Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1931-1935, Part 4

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
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2,000 00


Hudson Savings,


1,000 00


Assabet Institution for Savings,


1,732 03


Unexpended balance,


2.732 03


FRANK W. HOIT. Treasurer.


SUSAN NOYES HOSMER CEMETERY FUND


Principal Fund,


$82,238 95


Received Interest : Arlington Five Cent,


93 75


Athol Savings,


67 50


52


$29,627 03


Lynn Five Cent,


63 33


67 50


Leominster Savings Springfield Savings,


60 00


Greenfield Savings,


60 00


Winchendon Savings,


45 84


Waltham Savings,


56 25


Lexington Savings,


20 00


Framingham Savings,


37 50


Andover Savings,


33 75


North Middlesex Savings,


82 50


Medford Savings,


45 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


62 50


Worcester North Savings,


67 87


Middlesex Institution for Savings,


68 39


Cambridge Savings,


112 50


Marlboro Savings,


75 00


Hudson Savings,


91 67


Springfield Five Cent,


100 00


$83,549 80


Transferred to Town Account,


$459 38


Cash in Springfield Five Cent,


5,000 00


Waltham Savings,


5,000 00


Springfield Institution for Savings,


3,000 00


Cambridge Savings,


5,000 00


Charlestown Five Cent,


5,000 00


Worcester North Savings,


3,000 00


Athol Savings,


3,000 00


Andover Savings,


3,000 00


Medford Savings,


3,000 00


Marlboro Savings,


3,000 00


Leominster Savings,


3,000 00


Hudson Savings,


5,000 00


North Middlesex Savings,


5,000 00


Greenfield Savings,


3,000 00


Middlesex Institution for Savings,


6,238 95


Lexington Savings,


3,000 00


Arlington Five Cent,


5,000 00


Lynn Five Cent,


4,000 00


Winchendon Savings,


5,000 00


Framingham Savings,


5,000 00


Middlesex Institution for Savings, (balance),


851 47


$83,549 80


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


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LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND


Balance, $1.356 60


Received Interest :


Warren Institution


3 74


Mass. Savings Bank,


41 88


Charlestown Five Cent.


10 85


Charlestown Five Cent.


4 20


$1,417 27


Paid Town of Acton,


40 00


Cash:


Warren Institution


86 64


Mass. Savings Bank,


977 52


Charlestown Five Cent,


87 37


Charlestown Five Cent.


225 74


$1,417 27


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND


Principal Fund,


$9.000 00


Susan Augusta and Luther Conant Fund.


1,000 00


Hiram J. Hapgood Fund.


200 00


Luke Tuttle Fund.


200 00


John W. Heald Fund,


817 00


Unexpended Balance,


125 79


Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund.


2,016 90


Received Interest :


Home Savings,


45 00


Middlesex Institution,


48 06


Lowell City Institution,


45 50


Charlestown Five Cent,


151 88


Massachusetts Savings,


42 94


Warren Institution


91 01


Middlesex Institution, (Heald Fund),


39 26


Cambridge Savings, (Hosmer Fund),


45 36


West Shore R. R. Bond,


40 00


Maynard Trust Co.,


14 43


$13.923 13


Paid: Town of Acton-Book Account,


$502 17


Cash: Home Savings, Middlesex Institution,


1.000 00


1,000 00


54


1,000 00


Charlestown Five Cent.


3,000 00


Massachusetts Savings.


1.000 00


Warren Institution,


2,000 00


Middlesex Institution,


817 00


West Shore R. R. Bond,


1,000 00


Cambridge Savings,


2.016 90


Maynard Trust Co.,


400 00


Maynard Trust Co., balance.


187 06


$13.923 13


FRANK W. HOIT, Treasurer.


19TH OF APRIL FUND


Balance


$218 49


Interest-Middlesex Institution


10 47


$228 96


Cash:


Middlesex Institution


$228 96


FRANK W. HOIT. Treasurer.


FIREMAN'S RELIEF FUND


Balance.


$477 54


Interest-Middlesex Institution,


22 93


Cash:


Middlesex Institution


$500 47


FRANK W. HOIT. Treasurer.


55


$500 47


Lowell City Institution,


Goodnow Fund


For the Year Ending December 31, 1931 INVESTMENTS


Warren Institution for Savings, $1,433 30


Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank,


1,000 00


City Institution for Savings, Lowell,


1,000 00


$1.433 30


RECEIPTS


Warren Institution for Savings


64 10


Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank,


50 00


City Institution for Savings,


45 00


$159 10


PAYMENTS


Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evangelical church in Acton,


$125 00


Fred W. Green, care of Goodnow lot, Woodlawn cemetery,


10 00


Added to savings deposit,


24 10


-


$159 10


CHARLOTTE CONANT, CHARLES E. SMITH. HORACE F. TUTTLE. Trustees of Goodnow Fund.


Elizabeth White Fund


The trustees have signed orders to the treasurer for eighteen hundred ninety-five dollars ($1895.00) for the year ending December 31, 1931.


These orders have been given after investigating and finding each person to be needy and worthy of help from this trust fund.


Respectfully submitted, WARREN H. JONES, WALDO E. WHITCOMB. CHARLOTTE CONANT, Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.


Report of Tax Collector


1929


Dr.


Uncollected January 1. 1931, Interest collected.


$15.449 58 1.525 46


$16.975 C4


Paid treasurer, Abated,


$16,429 33 545 71


$16.975 04


1930


Dr.


Uncollected January 1, 1931, Interest collected,


$31,941 54 687 79


$32.629 33


Paid treasurer,


$17,622 48 15,006 85


Uncollected January 1, 1932,


1931


Committed,


$88,513 43


Interest collected,


17 45


Paid treasurer,


Abated,


Uncollected January 1, 1932.


$55,942 29 137 10 32,451 49


$88.530 S8


1929 EXCISE


Dr.


$411 63


Uncollected January 1, 1931, Interest collected,


43 03


$454 66


Paid treasurer,


$431 96


Abated,


22 70


1930 EXCISE


Dr.


Uncollected January 1, 1931, Interest collected,


$2,729 76 103 46


$2.833 22


Cr.


$32.629 33


Dr.


$88.530 88


Cr.


Cr.


$454 66


Cr.


57


Paid treasurer, Abated, Uncollected January 1, 1932,


Cr.


$2,397 25 83 74 352 23


$2.833 22


1931 EXCISE


Dr.


Committed.


$8.835 40


Interest collected,


15 40


$8.850 80


Cr.


Paid treasurer,


$4,882 34


Abated,


241 46


Uncollected January 1, 1932


3.727 00


$8 850 80


BANK INTEREST


Received from Maynard Trust Co.


$20 16


Paid Treasurer,


20 16


SUMMARY OF TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


TOTAL DEBITS


1929 town tax,


$16.975 04


1930 town tax,


32,629 33


1931 town tax,


88,530 88


1929 excise,


454 66


1930 excise,


2.833 22


1931 excise,


8.850 80


Bank interest,


20 16


$150.294 09


TOTAL CREDITS


Cash paid treasurer,


$97.725 81


Abatements,


1.030 71


Uncollected,


51.537 57


$150.294 09


CHARLES A. DURKEE, Tax Collector.


Slaughtering Inspector's Report, 1931


Veal


Beef


Hogs


223


96


11


CONDEMNED


7


3 0


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES KINSLEY, Inspector.


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Report of Superintendent of Streets


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I submit herewith my report covering the highway maintenance and new construction work during 1931.


In addition to the regular maintenance work, such as scraping, dragging, surface repairs and patching the following streets have been surface treated:


With 45 percent asphaltic oil: Woodbury lane, Maple avenue, Nagog Hill road, Harris street, Davis road, Brooks street, Strawberry Hill road, Esterbrook road, Pope road, Wetherbee street, Hosmer street, Taylor road, Central street, Powder Mill road, Concord street, Chadwick street, Piper street, Stow street, Liberty street, Martin street, Maple street, Prospect street, Arlington street, Elm street, Nashoba road, Homestead street, Davis terrace, Wright terrace, Windsor avenue.


With Tarvia: Main street, Newtown road, Massachusetts avenue, Laws Brook road, School street (S. A.), Pearl street, Windsor avenue, Summer street.


New Gravel:


Strawberry Hill road,


1,200 feet


Carlisle road,


750 feet


Nagog Hill road,


1,500 feet


Piper road,


960 feet


Hammond street,


375 feet


Nashoba road,


550 feet


Charter road,


715 feet


Arlington street,


270 feet


Stow road,


1,275 feet


Parker street,


800 feet


New Drainage:


Maple street (S. A.)-One catch basin, 38 feet of 12 inch corrugated iron pipe.


Church street-27 feet of 12 inch corrugated iron pipe.


Arlington street-One catch basin.


Central street-Four catch basins; 200 feet of 12 inch concrete pipe.


Main street-850 feet of 12 inch concrete pipe.


Willow street-678 feet of 12 inch concrete pipe.


Bridge Work:


New cement bridge constructed under contract by Hayward and Frost.


Railroad bridge over Fitchburg Division tracks at South Acton re- planked.


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New Construction:


Newtown road-2,650 feet new gravel, oil and tar construction com- pleted and accepted by Department of Public Works.


High street-4,300 feet new gravel, oil and tar construction completed! and accepted.


Respectfully submitted, ALBERT H. PERKINS. Superintendent of Streets.


Report of the Board of Health For the Year Ending December 31, 1931


Burial permits issued in Acton. 28


Burial permits of non-residents, 30


Residents who died in other towns, 14


Total number deaths recorded, 42


Plus non-residents buríals,


30


List of contagious diseases reported by Board of Health, January 1, 1931 to January 1, 1932: Measles, I 1


Tuberculosis,


2


Total Deaths, 1


Your Board would recommend that $1,000.00 be appropriated for the use of the Board for the present year.


ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH. C. A. DURKEE, Agent.


REPORT OF DISTRICT NURSE


To the Board of Health:


Fees collected,


$139 50


Town non-pay calls,


430


Social Service,


200


Prenatal,


89


Child Welfare,


52


Respectfully submitted,


LILLIAN E. FROST. R. N.


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Police Department


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


GENTLEMEN:


I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1931.


The work of this department is increasing each year. It is no longer a local affair. The automobile, as a means of transportation, now makes it possible for gangsters to live in the city and operate in small towns, where there is little or no police protection. One example of this is the recent break at the Acton High School which was accomplished by a gang from the city, in the early morning hours. At this break we were fortunate in making arrests and recovering a substantial amount of the money taken.


Hen-thieving has become a menace to many of the small town poultry raisers in this vicinity. During the summer months several hundred birds were taken in Acton. To end this continuous raiding of poultry a patrol was started on September 11. These officers went on duty at 12 mid- night and remained on duty until 3.30 to 4 A. M. All roads near poultry houses were covered. All parked cars were looked over and the operators questioned. Many of these cars were from cities and towns within a twenty-mile radius. Although we were unable to apprehend the thieves the raids were stopped. The officers working on this patrol received small compensation for the hours worked. Although we were unable to give adequate protection to these citizens, I believe that by this patrol we no doubt, saved them from further losses.


Another line of work that is increasing in this department is traffic regulation. State-wide Safety Campaigns were held this year in which all towns were urged to co-operate. To do this officers were stationed at different points and many tickets were given to the erring motorists. In most cases warnings were issued. This really is a necessary expense as it is a means of protecting human life.


The number of arrests made has increased threefold over last year. Of this number only about five percent were from this town.


Owing to the increase in the work of this department we were unable to stay within the limit of our $1,500.00 appropriation.


A total of $333.35 was returned to the town in fines.


The following is the list of arrests made:


Breaking and entering and larceny,


4


Larceny,


2


Assault and Battery, 3


Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, 3


17


Drunkenness,


Disturbing the peace and malicious destruction of property, 18


61


Violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws,


3


Non-support, 1


Keeping and exposing liquor for sale and maintaining a liquor nuisance, Committed to Pyschopathic Hospital,


Suspicious persons,


1 1 3


Total arrests made,


56


Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL FOLEY, Chief of Police.


Forest Warden's Report


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


GENTLEMEN:


Your forest warden submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1931.


Total number of fires 17


False alarms, or needless calls 4


During the spring fire season a number of railroad fires in the Powder Mill District necessitated the spending of considerable money for ex- tinguishment. This money is refunded to the town annually, but short- ened our available appropriation so that it was necessary to appropriate more money for this department.


During the extremely bad fire weather in the spring a "Fire Patrol" was put on which we feel was quite advantageous. The fires were ma- terially lessened in this way throughout the state.


Five hundred feet of new hose was purchased for the forest fire pump, also a half dozen knapsack pump cans which prove very efficient.


There has been considerable discussion about the fire department ap- propriation and the forest fire appropriation being combined making one appropriation for the two. There is much that can be said for and against this, but your forest warden feels that it can be worked out verv satis- factorily. If such a combination is not worked out the usual appropria- tion of five hundred dollars will be recommended for this department. It is also recommended that the patrol be used again this year that we may keep our fires down to a minimum.


Respectfully submitted,


ALAN B. FROST. Forest Warden.


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Fire Department


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I herewith submit my report for the Fire Department.


The number of calls answered by the different companies are as follows:


Buildings


Brush


Auto


Chimney


Oil


False


Acton Center,


4


16


2


2


0


2


South Acton,


7


9


1


4


0


0


West Acton,


9


8


0


9


1


0


Total fire damage to buildings in 1931,


$20,860 00


Your Board of Fire Engineers have made a careful survey of the fire situation in the Town, and find there is need of some changes in equip- ment.


They find that the part of the Town that is in the hydrant district has very good protection for a town of this size. They also find that the people living in outer sections not protected by hydrants have not the proper protection and feel that steps should be taken to provide better protection for them.


The Board of Engineers recommends the purchase of a light pumping engine to be placed in the South Acton house thereby giving protection to the people in out lying districts such as Fletcher Corner and lower School street, where there is a lot of valuable property that is now un- protected as neither piece of apparatus in the south fire station can pump and is therefor useless only where there are hydrants.


They also recommend if a new pump is placed in South Acton the placing of the present hose wagon that is now in South Acton, in the West Acton house to carry more hose and lighten the load carried on their Engine which is greatly overloaded.


If these changes can be arranged, it will give the town very good equipment which should last for a number of years without any large expending of money.


One of the biggest troubles we have at present is that at any fire of any size that is very far from source of water, we have to use every piece of apparatus and all the hose we have leaving nothing to protect the rest of the town or to use in case the fire spreads to another set of buildings. We have been very lucky in cases when we have had two fires at once with the second fire being small, but should the second fire been large we should have been helpless without another pumping engine.


The Board of Engineers also recommends the installing of a com- pressed air whistle in Acton Center as there is a great loss of time of giving alarms in that section of the town. Take for example the Pearl fire, much valuable time was lost in sounding the alarm.


If we had a whistle with a box on the outside of the Fire house at


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that time it is safe to say ten minutes time would have been saved in arrival of apparatus at that fire and ten minutes means a lot in time of fire.


We therefor ask the people of the town to carefully consider articles number 23 and 24 and weigh the value of this added protection in respect to the small amount of tax rate it will cost to have it. It is entirely up to the people the kind of fire protection you have, the firemen are willing to go and do their best at any and all times, but they must have the cooperation of the people in order to have an effective department.


Your Board of Engineers find that it will need $2,700 for general maintenance of the fire department and have this figured on a budget system and if this amount is granted each year the department can be maintained and kept in proper condition without any overruns as have happened in the past few years.


Your Board has laid out a four-year plan which, if followed, will give each village additional and proper protection without any large outlay of money in any one year.


The following is a budget list of the plan:


1932


Maintenance,


$2,700 00


New hose,


600 00


Whistle Acton Center,


1,000 00


Article 23


Initial payment on pump,


500 00


Article 24


$4,800 00


1933


Maintenance,


$2,700 00


New hose,


400 00


Payment on pump, principal and interest


1,540 00


Special equipment,


160 00


$4,800 00


1934


Maintenance,


$2,700 00


New hose,


400 00


Payment on pump, principal and interest,


1,362 00


Special equipment,


338 00


$4,800 00


1935 Maintenance,


$2,700 00


New hose,


400 00


Final payment on pump, principle and int., 1,590 00


$4,800 00


We therefor place this plan before you asking that it be thoroughly considered and calling attention to the fact that at no time in the next four years would there be as great an expenditure as there was in the past year.


Respectfully submitted, GEORGE HAYWARD, Chief of Fire Department.


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Finance Committee's Report


The Committee on Finance makes the following recommendations relating to appropriations. Your committee is of the opinion that the voters this year owing to the severe depression of business should and must consider carefully all appropriations, eliminating every unnecessary expense that will tend to increase taxes.


Roads, general maintenance


$10,000 00


Schools,


43,000 00


Street Lighting,


5,400 00


Memorial Library,


1,000 00


Hydrant Service,


3,054 00


General Government,


5,000 00


Buildings and Grounds,


800 00


Cemeteries,


1,200 00


Military Aid,


200 00


State Aid,


360 00


Soldiers' Relief,


600 00


Police Department, (Provided Art. 17 is voted ).


2,500 00


Board of Health,


1,000 00


Public Welfare,


2,000 00


Old Age Pensions,


5,000 00


Snow Removal,


Care of Shade Trees,


500 00


Unclassified,


500 00


Bonds, (High School),


4,000 00


Interest on Bonds,


1,560 00


Interest on Revenue Loans,


2,000 00


Town Forest,


$89,674 00


Art. 5-Memorial Day,


$300 00


Art. 7-Fire Department, maintenance, Fire Department, new hose,


2,700 00


Art. 8-Forest Fires,


500 00


Art. 9-Gypsy Moth Work,


1,000 00


Art. 10-Liability Insurance,


600 00


600 00


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Art. 11-Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds, 270 00


Art. 13-Public Health Nurse,


1,800 00


Art. 14-No appropriation asked for Art. 15- 7,763 17


Art. 19-We recommend that the roads called Art. 20-for under Articles 19 and 20 be built only provided that it be found neces- sary to relieve unemployment by this means and if so, that town men be em- ployed on this work.


2,500 00


2,500 00


Art. 21-Zoning Law, 500 00


Art. 23-Fire Whistle,


1,000 00


Art. 24-Not recommended this year


$111,707 17


Finance Committee


Precinct 1-Murray Brown, George A. Richardson.


Precinct 2-Frank W. Hoit, William Rawitser.


Precinct 3-Webster Blanchard, Alfred W. Davis.


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Report of Zoning Committee


To the Citizens of Acton:


The zoning committee has held many meetings during the last year and certain members have conferred with the state consultant on town planning and zoning.


While the state legislative has appointed a commission to study the zoning laws of the state, we are informed that there never will be a standard set of laws to fit any town, but that each town should solve its own particular needs, for its future welfare.


With the foregoing in mind your committee has studied zoning laws of other towns in our vicinity and compiled a set of laws which we think would apply to Acton. In addition to that we have caused to be drawn up some maps of tentative zoning for Acton. These will be exhibited at hear- ings which we plan to hold in each precinct.


From the Department of Commerce at Washington we learn that zoning of towns and cities has been taking place since 1904 and that the following partial list gives the number in some of the states up to and including 1930:


New York


159


New Jersey


120


California


98


Illinois


80


Massachusetts


71


Pennsylvania


68


Ohio


56


Michigan


40


In Massachusetts in 1930 the percentage of population living under zoning laws was 79.7 percent.


The following partial list will give you an idea of some of the smaller towns that have adopted zoning laws.


Town


Population


Date adopted


Agawam


7095


1928


Barnstable


7271


1929


Bedford


2603


1928


Concord


7477


1928


East Longmeadow


3327


1928


Falmouth


4821


1926


67


Hudson


8469


1927


Lexington


9467


1924


Lincoln


1493


1929


Lynnfield


1594


1929


Marshfield


1625


1926


Oak Bluffs


1333


1927


Paxton


672


1924


Petersham


660


1927


Reading


9767


1926


Walpole


7273


1925


Weston


3332


1928


Westwood


2097


1929


You will note from the foregoing table many towns in our immediate vicinity are zoned, in fact Acton is on the edge of a completely zoned area out from Boston. A new state highway is being planned through this ter- ritory which will shorten the route from Boston to our west and all of the towns it passes through are zoned out to and including Concord. This leaves Acton open to any objectional road side business. As zoning is a preventative and not a cure we should act promptly.


Zoning has far reaching effects: It controls the view from your home, the atmosphere and noise of your neighborhood, the beauty and livability of the town, which in turn controls the number and type of people who will want to live here, the very value of your property, the taxes of your town, and it protects the poor man as well as the rich.


Your committee is firmly convinced that we need zoning in Acton and recommend that the citizens of Acton vote to proceed with it. We believe that as a committee which is representative of each part of the town we can do the bulk of the work ourselves and with the assistance of an expert or consultant complete the work at a moderate cost to the town.


Respectfully submitted,


E. N. MONTAGUE,


W. S. ALLEN, GEORGE RICHARDSON. WILLIAM RAWITZER, WILLIAM MERRIAM. A. N. HEDERSTEDT,


Zoning Committee.


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Assessors' Report


Buildings, exclusive of land,


Land, Personal,


$2,478,925 00 722,560 00 687,580 00


Valuation April 1, 1930,


$3,889.065 00 $3,729,405 00


Increase in valuation,


$159,660 00


Rate of taxation $22 00.


Tax assessed as follows:


Real estate,


$70,432 67


Personal estate,


15,126 76


Polls,


1,716 00


$87,275 43


Old age assistance tax,


$872 00


Amount of money raised:


State tax,


$3,750 00


County tax,


6,229 50


State Audit assessment,


393 66


State Park assessment,


54 97


County Tuberculosis tax,


378 19


Town Grant,


72,660 26


Overlay,


3,808 85


$87.275 43


Added assessment:


Personal valuation,


$16,000 00


$16,000 00


Tax assessed as follows:


Personal,


$352 00


Polls,


10 00


$362 00


Old age assistance tax,


$4 00


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Number of motor vehicles assessed 1,120


Total valuation of motor vehicles, Rate of taxation, $29 25.


$364,200 00


Total tax assessed,


$8,835 40


WARREN H. JONES, ALBERT P. DURKEE, HENRY L. HAYNES, Board of Assessors.


Report of Inspector of Animals


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I herewith submit my report as inspector of animals for the year 1931:


Milch Cows,


420


Young Cattle, 149


Bulls,


17


Swine,


419


Sheep,


27


Goats,


Stables Inspected,


91


Condemned with T. B.


8


Quarantined within the year nine dogs, suspicious of having rabies.


Respectfully submitted,


FRED S. WHITCOMB, Inspector.


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Memorial Library


PREFACE


Acton, Feb., 12, 1932.


Membership of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Library from its


organization to the present date.


The Act of incorporation of Library was approved Feb. 27, 1890, and in that Act were the names of Luther Conant, Adelbert Mead, Moses Taylor, Delette H. Hall, Hiram J. Hapgood and Daniel J. Wetherbee, who were made a body corporate by the name of Acton Memorial Library, the persons named and designated as Corporators, under this Act. With three persons to be elected by the Town of Acton as hereinafter provided, shall constitute the Trustees of said corporation, and shall have the entire man- agement, control, and direction of its affairs.


The number of Trustees shall not exceed nine, and three of them shall be elected, one for the term of three years, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of one year, by the Town of Acton at any legally called meeting of the voters of said town, held after the passage of the Act, at which meeting this Act may be accepted, and thereafter one trustee shall be elected annually by the town for the term of three years.


Any vacancy, occurring at any time by death or otherwise in the Board of Corporators or their successors, shall be filled by the remaining member of said board, and any vacancy occurring by death, or otherwise, at any time in the Board of Trustees of any member who has been duly elected by the town, shall be filled by the Town of Acton at any legal meet- ing, but no person not an inhabitant of the Town of Acton shall be eligible as such Trustee.


At a meeting of the voters of the Town of Acton. March, 1890, Wm. D. Tuttle was elected a Trustee for the term of three years, Rev. James Fletcher for a term of two years, and Howard B. White for a term of one year. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, March 11, 1890, eight mem- bers were present, (Adelbert Mead being absent from the state.) They voted to proceed with organization of the Board and the following gentle- men were elected: President. Luther Conant; Secretary. Wm. D. Tuttle; Finance Committee, Howard B. White, Adelbert Mead, Daniel J. Wether- bee; Committee on Buildings and Grounds, Rev. James Fletcher, Delette H. Hall, Moses Taylor; Library Committee, Luther Conant, Wm. D. Tuttle, Hiram J. Hapgood.




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