Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1951-1955, Part 27

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
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Death


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Place of Death


Place of Burial


Oct. 5


Albee, Fred H.


86


1 20


Winchester, Mass


July 16


Blodgett, Lester M.


67


3


21 Somerville Mass


Oct. 7


Chase, Helen W.


90


0


1


Boston, Mass.


Sept. 10


Graves, Margaret M.


71


7


0


Boxborough, Mass.


April 3


Hapgood, Ernest G.


75


1


21


Newton, Mass.


July 15


Haven, Hiram L.


63


1


10


Smithfield, R. I.


Woodlawn


Aug. 9


Holton Mary A.


75


0


Boston, Mass.


Mt. Hope Mt. Hope


April 12


Hunter, Grace M.


78


1


0


Concord, Mass.


Woodlawn


April 10


Libby, Arthur E.


87


0


0


Portland, Me.


Mt. Hope


Mar. 30


Locke, Christina


2


5


17


Warwick, R. I.


Mt. Hope Woodlawn


Jan. 13


Miller, Arthur


84


10


12


Needham, Mass.


Jan. 21


Littlefield, Louise


4


4


16


Hyde Park, Mass.


Mt. Hope


Mar. 13


Milliken, Idella F.


90


11


12


Reading, Mass.


Mt. Hope


May


15


Morse, Mary D.


81


10


21


Carlisle, Mass.


April


5


Oxnard, Evelyn S.


83


10


0


Gardner, Mass.


Woodlawn


Oct. 1 Priest, Lucian J.


87


10


28


Medford, Mass.


Dec.


30


Rouillard, Emma G.


69


6


16


Malden Mass.


Feb.


4


Teele, Sumner N.


78


9


14


Somerville, Mass.


Dec.


31


Yates, Benjamin


78


0


7


Boston, Mass.


May


15 Yeaton, Mary F:


75


11


26


Reading, Mass.


Mt. Hope Woodlawn Woodlawn Woodlawn Mt. Hope


102


Jan. 21


Kingsley, Carrie F.


91


1


11


Taunton, Mass.


Woodlawn


Mt. Hope Woodlawn


Mt. Hope


Woodlawn Mt. Hope


NOTICE


All dog licenses here listed EXPIRE MARCH 31, 1954.


Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.


The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired.


No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.


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LIST OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1953


Owner


Tag No.


John B. Byers


37


Marcia Reed


1


Edmond McNiff 38


Flora W. Putnam


2


John F. Canessa 39


Dewey E. Boatman


3


Benjamin Plume 40


F. Wendell Putnam


4


Bengt Tornell


41


Peter J. Jarvi


5


Mrs. John T. Sleeper


42


Doris Nealey


6


Frances Priest


43


Fred S. Kennedy


7


Roger Mason


44


Fred S. Kennedy


8


Harold A. Buxton


45


David Gates


9


Katherine M. Graham


46


William Lehtinen


10


Evelyn Y. Inman


47


Charles E. Derby


11


Hubert R. Durling, Jr.


48


Harold C. White


12


Hazel Hughes


49


Jane H. Marsh


13


Lewis Schwaab


50


Katherine Nedza


14


Lewis Schwaab


51


Fraser Laffin


15


Thomas A. Harris, Jr.


52


David Tinker


16


Joseph LeMoine


53


Roscoe W. Sawyer


17


Mrs. Doris B. Trees


54


Mildred Pope Moore


18


Bernard Caouette


55


Mildred Pope Moore


19


Joseph Mercurio


56


Jane A. Day


20


Benjamin F. Rice


57


Wm. J. Scanlon


21


Jacquelyn A. Perry


58


Ralph H. Prescott


22


Mrs. Exzilda Bligh


59


Charles M. MacRae


23


Craig R. Collins


60


Rev. D. L. Campbell


24


Louis J. LaCourse


61


Arthur S. Desmond


25


Howard A. Hollis


62


Booth D. Jackson


26


Howard R. Edwards


63


Walter N. Stevenson


27


David B. McElvein


64


Robert M. Bowen


28


Edgar A. Perkins, Jr.


65


Ruth Carter


29


Cleon Phelps


66


William Flannery


30


Ruth Phelps


67


Frank I. Averett


31


Howard Hendrickson


68


Edward R. Kelley


32


Howard Hendrickson


69


Charles H. Liebfried


33


Matthew Costello


70


Robert E. Woodbine


34


Matthew Costello


71


Doris J. Woodbine


35


Robert W. Kendall


72


Bertha B. Briggs


36


William S. Kendall, Jr.


73


104


Rose Snyer


74


Gertrude Stiles 112


Melville Thompson, Jr.


75


Russell Davis 113


Ethel Roche


76 Fred Richards 114


J. Eugene McKercher


77


Elizabeth T. Morrison


115


J. Eugene McKercher


78


Elizabeth T. Morrison


116


Glenna Wise


79


Joyce Wilkes


117


Glenna Wise


80


George A. Wilkes


118


Lucille Cunningham


81


Sherman Frost


119


Eric Froberg


82


Margaret Reed


120


Peter O. Cioffi


83


Leo White


121


Peter O. Cioffi


84


George E. Neagle


122


Edgar H. Jordan


85


Curtis Briggs


123


Betty Kirkpatrick


86


Edward Forbes


124


John Brown


87


Howard L. Jones


125


Thomas R. Doyle


88


Mrs. Alfred Parker


126


Stephen French


89


Vaughn Allen


127


Richard Clark


90


Vaughn Allen


128


Robert Murphy


91


Marie R. Morrison


129


Esther Klitsch


92


Thelma Blood


130


William E. McNiff


93


Carrie F. Wells


131


John J. Crighton


94


Theodore Weyn


132


George W. Loggie


95


Howland Parker


133


Nat Shattuck


96


Howland Parker


134


Lawrence Donnelly


97


Alden C. Flagg, Jr. 135


Lawrence Donnelly


98


William J. Durkin


136


Hazel G. Blanchard


99


William J. Durkin


137


Ralph C. Choate


100


John M. Pettingell


138


Churchill Newman


101


Forrest E. Bean


139


Modesto Simeone


102


Richard Lindstrom


140


Henry Teele


103


Barbara Horn 141


Andrew J. Mariotte


104


Frederick F. Lawrence, Jr.


142


Steven Sweetser


106


Lucretia Conheeney


107


Cecil Balcom


144


George Raymond


108


Cecil Balcom


145


Edgar Peterson


109


Cecil Balcom


146


Leslie Sturdevant


110


W. Gardner Walker


147


William S. Jones


111


W. Gardner Walker


148


Charles MacPherson


105


Harold Richardson 143


105


Wentworth Prentiss 149


James S. Goodwin 188


Wentworth Prentiss 150


James S. Goodwin 189


William Henry Soar 151


Joanne S. Albright 190


George W. Turnbull 152


Charles Galluzzo


191


George W. Mortimer 153


Charles Galluzzo


192


George A. Wilkes


154


Evelyn H. Spinney


193


Ernest A. Magoon


155


Arthur Conquest


194


Robin Darling


156


Irving S. Duren, Sr.


195


Clarence Turner


157


Beaven Roche


196


Arthur Parks


158


Adolph Wattu


197


H. Stuart MacGregor


159


Dorothy Wattu


198


H. Stuart MacGregor


160


William C. Harper


199


Charles F. Greenough


161


John Torkelsen


200


Vincent A. Paradis


162


E. Wilson Bursaw


201


Alice Pederson


163


Edward J. Higgins


202


Donald Chisholm


164


Hilda Anderson


208


Mrs. F. E. Moyar


165


Arthur Jalonen


204


Otis J. Reed


166


James W. Baker


205


Robert M. Stow


167


Clifford A. Schofield


206


Michael J. Britt


168


Albert Braman


207


Fred W. Micklay


169


Arno H. Perkins


208


John L. Fletcher


170


Arthur P. Reynolds


209


John Lehto


171


Donald Wilson


210


Joseph Perry


172


Roberta Davis


211


Tony Perry


173


Elmer E. Hill


212


Tony Perry


174


Miriam D. McCabe


213


John W. Putnam


175


Walter M. Ballard


214


Lawrence B. Kelley


176


Mary A. Duggan


215


Harold J. Banquer


177


Lowell Cram


216


Archie M. Spencer


178


Leodore E. Maynard


217


Bruce W. Hamblin


179


Frederick T. Heyliger


218


Arthur Decker


180


Elwyn Hollowell


219


William Pyrro


181


William Cobleigh, Jr.


220


Robert B. Young


182


Claire Garceau


221


Robert J. Young


183


Allan Murray


222


Carl Schontag


184


Edward Oldenquist


223


Homer C. Feltus


185


Richard Manion


224


Albert L. Haynes


186


Warren P. Moland


225


James S. Goodwin


187


Margaret W. Larrabee


226


106


Bruce Larsen


227


David Flint


265


Dr. O. L. Clark


228


Carl C. Fint


266


James Murgatroyd 229


John I. Swenson


267


Frederick S. Whitcomb


230


John Mahoney


268


Winston K. Newman


231


Richard C. Sisson


269


Richard S. McCabe


232


John N. Stevens


270


Margaret Murray


233


Stanley Veasie


271


George Pederson


234


Peter Olsen


272


Ethel C. Robbins


235


Irving S. Duren, Jr.


273


Lee E. Davis


236


John Onslow


274


Everett Maynes


237


John Onslow


275


Clinton S. Curtis


238


John Onslow


276


Clinton S. Curtis


239


Marion Hayes


277


Matthew Freeman


240


Wilmer Laffin


278


Charles Harrison


241


Orlando A. Vanaria


279


David Barry


242


Kenneth Peterson


280


Helen Hollowell


243


John Whittier, Jr.


281


Frederic Abbt


244


Norman G. Collins


282


Paul M. MacPherson


245


Joseph Curtis


283


William A. Massie, Jr.


246


Joseph Curtis


284


Eleanor S. Anderson


247


William L. Chipman


285


Charles Freeman


248


Richard O'Neil


286


Charles Freeman


249


Malcolm Fullonton


287


Walter B. Newsham


250


Winthrop C. Richmond


288


Edwin Hall


251


Albert Goddard


289


Edwin Hall


252


John A. C. Kimball


290


Hal Newport


253


Norman Veenstra


291


Benjamin Bancroft


254


Henry Hickey


292


Clesson Bancroft


255


Henry Hickey


293


George Rifford


256


Edward G. Lawton


294


Gioia Davison


257


Robert A. Reid, III


295


Gioia Davison


258


David Flint


296


Gioia Davison


259


Noe J. Richards


297


Virginia L. Newton


260


Bernard M. Kimsella


298


Leslie M. Smith


261


Mrs. Vivian M. McGray 299


Horace B. Butler


262


William Flagg


600


Kathleen W. Sheppard


263


Fred Willett, Jr.


301


Mark Imbimbo


264


Helen A. Knowlton


302


107


Mrs. Warren Hartwell 303


John Lindfors 342


Quentin H. Banks 304


John J. Downey 343


George C. Rolfe 305


John J. Downey 344


Walter L. Perrault 306


George A. Wilkes, Jr. 345


Ralph Parsons 307


Ormal S. Laffin 346


John F. Coughlin 308


Jane Chase 347


Dr. Paul Gates 309


Walter E. Hobson 348


Harold Taintor 310


Donald C. Robbins


349


Louis F. Flerra


311


Rose Marie DiDuca


350


Judith Hatch


312


Wilbur E. Marston


313


Rose Marie DiDuca


351


Roger Crafts 314


Dr. W. F. Davis 352


Philip S. Newell 315


Robert B. Anderson 353


Edwin Anderson 316


Joan Christofferson 354


Ethel L. Todd


317


Mrs. George Gilbert 355


Mrs. Robert H. Gerrity


318


John Duston


319


Arthur Lowden 320


Barbara E. Bentsen 358


Mamie Peterson 321


Leonard Godfrey, Jr.


322


George W. Wetherbee 359


Pauline W. Bursaw 323


Albert W. Wunderly 360


Kenneth Kienow 324


George Clahane 361


Caxton C. Foster


325


Guy Bonfiglio 362


Edwin Anderson 326


Safford P. Sweatt


327


Joyce Jackson 364


Harold Y. Banquer 328


Jean Hurley 329


A. C. Gravlin


330


Galen Mclaughlin


366


A. C. Gravlin


331


Albert W. Wunderly 367


Frederic W. Hopkins


332


Frank Weatherby 368


Frederic W. Hopkins


333


William D. Tuttle


334


William D. Tuttle 335


Fred Lloyd 336


Frank H. Turner


337


Mrs. Elizabeth Weyn 372


Janet Roth 338


Edward M. Ferry 373


Byron Fairbrother 339


Nancy L. Leslie 374


Carolyn Hope 340


Lt. Harold A. Warren, Jr.


375


108


Crimens Pacy 341


Susan Thompson 356


Donald R. Chisholm, II 357


Thomas Motley, II 363


Frederick Whitcomb 365


John W. Forrest 369


Wilbur E. Marston 370


Robert L. Brett 371


$10.00 Kennel


Alice LaTulippe


Frances Priest


Mrs. Henry Anderson Edith Davis


Edward B. Mckinley


Charles Judd Farley


Joseph W. Woods Edward A. Poor


-


$50.00 Kennel


Patrick Palmer Mrs. Charles D. Gray


327 Licenses at $2.00 $654.00


53 Licenses at $5.00 265.00


8 Licenses at $10.00 80.00


2 Licenses at $50.00 100.00


1099.00


Deduct fees 390 licenses at 20c


78.00


Paid to Town Treasurer $1021.00


REVISED JURY LIST, 1953


Precinct I


Cecil Balcom, 12 Isaac Davis Way, laborer H. Vaughn Allen, 22 Newtown Rd., fieldman Richard C. Davis, 31 Hosmer St., pressman Frank E. Greenough, 36 Newtown Rd., construction


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Mary L. Sleeper, 64 Concord Rd., housewife E. Wilson Bursaw, 23 Newtown Rd., truck driver Edmond J. McNiff, 29 Maple Ave., pressman Thelma L. Boatman, 461 Main St., housewife Lawrence W. Bennett, 366 Main St., farmer Gordon E. Westby, 32 Concord Rd., banker W. Lawrence Marshall, Jr., 96 Carlisle Rd., banker Waldo V. Langille, 37 Hosmer St., file clerk


Precinct II


Edward M. Carbary, 68 Main St., radio technician Lucius Tolman, 52 Main St., dry cleaner Hayward S. Houghton, 266 School St., bank teller Robert H. Darling, 197 Main St., salesman Joseph P. DeProspo, 72 Central St., secretary Eleanor G. Tuttle, 188 Main St., housewife Dorothy E. Turner, 18 Maple St., housewife James H. Connolly, Prospect St., merchant Warren P. Moland, 294 School St., electrical engineer Francis B. Whouley, 101 Prospect St., real estate David P. Tinker, 90 School St., insurance broker Ervin D. Putnam, 274 School St., carpenter


Precinct III


Albert S. Cook, 297 Central St., salesman Donald O. Feltus, 264 Central St., optometrist Carl R. Godfrey, 28 Windsor Ave., salesman W. Henry Teele, Mass. Ave., repairman Richard D. Powderly, 572 Mass. Ave. dairyman Martin J. Duggan, 320 Arlington St., male nurse Waldo J. Flint, Central St., pharmacist George Lamont, Jr., 23 Nashoba Rd., sales engineer Madeleine S. Schmitz, 57 Windsor Ave., housewife Frederick W. Abbt, 471 Mass. Ave., truckman Charles W. Webber, 390 Central St., engineer Walter W. Sprague, 286 Central St., clerk


110


REPORT OF AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS


May 28, 1953


To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Arthur W. Lee, Chairman Acton, Massachusetts


Gentlemen :


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town collector of the Town of Acton for the period from December 1, 1952 to March 3, 1953, made in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours,


HBD: JRB


HERMAN B. DINE, Director of Accounts


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Mr. Herman B. Dine 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 collector of the Town of Acton for the period from December 1, 1952, the date of the previous examination, to March 3, 1953, prepra- tory to a recommitment to the newly elected town collector, and submit the following report thereon:


The accounts outstanding according to the previous audit, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved. The payments to the town and district treasurers were checked with the treasurers' cash books, the abate- ments as recorded were verified by comparison with the assessors' and other departmental records of abatements granted, and the outstanding tax, excise, and cemetery de- partment accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's ledger.


Verification of the outstanding accounts was made by sending notices to all persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town and the district. Replies were received from many taxpayers who claimed that their accounts were paid, and all claims were carefully investi- gated or are in the process of investigation. The taxpayers' claims, substantiated by presentation of proof of payment, were charged to the collector, and from the remainder of the replies it would appear that the accounts, as now listed, are substantially correct.


A comparison of the collector's adjusted cash balance on March 3, 1953 with the cash in the office and in the bank showed a cash shortage amounting to $1,025.00. This amount, which is due from the collector, may subsequently be in- creased by additional proof of payment of items now carried on the collector's books as outstanding.


112


Detailed lists of outstanding accounts as of March 3, 1953 were prepared and given to the new town collector, and the aggregates of the outstanding levies were given to the assessors for their use in preparing the recommitment war- rants to the newly elected town collector.


The newly elected town collector should secure a prompt and complete settlement of all delinquent tax and motor ve- hicle and trailer excise accounts, some of which date back to 1947.


The surety bonds of the newly elected town collector furnished for the faithful performance of his duties were examined and found to be in proper form.


There are appended to this report tables showing a re- conciliation of the town collector's cash discrepancy as well as summaries of the tax, cemetery department, and interest accounts.


During the audit cooperation was extended by all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for my- self, I wish to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM SCHWARTZ,


WS : JRB


Assistant Director of Accounts


113


ASSESSORS' REPORT - 1953


Tax assessed as follows :


Buildings, exclusive of land .. $4,388,280.00


Land 762,765.00


Personal


588,855.00


$5,739,900.00


Valuation January 1, 1952


5,274,290.00


Increase in Valuation


465,610.00


Rate of Taxation $50.20


Real Estate $ 258,582.73


Personal Estate


29,560.60


Polls


2,460.00


$ 290,603.33


Amount of money raised :


State Parks Tax $ 363.83


State Parks Tax, Underesti- mate of 1952


49.02


State Audit of Municipal Ac- counts


1,925.61


State Audit of Municipal Ac-


counts, Underestimate of 1952 232.98


County Tax


11,183.50


Tuberculosis Hospital Assess- ment


3,419.29


Tuberculosis Hospital Assess-


ment, Underestimate of 1952


26.53


Town Grant


263,303.20


Overlay


10,099.37


$ 290,603.33


114


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :


Number of Vehicles Assessed, 1781


Commissioners Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers $ 742,190.00


Rate of Excise $50.42


Total Excise


.


$ 34,503.02


Added Excise 1952


$ 4,029.33


.


ALBERT P. DURKEE


CARL C. FLINT JAMES W. BAKER


Board of Assessors


115


REPORT OF TAX COLLECTIONS


January 1, 1953 - March 3, 1953


1948 Real Estate Tax


Audit adjustments


$ 381.94


Credit Balance, January 1, 1953


126.02


255.92


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 255.92


1949 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 1,408.35


Audit adjustments


.84


Interest


62.26


$ 1,471.45


Paid Treasurer


529.44


Uncollected March 3, 1953


942.01


$ 1,471.45


1950 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 2,678.11


Interest


68.44


$ 2,746.55


Paid Treasurer


934.36


Audit adjustments


51.77


Uncollected March 3, 1953


1,760.42


$ 2,746.55


116


1951 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 6,804.75


Audit adjustments


1,944.49


Interest


27.40


$ 8,776.64


Paid Treasurer


899.01


Uncollected March 3, 1953


7,877.63


$ 8,776.64


1952 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 23,282.65


Audit adjustments


548.10


Interest


47.46


$ 23,878.21


Paid Treasurer


2,952.36


Uncollected March 3, 1953


20,925.85


$ 23,878.21


1948 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 667.23


Interest


1.74


$ 668.97


Paid Treasurer


14.22


Uncollected March 3, 1953


654.75


$ 668.97


117


1949 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 841.30


Audit adjustments


5.64


Interest


2.78


$ 849.72


Paid Treasurer


29.10


Uncollected March 3, 1953


820.62


$ 849.72


1950 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 1,109.16


Interest


2.30


$ 1,111.46


Paid Treasurer


142.70


Uncollected March 3, 1953


1 968.76


$ 1,111.46


1951 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 1,156.21


Audit adjustments


8.23


Interest


4.60


$ 1,169.04


Paid Treasurer


53.96


Uncollected March 3, 1953


1,115.08


$ 1,169.04


118


1952 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 3,804.86


Audit adjustments


44.10


Interest


5.98


$ 3,854.94


Paid Treasurer


1,352.26


Uncollected March 3, 1953


2,502.68


$ 3,854.94


1947 Poll Tax


Audit adjustment


.$ 2.00


Paid Treasurer


$ 2.00


.


1948 Poll Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 68.00


Audit adjustments


2.00


Interest


.96


$ 70.96


Paid Treasurer


10.96


Uncollected March 3, 1953


60.00


$ 70.96


1949 Poll Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 232.00


Interest


2.36


$ 234.36


119


Paid Treasurer


34.36


Abatements


4.00


Audit adjustments


4.00


Uncollected March 3, 1953


192.00


$ 234.36


1950 Poll Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 310.00


Interest


2.24


$ 312.24


Paid Treasurer


42.24


Abatements


4.00


Audit adjustments


6.00


Uncollected March 3, 1953


260.00


$ 312.24


1951 Poll Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 420.00


Interest


2.12


$ 422.12


Paid Treasurer


68.12


Abatements


4.00


Audit adjustments


6.00


Uncollected March 3, 1953


344.00


$ 422.12


120


1952 Poll Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 1,222.00


Interest


4.14


$ 1,226.14


Paid Treasurer


858.14


Abatements


20.00


Audit adjustments


4.00


Uncollected March 3, 1953


344.00


$ 1,226.14


1947 Excise Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


. $ 28.64


Uncollected March 3, 1953


28.64


1948 Excise Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 247.65


Interest


1.83


$ 249.48


Paid Treasurer


$


. 10.49


Audit adjustments


2.01


Uncollected March 3, 1953


236.98


$ 249.48


121


1949 Excise Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953 Interest 3.02


$ 1,448.61


$ 1,451.63


Paid Treasurer


135.37


Uncollected March 3, 1953


1,316.26


$ 1,451.63


1950 Excise Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 1,836.53


Interest


14.13


$ 1,850.66


Paid Treasurer


262.89


Audit adjustments


33.33


Uncollected March 3, 1953


1,554.44


$ 1,850.66


1951 Excise Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 3,928.18


Audit adjustments


253.91


Interest


32.50


$ 4,214.59


Paid Treasurer


701.87


Abatements


900.00


Uncollected March 3, 1953


2,612.72


$ 4,214.59


122


1952 Excise Tax


Uncollected January 1, 1953


$ 9,730.60


Additional commitments 4,029.33


Refunds


301.52


Interest


.6.84


$ 14,068.29


Paid Treasurer


4,466.53


Abatements


345.42


Audit adjustments


1,048.81


Uncollected March 3, 1953


8,207.53


$ 14,068.29


Cemetery Department, Accounts Receivable


Uncollected January 1, 1953


.$ 157.00


Commitment


622.50


$ 779 50


=


Paid Treasurer


227.60


Audit adjustments


5.90


Uncollected March 3, 1953


546.00


$ 779.50


Respectfully submitted,


DONALD O. NYLANDER


Town Accountant


123


TOWN COLLECTORS REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen


Acton, Massachusetts


I herewith submit my report for the period March 3, 1953 through December 31, 1953 inclusive.


1948 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 255.92


Interest


44.23


$ 300.15


Paid Treasurer


268.95


Uncollected December 31, 1953


31.20


$ 300.15


1949 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 942.01


Interest


119.82


$ 1,061.83


Paid Treasurer


931.17


Uncollected December 31, 1953


130.66


$ 1,061.83


1950 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953 $ 1,760.42


Refunds 4.98


124


Interest


.. ..... 133.21


$ 1,898.61 ·


Audit adjustments


146.88


Paid Treasurer


1,330.45


Uncollected December 31, 1953


421.28


$


1,898.61


1951 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 7,877.63


Interest


490.17


$ 8,367.80


Audit adjustments


46.62


Paid Treasurer


8,003.72


Uncollected December 31, 1953


317.46


$ 8,367.80


1952 Real Estate Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 20,925.85


Audit adjustment


.30


Interest


389.55


Refunds


98.00


$ 21,413.70


Abatements


141.60


Paid Treasurer


13,205.47


Uncollected December 31, 1953


8,066.63


$ 21,413.70


125


1953 Real Estate Tax


Committed


$258,582.46


Interest


65.05


Refunds


785.63


$259,433.14


Abatements


3,749.74


Paid Treasurer


235,445.74


Uncollected December 31, 1953


20,237.66


$259,433.14


1948 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 654.75


Interest


16.03


$ 670.78


Abatements


305.76


Paid Treasurer


97.95


1


Uncollected December 31, 1953


267.07


$ 670.78


1949 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953 $ 820.62


Interest


55.57


$ 876.19


Abatements


112.80


Paid Treasurer 462.59


126


Uncollected December 31, 1953


300.80


$ 876.19


1950 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 968.76


Interest


61.49


$ 1,030.25


Abatements


43.20


Paid Treasurer


650.53


Uncollected December 31, 1953


336.52


$ 1,030.25


1951 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 1,115.08


Interest


23.72


$ 1,138.80


Paid Treasurer


375.05


Uncollected December 31, 1953


763.75


$ 1,138.80


1952 Personal Property Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953 $ 2,502.68


37.37


Interest


$ 2,540.05


127


Abatements Paid Treasurer Uncollected December 31, 1953


162.93


1,585.77


791.35


$ 2,540.05


1953 Personal Property Tax


Committed


$ 29,560.52


Interest


2.36


$ 29,562.88


Paid Treasurer


26,849.87


Uncollected December 31, 1953


2,713.01


$ 29,562.88


1948 Poll Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


.


$ 60.00


Interest


4.93


$ 64.93


Abatements


$ 32.00


Paid Treasurer


28.93


Uncollected December 31, 1953


4.00


$ 64.93


1949 Poll Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 192.00


Interest


19.99


Refunds


4.00


$ 215.99


128


Audit adjustment Abatements


$ 2.00


64.00


Paid Treasurer


137.99


Uncollected December 31, 1953


12.00


$ 215.99


1950 Poll Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 260.00


Interest


16.34


Refunds


4.00


$ 280.34


Audit adjustment


2.00


Abatements


112.00


Paid Treasurer


152.34


Uncollected December 31, 1953


14.00


$ 280.34


1951 Poll Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 344.00


Interest


13.24


Refunds


4.00


$ 361.24


Abatements


146.00


Audit adjustment


2.00


Paid Treasurer


189.24


Uncollected December 31, 1953


24.00


. . .


$ 361.24


129


1952 Poll Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 344.00


Interest


7.52


Refund


2.00


$ 353.52


Abatements


130.00


Audit adjustment


2.00


Paid Treasurer


203.52


Uncollected December 31, 1953


18.00


$ 353.52


1953 Poll Tax


Committed


.$ 2,460.00


Interest


1.93


$ 2,461.93


Ahtements


362.00


Paid Treasurer


1,909.93


Uncollected December 31, 1953


190.00


$ 2,461.93


1947 Excise Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 28.64


Interest


7.20


$ 35.84


Paid Treasurer


18.06


Uncollected December 31, 1953


17.78


.


·


$ 35.84


130


1948 Excise Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 236.98


Interest


. 26.70


$ 263.68


Paid Treasurer


107.39


Uncollected December 31, 1953


156.29


$ 263.68


1949 Excise Tax


Uncollected March 31, 1953


$ 1,316.26


Interest


124.73


$ 1,440.99


Audit adjustment


4.13


Paid Treasurer


717.24


Uncollected December 31, 1953


719.62


$ 1,440.99


1950 Excise Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


.$ 1,554.44


Interest


129.63


$ 1,684.07


Audit adjustments


8.42


Paid Treasurer


1,073.78


Uncollected December 31, 1953


601.87


.


$ 1,684.07


131


1951 Excise Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 2,612.72


Interest


133.13


Refund


2.00


$ 2,747.85


Audit adjustments


9.75


Abatements


300.00


Paid Treasurer


1,329.69


Uncollected December 31, 1953


1,108.41


$ 2,747.85


1952 Excise Tax


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 8,207.53


Interest


104.23


Refunds


64.76


.


$ 8,376.52


Audit adjustments


90.24


Abatements


2,792.94


Paid Treasurer


4,008.85


Uncollected December 31, 1953


1,484.49


$ 8,376.52


1953 Excise Tax


Committed


$ 34,517.85


Interest


21.74


Refunds


1,206.22


$ 35,745.81


132


Abatements Paid Treasurer Uncollected December 31, 1953


2,633.23


.28,490.09


4,622.49


$ 35,745.81


Cemetery Department, Accounts Receivable


Uncollected March 3, 1953


$ 546.00


Audit adjustments


7.00


Committed


78.00


$ 631.00


Paid Treasurer


436.00


Uncollected December 31, 1953


195.00


$ 631.00


Paid Treasurer :


Lien Certificate fees


$ 154.00


.


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Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES M. MacRAE,


Town Collector


133


TREASURER'S REPORT


For the Year Ending December 31, 1953


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen


Acton, Massachusetts.


I herewith submit my report for the year 1953:


Cash Balance January 1, 1953 $409,564.34


Receipts for 1953


Received from State Treasurer


Highways $ 19,215.65


Disability Assistance


1,581.25


Aid Dependent Children Fed'l


2,726.87


Old Age Assistance


21,864.37


Old Age Assistance, Fed'l


22,939.89


Lunch Program


312.36


Highways, Chapter 90




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