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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1935
FLINT
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PUBLIC
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1936
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1935
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1936
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1935
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Balance Sheet
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Cemetery Endowment Report -
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Cemetery Department
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David Cummings' Fund - -
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Health Department -
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Highway Department -
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20
Henry K. Mansfield Fund
43
Middleton Electric Light Account
29
Municipal Indebtedness
32
Protection of Persons and Property -
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School and Library
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26
Soldiers and State Aid
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25
Town Officers
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Town Officers Salaries -
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Town Treasurer's Account -
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PART II
Assessors' Report
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Dog Officer's Reort
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Electric Light Commissioners Report
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Fire Department Report -
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Flint Public Library Fund - -
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Inspector of Cattle Report -
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Jurors List -
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Librarian's Report
53
Public Welfare -
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Payroll Analysis -
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Police Department Report
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Selectmen's Report
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
57
Tax Collector's Report
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Town Clerk's Report
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Recommendations Finance Committee
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School Reports
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
· George B. Ogden
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1936
Treasurer
Term expires March, 1936
Selectmen
A. L. Jones, Chairman George B. Ogden, Clerk
Sands S. Pike
Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1936
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, 1938
Board of Health
Sands S. Pike George B. Ogden A. L. Jones
Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1936
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, 1938
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, 1938
Highway Surveyor
J. Roy Osborne Term expires March, 1936
Tax Collector
Sidney R. Rollins
Term expires March, 1936
Tree Warden Term expires March, 1936
Burton McGlauflin
Moderator Term expires March, 1936
Town Clerk
Harry H. Bradstreet
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TOWN OFFICERS
Moth Superintendent
Burton McGlauflin Term expires January, 1936
William H. Young
Constable Term expires March, 1936
Chief of Police
William H. Young Term expires May, 1936
Superintendent of Burial
Arthur M. Peabody Term expires March, 1936
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1936
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1936
Forest Fire Warden
Sidney R. Rollins Term expires January, 1936
Chief of Fire Department
Sidney R. Rollins Term expires May, 1936
Board of Fire Engineers
William H. Sanborn, Chairman Term expires May, 1936
Sefton Earl Term expires May, 1936
Walter Paine Term expires May, 1936
Richard B. Floyd
Term expires May, 1936
William M. Young
Term expires May, 1936
Sealer of Weights and Measures
William H. Young Term expires May, 1936
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1936
A. L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1937
Harold Murphy Term expires March, 1938
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington Term expires April, 1935
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
William R. Godfrey
Henry A. Young
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1936
Term expires March, 1936
Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937
Cemetery Commissioners
George E. Barnaby, Clerk J. Allen Atwood, Chairman Arthur Peabody
Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1936
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
William S. Colton,
Frederick E. Burnham
Alton Hubbard, Clerk
W. W. Richardson
Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1936 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1938 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, 1938
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1936
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts
Roger F. Clapp William R. Godfrey
George E. Barnaby Harley M. Tyler
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
$4,350.27
$149.57
$8,999.84 2,531.62
1,900.14
$538.41*
Hig's, Chap. 90 Boston St.
6,500.00
11,043.85
17,543.85
14,575.19
2,968.66*
Highways, Chapter 464 .
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00*
Highway Truck
5,200.00
5,200.00
4,900.00
300.00
Sidewalks
200.00
200.00
143.80
56.20
Snow
3,500.00
3,500.00
3,465.24
34.76
Fencing
300.00
300.00
244.50
.15
55.35
Bridge
200.00
15
200.15
200.15
Street Lighting
2,700.00
2,700.00
2,700.00
Road Machinery Fund
729.87
2,479.52
3,209.09
1,514.07
1,635.32*
Moth
800.77
25.20
825.97
825.97
Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
300.00
Fire
2,100.00
2,100.00
2,100.00
Police
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,397.44
2.56
Cemetery
651.00
100.00
751.00
732.60
18.40
Cemetery Endowment
27,000.00
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679.40
679.40
Public Welfare
9,000.00
600.00
9,600.00
9,594.40
5.60
Old Age Assistance
6,900.00
525.00
7,425.00
7,397.87
27.13
Health
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,478.25
21.75
Dental Clinic
260.00
260.00
260.00
Essex Sanatorium
455.43
455.43
455.43
Town Officers Salaries
3,627.00
3,627.00
3,627.00
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Highways, Chapter 90
1,500.00
938.55
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423 75
423.75
423.75
School
Vocational Education
125.00
125.00
125.00
Library
600.00
79.40
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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27,000.00
27,000.00
$8,999.84
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred to Other Depts.
Transferred to Revenue Account
Town Officers Expenses .
$ 900.00
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$ 300.00
$1,200.00
$1,197.87
$ 2.13
Town Hall
700.00
700.00
655.87
44.13
Contingent
600.00
1,050.00
1,650.00
1,627.78
22.22
E. R. A. Projects
4,734.41
4,734.41
2,642.84
2,091.57*
Dist. Federal Commodities
300.00
300.00
288.24
11.76
Insurance
1,396.10
6.55
1,402.65
1,402.65
Interest
1,500.00
1.500.00
475.74
1,006.75
17.51
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
590.00
589.00
1.00
Military Aid
150.00
150.00
100.75
49.25
State Aid
600.00
600.00
480.00
90.00
30.00
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
226.78
23.22
Electric Light Dept.
2,201.98
25,970.30
2,700.00
30,872.28
29,083.51
800.00
988.77*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
2,417.77
800.00
3,217.77
668.60
2,549.17*
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Funded Debt ·
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Anticipa'n Revenue Loans
20,000.00
50,000.00
70,000.00
45,000.00
25,000.00*
Highway Truck Loan
4,500.00
4,500.00
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2,972.81
State Tax
194.00
Accounts Receivable
8,917.06
Tax Title Account .
3,559.95
Estimated Receipts
15,408.26
1933 Excise Tax
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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Tax Abatements, Refunds
188.88
County Tax
3,139.94
Dog Tax
194.00
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90.00
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1,000.00
222.07
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Avaiabile
Expended
Transferred to Other Depts.
Transfer to to Revenue Account
1933 Poll Tax
$ 16.00
1933 Old Age Tax
6.00
1933 Real Estate
242.93
1934 Excise Tax
1,033.68
1934 Poll Tax
166.00
1934 Real Estate
25,981.18
1935 Excise Tax
1,658.31
1935 Poll Tax
798.00
1935 Real Estate Tax
35,240.79
$197,429.00
$187,035.00
$722.97
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* Balance carried to 1936
ANALYSIS SHEET
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1935
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1935
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUES
TAXES:
Current year:
Property
$36,488 32
Poll
798 00
Previous Year:
Property
29,787 50
Poll
182 00
Old Age Assistance
6 00
From the State:
Corporation
1,575 05
Income
3,948 84
Soldiers' Exemption
64 39
$72,850 10
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
1,175 00
All Others
125 75
1,300 75
FINES:
District Court
230 00
230 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
From State for Education:
Support of Public Schools
166 34
High School Tuition
1,983 03
High School Transportation
1,622 80
Union Superintendency
232 05
From State Other Purposes:
Highways Chapter 81
4,350 27
Inspector of Animals
87 50
Race Track
108 50
From County Dog Licenses
79 23
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Gifts from Individuals:
For Expenses Other General Revenues
$ 47 40 6 80
8,683 92
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
2,914 06
$2,914 06
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
$ 5 00
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
30 00
Collector 49 90
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall 193 50
278 40
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
Sealing of Weights and Measures
31 79
Insect pest extermination
25 20
Bounties 10 00
66 99
HEALTH:
Tuberculosis
175 71
Inspection
100 00
275 71
HIGHWAY:
General
938 55
Construction
11,043 85
Snow and ice removal
83 40
Chapter 464
1,500 00
Road Machinery Fund
2,479 52
16,045 32
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
CHARITIES:
Reimbursements for Relief:
Other Cities and Towns
$3,841 54
State
2,085 43
Reimbursements for Mothers' Aid:
State 520 00
Reimbursement for Old Age Assistance:
State
2,016 05
Other Cities and Towns
278 33
8,741 35
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
State Aid
520 00
520 00
LIBRARIES:
Refund
17
17
UNCLASSIFIED:
Unclassified
8 00
8 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES-ELECTRIC:
Sale of light and power
27,024 56
Miscellaneous
1,645 74
Public scales
50 55
28,720 85
CEMETERIES:
Sale of lots and graves
149 00
Care of endowed lots
423 75
572 75
INTEREST:
On deferred taxes
1,500 50
1,500 50
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation revenue loans
50,000 00
Loans, highway truck
4,500 00
54,500 00
AGENCY :
Dog taxes
194 00
194 00
REFUNDS:
General departments
27 00
27 00
Total Receipts
$197,429 87
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL!
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES
Appropriation
$3,047 00
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen:
A. L. Jones
$100 00
S. S. Pike
100 00
G. B. Ogden
100 00
300 00
Assessors:
R. F. Clapp
200 00
L. G. Davis
225 00
L. S. Wilkins
175 00
600 00
Registrars:
W. P. Earley
12 00
W. G. Tumbull
12 00
Lennart Winquist
12 00
W. A. Giles
36 00
72 00
Moderator:
George B. Ogden
25 00
Town Clerk:
200 00
Town Treasurer:
H. H. Bradstreet
300 00
Town Accountant:
E. O. Campbell
400 00
Tax Collectors:
H. A. Young
100 00
S. R. Rollins
300 00
400 00
Wayne A. Giles
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Counsel:
William H. McSweeney
$250 00
Janitor Town Hall: H. A. Young
500 00
$3,047 00
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Appropriation
$900 00
Transferred from interest
300 00
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen:
Supplies and printing
127 67
Postage
8 05
Selectmen's association, dues
6 00
141 72
Treasurer:
Supplies
45 50
Postage
86 89
Certifying notes
14 00
Safe deposit box
15 00
Tax title deeds
30 00
191 39
Assessors :
Supplies and printing
5 30
Abstsacts
50 25
Transportation
5 00
Assessors' association, dues
3 00
Tax Collectors:
Supplies and printing
139 26
Tax sale expenses
99 05
Tax sale advertisement
35 50
Postage
80 00
Office equipment, safe
235 00
63 55
588 81
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Accountant:
Supplies and printing
$40 85
Office equipment
76 50
Postage
24 00
141 35
Clerk :
Supplies and printing
8 62
Birth canvas
36 00
Postage
3 43
48 05
Registrars:
Voting lists
18 00
Printing
4 00
Postage
1 00
23 00
Total expenditures
$1,197 87
Transferred to revenue account
2 13
$1,200 00
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDITURES
Fuel and light
$276 13
Water and telephone
80 57
Repairs
193 83
Supplies
105 34
Total expenditures
655 87
44 13
Transferred to revenue account
$700 00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,400 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$721 65
Ford sedan
472 20
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
141 72
Supplies and equipment
61 87
Total expenditures
1,397 44
Transferred to revenue account
2 56
$1,400 00
CONSTABLE'S SALARY
Appropriation
$35 00
EXPENDITURES
William H. Young
35 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$2,100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$655 05
Salary and wages
233 33
Equipment and repairs
744 08
Equipment-forest fires
197 46
Gasoline and oil
42 44
Building maintenance
109 26
Fuel and light
101 50
Office supplies and telephone
14 28
Lunches
2 60
$2,100 00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SALARY Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
William H. Young
100 00
MOTH
Appropriation
Trausferred form interest
$800 77 25 20
$825 97
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$725 50
Team
· 96 00
Supplies
4 47
$825 97
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$211 50
Team
12 50
Supplies
76 00
$300 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium-care of patients
$963 30
Contagious disease cases
199 00
Labor on dump 12 00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Vaccine and treatments
63 45
W. A. Giles, agent
30 00
Lillian Goodrich, agent
20 00
Ambulance and nurse
33 00
Recording vital statistics
137 50
Inspecting-cattle slaughtering
20 00
Total expenditures
1,478 25
Transferred to revenue account
21 75
$1,500 00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
Appropriation
$455 43
County Treasurer
455 43
DENTAL CLINIC
Appropriation
$260 00
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally, Dentist 260 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING SALARY
Appropriation
$25 00
EXPENDITURES
L. S. Wilkins
25 00
CATTLE INSPECTOR SALARY
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
$175 00
L. S. Wilkins 175 00
EXPENDITURES
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4,350 27
Due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts 149 57
$8,999 84
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$3,654 60
Truck hire
1,514 75
Loader hire
267 00
Roller hire
166 98
Gravel-sand stone
246 48
Tarvia and asphalt
1,855 08
Signs
30 60
Supplies
329 11
Transferred to road machinery fund
935 24
$ 8,899 84
HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
438 55
Received from Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co.
500 00
$2,438 55
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$ 888 95
Truck hire
202 50
Loader hire
8 00
Tarvia and asphalt
673 41
Supplies
8 40
Sand-gravel
3 38
Transferred to road machinery fund
115 50
Total expenditures
$1,900 14
538 41
Balance carried forward
$2,438 55
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90-BOSTON STREET
Appropriation 1934
$2,500 00
Appropriation 1935
4,000 00
Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
6,626 31
Received from Essex County
4,417 54
$17,543 85
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$4,818 11
Truck hire
2,514 26
Shovel
824 69
Roller
66
552 79
Grader
338 75
Tractor
35 00
Spreader "
64 20
Loader
97 00
Tarvia
1,343 20
Gravel, sand stone
2,557 68
Supplies
644 51
Transferred to road machinery fund
785 00
Total expenditures
$14,575 19
Balance carried forward
2,968 66
$17,543 85
FENCING
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$172 00
Truck hire
60 00
Supplies
12 50
Total expenditures
244 50
Transferred to bridge account
15
Trnsferred to revenue account
55 35
$300 00
BRIDGE
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from fencing account
15
$200 15
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$ 34 40
Truck hire
17 00
Supplies
148 75
$200 15
SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$200 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$77 30
Truck hire
39 50
Gravel
21 00
Transferred to road machinery fund
6 00
Total expenditures
$143 80
Transferred to revenue account
56 20
$200 00
SNOW
Appropriation
$3,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,627 50
Truck hire
1,036 27
Loader hire
27 00
Sand
58 75
Supplies
75 45
State road snow removal
14 49
Transferred to road machinery fund
625 78
Total expenditures
$3,465 24
Transferred to revenue account
34 76
$3,500 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ROAD MACHINERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1935
$ 729 87
Transferred from highway department
2,479 52
$3,209 39
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
$750 77
Repairs and parts
722 95
Supplies
18 50
Storage autocar
76 80
Registration
4 00
Telephone
1 05
Total expenditures
$1,574 07
Balance December 31, 1935
1,635 32
$3,209 39
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$2,700 00
EXPENDITURES
Middleton Electric Light Department
$2,700 00
HIGHWAY TRUCK
Appropriation $5,200 00
EXPENDITURES
Autocar Sales & Service Co., truck
$4,400 00
P. I. Perkins Co., snow plough
500 00
Total expenditures
$4,900 00
Transferred to revenue account
300 00
$5,200 00
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES
Appropriation $200 00
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
R. B. Floyd
$ 50 00
A. C. Peabody, clerk
100 00
A. T. Page
50 00
$200 00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$9,000 00
Transferred from overlay reserve
600 00
$9,600 00
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses:
Transportation-investigating
$ 80 30
Supplies, postage, telephone
31 68
111 98
Cash payments
4,064 00
Groceries, fuel, clothing
3,888 36
Mothers' aid
658 00
Medical aid
341 60
Other towns
530 46
Total expenditures
9,594 40
Transferred to revenue account
5 60
$9,600 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
$6,900 00
Transferred from interest
525 00
$7,425 00
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$6,914 50
Medical aid
143 43
Trucking-fuel
13 50
Other towns
326 44
Total expenditures
7,397 87
Transferred to revenue account
27 13
$7,425 00
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF
FEDERAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Trucking
$130 71
Distribution
128 27
Commissary charge
22 73
Supplies
6 53
Total expenditures
288 24
Transferred to revenue account
11 76
$300 00
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
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STATE AID
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
480 00
Transferred to soldiers' relief
90 00
Transferred to revenue account
30 00
$600 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from state aid
90 00
$590 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
589 00
Transferred to revenue account
1 00
$590 00
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
100 75
Transferred to revenue account
49 25
$150 00
SCHOOLS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Appropriation
$125 00
EXPENDITURES
Transportation for agricultural students
125 00
SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$27,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Salaries:
Teachers and supervisors
$9,442 05
Physician
75 00
Nurse
320 00
$9,837 05
General Expenses:
Salary-superintendent
$350 97
Salary-clerk
62 00
Expenses-superintendent
110 05
Expenses-committee
273 54
796 56
Books and supplies
1,441 86
Tuition
7,124 94
Transportation
4,608 46
Janitor service
1,000 00
Building and grounds maintenance
1,695 87
Fuel and light
345 56
Furniture
149 70
$27,000 00
27
UNCLASSIFIED
LIBRARY
Appropriation Dog tax H. M. Tyler, library treasurer
$600 00 79 23
17
$679 40
EXPENDITURES
679 40
(For detailed report see Trustees' report)
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Band
$110 00
Flowers, wreaths and flags
53 28
Speaker and music
37 00
Refreshments-school children
21 50
Printing
5 00
Total expenditures
226 78
Transferred to revenue account
23 22
$250 00
INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,396 10
Transferred from interest
6 55
$1,402 65
EXPENDITURES
Employer's liability
$493 00
School
423 80
Fire department
76 40
Town hall
185 50
Sealer's equipment
27 85
Loader
5 10
Clerk's bond
5 00
Collector's bond and burglary insurance
117 00
Treasurer's bond and burglary insurance
69 00
$1,402 65
On order
28
UNCLASSIFIED
CONTINGENT FUND
Appropriation
$ 600 00
Transferred from interest
50 00
Transferred from reserve fund
1,000 00
$1,650 00
EXPENDITURES
Elections and Town Meetings:
Printing and delivering town reports $217 00
Printing ballots and postals
51 50
Election officers
65 00
Election officers' luncheons
13 50
347 00
Supplies and weigher's fees for town scales
47 25
Perambulating
108 50
Taking census
60 00
Wildcat bounty
10 00
Supports for collector's safe
6 00
Recovering flag pole rope
10 00
Christmas tree box keys
1 25
Moving hydrants on South Main street
1,037 78
Total expenditures
1,627 78
Transferred to revenue account
22 22
$1,650 00
E. R. A. PROJECTS
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Balance January 1, 1935
234 41
$4,734 41
EXPENDITURES
Admisistrative expenses
$ 210 69
Park project
2,290 69
Tree trimming project
14 81
Garage project
1 83
Sewing project
87 82
Hauling wood
37 00
Total expenditures
2,642 84
Balance carried forward
2,091 57
$4,734 41
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to contingent fund
$1,000 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
REVENUES
Cash balance January 1, 1935
$ 1,327 48
Meter deposit balance January 1, 1935
874 50
Collections
25,970 30
Street light appropriation
2,700 00
$33,290 05
EXPENDITURES
Energy Purchased:
Eastern Mass. Electric Co. $15,048 05
Danvers Electric Light Dept. 112 90
$15,161 01
Maintenance and Construction:
Labor
$4,628 23
Truck hire 450 00
Truck and body purchase
1,862 31
Truck maintenance
130 56
Supplies and express
4,838 57
Boston Street line
600 00
Insurance
325 04
$12,834 71
Office supplies and expenses
241 30
Meter refunds
283 64
Refunds
81 45
Salaries :
A. B. Harrington, Manager $1,000 00
A. L. Jones, Commissioner 50 00
R. B. Floyd, Commissioner 50 00
Harold Murphy
50 00
$1,150 00
Total expended
$29,752 11
Balance Depreciation Fund Dec. 31, 1935
2,549 17
meter deposit 66
915 86
cash
72 91
$33,290 05
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
INCOME STATEMENT
Metered sales to private consumers
$25,025 78
Municipal revenues
2,700 00
Miscellaneous revenues
624 17
$28,349 95
EXPENDITURES
Electric energy purchased
$15,338 52
Maintenance of lines and supplies
8,159 31
Salaries of Manager and Light Board
1,150 00
Office supplies and expenses
241 30
Insurance
800 00
Transportation expenses
191 05
Depreciation
800 00
$26,205 22
Uncollectable revenues
1,168 28
Balance carried to profit and loss
976 45
$28,349 95
BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Plant investment
$25,983 23
General equipment
2,361 53
Cash
988 77
Accounts receivable
5,656 3
Supplies on hand
2,494 60
Depreciation fund
2,549 17
$40,033 65
LIABILITIES
Appropriation for construction
$9,290 78
Account payable
1,832 05
Customers' deposits
915 86
Loan repayment
4,500 00
Profit and loss balance
23,494 96
$40,033 65
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERY
Appropriation
$651 00 100 00
Transferred from interest
$751 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$698 25
Truck hire
16 00
Water
7 80
Supplies
10 55
Total expenditures
$732 60
Transferred to revenue account
18 40
$751 00
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT
Received from Danvers Savings Bank
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank
Salem Savings Bank $423 75
EXPENDITURES
Care of lots
$423 75
CEMETERY SALARIES
Appropriation, Superintendent of Burial
$15 00
66 Commissioners 30 00
$45 00
EXPENDITURES
A. M. Peabody, Superintendent of Burials $15 00
A. M. Peabody, Commissioner 10 00
G. E. Barnaby, Commissioner 10 00
J. A. Atwood, Commissioner
:10 00
$45 00
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
INTEREST
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Revenue notes
$236 35
Funded debt
239 39
Total expenditures
475 74
Transferred to departments
1,006 75
Transferred to revenue account
17 51
$1,500 00
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS TEMPORARY LOANS
Balance outstanding January 1, 1935
$20,000 00
Borrowed in anticipation revenue 50,000 00
$70,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Merchants National Bank $45,000 00
Balance ontstanding December 31, 1935 25,000 00
$70,000 00
MATURING DEBT
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Merchants National Bank, school note $1,000 00
COUNTY CHARGES
Assessment, county tax
$2,972 81
dog tax
194 00
$3,166 81
33
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer $3,166 81
STATE CHARGES
State tax assessment
$3,100 00
Other assessments
39 94
3,139 94
EXPENDITURES
State Treasurer
3,139 94
TAX REFUNDS
1934 tax levy
$101 06
1935 tax levy
39 27
1934 motor vehicle excise tax
13 78
1935 motor vehicle excise tax
34 77
188 88
Total expenditures
$187,035 30
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1935 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash on hand
$23,636 17 Overlay-Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1935 - -
$ 199 65
Electric Light Dept., surplus $ 72 91
" depreciation
2,549 17
- meter deposits 915 86 3,537 94
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
106 45
Taxes-Levy of 1933 -
$ 290 41
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes $919 70
Levy of 1934 -
985 20
Levy of 1935 -
24,207 41
24,483 02
Tax Titles -
6,172 50
Public Welfare 3,713 12 -
Taxes, Poll-Levy of 1934
$ 26 00
Municipal Light 5,656 35
16,461 67
Levy of 1935
180 00
206 00
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Surplus Revenue : Excess and Deficiency - $14,640 61
Levy of 1933
$ 49 09
Levy of 1934 -
209 02
Levy of 1935
661 59
919 70
Road Machinery Fund
1,635 32
Tax Titles
6,172 50
Appropriation Account Temporary Loan
25,000 00
Tax abatement in excess of overlay : 1933 Overlay -
92 45
1934 Overlay
338 06 430 51
$68,755 28
$68,755 28
BALANCE SHEET
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7,173 64
Departmental accounts receivable
9,369 47
Electric Light Dept. 1
3,537 94
18,178 55
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-
-
-
-
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt - $8,500 00 School Addition Loan - -
-
- $4,000 00
Highway Truck Loan -
-
$4,500 00
$8,500 00
$8,500 00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
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