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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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