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SARAH E. CARLETON, Librarian.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Middleton:
The Board of Selectmen submits for your approval a report of its activities for the year ending December 31, 1941.
This has been a fairly quiet year in that no great changes were ex- perienced and no unusual events were written into the town records, the volume of work remained as heavy as always but was confined chiefly to routine details of the regular events.
W. P. A. activities included work on three separate projects, the improvement of Oakdale Cemetery, moth control and construction on River Street. The first of these was in completion of work already under way last year, and was finished June 10. The moth work was continued during the early spring months to supplement the annual work done by the town department. The River Street project consist- ed of 1200 feet of side drain, widening, surfacing, and removal of bad curves. Working in conjunction with the local highway department, this street was greatly improved and is now an excellent all weather road. Due to generally improved employment conditions, the number employed on these projects decreased steadily from 35 at the beginning of the year to a low of 15 in December, striking an average of about 20 for the year.
Revision of the building laws was completed during 1941 by a com- mittee headed by Mr. Horace Batchelder. Your Board has approved the many changes effected by the committee who spent several months in careful study of laws now in effect in other towns. We feel that the new code will prove more practical and more beneficial to all concern- ed. After approval by the Attorney General these building laws will be submitted at the next regular town meeting.
Following is the record of the past year of the Mansfield Fund in- come. Your Board has made one change in the disposition of these Funds this year. 'Under the present improved conditions, it was found that the number actually needing help was smaller than in previous years, hence it was decided to increase the individual amounts given to those most requiring assistance, although the total beneficiaries were decreased.
Balance January 1, 1941 $210 33
Received from the Old Colony Trust Co. 680 00
Transportation-adults to picnic 50 00
$940 33
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
EXPENDITURES
Children's picnic
$324 75
Band concerts
256 00
Thanksgiving baskets
161 00
Christmas baskets
181 00
Total expenditures
$922 75
Balance December 31, 1941 $17 58
As authorized by a recent amendment to the General Laws, a new appropriation is included in this year's budget, five hundred dollars being requested for defense. In comparison with neighboring towns, this is a very small amount, one which may have to be augmented if the present emergency becomes more serious. Under the direction of Mr. Lennart T. Winquist and Mr. Lawrence White an adequate civilian defense set-up has been established with a minimum of expense.
We take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the Town Officers and the members of local departments for their cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
SEAVER L. MACDONALD.
HAROLD C. MITCHELL. FRED L. CURRIER.
Board of Selectmen.
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBR
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HIGHWAY REPORT
REPORT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Highway Surveyor hereby submits his report for the year ending December 31, 1941.
MAINTENANCE OF CHAPTER 81-ROADS
Town appropriation
$4,500.00
State aid
4,500.00
$9,000.00
(See list of expenditures)
MAINTENANCE OF CHAPTER 90-ROADS
Town appropriatlon
$1,500.00
County
0,000.00
State 66
750.00
$2,250.00
This money was used to resurface a mile of Maple Street and to build 1100 feet of cable guard rail fence on East Street, which is not com- pleted. The balance of $468.12 to be held over until 1942 to pay for the steel cable when we are able to get it.
HIGHWAY $1,500.00
This fund was used for the maintenance of bridges, fences, sidewalks and odd jobs which could not be taken from Chapter 81.
CONSTRUCTION-CHAPTER 90
Town appropriation
$2,000,00
County 66
2,000.00
State 66
4,000.00
$8,000.00
Because of the cold and uncertain weather the reconstruction of Essex Street was only partly completed and the balance ($2,564.07) held over until 1942.
SNOW
All snow equipment was placed in good condition and made ready for future use.
At this time I would like to extend my appreciation to all who have worked for this department the past year; to all town departments who have cooperated with us; the Board of Selectmen, and the Mass- achusetts Department of Public Works for their courtesy and aid to the Middleton Highway Department.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN OGDEN, Highway Surveyor.
MIDDLETON-CHAPTER 81-EXPENDITURES, 1941
ROAD
Drag. Scrap. Ledge
Drain. Brush Grav. Bitum. Oil
Tar Rail Signs WPA
Totals $ 362 56 8 50
East St.
5 00
57 50
139 58
90 67
8 50
26 00 $ 20 00 $140 00
190 Mc
Essex St.
45 00 127 60
$65 81
20 80 118 91
43 72
54 50
246 85
1020 T-6
407 25 723 19
Flint St.
Forrest St.
15 10
28 00
68 00
53 68
107 66
500 T-6
272 44
Gregory St.
6 00
6 00
6 00
14 90 574 52
3271 Mc
607 42
Haswell Pk.
12 00
40 00
2 00
King St.
6 00
5 00 209 18
$11 00
1269 Sa
231 18
Lake St.
40 00
15 00
41 00
29 80
8 50 284 13
1742 Sa
418 45
Liberty St.
39 00
18 00
39 00
15 50
316 74
1296 T-6
429 04
Locust St.
30 00
61 00
2 00
91 00
104 00
Log Bridge Rd.
8 00
8 00
Lowell St.
6 00
28 15
150 T-6
94 15
Maple St.
5 00
31 00
100 10
71 50 52 25
95 50 350 25
169 26
300 Mc
874 86
Mill Road
47 00
81 56
49 98
147 24
500 Sa
160 24
No. Main St.
12 60
12 60
Peabody St.
36 80
48 00
2 00 123 80
23 50
714 95
42 25
2178 Sa-
998 30
Pleasant St.
7 20
3 00
146 63
865 Sa
156 83
River St.
33 80
4 00
16 00
8 00
55 35
35 75 1317 61
1550 51
School St.
6 00
14 00
18 00
49 80
343 45
2115 T-6
431 25
Washington St.
8 50
300 T-6
98 09
Thomas Road
14 71
14 71
Cop'r Mine Rd.
Park St.
1 00
29 94
18 25 217 44
861 Sa
266 63
Webb St.
10 00
45 00 20 00
36 80
111 80
Hilldale St.
24 00
6 00
5 00
106 05
600 Sa
141 05
Bellevue St.
21 50
5 00
90 00
500 Sa
116 50
Lake View Rd.
10 00
20 00
39 00
69 00
$166 60 819 11 85 81 539 24 880 40 254 07 469 34 2899 39 1272 44 217 06 78 00 1317 61
$8999 07
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CHAPTER 31-EXPENDITURES
Boston St.
$ 5 00 $133 70
$ 87 00 $ 66 80 $52 80 $ 17 26
Central St.
8 50
Patching
Surf. Treat. Guard
2254 Mc
178 54
Mt. Vernon St.
6 00
7 00
7 00
89 59
(Formerly Oak St.)
Kenney Road
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
MARRIAGE RECORD FOR 1941
Date
Place of Marriage
Name of Bride and Groom Residence
Mar. 4
Middleton
George Wilbur Fletcher Vera M. Dixon
Essex Sanitorium Middleton Colony Middleton
Apr. 20
Charles Douglas McLeod Stella Vivian Klosowski
May 3 Lynn Charles T. Brackett
Marion J. Porter
May 30
Saugus Horace James Batchelder, Jr. Alvina Oslin
Saugus Middleton
June 27 Middleton Charles Rudolph Osterlind Helen Edith. Wilkins
July 9
Natick Henry Philip Wilson
Mary Margaret Collins
Aug, 10 Peabody Lewis Stanley Kolodgry Alice Rubichnook
Peabody Middleton
Aug. 14 Danvers Charles I. Campbell Margaret E. Hitchcock
Aug. 17 Peabody
Clarence Baker Virginia May Griffin
Aug. 21 Middleton William Irving Marcus Blanchard Lillian May Wiggin
Aug. 23 Danvers Vincent Joseph Perry Margaret Mary Maynard
Danvers
Middleton
Salem
Sept. 7 Allston Thomas Patrick Jones
Irene Weislik Brighton
Sept. 25 Lynn Benjamin Franklin Ogden Florence Eleanor Barritt Lynn
Middleton
Oct 5 Winchester LeRoy John MacLean Emma Mary Luongo
Oct. 25 Beverly Harry Russell Woodward, Jr. Enid Adams Cole
Middleton
Beverly
Dec. 4 Middleton
Chandler Gilbert Eaton Ruth Elizabeth Kennedy
Middleton
Winchester
Middleton Beverly
Essex Sanitorium
Danvers Middleton
Aug. 24 Danvers John Edward Donovan Beatrice Ann Conant
Middleton
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
BIRTH RECORD FOR 1941
Date of Birth Name of Child
Jan. 10 Raymond Richard Maxwell, Jr.
Feb. 9 Lee Ann Smith
Donald Hoffman Smith
Dorothy Lee
Feb. 17 Annette Rose Budd
John W. Budd
Regina I. Hamel
Mar. 17 Robin Maxwell Poulsen
Mar. 21 Ellen Louise Jewett
Eben L Jewett
Ruth F. Kimball
Mar. 27 Joan Elizabeth Souther
James Souther Esther Hadfield
Roland Edgar Clark
Dorothy Emerson Page
Newton A. Maxwell
Joan Lamberton Ruth Pearl Coffin
Apr. 16 Jacqueline Jean Coffin
Apr. 18 David Paul Wheartley
Apr. 28 Marjorie Mae Kiley
May 16 Patricia Ann Dow
May 19 Robert Kuell
James M. Kuell
Myrtle Elliot Wyman
Leonard Smith Elizabeth Emro Wilbur A. Witham
Addie M. Hurlburt
Everett Allen Clark
Elizabeth K. McLelland
Ernest C. Townsend, Jr.
Barbara Louise Clark Dell M. Greeke
July 8 Marilyn Elizabeth Greeke
July 22 Roby Thomas Briggs
July 25 Felix Arthur Lariviere, Jr.
July 28 Female Sedler
Aug. 1 Lynda Jane MacWhinnie
Clara M. St Laurent Walter Ellis Briggs Ruth Margaret Thomas
Felix A. Lariviere Marjorie A. Dow
Walter Sedler
Mary Smagula
Melvin W. MacWhinnie Ruth N. Maxwell
May 28 Leonard Preston Smith
May 29 Wilbur Austin Witham, Jr.
June 25 Mary Lillian Clark
June 26 Ellen Florence Townsend
Lorne R. Wheartley Flora Fournier
Carl Curtis Kiley
Marion Evelyn Willis
James T. Dow Eleanor M. Sirois
Apr. 13 Dorris Ellen Maxwell
Max E. H. Poulsen
Margaret Barbara Jensen
Apr. 12 Anne Emerson Clark
Name of Parents
Raymond Richard Maxwell Rhoda Alma MacMillan
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Date of Birth Name of Child
Aug. 8 Virginia Joan Tarr
Aug. 25 Jeffrey Stephen Cooke
Sept. 18 Gloria Fay Clark
Sept. 28 Ann Elizabeth Colburn
Frank Colburn
Elizabeth Wasilanski
Raymond Maxim Denno Goldie Pearl Ogden
Oct. 9
-
Lindsey
Ernest E. Lindsey
Emily L. Shattuck
Oct. 9
- Sanborn
Richard H. Sanborn
Oct. 30 Richard Gilmore Floyd, Jr.
Nov. 8 Sandra Jane Brown
Nov. 24 Patricia Ann Wallace
Dec. 30 James Chester Punchard
Merton W. Punchard
Margaret Alice MacLean
RECORD OF DEATHS, 1941
Any errors or omissions noted should be promptly reported to the Town Clerk
Date
Name of Deceased
Years
Months
Days
January 5
Celia J. Richardson
85
6
-
January 10
Mary E. Wilkins
79
3
27
February 11
Harold W. Porter
39
9
10
February 16
Jeanette Theresa Mackinnon
30
11
20
March 10
James Salter
61
7
5
March 14
Aaron Gibson Firman
76
-
May 1
Walter Erastus Smith
80
10
12
May 5
William Howe
60
2
4
May 9
Robert Kuell
(Still born)
June 14
James Pollock
79
4
14
July 4
James Wake
73
4
-
July 13
Louise E. Stiles
84
4
14
August 2
James Nicholson
57
4
24
November 4 John P. Murphy
72
-
-
November 13
Lucinda Genesta Adams
50
11
6
December 8
Dorris Ellen Maxwell
-
8
Б
Name of Parents
Osmond Roland Tarr Louise Murray Vance
Chester Cooke Helen D. Caverly
Horace H. Clark
Clara L. Hill
Sept. 29 Linda Ogden Denno
Edith E. Hansen Richard Gilmore Floyd Lillian Ann Stewart
Chester Brown
Barbara Bryant
Guy W. Wallace
Gertrude Cornelinsea
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
DOG TAX RETURNS FOR 1941
161 Male dog licenses
at $2.00
$322.00
37 Female dog licenses
at 5.00
185.00
27 Spayed dog licenses
at
2.00
54.00
1 Kennel license
at 25.00
25.00
$586.00
1941 FISHING, GUNNING AND TRAPPING LICENSES
Fishing
Licenses
50
at $2.00
$100.00
Hunting
49
2.00
98.00
Sporting
23
3.25
74.75
Women and Minor Fishing
13
1.25
16.25
Minor Trapping
2
2.25
4.50
Trapping
2
5.25
10.50
Sporting and Trapping
Three Day Fishing
1
1.50
1.50
Non-Resident Fishing
1
5.25
5.25
Duplicate
2
.50
1.00
$311.75
7
free
-
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ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS REPORT
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
We are glad to report that a 31% increase in electricity used in 1941 made it possible to return $1,500.00 to the town for the reduction of taxation. This extra consumption is largely due to war production activities by two large users, and to the failure of their own equipment at two of the State and County institutions. If this consumption is maintained during 1942, a further refund should be possible.
Foreseeing that the demand for defense activities would make it difficult or impossible to obtain maintenance or construction supplies, early in 1941 we tried to anticipate our needs for the ensuing year, be- fore costs increased or buying prohibited. As the result of this fore- sight we are well supplied with such material at considerable savings in cost.
To relieve an overload on the Maple Street circuit, five sections of new construction were built on Peabody Street to connect with the north circuit at the corner of Liberty Street. This change transferred the load on the Peabody Street and East Street, east of Peabody Street to the north circuit.
It was necessary to extend the three phase, two miles on South Main Street to the Keddy machine shop on Bixby Avenue. Outside meters are being installed on all camps and many houses where it is difficult to obtain regular readings.
Fourteen new street light fixtures of an improved type are in stock and will be used to replace defective and obsolete fixtures.
A light truck for service calls, minor repairs and light construc- tion saves using the heavy truck except where there is need for its specialized equipment, saving 60% in gasoline and tires, as well as ex- tending the life of the heavier and more costly equipment.
A well built garage 20 x 30 feet has been built on town property at the rear of the old school house, and an adequate stock room located in the school building, at a saving of $128.00 a year rent. All cost of the building of the garage and equipping the stock room was paid from the depreciation fund.
The department is cooperating in every way with defense authori- ties. The light truck equipped with first aid kit and two stretchers is available in an emergency and a 6000 watt auxiliary lighting outfit, built and equipped by the B. B. Chemical Co. employees under the dir- ection of Mr. Temple, (at no cost to the department) and our own ser- vice men, is also available at all times.
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
We again wish to express our thanks to all who have cooperated with us in our endeavor to give the best service at the lowest possible cost. In a semi-rural community where customers are scattered over a large area and distribution cost because of the small number of services per mile of distribution lines is necessarily made higher than in more thickly settled districts.
The manager and Board of Commissioners welcome constructive criticism and appreciate bringing to their attention anything that is thought to be for the betterment of the department.
RICHARD B. FLOYD, Chairman. CHARLES G. BATES, Secretary. ARCHIBALD L. JONES.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
To the Citizens of Middleton:
The following is a brief report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year ending December 31, 1941.
35 cases received general relief, representing 130 persons, and were divided as follows:
Unsettled (State cases)
13 number of persons 43
Other Cities and Towns
8
66
66
41
Town
11
66
40
Minor children cases
2
3
Aid to dependent children
1
66
3
During the year 1941, 8 cases with Middleton settlements were aid- ed by other cities and towns.
The armament program due to the war has had its effect, as will be observed from our general relief case load of the previous year, which shows a decrease of 15 cases.
FEDERAL SURPLUS COMMODITIES
Your board distributed food to the value of $5,718.64, clothing hav- ing a value of $3,600.20, making a total of $9,318.84. All surplus federal foods were received in bulk form, making it necessary to have them put up before distribution.
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FIREMEN'S REPORT
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Largest number of cases carried during any one month in 1941 63
Case load as of March 1, 1942 61
Town 40
Unsettled
15
Other cities and towns 6
The Board of Public Welfare wishes to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Assessors, the Police Department, Town Clerk and other organizations in town who have gladly given this department their full cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD B. FLOYD, Chairman. JESSIE M. COLBERT, AUSTIN C. PEABODY, Jr., Agent.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the following report of the fire department for the year 1941.
RECORD OF FIRES
Siren alarms - -
64
Still alarms - -
7
Total number of alarms 71
TYPES OF FIRES
Building fires
-
-
11
Chimney “
-
6
Automobile fires 7 -
Woods and grass fires
31
Oil burner fires
-
9
Gas stove - -
3
OUTSIDE CALLS FOR HELP
North Reading
-
3
Danvers
-
-
1
Total number of fires 71
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CATTLE INSPECTOR'S REPORT
PERMITS ISSUED
Oil burner -
-
9
Oil storage -
-
94
Fire permits - - 211
Dynamite permits 4
During the year much drilling has been done and several of the members have been to fire schools.
In conclusion I wish to extend my appreciation to the board, the officers of the department, the firemen both regular and auxiliary, and the citizens of the town for their earnest cooperation and assistance to the Fire Department.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJ. ODGEN, Chief of Fire Department.
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
As inspector of slaughtering during the past year I submit the fol- lowing report.
Animals examined and slaughtered 119
This slaughter house comes up to the standards requested by the Department of Public Health.
Respectfully submitted,
H. BRAY WILKINS, Inspector of Slaughtering.
CATTLE INSPECTOR'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
As inspector of Animals in the Town of Middleton during the past year I submit the following report.
Number of premises inspected
39
" cattle inspected, bovine animals
' swine 634
701
goats 7
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS:
If your dog bites any person, please notify your animal inspector or Chief of Police. This is very important.
This work has been done in accordance with the regulations of the Massachusetts Division of Livestock Disease Control.
Respectfully submitted,
H. BRAY WILKINS, Inspector of Animals
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POLICE REPORT
POLICE REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Chief of Police does submit herewith his annual report for the year ending December 31, 1941.
ARRESTS DURING YEAR:
Driving without a license
1
Larceny of personal property 3
Larceny of automobiles
2
Suspended sentence
10
Summons and warrants served
40
Drunks released
21
House of correction
5
Drunkenness, and fined
2
Operating under the influence of liquor
4
Arrested on warrants
8
Arrested-driving to endanger
2
Arrested on warrants for non-support
4
Total of arrests
52
Larceny of personal property-fined
1
Larceny of personal property-sentenced to Shirley
2
MISCELLANEOUS WORK:
Automobile accidents
24
Buildings found broken into
4
Complaints received and investigated
561
Dogs reported hit by automobiles
10
Larceny from camps
2
Personal property recovered
2
Animals caught and owners notified
23
Hours in court
240
Property and buildings inspected
260
Reports for insurance companies
47
Traffic duty, approximately
860 hours
Automobile licenses and registrations
24
Transfers 759
In conclusion I wish to thank the honorable board, the police officers under me and thank the citizens of Middleton for cooperation with me in the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER H. MILBERY,
Chief of Police.
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FOREST WARDEN'S REPORT
FOREST WARDEN'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Forest Warden submits a brief report of his department for the year 1941.
We have been very fortunate this year past, with all the drought, in having only one major forest fire, and this one of only one days dur- ation.
Again this year I would like to call the attention of the townspeo- ple to a part of the law governing open air fires.
"No person shall set, maintain or increase a fire in the open air at any time unless the ground is substantially covered with snow, except by written permission, covering a period not exceeding five days from date, granted by the forest warden or chief of the fire department of any city or town".
No permits may be had this coming year during April and May except on rainy days.
Forest fire patrols will be used during the dangerous periods dur- ing 1942, this now being a state law.
Forest fires are a costly and needless expense, let us do all that we can the coming year in preventing them
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation to the Massachu- setts Department of Conservation, State Warden Frost, and all who have helped this department the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
BENJ. OGDEN, Forest Warden.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Year of Tax
Balance Jan. 1. 1941
1941 Commitment
Amount Collected
Abate- ments
Refunds
Tax Titles Accounts $16 39
Balance Int. & Fees Dec. 31, '41 Collected
REAL ESTATE
1937
$ 16 39
1938
109 69
$ 69 67
21 89
18 13
1939
410 67
$ 111 04
272 28
$189 22*
3 10
24 25
$ 7 66
1940
17,670 34
16,436 42
748 86
312 60 **
221 06
459 53
1941
62,724 68
43,089 07
1,646 94
131 20
2,202 44
264 00 15,786 23
22 87
EXCISE
1938
38 09
12 05
26 04
3 09
1939
133 94
39 19
70 75
24 00
7 75
1940
308 71
257 34
4 91
21 29
46 46
2 53
1941
4,825 01
4,425 31
83 27
171 25
316 43
4 77
POLL
1938
16 00
2 00
14 00
56
1939
82 00
12 00
70 00
-
2 86
1940
214 00
124 00
86 00
2 00
4 00
20 94
1941
1,166 00
1,040 00
62 00
64 00
58 64
PERSONAL
PROPERTY
1938
65 27
51 01
14 26
4 93
1939
129 15
114 19
2 58
12 38
9 04
1940
517 83
383 74
25 13
-
108 96
13 46
1941
-
2,393 73
2,017 54
376 19
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
* Interest $11.58 ** Interest $3.00
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD E. TYLER, Tax Collector.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
ASSESSORS' REPORT
The following is a recapitulation of the money appropriated by the Town of Middleton and the estimated receipts deducted therefrom in the determination of the 1941 Tax Rate:
APPROPRIATIONS:
Town appropriation
$105,613 61
Overlay deficit 1938
105 20
1939
382 53
State tax-1941
5,610 00
State parks and reservations
104 32
State audit of municipal accounts
976 64
County tax
3,557 67
Tuberculosis hospital
941 48
1941 Overlay
2,413 86
Total appropriation
$119,705 31
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS:
Income tax
$7,685 49
Corporation taxes
4, 370 96
Reimbursement on account of State owned land
674 62
Gasoline tax refund
4,388 25
Motor vehicle excise
4,000 00
Licenses
1,500 00
Fines
200 00
General government
500 00
Protection of persons and property
50 00
Health and sanitation
400 00
Charities (other than federal grants for aid to dependent children)
7,000 00
Old age assistance (other than federal grants)
8,000 00
Schools
5'300 00
Cemeteries (other than sale of lots)
475 00
Interest on taxes and assessments
850 00
Veterans' exemptions
48 95
Town of Danvers, reimbursement
600 00
All other
500 00
Overestimate-State parks and reservations
6 04
Transfer voted by Town July 22, 1941
7,156 17
Total estimated receipts and available funds
$53,705 48
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DOG OFFICER'S REPORT
Gross amounts to be raised
$119,705 31
Total estimated receipts and available funds
53,705 48
65,999 83
Net amount raised by taxation on personal property
2,393 73
" real estate
62,468 10
Number of polls assessed, 569 at $2.00 each
1,138 00
$65,999 83
TOTAL VALUATION:
$74,804 00
Real estate
1,952,128 00
1941 tax rate 32 00
The Assessors Department has inaugurated quite a few modern systems in the operation of this department in order to give the Town a modern efficient business like operated Assessors Department.
Respectfully submitted,
ARCHIBALD L. JONES, PAUL B. WAKE, FRED L. CURRIER,
Board of Assessors.
DOG OFFICER'S REPORT
Middleton, Mass., November 1, 1941.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
There has been this year the following 96 complaints.
14
Fowl killed by dogs
246
Dogs picked up and returned to owners
14
Miles answering complaints
236
Hours working on complaints
90
Tramp dogs disposed of
19
Dogs hit by automobiles
14
Dogs killed for diseases
3
Cats hit by automobiles and disposed of
11
Dogs disposed of for non-license
5
Pups under three to six months picked up and disposed of
7
Turnover to the town clerk for unlicensed dogs
$164.00
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER H. MILBERY,
Dog Officer of Town of Middleton
Personal property
People bitten by dogs
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
TREE WARDEN REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I submit my report of the Forestry Department for the year 1941.
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT:
A lot of brush was cut on corners where the view was obstructed, thus eliminating some of the dangers to persons using these streets. Some of the dead trees were cut down and a lot of dead limbs removed from other trees. There is still a lot of work to be done on all the other shade trees along the highways. Several new trees were set out with guards around them for protection against mutilation. These will have to be trimmed and taken care of in the coming year. There may also have to be replacements made later.
MOTH DEPARTMENT:
The danger of the Brown Tailed moth has been somewhat elimina- ted in these parts, but there is still the Gypsy moth, Elm Tree Beetle, and several other pests. The only way we have to fight them is by use of creosote and spraying with arsonate of lead mixtures. The spray- ing outfit was fixed over this year, thus enabling the department to haul it on a platform truck, instead of using horses to draw it around. This was a great help because most of the water used had to be drawn from hydrants, due to the facts that it was a dry season, and most of of the water holes and brooks were dried up, where the water was us- ually obtained to fill the tanks. This change necessitated spending a good percentage of the appropriation which should give good results for a long time, unless something unforseen gives much trouble. This outfit could also be used in case of a bad fire, either by pumping water a long distance or transporting the water where needed.
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