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sudden tack, some of the breakers might have been shunned. Her serene face betokened no sense of danger; she has some of the very choicest traits for a teacher : scholarship, love for her scholars, love for her work with all its irritations, ambition to excel in all lines of improvement. If there could be added the indescribable tact for controlling the dis- turbing elements of the school room, her equipment would seem to be complete. At the close of the term she was approved to continue in charge of the school, but gave up the position to resume her course of study in the Normal school.
Fall and Winter Terms.
MISS ALBERTIE A. PRESTON, - - Teacher.
Miss Preston is a graduate of the Acton High School, a native of the district in which she teaches, without experi- ence as a teacher, and without the drill of the normal course. She had experimented a few days as a substitute for Miss Wetherbee in the East School. The data thus obtained en- couraged the Committee to let her make a venture in the West Grammar, hoping for the best, yet tremulous of the result. The school under her charge has been quite a suc- cess. She has order without apparent waste of nerve power, sprightliness in carrying through the programme on time, an impartial bearing among the different grades, and reaches results which show thoroughness in the preparatory step.
The public half day brought out a large attendance of the ladies of the district. The ladies are said to have keener perceptions than the men, and for this reason, possibly, they may have been assigned to the duty of inspection. They did it thoroughly, and gave their silent but unanimous approval of what they saw and heard. Let the men accept the judgment and act accordingly in the future.
Primary Department.
MRS. HARRIET H. GARDNER, - Teacher.
The school has again been favored through the whole
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year with the faithful, earnest and unique care of Mrs. Gardner. Young scholars need especial maternal oversight ; they have it here in rare degree. They need a wakeful and varied routine; they have it here most certainly. They need a rod in the background and an olive branch in front ; that seems to be the case here. They need clear explana- tions, appeals to the nobler motives, conscious and steady movements forward, month after month; they have them here. If you doubt it, go into the court room and watch the case for yourself. Enter as judge, attorney, witness, juror or prisoner, and the verdict will be the same.
Respectfully submitted in behalf of the Committee,
JAMES FLETCHER, Chairman.
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TABULAR STATEMENT FOR 1890-91.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Length of school in weeks.
Whole number of scholars.
Average membership.
Average attendance.
Percentage of attendance.
Under 5 years.
Over 5 years.
Over 15 years.
Between 8 and 14 yeaas.
Acton High, Center Grammar,
A. W. Armstrong,
36
55
34.42
31.25
90.79
0
55
24
32
Ida I. Bishop,
36
24
19.
15.85
83.
0
24
1
23
Clara B. Holden,
Sarah E. Hammond,
36
17
13.76
11.65
85.
0
17
0
6
Center Primary, South Grammar, South Primary,
Clara A. Johnson,
36
29
24.85
23.19
93.
0
29
0
27
S. Anna L. TirreÎl,
36
56
37.88
34.40
90.
0
56
0
27
West Grammar,
Alice J. Hoar,
36
36
33.
31.
94.
0
36
0 36
Mrs. Harriet H. Gardner,
36
55
36.44
32.45
89.
1
54
0
24
Jessie F. Jones,
36
28
23.22
20.42
88.
0
28
0
20
East,
Susan A. Wetherbee,
36
33
27.65
25.57
92.
0
33
0
18
South-east,
Hattie L. Tuttle,
36
16
12.
11.
92.
0
16
3
8
262.
256.
91.
Hadessa L. Sharp,
Albertie A. Preston,
West Primary, North,
Susan E. Conant,
Rena M. Carr,
Number between 5 and 15, as reported by the Assessors for the year 1890, 270.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
LIST OF JURORS.
The following is a list of persons to serve as jurors for the ensuing year, as revised by the Selectmen of Acton, to be submitted to said Town at their April meeting :
Francis Hosmer,
James R. Lawrence,
Frank H. Whitcomb,
Lyman Tuttle,
Samuel R. Burroughs,
Lorenzo A. Pratt, James P. Brown,
John C. Keyes,
Norman A. Davidson,
William F. Kelley, Herman A. Gould,
Chas. S. Twitchell, Edward J. Blethen, Samuel Jones, Jr.,
Joseph A. Whitcomb,
George A. Conant,
Hanson A. Littlefield,
George W. Worster,
Thomas F. Noyes, Cyrus Hale,
Waldo Littlefield, Luther Conant,
Elbridge J. Robbins, Luke J. Robbins,
S. Hammond Taylor, Daniel H. Farrar,
WM. F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES, HOWARD B. WHITE,
Selectmen of Acton.
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TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in the County of Middlesex, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acton, qualified to vote in the elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the TOWN HALL, in said Town, on MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1891, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles as they may think proper, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To fill all vacancies in the list of Town Offi- cers and Committees.
ART. 3. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of schools, and for school supplies for the present year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 4. To see what amount of money the Town will raise to repair the roads the present year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will make any alterations in the road leading from the house of Herman A. Gould to South Acton, near the " Puffer Place," so-called, or act any- thing thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will lay a new floor in the Town Hall, or act anything thereon.
ART. 7. To see what action the Town will take in re- lation to the petition of James D. Coburn and others to the
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County Commissioners, for the re-location of the Littleton road, leading from the Union Turnpike, so-called, to the house of Samuel R. Burroughs.
ART. 8. To see what action the Town will take in re- lation to the pay of road men for the present year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to locate the High School at South Acton for the ensuing year, or act any- thing thereon.
:
ART. 10. To see if the Town will furnish transporta- tion for the pupils of the High School.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to put a system of ventilation into some one of its school-houses, or act any- thing thereon.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the due observance of Memorial day, or act anything thereon.
ART. 13. To see what amount the Town will raise to defray Town charges for the present year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 14. To vote by ballot, " Yes, or No," in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town for the present year ?"
ART. 15. To consider and act upon the acceptance of the Jury List, as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, and other Town officers.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of the taxes for the current year.
ART. 18. To hear the reports of any Committees chosen to report at this meeting, or act anything thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will instruct the School Committee to appoint a Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate one
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thousand dollars for special highway work in South Acton, and at the Powder Mills, or act anything thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to make special repairs on the road leading from the " Charles Tuttle Place," to the Littleton line, and make a special appropriation for the same, or act anything thereon.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars, for the care and maintenance of Street lamps for the ensuing year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will make special repairs on the "Great Road " so-called, from near the residence of Otis H. Forbush, to near the residence of D. J. Wetherbee, and appropriate two hundred dollars therefor.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will accept of the Act of the Legislature, relating to the employment of a Union School Superintendent.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will raise a sum of money for the maintenance of the Memorial Library.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up copies, attested by you, in the following places : one at the Post Office, in the centre of the Town; one at the store of Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee ; one at the store of C. H. Mead & Co .; one at the Nagog House, and one in each of the railroad stations in the Town, seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, on or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands, in Acton, this the twenty-sixth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
WM. F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES, HOWARD B. WHITE, Acton.
Selectmen
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TOWN OF ACTON.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1891.
Town Clerk, William D. Tuttle.
Howard B. White,
Selectmen,
Wm. F. Stevens, George R. Keyes.
Assessors, Chauncy B. Robbins, John White.
Phineas Wetherbee,
Elisha H. Cutler,
Overseers of the Poor, Lyman C. Taylor, Aaron C. Handley.
Town Treasurer, Jona. K. W. Wetherbee,
Auditors,
Hiram J. Hapgood,
D. James Wetherbee.
School Committee,
Chas. L. Bradford 3 years
Davis C. Harris 2
William S. Jones 1
John Fletcher,
Nahum C. Reed,
Cemetery Committee, Levi W. Stevens, Horace F. Tuttle.
Fence Viewers. O. W. Mead, Frank Hosmer.
Rev. James Fletcher, Charles J. Williams, A. A. Wyman,
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Surveyors of Lumber,
William B. Davis, Levi W. Stevens, Jona. P. Fletcher,
George H. Harris, E. F. Richardson,
William S. Warren, Charles A. Brooks, Herbert T. Clark.
William B. Davis,
John F. Davis,
Surveyors of Wood, George H. Harris, S. L. Dutton, Jona. P. Fletcher.
Henry D. Parlin, Herbert T. Clark,
Surveyor of Hoops and Staves. Augustus Fletcher.
Constables.
E. M. Deeth, South Acton ; James Kinsley, West Acton ; Edwin A. Phalen, Acton Centre.
Fish Committee.
Luther Conant, Elnathan Jones, John Fletcher, John White.
Frank H. Whitcomb, Charles J. Williams,
Trustees of the Acton Memorial Library. (Corporate Members.)
Luther Conant, Delette H. Hall, Adelbert Mead, 1
Hiram J. Hapgood, Moses Taylor, D. James Wetherbee.
(Chosen by the Town.)
Howard B. White. 3 years
William D. Tuttle .. 2
Rev. James Fletcher 1 66
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- OF THE -
TOWN OFFICERS
- OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
FROM
FEBRUARY 26, 1891, TO FEBRUARY 26, 1892.
HUDSON : THE ENTERPRISE PRINTING COMPANY, 1892.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
TREASURERS' REPORT.
TOWN OF ACTON in account with J. K. W. WETHER- BEE, Treasurer.
1892.
DR.
Feb. 26. To cash paid, State tax, $1,005 00
Cash paid, County tax, 1,078 85
Cash paid on Selectmen's or- ders, 19,499 06
Outstanding orders, 1,313 79
Balance due the town, 1,965 67
1891. CR. -$24,862 37
Feb. 26. By cash in the treasury, $1,296 46
Rec'd for rent of chapel room to Apr. 1, 1891, 33 00
from Town of Methuen for aid furn- ished Wm. Anstin, 11 00
M. E. Reed for hay in Woodlawn cemetery, 16 04
Julian Tuttle, for rent of Town hall, 12 99
for old lumber sold,
18 00
from Globe Furniture Co. rebate on freight of furniture, 7 56
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 617 28
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 619 24
State Treasurer, Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889, 62 00
State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889, 340 00
State Treasurer, for temporary aid furnished State Paupers, 16 00 M. H. Garfield, for hard pine plank, 6 84
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County Treasurer, on account of Leland and Stevens' road, 900 00 County Treasurer, dog tax, 180 80
State Treasurer, income of Mass. School Fund, 184 56
J. K. W. Wetherbee, borrowed money, 526 55
Mrs. P. V. Hapgood, borrowed money, 500 00
H. J. Hapgood, borrowed money, 400 00
Geo. A. Stevens, 66
800 00
Estate of Wm. Davis, borrowed money, 350 00
Frank H. Jones, borrowed money 600 00
Varnum Tuttle, 66
1,240 00
J. A. Bowen,
1,000 00
E. C. Damon, for old bridge plank
6 77
L. W. Stevens, for lots sold in Mount Hope cemetery, 40 00
John Fletcher, for lots sold in Woodlawn cemetery, 22 00
Estate of Amos Brooks, for aid furnished by the town, 64 19
James Fletcher, for school sup- plies sold, 3 41
D. C. Harris for material left from repairing fence in
North District, 3 95
C. W. Pitman, for rent of Town Hall, 9 50
E. A. Phalen, taxes for 1889, 160 54
E. F. Conant, taxes for 1890, 564 69
J. E. Cutter, taxes for 1891, 14,188 00
Interest on money in Bank, 61 00
$24,862 37
Treasurer's Report of Money Held for Care of Lots in Cemeteries.
DR.
To Hepsabeth Piper Fund, $50 00
Interest received, 2 00
Frederick Rouillard Fund, 100 00
Interest received, 2 00
$154 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
CR.
By Cash paid N. Johnson, for labor on lot of Hepsabeth Piper, $2 00
Cash paid N. Johnson, for labor on lot of F. Rouillard, Cash in Treasury,
2 00
150 00
$154 00
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton. ACTON, Feb. 1892.
This is to certify that we have examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the Town of Acton, and find them correct.
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, DANIEL J. WETHERBEE, Auditors of the Town of Acton.
.
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SELECTMENS' REPORT.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Centre School.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, for teachers, $720 00
care of house, 65 50
66 66
fuel, 69 82
66
66
66
cleaning rooms, 11 62
66
66
66
incidentals, 4 53
$871 47
West School.
Paid A. A. Wyman, for teachers,
$720 00
66
care of house, 78 00
66
cleaning rooms,
11 67
66
fuel,
41 53
66
66
incidentals,
5 70
$856 90
South School.
Paid Chas. L. Bradford, for teachers,
$720 00
66
66
care of house,
90 00
66
66
cleaning room,
6 00
66
fuel,
30 13
66
incidentals, 5 83
$851 96
North School.
Paid David C. Harris, for teachers,
$360 00
66
care of house,
25 00
66
66
cleaning room,
4 00
66
66
fuel,
39 67
66
66
incidentals,
3 73
$432 40
7
TOWN OF ACTON.
East School.
Paid Chas J. Williams, for teachers,
$360 00
66 66 care of room, 27 00
fuel,
42 20
66
cleaning room, 3 10
66
incidentals, 4 05
$436 35
South East School.
Paid W. S. Jones, for teachers,
$324 00
66
66
care of room,
15 00
66
cleaning room,
4 75
66
66
fuel,
25 75
66
incidentals, 2 26
$371 76
High School.
Paid A. W. Armstrong, for teaching,
$920 00
Janitors, care of rooms,
34 00
Geo. Gardner, rent of organ,
15 00
Geo. Gardner, rent of piano,
10 00
C. L. Bradford, for moving furniture,
2 00
F. W. Green, for moving furniture and
organ,
3 00
James Fletcher, for fuel,
10 68
C. L. Bradford, for fuel,
6 00
E. C. Parker & Co., for fuel,
7 00
James Fletcher, for incidentals,
2 40
$1,010 08
School Supplies.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, A. W. Armstrong,
$444 11
5 89
$450 00
STATE AID.
Paid Warren B. Ball,
Chap. 279, acts 1889, $96 00
Allen G. Smith, 60 00
Wm. F. Wood,
6 66 40 00
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Chas. A. Brooks,
66
6.
72 00
Addison B. Wheeler,
66
30 00
Richard G. Dane,
Chap. 301,
66
60 00
Luke Smith,
66
48 00
Mary Smith,
66
66
48 00
Rebecca C. Wright,
66
48 00
Almira H. Laker
66
66
48 00
Eliza J. Shattuck,
66
66
48 00
Susan B. Winn,
66
66
36 00
Achsa Hanscom,
66
66
48 00
Mary A. Rand,
66
66
20 00
Mary J. Brown,
66
66
12 00
Emma F. Blood,
66
66
32 00
$794 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid E. H. Cutler, deficiency on farm to
March 1, 1891,
398 80
66
aid of Mrs. Trainor, 69 10
66
Geo. Kingsley
children,
231 00
66
Emily F. Town,
146 71
66
66
Clara Wheeler,
169 46
66
66 Richard Temple,
223 32
66
66
W. B. Ball,
85 50
66
Mrs. M. Jones,
168 00
66 Mrs. Ruth Pike,
55 00
66
Peter Simonson,
40 00
66
66
Geo. O. Austin,
11 00
60
66
Rebecca A. Ran- dall,
15 00
66
J. E. Harris,
99 14
66
66
W.F.B. Whitney,
28 50
66
66
Murphy family (So. Acton),
70 85
66
66
Amos Brooks,
18 57
66
66 Mrs. John Quin- land,
93 01
66
24 00
Herbert E. Preston,
24 00
Thos. J. Sawyer,
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Paid E. H. Cutler, aid of Two journeys to
Lowell, 2 00
66 66 Journey to Wal- tham, 1 50
Chas. S. Twitchell, for care of C. A. Brooks, 16 50
$1,942 96
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid N. Johnson, for labor in Woodlawn cem- etery, 20 76
L. W. Stevens, for labor in Mount Hope cemetery,
64 25
Moses A. Reed, for labor in Woodlawn cemetery,
47 50
John Fletcher, for labor in Woodlawn cemetery, 2 00
John Fletcher, for trees for Woodlawn cemetery,
2 00
John Fletcher, for dipper in Woodlawn cemetery, 10
J. W. Hayward, for additional land for Mount Hope cemetery, 900 00 1 00
N. Johnson, for care of Woodbury lot,
66 labor on hearse house grounds, 50
66 mowing monum't gr'nds
2 00
66 care of Fred'k. Rouillard lot, 2 00
66 Jona. Piper lot, 2 00
66 David M. Handley lot, 4 00
Julian Tuttle, for building wall, Wood- lawn cemetery, 15 27
L. W. Stevens, for labor at Mount Hope cemetery, 7 40
L. U. Holt, for repairs at Woodlawn cemetery, 2 75
$1,073 53
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PRINTING.
Paid H. S. Turner, for printing March war- rants, $3 00
Enterprise Co., printing 600 sheet re- ports, 600 town reports, and town warrants, 71 50
A. Hosmer, for 500 town orders and en- velopes,
5 15
A. Hosmer, library certificates and no- tices, 1 90
Campbell & Hanscom, printing poll tax lists, 7 00
H. S. Turner, printing town warrants, 3 00
Enterprise Co., printing voting lists, 11 25
Enterprise Co., printing fire reward no- tices, 1 75
Campbell & Hauscom, printing citation for adoption, Laura Maud Kings- ley, 6 00
$110 55
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, supt. of schools, $125 00 Hiram J. Hapgood, services as auditor, 1889-90, 10 00
C. B. Robbins, assessor, 1891, 35 00
Phineas Wetherbee, "
50 00
John White,
18 00
A. A. Wyman, services as ballot clerk, 1890, 3 00
A. A. Wyman, services as ballot clerk and teller, 1891, 5 00
D. James Wetherbee, services as ballot clerk and teller, 1891,
5 00
Phineas Wetherbee, service, teller, 1891, Chas. H. Mead, 66
2 00
2 00
Hanson A. Littlefield,
66
2 00
W. F. Kelley,
66 66
2 00
C. B. Sanders,
66
66
2 00
John Fletcher,
66
2 00
E. A. Phalan,
66
66
2 00
Lyman C. Taylor,
2 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
James R. Lawrence, inspector of elec- tion, 1890, 3 00
E. A. Phalan, collecting taxes. 1889, 75 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, treasurer, 75 00
Geo. R. Keyes, selectman,
45 00
Gustavus V. Bowen, selectman,
45 00
Wm. F. Stevens, selectman,
85 00
supt. roads, 75 00
$670 00
LIBRARY EXPENSES. Bills Approved by the Trustees.
Paid M. E. Taylor, for supplies, $21 24
D. A. Cutler, transporting books, 50 00
Ida A. Hale, services as librarian to March 1, 1892, 101 00
James Fletcher, for town history of the towns of Woburn, Westford, Sud - bury and Medford, 5 00
Julian Tuttle, for services as janitor to April 30, 1891, 13 40
James Fletcher, for services as janitor to Jan. 1, 1892, 75 00
James Fletcher, for supplies,
32 90
J. E. Cutler, 20,300 lbs. coal, 63 44
Jame Fletcher, for repairs, 5 25
$367 23
EXPENSES ON ROADS ORDERED BY COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS.
Paid Varnum B. Mead, for damages awarded by the County Commissioners on the Leland-Stevens road, $1,000 00
L. U. Holt, for drain pipe, 146 53
J. E. Reed, labor on Hall shop, 8 75
E. Jones & Co., for lumber, 50
E. Hall & Sons, 3 63
C. H. Mead & Co., nails, 38
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Paid Thos. McCarthy, covering stone, 40 75
David C.Harris, covering and edge stone, 35 40
A. C. Piper, labor on turnpike, 335 46
N. Littlefield, “ 66
762 96
66 Leland-Stevens road, 229 58
66 Littleton road, 21 57
Wmn. H. Kingsley, labor on bridges, 117 77
S. A. Guilford, 706 lbs. railing posts, 35 30
66 making over railing posts, 2 80
catch basin grates, 7 00
Samuel Jones, Jr., labor on railings, 25 26
E. Jones & Co., lumber for
28 00
$2,801 64
EXPENDED ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Nahum Littlefield, highway work, $696 46
Anson C. Piper, 66
1,439 52
Wm. H. Kingsley,
1,237 54
Anson C. Piper, breaking out roads, 6 20
Francis Pratt,
66
12 00
Forbush & Hartwell
66
5 50
Nahum Littlefield, 66 66 66
and repairing washouts, 32 07
Henry Warden, breaking out roads,
16 63
Thomas Mccarthy, " 5 28
A.S.Fletcher, labor on bridges, So.Acton,
30 94
Samuel Jones, Jr., labor on bridge rail- ings, 10 26
J. E. Cutter, breaking out roads,
18 65
Chas. Wheeler, 6. 66
16 85
A. C. Piper, dynamite,
2 00
A. H. Jones, repairing washouts,
5 85
J. P. Brown,
tools,
2 75
S. A. Guilford, scraper,
75
Samuel Jones, Jr., labor on railings,
54.00
H. T. Clark, repairing scraper, 66 cover to catch basin,
4 50
30
N. Littlefield, powder and fuse, 4 50
66 66 repairs & blacksmith bill, 21 53
66 66 covering stone, 2 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Paid N. Littlefield, use of gigger, 1 00
66 66 14 posts,
1 20
66
gravel,
4 25
Geo. F. Tyler & Co., repairs,
8 50
J. Kinsley, use of road for Hurley,
8 00
A. A Haynes, 72 loads gravel,
3 60
F. C. Nash, 600 66
30 00
L. Rouillard, 121 66
6 05
F. H. Whitcomb, 209 66 . ..
10 45
A. Farrar, 225 66
66
11 25
E.Jones & Co., railing lumber and hard- ware, 80 83
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, drain pipe, 42 31 A. C. Piper, repairs on scraper, 2 60
I. F. Duren, removing 5 apple trees in making changes on hill near Abel Farrar's, 40 00
Aaron Foster, cutting brush,
2 10
I. A. Sampson, 26 loads gravel,
1 30
$3,879 52
REPAIRS ON TOWN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Paid Francis Jones, for painting at South school house, 9 10
Chas. J. Williams, for repairs at East school house, 1 50
Chas. L. Bradford, for repairs at South school house, 3 00
C. J. Williams, for repairs at East school house, 6 55
N. Johnson, for repairs at Centre school house,
1 35
F. W. Gray, for painting monument flag staff, 3 00
Chas J. Williams lumber and labor on East school fence, 74 52
Francis Jones, for painting at South school house,
23 41
F. Z. Taylor, for labor on town hall floor, Francis Conant, for repairs at. South school house, 36 16
31 50
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Paid C. L. Bradford, for repairs at South school house, 28 90
F. D. K. Hoar, for repairs at West school house, 49 88
A. A. Wyman, for repairs at West school house, 5 00
Sam'l. Jones, Jr., for repairs at South school house, 67 11
W. L. Mead, for repairs at West school house, 94 32
W. S. Jones, for repairs at South East school house,
10 00
Francis Jones, for painting at South schooi house,
6 75
Francis Jones, for labor and stock on town hall floor,
11 50
Spofford Robbins, for labor on town hall floor,
42 50
Spofford Robbins, for repairs on town hall,
16 88
James Fletcher, for 18 desks for school houses, 79 56
C. J. Williams, for repairs at East school house,
1 20
F. E. Harris, for repairs at West school house,
5 62
N. Johnson, for repairs at Centre school house,
12 67
Spofford Robbins, for repairs on town vault,
4 25
H. T. Clark, for repairs at West school house, 2 80
James Fletcher, for repairs at Centre school house, 7 00
Sam'l Jones, Jr., for repairs at South school house, 4 76
E. Jones & Co., for lumber and hardware for town hall floor, 139 84
L. U. Holt, pump for town well, 10 90
L. U. Holt, for repairs at West school house, 14 51
Chas. J. Williams, for repairs at East school house, 6 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Paid Chas. J. Williams, for work on well at East school house, 4 00
Chas. J. Williams, for repairing wash- out in East school house yard, 4 00
C. H. Mead & Co., stock for repairs at West school house, 2 32
Rev. James Fletcher, for repairs at South school house, 9 62
Rev. James Fletcher, for repairs at Cen- tre school house, 14 16
L. U. Holt, for repairs at South school house, 4 00
$850 14
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Chas. J. Williams, for carting fire
ladders, 25
Chas. J. Williams, for boat hire, for Fish Committee, 25
Nathan Johnson, for repairs on monu- ment flag, 2 02
James T. Joslyn, Esq., costs of court in V. B. Mead case, 43 94
Chas. H. Walcott, for legal services in V. B. Mead case, 50 00
E. F. Conant, for summoning town officers, 2 50
Luke Blanchard, award of damage on hall road, 150 00
Isaac Davis Post 138, for Memorial day, 100 00
N. E. Bean, for repairing fire hook, 2 50
Wm. Chisholm, for ladder, 1 50
John Fletcher, for tish permits, 3 00
66 66 " pass books for Fish Committee, 30
Chas. J. Williams, advertising for High school, 75
Chas. J. Williams, for cleaning East school well. 2 00
Julian Tuttle, for services as registrar of voters, to May 1, 1891, 12 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Paid Phineas Wetherbee, for damages on Hall road, 144 18
Fred'k. C. Nash; for legal services in Blanchard case, 37 50
Fred'k. C. Nash, for legal services in Wetherbee case,
37 50
John S. Keyes, Justice of Central Midd. Court, for fee and expenses in criminal cases, 23 60
J. H. Whitney, for expenses in Barker case, 57 00
E. Jones & Co., coal for town hall,
29 24
Tuttles, Jones and Wetherbee, for asses- sor's books,
1 00
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, Collector's books, 1 50
H. T. Clark, for ladder rungs,
1 50
J. K. W. Wetherbee, for one weight for town scales, 65
J. K. W. Wetherbee, for recording deeds, 1 90
J. K. W. Wetherbee, for postage and stationery, 1 50
W. F. Stevens, for postage, express and stationery, 6 78
L. U. Holt. sealing weights and meas- ures, 1890-1891, 10 00
Geo. E. Fifield, for damage to rye field by town cattle, 1 50
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