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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1955
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mos. Dys.
Jan. 12 Brill, Millie Bell (Kennedy)
81
1 18
Jan. 16 Feingold, Paul James
36
0
0
Jan. 23 White, Robert Henry
66
3
2
Feb. 17 Mekkelsen, Oleane (Kundsen)
87
11 5
Feb. 19 McLaughlin, Mary
0
0
1
Feb. 26 Farquhar, Stuart
83
1
22
Mar. 1 Owen, Mary L.
77
2
13
Mar. 4 Mills, Elmore A.
67
11
15
Mar. 14 Chickering, Clarence D.
71
10
1
Mar. 14 Farrar, Rhoda (Stafford)
65
4
25
Mar. 18 Rockwell, William Burgess
76
11
18
Mar. 21 Munn, Winnie Mae
84
5
4
April 2 Gates, Edith A. (Hayes)
41
0
0
April 2 Hayes, Katherine A. (McNerny)
81
6
9
April 4 Jackson, John
58
0
0
April 13 Ranley, Robert Thomas
1
3
0
April
16 O'Neil, Marian D.
70
3
18
April 17 Deane, Bertha M.
50
4
co
April 19.
LeClerc, Marie
76
6
20
April 21
Harvey, William Burton
80
3
6
April 24
Locke, Annie (Goodsell)
72
1
7
April 28
Connolly, Albert
42
0
0
April 29
Hancock, Ellen Agnes (Sweeney)
56
2
27
May
1 Piper, Ralph Waldo
66
0
1
May 10 Clemence, Percy
63
7
9
May 17 LeBlanc, Albenie Joseph
74
0
0
May 18 Worthington, Minnie G. (Capelle) 90
7
2
May 21 Driskell, Jennie W.
73
9
20
May
30 Prentiss, Frank S.
71
0
17
June 21
Stover, William Amos
52
2
29
12
Mar. 19 Milliken, Minnie Amelia (Etchells) 85
4
106
June 26
Bishop, Alleta (Sears)
83
9
0
July 15 Baker, Charles Fisher
86
7
9
Aug. 7 Cox, Ernest LeRoy
55
2
18
Sept. 3 O'Brien, William H.
59
7
9
Sept. 12 Lothrop, Mary Haskell
74
4
11
Sept. 20 Benson, Albert Ernest
70
1
4
Sept. 24 Capelle, Charles H.
79
6
1
Sept. 27
Beverley, Edith Louise (Pratley)
76
5
6
Sept. 29
Hyde, Fletcher Sprague
66
5
21
Oct. 17 Toohey, Jessie May
77
0
27
Nov. 17 Walter, Mary Cornelia (Little)
99
1
20
Nov. 20 Slaught, Francis Ellsworth
56
7
4
Nov. 23 Goodwin, James
65
10
8
Dec. 8 Soar, Margaret (Farrand)
72
10
19
Dec. 19 Tuttle, Horace F.
91
2
29
Dec. 25 Briggs, Bertha B. (Reynard)
64
3
12
Dec.
29 Davis, Lizzie (Morse)
77
0
16
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NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1955
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Place of Death
Place of Burial
July 29
Bancroft, John
3
10
1 Littleton, Mass.
Dec. 13
Boynton, Clara M.
69
3
17 Pawtucket, R. I.
June 10 Brown, Laura E.
88
8 21 Maynard, Mass.
Aug. 12
Chapin, Grace M.
81
0
0
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Apr. 13
Cleaves, Wesley A.
48
0
0
Cambridge, Mass.
Feb. 19
Deffly, Frank
74
1
0
Newark, N. J.
Apr. 22
Dole, Cyrus G.
82
0
22
Watertown, Mass.
July 31
Dow, Edmund C.
59
7 8 Concord, Mass.
Dec. 7
Downs, Harold P.
77
0
8 Saugus, Mass.
Mar. 8
Edwards, Marjorie B.
66
9
11 Haverhill, Mass.
May 2 Farrar, Merrit L.
56
8 21 Newton, Mass.
Nov. 26
Foskett, Clinton I.
73
7
5
Somerville, Mass.
Aug. 3 Gowen, George B.
88
0
0 Rutland, Vt.
Dec. 13
Grove, Lillian M.
83
2
7 Hough Neck, Mass.
Nov. 19
Haven, Lillian H.
63
9 27
Concord, Mass.
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery
108
Feb. 8 Howes, Edith T.
93
0
5
Aberdeen, N. C.
May 17
Kelley, Chester E.
63
3
15
Boston, Mass.
Nov. 8
Lane, Ralph P.
76
3
15 Dorchester, Mass. 26 Concord, Mass.
June 2 Mills, Myra Z.
58
2
Mar. 20
Perrault, Leon I.
68
5
4
Cambridge, Mass.
May 30
Phalen, Harold R.
66
0
0
Williamsburg, Va.
Nov. 6
Rowse, John A.
73
3
23
Somerville, Mass.
Mar. 31
Smith, Ella F.
83
0
0 Manchester, N. HI.
Aug. 29
Whitten, Helen E.
65
0
0 Seattle, Wash.
Dec. 4
Wolfe, William F.
67
1 25
Concord, Mass.
Mt. Hope Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery
109
NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed EXPIRE MARCH 31, 1956.
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 1955
F. Wendell Putnam
1
Raymond F. Letts 40
Harold C. White
2
David Tinker 41
Dewey E. Boatman
3
Rachael A. Haynes
42
George W. Loggie
4 James G. Davey 43
Fred S. Kennedy
5
Ruth MacGregor
44
Fred S. Kennedy
6
Ruth MacGregor
45
David Gates
7 John Torkelsen
46
Thelma M. Blood
8
Joseph Lemoine
47
Walter A. Stevens
9
Marilyn Clark
48
John Duston
10
Verna Medlar
49
Nancy L. Leslie
11
Verna Medlar
50
Mary E. Parker
12
Stephen Lord
51
Mary E. Parker
13
Edward R. Bailey
52
Robert Farquhar
14
George Neagle
53
Arthur S. Desmond
15
Thomas Doyle
54
Nancy Leslie
16
Dudley Howe
55
Mary Dubee
17
James B. and Naomi L.
Owen 56
Hazel Hughes
19
Edwin Anderson
57
Hazel Hughes
20
Cleon E. Phelps
58
Donald W. Parker
21
Sargent Colman
59
Harold A. Warren
22
Jane H. Marsh
60
Harold A. Warren
23
William Flagg
61
Virginia L. Newton
24
Robert Smith
62
Clifford E. Armstrong
25
Robert Smith
63
James Howe
26
Benjamin F. Rice
64
W. L. Marshall, Jr.
27
Louis Flerra 65
Thomas McPhee
28
Joanne Flerra
66
Carl W. Bergman
29
Edmond McNiff
67
Mildred Pope Moore
30
Vaughn Allen
68
Mildred Pope Moore
31
Vaughn Allen
69
Mildred Pope Moore
32
Albert C. Gravlin
70
Craig R. Collins
33
Albert C. Gravlin
71
Edward Mason
34
Albert C. Gravlin
72
Charles Dahill
35
Kenneth T. Blood
73
Beverly Klitsch
36
Hilda Anderson
74
Alfred B. Harbage
37
Bruce L. Larsen
75
Lucille Cunningham
38
Arthur Jalonen
76
Chris Hallos
39
Edward Passerello
77
Mamie A. Peterson
18
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Eric H. Froberg 78
Edgar A. Perkins, Jr. 119
Eric H. Froberg
79
Alberta Cook 120
Marcia Reed
80
Mrs. Henry Anderson 121
Arlene Snyder 81
Karen A. Anderson 122
Frank Nelson
82
Evelyn Anderson
123
Lawrence Donnelly 83
Mrs. Robert Davison
124
Edward J. Franzosa
84
Mrs. Robert Davison
125
Richard U. Clark
85
Mrs. Vivian McGray
126
Richard U. Clark
86
Carlton Sawyer
127
Deborah Lloyd
87
Albert Kroon
128
David G. Grunditz
88
Frederick F. Lawrence,
Jr. 129
Kathryn Kretschmar
90
Elwyn Hallowell
130
Lowell Cram
91
Elwyn Hallowell
131
Michael J. Britt
92
Lucy Newport
132
Bertha Davis
93
George Hodgson
133
Carrie Knowles
94
Hazel G. Blanchard
134
Carl C. Flint
95
June McIntosh
135
Donna Vanderhoof
96
June McIntosh
136
John Albright
97
Theodore Weyn
137
Leonard Lester
98
Theodore Weyn
138
Leighton Nickerson
99
Theodore Weyn
139
Curtis M. Briggs
100
Annie McLane
140
Carol and Ernest
John McLane
141
Anderson
101
Edmund SanSoucie
142
Helen W. Richmond
102
Edmund San Soucie
143
Glenna Wise
103
Lucretia Conheeney
144
Fannie Davis
104
Louis Schwaab
145
W. Gardner Walker
105
Louis Schwaab
146
Fred Micklay
106
Mrs. Lawrence J.
Edward Mann
107
Thibault 147
Olga B. Emerson
108
Mrs. Lawrence J.
148
Rufus W. McFarland
149
Sgt. David Mortimer
111
Robert Evans
112
Jeanette B. Reynolds
151
Martha T. Oakes
113
Edwin Hall
152
Edgar Peterson
114
John N. Stevens 153
Harold Taintor
115
John N. Stevens, Jr.
154
Frederick W. Abbt
116
Mrs. Ruth Lythcott
155
Ernest Fraser
117
Howard R. Edwards 156
Dr. David Smith
118
Charles E. Derby
157
John W. Putnam
109
Thibault
Mrs. Wm. Graham
110
John Lothrop
150
John T. Sleeper
89
112
Adolph Wattu 158
John F. Canessa 199
Dorothy Wattu
159
Dr. James S. Goodwin 200
Dwight Nickerson
160
Dr. James S. Goodwin 201
Robert B. Lortz
161
Jack R. Stevens 202
Joyce H. Woodhead
162
Richard Lane
203
Harold C. Parrish
163
John F. Hekkala, Jr.
204
Carl Schontag
164
John F. Hekkala, Jr. 205
Frederick Heyliger
165
Walter Brzezinski
206
Harold Y. Banquer
166
John O. Peterson
207
Irwin O'Neal
167
Arthur Hayes
208
Jacqueline Perry
168
Walter N. Stevenson
209
Jacqueline Perry
169
Rose Snyer
210
Jacqueline Perry
170
Ethel C. Robbins
211
John W. Forrest
171
Charles H. Bumpus, Jr. 212
Charles Harrison
172
Kenneth Jewell
213
Charles Harrison
173
Franklin H. Charter
214
William McMahon
174
Peter Gray
215
Ruth Gates Carter
175
Norman Morris
216
William R. Horton
176
Ralph H. Prescott
217
Barbara Horton
177
Otis J. Reed
218
John M. Pettingell
178
Margaret Larrabee
219
Quenton Banks
179
Forrest E. Bean
220
Karen Cole
180
Forrest E. Bean
221
Arno H. Perkins
181
Craig Lundberg
222
Arno H. Perkins
182
Thomas Wetherbee
223
Richard Sisson
183
Malcolm Fullonton
224
Clinton S. Curtis
184
Harrington Moore
225
Clinton S. Curtis
185
Walter E. Hobson
226
John Thomas
186
Guy Bonfiglio
227
David P. Dickey
187
Charles MacRae
228
Joseph Perry
188
Leroy F. Barnhart
229
William Phillips
189
Herbert L. Leusher
230
Giles Lowden
190
Mrs. Warren E. Hartwell 231
Russell J. Henley
191
Robert Nordberg
232
Leo W. Robinson
192
Alwin A. Klauer
233
Walter H. Ohnesorge
193
Alwin A. Klauer
234
Steven Sweetser
194
Matthew Costello
235
Dana Hinckley
195
William T. Kelley
236
Mrs. Joseph Benullo
196
William C. Harper
237
Beaven Roche
197
Irving S. Duren, Sr.
238
John and Bernard
Miriam D. McCabe 239
Caouette
198
Elizabeth Morrison
240
113
Tony Perry
241
Stanley R. Veasie 283
Tony Perry
242
Mrs. Francis Moyer 284
Ethel D. Roche
243
Robert M. Bowen
285
Robin Darling
244
Irene B. Murphy 286
John L. Fletcher
245
Robert E. Murphy, Jr.
287
Edward R. Kelley
246
John I. Swensen
288
Edward J. Bursaw
247
Robert J. Young
289
Mrs. George Gilbert
248
Robert J. Young
290
Norman G. Collins
249
Edward M. Ferry
291
Elmer E. Hill
250
Alice Pederson
292
Norman Collins
251
George Raymond
293
Richard W. Shaw
252
Leo White
294
E. Wilson Bursaw
253
John Nyman
295
James W. Baker
254
Susan Thompson
296
Irving S. Duren, Jr.
255
John A. Sena
297
William Cobleigh, Jr.
256
Stanley Palaima
298
Joseph F. Zukatynski
257
Stanley Reed
299
Arthur P. Reynolds
258
Margaret Murray
300
Arthur Decker
259
Eben A. Dickonson
301
Charles Galluzzo
260
Robert Brett
302
Judith Hatch
261
Steven Lever
303
Mrs. Raymond Stinson
262
Stanley Paskiewicz
304
Winston K. Newman
263
Norman L. Perkins
305
Walter Ballard
264
Timothy Hennessey
306
Walter B. Newsham
265
Arthur Conquest
307
Arthur St. Germain
266
Arthur Conquest
308
Joyce Wilkes
267
Buxton Poultry Service,
Norma Dango
268
Inc.
309
Margaret M. Cullinane
269
James French
310
Mrs. John M. Goddard
270
James French
311
James Murgatroyd
271
George MacNeil
312
Bruce W. Hamblin
272
Peter McGregor
313
Bengt H. Tornell
273
Alberta Knight
314
Barry Woodbine
274
Emma L. Twyford
315
Stephen French
275
Ralph Parsons
316
John Onslow
276
David Ringland
317
John Onslow
277
Alvin Piper, Jr.
318
John Onslow
278
Howard J. Billings
319
Dr. Paul P. Gates
279
Earl R. Spinney
320
William McNiff
280
Lawrence Davis
321
William McNiff
281
Olive Bogart
322
Evelyn Y. Inman
282
Michael J. Walsh
323
114
Louis LaCourse 324
Benjamin Plume 366
Carrie F. Wells
325
Alfred Young 367
John E. Wetherbee
326
David Flint 368
William Pyrro
327
Robert Clapp 369
Ian Mott
328
Ormal S. Laffin 370
Peter M. Smoltees
329
Dr. Wendell F. Davis
371
Joseph Curtis
330
John Lindfors
372
Joseph Curtis
331
Carl Johnson
373
Frederick J. Strate
332
H. Daniel Flanagan
374
William S. Jones
333
Albert Braman
375
John Lehto
334
Frederick W. Hopkins
376
Jacquelin Davis
335
Frederick W. Hopkins
377
Wm. Henry Soar
336
Harold O. Prentiss, Jr.
378
Pat Moscariello
337
Ralph K. Peterson
379
Peter Cioffi
338
Ivan R. Wold
380
Dr. Bonnell Boardman
339
Ann Ogilvie
381
Edwin A. Anderson
340
Ann Ogilvie
382
Robert Willett
341
Warren Birch
383
C. W. Benson
342
Sherman W. Frost
384
Philip S. Newell
343
William D. Tuttle
385
William Owen
344
Tyler V. Tuttle
386
Safford P. Sweatt
345
Walter Nardelli
387
Safford P. Sweatt
346
Thomas W. Cole
388
Geraldine Prentiss
347
Thomas W. Cole
389
Clesson Bancroft
348
William A. Massie, Jr.
390
Benjamin Bancroft
349
Elizabeth T. Morrison
391
Clyde J. Horne 350
Scott Arthur
392
Frederick S. Whitcomb
351
Martin J. Duggan 393
Frederick S. Whitcomb
352
Robert E. Evans
394
David A. Wilson 353
Henry Hickey
395
Modesto M. Simeone
354
Henry D'Agostino
396
Howard L. Jones
355
Robert F. Burke
397
Wilbur E. Marston
356
Don Shinn
398
John M. Whittier, Jr. 357
James Coughlin
399
Alden C. Flagg, Jr.
358
John F. Coughlin
400
Eleanour S. Anderson
359
Andrew Rein
401
Charles J. Deveau
360
Thomas Harris
402
Harold E. Day
361
Ervin Fitzsimmons
403
Albert Goddard
362
Howland Parker 404
Mark Imbimbo
363
Howland Parker
405
Ethel L. Todd
364
Robert M. Stow
406
John A. C. Kimball
365
Thomas C. Searles
407
115
Barbara Horn 408
John B. Ledgard 445
Frank H. Turner
409
Jean Hurley 446
Al Connolly
410
William L. Chipman 447
Robert L. Carroll 411
Warren P. Moland
448
Edward Shaw
412
Warren P. Moland 449
Frank I. Averett
413
Wilmer Laffin
450
Frank I. Averett
414
Francis Parker
451
Ellen Beck
415
Edward G. Lawton
452
Ralph C. Choate
416
Arthur McKelvie
453
David T. Garbarino
417
Richard Bursaw
454
Joseph S. Mercurio
418
Joyce Ann Jackson
455
Richard O'Neil
419
Howard A. Hollis
456
William Henry Teele
420
Paul M. McPherson
457
Fraser Laffin
421
Bruce B. Nesary
458
Fred Willett, Jr.
422
Edward J. McCauley
459
Hilda Swanson
423
William Chisholm
460
Oliver Jeanson
424
Woodbury Stevens
461
Julius Jeanson
425
Harvey Gravlin
462
John W. Mahoney
426
Cecil G. Riven
463
Robert W. Annable
427
Harold B. Beal
464
Crimens Pacy
428
Thomas M. Park, Jr.
465
John P. Fowler
429
Mrs. Jay A. Gibbs
466
A. J. Walther
430
John M. Pettingell
467
Charles M. Davis
431
Roger Crafts
468
Ernest A. Magoon
432
Joseph C. Sindoris
469
Robert D. Broadbent
433
Estelle N. Jacobs
470
George Clahane
434
William Kendall, Jr.
471
Richard A. Firth
435
Robert W. Kendall
472
Norman E. Hollowell
436
John Saganick
473
Francis Parker
437
Dr. John T. Aldred
474
Francis Parker
438
H. W. Flood
475
Paul R. Campbell
439
Hobart King
476
Medville L. Clark
440
George H. Locke, Jr.
477
Barbara C. Motley
441
Richard and Nadine Callahan 478
John Crighton
442
Vincent Paradis
443
Paul L. Zimmerman
479
George Gilbert
444
Albert W. Wunderly 480
$10.00 Kennel
Edward B. Mckinley
X1 Edith V. Davis X4
Ben Smalley
X2
Mrs. Ronald McGerigle
X5
Alice LaTulippe
X3
Mrs. Henry Anderson
X6
116
Jessie C. Woods X7 Carl W. Flint X11
Frances Priest
X8 George W. Wetherbee X12
Charles J. Farley
X9
John E. Moore, Jr. X13
Charles J. Farley
X10
$25.00 Kennel
George Wilkes
X14 Edward Poor X15
$50.00 Kennel
Fraser Kennel
X19 Patrick Palmer
X20
416 Licenses @ $ 2.00
$832.00
68 Licenses @ $ 5.00
340.00
13 Licenses @ $10.00
130.00
2 Licenses @ $25.00
50.00
2 Licenses @ $50.00
100.00
$1,452.00
Deduct fees 501 Licenses @ 20ยข
100.20
Paid to Town Treasurer
$1,351.80
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ASSESSORS' REPORT 1955
BOARD OF ASSESSORS: James Baker, Albert Durkee and Carl Flint.
Taxes assessed as follows :-
Buildings, exclusive of land
$5,225,380.00
Land
846,355.00
Personal
619,860.00
$6,691,595.00
Valuation - January 1, 1954
6,161,085.00
Increase in valuations
530,510.00
Rate of Taxation - $58.00
Real Estate
$352,160.63
Personal Estate
35,951.88
Polls
2,764.00
$390,876.51
Amount of money raised :
State Parks and Res. Tax $687.96
State Audit of Municipal Ac- counts
1,397.70
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Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Tax
894.15
County Tax
11,157.00
Tuberculosis Hospital Assess- ment
3,810.34
Town Grant
359,849.90
Overlay
13,079.46
$390,876.51
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :-
Number of Vehicles Assessed-2202
Commissioners Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$1,327,590.00
Rate of Excise-$53.37
Total Excise $62,305.81
Added Excise of 1954
$5,311.23
Number of Vehicles Added Excise-372
Commissioners Value
$203,590.00
ALBERT P. DURKEE, CARL C. FLINT, JAMES W. BAKER, Board of Assessors.
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TOWN COLLECTOR'S REPORT
TOWN COLLECTOR: Charles MacRae.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report from January 1 through December 31, 1955.
1948 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$31.20
Interest
3.12
$34.32
Paid Treasurer
$15.60
Tax Title
18.72
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$34.32
1949 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$42.30
Interest
2.75
$45.05
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Paid Treasurer
$14.03
Tax Title
16.92
Abated
11.28
Uncollected December 31, 1955
2.82
$45.05
1950 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$365.21
Interest
30.19
$395.40
Paid Treasurer
$359.76
Tax Title
32.40
Uncollected December 31, 1955
3.24
$395.40
1951 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$150.61
Interest
8.97
$159.58
Paid Treasurer
$125.50
Tax Title
21.15
Audit Adjustment
9.40
Uncollected December 31, 1955
3.53
$159.58
1952 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$1,201.63
Interest
56.30
$1,257.93
Paid Treasurer
$1,210.15
Tax Title
36.75
Abated
7.35
Uncollected December 31, 1955
3.68
$1,257.93
121
1953 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$9,005.66
Interest 537.89
$9,543.55
Paid Treasurer
$9,248.93
Tax Title
37.65
Uncollected December 31, 1955
256.97
$9,543.55
1954 Real Estate Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$29,153.03
Interest
576.74
Refunds
19.44
$29,749.21
Paid Treasurer
$22,027.97
Tax Title
33.44
Abated
124.87
Uncollected December 31, 1955
7,562.93
$29,749.21
1955 Real Estate Tax
Committed
$352,221.53
Interest
59.97
Refunds
1,909.65
$354,191.15
Paid Treasurer
$321,192.33
Tax Title
31.90
Abated
6,787.10
Uncollected December 31, 1955
26,179.82
$354,191.15
122
1948 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$82.37
Interest
36.84
Abatement Rescinded
41.60
$160.81
Paid Treasurer
$160.81
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$160.81
1949 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$71.44
Interest
28.23
Abatement Rescinded
37.60
$137.27
Paid Treasurer
$137.27
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$137.27
1950 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$165.12
Interest
14.66
$179.78
Paid Treasurer
$179.78
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$179.78
1951 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$615.70
Interest
47.12
$662.82
123
Paid Treasurer Uncollected December 31, 1955
$213.65 449.17
$662.82
1952 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$609.20
Interest
36.93
$646.13
Paid Treasurer
$212.48
Uncollected December 31, 1955
433.65
$646.13
1953 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$1,231.41
Interest
71.04
$1,302.45
Paid Treasurer
$829.86
Abated
50.20
Uncollected December 31, 1955
422.39
$1,302.45
1954 Personal Property Tax
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$2,647.55
Interest
13.08
$2,660.63
Paid Treasurer
$730.99
Uncollected December 31, 1955
1,929.64
$2,660.63
1955 Personal Property Tax
Committed
$35,951.88
Interest
5.34
$35,957.22
124
Paid Treasurer
Uncollected December 31, 1955
$33,237.31 2,719.91
$35,957.22
1948 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$46.71
Interest
1.88
$48.59
Paid Treasurer
$7.98
Abated
40.61
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$48.59
1949 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$157.60
Interest
15.48
$173.08
Paid Treasurer
$144.23
Abated
28.85
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$173.08
1950 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$266.76
Interest
65.03
$331.79
Paid Treasurer
$302.18
Abated
29.61
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$331.79
125
1951 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$415.62
Interest 88.41
$504.03
Paid Treasurer
$448.96
Abated
55.07
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$504.03
1952 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$360.26
Interest
32.46
$392.72
Paid Treasurer
$285.33
Abated
107.39
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$392.72
1953 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$971.87
Interest
30.02
$1,001.89
Paid Treasurer
$544.43
Abated
457.46
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$1,001.89
1954 Excise
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$4,390.11
Interest
143.88
Refunds
420.50
Committed
11,419.14
Audit Adjustment
10.38
$16,384.01
126
Paid Treasurer Abated Uncollected December 31, 1955
$11,292.70
4,666.83
424.48
$16,384.01
1955 Excise
Committed
$62,305.81
Interest
74.07
Refunds
1,854.52
$64,234.40
Paid Treasurer
$51,194.64
Abated
4,507.84
Uncollected December 31, 1955
8,531.92
$64,234.40
1949 Poll
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$4.00
Interest
.88
$4.88
Paid Treasurer
$4.88
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$4.88
1950 Poll
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$2.00
Interest
.36
$2.36
Paid Treasurer
$2.36
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$2.36
127
1951 Poll
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$4.00
Interest .64
$4.64
Paid Treasurer
$4.64
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$4.64
1952 Poll
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$6.00
Interest
.60
$6.60
Paid Treasurer
$6.60
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$6.60
1953 Poll
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$12.00
Interest
.81
$12.81
Paid Treasurer
$10.81
Abated
2.00
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$12.81
1954 Poll
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$154.00
Interest
5.07
Abatement Rescinded
2.00
$161.07
128
Paid Treasurer
$141.07
Abated
20.00
Uncollected December 31, 1955
None
$161.07
1955 Poll
Committed
$2,778.00
Interest
4.39
Refunds
6.00
Abatement Rescinded
2.00
$2,790.39
Paid Treasurer
$2,342.39
Abated
404.00
Uncollected December 31, 1955
44.00
$2,790.39
Cemetery Department
Uncollected December 31, 1954
$196.50
Committed
646.50
$843.00
Paid Treasurer
$624.00
Uncollected December 31, 1955
219.00
$843.00
Lien Certificates - Paid Treasurer
$298.00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES M. MacRAE, Town Collector.
129
TREASURER'S REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 1955.
TREASURER: W. Henry Soar.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Acton, Massachusetts.
I herewith submit my report for the year 1955:
Cash Balance January 1, 1955
$221,616.23
Received from State Treasurer
Veterans' Services
$2,874.97
Disability Assistance
679.27
Old Age Assistance
24,530.04
Aid Dependent Children
3,827.17
Disability Assistance, Federal
1,420.75
Old Age Assistance, Federal
22,945.76
Aid Dependent Children, Federal 3,392.87
Highways
13,111.73
Highways Chapter 90
8,985.47
Meal Tax
1,205.52
Income Tax
5,535.27
Corporation Tax
22,038.87
School Chapter 70
53,660.88
Hurricane Damage
3,565.73
130
Veterans' Benefits
739.60
Tuition
2,632.42
Reim-Loss on Taxes
1,798.57
Blanchard Auditorium
24,276.56
Transportation
3,730.62
Vocational Education
828.37
Board of Health
150.71
$201,931.15
Received from County Treasurer
Dog Officer
$273.00
Dog License Refund
878.40
Highways
5,237.83
Miscellaneous Aid
5.00
$6,394.23
Received from Collector of Taxes
Excise, 1948
$6.10
Personal, 1948
123.97
Real Estate, 1948
12.48
Poll, 1949,
4.00
Excise, 1949
128.75
Personal, 1949
109.04
Real Estate, 1949
11.28
Poll, 1950
2.00
Excise, 1950
237.15
Personal, 1950
165.12
Real Estate, 1950
329.57
Poll, 1951
4.00
Excise, 1951
360.55
Personal, 1951
166.53
Real Estate, 1951
116.53
Poll, 1952
6.00
Excise, 1952
252.87
Personal, 1952
175.55
Real Estate, 1952
1,153.85
Poll, 1953
10.00
Excise, 1953
514.41
Personal, 1953
758.82
131
Real Estate, 1953
8,711.04
Poll, 1954
136.00
Excise, 1954
11,148.82
Personal, 1954
717.91
Real Estate, 1954
21,451.23
Poll, 1955
2,338.00
Excise, 1955
51,120.57
Personal, 1955
33,173.97
Real Estate, 1955
321,190.36
Liens
298.00
Care of Cemetery Lots
624.00
Tax Title Adv't
17.00
Interest
2,029.88
$457,605.35
Miscellaneous Receipts
Dewey's Market, License
$400.00
Village Package Store, License
400.00
Joseph Foley, Juvenile Restitution
28.13
Concord District Court, Fines
304.65
Harlan E. Tuttle, Dog Licenses ..
1,368.60
Harlan E. Tuttle, C't'y Retirement
20.25
Harlan E. Tuttle, St. Listings .....
20.50
Acton High School Fund, Cafeteria
13,214.48
Acton High School Fund, Athletic ..
1,207.01
Acton High School Fund, Miscell's
3.86
Acton High School Fund, Telephone Acton High School Fund, Breakage Acton High School Fund, Tuition ....
3.10
Town of Acton, County Retirement Town of Acton, Withholding Taxes Town of Acton, Teacher's Retire- ment
4,691.81
32,921.25
7,719.28
Town of Acton, Blue Cross
3,055.35
Town of Acton, Machinery Account
8,111.29
H. S. MacGregor, Permits
145.50
Board of Selectmen, Licenses
213.50
Board of Selectmen, Miscellaneous
16.50
Board of Selectmen, Wire Inspector
422.50
Board of Selectmen, Special Fee ....
5.00
-
132
54.35
17.43
Board of Selectmen, Cruiser Dam- age 350.00
South Acton Fire Co. Blue Cross .. 709.25
Town of Westford, Tuition 939.60
Town of Weston, Old Age Assist- ance
136.37
Town of Harvard, Old Age Assist- ance
254.60
City of Waltham, Old Age Assist- ance
68.68
Director of Standards, Licenses
30.00
Roland Livermore, Rent of Hall
506.50
Carl W. Flint, Care of Dogs
6.00
Fred Kennedy, Burials
1,035.00
Fred Kennedy, Lowering Device
111.00
Fred Kennedy, Sale of Lots
220.00
Fred Kennedy, Liners Installed
85.00
Fred Kennedy, Chapel Fee
70.00
Fred Kennedy, Miscellaneous
72.00
Fred Kennedy, Foundations 34.05
Ethel Davis, Collector's Account
9.40
Mary Lothrop, Library Fines
102.70
Mary Lothrop, Miscellaneous
9.48
Marian L. Piper, Library Fines
171.98
Marian L. Piper, Miscellaneous ....
2.03
Board of Trustees, Memorial
Library, Lila H. and Newell Taintor Fund 13,606.54
City of Melrose, Veterans' Services 29.75
Board of Health, Licenses-Permits 255.00
Board of Health, Nurse Services ..
438.00
Board of Health, Plumbing Permits 594.00
Board of Health, Cesspools-Tanks .. 437.00
Board of Health, Milk Licenses
33.50
Chief of Police, Bicycle Permits ...
47.25
Chief of Police, Revolver Permits ..
27.50
Board of Appeals, Guar. Deposits ..
50.00
Chester Robbins, Ins. Premiums ....
81.35
Town of Boxboro, Reg. School Board
6.00
Town of Boxboro, Tuition 8,672.04
133
Planning Board, Miscellaneous .... 60.00
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