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1,792.76
Blue Cross
37.10
$214,816.19
Cash balance December 31, 1945
107,940.10
$322,756.29
RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS
Selectmen's Dept. Salaries
$14.23
Treasurer Expense Account 40.00
Collector of Taxes Expense Account
20.00
Assessors' Expense Account
29.40
Election & Registration Salaries
17.00
Buildings & Grounds, Wages
229.23
Fire Department, expenses
69.44
Village Highways, expenses
86.51
Sealer of Weights & Measure, expenses
1.51
Board of Health, Salaries
329.51
Public Welfare, Wages
23.64
Fuel Account, School Dept.
75.00
Janitors' Supplies and Power, School Dept.
800.00
Repairs and Outlays, School Dept.
300.00
Cemetery, Wages
11.37
Town Reports
72.20
Liability Insurance
89.36
Memorial Day
15.93
$2,224.33
Unexpended Balance
275.67
2,500.00
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Machinery Fund
Balance January 1, 1945
$895.50
Received from Rentals 390.08
1,285.58
Trans. to Road Machinery Account $875.00
Balance December 31, 1945 410.58
1,285.58
Cemetery Land Fund
Balance January 1, 1945
$673.35
Received from Sale of Lots
90.00
Balance January 1, 1946
$763.35
TRUST FUNDS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer. .
$202,006.44
In Custody of Trustees
3,465.54
$205,471.98
Elizabeth White Charity Fund ..
$ 27,685.73
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
14,668.01
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
16,369.00
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
3,402.75
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
673.76
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
51,653.05
Cemetery Surplus Fund
775.08
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,502.93
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
83,034.79
Charlotte Conant School Fund
1,531.99
Henry S. Raymond Monument Perpetual Care Fund
709.35
In Custody of Trustees:
Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
$205,471.98
Respectfully Submitted,
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant
763.35
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BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1945
Cash
$ 107,940.10
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1944
Polls
$ 24.00
Personal Property
539.82
Real Estate
6,167.44
6,731.26
Levy of 1945
Polls
$ 180.00
Personal Property
1,877.30
Real Estate
$17,813.22
19,870.52
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Levy of 1944.
$ 123.63
Levy of 1945
721.97
845.60
Tax Judgment Motor Vehicle Excise
502.62
Tax Titles and Possessions
Tax Titles
$ 181.17
Tax Title Possessions
346.21
527.38
Departmental:
State Aid
$ 120.00
Aid to Dependent Children
259.13
Old Age Assistance
214.15
593.28
State and County Aid to Highways State
1,267.81
Debt Account
County Tax
15.60
$138,294.17
Debt Accounts
Net Funded Debt 13,000.00
Assets
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Liabilities and Reserves
County Dog Licenses
$ 34.80
Old Age Assistance Recovery
361.21
Tailings Account
102.15
Withholding Tax
86.60
Cemetery Land Fund
763.35
Road Machinery Fund
410.58
State Assessments:
State Park Tax
33.01.
Appropriation Balances:
Road Machinery Account $ 368.39
Power tractor with attachments 600.00
Fluorescent lighting
1,550.00
Post War Public Works Committee
500.00
Town Forest Committee
500.00
3,518.39»
Trust Fund Income:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund $ 27.19
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund . .
13.97
41.16
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
5,189.41
Overlays, Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1944 $ 3,560.02
Levy of 1945
1,145.95
4,705.97.
Revenue Reserved until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $ 845.60
Tax Title
527.38.
Departmental
593.28;
State Aid to Highways
1,267.81
3,234.07
Surplus Revenue
119,813.47
$138,294.17
Debt Accounts
School House Addition Loan $ 12,000.00 1,000.00;
Fire Equipment Loan
$ 13,000.00;
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REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR
December 21, 1945
To the Board of Selectmen:
Mr. George S. Braman, Chairman Acton, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from July 4, 1944, to October 9, 1945, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Ass- istant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, . Director of Accounts
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell
Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston. Sir :
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from July 4, 1944, the date of the previous audit, to October 9, 1945, and report thereon as follows:
The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money or rendering bills for the town were examined and checked for the period covered by the audit.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked in detail. The general and appro- priation ledger accounts were analyzed and proved, the nec- essary adjusting entries were made, and a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town as of October 9, 1945 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The recorded receipts were compared with the treas- urer's cash book and the payments as recorded were checked with the treasurer's records and with the treasury warrants.
The appropriations and transfers from the reserve fund, as recorded on the ledgers, were checked with the town
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clerk's records of town meeting votes and with the finance committee's records authorizing transfers from the reserve fund.
Attention is directed to a tax judgment obtained by the town in 1935. If this judgment is determined to be uncol- lectible provision should be made therefor by vote of the town.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were: analyzed and compared with the records of the several de- partments collecting money for the town, with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury,. and with the town accountant's books. The recorded pay -- ments were checked with the warrants authorizing the dis- bursement of town funds and with the town accountant's. records.
The treasurer's cash book footings were verified and the cash balance on October 9, 1945 was proved by recon -- ciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit and by actual count of the cash on hand ..
The payments on account of maturing debt and inter -- est were proved with the amounts falling due and with the. cancelled securities on file.
The treasurer's records of tax titles held by the town were examined and checked in detail. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's. records, and the tax titles held on October 9, 1945 were listed. The records of the Registry of Deeds with respect. to tax title transactions for the period covered by the audit. were checked to the treasurer's records.
The savings bank books and securities representing trust fund investments in the custody of the town treasurer were examined. The income was approved and all trans- actions were verified.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were exam- ined and checked in detail. The taxes outstanding at the: time of the previous examination and all subsequent com- mitments were audited.
The collector's cash books were footed, the payments. to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's cash book,. and the abatements as recorded were compared with the.
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assessors' records of abatements granted.
The outstanding taxes were listed, reconciled with the town accountant's ledger, and verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts as listed are correct.
The town clerk's records of dog and sporting licenses issued were audited. The payments to the State were veri- fied by comparison with the receipts on file, and the pay- ments to the town treasurer were checked with the treas- urer's cash book. The cash balance on October 9, 1945 was verified by actual count of the cash on hand.
The accounts of the public welfare, school, and ceme- tery departments, and all other departments collecting mon- ey or rendering bills for the town, were audited and recon- ciled with the treasurer's and the town accountant's records.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and of the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, tax title, and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions.
For the cooperation received from the several town officials during the progress of the audit, I wish on behalf of my assistants and for myself to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
⑈
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts
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RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Balance July 4, 1944
$ 43,250.67
Receipts July 4 to
December 31, 1944,
157,461.47
$200,712.14
Payments July 4 to December 31,
1944, per warrants,
$107,129.83
Balance December 31, 1944, 93,582.31
$200,712.14
Balance January 1, 1945,
$ 93,582.31
Receipts January 1 to October 9.
1945,
120,397.21
$213,979.52.
Payments January 1 to October 9,
1945, per warrants,
$151,069.01
Balance October 9, 1945:
The First National
Bank of Ayer,
$43,991.94
Cash in office,
verified,
18,918.57
62,910.51
$213,979.52:
The First National Bank of Ayer
Balance October 9, 1945, per
statement,
$ 46,152.03
Balance October 9, 1945, per check register,
$43,991.94
Outstanding checks October 9,
1945, per list,
2,160.09
$ 46,152.03;
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RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH
Cash balances October 9, 1945, per tables :
Poll taxes 1944, $ 4.00
Personal taxes 1944,
58.81
Real estate taxes 1944,
1,157.97
Poll taxes 1945,
60.00
Personal taxes 1945,
841.29
Real estate taxes 1945,
10,892,27
Motor Vehicle excise taxes 1944,
23.22
Motor vehicle excise taxes 1945,
253.48
Interest on taxes :
-
Poll taxes 1944, $ .11
Personal taxes 1944, 2.07
Real estate taxes 1944 46.09
48.27
Interest on motor vehicle
excise taxes 1944, 1.13
Costs on poll taxes 1944,
.35
$ 13,340.79
Cash on hand October 9, 1945:
The Concord
National Bank,
$11,244.37
Cash in office,
verified,
2,092.06
$13,336.43
Cash variation October 9, 1945,
........
4.36
$13,340.79
The Concord National Bank
Balance October 9, 1945, per
statement,
$30,957.53
Balance October 9, 1945, per check book, $11,244.37
Outstanding checks October 9,
1945, per list, 19,713.16
$30,957.53
Balance Sheet - October 9, 1945 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash: Accounts Receivable: Levy of 1944: Taxes:
Poll, $
52.00
Personal 647.29
Real Estate, 8,656.71
$9,356.00
Levy of 1945:
Poll, ...
$ 876.00
Personal, 9,019.64
Real Estate, 77,102.61
86,998.25
96,354.25
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1944,
$
209.01
Levy of 1945, 1,926.22
2,135.23
Tax Judgment-Motor Vehicle Excise 502.62
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions: Tax Titles, $ 181.17
Tax Possessions, 346.21
527.38
Liabilities and Reserves
State Assessments:
State Parks and
Reservations,
$
132.72
Auditing Municipal Accounts, 567.50
$700.22
County Tax,
5,576.36
Dog Licenses-due County,
437.00
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund,
743.35
Road Machinery Fund, .
31.50
Old Age Assistance Recovery,
361.21
Tailings,
102.15
Trust Fund Income:
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds,
$
27.19
Susan Noyes Hosmer
Cemetery Fund,
741.87
769.06
Federal Grants: Old Age Assistance- Assistance, $ 1,640.37
Aid to Dependent
Children-Aid,
78.12
1,718.49
Unexpended Appropriation
Balances,
.
.
..
60,050.25
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Departmental
$ 62,910.51
Public Welfare-Temporary
Aid,
$ 430.14
Old Age Assistance, 1,538.85
Aid to Dependent Children, 172.11
State Aid, 90.00
2,231.10
State and County Aid to Highways:
State, $ 6,720.56
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County, 1,800.00
8,520.56
527.38
Departmental,
2,231.10
State and County Aid
to Highways, 8,520.56
Revenue 1945,
Surplus Revenue,
13,414.27 364.04 90,759.35
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$185,993.72 $185,993.72
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt, ...
$13,000.00
Fire Equipment Loan, Schoolhouse Addition Loan, ...
$ 1,000.00
12.000.00
$13.000.00
$13,000.00
4,622.22
6,344.25
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, .. Tax Title and Tax Possession,
$ 2,135.23
Estimated Receipts to be Collected,
12,812.07
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes: Overlay 1944, $ 3,566.02 Overlay 1945, 2,788.23
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities: . In Custody of Town Treasurer, In Custody of Trustees, ...
$ 200,825.34 3,483.04
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Elizabeth White Charity Fund,
$ 27,875.73
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund,
14,723.01
Charlotte Conant School Fund,
1,520.74
Wilde Memorial Library Fund,
16,441.55
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund,
3,370.84
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund,
667.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
51,281.72
Cemetery Surplus Funds, .
775.08
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund,
1,522.62
Susan Noyes Hosmer
Cemetery Fund,
82.646.96
$200,825.34
In Custody of Trustees: Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund,
3,483.04
$204,308.38
$204,308.38
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
During 1945, the same as previous war years, the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service was devoted to those projects which would help in the winning of the war.
The fact that Middlesex County farmers increased their production about one-third over pre-war years is proof that everyone did his part in the food production program. Labor on farms was the critical factor in food production and a great deal of the time was spent on finding labor and making it avail- able. In addition to local help foreign labor was imported from Jamaica and Newfoundland and prisoners of war were used on market gardening and fruit farms.
Selective Service Boards co-operated fully in the whole program by trying to allow men to remain on farms who were absolutely essential. The Extension Service checked these farms and made reports to the local Selective Service Boards.
The usual assistance was given, such as assistance to Victory gardeners, sending out information on spray schedules for fruit growers and market gardeners and keeping farmers informed as to the regulations on farm equipment, price sched- ules, especially for eggs and poultry, fruits and vegetables, and help with any emergency cases upon personal request.
With the homemakers of the county, food preservation and conservation in the home were the main projects. Information was given regarding successful methods of canning and freez- ing of fruits and vegetables as well as meats. Due to the severe shortage of clothing materials demonstrations were continued on clothing renovation, shortcuts in clothing construction and the maintenance of sewing machines. To help with general nutrition demonstrations were given in the best use of vege- tables, cooking with a minimum amount of sugar and prepara- tion of community meals.
Boys and girls were encouraged as usual to carry on 4-H Club work and developed such projects as food production, food preservation, clothing construction and meal preparation. This work was made possible only by volunteer local leaders and the active interest of local committee members and parents.
The Middlesex County Extension Service shares with other organizations, farmers, homemakers, young people, as well as those organizations interested in agriculture, the satisfaction of knowing that during war years for the most part agricultural products of the area were available in sufficient, amounts so that there was actually no food shortage in any town within the county ..
(Signed) HARLAN E. TUTTLE,
Town Director.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1945 ORGANIZATION School Committee
Mrs. G. Howard Reed, Chairman Term expires 1946
Mr. Waldo J. Flint
Term expires 1946
Mrs. J. Henry Engman Term expires 1947
Mrs. Arthur Fraser
Term expires 1947
Mr. Herman H. Gatchell Term expires 1948
Mr. Richard A. Lowden
Term expires 1948
Meetings of the School Committee
Regular meetings of the school committee are held the third Monday of each month in the high school at 8:00 P. M. Exceptions may be made during July and August.
Superintendent Richard B. Greenman Office-High School Building, Telephone 110
School Physician
Ernest A. Mayell, M. D.
East Acton, Telephone 345-3
School Nurse Mrs. Simon D. Taylor, R. N.
North Acton, Telephone 33-22
Attendance Officer Thomas F. Kiley
North Acton, Telephone 110
Custodians :
High School, Tel. 110 Thomas F. Kiley
Center School, Tel. 86
W. Burton Harvey
South School, Tel. 445 Kenneth Harvey
West School, Tel. 105
Ernest G. Banks
Tentative Calendar for 1946
January 2-Schools open.
February 15-Schools close.
February 25-Schools open.
April 12-Schools close.
April 22-Schools open.
May 30 and 31-Holiday (Memorial Day).
June 7-Elementary schools close.
June 14-High school graduation.
June 21-High school closes.'
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School Year 1946-1947
September 4-High school opens.
September 9-Elementary schools open.
October 25-Teachers' Convention.
November 11-Holiday (Armistice Day).
November 28 and 29-Thanksgiving Recess
December 20-Schools close at noon. 1947
January 2-Schools open.
February 21-Schools close.
March 3-Schools open.
April 18-Schools close.
April 28-Schools open.
May 30-Holiday (Memorial Day).
June 6-Elementary schools close.
June 13-High school graduation.
June 20-High school closes.
No School Signal - All Schools All Day
7:00 A. M., fire whistle in all precincts-2-2-2-2.
7:00-8:00 A. M., radio announcements over WBZ and WEEI.
STANDING RULES OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1. Admission to School (as amended by vote of the school committee November 2, 1943).
Children shall not be admitted to the public schools un- less they are 5 years, 9 months of age on or before Septem- ber 1. Ordinarily, entrance must come during the first two weeks of school. All children entering for the first time must present birth and vaccination certificates.
2. School Sessions
The total length of sessions shall be 514 hours in the elementary schools and 6 hours in the high school, with sufficient recesses. The doors of schools shall not be opened to pupils except by the principals, or persons delegated by the principals.
3. School Buses
All pupils living a mile or more away from the schools they attend are entitled to bus transportation. Bus pupils must meet the bus schedule and, while on the bus, conduct themselves properly.
4. Excuses for Absence and Tardiness (as amended by vote
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of the school committee January, 1944).
Pupils are expected to attend school regularly except for illness. They must present a written excuse signed by par- ent or guardian stating a definite reason for each absence or tardiness.
5. Detention
Pupils may be detained after school in the afternoon not longer than 30 minutes in the elementary schools and for a longer period in the high school.
6. Contagious Diseases, State Laws: Chapter 71, Section 55: Chapter 76, Section 15: ,
"A child from a household where a person is ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or from a household exposed to contagion from any such disease in another household, shall not attend any public school during such illness or ex- posure until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the local board of health, school physician, or from the attending physician, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed."
7. School Property
Pupils shall be held responsible for books loaned to them by the school authorities and shall not mar or injure any form of school property.
8. Fire Drill (as amended by vote of the school committee January, 1944).
Fire Drills shall be held at least once a month in all schools.
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TEACHERS IN SERVICE
as of January 1, 1946
Appt. Graduate of Home Address
Center School
*Dardena Berry (Mrs.) Prin. 1943Framingham Normal Acton
Edith Hatch (Mrs.)
Mildred Roberts, B. S. E.
1945 Boston University Maine
South School
Julia McCarthy, Prin.
Florence Merriam
1927 Fitchburg Normal
So. Acton
Dorothy Hughes, B. S. E.
1945 Fitchburg State Col. Fitchburg
West School
*Carrie Wells (Mrs.) Prin. Helga Archer (Mrs.) Carolyn Douglas (Mrs.) B. S. E.
1943 Fitchburg Normal
So. Acton
1943 Fitchburg Normal
Stow
1940 Fitchburg State Col. So. Acton
High School
Richard B. Greenman, Prin. A. B., Ed. M. Walter W. Holt, Vice-Prin. of S. H. S., B. S., M. A. ** William O'Connell, B. S. E. Vice-Prin. of J.H.S. Lydia Abbott, A. B.
1935 Harvard University So. Acton
1928Dartmouth College E. Acton
1945 Boston University 1942 Colby College
Salem Maine
Mary Emerson, (Mrs.) B. S. 1943 Univ. of New Hamp.
Mary Hogan, B. S. E. Henry Hopkinson, L. L. B. Ann Horrigan, A. B. Marjorie Jones, B. S. Norma Leppanen, A. B. John Mitchell, B. S. E. Alfred Pullano, B. S. Marion Towne, A. B.
1945 Boston University 1930 Northeastern Law 1944 Regis College 1931Simmons College 1943 Colby College 1939 Fitchburg State Col. 1946R. I. State College 1921Smith College
So. Acton Springfield W. Acton Arlington So. Acton 'Ashburn'm
Worcester R. I. Concord
Supervisors Dorothy Beers, B. S. P. E. Jeanne Toohey (Mrs.) Charles K. Yeremian *Acting Principal ** Acting Vice-Principal
1943 B. U. Sargent Col. 1943 Mass. School of Art 1941 Longy School of Mu.
Lexington W. Concord Watertown
1945Fitchburg Normal Acton
1906 Fitchburg Normal So. Acton
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Voters of Acton:
The School Committee presents its report for the year 1945 with that of the superintendent, which has been accept- ed by the committee.
In March, Mr. Herman Gatchell was elected a new mem- ber and Mr. Richard Lowden re-elected for a term of three years.
Three projects included in the 1945 budget have been completed, namely; Waterproofiing of the North Wall and Installation of Ventilator Fan in the High School, and Chain Link fence at the Centre School on Route 27.
The contract for the Fluorescent Lighting in the re- mainder of the Grade School classrooms was awarded, but could not be carried out before the close of the year.
Under general repairs quite a large sum was expended for wiring at the High School and necessary work on the heaters at the West and Centre Schools.
The proposed budget for 1946 again calls for an increase. This may be explained in part as follows: automatic heat and needed equipment for the kitchen at the High School, maps and globes for the whole system and salary increases.
A special article is again to be in the Town Warrant relative to the Elementary School situation.
The committee still favors professional advancement and has set aside a certain amount for this purpose.
With 1946, Miss Julia McCarthy, principal of the South Acton School, completes forty years of splendid service in the School Department of Acton.
The Committee asks that you appropriate the sum of $75,165.50 for 1946.
MARION C. REED; Chairman.
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Comparison of Net Cost of Acton Schools
Received by Town Treasurer on account of schools: 1944 1945
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
General School Fund, Part I (State aid on account of teachers' salaries)
$ 4,820.00
$ 4,620.00
Tuition and Transportation of State Wards (full)
1,214.45
449.05
Vocational Education
39.06
Leroy Mollison
136.46
City of Boston, tuition of wards
150.89
Town of Boxboro, tuition
3,127.92
2,502.40
Town of Westford, tuition
334.31
424.39
Acton High School
Conant Library
8.71
13.67
Ind. Arts Shop
22.87
121.85
Miscellaneous
2.10
Total Received
$9,718.21
$ 8,269.92
Appropriated for schools
64,252.88
71,710.50
Spent from appropriation
62,745.89
68,979.73
Received by town treasurer
9,718.21
8,269.92
Net cost
$53,027.68
$60,709.81
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR 1946
1945 Appropriated
1946
Proposed
General Expenses
Supt. of Schools, Clerk, (1945-
46) and office expense
$ 2,500.00
$ 3,100.00
Expense of Instruction
Salaries of teachers, principals, and supervisors
-
42,500.00
45,454.00
Textbooks
2,500.00
1,400.00
Stationery and Miscellaneous
Supplies
1,400.00
3,400.00
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Expenses of Operating School Plant
Wages of Janitors
5,520.00
5,900.00
Fuel
2,255.00
2,400.00
Miscellaneous (power and jani- tor supplies)
2,200.00
2,680.00
Maintenance
Repairs
1,650.00
2,000.00
Auxiliary Agencies
Libraries
300.00
400.00
Health
300.00
300.00
Transportation
5,000.00
4,750.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
Sundries
100.00
100.00
Vocational Education
100.00
300.00
Outlays
600.00
2,750.00
Unclassified
Mass. Teachers' Retirement
Board
217.50
231.50
Waterproofing North Wall,
High School
1,600.00
$68,742.50
$75,165.50
Special Articles
Article 15-Balance due on in- stallation of fluorescent light- ing
77.80
Article 16-Fluorescent light-
ing in elementary schools
1,550.00
$70,370.30
Appropriation Balance, 1944
$ 1,340.20
$71,710.50
Stationery and miscellaneous supplies is a budget item including definite estimates for general paper and supply order, maps and globes long needed, test materials, physical education, laboratory, kitchen, shop, art, two typewriters, guidance materials, music department, book covers, and other expenses of instruction. Outlay includes definite figures · on kitchen equipment, power mower, hand mower, auditorium screens, automatic heat in the high school, and an office file.
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All anticipated expenses of the school department are included in a single budget, as recommended by the Massa- chusetts Department of Education. The amount requested is $75,165.50.
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