Account ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE
Town of Danvers for tuition
$1,464 00
Town of Reading for tuition
36 00
Total expended
$1,500 00
Soldiers' Relief
Town Appropriation
$200 00
Expended
169 60
Unexpended balance
$30 40
ITEMS
Coal
$5 60
Regular relief
160 00
Rent
4 00
Total expended
$169 60
4 00
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TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT
ITEMS
Expenses to convention
$ 2 27
Chemicals
7 00
Freight and express
2 59
Gasoline
13 16
Horsehire
189 85
Labor
1,522 35
Sending out moth notices
13 00
$1,750 22
Less Dec. 1916 expenditure shown on 1916 Town Report
91 41
$1,658 81
Plus Dec. 1917 payroll of year 1917-18
264 06
Total expended Jan. 1, 1917 to Jan. 1, 1918
$1,922 87
Tree Warden Account
Town Appropriation
$250 00
Received for private work
10 70
Due for private work
7 69
Total
$268 39
Expended
$268 39
ITEMS
Transfer to power sprayer
$100 00
Labor
144 10
Team hire
23 29
Tools
1 00
Total expended
$268 39
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TOWN OFFICERS' ACCOUNT
Town Officers' Account
Town Appropriation
$900 00
Transferred from the Contingent Fund
449 25
Total receipts
$1,349 25
Expended
$1,349 25
ITEMS
Accountant's salary
$200 00
Assessor's salaries
291 75
Auditor's salary
66 00
Board of Health salaries
20 00
Board of Registrars salaries
32 50
Constable's salary
41 00
Inspector of slaughtering
25 00
Moderator
10 00
Overseer's of the Poor salaries
50 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
35 00
Selectmen's salaries to Mar. 1, 1917
117 50
Selectmen's salaries to Mar. 1 1918
175 00
Supt. of Burials' salary
15 00
Town Clerk's salary (pro-tem)
19 00
Town Clerk's salary (regular)
99 00
Town Treasurer's salary
122 50
Water Commissioners' salaries
30 00
Total expended
$1,349 25
Town Hall Account
Received from Improved Order of Red Men $73 80
Received from Middleton Grange 55 15
Received from entertainments and dances 73 95
Total receipts $202 90
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HOSE HOUSE ACCOUNT
Water and Light in the Hose House Account
Town Appropriation
Expended
$125 00 73 33
Unexpended balance
$5167
ITEMS
Labor
$73 05
Oil
28
Total expended
$73 33
Endowment Lots
Interest on deposits $175 00
Expended
ITEM
$175 00
Weston Lot Account
Interest on deposits $25 00
$25 00
Expended
ITEM
Granite marker $25 00
$175 00
Care of lots
Cemetery Endowments Account
Name
No. of Lot
Original Fund
Balance 1916
Interest
Amount
Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100.00
$157.97
$6.36
$4.00
$160.33
Averill, Joseph
346
100.00
101.12
4.08
5.00
100.20
Berry, Allen
112
122.90
145.04
5.84
7.00
143.88
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100.00
106.46
4.28
3.00
107.74
Curtis, Phoebe
50.00
57.32
2.30
7.00
52.62
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75.00
Esty, Annie E.
572
100.00
106.84
4.28
3.00
108.12
Esty, Allena A.
258
100.00
102.25
4.12
3.50
102.87
Esty & Hutchinson
48
100.00
Eaton, Irvin
168
75.00
76.33
3.06
3.00
76.39
Fowler, Alonzo
12
100.00
115.52
4.64
3.00
117.16
Frame, L. M.
516
125.00
140.86
5.66
4.50
142.02
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
75.00
80.48
3.24
3.00
80.72
Fuller, Sophrina
236
200.00
282.10
11.38
9.00
284.48
Flint, G. B.
152
65.30
67.79
2.72
3,00
67.51
Gifford, W.
180
100.00
119.95
4.82
6.00
118.77
Gould, Porter I.
414
100.00
106.53
4.28
5.00
105.81
Goodwin, Ira E., Heirs of
380
100.00
104.79
4.20
3.00
105.99
Graves, D. A.
234
100.00
108.89
4.38
3.50
109.77
Hutchinson, Caroline
253
100.00
108.39
4.36
4.50
108.25
Hutchinson, Elisha
740
100.00
110.81
4.46
3.00
112.27
McIntire, Abraham S.
132
75.00
77.04
3.10
3.50
76.64
McIntire, Annie M.
398
100.00
128.00
5.16
3.50
129.66
Peabody & Hutchinson
182-84
150.00
171.29
6.90
6.00
172.19
Peabody, A. W.
90
200.00
111.57
4.48
4.50
111.55
Peabody, Samuel
204
100.00
113.00
4.56
4.00
113.56
Peabody, William A.
100.00
108.83
4.36
3.00
110.19
Pike, Sarah J.
412
125.00
146.50
5.90
4.50
147.90
Phelps, William M.
148
100.00
115.21
4.64
7.00
112.85
Richardson, L. G.
80
100.00
118.73
4.78
3.50
120.01
Russell, P. B.
430
200.00
238.28
9.62
6.50
241.40
Smith, E. D. & M. J.
436
100.00
Smith, Sarah F.
102
100.00
100.00
Sopher, Pollie A.
298
100.00
109.51
4.40
6.50
107.41
Styles, David. Jr.
150.00
187.85
7.56
8.00
187.41
Stiles, Farnum
10
100.00
109.82
4.42
6.50
107.74
Taylor, B. H.
334
100.00
100.00
Thomas, H. A.
64
75.00
76.43
3.06
3.00
76.49
Wellman, John R.
40
200.00
222.85
8.98
6.00
225.83
Weston, Samuel W.
36
200.00
301.46
12.16
31.00
282.62
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100.00
115.21
4.64
5.50
114.35
Wilkins, E. W.
172
75.00
75.00
Wilkins, Susan A.
596
102.00
103.98
4.08
4.50
103.56
Hutchinson & Russell
518
100.00
100.00
200.00
Peabody, S. Maria
584
100.00
100.00
(29)
Received Withdrawn
75.00
100.00
30
CEMETERY ENDOWMENTS
Dr.
Received from Danvers Savings Bank -
$192.50
Received from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
3.00
Received from Salem Savings Bank
-
4.50
$200.00
Six lots endowed in 1917
$575.00
$775.00
Cr.
Paid J. A. Atwood for care of lots
$175.00
Paid account of Weston lot
-
-
25.00
$200.00
Deposited in Danvers Savings Bank -
375.00
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
200.00
$775.00
-
-
-
H. H. BRADSTREET
Treasurer
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Adjusted Sealed Condemned 1
Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
2
8
Computing scales
1
Other scales
18
3
Weights
92
Liquid Measure
40
Linear Measure
2
Measuring pumps
4
Sealing fees due the Town
$10 75
Tax Collector's Report
1915 Taxes
Balance due Jan. 1, 1917
$2,724 57
Personal and real estate collections
$2,568 47
Abatements
$156 10
$2,724 57
Interest
$272 42
1916 Taxes
Balance due Jan. 1, 1917
$5,586 98
Personal and real estate collections
$3,175 78
Polls collected
50 00
Abatements
167 56
Uncollected taxes Jan. 1, 1918
2,193 64
$5,586 98
Interest
$98 04
32
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
1917 Taxes
Taxes assessed for the year 1917
$16,833 23
Personal and real estate collections to Dec. 31, 1917 $9,205 82
Polls collected to Dec. 31, 1917
480 00
Abatements 3 76
Uncollected taxes Jan. J, 1918
7,143 65
Interest
$16,833 23 $7 64
Taxes due Jan. 1, 1918
Year 1916
Year 1917
Total due
$9,337 29
Respectfully submitted, H. A. YOUNG, Tax Collector.
Treasurer's Report for year ending Dec. 31, 1917
RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1917
$4,739 42
Rent of Town Hall 202 90
Henry A. Young, account 1915 taxes
2,568 47
1915 interest
272 42
66
1915 abatements
156 10
66
1916 taxes
3,225 38
1916 interest 98 04
1916 abatements 167 56
66
1917 taxes 9,685 82
1917 interest 7 64
1917 abatements 3 76
1914 tax and
interest 5 83
-
$2,193 64 7,143 65
33
TREASURER'S REPORT
Electric Light Department
1,126 39
A. P. Tyler, scholars' tickets
22 80
Franklin Porter, scholars' tickets State Treasurer :
10 80
Income Mass. School Fund
1,118 92
Gypsy and brown tail moth suppression 461 97
High School tuition, 1916
1,350 00
Highway Commissioner, gypsy moth
4 54
Support sick paupers
67 00
Compensation Inspector of Animals
37 50
Support of Sick Paupers and Temporary aid
37 82
Board of Education
31 25
Highway, Maple street
1,000 00
Corp. tax, public service
183 59
business
46 72
Income tax
609 40
Bank tax
65
Burial of paupers
15 00
Tuition of children
205 50
High School tuition
1,552 00
Military and State aid
1,474 67
Loss taxes on land around public institutions 303 97
Soldiers' exemption 56 48
Transportating High School pupils
148 44
Salary Superintendent of Schools
208 33
State forestry 259 16
County Treasurer :
Rebate of dog licenses
233 64
Highway construction
1,000 00
Interest on deposits
37 51
J. F. O'Donnell, liquor license
3,000 00
Sundry licenses, junk, etc.
28 00
Sale cemetery lots 54 00
B. T. McGlauflin, private work and lead sold 159 48 Notes anticipation revenue 14,900 00
34
TREASURER'S REPORT
Serial notes 45-49
Sundry receipts
3,000 00 552 86
$54,431 73
EXPENDITURES
Paid Selectmen's orders
$51,653 02
Paid State Aid orders
1,122 00
Balance Jan. 1, 1918
1,656 71
$54,431 73
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
Auditor's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
This is to certify that I have examined all departments having to do with the expenditures of moneys; have audited the books and accounts, all vouches on which money has been paid by the Town Treasurer for the year ending December 1, 1917, and find them to be correct.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK B. TYLER,
Town Auditor.
Monthly Expenditures of the Town
Selectmen's orders paid in January $1,216 99 State Aid 88 00
35
MONTHLY EXPENDITURES
Selectmen's orders paid in February
1,247 92
State Aid
88 00
Selectmen's orders paid in March
16,825 51
State Aid
88 00
Selectmen's orders paid in April
2,636 84
State Aid
92 00
Selectmen's orders paid in May
4,674 16
State Aid
98 00
Selectmen's orders paid in June
2,866 35
State Aid
98 00
Selectmen's orders paid in July
859 13
State Aid
98 00
Selectmen's orders paid in August
1,127 72
State Aid
98 00
Selectmen's orders paid in September
2,553 17
State Aid
92 00
Selectmen's orders paid in October State Aid
5,854 93
94 00
Selectmen's orders paid in November
4,788 82
State Aid
94 00
Selectmen's orders paid in December
7,001 48
State Aid
94 00
Total paid for the year
$52,775 02
Total Selectmen's orders
51,653 02
Total State Aid orders
1,122 00
Total paid for the year
$52,775 02
Summary of the Town Expenditures for 1917
Abatement of taxes $304 83 20 76
Bay State St. R.R. Co.
36
TOWN EXPENDITURES
Board of Health
59 13
Bridge Department
1,449 28
Cemetery Department
349 76
Contingent Fund (minus transfers)
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