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2.00
Stevens, Wm. F. 2.00
152 licenses at $2.00 each $304.00
24 licenses at 5.00 each 120.00
Deduct fees, 176 licenses at 20 cents
35.20
each
Sanborn, E. R. 2.00
Smith. Chester R. 2.00
Smith, Robert J.
2.00
Smith. Albert H. 2.00
Sawyer, Leslie S. 5.00
Spinney. Everett L.
2.00
Schofield, H. C.
2.00
Swett. W. H.
2.00
Stevenson, John M. 5.00
Tuttle, Arthur 2.00
Turco. Francis 2.00
Taylor. Charles A.
2.00
Thompson, T. A.
2.00
Taylor, S. D.
2.00
Taylor, S. H.
5.00
Taylor, C. Carlton 5.00
Williams, F. G.
5.00
Withrow. Jacob
2.00
Whitcomb, Fred S.
.
2.00
Watkins, J. H. and F. W. (4) 8.00
Willard. Leonard G. 2.00
Worden, Henry
2.00
Woodman. Ernest
2.00
Willis, Ed. E. (2) 4.00
Willard, F. H. 5.00
Warren. W. S. 2.00
Weaver, George F.
2.00
Woods. Eleanor H.
2.00
Worster. George W.
2.00
Wetherbee. Ellis
2.00
White, Eugene L.
2.00
Wheeler. C. H. (2)
7.00
$424.00
Balance paid to county treasurer
$388.80
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
High School.
Paid Alice Macintyre.
$495.00
Town of Concord. tuition
2,256.00
Transportation high school schol- ars 1.122.37
$3,873.37
South School.
Paid Elizabeth K. Paine 28.00
Pauline D. Berthold
165.00
Sadie R. Whitney
210.00
Julia L. McCarthy
393.00
Jennie E. Stowell
427.00
Elizabeth A. Hinckley
228.00
Bessie G. Hurlbutt
238.00
Marion A. Veits
5.00
George C. Turner, janitor
121.60
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
Fred S. Glines, janitor coal
153.00
245.31
Anson C. Piper, wood
21.00
James Byron. Jr .. carrying water.
23.75
R. B. Moore 12.90
Mrs. Anthony Sweet. cleaning 10.00
T. E. Downie, wood 13.00
Michael Foley. carrying water . 12.00
Fred S. Glines, cleaning
11.00
$2,317.56
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West School.
Paid Ethel G. Evans 368.00
Harriet H. Gardner
462.00
Mary Freeman
182.00
E. Sophia Taylor
228.00
A. F. Blanchard, wood
18.00
George H. Reed, coal
100.88
Thomas Scanlon, janitor
232.66
Thomas Scanlon, cleaning
12.00
W. E. Woodward, sawing wood,
4.00
$1.607.54
Centre School.
Paid Martha F. Smith 455.00
Ella L. Miller
455.00
Minnie Gamble 439.00
Asaph Parlin, janitor
145.00
Asaph Parlin, cleaning 24.77
George H. Reed, coal
179.60
W. H. Kingsley. wood
16.50
$1.714.87
Miscellaneous School Expenses. 1
Paid Arthur B. Webber, superin-
tendent schools $500.00
Arthur B. Webber, postage and stationery 28.61
E. N. C. Barnes, musical in- structor 180.00
W. L. Adams, drawing instructor. 60.00
F. W. Brackett, drawing instruc- tor, 100.00
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O. E. Houghton. carting school seats 1.00
L. C. Taylor, storage school sup- plies 10.00
F. I. Luce. glasses for May
Macomber 3.50
American Woolen Co .. electric current 5.65
George C. Turner. truant officer .
1.00
A. S. Bradley, truant officer 1.00
E. S. Fobes, truant officer 5.00
Charles J. Williams, postage and telephone 9.91
Thomas Scanlon, truant officer 4.00
.
Thomas Scanlon, incidentals .25
C. H. Persons. tuning piano 6.00
E. F. Conant, school census 15.00
Frederick K. Shaw. school phy- sician 25.00
Samuel A. Christie, school phy- sician 25.00
Samuel A. Christie, postage and telephone 8.69
Frank E. Tasker. school phy-
sician 25.00
$1.014.61
School Supplies.
Paid J. L. Hammett Co. $119.40
E. E. Babb & Co. 20.40
(. L. Chase & Co. 20.00
J. B. Pearson & Co.
45.00
Estabrook Steel Pen Co.
6.40
Milton Beadley Co.
1.50
A. S. Barnes Co.
12.60
Thompson, Brown & Co.
4.00
Houghton. Mifflin Co. 63.78
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American Book Co. 15.76
Ginn & Co. 139.48
Benjamin H. Scanlon Co. 2.08
Wadsworth, Howland & Co. 8.72
Tuttle & Newton . 24
M. E. Taylor & Co. 3.61
$462.97
Repairs on School Grounds and Houses.
Paid W. S. Kelley, painting West school $174.25
Benjamin A. King, repairs West school 5.50
Benjamin A. King. repairs South school 4.00
J. P. Brown, repairs South school, 1.47
George C. Turner, repairs South school 8.75
L. E. Reed, labor South school .. 3.50
Asaph Parlin, repairs Center school 21.98
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
repairs South school 22.68
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., repairs West school 138.56
Thomas Scanlon, labor and re-
pairs West school 38.40
Thomas Scanlon. labor South school 2.50
E. T. Rice, repairs South school . 7.05
E. T. Rice, repairs West school . 18.56
Fred S. Glines, répairs South school 21.96
F. E. Harris, repairs West school, 90.13
B. F. Townsend, repairs South
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school 12.68
B. F. Townsend, repairs West school 4.50
Frank Priest. repairs South
school 16.50
F. Z. Taylor. repairs South school, 17.68
A. C. Piper, repairs South school, 5.00
Tuttle & Newton, repairs South school 10.49
Hall Brothers. repairs West
school 4.25
E. A. Phalen, repairs Center
school 6.90
W. H. Kingsley. repairs Center school 7.50
C. H. Mead, repairs West school. 59.02
William Moore. repairs West
school
22.33
Finney & Hoit, supplies
14.92
$741.06
Transportation of Scholars.
Common Schools.
Paid George E. Greenough $545.00
Jens Mekkelsen 532.00
Walter M. French 277.50
A. Christofferson
65.00
$1,419.50
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Account.
Paid John Murphy. labor $317.00
Barney Rush. labor 223.87
James O. Neil, labor 786.91
30
George McCarthy, labor 218.37
Martin L. Brown, labor 324.63
Herbert F. Robbins, labor 167.50
Herbert F. Robbins, use of horse, 60.25
Aurin Payson, labor 65.25
James Coughlin, labor 13.00
Kingsley Cochrane, labor
31.00
Albert H. Perkins, labor
197.48
John C. Keyes, labor
5.40
Webster C. Robbins, use of horse.
28.29
Herbert F. Robbins, freight on supplies 5.19
Boston Harness Co., life belts 4.50
Jenny Mfg. Co., supplies
5.92
Joseph Breck & Sons, supplies ..
.50
Clarence E. Bailey, supplies . 10.20 ... Frost Insecticide Co., arsenate lead 45.00
D. F. Munroe Co., burlap 162.63
Ross Brothers, pump and supplies, 8.50
E. T. Rice, 50 ft. hose 6.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., Inmber and cement 21.00
A. Hosmer, printing 4.50
Gately, pump and supplies 10.00
M. E. Taylor & Co .. supplies 6.66
M. G. Hayes, storage of tools
15.00
Barrett Mfg. Co .. creosote 8.30
Fred W. Billings, labor
· 60.00
$2,812.85
€
Roads and Bridges.
Paid W. II. Kingsley, labor $1,005.66
A. H. Perkins, labor 936.85
A. C. Piper, labor 914.67
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
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supplies 134.61
Good Roads Mch. Co., supplies . 30.49
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 55.85
E. P. Gates, repairs 14.75
A. H. Perkins, gravel 14.90
Ole Granberg, gravel
20.40
Mrs. C. H. Whitney. gravel
17.30
W. H. Kingsley, repairs
120.00
D. H. Farrar. repairs
3.50
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
. 8.46
J. T. McNiff. repairs
6.19
A. S. Bradley. repairs
1.15
N. H. Tenney. repairs
28.09
C. H. Mead, supplies
5.76
Finney & Hoit. supplies
3.85
W. H. Kingsley. miscellaneous expense 2.77
$3,325.25
Support of Poor on Farm.
Expenses per report of overseers of
poor
$2,545.42
Outside Poor.
Expenses per report of overseers of
poor
$743.89
Street Lamps.
Paid A. W. Morse, care of lamps $73.00
A. K. Hoyt, care of lamps 47.00
Everett Reed, care of lamps 73.00
174.97
F. W. Green. care of lamps · George H. Lawrey, care of lamps, 72.50
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Howard L. Quimby, care of 26.50
lamps
American Woolen Co., electric
lights 62.37
Valvoline Oil Co., gasoline 7.42
Whiting Mfg. Co., repairs
8.00
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
54.02
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., repairs 1.95
F. W. Green, repairs
3.00
H. L. Quimby, repairs .75
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
41.60
A. S. Bradley, repairs .75
C. H. Mead, supplies
86.79
Walter E. Hayward
4.00
John Cahill
4.00
I. F. Duren
4.00
H. W. B. Proctor 4.00
Julian Tuttle 4.00
S. A. Richardson 4.00
Simon Bresth 4.00
D. C. Harris 4.00
A. E. Payson 2.00
Finney & Hoit, supplies 4.20
$771.88
Printing.
Paid News Publishing Co., voting
list and ballots $26.00
News Publishing Co., town re- ports 110.20
News Publishing Co., town war- rants 6.50
News Publishing Co., school re- port cards 5.00
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News Publishing Co., poll tax lists 14.00
A. Hosmer, printing for regis- trars 2.75
A. Hosmer, printing caucus notices 1.25
A. Hosmer, printing for select- men 12.75
A. Hosmer, printing for school committee 7.00
A. Hosmer, printing jury list 1.00
A. Hosmer. printing for board of health 2.25
A. Hosmer, printing tax bills .. 5.10
A. Hosmer, printing, moth de- partment 16.50
A. Hosmer. printing, town treas- urer 2.50
A. Hosmer, printing, assessor and collector 4.15
A. Brownell, printing, assessor . 9.55
Knowlton Press. printing, fire warden 5.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
registrar's book 2.25
Enterprise Co .. selectmen's
notices .70
$234.95
Library Books.
Paid Current Literature Publishing
Co. $4.25
McDavitt & Wilson
11.53
W. B. Clark Co. 237.90
Herman Goldberger
38.30
W. D. Tuttle
2.00
W. A. Wilde Co.
4.67
$298.65
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Library Expenses.
Paid E. F. Conant, insurance $50.25
A. F. Davis, librarian 103.00
A. F. Davis. miscellaneous ex-
penses 11.25
S. H. Taylor, janitor 101.00
S. H. Taylor, labor 1.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal 66.24
A. Hosmer, printing cards 3.50
E. Z. Stanley, repairs 12.38
O. E. Houghton, carrying books . 41.68
American Woolen Co., electric current 10.65
Dura Binding Co., repairs
34.05
W. . D. Tuttle, express and
postage 5.69
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 6.53
$447.22
Cemetery Expenses.
Paid Julian Tuttle, labor in Wood-
lawn
$86.50
Julian Tuttle, plants in Wood- lawn 9.88
H. T. Clark, labor in Mt. Hope .. 92.41
A. H. Perkins, labor in Mt. Hope. 45.65
F. W. Green, labor in Mt. Hope . 26.45
A. Parlin, labor in Woodlawn . . N. G. Brown, labor in Woodlawn. 35.00
20.13
H. T. Clark. express 2.25
$318.27
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Perpetual Care of Lots. Paid Julian Tuttle, care of Wood-
lawn $210.35
Julian Tuttle, care of North 6.00
H. T. Clark, care of Mt. Hope . . 82.50
$298.85
Fire Department.
Paid West Acton department, allow-
ance $117.00
South Acton department, allow- ance
117.00
J. P. Brown, repairs
15.75
Bay State Belting Co., hose,
South
126.50
W. H. Kingsley, fighting fire, North 22.50
H. P. Dutton, fighting fire. North. 12.00
E. P. Gates, repairs, Center 3.00
F. W. Green, cleaning vault, West 1.00
C. H. Mead, supplies. West 12.33
Tuttle & Newton, supplies, East. .57
$427.65
Police Department.
Paid G. S. Libbey, special duty $21.50
A. S. Bradley, special duty 53.00
A. S. Bradley, court fees 14.00
James Kinsley. court fees
5.40
James Kinsley. special duty
11.00
George E. Holton, special duty
5.00
J. T. McNiff, special duty
2.50
E. S. Fobes, special duty
18.50
E. S. Fobes, court fees 8.12
O. E. Houghton, use of horse 1.00
$140.02
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Board of Health.
Paid E. S. Fobes, inspecting meat .. $181.45
E. S. Fobes, labor and expenses . 31.74
E. S. Fobes, supplies 3.65
M. A. Reed, inspecting meat
18.00
M. A. Reed, miscellaneous ex- penses 10.91
F. E. Tasker, reporting con-
tagious diseases 6.00
$251.75
Town Buildings and Grounds.
Paid South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
coal and repairs, hall $50.50
American Woolen Co., electric current, hall 33.33
Benjamin A. King, wiring library and hall 78.22
O. D. Wood, repairs, hall 12.05
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, hall, 7.84
Dexter L. Spinney, wood, hall .. 10.00
S. H. Taylor, care hall and grounds 94.20
S. H. Taylor, care clock and flag, 25.00
C. H. Mead, repairs, roller house and fire escape 20.54
B. D. Hall, wiring West fire house 10.00
J. S. Hoar, repairs West fire house 1.00
C. S. Twitchell, repairs West fire house 7.70
F. W. Green, cleaning West fire house 1.00
$351.38
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State Aid.
Paid Emma F. Blood $44.00
Susan H. Clough
44.00
Aaron S. Fletcher 44.00
Mary A. Parlin
44.00
Mary I. Richardson
44.00
Mary A. Wood
44.00
Addison B. Wheeler
44.00
Walter O. Holden
44.00
Isaiah S. Leach
55.00
Bridget Mawn
20.00
John T. Sibley
45.00
Fred A. Norris
44.00
Edward Willis
66.00
Lydia Handley
28.00
Lorenz Carberg
20.00
Thomas J. Sawyer
32.00
$662.00
State and Military Aid.
Paid Town of Hudson, aid furnished
Mrs. Lucy Wood $60.00
F. U. Rich, M. D., medical atten- dance, Warren Ball, 1908 . . 14.75
$74.75
Salaries.
Paid Horace F. Tuttle. registrar of voters $15.00
Fritz Hawes, registrar of voters, 14.50
S. A. Guilford, registrar of voters, 14.50
.James McGreen. registrar of voters 12.00
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H. F. Robbins, election officer ... 2.50
Abram Tuttle, election officer .. 5.00
James L. Richardson, election officer 2.50
Willis L. Holden, election officer. 2.50
S. H. Taylor, election officer . . 2.50 John F. Coughlin, election officer, 2.50
E. F. Barker, election officer 2.50
Theron F. Newton, election officer 2.50
Hiram J. Hapgood. election
officer 2.50
C. B. Stone, election officer 2.50
E. £ Brooks Parker, election officer 2.50
W. F. Kelley, election officer 2.50
Edwin T. Swift, election officer . 2.50
Horace F. Tuttle, election officer.
2.50
Horace F. Tuttle, town clerk . Horace F. Tuttle, cemetery com- missioner 8.00
30.00
James B. Tuttle, chairman of selectmen 125.00
Asaph Merriam, selectman 50.00
William F. Stevens, selectman . .
50.00
William F. Stevens, chairman assessors 75.00
William F. Kelley, assessor 55.00
James B. Tuttle, assessor 55.00
O. A. Knowlton, chairman over- seers of poor 50.00
J. S. Moore, overseer 25.00
W. F. Kelley, overseer
20.00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, town treas- urer
150.00
Charles J. Williams,
chairman
school committee 48.00
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W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes. 1907 4.41
W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes. 1908 53.48
W. F. Stevens, collecting taxes 1909 207.86
W. F. Stevens, moth tax, 1908 . . 15.00
W. E. Whitcomb, auditing town books in 1908-09 12.00
$1,129.75
Loans and Interest.
Paid First National Bank of Aver,
two notes $6.000.00
Interest on notes 90.00
James B. Tuttle, note and in- terest 1.020.00
F. C. Hayward, interest on ceme- tery fund 17.50
M. Medora Tuttle. interest on
cemetery fund 8.75
$7,136.25
Snow Bills.
Paid W. A. Flint, labor $11.69
A. C. Piper, labor 30.04
Walter M. French, labor 9.25
A. H. Perkins. labor 64.80
$115.78
40
Tree Warden.
Paid James O. Neil. labor and sup-
plies $5.09
John P. Murphy, labor 4.00
Barney Rush, labor 4.00
Martin L. Brown, labor 4.00
Aurin Payson, labor
4.00
George McCarthy, labor
4.00
Thomas F. Parker, arsenate of lead 7.65
Webster C. Robbins, use of team, 8.00
$40.74
Liquor Account.
Paid E. S. Fobes, police duty $131.37
E. C. Wood, police duty 17.49
E. J. Lyons, police duty 24.00
Fred Brown, police duty
5.50
A. S. Bradley, police duty
10.20
F. W. Hollowell, services ren- dered 10.50
W. F. Stevens, court fees 2.20
.John Connors, police duty 5.00
E. C. Wilson, police duty 5.50
G. W. Worster, use of team 2.25
O. E. Houghton. use of team .50
$214.51
Miscellaneous Accounts.
Paid S. A. Christie, M. D., return 24 births, 1908-09 $6.00
F. J. Barker, M. D., return 2 births, 1908 .50
41
F. K. Shaw, M. D., return 18 births, 1908-09 4.50
F. H. Grady, M. D .. return 2
births .50
E. J. Alley. M. D., return 1 birth, .25
H. H. Braley. M. D., return 1 birth . 25
F. U. Rich, M. D., return 2 births. .50
J. W. Godfrey, M. D .. return 1 birth .25
George Titcomb. M. D., return 1 birth . 25
Hall Staples. M. D., return 1 birth .25
L. E. Allen, M. D., return 1 birth, .25
F. E. Tasker. M. D., return 9 births 2.25
T. F. Duren. return 44 deaths . .
11.00
C. H. Persons, tuning piano, hall, 2.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co .. posts for public dump 12.75
A. H. Perkins. pruning trees, West 4.00
Asaph Merriam, express on town warrants 1.52
George B. Parker. for Memorial Day 100.00
Arthur B. Curtis, three safes 100.00
George W. Daniels, sharpening mowers 1.50
W. H. Kingsley. moving safes . . .
3.50
North Acton Granite Co .. guide posts 25.00
Fred F. Chandler. auto signs 9.00
F. E. Marsh, dry measure gauge, 1.50
Blanchard & Gould. posts for auto signs 24.00
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Hall Brothers, boards for auto signs 3.50
James Devane, painting auto
signs 2.95
E. Z. Stanley, repairs town pump, 2.30
Finney & Hoit, flags for Memorial Day 4.50
E. F. Townsend, repairs town pump, South 4.25
Ralph Joslin, road damages to Jones' heirs 500.00
Ralph Joslin, town counsel 35.00
F. W. Green, erecting election booths 1.50
Tuttle & Newton, drinking cups, .51
Universalist Society, rent of vestry, 1908-09 .
6.00
W. F. Stevens, killing dog 1.00
F. S. Whitcomb, inspecting cattle, 47.00
James Kinsley, use of Hurley road, 1908-'09 16.00
Horace F. Tuttle. collecting and recording 34 births 17.00
Horace F. Tuttle. collecting and recording 31 deaths 6.20
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 14 marriages 2.80
Horace F. Tuttle, transmitting 4 deaths 1.00
Horace F. Tuttle, copying records,
town reports 5.00
Horace F. Tuttle, attending meet- ing, Aver 2.50
Horace F. Tuttle, services, road commissioner 8.00
Horace F. Tuttle. postage and supplies 15.68
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W. F. Stevens, abatement taxes, 1908 16.00
W. F. Stevens, abatement taxes, 1909 96.88
W. F. Stevens, delivering election returns 1.50
W. F. Stevens. notifying officers- elect 1.50
W. F. Stevens, postage and ex- press. selectmen 1.94
W. F. Stevens, postage and ex- press. assessor 13.49
W. F. Stevens. miscellaneous ex- pense 5.03
W. F. Stevens. collector's and assessors' books 18.48
James B. Tuttle. carfares and postage 15.33
.J. K. W. Wetherbee. postage and stationery 19.27
$1,183.63
Receipts for Year Ending February 1, 1910.
Balance due from treasurer $3,450.16
Balance due from collector 6,016.44
Appropriation :
For Memorial library 600.00
For roads and bridges 3,000.00
For special road work 200.00
For common schools
7,400.00
For high school
3,600.00
For extermination of moths (town) 732.79
For fire department 350.00
For street lamps
1,000.00
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For Memorial day
100.00
For overlayings
120.08
Raised for state tax
2,610.00
For state highway tax
268.20
For county tax
2,236.24
For crossing assessments
2,511.22
Received as per report of treasurer 17,076.67
Farm products 1,348.15
Interest on taxes
197.34
Interest on deposits
105.90
Gypsy moth tax
314.29
Street railway tax, C., M. & H. ..
17.85
Extermination of moths (private)
759.47
$54,014.80
Expenditures.
High school $3,873.37
South school
2,317.56
West school
1,607.54
Center school
1,714.87
Miscellaneous school expense
1,014.61
School supplies
462.97
School repairs 741.06
Transportation of scholars
1,419.50
Gypsy and brown tail moths
2,812.85
Roads and bridges
3,325.25
Support of poor on farm
2,545.42
Outside poor
743.89
Street lamps
771.88
Printing
234.95
Library books
298.65
Library expense
447.22
Cemetery expenses
318.27
Perpetual care
298.85
Fire department
427.65
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Police department
140.02
Board of health
251.75
Town buildings and grounds
351.38
State aid
662.00
Military aid
74.75
Salaries
1,129.75
Loans and interest
7,136.25
Snow bills
115.78
Tree warden
40.74
Enforcement of liquor law
214.51
Miscellaneous accounts
1,183.63
Total selectmen's orders
$36,676.92
Paid State tax
2,610.00
Payment, abolition grade crossing
2,511.22
Repairs on state highway
268.20
County tax
2,236.24
Cash on hand
4,581.75
Uncollected taxes
5,116.70
Corporation tax
13.77
$54,014.80
Financial Statement for Year Ending February 1, 1910.
Due from treasurer $4,581.75
From collector 5,116.70
State aid 662.00
Inspection of animals 23.50
Gypsy moth work 1,379.72
From county
500.00
$12,263.67
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Liabilities.
E. Jones, Est., note $2,000.00
Interest on note 73.33
Cemetery fund 4,300.00
Unexpended balance, cemetery fund. 249.85
Unexpended balance, library fund ... 372.87
Fund for enforcement liquor law
1,817.00
$8,813.05
Balance in favor of town
$3,450.62
JAMES B. TUTTLE. ASAPH MERRIAM, WILLIAM F. STEVENS,
Selectmen of Acton.
February 1, 1910.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
1909.
March 1. Cash on hand $3.450.16
Receipts :
State treasurer, corporation tax 3,602.36
National bank tax 330.46
State aid 816.00
Income of Massachusetts school fund, 1,127.80
Suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths 1,815.27
Support of Nicholas Kane
66.70
Temporary aid furnished Mrs. Kan- nard 4.72
Tuition of children
85.09
Compensation for inspection of ani- mals 25.00
Street railway tax
45.69
County treasurer on account of dog licenses
373.25
First National Bank of Aver tempor- ary loan 6,000.00
James B. Tuttle, temporary loan 1,000.00
For supervision of schools 375.00
For cemetery fund 550.00
For income of cemetery fund 195.74
Income of library fund 239.05
Memorial library for fines 29.00
Acton grange for rent of town hall 62.00
Rent of town hall and cellar 74.00
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District court of Central Middlesex for fines 80.93
City of Taunton for aid furnished George Wood 13.98
Town of Essex for medical attendance for Ada Hector 13.25
Horace F. Tuttle for lots sold in
Woodlawn cemetery 100.00
H. T. Clark for lots sold in Mt. Hope cemetery 18.00
Elie Gruber for pedlar's license
8.00
C. H. Goldthwaite. for bottles re- turned 9.00
Arthur F. Blanchard, for slaughter- house license 1.00
C. J. Williams, for school supplies sold 6.63
Rena Keyes, for fumigating house
5.00
Anson C. Piper , for road dust 3.75
$20,526.83
Received from town farm :
Milk
.$962.62
One cow
20.37
Calves
44.50
Apples
221.66
Pears
5.20
Cauliflowers
16.79
Horse
60.00
Eggs
9.75
Teaming ice
60
Telephone
6.66
$1,348.15
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Received from William F. Stevens, Collector of Taxes :
Interest on taxes A. D. 1905
$1.20
Taxes collected for A. D. 1906
7.00
Taxes collected for A. D. 1907
414.84
Interest on taxes, 1907 26.41
Taxes collected for A. D. 1908
5,093.60
Interest on taxes, 1908
151.39
Taxes collected for A. D. 1909
20,872.30
Interest on taxes, 1909
10.50
Moth taxes for A. D. 1907
47.31
Interest on taxes, 1907
1.35
Moth taxes for A .D. 1908
266.98
Interest on taxes, 1908
6.49
Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street
Railway taxes for A. D. 1909 17.85
International Trust Co., interest on deposits 105.90
$27,023.12
$48,898.10
Expenditures.
Paid State treasurer, Corporation tax, $13.77
State tax A. D. 1909
2,610.00
For abolition of grade crossing 2,224.74
Interest 286.48
Repairs on State highway 268.20
County tax A. D. 1909
2,236.24
On Selectmen's orders 36,676.92
Cash on hand and in bank
4,581.75
$48,898.10
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
.
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Treasurer's Report of Money Held for Care of Lots in Cemeteries.
1910. Dr. Feb. 12. To cash in North End Savings
Bank $2,175.00
Warren Institution for Savings 1,000.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank. 1,000.00
Middlesex Institution for Savings .. 500.00
Luke Blanchard cemetery fund :
Cash in North End Savings Bank 500.00
For care of tomb :
Cash in Charlestown Five Cents Sav-
ings Bank 100.00
For care of memorial tablet :
Cash in Charlestown Five Cents Sav- Bank 50.00
Cash in Warren Institution for Savings 50.00
Cash in town treasury Feb. 12, 1910 .. 3,750.00
Cash received in A. D. 1909 550.00
Income unexpended March 12, 1909 271.82
Income for 1909-1910
319.68
Cr.
$10,266.50
By cash paid cemetery commissioners for care of lots $249.85
Cash paid F. C. Hayward 17.50
Cash paid Mrs. Varnum Tuttle 8.75
Principal of cemetery fund Feb. 12. 1910 9,675.00
Balance of income unexpended 315.40
$10,266.50
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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Report of the Wilde Memorial Library.
1910. Dr.
Feb. 12. To cash in North End Sav-
ings Bank 1,000.00
Cash in Home Savings Bank 1,000.00
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
1,000.00
Mortgage bond of West Shore Rail- road Co.
1,000.00
Received for interest on money in
banks· 199.05
For interest on mortgage bond, 40.00
For fines 29.00
Town appropriation for books 200.00
Unexpended balance March 1, 1909
203.47
$6.671.52
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. 237.90
Herman Goldberger 38.30
McDevitt & Wilson 11.53
W. A. Wilde Co.
4.67
Current Literature Publishing Co. 4.25
W. D. Tuttle
2.00
Balance unexpended
372.87
$6,671.52
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Valuation, May 1, 1909.
Buildings
$1,033,510.00
Land
498,860.00
Personal estate
447,225.00
$1,979,595.00
Exemptions
23.950.00
Net valuation
$1,955,645.00
Valuation May 1, 1908
1,831,980.00
Increase
$123,665.00
Rate of taxation $12.00 per $1,000.00.
Tax Assessed as Follows:
Real estate
$18,101.04
Personal estate
5,366.70
Polls
1,260.00
$24,727.74
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Amount of Money Raised.
For State tax
$2,610.00
For State highway tax
268.20
For County tax
2,236.24
For grade crossing assessment
2,511.22
For Town grant
16,982.00
Overlayings 120.08
$24,727.74 WM. F. STEVENS, WM. F. KELLEY, JAMES B. TUTTLE.
Assessors of Acton.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of Tax Collector, Select- men and Treasurer of the Town of Acton, and to the best of my knowledge, I find them correct.
WALDO E. WHITCOMB. Auditor.
February 28, 1910.
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
For Fiscal Year Ending February 1, 1910.
Dr.
Town. State and County taxes $24.727.74
Moth tax 759.47
Total tax levy $25,487.21
Interest collected 10.50
$25,497.71
Cr.
Abatements $96.88
Paid treasurer 20,785.92
Uncollected Feb. 1. 1910
$20,882.80 $4,614.91
Dr.
Balance uncollected 1907 taxes $414.84
Interest collected 26.41
$441.25
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$441.25
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Dr.
Balance uncollected 1907, moth tax .. $47.31
Interest collected 1.35
$48.66
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$48.66
Dr.
Balance uncollected 1908 taxes $5,558.60
Interest collected 151.39
$5.709.99
Cr.
Paid treasurer $5,228.99
Abatements 16.00
$5,244.99
Balance uncollected Feb. 1. 1910 $465.00
Dr.
Balance uncollected 1908. moth tax $303.77
Interest collected 6.49
$310.26
Cr.
Paid treasurer $273.47
Balance uncollected Feb. 1. 1910
$36.79:
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WM. F. STEVENS.
Collector.
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Receipts for Roads and Bridges.
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