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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 491 2
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1961
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The Mirror Press - Danvers, Mass. 1962
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Flint Public Library Middleton, Mass.
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Town Meeting Warrant
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Middleton in the County of Essex:
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are herehy directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Ilowe{Manning School Auditorium in said Middleton on Tuesday the Thirteenth day of March next, at eight o'clockin 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, 1962, 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, Sectioon 17 of the General 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 $7,650.00 from the Maintenance and Expenses Fund of the Municipal Light Department to the General Fund of the Town, said sum to be used for the reduction of taxes.
ARTICLE G. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $8,284.50 to supplement the Fire Department budget, to employ three (3) permanent men, working 56-hour shifts, providing 24-hour coverage.
ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Fire Chief, to see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 48, Sections 42, 43 and 44 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Ter. Ed.
ARTICLE 8. On petition of the Water Commissioners, to see if the Town will accept Chapter 40, Section 42G, 42H and 421 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to the levy of a special assessment to meet the whole or part of the cost thereafter incurred of laying pipes for the conveyance or distribution of water to its inhabitants.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the present School Building Committee, created by Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting of June 20, 1961, to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the purpose of defraying costs for preliminary planning and the engaging of an architect for a tenclassroom elementary school with core facilities for expansion to twenty rooms, and to do any other acts or take any other action necessary and proper.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept Public Law 560, 83rd Congress, as amended, and that the Board of Water Commissioners be authorized to ented into negotiations with the Administrator of the Housing and Finance Agency to apply for Federal funds and that the Board of Water Commissioners be authorized to expend the same for surveys, plans and reports with estimates of cost of a Town Water System, in all its various phases, with the understanding that the Town will reimburse the Federal Government for that part of the cost of the surveys allocated to a particular water project, if and when that particular water project is subsequently voted by the Town, said survey to be made by an engineer approved by the Administrator; and that the Town authorizes the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow from the United States Government under the terms of Public Law 560, as amended, for the purpose of making said survey for the Town of Middleton, Massachusetts.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum not exceeding $25,000 for the purpose of providing the Town's share of the cost of the Regional District School Committee to pay for an architect, or other professional services, to draw plans and specifications for a regional junior high school to be erected on land already owned by the Regional School District, in accordance with the orginial agreement with the Towns of Boxford and Topsfield establishing the Regions! School District, as amended by vote of the member towns in 1961, and to direct the Town Treasurer to pay over said sum to the Regional District School Committee to be used only in conjunction with funds appropriated by the other two member towns for this purpose.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to estoblish the charges of the Wire Inspector for permits as follows: Temporary Service, 5 months, $1.00; Extension, 2 months, $1.00; Oil Burner permit, $1.00; one to six outlets, $.75; over six Outlets, $1.60; said sums to be collected by the Wire Inspector and to be paid to the Town Treasurer.
ARTICLE 13. On petition of the Highway Surveyor to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 to be expended for the purchase of a new International Dump Truck, in accordance with specifications set forth by the Highway Surveyor; $1,000 to be taken from Road Machinery Fund and $3,500 to be raised by taxation, or any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of Donald H. Hall and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate and expend the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of numbering the street lots in the Town.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of Clarence Osgood, Jr. and others, to see if the Town will vote to amend the By-laws as adopted March 15, 1959, by striking out Part Two - Prudential Affairs and Internal Police, I, Paragraph (2), and substituting therefor: "No person shall fire or discharge any firearms or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property except with the permission of the Board of Selectmen; or on any private property, except with the consent of te owner or legal occupant thereof; provided, however, that thia by-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property, nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties."
ARTICLE 16. On petition of Richard J. Nally, Jr. and Franklin P. Pomroy, and others, to see if the Town will vote to put out for bid the total amount of gasoline and oil used on a yearly basis for vehicle and equipment. The gasoline delivered may be regularly and continually sampled and a minimum rating of 90 Octane maintained. Parts thereof may be sanıpled by Stote Inspectors, or as the Selectmen may elect. Samples shall be collected, prepared and analyzed by representatives of the Town, in accordance with methods adopted by the American Society for Testing Materials. Bidders shall enclose Approximate Typical Specification Data of the products they plan to furnish under this proposal. All products are to meet the specification of the U. S. Rureau of Standards.
ARTICLE 17. On petition of Stanley W. Klosowski and others, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Moderator to appoint a Committee of five citizens of the Town of Middleton to investigate the advisability of adopting the Town Manager form of government. The committee shall be composed of the Town Clerk and four other citizena. This committee shall bring in a recommended town charter for action at the next Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the general distribution of Town Reports from door to door, and to make the same available at the office of the Town Clerk, Tax Collector and Selectmien's Office upon request of a citizen of the Town, or take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 8C of the General Laws, Ter. Ed., by establishing a Conservation Commission for the promotion and development of natural resources, and for the protection of watersbed resources. Said commission to consist of three members appointed by the Selectmen; the terms of the respective members to be 1, 2 and 3 years, and their successors to be appointed for a term of three years respectively, or to take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 8A of the General Laws, Ter. Ed. and establish a Development and Industrial Commission for the promotion and development of the industrial resources of the Town. Said commission to consist of five members to be appointed by the Selectmen; the terins of the members of the Commission to be so arranged that one member's term expires each year and the successor to be appointed for a term of five years, or take any other sction thereto.
ARTICLE 21. On petition of the Board of Selectmen to see if the Town will vote to amend the By-laws, Part Two, entitled, Prudential Affairs and Internal Police, by adding the following section: "1V - Gas Inspector - The Selectmen shall on May 1st of each year appoint an Inspector of Gas Pipes and Gas Appliances in building, whose duties ahall be the enforcement of rules and regulations established by the Board of Health," or take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 22. On petition of the Board of Selectmen to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the salary and $100.00 for expenses (Total $200.00) for the Plumbing and Gas Inspector, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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 19 next for the following purposes, viz: To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year: Moderator, Town Clerk, one Selectmian for three years, one Assessor for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Constable for three years, Treasurer for three years, Superintendent of Burials, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, 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 three years, 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 Publie Welfare for three years, one Member of the Planning Board for five years, Tax Collector.
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 daya 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 sixth day of February in the year of our Lord, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two.
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable
WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR., Chairman ROBERT GOWEN, Clerk FRANK T. LeCOLST
Selectmen of Middleton
Annual Report
for the Town of Middleton
Massachusetts 1961
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
In Memoriam
FREDERICK PERRY DANIELS 1918-1961 Board of Appeals 1956-1961
WILLIAM THOMAS MARTIN 1883-1961
Treasurer
1917
School Committee 1927
Library Trustee
1944-1961
Selective Service Board
1951-1961
Board of Appeals
1948-1956
Finance Committee
1944-1945
WALTER HAZEN MILBERY
1893-1961
Chief of Police 1941-1946
Constable 1941-1946
GEORGE BENJAMIN OGDEN 1892-1961
Moderator 1923-1942
Selectman
1928-1932
1934-1938
1943-1949
Water Commissioner 1925-1926
CLARENCE EDWARD RICHARDSON 1901-1961 Cemetery Commissioner 1944-1950
WILLIAM HENRY SANBORN 1887-1961
Board of Appeals 1948-1961
Library Trustee 1933-1961
Trustee of B. F. Emerson Fund
1939-1961
Board of Fire Engineers
1934-1940
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1961
Moderator Daniel J. Donovan
Town Clerk William T. Martin, Jr.
Selectmen and Board of Health Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., Chairman (1962)
Robert G. Gowen (1963) Frank T. LeColst (1964)
Board of Public Welfare Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1962) Roger M. Peabody (1963) Leyland A. Phillips (1964)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1963)
Wilbur A. Witham (1962) Ernest F. LeBeau (1964)
Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1962)
Tax Collector Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor Allan G. Marshall
Constable James W. Wentworth
School Committee Rosamond L. Bastable, Chairman (1964)
Norman Nathan (1964) David V. Harding (1963) Robert S. Brown (1962)
A. Chandler Hadley (1962)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners J. Lansing English, Chairman (1962)
John Muzichuk (1963) Frank E. Dow (1964)
Cemetery Commissioners Michael Lavorgna, Chairman (1964) Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1962) Edward Richardson (1963)
Superintendent of Burials Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden James Donovan
Planning Board Louis A. Barett, Chairman (1964) Henry N. Sawyer (1966) R. Lionel Barrows (1962)
Frank A. Connor, Jr. (1965) Gilbert E. Sanders (1963)
Trustees Flint Public Library William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1963)
Harold A. Whipple (1962) Paul B. Wake (1962)
Willis W. Esty (1964) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1964) Carl C. Jones (1963)
Water Commissioners Benjamin K. Richardson, Chairman (1963)
Roger M. Peabody (1964) George W. Nash (1962)
Masconomet Regional School Committee Richard Cressey (1963) Richard E. Quinn (1962) David V. Harding (1962)
Town Officers (Appointed) 1961
Registrars of Voters Lloyd H. Getchell, Chairman (1963) Max J. Breau, Jr. (1962) Arthur F. Bastable, Jr. (1964) William T. Martin, Jr., Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board Beaumont B. Hurd, Chairman (1965)
Nathan Hayward (1964)
Roy J. Schneider (1962)
Donald A. Aylward, Alternate
Thomas F. Black (1966) Walter E. Clinton (1963)
Thomas F. Dolan, Alternate
Finance Committee John R. Wallen, Chairman (1963)
Hazen M. Richardson (1961) Richard J. Fitzpatrick (1962) Stanley Klosowski (1964) Laura M. Dansereau (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
Custodian of Town Hall James H. Ogden
Electric Light Manager Willis W. Esty
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TOWN OFFICERS
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 Leland A. Phillips Mary M. Wilson, Asst.
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.
Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. William H. Sanborn
Paul B. Wake
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund Board of Public Welfare
Annual Report of the Town Accountant 1961
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1961
RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE
TAXES:
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 430,148.11
Poll
1,662.00
Farm Animal Excise
247.03
Lieu of Taxes
4,030.52
PREVIOUS YEARS
Property
21,689.62
Poll
70.00
Farm Animal Excise
17.37
Tax Title Redemption
2,081.53
FROM THE STATE
Income
Valuation Basis
5,467.90
Education Basis
57,235.13
Corporation
16,977.80
539,627.01
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Alcoholic Beverages
4,150.00
All other
1,071.50
Building
147.00
5,368.50
FINES:
District Court
40.00
40.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
18,301.60
Medical Aid for Aged
12,650.16
Aid Dependent Children
4,295.07
Disability Assistance
1,116.20
School Lunches
5,096.97
Other School Purposes
2,337.00
43,797.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE
Meal Tax
1,618.32
Vocational Education
365.70
School Transportation
6,880.00
School Building Aid
9,970.03
School Superintendent
6,666.66
Highway (Chapter 81)
7,002.31
Inspector of Animals
100.00
Library
780.78
33,383.80
FROM COUNTY
Dog Licenses
654.15
654.15
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE Sale Tax Possession Property
183.99
183.99
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
59,421.11
59,421.11
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
64.00
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
15.08
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Clerk
1.00
Board of Appeals
194.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Memorial Hall
1,020.00
1,294.08
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Police Ambulance
115.00
Sealing of Weight and Measures
56.00
Dog Officer
190.00
361.00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND SANITATION: Tuberculosis Subsidy
86.43
86.43
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction
6,821.30
Snow and Sanding
746.00
Truck and Machinery Rental
5,031.50
Sander
610.00
Oak Road Special
400.00
15,608.80
CHARITIES:
GENERAL RELIEF
From Cities and Towns
1,452.18
From State
499.65
1,951.83
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From Individuals
3,637.22
From Cities and Towns
775.86
From State
6,165.96
10,579.14
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From Individuals
596.95
From State
3,207.92
3,804.87
MEDICAL AID FOR AGED
From Individuals
130.10
From State
7,448.61
7,578.71
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
From State
870.22
870.22
SCHOOLS:
Tuition
520.94
Hall Rental
60.00
Insurance (Burglary)
297.62
Supplies
.95
Lunches
12,819.52
13,699.03
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Sale of Light and Power
213,564.93
Miscellaneous
1,915.82
215,480.75
CEMETERIES:
Sale of Lots and Graves
390.00
Opening Graves
1,560.00
Care of Endowed Lots
1,564.44
Recording Deeds
12.00
3,526.44
INTEREST:
On Deposits
105.17
On Deferred Taxes
1,473.61
Mansfield Fund
2,035.00
3,613.78
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation Revenue Loan
60,000.00
60,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Beverage License
10,00
Dog Licenses
799.75
Perpetual Care Fund
760.00
Withholding Taxes State
2,123.98
Withholding Taxes Federal
30,705.51
Mass. Hospital Service
3,073.36
Retirement Fund
4,290.49
Group Insurance
529.76
Meter Deposits
2,510.00
44,802.85
REFUNDS:
General Departments
20.23
Insurance
1,460.30
1,480.53
TRANSFERS:
Electric Depreciation Fund
10,129.51
10,129.51
Total Receipts
1,077,343.73
Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1961
142,070.81
1,219,414.54
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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
127.74
Advertisement
102.00
Postage
57.50
Association Dues
34.00
Other Expenses
120.00
891.24
2,301.24
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
1,600.00
Expenses
125.00
Office Equipment
500.00
625.00
2,225.00
TREASURER
Salary
1,600.00
Expenses
Supplies
157.89
Postage
105.60
Mileage and Expenses
90.00
Clerical Assistance
400.00
Bank Charges
20.00
Association Dues
5.00
Certifying Notes
2.00
Office Equipment
362.62
Tax Title Expenses
1,361.95
2,505.06
4,105.06
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
Clerk
2,000.00 840.00
2,840.00
Expenses
Supplies
394.72
Postage
195.80
Deputy Collector
105.50
Mileage - Telephone
115.53
Association Dues
5.00
Office Expenses
35.69
Tax Takings
64.00
916.24
3,756.24
ASSESSORS
Salaries
1,800.00
Expenses
Suplies and Postage
517.65
Abstracts
129.62
Mileage - Expenses
83.00
Clerical Services
587.50
Office Expenses
89.87
Association Dues
12.00
Office Equipment
244.42
Revaluation
2,350.00
Printing Valuation Book
270.00
4,284.06
6,084.06
COUNSEL
Salary
1,000.00
Expenses
108.00
1,108.00
TOWN CLERK
Salary
700.00
Expenses
Supplies
191.98
Telephone - Postage
147.46
Association Dues
7.50
Recording Deeds
12.00
358.94
1,058.94
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries
200.00
Expenses
Listing
307.00
Election Officers
297.50
Printing and Supplies
102.65
Lunches
33.01
Janitor - School Hall
34.00
837.16
1,037.16
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Clerk
55.00
Advertisements
10.00
Services - Engineers
15.00
Supplies
27.50
Association Dues
10.00
117.50
117.50
TOWN HALL
Salary
480.00
Expenses
Supplies
55.00
Repairs
121.77
Fuel and Light
592.11
733.99
1,213.99
MEMORIAL HALL
Salary
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,761.31
Supplies
95.68
Telephone
93.95
Repairs
542.25
2,493.19
2,973.19
Total General Government Expenditures
26,164.38
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SAFETY
CONSTABLE
Salary
35.00
35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salarier and Wages
James W. Wentworth
5,720.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
1,965.25
Harold Moore
1,230.00
Arthur Doane
354.00
Robert Hurd
216.00
Robert Peachey
118.50
Norman Welch
94.50
George Nash
10:50
Willam Pennock
10.50
Harold Purdy
3.00
Edward Richardson
3.00
Harvey Sutherland
3.00
Matron
21.00
Expenses
Car and Radio Maintenance 2,026.83
Office Expenses
501.56
Supplies
24.03
Equipment
224.65
Dues and Expenses
10.00
Cruiser
1,600.00
4,387.07
14,136.32
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expenses
93.10
93.10
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
3,228.00
Expenses
Labor
3,515.25
Equipment and Repairs
1,739.80
Gasoline and Oil
266.63
Fuel and Light
1,563.62
Building Maintenance
319.51
Office Expenses - Telephone 621.88
Fire Alarm 1,367.65
Insurance
220.15
9,614.49
12,842.48
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Salary
500.00
Expenses
200.00
Printing Building Laws
160.00
860.00
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Clerk
184.50
Advertisements
245.00
Supplies - Postage
150.35
Legal Services
153.60
Association Dues
5.00
738.45
738.45
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
2,923.45
Expenses
Truck Maintenance
125.57
Truck Hire
58.00
Supplies
635.00
Removing Trees
442.40
Association Dues
8.00
1,568.97
4,492.42
DOG OFFICER
Salary Expenses
100.00
144.00
244.00
Total Public Safety Expenditures
34,121.78
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
320.00
Expenses
Polio and Virus Clinics
121.66
Engineer Services
100.00
Care of Dump
1,638.55
Vital Statistics
262.00
Contagious Disease
87.95
Office Expenses
30.00
2,240.16
2,560.16
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services
819.00
Supplies
89.59
908.59
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM
Middleton Community Services, Inc. 2,500.00
2,500.00
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Salary
200.00
Expenses
100.00
300.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
50.00 50.00
ESSEX SANITORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer 3,819.14 3,819.14
Total Health and Sanitation Expenditures 10,137.89
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Labor
18,069.37
Expenses
Truck Hire
4,248.00
Equipment Hire
4,349.50
Supplies
3,882.25
Sand and Gravel
2,110.44
Asphalt
4,424.00
Signs
46.00
Light and Power
112.43
Office Expenses
430.26
Catch Basins
75.00
Land Taking
56.00
19,733.88
37,803.25
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Storm Drains
1,250.00
Fencing
1,699.00
Oak Road Special
1,000.00
Sander
2,638.00
Street Lighting
5,500.00
Middleton Square Parking Signs
25.75
12,112.75
SNOW REMOVAL
Labor
6,597.33
Expenses
Truck Hire
6,483.50
Equipment and Repairs
489.29
Salt and Sand
2,397.25
9,370.04
15,967.37
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Expenses
Gasoline and Oil 2,082.58
Parts and Repairs
1,378.44
Insurance and Registration
55.63
Supplies
981.66
4,498.31
4,498.31
Total Highway Expenditures
70,381.68
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries Expenses
900.00
77.92
General Relief
977.92
GENERAL RELIEF
Expenses
Aid - Cash
972.50
Groceries and Fuel
335.84
Medical Aid
844.47
Burials 40.00
Other Cities and Towns
1,658.77
3,851.58
3,851.58
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
1,883.00
Aid
Cash
27,830.21
Other Cities and Towns 1,710.46
29,540.67
31,423.67
MEDICAL AID FOR AGED
Cash
21,907.01
21,907.01
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash
11,336.58
11,336.58
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Cash
3,661.14
3,661.14
Total Charities Expenditures
73,157.90
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VETERANS' SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
250.00
Aid
Cash
8,364.00
Fuel - Groceries
879.21
Medical Aid
695.74 9,938.95
Total Veterans Services Expenditures 10,188.95
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Superintendent
8,267.48
Teachers and Supervisors
105,265.81
Doctor
638.00
Nurse
1,282.88
Janitors
8,122.79
Attendance Officer
40.00
Census Taker
98.00
Clerks
5,201.22
128,916.18
Expenses
Superintendent
180.00
Office
1,198.68
Books and Supplies
8,387.57
Building Maintenance
4,629.22
Fuel and Light
6,606.91
Transportation
13,940.00
Tuition
15.00
Furnishing Equipment
129.55
Athletics
68.01
Miscellaneous
140.93
Alarm System
836.00
36,131.87
165,048.05
SCHOOL LUNCH
Labor
7,613.33
Equipment and supplies
9,270.57
16,883.90
REGIONAL SCHOOL
Assessment
222,353.05
222,353.05
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Tuition
Transportation
303.30 88.00
391.30
391.30
Total School Expenditure
404,676.30
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
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