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142 91
Miscellaneous supplies
62 50
Office expenses
44 50
Depreciation
526 59
Total operating expenses
$8,553 89
Operating Revenues
Metered sales
$8,636 11
Town appropriation
2,100 00
$10,736 11
Income Statement
Operating revenues
$11,383 08
Operating expenses 8,553 89
Net operating revenues
$2,829 29
Miscellaneous deductions
$813 33
Income balance
$2,015 96
Profit and Loss Statement
Credit balance January 1, 1927
$1,015 26
Credit balance from income account 2,015 96
$3,031 22
Credit balance December 31, 1927
$3,031 22
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37
TREASURER'S REPORT
Balance Sheet ASSETS
General equipment Cash
$13,342 54
705 56
Accounts receivable
1,514 56
Depreciation fund
635 16
$16,197 82
LIABILITIES
Appropriations for construction
$8,666 60
Loans prepayments
4,500 00
Profit and loss credit
3,031 22
$16,197 82
Plant Investment Account
Original Cost
Depreciation Value
Cost of poles, fixtures, wire, etc.
$13,318 22
$10,004 24
Cost of consumers' meters
1,602 39
1,195 19
Cost of line transformers
1,186 07
952 69
Cost of street lighting equipment
1,446 40
1,190 42
Book cost of plant
17,553 08
Depreciative value of plant
$13,342 54
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Treasurer's Report for 1927
Balance January 1, 1927
$18,288.13
Henry A. Young, 1925 taxes
$74 84
1925 polls 4 00
1925 interest 10 89
1926 taxes
18,489 88
66 66
1926 polls
7 00
1926 interest
816 85
advertising and expense re
1926 tax sales
64 40
1927 taxes
25,321 06
1927 polls
674 00
1927 interest
13 16
rent of hall
337 35
rent of piano 40 00
M. E. Tyler, electric light collections
7,988 24
labor and materials 39 00
County of Essex, dog tax
116 24
STATE TREASURER
Corporation tax, public service, 1926 $ 47
business, 1926
45 07
Tuition of children
288 73
Income tax, 1925
44 00
330 00
1927
3,968 00
Educational vocation
327 75
Highway commission, gypsy moth
30 00
Compensation, inspector of animals
75 00
Reimbursement, loss of taxes
526 69
Corporation tax, business
537 47
" public service 156 70
1926
39
TREASURER'S REPORT
Transportation, high school pupils
$1,312 00
National bank tax
07
Trust Company tax
89
Street railway tax
575 51
State aid
356 00
Veterans' exemption
28 16
School superintendent
386 66
High school tuition
1,553 74
State forestry
37 25
12 75
Highways
2,900 00
58 35
SUNDRIES
E. O. Campbell, sealer's fees
$39 66
66 refund, memorial day appropriation 3 75
Merchants National Bank, school bonds
6,000 00
Notes Numbers 57, 58 and 59
25,000 00
Note Number 60 10,000 00
B. and M. Railroad, settlement 1922 fire 1,150 00
William T. Martin, school tickets
10 00
F. N. Tinkham, for boiler 50 00
First District Court, fines
488 60
Mary E. Roundy, dental clinic
131 75
Cummings fund, dental clinic
9 00
William H. Young, prisoners board
3 00
William H. Young, collecting dog tax
9 50
F. H. Griswold, forest fire 17 00
Frank Johnson, cemetery lot
20 00
Burt McGlauflin, lead sold
98 00
City of Salem, poor department
215 00
F. L. Pearson, Inc. 4 04
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Oscar Sheldon, tank $ 3 00
Salem Savings Bank, endowed lots interest 5 00
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, endowed lots interest 144 00
Danvers Savings Bank, endowed lots interest 305 00 Boston and Maine, settlement re bridge,
rear of church 500 00
Town of Danvers, tax land around pond
236 80
Checks not cashed
3 20
Sundry licenses
58 50
Interest on deposit
199 62
Total receipts
$112,252 59
Town orders
115,883 61
State aid orders
360 00
Balance, January 1, 1928
14,297 11
$130,540 72
H. H. BRADSTREET,
Treasurer.
Payroll Analysis
OF THE
Town of Middleton
OF THE FOLLOWING
Departments
Highways
Sidewalks
Bridges
House Fires
Moth
Snow Removal
Police
Forest Fires Cemetery
Tree Warden
43
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Pay Roll Analysis for 1927
Snow Removal
C. L. Hood
$124 80
C. L. Hood, truck
130 53
Oscar Sheldon, truck and labor
348 00
Oscar Sheldon, team
52 75
Bernard Bent
70 25
Chester Hood
61 50
B. Daniels
46 25
Howard Hood
43 75
Morey Butts
30 25
George Evans
21 50
Charles Freeman
19 25
Roy Osborne
16 75
O. and G. Rennard
16 50
Carl James
14 75
Earl Jones
14 75
C. L. Foss
15 00
M. Evans
14 50
W. Clayton
13 75
H. Burnett
13 00
R. Berry
12 00
W. Ogden
10 50
C. Osgood, Jr.
10 00
A. Jankoski
9 50
J. Russell
9 00-
D. Mohan
8 00
H. Thomas
8 25
A. McGuarre
7 50
F. Currier
7 00
W. Richardson
7 00
44
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
J. Brown
5 75
A. G. Marshall
5 50
G. Sheldon 5 25
J. Gage
5 00
W. Wilkins
5 00
George Miller
4 25
C. Osgood
4 25
J. Pelletier
4 25
G. Webber
4 25
W. Whitteredge
4 25
R. Sanborn
4 00
G. Webber, Jr.
4 00
A. Boychuck
3 75
O. Evans
3 75
G. Groce
3 50
R. Peabody
3 25
H. Milbury
3 00
J. W. Osborne
2 50
H. Porter
2 50
R. Punchard
2 25
J. Milbury
2 00
G. Wood
2 00
G. Barnaby
1 00
Roland Peabody
1 00
F. Fitzgerald
1 00
$1,243 83
Highways
Clyde L. Hood
$702 95
Clyde L. Hood, truck
1,207 41
Oscar Sheldon, truck
192 07
Oscar Sheldon, team
250 50
45
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
F. W. Wendall, truck
78 25
Earl Jones, truck
1 25
Curtis Brothers, team
2 00
George Evans
478 50
Harry Richardson
322 00
B. Daniels
293 00
O. Evans
241 00
J. Currier
190 75
L. Ryer
142 00
H. Hood
81 75
B. Bent
68 00
R. Lord
64 50
Roland Peabody
62 75
A. Gould
62 25
C. Freeman
44 50
G. Peabody
35 50
W. Wilkins
25 50
R. Evans
8 50
W. Gould
5 75
O. Evans, Jr.
1 00
E. Goodale
8 25
$4,570 18
Bridges
Clyde L. Hood
$147 20
Clyde L. Hood, truck
139 02
Oscar Sheldon, team
3 00
George Evans
64 25
J. Friend
18 00
$371 47
46
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Sidewalks
Clyde L. Hood
$79 70
Clyde L. Hood, truck
75 51
George Evans
65 50
H. Hood
15 25
$235 96
Police
Oscar Sheldon, Chief
$124 36
William H. Young, Assistant Chief
215 85
William H. Young, auto
77 25
Albert Sheldon
107 50
Albert Sheldon, auto
26 00
E. E. Bryer, labor and car
74 40
George Webber, labor and car
18 00
W. W. Richardson
12 25
H. Milbury
7 50
R. Floyd
4 00
G. Curtis
2 00
A. Fuller
2 00
W. Jackson
1 00
$672 11
House Fires
M. Butts and car
$32 50
A. Sheldon and truck
16 50
R. Osborne and car
13 00
C. Richardson and car
12 75
O. Sheldon
9 50
E. Campbell and car
6 50
C. Osgood
5 50
47
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
R. Clapp and car
$4 00
G. Webber
4 50
L. Soper
6 50
William H. Young and car
4 50
E. Rowell and car
3 00
Clyde Hood and car
3 00
H. Milbury
2 50
G. Sheldon
2 50
William M. Young
2 50
A Fuller
2 50
R. Floyd
2 50
A. Morrison
2 00
E. P. Oakman
2 00
E. Wilkins
2 00
H. Nelson
1 50
J. Russell
1 50
H. Tyler
1 50
P. Young
1 50
Chester Hood
1 25
C. Judd
1 00
G. Fuller
1 00
E. Goodale
1 00
O. Evans
1 00
Numerous payments of 50 cents each
11 00
$162 50
Cemetery
A. Peabody
$365 76
G. Barnaby
289 00
L. Russell
124 00
W. Milbury
68 50
W. Gerry
48 50
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
J. Milbury
$35 75
Roland Peabody
31 75
B. Bent
26 50
B. Daniels
11 00
E. Brown
9 75
A. Page
7 50
A. Jones and truck
43 25
O. Sheldon and truck
24 00
B. McGlauflin and team
16 87
C. Currier and team
9 13
Fighting, fire labor
20 25
$1,131 51
Moth Department
B. McGlauflin
$289 14
B. McGlauflin, team
74 50
W. Williams
191 50
Roy Lord
46 00
M. H. Milbury
36 00
Oscar Sheldon
25 00
Oscar Sheldon, team
25 00
H. White
10 00
B. Daniels
8 00
G. Morrison
2 25
$707 39
Tree Warden
B. McGlauflin
$187 88
B. McGlauflin, team
38 50
W. W. Wilkins
139 00
B. Daniels
127 00
R. Lord
4 00
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$496 38
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Various Committees
OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1927
PART II
51
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-1927
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1926
Interest Amount Received Withdrawn Balance
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100 00
$134 16
$6 78
$6 00
$134 94
Averill, Edward P.
52
100 00
101 71
4 92
5 00
101 63
Averill, Joseph
346
100 00
102 70
5 18
6 00
101 88
Barnaby, Caroline V.
646
100 00
103 94
5 01
5 00
103 95
Batchelder, Harold T.
528
75 00
75 84
3 65
3 00
76 49
Berry, Allen
112
122 90
125 25
6 33
7 00
124 58
Berry, William
178
100 00
103 01
5 21
5 00
103 22
Brown, Sarah F.
436
50 00
51 46
2 58
2 00
52 04
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100 00
105 89
5 33
7 00
104 22
Conlon, May A.
100 00
101 55
4 89
6 00
100 s4
Curry, Mary A.
342
100 00
101 38
4 89
5 00
101 27
Curtis, Phoebe
50 00
54 04
2 73
3 00
53 77
Day, Mrs. Geo. E.
588
50 00
52 50
2 52
2 50
52 52
Demsey, J. W.
156
100 00
101 63
5 13
4 00
102 76
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75 00
76 10
3 85
4 00
75 95
Emerson, Benjamin F. .
214
150 00
154 26
7 80
6 00
156 06
Emerson, Eunice W.
166
100 00
103 03
5 21
6 00
102 24
Estey, Annie E.
572
100 00
102 07
5 15
7 00
100 22
Esty, Allena A.
258
100 00
101 97
5 13
5 00
102 10
Esty and Hutchinson
48
100 00
101 91
5 13
6 00
101 04
Eaton, Irvin L.
168
75 00
76 16
3 85
4 00
76 01
Fowler, Alonzo
12
100 00
104 04
5 25
6 00
103 29
Frame, L. Maria
516
125 00
125 95
6 36
5 00
127 31
Fuller, Daniel .
628
100 00
100 00
4 63
3 00
101 63
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
125 00
127 74
6 17
5 00
128 91
Fuller, Lida A.
686
100 00
102 85
5 18
5 00
103 03
Fuller, Sophronia .
236
200 00
261 31
13 21
20 00
254 52
Fuller, Timothy & Lydia
268
100 00
103 42
4 99
5 00
103 41
Fuller, William H.
336
100 00
100 00
Flint, George B.
152
66 30
66 70
3 35
3 50
66 55
Godfrey, William R.
714
100 00
1 67
101 67
Goswiler, Carl B.
716
150 00
157 09
7 61
7 00
157 70
Gifford, William
180
100 00
103 90
5 23
6 00
103 13
Gould, Porter I.
414
100 00
102 57
5 18
5 00
102 75
Goodwin, Ira E., Heirs of
380
100 00
105 01
5 31
6 00
104 32
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CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1926
Received Withdrawn
Balanc
Graves, D. A.
234
$100 00
$102 12
$5 15
$6 00
$101 27
Graves, Kendall E.
586
100 00
103 01
5 21
5 00
103 22
Haskell Ella C.
390
200 00
212 83
10 30
10 00
213 13
Hall, E. P.
106
100 00
102 01
4 95
5 00
101 96
Harlow, Levi F.
684
100 00
102 20
4 95
5 00
102 15
Higgns, Lewis S.
264
100 00
103 41
4 99
5 00
103 40
Hobbs, Kathryn 1-2
588
50 00
52 62
2 52
2 50
52 64
Hutchinson, Carolina A.
253
100 00
103 26
5 21
6 00
102 47
Hutchinson, Elisha P. .
740
100 00
101 41
5 11
6 00
100 52
Hutchinson and Russell
518
100 00
100 11
4 85
4 00
100 96
Jones, John E.
372
100 00
103 88
5 01
6 00
102 89
Jones, Samuel
290
100 00
102 52
4 95
5 00
102 47
Peabody & Hutchinson 182-84
150 00
165 74
8 36
10 00
164 10
Peabody, Andrew
56
100 00
103 24
5 21
5 00
103 45
Peabody, A. W.
90
200 00
206 66
10 00
10 00
206 66
Peabody, Dean
344
100 00
100 34
4 85
4 00
101 19
Peabody, Laura E.
534
100 00
104 15
5 04
5 00
104 19
Peabody, S. Maria
584
100 00
103 81
5 23
5 00
104 04
Peabody, Samuel M.
204
100 00
111 16
5 61
6 00
110 77
Peabody, William M.
100 00
101 80
5 13
5 00
101 93
Peabody, John L.
196
100 00
100 00
4 20
2 00
102 20
Pike, Sarah J.
412
125 00
127 13
6 43
6 00
127 56
Phelps, William M.
148
100 00
102 19
5 15
6 00
101 34
Richardson, Benj. F.
164
100 00
102 15
4 95
4 00
103 10
Richardson, Rev. D. W.
410
100 00
102 65
4 97
5 00
102 62
Richardson, Daniel .
100 00
102 15
4 95
5 00
102 10
Richardson, Lucy G.
80
100 00
101 79
5 13
5 00
101 92
Russell, Hariet Wilkins
100 00
100 00
4 63
2 00
102 63
Russell, P. B.
430
200 00
215 27
10 88
10 00
216 15
Smith, E. D. & M. J.
436
100 00
100 28
5 05
5 00
100 33
Smith, Sarah F.
102
150 00
156 15
7 90
7 00
157 05
Sargent, James A.
750
100 00
102 83
5 18
5 00
103 01
Soper, Polly A.
298
100 00
101 95
5 13
5 00
102 08
3 81
3 00
76 76
McIntire, Annie M. .
338
100 00
120 25
6 08
6 00
120 33
McIntire, Abram S. .
132
75 00
75 95
Interest
Amount
53
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1926
Interest Amount Received Withdrawn Balance
Stiles, David .
$150 00
$157 51
$7 96 $10 00
$155 47
Stiles, Farnham
10
100 00
101 40
5 11
5 00
101 51
Taylor, Benjamin H.
334
100 00
101 10
4 89
5 00
100 99
Thomas, H. Amelia
64
75 00
76 99
3 85
4 00
76 84
Wellman, John R.
40
200 00
201 28
10 18
10 00
201 46
Weston, Samuel W.
36
200 00
235 69
11 91
15 00
232 60
White, Henry F. .
208
80 00
81 23
3 93
4 00
81 16
Whitman, Carl M.
116
100 00
100 00
4 20
2 00
102 20
Wilkins, Henry A.
254
100 00
104 64
5 28
5 50
104 42
Wilkins, Edward W.
172
150 00
155 96
7 54
6 00
157 50
Wilkins, Susan E.
596
100 00
101 34
5 11
5.00
101 45
Wilkins, Samuel H. .
230
100 00
102 75
4 97
5 00
102 72
Wilkins, Luther
176
150 00
3 12
153 12
Young, John
278
100 00
102 68
4 97
5 00
102 65
9,566 23 455 50 454 00 9,462 23
Cemetery Endowment Lots
Withdrawal from savings banks
$454 00
Paid Arthur M. Peabody
$454 00
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
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SEALER'S ACCOUNT
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report Year Ending November 30, 1927
Scales:
Adjusted Sealed
Condemned
Platform, over 5,000 lbs.
1
2
1
Platform, under 5,000 lbs.
1
8
1
Counter, over 100 lbs.
1
3
Counter, under 100 lbs.
3
C
Beam, over 100 lbs.
1
Spring, over 100 lbs.
5
16
1
Computing, under 100 lbs.
1
5
Prescription
1
1
Weights:
Avoirdupois
3
80
Apothecary
10
Metric
3
Measures:
Liquid
110
Linear
1
Liquid Measuring Devices:
Gasoline Pumps
12
32
1
Kerosene Pumps
2
4
Measures, (Stops, etc.)
159
-
Leather Measuring Devices:
Power machines
1
2
1
Totals
31
448
5
Sealing fees collected $39.66
INSPECTIONS-Peddlers' licenses 4; Coal certificates 1; Marking of food packages 8; Labels on bread 5; Peddlers' scales 2; Junk scales 1.
REWEIGHING AND RETESTING-Coal in bags 5; Bread 2; Dry commodities 16 ; Gasoline pumps 3.
E. O. CAMPBELL, Sealer.
-
-
2
Spring, under 100 lbs.
55
CUMMINGS FUND ACCOUNT
Cummings Fund-December 31, 1927
Balance Salem Five Cents Savings Bank,
January 1, 1927 $3,792 47
Balance Salem Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1927 4,307 76
United Shoe Machinery, dividends 115 49
Sale United Shoe Machinery, script 38 61
Interest Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 183 03
Interest Salem Savings Bank 214 35
$8,651 71
Less trustees orders paid
360 00
$8,291 71
Permanent cash fund
$7,500 00
Balance income available
791 71
$8,291 71
Also 39 shares United Shoe Machinery Co. Common stock, value $64.00 per share, January 3, 1928.
H. H. BRADSTREET, Treasurer.
B. F. Emerson Fund
PRINCIPAL
Book No. 43588 Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence $1,332 22
Book No. 22160 Salem Savings Bank 1,039 19
Book No. 35305 Andover Savings Bank 1,201 67
Book No. 8639 Danvers Savings Bank 988 25
1,000 Western Telephone and Telegraph, 5's, 1932 1,002 50
1,000 New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co., 4's, 1934 1,031 25
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EMERSON FUND ACCOUNT
2,000 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co., 4's 1995 $2,000 00
33 Shares Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co., preferred 1,482 81
$10,077 89
INCOME RECEIVED
Feb. 1, 1927 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe $82 50
Apr. 1, 1927 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 40 00 Danvers Savings Bank 24 70
Apr. 15, 1927 Salem Savings Bank 25 98
May 1,1927 N. Y. Cen. and Hudson Riv. R.R. 20 00 Broadway Savings Bank 33 30
June 15, 1927 Andover Savings Bank
30 02
July 1, 1927 Western Tel. and Tel. Co. 25 00
Aug. 1, 1927 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 82 50
Oct. 1, 1927 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 40 00 Danvers Savings Bank 24 70
Oct. 15, 1927 Salem Savings Bank 25 98
Nov. 1, 1927 N. Y. Cen. and Hudson Riv. R.R. 20 00 Broadway Savings Bank 33 30
Dec. 15, 1927 Andover Savings Bank 30 02
Jan. 1, 1928 Western Tel. and Tel. Co. 25 00
INCOME PAID
Apr. 2, 1927 Naumkeag Tr. Co., commission $ 7 36 Flint Public Library 139 84
July 1, 1927 Naumkeag Tr. Co., commission 6 72
Flint Public Library 127 58
Oct. 1, 1927 Naumkeag Tr. Co., commission 7 36
Flint Public Library 139 84
Jan. 1, 1928 Naumkeag Tr. Co., commission
6 72
Flint Public Library
127 58
$563 00
$563 58
57
MANSFIELD FUND ACCOUNT
Mansfield Fund-December 31, 1927
Balance, January 1, 1927
$166 67
Received from Old Colony Trust Co.
715 00
Interest on deposit
3 74
$885 41
Selectmen's orders paid
706 56
Balance on hand January 1, 1928 $178 85
Mansfield Fund
Cash on hand January 1, 1926
$166 67
Receipts from Old Colony Trust Company
715 00
Miscellaneous receipts
6 00
Interest on deposit
3 74
$891 41
EXPENDITURES
Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners :
R. D. Hurlburt
$74 46
E. E. Bryer
77 92
Christmas presents
13 83
$166 21
Band Concerts :
B. C. McSheehy, band
$158 40
Calvin Putnam Lumber Co. 62 99
G. W. Andrews, work on band stand
34 80
Danvers Hardware Company
4 27
Bunting for band stand
4 38
$264 84
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LIST OF JURORS
Children's Picnic:
Canobie Lake admissions
$ 59 30
Hermon Brothers, busses 125 00
Ice cream, peanuts, etc. 27 74
J. J. Doherty, pastry
10 26
E. Zoekas
6 06
Naumkeag Paper Company
4 30
M. A. Evans
2 70
The Mirror Press
2 75
$238 11
Hockey Rink :
Calvin Putnam Lumber Company
$29 79
C. E. Bragdon
9 11
Harold E. Tyler, labor, etc.
4 50
$ 43 40
Balance cash on hand December 31, 1927
178 85
$891 41
List of Jurors i
The following is a list of the jurors prepared by the Selectmen, in accordance with Chapter 384, Acts of 1907 :
Barnaby, George E., Shoe Worker
Burnham, Frederick E., Author
Butts, Morey T., Mechanic
Colton, Robert C., Innkeeper
South Main Street Maple Street
Currier, Charles O., Farmer
Mount Vernon Street
Giles, Wayne A., Druggist
South Main Street
Goodale, Ernest P., Laborer Groce, George H., Clerk
Mount Vernon Street Essex Street North Main Street Pleasant Street Liberty Street
Sillars, William H., Fireman
Tyler, Harley M., Farmer
North Main Street
Wigley, Charles M., Farmer
Essex Street Mount Vernon Street
Young, Henry A., Janitor
Liberty Street Maple Street Lake Street
Crossman, Leon H.
Hutchinson, Charles W., Shoecutter Maxwell, Richard N., Janitor
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Flint Public Library
Trustees' Report
M. E. Tyler in account with Flint Public Library :
Charles L. Flint fund $5,000 00
Unexpended in banks 187 84
$5,187 84
Deposited in Banks as follows :
Danvers Savings Bank
$1,053 21
Andover Savings Bank 335 18
Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,000 00
Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 1,866 96
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 932 49
$5,187 84
Cash in hands of Treasurer at last report $ 94 34
Received from Town appropriation 300 00
Received from Naumkeag Trust Company, B. F. Emerson fund 534 84
Received from Essex Savings Bank, Lawrence 50 00 Received from Broadway Savings Bank, Lawrence 93 30
Received from Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 75 00
Received from Edith L. Fletcher, fines 29 56
$1,177 09
Amount of bills paid for books :
DeWolfe & Fisk Company
$168 19
Gaylord Brothers
8 90
Herman Goldberger
43 25
$220 34
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Miscellaneous bills paid :
Danvers Water Board, water $ 13 00
Edith L. Fletcher, librarian 350 00
Edith L. Fletcher, postage, express, etc. 10 91 Electric Lighting 33 84
William R. Godfrey, janitor services 83 00
William R. Godfrey, cash for supplies 2 50
Arthur M. Peabody, labor on cemetery lot 5 00
Laura E. Peabody, repairing chairs 12 50
Guy P. Pope, Treasurer's bond 7 50
C. R. Tapley Co., insurance 53 67
J. F. Barnard & Co., repairing books 55 00
Eric Johnson, repair lawn mower
1 50
C. E. Bragdon, hose
8 50
Ropes Brothers, fertilizer
5 80
A. A. Pembroke, flowers
2 50
Marion E. Tyler, wood
14 00
Frank Taylor, insurance 24 54
Charles W. Hutchinson, care of lawn 30 00
F. W. Wendell, coal 160 00
$873 76
Balance on hand
82 99
$1,177 09
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN B. HOWE
WILLIAM R. GODFREY
MAURICE E. TYLER
GEORGE E. BARNABY
CHARLES W. HUTCHINSON
HENRY A. YOUNG
Trustees.
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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Librarian's Report-Annual Statistics
Volumes in library, January 1, 1927
9,244
Volumes added by purchase
98
Volumes added by gift
10
Total number of volumes added
108
Total number of volumes discarded
13
Net gain in volumes
95
Volumes in library, January 1, 1928
9,339
Circulation of books, year ending January 1, 1928
7,242
Circulation of non-fiction, for same time
936
Largest monthly circulation (July)
719
Smallest monthly circulation (June)
487
Average monthly circulation
606
New borrowers registered
61
Number of worn volumes replaced
18
Number of books rebound
77
Patronage at reading table for the year
2,081
Largest number at reading table (November)
220
Smallest number at reading table (February)
122
Average number at reading table per month
176
Magazines loaned during the year
460
Amount collected on books kept overtime or damaged
$29.56
General Report
The library has been opened every Tuesday and Saturday evening, and Saturday afternoon, except when holidays fell on library days ; as on February 22 and April 19. The number using the reading table during the past year was 2081, as com- pared with 1709 in 1926, an increase of 372 for the year. Right
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here it may be well to say that some of the young people com- ing to the library, have not always done as well as they should, and have sometimes abused the privilege of the reading room and library in general. Even if there is no general meeting place for the young people, in our town, everyone will agree that a library is not the place. This question arises in other towns and even in cities.
It is a generally understood fact that a library is the place where one may study or read in quiet.
Parents can help very much by finding out the purpose for which their boys and girls visit the library. Is it a really necessary reason, or merely an excuse to "go somewhere"? Most of the young people come to read, procure books, or look up some school assignment. For this reason, it is not right for a minority to abuse library privileges, and trouble those anxious to secure knowledge which will make them stand well in their classes, and help them grow into better citizens.
During the past year the reading table has been supplied with the following periodicals: American Magazine, Ameri- can Boy, Atlantic, Century, Country Life, Harper's Monthly, Munsey's National Sportsman, Woman's Home Companion, Popular Science, Outlook, Life, Youth's Companion, and World's Work.
The following periodicals have been gifts to the reading table : Our Dumb Animals, Christian Science Sentinel, Chris- tian Register, National Republic, Dearborn Independent, Christian Science Journal, Essex Farmer and Home Maker.
The librarian wishes to express thanks to the trustees and all others who have co-operated in the general management and discipline of the library.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH L. FLETCHER, Librarian.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT
Tax Collector's Report
(1925)
Balance, January 1, 1927
$78 84
Collected : personal, to December 31, 1927 $74 84
Collected : polls 4 00
$78 84
Interest
10 89
(1926)
Balance, January 1, 1927
$19,180 07
Collected : personal, real estate and
moth to December 31, 1927
$18,489 88
Collected : polls
7 00
Abatement : polls
60 00
Abatement : personal and real estate 623 19
$19,180 07
Interest
816 85
Report of 1926 tax sales
64 40
(1927)
Taxes assessed in year 1927 $49,355 01
Collected : real, personal and moth to
December 31, 1927
$25,321 06
Collected : polls
674 00
Uncollected : polls
60 00
Uncollected : real estate, personal and
moth to December 31, 1927 22,918 43
Abatements : real estate and personal 381 52
Interest
$49,355 01
13 16
HENRY A. YOUNG, Tax Collector
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TOWN HALL ACCOUNT
Town Hall Report
Received from entertainments $163 00
Received from Improved Order of Red Men 108 70
Received from Middleton Grange 65 65
Received from rent of piano
40 00
$377 35
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
Cemetery Tools and Equipment
2 lawn mowers, 2 snow shovels, 3 square shovels, 2 round pointed shovels, 2 grub hoes, 1 pick, 1 five-tine fork, 1 brush snippers, 100 feet hose, and nozzle, 1 wheel hoe, 1 iron rake, 6 wooden rakes, watering pot, watering cart to spray weed killer, planks and straps for burial purposes, 1 bier.
The Cemetery Committee found it impossible to further put off the laying out of new lots so an appropriation of $500 was asked for and granted at a special town meeting.
Land was cleared of trees and brush and one main avenue and all connecting avenues were plowed and broken up by town tractors. All the new avenues were then dug out and the dirt hauled away and used to fill unlevel paces to make new lots available. The avenues were then filled with good gravel.
By the laying out of these avenues we have 28 new lots · available and when sold the town will be reimbursed for more than the total expense of the work.
ARTHUR PEABODY, ARTHUR PAGE, WILL RUSSELL,
Commissioners.
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT
Report of the State Audit June 13
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, State House, Boston:
Sir : As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Middleton for the period from January 1, 1926 to June 13, 1927 and submit the follow- ing report thereof :
The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the various several depart- ments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town's treasury. The disbursements were checked with the treasurer's books.
The appropriation accounts were compared with the town clerk's record of appropriations voted by the town. An analy- sis of the various accounts was made, and a balance sheet was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of June 13, 1927.
The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts were checked with the sources from which money was paid into the treasury and the pay- ments were checked with the selectmen's orders authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash balance was verified.
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