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Number parents summoned to court
3
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Number sent to Lawrence Training School
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School Census, April, 1917.
Five to seven years of age, 197 boys, 192 girls,-total 389. Seven to fourteen years of age, 832 boys, 753 girls ; total, 1,585.
Fourteen to sixteen years of age, 208 boys, 195 girls; total, 403.
Certificates Issued in 1917.
Five hundred and sixty-two certificates (literate).
Six educational certificates (illiterate) two persons.
One hundred forty-six employment certificates.
Two home permits.
The educational certificates are issued to persons from sixteen to twenty-one years of age.
The employment certificates are issued to persons from fourteen to sixteen years of age.
The home permits are issued to persons from fourteen to sixteen years of age.
Counting duplicates, we have written 1,297 certificates.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Inventory of Manual Training, 1917-1918
1
Two cans stain (mahogany) ; I can stain (weathered oak) ; 47 try squares, 12 twist drills (straight shank) ; 4 twist drills, (bit brace) ; I can wax (light) ; I can wax (dark) ; I wrench, 12-inch; I wrench, 10-inch; I wrench, 8-inch; I wrench, 6-inch ; 5 spear point chisels, 8 round nose chisels, 16 screw chisels, I calipers, 6 turners' sizers, 1 parting tool, I outside turning floor rest, 6 lathes, equipped with 3 rests, 3 face plates, ¿ horse power; I emery grinder, I saw table (with counter- shaft) ; I steel pulley (24x6) ; I steel pulley (16x6) ; I steel pulley (4x14) ; I shaft (1 3-16) ; I quart alcohol (denatured) ; 16 auger bits, I-inch ; 26 auger bits, ¿- inch; 12 auger bits, 2-inch ; 5 auger bits, §-inch ; 3 auger bits, ¿- inch ; 26 auger bits, § inch ; 28 auger bits, 4-inch ; 5 awls (brad) ; 5 bevels, 20 bench brushes, II bit braces, I box bolts (5) ; I box bolts (miscella- neous) ; 2 center punch, 2 chisels, 12-inch ; 2 chisels, 1}-inch ; 2 chisels, 14-inch ; 14 chisels, ¿- inch ; 2 chisels, 5-inch ; 6 chisels, g-inch; 1I chisels, 4-inch; 34 benches, work; 6 clamps, 48 compass, I countersinks, 26 dividers, 8 draw knives, 6 files (flat) ; 12 files (semi-circular) ; 2 Forstner bits, 2 cans glue (cold) ; 12 gouge, 12 hammers (nail) ; I hand drill, 9 knives, I quart machine oil, 17 mallets, 24 marking gauge, I metal alphabet, I mitre box, 5 oil cans, 44 planes (block) ; 4 planes (jack) ; 2 planes (jointer) ; 25 planes (smooth) ; 3 planes, lever cap; 3 planes, iron cap; 11 single plane, iron; I punch, 53 rules, (metal) ; 6 rules (wood) ; 9 sand paper (very fine) ; 90 sand paper (fine) ; 79 sand paper (medium) ; 15 sand paper (coarse) ; 49 saws (back) ; 4 saws (cross cut) ; 2 saws (key hole) ; & saws (rip) ; I saw setter, I box screws (miscellaneous) ; 9 screw drivers, 2 quarts shellac (orange) ; 23 spoke shaves.
Teachers' Payrolls, Year 1917
Date, 1916
No. of Pay- rolls
Superintendent
Supervisors
High School Principal
Elm School Principal
Elm School Teachers
High School Teachers
Total
I-12
1
$100 00
$147 50
$85 00
$252 00
$1,272 10
$360 00
$2,216 60
1-26
2
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,304 00
354 80
2,243 30
2-9
3
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,286 85
357 50
2,228 85
2-23
4
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,297 00
357 50
2,239 20
3-9
5
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,282 30
357 50
2,224 30
3-23
6
100 00
150 00
85 00
234 00
1,288 10
360 00
2,217 IO
3-30
7
50 00
117 50
42 50
141 25
585 00
178 75
1,115 00
4-20
8
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,284 40
357 50
2,226 4
5-4
9
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,278 10
357 50
2,220 10
5-18
IO
100 00
147 50
85 00
252 00
1,300 00
345 50
2,230 00
6-I
II
100 00
150 00
85 00
252 00
1,262 50
353 00
2,202 50
6-22
12
150 00
225 00
127 50
377 75
1,912 75
505 75
3,298 75
9-21
13
90 00
132 50
90 00
222 00
1,114 50
699 00
2,348 00
10-5
14
90 00
132 50
90 00
222 50
1,210 00
735 00
2,420 00
10-19
15
90 00
132 50
90 00
222 50
1,123 50
731 50
2,390 00
II-7
16
90 00
132 50
90 00
222 50
1,187 50
735 00
2,457 50
II-17
17
90 00
132 50
90 00
222 50
1,174 50
735 00
2,444 50
11-30
18
90 00
132 50
90 00
222 50
1,114 75
720 20
2,369 95
12-21
19
135 00
198 75
135 00
333 75
1,760 10
1,102 50
3,665 10
12-28
20
45
66 25
45 00
III 25
570 55
352 50
1,190 55
$1,920 00
$2,882 50
$1,740 00
$4,800 50
$24.608 70
$10,056 00
$44,087 70
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
List of Teachers, School Year Beginning Sept. 10, 1917.
Charles L. Smith
Harvard College*
Principal
1916 1,800
Dorothy Bailey
Wellesley College*
English
1917
650
Nellie K. Bishop
Framingnam Normal*
VII. Geo.
1916 600
Ruth Burbank
Tufts College*
English 1916 550
Emma A Bullard
Framingham Normal*
Domestic Sc. 1917
600
Edward R. Collier, to January I,
Harvard College*
Submaster
1916
900
Harriet C. Campbell
Farmington Normal*
Science
1917
625
Napoleon B. Corthell, Castine Normal*
from December I
Boston Sloyd*
Man. Train.
1917
1,200
Florence P. Davoll
Boston University*
Ger., Math.
1916
650
M. Elizabeth Frances David Hamblen, Jr.
Radcliffe*
Eng., French 1915
600
Boston University*
Salem Normal*
Com. Dept.
1917
650
William C. Houghton Tabor College,*
to December I
Lawrence Scientific Sc .* Man. Train.
1915
1,200
Nellie A. Hanson
Woburn Train. Sch .*
French
1916
850
Katherine E. Holland Salem Normal*
Com. Dept.
1916
600
Mrs. Theo. A. Hooker Boston Univ .*
Columbia Univ .*
Com. Dept.
1914
1,200
Sue L. Knight
Tufts*
Mathematics
1917
650
Eleanor W. Lee
Boston Normal Arts*
Manual Arts 1917 600
Gladys A. Merrill
Bates College*
English 1917
600
Katherine Moynihan
Salem Normal*
VII. English
1914
650
Mildred F. Lombard
Gorham Normal*
VII. Read., Mu. 1913
650
Annie E. Nash
Gorham Normal*
VII. Arith.
1915 65€
Elizabeth E. Nelson
Castine Normal*
VII.Rd.Arith. 1913
650
Alice M. Partridge ‘ Rachel C. Spaulding Grace A. Smith
Boston University*
History
1917
600
A. Louise Stetson
Gorham Normal*
VII. Arith.
1915
600
Johanna Spring
Radcliffe*
French
1917
600
Ethel Gilpatrick, from January I
Colby College
Sciences
1918
775
Roby School.
Lillian D. Byrne
Tilton Seminary*
Principal 6
I909
$800
Olive C. Elliott
Salem Normal School*
Grade 5 and 6 1916
550
F. Belle Libby, to January I
Farmington Normal Sch .* Grade 5
1917
500
Gorham Normal School* Grade 4
1916
550
Gladys I. Greenleaf, from January I
Castine Normal School* Grade 5
1917
500
Esther J. Nichols
Gorham Normal School* Grade 3
1914
650
Clarice H. Kinsman
Salem Normal*
VII.Geo., Pen.1917
600
Framingham Normal*
Domestic Sc. 1917
600
Mt Holyoke College*
Latin
1917
600
Helene H. Perkins
1917]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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Sarah J. Long, to October 15 Mildred Tarr,
from October 15 Julia Nourse
Eleanor Sullivan
Grade I and 2 1916
550
Felton School.
Maria E. Smith
Castine Normal School* Prin. Grade 6 1892
Grade 5
1917
500
Elizabeth B. Taylor
Grade 4
1914
650
Jennie H. Dunn
Fredricton Normal Sch .* Grade 3
1916
550
Hazel T. Stackpole
Gorham Normal School* Grade 2
1915
600
Catherine Callahan
Salem Normal School*
Grade I
1916
550
Lincoln School.
Emma B. Hughes
N. J. State Normal Sch .* Grade 6
1914
650
Mary O. Mackey
Hyannis Normal School* Grade 5
1914
650
Elizabeth W. Sheridan Bridgewater Normal Sch .* Grade 5
1917
500
Cliftondale School.
Lila G. Quint
Saugus High School*
Prin. Grade 4 1898
700
Myra W. Beckman
Farmington Normal Sch .* Grade 3
1913
650
Doris K. Parker
Lowell Normal School*
Grade 2
1909
650
Clara Trowbridge
Melrose High School*
Grade I
1892
650
Armitage School.
Irene F. Thompson Jeanette Nicholson
Salem Normal School*
Grade 3-4
1905
650
Bucksport Seminary*
Grade 1-2
1911
650
Ballard School.
Elizabeth M. Scoville New Britain Normal Sch. Grade 6
1913
750
Sarah A. Biffin
Salem Normal School
Grade 6
1904
650
Nellie A. Colburn
Orono High School
Grade 5
1910
650
Clara D. Ferris
Fitchburg Normal School Grade 5
1914
650
Mansfield School.
Georgietta M. Manson Salem Normal School
Lynn Training*
Prin. Grade 4 1912
700
Mildred A. Willard
Neil's Kindergarten*
Grade 3
1917
500
Marah G. Stebbins
Symond's Kindergarten*
Grade 2
1907
650
Laura H. Bailey
Salem Normal School*
Grade I
1914
650
Emerson School.
Pauline R. Peckham
Dean Academy
Prin. Grade 4 1908
700
Marion L. Canning,
Salem Normal School*
Grade 3
1916
575
Evelyn M. Clapp, from January I Marion E. Patriquin
Worcester Normal*
Grade 3
1918
500
Salem Normal*
Grade 2
1916
575
Salem Normal School*
Grade 2
1916
550
Salem Normal School* Boston Normal School* Keene Normal School Salem Normal School*
Grade 2
1917
500
Grade I
1917
550
8co
Marion Fullerton
Salem Normal School* Lafayette Train. School*
to December 21
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Marion J. Gallotte
Perry Normal*
Grade I 1916 5.50 .
North Saugus.
Evelyn A. Stevens
Plymouth Normal School Grades 5-6
+161
650
Mildred I. Flockton
Perry Normal*
Grades 3-4
1917
500
Myrle I. Townsend
Farmington Normal*
Grades I-2
1917
500
Lynnhurst.
Sadie L. Sheehan
Keene Normal*
Grades 1-3
1916
550
Gladys J. Greenleaf, to December 21
Castine Normal*
Grades 4-6
1917
500
Sarah Bucknam,
from January I
Salem Normal*
Grades 4-6
1918
500
Oaklandvale School.
Alice L. Seaver
Windsor High School*
Grades 1-5 1911
650
Special Teachers.
Gertrude Chapman
Salem Normal School
Coach, Cld'e. 1912
650
C. Louise Anderson
Presque Isle Nor. Sch .* Mass. Nor. Art. School*
Coach, E. S. 1913
650
Florence F. Cooper
Drawing 1912 750
Agnes C. Johnson
Boston Univ .*
Music
1916
600
Alice M. Partridge
Framingham Normal*
Domestic Sc. 1917
600
Emma A. Bullard
Framingham Normal*
Domestic Sc. 1917
600
William C. Houghton Tabor College B. S. and to December I
Lawrence Scientific Sc. Man. Train.
1915
1,200
Napoleon B. Corthell Castine Normal*
from December I, Boston Sloyd*
Man. Train.
1917
1,200
Eleanor W. Lee
Boston Nor. Arts*
Man. Train. 1917 600
School Physicians.
4
Dr. George C. Parcher
Precinct I
1908
100
Dr. Thomas T. Perkins
Precinct 2
1911
100
Dr. George W. Gale
Precinct 3
1908
100
Attendance Officers.
Thomas E. Berrett
Precinct I
1915
50
James P. Sullivan
Precinct 2
1914
50
Frank W. Joy
Precinct 3
1895
50
Janitors.
Andrew C. Lynn
High School
1916
1,000
Millard F. Verrill
High School
1917
600
James A. Marsland
Roby, Old and Manual Training
1 909
825
George W. Atkinson
Lincoln, Emerson and Cliftondale
1916
900
C. C. Merrithew
Felton School
1902
550
Charles B. Rhodes
Ballard and Mansfield Schs.
1911
875
Charles E. Richardson Armitage School
1916
125
George A. Porter
North Saugus School
1911
200
Charles N. Wormstead, Jr. Lynnhurst School
1900
185
George W. Winslow Oaklandvale School
1912
85
1917]
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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Parent-Teacher Association.
Name
President
Secretary
Organized
Felton
Mrs. Charlotte N. Adams
Mrs. Lurena M. Turner
1914
III Essex street
274 Lincoln avenue
Armitage Mrs. Elna G. Blake
Mrs. Anna S. Hastings 1916
115 Essex Street
15 Tuttle street
Roby
Mrs. Mary A. Hanson
Mrs. Helen C. Read
1917
366 Central street
15 East Denver street
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918
. SAUGU
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1919
TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918
F . SAU
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1919
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INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Appraisers
Assessors
83
Board of Engineers (Fire Department) .
87
Board of Health
93
Building Inspector
89
Cemetery Commission
99
Chief of Police
85
Collector
103
Forest Warden
92
Inspector of Cattle and Milk
95
Inspector of Plumbing
93
Janitor
91
Library Trustees
96
School Report .
opp. 139
Sealer of Weights and Measures
90
Sinking Fund Commissioners
51
Statistics of Town of Saugus
50
Town Clerk
77
Town Officers
5
Tree Warden
92
Financial Reports
Accountant's Department
10-18
Agency and Trust .
42
Assessors' Department
19
Balance Sheet
48-49
Cemetery .
41
Collectors' Department
18
Collection of Ashes and Garbage
30
Drainage System
31
Education and Schools
34
Election and Registration
20
Final Sales
68
Finance Committee
17
Fire Department
24
Forest Warden
27
Gypsy Moth Extermination
26
82
Highway Expenditures (table) Highways
30
1
Overseers of the Poor
88
Selectmen
79
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INDEX
Inspector of Buildings
26
Inspector of Milk and Cattle
30
Insurance
40
Interest
Interest and Maturing Debt
Land Schoolhouse, North Saugus
37
Law Department
Libraries
Moderator
New Lynnhurst School Building
New Public Library Building
Outstanding Bonds
Overseers of Poor
29
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
39
Police Department
22
Public Grounds
40
Refunds and Transfer
43
Sealer of Weights and Measures
26
Selectmen's Department
17
Sidewalks
Sinking Fund Commissioners
51
Snow and Ice
32
Soldiers' Benefit
34
Street Lighting
32
Tax Title Department
19-59
Town Clerk
20
Town Farm
33
Town Hall
22
Treasurers' Department
18
Tree Warden
27
Trial Balance
45
Trust Funds
53
Unpaid Bills
43
Unpaid Taxes .
105
Water Department
40
Water Extension
41
42 42
20 38 17
37 39 69 32
Plumbing Inspector
31
Elected Town Officers, 1918
Town Clerk
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1919
Selectmen
Frank B. Sloan, Chairman Term expires March, 1919
Walter Sprague
.
66 1919
Francis M. Hill
1919
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman
Term expires March, 192 I
Daniel B. Willis .
66 1919
Edwin K. Hayden .
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Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman
Term expires March, 1919
Anthony Hatch
66
6.6 19:9
Evan Evans
6 6 66 1919
Treasurer
H. Dwight Bisbee Term expires March, 1919
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1919
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker Term expires March, 1919
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Francis M. Hill
Term expires March, 1919
Walter Sprague
66
66 1919
Trustees of Public Library
Ernest L. Edmands, Chairman
Term expires March, 1919
60
1921
W. Sanford Full
1921
John Husler
66
66 1919
Vernon W. Evans .
66
6 6 1919
Russell B. Kennedy ·
.
66
1920
66
1920
James W. Swoger, Jr.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 1921
George W. Gale
66
1919
Tom D. Emmett
.
1920
School Committee
Ernest W. Homan, Chairman
Term expires March, 1919
Lawrence E. Morse
66
66 1921
Anna C. Parker
66
66
1919
C. F. Nelson Pratt
66
1920
Henry O. Westendarp
66
1921
Cemetery Commissioners
William E. Ludden, Chairman .
Term expires March, 1921
Horace H. Atherton, Jr. ·
66 1919
Benjamin F. Fullerton .
.
66
66 66 1920
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
Term expires March, 1919
Appointed Town Officers, 1918
Town Accountant
Granville A. Clark . Term expires August 7, 1920 £
Finance Committee
George V. Pendleton, Chairman, Term expires December 1, 1920
Harry T. Turner
66
1921
William Popp
. 6
1921
Mortimer H. Mellen .
1919
John G. Holmes
1919
Harry W. Merrill
1920
Harold H. Coombs
66
66
1920
Town Counsel William E. Ludden
Regular Police Under Civil Service Charles O. Thompson, Chief Roland L. Mansfield, Captain
Frank W. Joy James P. Sullivan
C. Herbert Berrett John T. Stuart Clifford E. Robie
Special Police
Timothy J. Bannon George W. Atkinson
Willie M. Penney
George W. Parker
Henry N. Williams
Frank M. Symonds
Charles F. Clark
Howard P. McAdoo
Thomas C. Sutherst
Samuel C. Maddox
Christopher C. Merrithew
William H. Semons
W. Charles Sellick
Carl F. Koch Peter A. Flaherty
Thomas E. Berrett Justin E. Mansfield Evan Evans Frank Whitford
Daniel B. Willis
Charles E. Light
Robert T. Allen
Ole C. Christiansen Hervey Upham
Walter A. Hanson
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
Engineers
Ernest Stuart, Chief J. Walter Newhall George W. Atkinson
Forest Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
Keeper of Lockup Charles O. Thompson
Matron of Lockup Elizabeth Mansfield
Superintendent of Public Works Peter Haigh
Superintendent of Schools Jesse W. Lambert
Superintendent of Cemetery Charles E. Light
Pound Keeper Carl F. Koch
Field Drivers
Willie M. Penney Charles L. Putney
Daniel S. Bannon
Measurers of Wood and Bark
Frank H. Coburn Frederick Stocker
Fence Viewers
Hervey Upham
Frank H. Coburn
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires 1919
Henry A. Parker
66
1919
Leon B. Wade
66.
1920
Henry A. Comack .
1921
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
9
Sealer of Weights and Measures . Evan Evans
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer
Public Weighers Justin E. Mansfield Crawford H. Stocker
Burial Agent H. Dwight Bisbee
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Report of Town Accountant
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1910, I herewith submit the following reports of the Accountant's Department for the year ending December 31, 1918 :
RECEIPTS General Revenue
Taxes
Current Year.
Polls
· $5,130 00
Personal
· 13,464 41
Real Estate
. 114,920 01
$133,514 42
Previous Years.
Polls
$40 00
Personal
2,914 68
Real Estate
74,311 94
77,266 62
Tax Titles
$2,389 72
Final Sales
118 97
2,508 69
From State.
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Corporation .
$2,683 81
Street Railway
I33 21
Income Tax, 1917 .
755 00
Income Tax, 1918 .
8,038 70
National Bank
88 13
Soldiers'. Exemptions
329 83
12,028 63
Amount carried forward,
$22,5318 41
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1918]
Amount brought forward, $225,318 41
Licenses.
Junk and Pedlars . $128 50
Milk 1917-1918 .
63 00
Pool, Billiards and
Bowling .
48 00
Groves . ·
15 00
Theatre .
.
15 00
269 50
Fines and Forfeits.
Court . 581 10
Grants and Gifts.
From County Dog Licenses . 844 II
From Individuals.
Carnegie Library
Corporation
13,500 00
Privileges.
Excise Tax, boat $33 33 *Excise Tax, Street Railway
33 33
Total for General Revenue, - $240,546 45
*1917 and 1918 accounts not paid to date.
Commercial Revenue
General Government
Town Hall.
Rent . · $159 00
-Rent court room . 130 00 $289 00
Public Works Department.
Labor
2 00
Amounts carried forward,
$291 00 $240,546 45
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Amounts brought forward, $291 00 $240,546 45
Protection of Person and Property
Police Department.
Services of officers $4 50
Sale of old material 44 10
48 60-
Public Safety Committee.
Farming regiment, 1917 2 40
Gypsy Moth.
Sale of old material 40 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$61 15
Sealer of Weights and Measures, 1917 80
State Sealer of Weights and Measures 16 00
Weighing (hay scales) .
6 00
83 95
Health and Sanitation
Health.
Contagious diseases
$105 00
Tuberculosis
165 71 -
270 71
Highway
General.
Sale of old material
$5 00
Use of steam roller,
1917
648 00
653 00
Charities
Overseers of Poor.
From cities and towns . $458 39
From state
1,932 36
2,390 75
Amounts carried forward, $3,780 41 $240,546 45
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1918]
Amounts brought forward, $3,780 41 $240,546 45
Town Farm.
Sale of produce · $4,894 42
Sale of milk
6,637 61
Sale of stock
235 10
Sale of wood
358 63
Sale of lime and nitrate .
37 76
Board .
320 00
Miscellaneous
162 36
Balance due on 1914
account
2 32
12,648 20
Soldiers' Benefits
Reimbursement.
State Aid
· $5,120 26
Soldiers' Burials
200 00
5,320 26
Education
School Department.
Sale of books and sup-
plies .
$40 60
40 60
Tuition.
State wards
$700 50
Other tuition
56 25
756 75
Reimbursement.
Garden supervisor 1917,
$266 66
Damage by fire, High
School
266 00
532 66
Library
Public Library.
Fines®
27 62
Unclassified
Rent.
Hathaway place
$126 00
Amounts carried forward, $126 00 $23, 106 50 $240,546 45
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Amounts brought forward, $226 00 $23, :06 50 $240,546 45 County of Essex.
Killing stray dogs, 1917, 60 00 186 00
Total for Commercial
Revenue Departmental,
23,292 50
Special Assessment
For Expenses.
Moth extermination, 1916, $154 19
Moth extermination, 1917, 674 52
Moth extermination, 1918, 813 70
$1,642 41
Total for Special Assess-
ment
1,642 41
Water Department
Sale of Water.
Rebate Dec., 1917 . $6,007 75
Rebate June, 1918 · 5,742 73
$11,750 48
Miscellaneous.
Sale of pipe, etc. . $118 58
Meters installed
424 20
New services
1,509 43
Repairing services
649 77
Repairing meters . .
6 15
Turning on water .
19 00
2,727 13
Total for Water Depart-
ment
14,477 61
Cemetery
Sale of Lots and Graves.
Lots
. $1,446 30
Graves .
277 00
$1,723 30
Amounts carried forward,
$1,723 30 $279,958 97
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1918]
Amounts brought forward, $1,723 30 $279,958 97
Care of Lots and Graves.
Mowing · $1,361 05
Foundation
52 20
Vaults .
.
36 00
Grading
164 50
1,613 75
Miscellaneous.
Interment fees
$599 00
All other
5 00
604 00
Total for cemetery 3,941 05
Interest
On Deposit.
Beacon Trust Co. .
$353 90
On Taxes.
Deferred payments . $3,961 79
Excess interest tax titles, 219 55
Excess interest final sale, 1 03
4,182 37
Total for interest
4,536 27
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans.
Anticipation taxes $244,000 00
Total for Municipal
Indebtedness .
244,000 00
Agency and Trust
Cemetery.
Perpetual care fund $565 00
Total for Agency and
Trust
565 00
Amount carried forward,
$533,001 29
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$533,001 29
Refund and Transfer
Refund.
Treasurer
$3 64
Town Clerk
2 00
Selectmen
3 60
Registration, Town notes
2 00
Public Works Dept.
2 00
Fire Department
60
Health Department
9 35
Overseers of Poor
10 00
State Aid
56 00
Highway
.
6 00
School
32 87
Water Maintenance
45
$128 51
Transfers.
From Sinking Fund to Maturing Debt. 5,000 00 ·
5,000 00
Total for refund and
transfer
.
5,128 51
Cash on hand Jan. I, 1918 .
7,949 88
$546,079 68
-
1918]
EXPENDITURES
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Finance Committee
Salaries.
Secretary
$50 00
Other Expenses.
Printing .
$53 00
Distributing reports
18 00
71 00
$121 00
Moderator
Services, 1918
50 00
Selectmen's Department
Salaries.
Chairman
$116.68
Other Selectmen
233 32
Clerk .
100 00
$450 00
Other Expenses.
Special work State Aid
cases
$12 00
Stationery and postage . 20 75
Printing and advertising
50 19
Telephone
78 55
Flowers
5 00
Flag
21 75
188 24
Special Town Meetings.
Printing Warrants
$38 50
Distributing and posting 41 00
79 50
717 74
Amount carried forward,
$888 74
2
17
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
18
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$888 74
Accountant's Department
Salary.
Accountant
$500 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $14 09
Printing
70 25
Telephone
50
Furniture
.
6 50
91 34
591 34
Treasurer's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Treasurer
$500 00
Clerk
520 00
- $1,020 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $70 10
Printing
16 76
Telephone
·
32 40
Bond
100 00
Furniture
15 00
Express
I 99
Exchange on checks
4 62
Changing safe combi- nation .
1 50
Lithographing
.
6 00
Sign
2 25
Repairing clock
I 50
Key
30
252 42
1,272 42
Collector's Department
Salaries and Wages.
Collector .
$1,341 96
Amounts carried forward,
$1,341 96
$2,752 50
·
.
.
19
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1918]
Amounts brought forward, $1,341 96 $2,752 50
Other Expenses.
Stationery
$1 56
Printing
125 00
Telephone
12 73
Bond
100 00
Books .
IS 75
258 04
1,600 00
Tax Titles
Expenses.
Recording
$143 15
Expenses on tax sale
including advertising . 1,803 75
1,946 90 .
Assessors' Department
Salaries and Wages.
Assessors
$450 00
Deputy Assessors ·
152 30
Clerks .
1,OOS 40
$1,610 70
Other Expenses.
Searching records, Salem, $188 54
Stationery and postage .
17 55
Printing and advertising. 61 SI
Poll books
169 50
Books .
67 50
Car fares
I 80
Telephone
32 90
Repairing typewriter
3 30
House numbers
37 29
Labor putting on num-
bers .
6 25
Express
I 30
Changing safe combina-
tion .
1 50
589 24
2,199 94
Amount carried forward,
$8,499 34
20
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$8,499 34
Law Department
Salary.
Town Counsel
$400 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage $5 00
Telephone
2 00
Typewriting affidavit
3 00
Car fares
1 70
II 70
411 70
Town Clerk
Salary.
Town Clerk .
$100 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $40 27
Printing
33 75
Telephone
12 72
Directories
9 00
Enrollment book
5 00
Express
I 35
Addressing and distribut- ing pamphlets for elec- tion .
18 13
120 22
-
220 22
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages.
Registrars $225 00
Election officers
675 00
Police .
60 00
All other
64 00
$1,024 00
Other Expenses.
Stationery and postage . $7 05
Printing
306 57
Amounts carried forward, $313 62 $1,024 00
$9,131 26
2I
ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT.
1918]
Amounts brought forward, $313 62 $1,024 00
$9,131 26
Delivering and collect- ing ballot boxes
30 00
Teaming
3 00
Posting warrants, check
lists, etc. .
29 00
Rent
46 00
Repairing ballot boxes . 5 16
426 78
1,450 78
Unpaid bill, 1917 93 50
Registration Town Notes
Expenses.
Registration fee
28 00
Public Works Department
General Administration.
Salaries.
Superintendent ·
. $1,833 34
Assistant superintendent, 158 31
Clerk
694 77
$2,686 42
Other Expenses.
Printing, stationery and
postage
$96 58
Telephones
136 71
Equipment for office . 97 30
Express
3 00
333 59
Equipment and Repairs.
Automobile, including gas and oil
$369 02
Insurance automobile 50 65
419 67
3,439 68
Unpaid bills, 1917
66 91
Amount carried forward, $14,210 13
22
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Amount brought forward,
$14,210 13
Town Hall
Salaries and Wages.
Janitor .
. $1,080 34
Labor, cutting wood
22 50
$1,102 84
Other Expenses.
Fuel ·
$898 99
Light .
349 88
Janitor's supplies .
36 31
Repairs
124 53
Disinfectant .
.
5 25
Water
24 00
Teaming
I 00
Flags
37 20
Printing signs
.
2 50
Case of toilet paper
7 50
Installing automatic heater
70 00
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