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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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U.S.POSTAGE
1922
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1921
For Reference
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REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1921
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INDEX
Abatements
24
Abatement Reserve
24
American Legion
16
Cash
26
County and State Tax
23
Cemetery Department
12
Contingent
18
Fire Protection
13
Health Department
15
Highway Department
10
Highway Special
17
Interest
17
Library
15
Memorial Day
16
Middleton Electric Light
20
Military Aid
16
Moth and Tree Department
11
Municipal Indebtedness
17
Police Department
13
Poor Department
15
Reserve
27
Revenue Notes
26
School Department
21
Soldiers and State Aid
16
Statement and Balance Sheet
29
Tax Levy Analysis .
28 24
Town Officers
4
Town Officers Salaries
9
Treasurer of Massachusetts
26
Town Treasurer's Report
30
PART II
Cemetery Endowment Report
37
David Cummings' Fund
40
B. F. Emerson Fund
41
Flint Public Library Fund .
42
Jurors List
42
Librarian's Report
45
School Reports
49
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report .
39
Tax Collector's Report
46
Town Hall Report .
47
Vital Statistics Report
47
PART III
Report of Finance Committee .
65
Town Warrant
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·
.
67
Tax Returns
7
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1921
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1921
MODERATOR
J. Warren Osborn
Term expires March, 1922
TOWN CLERK
William A. Cannavan
Term expires March, 1922
TREASURER
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1922
SELECTMEN
Harry B. Croxford, Chairman
Elmer O. Campbell, Clerk
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1922
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
J. Allen Atwood Lyman S. Wilkins
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1923 Term expires March, 1924
BOARD OF HEALTH
Harry B. Croxford
Elmer O. Campbell
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1922
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Maurice E. Tyler Lyman S. Wilkins
B. Frank Phillips
Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1923 Term expires March, 1924
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Arthur E. Curtis George E. Gifford
Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1923 Term expires March, 1924
*Mrs. Ruth Hastings Resigned January, 1922
Mrs. M. W. Berry
Appointed until March, 1922
(4)
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
BRARY
TOWN OFFICERS
5
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Clyde Hood Term expires March, 1922
TAX COLLECTOR
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1922
TREE WARDEN
B. T. McGlaughlin Term expires March, 1922
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
B. T. McGlaughlin Term expires January, 1922
CONSTABLE AND CHIEF OF POLICE
Will A. Russell Term expires March, 1922
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIAL
J. Allen Atwood
Term expires March, 1922
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1922
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
E. P. Oakman, Jr. Term expires May, 1924
FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Thomas M. Robinson Term expires January, 1922
Resigned June, 1921 J. Allen Atwood Appointed until January, 1922
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Oscar Sheldon Term expires May, 1922
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1922
MANAGER OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires April, 1922
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TOWN OFFICERS
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS
Harry B. Croxford
Term expires March, 1922
Elmer O. Campbell
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1922 Term expires March, 1922
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Oscar Sheldon H. K. Richardson
Term expires March, 1922
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1923 Term expires March, 1924
TRUSTEES DAVID CUMMINGS FUND
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1922
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1923
J. Allen Atwood
Term expires March, 1924
TRUSTEES FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Maurice E. Tyler
Team expires March, 1922
Charles Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1922
George E. Barnaby Term expires March, 1923
William R. Godfrey
Term expires March, 1923
Henry A. Young Term expires March, 1924
H. Galen Howe, Chairman
Term expires March, 1924
TRUSTEES B. F. EMERSON FUND
Maurice E. Tyler
H. Herbert Wilkins
Albert F. Henderson
Harley M. Tyler
Arthur E. Curtis
The above trustees resigned during the year of 1921 and the fund was placed in the hands of the Naumkeag Trust Company.
Town Appropria- tion
Receipts and Reimburse- ments
Due from State, other Towns and Individuals
Transfer from Reserve
Transfer from Special Reserve $ 67.24 152.64
Total
Orders Selectmen's Transfer to Reserve
Town Officers .
$2,217.00
Highways
3,500.00
3,652.64
3,652.64
Bridges
300.00
300.00
239.64
60.36
Sidewalks
150.00
150.00
34.00
116.00
Moth
448.63
210.35
863.64
1,522.62
1,354.27
168.35
Tree Warden
350.00
6.25
695.04
1,051.29
1,051.29
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·
Cemetery
500.00
6.00
25.53
37.61
569.14
569.14
3.82
Cemetery, Endowment
391.00
391.00
900.00
Police
400.00
36.30
386.04
822.34
822.34
Building Fire
100.00
49.54
149.54
149.54
Forest Fire
250.00
36.45
331.65
618.10
618.10
.
.
·
.
132.14
217.25
102.01
551.40
551.40
·
Poor Department
700.00
420.45
183.80
1,304.25
1,273.41
30.84
Soldiers' Benefits
250.00
384.00
60.00
120.00
120.00
American Legion
110.00
·
5.74
2,041.03
2,041.03
2,041 03
Interest
1,200.00
715.85
1,915.85
1,662.27
253.58
Municipal Indeptedness
1,600.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
Contingent
2,000.00
359.65
298.12
2,657.77
2,657.77
Library
200.00
·
.
·
.
200.00
200.00
County Tax
·
.
.
.
.
·
·
·
·
.
·
$15,915.63
$2,188.04 $1,649.11
$2,258.28
$2,179.89
$29,021.36 $1,596.69
.
$2,284.24
$2,284.24
.
·
ANALYSIS SHEET
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·
.
.
384.00
g 384.00
Military Aid
60.00
110.00
110.00
·
Memorial Day .
175.00
180.74
175.00
5.74
Special Highway
·
·
·
.
·
.
.
.
·
State Tax
4,269.50
.
Firemen's Wages
65.00
65.00
65.00
Board of Health
100.00
·
250.00
192.00
58.00
State Aid
100.00
391.00
.
·
100.00
96.18
Cemetery, Spec. Soldiers
Cemetery, Tomb
900.00
900.00
300.00
300.00
·
Fire Hose
300.00
·
7
.
.
.
.
·
2,157.60
8
Town Appropria- tion
Receipts and Reimburse- ments
Due from State, other Towns and Individuals
Transfer from Reserve $2,258.28
Transfer from Special Reserve $2,179.89
Selectmen's Transfer to
Total
Orders
Reserve $29,021.36 $1,596.69
Balance
Brought Forward
$15,915.63
$2,188.04 $1,649.11
6.77
1,006.77
1,006.77
Elec. Light, Interest
116.00
11.53
127.53
127.53
.
·
Elec. Light, Deprecia'n
315.00
12.41
294.58
621.99
621.99
.
462.69
Special Home Const'n .
333.60
101.00
148.98
249.98
249.98
·
·
143.60
195.60
195.60
Home Lighting
3,019.26
3,019.26
2,314.38
Schools .
7,000.00
2,320.71
1,727.92
11,048.63
11,048 63
·
.
Schools, Incidentals
200.00
6.16
39.99
246.15
246.15
High School Trans'n
600.00
373.20
973.20
740.14
Abatement, 1919
200.54
Abatement, 1920
170.18
Abatement, 1921
18.27
Revenue Notes
28,000.00
224.00
Taxes, 1918
1.00
Taxes, 1919
3,290.68
Taxes, 1920
6,823.82
Taxes, 1921
17,736.57
Poll Taxes, 1921
1,314.00
Reserve
f3,368.82
3,918.41
a 2,584.54
9,871.67
b 5,331.06 c 4,540.61
Special Reserve
.
e 3,500.00
804.31
804.31
4,304.31
d 4,304.31
.
.
.
.
803.39
·
.
$25,833.23 $70,234.14 $1,649.11
$5,331.06 $4,304.31
$74,026.08 $2,584.54
.
.
Lighting Streets
1,000.00
·
.
·
·
485.81
43.63
735.97
735.97
Schools, Books
200.00
6.53
462.69
462.69
333.60
328.59
5.01
Special Street Const'n
Forest Street Const'n .
52.00
704.88
233.06
ANALYSIS SHEET
Treasurer of Mass.
1,223.35
27,000.00
·
·
Other Receipts and Transfers from Reserve .
44.90
Elec. Light, Reserve .
·
(a) Transfers of Balances to Reserve Account. (b) Transfers from Reserve to close Accounts. (c) Balance of Reserve Account set up as Surplus Account. (d) Transfers from Special Reserve to close Accounts. (e) Special Appropriation at Special Town Meeting. (f) Balance in Reserve Account January 1, 1921. (g) State Aid Orders
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TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Town Officers' Salaries
Appropriation
$2,217 00
Transferred from Special Reserve
67 24
$2,284 24
Selectmen :
W. A. Giles 1920-1921
$ 50 00
H. K. Richardson 1920-1921
100 00
M. E. Tyler
108 30
E. O. Campbell
75 00
H. B. Croxford
83 33
Treasurer
238 30
Accountant
300 00
Town Clerk
256 63
Auditor, 1920
66 00
Assessors :
M. E. Tyler, 1920-1921
221 25
B. F. Phillips, 1920-1921
187 75
Constable
50 00
Water Commissioners :
H. K. Richardson. 1921
10 00
George Ogden, 1920
10 00
Oscar Sheldon, 1921
10 00
Registrars :
M. E. Tyler
8 00
Inspector of Cattle, 1920
150 00
Inspector of Slaughtering, 1920
50 00
Overseers of Poor :
M. E. Tyler
30 00
J. A. Atwood
30 00
Superintendent of Burials
15 00
Tax Collector
234 68
$2,284 24
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10
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Highways
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Transferred from Special Reserve
152 64
$3,652 64
Labor
1,788 92
Team
1,263 40
Tools
24 90
Repairs and replacements
34 22
Pipe, lumber, nails, etc.
46 40
Gravel
66 80
Freight and express
4 00
Snow removal, labor
272 00
Snow removal, team
85 75
Cleaning highway of brush
66 25
$3,652 64
Bridges
Appropriation
$300 00
Labor
89 97
Team
1 00
Lumber, posts and nails
117 17
Signs
5 50
Express
4 00
Paint and brushes
22 00
Transferred to reserve
60 36
$300 00
Sidewalks
$150 00
Appropriation
Labor
11 00
Team
5 50
11
MOTH ACCOUNT
Sign 1 50
Cleaning snow, labor
6 00
Cleaning snow, team
6 00
Sanding walks, labor
2 00
Sanding walks, team
2 00
Transferred to reserve
116 00
$150 00
Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths
Appropriation
$448 63
Received from State
22 60
Received from private work and sale of land
187 75
Tax assessment
343 60
Due from State
443 59
Due from private citizens
76 45
$1,522 62
Labor
$1,157 06
Team
158 00
Materials
12 43
Gasoline
14 80
Moth notices
8 29
Freight and express
3 69
Transferred to reserve
168 35
$1,522 62
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$350 00
Received from State Treasurer
6 25
Transferred from special reserve
695 04
$1,051 29
12
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Labor
$318 00
Team
23 00
Tools
7 15
Labor, clearing trees of broken limbs
687 14
Team, caused by storm
16 00
$1,051 29
Cemetery
Appropriation
$500 00
Refund on water
6 00
Bills receivable
25 53
Transferred from special reserve
37 61
$569 14
Labor
$451 36
Team
28 50
Tools
2 10
Repairs to equipment
35 65
Supplies
11 00
Water
6 00
Damage to cemetery by cows
25 53
Clearing grounds of storm debris
9 00
$569 14
Cemetery Special-Soldiers' Graves
Appropriation
$100 00
Labor
53 18
Team
13 00
Loam
23 00
Lawn seed
7 00
Transferred to reserve
3 82
$100 00
13
POLICE ACCOUNT
Cemetery Tomb
Appropriation Transferred to reserve
$900 00
$900 00
Police
Appropriation
$400 00
Returns on fines
36 30
Transferred from special reserve
386 04
$822 34
Labor
$407 23
Automobile
240 60
Uniforms
37 50
Cartridges
1 45
Carfare
15 64
Telephone
12 85
Fees
36 77
Meals
90
Doctor
5 00
Storage
24 00
Sample bottles and wax
40
Lawyers
40 00
$822 34
Building Fires
Appropriation
$100 00
Transferred from special reserve fund
49 54
Labor
$114 25
$149 54
Truck
20 00
14
FIRE ACCOUNT
Tools 54
Repairs to ladder
2 00
Drying hose
5 00
One half cost electric light, water and
repair to hose house
7 75
$149 54
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$250 00
Received from Boston and Maine
32 00
Overpayment on payroll
4 45
Transferred from special reserve
331 65
$618 10
Labor
$435 00
Truck
54 50
Extinguishers, acid bottles, etc.
42 50
Repairing equipment
4 00
Soda, acid and supplies
20 03
One half light, water and repairs to hose house
7 75
Postage, freight and express
9 31
Fire warden
37 50
Lunches
7 51
$618 10
Fire Hose
Appropriation $300 00 Expended-New hose, (600 feet) $300 00
15
BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
Firemen's Wages
Appropriation Expended
$65 00
$65 00
Board of Health
Appropriation
$100 00
Due from State
132 14
Transferred from special reserve
102 01
Transferred from reserve
217 25
$551 40
Burial reports, permits and disenfecting
45 65
Patient at Essex sanitorium
287 00
Patient at Salem hospital
217 25
Miscellaneous
1 50
$551 40
Poor Department
Appropriation
$700 00
Refund, F. Flint
7 00
Received from State Treasurer
82 50
Received from Town of Danvers
163 00
Received from City of Lynn
167 95
Due from City of Lynn
183 80
$1,304 25
Aid rendered State paupers
$279 75
Aid rendered Town poor
954 66
Automobile hire
39 00
Transferred to reserve
30 84
$1,304 25
Public Library
Appropriation Expended
$200 00
200 00
16
SOLDIERS' AID ACCOUNT
Soldiers' Benefits
Appropriation
$250 00
Benefits rendered
$192 00
Transferred to reserve
58 00
$250 00
Military Aid
Transferred from special reserve
$60 00
Due from State Treasurer 60 00
$120 00
Aid rendered
$120 00
State Aid
Due from State Treasurer
$384 00
Aid rendered
$384 00
American Legion
Appropriation
$110 00
Expended
$110 00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$175 00
Band
$90 00
Ice cream, cake, etc.
23 17
Wreaths
14.40
Geraniums
12 00
17
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Speaker's Expenses
10 00
Harold Tyler, speaker
1 00
Flowers for graves
7 02
Program and music
11 67
Transferred to Reserve
5 74
$175 00
Special Highways
Transferred from Reserve W. B. McIntosh
$2,041 03
$2,041 03
Interest
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Received from bank deposits
107 60
Received from taxes, 1918
1 50
Received from taxes, 1919
338 16
Received from taxes, 1920
255 99
Received from taxes, 1921
12 60
$1,915 85
Expended
1,662 27
Transferred to reserve
253 58.
$1,915 85
Municipal Indebtedness
Appropriation
$1,600 00
Electric light note
500 00
Refunding notes
500 00
Highway and bridges
600 00
$1,600 00
18
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Contingent
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Sealer of weights and measures fees
16 42
Sealer fees, refunded from Boston and Maine R. R.
1 18
Rent of Town hall
313 60
Rent of Town hall piano
28 25
Refund on telephone bill
20
Transferred from special reserve
298 12
$2,657 77
Water and light, Town hall
$124 20
Janitor, Town hall
233 15
Fuel, Town hall
93 80
Repairs to Town hall
116 88
Insurance, Town hall
85 00
Telephone, Town hall
3 14
Other expenses, Town hall
169 86
Cutting down tree in Town squares
98 25
Perambulating
29 00
Premium on bonds, certifying notes, etc.
769 15
One half cost setting telephone poles 37 54
H. K. Richardson, special trips 1917-1918
35 00
Election of officers, 1920
50 00
Lunch for Election Officers
7 54
M. E. Tyler, services at election
5 00
M. E. Tyler, labor on voting list
3 00
Town Reports
72 00
Ballots
16 90
Repairing culverts on Main street
75 00
Recording deeds, etc.
19 77
M. E. Tyler, special work on State highway
18 11
Blowing whistle
50 32
Miscellaneous 76 15
19
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
H. K. Richardson, 4 days at water hearing 20 00
Care of Town square light 29 98
Salary of Sealer of Weights and Measures :
T. Robinson, 1920
38 86
E. O. Campbell, 1921 50 00
Equipment for sealers of weights and measures 44 26
Town Clerk, expenses
9 31
Town Clerk, fees, etc,
31 65
Town Treasurer, postage
12 00
Town Treasurer, administering oath 3 00
Town Treasurer, receipt pads
50
Selectmen's Expenses :
Postage
1 22
Supplies
27 09
Auto hire
14 00
H. K. Richardson, 1920-1921
25 00
Town Accountant's Expenses :
2 journals
9 75
Moving safe
2 00
2 State Aid books
4 00
Supplies and postage
23 66
Tax Collector's Expenses :
Postage
32 44
Stationery
19 40
Tax bills, demands, etc.
17 09
Insurance on collector
25 50
Assessor's Expenses :
Warrant book, etc.
7 21
Auto hire
4 00
M. E. Tyler
6 09
B. F. Phillips
11 00
$2,657 77
20
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Middleton Electric Light Co.
Depreciation Reserve
By transfer from Reserve Fund to above reserve at end of fiscal year Dec., 1921 $462 69
Lighting Streets
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from special reserve 6 77
$1,006 77
Expended
$1,006 77
Special Home Construction
Appropriation
$333 60
Expended
$253 19
Transferred to reserve
80 41
$333 60
Special Street Construction
Appropriation
$101 00
Transferred from reserve
148 98
$249 98
Expended
$249 98
Forest Street Construction
Appropriation
$ 52 00
Transferred from reserve
143 60
$195 60
Expended
$195 60
21
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Interest Electric Light Note
Appropriation
$116 00
Transferred from special reserve
11 53
Expended
$127 53 $127 53
Depreciation Electric Light
Appropriation $315 00
Received from Home light repair work 12 41
Transferred from special reserve
294 58
$621 99
Expended
$621 99
Home Light Account
Receipts from sale of electricity
$3,019 26
Expended for electricity
$1,758 45
M. E. Tyler, manager
331 72
Miss M. Cronan, labor on State Report
25 00
Other expenses 199 21
Transferred to reserve
704 88
$3,019 26
School Department
Schools
Appropriation $7,000 00
Received from State Treasurer
2,170 71
Received from Town of Boxford, tuition 120 00
Received for Town tuition 30 00
Transferred from reserve 1,727 92
$11,048 63
22
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Salaries, superintendent
$500 02
grade teachers
4,540 00
music
255 00
drawing
105 00
sewing
269 50
janitor
750 00
Expenses, superintendent
89 89
Transportation of children
1,810 00
Doctor, nurse and expenses
349 60
Tuition of children in other schools
1,769 20
Fuel
565 00
School committee expenses
13 17
(also see incidentals).
Electric lights
12 00
Truant officer
10 00
Water, repairs, etc.
10 25
$11,048 63
School Books and Supplies
Appropriation
$ 200 00
Refunds on returned supplies
6 53
Transferred from reserve
485 81
Transferred from special reserve
43 63
$735 97
Books
$657 17
Supplies
39 30
Reports
24 00
Diplomas
15 50
$735 97
23
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
School Incidentals
Appropriation
$200 00
Received from sale of lumber
6 16
Transferred from special reserve
39 99
$246 15
Medicinal supplies
7 22
Repairs to school
136 71
Miscellaneous
51 04
Committee expenses, (also see schools)
16 80
M. E. Tyler, school census
15 50
Graduation tickets and programs
13 18
Tuning piano
3 50
Penmanship certificates and pens
2 20
$246 15
High School Transportation Tickets
Appropriation
$600 00
Received from State Treasurer
373 20
$973 20
Expended
$740 14
Transferred to reserve
233 06
$973 20
County Tax
Due as per tax levy
$2,157 60
Expended
$2,157 60
State Tax
Due as per tax levy
$4,269 50
Expended
$4,269 50
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TAX ACCOUNT
Abatement 1919
Balance January, 1921
$104 77
Transferred from abatement reserve 95 77
$200 54
Taxes abated, 1921
$200 54
Abatement 1920
Balance, January, 1921
$317 89
Taxes abated, 1921
$170 18
Balance, December 31, 1921
147 71
$317 89
Abatement 1921
As per tax levy $329 02
Taxes abated, 1921
18 27
Balance, December 31, 1921
310 75
$329 02
Abatement Reserve
Transferred from reserve as per 1921 statement $197 18
Transferred to abatement, 1919 $ 95 77
Balance, December 31, 1921
101 41
$197 18
Taxes 1918
Receipts
$1 00
Transferred to reserve $1 00
25
TAX ACCOUNT
Taxes 1919
Receipts $3,290 68
Balance due January, 1921
$3,246 78
Transferred to reserve
43 90
$3,290 68
Taxes 1920
Receipts
$6,823 82
Balance due December 31, 1921
4,342 42
$11,166 24
Balance due January 1, 1921
$11,166 24
Poll Taxes 1921
Receipts
$1,314 00
Balance due December 31, 1921
15 00
Due as per tax levy
$1,329 00 $1,329 00
Taxes 1921
Receipts
$17,485 27
Balance due December 31, 1921
12,275 08
$29,760 35
Tax levy
$29,675 21
Additional tax levy
85 14
$29,760 35
Moth Assessments
Receipts
$251 30
Balance due December 31, 1921
92 30
$343 60
As per tax levy
$343 60
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TAX ACCOUNT
Revenue Notes
Notes payable January 1, 1921
$22,000 00
Notes payable, contracted during 1921
28,000 00 °
$50,000 00
Notes payable paid $27,000 00
Balance notes payable December 31, 1921 23,000 00
$50,000 00
Treasurer of Massachusetts
Receipts
$1,223 35
Transferred from reserve
224 00
Balance due December 31, 1921
1,019 73
$2,467 08
Balance due January 1, 1921
$1,447 35
Due account of moth department
443 59
Due account of State aid
384 00
Due account of one half military aid
60 00
Due account of board of health
132 14
$2,467 08
Cash Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1921
$ 8,949 03
Receipts for the year
70,234 14
$79,183 17
Selectmen's orders
$73,642 08
State aid
384 00
Cash balance December 31, 1921
5,157 09
$79,183 17
It will be noticed that there is a difference of $462 69 be- tween the Treasurer's Cash Balance and the above one. This is due to the fact that the Treasurer has set aside a like amount under the head of Electric Light Depreciation Fund.
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RESERVE ACCOUNT
Reserve Account
Balance as per statement January 1, 1921 $3,368 72
Income tax, 1918
20 00
Income tax, 1919
63 00
Income tax, 1920
735 00
Income tax, 1921
105 00
Income tax, general
609 00
Corporation tax, domestic
871 96
Corporation tax, public service
105 01
Corporation tax, foreign
7 68
Reimbursement for loss of taxes at colony
425 96
Temporary aid
266 35
Compensation on Inspector of Cattle
75 00
Civilian war poll tax
93 00
Soldiers' exemption
80 02
Street railway tax
42 76
National Bank tax
31 31
Repurchase of Eastern Mass. R. R. bonds
106 20
Dog tax
40 91
Tax around pond
206 40
Sale of cemetery lot
18 00
All licenses
15 85
Transfers from various departments
2,584 54
$9,871 67
Transfers to board of health
$ 217 25
" special highway
2,041 03
" school books and supplies
485 81
" electric light special street construction 148 98
" electric light Forest street
special 143 60
" Treasurer of Massachusetts to close account 224 00
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RESERVE ACCOUNT
Transfers to H. Young to close account 1 12
" T. Robinson to close account 11 14
" abatement reserve 197 18
" overdrawn moth to close acct. 593 95
" electric light depreciation 462 69
"' special reserve per Selectmen 804 31
" surplus account 4,540 61
$9,871 67
Special Reserve Account
Special Town Meeting, December, 1921 $3,500 00
Trans. from reserve order of Selectmen 804 31
$4,304 31
Transferred to various accounts by overdrafts as per analysis list of appropriation, etc. $4,304 31
Analysis of Tax Levy
Money raised to be expended as follows :
County tax $2,157 60
State tax 4,269 50
Appropriations March, 1921 25,833 23
Appropriations Dec., 1920, special meeting 3,500 00
Overlay, 1921 329 02
Moth assessment and private work 343 60
$36,432 95
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BALANCE SHEET
Money for the above to be raised as follows :
Tax levy including additional levy
$29,760 35
Estimated revenue
5,000 00
Poll tax
1,329 00
Moth assessment and private work
343 60
$36,432 95
Balance Sheet
Cash on hand
$ 5,157 09
Due from taxes, 1920
4,342 42
taxes, 1921
12,275 08
poll tax, 1921
15 00
State treasurer
1,019 73
66
City of Lynn
183 80
moth assessment, 1921
92 30
66
accounts receivable
441 10
66
66
25 53
private moth work
76 45
Estimated revenue
5,000 00
Tax levy to be raised in 1922
3,500 00
$32,128 50
Bills payable
$ 455 59
Notes payable, (revenue)
23,000 00
Surplus
4,540 61
Middleton electric light depreciation reserve 462 69
Abatement, 1920
147 71
Abatement, 1921
310 75
Abatement reserve
101 41
Excess and deficit
3,109 74
$32,128 50
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Net Funded Debt Account
Net funded debt
$5,400 00
Refunding notes
$2,300 00
Highway loan
600 00
Electric light loan
2,500 00
$5,400 00
Trust Account
Trust funds $30,680 09
David Cummings charity fund, stock $ 900 00
David Cummings charity fund, cash'
6,879 62
Charles L. Flint library fund
5,085 84
B. F. Emerson library fund
10,077 89
Cemetery perpetual care fund
7,736 74
$30,680 09
Treasurer's Report for the Year 1921
RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1921
$8,949 03
Henry A. Young, rent of Town hall
313 60
rent of piano
28 25
1918 taxes
1 00
1918 interest
1 50
..
1919 taxes
3,090 14
1919 interest
338 16
1920 taxes
6,673 89
1920 interest
255 99
1921 taxes
17,722 38
1921 polls
1,314 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Henry A. Young, 1921 interest
12 60
abatement 1919 taxes
200 54
abatement 1920 taxes
149 93
abatement 1921 taxes 14 19
M. E. Tyler, electric light collections
2,998 04
electric light construction
33 63
Interest on deposits
107 60
County Treasurer, rebate dog tax
40 91
STATE TREASURER :
Income tax 1918
20 00
1919
63 00
1920
840 00
" 1921 (general)
609 00
" 1921 (schools)
830 00
Corporation tax, public service
105 01
domestic
871 96
foreign
7 68
Gypsy and brown tail moth
624 55
Support of paupers
52 50
Burial of paupers
30 00
Vocational education
98 55
Tuition of children
229 50
Highway department
6 40
Loss of taxes at colony
425 96
Division of forestry
6 25
Temporary aid
266 35
Inspector of animals
75 00
High school tuition
626 00
School superintendent
386 66
Transportation high school pupils
373 20
National bank tax
31 31
Street railway tax
42 76
Military aid
45 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
State aid 570 00
Soldiers' exemption 80 02
Repurchase bonds Eastern Mass. St. Railway 106 20
Civilian War poll tax 93 00
SUNDRY RECEIPTS :
Fannie Flint, account poor department 7 00
Joan U. Newhall, private moth work 11 10
B. and M. R. R. forest fire
32 00
B. and M. R. R. sealing scales
1 18
Merchants National Bank revenue note No. 5 11,000 00
Merchants National Bank revenue note
No. 4 5,000 00
Merchants National Bank revenue note No. 3
12,000 00
Burt McGlauflin, private moth work 124 00
Burt McGlauflin, lead sold 52 65
Town of Danvers, tax on land around pond
206 40
Town of Boxford, account of school dept. 120 00
First district court, fines
36 30
Interest on cemetery endowments
389 40
Fred A. Smith, tuition
30 00
J. A. Atwood, cemetery lot sold
18 00
City of Lynn, account poor department
167 95
Elmer O. Campbell, sealer's fees
15 95
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