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25.25
Town Clerk, Expenses
200.00
102.83
97.17
Election and Registration, Salaries
594.00
566.00
28.00
Election and Registration, Expenses
430.00
383.40
46.60
Buildings and Grounds, Wages
2,885.00
1,735.59
1,149.41
Buildings and Grounds, Expenses
2,930.00
2,842.71
87.29
Buildings and Grounds, Art. 10, Item 19
800.00
670.00
130.00
Repairs to Town Clock
200.00
183.00
17.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
6,126.00
6,086.35
39.65
Police, Expenses
1,475.00
1,474.99
.01
Police Uniforms
150.00
50.00
199.15
.85
Fire Department Salaries
2,865.00
2,054.16
810.84
Fire Department Expenses
2,000.00
R
416.54
2,416.54
Forest Fires
1,500.00
1,393.85
106.15
Fire Alarm Extensions, Art. 32
2,000.00
1,970.00
30.00
New Equipment, Art. 16
1,200.00
1,193.65
6.35
Gas Masks, Art. 18
1,500.00
988.41
511.59
Fire Alarm Maintenance, Wages
200.00
199.52
.48
Fire Alarm Maintenance, Expenses
100.00
25.07
74.93
Hydrant Rental
4,126.00
4,017.71
108.29
Plans for Fire House, Pct. 1
400.00
20.00
380.00
Tree Warden, Salaries and Wages
1,750.00
R
300.00
2,049.40
.60
$2,300.00
$2,323.95
$ .15
Police, Salaries
R
85
Tree Warden, Expenses
750.00
R
200.00
949.27
.73
Feeding Shade Trees
500.00
499.31
.69
Tree Replacements
250.00
249.00
1.00
Poison Ivy Eradication, Art. 24
1,500.00
1,498.50
1.50
Power Saw, Art. 22
800.00
800.00
Moth Dept. Salaries and Wages
1,500.00
1,499.01
.99
Moth Dept. Expenses
1,200.00
1,200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Salary
225.00
225.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Expenses
50.00
32.80
17.20
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries and Wages
4,300.00
R
978.79
5,278.79
Board of Health, Expenses
1,700.00
R
795.63
2,495.63
Cattle Inspector
150.00
150.00
Garbage Disposal
2,000.00
1,859.33
140.67
HIGHWAYS
Village
2,600.00
2,599.89
.11
Chapter 81
8,550.00
G
14,250.00
22,799.65
.35
Chapter 90, Maintenance
G
1,250.00
2,392.86
1,857.14
Chapter 90, Main Street Construction
3,000.00
8,325.00
11,177.09
147.91
Snow Removal
10,500.00
9,421.75
1,078.25
Snow Removal, Art. 10
500.00
500.00
Road Machinery
T
2,500.00
1,886.17
613.83
Street Lighting
4,700.00
4,535.76
164.24
Painting Traffic Lines
200.00
200.00
Snow Plow, Art 11, 1949
800.00
752.00
48.00
Snow Plow, 1948
700.00
685.00
15.00
Snow Fence, 1948-1949
B
200.00
200.00
398.88
1.12
CHARITIES
Public Welfare, Temporary Aid
4,500.00
3,299.56
1,200.44
Public Welfare, Salaries
1,150.00
880.80
269.20
Public Welfare, Administration
150.00
148.76
1.24
Old Age Assistance
30,000.00
G
24,375.15
54,161.39
213.76
Old Age Assistance, Adm.
G
686.88
605.18
91.04
Aid to Dependent Children
G
1,561.26
R
1,700.00
8,494.59
266.67
G
3,000.00
..
B
9.34
5,500.00
86
VETERANS BENEFITS
Salaries
150.00 5,000.00
150.00 2,823.00
2,177.00
Adm. Expenses
25.00
R
17.25
42.25
Veterans Services, Salaries
1,050.00
775.80
274.20
Veterans Service, Expenses
50.00
50.00
EDUCATION
Salaries
73,000.00
72,277.24
722.76
Expenses
20,000.00
19,928.69
71.31
Survey Committee
1,500.00
122.00
1,378.00
Fluorescent Lighting
B
1,550.00
1,394.50
155.50
High School Roof
B
2,820.26
2,330.81
489.45
Play Grounds, West Acton
1,200.00
280.00
920.00
Charlotte Conant Library Fund
T
107.05
107.05
LIBRARIES
Salaries and Wages
1,112.00
R
19.50
1,131.50
Expenses .
1,100.00
1,099.48
.52
Library Books
300.00
T
317.16
617.11
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages
4,600.00
R
73.76
4,673.76
Expenses
1,000.00
995.56
4.44
Mt. Hope Cemetery, Art. 25
800.00
773.50
26.50
Perpetual Care
B
53.79
T
682.64
736.43
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
B
13.65
T
1,583.66
1,597.31
Roland Wetherbee Fund
T
86.00
86.00
Henry Raymond Fund
T
28.45
28.45
Georgia Whitney Fund
T
15.00
15.00
Luke Blanchard Fund
T
25.00
25.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Unclassified Account
1,000.00
573.79
426.21
Town Reports
800.00
749.06
50.94
Surety Bonds
365.00
364.25
.75
Workmen's Compensation
900.00
R
125.00
1,018.46
6.54
Memorial Day
500.00
436.47
63.53
Dog Officer Expense
450.00
450.00
Expenses
..
..
87
Recreation Jones Field
1,000.00
995.95
4.05
Recreation Goward Field
1,000.00
997.61
2.39
Liability Insurance, Art. 36
700.00
682.84
17.16
Bonded Indebtedness
1,000.00
1,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
135.00
135.00
Unpaid Bills, 1948
170.36
170.36
$317,976.86 $300,408.03 $17,568.78
Library Book Account overdrawn January 1,
1949
.05
$317,976.81
NO APPROPRIATION ITEMS
Expended
State Parks
$365.74
State Audit
800.43
County Hospital Assessment
2,393.51
County Retirement Assessment
1,493.10
County Tax
9,388.92
County Dog Officer
1,061.00
Mass. Treasurer's Retirement
2,868.25
Withholding Taxes
9,221.91
Blue Cross
1,357.45
County Retirement
2,044.00
Trust Accounts
6,850.44
Refunds of Taxes
752.25
KEY
B-Balance
G-Grants
R-Reserve Fund
T-Transfers
$339,005.03
88
CASH RECEIPTS AND DEPARTMENTAL PAYMENTS
Treasurer's Receipts.
Treasurer's Itemized Report
$370,553.23
Cash Balance, Jan. 1, 1949
126,030.40
$496,583.63
Payments
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen's Department
Salaries and Wages:
Lawrence Donnelly
$ 383.33
George S. Braman
316.67
Arthur W. Lee
300.00
Virginia Milbery, Clerk
1,266.20
Vesta Thompson, Clerk
6.00
Olive Nicholson, Clerk
51.75
$2,323.95
Expenses :
Postage
$40.15
Stationery & Printing
47.55
Selectmen's Ass'n. Dues
28.00
Sundry Items
3.15
$118.85
Finance Committee
Expense :
Ass'n Dues
$10.00
Printing
10.00
Attending Meetings
16.65
$36.65
Moderator
Salary :
Albert P. Durkee
$15.00
89
Treasurer
Salary :
William H. Soar
$800.00 1
Expenses :
Postage
$134.63
Stationery
57.73
Telephones
13.35
Ass'n Dues
2.00
Safety Deposit Box
6.00
..
$213.71
Assessor's
Salaries and Wages:
Albert P. Durkee, Chairman
$734.00
Carl C. Flint
633.00
James W. Baker
633.00
Marion Baker, Clerk
202.50
$2,202.50
Expenses :
Books and Stationery
$67.15
Association Dues
6.00
Notices of Transfers & Probates
61.21
Surveying Town Lines
55.00
Albert P. Durkee, Attending Meetings
20.00
Binding Records
6.75
James W. Baker, Attending Meetings
10.00
Repairing Typewriter
4.25
$230.36
Collector of Taxes
Salaries and Wages:
Carrie M. Durkee
$1,250.00
Raymond Gallant, Clerk
397.74
$1,647.74
Expenses :
Postage
$112.64
Printing and Stationery
84.85
$197.49
90
Town Accountant
Salary :
Howard L. Jones .....
$800.00
Expenses :
Stenographic Services
$6.00 .
Postage
2.85
Stationery
2.75
Telephone
2.90
$14.50
Town Clerk
Salary :
Harlan E. Tuttle
350.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, Recording Vital Statistics
124.75
$474.75
Expenses :
Stenographic Services
$31.50
Association Dues
3.00
Attending Meetings
10.00
Stationery and Printing
9.33
Postage
19.50
Telephone
29.50
$102.83
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages:
Julia A. Barry
$125.00
Grace Cullinane
125.00
James B. Wilson
125.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, Clerk
50.00
Pay Rolls, Election and Recount
131.00
Posting Warrants,
10.00
$566.00
Expenses :
New Voting Booths
$150.00
Rent
8.00
Repairing Ballot Box
1.50
Printing
223.90
$383.40
91
Buildings and Grounds
Salaries and Wages:
Harry E. Holt, Custodian
$1,164.00
Harry E. Holt, Care of Grounds
460.90
Fred Kennedy, Care of West Acton Common
20.00
Payrolls, Buildings Highway Dept.
90.69
$1,735.59
Expenses :
Fuel
$762.54
Lighting
346.50
Telephone
168.58
Shingling West Fire House
206.30
New Floor West Fire House
349.10
Painting at West Fire House
16.00
Overhead Doors West Fire House
36.55
New Windows West Fire House
80.00
Repairs to Fire Houses
112.24
Building Material, Highway Bldgs. ..
258.67
Wiring Tree and Moth Bldg.
43.08
Flags
28.39
Keys
7.75
Paint
17.89
Cleaning Tablets
40.00
Sharpening Mowers
38.75
Metal Cabinet
15.00
Painting Flag Poles
35.00
Painting at South Fire House
18.00
Cleaning Cesspool
40.00
r .: Water
17.86
Window Cord
17.84
Electrical Repairs
54.84
Plumbing
32.32
Building Repairs
36.45
Burner Service
10.00
Sundry Supplies
53.06
$2,842.71
92
Article 10 Item
2 Compressed Airtanks South Fire House $670.00
Repairing Town Clock
The Clock Shop
$183.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Salaries and Wages :
Michael Foley
$3,120.00
Officers
2,966.35
$6,086.35
Expenses :
Gas and Oil for Cruiser
$791.71
Repairs to Cruiser
275.40
Telephone
176.18
Radio Service
110.35
Association Dues
5.00
Insurance
11.90
Safety Belts
23.55
Portable Light
20.00
Holster
8.75
Stationery, Printing & Forms
24.90
Sundry Items
14.75
Seat Covers
12.50
$1,474.99
Uniforms
New Uniforms, Overcoat
$199.15
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages :
Annual Salaries
$820.00
Pay Rolls, Fires
650.81
Pay Rolls, Janitors
540.00
Inspections
43.35
$2,054.16
93
Expenses :
Installing New Pump Forest Truck ..
$337.00
Badges
204.55
Repairing Pump
167.25
Fuel
477.68
Telephone
139.73
Lighting
227.25
Gas and Oil
143.49
Repairs on Trucks
85.20
Changing Locks and Keys
38.49
2 Spot Lights
36.00
Repairing Transmitter & Changing Number
31.75
Attending Chief's Meeting
50.00
Plumbing Repairs
27.36
Inspection of Tanks
9.00
Towel Service
11.00
Water
37.80
Changing Lights
28.42
Tire Chains
18.30
Rope
26.53
Batteries and Chargers
95.25
Work on Compressor & Whistle
53.00
Pressure Switch
25.00
Pressure Plates
11.10
Fire Gun Bracket
14.67
Two Lights
20.40
Fire Gun Liquid
14.31
Hose Clamps
9.50
Sundry Items
76.41
$2,416.54
Forest Fires
Wages :
Pay Rolls
$1,393.85
Fire Alarm Extension Art. 32
1,970.00
New Equipment Art. 16
New Hose $503.80
Indian Pump Tanks
146.00
94
Fire Guns, Hose Changes, Salvage
Covers, Boots and Coats
314.90
Canisters
29.04
Floodlight Cable, Light Bulbs, Etc
138.26
Three Carpenter Lights
61.65
$1,193.65
Gas Masks, Art 18
988.41
Fire Alarm System Maintenance
Wages :
Pay Rolls ..
$199.52
Expenses :
Paint, Bolts, Tape, etc
$25.07
Plans for Fire House, Pct. 1, Art. 23
Expenses :
Surveying
$20.00
Hydrant Rental
West and South Water Supply District $3,741.71
Town of Concord
276.00
$4,017.71
Tree Warden
Salaries and Wages :
James J. Knight, Supt.
$567.50
Pay Rolls
1,481.90
$2,049.40
Expenses :
Trucks
$456.75
Machinery Rental
432.00
Gas and Oil
30.56
Tools and Paint
24.59
Sundry Items
5.37
$949.27
Feeding Shade Trees
James J. Knight, Supt.
$
82.50
Pay Rolls 154.00
95
Trucks
53.50
Fertilizer, Compost, Peat Moss 209.31
$499.31
Tree Replacements
James J. Knight, Supt.
$ 52.50
Pay Roll, Labor
54.00
Trucks
31.50
New England Nurseries, Trees
111.00
$249.00
Eradication of Poison Ivy, Art. 24
James J. Knight, Supt.
$308.25
Pay Rolls, Labor
173.75
Truck
132.00
Chemicals
637.00
Rental of Equipment
247.50
$1,498.50
Power Saw, Art 22
800.00
Moth Department
Salaries and Wages:
James J. Knight, Supt.
$1,071.29
Pay Rolls, Labor
427.72
$1,499.01
Expenses :
Truck
$430.99
Chemicals
620.00
Gas and Oil
85.08
Repairs on Truck
45.56
Sundry Items
18.37
$1,200.00 1
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaries :
Edward Estabrook
$225.00
Expenses :
Seals, Tags, Book, etc
24.55
Postage and Telephone
8.25
$32.80
96
Health and Sanitation
Salaries and Wages:
Dr. Orma L. Clark, Chairman $ 25.00
Lowell H. Cram, Secretary
15.00
Herbert L. Leusher, Member
10.00
Lillian Taylor, Town Nurse (inc
transportation)
3,005.74
Hazel Vose, Town Nurse
56.00
Labor at Dump
1,188.10
Dr. Paul Gates, Professional Services
280.00
Edward Higgins, Agent
277.70
Frank Whouley, Inspections. Permits and Licenses
421.25
$5,278.79
Expenses :
Middlesex County Sanatorium
$1,012.50
Filling in Dump 947.50
Agents Travel and Sundry Expenses
61.59
Medical Supplies
98.70
Forms, Licenses and Printing
51.05
Cleaning Toilets
43.75
Inspectors Travel and Sundry
Expenses
228.75
Repairing Motor
15.35
Laboratory Service
18.00
Paint
5.35
Postage and Telephone
5.50
Sundry Items
7.59
$2,495.63
Cattle Inspector
Salary :
Arno H. Perkins
$150.00
Garbage Disposal
Henry Anderson, Contract
$1,800.00
Advertising
27.80
Postage, Telephone and Stenographic
Service
31.53
$1,859.33
97
Highways Village
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
$ 404.52
Pay Roll, Labor
1,381.09
Trucks
177.60
Gravel
22.50
Tools
80.10
Road Signs
32.57
Lumber
12.72
Welding
18.00
Fire Extinguishers
64.35
Paint and Brushes
279.37
Range and Lubricating
77.08
Anti Freeze
21.90
Fill
18.00
$2,599.89
Chapter 81
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
$1,782.37
Pay Rolls, Labor
6,744.59
Trucks
1,041.60
Machinery Rental
3,253.65
Road Oil
2,925.05
Cold Patch
1,206.66
Stone, Sand and Gravel
1,487.61
Cable Guard and Post
3,582.50
Cement
56.40
Coping
212.86
Pipe and Arch
506.36
$22,799.65
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
$193.43
Pay Rolls, Labor
865.81
Trucks
98.40
Machinery Rental
329.50
Road Oil
302.56
Cold Patch
201.59
Stone, Sand and Gravel
401.57
$2,392.86
98
Chapter 90, Main Street Construction
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
$ 474.02
Pay Rolls, Labor
1,708.00
Trucks
207.60
Machinery Rental
2,043.70
Road Oil and Asphalt
1,185.28
Stone and Gravel
4,923.94
Frames and Grates
168.75
Culverts
374.75
Hauling Stone
91.05
$11,177.00
Snow Removal
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
$ 853.41
Pay Rolls, Labor
2,653.70
Trucks
345.00
Plowing and Sanding
3,436.50
Sand
540.67
Salt
847.00
Welding
241.34
Gasoline
285.56
Blades
151.80
Dust Chute and Repairs
16.57
Ram and Fittings
50.20
$9,421.75
Road Machinery
Compressor
$ 85.00
Tools
44.29
Vacuum Tank
59.40
Bristle Strips
109.00
Tires
212.30
Welding
52.40
Service on Truck
261.48
Repair to Grader
138.05
Portable Crane
77.00
Vise and Bench 30.64
Automotive Parts
117.50
Gas and Oil
569.10
99
Chains
17.30
Checking Hydraulic Hoist
41.38
Sundry Items
71.33
$1,886.17
Street Lighting
Boston Edison Co.
4,535.76
Painting Traffic Lines
Labor
$160.00
Traffic Paint
40.00
$200.00
Snow Plow, Art. 11, 1949
Chas. N. Wood Co.
$752.00
Snow Plow, 1948
Chas. N. Wood Co.
$685.00
Snow Fence 1948 and 1949
Standard Fence Co.
$269.28
Files and O'Keefe Co.
129.60
$398.88
CHARITIES Public Welfare
Temporary Aid:
Cash to Individuals
$1,787.09
Provisions
105.42
Medical and Hospital Aid
82.30
Burial Expense
200.00
Clothing
21.25
Relief by Other Cities and Towns .... 1,103.50
$3,299.56
Salaries :
Walter Stevens, Chairman
$114.50
Mary Laffin
85.50
100
Lossie Laird
75.00
Virginia Milbery, Clerk
605.80
$880.80
Administration :
Greater Boston Community Council
of Social Agencies $ 8.00
Attending Meetings
11.30
Stationery and Printing
29.46
$148.76
Old Age Assistance :
Cash Aid to Individuals
$28,394.81
Aid by Other Cities and Towns 1,391.43
Federal Grant :
Cash Aid to Individuals
$24,375.15
$54,161.39
Administrative Account :
Federal Grant :
Mary Laffin, Agent
$150.00
Lossie E. Laird, Agent
450.00
Attending Meeting
5.18
$605.18
Aid to Dependent Children :
Cash Aid to Individuals
$6,933.33
Federal Grant:
Cash Aid to Individuals
$1,561.26
$8,494.59
Veterans' Benefits
Salaries :
Edward J. Higgins
$150.00
Administrative Expenses : Postage and Telephone
$34.60
Stationery
7.65
$42.25
Expenses : Cash Aid to Veterans $2,823.00
101
Veterans' Services
Wages :
Theron A. Lowden, Services
$775.80
Education
Salaries
... ......
$72,277.24
Expenses :
School Report
$19,928.69
Survey Committee
Services Rendered
$122.00
Fluorescent Lighting
Benj J. King, Contract $1,394.50
High School Roof
Atlantic Roofing and Skylight Works
Balance of Contract
$2,254.00
Giles Smith, Architect
72.19
Telephone Expense
4.62
$2,330.81
Playgrounds - West Acton
Bulldozer and Fill
$190.00
Posts Installed
60.00
Labor
30.00
$280.00
Charlotte Conant School Library Fund
Books
$107.05
Libraries
Salaries and Wages :
Mary Lothrop, Librarian
$615.00
Katherine Kinsley, Branch Librarian
104.00
Evelyn Reed, Branch Librarian
104.00
Janitors
212.50
102
Binding Books
96.00
$1,131.50
Expenses :
Insurance
$287.46
Heat
391.79
Lights
73.81
New Shelves
94.50
Installing New Lights
71.22
Furniture
11.27
Printing
17.65
Door Mat
12.75
Transporting Books
70.00
Water
12.60
Cleaning and Services, Branch Library
21.60
Sundry Items
34.83
$1,099.48
Library Books
Books and Magazines
$617.11
Cemeteries
Salaries and Wages :
Frederick S. Kennedy, Supt.
$2,288.00
Pay Rolls, Labor
2,385.76
$4,673.76
Expenses :
Tools
68.84
Loam
$48.00
Trees and Shrubs
20.00
Gas and Oil
23.57
Repairs to Lawn Mowers
108.81
Paint
36.78
Water
24.58
Stone
12.00
Steel Cabinet
54.35
Flowers
32.45
Trucks
191.75
Fertilizer
50.35
103
Lighting Chapel
31.55
Seed
17.00
Deeds
7.00
Flags
10.40
Fuel
79.88
Cover
24.00
Postage and Telephone
18.96
Association Dues
5.00
Lumber
29.27
Weed Killers
31.87
Sundry Items
69.15
$995.56
Special Oiling Avenues Mt. Hope - Art. 25
Asphalt and Oil
$599.28
Grading
30.00
Trucks
18.00
Sand
58.74
Pay Roll, Labor
67.48
$773.50
Perpetual Care
Pay Rolls, Labor
$690.48
Flowers
45.95
$736.43
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
Pay Rolls, Labor
$885.21
Asphalt
304.11
Fertilizer and Seed
79.59
Screened Sand
88.25
Loam
72.00
Gravel
24.00
Water
24.15
Power Mower
120.00
$1,597.31
Private Trust Funds
Roland Wetherbee Fund $ 86.00 Georgia Whitney Fund 15.00
104
Henry Raymond Fund
28.45
Luke Blanchard Fund
25.00
Unclassified
Unclassified Account :
Legal and Professional Services
$295.62
Advertising
71.29
Letter File
54.00
Flags
33.80
Signs
95.24
Sundry Items
23.84
$573.79
Memorial Day
Music
$180.00
Flags
65.00
Wreaths
27.50
Busses
40.00
Plants
105.00
Refreshments
18.97
$436.47
Workmen's Compensation Insurance ..
1,018.46
Liability Insurance
682.84
Town Reports
Reports
$738.56
Delivering Reports
10.50
$749.06
Surety Bonds
Collector's Bond
$206.25
Treasurer's Bond
145.50
Town Clerk's Bond
7.50
Deputy Collector's Bond
5.00
$364.25
Dog Officer
Keeping and Destroying 50 Dogs
$325.00
125.00
Expenses $450.00
105
Recreation
Jones Memorial Field :
Superintendents
$570.00
Pay Rolls, Labor
281.96
Gas and Oil
18.84
Fence
108.00
Sundry
17.15
$995.95
Goward Field :
Pay Rolls, Labor
$321.90
:
Bulldozing
320.00
Gravel and Fill
278.00
Bog Harrow
22.50
Welding
12.00
Wire
10.00
Pipe
9.75
Sundry Items
23.46
$997.61
Maturing Debt:
High School Addition Bonds
$1,000.00
Interest on Bonds
135.00
1948 Accounts
170.36
No Appropriation Items
State Parks
$ 365.74
State Audit
800.43
County Hospital Assessment
2,393.51
County Retirement Assessment
1,493.10
County Tax
9,388.92
County Dog Account
1,061.00
Mass. Teachers Retirement
2,868.25
Withholding Taxes
9,221.91
Blue Cross
1,357.45
County Retirement
2,044.00
Trust Accounts
6,850.44
Refunds on Taxes
752.25
$38,597.00
$339,005.03
Cash Balance December 31, 1949
157,578.60
496,583.63
106
Reserve Fund Transfers
Aid to Dependent Children
$1,700.00
Board of Health, Salaries
978.79
Board of Health Expenses 795.63
Tree Warden, Salaries 300.00
Tree Warden, Expenses
200.00
Police Uniforms 50.00
Workmen's Compensation
125.00
Fire Dept. Expenses 416.54
Selectmens Dept. Salaries
24.10
Collector of Taxes, Salaries ..
97.74
Veterans Benefits, Expenses
17.25
Library Salaries 19.50
Cemetery Dept. Salaries
73.76
$4,798.31
Machinery Fund
Balance January 1, 1949
$4,035.00
Received from Rentals
2,628.38
Unexpended Balance Road Machinery Account 613.83
$7,277.21
Transferred to Road Machinery Account $2,500.00
Balance, December 31, 1949
4,777.21
$7,277.21
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Cemetery Land Fund
Balance January 1, 1949
$1,695.35
Received from Sale of Lots
380.00
:
Balance December 31, 1949 $2,075.35
108
BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 1949
GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS
Cash
$157,578.60
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes
Levy of 1947
Polls
2.00
Levy of 1948
Real Estate
$7,876.67
Personal
2,047.66
Poll
150.00
10,074.33
Levy of 1949
Real Estate
$21,310.98
Personal
2,483.48
Poll
318.00
24,112.46
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
Levy of 1947
28.64
Levy of 1948
497.98
Levy of 1949
2,961.98
3,488.60
Tax Judgment
502.62
Tax Titles and Possessions
Tax Titles
113.45
Tax Title Possessions
346.21
459.66
Departmental
County Dog Account
240.50
Public Welfare
270.00
School Dept.
131.83
Aid to Dependent Children
1,193.81
Old Age Assistance
151.55
Cemetery Dept.
121.00
2,108.69
State and County Aid to Highways
State
6,269.64
County
3,000.00
Under Estimates 1949
County Tax
930.93
County Hospital Assessment
476.85
State Parks Tax
107.23
State Audit
333.24
9,269.64
1,848.25
$209,444.85
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BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 1949
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Tailings Account
$144.81
Withholding Taxes
168.80
Blue Cross
13.00
County Retirement
279.09
Mass. Teachers Retirement
333.52
Road Machinery Fund
4,777.21
County Dog Licenses
38.60
Cemetery Land Fund
2,075.35
Appropriation Balances:
Highways Chap. 90 Maintenance
$1,857.14
Highways, Chap. 90 Main Street
147.91
School Survey ..
1,378.00
Post War Committee
500.00
Town Forest Committee
500.00
Playgrounds Study
200.00
Plans for Fire House, Pct. 1
380.00
4,963.05
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance Adm.
91.04
Aid to Dependent Children Adm.
63.74
154.78
Reserves:
Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
5,748.80
Overlays, Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1947
2.00
Levy of 1948
1,241.25
Levy of 1949
2,434.41
3,677.66
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$3,991.22
Tax Titles
459.66
Departmental
2,108.69
State and County Aid to Highways
9,269.64
15,829.21
Surplus Revenue
171,240.97
$209,444.85
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DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$8,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer $224,828.39
In Custody of Trustees 3,465.54
$228,293.93
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DEBT ACCOUNT
High School Addition Loan .... $8,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Henry S. Raymond Monument Fund
$757.68
Henry S. Raymond Cemetery Fund
1,661.02
Charlotte Conant School Library Fund
1,527.41
Hoit and Scott Cemetery Fund
512.54
Roland Wetherbee Cemetery Funds
10,033.83
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
28,339.01
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
15,117.21
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
16,460.56
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
722.34
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
4,565.25
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
56,895.33
Cemetery Surplus Fund
197.71
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,515.27
Frank C. Hayward Cemetery Fund
1,037.07
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund
1,577.40
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
83,908.76
Charlotte Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
$228,293.93
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD L. JONES, Town Accountant.
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112
REPORT OF FIRE HOUSE COMMITTEE
As reported by this committee at the last town meeting, it was discovered that the new fire station could not be connected to the present building as planned. The land to the west of the old fire house was deeded to the town for use as a town com- mon and no building can ever be erected on it.
However, town owned land on the other side and to the rear of the present Acton Center fire station has been decided on as the most suitable location for a new building.
All other available land sites in Acton Center have been considered, but from the standpoint of fire department effi- ciency, insurance rulings, and economy for the taxpayers, the present location is still the best.
The plans for a new station have been sketched by architect Frank Owen of Concord, and the land and grades surveyed by Harlan Tuttle.
The size of the new building will be ample to the town's needs for many years and arranged to provide for changes as the town grows and new equipment comes into use.
In appearance the new building will be a distinct asset to the community. The present fire house will be either moved or dismantled.
In placing the article for the fire house appropriation before the voters at this time, the committee recognizes the pressing need for new school facilities. It feels that by the time plans for such can be formulated, the fire house can be built and paid for, and will not be a burden when the new school will require vastly greater outlays of money.
WALTER B. STEVENS F. WENDELL PUTNAM, Jr. LLOYD W. PRIEST EDWARD J. BURSAW H. STUART MacGREGOR Fire House Committee.
FRANK SEWALL OWEN ARCHITECT
Proposed New Fire Station for Acton Center
Floor Plan of Proposed New Fire Station
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REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for the Fire Department for the year of 1949.
Total number of alarms responded to are as follows:
Building
8
Automobile
3
Chimney
6
Emergency
4
Oil
3
False
2
Total 26
Collected for oil permits
$34.00
Collected for Blasting permits
2.50
Collected for Gas permits
7.50
Collected for discarded equipment
25.00
Total
$69.00
The equipment is in good condition, the new fire alarm ex- tension has been completed so that now, should there be a fire in any of the operating plants in South Acton, an alarm would be automatically sent in. I would like to recommend a like ex- tension installed at West Acton this year.
A large number of runs were made to the dump this year, so the fire engineers made recommendation for a water sup- ply of some type to be installed at the dump, thereby, eliminat- ing, at least, the largest percent of dump fire calls.
The new Gas masks were purchased according to law, so I feel that the Department is operating as efficiently as possible.
The Committee on the new Fire House at Acton Center have plans and figures to submit to the voters at Town Meeting, so all may see what they are voting for.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. MacGREGOR, Chief of Fire Department.
114
REPORT OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen:
We respectfully submit the report of the Board of Public Welfare for the year 1949.
The appropriation for Welfare for 1949 was $4,500.00, out of which $3,299.56 was spent, leaving a balance of $1,200.44. During 1949, we aided ten cases in Acton and two cases out of town with Acton settlements. At the present time, we are aiding five welfare cases, four of which are in Acton. For the out-of-town bills during the past year, we paid $1,103.59, while $2,195.97 was paid for the ten cases in Acton. In anti- cipation of bills which will be incurred during 1950, we find it necessary to ask for an appropriation of $4,500.00, which is the same as last year.
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