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Paid:
Ohio Chemical & Mfg. Co., rental of oxygen tents $491.00
Emerson Hospital 122.45
Ruth E. Hall, prof. services 150.00
Marian L. Piper, prof. services
60.00
Lydia Rhodes, prof. services
24.00
R. B. Hamilton, prof. services
30.00
Alice Provasoli, prof. services
12.00
Dr. O. L. Clark, prof. services
584.50
Dr. F. E. Tasker, prof. services
15.00
Horace Tuttle, surveying
10.00
Enterprise Press, adv.
2.10
R. S. Osterhout, adv.
2.48
Turner's Public Spirit, adv.
2.00
George H. Reed, posts, wire
9.75
W. A. Twombly, ambulance
5.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., book and
permits
7.03
Murphy & Snyder, letterheads
8.90
Acton Pipe Co., pipe, fittings, labor. .
6.65
Gorham Fire Equipment Co., fire
pump
158.85
Alfred A. Minahan, prescription
1.50
C. A. Durkee, services, permits.
48.60
telephones
2.20
expenses to Boston. .
2.50
Paid for labor at dump
124.75
Parke Davis Co., vaccine
77.26
James Kinsley, inspection
23.40
William Munn, inspection
7.80
Edward Hurley, labor
145.00
Dr. E. A. Mayell, prof. services
50.00
A. W. Davis Co., tools, paint
4.21
Acton Motor Co., gas
13.19
Middlesex County Sanatorium
18.00
E. E. Allsopp, labor
204.25
E. E. Allsopp, paid out for labor
11.25
E. E. Allsopp, investigating com- plaints and issuing permits 26.00
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E. E. Allsopp, postage, tel., express. . 1.51
Dr. F. E. Tasker, salary
25.00
Dr. O. L. Clark, paid for clerk
20.00
Lillian Taylor, salary
15.00
$2,523.13
Unexpended balance
.50
$2,523.63
TOWN NURSE
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
102.50
$2,302.50
Paid :
Genevieve Creeley, salary and trans- portation
$2,000.15
Lydia Rhodes
166.68
Albert Noll, supplies
38.84
J. Stoler, supplies
36.84
Diadem Co., supplies
28.46
Thomas W. Reed Co., supplies
26.75
Mead & Wheeler Co., folders, forms
4.78
$2,302.50
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation
$12,000.00
State Aid Chapter 81
8,850.00
State Aid Chapter 90
1,400.00
County Aid Chapter 90
2,000.00
$24,250.00
Paid :
Acton Motor Company, Cutting and welding
$8.60
Standard Oil of New York, asphalt
6,337.28
Wm. P. Proctor Co., lumber, cement
38.79
No. Middlesex Washed Sand and Gravel Co., gravel
209.82
Acton Pipe Co., pipe
72.39
H. E. Day, sharpening saws
4.80
Geo. H. Reed, bags
2.50
A. W. Davis Co., paint
24.85
Berger Metal Culvert Co.
86.24
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Am. Cyanamid & Chemical Co., dyna- mite
12.50
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., kerosene, gas
59.89
Mass. Broken Stone Co.
56.80
Edna Downey, sand
126.94
Margaret Spinney, gravel
84.70
John Anderson, gravel
21.20
Ole Granberg, gravel
32.40
Laffin's Express 2.30
New England Fence Co., cable guard
726.40
So. Acton Coal & Lumber Co., pipe .
1.25
Wilson Lumber Co., brick
10.50
Morse Oil Co., gas, oil, grease
17.66
Pierce's Express .50
J. S. Moore, twine, paint
14.15
State Prison Colony, guard posts ..
125.00
State Prison, frames, grates, re- flectors
52.38
Wesley Larrabee, bags
2.25
$8,132.09
PAY ROLLS
Labor:
A. H. Perkins, Supt. and truck $1,971.00
W. Larrabee 868.80
H. Scribner 501.05
W. Charter 476.60
J. Sisson 567.60
L. A. Godfrey 17.60
P. Coughlin 393.80
T. Newsham
48.50
N. DiGracomandrea
402.60
Wm. Bradley
547.00
C. Whitcomb
464.00
G. Rugg
535.00
Wm. Kelly 502.50
D. Cullinane
137.50
A. Munson 84.00
L. Leveroni 405.00
A. Marsh 93.75
E. Hall
100.00
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R. Penney 22.50
W. Lawrence
20.00
A. Dubey 64.00
L. Stiles
94.00
T. Murray 80.00
W. Taylor
16.00
T. Cole
12.00
J. Gallant
12.00
A. Beech
12.00
W. Scanlon 16.00
F. Braman
24.75
$8,489.55
Trucks :
H. Gould $807.75
Mrs. C. Kingsley
1,288.50
E. A. Anderson
1,019.50
R. Jones
1,110.00
C. Robbins
1,527.00
L. W. Perkins
1,185.00
L. Boeske, shovel
128.00
A. W. Davis
19.50
J. Briggs
16.50
Geo. Morse
19.50
G. H. Reed
12.00
Town of Acton, roller
401.90
$7,535.15
Total Highways
$24,156.79
Unexpended balance
93.21
$24,250.00
MAIN STREET
Appropriation
$2,500.00
State Aid Chapter 90
3,500.00
County Aid Chapter 90
2,500.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
.12
$8,500.12
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Paid :
Mass. Broken Stone Co.
$2,899.03
Standard Oil of N. Y. 218.15
Ida Gagnon, gravel
228.15
New England Fence Co., cable guard
341.86
125.00
State Prison Colony, rail posts . ... Samuel J. Tomasello Corp., rental and transportation of asphalt spreader and roller
478.78
$4,290.97
Labor:
A. H. Perkins, Supt. and truck
$378.00
W. Larrabee
310.70
C. Whitcomb
181.70
L. Leveroni
182.50
Geo. Rugg
133.00
R. Penney
.
4.00
W. Charter
179.90
Paul Coughlin
156.10
A. Dubey
93.30
John Sisson
151.10
Wm. Bradley
145.00
Wm. Kelly
139.00
E. Hall
104.50
A. Morrison
87.00
H. Scribner
110.70
Lester Stiles
117.80
Wm. Scanlon
12.00
Elmer Biggs
28.00
Thomas Yetman
3.00
A. Marsh
131.60
$2,648.90
Trucks :
R. Jones
$232.50
L. Perkins
195.00
Mrs. C. Kingsley
258.00
E. A. Anderson
159.75
H. Gould
42.00
C. Robbins
24.00
Geo. Morse
12.00
.
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H. O. Hartwell, shovel
288.00
Town of Acton, roller
. 349.00
$1,560.25
$8,500.12
HIGH STREET
Appropriation
$1,000.00
State Aid Chapter 90
1,400.00
County Aid Chapter 90
1,600.00
Transferred from reserve fund
25.00
$4,025.00
Paid :
Berger Metal Culvert Co., arch pipe
$724.42
N. E. Concrete Pipe Corp., pipe ....
28.46
No. Middlesex Washed Sand & Gravel Co., rental air compresser
45.60
Wm. P. Proctor Co., cement
164.38
State Prison, posts
81.25
$1,044.11
Labor:
A. H. Perkins, Supt. and truck
$202.50
W. Larabee
91.20
C. Whitcomb
122.50
Geo. Rugg
106.50
Wm. Bradley
102.50
Paul Coughlin
38.00
Wm. Kelly
46.00
John Sisson
106.50
L. Leveroni
112.50
W. Charter
130.50
H. Scribner
98.50
Wm. Scanlon
134.50
Thomas Murray
72.50
Lester Stiles
82.50
E. Hall
10.00
A. Marsh
26.00
$1,482.70
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Trucks :
C. Robbins
$158.25
E. A. Anderson
117.75
R: Jones
128.25
Mrs. C. Kingsley
70.50
L. Perkins
118.50
A. Jalonen
65.25
H. Gould
57.75
Geo. Morse
45.75
L. Boeske shovel
599.44
Town of Acton roller
25.00
West and South Water Supply Dist., pump
111.75
$1,498.19
$4,025.00
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Paid :
Laffin's Express
$ .75
Anderson Engineering Co., parts
25.97
George H. Reed, plow
12.00
E. W. Systrom Co., parts
19.45
Conant Machine Co., bolts
1.26
Labor
300.70
Trucks
329.63
Edwin H. Christofferson, ploughing
48.75
Davis Motor Co., ploughing
44.00
Mrs. Henry Mekkelsen, ploughing
27.00
John Pederson, ploughing
63.00
L. W. Perkins, ploughing
42.00
George H. Reed, ploughing
33.00
E. P. Gates, repairs
5.10
$952.61
Unexpended balance
247.39
$1,200.00
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STREET LIGHTING
$3,500.00
Appropriation Paid :
Boston Edison Co.
$3,248.85
No. Middlesex Washed Sand and
Gravel Co., rental air compressor 3.00
B. A. King, installing new island light at Center 50.00
$3,301.85
Unexpended balance
198.15
$3,500.00
LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
$900.00
Transferred from reserve fund
19.04
$919.04
Paid :
A. F. Davis, librarian
$81.00
A. F. Davis, janitor
51.00
A. F. Davis, rebinding books
30.29
A. F. Davis, writing cards
9.40
A. F. Davis, postage
1.20
A. F. Davis, cataloguing
10.00
A. F. Davis, paid for removing rub- bish 1.50
A. E. Davis, repairing roof
5.00
Ralph Rogers, asst. janitor
104.25
Frances Fairbanks, asst. librarian
69.75
Boston Cons. Gas Co.
270.56
Boston Edison Co.
41.01
B. A. King, installing service
96.06
Smith & Dunivan, repairs
20.95
Hy-Gien Laboratories
2.50
Chester Robbins, insurance 61.22
Dennison Mfg. Co., labels
2.20
John Pederson, tankage
11.10
John Pederson, labor
3.00
West and South Water Supply
12.00
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Remington Rand Co., cards
4.55
R. S. Osterhout, labels
15.00
Mrs. O. D. Wood, asst. Librarian
14.00
C. E. Smith, work on boiler
1.50
$919.04
LIBRARY BOOKS
Appropriation
$200.00
Received from library fund
297.77
$497.77
Paid:
Enterprise Press
$1.00
DeWolfe Fiske & Co.
123.81
Junior Literary Guild
101.95
Jean Karr
20.88
H. R. Huntting Co.
155.46
W. A. Wilde Co.
12.19
Robert S. Osterhout
1.50
Houghton Milfflin Co.
16.51
Geo. H. B. Turner
2.00
Harold A. Sandstrom
4.25
National Republic
2.00
Ernest H. Washburn
1.00
Womraths Book Shops
12.47
Herman Goldberger Agency
41.75
The Commentator
1.00
$497.77
CEMETERIES
Appropriation
$800.00
Transferred from Cemetery Land
Fund
300.00
$1,100.00
Paid:
H. J. Schnair, glass, putty, labor
$9.95
Geo. H. Reed, fertilizer
134.69
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., gas
1.33
Acton Pipe Co., pipe
26.16
Acton Pipe Co., labor
8.00
Holmerden Co., weed killer
53.90
A. W. Davis Co., fertilizers, rakes
6.35
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A. Bately & Son, flowers Sudbury Nurseries
34.20
25.00
H. F. Tuttle, compiling report, writ- ing, and recording deeds
26.00
West and South Water District. .
6.00
F. W. Green, labor
266.52
F. W. Green, horse
50.00
F. W. Green, dressing
3.00
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
152.00
Duncan S. Kennedy, labor
139.00
Howard F. Jones, labor
151.50
$1,093.60
Unexpended balance
6.40
$1,100.00
SUSAN HOSMER FUND
Received Interest on Fund . .
$4,721.75
Received Refund Boston Edison Co.
16.02
$4,737.77
Paid:
Sidney Schurcliff, prof. services
$99.70
Geo. E. Greenough Road Construction
2,008.00
Greenough Bros. Inc., grading, laying pipe and loam
128.00
Acton Pipe Co., pipe
64.80
Sudbury Nurseries Inc.
102.50
Ellis Chemical Co., lead
11.04
James J. Knight, spraying
27.75
Conant Machine Co., paint
5.15
A. W. Davis Co., paint
1.00
Thomas J. Grey Co., lawn seed
7.84
Tony Perry, spraying
5.77
Boston Edison Co., service to chapel
186.91
E. L. Willard, humus
15.00
West and South Water District,
service to chapel
197.35
West and South Water District water
27.63
E. P. Gates, basin cover
4.75
H. E. Fletcher Co., granite veneer .. 10.00
H. F. Tuttle, stakes
3.00
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Wesley Larrabee, labor
4.80
Town of Acton, roller
15.20
Charles E. Whitcomb, labor
22.00
R. Jos. Marsters, labor
22.00
Ronald Nealey, labor
18.00
Edward Hall, labor
6.00
Robert Smith, labor
4.00
Hosea Gould, grading
846.20
Fred W. Green, labor
181.38
Fred W. Green, horse
38.25
Fred S. Kennedy, labor
223.50
Duncan Kennedy, labor
206.70
Howard F. Jones, labor
171.75
Ole Granberg, labor
41.40
Charles Farris, labor
30.40
$4,737.77
PERPETUAL CARE
Balance Jan. 1, 1937
$30.00
Received Interest from Blanchard
funds
25.00
Received Interest from Cemetery
funds
1,148.00
$1,203.00
Paid:
F. W. Green, balance Jan. 1
$30.00
F. W. Green, care of lots
1,148.00
F. W. Green, care of Blanchard lot ..
25.00
$1,203.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$275.00
Paid:
Adelaide Briggs, dinners
$60.00
West Acton Woman's Club, rent
5.00
Boston Regalia Co., flags
3.00
Disabled Ex-Servicemen's Exchange, flags
9.92
Avery B. Smith, cars
20.00
A. H. Howe, flowers
26.32
G. H. Finan, flowers
20.72
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Newton Post Band
100.00
Lovell Bus Lines, buses
30.00
$274.96
Unexpended balance .04 $275.00
REDEMPTION OF TAX TITLES
Appropriated balance $300.00
Paid:
Thos. Leighton Register of Deed ..
$2.51
Wm. Henry Soar, expenses to Boston
and East Cambridge
5.00
$7.51
Unexpended balance
$292.49
$300.00
ZONING COMMITTEE
Appropriation
$25.00
Paid:
Spaulding Moss Co., photos
$9.78
Enterprise Press adv.
1.05
News Enterprise, adv.
.72
$11.55
Unexpended balance
13.45
$25.00
MACHINERY FUND
Appropriation
$300.00
Received from Town of Acton Rental
791.00
$1,091.00
Paid :
Acton Motor Co., repairs
$49.22
A. W. Davis Co., tools
35.29
Bursaw Gas & Oil Co., gas, oil
139.26
Conant Machine Co., parts
11.34
J. S. Moore, tools
5.50
A. H. Perkins, paint, brush
1.33
Buffalo Springfield Roller Co., parts
41.00
Parker Danner Co., rakes
7.40
George H. Reed, tools
17.50
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N. E. Metal Culvert Co., drag
17.25
Vanderhoof Hardware Co., tools 3.25
Parker Hardware Co., tools
9.58
Dyer Sales & Machinery Co., tools ..
7.50
N. E. Road Machinery Co., blade . .
10.20
MacPhersons, tools
2.00
E. P. Gates, repairs
76.65
Balance
$656.73
$1,091.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$6,500.00
Paid :
Town cases
$3,447.65
Other Towns
332.03
$3,779.68
ADMINISTRATION
Virgina Milbery, clerk
$126.10
Virginia Milbery, postage
1.83
Glenna Bradley aiding auditors
8.00
Hobbs & Warrent Inc., blanks
13.84
R. S. Osterhout, envelopes
7.25
Carl Backman, adm. expense
50.00
$207.02
$3,986.70
Unexpended balance
$2,513.30
$6,500.00
STATE AID
Appropriation
$500.00
Paid :
$240.00
Unexpended balance
260.00
$500.00
MILITARY AID
Appropriation
$200.00
Paid :
$76.00
Unexpended balance
124.00
$200.00
$434.27
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Paid :
Orders of Soldiers' Relief Agent ....
$1,031.74
Mass. Soldiers' Relief Assn. Member- ship
2.00
Waldo J. Flint travelling expense. .
12.05
$1,045.79
Unexpended balance
154.21
$1,200.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Appropriation
$600.00
Received Federal Grant
434.66
Amt. due on a/c federal grant
94.66
$1,129.32
Paid :
Orders of Board of Public Welfare
$1,112.83
Appropriation balance
16.49
$1,129.32
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
$9,000.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1937
1,891.16
Received Federal Grant
9,391.25
Amt. due a/c Federal Grant
1,903.25
$22,185.66
Paid:
$21,250.79
Appropriation balance
934.87
$22,185.66
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT
Received Federal Grant
$313.00
Amt. due on a/c Federal Grant
63.43
$376.43
Paid:
Virginia Milbery, clerk
$23.60
Virginia Milbery, trip to Concord ..
1.00
Hobbs & Warren Inc., blanks, bills. .
26.67
Wm. Henry Soar, expenses to Cam- bridge 4.00
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Howard Wilson, prof. services
15.00
Carl Backman, adm. expense
265.00
$335.27
Balance due Jan. 1, 1937
3.71
$338.98
Appropriation balance
37.45
$376.43
EDUCATION
Appropriation
$46,000.00
Paid:
Orders of School Committee (see re-
port)
$45,994.58
Unexpended balance
5.42
$46,000.00
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid:
Theron A. Lowden, premiums
$943.96
Unexpended balance
56.04
$1,000.00
HIGH SCHOOL INSURANCE
Appropriation
$1,425.22
Paid:
C. A. Durkee, premiums
$1,425.22
COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT
Appropriation
$694.18
Paid :
Middlesex County
$694.18
DOG OFFICER
Appropriation $200.00 Paid :
Fraser Kennels, boarding and dispos-
ing of 48 dogs
$192.00
Unexpended balance
8.00
$200.00
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W. P. A. PROJECTS
$5,000.00
Appropriation Paid :
So. Acton Improvement Assn., rent
$186.71
James J. Knight, truck
156.00
James J. Knight, oil, postage, tel. . .
3.40
Wm. Henry Soar, sponsors agent . . Clare Milbery, messenger service ..
14.25
Carl Backman, trips to Lowell, Marl- boro and Boston
64.30
Carl Backman, telephone
4.60
Singer Sewing Machine Co., repairs ..
7.50
Avery & Murphy brushes and labor. . Treasurer, U. S. A. on account of ex-
2.30
pense, Surplus Commodity Division
46.36
John Anderson, gravel
51.60
Margaret Spinney, gravel
99.60
So. Acton Dept. Store, needles, pat- terns
1.85
Town Shop, needles, patterns. . .
3.55
J. S. Moore, trips to Lowell and Marl- boro
12.25
J. S. Moore, supplies
3.30
James Huggins Son, creosote
23.44
Standard Oil of N. Y., asphalt
248.40
Berger Metal Culvert Co.
44.28
L. P. Boeske, shovel
723.00
Labor
60.00
Trucks
294.00
$2,235.69
'Unexpended balance transferred to Work Relief account as Voted at Town Meeting, Nov. 1, 1937
$2,764.31
$5,000.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Appropriation
$400.00
Transferred from reserve fund
225.00
$625.00
185.00
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Paid:
So. Acton Dept. Store, flags, bulbs .. $18.40
John A. Sargent, picture auto accident
10.00
C. A. Durkee, premium on bond for Deputy Collector
10.00
C. A. Durkee, robbery insurance
16.00
Horace F. Tuttle, plans
18.00
State Prison, highway signs
149.10
H. F. Tuttle, releases
5.00
John J. Donohue, prof. services
10.00
O. D. Wood, care of flag
5.00
Middlesex County, tuition
12.29
Frances Hurley, et al, land damages
125.00
Howard Wilson, services a/c Hurley
case
100.00
R. S. Osterhout, advertisement and traffic rules
94.68
$573.47
Unexpended balance
51.53
$625.00
NOTES AND BONDS
Appropriation
$5,500.00
Paid:
Merchants National Bank, high school
bonds
$4,000.00
Alfred L. Ripley, Fire Truck Note. .
1,500.00
$5,500.00
INTEREST ON NOTES AND BONDS
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Paid :
Merchants' National Bank, interest
on High School Bonds $840.00
Alfred L. Ripley, interest on Fire Truck Notes 105.00
$945.00
Unexpended Balance
55.00
$1,000.00
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REVENUE LOANS
Amount Outstanding Jan. 1, 1937 .. $45,000.00
Received Merchants' National Bank 35,000.00
$80,000.00
Paid :
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund
$10,000.00
First National Bank of Ayer 35,000.00
Merchants' National Bank
10,000.00
Amount Outstanding Dec. 31, 1937
25,000.00
$80,000.00
INTEREST ON REVENUE LOANS
Appropriation Paid :
$1,500.00
Susan Hosmer Cemetery Fund
$150.00
First National Bank of Ayer
525.00
Merchants' National Bank
42.50
$717.50
Unexpended Balance
782.50
$1,500.00
REFUNDS
1937 Tax
$4.85
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
227.45
$232.30
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus Transferred to:
$1,000.00
General Government
$216.45
Library Maintainance
19.04
Main Street
.12
Town Nurse
102.50
Health
23.63
High Street
25.00
Buildings and Grounds
50.00
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Moth Deptartment
300.00
Unclassified
225.00
$961.74
Unexpended Balance to Overlay Surplus
38.26
$1,000.00
CEMETERY LAND FUND
Balance Jan. 1, 1937
$1,010.00
Received for Lots Sold
291.00
$1,301.00
Transferred to Cemetery Account .
300.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1937
1,001.00
$1,301.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX REVENUE
Balance January 1, 1937
$3,785.18
1937 Tax
7,791.63
1934 Added Tax
2.66
1933 Adjustment
.06
$11,579.53
Debit :
Abatements
$284.25
Total Amount Collected 1937
7,238.47
Balance December 31, 1937
4,056.81
$11,579.53
OVERLAYS
1935
Balance January 1, 1937 Debit :
$3,422.62
Abatements
$426.58
Transferred to Overlay Surplus
2,996.04
$3,422.62
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1936
Balance January 1, 1937 Debit: Abatements
$3,462.49
$78.75
Balance December 31, 1937
3,383.74
$3,462.49
1937
Overlay
$3,502.98
Debit:
Abatements
$480.80
Refunds
4.85
Balance December 31, 1937
3,017.33
$3,502.98
OVERLAY SURPLUS
Balance January 1, 1937
$9,057.65
Transferred from 1935 Overlay
2,996.04
Unexpended Balance from Re- serve Fund
38.26
$12,091.95
Debit:
Appropriation to Reserve Fund
$1,000.00
Balance December 31, 1937
11,091.95
$12,091.95
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1937
$26,610.78
Surplus Revenue 1937
9,610.83
Tax Title Revenue
2,169.24
Debit :
Appropriation Health Department ..
$1,500.00
Appropriation Zoning Committee
25.00
Adjustment
1.80
Balance December 31, 1937
36,864.05
$38,390.85
$38,390.85
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amount Due from Collector, Decem-
ber 31, 1936
$45,361.88
Received State Tax
6,900.00
State Parks 67.61
Overlay 3,502.98
Town Grant
87,296.80
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
7,791.63
County Tax
6,097.78
Added 1933 Tax
.06
Added 1934 Excise Tax
2.66
Added 1937 Tax
93.00
$157,114.40
Treasurer Cash on Hand, December 31, 1936
$49,254.73
Received Interest on Taxes
1,701.98
Received Costs on Taxes
65.10
Receipts Other Than Taxes
117,830.83
168,852.64
$325,967.04
Paid :
State Tax
$7,350.00
State Park Tax
98.23
County Tax
6,167.67
County Hospital Assessment
694.18
County Dog Tax
792.20
General Government
5,629.30
Buildings and Grounds
1,547.41
Police
2,374.62
Fire Department
2,770.90
Forest Fires
371.92
Moth Work
1,300.00
Tree Warden
499.97
Health
2,523.13
Town Nurse
2,302.50
Highways
24,156.79
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Main Street 8,500.12
High Street 4,025.00
W. P. A.
2,235.69
Street Lighting 3,301.85
State Aid
240.00
Military Aid
76.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,045.79
Aid to Dependent Children
1,112.83
Public Welfare
3,986.70
Old Age Assistance
21,250.79
Ald Age Assistance, Administration Account
335.27
Education
45,994.58
Redemption of Tax Titles
7.51
Zoning Committee
11.55
Machinery Fund
434.27
Snow Removal
952.61
Fire Whistle, West Acton
1,500.00
Insurance of High School Building
1,425.22
Library Maintainance
919.04
Library Books
497.77
Cemeteries
1,093.60
Cemeteries, Perpetual Care
1,203.00
Cemeteries, Hosmer Fund
4,737.77
New Hose, Fire Department
248.00
New Hose, Forest Fire Department
199.95
Treasurer's and Collector's Bonds
248.00
Memorial Day
274.96
Liability Insurance
943.96
Hydrants
3,128.00
Unclassified
573.47
Notes and Bonds
5,500.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
945.00
Revenue Loans
55,000.00
Interest on Revenue Loans
717.50
Dog Officer
192.00
Refunds on Taxes
232.30
Trust Funds
10,000.00
$241,668.92
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Tax Titles
$1,446.62
Abatements
1,270.38
Judgments
502.62
Amount due from Collector, Decem- ber 31, 1937
49,898.75
Amount due from Treasurer, Decem- ber 31, 1937
31,179.75
84,298.12
$325,967.04
BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1937
Assets
Cash
$31,179.75
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1936
$11,696.50
Levy of 1937 34,256.06
Poll Taxes :
Levy of 1936
70.00
Levy of 1937
322.00
Excise Taxes :
Levy of 1935
2.60
Levy of 1936
902.54
Levy of 1937
2,649.05
Tax Titles
Departmental :
Welfare
$338.25
Aid to Dependent Chil- dren
256.66
Old Age Assistance
2,281.91
State Aid
240.00
Military Aid
38.00
State Aid to Highways County Aid to High-
2,539.31
ways .. 2,001.66
County Dog Account .
260.00
Liabilities
Revenue Loans $25,000.00
Excise Tax Revenue 4,056.81
Tax Title Revenue 4,882.53
Departmental Revenue 1,251.79
County Dog Tax 10.80
Balances :
Old Age Assistance Fed- eral Grant $934.87
Old Age Assistance Administrative Account Federal Grant 37.45
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4,409.95
Cemetery Land Fund
1,001.00
Overlays Reserved for Abatement:
Levy of 1936
$3,383.74
Levy of 1937
3,017.33
6,401.07
7,955.79
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant 16.49
Work Relief 2,764.31
Machinery Fund
656.83
49,898.75
4,882.53
Judgment
502.62
Overlay Surplus Surplus Revenue
11,091.95
36,864.05
Agency and Trust Over- draft ..
550.51
(State and County Taxes to be raised in 1938.)
$94,969.95
$94,969.95
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Debt
$21,500.00
High School Bonds
$17,000.00
Fire Truck Notes .
4,500.00
$21,500.00
$21,500.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds and Cash Securities .... $185,339.72
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
$25,953.17
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
10,137.31
Wilde Memorial Library Fund .
14,451.86
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
1,240.38
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
564.81
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
44,595.57
Cemetery Surplus Fund
1,194.83
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,489.75
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
82,246.51
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.53
$185,339.72
$185,339.72
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant
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Treasurer's Report For Year Ending December 31, 1937
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Acton, Massachusetts :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1937:
Cash Balance January 1, 1937 $ 49,254.73
Receipts for 1937 :
Received from State Treasurer :
Aid to Dependent Children $
434.66
Federal Grant-Old Age Assist.
9,704.25
Educational Measure
1,943.00
Valuation Measure
2,819.49
Industrial Schools
7.35
Old Age Assistance
3,943.09
Loss of Taxes-Reimbursement
560.84
Highways
4,500.00
Highways
492.67
Highways
3,850.00
Highways
2,285.52
Highways
1,482.50
Tuition-Children
692.22
Training Schools
173.81
Income Tax
6,708.92
Income Tax (Chapt. 362)
299.86
Corporation Tax
8,445.06
Gas and Light Co.
379.25
State Aid
240.00
Veterans' Exemption
36.18
Mothers' Aid
287.54
Corporation Tax-Business
198.17
49,484.38
Received from County Treasurer : Dog Licenses (Refund) $ 548.84
Highways 1,907.29
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Highways-Main Street
2,191.05 42.00
4,689.18
Received from Charles A. Durkee, Collector :
Excise Taxes 1933
$ 2.00
Excise Taxes 1934
7.84
Excise Taxes 1935
738.79
Town Taxes 1935
9,801.05
Town Taxes 1936
20,454.73
Excise Taxes 1936
1,694.88
Poll Taxes 1936
239.79
Town Taxes 1937
66,575.41
Excise Taxes 1937
4,945.87
Poll Taxes 1937
1,302.75
105,763.11
Miscellaneous Receipts : Estate Georgia E. Whitney, Bequest $ 10,000.00
John McNiff, License 100.00
Rudolph Clouette, License
100.00
Alfred Casassa, License
100.00
John Maguire, License 100.00
Warren Davis, License
100.00
James Mahoney, License
100.00
Concord District Court, Fines
158.30
Horace F. Tuttle, Dog Licenses
801.20
Selectmen, Licenses
75.00
O. D. Wood, Dances
312.43
O. D. Wood, Basketball
13.25
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines
52.41
Arthur F. Davis, Magazines Sold
8.00
Board of Health, Nurse Services
132.93
O. D. Wood, Whist Party
10.00
F. E. Tasker, M. D., Milk License . .
20.00
Charles Willett, Tax Title
689.25
Charles Willett, Interest
21.68
Lizzie Crocker, Tax Title 270.97
Lizzie Crocker, Interest
8.32
Director of Standards, Licenses
64.00
Boston & Maine R. R., Fires
3.10
Allen Christofferson, Tax Title
666.43
Board of Health (Vacine)
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Allen Christofferson, Interest
15.69
Horace F. Tuttle, Sale of Lots, Wood-
lawn
211.00
O. D. Wood, Grange Rent 72.55
Frank Bulette, Tax Title
531.15
Frank Bulette, Interest
42.47
Town of Acton, Machinery Account 791.10
Pomona Grange, Rent of Hall
6.00
Michael Sheehan, Tax Title
357.71
Michael Sheehan, Interest
28.44
William Robblee, License
100.00
Charles A. Durkee, Alcohol License
1.00
O. D. Wood, Sheehan Reunion
7.50
Merchants' National Bank, Loan ..
25,000.00
Merchants' National Bank, Loan ..
10,000.00
Town of Westford, Schools
152.10
Town of Hudson, Old Age Assist. ..
100.00
Town of Maynard, Old Age Assist.
37.50
Town of Boxboro, Tuition
2,495.80
City of Malden, Old Age Assist.
20.00
City of Lowell, Old Age Assist.
40.00
Clare Milbery, Sealer of Weights
78.88
Town of Stow, Old Age Assist.
20.00
Amelia Marsh, Tax Title
348.40
Amelia Marsh, Interest
35.54
Anna Farrell, Tax Title
440.64
Anna Farrell, Interest
24.52
Reimbursement to Welfare Dept. .. 813.00
Edison Elec. Ill. Co., Hosmer Fund
16.02
Anton Christianson, Tax Title
155.71
Anton Christianson, Interest
1.29
Town of Stow, Welfare
24.44
Fred Green, Sale of Lots, Mt. Hope
80.00
City of Waltham, Welfare
816.00
O. D. Wood, Gas (Grange)
2.45
Arthur Raymond, P. P. Tax Title
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