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Town of Concord, hydrant service, E. Acton 30.67
J. P. Brown, repairs 3.50
Boston Coupling Co. .60
Total fire department $574.82
Unexpended on hand fire extinguish-
ers 100.00
Unexpended on hydrant service, E.
Acton 153.33
Unexpended 37.35
$865.50
Moth Department
Appropriation $915.00
Received private moth work 227.98
Received state highway work 186.17
Received, state treasurer, moth work,
997.85
$2,327.00
Paid James O'Neil, labor and expense
2,372.61
Unpaid private moth work 104.52
Unpaid from state, moth work
504.00
Elm Tree Beetle
$500.00
Appropriation
Paid :
W. H. Kingsley, labor
$138.93
E. R. Teele, arsenate lead
140.00
$278.93
Unexpended
221.07
$500.00
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Health and Sanitation
Appropriation $350.00
Received from Town Boxboro 15.00
Received from Mr. McDonald, inspec- tion
161.50
Received from state cattle inspection,
32.40
$558.90
Paid :
E. S. Fobes, fumigating, etc. $335.89
E. S. Fobes, inspection, McDonald . 161.50
E. S. Fobes, inspection, Blanchard .. 220.00
Flora Shatford, nurse 22.94
Eastern Drug Co., formaldehyde, etc .. 22.25
Warren Hayward, milk 9.91
C. H. Goldthwaite, generator, etc. . .
41.30
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies 24.00
33.65
Irving Duran, quarantine
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies 21.34
Harry Wambolt, quarantine 27.00
Dennison Mfg. Co., fume-tite 4.50
F. E. Tasker, professional service 211.10
F. E. Tasker, school inspection .
25.00
F. K. Shaw, professional services 34.50
F. K. Shaw, school inspection 25.00
S. A. Christie, school inspection 25.00
Tuttle & Newton, supplies 10.87
Hall Staples, professional services 75.00
J. S. Moore, supplies 7.30
Mrs. Fred Gilmore, nursing
45.00
W. B. Clark Co., books, replace ones destroyed 10.37
The News-Enterprise Co., notices 2.06
A. Hosmer, printing 1.00
F. S. Whitcomb, cattle inspection 46.80
Total health and sanitation $1,443.28
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Overdrawn
884.38
Due from state, cattle inspection 23.40
Highway and Bridges
Appropriation :
For repairing roads and bridges $6,000.00
For new road, West Acton 700.00
Received for road dust and stone .
79.25
Received for use steam roller . 88.00
Received for cement, etc., from bridge
48.90
$6,916.15
New Road, West Acton
Paid :
A. H. Perkins, labor $204.05
A. W. Davis, labor 156.41
Est. O. W. Mead, land damages 200.00
Boston & Maine R. R., land damages 50.00
H. F. Tuttle, locating bounds
2.00
D. C. Harris, bound stones
2.40
A. H. Perkins, gravel
44.85
So. Acton C. & L. Co., lumber
10.80
Unexpended
$670.51 29.49
New Bridge, East Acton
Paid :
W. H. Kingsley, labor $661.16
A. C. Harvey Co., steel beams 273.24
So. Acton C. & L. Co., cement, etc. 196.65
D. C. Harris, stone . 30.00
N. H. Tenney, pipe, etc. 66.90
$1,227.95
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Credit, cement, bags and plank
48.90
Net cost of bridge
$1,179.05
Repairing Roads
Paid :
A. H. Perkins, labor $2,099.41
A. H. Perkins, inspection roller 5.00
A. H. Perkins, gasoline 96.00
A. H. Perkins, repairing roller 5.00
A. W. Davis, labor 1,621.93
A. W. Davis, gravel
29.30
A. W. Davis, two road scrapers
160.00
W. H. Kingsley, labor 545.88
So. Acton C. & L. Co., supplies
164.56
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
7.43
Finney & Hoit, supplies
3.00
Hall Bros. Co., supplies 10.81
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies
14.45
W. E. Whitcomb, tools and supplies
4.29
W. C. Robinson Co., oil
9.18
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., repairs
1.68
J. T. McNiff, repairs 11.25
Good Roads Mch. Co., repairs
91.75
Lunt, Moss Co., repairs 14.11
J. P. Brown, repairs
5.30
E. T. Rice, repairs
.70
N. H. Tenney, repairs
7.55
Standard Oil Co., treating road from Acton to Woodlawn 40.73
$4,949.31
Unexpended, repairing roads
38.89
Total highways and bridges $6,847.77
Unexpended 68.38
$6,916.15
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Street Lighting
Appropriation · $2,400.00
Paid :
American Woolen Co. $1,951.34
So. Acton C. & L. Co., supplies . 48
Finney & Hoit, supplies 11.25
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 10.06
H. W. Proctor, lighting one lamp 4.00
A. E. Payson, lighting one lamp 4.00
Julian Tuttle, lighting one lamp 4.00
George F. Lawrey, lighting lamps
32.00
Total street lights $2,017.13 ·
Unexpended 382.87
$2,400.00
Charities
Town Farm
Appropriation
$600.00
Sale of produce and stock 1,535.87
$2,135.87
Paid :
M. W. Emrick, warden $450.00
M. W. Emrick, labor 35.66
M. W. Emrick, hogs 8.00
F. H. Wilson, labor 144.00
J. S. Moore, provisions
210.31
S. B. Ineson, supplies 61.20
W. F. Kelley, telephone 18.85
E. Z. Stanley, repairs 4.50
George H. Cash, ice 2.40
Finney & Hoit, supplies
31.59
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George H. Reed, hay and grain 300.02
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies 475.99
J. T. McNiff, repairs 3.25
So. Acton C. & L. Co., fuel. etc. 42.92
Tuttle & Newton, supplies 22.94
A. H. Perkins, sawing wood 8.00
E. F. Conant, trees 4.07
J. W. Livermore, use corn planter 1.63
E. L. Spinney, trimming trees
4.50
E. A. Phalen, repairing
13.00
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies 3.24
W. H. Kingsley, moving shed 6.00
H. L. Priest, pigs 6.00
H. L. Priest, sulphur and lime 9.18
W. L. Holden, sulphur and lim 8.65
Hall Bros. Co., sawing lumber 3.55
E. T. Rice, repairs 43.60
R. F. Durkee, services 2.00
C. H. Clark, repairing harness 3.30
E. P. Gates, repairs 39.05
D. H. Farrar, grinding corn 3.42
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 240.20
Total town farm $2,211.02
Overdrawn
75.15
Outside Poor
Appropriation $1,000.00
Reimbursement town of Woburn 8.81
Reimbursement town of Boxboro . .. 66.00
Reimbursement burial state paupers. 30.00
$1,104.81
Paid : W. E. Whitcomb, supplies $102.29
Tuttle & Newton, supplies 155.77
33.28
F. L. Morrison, milk
45
W. T. S. Bartlett, rent
58.00
Hall Staples, town physician
25.00
City of Cambridge
46.44
City of No. Adams
310.00
City of Boston 7.14
Finney & Hoit, supplies
33.14
W. F. Kelley, printing 2.50
E. C. Page, services 20.00
Harriet Rudolph, rent 12.00
E. A. Phalen, rent 8.00
George H. Reed, coal 4.50
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 225.52
Total outside poor
$1,043.58
Unexpended 61.23
$1,104.81
Soldiers' Benefit
State Aid
Received from state treasurer
$900.00
Amount due from state, Feb. 1, 1912 . $981.00
Amount paid out 848.00
Balance due from state
929.00
$1,829.00 $1,829.00
Military Aid
Appropriation $100.00
Paid :
F. E. Tasker, medical attendance $26.00
Mrs. Nellie Norris, nurse 35.00
Town of Hudson 60.00
Total military aid $121.00
Overdrawn 21.00
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Education
Appropriation $16,100.00
Received for tuition, Boxboro 6.50
Received state treasurer, tuition . 103.40
Received state treasurer, Mass. fund, 1,488.80
Received county treasurer, dog tax .. 310.78
$18,009.48
Paid :
Report of school committee
$16,994.52
Unexpended $1,014.96
Memorial Library
Library Expenses
Appropriation
$400.00
Received from fines
18.63
$418.63
Paid :
E. F. Conant, insurance $50.97
American Woolen Co., light 29.79
O. D. Wood, repairs 12.25
O. E. Houghton, transportation of
books 50.00
S. Hammond Taylor, janitor 96.83
A. F. Davis, librarian 77.00
Finney & Hoit, supplies
2.50
So. Acton C. & L. Co., fuel
90.25
M. E. Taylor & Co., expense
2.50
H. F. Tuttle, expense
2.50
Total library expense
$414.25
Unexpended 4.38
$418.63
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Library Books
Appropriation
$200.00
Unexpended balance, Feb. 1, 1912
472.23
Interest on library fund 239.04
$911.27
Paid :
Jennie E. Reed, typewriting $8.25
A. Hosmer, printing 23.25
W. B. Clark Co., books 123.71
A. F. Davis, cataloging 119.00
Dura Binding Co. 61.30
Dennison Mfg. Co.
9.33
Review of Reviews
32.30
Library Bureau
169.35
Remington Typewriter Co.
14.25
Marion C. Taylor
38.18
L. D. White
69.50
Lena G. Towne
186.48
Herman Goldberger
40.60
Effie E. Pickens
2.10
Thorpe & Martin Co.
2.50
Finney & Hoit
3.68
W. A. Wilde Co.
6.14
Total library books
$909.92
Unexpended 1.35
$911.27
Unclassified
Appropriation
$550.00
Less town officers' expenses
138.69
$411.31
Received from tax suit
3.50
$414.81
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Paid :
E. T. Rice, repairing pumps $6.25
F. S. Glines, opening school for regis- trars 2.00
F. W. Greene, teaming safe and put- ting up booths 2.00
Ralph E. Joslin, counsel fees 35.00
Henry M. Meeks Pub. Co., birth return books 1.25
R. W. Porter, care clock and flag 30.00
J. P. Brown, signs for bridge, So. Acton 5.00
H. F. Tuttle, collecting and recording 40 births 20.00
H. F. Tuttle, recording 15 marriages, 3.00
H. F. Tuttle, recording 45 deaths ..
9.00
H. F. Tuttle, measuring oil road ... .75
H. F. Tuttle, transfer two certificates of death .50
F. K. Shaw, returning 12 births 3.00
S. A. Christie, returning 8 births 2.00
F. E. Tasker, returning 6 births 1.50
Hall Staples, returning 7 births 1.75
F. J. Barker, returning 2 births
.50
Isaiah Pickard, returning one birth . .
.25
H. H. Brayley, returning one birth
.25
E. A. Mayell, returning one birth
.25
M. E. Taylor & Co., manure monument grounds 3.40
W. T. Farrar Co., returning death certificate .25
W. F. Stevens, making moth list 3.00
W. F. Stevens, expense account dog tax 2.25
W. F. Stevens, notifying officers-elect
1.00
W. F. Stevens, transporting election returns 3.00
W. F. Stevens, cost Williams case .. 3.50
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W. F. Stevens, abatements
152.10
Total
$292.75
Unexpended
122.06
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$125.00
Paid George B. Parker
125.00
Copying Town Records
Appropriation
$150.00
Paid Marion C. Taylor
78.00
Unexpended
$72.00
Spanish War Memorial
Appropriation
$500.00
Paid :
Julian Tuttle, foundation $15.00
D. C. Harris, monument stone 200.00
A. L. Noyes, lunch at dedication 7.50
B. D. Hall, music at dedication 4.00
Harry E. Tuttle, carriage at dedication
4.00
Total Spanish war memorial
$230.50
Unexpended 269.50
Cemetery Department
Appropriation $600.00
Sale lots, Mt. Hope 18.00
Interest on cemetery fund
402.82
Unexpended balance, Feb. 1, 1912
436.11
$1,456.93
50
Paid :
N. G. Brown, labor, Woodlawn $72.63
H. F. Robbins, labor, Woodlawn 17.38
J. W. Livermore, labor, Woodlawn .. 22.75
A. H. Smith, labor, Woodlawn 25.38
Julian Tuttle, labor, Woodlawn 109.22
Asaph Parlin, labor, Woodlawn 12.25
M. G. Hayes, painting signs 2.50
F. W. Green, labor, Mt. Hope 16.49
H. T. Clark, labor, Mt. Hope 35.75
A. W. Davis, labor, Mt. Hope 71.73
A. H. Perkins, labor, Mt. Hope 120.80
Finney & Hoit, flags . 4.00
Finney & Hoit, sail cloth
5.00
A. Batley & Son, flowers, Mt. Hope .. 12.70
So. Acton C. & L. Co. 8.44
West and South Water Co., installing water, Mt. Hope 72.75
West and South Water Co., rent 6.00
H. F. Tuttle, writing and recording deeds 3.50
H. F. Tuttle, preparing annual report 5.00
H. F. Tuttle, attending meeting, West Acton 1.50
H. F. Tuttle, laying out lots, Wood- lawn 2.00
$627.77
Perpetual Care Lots
Paid :
Julian Tuttle $256.46
H. T. Clark
61.00
F. C. Hayward, interest on fund 17.50
$334.96
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Unexpended balance for perpetual care lots, Feb. 1, 1913 503.97
$1,466.70
Overdrawn $9.77
Interest
Receipts from collector $146.44
Balance of interest, cemetery fund . 16.89
Treasurer's deposit
63.00
$226.33
Paid First National bank 230.55
Municipal Indebtedness
Loans, First National bank $13,000.00
Paid First National bank 13,000.00
Printing
Appropriation
$300.00
Less amount taken for officers' ex-
penses 28.45
$271.55
Paid :
News-Enterprise, annual reports $177.60
News-Enterprise, school reports 7.00
News-Enterprise, four lots warrants. 23.50
News-Enterprise, caucus notices .
1.40
News-Enterprise, annual meeting bal- lots
19.75
News-Enterpirse, board of health no-
tices 8.35
News-Enteprise, poll tax list 15.25
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News-Enterprise, 50 voting lists 15.00
P. B. Murphy, blanks 1.50
Total printing $269.35
Unexpended $2.20
Financial Statement
Receipts
Due from treasurer
$3,183.69
Due from collector
4,031.89
Appropriation :
Memorial day 125.00
Highway and bridges 6,700.00
Memorial library, books
200.00
Memorial library, expense
400.00
Fire department 550.00
School department 16,100.00
915.00
Extermination of moth Raised :
For state tax
3,500.00
State highway
269.00
County tax
1,926.34
Overlay 933.29
Received treasurer's report
22,577.11
Farm receipts
1,535.87
Interest on taxes
146.44
C. M. & H. St. Railroad tax
110.10
Moth tax
332.50
Cemetery fund
700.00
December assessment
352.31
$64,588.54
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Expenditures
State tax
$3,500.00
County tax
1,926.34
State highway
269.00
General government
1,869.17
Police department
155.09
Enforcement liquor law
141.25
Fire department
574.82
Moth department
2,372.61
Elm tree beetle
278.93
Health and sanitation
1,443.28
Highways and bridges
6,847.77
Street lighting
2,017.13
Charities, town farm
2,213.52
Outside poor
1,041.08
Soldiers' benefit, state aid
848.00
Military aid
121.00
Education
16,994.52
Library, expense
414.25
Books
909.92
Unclassified
726.25
Cemetery,
627.77
Perpetual care
334.96
Interest
230.55
Loans
13.000.00
Printing
267.35
Uncollected taxes
4.653.44
Cash on hand
803.54
$64,588.54
Financial Statement for Year Ending February 1, 1913
Due from treasurer $308.54
Due from collector 4,653.44
Due from state aid
929.00
Due from moth work 504.00
Due from inspection cattle
23.40
$6.918.38
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Liabilities
Unexpended balance cemetery fund . $503.97
Unexpended balance library fund 1.35
Fund for enforcement liquor law 1,168.70
Cemetery fund in treasury 850.00
Due M. E. Taylor & Co., outside poor, 199.91
Town of Randolph 37.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, road department 11.68
E. P. Gates, repairs, road department, 9.75
S. Hammond Taylor, janitor library, 16.66
Arthur F. Davis, librarian 25.20
M. E. Taylor & Co., library expense, 9.50
Edward C. Page, return deaths
7.50
$2,841.22
Balance in favor of the town $4,077.16
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM T. MERRIAM, Town Accountant.
Acton, Mass., February 10, 1913.
I have examined the accounts of the tax collector and treasurer of the Town of Acton, and find them correct to the best of my knowledge.
WILLIAM T. MERRIAM, Town Accountant.
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TREASURER'S REPORT YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1913
Cash on hand
$3,183.69
State treasurer, corporation tax, pub-
lic service 2,140.69
Corporation tax, business
1,241.10
National bank tax 344.68
State aid
900.00
Street railway tax
87.42
Reimbursement for loss of taxes on
land used for public institu- tions 121.65
Income of Mass. school fund 1,145.05
Supervision of schools 343.75
Tuition of children 103.40
Corporation tax 178.83
Motor vehicle fund 20.00
Burial of paupers
30.00
Inspection of animals 32.40
County treasurer, dog tax
310.78
Rent of town hall
126.00
Memorial library, fines
18.63
Cemetery fund, Daniel Fletcher, lot, Simon Hartwell, lot
100.00
Asa Parker, lot
100.00
W. N. Wood, lot
100.00
Emerson F. Fuller, lot 100.00
John Porter, Priest lot 100.00
Harriet Davis, Brown lot 100.00
Suppression of moths account 1,184.02
100.00
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School account, tuition of Clinton
Stickney 6.50
Cemetery lots sold 18.00
Board of health, William McDonald,
161.50
Town of Boxboro 15.00
First National Bank, Boston, loan
3,000.00
Loan
5,000.00
Loan
5,000.00
Overseers of poor, outside poor
74.81
Road commissioners, crushed stone
9.00
409 Cement bags
40.90
Cement
3.50
Road dust
70.25
Labor water district
88.00
Income of cemetery funds
419.71
Income of library funds
239.04
W. F. Stevens, collector, expense on tax suit 3.50
International Trust Co., interest on deposit 63.00
One-half payment on fire extin-
guishers 31.50
4.50
Road department, old plank
$26,460.80
Town farm receipts :
Milk
$1,072.07
Apples
228.36
Eggs
30.98
Two cows
65.00
One Bull
37.00
Hogs
12.84
Calves
27.50
Vegetables
6.00
Telephones
3.00
Blankets
2.40
Old copper
42.00
Fowl
7.22
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Use of wheel chair
1.00
Service .50
$1,535.87
Received of William F. Stevens, collector :
Taxes collected 1909
$19.70
Interest 1909 3.00
Taxes collected 1910
209.59
Interest 1910
15.43
Taxes collected 1911
3,298.04
Interest 1911
108.85
Taxes collected 1912
28,154.56
Interest 1912
19.16
C. M. & H. St. Railway tax
110.10
$31,938.43
$59,935.10
Paid orders $59,126.56
Cash on hand February 1, 1913
808.54
$59,935.10
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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Treasurer's Report of Money Held for Care of Lots in Cemeteries
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 Lowell Five Cents Savings bank 1,000.00
Mechanic Savings bank 1,000.00
Central Savings bank
1,000.00
City Institution for Savings
2,000.00
Middlesex Institution for Savings 900.00
Cash in treasury 850.00
Luke Blanchard Cemetery fund in North End Savings bank 500.00
Tomb fund in Charlestown Five Cents Savings bank 100.00
Memorial Tablet funds in Charlestown
Five Cents Savings bank 50.00
Warren Institution for Savings
50.00
Total funds $11.625.00
Income 1912-1913
402.82
Unexpended balance February 1, 1912,
464.11
$12.491.93
By amount expended $362.96
Principle cemetery fund
11,625.00
Income unexpended
503.97
$12,491.93
FRANK W. HOIT,
Treasurer.
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Treasurer's Report of Wilde Memorial Library.
1913
Feb. 1. Cash in Charlestown Five
Cents Savings bank $1,000.00
Cash in Warren Institution for Sav- ings, 1,000.00
Cash in Home Savings bank 1,000.00
Cash in North End Savings bank 1,000.00
Cash in Middlesex Institution for
Savings 1,000.00
Bond of West Shore Railroad Co. .
1,000.00
Received interest on money in banks, 199.04
Received interest on bond 40.00
Unexpended balance February 1, 1912, 472.23
Appropriation for books
200.00
$6.911.27
1913
Feb. 1. By cash in banks $5,000.00
West Shore Railroad bond 1,000.00
Cash paid Jennie Reed 8.25
Cash paid A. F. Davis 119.00
Cash paid Dura Binding Co.
61.30
Cash paid Dennison Mfg. Co.
9.33
Cash paid Library Bureau
169.35
Cash paid Remington Typewriter Co ..
14.25
Cash paid A. Hosmer
23.25
Cash paid Marion C. Taylor 38.18
Cash paid L. D. White 69.50
Cash paid Lena G. Towne
186.43
Cash paid Effie Pickens
2.10
Cash paid Thorp & Martin Co. 2.50
Cash paid Finney & Hoit
3.68
$6,707.17
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Library books:
Cash paid W. B. Clark & Co. $123.71
Cash paid Review of Reviews 32.30
Cash paid H. Goldberger 40.60
Cash paid W. A. Wilde Co.
6.14
I'mexpended library balance
$202.75
1.35
$6,911.27
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
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VALUATION APRIL 1. 1912
Buildings, exclusive of land
$1,103,510.00
Land, exclusive of buildings 505,610.00
Personal estate 816,210.00
$2,425,330.00
Valuation April 1, 1911
2,288,490.00
Increase in valuation
$136,840.00
Rate of taxation $12.50.
Tax assessed as follows :
Real estate
$20,114.00
Personal estate
10,202.63
Polls
1,302.00
$31,618.63
Moth tax
$332.50
December assessment
352.31
Excise tax
110.10
AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED
For state tax
$3,500.00
For state highway tax
269.00
For county tax
1,926.34
For town grant
24,990.00
For overlay
933.29
$31,618.63
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Number of horses assessed 399
Number of cows assessed
789
Number of neat cattle, other than cows 113
Number of swine assessed 57
Number of dwelling houses assessed
563
Number of poll taxes assessed
651
Number of fowls 4,030
WILLIAM F. STEVENS, JAMES B. TUTTLE, WILLIAM F. KELLEY, Assessors of Acton.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
For Fiscal Year Ending February 1, 1913
1909
Dr.
Uncollected February 1, 1912
$19.70
Interest collected 3.00
$22.70
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$22.70
1910 Dr.
Uncollected February 1, 1912
$209.59
Interest collected
15.43
$225.02
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$225.02
1911 Dr.
Uncollected February 1, 1912 $3,802.60
Interest collected
108.85
$3,911.45
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Cr.
Paid treasurer $3,301.46
Abatements 105.43
$3,406.89
Uncollected February 1, 1913 $504.56
Town, state and county taxes com-
mitted to collector July 15, 1912, $31,618.63
Moth tax 332.50
December assessments
352.31
$32,303.44
Interest collected
19.16
$32,322.60
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$28,127.05
Abatements 46.67
$28,173.72
Uncollected February 1, 1913 $4,148.88
WILLIAM F. STEVENS, Collector.
65
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
Town raised for this department $400.00 Received for labor on private trees .. 19.34
$419.34
Expended as follows :
E. R. Teele, arsenate of lead $140.00
W. H. Kingsley, labor 180.93
$320.93
The condition of the elm trees remain the same. Where they are sprayed they are looking well and where they are not sprayed they are dying.
I recommend that $400.00 be placed at the disposal of the tree warden.
WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY, Tree Warden,
66
REPORT OF FIRE WARDEN
By vote of town at annual meeting March, 1912, I submit the list of those having fire extinguishers :
L. Conant 2
William H. Kinsley
1
William Kelley 1
F. S. Whitcomb 3
L. Taylor 2
H. H. Hawley
1
W. L. Holden
1
F. H. Holden
1
J. P. Fletcher 1
A. W. Flint
1
F. R. Knowlton
4
W. E. Whitcomb 2
W. E. Hayward 2
A. H. Perkins 1
E. F. Conant 1
M. E. Taylor 1
Left in South Acton fire house 6
Left with E. H. Hall 4
WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY,
Fire Warden.
67
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Year Ending February 1, 1913
Burial permits for Acton
26
Burial permits issued for other places 13
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES REPORTED
Diphtheria
6
Scarlet Fever
35
Measles
144
Typhoid fever
1
Tuberculosis
1
Vericella
52
Whooping cough
10
Two deaths from contagious diseases.
CATTLE INSPECTED FOR THE TOWN
Inspected
Condemned
Veal
860
28
Cattle
174
11
Hogs
92
3
Lambs
3
Cattle inspected :
Blackstone Beef Co., McDonald License
Inspected
Condemned
Cattle
1258
54
Veal
34
5
Hogs
18
I would recommend that there be $1,500.00 appro- priated for the use of the board of health and that the members of the board be paid $50.00 each a year for their services.
E. S. FOBES, Agent.
68
REPORT OF CATTLE INSPECTOR
I have inspected in 1912:
Milch and dry cows 709
Young cattle 198
Bulls 31
Swine
137
Sheep
9
Goat
1
Cow stables 104
I have quarantined six head of cattle for tuberculosis which were taken by the state and killed.
FRED S. WHITCOMB, Inspector.
69
ROAD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
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Cost of building new bridge at East
Acton, per report of accountant, $1,179.05 Cost of building new road at West Acton, per report of accountant, 670.51 Rebuilding the Flint road
1,705.45
General repairs and scraping roads
2,591.07
Repairs on tools and roller
137.34
Supplies 213.72°
Gasoline 96.00
Two road scrapers 160.00
Treating road from Acton to Wood-
lawn cemetery by the Standard Oil company
40.73
Inspection of roller
5.00
Total amount expended for roads
$6,798.87 and bridges
Credit
For road dust and stone
$79.25
For use of steam roller 88.00
$167.25
We recommend that the town rebuild the road from Kelley's corner to Acton Center.
We recommend that the road from Stow to Littleton have a coat of crushed stone.
We recommend that the sum of $6,000.00 be raised for the repairs of roads and bridges.
A. H. PERKINS, A. W. DAVIS, W. H. KINSLEY, Road Commissioners.
70
1
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Acton :
The report of the overseers of the poor for the year ending February 1, 1913, is herewith submitted :
There has been a slight increase in the amount of aid furnished outside poor during the year, a larger number being aided.
The cost of support at town farm has remained about the same, this however, includes the addition of a milk room and installing a new hot water boiler to replace the old one which had become useless.
Mr. and Mrs. Emrick, warden and matron, have been faithful to their duties and the inmates, who were three in number, two men and one woman, have been kindly cared for.
Further detailed report of this apartment appears in the report of the town accountant.
In pursuance of a plan, which will undoubtedly be adopted, we recommend that all bills against this depart- ment be rendered monthly.
We recommend the same appropriation as last year, viz : Outside poor $1,000.00 Farm 600.00
AID FURNISHED OUTSIDE POOR
Expenses per report of accountant .. $1,043.58
Receipts 104.81
$938.77
71 SUPPORT OF POOR ON FARM
Expenses per report of accountant .. $2,211.02
INVENTORY OF STOCK OF FARM FEBRUARY 1st, 1913
8 Cows $480.00
2 Heifers 30.00
2 Horses 350.00
8 Tons hay 200.00
Harnesses
50.00
Wagons, carts and sleds
325.00
Farming implements
175.00
Pump 100.00
Grain and oyster shells
53.00
Barrels and boxes
5.00
Coal
5.00
Wood cut for stove
30.00
Set of measures
1.00
Salt
.40
Horse blankets
5.00
58 Hens
58.00
Potatoes
30.00
Apples
5.00
Preserves, pickles, etc.
15.00
Household goods and kitchen utensils
275.00
Wheel chair
20.00
Groceries and supplies
28.00
Robes
6.00
12 Cords wood at house
50.00
18 Cords of wood for school houses, Vinegar
3.00
Salt pork
35.00
2 Pigs
10.00
Corn on ear
4.00
Lumber
12.00
81.00
$2,441.40
72
Expenditures
$2,211.02
Inventory 1912
2,583.90
$4,794.92
Inventory 1913 $2,441.40
Receipts 1,535.87
Wood supplied schools and town hall,
49.50
$4,026.77
Cost of supporting poor on farm $768.15
W. F. KELLEY, Chairman, W. L. HOLDEN, Clerk, E. H. HALL,
Board of Overseers of Poor.
73
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending February 1, 1913
We present the following schedule 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.
CEMETERY FUNDS FOR CARE OF LOTS
No.Date of Deposit
Woodlawn Cemetery
Name of Fund
Amount
Deposited
On hand
Feb. 1, 1912
Income
Expended
On hand
Feb. 1, 1913
1
Hepsabeth Piper
$50.00
$51.50|
$1.75|
$1.75|
$51.50
2
Frederick Rouillard
100.00
100.15
3.50
3.50
100.15
3
William W. Davis
100.00
102.50
3.50
4.50
101.50
4
Jedediah Tuttle
50.00
50.25
1.75
1.50
50.50
5
Mary Skinner
200.00
203.75
7.00
8.06
202.69
6
Nancy K. Handley
500.00
536.99
17.50
12.72
541.77
7
Mary Severance
100.00
102.25
3.50
3.25
102.50
8
Mary W. Chaffin
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