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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 385 6
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1946
For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
FOUNDED IN 172 000
MIOOLACAK
'SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1947
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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 eleventh 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 hear and act on Committee Reports.
ARTICLE 3. To see what action the Town will take in regards to the letting of the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 4. 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, 1947, 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, of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 5. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $524.00 from the Dog Tax Refund to the Library Fund.
ARTICLE 7. 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 to take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will 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 Corporations and Taxation, for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to closing the Town Warrant on the second Tuesday of January.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,800.00 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 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the improvement 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 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $250.00 as salary and $50.00 for ex- penses for a Veterans' Agent.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to pay regular Town Laborers 82.6 cents per hour and part time laborers 75 cents per hour.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the following sums to pay 1946 accounts ; Police department, $48.28 ; Snow removal, $9.60; Chapter 81 $20.00; Road Machinery Account $36.35 ; Contingent Fund, $16.17; Town Officers' Expenses $24.60 ; Total $155.00.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Committee appointed under authority of Article 19 of the Town Warrant for 1946 relative to the Old School Building and appropriate the sum of of $22,500.00 for same.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from Surplus Revenue a sum of $16,000.00 to meet the State and County allotments for Highways and any other Highway relocation, repair or construction done in anticipation of Reimbursements, said money when reimbursed to be credited to the Surplus Revenue. ARTICLE 17. On petition of John M. Addison and twenty-three others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Poplar Avenue in said Town and appropriate money for same.
ARTICLE 18. On petition of Ernest C. Anderson and thirty-one others, to see if the Town will vote to line and construct Mill Street, sometimes known as Mill Road, and appropriate money for same.
ARTICLE 19. On petition of Lois G. Roode and thirty-nine others, to see if the Town will vote to extend the Water Main on Liberty Street from its present terminus at Mill Street to Peabody Street, for the pur- pose of providing house service and fire protection.
ARTICLE 20. On petition of Walter L. Halliday and thirty-eight others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Beatle Road in the Town of Middleton and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 21. On petition of Victor J. Hughes and fifty-three others, to see if the Town will vote to accept Riverview Drive in said Town of Middleton for a distance of 2,200 feet, and appropriate money for same.
ARTICLE 22. On petition of Roger Pennell and nineteen others, to see if the Town will vote to accept High- land Road and Oak Road, both situated at Highland Park, off Maple Street in said Town, and appropriate money for same.
ARTICLE. 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 120A of Chapter 94 General Laws, relative to slaughtering licenses.
ARTICLE 24. On petition of James A. Coddington and twenty-four others, to see if the Town will install water pipe on Highland Road and Oak Road and appropriate money for same.
To transact any other business that may lawfully come before this meeting.
You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 17, next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, Treasurer for three years, 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, One Cemetery Commissioner for two years, and Custodian of the Town Hall.
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 eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven.
A true copy.
CLARENCE OSGOOD, Jr. HAROLD M. BISHOP, GEORGE B. OGDEN,
Selectmen of Middleton,
Attest : WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, Constable.
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Otis Talilkins 1868-1946
Selectman 1918-1920
Board of Registrars 1919-1920
John C. Meagher 1902-1946
Board of Registrars
1945-1946
Lyman S. Wilkins 1852-1946
Board of Assessors 1917-1941
Overseer of the Poor 1917-1929
Trustee Cummings Fund
1918-1930
Inspector of Animals
1924-1941
Inspector of Slaughtering 1924-1941
Board of Registrars
1920-1922
Henry D. Smain 1879-1946
Cemetery Commissioner
1944-1946
Eli E. Richardson 1857-1946
School Janitor
1916-1932
Board of Registra
1917-1918
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1946
AS
FOUNDED IN 1728
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1947
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INDEX
Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1946
10
Balance Sheet
42
Cemetery Endowment Report
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49
Cemetery Department
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33
Charities
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28
David Cummings' Fund
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53
General Government
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13
Health Department
24
Highway Department
25
Library and Parks
32
Land Owned by the Town
48
Middleton Electric Light Account
38
Municipal Indebtedness
40
Protection of Persons and Property
21
School Department
31
Soldiers and State Aid
30
Town Officers -
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6
Town Officers Salaries -
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17
Town Treasurer's Account
44
Unclassified Account
36
PART II
Assessors' Report
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86
Building Inspector's Report
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83
Dog Officer's Report
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82
Electric Light Commissioners Report
74
Fire Department Report
76
Flint Public Library Fund -
63
Forestry Report
89
Highway Department Report
75 52 64
Librarian's Report
88
Payroll Analysis
57
Public Welfare
78
Police Department Report
80
Recommendations Finance Committee -
94
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report Selectmen's Report
66
School Reports
102
Special Committee on Old School House
90
Tax Collector's Report
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84
Town Clerk's Report -
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67
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Moth Department Report
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77
Jurors List
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers
John R. Braley
Moderator
Term expires March, 1947
Elmer P. Morrill
Town Clerk Term expires March, 1947
Marion E. Mitchell
Treasurer Term expires March, 1947
Selectmen and Board of Health
Clarence Osgood, Jr., Chairman
Term expires March, 1947
Harold M. Bishop, Clerk Term expires March, 1947
George B. Ogden Term expires March, 1947
Board of Public Welfare
Charles Pasquale, Chairman Term expires March, 1947
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires March, 1948
Leslie E. Merrifield, Clerk Term expires March, 1949
Board of Assessors
Paul B. Wake, Chairman Term expires March, 1948
Harold M. Bishop Term expires March, 1947
Archibald L. Jones, Clerk Term expires March, 1949
School Committee
Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman Term expires March, 1948
Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1947 Rosamond L. Bastable Term expires March, 1949
Highway Surveyor
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires March, 1947
Tax Collector Term expires March, 1947
Harold E. Tyler
Tree Warden
Joseph Picariello
Term expires March, 1947
MIDDLETON
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PURIJG
IRRARY
TOWN OFFICERS
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Moth Superintendent
Joseph Picariello Term expires January, 1947
Constable
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires March, 1947
Chief of Police
Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires May, 1947
Superintendent of Burial
Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1947
Inspector of Animals
Murray Bullerwell Term expires May, 1947
Inspector of Slaughtering
Murray Bullerwell Term expires May, 1947
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1948
Forest Fire Warden
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires January, 1947
Chief of Fire Department
Benjamin F. Ogden Term expires May, 1947
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Louis V. Moreau Term expires May, 1947
Electric Light Commissioners
Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1948
Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1947 Gus L. Fischer Term expires March, 1949
Electric Light Manager
A. B. Harrington
Term expires May, 1947
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees Flint Public Library
William T. Martin
Paul B. Wake
A. L. Jones
William H. Sanborn
Harold Y. Smith
J. Phillip Webber
Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948
Term expires March, 1948
Term expires March, 1949
Term expires March; 1949
Cemetery Commissioners
Roger B. Lovelace
Clarence Richardson
*H. Oscar Swain
Term expires March, 1946 Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948
Finance Committee
Hazen M. Richardson, Chairman
Walter L. Paine
Richard L. Roode
Term expires March, 1949 Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948
William G. Birch
Term expires March, 1948
Ernest S. LeBeau
Term expires March, 1949
Registrars of Voters
Ernest P. Goodale
Lloyd H. Getchell Joseph T. Lee
Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948 Term expires March, 1949
Town Counsel
John R. Braley
Term expires April, 1947
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
* Deceased
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending, December 31, 1946
ANALYSIS SHEET
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Town Officers Salaries .
$6,860.00
Town Officers Expenses .
1,200.00
$ 50.00
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500.00
346.19
153.81
Assessors Expenses
300.00
Town Hall
800.00
Town Hall, Repairs
559.70
559.70
48.65
511.05*
Elections and Registrations
350.00
$ 109.21
459.21
459.21
Registrars Listing
140.00
216.30
5,166.30
5,166.30
Police Car
600.00
600.00
600.00
Fire
2,775.00
419.00
3,194.00
3,194.00
Forest Fire Patrol
100.00
100.00
99.17
.83
Forest Fire Hose
300.00
300.00
300.00
Fire Alarm
600.00
600.00
64.63
535.37*
Cleaning Water Holes
100.00
100.00
99.40
.60
Moth
1,000.00
1,000.00
954.80
45.20
Moth, Private Work
300.00
300.00
300.00
Tree Warden .
500.00
500.00
476.52
23.48
Health
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,499.15
500.85
Essex Sanatorium
2,173.43
2,173.43
2,173 43
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350.19
Road Machinery Fund
2,667.98
1,825.90
4,493.88
2,500.00
1,993.88*
Highway
1,600.00
88.97
1,100.00
2,788.97
2,784.56
4.41
Highway, Chapter 81
4,650.00
7,319.64
150.00
12,000.00
11,985 54
14.46
High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.
1,100.00
500.00
1,100.00
$1,100.00
High'y Chap. 90, Const.
4,000.00
15,100.00
14,605.36
494.64
Park Ave.
500.00
.
500.00
449.90
50.00
.10
Lakeview Ave.
350.00
350.00
299.81
50.00
.19
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300.00
298.44
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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$ 12.68
Tax Title Expenses
500.00
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1.56
178.50
978.50
652.52
325.98
140.00*
Police
4,950.00
1,250.00
1,237.32
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Dental Clinic
500 00
500.00
149.81
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Balance and Appropria- tion
$6,860.00
$6,860.00
ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Spring St.
$ 200.00
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$ 200.00
$ 150.00
$ 50.00
Peabody St. Bridge
1,700.00
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1,700.00
1,699.74
$ .26
Snow
10,900.00
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.
10,900.00
10,856.08
43.92
Street Lighting
2,500.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
Public Welfare
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,199.55
800.45
Old Age Assistance Aid .
16,500.00
$8,600.15
25,100.15
24,303.86
796.29
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
596.06
284.93
880.99
636.26
244,73
Aid Depend't Children, Aid
2,212.94
449.24
2,662.18
2,599.08
63.10
Aid Depend't
Adm.
50.00
16.74
66.74
49.94
16.80
State Aid
1,000.00
1,000.00
556.19
443.81
War Allowances
400.00
15.00
415.00
230.00
185.00
School
39,651.00
39,651.00
39,633.86
17.14
Vocational Education
200.00
273.05
273.05
Library ·
1,865.01
1,865.01
1,865.01
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.17
Baseball Diamond
500.00
500.00
405.36
94.64
Insurance
1,255.00
1,255.00
1,207.67
47.33
Interest
480.00
480.00
480.00
Contingent Fund
800.00
800.00
771.50
28.50
Electric Light Dept.
7,126.14
60,803.79
1,660.00
69,589.93
62,884.73
2,724.93
3,980.27*
Electric Light Deprecia'n
11,186.37
2,268.94
13,455.31
1,660.00
11,795.31* 1,077.00*
Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits
2,198.50
520.00
2,718.50
1,641.50
Elec. Lt. Meter Dep. Int.
15 26
38.12
224.93
278.31
278.31
Cemetery
1,145.00
416.40
1,866.40
1,839.95
26.45
Opening Graves
350.00
85.40
435.40
435.40
Cemetery Asphalt .
125.00
225.00
125.00
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150.00
150.00
141.83
7.17
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ANALYSIS SHEET
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Cemetery Equipment
150.00
150.00
150.00
Soldiers' Relief
Park
550.00
550.00
549.83
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$ 73.05
Expended
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ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)
Balance and Appropria- tion
Receipts
Transferred To
Total Available
Expended
Transferred From
Balance to Revenue
Lots and Graves Fund
$1,145.00
$1,405.00 120.00
$1,405.00
$1,405.00
$
275.00
$990.00*
Funded Debt
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Post War Rehabilition Fund
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,998.00
Post War Projects Com'tee
200.00
Reserve Fund
1,500.00
1,500.00
Repairs, Old School
128.54
128.54
Veterans' Celebration
2,000.00
2,000.00
Memorial Day
300.00
390.00
357.98
32.02
Mansfield Fund
160.84
850.00
1,010.84
976.35
34.49*
Tax Abatements, Refunds
713.40
713.40
713.40
State Tax
County Tax
5,554.80
5,544.80
5,544.80
Estimated Receipts
51,947.53
10.00
Tax Titles
127.19
Tax Title Possessions
7,006.00
1945 Excise Tax
.
46.85
1945 Real Estate Tax
7,070.23
1945 Personal Property Tax
132.30
1946 Excise Tax
2,377.52
1946 Poll Tax
984.00
1946 Real Estate Tax
62,277.17
1946 Personal Property Tax
5,537.70
* Balance carried forward
$229,516.01
$237,083.69
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4,224.71
ANALYSIS SHEET
2.00
200.00
200.00*
992.96
507.04 89.02*
39.52
2,000.00*
$90.00
137.98
Dog Tax .
3,057.54
Withholding Tax
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Endowment of Lots
1,265.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1946
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
$ 69,231 59
Poll
984 00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
7,202 53
Tax title redemptions
127 19
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
8,080 68
Income
10,567 50
$96,193 49
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
1,825 00
All others
68 00
1,893 00
FINES :
District Court
35 00
35 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS :
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
Old age assistance
8,833 40°
Aid to dependent children
409 74
$9,243 14
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION :
Support of Public Schools
$ 1,057 50
Vocational Education 80 80
High School Tuition
5,710 94
High School Transportation
3,473 09
Union Superintendency
225 54
$10,547 87
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway
10,182 84
Inspector of Animals
90 63
Meal Tax
974 31
11,247 78
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
365 01
365 01
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
2,424 37
2,424 37
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
$18 00
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
21 50
Collector
66 35
MUNICIPAL BUILDING :
Town Hall, rental 671 90
Town Hall, fuel
178 50
$956 25
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Sealing of weights and measures $33 18
Services, dog officer 20 00
$53 18
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis 1,092 07
1,092 07
HIGHWAYS:
General
1,914 87
State, Chapter 90, maintenance
500 00
2,414 87
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From State
47 00
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
From State 811 50
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From Cities and Towns 555 68
From State 10,241 45
11,655 63
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :
Soldiers' Relief
166 48
War Allowances
125 00
291 48
SCHOOLS :
Tuition, State wards
41 60
PARKS :
Sod, sold
30 00
30 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
UNCLASSIFIED :
Sale of real estate
$7,006 00
Sale of observation post
180 00
Rent of old school
228 00
$7,414 00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of light and power
$58,744 36
Miscellaneous
2,059 43
Depreciation fund
2,268 94
$63,072 74
PUBLIC SCALES
70 90
70 90
63,143 64
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
120 00
Care " "
484 00
Care of endowed lots
416 40
1,020 40
INTEREST :
On deposits
38 12
On deferred taxes
245 46
On excise taxes
3 54
287 12
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
850 00
Cummings “
361 44
1,111 44
AGENCY :
Beverage licenses
10 00
Perpetual care funds
1,405 00
Meter deposits
520 00
Withholding taxes
5,544 80
Dog taxes
713 40
REFUNDS :
General departments
122 92
122 92
Total receipts
8,193 20
$229,877 45
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES : Appropriation
$5,075 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Harold M. Bishop
241 65
George B. Ogden
241 65
Clarence Osgood, Jr.
241 70
$725 00
ASSESSORS :
Archibald L. Jones
575 00
Paul B. Wake
575 00
Harold M. Bishop
350 00
1,500 00
TOWN CLERK:
Elmer P. Morrill
400 00
MODERATOR :
John R. Braley
50 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Marion E. Mitchell
700 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Elmer O. Campbell
700 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
Harold E. Tyler
700 00
TOWN COUNSEL:
John R. Braley
300 00
Total expenditures $5,075 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation Refund
$1,200 00
50 00
$1,250 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Supplies and printing
80 01
Postage
24 50
Mileage and expenses
49 50
Selectmens' Association, dues
9 00
163 01
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
71 66
Postage
157 19
Tax title deeds
27 00
Mileage and expenses
46 08
Safe deposit box
15 00
316 93
ASSESSORS :
Supplies
15 07
Abstracts
46 18
Postage
10 00
Dues
6 00
1 77 25
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and printing
94 11
Postage
162 89
Mileage and expenses
49 85
Petty cash
50 00
365 85
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies 21 36
21 36
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies
$17 60
Postage
23 52
Office safe
124 00
$ 165 12
TOWN COUNSEL:
Association dues
2 00
Expenses, By-laws and Services
134 80
136 80
Total expenditures
1,237 32
Transferred to revenue
12 68
1,250 00
TAX TITLE EXPENSES: Appropriation 500 00
EXPENDITURES
Counsel fees
263 09
Registry of Deeds
6 00
Advertising
77 10
Total expenditures
346 19
Transferred to revenue
153 81
500 00
ASSESSORS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation 300 00
EXPENDITURES
Clerical service
140 88
Printing and supplies
131 76
Mileage and expenses
25 80
Total expenditures
298 44
Transferred to revenue
1 56
300 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS :
Appropriation
$
Registrars' salaries
180 00
Election expenses
350 00
Transferred from reserve
109 21
$639 21
EXPENDITURES
E. P. Morrill
45 00
E. C. Goodale
45 00
Lloyd Getchell
45 00
John Meagher
25 00
Joseph E. Lee
20 00
180 00
Election officers
258 00
Lunches
35 C6
Printing and postage
166 15
Total expenditures
639 21
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation, maintenance
800 00
Appropriation, salary
730 00
Coal sold
178 50
1,708 50
EXPENDITURES
Paul H. Young, janitor
730 00
Fuel and light
327 99
Water and telephone
107 12
Repairs
126 43
Supplies
90 98
Total expenditures
1,382 52
Transferred to revenue
325 98
1,708 50
TOWN HALL REPAIRS :
Balance January 1, 1946
559 70
EXPENDITURES
Labor and materials
48 65
Total expenditures
48 65
Balance carried forward
511 05
559 70
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
Transferred from reserve
$4,950 00 216 30
EXPENDITURES
Labor
3,923 53
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
518 34
Supplies
396 56
Equipment
191 00
Office supplies, telephone
136 87
Total expenditures 5,166 30
POLICE CAR :
Appropriation
600 00
EXPENDITURES
Plymouth Sedan 600 00
Total expenditures
600 00
CONSTABLE'S SALARY :
Appropriation
35 00
EXPENDITURES
W. C. Rundlett, salary
35 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$2,775 00
Transferred from Reserve
419 00
3,194 00
EXPENDITURES
Salary, Benj. F. Ogden, chief and forest warden
200 00
E. P. Morrill, deputy chief
50 00
Salaries, firemen
185 00
Labor
1,774 10
Equipment and repairs
188 48
forest fires
75 08
Gasoline and oil
87 87
Building maintenance
43 11
Fuel and light
358 87
Office expense, telephone
177 33
Fire alarm
50 50
Lunches
3 66
$5,166 30
Total expenditures 3,194 00
1
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FOREST FIRE PATROL :
$100 00 Appropriation
EXPENDITURES
Labor
99 17
Total expenditures
99 17
Transferred to revenue
83
100 00
.
FOREST FIRE HOSE :
Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDITURES
Hose
300 00
CLEANING WATER HOLES :
Appropriation
100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
99 40
Total expenditures
99 40
Transferred to revenue
60
100 00
FIRE ALARM :
Appropriation
600 00
EXPENDITURES
Equipment
64 63
Total expenditures
64 63
Balance carried forward
535 37
600 00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Labor
Truck
$ 725 50 160 88
Supplies
68 42
Total expenditures
954 80
Transferred to revenue
45 20
1,000 00
MOTH, PRIVATE WORK :
Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to revenue 300 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
252 00
Truck
153 45
Supplies
71 07
Total expenditures
476 52
Transferred to revenue
23 48
500 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
125 00
EXPENDITURES
Louis V. Moreau, salary
125 00
EXPENDITURES -
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT : Appropriation
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
$741 00
Dumps, labor and truck
302 95
Dog cases-officer and expenses
73 60
Charles Pasquale, agent
40 00
Mary Wilson, ass't agent
20 00
Recording vital statistics
153 00
Contagious diseases
156 00
Supplies
12 60 )
Total expenditures
1,499 15
Transferred to revenue
500 85
2,000 00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
2,173 48
EXPENDITURES
County treasurer
2,173 48
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDITURES
Dr. E. J. Connely
100 00
Supplies
49 81
Total expenditures
149 81
Transferred to Revenue
350 19
500 00
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND SLAUGHTERING, SALARY : Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDITURES
Leonard Smith, salary
275 00
Murray Bullerwell 25 00
$300 00
25
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY :
Appropriation
$1,600 00
Transferred from Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,100 00
Refund
88 97
$2,788 97
EXPENDITURES
Labor
1,758 00
Truck hire
166 45
Gravel
52 45
Asphalt
327 55
Supplies
316 27
Office expenses-telephone
163 84
Total expenditures
2,784 56
Transferred to revenue
4 41
2,788 97
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81-MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
4,800 00
State allotment
7,200 00
12,000 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
5,902 30
Truck hire
2,249 35
Sand and gravel
1,428 81
Asphalt
2,244 83
Supplies
160 25
Total expenditures
11,985 54
Transferred to revenue
14 46
12,000 00
HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation
4,000 00
State and County allotment
11,100 00
15,100 00
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