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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1948
For Reference
Not to be taken from this room
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UNDED IN 17
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIB ARY
SALEM, MASS. THE NEWHALL PRINTERS 1949
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
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Town Meeting Warrant
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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 fifteenth 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 wishes to take on the recommendation of the Planning Board re- garding school facilities.
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, 1949, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew such 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 raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway construction on Essex Street : said funds to be used in conjunction with any money which may be alloted by the State and County for this purpose.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for Chapter 90 Main- tenance said funds to be used with any money which may be alloted by the State for this purpose.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,800.00 for Chapter 81- Highway work; such money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State for this pur- pose.
ARTICLE 9 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $492.80 for deficit in the Police Department expenses for the year 1948, as follows: rental of automobile $452.80, storage and tow- ing $40.00
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the amount of $495.76 from the Dog Tax Account to the Library Fund.
ARTICLE 11. 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 12. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Highway Surveyor by the sum of $14.00 per week during the fiscal year because of increased cost of living. This additional amount to be paid from available Highway Funds.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to pay four (4) regular laborer's of the Highway Department the sum $1.10 per hour.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of James W. Peart and twenty-four others, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $892.60 from available funds to extend the street lights on Forest Street from Lake Street to the North Reading line, as voted at the Town Meeting of 1948.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of Guy E. Evans and nineteen (19) others, to see if the Town will appropriate an amount of money to purchase land along Forest Street near the North Reading line to be used as a play- ground for children.
ARTICLE 16. On petition of Lillian M. Dow and nineteen (19) others, to see if the Town will vote to improve, gravel and widen, Locust Street from East Street to the Danvers line, and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the same.
ARTICLE 17. On petition of Lena C. Fox and fifteen (15) others, to see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to remove one side of the stone abutment of the old railroad track and gravel in the low area on Oak Road.
ARTICLE 18. On petition of Elmer L. McIntire and twenty (20) others, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,505.90 for road work on Riverview Drive; to consist of ledge and loam removal and gravel filll. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under ARTICLE 21 of the Annua Town Meeting of March 1946, appropriating the sum of $2,000.00 for a Veterans' Homecoming Celebration. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the Old School Build- ing alterations fund. Such money to be used as provided in ARTICLE 10 of the Special Town Meeting of May 6, 1947.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to provide that the Collector of Taxes shall collect under the title of Town Collector, all accounts due the Town.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town wishes to appoint a Committee of five (5) members consisting of one each from the Board of Selectmen, School Committee, Planning Board, Finance Committee and Parent-Teacher Association to consult and work with other towns regarding construction and operation of a Regional High School.
ARTICLE 23. To see what action the Town wishes to take on the proposed Town By-Laws as submitted ac- cording to law, by the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 24. To see what action the Town wishes to take on the proposed Town Zoning Laws as submitted according to law, by the Planning Board.
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 21, next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year :
Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Assessor for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member for two years, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Com- missioner for three years, two Trustees of the Flint Public Library for three years, one member for two years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, Custodian of the Town Hall, one member for the Planning Board for five years,.
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 doing's thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.
A true copy.
GEORGE B. OGDEN, JAMES B. COFFIN, FREDERICK C. STEELE,
Attest : WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, Constable.
Selectmen of Middleton.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
ARCHIBALD L. JONES November 22, 1948
Selectman 1931-1941
Electric Light Commissioner 1929-1946
Assessor 1941-1948
Trustee Flint Public Library 1942-1948
Representative in General Court
1935-1938
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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
TOWN OF MIDDLETON
MASSACHUSETTS
1948
INDEX
Balance Sheet
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43
Cemetery Endowment Report
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54
Cemetery Department
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
David Cummings Fund
-
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53
General Government
15
Health Department
26
Library and Parks
33
Middleton Electric Light Account
36
Municipal Indebtedness
38
Payroll Analysis -
46
Protection of Persons and Property
28
Recapitulations
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32
Town Officers
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
Town Treasurer's Account
50
Unclassified Account -
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-
-
-
-
34
Veterans' Services -
31
PART II
Assessors' Report
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-
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82
Building Inspector's Report
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-
-
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81
Dog Officer's Report
84
Electric Light Commissioners Report
74
Fire Department Report -
85
Flint Public Library Fund -
61
Forestry Report
86
Jurors List -
79
Land Owned by the Town
78
Librarian's Report
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-
-
-
-
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-
88.
Public Welfare -
92
Police Department Report
75
Recommendations Finance Committee
98
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report Selectmen's Report
65
School Reports
109
Special Committee on Old School House
93
State Audit Report
95
Tax Collector's Report -
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-
-
-
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90
Town Clerk's Report -
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67
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-
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-
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-
Moth Department Report
63 87
Planning Board Report
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-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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5 .
40
School Department
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8
Town Officers Salaries
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37
Charities
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80
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1948
Moderator Wilbur Witham
Town Clerk Elmer P. Morrill
Selectmen and Board of Health George B. Ogden, Chairman James H. Coffin, Clerk Frederick C. Steele
Board of Public Welfare Alexander Fraser, Chairman (1950) Robert T. Poole (1951) Clarence Osgood, Jr. (1949)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1951) Harold M. Bishop, Clerk (1950) Ernest S. LeBeau (1949)
Treasurer Marion E. Mitchell (1950)
Tax Collector Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor John J. Hocter
Constable Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
School Committee Dr. Raymond W. Silvernail, Chairman (1951) Alice K. Cass, Clerk (1950) Rosamond L. Bastable (1949)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners Gus L. Fischer, Chairman (1949) Richard B. Floyd (1951) Charles G. Bates, Clerk (1950)
Cemetery Commissioners Arthur T. Page, Chairman (1951) Clarence E. Richardson (1950) Roger B. Lovelace (1949)
Tree Warden Clarence Osgood
Superintendent of Burials Richard N. Maxwell
Planning Board Roger F. Clapp, Chairman (1951)
Alton W. Hubbard, Clerk (1949) Harold I. Nash (1953)
Eben L. Jewett (1952) Lewis G. Wright (1950)
Trustees Flint Public Library
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1951)
William T. Martin (1950) Harold Y. Smith (1949)
Paul B. Wake (1950) J. Phillip Webber (1949) Archibald L. Jones (1951) ) Deceased)
Town Officers Appointed 1948
Registrars of Voters Ernest P. Goodale, Chairman (1950) Joseph T. Lee ( 1949) Lloyd H. Getchell (1951) Elmer P. Morrill, Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Board of Appeals William H. Sanborn. Chairman William T. Martin Eben L. Jewett Lennart Winquist
Beaumont Hurd
Finance Committee Hazen M. Richardson, Chairman (1949) Ernest S. LeBeau (1949) Resigned Harold Y. Smith (1950) William G. Birch, Clerk (1951) Robert T. Sperry (1951) Alden F. Moreland (1951) Resigned
Chief of Police Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Harold F. Purdy
Inspector of Cattle and Slaughtering Murray Bullerwell
Town Accountant Elmer O. Campbell (1951)
Forest Fire Warden Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
Chief of Fire Department Elmer P. Morrill
Superintendent of Cemeteries Richard N. Maxwell
Moth Superintendent Clarence Osgood, Jr.
TOWN OFFICERS
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Electric Light Manager Charles T. Brackett
Town Counsel James J. Gaffney
Veterans' Agent James H. Ogden
Health Agent Charles Pasquale Mary Wilson, Assistant
Welfare Agent Leslie E. Merrifield
Building Inspector
Earl F. Jones
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
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN ACCOUNTANT 1948
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
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ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1948
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR:
Property
$
81,876 80
Poll
1,302 00
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Property
7,363 89
Poll
58 00
Tax title redemptions
356 93
FROM THE STATE:
Corporation
10,166 63
Income
10,337 98
$111,462 23
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
2,300 00
All others
162 00
2,462 00
FINES :
District Court
380
00
380 00
GRANTS AND GIFTS :
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
Old age assistance
13,060 77
Aid to dependent children
1,018 79
$14,079 56
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE FOR EDUCATION :
Support of Public Schools
$ 1,042 44
Vocational Education
167 23
High School Tuition
13,432 50
High School Transportation
3,050 00
Union Superintendency
395 38
$18,087 55
FROM STATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES:
Highway (Chapter 81)
6,147 85
Inspector of Animals
100 00
Meal Tax
848 75
7,096 60
FROM COUNTY:
Dog licenses
552 84
552 84
PRIVILEGES :
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
6,549 50
6,549 50
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE :
Selectmen
$41 14
FINANCIAL :
Treasurer
54 75
Collector
45 50
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS :
Town Hall, rental
247 00
Old School, rental
300 00
Old School, junk
165 00
$853 39
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY :
Police Department, insurance
$688 60
Building Inspection
126 00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
32 45
Services, dog officer
133 00
$980 05
HEALTH :
Tuberculosis Dental Clinic
178 57
56 00
234 57
HIGHWAYS :
General
3,832 98
Chapter 90, Maintenance
500 00
Chapter 90, Construction
4,761 30
9,094 28
CHARITIES :
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELIEF:
From Cities and Towns
1,284 21
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN: From State 1,297 12
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
From Cities and Towns
251 38
From State
16,872 98
19,705 69
VETERAN'S SERVICES
REIMBURSEMENT FOR RELIEF; From State
661 30
661 30
SCHOOLS :
Tuition
71 15
$71 15
UNCLASSIFIED :
Sale of real estate
$ 1,470 00
$1,470 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES : ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT: Sale of light and power Miscellaneous Depreciation fund
74,576 83
1,116 59
2,541 20
PUBLIC SCALES
82 25
82 25
78,316 87
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
25 00
Care " "
475 00
Care of endowed lots
500 00
1,000 00
INTEREST :
On deposits
40 05
On deferred taxes
290 39
On excise taxes
16 23
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
1,015 50
1,362 17
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS :
Tractor Loan
6,000 00
6,000 00
AGENCY :
Beverage licenses
10 00
Perpetual care funds
775 00
Meter deposits
460 00
Blue Cross
66 13
Withholding taxes
5,704 55
Dog taxes
651 00
Retirement Fund
1,757 59
Old Age Recovery
1,000 00
Tailings
146 87
10,571 14
REFUNDS :
General departments
88 65 88 65
Total receipts
$291,079 54
78,234 62
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SELECTMEN
Salaries
George B. Ogden
$250 00
James H. Coffin
250 00
Frederick C. Steele
197 92
Clarence Osgood, Jr.
52 08
$750 00
Expenses
Supplies and printing
100 67
Advertisements
61 52
Postage
15 50
Association dues
34 00
.
211 69
$961 69
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell, Accountant 700 00
$700 00
Expenses
Postage and supplies 39 31 39 31
739 31
TREASURER
Salary
Marion E. Mitchell, Treasurer 700 00 700 00
Expenses
Supplies and postage
148 26
Registry of Deeds
28 50
Mileage and expenses
65 74
Bank charges
31 50
Association dues
1 00
275 00
20
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TAX TITLE EXPENSES:
. Land Court
$ 25 30
Registry of Deeds
26 00
L. F. Davis, services
409 91
Advertisements
42 64
$503 85
$1,478 85
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
Harold E. Tyler, Collector 700 00 700 00
Expenses
Supplies and printing
159 26
Postage
101 82
Adding machine repairs
45 42
Tax takings
69 00
Deputy Collector's fees
8 50
Association dues
1 00
385 00
1,085 00
ASSESSORS
Salary
Paul B. Wake
537 50
Harold M. Bishop
462 50
Archibald L. Jones
481 25
Ernest LeBeau
18 75
1,500 00
Expenses
Clerical service
160 00
Forms-supplies
62 77
Abstracts
79 20
Association dues and expenses
73 00
Office Equipment
118 75
493 72 $1,993 72
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Association dues $ 10 00
$10 00
LAW DEPARTMENT
James J. Gaffney, Town Counsel 300 00 300 00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Elmer P. Morrill, Town Clerk 400 00 $400 00
Expenses
Postage
41 95
· Office equipment
49 50
91 45
491 45
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Supplies
3 50
James J. Gaffney, services 32 70
36 20 36 20
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS :
Salaries-Registrars' of Voters
Ernest P. Goodale
55 00
Lloyd H. Getchell
55 00
Joseph T. Lee
55 00
Elmer P. Morrill
55 00
220 00
Expenses
Election officers
349 00
Voting lists
117 10
Lunches
39 40
Printing ballots
45 00
550 50
$770 50
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN HALL
Salary, Paul H. Young, janitor 730 00 730 00
Expenses
Fuel and light
484 48
Water and telephone
120 12
Repairs
78 26
Supplies
50 28
Kitchen equipment
72 25
805 39
1,535 39
OLD SCHOOL
Expenses
Fuel 253 95
$253 95
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Wages
W. C. Rundlett, chief
$2,740 00
James Wentworth
434 00
Lloyd H. Getchell
146 00
Richard Harris
82 00
Joseph Peters
71 00
Alexander Fraser
66 00
Gordon Sheldon
6 00
Roger Lovelace
5 00
$3,550 00
Expenses
Gasoline-oil-repairs
672 10
Office expenses-telephone
158 22
Supplies
44 70
Equipment
47 00
Matron
9 75
931 77
$4,481 77
New Ford
POLICE CAR 1,224 88
1,224 88
CONSTABLE'S SALARY
W. C. Rundlett, constable
35 00
35 00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and wages
Chief, Elmer P. Morrill
$150 00
Deputy Chief
50 00
Forest Warden
50 00
Captain
25 00
2 Lieutenants
50 00
Firemen
962 25
$1,287 25
Expenses
Gasoline and oil
126 15
Equipment and repairs
749 72
Fire alarm
585 00
Fuel and light
359 43
Building maintenance
112 97
Office expenses-telephone
206 50
Forest fire equipment
28 33
First aid supplies
7 92
2,176 02
$ 3,463 27
FIRE HOSE, SPECIAL
Double jacket hose
435 00
Soft suction hose 35 00
470 00
470 00
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Salary
Earl F. Jones, inspector
200 00 200 00
Expenses
Record book
75
Telephone, mileage, postage 49 25
50 00
250 00
25
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
Harold F. Purdy, sealer
$125 00
$125 00
Expenses
Supplies
48 57
48 57
$173 57
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
$679 87
$679 87
Expenses
Truck hire
70 25
Sprayer hire
399 00
Supplies
51) 54
519 79
1,199 66
TREE WARDEN
Wages
Labor
457 84
457 84
Expenses
Truck hire
151 72
Saw hire
114 00
Supplies
25 72
291 44
749 28
NEW TREES
Trees
111 00
Labor
38 40
149 40
$149 40
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salarries
Charles Pasquale, agent
$40 00
Mary Wilson, ass't agent 20 00 $60 00
Expenses
Care of patients
600 00
Care of dump
266 60
Care and disposing of dogs
113 00
Vital statistics
211 00
Mileage
7 26
1,197 86
$1,257 86
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
County treasurer 1,801 80 1,801 80
DENTAL CLINIC
Dr. E. J. Connolly
500 00 500 00
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND SLAUGHTERING Salary
Murray Bullerwell, inspector 300 00 $300 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY
Wages
Labor
$959 53
$959 53
Expenses
Truck hire
98 80
Supplies
308 58
Signs
79 00
Office supplies-telephone
54 09
540 47
$1,500 00
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81
Wages
Labor
4,324 52
4,324 52
Expenses
Truck hire
2,024 58
Asphalt
3,359 65
Sand and gravel
1,460 56
Equipment hire
272 50
Signs
214 80
Supplies
254 16
Office expenses-telephone
89 23
7,675 48
12,000 00
CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
172 60
172 60
Expenses
Truck hire
258 40
Equipment hire
173 40
Asphalt
546 97
Stone
348 63
1,327 40
$1,500 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAY-CHAPTER 90-CONSTRUCTION
Wages
Labor
$2,920 55 $2,920 55
Expenses
Truck hire
1,384 00
Equipment hire
1,918 30
Gravel and asphalt
2,639 71
Lumber, brick, supplies
1,118 18
7,060 19
$9,980 74
ESSEX STREET LAND TAKINGS
Joseph and Felix Marino 150 00
James J. Gaffney, expenses
4 05
154 05
MILL STREET-SPECIAL
Labor
Wages
637 70
637 70
Expenses
Truck hire
607 55
Equipment hire
464 55
Gravel
230 60
Culvert
59 58
1,362 28
1,999 98
SNOW
Wages
Labor
4,325 59
4,325 59
Expenses
Truck hire
7,003 08
Repairs and supplies
990 73
Sand and salt
664 50
State road
174 84
8,833 15
18,158 74
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
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ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Gasoline and oil
$1,071 41
Parts and repairs
738 04
Labor
30 23
Storage
585 00
Equipment
25 00
Insurance
121 87
Supplies
38 27
Registry of Motor Vehicles
12 00
$2,621 82
$2,621 82
TRACTOR PURCHASE
Clyde Everett Equipment Co. 8,750 00
Arthur E. Balser Co., cab 450 00
9,200 00
9,200 00
TRUCK PURCHASE Fred Carpenter Co., International Truck 4,000 00
4,000 00
PICKUP TRUCK PURCHASE
Chas. I. Gould, Jr., Chevrolet Truck 700 00 700 00
STREET LIGHTING Middleton Electric Light Dept. 2,500 00 2,500 00
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries:
Alexander Fraser
$115 00
Robert Poole
85 00
Wilbur Rundlett Jr.
25 00
$225 00
Expenses
Administration
46 91
Cash
2,437 81
Groceries, fuel, clothing
2,301 76
Medical aid
605 57
Other cities and towns
266 80
5,658 85
$5,883 85
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration :
Salary of agent
574 00
Mileage
39 96
Supplies, postage
45 57
659 53
Aid
Cash
35,083 79
Other cities and towns
1,178 64
36,262 43
36,921 96
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Administration:
Salary of agent
16 00
Mileage and postage
10 98
26 98
. Aid
Cash
$5,319 83
$5,319 83
$46 81
CHARITIES ACCOUNT
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VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' AGENT
Salary
James H. Ogden, agent 250 00 250 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Cash
753 00
Groceries, fuel, rent
598 50
1,351 50
$1,601 50
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
SALARIES:
Teachers
$24,857 98
Superintendent
379 59
Doctor
300 00
Nurse
480 00
Committee clerk
100 00
Janitor
1,999 96
Truant officer
50 00
$28,167 53
EXPENSES:
Superintendent-expenses
133 46
Office-expenses
47 89
Census
98 00
Books and supplies
2,464 98
Building maintenance
532 30
Fuel and light
1,076 72
Transportation
5,000 00
Tuition
15,578 84
Furniture
178 29
Cafeteria equipment
160 00
Graduation expenses
31 05
25,301 53
$53,469 06
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expenses
Tuition
294 60
Transportation
70 00
364 60 $364 60
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
On order
$1,054 84
$1,054 84
Expenses
On order
1,484 54
1,484 54
2,539 38
(For complete report see Trustees' report)
RECREATION
PARK:
Wages
Labor
304 00
304 00
Expenses
Power mower
132 52
Supplies
85 35
Truck hire
10 00
Water
5 45
Flag pole painting and rope
25 00
258 32
$562 32
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
OLD SCHOOL ALTERATIONS
Booma-Breed Co., heating
$2,600 00
Trask Roofing Co., roofing
792 00
Labor
13 50
Advertising
7 50
$3,413 00
$3,413 00
INSURANCE
Workmen's compensation
and liability
582 31
Building liability
85 00
School
172 50
Fire
38 50
Town Hall
96 80
Sealer's equipment
25 05
Clerk's bond
5 00
Collector's bond
and burglary insurance
101 50
Treasurer's bond
and burglary insurance
98 00
$1,204 66
1,204 66
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MEMORIAL DAY
Band
192 00
Flowers, wreaths, flags
101 71
Speaker and music
47 00
Refreshments
20 45
Printing
10 00
371 16 371 16
UNCLASSIFIED
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PRINTING TOWN REPORTS
Newhall Printers, printing
Delivering reports
$407 00 34 91
$441 91 $441 91
SPECIAL LIGHTING
Traffic lights
16 23
Park lighting
10 80
Christmas Tree lighting
51 64
78 67
78 67
MANSFIELD FUND
Concerts
335 00
Picnic
375 00
Thanksgiving and Christmas
baskets
250 00
960 00 960 00
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
SALARIES:
Manager
$600 00
Commissioner's salaries
300 00
Office
1,848 25
$2,748 25
WAGES:
C. T. Brackett
3,736 40
Raymond Currier
3,132 50
Benj. Nimblett
3,151 25
Robert Thomas
775 00
Robert Young
383 40
Willis Esty
300 00
Charles Clinch
4 00
11,482 55
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION:
ENERGY:
Eastern Mass. Elec. Co.
44,549 07
Danvers Electric Light Dept.
115 28
Reading Electric Light Dept. 4 50
44,668 85
EXPENSES:
Sub-station equipment
862 72
Poles and wire
4,132 15
Meters and Transformers
3,459 82
Street lighting supplies
191 32
Supplies
1,889 65
Insurance
522 04
Truck maintenance
1,198 20
Office supplies
1,099 27
Office equipment
102 10
Depreciation fund
2,541 20
Meter deposit interest
19 60
16,018 07
$74,917 72
PUBLIC SCALES
SALARY:
Harold L. Purdy, weigher
50 00
50 00
Expenses
Supplies
8 64
8 64
$58 64
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
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CEMETERIES
Salaries
Commissioners
$60 00
Superintendent of burials
30 00
$90 00
Expenses
Labor
2,254 75
Truck hire
7 50
Supplies
23 40
Water
13 05
$2,298 70
OPENING GRAVES
Labor
422 72
Truck hire
25 50
448 22
CEMETERY EQUIPMENT
Equipment
322 21 322 21
$3,159 13
INTEREST
New school loan
360 00
Old school loan
60 84
420 84 $420 84
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
New school construction notes $2,000 00
Old school alteration notes 2,000 00
$4,000 00 $4,000 00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State audit
1,193 88
State parks and reservations
164 80
County tax
4,722 41
Dog licenses to County
651 00
Withholding tax, deductions
5,704 55
Retirement fund, deductions
1,757 59
Retirement fund, assessment
1,474 30
Blue Cross
66 13
Meter deposits
570 00
Beverage license
10 00
16,314 66
TRUST
Deposit of endowment funds
775 00 775 00
$17,089 66
REFUNDS
1948 Poll tax
2 00
1947 Real estate tax
38
1948 Real estate tax
246 00
1947 Motor vehicle excise tax
3 32
1948 Motor vehicle excise tax
104 00
Tax titles
235 37
Electric light rates
9 78
Total expenditures Cash balance December 31, 1948
600 85
298,433 60
71,019 49
$369,453 09
TRANSFERS
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TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Tractor purchased
$200 00
Elections and Registrations
50 50
Police car
1,224 88
Old school, maintenance
103 95
Snow
158 74
Vocational education
114 60
Assessors' expenses
93 72
Opening Graves
48 22
Town Hall
5 39
$2,000 00
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