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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1920
For Reference
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REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
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Town of Middleton
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Year Ending December 31, 1920
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SALEM, MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS 1921
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1920
MODERATOR F. W. GILES
TOWN CLERK WILLIAM CANNAVAN
TREASURER HARRY H. BRADSTREET
SELECTMEN
HAZEN K. RICHARDSON MAURICE E. TYLER WAYNE A. GILES
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
B. T. McGLAUFLIN MAURICE E. TYLER J. ALLEN ATWOOD
BOARD OF HEALTH
MAURICE E. TYLER HAZEN K. RICHARDSON J. ALLEN ATWOOD
ASSESSORS
MAURICE E. TYLER B. FRANK PHILLIPS LYMAN WILKINS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GEORGE E. GIFFORD ARTHUR E. CURTIS MISS RUTH HASTINGS
(3)
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TOWN OFFICERS
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR HERBERT J. CURRIER
TAX COLLECTOR HENRY A. YOUNG
TREE WARDEN B. T. McGLAUFLIN
CONSTABLE . WILL A. RUSSELL
AUDITOR FRANK' B. TYLER
TOWN ACCOUNTANT HARLEY M. TYLER
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT B. T. McGLAUFLIN
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
HAZEN K. RICHARDSON MAURICE E. TYLER
WAYNE A. GILES WILLIAM F. CANNAVAN
TRUSTEES 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 DAVID CUMMINGS' FUND MAURICE E. TYLER J. ALLEN ATWOOD HENRY A. YOUNG
FOREST FIRE WARDEN THOMAS M. ROBINSON
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT OSCAR SHELDON
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES THOMAS M. ROBINSON
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS J. ALLEN ATWOOD
WATER COMMISSIONERS
B. T. McGLAUFLIN GEORGE OGDEN OSCAR SHELDON
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL HENRY A. YOUNG
MANAGER ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT MAURICE E. TYLER
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING LYMAN S. WILKINS
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APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriations for 1920
Maintenance
Overlay
GENERAL GOVERNMENT :
Town Officers
$1,800 00
Tax Collectors
250 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Forest
250 00
Building
100 00
Firemen's Wages
65 00
Police Department
200 00
FORESTRY :
Tree Warden
350 00
Moth Department
407 44
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Board of Health
100 00
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES :
Highway
2,500 00
Lake View Avenue
50 00
Sidewalks
200 00
Bridges
200 00
Lighting Streets
750 00
CHARITIES :
Poor Department
700 00
Soldiers' Benefits
200 00
EDUCATION :
School (General)
5,000 00
School Books and Supplies
300 00
APPROPRIATIONS 7
School Incidentals
200 00
Pupils' Carfare (High School)
200 00
Library (Flint Public)
200 00
UNCLASSIFIED :
Contingent Account
2,000 00
Memorial Day
175 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
Electric Light Depreciation
222 00
Interest on Electric Light Note
148 75
Cemeteries
500 00
Cemetery Tomb
900 00
Interest
1,200 00
Municipal Indebtedness
3,100 00
Abatement of Taxes Account
Henry A. Young
$200 00
Overlay Balance 1919
135 75
Overlay Assessed in 1920
319 89
$455 64
EXPENDITURES
Taxes abated during the year
$256 46
Balance unexpended 199 18
$455 64
Board of Health Account
Town Appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
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BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
International Chemical Co. $21 56
J. Allen Atwood, disinfecting 8 00
M. E. Tyler, Reports to State, Burial Permits, quarintining 17 40
$46 96
Balance unexpended
53 04
$100 00
Bridge Department Account
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from Reserve
18 09
$218 09
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$ 40 00
Lumber
162 79
Spikes
3 30
Team
12 00
$218 09
Building Fire Department Account
Appropriation $100 00
$100 00
9
DAVID CUMMINGS' FUND ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$63 58
Truck
9 00
Water
4 13
Light
6 00
Rope
1 60
Hose gaskets
1 50
$85 81
Unexpended Balance
14 19
$100 00
David Cummings' Fund
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank,
January 1, 1920 $3,375 63
Balance Salem Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1920 3,395 50
Dividends, United Shoe Machinery Common Stock
72 00
Interest on Deposits
304 12
$7,147 25
Trustees' Orders Paid $341 35
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, January 1, 1921 3,311 12
Balance Salem Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1921 3,494 78
$7,147 25
24 Shares United Shoe Machinery Com-
mon Stock, Value $37 00 December 31, 1920
H. H. BRADSTREET,
Treasurer. 1
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CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Report of David Cummings' Fund
Aid Rendered Worthy Poor $341 35
Orders Drawn on Town Treasurer
$341 35
Wood on Hand, 7 Cords
Respectfully submitted MAURICE E. TYLER. J. ALLEN ATWOOD Trustees.
Cemetery Department Account
Appropriation $400 00
$400 00
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Hardware Co., Supplies $16 65
E. S. Richardson, Supplies
23 90
Danvers Water Board
12 00
Express
2 00
Labor
407 45
Teams
37 50
Balance
50
$400 00
Contingent Fund Account
Appropriation $2,000 00
Received from Rent of Town Hall
283 60
Received from Rent of Piano 22 75
Received from Licenses, Junk, Express and Auctioneer 46 00
J. N. Esty, Cemetery Lot 18 00
O. H. Sheldon 3 50
$2,373 85
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CONTINGENT FUND ACCOUNT
Accountant's Expenses :
Postage and Stationery
14 00
Payroll Sheets, Journal Ledger
26 45
Assessors' Expenses :
Stationery
8 25
Horse Hire, Postage
10 50
Probate Court Work
16 04
Auditor's Expenses :
Postage, Stationery on Unpaid Taxes
7 80
Selectmen's Expenses :
Postage, Stationery and Books
51 72
Tax Collector's Expenses :
Adv. Unpaid Taxes and Recording Deed
16 22
Postage, Stationery and Envelopes
44 11
Premium on Bond
20 00
Town Clerk's Expenses :
Stationery and Record Book
21 69
Town Treasurer's Expenses :
Premium on Bond
20 00
Insurance Against Robbery
51 00
Stationery and Postage
18 35
Election Expenses :
Ballots and Voting Lists
65 00
Election Officers' Lunch
17 60
Election Officers' Fees
119 00
Registrars' Stationery
4 63
Town Hall :
Coal
190 67
Electricity
104 04
12
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Janitor's Service 185 50
Repairs on Toilets 4 50
Supplies, Wax, Soap, Brooms
39 14
Water
14 50
War Tax Return Expenses
9 00
Exit Signs for Fire Protection as Required by State 103 83
Electric Heater and Installing
51 19
Unclassified :
Supplies for Sealer of Weights and Measures 24 72
Blowing Fire Whistle
48 75
Certification of Town Notes
4 00
Care of Danger Signals:
Oil, Repairs and Labor
27 95
Dog License Book 1 31
Mowing Lawn, Town Hall
2 00
Printing Town Reports
87 00
Deposit Box Rent
4 00
Telephone, Town Hall
3 76
Care of Flag
5 00
Attending Water Hearings
35 25
Printing Bridge Signs 36 50
Insurance, Town Hall
85 00
Insurance, School House
67 20
Insurance, Electric Light Manager
2 50
Insurance
97 50
Voting Booths, Lumber and Labor
35 07
Repairs on Hose House
59 10
Repairs Mr. McDonald's Wagon Shaft
2 00
Perambulating Town Lines
12 50
Catch Basin Grate
15 50
Staples Brothers, Snow Plough
52 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
E. B. Meade, Teaming
6 00
Returning Deaths 3 50
Inspector of Slaughtering 60 00
Repairs on Flag Pole 24 51
Deeds for Cemetery Lots
6 00
H. Young, Overpaying 1917 Tax 40 13
R. G. Wedgewood, Trucking for Hose House 5 00
Danvers Water Board, Repairs on South Main Street 7 60
Wakefield Daily Item, Two Tax Tables 35
861 70
$2,096 43
Unexpended Balance
273 64
Transferred to Water Department
3 78
$2,373 85
Electric Light Depreciation Account
Appropriation
$222 00
Unexpended balance, 1919
62 38
$284 38
EXPENDITURES
T. M. Robinson $35 80
Danvers Electric Light Department
57 73
R. D. Hurlburt
1 62
C. R. Tapley
50 00
B. G. Hayward
10 00
Transferred to Street Light account
100 00
Unexpended balance
29 23
$284 38
14
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Electric Light Street Department Account
Appropriation
$750 00
Transferred from depreciation account 100 00
Transferred from home light account 183 98
$1,033 98
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Electric Light dept. current $794 40
Danvers Electric Light department, repairs 65 45
T. M. Robinson, repairs 79 11
Pettingill, Andrews Co., supplies
91 07
M. E. Tyler
1 70
R. G. Wedgewood
2 25
$1,033 98
Electric Light Home Department Account
Unexpended balance
$ 188 87
Sale of current 1,973 80
$2,162 67
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Electric Light Department,
current furnished
$1,219 50
State report, expenses
13 00
Clerical work
73 00
Truck and horse hire
57 50
Reading meters
103 00
New meters
135 15
Postage 10 01
Danvers Electric Light Department, repairs 56 84
T. Robinson, repairs 94 87
Boston and Maine Railroad (wire privilege) 6 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Stationery
21 38
Pettingill, Andrews Co.
41 36
Express
1 12
Transferred to street light account
183 98
Unexpended balance
145 96
$2,162 67
Electric Light, Street Special Account
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$336 34
Truck
30 82
Pettingill, Andrews Co., supplies
250 71
Unexpended balance
182 13
Bills for stock, (not paid) $249.97
$800 00
Electric Light Home Special Account
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from reserve fund
83 61
$583 61
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$261 42
Truck
15 00
Pettingill, Andrews Co., stock
100 28
General Electric Co., new meters
206 91
$583 61
16
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Flint Public Library
Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Paid Treasurer Flint Public Library
$200 00
$200 00
Fire Department Payroll Account
Appropriation $65 00
$65 00
EXPENDITURES
Fire department payroll $65 00
$65 00
Forest Fire Department Account
Appropriation
$250 00
Boston and Maine Railroad
515 00
T. M. Robinson (F. Latimer)
2 50
Transferred from reserve fund
945 45
$1,712 95
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,481 13
Truck
142 40
Soda and acid
33 29
Repairs
10 02
Supplies
4 65
Express
1 52
Lunches
39 94
$1,712 95
17
FOREST FIRE ACCOUNT
Forest Street House Special Account
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$242 60
Truck
22 01
Pettingill, Andrews Co., supplies
287 40
Freight
4 19
Unexpended balance
143 80
Bills for stock, (not paid) $195.60
$700 00
Forest Fire Special Appropriation
Appropriation
$150 00
Transferred from reserve fund
49 09
$199 09
EXPENDITURES
American La France Co.
$62 19
E. T. Dahill, Jr. & Co.
80 00
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co.
21 00
Allen, Done & Co.
3 95
S. M. Spence Manufacturing Co.
8 10
Daland & Co.
17 60
State Forrestry
6 25
$199 09
High School Tuition
Received from State Treasurer
$585 00
Transferred from reserve fund 592 00
$1,177 00
1
18
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Town of Danvers
$1,152 00
Town of North Andover
25 00
$1,177 00
Highway Department Account
Appropriation
O. H. Sheldon
$2,500 00 4 50
$2,504 50
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,325 50
Teams
783 50
Tools and Repairs
55 62
Tile drain pipe
14 30
Sharpening
16 60
Gravel
53 43
Standard Oil bill of 1919
207 03
Unexpended balance
48 55
$2,504 50
Highway Snow
Total snow, labor and teams $2,191 24
$2,191 24
Assessed by taxation 1920
$2,000 00
Transferred from reserve
191 24
$2,191 24
19
MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Interest Department Account
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Bank interest
94 30
Interest collected on taxes, 1920
422 03
$1,716 33
EXPENDITURES
Interest paid on revenue notes
$1,290 00
Interest paid on outlay notes
328 50
Unexpended balance
97 83
$1,716 33
Memorial Day Account
Appropriation
$175 00
C. W. Hutchinson
90
$175 90
EXPENDITURES
Salem Light Infantry Band
$90 00
Wreaths
15 60
Shirley & Fowler, geraniums
13 00
Post 90, G. A. R., flags
9 36
Newcomb & Gauss, programs
6 75
Miss Carlton, organist and music
3 90
Transporting children
5 00
John Bent, cleaning church
2 00
Refreshments for soldiers
12 32
North Shore Creamery Co.
13 30
Doherty's Bakery Co.
4 50
Unexpended balance
17
$175 90
20
MOTH DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Municipal Notes Account
Appropriation
$3,100 00
$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
Moth Department Account
Note : Moth Department year is from December 1 to Novem-
ber 31.
Town appropriation
$407 44
Private work
580 10
Due from State
608 35
Received from State Treasurer
16 91
Received from State Treasurer
43 13
$1,655 93
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,478 70
Hose hire
112 75
Gasoline
10 45
Sending out moth notices
10 00
Postage on same
3 00
Lime, sulphur
8 80
Unexpended balance
32 23
$1,655 93
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POOR DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Note : Total work done from December 1, 1919 to December 31, 1920 $ 1,655 93
Work done from December 1, 1920 to January 1, 1921 $185 08
Poor Department Account
Town appropriation
$700 00
Collections
2 00
Transferred from reserve fund
553 62
$1,255 62
EXPENDITURES
Paid to City of Peabody for board of
Town inmate, Inc. 6 mos. bill of 1918 $351 65
Paid for groceries for State paupers
183 00
Paid for rent for State paupers 41 00
Paid for groceries for Town poor
240 81
Paid for City of Lynn, poor dept.
178 95
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
9 71
J. B. Thomas hospital
153 00
W. C. Lyons, coach hire
20 00
Salem hospital, state pauper
17 50
Paid for rent of Town poor
60 00
$1,255 62
Police Department Account
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from reserve fund
340 77
$540 77
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PUPILS' CARFARE ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Labor, (regular services)
$260 60
District Court fees
83 88
Automobile hire
100 00
Telephone
8 65
Batteries
1 70
McKenney's suit
60 00
Installing signals for automobiles
15 55
Badge
2 53
Carfares
2 86
Medical attendance, automobile accident
5 00
$540 77
Piano Special Account
Appropriation
$550 00
$550 00
EXPENDITURES
Chickering & Son
$525 00
Expense of committee
18 94
Unexpended balance
6 06
$550 00
Pupils' Carfare Account
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from reserve fund
397 71
$597 71
EXPENDITURES
Paid for pupils' carfares, tickets
$597 71
$597 71
Revenue Notes
Revenue notes paid
$20,000 00
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS ACCOUNT
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures for Year Ending November 30, 1920
Adjusted
Sealed Condemned 1
Platform Scales over 5,000 lbs.
Platform Scales under 5,000 lbs.
9
Computing Scales
2
Slot Weighing Scales
1
All Other Scales
7
25
Weights
22
95
2
Linear Measures
2
Measuring Pumps
2
7
Sealing Fees $11.14 Deducted from Sealer's Salary.
INSPECTIONS
Stores 10; Peddler's License 3; Milk Wagons 1; Coal Cer- tificates 4; Bread 7; Peddler's Scales 7; Ice Scales 2; Junk Scales 3 ; Gasoline Pumps 4; Milk Jars 5; Ice Cream Cartons 3; Sawed Wood 1; Kerosene Cans 5.
Owing to the fact that the only scales in town on which a wagon may be weighed are out of order, it has been impossible to reweigh coal according to law.
Respectfully submitted, THOMAS M. ROBINSON, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Soldiers' Relief Account
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from reserve fund 101 07
$301 07
EXPENDITURES
Regular soldiers' relief
$301 07
$301 07
A
Liquid Measures
53
24
STATE AID ACCOUNT
Military Aid Account
Received from State Treasurer
$63 73
Transferred from reserve fund 26 27
$90 00
EXPENDITURES
Special military aid paid
$90 00
$90 00
State Aid Account
Regular State aid paid
$570 00
$570 00
State Highway, Maple Street .
State Treasurer $8,620 31
$8,620 31
EXPENDITURES
W. B. McIntosh
$5,453 13
Essex Trap Rock
2,136 64
Balance in Treasurer's account
1,040 54
$8,620 31
Sidewalk Department Account
Appropriation $200 00
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$74 00
Team
33 00
Sand
5 00
Unexpended balance
88 00
$200 00
Cemetery Endowment Account
NAME
No. of Lot
Original Fund
Balance 1919
Interest
Amount
Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100 00
$154 04
$7 40 $10 00
$151 44
Averill, Edward P.
52
100 00
100 00
4 55
4 00
100 55
Averill, Joseph
346
100 00
100 83
4 83
4 00
101 66
Barnaby, Caroline V.
646
100 00
100 00
Berry, Allen
112
122 90
137 43
6 58
6 00
138 01
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100 00
109 10
5 23
4 00
110 33
Curtis, Phoebe
50 00
52 64
2 50
3 00
52 14
Curry, Mary A.
342
100 00
100 00
Day, Mrs. Geo. E.
588
50 00
50 00
2 28
2 00
50 28
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75 00
78 04
3 74
5 00
76 78
Estey, Annie E.
572
100 00
108 48
5 18
4 00
109 66
Esty, Allena A.
258
100 00
102 76
4 93
6 00
101 69
Esty and Hutchinson
48
100 00
101 82
4 87
4 00
102 69
Eaton, Irvin L.
168
75 00
75 68
3 62
3 00
76 30
Fowler, Alonzo
12
100 00
118 47
5 69
6 00
118 16
Frame, L. M.
516
125 00
142 18
6 83
10 00
139 01
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
75 00
79 97
3 60
4 00
79 57.
Fuller, Sophronia .
236
200 00
267 90
12 84
10 00
270 74
Fuller, Timothy & Lydia
268
100 00
102 25
4 64
4 00
102 89
Flint, G. B.
152
65 30
65 91
3 14
3 00
66 05
Goswiler, Carl B.
716
150 00
150 00
Gifford, William
180
100 00
107 14
5 14
6 00
106 28
Gould, Porter I.
414
100 00
101 80
4 87
4 00
102 67
Goodwin, Ira E., Heirs of
380
100 00
107 16
5 14
4 00
108 30
Graves, D. A.
234
100 00
110 32
5 28
6 00
109 60
Hall, E. P.
106
100 00
100 00
Harlow, Levi
684
100 00
101 13
4 59
5 00
100 72
Hobbs, Kathryn 1/2
588
50 00
51 69
2 32
2 00
52 01
Hutchisnon, Caroline A.
253
100 00
103 44
4 95
6 00
102 39
Hutchinson, Elisha P.
740
100 00
102 55
4 90
4 00
103 45
Hutchinson and Russell
518
100 00
100 50
4 53
4 00
101 03
Jones, John E.
372
100 00
100 55
4 55
4 00
101 10
Jones, Samuel
290
100 00
100 00
3 40
3 00
100 40
McIntire, Abram S.
132
75 00
76 88
3 66
4 00
76 54
McIntire, Annie M. .
398
100 00
126 91
6 07
5 00
127 98
Peabody & Hutchinson
182-84
150 00
174 80
8 37
8 00
175 17
Peabody, Dean
344
100 00
100 00
Peabody, Laura E.
534
100 00
100 00
Peabody, A. W.
90
200 00
204 66
929
6 00
207 95
Peabody, S. Maria
584
100 00
104 46
4 99
4 00
105 45
Peabody, Samuel M.
204
100 00
112 93
5 40
5 00
113 33
Peabody, William M.
100 00
104 00
4 99
6 00
102 99
(25)
Received Withdrawn
Cemetery Endowment Account-continued
NAME
No. of Lot
Original Fond
Balance 1919
Received Withdrawn
Balance
Pike, Sarah J.
412
125 00
144 01
6 92
8 00
142 93
Phelps, William M.
148
100 00
111 62
5 35
6 00
110 97
Richardson, Benj. F.
164
100 00
100 55
4 55
4 00
101 10
Richardson, Lucy G.
80
100 00
117 56
5 63
6 00
117 19
Russell, P. B.
430
200 00
238 90
11 46
10 00
240 36
Smith, E. D. & M. J.
436
100 00
100 73
4 80
4 00
101 53
Smith, Sarah F.
102
100 00
105 90
5 06
4 00
106 96
Soper, Polly A.
298
100 00
106 70
5 12
6 00
105 82
Styles, David .
150 00
170 71
8 18
8 00
170 89
Stiles, Farnham
10
100 00
108 10
5 18
4 00
109 28
Taylor, Benjamin H.
334
100 00
100 53
4 55
4 00
101 08
Thomas, H. Amelia
64
75 00
75 80
3 62
4 00
75 42
Wellman, John R.
40
200 00
222 31
10 68
10 00
222 99
Weston, Samuel W. .
36
200 00
262 81
12 60
10 00
265 41
White, Henry F. .
208
75 00
75 00
3 40
3 00
75 40
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100 00
108 06
5 18
4 00
109 24
Wilkins, Edward W.
172
75 00
75 38
3 42
3 00
75 80
Wilkins, Susan A.
596
100 00
101 92
4 52
4 00
102 44
Young, John
278
100 00
100 00
Endowed Lots Account
Interest from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank $52 00
Interest from Salem Savings Bank
4 00
Interest from Danvers Savings Bank
224 00
$280 00
EXPENDITURES
Care of Lots $280 00
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
(26)
Interest
Amount
27
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
School Incidentals
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from reserve fund
1 76
$201 76
EXPENDITURES
Tuning piano
$4 30
Repairing flag pole
4 00
Flag
5 09
Invitations and programs
14 08
Varnish, brush, wax, oil, blackboard dressing 24 40
Repairs on furnace
22 55
Batteries
2 40
Postage, telephone, etc.
7 76
Repairs
51 53
Cleaning
18 00
Express
3 50
Brooms
10 25
Water
21 81
Incandescent Lamps
1 75
Supplies
10 34
$201 76
School Books and Supplies Account
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from reserve fund
16 20
$316 20
EXPENDITURES
School books, pens, paper, etc.
$292 81
Music
2 18
Stationery
18.75
Sewing supplies
2 46
$316 20
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
School Department
Appropriation $5,000 00
County Treasurer, dog license 143 16
Town of North Andover 90 00
State Treasurer, income Mass. School fund 94 65
Vocational Educational Trust fund 35 10
State Treasurer, acct. tuition State children 264 00
F. A. Smith, for tuition
30 00
State Treasurer, account income tax school
840 00
State Treasurer, account Superintendent of schools 250 00
Transferred from reserve fund 1,451 20
$8,198 11
EXPENDITURES
Principal's salary
$1,060 00
Three grade teachers
2,790 00
Substitute teachers
32 20
Supervisors' salaries :
Music
185 00
Sewing
183 50
Coal
406 25
Janitor
650 00
School nurse's salary
197 21
Superintendent of Schools' salary
536 38
Transportation of school children
1,770 00
Tuition paid at Beverly Industrial school
223 30
Electric light 4 50
Rent of craft shop
14 00
Transportation of school committee
5 00
Taking school census 1919-1920
31 00
Truant officer_ 1000
One-fifth transportation School Superintendent 34 85
Town of Andover, tuition 25 00
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TOWN OFFICERS ACCOUNT
Support of truant
37 42
Storm windows, (extra help)
2 50
$8,198 11
County Tax Account
Paid County tax $1,735 84
State Tax Account
Paid State tax
$4,235 48
Town Officers' Account
Appropriation
$1,800 00
EXPENDITURES
Assessors' salaries
$281 25
Accountant's salary
300 00
Auditor's salary
66 00
Constable's salary
50 00
Inspector of slaughtering, annual salary
150 00
Overseers of the poor salaries
125 00
Selectmen's salaries, 1919
53 95
Superintendent of burial's salary
15 00
Town treasurer
180 00
Moderator's salary
12 00
Sealer of weights and measures salary, 1919
34 35
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Selectmen's salaries, 1920
150 00
Town clerk, C. F. Steele
45 96
Town clerk, William Cannavan
270 00
Registrars
20 00
Unexpended balance
46 49
$1,800 00
Tree Warden Account
Appropriation
$350 00
Transferred from reserve fund
13 04
$363 04
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$287 34
Horse hire
25 00
Supplies, ladder, tree irons
50 70
$363 04
Tax Collector's Report 1918 TAXES 1
Balance Due January 1, 1920
$3,029 69
Personal and Real Estate Collected
2,783 23
Abatements
246 46
$3,029 69
Interest Collected to January 1, 1921 $285 34
1919 TAXES
Balance Due January 1, 1920 $7,218 83
Personal and Real Estate Collected
4,007 84
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Polls Collected 14 00
Uncollected Real Estate and Personal, January 1, 1921 3,152 99
Uncollected Polls to January 1, 1921
44 00
$7,218 83
Interest Collected to January 1, 1921
$141 52
1920 TAXES
Taxes Assessed for the Year 1920
$29,824 52
Personal and Real Estate Collected
$17,339 16
Polls Collected
1,234 00
Uncollected Real Etate and Personal
11,101 36
Uncollected Polls
150 00
Interest
$29,824 52 $7 83
HENRY A. YOUNG, Tax Collector.
Treasurer's Report for the Year Ending December 31, 1920 RECEIPTS
Balance, January 1, 1920
$12,950 85
Henry A. Young, rent of Town hall rent of piano
283 60
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66
1918 interest
285 34
1919 taxes
4,019 84
1919 interest
128 86
1920 taxes
18,573 16
1920 interest 7 83
66
abatement 1918 taxes
246 46
abatement 1919 taxes 2 00
22 75
1918 taxes
2,788 53
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TREASURER'S REPORT
M. E. Tyler, electric light collections 1,973 80
Interest on deposits 94 30
STATE TREASURER :
Account State Forester
629 74
Income tax 1917
25 00
66
1918
30 00
1919
630 00
1920
420 00
1920, schools
840 00
Income Massachusetts school fund
94 65
Vocational education trust fund
35 10
Highways, account of Maple street
9,742 35
Tuition of children
264 00
Loss of taxes
389 46
Highways, account of gypsy moth
16 91
Support of paupers
203 00
Compensation inspector of animals
75 00
High school tuition
585 00
Account State Forester
43 13
National bank tax
33 78
Street railway tax
41 18
State aid
1,068 00
Soldiers' exemption
63 73
Account School Superintendent
250 00
Corporation tax, foreign
48 40
Corporation tax, public service
109 84
COUNTY TREASURER :
Highways, account Maple street
3,544 97
Rebate dog tax, 1919 143 16
Merchants National Bank Note No. 1, anticipation revenue 12,000 00
Merchants National Bank Note No. 2,
anticipation of revenue
10,000 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
A. N. Hastings, moth work 4 20
Licenses, junk, express and auctioneer
46 00
Fannie Flint, poor department
2 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, forest fire
10 00
9 50
7 50
66
488 00
North Andover, school department
30 00
Charles W. Hutchinson, refund Memorial day appropriation 17
B. T. McGlauflin, private moth work 100 00
Town of Danvers, tax on land around pond 200 00
Tuition, Harry Berry to June 30, 1920 60 00
Interest on Cemetery endowments
280 00
Fred A. Smith, tuition
30 00
J. Newell Estey, sale of cemetery lot
18 00
C. Fred Steel, balance Soldiers' remem- brance appropriation
43 08
Sundry items
9 50
$84,041 67
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen's orders paid
$74,522 64
State aid orders
570 00
$75,092 64
Balance on hand January 1, 1921 8,949 03
$84,041 67
Monthly Expenditures of the Town
Selectmen's orders paid in January
$5,635 78
State aid 56 00
Selectmen's orders paid in February 2,591 99
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TOWN EXPENDITURES
State aid
56 00
Selectmen's orders paid in March
16,011 08
State aid
56 00
Selectmen's orders paid in April
2,777 22
State aid
56 00
Selectmen's orders in paid May
13,815 51
State aid
56 00
Selectmen's orders paid in June State aid
44 00
Selectmen's orders paid in July
4,755 07
State aid
44 00
Selectmen's orders paid in August
3,846 23
State aid
44 00
Selectmen's orders paid in September
3,729 12
State aid
44 00
Selectmen's orders paid in October
4,528 27
State aid 32 00
Selectmen's orders paid in November
10,249 45
State aid
44 00
Selectmen's orders paid in December
2,955 71
State Aid
44 00
Total paid for the year
$75,092 64
Total Selectmen's orders
$74,522 64
Total State aid paid
570 00
Total paid for the year
$75,092 64
Reserve Fund Account
Balance of 1919 $1,692 84
Unexpended balances of 1919
382 10
Interest on taxes collected in 1919
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