Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Merrimac 1937, Part 5

Author: Merrimac (Mass.)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: Merrimac (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 158


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100.00


112.77


3.11


4.00


111.88


Moses S. Brown


100.00


105.26


2.91


5.00


103.17


John B. Judkins


350.00


508.66


14.07


10.00


512.73


Henry C. Fox


100.00


112.69


3.11


4.00


111.80


Geo. G. Larkin (Little, Larkin lot and Larkin lot)


300.00


307.27


8.50


10.35


305.42


Addie Haley


100.00


105.27


2.91


4.00


104.18


Jacob F. Crosby


100.00


106.53


2.94


4.00


105.47


Willis H. Scott


75.00


90.67


2.50


4.00


89.17


Herbert F. Chase (Enoch Chase lot)


100.00


103.40


2.85


3.00


103.25


Joseph H. Leavitt


100.00


114.06


3.15


3.00


114.21


Wm. Betts


150.00


161.88


4.47


4.00


162.35


Horace J. Batchelder and Geo. H. Nichols 200.00


213.18


5.90


8.00


211.08


James D. Pike


100.00


113.39


3.14


4.00


112.53


Gustavus D. Veal (G. Veal and Geo.


Grant lot)


100.00


102.16


2.82


3.00


101.98


99


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Name


Original Amount


Dec. 31, '36 Balance


Int.


Withdrawn


Dec. 31, '37 Balance


Edward Sherman


100.00


101.97


2.85


3.00


101.82


Chas. E. Rowell


150.00


155.06


4.30


5.00


154.36


Erastus Sargent


100.00


114.53


3.16


5.00


112.69


Mary E. Robinson


150.00


165.54


4.58


4.00


166.12


Chas. Wallace and Helen Chamberlain


100.00


102.09


2.82


3.00


101.91


Frank C. Williams


100.00


108.67


3.00


4.00


107.67


Melville A. Cunningham


100.00


109.71


3.03


4.00


108.74


Daniel M. Means


100.00


106.41


2.94


4.00


105.35


Judson Jewett


100.00


110.80


3.05


4.00


109.85


Conrad tenberger


50.00


50.99


1.39


1.50


50.88


Herbert C. Oak


150.00


157.99


4.36


6.00


156.35


Walter L. Chaloner


170.00


197.85


5.46


3.00


200.31


Benjamin Rowell


50.00


70.40


1.94


1.00


71.34


Moses Sawyer


50.00


66.62


1.83


1.00


67.45


Chas. S. Lockwood


100.00


105.91


2.92


3.00


105.83


Fred B. Porter


100.00


105.56


2.92


3.00


105.48


Rufus H. Bennett


100.00


109.59


3.03


3.00


109.62


Thos. Hoyt


150.00


154.80


4.28


4.00


155.08


N. L. and Ella S. Howe


100.00


107.65


2.98


3.00


107.63


Edmund Ricker


100.00


101.74


2.81


3.00


101.55


Toppan Sargent and Franklin Sargent


100.00


104.74


2.89


3.00


104.63


Austin W. Sawyer


100.00


107.03


2.96


3.00


106.99


Geo. H. Tilton


100.00


110.98


3.05


3.00


111.03


Moses C. Flanders


50.00


56.20


1.56


1.00


56.76


Thos. Goodrich lot


150.00


152.00


4.21


5.00


151.21


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Name


Original Amount


Dec. 31, '36 Balance


Int.


Withdrawn


Dec. 31, '37 Balance


Fred W. Cate


100.00


102.23


2.82


3.00


102.05


Mary A. Noyes


100.00


112.39


3.11


3.00


112.50


Clara M. Kendall


200.00


217.86


6.03


7.00


216.89


Daniel Gould


100.00


104.47


2.89


4.00


103.36


David Tewksbury and Thos. Merrill


150.00


153.34


4.24


4.00


153.58


Stephen Nichols


100.00


101.95


2.81


3.00


101.76


Betsy A. Veal


100.00


101.61


2.81


3.00


101.42


Frank Hargraves


100.00


104.63


2.89


3.00


104.52


John W. Logan


100.00


102.37


2.82


3.00


102.19


Chas. Coleman


100.00


103.96


2.87


3.00


103.83


Julia Whaland


150.00


161.54


4.46


5.00


161.00


Norman S. Cole


100.00


100.77


2.78


3.00


100.55


Marv Ordway


100.00


102.05


2.82


3.00


101.87


*Jolin T. Lovett


100.00


102.87


3.35


3.00


153.22


Wm. H. Franklin


100.00


101.45


2.80


3.00


101.25


Helen G. Linden


100.00


102.45


2.82


3.00


102.27


Clifton B. Heath


150.00


156.89


4.33


5.00


156.22


Mary E. Sargent (Orlando Sargent lot)


100.00


101.66


2.81


3.00


101.47


John K. Sargent


100.00


107.95


2.98


1.00


109.93


Mary H. Sargent (Hayden Sargent lot)


100.00


101.74


2.81


3.00


101.55


Roswell J. Eaton


100.00


102.35


2.82


2.50


102.67


John Currier (John Currier lot)


150.00


156.70


4.33


3.00


158.03


John Currier (Church St. Cemetery)


125.00


128.29


3.55


4.00


127.84


** Single Grave lots


30.00


31.42


.86


.75


51.53


Annie M. Sargent (John L. Sargent lot) .. 12.5.00


128.11


3.55


3.00


128.66


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Name


Original Amount


Dec. 31, '36 Balance


Int.


Withdrawn


Dec. 31, '37 Balance


Fred R. Weed


200.00


213.70


5.90


1.00


218.60


Mary J. Murphy (J. H. Murphy lot)


100.00


103.19


2.85


4.00


102.04


Edward H. Preble


125.00


129.99


3.58


4.00


129.57


Edwin S. Lane


100.00


102.91


2.83


3.00


102.74


Elbridge D. Young


100.00


105.16


2.91


3.00


105.07


Mary Emma Hoyt (Frederick Nichols lot)


150.00


154.80


4.28


4.00


155.08


Harriet E. Storey (F. A. Sargent and Storey lot)


100.00


103.86


2.87


2.00


104.73


Phillip E. Quimby


100.00


103.08


2.85


2.00


103.93


Rebecca P. Little (Albert Sargent lot)


200.00


203.14


5.63


6.00


202.77


Clarence T. Allison


100.00


101.80


2.81


2.50


102.11


Sarah B. Titcomb (Eva J. Titcomb lot)


100.00


101.30


2.80


3.00


101.10


John Heald


200.00


205.58


5.68


3.00


208.26


Tennie Prescott


100.00


103.53


2.87


3.00


103.40


Annie Tuttle (Amos Small-Lawson lot)


100.00


101.77


2.81


1.00


103.58


Benj. F. Sargent


300.00


304.50


8.43


5.00


307.93


Ralph H. Sargent


100.00


101.50


2.81


3.00


101.31


Fullington Ashley


100.00


101.25


2.80


3.00


101.05


Laura Patten


200.00


202.00


5.60


3.00


204.60


Geo. G. Crouse


100.00


100.75


2.78


2.50


101.03


Nellie M. Hall for Thos. Fraser lot


100.00


100.50


2.78


2.00


101.28


Lottie Hopkins (Nichols and Hopkins lot)


100.00


100.50


2.78


1.00


102.28


Louise C. Brackett for Wm. C. Russell ....


100.00


100.25


2.77


2.00


101.02


Marion Armstrong (Armstrong-McInnes


lot )


400.00


400.00


11.08


8.90


402.18


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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS-(Continued)


Name


Original Amount


Dec. 31, '36 Balance


Int.


Withdrawn


Dec. 31, '37 Balance


Thos. S. Hayes


100.00


100.00


2.77


2.00


100.77


Frank M. Haynes


100.00


100.00


2.52


102.52


Fred L. Parker


150.00


150.00


3.77


2.00


151.77


Dr. F. E. Sweetsir


350.00


350.00


8.81


8.40


350.41


Wm. Pettigrew


100.00


100.00


2.00


102.00


Fred S. Hardwick


100.00


100.00


2.00


102.00


*** J. Melville Clement


100.00


.83


100.83


*** Edwin S. Mckay


100.00


.63


100.63


*** Henry A. Stickney


150.00


.63


150.63


*** B. F. Hardwick


150.00


.31


150.31


*** Emma L. Sargent (Orlando Sargent lot) 150.00


.31


150.31


*** Emma R. Sargent (O. F. Seavey M. D. lot)


150.00


31


150.31 .


*** Elsie G. Mathews


200.00


200.00


*** Sarah Spiller


200.00


200.00


$23,154.69


$640.44


$647.86


$24,417.27


* Added this year since Dec. 31, 1936 50.00


-


Added this year since Dec. 31, 1936 20.00


*** Added since Dec. 31, 1936, entire amount.


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PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS


Name


Original Amount


Dec. 31, '36 Balance


1


Int.


Expended


Dec. 31, '37 Balance


James Whittier


$ 487:07


$ 658.14


$ 18.22


$ 676.36


O. J. Poore


500.00


534.34


14.79


549.13


A. E. Goodwin


200.00


218.44


6.04


224.48


Laura Patten


500.00


533.32


14.77


44.55


503.54


Thomas H. Hoyt


9,915.33


272.67


636.23


9,926.77


375.00


Balances shown in Merrimac Savings Bank Books


$11,859.57


$ 701.49


$ 680.78


$11,880.28


Haverhill Savngs Bank, T. H. Hoyt Fund


5.000.00


150.00


150.00


5,000.00


Danvers Savings Bank, T. H. Hoyt Fund


7,500.00


225.00


225.00


7,500.00


$24,359.57


$ 1,076.49


$ 1,055.78


$24,380.28


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE FUNDS


Merrimac Savings Bank ---


Electric Light-Reserve Fund


$ 1,872.42


$ 51.83


$ 1,924.25


Merrimac Savings Bank-


Electric Light-Depreciation Fund


14,556.83


403.03


14,959.86


Provident Institution Bank-


Electric Light-Depreciation Fund


2,531.25


76.51


2,607.76


Pentucket Savings Bank-


Electric Light-Depreciation Fund


2,518.75


76.11


2,594.86


KIMBALL PARK FUNDS


Amos Weed Judith Kimball


$1,860.86


$ 2,028.45


$ 56.05


$ 83.25


$ 2,001.25


1,000.00


1,026.36


28.41


1,054.77


$ 3,054.81


$ 84.46


$


83.25


$ 3,056.02


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MERRIMAC TOPOGRAPHY AND SOIL SUITED TO WIDE RANGE OF USES


In a report of land utilization covering 300 towns in the State, the Massachusetts State Planning Board declared: "That neither the topography nor soil of the town of Merrimac present any serious barriers to a wide range of uses."


The number of farms in Merrimac has decreased from 57 in 1925 to 35 in 1935, while the farm land has increased from 2004 acres to 2038 in the same period of time, or 36.5 percent of all land area. The survey shows the average value per acre of farm land and buildings in Merrimac in 1935 was $95.


The results of this survey, which was completed under the direc- tion of Elizabeth M. Herlihy, chairman, and implemented by the WPA, have been prepared on five separate maps drawn to scale. The first map shows the existing land use for individual tracts of land, indicating areas devoted to agriculture; types of forests; and rec- reational, industrial, commercial and residential uses.


The second map for each town indicates the location of roads and buildings, showing various types of farms; residential, com- mercial and industrial buildings; schools, hospitals and churches; private, public and semi-public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, avia- tion fields, cemeteries and water-supply reservoirs.


The third map shows the character of soil classified by product- ivity and adaptability for agriculture.


The topography of the town is presented on a separate map by means of contours; the fifth map indicates roads and waterways. By analyzing the factors on these maps it will be possible to outline the most desirable land utilization for any town.


"The information available through the survey is of practical value in analyzing communities as industrial, residential, and farm- ing sites, or in appraising the present and prospective value of prop- erty," Chairman Herlihy stated, "and to the Department of Con- servation in determining the areas which are to be acquired under


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the long-term reforestation program which provides for the purchase of 500,000 acres of land during the next twenty years." .


Comparing the population trends, the survey shows that Merri- mac has had a slight decrease in the last five years.


In analyzing the tax rate up to the present decade, the survey shows that the rate per thousand dollars of assessed value has fluc- tuated between $18 in 1900 to the assessment of $50.40 per thousand in 1935. 1


Commenting on the survey, Dr. Rozman, associate consultant to the State Planning board, said: "Although small in total area, the town of Merrimac presents a land use picture full of interesting pos- sibilities. Located in the heart of the Merrimac river manufacturing area in northeastern Massachusetts, the town not only has a well de- veloped industrial section of its own but serves as a place of residence for many persons. employed in the factories and business houses of nearby towns.


"Neither topography nor soil present any serious barriers to a wide range of uses. The former, although by no means level, is sel- dom rugged enough to prevent ordinary cultivation and is unusually free from the low, poorly drained areas so common to this part of the state. Soils are unusually adaptable. Stony types are almost en- tirely absent. The most adaptable types occupy the largest areas and while not averaging as high in natural fertility as in some other sec- tions of the state, these soils are almost everywhere capable of sup- porting some type of cultivated cover.


"In spite of a favorable topography and soils apparently adapt- able for cultivation, the northwestern quarter of the town is much less thickly settled than the remaining portions. Several part-time farms and full-time dairy farms in this section utilize a fairly large proportion of the land and indicate that it is physically capable of more intensive utilization.


"Elsewhere in town no special land úse problem can be said to exist. Although ample room exists for expansion along residential,


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part-time farming and other agricultural lines, there is every evidence that unused areas are being transformed into these uses as fast as conditions warrant. The town already has acquired a town forest of nearly 300 acres and seems awake to the advantages derived from proper utilization of areas now more or less neglected.


"Through a careful examination of information presented on the maps supplemented by a study of important social and economic factors operating in the locality, it should be possible for the towns- people to work out a program of proper land utilization."-January 22, 1938.


These maps are on display in the Selectmen's office, Town Hall, Merrimac.


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WARRANT


FOR


Annual Town Meeting


ESSEX, ss.


To James P. Donahue, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimac,


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet in Sargent Hall in Merrimac on


Monday, March 7, 1938


at six o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, namely :-


Article 1. To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, three Selectmen for one year, three members of the De- partment of Public Welfare for one year, one Assessor for three years, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the School Committee for three years, one Trustee of Cemeteries for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of Kimball Park for three years, five Com- missioners of Playground for one year, one Commissioner of Munic- ipal Light Board for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, three Constables for one year, three Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark for one year, and Tree Warden for one year. In voting under this article the Polls may be closed not earlier than four o'clock P. M.


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Article 2. To fix the Compensation of the Collector of Taxes.


Article 3. To determine what sum of money shall be raised to defray the necessary and usual charges and expenses of the Town for the year 1938 and make appropriation for the same.


Article 4. . To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1938 and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Accountant with the approval of the Selectmen to transfer from time to time from the Road Machinery Account to the Maintenance of Road Machinery such sums as may be needed to keep road ma- chinery in operation.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six thousand ($6,000.00) to be expended under the super- vision of the Selectmen for W. P. A. or other Federal or State Relief projects.


Article 7. To see what action the Town will take to provide a list of candidates for the 1939 Citizens Caucus, whose nominees shall be placed on the ballot as candidates at the Annual Town Meeting of 1939.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to appoint a Co-Ordinator (for the term of one year) of W.P.A. or other Federal or State Relief projects, who may be a member of the Board of Selectmen and to fix the amount of compensation to be paid therefor, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to fix the compensa- tion of the Members of the Merrimac Bureau of Old Age Assistance who may or may not be members of the Board of Public Welfare,


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said compensation to be paid from any available funds granted by the Federal Government for Administrative purposes.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,500.00 for the improvement of Chapter 90 (Gen- eral Laws) Road Maintenance work, said sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or any portion thereof to be used in conjunction with any money which may be alloted by the State or County or both for this purpose.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars from the Electric Light Operating bal- ance to be used by the Assessors with the estimated receipts to fix the tax rate for the year 1938.


-


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to borrow on account of tax titles under Chapter 49, Acts of 1933 as amended, to be used to meet appropriations for the year 1938, the amount so voted to be applied by the Assessors for the purpose of 1938 tax reduction.


Article 13. On petition of the Town Forest Committee to see if the Town will vote to purchase a tract of land, ten acres more or less, of Elmer E. Battis; said tract being bounded easterly by land of Crosby and on the other three sides by the Town Forest, and to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) to purchase the same.


Article 14. On petition of John Labrie and thirty others to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase materials and furnish truck hire necessary to the con- struction of a cement sidewalk on the northeasterly side of Grove Street, beginning at the now existing cement sidewalk at the Baptist Church and ending at the existing cement sidewalk at the residence of John Grocut, thence northerly on Summer Street, from the exist- ing cement sidewalk to the corner of Prospect Street, provided how- ever, that the labor costs can be furnished in whole or in major part by the Works Progress Administration.


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Article 15. On petition of the Cemetery Trustees to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars ($325.00) from the sale of Cemetery lots, such sum or part thereof, to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Trustees "for the improvement and embellishment of said cemetery" according to Section fifteen and Section twenty-five of Chapter 114 of the General Laws as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition thereof.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to take any action relative to alleged claims against the Cemetery Trustees for bills alleged to have been contracted by the said Cemetery Trustees in excess of the stated appropriation prior to December 31, 1935, for surveying, plotting or making maps of the cemeteries, and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money in pay- ment therefor.


Article 17. On petition of Oscar Boucher, John I. Gosselin, Harold M. Waterhouse and twenty-seven others to see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town street, the Pond Lane road, so called, a private way running from Bear Hill Road to Lake Attitash, said Pond Lane Road, being about 1500 feet in length, as shown in a plan on file with the Town Clerk, provided the abuttors will release the Town from any damages which may be caused by laying out construction and taking of land.


Article 18. On petition of John K. Sargent and eleven others to see if the Town will vote to instruct the Electric Light Commis- sioners to extend the electric street lights from the present terminus at the junction of Locust Street and Merrimac Street, along Merri- mac Street to the Haverhill Line and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the same.


Article 19. On petition of Henry L. Adams and thirty-one others to see if the Town will vote to instruct the. Water Commis- sioners to extend the water service from the hydrant at the corner of Church and Nichols street northwesterly along Church street to a point on upper Church street adjacent to the residence of Henry L.


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Adams, with the installation of a hydrant at that point, provided it can be done in whole or in part as a W.P.A. project.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to sponsor and have prepared a W.P.A. project pro- viding for an extension of water service including hydrants from the junction of Birch Meadow Road and West Main street, on Birch Meadow Road to a point opposite the residence of Charles Hughes, thence along the Birch Meadow Road by the residence of Charles E. Hoyt and of Thomas Riley and connecting with itself after en- circling Birch Meadow, a distance of approximately 9504 feet; also from the corner of West Main Street and Westminster Road in an extreme westerly direction along Westminster Road 792 feet with a hydrant at that point, and with water connections to residences on Billings, Belmore or Ridgefield road; also from the corner of Locust and Merrimac streets, including hydrants through both Merrimac street and Bridge street to the Haverhill line; also from the corner of East Main street southerly along Emery street including hydrants and also on any other streets that the Water Commissioners and Se- lectmen may agree to include in said W.P.A. project; and to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money either by direct tax levy or serial loan, sufficient to pay for such materials truck hire or other necessary costs as may be required of the Town when said project shall have been approved for operation by the Works Progress Administration of the Federal Government, provided further however that W.P.A. or other Federal funds are granted for major labor costs, provided also that these water extensions services if voted may be submitted either as one or several W.P.A. projects.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be used by the Fire Department for the purchase of new hose.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be placed at the disposal of the Playground Commission to be used at their discretion on the playground during the current year.


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And you are hereby required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in said Town of Merri- mac, at least seven days before said time of 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 aforesaid.


Given under our hands at Merrimac this seventh day of Feb- ruary, 1938.


HAROLD C. LORD, FRED T. HOPKINSON, ALBERT P. WADLEIGH, Selectmen of Merrimac.


A true copy, Attest.


JAMES P. DONAHUE, Constable.


By virtue of the above warrant to me directed, I hereby notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet at the time and place and for the purpose therein expressed.


JAMES P. DONAHUE,


Constable.


Merrimac, Mass., February 7, 1938.


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THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE


To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:


After conferring with the heads of the several departments of government of the Town the Finance Committee recommend the fol- lowing appropriations to be made for the year 1938.


We feel that the recommendations are ample in every instance and should not be increased.


The total of the appropriations recommended are somewhat higher than those recommended a year ago, however, the estimated Federal and State reimbursements that can be used in setting the tax levy should reduce the last year's tax rate to some extent, pro- viding appropriations for articles in the warrant other than those ab- solutely needed to run the town's business is kept at a minimum.


General Government


Moderator


$ 12.00


Selectmen (Chairman)


$


450.00


Selectmen (Clerk)


125.00


Selectmen (Other)


100.00


675.00


Selectmen's Departmental Expenses


500.00


Public Welfare (Chairman)


200.00


Public Welfare (Clerk)


200.00


Public Welfare (Other)


100.00


500.00


Town Accountant


1,300.00


Town Accountant's Expense


125.00


Treasurer


350.00


Treasurer's Expense


450.00


Tax Collector


800.00


Tax Collector's Expense


600.00


Assessors (Chairman)


275.00


Assessors (Other two each $187.50)


375.00


650.00


Assessors' Expense


200.00


Town Clerk


225.00


Town Clerk's Expense


50.00


Registrars of Voters


112.50


115


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Town Hall Maintenance


Janitor of Town Offices


120.00


Maintenance


1,000.00


1,120.00


Town Hall Repairs


100.00


Bonding Town Officers


310.00


Election Officers


240.00


Protection of Persons and Property


Police


3,450.00


Fire Engineers


200.00


Fire Department


3,000.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


. 90.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses ....


50.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures Expenses,


Bal. 1937 Expense


18.70


Inspector of Wiring


90.00


Inspector of Wiring Expenses


5.00


Dog Officer (To cover fees)


100.00


Moth Department


850.00


Moth Department (Pump and Sprayer Repairs)


75.00


925.00


Tree Warden


250.00


Town Forest


300.00


Town Forest Warden


150.00


Health and Sanitation


Board of Health


750.00


Public Health Nurse and Expense


1,150.00


Inspector of Animals


100.00


Inspector of Slaughtering


20.00


Inspector of Milk


20.00


Essex County T. B. Hospital


706.39


Highway Department


Highway Department 5,500.00


Snow and Washouts 2,000.00


116


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Sidewalks, Railings and Bridges


100.00


Rocks Bridge


1,150.00


Street Lights


3,283.30


Charities


State Aid


250.00


Public Welfare


18,000.00


Soldiers' Relief


3,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children or Mothers' Aid


1,500.00


Old Age Assistance


20.000.00


School and Libraries


School Committee (Chairman)


50.00


School Committee (Clerk)


75.00


School Committee (Other)


50.00


175.00


School Department


28,250.00


Public Library


1,000.00


Unclassified


Memorial Day (American Legion)


150.00


Vocational Education


100.00


Town Counsel Fees


75.00


Lighting Town Buildings


631.58


Insurance


2,300.00


Reserve Fund


500.00


Interest


600.00


Cemeteries


1,000.00


Municipal Loan Note


3,600.00


Vital Statistics


75.00


Water in Town Buildings


307.29


Printing Town Reports


275.00


$113,516.76


Respectfully submitted, JOHN K. SARGENT, Chairman W. H. FRANKLIN, Secretary ALMORE I. NASH,




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