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Voted, That the salary of the Road Commissioners be fixed at twenty-five cents per hour employed.
Voted, That laborers be paid seventeen and one-half cents per hour employed.
Voted, That a double team and man be paid forty-two and one-half cents per hour employed.
Voted, To proceed to choose on one ballot :
One Town Clerk,
One Town Treasurer,
Three Selectmen,
Three Assessors,
Three Overseers of the Poor,
One Member of the School Committee,
One Collector of Taxes,
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Five Constables,
Three Cemetery Committee,
Three Fence Viewers,
Six Surveyors of lumber, wood, hoops and staves, Eight Field Drivers,
One Trustee of Memorial Library,
One Auditor,
Three Road Commissioners.
The following town officers were chosen :
Town Clerk, Horace F. Tuttle.
Town Treasurer, Jona K. W. Wetherbee.
Selectmen, E. Faulkner Conant, Wm. F. Stevens, David C. Harris. Assessors, James B. Tuttle, Wm. F. Stevens, D. James Wetherbee.
Overseers of the Poor, E. Faulkner Conant, Wm. F. Stevens, David C. Harris.
School Committee for three years, Chas. J. Williams.
Collector of Taxes. Wm. F. Stevens.
Constables, Wm. F. Stevens, Moses A. Reed, James Kinsley, L. E. Reed, J. Sidney White.
Cemetery Committee, John Fletcher, Horace F. Tuttle, Chas. B. Stone.
Fence Viewers, Daniel H. Farrar, Reuben L. Reed, Oliver W. Mead.
Surveyors of lumber, wood, hoops and staves, Herbert T. Clark, Jona P. Fletcher, Edgar H. Hall, Edward F. Richardson, Henry D. Parlin, D. H. Farrar.
Field Drivers, Carlton C. Taylor, Jas. F. Stiles, Jr., Elwyn W. Harris, Wm. F. Stevens, James Kinsley, L. E. Reed, Moses A. Reed, J. Sidney White.
Trustee of Memorial Library, Chas. J. Williams.
Auditor, Frank W. Hoit.
Road Commissioners, Nahum Littlefield, for one year ; Anson C. Piper, for two years; Wm. H. Kinsley, for three years.
Voted, To choose a Tree Warden.
E. Faulkner Conant was chosen Tree Warden.
Voted, That the Selectmen, Adelbert Mead and F. P. Wood be a committee to enforce the liquor laws.
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ART. 7. To hear and act upon the report of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.
Heard the report of the Committee appointed Feb. 2, 1899, to investigate the matter of school accomodations in South Acton, which was the recommendation to build a High School Building at Kelley's Corner.
Voted, To accept the report of the Committee.
A motion that the town build a High School building this year, the matter of location to be left with the State Board of Education did not prevail, 81 voting No, and 54 Yes.
Acting on the report of the School Committee as printed in the annual town report, page 60, first paragraph
Voted, That the matter of the location of the High School be left with the School Committee.
ART. 8. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the due observance of Memorial Day.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $50.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to put an addition on the South School Building or act anything theron.
Voted, Not to put an addition on the South School Building 73 voting Yes, 109 No.
ART. 10. To see if the town will accept the jury list as revised by the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept the jury list as revised by the Selectmen, and printed in the town report, excepting the name of Elisha H. Cutler.
ART. 11. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer with the - approval of the Selectmen to borrow money for the town if necessary, in anticipation of the taxes the current year.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized to borrow in anti- cipation of the taxes for the year 1899, such sums of money as may be needed from time to time for the current expenses of the town, paying therefor the current market rate of interest giving the note or notes of the town therefor, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by at least a majority of the Se- lectmen, to be paid from the taxes to be raised in the year 1899.
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ART. 12. To see if the town will maintain street lamps the present year, or act anything thereon.
Voted, To maintain street lamps the present year.
Voted, That the Selectmen pay the sum of $3.50 per lamp to be expended the same as last year.
ART. 13. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the repair of roads and bridges the present year.
Voted, To raise the sum of $3000.
ART. 14. To vote Yes or No in answer to the question Shall li- censes be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in town the present year?
Whole number of ballots cast, 134. Yes 32, No 102.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor law.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $500.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to buy a fire engine for the South Village or act anything thereon.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase a fire en- gine of the same style as that now located in Acton Center, to be placed in South Acton.
ART. 17. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.
Voted, To raise the sum of $400 for current expenses, and $200 for the purchase of books.
ART. 18. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the support of schools the present year or act anything thereon. Voted, To raise for common schools, $3400.00
High school,
1600.00
School spplies,
475.00
Trans. of East pupils,
360.00
66 " South East pupils, 270.00
Apparatus and books for High School, 100.00
Salary of Sup't. of Schools,
450.00
Trans. of North pupils,
240.00
" pupils between South
and West Acton, 240.00
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ART. 19. To see what amount of money the town will raise for school supplies the present year.
Action taken under Act. 18.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to buy a stone crusher or act anything thereon.
Voted, That the matter be referred to the Selectmen and Moder- ator.
ART. 21. To see if the town will rescind the vote passed at a meet- ing March 3, 1890 whereby they voted to allow five per cent interest on funds deposited with the town for the care of lots in the cemeteries or act anything thereon.
Voted, To rescind the vote passed at a meeting March 3, 1890 whereby they voted to allow five per cent interest on funds depo- sited with the town for the care of lots in cemeteries.
ART. 22. Th see if the town will choose a Committee of Invest- ment to invest the different sums of money which have been or may be deposited with the town the income of which is to to be expended in the perpetual care of the lots in the ceme- teries.
Voted, That the Treasurer be a Committee of Investment to in- vest the different sums of money that have been or may be depo- sited with the town for the perpetual care of lots in cemeteries, the income of which is to be expended in the care of lots and the money to be invested in the Savings Banks.
ART. 23. To see if the town will take any action in regard to fish and game laws.
Voted, That the Selectmen and Edward F. Richardson, be a com- mittee to petition the Legislature to allow towns to protect game within their limits.
ART. 24. To see what amount of money the town will raise to de- fray town charges the present year.
Voted, To raise $5000.00.
Voted, That the Collector charge interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November next.
Voted, That all taxes shall be paid on or before the first day of March next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after that date the Col- lector shall collect according to law.
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ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the State Highway Commission to build a state road from Kelly's Corner to Acton Centre.
Voted, To pass over the article.
Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting as read by the Town Clerk.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HELD APRIL 17, 1899.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to locate and build a High School Building, at or near Acton Center, or act anything thereon.
Voted, (1) That the town build this present year a new High School Building, not to exceed a cost of $7,000 to be located on the land of James B. Tuttle on the outskirts of the village and known as the "Peach Orchard" site.
Voted, (2) That Chas. M. Kimball E. F. Conant, D. James Wetherbee, Chas. H. Mead and Luther Conant, be a committee to carry out the preceding vote of the town.
Voted, (3) That the Selectmen be instructed to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding $7,000, to carry out the preceding votes of the town.
The first action under the article was taken by ballot, 127 voting Yes and 116 No, the second and third by a viva voce vote.
ART. 3. To see if the town will let out the coal used in the differ- ent town buildings to the lowest bidder, or act anything thereon.
Voted, That all coal used by the town be contracted for, and that the Selectmen be instructed to award the contract for same to the lowest bidder.
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ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to buy teams to do the town work, or act anything thereon.
Voted, Not to purchase teams for the use of the town.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to purchase hose for fire pur- poses in W. Acton, or take any action in reference to fire pro- tection in that village.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to lay a six inch iron pipe in West Acton, from the factory of Hall Bros. to the store of C. H .. Mead & Co., and purchase 1,000 feet of hose, and hose carriage, if necessary.
ART. 6. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to enforce the provisions of the laws as set forth in Chap. 196 of the Acts of 1890, or act anything thereon.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to enforce the law. Voted, To accept the minutes of the meeting.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HELD MAY 8, 1899.
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to reconsider or rescind the vote passed April 17, 1899, at the special town meeting, where- by they voted that the town build the present year a new High School Building, not to exceed a cost of $7,000, to be located on land of James B. Tuttle, on the outskirts of the vil- lage and known as the "Peach Orchard" site.
Voted, To reconsider the votes passed at the last town meeting in reference to erecting a High School Building.
Voted, To dismiss the article.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to locate and build a High School Building in any part of said town, or take any action for the relief of the schools in South Acton, and see if the town
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will make an appropriation therefor and to authorize the proper authorities to borrow a sum of money to be used for either of the above named purposes, or act anything thereon.
Voted, To dismiss the article.
ART. 4. To see if the town will appropriate $1,200 for furnishing fire protection in West Acton, as voted April 17, 1899.
Voted, To dismiss the article.
ART. 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to the completion of the Cash road.
Voted, To instruct the Road Commissioners to expend a sum not exceeding $150 for the completion of the Cash road.
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in reference to draw- ing out interest on cemetery funds.
Voted, To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to draw the interest on funds invested for care of lots in cemeteries as it may become due.
Voted, To accept the minutes of the meeting.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HELD JULY 13, 1899.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Luther Conant was chosen Moderator.
ART. 2. To see what action the town will take in reference to the expenditure of the $15000.00 allotted to them by the State Highway Commission for the building of a State road in Acton. Voted, That the town waive its rights to contract for the building of the proposed piece of State road allotted to the town, and leave the matter of building to the Mass. Highway Commission.
ART. 3. To see if the town will authorize the making of a plan of the roads of Acton or act anything thereon.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized, if they deem it expe- deient, to procure a large map of Acton including the location of
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the roads, public buildings and such other matter as they may deem advisable, the cost of the same not to exceed $50.
ART. 4. To see what action the town will take in reference to bonds for its Collector and Treasurer.
No action taken.
Voted, To accept the minutes of the meeting.
L'oted, To dissolve the meeting.
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS HELD NOV. , 1899, IN PRECINCTS 1, 2 AND 3, ACTON.
VOTES.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Prec. 1.
Prec. ?
Prec. 3.
Total
Albert B. Coats,
1
2
1
4
W. Murray Crane,
60
73
61
194
Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
18
15
55
George R. Peare,
0
0
1
1
Winfield P. Porter,
1
1
0
Blanks,
2
3
2
1.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
John L. Bates,
59
75
66
200
John H. Mack,
17
15
18
50
James H. Roberts,
1
0
1
2
Isaac W. Skinner,
1
1
1
3
Blanks,
1
3
1
SECRETARY.
Charles H. Bradley,
1
2
1
4
John B. Lewis, Jr.
1
0.
12
13
Henry Lloyd,
16
14
6
36
Frank McDonald,
0
1
0
1
William M. Olin,
58
71
62
191
Blanks,
6
6
6
18
15
TOWN OF ACTON.
TREASURER.
Edward S. Bradford,
57
72
62
191
Joseph J. Flynn,
14
10
19
43
Herbert B. Griffin,
1
1
1
3
Frederick A. Nagler,
0
1
0
1
Charles W. White,
3
1
0
4
Blanks,
7
9
5
21
AUDITOR.
Elbridge Gerry Brown,
18
13
18
49
John W. Kimball,
57
73
60
190
Franklin A. Palmer, Blanks,
1
0
1
2
6
8
8
22
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Addison W. Barr,
2
1
0
3
Hosea M. Knowlton,
59
74
65
198
John H. Morrison,
13
12
19
44
Sidney Perley,
1
0
1
2
Blanks,
7
7
2
16
COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT.
Marcellus H. Fletcher,
17
17
18
52
S. Herbert Howe,
56
69
61
186
Blanks,
9
8
8
25
SENATOR SIXTH MIDDLESEX.
George G. King,
15
19
11
45
Frank A. Patch,
61
69
71
201
Blanks,
6
6
5
17
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL
COURT.
Herbert E. Fletcher,
62
68
64
194
T. Frank Mullin,
14
19
19
52
Blanks,
6
7
4
17
.
16
ANNUAL REPORTS
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Levi S. Gould,
64
74
74
212
Joseph V. Schugel,
3
1
0
4
Blanks,
15
19
13
47
SHERIFF.
John R. Fairbiarn,
61
72
72
205
Alfred E. Jones,
1
2
1
4
Blanks,
20
20
14
54
A true record, attest,
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
VOTE OF THE 23D MIDDLESEX DISTRICT FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
Acton.
Ayer.
Littleton
Shirley. Westford
Herbert E. Fletcher, of Westford
194
150
78
75
244
T. Frank Mullin, of Ayer
52
103
15
33
53
Blanks
17
12
1
·
4
21
Total,
263
265
94
112
318
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN 1899.
No.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1 2
January
7
Helen Beatrice Robbins,
13
Leslie Francis Penniman,
3
16
Louise Stewart Barrett,
4 5 6 7
24
Elsie May Whitcomb,
25
Nellie May Stiles,
February 6
Dorothy Agnes McCarty,
18
Irene Elizabeth Merriam,
Frank A. and Bertha M. (Jones)
8
20
Marion Gertrude Emrick, Brian Dominick Moore,
William J. and Mary A. (Duigman)
9 10 11 12
15
Percy William McAllister,
28
Fannie Evelyn Davis,
April
10
Harold Joseph Coughlin,
David H. and Ida M. (Foote)
20
Cyril Marshall Martel,
Frank Z. and Lizzie (Constantineau)
May
24
Ethel Wolf Spinney,
Everett L. and Lilla M. (Wolf) Anders and Annie (Anderson) Aubrey W. and Emma J. (Thompson)
16 17 18 19
June
13
Milledge Thompson Illsley,
Faunce Leroy Page,
Harry 1 .. and Lizzie E. (Coleman ) Frank D. and Julia A: (Boyd)
20 21
July
5
Bessie Minetta Davis,
Richard M. and Maude L. ( Morse)
9
Elizabeth Acton Bruce,
William F. and Mary E. (Bruce)
17
TOWN OF ACTON.
Melvin W. and Martha W. (Dubuque)
March 4
George O. and Mary V. (McIntyre) Alfred W. and Lizzie (Morse) John F. and Mary T. (Waldron)
13 14 15
20
Grace Evelyn Bezanson,
26
Carl Alfred Christaffersen,
24
27
Florence May Morse,
Herbert F. and Bessie E. ( Foote) George O. and Edith R. (Reynolds) Lewis A. and Ethel V. (Stewart) Fred J. and Mary E. (Gates) James F. and Annie L. (Clark) John and Mary A. (McElligott)
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN 1899.
18
No.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
22
July
17
Florence Ruth Cheney,
Elmer C. and Emma G. (Butterfield)
23
17
Harold Nelson Abbott,
Edward A. and Ellen J. (Weaver)
24
25
Pauline Munroe Kimball,
George P. and Sarah B. (Munroe) Daniel J. and Catherine ( Bulger)
25
28
Howard Venson Gallagher,
26
August
2
James Edward Kinsley,
David T. and Catherine F. (Burns)
27
14
Timothy James Hennessey,
Daniel J. and Hannah (Lynch) John E. and Margaret A. (Dillon)
28
September 9
James Raymond Gough,
29
12
Ruth Emeline Hall,
Eugene L. and Isabella H. (Bent)
30
17
Marion Hazel Gibbs,
Harry F. and Harriet E. (Marshall)
31
19
Alta Ray Teele,
Ernest R. and Martha R. (Shattuck)
32
October
6
Edith Isabel Greer,
John H. and Jessie M. (Vaughn)
33
17
Alice Knights Evans,
34
November 17
Jerry William Anderson,
Joseph W. and Mary A. (Knights) Bernt and Randine (Severinsen)
ANNUAL REPORTS
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TOWN OF ACTON.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1899.
NO.
DATE. PLACE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
1. Jan. 18 at Acton.
Elwyn W. Harris
Ida A. Hapgood
Murton H. Biathrow
W. Acton,
Lizzie Francella Wetherbee
W. Acton.
3. April 19 at Acton.
Grace Evelyn Taylor William Chester Munroe
Weston,
Mildred Oseman Kendall
Everett.
Asaph Merriam
S. Acton,
Harriet Emma Jones
S. Acton.
Daniel Morrison
Cambridge,
Julia Lewis Cutter
Acton.
S. Acton,
S. Acton.
Frederick H. Nash
W. Acton,
Mary Franz Rich
W. Acton.
Sanford S. Searles
S. Acton,
Annie H. Hayward
Boxboro.
John H. Watkins Elsie Edis Graham
Fitchburg.
Frank Herman Tuttle
Acton,
Bessie May Harris
N. Acton ..
12. Sept. 6 at S. Boston. 13. Oct. 11 at Maynard.
Albert L. Wood
Acton,
Agnes J. Butler
S. Boston.
John E. Callahan
S. Acton,
Josephine Jackman
S. Acton.
14. Nov. 30
George S. Chadwick
S. Boston,
at W. Acton. Dec. 9
Florence M. Leighton
W. Acton.
Niels Peter Hansen
Acton,
at Acton.
Laura Larsen
Acton.
N. Acton, S. Acton.
2. Feb. 9 at Maynard.
Cyrus Granville Dole
Cambridgeport
Acton.
4. May 29 at S. Acton. 5. June 7 at S. Acton. 6. June 8 at Boston.
Richard .Francis Murphy Mary Jane Dean
7. June 24 at Maynard. 8. June 26 at W. Acton. 9. August 2 at Concord. 10. August 19 at W.Townsend 11. Sept. 6 at Acton.
Acton,
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ANNUAL REPORTS
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1899.
AGES.
NO.
DATE.
NAME.
YRS.
MOS. DYS.
1.
Jan. 2. Mary A. Robbins,
64
10
10
2. Jan. 24. Forestus D. K. Hoar,
67
11
3. Feb. 9. Eliza Annie Hutchins,
70
10
25
4. Feb. 10. Harriet E. Mitchell,
78
5 16
5. Mar. 28. Lillie M. Graves,
31
9 11
6. Apr. 3. Henry Edson,
77
1
7. Apr. 26. George W. Mark,
67
8. May 7. John W. Randall,
80
9. May 9. Ebenezer W. Jones,
67
4 10
10. June 29. Frank Maeton, alias Wellington
35 (about)
11.
July 5. Eliza J. Treshler,
58
12. July 22.
Everlina T. Shapley,
73
3
10
13. July 30. Walter A. Gilmore,
52
11
24
14. July 31. George F. Clark,
82
5
7
15.
Aug. 8. Isaiah Hutchins,
69
10
15
16. Aug. 12.
Rachel A. Jenkins,
38
1
6
18. Sept. 13. Charles A. Brooks,
59
20. Sept. 30. Henry Brown,
81
1 25
21. Oct. 10.
Sarah M. Jewett,
83
2
16
22. Oct. 31. John Fletcher,
72
2
23
23. Nov. 5.
Harold Nelson Abbott,
3
18
24. Nov. 29. Julia Bertha Tapley,
29
4
25.
Dec. 1.
Electa Pansy Penniman,
4
8 23
26. Dec. 6.
Mary W. Wetherbee,
91
5
14
27. Dec. 14. Mary J. C. Z. Dusseault,
82
4 12
28. Dec. 14. Henry I). Parlin,
63
4
12
29. Dec. 15.
Mary Etta Worster,
45
9
21
30. Dec. 16. Luke Smith,
86
9
24
31. Dec. 28. Mary Elizabeth Hastings,
57
7
14
32.
Dec. 30. Thomas Morey,
78
3
16
.
17. Sept. 1.
David Joseph Foley,
10
28
19 Sept. 23. John P. Rouillard,
79
2
21
TOWN OF ACTON.
PERSONS BROUGHT TO ACTON FOR BURIAL.
DATE OF DEATH. 1899.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
-- AGE-
NO.
1. Jan. 6. Abby Hutchins,
Stoneham,
76
2. Jan. 8. William H. Allsop,
Shirley,
3
12
3. Jan. 23. Elizabeth Smith,
Tunbridge, Vt.
77
11 9
4. Feb. 13. Susan C. Cushing,
Brookline,
56
10 24
5. Feb. 15. George A. Jones,
Boston,
53
6. Feb. 16. Charles H. Martin, 7. Feb. 21. Mary W. Loker,
Boston, 58
Westford 82
1 21
8. Feb. 28.
Harriet Brown,
Nashua, N. H. 76
9. Mar. 26.
Susan O. Schouler, Pawtucket, R. I.
44
4 23
10.
May 8.
Elisha Pickens,
Boston,
70
6 19
11. May 21. Harriet B.Townsend, Jersey City, N. J. 47
12. Aug. 18. 3
Child of Geo. A. Smith,
Carlisle.
13. Aug. 22. Evangeline M.Graves, Boxboro,
5
1
14. Sept. 8. Semantha Stockwell, Watertown,
69
10 -
15. Oct. 12. Jane A. Davey, Amesbury, 38
16. Oct. 22. Eliza B. Cole, Boxboro, 82 10 29
17. Oct. 29. Charles P. Heustis, New Brighton, N.Y.
18. Nov. 16. Benj. R. Joyce,
Concord Junct. 77 9 27
19. Nov. 29. Lyman Rouillard,
Malden,
51
1 17
20. Dec. 19. Sarah F. Chaplin,
Concord, 56 6
1866.
21. Feb. 7. Andrew J. Sawyer, Lowell,
33
5
4
NOTE .- To make the registration as complete as possible, the Town Clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.
NOTE .- In accordance with Section 8, Chap. 32, of the Public Statutes, the Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish to all physicians, midwives and persons applying therefor, blanks for the return of births.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
ACTON, Jan. 1, 1900.
YRS.
MOS. DYS.
10 7
22
ANNUAL REPORTS
PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1899.
C. L. Stone,
$ 2 James F. Stiles, $ 2
J. Sterling Moore,
2
H. L. Duren,
2
Ellsworth Houghton,
5 F. A. Pratt, 2
E. Eddie Fletcher,
2
Charles A. Taylor,
2
Chas. L. Ford, (3)
12
James A. McLane,
2
George Libby,
5 Smith Finney, (2)
10
Charles Morris,
2 Chas. M. Kimball,
2
Luke Tuttle,
2
E. H. Carey,
2
James P. Brown,
2
George H. Brooks,
2
William B. Holt,
2
Arthur Tuttle,
2
Lottie Flagg,
2
A. L. Lawrence, (2)
4
Harry A. Clark,
2
W. H. Lawrence,
2
J. Linwood Richardson,
5 Moses Taylor,
2
Wm. F. Stevens,
2
L. Willis Mead,
2
F. G. Williams,
5 Francis S. Davis,
5
F. J. Barker, (2)
7
Michael G. Hayes, (3)
6
E. C. Shapley,
2 Fred S. Whitcomb,
2
Wm. F. Kelly,
2 F. J. Taylor,
2
Elwyn W. Harris,
2 Chas. J. Williams,
2
Moses E. Taylor,
2 Elnathan Jones,
2
Daniel H. Farrar,
2 John Moulton,
2
D. James Wetherbee,
2
J. E. Durkee,
2
Albert H. Perkins,
2 W. C. Robbins,
2
Fred W. Green,
2 Walter E. Smith,
2
Howard E. Faulkner,
2 W. S. Fletcher,
2
M. J. Harrington,
2 Cyrus G. Dole, (2)
4
M. Hannon,
2 Maurice Lane,
2
W. H. Jones,
2 Samuel Ineson,
2
Frank Pratt,
2 P. F. Holden,
·2
Tuttle & Newton,
2 Frank R. Stevens,
2
George Worster,
2 Charles Wheeler,
2
Daniel Mahoney,
2 Luther Conant,
2
C. F. Shirland,
2 Chauncy B. Robbins,
2
May Calder,
2 Jeremiah McCarthy,
2
Henry M. Smith,
2 John Coughlin,
2
Mary E. Reynolds,
2 William Barnes,
2
23
TOWN OF ACTON.
Nelson J. Cole,
$ 2 Constantine O'Neil,
$ 2
Charles A. Hunter, (2)
7 O. A. Willis, 5
Lester N. Fletcher,
2 William B. Manning,
2
Fredson P. Brooks,
2 Frank R. Knowlton,
2
A. J. Fletcher,
2 O. A. Knowlton,
2
H. A. Gray,
5 Frank E. Harris,
2
George E. Greenough,
2 Abel Farrar,
2
George N. Hoit,
2 Benjamin Andersom,
2
David C. Harris,
2 O. W. Penniman,
2
I. Simersen,
2
Patrick O'Neil,
2
S. H. Taylor,
2 William H. Hill,
2
Abel Cole,
2
Roswell L. Tuttle,
5
Henry Hanson,
2
William J. Moore,
2
William S. Jones,
2
F. E. Howland,
2
Hiram E. Gates,
2
A. Risso,
2
Richard Davis,
2 Wilbur Fisk,
2
Lyman Tuttle,
2
W. W. Philbrick,
2
Whole number licensed, 115.
Number of males, 101; at $2 each,
$202 00
" females, 14 ; at $5 each,
70 00
272 00
Deduct Clerk's fees 115 licenses at 20 cents each,
23 00
Amount paid to County Treasurer,
$249 00
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
24
ANNUAL REPORTS
Selectmen's Report.
CENTER SCHOOL.
Paid Sara J. Small,
teacher grammar,
34 weeks, 1
$340.00 10.00
Ella L. Miller,
intermediate, 23 4-5 weeks,
238.00
Sarah Wood,
66
1-5
66
2.00
Florence N. Day,
primary,
8 3-5
66
86.00
· Eva C. Bassett,
66
3 2-5
66
34.00
Cora F. Warren,
66
66
23 1-5
66
232.00
Sarah Wood,
66
4-5
8.00
Julian Tuttle, janitor,
92.00
Julian Tuttle, cleaning rooms,
11.10
F. J. Hastings & Co, 7620, lbs. coal,
21.53
66
8145,
23.00
66
66
4105,
11.60
66
3640,
10.19
66
66
66
7535, “
21.28
M. E. Taylor & Co., 4 brooms,
1.28
66
66
3 dippers,
.20
66
66
66
oil,
.32
66
66
66
soapine,
.20
66
2 mucilage,
.10
66
66
66
3 pails,
.81
66
66
1 brush,
.70
66
66
,salt,
1.03
66
66
polish,
.10
66
chimney,
.10
66
66
66
screw driver,
.20
George Greenough, 4745, coal,
14.71
Gertrude L. Kivlin, “
"
25
TOWN OF ACTON.
Tuttle & Newton, 1 shovel,
$ .50
66 66 2 7-8 lbs. rope, .58
66
polish, .18
.45
Marion Brówn, musical instruction,
6.67
NORTH SCOOOL.
Paid Ella L. Miller, teacher,
$120.00
J. W. Parsons, janitor,
12.00
$132.00
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Hattie L. Tuttle,
teacher grammar, 12 weeks,
$120.00
Edith B. Marrow,
66 6 6 13
130.00
Ida F. Thomson,
2
66
20.00
Eva R. Barton,
66
8 4-5 66
88.00
Lilla Keniston,
" primary, 12
66
120.00
Annie W. Chase,
66
24
66
240.00
Jennie E. Stowell, asst. "
12
66
84.00
Eva M. Brewer, " intermediate, 24
66
240.00
C. L. Bradford, janitor 2 schools 1 year,
90.00
C. L. Bradford, cleaning room,
9.50
Henry Tolman, janitor 1 school 2 terms,
25.00
F. J. Hastings & Co., 5542 lbs. coal,
16.07
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