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58.50
The Acton News, printing 1.80
Snoll & Noll 1.35
Acton Enterprise Co., expense ... 7.00
$711.92°
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Town Buildings and Grounds.
Paid S. H. Taylor, care of hall and grounds $94.30
S. H. Taylor, care of flag 5.00
S. H. Taylor, care of trough 5.00
S. H. Taylor, care of clock. 21.00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal and supplies for hall 49.18
G. W. Daniels, grinding 2 mowers 1.50
M. A. Reed, cleaning vaults twice 4.25
Tuttle & Newton, fixtures for hall .99
F. E. Harris, repairs on hall. .
1.56
N. H. Tenney, labor on hall and clock 6.25
W. H. Kingsley, wood for hall .. 5.50
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies for hall 29.90
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., steam roller house. 154.38
F. E. Harris, labor, steam roller house 59.67
E. P. Gates, labor, steam roller house 2.70
N. H. Tenney, labor, steam roller house .98
W. H. Kingsley, labor, steam roller house 52.23
Solon A. Robbins, painting roller house and fire escape. 18.18
F. E. Harris, labor, fire escape, hall 118.65
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., fire escape, hall 100.06
S. H. Taylor, labor, fire escape, hall 27.85
E. P. Gates, labor, fire escape, hall 6.20
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N. H. Tenney, labor and stock, fire escape, hall. 34.45
$799.78
State Aid.
Paid Emma F. Blood $48.00
Susan H. Clough
48.00
Aaron S. Fletcher 48.00
Ephraim B. Forbush
40.00
Lydia Handley 48.00
Mary A. Parlin
48.00
Mary I. Richardson 48.00
Mary A. Wood 48.00
Addison B. Wheeler 48.00
Walter O. Holden 48.00
Isaiah S. Leach 60.00
Almira M. Willard 48.00
Bridget Mann 48.00
John T. Sibley
60.00
Fred A. Norris
48.00
Edward Willis
72.00
$808.00
State and Military Aid.
Paid Emma E. Bigelow, nurse for Mrs.
E. Willis $ 36.00
Fred L. Whitcomb, nurse for E. Willis 191.81
F. E. Tasker, medical attendance, E. Willis 141.50
Town of Hudson, aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Wood 65.00
$434.31
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Salaries.
Paid Lyman Tuttle, election officer ... $2.50
L. C. Taylor, election officer 5.00
Abram Tuttle, election officer ... 5.00
E. R. Teele, election officer
2.50
Fred S. Whitcomb, election officer James Kingsley, election officer. . William F. Kelley, election officer
2.50
2.50
A. B. Parker, election officer. ..
2.50
N. J. Cole, election officer
2.50
T. F. Newton, election officer .. .. Aaron W. Foster, election officer, F. P. Wood, election officer ......
2.50
Edwin A. Phalen, election officer. 2.50
Hiram J. Hapgood, election officer
2.50
Horace F. Tuttle, election officer. 2.50
Charles J. Williams, chairman, School Committee 80.45
W. F. Stevens, chairman, Asses- sors 75.00
J. B. Tuttle, Assessor 55.00
W. F. Kelley, Assessor
55.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Town Clerk
30.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Registrar of Voters
15.00
O. A. Knowlton, chairman, Over- seers of Poor 50.00
J. S. Moore, Overseer of Poor ... 25.00
W. F. Kelley, Overseer of Poor ... 20.00
James B. Tuttle, chairman of Selectmen 125.00
Bertram D. Hall, Selectman. 50.00
Asaph Merriam, Selectman. .
50.00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, Treasurer ...
150.00
W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes, 1905 . 42
W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes,
2.50
2.50
2.50
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1906 3.81
W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes, 1907 29.64
W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes, 1908 257.90
W. F. Stevens, collecting moth tax, 1907 20.00
W. F. Stevens, making moth tax, 1908 5.00
$1,139.72
Loans and Interest. Paid First National Bank of Ayer,
note $3,500.00
First National Bank of Ayer, note 3,000.00
120.00
Interest on notes at 4 percent . . Charlotte F. Tollman, note and interest
2,021.57
Isaiah Reed Est., note and in- terest 527.09
E. Jones Est., interest on note .
80.00
F. C. Hayward, interest on ceme- tery fund 17.50
M. Medora Tuttle, interest on cemetery fund 8.75
$9,274.91
Miscellaneous Accounts.
Paid A. H. Perkins, setting and trim- ming trees $18.50
I. F. Duren, returns 31 deaths ..
7.75
J. H. and F. W. Watkins, acre land, public pump 100.00
Hobbs & Warren Co., assessor and collector books 7.00
George B. Parker, for Memorial Day 50.00
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Hobbs & Warren Co., books of
Sealer Weight and Measure . 5.57
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies Sealer Weight and Measure 70.70
Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co.,
Sealer Weight and Measure . .79
Malden Specialty Co., Sealer
Weight and Measure 1.50
H. F. Tuttle, surveying and writ- ing deed 5.00
Joslin & Mendum, legal advice, Mr. Hoit 35.00
Joslin & Mendum, publishing notices 7.88
Joslin & Mendum, legal advice, taxable cost 39.02
W. H. Kingsley, labor and sup- plies town well, West 50.33
E. T. Rice, labor and supplies town well, West 13.88
H. T. Clark, pipe, town well, West 18.05 F. W. Green, putting up booths, etc. 1.50
F. F. Chandler, exit signs, Town hall 1.25
C. H. Persons, tuning piano 2.50 . F. W. Hoit, express, Town reports 2.53
F. W. Hoit, electric railroad hear- ing 8.88
Howard Hamblin, M. D., return 1 birth .25
I. L. Pickard, M. D., return 3 births .75
Frank E. Tasker, M. D., return 12 births 3.00
F. U. Rich, M. D., return 5 births 1.25
George C. Turner, opening rooms board of registrars 1.00
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Horace F. Tuttle, collecting and
recording 47 births 23.50
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 18 marriages 3.60
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 36 deaths 7.20
Horace F. Tuttle, attending meet- ing at Ayer 2.50
Horace F. Tuttle, copying and expense 26.07
Horace F. Tuttle, examining
records Overseers of Poor ... 1.00
Horace F. Tuttle, services, Com- missioners of Public Record . 4.00
A. Merriam, postage and express . 1.75
J. B. Tuttle, postage, car fare, etc. 9.50
Bertram D. Hall, expense
4.05
J. K. W. Wetherbee, treasurer supplies 20.15
Moses A. Reed, inspection of cattle 50.00
W. F. Stevens, postage account Assessor 5.92
W. F. Stevens, attending meetings
9.85
W. F. Stevens, postage account Collector 14.94
W. F. Stevens, election expenses .
3.00
Finney & Hoit. stationery for Treasurer 4.60
Tuttle & Newton, supplies for Registrars .17
Acton Enterprise Co., Town
charges for Selectmen . 70
W. F. Stevens, abatement taxes 1907 72.56
W. F. Stevens, abatement taxes 1908 32.66
$751.60
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Receipts for Year Ending March 1st, 1909.
Balance due from Treasurer
$2,519.08
Balance due from Collector 3,773.10
Appropriation :
For Memorial library 600.00
For roads and bridges 5,000.00
For County road, Acton Street 1,600.00
For steam roller house 300.00
For common schools
4,750.00
For High school
4,200.00
For school supplies
625.00
For Superintendent of Schools
480.00
For transportation
1,360.00
For medical inspection
100.00
For extermination of moths
700.00
For Fire Department 350.00
For Town charges
3,000.00
For street lamps
1,000.00
For overlayings 476.96
Raised for State tax
3,190.00
For State highway tax
221.55
For County tax
2,011.51
For crossing assessments
1,508.00
Received from State Treasurer :
Corporation tax
3,811.30
National Bank tax
771.16
State aid
690.00
School fund
868.81
Moth work
3,194.19
Street Railway tax
14.85
Grade Crossing fund
205.51
Burial State pauper
15.00
Inspection of Animals
25.68
Tutition children in small towns
25.00
Received from County Treasurer, dog license 313.85
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First National Bank of Ayer, loan 6,500.00 Mrs. Charlotte F. Tollman, loan .. 2,000.00
Frank H. Donnelly, liquor license 1,300.00
Frank H. Donnelly, special police services 200.00
Supervision of Schools
375.00
Lyman and Industrial schools
15.00
Cemetery funds
425.00
Income of cemetery fund
193.98
Income of library fund.
241.60
Memorial library for fines
22.41
Town of Concord, aid Miner family
716.91
Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., dividend
7.37
Rent of hall
62.50
Rent of hall and cellar
136.00
District court, fines
12.91
Sidney Laffin, outhouse
10.00
School Committee, over-payment high school tuition 5.34
W. F. Stevens, poll tax list sold. . 1.75
A. F. Blanchard, slaughter license
1.00
Road Commissioner, road material
252.92
Lots sold in Woodlawn.
45.00
Lots sold in Mt. Hope.
18.00
Farm products
1,616.18
Interest on taxes
151.69
Interest on deposits
73.03
Gypsy moth tax
1,082.24
Interest moth tax
2.26
Street railway tax, C., M. & H ...
16.56
Street railway tax, L., A. & M ...
34.22
$63,219.42
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Expenditures.
High school $3,363.10
South school
2,488.28
West school
1,699.91
Center school 1,777.29
Miscellaneous school expense 652.78
School supplies
815.52
School repairs
1,273.35
Transportation of scholars
1,397.40
Gypsy and brown tail moths
4,877.31
Roads and bridges
7,356.57
Support of poor on farm
2,136.22
Farm repairs
374.34
Outside poor
902.06
Street lamps
1,003.10
Printing 218.33
Library books
421.81
Library expense
573.25
Cemetery expenses
617.57
Fire department
394.92
Police department
276.41
Board of Health
711.92
Town buildings and grounds
799.78
State aid
808.00
Military aid
434.31
Salaries
1,139.72
Loans and interest
9,274.91
Miscellaneous accounts
751.60
Total Selectmen's orders
$46,539.76
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Paid State tax $3,190.00
Payment, abolition grade crossing
1,300.00
Interest 208.00
Repairs on state highway
221.55
State, one-fourth liquor license. .
325.00
County tax
2,011.51.
Cash on hand
3,450.16
Uncollected taxes
5,973.44
$63,219.42
Financial Statement for Year Ending March 1, 1909.
Due from Treasurer $3,450.16
From Collector 5,968.17
From Town of Concord
20.00
From Town of Philipston
10.00
From Town of Taunton
13.98
State aid
808.00
Inspection of animals 25.00
Gypsy moth work
1,722.14
Uncollected moth taxes
351.08
Corporation tax
120.39
For support, sick, Nicholas
Murphy
66.70
For temporary aid, Kinnard
family
4.72
$12,560.34
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Liabilities.
E. Jones, Est., note $2,000.00
Cemetery fund 3,750.00
Unexpended balance, cemetery fund. 271.82
Unexpended balance, library fund ... 203.47
Transportation, high school scholars
for winter term, "estimated". . . 250.00
$6,475.29
Balance in favor of Town
$6,085.05
JAMES B. TUTTLE, BERTRAM D. HALL, ASAPH MERRIAM, Selectmen of Act ..
March 1, 1909.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
1908.
March 12. Cash on hand $2,519.08
Receipts :
State Treasurer, corporation tax .. 3,811.30
State Treasurer, national bank tax ... 771.16
State Treasurer, state aid 690.00
State Treasurer, income of Mass.
school fund 868.81
State Treasurer, for suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths .... 3,194.19 State Treasurer, on account of grade crossing fund 205.51
State Treasurer, street railway tax ... 14.85
State Treasurer, burial of state pauper 15.00
State Treasurer, compensation for in- spection of animals 25.68
State Treasurer, for tuition of children in small towns 25.00
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses 313.85
First National Bank of Ayer, tempo- rary loan
6,500.00
Mrs. Charlotte F. Tolman, temporary loan
2,000.00
Frank H. Donnelly, liquor license ...
1,300.00
Frank H. Donnelly, for special police service 200.00
For supervision of schools 375.00
Trustees of Lyman and Industrial schools, for instruction in public schools 15.00
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Cemetery fund 425.00
Income of cemetery fund 193.98
Income of library fund
241.60
Memorial library, for fines
22.41
Town of Concord, for aid furnished Miner family
716.91
Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Co., dividend 7.37
Acton grange, for rent of town hall ...
62.50
Rent of town hall and cellar
136.00
District Court for Central Middlesex, for fines 12.91
Sidney Laffin, for outhouse
10.00
School Committee, for over-payment of high school tuition
5.34
William F. Stevens, for two poll tax lists sold
1.75
Arthur F. Blanchard, slaughter house license
1.00
Road Commissioners, for road material sold
252.92
Horace F. Tuttle, for lots sold in Woodlawn cemetery 45.00
H. T. Clark, for lots sold in Mount Hope cemetery 18.00
For milk sold from Town farm
1,141.96
Cows sold from Town farm 116.63
Calves sold from Town farm 28.75
Apples sold from Town farm
172.32
Cauliflowers sold from Town farm .
102.22
Eggs sold from Town farm 22.46
Potatoes sold from Town farm 23.60
Corn sold from Town farm . 40
Chickens sold from Town farm 1.00
Stove sold from Town farm 2.00
Labor, Town farm 2.00
Telephone, Town farm 2.84
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William F. Stevens, collector, taxes
for A. D. 1903 1.10
William F. Stevens, collector, taxes
for A. D. 1904 1.23
William F. Stevens, collector, taxes for A. D. 1905 16.02
Interest on taxes, 1905
1.77
William F. Stevens, collector, taxes for A. D. 1906 284.17
Interest on taxes, 1906
24.60
William F. Stevens, collector, taxes for A. D., 1907
3,055.74
Interest on taxes, 1907
98.11
William F. Stevens, collector, taxes for A. D., 1908
25,914.42
Interest on taxes, 1908
27.21
William F. Stevens, collector, moth tax, A. D. 1907
469.44
Interest on taxes, 1907
1.83
William F. Stevens, collector, moth tax, A. D. 1908
612.80
Interest on taxes, 1908
. 43
Concord, Maynard & Hudson street
railway taxes, A. D. 1908 16.56
Lowell, Acton & Maynard street rail-
way taxes, A. D. 1908 34.22
International Trust Co., interest on deposits
73.03
$57,245.98
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Expenditures.
Paid State tax, A. D. 1908
$3,190.00
For abolition of grade crossing ..
1,300.00
Interest 208.00
Repairs on State highway
221.55
One-fourth of liquor license 325.00
County tax, A. D. 1908 2,011.51
On Selectmen's orders 46,539.76
Cash on hand and in bank
3,450.16
$57,245.98
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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Treasurer's Report of Money Held for Care of Lots in Cemeteries.
1909. Dr.
March 1. To cash in North End Sav-
ings Bank $2,175.00
Cash in Warren Institution for Sav- ings 1,000.00
Cash in Charlestown Five Cents Sav-
ings Bank
1,000.00
Cash in Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings 500.00
Cash in Town Treasury, March 12, 1908
3,325.00.
Cash received in 1908
425.00
Income unexpended March 12, 1908. . 216.98
Income for A. D. 1908-1909
294.45
$8,936.43
Cr.
By cash paid Cemetery Committee for care of lots
$213.36
Cash paid F. C. Hayward 17.50
Cash paid Mrs. Varnum Tuttle
8.75
Principal of cemetery fund, March 1, 1909
8,425.00
Balance of income unexpended.
271.82
$8,936.43
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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Report of the Wilde Memorial Library.
1909
Dr.
March 1. To cash in North End Sav-
ings Bank $1,000.00
Cash in Home Savings Bank 1,000.00
Cash in Warren Institution for Savings 1,000.00
Cash in Charlestown Five Cents Sav- ings Bank
1,000.00
Cash in Middlesex Institution for Sav- ings
1,000.00
Mortgage Bond of West Shore Rail- road Co.
1,000.00
Received for interest on money in
banks
201.60
Received for interest on mortgage
bond
40.00
Received for fines
22.41
Town appropriation for books 200.00
Unexpended balance March 12, 1908.
161.27
$6,625.28
Cr
By cash in banks
$5,000.00
By Susan, Augusta and Luther Conant
fund
1,000.00
Paid for books and magazines :
W. B. Clarke Co.
309.72
Tabard Inn Library
20.87
Herman Goldberger
36.80
McDevitte & Wilson
22.30
Daniel McKay
6.54
W. A. Wilde Co.
4.33
Frederick Loeser
7.50
Munn & Co.
11.75
W. D. Tuttle
2.00
Balance unexpended
203.47
$6,625.28
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treas- urer and Tax Collector of the Town of Acton, and to the best of my knowledge I find them correct.
W. E. WHITCOMB, Auditor.
March 15, 1909.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Valuation May 1, 1908.
Real estate (buildings)
$986,610.00
Real estate (land)
463,430.00
Value of assessed personal estate
381,940.00
Total valuation
$1,831,980.00
Valuation May 1, 1907
1,798,545.00
Increase
$33,435.00
Rate of taxation, 1908, $16.50 on a thousand.
Tax Assessed as Follows :
On real estate
$23,925.66
On personal property
6,307.36
On polls
1,240.00
$31,473.02
Amount of Money Raised.
For State tax
$3,190.00
For State highway tax
221.55
For County tax
2,011.51
For crossing assessment
1,508.00
For Town grant
24,065.00
Overlayings 476.96
$31,473.02
WM. F. STEVENS, WM. F. KELLEY, JAMES B. TUTTLE,
Assessors of Acton.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES. For Fiscal Year Ending March 1, 1909.
Amount committed for collection . .
$31,473.02
Interest collected 27.21
$31,500.23
Abatements $32.66
Paid Treasurer 25,908.97
$25,941.63
Uncollected due Town March 1, 1909 $5,558.60
1907 Moth Tax.
Uncollected March 1, 1908 $516.75
Interest collected 1.83
$518.58
Paid Treasurer
$471.27
Uncollected March 1, 1909 $47.31
1908 Moth Tax.
Amount committed to Collector $916.57
Interest collected® . 43
$917.00
Paid Treasurer
$613.23
Uncollected March 1, 1909
$303.77
WILLIAM F. STEVENS, Collector.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903-1904-1905-1906-1907
1903 Dr.
Uncollected March 1, 1908.
$1.10
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$1.10
1904 Dr
Uncollected March 1, 1908
$1.23
Paid Treasurer
Cr
$1.23
1905 Dr.
Uncollected March 1, 1908
$16.02
Interest collected
1.77
$17.79
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
1906 Dr.
$17.79
Uncollected March 1, 1908
$284.17
Interest collected
24.60
$308.77
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
1907 Dr.
Uncollected March 1, 1908
$3,470.58
Interest collected
98.11
$3,568.69
Cr.
· Abatements
$72.56
. Paid Treasurer 3,081.29
$3,153.85
$414.84
Uncollected March 1, 1909
$308.77
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Receipts for Roads and Bridges.
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Gasoline 1.80
Broken stone
4.50
$5,006.30
Expenditures
$4,842.02
Stone road built, 5,657 feet.
Gravel road built, 6,440 feet.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' ORDER.
Receipts.
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Wood sold
1.00
Dirt sold, and labor
200.37
Broken stone and labor
45.25
$1,846.62
Due from County
$500.00
Due for dirt sold
37.05
$537.05
$2,383.67
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Expenditures.
For labor and supplies
$2,514.55
Due A. H. Jones Est.
300.00
$2,814.55
Mr. A. Conant graded school house hill in the Center using thousands of loads of filling, making a road that he and the town can well be proud of at a cost of $600.
Inventory of Tools on Hand March 1, 1909.
Crushing plant
$1,500.00
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 pipe
40.00
One power pump
40.00
One plow
30.00
Small tools
15.00
Watering cart
300.00
Two gasoline tanks
20.00
One steam roller
3,000.00
$5,610.00
We recommend 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 1908.
The Board of Health submit the following report for the year ending March 1st, 1909 :
Whole number of deaths recorded to December 31, 1908, 36
Number occurring in Acton 30
Number occurring in other places
6 Residents of Acton 36
Residents of other places 0
Average age, 47 years.
No deaths from contagious diseases.
List of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health from March 1, 1908 to March 1, 1909 :
No. of Cases No. of Deaths
Diphtheria,
0
0
Small Pox,
0
0
Scarlet Fever,
19
0
Typhoid Fever,
0
0
Measles,
5
0
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis,
0
0
Tuberculosis,
5
0
.
Total for the year,
29 0
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BEEF INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Beef, Veal, Pigs and Mutton Inspected at A. F. Blanchard's From March 17th, 1908 to March 1st, 1909.
Beef 164
Veal
1,232
Pigs
24
Mutton
2
Total for the year 1,422
Condemned as Unfit for Food.
Beef
4
Veal
37
Pigs
0
Mutton
0
41
Taken by Lowell Rendering Co.
MOSES A. REED, Inspector of Beef.
FRANK E. TASKER, M. D. CHARLES J. WILLIAMS. Board of Health.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Inventory of Stock and Provisions on Hand March 1, 1909.
12 Cows $600.00
6 Tons hay 108.00
2 Horses 300.00
Double harness 20.00
Express harness
15.00
Light harness
25.00
Horse collars
7.00
Express wagons
85.00
Hay wagons
20.00
Wood wagon, rack
110.00
2 Sleds
80.00
Farming tools
10.00
Grain 24.00
1 Two-horse cart 20.00
Horse rakes
15.00
2 Harrows
38.00
1 Iron collar
1.25
Cultivator
4.00
7 Ladders 12.00
Wheelbarrow
3.00
Hay cutter
2 00
Horse hay-fork
20.00
Roller
2.00
Plough
25.00
Feed trough
2.00
100 Bushel boxes
10.00
Pung
5.00
Democrat wagon
20.00
Baskets
1.50
Apple barrels
20.00;
71
Watering trough 5.00
Mowing machine
25.00
Grindstone
4.00
Spray pump
8.00
Wood cut for stove
75.00
Cord wood
40.00
Saws
.50
Carpenter tools 6.00
Wagon Jack
1.50
Saw clamp
1.00
Ladder hooks
.60
Set Measures
1.00
Salt
.90
Barrel header
1.00
Snow shovel
.50
40 Hens
30.00
10 Bush. potatoes 10.00
Soap barrels
5.00
Pork and jar
2.00
Washing machine
5.00
Horse blankets
4.00
Range and waterfront
60.00
3 Rockers
3.00
1 Lantern
.90
Couch and 2 easy chairs
15.00
1 Coal hod
.50
Lamps
2.50
Soap
.25
Coal shovel
1.25
Molasses
1.00
2 Axes
2.00
Stone drag
2.50
Keg lime
.75
Oyster shells
.25
Ton coal
7.00
Lard
.75
Spices
2.00
72
Butter
1.40
Flour
4.00
Sugar
1.50
Crackers
25
Fruit jars
3.25
Brooms
.50
Crockery and tinware
10.00
Tea and coffee
.85
Oil and tank
1.60
Pails and tubs
3.00
Tree pruner
.75
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
1 Clock
6.00
8 Chairs
4.00
Cereals
.75
Beans
.40
Lantern globe
.25
Bread mixer
2.00
Clothes line
.75
Refrigerator
18.00
Ice tongs
.50
Vinegar and jar
.25
Clothes wringer
3.00
Meat chopper
1.25
Pump
125.00
Inventory March 1, 1909
$2,278.65
73
Support of Poor on Farm.
Paid John McDonald, salary $232.91
Charles Calder, labor 197.41
John Welsh, labor 35.40
Angus McDonald, labor 103.70
George Salmon, labor
13.32
J. S. Moore, meat and provisions
107.21
Samuel Ineson, fish
35.53
Tuttle & Newton, groceries and supplies 43.36
M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and supplies 291.94
C. H. Mead, groceries and supplies 106.19
E. C. Parker, grain 180.85
George Reed, grain
157.94
J. Cushing & Co., grain
105.50
W. E. Woodward, sawing wood ..
13.65
Constantine O'Neal, cow
46.00
W. C. Robbins, cow
50.00
Chester B. Robbins, cow
60.00
Chester B. Robbins, hay rakes ...
10.00
Brookside Printing Co., printing
envelopes and note heads ... 2.65
E. R. Teele, 125 apple trees
28.75
O. A. Knowlton, ton fertilizer .
28.00
John McDonald, eggs for setting
1.50
John McDonald, soft soap 3.00
John McDonald, express on har- ness . 40
John McDonald, repairs on clock 1.00
Boston Harness Co., harness 23.00
S. A. Guilford, shoeing horse .
5.50
E. P. Gates, shoeing horse and re- pairs 13.55
John McNiff, shoeing horse and
repairs 4.50
74
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., tele- phone services 17.66
L. A. Tuttle, 80 apple barrels . 22.40
Charles Edwards, 6 large boxes . 1.20
Charles Edwards, 2 bunches raffia 1.15
Charles Calder, 75 lbs. pork and jar 6.75
Charles Calder, labor on ice 2.00
Charles Calder, sawdust 2.50
Charles Calder, use of bull
1.50
C. H. Mead. grass seed and farm supplies 33.15
Charles Clark, repairing harness A. II. Perkins, pasturing cows ... 34.23
2.25
Finney & Hoit, bedding and. cloth- ing 15.54
O. A. Knowlton, paid A. Allen, labor 4.50
O. A. Knowlton, telephone, ex- press and stamps 2.20
O. A. Knowlton, flower seed . 15.00
O. A. Knowlton, fare to Tewks- bury for Thomas Mullen .... .50
O. A. Knowlton, expense to Boston in Bertie Sleep's case 1.54
O. A. Knowlton, horse hire .75
H. T. Clark, repairs on wheels .. 4.00
J. S. Moore, postage .70
F. J. Barker, M. D., professional services rendered Christopher Kane 37.50
F. J. Barker, M. D., medical ser- vices rendered Christopher Kane 3.50
F. J. Barker, M. D., medical ser- vices rendered Wm. Quinlan 10.75
75
Frederick Shaw, M. D., medical services rendered Christopher Kane 2.90
Frederick Shaw, M. D., medical services rendered William Quinlan 4.40
Frederick Shaw, M. D., medical services rendered Frank Har- . ris 1.75
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, professional services rendered Christopher Kane 3.14
$2,136.22
Expenditures
$2,136.22
Inventory, 1908
2,485.35
$4,621.57
Inventory, 1909
$2,278.65
Receipts from farm
1,616.18
Due on milk
113.75
Victualizing 18 tramps
4.50
$4.013.08
Cost of supporting poor on farm $608.49
Inmates at Farm During Year.
Susan Fisk, 12 months.
William Quinlan, 12 months.
Frank Harris, 12 months. Christopher Kane, 12 months.
O. A. KNOWLTON, WM. F. KELLEY, J. STERLING MOORE, Overseers of Poor.
76
Outside Poor.
J. S. Moore, meat and provisions fur- nished F. G. Smith $64.46
Tuttle & Newton, groceries and sup- plies furnished F. G. Smith 117.92
Frank Tasker, M. D., medical attend- ance furnished F. G. Smith 149.00
O. S. Fowler, funeral expenses fur- nished Mr. Kannard 22.00
Frank Tasker, M. D .. medical aid fur- nished Mrs. Kannard 1.50
Samuel Christie, M. D., medical at- tendance furnished Mrs. Kannard 6.00
J. S. Moore, meat and provisions fur- nished Mrs. Kannard 1.00
Tuttle & Newton, groceries and sup- plies furnished Mrs. Kannard .... 1.87
City of Cambridge, aid furnished Mrs. Mary Hill and family 176.50
Tuttle & Newton, groceries and sup- plies furnished Charles Leach .... 52.86
M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and sup- plies furnished Mrs. D. Gallagher 103.12 M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and sup- plies furnished George Brooks ... 104.00
Frank Willard, medicine furnished Nicholas Murphy .50
John Cahill, board and care furnished N. Murphy 24.69
Mrs. Wm. Tobin, nursing N. Murphy 4.50
James Richardson, nursing N. Murphy 5.00
Daniel Goodenow, M. D., consultation in N. Murphy's case 2.00
Samuel Christie, M. D., medical at- tendance furnished N. Murphy .. 31.00
77
John Kenney, expense to Concord in Nicholas Murphy's case .76
City of Salem, hospital aid furnished Eva Harris 4.50
Frederick Shaw, M. D., medical at- tendance furnished Henry Bur- gess 5.00
Ernest Woodward, board furnished Henry Burgess 5.00
Dexter Spinney, rent furnished George Wood 5.00
O. A. Knowlton, horse hire in George Wood case 1.50
M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and sup- plies furnished George Wood ... 7.48
W. E. Whitcomb, meat and provisions furnished Mrs. Frederickson and family 4.90
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