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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 - -
-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.
.
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
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·
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·
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·
·
·
$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
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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
.
.
.
.
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.
.
600.00
561.95
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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.
.
60,000.00
35,000.00
Funded Debt
4,000.00
597.60
597.60
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.
.
.
.
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
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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
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.
.
610.76
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.
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* Balance carried forward.
ANALYSIS SHEET
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·
$3,112.29
6,244.27
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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