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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 371 6
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1940
NDED IN 17
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBR ARY
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1941
GEORGE H. WEBBER Constable and Chief of Police 1937-1940
J. ALLEN ATWOOD Superintendent Buriels 1909-1929 Library Trustee 1902-1905 Cummings Fund Trustee 1915-1933 Cemetery Commissioner 1932-1940
CHARLES GORDON CURTIS Highway Surveyor Deputy Fire Chief 1939-1940
BURTON McGLAUFLIN Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent 1922-1940
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1940
FOUNDED IN 1728 600
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1941
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1939
10
Balance Sheet
40
Cemetery Endowment Report
48
Cemetery Department
33
Charities
27
David Cummings' Fund
51
General Government
13
Health Department
22
Highway Department
23
Land Owned by the Town
47
Middleton Electric Light Account
38 37
Municipal Indebtedness
20
School and Library
31
Soldiers and State Aid
30
Town Officers
6
Town Officers Salaries
16
Town Treasurer's Account
42
Unclassified Account
34
PART II
Assessors' Report
Į
- 82
Dog Officer's Report
83
Electric Light Commissioners Report
75
Fire Department Report -
77
Flint Public Library Fund -
60 80
Forest Warden's Report
65
Inspector of Cattle Report
78
Jurors List
59
Librarian's Report -
61
Public Welfare
-
76
Payroll Analysis
55
Police Department Report
79
Recommendations Finance Committee
85
Sealer of Weights Report
84
Selectmen's Report
63
School Reports -
91
Tax Collector's Report
-
-
81
Town Hall Report
-
84
Town Clerk's Report
68
-
Protection of Persons and Property
-
-
Highway Department Report
6
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
George B. Ogden
Moderator Term expires March, 1941
Town Clerk
Term expires March, 1941
Treasurer
George E. Gifford
Term expires March, 1941
Selectmen
Fred Currier, Chairman
Term expires March, 1941
Archibald L. Jones, Term expires March, 1941
Seaver L. Macdonald, Clerk Term expires March, 1941
Board of Public Welfare
Richard Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 Austin C. Peabody, Clerk Term expires March, 1941 Jessie M. Colbert Term expires March, 1942
Board of Health
Seaver L. Macdonald
Fred L. Currier
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 Term expires March, 1943
Lyman S. Wilkins
School Committee
Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman Term expires March, 1942
Seaver L. Macdonald Term expires March, 1943
Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1941
Highway Surveyor
Benj. F. Ogden
Term expires March, 1941
Tax Collector
Harold E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1941
Tree Warden
Albert A. Sheldon
Term expires March, 1941
J. Warren Osborne
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TOWN OFFICERS
Moth Superintendent
Albert Sheldon Term expires January, 1941
Constable
Walter H. Milbury
Term expires March, 1941
Chief of Police
Walter H. Milbury Term expires May, 1941
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1941
Inspector of Animals
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1941
Inspector of Slaughtering
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1941
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1942
Forest Fire Warden
Benj. F. Ogden Term expires January, 1941
Chief of Fire Department
Wm. H. Young Term expires May, 1941
Board of Fire Engineers
William H. Sanborn, Chairman Term expires May, 1941
Walter Paine Term expires May, 1941
Richard B. Floyd Term expires May, 1941
William M. Young Term expires May, 1941
Sealer of Weights and Measures
William H. Young Term expires May, 1941
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1942
Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1941
A. L. Jones Term expires March, 1943
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington
Term expires May, 1941
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Austin C. Peabody
Henry A. Young
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Term expires March, 1943
Term expires March, 1943
Cemetery Commissioners
J. Allen Atwood, Chairman
George E. Barnaby
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk
Term expires March, 1942
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
Term expires March, 1943
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, 1943
Registrars of Voters
Edward Coffin
Charles Pasquale
Walter O. Parker
Term expires March, 1942 Term expires March, 1941 Term expires March, 1943
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1941
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
J. Warren Osborne
Term expires March, 1941
Term expires March, 1941
Term expires March, 1942
Term expires March, 1942
Term expires March, 1941 Term expires March, 1943
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1940
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ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Expenses .
1,700.00
·
.
$421.46
2,121.46
2,121.46
Town Hall
600.00
163.05
763.05
763.05
Police
·
.
·
·
2,005.65
1,955.89
49.76
Moth
873.45
28.00
901.45
901.45
7.94
Tree Warden Health
1,200.00
20.80
9.62
1,220.80
1,230.42
Essex Sanatorium
934.44
934.44
934.44
Dental Clinic
400.00
400.00
400.00
Road Machinery Fund
4,215.34
2,155.54
6,370.58
2,591.16
3,779.42*
Highway .
500.00
240.00
740.00
727.94
12.06
Highway, Chapter 81
2,800.00
4,713.76
1,700.00
9,000.00
9,000.00
High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.
1,500.00
2,720.00
3,220.00
2,580.00
640.00
High'y, Chp. 90, Boston St. Cons.
1,269.92
2,324.27
348.60
263.60
High'y, Chp. 90, Maple St. Cons.
1,700.00
4,388.25
4,388.25
4,388.25
Fencing
.
Bridge
300.00
1.16
301.16
301.16
Sidewalks
100.00
4,000.00
400.00
4,400.00
5,083.99
Street Lighting
3,360.00
·
·
·
·
10,001.50
9,885.78
115.72
Old Age Assistance
12,120.00
9,653.52
460.00
22,213.52
22,201.82
11.70
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
102.33
337.15
13.17
452.65
375.00
77.65*
Aid Depend't Children .
550.00
·
.
.
.
·
.
·
·
850.00
849.99
01
Fire
.
2,000.00
5.65
150.00
250.00
242.06
·
·
.
.
.
100.00
100.00
Snow
.
.
.
.
Public Welfare
·
.
10,000.00
1.50
.
.
1,700.00
1,700.00
Highway, Chapter 504
100.00
100.00
100.00
·
ANALYSIS SHEET
Town Officers Salaries .
$3,976.00
$3,976.00
$3,925.96
$50.04
·
850.00
·
·
·
·
·
3,360.00
3,360.00
85
100.00
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Surplus Commodities
·
.
·
$100.00
$ 600.00
$ 599.54
$ 46.00
State Aid
100.00
.
350.00
950.00
927.50
22.50
School
30,000.00
·
·
·
30,000.00
29,222.14
777.86
Vocational Education
650.00
650.00
621.88
28.12
Library
500.00
575.71
1,075.71
1,075.71
Park
200.00
50.00
250.00
250.00
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
238.70
11.30
Insurance
1,250.00
1,250.00
1,250.00
211.35*
American Legion
150.00
Contingent Fund
1,000.00
.87
1,000.87
1,000.87
$ 100.00
50.00
Reserve Fund
600.00
100.00
700.00
646.16
646.16
53.84
Mansfield Fund
18.52
910.00
928.52
718.19
210.33*
Cemetery
800.00
307.95
1,107.95
1,106.69
1.26
Cemetery Graves
400.00
400.00
346.32
53.68
Lots and Graves Fund
370.00
170.00
565.00
Endowment of Lots
280.00
280.00
280.00
Interest
1,000.00
1,000.00
910.50
89.50
Electric Light Dept.
35,901 87
35,901 87
33,228 56
1,733 65
939 66*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
1,294.21
1,733 65
3,027 86
3,027 86*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
1,656.50
540 00
2,196 50
893 50
1,803 00*
Revenue Notes
35,000.00
50,000.00
85,000.00
60,000.00
25,000.00*
Funded Debt
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Dog Tax .
478.40
478.40
5,516.85
6.04*
.
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.
.
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
·
.
.
·
·
·
.
.
·
·
State Tax
·
·
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
11
.
W. P. A. Projects
3,769.67
3,769.67
3,558.32
600.00
100.00
100.00
Soldiers' Relief
$500.00
25.00
565.00*
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
County Tax
Tax Abatements, Refunds
Estimated Receipts
$21,378.14
Accounts Receivable
15,586.41
Tax Title Account
2,239.62
O. A. Assist. Reimburs't
1,222.00
271.67
950.33
1937 Tax Levy
60.20
1938 Excise Tax
37.00
1938 Poll Tax .
16.00
1938 Tax Levy
492.63
1939 Excise Tax
·
463.76
1939 Poll Tax .
66.00
1939 Tax Levy
25,144.76
1939 Personal Prop. Tax
1,665.14
1940 Excise Tax
3,467.68
1940 Poll Tax .
886.00
1940 Tax Levy .
40,681.12
1940 Personal Prop. Tax
1,987.39
$227,715.92
$215,786.37
$1,380.61
.
.
406.76
·
.
.
·
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
* Balance carried forward.
ANALYSIS SHEET
$3,227.80
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1940
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
Poll
$ 43,335 79 886 00
PREVIOUS YEAR:
Property
27,362 73
Poll
82 00
Tax title redemptions
2,239 62
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
4,045 47
Income
6,364 38
Soldiers' exemption
48 95
$84,364 94
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
$1,325 00
All others
102 00
$1,427 00
FINES :
District Court
$30 00
$30 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS : FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
For expenses $10,160 67
$10,160 67
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:
Support of Public Schools
$1,235 95
Aid to Industrial Schools
232 06
High School tuition
2,824 68
High School transportation
1,311 88
Union superintendency
225 21
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway Chapter 81
4,713 76
Inspector of Animals
87 50
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
$575 71
$21,486 71
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE:
Cancelled checks
$189 00
$189 00
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$3,968 44
$3,968 44
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
$ 34 00
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
47 49
Collector
45 70
MUNICIPAL BUILDING :
Town Hall 379 80
$506 99
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Fire 5 65
Moth
48 65
$54 30
15
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis
$225 09
Vaccine refunds
30 00
Dental clinic
139 50
$394 59
HIGHWAY :
General
$2,155 24
State and County joint maintenance
2,720 00
construction
2,139 27
Chapter 504
4,388 25
$11,402 76
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From individuals
$ 1 50
From other Cities and Towns
3,139 14
From State
4,439 74
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
From State 209 17
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From individual
1,222 00
From other Cities and Towns
368 14
From State
7,189 23
$16,568 92
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :
State aid
$100 00
Soldiers' relief
36 70
$136 70
SCHOOLS :
Sale, old desks
$42 00
UNCLASSIFIED :
Sale of land
$ 95 00
Boiler insurance, old school
410 00
Sale of flags
3 50
$42 00
$508 50
16
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES : ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of power
$34,933 19
Miscellaneous
1,508 68
PUBLIC SCALES
22 90
$36,464 77
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
$170 00
Care “. .. ..
473 00
66 endowed lots
307 95
$950 95
INTEREST :
On deferred taxes
$893 50
"excise taxes
17 45
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
910 00
Cummings fund
393 88
Library
588 93
$2,803 76
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS :
Anticipation revenue loans
50,000 00
$50,000 00
AGENCY :
Dog taxes
478 40
Perpetual care funds
280 00
$758 40
EXPENDITURES DEPARTMENTAL
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES : Appropriation
$2,821 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Fred L. Currier
$100 00
A. L. Jones
100 00
Harold E. Tyler
41 66
Seaver L. Macdonald
41 66
283 32
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ASSESSORS:
Wm. T. Martin, Jr.
$275 00
Fred L. Currier
200 00
Lyman S. Wilkins
175 00
$650 00
REGISTRARS :
Edward Coffin
$24 00
Walter Parker
24 00
Charles Pasquale
24 00
J. W. Osborne
24 00
96 00
MODERATOR :
George B. Ogden
25 00
TOWN CLERK:
J. W. Osborne
200 00
TOWN TREASURER:
George E. Gifford
300 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Elmer O. Campbell
400 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
G. S. Demeritt
$100 00
H. E. Tyler
266 64
366 64
TOWN COUNSEL:
Wm. H. McSweeney
300 00
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS:
Charles Bates
$50 00
Richard B. Floyd
50 00
A. L. Jones
50 00
150 00
Total expenditures
$2,770 96
Transferred to revenue
$50 04
$2,821 00
18
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$1,400 00
Special appropriation
421 46
Transferred from reserve
300 00
$2,121 46
SELECTMEN:
Supplies and printing
105 09
Postage
24 50
Transportation
84 65
Expense at hearings
124 19
Office equipment
60 00
Selectmens' Association, dues
6 00
404 43
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
26 15
Postage
82 52
Certfying notes
4 00
Safe deposit box
15 00
Tax title expenses
103 49
Land Court
2 00
ASSESSORS:
Supplies and postage
78 65
Abstracts
42 00
Transportation
17 10
Tax appeal cases
169 26
Office equipment
56 50
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and printing
149 29
Postage
89 75
Tax sale expense
372 40
Expense to meetings
23 54
Office equipment
242 50
Moving safe
24 00
901 48
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies and printing
52 70
Postage
8 50
61 20
233 16
363 51
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies and printing
26 93
Postage
16 00
Town Clerks' meetings
3 95
46 88
TOWN COUNSEL:
Printing
3 80
Bus for jury
10 00
13 80
REGISTRARS:
Printing
46 50
Listing
50 50
97 00
Total expenditures
$2,121 46
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation
$600 00
Appropriation, salary
500 00
Transferred from overlay surplus
150 00
reserve
13 05
$1,263 05
EXPENDITURES
H. A. Young, janitor
425 00
A. A. Sheldon, "
75 00
Fuel and light
443 24
Water and telephone
97 95
Repairs
150 86
Supplies
71 00
Total expenditures $1,263 05
20
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$850 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$610 85
Automobile repairs, gas, oil
106 68
Equipment
121 71
Supplies
10 75
Total expenditures
849 99
Transferred to revenue
01
$850 00
CONSTABLE'S SALARY :
Appropriation
$35 00
W. H. Milbery, salary
35 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Refund
5 65
$2,005 65
EXPENDITURES
Salary, William H. Young, chief
$150 00
C. G. Curtis, assistant chief
25 00
..
B. F. Ogden
25 00
Salaries, firemen
90 00
Labor
654 75
Equipment and repairs
288 53
Equipment, forest fires
295 10
Gasoline and oil
30 70
Building maintenance
285 29
Fuel and light
85 05
Office supplies, telephone
17 87
Lunches
8 60
Total expenditures
1.955 89
Transferred to revenue
49 76
$2,005 65
EXPENDITURES
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
William H. Young, salary
100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
$100 00
Special appropriation
150 00
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$185 00
Truck
40 75
Supplies
16 31
Total expenditures
242 06
Transferred to revenue
7 94
$250 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$873 45
Refund from State
28 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$615 10
Truck
158 00
Supplies
128 35
$901 45
Total expenditures $901 45
22
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$900 00
Special appropriation
300 00
Transferred from reserve
9 62
Refund
20 80
$1,230 42
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$764 40
Contagious disease cases
108 00
Labor on dumps
50 00
Dog cases-officers and expenses
121 52
W. A. Giles, agent
40 00
Lillian B. Goodrich, agent
20 00
Recording vital statistics
126 50
Total expenditures
$1,230 42
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
$934 44
County treasurer
934 44
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDITURES
400 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING-SALARY :
Appropriation
$50 00
H. Bray Wilkins, salary
50 00
CATTLE INSPECTOR SALARY :
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDITURES
Lyman S. Wilkins, salary 175 00
EXPENDITURES
Dr. W. J. S. McNally, dentist
EXPENDITURES
23
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY :
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from Chapter 90 maintenance
240 00
$740 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$236 46
Supplies
336 24
Asphalt
92 99
Office equipment
50 00
Transferred to road machinery fund
12 25
Total expenditures
$727 94
Transferred to revenue
12 06
$740 00
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81 :
Appropriation
$2,800 00
Received from State
4,500 00
Transferred from Maple St. construction
1,700 00
$9,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$4,761 87
Truck hire
873 00
Sand, stone and gravel
180 12
Supplies
282 33
Asphalt
1,995 48
Transferred to road machinery fund
907 20
Total expenditures
$9,000 00
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received from State
860 00
County
860 00
$3,220 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$982 50
Truck hire
253 75
Roller hire
99 00
Sand, stone and gravel
381 30
Asphalt
550 76
Supplies
152 91
Transferred to road machinery fund
159 78
Total expenditures
$2,580 00
Transferred to highway
240 00
" snow
400 00
$3,220 00
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-BOSTON STREET : Appropriation
$1,269 92
EXPENDITURES
Overdraft 1939
$1,106 32
W. C. Dobbelin, land damage
163 60
Total expenditures
$1,269 92
BRIDGES :
Appropriation
$300 00
Transferred from reserve
1 16
$301 16
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$174 60
Truck hire
24 00
Supplies
72 81
Transferred to road machinery fund
29 75
Total expenditures $301 16
25
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SIDEWALKS :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$87 40
Supplies
11 49
Transferred to road machinery fund
1 11
Total expenditures
$100 00
FENCING :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$60 00
Supplies
27 75
Transferred to road machinery fund
12 25
Total expenditures
$100 00
SNOW :
Appropriation
$4,000 00
Transferred from Chapter 90 maintenance
400 00
Overdraft
683 99
$5,083 99
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,482 35
Truck hire
1,288 88
Sand
245 43
Supplies
86 93
State highway
4 25
Transferred to road machinery fund
976 15
Total expenditures
$5,083 99
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ROAD MACHINERY FUND :
Balance January 1, 1940
$4,215 34
Transferred from highway dept.
2,155 24
$6,370 58
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
$797 41
Repairs and parts
838 98
Storage
167 00
Supplies
23 77
Insurance and registration
14 00
Note on tractor
750 00
Total expenditures
$2,591 16
Balance carried forward
3,779 42
$6,370 58
STREET LIGHTING :
Appropriation
$3,360 00
EXPENDITURES
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
$3,360 00
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CHARITIES' ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES :
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, clerk
$190 00
R. B. Floyd
75 00
J. M. Colbert Total expenditures
75 00
$250 00
PUBLIC WELFARE :
Appropriation
$10,000 00
Refund
1 50
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Transportation-investigation
$59 95
Supplies, postage, telephone
83 18
Office equipment
187 00
Counsel service
45 00
Cash payment
2,824 25
Groceries, clothing, rent, etc.
4,387 35
Medical aid
1,062 50
Other towns
1,141 55
Burial expenses
45 00
Miscellaneous expenses
50 00
Total expenditures
9,885 78
Transferred to revenue
115 72
$10,001 50
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
Appropriation
$550 00
Federal grant
170 00
$720 00
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$621 30
Transferred to revenue
98 70
$720 00
$10,001 50
375 13
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE :
Appropriation
$10,500 00
Special appropriation
1,600 00
Federal grant
10,113 52
$22,213 52
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$22,066 32
Other towns
135 50
Total expenditures
22,201 82
Transferred to revenue
11 70
$22,213 52
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION :
Balance January 1, 1940
$102 33
Federal grant
337 15
Transferred from A. D. C. administration
13 17
$452 65
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, agent
$156 00
J. M. Colbert, visiting
61 00
William H. McSweeney, counsel
25 00
Supplies and equipment
133 00
Total expenditures
375 00
Balance carried forward
77 65
$452 65
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-REIMBURSEMENT :
Received from Mason estate
$1,222 00
EXPENDITURES
State
$271 67
Federal grant
4600 0
Estimated receipts
490 33
$1,222 00
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CHARITIES' ACCOUNT
SURPLUS COMMODITIES :
Appropriation
$500 00
Transferred from overlay surplus
100 00
$600 00
EXPENDITURES
Trucking
$278 00
Distribution
114 00
Supplies
50 46
Commissary charges
157 08
Total expenditures
599 54
Transferred to revenue
46
$600 00
30
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to soldiers' relief
$100 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from American Legion
100 00
State aid
100 00
reserve
150 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
$927 50
Transferred to revenue
22 50
$950 00
$950 00
$1
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$30,000 00
EXPENDITURES
SALARIES:
Teachers and supervisors
$12,204 57
Nurse
456 00
Physician
70 00
Truant officer
25 00
$12,755 57
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Salary-superintendent
$351 00
Salary-clerk
75 00
Expense-superintendent
128 63
Expense-clerk
75 59
630 22
Books and supplies
$1,218 00
Tuition
7,315 14
Transportation
3,990 00
Janitor service
1,394 29
Building and grounds maintenance
658 99
Fuel and light
984 94
Furniture
181 74
Miscellaneous
93 25
Total expenditures Transferred to revenue
777 86
$30,000 00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION :
Appropriation
$650 00
EXPENDITURES
Tuition
$447 88 174 00
Transportation
Total expenditures
$621 88
Transferred to revenue
28 12
$650 00
15,836 35
29, 222 14
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
LIBRARY : Appropriation Dog tax refund
$500 08 575 71
$1,075 71
EXPENDITURES
On order
$1,075 71
(For detailed report see Trustees report)
PARK :
Appropriation
$200 00
Transferred from reserve
50 00
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$151 75
Roller hire
29 00
Truck "
14 25
Gravel
3 00
Supplies
52 00
Total expenditures $250 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERY
CEMETERY SALARIES :
Appropriation $45 00
EXPENDITURES
R. N. Maxwell, superintendent of burials
$15 00
J. A. Atwood, commissioner
10 00
G. E. Barnaby, .
10 00
A. C. Peabody,
10 00
$45 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$800 00
Endowment funds
307 95
$1,107 95
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,032 95
Truck hire
22 50
Supplies
33 54
Water
17 70
Total expenditures
$1,106 69
Transferred to revenue
1 26
$1,107 95
CEMETERY GRAVES :
Appropriation $400 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$322 05 24 27
Truck
Total expenditures
$346 32
Transferred to revenue
53 68
$400 00
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT : Received
$280 00
EXPENDITURES
Deposited in Savings Bank $280 00
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORIAL DAY : Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
Band
$110 00
Flowers, wreaths and flags
54 20
Speaker and music
40 00
Refreshments, school children
27 50
Printing
7 00
Total expenditures
$238 70
Transferred to revenue
11 30
$250 00
AMERICAN LEGION :
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to soldiers' relief
$100 00
Transferred to revenue
50 00
$150 00
CONTINGENT FUND :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from reserve
87
$1,000 87
EXPENDITURES
ELECTION AND TOWN MEETINGS:
Printing and delivering town reports
$263 50
Printing ballots
24 65
Election officers
250 50
Election officers' lunches
67 00
Repair ballot box
10 00
Voting booths
120 48
Recounts
42 00
$778 13
35
UNCLASSIFIED
Maintenance, old school
$ 21 90
Scales, repairs
2 00
Flowers
30 00
Christmas tree lights
5 25
Signs
6 00
Perambulating
108 12
Repair storage shed
49 47
Total expenditures
$1,000 87
W. P. A. PROJECTS :
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Balance January 1, 1940
1,269 67
$3,769 67
EXPENDITURES
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
Salary
$1,020 25
Postage and supplies
5 80
Repair storage shed
Sidewalk project
1,976 58
Cemetery
353 59
Park
79 50
Moth
52 30
Veterans' grave registration
31 34
No. Main St. drain
14 05
Total expenditures Balance carried forward
211 35
$3,769 67
INSURANCE :
Appropriation
$1,250 00
EXPENDITURES
Employers' liability
$438 95
New school
454 50
Sealer's equipment
23 80
Fire department
11 25
Clerk's bond
7 50
Collector's bond and burglary insurance
239 00
Treasurer's "
75 00
Total expenditures $1,250 00
$1,026 05 24 91
$2,507 36
3,558 32
222 74
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UNCLASSIFIED
INTEREST :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Revenue notes
$ 59 31
School construction notes
840 00
Tractor note
6 56
Tax abatement
4 63
Total expenditures
$910 50
Transferred to revenue
89 50
$1,000 00
MANSFIELD FUND :
Balance January 1, 1940
$ 18 52
Received from Old Colony Trust Co.
910 00
$928 52
EXPENDITURES
Band concerts
$236 15
Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets
255 54
Picnic
226 50
Total expenditures
$718 19
Balance carried forward
210 33
$928 52
RESERVE FUND :
Appropriation
$600 00
Transferred from overlay reserve
100 00
$700 00
TRANSFERS
Town officers expenses
$421 46
Soldiers' relief
150 00
Park
50 00
Town Hall
13 05
Health
9 62
Bridge
1 16
Contingent
87
Revenue
53 84
$700 00
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
TEMPORARY LOANS :
Balance outstanding January 1, 1940
Borrowed in anticipation of revenue
$35,000 00 50,000 00
$85,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Merchants National Bank
$60,000 00
Balance outstanding December 31, 1940
25,000 00
$85,000 00
MATURING DEBT :
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES
School construction
$3,000 00
COUNTY CHARGES :
County tax
$3,227 80
Dog tax
478 40
$3,706 20
EXPENDITURES
County Treasurer
$3,706 20
STATE TREASURER:
State tax
$5,440 00
Assessments
76 85
EXPENDITURES
State Treasurer
$5,516 85
TAX REFUNDS :
1939 tax levy
$83 42
1939 motor vehicle excise tax
11 88
1939 personal property tax
165 18
1940 motor vehicle excise tax
146 28
$5,516 85
$406 76
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT RECEIPTS
Energy sold
$31,581 69
Street lighting appropriation
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