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You are hereby ordered to notify and warn said qualified voters to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, March 21 next for the following purposes, viz; To choose by ballot the following Town Officers for the ensuing year: Moderator, Town Clerk, one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years, Highway Surveyor, Tree Warden, Constable, Superintendent of Burials, one Electric Light Commissioner for three years, two Members of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the Masconomet Regional School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Flint Public Library for three years, one Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Member of the Planning Board for five years, Tax Collector, and one Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
The Polls will be open at 7:00 A.M. and shall be closed at 7:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at Memorial Hall, Post Office and Store at Howe's Station in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixty.
A true copy. Attest:
JAMES W. WENTWORTH, Constable
WILBUR C. RUNDLETT, JR., Chairman FRANK C. LeCOLST MANUEL GILBOARD, Clerk
Selectmen of Middleton
Annual Report
for the
Town of Middleton
Massachusetts
1959
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC
BRARY
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Officers Elected 1959
Moderator Daniel J. Donovan
Town Clerk William T. Martin, Jr.
Selectmen and Board of Health Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr., Chairman (1962)
Manuel Gilboard (1960) Frank L. LeColst (1961)
Board of Public Welfare Leslie E. Merrifield, Chairman (1962)
Roger M. Peabody (1960) Leyland A. Phillips (1961)
Board of Assessors Paul B. Wake, Chairman (1960)
Wilbur A. Witham (1962) Ernest F. LeBeau (1961)
Treasurer Edward H. Leary (1962)
Tax Collector Harold E. Tyler
Highway Surveyor Allan G. Marshall
Constable James W. Wentworth
School Committee Eben L. Jewett, Chairman (1961) Rosamond L. Bastable, (1961) Henry F. Luscomb (1960)
George R. Clayton, Clerk (1962) Henry N. Sawyer (1960)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Electric Light Commissioners John Muzichuk, Chairman 1960) Frank E. Dow, Clerk (1961) J. Lansing English (1962)
Cemetery Commissioners Richard N. Maxwell (1960)
Michael Lavorgna (1961) Lawrence E. Tinkham, Jr. (1962)
Superintendent of Burials Charles W. Baker
Tree Warden James Donovan
Planning Board Louis A. Barett, Chairman (1964)
Henry N. Sawyer (1961) R. Lionel Barrows (1962)
Frank P. Connors, Jr. (1960) Gilbert E. Saunders (1963)
Trustees Flint Public Library William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1960)
William T. Martin (1962) Paul B. Wake (1962)
Thomas J. Oliver (1961) Elmer O. Campbell, Jr. (1961) Carl C. Jones (1960)
Water Commissioners
Benjamin K. Richardson (1960) Roger M. Peabody (1961) Donald A. Alyward (1962)
Masconomet Regional District School Committee Robert T. Sperry (1962) Richard E. Quinn (1960) Rosamond L. Bastable (1961)
Town Officers Appointed 1959
Registrars of Voters Lloyd H. Getchell, Chairman (1960) Max J. Breau, Jr. (1962) Frederick C. Jones (1961) William T. Martin, Jr., Clerk (Ex-Officio)
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TOWN OFFICERS
Zoning Appeal Board William H. Sanborn, Chairman (1964)
Frederick P. Daniels (1961) Walter E. Clinton (1963)
Beaumont Hurd (1960)
Donald A. Aylward, Clerk (1962)
Finance Committee
Richard Cressy, Chairman (1960)
Hazen M. Richardson (1961) John R. Wallen (1960)
E. Robin Jones (1962) Bartholomew J. Whalen (1961)
Chief of Police James W. Wentworth Sealer of Weights and Measures Joseph F. Begg
Inspector of Animals Joseph F. Begg
Inspector of Slaughtering Joseph F. Begg
Town Accountant Elmer O. Campbell (1960)
Forest Fire Warden Harold F. Purdy
Chief of Fire Department Harold F. Purdy
Superintendent of Cemeteries Charles W. Baker
Moth Superintendent James Donovan
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TOWN OFFICERS
Custodian of Town Hall James H. Ogden
Electric Light Manager Willis W. Esty
Town Counsel Daniel J. Donovan
Welfare Agent Phyllis R. Brown
Building Inspector Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
Wire Inspector John W. Milbery
Veterans Agent
James H. Ogden
Health Agent Leyland A. Phillips
TRUSTEES
B. F. Emerson Fund
Naumkeag Trust Company, Salem, Mass.
Elmer O. Campbell, Jr.
William H. Sanborn
Paul B. Wake
Mansfield Fund Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass.
David Cummings Fund
Board of Public Welfare
Annual Report of the Town Accountant 1959
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending Dec. 31, 1959
RECEIPTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TAXES :
CURRENT YEAR
Property
$ 315,873.31
Poll
1,590.00
Farm Animal Excise
253.76
Lieu of Taxes
4,513.73
PREVIOUS YEARS
Property
14,766.39
Tax Title Redemption
699.34
FROM THE STATE
Income
Valuation Basis
10,193.50
Education Basis
31,177.82
Corporation
13,475.60
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Alcoholic Beverages
2,800.00
All Other
699.00
Building
483.50
Revolver
20.00
4,002.50
FINES :
District Court
35.00
35.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS:
FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Old Age Assistance
17,725.97
Aid Dependent Children
4,733.00
Disability Assistance
871.50
School Lunches
4,720.00
Other School Purposes
1,131.00
392,543.45
29,181.47
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
FROM STATE
Meal Tax
1,260.50
Vocational Education
430.10
High School Transportation
14,475.00
Adult Education
15.00
Retarded Children
3,063.61
School Building Aid
9,970.03
Highway (Chapter 81)
9,054.00
Inspection of Animals
25.00
38,293.24
FROM COUNTY
Dog Licenses
860.85
860.85
ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE
Sale Tax Possession Property
63.50
63.50
PRIVILEGES
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
37,332.19
37,332.19
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE:
Selectmen
68.50
FINANCIAL:
Treasurer
12.00
Collector
35.45
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Clerk
23.00
Board of Appeals
51.00
Elections
10.00
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS:
Town Hall
88.00
Memorial Hall
1,023.00
1,310.95
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SAFETY :
Police Ambulance
32.00
Fire
51.75
Sealing of Weights and Measures
176.40
Dog Officer
190.00
450.15
HEALTH AND SANITATION :
Tuberculosis Subsidy
82.86
Dental Clinics
19.00
Polio Clinics
332.43
434.29
HIGHWAYS:
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
Snow and Sanding
585.00
Truck and Machinery Rental
4,362.60
5,947.60
CHARITIES :
PUBLIC WELFARE
From Cities and Towns
362.20
From State
102.65
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
From Individual
4,335.65
From Cities and Towns
726.35
From State
17,460.03
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
From State
3,334.55
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
From State
723.79
VETERANS' SERVICES : From State 1,033.55
27,045.22
1,033.55
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS:
Tuition
676.63
Sale of Supplies
248.55
Hall Rental Lunches
16.00
12,922.35
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES :
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Sale of Light and Power
180,715.52
Miscellaneous
2,691.41
183,406.93
CEMETERIES :
Sale of Lots and Graves
220.00
Opening Graves
712.00
Care of Endowed Lots
895.90
Insurance - Damage
200.00
2,027.90
INTEREST:
On Deposits
43.50
On Deferred Taxes
728.30
Mansfield Fund
1,820.00
2,591.80
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS:
Anticipation Revenue Loan
30,000.00
30,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT:
Beverage Licenses
10.00
Dog Licenses
1,127.50
Perpetual Care Funds
1,955.00
Withholding Taxes State
1,770.08
Withholding Taxes Federal
25,511.01
Mass. Hospital Service
2,761.02
Group Insurance
559.08
Meter Deposits
675.00
Retirement Fund Deductions
4,038.48
13,863.53
38,407.17
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REFUNDS:
General Departments
1,296.39
1,296.39
TRANSFERS:
Electric Depreciation Fund 8,915.95
8,915.95
Total Receipts Cash Balance January 1, 1959
819,043.63
121,856.79
940,900.42
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR
Salary
50.00
50.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Expenses
59.70
59.70
SELECTMEN
Salaries
1,500.00
Expenses
Clerk
400.00
Supplies and Printing
80.72
Advertisements
44.50
Postage
32.00
Association Dues
34.00
Flag and Flowers
130.28
Mileage and Expenses
96.00
817.50
2,317.50
ACCOUNTANT
Salary
1,400.00
Expenses
101.31
1,501.31
TREASURER
Salary
1,400.00
Expenses
Supplies
260.70
Postage
189.20
Mileage and Expenses
115.00
Clerical Assistance
300.00
Bank Charge
21.30
Association Dues
5.00
Certifying Notes
2.00
Tax Title Expenses
342.00
1,235.20
2,635.20
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TAX COLLECTOR
Salary
Clerk
1,800.00 720.00
2,520.00
Expenses
Supplies
315.57
Postage
235.20
Deputy Collector
42.00
Mileage - Telephone
95.00
Tax Taking
47.50
Association Dues
5.00
Office Equipment
576.50
1,316.77
3,836.77
ASSESSORS
Salaries
1,800.00
Expenses
Supplies and Postage
148.24
Abstracts
95.33
Mileage - Expenses
87.00
Clerical Services
425.00
Office Expense
85.12
Association Dues
9.00
849.69
2,649.69
COUNSEL
Salary
1,000.00
Expenses
107.30
1,107.30
TOWN CLERK
Salary
700.00
Expenses
Supplies - Postage
302.70
Clerical Services
30.00
Association Dues
15.00
Recording Deeds
23.00
370.70
1,090.70
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Salaries
200.00
Expenses
Listing
250.00
Election Officers
183.75
Printing and Supplies
331.78
Lunches
34.05
Janitor - School Hall
13.50
813.08
1,013.08
PLANNING BOARD
Expenses
Clerk
63.00
Supplies - Postage
152.80
Advertisements
94.00
Services - Engineer
43.69
Association Dues
10.00
368.49
368.49
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TOWN HALL
Salary
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
602.33
Supplies
24.84
Repairs
67.05
694.22
1,174.22
MEMORIAL HALL
Salary
480.00
Expenses
Fuel and Light
1,811.08
Supplies
369.48
Telephone
103.53
Repairs
567.33
2,851.42
3,331.42
Total General Government Expenditures
$ 21,115.38
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SAFETY
CONSTABLE
Salary
35.00
35.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
James W. Wentworth, Chief 5,300.00
Lloyd H. Getchell
1,608.60
Harold Moore
871.50
Arthur Doane
312.50
Robert Hurd
230.00
David DeTomaso
147.25
Norman Welch
93.25
William Pennock
3.75
8,566.85
Expenses
Car and Radio Maintenance
2,156.81
Office Expenses
350.82
Supplies
12.23
Equipment
107.55
Dues and Expenses
13.00
New Ambulance
800.00
New Cruiser
1,684.05
5,124.46
13,691.31
CIVIL DEFENSE
Expenses
103.43
103.43
FIRE DEPARTMENT 2,319.10
Salaries
Expenses
Labor
1,801.00
Equipment and Repairs
2,092.96
Gasoline and Oil
341.52
Fuel and Light
1,209.97
Building Maintenance
146.17
Office Expenses - Telephone
455.31
Fire Alarm
1,577.48
Insurance
220.15
Service Truck
3,914.00
11,758.56
14,077.66
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PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Salary
Expenses
500.00 200.00
700.00
BOARD OF APPEALS
Expenses
Clerk
166.09
Advertisements
91.00
Supplies - Postage
38.32
Office Equipment
87.50
382.91
382.91
WIRE INSPECTOR
Salary
300.00
Expenses
125.00
425.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Salary
175.00
Expenses
75.00
250.00
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Wages
2,684.70
Expenses
Truck Maintenance
57.22
Supplies
728.13
Removing Trees
227.75
Planting New Trees
300.00
Equipment
338.41
Association Dues
5.00
1,656.51
4,341.21
DOG OFFICER
Salary
100.00
Expenses
216.00
316.00
$ 34,322.52
Total Public Safety Expenditures
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salaries
320.00
Expenses
Care of Patients, Essex San 952.00
Care of Patients, Other Hosp. 145.35
Care of Dump 1,312.70
Vital Statistics
218.00
Polio and Virus Clinics
338.75
Contagious Disease
16.00
Supplies - Expenses
96.20
3,079.00
3,399.00
DENTAL CLINIC
Expenses
Services
1,011.00
Supplies
68.15
1,079.15
1,079.15
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Salary
Expenses
135.00 100.00
235.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Salary
32.00
32.00
ESSEX SANITORIUM ASSESSMENT
County Treasurer
3,486.81
3,486.81
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM
Community Services, Inc. 2,500.00
2,500.00
Total Health and Sanitation Expenditures
$ 10,731.96
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Wages
16,001.30
Expenses
Truck Hire
3,918.80
Equipment Hire
2,942.39
Supplies
3,089.89
Sand and Gravel
3,004.88
Asphalt
3,586.51
Signs
33.00
Light and Power
106.37
Office Expenses
165.92
Equipment
476.53
Blasting
170.20
17,494.49
33,495.79
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
Liberty Street
171.28
Storm Drains
949.45
Street Lighting
4,800.00
5,920.73
SNOW REMOVAL
Wages
3,907.65
Expenses
Truck Hire
2,704.50
Equipment and Repairs
1,011.73
Salt and Sand
3,352.32
State Road
27.57
7,096.12
11,003.77
ROAD MACHINERY ACCOUNT
219.72
Wages
Expenses
Gasoline and Oil
1,791.70
Parts and Repairs
724.96
Insurance and Registration
64.06
Supplies
95.20
Equipment
495.00
3,170.92
3,390.64
Total Highway Expenditures
$ 53,810.93
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CHARITIES ACCOUNT
CHARITIES
PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries
800.00
GENERAL RELIEF
Expenses
Administration
62.99
Aid - Cash
1,599.50
Groceries and Fuel
1,856.45
Medical Aid
487.91
Other Cities and Towns
3,572.31
7,579.16
8,379.16
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Administration
1,450.00
Aid
Cash
45,551.22
Other Cities and Towns
1,686.31
47,237.53
47,237.53
AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Cash
10,354.32
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Cash
1,925.46
Total Charities Expenditures
$ 69,346.47
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VETERANS SERVICES
VETERANS' SERVICES
Salary
250.00
Aid
Cash
7,043.00
Fuel - Groceries
472.19
Medical Aid
558.78
Other Cities and Towns
25.00
8,098.97
Total Veterans Services Expenditures $ 8,348.97
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOLS
Salaries
Superintendent
7,062.89
Teachers and Supervisors
91,122.94
Doctor
600.00
Nurse
1,250.00
Janitors
7,627.75
Attendance Officer
125.00
Census Taker.
95.60
Clerk
3,743.18
111,627.36
Expenses
Superintendent
180.00
Office
1,333.52
Books and Supplies
5,437.83
Building Maintenance
6,774.86
Fuel and Light
6,386.13
Transportation
16,032.00
Tuition
20,038.24
Furnishings - Equipment
709.00
Teachers Courses
580.00
TV Programs
124.00
Testing
170.00
Athletics
202.61
57,968.19
117,395.55
SCHOOL LUNCH
Labor
3,554.00
Equipment and Supplies
14,277.43
17,831.43
17,831.43
REGIONAL SCHOOL
Assessment
104,083.66
104,083.66
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Expenses
Tuition
Transportation
1,394.07 140.50
1,534.57
1,534.57
Total School Expenditures
$293,045.21
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LIBRARY AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
LIBRARY
Salaries
Expenses
1,586.00 3,010.87
4,596.87
Total Library Expenditures $ 4,596.87
RECREATION
PARK
Wages
848.80
Expenses
Supplies
135.50
Spraying
24.00
Storage
50.00
Equipment Hire
144.50
Signs
32.80
386.80
1,235.60
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
Expenses
41.50
41.50
Total Recreation Expenditures
$ 1,277.10
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UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
INSURANCE
Workmen's Compensation and
Public Liability
2,077.88
Buildings - Blanket Policy
2,272.50
Vehicle - Fire and Theft
117.30
Vehicle - Liability
2,419.26
School - Liability
60.05
Collector's Bond and Burglary
297.92
Treasurer's Bond and Burglary
210.12
Life and Hospital
6,580.52
14,035.55
Memorial Day
402.51
Printing Town Report
1,056.00
1,458.51
MANSFIELD FUND
Concert
266.90
Picnic
1,070.27
Thanksgiving and Christmas
495.37
Filing Report Fee
3.00
1,835.54
Total Unclassified Expenditures $ 17,329.60
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Commissions
600.00
Manager
5,830.00
Clerk
2,850.00 9,280.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Energy
Merrimack Essex
Electric Co.
109,854.14
Danvers Electric Dept.
480.28 110,334.42
Labor
18,740.06
Expenses
Material
12,310.67
Office Expenses
1,908.34
Truck Maintenance
1,313.84
Insurance
1,155.76
Depreciation
8,915.95
Line Clearance
1,798.81
Webb Street Lights
200.00
Liberty Street Lights
500.00
Service Car
2,000.00
30,103.37
Total Electric Department Expenditures
$168,457.85
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries Commissioners
300.00
Expenses
Office
113.25
Supplies
3,497.09
Forest St. Special
3,973.51
7,583.85
Total Water Department Expenditures $ 7,883.85
Total Public Service Enterprises Expenditures $176,341.70
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CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
CEMETERIES
Salaries
Commissioners
60.00
Supt. of Burials
30|00
90.00
Wages
5,786.60
Expenses
Truck Hire
140.00
Supplies
567.13
Opening Graves
827.10
New Section
425.00
1,959.23
Total Cemetery Expenditures
$ 7,835.83
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
BONDED DEBT
School Addition Loan 1950
10,000.00
School Addition Loan 1956
10,000.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
Fire Truck Loan 3,000.00
Temporary Loan
30,000.00 58,000.00
INTEREST
School Addition Loan 1950
1,890.00
School Addition Loan 1956
5,760.00
Fire-Highway Building Loan
281.25
Fire Truck Loan
420.00
Temporary Loan
226.13
8,577.38
Total Municipal Indebtedness Expenditures $ 66,577.38
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State Parks and Reservations
1,447.42
County Tax
9,960.51
Dog Licenses to County
1,132.75
Withholding Tax Deductions State 1,742.77
Withholding Tax Deductions Federal
25,511.01
Retirement Fund Assessment
6,260.31
Retirement Fund Deductions
4,038.48
Meter Deposits
690.00
Beverage License
10.00
Perpetual Care Funds
1,955.00
52,748.25
52,748.25
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REFUNDS-TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
1958 Excise Tax
611.44
1959 Excise Tax
1,485.45
1959 Real Estate Tax
620.50
1959 Poll Tax
4.00
Departmental
33.00
2,753.30
Total Refunds
2,753.30
Total Expenditures
820,181.47
Cash Balance December 31, 1959
120,718.95
$940,900.42
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Accountant's Expense
1.31
Civil Defense Expense
3.43
Town Report
6.00
Group Insurance
11.00
Town Hall Expenses
44.22
Police Salaries
66.85
Vocational Education
34.57
Interest
77.38
Memorial Hall Expenses
194.16
Board of Appeals
225.00
Veterans Aid
598.97
1,262.89
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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Recapitulation of Appropriations, Transfers and Expenditures
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Moderator, Salary
50.00
50.00
Finance Committee,
Expenses
100.00
59.70
40.30
Selectmen, Salaries
1,500.00
1,500.00
Expenses
500.00
417.50
82.50
Clerk, Salary
400.00
400.00
Accountant, Salary
1,400.00
1,400.00
Expense
100.00
Transfer
1.31
101.31
101.31
Treasurer, Salary
Expenses
900.00
899.20
.80
Tax Title Expenses
650.00
336.00
314|00
Collector, Salaries Expenses
790.50
740.27
50.23
Equipment
577.50
576.50
1.00
Assessors, Salaries
1,800.00
1,800.00
Expenses
850.00
849.68
.31
Counsel, Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
Expenses
150.00
107.30
42.70
Clerk, Salary Expenses
350.00
347.70
2.30
Elections and Registrations
Salaries
200.00
200.00
Expenses
850.00
813.08
36.92
Planning Board
Expenses
400.00
368.49
31.51
Town Hall, Salary
480.00
480.00
Expenses
650.00
Transfer
44.22
694.22
694.22
Memorial Hall, Salary
Expenses
2,325.00
Transfer
194.16
2,519.16
2,519.16
Special
350.00
332.26
17.74
Constable, Salary
35.00
35.00
480.00
480.00
700.00
700.00
2,520.00
2,520.00
1,400.00
1,400.00
31
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Police, Chief Salary
5,300.00
5,300.00
Wages
3,200.00
Transfer
66.85
3,266.85
3,266.85
Expenses
2,645.00
2,640.41
4.59
Car
1,700.00
1,684.05
15.95
Ambulance
800.00
800.00
Civil Defense,
Expenses
103.43
103.43
Fire, Salaries
2,625.00
2,319.10
305.90
Expenses
8,280.00
7,844.56
435.44
Truck
4,000.00
3,914.00
86.00
Building Inspector,
Salary
500.00
500.00
Expenses
200.00
200.00
Board of Appeals
Expenses
200.00
Transfer
225.00
425.00
382.91
42.09
Wire Inspector
Salary
300.00
300.00
Expenses
125.00
125.00
Sealer of Weights
and Measures
Salary
175.00
175.00
Expenses
75.00
75.00
Moth, Expenses
1,200.00
1,166.41
33.59
Tree Warden, Expenses
1,500.00
1,420.95
79.05
Dutch Elm Disease Control Expenses
1,500.00
1,453.85
46.15
Planting New Trees
300.00
300.00
Dog Officer, Salary Expenses
240.00
216.00
24.00
Health, Expenses
3,250.00
3,079.00
171.00
Dental Clinic, Expenses
1,500.00
1,079.15
420.85
Community Health Program
2,500.00
2,500.00
Animal Inspector, Salary Expenses
100.00
100.00
Slaughtering Inspector Salary
50.00
32.00
18.00
Road Machinery Fund
Balance
1,601.02
Receipts
4,362.60
5,963.62
3,390.64
2,572.98*
Highway, Expenses
6,500.00
6,497.67
2.33
200.00
135.00
65.00
100.00
100.00
32
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Chapter 81
4,950.00
State 9,075.00
14,025.00
14,025.00
Chapter 90 Construction
20,000.00
9,973.12
10,026.88*
Chapter 90 Maintenance
3,000.00
3,000.00
Chapter 718 Mt. Vernet St.
6,622.74
6,622.74*
Chapter 718 Liberty St.
171.28
171.28
Snow Removal
12,00.00
11,003.77
996.23
Storm Drains
1,000.00
949.45
50.55
Street Lighting
4,800.00
4,800.00
Street Numbering
300.00
300.00*
Maple St. Speed Signs
400.00
400.00*
Parking Signs,
Middleton Square
100.00
100.00*
Public Welfare, Salaries Expenses
200.00
62.99
137.01
General Relief, Aid
7,600.00
7,516.17
83.83
Central Essex Welfare District Adm.
1,450.00
1,450.00
Old Age
Assistance 26,500.00
Refunds
216.70
26,716.70
26,121.51
595.19
Federal Grant
22,082.50
21,099.02
983.48*
Aid Dependent
Children
7,000.00
Refund
15.00
7,015.00
6,478.35
586.65
Federal Grant
5,613.68
3,925.97
1,687.71*
Assistance 2,000.00
Refund
4.50
2,004.50
1,877.79
126.71
Federal Grant
1,075.20
647.67
427.53*
Veterans Agent,
Salary
250.00
250.00
Expenses
50.00
50.00
Veterans Aid
7,500.00
Transfer
598.00
8,098.97
8,098.97
School, Salaries
113,235.00
111,627.36
1,369.25
Expenses
57,725.00
Transfer
238.39
Refund
4.80
57,968.19
57,968.19
Supt. out of State Travel
200.00
200.00
Regional School District
104,083.66
104,083.66
Federal Grant
1,456.54
1,349.60
106.94*
Lunch
18,280.08
16,481.83
1,798.25*
800.00
800.00
33
APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfers
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Vocational
Education
1,500.00
Transfer
34.57
1,534.57
1,534.57
Library, Salaries
1,900.00
1,880.00
20.00
Expenses
2,860.85
Transfer
300.00
3,160.85
3,010.87
149.98
Park, Expenses
1,400.00
1,235.60
164.40
Christmas Lighting
50.00
41.50
8.50
Retirement Assessment
6,260.31
6,260.31
Memorial Day
425.00
402.51
22.49
Printing Town Reports
1,056.00
1,056.00
Insurance
7,707.00
Refund
33.01
7,740.01
4,918.47
346.54
Motor Vehicle Liability
2,550.00
2,536.56
13.44
Electric Salaries
9,280.00
9,280.00
1,759.94
Energy
115,000.00
110,334.42
4,665.58
Expenses
20,000.00
Refund
43.50
20,043.50
16,688.61
3,354.89
Car
2,000.00
2,000.00
Webb St. Lights
200.00
200.00
Liberty St. Lights
500.00
500.00
Depreciation
9,000.00
8,915.95
84.05 1,000.00
Water, Salaries
300.00
300.00
Expenses
200.00
113.25
86.75
Maintenance
3,500.00
3,497.09
2.91
Forest St. Special
4,000.00
3,473.51
26.49
Cemetery, Salaries
90.00
90.00
Expenses
5,600.00
Income
895.90
6,495.90
6,493.73
2.17
Graves
900.00
827.10
72.90
New Section
425.00
425.00
Municipal Indebtedness
Loans
28,000.00
28,000.00
Interest
8,500.00
Transfer
77.38
8,577.38
8,577.38
Temporary Loan
30,000.00
30,000.00
Line Clearance
1,800.00
1,798.81
1.19
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Wages
20,500.00
18,740.06
* Balances carried forward
Balance Sheet 1959
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1959-GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
$120,718.95
Lands Low Value Fund $ 84.84
Petty Cash Advance
260.00
120,978.95
Lots and Graves Fund 920.00
Ambulance Fund 40.80
Road Machinery Fund 2,572.98
Mansfield Fund Interest
1,503.26
5,121.88
Personal Property 292.50
Real Estate 14,641.09
14,965.59
Electric Department Meter Deposits 985.00
Depreciation Fund 27,363.16
Farm Animal Excise 39.24
9,269.20
Surplus
32,625.67
TAX TITLE POSSESSIONS Tax Titles
6,444.31
Non-Revenue Balances
Tax Possessions
2,824.89
9,269.20
School Addition 402.01
DEPARTMENTAL
Fire-Highway Building 1,983.32
2,385.33
Public Welfare
1,125.20
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus 908.89 1959 Overlay 2,371.51
3,280.40
Aid Dependent Children
1,111.12
260.00
Public Health
444.29
3,171.40
194.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT
Old Age Assistance Recovery
3,130.53
Rates
11,724.26
Revenue Reserved until Collected
Miscellaneous
367.41
12,091.67
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 9,785.94
Farm Animal Excise Tax 39.24
Departmental 3,171.40
Tax Titles 9,269.20
Municipal Light 12,091.67
Aid to Highways
22,032.37
56,389.82
Overestimates
State Parks and Reservations 141.45
County Tax 175.60
Mosquito Control
2,306.00
2,623.05
Surplus Revenue
35,534.89
$192,347.26
$192,347.26
BALANCE SHEET
36
AID TO HIGHWAYS County
5,000.00
State
17,032.37
22,032.37
Deficit
1958 Overlay
12.90
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Taxes-1959
Poll 32.00
Motor Vehicle Excise 9,785.94
60,973.83
Appropriation Balances
22,453.53
Old Age Assistance 490.79
Reserved for Petty Cash Advance
Tailings (Uncashed checks)
BALANCE SHEET - DEBT AND TRUST ACCOUNTS DEBT ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$267,000.00
School Addition (1950)
$ 98,000.00
School Addition (1956)
150,000.00
Fire Highway Building
10,000.00
Fire Truck
9,000.00
$267,000.00
$267,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
David Cummings Fund
$ 6,797.75
In custody of Town Treasurer
$ 44,770.09
In custody of Library Trustees 8,842.70
5,784.97
In custody of Naumkeag Trust Co. 10,108.60
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 37,972.34 Charles L. Flint Library Fund Mary E. Emerson Library Fund 3,057.73 B. F. Emerson Library Fund 10,108.60
$ 63,721.39
$ 63,721.39
BALANCE SHEET
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Charles Baker
Leopold Blais
3,753.00
Opal Blais
1,652.50
Max Breau
19.60
George Cassidy
135.10
Raymond Colby
4,316.50
David Currier
17.05
James Donovan
2,215.00
Robert Fuller
4,121.25
Alton Goodale
47.45
Raymond Gould
120.00
John Hocter
94.55
William Hocter
64.55
William Hayward
14.00
George Kimball
2.80
Ted Klosowski
1,049.00
Raymond LeColst
34.10
Douglas Macmillan
18.60
Allan Marshall
4,176.00
Chester Masse, Jr.
15.40
Harold Moore
34.00
Fred Nelson
6.00
James Ogden
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