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1,449.52
General Control
9,400.00
8,995.72
404.28
Textbooks and Supplies
11,247.53
11,147.25
100.28
Plant Operation
25,250.00
25,242.19
7.81
Maintenance
1,350.00
1,324.08
25.92
Auxiliary Agencies
21,225.00
19,317.63
1,907.37
Outlay
3,225.00
2,987.28
237.72
Contingency Fund
700.00
439.66
260.34
Blanchard Auditorium, Mainten-
ance
4,000.00
482.26
3,517.74
School Cafeteria
. B
1,803.10
C
12,165.56
11,566.48
2,402.18
Athletics
500.00
B
475.86
C
994.49
1,607.81
362.54
Vocational tuition and transpor-
tation
2,500.00
1,462.43
1,037.57
Elementary School Building ...
S 8,500.00
B
15,306.64
5,277.31
1,529.33
Blanchard Auditorium and Gym-
nasium
B
191,410.23
160,908.38
39,001.85
School land purchase
.B
12,650.00
A 200.00
A
2,350.00
14,000.00
800.00
Auditorium and Gymnasium land
purchase
1,300.00
B
9,413.75
A 2,350.00
A
200.00
8,466.63
97.12
Sewage Disposal
B
314.00
305.47
8.53
High School Rehabilitation
24,500.00
11,811.00
12,689.00
High School Building Committee
7,000.00
7,000.00
LIBRARIES
Salaries and Wages
.
2,100.00
2,036.70
63.30
Expense
. ..
971.00
908.10
62.90
Books
660.00
...
147
S
8,500.00
50.00
150.00
9,000.00
B T
6.65 275.00 410.00
894.91
46.74
Counter, Memorial Library . .
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages
9,500.00
9,419.10
80.90
Expense
2,500.00
2,493.21
6.79
Mt. Hope Oiling . B
34.07
30.00
4.07
Mt. Hope Clearing and Grading R
500.00
442.00
58.00
Woodlawn Clearing and Grad-
ing
1,058.05
827.02
231.03
Generator, Mower & Trimmer,
Art. 18
500.00
496.55
3.45
Perpetual Care
B
457.67
T
500.00
594.35
363.32
Hosmer Fund
B
345.99
1,334.52
511.47
Luke Blanchard Fund
.T
50.00
50.00
-
.B
47.53
T
250.00
246.75
50.78
Raymond Fund
B
38.03
20.75
17.28
Georgia Whitney Fund
B
53.88
27.81
26.07
RECREATION
Playgrounds
1,500.00
1,020.20
479.80
Skating Rink
200.00
B
500.00
-
700.00
Water Safety
500.00
450.00
50.00
Pony League Baseball
300.00
-
300.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Maturing Debt
36,000.00
36,000.00
Interest
7,560.00
7,560.00
-
UNCLASSIFIED
Miscellaneous expenses
1,500.00
324.71
1,175.29
Town Counsel
500.00
500.00
Town Reports
1,500.00
1,491.35
8.65
Surety Bonds
600.00
528.75
71.25
Workmens Compenesation
2,000.00
1,363.48
636.52
Town Building Insurance
1,850.00
1,759.26
90.74
Officer and Employee Insurance
1,200.00
1,052.84
147.16
Memorial Day
600.00
560.02
39.98
Surface Drainage
3,500.00
B
1,000.00
992.75
3,507.25
Zoning Committee
B
312.26
180.90
131.36
T
1,500.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
....
-
148
395.00
· 15.00
Civil Defense .B
1,738,08
866.34
871.74
Town Forest, Cutting Brush ·
100.00
B
281.42
213.60
167.82
Town Forest Committee ... B
420.00
-
420.00
Pension and Military Service Funds
2,392.34
2,392.34
-
Stabilization Fund
10,000.00
10,000.00
-
Sub-total of Cash Expenditures
750,896.87
S 9,000.00
900,171.45
A 2,550.00
137,724.58
NO APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Withholding Taxes
28,154.80
Massachusetts Hospital Service
3,246.90
Middlesex County Retirement ..
3,782.36
Massachusetts Teachers Retire-
ment
6,489.97
Middlesex County Dog Licenses
1,197.20
Middlesex County Tax
10,851.06
Middlesex County Hospital Assess-
ment
3,500.44
State Audit
3,714.42
State Parks
778.14
Refunds on Taxes
3,637.22
Trust Funds
3,345.00
Interest on Trust Funds
6,683.67
Trust Fund Expenditures
1,587.05
Hurricane Emergencies
Carol
3,657.57
Edna
·
3,783.97
Total Cash Expenditures .
$835.306.64
KEY
A-Audit Adjustments
B-Balance
C-Cash Receipts
D-Guarantee Deposits
G-Grants
L-Lien Recoveries
R-Reserve Fund
S-Transfers authorized at Special Town Meetings
T-Trust Fund Transfers
149
.
CASH RECEIPTS AND DEPARTMENTAL
Receipts
Cash Balance, January 1, 1954 $ 359,235.46
Treasurers' Itemized Report 697,687.41
Total Cash $1,056,922.87
DISBURSEMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen
Salaries and Wages :
Carl A. Christofferson $ 333.34
Leo C. Cunningham
250.00
Frederick W. Abbt 250.00
Arthur W. Lee
66.66
Lawrence Donnelly
50.00
George S. Braman
50.00
Virginia Milbery, clerk
2,663.52
Clerical Assistance
45.00
3,708.52
Expenses :
Postage
43.44
Stationery
53.26
Association Dues and Meetings . .
35.00
Typewriter Repairs
52.50
1954 Laws
5.00
189.20
Finance Committee
Association Dues
10.00
150
.
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee
55.00
Treasurer
Salary :
William Henry Soar
1,200.00
Expense :
Postage
120.33
Telephone
18.05
Stationery and Printing
144.62
Stenographic Services
60.00
Sundry
7.00
350.00
Assessors
Salaries and Wages:
Albert P. Durkee
1,800.00
Carl C. Flint
800.00
James A. Baker
800.00
Marion Baker, clerk
304.30
3,704.30
Expenses :
Forms and Printing
111.65
Transfers and Probates
81.53
Association Dues and Meeitngs . .
24.00
Sundry
19.00
236.18
Collector of Taxes
Salary :
Charles M. MacRae 1,900.00
Expenses :
Books and Printing
183.98
Postage
213.16
151
Association Dues and Meetings .. Sundry 22.36
4.50
424.00 3
Collector - Adding Machine
Percy C. Decker & Co. 225.00
Town Accountant
Salary :
Donald O. Nylander 1,200.00
Expense :
Books, Supplies and Printing
133.99
Stenographic Services
12.50
Association Dues and Meetings .. 3.00
149.49
Town Clerk
Salary and Fees :
Harlan E. Tuttle
400.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, recording vital statistics
214.25
614.25
Expenses :
Stationery and Printing
67.89
Association Dues
7.50
Telephone
50.00
Postage
33.50
Stenographic Services
187.00
345.89
Elections and Registrations
Salaries and Wages :
Julia A. Barry
200.00
Grace C. Cullinane 200.00
152
James B. Wilson
200.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, clerk
150.00
Payrolls - elections and
meetings 713.50
Posting warrants and notifying officers elected
40.00
Other wages
21.50
1,525.00
Expenses :
Printing warrants, voting lists, books and ballots
622.70
Rentals for voting
95.00
Clerical Expense
85.00
802.70
Planning Board
Salaries and Wages :
Equipment and Supplies
104.87
Printing and Typing
64.70
Rules and Regulations
123.70
Dues
12.50
305.77
Board of Appeals
Stationery and Supplies 12.25
Buildings and Grounds
Salaries and Wages :
Custodial Services 1,556.00
Care of Grounds .
370.51
Payrolls - Highway Dept.
524.00
2,450.51
Expense :
Heat
969.71
Light
425.05
153
Telephone
307.35
Maintenance Supplies
318.07
Board of Health Office 428.29
West Fire Station Driveway
250.00
Building Repairs
555.10
Sundry
267.35
3,520.92
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Salaries and Wages :
Michael Foley, Chief
4 420.00
Regular Officers
12,371.68
Special Officers
180.95
16,972.63
Expense :
Police Cruisers
Gas and Oil
1,612.64
Repairs
1,231.66
Insurance
28.42
Radio Service
188.80
3,061.52
Other : :
Telephone
381.83
Association Dues and Meetings ..
18.00
Uniforms and Equipment
650.37
Stationery and Printing
126.65
Bicycle Registration
64.56
Sundry
21.43
1,262.84
Police Cruiser
Great Road Garage
2,474.80
154
Motorola, Inc. Accessories
. .
553.71
80.58
3,109.09
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages :
H. S. MacGregor, Chief
550.00
Annual Salaries
825.00
Fire Payrolls
3,032.05
Janitor Payrolls
720.00
5,127.05
Expense :
Fuel
765.55
Lights
244.48
Telephone
727.60
Gas and Oil
372.23
Association Dues, Meetings
and Chief's Expense
250.00
Repairs and Parts for Equipment
1,162.55
Protective Clothing and Equipment
1,054.86
Hose
1,028.75
Maintenance Supplies
152.90
Sundry
518.13
6,277.05
Fire Alarm System Maintenance
F. W. Rimbach
3,120.00
Other Services
505.60
Expense
671.94
4,297.54
Fire Hydrant Rental Acton Water District 9,500.00
155
Town of Concord
230.00
9,730.00
Article 22 - Radios and Alternators Farrar Company 1,562.00
Article 26 - Water Main Extension
Acton Water District 200.00
Article 29 - Forestry Truck Pump Farrar Company 300.00
Article 34 - Fireproof Boiler Room - West Fire House Lloyd W. Priest 418.47
Article 35 - Heating System - South Fire House Thermal Engineering and Sales Co. 1,550.00
Moth Department
Wages:
Franklin Charter, Supt.
618.65
Payrolls
695.40
1,314.05
Expenses :
Truck
548.25
Equipment Repairs
221.80
Gas and Oil
113.95
Insecticide
296.00
Sundry
12.87
1
1,192.87
Dutch Elm Disease
Truck
36.00
Brewer Tree Expert Co.
600.00
636.00
Poison Ivy Control
Charter Tree Service
998.60
156
Tree Department
Wages:
Franklin Charter, Supt.
496.80
Payrolls 1,095.40
1,592.20
Expenses :
Truck
504.00
Equipment Repairs
85.49
Equipment Rental
128.00
Flood Lights
166.05
Hardware
53.13
Sundry
73.86
1,010.53
Shade Trees
Franklin Charter, Supt.
32.40
Payrolls
26.40
Truck
18.00
Clark's Nursery
130.15
206.95
Chain Saw - Article 14
Nine Acre Farm Supply 143.53
Frost Insecticide Co.
125.00
Buxton Poultry Service
331.47
600.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary :
A. Perry Marble
250.00
Expense :
Books, Seals, Etc.
41.58
157
Wire Inspector
Salary and Travel : B. D. Goss Kenneth L. Duffy
187.50
562.50
750.00
Expense :
Office Supplies and Telephone .
78.83
Dog Officer
Carl W. Flint
150.00
Destroying 20 Dogs
130.00
280.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Salaries and Wages :
Dr. Orma L. Clark, Chairman
25.00
Herbert Leusher
15.00
Martin Duggan 10.00
Eileen Hale, Town Nurse
3,070.00
Hazel Vose, Substitute Nurse
276.00
Geraldene Prentiss, Clerk 6.00
Claire Jackson, Clerk
196.50
Vesta Thompson, Clerk
1,276.00
Town Dump Payroll .
3,477.00
Edward J. Higgins, Agent
300.00
8,651.50
Expense :
Board
946.56
Nurse
815.00
Agent
416.60
Inspector
297.65
Dump
1,110.95
State Sanatorium
363.00
158
-
Medical Supplies .
136.63 Clinic
190.00
4,276.39
Garbage Disposal
Henry M. Anderson, contract . . 4,950.00
Inspector of Animals
Salary :
Arno H. Perkins
150.00
Expense :
Sundry 21.10
HIGHWAYS
Village
Wages:
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
498.75
Payrolls
1,537.45
Expenses :
Truck
187.80
Cold Patch
131.45
Insecticide
55.85
Hardware
310.12
Granite Bounds
163.20
Sundry
113.70
2,998.32
Chapter 81
Wages:
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
2,613.25
Payrolls
8,960.15
Expenses :
Trucks
875.40
Rental of Machinery
4,653.52
Cold Patch and Asphalt
3,861.81
159
Stone, Sand and Gravel
1,415.90
Calcium Chloride
188.00
Cable Guard and Posts
627.20
Brushkiller
55.85
Cement
19.05
Grates
264.00
Pipe and Culverts
687.95
24,222.08
Chapter 90 - Maintenance
Wages:
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
108.50
Payrolls
462.70
Expenses :
Trucks
37.20
Rental of Machinery
557.69
Cold Patch and Asphalt
2,067.13
Stone, Sand and Gravel
363.75
3,596.97
Chapter 90 - Construction
Wages:
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
276.40
Payrolls
916.50
Expenses :
Trucks
94.80
Rental of Machinery
473.70
Concrete Pipe
29.20
1,790.60
Road Machinery
Expenses :
Gas and Oil 812.03
Parts and Repairs on Equipment
1,211.46
Mower
295.00
160
Bristol Strips
75.00
Truck Plates
10.50
2,403.99
Snow Removal
Wages :
Russell C. Berry, Supt.
952.00
Payrolls
2,043.00
Expenses :
Tractor and Trucks
612.05
Sander
1,564.25
Plowing
2,415.75
Sand
713.25
Salt
1,508.50
Gas and Oil
148.98
Parts and Repairs on Equipment .
1,089.86
Forecast Service
150.00
11,197.64
Highway Department Vacations
Payrolls
547.60
Article 31 - Tractor-Loader
Sandberg Equipment Co. ·
2 156.00
Article 32 - Snow Plow
Charles N. Wood Co.
494.00
Signs and Lines
Signs
258.39
Transportation
2.59
Hardware
7.80
Painting lines
225.00
493.78
161
Street Lighting
Boston Edison Company
6,040.12
CHARITIES
Public Welfare
General Relief
Aid to individuals
1,588.00
Medical payments
864.76
Aid by other communities
779.15
3,231.91
Administration
Nashoba Public Welfare District
1,200.00
Acton Welfare Board Salaries :
A Perry Marble
125.00
Lossie Laird
75.00
Walter B. Stevens
75.00
1,475.00
Old Age Assistance
Town Funds:
Aid to individuals 41,000.00
Federal Grant:
Aid to individuals
13,117.63
· Aid by other communities
1,168.53
55,286.16
Aid to Dependent Children
Town Funds :
Aid to individuals 5,000.00
Federal Grant:
Aid to individuals
3,928.32
8,928.32
162
Disability Assistance
Town Funds : Aid to individuals
3,000.00
Federal Grant: Aid to individuals 343.47
3,343.47
VETERANS' AID
Veterans' Benefits
Salary :
Benjamin F. Rice, Agent
150.00
Edward J. Higgins, Agent 50.00
200.00
Administrative :
Travel expense, postage and tele- phone 248.00
Aid to Veterans and Veterans' depen- dents 10,570.97
Veterans' Services
Salary and Wages:
Theron A. Lowden, Director
735.00
Geraldene Prentiss, Clerk
64.75
799.75
EDUCATION
Instruction
133,911.28
General Control
8,995.72
Textbooks and supplies
11,147.25
Plant operation
25,242.19
Maintenance
1,324.08
Auxiliary agencies 19,317.63
Outlay
2,987.28
163
Contingency
.. . . .. ... 439.66
203,365.09
Blanchard Auditorium maintenance ·
482.26
School Cafeteria
11,566.48
Athletics
1,607.81
Vocational tuition and transportation
1,462.43
Elementary School building
5,277.31
Blanchard Auditorium & Gymnasium Building
160,908.38
School land purchase
14,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium land purchase
..
8,466.63
Sewage disposal
305.47
High School rehabilitation
11,811.00
LIBRARIES
Salaries and Wages :
Salaries and Wages :
Librarians :
Mary H. Lothrop
1,026.00
Marian L. Piper
348.60
Ina B. Milbery
259.00
Barbara Nylander
19.60
Custodial services
383.50
2,036.70
Expense :
Heat
507.06
Light
117.07
Water
20.00
Stationery and printing
99.50
West Branch
33.86
Insurance
54.04
Sundry
76.57
908.10
Library Books
Books and periodicals 894.91
164
Memorial Library Counter
Counter, accessories and installation . .
395.00
CEMETERIES
Wages:
Frederick S. Kennedy, Supt.
3,060.00
Payrolls
6,359.10
9,419.10
Expense :
Fuel oil and heater service
269.98
Lights
14.47
Repairs to equipment
333.70
Seed, fertilizer, etc.
177.63
Gas and oil
52.63
Water
44.00
Hardware, pipe, paint, etc.
500.44
Lime, lumber and cement
125.49
Trucking
529.50
Administrative
56.64
Painting Mt. Hope Chapel
128.00
Sundry
260.73
2,493.21
Electric Generator, Trimmer and Mower
Acton Supply, Inc.
265.40
Power Lawn Mower Service
231.15
496.55
Mount Hope Oiling
Assabet Sand & Gravel Co. 30.00
Mount Hope Clearing and Grading
Payrolls
242.00
Equipment rental
200.00
442.00
165
Woodlawn Clearing and Grading
Payrolls
189.20
Equipment rental
408.42
Pipe, etc.
229.40
827.02
Perpetual Care
Payrolls
510.20
Flowers
65.40
Seed and loam
18.75
594.35
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Payrolls
714.80
Seed, loam, etc ..
282.69
Rental of equipment
24.00
Culverts
205.94
Trimmer
39.95
Sundry expense . . 67.14
1,334.52
Other Private Trust Funds
J. Roland Wetherbee
246.75
Georgia A. Whitney
27.81
Henry S. Raymond
20.75
Luke Blanchard
50.00
345.31
RECREATION
Playgrounds
F. W. Rimbach, Supt. 250.00
Payrolls 364.33
·
166
Gas and oil
40.21
Water
20.00
Seed, loam, lime, etc. . 43.95
Repairs and parts for equipment
116.52
Lumber
46.48
Baseball diamond equipment
103.35
Sundry
35.36
1,020.20
Water Safety
Laffin's Garage 450.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Delivering Town Reports
39.25
Advertising
33.25
Sound system for Town Meetings
120.00
Painting World War II Memorial
14.00
Guard rail repairs
47.36
Miscellaneous hurricane expense
12.85
Sundry
58.00
324.71
Town Counsel
John Sheehan
500.00
Town Reports
The Concord Press
1,491.35
Civil Defense
Communication equipment and service 332.43
Observation Tower repairs 272.33
Administrative expense
48.80
Telephone
47.70
Flood lighting 84.25
167
80.83
Sundry
866.34
Surety Bonds
Collector
306.75
Treasurer
214.50
Town Clerk
7.50
528.75
Insurance
Workmens Compensation
1,363.48
Town Buildings .
1,759.26
Officer and Employee
1,052.84
Fire Companies
335.25
4,510.83
Memorial Day
23rd Infantry Band
225.00
182nd Infantry, National Guard
25.00
Flowers and wreaths
155.60
Flags
92.80
Parade notice
11.20
Transportation expense
15.00
Refreshments
31.96
Ammunition
3.46
·
560.02
Surface Drainage
Howard Snelling
992.75
Zoning Committee
Boston Blue Print Co.
14.60
The Beacon Publishing Co.
166.30
180.90
168
. .
. . .
. .
Town Forest - Cutting Brush
Payrolls
181.60
Rental of equipment
32.00
213.60
Pension and Military Service Funds
Middlesex County Retirement System 2,392.34
Maturing Debt and Interest
High School Addition
1,000.00
Elementary School
15,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium
20,000.00
Interest 7,560.00
43,560.00
Stabilization Fund
Cambridge Savings Bank
5,000.00
Cambridgeport Savings Bank
5,000.00
10,000.00
No Appropriation Accounts
Withholding Taxes
28,154.80
Massachusetts Hospital Service
3,246.90
Middlesex County Retirement
3,782.36
Massachusetts Teachers Retirement
6,489.97
Middlesex County Dog Licenses
1,197.20
Middlesex County Tax
10,851.06
Middlesex County Hospital Assessment
3,500.44
State Audit
3,714.42
State Parks
778.14
Refunds on Taxes
3,637.22
Trust Funds
3,345.00
Interest on Trust Funds
6,683.67
Trust Fund expenditures
1,587.05
·
.
169
Hurricane emergencies :
Carol
3,657.57
Edna
3,783.97
Board of Appeals, Guarantee Deposits
13.00
Total Expenditures
$835,306.64
Cash Balance, December 31, 1954
221,616.23
$1,056,922.87
Reserve Fund Transfers
Veterans Benefits
1,575.00
Veterans Benefits, Agent Expense
98.00
Board of Appeals
25.00
Collector-Expense
75.00
Buildings and Grounds-Expense
120.92
Fire Department-Expense
316.05
Tree Department-Expense
10.53
Board of Health:
Dump Salaries
280.00
Dump Expense
100.00
Nurse Expense
65.00
Board Expense
196.95
H
2,862.45
Road Machinery Fund
Balance, January 1, 1954
5,723.01
Received from rentals
5,090.30
Unexpended balance-Road Machinery
Account
296.01
Unexpended balance - Tractor-loader Account
44.00
11,153.32
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Transferred to Road Machinery Ac- count
2,700.00
Transferred to Tractor-loader Account Balance, December 31, 1954
2,200.00
6,253.32
11,153.32
Cemetery Land Fund
Balance, January 1, 1954
1,180.35
Received from sale of lots
560.00
Balance, December 31, 1954
1,740.35
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TOWN OF ACTON
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 1954
ASSETS
Cash:
General Funds
$
$221,616.23
Petty Cash Funds
70.00
$221,686.23
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1948
Real Estate
31.20
Personal Property
. . 82.37
113.57
Levy of 1949
Real Estate
42.30
Personal Property
71.44
Poll
4.00
117.74
Levy of 1950
Real Estate
365.21
Personal Property
165.12
Poll
2.00
532.33
Levy of 1951
Real Estate
150.61
Personal Property
615.70
Poll
. .
-
770.31
Levy of 1952
Real Estate
1,201.63
Personal Property
609.20
Poll
6.00
Levy of 1953
Real Estate
9,005.66
Personal Property
1,231.41
Poll
12.00
1,816.83
10,249.07
172
4.00
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 1954
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Payroll Deductions
$ 1,083.87
Tailings-Reserve for unclaimed checks
111.63
County Dog Licenses
22.80
Cemetery Land Fund
1,740.35
Disability Assistance Recovery
321.76
Road Machinery Fund
6,253.32
Reserve for Petty Cash Funds
70.00
School Cafeteria
2,402.18
School Athletic Fund
362.54
Planning Board-Guarantee Deposits
20.00
Board of Appeals-Guarantee Deposits
17.00
Appropriation and Transfer Balances:
State Census
$ 700.00
Dutch Elm Disease
364.00
Chapter 90-Construction
13,209.40
Highway Culverts
4,000.00
Elementary School Building
1,529.33
Auditorium and Gymnasium Bldg.
39,001.85
High School Building Committee ..
7,000.00
High School Rehabilitation
12,689.00
Mount Hope Cemetery-Clearing and Grading
58.00
Woodlawn Cemetery-Clearing and Grading
231.03
Pony League Baseball
300.00
Surface Drainage
3,507.25
Civil Defense
871.74
Town Forest-Cutting Brush
167.82
Town Forest Committee
420.00
84,049.42
Trust Fund Income Transfer Balances:
Cemetery-Perpetual Care
363.32
Hosmer Fund
511.47
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
50.78
Henry S. Raymond Fund
17.28
Georgia Whitney Fund
26.07
Library-Wilde Memorial Fund .
46.74
1,015.66
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Levy of 1954
Real Estate
29,153.03
Personal Property
2,647.55
Poll
154.00
31,954.58
45,554.43
Motor Vehicle Excise
Levy of 1948
46,71
Levy of 1949
157.60
Levy of 1950
266.76
Levy of 1951
415.62
Levy of 1952
360.26
Levy of 1953
971.87
Levy of 1954
4,390.11
Tax Titles
Tax Title Possessions
400.19
Departmental:
County Dog Officer
58.50
School
1,090.93
Veterans Benefits
364.75
Old Age Assistance
...
554.94
Aid to Dependent Children
1,020.24
Cemetery
196.50
Highway
72.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hurricane Emergency-
Carol
3,657.57
Hurricane Emergency-
Edna
3,783.97
10,799.90
Aid to Highways:
County
3,750.00
State
12,957.85
...
16,707.85
1955 Revenue
7,000.00
308,836.90
...
6,608.93
79.37
479.56
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Over-Estimates-1954
County Tax
409.48
County Hospital
503.85
State Parks
3.07
916.40
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance
16,959.52
Aid to Dependent Children
1,765.29
Disability Assistance
2,566.76
Administration
394.85
21,686.42
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus . . 7,056,21
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1948
113.57
Levy of 1949
117.74
Levy of 1950
532.33
Levy of 1951
770.31
Levy of 1952
894.48
Levy of 1953
5,111.07
Levy of 1954
4,493.49
12,032.99
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise . .
6,608.93
Tax Title and Tax Possessions
479.56
Departmental
3,358.36
Aid to Highways
16,707.85
27,154.70
Surplus Revenue
142,519.65
308,836.90
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
343,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
In Custody of Treasurer:
Henry S. Raymond-Monument Fund
857.80
Henry S. Raymond-Cemetery Fund 2,307.62
Charlotte Conant School Library Fund
1,585.97
Hoit and Scott-Cemetery Fund
579.84
J. Roland Wetherbee-Cemetery Fund
10,655.56
Elizabeth White Charity Fund
27,127.26
Georgia E, Whitney Charity Fund
14,632.63
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
18,298.15
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
834.21
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
6,491.60
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
70,006.24
Cemetery Surplus Fund .
221.32
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
.
1,579.02
Frank C. Hayward Cemetery Fund
1,160.93
Georgia E. Whitney-Cemetery Fund
1,691.18
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
86,713.92
Betsy Ball Charity Fund
11,344.41
Stabilization Fund ..
10,081.26
266,168.92
In Custody of Trustees:
Charlotte Goodnow Fund
..
3,465.54
269,634.46
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
High School Addition Loan . . Elementary School Loan
Blanchard Auditorium Notes ... .
3,000.00 260,000.00 80,000.00
343,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds-Cash and Securities: -
In custody of Town Treasurer 266,168.92 In custody of Trustees 3,465.54
269,634.46
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD O. NYLANDER,
Town Accountant
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1954. The Tree Department removed 125 trees of all species this year. Of this number 86 were removed because of hurricane damage.
The Department planted 32 new trees along the town ways. This year we have planted some smaller maturing trees where growing space is limited.
The poison ivy around the town buildings and schools was sprayed. All the streets in town were sprayed as well, where gardens or adjacent shrubbery did not limit us.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANKLIN H. CHARTER, Tree Warden
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1954
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
We hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1954.
The account of the town treasurer shows that during the past year the cemetery has received and paid into the treasury the sum of $2,684.85 which can be found itemized in the town treasurer's report. Also in the town collector's report you will find the sum of $595.00 collected for the an- nual care of lots, which is credited to the cemetery depart- ment receipts.
There has been added to the perpetual care account the past year, in new and additional accounts, the sum of
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$2,075.00.
Both cemeteries suffered heavy damage to the shade trees by the two hurricanes this fall, which necessitated not only the removal of broken limbs but the removal of several large shade trees which were damaged severely.
A section of land in both Woodlawn and Mt. Hope Ceme- teries has been cleared and additional lots will be made avail- able this coming year.
Respectfully submitted
RAY L. HARRIS HOWARD F. JONES HARRY E. HOLT Cemetery Commissioners
REPORT OF THE ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Board of Trustees
Alden C. Flagg Sr., Chairman
Wilfred W. Forbes, M.D.
Mrs. Edward W. Moore
Frank Garbarino
Edward A. Schmitz
Frederick T. Heyliger
Tirs. David Thompson
Florence A. Merriam
Marvin L. Tolf
Librarians
Mary Lothrop
Memorial Library
Marian L. Piper, Assistant
Memorial Library
Mrs. Ina Milbery West Acton Branch
Custodian
Paul Greenough
With regret, we note the passing of one of our Corporate members, Mrs. Marion C. Reed, whose interest and untiring efforts made her a valuable member of our Board of Trustees.
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Library Progress in 1954
1. Removal of the counter style desk which obstructed traffic, and replacement by a modern desk, which has speeded up book handling and has eased the traffic problem.
2. Completion of re-indexing of all books of biography by the most recent classification methods. This involved many hundred volumes. All new accessions have been indexed by this system. This is the completion of the first phase of a pro- gram bringing up-to-date the indexing of all books by the most modern classification system.
3. The weeding out of obsolete and useless books has been carried on. Scores of such volumes have been discarded with a consequent gain of shelf space.
4. An efficient fan was procured through the Davis Fund for the comfort of the Librarians and the Public.
5. A Children's Room has been set aside. This was made possible by the addition of shelving to the Children's Reading Room, and by removal of Children's books from the main stacks to this space. With the exception of one alcove, all Ju- venile material is now concentrated in the one room.
6. A program was instituted of replacing standard works, which either had been worn out, or which were orig- inally printed in fatiguingly small type.
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