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South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
34.56
Carter, Loftus Company, tuning piano
3.00
O. D. Wood, repairs
12.00
Joseph Breck & Son, lawn mower
13.25
George L. Noyes, mowing lawn
7.00
A. Wayne, janitor 160.50
A. Wayne, care of clock
30.00
A. Wayne, care of flag and fountain 11.00
A. Wayne, care of common 21.75
J. E. Coombs, wood
33.00
$431.25
F. T. Holland, officer
13
T. McCarthy, wood
16.00
J. D. Smith, sawing wood
14.00
C. Dickson, painting 18.97
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., sweeping compound .
5.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
27.60
Unexpended balance .
$495.97 106.53
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police
$200.00
Received from fines
32.04
Transferred from reserve fund
175.29
Paid :
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. $24.90
L. E. Laird, services 82.06
C. T. Baxter, services 75.15
Murray Brown, badges, twisters, handcuffs
36.50
Murray Brown, services
10.00
Craig Sweet, services
20.00
Town of Concord, meals
1.00
William Murphy, services
44.50
O. D. Wood, services
40.50
Harding Uniform Co., uniforms
25.92
J. T. McNiff, services
46.80
$407.33
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIQUOR LAW Appropriation Paid :
$764.00
L. E. Laird, services
$189.76
O. D. Wood, services 18.00
C. T. Baxter, services 22.00
George Clapp, pictures 5.00
A. W. Davis, services
23.50
Murray Brown, services
26.60
George Worster, team
2.00
J. T. McNiff, services .
21.50
Unexpended balance
$308.36 455.64
$764.00
$407.33
Appropriation
$602.50
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FIRE DEPARTMENT General
Appropriation
$500.00
Transferred from reserve fund
158.22
Paid :
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
$49.70
George H. Reed, coal 48.10
West and South Water District, water 24.00
American Woolen Co., lighting
22.79
South Acton Woolen Co., chemicals
20.25
L. T. Fullonton, setting glass 4.40
C. D. Cram, payrolls 190.00
C. D. Cram, express
.97
Strong, Tracey, bulbs
1.75
West Acton Garage, gasoline and supplies
9.50
George Garland, care of house
34.00
George Clapp, payrolls
42.50
George Clapp, repairs and labor
21.95
George Clapp, engineer
5.00
F. Williams, janitor 127.75
W. H. Kingsley, services
9.00
R. E. Wright, supplies
6.81
J. W. Livermore, labor
.50
F. W. Green, cleaning vault
1.50
A. W. Davis, trucking
1.00
A. Hindle, repairs
25.00
J. Coughlin, repairs
7.00
C. Callahan, Co., repairs . .
4.75
$658.22
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation
$2,784.00
Paid :
West and South Water District
$2,600.00
Town of Concord
184.00
$2,784.00
Special
Appropriation for hose
$250.00
Paid :
$202.25
Boston Coupling Co.
8.35
$210.60
Unexpended balance
39.40
$250.00
C. Callahan Co.
.
$658.22
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Brush Fires
Appropriation
$200.00
Transferred from reserve fund 7.45
$207.45
Paid :
C. D. Cram, payrolls
$101.00
George Clapp, payrolls
21.50
William H. Kingsley, labor 30.50
A. B. Frost, labor .
10.00
I. Gagnon, labor .
5.00
N. Willis, labor
1.50
W. Pratt, labor
1.50
C. Hallowell, labor
1.50
J. Hurley, labor
2.50
G. G. Watkins, payroll
4.00
T. A. Scott, payroll
10.00
A. W. Davis, truck and labor
13.10
J. W. Livermore, labor
5.35
$207.45
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriation
$500.00
Received from George T. Weaver, license 100.00
Transferred from reserve fund 104.39
$704.39
Paid :
Hobbs & Warren, books
$10.80
C. A. Durkee, inspection 373.10
C. A. Durkee, services as agent 126.65
T. F. Newton, services and expense
2.00
A. W. Davis, moving safe
5.00
J. Hurley, labor
4.00
J. Watkins, labor
4.00
J. T. McNiff, iron
1.00
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes and notices
14.05
Enterprise Co., notice
2.50
City of Boston, hospital
98.29
George H. Tuttle, professional services
5.00
George H. Tuttle, salary
10.00
R. F. Durkee, salary and expenses
11.00
F. E. Tasker, salary
25.00
A. W. Flint, rent 8.00
E. Jewett, labor . 4.00
.
.
$704.39
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TOWN NURSE
Appropriation Paid :
Ida Breidenback. salary
$825.00
Nel Nock Motor Co., Ford sedan 633.50
F. E. Tasker, cash allowed account sedan
25.00
F. E. Tasker, registration of sedan
10.00
C. A. Lowell, insurance on sedan
75.50
J. T. McNiff, auto
2.00
T. W. Reed Co., supplies
86.15
Murphy & Snyder, cards
8.25
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
87.32
North Acton Garage, supplies
21.50
South Acton Garage, supplies
2.50
W. J. Costello, lettering auto
2.00
Goodrich Corner Garage, supplies .
6.35
Rexall Store, supplies
.
3.85
James Fitzgerald, supplies
13.21
W. X. Macurda, supplies
1.10
J. Coughlin, repairs
2.25
Finney & Hoit, tires and robe
23.30
C. A. Durkee, services
11.17
C. A. Durkee, postage
1.50
C. A. Durkee, registration 1923
10.20
E. S. Fobes, garage
6.00
Mrs. J. McCarthy, garage
8.75
Unexpended balance
633.60
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$965.67
Received from state treasurer, moth work
500.00
Lead sold
432.20
Paid :
A. H. Perkins, payroll
$206.00
F. Manning, payroll
1,062.29
F. Manning, truck and expense
246.36
A. Wayne, handling lead
10.50
J. S. Moore, brush .
.35
$1,525.50
Balance due from state. January 1st, 1922
170.61
$1,696.11
Amount due from the state, January 1st, 1923 $201.78
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.
$2,500.00
$1,866.40
$2,500.00
$1,897.89
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TREE WARDEN
$200.00
A. H. Perkins
$67.30
Unexpended balance
132.70
SPECIAL ON ACCOUNT OF TREES DAMAGED BY ICE STORM
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid :
J. F. O'Leary
$644.50
A. H. Perkins
·
324.90
Unexpended balance
30.60
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation $10,000.00
Received from state treasurer
2,841.91
Received from Canedy Construction Co., roller
480.00
Received from town of Littleton, roller
85.00
Transferred from reserve fund
473.71
Paid :
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
$31.43
L. E. Laird, repairs
3.00
Hill Bros., breaking roads 24.14
F. S. Whitcomb, breaking roads
5.00
E. L. Spinney, breaking roads .
1.00
W. H. Kingsley, breaking roads
27:05
Middlesex Farm, breaking roads
8.00
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.
8.48
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal, lumber and cement 130.09
Buffalo Steam Roller, repairs
453.47
W. J. Coughlin, labor
1.50
Alfred Foote, boiler inspection
5.00
George H. Reed, tools
50.25
W. H. Kingsley, crushed stone 633.52
24.39
Conant Machine Co., loader
189.00
George L. Noyes, gasoline
13.55
J. T. McNiff, repairs
41.35
Maynard & Acton Oil Co., gasoline
61.45
A. W. Davis, sundry expense
16.46
A. W. Davis, express
56.00
H. E. Fletcher, stone
23.29
George Greenough, scraping roads 16.00
W. A. Haynes, boards and nails
12.83
Appropriation Paid :
$200.00
$969.40
$1,000.00
$13,880.62
J. S. Moore, supplies
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W. H. Jones, labor
5.00
H. F. Tuttle, surveying
7.00
Hall Bros., lumber
4.00
N. E. Road Machinery Co., parts
4.00
Berger Manufacturing Co., culvert
328.24
Berger Manufacturing Co., pipe
85.00
Barrett Co., tarvia 178.56
T. F. Parker, oil
2.35
General Crushed Stone Co. 23.34
Standard Oil Co., oil
1,460.00
J. Kingsley, sand
37.05
Town of Stow, use of roller
125.00
Standard Oil Co., oil
398.40
W. E. Baker, labor
62.50
North Acton Quarry Co., stone
186.25
W. H. Kingsley, team
173.32
C. J. Kelley, pipe
5.79
E. P. Gates, repairs
72.55
Payrolls
9,494.11
Amount due from state, $608.09. CEMETERY ROAD
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Transferred from reserve fund 244.21
$2,444.21
Paid :
William H. Kingsley, stone $1,471.36
10.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
27.65
Payrolls
935.20
$2,444.21
POWDER MILL, MAYNARD, LOWELL ROAD Appropriated and borrowed 1920 $10,000.00
Appropriated and borrowed 1921 8,750.00
Appropriated and borrowed 1922 11,250.00
Received from state treasurer, 1920 4,450.66
Received from county treasurer, 1920
4,450.67
Received from town of Concord, 1920 65.10
Received from state treasurer, 1921
9,685.98
Received from county treasurer, 1921
9,685.98
Received from state treasurer, 1922, count 1921
on ac-
Received from county treasurer, 1922, on ac- count 1921
1,234.13
Received from state treasurer, 1922 9,703.86
Received from county treasurer, 1922 9,703.86
1,234.13
$80,214.37
$14,488.71
North Acton Quarry Co., granite
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Paid :
1920-See previous report
$15,350.40
29,839.43
1921-See previous report 1922 To complete work started 1921
Paid :
Thomas F. Parker, tools
$3.75
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal and lumber
32.05
W. H. Kingsley, stone
7.80
J. Hoar, labor
6.00
Hill Bros., team
56.00
Payrolls
1,084.44
$1,190.04
New Work
Paid :
Canedy Construction Co.
$29,601.59
Barbour Stockwell Co., grate 17.00
Framingham News, advertising 3.50
12.40
Enterprise Co., advertising R. S. Osterhout, advertising
3.30
Post Publishing Co., advertising
26.65
Murphy & Snyder, signs
2.50
$29,670.69
Total amount expended to January 1, 1923 $76,050.56 Unexpended balance 4,163.81
Amount due from American Powder Co., $450.
Analysis of payrolls covering town highways, Cemetery road and Maynard-Lowell road :
A. W. Davis, superintendent and transportation $700.00
A. H. Perkins, foreman
531.25
J. Pederson, foreman
262.90
T. Riviezzo, labor
386.33
· D. Lovell, labor
301.73
A. Goodrich, labor
288.00
H. Goodrich, labor
70.65
P. Liola, labor
83.48
George Seaman, labor
79.88
F. A. Hill, labor
1.80
D. Lattrell, labor
85.05
F. French, labor
174.82
A. W. Davis, trucks
637.00
J. Pederson, trucks
2,390.62
J. Tariezzo, labor
61.20
F. Mosvotto, labor
225.00
Globe Newspaper Co., advertising
3.75
$80,214.37
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J. Gallant, labor 198.90
J. Dosher, labor 27.00
D. Connelly, labor 100.00
J. Hoar, labor
72.00
D. Ryan, labor
78.75
P. Higgins, labor
32.40
B. Williams, labor
12.60
Joseph Elly, labor
14.40
Jim Spotto, labor
32.40
B. Gallant, labor
30.60
J. Gongon, labor
18.00
O. H. Greenwood, truck
151.13
S. O'Connell, labor
32.40
R. Cole, labor
14.40
R. Palmer, labor 3.60
3.60
T. A. Hall, labor
10.80
R. Varcorilli, labor
7.20
P. Enello, labor
7.20
J. Grued, labor
25.20
J. Comley, labor
88.65
F. Arnsberg, labor
10.80
H. Gould, labor
3.60
George Weaver, labor
25.00
E. Spinney, teams
24.00
Ralph Jones, teams
633.00
W. Charter, labor
390.23
J. W. Davis, labor
43.20
J. Briggs, labor
7.20
F. Foote, labor
213.53
I. Pederson, labor
46.35
J. Gormer, labor
213.75
F. Gould, labor
256.95
C. Wiley, labor
236.70
W. H. Kingsley, team
. 88.00
W. B. Franklin, team
240.00
W. H. Jones, team
200.00
A. H. Perkins, team
696.00
Hill Bros., team
944.50
$11,513.75
PLOWING SIDEWALKS
Appropriation
$200.00
F. W. Green
$36.50
O. D. Wood
16.00
E. L. Spinney
1.50
George Greenough
32.00
$86.00
Unexpended balance
114.00
$200.00
J. Murphy, labor
.
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CUTTING BRUSH
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid :
$312.50
Unexpended balance
87.50
$400.00
POWDER MILL BRIDGE
Amount unexpended last year (1921) Paid :
$2,209.72
B. E. Savage
$565.26
P. DeSilvia
75.37
Midville-Cambria Steel Co.
387.00
American Powder Co.
302.04
W. A. Haynes Co.
268.00
T. F. Parker
100.00
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.
158.55
A. W. Davis
10.00
Unexpended balance
$1,866.22 343.50
$2,209.72
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$3,850.00
Paid :
$8.00
P. Foley
4.00
American Woolen Co.
3,779.17
Unexpended balance
58.83
$3,850.00
RELIEF OF POOR
Received from state treasurer
$52.24
Received from town farm fund
1,428.61
$1,480.85
Paid :
City of Malden
$204.37
J. S. Moore, supplies
105.00
E. S. Morse, milk
74.22
F. S. Whitcomb, wood
34.00
Mrs. M. Murphy, board
317.80
F. E. Tasker, medical attendance
4.00
City of Worcester
129.96
Stone Tracey, supplies
·
. .
86.22
. .
$3,791.17
E. B. DeSouza
.
James O'Neil
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Moses Thompson, wood
12.00
E. M. Burroughs, rent
11.00
George H. Tuttle, medical attendance
118.50
Hall Bros., wood
15.00
Massachusetts General Hospital
28.00
L. Garland, services
20.00
Finney & Hoit, supplies
29.03
City of Boston
142.48
City of Worcester
104.32
W. X. Macurda
1.25
H. B. Butler, sawing wood
1.75
J. P. Sisson, wood
23.00
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies
18.95
$1,480.85
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS State Aid
Received from state treasurer
$354.00
Amount due from state treasurer, January 1, 1922
$374.00
Paid
372.00
Amount due from state, January 1, 1923
392.00
$746.00
$746.00
Military Aid
Appropriation
Paid :
B. B. Smith, supplies
$15.98
J. H. McCrossin, supplies
23.10
$39.08
Unexpended balance
60.92
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Appropriation
$700.00
Received from fines
57.75
Received old cards and books
2.75
$760.50
Paid :
A. W. Davis, librarian
$154.50
A. W. Davis, janitor
154.50
A. W. Davis, writing cards
6.77
A. W. Davis, cataloging
10.00
A. W. Davis, binding books
4.25
P. E. Houghton, transporting books
50.00
Library Bureau, cards
10.52
American Woolen Co.
34.71
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., coal
69.28
E. F. Conant, insurance
64.39
$100.00
$100.00
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J. W. Smith, sawing wood
2.00
C. D. Lapham, labor and repairs 30.80
Dennison Manufacturing Co., labels . .
1.07
M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies . . 5.23
Unexpended balance
$598.02 162.48
$760.50
LIBRARY BOOKS
Appropriation
$200.00
Received interest on library fund
325.52
$525.52
Paid :
De Wolfe Fiske & Co.
$343.37
Dura Binding Co.
34.65
H. R. Hunting Co.
52.56
Enterprise Co.
1.50
Friedman's
6.14
Ball Publishing Co.
5.00
Manuel Art Press
3.30
Student Volume for Foreign Missions
3.00
Tieker Publishing Co.
3.81
W. A. Wilde Co.
12.29
H. Goldberger
50.00
Educators Association
9.90
$525.52
CEMETERIES
Appropriation
$800.00
Received sale of lots, Woodlawn
95.00
Received sale of lots, Mt. Hope
74.00
$969.00
Paid :
H. F. Robbins, labor
$360.66
West and South Water Supply
27.95
A. Batley, flowers
33.65
H. F. Tuttle, commissioner
7.50
H. F. Tuttle, writing deeds
5.00
F. W. Green, labor
303.44
E. F. Conant, insurance
7.20
H. S. Turner, book . .
13.50
$758.90
210.10
Unexpended balance
$969.00
24 Perpetual Care
Received interest on cemetery fund Paid :
$737.80
$319.70
320.50
A. Batley, flowers
97.60
EDUCATION
Appropriation
$41,125.00
Received from ticket refund 2.64
$41,127.64
Paid :
Report of school committee
$38,356.21
Unexpended balance
2,771.43
$41,127.64
SOUTH ACTON DRAINAGE
Appropriation
Paid :
B. F. Townsend, labor $82.34
C. H. Davis
109.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Co., lumber 16.95
Abe Granberg, gravel .90
16.00
C. Romano, contractors
559.12
B. F. Townsend, supplies
5.48
A. C. Piper & Son, team . .
7.80
Unexpended balance
202.41
$1,000.00
WEST AND CENTER SCHOOLHOUSE IMPROVEMENT Appropriation
$1,800.00
Paid :
$50.00
Unexpended balance
1,750.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation
$700.00
Paid :
C. A. Pierce & Co., bylaws
$56.00
George Worster, washing auto 2.00
Town of Acton, town farm tax
1.50
W. C. Crosby, land damage
30.00
C. A. Ford, land damage 40.00
Charles Miles, land damage 100.00
E. and L. Richardson, land damage
100.00
$1,000.00
A. Jones, team
$797.59
Woodbury and Stuart, plans
$1,800.00
H. F. Robbins, labor
F. W. Green, labor
$737.80
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R. R. Winkley, land damage 35.00
H. A. Gray, land damage
50.00
James B. Tuttle, auctioneer, selling jail 10.00
James B. Tuttle, advertising sale of jail
5.00
W. J. Costello, signs 9.00
W. B. Holt, repairs fountain
4.60
Town of Concord, bounds
14.52
George Guariano
46.94
A. W. Davis, moving jail
12.00
A. Wayne, selling lead
15.00
W. H. Jones, delivering reports
3.00
H. F. Tuttle, writing deed of jail
3.00
Finney & Hoit, flags
14.40
W. and G. E. Gurley, supplies, sealer .
8.96
F. E. Tasker, reporting births .50
1.00
E. A. Mayell, reporting births .
.25
S. B. Annis, reporting births
.25
F. K. Shaw, reporting births
1.25
I. L. Pickard, reporting births
.50
M. H. Paine, reporting births .
.25
J. D. Christie, reporting births . . .
.50
Unexpended balance
$565.42 134.58
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid :
Isaac Davis Post, G. A. R.
$200.00
INSURANCE OF TOWN BUILDINGS
$1,112.40
Paid :
A. M. Whitcomb
$228.90
E. F. Conant
654.60
J. K. W. Wetherbee
228.90
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation
$400.00
Paid :
A. M. Whitcomb
$328.65
Unexpended balance 71.35
$400.00
MIDDLESEX COUNTY BUREAU
Appropriation
$300.00
George H. Tuttle, reporting births
$700.00
Appropriation
$1,112.40
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Paid :
Middlesex County Bureau, demonstration work in agriculture
$300.00
Appropriation for memorial tablet, $700.00, unexpended.
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Transferred to :
Police department
$175.29
Fire department,
158.22
Brush fires 7.45
Health and sanitation
104.39
Cemetery road
244.21
Highways
. 473.71
Unexpended balance
$1,163.27 36.73
$1,200.00
INTEREST
Received interest on taxes
$439.90
Received interest on deposits 130.12
$570.02
Paid :
Maynard Trust Co., interest on bridge notes .. $497.26
Assabet Institution for Savings, interest on road notes
362.50
North Middlesex Institution for Savings, in- terest on road notes 379.58
First National Bank of Ayer, interest on notes in anticipation of revenue 1,372.69
$2,612.03
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Total notes outstanding January 1, 1922 Received loans :
$33,500.00
First National Bank of Ayer, in anticipation of revenue $72,000.00
North Middlesex Institution for Savings, road loan
11,250.00
$83,250.00
$11,675.00
Paid : First National Bank of Ayer $72,000.00 Assabet Institution for Savings, road notes 1,250.00
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North Middlesex Institution for Savings, road notes Maynard Trust Co., bridge note
2,500.00
3,000.00
$78,750.00
Total notes outstanding January 1, 1923 . . $38,000.00
Special appropriation for loans and
interest
$8,450.00
Paid notes
$6,750.00
Interest 1,239.34
$7,989.34
Unexpended $460.66
REFUNDS
E. W. Sylvia, refund $24.71
Abatements, 1920 taxes
1.57
Abatements, 1921 taxes
30.26
Abatements, 1922 taxes
557.28
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Due from collector, January 1, 1922 Received :
$12,205.31
State tax
$5,400.00
State highway tax
1,573.20
County tax
3,430.26
Town grant 75,888.17
Overlay
2,675.26
Poll tax
2,178.00
$91,144.89
Received :
Treasurer's report
. $134,187.05
Interest on taxes
439.90
Moth tax
28.08
December assessment
10.00
$134,665.03
$238,015.23
Expenditures
Overdrafts, 1921
$6,039.79
State tax
5,400.00
State highway tax
1,573.20
County tax
3,430.26
Poll tax
2,178.00
General government
2,954.68
Buildings and grounds
495.97
$613.82
28
Police 407.33
Enforcement of liquor law
308.36
Fire department, general
658.22
Hydrant service
2,784.00
Fire department, special hose
210.60
Brush fires
207.45
Health and sanitation
704.39
Town nurse
1,866.40
Moth department
1,525.50
Tree warden
67.30
Special tree damaged by ice storm
969.40
Highways, general
14,488.71
Cemetery road
2,444.21
Powder Mill, Maynard, Lowell road
1,190.04
Powder Mill, Maynard, Lowell road
29,670.69
Street lighting
3,791.17
Plowing sidewalks
86.00
Cutting brush
312.50
Powder Mill bridge
1,866.22
Relief of poor
1,480.85
State aid
372.00
Military aid
39.08
Library expense
598.02
Library books
525.52
Cemeteries
758.90
Cemeteries, perpetual care
737.80
State treasurer, penalty for failure to make return
22.00
State treasurer, account National bank tax,
1921
6.22
Education
38,356.21
South Acton school drainage
797.59
West and Center schoolhouse improvement
50.00
Unclassified
565.42
Memorial day
200.00
Insurance of town buildings
1,112.40
Liability insurance
328.65
Middlesex County Bureau
300.00
Interest
2,612.03
Municipal indebtedness
78,750.00
Refunds
613.82
Due from collector
22,612.39
Due from treasurer
1,545.94
$238,015.23
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31, 1922
Due from collector
$22,612.39
Due from treasurer 1,545.94
Due from state treasurer, cattle inspection 62.50
Due from state treasurer, moth work 201.78
Due from state treasurer, highway work 608.09
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Due from state treasurer, state aid
392.00
Mill road
Due from county treasurer, dog tax
460.99
Liabilities
Unexpended balance liquor fund
$455.64
Unexpended balance, Maynard-Lowell road .. Notes :
4,163.81
North Middlesex Institution for Savings, road notes
18,750.00
Assabet Institution for Savings, road notes 3,750.00
Maynard Trust Co., bridge notes 5,500.00
First National Bank of Ayer, anticipation of revenue Unpaid bills :
10,000.00
Highway department
193.73
Fire department
112.81
$42,925.99
Balance against the town
$16,592.30
Respectfully submitted HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
South Acton, February 16, 1923. I have examined the accounts of the tax collector and treasurer of the town of Acton and find them correct to the best of my know- ledge.
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
TREASURER'S REPORT
For Year Ending December 31st, 1922
Received from state treasurer :
Income tax, 1919
$12.75
Income tax, 1920
89.25
Income tax, 1921
535.50
Income tax, 1922
270.00
Income tax, Massachusetts school fund
6,446.02
Corporation tax, 1921
91.61
Vocational education
272.00
Civilian war poll tax, 1921 54.00
6.00
Civilian war poll tax, 1920
9.00
Reimbursement for loss of taxes
336.42
State Highway Com.
26.00
Civilian war poll tax, 1921
$26,333.69
Due from American Powder Mills, Powder 450.00
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State Highway Com. 1,500.00
State Highway Com. 1,315.91
State treasurer, Lowell road 10,937.99
Superintendent of schools fund 513.91
Corporation tax, domestic, 1920
.11
Corporation tax, public service, 1922
2.71
Corporation tax, public service B, 1922
171.41
Highway department
500.00
Corporation tax, public service
219.39
Corporation tax, public service
5.86
Corporation tax, business
2,749.21
Income tax, 1922, general
5,080.92
Income tax, 1922, schools
1,931.10
National bank tax
1,101.52
Department public welfare
52.24
Military aid
52.50
State aid
354.00
Soldiers' exemption
191.56
County treasurer, dog tax
404.72
County treasurer, Lowell road
10,937.99
Library fines
60.50
School account, rebate on tickets
2.64
Town hall rent
202.50
Court fines
32.04
Lots sold in Woodlawn cemetery
95.00
Lots sold in Mt. Hope cemetery
74.00
Sealer of weights and measures
37.05
American Woolen Co., work on poles
23.85
George T. Weaver, slaughter license
100.00
Inspection of animals
62.50
Middlesex Insurance Co., loss on fire house
15.00
Director of Standards, two licenses
16.00
Lead sold 432.20
Canedy Construction Co., rent of roller
480.00
C. I. Ford, lockup and land
400.00
Town of Concord, Nagog taxes
25.12
Interest on deposits
130.12
Interest on cemetery fund
737.80
Interest on library fund
325.52
Interest on town farm fund
1,428.61
Town of Littleton
55.00
Town of Littleton
30.00
Loans received :
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 29 6,000.00
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 30
6,000.00
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 31 10,000.00
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 32 10,000.00
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 33 10,000.00
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 39 10,000.00
First National bank, Ayer, note No. 40
10,000.00
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First National bank, Ayer, note No. 41 Loans for special roadwork :
10,000.00
North Middlesex Savings bank, note No. 34 2,500.00
North Middlesex Savings bank, note No. 35 . . 2,500.00 North Middlesex Savings bank, note No. 36 .. 2,500.00 North Middlesex Savings bank, note No. 37 .. 2,500.00
North Middlesex Savings bank, note No. 38 .. 1,250.00
$134,187.05
Received of Henry L. Haynes, collector : 1920 taxes and interest $782.12
Abatement 1.57
1921 taxes and interest
8,198.83
Abatement 30.26
1922 taxes and interest
71,645.73
Abatement
557.28
$81,215.79
$215,402.84
Paid selectmen's orders
213,856.90
Balance on hand, December 31, 1922 $1,545.94
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Report of Funds Held for Care of Cemetery Lots
On hand January 1, 1922 :
West and South Water District, bonds
$6,900.00
Cash in banks
7,477.90
Liberty bonds
7,950.00
Unexpended balance 1,945.71
Enoch Hall lot
75.00
George F. Keyes lot
75.00
Mrs. Emma Preston lot
100.00
William T. Mason lot
100.00
George C. Turner lot
50.00
Hugh West lot
100.00
F. C. Nash lot
100.00
Lucian J. Priest lot
100.00
Ira Stockwell lot
100.00
E. A. Phillips lot
200.00
George Wheeler lot
100.00
William V. Norton lot
100.00
Varnum B. Mead lot
100.00
Moses A. Reed lot 100.00
Aaron J. Fletcher lot
75.00
William F. Charles lot
75.00
Charles J. Fletcher lot
75.00
James L. Adams lot
75.00
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Asaph and Henry D. Parlin lot
150.00
William Chaplin, care of soldiers' markers 100.00
Income from funds
1,061.94
$27,285.55
Paid for care of lots
$737.80.
West and South District, bonds
6,600.00
Liberty bonds
8,150.00
Cash in banks
9,527.90
Unexpended balance
2,269.85
$27,285.55 Received of William Chaplin $900.00, not reported in above account, to be used for improvements and care of soldiers' lots, or for any purposes he may desire.
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Report of Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Cash, Charlestown Five Cents 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
254.27
Bond, West Shore R. R., Susan Augusta and Luther Conant fund
1,000.00
Interest on bond
40.00
Unexpended balance 218.32
$6,912.59
Paid town of Acton, book account $325.52
Cash in banks
5,400.00
Bond, Conant fund
1,000.00
Balance unexpended
187.07
$6,912.59
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Report of Town Farm Fund
Balance of mortgage $2,050.00
Liberty bonds 14,012.44
Balance of fund 930.08
Hapgood farm fund
3,000.00
Income
803.00
$20,795.52
Balance due on mortgage
$2,050.00
Cash in North End Savings bank 1,000.00
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Cash in Home Savings bank
1,000.00
Cash in Suffolk Savings bank
1,000.00 Liberty bonds . 14,012.44
Paid town of Acton, poor department 1,428.61
Balance of fund
304.47
Treasurer's Report of Fireman's Relief Association Cash in Middlesex Institution for Savings $317.70
Interest on account 15.24
$332.94
Cash in Middlesex Institution for Savings 332.94
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Report of the George R. White Fund
Received from estate of George R. White $25,000.00
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