Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1947, Part 1

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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 384 9


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1947


8€


9.81


FOUNDED IN 17


SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1948


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 directad to notify and warn tha In- habitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the avening, then and there to act on the following articlas :


ARTICLE 1. To authorize the Salectmen to appoint such other Town Officers as are raquired to be chosen annually.


ARTICLE 2. To hear and act on Committee Reports.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authoriza the Town Treasurer, with the approval of tha Selactmen, to borrow monay from time to time in anticipation of tha revenue of tha financial yaar beginning January 1, 1948, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to ranew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chaptar 44, of the General Laws. ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take to defray tha Town expanses for tha ensuing year.


ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authoriza the Board of Assessors to usa such frae 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 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated avail- able funds in the treasury, the sum of $4,800.00 for Chapter 81-highways, or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 7. To sea if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, the sum of $1, 750.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Essex Street or take any action in relation thereto. .


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, the sum of $1,000.00 for Chapter 90 Maintenance, to be used with any money which may be allotted by the State or take any action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 9. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to temporarily increasa the salary of the Highway Surveyor by the sum of $20.00 each week during the fiscal year, because of increased cost of living. This increase to be paid from available Highway Funds. (Present salary $40.00) ARTICLE 10. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to permit all regular em- ployees of the Highway Department to be paid for eight holidays together with a vacation of one week each year.


ARTICLE 11. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will establish the rate of compen- sation for Town laborers at 99 cents per hour.


ARTICLE 12. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to sea if the Town will vote to purchase a tractor to- gether with a Bulldozer Blade and a 9 ft. 6 in. V Plow and Snow Scoop, and appropriate the sum of $9,000.00, or to take any other action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 13. On petition of Sophie Murray and forty-fiva others, to see if the Town will vota to increase the number of members of the school committee from three to fiva members in accordance with the provis- ions of General Laws (ter. ed.) Chapter 41, Section 2, and amendments thereto.


ARTICLE 14. On petition of James W. Paart and thirty-eight others, to sea if tha Town will vota to have the street lights extended from Lake St. to the No. Reading line on Forest Street.


ARTICLE 15. To sea if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the improvement of Mill Straet, or to take any other action in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 16. To sae if the Town will vote to appropriata the sum of $150.00 to be used to bring the Town By-Laws up to date and have them printad.


ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by adding thereto, under Chapter 3, Section 3, the following sub section ; To instruct the Finance Committee to segregate the appropriation for money recommended by it for the use of the various departmants of the town into such items, as in the judgament of the Finance Committee, may be necessary or desirable.


ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vota to refund to Merton Punchard the sum of $33.00 paid by him to the Town for the purchase of Lots 236-237-238 in Riverview and for which the Town was unable to give a legal title; and also to reimburse said Merton Punchard in the suin of $2.16 representing taxes paid by him on said lots for the year 1946 and appropriate a sum of money therefor agreeable to the petition of the Treasurer.


ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vota to appropriate the sum of $350.00 to settle land takings on Essex Street. .


ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer tha dog tax amounting to $552.84, to the Library Fund.


ARTICLE 21. To see what action the Town will take in regard to transferring all, or any part, of tha Over- lay Reserve to the Finance Committee Reserve Fund. "In accordance with Section 25 of Chapter 59, General Laws."


To transact any other business that may lawfully come before this meeting.


You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said quallfied voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 15, naxt for the following purposes, viz : To choosa by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :


Modarator, Town Clark, thras Selactman, ona member of the Board of Public Walfare for three years, one Assassor for threa years, one member of the School Committee for thraa yaars, Highway Survayor, Tax Col- lector, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three yaars, one Cemetary Commissioner for three years, Custodian of the Town Hall, and one member for five years, one member for four years, one member for three years, one member for two years, one member for one year for the Planning Board.


The polls will ba 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 befora 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 eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.


A true copy.


CLARENCE OSGOOD, Jr. GEORGE B. OGDEN, JAMES B. COFFIN,


Attest : WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, Constable.


Salectmen of Middleton.


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1947


OUNDED IN 17


SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1948


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INDEX


Analysis of Appropriations and Payments, 1947


- 10


Balance Sheet


-


-


40


Cemetery Endowment Report


-


47


Cemetery Department


32


Charities


27


David Cummings' Fund


51


General Government


13


Health Department


23


Highway Department -


24


Library and Parks


-


-


31


Land Owned by the Town


-


-


-


46


Middleton Electric Light Account


37


Municipal Indebtedness


39


Protection of Persons and Property


21


School Department


30


Town Officers


6


Town Officers Salaries -


17


Town Treasurer's Account


-


-


-


42


Unclassified Account


-


-


-


34


Veterans' Services


29


PART II


Assessors' Report


-


-


-


-


-


80


Building Inspector's Report


-


-


-


-


73


Dog Officer's Report


84


Electric Light Commissioners Report


74


Fire Department Report -


86


Flint Public Library Fund -


60


Forestry Report


87


Highway Department Report Jurors List


59


Librarian's Report


62


Moth Department Report


88


Payroll Analysis


55 89


Police Department Report


76


Recommendations Finance Committee


91


Sealer of Weights and Measures Report Selectmen's Report


-


64


School Reports


-


-


Special Committee on Old School House


90


Tax Collector's Report


-


-


-


82


Town Clerk's Report


-


-


65


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


79


103


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


85


Public Welfare


-


-


6


TOWN OFFICERS


Town Officers


Wilbur Witham


Moderator


Term expires March, 1948


Town Clerk


Elmer P. Morrill


Term expires March, 1948


Treasurer


Marion E. Mitchell


Term expires March, 1950


Selectmen and Board of Health


Clarence Osgood, Jr., Chairman


Term expires March, 1948


James H. Coffin, Clerk Term expires March, 1948


George B. Ogden Term expires March, 1948


Board of Public Welfare


Alexander Fraser, Chairman Term expires March, 1950


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


Archibald L. Jones, Clerk Term expires March, 1949 Harold M. Bishop Term expires March, 1950


School Committee


Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman Term expires March, 1948


Mrs. Alice K. Cass, Clerk Term expires March, 1950 Rosamond L. Bastable Term expires March, 1949


Highway Surveyor


John H. Ross


Term expires March, 1948


Tax Collector


Harold E. Tyler


Term expires March, 1948


Tree Warden


Joseph Picariello


Term expires March, 1948


7


TOWN OFFICERS


Moth Superintendent


Joseph Picariello Term expires January, 1948


Constable


Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires March, 1948


Chief of Police


Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires May, 1948


Superintendent of Burial


Richard N. Maxwell Term expires March, 1948


Inspector of Animals


Murray Bullerwell Term expires May, 1948


Inspector of Slaughtering


Murray Bullerwell Term expires May, 1948


Town Accountant


Elmer O. Campbell Term expires May, 1948


Forest Fire Warden


Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. Term expires January, 1948


Chief of Fire Department


Elmer P. Morrill Term expires May, 1948


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Harold F. Purdy Term expires May, 1948


Electric Light Commissioners


Richard B. Floyd, Chairman Term expires March, 1948


Charles Bates, Clerk Term expires March, 1950


Gus L. Fischer Term expires March, 1949


Electric Light Manager


A. B. Harrington


Term expires May, 1948


8


TOWN OFFICERS


Trustees Flint Public Library


William T. Martin


Paul B. Wake


A. L. Jones


William H. Sanborn


Harold Y. Smith


Term expires March, 1949


Term expires March, 1949


Cemetery Commissioners


Clarence Richardson


Arthur T. Page


Roger B. Lovelace


Term expires March, 1947 Term expires March, 1948 Term expires March, 1949


Finance Committee


Hazen M. Richardson, Chairman


Alden F. Moreland


Term expires March, 1949 Term expires March, 1948


William G. Birch, Clerk


Term expires March, 1948


Ernest S. LeBeau


Term expires March, 1949


Harold Y. Smith


Term expires March, 1950


Registrars of Voters


Lloyd H. Getchell Joseph T. Lee


Ernest P. Goodale


Term expires March, 1948 Term expires March, 1949 Term expires March, 1950


Town Counsel


James J. Gaffney Term expires April, 1948


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


Term expires March, 1948


J. Phillip Webber


Term expires March, 1950


Term expires March, 1950 Term expires March, 1948


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending, December 31, 1947


10


ANALYSIS SHEET


Balance and Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred From


Balance to Revenue


Town Officers Salaries ·


$7,055.00


Town Officers Expenses .


1,100.00


$ 121.25


1,221.25


1,207.47


·


$ 13.78


Tax Title Expenses


300.00


6.75


306.75


306.75


Assessors Expenses


300.00


$


60.90


360.90


360.90


Elections and Registrations


100.00


30.31


130.31


130.31


140.00


Registrars Listing


140.00


Town Hall


800.00


Town Hall, Repairs


511.05


Police Dept.


4,394.60


4,394.60


4,394.60


Fire Dept.


.


.


.


·


51.86


1,051.86


1,051.86


Tree Warden


500.00


150.00


650.00


649.95


.05 ·


Health


1,600.00


1,600.00


1,597.24


2.76


Essex Sanatorium


2,054.95


2,054.95


2,054.95


·


.


1,993.88


3,343.87


6.10


5,343.85


3,507.00


1,836.85*


Highway, Chapter 81


4,800.00


5,291.25


12,000.00


11,999.89


.11


High'y, Chap. 90, Maint.


1,100.00


High'y Chap. 90, Const.


2,957.70


11,100.00


1,100.00


13,357.70


7,307.20


6,050.50*


Highway, Special


500.00


500.00


498.63


1.37


1946 Accounts


154.17


154.17


154.17


.


Snow


10,200.00


.


.


.


·


·


·


4,500.00


4,500.00


4,398.36


·


101.64


Old Age Assistance


18,700.00


12,328.02


·


31,028.02


31,023.17


4.85


Old Age Assistance, Adm.


500.00


418.52


918.52


626.40


292.12


.


$7,055.00


$ 7,055.00


.


·


.


·


·


·


·


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


4,800.00


4,800.00


4,790.00


10.00


Fire Alarm


535.37


535.37


535.37


·


.


ANALYSIS SHEET


.


Highway .


1,809.58


16.48


1,826.06


1,823.80


2.26


.


·


·


.


.


Street Lighting


.


2,500.00


2,500.00


2,500.00


10,200.00


11,395.52


.


.


.


500.00


500.00


Dental Clinic


500.00


800.00


704.53


95.47


511.05*


Moth Dept.


1,000.00


Road Machinery Fund


$1,100.00


Public Welfare


.


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance and Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred From


Balance to Revenue


Aid Depend't Children


$ 2,675.00


$ 641.43


.


.


$ 3,316.43


$ 3,264.31


.


.


$ 52.12


Aid Depend't - Adm.


50.00


14.66


64.66


21.48


43.18


Veteran's Agent Expenses


50.00


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,186.95


313.05


War Allowances


47,500.00


$


18.48


47,518.48


47,518.48


.


·


200.00


200.00


188.95


11.05


Vocational Education


1,500.00


524.00


2,024.00


2,015.28


8.72


Library


450.00


450.00


442.40


7.60


Electric Light


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


Elec. Lt. Meter Deposits


1,450.00


453.00


1,903.00


1,899.81


Cemetery


450.00


117.47


467.47


467.47


Opening Graves


.


.


270.00


1,275.00


1,275.00


1,275.00


Cemetery Endowment


.


200.00


.


.


·


·


.


.


700.00


590.65


109.35


Contingent Fund


700.00


.


·


.


375.00


330.93


44.07


Memorial Day


1,785.00


24.00


16 03


1,825.03


1,825.03


Insurance


2,000.00


·


.


·


.


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


9,628.45


Interest


420.00


497.33


497.33


Funded Debt .


3,000.00


8,000.00


.


.


3,000.00


3,000.00


.


.


50.00


50.00


State Aid


150.00


150.000


150.00


Soldiers' Relief


200.00


200.00


100.00


100.00


.


.


·


.


.


.


ANALYSIS SHEET


=


.


.


.


·


.


.


·


.


125.00*


Cemetery Asphalt .


125.00


270.00


270.00


.


.


·


·


·


·


·


200.00*


Post War Projects Com'tee


600.00


71.52


Reserve Fund


375.00


.


.


2,000.00*


Veterans' Celebration


89.02


Repairs, Old School


89.02*


Old School Alterations


10,250.00


77.33


10,250.00


621.55


.


.


.


.


.


.


3.19


·


.


Cemetery Equipment


.


.


·


$ 528.48


Park


Electric Light Deprecia'n


School


.


.


12


ANALYSIS SHEET (CONTINUED)


Balance and Appropria- tion


Receipts


Transferred To


Total Available


Expended


Transferred From $ 405.00


Balance to Revenue $890.00* 99.49*


Lots and Graves Fund Mansfield Fund


$ 990.00 34.49


$ 295.00


$ 1,285.00


Tax Abatements, Refunds


157.02


Dog Tax .


678.60


678.60


678.60


State Tax


·


.


4,169.01


Withholding Tax


6,165.55


6,165.55


Retirement Fund


792.59


792.59


Blue Cross


48,607.03


12.19


Estimated Receipts


776.15


26.77


Tax Titles


295.00


247.03


1946 Excise Tax


52.00


1946 Poll Tax


8,520.16


1946 Real Estate Tax


186.84


1946 Personal Property Tax


4,475.45


1947 Excise Tax


1,030.00


1947 Poll Tax


64,963.84


1947 Real Estate Tax


5,307.80


1947 Personal Property Tax


60.30


60.30


* Balance carried forward


$248,052.81


$251,049.85


.


ANALYSIS SHEET


Tax Title Possessions


.


.


·


1,098.50


1,132.99


$1,033.50


1,852.75


County Tax


18


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1947


RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE


TAXES :


CURRENT YEAR:


$


71,712 48


Property Poll


1,030 00


PREVIOUS YEARS:


Property


8,707 00


Poll


52 00


Tax title redemptions


776 15


FROM THE STATE:


Corporation


8,051 38


Income


12,919 52


$103,543 53


LICENSES AND PERMITS:


Liquor


2,300 00


All others


274 00


2,574 00


FINES :


District Court


260 00


260 00


GRANTS AND GIFTS :


FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Old age assistance


12,709 81


Aid to dependent children


656 09


$13,365 90


14


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION : Support of Public Schools Vocational Education


$ 696 64 166 77


$863 41


FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:


Highway


8,154 45


Inspector of Animals


100 00


Meal Tax


790 62


9,045 07


FROM COUNTY:


Dog licenses


524 00


524 00


PRIVILEGES :


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 4,722 48


4,722 48


DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXECUTIVE :


Selectmen


$40 39


FINANCIAL :


Treasurer


172 21


Collector


106 10


MUNICIPAL BUILDING :


Town Hall, rental 412 25


Old School, rental 300 00


$1,030 95


15


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :


Police Department $ 70


Sealing of Weights and Measures


32 58


Services, dog officer


108 00


$141 28


HEALTH :


Tuberculosis


247 14


Dental Clinic


61 00


308 14


HIGHWAYS:


General


3,380 46


Chapter 90, Construction


11,100 00


14,480 46


CHARITIES :


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:


From Cities and Towns


464 35


From State


1,200 40


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN: From State 852 24


REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:


From Cities and Towns 472 92


From State


13,219 23


16,209 14


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS :


War Allowances


200 00


200 00


SCHOOLS :


Sale of supplies


76 00


76 00


UNCLASSIFIED :


Sale of real estate


295 00


$ 295 00


16


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :


ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:


Sale of light and power


$57,171 09


Miscellaneous' Depreciation fund


2,366 77


$60,512 74


PUBLIC SCALES


64 85


64 85


60,577 59


CEMETERIES :


Sale of lots and graves


295 00


Care " "


500 00


Care of endowed lots


453 00


1,248 00


INTEREST :


On deposits


39 06


On deferred taxes


313 68


On excise taxes


7 41


ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:


Mansfield Fund


1,098 50


1,098 50


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS : Old School Loan


8,000 00


8,000 00


AGENCY :


Beverage licenses


10 00


Perpetual care funds


1,275 00


Meter deposits


430 00


Blue Cross


60 30


Withholding taxes


6,165 55


Dog taxes


678 60


Retirement Fund


792 59


9,412 04


REFUNDS :


General departments


51 23


51 23


Total receipts


$248,052 81


974 88


17


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXPENDITURES


DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES :


Appropriation


$5,100 00


EXPENDITURES


SELECTMEN:


Clarence Osgood, Jr.


$250 00


George B. Ogden


250 00


James H. Coffin


197 92


Harold M. Bishop


52 08


$750 00


ASSESSORS :


Archibald L. Jones


525 00


Paul B. Wake


525 00


Harold M. Bishop


450 00


1,500 00


TOWN CLERK:


Elmer P. Morrill


400 00


MODERATOR:


John R. Braley


10 00


Joseph T. Lee


10 00


Wilbur Witham


30 00


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


75 00


James J. Gaffney


225 00


300 00


Total expenditures


$5,100 00


18


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES : Appropriation Refund


$1,100 00 121 25


$1,221 25


EXPENDITURES


SELECTMEN:


Supplies and printing


179 20


Postage


16 00


Selectmens' Association, dues


31 00


Mileage and expenses


24 60


250 80


TOWN TREASURER:


Supplies


85 76


Postage


131 43


Mileage and expenses


78 23


Safe deposit box


15 00


Office Equipment


204 58


515 00


TAX COLLECTOR:


Supplies and printing


169 40


Postage


50 32


Mileage and expenses


22 32


Petty cash


50 00


292 04


TOWN ACCOUNTANT:


Supplies and printing


51 15


51 15


TOWN CLERK:


Supplies


9 25


Postage


27 23


36 48


19


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TOWN COUNSEL: Association dues Expenses


$ 2 00 60 00


$ 62 00


Total expenditures


1,207 47


Transferred to revenue


13 78


1,221 25


.


TAX TITLE EXPENSES:


Appropriation


300 00


Refund


6 75


EXPENDITURES


Counsel fees


150 01


Registry of Deeds


54 45


Advertisement


82 29


Land Court


20 00


Total expenditures


306 75


ASSESSORS' EXPENSES :


Appropriation


300 00


Transferred from reserve


60 90


306 90


EXPENDITURES


Clerical service


124 00


Abstracts


80 35


Supplies


156 55


Total expenditures 360 90


ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS :


Appropriation


$


Registrars' salaries


100 00


Election expenses


100 00


Transferred from reserve


30 31


$230 91


306 75


20


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXPENDITURES


E. P. Morrill


$ 25 00


E. C. Goodale


25 00


Lloyd Getchell


25 00


Joseph T. Lee


25 00


$ 100 00


Election officers


60 00


Lunches


8 31


Printing and postage


62 00


Total expenditures


130 31


230 31


TOWN HALL :


Appropriation, maintenance


800 00


Appropriation, salary


730 00


1,530 00


EXPENDITURES


Paul H. Young, janitor


730 00


Fuel and light


411 08


Water and telephone


115 20


Repairs


121 94


Supplies


56 31


Total expenditures


1,434 53


Transferred to revenue


95 47


1,430 00


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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


POLICE DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation $4,394 60


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$3,604 76


Automobile repairs, gas and oil


560 22


Supplies


80 48


Office supplies, telephone


149 14


Total expenditures


4,394 60


CONSTABLE'S SALARY :


Appropriation


35 00


EXPENDITURES


W. C. Rundlett, Jr., salary


35 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


4,800 00


EXPENDITURES


Salaries:


Chief


150 00


Deputy Chief and Forest warden


100 00


Firemen


205 00


Labor


2,249 15


Equipment and repairs


1,015 82


Gasoline and oil


153 68


Building maintenance


442 80


Fuel and light


153 43


Office expense, telephone


211 48


Fire alarm


92 12


Lunches


16 52


Total expenditures


4,790 00


Balance to revenue


10 00


4,800 00


FIRE ALARM :


Balance January 1, 1947


535 37


EXPENDITURES


Equipment


535 37


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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


MOTH DEPARTMENT :


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Transferred from reserve


51 86


$1,051 86


EXPENDITURES


Labor


666 17


Truck hire


240 90


Supplies


44 79


Sprayer hire


100 00


Total expenditures 1,051 86


TREE WARDEN :


Appropriation


500 00


Transferred from Reserve


150 00


650 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


418 79


Truck hire


215 42


Supplies


15 74


Total expenditures


649 95


Transferred to revenue


05


650 00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES : Appropriation 125 00


EXPENDITURES


Louis V. Moreau, salary


31 25


Harold F. Purdy


93 75


Total expenditures


125 00


23


HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH DEPARTMENT : Appropriation $1,600 00


EXPENDITURES


Essex Sanatorium, care of patients


$397 00


Dumps, labor and truck


210 20


Dog cases-officer and expenses


92 00


Charles Pasquale, agent


40 00


Mary Wilson, ass't agent


20 00


Recording vital statistics


195 50


Contagious diseases


625 00


Supplies


17 54


Total expenditures Transferred to revenue


1,597 24


2 76


1,600 00


ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT : Appropriation


2,054 95


EXPENDITURES


County treasurer


2,054 95


DENTAL CLINIC :


Appropriation


500 00


EXPENDITURES


Dr. E. J. Connely


499 25


Supplies


75


Total expenditures


500 00


INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND SLAUGHTERING, SALARY : Appropriation 300 00


EXPENDITURES


Murray Bullerwell 300 00


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


HIGHWAYS


HIGHWAY :


Appropriation


$1,809 58


Refund


16 48


$1,826 06


EXPENDITURES


Labor


1,330 62


Truck hire


54 33


Gravel


74 50


Asphalt


134 44


Supplies


126 75


Office expenses-telephone


103 16


Total expenditures


1,823 80


Transferred to revenue


2 26


1,826 06


HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81-MAINTENANCE: Appropriation


4,800 00


State allotment


7,200 00


12,000 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


5,780 30


Truck hire


1,738 98


Sand and gravel


827 35


Asphalt


2,883 58


Supplies


732 39


Office expenses


37 29


Total expenditures


11,999 89


Transferred to revenue


11


12,000 00


HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation


2,463 06


State and County allotment


9,300 00


Transferred from Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,100 00


Balance from January 1, 1947


494 64


13,357 70


25


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


EXPENDITURES


Labor


$3,066 16


Truck hire


1,000 20


Equipment hire


1,613 25


Gravel


505 51


Asphalt


271 75


Supplies


525 33


Land takings


325 00


Total expenditures


7,307 20


Balance carried forward


$6,050 50


$13,357 70


HIGHWAY-SPECIAL : Appropriation 500 00


EXPENDITURES


Labor


294 78


Truck hire


182 35


Gravel


21 50


Total expenditures


498 63


Transferred to revenue


1 37


500 00


1946 ACCOUNTS:


Appropriation


154 17


EXPENDITURES


On order


154 17


SNOW REMOVAL :


Appropriation


10,200 00


Emergency overdraft


1,195 52


EXPENDITURES


Labor


4,567 22


Truck hire


4,807 44


Sand and salt


1,346 77


Supplies and repairs


654 18


State road


19 91


11,395 52


Total expenditures 11,395 52


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


ROAD MACHINERY FUND :


Balance January 1, 1947


$1,993 88


Receipts Transferred from reserve


3,343 87


6 10


$5,343 85


EXPENDITURES


Gasoline and oil


850 98


Repairs and parts


1,039 53


Labor


163 33


Supplies


37 85


Storage


495 00


Insurance and registration


90 75


Sand spreader


829 56


Total expenditures


3,507 00


Balance carried forward


1,836 85


5,343 85


STREET LIGHTING :


Appropriation


2,500 00


EXPENDITURES


Middleton Electric Light Dept.


2,500 00


.


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CHARITIES ACCOUNT


CHARITIES


PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES : Appropriation


$325 00


EXPENDITURES


Leslie E. Merrifield


$125 00


Wilbur Rundlett Jr.


100 00


Alexander Fraser


75 00


Charles Pasquale


25 00


Total expenditures


325 00


PUBLIC WELFARE MAINTENANCE : Appropriation


4,500 00


EXPENDITURES


GENERAL EXPENSES:


Mileage


21 00


Supplies


11 00


32 00


Cash payments


1,608 00


Groceries, fuel, clothing


2,030 13


Medical aid


434 14


Other towns


294 09


4,366 36


Total expenditures


4,398 36


Transferred to revenue


101 64


4,500 00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-AID :


Appropriation


18,700 00


Federal grants


12,291 29


Refunds


36 73


31,028 02


EXPENDITURES


Cash payments


30,724 82


Other towns


298 35


Total expenditures


31,023 17


Transferred to revenue


4 85


31,028 02


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CHARITIES ACCOUNT




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