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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 286 6
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1938
FOUNDED IN 1728.
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1939
Town Meeting Warrant
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 fourteenth 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, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may he 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 $3,000.00 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 $4,500.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 81-Koads; 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.
ARTICLE 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1, 700.00 from the Highway Fund, pro- vided by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1939 for any of the purposes authorized by said chapter.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and their successors in office to sell at public or private sale any of the property which the Town may have acquired or my hereafter acquire through proceedings based upon the non-payment of taxes or under proceedings for the sale of lands of low value, to impose upon the property so sold such restrictions, reservations or conditions as shall be deemed ex- pedient, and to execute and deliver in the name and under the seal of the Town quitclaim deeds or other in- struments therefor.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of B. Gertrude Hayward and twenty-four others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair and oil Mt. Vernon Street, that portion running from Maple Street to King Street.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of Harold Murphy and thirty-five others to see if the Town will vote to have 700 feet of Lakeview Road, (off Liberty Street) accepted.
ARTICLE 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to placing the Highway Surveyor on a salary.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of Lyman S. Wilkins and sixteen others to see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on and along East Street to the Boxford line and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same.
ARTICLE 16. To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing a 1} ton dump truck for the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used for the purchase of a certain parcel of land located at the corner of Lake and North Main Streets as shown on a plan made by Thomas A. Appleton C. E., dated August 1938.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 7, Chapter 10 of the Town By-Laws so as to read as follows :- No person or persons shall remove, or cause to be removed and carried, or assist in removing and carrying through any part of any street or public way in the Town, any house, shop or other building, either in parts or a whole, without permission from the Selectmen first had and obtained in writing ; and under such limitations as they may deem expedient and prescribe. Whoever shall oflend against the provis- ions of this section shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty dollars. The Selectmen shall not give such permission for the removal of any house, shop or other building, either in parts or a whole, exceeding twenty feet in height and fifteen feet in width, until after a hearing has been given to any party interested. Seven days at least previous to such hearing a notice there- of shall be given in some newspaper published in the County, which notice shall state the dimensions of the building to be removed, and the streets through which it is proposed to pass in removal.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash in the Treasury as they, in their best judgment, feel is warranted and is approved by the Commissioner of Corpor- ations and Taxation for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of Twenty-five hundred dollars from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.
ARTICLE 21. (a) To see if the Town will vote to set aside a parcel of land in Oakdale Cemetery to be used for the interment of Soldiers and Sailors in accordance with Section 19, Chapter 115 of the General Laws. (b) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the improvement of the above parcel of land.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $750.00 from the Electric Light Department to be used to reduce the 1939 tax rate.
You are hereby required to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the adjourned meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 20 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 two years, 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 5:00 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 fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
HAROLD E. TYLER GEORGE B. OGDEN SANDS S. PIKE,
Selectmen of Middleton.
A true copy.
Attest : GEORGE H. WEBBER, Constable.
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.
ARTICLE 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 from the Highway Fund, pro- vided by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1939 for any of the purposes authorized by said chapter.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and their successors in office to sell at public or private sale any of the property which the Town may have acquired or may hereafter acquire through proceedings based upon the non-payment of taxes or under proceedings for the sale of lands of low value, to impose upon the property so sold such restrictions, reservations or conditions as shall be deemed ex- pedient, and to execute and deliver in the name and under the seal of the Town quitclaim deeds or other in- struments therefor.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of B. Gertrude Hayward and twenty-four others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair and oil Mt. Vernon Street, that portion running from Maple Street to King Street.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of Harold Murphy and thirty-five others to see if the Town will vote to have 700 feet of Lakeview Road, (off Liberty Street) accepted.
ARTICLE 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to placing the Highway Surveyor on a salary.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of Lyman S. Wilkins and sixteen others to see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on and along East Street to the Boxford line and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same.
ARTICLE 16. . To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing a 1} ton dump truck for the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used for the purchase of a
In Memoriam
J. ROY OSBORNE 1902 - 1938 Highway Surveyor 1929-1938 Chief of Fire Department 1938
ALBERT F. HENDERSON 1869-1938 School Committee 1909-1912 Trustee B. F. Emerson Fund 1910-1921
THOMAS R. RAFFERTY 1861-1938 Electric Light Commissioner 1932-35
In Memoriam
ARTHUR M. PEABODY 1864-1938 Cemetery Commissioner 1925-1938 Superintendent of Burials 1923-1937
FRANK B. TYLER 1859-1938 Auditor 1912-1921
MILTON W. BERRY 1871 - 1938 Board of Registrars of Voters 1917-18
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1938
SA
OUNDED I
IN 1728
SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1939
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INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1938
12
Balance Sheet
40
Cemetery Endowment Report
-
-
-
-
48
Cemetery Department
-
-
31
Charities
-
-
28
David Cummings' Fund
51
General Government
15
Health Department
23
Highway Department
24
Henry K. Mansfield Fund
37
Land Owned by the Town
47 32
Municipal Indebtedness
38 31
Protection of Persons and Property
21
School and Library
30
Soldiers and State Aid
29
Town Officers -
8
Town Officers Salaries -
18
Town Treasurer's Account -
-
-
-
42
Unclassified Account
34
PART II
Assessors' Report
71
Dog Officer's Report
70
Electric Light Commissioners Report
77
Fire Department Report -
75
Flint Public Library Fund - -
66
Inspector of Cattle Report -
70
Jurors List
58
Librarian's Report
67
Moth Department Report
59 68
Public Welfare
-
-
-
55
Police Department Report
68 79
Selectmen's Report
61
School Reports -
-
-
85
Tax Collector's Report -
-
-
-
76
Town Clerk's Report -
-
-
72
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Payroll Analysis
Recommendations Finance Committee
-
Middleton Electric Light Account
Park Department
8
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
Moderator
George B. Ogden
Term expires March, 1939
Town Clerk
Wayne A. Giles
Term expires March, 1939
Treasurer
George E. Gifford
Term expires March, 1939
Selectmen
Harold E. Tyler, Chairman
George B. Ogden
Sands S. Pike
Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1939
Board of Public Welfare
Richard Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1940 Austin C. Peabody, Clerk Term expires March, 1941 Term expires March, 1939
Board of Health
Harold E. Tyler
George B. Ogden, Clerk
Sands S. Pike
Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1939
Board of Assessors
William T. Martin, Jr., Chairman Term expires March, 1939 Fred L. Currier, Clerk Term expires March, 1941
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1940
School Committee
Wayne A. Giles, Chairman Term expires March, 1940
Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1941 Raymond W. Silvernail Term expires March, 1939
Highway Surveyor
C. Gordon Curtis Term expires March, 1939
Tax Collector
Granville S. Demeritt Term expires March, 1939
Tree Warden
Burton McGlauflin
Term expires March, 1939
Jessie M. Colbert
9
TOWN OFFICERS
Moth Superintendent
Burton McGlauflin Term expires January, 1939
Constable
George H. Webber Term expires March, 1939
Chief of Police
George H. Webber Term expires May, 1939
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1939
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires March, 1939
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1939
Forest Fire Warden
Wm. H. Young Term expires January, 1939
Chief of Fire Department
Wm. H. Young Term expires May, 1939
Board of Fire Engineers
William H. Sanborn, Chairman Term expires May, 1939
Sefton Earl Term expires May, 1939
Walter Paine Term expires May, 1939
Richard B. Floyd
Term expires May, 1939
William M. Young Term expires May, 1939
Sealer of Weights and Measures
William H. Young Term expires May, 1939
Electric Light Commissioners
A. L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1940
Richard B. Floyd, Clerk Term expires March, 1939
Harold Murphy Resigned Term expires March, 1941
Wm. Morrill Young Term expires March, 1939
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington
Term expires May, 1939
10
TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1941
William R. Godfrey
Term expires March, 1941
Henry A. Young
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Roger F. Clapp
Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1940
Cemetery Commissioners
J. Allen Atwood, Chairman
Term expires March, 1941
George E. Barnaby Term expires March, 1940
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk Term expires March, 1939
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
Oscar Bell
William S. Colton,
Term expires March, 1939
W. W. Richardson
Term expires March, 1939
Frederick E. Burnham
Term expires March, 1940
Registrars of Voters
Edward Coffin
Charles Pasquale
Walter O. Parker
Term expires March, 1939 Term expires March, 1941 Term expires March, 1940
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1939
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Roger F. Clapp George E. Barnaby William R. Godfrey Harley M. Tyler
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1941
Term expires March, 1939
Term expires March, 1939
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1938
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ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Salaries ·
$3,685.00
.
·
$112.28
1,112.28
1,112.28
Town Hall
600.00
$
7.00
607.00
542.02
Police
800.00
56.66
856.66
856.66
Fire
1,700.00
50.75
1,750.75
1,750.75
Moth
1,163.00
72.65
1,002.65
1,002.65
Health
800.00
800.00
694.50
75.00
30.50
Essex Sanatorium
811.03
811.03
811.03
Dental Clinic
325.00
325.00
293.00
Road Machinery Fund
3,570.47
3,933.53
7,504.00
3,918.19
Highway
1,000.00
72.55
1,072.55
1,072.55
Highway, Chapter 81
4,500.00
4,597.55
.05
9,000.05
9,000.05
Highway, Chap. 90, Maint.
1,000.00
724.90
Highway, Chap. 90, Const.
10,896.55
·
.
·
1,700.00*
Snow
3,500.00
504.85
4,004.85
4,004.85
Bridge
200.00
100.35
300.35
300.35
Fencing
100.00
7.86
107.86
107.86
Sidewalks
200.00
200.00
104.40
Tractor
2,800.00
2,800.00
2,800.00
Street Lighting
3,000.00
.
·
.
·
.
120.00
12,120.00
12,000.31
100.00
13.69
Old Age Assistance
9,500.00
102.89
9,602.89
9,602.89
O. A. Asst. Fed. Grant .
8,447.50
8,447.50
8,447.50
.
·
.
·
Town Officers Expenses
.
.
·
.
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
549.74*
Highway, Chapter 500
1,700.00
1,700.00
·
.
·
3,000.00
2,700.00
300.00
Boston Street Lights
750.00
750.00
750.00
Public Welfare
·
12,000.00
·
2,000.00
1,450.26
·
·
7,433.76
32.00
·
3,585.81*
Tree Warden
930.00
1,163.00
1,163.00
$53.05
$ 11.93
$3,685.00
$3,685.00
1,000.00
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
95.60
.
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
O. A. Asst, Fed. G., Adm. Aid Dep. Children, F. G.
$ 32.67
$ 281.55
$ 817.82
$ 248.68
$ 67.14*
Surplus Commodities
350.00
$124.79
474.99
474.99
State Aid
240.00
240.00
80.00
Soldiers' Relief
600.00
160.00
760.00
653.50
School
31,690.00
31,690.00
31,690.00
School Architect, 1937
198.84
198.84
198.84
Vocational Education
300.00
300.00
142.18
Library
600.00
808.34
808.34
Park
200.00
200.00
193.36
6.64
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
242.56
7.44
Insurance
3,150.00
3,150.00
3,117.35
33.65
Contingent Fund
700.00
193.95
893.95
893.95
W. P. A. Projects
3,497.85
157.82
3,655.67
3,200.75
454.92*
Interest .
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,282.71
17.29
Cemetery
700.00
287.35
987.35
979.70
7.65
Cemetery Graves
300.00
392.55
392.55
295.00*
Endowment of Lots
150.00
150.00
150.00
Electric Light Dept.
28.46
34,339.42
34,367.88
32,118.13
1,493.25
756.50*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
2,457.78
1,493.25
3,951.03
2,115.64
1,835.39*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
1,095.50
700.00
1,795.50
309.00
=1,486.50*
Revenue Notes
35,000.00
60,000.00
95,000.00
60,000.00
35,000.00*
Funded Debt .
4,000.00
1,500.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
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·
·
.
.
·
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
70.52*
Reserve Fund .
600.00
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.
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·
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.
13
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ANALYSIS SHEET
Mansfield Fund
26.97
1,062.55
1,089.52
1,018.80
·
·
92.55
Lots and Graves Fund
235.00
60.00
295.00
600.00
500.00
.
·
·
208.34
157.82
106.50
160.00
120.00
$ 120.00
.
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Dog Tax
$ 125.40
$125.40
$ 125.40
County Tax
3,371.91
State Tax
6,638.93
Tax Abatements, Refunds
Estimated Receipts
21,822.28
Accounts Receivable
13,490.83
Tax Title Account
1,282.51
1936 Tax Levy
62.50
1937 Poll Tax
92.00
1937 Excise Tax
468.66
1937 Tax Levy
16,102.38
1938 Poll Tax
854.00
1938 Excise Tax
›
2,886.24
1938 Tax Levy
41,808.42
$228,011.46
$230,224.35
$497.56
* Balance carried forward.
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·
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.
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·
167.22
ANALYSIS SHEET
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1938
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
Current Year:
Property
$43,084 31
Poll
854 00
Previous Year:
Property
16,167 25
Poll
92 00
Tax Title Redemption
1,282 51
From the State:
Corporation
4,129 53
Income
7,186 47
Soldiers' Exemption
65 98
$72,862 05
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
925 00
All Others
125 50
1,050 50
FINES:
District Court
25 00
25 00
16
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
From Federal Government: For Expenses
8,865 93
From State for Education:
Support of Public Schools
542 27
Aid to Industrial Schools 180 00
High School Tuition
2,626 78
High School Transportation
1,461 32
Union Superintendency
231 92
From the State for Other Purposes:
Highways Chapter 81
4,597 55
Inspection of Animals
87 50
From County :
Dog Licenses
208 34
18,801 61
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
3,354 90
3,354 90
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
$ 19 75
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
28 00
Collector 69 80
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall 295 25
$412 80
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Sealing of Weights and Measures 28 24
Insect Pest Extermination 93 68
121 92
17
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND SANITATION:
Tuberculosis
$ 36 43
Dental Clinic
128 35
$164 78
HIGHWAYS:
General
3,933 53
State and County joint maintenance
724 90
State and County joint construction
10,896 55
Snow removal
120 50
Chapter 500
1,700 00
17,375 48
CHARITIES:
Reimbursements for Relief:
From Individuals
281 50
From Cities and Towns
2,443 75
From the State
3,975 56
Reimbursements for Old Age Assistance:
From the State
6,366 26
From Cities and Towns
387 33
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS:
State Aid
310 00
SCHOOLS:
Miscellaneous
37 97
37 97
RECREATION:
Picnic
142 55
142 55
UNCLASSIFIED:
Sale of Land
151 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Electric Light Department:
Sale of Power
31,054 80
Miscellaneous
3,984 62
Public Scales
120 30
13,454 40
310 00
151 00
25,159 72
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
CEMETERIES:
Sale of Lots and Graves
$ 60 00
Care of Lots and Graves
419 00
Care of Endowed Lots
287 35
$766 35
INTEREST:
On deferred taxes
1,059 93
On deferred excise taxes
37 85
On Public Trust Funds:
Mansfield Fund
920 00
Cummings Fund
421 10
2,438 88
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation revenue loans
60,000 00
Loans tractor
1,500 00
AGENCY:
Dog taxes
125 40
Perpetual care funds
150 00
275 40
REFUNDS:
General departments
27 25
27 25
Total Receipts
$228,432 56
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES :
Appropriation
$2,555 00
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen:
Harold E. Tyler
$100 00
George B. Ogden
100 00
A. L. Jones
25 00
Sands S. Pike
75 00
$300 00
61,500
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Assessors:
William T. Martin, Jr.
$225 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
175 00
Fred L. Currier
200 00
$600 00
Registrars:
W. A. Giles
20 00
Walter O. Parker
20 00
Edward Coffin
20 00
Charles Pasquale
20 00
Moderator:
George B. Ogden
25 00
Town Clerk :
Wayne A. Giles
200 00
Town Treasurer:
George E. Gifford
300 00
Town Accountant:
Elmer O. Campbell
400 00
Tax Collector:
Sidney R. Rollins
100 00
Granville S. Demeritt
300 00
400 00
Town Counsel:
Wm. H. McSweeney
250 00
Total expenditures
$2,555 00
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from dental clinic
32 00
Transferred from insurance
32 65
Transferred from sidewalks
23 05
Transferred from reserve fund
24 58
$1,112 28
80 00
20
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
Selectmen:
Supplies and printing
$ 77 21
Postage
13 50
Transportation
104 80
Selectmen's Association dues
8 00
Town Treasurer:
Supplies
24 98
Postage
56 70
Certifying notes
10 00
Safe deposit box
15 00
Tax title deeds
35 33
Land Court
31 25
Assessors :
Supplies and postage
29 98
Abstracts
54 77
Transportation
33 78
Tax Collector:
Supplies and printing
186 31
Tax sale expense
108 20
Tax sale advertisement
67 00
Postage
66 00
427 51
Town Accountant:
Supplies and printing
18 75
Office equipment
39 50
Postage
15 00
Town Clerk:
Supplies and printing
10 45
Postage
13 47
Birth Canvass
38 75
Registrars:
Printing
25 30
25 30
Town Counsel:
Deeds and easements
10 00
10 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Supplies
18 25
18 25
Total expenditures
$1,112 28
300.000
173. 28
$203 51
173 26
118 53
73 25
62 67
21
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation
$600 00
Appropriation-salary Refund
500 00
7 00
$1,107 00
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Young, janitor
500 00
Fuel and light
307 89
Water and telephone
89 07
Repairs
85 03
Supplies
60 03
Total expenditures
1,042 02
Transferred to cemetery
53 05
Transferred to revenue
11 93
$1,107 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$800 00
Transferred from reserve
56 66
EXPENDITURES
Labor
716 30
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
135 83
Supplies
4 53
Total expenditures
856 66
CONSTABLE'S SALARY :
Appropriation
35 00
EXPENDITURES
George H. Webber, salary
35 00
$856 66
35 00
35 00
22
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation Transferred from revenue
$1,700 00
50 75
$1,750 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
388 41
Salary, S. R. Rollins
83 33
Salary, J. R. Osborne
116 67
Salaries, firemen
100 00
Equipment and repairs
273 57
Equipment, forest fires
340 50
Gasoline and oil
42 70
Building maintenance
140 15
Painting building
135 03
Fuel and light
83 51
Office supplies and telephone
46 88
Total expenditures
$1,750 75
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
William H. Young, salary
$100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
$930 00
Transferred from revenue
72 65
$1,002 65
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$924 40
Team
75 00
Supplies
3 25
Total expenditures
$1,002 65
23
HEALTH AND SANITATION
MOTH DEPARTMENT : Appropriation
$1,163 00
Labor
993 00
Team
158 00
Supplies
12 00
Total expenditures
$1,163 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$404 30
Contagious disease cases
6 40
Labor on dump
14 00
Vaccine treatment
74 50
W. A. Giles, agent
40 00
Lillian B. Goodrich, agent
20 00
Recording vital statistics
131 00
Printing
4 30
Total expenditures
694 50
Transferred to contingent
75 00
Transferred to revenue
30 50
$800 00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer
$811 03
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation
$325 00
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally, dentist $293 00
Total expenditures
293 00
Transferred to Town Officers' expenses
32 00
$325 00
EXPENDITURES
$811 03
24
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING-SALARY :
Appropriation $25 00
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