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3.00
234.40
Other expenses
14.77
Highways; Chap. 500, Acts of '38,
Chap. 2, Acts of '39
Hurricane Damage 70.21
Public Service Enterprises :-
Water Dept. :
Salaries,
Water Commissioners
77.50
Sup't.
886.67
Labor
682.00
Insurance
46.77
Fuel, light & power
1,210.14
Supplies
1,245.28
Misc. expenses
71.36
Electric Light Department :--
Salaries :
Commissioners 77.50
79
Sup't.
1,773.33
Labor
3,299.40
Insurance
238.11
Current
22,213.77
Printing, Stationery, postage
173.85
Supplies
4,999.89
Misc. expenses
531.80
Consumers' deposits
40.54
Depreciation
1,500.00
Cemeteries :-
Labor
970.25
Trucks
77.25
Contract
237.75
Supplies & Misc. expenses
116.06
Salary, secretary
20.00
Interest :-
School notes
992.50
Water loan
160.00
Electric Light Dept. loan
60.00
Loan in anticipation of taxes
4.68
Municipal Indebtedness :-
School notes
7,000.00
Water Bonds
2,000.00
Electric Light Bonds
500.00
Anticipation note
8,000.00
Agency, Trust and Investment : -
State tax
2,178.93
County tax
3,953.65
County Hospital
788.53
Dog licenses
573.60
Investment :
Cemetery Perp. Cars Funds
1,380.42
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Abbie Tuttle Lyceum Fund 2,000.00
M. H. Kimball School Fund 2,050.00
B. Sampson Educational Fund 2,200.00
B. Sampson Relief of Animal Fd 2,040.00
Interest :
M. H. Kimball School Fund 608.30
A. Tuttle Lyceum Fund 182.74
B. Sampson Library Fund 170.08
F. M. Kimball Scholarship Fund 317.39
Expense -- App't of Trustee in
M. H. Kimball Fund 3.00
Refunds :-
Taxes
53.65
Motor Vehicle Excises
330.73
$179,788.35
STATEMENT OF RECONCILIATION OF ACCOUNTS WITH THE STATE ON NOVEMBER 20, 1939
State Tax
$ 8,280.00
Income Tax
$3,401.80
Income Tax Sec. 4, Ch. 362-'36
156.99
Income Tax Business Corp. Tax
2,662.71
State Parks & Reservations
109.09
Veterans' Exemptions
11.34
Balance due the State
2,178.93
$ 8,400.43
$ 8,400.43
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SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
Account
Approp. & Transfers
Expenditures
Balance
To
Selectmen
$ 430.00
$ 358.15
$
71.85
Ex. & Def.
Treasurer
625.00
673.81
26.19
Reserve
Tr.
25.00
Tax Collector
1,325.00
1,425.00
0.
Tr.
100.00
Assessors
750.00
731.16
18.82
Ex. & Def.
Town Clerk
165.00
133.94
31.06
Ex. & Def.
Clerk and Town Acct.
1,450.00
1,391.15
58.85
Ex. & Def.
Elections & Reg.
300.00
227.18
72.82
Ex. & Def.
Finance Committee
50.00
21.60
28.40
Ex. & Def.
Town Hall
1,160.00
1,132.67
27.33
Ex. & Def.
Legal Dept.
150.00
Tr.
167.30
317.30
0.
Moderator Police Dept.
10.00
10.00
0.
2,250.50
2,263.20
0.
Tr. 12.70
Fire Dept.
2,500.00
2,711.77
0.
Tr.
211.77
Hydrant Service
1,000.00
1,00.00
0.
Sealer Wghts. & Meas.
128.00
97.13
30.87
Ex. & Def.
Street Lights
563.00
563.00
0.
Building Inspector
48.00
48.00
0.
Tree Warden
200.00
199.80
.20
Ex. & Def.
Moth Suppression
400.00
398.28
1.72
Ex. & Def.
Board of Health
400.00
Tr. 360.00
721.12
38.88
Reserve
Board of Health (Nurse)
2,000.00
2,000.00
0.
Com. Mem. Hospital
200.00
200.00
0.
County Hospital
788.53
788.53
0.
Highway (General)
2,530.00
2,110.06
419.94
Ex. & Def.
Highway Chap. 81
12,600.00
12,599.97
03
Forward
3
Account
Approp. & Transfers Expenditures
Balance To
Highway Chap. 90
6,300.00
6,300.00
0.
Highway Mach. Fund
600.08
990.25
109.83
Mach. Acct.
Tr.
500.00
Highway Ch. 498-1938
67.25
66.90
.35
Ex. & Def.
Highway Ch. 500-1938
70.21
70.21
0.
General Welfare
2,500.00
2,117.90
382.10
Ex. & Def.
General Welfare Admin.
50.00
41.99
8.01
Ex. & Def.
O.A.A. Local Acct.
3,150.00
3,348.50
0.
Tr. 198.50
O.A.A. Local Admin.
25.00
21.67
3.33
Ex. & Def.
A.D.C. Local Acct.
1,400.00
1,081.00
319.00
Ex. & Def.
O.A.A. Fed. Grants
3,008.78
2,844.24
164.54
Forward.
O.A.A. Fed. Grants Admin.
158.89
76.34
82.55
Forward
A.D.C. Fed. Grants
368.61
337.50
31.11
Forward.
A.D.C. Fed. Grants Admin.
28.59
21.69
6.90
Forward
Soldiers' Relief
100.00
6.00
94.00
Ex. & Def
High School Addn. Const. Acct.
20,395.45
18,973.06
1,422.39
Forward
A.D.C. Local Admin.
25.00
13.33
11.67
Ex. & Def.
School
$30.250.00
30,279.86
.14
Ex. & Def.
Tr.
30.00
Library-
1,730.00
1,692.48
37.52
Ex. & Def.
Parks
450.00
474.96
04
Reserve
Tr.
25.00
W.P.A.
750.00
1,028.42
0.
Tr.
278.42
Workmens' Comp. Ins.
525.00
595.47
0.
Tr.
70.47
Printing Town Reports
300.00
299.10
.90
Ex. & Def.
Memorial Day
100.00
100.00
0.
Whitcomb Field Rental
75.00
75.00
0
Water Department
6,500.00
6,379.32
120.28
Water Surp.
Cemetery Maintenance
1,108.50
1,145.81
0.
Tr.
37.31
Old Cemetery
350.00
348.05
1.95
Ex & Def.
Interest
1,012.50
997.18
15.32
Ex. & Def.
Reserve
2,500.00
1,566.47
998.64
Overlay Surp.
Tr. 65.11
BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 1939
Assets
Cash: General
$21,824.42
Cash: Light Depreciation
15,924.16
1937 R. E. & P. Tax
232.32
1938 Poll Taxes
8.00
1938 R. E. Taxes
1,579.43
1938 Personal Taxes
2,238.70
1939 Poll Taxes
170.00
1939 R. E. Taxes
9,720.75
1939 Personal Taxes
1,113.45
1936 Excise Taxes
2.00
1937 Excise Taxes
30.78
1938 Excise Taxes
100.70
1939 Excise Taxes
296.33
Tax Titles
1,877.51
T. T. Possessions
693.57
Acc't Rec. :
Town Hall
1.00
Sidewalks
6.46
Temporary Aid
504.03
Old Age Assis.
446.03
Aid to Depend. Ch.
398.66
Highways:
Co. Aid, Chap. 90
883.93
State Aid, Ch. 81 361.21
86
State Aid, Ch. 90
883.93
Water Rates
2,759.22
Water (Misc.)
49.40
Light Dept. (Rates)
9,428.25
Light Dept. (Misc.)
1,382.89
1928 Overlay
14.95
$ 72,932.08
Liabilities
1928 Taxes
$ 14.95
1930 Taxes
18.90
1936 Taxes
.09
1937 Taxes (Poll)
2.00
Tax Title Revenue
2,571.08
Surplus (Land Low Value)
635.56
Light Dept. (Cons. Deps.)
874.30
Light Dept. (Const.)
2,775.49
Light Dept. (Deprec.)
15,924.16
Cem. (Sale of Lots Fd.)
510.56
Tailings
4.00
Special State Tax
10.00
1938 Overlay
1,265.75
1939 Overlay
1,119.50
Overlay Surplus
4,851.96
State Parks & Res.
12.57
Income, Trust Funds
1,822.72
M. V. Exc. Tax Rev.
429.81
Departmental Rev.
1,356.18
Water Revenue
2,808.62
Mun. Light Rev.
10,811.14
Water Surplus
9,896.67
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Excess & Deficiency Approp. & and other Balances Light Dept. (Main.)
11,348.84
2,366.56
1,500.67
$ 72,932.08
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. FORD,
Town Accountant.
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REPORT OF AUDIT BY TOWN ACCOUNTANT
January 22, 1940
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Clerk, Collector, Water and Light Commissioners and Treasurer of Reuben Hoar Library and find them correctly cast, properly vouched and funds deposited.
GEORGE E. FORD
Town Accountant
89
TREASURER'S REPORT
Herewith is submitted my sixth annual report as treasu- rer of the Town.
Receipts
Cash Balance, January 1, 1939:
General Account $ 13,974.65
Electric Light (Depreciation Ac-
count) 14,106.41
$ 28,081.06
Received from Collector of Taxes 65,872.17
Interest from Trust Funds :
Lucy Houghton Zappey Fund $ 37.50
Lydia Johnson High School Fund 100.00
John Goldsmith Common School Fund 53.75
Abbie Tuttle Lyceum Fund 182.74
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 426.98
Sampson Relief of Animals Fund 108.96
Sampson Library Fund 170.08
Sampson Educational Fund 776.51
Mary Hutchins Kimball Fund 284.80
Frank M. Kimball Scholarship Fund 317.39
Hildreth School Fund 319.02
Receipt from all other sources for de-
tails refer to report of Accountant
120,805.97
$ 2,777.73
$217,536.93
90
Paid Out
Warrants of Accountant approved
$179,788.35 by the Selectmen Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1939 : General 21,824.42 Light Depreciation
15,924.16
$217,536.93
The list of securities which compose the Electric Light Depreciation fund will be found in the report of the Electric Light Commissioners. The securities are in the custody of the Treasurer but the fund is in control, and subject to the demand of the Commission.
Notes Due in 1940
High School Building Loan 1921 $ 2,000.00
Public School Addition Loan 1938 5,000.00 $ 7,000.00
Net Bonded Debt
High School Building Loan $ 6,000.00
Public School Addition Loan 41,000.00
$ 47,000.00
Light and Water Bonds are paid out of receipts from those two services, and reference is had to Light and Water accounts in this report.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. CHANNING BROWN,
Treasurer.
91
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
The followings list of securities in which the Trust Funds of the Town are invested remains about the same as on December 31, 1939.
Several changes of deposits in banks now paying but 2% interest to savings accounts on which 212% or 3% is received have been made.
Two issues of bonds have been called :
1. Green Mountain Power Corporation which was in the Bradford Sampson Relief of Animals Fund was called at 102 and the $1,020.00 received was added to the deposit in The Middlesex Institution for Savings in Concord.
2. Two $1000 bonds of Shawinigan Water and Power Co. in the Mary Hutchins Kimball fund were called and the $2050 resulting was added to the deposit of the same fund in the Marlborough Savings Bank.
All securities in the list are paying interest with the exception of two $1000 bonds of Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co., which has been in process of reorganization for several years, and one $1000 bond of the Boston Terminal Co. (South Station) which defaulted the last quarter's interest of 1939.
The investments are devided as follows: Bonds, quoted at par, $23,000, Savings Banks $70,677.63, Local Mortgage $1200. From amounts deposited in Savings Banks the Town receives 31/2% on $2000, 3% on $13,522.42, 21/2% on $51,048.72 and 2% on $4,106.49 ; on local mortgage 6%.
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In the year 1939 the total interest received from the savings banks was 1,725.22, from Bonds $980.51 and from local mortgage $72.00.
INVESTMENTS
Cemetery, Perpetual Care :
Malden Savings Bank $ 3,913.00
North Middlesex Savings Bank, Ayer 4,496.35
Worcester North Savings Institution Fitchburg 4,760.79
Chelsea Savings Bank 1,105.42
2 M. Southern California Edison Co. Ldt. First and Refunding Mort- gage Gold Bond, Series B, 33/4%, Matures 1960 2,000.00
$ 16,275.56
Lydia Johnson High School Fund, Estab- lished 1873 :
1 M. N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. First Mort- gage, Thirty Year 5% Gold Bond, Series A, Matures 1952, Coupon 1,000.00
1 M. The Bell Telephone of Penn- sylvania, Series C, First and Re- funding Mortgage, 5% Gold Bond, Matures 1960 1,000.00 $ 2,000.00
John Goldsmith Common School Fund, Established 1883 :
1
M Bond Investment Trust, 10
Certificates of Beneficial Interest $ 1,000.00
The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings, Concord 500.00
$ 1,500.00
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Abbie Tuttle Lyceum Fund, Estab- lished 1920:
Cambridge Savings Bank $
1,026.48 Marlborough Savings Bank 2,000.00
1 M Chicago and North-Western Railway Co. 5% General Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond, Matures 1987 1,007.27
1 M Southern Pacific R. R. Co. Registered 50 Year 41/2% Gold Bond, Matures 1981 966.25
1 M The Detroit Edison Co., General Bond, Series D. 41/2%, Matures 1961, Coupon 1,000.00
1 M The Boston Terminal Co. (South Station) 31/2% Registered Bond, Matures 1947 1,000.00 $ 7,000.00
Lucy Houghton Zappy Fund, Estab- lished 1924 :
1 M Southern California Edison Co., Ldt., First and Reufunding Mort- gage Gold Bond, Series B, 33/4%, Matures 1960 1,000.00
Bradford Sampson Relief of Animals, Established 1927 :
Lynn Institution for Savings $ 1,000.00 North Middlesex Savings Bank,
Ayer 2,000.00
The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ing, Concord 2,060.00
$ 5,060.00
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Bradford Sampson Library Fund, Es- tablished 1927 :
Cambridge Savings Bank $ 1,943.00
Malden Savings Bank 1,050.00
2 M. N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. First
B, Matures 1961, Coupon 2,057.00 Mortgage 41/2% Gold Bond, Series
$ 5,050.00
Bradford Sampson Educational Fund,
Established 1927 :
Cambridge Savings Bank $ 2,500.00
Lynn Institution for Savings 2,500.00
Warren Five Cents Savings Bank Peabody 2,500.00
New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank 2,000.00
South Weymouth Savings Bank 4,700.00
Gardner Savings Bank 876.93
Gardner Co-operative Bank 2,000.00
Worcester North Savings Institu-
tion, Fitchburg 3,976.06
The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings, Concord 2,090.00
Malden Savings Bank 2,079.00
1 M Canadian National Railway 41/2% Gold Bond, Payment of Principal and Interest Guaran- teed by the Dominion of Canada, Coupon, Matures 1957 933.75
1 M Southern Pacific R. R. Co. Registered 50-Year 41/2% Gold Bond, Matures 1981 966.25 $ 27,121.99
95
Frank M. Kimball Scholarship Fund, Established 1929 :
Arlington Savings Bank $ 3,106.49
North Middlesex Savings Bank,
Ayer 2,100.00
Cambridgeport Savings Bank 2,200.00
1 M Canadian National Railway Co. 412% Gold Bond, Payment of Principal and Interest Guar- anteed by the Dominion of Can- ada, Coupon, Matures 1957 933.75
1 M Southern Pacific R. R. Co. Registered 50 years 41/2% Gold Bond, Matures 1981 966.25
1 M Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Gen- eral Mortgage 5% Gold Bond, Series B, Coupon, Matures 1968 1,007.28
$ 10,313.77
Mary Hutchins Kimball Fund, Estab- lished 1929 :
Marlborough Savings Bank $ 5,183.25
The Middlesex Institute for Sav-
ings, Concord 2,250.00
Chelsea Savings Bank 1,000.00
1 M Chicago and North-Western Railway Co. 5% General Mort- gage Gold Coupon Bond, Matures 1987 1,007.28
1 M Canadian National Railway Co. 412% Gold Bond, Payment of Principal and Interest Guar- anteed by the Dominion of Can- ada, Coupon, Matures 1957 933.75
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Hildreth School Fund, Established 1935 :
Fitchburg Savings Bank $ 1,015.05
Worcester North Savings Institu- tion, Fitchburg 1,030.81
Central Savings Bank, Lowell 1,000.00
The Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings, Concord 1,040.00
1 M San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Co. 4% Firt Mort- gage Bond, Coupon, Matures 1965 1,000.00
2 M The Edison Electric Illumin- ating Co. of Boston First Mort- gage Bond, Series A, Sinking Fund 312%, Coupon, Mature 1965 2,000.00 1 M The Detroit Edison Co. General and Refunding Mortgage Gold
Bond, Series D, 41/2%, Matures 1961 1,000.00
Mortgage on Frank G. Healy's
Apple House 6% 1,200.00
$ 9,285.86
Total
$ 94,981.46
THOMAS W. SYMONS,
STANLEY F. CONANT, G. EDWARD PROUTY,
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUAY 13, 1939
FEBRUARY 13, 1939
Moderator
$ 10.00
Selectmen
430.00
Treasurer
625.00
Tax Collector
1,325.00
Assessors
750.00
Town Clerk
165.00
Town Accountant
1,450.00
Elections and Registrations
125.00
Legal Department
150.00
Finance Committee
50.00
Police Department
2,250.50
Fire Department
2,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 1 128.00
Moth Department :
Moths
200.00
Elm Tree Beetle
200.00
Tree Warden
200.00
Street Lights
563.00
Hydrant Service
1,000.00
Town Hall
1,160.00
Board of Health
400.00
Board of Health (Nurse Acc't)
2,000.00
General Welfare
2,500.00
Gel Welfare Administration
50.00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,400.00
98
Aid to Dependent Children Administra-
tion
25.00
Soldiers' Relief
100.00
Highway (General)
2,530.00
Highway Chap. 81
6,300.00
Highway Chap. 90
2,100.00
Highway Machinery Fund
600.00
Schools
28,349.62
Library
1,730.00
Parks
450.00
Water Department
6,000.00
County Hospital
788.53
Community Memorial Hospital
200.00
Town Reports
300.00
Works Progress Administration
750.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
525.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Whitcomb Field Rental
75.00
Interest
1,012.50
Debt
7,000.00
State Tax. 1939
8,280.00
Underestimate State Tax, 1938
4,140.00
County Tax, 1939
3,953.65
Underestimate Co. Tax, 1938
6.57
State Parks & Reservations, 1939
121.66
Underestimate St. Pks. & Res., 1938 7.32
Overlay 1939
1,272.49
$96,348.84
Appropriations from available funds in 1939 :
For Reserve $ 2,500.00
For O.A.A.
3,150.00
For O.A.A. Administration 25.00
For Highway Machinery Fund 500.00
99
Cemetery Maintenance Schools 1,900.38
1,035.95
$ 9,111.33
$105,460.17
Appropriations at Special Town
Meeting held on July 31, 1939 :-- .
For Old Cemetery 350.00
For Water Department
500.00
Total amount to be raised includ-
ing available funds
$106,310.17
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax
$ 7,214.11
Corporation Taxes
3,428.50
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
4,300.00
Licenses 130.30
Fines (Court)
1.70
General Government
405.25
Protection of personsand property
72.86
Health and sanitation
106.50
Highways
6,007.63
Dog licenses
400.93
O.A.A. and other Fed. Grants
2,040.76
Schools
2,766.46
Library
50.03
Water Department
6,500.00
Interest on taxes
559.30
Veterans' exemptions
9.29
Concord, in lieu of taxes
12.00
Transfers from available funds
9,111.33
Total estimated receipts $ 43,116.95
100
Gross amount to be raised
Estimated receipts and available funds
$106,310.17 43,116.95
Net amount to be raised by taxa- tion on polls and property Poll taxes on 596 polls 1,192.00
$ 63,193.22
Net tax on property 62,001.22
Valuation $2,917,705.00 at $21.25 rate per thousand equals Property Tax of
62,001.22
1939 EXCISE TAX
Total Excise Tax Commitments $ 6,055.97
Abatements 365.78
Net returns on Excise Taxes $ 5,690.19
Excise Tax used as Estimated Receipt 4,300.00
Net Excise Tax more than Estimated Receipts
$1,390.19
DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS
Real Estate, Personal and Polls
$
33.35
POLLS, PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE TAXES ABATED IN 1939
1938 Taxes abated in 1939 $ 30.37
1939 Taxes abated in 1939 152.99
EXCISE TAXES ABATED IN 1939
1936 Taxes abated in 1939
$
96.59
1939 Taxes abated in 1939 365.78
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COMPARATIVE VALUATION SINCE 1920
Year
Personal
Real Estate
Total $1,633.475
1920
$319,085
$1,314,390
1931
383,113
2,181,830
2,564,943
1932
421,313
2,227,060
2,648,375
1933
406,625
2,304,525
2,711,150
1934
427,825
2,364,310
2,792,135
1935
440,890
2,392,860
2,833,750
1936
466,275
2,450,740
2,917,015
1937
375,070
2,473,160
2,848,230
1938
376,250
2,530,315
2,906,565
1939
373,540
2,544,165
2,917,705
COMPARATIVE RATE OF TAXATION SINCE 1920
1920
$30.00
1931
16.00
1932
17,25
1933
18.00
1934
18.00
1935
18.20
1936
19.00
1937
19.25
1938
20.25
1939
21.25
Number of Polls
596
Number of persons liable to military duty
321
Number persons assessed on property
1774
Number acres of land taxed
10,560
Number of dwelling houses
831
Number horses
78
Number cows
728
Number other neat cattle
139
102
Number swine Number fowl Number sheep
25 73,748 2
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE M. BROWN, Chairman HORACE I. WEBBER, GEORGE M. HARTWELL,
Assessors of Littleton.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Year Ending December 31, 1939
Appropriation for care and maintenance $ 1,035.95
Transfer from Reserve Fund 37.31
$ 1,073.26
EXPENDITURES
Labor and Superintendent
$ 915.95
Secretary and expenses
22.72
Equipment
20.75
Trucking
47.25
Supplies
66.59
1,073.26 $
Appropriation for Old Cemetery for
Hurricane Damage $ 350.00
EXPENDITURES
Contract for Tree Removal
$ 237.75
Labor
54.30
Acton Monumental Co.
8.00
Loam
18.00
Trucking
30.00
$ 348.05
Balance
1.95
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RECEIPTS
Care of Lots Foundations Interments
$ 150.92 25.00
202.00
377.92 $
Interest on Perpetual Care Funds Lots Sold
426.98
130.00
Perpetual Care of Lots :
Lot No. Name
Amount
413 George W. Tooker
50.00
354
Est. Wm. J. Smiley
50.00
243
Karlton K. Priest
75.00
356 George L. Nutting
25.00
175EH Waldo S. Jewett
25.00
175WH
Mabel A. Durgin
25.00
357
E. P. Sargent, Jr.
25.00
275.00
$1,209.90
FUNDS
Perpetual Care Trust Fund
$16,275.56
Lots Sold Account 510.56
JOSIAH P. THACHER, GEORGE W. WHITCOMB,
STANLEY F. CONANT,
Cemetery Commissioners.
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REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
Annual Report
December 30, 1939.
Benjamine F. Jacobs, 68 hrs. labor @ $ .50 $ 34.00
Irving Baker, 295 hrs. labor @ $ .40 118.00
Warren F. Moore, 65 hrs. trucking @ $ .75 2201/2 hrs. labor @ .40 136.95
Alton H. Hunt, Jr., 40 hrs. labor @ $ .35 101 hrs. labor @ $ .40 54.40
Kenneth Hunt, 171/2 hrs. labor @ $ .40 7.00
Linsley Cozzens, 15 hrs. labor @ $ .40 6.00
C. A. Hartwell, Jr., repairs gas and oil 38.02
Harry Geebe, trucking loam $10.50 loam (5 yds.) $7.50 18.00
Charles Detrich, sharpening mower
1.00
J. H. D. Whitcomb, 10 yards loam
15.00
Conant & Co., supplies
12.39
Farmer's Grain Co., fertilizer
34.20
$ 474.96
Appropriation
$ 450.00
Reserve Fund
25.00
$ 475.00
Unexpended balance
.04
$ 474.96
BENJAMIN F. JACOBS, Supt. RICHARD L. HARTWELL, G. EDWARD PROUTY, Commissioners.
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JURY LIST CHOSEN JULY 1, 1939
G. Leslie Blood, Clarence W. Brown, Wm. Channing Brown, Percy L. Crane, George Demers, John W. Hutchinson, Lenox S. Karner, John A. Kimball, Herbert E. Whitney, Horace I. Webber, Prescott Kimball, Augustus Hosmer, Irwin S. Sheridan, David O'Connell, Harold Whitcomb.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit herewith my tenth annual report ending December 31, 1939.
Total number of arrests: 40 Males. 1 Female.
Crimes Against Public Order, Etc.
Motor Vehicle Laws, violating 4
Speeding 4
1
Operating a Motor Vehicle to endager life 1
Operating under the influence of liquor 11
Drunkenness 12
Leaving the scene of an accident after know- ingly causing injury to person 1 Non-Support 1
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34
1
Crime Against Property
Forgery 1
Larceny by check
1
Larceny
1
Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle 2
5
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Crime Against Person
Bastardy
1
1
Notation: There has been a definite decrease in serious motor vehicle accidents during the past year which has prompted the reducion of court action.
Miscellaneous Cases Receiving Police Attention
Accidents reported (minor)
20
Assisted other officers 6
Bad road conditions reported 10
Boys using firearms in a dangerous manner
1
Cars abandoned and taken off of highway
12
Cruelty to dumb animals investigated
2
Complaints about dogs
15
Camps broken into
10
Doors found open
4
Dogs hit by Motor Vehicles
7
Dogs shot and disposed of
5
Disturbing the peace
15
Dwelling houses and camps reported closed
40
Escorts given
3
Injured and sick persons assisted
10
Jurors summoned
4
Juvenile cases given attention
35
Lights found burning in buildings
38
Licenses suspended
3
Non-Supported cases investigated
10
Persons assisted on highway at night
140
Property reported stolen 20
Suspicious persons and night prowlers
18
Summons served for other Police Departments
16
Stolen cars recovered
2
109
Stolen plates reported
2
Suspicious cars investigated after midnight
80
Street lights reported out 12
Search for missing persons
6
Special traffic duty at funerals, weddings and churches
33
Transfer of cars
42
Truant cases investigated
7
Vagrants fed and taken off the highway
6
Warning to Motor vehicle law violators
256
Deer killed on highway
2
Conclusion
In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for the assistance and cooper- ation they have extended me. I am extremely grateful to the Officials of the First District Court of Northern Middlesex, to the State Police and outside Police Departments for their splendid cooperation which has been so helpful in the perform- ance of my official duty.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. SARGENT,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
For the year ending December 1939, I have examined 854 head of cattle and found them in good condition. The stables were, without exception, sanitary. At this time, 25 swine and 14 goats were examined also. This year there were no sheep.
JOSEPH N. MURRAY, V. S.
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Selectmen of the Town of Littleton :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1939.
Total number of Permits issued 24
Total Collected Fees for Permits $48.00
Total number hours inspecting and investigating applications 50
Total number of miles traveled 70
Respectfully,
GEORGE W. TOOKER.
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REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION BUILDING COMMITTEE
A special committee was appointed at the annual town meeting of February 10, 1936 to study the subject of increased school accommodations. The committee submitted its report and recommendations at a special meeting on October 26, 1936. As a result of this report, a plan was developed at this and other subsequent meetings, whereby the Selectmen were authorized to apply for a PWA grant from the Federal Gov- ernment, money was appropriated by the town and the Treas- urer authorized to negotiate the necessary loan. A Building Committee composed of Elliott R. Barker, Walter H. Titcomb and Harold N. Caldwell was appointed and given authority to proceed with the project.
The amount at first available limited the proposed build- ing to a cost not to exceed $75,600.00. The building possible of construction with this amount of money, did not promise culty was very quickly met, without effort on the part of the to satisfactorily meet the needs of the schools, but the diffi- Town, by the gift of $15,000.00 toward the expense of a gym- nasium. This gift was made by G. Edward and Ethel Brown Prouty and gratefully accepted by the town.
The amount appropriated by the town, $46,872.00 plus the gift of $15,000.00 and the P.W.A. grant of $46,350.00 made an available fund of $108,222.00 with which to work. The Build- ing Committee secured the services of Frank Irving Cooper, Inc., Architects, and had plans of specifications made. Adver- tisements for bids were published and the bids opened on
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November 16, 1937. It was a great disappointment upon open- ing the bids to find that they were far in excess of the amount available for the building. The amount estimated in the speci- fications as being available for construction of the building was $89,000.00 whereas the bids submitted ranged from $20,000.00 to $30,000.00 in excess of this amount.
Under the terms of the offer of the P.W.A. grant, the Federal Government required construction to start within ten weeks of the date of the offer, which date was Septem- ber 28, 1937. It being impossible to start construction within the time specified by the Government, an application for an extension of time was made and an extension secured until February 1, 1938. New plans and specifications were drawn for which bids were at once advertised. These bids were opened on January 14, 1938, and the lowest bid made by the Daniel Cunningham Construction Co., Inc., of Boston for $82,570.00 was accepted. Work was started at once and con- tinued without interruption, so that the building was dedicated with suitable exercises on January 3, 1939.
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