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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 311 2
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1933
FOUNDED I
IN 1728
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1934
Town Meeting Warrant
FLINT
MIDDLETO':
PUBLIC LIB
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. To William H. Young, Constable for the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the in- habitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, the thirteenth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE 1. To authorize the Selectmen to appoint such other Town Offices as are required to be chosen annually.
ARTICLE 2. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current year, and expressly made payable therefrom by this vote.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the transfer of the unexpended balance of the Electric Light Department in 1933 to the Department of 1934 agreeable to the petition of the Electric Light Com- missioners.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Electric Light Department to use the earnings of the Department for the ensuing year, agreeable to the petition of the Electric Light Commissioners.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the refund of the dog taxes shall be transferred to the Library fund.
ARTICLE 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 8. To see what action the Town will take to appropriate money to cover necessary expenses and the Town's share in the purchase of materials on new local C.W.A. projects.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new truck for use of the Highway Department and to appropriate money for same.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $1,000.00 from the road machinery fund to maintain equipment.
You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the adjourned meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 19, next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one Assessor for three years, one member of the Public Welfare Board for three years, one member of the School Committee for three years, Highway Surveyor, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three years, Constable, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Superintendent of Burials, Custodian of the Town Hall, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Electric Light Com- missioner for three years.
The polls will be open at 6.15 A.M. and shall be closed at 5 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at Town Hall, Post Office, and Store at Howe Station, in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty four.
ARCHIBALD L. JONES, ROGER F. CLAPP, SANDS S. PIKE,
Selectmen of Middleton.
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1933
FLINT
SS
MIDDLETON
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOUNDED IN 1728
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1934
In Memoriam
MAURICE ENDICOTT TYLER 1843-1933
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Briggs
Board of Selectmen 1901-1927 Board of Assessors 1907-1931 Overseer of the Poor 1918-1930 Trustee Flint Public Libarary 1907-1931 Trustee Cummings Fund 1920-1929 Member of School Committee 12 years Representative General Court 1901-1902
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1931
7
Cemetery Department
33
Health Department
18
Highway Department
14
Middleton Electric Light Account
26
Miscellaneous Account
21
Protection of Persons and Property
16
School Department
17
Soldiers and State Aid
20
Tax Account
23
Town Officers ·
4
Town Officers Salaries
11
PART II
Assessors' Report
70
Cemetery Endowment Report
35
David Cummings' Fund
36
Dental Clinic
56
Henry K. Mansfield Fund
36
Electric Light Commissioners Report
57
Fire Department Report
61
Flint Public Library Fund .
43
Highway Report .
53
Inspector of Cattle Report
54 42 40
Librarian's Report
Public Welfare
45
Payroll Analysis
39
Police Department Report
55
Recommendations Finance Committee
71
Selectmen's Report
63
School Reports
77
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
52
Tax Collector's Report
50
Town Treasurer's
43
Jurors List
4
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
George B. Ogden
Term expires March, 1934
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1934
Treasurer
Harry H. Bradstreet
Term expires March, 1934
Selectmen
A. L. Jones, Chairman Roger F. Clapp, Clerk
Sands S. Pike
Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1934
Board of Public Welfare
A. T. Page Richard Floyd,
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk
Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1935
Board of Health
Sands S. Pike
Roger F. Clapp A. L. Jones
Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1934
Board of Assessors
Roger F. Clapp, Chairman
Lyman S. Wilkins L. G. Davis
Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1935
School Committee
George H. Gifford Term expires March, 1936
Arthur E. Curtis, Chairman Term expires March, 1934
Mrs. Ethel M. Stewart, Clerk Term expires March, 1935
Highway Surveyor
J. Roy Osborne
Term expires March, 1934
Moderator
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TOWN OFFICERS
Tax Collector
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1934
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin
Term expires March, 1934
Moth Superintendent
B. McGlauflin Term expires January, 1934
Constable
William H. Young Term expires March, 1934
Chief of Police
William H. Young Term expires May, 1934
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur M. Peabody Term expires March, 1934
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1934
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1936
Forest Fire Warden
Leon N. Soper Term expires January, 1934
Chief of Fire Department
Leon N. Soper Term expires May, 1934
Sealer of Weights and Measures
William H. Young Term expires May, 1934
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1936
A. L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1934
Thomas R. Rafferty Term expires March, 1935
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington Term expires April, 1934
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TOWN OFFICERS
Water Commissioners
Arthur K. Fuller Walter Paine
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1934
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1935
William R. Godfrey
Term expires March, 1935
Henry A. Young
Term expires March, 1936
William H. Sanborn
Term expires March, 1936
Harley M. Tyler
Term expires March, 1934
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1934
Cemetery Commissioners
George E. Barnaby, Clerk J. Allen Atwood, Chairman
Arthur Peabody
Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1936
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
Term expires March, 1934
Ira H. Wells, Clerk
Term expires March, 1936
Harry White
Term expires March, 1934
W. P. Earley
Term expires March, 1935
W, W. Richardson
Term expires March, 1936
Registrars of Voters
W. G. Turnbull W. P. Early
Term expires March, 1936
Lennart Winquist
Term expires March, 1934 Term expires March, 1935
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1934
TRUSTEES B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion -
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred to Other Depts.
Transfer to Excess and Deficiency
Highways
$4,500.00
$3,197.50
$7,697.50
$7,694.15
$ 3.35
Snow
900.00
401.77
1,301.77
1,301.77
Special Gravel
1,500.00
1,000.00
2,500.00
2.499.68
Sidewalks
100.00
3.50
103.50
103.50
Bridges
50.00
108.57
158.57
158.57
· 2.27
Road Machinery Fund
915.97
1,473.52
2,389.49
1,519.10
870.39*
Tree Warden
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.
200.00
199.94
.06
Moth
800.77
800.77
800.76
.01
Fire Truck .
252.14
252.14
250.00
2.14
Firemen's Wages
55.00
55.00
55.00
Fire
1,820.90
150.00
1,970.90
1,942.79
28.11
Police .
900.00
900.00
887.33
12.67
Cemetery
350.00
84.18
384.18
384.18
Cemetery Endowment
26,000.00
78.35
578.35
578.35
Public Welfare
9,500.00
9,500.00
8,698.62
800.00
1.38
Old Age Assistance
6,500.00
1,059.93
7,559.93
7,559.93
Health
1,000.00
10.28
1,010.28
1,010.28
Essex Sanatorium
487.43
24.55
284.55
282.00
2.55
Town Officers Salaries
3,177.90
3,177.90
3,177.90
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Town Officers Expenses
800.00
191.92
991.92
991.92
Tax Title Expenses
60.05
60.05
48.35
11.70
Memorial Day
240.00
240.00
218.63
21.37
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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487.43
487.43
Dental Clinic
260.00
516.50
516.50
516.50
School
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26,000.00
25,227.19
60.00
712.81
Library
500.00
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Fencing
100.00
100.00
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200.00
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred to Other Depts.
Transfer to Excess and Deficiency
State Aid
$ 480.00
$ 30.00
$ 510.00
$ 510.00
Soldiers' Relief
400.00
* 5.00
82.00
487.00
487.00
Insurance
1,175.00
66.67
1,241.67
917.98
320.00
3.69
Interest
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,116.87
180.00
3.13
C. W. A. Projects
1,430.00
60.00
1,490.00
56.00
1,434.00*
Town Hall
600.00
27.35
627.35
627.35
Contingent
500.00
500.00
473.40
Electric Light
2,000.00
23,020.93
25,020.93
23,350.84
1,670.90*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
1,598.42
1,598.42
715.50
882.92*
Zoning Committee
75 00
75.00
75.00*
Revenue Notes
35,000.00
45,000.00
2,000.00
55,000.00 2,000.00
8,540.14*
Estimated Receipts
16,259.89
16,259.89
288.80
Accounts Receivable
6,728.45
137.60
137.60
County Tax
2,229.26
State Tax
·
Old Age Tax
474.00
Tax Title Account
4,414.55
· 2.58
1931 Tax .
196.81
1931 M. V. Excise Tax
66.95
1931 Old Age Tax
2.00
1931 Overlay .
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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11.10
Reserve Fund .
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,199.50
300.50
Dog Tax .
137.60
2,510.00
25,000.00*
Funded Debt
2,000.00
Excess and Deficiency
8,551.24
Overlay Reserve
2.90
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26.60
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Avaiabile
Expended
Transferred to Other Depts.
Transfer to Excess and Deficiency
1932 Tax
$28,753.44
1932 M. V. Excise Tax
789.11
1932 Poll Tax
151.00
1932 Old Age Tax
34.00
4.00
1932 Overlay
1933 Tax
26,283.93
1933 M. V. Excise Tax
1,131.38
1933 Poll Tax
688.00
1933 Old Age Tax
345.00
$160,365.13
$158,510.05
$1,130.39
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* Balance carried to 1934
ANALYSIS SHEET
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TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
TOWN GOVERNMENT REPORT
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen:
A. L. Jones
$90 00
R. F. Clapp
90 00
George B. Ogden
22 50
Sands S. Pike
67 50
270 00
Assessors:
R. F. Clapp
$180 00
L. G. Davis
205 00
L. S. Wilkins
155 00
540 00
Registrars:
W. P. Earley
$10 80
W. G. Turnbull
10 80
Lennart Winquist
10 80
Board of Public Welfare:
A. C. Peabody, Jr.
$100 00
A. T. Page
50 00
R. B. Floyd
50 00
200 00
Cemetery Commissioners:
A. M. Peabody
$9 00
J. A. Atwood
9 00
George E. Barnaby
9 00
27 00
Moderator:
George B. Ogden
22 50
Town Clerk:
Wm. A. Giles
180 00
Town Treasurer:
H. H. Bradstreet
270 00
Town Accountant:
E. O. Campbell
270 00
Tax Collector:
H. A. Young
$3,177 90
360 00
1
32 40
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TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Town Counsel:
Wm. H. McSweeney
250 00
Constable:
Wm. H. Young 31 50
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Wm. H. Young 90 00
Chief of Fire Department: L. N. Soper
13 50
Inspector of Slaughtering:
L. S. Wilkins
22 50
Inspector of Animals:
L. S. Wilkins
135 00
Superintendent of Burials: A. M. Peabody
13 50
Janitor Town Hall: H. A. Young
450 00
$3,177 90
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Appropriation
$ 800 00
Transferred from reserve fund
191 92
$991 92
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen:
Supplies and printing
$ 46 46
Postage
7 00
Selectmen's Association dues
6 00
59 46
Treasurer:
Supplies
$25 77
Tax title deeds
47 00
Postage-envelopes
89 44
Assessors :
Supplies-printing
$30 35
Abstracts
41 06
Transportation
20 25
162 21
91 66
12
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Tax Collector:
Supplies-printing
$ 87 98
Tax sale expense
197 04
Tax sale advertisement
110 00
Postage
57 50
452 52
Accountant:
Supplies-printing
$27 70
Office equipment
40 00
Postage
3 00
70 70
Town Clerk:
Supplies-printing
$ 6 25
Recording births, deaths, marriages
133 00
Postage
14 62
Registrars:
Supplies
1 50
$991 92
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from reserve fund
27 35
EXPENDITURES
Fuel and light
$306 04
Water and telephone
29 65
Repairs
208 06
Supplies
83 60
$627 35
C. W. A. PROJECTS
Appropriation
$1,430 00
Transferred from School account
60 00
$1,490 00
EXPENDITURES
A. T. Page, administrative expenses
$ 56 00
Balance carried to 1934
1,434 00
$1,490 00
153 87
$627 35
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CONTINGENT FUND
CONTINGENT FUND
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Elections and Town Meetings:
Printing Town Reports
$199 00
Election officers
48 00
Election officers' lunches
11 50
Printing ballots and postals
24 65
Repairs to Town scales and Weighers' fees
128 65
Advertising hearings
9 00
Certifying notes
12 00
Grading at East Street Cemetery
25 60
Labor on Christmas tree-flag pole
5 50
Special services on fire truck
9 50
Total expenditures
$473 40
Transferred to excess and deficiency
26 60
$500 00
INTEREST AND INSURANCE INTEREST
Appropriation
$2,300 00
Funded debt
$ 427 08
Revenue notes
1,689 79
2,116 87
Transferred to reserve fund
180 00
Transferred to excess and deficiency
3 13
$2,300 00
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INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,175 00
Refund
66 67
EXPENDITURES
Employees liability
$564 28
Town Hall
106 00
Fire Department
42 60
Collector's bond and burglary insurance
109 50
Treasurer's bond and burglary insurance
64 00
Clerk's bond
5 00
Sealer's equipment
26 60
917 98
$1,241 67
EXPENDITURES
$283 15
14
HIGHWAY DEPAYTMENT
Transferred to reserve fund
320 00
Transferred to excess and deficiency
3 69
$1,241 67
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Received from Commonwealth of Mass.
3,000 00
The Barrett Co. refund
197 50
$7,697 50
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$3,25310
Truck hire
987 20
Loader hire
121 50
Gravel, sand and stone
219 72
Tarvia and asphalt
2,197 54
Supplies
157 10
Transferred to road machinery fund
757 99
7,694 15
Transferred to excess and deficiency
3 35
$7,697 50
SNOW
Appropriation
$900 00
Transferred from reserve fund
401 77
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$714 85
Truck hire
161 76
Team hire
41 50
Sand
21 00
Supplies
41 20
Dept. Public Works, snow removal State road
12 50
Transferred to road machinery fund
308 96
$1,301 77
SPECIAL GRAVEL Washington, Mill, Essex, Forest Streets
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received from Commonwealth of Mass. 1,000 00
$2,500 00
$1,301 77
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,327 40
Truck hire
533 61
Loader hire
30 50
Gravel
197 20
Supplies
33 12
Transferred to road machinery fund
377 85
2,499 68
Transferred to excess and deficiency
32
$2,500 00
SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$100 00
Transferred from reserve fund
3 50
$103 50
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$30 10
Truck hire
12 00
Tarvia
56 90
Transferred to road machinery fund
4 50
$103 50
BRIDGE
Appropriation
$ 50 00
Transferred from fencing
100 00
Transferred from;reserve fund
8 57
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$75 40
Lumber and supplies
70 43
Transferred to road machinery fund
12 74
$158 57
ROAD MACHINERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1933
$ 915 97
Transferred from Highway Department
1,462 04
Transferred from Cemetery Department
11 48
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
$478 12
Repairs and parts
597 70
Supplies
44 58
$158 57
$2,389 49
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
New equipment
337 70
Transporting loader
57 00
Registration truck and tractor Total expenditures
4 00
1,519 10
Balance January 1, 1934
870 39
$2,389 49
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$900 00
Labor
$690 95
Repairs-gasoline-oil
130 98
Equipment-supplies
62 55
Telephone
2 85
887 33
Transferred to excess and deficiency
12 67
$900 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,820 90
Transferred from reserve fund
150 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$671 60
Equipment and repairs
622 93
Equipment forest fires
180 30
Gasoline and oil
37 38
Building maintenance
138 55
Fuel-light
166 68
Office supplies-telephone
125 35
1,942 79
Transferred to excess and deficiency
28 11
$1,970 90
FIRE TRUCK
Balance January 1, 1933
$252 14
EXPENDITURES
Buffalo Fire Appliance Corporation
$250 00
Transferred to excess and deficiency
2 14
$252 14
EXPENDITURES
$1,970 90
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FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
FIREMEN'S WAGES
Appropriation
$55 00
EXPENDITURES
E. O. Campbell
$5 00
G. S. Demeritt
5 00
W. H. Milbury
5 00
J. R. Osborne
5 00
R. M. Peabody
5 00
E. N. Rogers
5 00
S. R. Rollins
5 00
R. H. Sanborn
5 00
J. L. Tedford
5 00
G. H. Webber
5 00
Wm. H. Young
5 00
$55 00
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$183 94
Horse hire
15 00
Supplies
1 00
199 94
Transferred to excess and deficiency
06
$200 00
MOTH
Appropriation
$800 77
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$665 63
Horse hire
106 75
Supplies
24 38
Expense to Boston
4 00
800 76
Transferred to excess and deficiency
01
$800 77
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
SCHOOL
Appropriation
$26 000 00
$200 00
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SCHOOL AND LIBRARIES
EXPENDITURES
Salaries:
Teachers and Supervisors
$8,803 08 535 00
Physician and Nurse
$9,338 08
General Expense:
Salary-Superintendent
$373 72
Salary-Clerk, Truant Officer
75 00
Expenses-Superintendent
118 13
Expense-Committee
118 28
685 13
Books and supplies
1,131 05
Tuition
6,177 64
Transportation
5,681 36
Janitor service
1,000 00
Fuel-light
367 27
Building maintenance
756 26
Furniture
148 40
Other expenses
2 00
Transferred to excess and deficiency
712 81
$26,000 00
LIBRARY
Appropriation
$500 00
Dog tax
78 35
$578 35
EXPENDITURES
$578 35
For detailed report see Trustees' Report.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
BOARD OF HEALTH
$1,000 00
Transferred to reserve fund
10 28
$1,010 28
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$613 60
City of Salem-care of contagious disease case
192 00
Labor on dump 12 00
25,287 19
On Order
Appropriation
19
CEMETERY ENDOWMENTS
Vaccine-dog cases
62 08
Treating and disposing of dogs
25 00
Printing and advertising Health Regulations
53 75
Cleaning school
17 50
Supplies
9 35
W. A. Giles, agent
25 00
$1,010 28
DENTAL CLINIC
Appropriation
$260 00
Received from teacher's fund
24 55
$284 55
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally, Dentist
$282 00
Transferred to excess and deficiency
2 55
$284 55
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
Appropriation
$487 43
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer
$487 43
CEMETERY
Appropriation
$350 00
Transferred from reserve fund
34 78
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$341 57
Truck hire
8 13
Water
16 00
Repairs to equipment
4 50
Supplies
2 50
Transferred to Road Machinery Fund
11 48
$384 18
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT
Received from Danvers Savings Bank
$336 00
Received from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
125 50
Received from Savings Bank
55 00
$516 50
EXPENDITURES
A. M. Peabody, care of lots $516 50
$384 18
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SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' BENEFIT
STATE AID
Appropriation
$480 00 30 00
Transferred from reserve fund
$510 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$510 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$400 00
Received from refund
5 00
Transferred from reserve fund
82 00
$487 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$487 00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
Band
$110 00
Flowers, wreaths, flags
47 59
Speaker-music
37 00
Refreshments, school children
19 04
Printing
5 00
$218 63
Transferred to excess and deficiency
21 37
$240 00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$9,500 00
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses:
Transportation-investigating
$107 22
Forms-printing
33 93
Transporting supplies
23 00
Office equipment
52 00
$216 15
Care of Town needy
$2,140 48
Care of Town needy in other localities
1,089 59
3,230 07
$240 00
21
MISCELLANEOUS
Temporary aid Commonwealth of Mass.
2,253 40
Mothers' Aid Commonwealth of Mass. 520 00
Temporary aid other towns
2,479 00
Transferred to Old Age Assistance
800 00
Transferred to excess and deficiency
1 38
$9,500 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
$6,500 00
Transferred from Public Welfare
800 00
Transferred from reserve fund
259 93
$7,559 93
EXPENDITURES
On Order Board Public Welfare
$7,559 93
MISCELLANEOUS RESERVE FUND
Transferred from excess and deficiency
$1,000 00
Transferred from insurance appropriation
320 00
Transferred from interest appropriation
180 00
Transferred to:
Snow
$401 77
Old Age Assistance
259 93
Town officers' expenses
191 92
Fire
150 00
Soldiers' relief
82 00
Cemetery
34 18
State aid
30 00
Town Hall
27 35
Health
10 28
Bridge
8 57
Sidewalk
3 50
Excess and deficiency
300 50
$1,500 00
TAX TITLE SALE EXPENSE
Balance January 1, 1933
$60 05
EXPENDITURES
Land court expense
$ 1 00
Registry of deeds
47 35
Transferred to excess and deficiency
11 70
$60 05
$1,500 00 .
22
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
COUNTY CHARGES
Assessment-county tax
$2,229 26 137 60
Assessment-dog tax
$2,366 86
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer
$2,366 86
STATE CHARGES
Assessment-state tax $2,430 00
Auditing municipal accounts
39 74
Old Age Assistance taxes
474 00
Refund-overpayment
288 80
Other assessments
40 26
$3,272 80
EXPENDITURES
State Treasurer
$3,272 80
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance outstanding January 1, 1933
$35,000 00
Borrowed in anticipation of revenue 45,000 00
$80,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Merchants National Bank
$55,000 00
Balance outstanding December 31, 1933 25,000 00
$80,000 00
MATURING DEBT
Appropriation
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Merchants National Bank
$2,000 00
EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY CREDITS
Credit balance January 1, 1933 $8,551 24
Tax title adjustments 71 40
Unexpended balances appropriation accounts
829 89
Unexpended balances reserve fund
300 50
23
TAX ACCOUNT
Tax levy additions Tax titles redeemed
42 83
4,414 55
Transferred from estimated receipts
3,598 31
$17,808 72
DEBITS
Transferred to reserve fund
$1,000 00
M. V. Excise Tax abatements-refunds
3 20
Tax title adjustments
180 30
Old Age Assistance tax abatements
76 00
1932 tax titles taken by Town
1,060 77
Credit balance
15,488 45
$17,808 72
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Unclassified receipts during 1933
$24,987 68
Used to reduce tax rate
$21,372 32
State Treasurer refund
17 05
Balance to excess and deficiency
3,598 31
$24,987 68
TAX ACCOUNT OVERLAY RESERVE
Balance January 1, 1933
$ 225 01
Transferred from 1931 overlay
1,002 15
$1, 227 16
Refund-abatement 1930 tax levy
$ 3 58
Transferred to 1932 overlay
42 13
Balance December 31, 1933
1,181 45
$1,227 16
1931 OVERLAY
Balance January 1, 1933
.
$1,110 27
Assessors' abatement
$ 95 90
Adjustment to close account
12 22
Transferred to overlay
1,002 15
$1,110 27
24
TAX ACCOUNT
1932 OVERLAY
Balance January 1, 1933
$442 88 42 13
Transferred from overlay reserve
$485 01
Assessors' abatements
$485 01
1933 OVERLAY
Assessed 1933
$765 09
Assessors' abatements
$416 02
Balance December 31, 1933
349 07
$765 09
1931 TAX LEVY
Balance due January 1, 1933
$313 59
Adjustment
09
$313 68
Cash received
$196 81
Tax title adjustment
11 65
Assessors' abatement
93 00
Adjustment to close account
12 22
$313 68
1931 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Balance due January 1, 1933
$469 06
Adjustment account audit
1 13
$470 19
Cash received
$ 66 95
Assessors' abatement
403 24
$470 19
1931 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX
Balance January 1, 1933
$3 00
Cash received
$2 00
Balance due December 31, 1933
1 00
$3 00
1932 TAX LEVY
Balance January 1, 1933
$31,176 38
Tax title adjustment
71 36
Special assessment
11 90
$31,259 64
25
TAX ACCOUNT
Cash received
$28,914 24
Tax titles
1,060 77
Assessors' abatements
481 01
Balance December 31, 1933
803 62
$31,259 64
1932 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Balance January 1, 1933
$1,219 93
Cash received
$789 11
Assessors' abatements
19 17
Balance due December 31, 1933
411 65
$1,219 93
1932 POLL TAX
Balance January 1, 1933
$318 00
Cash received
$151 00
Balance due December 31, 1933
167 00
$318 00
1932 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX
Balance January 1, 1933
$119 00
Cash received
$34 00
Assessors' abatements
76 00
Balance due December 31, 1933
9 00
$119 00
1933 TAX LEVY
Commitments to collector
$52,478 61
Cash received
$26,283 93
Assessors' abatements
416 02
Balance due December 31, 1933
25,778 66
$52,478 61
1933 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Commitments to collector
$2,555 66
Cash received
$1,131 38
Assessors' abatements
47 58
Balance due December 31, 1933
1,376 70
$2,555 66
26
ELECTRIC LIGHT ACCOUNT
1933 POLL TAX
Commitments to collector
$976 00
Cash received
$688 00
Balance due December 31, 1933
288 00
$976 00
1933 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX
Commitments to collector
$488 00
Cash received
$345 00
Balance due December 31, 1933
143 00
$488 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT REVENUES
Balance January 1, 1933
$ 237 49
Balance Depreciation Fund
1,598 42
Collections
23,020 93
Street light appropriation
2,000 00
$26,856 84
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