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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 500 0
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1956
UND
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FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS. 1957
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
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Town Meeting Warrant
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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 inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Howe-Manning School Auditorium in said Middleton on Tuesday the twelfth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on Committee Reports.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957, 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 Chapter 44, Section 17 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 3. To see what action the Town will take to defray the Town Expenses for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use $12,000.00 from available funds to reduce the tax rate.
ARTICLE 5. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $1,000.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00; said money to be taken from the surplus account of the Electric Light Dept., to rebuild a three-phase primary line on So. Main St., to increase its current carrying capacity.
ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $19,500.00, said money to be used to purchase and equip a new 750 G.P.M. Class A Pumper to replace Engine 1, which is twenty-five years old. Said money to be raised in the following way: $4,500.00 to be assessed against this year's tax rate, and $15,000.00 to be bonded at $3,000.00 per year for 5 years, making a total of $19,500.00: and to have a committee appointed by the Moderator, consisting of five members. One from the Board of Slectmen, one from the Finance Committee, the Fire Chief, and two other members of the Fire Dept., to purchase and equip a new 750 G.P.M. Class A Pumper for the Fire Dept.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of $1,100.00 which, together with the exchange value of the present 1955 Ford Police Car, to be expended for the purchase of a new Police Cruiser for the use of the Police Department, to be purchased by the Board of Selectmen as provided in the By-laws, in agreement with the Chief of Police.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of the Chief of Police to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $670.00, to be expended by the Board of Selectmen, agreeable to the Chief of Police, for the purchase of a new two-way radio, police roof-light, and siren, all to be equipped with the 12-volt system consistent with the new cruiser equipment, and authorizing the Police Department to install the present radio in the Town Ambulance.
ARTICLE 10. On petition of the Town Treasurer to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $139.50 for the purpose of paying the Town Treasurer's Surety Bond Expenditure incurred in the year 1956.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Citizens' Committee of five members to investigate and make a study of the advisability of revaluating the real estate of the Town, and to submit its report and recommendations at the next Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to be used to pay for expenditures of said revaluation committee.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, $2,000.00 for the permanent construction of Mill Street and $2,000.00 for the permanent construction of Mt. Vernon Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $495.00 to purchase an oil burner for Memorial Hall to replace the existing oil burner.
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 18 next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year: Moderator, Town Clerk, one Selectmen for three years, one Assessor for three years, one member Board of Public Welfare for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Members of School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Flint Public Library for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, one member of Planning Board for five years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Water Commissioner for two years, one Water Commissioner for one year, one member of Regional District School Committee for three years, one member Regional District School Committee for two years.
The polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and shall be closed at 7:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at Memorial Hall, Post Office and Store at Howe's 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 twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.
DAVID BURNS, Chairman MANUEL GILBOARD, Clerk WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR.
Selectmen of Middleton
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable
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Annual Report
for the
Town of Middleton
Massachusetts
1956
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
3
TOWN OFFICERS
Officer
Town Officers Elected 1956
Moderator Daniel J. Donovan
Town Clerk Alton W. Hubbard
Selectmen and Board of Health
David Burns, Chairman (1958)
-Manuel Gilboard, 1957 -Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., 1959
Board of Public Welfare Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1959)
Charles Pasquale (1957) - Leyland A. Phillips (1958)
Board of Assessors
- Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1957)
Wilbur A. Witham (1959) .. Ernest F. LeBeau (1958)
Treasurer ~ Edward H. Leary (1959)
Tax Collector
Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor John J. Hocter
Constable
James W. Wentworth
School Committee
Eben L. Jewett, Chairman (1958)
Rosamond L. Bastable, Clerk (1958) Henry F. Luscomb (1957)
Joseph R. Chartier (1959) Elmer P. Morrill (1957)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners - John Muzichuk, Chairman (1957)
-Frank E. Dow, Clerk (1958)
- J. Lansing English (1959)
Cemetery Commissioners
Richard N. Maxwell (1957)
Michael Lavorgna (1958) Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1959)
Superintendent of Burials - "Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden James Donovan
Planning Board Louis Barett, Chairman (1959)
-Harry N. Sawyer (1961) n. William E. Willette (1957)
Frank Silva (1958) -Edward J. Hoffman (1960)
Trustees Flint Public Library William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1957)
William T. Martin (1959)
Paul B. Wake (1959)
Thomas J. Oliver (1958) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1958) Carl C. Jones (1957)
Town Officers Appointed 1956
Registrars of Voters Ernest P. Goodale, Chairman (1959) Robert H. Mathews (1958) --- Lloyd H. Getchell (1957) Alton W. Hubbard, Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board
William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1959)
-Frederick P. Daniels (1961) Chester K. Masse (1957) Beaumont Hurd (1960) R. L. S. Marsh (1958)
Finance Committee - Richard Cressy, Chairman (1957)
Hazen M. Richardson (1958) -Frederick C. Jones (1957)
-2 Barbara A. Rooney (1959) Nils A. Wennerberg (1958)
Chief of Police
James W. Wentworth
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Joseph Beggs
Inspector of Cattle
Philip H. Dearth
Inspector of Slaughtering
Roland Larocque
Town Accountant
Elmer O. Campbell (1957)
Forest Fire Warden
Harold F. Purdy
Chief of Fire Department
Harold F. Purdy
Superintendent of Cemeteries
Moth Superintendent
James Donovan Charles W. Baker
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TOWN OFFICERS
Custodian of Town Hall - James H. Ogden
Electric Light Manager
Willis W. Esty
Town Counsel
Daniel J. Donovan
Welfare Agent
Phyllis R. Brown
Building Inspector
Earl F. Jones
Wire Inspector
John W. Milbery
Veterans Agent
James H. Ogden
Health Agent Leyland A. Phillips
TRUSTEES B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass. William H. Sanborn
Roger F. Clapp
Paul B. Wake
Mansfield Fund
Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund
Board of Public Welfare
Annual Report
of the
Town Accountant 1956
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ANNUAL REPORT RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1956
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 178,723.30
Poll
1,494.00
Loss of Taxes
3,436.05
PREVIOUS YEARS
Property
9,084.05
Poll
4.00
Redemption Tax Titles
1,735.16
FROM THE STATE
Income
Valuation Basis
5,291.17
Education Basis
25,785.93
Corporation
12,602.80
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Liquor
2,800.00
All other
743.00
Building
337.50
3,880.50
FINES:
District Court
1,107.20
1,107.20
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
14,736.11
Aid Dependent Children
3,201.41
Disability Assistance
1,427.79
19,365.31
$238,156.46
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE
Meals Tax
1,180.94
Vocational Education
466.46
High School Transportation
9,890.00
School Building Aid
5,173.84
School Lunches
5,201.63
School Superintendent
1,666.67
Highway (Chapter 81)
8,010.77
Inspection of Animals
100.00
31,690.31
FROM COUNTY Dog Licenses
712.94
712.94
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
25,460.07
25,460.07
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
156.75
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
19.50
Collector
7.03
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Board of Appeals
87.50
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall
369.00
Memorial Hall
1,023.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY : Police Ambulance 112.20
Fire
1.00
Sealing of Weights and Measures
97.00
Dog Officer
72.00
1,678.28
282.20
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND SANITATION: Tuberculosis Subsidy Dental Clinic
71.43
120.50
191.93
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Construction
11,154.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
Snow and Sanding
629.00
Insurance
51.00
Truck and Machinery Rental
5,656.40
CHARITIES:
PUBLIC WELFARE
From Cities and Towns
609.95
From State
235.70
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From Cities and Towns
2,016.36
From State
22,900.27
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From State
2,980.42
From Individuals
75.00
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
From State
1,600.76
VETERANS' SERVICES:
From State 1,753.31
1,753.31
SCHOOLS:
Tuition, Transportation State Wards
393.54
Sale of Supplies
1.20
Hall Rental
55.00
Lunches
11,057.40
Plans
30.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES: Sale of Light and Power
144,939.12
Miscellaneous
1,544.69
11,537.14
146,483.81
19,490.40
30,418.46
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
CEMETERIES:
Sale of Lots and Graves
285.00
Opening Graves
660.00
Care of Endowed Lots
743.10
Recording Deeds
13.00
1.701.10
INTEREST:
On Deposits
64.90
On Deferred Taxes
399.98
On Excise Taxes
98.43
Mansfield Fund
1,585.00
2,148.31
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Beverage Licenses
10.00
Dog Licenses
987.00
Perpetual Care Funds
885.00
Withholding Taxes
14,774.00
Retirement Fund
3,254.03
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
1,966.45
Meter Deposits
783.00
22,659.48
REFUNDS:
General Department
367.50
Public Service Enterprises
26.98
394.48
TRANSFERS:
Electric Light Depreciation Fund 7,693.99
Total Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1956
7,693.99 566,805.68
120,642.86
$687,448.54
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR
Salary
Elmer P. Morrill
12.50
Daniel J. Donovan
37.50
50.00
50.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Association Dues
15.00
Office Equipment
73.56
Expenses
18.00
106.56
106.56
SELECTMEN
Salaries
David Burns
300.00
Manuel Gilboard
300.00
Wilbur C. Rundlett
237.50
Daniel J. Donovan
62.50
900.00
Expenses
Clerk
250.00
Supplies and Printing
118.08
Advertisements
137.25
Postage
23.67
Essex Street Water
13.20
Association Dues
34.00
Repair Flag Pole
30.00
Expenses
75.50
681.70
1,581.70
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
Elmer O. Campbell
1,200.00
Expenses
Supplies
34.75
Association Dues
3.00
37.75
1,237.75
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TREASURER
Salary
Edward H. Leary
1,000.00
Expenses
Supplies
270.46
Postage
166.21
Mileage and Expenses
150.00
Clerical Assistance
300.00
Bank Charges
26.00
Association Dues
2.00
914.67
Tax Title Expenses
Registry of Deeds
14.00
Counsel Expenses
310.00
Deeds
21.00
345.00
2,259.67
COLLECTOR
Salary
Harold E. Tyler
1,000.00
Expenses
Supplies
265.60
Postage
167.91
Tax Takings
43.10
Deputy Collector Fees
21.50
Clerical Assistance
260.00
Mileage - Telephone
91.46
Association Dues
2.00
Petty Cash Advance
50.00
901.57
1,901.57
LAW
Salary
James J. Gaffney
250.00
Daniel J. Donovan
350.00
600.00 600.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ASSESSORS
Salaries
Paul B. Wake
525.00
Wilbur A. Witham
500.00
Ernest F. LeBeau
475.00
1,500.00
Expenses
Supplies and Postage
199.21
Abstracts
137.82
Mileage - Expenses
55.00
Clerical Services
325.00
Association Dues
9.00
Office Expenses
73.95
799.98
2,299.98
TOWN CLERK
Salary
Alton W. Hubbard
400.00
Expenses
Telephone and Postage
262.13
Supplies
163.78
Association Dues
7.50
Recording Deeds
13.00
446.41
846.41
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries - Registrars
Ernest P. Goodale
75.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
75.00
Robert Mathews
75.00
Alton W. Hubbard
75.00
300.00
Expenses
Listing
250.00
Election Officers
648.50
Printing and Supplies
314.40
Lunches
102.54
Janitor - School Hall
24.00
1,364.56 1,664.56
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Services
79.80
Advertisements
24.50
Printing Zoning By-Laws
781.50
885.80
885.80
TOWN HALL
Salary
James H. Ogden
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
497.06
Repairs
1.20
Supplies
67.15
Water
6.40
Painting
245.50
817.31
1,297.31
MEMORIAL HALL
Salaries
Charles Clinch, Jr.
240.00
Alfred H. Kitchin
120.00
360.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,635.47
Water and Telephone
164.98
Supplies
15.54
Repairs
129.70
1,945.69
2,305.69
$ 17,037.00
Total General Government
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
CONSTABLE
Salary
James W. Wentworth 35.00
35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
James W. Wentworth, Chief 4,420.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
1,421.00
Arthur Doane
277.50
Harold Moore
285.00
Joseph Peters
233.70
W. C. Rundlett
148.75
Norman Welch
123.75
Hurd
96.25
William Pennock
40.00
Harold Purdy
3.75
Charles Pasquale
3.75
George Nash
2.50
Matron
12.83
7,068.78
Expenses
Gasoline - Oil - Repairs 1,791.35
Office Expenses - Telephone
459.31
Supplies
28.91
Equipment
347.25
Dues and Expenses
14.00
2,640.82
9,709.60
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expenses
Telephone 78.47
78.47
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Chief
500.00
Deputy Chief
100.00
Captain
75.00
Lieutenants (3)
150.00
Forest Warden
50.00
Firefighters
780.00
1,655.00
Expenses
Wages
2,052.92
Gasoline and Oil
227.89
Equipment and Repairs
1,041.72
Fuel and Light
900.85
Building Maintenance
118.70
Office Expenses - Telephone
439.09
Fire Alarm
1,225.00
Insurance
220.15
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Supplies
50.29
2-way Radio
1,416.95
7,693.56
9,348.56
BUILDING INSPECTION
Salary
Earl F. Jones
400.00
Expenses
Mileage
95.00
Postage - Telephone
30.00
125.00
525.00
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Advertisements
148.25
Postage - Supplies
19.70
Clerical Services
88.29
Engineering Services
10.00
266.24 266.24
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
WIRE INSPECTOR
Salary
John W. Milbery
300.00
Expenses
Printing - Supplies
27.15
Mileage - Telephone
67.85
95.00
395.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
Joseph Begg
125.00
Expenses
Mileage
68.90
Supplies
6.10
75,00
200.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
892.30
Expenses
Truck Hire
108.00
Equipment Hire
34.00
Supplies
164.45
306.45
1,198.75
TREE WARDEN
Wages
Labor
1,208.90
Expenses
Truck Hire
69.00
Equipment Hire
86.00
Supplies
36.46
Conley Tree Surgeons
268.25
Planting New Trees
199.83
659.54 1,868.44
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
DUTCH ELM DISEASE CONTROL
Wages
Labor
751.36
Expenses
Truck Hire
157.00
Equipment Hire
64.00
Supplies
21.68
242.68
994.04
DOG OFFICER
Salary
James W. Wentworth
100.00
Expenses
Care and Disposing of Dogs
169.00
269.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$ 24,888.10
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Leyland H. Phillips, Agent 100.00
Mary Wilson, Asst. Agent 20.00
1,200.00
Expenses
Care of Patients
964.50
Care of Dump
1,592.40
Vital Statistics
196.00
Polio Clinic
424.67
Office Expense
122.60
Agents Expenses
24.62
3,324.79
3,444.79
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services
1,075.00
Material and Equipment 233.39
1,308.39
1,308.39
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE
Salary
Philip H. Dearth
200.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
Roland Larocque
100.00
100.00
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer 2,795.23
2,795.23
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM
Community Services, Inc. 800.00
800.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$ 8,648.41
200.00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
Labor
3,013.70
Expenses
Truck Hire
347.60
Supplies
1,346.79
Signs
222.63
Building Maintenance
78.87
Office Supplies
12.00
2,007.89
5,021.59
CHAPTER 81 - MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
6,091.60
Expenses
Truck Hire
1,940.40
Equipment Hire
886.40
Asphalt
3,398.69
Sand and Gravel
1,238.64
Supplies
291.33
Office Expense - Telephone
178.00
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7,933.46
14,025.06
CHAPTER 90 - MAINTENANCE
Wages
Labor
863.50
Expenses
Truck Hire
375.20
Equipment Hire
425.00
Sand and Stone
211.53
Asphalt
990.78
Supplies
133.99
2,136.50
3,000.00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 90 - CONSTRUCTION
Labor
Labor
2,200.20 2,200.00
Expenses
Truck Hire
956.80
Equipment Hire
1,846.00
Asphalt
1,011.48
Gravel
261.71
Supplies
14.04
4,090.03
6,290.23
SNOW REMOVAL
Wages
Labor
6,484.00
Expenses
Truck Hire
5,866.20
Repairs and Supplies
423.58
Sand and Salt
3,217.79
State Highway
63.28
9,570.85
16,054.85
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Expenses
Gasoline and Oil
2,343.50
Parts and Repairs
2,044.61
Insurance and Registration
79.70
Supplies
81.93
4,549.74
ESSEX STREET LAND TAKING
Arthur E. Grimes
200.00
200.00
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IIIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
STORM DRAINS
Wages
Labor 134.50
Expenses
Brick - Pipe 340.08
474.58
STREET LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept. 3,500.00
3,500.00
NEW TRUCK
Purchase Ford Truck 3,113.75
3,113.75
Total-Highways $ 56,229.80
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries - Commissioners
Charles Pasquale
250.00
Leyland A. Phillips
300.00
Leslie E. Mansfield
250.00
800.00
Expenses
Administration
94.92
Aid - Cash
725.00
Groceries and Fuel
165.38
Medical Aid
218.65
Other Cities and Towns
2,072.75
Burial
150.00
3,426.70
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
Central Essex Welfare District
1,162.00
Aid
Cash
45,309.16
Other Cities and Towns 2,091.13
47,400.29
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Aid
Cash
8,492.17
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Aid
3,659.71
Cash
Total-Charities $ 64,940.87
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VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
James H. Ogden, Agent
250.00
Aid
Cash
4,310.00
Rent - Fuel - Groceries 514.04
Medical Aid
212.87
5,036.91
Total-Veterans' Services $ 5,286.91
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Superintendent
6,500.00
Teachers and Supervisors
57,235.92
Doctor
500.00
Nurse
1,176.00
Janitors
4,406.00
Attendance Officer
125.00
Census
100.00
Clerk
2,266.26
72,309.18
Expenses
Supt. Out of State Travel
151.06
Superintendent Expenses
185.67
Office Expenses
1,093.22
Books and Supplies
6,233.45
Building Maintenance
3,834.37
Fuel and Light
3,854.05
Transportation
13,573.90
Tuition
27,643.47
Furnishing - Equipment
1,585.40
1950 Repair Bill
56.73
58,238.82
SCHOOL FACILITIES SURVEY COMMITTEE Expenses 1955 Printing Bill 100.90
REGIONAL SCHOOL SURVEY COMMITTEE Expenses
Printing 205.02
SCHOOL ADDITION
Expenses
Committee Expenses
4,130.72
Building
Architect
6,998.82
Contractor
7,950.00
Country Gas Service
15.00
19,044.54
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expenses
Tuition
393.10
Transportation
183.64
576.74
576.74
SCHOOL LUNCH
Expenses
Labor and Supplies
16,188.63
16,188.63
Total-School
$166,663.83
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
On Order
1,834.50
Expenses On Order
2,273.98
Total-Library $ 4,108.48
For detail report see Trustee's Report
LIBRARY REPAIRS - Special
Labor and Materials
1,000.00
1,000.00
Total-Library
$ 5,108.48
RECREATION
PARK
Wages
Labor
597.75
Expenses
Supplies
180.70
Storage
50.00
Spraying
45.00
Roller Hire
15.00
Water
18.40
309.10
856.85
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
66.00
66.00
Total-Recreation
$ 922.85
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
INSURANCE
Workmen's Compensation and
Public Liability
1,458.64
Buildings-Blanket Policy
1,684.74
Vehicles - Fire and Theft
48.50
Vehicles - Liability
1,950.14
School - Liability
32.90
Clerk's Bond
7.50
Collector's Bond and
Burglary Insurance
193.82
Treasurer's Burglary Insurance
35.82
5,412.06
MEMORIAL DAY
Band
188.00
Flowers - Wreaths - Flags
127.00
Speaker and Music
42.00
Refreshments
32.83
Printing
10.00
399.83
TOWN REPORTS
Printing
937.00
Delivering
62.00
999.00
MANSFIELD FUND
Concerts
175.00
Picnic
706.72
Thanksgiving and Christmas
416.00
1,311.72
Total-Unclassified
$ 8,122.61
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Salaries
Robert Thomas, Manager
400,00
Willis W. Esty
4600.00
Clerk
2460.00
Commissioners
Frank Dow
200.00
John Muzichuk
200.00
Lansing English
150.00
George W. Nash
50.00
8,060.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Energy
Essex County Electric Co. 88,286.90
Danvers Electric Light Dept. 249.48
88,536.38
Labor
15,803.12
Expenses
Sub Station Equipment
216.84
Poles and Wire
4,072.45
Meters and Transformers
1,638.21
Street Light Equipment
263.01
Transportation Equipment
2,227.23
Miscellaneous Equipment 214.37
Supplies
3,332.24
Meter and
Transformer Maintenance 398.19
Street Light Maintenance
646.12
Office Expenses
849.03
Insurance
1,207.55
Truck Maintenance
1,623.42
Depreciation
7,693.99
Line Clearance
1,324.08
Sub Station
2,000.00
Curtis Avenue Lights
476.42
1955 Bill
1,184.75
Danvers Line Purchase
2,500.00
Heavy Construction
2,462.00
34,339.00
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
DEPRECIATION FUND
Poles and Wire
2,345.95
Radio
439.96
Paint Truck
70.00
Meters and Transformers
1,825.83
4,681.74
Total-Electric Light $151,421.14
WATER DEPARTMENT
Expenses
Repairs
802.29
802.29
Total-Public Service Enterprises
$152,223.43
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERIES
Salaries
Commissioners
Richard N. Maxwell
20.00
Michael Lavorgna
20.00
Lawrence Tinkham
20.00
Supt. of Burials
Charles W. Baker
30.00
90.00
Expenses
Labor
3,995.60
Truck Hire
150.00
Supplies
396.35
Water
50.80
Opening Graves
759.75
Hot Topping Avenues
479.80
New Section
214.40
6,046.70
Total-Cemetery $ 6,136.70
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
LOANS
School Construction Loan
2,000.00
School Addition Loan
10,000.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
17,000.00
INTEREST
School Construction Loan
40.00
School Addition Loan
2,415.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
618.75
3,073.75
Total-Municipal Indebtedness $ 20,073.75
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Auditing Municipal Accounts
589.73
State Park and Reservations
670.23
County Tax
7,304.20
Dog Licenses to County
987.00
Withholding Tax Deductions
14,774.00
Retirement Fund Assessment
3,597.67
Retirement Fund Deductions
3,254.03
Blue Cross Deductions
1,966.45
Meter Deposits
565.00
Beverage License
10.00
33,718.31
TRUST
Deposit of Cemetery
Endowment Fund
885.00 885.00
Total-Agency and Trust $ 34,603.31
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REFUNDS-TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
1955 Excise Tax
184.07
1955 Real Estate Tax
126.00
1956 Excise Tax
693.29
1956 Real Estate Tax
128.00
1956 Poll Tax
2.00
Departmental
20.00
1,153.36
1,153.36
Total Expenditures
$572,039.41
Cash Balance December 31, 1956
115,409.13
$687,448.54
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Road Machinery Account
549.74
Tree Warden Expenses
500.00
Police Wages
196.00
Police Expenses
175.82
Elections and Registrations
164.56
Town Clerk Expenses
100.00
Board of Appeals Expenses
66.24
Snow Removal
54.85
Memorial Hall Expenses
52.39
Dog Officer Expenses
44.00
Veterans' Aid
36.91
Collector Expenses
11.57
Finance Committee Expenses
6.56
Interest
.50
$ 1,959.14
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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Recapitulation of Appropriations, Transfers and Expenditures
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balances
Moderator, Salary
$50.00
$50.00
Finance Committee,
Expense
100.00
Transfer
6.56
106.56
106.56
Selectmen, Salaries
900.00
900.00
Expenses
450.00
431.70
18.30
Clerk, Salary
250.00
250.00
Accountant, Salary Expenses
1,200.00
1,200.00
62.25
Treasurer, Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
Expenses
922.00
914.67
7.33
' Tax Title Expenses
400.00
345.00
55.00
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