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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 379 9
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1942
For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
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PUBLIC LIBRA
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Town Meeting Warrant
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 ninth 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, 1943, 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 refund of the dog taxes shall be transferred to the Library Fund.
ARTICLE 6. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 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.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90-Roads, the same to be expended in conjunction with the State allotment.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $1,500.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Highway Surveyor a salary of $1,650.00 per year, this sum to be taken from the various highway appropriations.
ARTICLE 12. 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 13. On the petition of the residents of River Street, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used in the construction of water holes along River Street.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, the sum of $2,000.00 for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in order to establish post-war rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3, Acts of 1943.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize each department of the Town to budget their ex- pense accounts for each year.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday next, March 15 next for the following purposes, viz : To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, three Selectmen, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for one year, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Assessor for three years, one member of the School Committee for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three years, one Trustee of the Flint Public Library for one year, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for two years, Custodian of the Town Hall.
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 eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
SEAVER L. MACDONALD, HAROLD M. BISHOP,
Selectmen of Middleton
A true copy.
Attest : WALTER H. MILBERY, Constable.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1942
TO
OUNDED IN 1728
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
1
IBRARY
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1943
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1941
10
Balance Sheet
40
Cemetery Endowment Report
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33
Charities
-
-
27
David Cummings' Fund -
52
General Government
14
Health Department
23
Highway Department
24
Land Owned by the Town
47
Middleton Electric Light Account
37
Municipal Indebtedness
39
Protection of Persons and Property
20
School and Library
31
Soldiers and State Aid
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30
Town Officers -
6
Town Officers Salaries
17
Town Treasurer's Account -
42
Unclassified Account
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34
PART II
Assessors' Report
76
Dog Officer's Report
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72
Electric Light Commissioners Report
70
Fire Department Report
72
Flint Public Library Fund -
59
Highway Department Report
64
Jurors List
58
Librarian's Report
60
Payroll Analysis
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71
Police Department Report
73
Recommendations Finance Committee
78
Selectmen's Report
61
School Reports
83
Tax Collector's Report -
74
Town Clerk's Report -
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65
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48
Cemetery Department
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55
Public Welfare
-
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
George B. Ogden
Moderator Term expires March, 1943
Town Clerk
J. Warren Osborne
Term expires March, 1943
Treasurer
George E. Gifford
Term expires March, 1943
Selectmen and Board of Health
Seaver L. Macdonald, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 Harold C. Mitchell, Clerk Term expires March, 1943 Harold M. Bishop Term expires March, 1943
Board of Public Welfare
Richard Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1943 Austin C. Peabody, Clerk Term expires March, 1944 Jessie M. Colbert Term expires March, 1945
Board of Assessors
Archibald L. Jones, Chairman
Term expires March, 1943
Paul B. Wake, Clerk Term expires March, 1945 Fred L. Currier Term expires March, 1944
School Committee
Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman Term expires March, 1945
Seaver L. Macdonald Term expires March, 1943
Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1944
Highway Surveyor
Benj. F. Ogden
Term expires March, 1943
Harold E. Tyler
Albert A. Sheldon
Tax Collector Term expires March, 1943
Tree Warden Term expires March, 1943
MIDDLETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
TOWN OFFICERS
7
Moth Superintendent
Albert Sheldon Term expires January, 1943
Constable
Walter H. Milbury
Term expires March, 1943
Chief of Police
Walter H. Milbury Term expires May, 1943
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1943
Inspector of Animals
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1943
Inspector of Slaughtering
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1943
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1945
Forest Fire Warden
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires January, 1943
Chief of Fire Department
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires May, 1943
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Louis V. Moreau Term expires May, 1943
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1945
Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1944
A. L. Jones Term expires March, 1943
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington
Term expires May, 1943
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Austin C. Peabody
A. L. Jones
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Term expires March, 1943
J. Warren Osborne
Term expires March, 1943
Cemetery Commissioners
George E. Barnaby, Chairman
Austin C. Peabody, Clerk
Thomas Bott
Term expires March, 1943 Term expires March, 1945 Term expires March, 1944
Finance Committee
H. M. Richardson, Chairman
Term expires March, 1943
Frederick.E. Burnham
Oscar Belle
Term expires March, 1943 Term expires March, 1944
W. W. Richardson
Term expires March, 1945
Walter L. Paine
Term expires March, 1945
Registrars of Voters
James Coffin (Resigned)
Term expires March, 1945
Charles Pasquale
Term expires March, 1944
Walter O. Parker
Term expires March, 1943
Ellsworth E. Knowlton
Term expires March, 1945
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1943
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Roger F. Clapp George E. Barnaby Harley M. Tyler
William H. Sanborn
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
Term expires March, 1944 Term expires March, 1944 Term expires March, 1945
Term expires March, 1945
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1942
ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Salaries ·
$4,810.00
Town Officers Expenses .
1,200.00
$ 29.00
1,229.00
1,047.39
Tax Title Expenses
400.00
.50
400.50
346.59
53.91
Town Hall
600.00
4.95
604.95
516.54
88.41
Police
1,000.00
250.00
1,250.00
1,249.93
. 07
Civilian Defense
1,046.31
3.40
750.00
1799.86
1,799.86
Fire
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Fire Hose and Equipment
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
Fire Truck
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Moth
882.34
882.34
855.86
26.48
Moth, Private Work
300.00
300.00
299.96
.04
Tree Warden
750.00
127.15
877.15
877.15
Health
1,200.00
9.82
1,209.82
1,209.82
29.70
Dental Clinic
500.00
500.00
19.75
480.25
Road Machinery Fund
3,375.44
2,097.56
5,400.00
2,070.54
3,375.46*
Highway .
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,459.69
40.31
Highway, Chapter 81
4,500.00
4,273.72
9,000.00
9,000.00
High'y, Chap. 90, Const.
2,564.07
845.37
2,564.07
2,564.07
High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.
2,968.12
156.04
2,968.12
1,844.79
1,000.00
123.33*
Snow
3,000.00
1,500.00
4,500.00
4,498.37
1.63
Street Lighting
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Public Welfare
5,500.00
29.50
5,529.50
5,355.41
15.80
158.29
Old Age Assistance
15,500.00
12,591.33
315.80
28,407.13
28,407.13
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
500.00
418.71
918.71
294.67
500.00
124.04*
Aid Depend't Children
1,000.00
225.00
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1,225.00
905.76
300.00
19.24
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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1,170.43
1,170.43
1,140.73
Essex Sanatorium
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$181.61
$4,810.00
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Surplus Commodities
$ 450.00
$
$
$ 450.00
$ 367.60
$82.40
State Aid
150.00
10.00
160.00
50.61
110.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000.00
1,000.00
234.65
765.35
Military Aid
300.00
300.00
80.00
220.00
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
235.59
14.41
School
29,050.00
29,050.5
27,692.51
300.00
1,057.49
Vocational Education
550.00
550.00
181.62
250.00
118.38
Library
800.00
438.95
1,238.95
1,238.95
Park
250.00
175.34
175.34
74.66
Insurance
850.00
134.18
984.98
984.98
Interest ·
900.00
900.00
756.04
143.96
Contingent Fund
800.00
100.00
900.00
832.38
67.62
W. P. A. Projects
2,008.00
2,008.00
1,120.63
792.13
95.72
Electric Light Dept.
2,094 90
47,453 57
49,548 47
43,274 09
3,467 24
2,807 14*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
3,039 38
515 63
2,524 63
500 00
2,024 63*
Cemetery
1,000.00
301.17
1,305.82
1,305.82
.
745.00*
Endowment of Lots
915.00
350.00
182.11
167.89
Reserve Fund
600 00
Mansfield Fund
17 58
946.50
963.88
909 43
54.45*
Anticipation Notes
35,000.00
35,000 00
Funded Debt
3,000.00
477.20
477.20
State Tax
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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Lots and Graves Fund
565.00
180 00
1,967 24
5,006 62
5,006 62*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
2,009 00
· 4.65
915.00
Cemetery Graves
350.00
534.62
65.38
3,000.00
Dog Tax
5,182.78
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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
29 791.37
Accounts Receivable
15 341.92
Tax Title Account ·
3,801.63
1938 Tax .
13.36
1938 Excise Tax
5.13
1939 Tax
5.16
1940 Excise Tax
2.00
1940 Tax .
48.04
1940 Personal Prop. Tax
88.64
1941 Excise Tax
272.05
1941 Poll Tax .
38.00
1941 Tax Levy
14,844.53
1941 Personal Prop. Tax
374.59
1942 Excise Tax
3,770.29
1942 Poll Tax .
1,056.00
1942 Tax
48,101.81
1924 Personal Prop. Tax
1,951.04
$209,761.29
$4,563.20
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* Balance carried forward.
ANALYSIS SHEET
$227,465.40
$ 3,322.99
378.20
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1942
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR: Property
$ 51,814 54
1,056 00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
15,366 09
Poll
40 00
Tax title redemption
3,801 63
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
5,937 88
Income
7,335 00
$84,851 14
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
$1,925 00
All others
113 50
$2,038 50
FINES :
District Court
$ 88 00
$ 88 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS :
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Old age assistance
$12,982 04
Aid to dependent children
225 00
$13,207 04
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:
Support of Public Schools $ 858 70
Vocational Education 335 87
High School Tuition
2,722 33
High School Transportation
1,612 92
Union Superintendency
237 09
$5,766 91
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway Chapter 81
$4,273 72
Inspector of Animals
87 50
$4,361 22
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
$438 95
$438 95
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$4,055 70
$4,055 70
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
$ 17 25
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
24 50
Collector 1
70 85
MUNICIPAL BUILDING :
Town Hall
317 35
$429 95
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police
$ 3 40
Moth
227 00
Services, dog officer
108 00
$338 40
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis
Dental clinic
$318 57 199 00
$517 57
HIGHWAY :
General
$3,159 93
State and County maintenance
156 04
construction
845 37
Chapter 420. Gas tax
4,524 25
$8,685 59
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From Cities and Towns
$1,686 27
From State
2,043 32
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
From State 230 41
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From Cities and Towns $ 256 10
From State
10, 807 25
From State, Chapter 729, Meal tax
159 82
$15,183 17
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :
State aid $ 30 00
$ 30 00
SCHOOLS :
Tuition, transportation state wards
$139 04
Miscellaneous
70
$139 74
UNCLASSIFIED :
Rent of old school
$112 00
Sale of land
186 42
Memorial Day
5 00
$303 42
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT: Sale of light and power Miscellaneous
$44,629 69
3,323 88
PUBLIC SCALES
47 90
$48,001 47
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
$180 00
Opening graves
260 00
Care of endowed lots
301 17
$741 17
INTEREST :
On deferred taxes
$877 68
" excise taxes
13 58
" deposits
15 63
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
946 50
Cummings "
382 04
Library
521 13
$2,756 56
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS :
Anticipation revenue loans
$35,000 00
$35,000 00
AGENCY :
Dog taxes
$477 20
Perpetual care funds
915 00
$1,392 20
REFUND :
General department
$57 50
$57 50
Total receipts
$227,847 44
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES : Appropriation $3,425 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Seaver L. Macdonald
$225 00
Harold C. Mitchell
175 00
Harold L. Bishop
112 50
Fred L. Currier
37 50
$525 00
ASSESSORS:
A. L. Jones
$233 34
Paul B. Wake
233 33
Fred L. Currier
233 33
700 00
REGISTRARS:
Charles Pasquale
$31 25
Walter O. Parker
31 25
James Coffin
31 25
J. W. Osborne
31 25
125 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
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS:
Charles Bates
50 00
Richard B. Floyd
50 00
A. L. Jones
50 00
150 00
Total expenditures
$3,425 00
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Refund
29 00
$1,229 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Supplies and printing
$36 63
Postage
14 50
Selectmens' Association, dues and expenses
13 00
Sunday licenses
6 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
25 94
Postage
84 92
Certifying notes
8 00
Safe deposit box
15 00
Tax title deeds
20 00
ASSESSORS:
Supplies and printing
129 29
Abstracts
45 20
Mileage and expenses
24 85
Clerical hire
30 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and printing
134 51
Postage
101 42
Tax sale, expenses
111 30
Mileage and expenses
27 16
Petty cash
25 00
399 39
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies and printing
31 80
Postage
8 00
70 13
153 86
229 34
39 80
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Supplies
3 62
3 62
Total expenditures
$1,047 39
Transferred to revenue
181 61
$1,229 00
TAX TITLE EXPENSES:
Appropriation
400 00
Refund, Land Court
50
400 50
EXPENDITURES
Land Court
25
Registry of Deeds
2 00
Counsel fees
216 00
Insurance
27 29
Takings
101 15
Total expenditures
346 59
Transferred to revenue
53 91
$400 50
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation, maintenance
600 00
Appropriation, salary
730 00
Refund, telephone
4 95
1,334 95
EXPENDITURES
S. S. Pike, janitor
730 00
Fuel and light
347 95
Water and telephone
49 14
Repairs
60 25
Supplies
59 20
Total expenditures
$1,246 54
Transferred to revenue
88 41
$1,334 95
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies and printing
26 13
Postage
25 12
Safe
100 00
151 25
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
Transferred from Vocational Education
$1,000 00 250 00
$1,250 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$773 95
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
264 78
Equipment
143 50
Supplies
67 70
Total expenditures
$1,249 93
Transferred to revenue
07
$1,250 00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE :
Balance January 1, 1942
$ 46 31
Appropriation
1,000 00
Transferred from reserve fund
400 15
W. P. A.
350 00
Refund, telephone
3 40
$1,799 86
O. C. D. REPORT CENTER:
Equipment
$176 41
Telephone
141 75
Fuel and light
114 99
Maintenance
249 57
EXPENDITURES
OBSERVATION POST:
Telephone
106 05
Fuel
23 40
Repairs to building
40 63
STATE GUARD:
Uniforms
$356 97
Gun racks
45 31
Supplies
6 63
$682 72
170 08
$408 91
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
RATION BOARD :
Clerical hire
$ 111 75
Printing and supplies
63 77
Heater and repairs to building
60 42
Fuel
15 00
Office equipment
59 42
Meals-registrations
41 32
$351 68
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE:
Postage and supplies
6 47
6 47
SCRAP METAL COLLECTION:
Labor
180 00
$180 00
$1,799 86
FIRE DEPARTMENT : Appropriation
$2,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Salary, Benj. F. Ogden, chief
$ 150 00
E. P. Morrill, deputy chief
50 00
L. V. Moreau
50 00
Salaries, firemen
110 00
Labor
608 70
Equipment and repairs
704 57
forest fires
15 00
Gasoline and oil
94 24
Building maintenance
360 28
Fuel and light
147 70
Office supplies, telephone
88 26
Forest fire patrol
97 08
Lunches
13 67
Insurance
10 50
$2,500 00
FIRE HOSE AND EQUIPMENT :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Hose
1,111 50
Equipment
EXPENDITURES
88 50
Total expenditures $1,200 00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY >
FIRE TRUCK : Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Wood Engineering Service, truck 3,000 00
Total expenditures
$3,000 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Louis V. Moreau, salary
100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
$750 00
Transferred from W. P. A.
127 15
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$631 63
Truck hire
206 00
Supplies
39 52
Total expenditures $877 15
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$882 34
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$519 64
Truck hire
218 50
Supplies and repairs
117 72
Total expenditures
$855 86
Transferred to revenue
26 48
$882 34
MOTH, PRIVATE WORK :
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$106 68
Truck hire
75 00
Supplies
117 98
Total expenditures
$299 96
Transferred to revenue
04
$300 00
877 15
23
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
Transferred from reserve
$1,200 00 9 82
$1,209 82
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$673 40
Labor, dumps
75 00
Dog cases-officer and expenses
236 80
W. A. Giles, agent
20 00
Charles Pasquale
30 00
Recording vital statistics
172 00
Forms
2 62
$1,209 82
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT : Appropriation
$1,170 43
EXPENDITURES
County treasurer
$1,140 73
Total expenditures
$1,140 73
Transferred to revenue
29 70
1,170 43
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation Dr. W. J. S. McNally
$19 75
EXPENDITURES
$19 75
Transferred to revenue
480 25
$500 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
$500 00
Total expenditures
EXPENDITURES
24
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY :
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$872 18
Truck hire
55 00
Supplies
481 51
Office equipment
25 00
expenses
26 00
Total expenditures
$1,459 69
Transferred to revenue
40 31
$1,500 00
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81 MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
$4,500 00
Received from State
4,500 00
$9,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$4,641 30
Truck hire
428 00
Sand, stone and gravel
507 59
Asphalt
1,809 46
Calcium chloride
116 00
Supplies
452 65
Transferred to road machinery fund
1,035 00
Total expenditures
$9,000 00
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE :
Balance January 1, 1942
$468 12
Appropriation
1,500 00
Received from State and County
1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$930 10
Truck hire
24 00
Supplies
714 13
Transferred to road machinery fund
176 56
Total expenditures
$1,844 79
Transferred to snow
1,000 00
Balance carried forward
123 33
$2 968 12
$2,968 12
25
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION :
Balance January 1, 1942
$2,564 07
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,928 97
Truck hire
118 00
Gravel
92 13
Supplies
188 72
Transferred to road machinery fund Total expenditures
$2,564 07
SNOW :
Appropriation
$3,000 00
Transferred from Chapter 90, maintenance
1,000 00
W. P. A.
200 00
school
300 00
$4,500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$2,276 10
Truck hire
920 00
Sand
179 98
Equipment
30 00
Supplies
504 66
State road
17 38
Transferred to road machinery fund
570 25
Total expenditures
$4,498 37
Transferred to revenue
1 63
4,500 00
ROAD MACHINERY FUND :
Balance January 1, 1942
$3,375 44
Transferred from Highway Dept.
2,079 50
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
$902 17
Repairs and parts
448 84
Supplies
1 03
Storage
156 00
Equipment
520 00
Insurance
47 50
Registration
4 00
Total expenditures
$2,079 54
Balance carried forward
3,375 46
$5,455 00
236 25
$5,455 00
26
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
STREET LIGHTING :
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Middleton Electric Light Dept. $3,000 00
27
CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES :
Appropriation
$250 00
A. C. Peabody, clerk
$100 00
R. B. Floyd
75 00
J. M. Colbert
75 00
Total expenditures $250 00
PUBLIC WELFARE MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
$5,500 00
Refunds
29 50
$5,529 50
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Transportation-investigation
$5 00
Supplies, postage telephone
113 76
$118 76
Cash payments
$2,430 05
Groceries, clothing, rent etc.
1,301 60
Medical aid
599 87
Other towns
905 13
Total expenditures
$5,355 41
Transferred to other departments
15 80
" revenue
158 29
$5,529 50
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-AID :
Appropriation
$15,500 00
Transferred from A. D. C.
315 80
Refunds
28 00
Federal grants
12,563 33
$28,407 13
EXPENDITURES
28
CHARITIES ACCOUNT
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$28,165 01
Other towns
242 12
Total expenditures
$28,407 13
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION :
Appropriation
$500 00
Federal grants
418 71
$918 71
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, agent
$208 00
J. M. Colbert, visitor
48 72
Office supplies
37 95
Total expenditures
$294 67
Transferred to revenue
500 00
Balance carried forward
124 04
$918 71
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Federal grants
225 00
$1,225 00
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
$905 76
Total expenditures
$905 76
Transferred to old age assistance
300 00
Transferred to revenue
19 24
$1,225 00
29
CHARITIES ACCOUNT
SURPLUS COMMODITIES : Appropriation
$450 00
EXPENDITURES
Trucking
$ 90 00
Distribution
104 00
Supplies
16 22
Commissary charges
157 38
Total expenditures
$367 60
Transferred to revenue
82 40
$450 00
80
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID :
Appropriation
$150 00 10 00
$160 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
50 00
Total expenditures
$50 00
Transferred to revenue
110 00
$160 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
234 65
Total expenditures
$234 65
Transferred to revenue
765 35
$1,000 00
MILITARY AID (WAR ALLOWANCES)
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
On order
$80 00
Total expenditures
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