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From individuals
128 80
From Cities and Towns
576 41
From State
15,924 44
17,141 75
SCHOOLS :
Tuition, State wards
134 45
134 45
UNCLASSIFIED :
Sale of real estate
266 79
Rent of old school
84 00
$350 79
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
Sale of light and power
$59,892 10
Miscellaneous Depreciation fund
1,060 05
2,104 01
PUBLIC SCALES
57 25
57 25
63,123 41
CEMETERIES :
Sale of lots and graves
60 00
Care " "
351 00
Care of endowed lots
441 55
852 55
INTEREST :
On deposits
39 84
On deferred taxes
320 95
On excise taxes
1 69
362 48
ON PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS:
Mansfield Fund
895 00
Cummings "
346 21
1,241 21
AGENCY :
Licenses
18 50
Perpetual care funds
780 00
Meter deposits
355 00
Withholding taxes
4,584 60
Dog taxes
567 00
6,305 10
REFUNDS :
General departments
135 63 135 63
Total receipts
$208,336 96
$63,056 16
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES :
Appropriation
$4,575 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Harold M. Bishop
241 65
George B. Ogden
241 70
Clarence Osgood, Jr.
241 65
$725 00
ASSESSORS:
Archibald L. Jones
475 00
Paul B. Wake
475 00
Harold M. Bishop
250 00
1,200 00
TOWN CLERK:
Elmer P. Merrill
400 00
MODERATOR:
Ellsworth Knowlton
50 00
TOWN TREASURER:
Marion E. Mitchell
700 00
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Elmer O. Campbell
700 00
TAX COLLECTOR:
Harold E. Tyler
700 00
TOWN COUNSEL:
John R. Braley
300 00
Total expenditures
$4,575 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSES :
Appropriation Refund
$1,200 00 50 00
$1,250 00
EXPENDITURES
SELECTMEN:
Supplies and printing
150 14
Postage
21 00
Mileage and expenses
67 75
Selectmens' Association, dues
9 00
247 89
TOWN TREASURER:
Supplies
67 74
Postage
97 05
Tax title deeds
26 00
Mileage and expenses
54 32
Safe deposit box
15 00
260 11
ASSESSORS:
Supplies and printing
35 01
Abstracts
21 66
Mileage and expenses
15 42
Clerical services
25 00
Office equipment
118 00
215 09
TAX COLLECTOR:
Supplies and printing
140 27
Postage
86 24
Mileage and expenses
28 92
Petty cash
50 00
Tax sale
16 50
322 03
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Supplies and printing
20 40
$ 20 40
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN CLERK:
Supplies and printing
$37 28 30 75
Postage
$ 68 03
TOWN COUNSEL:
Supplies and printing
16 50
Expenses
5 94
22 44
Total expenditures
1,155 99
Transferred to revenue
94 01
1,250 00
TAX TITLE EXPENSES:
Appropriation
500 00
Refund, Land Court
216 50
EXPENDITURES
Land Court
280 00
Registry of Deeds
9 00
Counsel fees
217 85
Insurance
27 19
Total expenditures
534 04
Transferred to revenue
181 96
716 00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS :
Appropriation
Registrars' salaries
100 00
Election expenses
125 00
225 00
EXPENDITURES
E. P. Morrill
25 00
E. C. Goodale
25 00
Lloyd Getchell
25 00
John Meagher
25 00
$ 100 00
716 00
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Election officers
$ 64 00
Lunches
15 22
Printing ballots and voting lists
30 00
109 22
Total expenditures Transferred to revenue
15 78
$ 225 00
TOWN HALL :
Appropriation, maintenance
800 00
Appropriation, salary
730 00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
183 58
1,713 58
EXPENDITURES
Albert A. Sheldon, janitor
157 66
Paul H. Young,
572 34
Fuel and light
482 15
Water and telephone
128 29
Repairs
165 92
Supplies
128 00
Furniture
79 22
Total expenditures 1,713 58
TOWN HALL HEATING: Balance January 1, 1945
1,263 26
EXPENDITURES
Heater installation 895 00
Oil burner installation 338 00
Total expenditures
1,233 00
Transferred to revenue
30 26
1,263 26
TOWN HALL REPAIRS : Appropriation 600 00
EXPENDITURES
Emergency lights
40 30
40 30
Total expenditures Balance carried forward
559 70
$ 600 00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT : Appropriation $1,650 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$1,319 20
Automobile repairs, gas and oil
252 03
Supplies
76 09
Total expenditures
1,647 32
Transferred to revenue
2 68
1,650 00
CONSTABLE'S SALARY :
Appropriation
35 00
W. H. Milbery, salary
35 00
CIVILIAN DEFENSE :
Appropriation
200 00
EXPENDITURES
United States Treasurer
167 40
State Treasurer
15 87
Property Officer, bond
5 00
Total expenditures
188 27
Transferred to revenue
11 73
200 00
RATION BOARD :
Appropriation
100 00
EXPENDITURES
Typewriter repairs
12 00
Mileage
25 00
Total expenditures
37 00
Transferred to revenue
63 00
100 00
EXPENDITURES
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$2,775 00
Transferred from Reserve fund
18 74
Refund
5 60
$2,799 34
EXPENDITURES
Salary, Benj. F. Ogden, chief and forest warden
200 00
E. P. Morrill, deputy chief
50 00
Salaries, firemen
174 00
Labor
889 10
Equipment and repairs
532 70
forest fires
34 37
Gasoline and oil
95 80
Building maintenance
133 31
Fuel and light
304 25
Office expense, telephone
185 70
Fire alarm
87 00
Lunches
13 11
Total expenditures
2,799 34
FOREST FIRE HOSE :
Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDITURES
Hose
241 45
Total expenditures
241 45
Transferred to revenue
58 55
300 00
FOREST FIRE PATROL :
Appropriation
120 00
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EXPENDITURES
Labor
114 80
Total expenditures
114 80
Transferred to revenue
5 20
$120 00
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
CLEANING WATER HOLES :
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
$100 00
Total expenditures
100 00
TREE WARDEN :
Appropriation
550 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
484 32
Truck
29 60
Supplies
25 90
Total expenditures
539 82
Transferred to revenue
10 18
550 00
MOTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
1,000 00
Labor
839 23
Truck
66 50
Supplies
90 10
Total expenditures
995 83
Transferred to revenue
4 17
1,000 00
MOTH, PRIVATE WORK :
Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
84 00
Total expenditures
84 00
Transferred to revenue
216 00
300 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES :
Appropriation
125 00
EXPENDITURES
Louis V. Moreau, salary $125 00
EXPENDITURES
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT :
Appropriation
$1,500 00
Transferred from Reserve
455 90
$1,955 90
EXPENDITURES
Essex Sanatorium, care of patients
1,336 00
Dumps, labor and truck
293 70
Dog cases-officer and expenses
107 20
Charles Pasquale, agent
40 00
Mary Wilson, ass't agent
20 00
Recording vital statistics
139 00
Transportation
20 00
Total expenditures 1,955 90
ESSEX SANATORIUM ASSESSMENT :
Appropriation
1,676 55
EXPENDITURES
County treasurer
1,676 55
DENTAL CLINIC :
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to Revenue 500 00
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND SLAUGHTERING, SALARY : Appropriation 225 00
EXPENDITURES
H. Bray Wilkins 168 75
Leonard Smith 56 25
Total expenditures $225 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY :
Appropriation
$1,900 00 599 65
Refunds
$2,499 65
EXPENDITURES
Labor
1,854 15
Truck hire
164 70
Gravel
67 94
Asphalt
58 80
Supplies
247 26
Office expenses-telephone
104 84
Total expenditures
2,497 69
Transferred to revenue
1 96
2,499 65
HIGHWAYS-CHAPTER 81-MAINTENANCE:
Appropriation
4,700 00
State allotment
3,875 00
8,575 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
3,919 60
Truck hire
1,882 65
Sand and gravel
542 60
Asphalt
2,003 92
Supplies
68 15
Signs
158 00
Total expenditures
8,574 92
Transferred to revenue
08
8,575 00
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS, CHAPTER 90-MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
1,100 00 500 00
State allotment
$1,600 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
389 90
Truck hire
282 45 .
Roller hire
74 00
Stone
173 11
Asphalt
680 54
Total expenditures
1,600 00
SNOW REMOVAL :
Appropriation
$9,000 00
Transferred from overlay reserve
3,500 00
Refund
7 20
EXPENDITURES
Labor
6,143 38
Truck hire
4,988 95
Sand and salt
734 36
Supplies and repairs
335 37
Equipment
270 00
State road
24 52
Total expenditures
12,496 58
Transferred to revenue
10 62
12,507 20
ROAD MACHINERY FUND :
Balance January 1, 1945
2,771 56
Receipts
2,729 00
5,500 56
EXPENDITURES
Gasoline and oil
1,121 58
Repairs and parts
876 78
Supplies
64 88
Storage
495 00
Equipment
170 00
Insurance
96 34
Registration
8 00
Total expenditures
2,832 58
Balance carried forward
2,667 98
5,500 56
$12,507 20
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
EAST STREET BRIDGE :
Appropriation Transferred from reserve fund
$1,700 00
172 12
1,872 12
EXPENDITURES
Grating and beams
$1,310 04
Labor
153 20
Welding
397 78
Advertisements
11 00
Total expenditures
1,872 12
STREET LIGHTING :
Appropriation
2,250 00
EXPENDITURES
Middleton Electric Light Dept.
$2,250 00
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE SALARIES : Appropriation $325 00
EXPENDITURES
Leslie Merrifield
$112 50
Charles Pasquale
112 50
Wilbur Rundlett, Jr.
75 00
Robert Poole
25 00
Total expenditures
325 00
PUBLIC WELFARE MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
1,650 00
Transferred from reserve fund
38 85
1,688 85
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Transportation-investigation
37 02
Supplies, postage, telephone
17 48
Cash payments
470 50
Groceries, fuel, clothing, etc.
196 56
Medical aid
106 70
Other towns
853 59
Ambulance
7 00
1,634 35
Total expenditures
1,688 85
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-AID :
Appropriation
16,850 00
Federal grants
10,956 02
Refunds
36 80
$27,842 82
EXPENDITURES
Cash payments
26,214 40
Other towns
506 63
Total expenditures
26,721 03
Transferred to revenue
1,121 79
$27,842 82
54 50
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATION :
Appropriation
$500 00
Federal grants
365 12
Balance January 1, 1945
159 31
$1,024 43
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, agent
480 25
Transportation
33 72
Office supplies, postage
51 72
Total expenditures
565 69
Transferred to revenue
362 68
Balance carried forward
96 06
1,024 43
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN-AID :
Appropriation
1,150 00
Federal grants
509 52
Transferred from reserve fund
250 00
EXPENDITURES
1,909 52
Cash payments 1,877 74
Total expenditures
1,877 74
Transferred to revenue
18 84
Balance carried forward
12 94
1,909 52
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN-ADMINISTRATION : Appropriation 50 00
EXPENDITURES
A. C. Peabody, agent
43 35
Transportation
4 59
Total expenditures
47 94
Transferred to revenue
2 06
$50 00
30
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
STATE AID :
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES
Transferred to revenue 150 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF :
Appropriation
500 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
131 79
Total expenditures
131 79
Transferred to revenue
368 21
500 00
WAR ALLOWANCES :
Appropriation
400 00
EXPENDITURES
On order
125 00
Total expenditures
125 00
Transferred to revenue
275 00
400 00
MEMORIAL DAY :
Appropriation
275 00
Transferred from reserve funds
8 41
EXPENDITURES
Band
120 00
Flowers, wreaths, flags
74 25
Speaker and music
44 00
Refreshments, school children
38 16
Printing
7 00
283 41
Total expenditures
$283 41
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$38,131 00
EXPENDITURES
SALARIES:
Teachers and supervisors
$15,884 70
Nurse and Doctor
509 48
Attendance officer
60 80
16,454 98
GENERAL EXPENSES:
Salary-superintendent
415 04
Salary-clerk
100 00
Expenses-superintendent
122 80
Expenses-office
77 31
715 15
Books and supplies
1,452 02
Tuition
9,831 40
Transportation
4,620 00
Janitor service
1,692 50
Building and grounds maintenance
715 84
Fuel and light
1,018 46
Lunchroom equipment
893 75
Graduation exercises
10 00
20,233 97
Total expenditures
37,404 10
Transferred to revenue
726 90
38,131 00
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION :
Appropriation
200 00
EXPENDITURES
Transportation
100 00
Tuition
36 00
Total expenditures
136 00
Transferred to revenue
64 00
200 00
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY :
Appropriation
$1,000 00
Dog tax refund
439 06
$1,439 06
EXPENDITURES
On order
1,439 06
(For detailed report see Trustees' report)
PARK :
Appropriation
350 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
303 10
Supplies
37 00
Water
6 39
Total expenditures
346 49
Transferred to revenue
3 51
350 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERY
CEMETERY SALARIES : Appropriation $75 00
EXPENDITURES
R. N. Maxwell, superintendent of burials
$15 00
Clarence Richardson, Commissioner
20 00
Roger Lovelace
20 00
H. Oscar Swain
20 00
Total expenditures 75 00
CEMETERY MAINTENANCE :
Appropriation
1,450 00
Endowment funds
441 55
EXPENDITURES
Labor
1,690 11
Truck hire
49 50
Supplies
187 58
Water
11 62
Total expenditures
1,888 81
Transferred to revenue
2 74
1,891 55
CEMETERY GRAVES : Appropriation 350 00
EXPENDITURES
Labor
251 94 29 00
Truck hire
Total expenditures
280 94
Transferred to revenue
69 06
350 00
CEMETERY ENDOWMENT :
Received
780 00
EXPENDITURES
Deposited in Savings Banks $780 00
1,891 55
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
CONTINGENT FUND :
Appropriation
$800 00
Transferred from reserve fund
43 97
$843 97
EXPENDITURES
Printing and delivering town reports
302 80
Maintenance old school
14 80
Scales, weighing fees
28 62
Flag pole maintenance
49 72
Essex Street water
3 73
Funeral pieces
18 00
Honor roll
185 00
State census
115 00
Perambulating town bounds
116 50
Building inspector, expenses
9 80
Total expenditures
843 97
INSURANCE :
Appropriation
1,100 00
Transferred from reserve fund
30 00
Refund
74 03
1,243 03
EXPENDITURES
Workmen's liability
640 68
Building liability
60 00
New school
172 50
Sealer's equipment
23 80
Fire department
38 50
Town Hall
97 00
Clerk's bond
5 00
Collector's bond and burglary insurance
116 41
Treasurer's "
89 14
Total expenditures $1,243 03
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UNCLASSIFIED
INTEREST : Appropriation
$540 00
EXPENDITURES
School construction notes
540 00
RESERVE FUND :
Appropriation
1,500 00
Transferred to:
Health department
455 90
Aid dependent children
250 00
East St., bridge
172 12
Town Hall
183 58
Insurance
69 00
Contingent
43 97
Public Welfare
38 85
Fire Department
18 74
Memorial Day
8 41
Revenue
259 43
1,500 00
MANSFIELD FUND :
Balance January 1, 1945
139 64
Received from Old Colony Trust Co.
895 00
Refund
12 00
1,046 64
EXPENDITURES
Band concerts
275 80
Picnic
345 00
Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets
265 00
Total expenditures
885 80
Balance carried forward
160 84
1,046 64
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UNCLASSIFIED
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND : Appropriation $2,000 00
EXPENDITURES
War Bonds purchased $1,998 00
Total expenditures
1,998 00
Transferred to revenue
2 00
2,000 00
REPAIRS TO OLD SCHOOL : Appropriation
300 00
EXPENDITURES
Repairs
Painting
31 46 140 00
Total expenditures 171 46
Balance carried forward
128 54
$300 00
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
RECEIPTS
Energy
$57,642 10
Supplies
730 26
Labor
155 00
Insurance
174 79
Street lighting appropriation
2,250 00
Balance January 1, 1945
10,694 19
$71,646 34
EXPENDITURES
ENERGY PURCHASED:
Eastern Mass. Elec. Co.
35,318 58
Danvers Electric Light Dept.
29 77
Reading Electric Light Dept.
5 25
35,353 60
MAINTENANCE:
Labor
7,725 60
Sub-station-equipment and maintenance
4,645 29
Poles, wire, etc.
1,230 22
Meters and Transformers
1,577 77
Street light maintenance
252 81
Maintenance and supplies
2,403 88
Insurance
335 80
Truck maintenance
653 75
19,721 12
ADMINISTRATION:
Office supplies and expenses
671 47
A. B. Harrington, manager
1,500 00
Charles Bates, Commissioner
50 00
A. L. Jones,
50 00
Richard B. Floyd,
50 00
2,321 47
Depreciation fund
2,104 01
Meter deposit fund
20 00
Total expenditures
59,520 20
Transferred to Town
5,000 00
Balance carried forward
7,126 14
$71,646 34
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
DEPRECIATION FUND :
Balance January 1, 1945 Transferred to fund
$9,082 36 2,104 01
Balance carried forward
$11,186 37
METER DEPOSIT FUND :
Balance January 1, 1945
2,249 00
Receipts
375 00
2,624 00
EXPENDITURES
Refunds 425 50
425 50
Balance carried forward
2,198 50
2,624 00
METER DEPOSIT INTEREST :
Balance January 1, 1945
84 02
Interest on deposit
39 84
123 86
EXPENDITURES
Payments
108 60
Balance carried forward
$15 26
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MATURING DEBT :
Appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES
School construction notes
3,000 00
COUNTY CHARGES :
County tax
$3,880 11 567 00
Dog tax
4,447 11
EXPENDITURES
County treasurer
4,447 11
STATE CHARGES:
State tax
2,380 00
State parks
68 35
Beverage license
10 00
Hunting and fishing licenses
8 50
2,466 85
EXPENDITURES
State treasurer
2,466 85
FEDERAL CHARGES :
Withholding Tax
4,584 60
EXPENDITURES
Collector of Internal Revenue
4,584 60
TAX ABATEMENTS-REFUNDS :
1945 motor vehicle excise tax 2 40
1945 tax levy
129 75
$132 15
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1945-GENERAL ACCOUNTS LIABILITIES
ASSETS
Mansfield Fund Income -
- - $ 160 84 Cemetery Lots Fund -
Cash on hand
1
$88,938 27
1,145 00 - Road Machinery Fund
2,667 98
Electric Light, meter deposits 2,198 50
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: TAXES-Levy of 1945
Real Estate $ 7,172 11
Personal property; 132 30
Motor Vehicle Excise 46 85
-
7,351 26
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus -
877 09
TAX TITLES AND POSSESSIONS:
Tax titles -
3,166 68
Tax title possessions 3,155 49
$ 6,322 17
DEPARTMENTAL:
Public Welfare -
- 38 60
Aid Dependent Children 246 30
Old Age Assistance 569 82
State Tax-Overestimate
22 64
Public Health - 487 14 1
$ 1,341 86
Municipal Light
6,148 28
State Aid to Highway
2,686 27
County Tax-Deficit 44 05
$112,832 16
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OVERLAY RESERVED FOR ABATEMENTS: Levy of 1945 - 509 15
REVENUE RESERVED UNTIL COLLECTED: Departmental - - 1,341 86
Tax Titles -
6,322 17
Motor Vehicle Excise 46 85
Municipal Light -
6,148 28
13,859 16
Surplus revenue
71,926 79
$112,832 16
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BALANCE SHEET
Appropriation Balances -
1,137 24
int. 15 26
depreciation 11,186 37
cash 7,126 14
20,526 27
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS Net Funded or Fixed Debt
LIABILITIES
$24,000 00
School Construction Notes -
- $24,000 00
TRUST FUNDS ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Trust Funds Cash and Securities:
David Cummings Fund
$10,665 14
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$37,642 37
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
19,503 23
In Custody of Library Trustees
8,791 30
Post War Rehabiliation Fund
7,474 00
In Custody of Naumkeag Trust Co.
10,215 97
Charles L. Flint Library Fund
5,681 87
Mary E. Emerson Book Fund
3,109 43
B. F. Emerson Library Fund
10,215 79
$56,649 45
$56,649 46
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BALANCE SHEET
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TREASURER'S REPORT
TREASURER'S REPORT . December 31, 1945
Balance January 1, 1945
$87,962 94
RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR:
1944 Tax
$7,356 27
Interest
175 23
1945 Tax
50,904 42
Interest
10 26
Excise tax
1,896 60
Interest
1 69
Poll tax
950 00
Demand
38 40
Personal property
3,979 38
Interest
14 65
RECEIVED FROM ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT:
A. B. HARRINGTON, MGR.
Collections
57,642 10
Meter deposits
355 00
Private work
155 00
Supplies sold
578 13
Pole damage
174 79
Refunds
152 13
Street lights
2,250 00
Depreciation
2,104 01
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT:
Salary transfer
575 85
ROAD MACHINERY FUND:
Machinery rentals
2,729 00
CEMETERY:
Endowed lots
780 00
Graves, opening
351 00
Graves and lots sold
60 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
COUNTY OF ESSEX:
Dog officer
$ 72 00
Dog tax refund
439 06
LICENSES:
Auctioneer
4 00
Innholders
15 00
Junk
10 00
Liquor and advertising
1,783 00
Mfg. soda beverages
20 00
Motor vehicles, gas and alcohol
18 25
Oleo
2 50
Pasteurization
10 00
Sale of popcorn
1 00
Slaughtering
1 00
Sunday
10 00
Undertaker's
2 00
Victualler's
4 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Cambridge
36 00
Danvers
439 62
Essex
98 57
Ipswich
50 19
Lynn
80 67
Melrose
13 40
Peabody
194 58
Somerville
99 60
Swampscott
71 28
Topsfield
80 00
Winthrop
146 30
TAX TITLES:
Redemptions
1,428 72
20% WITHHOLDING TAX
Collector of Internal Revenue
4,584 60
MISCELLANEOUS:
Cancelled checks
265 60
Dog tax
567 00
Fees
87 20
44
TREASURER'S REPORT
Fines
$ 25 00
Health
33 00
Hunting and fishing license
8 50
Interest
481 39
Land sales
300 74
Mansfield Fund
895 00
Private moth
8 00
Refunds:
74 03
Reimbursement
1,342 03
Rent of Town Hall
441 80
Rent-Middleton Electric Light Dept.
84 00
Revolver permits
6 00
STATE TREASURER:
Aid dependent children :
State aid
489 78
U. S. Grant
499 84
Child guardianship:
Tuition
98 25
Transportation
36 20
Corporation tax
7,931 70
Department of Public Health
455 71
Department of Agriculture
87 50
Dept. of Public Works:
Division of Highways, Chapter 81-1944
726 88
66 Chapter 81-1945
1,688 73
Highways, gasoline tax
3,493 20
Snow removal
2,967 15
Income tax
8,155 00
Mass. School Fund
1,128 13
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Administration
365 12
Meal tax
898 74
State aid
14,933 03
U. S. grant
10,842 43
Reimbursement-loss of taxes
753 47
School superintendents
236 44
Temporary aid and transportation
32 00
Tuition, High School
4,498 11
Vocational education
104 80
Total receipts $207,990 75
$295,953 69
45
TREASURER'S REPORT
EXPENDITURES
Selectmens' orders
Balance December 31, 1945
$207,015 42 88,938 27
$295,953 69
INVESTMENTS
Twenty United States War Bonds (Town of Middleton) $7,474 00
Two United States War Bonds
(Middleton Electric Light Dept.) 1,480 00
Transferred from Meter Deposit Fund to Danvers Sav. Bank
1,500 00
Interest to October 1, 1945
123 86
Respectfully submitted,
MARION E. MITCHELL,
Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
LAND OWNED BY TOWN December 31, 1945
The Town owns the following parcels of land. These parcels have been deeded to the Town by the Treasurer:
SUMMIT VIEW PARK:
Lots Numbers 9, 30/34 inclusive; 51, 57, 94, 136/148 inclusive; 164/177 inclusive; 212, 213, 215/218 inclusive, 242/251 inclusive; 257/270 inclusive; 288/301inclusive; 315/318 inclusive; 321, 329, 330, 333/337 inclusive; 344/371 inclusive; 376, 378, 387/398 inclusive.
MIDDLETON PINES:
Lots Numbers 308, 309, 767/769, inclusive; 1007/1010 inclusive.
RIVER VIEW PARK SECTION 1:
Lots Numbers 52/55 inclusive; 258/261 inclusive.
WOODLAND PARK :
Lots Number 83-91 inclusive; 125; 135-138 inclusive; 575, 576.
RECREATION PARK-North Main Street:
Lots Number 54, 55, 56, A-B-C-D; 61-64 inclusive; 65-68 inclusive; Lot H; 71-77 inclusive; 78-82 inclusive; 103-123 inclusive; 128-130 inclusive; 231, 232; 243-246 inclusive; Elliott Lot; 2nd Pasture Woodland and Meadow; Parker Lot; Island Pasture; 1st lot of 9th Parcel; Gray Lot; Smith Lot; Sutton Lot.
FORECLOSED BY LAND COURT DECREES:
16 Acres and buildings on North side of School Street.
20 Acres and buildings on East side of Liberty Street.
Land and buildings in Middleton Pines, being Lots 351-355 in- clusive.
Land and buildings on southerly side of Spring Road, Lots 234-236 inclusive.
Land and buildings in Woodland Park, being Lots 113-117 inclusive.
MARION E. MITCHELL, Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-1945
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1944
Interest Received
Amount Paid Out
Balance 1945
Atwood, L. Frank
360
$100 00
$121 65
$3 05
$3 25
$121 45
Atwood, Morrison
128
150 00
161 22
3 64
3 25
161 61
Averill, Edward P.
52
100 00
106 34
2 40
3 00
105 74
Averill, Joseph
346
100 00
104 54
2 61
2 50
104 65
Barnaby, Caroline V.
646
100 00
114 69
2 59
3 00
114 28
Bastable, Arthur
10 S. B 150 00
152 42
3 83
3 00
153 25
Batchelder, Harold T.
528
75 00
79 83
1 79
1 50
80 12
Berry, Allen & Catherine 112
125 00
138 87
3 48
3 25
139 10
Berry, William
178
100 00
106 18
2 67
3 00
105 85
Bouchard, Louis
706
100 00
106 36
2 67
3 00
106 03
Bradstreet, H. H.
1 S. B. 150 00
152 07
3 81
3 00
152 88
Brown, Sarah F.
֏ of434 50 00
53 37
1 34
1 25
53 46
Bryer, Allen D.
526
100 00
105 82
2 65
3 00
105 47
Bryer, Lillian L.
606
150 00
150 92
3 78
3 50
151 20
Carleton, Loring
34
200 00
201 11
5 05
4 00
202 16
Carter, Mary O.
137
150 00
153 81
3 85
3 00
154 66
Conlon, Mary A.
100 00
106 65
2 40
3 00
106 05
Curry, Mary A.
342
100 00
108 27
2 44
3 00
107 71
Curtis, Phoebe
50 00
53 64
1 34
1 25
53 73
Dame, John
284
150 00
162 32
4 08
4 00
162 40
Day, Mrs. Geo. E.
588
50 00
53 28
1 19
1 25
53 22
Day, Weaver
248
150 00
155 79
3 51
3 50
155 80
Demsey, J. W.
156
100 00
105 76
2 65
3 00
105 41
Dennett, Ruth H.
24
75 00
78 61
1 97
1 75
78 83
Densmore, Stanley
B3
150 00
150 94
3 78
3 00
151 72
Downing, William H.
626
100 00
113 57
2 84
1 25
115 16
Duncan, Reuben
489
150 00
150 00
3 45
2 50
150 95
Eaton, Irvin L.
168
75 00
77 03
1 92
1 75
77 20
Emerson, Benjamin F. -
214
150 00
164 98
4 14
3 50
165 62
Emerson, Ellen M.
138
100 00
104 11
2 61
3 00
103 72
Emerson, Eunice W.
166
100 00
107 80
2 70
3 00
107 50
Emerson, Henry P.
496
500 00
524 78
13 19
12 00
525 97
Estey and Hutchinson
48
100 00
106 36
2 67
3 00
106 03
Esty, Allena A.
258
200 00
232 38
5 84
4 50
233 72
Esty Annie E.
572
100 00
104 59
2 61
2 75
104 45
Esty, Loren G.
538
100 00
124 73
3 13
3 00
124 86
Fletcher, Samuel A.
130
100 00
102 80
2 58
3 00
102 38
Flint, George B.
152
66 30
70 50
1 77
1 50
70 77
Flint, Harley A.
256
100 00
103 01
2 59
3 00
102 60
Fowler, Alonzo
12
250 00
255 53
6 41
4 00
257 94
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT
Cemetery Endowment Account-Continued
NAME
No. of Lot
Fund
Balance 1944
Interest Received
Amount Paid Out
Baiance 1945
Frame, L. Maria
516
$125 00
$132 64
$3 33
$3 00
$132 97
Frost, Chas. O.
340
150 00
170 17
4 28
3 00
171 45
Fuller, Abijah
110
150 00
171 67
4 30
3 50
172 47
Fuller, Daniel
-
628
100 00
105 67
2 64
3 00
105 31
Fuller, Jeremiah
70
125 00
141 32
3 19
4 00
140 51
Fuller, Lida A.
686
100 00
106 30
2 67
3 00
105 97
Fuller, Luella F.
158
150 00
154 35
3 49
3 00
154 84
Fuller, Lydia & Timothy
268
100 00
106 50
2 40
3 00
105 90
Fuller, Sophronia
236
200 00
237 91
5 96
5 00
238 87
Fuller and Taylor
644
150 00
154 15
3 49
3 25
154 39
Fuller, William H.
336
100 00
105 08
2 64
3 00
104 72
Gifford, William
180
100 00
105 50
2 64
3 00
105 14
Gilbert, James
188
100 00
106 15
2 67
3 00
105 82
Godfrey, William R.
714
100 00
101 97
2 55
3 00
101 52
Goodwin, Ira E. Heirs of
380
100 00
108 33
2 71
2 00
109 04
Goswiler, Carl B.
716
150 00
175 23
3 96
3 00
176 19
Gould, Andrew
352
50 00
54 29
1 36
1 25
54 40
Gould, Eben
514
100 00
107 48
2 69
3 00
107 17
Gould, Porter I.
414
100 00
106 16
2 67
3 25
105 58
Graves, D. Augustine
234
100 00
103 75
2 60
3 25
103 10
Graves, Kendall E.
586
100 00
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