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City of Medford, Old Age Assist- ance 71.45
Eastern States Farmers', Moth
Department 4.83
B & M Railroad, Snow Removal 162.50
Concord District Court, Restitution
128.13
South Fire Co., Firemen's Relief Fund 90.00
Center Fire Co., Firemen's Relief Fund 80.00
West Fire Co., Firemen's Relief Fund 95.00
Nagog Reg. School District Appro- priation Refund 13,019.57
Greenough Bros., Contract Deposit
500.00
Est. Elsie Watkins, Old Age Assist- ance 371.48
Clinton Trust Co., Drainage Notes
15,000.00
City of Cambridge, Old Age Assist- ance
289.74
Town of Arlington, Old Age Assist- ance 63.38
Corp's Eng's U. S. A., Flood Dam- age
1,000.00
Town of Concord, Land Water Tax
29.91
Town of Concord, Old Age Assist- ance
40.41
Revolut'y Ridge Co., Tuttle Drive ..
350.00
A. Perry Marble, Sealer Weights ..
149.10
$135,051.41
Perpetual Care - Mt. Hope Cemetery
Ida Harris
$500.00
Freda Prentiss
150.00
Rev. Arthur Jeffries
100.00
Edgar Hall
200.00
Ella Whitcomb
100.00
Est. Frank Knowlton
1,000.00
134
Eva Foskett
100.00
$2,150.00
Perpetual Care - Woodlawn Cemetery
Walter Perreault
$150.00
Hazel Cook
150.00
Richard Deane
200.00
Estate Robert I. Davis
1,000.00
Ida Harris
175.00
Elizabeth White
50.00
Arthur Compton
200.00
$1,925.00
Transfers to Town Account
Elizabeth White Fund
$890.00
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
525.00
Acton Memorial Library
200.00
Cemetery Fund
500.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
1,000.00
Stabilization Fund
15,000.00
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Cemetery
50.00
Henry S. Raymond Fund
100.00
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
3.00
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
25.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
25.00
$18,318.00
Trust Fund Income
Betsey M. Ball Fund
$310.58
Frank C. Hayward Fund
27.50
Hoit and Scott Fund
12.50
Elizabeth White Fund
769.20
Memorial Library Fund
370.39
Stabilization Fund
352.08
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,454.63
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
281.26
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
413.26
135
Cemetery Fund
1,875.17
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
171.10
Henry S. Raymond Fund
65.12
Acton High School Library Fund ..
37.50
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
43.12
Henry S. Raymond Fund, Monu- ment
21.00
Memorial Library, Taintor Fund ..
141.67
Dr. Robert I. Davis Fund 5.83
$7,351.91
Total Receipts for 1955
$830,727.05
Cash Balance January 1, 1955
221,616.23
$1,052,343.28
Paid Selectmen's Orders for 1955 ....
835,778.90
Cash Balance December 31, 1955 ....
$216,564.38
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
December 31, 1955
High School Addition Notes, 175- 176 due 1956 to 1957 $2,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44, General Laws, 16 to 90 due 1956 to 1970 75,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 645, Acts 1948, 31 to 200 due 1956 to 1972 170,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium and Gym- nasium Notes, Chapter 645, Acts 1948, 224 to 283, due 1956 to 1958 60,000.00
Surface-Drainage, Mohawk and Seneca Road Notes, Chapter 44-645, Acts 1948, 284 to 286, due 1956 to 1958 15,000.00
136
Acton High School Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Unexpended Balance 85.97
Received Interest for 1955
$1,585.97 39.69
$1,625.66
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks .... $1,625.66
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$5,475.00
Unexpended Balance 1,016.60
$6,491.60
Received to Fund in 1955:
Company Salaries
$265.00
Interest
204.50
$469.50
$6,961.10
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks 6,958.10
Paid Trustee's Order for 1955 $3.00
$6,961.10
Betsey M. Ball Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$10,095.26
Unexpended Balance
1,249.15
Received Interest for 1955
345.36
$11,689.77
Balance December 31, 1955 Bank Balances in Savings Banks .. $11,689.77
$11,344.41
137
Cemetery Surplus Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund $221.32
Received Interest for 1955
6.11
$227.43
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balance in Savings Bank ..
$227.43
Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$63,922.21
Unexpended Balance
6,234.03
$70,156.24
Received for Perpetual Care
$2,075.00
Received Interest for 1955
2,031.50
4,106.50
$74,262.74
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ....
$66,162.74
U. S. Savings Bonds, Series G
7,600.00
Transfer to Town Account
500.00
$74,262.74
Dr. Robert I. Davis Fund
Principal Fund, July 1, 1955
$1,000.00
Received Interest for 1955
5.83
$1,005.83
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks .... $1,005.83
138
Elizabeth White Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
2,127.26
Received Interest for 1955
$27,127.26 775.50
$27,902.76
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ....
$27,012.76
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1955 890.00
$27,902.76
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$14,073.70
Unexpended Balance
558.93
$14,632.63
Received Interest for 1955
469.71
$15,102.34
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks .... $14,577.34
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1955
525.00
$15,102.34
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
191.18
$1,691.18
Received Interest for 1955 ...
48,18
$1,739.36
139
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Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ... Transfer to Town Account
$1,689.36
50.00
$1,739.36
Frank C. Hayward Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Unexpended Balance
160.93
Received Interest for 1955
$1,160.93 32.03
$1,192.96
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks .... $1,192.96
Hoit and Scott Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$500.00
Unexpended Balance
79.84
Received Interest for 1955
$579.84 14.74
$594.58
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ....
$94.58
U. S. Savings Bond, Series D 500.00
$594.58
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund
Principal Fund, November 1955
$1,000.00
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balance in Savings Bank $1,000.00
140
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$1,579.02
Received Interest for 1955
43.61
$1,622.63
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ....
$1,597.63
Transfer to Town Account 25.00
$1,622.63
Henry S. Raymond Fund Monument Perpetual Care
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$700.00
Unexpended Balance
157.80
$857.80
Received Interest for 1955
25.86
$883.66
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks .... $883.66
Henry S. Raymond Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$2,000.00
Unexpended Balance 307.62
$2,307.62
Received Interest for 1955
65.12
$2,372.74
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ....
$2,272.74
Transfer to Town Account 100.00
$2,372.74
141
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
4,474.97
Received Interest for 1955
$86,713.92 2,601.46
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ..
$88,315.38
Transfer to Town Account 1,000.00
$89,315.38
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$10,000.00
Unexpended Balance
655.56
$10,655.56
Received Interest for 1955
299.86
$10,955.42
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ....
$10,930.42
Transfer to Town Account 25.00
$10,955.42
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$17,808.66
Unexpended Balance
489.49
$18,298.15
Received Interest in 1955
$670.32
Bequest, Lila H. and Newell B.
Taintor 13,606.54
$14,276.86
$32,575.01
142
$89,315.38
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balances in Savings Banks .... West Shore R. R. Bond
$31,375.01
1,000.00
Transfer to Town Account
200.00
$32,575.01
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$834.21
Received Interest for 1955
26.26
$860.47
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balance in Savings Bank $860.47
Stabilization Fund
Balance January 1, 1955
Principal Fund
$10,000.00
Unexpended Balance
81.26
$10,081.26
Received Interest for 1955
$356.27
Town of Acton
5,000.00
$5,356.27
$15,437.53
Balance December 31, 1955
Bank Balance in Savings Bank $437.53
Transfer to Town Account 15,000.00
$15,437.53
Respectfully submitted,
WM. HENRY SOAR, Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN ACCOUNTANT - Donald Nylander.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The accompanying report covers the financial transactions of the Town for the year ended December 31, 1955 and consists of the following.
I. Summary of Appropriations, Transfers, Expenditures and unexpended balances.
II. Schedule of Receipts and Departmental Payments.
III. Balance Sheet.
The 1956 amortization requirements for the bonded indebted- ness of the town, and Acton's share of the Regional School Dis- trict are:
High School Addition $1,000.00
Elementary School 15,000.00
Blanchard Auditorium- Gymnasium 20,000.00
Mohawk and Seneca Road Bet-
terment Notes 5,000.00
Regional School District 24,700.00
$65,700.00
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I have verified the accounts of the Treasurer, Collector, and Manager of the School Cafeteria; and have checked the various funds in the custody of the Treasurer and Trustees.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD O. NYLANDER, Town Accountant.
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
January 1, 1955 to December 31, 1955
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriated Expended
Balance
Selectmen's Dept. Salaries and
Wages
$4,091.00
$4,098.96
-
Selectmen's Dept. Expenses
300.00
228.69
71.31
Finance Committee
R
26.80
76.80
Moderator
R
20.00
75.00
Treasurer, Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
Treasurer, Expense
350.00
349 46
.54
Assessors, Salaries
4,100.00
R
400.00
4,417.05
82.95
Assessors, Expense
400.00
318.56
81.44
Collector, Salary
1,900.00
1,900.00
Collector, Expense
500.00
R
100.00
593.41
6.59
Accountant, Salary
1,200.00
1,200.00
Accountant, Expense
150.00
147.25
2.75
Town Clerk, Salary
1,000.00
985.00
15.00
Town Clerk, Expense
350.00
159.95
190.05
Elections and Registration
Salaries and Wages
1,116.00
R
400.00
1,516.00
Elections and Registrations Ex- pense
700.00
590.45
109.55
State Census
B
700.00
698.45
1.55
Planning Board Expense
200.00
170.26
29.74
Planning Board, Service Fees
300.00
164.10
135.90
Planning Board, Guarantee De-
posits
B
20.00
D
50.00
40.00
30.00
R
7.96
50.00
55.00
145
Board of Appeals, Expense .. ...
100.00
14.50
85.50
Board of Appeals, Guarantee De-
B
17.00
posits D
50.00
40.50
26.50
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Buildings and Grounds, Salaries and Wages
3,150.00
2,637.51
512.49
Buildings and Grounds, Expense
3,875.00
2,919.01
955.99
Oil Burner, Town Hall, Article 28
400.00
R
25.00
425.00
-
Office, Town Hall, Article 32
700.00
690.71
9.29
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept. Salaries and Wages
19,236.00
19,232.88
3.12
Police Dept. Expense
4,225.00
R
850.00
5,053.03
21.97
Police Dept. New Cruiser
2,000.00
1,980.00
20.00
Police Dept. Radio
600.00
548.16
51.84
Fire Dept. Salaries and Wages
8,760.00
6,450.90
2,309.10
Fire Dept. Expense
5,430.00
5,343.50
86.50
Fire Alarm System, Labor
3,820.00
3,563.85
256.15
Fire Alarm System, Expense
1,050.00
565.36
484.64
Fire Hydrant Rental
10,000.00
R
80.00
10,080.00
Acton Water District, Hosmer Street, Article 30
200.00
200.00
Fire Alarm System Extension, Art. 19
500.00 15,000.00
15,000.00
-
West Acton Fire Station, Oil Burner
350.00
325.00
25.00
Fire Companies Insurance, Art. 29
375.00
368.81
6.19
Moth Dept. Wages
1,000.00
999.00
1.00
Moth Dept. Expense
1,000.00
996.33
3.67
Dutch Elm Disease
1,000.00
B
364.00
R
200.00
1,562.20
1.80
Poison Ivy Control, Art. 14
1,000.00
996.55
3.45
Tree Dept. Wages
2,000.00
1,999.07
.93
Tree Dept. Expense
1,200.00
R
2.39
1,202.39
-
Replacement of Shade Trees, Art. 13
250.00
247.75
2.25
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Salary
250.00
250.00
146
-
480.00
20.00
Fire Dept. New Truck, Article 18
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Expense
50.00
40.32
9.68
Wire Inspector, Salary and Travel
750.00
750.00
Wire Inspector, Expense
100.00
97.99
2.01
Dog Officer
350.00
300.12
49.88
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries
Board Members
50.00 3,100.00 20.00
3,120.00
-
Substitute Nurse
R
145.00
380.00
65.00
Agent
R
145.13
495.13
Milk and Food Inspector
150.00
150.00
Dump
R
275.00 2,340.00
2,339.71
.29
Board of Health, Expense
Board Members
800.00
741.57
58.43
Nurse
840.00
840.00
Agent
300.00
149.84
150.16
Dump
800.00
671.75
128.25
Medical Supplies
150.00
135.00
15.00
State Sanatorium
500.00
393.00
107.00
Clinic
300.00
R
400.00
565.00
135.00
Garbage Collections
7,400.00
7,400.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
150.00
150.00
Inspector of Animals, Expense ..
25.00
25.00
Plumbing Inspector
1,000.00
768.00
232.00
HIGHWAYS
Village Highways
3,000.00
R
1,517.28
4,517.28
-
Chapter 81
8,550.00
24,218.03
6.97
Chapter 90, Maintenance
G
3,000.00
4,470.61
29.39
Chapter 90, Construction
4,500.00
G
13,500.00
B
13,209.40
22,802.19
8,407.21
Road Machinery
2,700.00
2,699.70
.30
Snow Removal
13,000.00
10,806.86
2,193.14
Highway Dept. Vacations
700.00
384.00
316.00
-
Town Nurse
R
300.00
350.00
3,500.00
3,775.00
Clerical Wages
-
-
G
15,675.00
1,500.00
50.00
147
Highway Culverts (Art. 11, 1951)
B
4,000.00 500.00
485.01
4,000.00 14.99
Signs and Lines
Street Lighting
6,618.60 85.38
6,703.98
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Mohawk Drive - Seneca Road
Betterment
N
5,000.00 15,000.00
19,172.85
827.15
Road Sweeper
700.00
700.00
CHARITIES
General Relief
3,000.00
1,771.22
1,228.78
Welfare District
1,800.00
G
275.00
2,075.00
Old Age Assistance
B
16,959.52
G
22,881.41
L
250.09
60,638.23
20,452.79
Aid to Dependent Children
B
1,765.29
G
4,040.38
9,441.69
1,363.98
Disability Assistance
3,000.00
B
2,566.76
G
1,415.04
3,185.52
3,796.28
VETERAN'S AID
Agent's Salary
200.00
200.00
-
Agent's Expense
250.00
217.76
32.24
Aid Expenditures
8,000.00
7,552.60
447.40
Veterans Services, Salaries
900.00
750.00
150.00
Veterans Services, Expense
50.00
17.00
33.00
EDUCATION
Instruction
159,133.35
154,239.50
4,893.85
General Control
11,925.00
9,622.22
2,302.78
Textbooks and Supplies
8,780.70
8,493.05
287.65
Plant Operation
27,275.00
26,066.90
1,208.10
Maintenance
3,740.00
3,553.98
186.02
Auxiliary Agencies
18,325.00
17,242.47
1,082.53
Outlay
2,299.15
1,877.77
421.38
Contingency Fund
700.00
97.00
603.00
Blanchard Auditorium, Mainte-
11,120.00
6,727.71
4,392.29
School Cafeteria
B
2,402.18
C
13,214.48
14,126.67
1,489.99
-
41,000.00
5,000.00
148
nance
R
Athletics
B
1,000.00 362.54
C
1,210.87
1,760.55
812.86
Vocational Tuition and Transpor-
tation
2,000.00
1,526.35
473.65
Elementary School Building .... B
1,529.33
800.00
729.33
Blanchard Auditorium and Gym- nasium B
39,001.85 2,200.00
41,137.56
64.29
Acton-Boxborough Regional
School Planning Committee ....
500.00
120.00
380.00
Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee
2,850.00
2,850.00
Center School Cesspool, Art. 7
1,000.00
1,000.00
Addition to Elementary School Committee
700.00
700.00
High School Rehabilitation
B
12,689.00
12,714.35
2,974.65
High School Building Committee
B
7,000.00
100.25
6,899.75
LIBRARIES
Salaries and Wages
3,000.00
2,965.13
34.87
Expense
1,435.00
1,218.08
216.92
Books
660.00
B
46.74
T
200.00
904.47
2.27
Memorial Library Repairs, Art.
24
835.00
773.40
61.60
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages
10,000.00
9,974.03
25.97
Expense
2,500.00
2,485.97
14.03
Mt. Hope Oiling
500.00
500.00
Mt. Hope Clearing and Grading B
58.00
58.00
-
Woodlawn Clearing and Grading
B
231.03
162.53
68.50
Perpetual Care
B
363.32
T
500.00
702.15
161.17
Hosmer Fund
B
511.47
T
1,000.00
1,504.64
6.83
Luke Blanchard Fund
T
25.00
25.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
B
50.78
T
25.00
48.19
27.59
Raymond Fund
B
17.28
T
100.00
80.90
36.38
Georgia Whitney Fund
B
26.07
T
50.00
30.00
46.07
149
-
3,000.00
RECREATION
Playgrounds
1,500.00
958.60
541.40
Playgrounds, Expense
150.00
150.00
Water Safety
500.00
500.00
Pony League Baseball
300.00
300.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Maturing Debt
36,000.00
36,000.00
Interest
6,845.00
6,845.00
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UNCLASSIFIED
Miscellaneous Expenses
1,000.00
963.48
36.52
Town Counsel
500.00
500.00
Town Reports
1,700.00
1,566.88
133.12
Surety Bonds
600.00
594.00
6.00
Workmen's Compensation
2,000.00
1,808.34
191.66
Boiler and Machinery Insurance ..
600.00
584.70
15.30
Town Building Insurance
1,100.00
740.70
359.30
Officer and Employee Insurance ....
1,200.00
R
28.93
1,228.93
Memorial Day
600.00
538.90
61.10
Surface Drainage
B
3,507.25
2,866.50
4,140.75
Unpaid Bills, 1954, Art. 31
50.00
50.00
-
Civil Defense
B
871.74
360.93
510.81
Town Forest, Cutting Brush
B
167.82
R
.28
268.10
420.00
Pension and Military
Service
Funds
3,062.54
3,062.54
-
Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
5,000.00
Sub-Total of Cash Expendi-
tures
$786,542.13
$697,174.78
$89,367.35
NO APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
Withholding Taxes
33,032.35
Massachusetts Hospital Service ..
3,686.10
Middlesex County Retirement ...
4,614.67
Massachusetts Teachers Retire- ment
7,712.20
Middlesex County Dog Licenses ..
1,368.00
Middlesex County Tax
12,355.54
Middlesex County Hospital As-
sessment
3,351.46
State Audit
1,397.70
State Parks
605.16
-
..
-
-
-
150
-
Town Forest Committee B
420.00
100.00
3,500.00
Gypsy Brown Tail Moth Control ..
Refunds on Taxes
4,210.11
Trust Funds
17,946.54
Interest on Trust Funds
7,351.91
Trust Fund Expenditures
1,418.00
Flood Emergency
E 36,712.55
Contract Deposit
500.00
Police Cruiser
E 1,550.00
Total Cash Expenditures ....
$835,778.90
KEY
B-Balance from previous year
C-Cash receipts
D-Guarantee deposits
E-Emergency expenditures authorized under Section 31 of Chapter 44, General Laws
G-Grants
L-Lien recoveries
N-Issue of notes for Mohawk and Seneca Road Betterments
R-Reserve Fund
T-Trust Fund transfers
CASH RECEIPTS AND DEPARTMENTAL DISBURSEMENTS
January 1, 1955 to December 31, 1955
Receipts
Cash Balance, January 1, 1955 $221,616.23
Treasurer's Itemized Report 830,727.05
Total Cash
$1,052,343.28
DISBURSEMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Selectmen
Salaries and Wages:
Leo C. Cunningham $383.33
Frederick W. Abbt 300.00
151
791.83
Charles D. MacPherson
83.33
Carl A. Christofferson
191.67
Virginia Milbery, clerk
3,121.88
Clerical Assistance
18.75
$4,098.96
Expense :
Postage
$46.00
Stationery
97.50
Association Dues and Meetings
75.19
1955 Laws
5.00
Sundry
5.00
$228.69
Finance Committee
Association Dues and Meetings
$33.66
File Cabinet
43.14
$76.80
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee .
$75.00
Treasurer
Salary :
William Henry Soar
$1,200.00
Expense :
Postage
$125.94
Telephone
22.82
Stationery and Printing
173.70
Stenographic Services
9.00
Sundry
18.00
$349.46
Assessors
Salaries and Wages :
Albert P. Durkee
$2,500.00
Carl C. Flint 800.00
152
James A. Baker
800.00
Marian Baker, clerk
317.05
$4,417.05
Expense :
Forms and Printing
$184.68
Transfers and Probates
90.88
Association Dues and Meetings
19.00
Banker and Tradesman sub- scription
24.00
$318.56
Collector of Taxes
Salary :
Charles M. MacRae
$1,900.00
Expense :
Books and Printing
$184.99
Postage
359.64
Association Dues
2.00
Land Takings
36.78
Deputy Bond
10.00
$593.41
Town Accountant
Salary :
Donald O. Nylander .... $1,200.00
Expense :
Books, Supplies and Printing ..
$90.15
Stenographic Services
21.85
Association Dues and Meetings
14.25
Sundry
21.00
$147.25
153
Town Clerk
Salaries and Fees :
Harlan E. Tuttle
$600.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, recording vital statistics
225.00
Gertrude P. Tuttle, clerk
160.00
$985.00
Expense :
Stationery and Printing
$59.30
Association Dues
7.50
Telephone
50.00
Postage
28.80
Sundry
14.35
$159.95
Elections and Registrations
Salaries and Wages :
Julia A. Barry
$250.00
Grace C. Cullinane
250.00
James B. Wilson
250.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, clerk
150.00
Payrolls, elections and meet- ings
525.00
Posting warrants and notify-
ing officers elected
55.00
Other wages
36.00
$1,516.00
Expense :
Printing warrants, voting lists,
books and ballots
$530.45
Rentals for voting
60.00
$590.45
State Census
Julia A. Barry $200.00
Grace C. Cullinane 200.00
154
James B. Wilson
200.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, clerk
85.00
Printing
13.45
$698.45
Planning Board
Expense
$170.26
Service Fees
164.10
$334.36
Board of Appeals
Stationery and supplies ....
$14.50
Buildings and Grounds
Salaries and Wages :
Custodial services
$1,950.00
Care of grounds
404.87
Payrolls - Highway Dept.
282.64
$2,637.51
Expense :
Heat
$792.02
Light
533.60
Telephone
471.19
Maintenance supplies
295.22
Highway Department
158.52
Building maintenance
545.46
Sundry
123.00
$2,919.01
Office - Town Hall
Frank E. Balsor
$218.00
Materials
366.12
Lights
106.59
$690.71
155
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Oil Burner - Town Hall
Baker Oil Co. $425.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Salaries and Wages :
Michael Foley, Chief
$4,420.00
Regular officers
14,626.00
Special officers
70.63
Vesta Thompson, clerk
116.25
$19,232.88
Expense :
Police Cruisers :
Gas and Oil
$1,872.37
Repairs
929.71
Damage to Ford
794.83
Insurance
27.66
Radio Service
158.40
$3,782.97
Other:
Telephone
$438.63
Association dues and meetings
20.00
Uniforms and equipment
342.36
Stationery and Printing
376.21
Bicycle Registration
32.31
Sundry
60.55
$1,270.06
Cruisers
Ayer Motor Sales
$1,980.00
Great Road Garage
1,550.00
Radio
Motorola, Inc. $548.16
156
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages :
H. S. MacGregor, Chief
$550.00
Annual salaries
755.00
Fire payrolls
4,425.90
Janitor payrolls
720.00
$6,450.90
Expense :
Fuel
$885.19
Lights
215.62
Telephone
755.01
Gas and Oil
214.27
Association Dues, Meetings
and Chief's Expense
719.20
Repairs and parts for equip- ment
1,434.04
Protective clothing and equip- ment
928.42
Maintenance supplies
121.54
Sundry
70.21
$5,343,50
Fire Alarm System - Maintenance
F. W. Rimbach
$3,120.00
Other services
443.85
Expense ..
565.36
$4,129.21
Fire Hydrant Rental
Acton Water District
$9,850.00
Town of Concord
230.00
.
$10,080.00
Article 19 - Fire Alarm System Extension Louis W. Bills $480.00
157
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Article 30 - Water Main Extension
$200.00 Acton Water District ..
Article 18 - New Pumper
Farrar Company $15,000.00
Oil Burner - West Acton Station
Bursaw Gas and Oil Co. ..
$325.00
Moth Department
Wages:
Franklin Charter, Supt.
$369.90
Payrolls
629.10
$999.00
Expense :
Truck
$304.00
Equipment repairs
68.78
Gas and Oil
76.65
Maintenance and Supplies
91.75
Rentals of Equipment
330.00
Insecticide
121.90
Sundry
3.25
$996.33
Tree Department
Wages :
Franklin Charter, Supt.
$704.70
Payrolls
1,294.37
$1,999.07
Expense :
Truck
$603.00
Equipment repairs
137.98
Equipment rental
331.00
Gas and Oil
8.00
Hardware
61.41
Sundry
61.00
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$1,202.39
158
Dutch Elm Disease
Payrolls
$607.90
Equipment rental
954.30
$1,562.20
Poison Ivy Control
Charter Tree Service $996.55
Shade Trees
Sudbury Nurseries
$204.50
New England Nurseries
43.25
$247.75
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary :
A. Perry Marble
$250.00
Expense :
Books, Seals, etc. ... $40.32
Wire Inspector
Salary and Travel:
Kenneth L. Duffy
$750.00
Expense :
Office Supplies and Telephone ..
$97.99
Dog Officer
Carl W. Flint
$53.12
Destroying 38 dogs
247.00
$300.12
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Salaries and Wages:
Dr. Orma L. Clark, Chairman ..
$25.00
Herbert Leusher
15.00
Martin Duggan
10.00
159
Eileen Hale, Town Nurse
3,120.00
Hazel Vose, Substitute Nurse
380.00
Dorothy Turner
560.00
Margaret Heath
1,154.08
Vesta Thompson, clerk
625.63
Town Dump payroll
3,775.00
Edward J. Higgins, Agent
12.00
Herbert Leusher, Assistant Agent
483.13
Bradford S. Leach, Inspector ..
150.00
$10,309.84
Expense :
Board
$741.57
Nurse
840.00
Agent
149.84
Dump
671.75
State Sanatorium
393.00
Medical Supplies
135.00
Clinic
ยท 565.00
$3,496.16
Garbage Disposal
Henry M. Anderson, Contract
$7,400.00
Inspector of Animals
Salary :
Arno H. Perkins
$150.00
Expense :
Sundry
$25.00
Plumbing Inspector
Joseph G. Perry
$444.50
W. F. Osbeck
323.50
$768.00
160
HIGHWAYS
Village
Wages :
Superintendent
$895.14
Payrolls
2,145.54
Expense :
Trucks
306.24
Cold Patch
62.98
Tools and Hardware
464.38
Parts and Repairs
359.42
Engineering Services
105.00
Sundry
178.58
$4,517.28
Chapter 81
Wages :
Superintendent
$1,986.30
Payrolls
9,163.43
Expense :
Rental of Equipment
7,133.84
Cold Patch and Asphalt
2,894.45
Stone, Sand and Gravel
1,349.96
Calcium Chloride
147.00
Catchbasins and Culverts
1,432.45
Brushkiller
110.60
$24,218.03
Chapter 90 - Construction
Wages :
Superintendent
$941.52
Payrolls
3,210.64
Expense :
Rental of Equipment 11,173.63
Cold Patch and Asphalt
5,662.01
161
Stone, Sand and Gravel
1,113.96
Catch Basins and Culverts
700.43
$22,802.19
Maintenance
Wages :
Superintendent
$74.38
Payrolls
444.93
Expense :
Rental of Equipment
845.32
Cold Patch and Asphalt
3,039.33
Sand and Gravel
66.65
$4,470.61
Road Machinery
Gas and Oil
$1,214.91
Parts and Repairs on Equip-
ment
1,484.79
$2,699.70
Snow Removal
Wages:
Superintendent
$1,048.27
Payrolls
3,179.15
Expense :
Tractor and Trucks
966.89
Sander
1,044.25
Plow
877.50
Sand
1,529.88
Salt
1,048.62
Gas and Oil
659.98
Parts and Repairs on Equip- ment
302.32
Forecast Service
150.00
$10,806.86
162
Highway Department Vacations
Payrolls $384.00
Mohawk Drive - Seneca Road Betterment
Greenough Brothers - Con-
tractor
$16,861.30
Howard Snelling - Engineer- ing Services
1,836.00
Nashoba Drafting Associates Prints
19.95
Ideal Concrete Block Co. -
Catch Basins
442.10
Lowell Sun - Advertising for Bids
13.50
$19,172.85
Signs and Lines
Signs
$197.45
Paint
26.80
Hardware
26.06
Painting Lines
234.70
$485.01
Street Lighting
Boston Edison Company . . . ..
$6,703.98
Road Sweeper
Files Equipment Co
$700.00
CHARITIES
Public Welfare
General Relief :
Aid to Individuals $1,771.22
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