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Appropriation
$3,000.00
Appropriation special work 200.00
Use of pump
2.00
Old junk
5.00
Use of roller
20.00
Crushed stone
7.00
'Street dirt
3.75
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$3,237.75
Tools same as last report.
Expenditures
$3.325.25
We would call your attention to the condition of the wooden bridges at the Powder mills, and also the one at East Acton. They will soon need rebuilding, and we would recommend that they be replaced with cement or steel. We think the town would be taking a step backward if we dis- continue the building of stone roads. We have built a small piece this year, and hope that the voters will feel that money spent for good roads is well spent.
W. H. KINGSLEY. For the Road Commissioners
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Town of Acton for the Year 1909.
The Board of Health submits the following report for- the year ending February 1, 1910:
Whole number of deaths recorded to December 31, 1909, 31
Number occurring in Acton
30
Number occurring in other places
1 Residents of Acton 27
Residents of other places
4
Average age. 56 years.
List of contagious diseases reported by Board of Health from March 1. 1909 to February 1, 1910 :
No. of cases No. of deaths
Diphtheria
0
0
Small Pox
0
0
Scarlet fever
2
0
Typhoid fever
1
0
Measles
13
0
Cerebro-spinal meningitis
0
0)
Tuberculosis
2
1
Whooping cough
2
0
Total for the year
20
1
FRANK E. TASKER, M. D .. JAMES B. TUTTLE. ASAPH MERRIAM.
Board of Health.
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BEEF INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Beef, Veal, Pigs and Mutton Inspected at A. F. Blanchard's and Other Places from March 1, 1909 to February 1, 1910.
Beef 217
Veal
1,477
Pigs
127
Mutton
6
Total for the year 1,827
Condemned as Unfit for Food.
Beef
17
Veal
48
Pigs
1
Mutton
0
Total 66
"Taken by Lowell Rendering Co.
EDWARD S. FOBES.
Inspector of Beef.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Inventory of Stock and Provisions on Farm, Feb. 1, 1910.
12 Cows $600.00
7 Tons of hay 150.00
2 Horses 450.00
Harnesses and horse collars 59.00
Wagons, carts and sleds
330.00
Farming implements 204.90
Pumps 125.00
Grain and oyster shells
45.60
Keg lime
75
Bushel boxes and barrels
14.00
Lumber
100.00
Coal
7.00 .
Wood cut for stove
60.00
Cord wood 48.00
Set measures
1.00
Salt
50
Horse blankets
4.00
47 Hens 35.00
Potatoes, apples and cabbage 25.75
Preserves, pickles and meats 20.80
Household goods and kitchen utensils 286.90
Groceries and supplies 41.10
$2.699.30
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Expenditures
$2,545.42
Inventory, 1909
2,278.65
$4,824.07
Inventory, 1910 $2,609.30
Receipts from farm
1,348.15
Due on milk
110.00
Victualizing two tramps
.50
$4.067.95
$756.12
Inmates at Farm During Year.
Susan Fisk, 12 months.
Christopher Kane, 12 months.
Frank Harris. 6 months.
William Quinlan, 1 month.
A. A. KNOWLTON, WM. F. KELLEY. J. STERLING MOORE, Overseers of Poor.
Support of Poor on Farm.
Paid Charles Calder, salary $38.33
Waldo B. Newell, salary 375.00
Waldo B. Newell, hired man 177.30 J. S. Moore, meat and provisions, 152.07
W. E. Whitcomb, meat and pro- isions 2.43
Samuel Ineson, fish
30.04
Tuttle & Newton, groceries and supplies 34.37
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M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and supplies 226.23
C. H. Mead & Co., groceries and supplies 102.10
C. H. Mead & Co., hay 152.94
C. H. Mead & Co., grain and farm supplies 38.44
G. H. Reed, coal 19.62
G. H. Reed, grain 455.84
J. Cushing & Co., grain 62.75
South Acton C. & L. Co., coal 20.93
South Acton C. & L. Co., lumber and supplies 15.43
E. T. Rice, plumbing and furnish- ing 42.11
John McNiff, horse shoeing and repairs 30.15
Albert Bradley, horse shoeing and repairs
2.50
E. P. Gates, horse shoeing and re- pairs 2.00
H. T. Clark, repairing wagon 6.55
H. T. Clark, bar and saws . 1.60
C. H. Mead & Co., shoes and hose 2.40
Finney & Hoit, blankets and cot- ton cloth 7.29
Finney & Hoit, clothing, etc. .
13.84
E. C. Cheney. agent for grange grain 29.75
Charles Calder, pump hire and fil- ing saw 70
Fritz Oelschlegal, harness oil, etc., 1.70
Fritz Oelschlegal, ankle boot and voke strap 3.65
O. A. Knowlton, postage and tel- ephone 1.16
O. A. Knowlton, adv. for warden, 1.00
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O. A. Knowlton, cart and mowing machine pole 6.00
O. A. Knowlton, pasturing cows .. 5.50
O. A. Knowlton, cauliflower seed, 8.00
O. A. Knowlton, fertilizer 40.25
W. C. Robbins, horse 300.00
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies for corn planter 1.20
Tuttle & Newton, door spring,
netting, etc. 1.27
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. telephone service 17.47
P. W. Cunningham, cow 41.50
O. D. Fessenden, 53 barrels 18.55
A. H. Perkins, sawing wood 9.00
A. H. Perkins, pasturing cattle 26 weeks 13.00
J. S. Moore, postage 1.26
E. W. Greenwood 4 loads sawdust. 1.00
H. L. Priest, use of bull 1.00
Frederick Shaw, M. D., medical attendance furnished C. Kane. 1.20
Frederick Shaw. M. D., medical attendance furnished Wm. Quinlan . .
1.00
T. F. Duran. burial expenses of William Quinlan 28.00
$2,545.42
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Aid Furnished Outside Poor.
Paid M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and supplies furnished Mrs. Fred- erickson and family $121.52
M. E. Taylor & Co., groceries and supplies furnished George
Brooks and family . 99.78
M. E. Taylor & Co .. groceries and supplies furnished Mrs. Galla- gher and family 76.50
W. E. Whitcomb, meat and provi- sions furnished Mrs. Freder- ickson and family 46.79
Frederick Shaw. M. D .. profes- sional service rendered Ada Hector 11.25
Frederick Shaw. M. D .. profes- sional service rendered Henry Lewis 1.50
O. A. Knowlton. expenses on Ada Hector's case 2.00
City of North Adams. aid fur- nished Mrs. Margaret Gough and family 192.00
City of Marlboro. hospital treat- ment furnished Charles Rickaby 2.00
Frank Tasker. M. D .. medical attendance furnished Mrs. F. G. Smith 3.00
I. F. Duran, burial expenses of F. G. Smith 28.00
Tuttle & Newton, groceries and supplies furnished Mrs. Peter Dean 88.56
City of Cambridge, aid furnished Mrs. Mary Hill and family .. 70.99
$743.89
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS. For the Year 1909-1910.
We present the following schedules showing the amounts of the several funds for the perpetual care of cemetery lots and the income and expenditures on account of each fund for the year.
HERBERT T. CLARK. JULIAN TUTTLE. HORACE F. TUTTLE. Cemetery Commissioners.
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CEMETERY FUNDS FOR CARE OF LOTS.
No. Date of deposit
Woodlawn Cemetery.
Amount
Deposited
On hand
March 1, 1909
Income
Expended
On hand 1910
1. Dec.
30, 1889
Hepsabeth Piper
$50.00
$50.75
$1.75
$1.50
$51.00
2.
Feb. 11, 1890
Frederick RouiCard
100.00
101.15
3.50
3.50
101.15
3. Ang. 3, 1892
William W. Davis
100.00
100.50
3.50
2.50
101.50
4. Dec. 30, 1892
Jedediah Tuttle
50.00
51.00
1.75
2.50
50.25
5. April 10, 1893
Mary Skinner
200.00|
200.83
7.00
6.00
201.83
6.
April 10, 1893
Naney K. Handley
500.00
523.05
17.50
12.88
527.67
7.
May 12, 1897
Mary Severance
100.00
101.75
3.50
3.50
101.75
8.
June 5, 1897
Mary W. Chaffin
100.00
103.50
3.50
4.50
102.50
9. May 13, 1897
Warren Robbins
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
10.
April 29, 1890
Henry Loker ..
100.00
101.54
3.50
4.00
101.04
11.
June 23, 1899
Henry Lothrop
200.00
205.34
7.00
8.88
203.46
12.
Oct. 20. 1899
Luther W. Piper
100.00
103.40
3.50
4.92
101 98
13. Feb.
12, 1900
James Temple
100.00
102.00
3.50
4.50
101.00
14. May 30, 1900
Fidelia Wheeler
100.00
102.57
3.50
3.00
103.07
15.
Oct. 24, 1900
William H. Chapman
100.00
102.50
3.50
4.50
101.50
16. Jan. 12. 1901
Mary A. Robbins
100.00
103.25
3.50
4.50
102.25
17, July 29, 1901 |Daniel Wetherbee
100.00
104.10
3.50
2.50
105.10
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18.
May 19, 1901 James Tuttle
100.00|
100.16
3.50|
3.50|
100.16
19.
Sept. 24, 1901
Julia Morrison
75.00
76.60
2.62
4.00
75.22
20. Feb. 20, 1902 Elbridge J. Robbins
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
21. June 20, 1902 William Jennings
100.00
102.00
3.50
3.00
102.50
22. Aug. 15, 1902
Adeline Weston Blood
100.00
103.61
3.50
4.00
103.11
23. 24.
Feb. 6, 1904
John Fletcher .
100.00
100.33
3.50
3.50
100.33
25. Feb. 27, 1904
W. E. Faulkner
75.00
75.42
2.62
2.50
75.54
26. Mar. 15, 1904
Amanda M. Barnard
100.00
102.47
3.50
1.00
101.97
27.
April 9, 1904
George T. Ames
100.00
100.16
3.50
3.50
100.16
28.
May 25, 1904
Horace Tuttle
100.00
103.59
3.50
4.50
102.59
29.
June 30, 1904
Samuel Jones
50.00
50.97
1.75
1.50
51.22
30. Dec. 2, 1904
Francis Hosmer
100.00
103.22
3.50
6.00
100.72
31.
May
31, 1905
Mary E. Robbins
100.00
101.47
3.50
3.00
101.97
32. Aug. 1, 1905
Augustine and Luther Conant
500.00
528.19
17.50
29.42
516.27
33.
Feb.
5, 1906
Hannah D. Robbins
50.00
52.42
1.75
2.50
51.67
34.
Mar. 8, 1906
Elisha H. Cutler
100.00
102.00
3.50
3.50
102.00
35.
Mar. 8, 1906
Nathaniel Jones
50.00
50.75
1.75
1.50
51.00
36.
June 19. 1906
Solomon Smith
75.00
75.14
2.62
2.00
75.76
37. June 21. 1906
Gaius W. Allen
100.00
101.52
3.50
3.00
102.02
38.
Ang. 10, 1906
Varnum and Francis Tuttle
250.00
255.10
8.75
*8.75
255.10
39.
Sept. 22, 1906
Aaron S. Fletcher
50.00
53.32
1.75
1.50
53.57
40.
Oct. 10, 1906
Mary JJ. Harrington
200.00
206.45
7.00
5.50
207.95
41. Jan. 1, 1907
Elnathan Jones
100.00
101.20
3.50
3.00
101.70
42.
May 31, 1907
Nathan Chaffin
100.00
101.92
3.50
3.50
101.92
43. July 12, 1907
Jonathan Loker
100.00
101.21
3.50
3.00
101.71
44.
Nov.
2, 1907 |Rev. James T. Woodbury
100.00
104.66
3.50
108.16
Oct. 18, 1902
Irving V. Whitcomb
100.00
100.20
3.50
3.50
100.20
45. Dec. 9, 1907 | Henry M. Smi
75.00
75.72 . 2.62 2.00
76.34
101.50
3.50
1.50
103.50
100.00 50.00
51.48
1.75
.50
52.73
100.00
102.76
3.50
4.50
101.76
100.00
102.68
3.50
6.00
100.18
100.00
101.35
3.50
3.50
101.35
50.00
1.13
51.13
100.00
1.72
101.72
53.
Oet. 22, 1909
54. Nov. 23. 1909
Abram HI. Jones
100.00
95
100.95
$6,150.00| $5,949.80 $208.02 $212.35 $6,295.47 * Paid to Heirs of Varnum Tuttle.
Mount Hope Cemetery.
1. Mar. 8, 1895
Eliza A. Whitcomb
$75.00|
$76.42
$2.62|
$2.00|
$77.01
F. R. R.
11.25
5.00
2.00
+14.25
100.00
110.60
3.50|
1.75|
112.35
4. Aug. 31, 1901
Frank C. Hayward
500.00|
509.33
17.50
*17.50
509 33
5. Nov. 5. 1902
George C. Wright
100.00
129.50
3.50
2.00
131 00
6. Nov. 4, 1902
100.00
102.00
3.50|
2.00
103 50
7. Nov. 4, 1902
Joel Wright
100.00
102.50
3.50
2.00
104.00
8. Nov. 4, 1902
George S. Wright
100.00
102.50
3.50
2.00|
104.00
9. Nov. 4, 1902
Emeline A. Johnson
100.00
102.50
3.50
2.00|
104.00
10. Nov. 4. 1902
George C. Wright, Isaac Davis Memorial
50.00
61.05
1.75
62 80
11. Mar. 12. 1904
B. H. & O. K. Patch
50.00
43.25
1.75
1.50
43.50
12. Sept. 28, 1904
Howard E. Faulkner
150.00
159.90
5.25
2.50
162.65
13. Dec. 20, 1904
J. Warren Hayward
50.00
49.90
1.75
1.50
50.15
14, May 13, 1903
| Lewis B. Goodnow
100.00
108.92
3.50
1.50
110.92
46. Mar. 2, 1908
Julian Tuttle
47. April 27, 1908 James E. Harris
48. May 16, 1908 Francis Conant
49. May 25, 1908
50. Oet. 11. 1908
51. .July 7, 1909
52.
Sept. 3, 1909
Nancy Raymond and Joseph Estabrook
Edward Tuttle
100.00
1.24
101.24
2. Mar. 23. 1900
Phineas Wetherbee
1 Share
3. Aug. 27. 1901
S. Lizzie Hayward
Elbridge G. Parker
Lemuel and Augustus Dole
Edwin Fletcher
George Crampton
15. Dec. 22, 1905 |Sarah A. Hutchins
100.00
104.26
3.50
2.00|
105.76
100.00
104.41
3.50
1.75
106.16
17. May 12, 1906 A. Louise Warren and Simon Hosmer
150.00
154.12
5.25
3.00
156.37
18. June 12,
1906 John R. Houghton
100.00
101.62
3.50
2.00
103.12
19. July 12, 1906
William A. Cutler and Bradley Stone
100.00
101.33
3.50
2.50
102.33
20. April 11, 1907
Simon Blanchard
100.00
104.68
3.50
2.00
106.18
21.
June 1, 1907
Wheeler and Shattuck
50.00
51.56
1.75
1.50
51.81
22. Feb.
29, 1908
George H. Decoster
100.00
103.50
3.50
107.00
23. Nov. 10, 1908
Henderson Rowell
50.00
49.03
1.75
1.25
49.53
24. April 30, 1909
Luke Blanchard
500.00
8.75
508.75
25.
April 30, 1909
Luke Blanchard, Simon Blanchard Tomb
100.00
1.00
101.00
Luke Blanchard, Calvin and Luther Blanchard Memorial
100.00
1.00
101.00
John Temple and Edwin F. Pratt
50.00
1.13
51.13
28.
July 16, 1909
W. K. Davy ..
50.00
1.09
. 75
50.24
29. Aug. 23, 1909
Ella F. and Lucius Hosmer
100.00
1.82
101.82
$3,325.00| $2,544.13|$104.66| $57.00; $3,491.79
*Paid to F. C. Hayward
+ Unexpended income.
North Cemetery.
1.
Jan. 12, 1903
Samuel Temple
50.00
50.79
1.75
1.75
50.79
50.00
50.79
1.75
1.50
51.04
50.00
51.04
1.75
1.75
51.04
50.00
50.27
1.75
1.75
50.27
$200.00
$202.89
$7.00
$6.75
$203.14
26. April 30, 1909
27.
July
6, 1909
2. Jan. 12, 1903
Francis Hutchinson
3. Jan. 12, 1903
Henrietta Anderson
4. Aug. 11, 1904
Mary Hapgood
$9.675.00| $8,696.82|$319.68|$276.10| $9,990.40
16. July 3, 1905
F. D. Walcott .
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GOODNOW FUND.
For the Year Ending February 1, 1910. Investments.
Warren Institution for Savings, Book 83,531, deposited April 16, 1909 . $1,000.00
Accrued interest 20.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, Book 71,200 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings, Book 84,244, deposited July 31, 1909. . . 1,000.00
1909 1,000.00
$3,020 CO
Receipts-Income. City Institution for Savings. January dividend $20.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, October dividend 20.00
$40.00
Payments.
Paid Julian Tuttle, care of Goodnow lot in Woodlawn cemetery $5.00 . . Lyman C. Taylor, treasurer, on account of the Evangelical Society in Acton 35.00
$40.00
LUTHER CONANT. I. WARREN FLAGG, HORACE F. TUTTLE. Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF ACTON MEMORIAL
LIBRARY, 1909-1910.
LUTHER CONANT, President. E. FAULKNER CONANT, Secretary. HORACE F. TUTTLE
MOSES TAYLOR DELETTE HALL
HIRAM J. HAPGOOD
CHIARLES J. WILLIAMS
L. A. HESSELTON FRANK R. KNOWLTON
Upon the coming fourteenth of June, twenty years will have elapsed since the dedication and opening of the Acton Memorial library.
Though the earthly life of the donor came to an end December 2nd, 1902, so well had he planned its future, the service went on without interruption.
When opened 3,973 volumes were on its shelves. At the present over 11,000 books are at the call of its patrons.
Of the fourteen gentlemen who have served the library as trustees, eleven are now living. One of them who resigned from active duty some years since, Mr. William D. Tuttle, continues to give us his valuable experience in
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the purchasing of the new books. It is given to few men past four score years to retain their physical and mental vigor to the degree, as does our Trustee Emeritus, Mr. Tuttle.
It will be necessary in the near future to provide more book room. This may be done by arranging a double row of shelves between the alcoves. Perhaps something of convenience could be gained by having the new books, or those purchased within a year, placed on these shelves, and patrons could find the new books more readily. To do this. a small appropriation, if the town thought proper. might be made at the annual meeting.
Among the old manuscripts brought to light, in rumag- ing the contents of a garret in an old homestead in East Acton. was one that revealed the existence of a library in Acton in 1801; more than one hundred years ago. The trustees took the duties of their office very seriously and administered the fines without fear or favor.
"Acton, June 1st, 1801, to Mr. Seth Brooks, Collector for Social Library in Acton, you are directed to collect the following fines of the several persons hereafter named and to pay in the same to Capt. John Robbins, Treasurer for said Social Library, within six months for the use of said Library :
Seth Brooks, Eveling, Vol. 1, kept one day too long .. $ .03 Capt. Joseph Brown, Pilgrims Progress, soiled page 194, 195 . 04
David Davis, Stack house Vol .. kept 5 days too long, .15
John Dexter, Spectator, Vol. 2, grease spot on edge p. 49 to 59 .05
Capt. Steven Hayward, Hunter, Vol. 3, 2 days too long, .06
John Hunt. Hunter. Vol. 2. one day too long
John Hunt. Hunter. Vol. 3. last day after 1 Monday of May .28
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Nathan Hayward, Stack house. Vol. 1, 4 days after last Monday of May 1.00
Amos Noyes, Blair. Vol. 3d, 1 day after last Monday of May . 24
John Prescott, Hunter. Vol. 3d, too long, 4 days . 12
Doctor A. Skinner, Morse, Vol. 1, spot p. 200 .03
Lt. Samuel White, Stack house, Vol. 6, 2 days too long . 06
Samuel Wright, Jr., N. E. Farmer, 14 days too long. .42
Paul Hayward. Moors Journal, Vol. 1. leaves loosed at beginning .06
James Coolidge, Gordon, Vol. 3, 1 day too long .03
Deacon Simon Hunt, Stack house, Vol. 4. spot on page 421 .06
Moses Wood, Doddridge, Vol. 1, spot page 265 .03
ABRAHAM SKINNER,
SAMUEL PARLIN,
DAVID BARNARD,
AARON JONES. JOHN EDWARDS.
Trustees.
The first city or town free public library, of which we have record. was established in Peterboro, New Hampshire, in 1831. The Acton Social library was of a date thirty years earlier. Though a subscription library, it probably, in a large measure. performed the services of the other mentioned.
More than half the names of patrons, as well as of the officers, may be found in the Woodbury list of Acton's soldiers of the Revolution. These books, in the memory of men still living, were kept in the old hotel in Acton Center.
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which was destroyed in the fire which swept over part of the Common on the 24th of October. 1862.
The trustees recommend the town to raise and appro- priate the usual sums: $200.00 for new books, and $400.00 for current expenses of the library.
Appended is the annual report of the librarian.
LUTHER CONANT,
For the Trustees.
Twentieth Annual Report.
Accessions-Number of volumes in the library March 1, 1909, 10,669 ; increase by purchase 210, of which 33 were obtained by binding magazines ; increase by gift 95. Total increase 305. Number of volumes in the library February 1. 1910, 10,974.
Circulation-Number of days the library was opened 95. Number of volumes circulated 5,953. Daily average circulation 621/2. Largest daily circulation 121 on March 13. 1909. Smallest daily circulation 28 on June 23, 1909.
Received for catalogues, fines. etc. $29.17
Expended for postage .17
$29.00
Gifts of books have been received from the following sources : U. S. Government. 7; State of Massachusetts. 16; W. A. Boyd, 42; G. L. Raymond, 11; L. C. Carberg. 8: Towle Mfg. Co., 4; Mrs. J. C. Munroe, 4; Herbert N. Casson. 1 ; James H. Moon, 1.
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Periodicals subscribed for and in the reading room, 21: Monthly-American, Atlantic, Century, Cosmopolitan, Current Literature, Everybody's, Harper's, Munsey's, McClure's, National, New England, Review of Reviews, Scribner's, St. Nicholas, World's Work, World Today, Woman's Home Companion.
Weekly-Independent, Outlook, Scientific American, Youth's Companion.
Mr. H. B. Livermore has donated two years of the Literary Digest, 1908 and 1909.
ARTHUR F. DAVIS, Librarian.
SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee and the Report of the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Acton, Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910
RATED
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ACTON
HUDSON, MASS. PRINTED BY THE NEWS 1910
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SCHOOL CALENDAR.
High.
1909-1910.
Spring term begins March 28th, closes June 24th.
1910-1911.
Fall term begins September 5th, closes November 23rd ; 12 weeks.
Winter term begins November 28th, closes March 24th ; 15 weeks.
Spring term begins April 3rd, closes June 23rd; 12 weeks.
Common Schools.
1909-1910.
Spring term begins March 28th, closes June 11th ; 11 weeks.
1910-1911.
Fall term begins September 5th, closes November 23rd ; 12 weeks.
*Winter term begins November 28th, closes March 24th ; 15 weeks.
Spring term begins April 3rd, closes June 16th; 11 weeks. *Vacation from December 16th to January 2nd.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Samuel A. Christie, M. T., Secretary Charles J. Williams, Chairman Arthur F. Blanchard
Term expires 1912 Term expires 1911 Term expires 1910
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Arthur B. Webber. Residence, Littleton. Mass.
TRUANT OFFIERS.
Thomas Scanlon, Albert S. Bradley, Edward S. Forbes
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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 auth- orized 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.
EXTRACTS FROM THE STATUTES-REVISED LAWS.
Chapter 43.
Section 11. 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 the com- mittee may designate. No teacher of a public school shall receive payment for services for the two weeks preceding the close of any term, until the register, properly filled up and completed, is so returned. All registers shall be kept at the
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schools, and at all times during school hours shall be open to the inspection of the school committee, the superintendent of schools, the truant officers and the secretary and agent of the board of education. In reckoning the average member- ship and the percentage of attendance in the schools, no pupil's name shall be omitted in counting the number of such 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 returning or, in the absence of such knowledge, until ten consecutive days of absence have been recorded ; but the foregoing provision for computing the average membership and the percentage of attendance shall not affect proceedings against habitual truants, absentees or school offenders, or other persons, under the provisions of section one of chapter forty-four and sections three, four and five of chapter forty-six. A pupil who is not present during at least half of a session shall be marked and counted as ab- sent for that session.
Chapter 44.
Section 1. Every child between seven and fourteen years of age, and every child under sixteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, shall attend some public day school in the city or town 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 section three of chapter forty-two and sections three, five and six of this chapter. The superintendent of schools, or, if there is no superintendent of schools, the school committee, or teachers acting under authority of said superintendent or committee, may excuse cases of necessary absence. The at- tendance of a child upon a public day school shall not be re- quired if he has attended for a like period of time a private clay school approved by the school committee of such city or town in accordance with the provisions of the following sec-
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tion, or if he has been otherwise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools or if he has already acquired such branches of learning or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable. Every person having under his control a child as described in this section shall cause him to attend school as herein required ; and if he fails for five days sessions or ten half days sessions within any period of six months while under such control to cause such child, whose physical or mental condition is not such as to render his attendance at school harmful or im- practicable, so to attend school, he shall, upon complaint by a truant officer and conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Whoever induces or at- tempts to induce a child to absent himself unlawfully from school or employs or harbors a child who, while school is in session, is absent unlawfully from school shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Section 6. A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate signed by a regular practising physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a mem- ber of a household in which a person is ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household ex- posed to such contagion from another household as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the at- tending physician of such person, stating that in a case of smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever at least two weeks, and in a case of measles, at least three days, have elapsed since the recovery, removal or death of such person, and that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed.
Section 3. Any child between seven and fourteen years of age who wilfully and habitually absents himself from school contrary to the provisions of section one of chapter forty- four shall be deemed to be an habitual truant, and, upon com-
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