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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1919
For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
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SALEM, MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS
1920 FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
LIBRAR
Flint Public Library
Middleton, Mass.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1919
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1919
Moderator J. H. Curtis
Town Clerk C. Fred Steele
Treasurer Harry H. Bradstreet
Selectmen Maurice E. Tyler
Otis M. Wilkins
J. Wesley Milberry
Overseers of the Poor B. T. McGlauflin
Maurice E. Tyler
J. Allen Atwood
Board of Health Maurice E. Tyler
Otis M. Wilkins J. Wesley Milberry
Assessors Maurice E. Tyler, Chairman
B. Frank Phillips Lyman Wilkins
School Committee Wayne A. Giles, Chairman
Mrs. Ruth Hastings Arthur E. Curtis
(3)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Highway Surveyor Oscar Sheldon
Tax Collector Henry A. Young
Tree Warden B. T. McGlauflin
Constable Will A. Russell
Auditor Frank B. Tyler
Town Accountant Franklin C. Roberts, January to September Harley M. Tyler, September to December 31
Moth Superintendent B. T. McGlauflin
B. T. McGlauflin
Registrars of Voters E. S. Hutchinson G. E. Barnaby
C. F. Steele, Clerk
Trustees of Flint Public Library H. Galen Howe, Chairman
Maurice E. Tyler Henry A. Young
Charles Hutchinson George E. Barnaby
William R. Godfrey
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees of David Cummings Fund Maurice E. Tyler
J. Allen Atwood
Henry A. Young
Forest Fire Warden O. H. Sheldon
Chief of Fire Department Oscar Sheldon
Sealer of Weights and Measures
J. Wesley Milberry
Superintendent of Burials J. Allen Atwood
Water Commissioners B. T. McGlauflin
George Ogden
Oscar Sheldon
Janitor of Town Hall Henry A. Young
Manager of Electric Light Plant Maurice E. Tyler
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering Lyman S. Wilkins
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APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriations for 1919
GENERAL GOVERNMENT :
Maintenance
Overlay
Town Officers
$1,600 00
Tax Collector
200 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Forest
$250 00
Building
250 00
Firemen's Wages
65 00
Police
200 00
FORESTRY :
Tree Warden
$250 00
Moth Department
401 84
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Board of Health 100 00
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES :
Highways (Voted according to State
plan)
2,800 00
Maple Street (Special) 500 00
Boston Street (Special) 1,000 00
Lighting Streets 500 00
Sidewalk (Voted from Reserve Fund)
200 00
Bridges 200 00
CHARITIES:
Poor Department
600 00
Soldiers' Benefits 175 00
EDUCATION :
School (General) 4,500 00
School Books and Supplies 250 00
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APPROPRIATIONS
Incidentals
300 00
Transportation (High School)
200 00
Library
200 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
Electric Light Depreciation
225 00
Cemeteries
400 00
Interest
1,200 00
Municipal Indebtedness Notes
3,100 00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
TRANSACTION AGENCY :
County Tax
1,704 91
State Tax
2,122 10
Assessed for Overlay
102 88
UNCLASSIFIED :
Contingent Fund (Regular)
2,000 00
Memorial Day
175 00
Abatement of Taxes Account
Overlay Balance 1918
$172 10
Overlay Balance 1919
102 88
$274 98
EXPENDITURES
Taxes abated during the year
$139 23
Balance unexpended
$135 75
Board of Health Account
Town Appropriation $100 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
153 18
Transferred from Reserve Fund
43 38
$296 56
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BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Groceries furnished Nichols'
$14 10
Burial of W. H. Causland (1918)
100 00
Care of Francis Swiderskey
58 07
Young's brook drainage
68 03
Disinfecting
9 25
Returning deaths
4 35
Burial Permits
7 25
Reporting contagious diseases
4 25
S. P. Johnson
18 36
Horse hire and contagious cards
13 00
$296 56
Bridge Department Account
Town Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
279 62
$479 62
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$156 39
Lumber
303 08
Spikes
8 15
Trucking
12 00
$479 62
Building Fire Department Account
Town Appropriation
$250 00
Sale of stove
4 50
$254 50
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DAVID CUMMINGS FUND ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Water
$ 6 75
Wiring hose house for lights
25 50
Supplies
6 95
Repairing ladders
2 50
Labor
24 20
Total
$65 90
Unexpended balance
188 60
$254 50
1 David Cummings' Fund
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank January 1, 1919
$3,521 08
Balance Salem Savings Bank
3,247 74
Dividends United Shoe Machinery Co.
84 00
Interests on Deposits
305 19
$7,158 01
Trustees orders paid $386 88
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank January 1, 1920 3,375 63
Balance Salem Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1920 3,395 50
24 shares United Shoe Machinery Co., Common Stock at $48 January 1, 1920
$7,158 01
H. H. BRADSTREET,
Treasurer.
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CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Report of David Cummings' Fund
Aid rendered worthy poor $386 88
Orders drawn on Town Treasurer
$386 88
Wood on hand 7 cords.
Respectfully submitted, MAURICE E. TYLER, J. ALLEN ATWOOD, HENRY A. YOUNG
Trustees.
Cemetery Department Account
Appropriation
$400 00
$400 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$339 56
Teams
26 00
Water and Repairs
28 84
Paint and Brush
3 60
Signs
2 00
$400 00
Contingent Fund Account
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Received from rent of Town Hall
241 35
Received from licenses
16 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
444 84
$2,702 19
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Accountant's Expenses :
Postage, stationery, telephone, etc. $7 76
Assessors' Expenses :
Canvassing blanks
9 50
Expenses to Assessors' meeting
8 20
Horse hire, postage, etc. 11 87
Probate Court work 12 87
Auditor's Expenses :
Postage on tax collector's unpaid accounts 1 77
Selectmen's Expenses :
Hearings at Boston Bay State Board of Health 28 67
State Highway advertising
25 52
Postage, telephone and stationery 28 65
Tax Collector's Expenses :
Advertising on account of unpaid taxes 3 00
Tax list and book 5 58
Postage, envelopes, and stationery
31 72
Premium on bond 20 00
Town Clerk's Expenses :
Administering oaths
22 00
Envelopes and stationery Town Clerk's meeting and expense
6 90
Telephone
4 95
Returned soldiers' letter blanks
3 25
Town Treasurer's Expenses :
Premium on bond
20 00
Stationery and Postage
13 00
Insurance liability
51 00
Election Expenses :
Ballots
25 50
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Election officers' lunch
9 50
Election officers' pay
94 00
Voting lists
3 50
Town Hall Expenses :
Coal
139 34
Electricity
76 56
Janitor service
167 50
Repairs on toilets
3 65
Supplies: floor wax, mop, soap, etc.
25 02
Water
18 00
War Tax returns' expenses
7 20
Furnace
319 00
Repairs on steps
24 77
Wood
7 00
Unclassified :
Blowing fire whistle
43 48
Certification of Town notes
4 00
Care of Danger Signals :
Oil, lanterns, labor
35 90
Dog license book
1 31
Moth notices, mowing Town Hall lawn and care of grounds
12 00
Mowing Flagstaff lawn
2 00
Insurance on Moth
24 48
Printing Town Reports
106 80
Rent of Deposit box
4 00
Telephone in Town Hall
3 27
Caring for Hydrants
14 30
Care of Flag 1918
5 00
Water in Hose House
2 25
Water bill hearings
6 79
Printing Bridge signs
34 00
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Supplies Sealer Weights
9 23
Clean Highways Memorial
55 00
Clean ivy from wall
1 00
Fence repairing
8 00
G. P. Pope, insurance on teams
26 96
G. P. Pope, insurance on Public Works
11 78
G. P. Pope, insurance on Help
305 15
S. P. Johnson
28 70
Insurance
345 45
Transfers to other Departments
374 59
$2,702 19
Electric Light Depreciation Department Account
Appropriaton
$225 00
EXPENDITURES
Electric Light Department
$99 68
T. M. Robinson
16 00
Robinson & Sheldon
5 00
$120 68
Transferred to Street Light Account
31 94
Unexpended balance
62 38
$225 00
Electric Light Street Department Account
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from Contingent Fund
8 91
Transferred from Depreciation Account
31 94
Transferred from Home Light Account
299 17
$840 02
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Electric Light Dept., current $783 95
Danvers Electric Light Department, repairs 52 07
T. Robinson, repairs 4 00 -
$840 02
Electric Light Home Department Account
Sale of current
$1,409 12
Received for Construction work 1918
124 87
Received for Construction work 1919
14 10
General Electric Refund
2 44
$1,550 53
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Electric Light Department, current purchased
$724 05
State Report, expenses
16 36
Clerical work
60 92
Horse hire
33 50
Insurance of employes
50 00
Meter reading
79 25
New meters
46 31
Postage
9 04
Premium on Managers' bond
2 50
Printing bills
9 36
Support of Elecric Light Commission
75
Danvers Electric Light Department
14 10
T. Robinson
4 35
C. O. Currier
6 00
Boston & Maine
6 00
$1,062 49
Transferred to Street Department Account
299 17
Unxpended balance 188 87
$1,550 53
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FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Flint Public Library Account
Town Appropriation $200 00
Paid Treasurer of the Flint Public Library $200 00
Fire Department Payroll Account
Town Appropriation
$65 00
EXPENDITURE
Fire Department payroll
$65 00
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Forest Fire Department Account
Appropriation
$250 00
Transferred from Contingent fund
99 30
Transferred from Reserve fund
10 00
$359 30
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$324 90
Truck
32 50
Soda
1 90
$359 30
High School Tuition Account
Paid High School Tuition $960 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Highway Department Account
Town Appropriation
$ 2,800 00
State Treasurer reimbursement
1,261 89
$4,061 89
EXPENDITURES
Gravel
$102 20
Labor
1,835 59
Teams
1,798 57
Tools
199 88
File Pipe
24 35
Snow Work
29 96
$3,990 55
Unexpended balance
71 34
$4,061 89
Interest Department Account
Appropiation
$1,200 00
Interest on Deposits
115 05
Transferred from Contingent account
48 23
Transferred from Reserve Fund
60 84
$1,424 12
EXPENDITURES
Interest paid on Outlay note $389 08
Interest paid on Revenue note
920 00
Interest paid on Electric Light notes
115 04
$1,424 12
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LIQUOR LICENSE ACCOUNT
Liquor License Account
Received for Club licenses $580 00
$580 00
EXPENDITURES
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts one-quarter $145 00
Unxpended balance
435 00
$580 00
Memorial Day Account
Appropriation $175 00
Municipal Notes Account
Appropriation $3,100 00
EXPENDITURES
Demand note $500 00
Water main note
1,500 00
Outlay note : State highway, Fletcher's bridge, South Main Street water
600 00
Electric light note
500 00
$3,100 00
Schedule of Town Notes
Original Amount and Purpose of Notes
Rate of Int.
Due 1918
Due 1919
Due 1920
Due 1921
Due 1922
Due 1923
Due 1924
Due 1925
Due 1926
Revenue $12,000 and $5,000
51/2%
Mar. 20 12,000 May 27 5,000
Water Mains $7,500
4%
June 1 1,500
June 1 1,500
June 1 1,500
(18)
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. 1 300
State Highway Fletcher's Bridge South Main Street, 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. 1 500
Dec. 1 |Dec. 1 500
500
500
Dec. 1 |Dec. 1 Dec. 1 500
500
Dec. 1 500
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MOTH DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Moth Department Account
Note : Moth Department year is from December 1 to November 31
Town Appropriation
$401 84
State Treasurer (cash)
$240 56
State Allotment (due)
600 00
Private moth work and sale of arsenate of lead
329 02
Ropes Bros., refund on Lime Sulphur
2 00
$1,573 42
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,337 20
Horse hire
138 74
Gasolene
7 20
Expenses to Convention
5 78
Express
2 55
Storage of small sprayer
3 00
Sending out moth notices
7 00
Postage on same
3 12
Lime Sulphur
15 00
Total January 1, 1919 through December 31, 1919 $1,680 84 Note : Work done from Dec. 1, 1919 to Jan. 1, 1920 $176 25
Pupils' Carfare Account
Town Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fnud
147 18
Refund on tickets
7 82
$355 00
EXPENDITURES
Paid for pupils' carfare tickets
$355 00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Poor Department Account
Town Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
166 28
$766 28
EXPENDITURES
Rent paid for Town poor
$62 50
Paid to City of Peabody for board of Town Inmate
234 65
Paid for groceries for State paupers
245 00
Paid for groceries for Town poor
139 63
Burial of State pauper
45 00
City of Salem, care at hospital
34 50
City of Peabody, care at hospital
5 00
$766 28
Police Department Account
Town Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
53 78
Court fees
3 30
$257 08
EXPENDITURES
Labor (regular services)
$109 57
Labor, District Court fees
51 87
Auto hire
62 54
Batteries
1 20
Burying dog
1 00
Telephone
6 25
Dog tax notices
2 95
Danvers Police Station, board and care
21 70
$257 08
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACCOUNT
Revenue Notes Account
Revenue notes paid
$17,000 00
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measure
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
1
2
Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
2
6
1
Computing scales
2
Weights
2
57
Liquid measure
23
3
Measuring pumps
2
4
Slot weighing scales
1
1
All other scales
11
Sealing fees of $11.65 deducted from the sealer's salary.
Soldiers' Remembrance Fund Account
Town Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Five dollar gold pieces
$250 00
Music and transportation
37 00
Caterer
125 00
Ice Cream
34 00
Miscellaneous
9 42
Unexpended balance
44 58
$500 00
22
ENDOWMENT LOTS ACCOUNT
Endowment Lots Account
Interest from Salem Savings Bank $ 6 00
Interest from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 28 00
Interest in Danvers Savings Bank 250 00
$284 00
EXPENDITURES
Regular care of lots $284 00
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
Cemetery Endowment Account
NAME
No. of Lot
Original Fund
Balance 1917
Interest
Amount
Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100 00
$156 93
Received Withdrawn $7 11 $10 00
$154 04
Averill, Edward P.
52
100 00
100 00
Averill, Joseph
346
100 00
101 25
4 58
5 00
100 83
Berry, Allen
112
122 90
139 12
6 31
8 00
137 43
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100 00
109 16
4 94
5 00
109 10
Curtis, Phoebe
50 00
53 24
2 40
3 00
52 64
Day, Mrs. Geo. E.
588
50 00
50 00
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75 00
77 54
3 50
3 00
78 04
Esty, Annie E.
572
100 00
109 54
4 94
6 00
108 48
Esty, Allena A.
258
100 00
104 04
4 72
6 00
102 76
Esty and Hutchinson
48
100 00
103 15
4 67
6 00
101 82
Eaton, Irvin L.
168
75 00
76 24
3 44
4 00
75 68
Fowler, Alonzo
12
100 00
119 08
5 39
6 00
118 47
Frame, L. M.
516
125 00
143 69
6 49
8 00
142 18
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
75 00
79 37
3 10
3 00
79 97
Fuller, Sophronia .
236
200 00
265 85
12 05
10 00
267 90
Fuller, Timothy & Lydia
268
100 00
2 25
102 25
Flint, G. B.
152
65 30
66 90
3 01
4 00
65 91
Gifford, William
180
100 00
108 24
4 90
6 00
107 14
Gould, Porter I.
414
100 00
103 13
4 67
6 00
101 80
Goodwin, Ira E., Heirs of
380
100 00
107 31
4 85
5 00
107 16
Graves, D. A. .
234
100 00
111 29
5 03
6 00
110 32
Harlow, Levi
684
100 00
1 13
101 13
Hobbs, Kathryn
1/2
588
50 00
50 00
1 69
51 69
Hutchinson, Caroline A.
253
100 00
104 70
4 74
6 00
103 44
Hutchinson, Elisha P.
740
100 00
101 94
4 61
4 00
102 55
Hutchinson and Russell
518
100 00
100 00
4 50
4 00
100 50
Jones, John E.
372
100 00
100 00
4 55
4 00
100 55
Jones, Samuel
290
100 00
76 49
3 39
3 00
76 88
McIntire, Annie M.
398
150 00
174 89
7 91
8 00
174 80
Peabody, A. W.
90
200 00
201 50
9 16
6 00
204 66
Peabody, Samuel M.
204
100 00
113 78
5 15
6 00
112 93
Peabody, William M.
100 00
105 24
4 76
6 00
104 00
Pike, Sarah J.
412
125 00
147 34
6 67
10 00
144 01
Phelps, William M.
148
100 00
112 52
5 10
6 00
111 62
Richardson, Benj. F.
164
100 00
100 00
4 55
4 00
100 55
Richardson, Lucy G.
80
100 00
121 08
5 48
9 00
117 56
Russell, P. B.
430
200 00
238 09
10 81
10 00
238 90
Smith, E. D. & M. J.
436
100 00
101 15
4 58
5 00
100 73
Smith, Sarah F.
102
100 00
106 09
4 81
5 00
105 90
Soper, Polly A.
298
100 00
107 83
4 87
6 00
106 70
Stiles, Farnham
10
100 00
109 16
4 94
6 00
108 10
Taylor, Benjamin H.
334
100 00
100 00
4 53
4 00
100 53
Thomas, H. Amelia
64
75 00
76 34
3 46
4 00
75 80
Wellman, John R.
40
200 00
222 22
10 09
10 00
222 31
Weston, Samuel W. .
36
200 00
262 89
11 92
12 00
262 81
White, Henry F. .
208
75 00
75 00
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100 00
109 12
4 94
6 00
108 06
Wilkins, Edward W.
172
75 00
75 00
3 38
3 00
75 38
Wilkins, Susan A.
596
100 00
103 24
4 68
6 00
101 92
McIntire, Abram S.
132
100 00
126 18
5 73
5 00
126 91
Peabody, S. Maria
584
100 00
105 67
4 79
6 00
104 46
Styles, David .
150 00
172 88
7 83
10 00
170 71
Peabody & Hutchinson
182-84
100 00
75 00
(23)
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF ACCOUNT
Soldiers' Relief Account
Town Appropriation $175 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
146 54
$321 54
EXPENDITURES
Care of soldiers' mother
$201 54
Regular soldier's relief 120 00
$321 54
Special State Aid Account
State Treasurer
$78 00
Due from State
192 00
$270 00
EXPENDITURES
Special State Aid paid
$270 00
State Aid Account
Regular State Aid paid $798 00
Special Highway Maple Street
Town Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
13 96
$513 96
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SCHOOL INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$429 46 84 50
Teams
$513 96
Sidewalk Department Account
Town Appropriation (From Reserve Fund) $200 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 10 39
$210 39
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$115 89
Teams
94 50
$210 39
School Incidentals Account .
Town Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
15 37
EXPENDITURES
Material for diplomas
$1 90
Electric light
1 50
Rent of Manual training room
36 00
Repairs on furnace
71 20
Express, phone, fares, postage
10 98
Door check, hinges, wire
11 65
School nurse incidentals
2 74
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Painting 45 00
Support of truant at County Training School 39 00
Glue, coping, saw blades, sandpaper
4 60
Shelves for lunch room
2 00
School census
15 50
Lumber
16 75
Broom, shellac
5 95
Cleaning and repairing
24 85
Sawing wood
7 50
Repairs
12 00
Invitations and programmes
6 25
$315 37
School Books and Supplies Account
Town Appropriation
$250 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
36 33
E. E. Babb, credit on supplies
9 72
$296 05
EXPENDITURES
Billheads and envelopes
$4 25
Music
2 42
Nurse
68
School books, pens, pencils, paper, etc.
287 10
Writing pens
1 60
$296 05
School Department Account
Town Appropriation
$4,500 00
County Treasurer, Dog license 123 78
Town of Wilmington acct., Supt. of Schools 250 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Mass. School Fund
1,187 07
F. A. Smith for tuition 30 00
State Treasurer account, Beverly Industrial School
22 95
Town of Norh Andover account, tuition
60 00
State Treasurer, account, tuition State children
226 50
State Treasurer account, Supt. of Schools 250 00
State Treasurer Income tax 130 00
$6,780 30
EXPENDITURES
Principal's salary
$ 822 50
Three grade teachers
2,048 00
Substitute teachers
17 50
Supervisors' salaries :
Music
184 00
Drawing
48 00
Sewing
114 00
Coal
482 00
Janitor
544 00
School nurse's salary
151 80
Superintendent of Schools' salary
376 62
Transportation of School children
1,605 00
Tuition paid at Beverly Industrial school
129 60
City of Peabody
158 75
Electric light
8 25
Lumber, craft shop
10 20
Support of truant
13 00
Truant officer's salary
10 00
Wood
45 00
Library bureau
1 87
Postage, telephone and express
4 40
$6,774 49
Unexpended balance
5 81
$6,780 30
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TOWN OFFICERS' ACCOUNT
County Tax Account
Paid County tax $1,704 91
State Tax Account
Paid State tax $2,722 10
Town Hall Receipts Account
Received from Improved Order of Red Men $81 60
Received from Middleton Grange No. 327 43 60
Received from Entertainment and dances 116 15
$241 35
Town Officers' Account
Town Appropriation
$1,600 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
477 66
$2,077 66
EXPENDITURES
Assessors' salaries
$437 77
Accountant's salary
300 00
Auditor's salary
66 00
Board of Registrars' salaries
43 25
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TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT
Constables' salary
50 00
Inspector's slaughtering animals salary
200 00
Moderator's salary
12 00
Overseers' of the Poor salaries
115 00
Selectmen's salaries
230 25
Superintendent of Burial's salary
15 10
Town Clerk's salary
360 52
Town Treasurer's salary
170 00
Water Commissioner's salaries
40 00
Selectmen's salaries by vote of Town 1918
32 00
Selectmen's expenses to hearing
5 87
$2,077 66
Tree Warden Department Account
Town Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Hose hire
$37 04
Labor
192 55
Trees
3 25
Unexpended balance
17 16
$250 00
Tax Collector's Report 1917 TAXES
Balance due January 1, 1919
$2,890 79
Personal and real estate collections
$27,770 64
Abatements
120 15
$2,890 79
Interest collected to January 1, 1920 $298 07
30
TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
1918 TAXES
Balance due January 1, 1919
$7,062 69
Personal and real estate collections
$4,064 09
Polls collected 62 00
Abatements
14 28
Uncollected real estate and personal January 1, 1920 2,860 32
Uncollected polls January 1, 1920
62 00
$7,062 69
Interest collected to January 1, 1920
$136 44
1919 TAXES
Taxes assessed for the year 1919
$23,491 92
Personal and real estate collected
$15,775 09
Polls collected
498 00
Uncollected personal and real estate
7,160 83
Uncollected polls
58 00
$23,491 92
Taxes due January 1, 1920
Year 1918
$2,922 32
Year 1919
7,218 83
$10,141 15
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY A. YOUNG, Tax Collector.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Treasurer's Report for Year Ending December 31, 1919
Balance January 1, 1919
$7,733 91
Henry A. Young, rent of Town Hall
1,241 35
Henry A. Young, 1917 taxes
2,787 44
66 1917 interest
298 07
1918 taxes
4,125 89
66
1918 interest
125 44
1919 taxes
16,270 05
1919 interest
5 69
STATE TREASURER :
Account State Forester
778 54
Street Railway tax 1917
78 94
Income tax 1917
80 00
Income tax 1918
140 00
Income tax 1919, General
210 00
Income tax 1919, Schools
130 00
Income Mass. School Fund 1918
1,187 07
Temporary Aid
186 00
Educational Industrial school
22 95
Street Railway tax 1917
428 68
Tuition children
226 50
Compensation Inspector Animals
37 50
School Superintendent
250 00
Corporation tax Public service
137 07
Corporation tax, business
526 37
National Bank tax
22 14
Street Railway tax
39 37
High School Tuition
657 00
State Aid
1,390 00
Loss of taxes
303 03
Soldiers' exemption
54 93
Corporation Tax, business
928 15
32
TREASURER'S REPORT
Highways
1,261 89
Received Interest on Deposits
115 05
COUNTY TREASURER :
Account Maple Street 936 24
Rebate dog licenses
123 78
Balance account highways 23 24
Account Highways, Maple Street 3,358 35
Account Highways, Maple Street 2,966 08
M. E. Tyler, Electric Light Collections 1,548 09
B. T. McGlauflin, private moth work and lead 118 49 Henry A. Young, abatement 1918 14 28
Henry A. Young, abatement 1917 tax 120 15
Henry A. Young, amount over 1917 tax
and expense of sale account E. P. Averill 47 18 Henry A. Young, account Edward M. Egell 10 96
Henry A. Young, account Charles Floyd 16 96
Town of Wilmington, account Supt. Schools 250 00
J. A. Atwood, Cemetery Lots 110 00
Merchants Bank, Town Notes Nos. 54-55 20,000 00
H. K. Mansfield, liquor license 500 00
James Carroll, liquor license 80 00
Town of Andover, tuition . 60 00
Bay State Street Railway Excise tax 1917 1,199 53
Bay State Street Railway, Excise interest 112 36
Bay State Street Railway, Excise tax 1918 102 81
Interest 3 37
W. B. Donham, Receiver, Excise tax 1918 972 81
Interest 31 95
Town of Danvers Tax, land around pond 178 40
Eastern Mass. Street Railway Excise tax June 1 to Sepember 30, 1919 542 01
Sundry Receipts 394 93
$ 74,600 99
Selectmen's Orders paid
$60,852 14
33
. TOWN EXPENDITURES
State Aid Orders paid
798 00
Balance on hand January 1, 1920
12,950 85
$74,600 99
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
December 31, 1919.
Monthly Expenditures of the Town
Selectmen's orders paid in January
$3,406 64
State Aid
72 00
Selectmen's orders paid in February
1,636 69
State Aid
72 00
Selectmen's orders paid in March
15,183 14
State Aid
72 00
Selectmen's orders paid in April
3,321 01
State Aid
68 00
Selectmen's orders paid in May
7,837 63
State Aid
68 00
Selectmen's orders paid in June State Aid
68 00
Selectmen's orders paid in July
1,882 50
State Aid
68 00
Selectmen's orders paid in August
1,692 87
State Aid 68 00
Selectmen's orders paid in September
3,138 04
State Aid
68 00
Selectmen's orders paid in October
5,755 93
State Aid
62 00
Selectmen's orders paid in November
6,422 65
State Aid
56 00
Selectmen's orders paid in December
6,286 14
State Aid
56 00
Total paid for the year
$61,650 14
Total Selectmen's orders
$60,652 14
Total State Aid orders
798 00
Total paid for the year
$61,650 14
4,288 90
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RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT
Reserve Fund Account
Balance of the Reserve Fund 1918
$2,774 57
County Treasurer account, Maple Street $959 48
State Treasurer, Forestry work 1918 537 98 Boston & Maine R. R., Forest fire refund 1918 22 80 State Treasurer Inspector Animals 37 50
Town of Danvers, tax around pond
178 40
State Treasurer, Corp. Tax Public Service
137 07
State Treasurer, Corp. Tax Business
1,454 52
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax 22 14
State Treasurer, State Aid 1918 1,390 00
State Treasurer, High School Tuition 1918 657 00
State Treasurer, Soldiers' Exemption
54 93
State Treasurer, Income Tax 1917 20 00
State Treasurer, Income Tax 1918 20 00
Street Railway Tax 22 14
Loss of Taxes
303 03
Excise Tax account
2,832 03
$11,650 82
EXPENDED DURING THE YEAR.OF 1919
State Treasurer, account Maple Street $1,918 96
State Treasurer, account East and South Main Streets
200 00
Sidewalk, vote of Town
200 00
Transferred to Contingent Fund
444 84
" Bridge Department
279 62
" Police Department
53 78
" Sidewalk Department
3 00
" Soldiers' Relief Department 146 54
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