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Oct. 23 Kazokas, Cypras B.
70
1 23
Oct. 23 McClure, John T.
67
8
6
Oct. 25 Patterson, Darwin David
65
7
2
Oct. 31 Strong, Lawrence L.
92
0
21
Nov. 6 Wood, Etta May
43
4
24
Nov. 9 McLellan, Irene (Morrison)
43
2
15
Nov 14
Howker, Clara (Walsh)
86
10
26
Nov. 25
Campbell, Jennie (Butcher)
84
1
7
Nov. 29 Parsons, Ferdinand
84
4
26
Nov. 29
Sisson, George Towner
83
6
7
Dec. 5 Flaherty, John H.
71
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0
Dec. 14 Waluk, John A.
76
5
9
Dec.
17 Oelschlegel, Fritz W.
74
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LIST OF NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1951
Death Date of
Name
Y.
Age M. D.
Place of Death
Place of Burial
July 4/51
Akers, Lula V.
85
1 23
Leominster, Mass.
April 5/51
Bagnell, Lillian R.
31
0
20
Quincy, Mass.
Feb.
25/51
Campbell, Harry A. F.
73
11 29
Brockton, Mass.
July 12/51
Clapp, Victor
27
5
13
Sandwich, Mass.
Dec. 19/50
Clark, Annie E.
90
1 22
Denver, Col.
May 31/51
Clark, Marion H.
75
2
14
Newton, Mass.
Oct. 21/51
Clifford, Albert P.
68
0
5
Stow, Mass.
Mar. 13/51
Cunningham, Maurice D.
48
0
0
Exeter, N. H.
Mt. Hope
Aug. 14/51
Cutter, Fred
79
4
17
Newton, Mass.
Mt. Hope Woodlawn
Mar. 3/51
Crocker, Lizzie
78
6
3
Arlington Mass.
Aug.
16/51
Day, Lena
70
5
11
Concord, Mass.
Mt. Hope Mt. Hope
June 16/51
Emerick, Melvin W.
92
7
9
Bolton, Mass.
Sept. 27/51
Fiske. Florian
83
8
6
Newburyport, Mass.
Woodlawn
Feb.
28/51
Freeman, Harold R.
40
7
20
Stow, Mass.
Woodlawn
Sept. 22/51 Nov.
5/51
Livermore, Carrie L.
82
0
0
Hartford, Conn.
Mar. 14/51
McDonald, Frank
76
10
7
Tewksbury, Mass.
Mt. Hope
July 1/51
Mead, Elizabeth G.
89
0
0
Arlington, Vt.
Mt. Hope
Jan. 15/51
Moulton, Charles S.
79
10
13
Concord, Mass.
July
13/51
Payson, Stanley
61
0
12
Northfield, Mass.
Woodlawn Mt. Hope
Larrabee, Herbert P.
62
10
2
Worcester, Mass.
Woodlawn Woodlawn
Woodlawn Mt. Hope Woodlawn Woodlawn Woodlawn Mt. Hope Woodlawn
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Oct. 26/51 Prior, Fannie F.
77
8
13 Winthrop, Mass.
Feb. 19/51 Rodway, Charles B.
81
5
27 Worcester, Mass.
Sept. 2/51 Spinney, Lillie M.
80
0
7 Groton, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Oct. 10/51 Stone, Nellie A.
90
0
0 Portland, Me.
Mt. Hope
June 15/51
Wheeler, Evangeline
46
10
5 Boxborough, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Aug. 27/51
Wright, Ella E.
66
0
0 Littleton, Mass.
Mt. Hope Woodlawn
Mt. Hope
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NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed EXPIRE MARCH 31, 1952.
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 1951
Owner
Tag No.
Bruce Larsen
39
Carrie F. Wells
1
Hazel G. Blanchard
40
Marcia Reed
2 Kenneth T. Blood
41
Dewey E. Boatman
3
Doris Nealey
42
Ernest Simpson
4
Mrs. J. A. Dingee
43
James N. Gates
5
John J. Crighton
44
Norman Philip Sked
6
Gertrude Stiles
45
Shirley Kennedy
7
Fred Richards
46
Fred S. Kennedy
8
Stephen T. Dreher
47
Robert M. Bowen
9
Lucy Newport
48
Stephen H. French
10
Ralph Roger Mason
49
Thelma Blood
11
John M. Pettingell
50
William L. Marshall, Jr.
12
Katherine Graham
51
William L. Marshall, Jr.
13
George A. Rifford
52
Lawrence Donnelly
14
Lowell Cram
53
George W. Mortimer
15
George E. Aberle
54
Benjamin A. Plume
16
John Lehto
55
Eileen Rolfe
17
Arno H. Perkins
56
Mildred Pope Moore
18
Edwin Anderson
57
Mildred Pope Moore
19
George W. Loggie
58
Jane A. Day
20
Paul Cornwall
59
Harold Y. Banquer
21
Harold C. White
60
Ralph Prescott
22
Stanley J. Olsen
61
Ralph C. Choate
23
Annie Eilbertsen
62
Margaret Reed
24
George W. Loggie
63
Hazel Hughes
25
Mrs. George Neagle
64
Arthur S. Desmond
26
Virginia L. Newton
65
William Flannery
27
John W. Putnam
66
John J. Duggan
28
Robin Darling
67
David Tinker
29
George W. Turnbull
68
David F. Penney
30
Albert Nickerson
69
W. Gardner Walker
31
Clare Garceau
70
W. Gardner Walker
32
William Cobleigh Jr.
71
Edwin A. Hall
33
John T. Sleeper
72
Carl Flint
34
Ivar Peterson
73
Marilyn Clark
35
Flora W. Putnam
74
Carl A. Schontag
36
Russell M. Davis
75
Bruce W. Hamblin
37
Eric Froberg
76
John A. C. Kimball
38
Alice M. Pederson
77
85
Winthrop C. Richmond 78
Edward L. Forbes 119
Charles H. Liebfried 79
Charles MacPherson 120
George T. Elliott Jr. 80 Melburn Davis 121
Francis J. Palmer
81
Arthur Jalonen
122
Yalmar N. Jarvis
82
Arthur Jalonen
123
Hazel P. Vose
83
Joseph H. Lemoine
124
William A. Massie Jr.
84
Robert Feltus
125
Robert B. Harris
85
James S. Goodwin
126
Joan Christofferson
86
James S. Goodwin
127
John T. McNiff
87
James S. Goodwin
128
John F. Canessa
88
Ray Dagenais
129
Everett Maynes
89
Forrest E. Bean
130
Howland Parker
90
Herman Pfeiffer
131
Howland Parker
91
Wilson Bursaw
132
Henry Teele
92
Norman McIntosh
133
Hilda Anderson
93
Norman McIntosh
134
Nathalie Phillips
94
Barbara Allen
135
Charles Whitcomb
95
John Torkeson
136
William L. Chipman
96
John I. Swenson
137
Toni Morrison
97
Matthew Freeman
138
Charles F. Greenough
98
Matthew Freeman
139
Robert Young
99
Kenneth S. Harvey
140
Robert Young
100
Guy M. Lord
141
Marion A. White
101
Edwin Anderson
142
J. Eugene McKercher
102
Irving S. Duren
143
Mrs. W. Taylor
103
Thomas Smith
144
Raleigh Beach
104
Hugh Hodgen
145
John E. Moore
105
Walter N. Stevenson
146
Gladys Wise
106
Frederick Whitcomb
147
Tony Perry
107
Frank I. Averett
148
Tony Perry
108
Doris M. Barry
149
Joseph Perry
109
Philip N. Goldthwaithe
150
Robert Farquhar
110
Helen A. Knowlton
151
George Allen Warner
111
Norman Veenstra
152
Ben Smalley
112
William J. Durkin
153
Ben Smalley
113
William J. Durkin
154
John E. Wetherbee
114
Judy Hatch
155
Curtis Briggs
115
Charles Galluzzo
156
Jennie M. McClure
116
Charles Galluzzo
157
Noe J. Richards
117
Alden C. Flagg Jr.
158
Edward L. Forbes
118
Clinton S. Curtis
159
86
Clinton S. Curtis 160
A. Perry Marble 201
Arthur D. Raymond
161
Ethel C. Robbins 202
Exzilda M. Bligh
162
Lorraine Hope
203 Norman G. Collins 204
David C. Flint
163
Robert W. Kendall 164
H. Stuart MacGregor
205
Kathleen W. Sheppard
165
Walter H. Liebfried
206
Brian A. Prentiss
166
Robert A. Reid III
207
Matthew Costello
167
Ruth Ann Penney
208
Leonard Godfrey Jr.
168
John G. Stoker
209
Beaven Roche 169
George Lamont
210
L. G. McGlone
170
A. C. Gravlin
211
Wallace Warren
171
A. C. Gravlin
212
Leo Thatcher
172
A. C. Gravlin
213
Robert E. Woobine
173
A. C. Gravlin
214
Albert S. Braman
174
Herbert Leusher
215
Donnell Boardman
175
Stanley Veasie
216
Bradford Leach
176
Margaret Larrabee
217
John M. Whittier Jr.
177
W. Henry Soar
218
Thomas Janericco
178
Thomas Snow
219
Philip Ross
179
Wendall F. Davis
220
Clifford A. Schofield
180
Arthur Lowden
221
Elmer Hill
181
Rose Snyer
222
Charles M. Davis
182
Dolly DiDuca
223
William S. Jones
183
Gertrude McCrudden
224
Charles K. Lawton
184
Patricia Horan
225
Dr. Paul Gates
185
Harold Nicola
226
George Clahane
186
John L. Fletcher
227
Ralph F. Parsons
187
John Murray
228
Donald Carter
188
Roland Livermore
229
Leonard Lester
189
Florence Rooney
230
Frederick Abbt
190
Robert Stow
231
Lillian Curley
191
Paul Post
232
Edgar A. Perkins
192
William D. Tuttle
233
John J. Downey
193
Richard Larson
234
John J. Downey
194
H. J. Schnair
235
George Horton
195
Bernard Harrison
236
Albert L. Haynes
196
Cecile Coles
237
Howard M. Dowd
197
Bernard Walther
238
James Farrar
198
David Clayton
239
Edwin H. Christofferson 199
David Flint
240
Dana Hinckley
200
Sylvia Flint
241
87
Joseph Curtis
242
Fraser Laffin
283
Lucille Cunningham
243
A. W. Marsh
284
John H. Watkins
244
Paul Coughlin
285
A. P. Reynolds
245
Donald Chisholm
286
Albert W. Wunderly
246
May Davis
287
Ethel L. Todd
247
Ellen Olgive
288
Ethel L. Todd
248
Frederic W. Hopkins
289
Ethel L. Todd
249
Frederic W. Hopkins
290
James H. French
250
Frederic W. Hopkins
291
Wentworth Prentiss
251
Walter M. Ballard
292
Diane Nedza
252
Walter M. Ballard
293
Peter Olsen
253
Margaret Sexton
294
Ormal S. Laffin
254
Clifford N. Pederson
295
Elwin Hollowell
255
Medville L. Clark
296
Paul F. Whouley
256
William Pyrro
297
Warren E. Hartwell
257
Edith S. Chamberlin
298
David Larson
258
Thomas C. Ott
299
Orla Nichols
259
Louis A. Flerra
300
John A. Brooks
260
Louis A. Flerra
301
Richard T. Kelley
261
Russell Jones Jr.
302
Harold E. Day
262
Safford Sweat
303
James W. Gates
263
Thomas Cole
304
Florence Watkins
264
Thomas Cole
305
Howard L. Jones
265
John Duston
306
Raplh I. Smith
266
Leon DeMont
307
Roy K. Cobleigh
267
James H. Conquest
308
Frank Justice
268
Richard Manion
309
J. Henry Engman
269
Frank H. Turner
310
Jackie Hickey
270
Daniel F. Flanagan
311
Raymond Hickey
271
Norman H. Hollowell
312
Mary Haigh
272
John T. Chadwick
313
Mary Haigh
273
Arthur W. Lee
314
W. E. Goodwin
274
Hazel Cameron
315
Cathryn A. Morse 1
275
Alfred Birch
316
Herbert Pratt
276
Robert W. Conrad
317
Clesson Bancroft
277
Fred L. Ratta
318
Benjamin Bancroft
278
Jean Hurley
319
Raymond Reynolds
279
Eleanor S. Anderson
320
Malcolm Fullonton
280
George J. Raymond
321
Cleon Phelps
281
Arthur Conquest
322
Irving S. Duren Jr.
282
E. C. Johnson
323
88
H. F. Towne
324
Mark Imbimbo 365
Roberta Davis
325
Norman Livermore 366
Jessie Knipple
326
Edgar Peterson 367
Gerald Costello 368
Lucretia Conheeney 369
William R. McNulty
329
Edmond McNiff
370
Aubrey C. Kretschner
330
John M. Goddard
372
James Murgatroyd 331
Jackson R. Baker
373
Patricia Frizzle 332
Roy Mackinnon
333
John R. Lindfors
334
Churchill Newman
335
Robert Haigh
336
Thomas E. Wetherbee
337
Vaughn Allen
338
George Wetherbee
339
Charles Manter
340
Lillian Hartwell
341
John Howard
342
Evelyn Y. Inman
343
Kenneth Jewell
344
James Espie 345
James Espie
346
Henry M. Young
347
Sherman W. Frost
John Stevens 348
Barbara Kelley
Donald Wilson 349
B. A. King 350
Roger K. Crafts 351
Edward H. Howard 352
John Onslow 353
$25 Kennel
John Onslow 355
Robert E. Murphy Jr. 356
Cecil Balcom
Robert E. Murphy Jr. 357
Alton W. White 358
Jacquelyn Perry 359
Walter A. Stevens 360
Allan Murray 361
$50 Kennel
Martin Meigs 362
James Baker 363
Archie Morrison 364
$10 Kennel
Mrs. Henry Anderson
Edward B. Mckinley
Jessie C. Woods
Edith V. Davis
John E. Moore Alice LaTulippe
Charles Judd Farley
374
David B. Byers
J. Eugene McKercher 375
Guy Bonfoglis 376
Sherman C. Sebastian
John Onslow
354
Mrs. Charles D. Gray
89
Howard Staples 327
William Lehtinen 328
316 Licenses at $2.00 .
$632.00
59 Licenses at $5.00 295.00
1 License at $50.00 50.00
1 License at $25.00 25.00
10 Licenses at $10.00 100.00
$1102.00
Deduct fees 387 licenses at 20c.
77.40
$1024.60
REVISED JURY LIST - 1951
Precinct I
Alden C. Flagg, 85 Estabrook Rd., farmer Clarence A. Frost, 40 Newtown Rd., trucking William J. Gallagher, 52 Great Rd., garage Frederick T. Heyliger, 16 Newtown Rd., student Walter M. Ballard, 328 Main St., U.S. Army retired Clinton S. Curtis, 55 Concord Rd., silversmith Cecil Balcom, 12 Isaac Davis Way, laborer H. Vaughn Allen, 22 Newtown Rd., fieldman Carl A. Christofferson, 403 Main St., lawyer Richard C. Davis, 31 Hosmer St., pressman Frank E. Greenough, 36 Newtown Rd., construction Alan Pederson, 25 Newtown Rd., truck driver
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Precinct II
Harold A. Merriam, 64 Liberty St., superintendent George C. Rolfe, 106 Main St., insurance agent Otis J. Reed, 7 Prospect St., bookkeeper Gerald F. Hollis, 186 School St., linotype operator Edward M. Carbary, 68 Main St., radio technician Robert F. Charles, 25 Martin St., chemical engineer Norman R. Veenstra, 22 High St., salesman Richard T. Kelley, 268 Main St., ice cream maker 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
Precinct III
Arthur Decker, 276 Arlington St., painter Frederick E. Hollowell, 33 Nashoba Rd., research engineer Carroll E. McPhee, 295 Central St., carpenter Wentworth Prentiss, 400 Arlington St., electrician Charles M. MacRae, 241 Central St., salesman John J. Onslow, 535 Mass. Ave., manager Albert S. Cook, 297 Central St., salesman Donald O. Feltus, 264 Central St., optometrist Carl R. Godfrey, 28 Windsor Ave., salesman Harold E. McPhee, 198 Central St., electrical engineer W. Henry Teele, Mass. Ave., repairman Richard D. Powderly, 572 Mass. Ave., dairyman
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REPORT OF AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS
April 3, 1951
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. Arthur W. Lee, Chairman
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the general accounts of the Town of Acton for the period from November 27, 1949 to December 14, 1950, and of the accounts of the town collector from March 9, 1950 to December 14, 1950, 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, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
FRANCIS X. LANG Director of Accounts
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Mr. Francis X. Lang Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the general accounts of the town of Acton for the period from November 27, 1949, and of the town collector's accounts for the period from March 9, 1950, the dates of the previous examinations, to December 14, 1950, and report thereon as follows :
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined, checked, and verified by comparison with the records in the offices of the town accountant and the town treasurer.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were checked with the treasurer's books and with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town, while the payments were compared with the treasury war- rants and with the books of the treasurer.
The appropriations and loan authorizations as listed from the town clerk's records of town meetings, as well as the transfers from the reserve fund authorized by the finance committee, were checked to the town accountant's ledger.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 14, 1950.
It is urged that the town accountant balance his ledger at least monthly and that he keep a permanent record of each trial balance.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as recorded, were compared with the records of the several departments col- lecting money for the town and with other sources from which
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money was paid into the town treasury, while the payments were checked with the warrants of the selectmen authorizing the disbursement of town funds. The cash balance on Decem- ber 14, 1950, was proved by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.
The payments of maturing debt and interest were proved with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined and checked. The sales of land of low value and foreclosures were verified, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The securities and savings bank books representing the trust fund investments in the custody of the town treasurer and the trustees of the Charlotte L. Goodnow Fund were ex- amined and listed. The transfers to the town were verified, the income was proved, and the other reported transactions were found to be correct.
The books and accounts of the town collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The recommitments to the present collector as of March 9, 1950, as well as all subsequent commitments, were audited and checked to the warrants for their collection. The payments to the town and district treas- urers were verified by comparison with the treasurer's cash books, the abatements as recorded were checked to the as- sessor's records of abatements granted, and the outstand- ing tax, excise, and departmental accounts were listed and proved with the town accountant's ledger.
Verification of the outstanding tax, excise, and depart- mental accounts was made by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town and the district, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
Attention of the town collector is called to the provisions of Section 2, Chapter 60, General Laws, which requires that collections of taxes and interest shall be paid to the town treasurer once a week or oftener.
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It is recommended that the town collector take immediate action to secure settlement of the overdue tax and motor vehicle and trailer excise accounts of 1950 and prior years.
Considerable difficulty was experienced in auditing the several commitments and recommitments due to errors in addition and posting and failure to post many items received and entered on the cash books. The detailed checking necessary to prove the several tax levies added materially to the cost of the audit.
The amount due from the town collector on December 14 1950 to balance his cash was deposited in the bank during the progress of the audit.
The town clerk's records of dog and sporting licenses were examined and checked, the payments to the State being verified by comparison with the receipts on file and the pay- ments to the town being checked to the treasurer's cash book.
The surety bonds furnished by the several town officials for faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of receipts from selectmen's licenses, of the sealer of weights and measures, of the public welfare and cemetery departments, and of all other departments collect- ing money for the town were examined, checked, and rec- onciled with the treasurer's and the accountant's books.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the town collector's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, tax possession, and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust funds.
While engaged in making the audit, cooperation was received from all town officials, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.
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TOWN OF ACTON
BALANCE SHEET
December 14, 1950
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash
$182,136.62
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
Levy of 1947 - Poll
$ 2.00
Levy of 1948:
Poll
$ 114.00
Personal Property
1,617.39
Real Estate
1,171.74
2,903.13
Levy of 1949:
Poll
$ 274.00
Personal Property
1,715.58
Real Estate
8,175.13
10,164.71
Levy of 1950:
Poll
$ 484.00
Personal Property
2,354.40
Real Estate
28,598.65
31,437.05
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1947
$ 28.64
Levy of 1948
418.38
Levy of 1949
1,585.40
Levy of 1950
5,229.81
$7,262.23
Tax Judgment:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
502.62
Tax Titles
$ 44.57
Tax Possessions
400.19
Departmental:
Fire
$ 717.65
Dog Officer
240.50
Temporary Aid
1,098.00
Aid to Dependent Children
737.43
Old Age Assistance
2,216.94
Veterans' Benefits
738.00
School
1,973.55
Cemetery
... 367.00
8,089.07
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44,506.89
7,764.85
444.76
BALANCE SHEET
December 14, 1950
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Payroll Deductions:
Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Fund $ 178.30
County Retirement Fund
95.20
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
2.15
Unpaid Warrants
Tailings - Reserve for Unclaimed Checks
144.81
Road Machinery Fund
6,011.96
Sale of Cemetery Land Fund
2,775.35
High School Athletic Fund
131.44
School Milk Fund
197.96
Trust Funds Income:
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund $ 27.96
Henry Raymond Cemetery Fund .
18.45
J. Roland Wetherbee Cemetery Fund
9.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
69.92
125.33
Overestimate 1950:
County Tax
1,990.04
Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration Aid
$ 106.35
1,294.40
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
77.62
Assistance
2,752.68
4,231.05
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
74,607.20
Loan Authorized and Unissued
15,000.00
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
5,748.80
Overlays Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Levy of 1947
$ 2.00
Levy of 1948
1,073.17
Levy of 1949
2,406.77
Levy of 1950
2,352.86
5,834.80
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $7,764.85
Tax Title and Tax Possession 444.76
$ 275.65 7,005.49
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Aid to Highways: State
County
$10,044.69 5,750.00
15,794.69
Underestimates 1950:
County Hospital Assessment
$ 358.81
State Parks and Reservations Assessment
107.37
466.18
Loan Authorized - Fire Station
15,000.00
Estimated Receipts to be Collected
10,166.48
Revenue 1951
1,800.00
Overdrawn Accounts:
Tax Collector - Salary
$ 32.53
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,994.71
Chapter 90, Construction
174.66
2,201.90
$288,371.44
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$7,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities:
In Custody of Town Treasurer
$239,219.43
In Custody of Trustees
3,465.54
$242,684.97
98
Departmental
8,089.07 15,794.69
Aid to Highways
32,093.37
Surplus Revenue:
Current Year
$ 46.00
Prior Years
132,152.19
132,198.19
$288,371.44
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Schoolhouse Addition Loan
$7,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Betsy Ball Charity Fund
$10,199.41
Elizabeth White Charity Fund 28,685.92
Georgia E. Whitney Charity Fund 15,443.27
Charlotte Conant School Fund
1,558.07
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
16,494.73
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
4,956.80
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
738.67
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
59,256.08
Cemetery Surplus Fund
201.67
Hoit and Scott Cemetery Fund
525.32
J. Roland Wetherbee Cemetery Fund
10,144.99
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
1,612.82
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
1,547.18
Frank C. Hayward Cemetery Fund
1,057.87
Susan Noyes Hosmer Cemetery Fund
84,376.93
Henry L. Raymond Cemetery Monument Fund ..
772.90
Henry L. Raymond Cemetery Care Fund
1,646.80
$239,219.43
In Custody of Trustees:
Charlotte Goodnow Fund
3,465.54
$242,684.97
99
ASSESSORS' REPORT - 1951
Tax assessed as follows:
Buildings, exclusive of land $3,426,930.00
Land
699,370.00
Personal
555,635.00
$4,681,935.00
Valuation January 1, 1950
$4,431,405.00
Increase in valuation
250,530.00
Rate of Taxation $47.00
Real Estate
$ 193,936.36
Personal Estate
26,114.88
Polls
2,226.00
$ 222,277.24
Amount of money raised :
State Parks Tax
$ 510.86
State Parks Tax, Underestimates 1950
107.37
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
733.33
County Tax
10,128.30
Tuberculosis Hospital Assess- ment
3,578.05
Tuberculosis Hospital, Under-
estimates 1950
358.81
Town Grant
202,383.01
Overlay
4,477.51
$222,277.24
100
Added Assessments :
Real Estate $ 150.40
Personal Estate 188.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Number of Vehicles Assessed, 1828
Total Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers $ 750,250.00
Rate of Excise, $46.85
Total Excise
$
33,040.87
ALBERT P. DURKEE
CARL C. FLINT JAMES W. BAKER
Board of Assessors
101
TOWN COLLECTORS REPORT
1948 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$
1,171.74
Interest
32.82
$ 1,204.56
Paid Treasurer
385.79
Outstanding
$
818.77
1949 REAL ESTATE TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 8,175.13
Interest
301.59
$8,476.72
Abated
$
142.88
Adjusted
.12
Paid Treasurer
5,346.82
$ 5,489.82
Uncollected
.$
2,986.90
1950 REAL ESTATE TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 25,991.89
Refund
216.00
Interest
386.43
Adjusted
106.43
$ 26,700.75
Abated
323.76
Paid Treasurer
$ 17,745.05
$ 18,068.81
Uncollected
.$ 8,632.94
102
1951 REAL ESTATE TAX
Committed
$194,316.76
Interest
124.01
Refund
98.70
Adjusted
10.51
$194,549.98
Paid to Treasurer
.$165,662.56
Abated
2,416.90
$168,079.46
Outstanding
$ 26,470.52
1948 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 898.11
Interest
20,59
$ 918.70
Paid to Treasurer
$ 241.07
Uncollected
$ 677.63
1949 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 1,715.58
Interest
. 52.76
$ 1,768.34
Paid Treasurer
$ 908.24
Uncollected
.$ 860.10
1950 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 2,354.40
Adjusted
.04
Interest
20.48
$ 2,374.92
Paid Treasurer
$ 1,080.00 . $ 1,294.92
Uncollected
103
1951 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
Committed
$ 26,114.85
Interest
1.26
Refund
7.05
Adjusted
.04
$ 26,123.20
Paid Treasurer
$ 18,340.45
Uncollected
.$
7,782.75
1947 POLL TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
.$
2.00
Uncollected
$ 2.00
.
1948 POLL TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 114.00
Interest and Cost
10.89
$ 124.89
Paid Treasurer
$ 54.89
Uncollected
.$
70.00
1949 POLL TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$ 274.00
Interest
1,22
$ 275.22
Paid Treasurer
$ 33.22
Uncollected
$
242.00
1950 POLL TAX
Uncollected January 1, 1951
$
484.00
Adjusted
$
2.00
Interest
.62
.
.
$ 6.00
Paid Treasurer
120.62
$ 126.62
Uncollected
.
$ 360.00
104
.
.
$ 486.62
Abated
1951 POLL TAX
Committed
$ 2,302.00
Abated
$ 242.00
Paid Treasurer
1,444.00
Uncollected
616.00
1947 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1951
$ 28.64
Uncollected
28.64
1948 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1951
$ 418.38
Interest and Cost
14.32
$ 432.70
Paid Treasurer
$ 121.49
Adjusted
2.00
Abated
57.11
Uncollected
$ 252.10
1949 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1951
$1,585.40
5.73
$1,591.13
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