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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1945
For Reference
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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 twelfth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To authorize the Selectmen to appoint such other Town Officers as are required to be chosen annually,
ARTICLE 2 To see what action the Town will take in regard to the letting of the Town Hall.
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 I, 1946, 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, Ceneral Laws.
ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $365.01 from the Dog Tax Refund to the Library Fund.
ARTICLE 6. 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 or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $2,500.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 8. 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 a post war rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
ARTICLE 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,650.00 for the mninte- 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 II. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1, 100,00 for the maintenance of Chapter 90-Roads, the same to be expended in conjunction with the State allotment.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to maintain equipment.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1, 700.00 to place subway grating on the Peabody Street Bridge or take what other action deemed advisable to make this bridge safe for travel.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the improve- ment of Essex Street; Said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose (Chapter 90 Construction).
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to make permanent, the temporary increases granted the laborers and heads of various departments at the last annual Town Meeting, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Highway Surveyor a salary of $2,080.00 per year, this sum to be taken from the various highway appropriations.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town wishes to continue the Forest Fire Patrol as has been required by law the last three years.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following Zoning By-Law :-
Part 2, Section 4:7. Any of the following uses, provided it is not injurious, noxious, or offensive to the neighborhood, and only if authorized by the Board of Appeals :
(a) aviation field ; (b) Cemetery ; (c) Fur Farm; (d) Golf Club; (e) Gravel, loam, clay, or sand strip- ping or removal ; (f) Greenhouse ; (g) Hospital, convalescent home, sanitarium, or philanthropic use ; (h) Ice harvesting and storage on the same premises; (i) Municipal use; (j) Riding stable; (k) Stone quarrying ; (1) Telephone exchange, not including a service station or outside storage of supplies.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appointment of a committee of five to inves- tigate the needed repairs and improvements to the Old School Building, and report at the next annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appointment of a committee of five to inves- gate the further extensions of water mains and to report at the next annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to properly celebrate the return of the Men and Women who served in or were affiliated or associated with the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II, according to Chapter I, Acts of 1946.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to adopt Chapter 723, Acts of 1945, whereby Towns may estab- lish and maintain municipal departments or form districts for furnishing information, advice and assistance to veterans of World War II or to other veterans.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Building Laws as Amended by a Committee of five a ccording to Chapter 143, Section 3, General Laws :- or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. On petition of Ernest P. Goodale and thirty-eight others, to see if the Town will vote to prohibit the travel of trucks on King and Mount Vernon Streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. On petition of Alfred H. Kitchin and fourteen others, to see if the Town will vote to widen Mount Vernon Street mainly by the brook and old cemetery, or take any other action in relation thereto. ARTICLE 26, On petition of Joseph Picariello and twenty-four others, to see if the Town will vote to accept 2,000 feet of Haswell Park Extension and to raise money for any necessary improvement of the same. ARTICLE 27. On petition of Edwin W. Whitehouse and twenty others, to see if the Town will vote to accept
a portion of Spring Road as far as Acorn Street and a portion of Acorn Street as far as Lawrence L. Chute's house.
ARTICLE 28. On petition of Harold E. Tyler and fourteen others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Lakeview Avenue (off North Main Street) or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. On petition of Ernest P. Goodale and twenty others, to see if the Town will vote to allow the Boy Scouts of said Town to erect a building to be used for recreational purposes, on Recreation Park in said Town, or on other land owned by said Town suitable for the purposes above mentioned.
ARTICLE 30. On petition of John W. Campbell and forty-nine others, to see if the Town will vote to ex- tend the street lights on River Street from Sleet's corner to the end of the existing power lines, also Hilldale and Belleview Avenues.
ARTICLE 31. On petition of Marie Murphy and twenty-two others, to see if the Town will vote to install a light on Liberty Street at the intersection of Spring Road and Lakeview Avenue, to lessen the danger of accidents. Electric poles are located at proposed site of installation.
ARTICLE 32. On petition of George B. Ellis and wine others, to see if the Town will vote to adopt and enact the following By -Laws :-
1. No street shall be accepted by the Town unless it is laid out fifty feet wide, graded and drained the full width and all banks sloped not less than one up, two out. A travel road way twenty-five feet wide shall have all Joam, subsoil, roots, stumps, boulders and ledge removed for one foot below the finish grade then brought to grade with good road gravel crowned four inches. No grade shall ex- ceed 10%. The street or streets must connect with an accepted street. There shall not be any dead end street unless a turning area one hundred feet in diameter is provided finished same as travel roadway. If any part of this rule is not followed the Selectmen shall have prominent signs erected warning that no permits will be granted for building on these premises.
2. No lot shall be sold on new developments less than seventy-five feet wide and one hundred feet deep.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 18, next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, 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, also vote on the two following referendums: 1. Shall the By-Laws of the Town of Middleton be amended by the addition of the following section of Chapter 1?
"Beginning at the annual Town Meeting in 1947 the length of the term of office of Treasurer shall be three years''. Yes No
2. Shall the Town vote to accept the provisions of Section 6D, Chapter 40 of the General Laws, which authorizes Cities and Towns to appropriate money for the removal of snow and ice from public ways therein open to public use? Yes No The polls will be open at 6:00 A. M. and shall be closed at 6:00 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at the 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 fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
GEORGE B. OGDEN, HAROLD M. BISHOP, CLARENCE OSGOOD, Jr. Selectmen of Middleton,
A true copy.
Attest : WALTER H. MILBERRY, Constable.
World Talar 2 In honor of the Men and Women of Middleton who habe entered the Armed Forces Courage
Valor
Ernest C. Anderson Alfred R. Arling Robert II. Arling
Clarence Baker Gerald . Ballard
Lloyd F. Ballard
Waynewright A. Ballard
Robert E. Barbrick
lIenry H. Barrowclough, Jr.
Lawrence K. Barthelemy, Jr. Walter C. Barthelemy
Antonio Blais Leopold S. Blais Edwin T. Boodro
Charles T. Brackett
Montelle Bradbury
Elmer C. Brown
Richard C. Burke
Henry Byko Peter Byko Stephen Byko
George L. Katz Stanley- Hall King Alfred II. Kitchin, Jr.
Stanley W. Klosowski Tony J. Kokoska
Richard J. LaBonte Margaret J. Larson
Michael Lavorgna
Nicholas Lavorgna Edward II. Leary
Ernest F. Le Beau
Francis T. LeColst
Paul C. LeColst
Gardner C. Lee
Anson T. Lindley
John Mackinnon Chester R. MacLean
Donald F. MacLean
James D. MacLean
John S. Maclean
LeRoy J. Mac Lean
Arthur A. Magee Albert A. Martin James K. Martin William T. Martin, Jr.
Raymond R. Maxwell
James L. Mayne Warren Mayne Raymond E. Me Kenney
Jean K. MeShechy Mary E. Meagher Henry Michalski John W. Milbery Harold C. Mitchell AIden FF. Moreland Frederick B. Moreland Grant B. Morrison Warren F. Morse Richard E. Morton
Harold Murphy Richard M. Murphy John Muzichuk
HIarland S. Nash
Benjamin F. Ogden James II. Ogden Theodore R. Ogden
Arthur T. Page, Jr. Warren E. Page Clayton S. Parker Ralph I. Parshley
Warren F. Parshley
Robert D. Greeke
William 11. Harding
Kenneth W. Ililton
Edward F. Hocter
William II. Peaslee
Eugene J. Pelletier. Jr.
Charles II Phaneuf John J. Phanenf Joseph A. Phaneuf Francis F. Picariello
Joseph Picariello Joseph E. Pickard llenry B. Pickering John Pickering. Jr. Timothy Pickering John W. Porter Marguerite A. Poulsen Marjorie C. Poulsen
Alfred E. Richards Albert H. Richardson Francis A. Richardson Warren P. Richardson John C. Rizya
Donald W. Roberts Elwood N. Roberts Richard L. Roode Robert E. Roode
John II. Ross Fred Rubchinuk John Rubehinuk Perry W. Russell Richard G. Ryan Thomas H. Ryer
Alford L. Saulnier
Joseph P. Saulnier
Robert J. Sawyer David . Sheldon
Oscar II. Sheldon
Robert M. Sillars Robert L. Stennick Thomas L. Stennick Arthur L. Stewart Wilfred J. Swindell
Elmer W. Thomas Robert F. Thomas Edward J. Tremblay
Douglas B. Veinotte Francis A. Veinotte Francis P. Viera
Donald R. Waterman James P. Webber Norman D. Welch Shirley I. Welch Ebbe B. Wennerberg
Evert F. Wennerberg Nils A. Wennerberg Ralph I. Wennerberg
Anita C. Williams Leo Williams Wilbur A. Witham llarland C. Wood
Charles I. Campbell Elmer O. Campbell. Jr. Leonard A. Campbell William M. Clapp Raymond Clark Everett A. Clarke Benjamin W. Clay, Jr. Charles S. Clinch, Jr. Chester E. Clinch Edward E. Coffin, Jr. Frank Colburn Raymond N. Colby Chester E. Cook Thomas F. Cousins Richard Cressey Charles O. Currier
Donald R. Currier
Elmer G. Currier Harold E. Currier Madeline A. Currier Raymond H. Currier Grace E. Curtis
Rudolph A. Dane William L. Dearborn John P. Donaldson Daniel J. Donovan James F. Donovan John E. Donovan James F. Dow Barbara F. Doyle
Robert E. Duelow John F. Dudley Richard W. Dukeshire
Sefton B. Earl Walter F. Eddington Lansing English Willis W. Esty. Jr. Arthur M. Evans
Clement W. Evans William F. Flynn Donald B. Foss Arthur H. Frazier Robert P. Fuller
Elliott Galencia
Martha W. Galencia
Parker E. Gifford
James G. Goodale
Paul W. Goodale
George A. Peachey Ralph L. Peaslee Richard H. Peaslee
Richard H. Peaslee
John J. Hocter, Jr. William J. Hocter
Richard E. Hood
James L. Horne
Francis L. Hurd
Thomas F. Ilynes
Rupert W. Jenkins
Eldon F. Judge Sidney Judge
In Memorium
ROBERT W. BURKE S 1c USCG Missing in Action Dec. 22, 1942
DONALD MEAGHER Pvt. USA Killed in Action Aug. 7, 1944
DAVID H. CURRIER S 2/c USN Missing in Action Feb., 1943
ALFRED D. PHANEUF Pfc. USA Killed in Action Sept. 2, 1944
CHARLES G. CURTIS, JR. Lt. USAAF Killed in Action Feb. 21, 1944
RUSSELL D. ROODE T/5 USA Missing in Action June 9, 1942
JOSEPH A. DONOVAN S 1/c USN Killed in Action 1942
LEWIS O. RYER, JR. Lt. USAAF Killed in Action Nov. 2, 1942
GARDNER GALEUCIA Staff Sgt. USAAF Killed in Action Dec. 15, 1942
ALVAR H. WENNERBERG Pfc. USA Killed in Action June 2, 1944
"They shall not have died in bain"
HERBERT BRAY WILKINS 1888-1945 Inspector of Animals 1940-1945 Inspector of Slaughtering 1941-1945
ELSWORTH E. KNOWLTON 1901-1945
Board of Registrars 1942-1943 Town Moderator 1943-1945
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1945
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MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1946
INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1945
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Balance Sheet
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Cemetery Endowment Report
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33
Charities -
28
David Cummings' Fund
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51
General Government
13
Health Department
24
Highway Department
25
Library and Parks -
32
Land Owned by the Town
-
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46
Middleton Electric Light Account
37
Municipal Indebtedness
39
Protection of Persons and Property
21
School Department
31
Soldiers and State Aid
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Town Officers Salaries -
17
Town Treasurer's Account -
42
Unclassified Account -
34
PART II
Assessors' Report
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74
Dog Officer's Report
71
Electric Light Commissioners Report
66
Flint Public Library Fund -
58
Highway Department Report -
67
Jurors List -
57
Librarian's Report -
59
Payroll Analysis
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54
Public Welfare
70
Police Department Report
71
Recommendations Finance Committee
79
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
69
Selectmen's Report
61
School Reports -
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90
State Audit Report -
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76
Tax Collector's Report -
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73
Town Clerk's Report
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62
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30
Town Officers -
6
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40
47
Cemetery Department
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6
TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
Moderator
*Ellsworth E. Knowlton
Term expires March, 1946
Town Clerk
Elmer P. Morrill
Term expires March, 1946
Treasurer
Marion E. Mitchell Term expires March, 1946
Selectmen and Board of Health
George B. Ogden, Chairman Term expires March, 1946
Harold M. Bishop, Clerk Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1946
Clarence Osgood, Jr.
Board of Public Welfare
Charles Pasquale, Chairman Term expires March, 1947 Leslie E. Merrifield, Clerk Term expires March, 1946
Wilbur E. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires March, 1948
Board of Assessors
Paul B. Wake, Chairman Term expires March, 1948 Archibald L. Jones, Clerk Term expires March, 1946 Harold M. Bishop Term expires March, 1947
School Committee
Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman Term expires March, 1948
Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1946
Seaver L. Macdonald
Highway Surveyor
Benj. F. Ogden
Term expires March, 1946
Tax Collector Term expires March, 1946
Harold E. Tyler
Benjamin F. Ogden * Deceased
Tree Warden
Term expires March, 1946
FLIN
MIDDLETON )
TOWN OFFICERS
7
Moth Superintendent
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires January, 1946
Constable
Walter H. Milbury
Term expires March, 1946
Chief of Police
Walter H. Milbury Term expires May, 1946
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1946
Inspector of Animals
Leonard Smith Term expires May, 1946
Inspector of Slaughtering
Leonard Smith Term expires May, 1946
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1948
Forest Fire Warden
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires January, 1946
Chief of Fire Department
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires May, 1946
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Louis V. Moreau Term expires May, 1946
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1948 Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1947 A. L. Jones Term expires March, 1946
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington Term expires May, 1946
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
Harley M. Tyler
Marion E. Mitchell
William T. Martin
Paul B. Wake
A. L. Jones William H. Sanborn
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1947
Term expires March, 1947
Term expires March, 1948 Term expires March, 1948
Cemetery Commissioners
Roger B. Lovelace
Clarence Richardson
H. Oscar Swain
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948
Finance Committee
W. W. Richardson, Chairman
Walter L. Paine
Hazen M. Richardson
Term expires March, 1945 Term expires March, 1945 Term expires March, 1946
Harold Y. Smith
Term expires March, 1946
Wm. T. Martin
Term expires March, 1947
Registrars of Voters
John E. Meagher
Ernest P. Goodale
Lloyd H. Getchell
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948
Town Counsel
John R. Braley
Term expires April, 1946
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Massachusetts
Roger F. Clapp
William H. Sanborn
Harley M. Tyler
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1945
ANALYSIS SHEET
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Salaries ·
$6,390.00
Town Officers Expenses .
1,200.00
$ 50.00
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1,250.00
1,155.99
Tax Title Expenses
500.00
216.00
716.00
534.04
181.96
Town Hall
800.00
$
183.58
983.58
98%.58
·
30.26
Town Hall, Repairs
600.00
600.00
40.30
Elections and Registrations
125.00
125.00
109.22
15.78
Registrars Listing
140.00
140.00
140.00*
Police
1,650.00
1,650.00
1,647.32
2.68
Fire
2,775.00
5.60
18.74
2,799.34
2,799.34
Forest Fire Hose
300.00
300.00
241.45
Forest Fire Patrol
120.00
120.00
114.80
5.20
Cleaning Water Holes
100.00
100.00
100.00
Civilian Defense
200.00
200.00
188.27
11.73
Ration Board .
100.00
100.00
37.00
63.00
Moth
1,000.00
1,000.00
995.83
4.17
Moth, Private Work
300.00
300.00
84.00
216.00
Tree Warden
550.00
550.00
539.82
10.18
Health
1,500.00
455.90
1,955.90
1,955.90
Essex Sanatorium
1,676.55
1,676.55
1,676.55
Dental Clinic
500.00
500.00
500.00
Road Machinery Fund
2,771.56
2,729.00
5,500.56
2,832 58
2,667.98*
Highway .
1,900.00
599.65
2,499.65
2,497.69
1.96
Highway, Chapter 81
4,700.00
2,415.61
8,575.00
8,574.92
.08
High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.
1,100.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
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Snow
9,000.00
7.20
3,500.00
12,507.20
12,496 58
10.62
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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$ 94.01
Town Hall, Painting
1,263.26
1,263.26
1,233.00
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58.55
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$6,390.00
$6,390.00
.
559.70*
Balance and Appropria- tion
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
East St. Bridge
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·
38.85
1,688.85
1,688.85
Old Age Assistance Aid .
16,850.00
$10,992.82
27,842.82
26,721.03
$1,121.79
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
659.31
365.12
1,024.43
565.69
$
362.68
96.06*
Aid Depend't Children, Aid
1,150.00
509.25
250.00
§:1,909.52
1,877.74
18.84
12.94*
Aid Depend't
Adm.
50.00
50.00
47.94
2.06
State Aid
150.00
150.00
150.00
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
500.00
131.79
368.21
War Allowances
400.00
400.00
125.00
275.00
School
38,131.00
38,131.00
37,404.10
726.90
Vocational Education
200.00
200.00
136.00
64.00
Library
1,000.00
439.06
1,489.06
1,439.06
Park
350.00
350.00
346.49
3.51
Insurance
1,100.00
74.03
69.00
1,243.03
1,243.03
Interest .
540.00
540.00
540.00
Contingent Fund
800.00
43.97
843.97
843.97
Electric Light Dept.
10,694.19
60,952.15
71,646.34
59,500.20
5,020.00
7,126.14*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
9,082.36
2,104.01
20.00
2,624.00
425.50
2 198.50*
Elec. Lt. Meter Dep. Int.
84.00
39.74
123.86
108.60
15.26*
Cemetery
1,450.00
441.55
1,891.55
1,888.81
2.74
Opening Graves
350.00
350.00
280.94
69.06
Endowment of Lots
780.00
780.00
780.00
Lots and Graves Fund
1,085.00
60.00
Funded Debt
3,000.00
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$ 172.12
$ 1,872.12
$1,872.12
Street Lighting
2,250.00
2,250.00
2,250.00
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3,000.00
3,000.00
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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11,186.37*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
2,249.02
355.00
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1,145.00*
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$ 1,700.00
Public Welfare
1,650.00
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Post War Projects Com'tee
200.00
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1,240.57
259.43*
Repairs, Old School
300.00
300.00
171.46
128.54
Memorial Day
275.00
Mansfield Fund
139.64
$ 907.00
1,046.64
885.80
·
160.84*
Tax Abatements, Refunds
567.00
567.00
567.00
State Tax
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4,584.60
Estimated Receipts
52,132.67
19.50
Tax Titles
1,307.86
Tax Title Possessions
266.79
1944 Real Estate Tax
7,356.27
1945 Excise Tax
1,896.60
1945 Poll Tax .
952.00
1945 Real Estate Tax
50,904.42
1945 Personal Property Tax
3,979.38
$207,990.75
$207,015.42
·
·
·
$2,000.00
$1,998.00
·
200.00
Reserve Fund
1,500.00
·
.
.
·
.
·
.
.
County Tax
.
3,880.11
Withholding Tax
4,584.60
$8.41
283.41
283.41
132.15
Dog Tax .
2,448.35
ANALYSIS SHEET
* Balance carried forward.
War Bonds
$2,000.00
$ 2.00*
.
.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1945
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
Poll
$ 56,193 50 952 00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
7,356 27
Tax title redemptions
1,307 86
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
7,931 70
Income
8,155 00
$81,896 33
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
1,775 00
All others
92 50
1,867 50
FINES :
District Court
225 00
225 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS :
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Old age assistance
11,321 14
Aid to dependent children
509 52
$11,830 66
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION :
Support of Public Schools
$ 1,128 13
Vocational Education
104 80
High School Tuition
4,498 11
Union Superintendency
236 44
$5,967 48
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway
8,875 96
Inspector of Animals
87 50
Meal Tax
898 74
9,862 20
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
439 06
439 06
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1,896 60
1,896 50
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
$ 9 25
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
250 00
Collector
86 40
MUNICIPAL BUILDING :
Town Hall 441 80
$787 45
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Sealing of weights and measures
$29 95
Moth, private work
8 00
Services, dog officer
72 00
$109 95
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis 488 71
488 71
HIGHWAYS :
General
3,328 65
3,328 65
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From State
32 00
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
From State 480 10
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
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