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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 380 7
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1941
SAL
G
QU
600
NDED IN 1728
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1942
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRA
Town Meeting Warrant
FLINT
MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essax ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Middlaton, in tha County of Essex :
GREETING :
In the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn tha 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 tenth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the evening, than and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To authorize tha Selectmen to appoint such othar Town Officers as are required to be chosen annually.
ARTICLE 2. To see what action the Town will take to defray tha Town expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 3. To sea if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Salactman, to borrow monay from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1942, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any nota or notes as may ba given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. To sea if the Town will vote to authorize tha Electric Light Dapartment to use the aarnings 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 ba transferred to tha Library Fund.
ARTICLE 6. To sea what action the Town will taka in ragard to the letting of the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 7. To sea if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate tha sum of $4,500.00 for the mainta- nance of Chaptar 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.
ARTICLE 8. To saa if the Town will vota to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90-Roads, the same to be expendad in conjunction with the State allotment.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain aquipment.
ARTICLE 10. To sea if the Town will vota to accept the sum of $1,500.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 11. To sae if tha Town will vote to pay the Highway Surveyor at an hourly rate, said rata to ba fixed by the State, and his total yearly salary not to exceed $1,500.00.
ARTICLE 12. To sea if tha Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash in tha Treasury as they, in their best judgment, feel is warrantad, and is approved by the Commissioner of Corpor- ations and Taxation, for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 13. To see if tha Town will vote to raise and appropriata the sum of $1,500.00 to purchasa material for W. P. A. or other Fadaral Relief Projects, to be spent under the supervision of tha Board of Selectman, on or before July 1, 1942.
ARTICLE 14. To see what action the Town wishes to take in regard to the acceptance of Section 11A, Chapter 85 of the General Laws, relative to the registration and operation of certain bicycles.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of the Finance Committee to see what action the Town wishes to take in regard to amending the present Town By-Law concerning the number of voters required to constitute a quorum at a Town Meeting, and if any change ba voted, to authorize the Town Clerk to submit same to Attorney-General for approval.
ARTICLE 16. On the petition of Mrs. Helen Sillars and twenty seven others, to see if the Town will vote to em- ploy a qualified Public Health nurse, and to raisa and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for the mainten- ance of the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vota to accept the provisions of Section 69, Chapter 152 of the Gan- aral Laws, Tercentenary Edition, as amended by Chapter 435 of the Acts of 1939, providing for the paymant of Workmen's Compansation to injured employees of the Town.
ARTICLE 18. To sea if the Town will grant a pay increase of ten percent to the Trea Warden, Moth Super- intendent, Superintendent of Burials, Chief of Police, and Highway Surveyor, and will vote to pay tha labor- ers of the abova departments sixty cents an hour. It is understood that all increases are to be met within the present appropriations.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the adjourned meeting at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 16 next for tha following purposes, viz : To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, three Selectmen, one member of tha Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Assessor for one year, one member of the School Committee for three yaars, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, ona Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Trustees of tha Flint Public Library for three years, one Cametery Commissioner for three years, Custodian of the Town Hall.
The polls will ba 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 attestad copias thereof at Town Hall, Post Office, and Store at Howa Station, in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make dua return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Givan under our hands this tenth day of February in the yaar of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-two.
SEAVER L. MACDONALD, HAROLD C. MITCHELL, FRED L. CURRIER,
Salectmen of Middleton.
A true copy.
Attest : WALTER H. MILBERY, Constable.
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBR RY
HAROLD W. PORTER Electric Light Department, 1930-1941
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1941
TON,
IAS
FOUNDED IN 1728 000
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1942
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INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1940
10
Balance Sheet
40
Cemetery Endowment Report
48
Cemetery Department
33
Charities -
27
David Cummings' Fund
51
General Government
13
Health Department
23
Highway Department
24
Land Owned by the Town
47
Middleton Electric Light Account
38
Municipal Indebtedness
37
Protection of Persons and Property
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
73
Dog Officer's Report
74
Electric Light Commissioners Report
66
Fire Department Report -
68
Flint Public Library Fund - -
56
Forest Warden's Report
71
Highway Department Report
60 69
Inspector of Cattle Report
Jurors List -
55
Librarian's Report -
57
Public Welfare
67
Police Department Report
70
Recommendations Finance Committee
77
Sealer of Weights Report
76
Selectmen's Report
-
-
-
72
Tree Warden's Report -
-
75
Town Clerk's Report -
-
62
-
School Reports -
58 83
Tax Collector's Report -
6
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
George B. Ogden
Moderator Term expires March, 1942
Town Clerk
J. Warren Osborne
Term expires March, 1942
Treasurer
George E. Gifford Term expires March, 1942
Selectmen
Seaver L. Macdonald, Chairman Term expires March, 1942 Harold C. Mitchell, Clerk Term expires March, 1942 Fred Currier Term expires March, 1942
Board of Public Welfare
Richard Floyd, Chairman
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk
Jessie M. Colbert
Term expires March, 1943 Term expires March, 1944 Term expires March, 1942
Board of Health
Seaver L. Macdonald Term expires March, 1942
Fred L. Currier Term expires March, 1942 Harold C. Mitchell Term expires March, 1942
Board of Assessors
Archibald L. Jones, Chairman Term expires March, 1942
Paul B. Wake, Clerk Term expires March, 1943
Fred L. Currier Term expires March, 1944
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, 1944
Highway Surveyor
Benj. F. Ogden Term expires March, 1942
Tax Collector
Harold E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1942
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TOWN OFFICERS
Albert A. Sheldon
Tree Warden Term expires March, 1942
Moth Superintendent
Albert Sheldon
Term expires January, 1942
Constable
Walter H. Milbury Term expires March, 1942
Chief of Police
Walter H. Milbury Term expires May, 1942
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1942
Inspector of Animals
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1942
Inspector of Slaughtering
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1942
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1942
Forest Fire Warden
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires January, 1942
Chief of Fire Department
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires May, 1942
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Louis V. Moreau Term expires May, 1942
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1942
Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1944 A. L. Jones Term expires March, 1943
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington
Term expires May, 1942
8
TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Austin C. Peabody
Henry A. Young
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
J. Warren Osborne
Term expires March, 1944 Term expires March, 1944 Term expires March, 1942
Term expires March, 1942
Term expires March, 1943 Term expires March, 1943
Cemetery Commissioners
George E. Barnaby, Chairman
Term expires March, 1943
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk
Thomas Bott
Term expires March, 1942 Term expires March, 1944
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
Term expires March, 1943
Oscar Bell
Term expires March, 1942
Walter Paine
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, 1944 Term expires March, 1943
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1942
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
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1941
ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Salaries ·
$4,525.00
$ 25.00
$255.00
1,480.00
1,466.98
Tax Title Expenses
500.00
17.75
517.75
347.38
80.37
Town Hall
600.00
122.07
722.07
722.07
Police
1,000.00
500.00
1,500.00
1,499.90
Police Car
700.00
20.75
720.75
711.00
9.75
Civilian Defense
2,000.00
1.60
449.00
2,450.60
2,450.60
Moth
873.45
873.45
873.23
Moth, Private Work
300.00
300.00
299.23
Tree Warden .
900.00
900.00
900.00
Health
1,200.00
250.00
1,250.00
1,179.00
200.00
71.00
Essex Sanatorium
941.48
400.00
200.00
600.00
588.00
12.00
Road Machinery Fund
3,779.42
2,850.35
6,629.94
3,249.83
3,775.44*
Highway .
1,500.00
1,081.63
2,681.63
2,654.05
32.08
Highway, Chapter 81
4,500.00
4,228.48
9,000.00
8,999.07
.93
High'y, Chap. 90, Const.
2,000.00
3,231.58
8,000.00
5,435.93
2,564.07*
High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.
1,500.00
593.96
2,250.00
1,781.88
468.12*
Snow
3,500.00
719.93
4,219.93
4,219.93
Street Lighting
·
.
·
5.00
200.00
8,705.00
6,862.13
1,800.00
42.87
Old Age Assistance
11,800.00
10,992.01
500.00
23,292.01
23,087.38
·
·
204.63
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
500.00
366.00
500.00
464.22
35.78
Aid Depend't Children
1,600.00
133.95
1,733.95
636.14
950.00
147.81
Surplus Commodities
550.00
550.00
510.28
39.72
.
.
.
.
.
.
941.48
941.48
Dental Clinic
.
.
.
·
·
·
.
.
.
.
·
3,000.00
3,000.00
Public Welfare
·
.
·
.
.
·
·
.
·
.10
100.00
100.00
53.69
46.31*
Fire
.22
.77
ANALYSIS SHEET
10
$13.02
Town Officers Expenses
1,200.00
$4,525.00
$4,525.00
·
.
.
3,000.00
8,500.00
100.00
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
State Aid
$ 100.00
$ 20.00
$ 120.00
$ 20.00
$ 100.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
300.00
1,300.00
1,131.80
$168.20
American Legion
150.00
150.00
100.00
50.00
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
246.61
3.39
School
31,000.00
$ 1.35
31,001.35
29,139.93
200.00
1,661.42
Vocational Education
775.00
775.00
533.61
241.39
Library
900.00
386.42
1,286.42
1,286.42
Park
250.00
250.00
219.54
30.46
Interest .
900.00
900.00
895.21
4.79
Contingent Fund
800.00
125.00
925.00
807.21
117.79
W. P. A. Projects
3,711.35
3,711.35
3,202.87
508.48*
Electric Light Dept.
939.66
42,723.18
43,662.84
39,737 12
1,830 82
2,094.90*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
3,027.86
1,830 82
4,858 68
1,819.20
3,040 38*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
1,803.00
660.00
2,463 00
454.00
2,009.00*
Cemetery
850.00
255.65
136.70
1,242.35
1,242.35
Lots and Graves Fund
565.00
125.00
690.00
125.00
565.00
Endowment of Lots
820 00
350.00
337.12
502.70
97.30
Mansfield Fund
210.33
730.00
940.33
922.75
17.58*
Revenue Notes
25,000.00
50,000.00
75,000.00
50,000.00
25,000.00*
Funded Debt
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Dog Tax .
554 00
State Tax
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
6,686.68
County Tax
·
.
.
.
Cemetery Graves
350.00
12.88
Reserve Fund .
600.00
.
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
11
.
Insurance
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
.
554.00
3,619.86
Expended
820.00
12
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Tax Abatements, Refunds
Estimated Receipts
Accounts Receivable
15,168.59
Tax Title Account
1,485.81
1938 Excise Tax
12.05
1938 Poll Tax .
2.00
1938 Tax Levy
51.01
1939 Excise Tax
39.19
1939 Poll Tax .
12.00
1939 Tax Levy
111.04
1939 Personal Prop. Tax
114.19
1940 Excise Tax
257.34
1940 Poll Tax .
124.00
1940 Tax Levy .
16,436.62
1940 Personal Prop. Tax
383.74
1941 Excise Tax
4,425.31
1941 Poll Tax .
1,040.00
43,089.07
1941 Tax Levy_ 1941 Personal Prop. Tax
2,017.54
$230,058.65
$226,241.76
$3,078.67
.
.
·
.
* Balance carried forward.
.
·
ANALYSIS SHEET
.
$28,485.69
$ 4.00
13
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1941
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
$ 46,374 54
Poll
1,040 00
PREVIOUS YEAR:
Property
17,689 71
Poll
138 00
Tax title redemptions
1,485 81
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
4,577 99
Income
6,912 74
Soldiers' exemption
50 40
$78,269 19
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
$1,775 00
All others
116 00
$1,891 00
FINES :
District Court
401 88
$401 88
GRANTS AND GIFTS : FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: For expenses $11,466 12
$11,466 12
14
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:
Support of Public Schools
$ 917 62
Aid to Industrial Schools
360 76
High School Tuition
3,071 28
High School Transportation
1,471 49
Union superintendency
223 09
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway Chapter 81
4,228 48
Inspector of Animals
87 50
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
$386 42
$22,212 76
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE:
Cancelled checks
$3 25
$3 25
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$4,733 89
$4,733 89
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen $ 16 00
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
34 00
Collector
149 35
MUNICIPAL BUILDING :
Town Hall
438 80
$638 15
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police
$20 75
Moth
93 00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
55 74
$169 49
15
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis
$385 00
Vaccine refunds
107 00
$492 00
HIGHWAY :
General
$3,931 98
State maintenance
593 96
construction
3,231 58
Chapter 420 Gas tax
4,524 25
$9,050 19
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF :
From individuals
$ 5 00
From other Cities and Towns
930 53
From State
4,322 42
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
From State 83 95
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From other Cities and Towns
528 41
From State
1,918 28
$14,788 59
UNCLASSIFIED :
Sale of land $115 00
$115 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of power
$38,163 95
Miscellaneous
2,219 23
PUBLIC SCALES
70 50
$40,453 68
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
$125 00
Care "
425 50
" endowed lots
255 65
$806 15
16
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
INTEREST :
On deferred taxes " excisejtaxes
$634 11
17 20
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
730 00
372 95
Cummings Fund Library
612 00
$1,714 95
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS :
Anticipation revenue loans
$50,000 00
$50,000 00
AGENCY :
Dog taxes
$554 00
Perpetual care funds
820 00
$$1,374 00
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES : Appropriation
$3,370 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Seaver L. Macdonald
$193 75
Fred L. Currier
162 50
Harold C. Mitchell
131 25
A. L. Jones
37 50
ASSESSORS:
Fred L. Currier
$233 33
A. L. Jones
184 74
Paul B. Wake
184 73
Wm. T. Martin, Sr.
48 60
Lyman S. Wilkins
48 60
$525 00
700 00
17
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REGISTRARS:
Edward Coffin
$17 50
Walter Parker
17 50
Charles Pasquale
17 50
J. W. Osborne
17 50
70 00
MODERATOR:
George B. Ogden
25 00
TOWN CLERK:
J. W. Osborne
200 00
TOWN TREASURER:
George E. Gifford
500 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Elmer O. Campbell
500 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
Harold E. Tyler
400 00
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
$3,370 00
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Transferred from health
200 00
reserve
55 00
Refund
25 00
$1,480 00
18
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN :
Supplies and printing
80 33
Postage
16 90
Transportation
26 91
Counsel and hearings
218 80
Selectmens' Association, dues
6 00
348 94
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
39 70
Postage
79 43
Certifying notes
4 00
Safe deposit box
15 00
Office equipment
28 55
Tax title deeds
38 00
204 68
ASSESSORS:
Supplies and postage
231 43
Abstracts
39 75
Counsel
60 00
Office equipment
70 50
Dues
5 00
406 68
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and printing
126 61
Postage
92 29
Tax sale expense
66 30
Office equipment
20 00
Mileage and expenses
15 29
Petty cash
25 00
345 49
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies and printing
69 55
Postage
8 85
78 40
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies and printing
28 48
Postage
24 00
52 48
19
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Supplies
17 75
17 75
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Printing
3 50
3 50
ZONING COMMITTEE:
Clerk
9 00
9 00
Total expenditures
$1,466 98
Transferred to revenue
13 02
$1,480 00
TAX TITLE EXPENSE:
Appropriation
$500 00
Land Court refunds
17 75
$517 75
EXPENDITURES
Land Court
286 00
Registry of Deeds
27 80
Counsel fees
69 00
Insurance
54 58
Total expenditures
437 38
Transferred to revenue
80 37
$517 75
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation, maintenance
$600 00
Transferred from reserve
122 07
Appropriation, salary
500 00
$1,222 07
EXPENDITURES
A. A. Sheldon, janitor
145 83
S. S. Pike, janitor
354 17
Fuel and light
303 22
Water and telephone
74 98
Repairs
286 82
Supplies
57 05
Total expenditures $1,222 07
20
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Transferred from welfare
500 00
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$857 10
Automobile repairs, gas, oil
496 28
Equipment
39 20
Supplies
107 32
Total expenditures
$1,499 90
Transferred to revenue
10
$1,500 00
POLICE CAR :
Appropriation
$700 00
Refund U. S. tax
20 75
$720 75
EXPENDITURES
Stahlers' garage
$697 00
Advertisement
3 00
Equipment
11 00
Total expenditures
$711 00
Transferred to revenue
9 75
$720 75
CIVILIAN DEFENSE :
Transferred from reserve fund
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$34 10
Equipment
10 00
Supplies
5 59
Fuel
4 00
Total expenditures
$53 69
Balance carried forward
46 31
$100 00
21
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$2,000 00
Transferred from Welfare
400 00
reserve fund
49 00
Refund
1 60
$2,450 60
EXPENDITURES
Salary, Wm. H. Young, chief
$ 25 00
Benj. Ogden, chief
133 32
E. P. Morrill, deputy chief
29 16
L. V. Moreau,
29 16
Salaries, firemen
100 00
Labor
684 65
Equipment and repairs
569 70
forest fires
217 13
Gasoline and oil
59 62
Building maintenance
89 56
Fuel and light
73 98
Office supplies, telephone
77 70
Lunches
18 50
Medical services
343 12
Total expenditures
$2,450 60
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
William H. Young, salary
$25 00
Louis V. Moreau, salary
75 00
$100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
$900 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$545 75
Truck
146 75
Supplies
132 50
Tires
75 00
Total expenditures $900 00
22
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROERTY
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$873 45
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$504 45
Truck
163 50
Supplies and repairs
205 28
Total expenditures
$873 23
Transferred to revenue
22
$873 45
MOTH, PRIVATE WORK :
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$ 95 00
Truck
58 25
Supplies and repairs
145 98
Total expenditures
$299 23
Transferred to revenue
77
$300 00
23
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
Transferred from A. D. C.
$1,200 00 250 00
$1,450 00
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$771 00
Labor on dumps
63 00
Dog cases-officers and expenses
148 00
W. A. Giles, agent
30 00
Lillian B. Goodrich, agent
20 00
Recording vital statistics
146 00
Contagious diseases case
1 00
Total expenditures
$1,179 00
Transferred to town officers' expenses
200 00
Transferred to revenue
71 00
$1,450 00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
County treasurer
$941 48
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation
$400 00
Transferred from school
200 00
$600 00
Dr. W. J. S. McNally
$588 00
Total expenditures
$588 00
Transferred to revenue
12 00
$600 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING-SALARY :
Appropriation
$50 00
H. Bray Wilkins
$50 00
CATTLE INSPECTOR SALARY :
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDITURES
H. Bray Wilkins
$175 00
EXPENDITURES
$941 48
24
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY :
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Transferred from welfare
100 00
Insurance refund
30 50
$1,630 50
EXPENDITURES
Labor
777 87
Truck
5 00
Supplies
815 55
Total expenditures
$1,598 42
Transferred to revenue
32 08
$1,630 50
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81 MAINTENANCE:
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Received from State
4,500 00
$9,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$3,886 11
Truck hire
400 00
Shovel and roller hire
257 50
Sand, stone and gravel
191 97
Supplies
1,135 20
Asphalt
1,875 94
Transferred to road machinery fund
1,252 35
Total expenditures
$8,999 07
Transferred to revenue
93
$9,000 00
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE:
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Received from State
750 00
$2,250 00
25
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$162 45
Truck hire
192 62
Roller hire
90 00
Sand, stone and gravel
606 55
Supplies
166 80
Asphalt
540 71
Transferred to road machinery fund
22 75
Total expenditures
1,781 88
Balance carried forward
468 12
$2,250 00
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION : (Essex Street)
Appropriation
$2,000 00
State allotment
4,000 00
County
2,000 00
$8,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,678 20
Truck hire
1,669 20
Shovel hire
1,210 45
Gravel
156 10
Supplies
188 83
Petition
21 65
Transfer to road machinery fund
511 50
Total expenditures
$5,435 93
Balance carried forward
2,564 07
$8,000 00
SNOW :
Appropriation
$3,500 00
Transfer from welfare
700 00
reserve
19 93
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,721 40
Truck hire
1,014 95
Sand
93 92
Supplies
326 91
Transferred to road machinery fund
1,062 75
$4,219 93
$4,219 93
26
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ROAD MACHINERY FUND :
Balance January 1, 1941
$3,779 42
Transferred from highway department
2,845 85
$6,625 27
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
$ 966 62
Repairs and parts
2,025 15
Supplies
100 06
Storage
144 00
Insurance and registration
14 00
Total expenditures
$3,249 83
Balance carried forward
3,375 44
$6,625 27
STREET LIGHTING :
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Middleton Electric Light Department
$3,000 00
27
CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES :
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, clerk
100 00
R. B. Floyd
75 00
J. M. Colbert
75 00
Total expenditures $250 00
PUBLIC WELFARE :
Appropriation
$8,500 00
Transferred from A. D. C.
200 00
Refund .
5 00
$8,705 00
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Transportation-investigation
22 38
Supplies, postage, telephone
89 22
$111 60
Cash payments
2,486 25
Groceries, clothing, rent etc.
2,394 22
Medical aid
1,008 44
Other towns
809 12
Miscellaneous expenses
52 50
6,750 53
Total expenditures
6,862 13
Transferred to other departments
1,800 00
Transferred to revenue
42 87
$8,705 00
28
CHARITIES' ACCOUNT
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
Appropriation
$1,600 00 133 95
Federal grant
$1,733 95
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$636 14
636 14
Transferred to other department
950 00
Transferred to revenue
147 81
$1,733 95
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE :
Appropriation
$11,800 00
Transferred from A- D. C.
500 00
Refunds
25 84
Federal grant
10,966 17
$23,292 01
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$22,901 29
Other towns
186 09
Totai expenditures
$23,087 38
Transferred to revenue
204 63
$23,292 01
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION :
Appropriation $500 00
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, agent
$208 00
J. M. Colbert, visiting
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