Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1936, Part 1

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REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1936


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Town Meeting Warrant


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MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Essex ss. To either of the Constables of 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 ninth 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, 1937, 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 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 5. To see if the refund of the dog taxes shall be transferred to the Library fund.


ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.


ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to purchase materials for W. P. A. or other Federal Relief Projects, to be spent under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the improvement of Boston Street ; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 81-Roads ; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by Fed- eral, State or County, or all, for this purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto.


ARTCLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90-Roads, the same to be expended in conjunction with the State allotment.


ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $2,000.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.


ARTICLE 12. On petition of Harley M. Tyler and thirty-four others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00, or a sufficient sum, to make a complete survey and analysis of the water pipe owned by the Town, the number of services extended from said pipes and the approximate annual reve- nue from the same.


ARTICLE 13. On petition of Joseph F. LeColst and fourteen others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the necessary amount of money to gravel and oil School Street or take any other action in rela- tion thereto.


ARTICLE 14. On petition of Frank B. Tyler and nineteen others to see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money sufficient to properly fence the side of the road on and along Lake Street. Said fence to replace a section of approximately 275 feet now in an unsafe condition.


ARTICLE 15. On petition of Clayton Benjamin and sixteen others to see if the Town will vote to accept 500 feet on Hilldale Avenue, off River Street.


ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to extend to Ernest C. Townsend a vote of confidence sustaining his acts as a police officer.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Building and Zoning Laws as proposed by the com- mittee authorized by Town vote at the annual Town Meeting held March 10, 1931.


You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the adjourned meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 15 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 Electric Light Commissioner for three years, one Cemetery 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 ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven.


ARCHIBALD L. JONES, GEORGE B. OGDEN HAROLD E. TYLER


Selectmen of Middleton.


A true copy.


Attest : SIDNEY R. ROLLINS, Constable.


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1936


TON,


FLINT


FOUNDED IN 172


MIDDLETON


PUBLIC LIBRARY


SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS


1937


MATTHEW M. MERRITT SELECTMAN 1901-1902 1909-1910


MORGAN JOHN McSWEENEY Twenty-five years Clerk of First District Court, County of Essex Associate of present Town Counsel


INDEX


Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1936


-


-


7


Balance Sheet


-


-


-


-


34


Cemetery Endowment Report - -


42


Cemetery Department


- -


-


29


David Cummings' Fund -


-


-


-


45


General Government -


11


Health Department -


19 20


Highway Department -


-


-


-


-


-


-


45


Middleton Electric Light Account


-


-


27


Municipal Indebtedness


-


-


-


-


32 17


School and Library -


26


Soldiers and State Aid -


-


-


-


-


25


Town Officers -


-


-


-


-


Town Officers Salaries -


-


-


-


-


-


14


Town Treasurer's Account -


-


-


-


36


Unclassified Account -


30


PART II


Assessors' Report


62


Dog Officer's Reort


- -


-


-


62


Electric Light Commissioners Report


- 67


Fire Department Report -


70


Flint Public Library Fund - -


56


Inspector of Cattle Report


60


Jurors List -


-


-


56


Librarian's Report -


57


Public Welfare -


-


-


58


Payroll Analysis -


.


.


49


Police Department Report .


59


Recommendations Finance Committee


71


Selectmen's Report


-


68


School Reports


77 61


Sealer of Weights and Measures Report


Tax Collector's Report


66


Town Clerk's Report


64


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


4


Protection of Persons and Property -


-


Henry K. Mansfield Fund


-


-


4


TOWN OFFICERS


Town Officers


George B. Ogden


Moderator Term expires March, 1937


Town Clerk


Wayne A. Giles


Term expires March, 1937


Treasurer


Harry H. Bradstreet


Term expires March, 1937


Selectmen


A. L. Jones, Chairman Harold E. Tyler, Clerk


George B. Ogden


Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937


Board of Public Welfare


Richard Floyd, Chairman


Austin C. Peabody, Clerk


Jessie M. Colbert


Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1939


Board of Health


Harold E. Tyler George B. Ogden A. L. Jones


Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937


Board of Assessors


L. G. Davis, Chairman Term expires March, 1938


William T. Martin, Jr., Clerk Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1937


Lyman S. Wilkins


School Committee


Wayne A. Giles, Chairman Term expires March, 1937 Mrs. Ethel M. Stewart, Clerk Term expires March, 1938 Charles Gould Term expires March, 1939


Highway Surveyor


J. Roy Osborne Term expires March, 1937


Sidney R. Rollins


Tax Collector Term expires March, 1937


Tree Warden


Burton McGlauflin - Term expires March, 1937


5


TOWN OFFICERS


Moth Superintendent


Burton McGlauflin Term expires January, 1937


Constable


William H. Young Term expires March, 1937


Chief of Police


William H. Young Term expires May, 1937


Superintendent of Burial


Arthur M. Peabody Term expires March, 1937


Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering


Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1937


Town Accountant


Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1939


Forest Fire Warden


Sidney R. Rollins Term expires January, 1937


Chief of Fire Department


Sidney R. Rollins Term expires May, 1937


Board of Fire Engineers


William H. Sanborn, Chairman


Term expires May, 1937


Sefton Earl


Term expires May, 1937


Walter Paine Term expires May, 1937


Richard B. Floyd


Term expires May, 1937


William M. Young


Term expires May, 1937


Sealer of Weights and Measures


William H. Young Term expires May, 1937


Electric Light Commissioners


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


Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1939


Harold Murphy Term expires March, 1938


Electric Light Manager


A. B. Harrington Term expires May, 1937


6


TOWN OFFICERS


Trustees Flint Public Library


Harley M. Tyler


Roger F. Clapp


George E. Barnaby


William R. Godfrey


Henry A. Young


William H. Sanborn


Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1938


Term expires March, 1938


Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1939


Cemetery Commissioners


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


Arthur Peabody


Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1939


Finance Committee


H. M. Richardson, Chairman


Frederick E. Burnham


William S. Colton,


W. W. Richardson


Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1939


Registrars of Voters


Walter O. Parker


Lennart Winquist


W. G. Turnbull


Term expires March, 1937 Term expires March, 1938 Term expires March, 1939


Town Counsel


William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1937


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


Town Officers Expenses .


1,200.00


Town Hall


600.00


·


$ 88.97


688.97


688.97


Police


800.00


200.07


1,000.07


1,000.07


Fire


2,000.00


2,000.00


1,999.10


.90


Moth


888.00


888.00


888.00


Tree Warden


500.00


500.00


500.00


Health


1,500.00


1,500.00


825.47


674.53


Essex Sanatorium


675.96


675.96


675.96


Dental Clinic


260.00


260.00


260.00


Road Machinery Fund


1,635.32


$2,392.06


4,027.38


1,780.68


1,500.00


746.70*


Highways, Chapter 81


4,500.00


4,432.14


8,998.35


8,998.35


Highways, Chapter 90


2,038.41


2,186.45


4,224.86


3,849.86


Hig's, Chap. 90 Boston St.


5,468.66


1,456.15


6,924.81


5,579.75


1,345.06*


Highways, Chapter 464 .


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


Fencing


200.00


200.00


167.25


Bridge


300.00


116.87


416.87


416.87


Sidewalks


200.00


200.00


38.10


Street Lighting


2,700.00


2,700.00


2,700.00


Snow


3,500.00


3,500.00


3,345.50


154.50


Public Welfare


9,000.00


2,500.00


11,500.00


11,494.33


5.67


Old Age Assistance


8,000.00


8,000.00


7,248.49


751.51


O. A. Asst. Fed. Grant


2,929.48


2,929.48


· O. A. Asst. " Adm.


97.58


65.50


32.08*


Federal Commodities Dist.


300.00


300.00


239.72


60.28


State Aid


500.00


500.00


420.00


80.00


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ANALYSIS SHEET


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$3,651.00


$3,651.00


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.


.


1,200.00


1,128.18


$


71.82


Town Officers Salaries


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7


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161.90


.


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2,929.48


97.58


66.21


375.00


32.75


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$3,651.00


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred to Other Depts.


Transferred to Revenue Account


Soldiers' Relief


$ 600.00


·


.


$ 600.00


$ 518.00


$ 82.00


Military Aid


·


.


·


·


165.00


114.40


Library


600.00


125.95


725.95


725.95


Memorial Day


250.00


250.00


228.71


Insurance


1,300.00


1,300.00


1,256.87


43.13


Contingent Fund


700.00


700.00


589.94


·


·


·


$ 381.96


4,973.53


4,754.46


619.07*


Reserve Fund .


1,000.00


Electric Light Dept.


988.77


31,730.68


32,719.45


29,889.32


1,000.00 1,770.25


1,059.88*


Electric Light Deprecia'n


2,549.17


Cemetery


1,100.00


212.13


1,312.13


1,312.13


·


·


417.50


417.50


Interest


750.00


221.40


221.40


221.40


County Tax


State Tax


3,172.39


Revenue Notes


60,000.00


85,000.00


50,000.00


Funded Debt


1,000.00


1,500.00


2,500.00


2,500.00


Estimated Receipts


·


Accounts Receivable


10,028.76


Tax Title Account


3,799.08


Tax Abatements, Refunds


546.65


.


1933 Excise Tax


·


36.56


·


.


1933 Tax Levy


.


30 08


.


.


·


27,000.00


27,000.00


27,000 00


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ANALYSIS SHEET


1,703.18*


Cemetery Endowment


417.50


750.00


363.31


386.69


Dog Tax


100.00


100.00


100.00


School


Vocational Education


165.00


50.60


·


21.29


W. P. A. Projects


4,591.57


1,770.25


4,319.42


2,616.24


35,000.00*


17,010.03


3,003.24


110.06


.


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Avaiabile


Expended


Transferred to Other Depts.


Transfer to to Revenue Account


1934 Excise Tax


$ 100.29


1934 Poll Tax .


12.00


1934 Tax Levy


619.77


1935 Excise Tax


572.67


1935 Poll Tax


126.00


1935 Tax Levy


21,541.96


1936 Excise Tax


2,239.81


1936 Poll Tax


944.00


1936 Tax Levy


42,822.87


$205,873.27


$191,221.14


$3,162.63


* Balance carried to 1937


SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.


School Construction · $51,407.49


$2.83


· $51,410.32 $1,029.66 · $50,380.66


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ANALYSIS SHEET


9


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending, December 31, 1936


11


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1936


RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUES


TAXES:


CURRENT YEAR :


Property


$44,078 73


Poll


944 00


PREVIOUS YEARS:


Property


22,191 81


Poll


138 00


Tax title redemption


3,799 08


FROM THE STATE:


Corporation


203 47


Income


4,785 34


Soldiers' Exemption


68 20


$76,208 63


LICENSES AND PERMITS:


Liquor


1,175 00


All Other


104 50


1,279 50


FINES:


District Court


194 06


194 06


GRANTS AND GIFTS:


FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:


Aid to Industrial Schools


143 35


High School Tuition


2,104 50


High School Transportation


1,417 56


Union Superintendency


223 41


FROM STATE-OTHER PURPOSES:


Highways, Chapter 81


4,581 79


Inspector of Animals


87 50


Racing Commission


149 66


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


FROM COUNTY: Dog Licenses $125 95


$8,833 72


PRIVILEGES:


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


2,949 33


2,949 33


DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXECUTIVE:


Selectmen


$29 50


FINANCIAL:


Treasurer


65 00


Collector


55 40


ELECTION AND REGISTRATION:


Registrars


25


MUNICIPAL BUILDING:


Town Hall


223 00


373 15


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :


Sealing of Weights and Measures


30 02


Insect Pest Extermination


25 63


Reimbursements for Dog Officer


28 00


83 65


HEALTH:


Reimbursement-Contagious Diseases


28 00


Tuberculosis


582 08


Dental Clinic


100 00


710 08


HIGHWAYS:


General


2,186 45


Construction


1,456 15


Snow and Ice Removal


88 50


Road Machinery Fund


2,392 06


6,123 16


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


CHARITIES:


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:


Other Cities and Towns State


$2,628 44


3,886 99


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MOTHERS' AID:


State 336 67


REIMBURSEMENTS OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:


Federal Grant


3,027 06


State


4,553 06


Other Cities and Towns


130 73


14,562 95


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:


State Aid


480 00


Military Aid


54 87


Soldiers' Relief


22 50


557 37


SCHOOLS:


Refund


1 70


1 70


UNCLASSIFIED:


Unclassified


5 05


5 05


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT: Sale of Light and Power Miscellaneous


28,727 39


3,003 29


PUBLIC SCALES


57 75


CEMETERIES:


Sale of Lots and Graves


365 00


Care of Endowed Lots


417 50


INTEREST:


On Deferred Taxes


1,153 51


On Deferred Excise Taxes


45 08


31,788 43


782 50


1,198 59


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:


Anticipation Revenue Loans $60,000 00


$60,000 00


AGENCY:


Dog Taxes


221 40


221 40


Total Receipts


$205,873 27


SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION


Loan


$51,470 49 2 83


Interest


$51,410 32


EXPENDITURES


DEPARTMENTAL


TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES :


Appropriation


$2,571 00


EXPENDITURES


SELECTMEN :


A. L. Jones


$100 00


George B. Ogden


100 00


Harold E. Tyler


75 00


Sands S. Pike


25 00


300 00


ASSESSORS:


.Leverett G. Davis


200 00


Lyman S. Wilkins


175 00


William T. Martin, Jr.


175 00


Roger F. Clapp


50 00


600 00


15


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


REGISTRARS:


Lennart Winquist


$24 00


William G. Turnbull


24 00


W. A. Giles


24 00


W. P. Earley


18 00


Walter O. Parker


6 00


$ 96 00


MODERATOR:


George B. Ogden


25 00


TOWN CLERK:


Wayne A. Giles


200 00


TOWN TREASURER:


Harry H. Bradstreet


300 00


TOWN ACCOUNTANT:


Elmer O. Campbell


400 00


TAX COLLECTOR:


Sidney R. Rollins


400 00


TOWN COUNSEL:


William H. McSweeney


250 00


$2,571 00


TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :


Appropriation


$1,200 00


EXPENDITURES


SELECTMEN:


Supplies and Printing


$70 44


Postage


11 97


Transportation


36 89


-Selectmen's Association, Dues


6 00


125 30


TOWN TREASURER:


Supplies - -


27 40


Postage


69 44


Certifying Notes


57 00


Safe Deposit Box


15 00


Tax Title Deeds


101 77


270 61


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ASSESSORS:


Supplies and Printing


$60 00


Abstracts


38 30


Transportation


30 60


Office Equipment


50 00


$178 90


TAX COLLECTOR:


Supplies and Printing


105 34


Tax Sale Expenses


91 85


Tax Sale Advertisement


21 75


Postage


70 00


Office Equipment


63 75


352 69


TOWN ACCOUNTANT:


Supplies and Printing


18 10


Office Equipment


90 10


Postage


6 00


114 20


TOWN CLERK:


Supplies and Printing


18 11


Postage


9 46


Birth Canvas


34 50


62 07


REGISTRARS:


Printing


21 00


Postage


1 91


22 91


FINANCE COMMITTEE:


Supplies


1 50


1 50


Total Expenditures Transferred to Revenue Account


$1,128 18


71 82


$1,200 00


17


PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


TOWN HALL:


Appropriation, maintenance


$600 00


Appropriation, salary


500 00


Transferred from reserve


88 97


$1,188 97


EXPENDITURES


H. A. Young, janitor


$500 00


Fuel and light


419 81


Water and telephone


87 33


Repairs


102 29


Supplies


79 54


$1,188 97


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


POLICE DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$800 00


Transferred from reserve


200 07


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$656 36


Automobile repairs, gas and oil


271 78


Supplies and equipment


71 93


$1,000,07


CONSTABLE'S SALARY :


Appropriation


$35 00


EXPENDITURES


William H. Young


35 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT : Appropriation $2,000 00


$1,000 07


18


PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$376 25


Salary, S. R. Rollins


200 00


Salaries, firemen


100 00


Equipment and repairs


714 10


Equipment, forest fires


372 16


Gasoline and oil


43 25


Building maintenance


84 75


Fuel and light


86 62


Office supplies and telephone


20 17


Lunches


1 80


Total expenditures


1,999 10


Transferred to revenue account


90


$2,000 00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SALARY : Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES


William H. Young


100 00


TREE WARDEN :


Appropriation


$500 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$462 69


Team


33 13


Supplies


4 18


$500 00


MOTH :


Appropriation


$888 00 .


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$780 25


Team


102 00


Supplies


-5-75


$888 00 .-


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HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$1,500 00


EXPENDITURES


Essex Sanatorium, care of patients


$418 60


Contagious disease cases


20 10


Labor on dump


14 00


Vaccine treatment


8 00


W. A. Giles, agent


50 00


Lillian Goodrich, agent


20 00


Albert Sheldon, dog officer 1934-35


160 77


Recording vital statistics


131 00


Disposing of dead animals


3 00


Total expenditures


825 47


Transferred to reserve account


674 53


$1,500 00


ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :


Appropriation


$675 96


County treasurer


675 96


DENTAL CLINIC :


Appropriation


$260 00


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 $175 00


EXPENDITURES


L. S. Wilkins 175 00


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EXPENDITURES


EXPENDITURES


·


20


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


HIGHWAYS


HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81


Appropriation


$4,500 00


Received from the State


4,432 14


Due from the State


66 21


$8,998 35


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$4,025 80


Truck hire


1,446 50


Loader hire


157 00


Sand, stone and gravel


252 67


Tarvia and asphalt


2,062 72


Supplies


195 04


Transferred to road machinery fund


858 62


$8,998 35


HIGHWAY CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE:


Appropriation


$1,500 00


Balance January 1, 1936


538 41


Received from the State


2,186 45


$4,224 86


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$1,526 85


Truck hire


652 50


Loader hire


33 00


Roller hire


306 00


Sand, stone and gravel


178 69


Tarvia and asphalt


892 47


Supplies


46 16


Transferred to road machinery fund


214 19


Total expenditures


3,849 86


Transferred to revenue account


375 00


$4,224 86


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


HIGHWAYS CHAPTER 90-BOSTON STREET :


Appropriation


$2,500 00


Balance January 1, 1936


2,968 66


Received from the State 1


873 69


Received from the County


582 46


$6,924 81


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$2,550 31


Truck hire


657 25


Shovel hire


532 50


Supplies


1,435 79


Sand


2 80


Bridge advertisements


23 10


Transferred to road machinery fund Total expenditures


5,579 75


Balance carried forward


1,345 06


$6,924 81


HIGHWAY CHAPTER 464


Balance January 1, 1936


$1,500 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$553 25


Truck hire


132 00


Loader hire


64 00


Sand


26 30


Tarvia


604 45


Transferred to road machinery fund


120 00


Total expenditures


$1,500 00


FENCING :


Appropriation


$200 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$67 70


Truck hire


11 50


Supplies


88 05


Total expenditures


167 25


Transferred to revenue account


32 75


$200 00


378 00


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


SIDEWALKS :


Appropriation


$200 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$24 60


Truck hire


13 50


Total expenditures


38 10


Transferred to revenue account


161 90


$200 00


BRIDGE :


Appropriation


$300 00


Transferred from reserve


116 87


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$109 65


Truck hire


32 00


Supplies


275 22


Total expenditures


$416 87


SNOW :


Appropriation


$3,500 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$1,389 30


Truck hire


1,007 75


Loader hire


18 00


Sand and calcium chloride


84 50


Supplies


20 65


State road, snow removal


18 05


Transferred to road machinery fund


807 25


Total expenditures Transferred to revenue account


3,345 50


154 50


$3,500 00


$416 87


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


ROAD MACHINERY FUND :


Balance January 1, 1936


$1,635 32


Transferred from Highway department


2,392 06


$4,027 38


EXPENDITURES


Gasoline and oil


$ 761 92


Repairs and parts


568 63


Tar kettle


308 50


Storage autocar


132 00


Insurance and registration


9 63


Note on autocar


1,500 00


Total expenditures


3,280 68


Balance carried forward


746 70


$4,027 38


STREET LIGHTING :


Appropriation


$2,700 00


EXPENDITURES


Middleton Electric Light Department


$2,700 00


CHARITIES


PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES :


Appropriation $200 00


EXPENDITURES


A. C. Peabody, clerk


$100 00


R. B. Floyd


50 00


Jessie M. Colbert


50 00


$200 00


PUBLIC WELFARE :


Appropriation


$9,000 00


Transferred from free cash


2,500 00


$11,500 00


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CHARITIES ACCOUNT


EXPENDITURES


GENERAL EXPENSES:


Transportation-investigating


$ 98 62


Supplies, postage and telephone


82 70


Office equipment


112 50


293 82


Cash payments


3,440 00


Groceries, fuel and clothing


5,560 71


Mothers' aid


884 00


Medical aid


551 85


Other towns


689 95


Burial expenses


74 00


Total expenditures


$11,494 33


Transferred to revenue account


5 67


$11,500 00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE :


Appropriation


$8,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Cash payments


$6,073 52


Medical aid


355 07


Burial expenses


100 00


Other towns


720 08


Total expenditures


7,248 67


Transferred to revenue account


751 33


$8,000 00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE FEDERAL GRANT :


Received from federal grant


$2,929 48


EXPENDITURES


On order-cash


2,929 48


OLD AGE ASST. ADMINISTRATION FED. GRANT :


Received from federal grant


$97 58


EXPENDITURES


Old age assistance administration expenses


65 32


Balance carried forward


3.26


$97 58


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SOLDIERS' RELIEF


FEDERAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION :


Appropriation


$300 00


EXPENDITURES


Trucking


$148 00


Distribution


73 45


Commissary charge


16 32


Supplies


1 95


Total expenditures


239 72


Transferred to revenue account


60 28


$300 00


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


STATE AID :


Appropriation


$500 00


EXPENDITURES


On order


420 00


Transferred to revenue account


80 00


$500 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF :


Appropriation


$600 00


EXPENDITURES


On order


518 00


Transferred to revenue account


82 00


$600 00


MILITARY AID:


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES


Transferred to revenue account 100 00


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SCHOOLS


VOCATIONAL EDUCATION :


Appropriation


$165 00


EXPENDITURES


Transportation


$100 00


Tuition


14 40


Total expenditures


114 40


Transferred to revenue account


50 60


$165 00


SCHOOLS :


Appropriation


$27,000 00


EXPENDITURES


SALARIES:


Teachers and supervisors


$9,909 00


Physician


90 00


Nurse


344 00


10,343 00


GENERAL EXPENSES:


Salary-superintendent


$350 98


Salary-clerk


75 00


Expenses-superintendent


108 75


Committee expenses-clerk


168 05


702 78


Books and supplies


1,300 50


Tuition


7,231 00


Transportation


4,876 50


Janitor service


1,000 00


Building and grounds maintenance


1,096 95


Fuel and light


353 22


Furniture


96 05


$27,000 00


LIBRARY :


Appropriation


$600 00


Dog tax


125 95


$725 95


EXPENDITURES


On order


$725 95


(For detailed report see trustees' report)


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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT


REVENUES


Cash balance January 1, 1936


$ 72 91


Meter deposit balance January 1, 1936




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