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37.70
$41,358.50
Interest : On deposits
115.51
Library : Fines
63.00
Town Nurse :
Collections
$18.00
Rebate on registration of car
5.00
Rebate on insurance of car
10.28
Sale of car . . 250.00
$283.28
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Education :
Town of Carlisle
$5.71
Town of Westford
12.53
Town of Littleton
8.62
Leo Cunningham, tuition
71.25
State treasurer, school superintendent,
small towns
531.69
State treasurer, industrial school aid .
407.04
Boston & Maine R. R., abatement on tickets
6.84
State treasurer, tuition of children 489.05
A. H. Saddler, tuition
. 88.50
Moth :
State treasurer
$165.56
James O'Neil, lead sold
403.98
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue : First National bank of Ayer
$80,000.00
Health and Sanitation :
One license to slaughter house
$1.00
One license to slaughter, 1923
100.00
Three licenses to slaughter, 1924
300.00
$401.00
General Government :
Sixteen licenses at $1.00
$16.00
Sealer of weights and measures, collections
41.92
Director of standards, four licenses
32.00
$89.92
Loss of Taxes: Town of Concord, Lake Nagog,
25.12
Buildings and Grounds: Rent of town hall ..
164.50
Police Department : Court fines
402.35
Fire Department-Maintenance : Sale of two old fire trucks
$47.00
J. W. Livermore, East Acton fire house
26.00
Acton Supply Co., over-payment
1.65
Forest Fires :
Boston & Maine railroad
$9.75
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.,
56.00
State treasurer, Reformatory fire
39.50
$74.65
$105.25
New Fire Apparatus : North Middlesex Institution for Savings, four notes $8,000.00
$1,621.23
$569.54
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Cemeteries :
Hall Bros. Co., lumber sold at Mt. Hope . . $510.15
H. F. Tuttle, sale of lots, Mt. Hope . ·
65.00
F. W. Green, sale of lots, Woodlawn 146.00
Interest on cemetery fund-perpetual care
897.75
State Aid: State treasurer
$1,618.90 324.00
Library :
Interest on library fund, for books
$354.40
Surplus interest on library fund, current expenses
93.20
Poor Department: Interest on poor farm fund
$447.60 1,294.38
Abatements :
1921 taxes
$48.13
1922 taxes
108.72
1923 taxes
464.82
1924 taxes
111.78
$733.45
Total receipts
$235,471.48
Expenditures GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Receipts :
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Appropriation, treasurer's and collector's
225.00
bonds
$3,725.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Murray Brown, salary
$100.00
Murray Brown, expenses
18.92
Harry B. Morse, salary
50.00
Albert R. Jenks, salary
50.00
Albert R. Jenks, expenses as clerk
5.50
Hobbs & Warren, stationery
3.95
Enterprise Press, Inc., advertising
10.25
A. W. Davis, delivering reports
3.00
R. S. Osterhout, town reports
350.00
R. S. Osterhout, warrants
9.00
Murphy & Snyder, printing
21.75
A. B. Parker, moderator
30.00
$652.37
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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Everett N. Montague, salary
$300.00
Everett N. Montague, expenses and postage 4.26
Dalton Adding Machine Co., paper rolls .78
A. W. Davis, moving safe .
6.00
Murphy & Snyder, printing
6.90
$317.94
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Frank W. Hoit, salary
$300.00
Safety deposit box
5.00
Certifying notes
36.00
Postage
27.51
Telephones, etc.
17.13
Murphy & Snyder
5.65
Frank W. Hoit, certifying notes
24.00
$415.29
POOR DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Harry B. Morse, salary
$75.00
Murray Brown, salary
40.00
Albert R. Jenks, salary
40.00
$155.00
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Murphy & Snyder,, stationery
$26.25
William M. Sargent, stationery
3.08
H. L. Haynes, salary 38.93
Charles A. Durkee, salary
437.50
Charles A. Durkee, book
2.00
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
16.61
American Surety Company of N. Y., bonds
225.00
$749.37
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Paid :
L. L. Applin, transfers
$18.50
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
20.05
Albert Durkee, salary
125.00
Henry L. Haynes, salary
100.00
Henry L. Haynes, expenses
4.72
Warren Jones, salary
75.00
Huntley S. Turner, voting lists
42.00
Murphy & Snyder, stationery . .
10.25
$395.52
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TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Horace F. Tuttle, salary
$75.00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 42 births 42.00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 30 deaths 15.00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording 22 marriages
11.00
Horace F. Tuttle, postage, telephone, etc.
33.50
Horace F. Tuttle, recording deed
1.45
Carter Ink Co., ink
1.08
P. B. Murphy, book
2.80
A. W. Brownell Corp., stationery
1.20
Murphy & Snyder, stationery
8.50
Hobbs & Warren, stationery .
1.31
R. S. Osterhout, printing
6.25
$199.09
REPORTING BIRTHS
Paid :
F. K. Shaw, M. D.
$3.25
George H. Tuttle, M. D. 2.25
E. A. Mayell, M. D.
1.25
Henry Wolcott, M. D.
.25
R. K. Whiten, M. D.
.25
Frank E. Tasker, M. D.
1.00
James A. Christie, M. D.
.50
R. E. Hooper, M. D.
.
.50
E. J. Flaherty, M. D.
.25
E. A. Adams
.25
Mrs. Frank Louka
.25
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Paid :
Theron F. Newton, salary
$85.00
W. & L. E. Gurley, equipment
8.27
Boston Nickel Plating Co., equipment
8.50
F. W. Hoit, express paid . .
2.55
Hobbs & Warren, stationery . 6.15
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Paid :
Robert S. Osterhout, warrants
$39.75
Robert S. Osterhout, lists and ballots 88.00
Murphy & Snyder, warrants 8.00
50.00
C. J. Holton, registrar and officer
25.00
E. A. Phalen, registrar
20.00
D. W. Sheehan, registrar . ·
20.00
David S. Kinsley, election officer C. H. Mead, election officer
. 20.00
20.00
·
.
.
.
$10.00
$110.47
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar
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F. S. Whitcomb, election officer 20.00
L. C. Hastings, election officer 20.00
L. C. Hastings, moving booths 5.00
L. A. Hesselton, election officer 15.00
Thomas Murray, election officer 15.00
John J. Manning, election officer
10.00
Michael Foley, election officer
10.00
T. F. Newton, election officer 10.00
Universalist church, rent 20.00
J. W. Coughlin, election officer, 1923 5.00
J. W. Coughlin, election officer, 1924 5.00
J. F. McNiff, election officer 20.00
.J. F. McNiff, returning ballots, posting war-
rants 22.00
James O'Neil, election officer 10.00
Arthur F. Davis, election officer. 15.00
Arthur Wayne, election officer, 1923
5.00
Arthur Wayne, election officer, 1924
20.00
W. A. Haynes Co., lumber for booths 2.49
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, register of voters
2.75
A. R. Jenks, labor on voting booths 8.70
$531.69
CATTLE INSPECTION
Paid :
Fred S. Whitcomb
$125.00
Total for general government
$3,661.74
Unexpended balance
63.26
$3,725.00
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Receipts :
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transfer from reserve fund
8.76
$1,008.76
Paid :
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal $273.25
J. D. Smith, teaming
3.00
E. A. Comeau, pumping cesspool 8.00
J. W. Livermore, labor
18.75
American Woolen Co., light
47.73
A. W. Davis, repairs
8.00
William Edwards Slate Co., repairs
175.79
W. & S. W. S. D., water
12.00
Arthur Tuttle, labor 71.20
T. J. McGrath, labor 8.75
E. H. Webster, labor
4.50
W. H. Kingsley, wood
43.50
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D. C. Harris, labor 9.00
George Braman, labor
9.00
Oliver D. Wood, labor
4.00
Finney & Hoit, flag
24.00
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., oil
5.00
George H. Reed, fertilizer
14.75
Christian Jensen, labor
8.00
Arthur Wayne, services
221.10
E. Z. Stanley, labor and materials
13.85
M. E. Taylor, supplies
25.59
$1,008.76
ADDITION TO TOWN HALL
Appropriation
Paid :
Everett N. Montague, plans and specifications, $40.66
Charles D. Smiley, plans and specifications .. 50.00
$90.66
Unexpended balance
1,409.34
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$800.00
Transfer from reserve fund
78.28
Paid :
A. B. Frost, services
$99.10
L. W. Livermore, burying dog
1.50
O. D. Wood, services
82.95
J. T. McNiff, services
263.40
M. Foley, services
90.85
Hobbs & Warren, records
10.12
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods
33.55
Murray Brown, services and express
103.56
George Turner, services
46.15
E. Rasmussen, services
15.00
Harding Uniform & Regalia Co.
39.50
Henry A. Bayeur, services
22.60
Leo Bayeur, services
4.00
Harry B. Morse, services
66.00
$878.28
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW
Appropriation
$395.64
Paid :
Murray Brown $68.10
Unexpended balance 327.54
$395.64
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
$878.28
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FIRE DEPARTMENT-MAINTENANCE
Receipts : Appropriation
$750.00
Transfer from reserve fund
377.26
$1,127.26
Paid :
C. E. Fay Co., equipment $ 9.35
George H. Reed, coal 150.68
Finney & Hoit, supplies
21.34
William Kingsley, payroll, 1923
15.00
J. W. Livermore, services
6.20
George E. Clapp, payroll
40.50
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
90.59
American Woolen Co., light
24.90
C. D. Cram, payroll
20.02
C. A. Durkee, wood
10.00
L. H. Cram, light
5.00
South Acton Woolen Co., acid
5.61
A. R. Beach, payroll
187.50
Cor. Callahan Co., six extinguishers
69.00
M. E. Taylor Co., supplies
1.00
W. & S. W. S. D., water
12.00
Acton Motor Co., labor and supplies
3.10
F. G. Williams, janitor
85.00
Acton Supply Co., gasoline
10.59
Fitzgerald Garage, gas and labor
30.05
E. & F. King & Co. .
10.08
Combination Ladder Co.
20.00
Eastern Drug Co., soda
14.34
J. S. Moore, soda
6.28
A. B. Frost, payroll
139.60
F. W. Green, labor
2.00
A. R. Jenks, light
.98
Town of Concord, assistance
50.00
Frank W. Hoit, payroll
33.00
William G. Lawrence, janitor
53.55
$1,127.26
Receipts :
Appropriation
$200.00
Transfer from reserve fund
65.25
$265.25
Paid :
A. B. Frost, payroll
$58.75
George Clapp, payroll
9.75
A. R. Beach, payroll
50.50
F. W. Hoit, payroll
67.00
Spencer Taylor, payroll
8.50
J. J. Manning, payroll
70.75
$265.25
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FIRE DEPARTMENT-NEW HOSE
Receipts : Appropriation Paid :
$900.00
Underwriters' Equipment Co.
$858.80
A. B. Frost, freight
1.23
Unexpended balance
39.97
$900.00
HYDRANT SERVICE
Receipts :
Appropriation
$2,819.00
W. & S. Water Supply
$2,625.00
Unexpended balance 194.00
$2,819.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT-NEW EQUIPMENT
Receipts :
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Paid :
Linscott Motor Co., three Reo chassis $3,795.00
Combination Ladder Co., bodies and equipment 6,205.00
$10,000.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Receipts :
Appropriation
$500.00
Transferred from reserve fund
38.69
Transferred from emergency overdraft, per
403.68
$942.37
Paid :
C. A. Durkee, inspection of slaughtering $145.60
C. A. Durkee, services and expenses as agent 203.19
James Kinsley, inspection of slaughtering 178.75
Hobbs & Warren, books
2.07
Murphy & Snyder, printing
13.25
J. W. Livermore, transportation
4.00
D. Campbell, dump
124.00
E. Spinney, team
90.00
L. W. Perkins, milk
79.20
C. B. Doldge Co., supplies
12.27
Carl Flint, labor
6.00
J. H. Watkins, labor and gravel
20.20
Acton Drug Co., supplies
2.50
W. A. Flint, dump
16.34
F. E. Tasker, salary
25.00
order of selectmen
$860.03
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R. F. Durkee, salary
George F. Tuttle, salary
10.00
TOWN NURSE
Receipts :
Appropriation Paid :
$500.00
J. Fitzgerald, nurse's car
$61.80
M. E. Taylor, nurse's car
7.95
Acton Motor Co., nurse's car
2.25
Ida Breidenbach, salary
254.19
A. W. Davis, garaging car
16.00
Unexpended balance
$342.19 157.81
$500.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Receipts :
Appropriation
$1,088.65
Due for December, 1924, work
70.00
Private work
30.50
State road work
31.50
Sale of lead
403.98
Paid :
James O'Neil, payroll
$1,054.50
James O'Neil, truck and expenses
439.67
George H. Reed, scales 23.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, amount due on lead sold
107.46
TREE WARDEN
Receipts :
Appropriation $400.00
Paid :
James O'Neil
$399.40
Unexpended balance
.60
HIGHWAYS (State)
Receipts :
Appropriation : Town allotment
$7,125.00
State allotment 4,275.00
$11,400.00
$1,624.63
$1,624.63
$400.00
10.00
$942.37
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Paid :
A. W. Davis, paid out and expenses $39.28
A. W. Davis, labor 105.00
J. T. McNiff, labor 60.60
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal and lumber, 178.35
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies
169.25
Barrett Co., tarvia
887.12
New England Road Machinery Co., equipment,
5.86
American Powder Co., powder Hedge & Matthies Co., equipment
16.87
The Texas Co., road oil
2,186.84
The General Crushed Stone Co., stone 383.83
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co., pipe
21.60
Conant Machine Co., equipment
7.10
Buffalo Springfield Roller Co.
10.72
J. A. Macone, gravel
72.75
W. A. Haynes, lumber
88.50
George S. Tucker, gravel
27.15
James Kinsley, gravel
31.20
H. H. Hawley, gravel
83.85
C. D. Fletcher, gravel
5.10
John Anderson, gravel
17.25
Ole Grandberg, gravel
35.10
E. P. Gates, repairs
53.95
Payroll No. 1
142.00
Payroll No. 2
911.40
Payroll No. 3
711.60
Payroll No. 4
920.00
Payroll No. 5
855.20
Payroll No. 6
626.20
Payroll No. 7
856.68
Payroll No. 8
836.20
Payroll No. 9
499.35
Payroll No. 10
391.95
Payroll No. 11
111.60
Unexpended balance
$11,399.08 .92
$11,400.00
HIGHWAYS (Town)
Receipts : Appropriation
$2,875.00
Transferred from reserve fund
63.43
$2,938.43
Paid :
Conant Machine Co., equipment
$416.10
James Kinsley, sand and gravel 132.00
R. A. Reed Jr., sand and gravel
11.40
James Grimes, labor
15.00
34.63
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William H. Kingsley, stone
4.47
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
54.32
Charles Edwards, weighing stone 137.20
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co. 206.31
T. E. Costello, windshield 5.00
A. W. Davis, payroll
503.52
A. W. Davis, trucking
9.50
A. R. Jenks, gravel
34.95
B. A. King, wire
6.50
Hall Bros. Co., lumber
6.85
E. Z. Taylor, labor
24.00
H. B. Morse, labor
36.00
Greenough Construction Co., labor 722.38
81.85
J. T. McNiff, repairs
6.50
Mrs. M. Spinney, gravel
8.10
H. B. Morse, stone
23.00
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co., material 142.56
A. H. Perkins, labor
35.00
Commissioner public safety, boiler inspection,
5.00
James O'Neil, labor on tree and stump
90.00
J. S. Moore, equipment
6.10
C. D. Fletcher, gravel
15.60
C. H. Mead & Co., equipment
32.94
Town of Concord, roller
181.28
$2,938.43
HIGHWAYS (Main Street)
Receipts :
$10,000.00
State treasurer
10,000.00
County treasurer
10,000.00
Transferred from reserve fund
78.90
$30,078.90
Paid :
Standard Oil Co. of N. Y., road oil .
$370.50
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., material 91.54
American Powder Co., powder and fuses 60.63
The Texas Co., road cement
2,834.88
Bay State Builders' Co., material
418.64
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co., stone Hedge & Matthies, equipment
21.92
Waldo Bros. & Bond Co., pipe
28.63
C. A. Durkee, wood
16.00
C. H. Mead & Co., supplies
22.81
Conant Machine Co., equipment
336.76
Maynard Coal Co., coal
43.98
George H. Reed, material
314.70
A. W. Davis, freight paid
311.66
A. W. Davis, paid for gas, oil and expenses .. 102.70
9,232.21
Appropriation
E. P. Gates, repairs
45
A. W. Davis, paid W. C. Lund 77.40
Maynard & Acton Oil Co.
1.00
J. S. Hoar, labor
3.60
E. P. Gates, labor
73.40
J. A. McPherson, material
4.18
W. C. Lund, labor
17.30
L. P. Palmer & Sons, cover stone 10.00
Barrett Co., tarvia 29.84
Alvin H. Fletcher 18,90
J. T. McNiff, labor
3.20
A. B. Frost, police duty 5.00
William H. Kingsley, labor
46.07
William H. Kingsley, stone
540.06
E. V. Estein, dynamite
11.45
M. E. Taylor & Co., weighing stone, gas and oil George S. Tucker, gravel
470.85
Payroll No. 1 47.40
Payroll No. 2
271.30
Payroll No. 3
545.45
Payroll No. 4
521.40
Payroll No. 5
593.28
Payroll No. 6
568.80
Payroll No. 7
949.60
Payroll No. 8
1,050.40
Payroll No. 9
1,167.30
Payroll No. 10
1,108.58
Payroll No. 11
882.90
Payroll No. 12
737.25
Payroll No. 13
578.28
Payroll No. 14
602.60
Payroll No. 15
535.00
Payroll No. 16
505.08
Payroll No. 17
402.60
Payroll No. 18
508.00
Payroll No. 19
567.60
Payroll No. 20
628.50
Payroll No. 21
705.40
Payroll No. 22
455.70
Payroll No. 23
314.00
Payroll No. 24
198.25
$30,078.90
HIGHWAYS (High and River Streets)
Receipts :
Appropriation
$11,550.00
Transferred from reserve fund 2.93
$11,552.93
Paid :
Greenough Construction Co.
$9,359.44
Texas Co., paving cement
..
2,193.49
$11,552.93
114.42
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HIGHWAYS (Central Street)
Receipts Appropriation
Unexpended balance SNOW REMOVAL-HIGHWAYS
Receipts :
Appropriation
$400.00
Transfer from reserve fund
427.88
Paid :
T. E. Costello, windshield $4.50
The Good Roads Machine Co. 4.45
J. E. Coombs
40.00
R. Jones
73.00
William Kingsley
31.00
A. W. Davis
518.08
J. T. McNiff
17.60
A. H. Perkins
70.00
Middlesex Fruit Farm
13.00
A. Christofferson
55.00
E. R. Teele 1.25
$827.88
SNOW REMOVAL-SIDEWALKS
Receipts :
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid :
J. W. Livermore
$12.75
J. E. Coombs
8.00
R. Jones
76.00
George T. Weaver
71.15
Unexpended balance
32.10
CUTTING BRUSH-HIGHWAYS
Receipts
$500.00
Transfer from reserve fund
4.63
Paid :
James O'Neil
$336.30
Joseph Gagnon
2.25
A. W. Davis
30.60
John Penney
9.00
F. W. Bulette
8.00
L. F. Howe
5.00
A. R. Jenks
113.48
$400.00 $400.00
$827.88
$167.90
$200.00
Appropriation
$504.63
$504.63
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STREET LIGHTING
Receipts
$4,850.00
American Woolen Company
$4,742.39
Unexpended balance
107.61
RELIEF OF POOR
Receipts :
Received from town farm fund
$1,294.38
A. C. Foss, clothing
$12.79
Flora A. Beach, milk
55.46
Chris Kane, board
374.40
W. B. Holt, labor
7.50
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., fuel
13.00
Charles A. Durkee, fuel
43.88
Frank E. Tasker, M. D., services
20.50
Strong & Tracy, provisions
221.33
B. B. Smith, provisions
93.50
City of Worcester, board and medical services,
59.50
George H. Tuttle, M. D., services
15.00
Fred W. Green, services
16.50
O. S. Fowler, services
35.00
Mrs. J. S. Richardson, board
223.36
Finney & Hoit, clothing
20.89
American Ry. Express Co. 2.77
Bert L. Beer, undertaker services
26.00
George Worster, team hire
3.00
E. F. Ryan, M. D., services
50.00
EDUCATION
Receipts
$43,000.00
Appropriation from overlay surplus
3,000.00
Paid :
Report of school committee
$45,728.70
Unexpended balance
271.30
$46,000.00
MILITARY AID
Receipts :
Appropriation
$100.00
Paid
$30.00
Unexpended balance
70.00
$100.00
$1,294.38
Appropriation
$46,000.00
Appropriation Paid :
$4,850.00
Paid :
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STATE AID
Receipts :
Amount due from state treasurer
$258.00
Paid
$258.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Receipts :
Appropriation
$500.00
Paid :
William B. Holt, repairs of drinking fountain, $17.73
James B. Tuttle, auctioneering E. A. fire house 10.00
9.75
Harry B. Morse, trucking services 25.00
Howard A. Wilson, legal services
35.00
Enterprise Press, Inc., advertising
1.75
W. J. Costello, signs
5.00
A. R. Jenks, labor and lumber
3.76
Finney & Hoit, flags
12.00
Home Traffic Signal Co., cross road sign
30.00
F. E. Parsons, dynamite damage
5.42
A. M. Whitcomb, fire insurance on W. A. fire truck
41.85
E. A. Mayell, medical services
3.00
Unexpended balance
299.74
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
Appropriation
$250.00
Unexpended balance $250.00
MEMORIAL MONUMENT
Receipts :
$2,000.00
Paid :
$1,900.00
Unexpended balance
100.00
$2,000.00
DEMONSTRATION WORK IN AGRICULTURE
Receipts :
Appropriation
$350.00
Paid :
Middlesex County Extension Service
$350.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Receipts :
Appropriation Paid :
$300.00
Lowell H. Cram, chairman of committee $300.00
$200.26
$500.00
Appropriation
Harry B. Morse
Everett N. Montague, engineering services . .
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LIABILITY INSURANCE
Receipts Appropriation
$225.00
Transfer from reserve fund
. 53.99
$278.99
Paid :
Arthur M. Whitcomb, agent
$278.99
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Receipts : Appropriation
$600.00
Transferred from interest on library fund
93.20
$693.20
Paid :
William H. Kingsley, wood
$12.50
M. E. Taylor, supplies
2.43
Library Bureau, supplies
13.50
American Woolen Co., light
29.25
O. D. Wood, labor
34.00
S. A. C. & L. Co., lumber and coal
122.87
A. F. Davis, services
371.00
O. E. Houghton, transportation
50.00
E. F. Conant, insurance
52.78
E. Z. Stanley, labor .
3.80
Dennison Mfg. Co., labels
1.07
.
$693.20
MEMORIAL LIBRARY-BOOKS
Receipts : Appropriation $200.00
Interest on library fund
354.40
Paid :
$ .90
Goodspeed Book Shop
39.24
Charles. D. Graigie
5.00
De Wolfe & Fiske Co.
357.97
Masonic Service Association
3.29
Ada J. Smith
1.20
Friedman's
5.83
H. R. Hunting Co.
5.70
Albert Whitman Co.
6.22
The Voice
1.00
Silver Burdette Co.
.99
Ginn & Co.
5.44
Schultes' Book Store
3.06
The Union Library Association
8.35
Herman Goldberger
49.80
$554.40
The World
50
A. N. Marquin & Co. 6.98
Rand McNally & Co.
7.36
Dodd Mead & Co.
13.75
American Osteopathic Association
.56
W. A. Wilde Co.
13.41
Dura Binding Co.
18.35
$554.40
CEMETERIES
Receipts :
Appropriation
$1,000.00
E. P. Baker, labor
$33.25
Charles S. Baker, labor
42.75
F. W. Green, payroll and labor
699.06
H. F. Robbins, payroll and labor
12.00
M. E. Taylor, tools
18.25
Albert S. Batley, flowers
33.25
W. & S. W. Supply, water
21.51
A. H. Perkins, labor
18.00
E. Z. Stanley, material and labor
1.25
J. W. Livermore, labor
12.20
Sidney Richardson, labor
27.00
W. B. Holt, labor
37.20
E. F. Conant, insurance on chapel
7.20
H. F. Tuttle, services . .
21.50
Unexpended balance
$984.42 15.58
CEMETERIES (Perpetual Care)
Receipts :
Interest on cemetery fund
$897.75
Paid :
$897.75
OVERLAYS
Received :
Overlay surplus
$3,375.37
Received 1924
3,036.38
$6,411.75
Transferred to :
Abatement 1921 taxes
$48.13
Abatement 1922 taxes
108.72
Abatement 1923 taxes
464.82
Abatement 1924 taxes
111.78
Education
3,000.00
$3,733.45
Surplus
2,678.30
$6,411.75
Paid :
$1,000.00
Fred W. Green, labor
51
RESERVE FUND
Receipts :
Appropriation
Paid: Transferred to :
Highways-High and River streets
$ 2.93
Highways-Main street
78.90
Fire department-Maintenance
377.26
Forest fires
65.25
Employers' liability insurance
53.99
Highways-Town
63.43
Highways-Snow removal
427.88
Buildings and grounds
8.76
Police department
78.28
Cutting brush
4.63
Health and sanitation department
38.69
$1,200.00
LOANS AND INTEREST
Receipts :
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Paid :
North Middlesex Institution for Savings,
interest on road notes
$851.87
North Middlesex Institution for Savings,
road notes
5,000.00
Maynard Trust Co., interest on bridge notes ..
240.82
Maynard Trust Co., bridge note
1,375.00
Assabet Institution for Savings, interest on
road notes
523.07
Assabet Institution for Savings, road note
1,250.00
First National Bank of Ayer, interest on loans in anticipation of revenue
1,395.41
$10,636.17
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
Received :
General government
$63.26
Addition to town hall
1,409.34
Fire department-New hose
39.97
Hydrant service
194.00
Town nurse
157.81 .60
Highway-Central street
400.00
Snow removal-Sidewalks
32.10
Education
271.30
Street lighting
107.61
Military aid
70.00
Enforcement of liquor law
395.64
Unclassified
299.74
$1,200.00
Tree warden
52
Electric light committee
250.00
Memorial monument
100.00
Cemeteries
15.58
Total
$3,806.95
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Receipts :
Total notes outstanding, January 1, 1924 ... . $30,375.00
First National Bank of Ayer, loans in antici- pation of revenue .
80,000.00
North Middlesex Institution for Savings 8,000.00
Assabet Institution for Savings
17,180.00
$135,555.00
Paid :
First National Bank of Aver
$70,000.00
North Middlesex Institution for Savings 5,000.00
Maynard Trust Co. 1,375.00
Assabet Institution for Savings
1,250.00
$77,625.00
Total notes outstanding, January 1, 1925, $57,930.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Due from tax collector, January 1, 1924 $21,698.85
Received :
State tax
4,500.00
State highway tax
1,573.20
Special state auditing tax 304.51
County tax
3,581.00
Town grant
80,687.77
Overlay
3,036.38
Moth tax
18.50
$115,400.21
Treasurer's cash on hand, January 1, 1924
$7,015.25
Treasurer's receipts other than taxes 152,002.47
Interest on taxes 928.27
$159,945.99
$275,346.20
Paid :
$4,500.00
State highway tax
1,573.20
Auditing municipal accounts 304.51
Poll tax
117.00
County tax
3,581.00
State tax
53
General government
3,661.74
Buildings and grounds
1,008.76
Police
878.28
Enforcement of liquor law
68.10
Fire department-Maintenance
1,127.26
Fire department-New hose
860.03
New fire apparatus
10,000.00
Forest fires
265.25
Hydrant service
2,625.00
Health and sanitation
942.37
Town nurse
342.19
Moth department
1,624.63
Tree warden
399.40
Highways-State
11,399.08
Highways-Town
2,938.43
Highways-Main street
30,078.90
Highways-High and River streets
11,552.93
Highways-Removal of snow
827.88
Sidewalks-Removal of snow
167.90
Street lighting
4,742.39
Relief of poor
1,294.38
State aid
258.00
Military aid
30.00
Education
45,728.70
Unclassified
200.26
Middlesex County Extension Service
350.00
Memorial day
300.00
Memorial monument
1,900.00
Cutting brush
504.63
Employers' liability insurance
278.99
Library-Expenses
693.20
Library-Purchase of books
554.40
Cemeteries
984.42
Cemeteries-Perpetual care
897.75
Refunds
733.45
Interest
3,011.17
Municipal indebtedness
77,625.00
Enlarging town hall
90.66
Total expenditures
$231,021.24
Due from collector
$32,859.47 11,465.49
Due from treasurer
$275,346.20;
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1924 ASSETS
Due from collector $32,859.47
Due from treasurer 11,465.49
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Due from county treasurer-Dog tax 444.54
Due from state treasurer-State highways 175.00
Due from state treasurer-State aid
258.00
LIABILITIES $45,202.50
Notes outstanding $57,930.00
Balance against the town $12,727.50
I have examined the accounts of the tax collector and treasurer of the town of Acton and find them correct to the best of my knowledge.
Respectfully submitted,
EVERETT N. MONTAGUE, Town Accountant.
FOREST WARDEN'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Acton :
Gentlemen-Your forest warden submits the following report on forest fires for the year ending December 31, 1924: Total number of fires 25
Cost of extinguishing (labor) $274.75
Of this number nine (9) were caused by railroads, on which the cost of extinguishing has been refunded to the town. The cost of extinguishing two non-permit fires has also been refunded to the town.
The forest warden wishes to take this opportunity to thank the board of selectmen and all the people of the town for their hearty support and cooperation in handling all matters pertaining to fires.
We passed very successfully through forty-five days of drought. Much of this success we must attribute to the fact that we have three splendid, new fire trucks manned by competent companies, who re- sponded willingly at the first call for help.
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