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Article 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of installing a fire alarm system in town, or take any action thereon.
Voted: That the matter be referred to a committee to consist of the fire wardens of the three principal villages, with instructions to report at a future meeting.
Article 33. To see whether the town will vote to rescind the action providing for the election of selectmen by rotation for periods of three years, and revert to the system of simultaneous elections for the period of one year. as provided under certain acts of the revised statutes.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to put electric lights equal distances apart from East Acton depot on Great road, to head of street leading to residences of Mrs. G. Daniels and Luther Davis, or act anything thereon.
Voted: That the selectmen be instructed to contract for additional electric lights along the Great road from the East Acton R. R. station to the street leading to the residences of Mrs. G. Daniels and Luther Davis.
Voted: To raise two hundred dollars ($200), for these additional lights.
Article 35. To see if the town will rescind the vote
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passed at their meeting April 3rd, 1899, whereby they voted to choose three road commissioners, and accept the provi- sions of section 364, chapter 560, of the Acts of 1907, rela- tive to the election of a highway surveyor.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 36. To see if the town will choose a financial committee, which shall consider and make recommendations relative to all appropriations of money.
Voted: That at the next annual town meeting a financial committee of five be chosen by the town, on the official ballot, for the term of one year.
Article 37. To see what instructions the town will vote to give the town officers respecting the performance of their duties.
Voted: That the selectmen be instructed not to grant any licenses to druggist for the sale of intoxicating liquors, nor any licenses or permits to express companies for the transportation of intoxicating liquors into this town this year.
Voted: That the current financial year of this town end March 1, 1914, instead of February 1, 1914.
Voted: To instruct the selectmen to install lights from the Lowell road to North Acton, also to carry out the vote of last year, providing for placing fifty lights in each precinct.
Voted: To adjourn.
Proceedings of the Special Town Meeting August 5, 1913
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting
Samuel A. Guilford was chosen moderator.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to purchase necessary apparatus and supplies for the fire departments, or act anything thereon.
Voted: That the town borrow one thousand dollars
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for one year, for the purchasing of necessary apparatus and supplies for the fire departments. Fifty-seven votes in favor, none against.
Voted: That the selectmen, fire wardens, and Charles J. Holton be a committee to purchase said apparatus and supplies.
Voted: That the fire wardens be instructed to have the fire apparatus of the town inspected at least once a month, expenses of such inspection to be paid on approval of the bills by the selectmen.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed at the annual town meeting of March 31. 1913, whereby it was voted to put the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the enforcement of the liquor laws into the treasury. and appropriate it to the use of the fire department, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To dismiss the article.
Voted: To adjourn.
State Election November 4, 1913
Party designations : D., Democratic ; I., Independent ; Prog., Progressive; P., Prohibition ; R., Republican; S .. Socialist; S. L., Socialist Labor.
Precincts
Total
2
3
Whole number of ballots cast
1 110
142
139
391
Governor
Charles Sumner Bird, Prog.
35
58
57
150
Alfred H. Evans, P.
0
0
0
Eugene N. Foss, I.
5
9
1
15
Augustus P. Gardner, R.
56
47
55
158
Arthur E. Reimer. S. L.
0
0
0)
0
David I. Walsh, D.
14
25
26
65
George H. Wrenn. S.
0)
0)
0
0
Blanks
0
3
0
3
22
Lieutenant Governor
Edward P. Barry, D.
15
25
23
63
Daniel Cosgrove, Prog.
29
53
49
131
August H. Goetting, R.
62
60
61
183
Albert J. Orem, P. .
1
1
0
2
Peter O'Rourke, S. L. .
1
0
0
1
George E. Roewer, Jr., S.
1
1
0
2
Blanks
1
2
6
9
Secretary
Frank J. Donahue, D.
15
25
26
66
William S. Kinney, R.
60
60
55
175
John A. Nicholls, P.
2
1
0
3
Fred E. Oelcher, S. L.
0
0
0
0
Ella M. Roberts, S.
0
0
0
0
Russell A. Wood, Prog.
26
41
52
119
Blanks
7
5
6
18
Treasurer
Charles L. Burrill, R.
63
57
60
180
Charles E. Fenner, S.
0
0
0
0
Thomas A. Frissell, P.
1
2
1
4
Warren R. Keith, Prog.
27
50
45
122
Frederick W. Mansfield, D.
15
22
23
60
Dennis McGoff, S. L.
1
1
0
2
Blanks
3
10
10
23
Auditor
Herbert S. Brown, P.
3
1
2
6
David Craig, S. L.
0
0
0
0
Octave A. LaRiviere. Prog.
25
41
43
109
Samuel P. Levenberg, S.
0
0
0
0
Frank H. Pope, D.
15
24
25
64
John E. White, R.
60
64
57
181
Blanks
7
11
12
30
23
Attorney General
Thomas J. Boynton, D.
17
20
23
60
Freeman T. Crommett, P.
1
0
1 2
John McCarty, S.
0
1
0
1
H. Huestis Newton, Prog.
26
47
46
119
Ingvar Paulsen, S. L.
0
1
0
1
James M. Swift, R.
60
65
60
185
Blanks
6
8
9
23
Councillor-Sixth District
John J. Hogan, D. .
12
23
21
56
Harrie C. Hunter, Prog.
27
49
45
121
G. Frederick Simpson, R.
62
58
57
177
Blanks
9
11
16
36
Senator-Seventh Middlesex District
William F. Belcher, Prog.
23
43
35
101
Edward Fisher, D.
27
43
44
114
Otto Reither, R.
52
51
49
152
Blanks
8
5
11
24
Representative in General Court-Eleventh Middlesex District
James P. Dunigan, D.
12
17
20
49
John L. Kennison, Prog.
24
48
47
119
Charles A. Kimball, R.
67
67
65
199
Blanks
7
10
7
24
County Commissioner-Middlesex County
Erson B. Barlow, R.
59
59
52
170
John B. McCloskey, D.
15
19
20
54
Charles H. McIntire, Prog.
31
55
57
143
Blanks
5
9
10
24
24
Associate Commissioners
Charles W. Atkins, Prog.
19
35
35
89
Frederic P. Barnes, R.
59
59
46
164
John J. Butler, D.
9
20
17
46
George W. Enwright, D.
10
11
15
36
Edwin P. Fitzgerald, R.
45
34
32
111
Albert F. Parker, Prog.
22
44
41
107
Blanks
56
11
92
159
District Attorney
Philip M. Clark, Prog.
23
50
44
117
William J. Corcoran, D.
15
18
25
58
John J. Higgins, R.
63
58
51
172
Blanks
9
15
19
53
Register of Probate and Insolvency
James T. Barrett, D.
13
23
22
58
William E. Rogers, Prog. and R.,
84
100
88
272
Blanks
13
19
29
61
Register of Deeds (to fill vacancy)
J. Frank Facey, D.
15
23
21
59
Thomas Leighton, Jr., R.
65
65
59
189
Albin M. Richards, Prog.
24
46
40
110
Blanks
6
8
19
33
Vote on Amendment Making Women Eligible as Notaries Public
Yes
33
55
49
137
No
53
46
41
140
Blanks
24
41
49
114
25
Vote on Amendment Authorizing the Referendum
Yes
42
59
54 155
No
28
21
12
61
Blanks
40
62
73
175
Vote on Acceptance of Act Relative to the Compensation of Certain Laborers
Yes
38
62
51 151
No
33
28
23
84
Blanks
39
52
65
156
Vote for Representative in the Eleventh Middlesex District November 4, 1913
Acton
Aver
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Littleton
Westford
Totals
James P. Dunigan, Chelmsford, D. | 49|146 23 325
39 98 680
John L. Kennison, Ayer, Prog. . 119 146 22 176
32 65 560
Charles A. Kimball, Littleton, R. 199 126 44 185 135 201
890
Blanks
24 35 5
37
6| 29 136
Totals
391 453 94 723 212 393 2266
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Births.
Whole number recorded 37
Born in Acton 34
Males 17
Females
20
Native parentage
14
Foreign parentage 17
Mixed parentage
6
Marriages.
Whole number recorded 21
Residents of Acton 20
Residents of other places 22
Deaths.
Whole number recorded 40
Residents of Acton 37
Residents of other places 3
Occurring in Acton
31
Occurring in other places 9
Average age, years 55.8
Note. The town clerk requests information of any omission or error in the lists of births, marriages and deaths.
The town clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the returns of births and deaths.
HORACE F. TUTTLE,
Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1913.
No.
Date
Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
1. April 18 .. Amadon, Harold Quincy
. Leonard Q. and Anna (McLean) . ...
2. December 15 .. Anderson, Agnes ..
Hans and Martha (Monson ) ..
3. January 31 .... Bennett, Beatrice Viola . Amos L. and Sadie May (Parker)
4. April 3 . . Brill, Mildred Myrtle . . Fred'k E. and Mildred Belle (Kennedy)
5. January 28 .Christianson, Mildred Gladys
Anton and Martha (Anderson) ...
6. June 1 . Conquest, Arthur Joseph
. James E. and Lena M. (Dahey)
7. Feb. 23
Davis, Morris Paul . .
. William E. and Ethelyn (Nichols)
8. May 5 . Di Benedetto Michelo . Bernardino and Maria (Domenica)
9. February 4 Di Fegucredo, Mary Sores . Antonio and Rose Pacheo (Silva)
10. June 21 .
.. Granberg, Madeline Agnes
. Ole and Matilda ( Anderson)
12. October 8 .
Harris, Roland Arthur . Arthur F. and Dora B. (LeBlanc)
13. April 1 Hearon, Francis Xavier . Thomas J. and Ellen (Mahoney)
14. July 30 Elisha, Edward Hopps .JJohn E. and Elizabeth (LaClare) James and Delia (Neyland)
15. Dec. 5 . Hurley, Arthur Lawrence
16. August 13 . Jones, Mary Glenna .. . Ralph T. and Mary E. (Tobin)
17. August 25 . .... Jones, Eleanor Frances . Howard L. and Mary G. (Fullerton) .. . John F. and JJulia F. (Driscoll)
18. February 20 .. Kennedy, Julia Frances
19. January 25 ... Laurin, Marie Agnes . . William G. and Maria Lena (DuFour)
20. December 8 ... Livermore, Lilla Florence Joseph William and Pearl (Rikeman)
21. June 8 . Mannion, Thomas James . . Thomas J. and Charlotte E. (Duggan)
22. January 25 . . Mason, Florence Gertrude Roger R. and Mary (Batchelder) ....
23. November 23 . . Mauro, Alfonso .. . Frank and Mary (Palma) .
French, Elsie Lee .. . James H. and Ada Mae (Wamboldt) . .
11. November 8
24. October 1 ..... Mauro, Louis
25. November 11 .. Perkins, Edgar Albert
26. June 28 Roche, William Hubbard
27. June 11 Sanborn, Jr., Everett Russell
28. Dec. 25 . Sawyer, Carl .
29. March 9 . Schnair, Gertrude Phyllis
30. September 23. . Teele, Ruth Lilla 31. April 8 . . ..... Thatcher, Mary Mattie Grace
32. September 16. . Tourville, Edward
33. May 30 Turner, Hope Ellen
34. December 16 .. Urban, Dana Smiley
... 35. February 17 ... Wamboldt, Winifred
36. March 9 ..... West. Emma Barnaby
37. February 15 . . Ziegler, Olive Louise
. John and Rosina (Annunziato) Levi W. and Alice M. (Rice) . Francis B. and Catherine (Hubbard) .. Everett R. and Mary E. (Fowell) Chester A. and Esther Mae (McKelvie) Charles Havelock and Leah (Squires) . . Ernest R. and Martha R. (Shattuck) .. John H. and Mary Angeline (Bayeur) . Eugene and Augusta (Nault) . George C. and Ruth A. (Berry). . Louis G. and Emma J. (Smiley) Harry L. and Alice Atwood (Briggs) . Hugh E. and Myrtle M. (Rudolph) ... . George August and Olive M. (Clough)
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1913
No. Date
Place
Name
Residence
1. June 26, 1913
West Acton
2. September 8, 1913. .. . .. Concord
Cummiskey, Eleanor . . Lowell
3. June 15, 1913
Carey, Alfred Stephen . West Acton
Moore, Lucella Veronica . West Acton
Coughlin, Jeremiah Joseph . Newton
McDonald, Martha Elizabeth . Acton
5. June 25, 1913
Crossland, Edgar . South Acton
South Acton
MacIntyre, Alice Newman . Lawrence
Cunningham, Leo Clement . Boxborough
Griffin, Catherine M.
. Boxborough
7. September 6, 1913 Boston
Drinkall, Earl J. . Chicago
Clark, Nella Brown . . Acton
8. April 8, 1913
Boston
Fish, Emma Rose Chelmsford
Flint, Carl C. . Sudbury
Emery, Grace S. . Wells, Me.
10. October, 28, 1913
Haynes, Henry L. . West Acton
Lynn
MacMackin, Rachel A. . Leominster
Hazel, Harmon R. East Acton
11. October 22, 1913 Acton Brooks, Mary D. . East Acton
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6. July 24, 1913 West Acton
Maynard
4. May 4, 1913 Concord
Bernier, Joseph A. . West Acton
Gilmore, Arvilla Blanche . West Acton
Buguey, John A. Acton
9. June 25, 1913 Lynn
Emrick, Roy Leduc . Acton
12. October 8, 1913
Acton
Devane, Mary E. . West Acton
13. June 25, 1913
Kingman, Lauren C. . Concord
14. Nov. 15, 1913 Acton
Schnair, Zera L. . Wellesley
Larsen, Jorgan . Acton
Olsburg, Inga Johansen . Concord
Lawrence, Wayne G. . South Acton
Leighton, Helen E. . Concord
Parks, Ralph Silas . Stow
Stevenson, Margaret
. South Acton
17. December 13, 1913 . .
West Acton
Taylor, Belle Fox
. New York City
Schofield, Anthony . Acton 30
Cannon, Cora B.
. Marlboro
19. January 8, 1913 Maynard
Sherry, Charles E. . Boxborough Williams, Annie T. . West Acton
Sherman, George G. Newton Highlands ..
20. October 24, 1913 South Acton
Piper, Ruth L. . South Acton . .
Willis, Carl Edward . South Acton
21. November 8, 1913 Acton Boulden, Margaret . Concord Junction . .
Acton
15. May 16, 1913 Concord Junction
16. July 10, 1913 Newton
King, Thomas H. . Concord
Satterly, Grant Theodore . Littleton
18. December 4, 1913 Marlboro
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1913
No. Date of Death 1913
Names.
Yrs.
Age Mos. Days
: 1. April 14
Anderson Carl
21
28
2. November 23
Bailey, Fred L.
45
10
30
3. April 17 .
Bean, Aleander P.
67
3
18
4. September 17
Billings, Luther
91
10
7
5. October 27
Brooks, George H.
57
6. July 30
Brown, Harriet Davis
87
11
25
7. March 10
Bulette, Antoine
82
10
1
8. April 5
Burgess, John William.
35
8
14
9. April 24
Calder, Maria
62
4
6
10. March 12 .
Cahill, John
45
11
22
11. February 23 ·
Davis, Ethelyn Nichols
32
8
28
12. May 19
Dupee, L. Josephine
67
11
13. February 11
Fletcher, Aaron S.
82
11
4
14. April 14
Fletcher, Mary W.
62
2
8
15. March 29
Fitzgerald, Ann E.
76
12
16. November 18 ..
Fiske. Maria .
76
4
30
17. February 25 .
French, William F.
1
2
24
18. June 26 .
Frye, Harriet
89
6
19.
January 1
Gardner, William
1
22
20. June 16
HIall I. Porter
8
27
21. February 18
Harris, George H.
82
10
23
22. May 4
Harris, Frank Edward
69
2
12
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23. October 6 .
Hawley, Sophia L.
.
63
2
11
24. April 20
Hayward, Margaret
78
10
18
25. July 30
Jones, Sarah J.
65
3
12
26. October 20
Kimball, George W.
78
3
16
27.
May 17
Laws, Hiram ..
68
10
20
28. July 29
Laurin, Clarence N.
3
11
3
29. March 20
Moan, Margaret Elizabeth
14
7
30.
October 28
Moan, Francis
56
31.
January 20
Morris. Charles
82
8
9
32.
April 26
Parker, Solon
84
8
7
33. August 15
Parker, Fannie W.
68
2
15
34.
February 15
Perkins, Ella B.
42
8
17
35.
May 10 ..
Preston, Mary S.
67
2
27
36.
December 1 .
Reed, George S.
81
20
37. March 9
Thurston, Dwight
4
27
38. December 9
Twichell, B. Anna
82
11
8
39. January 4
Woodward, Charles L.
54
8
26
40.
February 24 .
Zeigler, Olive Louise
9
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32
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NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1913.
No. Date of Death. 1913.
Age Yrs. Mos. Days
Place of Death.
Place of Burial
1.
September 15 . Anderson, Nellie May .... ·
37
26
Melrose . Woodlawn
2. October 30 ... Blanchard, Susan W.
85
5
8
Fitchburg . Mt. Hope
3. June 25 ...... Breed, Maud .
75
7
3
Leominster . . Woodlawn
4. February 27 .. Faulkner, Caroline Ann
73
Rumford, R. I. . Woodlawn
5. March 11 .... Fiske, Susan W.
89
1 20
Concord ..
. . Woodlawn
6. August 27
. Fuller, Sarah Wheeler
84
2
24
Framingham
.. Mt. Hope
7. June 26
. Hapgood, Andrew
89
9
29
Lynn
Mt. Hope
N. Actor.
9. February 13 . . Hughes, Sylvia A.
92
Somerville
. Woodlawn
10. February 9 . .. Johnson, Nathan F.
66
7
Lexington
. . Woodlawn
11. August 12 ... King, Benjamin A. Jr. 1
3
24 Stow
. Mt. Hope
12. February 22 .. Penniman, Harry H.
25
Lowell . Woodlawn
13. May 22
. Perkins, Mary Esther
85
Nashua . Woodlawn
14. April 9 . Porter, James W.
64
3
20
Boston
. Mt. Hope
15. January 18 ... Robbins, Joseph Noves
78
7
Somerville . Mt. Hope
16. September 10 . Sanders, Lizzie S.
59
9
8
Lowell . Woodlawn
17. May 7 ....... Tuttle, Frank .
76
11
23
Concord . Woodlawn
18. February 12 .. Wheeler, Ellen M.
79
1
27
Concord . Woodlawn
19, February 25 .. Wheeler, Alice M. ...
53
11
14
Sudbury . Woodlawn
.
85
5 14
Ashby . Woodlawn.
8. August 28
. . Hapgood. Mary T.
.
Names.
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PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1913.
Aiken, Alice H. $5.00
Farrar, Herman 5.00
Allen, Louis E. 2.00
Fletcher, Lester N. (2) 7.00
Bulette, Frank W. 2.00 Foster, Samuel J. ... 2.00
Boyce, Charles E.
2.00
Gallagher, Joseph 2.00
Brill, Fred E. 2.00
Green, Fred W. 2.00
Brown, Lizzie J. 2.00
Gilmore, Almon H. (2) 4.00
Bradley, Mary 2.00
Burroughs, S. R. 2.00
Burgess, Mrs. J. W. 2.00
Brooks, Mary
2.00
Hoit. F. W. 2.00
Baird, Edson
2.00
Harris, Hattie B. 5.00
Bresth, Simon 2.00
2.00
Holden, F. H. 2.00
Cuttell, Arthur
2.00
Holden, Willis L. 2.00
Chase, S. R. 2.00
Hawley, Henry H. Jr. 2.00
Coughlin, John F. 2.00
Jones, Samuel 2.00
Calder, Maria 2.00
Coughlin, W. C. 2.00
Davis, William E. .. 2.00
2.00
Kelley, William S. 2.00
Kimball. Elnathan (2) 4.00
Kerrigan, Michael .. 2.00
Davis, Charles E. .
2.00
Lewis, Herbert W. . . 2.00
Durkee, Raymond F .. 2.00 Davis, Wendell F. (2) 4.00
Livermore, J. William
2.00
Durkee, Harold 5.00
Lucier, Joseph 2.00
Densmore, J. A. 2.00 Laffin, Sidney 2.00
Emrick, Melvin W. 2.00
Enneguess Michael 2.00
Edney, Charles F. 2.00
Murphy. George E. . .
2.00
Frost C. A. 5.00
Ford, I. S. 2.00
Fairbank, C. H. 2.00
Farrar, Daniel H. 2.00
Fobes, E. S. 5.00
2.00
Lawrence, Harland .. 2.00
Moore, J. Sterling 2.00
Miller, Charles I. 2.00
Moore, William J. 2.00
Millan. Albion L. 2.00
Mason. William E. . 2.00
Mekkelsen, Jens 2.00
Morgan, William E. . 2.00
Grady. Roy 5.00
Hunt, Harry 2.00
Hardy, Mrs. F. E. (2) 4.00
Berry, J. W.
Houghton ,Ellsworth . 2.00
Jones, Warren 2.00
.Jones, Ralph T. 2.00
Knowlton, F. R. 2.00
DeTinno Angelo .
De Souza Bernardino 2.00
DeFegueredo Antonio
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Marsh, A. W. 2.00
Shapley, Eva C. 2.00
Noyes, G. L. 2.00
Sanborn, E. R. 2.00
Nagle, Elizabeth 2.00 Shaw, Francis A. 5.00
Nealey, Edward F. 2.00 Stearns, C. S. 5.00
O'Neil, Rose 2.00
Smiley, William A. .
2.00
Olsen, Simon 2.00
Samsel, Nicholas 2.00
O'Neil, Patrick
2.00
Smith, Stella D. 2.00
O'Connell, Michael 2.00
Sebastian, L. A. 5.00
Palma, John 2.00
Schofield, Harris C. (2) 7.00
Pratt, Est. of Francis 2.00
Priest, H. L. 5.00
Perkins, Levi
2.00
Thompson. T. A. 2.00
Perkins, A. H.
2.00
Taylor, Walter I. .. 2.00
Taylor, Charles A ... 2.00
Thayer, Arthur L. .. 2.00
Tyler, Webster 2.00
Page, E. C. 2.00
Reed, George H. 2.00
Reed, Joseph 5.00
Russell, John II. 2.00
Wetherbee, Ellis 2.00
Rivers, E. E. 5.00
Williams, F. G. 5.00
Robbins, F. W. 2.00
Worden, Martin H. .. 2.00
Richardson, George A. 2.00 Worster, George W. 2.00
Ring. John E. 5.00
Whitcomb, Fred S. .. 2.00
Robbins. W. C. (4) .. 8.00 Watkins, J. H. (3) .. 6.00
Smith, Albert 2.00
Wheeler, Charles H. . 5.00
Stevenson, John M. .. 5.00
Willis, Edward 2.00
116 licenses at $2.00 each. $232.00
22 licenses at $5.00 each. 110.00
$342.00
Deduct fees. 138 licenses at 20c each
27.60
$314.40
Paid to county treasurer
$312.60
Due county treasurer
1.80
$314.40
Penniman, W. H. 2.00
Weaver, George T. (2) 10.00
Willis, Oro A. 2.00
White, Eugene L. 2.00
Pope, Benjamin (3) .. 9.00
Taylor, Simon D. 2.00
Tuttle, Arthur 2.00
Pennell, Edmund H. 2.00
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
We have carried out the votes of the town to the best of our ability.
During the year new watering troughs have been placed in each of the villages, which, besides being very useful, are very ornamental as well.
It now looks as if a settlement would be made soon with the Town of Concord in the town farm land damage matter.
EDWARD Z. STANLEY, FRED S. WHITCOMB, JAMES P. BROWN, Selectmen of Acton.
March 18, 1914.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Mass.
Gentlemen : I herewith submit my report for the fiscal year of 1913 :
EXPENDITURES
General Government
Appropriations : For salaries and expenses $2,000.00
For surety bonds 100.00
$2,100.00
Selectmen's Department
Salaries and Wages :
J. P. Brown, chairman $100.00
E. Z. Stanley 50.00
Fred S. Whitcomb 50.00
Other Expenses :
$200.00
Postage, carfare, etc.
$18.07
$18.07
Auditing and Accountant Department Salaries and Wages : Accountant, W. T. Merriam, balance 1912-1913 $37.50
Accountant, W. T. Merriam, balance 1913-1914 100.00
$137.50
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Other Expenses :
Printing
$12.75
Postage 2.10
$14.85
Treasurer's Department
Salary and Wages:
Treasurer, F. W. Hoit $200.00
$200.00
Other Expenses :
Surety bond
$50.00
Printing supplies
9.10
Postage, carfare, etc.
16.49
Certifying five notes
15.00
$90.59
Collector's Department
Salaries and Wages :
Collector, W. F. Stevens $365.30
$365.30
Other Expenses :
Surety bond
$50.00
Printing supplies
13.90
Postage, carfare, etc.
9.70
$73.60
Assessors' Department
Salaries and Wages :
Assessor, Wm. F. Stevens $75.00
Assessor, W. F. Kelley
60.00
Assessor, James B. Tuttle
55.00
$190.00
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Other Expenses :
Printing supplies
$4.75
Postage, carfare, etc. $18.36
$23.11
Town Clerk's Department
Salaries and Wages :
Town Clerk, Horace F. Tuttle
$40.00
Copying town report records 5.00
$45.00
Other Expenses :
Ink .50
Supplies, Hobbs & Warren 8.50
Postage, carfare, etc.
9.31
Attending meeting at Ayer
2.50
$20.81
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages :
Registrar, H. F. Tuttle
$25.00
Registrar, S. A. Guilford 20.00
Registrar, James M. Green 20.00
Registrar, Geo. E. Holton
20.00
$85.00
Election Officers :
Charles E. Smith 5.00
H. F. Robbins
2.50
C. A. Durkee 5.00
T. F. Newton
5.50
L. C. Hastings
5.50
C. O'Neil
5.50
Abram Tuttle
8.50
C. D. Cram
2.50
C. J. Holton
5.00
E. R. Teele
2.50
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James Kinsley 5.00
W. F. Kelley 5.50
H. F. Tuttle 5.00
John F. Coughlin 5.00
W. H. Kingsley 5.00
A. F. Davis 5.00
E. C. Cheney 5.00
$83.00
Other Expenses :
F. S. Glines, opening school for regis- tration $2.00
W. F. Stevens, transporting election returns 3.00
F. S. Whitcomb, inspector for primary and state election 5.00
F. W. Green, setting up booth 1.50
Universalist Society, rent for voting, 6.00
$17.50
Overseers of Poor Department
Salaries and Wages :
Overseer, W. F. Kelley
$50.00
Overseer, E. Z. Stanley 20.00
$70.00
Other Expenses :
Postage, carfare, etc.
9.74
Blanks, Hobbs & Warren 2.10
$11.84
Total General Government
$1,646.17
Unexpended 453.83
$2,100.00
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Buildings and Grounds
Appropriation $300.00
Received for rent, town hall 110.00
$410.00
Town Hall Maintenance :
Janitor, R. W. Porter $89.20
American Woolen Co., light 29.64
West and South Acton Supply Dis- trict, pipes and water rent 67.20
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal,
32.25
William H. Kingsley, sawing wood .. 5.00
Dexter Spinney, wood
8.75
E. S. Fobes, labor on common
9.00
E. Z. Stanley, repairs
39.29
Davis, King Co., repairs
5.00
O. D. Wood, repairs 22.25
E. P. Gates, repairs 4.35
C. H. Persons, repairs piano 1.00
W. C. Robinson Co., oil .85
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 4.92
Total for buildings and grounds $318.70 Unexpended 91.30
$410.00
Protection Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation $150.00
Received for court fines
39.32
Received rebate, C. E. Wood 1.50
$190.82
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Paid :
William C. Coughlin, special duty . $3.75
E. S. Fobes, special duty 28.50
E. S. Fobes, court fees 54.86
William F. Stevens, court fees
8.08
James Kinsley, court fees
5.84
James Kinsley, special duty
18.00
George Libby, special duty
2.50
James P. Brown, special duty
2.50
W. J. Benere, special duty
3.00
J. L. Richardson, special duty 4.75
H. R. Moore, special duty 10.25
N. J. Driscoll, special duty
31.75
N. J. Driscoll, court fees 6.85
E. Z. Stanley, expense 12.21
Total police department
$192.84
Appropriation overdrawn 2.02
Enforcement of Liquor Law
Fund on hand
$1,168.70
Paid :
N. Samsel
$15.00
J. P. Brown
.75
Unexpended 1,152.95
$1,168.70
Fire Department
Appropriation $400.00
Appropriation, special town meeting, 1.000.00
For hydrant service, East Acton 184.00
For hydrant service, fire district
2,500.00
For hose, etc., Acton Center 500.00
For repairs fire house, So. Acton
150.00
$4,734.00
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Paid :
Town of Concord, hydrant service E. Acton $184.00
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co. 118.10
West and South Water Supply Dis- trict, hydrant service 2,250.00
Mathieson Alkali Works 4.48
Tuttle & Newton, soda 3.64
George H. Reed, freight
.50
J. P. Brown, freight
. 48
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
5.14
E. P. Gates, repairs
1.75
William H. Kingsley, watching fire .
18.50
So. Acton Woolen Co., acid
7.09
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., So. Acton, repairs 11.82
S. B. Ineson, repairs, So. Acton
120.85
American Woolen Co., supplies
1.08
J. P. Brown, repairs 2.25
F. W. Green, taking out ashes
1.00
Maintenance for West fire house
117.00
Maintenance for South fire house 117.00
D. H. Farrar, repairs 8.50
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., repairs,
East Acton 16.12
$2,989.30
Fighting Brush Fires
Paid :
Town of Concord, fire Powder Mills,
$26.82
J. S. White 24.63
9.05
William H. Kingsley 14.80
A. C. Perham
9.22
Town of Westford
15.00
George E. Greenough
4.00
$103.52
J. P. Brown
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New Hose, Etc.
Boston Coupling Co., hose, etc. ..... $644.73
C. C. C. Fire Hose & Rubber Co., hose, etc. 772.90
$1,417.63
West Acton Fire, July 22nd, 1913
Paid :
Fitchburg Fire Dept. $92.00
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies 1.54
J. S. Hoar, repairs, fire house 26.04
C. A. Durkee 7.00
James Grimes 4.50
George Ackley
4.50
W. A. Davis
4.50
Howard Reed 4.50
D. Kinsley
3.00
N. Wambolt
7.00
L. Kempton 6.50
F. Moan
4.50
W. Coolidge
4.50
J. Young
3.50
M. Wheeler
4.25
D. Moan
1.25
. T. McDonald 4.25
A. Hawes . 50
A. Greenwood .50
F. W. Green.
6.25
J. Hopps
2.50
F. Williams 3.00
$196.08
Total fire department $4,706.53
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