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The savings bank books and securities in custody of the treasurer, representing the investments of the various trust funds, were exam- ined and checked. The accounts, although correct as of December 10, 1923, did not lend themselves to proper auditing, since the treas- urer kept no adequate records showing the trust fund transactions from year to year. Appended to this report are tables showing the condition of the trust funds.
In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned the books of the sealer of weights and measures, the town clerk, the cemetery department and the trustees of Goodnow Fund were examined. Furthermore, the accounts of the treasurer of the Water District, as well as those of the tax collectors of the Water District, were exam- ined and verified, summary tables of which are appended herewith.
For the courtesy extended by the several department officials while engaged in making the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express my appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. FENTON,
Chief Examiner.
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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
$215,402.84
Receipts 1922
Payments 1922 :
Selectmen's orders 1922
$207,817.11
Unpaid orders 1921 6,039.79
Balance December 31, 1922.
1,545.94
$215,402.84
Balance January 1, 1923
$1,545.94
Receipts to December 10, 1923
169,328.52
Payments to December 10, 1923 : Selectmen's orders
$165,211.00
Without selectmen's orders : School transportation
$385.40
Public Health nurse
200.00
Poor
36.00
Care of shade trees
24.00
Moth
14.00
Buildings and grounds
21.48
680.88
Balance December 10, 1923
4,982.58
$170,874.46
Balance December 10, 1923, per cash book . . $4,982.58
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
1,128.55
Memorial Library Fund
20.00
Cash over
411.74
$6,542.87
Balance December 10, 1923 :
First National Bank of Ayer
$4,655.94
Cash in office
1,786.93
Petty cash fund-School Department
100.00
$6,542.87
TAXES-1920
Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Commitment :
Real, personal and moth
$38,720.31
Polls
2,965.00
Additional commitment 5.00
$41,690.31
$170,874.46
$213,856.90
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Payments to treasurer :
1920
$35,316.02
1921
5,574.29
1922
709.75
$41,600.06
Abatements
1920
$51.46
1921
13.98
1922
1.57
Outstanding December 31, 1922
23.24
Outstanding January 1, 1923
Payments to treasurer to December 10, 1923 $7.07
Outstanding December 10, 1923, per list
16.17
$23.24
TAXES-1921
Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Commitment :
Real, personal and moth. . $64,086.36
Polls
3,090.00
Additional commitment 434.75
$67,611.11
Abatement after payment (refunded)
39.45
$67,650.56
Payments to treasurer :
1921
$55,597.04
1922
7,885.94
$63,482.98
Abatements :
1921 :
Taxes $148.02
Additional
commitment
424.75
1922
$572.77 30.26
Outstanding December 31, 1922
603.03 3,564.55
. .
67.01
$41,690.31 $23.24
$67,650.56
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Outstanding January 1, 1923 Payments to treasurer to December 10, 1923 $2,924.21
Abatements to December 10, 1923 38.28
Outstanding December 10, 1923, per list 508.43
Cash on hand December 10, 1923 93.63
$3,564.55
$3,564.55
TAXES-1922 Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Commitment :
Real, personal and moth
$87,542.97
Polls,
3,630.00
$91,172.97
Payments to treasurer 1922 : Real, personal and moth. . $68,475.09
Polls 3,116.00
71,591.09
Abatements 1922 :
Real and personal
$238.28
Polls
319.00
557.28
Outstanding December 31, 1922: Real, personal and moth. . $18,829.60
Polls 195.00
19,024.60
Outstanding January 1, 1923 : Real, personal and moth Polls
$18,829.60
195.00
Payments to treasurer to March 12, 1923 : Real, personal and moth .. $3,551.49 Polls 5.00
$3,556.49
12.36
Abatements to March 12, 1923 Recommitted to Charles A. Durkee : Real, personal and moth .. $15,265.75 Polls 190.00
$91,172.97
$19,024.60
15,455.75
$19,024.60
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INTEREST ON DEFERRED TAXES
Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Collections 1920 :
Levy of 1920
Collections 1921 :
Levy of 1920
$226.30
Levy of 1921
39.87
266.17
Collections 1922 :
Levy of 1920
$72.37
Levy of 1921
312.89
Levy of 1922
54.64
Collections 1923 (to December 10) :
Levy of 1920
$1.10
Levy of 1921
266.60
Levy of 1922
67.52
335.22
Payments to treasurer :
1920 :
Levy of 1920
$12.65
1921:
Levy of 1920
$226.30
Levy of 1921
39.87
266.17
1922:
Levy of 1920
$72.37
Levy of 1921
312.89
Levy of 1922
54.64
1923 (to December 10) :
Levy of 1920
$1.10
Levy of 1921
258.77
Levy of 1922
67.52
Cash on hand December 10, 1923 : Levy of 1921 7.83
$1,053.94
TAXES 1922 and 1923
Charles A. Durkee, Collector
Re-commitment :
Levy of 1922 :
Real, personal and moth .
$15,265.75
190.00
Polls
$15,455.75
. .
439.90
327.39
..
$1,053.94
439.90
.
$12.65
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Commitment : Levy of 1923 :
Real, personal and moth . $79,514.83
Polls
3,605.00
Interest collections :
Levy of 1922
$545.82
Levy of 1923
11.52
557.34
Collector's overpayment to treasurer
130.92
$99,263.84
Payments to treasurer to December 10, 1923 :
Taxes of 1922 $13,327.79
Taxes of 1923 60,764.49
$74,092.28
Abatements to December 10, 1923 : Levy of 1922:
Real and personal $7.59
Polls
26.00
33.59
Levy of 1923 :
Real and personal
$189.54
Polls
255.00
444.54
Outstanding December 10, 1923, per list : Levy of 1922 :
Real and personal
$2,569.92
Polls
55.00
Moth 1.41
2,626.33
Levy of 1923 :
Real and personal $21,517.60
Polls 520.00
Moth
29.50
22,067.10
$99,263.84
RECONCILIATION OF WATER DISTRICT TREASURER'S CASH
Balance March 15, 1923 $4,065.52
Receipts to December 10, 1923 10,165.80
$14,231.32
Payments to December 10, 1923 : On commissioners' orders $12,694.27 Not on commissioners' orders 452.93
Balance December 10, 1923
$13,147.20 1,084.12
$14,231.32
83,119.83
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Balance December 10, 1923
Cash over
$1,214.01
Balance per bank statement December 10, 1923 $1,719.84 Less outstanding checks December 10, 1923 . 590.86
Cash on hand December 10, 1923
$1,128.98 85.03
$1,214.01
WATER DISTRICT TAXES-1920
Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Commitment
$3,565.74
Payments to treasurer :
To April 1, 1921
$3,096.20
To April 1, 1922 405.70
To April 1, 1923 ยท
55.89
$3,557.79
Abatements :
To April 1, 1921
$6.06
To April 1, 1923 . .26
6.32
Outstanding December 10, 1923, per list ..
1.63
$3,565.74
WATER DISTRICT TAXES-1921
Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Commitment
$3,549.22
December commitment
19.21
$3,568.43
Payments to treasurer :
To April 1, 1922
$3,064.04
To April 1, 1923
326.35
To December 10, 1923
124.69
Abatements :
To April 1, 1922
$29.66
To April 1, 1923
.50
To December 10, 1923
2.78
32.94
6.56
Outstanding December 10, 1923, per list .. Due from collector December 10, 1923 13.85
$3,568.43
$1,084.12 129.89
$3,515.08
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Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Commitment
$2,041.93
Payments to treasurer to March 15, 1923. .. $1,674.99
Abatements to March 15, 1923 7.78
Re-committed to C. A. Durkee 359.16
$2,041.93
INTEREST ON DEFERRED WATER DISTRICT TAXES
Henry L. Haynes, Collector
Collected to April 1, 1921 :
Levy of 1920
$2.66
Collected to April 1. 1922 :
Levy of 1920
$18.85
Levy of 1921
6.04
24.89
Collected to April 1. 1923 :
Levy of 1920
$6.14
Levy of 1921
16.60
Levy of 1922
3.46
26.20
Collected to December 10, 1923 :
Levy of 1921 12.56
$66.31
Payments to treasurer :
To April 1. 1921 : Levy of 1921
$2.66
To April 1. 1922 :
Levy of 1920
$18.85
Levy of 1921
6.04
24.89
To April 1. 1923 :
Levy of 1920
$6.14
Levy of 1921
16.60
Levy of 1922
3.46
26.20
To December 10, 1923 : Levy of 1921 11.22
Due from collector December 10, 1923 : Levy of 1921 1.34
$66.31
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WATER DISTRICT TAXES-LEVIES 1922 and 1923
Charles A. Durkee, Collector
Re-commitment :
Levy of 1922
$359.16
Commitment : Levy of 1923
1,952.02
Interest collections :
Levy of 1922 $12.16
Levy of 1923
.28
12.44
$2,323.62
Payments to treasurer to December 10, 1923 :
Levy of 1922
$288.07
Levy of 1923
1,215.01
$1,503.08
Abatements :
Levy of 1922
$
.08
Levy of 1923
6.12
6.20
Outstanding December 10, 1923, per list :
Levy of 1922
$82.83
Levy of 1923
551.56
634.39
Due from collector December 10, 1923
179.95
$2,323.62
TOWN CLERK
Dog licenses issued in 1922 :
167 males @ $2.00
$334.00
34 females @ $5.00.
170.00
1 kennel @ $25.00. 25.00
$529.00
Payments to county treasurer, 1922
$480.20
Clerk's fees, 202 @ 20c 40.40
Cash on hand December 31, 1922
8.40
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
$8.40
Licenses issued to December 10, 1923 :
140 males @ $2.00. 280.00
43 females. $5.00
215.00
1 kennel @ $25.00 25.00
Payments to county treasurer
$491.60
Clerk's fees, 184 @ 20c 36.80
$529.00
$528.40
$528.40
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Fees for sealing-1922
Payments to treasurer in 1922
$37.05
Cash on hand December 31, 1922 ... $4.05
$41.10
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
$4.05
Fees for sealing to December 10, 1923
38.56
$42.61
Payments to treasurer to December 10, 1923
$40.21
Outstanding December 10, 1923
1.21
Cash on hand December 10, 1923
1.19
$42.61
FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION FUND
Savings Bank Deposits $317.70
Total
On hand January 1, 1922
$317.70
On hand December 31, 1922
332.94
332.94
On hand December 10, 1923
332.94
332.94
RECEIPTS
1922
Interest and income earned
$15.24
Total
$15.24
PAYMENTS
1922
Added to savings deposits
$15.24
Total
$15.24
HAPGOOD FARM FUND
On hand January 1, 1922
Cash $3,000.00
Total $3,000.00
On hand December 31, 1922
RECEIPTS
1922
Cash on hand, January 1, 1922 $3,000.00 Total
$3,000.00
PAYMENTS
1922
Transferred to Town Farm Fund
$3,000.00
Total $3,000.00
$41.10
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TOWN FARM FUND
Savings Bank
Cash Deposits Securities Total
On hand January 1, 1922 $930.08
$18,050.00 $18,980.08
On hand Dec. 31, 1922
304.47
On hand Dec. 10, 1923
$3,000.00 18,050.00 21,354.47 3,644.47 18,050.00 21,694.47
RECEIPTS
1922
Transferred from Hapgood Fund $3,000.00
Interest and income earned . 803.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
930.08
Total
$4,733.08
PAYMENTS
1922
Added to savings deposits
$3 000.00
Transferred to town 1,428.61
Cash on hand December 31, 1922
304.47
Total
$4,733.08
RECEIPTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923 :
Interest and income earned . $340.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
304.47
Total
$644.47
PAYMENTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923 :
Added to savings deposits
$644.47
Total
$644.47
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
.
Savings Bank
Cash Deposits Securities
Total
On hand Jan. 1, 1922
$196.38
$5,421.94
$1,000.00
$6,618.32
On hand Dec. 31, 1922
165.13
5,421.94 1,000.00
6,587.07
On hand Dec. 10, 1923 20.00
5,610.49 1,000.00 6,630.49
RECEIPTS
1922
Interest and income earned $294.27
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
196.38
Total
$490.65
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PAYMENTS
1922
Transferred to town
$325.52
Cash on hand December 31, 1922 165.13
Total
$490.65
RECEIPTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923 :
Interest and income earned
$43.42
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
165.13
Total
$208.55
PAYMENTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923 :
Added to savings deposits
$188.55
Cash on hand December 10, 1923 20.00
Total $208.55
GEORGE A. WHITE FUND
Cash
Savings Bank Deposits Total
On hand January 1, 1922
On hand December 31, 1922
$25,000.00 160.95 $25,000.00
$25,000.00
On hand December 10, 1923
25,160.95
RECEIPTS
1922
Bequest
$25,000.00
Total
$25,000.00
PAYMENTS
1922
Cash on hand December 31. 1922 $25,000.00
Total
$25,000.00
RECEIPTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923 : Interest on deposits $160.95
Total
$160.95
PAYMENTS January 1, to December 10, 1923 : Cash on hand December 10, 1923 $160.95
Total $160.95
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CHARLOTTE L. GOODNOW FUND
In Custody of Trustees
Savings Bank Deposits
Total
On hand January 1, 1922
$3,204.49
$3,204.49
On hand December 31, 1922
3,220.14
3,220.14
On hand December 10, 1923
3,220. 14
3,220.14
RECEIPTS
1922
Interest and income earned $154.65
Total
$154.65
PAYMENTS
1922
Expenditures
$139.00
Added to savings deposits 15.65
Total
$154.65
RECEIPTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923
Interest and income earned. $100.00
Total
$100.00
PAYMENTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923
Expenditures $100.00
Total
$100.00
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
.
Savings Bank
Cash Deposits Securities Total
On hand Jan. 1, 1922
$2,520.97 $6,902.64 $14,950.00 $24,373.61
On hand Dec. 31, 1922 5,230.13 7,467.62 14,850.00 27,547.75
On hand Dec. 10, 1923 792.71 14,056.35 13,700.00 28,549.06
RECEIPTS
Sale of securities $300.00
Interest and income earned 1,061.94
Bequests 2,850.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
2,520.97
Total
$6,732.91
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PAYMENTS
Purchase of securities
$200.00
Added to savings deposits
564.98
Care of lots .
737.80
Cash on hand December 31, 1922
5,230.13
Total
$6,732.91
RECEIPTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923
Sale of securities
$3,350.00
Interest and income earned
601.31
Bequests
900.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
5,230.13
Total
$10,081.44
PAYMENTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923
Purchase of securities
$2,200.00
Added to savings deposits
6,588.73
Expended on Chaplin lot
500.00
Cash on hand December 10, 1923
792.71
Total
$10,081.44
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE SURPLUS FUND
Cash
Total
On hand January 1, 1923
$335.84
$335.84
On hand December 10, 1923
335.84 335.84
RECEIPTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923
Cash on hand January 1, 1923 $335.84
Total $335.84
PAYMENTS
January 1 to December 10, 1923
Cash on hand December 10, 1923 $335.84
Total $335.84
TOWN OF ACTON Balance Sheet-December 10, 1923 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Cash :
In bank and office
$4,982.58
$10,000.00
Accounts Receivable :
130.92
Taxes :
Levy of 1920 $16.17
General Government $1,679.44
Levy of 1921
602.06
Police
6.00
Levy of 1922
2,626.33
Levy of 1923
22,037.60
Enforcement of Liquor Laws 432.64
Fire
96.50
Fire Hose
98.00
Health
375.02
Town Nurse
289.82
Shade Trees .
70.89
From State :
Elm Leaf Beetle
300.00
State Aid
300.00
Highways-Town
71.38
Sidewalk Snow Removal
54.40
Street Lighting . .
447.10
Military Aid
100.00
Buildings and Grounds .53
Schools
6,851.13
Moth 180.00
Schoolhouse at Centre .
1,500.00
Highways-State 537.29
700.00
Main Street-Lowell Road 6,309.34 Poor 963.53
Library 257.34
Library Books 25.70
Woodlawn Cemetery . .
365.82
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25,282.16
Special Assessments : Moth 1923
29.50
Accounts Overdrawn :
Election and Registration $147.09
Liabilities
Assets
Temporary Loans : In anticipation of revenue
Collector's overpayment ... Unexpended balances :
Memorial Tablets . . Employer's Liability 171.19
Mt. Hope Cemetery . . .. 585.89
Cemetery Perpetual Care 127.50
Refunds 12.36
Loans and Interest 874.84
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds 50.00
Interest on Revenue Loans 899.03
10,713.10
Reserve Fund 2.07 Installation of Lights .. 800.00
14,668.74
Overlay reserved for abatements :
Levy of 1920 $16.17
Levy of 1921 602.06
Levy of 1922 2,321.03
Levy of 1923 2,497.54
5,436.80
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
3,375.37
Special Assessment Revenue
29.50
300.00
Departmental Revenue .. . Excess and Deficiency 7,366.01
$41,307.34
$41,307.34
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Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$20,375.00 | Street Pavement Loan .
. $7,500.00 Cement Bridge Loan . 4,125.00 Street Construction Loan, 1922 8,750.00
$20,375.00
$20,375.00
$20,375.00
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities : In custody of treasurer $82,703.75
In custody of trustees 3,220.14
$85,923.89
Firemen's Relief Association Fund $332.94
Town Farm Fund 21,694.47
Wilde Memorial Library Fund 6,630.49
George A. White Fund 25,160.95
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund 3,220.14
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 28,549.06
Cemetery Perpetual Care Surplus Fund . 335.84
$85,923.89
$85,923.89
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$85,923.89
TRUST ACCOUNTS
:
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GOODNOW FUND For the Year Ending December 31, 1923
INVESTMENTS
Warren Institution for Savings $1,237.65
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank 1,000.00
City Institution for Savings, Lowell
1,000.00
$3,237.65
RECEIPTS
Warren Institution for Savings
$55.51
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank
50.00
City Institutions for Savings
50.00
$155.51
PAYMENTS
Paid H. F. Robbins, care of Goodnow lot, Woodlawn cemetery .
$8.00
Unused income, for care of cemetery lot de-
posited with Warren Institution for Sav- ings
17.51
Paid to Ella L. Miller, Treasurer of the Evan- gelical Church in Acton
130.00
$155.51 CHARLOTTE CONANT, I. WARREN FLAGG, HORACE F. TUTTLE, Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, March 12, 1923
The meeting was called to order by the moderator Allen Brooks Parker.
The moderator appointed Bertram D. Hall and William T. Mer- riam, tellers.
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
Allen Brooks Parker was chosen moderator at the town election March 5, 1923.
To choose all necessary town officers and committees.
Article 2. (Town officers chosen at the town election, March 5, 1923.)
Article 3. To choose all necessary town officers not named in Article 2. (See warrant for election, March 5, 1923), and fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose Charlotte Conant, trustee of the Goodnow fund for three years.
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Chose Clarence D. Cram, trustee of the Firemen's Relief fund for three years.
Voted: To fix the salary of the tax collector at five-eighths of one per cent of the amount collected.
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 treasurer be two hundred dollars per annum.
Voted : That the salary of the assessors be as follows: The chairman, one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum; the clerk, one hundred dollars, and the other member seventy-five dollars.
Voted : That the salary of the moderator be ten dollars per meeting.
Voted: That the salary of the overseers of the poor be as fol- lows: The chairman, seventy-five dollars and the other members, forty dollars each 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 vote to accept the several reports of the town officers.
Voted: To accept the reports of the several town officers.
Article 5. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
The committee appointed by the selectmen, under authority of a vote passed at a special town meeting, May 3, 1922, submitted a printed report.
Voted: To amend said report by substituting the name of Prospect street for Blanchard street, item number 43.
Voted: To strike out the name Quimby street, item 36.
Voted: To substitute the name Howard L. Quimby square for Exchange square.
Voted : To substitute the name Piper Road for Quimby street, . item 36.
Voted: To accept the report of the committee as amended.
Voted : To receive the verbal report of the Welcome Home Committee, to which was referred the matter of a memorial to those who served in the World War from Acton.
Voted : That the committee be continued and the sum of seven hundred dollars be reappropriated for the use of said committee.
Voted : That three ex-service men be added to the committee, all of whom shall have seen service in the army, navy or marines of the United States.
Voted: That the three men, be chosen by the ex-service men of the town, one from each precinct.
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.
Article 6. Voted to appropriate for :
$10.000.00 Roads and bridges
Removal of snow 1,500.00
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Loans and interest
8,150.00
Schools
40,000.00
School house at the Center, special improvements 1,500.00
Town Nurse
2,000.00
Memorial Library, current expenses
700.00
Memorial Library, purchase of books
200.00
Hydrant service
2,784.00
Fire department for new hose
400.00
Forest Fires
200.00
Street Lighting
3,900.00
Street lighting for additional lights
800.00
Shade trees, care of
500.00
General government
3,000.00
Treasurers and Collectors bonds
150.00
Enforcement of the liquor laws
465.61
Buildings and grounds
400.00
Cemeteries
900.00
Police department
400.00
Board of Health
750.00
Military Aid
100.00
Sidewalks, removal of snow 200.00
Memorial Tablets 700.00
Reserve Fund
1,200.00
Unclassified
700.00
Fire house No. Acton, a sum of money sufficient to shingle
Elm leaf beetle, control of.
300.00
$81,899.64
Voted to raise and appropriate for :
Special work on Main Street, sometimes called Lowell Road, from So. Acton to Kelley's Corner $2,000.00
Demonstration work in agriculture
300.00
Fire department maintenance 500.00
Moth work 965.67
225.00
Insurance of employees 400.00
Voted to raise by taxation for town charges 60,000.00
$64,390.67
Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the observance of Memorial day.
Voted: To raise the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Voted : That the Moderator be instructed to appoint a commit- tee of seven, to take in charge the expenditure of this appropriation and direct the ceremonies of the observance of Memorial day.
The following persons were appointed by the Moderator. George Towne, Fannie Wetherbee, George B. Parker, Charlotte Conant, Lowell Cram, Helen Knowlton, O. D. Wood.
Article 8. To see what action the town will take in regard to the collection of taxes.
Voted: That all taxes, other than poll. shall be payable not
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later than October 15, 1923 and on all taxes remaining unpaid after November 1, 1923 interest shall be charged at the rate of six per cent. per annum from October 15, 1923 until such taxes are paid.
Article 9. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department or vote any- thing thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dol- lars.
Article 10. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires and fix price thereon.
Voted : To appropriate two hundred dollars for fighting brush fires.
Voted : That the amount to be paid be fixed by the forest war- den subject to the approval of the selectmen.
Article 11. To see what action the town will take toward the suppression of the elm tree beetle and brown tail and gypsy moth.
Voted : To raise $965.67 for moth work.
Voted: To appropriate three hundred dollars for suppression of the elm leaf beetle.
Article 12. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1923 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the reve- nue of said financial year.
Voted : That the town treasurer with the approval of the select- men, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1923, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this note to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to insure the employees of the town or act anything thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred (400) dollars.
Article 14. To see what amount of money the town will raise and appropriate for the payment of premiums on treasurer's and collector's bonds or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to give the use of the town hall and town grounds to the Acton Agricultural Association for their meetings and fairs.
Voted : That the town give the use of the town hall and town grounds to the Acton Agricultural Association for their meetings and fairs.
Article 16. To see if the town will provide a safe or vault or make some other suitable provision for the safe-keeping of its records and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted: That a committee of three be appointed by the Moder- ator to investigate the matter of providing suitable accommodations
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for keeping the town records and report to the town at the next an- nual meeting or an earlier meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following committee: James B. Tuttle, William Rawitser, Edgar H. Hall.
Article 17. To see if the town will purchase three snow plows, one for each precinct, to be used for clearing the roads of snow, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 18. To see what action the town will take to keep the roads open for travel in the winter.
Voted: That the matter be referred to the selectmen to act in their discretion.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to be used with the unexpended balance of the $30,000, borrowed for the rebuilding of the Lowell road to extend it to a point beyond Kelley's Corner.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dol- lars to be used for rebuilding the Lowell road as stated in the article.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the county agricultural trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the pro- vision of Section 40 to 45, Chap. 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
Voted: To appropriate $300 and instruct the selectmen to ap- point the director referred to in the article.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to maintain a public health nurse for the ensuing year or act anything thereon.
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