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McGovern, John 2.00
Mead, Hobart E. 2.00
Hall, Mary Farrell
2.00
Mekkelsen, Thora 2.00
Harrison, B. M. 2.00
Mel, Eleanor
2.00
Hart, Mrs. Nelson 2.00
Merriam, Harold 2.00
Harvey, Lucretia H. 7.00
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F. .. 4.00
Hastings, Lewis C. 2.00
Montague, Everett N. .. 2.00
Hayes, Michael G. 2.00
Middleton, W. J. 2.00
Haynes, Albert L.
2.00
Morse, Leonard 2.00
Hensen, William W.
2.00
Morrison, Frederick D. . 10.00
Herrick, J. M.
5.00
Muise, Joseph 5.00
Hilliard, John A. 2.00
Munn, William 2.00
Holbrook, F. A. 4.00
Murgatroyd, James 9.00
Holden, F. H.
2.00
Nelson, Olaf F.
2.00
Holland, John
5.00
Newell, Dorothy 2.00
Howe, Leland F.
2.00
Newell, L. F.
2.00
Howe, O. H. 2.00
Nichols, Orla E. 5.00
Hurley, James J. 2.00
Noterman, Emile
5.00
Jalonen, Arthur 4.00
Oldroyd, Catherine 2.00
Jenks, Albert R. 2.00
Olsen, Peter, Jr. 2.00
Jensen, P. A. 4.00
Olsen, Simon 2.00
Johnson, Albion 2.00
Johnson 5.00
Jones, A. C. 2.00
Jones, Helen A. 2.00
Jones, Hugh 2.00
Pedersen, John 5.00
Penney, D. F. 4.00
Penney, John 2.00
Penniman, Jessie M. 2.00
Perkins, A. Hazelton 2.00
Perkins, Levi W. 2.00
Peterson, Carl N. 2.00
Pope, Benjamin 6.00
Pratt, Edward F. 2.00
Pratt, Herbert T. 2.00
Price, Louise M. 2.00
Rafuse, Edith M. 2.00
Rawitser, William 2.00
Rayner, Dorothy 2.00
Reed, G. Howard 7.00
Reed, Otis J. 2.00
Reid, Robert A. 3rd 2.00
Lowden, E. Philip 2.00
Manion, Thomas 2.00
Marsh, A. W. 2.00
2.00
Laffin, Ormal S. R. 2.00
Laffin, Sidney 5.00
Lamson, Wallace I. 2.00
LaRoche, Arthur 6.00
Larsen, Jorgen 5.00
Lears, William 2.00
LeClare, Edward 2.00
Littlefield, Ralph 2.00
Livermore, William J. 5.00
Reynolds, Arthur 2.00
Reynolds, Harold R. 2.00
Reynolds, Jesse C. 2.00
Jones, Warren H. 2.00
Kazokas, William 7.00
Kelley, Julia T. 2.00
Kennedy, Duncan S.
2.00
King, Benjamin 2.00
Kilmartin, William T. . . Knowlton, Samuel E. ..
7.00
O'Neil, James 5.00
Packard, James M. 2.00
Parker, George M. 2.00
Parzkienicz, Stanley 2.00
Mason, Roger 6.00
Fullonton, L. T. 2.00
Gallant, Mildred 2.00
McCarthy, Leo 5.00
Griffin, Franklin E. 7.00
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Richardson, George A. . 2.00
Toohey, William J. .... 2.00
Roche, Francis B. 2.00
Tompkins, Elizabeth P. . 5.00
Rugg, George 2.00
Tracy, Alfred 2.00
Sanborn, Everett R. . 2.00
Tripp, Horatio W. . 2.00
Tucker, George S. Jr. .. 2.00
Schofield, Harris C. 7.00
Turnbull, George L. .
5.00
Scott, T. A.
2.00
Turner, George C. 2.00
Shapley, Eva C. 2.00
Tuttle, George F. 2.00
Sisson, Geogre T.
12.00
Tuttle, Horace C. 2.00
Smith, Hattie E.
2.00
Vila, Maude 2.00
Smith, Ralph 4.00
Vilkauskis, Anthony 2.00
Spinney, Alice L. 2.00
Watkins, John H. 7.00
Stearns, Margery E. 2.00
Weaver, George T. 25.00
Stevens, Woodbury 2.00
Whitcomb, Fred S. 4.00
Stiles, Frank L. 5.00
Whitney, Cora A. 2.00
Stokes, William 2.00
Willet, Charles E. 2.00
Stoney, Mrs. Reginald 2.00
Wise, Glenna 2.00
Stuart, Leslie E. 2.00
Wood, Mrs. Herbert L. . 2.00
Sylvia, E. W. 2.00
Wood, Oliver D. ·
2.00
Taylor, Spencer H. 2.00
Woodworth, Randall ... 2.00
Todd, Ethel
8.00
210 licenses at $2.00
$420.00
44 licenses at $5.00
220.00
1 license at $25.00
25.00
Deduct fees-255 licenses at 20c each
51.00
$614.00
Due county treasurer, 1928 account
$3.60
$617.60
May 23, 1929-Paid county treasurer
$207.00
Nov. 25, 1929-Paid county treasurer
400.40
Dec. 31, 1929-Due county treasurer
10.20
$665.00
$617.60
Sawyer, Benjamin H. .. 2.00
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ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts : Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report for the year 1929:
Expenditures
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriation
$4,800.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Waldo E. Whitcomb, salary
$200.00
Howard J. Billings, salary 100.00
Wendall F. Davis, salary
100.00
R. S. Osterhout, town reports
488.40
Marjorie Jones, clerk
3.00
Hobbs and Warren, license blanks
2.00
$893.40
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Howard L. Jones, salary
$400.00
Howard L. Jones, postage
10.00
Compass Printing Company, printing ..
5.25
Thorp and Martin Company, books and sta- tionery
8.90
Service Printing and Stationery Company, vouchers
10.75
$434.90
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Frank W. Hoit, salary
$500.00
Finney and Hoit, book
2.50
Frank W. Hoit, postage
24.74
Frank W. Hoit, telephone
1.65
Frank W. Hoit, safety box rent
5.00
Frank W. Hoit, stationery
4.30
Frank W. Hoit, paid for certifying notes
4.00
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Wendall F. Davis, salary $75.00
Wendall F. Davis, telephone and blanks .. 2.30
$542.19
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Howard J. Billings, salary
40.00
Waldo E. Whitcomb, salary
40.00
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Charles A. Durkee, salary
$812.80
Murphy and Snyder, printing tax bills 33.25
Hobbs and Warren Company, stationery, notices
16.23
Charles A. Durkee, postage .
4.85
$867.13
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Henry E. Haynes, salary
$183.33
Warren H. Jones, salary 183.34
Albert P. Durkee, salary 183.33
56.25
Rachael Haynes, clerk 50.00
Carter's Ink Company, .67
5.00
L. L. Aplin, transfer notices 25.40
C. A. Durkee, examining records 8.00
· Henry L. Haynes, attending meetings (3)
31.56
Warren H. Jones, attending meetings (3)
31.56
Albert P. Durkee, attending meetings (2) Henry L. Haynes, travel expense
7.00
Henry L. Haynes, postage, telephone, etc. 9.68
Maplewood Press, poll tax lists
57.50
$847.62
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Paid :
Horace F. Tuttle, salary
$200.00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording births 40.00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording marriages 14.50
24.50
Horace F. Tuttle, telephone and postage ..
28.50
P. B. Murphy, blanks
4.10
A. H. Bartlett Company, blanks
1.07
Murphy and Snyder, envelopes
3.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Paid :
Theron F. Newton, salary
$120.00
Hobbs and Warren, book 6.16
W. and L. S. Gurley, supplies
9.71
$157.30
$315.67
$135.87
Hobbs and Warren, stationery, books etc.
Assessor's Auto Tax, service
15.00
Horace F. Tuttle, recording deaths
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CATTLE INSPECTION
Paid :
Fred S. Whitcomb, salary
$175.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Paid :
Horace F. Tuttle, registrar $25.00
Charles J. Holton, registrar 1928 and 1929 40.00
Daniel Sheehan, registrar 1928 and 1929 40.00
J. T. McNiff, registrar
8.00
R. S. Osterhout, printing ballots 53.50
James W. Coughlan, election officer 25.00
Thomas Murray, election officer 5.00
L. C. Hastings, election officer 5.00
A. F. Davis, election officer
5.00
Timothy Hennessy, election officer
5.00
T. F. Newton, election officer
5.00
Leo McCarthy, election officer
10.00
Fred S. Whitcomb, election officer
5.00
A. R. Beach, election officer
5.00
Arthur Wayne, election officer
5.00
L. C. Hastings, placing booths
1.25
Universalist Church, rent
5.00
A. W. Brownell Corporation, notices
2.07
Enterprise Company, advertising
2.25
Turner's Public Spirit, advertising
3.00
A. Brooks Parker, moderator
15.00
$270.07
Total general government
$4,639.15
Unexpended balance 160.85
$4,800.00
TREASURER'S AND COLLECTOR'S BONDS
Appropriation
$270.00
Paid :
American Surety Company
$270.00
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Appropriation
$800.00
Transferred from reserve fund
45.72
$845.72
Paid : American Woolen Company
$35.05
Edison Electric Illuminating Company 32.65
B. A. King, wiring
31.46
warrants and
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Eagle Oil & Supply Company, sweeping compound . 5.00
A. W. Davis Company, coal 80.29
A. W. Davis Company, fertilizer 19.75
West & South Water Supply 12.00
Com. of Massachusetts, boiler inspection 10.00
A. J. Wilkinson, lock 14.38
M. E. Taylor & Company, lawn mower 225.00
M. E. Taylor & Company, edge trimmer 10.00
Allen Chair Company, repairs
1.10
W. B. Blodgett, adjusting mower
3.00
George Braman, painting and repairing flag pole 14.65
Jos. Breck & Son, parts for mower 3.70
Fitzgerald Garage, repairs on mower 2.00
Wm. H. Kingsley, gravel
3.30
R. M. Prentiss, 1 shade
1.00
T. E. Costello, repairing chairs
11.00
Fred Green, labor
9.43
N. H. Tenney, work on boiler
30.10
Wm. G. Lawrence, shellacing chairs
7.20
F. G. Williams, repairing ceiling
2.00
M. E. Taylor Company, supplies
17.56
A. W. Wayne, janitor
141.50
A. W. Wayne, care of clock
52.00
A. W. Wayne, care of grounds
70.60
$845.72
Protection of Persons and Property POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,200.00
· Transferred from reserve fund 228.79
$1,428.79
Paid :
Michael Foley, services $377.75
John T. McNiff, services 399.33
A. B. Frost, services . 297.20
Charles Whitcomb, services 21.75
William Driscoll, services
18.00
George S. Braman, services
22.50
Charles A. Durkee,
6.60
Charles Monroe, services
13.50
E. Rassmunssen, services
25.50
E. Keefe, services 16.50
M. Linsky & Brothers, overcoat 45.00
American Woolen Company, ambulance 22.90
New England Telephone Company 47.57
American Woolen Company 9.67
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company 3.84
Rosenfield Uniform Company, 1 belt 9.75
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes
9.00
Acton Drug Company, bulb
.25
C. C. Cullinan, truck
50.00
Finney & Hoit, supplies
32.18
$1,428.79
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
$1,300.00
Transferred from reserve fund 356.54
$1,656.54
Paid :
George K. Hayward, repairs
$7.05
B. A. King, pay-rolls .. 7.50
American Woolen Company,
25.57
Edison Electric illuminating Company 12.94
George S. Braman, janitor
67.50
George S. Braman, pay-rolls
13.25
New England Telephone & Tel. Company
29.76
Acton Motor Company, batteries
40.00
Acton Motor Company, labor, supplies
71.16
J. J. Manning, janitor
120.00
J. J. Manning, payrolls
16.00
Walter S. Jones, setting glass
.50
A. W. Davis Company, shovels, supplies
47.68
Wm. G. Lawrence, janitor 127.75
36.00
Arthur H. Blanchard Company, extinguish- ers, chargers, ladder hooks, etc. 196.69
South Acton Woolen Company, acid
33.50
Norman Livermore, gas, etc.
12.40
Maynard & Acton Oil Company, gas, oil and alcohol
25.26
Henry K. Barnes Company, supplies
39.13
Albert E. Sims, labor on truck
11.22
South Acton department, payrolls
49.00
West Acton department, payrolls
119.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, coal Finney & Hoit, tires, tubes, bulbs
29.85
J. S. Moore, paint and brushes
6.75
W. B. Holt, pipe and couplings
.65
Acton Center department, payrolls
14.00
George H. Reed, rope .
2.31
Linscott Motor Company, supplies
2.80
Fitzgerald Garage, supplies .
3.35
Tate & .Company, pipe and labor
3.41
M. E. Taylor & Company, supplies
3.50
Salaries, three companies .
270.00
Moulton Ladder Company, ladder
96.25
$1,656.54
West & South water supply
114.81
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BRUSH FIRES
$500.00
Appropriations Paid :
A. W. Davis, payrolls $70.10
J. J. Manning, payrolls 21.50
A. B. Frost, payrolls 45.15
A. B. Frost, posting notices, investigations and express 13.25
West Acton, department payrolls
30.50
South Acton, department payrolls
11.00
F. W. Hoit, department payrolls
13.20
Acton Center, department payrolls
10.18
Eastern Drug Company, soda 36.34
2.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 3 pumps
36.00
Gorham Fire Equipment Company, 12 extin- guishers
82.80
Unexpended balance
$372.52 127.48
SPECIAL HOSE
Appropriation
Paid :
Arthur H. Blanchard Company, hose
$175.00
Unexpended balance
75.00
$250.00
HYDRANT SERVICE
Appropriation
$2,984.00
Paid :
West, South water supply
$2,750.00
Town of Concord
184.00
Unexpended balance
50.00
$2,984.00
MOTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriations
$1,250.00
Transferred from reserve fund
72.20
Paid :
James O'Neil, labor
$855.00
James O'Neil, truck
328.00
James O'Neil, gas and oil 7.10
James O'Neil, expenses
22.70
Arthur L. Stewart, labor and repairs
13.40
James O'Neil, teams
96.00
$1,322.20
Laffins express
$500.00
$250.00
$2,934.00
$1,322.20
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TREE WARDEN
$500.00
Appropriations Paid :
James O'Neil, labor
$272.00
James O'Neil, truck
63.00
James O'Neil, teams
10.00
James O'Neil, filing saws etc.
2.55
Unexpended balance
$347.55 152.45
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Appropriations Paid :
$1,000.00
Towne & Robie, signs
$3.50
Dr. O. L. Clark, professional services 21.00
25.00
A. W. Davis Company, wire
4.75
Chas. A. Durkee, services and expenses as agent to board of health 211.09
W. J. Costello, signs
16.00
Dr. E. A. Mayell, professional services
70.00
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes
8.00
James Kinsley, inspection
31.20
John H. Watkins, labor
34.75
Dr. F. E. Tasker, salary as chairman
25.00
Dr. G. W. Tuttle, salary
10.00
R. F. Durkee, salary
15.00
R. F. Durkee, postage
.50
A. B. Frost, payroll for fire in town dump 1.00 South Acton department, payroll for fire in town dump 11.25
West Acton department, payroll for fire in town dump 9.00
Unexpended balance
$497.04 502.96
$1,000.00
TOWN NURSE
Appropriations
$2,200.00
Paid :
Lillian E. Frost, nurse
$2,000.16
Acton Drug Company, supplies
46.53
Will Ross, supplies
8.00
$2,054.69
145.31
Unexpended balance
$2,200.00
Helen Russell, services
$500.00
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HIGHWAYS
Appropriation . $12,000.00 Appropriation from state under Chapter 81 5,800.00
$17,800.00
Paid :
Essco Mfg. Company, two signs
$4.90
Conant Machine Company, parts and repairs on loader
376.26
A. F. Davis, painting signs
. 75
A. W. Davis, cement, tools, paint, gas, etc.,
104.16
Hedge & Matthews Company, parts for mixer .
14.54
Fitzgerald Garage, gas and oil
3.00
W. J. Costello, painting signs
5.00
Tate & Company, pipe
2.75
Hall Bros. lumber
3.40
George H. Reed
1.00
John T. McNiff, sharpening and repairing
29.75
Wetmore Savage Company
9.02
Dyer Sales & Machinery Company, guard rail
112.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, lumber
14.94
Chas. H. Vass Company, sprinkler attach- ment
152.16
Fletcher Corner filing station, gas and oil Maynard & Acton Oil Company, gas and oil New England Culvert Company, highway guard
59.80
Barrett Company, tarvia
1,004.50
Acton Motor Company, gas and oil
2.85
W. H. Kingsley, gravel
269.70
F. S. Whitcomb, gravel
13.35
John Smith, gravel
14.25
James Berry, gravel
43.50
Levi Perkins, gravel
73.50
O. F. Nelson, lumber, repairs
3.90
M. E. Taylor, gas, oil and supplies
75.04
George V. Mead, posts
21.25
Nelson H. Tenney, fittings
3.70
E. P. Gates, sharpening, bolts etc. 26.60
A. H. Perkins, freight paid
1.11
Mass. Broken Stone Company, stone .
56.70
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Company, cinders 62.50
Standard Oil Company, asphalt
2,617.44
James Kinsley, gravel
56.55
Margaret Spinney, gravel 25.20
Allen B. Frost, gravel 2.85
6.60
J. E. Gagnon, gravel
41.78
152.20
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PAYROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, superintendent $1,100.00
Albert Wessell 384.00
W. H. Kingsley 93.25
A. Duprey 651.75
E. S. Fobes
4.00
W. Larrabee
682.75
P. Callan
660.25
E. Hollowell
28.00
J. Schofield
222.25
J. Gagnon
198.00
R. Boyce
162.00
J. Gallant
518.00
W. Scanlon
384.00
J. Briggs
140.50
T. Murray
262.75
Campbell
9.00
D. Bezanson
16.25
S. Ineson.
20.25
E. Spinney
24.25
J. Cole
56.00
H. Conquest
10.00
Leonard Morse
8.00
L. Allard
1.50
M. J. Sheehan
26.00
L. W. Perkins
12.50
E. Briggs
178.50
R. Perkins
4.00
B. Holt
45.50
J. Knight
32.00
W. Perkins
4.00
A. Frost
12.00
Trucks :
A. W. Perkins
$529.50
W. H. Kingsley
1,486.25
R. Jones
1,419.38
A. Frost
1,043.13
C. A. Morse
514.75
George Hayward Teams :
25.00
A. H. Perkins
$40.00
W. H. Kingsley
358.00
L. W. Perkins
767.00
$17,602.76
Unexpended balance
197.24
$17,800.00
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NAGOG HILL ROAD
$1,500.00
Paid :
Standard Oil Company, asphalt
$137.50
Maynard & Acton Oil Company, gas and oil
24.98
W. B. Holt, couplings
1.60
W. H. Kingsley, gravel
59.40
L. W. Perkins. gravel
49.35
PAYROLL
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, superintendent
$102.00
W. Larrabee
85.00
P. Callan 65.00
41.00
C. Briggs
37.00
J. Gallant
65.00
G. Briggs
57.00
A. Duby
49.00
T. Murray
19.00
L. W. Perkins
28.00
W. Scanlon
30.00
J. Knight
8.00
Trucks :
A. W. Perkins $51.00
R. Jones
122.50
A. Frost
148.75
W. H. Kingsley
232.50
C. A. Morse
27.00
Teams :
L. W. Perkins
$24.00
$1,464.58
Unexpended balance
35.42
$1,500.00
SCHOOL STREET AND LAW BROOK ROAD
Appropriation $3,000.00
Unexpended balance from 1928 $347.04
Received from state under chapter 90 2,271.79
Received from county under chapter 90 . 2,271.79
$7,890.62
Paid :
Westcott & Munroe, balance of bridge con- tract
$945.70
Standard Oil Company, asphalt 61.00
A. J. Poutas, granite bounds 98.00
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company,
lumber 2.07
Appropriation
A. Wessell
40
A. W. Davis Company, wire 7.01
North Acton Concrete Construction Com-
pany, covers 62.90
John J. Walkins, contractor 5,561.99
PAYROLLS
Labor:
A. W. Perkins, superintendent $33.00
W. Larrabee 35.00
P. Callan 24.00
A. Duby
22.00
A. Wessell
22.00
R. Boyce
16.50
W. Scanlon
16.00
T. Murray
18.00
J. Gallant
38.00
B. Holt
18.00
G. Briggs
4.00
Trucks :
A. W. Perkins 18.00
C. A. Morse 12.00
A. Frost 70.00
R. Jones
50.00
W. Kingsley
60.00
Teams :
L. W. Perkins
56.00
Unexpended balance
639.45
$7,890.62
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Transferred from reserve fund
189.48
$1,689.48
Paid :
John Pederson
$1,193.28
Eastern Tractor Company, snow fence
130.50
Dyar Sales & Machinery Company, blades
20.00
Good Roads Machinery Company
4.95
E. P. Gates, repairs
42.75
PAYROLLS
Labor :
A. H. Perkins, superintendent
$60.00
W. Larrabee
18.00
P. Callan
16.00
A. Duby
19.00
$7,251.17
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G. Briggs 8.00
J. Knight
8.00
J. Gallant
18.00
L. W. Perkins 4.00
12.00
A. W. Perkins 24.00
A. Frost
10.00
W. W. Kingsley
31.50
R. Jones
37.50
A. Christofferson
32.00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$5,016.50
Paid :
American Woolen Company $2,235.68
Edison Electric Illuminating Company 2,771.83
$5,007.51
Unexpended balance
8.99
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Paid :
Orders as approved by the board of public
welfare
$2,003.03
Unexpended balance
496.97
STATE AID
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid
$246.00
Unexpended balance
54.00
$300.00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid :
Orders, board of public welfare
$90.00
Unexpended balance
110.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid :
Orders, board of public welfare
$148.75
Unexpended
151.25
$300.00
W. W. Kingsley Trucks :
$1,689.48
$5,016.50
$2,500.00
$200.00
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EDUCATION
Appropriation Paid :
$45,000.00
Reports of school committee $44,845.89
Unexpended balance
154.11
LIBRARY
MAINTENANCE
$800.00
Appropriation Paid :
American Woolen Company $21.92
William H. Kingsley, wood . 13.50
South Acton Coal & Lumber Company, coal
252.36
E. F. Conant, insurance 39.86
1.00
O. E. Houghton, transporting books 50.00
A. F. Davis, librarian
151.50
A. F. Davis, janitor
151.50
A. F. Davis, writing cards and binding books
35.25
A. F. Davis, sundry expenses
9.21
A. F. Davis, cataloguing
10.00
H. B. McArdle
.86
Edison Electric Ill. Company
10.64
Murphy & Snyder, envelopes
3.60
Horace F. Tuttle, paid for seal
5.00
Horace F. Tuttle, paid for mowing lawn . .
2.30
E. Z. Stanley, repairs
10.00
M. E. Taylor & Company, supplies
9.21
$777.71
Unexpended balance
22.29
BOOK ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$200.00
Received from library fund
491.64
$691.64
Paid :
Horace F. Tuttle, books
$10.00
De Wolfe Fiske & Company
378.93
Bureau of applied economics
5.90
The Enterprise Company
1.50
Banks Law Publishing Company
7.50
Students Supply Shop
6.85
Little Brown & Company
7.17
Ginn & Company ..
14.86
H. R. Hunting Company
129.87
$800.00
$45,000.00
Charles Dickson, painting
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Old Stoughton Musical Society 2.10
F. W. Fayon Company . 4.65
E. P. Dutton & Company Inc. 22.46
Campbell & Leunig
16.87
Herman Goldberger
51.40
Union Library Association
25.93
Jean Karr 5.65
$691.64
CEMETERY
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Transferred from reserve fund
4.08
$1,004.08
Paid :
Fred Green, labor
$712.66
Fred Green, team
43.25
James Grimes, labor
1.50
A. W. Davis
4.00
C. B. Dolge, weed killer
81.24
C. B. Dolge, lease of cart
5.00
A. F. Davis, painting seats
2.50
M. E. Taylor & Company, tools
10.43
West & South Water Supply
12.00
W. H. Kingsley, team
12.00
Y. & A. Trading Company, taupaulin
16.00
O. F. Nelson, sharpening mowers 12.00
Albert Batley & Son, flowers
41.75
E. F. Conant, insurance
8.00
J. W. Livermore, mowing
9.00
J. L. Fairbanks, binding book
4.75
Horace F. Tuttle, recording deeds
8.00
Horace F. Tuttle, staking out lots
5.00
Horace F. Tuttle, compiling report for lots
in perpetual care
15.00
PERPETUAL CARE
Received interest on cemetery fund .
$1,290.75
Paid :
F. W. Green, labor $1,290.75
$1,290.75 $88.58
Received from surplus account Paid :
George K. Hayward, labor and material .. $63.43
William J. Kingsley, truck . 10.00
William J. Kingsley, gravel 1.05
A. W. Davis Company, brush, padlock
14.10
$1,004.08
$88.58
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INSURANCE OF EMPLOYEES
Appropriation
Paid :
$462.19
Unexpended balance
37.81
$500.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation Paid :
Marsten & Wells Fireworks Mfg. Co., flags
$25.50
Acton Cadet Band 130.00
Lovell Bus Line Inc., transportation 30.00
1.20
A. C. Jones, provisions
6.96
Strong & Tracey, provisions
13.91
First Baptist Church
10.00
R. E. Wright, food .
2.16
A. Batley & Son, flowers
41.50
$261.23
Unexpended balance
38.77
$300.00
DEMONSTRATION WORK AND AGRICULTURE
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid :
Middlesex County Extension Service
$300.00
TOWN FOREST
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid :
A. B. Frost, labor
$27.00
A. B. Frost, cord
.50
$27.50
Unexpended balance
272.50
ROAD MACHINERY
Appropriation
$5,000.00
Paid :
Buffalo Springfield Roller Company
$4,500.00
W. Larrabee, labor
4.00
J. Schofield, labor
4.00
W. H. Kingsley, labor
4.00
W. H. Kingsley, truck
10.00
$4,522.00
Unexpended balance
478.00
$500.00
Paul R. Hederstedt
$300.00
A. W. Davis Company, paper
$300.00
$5,000.00
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FILLING IN DUMP NEAR WOODLAWN
Appropriation
$300.00
Greenough Conts. Company, contract
$300.00
IMPROVEMENT TO COMMON
Appropriation
Unexpended balance on surplus War Bonus
fund
$655.95
Paid :
A. B. Frost, labor $252.90
A. B. Frost, truck
369.00
A. B. Frost, transportation
8.00
M. E. Taylor, grass seed
6.80
A. W. Davis Company, fertilizer
16.50
$653.20
Unexpended balance
2.75
ATHLETIC FIELD
Appropriation
$2,000.00
Paid :
Greenough Conts. Company, contract $2,000.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Transferred to :
Buildings and grounds
$45.72
Police department
228.79
Fire department
356.54
Moth department
72.20
Snow removal
189.48
Interest
80.00
Cemeteries
4.08
Unexpended balance
223.19
$1,200.00
INTEREST ON FUNDED DEBT
Appropriation
$2,580.00
Transferred from reserve fund
80.00
Paid :
Merchants' National Bank $2,240.00
Assabet Institution for Savings 240.00
First National Bank of Ayer
180.00
$2,660.00
Paid :
$2,660.00
$976.81
$655.95
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INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation
Paid :
First National Bank of Ayer $2,311.11
288.89
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Appropriation Paid :
Merchants' National Bank, H. S. bonds ... $6,000.00
Assabet Institution for Savings, road note 2,000.00
First National Bank of Ayer, road note .. 800.00
First National Bank of Ayer, fire house note
800.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation
$500.00
Paid :
Lungmotor Corporation, repairs and over-
hauling lungmotor
$75.75
Howard A. Wilson, services
120.00
Reformatory for women, flag
15.39
Simon and Mary Olsen, deed
1.00
Anton Christianson, deed
1.00
C. A. Durkee, insurance on roller
33.75
Sexton Can Company, measure
10.80
Paul R. Hederstedt, insurance on fire truck Finney & Hoit, flags .
4.37
John W. Evans, land damage
75.00
George S. Braman, care of flag
5.00
Globe Newspaper Company, adv
11.20
N. E. Road Builders Association, adv.
9.90
Enterprise Company, adv.
.60
R. S. Osterhout, adv.
11.64
Horace F. Tuttle, surveying and writing deeds
15.00
Unexpended
96.60
$500.00
REVENUE LOANS
Amount outstanding January 1, 1929 . $45,000.00
Received, First Natioal Bank of Ayer 50,000.00
$95,000.00
$2,600.00
Unexpended balance
$2,600.00
$9,600.00
$9,600.00
13.00
$403.40
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Paid :
Received, First National Bank of Ayer 50,000.00 Amount outstanding December 31, 1929 25,000.00
$95,000.00
REFUNDS
Paid :
1927 tax
$ 9.15
1928 tax
15.60
1929 tax
57.69
1929 excise tax
189.22
$271.66
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Due from collector January 1, 1929
$63,998.98
Received state tax
4,250.00
State highway tax
1,573.20
State snow removal
151.21
County tax
4,835.84
County Tuberculosis tax
655.40
Added assessment
2.00
Overlay
2,998.68
Town grant
75,736.00
Motor vehicle excise tax
9,227.67
$163,428.98
Treasurer's cash on hand, January 1, 1929 . $19,286.75
Received interest on taxes 3,750.92
Received receipts other than taxes
88,309.64
$111,347.31
$274,776.29
Paid :
State tax
$4,250.00
State highway tax
1,573.20
State snow removal
151.21
County tax
4,835.84
County tuberculosis tax
655.40
General government
4,639.15
Treasurer's and collector's bond
270.00
Buildings and grounds
845.72
Police department
1,428.79
Fire department
1,656.54
Brush fire
372.52
Hose
175.00
Hydrant service
2,934.00
Moth department
1,322.20
Tree warden
347.55
Health and sanitation
497.04
Town nurse
2,054.69
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Highways
17,602.76
Nagog Hill road
1,464.58
School street and Laws Brook road 7,251.17
Snow removal
1,689.48
Street lighting
5,007.51
Public welfare
2,003.03
State aid
246.00
Military aid
90.00
Soldiers' relief
148.75
Education
44,845.89
Play grounds
2,000.00
Library maintenance
777.71
Library books
691.64
Cemeteries
1,004.08
Cemeteries perpetual care
1,290.75
Cemeteries surplus account
88.58
Unclassified
403.40
Liability insurance
462.19
Memorial day
261.23
Demonstration work in agriculture
300.00
Town forest
27.50
Road machinery
4,522.00
Filling in dump near Woodlawn
300.00
Improvement on common
653.20
Interest funded debt
2,660.00
Interest revenue loans
2,311.11
Notes and bonds
9,600.00
Revenue loans
70,000.00
Refunds
82.44
Refunds, motor vehicle excise tax
189.22
Refunds to state treasurer, National Bank tax
.86
$205,983.93
Abatements
$857.82
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