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ANNUAL  REPORT 


-OF  THE- 


RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITURES 


-OF  THE- 


TOWN  OF  MIDDLETON, 


■FOR  THE- 


YEAR  ENDING  MARCH  1,  1871. 


SALEM: 

PRINTED  AT  THE  GAZETTE  AND  MERCURY  OFFICE 

187  1. 


Flint  Public  Library 

Middleton,  Mass. 


Rare  Book  Collection 


 OF  THE  

 OF  THE  

TOWN  OF  MIDDLETON, 

 FOR  THE  

Year  Ending  March  1,  1871. 


Town  Officers'  Bills. 

Joseph  A.  Balchelder,  as  Selectman  and  Assessor   $  45  00 

William  A.  Phelps,               "                      "    45  00 

Edward  W.  Wilkins            -           *    25  00 

Henry'A.  Wilkins,  Treasurer   20  00 

William  A.  Phelps,  Overseer  of  Poor   12  25 

Joseph  A.  Batchelder,           "    2  00 

Francis  E.  Batchelder,  Constable   10  00 

Farnham  Stiles,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures   5  00 

William  A.  Russell,  Overseer  of  Poor,  1869     4  00 

Dr.  E.  S.  Phelps,  as  School' Committee   34  00 

Joseph  A.  Batchelder,    18  00 

Town  Clerk   19  20 

Henr)- A.  Wilkins,  Collecting  Taxes   35  95 

Samuel  Peabody,  Auditing  Accounts,  &c.,  1869   10  00 

Joseph  A.  Batchelder       "                        "    7  00 

William  A.  Phelps,          "    6  00 


f 298  40 


Highways. 


Ward  1,  O.  L.  Carlton,  Surveyor  $  154  50 

"    2,  J.  D.  Andrew,    136  09 

"    3,  Jeremiah  Fuller,    61  00 

'*    4,  M.  J.  Emerson,  "    46  25 

"    5,  Farnham  Stiles,   50  25 

6,  S.  H.  Wilkins,    54  81 

"     7,  D.  E.  Graves,  "    58  10 

8,  Geo.  P.  Wilkins,   65  11 

9,  John  Curtis,  "    43  00 

*'  10,  James  Flint,    33  00 


$702  11 


Extra  Expenses  of  Highways  and  Bridges. 


S.  H.  Wilkins,  appropriation  on  North  Andover  road  .  ,   .  ^50  00 

Geo.  P.  Wilkins,  work  on  Porter  Hill   8  00 

D.  E.  Graves,  cutting  bushes   15  00 

Calvin  Putnam,  for  plank      4  45 

Wm.  A.  Phelps,  railing  for  road   3  80 

Geo.  W.  Rennerd,  work  and  pos];s  for  railing   2  60 

Wm.  A.  Phelps,  repairs  on  bridges   ,3  15 

James  Flint,  work  on  bridge    3  00 

Jeremiah  Fuller,      "    5  25 

Joseph  Towne,    labor,  1869   ,  10  00 

W.  H.  Beverly,             -    5  60 

Jonathan  Perry,                   .  ,   2  60 

A.  P.  Noyes,   2  40 

J.P.Gould,       hauling  plank  1869   2  50 

gravelling  road  "    12  81 

Wm.  Peabody,  labor,                  "                 .    5  20 

A.  W.  Wilkins,  labor  on  bridge    8  00 

"            labor  on  bridge  and  teaming  plank,  1868.  8  10 

Darius  Emerson,  labor  on  Turnpike  bridge.   11  00 

C.  K.  Wilkins  for  gravel   3  GO 


$166  46 


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Cost  of  Cummings'  Road. 


David  Stiles,  repairing  picks  and  drills    $    5  28 

Daniel  Towne,       for  labor   209  00 

Timothy  Donovan,       "    15  50 

Dennis  Wells,             '*    65  60 

Thomas  Carlin,           "    57  00 

William  Lever,           "   4  00 

Duncan  Irving,    4  00 

George  W.  Rennard,    '*    62  30 

Alvin  Wilkins,            "   4  00 

Peter  Smith,  land  and  fence   40  00 

John  Gage    12  50 


$479  18 


Clearing  Roads  of  Snow. 

Francis  Peabody   4  20 

Alvin  A.  Wilkinb   4  00 

Geo.  W.  Rennerd   60 

Joseph  P.  Gould   21  45 

John  D.  Andrew   11  25 

Joseph  B.  Perkins   16  20 

Jeremiah  Fuller   9  00 

Geo.  A.  Currier   12  50 

Geo.  P.  Wilkins   14  00 

John  Stewart   60 

John  A.  Curtis   5  40 

James  M.  Currier   1  00 

Asa  Howe   6  20 

Farnham  Stiles   5  00 

John  Curtis,  paid  sundry  persons   5  60 

J.  A.  Richardson   1  70 

1867   5  00 

M.  J.  Emerson   8  65 

Jason  Richardson   7  00 

Abijah  Fuller  '   2  00 

Porter  J.  Gould   4  50 


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William  Peabody   5  48 

James  Flint   7  00 

G.  H.  Tufts   8  00 

Wm.  M.  Peabody   8  00 

Daniel  E.  Graves   8  75 

C.  K.  Wilkins   2  50 

Solomon  W.  Weston    9  60 


$195  28 


Miscellaneous  Bills. 

R.  A.  Phelps,  painting  cemetery  gates   $    2  75 

Foote  &  Horton,  printing  town  and  school  reports   32  47 

Ires  &  Pease  for  advertising   1  50 

Wallis  &  Young,  writing  books   10  26 

Brooks  &  Bro.,  school  books   49  88 

Brewer  &  Tileston,    "    41  22 

Lee  &  Shepard          "   69  95 

J.  A.  Gillis,  legal  advice   5  00 

Wm.  A.  Phelps,  plans  &c.  for  new  schoolhouse   3  00 

John  Gage,  repairing  Town  Hall,  1869   12  00 

Hiram  Berry  for  plow   3  25 

A.  W.  Wilkins  for  boards   5  60 

"                delivering  boards   75 

Luther  Wilkins,  wood  for  Town  Hall   5  46 

Geo.  A.  Currier,                       "    7  00 

Ropes  &  Upton,  stove  and  repairs    36  47 

Cowperthwait  &  Co.,  maps   9  00 

Foote  &  Horton,  advertising   1  00 

Wm.  A.  Phelps,  repairs  on  Town  Hall   2  00 

Jerome  Leavitt,  care  of              t'    30  00 

Wallis  &  Young,  school  books   55  98 

Wm.  A.  Phelps,  paid  R.  R.  fare   3  00 

"             perambulating  town  lines   3  00 

J  A.  Batchelder,           "               "    2  00 

Edward  W.  Wilkins      "      5  00 

Geo.  E.  Crane,  expressage   4  45 

N.  P.  Averill,  setting  glass   50 


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Benjamin  Howe,  horse  hire   1  25 

J.  A.  Batchelder,  postage  and  cash  paid   6  06 

C.  K.  Wilkins,  collecting  taxes,  1867   4  55 

Addison  Tyler,  care  of  cemetery   5  00 

returning  deaths   1  50 

E.  S.  Phelps,  administering  oaths   1  50 

F.  E.  Batchelder,  cleaning  hearse  harness   2  00 

H.  A.  Wilkins      Son,  oil  and  goods.  Town  Hall   7  57 

Abatements   48  17 

Interest  paid   272  16 

Discount  on  taxes                                                         .  .  261  83 


$1,014  08 


School  Department. 

CENTRE  SCHOOLS. 
Marcia  A.  Burbank,  teaching,  grammar  school,  spring  term  $  130  00 


Sarah  E.  Pierce,             "        intermediate  "           "  91  00 

Ann  E.  Peabody,            "        primary        "           "  91  00 

Marcia  A.  Burbank,        "        grammar       "    fall  term  120  00 

Sarah  E.  Pierce,             "        intermediate  "         "  49  00 

K.  H.  Driver,                "              "           "         "  28  00 

Ann  E.  Peabody,           "       primary         "         "  84  00 

Marcia  A.  Burbank,       "        grammar        *'   winterterm  130  00 

Sarah  E.  Pierce,            "        intermediate              "  104  00 

Rebecca  A.  Berry,         "       primary         "           "  104  00 

H.  O.  Warren  &  Co.,  coal   63  00 

George  A.  Currier,  wood   35  82 

"               sawing  wood   5  84 

John  Gage                     "   11  84 

G.  P.  Hutchinson,  care  of  school  room  and  fires   10  00 

J.  G.  Leavitt,              "           "           "    8  50 

Lewis  Flint,                "                       "    2  00 

William  Berry,  wood.   13  50 

Frank  W.  Stewart,  building  fires   13  00 

Frank  A.  Flint,    6  50 


$1,101  00 


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NORTH  SCHOOL. 


Emily  F.  Wilkins,  teaching,  summer  term   $  91  00 

"  "  fall  term   84  00 

"  "         winter  term   104  00 

Hiram  A.  Stiles,  wood    6  00— $285  00 

EAST  SCHOOL, 

R.  Frances  Priest,  teaching,  spring  term  $  91  00 

fall  term   84  00 

"  "         winter  term   104  00 

John  Gage,  sawing  wood    5  50 

Lyman  S.  Wilkins,  care  of  fires   8  00 

Payson  Wilkins    6  00— S298  50 


$1,684  50 

Balance  due  the  schools   467  55 


$2,152  05 

Town  appropriation  for  schools  $1,700  00 

Cash  received  from  state  school  fund   161  21 

"  "    dog  licenses    48  62 

Balance  due  the  schools  last  year   242  22— $2,152  05 


Incidental  School  Expenses. 

W.  0.  Haskell  &  Son,  school  furniture   $211  43 

Eastern  Railroad  Co.,  transportation  of  do   6  25 

W.  A.  dz;  H.  D.  Phelps,  putting  up  seats  and  repairs  on 

house     13  50 

W.  A.  Merriam,  2  gro.  screws   1  85 

Sylvanus  Flint,  repairing  plastering   6  50 

N.  P.  Sanborn,                roof   15  38 

W.  A.  Russell,                clock   1  00 

G.  A  Currier,          "       fence   2  00 

John  Gage,             "       East  school  house    28  00 

Centre         "   14  00 

Farnham  Stiles,      "       North          "    7  50 

W.  A.  Merriam,  ink,  crayons  and  brooms    9  66 


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George  A.  Currier,  use  of  well   8  00 

Rebecca  R.  Mclntire,    "    3  00 

Mrs.  A.  Nichols,    3  00 

David  Stiles,  moving  settees   1  50 

Tyler  &  Beckford,  ink,  brooms  and  crayons   11  40 

Lewis  Flint,  moving  settees   50 

F.  \V.  Stewart,  lock   50 

Frank  A.  Flint,  labor  on  school  house   1  60 


.$346  57 


Support  of  the  Poor. 

John  C.  Fish  for  Stephen  Elliott   -SlOO  00 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Fisher  for  R.  Wilkins    38  00 

J.  W.  Russell  for  G.  A.  Russell   30  00 

Mrs.  Mclntire,  lodging  travellers   35  80 

Mrs.  Gellespie  for  Mrs.  A.  Peabody   25  00 

Essex  County,  House  of  Correction                                ...  8  56 

To  assist  poor  travellers                                             .  .   ..  7  80 

Wm.  A.  Russell  supplies  for  1869    5  00 

Wm.  A.  Phelps,  chairs  &  table  for  W.  Daniels   3  00 

Dennis  Wells,  moving                         "    3  00 

G.  A.  Currier,  wood                           "    1 1  00 

Topsfield  boarding  W.  Daniels  and  wife    7  84 

City  of  Salem,  Doctor's  bill  for  Mrs.  A.  Peabody   23  50 

*'           Apothecaries'  bill  for    *'    5  90 

Doctor's  bill  for  Mrs.  H.  Mansfield   4  00 

*'           Apothecaries'  bill  for        "    1  20 

"            coal                     *•         "    15  00 

"           supplies                         "    17  50 

H.  A.  Wilkins  &  Son,  R.  R.  tickets  for  the  poor    81 

"        "          supplies  for  R.  Wilkins   2  53 

W.  Daniels   10  96 

For  R.  R.  tickets  for  Overseers  of  Poor   2  00 

Tyler  &  Beckford,  supplies  for  Mrs.  Mclntire   44  00 

G.  A.  Currier,  wood             "           "   3  50 

H.  P.  Richardson,  house  rent,  &c.,  Mrs.  Deaigneau   6  00 

G.  A.  Currier,  house  rent  11  mos.    24  75 


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G.  A.  Currier,  moving  Mrs.  Deaigneau    3  00 

Time  finding  house                  *'    I  25 

G.  A.  Currier,  wood  for            "    1 1  00 

Eben  Damon                          "    4  00 


$445  90 

Received  of  Lynnfield  for  Mrs.  Deaigneau  $  50  00 

Xo.  Reading  for  Mrs.  Mclntire  ....     47  50 

Unsettled  bills  of  last  year  paid    40  00 

of  next    45  CO 

Whole  cost  of  supporting  the  poor   353  40 


S490  90    $490  90 


Paid  as  State  Aid. 

Amount  of  State  Aid  paid  in  1870   $288  00 

Orders  drawn  from  Jan.  1,  1871  to  March  1,  1871    72  00 

Selectmen's  Servicps   7  00 


$367  00 


Recapitulation. 

Town  officers'  bills  $  298  40 

Expense  of  highways   702  11 

Extra  expense  of  highways  and  bridges    166  46 

Repairing  Cummings  road   479  18 

Removing  snow   195  28 

Miscellaneous  bills   1,014  08 

Expense  of  the  schools     1,909  83 

Incidental  school  expenses  .   346  57 

Expense  of  supporting  the  poor   353  40 

State  Tax    1,050  00 

County  Tax   529  10 

Estimated  amount  of  unsettled  bills   150  00 


$7,194  41 

Deduct  amount  of  bills  due  last  year   221  59 


$6,972  82 


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Assessment  for  State  Tax  81,050  00 

"  County  Tax   529  10 

**       "  town  expenses   2,600  00 

"  schools   1,700  00 

*'  highways   700  00 

Overlay  on  Taxes   329  88 

Received  from  school  fund   161  21 

"          corporation  tax   '^^  33 

*'          dog  licenses    48  62 

sale  of  school  books   144  57 

"              "      cemetery  lots   15  00 

*'         for  use  of  Town  Hall    53  63 

Excess  of  receipts  over  expenses   434  52 


$7,407  34  $7,407  34 


Financial  Statement. 

THE  TOWN. 

Dr. 

To  amount  of  outstanding  orders  $5,241  01 

due  the  schools   467  55 

unsettled  bills    150  00 


$5,858  56 
Cr. 

By  cash  in  the  treasury  $2,721  46 

Due  from  H.  A.  Wilkins,  collector  for  1870                           240  82 

C.  K.  Wilkins,           ^'        1869                              14  99 

D.  E.  Graves,            "        1868                             30  10 

state  reimbursements                                             360  00 

"       sundry  persons  for  cemetery  lots                               51  50 

"       Congregational  Society  for  use  of  Town  Hall.  ...       41  00 

Due  for  books,  and  books  on  hand                                        420  26 

Balance  against  the  town                                                    1,978  43 


$5,858  56 


JOSEPH  A.  BATCHELDER,  \  Seleclmen 
WILLIAM  A.  PHELPS,        }  of 
EDWARD  W.  WILKINS.      j  Middleton. 


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