Town annual report of Middleton, MA. 1960, Part 1

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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY


3 2126 00103 499 5


REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


OF THE


Town of Middleton


FOR THE


Year Ending December 31, 1960


IN7


CHU LETON


THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS. 1961


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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.


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Town Meeting Warrant


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


CREETINC.


Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Middleton in the County of Essex:


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 Fourteenth 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, 1961, 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 Ceneral Laws.


ARTICLE 3. To fix the compensation of elected officers, provide for a Reserve Fund, and to determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate, including appropriations from available funds, to defray charges and expenses of the Town, including debt and interest, 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 Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from the Maintenance and Expenses Fund of the Municipal Light Department to the Ceneral Fund of the Town, said sum to be used for the reduction of taxes.


ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to include in the tax levy the sum of $5,500.00 for electricity used for street lights, and that said sum and the income from sales of electricity to private consumers or for the electricity supplied to Municipal Buildings or for Municipal power and from the sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year be appropriated for the Municipal Lighting Plant, the whole to be expended by the manager of Municipal Lighting under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board, for the expense of the Plant for said fiscal year as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the Ceneral Laws, and that, if said sum and said income sliall exceed said expense for said fiscal year, such excess shall be transferred to the construction fund of said Plant and appropriated and used for such additions thereto as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board.


ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners to see if the Town will vote to transfer the aum of $49,578.78 from the Surplus Account of the Municipal Light Department to the Construction Account of said Department.


ARTICLE 8. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00, said sum to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department to extend the street light circuit on South Main Street from River Street to the Middleton-Danvers Town line.


ARTICLE 9. On petition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, take my eminent domain, or otherwise acquire in fee by the Town, a certain parcel of land situated near Central Street containing 43,561 square feet, more or less, and more minutely described by a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Middleton, property of Gordon and Albert Sheldon, dated August 16, 1960, Essex Survey Service," on file in the Town Clerk's Office, for the use of the Municipal Electric Light Department, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of said acquisition and land damages.


ARTICLE 10. On peition of the Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to include under the Massachusetts Workman's Compensation Act all laborers, workmen, and mechanics in the service of the Town, including those employed in work done in the performance of governmental duties, as well as those employed in work done in Municipal enterprises conducted for gain or profit, including the Manager of the Electric Light Department, but not including policemen or firemen, in accordance with Section 69 to 75 of the Ceneral Laws and Chapter 655 of the Acts of 1960.


ARTICLE 11. On petition of the Chief of Police, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 which, together with the exchange value of the present 1959 Dodge Police Car, is 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, agreeable to the petition of the Chief of Police.


ARTICLE 12. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $650.00 from the Surplus Revenue Account, said money to be used to purchase and install a Radio Base Station for the Fire Department in order that the Town may be included in the Essex County Mutual Aid network; half of said sum to be returned to the Town's Surplus Revenue Account when reimbursement is received from the State.


ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Highway Surveyor to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 for new Guard Rails; the sum of $1,160.00 to be spent on Lake Street and the sum of $640.00 to be spent on Maple Street. ARTICLE 14. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,650.00 to purchase a new Automatic Sand Spreader to replace the old one on the Federal Truck.


ARTICLE 15. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200.00 to Hot Top Middleton Square; 255 feet of Central Street, 95 feet of Park Street, 225 feet of Lake Street, and the area in front of the Post Office and the Old Tavern.


ARTICLE 16. On petition of the Water Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to rescind Article 7 of the March 15th Annual Town Meeting of 1960, and to return $2,000.00 therein appropriated to Surplus Revenue. (Article 7 referred to reads as follows: "On petition of the Board of Water Commissioners to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to extend the six-inch water main on King Street and install one hydrant at corner of Mt. Vernon and King Streets, or take any other action thereto."


ARTICLE 17. On petition of Ruth R. Waitt and others, to see if the Town will vote to repair a private way, Oak Road, so-called, for a distance of 750 feet in a southeasterly direction from the boundary of Maple Street, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be expended for this purpose.


ARTICLE 18. On petition of the Board of Health, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to contract with a private concern, after public bids, to provide Aerial Mosquito Control, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 to be expended for that purpose.


ARTICLE 19. On petition of the Board of Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to establish the charge of $1.00 for the issuance of an electrical wiring permit, said amount to be collected by the wiring inspector and to be turned over to the Town Treasurer.


ARTICLE 20. On petition of the Masconomet Regional District School Committee, to see if the Town will vote to accept an amendment of the agreement establishing the Masconomet Regional School District whereby capital costs incurred on or after October 1, 1960, will be apportioned in accordance with the pupil enrollment as of October 1 next preceding the date on which the regional district school committee votes to authorize the incurring of such capital costs.


ARTICLE 21. On petition of Donald F. Whicher and others, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the purpose of printing, publishing and distributing to the taxpayers the valuation lists of all taxable real estate as prepared by the assessors and the New England Survey Service, including abatements granted for the year ending December 31, 1961; the same to be accomplished prior to the Annual Town Meeting (March, 1962)


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 20 next for the following purposes, viz; To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year: Moderator, Town Clerk, one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Members of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the School Committee for one year, one Member of the Masconomet Regional School Committee for one year, two Trustees of Flint Public Library for three years, one Trustee of Flint Public Library for one year, one Member of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners for three years, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Member of the Planning Board for five years, Tax Collector, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, and one Cemetery Commissioner 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 foresaid.


Civen under our hands this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.


A true copy. Attest:


JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable


FRANK T. LeCOLST, Chairman ROBERT COWEN, Clerk WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR.


Selectmen of Middleton


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Annual Report


for the


Town of Middleton


Massachusetts


1960


FLINT


MIDDLETON


PUBLIC LIBRARY


IN MEMORIAM


John Wesley Milhery


1885-1960


Selectman 1918-1919


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TOWN OFFICERS


Town Officers Elected 1960


Moderator Daniel J. Donovan


Town Clerk William T. Martin, Jr.


Selectmen and Board of Health Frank L. LeColst, Chairman (1961)


Robert G. Gowen (1963) Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr. (1962)


Board of Public Welfare Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1962)


Rogert M. Peabody (1963) Leyland A. Phillips (1961)


Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1963)


Wilbur A. Witham (1962) Ernest F. LeBeau (1961)


Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1962)


Tax Collector Harold E. Tyler


Highway Surveyor Allan G. Marshall


Constable James W. Wentworth


School Committee Eben L. Jewett, Chairman (1961)


Rosamond L. Bastable (1961) Katherine Fairbanks (1963) David V. Harding (1963)


A. Chandler Hadley (1961)


4


TOWN OFFICERS


Electric Light Commissioners Frank E. Dow, Chairman (1961)


John Muzichuk (1963)


J. Lansing English (1962)


Cemetery Commissioners


Michael Lavorgna (1961) Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1962) Edward Richardson (1961)


Superintendent of Burials Charles W. Baker


Tree Warden James Donovan


Planning Board Louis A. Barett, Chairman (1964) Henry N. Sawyer (1961) R. Lionel Barrows (1962)


Frank P. Connors, Jr. (1965) Gilber E. Saunders (1963)


Trustees Flint Public Library William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1963) William T. Martin (1962) Paul B. Wake (1962)


Thomas J. Oliver (1961) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1961) Carl C. Jones (1963)


Water Commissioners Benjamin K. Richardson, Chairman (1963)


Roger M. Peabody, Clerk (1961) Donald A. Aylward (1962)


Masconomet Regional District School Committee Richard Cressy (1963) Richard E. Quinn (1961) Rosamond L. Bastable (1961)


Town Officers Appointed 1960


Registrars of Voters Lloyd H. Getchell, Chairman (1963) Max J. Breau, Jr. (1962) Arthur F. Bastable, Jr. (1961) William T. Martin, Jr., Clerk (Ex-Officio)


5


TOWN OFFICERS


Zoning Appeal Board William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1964) Frederick P. Daniels (1961) Walter E. Clinton (1963) Beaumont Hurd (1965) Donald A. Aylward, Clerk (1962)


Finance Committee Bartholomew J. Whalen, Chairman (1961)


Hazen M. Richardson (1961) John R. Wallen (1963)


Richard J. Fitzpatrick (1962) Benjamin F. Ogden (1963)


Chief of Police James W. Wentworth


Sealer of Weights and Measures Joseph F. Begg


Inspector of Animals Joseph F. Begg


Inspector of Slaughtering Joseph F. Begg


Town Accountant Elmer O. Campbell (1963)


Forest Fire Warden Harold F. Purdy


Chief of Fire Department Harold F. Purdy


Superintendent of Cemeteries Charles W. Baker


Moth Superintendent James Donovan


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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 Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.


Wire Inspector John W. Milbery


Veterans Agent


James H. Ogden


Health Agent


Leyland A. Phillips


Mary Wilson, Ass't


Park Superintendent Allan G. Marshall


Dog Officer James W. Wentworth


Civil Defense Agent Arthur G. Doane


Custodian Memorial Hall Alfred H. Kitchin


TRUSTEES


B. F. Emerson Fund Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass. William H. Sanborn


Elmer O. Campbell, Jr.


Paul B. Wake


Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.


David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare


Annual Report


of the


Town Accountant 1960


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1960


RECEIPTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TAXES:


CURRENT YEAR


Property


$ 417,518.98


Poll


1,636.00


Farm Animal Excise


234.63


Lieu of Taxes


5,562.45


PREVIOUS YEARS


Property


14,933.59


Poll


28.00


Farm Animal Excise


39.24


Tax Title Redemption


590.83


FROM THE STATE


Income


Valuation Basis


14,383.48


Education Basis


33,291.72


Corporation


10,798.45


499,017.37


LICENSES AND PERMITS:


Alcoholic Beverages


2,800.00


All other


901.00


Building


190.00


Revolver


30.00


3,921.00


FINES:


District Court


65.00


65.00


GRANTS AND GIFTS:


FROM FEDERAL GOVERMENT


Old Age Assistance


18,962.62


Aid Dependent Children


6,075.13


Disability Assistance


805.58


School Lunches


3,986.47


Other School Purposes


2,172.40


32,002.20


10


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


FROM STATE


Meal Tax


1,356.98


Vocational Education


932.48


High School Transportation


11,615.00


School Building Aid


9,970.03


Adult Education


7.50


Superintendent


3,333.33


Highway (Chapter 81)


8,105.06


Inspector of Animals


91.67


35,412.05


FROM COUNTY


Dog Licenses


876.97


876.97


ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE Sale Tax Possession Property


278.73


278.73


PRIVILEGES


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax


48,082.72


48,082.72


DEPARTMENTAL


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXECUTIVE:


Selectmen


5.00


FINANCIAL:


Treasurer


27.13


OTHER DEPARTMENTS:


Clerk


9.00


Board of Appeals


85.50


Election


7.00


MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:


Town Hall


323.50


Memorial Hall


1,020.00


1,477.13


11


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


PUBLIC SAFETY : Police Ambulance Sealing of Weight Measures Dog Officer


30.00


99.30


216.00


345.30


HEALTH AND SANITATION :


Tuberculosis Subsidy


443.58


Dental Clinic


1.00


Polio Clinic


105.95


550.53


HIGHWAYS:


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,000.00


Chapter 90 Construction


15,000.00


Snow and Sanding


341.00


Truck and Machinery Rental


3,998.00


Junk Sold


65.00


20,404.00


CHARITIES:


PUBLIC WELFARE


From Cities and Towns


876.52


From State


428.00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


From Individuals


1,270.00


From Cities and Towns


672.70


From State


15,903.80


AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN


From State


3,377.71


DISABILITY ASSISTANCE


From State


2,708.00


25,236.73


VETERANS' SERVICES : From State 632.10 632.10


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


SCHOOLS:


Tuition


540.00


Hall Rental


40.00


Insurance (Damage)


92.30


Lunches


12,875.81


13,548.51


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:


ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT


Sale of Light Power


196,437.27


Miscellaneous


2,018.00


198,455.27


CEMETERIES:


Sale of Lots and Graves


305.00


Opening Graves


895.00


Care of Endowed Lots


1,585.19


2,785.19


INTEREST:


On Deposits


67.28


On Deferred Taxes


852.56


Mansfield Fund


1,995.00


2,914.84


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:


Anticipation Revenue Loan


108,857.19


108,857.19


AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:


Beverage Licenses


10.00


Dog Licenses


992.50


Perpetual Care Funds


1,045.00


Withholding Taxes State


1,734.95


Withholding Taxes Federal


25,786.30


Mass. Hospital Service


2,804.48


Retirement Fund Deduction


4,087.21


Group Insurance


596.93


Meter Deposits


960.00


38,017.27


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


REFUNDS: General Departments Insurance


347.26


347.00


694.26


TRANSFERS:


Electric Depreciation Fund


9,468.03


9,468.03


Total Receipts


1,043,042.39


Cash Balance January 1, 1960


120,718.95


1,163,761.34


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


EXPENDITURES


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


MODERATOR


Salary


50.00


50.00


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Expenses


45.00


45.00


SELECTMEN


Salaries


1,500.00


Expenses


Clerk


450.00


Supplies and Printing


146.95


Advertisements


119.50


Postage


57.00


Association Dues


34.00


Mileage and expenses


70.00


877.45


Perambulating


150.00


2,527.45


ACCOUNTANT


Salary


1,600.00


Expenses


90.85


1,690.85


TREASURER


Salary


1,600.00


Expenses


Supplies


109.67


Postage


355.60


Mileage and Expenses


115.00


Clerical Assistance


300.00


Bank Charges


20.40


Association Dues


5.00


Certifying Notes


4.00


Tax Title Expenses


740.72


1,650.39


3,250.39


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


TAX COLLECTOR


Salary


Clerk


1,800.00 840.00


2,640.00


Expenses


Supplies


387.61


Postage


290.60


Deputy Collector


50.00


Mileage - Telephone


113.21


Association Dues


5.00


Office Equipment


54.70


901.12


3,541.12


ASSESSORS


Salaries


1,800.00


Expenses


Supplies and Postage


192.46


Abstracts


85.70


Mileage - Expenses


80.50


Clerical Services


515.00


Office Expenses


143.99


Association Dues


9.00


Revaluation


7,650.00


10,476.65


COUNSEL


Salary


1,000.00


Expenses


19.45


1,190.45


TOWN CLERK


Salary


700.00


Expenses


Supplies


236.09


Telephone - Postage


113.62


Recording Deeds


9.00


358.71


1,058.71


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS


Salaries


400.00


Expenses


Listing


325.00


Election Officers


751.50


Printing and Supplies


304.55


Lunches


98.68


Janitor - School Hall


12.00


1,491.73


1,891.73


PLANNING BOARD


Expenses


Clerk


50.00


Advertisements


42.00


Services - Engineer


38.00


Supplies


35.93


Association Dues


10.00


175.93


175.93


TOWN HALL


Salary


480.00


Expenses


Supplies


58.89


Repairs


147.96


Fuel and Light


635.92


842.77


1,322.77


MEMORIAL HALL


Salary


480.00


Expenses


Fuel and Light


1,674.83


Supplies


81.57


Telephone


87.26


Repairs


892.81


Painting


1,000.00


3,736.47


4,216.47


Total General Government Expenditures


31,437.52


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


PUBLIC SAFETY


CONSTABLE


Salary


35.00


35.00


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Salaries and Wages


James W. Wentworth


5,200.00


Floyd H. Getchell


1,916,25


Harold Moore


1,228.50


Arthur Doane


387.00


Robert Hurd


238.50


Norman Welch


90.00


David DeTomaso


64.00


William Pennock


16.50


George W. Nash


9.00


Robert Currier


6.00


Edward Richardson


4.50


Robert Fuller


3.00


9,163.25


Expenses


Car and Radio Maintenance 2,148.16


Office Expenses 314.55


Supplies


46.14


Equipment


167.71


Dues and Expenses


18.59


2,695.15


11,858.40


CIVIL DEFENSE


Expenses


84.21


84.21


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Salaries


3,200.00


Expenses


Labor


3,050.25


Equipment and Repairs


1,762.57


Gasoline and Oil


236.34


Fuel and Light


1,231.32


Building Maintenance 93.31


Office Expenses - Telephone 402.20


Fire Alarm


1,619.20


Insurance


220.15


Diving Instructions


114.00


8,729.34


11,929.34


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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Salary


Expenses


500.00 200.00


700.00


BOARD OF APPEALS


Expenses


Clerk


154.00


Advertisement


170.00


Supplies -Postage


74.41


398.41 398.41


WIRE INSPECTOR


Salary


300.00


Expenses


130.00


430.00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Salary


175.00


Expenses


75.00 250.00


FORESTRY DEPARTMENT


Labor


3,430.85


Expenses


Truck Maintenance


108.93


Supplies


1,091.92


Removing Trees


142.80


Planting New Trees


298.00


Equipment


10.80


1,652.45


5,083.30


DOG OFFICER


Salary


100.00


Expenses


228.00


328.00


Total Public Safety Expenses


31,096.66


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HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH AND SANITATION


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Salaries


320.00


Expenses


Care of Patients Essex San. 192.50


Polio and Virus Clinics 398.68


Engineer Services 100.00


Care of Dump 1,406.49


Vital Statistics


170.00


Supplies - Expenses


34.56


Clinic Equipment


216.00


Contagious Disease


173.78


2,692.01


3,012.01


DENTAL CLINIC


Expenses


Services


Supplies


1,079.00 139.15 1,218.15


1,218.15


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


Salary Expenses


200.00 100.00


300.00


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


Salary


50.00 50.00


ESSEX SANITORIUM ASSESSMENT


County Treasurer 7,059.18 7,059.18


COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM


Middleton Community Services, Inc. 2,500.00 2,500.00


Total Health and Sanitation Expenses 14,139.34


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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


HIGHWAYS


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Labor


17,440.80


Expenses


Truck Hire


5,549.80


Equipment Hire


3,882.00


Supplies


4,880.32


Sand and Gravel


5,646.54


Asphalt


5,438.24


Signs


130.00


Light and Power


164.85


Office Expenses


187.10


Equipment


307.65


26,186.50


43,627.30


SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS


Truck


3,500.00


Storm Drains


997.77


Street Numbering


116.00


Street Lighting


5,000.00


9,613.77


SNOW REMOVAL


Labor


4,769.95


Expenses


Truck Hire


3,713.20


Equipment and Reapairs


2,108.00


Salt and Sand


1,879.12


State Road


30.92


7,731.24


12,501.19


ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT


297.65


Labor


Expenses


Gasoline and Oil 1,903.50


Parts and Repairs 1,644.65


Insurance and Registration 62.85


Supplies


284.20 3,895.20


4,192.85


Total Highway Expenditures


69,935.11


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CHARITIES ACCOUNT


CHARITIES


PUBLIC WELFARE


Salaries Expenses


800.00 123.86


GENERAL RELIEF


Expenses


Aid - Cash


1,085.00


Groceries and Fuel


831.39


Medical Aid


625.57


Burials


193.00


Other Cities and Towns


5,538.69


8,273.65


9,197.51


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Administration Aid


1,445.00


Cash


43,197.25


Other Cities and Towns


951.08


Medical Aid for Aged


1,603.48 45,751.81 47,196.81


AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN


Cash


10,966.16 10,966.16


DISABILITY ASSISTANCE


Cash


4,669.90 4,699.90


Total Charities Expenditures 72,030.38


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VETERANS' SERVICES


VETERANS' SERVICES


Salary


250.00


Aid


Cash 7,675.32


Fuel - Groceries


1,038.30


Medical Aid


675.96 9,389.58


Total Veterans Services Expenditures 9,639.58


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SCHOOLS


Salaries


Superintendent


7,637.36


Teachers and Supervisors


90,563.01


Doctor


540.00


Nurse


1,250.00


Janitors


7,776.21


Attendance Officer


40.00


Census Taker


98.60


Clerks


4,266.10


112,171.28


Expenses


Superintendent


180.00


Office


1,175.98


Books and Supplies


5,661.09


Building Maintenance


5,216.75


Fuel and Light


6,396.29


Transportation


13,915.00


Tuition


157.80


Furnishing - Equipment


496.48


Testing


313.00


Athletics


100.00


33,612.39


145,783.67


SCHOOL LUNCH


Labor


6,749.28


Equipment and Supplies


10,987.74


17,467.02


REGIONAL SCHOOL


Assessment


215,761.51


215,761.51


VOCATIONAL EDUCATION


Expenses


Tuition


484.20


Transportation


184.00 668.20 668.20


Total School Expenditures


379,680.40


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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS


LIBRARY


Salaries


1,840.00


Expenses


2,791.63


4,631.63


Total Library Expenditures


4,631.63


RECREATION


PARK


Labor


770.75


Expenses


Supplies


234.27


Storage


50.00


Roller Hire


214.00


Equipment


598.90


1,097.17


1,867.92


CHRISTMAS LIGHTING


Expenses


40.93


40.93


Total Recreation Expenditures


1,908.85


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UNCLASSIFIED


UNCLASSIFIED


INSURANCE


Workmen's Compensation and Public Liability


2,356.20


Building - Blanket Policy


2,282.83


Vehicle - Fire and Theft


92.19


Vehicle - Liability


2,347.91


Collector's Bond and Burglary


338.40


Clerk's Bond


10.00


Treasurer's Bond and Buglary


246.00


Life and Hospital


6,359.02


14,032.55


Memorial Day


444.96


Printing Town Reports


1,260.15


1,705.11


MANSFIELD FUND


Concert


25.00


Picnic


1,288.47


Thanksgiving and Christmas


455.00


Filing Report Fee


3.00


1,771.47


Total Unclassified Expenditures 17,509.13


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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT


Salaries


Commissioners


600.00


Manager


5,980.00


Clerk


3,120.00 9,700.00


MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION


Energy


Merrimack Essex Electric Co.


Danvers Electric Dept.


Labor


Expenses


Salaries


9,700.00


Maintenance and Operation


Energy


Merrimack Essex


Electric Co.


116,168.53


Danvers Electric


Light Co.


390.00


116,558.53


Labor


Expenses


Material


15,531.57


Office Expenses


1,239.77


Truck Maintenance


1,1203.32


Insurance


653.51


Depreciation


9,468.03


Line Clearance


1,600.59


Essex St. Lights


2,200.00


Lakeview Road Lights


300.00


Park Avenue Lights


300.00


32,413.79


Total Electric Department Expenditures


177,050.84


WATER DEPARTMENT


Salaries Commissioners


300.00


Expenses "


80.99


Material and Labor


2,560.32


Total Water Expenditures


2,941.31


Total Public Service Enterprises Expenditures


179,992.15


18,378.52


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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT


CEMETERIES


Salaries


Commissioners


60.00


Supt. of Burials


30.00


90.00


Labor


6,966.37


Truck Hire


197.00


Supplies


405.73


602.73


Hot Top


490.80


Total Cemetery Expenditures


8,158.90


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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


BONDED DEBT


School Addition Loan 1950


10,000.00


School Addition Loan 1956


10,000.00


Fire-Highway Building Loan


5,000.00


Fire Truck Loan


5,000.00




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