Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1951-1955, Part 5

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
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20


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


0


0


Dec. 14 Waluk, John A.


76


5


9


Dec.


17 Oelschlegel, Fritz W.


74


10


29


81


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


82


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


83


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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