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132.72
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
567.50
County Tax
5,576.36
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
845.17
Town Grant
108,242.85
Overlay
2,794.23
-$ 122,646.83
Added Assessments :
Polls
$14.00
Real Estate
3.32
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Number of Vehicles assessed, 1090
Total value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers $ 123,950.00
Rate of Excise, $35.60
Total Excise
$ 3,916.61
ALBERT P. DURKEE, CARL C. FLINT, JAMES W. BAKER, Board of Assessors.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF GOODNOW FUND
For the Year Ending December 31, 1945
INVESTMENTS
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank $465.54 U. S. War Bonds 3,000.00
$3,465.54
RECEIPTS
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank $8.14
U. S. War Bonds 75.00
$83.14.
EXPENDITURES
Harlan E. Tuttle, Treasurer of the
Evangelical Church in Acton $63.14
Town of Acton for perpetual care of the
Goodnow lot in Woodlawn Cemetery 20.00
$83.14.
CHARLES E. SMITH, RALPH P. MARBLE, HORACE F. TUTTLE, Trustees of Goodnow Fund.
REPORT OF.ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
The trustees have signed orders to the treasurer for two hundred eighty-five dollars ($285.00) for the year ending December 31, 1945.
These orders have been given after careful investiga- tion with knowledge that each person is worthy of help from this trust fund.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDO E. WHITCOMB, CLARA L. SAWYER, GRACE O. LEARS, Trustees of the Elizabeth White Fund.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Board of Health of Acton herewith submits its re- port for the year ending Dec. 31, 1945.
The principal activities of the Board during the past year have been the nursing service, the diphtheria clinic, the tuberculosis chest X-ray program, the care of the town dump, and the collection of garbage.
We have been able to continue the nursing service through the full co-operation of the registered nurses resid- ing in our town who have been most helpful during these busy war years with the shortage of doctors and nurses almost everywhere. We refer to Lillian F. Taylor, R.N., the school and town nurse, and her valued assistants Verne Farquhar, R.N., Lydia Rhodes, R. N., and Hazel Roche, R.N.
The diphtheria clinic was sponsored at the schools as in the previous years with a large number of pupils availing - ¡ themselves of this opportunity. Likewise the tuberculosis «chest X-ray program provided by the Middlesex County Health Association was sponsored and was met with good response.
The town dump is in excellent condition under the care rof W. J. Scanlon and is easily accessible for the dumping of refuse on the days scheduled.
We are frank to admit that we are not entirely satisfied with the collection of garbage this year and the lack of effi- ciency is due to several reasons. We hope if the town votes to continue collection of garbage this year that we may re- sume the excellent service with which this program initi- ated.
We recommend an appropriation of $4,000.00 for the use of this board for the year 1946.
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Report of contagious diseases Jan. 1, 1945 to Dec. 31, 1945:
Poliomylitis Paralytic 1
Gonorrhea
1
Syphilis
3
Dog Bite
16
Whooping Cough
3
Mumps
23
Chicken Pox
24
German Measles
1
Deaths:
Burial permits issued 26
Residents of Acton 19
Residents who died in other towns. .
8
Residents of other places
6
Total number of deaths
33
Respectfully submitted,
O. L. CLARK, M.D., Chairman L. H. CRAM, Secretary
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Board of Health, Town of Acton.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as inspector of slaughtering for the year 1945.
Beef 1 Hogs 4 Condemned 0
Respectfully Submitted, ERNEST E. ALLSOPP, Inspector of Slaughtering.
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REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
We respectfully submit the report of the Welfare Board for 1945.
The appropriation for Welfare for 1945 was $4,000, out of which $2,739.00 was spent, leaving a balance of $1,261. During 1945, we aided seven cases in Acton and seven cases out of town with Acton settlements. At the present time, we are aiding eight welfare cases, four, of which are in Acton. For the out-of-town bills during the past year, we paid $1,788.96 while $1,050.04 was paid for the four cases in Acton. In anticipation of bills which will be incurred during 1946, we find it necessary to ask for an appropriation of $4,000, which is the same as last year.
For Aid to Dependent Children, we are asking an ap- propriation of $2,500. This is an increase over last year of $500. During 1945, we aided three families having a total of six dependent children. Our present case load is three families with a total of six children.
We are asking for $23,000 for Old Age Assistance for the coming year. This is an increase of $3,000 over last year's appropriation. On January 1, 1945, our case load was 65 and on December 31, 1945, it was 61. Although the num- ber of recipients remained practically the same as in 1944, administration and social services to these individuals have been increased by legislation. On January 1, 1946, a new law became effective exempting many children from making the legal contributions which they had heretofore been re- quired to make to their parents, thereby necessitating an increase in our demands for next year. During the entire year, 71 persons were aided under this category of assistance, 53 of these had Acton settlements, 12 with out-of-town set- tlements and 6 which were unsettled.
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Your Board, desiring to give you an analysis of the ex- penditures for 1945, submit the following :
TEMPORARY AID
Paid to State on Acton settled cases $912.50
Paid to other places on Acton settled
cases
876.46
Paid to cases in Acton
1,050.04
$2,739.00
Estimated reimbursement from other
towns
418.18
Approximate net cost to Town of
Acton $2,320.82
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Total expended
$2,320.69
Estimated Federal Grants
$423.00
Estimated State reimbursement
773.58
1,196.58
Approximate net cost to Town of
Acton
$1,124.11
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Total expended
$33,213.22
Estimated Federal Grants $13,525.46
Estimated State reimbursement 13,447.16
Estimated reimbursement from other
places
655.60
27,628.22
Approximate net cost to Town of Acton
$5,585.00
Appropriations recommended for 1946 :
Old Age Assistance $23,000.00
Temporary Aid 4,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children 2,500.00
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN J. INESON, MARY M. LAFFIN, WALTER B. STEVENS, Board of Public Welfare.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen
I herewith submit my 19th annual report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Arrests and prosecutions made for the following of- fenses :
Drunkenness 8
Fish & Game violations
7
Larceny
4
Breaking & entering & larceny
1
Having unbranded carcass in possession
1
Malicious injury to property
1
Assault with a dangerous weapon
1
Begetting
1
Assault with intent to rape
1
Vagrancy
1
Having loaded shotgun in motor vehicle
1
Discharging firearms on highway
1
Allowing operation of unregistered motor vehicle
1
Law of the road
2
Speeding
2
Operating after revocation of license
1
Operating under the influence of liquor
2
Operating with improper brakes
1
Operating an unregistered motor vehicle
1
Violation of Executive Order 35
4
Operating without a license
4
Operating so as to endanger
6
Failing to stop at Stop sign
12
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Motor Vehicle accident report :
Number of accidents reported 19
Persons injured, male
15
Persons injured, female
10
Persons killed, male
1
Accidents, operators had been drinking
2
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL FOLEY, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report for the Fire Department for the year 1945.
Total number of alarms responded to are as follows:
Building 7
Automobile
3
Chimney 6
False 0
Emergency
1
Oil
6
23
I would like to recommend this year to take some action on our fire alarm system, as in the near future the telephone will be changed to dial, thereby leaving us in a serious posi- tion in regard to sending in an alarm.
We were unable to get the West Acton house painted this year. Therefore it still needs to be done.
Our equipment is in good condition and with some minor up-keep repairs, will do very well for the coming year.
I would like to mention at this time that the inhalator, presented the Fire Company by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Blan- chard, recently served its purpose very efficiently and suc- cessfully in the first tragedy the Fire Dept. has experienced. The firemen were very much pleased with its performance and greatly appreciate the gift.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. MacGREGOR, Chief of Fire Department.
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PERSONNEL OF ACTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
H. Stuart MacGregor-Chief Engineer PRECINCT 1
Clarence Frost-Assistant Engineer
Wendell Putnam
Everett Putnam
Ralph Rogers
George Braman
John Torkelsen
Walter Liebfried
Ivar Peterson
Ralph Phalen
Allen Pederson
Norman Livermore
Thomas Meldrum
Samuel Knowlton
Raymond Perkins
John Pederson Jr.
PRECINCT 2
David Clayton-Assistant Engineer
Henry Soar
Lloyd Priest
Herbert Merriam
Leslie Larsen
Richard Lowden
Ole Garthe
Theron Lowden
Hugh Hodgen
Earl Hayward
Albert Braman
Wesley Larrabee
Clarence Robbins
Edwin Christofferson
Malcolm Fullonton
PRECINCT 3
Arno H. Perkins-Assistant Engineer
James Baker
Albert Gravlin
John Beach
Ernest Banks
Fred Kennedy
James Wilson
Raymond Gallant
Porter Jenks
Jean Garceau
Norman Campbell
Allan Cameron
Orla Nichols
Edgar Perkins
Arthur Hurley
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1945
We herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
The account of the town treasurer shows that during the past year the cemetery department has received and paid into the treasury the sum of $1372.38 itemized as follows :-
Annual care of lots
$525.00
Burials
483.00
Lowering device
63.00
Sales of lots
90.00
Foundations
173.38
Miscellaneous
38.00
Total
$1,372.38
We ask that these receipts may be considered in mak- ing your appropriations for the current year.
We recommend an appropriation for the care of the cemeteries the sum of $3,000.00 for the year 1946.
There has been added to the perpetual care account the past year, in new accounts the sum of $1400.00.
An itemized account of the expenditures for the care of the cemeteries will be found in the report of the town accountant.
We have prepared a schedule of the receipts and expen- ditures on account of each lot under perpetual care, in books kept for that purpose, which may be examined by persons. interested.
HORACE F. TUTTLE, RAY L. HARRIS HARRY E. HOLT Cemetery Commissioners ..
68 REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR 1943 TOWN TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
.....
Interest
$5,628.87 366.45
.
$5,995.32
Paid Treasurer
$5,983.96
Tax Titles
11.36
$5,995.32
1944 TOWN TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
$15,614.92
Interest
247.57
$15,862.49
Paid Treasurer
$9,565.70
Abated
117.59
Tax titles
11.76
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
6,167.44
1945 TOWN TAX
Committed
105,711.30
Interest
42.07
$105,753.37
Paid Treasurer
$87,048.73
Abated
858.22
Tax Titles
33.20
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
17,813.22
$105,753.37
1943 PERSONAL TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
$470.03
Interest
33.10
$503.13
$503.13
Paid Treasurer ......
$503.13
$15,862.49
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1944 PERSONAL TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
$1,033.91 12.26
Paid Treasurer
$506.35
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
539.82
$1,046.17
1945 PERSONAL TAX
Committed
$15,360.84
Interest
1.87
$15,362.71
Paid Treasurer
$13,485.41
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
1,877.30
$15,362.71
1943 POLL TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
$26.00
Interest
1.55
Cost
3.50
$31.05
Paid Treasurer
$31.05
$31.05
1944 POLL TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
144.00
Interest
1.43
Cost
11.90
$157.33
Paid Treasurer
127.33
Abated
6.00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
24.00
$157.33
1945 POLL TAX
Committed $1,956.00
$1,046.17
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Cost
.70
$1,956.70
Paid Treasurer
$1,220.70
Abated
556.00
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
180.00
$1,956.70
1943 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
117.55
Interest
11.19
$128.74
Paid Treasurer
$126.74
Abated
2.00
$128.74
1944 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1945
..........
$562.19
Committed Jan., 1945
12.00
Interest
12.44
$586.63
Paid Treasurer
$444.99
Abated
18.01
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
123.63
$586.63
1945 EXCISE TAX
Committed
$3,916.61
Interest
.12
$3,916.73
Paid Treasurer
$3,135.12
Abated
59.64
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1946
721.97
$3,916.73
71 SUMMARY OF COLLECTOR'S REPORT JANUARY 1, 1946
Total Debits
1943 Town Tax $5,995.32
1944 Town Tax
15,862.49
1945 Town Tax
105,753.37
1943 Personal Tax 503.13
1944 Personal Tax
1,046.17
1945 Personal Tax
15,362.71
1943 Poll Tax
......... 31.05
1944 Poll Tax
..... 157.33
1945 Poll Tax
1,956.70
1943 Excise Tax
128.74
1944 Excise Tax ...... 586.63
1945 Excise Tax
3,916.73
$151,300.37
Total Credits
Paid Treasurer
122,179.21
Abated
1,617.46
Tax Titles
56.32
Ucollected Jan. 1, 1946
27,447.38
$151,300.37
........
.....
CARRIE M. DURKEE,
Collector of Taxes
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REPORT OF TOWN NURSE
January 4, 1946
To the Board of Health
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year ending Decem ber 31, 1945, with services as follows:
Bedside calls 2010
Child welfare
200
Pre-natal
186
Post-natal
210
Night calls
175
Over 200 hours of night nursing was done in 1945.
Four patients x-rayed and examined at the Middlesex County Sanitorium in Waltham. Eight were taken to the Emerson Hospital for various causes. Two taken to Lake- ville Sanitorium for X-rays.
Respectfully submitted,
Lillian F. Taylor, R. N.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the year 1945: ,
Barns Visited
47
Cows
286
Bulls
18
Young Cattle
78
Sheep
2
Goats
27
Hogs
79
Dog Bites
16
Dogs Quarantined 15
One case of dog bite occurred in the dark hours of early morning and the dog could not be identified. Rabies
0
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST E. ALLSOPP.
Inspector of Animals.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Acton, Massachusetts :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1945.
Cash Balance, January 1, 1945 $93,582.31
Receipts for 1945:
Received from State Treasurer:
Highways
$ 7,355.57
Old Age Assistance
17,883.83
Highways, Chapter 90
2,799.45
Old Age Assistance, Federal.
11,596.77
Aid Dependent Children, Federal
432.35
Highways, Chapter 569
6,708.60
Income Tax
16,170.00
Corporation Tax
16,080.51
Meal Tax 921,20
Reimbursement Loss of Taxes .. 619.44
Aid Dependent Taxes 675.59
Tuition
449.05
Snow Removal
3,842.94
$85,535.30
Received from County Treasurer :
Highways
$ 2,079.75
Dog Account, Refund
769.15
Dog Officer, Refund
216.00
Concord Road
719.70
$ 3,784.60
Received from Carrie M. Durkee, Collector of Taxes:
Poll, 1943 $ 26.00
Excise, 1943
115.55
Personal, 1943
470.03
Town, 1943
5,617.51
Poll, 1944
114.00
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Excise, 1944
432.55
Personal, 1944
494.09
Town, 1944
9,318.13
Poll, 1945
1,220.00
Excise, 1945
3,135.00
Personal, 1945
13,483.54
Town, 1945
87,011.30
Interest
728.56
Costs
12.95
$122,179.21
Miscellaneous Receipts :
Lester A. Sebastian, License $ 400.00
Dewey Boatman, License . 400.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, Dog Licenses .
927.60
Selectmen, Licenses
34.00
City of Somerville, Old Age Assistance,
126.66
Elwin Hollowell, Care Lots, Woodlawn
210.00
Elwin Hollowell, Foundations
94.88
Arthur F. Davis, Library Fines
33.76
Jacob Stoler, Advertisement
4.13
City of Cambridge, Welfare
226.83
Board of Health, Licenses
31.00
Marjorie Allen, Surplus Revenue
100.00
W. Stuart Allen, Surplus Revenue Wallace Conant, Surplus Revenue Murray Brown, Surplus Revenue
29.95
100.00
Lowell Cram, Surplus Revenue
17.67
John S. White, Surplus Revenue
75.00
Webster S. Blanchard, Surplus
Revenue
189.84
Concord Dist. Court, Fines
206.85
Board of Health, Nurse Services
352.50
Harry Holt, Rent of Hall
539:50
Hannah Goward, Surplus
Revenue
500.00
Howard Billings, Surplus
Revenue 200.00
Chester Robbins, Surplus Revenue
100.00
400.00
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Fred Kennedy, Care Lots
Mt. Hope
315.00
Fred Kennedy, Burials 483.00
Fred Kennedy, Lowering Device 63.00
Fred Kennedy, Miscellaneous .. 38.00
Fred Kennedy, Sale Lots Mt. Hope 30.00
James Mollison, L. Mollison,
Tuition
185.73
Est. Edwin Phalen, Surplus
Revenue
100.00
Town of Ashland, Old Age Assist.
48.59
Horace F. Tuttle, Sale of Lots Woodlawn
60.00
Cemetery Fund, Transfer
800.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund,
Transfer
2,000.00
Lester A. Sebastian, Surplus
Revenue
100.00
Mary Lothrop, Library Fines
60.21
Mary Lothrop, Sale Rug
12.00
Carl E. Anderson, Sealer Weights
65.42
Ethel Rawitser, Surplus Revenue
100.00
Mary Lothrop, Sale Books
14.75
Boston and Maine R. R.
Snow Removal
20.00
Harry Holt, Telephone Calls
3.2(
Mary Lothrop, Miscellaneous
4.90
Fred Kennedy, Foundations
78.50
Town of Concord, Land Tax . . 27.96
Town of Marblehead, Old Age Assistance
128.40
Town of Wrentham, Old Age
Assistance
171.45
Town of Acton, Machinery Acct.
390.08
Town of Ashland, Old Age Assistance 78.10
Memorial Library Fund, Trans. .
321.51
Cemetery Surplus Fund, Trans. . 325.00
Town of Acton, Withhold. Taxes
1,879.36
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Central Savings Bank, Cemetery
Fund 18.75
Lowell Inst. Savings, Eliz White Fund
15.00
City of Boston, Welfare
119.67
Town of Acton, Blue Cross
37.10
Medford Savings, Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund 22.50
Carrie M. Durkee, Perpetual Care,
· Mt. Hope
100.00
Wildey Savings, Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
18.75
Town of Acton, Teacher's Retire- ment
429.00
Selectmen, Maps
.50
Carrie M. Durkee, Certificate Liens
48.00
Acton High School, Ind. Arts
Fund
121.85
Acton High School, Library Fund
13.67
Michael Foley, Revolver Permits
7.50
Michael Foley, Bicycle Registra- tions
6.75
Town of Westford, Schools
424.39
Georgia E. Whitney, Fund Trans-
fer
75.00
Elizabeth White Fund, Trans- fer
285.00
Acton High School, Miscellaneous
2.10
Albert W. Locke, Perpetual Care, Mt. Hope
100.00
Town of Boxboro, Schools
2,500.00
Town of Boxboro, Welfare
95.14
Luke Blanchard Fund, Transfer
25.00
Theron A. Lowden, Ins. Refund
4.87
$ 17,674.87
Total Cash Receipts
$229,173.98
Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1945
93,582.31
Sum Total for 1945
$322,756.29
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Payments for 1945 Selectmen's Orders State Taxes
$214,148.98 667.21
Cash Balance December 31, 1945
$214,816.19 $107,940.10
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
High School Addition Notes,
165-176 due 1946 to 1957
$ 12,000.00
Departmental Equipment Loan, note 182 due 1946 1,000.00
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER FUND
Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
1,206.17
Received Interest for 1945
1,589.67
$85,034.79
Balance December 31, 1945
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$83,034.79
Transferred to Town Account
2,000.00
$85,034.79
CEMETERY FUND Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
$48,737.21
Unexpended Balance
1,422.48
$50,159.69
Received for Perpetual Care
for 1945
1,400.00
Received Interest for 1945
893.36
$52,453.05
Balance December 31, 1945
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$51,653.05
Transfered to Town Account
800.00
$52,453.05
$83,445.12
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ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
2,415.75
$27,415.75
Received Interest for 1945
554.98
$27,970.73
Balance December 31, 1945
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$27,685.73
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1945
285.00
$27,970.73
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
$15,846.15
Unexpended Balance
530.64
$16,376.79
Received Interest for 1945
313.72
$16,690.51
Balance December 31, 1945
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$16,369.00
Transfered to Town Account 321.51
$$16,690.51
GEORGIA E. WHITNEY FUND
Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
$14,073.70
Unexpended Balance
379.20
Received Interest for 1945
290.11
$14,743.01
Balance December 31, 1945
Bank Balances in Savings Banks $14,668.01
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1945
75.00
$14,743.01
$14,452.90
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LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND Balance January 1, 1945
Balance
Received Interest for 1945
$ 1,504.00 23.93
$ 1,527.93
Balance December 31, 1945
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$ 1,502.93
Transfered to Town Account
25.00
$ 1,527.93
CEMETERY SURPLUS Balance January 1, 1945
Balance
$ 1,083.78
Received Interest for 1945
16.30
$ 1,100.08
Balance December 31, 1945
Balance in Savings Bank $ 775.08
Transferred to Town Account
325.00
$ 1,100.08
WEST ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND Balance January 1, 1945
Balance
$ 660.49
Received Interest for 1945
13.27
$ 673.76
Balance December 31, 1945
Balance in Savings Bank $ 673.76
ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
$ 2,845.00
Unexpended Balance 264.75
$ 1,509.38
Company Salaries for 1945
230.00
Received Interest for 1945
63.00
$ 3,402.75
Balance December 31, 1945
Balance in Savings Bank $ 3,402.75
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ACTON HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1945
Principal Fund
Unexpended Balance
$ 1,500.00 9.38
$ 1,509.38
Received Interest for 1945
22.61
$ 1,531.99
Balance December 31, 1945
Balance in Savings Banks $ 1,531.99
-HENRY S. RAYMOND FUND
MONUMENT PERPETUAL CARE
Principal Fund $ 700.00 9.35
Received Interest for 1945
$ 709.35
Balance December 31, 1945
Balance in Savings Bank $ 709.35
HENRY S. RAYMOND FUND
PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY LOTS
3-4-8-22-26-27-Woodlawn
Principal Fund $ 700.00
Balance December 31, 1945
Balance in Savings Bank $ 700.00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. HENRY SOAR
Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
For the Year Ending December 31, 1946
Your Committee on Finance respectfully submits the following recommendations for the ensuing year.
We wish to call attention to the item of outlays in the School Budget of $2750.00.
Included in this amount is $1700.00 for the installation of a stoker for heater in the High School which we do not recommend.
It is the opinion of your Finance Committee that items such as this, being Capitol Outlay, should not be placed in the Annual Budget but should be under separate arti- cles in the Town Warrant, so that the voters of town may decide whether or not they wish these expenditures.
When Articles of this nature are placed in the Annual Budget, it does not represent a true picture of the annual cost for the maintenance of the different departments.
We wish to express our appreciation to the different departments of the town for the assistance given to us in the new breakdown of the budget and herewith submit a comparative table of the towns in our group.
ASSOCIATION OF TOWN FINANCE COMMITTEES CHART II 1945 APPROPRIATION FOR DEPARTMENTAL MAINTENANCE
Population
1940
Federal Census
Total Town
Departmental
Maintenance
General
Government
Protection of
Persons and
Property
Health
and
Sanitation
Highways
Charities
Soldiers
Benefits
Schools
Libraries
Recreation
Pensions
Cemeteries
Unclassified
Holliston
3,000
$161,059
7.62%
10.52%
3.26%
17.25%
21.19%
1.88%
35.24%
1.14%
.46%
.00%
12%
1.32%
Kingston
2,783
163,708
6.98
10.67
1.75
17.05
17.47
.30
39.37
1.16
1.85
.00
.00
3.40
Sutton
2,749
132,457
6.29
2.06
1.65
14.85
20.38
1.51
46.90
.60
.06
.00
.42
5.28
Hopkinton
2,697
187,083
7.80
6.46
.88
16.18
34.89
1.60
26.74
.00
.26
.00
.32
4.87
Hanson
2,570
144,115
9.95
7.54
3.56
12.93
24.39
2.46
33.80
.69
.00
.00
.00
4.68
Groton
2,550
141,208
7.17
11.64
4.55
12.52
16.78
1.98
38.49
1.36
.35
.00
.23
4.93
Ashland
2,479
154,326
8.37
11.64
2.73
16.93
19.66
2.47
31.58
1.10
1.29
00
2.29
1.94
Manchester
2,472
259.827
7.10
16.49
4.72
19.17
9.89
2.44
25.10
1.86
5.00
3.86
1.87
2.50
Mansfield
2,419
295,381
7.64
10.90
4.18
13.60
16.40
1.35
41.83
1.86
.64
.00
.24
1.36
Burlington
2,275
129,626
7.32
8.53
1.57
14.35
8.90
1.54
41.66
.42
.00
.00
1.92
3.79
Hull
2,167
584,170
7.99
25.72
8.55
20.53
9.48
2.09
19.48
.73
2.34
.35
.53
2.21
Appropriations For
Acton
2,071
162,458
7.23
9.21
3.67
14.29
16.48
.64
42.61
1.04
.12
00
1.96
2.75
Hamilton
2,037
155,832
9.75
8.07
5.30
17.75
10.25
.58
43.28
1.44
.35
.00
1.29
1.94
Norwell
1,871
115,141
8.87
5.75
1.09
20.59
17.72
1.21
43.36
.56
.40
00
.39
.06
Lincoln
1,783
118,329
8.08
6.89
2.31
22.45
10.63
.42
42.43
1.37
.59
00
1.06
3.77
Pembroke
1,718
148,624
6.80
7.90
2.69
21.10
18.57
.67
38.96
.54
.00
00
.57
2.20
Littleton
1,651
106,125
6.77
16.68
3.45
16.54
11.45
1.41
32.99
2.54
.57
.00
2.07
5.53
Essex
1,389
87,412
12.91
7.30
1.84
14.05
20.04
2.00
36.59
00
.06
00
1.20
4.01
'Topsfield
1,150
80,003
9.50
7.25
3.29
16.89
9.80
.25
44.61
.63
.97
00
2.50
4.31
Bolton
775
48,851
6.39
3.58
2.61
19.13
24.68
.81
36.18
1.73
.00
.00
.71
4.18
Average experience of 20 towns
8.03
9.74
3.18
16.91
17.45
1.38
37.06
1.04
.77
.21
.98
3.20
.
Prepared by DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Recommended 1945
General Government, 5.5% of total Moderator
$ 25.00
Finance or Advisory Committee: Expenses
150.00
Selectmen :
3
1,814.23
1,800.00
4
70.85
100.00
5
650.00
650.00
6
16.19
50.00
.
7 7
650.00
650.00
8
232.06
Expenses
250.00
Collector:
9
1,208.35
1,550.00
10
218.51
300.00
Assessors:
11
1,500.00
1,800.00
12
99.40
200.00
Town Clerk:
13
325.00
450.00
14
119.01
150.00
15
567.00
650.00
16
117.13
250.00
officers of the town, as follows:
Voted: That the following sums of money be raised and appropriated for the several purposes hereinafter desig- nated and that the same be expended only for the purposes under the direction of the respective boards, committees, or
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Therefore be it moved and
Item
Expended 1945
1
$ 15.00
2
75.85
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