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Unexpended 27.47
$4.734.00
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Moth Department
Appropriation $970.00
Power spray 600.00
Received, state highway work 151.01
Received, state treasurer, moth work, 550.00
Received, private moth work
285.50
Received, for spray pump
3.00
Received, from state, arsenate of lead,
100.00
$2,659.51
Paid James O'Neil, labor and expense,
2,608.16
Unpaid private moth work
139.46
Unpaid from state, moth work
313.19
Elm Tree Beetle
Appropriation
$400.00
Received, private work 19.34
$419.34
Paid :
W. H. Kingsley, labor $42.00
James O'Neil, labor 314.46
State, arsenate of lead
100.00
$456.46
Overdrawn
37.12
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation $1,000.00
Received, inspection of animals 23.40
Received Mr. McDonald, inspection . . 259.50
Received town of Rowley
32.50
$1,315.40
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Paid :
Eastern Drug Co., supplies $13.13
Hall Staples, professional services 114.00
A. F. Blanchard, supplies 3.38
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies
66.28
James Hurley, quarantine 57.09
E. S. Fobes, fumigating, etc. 99.35
E. S. Fobes, inspection, McDonald . . 259.50
E. S. Fobes, inspection, Blanchard .. 217.50
Est. E. F. Barker, use of land, public dump 8.00
Chester Smith, labor at dump
2.00
E. C. Page, fumigating, etc.
123.45
F. E. Tasker, supplies, etc.
3.70
Miss Z. Miner, nurse
45.00
W. G. Lawrence, quarantine
9.00
James B. Tuttle, expenses to Rowley 6.00
Town
O. S. Fowler, fumigating 4.00
W. B. Clark Co., books
3.56
Carter Carter Meigs Co., supplies
27.32
F. S. Whitcomb, inspection animals .. 100.00
F. E. Tasker, school physician 25.00
S. A. Christie, school physician 25.00
F. K. Shaw, school physician
25.00
Total health and sanitation
$1,237.26
Unexpended 78.14
$1,315.40
Due from state cattle inspection. . 50.00
Highway and Bridges
Appropriation $4,000.00
Oiling roads 300.00
Received for gasoline and road dust, 15.00
$4,315.00
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Paid :
A. H. Perkins, labor $1,965.03
W. H. Kingsley, labor 1,097.21
W. B. Franklin, labor 385.25
A. H. Perkins, gasoline, supplies 124.55
A. H. Perkins, gravel 15.80
A. H. Perkins, liability insurance 25.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 11.68
E. P. Gates, repairs 9.75
A. H. Perkins, inspection roller 5.00
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
17.44
Lunt, Moss Co., repairs
31.36
Davis, King Co., supplies 1.00
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., repairs
9.84
Good Roads Machine Co., supplies ..
24.85
Standard Oil Co., oiling roads
514.01
W. C. Robinson & Son, oil
20.89
Thomas Mccarthy, stone
6.00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co. 57.46
Ole Granberg, gravel 5.00
Finney & Hoit, supplies
1.00
W. A. Flint, gravel 5.00
J. P. Brown, repairs 1.50
W. H. Kingsley, repairs crusher
31.00
Total highway and bridges
$4,365.62
Overdrawn
50.62
Street Lighting
Appropriation $2,300.00
Appropriation for lights. E. Acton ...
200.00
$2,500.00
Paid :
American Woolen Co.
$2,542.64
D. C. Harris, lighting one lamp
4.00
Simon Bresth, lighting one lamp
4.00
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E. Z. Stanley, lighting one lamp 4.00
Bernardino De Souza, lighting lamp
three years 12.00
Total for street lighting
$2,566.64
Overdrawn 66.64
Charities
Town Farm
Appropriation
$600.00
Sale of product and stock 1,421.47
$2,021.47
Paid :
M. W. Emrick, warden $475.00
M. W. Emrick, labor 114.40
M. W. Emrick, carting milk
7.50
M. W. Emrick, ladder
2.75
Joseph Norwich, labor
18.55
James Lawton, labor
25.00
V. Adamouski, labor
15.75
Fred Wilson, labor
70.00
S. B. Ineson, fish
4.08
Ralph Jones, fish
1.15
George H. Reed, grain
288.45
George H. Reed, coal
42.60
J. S. Moore, provisions
245.86
Finney & Hoit, supplies
46.25
E. Z. Stanley, repairs
31.66
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies
3.37
C. H. Mead & Co., grain
442.81
W. F. Kelley, telephone
41.30
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
repairs 20.92
Fred Grenier 3.50
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
3.94
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W. H. Kingsley, sawing wood 6.88
W. K. Emerson, supplies 21.00
E. A. Phalen, repairs 22.00
J. T. McNiff, repairs 5.50
Fritz Oelschlegel, repairs 7.40
O. D. Fessenden, barrels 28.74
L. H. Tuttle, barrels 10.50
Hall Bros. Co., sawing lumber, etc. .. 11.97
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 52.03
Total town farm $2,070.86
Overdrawn 49.39
Outside Poor
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Received from town of Boxboro 98.89
$1,098.89
Paid :
Town of Randolph $37.00
City of Lawrence 22.00
City of No. Adams 36.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 29.50
Town of Leominster 78.41
E. A. Phalen, rent 24.00
Harriet Rudolph, rent
44.00
W. T. S. Bartlett, rent 52.00
Mrs. Roullard, rent 15.00
City of Boston 20.00
Hall Staples, town physician
25.00
F. D. Morrison, milk 35.67
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
296.22
Tuttle & Newton, supplies 187.16
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies 95.89
J. S. Moore, supplies 23.39
L. Davis 5.50
George H. Reed, coal 6.39
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E. C. Page 15.00
Total outside poor $1,048.13
Unexpended 50.76
$1,098.89
Soldiers' Benefit
State Aid
Received from state treasurer
$859.00
Amount due from state Feb. 1, 1913,
$929.00
Amount paid out 928.00
Balance due from state Mar. 1, 1914,
998.00
$1,857.00 $1,857.00
Military Aid
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid for aid $20.00
Unexpended
80.00
$100.00
Education
Appropriation $17,500.00
Received from Concord, rebate tuition 28.80
Received rebate on ticket 1.74
Received state treasurer, tuition
109.70
Received state treasurer, Supt. fund, 343.75
Received state treasurer, Mass. fund,
1,238.35
Received county treasurer, dog tax ..
301.65
$19,524.99
Paid :
Report of school committee $19,357.85
Unexpended 167.14
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Memorial Library
Library Expense
Appropriation
$500.00
Received from fines 27.00
$527.00
Paid :
E. F. Conant, insurance $52.09
American Woolen Co., light 40.82
O. E. Houghton, transportation
of
books
50.00
S. H. Taylor, janitor
116.65
A. F. Davis, librarian
138.20
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., fuel.
72.03
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
13.62
E. Z. Stanley, repairs 10.00
19.55
A. Hosmer, printing
W. A. Raynor 8.00
W. H. Kingsley, wood 2.50
Total library expense $523.46
Unexpended 3.54
Library Books
Appropriation $200.00
Unexpended balance February 1, 1913, 1.35
Interest on library fund
241.60
Paid :
L. D. White, cataloging $50.40
W. B. Clarke Co., books 168.29
Dura Binding Co. 1.55
W. D. Tuttle, express 1.12
H. F. Tuttle, expense cataloging 14.18
H. F. Tuttle, book 1.39
J. H. Janson, book 1.00
$442.95
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F. H. Dyer, book 10.00
James T. White & Co., books
104.00
Herman Goldberger 42.56
David Farquhar
35.50
W. A. Wilde & Co.
7.16
Total library books $437.15
Unexpended 5.80
Unclassified
Appropriation $550.00
Appropriation water supply in water-
ing troughs 150.00
$700.00
Paid :
E. C. Page, return deaths $15.25
Compensation insurance, moth dept. . 64.25
J. Chattilion & Son., sealer weights and measures supplies 1.75
W. & L. E. Gurley, sealer weights and measures supplies 10.17
N. Samsel, services
2.00
F. S. Whitcomb, watering trough West Acton 50.00
Board of water commissioners, con-
5.82
necting to watering trough ... W. H. Kingsley, watering trough, Acton 50.00
J. P. Brown, watering trough, South Acton 50.00
A. F. Davis lettering monument 2.50
W. F. Stevens, express and delivering reports 2.20
W. F. Stevens, expense account dog tax 2.60
J. P. Brown, repairs pump
1.25
R. W. Porter, care clock and flag 30.00
J. P. Brown, express and delivering reports 3.17
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J. P. Brown, notary fee .50
H. F. Tuttle, collecting and recording 37 births 18.50
H. F. Tuttle, recording 21 marriages . 4.20
H. F. Tuttle, recording 39 deaths 7.80
H. F. Tuttle, transmitting 3 deaths, 1 birth 1.00
Hall Staples, returning 7 births 1.75
F. K. Shaw, returning 8 births 2.00
F. E. Tasker, returning 6 births 1.50
S. A. Christie, returning 6 births 1.50
L. D. Sullivan, returning 1 birth .25
F. H. Brady, returning 1 birth .25
F. P. Flagg, returning 1 birth .25
Howard Hamlin, returning 1 birth .25
F. J. Barker, returning 2 births .50
I. L. Pickard, returning 1 birth
.25
James D. Christie, returning 1 birth . 25
Boston Nickel Plating Co. 7.35
M. E. Taylor & Co., rope for flag 1.80
M. E. Taylor & Co., asphaltum for cannons .25
M. E. Taylor & Co., paint band stand, 2.30
W. F. Stevens, checking corporation tax 1.20
W. F. Stevens, abatements 138.38
Total unclassified $482.99
Unexpended 217.01
Memorial Day
Appropriation $100.00
Paid Isaac Davis post 100.00
Cemetery Department
Appropriation $600.00
Sale lots, Woodlawn
90.00
$690.00
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Paid :
Julian Tuttle, labor, Woodlawn $134.50
Julian Tuttle, labor, North 12.00
Julian Tuttle, plants, Woodlawn 7.21
S. H. Taylor, labor, Woodlawn 37.63
A. H. Smith, labor, Woodlawn 95.28
Finney & Hoit, flags, Woodlawn 6.25
E. T. Rice, repairs pump, Woodlawn, 3.25
A. Parlin, labor, Woodlawn 8.75
E. T. Rice, pipes, etc., Mt. Hope 143.15
A. H. Perkins, labor, Mt. Hope 49.97
A. Batley & Son, flowers, Mt. Hope . 15.71
E. R. Teele, spraying Mt. Hope . . .
9.15
West and South Water Supply Dis- trict, rent 6.00
H. F. Tuttle, attending meeting West Acton 3.00
H. T. Tuttle, preparing report 5.00
H. F. Tuttle, writing two deeds 1.00
Total cemetery department $537.85
Unexpended 152.15
$690.00
Perpetual Care Lots
Unexpended balance February 1, 1913, $503.97
Income on fund 436.75
$940.72
Paid :
Julian Tuttle, plants $62.08
Julian Tuttle, labor 175.75
A. H. Perkins, labor 42.30
F. C. Hayward, interest 17.50
George H. DeCosta, interest
3.50
Total perpetual care $301.13 Unexpended March 1, 1914 639.59
$940.72
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Interest
Receipts from collector
$154.72
Received interest grade crossing
126.73
Treasurer's deposit
68.30
$349.75
Paid :
Old Colony Trust Co. $86.57
First National Bank
222.67
Cemetery fund
11.58
$320.82
Municipal Indebtedness
Loans, Old Colony Trust Co.
$3,000.00
First National Bank 13,000.00
$16,000.00
Paid :
Old Colony Trust Co.
$3,000.00
First National Bank 12,000.00
$15,000.00
Note unpaid
1,000.00
Printing
Appropriation Paid :
News-Enterprise, ballots $19.50
News-Enterprise, 4 lots warrants 21.75
News-Enterprise, annual reports 151.20
News-Enterprise, school reports 7.00
News-Enterprise, tax list 17.00
News-Enterprise, voting list 15.00
News-Enterprise, notice to voters
2.00
A. Hosmer, caucus notices 1.50
P. B. Murphy, dog license blanks
1.00
Total for printing Unexpended 64.05
$235.95
$300.00
$300.00
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Financial Statement Receipts
Due from treasurer
$808.54
Due from collector 4,653.44
Appropriation :
Memorial day 100.00
Highway and bridges 4,300.00
Memorial library, books
200.00
Memorial library, expense
500.00
Fire department 400.00
Hydrant service East Acton
184.00
Hydrant service
2,250.00
Repairing South fire house
150.00
Extermination moth
970.00
Elm leaf beetle 400.00
Water supply schools
250.00
Water supply watering troughs
150.00
Bond, collector and treasurer
100.00
School department
17,500.00
Street lighting Raised :
2,500.00
For state tax
4,480.00
For state highway tax 301.50
For county tax
2,260.09
For overlay
276.64
Received :
Treasurer's report 28,049.49
Farm receipts 1,421.47
Interest on taxes 154.72
Moth tax
320.44
C. M. & H. railroad tax
115.88
Cemetery fund
1,625.00
--- $74,421.21
Expenditures
State tax
$4,480.00
County tax
2,260.09
State highway tax 301.50
Corporation tax, public service
9.90
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General government
1,646.17
Buildings and grounds 318.70
Police department 192.84
Enforcement liquor law
15.75
Fire department
4,706.53
Moth department
2.608.16
Elm tree beetle
456.46
Health and sanitation
1,237.26
Highway and bridges
4,365.62
Town farm
2,070.86
Street lighting
2.566.64
Outside poor
1,048.13
State aid
928.00
Military aid
20.00
Education
19,357.85
Library expense
523.46
Library books 437.15
Unclassified 482.99
Memorial day
100.00
Cemetery
537.85
Perpetual care
301.13
Interest
320.82
Municipal indebtedness
15,000.00
Printing
235.95
Uncollected taxes
5,847.17
Cash on hand
2,044.23
$74,421.21
Financial Statement for Year Ending March 1, 1914
Due from treasurer
$2,044.23
Due from collector 5,847.17
Due from state aid 998.00
Due from moth work 313.19
Due from inspection cattle 50.00
Due from town of Boxboro 40.21
Due from state, outside poor
31.10
$9.323.90
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Liabilities
Unexpended balance cemetery fund . $639.59
Unexpended balance library fund 5.80
Fund for enforcement liquor law 1,152.95
Cemetery fund in treasury 2,475.00
W. B. Clarke Co., library books 77.35
A. Christofferson, schools 132.00
Town of Stow, schools
50.00
George E. Greenough, schools
18.00
E. S. Fobes, inspection
46.50
E. C. Page, board of health
7.12
American Woolen Co., street lights ..
237.33
American Woolen Co., town hall lights 1.30
A. H. Perkins, snow bill 94.10
W. B. Franklin, snow bill
69.50
W. H. Kingsley, snow bill 33.33
T. F. Parker, supplies, road depart- ment 5.67
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, road department 7.29
Hall Brothers Co., supplies, road de- partment 4.25
Davis, King Co., supplies, road depart- ment 3.00
E. P. Gates, repairs, road department, 21.30
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies, farm .... 129.70
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, farm ... 179.55
W. H. Kingsley, sawing wood, farm .. 8.75
Finney & Hoit, supplies, farm
16.75
J. S. Moore, supplies, farm 20.92
E. Z. Stanley, repairs, farm
1.50
George H. Cash, ice, farm 4.00
E. T. Rice, repairs, farm 2.00
F. W. Robbins, ice, farm 8.25
E. A. Phalen, rent, outside poor 8.00
Town of Randolph, outside poor . 85.21
W. H. Kingsley, wood, outside poor 5.50
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J. S. Moore, supplies, outside poor .. 6.80
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies, outside poor 9.50
Mrs. Margaret Rouillard, rent, outside poor 15.00
City of Boston, outside poor 21.43
Harriet Rudolph, rent, outside poor .. 4.00
Tuttle & Newton, supplies, outside
poor 18.48
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies, outside poor 398.97
$6,025.69
Balance in favor of the town $3,298.21
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM T. MERRIAM,
Acton, Mass., March 10, 1914.
Town Accountant.
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 March 1st, 1914
Cash on hand February 1st, 1913 ... $808.54
Received :
State treasurer, corporation tax, pub-
lic service 1,665.50
State treasurer, corporation tax, busi- ness 4,360.65
State treasurer, national bank tax 488.91
State treasurer, state aid 859.00
State treasurer, inspection of animals. 23.40
State treasurer, tuition of children ..
109.70
State treasurer, Mass. school fund ... 343.75
State treasurer, income of Mass. school fund 1,238.35
State treasurer, moth work 550.00
State treasurer. reimbursement for
loss of taxes on land used for public institutions 121.31
State treasurer, excess interest on
grade crossing account 126.73
State treasurer, street railway tax . . 132.29
State treasurer, state highway work, 109.76
State treasurer, state highway work . 41.25
County treasurer, dog license 301.65
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street
Railway, excise tax 115.88
Town of Concord, refund of tuition . 28.80
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Middlesex Central court, fines 39.32
Boston & Maine R. R., refund school transportation 1.74
Old Colony Trust Co., loan 3,000.00
First National Bank Ayer, loan 12,000.00
First National Bank Ayer, fire de- partment loan 1,000.00
Police department, refund 1.50
Pool license, C. J. Holton 2.00
William Kingsley, tree warden
19.34
Rent of town hall 110.00
Slaughter license, William McDonald, 1.00
Slaughter license, A. F. Blanchard . .
1.00
Memorial library, fines 27.00
Board of health, William McDonald .
259.50
Board of health, Town of Rowley .
32.50
Road department, gasoline
9.00
Road department, stone dust
4.00
Road department, road dust
2.00
Moth department, old spray pump ...
3.00
Moth department, elm leaf beetle account 100.00
Cemetery lots sold, H. F. Tuttle
90.00
Interest account, International Trust Co. 11.90
Interest account, First National Bank Aver 56.40
Overseers of poor, outside poor account 98.89
Cemetery fund, Leonard Bulette, lot,
100.00
Ruth Robbins, lot 100.00
Henry T. Billings, lot 100.00
Frank B. Lothrop, lot
200.00
Oliver Mead, lot 100.00
Lewis Wood, Jr., lot 100.00
Aaron Fletcher, lot 50.00
Bessie E. Brown, lot
100.00
George Conant, lot 100.00
George Gardner, lot 100.00
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Hiram J. Hapgood, lot
100.00
Charles Robinson, lot 75.00
Emma A. Johnson, lot
100.00
Mrs. F. E. Flint, lot
100.00
H. Lewis Bush, lot
100.00
George H. Harris, lot
100.00
Income from cemetery fund
436.75
Income from library fund
241.60
$30,598.91
Town Farm Receipts :
Milk
$885.05
Eggs
57.52
Apples
328.10
Pigs
32.00
Cow
45.00
Telephone
8.83
Fowl
13.60
Calves
24.50
Vegetables
4.37
School wood
22.50
$1,421.47
Received of William F. Stevens, Collector
Taxes collected 1910
$0.00
Interest
1.12
Taxes collected 1911
504.56
Interest
44.08
Taxes collected 1912
3,592.04
Interest
91.48
Taxes collected 1913
32,302.34
Interest
18.04
$36,553.66
$68,574.04
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Paid approved orders $66,529.81
Cash on hand March 1, 1914
2,044.23
$68,574.04
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Report of Wilde Memorial Library Funds
To cash in Charlestown Five Cent
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 1.000.00
Received interest on money in bank . 201.60
Received interest on bond 40.00
Unexpended balance February 1, 1913, 1.35
Appropriation for books
200.00
$6,442.95
By cash in banks
$5,000.00
West Shore Railroad bond
1,000.00
Expended for books, etc.
437.15
Balance unexpended
5.80
$6,442.95
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 Cent Savings Bank, 1,000.00 Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank 1,000.00
Lowell Mechanics Savings Bank
1,000.00
Lowell Central Savings Bank
1,000.00
Lowell City Institution for Savings ..
2,000.00
Middlesex Institution for Savings . Luke Blanchard fund, in North End Savings bank 500.00
900.00
Tomb fund in Charlestown Five Cent Bank 100.00
Memorial tablet fund in Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank 50.00
Warren Institution for Savings 50.00
Cash in town treasury
2,475.00
Total funds
$13,250.00
Income 1913 436.75
Unexpended balance February 1, 1913,
503.97
$14,190.72
By amount expended
$301.13
Principal cemetery fund
13,250.00
Income unexpended
639.59
$14,190.72
FRANK W. HOIT,
Treasurer.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
Valuation, April 1, 1913.
Buildings, exclusive of land.
$1,098,575.00
Land, exclusive of buildings 526,385.00
Personal estate 814,785.00
Total valuation $2,439,745.00
Valuation April 1, 1912
2,425,330.00
Increase in valuation 14,415.00
Rate of taxation $14.75.
Tax Assessed as Follows:
Real estate
23,968.16
Personal estate
12,018.07
Polls
1,286.00
$37,272.23
Moth tax
$320.44
Franchise tax 115.88
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Amount of Money Raised.
For state tax
$4,480.00
For state highway tax
301.50
For county tax
2,260.09
For town grant
29,954.00
For overlay
276.64
$37,272.23
WILLIAM F. STEVENS, JAMES B. TUTTLE, WILLIAM F. KELLEY, Assessors of Acton.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
For Fiscal Year Ending March 1, 1914.
Dr. 1911
Balance uncollected February 1, 1913, $504.56
Interest collected 44.08
$548.64
Cr. .
Paid treasurer 548.64
Dr. 1912
Balance uncollected February 1, 1913, $4,148.88
Interest collected 91.48
$4,240.36
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$3,633.52
Abatements
50.00
$3,683.52
Uncollected March 1, 1914. $556.84
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1913
Dr.
Town, state and county taxes com-
mitted to collector July 15, 1913, $37,272.23
Moth tax 320.44
Interest collected
$37,592.67
18.04
$37,610.71
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$32,232.00
Abatements 88.38
$32,320.38
Uncollected March 1, 1914 $5,290.33
WM. F. STEVENS, Collector.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.
To the Citizens of Acton :
I submit my report as tree warden.
The town raised for this department $400.00, expended as follows :
Paid James O'Neil, labor, team, ex- penses $134.83
State, arsenate of lead, expenses, 100.00
Bert Perkins, team, expenses .... 30.00
Patrick Pickett, labor, expenses,
70.88
Martin Brown, labor, expenses ... 38.00
John Murphy, labor, expenses ... 27.00
Bert Reed, labor, expenses.
13.75
$414.46
I would recommend the raising of $400.00 at least for this department, as there is some dead trees to be removed and also a lot of trimming to be done.
JAMES O'NEIL, Tree Warden.
70
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
Town of Acton for the Year 1913.
The board of health submits the following report for the year ending February 1st, 1914 :
Burial permits issued in Acton.
32
Burial permits issued in other places
List of contagious diseases reported by board of health from February 1st, 1913, to February 1st, 1914 :
Diphtheria
1
Glanders
1
Measles
11
Scarlet fever
18
Tuberculosis
2
Whooping cough
2
Deaths from contagious diseases
2
Beef Inspected for the Town.
Inspected
Condemned
Cattle
146
10
Veal
717
33
Hogs
60
2
Lambs
6
0
71
Blackstone Beef Co., McDonald, License.
Inspected
Condemned
Cattle
1939
80
Veal
107
9
Hogs
32
2
Lambs
. .
Your board has established a new Public Dump in the south part of the town on the land of W. A. Flint in rear of his gravel pit on right side of the road leading from South Acton to Stow.
Your board would very much appreciate the habit of dumping on low ground only at the West Acton Public Dump, as otherwise a needless expense is put upon the town in overhauling and clearing away so that even an entrance may be had.
In view of the constantly increasing work and expense of this department I would recommend that $1500.00 be appropriated for the use of the board for the present year.
EDWARD C. PAGE, Secretary.
72
REPORT OF CATTLE INSPECTOR
I have inspected in 1913 :
Milch and dry cows 675
Young cattle 177
Bulls
25
Swine
75
Sheep
5
Goats
1
Cow stables 115
I have quarantined eleven head of cattle for tuberculosis which were taken by this state and killed, also one horse killed and buried with the glanders.
F. S. WHITCOMB, Inspector of Cattle.
73
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS
We recommend that the town rebuild the bridge at the Powder Mills, as the present bridge is beyond permanent repair and is unsafe for travel. And also replank the bridge over the railroad at South Acton.
We recommend the raising of $5,000.00 for the re- pair of roads.
A. H. PERKINS, WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY, WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, Road Commissioners.
1
74
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Acton :
The report of the overseers of the poor is herewith sub- mitted :
There has been a further increase in the expense of outside poor during the year, largely due to hospital cases, and also the act giving aid to mothers with dependent children for which the town will be partly reimbursed later on.
The expense at the farm has also increased, but included in this are some permanent repairs on the barn and a fur- ther improvement in the condition of the farm which must result favorably in the future.
Largest number of inmates during year 3 Number at present time (men) . 2
We recommend appropriations as follows :
Outside poor
$1,200.00
Farm
800.00
Aid Furnished Outside Poor.
Expenses per report accountant.
$1,048.13
Receipts
98.89
$949.24
Support of Poor on Farm.
Expenditures per report of accountant, $2.070.86
75
Inventory of Stock at Farm February 1, 1914
6 Cows $390.00
4 Heifers 100.00
2 Horses 300.00
13 Tons hay 300.00
Harnesses 50.00
Wagons, carts and sleds 325.00
Farming implements 200.00
Pump
100.00
Grain
16.00
Barrels and boxes
4.00
Coal
14.00
Wood cut for stove
100.00
Set measures
1.00
Salt
.75
Horse blankets.
15.00
60 Hens
60.00
Potatoes
23.00
Apples
10.00
Preserves, pickles, etc.
20.00
Household goods and kitchen
utensils
275.00
Wheel chair
20.00
Groceries and supplies
23.00
Robes 6.00
3 Cords wood at farm
13.50
Salt pork
3.00
Corn on ear
8.00
Lumber
70.00
Stone lifter 20.00
Pulley blocks and ropes
4.00
Cross cut saw
4.00
Ice, 200 cakes
20.00
Seed corn
4.00
$2,499.25
76
Expenditures
$2,070.86
Inventory 1913.
2,441.40
$4,512.26
Inventory 1914
$2,499.25
Receipts
1,421.47
Wood delivered
31.50
$3,952.22
$560.04
WILLIAM F. KELLEY, EDWARD Z. STANLEY,
Board of Overseers of the Poor.
77
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending, February 1, 1914.
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.
Deposit No. and Date of
WOODLAWN CEMETERY
NAME OF FUND
Amount
Deposited
On hand
Feb. 1, 1913
Income
Expended
On hand
Feb. 1, 1914
1
Hepsabeth Piper
$50.00
$51.50 $1.75|
$1.50
$51.75
2
Frederick Rouillard
100.00
100.15
3.50
3.50
100.15
3
William W. Davis
100.00
101.50
3.50
3.50
101.50
4
Jedediah Tuttle
50.00
50.50
1.75
1.50
50.75
5
Mary Skinner
200.00
202.69
7.00
5.76
203.93
6
Nancy K. Handley
500.00
541.77
17.50
12.88
546.39
7
Mary Severance
100.00
102.50
3.50
3.00
103.00
8
Mary W. Chaffin
100.00
101.25
3.50
3.00
101.75
9
Warren Robbins
100.00
100.50
3.50
3.50
100.50
10
Henry Loker
100.00
101.04
3.50
3.00
101.54
11
Henry Lothrop
200.00
202.32
7.00
6.88
202.44
12
Luther W. Piper
100.00
100.61
3.50
2.96
101.15
13
James Temple .
100.00
101.00
3.50
3.00
101.50
14
Fidelia Wheeler
100.00
102.57
3.50
4.00
102.07
15
William H. Chapman
100.00
102.50
3.50
4.50
101.50
16
Mary A. Robbins
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