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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Gc 974.202 Sa32 1921 Salem (N.H.)
Annual reports of the selectmen, treasurer, Salem, N. H.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF
SALEM
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31
1921
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, TREASURER, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE TOWN OF
SALEM, N. H.
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE
SALEM WATER BOARD, TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS, BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31 . 1921
CONCORD, N. H. THE RUMFORD PRESS
1921
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Moderator. FRANK D. DAVIS.
Town Clerk. AMOS J. COWAN.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
WALTER F. HAIGH. CHARLES A. KIMBALL.
ALFRED A. PHILBRICK.
Treasurer. JAMES EWINS.
Collector of Taxes. EARLE L. GORDON.
Water Commissioners.
JOEL D. BEAN. FRANK J. SCOLLAY.
Auditors.
FRANK T. KELLY. HENRY W. BODWELL.
Highway Agents.
STANWOOD T. STEWART. JOHN E. KING.
Trustees of Public Library.
EZRA B. HALL. MURRAY F. SMITH. DANIEL A. ABBOTT.
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Representatives to General Court. WALLACE W. COLE. WALTER F. HAIGH.
Supervisors. CHARLES E. MERRILL, SR. HAROLD P. HAIGH.
ROGER PERRY.
Health Officer. AMOS J. COWAN.
Fire Wardens.
HENRY J. MORRISON. HENRY P. TAYLOR.
WILLIAM M. COLE.
Trustees of Town Cemeteries.
HAROLD P. HAIGH. WALKER HAIGH. BENJAMIN T. HUSTON.
· Sextons.
CHARLES E. MERRILL, SR. HENRY P. TAYLOR.
Trustees of Trust Funds.
HENRY P. TAYLOR. WARREN E. BODWELL. WILLIAM E. LANCASTER.
School Board.
EGBERT J. MANOR. MATTHIAS TAYLOR. Superintendent of Schools. JAMES A. MACDOUGALL.
TOWN WARRANT.
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[L. s.]
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Salem, in the County of
Rockingham, in said State, qualified to vote in town affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the town house, in said town, on Tuesday, the eighth day of March, next, at six-thirty of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the fol- lowing subjects:
ARTICLE 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 2. To take the sense of the qualified voters whether the alterations and amendments to the Constitu- tion proposed by the Constitutional Convention shall be approved.
ARTICLE 3. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for same.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the town will vote to raise any more money for the repairs of highways than the law requires.
ARTICLE 5. To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees or officers heretofore chosen and pass any vote relating thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer to hire, with the approval of the selectmen, such sums of money as may be needed for general purposes, in anticipation of taxes.
ARTICLE 7. By request. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to execute bonds and such other papers as may be necessary in behalf of said town, to secure the issue of new stock certificates to replace those lost in the Enoch Taylor estate.
ARTICLE 8. By request. To see if the town will vote to
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raise the sum of one hundred seventy-five ($175) dollars, or any part thereof, for the use of Ernest W. Young Post, No. 63, American Legion, to be expended in the observance of Memorial Day in the year 1921.
ARTICLE 9. By request. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise, above the sum required by law, for the support of the Salem Free Public Library, for the year 1921.
ARTICLE 10. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, or any part thereof for the improvement and maintenance of the common.
ARTICLE 11. By request. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to contract for lighting the streets for a period not exceeding five years, and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 12. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, or any part thereof, to help Hose Company No. 2 procure a siren whistle.
ARTICLE 13. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of four hundred forty ($440) dollars, to place a siren whistle on Hose House No. 1.
ARTICLE 14. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of two hundred fifty ($250) dollars, to purchase chemicals for the Hose Companies.
ARTICLE 15. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, for the pur- pose of erecting a suitable monument on the common near the present town hall with proper inscriptions in memory of our men who served in the various wars of our country, and choose a committee to carry the same into effect.
ARTICLE 16. By request. To see if the town will vote to exempt from taxation the buildings and machinery of the Merrimack Wood Heel Company for a period of years, not exceeding ten.
ARTICLE 17. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from the Merrimack Wood Heel Company a strip of
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land one hundred sixty-five (165) feet long, and extend Central Street from the line of Mrs. Emma Hadley to a point beyond the wood heel factory.
ARTICLE 18. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept Central Street and raise money to repair the same.
ARTICLE 19. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept the road leading from Milville Road to the residence of Eva M. Corliss.
ARTICLE 20. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the town house, grade the grounds, install a heating plant and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 21. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum not exceeding seven hundred fifty ($750) dollars for the employment of police officers.
ARTICLE 22. By request. To see if the town will vote to extend the water main from its present point of end on Mil- ville Street, so as to supply the group of nine houses near the junction of Milville and Lake Streets, and raise money for the same in such manner as may seem most advisable.
ARTICLE 23. By request. To see if the town will vote to extend its water main from Point A to the No. 8 schoolhouse, thence to the place of the late John Brista, and raise money for the same by any legal way as may come before the meeting.
ARTICLE 24. By request. To see if the town will vote to install an electric light on Lawrence Street at Gage's ledge, and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 25. By request. To see if the town will vote to place three more electric lights on Granite Avenue and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 26. By request. To see if the town will vote to extend the street lights to the Charles G. Kelley Corner on the Canobie Lake Road and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 27. By request. To see if the town will vote to extend its street lights from a place where they now end, on Rockingham Road, so-called, to Cluff's Crossing; thence to the No. 8 schoolhouse, and raise money for the same in any legal way as may come before the meeting.
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ARTICLE 28. By request. To see if the town will vote to cut and burn the brush, where necessary, on the highway, and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 29. By request. To see if the town will vote to place three street lights between the residence of Warren E. Bodwell and the residence of Stanwood T. Stewart, and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 30. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, to repair the road from Foster's Corner to the turnpike.
ARTICLE 31. By request. To see if the town will vote to repair Granite Avenue, and raise money for same.
ARTICLE 32. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars, to repair the road from the Fairmount House to the residence of Ezra B. Hall.
ARTICLE 33. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, to repair the road from No. 8 schoolhouse to Cluff's Crossing.
ARTICLE 34. By request. To see if the town will vote to repair, with cinders, Lawrence Street, commencing at the end of the macadam road, and raise one hundred ($100) dollars, for the same.
ARTICLE 35. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, to repair Spring Street.
ARTICLE 36. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars, or any part thereof, to repair Wheeler Avenue.
ARTICLE 37. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum not exceeding four hundred ($400) dollars, for the repair of the highway known as Clinton Street at Salem Depot.
ARTICLE 38. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum not exceeding four hundred ($400) dollars, for the repair of the roadway at Canobie Lake, one-half to be expended each side of Cross' Grove.
ARTICLE 39. By request. To see if the town will vote
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to raise the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, or any part thereof, to improve the highway in District No. 8, leading from Jennings' Corner, so-called, to the residence of Osker Jamagochian.
ARTICLE 40. By request. To see if the town will vote to appropriate one hundred ($100) dollars, or any part thereof, to paint "Highway Center Stripes" on street com- mencing at the danger sign, now located near the residence of Harold Titcomb on Main Street, and continuing to point of danger sign now located near residence of E. E. Noyes on Policy Street, Depot Village, one at Ewins' Corner at Center Village, and any other point deemed advisable by Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 41. By request. To see if the town will vote to repair the roads leading from Broadway to the state line, near the residence of F. X. Caron, with cinders or some suitable material, and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 42. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, or any part thereof, to repair the highway from Canobie Lake Depot to North Salem.
ARTICLE 43. By request. To see if the town will vote to macadamize the road leading from the macadam road near Pine Grove Cemetery to the State line at Wilson's Corner, and raise money for the same.
ARTICLE 44. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise two thousand ($2,000) dollars, or any part thereof, to resurface Pelham Road from Main Street to the residence of E. J. Manor.
ARTICLE 45. By request. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or any part thereof, for repairing the road and building culverts on Milville Road, so-called, from Lake Street to Main Street at the Depot.
ARTICLE 46. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from George M. Austin and the estate of John Austin, the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, as a per-
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petual fund, the interest to be expended in the care of the John Austin lot No. 246 in Pine Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 47. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from George H. Day the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, as a perpetual fund, the interest to be ex- pended in the care of the Charles Day lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 48. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from the estate of Almira Cluff, the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, as a perpetual fund, the interest to be expended in the care of the Warren B. Cluff lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 49. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from the John W. Wheeler estate the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, as a perpetual fund, the interest to be expended in the care of the John W. Wheeler lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 50. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from George Gage, the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, as a perpetual fund, the interest to be expended in care of the Abner Gage lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 51. By request. To see if the town will vote to accept from Oscar O. Hall and Lester L. Hall the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, as a perpetual fund, the interest to be expended in the care of their lot in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Given under our hands and seal this nineteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
WALTER F. HAIGH, CHARLES A. KIMBALL, ALFRED A. PHILBRICK, Selectmen of Salem.
A true copy of warrant. Attest:
WALTER F. HAIGH, CHARLES A. KIMBALL,
ALFRED A. PHILBRICK,
Selectmen of Salem.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1921.
INVENTORY OF THE TOWN OF SALEM AS TAKEN APRIL 1, 1920.
646 polls.
Real estate,
$1,899,944.00
229 horses,
26,610.00
2 mules,
150.00
626 cows,
52,400.00
35 other neat stock,
2,070.00
16 sheep,
140.00
43 hogs,
1,100.00
4,020 fowls,
4,020.00
13 vehicles,
1,450.00
1 portable mill,
700.00
Boats and launches,
1,500.00
Wood and lumber, not stock in trade,
12,160.00
Money on hand,
3,590.00
Stock in trade,
48,600.00
Mills and machinery,
136,150.00
Total valuation,
$2,190,584.00
Soldiers' exemption,
15,100.00
Assessed valuation,
$2,175,484.00
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TAXES ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1920.
State tax,
$6,060.00
Special state tax,
808.00
County tax,
5,239.41
Town charges,
4,800.00
Water bond,
2,000.00
Electric lights,
3,328.00
Highway by law,
3,750.00
Highway by vote,
9,100.00
Library by law,
121.20
Library by vote,
400.00
Memorial Day appropriation,
150.00
Causeway bridge,
2,000.00
Improving common,
100.00
Extending and repairing cemetery water pipes,
200.00
Salary of judge,
300.00
Notes due June, 1920,
2,400.00
Schools by law,
7,614.19
Schools by vote,
3,263.23
State supervision of schools,
860.00
Insurance on schools,
367.30
Shingling No. 3 school,
175.00
Repairs No. 4 school,
400.00
High school tuition,
2,500.00
Transportation, high school pupils,
1,500.00
School officers' salaries,
425.00
Overlay,
639.26
Taxes for town purposes,
$58,500.59
584 poll assessments, to state, at $2.00,
1,168.00
Taxes committed to collector 1920,
$59,668.59
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BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF SALEM, N. H.
ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR FEBRUARY 1, 1922, TO JANUARY 31, 1922 COMPARED WITH ACTUAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR FEBRUARY 1, 1920, TO JANUARY 31, 1921.
Actual Estimated
Revenue Revenue Ensuing Increase. Decrease.
Sources of Revenue.
Previous Year 1920.
Year
1921.
FROM STATE:
Insurance tax,
$7.50
$7.50
Railroad tax,
638.41
650.00
$11.59
Savings bank tax,
246.73
250.00
3.27
Building and loan association tax,
5.00
25.00
20.00
For highways,
(a) For state aid maintenance,
200.00
1,000.00
800.00
(b) For trunk line maintenance,
300.00
300.00
FROM LOCAL SOURCES EXCEPT
TAXES:
All licenses and permits except dog licenses,
1,887.57
2,000.00
112.43
Fines and forefeits,
150.00
150.00
Rent of town hall and other buildings,
100.00
100.00
Interest received on taxes and deposits,
818.01
500.00
$318.01
Income of department: highways, sewers, etc.,
Interest from water board,
1,220.00
1,320.00
100.00
Miscellaneous receipts,
489.52
200.00
289.52
FROM POLL TAXES:
REVENUE APPLICABLE ONLY TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IM- PROVEMENTS:
FROM STATE:
(a) For state aid highway construc- tion,
(b) For trunk line highway construc- tion
AMOUNT RAISED BY ISSUE OF BONDS OR NOTES:
REVENUE APPLICABLE ONLY TO PAYMENTS ON INDEBTED- NESS:
Amount taken from sinking funds to pay principal of debt,
REVENUE WHICH MUST BE PAID TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL DIVISIONS:
TOTAL REVENUES FROM ALL
SOURCES EXCEPT PROPERTY TAXES:
$6,062.74
$6,502.50 $1,047.29
$607.53
AMOUNT RAISED BY PROPERTY TAXES:
57,584.92
60,000.00
2,415.08
Total Revenues,
$63,647.66
$66,502.50 $3,462.37
$607.53
For fighting forest fires,
Purposes of Expenditures.
Actual Estimated Expenditures Expenditures Previous Year 1920.
Ensuing Increase. Decrease.
Year 1921.
CURRENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT: Town officers' salaries,
$1,358.00
$1,350.00
$8.00
Town officers' expenses,
659.75
650.00
9.75
Election and registration ex- penses,
180.00
150.00
30.00
Municipal court expenses,
300.00
300.00
Care and supplies for town hall,
20.31
50.00
$29.69
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY : Police department,
75.00
500.00
425.00
Fire department,
463.53
1,000.00
536.47
Moth extermination,
160.00
150.00
10.00
HEALTH:
Health department,
152.57
150.00
2.57
Vital statistics,
2.75
10.00
7.25
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGES:
State aid maintenance: State's contribution, Town's contribution,
409.87
1,000.00
590.13
Trunk line maintenance:
State's contribution, Town's contribution,
375.19
300.00
75.19
Town maintenance,
6,745.85
6,000.00
745.85
Street lighting,
3,153.20
3,200.00
46.80
General expenses department,
1,661.84
1,000.00
661.84
EDUCATION:
Libraries,
521.20
521.20
CHARITIES:
County poor,
52.00
52.00
Town poor,
88.66
300.00
211.34
PATRIOTIC PURPOSES:
Memorial Day and other cele- brations,
150.00
225.00
75.00
Soldiers' aid and G. A. R. halls,
RECREATION:
Parks and playgrounds,
100.00
200.00
100.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES: Cemeteries,
221.00
25.00
196.00
Sewer maintenance,
INTEREST:
On temporary loans,
On bonded debt,
1,220.00
1,320.00
100.00
On long-term notes,
1,481.50
1,350.00
131.50
On principal of trust funds used by town,
OUTLAY FOR NEW CONSTRUC-
TION AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS:
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES: Town construction.
4,481.43
4,481.43
State aid construction: Town's contribution, State's contribution,
Trunk line construction: State's contribution, Town's contribution,
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, SEWER CONSTRUCTION, NEW BUILDINGS,
INDEBTEDNESS:
PAYMENTS ON PRINCIPAL OF DEBT:
(a) Bonds,
(b) Long term notes,
2,400.00
2,400.00
(c) To restore trust funds,
2,000.00
2,000.00
PAYMENTS TO OTHER GOV- ERNMENTAL DIVISIONS:
STATE TAXES,
6,868.00
7,000.00
132.00
COUNTY TAXES,
5,239.41
5,300.00
60.59
PAYMENTS TO PRECINCTS,
18,144.89
20,000.00
1,855.11
STATE, POLL ASSESSMENTS,
740.00
1,600.00
860.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
388.00
150.00
238.00
Total Expenditures, $59,813.95
$59,553.20 $6,329.38 $6,590.13
1,000.00
1,000.00
300.00
300.00
of highway
PAYMENTS TO SINKING FUNDS,
PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS.
Cash:
In hands of town treasurer (less school
money), $7,700.95
Water Board treasurer, 1,348.66
Library treasurer, 154.21
Court justice,
91.49
Accounts due to the town:
Taxes not collected levies of 1906-20 inclu-
sive,
16,902.41
Water bills,
2,695.00
From county:
Aid furnished county poor, 1920,
52.00
Sinking Funds:
In hands of Sinking Fund Committee,
11,500.00
Bonds,
4,000.00
Total assets,
$44,444.72
Net debt,
21,555.28
$66,000.00
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STATEMENT OF LIABILITIES.
Notes owed by town:
E. Taylor estate,
$4,300.00
Nellie E. Kimball,
2,300.00
Arolin F. Woodbury,
2,100.00
Loren B. McLaughlin,
3,000.00
F. P. Woodbury estate,
4,000.00
North Salem M. E. Church Society,
8,500.00
Trustees of Trust Funds,
1,300.00
Funded indebtedness:
Cundy Fund,
100.00
Pine Grove Cemetery Funds,
2,150.00
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Funds,
1,250.00
Bonds outstanding:
Water bonds due June 1, 1922,
15,000.00
Water bonds due June 1, 1927,
22,000.00
Total liabilities,
$66,000.00
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PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Town house,
$4,000.00
Library building,
1,300.00
Books and fixtures in library,
2,000.00
Hose house No. 1,
650.00
Hose house No. 2,
1,700.00
Hose house No. 3,
1,500.00
Hose Wagon No. 1,
325.00
Hose Wagon No. 2,
400.00
Chemical Engine No. 3,
550.00
Fire extinguishers,
300.00
Shovels,
25.00
Hose,
1,025.00
Nozzles,
64.00
Road machine,
150.00
Lock-up,
500.00
Salem Water Works,
60,000.00
Street sprinkler,
325.00
Woodland,
125.00
Ladders,
25.00
Shed,
60.00
Town safe,
150.00
Road sweeper,
250.00
· Road scrapers,
125.00
$75,549.00
2-Salem
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COLLECTORS' REPORT.
L. Henry Bailey, collector, balance due on 1906 tax,
$208.30
L. Henry Bailey, collector, balance due on land sold for taxes, 1906, Cash received,
$514.55
25.68
Balance due on land sold for 1906 tax, 488.87
W. D. Pulver, collector, balance due on land sold for taxes, 1907, Cash received,
$113.31
28.46
Balance due on land sold for 1901 tax, 84.85
John J. Hunt, collector, balance due on land sold for taxes, 1909, Cash received,
$284.50
103.11
Balance due on land sold for 1909 tax, 181.39
W. D. Pulver, collector, balance due on land sold for taxes, 1910, Cash received,
$396.42
25.28
Balance due on land sold for 1910 tax, 371.14
Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1911, Cash received,
$167.57
79.61
Balance due on land sold for 1911 tax, 87.96
John J. Hunt, collector, balance due on land sold for taxes, 1912, : 600.30
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Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1913, Cash received,
$163.00 26.67
Balance due on land sold for 1913 tax, $136.33
Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1914, Cash received,
$263.31
60.98
Balance due on land sold for 1914 tax, 202.33
Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1915, Cash received,
$272.28
3.62
Balance due on land sold for 1915 tax, 268.66
Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1916, Cash received,
$645.09 :
136.36
Balance due on land sold for 1916 tax, 508.73
Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1917,
$661.10
Cash received,
136.07
Balance due on land sold for 1917 tax, 525.03
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Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on taxes, 1918, $41.25 Cash received, 41.25
Chester T. Woodbury, collector, bal- ance due on land sold for taxes, 1918, $1,607.25
Cash received,
473.46
Balance due on land sold for 1918 tax, $1,133.79
Earle L. Gordon, collector, balance
due on taxes, 1919, $8,636.05
Cash received, $7,307.35
Due on land sold,
809.28
8,116.63
Cash due on 1919 tax, 519.42
Earle L. Gordon, collector, taxes,
Assessed, 1920, $59,668.59
Cash received, $48,879.56
Abatements, 13.00
48,892.56
Balance due on 1920 taxes,
$10,776.03
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
CURRENT REVENUE.
From local taxes:
Property and poll taxes, current year,
$48,879.56
Property and poll taxes, previous years,
8,705.36
From state:
For highways,
554.73
For other purposes,
897.64
From county :
Aid furnished county poor 1919,
52.00
From local sources except taxes:
Dog licenses, 1919,
43.63
Dog licenses, 1920,
364.80
All other licenses and permits,
1,887.57
Fines and forfeits,
150.00
Rent of town hall,
50.00
Rent of North Salem hall,
50.00
Interest received,
2,038.01
Miscellaneous,
489.52
Total receipts from all sources,
$64,162.82
Cash on hand at beginning of year,
12,865.23
Grand total,
$77,028.05
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS.
CURRENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.
General government:
Town officers' salaries,
$1,358.00
Town officers' expenses,
659.75.
Election and registration expenses,
180.00
Municipal Court expenses,
300.00
Town hall, 20.31
$2,518.06
Protection of persons and property :
Police department,
$75.00
Fire department,
463.53
Moth extermination,
160.00
698.53
Health:
Health department,
$152.57
Vital statistics,
2.75
155.32
Highways and bridges:
State aid maintenance,
$609.87
Trunk line maintenance,
675.19
Town maintenance,
6,745.85
Street lighting,
3,153.20
General expenses of highways,
1,661.84
12,845.95
Education :
Salem Free Public Library,
$521.20
521.20
Charities:
Town poor,
$88.66
County poor,
52.00
140.66
Patriotic purposes:
Memorial Day celebration,
$150.00
150.00
Recreation:
Common improvements,
$100.00
100.00
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Public service enterprises : Cemeteries,
$221.00 $221.00
Interest:
Paid on outstanding notes,
$1,481.50
Paid on water bonds,
1,220.00
2,701.50
New construction and improvements :
Town construction, Causeway bridge,
$4,481.43
4,481.43
Indebtedness:
Payments on term notes,
$2,400.00
Payments to sinking fund,
2,000.00
4,400.00
Payments to other governmental divisions :
State tax,
$6,060.00
Special state tax,
808.00
State (370 poll $2),
assessments at
740.00
County tax,
5,239.41
Schools,
18,144.89
Miscellaneous,
388.00
31,380.30
Total payments for all purposes,
$60,313.95
Cash on hand at end of the year,
16,714.10
Grand total,
$77,028.05
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
From local taxes:
1920 taxes,
$48,879.56
1919 taxes,
7,307.35
1918 taxes,
514.71
1917 taxes,
136.07
1916 taxes,
136.36
1915 taxes,
3.62
1914 taxes,
60.98
1913 taxes,
26.67
1911 taxes,
79.61
1910 taxes,
25.28
1909 taxes,
103.11
1907 taxes,
28.46
1906 taxes,
25.68
Taxes not shown on town records,
257.46
$57,584.92
From state:
For highways:
Trunk line maintenance, 1919-20,
$354.73
State aid maintenance,
200.00
For other purposes:
Forest fire bills,
5.00
Insurance tax,
7.50
Railroad tax,
638.41
Savings bank tax,
246.73
1,452.37
From county :
Aid to county poor, 1919,
52.00
From local sources except taxes:
Dog licenses: Town clerk, 1919-20, $408.43
All other licenses and permits:
Junk licenses, 60.00
Canobie Lake bowling alley licenses, 36.00
Canobie Lake theatre license, 58.00
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Canobie Lake pool table licenses,
$40.00
Auto registration permits,
1,683.57
Lunch cart permit,
10.00
Fines and forfeits:
L. Wallace Hall, justice,
150.00
Rent of town hall:
H. P. Haigh, janitor, 50.00
T. Sydney Marjerison,
50.00
Interest received :
Salem Water Works,
1,220.00
National Bank of Methuen,
195.88
C. T. Woodbury, on back taxes,
231.98
Earle L. Gordon, on back taxes,
166.65
E. Taylor estate (fund),
223.50
Miscellaneous:
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