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·· Allen & Rogers, interest on note of $2,500 00, 50 00
" A. W. Peabody, balance on note of $700 00 and interest, 781 73
" County Tax, 475 39
.. State Tax, 367 50
" State Treasurer, note of $1,500 00 and interest, 1,532 08
Paid A. P. Tyler, interest on note of $800 00, B. F. Emerson Fund, 40 00
Amount carried forward,
$3,326 70
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $3,326 70 Paid State Treasurer, note of $1,000 00 and interest, 1,O17 50
Paid Danvers Savings Bank, note of $1,000 00 and interest, 1,020 00
Paid $600 00 on note of Flint book fund, 600 00
Paid interest on note of Flint book fund, 169 25
66 66 75 00
" discount on $3,000 00 note, 90 00
Selectmen's orders, 9,783 91
Balance in treasury, 1,681 33
$17,763 69
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF PROPERTY.
.
Real estate,
$487,334 00
Personal estate, 54,248 00
$541,582 00
Number of polls, 230,
Rate of taxation, $19 50 per $1,000.
Tax on polls,
$ 460 00
Tax on real estate,
9,503 OI
Tax on personal estate,
1,057 83
$11,020 84
Amount voted for current expenses, $2,500 00
Schools,
1,700 00
Supplies, 225 00
Incidentals,
125 00
Amount carried forward, $4,550 00
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $4,550 00
Amount Highways,
1,000 00
Bridges,
150 00
Cemetery,
125 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Library lot,
600 00
Support of poor,
2,000 00
Tuition of High scholars,
school
800 00
Compensation of firemen,
60.00
Enforcement of liquor law,
50 00
Fire hose and supplies,
200 00
Repairing sidewalks,
50 00
Naming avenues and erect-
ing boards at cemetery, 30 00
Laying floor at school house,
75 00
Grading Centre school yard,
50 00
Painting Centre school
house,
175 00
Footlights and curtain at Town Hall,
125 00
County tax,
475 39
State tax,
367 50
Overlay,
37 95
$11,020 84
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY,
Library building and land,
$14,000 00
Flint Public Library,
3,600 00
Town hall,
5,400 00
School houses,
8,000 00
Amonnt carried forward, $31,000 00
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward,
$31,000 00
Lock-up,
500 00
Cemetery,
1,300 00
Hearse and hearse house,
800 00
Fire apparatus and hose house,
1,000 00
Gravel pit,
50 00
B. F. Emerson fund,
10,025 36
C. L. Flint book fund,
5,000 00
Road machine,
200 00
School books in use,
400 00
$50,275 36
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN.
LIABILITIES.
Amount of town notes on interest at
5 per cent., $4,600 00
Amount of town notes on interest at 4 per cent., 7,500 00
Due the schools, 561 80
$12,661 80
ASSETS.
Balance in treasury as per Treasurer's account, $1,681 33
Due from State on account of State
aid, 108 00
Due from State on account of military,
9 00
" State Board of Health, 138 00
Gloucester, 1,191 20
School books on hand, 400 00
Due from Otis F. Rennard, 85 15
.. State, 4 00
$3,616 68
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SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Amount brought forward, $3,616 68
Amount of uncollected tax, 1890,
24 66
1891, 39 75
..
..
6
66
1894,
276 81
6.
١١
1895, 770 50
١١ 1896,
1,374 69
1897 4,336 83
$6,882 76
Balance against the town,
2,162 36
$12,661 80
Decrease in town debt.
$2,024 35
JESSE W. PEABODY,
ANDREW W. PEABODY,
1
Selectmen of
DANA I. NASH, Middleton.
1
.. ..
1893.
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Flint Public Library.
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Another year has been added to our history as a Library, and we are pleased to note the continued appreci- ation of the advantages afforded this community in a Li- brary so well furnished with recent publications, valuable books of reference and current periodical literature.
A large number of new books have been added to. the Library during the past year, and a few worn out books have been replaced by new ones.
Among the new books which have been purchased is a fine set of the Century Dictionary, which with the Ency- clopedias already on our shelves afford ample opportunity for special research.
We acknowledge with thanks the gift, on June 17th, of the bust of Sir Walter Scott, by Mrs. William C. Endicott. It is very pleasant to have our Library remembered in this way by a descendant of one of the early ministers of this town, Rev. Elias Smith.
The Library is indebted to Mr. W. S. Armstrong of Dolgeville, N. Y., for the Dolgeville Herald, and to the pro- prietors of the Woman's Journal for a copy weekly of that paper. We are furnished gratuitously with Traveller's Record and Good Roads.
Following are the publications to be found in the read- ing room :
Weekly :- Youth's Companion, Life, Harper's, Scientific American, Woman's Journal, Good Roads and Dolgeville Herald.
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Monthly :- Atlantic, Antiquarian, Century, Scribners' Magazine, New England Magazine, Forum, Review of Re- views, McClure's Magazine, Munsey's Magazine, Our Dumb Animals, St. Nicholas, Traveller's Record.
ANSEL P. TYLER,
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER,
GEORGE F. HASKELL,
JESSE W. PEABODY,
H. HERBERT WILKINS, GALEN B. HOWE,
Trustees of Flint Public Library.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Books in library Feb. 1897,
4,625
New books purchased, DeWolfe, Fiske & Co.,
261
Books presented by R. B. Swift,
I
6. William H. Fuller,
3
6.
Moses Hull, I
Mass. State Secretary, 6
U. S. Government, 1 2
Books in Library, Feb., 1898, 4,913
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Pamphlets received in 1897 :
From William H. Fuller,
7
Rev. W. P. Landers, I
H. P. Emerson, I
Lorrin A. Thurston, I
Peabody Institute, Danvers, I
6 Public Library, Salem,
I
١١ Bedford,
I
Newton, I
١١ Essex Co. Treasurer,
I
.6 Mass. State Secretary,
3
U. S. Government, 6
24
New names added to the list of persons receiv- ing books from the library, 59
Whole number of books taken from the library,
Feb. 1, 1897 - Feb. 1, 1898, 5,176
Whole number of visitors registered in the library,
Feb. 1, 1897- 1898, 50
Largest number of books circulated in month of January, 1898, 504
Smallest number of books circulated in month of Dec., 1897, 338
Number of days the library has been open, IO3
SAMUEL A. FLETCHER, Librarian.
Middleton, Feb. 1, 1898.
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
S. A. FLETCHER IN ACCOUNT WITH FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CR.
To services as librarian and janitor, $150 00
" cash paid F. J. Barnard, binding books, 16 69
" cash paid for four insurance pol- icies, 75 90
" cash paid Danvers Water Board,
7 00
M. E. Tyler, for team- ing, 1 30
" cash paid Walworth Mfg. Co., 105 gallons gasolene, at 15c., 15 75
" cash paid Lore & Russell, for coal, 45 48
" cash paid C. F. Floyd, care of lawn, 8 93
" cash paid J. A. Atwood, cutting trees and care of lawn, 16 95
" cash paid Herbert O. Hatch, mending pipe, 50
" cash paid B. & M. R. R. Co., freight, I 50
" cash paid American Express Co. 2 49
Philbrick & Perkins, paper for covers, 2 58
" cash paid L. P. Fletcher, cata- logueing books, 13 00
" cash paid H. A. Wilkins & Sons, saw, saw horse, etc., etc., 2 16
Amount carried forward, $360 23
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Amount brought forward, $360 23 To cash paid John H. Choate & Co.,
printing catalogues, 28 75
" cash paid for car fare, postage stamps, etc., 3 26
" cash paid for sharpening mower and mending chair, 1 34
$393 58
DR.
Received of B. F. Emerson Fund, $385 12 for two gasolene barrels, returned, 1 60
for catalogues and fines, 6 86
$393 58
Middleton, Feb. 1, 1898.
B. F. EMERSON FUND.
The Trustees of the B. F. Emerson fund submit the fol- lowing as their ninth annual report.
Atchison income bonds, $2,119 24
Atchison 4% bonds, 2,948 25
N. Y. & N. E. R. R. 6% bonds,
2,290 00
Town of Middleton note, 800 00
Andover Savings bank, 1,000 00
Danvers Savings bank, 867 87
$10,025 36
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
INCOME ACCOUNT.
DR.
Balance on hand, Feb. 1897,
$111 54
..
N. Y. & N. E. R. R.,
120 00
..
on Atchison 4% bonds, 100 00
..
income bonds,
30 00
" Town note, 40 00
" Andover bank, 46 66
" Danvers bank, 27 28
$475 48
CR.
Paid for safe deposit vault, $ 10 00 " to S. A. Fletcher on library acct., 385 12
" A. Shepard, care of Emerson lot, 2 50
By balance on hand, 77 86
$475 48
A. P. TYLER,
S. A. FLETCHER,
M. J. EMERSON,
M. E. TYLER,
F. P. MERRIAM,
Trustees of B. F. Emerson Fund.
Middleton, Feb. 1, 1898.
Auditor's Report.
The Auditor of the Town of Middleton having exam- ined the books and accounts of the town ending February 22, 1898, finds vouchers for all orders drawn on treasury .. He also finds in the Treasurer's hands funds as required by the books.
Respectfully,
ALBERT A. WILKNS, Auditor.
Estimates for Next Year.
The Finance Committee respectfully submits the follow- ing estimates of sums to be raised to defray the ordinary expenses of the town the ensuing year.
Current expenses,
$2,500 00
Poor department,
1,000 00
Highways,
800 00
Bridges,
100 00
Repairing sidewalks,
50 00
Schools,
1,600 00
High school pupils,
650 00
School incidental expenses,
150 00
School supplies,
150 00
Compensation to firemen,
60 00
Cemetery,
100 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
Enforcement of the law against the
the sale of intoxicating liquors, 50 00 Appropriation for library lot, 600 00
$7,860 00
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List of Jurors.
The following list of persons qualified for Jurors pre- pared and posted by the Selectmen will be submitted to the town at the annual town meeting for revision and accept- ance.
Hosa W. Richardson,
Samuel A. Fletcher,
John M. Peabody,
Frank L. Estey, Charles A. Fletcher,
Sylvanus Flint,
Elie E. Richardson,
Charles J. Brown,
Solomon W. Weston,
Hazen K. Richardson.
Joseph W. Russell,
Kendall F. Richardson,
Loren G. Estey, Daniel Weston,
Henry F. White, John A. Curtis.
Town Meeting Warrant.
To Oscar Cram, Constable for the Town of Middleton, in the County of Essex.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Mid- dleton qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the Four- teenth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. then and there to act on the following articles:
Article I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to revoke Sections 25 and 26, Chapter 423, of the Acts of 1893.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes, on the petition of Austin P. Bagley and nine others.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Or- ders of the Town of Middleton by adopting the following article, or take any action thereon. The assessors shall cause to be printed an account of the valuation and taxation of the Town for the year 1898 and 1899, and also for each third year thenceforward, on the petition of Austin P. Bagley and nine others.
Art. 7. To vote on the question: Shall licenses be grant- ed for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town? The vote will be by a separate ballot, and the ballot shall be "Yes" or "No" in answer to said question.
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will have cut on the town lot what wood that will be necessary for the year ensuing and hauled to the lockup to be sawed and split by persons apply- ing for a night's lodging. and determine how the wood when sawed and split shall be disposed of.
Art. 9. To see how much money the Town will raise to pay the tuition of the High School pupils.
Art. 10. To see how much money the Town will raise to defray town charges the ensuing year, and determine how the same shall be appropriated.
Art. II. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to discount and interest on taxes.
Art. 12. To act on the list of jurors prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Art. 13. To see what action the Town will take in regard to letting the Town Hall.
Art. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to enforcement of law in regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take concern- ing the Cemetery.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take for the prevention of fires and in respect to compensation of firemen.
Art. 17. To see what measures the Town will adopt for the removal of snow from the sidewalks.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to paint and varnish the hearse and purchase one pair of double harnesses and run- ners and make appropriation for the same.
Art. 19. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to unoccupied school houses.
Art. 20. To see what action the Town will take in re-
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gard to compensating the Merritt Electric Company for blowing school and fire signals.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to be used on the road leading from South Main Street through Haswell Park.
Art. 22. To see how much money the Town will raise for the proper observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen to hire such sums of money as may be necessary to meet current expenses in an- ticipation of taxes of the present year and payable therefrom.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting the taxes which a Town Treas- urer when appointed may use.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer money as may be necessary to meet current expenses.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Town Hall and one at the Centre Post-Office, and one at the Post-Office in South Mid- dleton in said town, seven days at least before the time of hold- ing said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doing thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 29th day of February, A. D. 1898.
JESSE W. PEABODY, 1 Selectmen ANDREW W. PEABODY, DANA I. NASH,
of Middleton.
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