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FLINT
REPORT
MIDDLETON
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1926
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Receipts and Expenditures
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Town of Middleton
FOR THE
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SALEM, MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS 1927
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INDEX
Abatements
29
Accounts Payable
30
Accounts Receivable
31
American Legion
19
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1926 Assessed Valnation
28
Balance Sheet
31
Cash
30
County and State Tax
27
Cemetery Department
23
Contingent
24
Fire Protection
15
Health Department
18
Highway Department
11
Interest
27
Memorial Day
23
Middleton Electric Light
34
Moth and Tree Department
18
Municipal Indebtedness
28 41
Payroll Analysis
14
Poor Department
19
Revenue Notes
28 20
School Department
21
Soldiers and State Aid
22
Tax Levy Analysis .
28
Tax Returns
29
Town Officers
4
Town Officers Salaries
9
Town Treasurer's Report
35
PART II
Cemetery Endowment Report
53
David Cummings' Fund
57
B. F. Emerson Fund
57
Flint Public Library Fund .
56
Jurors List
59
Librarian's Report
60
School Reports
69
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report .
56
Tax Collector's Report .
64
Town Hall Report
65
PART III
Report of Finance Committee .
.
83
Town Warrant
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86
.
.
7
Police Department
School Alterations
34
Town Officers
George Ogden
Moderator Term expires March, 1927
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1927
Treasurer
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1927
Selectmen
E. Stimpson Hutchinson Term expires March, 1927 William H. Sanborn, Clerk Term expires March, 1927 Maurice E. Tyler, Chairman Term expires March, 1927
Overseers of Poor
Maurice E. Tyler Sands Pike Lyman S. Wilkins
Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929
Board of Health
Stimpson Hutchinson William H. Sanborn Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1927
Board of Assessors
B. Frank Phillips Maurice E. Tyler Lyman S. Wilkins
Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929
School Committee
Mrs. M. W. Berry Arthur E. Curtis Albert W. Doolittle, resigned
William T. Martin, appointed
Term expires March, 1927 Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1927
(4)
5
TOWN OFFICERS
Highway Surveyor
Clyde Hood
Term expires March, 1927
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1927
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin Term expires March, 1927
Moth Superintendent
B. McGlauflin Term expires January, 1927
Constable
Everett Hillman, resigned Term expires March, 1927
Wm. H. Young, appointed Term expires March, 1927
Chief of Police
Oscar Sheldon Term expires May, 1927
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur Peabody Term expires March, 1927
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1927
Town Accountant
E. P. Oakman, Jr. Term expires May, 1927
Forest Fire Warden
Leon Soper Term expires January, 1927
Chief of Fire Department
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires May, 1927
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1927
6
TOWN OFFICERS
Manager of Electric Light Department Maurice E. Tyler Term expires April, 1927
Electric Light Commissioners
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1927
William H. Sanborn
Term expires March, 1927
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1927
Water Commissioners
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1927
H. K. Richardson
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929
Trustees David Cummings Fund
Lyman S. Wilkins
Term expires March, 1927
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1928
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1929
Trustees Flint Public Library
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
George E. Barnaby Term expires March, 1929
William R. Godfrey
Term expires March, 1929
Cemetery Commissioners
Arthur Page Arthur Peabody Will A. Russell
TRUSTEES B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company
ANALYSIS SHEET
Town Appropria- tion
Special Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transfer from Reserve
Due from Accounts Receivable
Total
Selectmen's Orders
Transfer to Reserve
Town Officers
$2,590.00
$144.88
$2,734.88
$2,662.38
* $ 72.50
Highways
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.
.
·
.
.
7,700.00
7,043.81
a 656.19
Bridges
·
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
3,500.00
652.57
:558.50
4,711.07
4,711.07
East Street Water Loan .
· 4,000.00
1,671.11
328.89
6,000.00
5,592.69
c 407.31 e 79.16
Essex Street Water Loan
300.00
c 407.31
707.31
628.15
East Street, gravel
1,000.00
a 108.51
1,108.51
1,108.51
Moth Department
681.49
179.95
861.44
738.80
122.64
Tree Warden ·
500.00
·
·
·
500.00
500.00
Setting Trees .
100.00
800.00
451.80
451.80
451.80
School
18,400.00
18,400.00 b18,625.17
774.83
Tuition and transportation
of pupils to Indus. Schools
1,000.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Center School Alterations
19,500.00
19,500.00
12,378.69
f 7,121.31
Library Account
500.00
Police
·
.
800.00
500.00
1,300.00
1,254.83
45.17
House Fires
150.00
210.02
360.02
354.12
5.90
Forest Fires
500.00
218.14
718.14
63,607
82.07
Firemen's Wages
65.00
65.00
65.00
Poor Department
1,800.00
927.78
937.50
3,665.28
3,665.28
Board of Health
100.00
100.00
100.00
Essex Sanitarium
319.27
·
319.27
319.27
Contingent
1,200.00
.
1,200.00
1,173.08
26 92
Town Hall
800.00
800.00
701.58
98.42
.
.
·
300.00
219.31
80.69
Sidewalks
200.00
200.00
8.00
192.00
Snow Removal
.
.
·
.
.
·
·
.
.
.
.
800.00
799.06
94
ANALYSIS SHEET
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·
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.
.
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.
·
.
7
.
.
4,900.00
300.00
·
.
Snow Plow
500.00
500.00
500.00
·
.
100.00
100.00
Cemetery
Cemetery, Endowment
1,000.00
School Plans & Specificat'ns
500.00
500.00
·
.
.
·
2,800.00
00
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Town Appropria- tion
Special Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transfer from Reserve
Due from Accounts Receivable
Total
Selectmen's Transfer to Reserve Orders
American Legion
$110.00
Soldiers' Benefits
84.00
84.00
84.00
.
.
.
.
356.00
225.00
225.00
Interest
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,493.93
6.07
Municipal Indebtedness ·
1,800.00
17,000.00
305.21
1,015.21
1,015.21
Premiums and Insurance
710.00
7,004.78
500.00
9,004.28
8,896.26
Tool House
500.00
500.00
490.00
10.00
War Bonus Reserve
35.76
Essex Sanitarium Reserve
3,220.00
County Tax
2,342.74
Accounts Payable .
77.50
1924 Tax Abatement
25.50
1925 Tax Abatement
585.56
1925 Poll Tax Abatement
98.00
Accounts Receivable
Taxes, 1924
64.15
Taxes, 1925
15,636.35
Taxes, 1926
27,345.38
Poll Taxes, 1925
.
110.00
Poll Taxes, 1926
674.00
Taxes, 1926
Reserve
·
(a) $108.51 Trans. to East Street Gravel
(b) Includes tuition and transportation of industrial pupils.
(c) Transferred to Essex St. Water Line
(e) Balance to be applied against unpaid bill (f) Balance carried over
(g) $1,000 taken from Essex Sanitarium Re- serve. $500 trans. Middleton Electric Light. * Account payable.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
·
.
·
.
.
1,192.30
1,021.25
171.05
State Tax
.
.
14,509.00
·
.
.
.
.
$110.00
$110.00
.
.
.
.
.
.
State Aid
356.00
356.00
Memorial Day .
225.00
·
·
Middleton Elec. Light Co.
1,500.00
40,000.00
30.000.00
Revenue Notes
1,192.30
1,800.00
300.00 g 1,500.00
ANALYSIS SHEET
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TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Town Government
Town Officers' Salaries
Appropriation
$2,590 00
Transfer from reserve
144 88
$2,734 88
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN :
Maurice E. Tyler
$127 39
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
75 00
William H. Sanborn
99 99
302 38
Treasurer, Harry H. Bradstreet
250 00
Town Clerk, Wayne A. Giles
200 00
Accountant, E. P. Oakman
300 00
Tax Collector, Henry A. Young
400 00
ASSESSORS :
B. Frank Phillips
$147 00
Maurice E. Tyler
344 00
Lyman Wilkins
246 00
737 00
REGISTRARS :
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
$ 5 00
Maurice E. Tyler
17 50
William H. Sanborn
13 00
35 50
10
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
OVERSEERS OF POOR :
Sands Pike
$25 00
Maurice E. Tyler
50 00
Lyman Wilkins
25 00
$100 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Elmer O. Campbell 100 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING :
Lyman Wilkins
150 00
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE :
Lyman Wilkins
25 00
CONSTABLE :
Everett Hillman, half term
17 50
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS:
Arthur Page
$15 00
Will Russell
15 00
30 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS : Arthur Peabody 15 00
'ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:
George Ogden, Moderator
$25 00
George Ogden, Water Commissoiner 10 00
H. K. Richardson, Water Commissioner 10 00
Oscar Sheldon, Water Commissioner 10 00
William H. Young, Constable
17 50
72 50
$2,734 88
11
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Highways and Bridges
Highways
Appropriation
$4,900 00
Received from State
2,800 00
$7,700 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$3,048 53
Team and truck
1,815 50
Road Oil and Asphalic :
Trimount Co.
1,068 95
The Texas Co.
123 44
The Barret Co.
11 07
Sand and gravel
125 01
Gasoline and Oil :
Gulf Refining
169 68
W. A. Giles
41 84
A. B. Gilpatrick Middleton Motor Co.
13 45
The Berger Co., culvert and pipe
194 54
The Bovel Co., culvert and pipe
155 80
N. B. Page Co., pipe
26 25
G. W. Andrews, building gasoline hut
16 15
The Bond Co., tools
48 79
Middleton Motor Co., tractor repairs
35 21
Miscellaneous tractor expenses
12 01
Danvers Hardware Co., tools
69 47
The Bond Co., grader blades
14 50
Freight and express
5 11
Telephone
1 20
E. M. & W. C. Dunnels, repairs and supplies 15 25
3 30
12
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Miscellaneous
28 76
Transfer to East street appropriation
108 51
Transfer to reserve
547 68
$7,700 00
Highway Snow Removal and Sanding
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Special appropriation
652 57
Transfer from reserve
558 50
$4,711 07
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,529 14
Horse hire
164 62
Truck and automobile
731 73
Tractor Crawler, Middleton Motor
685 00
Tractor repairs and expense :
Middleton Motor
287 80
Morey Butts
46 96
E. M. and W. C. Dunnels
31 50
Harper's Garage
22 10
Danvers Motor Co.
4 70
Miscellaneous supplies
4 85
Gas, oil and lunches :
Wayne A. Giles
52 70
O. L. Carlson
31 91
C. Foss
9 70
E. M. Meade
2 40
L. M. Dow
1 23
Middleton Motor Co.
50 80
Saxon oil
3 75
Storage for tractor, Middleton Motor Co.
40 00
Gravel 3 50
Tools
6 68
$4,711 07
13
HIGHWAYACCOUNT
Bridges
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$99 90
Truck 43 13
Supplies, Danvers Hardware Co.
22 95
Lumber and posts, Calvin Putnam Lumber Co. 19 35
Paint and oil, C. E. Bragdon
33 98
Transfer to reserve
80 69
$300 00
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$200 00
Labor on sidewalks
$ 8 00
Transfer to reserve
192 00
$200 00
East Side Special Graveling
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transfer from Highway account
108 51
$1,108 51
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$560 46
Team and truck
399 15
Sand and gravel
86 9.0
Operator for steam roller
48 00
Coal for steam roller
14 00
$1,108 51
14
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT
Essex and East Streets Water Line
Appropriation East street $4,000 00
Appropriation Essex street 300 00
Received from Charles P. Jopp
1,671 11
Accounts receivable
328 89
$6,300 00
EXPENDITURES
Mark Kelley
$2,255 91
Mark Kelley, Essex street
628 15
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe Co., pipe and fittings 2,672 52
Darling Valve Co., fittings
518 40
Oscar Sheldon, teaming
108 36
American Bank Note Co., printing notes
20 50
Salem News, advertising bids
9 00
Director of accounts, certifying notes 8 00
Balance held over 79 16
$6,300 00
Unpaid bill Danvers Water Board
valves, gate boxes and supplies 228 64
Snow Plow Appropriation
Special appropriation $500 00
Purchased from Danvers Motor Co., 1 Sargent plow $500 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
Appropriation
$800 00
Special appropriation
500 00
$1,300 00
15
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$604 25
Auto
279 50
McSweeney & McSweeney lawyers
290 00
Uniforms
28 50
Court fees, E. Hillman
17 88
Court fees, William Young
3 40
Salem Police patrol
15 00
Matron, Salem jail
10 00
Index cards
3 25
Lunches
2 15
Sealing wax
90
Transfer to reserve
45 17
$1,300 00
Received from First District Court Salem, for fines
1,269 80
Sale of junk from raids
66 81
$1,336 61
House Fires
Appropriation
$150 00
Special appropriation
210 02
$360 02
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$88 00
Truck
67 50
Aid from Peabody
100 00
Aid from Danvers
50 00
Three ladders
14 00
Repairs and equipment
7 00
16
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Repairs to whistle
3 70
Electric lights and water
12 50
Soda purchased
1 42
Taansfer to reserve
5 90
Miscellaneous expenses
4 10
$354 12
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$500 00
Special appropriation
218 14
$718 14
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$357 00
Truck
141 00
Sprayer
16 00
Acid and soda
35 52
Lunches for men
8 85
Freight and storage
3 20
Leon Soper, putting up posters
12 00
Equipment
43 00
Lights and water
12 50
Miscellaneous expenses
7 00
Transfer to reserve
82 07
$718 14
Firemen's Wages
Appropriation $65 00
Expended $65 00
17
FORESTRY ACCOUNT
Forestry Department
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$459 45
Team
30 75
Tools and supplies
9 80
$500 00
Setting Trees
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$54 00
Team
7 00
Trees purchased from Paul Meuse
39 00
$100 00
Special Tree Work on East Street
Burt McGlauflin
$32 63
Burt McGlauflin, team
7 00
Harry Richardson
12 00
Charles Foss
9 50
B. Daniels
8 00
W. Wilkins
8 00
Tools
10 50
$87 63
18
FORESTRY ACCOUNT
Moth Department
Appropriation Sale of lead
$681 49
141 70
Private work
38 25
$861 44
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$615 30
Horse and team
69 50
Supplies
32 85
Labor on moth notices
8 20
Trucking lead
5 00
Gasoline
4 95
Trip to moth meeting
3 00
Transfer to reserve
122 64
$861 44
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
Appropriation
$100 00
Transfer from reserve
EXPENDITURES
Burial permits, M. E. Tyler
$40 00
Labor and automobile, M. E. Tyler
2 00
Doctor Bush
28 00
Serum
18 00
Automobile, J. A. Atwood
6 00
Automobile, Tinkham's garage
2 00
Returning deaths, J. A. Atwood
6 00
$100 00
19
HEALTH ACCOUNT
Essex Sanitorium
Appropriation
$319 27
Expended
$319 27
Essex Sanitorium Refund
Balance January 1, 1926 $1,192 30
EXPENDITURES
Hospital note
$1,000 00
Hospital note interest
21 25
Balance December 31, 1926
171 05
$1,192 30
Poor Department
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Transfer from reserve
927 78
Accounts receivable
937 50
$3,665 28
EXPENDITURES
Care of town poor
$1,252 57
Care of town poor by other cities and towns
1,465 21
Care of poor, Town of Danvers
327 50
City of Peabody
510 00
" City of Lynn 110 00
$3,665 28
20
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
School Department
Appropriation
$18,400 00
Appropriation for tuition and transpor-
tation at industrial schools 1,000 00
$19,400 00
EXPENDITURES
Teachers' salaries
$6,239 50
Superintendent's salary
630 00
Superintendent's expenses
129 35
Janitor and assistants
890 75
Doctor Nichols
70 00
Mary Roundy, nurse
262 00
Nurse's expenses and supplies
25 47
Transportation, Tinkham's garage
2,625 00
Tuition, Danvers High School
3,693 06
Tuition, Peabody High School
180 00
Tuition, Beverly Industrial School
138 50
Arthur Page, transportation
46 00
Tickets, High School pupils
1,644 93
Fuel
440 12
Insurance
219 24
Books and music
222 45
Desks and chairs
60 27
Window shades
171 33
Supplies
504 40
Rent of Town hall, 1926
92 00
Danvers Window Cleaning Co.
51 00
Will Russell, truant officer
10 00
Edward Parsons and auto, taking school
census 31 25
21
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
James W. Sullivan, lawyer, services rendered 25 00 Eli E. Richardson, miscellaneous repairs 33 50
Re-arranging desks and chairs 37 75
Miscellaneous expenses 86 41
Graduation tickets, diplomas, programs and ribbon 28 49
Water and lights
37 40
$18,625 17
Transfer to reserve
774 83
$19,400 00
Center School Alterations and Repairs
Special appropriation
$13,500 00
Special appropriation
3,000 00
Special appropriation
3,000 00
$19,500 00
EXPENDITURES
F. L. Pearson Inc., on account of
contract
$7,540 25
John F. Cabeen, heating contract
3,000 00
Marshall & Smith
1,500 00
Insurance, Spiller & Guilford
139 05
Grading, labor
84 35
Grading, team
40 00
Director of accounts, certifying bonds
26 00
Simon Myers, plates and columns
21 97
American Bank Note Co., printing bonds
21 07
Salem Evening News, advertising
6 00
Balance held over
7,121 31
$19,500 00
22
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Plans and Specifications of Alterations for Center School
Special appropriation $300 00
EXPENDITURES
Dow, Harlow & Kimball, architects $300 00
Tool House
Appropriated from reserve $500 00
EXPENDITURES
G. W. Andrews, by contract
$490 00
Transfer to reseve 10 00
$500 00
American Legion
American Legion, Augustus P. Gardner Post Appropiation $110 00
Expended $110 00
Soldiers' Benefits
Appropiation $84 00
Expended $84 00
23
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$225 00
EXPENDITURES
American Legion Band, Salem
$110 00
Geraniums
25 60
Speaker
20 00
Wreaths
18 00
Refreshments
15 48
Flags, net cost
13 30
Music
8 62
Programs
8 00
Transportation for speaker
5 00
Reader
1 00
$225 00
Cemetery
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$667 16
Team
12 00
Postage
2 90
Paint
2 00
Water
6 00
Labor on water line
3 00
Supplies :
C. B. Dodge, weed killer
59 26
Charles A. Moore
20 25
Danvers Hardware Co.
13 69
A. W. Butler
6 00
.
24
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
C. E. Brandon 1 50
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co. 3 05
A. Norman, repairs to lawn mower 2 25
Transfer to reserve
94
$800 00
Cemetery Endowment
Income from interest $451 80
Expended by Arthur M. Peabody $451 80
Contingent
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES
Town Officers Expenses:
Selectmen, postage paper, etc. $50 80
Treasurer, postage, books, etc. 37 00
Accountant, supplies, forms, etc. 41 66
Filing cabinet for treasurer, Yeame & Erbie 39 75
Assessors' postage, bills, etc.
14 85
Tax Collector's postage, forms, etc.
107 16
$291 22
Town Clerk, recording statistics
$87 00
administering oaths 9 50
postage, forms and telephone 37 18
$133 68
25
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Automobile
$25 00
Supplies
10 77
$37 77
Special tree work East street by tree warden
87 13
Memorial tablet lot putting in shape labor
$6 00
team 1 50
66
seeds 8 00
Float for Salem tercentenary parade
25 00
Repairs to hose house and whistle $33 83
M. E. Beuregard blowing whistle 8 50
42 33
Election Officers :
D. Sheldon
$17 50
B. Gertrude Haywood
7 00
F. O. Richardson 14 00
7 00
B. J. Graham
17 50
Harley Tyler
7 00
Camilla Campbell
14 00
C. W. Hutchinson
3 50
G. E. Barnaby
10 50
B. McGlauflin
10 50
M. E. Tyler
10 50
Wm. O. H. Young
7 00
126 00
Lunches for election of officers
22 70
Voting lists and ballots
70 75
Town Reports, Milo A. Newhall
149 00
Abstract of deeds
25 00
Leon Soper, fire permits 1924-6 and expenses
55 00
Gas Tanks
25 38
J. A. Tedford
15 50
26
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Certifying notes Miscellaneous Transfer to reserve
10 00
56 52
26 92
$1,200 00
Town Hall
Appropriation $800 00
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Young, janitor and expenses
$326 62
Danvers Coal Co., 10 tons of coal 184 00
Middleton Electric Lighting Co., lights 128 64
Danvers Water Board, water
20 00
G. W. Andrews, repairs
9 60
F. A. Butler, work on tank
7 48
Waters & Brown, supplies
10 25
J. Allen Atwood, oil
3 95
Eagle Iron Foundry, castings
5 00
Danvers Hardware Co., supplies
2 49
C. E. Bragdon, supplies
2 25
New England Tel. and Tel. Co., telephone
1 30
Transfer to reserve 98 42
$800 00
Premiums and Insurance
Appropriation
$710 00
Transfer from reserve
305 21
$1,105 21
27
TAX ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Liability policies
$270 71
School policies
402 00
Town hall policies
176 75
Treasurer's policies
51 50
Tax collector's policies
53 00
Hose house policies
37 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures
18 75
Town Clerk's policy
5 00
$1,015 21
Interest
Appropriation $1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Interest on demand notes, revenue notes and hospital notes $1,493 93
Transfer to reserve
6 07
$1,500 00
State Tax
Tax levy
$3,220 00
Expended
$3,220 00
County Tax
Tax levy $2,342 74
Expended
$2,342 74
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TAX ACCNOUT
Analysis of Tax Levy
Money raised to be expended as follows :
County tax
$2,343 00
State tax
3,224 00
Appropriation, 1926
50,557 88
Overlay
1,060 36
$57,185 24
Money to be raised as follows :
Tax levy
$46,315 59
Estimated receipts
10,000 00
Poll tax
726 00
Additional betterments
133 65
$57,185 24
Revenue Notes
Notes payable January 1, 1926
$20,000 00
Notes contracted during year 40,000 00
$60,000 00
Notes paid during year $30,000 00
Balance notes payable December 31, 1926 30,000 00
$60,000 00
Municipal Indebtedness
Appropriation $1,800 00
Transfer to Middleton Electric Light
$500 00
Transfer to reserve 1,000 00
300 00
Expended
$1,800 00
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TAX ACCOUNT
Abatement 1924
Transfer from abatement reserve
$25 50
Taxes abated $25 50
Abatement 1925
Balance January 1, 1926
$1,318 52
Taxes abated during 1926
$585 56
Poll taxes abated during 1926
98 00
Balance December 31, 1926
734 96
$1,318 52
Tax Levy 1924
Balance due January 1, 1926
$63 11
Transfer to reserve
1 04
$64 15
Received during year
$64 15
Tax Levy 1925
Balance due January 1, 1926
$15,673 20
Received during 1926
$15,636 35
Balance due December 31, 1926
36 85
$15,673 20
Poll Tax 1925
Balance due January 1, 1926
$106 00
Transfer to reserve
4 00
$110 00
Received during year
$110 00
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TAX ACCOUNT
Poll Tax 1926
Tax levy
$726 00
Received during year
$674 00
Balance due December 31, 1926
52 00
$726 00
Tax Levy 1926
Tax levy
$46,469 84
Received during year
$27,345 38
Balance due December 31, 1926
19,124 46
$46,469 84
Cash Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1926
$ 5,114 98
Receipts for year
128,686 53
$133,801 51
Selectmen's orders
$115,157 38
State aid
356 00
Balance on hand December 31, 1926
18,288 13
$133,801 51
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable January 1, 1926
$502 94
Appropriation accounts 72 50
$575 44
Accounts paid during year
$ 77 50
Transfer to reserve
395 44
Accounts payable December 31, 1926
102 50
$575 44
31
TAX ACCOUNT
Accounts Receivable
Balance January 1, 1926
$3,492 47
Additional accounts at close of year
1,632 39
$5,124 86
Transfer to reserve
$ 100 71
Accounts credited during year
1,240 00
Balance due December 31, 1926
3,784 15
$5,124 86
Due from State treasurer, state aid
$ 356 00
poor
428 18
City of Peabody
1,070 00
" City of Salem
56 25
" Town of Danvers
621 15
" City of Lynn
110 00
" Middleton light department
813 33
" East street water
328 89
$3,784 15
Excess on Tax Sales
Balance January 1, 1926
$112 13
Receipts from tax sales
32 88
$145 01
Balance December 31, 1926
$145 01
Balance Sheet
Cash
$18,288 13
Accounts receivable
3,784 15
1925 Tax levy
36 85
1926 Poll tax levy
52 00
1926 Tax levy
19,124 46
School bonds to be issued
6,000 00
$47,285 59
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NET FUNDED DEBT
Accounts payable
$ 102 50
Excess from tax sale
145 01
Revenue notes payable
30,000 00
Overlay, 1925
734 96
Overlay, 1926
1,060 37
Abatement reserve
7 58
Essex Sanitorium reserve
171 05
Excess and deficit
7,863 65
Unexpended balances carried over
7,200 47
$47,285 59
Net Funded Debt
Net funded debt $28,000 00
Essex Sanitorium 41/4% notes due $1,000 yearly to 1931 $5,000 00
Center school notes on alteration due
$1,000 yearly to 1933, then $1,000 yearly to 1939 19,000 00
Water Bonds 4% due $1,000 annually to 1930
4,000 00
$28,000 00
Abatement Reserve
Balance January 1, 1926
$33 08
Transfer to 1924 abatement
$25 50
Balance December 31, 1926
7 58
$33 08
.
33
TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
War Bonus Reserve
Balance January 1, 1926
$35 76
Expended for interest on hospital note
$35 76
Trust Fund Accounts
David Cumming's fund stock
$1,662 38
David Cumming's fund cash
8,100 23
Charles L. Flint public library fund
5,151 01
B. F. Emerson public library fund
10,077 89
Cemetery perpetual care fund
9,061 36
Mansfield fund
23,525.35
Salem Tercentenary Report
Received from town
$25 00
grange
8 47
Red Men
8 47
Miscellaneous
01
$41 95
Lumber and wall board
$25 16
Paint and hardware
8 82
Material for flowers
4 97
Muslin
3 00
$41 95
34
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Middleton Electric Light Report
Receipts from sales to customers
$6,997 95
Received from town appropriation 1,500 00
municipal indebtedness 500 00
refund on reels 6 83
$9,004 78
EXPENDITURES
Danvers Electric Lighting Co., house lights $4,333 68
Danvers Electric Lighting Co., street lights 1,465 77
Danvers Electric Lighting Co., main- tenance of lines 1,439 48
Pettingell-Andrews Co., wire
146 07
Bond payment, final
500 00
M. E. Tyler, manager
670 00
Postage 12 50
Henry Prentiss, helper and team
207 00
C. Wilkins, labor
6 00
C. R. Tapley, premiums on insurance policies 52 50 Interest on bond 21 26
Harold Tyler, care of clock
15 25
W. R. Patten, meter repairs
6 75
Balance
$8,876 26 $128 52
Assessed Valuation
Total assessed personal property $148,583 00
real estate, land only 336,014 00
buildings only 1,080,250 00
Total assessed valuation of town
$1,564,847 00
Tax rate $29.60 per thousand.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Reserve Account
Balance, January 1, 1926
$ 3,813 67
Sundry receipts
14,509 91
Transfers from unexpended balances
2,164 36
Transfer from accounts payable
395 44
To 1927 tax levy
1,208 94
$22,092 32
Transfer to balance overdrafts
$2,036 37
Estimated to reduce 1926 tax levy
10,000 00
To tool house account
500 00
To Essex Sanitorium
1,192 30
To revenue account
500 00
Balance reserve acct. December 31, 1926
7,863 65
$22,092 32
Treasurer's Report for 1926
RECEIPTS
Balance, January 1, 1926
$5,114 98
Henry A. Young, rent of hall
423 60
rent of piano
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