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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 307 0
Reference
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1925
For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
Knowledge is Power
SALEM. MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS 1926
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1925
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SALEM. MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS 1926
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
INDEX
Abatements
26
American Legion
19
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1925
25
Assessed Valuation
62
Balance Sheet
29
Cash
28
County and State Tax
25
Cemetery Department
21
Contingent
21
Fire Protection
14
Health Department
17
Highway Department
10
Interest
24
Memorial Day
19
Middleton Electric Light
33
Moth and Tree Department
16
Municipal Indebtedness
26
Payroll Analysis
37
Police Department
13
Poor Department
17
Revenue Notes
26
School Department
18
Soldiers and State Aid
20
Tax Levy Analysis
27
Tax Returns
27
Town Officers
4
Town Officers Salaries
9
Town Treasurer's Report
31
PART II
Cemetery Endowment Report
51
David Cummings' Fund
54
B. F. Emerson Fund
55
Flint Public Library Fund .
56
Jurors List
56
Librarian's Report
58
School Reports
67
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report .
53
Tax Collector's Report
60
Town Hall Report
76
Vital Statistics Report
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62
PART III
Report of Finance Committee
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85
Town Warrant
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Town Officers
Moderator
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1926
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1926
Treasurer
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1926
Selectmen
E. Stimpson Hutchinson William H. Sanborn, Clerk
Maurice E. Tyler, Chairman
Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1926
Overseers of Poor
Lyman S. Wilkins Maurice E. Tyler Sands Pike
Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1928
Board of Health .
E. Stimpson Hutchinson William H. Sanborn
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1926
Board of Assessors
Lyman S. Wilkins B. Frank Phillips Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1928
School Committee
Albert W. Doolittle Mrs. M. W. Berry Arthur E. Curtis
Term expires March, 1926 Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1928
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
TOWN OFFICERS
5
Highway Surveyor
Clyde Hood
Term expires March, 1926
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1926
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin
Term expires March, 1926
B. McGlaufiin
Constable
Term expires March, 1926
Chief of Police
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires May, 1926
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur Peabody Term expires March, 1926
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1926
Town Accountant
E. P. Oakman, Jr. Term expires May, 1927
Forest Fire Warden
Leon Soper Term expires January, 1926
Chief of Fire Department
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires May, 1926
Moth Superintendent Term expires January, 1926
Will A. Russell
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TOWN OFFICERS
Sealer of Weights and Measures Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1926
Manager of Electric Light Department
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires April, 1926
Electric Light Commissioners
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1926
William H. Sanborn Term expires March, 1926 Maurice E. Tyler Term expires March, 1926
Water Commissioners
Oscar Sheldon Term expires March, 1926
George Ogden Term expires March, 1927
H. K. Richardson
Term expires March, 1928
Trustees David Cummings Fund
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1926
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1927
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1928
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1926
William R. Godfrey
Term expires March, 1926
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1927
H. Galen Howe
Term expires March, 1927
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires March, 1928
Charles Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1928
Cemetery Commissioners
Arthur Page Arthur Peabody Will A. Russell
Trustees B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass.
ANALYSIS SHEET
Town Appropria- tion
Transfer from Reserve
Receipts and Special Appropri'n
Due from Accounts Receivable
Total
Selectmen's Orders
Transfer to Reserve
Accounts Payable $70.00
Highways
3,500.00
Bridges ·
400.00
400.00
257.04
142.96
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
268.69
31.31
Snow Removal
800.00
800.00
715.43
84.57
East Street Water Loan
300.00
300.00
299.48
.52
Road Machine
420.00
68.75
161.06
711.17
688.27
22.90
Tree Warden
500.00
Cemetery
800.00
405.50
405.50
405.50
School
17,050.00
323.14
17,373.14
17,030.20
Library Account
300.00
300.00
300.00
Police
800.00
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1,300.00
1,112.68
House Fires
150.00
a 150.00
300.00
205.60
94.40
Forest Fires
750.00
a 350.00
1,100.00
967.67
132.33
Firemen's Wages
65.00
65.00
65.00
Middleton Light Dept.
1,500.00
d 500.00 c 6,371.09
8,371.09
8,226.38
Poor Department
1,200.00
259.70
a 300.00
951.50
2,711.20
2,711.20
Board of Health
200.00
200.00
62.76
Essex Sanitarium
295.67
36.99
a 400.00
1,500.00
1,309.89
Town Hall
1,000.00
153.30
330 00
330.00
330.00
Soldiers' Benefits
84.00
84.00
84.00
American Legion
110.00
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110.00
55.00
55.00
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$2,405.00
$177.25
b 2,350.00
5,850.00
5,841.69
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295.67
295.67
Fire Whistle
350.00
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1,553.30
1,553.30
State Aid
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$2,582.25
420.00
420.00
Moth
481.36
500.00
500.00
800.00
743.31
31.69
25.00
Cemetery, Endowment
342.94
ANALYSIS SHEET
·
137.24
Contingent
1,200.00
386.99
386.99
190.11
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a 500.00
187.32
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Town Officers
$2,512.25
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Town Appropria- tion
Transfer from Reserve
Receipts and Special Appropri'n
Due from Accounts Receivable
Total
Selectmen's Transfer to Orders Reserve
Accounts Payable
Memorial Day .
$200.00
$14.64
$214.64
$214.64
Memorial Tablet
500.00
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1,500.00
1,249.92
250.08
Premiums
550.00
36.40
586.40
586.40
Municipal Indebtedness
1,500.00
g 500.00
2,000.00
1,500.00
Reserve Account
State Tax
County Tax
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Abatement, 1923
112.58
Abatement, 1924
745.54
823.54
Revenue Notes .
30,000.00
33,500.00
Taxes, 1923
108.39
Taxes, 1924
14,025.89
Taxes, 1925
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80.00
Poll Taxes, 1925
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(a) Special Appropriations. State Appropriation $2100.00. Special Appropriation $250.00.
d)
Receipts from customers. Transfer from Municipal Indebted- ness.
Raised by Tax Levy. Transfer to Light Account.
$500 Transferred from War Bonus Reserve.
ANALYSIS SHEET
Interest
.
1,500.00
g 3,231.94
3,231.94
3,231.94
2,578.56
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e 2,578.56
2,578.56
25.00
37.50
4,411.75
112.58
·
21,229.64
Poll Taxes, 1924
640.00
500.00
474.90
25.10
11,192.30
1.02
£500.00
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TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Town Government
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Appropriation
$2,405 00
Transfer from reserve
177 25
$2,582 25
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN :
Maurice E. Tyler
$125 00
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
50 00
E. Stimpson Hutchinson, accounts payable
25 00
William Sanborn 100 00
$300 00
Treasurer, H. H. Bradstreet
250 00
Clerk, Wayne Giles
200 00
Accountant, E. P. Oakman
300 00
Tax Collector, Henry Young
250 00
ASSESSORS :
B. Frank Phillips
30 00
Maurice E. Tyler and registrar
371 75
Lyman Wilkins
146 00
547 75
REGISTRARS :
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
18 00
William H. Sanborn 16 50
34 50
Moderator, George Ogden
25 00
Inspector of Slaughtering, Lyman S.
Wilkins, 1924-25 50 00
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Inspector of Cattle, Lyman S. Wilkins,
1924-25
$300 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Elmer O. Campbell 100 00
Constable, Will A. Russell 50 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR :
Sands Pike, accounts payable $25 00
Maurice E. Tyler 50 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
25 00
100 00
Superintendent of Burials, Arthur Peabody
15 00
WATER COMMISSIONERS :
George Ogden
$10 00
H. K. Richardson, accounts payable
10 00
Oscar Sheldon, accounts payable
10 00
30 00
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS :
Arthur Page
$15 00
Will A. Russell
15 00
30 00
$2,582 25
Highways and Bridges
Highways
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Received from State
2,190 00
Special appropriation
250 00
$5,850 00
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,761 15
Team and driver
1,378 98
Automobile and truck
150 75
Road oil
956 41
Gasoline and oil
216 52
Culvert
163 94
Sand, rock and gravel
112 23
Repairs to tractor
58 84
Repairs to tools
11 35
Tools
14 12
Dynamite
6 73
Cement
4 75
Freight and express
1 50
Miscellaneous
4 42
Transfer to reserve
8 31
$5,850 00
Snow Removal and Sanding
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$227 55
Horse hire
58 25
Truck and automobile
211 25
Repairs to tractor :
Storage
40 00
Painting
26 40
Repairs and supplies
75 16
Gasoline and oil
18 67
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Repairs to plow
1 00
Sanding walks :
Labor
24 50
Truck
8 00
Sand
21 00
Transfer to reserve
88 22
$800 00
Bridges
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$ 73 60
Truck
17 50
Signs
43 00
Gravel
40
Lumber
122 54
Transfer to appropriation
142 96
$400 00
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$ 300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$154 35
Truck
103 34
Sand and gravel
11 00
Transfer to reserve
31 31
$300 00
13
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Road Machine Appropriation
Appropriation $420 00
EXPENDITURES
Expended
$420 00
East Street Water Line
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Expended by Danvers Water Board
$299 48
Transfer to reserve
52
$300 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
Appropriation
$800 00
Special appropriation
500 00
$1,300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$599 00
Automobile
225 50
M. M. Sullivan, lawyer
135 00
Court fees
64 86
Uniforms
34 50
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Care of prisoners
22 50
Matron at jail
10 00
Telephone
14 87
Repairs to town lockup
3 25
Miscellaneous supplies
2 50
Carfare
70
Transfer to reserve
187 32
$1,300 00
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$750 00
Special appropriation
350 00
$1,100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$436 00
Truck and automobile
122 75
Extinguishers, (N. E. Fire Appliance)
280 85
Shovels, buckets, cans, pumps and rope
53 96
Lunches
18 51
Soda, four kegs
14 27
Sprayer at fire
10 00
Carboy of acid
8 86
Freight
3 97
Team
3 00
Water
9 50
Electricity
6 00
Transfer to reserve
132 33
$1,100 00
15
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
House Fires
Appropriation
$150 00 150 00
Special appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$86 50
Truck
52 00
Danvers chemical
50 00
Miscellaneous supplies
1 60
Water
9 50
Electricity
6 00
Transfer to reserve
94 40
$300 00
Fire Alarm Whistle
Appropriation
$350 00
Transfer from reserve
36 99
EXPENDITURES
Sterling siren whistle (F. M. Hardy, agent) $26] 25 G. W. Andrews, building roof for whistle on hose house 80 00
G. W. Newman, painting
15 00
William M. Young, wiring
26 90
Boston and Maine R. R., freight
3 84
$386 99
Firemen's Wages
Appropriation $65 00
Expended 65 00
$386 99
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FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Forestry Department
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
475 64
Team
21 50
Bolts
50
Supplies
2 36
$500 00
Moth Department
Appropriation
$481 36
Received from private work
15 00
Received from sale of lead
32 00
Received from State, account of highways
21 75
Due from State
161 06
$711 17
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$558 77
Team
96 50
M. E. Tyler, time on moth notices
9 60
Moth notices and envelopes
5 25
Gasoline
8 32
Repairs
5 40
Burt McGlauflin, expenses to moth meeting
3 00
Freight and express
1 43
Transfer to reserve
22 90
$711 17
17
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Returning notices and burial permits
$60 00
Reports to State
2 00
Postage
76
Transfer to reserve
137 24
$200 00
Essex Sanitarium
Appropriation
Expended
$295 67 $295 67
Poor Department
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Special appropriation
300 00
Accounts receivable
951 50
Transfer from reserve
259 70
$2,711 20
EXPENDITURES
Care of town poor
$868 37
Care of town poor by other cities and towns
891 33
Care of poor, Town of Danvers
294 00
City of Peabody
530 00
State of Massachusetts
127 50
$2,711 20
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
School Department
Appropriation
$17,050 00
Transfer from reserve
323 14
$17,373 14
EXPENDITURES
Teachers
$5,487 00
Superintendent's salary
580 02
Superintendent's expenses
136 18
Janitor
830 00
Doctor Nichols
50 00
Nurse, Mary Roundy
264 00
Nurse, expenses and supplies
25 85
High school tickets, Eastern Mass. Ry. and B. & M. 712 64
Transportation by auto., Tinkham's garage 1,810 00
Matin F. Murphy 222 00
A. Page 56 00
Tuition at Beverly Industrial
142 00
" Danvers High School
2,985 39
Accounts payable Danvers High School
323 14
Tuition at Peabody High School
270 00
Harley M. Tyler, refund on tickets
272 00
Charles E. Phaneuf, refund on tickets
116 00
Desks, chairs and tools
81 23
Books
482 59
Supplies
375 39
Fuel
420 00
Premium, barge insurance
219 24
Water and lights
76 02
Truant officer
10 00
Miscellaneous
42 27
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AMERICAN LEGION
REPAIRS TO SCHOOL :
Marshall & Smith, plastering, etc. 825 54
F. M. Williams, painting 408 69
E. E. Richardson, miscellaneous 39 80
A. W. Leavitt, wiring 31 66
G. E. Smith, whitewashing 12 00
Pyne & Smith, furnace repairs
41 00
Ryan & Baker, furnace repairs
5 69
$1,364 38
Supplies, account payable
19 80
$17,373 14
Flint Public Library Account
Appropriation $300 00
Expended
$300 00
American Legion American Legion Augustus P. Gardner Post
Appropriation
$110 00
EXPENDITURES
Expended
$55 00
Transfer to accounts payable
55 00
$110 00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$200 00
Transfer from reserve
14 64
$214 64
20
AMERICAN LEGION
EXPENDITURES
Band
$108 00
Flowers
24 96
Speaker
20 00
Refreshments
17 00
Flags
18 08
Wreaths
15 60
Programs
5 00
Organist
5 00
Reader
1 00
$214 64
Memorial Tablet
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$113 50
Team
19 00
Gravel, sand and cement
20 30
Moving stone, W. H. Milbury
20 00
Mason work, Marshall & Smith
57 35
Tablet and alterations, Albert Russell & Co. 218 00
Cutting stone, John Meagher & Co.
26 75
Transfer to reserve
25 10
$500 00
Soldiers' Benefits
Appropriation
$84 00
Expended
84 00
State Aid
Due from State
$330 00
Expended 330 00
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CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Cemetery
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$632 62
Team
11 87
Book for commissioners
18 13
C. E. Bragdon, supplies
25 30
Arthur T. Page, supplies
10 18
Danvers Hardware Co., supplies
11 45
Miscellaneous supplies and repairs
3 16
Blueprints®
10 00
Cards and printing
8 60
Loam
6 00
Daniel O'Rourke, lawyer, accounts payable
25 00
Water
6 00
Transfer to reserve
31 69
$800 00
Cemetery Endowment
Income from interest $405 50
Expense by Arthur M. Peabody
405 50
Contingent
Appropriation
Special appropriation
$1,200 00 300 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Town Officers' Expenses : Selectmen, postage, paper, etc. $ 37 40
Treasurer, postage, books, etc. 38 06
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CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Town Clerk, safe
$175 00
stamps 14 34
administering oaths 12 75
recording vital statistics 62 50
$264 59
Accountant, postage, books and supplies
39 76
Tax Collector, postage, advertising and supplies
71 28
Assessor, books
$17 67
auto B. Frank Phillips 16 00
33 67
M. E. Tyler, special services
36 45
Election Officers :
B. J. Graham
$7 00
B. Gertrude Hayward
7 00
F. O. Richardson
7 00
Mrs. Oscar Sheldon
7 00
J. Tedford
7 00
Mrs. Elmer O. Campbell
3 50
Mrs. A. Rogers
3 50
H. M. Tyler
3 50
45 50
Lunches for election officers, A. L. Atwood
9 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Auto
$25 00
Insurance
18 75
Replating
8 00
Miscellaneous supplies
12 12
Express
6 16
Town Reports, Milo A. Newhall
129 00
Ballots
14 60
Inspection of hydrants, Danvers
98 18
Labor, taking census, R. Currier, 102 days
42 00
$ 70 03
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CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
23
H. K. Richardson, removing snow, 1922-23
$80 00
G. Currier, removing snow, 1923
8 00
Fire extinguishers 29 40
Recording deeds
24 48
July 4th celebration
50 00
Advertising
33 00
Freight and express
18 06
Poll list
19 35
Warrants, etc.
4 30
Work Around Church Yard :
Labor
$10 65
Team
17 00
Gravel
3 00
30 65
Gas tank for beacon light and expenses
20 88
M. E. Tyler, perambulating
10 00
William H. Sanborn, perambulating
10 00
M. L. Sullivan, lawyer
10 00
Making signs and placing posters
11 00
Wire privilege
6 00
Safe deposit box
6 00
Certifying notes
6 00
Miscellaneous
2 75
Transfer to reserve
190 11
$1,500 00
Town Hall
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Special appropriation
400 00
Transfer from reserve
153 30
$1,553 30
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INTEREST ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Repairs :
Painting, Fred Wendell
$575 06
Plastering, etc., Marshall & Smith 141 05
Electrical work, A. W. Leavitt 29 39
Electrical work, Ralph Parsons
3 78
Miscellaneous repairs, G. W. Andrews 29 17
Cement curbing, G. W. Andrews
10 00
$788 45
Janitor, H. A. Young
253 60
Fuel
208 00
Coal stove
94 55
Oil stove
18 00
Chairs
52 90
Lights
92 64
Water
20 00
Miscellaneous supplies
22 91
Telephone
2 25
$1,553 30
Interest
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Expended
$1,249 92
Transfer to reserve
250 08
$1,500 00
Insurance Premiums
Appropriation
$550 00
Transfer from reserve
36 40
$586 40
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COUNTY TAX
EXPENDITURES
Liability policies
$447 90
School insurance
88 50
Treasurer's bond
25 00
Tax Collector's bond
20 00
Town Clerk's bond
5 00
$586 40
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State Tax
Tax levy
$3,231 94
Expended
3,231 94
County Tax
Tax levy
$2,578 56
Expended
2,578 56
Analysis of Tax Levy
Money raised to be expended as follows :
County tax
$3,231 94
State tax
2,578 56
Appropriation, 1925
42,561 05
Overlay
1,318 52
$49,690 07
Money to be raised as follows :
Tax levy
$37,490 07
Estimated receipts
12,200 00
$49,690 07
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REVENUE NOTES
Revenue Notes
Notes payable January 1, 1925
$23,000 00
Notes contracted during year
30,000 00
$53,000 00
Note paid
$33,500 00
Balance notes payable Dec., 1925
19,500 00
$53,000 00
Municipal Indebtedness
Appropriation $2,000 00
Transfer to electric lighting
$ 500 00
Transfer to reserve
500 00
Expended
1,000 00
$2,000 00
Abatement 1923
Balance January 1, 1925
$971 20
Taxes abated 1925
$112 58
Transfer to abatement reserve
858 62
$971 20
Abatement 1924
Transfer from abatement reserve
$825 54
Taxes abated, 1925
$743 54
Poll taxes abated, 1925
78 00
$825 54
Abatement 1925
On hand January 1, 1926 $1,318 52
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TAX ACCOUNT
Tax Levy 1923
Balance due January 1, 1925
$189 32
Transfer to reserve 31 65
Receipts, 1923
$220 97 220 97
Poll Tax 1923
Balance due January 1, 1925
$10 00
Transfer from reserve 10 00
Tax Levy 1924
Balance due January 1, 1925
$14,617 54
Transfer to reserve
137 60
$14,755 14
Receipts, 1924
$14,692 03
Balance December 31, 1925
63 11
$14,755 14
Poll Tax 1924
Balance January 1, 1925
$48 00
Transfer to reserve
32 00
$80 00
Abatement
$78 00
Receipts
2 00
$80 00
Moth Assessment 1924
Balance January 1, 1925
$79 40
Receipts 79 40
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TAX ACCOUNT
Tax Levy 1925
Tax levy
Receipts, 1925
Balance due December 31, 1925
$36,902 84 $21,229 64 15,673 20
$36,902 84
Poll Tax 1925
Tax levy $746 00
Polls collected 1925
$640 00
Balance due December 31, 1925
106 00
$746 00
Cash Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1925
$ 5,391 76
Receipts for year
91,369 42
$96,261 18
Selectmen's orders
$91,316 50
State aid
330 00
Cash balance December 31, 1925
5,114 98
$96,761 48
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable December 31, 1925
$ 35 00
Appropriation accounts 492 94
$527 94
Accounts paid during year
$25 00
Accounts payable December 31, 1925
502 94
$527 94
29
BALANCE SHEET
Excess on Tax Sales
Balance January 1, 1925 against property $89 13
Receipts from tax sales 23 00
$112 13
Balance December 31, 1925
112 13
Balance Sheet
Cash
$ 5,114 98
Accounts receivable
3,492 47
1924 tax levy
63 11
1925 tax levy
15,673 20
1925 poll tax levy
106 00
1926 tax levy, special appropriation
2,700 00
$27,749 76
Accounts payable
$ 502 94
Excess from tax sales
112 13
Revenue notes payable
19,500 00
Overlay 1925
1,318 52
War bonus reserve
35 76
Abatement reserve
33 08
Excess and deficit
6,247 33
$27,749 76
Net Funded Debt
Net funded debt
$6,800 00
Refunding notes
$300 00
Electric Light Co. notes
500 00
Essex Sanitarium notes
6,000 00
$6,800 00
30
TREASURER'S REPORT
Trust Funds Accounts
Trust funds
$33,251 95
David Cummings fund, stock
$1,592 25
David Cummings fund, cash 7,929 11
Charles L. Flint, public library fund
5,072 51
B. F. Emerson public library fund 10,077 89
Cemetery perpetual care fund
8,580 19
$33,251 95
Accounts Receivable
Balance January, 1925
$6,498 96
Additional accounts at end of year
1,442 56
$7,941 52
Transfer from reserve
$ 37 30
Accounts credited during year
4,411 75
Balance due December 31, 1925.
3,492 47
$7,941 52
Due from State Treasurer, state aid
$330 00
66
moth
161 06
66
66
poor
428 18
City of Boston
849 65
City of Peabody
560 00
City of Salem
56 25
66 Town of Danvers
294 00
Middleton light department
813 33
$3,492 47
31
TREASURER'S REPORT
Treasurer's Report for 1925
RECEIPTS
Balance January 1, 1925
$5,391 76
Received from Henry A. Young, 1923 taxes 108 39
Received from Henry A. Young, 1923 interest 6 27
1923 abatement 112 58
1924 taxes 14,025 89
1924 interest 562 95
1924 polls 80 00
1924 abatement 745 54
1925 taxes 21,229 64
1925 interest 11 72
1925 polls 640 00
rent of hall 279 30
rent of piano 27 00
MIDDLETON ELECTRIC LIGTH DEPT.
Maurice E. Tyler, elec. light collections $6,336 09
construction 35 00
STATE TREASURER
Account highways
$4,186 87
spraying
59 30
lead
30 00
gypsy and brown tail moth 160 09
66
vocational education 100 00
corporation tax (business) 627 94 יי (public service) 98 76
inspector of animals 75 00
Reimbursement loss of taxes 500 41
Account superintendent of schools 386 65
transportation high school pupils 1,206 33 tuition of children 540 53
32
TREASURER'S REPORT
Account street railway tax
$506 44
state aid
338 00
national bank tax
96
forestry
12 25
soldiers' exemption
24 57
income tax, 1922
10 00
income tax 1923
50 00
1924
80 00
1925
2,711 20
COUNTY TREASURER
Account dog tax $ 213 64
reimbursement tuberculosis hospital 2,156 54
SUNDRIES
W. W. Wilkins, private moth work, 1923 $ 17 00
W. W. Wilkins, lead sold and private work 20 00
Town of Danvers, poor department 278 98
land around pond 208 80
City of Salem, poor department 321 50
City of Lynn, poor department 560 70
City of Lynn, poor department 472 90
E. S. Hutchinson, moth work, 1923 11 00
Merchants National Bank, revenue notes 30,000 00
First District Court, fines 361 34
Salem Savings Bank, (endowed lots) 4 50
Salem Five Cents Sav. Bank, (endowed lots) 123 50
Danvers Savings Bank, (endowed lots) 277 50
Essex Agricultural School, refund transfer 9 53
E. P. Oakman, telephone tolls 15
Burt McGlauflin, lead sold
32 00
private moth work 15 00
account of State 21 75 Leon Soper, forest fire refund 4 50
33
MIDDLETON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
M. W. Berry, cemetery lot
$20 00
H. A. Young, account tax sales
23 00
expenses
20 50
E. O. Campbell, sealer's fees
33 29
Clifton Berry, tuition
60 00
Oscar H. Sheldon, junk sold
25 90
William Daley, forest fires
13 50
Sundry licenses
39 00
Advertising gas tank permits
8 00
Interest on deposits
110 03
$96,761 48
Town orders
$91,316 50
State aid orders
330 00
Cash on hand and in bank, January 1,1926 5,114 98
$96,761 48
Middleton Electric Light Co. Report
Operating Revenue
Metered sales to customers
$6,883 74
Town appropriation
988 89
$7,872 63
Operating Expenses
Electricity purchased from Danvers for house lights
$3,499 68
Street lights
1,122 67
Maintenance repairs to entire system
1,783 39
Maurice E. Tyler, manager's salary
600 00
General office expenses
70 55
Depreciation
511 19
Freight and express
11 29
34
MIDDLETON ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
Profit and Loss Statement
Credit balance, January 1, 1925
$1,790 44
Credit balance from income account
273 86
$2,064 30
Income Statement
Operating revenue $7,872 63
Operating expenses
7,598 77
Net operating revenue, (deficit)
$273 86
Ratio of operating expenses to operating revenue 98.62%
Miscellaneous Credits
Interest
$40 75
Note
500 00
Credit balance, December 31, 1925
1,523 55
$2,064 30
Balance Sheet
Plant investment
$14,395 72
Accounts receivable
943 13
Material and supplies
146 01
$15,505 86
Appropriation for construction
$8,666 60
Notes payable
500 00
Accounts payable
813 33
Interest accrued
2 38
Loans prepayment
4,000 00
Profit and loss,
1,523 55
$15,505 86
Total Cost of Plant
Poles, fixtures and overhead equipment $13,318 22
Customers' meters and installation 1,602 39
Street lighting equipment
1,186 07
Line transformers
1,446 40
$17,553 08
35
RESERVE ACCOUNT
War Bonus Refund Reserve
Balance on hand January 1, 1925
$535 76
Paid hospital notes
$500 00
Balance December 31, 1925
35 76
$535 76
Reserve Account
Balance January 1, 1925
$1,562 17
Sundry receipts
11,284 05
Transfers from unexpended balances
1,815 94
Transfer from tax accounts
201 25
$14,863 41
Transfer to balance overdrafts
$1,548 72
Refund to State treasurer
1 02
Estimated receipts to reduce 1925 tax levy
9,500 00
Balance December 31, 1925
3,813 67
$14,863 41
Payroll Analysis
OF FOLLOWING
Departments
Highways
Forest Fires
Sidewalks
Moth
Bridges
Police
House Fires
Cemetery
Snow Removal
Tree Warden
Payroll Analysis
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Highways
Clyde Hood
$690 90
Clyde Hood, team and auto
974 25
Oscar Sheldon, team and truck
547 00
W. Wendell, truck
38 98
Lyman Wilkins and team
22 00
John Connors, truck
2 00
Bert Daniels
414 00
W. Gould
325 50
Harry Richardson
228 75
Otis Evans
218 25
Bernard Bent
182 50
W. W. Wilkins
170 50
Walter Clayton
95 50
G. Evans
94 50
E. Wilkins
62 75
C. Osgood
56 00
Charles Wilkins
54 00
S. O'Rourke
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