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Give to the educational progress of your child that same interest that you bestow upon home, church, clubs, and sundry activities.
Grateful acknowledgement is made of the help of all who have cooperated in the work of the year.
Respectfully,
HERMAN C. KNIGHT, Superintendent.
REPORT OF MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Mr. Herman C. Knight,
Superintendent of Schools,
Acton, Mass.
Dear Sir :
Following is my report for the year as Supervisor of Music.
In the first grade begins the most important work in the teach- ing of music. The aim constantly before us throughout the year is the elimination of monotones-"those unable to carry a tune." Songs are taught only by note. Thus, if every child before leaving the first grade could sing in tune, it would mean that eventually every single person could do so.
Note singing is reviewed in the first part of the second year, and then sight reading is begun. Sight reading is the foundation of the work begun in the second and continued throughout the eighth grade.
Last year the Center school,-grades 5-6-7 and 8 presented the cantata "A Merry Company" at the Town Hall. Grades 4 and 5
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gave two very pretty dances, and the first three grades sang several songs ; also as one number the Toy Symphony Orchestra played. The orchestra was a great delight to the children, as well as a help in the teaching of rhythm.
In closing my report I wish to express my appreciation to the teachers for their help, and to Mr. Knight for his sincere cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
DAISY PRECIOUS, Supervisor of Music.
REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Mr. Herman C. Knight,
Superintendent of Schools.
Dear Sir
I herewith present the annual report of the school physician for the year ending December 31, 1924.
Visits to the schools, 35.
A physical examination was made of all the pupils during the year, and records made and filed. Details will be found in the nurse's report.
Respectfully submitted,
E. A. MAYELL, M. D.
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools and School Department :
I hereby submit a four months report (Sept. 15 to Feb. 1) 2 days a week or 38 days inclusive.
As a result of the physical examinations in the schools in Acton, the following defects were found and a great many of these defects have been corrected.
Number of children enrolled in schools 233
Number of children weighed and measured 231
Number of children examined by Dr.
205
Total number of defects found
536
These defects are as follows :
Tonsils
104
Tonsils corrected
10
Adenoids
51
Adenoids corrected
10
Defective teeth
176
Children with affected lungs
7
Children with weak heart
42
17
Skin diseases
16
Skin diseases corrected
16
Faulty posture
134
Glands (anterior and posterior)
137
Extremely nervous
3
Defective eyes
22
Defective eyes corrected
9
Children taken to Lowell for examination of eyes
8
Heads examined for lice
491
Condition corrected
13
Excluded for bad cough
10
Excluded for sore throat
12
Examined for sore throat not excluded
1
Examined for boils
1
Cases of Scarlet Fever
2
All children in So. Acton schools examined for symptoms of Scarlet Fever
Home visits re. to keeping quarantine
4
Dressings
10
Home visits to absentees
223
Parents interviewed re. children's health, habits and physical defects 32
Children taken home for illness
4
Inspection of school rooms
29
Talks on Hygiene
25
Children found to be 7 per cent and more underweight
125
Underweight Clinic held in West Acton and Acton Ctr.
(Drs. Stone and Simpson) Number of children examined 18
Three children taken to Rutland Sanatorium to be X-rayed. All three were recommended to Westfield Sanatorium.
One child is now in Westfield. Transportation paid for by the Red Cross.
Respectfully submitted, ,
CLARA A. CHASE.
Eye and Ear Report
Number of Pupils examined 350
Number found defective in hearing 4
Number found defective in eyesight 40
Number of parents notified 23
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Registration of Minors, Ages as of April 1, 1924
Boys
Girls
Total
Persons 5 years of age or over and under 7
44
32
76
Persons 7 years of age or over and under 14
141
147
288
ยท Persons 14 years of age or over and under 16
37
40
77
222
219
441
Membership in the public schools by grades as of April 1, 1924
Grade 1
36
Grade 2
37
Grade 3
49
Grade 4
36
Grade 5
48
Grade 6
45
Grade 7
40
Grade 8
40
Total
331
INDEX
Agriculture and Home Economics
31
Appointments by Selectmen
3
Assessors' Report
55
Board of Health
Cemetery Commissioners
Collector's Report
Fire Department
Fire Apparatus
Forest Warden
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Slaughtering
Jury List
Library Report
Selectmen's Report
Superintendent of Streets
Town Accountant
Town Clerk
Births
Deaths
Dog Licenses
Marriages
Non-Resident Burials
Town Meeting
Town Officers
Town Warrant
Treasurer's Report
Cemetery Funds
Elizabeth White Fund
Firemen's Relief Fund
Town Farm Fund
67 68 66
Trustees Goodnow Fund
59
Trustees Elizabeth White Fund
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SECOND SECTION
School Report :
Financial Statement
6
Legal Holidays
3
Medical Inspector
16
Organization
2
School Calendar
2
School Committee
5
School Nurse
16 3
Statistics
18
Superintendent's Report
13
Supervisor of Music
15
Teachers
4
57 70 56 32 60 54 58 58 4 80 10 61 33 11 24 27 29 25 28 11
2 5 63 65 67 67
Wilde Library Fund
William Chaplin Fund
Standing Rules
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SEVERAL OFFICIAL BOARDS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
1925
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ACTON.
THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE HUDSON, MASS. 1926
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1925
RATED
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ACTON
TOWN HALL ACTON, MASSACHUSETTS Sunday, April 19, 1925
Observance by the Townspeople of the 150th Anniversary of the battle at North Bridge, April 19, 1775
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their Flag to April's breeze unfurled. Here once the enbattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world."
Program
BAND CONCERT 2:00 TO 2:30 P. M. GORTON'S ORIGINAL Y. D. BAND
SELECTION
Band
PRAYER
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Rev. Ralph A. Barker
OPENING REMARKS Chairman Allen Brooks Parker
STAR SPANGLED BANNER Audience and Band
EXERCISES
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By School Children
ADDRESS
His Excellency, Gov. Alvin T. Fuller
Ceremony of Placing Wreath at Monument
SELECTION-(White Cockade)
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Band
- Rev. Frederick Brooks Noyes ADDRESS -
SELECTION Band
ADDRESS
Hon. John F. Fitzgerald
AMERICA Audience and Band
BENEDICTION
Parade and Inspection of
Acton Minute Men
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SEVERAL OFFICIAL BOARDS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
1925
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ACTON.
THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE HUDSON, MASS. 1926
TOWN OFFICERS, 1925
MODERATOR Allen Brooks Parker SELECTMEN
Harry B. Morse Albert R. Jenks
Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927
Murray Brown Term expires 1928
TOWN CLERK Horace F. Tuttle
TOWN TREASURER Frank W. Hoit
ASSESSORS
Arthur W. Emerson
Term expires 1926
Henry L. Haynes . Term expires 1927
Warren H. Jones Term expires 1928.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Harry B. Morse Albert R. Jenks Murray Brown
COLLECTOR OF TAXES Charles A. Durkee
TREE WARDEN James O'Neil
CONSTABLES
John T. McNiff Oliver D. Wood Alan B. Frost Michael Foley
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Fred W. Green Term expires 1926
Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1928
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Spencer H. Taylor .Term expires 1926
Lulu L. Clark Term expires 1926
Alice M. Carlisle . Term expires 1927
Frank Toohey Term expires 1927
Mary L. Richardson Term expires 1928
Edgar H. Hall . Term expires 1928
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TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY
J. Sidney White
Term expires 1926,
Lucius A. Hesselton Term expires 1927
Horace F. Tuttle
Term expires 1928
BOARD OF HEALTH
Raymond F. Durkee
Term expires 1926
Frank E. Tasker
Term expires 1927.
George H. Tuttle
Term expires 1928
FINANCE COMMITTEE
James B. Tuttle Frank W. Hoit Edgar H. Hall William Rawitser
George A. Richardson
Appointed by the Selectmen SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Harry B. Morse
TOWN ACCOUNTANT Everett N. Montague (Term expires 1926)
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Charles J. Holton . Term expires 1926
Daniel W. Sheehan, Jr. Term expires 1927
Edwin A. Phalen
Term expires 1928
Horace F. Tuttle, ex-officio
ELECTION OFFICERS Precinct 1
Warden James W. Coughlin
Deputy Warden
George A. Murphy
Clerk
Arthur W. Wayne.
Deputy Clerk
Spencer H. Taylor Arthur F. Davis
Inspector
Deputy Inspector Willis L. Holden
Inspector
Leo F. McCarthy
Deputy Inspector
Harold Coughlin
Precinct 2
Warden
Lucius A. Hesselton
Deputy Warden
Theron F. Newton
Clerk John J. Manning
Deputy Clerk Thomas Murray
Inspector Lewis C. Hastings
Deputy Inspector Frank A. Merriam
Inspector . Timothy Hennessey
Deputy Inspector
William Hayes
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Precinct 3
Warden *C. H. Mead
Deputy Warden Bertram D. Hall
Clerk
David R. Kinsley
Deputy Clerk .D. Frank McDonald
Inspector James Kinsley
Deputy Inspector Guy P. Littlefield
Inspector Fred S. Whitcomb
Deputy Inspector Arnold Leavitt
CATTLE INSPECTOR Fred S. Whitcomb
FIRE ENGINEERS C. D. Cram, Chief Precinct 1
Alan B. Frost, 1st Asst. Murray Brown, 2nd Asst. Spencer H. Taylor, 3rd Asst.
Precinct 2
F. W. Hoit, 1st Asst. Frank Holland, 2nd Asst. John J. Manning, 3rd Asst. Precinct 3
A. R. Beach, 1st Asst. A. W. Davis, 2nd Asst. B. A. King, 3rd Asst.
FOREST WARDEN Alan B. Frost
DEPUTY FOREST WARDENS All the above named Assistant Fire Engineers
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER AND MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
F. W. Hoit Bertram D. Hall Charles E. Smith George H. Reed
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
M. E. Taylor George H. Reed E. F. Conant
George A. Smith William T. Hayes
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Theron F. Newton
#Deceased Jan., 1926.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK James O'Neil
Alan B. Frost
POLICE OFFICERS Chief, Harry B. Morse O. D. Wood Michael Foley Murray Brown
John T. McNiff
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTER HOUSE Charles A. Durkee
Jury List Revised August, 1924
Elwin Hollowell Albert P. Durkee Frank E. Parsons Spencer H. Taylor Charles E. Smith
Precinct 1
James W. Coughlin George S. Tucker, Jr. Joseph A. Van Winkle Franklin E. Griffin
Precinct 2
L. Edward Laird William T. Merriam Patrick J. Foley Carl Flint
Precinct 3
James A. Grimes G. Howard Reed John T. McNiff Waldo E. Whitcomb Fred S. Whitcomb
Daniel J. Hennessey Hugh H. Hodgen Edward F. Nealey Theron A. Lowden Samuel B. Ineson
Everett R. Sanborn Allen B. Parker David R. Kinsley William Johnson V. E. Estin
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Middlesex, ss.
RATED
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ACTON ..
To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, qualified to vote at town meetings for the transaction of town affairs, to meet in their respective precincts, to wit :
Precinct 1. Town hall in said Acton. Precinct 2: Univer- salist church, South Acton. Precinct 3: Fire House, West Acton, at 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, the First Day of March, 1926, by posting a copy of this warrant by you attested, one in each of the postoffices and railroad stations in the town, one at the Nagog House, and one in each of the stores of C. H. Mead & Co., George H. Reed, Strong & Tracy, M. E. Taylor & Co., J. S. Moore, and Finney & Hoit, seven days at least before the said first day of March .. To bring in their votes on one ballot for the following town offices : A moderator for one year, a town clerk for one year, one selectman for three years, one assessor for three years, three overseers of the poor for one year, a treasurer for one year, a collector of taxes for one year, four constables for one year, two for school committee for three years, one for board of health for three years, one cemetery commissioner for one year (to fill vacancy), one cemetery commissioner for three years, one trustee of Memorial library for three years, one tree warden for one year, five for finance committee for one year.
The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon and close at 7 o'clock p. m.
You are further requested in the name of the Commonwealth
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of Massachusetts to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton as aforesaid, to meet at the town hall, in said Acton, on Monday, March 8, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. Then and there to act upon the following articles :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers and com- mittees and fix salaries of all town officers.
Article 2. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any commit- tees chosen at any previous meeting.
Article 4. To see what sums of money the town will raise hy taxation and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the town.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will appro- priate for the observance of Memorial day.
Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to the collection of taxes.
Article 7. To see what action the town will take toward the suppression of the brown tail and gypsy moth.
Article 8. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to insure the employees of the town, or act anything thereon.
Article 9. To see what amount of money the town will appropriate for the payment of premiums on treasurer's and col- lector's bonds ; or act anything thereon.
Article 10. 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 1st, 1926, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 11. To see if the town will employ a town nurse and appropriate a sum of money for the salary and expense of the same.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to purchase the two snow plows owned by the South Acton Improvement association for the sum of fifty dollars.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take towards removing the fountain from Quimby square and connecting the town water to the old stone fountain and installing a bubbler thereon.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars, the same being part of the amount returned to the town under the provisions of Chapter 480, of the Acts of 1924, for the purpose of placing a raised triangular memorial plot in the square at South Acton, conforming with the lines of the street; and place a metal light post, using under-
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ground wiring for lights and otherwise re-conditioning the plot, or act anything thereon.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to instruct the mod- erator or the selectmen to appoint a finance committee, in accordance with the provisions of law; or do or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Patriots' day ; or do or act anything thereon.
Article 17. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to instruct the Boston & Maine railroad to repair with permanent filling the following railroad crossings: Massachusetts avenue, Arlington street, and Central street in West Acton.
Article 18. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen, to sell a certain parcel of land owned by the town, situated on the road from South Acton to Maynard near the Acton-Maynard town line, and formerly used as a gravel pit; or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the town will authorize a re-valuation of all taxable property in the town, choose a committee to carry out the provisions of this article and appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the same; or act anything thereon.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to extend the street lights on Massachusetts avenue from Kelley's corner, so-called, to Piper road and thence on said Piper road to the residence of Francis B. Farrar.
Article 21. To see if the town will raise by taxation and appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars for the purpose of grading the high school grounds; or act anything thereon.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars, or some other amount and elect a director ; the money to be expended by and the direc- tor to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex county trustees for county aid to agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,000 to complete the construction of School street to the Concord line, providing the state and county will each give a like amount.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,000, or any other sum, the same to be expended in re-surfacing, draining and oiling Arlington street in West Acton, beginning at Central street and running easterly.
Article 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to grade, gravel and oil Carlisle road, from Main
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street, or Lowell road, in North Acton, by the North cemetery to the Acton-Carlisle town line; or take any action thereon.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $7,500.00, or any other amount, by the issue of notes, or otherwise to continue the construction of Main street from a point opposite the residence of Frank E. Parsons, pro- vided a like sum is allotted the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the county of Middlesex; or act anything thereon.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000 to continue the construction of Willow street in West Acton, provided a like sum is allotted the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the county of Middlesex; or act anything thereon.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000 to continue the construction of Central street in West Acton, providing a like sum is allotted the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the county of Middlesex ; or act anything thereon.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500 to gravel and oil the hill on Sudbury road from the Powder Mill office to the Sudbury and Acton town line.
Article 30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to repair Elm street in West Acton, from Arlington street westerly to the residence of Ben. DeSouza.
Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended in making repairs on the road lead- ing from the town Common to the residence of Henry L. Priest, called Woodbury lane; or act anything thereon.
Article 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $2,000 for special repairs on Concord road from the church in Acton Center to Woodlawn cemetery.
Article 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to repair and oil Hosmer street from Wood- lawn cemetery to Crooker's corner.
Article 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $3,500, provided the state and county each will give like amounts, for re-building Nagog Hill road, from Littleton line to Acton Center.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the town clerk at or before the first time of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Acton, this nineteenth day of February, 1926.
HARRY B. MORSE, ALBERT R. JENKS, MURRAY BROWN,
Selectmen of Acton.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Acton:
We hereby submit to you for your approval the reports of the various departments of the town for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Acting under Article 14 the fire houses at North Acton and the Center, together with their contents of unused apparatus, were sold at auction; the sum of $157.45 being realized.
Under Article 21 the county commissioners were requested by the selectmen to lay out and give an estimate of the cost of building a road as called for by this article. A survey was made and they estimate the cost at $13,475.00.
Under Article 30, guide posts of metal were purchased, but owing to delay in receiving them the ground was found to be frozen and they cannot be erected until the late spring.
A new electric lighting contract was entered into with the American Woolen Company for three years, and the water con- tract was renewal for hydrant service for ten years. Additional street lights have been installed in the business section of West Acton.
A new fire house was built in Acton Center, the heating plant in the town hall renovated and this building was painted and repaired throughout.
Your board purchased two additional plows to be used for the removal of snow. We think the showing made in the storm of February fourth proved their worth to the town. We recom- mend the continuance of the road building program laid out by this board and the special committee.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY B. MORSE, ALBERT R. JENKS, MURRAY BROWN.
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
1922 Taxes
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$366.58
Interest collected
76.31
Paid treasurer
$437.89
Abated
5.00
1923 Taxes
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1925
$5,938.71
Interest collected
582.59
$6,521.30
Paid treasurer
$6,119.29
Abated
205.48
$6,324.77
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$196.53
1924 Taxes
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1925 $26,554.18
Interest collected
844.93
$27,399.11
Paid treasurer
$19,996.22
Abated
.
159.88
$20,156.10
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1926 $7,243.01
1925 Taxes
Town, County and State taxes committed to Collector $115,434.10
Interest collected
115.60
Paid Treasurer
Abated
$115,549.70 $67,643.01 663.00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1926
$68,306.01 $47,243.69
C. A. Durkee Collector.
$442.89
$442.89
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, Held March 9, 1925
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Allen Brooks Parker.
Voted. That the moderator be authorized to exclude from the floor of the hall or from the gallery, all persons not entitled to vote, when in his discretion, the public safety requires it.
Voted: That the moderator be authorized to adjourn this meeting to another time and place when in his discretion the public safety may require it, filing with the town clerk forth- with his written order in the premises.
Art. 1. To choose all necessary town officers and commit- tees, and fix salaries of all town officers.
Chose, Horace F. Tuttle, Trustee of the Goodnow Fund, for three years.
Chose, Charles E. Smith, Trustee of the Goodnow Fund for two years, to fill vacancy.
Chose, August N. Hederstedt, trustee of the fireman's relief fund, for three years.
Chose, William H. Kingsley, trustee of Elizabeth White 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 three 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 town accountant be three hundred dollars per annum.
Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to fix the salary of all other town officers.
Art. 2. 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.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.
Murray Brown reported for the committee chosen at the last
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annual meeting, to provide a vault for the town records and en- large the town hall.
Voted: To receive the report of the committee as a report of progress, and that the committee be instructed to consider the matter further and report at a future meeting.
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to provide room for the safe keeping of the records of the town, and that the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars be appropriated for such pur- pose.
James B. Tuttle and Theron A. Lowden reported for the com- mittee on a War Memorial.
Voted: To receive the report of the committee as a report of progress.
The committee appointed to investigate the electric lighting situation reported through its chairman William Rawitser.
Voted: To receive and accept the report of the committee and thank them for their gratuitious services in the matter.
Art. 3. The committee appointed by the Selectmen to con- sider the matter of a town forest reported through its chairman, Edgar H. Hall.
Voted: To receive the report of the committee.
On motion of Frank H. Holden it was voted: That a town forester be appointed by the Selectmen and that the sum of three hundred (300) dollars be raised and appropriated for the use of said forester; that one hundred dollars of that sum be used for the purchase of pine trees to be given to any resident of Acton who has land suitable and will reforest the same under the supervision of the forester. The other two hundred dollars to be used for the purchase of trees or any land which he may find available for the purpose of a town forest.
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