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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, 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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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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