Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1934, Part 1

Author: Middleton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1934
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 96


USA > Massachusetts > Essex County > Middleton > Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1934 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Essex County > Middleton > Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1934 > Part 1


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY


3 2126 00105 915 8


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1934


x 1728


UNDED


SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1935


4 .on


E


Town Meeting Warrant


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 twelfth 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 Officers 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 Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will approve the transfer of $600.85 from Old Age Assistance to Public Wel- fare to cover overdraft in 1934 account.


ARTICLE 5. 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 6. 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 7. To see if the refund of the dog taxes shall be transferred to the Library fund.


ARTICLE 8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to purchase materials for E. R. A. or other Federal Relief Projects, to be spent under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


ARTICLE 10. On petition of Leon L. Tuttle and 14 others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Poplar Ave. off Park Avenue.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $1,500.00 from the road machinery fund to maintain equipment.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to eliminate the office of Water Commissioners of the Town of Middleton, and to authorize the Selectmen to take any action they deem to the best interest of the Town in the matter of the present water system.


ARTICLE 12. (Section 1.) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $450.00 to purchase a 1} ton truck for the Highway Department. A duplicate or similar to the present truck now used by the above De- partment. The price not to exceed $1,050.00 the balance of the purchase price to be taken from the Road Machinery Fund. The purchase of which be left in the hands of the Selectmen and Highway Surveyor.


(Section 2.) To see if the Town will vote to "Trade In" the present Town truck for a "2} ton F. W. D." truck, and appropriate money for same. The purchase of which be left in the hands of the Selectmen and and Highway Surveyor.


ARTICLE 13. On petition of Roger F. Clapp and 17 others, to see if the Town will vote to have the following article on the ballot at the annual Town Meeting in 1936.


The By-Laws of the Town of Middleton shall be amended by the addition of the following section to Chapter I :- Beginning at the annual Town Meeting in 1937, the length of the term of office of Selectmen shall be three years, and that at this meeting there shall be one Selectman elected for a term of three years, one Selectman for a term of two years, and one Selectman for a term of one year, and that thereafter there shall be one Selectman elected annually for a term of three years.


You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the adjourned meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday March 18 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 Commissioner for three years.


The polls will be open at 5.45 A. M. and may 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 eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.


ARCHIBALD L. JONES, SANDS S. PIKE GEORGE B. OGDEN


Selectmen of Middleton.


A true copy.


Attest : WILLIAM H. YOUNG, Constable.


ר


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1934


High School


OL


FOUNDED IN 1728


SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1935


The & Ul ton.


INDEX


Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1931


7


Balance Sheet


30


Cemetery Department


26


Health Department


26


Highway Department


13


Middleton Electric Light Account


27


Miscellaneous Account


17


Protection of Persons and Property


16


School and Library


25


Soldiers and State Aid


23


Tax Account


20


Town Officers


4


Town Officers Salaries


9


PART II


Assessors' Report


65


Cemetery Endowment Report


35


David Cummings' Fund


38


Henry K. Mansfield Fund


38


Electric Light Commissioners Report


55


Fire Department Report


63 49


Flint Public Library Fund .


Highway Report


60


Inspector of Cattle Report


52


Jurors List


48


Librarian's Report


50


Public Welfare


51


Payroll Analysis


43


Police Department Report


53


Recommendations Finance Committee


66


Selectmen's Report


61


School Reports


73


Sealer of Weights and Measures Report


54


Tax Collector's Report


57


Town Treasurer's


32


Town Clerk's Report


63


25342


4


TOWN OFFICERS


Town Officers


George B. Ogden


Wayne A. Giles


Harry H. Bradstreet


Moderator Term expires March, 1935


Town Clerk


Term expires March, 1935


Treasurer


Term expires March, 1935


Selectmen


A. L. Jones, Chairman George B. Ogden, Clerk


Sands S. Pike


Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1935


Board of Public Welfare


A. T. Page, Chairman


Richard Floyd,


Austin C. Peabody, Clerk


Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1935


Board of Health


Sands S. Pike George B. Ogden A. L. Jones


Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1935


Board of Assessors


Roger F. Clapp, Chairman


Lyman S. Wilkins L. G. Davis, Clerk


Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1935


School Committee


George H. Gifford Term expires March, 1936


Wayne A. Giles, Chairman Term expires March, 1937 Mrs. Ethel M. Stewart, Clerk Term expires March, 1935


Highway Surveyor


J. Roy Osborne Term expires March, 1935


Henry A. Young


Burton McGlauflin


Tax Collector Term expires March, 1935


Tree Warden Term expires March, 1935


5


TOWN OFFICERS


Moth Superintendent


Burton McGlauflin Term expires January, 1935


William H. Young


Constable Term expires March, 1935


Chief of Police


William H. Young


Term expires May, 1935


Superintendent of Burial


Arthur M. Peabody Term expires March, 1935


Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering


Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1935


Town Accountant


Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1936


Forest Fire Warden


Sidney R. Rollins Term expires January, 1935


Chief of Fire Department


Sidney R. Rollins Term expires May, 1935


Board of Fire Engineers


William H. Sanborn, Chairman Term expires May, 1935


Arthur T. Page


Term expires May, 1935


Walter Paine Term expires May, 1935


Richard B. Floyd


Term expires May, 1935


William M. Young


Term expires May, 1935


Sealer of Weights and Measures


William H. Young Term expires May, 1935


Electric Light Commissioners


Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1936


A. L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1937


Thomas R. Rafferty Term expires March, 1935


Electric Light Manager


A. B. Harrington Term expires April, 1935


6


TOWN OFFICERS


Water Commissioners


Arthur K. Fuller Walter Paine Roger F. Clapp


Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1937


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, 1937


Roger F. Clapp


Term expires March, 1937


Cemetery Commissioners


George E. Barnaby, Clerk J. Allen Atwood, Chairman Arthur Peabody


Term expires March, 1937


Term expires March, 1935 Term expires March, 1936


Finance Committee


H. M. Richardson, Chairman


Term expires March, 1937


Ira H. Wells, Clerk


Term expires March, 1936


Frederick E. Burnham


Term expires March, 1937


W. P. Earley


Term expires March, 1935


W. W. Richardson


Term expires March, 1936


Registrars of Voters


W. G. Turnbull


W. P. Early Lennart Winquist


Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1935


Town Counsel William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1935


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.


Transferred to Revenue Account


Highways, Chapter 81 ·


$4,500.00


$4,500.00


$9,000.00


$9,000.00


Highways, Chapter 90


1,000.00


1,000.00


1.97


2,001.97


2,001.97


1,500.00


. . $2,500.00*


Fencing


50.00


50.00


44.26


5.74


Bridges


150.00


150.00


120.62


29.38


Sidewalks


100.00


100.00


94.46


5.54


Road Machinery Fund


870.39


1,435.87


2,306.26


1,576.39


729.87*


Moth


800.77


800.77


800.77


Tree Warden


200.00


200.00


200.00


Fire


2,000.00


.64


2,000.64


2,000.64


Firemen's Wages


55.00


55.00


55.00


Police


900.00


81.26


981.26


981.26


Cemetery


950.00


95.04


1,045.04


1,045.04


Cemetery Endowment


449.25


449.25


· 449.25


E. R. A. Projects


2,521.50


2,521.50


2,287.09


234.41*


School


25,475.00


·


.


.


148.47


Library


600.00


71.85


671.85


671.85


Public Welfare


9,000.00


600.85


9,600.85


9,600.85


Old Age Assistance


7,950.00


7,950.00


6,579.84


600.85


769.31


Health


2,000.00


2,000.00


887.32


1,112.68


Dental Clinic


260.00


260.00


258.50


1.50


Essex Sanatorium .


368.54


368.54


368.54


Town Officers Salaries


3,592.00


3,592.00


3,592.00


Town Officers Expenses


950.00


810.48


1,260.48


1,260.48


Town Hall


600.00


600.00


595.52


5.48


Contingent


980.00


998.19


998.19


Soldiers' Relief


500.00


500.00


338.00


162.00


State Aid


600.00


600.00


520.00


80.00


·


4,000.00


2,500.00


Hig's, Chap. 90 Boston St. Snow .


3,500.00


3,500.00


3,408.73


91.27


·


·


·


·


·


.


·


.


·


·


.


.


.


.


7


ANALYSIS SHEET


·


.


.


.


108.19


25,475.00


25,326.53


.


.


00


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred to Other Depts.


Transferred to Revenue Account


Memorial Day


$ 250.00


.


.


$ 47.59


772.59


772.59


Interest


2,100.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Electric Light


2,700.00


23,667.63


26,367.63


23,838.10


1,138.98 1,390.55*


Electric Light Deprecia'n


1,979.07


1,138.98


3,118.05


700.28


Dog Tax .


135.60


135.60


135.60


County Tax


State Tax


25,000.00


49,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


Tax Abatement


Tax Title Account


1,325.95


645.17


Estimated Receipts


15,654.21


Accounts Receivable


7,787.61


1932 M. V. Excise Tax


169.39


1932 Poll Tax


24.00


1932 Old Age Tax


5.00


1932 Tax .


432.60


1933 M. V. Excise Tax


921.80


1933 Poll Tax .


152.00


1933 Old Age Tax


88.00


1933 Tax


21,792.63


1934 M. V. Excise Tax


1,201.03


1934 Poll Tax


.


738.00


1934 Tax .


32,242.60


$162,795.02


$164,334.09


$3,730.44


·


.


.


·


* Balance carried to 1935


·


Insurance


725.00


·


·


.


2,100.00


1.158.00


9.42


Land Purchase


.


·


.


·


ANALYSIS SHEET


20,000.00*


Funded Debt


1,000.00


317.19


Reserve Fund .


354.83


2,193.51


3,427.96


Revenue Notes


54,000.00


2,417.77*


$ 250.00


$ 227.76


$ 22.24


9


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES


Appropriation


$3,592 00


EXPENDITURES


Selectmen:


A. L. Jones


$100 00


S. S. Pike


100 00


G. B. Ogden


75 00


R. F. Clapp


25 00


300 00


Assessors :


R. F. Clapp


$200 00


L. G. Davis


275 00


L. S. Wilkins


175 00


650 00


Registrars:


W. P. Early


$24 00


W. G. Turnbull


24 00


Lennart Winquist


24 00


72 00


Board of Public Welfare:


A. C. Peabody, Jr.


$100 00


A. T. Page


50 00


R. B. Floyd


50 00


200 00


Cemetery Commissioners:


J. A. Atwood


$10 00


G. E. Barnaby


10 00


A. M. Peabody


10 00


30 00


Moderator:


George B. Ogden


25 00


Town Clerk:


Wayne A. Giles


200 00


Town Treasurer:


H. H. Bradstreet


300 00


10


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Town Accountant:


E. O. Campbell $300 00


Tax Collector:


H. A. Young 400 00


Town Counsel:


William H. McSweeney 250 00


Constable:


William H. Young 35 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures:


William H. Young 100 00


Chief of Fire Department:


S. R. Rollins 15 00


Inspector of Slaughtering:


L. S. Wilkins 25 00


Inspector of Animals:


L. S. Wilkins 175 00


Superintendent of Burials:


A. M. Peabody 13 50


Janitor of Town Hall:


H. A. Young 500 00


$3,592 00


TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES


Appropriation


Transferred from Reserve Fund


$950 00 310 48


$1,260 48


11


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXPENDITURES


Selectmen:


Supplies and printing


$47 67


Land surveys, notices, etc.


81 28


Postage


8 50


Selectmen's Association, dues


6 00


143 45


Treasurer:


Supplies


$13 70


Postage


84 29


Certifying notes


12 00


Safe deposit box


30 00


Office equipment


55 00


Tax title deeds


8 28


Assessors:


Supplies-printing


$35 37


Abstracts


43 96


Transportation


11 50


90 83


Tax Collector:


Supplies-printing


$114 67


Tax sale expenses


247 15


Tax sale advertisement


66 30


Postage


35 00


463 12


Accountant:


Supplies-printing


$27 90


Office equipment


76 50


Postage


4 00


108 40


Clerk :


Supplies-printing


$ 14 00


Recording births, deaths and marriages


161 75


Postage


12 47


188 22


Registrars:


Supplies-printing


25 45


203 27


12


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Counsel:


Printing 17 00


Sealer of Weights and Measures:


Supplies


20 74


$1,260 48


TOWN HALL


Appropriation


$600 00


EXPENDITURES


Fuel and light


$296 90


Water and telephone


75 82


Repairs


156 62


Supplies


66 18


595 52


Transferred to revenue account


4 48


$600 00


CONTINGENT FUND


Appropriation


$890 00


Transferred from reserve fund


108 19


$998 19


EXPENDITURES


Elections and Town Meetings:


Printing town reports


$186 00


Election officers


166 50


Election officers' luncheons


31 75


Printing ballots and postals


44 40


Votometers


12 19


Recounts


9 00


Supplies and weigher's fees for town scales


20 55


River street accident release


100 00


Lake street land release


100 00


Removing old flag pole


12 60


New flag pole


299 20


Moving band stand


13 00


Filing Boston street petition


3 00


$998 19


$449 84


13


INTEREST AND INSURANCE


INTEREST AND INSURANCE


INTEREST


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


Revenue notes


$918 00 240 00


Funded debt


Total expenditures


1,158 00


Transferred to revenue account


942 00


$2,100 00


INSURANCE


Appropriation


$725 00


Transferred from reserve fund


47 59


$772 59


EXPENDITURES


Employers' liability


$440 66


School


95 10


Fire department


41 80


Sealer's equipment


· 27 03


Collector's bond and burglary insurance


102 00


Treasurer's bond and burglary insurance


61 00


Clerk's bond


5 00


$772 59


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 81


Appropriation


$4,500 00


Received from Commonwealth of Mass. 4,500 00


$9,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$4,254 10


Truck hire


1,427 86


Loader hire


155 50


Roller hire


145 50


Gravel, sand and stone


216 14


$2,100 00


14


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Tarvia and asphalt


$1,671 98


Culvert


171 98


Supplies


207 37


Transferred to road machinery fund


749 57


$9,000 00


SNOW


Appropriation


$3,500 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$2,068 20


Truck and team hire


880 51


Loader hire


10 00


Sand


7 10


Shovels


17 00


Dept. of Public Works, snow removal State road


.15 38


Transferred to road machinery fund


410 54


Transferred to revenue account


91 27


$3,500 00


HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 90


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Received from Commonwealth of Mass.


1,000 00


Transferred from reserve fund


1 97


$2,001 97


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$ 476 10


Truck hire


110 88


Roller hire


72 50


Stone and tarvia


1,277 80


Fuel


22 61


Transferred to road machinery fund


42 08


$2,001 97


SIDEWALKS


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$63 60


Truck hire


20 00


Sand machine hire


10 86


94 46


Transferred to revenue account


5 54


$100 00


3,408 73


15


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


BRIDGES


Appropriation


$150 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$109 25


Lumber


4 72


Supplies


6 65


120 62


Transferred to revenue account


29 38


$150 00


FENCING


Appropriation


$50 00


EXPENDITURES


$44 26


Transferred to revenue account


5 74


$50 00


STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation


$2,700 00


EXPENDITURES


Middleton Electric Lighting Department


$2,700 00


ROAD MACHINERY FUND


Balance January 1, 1934


$ 870 39


Transferred from highway department


1,427 19


Transferred from cemetery department


8 68


$2,306 26


EXPENDITURES


Gasoline and oil


$727 28


Repairs and parts


815'98


Supplies


21 60


Insurance


7 53


Registration truck and tractor


4 00


Total expended


1,576 39


Balance December 31, 1934


729 87


$2,306 26


Lumber and supplies


16


FORESTRY DEPARTMENT


FORESTRY DEPARTMENT


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


$200 00


Labor


Team


$173 50 26 50


$200 00


MOTH


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$699 82


Team


96 00


Supplies


4 95


$800 77


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$900 00


Transferred from reserve fund


81 26


$981 26


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$701 60


Auto repairs, gasoline and oil


213 88


Supplies-equipment


65 78


$981 26


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation Transferred from reserve fund


$2,000 00


64


$2,000 64


EXPENDITURES


$800 77


17


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$834 75


Equipment and repairs


652 68


Equipment-forest fires


149 89


Gasoline and oil


66 59


Building maintenance


153 44


Fuel and light


118 95


Office supplies and telephone


12 19


Lunches


12 15


$2,000 64


FIREMEN'S WAGES


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


$5 00


C. G. Curtis


5 00


E. P. Goodale


5 00


W. H. Milbery


5 00


J. R. Osborne


5 00


R. M. Peabody


5 00


E. N. Rogers


5 00


R. H. Sanborn


5 00


J. L. Tedford


5 00


G. H. Webber


5 00


Wm. H. Young


5 00


$55 00


MISCELLANEOUS


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation


$1,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Transferred to:


Highway Chapter 90


$ 1 97


Fire


64


Police


81 26


Cemetery


95 04


Town officers' expenses


310 48


Contingent


108 19


Insurance


47 59


645 17


Revenue account


354 83


$1,000 00


$55 00


E. O. Campbell


18


MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS


COUNTY CHARGES


Assessment-County tax


$2,193 51 135 60


Assessment-Dog tax


$2,329 11


EXPENDITURES


County treasurer


$2,329 11


STATE CHARGES


Assessment-State tax


$2,700 00


Auditing municipal accounts


703 51


Other assessments


24 45


$3,427 96


EXPENDITURES


State treasurer


$3,427 96


E. R. A. PROJECTS


Balance January 1, 1934


$1,434 00


Appropriation


1,087 50


EXPENDITURES


Administrative expenses


257 98


Culverts and gravel


$141 33


Truck hire


536 00


Labor


132 00


Paint


194 01


Lumber and cement


699 24


Supplies


121 43


Tools and sharpening


98 81


1,92282


Women's projects-supplies


97 29


Water hole releases


9 00


Total expenditures


$2,287 09


Balance carried to 1935


234 41


$2,521 50


LAND PURCHASE


Transferred from Boston Street appropriation


$1,500 00


EXPENDITURES


Fred W. Giles, Central Street, land


$1,500 00


$2,521 50


19


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


TEMPORARY LOANS


Balance outstanding January 1, 1934


$25,000 00


Borrowed in anticipation of revenue 49,000 00


$74,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Merchants National Bank


$54,000 00


Balance outstanding December 31, 1934


20,000 00


$74,000 00


MATURING DEBT


Appropriation


$1,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Merchants National Bank


$1,000 00


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


Unclassified receipts during 1934


$25,718 84


Used to reduce tax rate


$24,152 13


Balance to revenue account


1,566 71


$25,718 84


EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY


CREDITS


Credit balance January 1, 1934


$15,488 45


Tax title redeemed


1,325 95


Tax levy additions


135 99


Tax title adjustments


58 02


Transferred from revenue account


5,696 69


$22,705 10


DEBITS


Old age assistance tax abatements


$ 57 00


Taxes on tax titles


1,105 12


1933 tax titles taken by town


1,626 51


Credit balance December 31, 1934


19,916 47


$22,705 10


20


TAX ACCOUNT


TAX ACCOUNT


OVERLAY RESERVE


Balance January 1, 1934


$1, 181 45


Transferred to school department


$475 00


Balance December 31, 1934


706 45


$1,181 45


1932 OVERLAY


Assessed 1934


$262 56


Overdrawn


260 91


Assessors' abatements


$523 47 $523 47


1933 OVERLAY


Balance January 1, 1934


$349 07


Assessed 1934


320 34


Overdrawn


250 66


Assessors' abatements


$920 07 $920 07


1934 OVERLAY


Assessed 1934


$1,217 91


Assessors' abatements


$667 23


Balance December 31, 1934


550 68


$1,217 91


1931 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX


Balance due January 1, 1934


$1 00


Abatement $1 00


$1 00


1932 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX


Balance January 1, 1934


$9 00


Cash received


$5 00


Abatements


4 00


$9 00


21


TAX ACCOUNT


1932 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX


Balance January 1, 1934


$411 65


Refund


2 66


Cash received


169 39


$414 31


Abatements


244 92


$414 31


1932 POLL TAX


Balance January 1, 1934 Additional


6 00


$173 00


Cash received


$ 24 00


Abatements


149 00


$173 00


1932 TAX LEVY


Balance January 1, 1934


$803 62


Tax title adjustment


73 07


$876 69


Cash received


$432 60


Abatements


374 47


Tax titles


69 62


$876 69


1933 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX


Balance January 1, 1934


$143 00


Additional


4 00


$147 00


Cash received


$88 00


Abatements


52 00


Balance due December 31, 1934


7 00


$147 00


$167 00


22


TAX ACCOUNT


1933 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX


Balance January 1, 1934


$1,376 70


Additional


8 99


$1,385 69


Cash received


$921 80


Abatements


18 92


Balance due December 31, 1934


444 97


$1,385 69


1933 POLL TAX


Balance January 1, 1934


$288 00


Additional


8 00


$296 00


Cash received


$152 00


Abatements


120 00


Balance due December 31, 1934


24 00


$296 00


1933 TAX LEVY


Balance January 1, 1934


$25,778 66


Refunds


53 20


Tax title adjustments


26 34


$25,858 20


Cash received


$21,792 63


Abatements


800 07


Tax titles


2,662 01


Balance due December 31, 1934


603 49


$25,858 20


1934 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX


Commitments to collector


$2,589 34


Refunds


15 20


$2,604 54


Cash received


$1,201 03


Abatements


45 49


Balance due December 31, 1934


1,358 02


$2,604 54


23


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


1934 POLL TAX


Commitment to collector


$1,064 00


Cash received Abatements Balance due December 31, 1934


$738 00


12 00


314 00


$1,064 00


1934 TAX LEVY


Commitments to collector


$63,742 10


Refunds


248 79


$63,990 89


Cash received


$32,242 60


Abatements


655 23


Balance due December 31, 1934


31,093 06


$63,990 89


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


STATE AID


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


On order


$520 00


Transferred to revenue account


80 00


$600 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


Appropriation


$500 00


EXPENDITURES


On order


$338 00


Transferred to revenue account


162 00


$500 00


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation $250 00


$600 00


24


PUBLIC WELFARE


EXPENDITURES


Band


$110 00


Flowers, wreaths, flags


52 76


Speaker, music


37 00


Refreshments-school children


22 50


Printing


5 50


$227 76


Transferred to revenue account


22 24


$250 00


PUBLIC WELFARE


Appropriation


$9,000 00


Transferred from Old Age Assistance


600 85


$9,600 85


EXPENDITURES


General Expenses:


Transportation-investigating


$103 10


Forms-printing


96 66


Office equipment


7 45


Federal food distribution


342 62


549 83


Cash payment


3,989 00


Groceries-fuel-clothing


2,626 29


Mothers' Aid


416 00


Medical aid


688 71


Burial


101 00


Other towns


1,230 02


$9,600 85


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Appropriation


$7,950 00


EXPENDITURES


On order Board of Public Welfare


$6,579 84


Transferred to Public Welfare


600 85


Transferred to revenue account


769 31


$7,950 00


25


SCHOOL AND LIBRARY


SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES


SCHOOL


Appropriation


$25,000 00 475 00


Transferred from overlay reserve


$25,475 00


EXPENDITURES


Salaries:


Teachers and Supervisors


$8,655 47


Physician and Nurse


366 00


$9,021 47


General Expenses:


Salary-Superintendent


$350 94


Salary-Clerk


50 00


Expenses-Superintendent


140 76


Expenses-committee


141 94


683 64


Books and Supplies


713 65


Tuition


7,097 31


Transportation


4,773 07


Janitor service


1,000 00


Building maintenance


1,572 92


Fuel and light


359 51


Furniture


103 00


Other expenses


1 96


Total Expenditures


$25,326 53


Transferred to revenue account


148 47


$25,475 00


LIBRARY


Appropriation


$600 00


Dog tax


67 40


H. M. Tyler, Library Treasurer


4 45


$671 85


EXPENDITURES


On order


$671 85


For detailed report see Trustees' Report.


26


HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH AND SANITATION


BOARD OF HEALTH


Appropriation


$2,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Essex Sanatorium-care of patients


$331 50


Care of contagious disease cases


204 58


Labor on dump


10 00


Treating and disposing of dogs


33 64


Vaccine and treatments


121 60


W. A. Giles, Agent-salary and expense


51 00


L. Goodrich, Agent




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.