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40 00
Fred A. Norris
8 00
Edward Willis
12 00
$716 00
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State and Military Aid.
Paid O. S. Fowler, burial of Warren Ball. $58 50
F. M. Bennett, nurse for Warren Ball. 16 70 . . Mrs. H. B. Fowler, board and care of War- ren Ball 55 00
Town of Hudson, aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Wood 10 00
$140 20
Snow Bills.
Paid W. A. Flint, February, 1907 $3 19
W. M. French, February, 1907 9 03
A. C. Piper, February, 1907 10 28
A. Christofferson, February, 1907 15 78
W. M. French, repairs on plow 2 20
$40 48
Salaries.
Paid Aaron Foster, election officer $2 50
J. L. Richardson, election officer 2 50
Charles E. Smith, election officer
2 50
Abram Tuttle, election officer
2 50
Charles J. Williams, chairman, School
Committee 71 50
W. E. Whitcomb, Auditor 1905-1906. 12 00
Brooks Parker, election officer
2 50
W. F. Kelley, election officer.
2 50
James Kinsley, election officer
2 50
Fred S. Whitcomb, election officer
2 50
John F. Coughlin, election officer
2 50
E. A. Phalen, election officer 2 50
Horace F. Tuttle, election officer 2 50
Lyman C. Taylor, election officer 2 50
Abram Tuttle, election officer 2 50
H. J. Hapgood, election officer 2 50
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James McGreen, election officer 2 50
S. F. Newton, election officer 2 50
William F. Stevens, chairman, Assessors 75 00
H. E. Clough, Assessor 55 00
James B. Tuttle, Assessor
55 00
H. F. Tuttle, Town Clerk.
H. F. Tuttle, election officer 2 50
O. A. Knowlton, chairman, Overseers of Poor, 50 00
J. S. Moore, Overseer of Poor
25 00
W. F. Kelley, Overseer of Poor 20 00
H. F. Tuttle, Registrar of voters 15 00
James McGreen, Registrar 12 00
S. A. Guilford, Registrar 12 00
Fritz Hawes, Registrar. 12 00
Frank W. Hoit, chairman, of Selectmen
125 00
Bertram D. Hall, Selectman
50 00
James B. Tuttle, Selectman 50 00:
J. K. W. Wetherbee, Treasurer 125 00
D. J. Wetherbee, Est., collecting taxes 1903. 38 05
D. J. Wetherbee, Est., collecting taxes 1904. 14 54
D. J. Wetherbee, Est., collecting taxes 1905. 209 22:
William F. Stevens, collecting taxes 1903 ... 25
William F. Stevens, collecting taxes 1904 ...
28
William F. Stevens, collecting taxes, 1905. .. 5 12
William F. Stevens, collecting taxes 1906 ... 20 65
William F. Stevens, collecting taxes 1907 ...
214 79
$1,339 90
Loans and Interest.
Paid First National Bank of Ayer, note. $3,000 00
Interest on note, 3 months at 4 percent 30 00
E. Jones, Est., interest at 4 percent on note to March 1, 1908. 103 11
F. C. Hayward, interest on cemetery fund ... 17 50
M. Medora Tuttle, interest on cemetery fund, 8 75
$3,159 36
30 00
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Miscellaneous Accounts.
Paid George B. Parker, for Memorial Day. . $50 00
Finney & Hoit, flags for Memorial Day ... .. 4 50
D. C. Harris, stone for Pilgrim monument, Provincetown 25 00
D. C. Harris, freight on stone 1 08
Hobbs & Warren, Assessors' books 7 75
M. A. Reed, labor for Tree Warden
3 58
Horace J. Stevens, stock list for Assessors. .
3 31
Joslin & Mendum, legal work for South bridge job 448 87
Joslin & Mendum, legal work for North
bridge job 150 84
Joslin & Mendum, legal advice to Board of Health 10 00
Joslin & Mendum, legal advice relating to Assessors 25 00
Joslin & Mendum, legal advice to Collector. 2 00
Universalist Society, rent of vestry .
3 00
Moses A. Reed, inspection of animals.
51 36
George A. Sanderson, legal work on O'Neil- Coughlin case 100 00
Francis G. Hayes, legal work and settlement of O'Neil and Coughlin case. 135 00
Mrs. Ella Hosmer, sand for South school- grounds 400 00
E. F. Richardson, services as appraiser 25 00
James Kinsley, use of Hurley road
8 00
George C. Turner, opening rooms
1 00
Dr. F. J. Barker, making returns of 7 births,
1 75
Dr. S. A. Christie, making returns of 6 births,
1 50
Dr. F. E. Tasker, making returns of 5 births, 1 25
Dr. F. U. Rich, making returns of 4 births .. .
1 00
Dr. H. Hamblin, making return of 1 birth ... 25
Dr. I. L. Pickard, making return of 1 birth .. 25
Dr. E. J. Alley, making return of 1 birth ... 25
Dr. R. A. Daniels, making return of 1 birth. .
25
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Horace F. Tuttle, collecting and recording 28 births 14 00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 49 deaths. .
9 80
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 20 marriages ... 4 00
Horace F. Tuttle, transmitting copy of re- turns of 5 deaths 1 25
Horace F. Tuttle, surveying and bounds for South school-grounds 6 50
Horace F. Tuttle, copying, carfares, tele- phones, express, etc. 17 45
J. K. Wetherbee, recording deed. 75
J. K. Wetherbee, postage and stationery. 10 93
Frank W. Hoit, postage and express. 2 99
Frank W. Hoit, carfares
10 57
Frank W. Hoit, blanks
1 50
Frank W. Hoit, team hire
3 00
Frank W. Hoit, telephones, etc. 8 10
B. D. Hall, carfare and postage. 2 00
W. F. Stevens, copying valuation book. 5 00
W. F. Stevens, copying, postage, etc., for Assessors 7 40
W. F. Stevens, posting warrants for special meetings 4 50
W. F. Stevens, postage, notices, election ex- penses 16 36
W. F. Stevens, killing dog 1 20
$1,589 09
Receipts for Year Ending March 1, 1908.
Balance due from Treasurer
$8,380 56
Balance due from Collector 2,803 37
Apropriation :
For Memorial library 600 00 3
For roads and bridges 5,000 00
For common schools 4,100 00
For high school
2,300 00
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For school supplies 625 00
For superintendent of schools. 480 00
For transportation 1,360 00
For medical inspection 100 00
For Memorial Day 50 00
For extermination of moths 700 00
For Town charges
3,500 00
For overlayings
428 93
Raised for State tax.
2,320 00
For State highway tax 142 68
For County tax
2,046 77
For crossing assessments
1,348 67
Received from State Treasurer :
Corporation tax 2,853 66
National Bank tax 821 42
State aid 644 00
School fund
1,079 98
Moth work
2,317 32
Street Railway tax
7 33
Received from County Treasurer, dog licenses 402 32
F. H. Donnelly, liquor licenses 1,300 00
First National Bank of Ayer, loan. 3,000 00
I. Reed, loan 500 00
Supervision of schools 375 00
Cemetery fund 700 00
Lots sold in Woodlawn cemetery 35 00
Lots sold in Mt. Hope cemetery 45 00
Income of cemetery fund 193 98
Income of library fund. 241 60
Memorial library fines
25 00
Lyman and Industrial schools 77 50
Town of Concord, board of J. Kerrigan,
185 00
District Court, fines 27 65
Inspection of animals
31 15
Rent of hall
47 50
Rent of hall and cellar 45 50
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W. H. Kingsley, use of crusher 100 00
Road Commissioners, stone, etc. 52 00
School supplies sold. 7 16
C. J. Williams, floor dressing. 1 00
C. J. Williams, old iron. 4 80
Town of Stow, 3 sets of book-keeping,
5 94
Ely Gruber. peddlars' license.
8 00
A. F. Blanchard. slaughter license. 1 00
M. A. Reed, formaldehyde 1 50
Old junk, South school
82
For repairs, South school
25
Town farm, products
1,569 29
F. H. Donnelly, for special police .
200 00
Interest on taxes
125 99
Interest on deposits
148 47
Gypsy moth taxes
461 58
Street Railway tax, L. A. & M.
36 28
Street Railway tax, C. M. & H.
17 34
$53,983 31
Expenditures.
High school
$2,608 04
South school
2,364 32
West School
1,677 10
Center school
1,822 64
Miscellaneous school expenses.
752 91
School supplies
625 20
School repairs
4,972 41
Transportation of scholars
1,409 50
Gypsy and brown tail moths
5,057 69
Roads and bridges
5,580 95
Support of poor on farm
1,583 36
Outside poor
773 75
Street lamps
1,255 40
Printing
230 85
Library books
534 36
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Library expenses
501 09
Cemetery expenses
745 08
Fire department
269 00
Police department
290 69
Enforcement of liquor laws
56 43
Town buildings and grounds
573 66
Board of Health
838 55
State Aid
716 00
Military aid
140 20
Snow bills
40 48
Salaries
1,339 90
Loans and interest
3,159 36
Miscellaneous accounts
1,589 09
Total Selectmen's orders
$41,508 01
Paid State tax.
$2,320 00
Repairs on State highway.
142 68
Payment on abolition of crossing,
1,348 67
County tax
2,046 77
State, one-fourth liquor license. .
325 00
Cash on hand
2,519 08
Uncollected taxes
3,773 10
$53,983 31
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Financial Statement for Year Ending March 1, 1908.
Due from Treasurer
$2,519 08
From Collector 3,773 10
Town of Concord, account of Miner family
669 50
Town of Concord, J. Kerrigan. ..
20 00
State aid 716 00
Inspection of animals
25 68
Gypsy moth work, State highway,
601 63
Gypsy moth work
1,053 96
State Board of Charity
43 75
Uncollected moth taxes
516 75
$9,939 45
Liabilities.
E. Jones, Est., note $2,000 00
I. Reed, note 500 00
Cemetery fund 2,625 00
Unexpended balance, cemetery fund. 216 98
Unexpended balance, library fund ....
161 27
Transportation high scholars for win-
ter term, "estimated"
250 00
$5,753 25
Balance in favor of Town.
..
$4,186 20
FRANK W. HOIT, BERTRAM D. HALL, JAMES B. TUTTLE,
Selectmen of Acton.
March 1, 1908.
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LIST OF JURORS.
The following names will be presented at the annual Town Meeting, March 30, 1908, to be placed in the jury box, subject to revision and acceptance by the Town.
Franklin P. Wood,
Minister
Emery D. Lothrop,
Farmer
Alfred Goding,
Clerk
Lyman C. Taylor,
Farmer
George C. Turner,
Janitor
Sidney L. Richardson,
Farmer
James B. Tuttle,
Farmer
Harry E. Clough,
Post Master
Fritz Hawes,
Mechanic
Augustine Hosmer,
Printer
Daniel H. Farrar,
Wheelwright
Charles H. Mead,
Merchant
Edward C. Wood,
R. R. Employe
Arthur M. Whitcomb,
Clerk
Thomas Mccarthy,
Farmer
Frank E. Harris,
Carpenter
John McCarthy,
Farmer
Hiram J. Hapgood,
Retired
Charles E. Smith,
Farmer
Charles I. Miller,
Farmer
Frank W. Bulette,
Farmer
Arthur Tuttle,
Carpenter
William F. Stevens,
Retired
Smith Finney,
Merchant
Signed,
FRANK W. HOIT, BERTRAM D. HALL, JAMES B. TUTTLE,
Selectmen of Acton.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
1907.
March 12, Cash on hand $8,380 56
Receipts.
State Treasurer, corporation tax 2,853 66
State Treasurer, national bank tax ..
821 42
State Treasurer, State Aid 644 00
State Treasurer, income of Mass. School fund 1,079 98
State 'Treasurer, for suppression of brown tail and gypsy moths 2,317 32
State Treasurer, street railway tax .. 7 33
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses 402 32
Liquor licenses
1,300 00
First National Bank, tempory loan
3,000 00
Isaiah Reed, temporary loan
500 00
Supervision of schools 375 00
Cemetery fund 700 00
Horace F. Tuttle for lots sold in Wood- lawn cemetery 35 00
H. T. Clark, for lots sold in Mt Hope cemetery 45 00
Income of cemetery fund
193 98
Income of library fund
241 60
Memorial library, for fines
25 00
Trustees, Lyman and Industrial
school, instruction in public schools 77 50
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Town of Concord, for board of James Kerrigan 185 00
District Court of Central Middlesex, for fines 27 65
Compensation for inspection of animals
31 15
Acton Grange, for rent of Town Hall. 47 50
For rent of town hall and cellar 45 50 . William H. Kingsley, for use of stone crusher 100 00
Road commissioners, for broken stone sold 14 50
Road Commissioners, for street dust sold
3 50
Road Commissioners, for use of pump
1 00
Road Commissioners, for gasoline ....
33 00
Charles J. Williams, for school sup- plies sold 7 16
Charles J. Williams, for floor dressing sold
1 00
Charles J. Williams, for old iron sold.
4 80
Town of Stow, for three sets book- keeping 5 94
Ely Gruber, pedlar's license 8 00
Arthur F. Blanchard, slaughter house license 1 00
Moses A. Reed, for formaldehyde
1 50
For junk sold from South school house
82
For breaking collar on steam pipe, South school house 25
For milk sold from Town farm 1,148 64
Cows sold from Town farm 79 77
Calves sold from Town farm
21 25
Apples sold from Town farm
174 40
Cauliflower sold from Town farm
72 05
Cauliflower plants sold from Town farm 75
Poultry sold from Town farm 12 20
63
Eggs sold from Town farm 39 30
Pears sold from Town farm 5 25
Parsnips sold from Town farm 75
Potatoes sold from Town farm
4 45
Corn sold from Town Farm
50
Old iron sold from Town farm 5 63
Bags sold from Town farm
2 50
Labor, Town farm
165
Telephone, Town farm
20
F. H. Donnelly, for police department special duties
200 00
Estate of D. J. Wetherbee, taxes A. D. 1904-1905 93 91
Wm. F. Stevens, collector of taxes for
A. D. 1903 14 10
Interest on taxes 1903
2 40
Wm. F. Stevens, collector of taxes A. D. 1904 16 40
Interest on taxes 1904
1 85
Wm. F. Stevens, collector, taxes A. D. 1905 310 65
Interest on taxes 1905
30 72
Wm. F. Stevens, collector, taxes A. D. 1906 2,065 79
Interest on taxes 1906
71 33
Wm. F. Stevens, collector, taxes A. D. 1907 21,631 47
Interest on taxes 1907
19 63
Wm. F. Stevens, collector, moth tax ..
461 58
Interest
06
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway, tax 1907 17 34
Lowell, Acton & Maynard Street Rail- way,, tax 1907 36 28
International Trust Company, interest on deposit 148 47
$50,210 21
64
Expenditures.
Paid State tax $2,320 00
For abolition of grade crossing ..
1,185 49
Interest
163 18
Repairs on State Highway
142 68
One fourth of liquor license 325 00
County tax
2,046 77
On Selectmen's orders
41,508 01
Cash on hand and in bank
2,519 08
$50,210 21
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton.
Treasurer's Report of Money Received for care of Lots in Cemeteries.
1908. Dr
March 1. To cash in North End Sav-
ings Bank
$2,175 00
Cash in Charlestown Five Cents Sav-
ings Bank
1,000 00
Cash in Warren Institution for Sav-
ings
1,000 00
Cash in Middlesex Institution for
Savings
500 00
Cash in Town Treasury, March 12,1907,
2,625 00
Cash received in 1907-1908
700 00
Unexpended balance, March 12, 1907. 198 20
Income for 1907-1908
271 56
$8,469 76
Cr.
By cash paid Cemetery Committee for care of lots
$226 53
Cash paid F. C. Hayward 17 50
Cash paid heirs of Varnum Tuttle . .
8 75
Principal of cemetery fund, March 1, 1908
8,000 00
Balance of income unexpended 216 98
$8,469 76 J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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Report of the Wilde Memorial Library.
1908.
Dr.
March 1. To cash in North End Sav-
ings Bank
$1,000 00
Cash in Home Savings Bank 1,000 00
Cash in Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings 1,000 00
Cash in Warren Institution for Savings
1,000 00
Cash in Charlestown Five Cents Sav- ings Bank 1,000 00
Mortgage Bond of the West Shore
Railroad Co.
1,000 00
Received for fines
25 00
Received for interest on money in
banks.
201 60
Received for interest on mortgage
bond
40 00
Town appropriation for books 200 00
Unexpended balance, March 12, 1907. 229 03
$6,695 63
Cr.
By cash in banks
$5,000 00
By Susan, Augusta and Luther Con-
ant fund
1,000 00
Paid for Books and Magazines.
W. B. Clark & Co.
428 89
Tabard Inn Library
41 15
W. H. Guild & Co. 42 30
F. B. Noyes
14 47
W. A. Wilde & Co.
5 84
William D. Tuttle
1 71
Balance unexpended
161 27
$6,695 63 J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Tax Col- lector and Treasurer of the Town of Acton and to the best of my knowledge I find them correct.
W. E. WHITCOMB, Auditor. March 16, 1908.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Valuation May 1, 1907.
Real estate (buildings) $965,085 00
Real estate (land)
475,095 00
Value of assessed personal estate 358,365 00
Total vaulation $1,798,545 00
Valuation May 1, 1906
1,816,845 00
Decrease $18,300 00
Rate of taxation, 1907, $13.25 on a thousand.
Tax Assessed as Follows :"
On real estate $19,081 72
On personal property 4,748 33
On polls 1,272 00
$25,102 05
Amount of Money Raised.
For State tax $2,320 00
For State highway tax 142 68
For County tax
2,046 77
For crossing assessment 1,348 67
For Town grant 18,815 00
Overlayings 428 93
$25,102 05
WM. F. STEVENS, JAMES B. TUTTLE, HARRY E. CLOUGH,
Assessors of Acton.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903-1904-1905-1906.
1903 Dr.
Uncollected March 12, 1907
$15 20
Interest collected
2 40
Cr.
$17 60
Paid Treasurer
16 50
Uncollected March 1, 1908
$1 10
1904 Dr.
Uncollected March 12, 1907
$17 63
Interest collected
1 85
Cr.
$19 48
Paid Treasurer
18 25
Uncollected March 1, 1908
$1 23
1905 Dr.
Uncollected March 12, 1907
329 74
Interest collected 30 72
Cr.
$360 46
Paid Treasurer
$341 37
Charged to D. J. Wetherbee estate .. 3 07
$344 44
Uncollected March 1, 1908. $16 02
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1906 Dr.
Uncollected March 12, 1907
$2,349 96
Interest collected 71 33
Paid Treasurer
Cr. $2,421 29
$2,137 12
Uncollected March 2, 1908 $284 17
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR For Fiscal Year Ending March 1, 1908.
Amount committed for collection. $25,102 05
Interest collected 19 63
Cash paid Treasurer
$25,121 68 $21,651 10
Uncollected due town March 2, 1908
$3,470 58
Moth Tax.
Dr.
Amount committed to the Collector by the Selectmen
$978 33
Interest collected 06
Cr $978 39
Paid Treasurer
$461 64
Uncollected March 2, 1908
$516 75
W. F. STEVENS, Collector.
.
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Receipts.
Appropriation $5,000 00
Street dirt 3 50
Broken stone 14 50
Use of pump
1 00
Gasoline
33 00
Received of W. H. Kingsley, use of
100 00
crusher
$5,152 00
Expenditures.
Cost of building 2,465 feet of stone road at Pow- der Mills :
W. H. Kingsley, for labor, men and teams. $246 50
A. C. Piper, for labor, men and teams. 434 10
A. H. Perkins, for labor, men and teams 760 42
L. E. Tice, for labor, team
94 50
American powder mills, for men
19 44
Coal for roller 42 50
Man to run roller 76 25
Blacksmith 37 70
Gasoline and oil
110 00
M. A. Reed, teaming stone 6 50
Repairs for crusher 115 00
$1,942 91
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Amount of material used, 1,284 tons of broken stone, 492 loads filling.
Building 550 ft. of stone road in South Acton.
Wm. H. Kingsley, for labor, men and teams $75 50
A. C. Piper, for labor, men and teams 31 50
A. H. Perkins, for labor, men and teams 119 30
Man to run roller 15 00
Reairs, coal and gasoline 50 00
$291 30
Amount of material used, 240 tons of broken stone.
Building 3,350 ft. of stone road from East Acton toward the center :
Wm. H. Kingsley, for labor, men and teams $419 62
A. C. Piper, for labor, men and teams 278 50
A. H. Perkins, for labor, men and teams 691 50
Blacksmith 20 80
M. E. Taylor, gasoline and supplies 97 37
Repairs on crusher 45 00
Man to run roller 60 00
Coal 41 72
$1,654 51
Amount of material used, 1,553 tons of broken stone, 175 loads of filling.
Whole number of feet of stone road built, 6,365.
Amount of stone used, 3,077 tons.
"Total cost, $3,888 72.
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For scraping, including the removal of 264 loads of street dirt $437 90 County commissioners order, stone bounds and setting 15 25
Graveling roads for which we used 797 loads, building and repairing fence, cutting brush, picking cobbles, cleaning catch basins, re- pairs and lumber for crusher, repairs for scraper, for tools, including all the small items necessary for the proper running of this department 1,239 08
$5,580 95
$5,152 00
Inventory of Tools on Hand, March 1, 1908.
Crushing plant $1,600 00
One track 100 00
One iron roller 275 00
One snow roller 100 00
Two road machines
150 00
One sewer pump
40 00
20 feet of hose
40 00
One plow
30 00
Small tools
10 00
Watering cart
300 00
2 gasoline tanks
20 00
One steam roller 3,000 00
$5,665 00
We recommend that $1,500 be raised for widening the road in South Acton, as ordered by the County Commis- sioners ; that $5,000 be raised for the repairs of roads and bridges.
WM. H. KINGSLEY, ANSON C. PIPER, ALBERT H. PERKINS,
Road Commissioners.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Town of Acton for the Year 1907.
The Board of Health submit the following report for the year ending March 1st, 1908 :
Whole number of deaths recorded to December 31, 1907 49
Number occuring in Acton 42
Number occuring in other places
7 Residents of Acton 44
Residents of other places 5
Other than an epidemic of Measles-115 cases reported -all with the exception of one case in South Acton, occur- ing in West Acton and 10 cases of Scarlet Fever confined to two families in West Acton, our Town has been free from contagious diseases during the past year.
The character and number of each as reported to the Board from March 1, '07 to March 1, '08, are as follows :
Diseases
No. of Cases No. of Deaths
Diphtheria
0
0
Small Pox
0
0
Scarlet Fever
10
1
Typhoid Fever
1
1
Measles
115
0
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
0
0
This Board desires to call the attention of our citizens
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to the fact that all contagious and infectious diseases- Measles, Whooping-cough, etc .- sometimes not considered serious enough to require the attention of a Physician, must be reported to the Agent of the Board by the House-holder and that all persons suffering from such disease must not attend school or public gatherings. Also to the fact that Tuberculosis or Consumption has been added by Statute to the list of diseases considered to be dangerous to the public health and required by Law, to be reported to this Board by the attending Physician or House-holder and subject to con- trol by the Board of Health.
In dealing with the outbreak of Scarlet Fever this Board has been handicapped-as it was in 1902 during the Small Pox epidemic then prevailing-by not having at our command suitable Quarantine facilities.
Considering the disadvantages under which we labored the fact that a disease of this character was successfully confined to the two families in which it originated shows wonderfully prompt and thorough work on the part of the attending physician and our most efficient agent of the board.
The difficulty which the Board experienced in comforta- bly housing the family of Mr. Miner during the time neces- sarily occupied in cleaning and fumigating the premises. where the greater number of the cases (8) were confined dur- ing their illness should induce the voters of this Town to seriously consider some plan to aid us in our work.
The arbitary condemning and seizure of property for quarantine purposes which might under certain circum- edly be a much more expensive procedure for the tax payers than the erection and maintenance of an adequate quarantine station for such emergencies. As we are now situated we have absolutely no means of efficiently carrying out pro- visions of certain laws of this state that say we must-not may-but must protect our citizens from the ravages of con- tagious diseases that may at any time be brought into our. '
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midst. £ You all want that protection ; You all look to this Board for such protection : then why not as individuals, interested in the health of your own immediate family and collectively as voters interested in the welfare of the Town give this Board something to work with ?
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS, F. E. TASKER, M. D. F. J. BARKER, M. D.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Inventory of Stock and Provisions on Hand, March 1, 1908.
11 cows $550 00
2 heifers 50 00
15 tons hay 270 00
2 horses 300 00
Double harness
20 00
Express harness 15 00
Light harness 3 00
Horse collars
7 00
Express wagon
85 00
Hay wagon
25 00
Wood wagon and rack
110 00
2 sleds
80 00
Farming tools
10 00
· Grain
6 00
1 Two-horse cart
25 00
Horse rake
3 00
2 harrows
38 00
1 iron collar
1 25
Cultivator
4 00
7 ladders
12 00
Wheelbarrow
3 00
Hay cutter
2 00
Hay fork
20 00
Roller
4 00
Sail-cloth
1 00
Plows
25 00
Feed trough
2 00
Bush. boxes
1 80
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Barrel boxes
11 50
Corn on cob
20 00
Pung
5 00
Democrat wagon
30 00
Baskets
1 50
Apple barrels
2 00
Watering trough
5 00
Mowing machine
32 00
Grindstone
4 00
Spray pump
8 00
Wood cut for stove
24 00
Cord wood
94 50
Saws
50
Carpenter tools
6 00
Wagon jack
1 50
Saw clamp
1 00
Ladder hooks
60
Set measures
1 00
Salt
50
Lumber
3 00
Barrel header
1 00
Snow shovel
50
Wrench
75
52 hens
39 00
45 bush. potatoes
45 00
Soft soap and barrel
5 00
Pork and barrel
2 50
Apples 6 00
Washing machine
5 00
Horse's blanket
1 00
Range and water front
60 00
3 rockers
3 00
1 lantern
90
Couch and two easy chairs
18 00
2 coal hods
50
Lamps
2 50
Soap
25
78
Molasses
50
1 axe
25
Stone drag 2 50
Grass seed 1 00
Keg lime
80
100 lbs. oyster shells
75
Tarred rope
80
75 chicken wire 2 85
Paint and oil
1 50
Ton coal
7 00
Lard
25
Spice
30
Butter
1 75
Flour
3 50
Sugar
30
Crackers
25
Fruit jars
3 25
Brooms
50
Crockery and tinware
· 9 00
Tea and coffee
50
Oil and tank
1 60
Pail and tubs
3 00
Tree pruner 1 00
4 stoves
15 00
2 cabinet chairs
2 00
3 tables 5 50
Ice
25 00
Chamber sets
12 00
Air cushion
1 00
Beds and bedding
70 00
Bed pan
3 00
5 traps
1 50
Trunks
2 00
Wheel chair
22 00
2 clocks
6 00
8 chairs 4 00
Cereals 75
79
Bread mixer
2 00
Clothes line
75
Refrigerator
18 00
Ice tongs
50
Vinegar
40
Clothes wringer
3 00
Meat chopper
1 25
Pump
125 00
Canned fruit
6 00
Inventory, March 1, 1908
$2,485 35
Support of Poor on Farm.
Paid Chas. Calder, salary $366 74
M. Thompson, 1 month salary 31 25
Joe Pholix, labor 35 00
J. S. Moore, meat and provisions
77 71
W. E. Whitcomb, meat and provisions 3 21
S. B. Ineson, fish 23 68
M. E. Taylor, groceries and supplies 133 37
C. H. Mead, groceries and supplies 115 97
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
15 00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, lime, laths and spikes 5 50
E. C. Parker & Co., grain
214 66
J. Cushing & Co., grain 214 25
F. M. Hopkins, iron work and repairs.
3 55
S. A. Guilford, shoeing and repairs 20 32
Fritz Oelschlegal, repairing express and
carriage harness 2 25
C. H. Clark, repairing harness and harness oil 90
O. A. Knowlton, mail-box for Farm 1 00
O. A. Knowlton, 1,250 lbs. fertilizer 17 82
O. A. Knowlton, Cauliflower seed 5 00
O. A. Knowlton, Ex. to Boston and Emp. office fees 2 79
80
L. W. Perkins, 2 cows 95 00
Edw. Stanley, plumbing and repairs 2 75
Edw. Stanley, repairing faucets 75
Edw. Stanley, heater part for Erickson engine and labor on same 9 00
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