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221.20
Cemetery Committee, cash refunded for
care of Lewis B. Goodnow lot, 6.40
Cash received from the board of health,
3.55
Phebe F. Wood, pension,
27.20
Ely Gruber, pedler's license,
8.00
Middlesex Central District Court, for auto fines, 143.57
Middlesex Central District Court, for fines, 60.00
House of Correction, for fines, 10.00
Rent of town hall and cellar, 48.50
Arthur F. Blanchard, slaughter house license, 1.00
Charles J. Williams, old school furniture sold, 4.25
Charles J. Williams, school supplies sold, 3.75
Road Commissioners, for use of pump, 6.00
Road Commissioners, for broken stone sold, 8.75
Road Commissioners, broken stone for
West school ground, 15.00
Road Commissioners, for repairing drive-
way at South school grounds, 12.00
Road Commissioners, for street dust sold, 4.00
Cash received for removing brown tail moths on private land, 13.70
Cash received from Old Home Week Com- mittee, 20.00
For milk, sold from town farm, 882.05
Apples, sold from town farm,
415.17
Calves, sold from town farm,
18.00
Cows, sold from town farm,
28.00
Eggs, sold from towń farm, 19.13
Potatoes, sold from town farm, 90
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Windmill, sold from town farm, 15.00
Board of child at town farm, 17.50
Use of horse, 2.70
International Trust Co., interest on depcsits, 125.89 D. J. Wetherbee, collector, taxes for A. D. 1903, 120.32
D. J. Wetherbee, collector, taxes for A.
D. 1904, 1,450.76
D. J. Wetherbee, collector, taxes for A. D. 1905, 20,922.75
Frank W. Hoit, collector, taxes for A. D. 1904, 442.49
Interest on taxes, 1904,
26.76
Frank W. Hoit, taxes for A. D. 1905.
3,401.12
Interest on taxes, 1905, 25.74
$44,875.56
Expenditures.
Paid state tax, $2,400.00
On corporation tax, refunded,
14.27
Repairs on state highway,
132.81
County tax,
1,970.65
On selectmen's orders,
30,313.14
Cash on hand and in bank,
10,044.69
$44,875.56
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton.
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Treasurer's Report of Money Held for Care of Lots in Ceme- teries.
1906
Dr.
March 12, to cash in North End Savings bank, $2,175.00
To cash in Town treasury March 12, 1905, 3,000 00
To cash received in 1905-1906, 1,000.00
To unexpended balance March 12, 1905, 91.99
To income for 1905-1906,
209.26
$6,476.25
Cr.
By cash paid cemetery committee for care of lots,
$135.66
By cash paid F. C. Hayward, 17.50
Principal of cemetery fund March 12, 1906,
6,175.00
Balance of income unexpended,
148.09
$6,476.25 J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton.
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Report of the Wilde Memorial Library.
1906
Dr.
March 12, to cash in North End Savings bank, $1,000.00
Cash in Home Savings bank, 1,000.00
Cash in Middlesex Institution for Savings, 1,000.00
Cash in Warren Institution for Savings, 1,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank, 1,000.00
Mortgage bond of the West Shore Railroad Co., 1,000.00 Cash received for fines, 17.02
Cash received for interest on money in banks, 181.20
Cash received for interest on railroad bond, 40.00
Town appropriation for books, 200.00
Unexpended balance March 12, 1905,
141.24
$6,579.46
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.,
341.31
Philadelphia Book Store Co.,
26.95
The Pilgrim Press,
12.96
N. J. Bartlett Co.,
10.94
W. H. Guild & Co.,
40.80
W. A. Wilde Co.,
9.00
W. D. Tuttle,
1.45
Balance unexpended,
136.05
$6,579.46 J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the town of Acton and to the best of my knowledge I find them cor- rect.
March 16, 1906.
W. E. WHITCOMB, Auditor.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Valuation May 1, 1905:
Real estate (buildings)
$975,635 00
Real estate, (land)
470,020 00
Value of assessed personal estate,
332,695 00
Total valuation,
$1,778,350 00
Valuation May 1, 1904,
1,697,930 00
Gain,
$80,420 00
Rate of taxation 1905, $14.25 on a thousand.
Tax assessed as follows:
On real estate,
$20,600 58
Personal property,
4,740 90
Polls,
1,364 00
$26,705 48
Amount of money raised:
For state tax,
$2,400 00
State highway tax,
132 81
County tax,
1,970 65
Town purposes,
21,815 00
Overlayings,
387 02
$26,705 48
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Number of individuals assessed on property,
408
All others, 72
Number of individuals (non-resident) assessed on property, 110
All others, 27
Number of persons assessed for poll tax only,
373
Number of horses assessed,
444
Number of cows assessed,
1045
Number of sheep assessed,
9
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed,
176
Number of swine assessed,
28
Number of fowls assessed,
526
Number of houses assessed,
5145
E. FAULKNER CONANT, WM. F. KELLY, *D. JAMES WETHERBEE,
Assessors of Acton.
*Deceased.
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REPORT OF THE OLD HOME WEEK COMMITTEE.
The Committee of Fifteen, to whom the town intrusted the prepa- ration and management of the Old Home Week commencing July 17th, held numerous meetings which were well attended, and as far as possible every effort was made to insure a successful cele- bration. Some seven hundred invitations were sent to natives of Acton and to former residents, some of which did not reach the per- sons to whom they were sent because the committee could not as- certain the street and number where the parties lived, but enough accepted the invitation to make the occasion a complete success.
The invitations were as follows:
The one hundred and seventieth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Acton, Mass., will be celebrated from the 17th to the 23rd of July, inclusive.
You are cordially invited to be present during this "Old Home Week," and on Friday be the guest of the town.
Come and meet old friends, renew former associations, and visit again the old scenes.
Please inform one of the secretaries if you can come.
Committee-Luther Conant, Chairman; Rev. F. P. Wood, Secre- tary; E. F. Conant, Assistant Secretary; Geo. C. Wright, F. B. Loth- rop, A. C. Piper, F. S. White, Rev. F. S. Rice, S. A. Guilford, A. F. Blanchard, E. F. Richardson, D. F. Wetherbee, F. R. Knowlton, E. H. Hall, Aug. Hosmer. July 1, 1905.
The sub-committee to whom was left the duty of obtaining speak- ers and other entertainment for the afternoon of July 21st sent the first invitation to Governor Douglas, who courteously declined; also
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invitations were sent to Lieut .- Gov. Guild, Attorney-General Herbert Parker, Hon. Henry L. Parker of Worcester, Rev. F. B. Noyes of Scituate, District Attorney Geo. A. Sanderson, Mayor Sidney But- trick of Melrose and others, which were accepted. We were cer- tainly fortunate in securing the presence of such a galaxy of bright rising young men.
The Acton Band furnished excellent music and our own soloists, Miss Lizzie Taylor and Miss Genie E. Fletcher, contributed their share to the enjoyment of the day.
The beautiful weather favored us and the attendance was all that could be asked for. When the preparations were almost completed the question arose, how could our own people get to the centre vil- lage to take part in the exercises.
An order to permit all to come, the committee with the consent of the selectmen, arranged to furnish free transportation to our own people as well as to visitors. In transporting and entertaining stranger and friend alike, the town maintained its well established reputation of proffering the old-time hospitality.
Situated as we are, three small towns in one, not the least ad- vantage was in getting those who now reside in the different parts of the town together for one day. Our people all responded, as they always do, in providing an ample supply of edibles. It was es- timated that over a thousand enjoyed the collation and several hun- dred more could have been taken care of. Mr. George C. Wright added to the many obligations for which the town is indebted to him by giving an unlimited supply of his best coffee.
The chairman, whose duties were largely confined to presiding at the meetings, feels at liberty to say that he never acted with a committee who worked so hard and so well to make the occasion (as it was) a magnificent success.
Those natives of Acton who went beyond her borders to seek other fields of usefulness in the days of the long ago, returned with a flood of delightful memories and associations to their early homes- homes consecrated by self-denial, by labor, love and loyalty and every motive and sentiment that is good and right. It is our belief that
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the same characteristics in the main control the homes of the Acton of today. And we would add that then and now that all these homes are of a character in which the fibre of manliness is created that forms the best basis for success in later life.
Religious observances on the common, Sunday afternoon, July 23rd, closed the celebration of "Old Home Week" in Acton. A large number were present, the choirs of all the churches in town furnish- ing the music and all our resident clergymen participated in the exercises which closed with the singing of the national anthem.
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Report of Road Commissioners.
Receipts.
Appropriation repairing roads and bridges, $5,000.00
Received of Augustine Conant for grading
hill near house of J. McCarthy, 175.13
Mrs. Taylor, driveway 32.00
Broken stone, 8 75
Use of pump,
6.00
Street dirt, 4.00
School Dept., repairing driveway to So. school, 12.00
School Dept , 10 loads crushed stone,
West school, 15.00
$5,252.88
Expenditures,
$5,485.18
Inventory of Tools'on Hand March 12, 1906.
Crushing plant,
$1,700.00
One truck,
100.00
One iron roller,
280.00
One snow roller,
100.00
One scraper,
6.00
Two road nachines,
160.00
One sewer pump,
50.00
One plow
30.00
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Small tools, Watering cart,
18.00 330.00
$2,774.00
We wish to call your attention to the road from the Center to the state road at East Acton. The large amount of heavy teaming on this road has worn out the top that was put on some years ago, and it is now in need of repair, and as it does not seem prac- ticable to spend a few hundred dollars to make temporary repairs, we recommend that a sufficient sum be appropriated to cover it with crushed stone.
Our citizens are alive to the advantages of good roads as shown by their generosity in giving stone and the use of land for crushing purposes. One gentleman not only offers to give a nice lot of stone but also fifty dollars if we would set the crusher on his land. Mr. A. Conant who so generously paid for grading the hill last fall, offers to furnish money to grade schoolhouse hill, which is near the one graded last fall, if the town will cover that part of the road with cru-hed stone.
We are pleased to report the crushing plant in first class condi- tion and able to continue its good work. We recommend that $5,000.00 be raised for the repair of roads and bridges.
WM. H. KINGSLEY. ANSON C. PIPER, A. H. PERKINS, Road Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
Town of Acton for Year 1905.
The Board of Health submits the following as its report for the year ending March 1, 1906:
The number of deaths occurring in the Town during the year end- ing December 31, 1905, was 29.
The number of contagious diseases reported to this Board since January 1, 1905, to March 1, 1906, are as follows:
Disease.
No. of Cases. 0
Small Pox,
0
Diphtheria,
Scarlet Fever, 0
1
Typhoid Fever,
5
Measles,
Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 0
-
Total for 14 months, 6
The past year has been one of exceptional freedom from all forms of contagious diseases in the town, a fact upon which our citizens may be congratulated.
The Board notes with satisfaction the interest manifested and the hearty co-operation by the citizens in our efforts to improve the sanitary conditions in our town.
This Board respectfully ask that the sum of $100 may be appro- priated for its use the ensuing year.
F. J. BARKER, M. D., C. J. WILLIAMS, F. E. TASKER, M. D.
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Report of Overseers of Poor.
Inventory of Stock and Provisions on Hand March 1, 1906.
11 cows,
$550.00
2 calves, 20.00
3 heifers, 70.00
13 tons hay,
221.00
2 horses,
300.00
Double harness,
20.00
Light harness,
10.00
Express harness,
18 00
Horse collars,
7.00
Express wagon,
85.00
Hay wagon,
25.00
Word wagon and rack,
110.00
2 sleds,
80.00
Farming tools,
25 00
Grain,
15.00
Corn on ear,
10.00
1 two-horse cart,
25.00
Stone drag,
1.00
Horse rake,
7 00
3 harrows,
27.00
1 iron collar,
1.25
Cultivator,
4.00
7 ladders,
12 00
Wheel barrow,
3 00
Hay cutter,
2.00
Hay fork,
20.00
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Plows,
14.00
Roller,
4.00
Sail cloth,
1.00
Feed trough,
2 00
Bu. boxes,
2.00
Pung,
5.00
Democrat wagon,
35.00
Baskets,
1.50
Apple barrels,
5.00
Watering trough,
5.00
Mowing machine,
35.00
Grindstone,
4.00
Spray pump,
8.00
Wood cut for stove,
75.00
Cord wood,
35.00
Saws,
3.00
Carpenter tools,
6.00
Wagon jack,
1.50
Saw clamp,
1.00
Ladder hook,
60
Set of measures,
1.00
Salt,
50
Lumber,
15.00
Bbl. header,
1.00
Snow shovel,
50
Wrench,
75
35 hens,
26.25
32 bu. potatoes,
24.00
Soft soap,
3.00
Pork and barrel,
16.00
Apples,
5.00
Washing machine,
5.00
Horse blanket,
5.00
Range and water front,
20.00
Lounge,
2.00
3 rockers,
3.00
2 lanterns,
1.00
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2 razors,
2.00
2 axes,
1.50
Lamps,
2.50
Soap,
30
Molasses,
25
Lard,
1.50
Spices,
50
Butter,
3.50
Flour.
4.00
Sugar,
1.25
Crackers,
25
Fruit jars,
3.50
Brooms,
50
Crockery and tinware,
8.00
Tea and coffee,
60
Oil and tank,
1.25
Pails and tubs,
3.00
Tree pruner,
1.00
Plow point,
50
4 stoves,
20.00
2 cabinet chairs,
2.00
3 tables,
5.50
220 cakes ice,
25.00
Chamber set,
12.00
Air cushion,
1.00
Bed and bedding,
71.00
Bed- pan,
3.00
Traps,
50
Trunks,
2.00
Wheel chair,
22.00
2 clorks,
6.00
Cereals,
1.25
Bread mixer,
2.00
Clothes line,
75
8 chairs,
4.00
Refrigerator,
18.00
Ice tongs,
50
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Pump,
Canned fruit,
125.00 5.00
Inventory, Mar. 1, 1906,
$2,403.25
Receipts from farm,
$1,347.75
Due for milk,
56.00
Due for teaming,
2.00
Victualizing 135 tramps,
33.75
$1,439.50
$3,842.75
Expenditures,
$2,004.52
Interest on farm,
105.00
Inventory March 1905,
2,248.35
$4,357.87
3,842.75
$515.12
Deduct amt. of 1905 unpaid bills,
139.00
Cost of supporting poor on farm,
$376.12
Inmates at Farm During Year.
Lucy Hapgood 12 mo., Wm. Quinlan 12 mo., Susan Fisk 10 mo.
Support of Poor on Farm.
Paid Moses Thompson, salary,
$350.04
John Walsh, labor,
22.00
John Barrow,
2.76
Thos. Dembin,
71.88
Jas. Russell,
81.70
J. S. Moore, provisions,
99.66
W. E. Whitcomb, provisions,
32.47
M. G. Hayes, fish,
12.83
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A. D. Shaw, fish, 11.78
M. E. Taylor, groceries, 335 34
Tuttle & Newton, groceries, 42.23
C. H. Mead, groceries,
113.58
E. C. Parker & Co., grain,
217.08
F. J. Hastings & Co , grain,
158.90
Elnathan Jones, refrigerator,
18.50
Jas. Devane, painting ex wagon,
15.00
W. H. Lawrence, iron work, 3.45
J. M. Sheehan, iron and horseshoeing, 13.03
J. M. Sheehan, iron and horseshoeing, 13.48
J. M. Sheehan, iron and horseshoeing, 4.91
Rider Ericson Engine Co. pump,
125.00
Moses Thompson, 2 bu. turnips, 20 cabbages,
1.00
1.00
Sawdust, 20
Care of cans, 60
J. S. Moore, emp. office fee, 1.00
Elnathan Jones, 1 pr. pants, 1.00
L. H. Tuttle, 50 empty barrels, 14 00
Sam'l. Toombs, 20 empty barrels, 5.80
O. B. Fessenden. empty barrels,
13 20
Fred Whitcomb, 1 pole and yoke, 3.00 1 bx. section and rivet, 1.25
F. C. Hartwell, 1,000 ft. matched boards, 20.00
E. F. Conant, peaches, 1.00
Sam'l. Guilford, rep Democrat and chain, 1.25
Hall Bros , sawing wood, 16.50
A. A. John on, edgin ; boards, 75
E. J Livingston, soap, 3 00
A. H Perkins, pasturing 5 heifers, 15 00
Pasturing one 2-yr. old,
4.00
W. F. Kelley, 198 pork, 14.85
Finney & Hoit, 1 pr. pant, 1.50
Clarence Shaw, labor, (not reported 1905), 30.00
J. P. Brown, iron work on ex. wagon, nor repo ted 1905, 12 83
M. E. Taylor, groceries, not reported 1905, 96.17
$2,004.52
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Aid Outside Poor.
Paid City of No. Adams, Mass , aid furnished Mrs. John Gough and family, $141.50
City of Boston, Mass., aid furnished Mrs. Rebecca Randall, 23.00
Mass. State Hospital, board furnished Frank Harris, 7.14
Mass. School for Feeble Minded, board and med. attendance furnished Chas. Bradford, 71.96
City of Somerville, Mass., aid furnished Mrs. Jas. Hill and family, 11.75
City of Boston, Mass , med. aid furnished Clarence E. Dusseault, 17.00
City of Boston, Mass., med. aid furnished Chas. H. Kimball, 64.00
City of Marlboro, Mass., board and med. aid furnished Jennie Rickaby, 7.00
M. E. Taylor, aid furnished Mrs. D. Gallagher and family, 181.60
M. E. Taylor, aid furnished Geo. H. Brooks, 107.56
M. E. Taylor, aid furnished Dan Daley and family, not reported 1905, 4.61
M. E. Taylor, aid furnished Mrs. D. Gallagher, not reported 1905, 52.57
City of Cambridge, Mass., aid furnished Mrs. Jas. Hill and family, 27.83
$717.52.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
To the Citizens of Acton:
The work of this department during the past year has been great- ly extended and its expenses increased very considerably because of the advent of the brown-tail moth whose nests were first found in numbers in this town in the spring of 1905. At the annual town meeting in March, 1905, the sum of $150 was appropriated for the purpose of destroying these insects upon the public trees.
The severe winter of 1904-05 and the following late spring de- tained the caterpillars in their nests until late in April thus per- mitting the work of destroying the nests to be carried on for a con- siderable time after the funds required for such destruction became available. In the early weeks of April, the trees within the limits of the highways and public places and grounds were carefully ex- amined and all nests of these moths were cut off and burned. The greater number of the nests were found in the west, south and southeast parts of town.
At the same time that this public work was being carried on private owners of orchards and village property were generally in- terested and active in destroying the moth nests and to such an extent that during the summer a careful and continued searching of the wayside, orchard and other trees failed to reveal any indications of the presence of the brown-tail moth caterpillar.
When the leaves fell in the late autumn, however, the nests of these caterpillars were found to be present in far greater num- bers than in the preceding spring. In the opinion of the writer this fact was due to the inroads of moths from infected districts
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during the moth flying season, late July and early August, and not to the increase of those insects which had already found lodgement in the town.
During the summer the state officials, under the direction of Mr. A. H. Kirkland, who had been appointed state superintendent for the suppression of the gypsy and brown-tail moths under the act of the legislature of 1905, assumed charge of the work of destroying the nests of both these insects and, acting under the same lezisia- tion, the board of selectmen on August 9th, appointed the tree warden local superintendent, of gypsy and brown-tail moth work.
On November 1st, 1905, the board of selectmen issued an order to all property owners to destroy the moth nests upon their prem- ises before December 31st of that year. A very large proportion of such owners complied promptly with the order and several of them requested that the nests on their lands might be destroyed by the force employed by the town at, of course, the owner's expense. These requests have been in all cases complied with and the work has been charged to these owners at its actual cost.
I regret, however, to be obliged to say that a certain number of our citizens have neglected to comply with this order and conse- quently the town will presently enter upon their lands and destroy the nests found there and collect the cost of the work through the office of the assessors of taxes.
In November, road maps of the town having been procured from the office of the state superintendent, the town was divided into two districts and two sets of men under the direction of deputy wardens Loses A. Reed and Albert H. Perkins, began the work of clearing the town trees of the brown-tail moth nests. This work was continued through November and December with the result that 4027 nests were removed from the public trees and property destroyed.
During the fall months the state inspectors made a careful ex- amination of the town in a search for the nests of the gypsy moth. The nests were found in four localities, as follows:
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Several nests of 1904 in the orchard of Mr. Asaph Parlin at the Center.
A single nest in the orchard of Mr. Crooke on the turnpike.
A colony of eleven nests on an apple tree in the yard of Mr. Moul- ton on the turnpike.
A single nest on property of Mr. Manley near the Stow line.
All nests discovered were destroyed with creosote.
The colony planted in 1904 in the orchard of Mr. Parlin has not propagated and has evidently been destroyed by birds, probably by Baltimore orioles which nest in numbers in the vicinity.
The other colonies mentioned will require close attention and ob- servation during the present spring in order to prevent further infection.
The receipts and expenditures on account of destruction of brown- tail moth nests on the public trees during the season of 1905 have been as follows:
RECEIPTS.
.
From town appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURES.
Tools
$19 00
Labor and teams
128 45
Advertising
1 60
$149 C5
Credit by receipts for work on private lands
13 70
$135 35
Balance unexpended
$14 65
The tools charged to this year's appropriation will, of course, be of service for many years.
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An appropriation of $200.00 is recommended for the purpose of moth destruction the coming year. Under the laws of 1905 the town may be called upon to expend for the destruction of brown-tail and gypsy moths in the year 1906 the sum of $679.17.
The writer desires to call the attention of citizens to Bulletin No. 1, published by the state, and treating of these moths and methods of destroying them. Copies may be obtained upon application to A. H. Kirkland, state superintendent of moth work, No. 6 Beacon street, Boston, or of the local superintendent.
Below is given a list of birds known to feed upon the brown-tail moth in any of its stages:
Yellow-billed cuckoo.
Red-eyed vireo.
Black-billed cuckoo.
Kingbird.
Bluejay.
Baltimore oriole.
Yellow-throated vireo. Black-and-white warbler. American redstart. Chickadee. American robin. Chestnut-sided warbler.
Rose-breasted grosbeak.
Indigo bird.
Scarlet tanager.
English sparrow.
The most formidable enemy of the mature moths is the English sparrow.
Although the laws relating to the protection of shade trees have been annually published in this report for several years a number of our citizens appear to be unaware of the fact that the old "spiked tree law" so-called, has been repealed and that under the law now in force all trees within the limits of any public way or place are public shade trees belonging to the town for its use and benefit until such use and benefit is relinquished in writing by the town through its agent, the tree warden.
Any growth measuring one inch in diameter at the butt is a tree within the meaning of the statute.
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS,
Tree Warden.
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NOTE-Upon application to the tree warden, or to a deputy tree warden by persons desiring to cut trees growing within the limits of a public way along their lands and outside of village limits, such trees as the Town desires to permanently retain will be marked, and a permit given to cut the remainder.
Revised Laws.
CHAPTER 53.
Section 12. The tree warden may appoint and remove deputy tree wardens. He and they shall receive such compensation as the town determines, or, in default thereof, as the selectmen allow. He shall have the care and control of all public shade trees in the town, ex- cept those in public parks or open places under the jurisdiction of the park commissioners, and of those, if so requested in writing by the park commissioners, and shall enforce all the provisions of law for the preservation of such trees. He shall expend all money ap- propriated for the setting out and maintenance of such trees. Regu- lations for their care and preservation made by liim, approved by the selectmen and posted in two or more public places, imposing fines and forfeitures of not more than twenty dollars in any one case, shall have the force and effect of town by-laws. All shade trees within the limits of a public way shall be public shade trees.
Section 13. Public shade trees outside the residential part of a town, as determined by the selectmen, shall not be cut or removed, in whole or in part, except by the tree warden or his deputy or by a person holding a license so to do from the tree warden. Public shade trees within said residential part shall not be cut, except for trimming by the tree warden, nor shall they be removed by the tree warden or his deputy or other person without a public hearing at a suitable time and place, after notice thercof posted in two or more public places in the town and upon the tree and after authority
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granted by the tree warden therefor. Whoever violates the pro- visions of this section shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars to the use of the town.
CHAPTER 208.
Section 102. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces or destroys an ornamental or shade tree in a public way or place, or negligently or wilfully suffers an animal, driven by or for him or belonging to him and lawfully in a public way or place, to injure, deface or de- stroy such tree, or whoever, by any other means, negligently or wil- fully injures, defaces or destroys such tree, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half to the use of the complainant and one-half to the use of the city or town in which said act is committed; and shall in addition thereto be liable to said city or town or other person interested in said tree for all damages caused by said act.
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