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Aiken, Alice H. (2) .. $7.00
Foster, Samuel J. . .. 2.00
Allen, Louis E. 2.00
Gallagher, Joseph A. 2.00
Baker, Ralph G. 2.00 Green, Fred W. 2.00
Bayeur, Eli
2.00
Gilmore. Almon H. (2) 4.00
Bulette, Frank W. 2.00
Grady, Roy
5.00
Brill. Fred E. 2.00
Greenleaf, Kennels (4) 17.00
Brown, Lizzie J. 2.00
Hardy, Mrs. F. E. 2.00
Bradley, Mary 2.00
Burgess, Mrs. J. W. . 5.00
Berry, J. N.
2.00
Houghton, Ellsworth 2.00
Brooks, Charles 2.00
Holden, F. Il.
2.00
Bent. James 2.00
Cuttell, Arthur
2.00
Coughlin, W. C. 2.00
('rosby, Clarence L.
(2) 4.00
Davis, Wm. E.
2.00
DeTinno. Angelo
2.00
De Souza Bernardino
5.00
Kelley. Wm. F. 2.00
DeFegueredo Antonio
2.00
Lewis, Herbert W. 2.00
Davis, Charles E. 2.00
Livermore. J. William 2.00
Durkee. Raymond F. 2.00
Laffin. Sidney 2.00
Davis, Wendell F. 2.00
Libby, George A. 5.00
Davis, Minnie 2.00
MacGovern, Hugh 2.00
Dole. Cyrus G. 2.00
MacIntyre. Walter 2.00
DeTinno, Gabriel 2.00
Mason, Roger 2.00
Densmore, J. A.
2.00
Mason. William E. 2.00
Enneguess, Michael .
2.00
Mauro. N.
2.00
Edney, Charles F.
2.00
Morrison. F. D. 2.00
Fairbanks. C. H. 2.00
Moore. J. Sterling 2.00
Farrar. Daniel H. 2.00
Miller, Charles I. 2.00
Farrand. Wm. H. 2.00
Murphy. George E. 2.00
Fletcher. Lester N. (2) 7.00
Mekkelsen. Jens 2.00
Fobes. E. S.
5.00
Millan, Albion L. 2.00
Hoit. F. W. 2.00
Harris, Hattie B. 5.00
Holden. Willis L. 2.00
Hazel, Mary D. 2.00
Jones. Samuel 2.00
Jones, Warren 2.00
Jones, Ralph T. 2.00
2.00
Knowlton. F. R. Kimball. Elnathan (2) 4.00
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Nims. J. Buchanan 2.00
Noyes, G. L. . 2.00
Sheehan, John H. 2.00
Nagle, Elizabeth 2.00 Smith, John D. 2.00
Nealey, Edward F. 5.00
O'Neil, Rose 2.00
O'Connell, Lena J. 2.00
O'Connell, Michael 2.00
Smiley, Wm. A. 2.00
Olsen, Simon 2.00
Samsel, Nicholas 2.00
Pratt, Frank A. 5.00
Palma, John 2.00
Pratt, Est of Francis 2.00
Tucker, George S. ...
2.00
Priest, H. L. 5.00
Taylor, Charles A. (2) 7.00
Perkins, Levi
2.00
Taylor, Moses E. 2.00
Perkins, A. H.
2.00
Tuttle, Arthur 2.00
Pennell, Edmund H. . 2.00
Thayer, Arthur L. 2.00
Tyler, Webster 2.00
West, Mrs. I. C. 5.00
Rivers, Edward E. (2) 7.00
Willis, Edward E. 2.00
Reed, Howard 2.00
Willis, Ora A. 2.00
Reed, George H. 2.00
Worden, Martin H. .. 2.00
Reed, Joseph 5.00
Worster, George W. . 2.00
Robbins, Solon 2.00
Whitcomb, Fred S. .. 2.00
Russell, John HI. 2.00
Watkins, J. H. (3) .. 9.00
Robbins, F. W. 2.00
Weaver, George T. (2) 4.00
Richardson, George A. 5.00
Wheeler, Chas. H. (2) 7.00
Robbins, W. C. 2.00
Williams, F. G. 5.00
115 licenses at $2.00 each $230.00
23 licenses at $5.00 each 115.00
$345.00
Deduct fees. 138 licenses at 20c each
$27.60
Paid to county treasurer $317.49
Scott, Annie J. 2.00
Shapley, Eva C. 2.00
Stearns. C. S. 2.00
Smith, Stella D. 2.00
Sebastian, L. A. 2.00
Pope. Benjamin (5) . 13.00 Page, E. C. 2.00
Smith, Albert 2.00
Smith, Chester R. 2.00
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
We respectfully submit the following report :
LIGHTING
Acting under the vote of the town. we have extended the electric light service to North Acton, where ten lights have been placed. The other fifteen lights for which we had to contract, have been placed in various parts of the town where needed the most.
HYDRANTS
We have contracted. on behalf of the town, with the West and South Water Supply District for the rental of not more than one hundred hydrants for a period of ten years at an annual rental of $25.00 per hydrant.
HIGHWAYS
In accordance with the vote of the town. we petitioned the State Highway Commission for an allowance under the Small Towns Act, for the purpose of constructing the road from West Acton to Stow. A large and representative dele- gation of citizens appeared with us at the hearing in Boston. The Commission decided that as the town has a number of miles of state road the state could give us no further aid.
POLICE
The laws relating to the illegal sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors have been rigidly enforced.
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ACCOUNTANT
We regret to report that Mr. William T. Merriam has felt it necessary to resign from the office of town accountant. Mr. Merriam has been a most efficient public servant and is entitled to the commendation of the town.
NICHOLAS SAMSEL. EDWARD Z. STANLEY. CHARLES J. HOLTON. Selectmen.
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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 vear of 1914.
You will notice that the departments of Town Farm and Outside Poor have overdrawn their appropriation. This is due to the fact that these departments have been running behind for the past few years and bills have been held back so not to overrun the appropriation. Consequently the first of the year 1914 showed bills for previous year amounting to almost $1,000.00, not approved.
There are also bills amounting to $2,511.45 approved but not paid by treasurer, about $1,000.00 of this amount belongs to the Overseers of Poor department.
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 : Nicholas Samsel, chairman $95.00
E. Z. Stanley 55.00
C. J. Holton 50.00
$200.00
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Other expenses :
Postage, carfare. etc. $13.38
Stationery 3.00
$16.38
Auditing and Accountant Department
Salaries and Wages:
Accountant W. T. Merriam, March
1914, to January, 1915 $87.60
$87.60
Other Expenses :
Supplies
$1.62
Postage
1.86
$3.48
Treasurer's Department
Salaries and Wages :
Treasurer. F. W. Hoit
$200.00
$200.00
Other Expenses :
Surety bonds
$50.00
Printing. etc.
8.50
Certifying four notes
8.00
Postage, carfare, etc.
26.89
$93.39
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Collector's Department
Salaries and Wages : Collector. W. F. Stevens $404.60 1
$404.60
Other Expenses :
Surety bond $50.00
Printing and supplies 3.50
Postage, carfare, etc. 8.50
$62.00
Assessors' Department
Salaries and Wages :
Assessor. W. F. Stevens 75.00
Assessor, W. F. Kelley 60.00
Assessor. James B. Tuttle 55.00
$190.00
Other Expenses :
Printing, supplies $3.75
Postage, carfare. etc. 18.35
$22.10
Town Clerk's Department
Salaries and Wages :
Town Clerk. H. F. Tuttle $40.00
$40.00
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Other Expenses :
Printing $2.35
Postage, carfare. etc.
11.21
Attending meeting at Aver
6.00
$19.56
Overseers of Poor Department
Salaries and Wages :
Overseer, W. F. Kelley $50.00
Overseer, E. Z. Stanley 20.00
Overseer F. S. Whitcomb 20.00
Overseer, Lyman C. Taylor. 1913
15.00
$105.00
Other Expenses :
Blanks, Hobbs & Warren
$4.50
Postage, telephone. etc. 6.12
$10.92
Town Physician
Hall Staples $25.00
$25.00
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages :
Registrar, H. F. Tuttle $25.00
Registrar. S. A. Guilford 20.00
Registrar, George E. Holton 20.00
Registrar, James McGreen 20.00
$85.00
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Election officers :
C. D. Cram $2.50
II. F. Robbins 2.50
E. R. Teele 2.50
David Kingsley 5.00
C. O'Neil 5.00
L. E. Reed 5.00
L. C. Hastings 5.00
L. A. Hessleton 5.00
F. S. Whitcomb
5.00
C. J. Ilolton
5.00
George E. Holton
2.50
C. E. Smith
2.50
C. A. Durkee 2.50
S. A. Guilford 2.50
If. F. Tuttle 7.50
$60.00
Other Expenses :
F. S. Glines, opening school for regis- tration $20.00
R. W. Porter, opening hall for regis- tration, and putting up booths .. 2.50
W. F. Stevens, transporting election returns 3.00
F. W. Green, putting up booth 1.50
$9.00
Total general government
$1.634.03
Unexpended
465.97
$2,100.00
Buildings and Grounds
Appropriation $250.00
Received for rent, town hall
80.00
$330.00
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Town Hall Maintenance :
R. W. Porter, janitor $71.00
American Woolen Co., light 20.72
American Woolen Co .. supplies .90
West and South Water Supply
District of Acton, water rent .... 6.00
So. Acton Coal and Lumber Co., coal, 39.59
Wm. H. Kingsley. wood 3.50
Wm. H. Kingsley. labor on grounds .. 2.50
J. W. Livermore. labor on common
6.87
C. H. Persons, tuning piano .
2.00
C. A. Coolidge. repairing clock
25.00
Dexter Spinney. wood 6.00
M. E. Taylor & Co .. supplies 2.36
E. P. Gates. repairs 2.65
Total for buildings and grounds $189.09
Unexpended 140.91
$330.00
Protection Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation
$200.00
Received for court fees 42.96
$242.96
Paid :
H. R. Moore, special duty $26.50
E. S. Fobes. court fees 73.85
E. S. Fobes. special duty 19.75
Hall Staples, services 3.75
J. P. Brown, special duty 2.50
Craig Sweet, special duty 2.50
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W. B. Franklin, special duty 2.50
Lester Sawyer, special duty 2.50
Thos. Dunahy, special duty 2.50
E. Z. Stanley, special duty 2.50
Nicholas Samsel, special duty 2.50
Nicholas Samsel, court fees
1.01
J. T. McNiff, special duty 18.21
James N. Berry, special duty 2.50
Finney & Hoit, supplies
41.00
Total paid out, police department, $204.07
Unexpended 38.89
$242.96
Enforcement of Liquor Law
Fund on hand $1,152.95
Paid :
Nicholas Samsel $75.00
E. J. Lyons 10.00
John Connors 10.00
E. S. Fobes
57.40
H. R. Moore
19.50
J. T. McNiff
30.00
B. J. Ineson
7.00
William Craig
5.00
E. W. Ford
6.00
George W. Worster
5.50
Total enforcement liquor law .. Unexpended 927.55
$225.40
$1,152.95
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Fire Department
Appropriation
$400.00
Received from fire extinguishers 77.00
$477.00
Paid :
F. W. Green. drying hose $3.00
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co. 52.00
J. P. Brown. express .60
Combination Ladder Co., and R. I. Coupling Co. 41.00
E. T. Rice.
24.84
Boston Coupling Co.
14.00
Hall Bros. Co.
4.18
So. Acton Woolen Co.
.70
Finney & Hoit
6.03
Maintenance West Fire House 117.00
Maintenance South Fire House 117.00
Watching West Acton Garage fire :
F. W. Green 2.00
Joe Brenier 2.00
Jack Murray 2.00
Martin Brown 2.00
A. Greenwood 2.00
Martin Baker 2.00
Louis Urban
2.00
C. A. Durkee
2.00
F. G. Williams 2.00
Watching other fires :
Harry Wambolt 2.50
William Moore 2.50
Total maintenance fire department Unexpended 73.65
$403.35
$477.00
48 Fighting Brush Fire
Appropriation $200.00
Transferred from reserve fund 147.52
$347.52
Paid :
Town of Concord $17.15
H. Thatcher 2.00
Clifford Fiske 7.50
J. S. White 1.40
Howard Gallagher
3.00
H. Gallagher
3.00
F. Holden. 1.00
L. McCarthy
3.00
D. Spinney's man
4.50
C. Miller
5.50
J. B. Tuttle's man
2.25
Allen Frost
8.50
Roy L. Harris
7.00
A. T. Harris
5.00
E. II. Hallowell
9.50
Mr. Grady
2.40
H. Byan
.50
Hall Bros. Co.
27.25
W. H. Kingsley 78.05
Arnold Perham 4.38
W. J. Benier 29.70
W. E. Davis
3.25
A. H. Perkins
3.75
J. B. Tuttle
2.50
C. H. Wheeler
11.40
J. Downie .
1.75
H. J. Coughlin
16.00
J. P. Brown
27.51
L. W. Perkins
3.75
D. Foley .75
Joel F. Parmenter
19.00
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H. F. Robbins 1.00
George Ham
30.50
Thos. Foley .75
M. E. Taylor & Co. 2.28
F. E. Greenough .75
$347.52
Hydrant Service
Appropriation, fire district $2,350.00
Appropriation, East Acton 184.00
Transferred from reserve fund
4.16
$2,538.16
Paid :
Town of Concord 184.00
West and South Water Supply
District of Acton
2,354.16
$2,538.16
Moth Department
Appropriation $975.90
Private work 275.00
Received, State Highway work 156.63
Received, from state, arsenate of lead, 100.00
$1,507.53
Paid :
James O'Neil, labor $1,767.78
State Highway work 109.13
Standard Oil Co., gasoline 18.50
W. F. Stevens, notices and mailing. . .
10.95
Balance due from state. March 1,
1914 576.06
$2,482.42
Balance due from state, Jan. 1, 1915. $974.89
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Elm Tree Beetle
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid :
James O'Neil, labor $303.25
State, for arsenate of lead 100.00
Total Elm Tree Beetle
$403.25
Overdrawn 3.25
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation $1,000.00
Received, inspection of animals 50.00
Received, Blackstone Beef Co., inspec- tion 121.50
Received, A. J. Sargent, inspection
. .
5.60
$1,177.10
Paid :
E. C. Page, fumigating, etc. $61.95
E. S. Fobes, Blackstone Beef Co., in- spection 121.50
E. S. Fobes, Blanchard inspection 259.50
E. S. Fobes, other inspection 27.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 46.50
Hall Staples 28.00
State Board of Charity 22.00
HI. S. Turner, printing 3.00
Billy Di Benedetti, quarantine 8.17
F. E. Tasker 23.00
W. A. Flint, use of dump 6.00
F. S. Whitcomb, inspection of animals, 100.00
F. K. Shaw, school physician 25.00
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F. E. Tasker, school physician 25.00
S. E. Christie, school physician 25.00
Total Health and Sanitation $781.62
Unexpended 395.48
$1,177.10
Due from state cattle inspection. .... 50.00
Highway and Bridges
Appropriation $5,000.00
Oiling roads 500.00
Snow bills 200.00
Received for road dust, etc. 38.25
$5,738.25
Paid :
Good Roads Machinery Co. $25.50
Davis, King Co. 3.00
Hall Bros. Co. 7.40
E. P. Gates
21.30
M. E. Taylor & Co. 18.73
T. F. Parker
5.67
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co.
90.64
Buffalo Steam Roller Co.
5.37
N. E. Road Machine Co. 8.00
E. T. Rice 2.93
Town of Concord, use sprinkler
9.00
George H. Reed
4.49
Arthur F. Davis, signs
2.20
WV. H. Kingsley, repairs .35
A. H. Perkins, gasoline and supplies, 89.10
J. P. Brown
2.20
W. E. Whitcomb 1.30
C. H. Mead & Co. 4.51
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J. T. McNiff 8.65
N. Il. Tenney 2.25
A. H. Perkins, labor 1,771.65
W. H. Kingsley, labor 1,176.84
W. B. Franklin, labor 172.50
Lunt. Moss Co. 4.90
$3,438.48
Expense Planking Bridge, South Acton
A. H. Perkins, labor $175.30
Tuttle & Newton, supplies 10.02
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, etc. 895.79
$1.081.11
Snow Bills
W. B. Franklin $69.50
A. H. Perkins 94.10
W. H. Kingsley 33.33
W. M. French 14.28
$211.21
Oiling Roads
N. E. Road Mch. Co., tank and
$412.20
sprayer
Standard Oil Co .. oil 302.00
A. H. Perkins. freight 29.80
$744.00
Total highway and bridges $5,474.80 Unexpended 263.45
$5,738.25
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Street Lighting
$3,500.00
Appropriation Paid :
American Woolen Co. $2,654.63
D. C. Harris, lighting one lamp 4.00
S. Bresth. lighting one lamp 4.00
II. W. Porter, lighting one lamp, 2 years 8.00
Julian Tuttle, lighting one lamp. 2 years 8.00
Total for street lighting $2,678.63
Unexpended 821.37
$3,500.00
Charities
Town Farm .
Appropriation
$600.00
Sale of product and stock 1,148.47
$1,748.47
Paid :
M. W. Emrick, warden $79.60
M. W. Emrick. labor 16.50
L. Q. Amadon, warden 337.50
L. Q. Amadon, supplies 5.80
L. Q. Amadon, labor 122.65
W. F. Kelley, labor
23.00
W. F. Kelley, supplies, etc.
22.70
W. F. Kelley, cow
80.00
W. F. Kelley. pig 8.00
F. W. Robbins. ice 8.25
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E. T. Rice, repairs 2.90
George H. Cash, ice 4.00
E. Z. Stanley, repairs 16.63
Finney & Hoit, supplies 115.79
E. P. Gates, repairs
54.10
W. H. Kingsley, sawing wood
8.75
J. S. Moore, supplies
253.60
George H. Reed, grain, etc.
434.08
E. R. Teele, lime and sulphur
8.50
R. T. Barrow
3.00
C. H. Mead & Co., grain, etc.
255.00
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
58.77
F. H. Holden, lime and sulphur
26.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
424.78
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies
51.97
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
11.39
F. S. Whitcomb 3.70
W. H. Jones, pigs
20.00
T. H. Tuttle, barrels
22.40
S. B. Ineson, fish
15.75
A. C. Piper, 'plants
2.10
J. T. McNiff. repairs
1.50
F. C. Grenier, wagon
48.00
Davis, King & Co., boxes
7.44
Town of Acton. lead
15.00
Fritz Oelschlegel, repairs
3.70
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal etc.
49.28
O. D. Fessenden, barrels 38.85
Barrett Mfg. Co., paint
4.25
J. P. Brown, repairs 19.75
Hall Bros. Co., sawdust
11.85
Total for town farm $2,696.83
Overdrawn 948.36
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Land Damage Town Farmi
Received town of Concord
$1,500.00
Paid :
Nicholas Samsel. legal service $125.00
Bracket. Shaw & Lunt Co., engine. etc. 329.76
W. J. Moore. stoning well 6.00
E. Z. Stanley. pump 53.00
W. F. Kelley. freight on engine. etc .. 8.46
V. F. Kelley. dynamite. etc. 4.07
L. Q. Amadon, labor digging well and trenches 50.00
Total paid $576.29
Unexpended 923.71
$1,500.00
Outside Poor
Appropriation
$1.000.00
Received from town of Boxboro
174.58
Received from state 94.22
$1.268.80
Paid :
Town of Randolph $204.17
('ity of Boston 21.43
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 45.00
State board of charity 60.50
City of Waltham
18.32
Town of Leominster
42.10
Tuttle & Newton
246.72
W. Il. Kingsley
5.50
J. S. Moore
60.07
E. A. Phalen
96.00
W. E. Whitcomb
104.75
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Margaret Roullard 21.00
Harriet Rudolph
48.00
F. D. Morrison 8.10
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M. E. Taylor & Co.
784.93
W. T. S. Bartlett
52.00
E. C. Page .
85.75
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co. 9.75
Julian Tuttle 5.00
Luther Davis
19.28
F. W. Green 2.50
Total for outside poor
$1.970.87
Overdrawn 702.07
Due from state $112.50
Due from town of Boxboro 29.03
Soldiers' Benefit
State Aid
Received from treasurer $854.00
Amount due from state. Mar. 1, 1914,
$998.00
Amount paid out 608.00
Balance due from state, Jan. 1, 1915,
752.00
$1.606.00 $1,606.00
Military Aid
$100.00
Appropriation
Paid for aid $50.00
50.00
Unexpended
$100.00
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Education
Appropriation $18.250.00
Unexpended March 1, 1914
1.428.80
Received state treasurer. industrial school 147.50
Received state treasurer, tuition chil-
dren
170.10
Received state treasurer. Supt. fund.
343.75
$20,340.15 Paid : Report of school committee $18,472.33
Unexpended $1,867.82
Memorial Library
Library Expenses
Appropriation $450.00
Received from fines
21.00
Received rebate on insurance 9.53
$480.53
Paid :
E. F. Conant. insurance $37.60
American Woolen Co .. light 29.57
O. E. Houghton. transportation books 45.84
S. H. Taylor. janitor 92.67
S. II. Taylor, repairs .35
A. F. Davis. librarian 94.75
A. F. Davis. extra cataloging 10.00
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co .. fuel 73.37
II. F. Tuttle, expenses 11.68
Davis. King Co wiring
6.50
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Brookside Printing Co., supplies 12.50
Allen Chair Co., repairs 16.13
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 6.98
Total for library expense
$437.94
Unexpended
42.59
$480.53
Library Books
Appropriation
$200.00
Unexpended March 1, 1914
5.80
Interest on library fund
246.70
$452.50
Paid :
W. B. Clark Co.
$223.16
H. F. Tuttle 1.93
Dura Binding Co. 28.00
Herman Goldberger
39.71
Granite State Pub. Co.
2.25
Library Bureau
32.70
W. A. Wilde Co.
6.30
Balance unexpended paid to library fund
118.45
$452.50
Cemeteries
Appropriation $600.00
Sale of lots. Woodlawn 137.00
Sale of lots, Mt. Hope
111.00
$18.00
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Paid :
Julian Tuttle. labor $112.75
Julian Tuttle, plants 6.85
William Mitchell, labor 79.62
Carl Pickings, labor 17.50
Albert H. Smith, labor 64.36
S. HI. Taylor, labor 8.75
Finney & Hoit. flags
1.80
H. F. Tuttle. attending meeting
3.50
HI. F. Tuttle, writing and recording deeds 7.50
II. F. Tuttle, laying out lots, Wood- lawn 2.00
H. F. Tuttle, laying out lots. Mt. Hope 3.00
A. II. Perkins, labor 73.80
F. W. Green, labor
113.11
H. T. Clark, labor
59.05
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber, etc. 7.82
E. T. Rice, pipe, etc. 23.35
E. F. Conant, insurance
7.20
A. Batley & Son, plants 14.14
West and South Water Supply Dist. of Acton 24.11
Total for cemetery expense $633.21
Unexpended 214.79
$848.00
Perpetual Care Lots
Unexpended balance, March 1. 1914 . $639.59
Income on fund 473.12
$1.112.72
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Paid :
Julian Tuttle, labor and plants $248.67
D. C. Harris, repairs 4.00
F. W. Green, labor 84.75
A. Batley & Son, flowers 5.75
F. C. Hayward, interest 17.50
George H. DeCosta, interest
3.50
Balance unexpended paid to cemetery fund 748.54
$1.112.71
Unclassified
Appropriation
$450.00
Appropriation liability insurance 100.00
$550.00
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Paid :
J. P. Brown, express and delivering town reports $3.46
J. P. Brown. repair pump .50
Nicholas Samsel, legal service 5.00
Robert S. Osterhout, advertisement .. 4.70
Hobbs and Warren, books, sealer weights and measures 2.00
S. M. Spencer Co., weights and
measures 3.34
Fairbanks Co., weights and measures. 1.18
E. C. Page, weights and measures 3.50
Stark Tool Co., express
.50
Morris-Ireland Safe Co., safe 25.00
N. Y., N. H. & II. R. R., freight on safe 1.58
George E. Greenough, moving safe .. 4.00
HI. R. Moore, field driver 1.00
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W. F. Stevens, expense .83
W. F. Stevens, expense checking cor- poration tax 1.38
W. F. Stevens. killing dog 1.00
N. II. Tenney, repairs ballot box 8.00
HI. F. Tuttle, repairs ballot box 3.50
II. F. Tuttle, collecting and recording 34 births 17.00
HI. F. Tuttle, recording 30 deaths 6.00
H. F. Tuttle, recording 19 marriages . 3.80
R. W. Porter, care clock and flag . 30.00
Hall Staples, professional services .. 21.00
HIall Staples, reporting 6 births 1.50
F. E. Tasker, reporting 8 births 2.00
S. E. Christie, reporting 7 births 1.75
F. K. Shaw, reporting 14 births 3.50
W. F. Stevens, abatements 132.51
A. M. Whitcomb, liability insurance . 99.99
W. A. Hamilton Co .. liability insur- ance 1.92
Total for unclassified
$391.44
Unexpended 158.56
$550.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation $125.00
Paid Isaac Davis post 125.00
Interest
· Receipts from collector $197.33
Received treasurer deposit
75.59
$272.92
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Paid :
First National bank
$326.11
Cemetery fund 45.29
$371.40
Municipal Indebtedness
Appropriation $1,000.00
Loans, First National bank
20,000.00
Loans, cemetery fund
2,475.00
$23,475.00
Paid :
First National bank $21,000.00
Cemetery fund 2,475.00
$23,475.00
Reserve Fund
Appropriation $1,000.00
Transferred to fire department ac-
count, brush fire $147.52
Transferred to fire department ac-
count, hydrant service
4.16
$151.68
Printing
Appropriation $250.00
Paid :
P. B. Murphy, license blanks $4.50
Robert S. Osterhout, caucus notices .. 2.25
Robert S. Osterhout, 3 lots warrants .
16.25
Robert S. Osterhout, tax list 17.00
Robert S. Osterhout, voting list
15.00
Robert S. Osterhout, notices
8.25
Robert S. Osterhout, annual reports . 158.40
Robert S. Osterhout, school reports .. 7.00
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Robert S. Osterhout, ballots 14.75
Robert S. Osterhout, school ballots .. 2.50
Robert S. Osterhout, specimen ballots, 3.00
Total for printing $248.90 Unexpended 1.10
$250.00
Financial Statement
Receipts
Due from treasurer $2.044.23
Due from collector 5.847.17
Appropriation :
Memorial day 125.00
Highways and bridges 5.000.00
Memorial library, books 200.00
Memorial library, expense 450.00
Elm leaf beetle 400.00
Extermination moth 970.00
School department
18.250.00
Fire department. loan 1912
1.000.00
Reserve fund 1.500.00
Bond. collector and treasurer 100.00
Liability insurance
100.00
Hydrant service
2.350.00
Hydrant service. East Acton 184.00
3.500.00
Street lighting Raised :
For state tax 4,900.00
For county tax
2.687.16
For state highway tax 481.25
For overlay 328.18
Received :
Treasurer's report 30,306.92
Farm receipts 1.148.47
Interest on taxes 197.33
Moth tax 657.40
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December assessment
1,076.47
Bills approved but not paid
2,511.45
$86,315.03
Expenditures
State tax $4,900.00
County tax
2,687.16
State highway tax
481.25
General government
1,634.03
Buildings and grounds
189.09
Police department
204.07
Enforcement liquor law
225.40
Fire department
3,289.03
Moth department
1,906.36
Elm tree beetle
403.25
Street lighting
2,678.63
Highways and bridges
5,474.80
Health and sanitation
781.62
Town farm
3,273.12
Outside poor
1,970.87
State aid
608.000
Military aid
50.00
Education
18,472.33
Library expense
437.94
Library books 334.05
Cemetery
633.21
Perpetual care
364.17
Unclassified
391.44
Memorial day
125.00
Interest
371.40
Municipal indebtedness
23,475.00
Printing
248.90
Cemetery funds
748.54
Library funds
118.45
Uncollected taxes
9,710.82
Cash on hand 127.10
$86,315.03
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Financial Statement for Year Ending January 1, 1915
Due from treasurer
$127.10
Due from collector 9,710.82
Due from state. Mass. school fund 1,103.83
Due from county, dog tax
292.01
Due from moth work 974.89
Due from inspection cattle 50.00
Due from state, outside poor
112.50
Due from town of Boxboro
29.03
Due from state aid
752.00
Due from C. M. & H. railroad tax
241.80
$13,393.98
Liabilities
Fund for enforcement liquor law $927.55
Bills approved, not paid 2.511.45
Umexpended balance, school appro-
priation 1,867.82
$5,306.82
Balance in favor of town $8,087.16
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM T. MERRIAM, Town Accountant.
Acton. Mass .. March 1, 1915.
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 December 31st, 1914
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, March 1st, 1914 $2.044.23
State treasurer :
Corporation tax, public service 1.287.92
Corporation tax, business 3,364.66
National bank tax 402.97
State aid 854.00
Inspection of animals
50.00
Reimbursement for loss of taxes on land used for public insti- tutions 122.46
Aid of mothers with dependent children 94.22
Tuition of children 170.10
Independent educational indus- trial schools 147.50
Moth work, state highway 156.63
Street railway tax
93.88
Mass. supt. of school fund 343.75
Town of Concord, town farm land damage 1,500.00
First National Bank of Ayer, loans .. 20.000.00
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Cemetery lots sold. H. T. Clark 69.00
Fred W. Green 42.00
H. F. Tuttle 137.00
Rebate on library insurance
9.53
Wm. Kingsley, 22 fire extinguishers sold 77.00
Moth department, elm tree beetle work
100.00
Road department. Lumber
18.50
Road dust
16.75
Stone
3.00
Outside poor department
174.58
Interest on bank deposit
75.59
Pool license
2.00
Slaughter house licenses
2.00
Drug license, 1913
1.00
Library fines
21.00
Town hall, rent
80.00
Board of health dept.
"McDonald,"
121.50
"Sargent"
5.60
Middlesex Central Court, fines
42.96
Income of cemetery fund
473.12
Income of library fund
246.70
$32,351.15
Town Farm Receipts :
Milk
$764.92
Apples
285.49
Cow
50.00
Calves
26.00
Eggs
18.32
Telephone
2.74
Labor
1.00
$1,148.47
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Received of William F. Stevens, Collector :
Taxes and interest, 1911 $2.30
Taxes, 1912 556.84
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