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7,392 52
Fire Department,
760 44
Support of poor on Town Farm,
2,078 70
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Pald Support of outside poor,
663 92
Soldiers' relief,
369 20
State and military aid,
772 50
Enforcement liquor law,
161 87
Town officers,
1,755 16
State tax,
870 00
County tax,
1,552 39
Balance due from Treasurer,
2,704 17
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Collector for 1900,
1,625 60
$36,686 62
Financial.
The financial condition of the Town March 7, 1901, was as follows :
Due from State for soldiers' relief, $137 00
6.
State and military aid, 704 25
66
City of Boston for soldiers' relief, 24 00
66 Chelsea for aid Chas. Chick- ering, 154 00
2,704 17
Collector for uncollected taxes,
year 1900, 1,625 60
Interest for unpaid taxes, 29 35
$5,378 37
Less balance due Memorial Library,
52 92
Net assets of the Town,
$5,325 45
WILLIAM F. STEVENS, E. FAULKNER CONANT, DAVID C. HARRIS,
Selectmen of Acton.
Examined and approved,
FRANK W. HOIT, Auditor.
Treasurer,
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Town of Acton.
LIST OF JURORS, 1901.
The following names will be presented at the Annual Meet- ing, March 25th. to be placed in the jury box, subject to revision and acceptance by the Town :
A. Percival Bean.
Mechanic.
Walter M. French,
Farmer.
Edwin L. Hayward,
Clerk.
Edgar H. Hall,
Manufacturer.
Lowell A. Jones,
Farmer. 66
John C. Keyes,
Hanson A. Littlefield,
Merchant, Farmer.
Sidney L. Richardson,
66
Edward F. Richardson,
66
Henry M. Smith,
S. Hammond Taylor,
66
James B. Tuttle,
66
Willis L. Meade,
R. R. Employee.
Hiram J. Hapgood,
Retired.
Constantine O'Neil,
Farmer,
Herbert T. Clark,
Mechanic.
W. Alfred Flint,
Farmer.
Samuel R. Burroughs,
66
Warren H. Jones,
6:
Luther Conant,
66
John S. White,
66
James Kinsley,
Manufacturer.
WILLIAM F. STEVENS, E. FAULKNER CONANT, DAVID C. HARRIS,
Selectmen of Acton.
ACTON, March 11, 1901.
Frank P. Morse,
Moses A. Reed,
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The cost of stone bridge and grading at Powder Mills, 250 loads of gravel, being used, was $1,247.06.
Amount expended for the repair of roads and bridges in 1900, $3,609.98.
Cost of scraping and cleaning streets was $465.92.
New sluices, drains, catch-basins and repairing bridges $246.50.
Cutting brush, $15.75.
New sleepers, plank of kyanized spruce, and labor on wooden bridge at Powder Mills, $226.05.
Amount expended for graveling $2,646.99.
Number of loads of gravel used 3,195.
Number of loads of stone used for foundation of roads 546.
Number loads of cinders used 54.
Total number loads of material used 3,795.
Average cost per load $ .70.
In order to keep up with the times, better and wider roads which of course are more expensive, are needed.
The board wish to bring to the notice of the incoming mem- bers several pieces of road that ought to have attention.
The Chas. Wheeler road, so called.
With the amount of heavy teaming there is on the Concord road it would be a great improvement to have the Elija Brown hill lowered six or eight feet.
Quite a sum might be used in the southeast part of the Town to great advantage, also in the northern part.
There are several bridges that may need repairing soon. The one by Faulkner Mills is in a shaky condition and about $30 was expended on it last fall.
We again call the attention of the Town to the scarcity of gravel especially in the south part.
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The Commissioners feel assured that a horse roller would be a great help when building or gravelling roads.
We recommend that $3,500 be raised for the repair of roads and bridges for 1901.
Respectfully submitted.
ANSON C. PIPER, HERMAN A. GOULD, WM. H. KINGSLEY, Road Commissioners.
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Treasurer's Report.
Receipts.
1900.
March 12, cash on hand and in bank, $4,697 88
Received from the First National Bank of Ayer, borrowed money, 4,000 00
66 from Elnathan Jones, borrowed money, 1,000 00
from State Treasurer, Corpora- tion tax, 4,059 63
from State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 242 59
from State Treasurer, Military aid, 119 25
66 from State Treasurer, State aid, 688 00
66 from State Treasurer, Income of Mass. School fund, 404 79
66 from State Treasurer, for burial of State pauper, 15 00
from County Treasurer, dog tax, 241 11
66 from Supervision of Schools, 375 00
66 from Town of Sudbury, soldier's aid for Henry Edson, 62 25
from Town of Lancaster, sol- dier's aid for Patrick Sherry, 60 98
from Mrs. James A. Loker, bur- ial expenses of A. B. John- son, 25 00
from board of Elizabeth Bergen- dahl at Hospital, 45 25
from Middlesex Central District Court for fines, 133 38
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Town of Acton.
Received from rent of Town Hall and cel- lar, $40 50
from Town of Boxboro for tui- tion at High School for A. D. 1899. 20 00
66 from Town of Boxboro, for tui- tion of L. A. Richardson at High School, Spring term, 1900, 10 00
יי from tuition of E. C. Stevens, at High School, 4 00
.
from C. B. Stone, lots sold in Mount Hope Cemetery in A. D., 1899, 58 00
66 from C. B. Stone, care of lots in Mount Hope Cemetery, 16 00
from H. T. Clark, lots sold in Mount Hope Cemetery, 60 00
from H. T. Clark, care of lots in Mount Hope Cemetery, 24 00
66 from Horace F. Tuttle, lots sold in Woodlawn Cemetery, 69 00
from Wm. F. Stevens, standing wood in Jones pasture, 2 50
66 from A. F. Blanchard, license to slaughter, 1 00
66 from Income of Wild Library Fund, 181 20
8 00
from E. Gruber, peddler's license, from A. C. Piper, 20 loads road scraping, 6 00
66 from C. J. Williams, school sup- plies sold, 93
66 from D. C. Harris, milk sold from Town farm, 1,118 65
66 from D. C. Harris, apples sold from Town farm, 229 05
from D. C. Harris, cows sold from Town farm, 95 54
from D. C. Harris, calves sold from Town farm, 10 75
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Received from D. C. Harris, potatoes sold from Town farm, $39 18
from D. C. Harris, wood sold from Town farm, 31 75
from D. C. Harris, barrels sold from Town farm, 33 00
from D. C. Harris, eggs sold from Town farm, 19 66
from D. C. Harris, poultry sold from Town farm, 3 67
from D. C. Harris, sled sold from Town farm, 8 00
.. from M. E. Taylor & Co., paper sold from Town farm, 1 00
from Income of Cemetery Fund, 51 85
from Wm. F. Stevens, Collector, taxes for A. D. 1899, 2,837 69
66 from Wm. F. Stevens, interest on taxes for A. D. 1899, 92 89
66 from Wm. F. Stevens, Collector, taxes for A. D. 1900, 13,717 05
from Wm. F Stevens, interest
on taxes for A. D. 1900, 16 94
66 from interest on money in bank, 83 11
$35,061 02
Expenditures.
Paid State tax,
$ 870 00
County tax, 1,552 39
On Selectmen's orders, 29,934 46
Cash on hand and in bank, March 12,
1901, 2,704 17
$35,061 02
J. K. W. WETHERBEE,
Treasurer of Acton.
Examined and approved,
FRANK W. HOIT, Auditor.
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Town of Acton.
Treasurer's Report of Money Held for Care of Lots in Cemeteries.
1901.
Dr.
March 12. To Mary Skinner fund,
$203 00
To Nancy K. Handley
500 00
To Frederick Rouillard
100 00
To William W. Davis
100 00
To Mary W. Chaffin
..
100 00
To Mary Severance
6.
100 00
To Warren Robbins
100 00
To Eliza A. Whitcomb
..
75 00
To Hepsabeth Piper
66
50 00
To Jedediah Tuttle
66
50 00
To Henry Loker
100 00
To Henry O. Lothrop
200 00
To Luther W. Piper
66
100 00
To James Temple
100 00
To Fidelia Wheeler
100 00
To Wm. H. Chapman
100 00
To Mary W. Robbins
100 00
To Phineas Wetherbee fund, the income of one share of Fitchburg Railroad stock,
Balance unexpended in 1899, 3 06
Cash received for interest,
66 99
$2,248 05
Cr.
By cash paid-
Julian Tuttle, care of Skinner
lot. $7 30
66 66
6
Handley
66 6 00
66
66
Rouillard
3 00
Davis
2 50
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Paid Julian Tuttle, care of Chaffin
lot,
$2 50
66
66
Severance
2 50
66
66
Robbins 6
2 50
66
Piper
1 00
-
66
Loker
66
4 00
6:
Lothrop
5 00
66
L. W. Piper
lot,
2 50
.6
..
Temple lot,
2 50
66
66
66 flowers for .
Lothrop lot,
2 95
Julian Tuttle, care of flowers and
vase, Handley lot, 2 60
Julian Tuttle, care of flowers and vase, Chaffin lot, 50
Julian Tuttle, care of flowers, Sever- ance lot, 50
Julian Tuttle, care of flowers, Robbins lot,
50
Plants for W. W. Davis,
1 50
Cash in North End Savings Bank,
2,178 00
Unexpended balance,
18 20
$2,248 05
J. K. W. WETHERBEE,
Treasurer of Acton.
Examined and approved,
FRANK W. HOIT, Auditor.
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2 00
Tuttle
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Town of Acton.
Report of the Wilde Memorial Library Fund.
1901.
March 12. To cash deposited in North End Savings Bank, $1,000 00
To cash deposited in Middlesex Institution for Savings, 1,000 00
To cash deposited in Home Savings Bank, 1,000 00
To cash deposited in Warren Institution for Savings, 1,000 00
To cash deposited in Charles- town Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000 00
To unexpended balance for A. D., 1899, 50 38
To interest on deposits, 181 20
To Town appropriation for books, 200 00
$5,431 58
Cr.
By cash in banks, $5,000 00
Paid for books and magazines,
De Wolfe, Fisk & Co.,
329 21
W. A. Wilde & Co.,
7 00
H. D. Noyes,
39 65
W. D. Tuttle,
2 80
Balance unexpended,
52 92
$5,431 58
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton.
Examined and approved,
FRANK W. HOIT, Auditor.
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Report of Overseers of Poor.
Inventory of Stock and Provisions on Hand March 1, 1901.
1 horse,
$175 00
9 cows,
450 00
2 heifers, 42 00
2 yearlings,
28 00
1 haywagon, 30 00
75 00
1 Democrat wagon,
18 00
1 pung,
8 00
2 sleds, 30 00
1 canvas,
1 75
1 set double harness,
22 50
1 single harness
3 00
1 express harness,
23 00
2 collars,
3 00
Grain,
5 80
1 feed trough,
2 00
75 apple barrels,
15 00
Plows,
16 00
Farming tools,
20 00
Wheel barrow,
3 00
Hay cutter,
2 00
Ladders,
12 00
2 harrows,
8 00
Cultivator,
3 00
7 tons hay,
140 00
Drain pipe,
4 80
40 bushels potatoes,
30 00
Soft soap,
2 00
Pork and bbl.,
6 00
Milk tickets,
12 36
1 market wagon,
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3} cords wood for schools,
$18 75
32 cords cut wood,
160 00
4 cords cut wood,
15 00
Horse cart,
27 50
Horse rake,
18 00
Mowing machine,
22 00
Grindstone,
2 00
Spray pump,
8 00
25 bu. boxes,
2 50
Range and water front,
30 00
Lounge,
1 50
3 saws,
2 00
Wrench,
75
49 Hens,
36 75
Oil and tank,
1 50
Lumber,
10 00
Pails and tubs,
3 00
5 baskets,
1 25
1 stove,
4 75
1 stove,
10 00
1 chair,
1 50
2 chairs,
1 25
beds and bedding.
25 00
1 stove,
3 00
2 cabinet chairs,
2 50
1 table,
1 00
8 chairs,
3 00
1 drag,
3 00
2 traps,
50
2 blankets,
2 50
Set measures,
50
Salt,
50
Washing machine,
7 00
Tea and Coffee,
60
1 extension table,
4 00
Crockery, tinware and cutlery,
5 00
2 saws,
1 00
Wagon jack,
1 50
Apple headers,
1 00
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Crackers,
$ 75
Canned fruit,
5 50
Brooms,
50
Fruit jars,
3 00
Sugar,
90
Flour,
25
Spices,
50
Butter,
1 75
Lard,
25
Molasses,
80
Beans,
75
2 axes,
2 00
Soap,
15
Vinegar,
20
Onions,
10
Lamps,
2 00
1 bbl. apples,
2 00
Razor,
1 00
$1,653 21
Receipts from farm,
1,590 25
Victualing and lodging 470 tramps,
117 50
Due from City of Chelsea,
24 00
$3,384 96
Expenditures,
$2,078 70
Interest on farm $3,500 at 5 per cent.,
175 00
Stock on hand March 1, 1900,
1,688 07
$3,941 77
Less receipts and stock on hand,
3,384 96
Cost of supporting poor on farm,
$556 81
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Inmates at Farm During Year.
Sarah Hunt, 12 months. Lucy Hapgood, 12 months. F. H. Harris, 6 months. Wm. Quinlan, 12 months. B. H. Patch, Dec. 19 to March 12, 1901. O. K. Patch, Dec. 19 to March 12, 1901.
DAVID C. HARRIS, E. FAULKNER CONANT, WILLIAM F. STEVENS,
Overseers of Poor.
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Auditor's Report.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and Treas- urer and find them correct.
I have also examined the accounts of the Tax Collector and find that the sum turned over to, and receipted for by the Treasurer, exceeds the amount collected by the Tax Collector.
FRANK W. HOIT. Auditor.
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Town of Acton.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of the Acton Memorial Library
1900-1901.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
LUTHER" CONANT, President,
MOSES TAYLOR,
DANIEL J. WETHERBEE,
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD,
WM. D. TUTTLE, Secretary, ADELBERT MEAD,
DELETTE H. HALL,
CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
L. A. HESSELTON.
The service of an institution like that of the Acton Memorial Library goes on in so even a course that the President of the Board of Trustees finds it difficult to write anything new or in- teresting. Besides the usual accession of books by purchase and various other donations, the donor of the Library, Hon. William A. Wilde, with his usual generosity, has placed on the shelves 40 volumes compiled and selected by very eminent scholars from the world's great classics from The Colonial Press, N. Y., luxuri- ous in print and binding, showing that his interest is unabated.
It may be of interest to the patrons of the Library to learn that Mr. Wilde is enjoying his usual health which, though not such as his friends could wish, still does not prevent his attend- ing his largely increasing business. At the present time he is enjoying a brief vacation at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The instructive and most useful books continue to be largely called for, as well as the lighter reading and works of fiction. We take this opportunity to extend our thanks to those who have
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shown their appreciation by giving one new book each year as a contribution to the success of the Library.
May the number of such givers increase.
The Trustees at a recent monthly meeting voted the sum of ten dollars as an addition to the salary of the Librarian, on account of the extra labor caused by the increased number of books to be catalogued and numbered. The Board of Trustees recommend that the usual annual appropriation of four hundred dollars be voted to the Library for current expenses and two hundred dollars for the purchase of new books.
Very respectfully submitted,
LUTHER CONANT, For the Trustees.
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Town of Acton.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
The Librarian herewith presents the eleventh annual report of the Library :
Accessions : Number of volumes in the Library March 12, 1900, 7,004; increase by purchase, 299; increase by gift, 101; increase by binding periodicals, 38; number of volumes in the Library March 12, 1901, 7,442.
Circulation : Number of days the Library was open, 102; number of volumes circulated, 7,757 ; average daily circulation, 76; largest daily circulation, Feb. 2, 143; smallest daily circula- tion, July 18, 14; number of books missing, 1; amount received for fines, $16.50; amount received for sale of catalogues, $3.00.
Gifts of books have been received from the following sources : T. W. Balch, 1 vol .; Ellen S. Bulfinch, 1 vol .; Joseph Burnett, 1 vol .; Luther Conant, 11 vols .; Josie L. Dupee, 1 vol .; Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1 vol .; Mass. Society S. A. R., 13 vols .; Old Concord Chapter, D. A. R., 1 vol .; Sara G. Small, 1 vol .; State, 11 vols .; U. S. Government, 5 vols .; W. A. Wilde, 41 vols .; C. J. Williams, 1 vol .; M. C. C. Wilson, 1 vol .; Henry Wood, 1 vol.
Periodicals in the reading room : Cassell's Magazine, Century, Chautauquan, Cosmopolitan, Forum, Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Independent, Ladies' Home Journal, Masters in Art, McClure's Magazine, Munsey's Magazine, New England Maga- zine, Review of Reviews, Scientific American, Scribner's Maga- zine, St. Nicholas, World's Work, Youth's Companion. Child's Hour, W. A. Wilde; Lowell Mail, publishers; Our Dumb Animals, M. S. P. C. A .; Our Paper, Reformatory.
VIOLA S. TUTTLE,
Librarian.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON, MASS.,
FOR THE YEAR 1900-1901.
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ACTON ..
HUDSON, MASS. The E. F. Worcester Press, Printers and Binders.
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School Committee, 1900 -- 1901.
Frank R. Knowlton,
Term expires 1901
Charles J. Williams, Chairman,
1902
Horace F. Tuttle, Secretary,
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Superintendent of Schools.
Herbert E. Richardson, Residence, Littleton, Mass.
Truant Officers.
James Kinsley,
Moses A. Reed.
STANDING RULES.
*RULE 1. Children under five years of age shall not be admitted to the public schools.
RULE 2. Pupils shall be promoted from grade to grade and school to school, according to merit. Thorough and satisfactory work will be required of pupils in a lower grade or school before entering a higher grade or school.
RULE 3. Children who have not previously attended any school shall be admitted to the public schools only at the be- ginning of the fall term.
RULE 4. Pupils will be held responsible for books loaned to them until such books shall have been returned to the teacher.
RULE 5. No repairs shall be made upon the public prop- erty in the care of the school committee except by their author- ized agents.
*When the birthday of a child falls on or before the 15th day of the month it is reckoned as falling upon the first day of that month.
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School Calendar 1901 -- 1902.
High School-40 Weeks.
Fall term begins September 3. Fall term ends Novem- ber 27.
*Winter term begins December 2. Winter term ends March 14.
Spring term begins March 24. Spring term ends June 20.
Common Schools-36 Weeks.
Fall term begins September 3. Fall term ends November 22. *Winter term begins December 2. Winter term ends Feb- ruary 28.
Spring term begins March 24. Spring term ends June 13.
*Recess of one week, December-22-28.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE STATUTES.
Chapter 496 of the Acts of 1898.
SECTION 11. No child who has not been duly vaccinated shall be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that such child is an unfit subject for vaccination. No child who is a mem- ber of a household in which a person is sick with the smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the town or city, or from the attending physician of such sick person, stating in a case of smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles a period of at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal or death of such person, and that danger of the conveying of such disease by such child has passed.
SEC. 12. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age shall attend some public day school in the town or city in which he resides during the entire time the public day schools are in session, subject to such exceptions as to children, places of attendance and schools as are provided for in sections three, seven, ten and eleven of this Act: provided, that the superintendent of schools, or, where there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent of schools or school committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence ; and provided, further, that the attendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be required if such a child has attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school com- mittee of such town or city in accordance with Section two of Chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or if such child has been other. wise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learn- ing required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has
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already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or if his physical or mental condi- tion is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or imprac- . ticable. Every person having under his control a child as de- scribed in this Section shall cause such child to attend school as required by this Section.
SEC. 31. Any person having under his control a child be- tween seven and fourteen years of age who fails for five day ses- sions or ten half-day sessions within any period of six months while under such control, to cause such child to attend school as required by Section twelve of this Act, the physical or mental condition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, upon complaint by a truant officer and conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent un- lawfully from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
SEC. 19. The several school teachers shall faithfully keep the registers of attendance daily, and make due return thereof to the school committee or to such person as such committee may des- ignate. No teacher of a public school shall receive payment for- services for the two weeks preceding the close of any single term until the register, properly filled up and completed, is so re- turned. All registers shall be kept at the schools, and at all times during the school hours shall be open to the inspection of the school committee, the superintendent of schools, the truant officers, and the secretary and agents of the state board of educa- tion. In reckoning the average membership and the percentage of attendance in the schools no pupil's name shall be omitted in counting the number of persons belonging to the school and the number of absences of such persons, until it is known that such pupil has withdrawn from the school without intention of return- ing, or, in the absence of such knowledge, until ten consecutive days of absence have been recorded; but nothing in this pro- vision for computing the average membership and the percentage of attendance shall be construed to invalidate procedure against habitual truants, absentees or school offenders, or other persons, as provided in Sections twenty-four to twenty-six inclusive, and Section thirty-one of this Act. A pupil who is not present dur- ing at least half of a session shall be marked and counted as ab- sent for that session.
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Town of Acton.
Report of the School Committee.
To the Citizens of Acton :
Your committee respectfully submit to you this report, including the report of the Superintendent of Schools, for the year 1900-1901.
Mr. Andrew S. Thomson having resigned the position of Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Herbert E. Richardson of the Agawan, Granville, Southwick District, a gentleman of training and experience in his profession, was selected as his successor, and entered upon the duties of his office April 1st, 1900.
In March last, Miss M. F. Fletcher, who had rendered faith- ful and efficient service as assistant teacher in the High School for nearly seven years, resigned her position and was succeeded by Miss Bertha A. Merrill, a graduate of Smith College.
At the opening of the fall term Mr. De Vault, the Principal of the High School, resigned to accept a position of greater im- portance elsewhere. Mr. A. L. Faxon, a graduate of Yale and a teacher of experience, was chosen to succeed him. The choice has proven a happy one.
During the summer vacation important and absolutely neces- sary alterations were made in the Centre schoolhouse, resulting in obtaining two good sized, well lighted and well heated rooms upon the upper floor of that building.
The High School class of 1900 has presented to the school a very fine engraving of the "Aurora," together with books for the Library of the value of $2.30. On behalf of the school and the community we desire to gratefully acknowledge these gifts. The appropriation of $50 for the purchase of books and appar- atus for the High School has been expended as follows : Books, $25.93; chemicals and apparatus, $20.64; express charges, 85 cents ; total, $47.42. The sum of $375 has been received from the
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State on account of superintendency for the year ending Septem- ber, 1900.
The report of the purchasing agent of the board is published herewith :
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR 1900-1901.
Receipts.
Appropriation for common schools, $3,550 00
High Schools,
1,700 00
66
school supplies, 475 00
66
" transportation of pupils,
990 00
66 " books, etc., for High School, 50 00
66 salary of Superintendent,
450 00
Received from Massachusetts School Fund,
404 79
dog licenses,
241 11
66
tuition fees, High School, 10 00
common schools, 4 00
$7,874 90
Expenditures.
For common schools,
$4,023 70
High School,
1,724 09
school supplies,
482 77
transportation of pupils,
945 00
books, etc., for High School,
47 42
salary of Superintendent,
450 00
$7,672 98
Unexpended balance,
$201 92
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Estimates for the Support of Schools FOR THE YEAR 1901-1902.
For common schools,
$3,550 00
High School,
1,700 00
school supplies, 475 00
transportation of pupils,
990 00
books, etc., for High School,
50 00
salary of Superintendent,
450 00
$7,215 00 160.
The School Committee of Acton, 7375.00
By CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
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Superintendent's Report.
MARCH, 1901.
TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE :
Gentlemen-I hereby submit my first and the ninth an- nual report of the Superintendent of Schools.
The following is a statistical table showing the returns of the last school census, and the enrolment and attendance in the schools from September, 1899, to June, 1900.
Number of boys in Town between 5 and 15 years, 135
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