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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 297 3
LINT
REPORT
MIDDLETON,
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OF THE
4.
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1927
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Known
Power
IND
ED
SALEM, MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL, & CO., PRINTERS 1927
FLINT
REPORT
MIDDLETON,
OF THE
PB. IC
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1927
Knowledge
is Power
SETTS.
OUNDEI
SALEM, MASS. MILO A. NEWHALL, & CO., PRINTERS
1927
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INDEX
Abatements
33
Accounts Payable
31
Accounts Receivable
31
American Legion
25
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1927 Assessed Valuation
32
Balance Sheet
32
Cash
35 30
Cemetery Department Contingent
26 16
Fire Protection
Health Department
20
Highway Department
11
Interest
29 25
Middleton Electric Light
35
Moth and Tree Department
19
Municipal Indebtedness
30
Payroll Analysis
43
Police Department
15
Poor Department
20
Revenue Notes
30
School Alterations
23 21
School Department
25
Tax Levy Analysis
32
Tax Returns
33
Town Officers
4
Town Officers Salaries
9
Town Treasurer's Report
38
PART II
Cemetery Endowment Report
51
David Cummings' Fund
55
B. F. Emerson Fund
55
Flint Public Library Fund .
59
Jurors List
58
Librarian's Report
61
School Reports
69
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report .
54
Tax Collector's Report
63
Town Hall Report
64
PART III
Report of Finance Committee .
83
Town Warrant
86
23
County and State Tax
24
Memorial Day
Soldiers and State Aid
4
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1928
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1928
Treasurer
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1928
Selectmen
Roger Clapp William H. Sanborn, Clerk
Maurice E. Tyler, Chairman
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1928
Overseers of Poor
Sands Pike Lyman S. Wilkins Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1930
Board of Health
Roger Clapp William H. Sanborn
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1928
Board of Assessors
Maurice E. Tyler Lyman S. Wilkins Roger Clapp
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1930
School Committee
Arthur E. Curtis Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1929
Moderator
5
TOWN OFFICERS
Highway Surveyor
Clyde Hood Term expires March, 1928
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1928
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin Term expires March, 1928
Moth Superintendent
B. McGlauflin Term expires January, 1928
Constable
Wm. H. Young
Term expires March, 1928
Chief of Police
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires May, 1928
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur Peabody Term expires March, 1928
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1928
Town Accountant
E. P. Oakman, Jr. Term expires May, 1930
Forest Fire Warden
Leon Soper
Term expires January, 1928
Chief of Fire Department
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires May, 1928
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1928
6
TOWN OFFICERS
Manager of Electric Light Department
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires April, 1928
Electric Light Commissioners
Roger Clapp Term expires March, 1928
William H. Sanborn
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1928 Term expires March, 1928
Water Commissioners
H. K. Richardson
Term expires March, 1928
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires March, 1929
Charles Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1930
Trustees David Cummings Fund
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1928
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires March, 1929
Lyman S. Wilkins
Term expires March, 1930
Trustees Flint Public Library
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
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1930
H. Galen Howe
Term expires March, 1930
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
Paid Out Selectmen's Orders
Transfer to Reserve b $ 50.84
Highways
3,625.00
200.00
2,900.00
$136.65 27.70
6,752.70
6,752.70
Bridges
500.00
511.70
1,011.70
992.90
18.80
Sidewalks
350.00
350.00
326.46
23.54
Snow Removal
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,538.48
461.52
Snow Plow
290.00
290.00
280.00
10.00
Tractor Cab
150.00
·
500.00
500.00
500.00
Moth Department ·
681.49
236.35
917.84
883.53
34.31
Tree Warden .
500.00
500.00
500.00
Cemetery
800.00
500.00
454.00
454.00
454.00
School
19,600.00
19,600.00
17,632.33
1,967.67
Center School Alterations Library Account
3,000.00
c 7,121.31
10,121.31
10,057.34
63.97
Dental Clinic
100.00
140.75
240.75
240.00
Police
1,000.00
1,000.00
776.86
223.14
House Fires
150.00
100.00
250.00
195.05
54.95
Forest Fires
500.00
800.00
21.98
2,321.98
2,321.98
·
.
·
·
·
·
.
.
.
Poor Department
1,800.00
161.23
1,261.81
3,223.04
3,223.04
Board of Health
100.00
Essex Sanitarium
337.24
337.24
337.24
Contingent
1,200.00
300.00
1,500.00
1,417.31
82.69
Town Hall
800.00
800.00
716.83
83.17
Soldiers' Benefits
84.00
84.00
69.00
15.00
.
·
1,300.00
1,253.35
46.65
Cemetery, Endowment .
300.00
·
.
.
·
·
1,300.00
1,236.03
63.97
Fire Hose
.
300.00
2,300.00
.
300.00
300.00
Firemen's Wages
65.00
65.00
65.00
ANALYSIS SHEET
7
.
.
.
.
·
.
150.00
150.00
Cement Mixer
150.00
.
·
150.00
150.00
·
.
.
.
.
.
300.00
300.00
.75
·
.
.
100.00
80.77
19.23
.
.
Town Officers .
$2,598.00
$2,734.65
$2,683.81
·
Webb Street Bridge
Forest Fire Truck
8
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Town Appropria- tion
Special Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transfer from Reserve
Due from Accounts Receivable
Total
Orders
State Aid
·
·
.
·
·
·
.
$360.00
$360.00
$360.00
American Legion
·
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
·
.
·
1.00
226.00
226.00
Interest
2,600.00
c 171.05
2,771.05
2,148.61
622.44
Premiums and Insurance
575.00
131.00
706.00
595.58
110.42
Municipal Indebtedness .
3,000.00
Middleton Elec. Light Co.
2,100.00
8,027.24
10,127.24
8,066.30
2,060.94
State Tax
·
·
.
·
.
d 2,613.51
2,613.51
2,613.51
Revenue Notes
35,000.00 c30,000.00
65,000.00
40.000.00 e25,000.00
East & Essex St. Water L.
228.64
228.64
228.64
.
.
c 18.75
18.75
18.75
.
1926 Abatement
c 10 44
10.44
10.44
37.99
1925 Poll Taxes
4.00
4.00
4.00
1926 Taxes
18,489.88
1926 Poll Taxes
7.00
1927 Taxes
25,321.06
1927 Poll Taxes
674.00
Accounts Receivable
571.00
·
·
.
.
·
.
13,852.47
Funded Debt .
6,000.00
$49,819.37 $4,842. 76 $112,252.59
$348.56 $1,621.81 $147,299.60 $116,243.61 $31,055.99
(b) To accounts payable
(c) From Balance Sheet January 1, 1927
(d) From Tax Levy 1927
(e) To 1927 Balance Sheet
.
·
·
.
.
.
3,000.00
3,000.00
.
·
3,431.77
3,431.77
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
1925 Taxes
·
·
·
.
.
Reserve Account
·
225.00
Memorial Day .
$110.00
110.00
110.00
.
.
.
.
d 3,431.77
County Tax
Accounts Payable
c 74.84
37.99
.
Paid Out Selectmen's Transfer to Reserve
9
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Town Government
Town Officers' Salaries
Appropriation
$2,598 00
Transfer from reserve
136 65
$2,734 65
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen :
Maurice E. Tyler
$103 74
Wm. H. Sanborn
91 66
Roger F. Clapp
75 00
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
18 75
$289 15
Treasurer, Harry H. Bradstreet
291 66
Town Clerk, Wayne A. Giles
200 00
Town Accountant, E. P. Oakman
300 00
Tax Collector, Henry A. Young
400 00
Assessors :
Maurice E. Tyler
$315 00
Roger F. Clapp
237 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
180 00
732 00
Registrars :
E. Stimpson Hutchinson
$12 00
Maurice E. Tyler
17 50
Wm. H. Sanborn
4 00
33 50
10
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Overseers of Poor:
Sands Pike
$25 00
Maurice E. Tyler
50 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
25 00
100 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Elmer O. Campbell
100 00
Inspector of Slaughtering :
Lyman S. Wilkins
150 00
Inspector of Cattle:
Lyman S. Wilkins
25 00
Constable :
Wm. H. Young
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
Wm. H. Young, Constable
17 50
Wm. H. Sanborn, Selectman
8 34
50 84
$2,734 65
11
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Highways and Bridges
Highways
Appropriation
$3,625 00
Special appropriation
200 00
Received from State
2,900 00
Transfer from reserve
27 70
$6,752 70
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,849 50
Team and truck
1,720 68
Road Oil and Asphalt :
Trimont Oil Company
40 30
Standard Oil of New York
803 82
The Barrett Company
704 66
Gasoline and Oil :
Wayne A. Giles
40 48
Gulf Refining Co.
67 90
Howe Station Garage
59 15
Webber's Filling Station
3 72
Saxon Oil Company
3 75
Stapler's Garage
2 55
Sand, rock and gravel :
Lynn Sand and Stone Co.
5 05
John W. Sheehan
14 20
Connolly Company
7 36
H. K. Richardson
20 80
B. Frank Phillips
106 65
Town of Danvers
1 60
J. Marsh
11 80
12
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Tractor, repairs and supplies :
Howe Station Garage
50 84
F. W. Dingle 85
Ernest E. Richardson, supplies
39 75
C. E. Bragdon, supplies
22 50
Hedge & Mattheis, brooms, shovels, rakes
25 25
Kerosene
3 30
F. W. Dingle, four shoes for scrapers
18 50
Freight
19 04
James O'Shea, 18 feet of 8 inch drain pipe
10 60
Calvin Putnam, posts
6 40
Telephone calls
1 35
Hedge & Mattheis, part cost of cement mixer 90 35
$6,752 70
Bridges
Appropriation
$500 00
Special appropriation
511 70
$1,011 70
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$229 45
Truck and team
142 02
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., Lumber
47 92
B. F. Goodwin
365 36
John D. Jeffers
77 00
Geo. McQuestion, lumber
69 30
C. E. Bragdon
34 10
Leon Soper, lettering signs
15 00
H. K. Richardson, sand
9 20
J. Marsh
2 55
A. B. Gillpatrick, oil
1 00
Transfer to reserve
18 80
$1,011 70
13
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$350 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$160 45
Truck
75 51
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.
80 30
H. K. Richardson, gravel
7 60
J. Marsh, gravel
75
C. E. Bragdon, supplies
1 85
Transfer to reserve
23 54
$350 00
Snow Removal
Appropriation
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$738 95
Team
52 75
Truck
451 13
Tractor expenses and repairs :
Harper's Garage
38 44
Howe Station Garage
51 97
Lord & Herlihy
7 20
Fred Dingle
6 25
Webber's Filling Station
5 00
K. & K. Garage
3 00
M. Butts
2 90
Gasoline, oil and lunches :
O. Carlson
87 55
Stahler's Garage
23 14
14
HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Webber's Filling Station
$20 00
Saxon Oil Co.
10 25
Wayne Giles
2 40
M. Butts, storage
21 00
Snow Plow repairs
5 50
Dyar Sales & Machinery, shovels
7 00
Ropes Brothers, salt
4 05
Transfer to reserve
461 52
$2,000 00
Snow Plow
Appropriation $290 00
EXPENDITURES
Dyar Sales & Machinery, one plow $280 00
Transfer to reserve 10 00
$290 00
Cement Mixer
Appropriation $150 00
Hedge & Mattheis Co., one 312 Jaeger mixer on cushion tired wheels, Hercules en- gine, total cost $240 35
To be paid from Highway appropriation
90 35
Paid from this appropriation $150 00
Tractor Cab
Appropriation $150 00
EXPENDITURES
Harper's Garage, one cab $150 00
15
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Webb Street Bridge (Back of Church)
Received from Boston & Maine $500 00
EXPENDITURES
Paid Clyde L. Hood for removing bridge and making road $500 00
East Street and Essex Street (Unpaid Bill)
Appropriation $228 64
Expended $228 64
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Police officers
$562 86
Auto hire
109 25
McSweeney & McSweeney, lawyers
60 00
Court Fees, John J. Burke
16 00
Lyons' Garage, ambulance
10 00
Police Matron (2)
8 00
Danvers Police Dept., care of prisoners
7 50
Police club
1 75
Lunches
1 50
Transfer to reserve
223 14
$1,000 00
16
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
RECEIPTS
First District Court, fines
$488 60
Sale of junk
53 00
$541 60
House Fires
Appropriation
$150 00
Special appropriation
100 00
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$83 50
Auto
79 00
Stahler's Garage, storage and care of new fire truck 12 09
Henry K. Barnes, nozzle and tips
4 50
New back curtain
7 00
Lights
3 40
Water
3 00
Danvers Water Board, two wrenches
2 56
Transfer to reserve
54 95
$250 00
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$500 00
Special appropriations (2)
800 00
$1,300 00
17
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$692 25
Auto
200 50
Danvers Fire Department
50 00
Equipment and supplies : American Fire Extinguisher, 12 extin-
guishers 140 38
American Fire Equipment, bottles 18 86
Dept. of Conservation, brooms and cans 25 50
Merrimac Chemical Co., acid
20 63
Eastern Drug Co., 12 kegs of soda
39 65
Lunches for firemen
28 36
William Young, repairs to chemicals
11 50
Lights
3 40
Water
3 00
Doctor
2 00
Transfer to reserve
63 97
$1,300 00
Fire Truck and Equipment
Appropriation
$2,100 00
Special appropriation
200 00
Transfer from reserve
21 98
$2,321 98
EXPENDITURES
Federal Motor Co., one Federal chassis
$916 00
Henry K Barnes Co., pump
650 00
1,000 feet of hose
310 00
50 feet special hose
32 50
Strainer
2 50
Acid jar and holder 25 00
18
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
John R. Gould, building body box, etc.
235 00
Morrill Young, fenders, etc. 50 98
Stewart Robinson, painting body 100 00
$2,321 98
Firemen's Wages
Appropriation
$65 00
EXPENDITURES
Oscar Sheldon
$10 00
Morey Butts
5 00
Elmer Campbell
5 00
Richard Floyd
5 00
Arthur Fuller
5 00
Roy Osborne
5 00
Joseph Russell
5 00
Albert Sheldon
5 00
Leon Soper
5 00
Morrill Young
5 00
Paul Young
5 00
Everett Wilkins
5 00
$65 00
Fire Hose
Appropriation
$300 00
Henry K. Barnes Co., 300 feet 2} in. hose $300 00
19
FORESTRY ACCOUNT
Forestry Department
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$457 88
Team
38 50
Supplies
3 62
$500 00
Moth Department
Appropriation
$681 49
Sale of lead
98 00
Received from State
138 35
$917 84
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$607 89
Team
99 50
General Chemical Co., arsenate of lead
139 66
Wakefield Daily Item, moth notices
2 75
M. E. Tyler, labor and postage on notices
9 62
Repairs to sprayer
11 60
Gasoline
4 76
Burt McGlauflin, expenses to moth meeting
3 00
Supplies
2 75
Truck
2 00
Transfer to reserve
34 31
$917 84
20
HEALTH ACCOUNT
Health and Sanitation Board of Health
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
M. E. Tyler, burial permits $53 00
M. E. Tyler, recording and reporting contagious cases 21 50
J. Allen Atwood, returning deaths
3 00
Miscellaneous
2 00
Hobbs & Warren, cards
1 27
Transfer to reserve
19 23
$100 00
Essex Sanitarium
Appropriation
$337 24
Essex County treasurer
$337 24
Poor Department
Appropriation
$1,800 00
Transfer from reserve
161 23
Accounts receivable
1,261 81
EXPENDITURES
Care of Town poor $1,426 23
Care of Town poor by other municipalities 335 00
Care of Town poor by citizens of other municipalities 200 00
Care of poor for Town of Danvers 325 81
Care of poor for City of Lynn
256 00
Care of poor for City of Peabody 520 00
Care of poor of City of Lowell
160 00
$3,223 04
$3,223 04
21
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Schools and Education
Appropriation
$19,600 00
EXPENDITURES
Teachers and nurses
$7,041 00
Superintendent
675 82
Superintendent's expenses
135 13
Janitor and expenses
1,001 95
Doctor Nichols
75 00
Nurse's expenses and medical supplies
12 00
Transportation, Tinkham's Garage
2,500 00
High School tickets, Eastern Mass. Ry. 1,700 34
High School tickets, Boston Maine, R. R. 20 94
Tuition, Danvers High School
1,846 86
Peabody High School
439 87
Beverly Industrial School 107 50
Salem High School (J. E. Wendell) 83 49
Supplies:
Edward E. Babb
406 57
C. E. Bragdon
53 06
Pitman & Brown Lumber Co.
62 57
Milton, Bradley & Co.
48 86
Ginn & Company
30 27
L. B. Philbrick Co.
4 44
A. B. Gilpatrick
7 65
Danvers Hardware Co.
14 63
Waters & Brown Co.
10 50
D. E. Woodward
3 24
Calvin Putnam
3 06
Wright, Potter & Co.
2 32
Wm. G. Webber Co.
96
Allen Shade Holder
4 16
22
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
C. A. Manning, miscellaneous expenses $ 30 72
C. E. Babb, books
111 40
American Book Co., books
32 74
Silver, Burdett Co., books
29 68
World Book Co., books
18 08
Ginn & Company
22 65
Grading, labor
116 80
team and truck
62 87
gravel
1 40
gasoline
2 52
G. W. Andrews, labor and stock on bulkhead, etc. 116 20
E. E. Richardson, cleaning 28 50
2 25
Hartford Door Close
3 00
John Cabeen, repairs to heater 89 42
J. A. Bagley, barge insurance 132 70
C. R. Tapley & Co., barge insurance
24 90
Edward E. Babb, clock and express
8 92
A. F. Killam, tuning piano and strings
5 50
Bertrand Ham, tickets and programs 6 58
Edward E. Babb, engrossing diplomas
2 95
Danvers Coal Co. 247 08
Danvers Water Board, water
42 23
Middleton Light Co., lights
36 55
Edward E. Babb, desks and tables
66 90
American Fire Extingusher, extinguishers
51 60
Rainbow Orchestra, services
15 00
Masury Young, oil 10 35
Committee expenses
7 08
Freight and express
7 72
Miscellaneous expenses
5 93
Transfer to reserve
1,967 67
$19,600 00
Herbert Jones, repairing clock
23
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Center School Alterations
Balance carried over
$7,121 31 3,000 00
Appropriation
$10,121 31
EXPENDITURES
John F. Cabeen
$3,472 95
Marshall & Smith
2,451 77
Pitman & Brown
2,271 01
F. M. Williams
725 51
George C. Smith
640 95
M. L. Sullivan, lawyer
200 00
Dow, Harlow & Kimball, architects
200 00
New England Blackboard
62 50
American Bank Note Co., coupon notes
20 50
Edward E. Babb, supplies
12 15
Balance held over
63 97
$10,121 31
Dental Clinic
Appropriation
$100 00
Received from Middleton Grange
50 00
Received from pupils
81 75
Received from Cummings' fund
9 00
$240 75
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally
$240 00
Transfer to reserve
75
$240 75
24
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
Library
Appropriation
$300 00
Expended by order
$300 00
Cemeteries
Cemetery
Appropriation
$800 00
Special appropriation
500 00
$1,300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,047 13
Truck and team
84 88
C. B. Dodge, weed killer 44 93
Danvers Hardware Co., supplies and hose, etc. 34 65 J. Marsh, gravel 12 00
Danvers Water Board, water
10 00
Stahler's Garage, gasoline 7 40
Freight on weed killer 5 05
Danvers Water Board, labor on pipes
2 31
Lawn dressing
2 00
Plants 3 00
Transfer to reserve
46 65
$1,300 00
Cemetery Endowment
Interest received $454 00
Expended by Arthur Peabody, Superintendent $454 00
25
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
American Legion and Soldiers' Aid
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$225 00
Transfer from reserve
1 00
$226 00
EXPENDITURES
Band
$110 00
Flowers
25 60
Speaker
25 00
Wreaths
17 75
Ice Cream
14 40
Flags
11 00
Credit sale of flags to I.O.R.M.
2 50 8 50
Music
10 00
Programs
5 00
Cake
5 00
Reader
1 00
Transfer to reserve
3 75
$226 00
State Aid
Due from the State
$360 00
Paid by order
$360 00
Soldiers' Benefits
Appropriation
$84 00
Paid by order
$69 00
Transfer to reserve
15 00
$84 00
26
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
A. P. Gardner Post, American Legion Appropriated $110 00
Expended $110 00
Miscellaneous Accounts
Contingent .
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Special appropriation
300 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Town Officers' expenses :
Selectmen, postage, envelopes, etc. $39 22
Treasurer, postage, envelopes, etc. 28 50
Accountant, postage, forms, etc. 17 30
Tax Collector, books, forms, etc.
24 70
66 expenses on tax sales 47 40
Town Clerk, recording deeds, vital statistics, etc.
71 00
Town Clerk, postage, etc.
11 18
Assessors, auto hire, forms, etc.
52 93
$292 23
Salem Evening News, tax advertising
28 00
Arthur Curtis, checking wood for assessors
5 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Auto hire
$25 00
Supplies
18 50
$43 50
27
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Election Officers :
George Barnaby
$7 00
Mrs. C. Campbell
7 00
B. J. Graham
7 00
Mrs. Della Sheldon
7 00
J. R. Tedford
7 00
E. Brown
3 50
L. Crossman
3 50
H. M. Tyler
3 50
$45 50
Mrs. J. A. Atwood, lunches
10 50
The Mirror Press, ballots
14 90
Milo A. Newhall, Town Reports
156 50
McSweeney & McSweeney, lawyers
50 00
M. L. Sullivan, lawyer
125 00
Lilla D. Stout, recording deeds
28 37
Repairs on Hose :
Clyde L. Hood, labor
$20 80
W. M. Young, labor and material
18 65
G. W. Andrews, labor
3 98
Oscar Sheldon, setting glass
1 25
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., lumber
40 10
$84 78
Setting up Christmas Trees :
Hygrade Lamp Co., lamp
$76 28
Danvers Electric Light, sockets, etc.
22 20
Wilson & Robinson, wire, etc.
21 25
Labor on tree
49 55
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., 100 ft. fencing Harriet A. London, settlement of claim
$169 28
60 00
200 00
28
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Leon Soper, fire pemits
$15 00
New England Adding Machine Co., typewriter 25 00
Wm. H. Young, collecting dog tax
12 00
Merchants National Bank, box rent
6 00
Miscellaneous
25 75
Director of Accounts, certifying notes
20 00
Transfer to reserve
82 69
$1,500 00
Town Hall
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Young, janitor
$318 95
Danvers Coal Co., fuel 222 00
Middleton Electric Lighting Co., lights
81 48
A. W. Leavitt, installing two lights
20 13
Caskin & O'Connell, damper
17 23
Henry Young, clearing snow
9 00
Danvers Water Board, water
16 00
Supplies, etc. :
A. B. Gilpatrick
10 64
H. A. Young
8 80
C. E. Bragdon
2 25
J. A. Atwood
90
A. F. Killam, tuning piano
7 50
New England Tel. and Tel. Co.
1 95
Transfer to reserve
83 17
$800 00
29
TAX ACCOUNT
Interest Account
Appropriation
$2,600 00
Transfer from Essex Sanitorium reserve 171 05
$2,771 05
EXPENDITURES
Interest on revenue notes
$1,157 36
Interest on funded debt
991 25
Balance to reserve
622 44
$2,771 05
Insurance and Premiums
Appropriation
$575 00
Special appropriation
131 00
$706 00
EXPENDITURES
C. R. Tapley & Co. :
Team and public liability
340 70
Sealer of Weights & Measures 21 60
Town Hall and Town Club
111 00
Federal Fire Truck
8 28
Safe burglary and holdup
42 00
G. P. Pope, Insurance Agency :
Tax Collector
47 00
Treasurer
25 00
Balance to reserve
110 42
$706 00
30
TAX ACCOUNT
Municipal Indebtedness
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Hospital note
$1,000 00
Water bond
1,000 00
School bond
1,000 00
$3,000 00
Revenue Notes
Notes payable January 1, 1927
$30,000 00
Notes contracted during year 35,000 00
$65,000 00
Notes paid during 1927
$40,000 00
Balance December 31, 1927
25,000 00
$65,000 00
State Tax
Tax Levy $3,431 77 $3,431 77
Expended
County Tax
Tax Levy $2,613 51 Expended $2,613 51
31
TAX ACCOUNT
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable, January 1, 1927
$102 50
Appropriation accounts 50 84
$153 34
EXPENDITURES
Accounts paid during the year $ 18 75
Accounts payable December 31, 1927
134 59
$153 34
Accounts Receivable
Balance January 1, 1927
$3,784 15
Additional accounts 1,621 81
$5,405 96
Accounts credited during the year $1,812 51
Balance due December 31, 1927 3,593 45
$5,405 96
Reserve Account
Balance January 1, 1927
$ 7,863 65
Sundry receipts
13,852 47
Transfers from unexpended balance
5,963 16
Transfers from 1925 tax levy
41 99
$27,721 27
Transfers to balance overdrafts
$ 348 56
Estimated to reduce 1927 tax levy
16,006 24
To accounts receivable
428 18
10,938 29
$27,721 27
.
32
TAX ACCOUNT
Balance Sheet
Cash
$14,297 11
Accounts receivable
3,593 45
1926 Poll tax
45 00
1926 Tax levy
634 58
1927 Tax levy
23,299 95
1927 Poll tax levy
60 00
$41,930 09
Accounts payable
$ 134 59
Excess from tax sale
145 01
Revenue notes payable
25,000 00
Overlay 1926
1,049 93
Overlay 1927
1,692 09
Abatement reserve
742 54
Excess and deficit
13,165 93
$41,930 09
Analysis of Tax Levy
Money to be expended as follows :
Town appropriation 1927
$56,957 94
State tax
3,431 77
County tax
2,613 51
Overlay 1927
1,692 09
$64,695 31
Money to be raised as follows :
Tax levy
$47,991 07
Estimated receipts
16,006 24
Poll tax
698 00
$64,695 31
33
TAX ACCOUNT
Net Funded Debt
Net funded debt
$25,00 00
Essex Sanitorium 41/4% notes
$4,000 00
Center School notes on alterations
18,000 00
Water bonds 4%
3,000 00
$25,000 00
Abatement 1925
Balance, January 1, 1927
$734 96
Transfer to abatement reserve
734 96
Abatement 1926
Balance, January 1, 1927
$1,060 37
Abatement Orders
$10 44
Balance, December 31, 1927
1,049 93
$1,060 37
Tax Lexy 1925
Balance due January 1, 1927
$36 85
Transfer to reserve 37 99
$74 84
Receipts during year
74 84
Poll Tax Levy 1925
Balance transferred to reserve $4 00
Received during year 4 00
34
TAX ACCOUNT
Poll Tax 1926
Balance due January 1, 1927
$52 00
Received during year
$7 00
Balance due December 31, 1927
45 00
$52 00
Tax Levy 1926
Balance due January 1, 1927
$19,124 46
Received during year
$18,489 88
Balance due December 31, 1927
634 58
$19,124 46
Poll Tax 1927
Tax levy $734 00
Received during year
$674 00
Balance due December 31, 1927
60 00
$7 34
Tax Levy 1927
Tax levy
$48,621 01
Received during year
$25,321 06
Balance due December 31, 1927
23,299 95
$48,621 01
Abatement 1927
Overlay tax $1,692 09
Balance due December 31, 1927
$1,692 09
35
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Abatement Reserve
Balance, January 1, 1927
$7 58
Transfer 1925 abatement $734 96
Balance, December 31, 1927
$742 54
Cash Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1927
$ 18,288 13
Received during year 112,252 59
$130,540 72
Selectmen's orders
$115,883 61
State aid
360 00
Balance on hand December 31, 1927
14,297 11
$130,440 72
Trust Fund Accounts
David Cummings fund cash
$8,291 71
David Cummings fund, stock
2,496 00
Charles L. Flint, public library
5,187 84
B. F. Emerson, public library
10,077 89
Cemetery, perpetual care
9,462 23
Henry K. Mansfield fund
15,000 00
$50,515 67
36
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
Electric Light Report
Operating Expenses
Current purchased, house lighting
$4,356 77
Current purchased, street lighting 931 46
Maintenance
1,769 16
M. E. Tyler, manager
720 00
Insurance premiums
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