Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1939, Part 1

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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 281 7


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1939


FOUNDED


JX 1728


FLINT


MIDDLETON


PUBLIC


RY


LIBRA


SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1940


Town Meeting Warrant


FLINT


MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY


The 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 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, 1940, 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 Town will vote to accept $1,000.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Depart- ment for the year 1940. The same to be used as a credit to reduce the original appropriation of $4,500.00.


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 $2,500.00 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. (a) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 for the mainte- nance of Chapter 81-Roads; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by Federal, State or County, or all, for this purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto.


(b) To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of $1, 700.00 from the Chapter 90 (Maple Street construction account) to Chapter 81 maintenance.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 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 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 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 for the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.


ARTICLE 12. On petition of J. W. Osborne and 22 others, to see if the Town will elect Selectmen for a term of 3 years. For the purpose of effectuating this plan, in the year 1941 there shall be Selectmen elected for the following terms : one for 3 years, one for 2 years, one for 1 year and thereafter as their terms shall ex- pire they shall be elected each for the term of 3 years.


ARTICLE 13. On petition of Arthur H. Teague and 27 others to see if the Town will vote to accept the follow- ing laid out streets and avenues according to L. L. Carons Plan No. 7. Haswell Park Annex and Haswell Park Plan dated September 24, 1897 by J. F. Reynolds as recorded at the Registry of Deeds at Salem, Mass., Book No. 11, page 4. (Haynes, Newcomb, Weaver, Stevens, Cherry, Pine, Fern, Park, Birch, Hazel, Walnut, Poplar, Cedar, Grove, Ash, Oak, Sagamore, Beech and Chestnut Avenues.) The funds to develop said Aven- ues to be obtained through a W. P. A. project.


ARTICLE 14. To see if the refund of the dog taxes shall be transferred to the Library Fund.


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, one Trustee of the Flint Public Library for one year, 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 Com- missioner 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 thirteenth day of February in the year nf our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty.


ARCHIBALD L. JONES, HAROLD E. TYLER, FRED L. CURRIER,


Selectmen of Middleton.


A true copy.


Attest : GEORGE H. WEBBER, Constable.


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WILLIAM R. GODFREY 1866-1939 Trustee Flint Public Library, 1914-1939 Trustee B. F. Emerson Fund


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1939


FLINT


MIDDLETON


PUBLIC LIBRARY


OUNDED IN 1728


SALEM, MASS THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1940


INDEX


Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1939


- 10


Balance Sheet


37


Cemetery Endowment Report


-


45


Cemetery Department


-


-


-


29


Charities


25


David Cummings' Fund


48


General Government -


13


Health Department -


21


Highway Department


22


Land Owned by the Town


44


Middleton Electric Light Account


35 33


Municipal Indebtedness


19


School and Library


28


Soldiers and State Aid


-


27 6


Town Officers Salaries -


16


Town Treasurer's Account -


-


-


39


Unclassified Account


30


PART II


Assessors' Report


72


Dog Officer's Report


-


73


Electric Light Commissioners Report


65


Fire Department Report -


68


Flint Public Library Fund -


54


Highway Department Report


58 70


Jurors List -


53 55


Public Welfare -


67


Payroll Analysis -


50


Police Department Report


69


Recommendations Finance Committee


74 56


School Reports -


-


.


-


79


Tax Collector's Report -


-


-


-


-


71


Town Clerk's Report -


-


-


-


60


-


-


-


-


-


Inspector of Cattle Report


Librarian's Report -


Selectmen's Report


-


Protection of Persons and Property


Town Officers - -


-


6


TOWN OFFICERS


Town Officers


George B. Ogden


Moderator Term expires March, 1940


Town Clerk


J. Warren Osborne


Term expires March, 1940


Treasurer


George E. Gifford


Term expires March, 1940


Selectmen


Archibald L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1940 Harold E. Tyler Term expires March, 1940 Fred Currier, Clerk Term expires March, 1940


Board of Public Welfare


Richard Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1940 Austin C. Peabody, Clerk Term expires March, 1941 Jessie M. Colbert Term expires March, 1942


Board of Health


Harold E. Tyler


Fred L. Currier, Clerk


Archibald L. Jones


Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1940 Term expires March, 1940


Board of Assessors


William T. Martin, Jr., Chairman Term expires March, 1942 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, 1942


Highway Surveyor


C. Gordon Curtis Term expires March, 1940


Tax Collector


Granville S. Demeritt Term expires March, 1940


Tree Warden


Burton McGlauflin


Term expires March, 1940


7


TOWN OFFICERS


Moth Superintendent


Burton McGlauflin Term expires January, 1940


Constable


George H. Webber


Term expires March, 1940


Chief of Police


George H. Webber Term expires May, 1940


Superintendent of Burial


Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1940


Inspector of Animals


Lyman S. Wilkins Term expires May, 1940


Inspector of Slaughtering


H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1940


Town Accountant


Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1942


Forest Fire Warden


Wm. H. Young Term expires January, 1940


Chief of Fire Department


Wm. H. Young Term expires May, 1940


Board of Fire Engineers


William H. Sanborn, Chairman Term expires May, 1940


Sefton Earl


Term expires May, 1940


Walter Paine Term expires May, 1940


Richard B. Floyd


Term expires May, 1940


William M. Young Term expires May, 1940


Sealer of Weights and Measures


William H. Young Term expires May, 1940


Electric Light Commissioners


Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1942


Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1941


A. L. Jones Term expires March, 1940


Electric Light Manager


A. B. Harrington Term expires May, 1940


8


TOWN OFFICERS


Trustees Flint Public Library


George E. Barnaby


Austin C. Peabody


Henry A. Young


William H. Sanborn


Term expires March, 1942


Harley M. Tyler


Term expires March, 1940


Roger F. Clapp


Term expires March, 1940


Cemetery Commissioners


J. Allen Atwood, Chairman


George E. Barnaby


Term expires March, 1941 Term expires March, 1940


Austin C. Peabody, Clerk


Term expires March, 1942


Finance Committee


H. M. Richardson, Chairman


Term expires March, 1940


Oscar Bell


Term expires March, 1941


William S. Colton,


Term expires March, 1942


W. W. Richardson


Term expires March, 1942


Frederick E. Burnham


Term expires March, 1940


Registrars of Voters


Edward Coffin Term expires March, 1942 Charles Pasquale Term expires March, 1941 Walter O. Parker Term expires March, 1940


Town Counsel


William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1940


TRUSTEES


B. F. Emerson Fund


Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Roger F. Clapp George E. Barnaby William H. Sanborn Harley M. Tyler


Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.


David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare


Term expires March, 1941 Term expires March, 1940


Term expires March, 1942


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending, December 31, 1939


10


ANALYSIS SHEET


Balance and Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred From


Balance to Revenue


Town Officers Salaries


·


.


$200.00


1,790.00


1,790.00


Town Hall


600.00


600.00


485.14


$ 114.86


Police


850.00


850.00


830.74


19.26


Fire


2,200.00


73.73


2,273.73


2,273.01


72


Moth


873.45


873.45


873.45


Tree Warden


100.00


100.00


100.00


Health


900.00


900.00


881.34


18.66


Essex Sanatorium


906.97


906.97


906.97


Dental Clinic


325.00


325.00


325.00


Road Machinery Fund


3,585.81


$3,264.93


6,850.74


2,635.40


4,215.34*


High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.


1,549.74


275.10


1.07


2,550.81


2,550.81


High'y, Chp. 90, Boston St. Cons.


9,275.63


12,707.79


13,743.29


High'y, Chp. 90, Maple St. Cons.


2,000.00


2,000.00


Highway, Chapter 81


4,500.00


4,328.80


9,000.00


8,999.95


05


Snow


3,500.00


214.03


3,714.03


3,714.08


Fencing


100.00


100.00


100.00


Sidewalks


100.00


100.00


92.85


Bridge


500.00


2.31


502.31


502.31


Street Lighting


3,180.00


3,180.00


3,180.00


Public Welfare


12,500.00


12,500.00


12,498.72


1.28


Aid Dep. Children


550.00


164.05


714.05


627.19


86.86


Aid Dep. Children, Adm.


13.17


.


·


.


13.17*


Old Age Assistance


11,200.00


9,004.25


.


20,204.25


20,198.09


6.16


.


.


.


.


ANALYSIS SHEET


.


·


·


.


·


.


·


.


·


·


·


.


·


.


·


.


·


.


·


.


·


·


·


$300.00


1,700.00*


Highway, Chapter 232


4,388.25


·


4,388.25


Highway


1,000.00


13.86


1,013.86


1,013.86


.


Town Officers Expenses .


$3,840.00


$3,840.00


$3,840.00


1,590.00


·


·


.


.


.


·


.


7.15


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance and Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred From


Balance to Revenue


O. A. Asst, Fed. G., Adm.


69.14


$ 300.08


·


.


$ 369.22


$ 266.89


$ 102.38*


Surplus Commodities


500.00


500.00


500.00


State Aid


100.00


100.00


100.00


School


30,000.00


$ 165.00


30,165.00


30,164.84


.16


Vocational Education


500.00


500.00


498.14


1.86


Library


600.00


600.00


600.00


Park


200.00


200.00


117.25


82.75


American Legion


150.00


150.00


139.74


10.26


Memorial Day


250.00


250.00


236.70


13.30


Insurance


1,500.00


10.00


1,510.00


1,510.00


25.02


Mansfield Fund


70.72


808.05


878.77


860.25


18.52*


Reserve Fund .


600.00


3,754.92


2,485.25


1,269.67


Interest .


1,300.00


1,300.00


1,079.17


20.83


Cemetery


900.00


221.95


1,121.95


1,120.84


1.11


Cemetery Graves


400.00


400.00


391.75


8.25


Lots and Graves Fund


295.00


75.00


370.00


·


·


756.50


35,572.07


36,328.57


33,948.05


2,380.52


Electric Light Deprecia'n


1,835.39


1,630.52


3,465.91


2,171.70


1,294.20*


Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits


1,486.50


575.00


2,061.50


405.00


1,656.50*


Revenue Notes


35,000.00


60,000.00


4,000.00


4,000.00


Dog Tax


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


600.00


561.95


·


·


.


.


·


·


·


.


.


ANALYSIS SHEET


·


.


.


60,000.00


35,000.00


Funded Debt


4,000.00


597.60


597.60


.


.


.


.


.


Soldiers' Relief


600.00


.


.


$ 600.00


W. P. A. Projects


3,754.92


Contingent Fund


700.00


130.00


830.00


804.98


370.00*


Endowment of Lots


Electric Light Dept.


450.00


450.00


200.00


·


.


38.05


11


12


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance and Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred From


Balance to Revenue


County Tax .


State Tax


Tax Abatements, Refunds


Estimated Receipts


$21,097.40


Accounts Receivable


14,608.86


Tax Title Account


2,953.44


1936 Tax Levy


59.95


1937 Poll Tax


20.00


1937 Excise Tax


103.27


1937 Tax Levy


137.87


1938 Poll Tax


459.30


1938 Excise Tax


112.00


1938 Tax Levy


19,305.60


1939 Poll Tax .


938.00


1939 Excise Tax


3,070.92


1939 Tax Levy .


35,509.70


1939 Personal Prop. Tax


1,012.50


$228,712.74


$235,139.57


$456.59


.


.


.


610.76


.


.


.


·


* Balance carried forward.


ANALYSIS SHEET


.


.


·


$3,112.29


6,244.27


13


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1939


RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE


TAXES :


CURRENT YEAR:


Property


$37,818 99


Poll


938 00


PREVIOUS YEAR:


Property


19,503 42


Poll


132 00


Tax Title Redemptions


2,953 44


FROM THE STATE:


Corporation


3,384 26


Income


5,494 20


Soldiers' Exemption


32 43


$70,256 74


LICENSES AND PERMITS:


Liquor


$1,325 00


All Other


135 50


$1,460 50


FINES :


District Court


$400 00


$400 00


GRANTS AND GIFTS :


FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: For expenses $9,481 55


$9,481 55


14


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:


Support of Public Schools


$1,437 73


Aid to Industrial Schools


225 55


High School Tuition


3,385 96


High School Transportation


1,311 88


Union Superintendency


234 07


FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:


Highways, Chapter 81


$4,328 80


Inspector of Animals


87 50


$20,493 04


PRIVILEGES :


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


$3,629 36


$3,629 36


DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXECUTIVE :


Selectmen


$28 00


FINANCIAL :


Treasurer


32 62


Collector


47 40


MUNICIPAL BUILDING :


Town Hall


350 20


$458 22


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :


Sealing of weights and measures 28 87


$28 87


HEALTH AND SANITATION :


Tuberculosis


$222 14


Refunds from County


108 50


Dental Clinic


124 25


$454 89


15


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


HIGHWAY :


General


$3,264 93


State maintenance


275 10


State and County, joint construction


9,275 63


Chapter 232


4,388 25


$17,203 91


CHARITIES :


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:


From Cities and Towns


3,302 80


From State


3,682 95


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN: From State 733 38


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:


From other Cities and Towns


267 50


From State


6,329 09


$14,315 72


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :


State aid


80 00


Soldiers' relief


89 00


169 00


SCHOOLS :


Ticket


1 00


1 00


RECREATION :


Picnic


50 65


50 65


UNCLASSIFIED :


Sale of land


70 00


Lease old school


3 00


73 00


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:


Sale of power


34,901 42


Miscellaneous


1,245 65


PUBLIC SCALES


53 50


$36,200 57


16


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


CEMETERIES :


Sale of lots and graves


75 00


Opening Graves Care of endowed lots


221 95


714 95


INTEREST :


On deferred taxes


943 54


On excise taxes


15 92


ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:


Mansfield Fund


757 40


Cummings Fund


413 79


2,130 65


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS :


Anticipation revenue loans


60,000 00


60,000 00


AGENCY :


Dog taxes


597 60


Perpetual care funds


450 00


1,047 60


REFUNDS :


General departments


33 73


Motor vehicle excise abatement


4 13


37 90


Total receipts


$229,126 53


EXPENDITURES


DEPARTMENTAL


TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES :


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


SELECTMEN:


Harold E. Tyler


$100 00


George B. Ogden


25 00


Fred L. Currier


75 00


Sands S. Pike


25 00


A. L. Jones


75 00


$300 00


$2,685 00


418 00


17


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ASSESSORS:


Wm. T. Martin, Jr.


$225 00


Fred L. Currier


200 00


Lyman S. Wilkins


175 00


$600 00


REGISTRARS:


W. A. Giles


$ 15 00


Edward Coffin


15 00


Walter Parker


15 00


Charles Pasquale


15 00


$60 00


MODERATOR:


George B. Ogden


$25 00


TOWN CLERK:


W. A. Giles


$ 50 00


J. W. Osborne


150 00


200 00


TOWN TREASURER: George E. Gifford


300 00


TOWN ACCOUNTANT:


Elmer O. Campbell


400 00


TAX COLLECTOR:


G. S. Demeritt


400 00


TOWN COUNSEL:


Wm. H. McSweeney


250 00


ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS:


Wm. M. Young


12 50


Charles Bates


37 50


Richard B. Floyd


50 00


A. L. Jones


50 00


Total expenditures


$2,685 00


TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :


Appropriation


$1,140 00


Special appropriation


450 00


Transferred from reserve


200 00


150 00


1,790 00


18


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXPENDITURES


SELECTMEN:


Supplies and printing


79 10


Postage


19 25


Transportation


101 41


Selectmen Association, dues


6 00


Court appearances


46 65


TOWN TREASURER:


Supplies


22 05


Postage


86 72


Certifying Notes


6 00


Safe Deposit Box


15 00


Tax Title expenses


373 20


Land Court


60 00


Office equipment


63 50


ASSESSORS :


Supplies and postage


54 19


Abstracts


40 86


Transportation


26 30


Court appearances


54 70


176 05


TAX COLLECTOR:


Supplies and printing


126 42


Postage


91 00


Tax sale expenses


153 12


370 54


TOWN ACCOUNTANT:


Supplies and printing


$37 49


Postage


9 00


46 49


TOWN CLERK:


Supplies and printing


$114 58


Postage


12 40


Birth canvass


38 91


REGISTRARS:


Supplies and printing


$65 75


Listing


71 00


165 89


136 75


252 41


625 47


19


PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


TOWN COUNSEL: Easements


$8 10


$8 10


FINANCE COMMITTEE: Printing and postage


$8 30


8 30


Total expenditures


$1,790 00


TOWN HALL :


Appropriation


$600 00


Appropriation, salary


500 00


$1,100 00


EXPENDITURES


H. A. Young, Janitor


$500 00


Fuel and light


196 64


Water and telephone


82 55


Repairs


140 42


Supplies


65 53


Total expenditures


$985 14


Transferred to revenue


114 86


$1,100 00


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


POLICE DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$850 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$582 10


Automobile repairs, gas, oil


154 10


Equipment


94 54


Total expenditures


$830 74


Transferred to revenue


19 26


$850 00


CONSTABLE'S SALARY :


Appropriation


$35 00


EXPENDITURES


35 00


George H. Webber, salary


20


PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


FIRE DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$2,000 00


Special appropriation


200 00


Transferred from reserve fund


73 73


$2,273 73


EXPENDITURES


Salary, Wm. H. Young


$187 50


66 C. G. Curtis,


12 50


Salaries, firemen


100 00


Labor


944 25


Equipment and repairs


669 08


Equipment, forest fires


7 70


Gasoline and oil


67 14


Building maintenance


136 12


Fuel and light


84 84


Office supplies and telephone


40 20


Medical services


8 00


Lunches


15 68


Total expenditures


$2,273 01


Transferred to revenue


72


$2,273 73


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :


Appropriation


$100 00


Wm. H. Young, salary


$100 00


TREE WARDEN :


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$89 80


Team


10 00


Supplies


· 20


Total expenditures $100 00


EXPENDITURES


21


HEALTH AND SANITATION


MOTH DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$873 45


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$740 00


Team


123 00


Supplies


10 45


Total expenditures


$873 45


HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$700 00


Special appropriation


200 00


$900 00


EXPENDITURES


Essex Sanatorium, care of patients


$452 40


Contagious disease cases


3 00


Labor on dump


12 00


Dog cases-officers and expenses


226 94


W. A. Giles, agent


40 00


Lillian B. Goodrich, agent


20 00


Recording Vital Statistics


127 00


Total expenditures


$881 34


Transferred to revenue


18 66


$900 00


ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


County Treasurer


$906 97


DENTAL CLINIC :


Appropriation


$325 00


EXPENDITURES


$906 97


Dr. W. J. S. McNally, dentist $325 00


22


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING-SALARY : Appropriation $50 00


EXPENDITURES


H. Bray Wilkins, salary $50 00


CATTLE INSPECTOR SALARY :


Appropriation


$175 00


EXPENDITURES


Lyman S. Wilkins


$175 00


HIGHWAYS


HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81 :


Appropriation


$4500 00


Received or due from State


4500 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$3,822 10


Truck hire


1,261 50


Roller hire


41 00


Sand, stone and gravel


466 59


Tarvia and asphalt


2,189 07


Supplies


54 29


Signs


21 00


Transferred to road machinery fund


1,144 40


Total expenditures


$8,999 95


Transferred to revenue


05


$9,000 00


HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE :


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Received or due from State


1,000 00


Balance Jan. 1, 1939


549 74


Transferred from reserve


1 07


$2,550 81


$9,000 00


23


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$747 00


Truck hire


243 00


Roller hire


181 50


Sand, stone and gravel


147 21


Tarvia and asphalt


1,103 30


Supplies


56 40


Transferred to road machinery fund


72 40


Total expenditures


$2,550 81


HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-BOSTON STREET :


Balance January 1, 1939


$1,222 07


Received and due from State


8,561 62


Received and due from County


2,853 28


$12,636 97


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$4,168 75


Truck hire


982 01


Roller hire


386 05


Compressor hire


3 00


Sand, stone and gravel


1,413 63


Tarvia and asphalt


4,525 02


Supplies


663 33


Transferred to road machinery fund


826 50


Land takings


775 00


Total expenditures


$13,743 29


Overdraft


1,106 32


$12,636 77


HIGHWAY :


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Transferred from reserve


13 86


$1,013 86


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$646 20


Truck hire


108 00


Sand, stone and gravel


40 58


Supplies


23 38


Transferred to road machinery fund


195 70


Total expenditures


$1,013 86


24


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


BRIDGES :


Appropriation


$500 00 2 31


Transferred from reserve


$502 31


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$106 40


Supplies


395 91


Total expenditures


$502 31


FENCING :


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$28 00


Truck hire


72 00


Total expenditures


$100 00


SIDEWALKS :


Appropriation


$100 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$81 50


Truck hire


6 00


Tarvia


5 35


Total expenditures


92 85


Transferred to revenue


7 15


$100 00


SNOW :


Appropriation


$3,500 00


Transferred from Interest


200 00


Transferred from reserve


14 03


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$1,596 10


Truck hire


902 10


Sand


94 73


Gasoline and supplies


72 50


State Highway


25 00


Transferred to road machinery fund


1,023 60


Total expenditures


$3,714 03


$3,714 03


25


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


ROAD MACHINERY FUND :


Balance Jan. 1, 1939


$3,585 81


Transferred from Highway department


3,262 60


Received from Georgetown


2 33


$6,850 74


EXPENDITURES


Gasoline and oil


$905 08


Repairs and parts


699 66


Equipment


101 93


Storage


144 00


Insurance and registration


14 00


Supplies


20 73


Note on tractor


750 00


Total expenditures


$2,635 40


Balance carried forward


4,215 34


$6,850 74


STREET LIGHTING :


Appropriation


$3,180 00


EXPENDITURES


Middleton Electric Lighting Dept.


$3,180 00


CHARITIES


PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES :


Appropriation $250 00


EXPENDITURES


A. C. Peabody, clerk


$100 00


R. B. Floyd


75 00


Jessie M. Colbert


75 00


$250 00


PUBLIC WELFARE :


Appropriation


$10,000 00


Special appropriation


2,500 00


$12,500 00


26


CHARITIES ACCOUNT


EXPENDITURES


GENERAL EXPENSES:


Transportation-investigation


$ 8 00


Supplies, postage, telephone


51 26


59 26


Cash payment


$3,778 50


Groceries, food, clothing etc.


6,686 11


Medical aid


1,066 34


Other towns


1,363 51


Burial expenses


100 00


Miscellaneous expense


45 00


$12,439 46


Total expenditures


12,498 72


Transferred to revenue


1 28


$12,500 00


AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN :


Appropriation


$550 00


Federal grant


164 05


EXPENDITURES


Cash payments


$627 19


Transferred to revenue


86 86


$714 05


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE :


Appropriation


$10,000 00


Special appropriation


1,200 00


Federal grant


9,004 25


$20,204 25


EXPENDITURES


Cash payments


$19,723 03


Burial expenses


100 00


Other towns


375 06


Total expenditures


$20,198 09


Transferred to revenue


6 16


$20,204 25


$714 05


27


SOLDIERS' RELIEF


OLD AGE ASST. ADMINISTRATION FED. GRANT :


Balance Jan. 1, 1939


$69 14


Federal grant


300 08


$369 22


EXPENDITURES


A. C. Peabody, agent


$156 00


J. M. Colbert, visiting


56 32


Transportation


36 41


Supplies


18 16


Total expenditures


266.89


Balance carried forward


102 93


$369 22


SURPLUS COMMODITIES :


Appropriation


$400 00


Special appropriation


100 00


EXPENDITURES


Trucking


229 00


Distribution


95 78


Supplies


14 43


Commissary charge


160 79


Total expenditures


$500 00


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


STATE AID :


Appropriation


$100 00


On orders


$100 00


SOLDIERS' RELIEF :


Appropriation


EXPENDITURES


On order


$561 95


Transferred to revenue


38 05


$600 00


$600 00


EXPENDITURES


$500 00


28


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SCHOOLS


VOCATIONAL EDUCATION :


Appropriation


$500 00


EXPENDITURES


Tuition


$398 14


Transportation


100 00


Total expenditure


$498 14




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