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MINT
MIDDLETON.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1928
Knowledge
Power
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SALEM, MASS MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS 1929
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MIBBLETON.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1928
Knowled
SET
is Power
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SALEM, MASS MILO A. NEWHALL & CO., PRINTERS 1928
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
. George Ogden
Moderator Term expires March, 1929
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1929
Treasurer
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1929
Selectmen
Roger F. Clapp, Chairman
William H. Sanborn, Clerk
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1929
Overseers of Poor
Lyman S. Wilkins Maurice E. Tyler
Richard Floyd
Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1930 Term expires March, 1931
Board of Health
Roger F. Clapp William H. Sanborn
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1929
Board of Assessors
Lyman S. Wilkins Roger F. Clapp Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1930 Term expires March, 1931
School Committee
Wayne A. Giles Mrs. Ethel M. Stewart Mrs. Ella Morrill (deceased) Arthur E. Curtis
Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1930 Term expires March, 1931
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TOWN OFFICERS
Highway Surveyor
Clyde Hood Term expires March, 1929
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1929
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin Term expires March, 1929
Moth Superintendant Term expires January, 1929
B. McGlauflin
Constable
William H. Young Term expires March, 1929
Chief of Police
William H. Young Term expires March, 1929
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur Peabody Term expires March, 1929
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1929
Town Accountant
E. P. Oakman, Jr. Term expires May, 1930
Forest Fire Warden
Leon Soper Term expires January, 1929
Chief of Fire Department
Oscar Sheldon Term expires May, 1929
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1929
Manager of Electric Light Department
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires April, 1929
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1929
William H. Sanborn
George Ogden
Term expires March, 1929 Term expires March, 1929
Water Commissioners
Oscar Sheldon
Term expires March, 1929
Charles Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1930
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1931
Trustees David Cummings Fund
Maurice E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1929
Lyman S. Wilkins
Term expires March, 1930
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1931
Trustees Flint Public Library
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
Maurice E. Tyler Term expires March, 1931
Charles Hutchinson
Term expires March, 1931
Cemetery Commissioners
Arthur Page Arthur Peabody
Term expires March, 1929
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1930 Term expires March, 1931
TRUSTEES B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company
ANALYSIS SHEET
Town Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transfer from Reserve
Total
Expended
Transfer to Reserve
Transfer to Depart- ments
Town Officers .
$2,634.00
$2,634.00
$2,597.98
.52
c $ 35.50
Highways.
3,650.00
2,900.00
a 409.08
6,959.08
/6.959.08(
East Street (Special)
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2,000.00
4,000.00
a 85.38
6,085.38
6,085.38
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300.00
129.59
.80
169.61
Street Signs
250.00
250.00
228.01
21.99
171.41
Mt. Vernon St. Water Line
2,500.00
151.20
2,651.20
2,160.84
490.36
Police
1,000.00
1,000.00
965.65
24.35
House Fires
350.00
350.00
343.77
6.23
Forest Fires
1,000.00
1,000.00
546.65
453.35
Fire Hose
300.00
300.00
294.00
6.00
Fire House Repairs
300.00
300.00
32.80
267.20
Firemen's Wages
65.00
65.00
65.00
Moth Department
681.49
82.58
b 214.72
978.79
978.79
Tree Warden .
800.00
Cemetery
800.00
800.00
797.60
Cemetery Endowment
502.00
502.00
502.00
School
19,600.00
232.22
19,832.22
19,832.22
Dental Clinic
150.00
100.50
250.50
250.50
Library
.
200.00
132.59
332.59
332.59
Memorial Day
225.00
5.67
12.17
242.84
242.84
Soldiers' Benefit
48.00
20.00
68.00
68.00
State Aid
360 .. 00
360.00
360.00
American Legion
110.00
110.00
110.00
Public Aid
2,500.00
169.80
2,669.80
2,669.80
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72.14
Snow Removal
500.00
188.78
688.78
688.78
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
146.56
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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School Street gravel
400.00
400.00
327.86
153.44
Bridges
300.00
Fencing .
200.00
200.00
28.59
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800.00
800.00
2.40
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Town Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transfer from Reserve
Total
Expended
Transfer to Reserve
Transfer to Depart- ments
Board of Health
$ 50.00
$133.95
$183.95
$183.95
Essex Sanitorium
342.60
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.07
342.67
342.67
Town Hall
800.00
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14.45
814.45
814.45
Contingent
1,200.00
249.49
1,449.49
1,449.49
Anniversary
1,000.00
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250.00
232.00
18.00
State Tax
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11,933.46
9,311.56
d 2,621.90
Revenue Notes
40,000.00
40,000.00
35,000.00
d 5,000.00
Accounts Payable
d 85.84
85.84
85.84
Accounts Receivable
100.00
100.00
100.00
1927 Abatement
21,864.15
21,864.15
1927 Poll Taxes
8.00
8.00
1928 Taxes
26,281.79
26,281.79
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1928 Poll Taxes
700.00
7.00
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Excess and Deficit
13,830.52
13,830.52
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$54,416.09 $121,781.35
$7,289.12 $182,486.56 $109,505.36
$1,383.85
$8,912.89
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(b) To accounts payable
(c) From Balance Sheet January 1, 1928
(d) From Tax Levy 1928
ANALYSIS SHEET
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2.98
Funded Debt
4,000.00
34.84
2,434.84
2,434.84
Interest
650.00
650.00
560.33
89.67
Valuation Lists
250.00
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.
2,741.77
2,741.77
2.741.77
County Tax
2,691.72
2,691.72
2,691.72
Middleton Elec. Light Co. .
1,500.00
10,433.46
d 688.89
688.89
Antonio Mogavers
·
d 4.84
4.84
4.84
1927 Taxes
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1,000.00
997.02
4,000.00
4,000.00
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Insurance and Premiums
2,400.00
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d 688.89
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TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Town Government Report
Town Officers' Salaries
Appropriation
$2,634 00
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen :
Roger F. Clapp
$ 75 00
William H. Sanborn
100 00
George Ogden
79 30
Maurice E. Tyler
20 70
$275 00
Treasurer, Harry H. Bradstreet
300 00
Town Clerk, Wayne H. Giles
200 00
Town Accountant, E. P. Oakman
300 00
Tax Collector, Henry A. Young
400 00
Assessors :
Roger F. Clapp
$200 00
Maurice E. Tyler
200 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
200 00
$600 00
Registrars :
Roger F. Clapp
$ 25 66
George Ogden
13 66
Maurice E. Tyler
13 50
William H. Sanborn
25 66
$78 48
Overseers of Public Welfare :
Maurice E. Tyler
$50 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
25 00
$75 00
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TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Elmer O. Campbell 100 00
Inspector of Slaughtering : Lyman S. Wilkins
25 00
Inspector of Cattle :
Lyman S. Wilkins :
150 00
Constable :
William H. Young
$17 50
George Ogden, deputy
7 00
$24 50
Moderator :
George Ogden
25 00
Superintendent of Burials :
Arthur Peabody
15 00
Cemetery Commissioners :
George Barnaby
$15 00
Arthur Page
15 00
30 00
$2,597 98
To Accounts Payable :
Roger T. Clapp
$25 00
William H. Young
10 50
Balance to reserve
52
36 02
$2,634 00
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HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Highways and Bridges
Highways
Appropriation $3,650 00
State highway department
2,900 00
Transferred from unexpended balances
in sidewalk, fencing, bridge, School street gravel departments 409 08
$6,959 08
EXPENDITURES
Labor
2,608 30
Truck, team, tractor
1,494 08
Asphalt and Tarvia :
Standard Oil Company of New York $803 23
The Barrett Company 688 17
$1,491 40
Culvert and Pipe :
New England Metal Culvert Co.
$280 67
M. B. Paige & Co.
54 00
$334 67
Sand, Rock and Gravel :
John W. Sheehan Company
$66 21
H. K. Richardson
60 40
C. Gould
55 30
J. McKenna
24 80
B. Frank Phillips
22 50
J. Marsh
2 20
$231 41
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HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Tractor Repairs and Supplies :
Topsfield Motor Co.
$150 95
Stahler's Garage
139 69
Harper's Garage
17 65
Lord & Herlihy
3 95
$312 24
Supplies, Tools, etc. :
C. E. Bragdon, miscellaneous
$69 75
J. F. Pope & Sons, 120 8-inch posts 72 00
Ropes Brothers, miscelleaneous 42 75
Hedge & Mattheis, picks, etc.
29 87
Dyar Sales Machine Co., 2 grader blades
13 00
Berger Manufacturing Co. 15 12
Thorp & Martin, time books
6 00
A. C. Andrews, road stakes 4 00
F. W. Dingle, miscellaneous
2 70
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., boards
2 30
B. McGlauflin, cresote
1 50
C. B. Poor, moulding
75
$259 74
Oil, Gasoline :
Gulf Refining Co.
$122 80
Valvoline Oil Co.
17 00
Stapler's Garage
13 15
A. B. Gillpatrick
7 75
J. A. Roberts
9 75
Webber's Filling Station
9 54
Educator Oil Co.
3 25
$183 24
Oscar Sheldon, express
20 00
Freight 2 00
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HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
F. C. Express Co.
5 00
Danvers Coal Co., 1 ton
10 00
O. L. Dickinson, magneto repairs
5 00
J. B. Morrison, repairs to tools
2 00
$6,959 08
Snow Removal
Appropriation
$500 00
Transfer from reserve
$188 78
$688 78
EXPENDITURES
Labor
231 30
Truck-Team
257 51
Reparis to Equipment :
Topsfield Motor Co.
69 10
Fred W. Dingle, runners, plow repairs 38 50
Oscar Sheldon, hooking plow
10 00
E. M. & W. C. Durnels
5 33
Stahler's garage
13 52
$136 45
Gas and Oil :
William O. Ellis
$19 50
Stahler's garage
37 13
$56 63
Labor on snow fence
15 72
Storage, Stahler's garage
9 87
Miscellaneous
80
$688 78
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HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT
Sidewalks
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$90 15
Team-Truck
55 01
Sand
1 40
Transfer to highway
153 44
$300 00
Fencing
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$12 75
Lumber :
Upton Lumber Co.
11 22
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.
4 62
$15 84
Transfer to highway
171 41
$200 00
East Street Special
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Received from the State
2,000 00
Received from the County
2,000 00
Transfer from Bridge account
85 38
$6,085 38
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HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,282 45
Truck
995 43
Team
107 00
Tractor
40 00
E. Guilford, driver, steam roller
96 00
New England Metal Culvert, 3-12" culverts
127 21
Sand, Gravel and Rock :
McCarthy Brothers
$2,227 50
H. Phillips
117 40
H. K. Richardson
17 40
E. H. Walters
14 85
Boston Sand and Gravel Co.
3 90
P. Mayer
16 95
$2,398 00
Danvers Coal Co., 6,500 lbs coal
30 25
C. E. Bragdon, nails and kegs
6 00
Kerosene oil
2 00
Freight
1 04
$6,085 38
School Street Gravel Special
Appropriation
$400 00.
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$173 50
Truck
123 76
H. K. Richardson, sand and gravel
30 60
Transfer to reserve
72 14
$400 00
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HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
Bridges
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$13 70
Truck
1 50
Upton Lumber Co., lumber
114 39
Transfer to highway
84 23
Transfer to East street
85 38
Transfer to reserve
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80
$300 00
Mt. Vernon Street Water Line
Appropriation $2,500 00
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe Co., frt. refund 151 20
$2,651 20
EXPENDITURES
Antonis Mogavers, excavating and labor
$952 67
U. S. Iron Pipe Co., 1,111 feet cement lined
pipe 685 57
Darling Valve and Manufacturing Co.,
hydrants and fittings 237 30
Danvers Water Board, supplies
96 60
Freight and Express :
Boston and Maine R. R., on pipe 151 20
O. Sheldon, on pipe 37 50
$188 70
Transfer to reserve
490 36
$2,651 20
17
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Street Signs
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Niles Machine Co., 18 signs $194 00
Leon Soper, 10 posters 28 10
American Railway Express, express on signs 5 91
Transer to reserve
21 99
$250 00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$450 00
Automobile
203 00
McSweeney & McSweeney, lawyers
40 00
Mark Dansky, uniforms
43 00
Board of State Officers on July 4th :
Ye Middleton Arms
$26 00
Charles Foss
3 00
Mrs. E. H. Stewart
2 50
31 50
William H. Young, collecting dog taxes
23 00
court fees
38 15
Telephone calls
1 90
18
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
Repairs to Jail :
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co., lumber
$77 45
William H. Young, labor 55 00
Danvers Hardware Co., supplies 7 32
139 77
Miscellaneous supplies
5 33
Transfer to reserve
24 35
$1,000 00
House Fire
Appropriation
$200 00
Special appropriation
150 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$118 50
Henry K. Barnes Co., ladders, axes, etc.
173 46
Storage Supplies for Truck :
Stahler's garage
$40 66
Harper's garage
1 65
42 31
Miscellaneous
1 50
Lights
5 00
Water
3 00
Transfer to reserve
6 23
$350 00
Forest Fires
Appropriation
$1,000 00
19
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$78 50
Automobile
10 00
Henry K. Barnes, hose and couplings
395 50
Leon Soper, posters, fire permits
30 00
Storage and Supplies :
Stahler's garage
$14 06
Gas and oil
9 60
Miscellaneous
99
24 65
Electric lights
5 00
Water
3 00
Transfer to reserve
453 35
$1,000 00
Firemen's Wages
Appropriation
$65 00
EXPENDITURES
By order
$65 00
Fire Hose
Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDITURES
Henry K. Barnes Co., 300 feet 2 inch double jacket hose $294 00
Transfer to reserve
6 00
$300 00
20
FORESTRY ACCOUNT
Fire House Repairs
Repairs Appropriation $300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$4 80
Truck
3 75
Miscellaneous Supplies :
Danvers Hardware Co.
$10 65
C. E. Bragdon 3 75
A. B. Gillpatrick
3 00
William M. Young
2 25
19 65
Salem Evening News, advertisement
4 00
Gravel
60
Transfer to reserve
267 20
$300 00
Forestry Department
Moth Department
Appropriation
$681 49
State treasurer, account of moth
82 58
Transfer from reserve
214 72
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$835 75
Team
114 75
Supplies
16 54
Gasoline
8 71
Freight on lead
2 00
Stamps
1 04
$978 79
$978 79
21
HEALTH ACCOUNT
Tree Warden
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$724 01
Team
62 75
Supplies
13 24
$800 00
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health
Appropriation $ 50 00
Transfer from reserve
133 95
$183 95
EXPENDITURES
Hospital and doctor for state patient
$123 00
M. E. Tyler, notices and burial permits 30 00
M. E. Roundy, nurse and expenses 19 95
J. A. Atwood, automobile
6 00
J. A. Atwood, returning deaths
5 00
$183 95
Essex Sanitarium
Appropriation
$342 60
Transfer from reserve
07
By order
$342 67
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer
$342 67
22
SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Public Welfare
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Transfer from reserve
169 80
$2,669 80
EXPENDITURES
Care of Town poor
$917 81
Care of Town poor in other localities 480 00
Care of poor for Town of Danvers
224,99
Care of poor for City of Lynn
244 00
Care of poor for City of Peabody
530 00
Care of poor for City of Lowell
265 00
Ambulance
8 00
$2,669 80
School and Education Account
Appropriation
$19,600 00
Transfer from reserve
232 22
$19,832 22
EXPENDITURES
Teachers, salaries
$7,084 00
Superintendent, salary
708 31
Supernitendent, expenses
126 57
Nurse, salary and expenses
429 19
Dr. A. Nichols, services
70 00
Janitor, expenses
1,000 00
King's drug store, medical supplies
11 36
Wayne A. Giles, medical supplies
4 70
Tinkham's garage, transportation
2,500 00
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., school tickets
1,600 00
Boston and Maine Railroad, school tickets
31 00
Danvers High School, tuition
3,259 88
Peabody High School, tuition
652 61
Beverly Industrial School, tuition
84 00
Supplies :
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$659 99
Milton Bradley & Co.
47 89
C. E. Bragdon
42 33
A. B. Gillpatrick
31 39
C. Alice Manning
29 95
Pitman & Brown Lumber Co.
27 05
J. L. Hammett & Co.
23 97
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn
15 40
Ginn & Company
6 33
Chappell-Harms, Inc.
3 53
Dustbane Manufacturing Co.
2 53
Masury Young Co.
2 15
Remington-Rand Business Service
2 13
Wright & Potter Co.
2 08
Howe Scale Co.
1 58
Rogers Brothers
1 00
L. B. Philbrick Company
75
$900 05
Books :
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$168 07
American Book Company
91 74
W. F. Quarrie Company
55 00
Ginn & Company
21 23
The MacMillan Company
17 59
Oliver Ditson Company
8 30
Anniversary Committee
6 25
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SCHOOL ACCOUNT
J. L. Hammett & Company 6 00
Fred Lowell 4 75
Theodore Presser Company
2 72
White-Smith Music Publishers 1 96
$383 61
Niles Machine Company, 2 signs
50 00
C. R. Tapley & Co., barge and school insurance
225 10
Ladd & Webster, boiler insurance
199 00
Edward E. Babb, chairs and desks
71 20
J. L. Hammett & Co., chairs and blackboard 47 93
Repairs and Cleaning :
E. E. Richardson $42 00
Danvers Water Board, labor and meter 8 03
John E. Bent
18 75
G. W. Andrews
17 20
Wm. H. Young
6 00
George C. Smith & Company
6 40
Hollis V. Hayden
3 10
$101 48
Danvers Coal Co., fuel
171 01
Currier Bros., wood
9 00
Danvers Water Board, water
12 91
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
10 12
Wm. H. Young, attendance officer
25 00
Dept. of Public Safety, boiler inspection
7 00
Miscellaneous, freight, express, etc.
57 19
$19,832 22
Library
Appropriation
$200 00
Dog tax
132 59
$332 59
25
CEMETERY ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
F. W. Wendell & Sons, fuel
$170 50
W. F. Quarrie, one set World Books
57 50
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books
89 37
C. W. Hutchinson, care of grounds
15 22
$332 59
Dental Clinic
Appropriation
$150 00
Received from pupils
79 30
Received from Cummings fund
21 20
$250 50
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. S. S. McNally
$250 50
Cemetery Department
Cemetery
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$646 76
Team
50 00
C. B. Dodge & Co., weed killer
43 96
Loam
12 00
Danvers Hardware Co., supplies
8 05
Gravel
7 20
A. Sheldon, plants
6 00
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STATE AID ACCOUNT
Danvers Water Board, water
6 00
Danvers Water Board, work on pipe line 4 82
M. G. Eaton & Co., decorating 5 00
Freight
4 06
Leon Soper, 3 signs
3 75
Transfer to reserve
2 40
$800 00
Cemetery Endowment
Interest received
$338 00
Danvers Savings Bank
158 00
Salem Savings Bank
6 00
$502 00
EXPENDITURES
Arthur Peabody, superintendent $502 00
American Legion and Soldiers' Aid
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$225 00
Sale of flags
2 25
Refund from committee
3 42
Received from reserve
12 17
$242 84
EXPENDITURES
B. C. McSheehy, band
$110 00
M. Kingston, geraniums 26 24
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STATE AID ACCOUNT
Music at church
25 00
Speaker at church
20 00
Wreaths
19 90
Ernest L. Haines, ice cream
15 20
Wm. G. Webber, 21 gr. flags
10 00
Charles A. Moore, programs
5 00
The 20th Century Bakery, 2 cakes
5 00
Readers
2 00
Express, rope, etc.
1 08
Refund to treasurer
3 42
$242 84
State Aid
Appropriation
$360 00
EXPENDITURES
Payments
$360 00
Soldier's Benefits
Appropriation
$48 00
Transfer from reserve
20 00
$68 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$68 00
American Legion
Appropriation
$110 00
EXPENDITURES
By order Wm. M. Young $110 00
$239 42
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MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
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Miscellaneous Accounts
Contingent
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Transfer from reserve
249 49
$1,449 49
EXPENDITURES
Town Officers' Expenses :
Selectmen, postage, paper, etc. $29 75
Treasurer, postage, book, etc. 48 42
Accountant, postage, forms, etc. 36 00
Town Clerk, recording vital statistics, deeds, oaths, etc. 155 94
Tax Collector, books, postage, etc. 51 98
Tax Collector, expenses on tax sales 95 08
Assessors, book, forms, letterheads, etc. 76 10 Roger F. Clapp, special work on State book 23 25 Maurice E. Tyler, special work on State book 23 25
Salem Evening News, advertising
$539 77 74 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Auto hire
$25 00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
5 92
$30 92
Election Officers :
Leon Crossman
$22 00
1
Mrs. Della Sheldon
22 00
George Barnaby
15 00
Mrs. Carmilla Campbell
14 00
29
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Roger F. Clapp
12 00
Maurice E. Tyler
12 00
L. Winquist
12 00
Harley M. Tyler
11 50
B. J. Graham
7 00
Joseph Russell
7 00
Joseph Tedford
7 00
Eugene Brown
3 50
Burt McGlauflin
3 00
Elmer O. Campbell
2 00
$150 00
Mrs. J. Allen Atwood, lunches for election officers
30 75
Milo A. Newhall, town reports
156 50
Postage on reports
3 54
Chrales A. Moore, voting lists
27 40
The Mirror Press, voting lists
16 50
Hobbs & Warren, registration blanks
87
McSweeney & McSweeney, lawyers
100 00
Lilla D. Stott recording deeds
55 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., one-half cost of replacing poles
61 23
Setting up Christmas Tree :
B. Mclaughlin, labor
$15 75
G. Barnaby, labor
5 00
M. F. Butts, labor
3 75
R. Sanborn, labor
3 70
H. E. Tyler, labor
3 00
William M. Young, lights
8 00
$39 20
Dominion Signal Co., warning sign
28 72
Harry D. Wheeler, deputies on East street highway work 27 75
30
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, flag 15 50
Dorothy E. Page, typewriting for Water Board 11 00
Mrs. A. M. Peabody, injury claim 10 00
Merchants National Bank, safe deposit box
10 00
Middleton Red Cross, relief
10 00
N. E. Adding Machine Co., balance on typewriter
10 00
Department of Corporations and Accounts, certifying notes 8 00
George Ogden, expenses to State House, etc.
8 00
Rent of adding machine
6 00
Essex County clerk, filing petition
3 00
Sealing town scales
1 00
Express on sign
1 49
Miscellaneous payments
12 85
$1,449 49
Town Hall
Appropriation
$800 00
Transfer from reserve
14 45
$814 45
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Young, custodian
$361 30
Danvers Coal Co., fuel
171 25
Middleton Electric Lighting Co., lights
63 32
Danvers Water Board, water
20 00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
4 02
Repairs :
G. W. Andrews
$58 20
Paul H. Moore
18 75
Danvers Water Board
19 75
31
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co.
10 70
F. W. Wendell, painting
10 50
George E. Read
7 50
William M. Young
7 31
$132 71
Supplies :
A. B. Gillpatrick
$16 60
Henry A. Young
8 20
Danvers Hardware Co.
6 30
Massachusetts State Prison
7 83
Paul H. Moore, cast iron sink
15 25
Paul H. Moore
2 57
J. Allan Atwood
3 00
C. E. Bragdon
2 10
61 85
$814 45
Insurance and Premiums
Appropriation $650 00
EXPENDITURES
C. R. Tapley & Co. :
Workman's compensation
$298 74
Teams
34 50
Contractors
31 79
Tax Collector, burglary
21 00
Treasurer, burglary
21 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
23 60
Fire Truck
12 20
Town Clerk
5 00
$447 83
32
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
G. P. Pope Agency :
Tax Collector
$75 00
Treasurer
37 50
$112 50
Transfer to reserve
89 67
$650 00
Interest
Appropriation
$2,400 00
Transfer from reserve
34 84
$2,434 84
EXPENDITURES
Interest on revenue notes
$ 968 75
Interest on funded debt
1,466 09
$2,434 84
Revenue Notes
Notes payable January 1, 1928
$25,000 00
Notes contracted during year 40,000 00
$65,000 00
Revenue notes paid during year $35,000 00
Balance December 31, 1928 30,000 00
$65,000 00
County Tax
Raised by taxation
$2,741 77
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer $2,741 77
33
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Accounts Payable
Accounts payable, Jan. 1, 1928
$134 59
Appropriation accounts 35 50
$170 09
EXPENDITURES
Paid during the year
85 84
Accounts payable, Dec. 31, 1928
84 25
$170 09
Accounts Receivable
Balance, January 1, 1928
$3,593 45
Accounts credited during year
$ 688 89
Balance due, December 31, 1928 2,904 56
$3,593 45
Balance Sheet
Cash
$26,573 10
Accounts receivable
2,904 56
Departmental accounts
1,263 99
1927 Poll tax
2 00
1927 Tax levy
145 07
1928 Poll tax
46 00
1928 Tax levy
19,659 15
$50,593 87
Accounts payable
$ 84 25
Excess from tax sale
145 01
Revenue notes payable
30,000 00
34
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Overlay 1927
351 36
Overlay 1928
863 17
Abatement reserve
1,112 89
Surplus
16,773 20
Departmental accounts
1,263 99
$50,593 87
Analysis of Tax Levy
Money to be expended as follows :
Town appropriation 1928
$54,201 09
Special appropriations 1927
1,807 70
State tax
2,688 72
County tax
2,741 77
Overlay
1,056 57
$62,495 85
Money to be raised as follows :
Tax levy 1928
$45,834 80
Moth
70 45
Estimated receipts
15,878 60
Poll tax
712 00
$62,495 85
Funded Debt
Appropriation $4,000 00
EXPENDITURES
School notes
$2,000 00
Hospital notes
1,000 00
Water notes
1,000 00
$4,000 00
35
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Net Funded Debt
Funded debt $21,000 00
Essex Sanitorium, 44% notes due $1,000, annually to 1931 $3,000 00
Center School, notes due $2,000 annually to 1933; notes due $1,000 annually to 1939 16,000 00
Water, 4% notes due $1,000 annually
to 1930 2,000 00
$21,000 00
Abatement 1926
Balance January 1, 1928
$1,049 93
Abatements made
$679 58
Balance to abatement reserve
370 35
$1,049 93
Poll Tax 1926
Balance due January 1, 1928
$45 00
Abatements made $45 00
Tax Levy 1926 .
Balance due January 1, 1928
$634 58
Abatements made $634 58
36
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Poll Tax 1927
Balance due January 1, 1928
$60 00
Abatements
$32 00
Adjustment
18 00
Received during year
8 00
Balance due December 31, 1928
2 00
$60 00
Tax Levy 1927
Balance due January 1, 1928
$23,299 95
Received during the year
$21,864 15
4 84
Abatements made by order
to collector
924 00
66
361 89
Balance December 31, 1928
145 07
$23,299 95 .
Poll Tax 1928
Tax levy
$712 00
Additional
34 00
$746 00
Received during year
$700 00
Balance due
46 00
$746 00
37
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Tax Levy 1928
Tax levy
$46,097 89
Received during the year
$26,281 79
Abatements to tax collector
193 40
Balance due
19,622 70
$46,097 89
Abatement Reserve
Balance January 1, 1928
$742 54
Balance of 1926 overlay
370 35
$1,112 89
Balance December 31, 1928
$1,112 89
1927 Overlay
Balance January. 1, 1928
$1,692 09
Abatements made during year
$1,340 73
Balance December 31, 1928
351 36
$1,692 09
1928 Overlay
By levy
$1,056 57
Abatements to collector
$193 40
Balance, December 31, 1928
863 17
$1,056 57
38
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Cash Account
Balance on hand January 1, 1928
$14,297 11
Received during year
121,781 35
$136,078 46
Selectmen's orders
$109,145 36
State aid
360 00
Balance on hand December 31, 1928
26,573 10
$136,078 46
Trust Fund Accounts
David Cummings fund, cash $8,109 95
David Cummings fund, stock 2,925 00
Charles L. Flint fund, public library 5,171 80
B. F. Emerson fund, public library
10,077 89
Cemetery, perpetual care 9,832 78
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