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Horace F. Tuttle, postage, express and telephones
13.95
Horace F. Tuttle, collecting and re- cording births 23.50
Horace F. Tuttle, recording deaths .. 7.40
Horace F. Tuttle, recording marriages 3.00
$97.35
Overseers of Poor Department
Paid :
W. F. Kelley, salary $50.00
F. S. Whitcomb, salary 20.00
E. Z. Stanley, salary 20.00
W. F. Kelley, postage, carfares 10.20
Hobbs & Warren, blanks 1.06
$101.26
Town Physician
Paid :
Hall Staples, salary
$25.00
$25.00
Election and Registration
Paid :
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar $25.00
G. E. Holton, registrar 20.00
S. A. Guilford, registrar 20.00
$65.00
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Horace F. Tuttle, election officer $5.00
A. F. Davis, election officer (1914) ... 5.00
W. F. Kelley, election officer (1914) .. 5.00
H. F. Robbins, election officer 2.50
C. D. Cram, election officer 2.50
C. E. Smith, election officer
2.50
Isaac Ford, election officer
2.50
John Coughlin, election officer (1914),
2.50
David R. Kingsley, election officer ..
5.00
L. E. Reed, election officer 5.00
L. C. Hastings, election officer 5.00
Cornelius O'Neil, election officer 5.00
Lucius Hesselton, election officer .. 5.00
W. H. Kingsley, election officer (1914) 5.00
A. F. Davis, election officer 5.00
C. J. Holton, election officer 5.00
W. F. Kelley, election officer 5.00
F. S. Whitcomb, election officer 5.00
John Coughlin, election officer
5.00
E. C. Cheney, election officer
5.00
C. A. Durkee, election officer
2.50
F. S. Glines, opening schoolhouse for registration $2.00
L. C. Hastings, placing booths 2.50
Universalist society, rent of vestry . .
6.00
A. W. Porter, placing booths 2.50
W. F. Stevens, transporting election returns 3.00
$106.00
Total general government $1,722.16
Unexpended 77.84
$1,800.00
1
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Buildings and Grounds
Appropriation
$425.00
Received from rent
96.00
Transferred from reserve fund
9.98
$530.98
Paid :
R. W. Porter, care of town hall and grounds $86.75
R. W. Porter, care of clock 25.00
American Woolen Co., lighting 26.58
12.00
West and South Water Supply district W. H. Kingsley, teaming and sawing wood 7.50
J. H. Livermore, labor on Common .. 8.20
L. T. Fullonton, painting town hall .. 260.00 South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal and lumber 50.45
H. R. Moore, repairs on lockup 9.09
George Daniels, repairs on boiler 2.50
E. A. Phalen, labor 28.50
E. Z. Stanley, repairs 3.60
O. D. Wood, repairs 4.90
E. P. Gates, repairs 2.10
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
3.81
$530.98
Protection Persons and Property
Police Department
Appropriation $150.00
Received for court fines 35.50
Transferred from reserve fund 166.96
$352.46
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Paid :
E. S. Fobes, special duty $53.42
E. S. Fobes, court fees 40.59
James N. Berry, special duty 4.50
E. C. Page, use of automobile 10.00
W. M. Barteaux, use of automobile 8.00
J. T. McNiff, court fees 48.61
James C. Herring, court fees
1.80
C. A. Taylor, court fees
29.67
Patrick Callan, special duty
3.50
Edson Baird, special duty
3.50
H. R. Moore, special duty 38.15
HI. R. Moore, court fees 8.97
C. A. Taylor, special duty 53.50
O. D. Wood, general duty 21.50
J. T. McNiff, general duty
26.75
$352.46
Enforcement of Liquor Law
Appropriation, unexpended balance,
1914
$927.55
Paid :
E. J. Lyons $10.00
' E. S. Fobes 10.00
C. A. Taylor 24.50
M. W. Barteaux 10.00
W. R. Moore 27.75
J. T. McNiff
15.00
$97.25
Unexpended
830.30
$927.55
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Fire Department
Appropriation
$400.00
Received from fire extinguishers
14.00
$414.00
Paid :
J. T. McNiff, repairs $2.00
Davis, King Co., wiring at West Acton house 2.00
Hall Bros. Co., lumber
1.85
James Grimes, labor
.85
E. T. Rice, keys
2.75
F. Oelschlegal, belts
4.25
E. T. Rice, labor and supplies
22.56
James P. Brown, wrenches and wood,
10.00
West & South Water Supply District of Acton 40.35
Boston Coupling Co.
1.57
William Lawrence, watching fire 1.25
David Foley, glass and labor 1.50
A. F. Harris, repairs on truck
9.50
Finney & Hoit, soda
3.05
West Acton Fire Co., salaries
105.00
Total maintenance fire depart-
ment $208.43
Unexpended
205.52
$414.00
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Hydrant Service
Appropriation
$2,700.00
Paid :
West & South Supply District of
Acton
$2,500.00
Town of Concord
184.00
Total
$2,684.00
Unexpended
16.00
$2,700.00
Brush Fires
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid :
Hall Bros. Co.
$4.50
James Kingsley
1.25
James J. Hurley
1.00
John Hurley
1.00
David Hurley
.50
E. T. Rice
.25
Harold Gallagher
2.31
Arthur Harris
2.02
Raymond Harris
1.25
C. I. Miller
. 75
Allen Frost
5.75
Fred Holloway
.25
Leo McCarthy
.50
Oliver Dutton
2.25
George Murphy
.25
J. S. White
3.00
Frank Holden
1.38
C. B. Robbins
.50
Joe Buager
.38
Leo Buager
.50
Robert Freeman
2.00
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Frank Rawse 2.00
J. W. Livermore
10.25
William II. Kingsley
30.75
Nelson J. Cole
1.55
Edw. C. Page
2.75
Fred Clark
.75
George Hayward
.50
Percy Sweet
2.50
Frank Greenough
.75
James P. Brown
3.25
Earl Randall
.50
James Cole
1.00
George Worster
3.00
Lawrence Clark
.50
B. A. King 1.00
F. R. Bradford
1.25
Fred Cleymour 2.00
R. Brown
2.25
Levi Perkins
1.00
W. J. Benere
6.70
Edw. Jewett
.50
W. Barteaux
2.75
C. Taylor
2.75
E. S. Fobes
2.50
J. Downey
1.25
J. McDonald
1.00
J. Smith
1.25
H. J. Coughlin
.75
Thomas Foley
4.50
William C. Coughlin
2.75
John F. Coughlin
.75
Patrick Foley
.75
W. H. Jones
.35
V. McGreen 1.00
George Clapp
.25
H. E. Willis .50
John Pederson
2.00
Edson Baird
2.00
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Smith Finney
2.00
Edw. Cahill
2.25
W. B. Currier
.75
Pliney Nims
3.00
Abe Granberg
.75
H. Hanson
2.00
Abe Anderson
3.00
L. Campbell
1.00
Lyman Wetherbee
1.00
Clarence Frost
.50
Amos Bennett
1.75
Don Ditino
.25
Angelo Ditino
.25
Lugro Vito
.25
Patrick Callan
.25
W. J. Costello
.35
Charles Boyce
.25
Joseph Brunier
.25
L. Kempton
.25
Richard Downs
.25
Lewis Urban
.25
M. E. Taylor & Co.
2.60
$156.64
Unexpended
43.36
$200.00
Health and Sanitation
Appropriation
$500.00
Received inspection of animals
50.00
Transferred from reserve fund
23.94
$573.94
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Paid :
E. S. Fobes, inspection $97.50
E. C. Page, fumigating, etc. 69.88
A. M. Whitcomb, inspection 64.75
F. E. Tasker, inspection 19.50
C. A. Dudley, inspection 101.50
H. S. Turner, printing
6.50
Carter, Carter & Meigs 5.64
F. E. Tasker, medical attendance 15.75
J. Mauro, account quarantine 14.17
F. Benere, account quarantine 28.00
Dennison Mfg. Co. 4.65
Hall Staples, medical attendance 19.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, 2.00
Hobbs and Warren, permits and book 2.75
J. McCrossland, labor 2.00
J. Bent, account quarantine 9.51
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
3.34
R. S. Osterhout, printing
1.50
W. A. Flint, use of land for dump .
6.00
F. S. Whitcomb, inspection of animals
100.00
$573.94
Due from state, cattle inspection 50.00
Moth Department
Liability, Sec. 4, Chapter 381, Acts
1905
$970.00
Received state treasurer, gypsy moth work 803.89
Received state treasurer, state high-
202.00
way work
Private work 139.40
Lead sold 291.80
$2,407.09
50
Paid :
James O'Neil, labor
$1,922.08
Standard Oil Co., gasoline 16.75
W. F. Stevens, notices and mailing .. 10.55
Balance due from state, Jan. 1, 1915,
974.89
$2,924.27
Balance due from state, Jan. 1, 1916, 517.18
Highways and Bridges
Appropriation $5,000.00
Received for road dust 5.25
Received town of Carlisle, use of roller 10.00
Received George Worster, oiling . . 1.00
$5,016.25
Paid :
A. H. Perkins, pay rolls $1,700.69
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., repairs .
9.76
W. H. Kingsley, repairs 89.25
N. E. Road Machinery Co., repairs . . 8.50
W. E. Whitcomb, tools .
2.73
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co.,
lumber 183.42
H. L. Bond Co., diaphragm 1.80
E. P. Gates, jobbing 20.43
W. J. Costello, signs
3.00
J. T. McNiff, repairs
13.10
T. F. Parker, lead
8.31
Charles Skogland, boiler inspection .
5.00
E. T. Rice, repairs 2.75
American Powder Co., post and
repairs 1.25
O. D. Fessenden, pipe 5.00
Hall Bros., lumber 15.25
J. P. Brown, repairs and lumber 12.95
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 25.50
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A. H. Perkins, gravel and oil
38.65
B. F. Townsend, pipe 3.20
$2,150.54
Oiling Roads
Paid :
John F. Baker, Jr., oil
$694.02
A. H. Perkins, pay rolls 701.09
Demurrage 6.00
$1,401.11
North Acton Road
Paid :
A. H. Perkins, pay rolls $2,459.36
A. H. Perkins, gravel 45.30
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lum- ber and coal 287.19
Corrigated Bar Co.
22.11
W. J. Costello, signs
6.75
Whitney Coal & Grain Co., coal
27.75
George H. Reed, coal and cement
23.68
Hall Bros. Co., posts
107.35
J. T. McNiff, rail irons 4.50
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
10.94
$2,994.93
Total highways and bridges
$6,546.59
Overdrawn
1,530.33
Due from state, account North Acton road
$998.31
Due from county,
account North
Acton road
998.31
$1,996.62
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Snow Bills
Appropriation $200.00
Unexpended
200.00
Street Lighting
Appropriation
$2,700.00
Unexpended balance, 1914 821.37
$3,521.37
Paid :
S. Breasthe, one light, 1914 $4.00
Raymond Farrar, one light, 1914-1915 8.00
Patrick Foley, one light, 1914 4.00
B. De Souzy, one light, 1914-1915 8.00
American Woolen Co.
3,239.94
$3,263.94
Unexpended
257.43
$3,521.37
Charities
Town Farm
Appropriation
$500.00
Received sale of product and stock ..
2,173.04
Transferred from reserve fund 2.53
$2,675.57
Paid :
L. Q. Amadon, warden $472.50
L. Q. Amadon, supplies 11.00
L. Q. Amadon, labor
253.55
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
58.26
George H. Reed, grain
876.27
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E. Z. Stanley, repairs 9.65
F. S. Whitcomb, cow 52.50
F. S. Whitcomb, tools 40.95
S. B. Ineson, supplies
1.20
W. F. Kelley, telephone
2.25
W. F. Kelley, labor 15.40
J. S. Moore, supplies 250.11
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service
13.94
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies
95.17
Brackett. Shaw & Lunt, supplies
3.36
Finney & Hoit, supplies
60.21
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
288.89
Davis, King Co., boxes
21.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal and supplies 23.22
J. P. Brown, repairs
25.62
F. A. Wakelin, supplies
4.64
E. T. Rice, supplies
1.25
C. H. Mead & Co., lime sulphur
41.13
Town of Acton, lead
15.00
R. F. Durkee, service of bull 22.00
C. W. Fletcher, sawdust
1.15
F. S. Whitcomb. supplies 2.15
Hall Bros. Co., sawdust 6.25
E. P. Gates, repairs 6.95
$2,675.57
Outside Poor
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Appropriation, additional 200.00
Received from state 254.80
Received, town of Orange
51.10
Received, city of Boston
16.25
Received, town of Boxboro
181.52
Received, town of Dartmouth 33.60
Transferred from reserve fund
98.63
$1,835.90
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Paid :
Elizabeth J. Ring, board and care . . $208.00
Luther Davis, rent and milk . 83.64
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, 21.13
W. E. Whitcomb, supplies
193.16
Tuttle & Newton, supplies
127.54
W. F. Kelley, supplies and transpor- tation 18.00
F. E. Tasker, services
28.60
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies
93.12
Mrs. J. W. Livermore, services
16.25
Finney & Hoit, supplies
6.50
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
380.17
W. T. S. Bartlett, rent
39.00
Dexter Spinney, wood
11.00
City of Lawrence
164.00
City of Waltham
48.54
Town of Leominster 82.46
5.00
City of Boston 7.14
27.00
Julian F. Tuttle, services 2.00
Ida Pratt, transportation 2.22
J. A. Priest, milk
9.38
Hobart Mead, rent
17.00
M. Diskin, rent
10.00
Town of Braintree
31.00
J. S. Moore, supplies 46.00
Harriet Rudolph, rent
16.00
A. W. Davis, rent
26.00
E. A. Phalen, rent
96.00
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies 20.05
$1,835.90
Due from state
10.83
Due from town of Templeton 75.49
Frank Chapman, auto
E. C. Page, services
55
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
Received from state treasurer
$752.00)
Amount due from state, Jan. 1, 1915,
$752.00
Amount paid out 740.00
Balance due from state, Jan. 1, 1916,
740.00
$1,492.00 $1,492.00
Military Aid
Appropriation $100.00
Unexpended
100.00
Education
Appropriations $15,000.00
Unexpended balance, 1914
1,867.82
Received Massachusetts school fund .
1,103.83
Received county dog tax 292.01
Received state treasurer, industrial school
567.38
Received state treasurer, superinten-
dent fund
343.75
Received state treasurer, tuition of children
158.60
Received old paper sold
1.07
Received tuition, Enid Sadler
13.50
Received tuition, Charlotte Gouch
9.00
Received ticket refund
2.00
Received ticket refund
4.80
$19,363.76
Paid : Report of school committee $19.363.76
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Memorial Library
Library Expenses
Appropriation
$450.00
Received from fines 20.00
$470.00
Paid :
American Woolen Co., lighting $25.48
Davis, King Co., repairs .50
E. F. Conant, insurance 42.43
S. H. Taylor, janitor 99.99
A. F. Davis, librarian 103.00
A. F. Davis, cataloging 10.00
O. E. Houghton, transportation books, 45.84
Brookside Printing Co., cards 9.75
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal 66.38
D. Spinney, wood 3.50
18.37
E. Z. Stanley, repairs
S. H. Taylor, repairs on mower 1.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies 3.55
H. F. Tuttle, freight and express 3.84
$433.63
Unexpended
36.37
$470.00
Library Books
Appropriation
$200.00
Interest on library fund
348.56
$548.56
Paid :
Home Correspondence School $2.25
Dura Binding Co. 64.90
J. Q. Adams Co. 18.50
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W. B. Clarke Co. 372.17
De Wolfe, Fiske Co.
6.50
Thorp & Martin Co. 9.00
H. F. Tuttle
11.00
Herman Goldberger
36.86
John HI. Williams
1.13
Association American Portland Ce-
ment Mfgs. 1.75
W. A. Wilde Co.
7.43
W. A. Rayner 8.00
F. W. Tingley
9.07
$548.56
Cemeteries
Appropriation;
$600.00
Received sale of lots, Woodlawn
56.00
Received sale of lots Mt. Hope
78.00
Paid :
A. H. Smith, labor $79.63
William Mitchell, labor 111.11
E. S. Fobes, labor 5.00
H. F. Robbins, labor 4.00
J. W. Livermore, labor 5.25
M. A. Reed, labor 4.00
96.00
Julian Tuttle, flowers
6.48
Finney & Hoit, flags
6.50
E. Z. Stanley, repairs
1.50
H. E. Fiske, repairs
1.50
H. F. Tuttle, key
1.05
H. F. Tuttle, services
10.00
L. J. Mason, labor
40.33
Jesse Briggs, labor
8.75
F. W. Green, labor
104.87
A. H. Perkins, labor 37.00
West & South Water Supply District, 12.00
$734.00
Julian Tuttle, labor
58
A. Batley & Son, flowers 10.63
E. T. Rice, repairs 3.95
J. T. McNiff, wheelbarrow 5.25
Unexpended
$554.80
179.20
$734.00
Perpetual Care
Received interest on cemetery fund .. Paid :
$394.62
Julian Tuttle, labor and plants $272.37
F. W. Green, labor and plants 101.25
F. C. Hayward, interest 17.50
G. H. De Costa, interest 3.50
$394.62
Unclassified
Appropriation $500.00
Appropriation, liability insurance 100.00
ยท Received town of Boxboro, use of sprayer 20.00
Received state treasurer, account tree warden 20.00
Received state treasurer, burial of in- digent soldier 50.00
Transferred from reserve fund
345.26
Paid :
C. J. Williams, settlement of suit . . $39.41
Howard Wilson, legal services 129.25
Morris, Ireland Co., two safes 50.00
Howard L. Jones, freight and moving safe 3.53
Enterprise Co., advertising 1.00
$1,035.26
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N. Samsel, advertising and express .. 1.35
W. F. Stevens, express 7.13
J. P. Brown, iron bars 2.75
A. M. Whitcomb, liability insurance,
106.62
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., stamps
2.50
Hobbs & Warren, book
1.00
Dover Stamping Co., measures 2.28
E. Z. Stanley, freight .25
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co. 24.00
American Woolen Co., lighting lockup
4.50
J. O'Neil, tree warden work 228.44
W. F. Farrar, returning one death notice . 25
R. W. Porter, care of flag 5.00
Badger Fire Extinguisher Co., four extinguishers, forest warden .. 26.00
Memorial Day
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid :
Isaac Davis Post
$100.00
Agricultural School
Appropriation
$277.95
Paid town of Concord, tuition. 277.95
Printing
Appropriation
$250.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund 23.12
$273.12
Paid R. S. Osterhout, warrants $16.50
Robert S. Osterhout, applications 4.25
Robert S. Osterhout, licenses ...
5.50
Robert S. Osterhout, town reports
163.20
Robert S. Osterhout, school re-
ports 5.00
$1,035.26
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R. S. Osterhout, treasurer's war- rants 6.50
R. S. Osterhout, caucus notices. .. 18.75
R. S. Osterhout, voting lists .. 15.00
Hobbs & Warren, collector's and asses- sors' books 7.37
Hobbs & Warren, licenses
1.51
P. B. Murphy, dog licenses
.75
H. M. Meek & Co., book 5.00
1.30
W. S. Greenough & Co., vouchers. . .
W. F. Stevens, poll tax list, tax bills. . 11.26
Brookside Printing Co., note heads ..
2.25
W. M. Sargent, warrants 2.50
H. S. Turner, letter heads, envelopes. . 6.48
$273.12
Electric Light Committee
Appropriation $75.00
Unexpended 75.00
Committee on Memorial to Capt. Davis Company
Appropriation 75.00
Unexpended 75.00
Reserve Fund
$1,500.00
Transferred to buildings and grounds $9.98
Transferred to Police Department. . .
166.96
Transferred to Health Department . .
23.94
Transferred to Town Farm 2.53
Transferred to Outside Poor
98.63
Transferred to Printing
23.12
Transferred to Unclassified
345.26
$670.42
Unexpended
829.58
$1.500.00
Appropriation
61
Interest
Received from Collector, interest on
taxes
$385.27
Received interest on deposits 52.82
$438.09
Paid First National Bank of Ayer .... Municipal Indebtedness
$490.54
Loans, First National Bank of Ayer ...
$25,000.00
Paid First National Bank of Ayer 20,000.00
Balance not paid . $5,000.00
Financial Statement
Receipts
Due from treasurer, Jan. 1, 1915. $127.10
Due from collector, Jan. 1, 1915.
9,710.82
Raised : Memorial Day
$100.00
Highways and Bridges 5,000.00
Memorial Library, expense 450.00
Memorial Library, books
200.00
Moth department 970.00
School Department 15,000.00
Hydrant service
2,700.00
Street lighting
2,700.00
State tax
5,460.00
County tax
2,838.78
Overlay tax
512.96
State highway tax
899.55
Received : Treasurer's report
$36,586.13
Farm receipts .
2.173.04
Interest on taxes 385.27
Moth tax 432.65
December assessment
381.89
$86.628.19
Less error in amount raised .... 20.00
$86,608.19
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Expenditures
State tax $5,460.00
County tax 2,838.78
State highway tax
899.55
State treasurer, account public service and National Bank tax 23.01
General government
1,722.16
Buildings and grounds
530.98
Police department
352.46
Moth department
1,949.38
Fire department
3,049.12
Street lighting
3,263.94
Highways and bridges
6,546.58
Health department
573.94
Outside poor
2,675.57
Education
19,363.76
Library expense
433.63
Library books
548.56
Cemetery
554.80
Cemetery, perpetual care
394.62
Unclassified
1,035.26
Memorial Day
100.00
Agricultural school
277.95
State aid 740.00
Printing
273.12
Enforcement of liquor law
97.25
Municipal indebtedness
20.000.00
Interest
490.54
Outside poor
1,835.90
Abatements
422.63
Bills of 1914 paid
2,511.45
Uncollected taxes
7,034.55
Cash on hand 608.70
$86,608.19
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Financial Statement for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1915
Due from treasurer $608.70
Due from collector
7,034.55
Due from county, dog tax 319.32
Due from county, North Acton high- way
998.31
Due from state, North Acton high- way
998.31
Due from state, moth work
517.18
Due from state, inspection of animals
50.00
Due from state, state aid
740.00
Due from state, outside poor
10.83
Due from town of Templeton
75.49
$11,352.69
Liabilities
First National Bank of Ayer, note 5,000.00
Balance in favor of town $6,352.69
Respectfully submitted. HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
Acton, Mass .. February 8, 1916.
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.
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Year Ending December 31, 1915
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, January 1, 1915 $127.10
State treasurer :
Corporation tax, public service . .
1,178.44
Corporation tax, business 3,238.61
National bank tax 480.62
State aid 752.00
Burial of indigent soldiers 50.00
Street railway tax
95.66
Tuition of children
158.60
Aid of mothers with dependent children 254.80
Corporation tax
7.79
Independent Educational Indus- trial schools 567.38
Highway Commission, moth work
202.00
Gypsy and brown tail moth work Gypsy and brown tail moth work Inspection of animals
38.58
50.00
Reimbursement for loss of taxes on land for public institutions 182.72 Massachusetts school fund 1,103.83
Superintendent of school fund . .
343.75
County treasurer, dog tax 292.01
Cemetery lots sold by F. W. Green 78.00
By H. F. Tuttle 56.00
765.31
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Court fines 35.50
Library fines 20.00
Road department, road dust
5.25
Use of roller
10.00
Oiling private yard 1.00
Town hall rents 96.00
Loans, First National bank, Aver
25,000.00
Fire extinguishers sold
14.00
Tree warden, trimming trees
20.00
Use of sprayer 20.00
Slaughter license. A. F. Blanchard Co. 1.00 Murphy & Mahoney 1.00
Interest on deposits .
52.82
School department, old paper sold .
1.07
N. Y .. N. H. & H. R. R .. rebate on tickets 4.80
B. & M. R. R., rebate on tickets 2.00
Tuition of Enid Sadler
13.50
Tuition of Charlotte Gouch
9.00
Outside poor department, Boston 16.25
Orange
51.10
Boxboro
181.52
Dartmouth 33.60
Library account. interest
348.56
Cemetery account, interest
394.62
Excise tax, C .. M. & H. St. Ry.
241.80
C., M. & H. St. Ry.
115.64
$36,713.23
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Town Farm Receipts :
Milk
$997.05
Apples
985.93
Pigs
78.25
Pork
73.23
Fowl
17.92
Calves
10.00
Bags
7.46
Telephone
3.20
$2,173.04
Received of William F. Stevens, Collector :
Taxes, 1913
$537.78
Interest, 1913 52.72
Taxes, 1914
8,660.74
Interest, 1914
317.54
Taxes, 1915
31,103.58
Interest, 1915
15.01
$40,687.37
Total receipts
$79,573.64
Paid bills carried over from 1914 $2,511.45
Approved orders, 1915 76,453.49
Cash on hand, January 1, 1916 608.70
$79,573.64
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Cash Charlestown Five Cent Savings
bank
$1,000.00
Warren Institution for Savings, 1,000.00
Home Savings bank 1,000.00
Middlesex Institution for Savings 1,000.00
North End Savings bank 1,000.00
Interest on deposits 204.15
Bond, "West Shore R. R.," of Susan Augusta and Luther Conant fund
1,000.00
Interest on bond
40.00
Unexpended balance
118.45
Appropriation for books
200.00
$6,562.60
By cash in banks
$5,000.00
Bond. "Conant Fund"
1,000.00
Amount expended for books
548.56
Balance unexpended
14.04
$6,562.60
FRANK W. HOIT.
Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT OF MONEY HELD FOR CARE OF LOTS IN CEMETERIES
Bonds of West and South Water
Supply District of Acton $9,000.00
Balance of cemetery funds 4,650.00
Unexpended balance 748.54
Received cash :
Francis Hosmer lot 50.00
Marcus M. Keyes lot 500.00
A. P. Bean lot 100.00
Mary W. Fletcher lot 100.00
John J. Lothrop lot 50.00
Bancroft Whitcomb lot
100.00
Franklin P. Wood lot 100.00
Hobart E. Mead lot 100.00
Israel H. Giles lot
100.00
Interest on bonds
354.00
Interest on deposits
157.25
$16,109.79
By amount paid for care of lots $394.62
West and South Water Supply Dis- trict of Acton bonds 8,700.00
Lowell Central Savings bank 1,000.00
North Middlesex Savings bank
1,000.00
Maynard Trust Co.
1,000.00
Tomb fund, Charlestown Five Cent Savings bank 128.53
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Memorial Tablet fund, Charlestown
Five Cent Savings bank 64.20
Luke Blanchard fund, North End Sav- ings bank 532.68
Monument fund. Warren Institution for Savings 63.90
Middlesex Institution for Savings 900.00
Balance cemetery funds 1,463.59
Unexpended balance
862.27
$16,109.79
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Valuation April 1, 1915
Buildings, exclusive of land. $1,124,350.00
Land, exclusive of buildings 539,345.00
Personal estate 823,835.00
Total valuation
$2,487,530.00
Valuation April 1, 1914 2,425,035.00
Increase in valuation $62,495.00
Rate of taxation, $14.25.
Tax Assessed as Follows:
Real estate
$23,707.65
Personal estate
11,739.64
Polls
1,364.00
$36,811.29
December assessment
$381.89
Moth tax
432.65
Excise tax
115.64
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Amount of Money Raised :
For state tax
$5,460.00
State highway tax
899.55
County tax
2,838.78
Town grant
27,100.00
Overlay
512.96
$36,811.29
WM. F. STEVENS, JAMES B. TUTTLE, WM. F. KELLEY, Assessors of Acton.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
For Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1915.
1913
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1915
$537.78
Interest collected 52.72
$590.50
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$578.45
Abatements 12.05
$590.50
1914
Dr.
Uncollected January 1, 1915
$9,173.04
Interest collected
317.54
$9,490.58
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$8,567.70
Abatements 410.58
$8,978.28
Uncollected January 1, 1916 $512.30
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1915
Dr.
Town. state and county taxes. com-
mitted to collector, July 15, 1915, $36,811.29
Moth tax 432.65
December assessment
381.89
Interest collected
$37,625.83 15.01
$37,640.84
Cr.
Paid treasurer
$31,118.59
Uncollected December 31, 1915 . . $6,522.25
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Citizens of Acton :
The report of the overseers of the poor is herewith sub- mitted :
The cost for support of outside poor has been about the same as usual, excepting a sharp increase in the local ex- pense, which was approved and provided for by vote of the town.
With this increased expense we believe that $1,500.00 is the least sum that will be required for this department and recommend that amount be appropriated.
The town home has been in charge of Mr. and Mrs. L. Q. Amadon as warden and matron, and the usual good condi- tions have been maintained.
Number of inmates cared for during year 3 Number at present time (woman) 1
We recommend that $600.00 be appropriated for this department.
Dr. Hall Staples has served as town physician during the year and has promptly and efficiently performed all ser- vices required of him.
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Aid Furnished Outside Poor
Expenses
$1,835.90
Receipts
$537.27
Due from town of Templeton
75.49
Due from state
10.83
623.59
Net cost for financial year .
$1,212.31
Inventory at Town Home, January 1, 1916
9 Cows $680.00
4 Heifers 130.00
1 Bull 20.00
2 Horses 200.00
2 Pigs 15.00
16 Tons Hay 370.00
Harnesses 50.00
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