Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1916-1920, Part 22

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1916
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stationery 31.56


Frank W. Hoit, certifying notes 8.00


William F. Stevens, bond


50.00


COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT


Paid Arthur M. Whitcomb, salary $6.36


Henry L. Haynes, salary 399.55


Hobbs & Warren, books 20.28


Murphy & Snyder, printing


38.65


William F. Stevens, bond


100.00


$289.56


$564.84


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ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT


Paid Albert P. Durkee, salary $125.00


Warren H. Jones, salary 75.00


Henry L. Haynes, salary 100.00


L. L. Aplin, account of transfers


18.17


Hobbs & Warren, books


10.55


Henry L. Haynes, postage and express .. 5.28


$334.00


TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT


Paid Horace F. Tuttle, salary $50.00


Horace F. Tuttle, recording deaths, births and marriages 31.90


Horace F. Tuttle, postage, express, etc. ..


20.55


Horace F. Tuttle, attending meeting at Chelmsford


3.00


Murphy & Snyder, dog blanks and licenses, 3.50


$108.95


OVERSEER OF POOR DEPARTMENT


Paid William H. Kingsley, salary $50.00


Charles J. Holton, salary 20.00


Warren H. Jones, salary 20.00


William H. Kingsley, postage


2.44


$92.44


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Paid Theron F. Newton, salary


$85.00


CATTLE INSPECTION


Paid Fred S. Whitcomb, salary


$125.00


FENCE VIEWERS


$3.00


ELECTION AND REGISTRATION


Paid George E. Holton, registrar $26.00


Horace F. Tuttle, registrar 40.00


Theron F. Newton, officer 11.00


Charles E. Smith, officer


2.50


L. A. Hesselton, officer


11.00


L. C. Hastings, officer


11.00


James O'Neil, officer


10.00


Fred S. Whitcomb, officer


11.00


Charles J. Holton, officer


11.00


W. L. Tenney. officer


11.00


Horace F. Tuttle, officer


11.00


A. F. Davis, officer 5.00


J. T. McNiff, officer


11.00


R. S. Osterhout, warrants


59.25


R. S. Osterhout, voting lists 57.25


Murphy & Snyder, warrants 12.25


Paid Charles J. Holton, salary


13


C. A. Dudley, posting warrants 3.00


Universalist Society, rent 9.00


T. F. Newton, opening schoolhouse 2.50


T. F. Newton, making booths 8.00


L. C. Hastings, placing booths 3.75


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber,


3.13


W. S. Kelley, paint and labor 3.00


J. F. McNiff, posting warrants 22.50


Charles J. Holton, returning ballots


2.50


William H. Kingsley, opening hall and placing booths 6.00


$363.63


Total general government $2,382.30


Unexpended balance 72.52


$2,454.82


Due from state for cattle inspection, $62.50 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS


Appropriation $300.00


Received from rent 177.00


$477.00


Paid M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies $5.82


West & South Water Supply District


18.00


R. W. Porter, janitor


26.00


R. W. Porter, care of clock


4.00


American Woolen Co., lighting


67.04


William H. Kingsley, wood


64.00


B. A. King, wiring


7.15


J. J. Mitchell, war tax


5.17


Acton Printing Co., notices


2.25


W. H. Kingsley, care of hall


85.50


W. H. Kingsley, labor on grounds


24.50


A. Haynes, care of clock 20.83


Finney & Hoit, curtains


49.50


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal


31.25


Unexpended balance


$411.01 65.99


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police


$477.00


Appropriation


$200.00


Received fines


191.95


$391.95


14


Paid J. T. McNiff, court fees


$15.55


E. S. Fobes, services


5.00


J. N. Berry, services


2.00


Ralph Jones, services


12.00


J. Reynolds, services


12.00


L. E. Laird, services and expenses


138.88


New England Telephone


20.41


Finney & Hoit, badges


2.25


J. T. McNiff, services


16.25


William Craig, court fees


3.00


J. Hughley, court fees


10.00


O. D. Wood, services


17.25


H. R. Greene, services


10.00


Charles J. Holton, services and auto


38.75


Unexpended balance


$303.34 88.61


ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIQUOR LAW


Appropriation


$830.30


Unexpended


830.30


FIRE DEPARTMENT General


$500.00


Transferred from reserve fund


65.63


$565.63


Paid Northeast MacLar Battery Co., battery, $71.56


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


2.12


George Clapp, engineer, 1918-'19


30.00


George Clapp, pay rolls


16.50


George Clapp, supplies


2.89


West & South Water District


36.00


C. D. Cram, pay rolls


42.00


C. D. Cram, valves 3.37


American Woolen Co., lighting


30.09


E. L. Spinney, teaming coal


2.00


F. W. Green, teaming coal South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal


49.45


C. H. Mead & Co., supplies


60.79


J. French, janitor


53.30


J. French, cleaning


16.30


B. A. King, lamps


2.50


South Acton Woolen Co., supplies


2.36


George H. Reed, coal


10.73


F. W. Green, cleaning


1.50


A. W. Davis, gasoline


8.00


Finney & Hoit, supplies


11.77


$391.95


Appropriation


1.50


15


Hall Brothers, lumber


2.50


West Acton Department, salaries 90.00


J. T. McNiff, repairs 3.40


Warren Jones, engineer


5.00


Charles J. Holton, engineer


5.00


William H. Kingsley, engineer


5.00


$565.63


Hydrant Service


Appropriation


$2,775.00


Transferred from reserve fund


9.00


$2,784.00


Paid West & South Water Supply District $2,600.00


Town of Concord 184.00


$2,784.00


Brush Fires.


Appropriation


$200.00


Transferred from reserve fund


38.00


$238.00


Paid C. D. Cram, pay rolls


$62.00


Geo. Clapp, pay rolls


14.50


W. H. Kingsley, pay rolls.


131.50


A. B. Frost


2.50


E. Halloran


2.50


L. Byer


2.50


J. Downey


2.50


S. Taylor


2.50


W. Livermore


2.50


H. Gould


2.50


E. Barker


2.50


John Downey


2.50


S. Hagen 2.50


2.50


A. Goodrich


2.50


HEALTH AND SANITATION.


Appropriation


$500.00


Received from George T. Weaver, license . . 100.00


Received from Mitchell & Mahoney, license . 100.00


Received for labor and licenses


9.00


Transferred from reserve fund


284.07


Paid F. E. Tasker, school physician, 1919


$50.00


F. E. Tasker, chairman, 1919-1920. 25.00


L. McCarthy


$238.00


$993.07


16


E. S. Fobes, inspection of meat 244.00


C. A. Dudley, services as agent 138.76


F. E. Tasker, inspection


14.00


Hobbs & Warren, books


5.32


E. A. Phalen, services


7.12


Dennison Mfg. Co., tape


4.37


International Chemical Co: 19.66


M. E. Taylor & Co., pail .50


Murphy & Snyder, envelopes 2.00


43.00


R. F. Durkee, inspection R. F. Durkee, secretary and attending meet- ings 11.50


A. P. Durkee, inspection


329.00


F. E. Tasker, expenses to Boston and at- tending meetings 10.34


65.00


H. A. Flint, rent 8.00


F. W. Green, cleaning cesspool 8.00


T. F. Newton, expenses


7.50


$993.07


MOTH DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation


$860.43


Received from state treasurer, moth work ....


155.93


Received from state treasurer, state highway work


24.00


Private work


103.00


Lead sold


733.43


$1,876.79


Paid James O'Neil, labor and expenses $1,967.68


Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gasoline 11.95


$1,979.63


Balance due from state, January 1, 1920


538.39


$2,518.02


Amount due from state, January 1, 1921 $641.23


TREE WARDEN.


Appropriation


$300.00


Paid James O'Neil


$178.75


Unexpended balance


121.25


HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.


Appropriation


$6,800.00


Received from state treasurer 3,000.00


Received from state treasurer, account detour


325.00


$300.00


$10,125.00


Department of Public Welfare


17


Paid J. T. McNiff, repairs


$4.00


Finney & Hoit, batteries


2.70


C. H. Mead & Co., supplies


19.50


W. H. Kingsley, teams and labor


4,889.54


W. E. Whitcomb, shovels


5.25


A. H. Perkins, teams and labor


804.96


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal


82.65


F. W. Green, teams


11.76


N. E. Road Machinery Co., parts


77.00


Buffalo Steam Roller Co., parts


30.21


Barrett Co., tarvia


1,781.92


State of Massachusetts, oil


58.71


Standard Oil Co., oil


1,517.10


Geo. E. Greenough, teams


49.60


B. & M. R. R. Co., freight and demurrage,


79.28


T. F. Parker, oil


4.50


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


29.06


J. D. Smith, team


24.00


Hall Bros. Co., lumber 16.95


W. H. Jones, labor


7.00


West & South Water District, gravel


22.10


J. Kinsley, gravel


3.90


W. H. Kingsley, boiler inspection


5.00


Jenney Mfg. Co., oil


537.59


Unexpended balance


$10,064.28 60.72


LOWELL HIGHWAY.


Appropriation


$334.33


Received from county treasurer


751.33


Received from state treasurer


751.33


Transferred from reserve fund


51.30


Paid American Powder Co., exploders


$4.61


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


37.74


W. C. Harris, drills


3.00


George E. Greenough, teams


80.00


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber ..


32.06


Wm. H. Kingsley, teams and labor


1,132.50


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


10.09


Margaret Spinney, gravel


4.60


James Grimes, posts


3.00


E. P. Gates, repairs


23.10


Jenney Mfg. Co., oil


557.59


$10,125.00


$1,888.29


$1,888.29


.


18


POWDER MILL HIGHWAY.


Appropriation


10,000.00


Received from state treasurer 4,450.66


Received from county treasurer


4,450.67


Received from town of Concord


65.10


Paid Wm. H. Kingsley, teams and labor $4,491.50


James Russell, teams


445.50


N. E. Metal Culvert Co.


111.00


Thomas F. Parker, shovels and supplies ..


56.70


Geo. Greenough, stone delivered


3,649.24


Town of Concord, crushing, hauling and weighing stone


2,282.74


Penn. Metal Culvert Co.


90.00


North Acton Quarry, granite posts


93.00


W. A. Haynes Co., cement


63.00


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


31.82


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., cement. .


135.69


N. H. Tenney, pipe


163.66


Mace Moulton, Jr., asphalt


3,505.00


American Powder Co., repairs


22.30


American Powder Co., coal and cement


188.46


A. H. Perkins, labor .


4.60


Wm. H. Kingsley, supplies


16.19


$15,350.40


Unexpended balance


3,616.03


$18,966.43


Due from state treasurer


$899.74


Due from county treasurer 899.73


SNOW BILLS.


Appropriation


$2,200.00


Paid Wm. H. Kingsley


$567.00


Patrick Foley


14.00


E. A. Warren


14.75


Geo. E. Greenough


269.00


H. Mekkelson


156.50


E. S. Fobes


14.00


N. B. Willis


8.50


W. H. Jones


20.50


George Hodgdon


20.00


A. Christofferson


98.50


A. C. Flagg


29.50


$18,966.43


19


A. H. Perkins


F. H. Tuttle


646.85 9.75


Unexpended balance


$1,868.85 331.15


CUTTING BRUSH.


Appropriation


$400.00


Paid Geo. Worster $2.00


Wm. H. Kingsley 80.00


O. A. Knowlton 10.00


H. Seamans


10.00


M. E. Taylor & Co., tools


4.57


Unexpended balance


$106.57 293.43


SOUTH ACTON BRIDGE.


Appropriation


$800.00


Paid South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber. .


$264.79


J. Grimes, posts . 3.75


Wm. H. Kingsley, labor


204.50


Unexpended balance


$473.04 326.96


STREET LIGHTING.


Appropriation


3,250.00


Transferred from reserve fund 272.58


$3,522.58


Paid American Woolen Co.


$3,518.58


E. B. DeSousa


4.00


$3,522.58


RELIEF OF POOR.


Appropriation


$2,000.00


Received from state treasurer


233.76


$2,233.76


Paid Jane Marsh, board


$80.00


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


8.55


Wm. H. Kingsley ,wood


90.00


Mrs. J. MacDonald, board and care


468.00


Mrs. J. MacDonald, supplies


4.03


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal


35.96


$2,200.00


$400.00


$800.00


20


J. S. Moore, supplies 109.48


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


4.93


C. H. Mead & Co., supplies 22.92


Finney & Hoit, supplies


7.35


H. B. Butler, board


35.00


E. A. Mayell, professional services


56.30


G. H. Tuttle, professional services


20.00


W. H. Jones, services and supplies


11.75


Mrs. M. Murphy, board


198.00


City of Boston


192.00


City of Boston


38.00


L. Davis, rent


72.00


E. Z. Stanley, repairs


9.05


Wm. H. Kingsley, board


18.00


A. Johnson, rent


41.00


City of Somerville


17.14


O. S. Fowler


97.00


Unexpended balance


597.30


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS. State Aid.


Received from state treasurer


$532.00


Amount due from state, January 1, 1920


$534.00


Paid


450.00


Amount due from state, December 31, 1920


$452.00


$984.00


$984.00


Appropriation


$200.00


Paid Isiah Leach


$24.00


Unexpended balance


176.00


$200.00


MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Appropriation


$450.00


Received from fines


51.90


Received for old paper


7.00


Transferred from reserve fund


51.09


$559.99


Paid A. W. Davis, librarian


$100.00


A. W. Davis, janitor


129.00


A. W. Davis, cataloging and writing cards


16.00


A. W. Davis, supplies


.90


American Woolen Co., lighting


34.77


Acton Printing Co., slips


15.00


$1,636.46


$2,233.76


Military Aid.


21


E. Z. Stanley, repairs 13.62


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal 101.64


O. E. Houghton, transporting books 50.00


E. F. Conant, insurance 46.02


S. H. Taylor, janitor


26.50


Acton Printing Co., labels 7.00


Wm. H. Kingsley, wood


13.00


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


3.54


Horace F. Tuttle, repairing clock .


3.00


$559.99


Library Books.


Appropriation


$200.00


Interest on library fund


252.26


$452.26


Paid De Wolfe Fiske & Co., books


$305.19


W. A. Weede Co., books


14.81


Negro Historical Society, books


2.90


Levi B. Chase, books .


2.25


H. R. Hunthing Co., books


6.92


Beacon Press Co., books


4.64


C. E. Goodspeed Co., books


13.63


H. F. Tuttle, books


.67


National Geographic Society, books


2.00


Art War Relief, books


2.75


Fassett Publishing Co., books


4.50


Dura Binding Co.


42.40


H. Goldberger Co., books


46.10


W. Packard, Inc., books


3.50


$452.26


CEMETERIES.


Appropriation


$800.00


Received, sale of lots, Woodlawn


87.00


Received, sale of lots, Mt. Hope


96.00


Paid H. F. Robbins, labor


$334.40


West & South Acton Water Supply District


18.58


E. Z. Stanley, repairs


2.25


R. S. Osterhout, deeds


10.75


T. F. Parker, tools


18.50


H. F. Tuttle, commissioner


7.50


H. F. Tuttle, writing deeds and staking lots


5.50


A. Batley, flowers


15.20


F. W. Green, labor


220.74


A. H. Perkins, labor


29.00


$983.00


22


West & South Acton Water Supply District supplies 1.60


Unexpended balance


$664.02 318.98


Perpetual Care


Received interest on cemetery funds


$560.28


Paid H. F. Robbins, labor $237.86


A. Batley & Son, flowers 76.20


F. W. Green, labor


225.22


F. C. Hayward, interest


17.50


George Worster, interest


3.50


EDUCATION.


Appropriation


$27,000.00


Received from state treasurer, Mass. school fund


302.65


Received from state treasurer, industrial school


fund


406.56


Received from state treasurer, superintendent


fund


343.00


Received from state treasurer, superintendent fund for small towns


129.77


Received from county treasurer, dog tax


301.32


Received for tuition


70.10


Received, ticket refunds


85.00


Received, grass sold


2.00


Received, Geo. B. Robbins Co., barrel returned


5.00


Paid, report of school committee


PRINTING.


Appropriation


$200.00


Transferred from reserve fund


73.00


$273.00


Paid R. S. Osterhout, reports


$249.50


H. S. Turner


23.50


$273.00


UNCLASSIFIED.


Appropriation


$700.00


Appropriation, liability insurance 350.00


Appropriation, Memorial day


150.00


Appropriation, aid of C. M. & H. St. Railway ..


168.24


Appropriation, demonstration work in agricul-


$983.00


$560.28


$28,645.40 $28,645.40


23


ture


200.00


Transferred from reserve fund 349.33


$1,917.57


Paid Finney & Hoit, flags


$30.00


Finney & Hoit, yard stick


.50


Hobbs & Warren, book


2.11


Carter Ink Co., ink


.50


W. & L. E. Greeley, account sealer


4.92


ยท Enterprise Co., notices


3.00


Johnson & North, professional services. .


380.94


C. M. & H. St. Railway, account taxes ....


168.24


Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics 200.00


Estate D. Spinney, land damages


517.50


A. M. Whitcomb, liability insurance 260.48


Isaac Davis Post


150.00


Howard Wilson, professional services 25.00


Lungmotor Co.


150.00


Geo. L. Towne


9.88


F. E. Tasker, returning births


1.50


S. B. Annis, returning births


1.25


G. H. Tuttle, returning births


1.00


E. A. Mayell, returning births


.50


F. K. Shaw, returning births


2.00


H. J. Walcott, returning births


.25


E. J. Flaherty, returning births


.50


I. L. Pickford, returning births


.25


J. W. Christie, returning births


.25


H. T. Farrar Co., wreaths


1.00


C. J. Holton, perambulating town lines .. 6.00


RESERVE FUND.


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Transferred to fire department


$65.63


Transferred to fire department, account hydrants


9.00


Transferred to fire department, brush fires .


38.00


Transferred to health department 284.07


272.58


Transferred to library expense account


51.09


Transferred to printing account


73.00


Transferred to unclassified


349.33


Transferred to highways, Lowell road


51.30


Unexpended balance


$1,194.00 306.00


$1,500.00


$1,917.57


Transferred to street lighting


24


INTEREST.


Received, interest on taxes $216.31


Received, interest on deposits 132.49


$348.80


Paid First National Bank of Ayer, interest on loans MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.


$770.00


Received, loans, First National Bank of Ayer. .


$45,000.00


Paid First National Bank of Ayer 25,000.00


Due First National Bank of Ayer $20,000.00


REFUNDS.


Abatements, 1918 taxes $6.00


Abatements, 1919 taxes 44.46


Abatements, 1920 taxes


51.46


FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Receipts.


Due from treasurer, January 1, 1920


$2,711.05


Due from collector, January 1, 1920 5,695.20


$8,406.25


Received :


State tax


$7,140.00


State highway tax


1,573.20


County tax


3,128.44


Town grant


32,600.00


Overlay


1,793.86


Special state tax


336.60


Special state poll tax


1,779.00


Less amount paid by state on account intangible personal property


$7,482.11


$40,868.99


Received :


$77,917.71


Interest on taxes


216.31


Moth tax


816.32


$78,950.34


$128,225.58


Expenditures.


State tax


$7,140.00


1,573.20


State highway tax Special state tax


336.60


$101.92


$48,351.10


Treasurer's report


25


State, special poll tax


1,773.00


County tax ..


3,128.44


General government


2,382.30


Buildings and grounds


411.01


Police


303.34


Fire department


565.63


Hydrants


2,784.00


Brush fires


238.00


Moth


1,979.63


Fire warden


178.75


Health and sanitation


993.07


Highways and bridges


10,064.28


Highways, Lowell road


1,888.29


Highways, snow bills


1,868.85


Highways, Powder Mill road


15,350.40


Highways, cutting brush


106.57


Highways, South Acton bridge


473.04


Street lighting


3,522.58


Relief of poor


1,636.46


State Aid


450.00


Military aid


24.00


Library expense


559.99


Library books


452.26


Cemeteries


664.02


Cemeteries, perpetual care


560.28


Education


28,645.40


Printing


273.00


Unclassified


1,917.57


Interest


770.00


Municipal indebtedness


25,000.00


Refunds


101.92


Due from treasurer


3,104.07


Due from collector


7,005.63


$128,225.58


FINANCIAL STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1920.


Due from treasurer $3,104.07


Due from collector 7,005.63


Due from county treasurer, dog tax 397.99


Due from state treasurer, inspection of animals 62.50


Due from state treasurer, moth work 641.23


Due from state treasurer, state aid 452.00


Due from state treasurer, Powder Mill road .. 899.74


Due from county treasurer, Powder Mill road 899.73


$13,462.89


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Liabilities.


Town of Concord, Tuition $1,479.46


First National Bank of Ayer, note 10,000.00


First National Bank of Ayer, note on account of Powder Mill road 10,00.00


$21,479.46


Balance against the town $8,016.57 Respectfully submitted, HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.


South Acton, February 15, 1921.


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 know- ledge.


HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.


TREASURER'S REPORT.


Year Ending December 31, 1920.


Cash on hand January 1, 1920


$2,711.05


Received from state treasurer :


State forestry department


$155.93


Street railway corporation tax


48.16


Income of Mass. school fund


302.65


Educational Independent Industrial school 406.56


Temporary aid


40.00


Gypsy and brown tail moth work


24.00


Inspection of animals


62.50


Support of paupers


193.76


Maintenance and improvement of highways


1,251.33


Superintendent of school fund


343.00


Loss of taxes on land used for public purposes


284.89


State highway work


4,450.66


State highway work


2,825.00


School Supt. acct., dept of education


129.77


Income tax, 1917


70.00


Income tax, 1918


84.00


Income tax, 1919


1,530.00


Income tax, 1920


9,479.96


Corporation tax, public service


264.62


National bank tax


1,020.38


State aid


532.00


Soldiers' exemption


81.72


Corporation tax, 1919


1.44


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Corporation tax, 1920


1,529.99


County treasurer :


Dog tax .


301.32


Highway work


4,450.67


Lowell Road


500.00


Lowell road


251.33


Received :


Library fines 50.90


Library, old papers 8.00


Tuition of R. Webb


41.60


Tuition of C. Sadler


28.50


Rebate on school tickets


85.00


: iron drum returned


5.00


Grass from South school grounds


2.00


Collections from sealer of weights and measures


42.32


Town hall rents


177.00


Cemetery lots sold, Mt. Hope


96.00


Cemetery lots sold, Woodlawn


87.00


Board of Health, for labor


8.00


Board of health, licenses


1.00


Director of standards, licenses


8.00


Central Middlesex court, fines


191.95


Town of Concord, Nagog taxes


25.12


Town of Concord, road department 65.10


Overseers of Poor, auction


234.55


Slaughter license, Geo. T. Weaver


100.00


Slaughter license, Mitchell & Mahoney


100.00


Interest on deposits


132.49


Interest on cemetery fund


560.28


Interest on library fund


252.26


$32,917.71


First National Bank of Ayer, loans :


$10,000.00


Note No. 3


15,000.00


Note No. 4, road department 10,000.00


Note No. 5


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Received of A. M. Whitcomb, collector :


Taxes and interest, 1918 $630.15


Abatements 6.00


Received of Henry L. Haynes, collector : Taxes and interest, 1919 $4,530.45


$636.15


Abatements 44.46


$4,574.91


Note No. 2


$45,000.00


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Taxes and interest, 1920 $35,328.67 51.46


Abatements


$35,380.13


Paid, selectmen's orders


$121,219.95 118,115.88


Balance on hand, January 1, 1921 $3,104.07 FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer


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


Luke Tuttle fund


200.00


Hiram J. Hapgood fund


200.00


Interest on deposits


259.96


Bond West Shore R. R., Susan Augusta and Luther Conant fund


1,000.00


Interest on bond


40.00


Unexpended balance 115.66


$6,815.62


Paid town of Acton, book account $252.26


Cash in banks .


5,400.00


Bond, Conant fund


1,000.00


Balance unexpended


163.36


$6,815.62


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer


Treasurer's Report of Funds held for Care of Cemetery Lots.


Bonds, West & South Water Supply District of


Acton


$7,500.00


Cash in banks and liberty bonds 12,452.90


Unexpended balance 1,453.25


Received for lots :


George R. Keyes lot 50.00


Whitcomb and Preston lot 50.00


Henry Willard lot


100.00


Jos. Truette lot 100.00


Lowell A. Jones lot 50.00


Bixby Woodard lot 50.00


Waldo Littlefield lot


100.00


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ohn Conant lot


100.00


Clarence H. Jones lot


50.00


Cyrus Hale lot


200.00


Geo. M. Pike lot


100.00


Calvin Harris lot


100.00


Mrs. J. P. Luelling lot


100.00


Eugene L. Hall, lot


75.00


Bertram D. Hall lot


75.00


Income from funds


749.93


$23,456.08


Paid for care of lots


$560.28


Bonds, W. & S. Water District


7,200.00


Cash in Banks


6,252.90


Liberty bonds


7,800.00


Unexpended balance


1,642.90


Surplus cemetery funds


$23,456.08 $512.82


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer


Treasurer's Report of Town Farm Fund.


Received from :


Blanchard & Gould, timber


$6,500.00


Wm. T. Kilmartin


2,500.00


Wm. T. Kilmartin, Mtg.


6,550.00


Sale of personal property


980.61


Interest on Mtg.


159.08


$16,689.69


On hand, balance of Mtg.


$2,550.00


Liberty bonds 14,012.44


Balance of fund


127.25


$16,689.69 FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer


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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, March 1, 1920.


The meeting was called to order by the assistant town clerk. Charles E. Smith and Ralph Piper were appointed and sworn as tellers.


Article 1. Allen Brooks Parker was chosen Moderator.


Article 2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for town officers : also to vote on the question,"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" The following town officers were chosen :


Town clerk, Horace F. Tuttle.


Selectman, three years, Warren H. Jones.


Assessor, three years, Albert P. Durkee.


Overseers of the poor, one year, William H. Kingsley, Warren H. Jones, Charles J. Holton.


Treasurer, Frank W. Hoit.


Collector of Taxes, Henry L. Haynes.


Constables, John T. McNiff, Oliver D. Wood, James N. Berry, Charles T. Baxter.


School committee, three years, Lilly C. Case, Alden C. Flagg.


Cemetery commissioner, three years, Fred W. Green.


Board of health, three years, Raymond F. Durkee.


Trustee of Memorial library, three years, J. Sidney White. Tree warden, one year, James O'Neil.


Finance committee, one year, James B. Tuttle, Frank W. Hoit, Edgar H. Hall, Asaph Merriam, Horace F. Tuttle.


On the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intox- icating liquors in this town ?" 26 voted yes, 43 voted no.


Article 3. To choose all town officers not named in Article 2, and fix salaries of all town officers: Voted, to instruct the selectmen to appoint surveyors of wood, lumber and bark.


Chose Luther Conant trustee of the Goodnow fund for three years.


Voted, to fix the salary of the tax collector at one per cent of the amount collected, with no other charge against the town for this duty.


Voted that the salary of the treasurer be two hundred dollars per annum.


Voted, that the salary of the chairman of the selectmen be one hundred dollars per annum, and the other members fifty dollars each per annum.


Voted, that the salary of the assessors be as follows: the chair- man one hundred and twenty-five dollars; the clerk one hundred dollars, and the remaining member seventy-five dollars per annum.


Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to fix the salary of all other town officers.


Article 4. To see if the town will accept the reports of the


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various town officials. Voted, to accept the reports of the several town officers as printed.


Article 5. To hear and act on the reports of any committee chosen to report at this meeting. Voted, to accept the report of the committee chosen to consider the sale of the town farm. Voted, to accept the report of the "welcome home" committee. Voted, that the town place on record its appreciation of the services of this committee and grant this committee further time to consider the matters referred to it. Voted, that any unexpended money in the hands of this com- mittee be retained by it another year. No action was taken upon the report of the committee on by-laws.


Article 6. To see what sums of money the town will raise by taxation and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the town. Voted to raise and appro- priate for :




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