Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1921-1925, Part 2

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1921
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Wilder Macurda, medicine 1.00


Finney & Hoit, supplies


14.56


L. Piscaer, board


36.00


City of Boston, aid


27.43


City of Worcester, aid


89.47


F. K. Shaw


12.00


J. S. Moore, supplies


18.00


E. D. Morse, milk


8.00


W. H. Jones, expense


8.00


$530.17


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS


State Aid


Received from state treasurer


$450.00


Amount due from state treasurer, January 1


.


$452.00


Paid


372.00


Amount due from state, January 1, 1922


374.00


$824.00


$824.00


Military Aid


Appropriation


$100.00


Transferred from reserve fund


5.00


Paid J. G. Bennett


$105.00: 105.00,


MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Appropriation


$700.00


Appropriation, heating apparatus


500.00


Received from fines


53.50


Received for old paper


.50


.


$1,254.00)


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Paid :


R. S. Osterhout, slips $22.75


South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal 154.11


American Woolen Co., lighting 29.64


A. F. Davis, librarian


140.50


A. F. Davis, janitor


153.00


A. F. Davis, writing cards


3.50


A. F. Davis, cataloging


10.00


A. E. Houghton, transporting books


50.00


George Daniels, sharpening mower


1.25


E. F. Conant, insurance


43.02


Dennison Manufacturing Co., labels


1.07


A. F. Davis, painting


9.70


Dura Binding Co.


27.75


M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies


3.04


H. F. Tuttle, express


.83


F. R. Allen, heater


490.00


O. H. Greenwood, cartage


15.00


Unexpended balance


98.84


Library Books


Appropriation


$200.00


Interest on library fund


246.54


Paid :


De Wolf Fiske & Co.


$300.21


Dura Binding Co.


50.40


H. R. Hunting Co.


19.52


D. W. Barnes


3.95


Milton Bradley Co.


9.15


W. A. Wilde Co.


9.00


National Republican


1.50


M. D. Wilson


5.06


H. Golberger


46.25


Enterprise Co.


1.50


CEMETERIES


Appropriation


$800.00


Received, sale of lots, Woodlawn


22.00


Received, sale of lots, Mt. Hope


146.00


$968.00


Paid : H. F. Robbins, labor


$340.90


H. F. Robbins, hose and plank


13.00


Horace F. Tuttle, commissioner


7.50


.


$1,155.16


$1,254.00


$446.54


·


.


$446.54


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Horace F. Tuttle, writing deeds


7.00


West & South Water Supply District 22.06


A. Batley & Son, flowers 35.76


F. W. Green, labor


321.82


A. H. Wetherbee, labor


22.00


A. H. Perkins, team


11.50


W. J. Costello, setting glass


10.83


Unexpended balance


$792.37 175.63


Perpetual Care


Received, interest on cemetery fund


$697.19


H. F. Robbins, labor


$332.98


F. W. Green, labor


287.75


A. Batley & Son, flowers


76.46


EDUCATION


Appropriation


$37,475.00


Paid, report of school committee


37,426.54


Unexpended balance


48.46.


PRINTING


Appropriation


$300.00


Paid R. S. Osterhout, reports


$250.00


Unexpended balance


50.00


$300.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Appropriation


$700.00


Appropriation, Memorial day


150.00


Appropriation, liability insurance


350.00


Appropriation, demonstration work in agricul-


ture


200.00


Appropriation, scales for schools


100.00


Appropriation, observation tower at Harvard,


150.00


Transferred from reserve fund


25.49


$1,675.49.


Paid :


Isaac Davis Post, G. A. R.


$150.00


A. M. Whitcomb, liability insurance 315.08


Middlesex Farm Bureau 200.00


Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, scales 78.91


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, tower 150.00


W. Larrabee, damages


12.00


$968.00


Paid :


$697.19


$37,475.00


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W. B. Holt, labor on fountain 1.50


P. Wood, delivering reports 2.00


Howard Wilson, legal services


100.00


Dura Binding Co., reports 3.00


Annie Kimball, damages .


100.00


Finney & Hoit, flags


14.40


Enterprise Co., notice


1.50


W. H. Jones, perambulating town lines ·


5.00


W. H. Jones, delivering reports


3.00


W. H. Kingsley, labor at fountain


13.25


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, penalty 2.00


A. W. Davis, perambulating town lines 10.00


F. K. Shaw, reporting births 1.50


H. J. Walcott, reporting births


. 25


A. G. Scoboria, reporting births


.25


J. D. Christie, reporting births .


.25


G. E. Titcomb, reporting births


.25


E. J. Flaherty, reporting births . .


.50


George H. Tuttle, reporting births .


1.00


S. B. Annis, reporting births


.


.25


E. A. Mayell, reporting births


1.00


H. F. Tuttle, writing Hapgood deed


3.00


H. F. Tuttle, revenue stamps


3.00


A. H. Perkins, labor, ice storm


365.05


W. H. Kingsley, labor, ice storm


110.75


A. W. Davis, labor, ice storm 26.30


F. E. Tasker, reporting births


.50


RESERVE FUND


Appropriation


$1,500.00


Transferred to :


$234.78


Buildings and grounds


125.64


Police department


102.45


Fire department


127.35


Health and sanitation


110.34


Military aid


5.00


Highways


468.78


Unclassified


25.49


.


Unexpended balance


$1,199.83 300.17


INTEREST


Received, interest on taxes


$319.37


Received, interest on deposits 127.99


Paid, interest on bank loans


$447.36 $1,772.07


$1,675.49


General government


$1,500.00


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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS


Due First National Bank of Ayer, Jan. 1, 1921, Received loans :


$20,000.00


First National Bank of Ayer $50,000.00


Maynard Trust Co., bridge account 8,500.00


Assabet Institution for Savings, account Pow- der Mill and Maynard road 6,250.00


North Middlesex Institution for Savings, ac- count Powder Mill and Maynard road 12,500.00


$77,250.00


· $97,250.00


Paid :


First National Bank of Ayer $60,000.00


North Middlesex Institution for Savings 2,500.00


Assabet Institution for Savings 1,250.00


$63,750.00


Total amount for loans


$33,500.00


REFUNDS


Abatements, 1919 taxes


$22.30


Abatements, 1919 excise tax


10.50


Abatements, 1920 taxes


13.98


Abatements, 1921 taxes


533.32


Isaac Flagg, refund


39.45


$619.55


FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts


Due from treasurer, Jan. 1, 1921


$3,104.07


Due from collector, Jan. 1, 1921 7,005.63


$10,109.70


Received :


State tax


$7,140.00


State highway tax


1,573.40


County tax


3,806.67


Special county tax


272.96


Town grant


55,965.67


Overlay


2,908.06


Special state tax


336.60


Special state poll tax


1,854.00


$73,857.36


Less amount paid by the state on account in- tangible personal property 6,730.00


$67,127.36


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Received :


Treasurer's report


$117,908.27


319.37


Interest on taxes Moth tax December assessment


49.00


429.75


$118,706.39


$195,943.45


Expenditures


State tax


$7,140.00


State highway tax


1,573.40


Special state tax


: 336.60


Special poll tax


1,854.00


County tax


3,806.67


Special county tax


272.96


General government


2,627.74


Buildings and grounds


557.86


Police


454.45


Enforcement of liquor law


66.00


Fire department


4,011.35


Brush fires


142.95


Health and sanitation


811.34


Moth


1,484.26


Fire warden


31.50


Highways and bridges


11,018.88


Highways, special


3,846.74


Powder Mill and Maynard road


29,839.43


Powder Mill bridge


6,290.28


Snow removal


200.00


Cutting brush


386.13


Street lighting


3,433.31


Relief of poor


530.17


State aid


372.00


Military aid


105.00


Library expense


1,155.16


Library books


446.54


Cemeteries


792.37


Cemeteries, perpetual


care


697.19


Education


37,426.54


Printing


250.00


Unclassified


1,675.49


Interest


1,772.07


Municipal indebtedness


63,750.00


Refunds


619.55


Due from the collector


12,205.31


$201,983.24


Less amount of orders not paid


6,039. 79


$195,943.45


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1921 Due from collector $12,205.31


Due from state treasurer, cattle inspection 62.50


Due from state treasurer, moth work 170.61


Due from state treasurer, on account Powder Mill and Maynard road 946.40


Due from county treasurer on account Powder


Mill and Maynard road 946.40


Due from American Powder Co., on account Powder Mill and Maynard road 450.00


Due from state treasurer, state aid 374.00


$15,155.22


Liabilities


Unpaid orders


$6,039.79


First National Bank of Ayer, note


10,000.00


North Middlesex Institution for Savings, notes on account Powder Mill and Maynard road 10,000.00 Assabet Institution for Savings, notes on ac- count of Powder Mill and Maynard road . 5,000.00


Maynard Trust Co., notes on account of Pow- der Mill bridge


8,500.00


$39,539.79


Balance against the town $24,384.57


Respectfully submitted, HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.


South Acton, February 13, 1922.


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.


FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WEST ACTON FIREMAN'S RELIEF FUND


Jan. 1st, 1922


By vote of the town March 1st, 1920, said Fund is on deposit in the Middlesex Institution for Savings, Concord, Mass., subject to draft by the town treasurer only on instructions from the trustees. Said Fund with accumulations is now $317.70.


No moneys were drawn out during the year 1921. EDGAR H. HALL, CLARENCE D. CRAM, ARTHUR F. BLANCHARD.


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TREASURER'S REPORT Year Ending December 31st, 1921


$3,104.07


Received from state treasurer :


State forestry department


$371.82


Corporation tax, public service


273.76


Corporation tax, domestic


4,751.09 16.35


Corporation tax, foreign


Income tax, 1921


6,461.74


Income tax, 1920


765.00


Income tax, 1919


153.00


Income tax, 1918


56.00


Educational Independent Industrial school


. .


247.75


Loss of taxes on land used for public purposes,


311.59


Inspection of animals


62.50


Superintendent of schools fund


531.67


Corporation tax, O. S.


9.07


Income tax, school fund


1,913.60


National bank tax


1,063.81


Burial of indigent soldiers


50.00


State aid


450.00


Soldiers' exemption


127.88


Income from Massachusetts school fund


33.87


Civilian war tax


12.00


Received from county treasurer :


Dog tax


397.99


Central Middlesex court, fines


152.00


Town hall rents


132.22


Sale of lead


658.61


Sealing of weights and measures


42.96


School account, rebate on tickets


55.74


Tuition of E. Sadler


28.50


Tuition of A. Sadler


25.50


Town of Westford


.93


Town of Littleton


1.25


Town of Carlisle


.50


Garage license


1.50


Slaughter license, George T. Weaver


100.00


Slaughter license, John J. Mitchell


100.00


Board of health, one license


1.00


Director of standards, two licenses


16.00


Town of Concord, Nagog taxes


25.12


Cemetery lots sold, Mt. Hope


146.00


Cemetery lots sold, Woodlawn


22.00


Crushed stone


48.60


Oiling private driveways


10.00


Old lumber 1.50


Powder Mill road, county treasurer


685.98


Powder Mill road, state treasurer


685.98


Maynard road, county treasurer


9,000.00


Cash on hand, January 1, 1921


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Maynard road, state treasurer


9,000.00


Interest on deposits


127.99


Interest on cemetery fund


697.19


Interest on library fund


246.54


Interest on town farm fund


530.17


Library fines 54.00


$40,658.27


Loans received :


First National bank, Ayer, note No. 6 $10,000.00


First National bank, Ayer, note No. 7 10,000.00


First National bank, Ayer, note No. 16 10,000.00


First National bank, Ayer, note No. 17 10,000.00


First National bank, Ayer, note No. 28 10,000.00


$50,000.00


North Middlesex Savings Bank : Special road work, note No. 11, due 1921 $2,500.00


Special road work, note No. 12, due 1922


2,500.00


Special road work, note No. 13, due 1923


2,500.00


Special road work, note No. 14, due 1924 2,500.00


Special road work, note No. 15, due 1925


2,500.00


$12,500.00


Assabet Institution for Savings : Special road work, note No. 23, due 1921 $1,250.00


Special road work, note No. 24, due 1922 1,250.00


Special road work, note No. 25, due 1923 1,250.00


Special road work, note No. 26, due 1924 1,250.00


Special road work, note No. 27, due 1924


1,250.00


$6,250.00


Maynard Trust Company : Powder Mill bridge, note No. 18, due 1922 $3,000.00


Powder Mill bridge, note No. 19, due 1923


1,375.00


Powder Mill bridge, note No. 20, due 1924 1,375.00


Powder Mill bridge, note No. 21, due 1925 1,375.00


Powder Mill bridge, note No. 22, due 1926


1,375.00


$8,500.00


Received of Henry L. Haynes, collector :


1919 taxes and 1919 interest $708.20


1920 taxes and 1920 interest 5,800.59


1921 taxes and 1921 interest 55,636.91


Abatements 580.10


$62,725.80


$183,738.14


Amount of selectmen's orders


$189,777.93


Less amounts received


183,738.14


Accounts entered, but unpaid $6,039.79 FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


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Treasurer's Report of Funds Held for Care of Cemetery Lots


On hand January 1, 1921 :


Bonds of West and South Water Supply Dis-


trict of Acton $7,200.00


Cash in banks


6,252.90


Liberty bonds 7,800.00


1,642.90


Unexpended balance Received for lots :


J. H. Whitcomb lot 100.00


Jonas Heald lot


100.00


Harold L. Burr lot


100.00


James E. Chandler lot


50.00


Aaron C. Handley lot


100.00


D. H. Hall lot


75.00


C. M. Cadworth lot


150.00


J. D. Coburn lot


100.00


Reuben L. Reed lot


100.00


Martin and Ruth Pike lot


100.00


Herbert T. Clark lot


100.00


Income from funds


1,000.00


$24,970.80


Paid for care of lots


$697.19


West and South Water District bonds


6,900.00


Liberty bonds


7,950.00


Cash in banks


7,477.90


Unexpended balance


1,945.71


$24,970.80 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


North End Savings bank


1,000.00


Middlesex Institution for Savings


1,000.00


Luke Tuttle fund


200.00


Hiram J. Hapgood fund


200.00 .


Interest on deposits


261.50


Bond West Shore R. R., Susan Augusta and


1,000.00


Interest on bond


40.00


Luther Conant fund


Unexpended balance 163.36


Paid town of Acton, book account $246.54


$6,864.86


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Cash in banks Bond, Conant fund


5,400.00


1,000.00


Balance unexpended


218.32


$6,864.96 FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Treasurer's Report on Town Farm Fund


Cash on hand


$127.25


Liberty bonds


14,012.44


Mortgage


2,550.00


Interest on mortgage


153.00


Interest on bonds


680.00


$17,522.69


Balance on mortgage on hand


$2,050.00


Liberty bonds


14,012.44


Paid town poor department


530.17


Balance of fund


930.08


$17,522.69


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Treasurer's Report of Firemen's Relief Association


Received of trustees of West Acton Firemen's


Relief association


$317.70


Cash in Middlesex Institution for Savings .


317.70


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


Treasurer's Report of Hapgood Farm Fund


Received from Hapgood heirs


$3,000.00


Cash in bank


3,000.00


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921 :


We have had several cases of temporary aid, one case supported in full by the town and one case of a man and wife that received a certain sum a week until the September, when they lost their settle- ment. At the present time there are six names on the books. WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY, WARREN H. JONES, ALFRED W. DAVIS, Overseers of the Poor.


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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting March 7, 1921


Article 1. Allen Brooks Parker was chosen Moderator.


Article 2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for town offi- cers, also to vote on the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?


The following town officers were chosen :


Town Clerk, Horace F. Tuttle.


Selectman, three years, Alfred W. Davis.


Assessor, three years, Henry L. Haynes.


Overseers of the Poor, William H. Kingsley, Warren H. Jones, Alfred W. Davis.


Treasurer, Frank W. Hoit.


Collector of Taxes, Henry L. Haynes.


Constables, John T. McNiff, Oliver D. Wood, Charles T. Baxter, L. Edward Laird.


School Committee, three years, Alice M. Carlisle, William T. Merriam.


Cemetery Commissioner, James B. Tuttle.


Board of Health, Frank E. Tasker.


Trustee of Memorial Library, Lucius A. Hesselton.


Tree Warden, 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 non- intoxicating beverages in this town? 112 voted yes, 243 voted no.


Article 3. To choose all necessary town officers not named in Article 2 and fix salaries of all town officers.


Chose I. Warren Flagg, 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, the same to cover all charges and expenses relative to the office.


Voted, to fix the salary of the chairman of the selectmen at one hundred dollars per annum, and the other members fifty dollars each.


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


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


Voted, that the moderator be paid ten dollars per day or meet- ing for his services.


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. Mr. James B. Tuttle presented a report from the Welcome Home


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Committee, which was considered in connection with Article 47.


Article 6. To see what sums of money the town will raise by taxation and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual ex- penses of the several departments of the town.


Voted, that when this meeting shall take up for consideration any article in the present warrant relating to the repair of any road or bridge it shall also take up for joint consideration there- with every other article in said warrant relating to the repair of any road or bridge, that is to say, that Articles numbered 17, 20, 24, 25, 45 and 46 shall all be considered together.


Voted, that when this meeting shall take up for consideration any article in the present warrant relating to the extension of the present electric lighting system it shall also take up for joint con- sideration therewith every other article in said warrant relating to any extension of said lighting system, that is to say that Articles numbered 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 48 shall all be con- sidered together.


Voted to appropriate for :


Roads, general repairs $10,000.00


Roads, special work under articles in the warrant 6,000.00


Roads, removing snow 200.00


Roads, payment of loan on acct. of Pow. Mill road 1,000.00


500.00


Schools


37,475.00


Memorial Library, current expenses


700.00


Memorial Library, books 200.00


Hydrant service


2,784.00


Street lighting general


3,675.00


Street lighting, extensions


500.00


Moth work


965.67


Salaries of town officers


2,200.00


Buildings and grounds


300.00


Police department 200.00


Board of health 500.00


income of fund


Cemeteries


800.00


Unclassified


700.00


Printing


300.00


Reserve fund


1,500.00


Military aid


100.00


Fire department maintenance


500.00


Fire department, new hose


600.00


Memorial day


150.00


Enforcement of the liquor laws


830.00


Insurance of employees


350.00


Premium on treasurer's and collector's bonds


150.00


Elm leaf beetle


200.00


Forest fires


200.00


Cutting brush


400.00


Demonstration work in agriculture


200.00


Sidewalks, removal of snow


200.00


Bridges, general repairs


Care of the poor


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Benjamin Hapgood, real estate, purchase of 3,000.00


Fire observatory on Oak Hill 150.00


Memorial Library, heating plant 500.00


Scales, purchase of for schools 100.00


Voted to raise by taxation for town charges 55,000.00


Voted to raise for moth work


965.67


Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the observance of Memorial Day.


Voted, to appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars.


Article 8. To see what action the town will take in regard to the collection of taxes.


Voted, that all taxes shall be payable not later than Oct. 15, 1921, and on all taxes remaining unpaid after Nov. 1, 1921, interest shall be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum from Oct. 15, 1921, 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 appropriate $500 for general maintenance and $600 for the purchase of hose.


Article 10. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires and fix the price for same.


Voted, that the amount to be paid be fixed by the forest warden, subject to the approval of the selectmen.


Article 11. To see what action the town will take towards the suppression of the elm leaf beetle, the brown tail and gypsy moth.


Voted, to appropriate two hundred dollars for the control of the elm leaf bettle, to be expended at the discretion of the selectmen.


Voted, to raise and appropriate for moth work the sum required by state law, $965.67.


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, 1921, 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 revenue 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 January 1, 1921, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable with- in one year. Any debt, or debts, incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to insure the employees of the town or act any- thing thereon.


Voted, to appropriate three hundred and fifty dollars.


Article 14. To see what amount of money the town will raise and appropriate for the payment on treasurer's and collector's bonds or act anything thereon.


Voted, to appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars.


Article 15. To see what action the town will take relative to


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Chapter 240, Acts of 1920, viz., An act to permit under public regu- lation and control certain sports and games on the Lord's Day.


On the question of the acceptance of the act, 144 voted yes, 203 voted no.


Article 16. To see what action the town will take (if any) towards disposing of their interest in the Benjamin Hapgood property.


Voted, to authorize the selectmen to sell and convey to Lula Hapgood for the sum of three thousand dollars all the rights and interest which the town acquired in certain real estate under the will of Benjamin Hapgood, late of Acton, deceased.


Voted, to authorize the selectmen to purchase for the sum of three thousand dollars the life estate or interest of Lula Hapgood in the real estate devised by will to the town.


Voted, to appropriate three thousand dollars to purchase said estate provided the selectmen decide to do so.


Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to sell at public sale the Benjamin Hapgood farm, provided they first acquire for the town a complete title to the same, and provided they can legally do so.


Voted, that the standing timber be sold separate from the land.


Voted, that the proceeds of any sale be added to the fund for the care of the poor.


Article 17. In accordance with a previous vote, Articles 20, 24, 25, 42, 45 and 46 were taken up for consideration.


Voted, to choose a committee of six, two from each precinct, to determine where such money as the town may appropriate under Articles 20, 24, 45 and 46 shall be expended.


The following were chosen a committee: J. Sidney White, An- son C. Piper, Alfed W. Davis, Albert P. Durkee, George E. Green- ough, Waldo E. Whitcomb.


Voted, that the following persons be added to the committee : W. Stuart Allen, Charles Edney, Albert H. Perkins.


Voted, to appropriate six thousand dollars for special work and repairs on the roads described in Articles 20, 24, 45 and 46.


Voted, to refer the matter of rebuilding the Powder Mill bridge to the selectmen with instructions to employ an expert to make an estimate of the cost and to report to the town at the next annual meeting or any special meeting previous thereto.


Article 18. To see if the town will instruct the assessors to abate the 1919 taxes of the Concord, Maynard and Hudson Street. R. R. or take any action thereon.


Voted, to pass over the article.


Article 19, to see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars as requested by the state forester, the same to be expended in the erection of a fire observatory on Oak Hill in the town of Harvard or act anything thereon.


Voted, to appropriate $150.00.


Article 20. So see if the town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars, more or less, to repair the road known as Windsor Avenue in West Acton, beginning with its intersection with Massa-


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chusetts Avenue to beyond the residence of Webster S. Blanchard, or act anything thereon.


See votes recorded under Article 17.


Article 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $300.00, or some other amount, and elect a director for demonstration work in agriculture and home economics, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in co-operation with the county trustees for aid to agriculture of the Middlesex County Bu- reau of Agriculture and Home Economis under the provisions of Chapter 273, General Acts of 1918, it being understood that $100 of this amount shall be used to provide local paid supervision of boys' and girls' club work.


Voted, to appropriate $200.00.


Article 22. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to repair the existing or install a new heating apparatus in the Memorial Library.


Voted, that the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated for installing a new heating apparatus in the Memorial Library to be expended at the discretion of the trustees.


Article 23. To see if the town will increase the rate of interest allowed on money deposited with the town for the perpetual care of cemetery lots.




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