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Voted: That two hundred dollars be appropriated for the use of said zoning committee. The moderator appointed the committee as fol- lows: W. Stuart Allen, William Rawitser, A. N. Hederstedt, George A Richardson, William H. Merriam and Everett N. Montague.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to purchase a strip of land of the Citizens Library Association, situated on the northerly side of the Fire House in West Acton, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate fifty dollars to purchase the strip of land along the northerly side of the Fire House lot in West Acton.
Article 31. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2000 to lay approximately 1000 feet of pipe from the Maynard line to the prop- erty of the American Powder Company and install two hydrants, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 32. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to dispose of the old building, formerly used for toilets at the West Acton school, or take any action thereon,
Voted: To authorize the School Committee to dispose of the property described in the article.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to reinsure the high school building and its contents on the expiration of its present policies Nov. 1 1931, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for such insurance, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To instruct the school committee to insure the high school building for $50,000, and its contents for $10.000 for the term of five years.
Voted: That a sum sufficient to pay the premiums be appropriated
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Article 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the proposed addi- tions to the by-laws as printed in the Town Report, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars to continue the reconstruction of the Newtown road to the Littleton line provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the state and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.
A motion in the form of the article did not prevail.
Voted: To appropriate $2500 to continue the reconstruction of the Newtown road to the Littleton line provided the state and county con- tribute a sum sufficient to complete the road.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3000, to rebuild High street, from a point opposite the home of William Rawitser to the Sudbury line provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the state and a similar amount by the County of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $3000, to rebuild High street from a point opposite the home of William Rawitser to the Sudbury line, provided a like sum is allotted the town by the state and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.
Article 37. To determine whether the town of Acton will relocate Newtown road, socalled, near by or through the property of the Church of Jesus Christ, in accordance with plans satisfactory to the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Voted to pass over the article
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to purchase new chairs for the town hall and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or act anything thereon.
A motion to appropriate $650 to purchase new chairs for the town hall did not prevail.
Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting held May 29, 1931
Article 1. To see if the town will appropriate an additional sum of money for fighting brush fires.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $500 from overlay surplus.
Article 2. To see if the town will appropriate an additional amount of money for the general maintenance of the fire department.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the additional sum of $500 for the general maintenance of the fire department.
Article 3. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the annual town meeting under Article 35 relative to the construction of Newtown road.
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Voted: To rescind the vote taken under Article 35, at the last an- nual town meeting relative to the construction of Newtown road.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2500 to continue the reconstruction of Newtown road provided a like sum is alloted to the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2500 to continue the recon- struction of Newtown road provided a like sum is allotted to the town by the State Department of Public Works and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex.
Article 5. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the Annual Town Meeting under Article 33 relative to insurance on the High School Building.
Voted: To rescind the vote taken at the last annual town meeting under Article 33 relative to insurance on the High School Building.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to reinsure the high school building and appropriate a specific sum of money therefor.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1000 to insure the high school building and contents said insurance to be placed by the school committee to the best possible advantage for a three year period.
Voted, unanimously the following resolution:
Resolved: That the town of Acton place on record its appreciation of the bequest to it under the will of Miss Susan Noyes Hosmer, a native · of this town; the gift to be known as the Jeremiah Hosmer and Susan Noyes Hosmer Woodlawn Cemetery fund.
Town Clerk's Report
BIRTHS
Whole number recorded
33
Born in Acton
11 Native parentage 23
Males
15 Foreign parentage 2
Females
18 Mixed parentage 8
MARRIAGES
Whole number recorded
25
Residents of Acton
34 Residents of other places 16
DEATHS
Whole number recorded
41
Residents of Acton
40 Residents of other places 1
Occuring in Acton
28 Occurring in other places 13
Average age in years
58
The town clerk requests information of any errors or omissions in the list of births, marriages and deaths. The town clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1931
No. Date Place of Birth
1. Sept. 24. Acton Avery, Margurite Elizabeth 2. Aug. 6. Boston Billings, Nancy 3. Jan. 28. Concord Christiansen, Gertrude Irene 4. July 9. Concord Clark, Marilyn 5. March 18. Concord Davis, Carolyn Alma 6. Sept. 5. Concord Dreher, Bruce Russell
7. Jan. 15. Boston
8. July 11. Concord 9. Jan. 10. Concord
10. July 6. Concord
11. Sept. 14. Concord
12. Dec. 17. Concord
13. Nov. 8. Ayer
14. April 17. Concord
15. Sept. 12. Acton Howe, Robert James
16. May 23. Concord 17. July 23. Concord 18. Feb. 10. Saundersville
19. Oct. 23. Concord
Name of Child
DiGiacomandrea, Concetta
Driscoll, Nancy Ann
Fallon, Thomas Joseph
Feltus, Marion Elizabeth Foley, Robert James
Frost, Robert Edward French, James Edwin
Hollowell, Lillian Elaine
Kazokas, Joseph James Lippold, Janet
Matthews, Mabel Teresa
McKelvie, William Arthur
Name of Parents
Lee R. and Lilla W. Mitchell Howard J. and Emily Nagle Alvin A. and Frances I. Bentley O. Lawrence and Marion H. Janvrin Warren L. and Ethel Fitzgerald Gerald W. and Martha Kennett Carmine and Elvira Raniere William F. and Bernadette L. Bursaw James J. and Margaret Mccullough William R. and Ellen G. Monsen Patrick J. and Laura M. Johnston Clarence A. and Inga Pederson Charles B. and Anna Doucette Elwin H. and Edith M. Frost James and Arlene Stuart Joseph and Annie M. Vitkauskis Irving and Doris Patoel Kenneth E. and Mary R. Carden Arthur and Mabel Crosby
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20. Oct. 17. Acton 21. Oct. 4. Concord 22. Oct. 5. Acton 23. Oct. 5. Acton
24. June 13. Concord 25. Nov. 25. Acton 26. May 16. Acton 27. Nov. 13. Acton
28.
Oct. 28.
Concord
29. July 6.
Concord
30. Jan. 25.
Boston
31. Feb. 12.
Acton
Nelson, Emery, Jr. Pendergast, Norma Anne Peterson, Stephen Garry Reed, Archie Blanchard Reed, Patricia Evelyn Schofield, Irene Louise Smith Smith, Ruth Phyllis Strong, Shirley Marion
Torkelsen, Walter Harold
Ward, Francis Gerard Walther,
Emery and Margaret Christofferson Edward L. and Elizabeth M. Benere Carl N. and Mamie Amerault Archie B. and Lillian Campbell G. Howard and Marion T. Cole Clifford and Mary Ethel Dube Thomas and Julia Smith Vernon L. and Dorothy Dunn L. Leroy and Helen S. Cole E. John and Ella Pederson Edward J. and Katherine Manning Augustine J. and Mary Murphy
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1931
No. Date Place of Marriage Names
Residence
1. June 25. Acton
Anderson, Raymond L.
New York City Acton
2. July 12. Concord
Batchelder, Kenneth
Acton
Gagnon, Eva Louise
Acton
3. April 30. Concord
Blood, Prentice Walker
Concord
MacGregor, Thelma Ruth
Acton
4. Nov. 10.
Littleton
Bradford, Wallace Arthur
Littleton
Mason, Helen Elizabeth
Acton
5. Nov. 26. Lexington
Crosby, John H.
Acton
Stone, Alice L.
Lexington
Carty, Charles Clinton Harvey, Lucretia H.
Acton
7. Feb. 1. Littleton
Desmond, Harold Francis
Concord
Schnair, Gertrude Phyllis
Acton
8. June 17. Concord
Engman, John Henry
Acton
Taylor, Edith
Acton
9. Feb. 15. Concord
Gallagher, Howard V.
Chelmsford
Gagnon, Juliette Regeina
Acton
10. Nov. 21. Acton
Goodrich, Howard W.
Acton
Morse, Evelyn Davis
Acton
11. Nov. 20. Stoughton
Hartwell, Charles Alonzo, Jr.
Littleton
Hall, Frances Irene
Acton
12. Sept. 17. Hudson
Hayes, William Thomas Maguire, Mary Elizabeth
Acton Hudson
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6. July 5. Acton
Acton
Wood, Helena Marjorie Stewart
13. Aug. 22. Ayer 14. Oct. 30. Littleton
Hederstedt, Paul R. Osgood, Priscilla L.
Hendrickson, George Alton Christiansen, Mildred Gladys Holden, Malcolm McLeod Inman, Laura Ruth
Acton Ayer Acton Acton Ácton
Acton
16. Nov. 9.
Acton
Holland, Neville Reginald
Acton
Clifford, Florerice Hazel
Jackson, Charles Andrew
Acton Ayer Acton
18.
Aug. 18.
Palmer
McMurtry, Darrell L. Tebo, Marie P.
Belchertown
19.
March 14.
Concord
Moody, Allen G.
Boston Acton
20. Aug. 17.
Lexington:
Morse, Carroll B. Mansfield, Margaret Patrícia
Acton
Bedford
21. June 6.
Acton
Morse, George Allen
Acton
Acton®
22. April 4.
Acton®
Torkelsen, E. John
Acton
Acton
23. June 21. Maynard
24. April 11. Maynard.
Wessells, James Albert Liimatainen, Suoma Mary
Acton
Richmond, N. H.
25. Dec. 31. Actor
Pedersen, Ella Walsh, Michael Joseph
Maynard® Acton
Hubbard, Sophia Virginia
Whitcomb, Oliver Adams Mekkelsen, Margaret Helgar
Littleton Acton
15. July 3.
Maynard
17. June 27.
Acton
King, Evelyn Lola
Acton
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Taylor, Margaret B.
Merriam, Viola Isabel
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1931
Date of
No. Death
Name
Years
-Age- Months
Days
1. Aug. 29.
Blanchard, Annie M.
68
10
2. Feb. 7.
Brill, Frederick Earl
25
1
16
3. May 29.
Clayton, Irma Elizabeth:
10
10
12
4. June 27.
Clough, Susan A.
83
5
29
5. Jan. 23.
Davis, Luther
82
9
13
6. April 8.
Dufour, Ferdinand
79
5
20
7. June 21.
Dunivan, Jerrey
73
5
26
8. March 24.
Finney, Smith
62
9. May 25.
Gilbride, John E.
71
8
28
10. July 24.
Godfrey, Albert E.
61
11
3
11. Aug. 23.
Gould, Paul
67
6
26
12. March 14.
Hennessey, Hannah
62
6
13. Aug. 21.
Hurley, Bridget
59
9
14. Dec. 5.
Kane, Katherine E.
71
15. Jan. 31.
Kingsley, William Henry
70
3
13
16. Jan. 19. Lane, George W.
79
6
22
17. April 8.
LeClair, Omar
56
5
·
18. May 11.
Mead, Jennie Foster
68
11
26
19. Feb. 21. McClenathan, Lottie María
68
10
16
20. Ápril 1.
McElligott, Margaret
68
28
21. June 20.
McNiff, Elizabeth Frances;
52
5
17
22. April 2.
Morse, Walter
4
10
23. Oct. 17.
Nelson, Emery, Jr.
53
9
22
25. April 27.
Proctor, Hiram W. B.
76
21
26. Dec. 14.
Reed, Archie B.
2
8
27. Oct. 8.
Rieg, John Brooks
58
10
3
28.
Sept. 7.
Russell, Catherine
31
3
5
29. July 12.
Scott, Annie Banks
67
6
23
30. Feb. 23.
Stiles, Franklin L.
52
8
18
31. Feb. 25.
Stockwell, Laura Maria
77
5
21
32.
Feb. 11.
Taylor, Mary Briar
78
1
8
33. Feb. 28.
Tucker, Walter F.
53
8
11
34.
March 31.
Tuttle, James B.
74
5
35. Oct 17.
Tuttle, Lizzie S.
79
17
36. June 27.
Tuttle, Sarah D.
73
4
13
37. Oct. 1.
Walbridge, Etra A.
71
7
18
38. May 2. Webster, George Andrew
62
25
39. Feb. 13. Walther (child of Augustine J.)
1
1
24. Dec. 4.
O'Neil, James E.
.
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NON-RESIDENT BŪRĪALS IN 1931
Date of
-Age --
No. Death
Name
Years
Months
Days
Place of Death
Place of Burial
1. Nov. 22.
Benoit, Lorraine L.
40
11
14
2. Dec. 15.
Bussell, Josephine
84
23
Perth Amboy, N. J. Framingham Bolton
Woodlawn Woodlawn Mt. Hope
3. Sept. 15.
Chase, Pascal E.
83
4. Jan. 25.
Dole, Frances A.
88
10
17
Somerville
Woodlawn
5. March 25.
Dole, Ída C.
80
9
3
Ayer
Woodlawn
6. July 4.
Durkee, Harold
31
7
Boston
Mt. Hope
7. Sept. 23.
Hapgood, Georgietta
80
9
4
Westboro
Mt. Hope
8. May 19.
Hesselton, Lucius A.
85
Detroit
Mt. Hope
9. March 29.
Hooper, Mabel G.
68
9
23
Lynn
Mt. Hope
10. Aug. 11.
Hoyt, Fred A.
71
5
19
Somerville
Mt. Hope
11. July 11.
Hutchinson, Francis
88
4
7
Chelmsford
North Actori
12. Dec. 6. Jackson, Evelyn Lola
20
10
19
Ayer
Mt. Hope
13. Sept. 26.
Keyes, George S. W.
61
3
6
Boxboro
Mt. Hope
14.
March 12.
Leach, Emma C.
85
Cambridge
Mt. Hope®
15. July 29.
Littlefield, Raymond O.
57
7
13
Newton
Mt. Hope'
16. June 26.
Mead, Fred S.
68
4
25
Belmont
Mt. Hope
17. Dec. 14.
Mead, Mary I.
58
7
24
Boston
Mt. Hope
18. Jan. 20.
Morison, Harriet A.
65
4
9
Lexington
Mt. Hope
19. July 27.
Murphy, James
71
10
18
Boston
Woodlawn
.
.
-
43
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20. March 8.
Perry, Dorothy Aldine
19
4
Middleton
Woodlawn
21. Sept. 22.
Robbins, Fred F.
65
4
18
Medford
Woodlawn
22. Oct. 4. Rouillard, Emma Retta
74
10
13
Winthrop Woodlawn
23. May 23.
Rouillard, George
89
9
Winthrop
Woodlawn
24. July 31.
Sawyer, Leslie S.
56
7
8
Ashburnham
Mt. Hope
25. July 19. Sumner, Olie R.
54
10
14
Waltham
Mt. Hope
26. Jan. 13. Watson, Franklin O.
65
3
15
Somerville
Woodlawn
27. March 19. Wells, Richard John
1
Ayer
Mt. Hope
28. Oct. 20. Wheeler, Asa Avery
82
11
3
Boston
Mt. Hope
29. April 29.
Wheeler, Elizabeth H.
103
6
28
Leominster
Mt. Hope
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PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1931
Allard, Moses
$2 00 Davis, Warren A. & Son 5 00
Allen, W. Stuart
2 00 Densmore, Joseph A. 2 00
Alley, Frank
2 00 DeSousa, Joseph J. 2 00
Anderson, Emily
2 00 DiGiacomandrea, Carmine 2 00
Armburg, Fred
2 00 Doyle, Henry K. 2 00
Alt, Julia
2 00 Dreher, Gerald W. 2 00
Bancroft, C. A.
5 00 Drummond, Thomas F. 2 00
Batchelder, Walter I.
2 00 Durkee, Raymond F. 2 00
Baxter, Miriam F.
2 00 Edney, Charles F. 2 00
Beach, Stuart
2 00 Enneguess, Michael
4 00
Bedford, Mrs. A. E.
2 00 Fallon, James
2 00
Berglind, Edward E.
2 00 Farrar, J.
2 00
Berglind, John E.
2 00 Ferguson, Robert C.
2 00
Berry, Ethel M.
5 00 Fisher, Charles
2 00
Birch. Alfred
2 00 Finan, Bertha C. 5 00
Blaisdell, Lucile
2 00 Flagg. Alden 4 00
Bondelvitch, Walter
4 00 Fletcher. Charlie J.
2 00
Bowen, Robert M.
2 00 Fletcher. John L. 4 00
Bradford, F. W. R.
2 00 Fogarty. Ernest 2 00
Bradbury, Rolfe
4 00 Foley, Patrick
2 00
Braman, Dorothy
5 00 Freeman. Mathew
7 00
Brill, Fred E.
2 00 French. Sarah M.
2 00
Brown, Robert
2 00 Frost, Alan B.
5 00
Brown, Evelyn L.
2 00 Fullonton, L. T.
2 00
Bulette, Frank W.
2 00 Gallagher. T. C.
5 00
Caldwell, Hazel
2 00 Gallant, Mildred 4 00 2 00 Gallant. Minnie P. 2 00
Cahill, William
2 00
Gagnon, John B. 2 00
Carlson, Christian
2 00
Garceau, Jean B. 5 00
Chaffin, Nancy S.
4 00
Gibbs, Harriet E.
2 00
Charter, W. W.
2 00 Goodwin, Clare R.
2 00
Charles. Florence F.
2 00 Green. Catherine
2 00
Christofferson, Allen M.
2 00 Green, Fred
2 00
Clark. O. Lawrence
2 00 Griffin. Franklin E.
7 00
Claflin, Leon N.
2 00 Hall, Mary F.
2 00
Clifford, Albert
2 00 Harrison, B. M.
4 00
Condon, Timothy
2 00 Hart, Mrs. Nelson
2 00
Conant, Charlotte
2 00 |Harvey, Lucretia H.
7 00
Cook, Walter M.
5 00 Haskell. Albert
2 00
Cooper, Ernest S.
2 00 Hayes, Michael G.
4 00
Coughlin. Genevieve E.
2 00 Hayes, William
2 00
Coughlin, Harold J.
4 00 Haynes. Albert L.
2 00
Creeley. Genevieve J.
2 00 Hayward, George K.
2 00
Crocker, Charles Mrs.
2 00 Henson, William D.
2 00
Crowfoot, Martha A.
5 00 Hicks, Albert J. 2 00
Curley, Thomas
2 00 Hilliard, John A. 2 00
Davis, Charles E.
14 00 Holbrook, F. A. 2 00
Davis, H. S.
4 00 Holden, F. H. 2 00
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Caldwell, Margaret
Holden, Willis L.
2 00 Murgatroyd, James 9 00
Holland, J. H.
5 00 Nealey, Edward 2 00
Holland, Neville R.
2 00 Newell. Dorothy 2 00
Hollowell, F. Elwyn
2 00 Newell, L. F. 2 00
Howe, Leland
2 00 Newport, Harold
2 00
Howe, O. H.
2 00 Nichols, Orla
5 00
Hurley, James J.
2 00 Noterman, Emile
7 00
Jalonen, Arthur
4 00 Nugent, John J. 5 00
Jenks, A. R.
2 00 Olsen, Peter, Jr.
2 00
Jensen, Peter
7 00 O'Neil, James
10 00
Johnson, Albion
2 00 Pearl, A. Y.
5 00
Jones, A. C.
2 00 Pederson, John
5 00
Jones, Howard F.
2 00 Peterson, Edwin
2 00
Jones, Hugh M.
2 00 Peterson. Mrs. Ivar
2 00
Jones, Warren H.
2 00 Penney, D. F.
4 00
Kane, Walter E.
2 00 Penney, George
5 00
Kazokas, Cyprus
7 00 Penney, John
5 00
Kelley, Julia T.
2 00 Perkins, A. Hazelton
2 00
King, Benjamin
4 00 Perry, Antonio
2 00
Kilmartin, W. T.
25 00 Phillips, Andrew
2 00
Knowlton, Samuel E.
2 00 Pope, Bessie N.
4 00
Laffin, Ormal S. R.
2 00 Porter, Fannie T.
2 00
LaRoche, Arthur
4 00 Pratt, Edward F. 2 00
Larrabee, G. W.
5 00 Pratt, Herbert T. 2 00
LaTullip, John
2 00 Price, Louise M. 2 00
Lears, William
2 00 Rafuse, Edith M. 2 00
LeClare, Omar
2 00 Rawitzer, William 2 00
Livermore, Elliot
5 00 Reed, Otis J.
2 00
Livermore, W. J.
2 00 Reid, Robert A., 3d
2 00
Marsh, A. W.
2 00 Reynolds, Arthur
2 00
MacGregor, Stuart
2 00 Reynolds, Harold R. 2 00
Mackinnon, F. R.
4 00 Reynolds, Jesse C. 2 00
Mason, Roger
6 00 Richards, Fred V. 2 00
Massie, William, Jr.
2 00 Richardson. George A. 2 00
Mayell, Ernest A.
2 00|Robbins, Freeman W. 2 00
Maynes, Everett M.
2 00 Robbins, Mildred H. 5 00
McGovern, John
2 00 Robbins, Paul G. 2 00
McLaughlin, Joseph
2 00 Rugg, George
2 00
Mead, Hobart E.
2 00 Sanborn, Everett R. 2 00
Mekkelsen, Martha
4 00|Sawyer, Benjamin H. 2 00
Mekkelsen, Thora
5 00 Schofield, Harris C.
5 00
Mel, Eleanor
4 00 Scott, T. A.
4 00
Merriam, Harold
2 00 Shapley, Eva C.
2 00
Middleton, Willis J.
4 00 Sisson, George T.
12 00
Morehouse, Mrs. C. F.
2 00|Smith. Hattie E.
4 00
Morse, Stella
2 00|Smith, Ralph
2 00
Morrison, Frederick D.
5 00 Soar, Henry
2 00
Munn, William
2 00 Spinney, Alice L. 2 00
Littlefield, Ralph
4 00 Reed, G. Howard 5 .00
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Starck, Cecil
2 00 Victoria, Manuel 2 00
Stokes, William
2 00 Vitkaukas, Anthony 2 00
Stoney, Mrs. Reginald
2 00 Waite, F. A. 7 00
Sweet, William
2 00 Walouk, John
7 00
Sylvia, E. W.
2 00 Watkins, John H.
4 00
Taylor, Edith
2 00 Weaver, George T.
25 00
Taylor, Spencer H.
2 00 Whitcomb, Fred S.
2: 00
Todd, Ethel
10 00 Whitney, Cora A.
2 00
Tolman, Wilbur
5 00 Willett, Robert G.
2 00
Tracy, Alfred
2 00 Wise, Glenna
2 00
Tripp, Horatio W.
2 00 Wood, Mrs. H. L. 2 00
Tucker, George S., Jr.
2 00 Wood, Oliver D.
2 00
Tucker, Lawrence I.
2 00 Woodworth, Randall N.
2 00
Tuttle, George F.
2 00 Young, David E.
2 00
Tuttle, Horace C.
2 00
227 licenses at
$2 00
$454 00
40 licenses at
5 00
200 00
2 licenses at
25 00
50 00
704 00
Deduct fees-269 licenses at 20c each
53 80
650 20
Due county treasurer, 1930
1 80
$652 00
May 25, 1931-Paid county treasurer
215 40
Nov. 23, 1931-Paid county treasurer
436 60
652 00
NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1932.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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Treasurer's Report Year Ending December 31, 1931
Cash on hand
$17,892 23
Received from State Treasurer:
Highway Department
2,300 00
Highway Department
1,300 00
Highway Department
650 00
Highway Department
2,650 00
Highway Department
2,350 00
Highway Department
150 00
Highway Department
400 00
Highway Department
3,500 00
Aiding Mothers
176 26
Income of Mass. School Fund
1,565 07
For Reduction of Taxes
1,450 00
Tuition of Children
580 58
Reimbursement, loss on taxes
465 08
Income Tax
12,392 15
Corporation Tax, business
4,286 60
Corporation Tax, lights and water
343 28
Corporation Tax, Railroad, Tel. and Tel.
439 10
Trust Company Tax
80 30
National Bank Tax
38 48
State Aid
273 00
Veterans exemption
21 67
Corporation Tax, P. S.
4 67
Corporation Tax, P. S.
2 61
Corporation Tax, business County Treasurer:
109 44
Highway Department
1,300 00
Highway Department
650 00
Highway Department
2,100 00
Highway Department
550 00
Highway Department
2,350 00
Highway Department
150 00
Highway Department
400 00
Dog Tax
581 22
Miscellaneous Receipts:
Board of Health, milk licenses
10 00
Board of Health, milk licenses
10 00
Director of Standards, licenses
8 00
House of Correction, fines
19 00
First National Bank of Ayer, loan
25,000 00
48
First National Bank of Ayer, loan Selectmen. cement mixer
25 00
Board of Public Welfare, aid refunded
40 00
Boston & Maine, Hapgood Crossing fence Town of Concord, Nagog Tax Acct.
124 82
Board of Health, alcohol licenses
15 00
Director of Standards, license
8 00
F. W. Green, rental of lowering device
66 00
First National Bank of Ayer, loan
20,000 00
Library Fines
63 00
Court Fines
312 35
Nurses Collections, L. E. Frost
139 50
Selectmen, licenses
32 00
Bank Interest, Ayer
163 55
Boston & Maine, brush fires
397 35
Sealer of Weights and Measures, R. M. Littlefield
72 45
Town Hall, rent
141 30
School Tuition:
Hamilton Children
8 88
Carlisle
149 85
Boxborough
1,357 95
Cunningham Children
107 00
Boxborough
862 47
Cemetery Lots Sold:
Woodlawn
115 00
Mt. Hope
130 00
Library Transfer
502 17
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund, transfer
459 38
Perpetual Care Transfer
$1,450 75
Luke Blanchard Fund Transfer
40 00
$120,465 40
Received of Charles A. Durkee, Collector:
1925 Adjustment Tax,
2 00
1929 Taxes,
16,429 33
1930 Taxes,
17,622 48
1931 Taxes,
55,942 29
1929 Excise Taxes,
431 96
1930 Excise Taxes,
2,397 25
1931 Excise Taxes,
4,882 34
Bank Interest,
20 16
$97,727 81
Total, Paid Selectmen's Orders,
$227,222 99
Balance on hand,
$8,862 45
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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$236,085 44
25.000 00
25 12
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Note: Anticipation revenue, due December, 1932, $20,000 00
High School Bonds, due 1932
4,000 00
High School Bonds, due 1933 to 1945,
37,000 00
CEMETERY FUNDS
Principal funds,
$33,982 21
Unexpended balance,
4,192 18
$38,174 39
Received for Perpetual Care:
Cyrus Hayward lot, Mt. Hope,
$100 00
George B. Stockwell lot, Mt. Hope,
100 00
George W. Brigham lot, Woodlawn,
100 00
J. Davis Richardson lot, Woodlawn.
100 00
Windsor Pratt lot, Mt. Hope
75 00
Mrs. Minnie Davis lot, Woodlawn,
100 00
Thomas P. Owen lot, Woodlawn,
25 00
Charles C. Wetherbee lot, Woodlawn,
100 00
George W. Crampton lot, Mt. Hope
100 00
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic S. Mead lot. Mt. Hope
100 00
$900 00
Received Interest :
Lowell Central Savings,
$45 50
Middlesex Institution,
138 17
North Middlesex,
105 74
Maynard Trust Co.,
100 00
Assabet Institution,
33 12
Warren Institution,
99 00
East Cambridge,
95 00
Marlboro Savings,
50 00
Boston Five Cent,
80 00
Worcester North,
92 50
Home Savings,
45 00
Worcester Five Cent,
63 75
Suffolk Savings,
127 50
Athol Savings,
47 26
Water Bonds,
162 00
Hudson Savings,
31 97
Charlestown Five Cent,
75 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
75 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
15 00
50
Charlestown Five Cent, Assabet Institution,
12 50 100 00
$1,594 01
Transferred to Surplus Account,
25 40
$1.568 61
$40.643 00
Paid: Town of Acton for care of lots,
$1,450 75
Cash in:
Lowell Central Savings,
1,000 00
Middlesex Institution,
2,875 00
North Middlesex,
2,200 00
Maynard Trust Co.,
3,228 96
Assabet Institution,
728 25
Warren Institution,
2.200 00
East Cambridge,
2,000 00
Marlboro Savings,
1,000 00
Boston Five Cent,
2,000 00
Worcester North,
2,000 00
Home Savings,
1,000 00
Worcester Five Cent,
1,500 00
Suffolk Savings,
3,000 00
Athol Savings,
1,050 00
Water Bonds,
3,900 00
Hudson Savings,
1,650 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
1,500 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
1,500 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
300 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
250 00
Assabet Institution,
4,310 04
$40,643 00
CEMETERY SURPLUS
Balance,
$892 95
Interest-Assabet Institution.
39 42
Transferred from Cemetery Account,
25 40
Cash: Assabet Institution for Savings,
$957 77
$957 77
FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.
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ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Principal Fund, Unexpended Balance, Received Interest:
$25,000 00 3,346 70
Waltham Savings Bank,
90 00
Worcester North Savings,
46 25
East Cambridge Savings,
95 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
100 00
Andover Savings,
90 00
Lowell Institution for Savings,
90 00
North Middlesex Savings,
95 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings,
95 00
Worcester Five Cent,
85 00
Athol Savings,
90 00
Lawrence Savings,
80 00
Amherst Savings,
100 00
Marlboro Savings,
100 00
Hudson Savings, on income,
50 63
Assabet Institution for Savings, on income,
73 45
$29.627 03
Paid trustees orders,
$1,895 00
Cash in Waltham Savings,
2,000 00
Worcester North,
1,000 00
East Cambridge Savings,
2,000 00
Charlestown Five Cent,
2,000 05
Andover Savings,
2.000 00
Lowell Institution for Savings,
2,000 00
North Middlesex Savings,
2,000 00
Middlesex Institution for Savings,
2,000 00
Worcester Five Cent,
2,000 00
Athol Savings,
2,000 00
Lawrence Savings,
2,000 00
Amherst Savings,
2,000 00
Marlboro Savings,
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