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Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Acton, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assem- ble in the Town Hall, in said Town, ON MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL, A. D., 1892, then and there to act upon the fol- lowing articles as they may think proper, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To fill all vacancies in the list of Town Officers 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 for the repairing of roads and bridges the present year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the due observance of Memo- rial Day, or act anything thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept of the provisions of Sec. 72, Chap. 423, Election Act of 1890, to divide the Town into convenient voting precints for the holding of meetings for the choice of officers elective by the people, except Town officers, or take any action thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will elect that hereafter all of the Town officers shall be voted for upon one ballot, or act any- thing thereon.
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ART. 8. To see if the Town will accept Sections 64 to 68, both inclusive, of Chap. 27 of thePublic Statutes, and any amend- ments thereto, providing for the election of members of the Board of Selectmen and Assessors for the term of three years, or act anything thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List, as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 10. To vote by ballot, "Yes " or "No," in answer to the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- liquors in this Town for the present year ?"
ART. 11. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, and other Town officers.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurez, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of the taxes for the current year.
ART. 13. To see what action the Town will take in relation to lighting its streets the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To hear the report of any Committees chosen to report at this meeting, or act anything thereon.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library for the ensuing year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 16. To see what amount the Town will raise to de- fray Town charges the present year, or act anything thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to dig a new well, erect wind-mill, and make special repairs on Town farm buildings the present year, appropriate money therefor, or act anything thereon.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will shingle the West school house, or act anything thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will make certain repairs upon the Great Road, so called, between the residence of Daniel H. Farrar and the Concord line, or do or act anything thereon.
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ART. 20. To see if the Town will instruct the School Com- mittee to appoint a Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the preservation and protection of shade and ornamental trees, or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up cop- ies, attested by you, in the following places : One at the store of Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee; one at the store of C. H. Mead & Co .; one at the Nagog House ; and one at each of the railroad stations in the Town, seven days at least before the time appoint- ed 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 be- fore the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands, in Acton, this twenty-third day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
WM. F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES, GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN,
Selectmen of Acton.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1892.
Town Clerk. William D. Tuttle.
Wm. F. Stevens,
Selectmen. George R. Keyes, Gustavus V. Bowen. Assessors.
Phineas Wetherbee, Chauncy B. Robbins, John White. Overseers of the Poor.
Lyman C. Taylor, James B. Tuttle.
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Town Treasurer. Jona. K. W. Wetherbee. Auditors.
Hiram J. Hapgood,
D. James Wetherbee.
Rev. James Fletcher, Charles J. Williams,
School Committee. Chas. L. Bradford, . . 3 years Davis C. Harris, . . 2
Isaiah Hutchins,
William S. Jones, ]
Cemetery Committee.
John Fletcher, Levi W. Stevens, Horace F. Tuttle.
Nahum C. Reed,
Fence Viewers. H. F. Tuttle, Frank Hosmer ..
William B. Davis,
Surveyors of Lumber. George H. Harris, William S. Warren,
Levi W. Stevens, E. F. Richardson, Charles A. Brooks, Herbert T. Clark.
Jona. P. Fletcher,
Surveyors of Wood. George H. Harris, Henry D. Parlin,
John F. Davis, S. L Dutton, Herbert T. Clark, Jona. P. Fletcher.
E. F. Richardson,
Surveyor of Hoops and Staves. Augustus Fletcher. Constables.
L. E. Reed, South Acton ; James Kinsley, West Acton ; Edwin A. Phalen, Acton Centre.
Fish Committee.
Luther Conant, Elnathan Jones, John Fletcher,
Frank H. Whitcomb, Charles J. Williams, John White.
Trustees of the Acton Memorial Library. (Corporate Members.) Delette H. Hall, Adelbert Mead,
Luther Conant,
Hiram J. Hapgood,
Moses Taylor, D. James Wetherbee.
(Chosen by the Town.)
Lucius A. Hesselton, . 3 years 2
William D. Tuttle, .
Rev. James Fletcher, .
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William B. Davis,
ANNUAL REPORT
- OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
- OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
(MASS.,)
- FROM
FEBRUARY 26, 1892, TO FEBRUARY 26, 1893.
AF
PONI
-1735.
ACTON,
RELECTROCU FOSTON,
HUDSON, MASS. : THE ENTERPRISE PRINTING COMPANY. 1893.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
TOWN OF ACTON, in account with J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
DR.
1893.
Feb. 26. To cash paid, State tax, $1,137 50
Cash paid, County tax, 1,270 05
Cash paid on Selectmen's
orders,
20,973 08
Outstanding orders, 1,274 50
Balance due the Town, 2,827 59
-
- $27,482 72
1892.
CR.
Feb. 26. By cash in the treasury,
$1,965 67
Rec'd from I. Hutchins, for loam, 8 00
W. F. Stevens, for loam, 6 00
W. F. Stevens, for lumber, 7 88 W. F. Stevens, for support of W. B. Ball, 8 00
Nathan
Johnson, for hay in
Woodlawn Cemetery,
10 50
Phineas Wetherbee, for asparagus, 3 00
for rent of Chapel room,
48 75
from State Treasurer, for support of State Paupers, 49 75
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 631 18
State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 493 11 State Treasurer, State Aid, chapter 301, acts 1889, 480 00
State Treasurer, Military Aid, chap- ter 279, acts 1889, 145 50
State Treasurer, income Massachu- setts School Fund, 268 31
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County Treasurer, dog tax, $224 11 Acton Memorial Library, for fines, 6 00 First National Bank of Ayer, bor- rowed money, 3,000 00
Estate of Wm. Davis, borrowed money, 1,000 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, money ad- vanced to pay orders, 805 33
John Fletcher, on account of Woodlawn Cemetery 24 00
L. W. Stevens, lots sold in Mount Hope Cemetery, 108 00
L.W. Stevens, wood sold in Mount Hope Cemetery, 10 50
C. W. Pitman, for rent of Town Hall, 94 00
E. F. Conant, taxes for 1890, 85 87
J. E. Cutter, taxes for 1891-2, 17,914 81
Interest on money in bank, 84 45
$27,482 72
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
William W. Davis fund,
100 00
Jedediah Tuttle fund,
50 00
$304 00
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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, 2 00
Cash in treasury, 300 00
$304 00
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, . Treasurer of Acton.
ACTON, FEB. 27, 1893.
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct.
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD. D. J. WETHERBEE. Auditors of the Town of Acton.
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ANNUAL REPORT
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Centre School.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher for teachers, $720 00
66
" care of house, 74 18
66
" fuel, 47 35
66
66
66
" cleaning rooms, 6 40
66
66
" incidentals, 12 15
$860 08
South School.
Paid C. L. Bradford for teachers,
$720 00
66
66
janitor,
90 00
66
66
fuel,
43 09
66
66
" cleaning rooms,
6 50
66
66
6
incidentals, 10 10
$869 69
West School.
Paid Isaiah Hutchins for teachers,
$720 00
66
66 care of house,
78 00
66
fuel,
30 00
66
66
" cleaning house,
8 05
66
66
66 incidentals, 40
$836 45
South East School.
Paid William S. Jones for teachers,
$324 00
care of house,
15 00
66
" fuel,
31 38
66
66
" cleaning room, 2 50
$372 88
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TOWN OF ACTON.
North School.
Paid D. C. Harris for teachers,
$360 00
66
care of house,
26 00
66
fuel,
35 60
66
66
cleaning house,
4 00
66
66 incidentals, 68
$426 28
East School.
Paid Charles J. Williams for teachers,
$360 00
66
66
" care of house, 39 50
66
" fuel,
8 00
66
66
" incidentals, 2 20
$409 70
High School.
Paid A. W. Armstrong for teaching,
$817 76
Janitors for care of rooms,
34 00
George Gardner for rent of piano,
10 00
C. L. Bradford for fuel,
7 00
E. C. Parker & Co. "
10 83
J. E. Cutter 66
10 00
C. L. Bradford for incidentals,
1 15
School Supplies.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher,
$445 86
A. W. Armstrong,
5 14
E. B. Goodrich & Co., charts,
75 00
Charles J. Williams,
5 24
Balance in hands of committee,
40 93
MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
Bills Approved by the Trustees.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, janitor to March 1, 1892, (1891) $17 02
L. U. Holt for repairs, 2 00 66
M. E. Taylor & Co., for supplies, 66 16 37
Luther Conant for express, 66
2 70
D. A. Cutler for transporting books, " 13 00
Rev. James Fletcher for History of Bedford, 2 50
$890 74
$531 24
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J. G. Roberts & Co., for binding books, (1891) $16 98
L. Barta & Co., for 600 supplements, 28 00
Estes & Lauriat for books, 66
82 98
Ida A. Hale for services as librarian, 26 00
Hiram J. Hapgood, treas., for services of
librarian, 78 57
66
66
for services of janitor, 100 00
66
66
for repairs, 3 10
66
66
66
for books and magazines, 156 99
66
66
66
for printing, 8 50
66
66
66
for labor on
grounds, 9 40
6.
66
66
for labor on
books, 1 95
66
66
66
for transport- ing books, 25 00
66
66
66
for binding, 4 42
66
66
66 for supplies and repairs, 24 70
66
66
for coal, 67 72
$687 90
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid E. H. Cutler, deficiency on farm to March 1, 1892, $325 72
E. H. Cutler, for care of Hannah Con- way,
14 25
L. C. Taylor, for Supt. services,
41 66
for aid of Mrs. M. Jones,
125 14
66
66
Richard Temple,
170 07
66
66
Clara Wheeler,
169 92
66
Emily F. Towne, 169 92
66
66 George Kinsley's children, 154 26
66
66
Mrs. H. Trainer, 36 00
66
66
Murphy family, 111 51
66
66 Elizabeth Kenedy, 39 75
66
66 Mrs. Ruth Pike, 53 75
1
66
J. E. Harris,
74 94
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Paid L. C. Taylor, for aid of Nelson family, $44 50
Mrs. S. M. Johnson, 16 00
Hannah Stanton, 2 27 66
66 Chas. Johnson, 7 00 66 Coal for town farm, 11 13
66 Expenses to Athol and Princeton, 6 97
$1,574 76
REPAIRS ON TOWN BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Paid L. U. Holt, for repairs at Centre School house, $ 25 01
Harris & Duren, repairs on Centre School house, 73 83
E. Jones & Co., for lumber and shingles, Centre School house, 120 74
E. Jones & Co., for lumber and shingles, West School house, 152 69
Harris & Duren, for labor on West School house, 72 64
H. A. Gould, for grading West School grounds, 154 74
F. W. Gray, for painting West School house, 70 00
F. D. K. Hoar, for repairs on West School house, 2 00
F. W. Green, for repairs on West School house,
I. Hutchins, for drawing shingle, West School house, 4 50
3 35
L. U. Holt, for repairs on West School house, 23 67
C. L. Bradford, for grading South School grounds, 2 00
C. L. Bradford, for repairs on South School house, 1 65
F. Jones, for painting South School house, 115 06
C. L. Bradford, for repairs on South school house, 5 74
S. Jones, Jr., for repairs on South School house, 7 60
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Paid F. Conant, for repairs on South School house, $19 49
E. Jones & Co., for nails and cord for South School house, 90
L. U. Holt, for repairs on South School house, 2 25
C. J. Williams, for repairs on East School house, 32 71
N. Johnson, for labor on Centre School grounds, 10 13
J. E. Reed, for labor on Town Farm buildings, 108 12
E. Jones & Co., for lumber for Town Farm buildings, 161 92
L. C. Taylor, for painting and papering Town Farm buildings, 17 70
L. U. Holt, for windmill for Town Farm, 200 00
L. U. Holt, for repairs on pump at Town Farm, 65
Harris & Duren, for repairs on North School house, 9 33
D. C. Harris, for cement for North School house, 29 88
W. H. Kingsly, for labor cementing North School house basement, 14 50
C. J. Williams, for lumber East School house, 2 81
E. Jones & Co., for lumber at Town Farm, 16 50
$1,462 11
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Herman A. Gould, for labor on high-
ways, $2346 37
Hermon A. Gould, for labor on railing, 6 25
N. C. Davidson, for gravel, 1891, 15 00
F. R. Knowlton, 6.
27 50
Louis Rouillard, 66
1 20
Frank H. Whitcomb, 66
20 00
Isaac Reed,
13 00
1 A. H. Perkins, 66
3 00
Calvin Harris,
16 00
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TOWN OFACTON.
Paid F. R. Knowlton, for gravel, $ 5 50
R. L. Tuttle, for breaking roads,
4 80
A. L. Tuttle,
13 85
Chas. Cassell, for bridge and basin irons,
10 25
F. J. Hastings & Co., for drain pipe,
9 00
Thos. McCarty, for flagging stones,
15 40
O. L. Newcomb, for repairs on scraper, 4 25
S. Jones, Jr., for repairs on bridge, 3 62
W. H. Lawrence, for blacksmith bill,
10 95
Waldo Bros., for drain pipe,
4 68
W. H. Kingsley, for blacksmith bill,
3 82
W. H. Kingsley, for dynamite,
80
W. H. Kingsley, for labor,
80
S. A. Guilford, for 45 iron railing posts, 22 75
E. Jones & Co., lumber for railing, 22 79
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, drain pipe, 10 23
L. W. Stevens, for labor on railing, 2 20
$2,594 01
EXPENSES ON ROADS ORDERED BY COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS.
Paid Hermon A. Gould, for labor on turnpike, $705 00 F. W. Green, for setting bound-stones on Leland-Stevens road, order com- 2 missioners, 2 00
$707 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid L. U. Holt for eight Johnson pumps, $16 00
66 " sealing weights and ineas- ures, 10 00
66 printing tags, 75
Julian Tuttle for services as registrar, 12 00
Rev. James Fletcher for expenses of school committee attending Union District con- vention, 17 25
Edward Fearns for services and expenses in arrest of James Hunt, as approved by trial justice, 5 00
State of Massachusettts balance of corpo- ration tax, 37 33
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Paid S. A. Guilford for services as registrar, $24 00 R. M. Yale for repairing monument flag, 5 35
H. T. Clark for repairing wagon, 10 90
J. R. Lawrence for services as registrar, 12 00
James Devane for painting and varnishing hearse, 20 00
H. M. Smith for removing tree, 8 00
State of Massachusetts for one register, 2 75 J. E. Marsh, M. D., for returning 5 births, 1 25 Phineas Wetherbee for copying valuation, 12 50 66 66 arranging poll tax list, 5 00
66
postage, stationery
66 and express, 1 25
66
invoice book, 1 35
Isaac Davis Post, appropriation for Memo- rial Day, 50 00
A. A. Wyman, Esq., for legal advice in pauper cases, 25 00
Warren Houghton for staining voting stalls, 1 15
Spofford Robbins for labor on voting stalls, 15 45 James Devan for numbering bounds, 1 50
C. L. Bradford for moving school furniture, 2 00
66 labor in Precinct 2 room, 3 00 E. Jones & Co., for lumber for voting stalls, 4 69
E. Jones & Co., for coal for town hall, 16 90
Tuttle, Jones & Wetherbee for one order book, 2 75
Wm. D. Tuttle for express charges, 3 63
postage and stationery, 3 81
66 collecting and record- ing 26 births, 13 00
66 recording 19 marriages, 2 85
66 38 deaths, 5 80
66
" indexing births and
deaths, 7 00
J. E. Cutter for wood for town hall, 4 75
J. E. Cutter for notifying 14 persons to take oath of office, 1 75
J. E. Cutter for services in dog license cases, 5 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Paid J. E. Cutter for abatement of taxes, $56 83
66 discount on taxes, 926 50
I. F. Duren for burial of 34 bodies, 102 00 66 making 28 returns, 7 00
C. W. Pitman for services as janitor town hall and care of clock, 73 75
Rev. James Fletcher for telephone and postage, 3 66
Rev. James Fletcher for services of E. A. Phalan as constable at graduation exer- cises, 1 00
Rev. James Fletcher for traveling expense on account of schools, 8 80
Estate L. U. Holt, pump for East school, 9 75
66 66 North school, 6 00 66
W. F. Stevens for postage, express and freight, 10 34
$1,578 34
PRINTING.
Paid Enterprise Printing Co., for warrants, $5 75
66 66 town reports, 64 00
A. Hosmer for letter heads, 1 80
500 town orders, 1 65
Campbell & Hanscom for poll tax lists, 66 check lists,
8 50
14 00
A. Hosmer for envelopes,
3 60
Enterprise Printing Co., for warrants, 6 00
$105 30
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid Nathan Johnson for labor in Woodlawn cemetery,
John Fletcher for trees for Woodlawn
$83 50
cemetery, 7 50
66 66
labor in Woodlawn
cemetery, 2 50
66
66
labor in Woodlawn cemetery, 28 60
W. H. Kingsley for labor in Woodlawn cemetery, 2 25
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ANNUAL REPORT
Paid D. C. Harris for five fender posts Wood- lawn cemetery, $8 50
N. Johnson for care David M. Handley lot, 3 00
66
Skinner lot, 6 50
Jona. Piper lot, 2 00 66 Frank Rouillard lot, 2 00
L. W. Stevens for labor in Monnt Hope cemetery, 96 57
66 66 labor in Mount Hope cemetery, 40 85
66 lumber for Mount Hope cemetery, 3 64
L. U. Holt for repairing pump in Mount Hope cemetery,
50
H. A. Gould, labor on street, Mount Hope cemetery, 105 00
William D. Tuttle, surveying lots, Mount Hope cemetery, 7 00
$399 91
STATE AID.
Paid Allen G. Smith, Chap. 279, acts 1889, $60 00
Warren B. Ball, 66
175 00
Addison B. Wheeler,
60 00
Chas. A. Brooks, 66 66 54 00
Eliza J. Shattuck, Chap. 301, acts 1889, 66 66
48 00
Almira H. Loker,
48 00
Luke Smith,
48 00
Mary Smith,
66
66
48 00
Richard G. Dame,
66
66
60 00
Rebecca C. Wright,
66
48 00
Achsa Hanscom,
66
48 00
Mary J. Brown,
66
66
40 00
Herbert E. Preston,
66
66
32 00
Susan B. Winn,
66
66
48 00
Aaron C. Handley,
30 00
Phoebe F. Wood,
66
66
36 00
66
24 00
Emma F. Blood,
$907 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid H. D. Parlin, for fuel for Gould boys, $ 3 13
E. H. Cutler, for relief of Whitney family, 34 00
E. C. Parker & Co., for coal for Gould boys, 9 15
H. D. Parlin, for fuel and supplies for Gould boys, 5 60
$51 88
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, supt. schools, $41 67
Edward Dixon, 66 66 292 50
C. L. Bradford, for services as school committee, 15 10
C. J. Williams, for services as school committee, 15 85
Rev. James Fletcher, for services as school committee, 51 25
C. B. Robbins, for service's as assessor, 38 00
Phineas Wetherbee, 50 00 66
John White, 20 00 66 66
E. F. Conant, collector, 70 00
15 00
Daniel J. Wetherbee, auditor three years, 66 66 election officer,
3 00
C. B. Sanders, election officer,
3 00
L. C. Taylor, 66
3 00
H. F. Tuttle,
66
3 00
E. A. Phalan, 66 66
3 00
A. A. Wyman, 66 66
3 00
H. A. Littlefield,
66
3 00
C. B. Stone, 66 66
3 00
C. H. Mead, 66 66
3 00
J. Kinsley, 66 66
4 00
H. J. Hapgood,
66
3 00
H. J. Hapgood, auditor, 5 00
T. F. Newton, election officer, 3 00
L. A. Hesselton, " 66
3 00
C. H. Fairbanks, “ 66
3 00
Phineas Wetherbee, election officer, 1 00
F. S. Whitcomb, 66 1 00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Paid M. A. Reed, special police, Lyman Tuttle, " 1 50
$ 1 50
William D. Tuttle, registrar, 66 town clerk,
15 00
30 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, treasurer,
75 00
J. McGreen, election officer,
3 00
W. F. Stevens, selectman,
85 00
George R. Keyes,
50 00
G. V. Bowen,
50 00
$970 37
LOANS AND INTEREST.
Paid Estate George A. Stevens, note, $800 00
66 interest, 24 97
Persis V. Hapgood, interest on note of $500 dated June 1, 1891, 25 00
Estate William Davis, interest on
note of $350 dated May 12, 1891, 17 50
Frank H. Jones, interest on note of $600 dated April 27, 1891, 30 00
John A. Bowen, interest on note of $1,000 dated June 6, 1891, 50 00
Varnum Tuttle, interest on note of $700 dated April 7, 1891, 35 00
Varnum Tuttle, interest on note of $540 dated July 11, 1891, 27 00
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, note,
1,000 00
Interest on Wetherbee note, 50 00
Interest on note of $1500 dated Jan. 20, 1890, 75 00
Interest on note of $1000, Sept. 6 to Oct. 8, 5 83
3,000 00
First National Bank, Ayer, note, 66 interest, 56 25 1
J. K. W. Wetherbee, temporary loan, 805 33
66 interest on same, 10 06
$6,011 94
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TOWN OF ACTON.
RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance due from treasurer, Feb. 26, 1892, $1,965 67 66 collector, Feb. 26, 1892, 1,920 95
Appropriations for town charges,
6,500 00
66 schools,
4,400 00
school supplies,
450 00
66
highways,
2,300 00
State tax,
1,137 50
66
overlayings,
481 68
66
Memorial library,
550 00
Received from State treasurer corporation tax, 631 18
66 66 National Bank
tax, 493 11
66
"
State aid, 480 00
66
66
Military aid, 145 50
66
66
66 Income Mass. School fund, 268 31
66
County Treas., dog tax,
224 11
66
Rent of Chapel room,
48 75
Loam sold,
14 00
66
Lumber sold,
7 88
66
Library fines,
6 00
66
State Treas., for support State paupers, 49 75
66 Hay sold in Woodlawn Ceme- tery, 10 50
66
Asparagus sold in Mt. Hope Cemetery,
3 00
66 First National Bank, Ayer, loan, 3,000 00
66
Est. Wm. Davis, loan,
1,000 00
66 J. K. W. Wetherbee, tempor- ary loan, 805 33
66 John Fletcher, account Wood- lawn Cemetery, 24 00
66 L. W. Stevens, for lots sold in Mt. Hope Cemetery, 108 00
66 L. W. Stevens, wood sold from Mt. Hope Cemetery, 10 50
66 C. W. Pitman, for rent of Town Hall and basement, 94 00
county tax,
1,270 05
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ANNUAL REPORT
Received from Interest on money in bank, $84 45
66 W. F. Stevens, for W. B. Ball's board, 8 00
$28,492 22
EXPENDITURES.
For support of Centre School,
$860 08
South School,
869 69
West School,
836 45
South East School,
372 88
North School,
426 28
East School,
409 70
High School,
890 74
School supplies,
531 24
State and Military Aid,
907 00
Poor,
1,574 76
Cemetery expenses,
399 91
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,578 34
Memorial Library,
687 90
Roads and Bridges,
2,594 01
Roads ordered by County Commissioners, 707 00
Printing,
105 30
Loans and interest,
6,011 94
Repairs on town buildings and grounds, 1,462 11
Town Officers,
970 37
Soldiers' Relief,
51 88
State Tax,
1,137 50
County Tax,
1,270 05
$24,655 13
Balance due from J. E. Cutter, collector
taxes 1891, $189 16
Balance due from J. E. Cutter, collector
taxes 1892, 820 34
Balance due from Treasurer,
2,827 59
$3,837 09
$28,492 22
TOWN DEBT.
Note of Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, $1,500 00 Persis V. Hapgood, 500 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Note Estate Wm. Davis, 66 66
$350 00
1,000 00
Frank H. Jones,
600 00
Varnum Tuttle,
1,240 00
John A. Bowen,
1,000 00
$6,190 00
Less amounts due from Collector and Treas-
urer, $3,837 09
Balance against the Town Feb. 26th, 1893, $2,352 91
WM. F. STEVENS,
GEORGE R. KEYES,
GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN. Selectmen of Acton.
ACTON, FEB. 27, 1893.
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct.
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, D. J. WETHERBEE, Auditors of the Town of Acton.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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 :
Luther Conant,
Geo. W. Worster,
Francis Hosmer,
Waldo Littlefield,
James R. Lawrence,
S. Hammond Taylor,
Frank H. Whitcomb,
Daniel H. Farrar, Lorenzo A. Pratt,
Geo. B. Parker,
James Rinsley,
James P. Brown,
John C. Keyes,
Chas. S. Twitchell,
Norman A. Davidson,
Chas. J. Holton,
Geo. A. Conant,
Thomas F. Noyes,
Joseph A. Whitcomb,
Cyrus Hale,
Geo. R. Keyes,
Elbridge J. Robbins,
Hanson A. Littlefield,
Job W. Dupee,
Luke J. Robbins, John S. White.
GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN, - Selectmen H. A. LITTLEFIELD, of E. F. CONANT, Acton.
Acton, Mass., March 20, 1893.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Report of Receipts and Expenditures at the Town Farm, Acton, For the Year ending Feb. 28. 1893.
ARTICLES ON HAND FEB. 28, 1893,
11 cows,
$440 00
1 bull,
14 00
1 horse,
100 00
10 tons hay,
200 00
Oat fodder,
3 00
1 horse rake,
15 00
Grain,
10 15
1 wagon,
70 00
1 wagon,
26 00
1 pung,
8 00
6 ladders,
9 00
2 plows,
12 00
2 horse hoes,
4 00
40 flour bbls.,
7.00
4
12 market boxes,
1 20
Lumber,
2 00
Stone drag,
5 00
Hay wagon,
18 00
Horse cart,
18 00
Express harness,
35 00
Harrow,
2 00
Horse sled,
3 00
1
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ANNUAL REPORT
15 cords wood,
$45 00
Mowing machine,
5 00
Hens,
26 40
Farming tools, shovels, hoes, forks, etc.,
22 00
Apples,
5 00
125 lbs. salt pork,
17 10
Canned fruit,
2 60
24 bushels potatoes,
24 00
Kerosene oil,
45
Oil tank,
1 00
Fruit jars,
2 50
Crackers,
1 25
Flour,
2 50
Coffee and tea,
1 50
Sugar,
1 37
Spices,
50
Butter,
4 00
1,164 52
RECEIPTS FROM TOWN FARM FROM MARCH 1, 1892 TO MARCH 1, 1893.
Received for apples,
$126 43
1 bull,
15 00
Calves,
9 75
Cows,
89 00
Dinner,
50
Hay and straw,
3 75
Labor,
13 80
Milk,
816 00
Poultry,
2 85
Potatoes,
8 75
Eggs,
23 80
Use of bull,
4 00
1,113 63
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TOWN OF ACTON.
EXPENDITURES AT THE TOWN FARM FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1893.
Bluing,
27
Bread,
50
Borax,
17
Boots,
1 25
Beans,
11 75
Brooms and brushes,
3 34
Bristol brick,
08
Blacksmith's bill,
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