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1903 Mechanics Falls H. S. 1899 Framingham Normal
418 Hudson, Mass
Primary
Martha F. Smith
1902 Lowell Normal
418 Acton
West Grammar
Jennie V. Sargent
1903 Worcester Normal
380 W. Boylston
" Intermediate
Agnes Devlin
1908 Fitchburg Normal
380 Fitchburg
" Primary
Harriet H. Gardner
1899 Ayer High
456 W. Acton
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TOWN OF ACTON.
380 N. Dorchester
Intermediate
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SCHOOL REPORT
Roll of Honor for the Year Ending June 1903.
ONE YEAR.
Burke, Henry
Cheney, Robert B.
Gilbert, Alfred G.
Griswold, Ethel
Harris, V. Maud
Stancombe, Eva L.
Harris, Bertha M. Harris, Alfred B.
Kingman, Layman
Reynolds, Albert Sawyer, Benj.
Two TERMS.
Boyce, Helen M.
Davidson, Guy
Duren, Ethel
Phalen, Harold R.
Greenough, Frank
Quimby, Russell B.
Griswold, George D.
Quimby, Margaret
Gray, Annie Gould, Glenn Hall, H. Wesley Littlefield, Harold Moan, David Merriam, Harold A.
Robbins, Hazel G. Richardson, Harold M.
Schnair, Cora M.
Schnair, Ellen M.
Taylor, William S.
Taylor, Marion C.
Mekkelson, Christine
Worden, Henry S.
Mekkelson, Ida M.
Worden, M. Florence
Mekkelson, Bertha
Wood, Chester
ONE TERM.
Baker, Ella
Davidson, Carl
Blanchard, Webster
Downie, Cora
Easterbrook, Fred
Flagg, Harland W.
Fletcher, Liza
Fredrikson, Esther L.
Frost, Gladys Gates, Ralph
Boyce, Elmer Brown, Irma M. Carburg, Grace -Cram, Bertha Cram, Lowell Day, Gertrude
O'Connell, Margaret O'Connell, Alice
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Gilmore, Lillian
Green, Bertha F.
Green, Isabell
Grady, Percy
Perkins, Louise
Grady, Ray J.
Piper, Ralph
Harris, Roy
Quimby, Chauncy
Harris, Arthur F.
Rodway, Charles
Holton, Edward M.
Reed, Everett W.
Hoar, Carl
Ross, Samuel
Johnson, Ethel
Ross, Joseph
Kingsley, David
Schnair, Harriett
Kingsley, Richard
Schnair, Jara
Kimball, B. Milton
Schnair, Joseph
Schnair, Charles
Knowlton, Ruth Lawrence, Eva
Smith, Ernest
Lawrence, Louise F.
Smiles, Emma
Lincoln, Arnold
Symonds, Harold
McNeil, Mary C.
Stancombe, George
Miner, Ethel H.
Thomas, Rosa
Magnes, Emily
Tuttle, Gertrude M.
Macomber, Maud
Whitcomb, Florence I.
Mekkelsen, Loren
Wheeler, Ralph
Mekkelsen, Henry
Wheeler, Merrill
Mekkelsen, Maricus
Worden, Grace E.
Morse, Arthur
Wood, Helen B.
Morse, Walter K.
Wood, Ratha A.
Roll of Honor for Fall and Winter Terms, 1903-1904.
Two TERMS.
Burroughs, Lizzie Cram, Bertha Duren, Ethel M. Greenough, Frank
Mekkelsen, Ida M.
Piper, Ralph Robbins, Sylvia
Simonds, Harold
Stancombe, Eva L.
Hawes, Verne Holden, Hazel M. Hoar, Carl
Tuttle, Elizabeth
Tuttle, Varnum H.
Kinsley, David
White, Leonard D.
Lawrence, Wayne G.
Nickerson, Marion O'Connell, Lena Olsen, Agnes
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SCHOOL REPORT
ONE TERM.
Boyce, Helena M. Byron, James
Mikkelsen, Christine
Merriam, Harold
Campbell, Leland H.
Morse, Walter
Cheney, Robert
Morse, Arthur W.
Davidson, Guy
Nickerson, Marion
Durkee, Raymond
O'Connell, Alice
Durkee, Irma M.
Perkins, Louise
Foley, Mary
Phalen, Harold R.
Foley, Michael
Randall, Earl
Gates, Ralph
Richardson, Harold M.
Gallant, Mildred A.
Robbins, Hazel G.
Gilbert, Alfred
Schnair, Harriet A.
Gould, Glenn
Schnair, Zara
Griswold, Ethel
Schnair, Cora M.
Harris, Bertha M.
Smith, Minnie E.
Harris, Elizabeth
Sonier, Gladys
Harris, Alfred B.
Sonier, Mary
Harrington, Elizabeth
Stancombe, George A.
Hayes, Willie
Taylor, Marion
Heath, Isabel
'Thompson, Carl L.
Hoar, Burton
Quimby, Margaret
Hall, H. Wesley
Quimby, Josephine
Jones, Carl
Quimby, Chauncy
Kimball, B. Milton
Quimby, Russell B.
Leach, Nathalie
White, Richard
Lincoln, Arnold H.
White, Florence E.
McCarty, Frank
Wood, Rotha A.
McCarty, Nora
Worden, M. Florence
McCarty, Helena J.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
Department of School Supplies.
Report of the Purchasing Agent.
To the School Committee :
I respectfully submit the expense account of the department for the financial year ending March 12th, 1904 :
J. L. HAMMETT CO.
Mar. 13. 4 packages No. 25 letter paper, $1 40
5 Cyr's Primers, 1 30
2 Fifty Famous Stories, 63
1 package Blotters, 30
10 packages No. 3 practice paper, 2 30
3 packages medium 00 practice paper, 6×9, 1 08
50 Cornhill pads, 1 75
10 dozen No. 140 Note books, 4 20
1 dozen quarts Treasury ink, 3 00
12 Coulthos Plant Studies, 13 00
Mar. 17. 40 packages No. 3 practice paper, $8 80
500 Blotters, 6x8, 1 50
12 packages No. 1 practice paper, 2 16
40 packages Blue Margin paper, 13 00
12 packages, 8x10₺ medium 00 paper, 7 68
2 lbs. No. 120 Boston erasers, 1 30
12 gr. Easterbrook Vest pens, No. 556, 5 40 75
1 gr. medium green crayons,
8 packages No. 25 Hecktograph paper, 2 80
6 packages No. 27 paper, 2 70
100 No. 127 spelling blanks, 1 75
36 blocks New Century Devel. maps, 10 80 4 bottles Hecktograph ink, 80
$29 46
- 59 44
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SCHOOL REPORT
Mar. 24. 4 blocks New Century Devel. maps, $1 20- $1 20
" 31. 1 Excelsior map N. A. board roller, 3 00 - 3 00
May 9. 24 boxes number builders, 2 31
23 Tales of Troy, 8 05
9 Jackman's Nature Studies, 9 72
3 U. S. History and Constitution,
2 40
12 Roland, 14 40
3 Man Before Metals,
4 20
$41 08
Credit 12 Roland, $14 40
9 Jackman's Nature
Studies, 9 72 $24 12
16 96
May 21. 5 dozen Boston Table Cards, No. 9. $1 25
1 package tags, 9x12, 25
50 packages Arithmetic paper, 9x6, 7 25
240 No. 140 Note Books, 8 40
2 Lawton Duplicators, 4 surface, 9 75
100 Cornhill pads, 3 50
10 gr. No. 701 pencils 9 00
¿ case white crayons, 3 00
12 sheets gummed trans. paper,
60
10 packages 00 medium drawing pa- . per, 6x9, 3 60
12 boxes Dennison cloth strips,
4 32
5 packages Manila drawing paper, 9x12, 1 80
{ dozen Note Books, 1 92
72 sheets wrapping paper, 45
55 04
Credit 1 Hecktograph,
$2 63-
52 41
June 16.
5 dozen Boston Table Cards, No. 9, 1 20
3 Tales of Troy, 95
Engraving Diplomas, 25-
2 40
Aug. 31. 12 dozen No. 120 spelling blanks,
1 44-
1 44
Sept. 2. 3 dozen quarts Treasury ink, 9 00- 9 00
217
777
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TOWN OF ACION.
Sept. 8. 2 gr. No. 620 penholders, $2 00
2 lbs. No. 120 Boston erasers, 1 30
2 dozen Gem B. B. erasers,
1 00- $4 30
14. 1 7-ft spear head flag pole,
30- 30
Oct. 7. 10 Siegfried,
5 40-
5 40
15. 1 Gem pencil sharpener,
3 00
5 clay bricks, 1 00
3 The Peasant and The Prince,
1 08-
5 08
Nov. 17. 6 gr. Easterbrook Vertical pens, No. 556,
2 70
4 packages No. 27 letter paper, 1 80
4 packages No. 25 Hecktograph paper, 1 40
8 pads letter paper,
48
{ dozen Chandler ink wells,
1 00- 7 38
26. 1 Gem pencil sharpener,
3 00- 3 00
Dec. 26. 15 packages H. 3. Practice paper,
3 30
2 dozen Gem B. B. erasers,
1 00
1 dozen envelopes gummed paper,
75-
5 05
Feb. 6.
10 dozen white Practice paper, 2 20
10 packages Manila Drawing paper, 1 50
5 gr. No. 556 Easterbrook Vertical pens,
2 25
10 dozen blotters,
86- 6 31
Feb. 12. 1 dozen quarts Treasury ink,
3 00- 3 00
$215 13
D. C. HEATH & Co.
Mar. 28. 12 French Dictionaries,
$12 00
4 German
4 00
$16 00
Apr. 4. 4 Wilhelm Tell, Less one-sixth,
2 00
33
1 67
Express,
15
1 82
S 3
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SCHOOL REPORT
Apr. 24. 10 Vols. Elem. Arithmetic, 10 ' Inter. 3 50
$3 00
6 50
Less one-sixth,
1 08
May 1. 2 Le Cid,
60
2 Le Tastuffe,
50
1 10
Less one-sixth,
18
Express,
11
1 03
Sept. 3. 4 J. & M. German Grammar, Less one-sixth,
74
"
4. 4 J. & M. German Grammar, 12 Columbus Note Books,
4 20
8 68
Less one-sixth,
1 44
7 24
Nov. 17. 3 gr. Volpenna B. pens, Postage,
08
1 28
" 25. 4 Minnadon B, Less one-sixth,
2 40
40
2 00
$38 53
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & Co.
Mar. 20. 9 Riverside Lit. Series, at .40, less 15 %
3 06
June
3 06
pr. 23. 33 Riverside Lit. Series,
7 01
3
1 02
6 Our Country's Story,
3 32
1 Fiske History U. S. 85
$5 42
92
4 48
3 74
4 48
1 20
35
TOWN OF ACTON.
Apr. 23. 3 A Year in Fields, $3 00
78 Riverside Lit. Series, 9 94
10
B, 3 40
$28 77
Oct 8. 10 Fiske History U. S., at $1.00, less
15 %,
8 50
8 50
Jan. 13. 20 Riverside Lit. Series,
2 55
6
66 2 04 4 59
44 92
EDWARD E. BABB & Co.
Apr. 22. 3 Elson Side Lights on Am. Hist., vol. 1, 1 69
3 Elson Side Lights on Am. Hist., vol. 2, 1 69
5 Fiske Hist. U. S., 2d Hand, 2 25
6 Thomas
1 20
6 McMaster
66
2 70
3 Mowry
1 35
3 Sheldon
1 35
3 Montgomery "
1 35
13 58
Sept. 13. 2 Botsford Hist. of Greece, net, 1 84
1 84
Oct. 8. 15 Metcalf Eng. Grammars, 4 05
5 Sheldon Hist. U. S.,
2 50
5 Thomas
1 00
5 McMasters “
2 25
10 Prince Arith. No. 6,
70
10 Tass and McMurray Geog. Part 5, 4 17
14 87
Oct. 14. 5 Channing Student's Hist. U. S. 5 84
5 84
36 13
GINN & Co.
Apr. 24. 12 Each and All, Less one-sixth, 1 00
6 00
5 00
36
SCHOOL REPORT
May 13. 12 Thompson Fables and Rhymes, $2 88
Less one-sixth, 48
$2 40
" 27. 3 Friends and Helpers, Less one-sixth, 30
1 80
1 50
Aug. 29. 7 doz. each No. 4 and 6 best Writing Books,
10 50
Less one-sixth,
1 75
8 75
Sept. 23. 10 Wentworth New Leh. Algebra,
11 20
3 Solid Geometry, 2 25
13 45
Less one-sixth,
2 24
11 21
Jan. 13. 15 Peabody Step by Step, Less one-sixth,
75
3 75
Jan. 22. 8 Cyr 2d Readers,
2 88
Less one-sixth,
48-
2 40
$35 01
SILVER, BURDETT & Co.
April 17. 25 Beacon Series, No. 177,
1 13-
1 13
23. 25 Beacon Series, No. 75,
75
Postage,
10- 85
May 14. 12 Stepping Stones, 1st Reader, Less one-sixth,
3 60
60- 3 00
22. 25 Beacon Series, No. 123,
1 25- 1 25
Oct.
4. 20 Normal Music Readers, Bk.2, Pt.1, 7 20 Less one-sixth,
1 20- 6 00
pr
13, 2 First Steps in English History, Less one-sixth,
1 40
23- 1 17
19. 35 Cecilian Series, No. 4,
14 00-
14 00
4 50
37
TOWN OF ACTON.
Jan. 13. 15 Stepping Stones to Lit., No. 1, $4 50
4 Normal Readers, Bk. 2, Pt. 2, 1 44
5 94
Less one-sixth,
99
$4 95
22. 7 Stepping Stones to Lit., Bk. 3, Less one-sixth,
50
58-
2 92
$35 27
AMERICAN BOOK Co.
April 21. 10 Famous Stories,
3 50
Less one-fifth,
70-
2 80
Sept. 5. 12 New Intro. Journals,
1 80
12
Ledger,
1 92
12
Day-Books,
72
4 44
Less one-fifth,
88-
3 56
Oct. 10.
20 Webster Pri. Dictionaries,
9 60
2 Eggleston 1st Bk. Am. Hist.,
1 20
10 80
Less one-fifth,
2 16-
8 64
$15 00
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.
April 23. 11 Pizarro, 3 30
20 Legends of Norseland, 8 00
3 Children of the Cold,
3 75
12 Ivanhoe,
4 80
5 Lincoln,
25
12 each Washington-Pilgrims, 1 20
1 each Marquette and Joliet-La Salle, 10
30 Legends of the Spring Time, 9 00
1 Cortez, 30
ent
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SCHOOL REPORT
April 23. 4 Ulysses,
$1 20
40 Lady of the Lake,
16 00
5 In Mythland,
1 50
49 40
Less one-sixth,
8 23
$41 17
$41 17
UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING CO.
May 2. 24 Pilot,
4 80
12. 12 Spy,
1 50
6 Harold,
1 20
6 Knickerbocker Stories,
75
$8 25
Less one-fifth,
1 65
6 60
Oct. 19. 10 Harold,
2 00
Less one-fifth,
40
1 60
8 20
DEWOLFE, FISK & Co.
May 1. 2 Pointer's History of Education,
2 00
2 00
2 00
MAYNARD, MERRILL & Co.
May 14. 10 English Classics, No. 216, 1 00
1 00
1 00
WILLIAM G. POORE.
Tune 9. 1 set Students Cyclopædia, 9 00
1 set International, 15 00
1 set New People's Cyclopædia, 10 00
34 00
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TOWN OF ACTON.
H. E. RICHARDSON.
July 3. 12 Green's English History,
$3 00
6 Prescott's Peru, 1 50
4 Mexico, 1 00
5 50
$5 50
ALLYN & BACON.
Sept. 3. 8 Bennett's Caesar, Less one-sixth,
8 00
1 33
6 67
6 67
J. RUFUS WALES.
Aug. 18. Rebinding 2 vols. Lippincott Gazet- teer,
2 00
2 00
2 00
EXPRESS CHARGES.
Paid A. W. Raynor,
$10 53
Thomas Scanlon,
30
A. L. Noyes,
10 65
21 48
21 48
$542 01
Credit by supplies sold,
2 00
$540 01
The value of supplies now on hand is estimated at about thirty dollars.
CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, Purchasing Agent.
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SCHOOL REPORT
TRUANT OFFICERS' REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1904.
To the School Committee of Acton, Mass. :
The Truant Officers submit their second annual report to the School Committee for the year ending March 1, 1904.
The Truant Officers submit the following list of pupils looked up for the year, the cause for their absence, and if truants, the num- ber that have been returned to school.
Whole number of pupils looked up, 12.
Cause of Absence. Centre School.
South Sch.
West Sch.
Sickness,
1
0
0
Kept at home by parents,
1
0
0
Returned to school,
1
8
2
Reported truants,
0
8
2
Yours respectfully,
MOSES A. REED, JAMES KINGSLEY, C. G. TURNER,
Truant Officers.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables in the town of Acton, in the County of Middlesex, GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Act- on, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of March, A. D., 1904, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles as they may think proper, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will accept the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Library Trustees and other Town officers.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town officers and commit- tees and fix salaries.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any Committee chosen to report at this meeting.
ART. 5. To see what amount of money the town will raise for due observance of Memorial Day.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List as re- vised by the Selectmen.
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TOWN WARRANT
ART. 7. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for repairing roads and bridges the present year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money for the Town, if necessary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.
ART. 9. To vote Yes or No in answer to the question :- " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year?"
ART. 10. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.
ART. 11. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for the support of Schools the present year.
ART. 12. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for School supplies.
ART. 13. To see what amount of money the Town will raise for Town charges.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will maintain street lamps the present year or act anything thereon.
ART. 16. To determine what action the Town will take in the matter of providing suitable and sufficient accommodations for the schools at South Acton.
ART. 17. To determine what action the Town will take in the matter of providing a location for and of building a High school house.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will appropri- ate for the care of cemeteries the current year or act anything thereon.
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TOWN OF ACTON.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will approve and adopt all or any of the rules and regulations for the government of its cemeteries, prepared by the Cemetery Commissioners, and printed in their annual report for 1903.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will accept the road from the house of D. J. Hennessy to the old road from Acton Center to South Acton as widened and relocated by the Road Commissioners.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will present a certain sign to the Davis Guards of Marlboro.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to Old Home Week.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise a suitable amount of money to purchase a banner or flag to be presented to Co. F, 6th Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., of Marlboro, Mass., or act anything thereon.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will build an addition to the Town hall or act anything thereon.
ART. 25. To see what amount of money the Town will raise to maintain the Fire Department.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will pay for burials as heretofore or act anything thereon.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will purchase the lot of land near the west gate of Woodlawn Cemetery, now used as a public dump.
ART. 28. To see if the Town wlll purchase a snow roller or act anything thereon.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting copies, attested by you, in the following places : One in each of the Post Offices and Railroad stations, one in each of the stores of
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TOWN WARRANT
C. H. Mead & Co., M. E. Taylor & Co., Tuttle and Newton, Estate of H. A. Littlefield and Elnathan Jones, one at the office of F. J. Hastings & Co., and one at the Nagog House, 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 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and four.
EDWIN A. PHALEN, FRANK W. HOIT,
Selectmen of Acton.
Index to Contents.
Town Officers - 3
Town Clerk's Report .
15
Town Meetings, 1903 .
6
Births
16
Marriages .
17
Deaths
19
Dogs Licensed .
21
Report of Selectmen .
23
List of Jurors
47
Report of Treasurer .
48
Collector
53
Auditor
.
58
Assessors
59
Road Commissioners
61
Board of Health
64
Overseers of Poor
66
Tree Warden
70
Library Trustees
76
Cemetery Commissioners
73
SCHOOL REPORT :
Organization
3
School Calendar
4
Committee
9
Financial Statement
13
Superintendent's Report
15
High School Principal
21
Supervisor of Music
23
Truant Officers .
40
Roll of Honor
28
Statistical Tables
25
Department of School Supplies
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TOWN WARRANT.
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1800.
Suffitice
Paye 35 Scholars 3. 1847. 16 280
at her scholar of about == 2.01 12 beside
fortune Musical instructo em
and a vention of Sucht salary which
$65.00 Sur Och
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3. + 3.00
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 11
1905
Together with the School Report
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ACTON.
NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY. PRINTERS HUDSON, MASS. 1905
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 11
1905
Together with the School Report
RAFE,
1735.
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ACTON.
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NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS
HUDSON, MASS.
1905
Town Officers. 1904-1905
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Town Clerk-Horace F. Tuttle.
Selectnien.
Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb, Edwin A. Phalen.
Assessors.
E. Faulkner Conant, Wm. F. Kelley, Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Overseers of the Poor.
Edwin A. Phalen, Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb.
Town Treasurer-Jona. K. W. Wetherbee.
Auditor-Charles A. Durkee.
Collector of Taxes-Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Constables.
James Kinsley, Albert S. Bradley,
Wm. H. Kingsley*, Daniel H. Farrar *.
Cemetery Commissioners.
Herbert T. Clark, Julian Tuttle, Horace F. Tuttle,
Term expires 1905. Term expires 1906. Term expires 1907.
Road Commissioners.
Albert H. Perkins, Anson C. Piper, Wm. H. Kingsley,
Term expires 1906. Term expires 1907. Term expires 1905.
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School Committee.
Charles J. Williams, Horace F. Tuttle,
Frank R. Knowlton,
Term expires 1905. Term expires 1906. Term expires 1907.
Trustees of Memorial Library.
Charles J. Williams,
Lucius A. Hesselton,
Horace F. Tuttle,
Term expires 1905. Term expires 1906. Term expires 1907.
Board of Health.
Frank J. Barker, M. D.,
Frank E. Tasker, M. D.,
Charles J. Williams,
Term expires 1907. Term expires 1906. Term expires 1905.
Fence Viewers.
Edwin A. Phalen, Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves.
Herbert T. Clark,
Jona. P. Fletcher,
Edward F. Richardson,
Edgar H. Hall, * Charles E. Smith, Job W. Dupee. *
Field Drivers.
James Kinsley, * Wm. H. Kingsley,* Daniel H. Farrar. *
Albert S. Bradley, *
Tree Warden -- Charles J. Williams.
*Have not taken the oath required by law.
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Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting Held March 28, 1904.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Charles M. Kimball was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will accept the reports of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Library Trustees and other town officers.
Voted, To accept the reports of the several Town Officers.
Voted, That the Collector of Taxes charge interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November next.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers and committees and fix salaries.
Voted, To choose on one ballot a Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, one member of the School Committee, a Collector of Taxes, four Con- stables, one Cemetery Commissioner, four Field Drivers, six sur- veyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves, three Fence Viewers, one Trustee of Memorial Library, one Auditor, one Road Commis- sioner, one member of the Board of Health, and a Tree Warden.
Voted, That the salary of the Collector of Taxes be one per cent of the amount collected and that he perform the duties hitherto performed by said officer.
Voted, That the salary of the Road Commissioners be the same as last year, namely :
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Two and one half dollars per day employed, nine hours to con- stitute a day.
Voted, That the Road Commissioners, as far as practicable ao- company the men employed.
Voted, That the salary of the Auditor be fixed at six dollars.
The following town officers were chosen :
Town Clerk-Horace F. Tuttle.
Treasurer-Jona. K. W. Wetherbee.
Selectmen-Edwin A. Phalen, Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whit- comb.
Assessors-E. Faulkner Conant, William F. Kelley, Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Overseers of the Poor-Edwin A. Phalen, Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb.
School Committee-Frank R. Knowlton.
Collector of Taxes-Daniel J. Wetherbee.
Constables-James Kinsley, Wm. H. Kingsley,* Albert S. Brad- ley, Daniel H. Farrar *.
Cemetery Commissioner-Horace F. Tuttle.
Field Drivers-James Kinsley, * Wm. H. Kingsley, * Albert S. Bradley, * Daniel H. Farrar *.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood, Hoops and Staves-Herbert T. Clark, Edgar H. Hall,* Jona. P. Fletcher, Charles E. Smith, Ed- ward F. Richardson, Job W. Dupee *.
Fence Viewers-Edwin A. Phalen, Frank W. Hoit, Arthur M. Whitcomb.
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Trustee of Memorial Library-Horace F. Tuttle.
Auditor-Charles A. Durkee.
Road Commissioner -- Anson C. Piper.
Tree Warden-Charles J. Williams.
Member of the Board of Health-Frank J. Barker, M. D. * Not sworn.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the report of any committee chosen to report at this meeting.
No action taken.
Art. 5. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the due observance of Memorial day.
Voted, To raise fifty dollars.
Art. 6. To see if the town will accept the jury list as revised by the Selectmen.
Voted, To take from the list the names of John C. Keyes, Moses A. Reed and Constantine O'Neil.
Voted, To accept the Jury List as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 7. To see what amount of money the town will raise for repairing roads and bridges the present year.
Voted, To raise four thousand dollars.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money for the town, if neces- sary, in anticipation of taxes the current year.
Voted, To authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the
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Selectmen, to borrow money for the town, if necessary, in antici- pation of taxes the current year.
Art. 9. To vote Yes or No in answer to the question : hall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in Acton the present year ?
Total number of ballots oast, 211
Yes, 47
No, 164
Art. 10. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the support of Memorial Library the present year.
Voted, To raise four hundred dollars for current expenses and two hundred dollars for books.
Art. 11. To see what amount of money the town will raise for the support of schools the present year.
Voted, To raise for
Common schools,
$3,800 00
High school,
1,800 00
School supplies,
525 00
Transportation of pupils,
1,360 00
Salary of supt. of schools,
480 00
$7,965 00
Art. 12. To see what amount of money the town will raise for school supplies.
Action taken under Art. 11.
Art. 13. To see what amount of money the town will raise for town charges.
Voted, To raise five thousand dollars.
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Art. 14. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the enforcement of the liquor laws.
Voted, To appropriate five hundred dollars.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to enforce the liquor laws.
Art. 15. To see if the town will maintain street lamps the present year, or act anything thereon.
Voted, To raise eight hundred dollars to maintain street lamps
Art. 16. To determine what action the town will take in the matter of providing suitable and sufficient accommodations for the schools at South Acton.
Art. 17. To determine what action the town will take in the matter of providing a location for and of building a high school house.
Articles 16 and 17 were considered together and it was voted, That the School Committee be requested to ascertain the possibility of sending our high school pupils to the Concord high school and the probable cost to the town.
Voted, That the School Committee be requested to use their best efforts to provide accommodations for the common schools at South Acton without building additional school rooms.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate for the care of cemeteries the current year, or act anything thereon.
Voted, To appropriate five hundred dollars for the care of ceme- teries.
Art. 19. To see if the town will approve and adopt all or any of the rules and regulations for the government of its cemeteries prepared by the Cemetery Commissioners and printed in their an- nual report for 1903.
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Voted, That the town approve and adopt the rules and regula- tions for the government of its cemeteries, submitted by the Ceme- tery Commissioners in their report for the year 1902-1903 except- ing section number eight relating to the perpetual care of lots.
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