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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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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
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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.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1934
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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
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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
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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
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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, 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
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.
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
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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108.19
25,475.00
25,326.53
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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
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* Balance carried to 1935
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Insurance
725.00
·
·
.
2,100.00
1.158.00
9.42
Land Purchase
.
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·
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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