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The Board of Health
Acton, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as public health nurse for the year ending Dec. 31, 1940. Nursing service given was as follows:
Bedside nursing 1,611
Welfare calls 149
Pre-natal calls
90
Post-natal calls 110
Child Welfare
164
Social Service
108
The program for diphtheria prevention was held in the Spring. It was a highly successful program. Parents feel that this protection is important and are willing to bring their pre- school children to centers for necessary treatment. At the south school there were 10 pre-school and 26 school children given schick test. Children with positive tests were given toxoid. Twenty-six doses were given. At the west school there were 13 pre-school and 22 school children tested. Fifty doses of toxoid were given. At the centre school, 8 pre-school, 17 school, toxoid doses were 37.
At the Middlesex County hospital at Waltham, twenty-one cases were X-rayed and received a physical examination if indicated by the X-ray. This service is offered without charge to the community. The spread of tuberculosis is controlled by early examination and diagnosis.
The nation wide prevalence of grippe has been felt in our community, affecting both children and adults. Schools have required closer supervision, and all teachers have been most
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helpful in trying to keep our schools free from communicable disease.
I wish to thank the townspeople for donations of clothing and other materials which have been helpful in my work.
Respectfully submitted,
GENEVIEVE J. CREELEY, R. N.
Report of the Board of Health
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Board of Health of Acton herewith submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1940.
Your Board has met monthly to transact business and to act upon communications sent to this Board pertaining to the health conditions of this town.
We are pleased to report to you again that there has been no serious run of communicable diseases during the year, only a few isolated cases reported, and due to the caution exercised there was no spread.
The Town Dump has been maintained at a minimum of expense but there was a heavy expense of providing hospitali- zation at the Middlesex County Sanatorium, covering a period of about a year, for a resident of the town. We also have another case hospitalized at the Middlesex County Sanato- rium which we have every expectation will run at least six months and possibly more and there is always the possibility of other cases coming in, unknown to us at this time. While we are doing our best to keep the expenses of this board at a minimum it should be borne in mind that we are obliged by law to take care of certain contagious diseases.
We would also call your attention to the money which this board has turned in through the collections of the Town Nurse and the money turned in by our agent for licenses and
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permits of all kinds, aggregating in total approximately $300, which should be credited to our appropriation. We, therefore, recommend the appropriation of $1,200.00, the same as last year.
Record of Contagious Diseases Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1940:
Dog-bite
9
Influenza
2
Measles
4
Chicken Pox
14
Whooping Cough
4
Undulant Fever 1
Tuberculosis
3
Deaths:
Tuberculosis 2
Burial Permits issued 38
Residents who died in other towns 19
Total deaths recorded
57
Residents of Acton
54
Residents of other places
3
Respectfully submitted,
DR. O. L. CLARK, Chairman
LOWELL H. CRAM, Sec .- Clerk LILLIAN TAYLOR
ERNEST E. ALLSOPP, Agent
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Report of Tax Collector
1938 Town Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
Interest
$12,529.40
Paid Treasurer
$12,291.60
Abated
237.80
$12,529.40
1939 Town Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$29,716.78
Interest
576.26
Adjustments
17.20
$30,310.24
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$18,793.39
Abated
176.60
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
11,340.25
$30,310.24
1940 Town Tax
Dr.
Committed
$89,261.34
Interest
34.23
$89,295.57
$11,774.84 754.56
Cr.
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Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$61,344.21
1,675.92
183.18
26,092.26
1939 Personal Tax
Dr.
$1,768.98
Interest
23.76
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$842.68
Abated
88.34
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
861.72
$1,792.74
1940 Personal Tax
Dr.
Committed
$11,162.21
Interest
2.97
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$9,614.68
Abated
28.40
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
1,522.10
$11,165.18
1937 Excise Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$182.65
Interest
.70
$183.35
Abated Tax Titles Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
$89,295.57
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$1,792.74
$11,165.18
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Cr.
Paid Treasurer Abated Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
$4.95
9.81
168.59
$183.35
1938 Excise Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$12.25
Interest
.65
$12.90
Cr.
$9.57
Abated
3.33
$12.90
1939 Excise Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$1,000.93
Interest
10.35
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$714.10
Abated
10.05
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
287.13
$1,011.28
1940 Excise Tax
Dr.
Committed
$8,935.98
Interest
4.92
$8,940.90
Paid Treasurer
$1,011.28
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Cr.
Paid Treasurer Abated Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
$7,333.74
125.45
1,481.71
$8,940.90
1938 Poll Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$116.00
Interest
6.86
Cost
17.15
140.01
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$122.01
Abated
18.00
1939 Poll Tax
Dr.
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1940
$316.00
Interest
3.72
Cost
21.00
Cr.
Paid Treasurer
$156.72
Abated
76.00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
108.00
$340.72
1940 Poll Tax
Dr.
Committed
$1,848.00
Cost
35.35
$1,883.35
$140.01
$340.72
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Cr.
$1,435.35
Paid Treasurer Abated
154.00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
294.00
$1,883.35
Total Debits
1938 Town Tax
$12,529.40
1939 Town Tax
30,310.24
1940 Town Tax
89,295.57
1939 Personal Tax
1,792.74
1940 Personal Tax
11,165.18
1937 Excise Tax
183.35
1938 Excise Tax
12.90
1939 Excise Tax
1,011.28
1940 Excise Tax
8,940.90
1938 Poll Tax
140.01
1939 Poll Tax
340.72
1940 Poll Tax
1,883.35
$157,605.64
Total Credits
Cash Paid Treasurer
$112,663.00
Abated
2,603.70
Tax Titles
183.18
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1941
42,155.76
$157,605.64
CARRIE M. DURKEE, Collector of Taxes
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Forest Warden's Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Your Forest Warden submits the following report for the year 1940:
Total number of fires responded to 42
Out of town fires responded to 1
Total cost of Labor $470.65
Total loss of Property $594.00
The Forest Fire equipment is in good condition.
As a number of forest fire hose are lost each year, I think it would be wise to replace that loss yearly so that the supply will not become too low.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. MacGREGOR,
Forest Warden.
Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report for the Fire Department for the year 1940. The total number of alarms responded to by the entire department are as follows:
Buildings 16
Automobile
3
Chimney 16
False
3
Out of Town
2
Fires as a result of oil heaters
8
Cost of Labor for extinguishing
$ 555.55
Property Loss $2,040.50
The Fire Department equipment is in good condition, with the exception of hose. At several fires we discovered that we
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were not carrying enough hose on one truck to reach the fire. As a result of this, much time was lost waiting for another truck with more hose. I recommend the purchase of new hose this year.
I also recommend completing the fire alarm system as started so that we will be prepared in case of emergency. In the face of the present defense plan this will play an important part.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. MacGREGOR, Chief of Fire Department.
Welfare Department Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The annual report of the Board of Public Welfare is hereby submitted.
Aid to Employables this past year was considerably less than that of the previous year, due to the continued improve- ment in employment conditions, particularly the last half of the year. This improvement was largely due to governmental spending on projects in or within commuting distance of our community. Employment conditions in private industry has also showed a marked improvement, particularly those in- dustries that would affect our local employment. This de- crease in assistance to Employables, however, is nearly offset by an increase in assistance to Unemployables, which consist of those people who through physical incapacity or for other reasons are unable to work.
In preparing a budget for a year in advance, every effort is made to anticipate the conditions that might prevail the coming year. However, each year this becomes more difficult
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due to the unsettled conditions throughout the country, mainly the question of the permanency of employment.
We understand there is legislation pending pertaining to the various kinds of relief with which this board is concerned, which if enacted will materially change the structure of the entire relief program. These bills refer to settlement, con- tributing assistance by legally responsible persons and liberali- zation of the assistance given. The trend seems to be toward liberalization, particularly assistance given under Social Se- curity.
After careful consideration and co-operating with the recommendations of the State Auditing Department, we do not feel that any reduction can or should be made in our bud- get requirement for the coming year. But due to the antici- pated increase in Aid to Dependent Children case load, this type of assistance, we feel, will require an increase in order to have sufficient funds to meet the budget which is submitted to the State quarterly, six months in advance. We again sub- mit statistical reports on case loads and kind of aid rendered.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL E. BACKMAN MARY M. LAFFIN RAYMOND L. HATCH
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Board of Public Welfare.
TEMPORARY AID
Case Load:
Cases
Individuals
December 31, 1939
17
56
December 31, 1940
11
28
Cases Aided, 1940
Acton Settled
24
73
Other Settlements-Unsettled
8
30
Acton Settled-In other places
9
28
41
131
Total Aid
$7,167.80
$2,569.05
Employables
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Unemployables
3,699.21
Acton cases-out of town
899.54
$7,167.80
Unsettled
$1,022.48
Out of Town Settled
1,307.73
$2,330.21
Approximate Cost to Acton
$4,837.59
Less Acton Cases out of Town
899.54
Total Acton Resident Cases
$3,938.05
Food
$1,955.16
Fuel and Light
569.66
Clothing
42.22
Medical
430.00
Hospitalization
118.00
Burial
100.00
Cash
1,717.00
Rent
1,291.34
Miscellaneous
44.88
$6,268.26
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Case Load
Cases
Cases 78
December 31, 1939
Added during year
19
Closed during year
14
December 31, 1940
83
Acton cases in other towns
12
Out of Town and Unsettled Cases in Acton
17
Appropriation
$15,500.00
Federal Grants
13,307.13
$28,807.13
Cash Disbursements
$27,656.60
Acton Cases in Other Towns
479.83
$28,136.43
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
7
Case Load
Cases
Cases
Individuals 15
December 31, 1939
5
Closed during year
1
Added during year
3
December 31, 1940
7
21
Appropriation
$2,200.00
Federal Grants
1,234.16
$3,434.16
Cash Disbursements
$3,267.52
FEDERAL SURPLUS COMMODITIES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
In December 1939, when arrangements were made with the Federal Surplus Commodities Division whereby eligible persons of Acton were to receive these commodities, it was necessary for those persons to call in person at the warehouse in Marlboro. This arrangement was very unsatisfactory, as only a very small number could avail themselves of this opportunity because of transportation difficulties. However, during the past year arrangements were made for a repre- sentative from the warehouse to call at each home to receive orders which were then delivered by truck.
During the past year there was distributed in the Town of Acton, food valued at $1,585.52 and clothing, sheets and blankets having a value of $531.75. The combined value of both food and clothing for the year 1940 was $2,117.27.
There are at the present time 56 families representing 233 persons receiving Federal Surplus Commodities. There is no doubt but what this has been of material assistance in keeping down our relief costs and is well worth the contribution we made as our share of the expense for maintaining this project.
CARL E. BACKMAN, Chairman
Board of Public Welfare.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriations recommended for 1941 :
Old Age Assistance
$15,500.00
Temporary Aid
7,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,300.00
CARL E. BACKMAN, Chairman Board of Public Welfare.
Treasurer's Report
For the Year Ending December 31, 1940
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Acton, Massachusetts:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1940.
Cash Balance, January 1, 1940
$37,580.66
Receipts for 1940:
Received from State Treasurer :
Old Age Assistance, Federal
$13,750.66
Highways
10,314.04
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal
1,234.16
Income Tax 10,395.11
Corporation Tax, Gas
387.79
Old Age Assistance
9,078.53
Highways Chap. 504
7,877.01
Aid Dependent Children
38.33
Vocational Education
200.23
Loss on Taxes
589.68
Tuition and Transportation
913.22
Business Corporation Tax
8,717.54
State Aid
400.00
Military Aid
198.25
Veteran's Exemption
23.56
Temporary Aid
911.18
$65,029.29
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Received from County Treasurer:
Dog Refund
$627.70
Highways, (High St.)
200.00
2,000.00
Highways Dog Officer, (reimbursement)
188.00
$3,015.70
Received from Carrie M. Durkee,
Collector of Taxes:
Excise Taxes, 1937
$4.43
Town Taxes, 1938
12,270.87
Excise Taxes, 1938
9.33
Poll Taxes, 1938
73.11
Town Taxes, 1939
18,649.98
Excise Taxes, 1939
713.63
Poll Taxes, 1939
201.86
Town Taxes, 1940
71,850.77
Excise Taxes, 1940
7,330.28
Poll Taxes, 1940
1,430.45
Interest
124.79
Costs
3.50
$112,663.00
Miscellaneous Receipts:
James Mahoney, License
$125.00
McNiff Inc., License
125.00
Warren Davis, License
125.00
Lockwood Inc., License
125.00
Nashoba Tavern, License
125.00
Mohawk Store Inc., License
200.00
Rodolph Clouette, License
200.00
Board of Health, Nurse services
180.25
City of Somerville, Old Age Assist .. .
108.34
Elwin Hollowell, Care of lots
91.00
Elwin Hollowell, Foundations
174.85
Acton Grange, Hall rent
84.70
Town of Acton, Machinery Account
521.27
Fred Kennedy, Care of Lots
354.50
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Fred Kennedy, Lowering Device 66.00
Concord District Court, Fines 324.05
Henry C. Angle, Tax Title 792.46
Henry C. Angle, Interest 95.20
Horace F. Tuttle, Lots sold Wood'In
195.00
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines
25.70
Arthur F. Davis, Magazines Sold
8.00
Fred Kennedy, Burials
535.00
O. D. Wood, Hall Rent
245.00
Selectmen, Licenses
76.00
Town of Phillipston, Old Age. Assist.
112.50
Horace F. Tuttle, Dog Licenses
688.40
Howard O. Wilder, and Interest
9.46
William Walker, Tax Title
253.76
Protested Check
10.00
Horace F. Tuttle, Lbr. sold Wood'In.
25.00
Board of Health, Licenses
32.00
Board of Health, Permits
2.00
Merchants National Bank, Loan
25,000.00
Merchants National Bank, Loan
15,000.00
City of Peabody, Welfare
80.50
Town of Wrentham, Old Age Assist ..
45.84
Ton of Boxboro, Tuition
1,451.05
Town of Marblehead, Old Age Assist.
35.00
City of Brockton, Old Age Assist. 36.67
City of Malden, Old Age Assist.
35.00
Ton of Maynard, Old Age Assist.
44.00
Town of Winchester, Old Age Assist.
60.00
Joseph Farah, Damages
7.50
Clare Milbery, Sealer Weights
72.32
Arthur D. Raymond, Tax Title
156.60
Arthur D. Raymond, Interest
13.19
Town of Westford, Schools
298.24
Town of Concord, Welfare
145.00
Town of Concord, Land Tax
25.12
Carrie M. Durkee, Tax Title Advt.
12.32
Carrie M. Durkee, Certifications
12.00
Town of East Bridgewater, Welfare
255.00
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Town of Maynard, Welfare
307.71
Theron A. Lowden, Prem. Refund 40.32
Fred Kennedy, Foundations 16.50
Town of Arlington, Old Age Assist. 60.00
City of Boston, Schools 73.37
Edward F. Loughlin, Damages
23.57
City of Cambridge, Welfare
37.07
Director of Standards, Licenses
16.00
Town of Stow, Old Age Assist.
60.00
Chief of Police, Revolver Permits
5.50
Fred Kennedy, Part Pay't on Lot, Mt. Hope 3.00
Fred Kennedy, Lots Sold Mt. Hope
10.00
School Department, Miscellaneous
3.30
Transfer, Wilde Memorial Library
297.44
Transfer, Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,039.64
Transfer, Cemetery Fund
1,656.65
Transfer, Blanchard Fund
25.00
$53,495.86
Total Cash Receipts
$234,203.85
Cash Balance, January 1, 1940
37,580.66
Sum Total for 1940
$271,784.51
Payments in 1940:
Protested Check
$10.00
Selectmen's Orders
$213,996.33
State Taxes
9,397.88
$223,404.21
Cash Balance December 31, 1940 $48,380.30
Outstanding Notes and Bonds
Anticipation Revenue Loan, Note 159, Due June 26, 1941 $25,000.00
High School Bonds, Due 1941 to 1945 5,000.00
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Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Balance January 1, 1940: Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
236.48
$82,475.43
Received Interest:
North Middlesex Savings
$67.50
Franklin Inst. Savings
60.00
Lynn Five Cent Savings
50.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
72.86
Athol Savings
67.50
Arlington Five Cent Savings
80.00
Springfield Inst. Savings
60.00
Leominister Savings
75.00
Worcester North Savings
90.00
Cambridge Savings
87.50
Hudson Savings
125.00
Marlboro Savings
112.50
Waltham Savings
100.00
East Cambridge Savings
75.00
Andover Savings
80.00
Boston Five Cent Savings
40.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
100.00
Home Savings
60.00
Lexington Savings
90.00
Winchendon Savings
150.00
Farmer's & Mechanics Savings
100.00
Wildey Savings
50.00
Medford Savings
60.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (income)
19.87
$1,872.73
$84,348.16
Balance December 31, 1940:
Andover Savings
$4,000.00
Arlington Five Cent Savings
4,000.00
Athol Savings
3,000.00
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Boston Five Cent Savings
2,000.00
Cambridge Savings 3,500.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
5,000.00
East Cambridge Savings
3,000.00
Farmer's & Mechanics Savings
5,000.00
Franklin Inst. Savings
3,000.00
Home Savings
3,000.00
Hudson Savings
5,000.00
Leominister Savings
3,000.00
Lexington Savings
4,000.00
Lynn Five Cent Savings
2,500.00
Marlboro Savings
4,500.00
Medford Savings
3,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
3,238.95
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (income)
69.57
North Middlesex Savings
3,000.00
Springfield Inst. Savings
3,000.00
Waltham Savings
4,000.00
Wildey Savings
2,500.00
Winchendon Savings
5,000.00
Worcester North Savings
4,000.00
$82,308.52
Transfer to Town Account
2,039.64
$84,348.16
Cemetery Funds
Balance January 1, 1940: Principal Fund $41,087.21
Unexpended Balance
3,694.01
$44,781.22
Received for Perpetual Care:
Sawyer-Blois, Lot, Woodlawn
$100.00
Charles L. Jones, Lot, Woodlawn
100.00
Cyrus L. Perkins, Lot, Mt. Hope 100.00
George E. Greenough, Lot, Woodlawn
200.00
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Charles & Loretta Tuttle, Lot, Woodlawn
100.00
Henry S. Raymond, Lot, Woodlawn. 800.00
Everett W. Flagg, Lot, Woodlawn 100.00
James B. Tuttle, Lot, Woodlawn
100.00
$1,600.00
Received Interest:
Assabet Inst. Savings
$35.38
Assabet Inst. Savings
27.83
North Middlesex Savings
145.22
Middlesex Inst. Savings
78.19
Athol Savings
23.63
Worcester North Savings
45.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
37.50
Assabet Inst. Savings
6.75
Hudson Savings
60.00
Marlboro Savings
61.88
Suffolk Savings, (1939 div.)
30.00
Suffolk Savings
52.50
Maynard Trust Co.
64.50
Boston Five Cent Savings
40.00
Warren Inst. Savings
44.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
30.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
5.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
30.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
6.00
Home Savings
20.00
East Cambridge Savings
50.00
Central Savings
21.50
West & South Water Bonds
54.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (income)
61.56
Goodnow Fund
20.00
$1,050.44
$47,431.66
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Balance December 31, 1940:
Assabet Inst. Savings
$1,599.53
Assabet Inst. Savings
2,175.00
Assabet Inst. Savings
300.00
Athol Savings
1,050.00
Boston Five Cent Savings
2,000.00
Central Savings
1,300.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Charlestown Five Cents Savings
250.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
300.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
East Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
Home Savings 1,000.00
Hudson Savings
2,400.00
Marlboro Savings
2,500.00
Maynard Trust Co.
3,228.96
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (income)
2,042.52
Middlesex Inst. Savings
3,475.00
North Middlesex Savings
6,454.00
Suffolk Savings 3,000.00
Worcester North Savings
2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
1,500.00
Warren Inst. Savings
2,200.00
West & South Water Bonds
1,200.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
800.00
$45,775.01
Transfer to Town Account
1,656.65
$47,431.66
Note: West and South Water Bond, redeemed funds deposited in Central Savings Bank. ($300.00)
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Elizabeth White Fund
Balance January 1, 1940: Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
1,099.26
$26,099.26
Received Interest:
Athol Savings
$45.00
Amherst Savings
55.00
Worcester North Savings
22.50
North Middlesex Savings
45.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
45.00
Lawrence Savings
45.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
50.00
Marlboro Savings
50.00
Waltham Savings
50.00
East Cambridge Savings
50.00
Andover Savings
40.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
40.00
Lowell Savings
40.00
North Middlesex Savings, (income)
5.61
Hudson Savings
16.10
$599.21
$26,698.47
Balance December 31, 1940:
Amherst Savings
$2,000.00
Andover Savings
2,000.00
Athol Savings
2,000.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
2,000.00
East Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
Hudson Savings, (income)
640.00
Lawrence Savings
2,000.00
Lowell Savings
2,000.00
Marlboro Savings
2,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings
2,000.00
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North Middlesex Savings, (income) .
750.97
Waltham Savings
2,000.00
Worcester Five Cent Savings
2,000.00
Worcester North Savings
1,000.00
$26,390.97
Transfer, Georgia E. Whitney Fund 1938 dividend 12.50
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1940
295.00
$26,698.47
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1940: :
Principal Fund
$9,000.00
Unexpended Balance
512.40
Susan Agusta & Luther Conant Fund
1,000.00
Hiram Hapgood Fund
200.00
Luke Tuttle Fund
200.00
John W. Heald Fund
915.80
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,294.62
Minnie Davis Fund
336.50
Received Interest:
West Shore R. R. Bond
$40.00
Massachusetts Savings
20.00
City Inst. Savings
20.00
Cambridge Savings
8.40
Middlesex Inst. Savings
22.50
Warren Inst. Savings
40.00
Home Savings
20.00
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
60.00
Cambridge Savings, (Hosmer)
57.72
Maynard Trust Co., (income)
19.43
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (Heald)
18.39
$14,459.32
326.44
$14,785.76
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Balance December 31, 1940:
Cambridge Savings
$2,352.34
Cambridge Savings
336.50
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
3,000.00
City Inst. Savings
1,000.00
Home Savings
1,000.00
Massachusetts Savings
1,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
934.19
Middlesex Inst. Savings
1,000.00
Warren Inst. Savings
2,000.00
Maynard Trust Co.
400.00
Maynard Trust Co., (income)
465.29
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
Transfer to Town Account
297.44
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Balance January 1, 1940:
Principal Fund
$12,000.00
Unexpended Balance
255.45
$12,255.45
Received to Fund:
Bequest, 26th, Item
1,500.00
Received Interest:
North Middlesex Savings
$45.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
45.00
Assabet Inst. Savings
45.00
Marlboro Savings
75.00
Hudson Savings
40.62
Lexington Savings
45.00
Assabet Inst. Savings, (income)
5.93
Transfer from Elizabeth White Fund 1938 dividend
12.50
314.05
$14,069.50
$14,488.32
$14,785.76
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Balance December 31, 1940:
Assabet Inst. Savings, (income)
$69.50
Assabet Inst. Savings
2,000.00
Hudson Savings
2,500.00
Lexington Savings
2,000.00
Marlboro Savings
3,000.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings
2,000.00
North Middlesex Savings
2,000.00
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1940
500.00
$14,069.50
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1940:
Balance
$1,504.64
Received Interest:
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
$2.26
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
5.86
Massachusetts Savings
9.98
Warren Inst. Savings
2.03
20.13
$1,524.77
Balance December 31, 1940:
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
$115.20
Charlestown Five Cent Savings
297.87
Massachusetts Savings
983.71
Warren Inst. Savings
102.99
$1,499.77
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,524.77
Cemetery Surplus Balance January 1, 1940:
Balance
$978.40
Received Interest:
Assabet Institution Savings
$24.97
24.97
$1,003.37
$13,569.50
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Balance December 31, 1940: Assabet Institution Savings $1,003.37
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1940:
Balance $596.49
Received to Fund:
Donation
$1.50
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (interest)
12.00
13.50
$609.99
Balance December 31, 1940:
Middlesex Inst. Savings $609.99
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1940:
Principal Fund
$1,645.00
Unexpended Balance
99.97
$1,744.97
Received to Fund:
Company Salaries
$230.00
Middlesex Inst. Savings, (interest)
35.43
265.43
$2,010.40
Balance December 31, 1940:
Middlesex Inst. Savings
$2,003.40
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1940
7.00
$2,010.40
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM HENRY SOAR, Town Treasurer.
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Report of the Town Accountant
February 1, 1941
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report covering the financial trans- actions of the Town for the year ended December 31, 1940.
The condition of the town is excellent as you will notice by the comparative balance sheet, there being a substantial increase of cash on hand, overlay surplus, and surplus revenue accounts. The Surplus Revenue account is now $51,460.31, an increase of $8,588.35 over a year ago. The bonded debt is now $5,000 payable $1,000 annually.
I have audited the books of the tax collector and verified the cash on hand. Notices were mailed to delinquents during the past year. I have audited the books of the treasurer and verified the several trust funds in his custody. I have verified the funds in the custody of trustees.
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