Annual Report of the Town of Milton, New Hampshire
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/^ ^ ANNUAL REPORT of the Town of MILTON New Hampshire 1939 ivns tlf» I New VlaniS?^"- For the Year Ending January 31st, 1940 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://archive.org/details/annualreportofto1939milt ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE Town Officers OF THE TOWN OF MILTON For the Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 1940 '^ THE RECORD PRESS, INC., PRINTERS, ROCHESTER, N. H. INDEX Town Officers 3 Town Warrant 4 Budg-et, 1940-1941 9 Inventory 12 Appropriations 13 Financial Statement 14 Schedule of Town Property ^ 15 Town Clerk's Report 16 Tax Collector's Report 18 Town Treasurer's Report 29 Summary of Receipts and Payments 32 Detailed Statement of Payments: Town Officers' Salaries 36 Town Officers' Expenses 36 Election and Registration 37 Town Hall and Other Property 37 Police Department , 38 Fire Department 38 Damage by Dog's 39 Bounties 39 Health 39 Vital Statistics 40 Camp Road 40 Camp Road Special 40 Jug Hill and Western Avenue 41 Town Maintenance 41 New Equipment 46 Street Lights 46 General Expenses of Highway Department 46 Tractor 47 Crusher 48 Charles Street 48 Town Road Aid 49 Libraries 50 Town Poor 50 Old Age Assistance 52 Memorial Day Report, 1939 52 Parks and Playg^rounds 53 Town Beach 53 Damages and Legal Expenses 53 Taxes Bought by Town 53 Highland Street 54 Milton Sidewalks 55 Milton Mills Sidewalks 55 Lakes Region Appropriation 56 Precinct Tax 56 County Tax 56 Payments to School Districts 56 Loan 56 Report of Chief Engineer of Fire Department 57 W. P. A. Prog-ram 58 Report of Treasurer of Trust Funds 59 Report of Trust Funds 61 Auditors' Report 67 Milton Mills Free Public Library 68 Annual Report of Milton Fire Precinct 70 Report of the Commissioners of Milton Fire District 72 Financial Report of the Milton Fire Precinct 73 Financial Report of the Milton Mills Fire District 79 Report of the Commissioners of the Milton Mills Fire District 81 Annual Report of Milton Mills Fire District 84 Nute Charitable Association 86 School Warrant 94 School Board's Estimate for 1940-1941 96 Superintendent's Report 98 Report of the Headmaster of Nute High School 105 Report of School Nurse in Milton 110 Financial Report of the Milton School District 112 Detailed Statement of Expenditures 114 Annual Report of District Treasurer 121 Treasurer's Report, Nute High School and Library 122 Inventory of the Taxpayers of the Town of Milton 124 Inventory of the Non-Resident Taxpayers of the Town of Milton . 138 Vital Statistics 145 Town Officers Moderator Fred B. Roberts Clerk Louise P. Avery Selectmen Frank F. Spencer Stanley C. Tanner Leroy J. Ford Treasurer Louise P. Avery* Porter J. Durkee Collector of Taxes John E. Home Trustees of Trust Funds S. Lyman Hayes John E. Home Reuben J. Evans Trustees of Free Public Library Moses G. Chamberlain John E. Home Agnes T. Hayes Overseers of the Poor Frank F. Spencer Stanley C. Tanner Leroy J. Ford Auditors Charles E. Piper Bard B. Plummer Supervisors of the Check List Guy L. Hayes George W. Longley Bard B. Plummer Police Officers George A. McKeagney Damon Pikef William J. Madden * Term expired March 18, 1939. t Resided December 1, 1939. : : The State of New Hampshire To the Inhabitants of the Town of Milton in the County of Strafford, 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 twelfth day of March next, at nine-thirty of the clock in the forenoon to act on the following subjects 1. To bring in your ballots for Town Officers. 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for repairing highways and bridges for the ensuing year. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) to pay for breaking roads and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600.00) for sidewalk construction and repair and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 5. By petition of Peter J. Lover and nine others To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to oil Church Street, so-called, and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept State Aid for construction of the Class II road known as Union to Farmington road and raise and appropriate or set aside for said purpose the sum of two thousand two hundred and twenty-three dollars ($2,223.00) ; or will accept State Aid for the construction of Class V roads Town of Milton 5 and raise and appropriate or set aside for said purpose the sum of four hundred ninety-one dollars and thirty- nine cents ($491.39). 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed five hundred dol- lars ($500.00) to be expended on the highway leading from Milton Mills village to the Wakefield town line, known as the Berry Hill Road, and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) toward reconstruction and oiling Highland Avenue, so-called, in the village of Milton Mills and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 9. By petition of Agnes Goodwin and twelve others: To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be expended on the Nute Ridge-South Milton highway leading from the Farmington-Milton highway past the Nute Chapel to the State Highway at South Milton. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) to be expended on private roads lead- ing from "New Bridge" road, so-called, to cottages. 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay Town charges and ex- penses and pass any other vote or votes relative there- to. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the maintenance of hydrants in the Milton Fire Precinct. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed seven hundred : 6 Annual Report and fifty dollars ($750.00) for maintenance of the Fire Department for the ensuing year and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to pay the First and Second Engineers and Firemen in addition to the amount allowed by law ; to see how much per hour the Town will vote to pay the Engineers and Firemen while fighting fires and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 15. By petition of W. H. Langley and ten others To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of maintenance of the Fire Engine in the Milton Mills Fire District. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) for the maintenance of street lights for the ensuing year. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) for Memorial Day expenses. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the benefit of the Free Public Li- brary at Milton Mills and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to hire on notes of the Town a sum of money neces- sary to pay current expenses in anticipation of taxes of 1940 and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money necessary to obtain W. P. A. and N. Y. A. Projects and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto. : Town of Milton 7 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of one hundred and forty-five dollars ($145.00) to the Lakes Region Association of New Hampshire for the issuance and distribution of printed matter, newspaper and magazine advertising, calling attention to the resources and natural advantages of the Town in cooperation with other towns in the Lakes Region. 22. By petition of Fred McGregor and nine others : To see if the Town will vote to take such action as may be deemed necessary to determine the liability of State and Town Highway Departments when ob- structing private driveways, or approaches to U. S. mail boxes on rural routes, with snow. 23. By petition of Sadie Sinnott and nine others To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to be expended on the highway leading from Milton Branch to the Wakefield town line and pass any other vote or votes relative thereto.