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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1943
For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIE LIBR
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
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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 fourteenth 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, 1944, 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 accept the sum of $2,000.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 5. 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 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $330.15 from the Dog Tax Refund to the Library Fund.
ARTICLE 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 1 8. 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 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Highway Surveyor a salary of $1,750.00 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. 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 5, Acts of 1943.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to provide for an adequate heating plant for the Town Hall, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the remaining section of Woodland Road.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the Post-War Rehabilitation Committee.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 20, 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 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 Cemetery Commissioner for three 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 doing's 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-four.
HAROLD M. BISHOP, CLARENCE OSGOOD, JR., GEORGE B. OGDEN
Selectmen of Middleton,
A true copy.
Attest : WALTER H. MILBERY, Constable.
HENRY A. YOUNG 1867-1943
The Town has lost an honest and faithful servant The citizens a sincere and loyal friend
Custodian Town Hall 42 Years
Trustee Flint Public Library 20 Years
Tax Collector 23 Years
Special Police Officer Many Years
Trustee of David Cummings Fund Many Years
WMlorld Ular 2 In honor of the Alen and Alomen of Middleton who have entered the Armed Forces Courage
Valor
Anderson, E. April, H. Anderson, A.
Henry, J. Hilton, K. Hocter, E.
+ Phaneuf, C. Phaneuf, J.
* Picariello, F.
* Ballard, G.
* Hocter, W.
* Picariello, J.
* Ballard, W.
" Picariello, P.
* Ballard, L.
* Pickard, J.
Barbrick, R.
Hurd. F.
* Pickard, F.
Barrowclough, H. Jr. Barthelmey, W.
Hynes, T.
* Pickering, H.
Berson, F.
Boodro, E. Busineau, M.
Jenkins, R. * Jones, J. * Jones, P. Judge, E.
Richards, A.
Burke, R. Brackett, C. T.
Kitchen, A. H. Jr. Klosowski, S.
* Richardson, A. * Richardson, F. Richardson, P.
* Campbell, L.
* Campbell, C. Campbell, E. Jr.
Lavonga, M. Leary, E. Leavitt, R. Le Beau, E.
* Roberts, W.
Canovan, R. T.
Caverly, Margaret
Clobourne, E.
Clark, R.
* LeColst, F. * LeColst. P. Lindley, A. Lee, G. Lyons, J. F.
" Ryer, L. O. Jr.
Cook, C. E. Jr.
Ryer, T.
Cousins, T.
Mc Donald, Barbara
Currier, D.
Magee, A. A. Martin, A. A. Martin, W. T. Jr. * Martin, J. H. Maxwell, R.
* Rollins, W. * Rollins, S. Rubchinuk, F. Saulnier, A. Sawyer, R.
** Currier, Madeline Curtis, G. C. Jr.
Colton, W. Churchill. R.
* Mavne, W. McKenney, R.
Mc Lean, D).
* McLean. J.
* McLean, S.
* Stewart, A. * Stewart, H.
* DiFrancesco, A.
* DiFrancesco, L. Donaldson, J.
* Donovan, J. A. * Donovan, J. E.
* Moreland, A.
* Donovan, J.
* Moreland. F. Morton, R. Murphy, H.
Muzichuk, J.
Morrison, G.
Morrison. Celia
Morse, W. Minot, E. F.
# Veinotte, D. * Veinotte, F. Vierra, F.
Nash, H.
*Ogden, B. F.
Felton, R.
" ()gden, J. H. * Ogden, T. R. O'Shea, J. Osborne. J.
* Wennerberg, A.
* Wennerberg, E. * Wennerberg, F.
* Wennerberg, O.
* Galuecia, G.
* Galuecia. E. Gifford, P.
* Parshley, W.
* Peaslee, R.
* Goodale, J. * Goodale, P. Giles, H.
* Peaslee, R.
* Phaneuf, A. J. "Phaneuf, J. A.
Grady, Bertha
Wood, H. Wood, C. Woodward, W. Witham. W. A.
Brothers ** Brother and Sister
* Roode, R. * Roode, R. Roode, R. Rosi, L. Russell. P. Ryan, R.
* Clinch, C. E.
* Clinch, C. S. Jr. Colby, R.
Currier, H. Currier, D.
** Currier, C.
* Mayne. J.
* Sheldon, 1). * Sheldon, O. Sillars. R. Stennick, T.
McLean, J. Meagher, D).
Milbury, J. Mitchell, H. C.
Streck, A. Swindell, W. Seaver, D. Scouller, J. A. Stanchfield, E.
Donovan, D. Duggan, J. Dukeshire, R. * Dudley, J.
Thomas, E. Thomas, R. Tremblay, E.
* Dudley, G.
Earl, S. Estey, W. Evans, A. M. Eddington, W. F.
Wall, L. Waterman, D. Webber, P. H. Welch, W.
Foss, D. Frazier, A. Fuller, R.
Fuller, A. Frothingham, E. J.
* Page. A. * Page, WV Parker, C.
# Parshley, R.
Wennerberg. R. Wilkins, B. H. Williams, E. Williams, L. Wiseman, F.
Harding, W.
* Pickering, T. * Pickering, J. Jr. Porter, J. Pouslen, M.
* Byko, H.
* Byko, S. Berry, H.
Kokoska, T.
* Roberts, D.
Clark, E. A.
Correia, A.
* Hocter, J. Horne, L.
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1943
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1944
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1943
10
Balance Sheet
38
Cemetery Endowment Report
46
Cemetery Department
32
Charities
27
David Cummings' Fund
50
General Government
13
Health Department
24 25
Library and Parks
31
Land Owned by the Town
45
Middleton Electric Light Account
35
Municipal Indebtedness
37
Protection of Persons and Property
20
School Department
30
Soldiers and State Aid
29
Town Officers -
6
Town Officers Salaries
17
Town Treasurer's Account
40
Unclassified Account
33
PART II
Assessors' Report
70
Dog Officer's Report
66
Electric Light Commissioners Report
64
Flint Public Library Fund -
56
Jurors List
55
Librarian's Report
57
Payroll Analysis
53
Public Welfare
65
Police Department Report
66
Recommendations Finance Committee
76
Selectmen's Report
58
School Reports
83
State Audit Report
73
Tax Collector's Report
-
68
Town Clerk's Report
-
59
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Highway Department
6
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
Moderator
Ellsworth E. Knowlton
Term expires March, 1944
Town Clerk
J. Warren Osborne Term expires March, 1944
Treasurer
Marion E. Mitchell
Term expires March, 1944
Selectmen and Board of Health
Harold M. Bishop, Chairman Term expires March, 1944
Clarence Osgood, Clerk Term expires March, 1944
George B. Ogden Term expires March, 1944
Board of Public Welfare
Jessie M. Colbert, Chairman Term expires March, 1945
Leslie E. Merrifield, Clerk Term expires March, 1946
Charles Pasquale Term expires March, 1944
Board of Assessors
Paul B. Wake, Chairman Term expires March, 1945
Archibald L. Jones, Clerk Term expires March, 1946
Fred L. Currier Term expires March, 1944
School Committee
Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman Term expires March, 1945
Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1944
Seaver L. Macdonald Term expires March, 1946
Highway Surveyor
Benj. F. Ogden
Term expires March, 1944
Tax Collector
Harold E. Tyler
Term expires March, 1944
Tree Warden
Albert A. Sheldon
Term expires March, 1944
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TOWN OFFICERS
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Moth Superintendent
Albert Sheldon Term expires January, 1944
Constable
Walter H. Milbury Term expires March, 1944
Chief of Police
Walter H. Milbury
Term expires May, 1944
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1944
Inspector of Animals
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1944
Inspector of Slaughtering
H. Bray Wilkins Term expires May, 1944
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1945
Forest Fire Warden
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires January, 1944
Chief of Fire Department
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires May, 1944
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Louis V. Moreau Term expires May, 1944
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1945
Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1944
A. L. Jones Term expires March, 1946
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington Term expires May, 1944
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
George E. Barnaby
Term expires March, 1944
Paul B. Wake
Term expires March, 1944
A. L. Jones
Term expires March, 1945
William H. Sanborn
Term expires March, 1945
Harley M. Tyler
J. Warren Osborne
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1946
Cemetery Commissioners
George E. Barnaby, Chairman
John H. Ross, Clerk
Thomas Bott
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1945 Term expires March, 1944
Finance Committee
John Pickering, Chairman
Harold Y. Smith
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1946
Oscar Belle
Term expires March, 1944
W. W. Richardson
Term expires March, 1945
Walter L. Paine
Term expires March, 1945
Registrars of Voters
Ernest P. Goodale
Lloyd H. Getchell
Walter O. Parker
Term expires March, 1944 Term expires March, 1945 Term expires March, 1946
Town Counsel
William H. McSweeney Term expires April, 1944
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts Roger F. Clapp William H. Sanborn
George E. Barnaby 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, 1943
ANALYSIS SHEET
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Salaries
$4,865.00
Town Officers Expenses .
1,000.00
$ 25.00
$ 172.89
1,197.89
1,197.89
Tax Title Expenses
300.00
300.00
287.91
$
12.09
Town Hall
1,000.00
200.00
1,200.00
1,189.15
·
750.00*
Police
1,250.00
4.70
1,254.70
1,254.70
Civilian Defense Fire
1,000.00
600.00
1,938.18
1,888.10
50.08
Fire Hose and Equipment
600.00
600.00
600.00
River St., Waterholes
500.00
500.00
428.95
71.05
Moth
882.34
882.34
881.94
.40
Moth, Private Work
300.00
300.00
299.98
.02
Tree Warden
500.00
500.00
498.06
1.94
Health
1,200.00
1,200.04
933.89
$200.00
66.11
Essex Sanatorium
1,310.94
1,310.94
1,310.94
Dental Clinic
500.00
500.00
1,712.42
3,355.79*
Highway .
1,650.00
150.00
1,800.00
1,795.17
4.83
Highway, Chapter 81
4,500.00
3,460.99
8,250.00
8,249.32
.68
High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.
1,000.00
1,388.39
1,500.00
1,499.92
.08
High'y, Chap. 90, Const.
1,923.05
.
.
.
·
.
.
·
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Public Welfare
4,200.00
4,204.45
2,182.26
14.25
597.19
Old Age Assistance Aid .
16,500.00
14,284.78
1,000.00
31,784.78
31,672.89
111.89
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
624.04
475.20
1,099.24
556.99
500.00
42.25*
.
·
10.85
Town Hall, Painting
.
750.00
750.00
2,680.76
·
·
ANALYSIS SHEET
·
·
.
Road Machinery Fund
3,375.46
1,692.75
5,068.21
Snow
6,000.00
9.93
6,009.93
6,008.04
1.89
Street Lighting
· 4.45
$4,865.00
$4,865.00
.
.
.
·
.
2,500.00
338.18
180.76
2,680.76
.
.
500.00
10
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Aid Depend't Children
$ 850.00
$ 238.26
$175.00
$1,263.26
$ 1,238.30
$24.96
State Aid
150.00
150.00
150.00
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
500.00
159.00
341.00
War Allowances
400.00
400.00
Memorial Day
250.00
6.48
256.48
256.48
School
29,350.00
29,350.00
29,316.12
33.88
Vocational Education
400.00
400.00
7.20
392.80
Library
800.00
375.15
1,175.15
1,175.15
Park
175.00
5.00
180.00
179.90
Insurance
1,400.00
90.59
1,490.59
1,490.59
Interest
800.00
800.00
786.74
Contingent Fund
800.00
50.00
850.00
589.73
260.27
Electric Light Dept.
2,807.14
52,906.08
55,713.22
47,851.14
3,619.47
4,242.61*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
5,006.62
530.00
120.00
2,674.63
450.00
15.63
2,209.00*
Elec. Lt. Meter Dep. Int.
1,000.00
424.27
1,424.27
1,415.92
8.85
Opening Graves
350.00
350.00
340,48
9.52
Lots and Graves Fund
745.00
110.00
Endowment of Lots
545.00
·
545.00
960.42
39.58
Mansfield Fund
54.65
850.00
904.65
003.86
.79*
Anticipation Notes
25,000.00
Funded Debt
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
War Bonds
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,998.00
2.00
Dog Tax .
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
·
.
·
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
.
·
·
.
.
·
.
.
453 40
453 40
453 40
.
11
.
·
·
1,999.47
7,006.09
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
2,024.63
38.12
15.63
53.75
53.75*
Cemetery
.
855.00*
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
.
Expended
$250.00
150.00
.10
13.26
7,006.09*
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Withholding Tax
$2,757.50
$2,757.50
State Tax
2,161.89
County Tax
.
.
.
.
176.02
Estimated Receipts
23,030.68
Accounts Receivable
18,414.94
Tax Title Account
2,448.25
Tax Title Possessions
210.00
1942 Tax Levy
11,352.85
1942 Excise Tax
120.25
1942 Poll Tax ·
14.00
1942 Personal Prop. Tax
477.81
1943 Tax Levy
50,463.38
1943 Excise Tax
1,854.80
1943 Poll Tax .
932.00
1943 Personal Prop. Tax
2,194.00
$194,393.46
$ 200,723.78
$2,854.82
.
* Balance carried forward.
.
.
3,193.99
Tax Abatements, Refunds
. 84
.
ANALYSIS SHEET
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1943
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR :
Property
$ 53,916 69
Poll
932 00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
11,830 66
Poll
14 00
Tax title redemptions
2,448 25
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
6,910 66
Income
7,120 00
$83,172 26
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
$1,775 00
All others
81 00
$1,856 00
FINES :
District Court
$10 00
$ 10 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS :
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
Old age assistance
$14,726 98
Aid to dependent children
238 26
$14,965 24
14
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION:
Support of Public Schools
$ 466 22
Vocational Education 137 50
High School Transportation
1,385 55
Union Superintendency 235 17
$2,224 44
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway Chapter 81
$3,460 99
Inspector of Animals
87 50
$3,548 49
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
$375 15
$375 15
FROM AMERICAN LEGION:
$168 18
Scap Drive
150 00
$318 18
OTHER GENERAL REVENUE:
Cancelled check
$20 00
$20 00
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$1,975 05
$1,975 05
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
$ 16 00
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
36 00
Collector
69 80
MUNICIPAL BUILDING :
Town Hall 225 60
$347 40
15
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Moth, private work
$436 25
Sealing of weights and measures 68 66
Services, dog officer
96 00
Civilian defense, State Guard
431 80
report centre
10 00
$1,042 71
HEALTH AND SANITATION : Tuberculosis
$356 21
$356 21
HIGHWAYS:
General
$2,475 00
State maintenance
1,388 39
and County, construction
1,923 05
$5,786 44
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From Cities and Towns
$1,122 52
From State
1,298 75
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
From State 445 06
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From Cities and Towns $ 656 86
From State
14,535 54
From State, Chapter 729, Meal tax
843 42
$18,902 15
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :
State aid
$ 50 00
War allowances
80 00
SCHOOLS :
Tuition and transportation, state wards
$ 44 16
Other tuition
40 00
Miscellaneous
37
$ 130 00
$84 53
16
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
UNCLASSIFIED :
Sale of real estate
$274 00
Rent of old school
84 00
Memorial Day
6 00
Miscellaneous
20 00
$384 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of light and power
$52,768 98
Sale of supplies, etc.
137 10
PUBLIC SCALES
85 80
$52,991 88
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
$110 00
Opening graves
447 00
Care of endowed lots
424 27
$981 27
INTEREST :
On deposits
$ 38.12
On deferred taxes
481 28
On excise taxes
1 63
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
850 00
Cummings “
347 90
Library
AGENCY :
Dog taxes
$ 453 40
Perpetual care funds
545 00
Meter deposits
530 00
Withholding taxes
2,757 50
$4,285 90
REFUNDS :
General departments
$47 38
$47 38
Total receipts
$195,523 61
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES :
Appropriation
$3,480 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Harold M. Bishop
$169 79
Clarence Osgood, Jr.
138 54
George B. Ogden
138 54
Seaver L. Macdonald
41 67
Harold L. Mitchell
36 46
$525 00
ASSESSORS:
Paul B. Wake
$275 00
A. L. Jones
250 00
Fred L. Currier
175 00
700 00
REGISTRARS:
Ellsworth Knowlton
$20 00
J. W. Osborne
20 00
Charles Pasquale
20 00
Walter O. Parker
12 20
Florence Pasquale
7 80
MODERATOR:
George B. Ogden
$ 6 25
Ellsworth Knowlton
18 75
25 00
TOWN CLERK:
J. W. Osborne
200 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Marion E. Mitchell
$379 18
George E. Gifford
120 82
500 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Elmer O. Campbell
500 00
80 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TAX COLLECTOR:
Harold E. Tyler
500 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
$3,480 00
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Refund
25 00
Transferred from reserve
172 89
1,197 89
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Supplies and printing
$72 09
Postage
17 02
Selectmens' Association, dues
9 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
54 81
Postage
122 33
Safe deposit box
15 00
Tax title deeds
24 00
Moving office equipment
8 40
Repairs to office equipment
21 75
ASSESSORS:
Supplies and printing
114 46
Abstracts and plans
65 21
Mileage and expenses
30 86
Clerical services
101 90
Legal services
65 75
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and printing
55 32
Postage
72 70
Tax sale, expenses
88 70
Mileage and expenses
9 34
Petty cash
25 00
98 11
246 29
378 18
251 06
19
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies and printing
100 60
Office equipment
50 00
$150 60
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies and printing
41 80
Postage
23 15
64 95
TOWN COUNSEL:
Dues
2 00
2 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Supplies
6 70
6 70
Total expenditures
$1,197 89
TAX TITLE EXPENSES:
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Land Court
210 75
Registry of Deeds
10 00
Counsel fees
40 00
Insurance
27 16
Total expenditures
287 91
Transferred to revenue
12 09
$300 00
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation, maintenance
$1,000 00
Transferred from Health
200 00
Appropriation, salary
730 00
EXPENDITURES
S. S. Pike, janitor
378 73
Edward Macdonald, janitor
351 27
Fuel and light
276 28
Water and telephone
67 56
Repairs including shingling
798 00
Supplies
47 31
Total expenditures
$1,919 15
Transferred to revenue
10 85
$1,930 00
1,930 00
20
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$1,250 00
Transferred from reserve'
4 70
$1,254 70
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$937 60
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
303 82
Equipment
8 28
Supplies
5 00
Total expenditures
$1,254 70
CONSTABLE'S SALARY :
Appropriation
$35 00
EXPENDITURES
W. H. Milbery, salary
$35 00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE :
Appropriation
1,000 00
Transferred from reserve fund
600 00
Donation, American Legion
168 18
scrap drive
100 00
Refund, State Guard
70 00
EXPENDITURES
O. C. D. REPORT CENTER:
Canteen supplies
$ 28 96
Telephone
102 21
Fuel and light
55 44
Maintenance
53 33
OBSERVATION POST:
Lumber and supplies
$344 60
Fuel
60 50
Telephone
84 95
Moving post
21 00
STATE GUARD:
Uniforms
$184 05
Lumber and supplies
81 43
Lunches
27 70
Fuel
15 34
$1,938 18
$239 94
511 05
$308 52
21
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
RATION BOARD:
Fuel and janitor service
$ 320 48
Clerical hire
153 75
Supplies and telephone
55 93
Labor and materials, new office
147 59
Repairs to equipment
58 25
Moving office
16 80
Lunches-registrations
23 89
$776 69
SCRAP COLLECTION:
Labor
51 90
$51 90
Total expenditures
$1,888 10
Transferred to revenue
50 08
$1,938 18
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$2,500 00
Transferred from Public Welfare
100 00
Reserve
80 76
$2,680 76
EXPENDITURES
Salary, Benj. F. Ogden, chief and forest warden $116 66
E. P. Morrill, deputy chief
91 67
L. V. Moreau, 14 56
A. G. Marshall, forest warden
20 84
Salaries, firemen
99 00
Labor
687 70
Equipment and repairs
269 58
forest fires
130 57
Gasoline and oil
92 33
Building maintenance
274 18
Overhead doors
392 33
Fuel and light
233 99
Office supplies, telephone
125 98
Forest fire patrol
120 40
Lunches
4 97
Medical services
6 00
Total expenditures
$2,680 76
22
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE HOSE AND EQUIPMENT :
Appropriation
$600 00
EXPENDITURES
Lighting unit
$489 50
Hose
111 50
Total expenditures $600 00
RIVER STREET WATERHOLES ;
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$418 45 10 50
Truck
Total expenditures
$428 95
Transferred to revenue
71 05
$500 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
1
Louis V. Moreau, salary
100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$384 00
Truck hire
93 00
Supplies
21 06
Total expenditures
$498 06
Transferred to revenue
1 94
$500 00
23
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$882 34
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$594 66
Truck hire
243 00
Supplies and repairs
44 28
Total expenditures
$881 94
Transferred to revenue
40
$882 34
MOTH, PRIVATE WORK:
Appropriation
$300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$115 56
Truck hire
99 75
Supplies
84 67
Total expenditures
$299 98
Transferred to revenue
02
$300 00
24
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$270 40
Dumps, labor
259 20
Dog cases-officer and expenses
166 15
Charles Pasquale, agent
40 00
Lillian Goodrich, ass't agent
25 00
Recording vital statistics
172 00
Forms
1 14
Total expenditures
$ 933 89
Transferred to Town Hall
200 00
Transferred to revenue
66 11
$1,200 00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
$1,310 94
County treasurer
$1,310 94
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to Town Hall painting $500 00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING-SALARY :
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDITURES
H. Bray Wilkins, salary
$50 00
CATTLE INSPECTOR-SALARY :
Appropriation
$175 00
EXPENDITURES
H. Bray Wilkins, salary $175 00
EXPENDITURES
25
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY :
Appropriation
$1,650 00 150 00
Transferred from Public Welfare
$1,800 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,581 77
Truck
39 50
Supplies
118 30
Office expenses
55 60
Total expenditures
$1,795 17
Transferred to revenue
4 83
$1,800 00
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