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2.00
J. M. Fletcher
4.00
H. P. Davis
3.00
Joseph Reed
4.00
J. and T. M. Adams 4.00
P. P. Perham 4.00
Samuel Andrews
3.00
Melbourne Hutchins
3.00
E. F. Webster
4.00
Jabez Stevens
4.00
Hazen
3.00
S. L. Dutton
3.00
F. H. and E. F. Parker 3.00
Amos F. Adams
14.00
Riverside Cemetery
Phineas Charlton $3.00
Harriet M. Edwards 3.00
Howard Tomb 4.00
Wood Tomb 4.00
Susan H. Whittemore 3.00
J. H. M. Asmus 3.00
Thomas S. Huckins 3.00
Isaac Woods 3.00
$159.00
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Joseph W. Pease 3.00
George H. Smith 3.00
Clara A. H. Adams 4.00
Ebert & Weaver 3.00
A. A. Parker 3.00
42.00
West Cemetery
A. W. Parkhurst
$3.00
E. Kimball
1.50
Joseph Winn
1.50
William Brown
3.00
John N. Perry
3.00
J. B. Longley
3.00
Frank Furlong
3.00
Fuller Butterfield
3.00
Filling and sodding double grave
3.00
M. H. Winship
3.00
S. Bowers
3.00
Removing sod, filling lot and new sod .
9.00
William Clark
3.00
S. F. Wheeler
3.00
Filling and sodding grave
1.50
James Brown
3.00
Mrs. Parl Quist
3.00
J. H. Whidden
3.00
55.50
Hart Pond Cemetery
Kendall |lot
$3.00
John Byam
2.00
Benj. Spaulding
2.00
Hutchins lot
3.00
Hayward lot
2.00
Benj. Fletcher
2.00
George Byam
2.00
Blaisdell lot
2.00
18.00
$274.50
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MOTH WORK
M. A. Bean, Superintendent $600.00
R. P. Shinkwin, labor 313.44
Ed. Gaudette, labor 288.77
Robert Shinkwin, labor 278.66
Henry Duffy, labor
106.25
H. Henderson, labor 92.75
197.90
George Marchand, labor
A. Boudreau, labor 43.00
D. Stirk, labor 48.52
John Wilson, labor 59.40
Wm. Baker, labor 36.50
Earl O. Shepard, labor 89.50
L. E. Clark, labor 41.58
Wm. Roper, labor 31.02
Philip Marston, labor 18.70
Leon Snell, labor
16.94
Ed. . Clark, labor 14.08
J. Mullin, labor 7.04 .
James Hocking, labor
7.92
Wm. Hoyt, labor
5.50
R. W. Emerson, labor 3.25
$2,300.72
M. A. Bean, team 186 days $186.00
E. Seeton, repairing sprayer 30.00
George M. Wright, repairs and supplies
37.28
Robert Shinkwin, team 151/2 days
23.35
George Pickard, team 194 hours
116.40
Courier Citizen, adv.
16.75
Adams Express 3.64
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
4.28
M. A. Bean, telephone tolls
3.20
Hubert H. Richardson, labor
2.60
Parkhurst Press, printing 2.25
Moses Wilson, team 8 hours
2.00
M. A. Bean, travelling expenses
1.20
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Paul Dutton, measuring wood 1.00
B. & M. R. R. .50
I. H. Knight, repairs .50
430.85
$2,731.57
TREE WARDEN
Grasselli Lead Co., lead $100.00
H. Henderson, labor 33.52
E. Clark, labor 22,24
Wm. Roper, labor
10.56
Ralph Bridgeford, labor
16.00
Leonard Wright, labor
6.00
D. Stirk, labor
9.90
R. P. Shinkwin, labor 9.00
Ed. Gaudette, labor 6.00
Robert Shinkwin, labor 9.00
George Marchand, labor 9.25
Earl O. Shepard, labor 7.75
G. H. Morton, labor
7.04
M. A. Bean, labor
5.00
Henry Duffy, labor
4.00
Ed. Brotz, labor
1.76
Wm. Balser, labor
1.75
Jack Bagdonoff, labor .75
M. Walker, labor .50
M. A. Bean, expenses 3.00
Robin Hill Nursery, trees 7.50
John Marinel, Jr., team 2.50
Bartlett & Dow, saws
4.25
$277.27
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
E. W. Sweetser, services and expenses as Treasurer and Collector $962.65
D. Frank Small, services and expenses as Chairman of Selectmen 500.00
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H. H. Richardson, services and expenses as Constable 464.28
Karl M. Perham, services and expenses as Selectman 300.00
A. Heady Park, services and expenses as Selectman 300.00
Fred L. Fletcher, services and expenses as Assessor 275.00
James P. Dunigan, services and expenses as Assessor 320.00
H. C. Sweetser, services and expenses as Assessor 222.00
Edward J. Robbins, services and expen- ses as Town Clerk 151.05
$3,494.98
A. Heady Park, services and expenses as Chairman of Overseers of the Poor Karl M. Perham, services and expenses as Overseer of Poor 25.00
60.00
D. Frank Small, services and expenses as Overseer of Poor 25.00
110.00
Karl M. Perham, services and expenses as Chairman of Board of Health .. D. Frank Small, services and expenses Board of Health
28.00
17.00
A. Heady Park, services and expenses as Board of Health 5.00
F. A. Fisher, Town Counsel
100.00
W. H. Hall, services and expenses as School Committee 75.00
50.00
W. H. Hall, services as Purchasing Agent Celia B. Park, services and expenses as School Committee 75.00
Celia B. Park, services as Secretary of School Committee 25.00
375.00
Charles H. Crowell, services and expen- ses as School Committee 75.00
P. H. Haley, services as Registrar 1914 and 1915 67.50
55
James Peck, services and expenses as
Game Warden 1914 50.00
Board of Fire Engineers 75.00
J. F. McManmon, services as Registrar 19.50 George H. Ripley, services as Registrar Charles F. Scribner, services as Ceme- tery Commissioner 30.00
31.50
James S. Byam, services as Cemetery Commissioner 30.00
James R. Gookin, services as Special Police 125.50
John Marinel, Jr., services as Special
Police 86.75
John J. Quessy, services as Special Police 39.50
George Small, services as Special Police 50.40 Fred I. Vinal, services as Special Police 19.00
Albert E. Jenne, services as Special Po- lice 12.50
Arthur House, services as Special Police 2.50
P. S. Ward, services as Special Police 2.50 I. H. Knight, services as Special Police Henry Stavely, services as Special Po- lice 4.50
4.50
Thos. Brown, services as Special Police F. C. Byam, services as Special Police .. A. C. Perham, services as Special Police James S. Byam, services as Special Po- lice 4.50
4.50
4.50
2.50
Herman Grant, services as Special Police Preston L. Piggott, services as Auditor Harley E. Knowlton, services as Auditor Winthrop A. Parkhurst, services as Audi- tor ! 10.00
10.80
10.00
10.00
Wm. H. Shedd, Appropriation Commit- tee 3.00
Walter B. Emerson, Appropriation Com- mittee 3,00
56
A. Heady Park, Appropriation Commit- tee 3.00
John J. Monahan, Appropriation Com- mittee 3.00
D. F. Small, Appropriation Committee
3.00
James S. Byam, Truant Officer 16.45
E. E. Paignon, Appraiser 3.00
Walter Perham, Appraiser 3.00
Plinney C. Bliss, Appraiser 3.00
Benj. Brown, Special Police 8.00
$873.40
Officers for Caucus, Primaries, State Election and March Meeting
Howard S. Adams, Clerk Precinct 1 $15.00
Morton B. Wright, Clerk Precinct 2 15.00
Samuel Naylor, Clerk Precinct 3 15.00
Louis Jennison, Clerk Precinct 4 15.00
John P. Scoboria, Warden Precinct 1 . . 11.00
James B. McQuaid, Warden Precinct 2
11.00
Frank P. Martin, Warden Precinct 3 11.00
James Bowen, Warden Precinct 4 11.00
A. E. Reed, Teller Precinct 1 10.00
John Pratt, Teller Precinct 1 10.00
James S. Byam, Teller Precinct 1 4.50
Wm. F. Roper, Teller Precinct 1
7.00
Daniel A. Byam, Teller Precinct 1 7.00
Patrick Flynn, Jr., Teller Precinct 1
7.00
James J. Savage, Teller Precinct 1
4.50
Stanley Seeton, Teller Precinct 1
2.50
H. E. Howard, Teller Precinct 2 7.00 Patrick S. Ward, Teller Precinct 2 7.00
P. J. McMahon, Teller Precinct 2 7.00
Geo. Elliott, Teller Precinct 2 7.00
James Kiberd, Teller Precinct 2 7.00
Emmanuel Trubey, Teller Precinct 2 7.00
. Morton B. Wright, Teller Precinct 2 . 3.00
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W. R. Cole, Teller Precinct 3 7.00
Geo. Spaulding, Teller Precinct 3 7.00
Chas. A. Holt, Teller Precinct 3
2.50
M. H. Donnelly, Teller Precinct 3 4.50
D. A. Reardon, Teller Precinct 4 7.00
Chas. Finnick, Teller Precinct 4 7.00
Chas. Kappler, Teller Precinct 4
7.00
Geo. McNulty, Teller Precinct 4 4.50
Geo. O. Spaulding, use of team
3.00
$251.00
$5,062.38
D. FRANK SMALL, A. HEADY PARK, KARL M. PERHAM,
Selectmen.
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Report of the Appraisers
PROPERTY APPRAISAL OF MOTH DEPARTMENT
1 Power sprayer and equipments . . $700.00
1 tool box 5.00
1 36-foot extension ladder 5.00
1 40-foot extension ladder 5.00
3 ladders 2.00
Poles, hooks, brushes, etc.
5.00
6 pairs of climbing irons
4.00
2 hatchets
.50
9 axes
5.00
15 brush hooks
3.00
6 scythes and snaths
3.00
2 Johnson pumps 1.00
1 field glass 5.00
Lot of hose 25.00
2 grindstones
3.00
2 Friend's spray pumps
10.00
3 hand saws
1.50
1 grab
1.00
1 150-gallon tank
5.00
Gypsy moth burning outfit
5.00
25 pounds twine
3.00
1 limb saw
1.00
2 rakes
1.00
1 hand cart
3.00
1 pair scrapers 2.50
1 pair clyde cutters 1.00
10 pitchforks 1.50
Spraying outfit 100.00
$907.00
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Total value of equipment $100.00
APPRAISAL SOUTH FIRE APPARATUS
1 wagon
$100.00
18 pails
4.75
1 rope
3.00
5 ladders
15.00
2 hooks
.50
6 shovels
4.00
1 axe and bar
1.00
1 horse blanket
3.00
2 lanterns .50
$131.75
APPRAISAL WESTLANDS FIRE APPARATUS
1 hose reel equipment $75.00
500 feet 21/2-inch hose 250.00
1 Boston play pipe 15.00
1 Callahan nozzle 15.00
6 chemicals
40.00
1 hydrant gate 9.00
$404.00
APPRAISAL EAST CHELMSFORD FIRE APPARATUS
Wagon and chemicals $200.00
APPRAISAL CENTER FIRE APPARATUS
1 combination chemical and hand fire
engine $400.00
1 hose and protective wagon 150.00
1 hook and ladder wagon with lad- ders 150.00
9 chemical extinguishers
45.00
650 feet old fire hose, 2-inch 100.00
1 lot of chemicals 10.00
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2 single harnesses 50.00
5 sets of rubber suits 15.00
4 fire axes 2.00
4. crow bars 4.00
3 shovels 1.50
6 forks 2.00
7 pails 1.75
10 cans 1.00
1 50-foot extension ladder 35.00
1 30-foot extension ladder 8.00
1 35-foot extension ladder 9.00
1 30-foot extension ladder 8.00
1 25-foot extension ladder 5.00
3 ropes and tackles 3.00
7 pike hooks and poles 5.00
3 horse blankets 9.00
8 lanterns 2.50
Hose nozzle 5.00
1 rope
1.00
1 hose rack
2.00
Lot of brooms and sundries
5.00
1 hose rack dryer
25.00
1 wagon jack
1.00
1 cabinet 5.00
1500 feet 2-inch fire hose 800.00
2 hand hose reels
150.00
5 Boston play pipes 75.00
2 hydrant gates 35.00
1 Siamese connection 8.00
5 Callahan nozzles 70.00
1 reducing connection 1.50
2 dozen ladder straps 10.00
1 dozen belts 10.00
$2,220.25
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HIGHWAY PROPERTY APPRAISAL
35 chestnut posts $3.50
Tool box
1.00
1 two-horse cart
50.00
1 road roller
100.00
3 road scrapers
400.00
1 scoop scraper
4.00
3 road levelers
35.00
1 road plow
20.00
3 two-horse sleds
75.00
7 snow plows
90.00
2 pumps
8.00
3000 feet lumber
90.00
21 sign boards
15.00
12 new shovels
12.00
7 old shovels
14.00
9 snow shovels
4.00
1 grub hoe
1.00
30 old picks
11.00
5 iron bars
3.00
Sewer tools
.50
4 street hose
.75
6 stone hammers
5.00
22 drills
15.00
2 tamping bars 2.00
1 paving rammer
1.00
2 ditch rammers 1.00
1 big chain
2.00
2 stone bounds
.80
2 long handled shovels 1.50 Sewer basin top 12.00
2 mason trowels
2.00
1 level
.50
75 pounds spikes 2.00
1 lot old iron pipes
1.00
1000 bricks
11.00
1 harrow 2.00
62
2 sand screens 5.00
1 wagon jack 1.00
3 iron rakes 1.00
3 axes 2.00
1 lead rod 1.00
2 new saws 2.50
Scraper castings 8.00
1 hand roller
10.00
2 old tires
1.00
7 lanterns
2.00
1 ditch derrick and roller
35.00
1 grindstone
7.00
Canvasses
5.00
2 drags
Metal culverts 75.00
$1,493.55
APPRAISAL PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN FARM
December 31, 1915
1 pair horses $500.00
1 pair double harnesses 25.00
1 pair blankets 6.00
1 pair stable blankets 2.00
2 fly nets 2.00
10 cows 675.00
1 horse 75.00
1 farm harness 8.00
1 light harness
6.00
1 collar and hames
3.00
Stable tools 2.00
1 grain chest and grain
15.00
1 square wagon 18.00
1 platform scales 5.00
Manure
100.00
1 pig 25.00
6 hay forks 2.00
6 hay rakes
1.50
5.00
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1 horse hay fork and grapple 25.00
1 hay cutter
2.00
1 grain fanning mill 4.00
Hay 150.00
2 wheelbarrows 7.00
1 pung 14.00
1 Democrat wagon 10.00
1 sled
15.00
1 farm wagon
20.00
1 two-horse cart
50.00
1 platform wagon 15.00
2 mowing machines
10.00
1 hay rake
10.00
1 hay tedder 10.00
1 Sulkey plow 20.00
2 wheel harrows 25.00
1 drag 4.00
1 weeder 5.00
1 spring-tooth harrow 5.00
2 smoothing harrows 5.00
Neck yolk and whiffletrees
2.00
3 grindstones
5.00
5 stanchions 2.00
7 ladders 12.00
3 plows 12.00
2 cultivators 5.00
Corn planter 10.00
Seed sower 4.00
10.00
75 fowls
Feed boiler
1.00
Stone hammer 1.00
Pruning hook 1.00
Saws and axes 5.00
Lot prepared wood
30.00
Lot of beans
18.00
Barrels and bushel boxes
5.00
Milk pails
1.00
Contents of shed
55.00
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35 bushel of potatoes 30.00
4 barrels wood ashes 4.00
10 tons coal 75.00
3 barrels squash 3.00
1/2 barrel pork
10.00
Canned fruits
15.00
1 barrel flour 7.00
Sugar 5.00
10 pounds lard 1.00
Food supplies
10.00
Bedding and household furniture 220.00
$2,435.50
EMILE E. PAIGNON,
PLINY C. BLISS, WALTER PERHAM,
Appraisers.
Ch
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Report of Town Treasurer For the Year Ending December 31, 1915
Your treasurer charges himself with cash receive follows :
Balance in treasury at last annual set-
tlement
$5,150.38
Of State Treasurer :
Corporation tax of 1914 7,296.95
National Bank Tax of 1914 49.20
Corporation Tax, Public Srevice, 1915 321.74
Corporation Tax, Business, 1915
8,168.38
National Bank Tax, 1915
747.25
Military Aid 48.00
State Aid
888.00
Street Railway Tax
1,746.56
Tuition of State Children
140.50
Aid to Paupers
111.50
Aid to Mothers with Dependent
Children
225.31
Tuition of Pupils attending Lowell Industrial School
782.94
Acct. of Moth Work 401.95
Of County Treasurer :
Dog Licenses, 1914
476.01
Lowell Police Court Fines 309.79
Lowell Jail Fines
25.00
City of Lowell, Reimbursment for Aid to Pauper
57.01
Town of Falmouth, Reimbursement
for Aid to Paupers
162.17
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Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co. (carboy returned) 2.00
Curtis A. Aiken, fees for sealing Weights and Measures 59.05
Selectmen for Slaughter House Li- cense Fees 7.00
Frank C. Byam for old settees from Town Hall 14.00
Selectmen for sale of old lamp from Town Hall 1.50
Mrs. I. N. Hauver, as reimbursement for board, nursing and burial of Jacob Hauver from Town Farm . 226.00 P. J. Riley Est. for redemption of property sold for taxes 62.87
Arnold C. Perham, reimbursement for fighting fires 3.92
:
Edward Fisher, executor of will of Serlina G. Richardson as a trust fund, the income of same to be used for Library purposes Of Cemetery Commissioners :
As a trust fund, the income of same to be used for the perpetual care of the George F. Snow burial lot in West Cemetery
As a trust fund, the income of same to be used for the perpetual care of the graves of Nathaniel How- ard and his relatives buried near him, also the care of the tomb of Samuel Howard and putting a larger tablet on same 125.00
As a trust fund, the income of same to be used for the perpetual care of Alfred G. Parkhurst burial lot in West Cemetery 100.00
200.00
200.00
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As a trust fund, the income of same to be used for the perpetual care of the Charles M. McCoy burial lot No. 152 in Riverside Cemetery 100.00 Merrimack River Savings Bank, as interest on trust funds 16.00
City Institution for Savings as in- terest on trust funds 258.50
Mrs. E. E. Hildreth for rent of Holt place 8.00
Sweetser & Day, for rent , of Holt place
5.00
Karl M. Perham, for rent of Holt place 50.00
C. H. Hanson & Co., for sale of 1 pair of horses 256.35
Cemetery Commissioners, sale of lots and graves :
Hart Pond $10.00
Forefathers .0.00
Riverside 36.00
Pine Ridge 32.00 78.00
Arnold C. Perham, for rent of Town
Hall for Agricultural School 10.00
James S. Byam, for rent of Town Tall. . 42.50
P. S. Ward, for rent of Town Hall (north) 71.00
Wannalancet Court of Foresters, for rent
of room at N. C. Fire House . 27.50
Jessie Atwood, for sale of baskets from schools :
From Center Schoo! 2.23
From North School 3.84
From West School 2.89
School Committee, reimbursement
acct. of error on bills 16.78
Wm. P. Proctor Co., error on bill 10.60
Town of Tyngsboro, tuition of pupils 50.00
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Town of Dunstable, tuition of pupils .. 166.25
Town of Carlisle, tuition of pupils 62.50
Waldo Hannaford, proceeds of farm 2,803.03
As a temporary loan 76,500.00
On Acct. of Taxes :
Tax of 1913 9,451.86
Int. of 1913
1,029.84
Moth tax of 1913
210.97
Tax of 1914
15,945.89
Int. of 1914
446.70
Moth tax of 1914
103.43
Tax of 1915
48,705.82
Int. of 1915
89.05
Moth tax of 1915
324.06
Excise tax of Lowell & Fitchburg St.
Ry Co. 149.09
Excise tax of Bay State Street Ry.
Co. 1,715.73
Chelmsford Water District Tax :
Tax of 1914 316.53
Interest of 1914
10.36
Tax of 1915
2,152.87
Interest of 1915
1.41
North Chelmsford Fire District Tax :
Tax of 1912 12.09
Interest of 1912
2.01
Tax of 1913
299.16
Interest of 1913 40.42
Tax of 1914
200.10
Interest of 1914
8.07
Tax of 1915
1,689.20
Interest of 1915
3.42
$191,559.03
And is credited as follows :
By cash paid :
County Tax
$5,170.64
State Tax
9,945.00
Repairs of State Highway 830.59
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Cash deposited in Merrimack River Sav- ings Bank :
George F. Snow Fund 200.00
Nathaniel Howard Fund 125.00
Alfred G. Parkhurst Fund 100.00
Charles M. McCoy Fund 100.00
Trustees of Adams Library :
Serlina G. Richardson Fund
200.00
Bureau of Statistics, Registration of Notes
34.00
Thomas G. Little, for redemption of P.
J. Riley property 60.87
Treasurer of Chelmsford Water District :
Tax of 1914
316.53
Interest of 1914
10.36
Tax of 1915
2,152.87
Interest of 1915 1.41
Treasurer of North Chelmsford Fire District :
Tax of 1912 12.09
Interest of 1912
2.01
Tax of 1913
299.16
Interest of 1913
40.42
Tax of :1914. 200.10
Interest of 1914
8.07
Tax of 1915
1,689.20
Interest of 1915
3.42
Temporary loan
79,500.00
Interest on same
2,443.26
Bills approved by School Committee and Selectmen
82,801.97
Cash on hand
5,312.06
$191,559.03
E. W. SWEETSER,
Treasurer.
Chelmsford, Dec. 31, 1915.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT ON TAX OF NORTH CHELMS- FORD FIRE DISTRICT
Report of tax of 1912:
Tax on list of 1912 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. ... $24.99
Interest on list of 1912 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 3.37
Interest accrued since Dec. 31, 1914 .96
$29.32
Paid Treasurer of N. C. Fire District as tax ....
$12.09
Paid Treasurer of N. C. Fire District as interest
2.01
Uncollected tax to new account
12.90
Uncollected interest to new account
2.32
$29.32
Report of tax of 1913:
Tax on list of 1913 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 ..
$299.16
Interest on list of 1913 uncollected Dec. 31, 19.14
22.43
Interest accrued since Dec. 31, 1914
17.99
Paid Treasurer of N. C. Fire District as tax .... Paid Treasurer of N. C. Fire District as interest
40.42
$339.58
Report of tax of 1914:
Tax on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. ....
$493.07
Interest on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914
12.32
Interest accrued since Dec. 31, 1914 17.72
$523.11
Paid Treasurer of North Chelmsford Fire District as tax
$200.10
Paid Treasurer of North Chelmsford Fire District as interest 8.07
$339.58
$299.16
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Uncollected tax to new account
292.97
Uncollected interest to new account
21.97
$523.11
Report for tax of 1915:
Tax on list of 1915
$2,238.64
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1915
3.42
Interest accrued since Oct. 1, 1915
8.24
$2,250.30
Paid Treasurer North Chelmsford Fire District as tax
$1,689.20
Paid Treasurer North Chelmsford Fire District as interest
3.42
Uncollected tax to new account
549.44
Uncollected interest to new account
8.24
$2,250.30
E. W. SWEETSER,
Chelmsford, Dec. 31, 1915.
Collector.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT OF CHELMSFORD WATER DISTRICT
Tax of 1914
Tax on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 $925.93
Interest on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. . 23.14
Interest accrued since Dec. 31, 1914
32.92
$981.99
Cash paid Treasurer of Chelmsford Water District as tax
$316.53
Cash paid Treasurer of Chelmsford Water District as interest
10.36
Uncollected tax to new account
609.40
Uncollected interest to new account
45.70
$981.99
Tax of 1915
Tax on list of 1915
$3,385.06
Interest collected since October 1, 1915
1.41
Interest accrued since October 1, 1915
18.48
$3,404.95
Cash paid Treasurer of Chelmsford Water District as tax
$2,152.87
Cash paid Treasurer of Chelmsford Water District as interest 1.41
Uncollected tax to new account
1,232.19
Uncollected interest to new account
18.48
$3,404.95
E. W. SWEETSER,
Collector.
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Report of tax of 1910:
Tax on list of 1910 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 .... $165.00
Interest on list of 1910 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 23.10
Amount carried to new account $188.10
Report of tax of 1911:
Tax on list of 1911 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. ... $222.62
Interest on list of 1911 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 17.17
Amount carried to new account $239.79
Report of tax of 1912:
Tax on list of 1912 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 . . . .
$168.98
Interest on list of 1912 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 22.81
Amount carried to new account $191.79
Note : The uncollected tax of 1910, 1911 and 1912 are taxes assessed to Chelmsford Foundry Co. and in a recent conversation with the referee in bankruptcy, who is adjusting their affairs, he informed me that they would be paid in full as a preferred claim at the earliest date possible.
Report of tax of 1913:
Tax on list of 1913 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. ... $9,451.86
Interest on list of 1913 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 708.8S
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Moth tax on list of 1913 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 210.97 Interest accrued since Dec. 31, 1914 320.96
$10,692.67
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as tax $9,451.86
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as interest 1,029.84
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as moth tax .. 210.97
$10,692.67
Report of tax of 1914:
Tax on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. ... $32,831.30
Interest on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914. . 462.46
Moth tax on list of 1914 uncollected Dec. 31, 1914 322.36
Interest accrued since Dec. 31, 1914 1,251.64
$34,867.76
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as tax $15,945.89
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as interest .. . . 446.70
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as moth tax 103.43
Uncollected tax to new account
16,885.41
Uncollected interest to new account 1,267.40
Uncollected moth tax to new account
218.93
$34,867.76
Report of tax of 1915:
Tax on list of 1915 : $83,034.06
Excise tax of Bay State St. Ry. Co.
1,715.73
Excise tax of Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry. Co. .
149.09
Moth tax of 1915 635.94
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1915 89.05
Interest accrued since Oct. 1, 1915
514.92
$86,138.79
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Cash entered on Treasurer's book as tax $48,705.82
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as interest 89.05
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as moth tax .. 324.06
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as excise tax of Bay State St. Ry. Co. 1,715.73
Cash entered on Treasurer's book as excise tax of Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry. Co. 149.09
Uncollected tax to new account 34,328.24
Uncollected interest to new account 514.92
Uncollected moth tax to new account
311.88
$86,138.79
E. W. SWEETSER,
Chelmsford, Dec. 31, 1915.
Collector.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
I have tested and sealed all scales and weights and have re-weighed one hundred packages in stores and found only six under weight, and thirty-six over weight. These con- sisted of soda, sugar, beans, potatoes, butter, etc.
I have made a total of 3412 tests of scales and measures.
Total cost of services $92.75
Sealing fees turned in to treasurer 59.05
The state orders 10-50 1b. weights at $3.00 $30.00
1-5 lb. weight 5.00
1 -5 gal. can correct measure 3.00
Therefore I think we ought to have for apparatus and work one hundred seventy-five dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
CURTIS A. AIKEN,
Sealer.
77
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK
The work carried on by this department for the first part of the year 1915 was in creosoting the nests of the gypsy moths. We will have apparently no trouble from the brown- tails in 1916 as there are very few webs passing through the winter of 1915-16, possibly a very few will be found on ap- ple and pear trees. This department used six tons of arse- nate of lead during the spraying season and closed down on July 3.
On September 22 we started cutting and burning brush on the roadsides covering about six miles of highway. Work was done on the following streets or roads: Via Billerica, River Neck, Stedman, Golden Cove, Boston, Hunt, Pine Hill, High, Bartlett, Bridge, Westford, Daily, West Chelmsford, Princeton and Middlesex.
The following owners have taken an interest in this work and have cleaned the roadside of brush adjoining their property : Geo. P. Mansfield, Wm. Dupee, Edgar Lapham, Walter Winning, A. Heady Park, Hans Johnson, Geo. B. Wright, Patrick Savage, Patrick Flynn, Fred L. Fletcher, Geo. Spaulding, Albert Davis, Wm. Hardy, Karl M. Perham and Walter Emerson, and many others who take pride in having their property look well from the roadside point of view.
If I am able to have the roadside cleaned in July and August, 1916, you will have the most satisfactory improve- ment in this line of work that can be accomplished.
Creosote (as in the past) is given free of charge, also in- spection of your property. Don't let your property go by without having the gypsy nests treated with creosote. If you have trees near your winter's wood pile, be sure to have them banded with tangle foot before hatching time. Any other information will be gladly given.
M. A. BEAN,
Superintendent.
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78
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
The Cemetery Commissioners present their annual report. J. R. Parkhuast has had charge of Fore Fathers and Pine Ridge Cemeteries, and, as in previous years, has been the same true and faithful worker.
Owing to the damp weather during the season, the grass and weeds have grown rapidly, and it has taken an unusual amount of labor to keep the avenues and paths in good con- dition, yet besides this extra work, some improvement has been made.
In Fore Fathers Cemetery the old apple tree at the top of the hill has been removed. Many of the sunken graves have been filled and graded; and in the old section of 1840 more lots have been put into shape.
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