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Paid to Treasurer
$ 116.85
Uncollected
$1,474.28
$ 1,686.00
105
1950 EXCISE TAX
Uncollected Jan. 1, 1951
$4,478.46
Committed in 1951
4,658.80
$9,137.26
Interest
12.68
Adjusted
.11
$9,150.05
Abated
$1,045.59
Paid Treasurer
3,930.23
Uncollected
$4,174.23
1951 EXCISE TAX
Committed
$28,871.10
Interest
17.41
Refunds
999.70
$25,888.21
Paid Treasurer
$22,765.34
Abated
1,303.92
Adjusted
19.40
Uncollected
$1,799.55
ETHEL A. DAVIS, Collector
106
TREASURER'S REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1951
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Acton, Massachusetts
I herewith submit my report for the year 1951 :
Cash Balance January 1, 1951
· $157,266.51 Receipts for 1951 :
Received from State Treasurer
School Lunches
$ 408.89
Income Tax
14,631.30
Highways
12,866.33
Aid to Dependent Children, Federal
2,971.05
Old Age Assistance, Federal
30,274.28
Veteran's Services
3,799.85
Chapter 90, Highways
8,699.47
Land Taking
70.13
School Aid
25,400.23
Meal Tax
1,156.50
Old Age Assistance
25,030.36
Corporation Tax
24,725.55
Fire Department
192.12
Loss on Taxes
1,845.52
Aid Dependent Children
2,911.91
Children's Tuition
1,148.04
High School Transportation
3,080.00
Vocational Education
219.98
$159,431.51
Received from County Treasurer
Highways
3,199.64
Dog Refund
727.69
Lowell Road
3,749.91
Dog Officer
910.00
$8,587.24
107
Received from Collector Taxes
Poll, 1948
46.00
Excise, 1948
107.17
Personal, 1948
220.48
Real Estate, 1948
352.96
Poll, 1949
32.00
Excise, 1949
111.12
Personal, 1949
855.48
Real Estate, 1949
5,045.23
Poll, 1950
120.00
Excise, 1950
3,917.55
Personal, 1950
1,059.52
Real Estate, 1950
17,358.62
Poll, 1951
1,444.00
Excise, 1951
21,379.80
Personal, 1951
18,339.19
Real Estate, 1951
166,942.68
Costs
46.75
Interest
935.52
$238,314.07
Miscellaneous Receipts
Acton High School Fund, Breakage .. 11.51
Acton High School Fund, Athletic Fund
1,414.09
Acton High School Fund, Milk Receipts
920.71
Acton High School Fund, Book Damage 2.50
Acton High School Fund, Telephone Calls 6.99
Harlan E. Tuttle, Dog Licenses
1,055.80
James Knight, Blue Cross
10.75
Board of Selectmen, Wire Inspector .
662.25
Licenses
256.50
Board of Selectmen, Telephone Call . .
.10
Board of Selectmen, Sealer Weights .. 2.00
Town of Acton, County Retirement ..
2,592.40
Town of Acton, Teacher's Retirement 3,906.93
Town of Acton, Withholding Taxes . 16,311.71
Town of Acton, Blue Cross 1,178.55
Town of Acton, Machinery Account
3,486.25
108
Dewey's Market, License 400.00
Village Package Store, License 400.00
Director's of Standards, License
32.00
Board of Health, Licenses .
26.50
Board of Health, Nurse's Services
100.00
Board of Health, Milk Permits
7.50
Fred Kennedy, Burials
815.00
Fred Kennedy, Low'g Device
120.00
Fred Kennedy, Sale Lots
500.00
Fred Kennedy, Liners Installed
50.00
Fred Kennedy, Chapel Fee
60.00
Fred Kennedy, Miscellaneous
81.00
Fred Kennedy, Foundations
23.00
Fred Kennedy, Sale of Heater
75.00
Middlesex Cty. Nat'l Bank, Note 183
15,000.00
H. S. MacGregor, Permits Oil & Gas
93.00
H. S. MacGregor, Auto Damage 64.15
H. S. MacGregor, Fire no permit
15.85
H. S. MacGregor, Refund Asso. Dues
1.00
So. Acton Fire Co., Blue Cross
294.58
Henry Johnson, Rent of Hall
84.00
Mary Lothrop, Library Fines
176.52
Mary Lothrop, Book Sales
4.00
Mary Lothrop, West Branch Fines
5.11
Mary Lothrop, Miscellaneous
18.35
Ethel A. Davis, Care Cemetery Lots .
421.00
Ethel A. Davis, Fire Department
717.65
Concord District Court, Fines
339.15
Chief of Police, Revolver Permits
17.00
South Acton Fire Co., Firemen's Fund
90.00
West Fire Co., Firemen's Fund
90.00
Center Fire Co., Firemen's Fund
80.00
Town of Westford, Tuition
534.60
Town of Boxboro, Tuition
3,856.43
Est. Murray Brown, Memorial Library
500.00
New England Telephone Co., Town Hall
3.59
New England Telephone Co., Hghy. Dept.
3.59
New England Telephone Co., School
Dept. 15.67
109
New England Telephone Co., Police
Dept.
7.18
New England Telephone Co., Fire Dept. 10.77
Center Fire Co., Sale Fire House 1.00
Town of Concord, Land Tax
29.91
Russell Berry, Chapter 81 .
91.05
Boston Con. Gas Co., Fire Dept.
.65
Boston Con. Gas Co., Tree Damage
100.00
C. A. Durkee Ins. Agcy., Premium Refund
55.50
Howard L. Jones, Blue Cross
5.50
Katherine Matson, Blue Cross
1.70
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., Snow Removal
65.00
A. Perry Marble, Sealer Weights 129.05
Morton A. Stevens, Perp. Care, Mt.
Hope
100.00
Est. Cora A. Whitney, Perp. Care, Mt. Норе
150.00
Edward L. Forbes, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope
150.00
Est. Charles Moulton, Perp. Care, Woodlawn
150.00
Mabel Cole, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope . 200.00
Wallace Sherry, Perp. Care, Woodlawn 150.00
Ernest A. Mayell, Perp. Care, Woodlawn
150.00
Jennie Almgren, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope
100.00
Leon Wheeler, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope ..
100.00
100.00
Fred S. Mead, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope William & Winnie Munn, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope
100.00
Mary D. Wood. Perp. Care, Woodlawn
100.00
Est. Mary Whitcomb, Perp. Care, Mt. Hope
150.00
Amelia Waluk, Perp. Care, Woodlawn
150.00
Elizabeth White Fund, Transfer
1,207.80
Cemetery Fund, Transfer 875.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund, Transfer . 1,600.00 Geo. E. Whitney Fund, Transfer 550.00
110
Memorial Library, Transfer 300.00 J. Roland Wetherbee Cem. Fund, Transfer 100.00
Geo. E. Whitney Cem. Fund, Transfer 22.00
Luke Blanchard Fund, Transfer 25.00
$63,961.39
Trust Fund Income
Frank C. Hayward Fund
20.00
Hoit and Scott Fund 12.50
Elizabeth White Fund
593.15
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
320.22
Memorial Library Fund
285.90
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
1,918.47
Cemetery Fund
1,279.21
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
218.76
Betsey M. Ball Fund 197.43
Georgia E. Whitney Cem. Fund
35.63
Henry S. Raymond Fund
37.54
Acton High School Library Fund
30.00
4,948.81
Total Cash Receipts for 1951
$475,243.02
Cash Balance January 1, 1951 ..
157,266.51
$632,509.53
Payments for 1951 Selectmen's
Order's
$494,533.98
Cash Balance December 31, 1951
$137,975.55
OUTSTANDING NOTES DECEMBER 31, 1951
High School Addition Notes, 171-176, due 1951 to 1957 $ 6,000.00
111
SUSAN NOYES HOSMER FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Unexpended Balance
2,137.98
Received Interest for 1951
$84,376.93
1,975.26
$86,352.19
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$84,752.19
Transfer to Town Account 1,600.00
$86,352.19
CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund
$56,397.21
Unexpended Balance 2,873.75
$59,270.96
Received for Perpetual Care 1951
1,850.00
Received Interest for 1951
1,355.86
3,205.86
$62,476.82
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$54,001.82
U. S. Savings Bonds Series G
7,600.00
Transfer to Town Account
875.00
$62,476.82
112
ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund $25,000.00
Unexpended Balance
3,260.92
Received Interest for 1951
$28,260.92 652.56
$28,913.48
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$27,705.68
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1951 1,207.80
$28,913.48
WILDE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund
$16,361.16
Unexpended Balance 133.57
$16,494.73
Received Interest for 1951
896.67
$17,391.40
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$16,091.40
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
Transfer to Town Account
300.00
$17,391.40
113
GEORGIA E. WHITNEY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund $14,073.70
Unexpended Balance 1,144.57
Received Interest for 1951
$15,218.27 342.80
$15,561.07
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$15,011.07
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1951 550.00
$15,561.0%
LUKE BLANCHARD CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Balance
$ 1,522.18
Received Interest for 1951
33.16
$ 1,555.34
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$ 1,530.34
Transfer to Town Account 25.00
$ 1,555.34
CEMETERY SURPLUS FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Balance
$ 201.67
Received Interest for 1951
4.04
$ 205.71
Balance December 31, 1951.
Bank Balance in Savings Bank $ 205.71 .
114
WEST ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND Balance January 1, 1951
Balance
$
738.67
Received Interest for 1951
18.57
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balance in Savings Banks
$
757.24
ACTON FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund $4,400.00 556.80
Unexpended Balance
$ 4,956.80
Received to Fund in 1951
Company Salaries
$
260.00
Interest
123.15
383.15
$ 5,339.95
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balance in Savings Bank $ 5,339.95
HENRY S. RAYMOND FUND
Monument Perpetual Care Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund $ 700.00
Unexpended Balance
72.90
Received Interest for 1951
$ 772.90
18.45
$ 791.35
Balance December 31, 1951
Balance in Savings Bank $ 791.35
115
$
757.24
ACTON HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund
1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
58.07
Received Interest for 1951
$ 1,558.07 31.09
$ 1,589.16
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks ..
$ 1,589.16
HENRY S. RAYMOND FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Prinncipal Fund $ 1,500.00
Unexpended Balance 146.80
Received Interest for 1951 .
$ 1,646.80 37.54
$ 1,684.34
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks $ 1,684.34
GEORGIA E. WHITNEY CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund $ 1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
112.82
Received Interest for 1951
$ 1,612.82 37.80
$ 1,650.62
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$ 1,628.62
Transfer to Town Account 22.00
$ 1,650.62
:
116
FRANK C. HAYWARD FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund
$ 1,000.00
Unexpended Balance 57.87
Received Interest for 1951
$ 1,057.87 21.20
1,079.07
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$ 1,079.07
HOIT AND SCOTT CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund $ : 500.00
Unexpended Balance
25.32
$ 525.32
Received Interest for 1951
13.03
$ 538.35
Balance December 31, 1951
U. S. Savings Bond Series D $ 500.00
Bank Balance in Savings Bank
38.35
$ 538.35
117
J. ROLAND WETHERBEE CEMETERY FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund
$ 10,000.00
Unexpended Balance
144.99
Received Interest for 1951
$10,144.99
222.09
$10,367.08
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks
$10,267.08
Transfer to Town Account
100.00
$10,367.08
BETSEY M. BALL FUND
Balance January 1, 1951
Principal Fund .$ 10,095.26
Unexpended Balance 104.15
$10,199.41
Received Interest for 1951
199.16
$10,398.57
Balance December 31, 1951
Bank Balances in Savings Banks $10,398.57
Respectfully submitted,
W.M. HENRY SOAR,
Town Treasurer
118
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GOODNOW FUND
For the Year Ending December 31, 1951
INVESTMENTS
Charlestown Savings Bank $ 465.54
U.S. War Bonds 3,000.00
$3,465.54
RECEIPTS
Charlestown Savings Bank
$
11.04
U.S. War Bonds 75.00
$ 86.04
EXPENDITURES
Harlan E. Tuttle, Treasurer of the Evangelical Church in Acton . . $ 66.04 Town of Acton for perpetual care of Goodnow Lot in Woodlawn Cemetery 20.00
$ 86.04 CHARLES E. SMITH ROY H. LINSCOTT HORACE F. TUTTLE Trustees of Goodnow Fund
REPORT OF ELIZABETH WHITE FUND
After careful investigation of eighteen cases, this Com- mittee has signed orders to the Treasurer for the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00), also an order for printing and stationery for $7.80.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARA L. SAWYER GRACE O. LEARS THELMA M. BLOOD Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
119
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The accompanying report covers the financial transac- tions of the Town for the year ending December 31, 1951, and consists of the following :
I. Summary of Appropriations, Transfers and Expenditures
II. Schedule of Receipts and Departmental Payments
III. Balance Sheet
I have verified the accounts of the Collector of Taxes and the Treasurer, and have checked the various funds in the custody of the Treasurer and Trustees.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD O. NYLANDER, Town Accountant
120
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1951
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriated
Expended $2,498.40
$ 111.60
Selectmen's Dept. Expenses
200.00
137.05
62.95
Finance Committee
100.00
33.00
67.00
Treasurer, Salary
1,000.00
1,000.00
-
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept. Salaries .$7,010.00
New Man, Art. 21
1,950.00
8,960.00
8,782.10
177.90
Police Dept. Expenses
2,200.00
2,073.30
126.70
Police Dept. New Cruiser, Art. 19
400.00
400.00
Traffic Signs and Lines
500.00
384.42
115.58
Traffic Zone Signs, Art. 44
1,000.00
810.00
190.00
Fire Dept. Salaries
3,005.00
R
89.10
3,094.10
-
Collector of Taxes, Expenses
300.00
282.16
17.84
Town Accountant, Salary
1,000.00
919.59
80.41
Town Accountant, Expenses
50.00
R
15.00
63.19
1.81
Town Clerk, Salaries
R
92.33
642.33
Town Clerk, Expenses
200.00
95.83
104.17
Election and Registration, Salaries
825.00
630.00
195.00
Election and Registration, Expenses
250.00
R
89.15
339.15
Moderator
25.00
15.00
10.00
Building and Grounds, Salaries
2,950.00
2,370.53
579.47
Building and Grounds, Expenses
4,275.00
3,818.66
456.34
Building and Grounds, Art. 30, Chairs for Town Hall
350.00
350.00
Building and Grounds, Art. 35, Fire es- cape for Town Hall
450.00
450.00
Building and Grounds, Art. 38, Painting Town Hall
2,100.00
900.00
1,200.00
Building and Grounds, Art. 14 (1950) B
2,268.60
2,053.58
215.02
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.
-
-
-
-
R
40.00
320.83
19.17
Assessors' Salaries
2,350.00
2,242.25
107.75
Assessors' Expenses
500.00
267.33
232.67
Collector of Taxes, Salaries
1,800.00
1,800.00
Treasurer, Expenses
300.00
Balance
Selectmen's Dept. Salaries
$2,610.00
550.00
121
Fire Dept. Expenses
2,455.00
R
475.00
2,772.25
157.75
Fire Dept. New Equipment, Art. 18 ...
1,200.00
1,114.57
85.43
Fire Dept. New Compressor, Center
1,800.00
1,768.78
31.22
New Fire House
B
28,216.00
New Fire House, Loan Proceeds
15,000.00
New Fire House, School Addition
8,000.00
51,108.00
108.00
Fire Alarm System, Labor
700.00
458.67
241.33
Fire Alarm System, Expenses
200.00
156.04
43.96
Fire Alarm System, Art. 28
2,500.00
2,253.70
246.30
Fire Hydrant Rental
4,600.00
4,505.00
95.00
Forest Fires
1,750.00
987.80
762.20
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Sal.
225.00
225.00
-
Sealer of Weights & Measures, Ex-
penses
50.00
8.77
41.23
Moth Dept. Salaries
1,500.00
1,481.35
18.65
Moth Dept. Expenses
1,200.00
1,195.48
4.52
Moth Dept. Dutch Elm Disease Control
R
250.00
240.52
9.48
Town Forests, Cutting Brush
250.00
97.60
152.40
Tree Warden, Salaries
1,750.00
1,748.15
1.85
Tree Warden, Expenses
750.00
749.43
.57
Tree Replacement, Art. 5
250.00
247.20
2.80
Feeding Shade Trees, Art. 20.
500.00
496.90
3.10
Town Forest Committee
B
500.00
500.00
Wire Inspector, Salary & Travel
550.00
550.00
-
Wire Inspector, Expenses
50.00
49.90
.10
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health, Salaries
4,464.00
R
1,200.00
5,656.52
7.48
Board of Health, Expenses
2,696.00
1,874.34
821.66
Garbage Collection
2,000.00
1,926.50
73.50
Inspection of Animals, Salaries
150.00
150.00
Inspection of Animals, Expenses
25.00
8.04
16.96
Poison Ivy, Art. 22
1,000.00
999.48
.52
HIGHWAYS
Village
3,000.00
2,997.87
2.13
Chapter 81
8,550.00
G
14,250.00
R
1,425.00
Refund
91.05
24,314.63
1.42
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,200.00
G
2,400.00
3,598.92
1.08
Fire Dept. Forest Fire Pump, Art. 37
900.00
678.25
221.75
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122
Chapter 90, Main Street, Art. 10
3,750.00
G
11,250.00
14,998.27
1.73
Snow Removal
11,000.00
10,999.05
.95
Street Lighting
6,250.00
4,992.52
1,257.48
Pine Street
.B
1,000.00
993.20
6.80
Culverts, Art. 11
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
Road Machinery
2,500.00
2,341.99
158.01
Snow Plow, Art. 8
850.00
850.00
CHARITIES
Public Welfare, Temp. Aid
4,500.00
4,314.29
185.71
Public Welfare, Administration
1,300.00
G
475.11
1,775.11
Old Age Assistance
35,000.00
B
2,504.79
63,380.30
3,980.15
Aid to Dependent Children
G
2,940.79
B
1,694.85
8,535.68
1,099.96
VETERANS BENEFIT'S
Salary
150.00
150.00
Expenses
100.00
77.00
175.35
1.65
Expenditures
5,000.00
3,244.25
1,755.75
Veterans Services, Salaries
1,050.00
789.75
260.25
Veterans Services, Expenses
50.00
50.00
EDUCATION
Salaries
96,000.00
95,689.35
310.65
Fuel
4,000.00
3,824.39
175.61
Books and Supplies
3,500.00
R
600.00
3,851.11
248.89
Transportation
8,500.00
8,360.00
140.00
Janitors' Supplies, Power, Repairs
7,100.00
7,058.07
41.93
Outlay
1,000.00
835.30
164.70
Library
100.00
96.25
3.75
Health
350.00
290.90
59.10
Vocational Tuition
3,000.00
1,823.47
1,176.53
Physical Education
B 100.40
Rec. 1414.09
500.00
1,848.63
165.86
School Lunch Account
B 235.26
100.00
1,535.40
129.46
Insurance, High School
120.00
97.00
23.00
G
-
123
-
G
29,855.66
5,000.00
R
-
Rec. 1329.60
Special School Bldg. Committee . .. B 875.00
2,000.00
2,186.65
688.35
Redecoration High School
1,000.00
620.00
380.00
Center School Heating System
. B
2,000.00
4,000.00
5,800.00
200.00
Regional School
B
77.45
77.45
LIBRARIES
Salaries
1,300.00
1,190.00
110.00
Expenses
1,100.00
968.18
131.82
Books
B
11.31
300.00
T
300.00
603.35
7.96
Citizens Library, West Acton
175.00
124.29
50.71
Redecorate Interior of Memorial
Library
375.00
375.00
CEMETERIES
Salaries and Wages
5,400.00
5,383.05
16.95
Expenses
1,900.00
1,899.30
.70
Lowering Device
.B
400.00
331.55
68.45
Perpetual Care
B
64.92
T
875.00
739.25
200.67
Roland Wetherbee Fund
B
.35
T
100.00
98.80
1.55
Luke Blanchard Fund
T
25.00
25.00
Raymond Fund
.B
18.45
18.45
Georgia Whitney Fund
T
22.00
22.00
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Susan Hosmer Fund
.B
27.96
T
1,600.00
1,539.91
88.05
Wetherbee Gate Fund
B
681.62
665.00
16.62
Woodlawn, Purchase of Land
8,200.00
8,200.00
Woodlawn, Clearing and Grading
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mt. Hope, Clearing and Grading
500.00
500.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Unclassified Account
1,500.00
1,357.70
142.30
Town Reports
1,000.00
944.50
55.50
Workmen's Compensation
1,300.00
R
246.63
1,546.63
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Surety Bond
600.00
433.50
166.50
Pension Fund
1,410.00
1,410.00
Expense Fund
145.00
145.00
Memorial Day
500.00
486.26
13.74
Liability Insurance
700.00
634.41
65.59
-
-
-
-
-
124
800.00
800.00
Mt. Hope, Oiling Roads
Civil Defense B 698.86
4,000.00
2,572.20
2,126.66
Recreation
2,500.00
1,137.83
1,362.17
Maturing Debt
16,000.00
16,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds
255.00
232.08
22.92
Playground Study
200.00
200.00
Power Mower
300.00
105.00
195.00
Dog Officer
450.00
450.00
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$484,098.33 $443,770.98 $40,327.35
NO APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS
County Hospital Assessment
$ 2,671.06
County Dog Licenses
1,052.20
County Tax
10,554.00
State Parks and Reservations
455.90
State Audit
733.33
Refund on Taxes
1,441.47
Withholding Taxes
16,474.16
Massachusetts Hospital Service
1,479.43
Middlesex County Retirement
2,607.78
Massachusetts Teachers Retirement
3,906.93
Trust Accounts
2,110.00
Interest on Trust Funds
5,448.81
Bond Issue
70.13
Elizabeth White Fund
1,207.80
Georgia Whitney Charity Fund
550.00
$494,533.98
KEY
B-Balance
G-Grants and Gifts
R-Reserve Fund
T-Transfers
125
CASH RECEIPTS AND DEPARTMENTAL PAYMENTS
January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1951 Treasurer's Receipts
Cash Balance, Jan. 1, 1951
$157,266.51
Treasurer's Itemized Report 475,243.02
$632,509.53
Payments GENERAL GOVERNMENT Selectmen's Department
Salaries and Wages:
George S. Braman
383.33
Arthur W. Lee
316.67
Lawrence Donnelly
300.00
Virginia Milbery, clerk
1,452.65
Clerical Assistance
45.75
$2,498.40
Expenses :
Postage
38.80
Stationery
43.90
Selectmen's Ass'n Dues
31.00
Attending Meetings
15.75
Sundry Items
7.60
$137.05
Finance Committee
Expenses :
Association Dues
10.00
Association Meetings
23.00
$33.00
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee 15.00
126
Treasurer
Salary :
William Henry Soar
1,000.00
Expenses :
Postage
142.90
Stationery
101.53
Telephone
13.90
Stenographic Services
47.25
Association Dues
4.00
Sundry Items
11.25
$320.83
Assessors
Salaries and Wages:
Albert P. Durkee
734.00
Carl C. Flint
633.00
James A. Baker
633.00
Marion Baker, clerk
242.25
$2,242.25
Expenses :
Books and Stationery
98.60
Association Dues
9.00
Transfers and Probates
68.48
Attending Meetings
35.00
Sundry Items
56.25
$267.33
Collector of Taxes
Salary :
Ethel A. Davis
$1,800.00
Expenses :
Postage
87.60
Printing and Stationery
178.19
Attending Meetings
10.00
Sundry Items
6.37
.
$282.16
127
Town Accountant
Salaries :
Howard L. Jones
586.27
Donald O. Nylander
333.32
$919.59
Expenses :
Books and Stationery 48.65
Stenographic Services
6.00
Sundry Items
8.54
$63.19
Town Clerk
Salary and Wages
Harlan E. Tuttle 400.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, recording vital statistics
171.00
Clerical Assistance
71.33
$642.33
Expenses :
Printing and Stationery
18.33
Association Dues
5.00
Postage
21.00
Telephone
50.00
Sundry Items
1.50
$95.83
Election and Registration
Salaries and Wages :
Julia A. Barry 125.00
James B. Wilson 125.00
Grace C. Cullinane 125.00
Harlan E. Tuttle, clerk
50.00
Pay Rolls, elections 190.00
128
Posting warrants and notifying officers elected 15.00
$630.00
Expenses :
Printing warrants, voting lists,
books and ballots
294.15
Rentals for Voting
15.00
Vote Meters
30.00
$339.15
Buildings and Grounds
Salaries :
Henry Johnson, custodian
1,300.00
Care of grounds
705.13
Payrolls, Highway Dept.
365.40
$2,370.53
Expenses :
Heat
938.39
Light
376.02
Telephone
228.91
Water
24.00
Weather Vane repairs
156.35
Paint and Hardware
297.83
Flags and Memorial
37.80
Mowers and repairs, etc.
36.48
Plumbing and heating repairs
169.06
Signs and lettering
89.35
Painting West Fire House interior
147.00
Painting South Fire House exterior
175.00
Shades, Center Fire House
126.00
Lightning Protection, Center Fire House 275.00
Voting booths
361.00
Water cooler, Town Hall
325.35
Care of West Acton Common .
25.00
129
Sundry Items 30.12
$3,818.66
Town Hall
Article 14 (1950) Rewiring and Interior Decorating
A. W. Kendall, contract 224.74
Fullonton & Decker, decorating main hall
1,598.00
Vaughn A. Richardson, fixtures . 177.84
B. F. Goodrich, rubber matting . 53.00
$2,053.58
Article 30, New Chairs
A. K. Thomas Co.
$350.00
Article 35, Fire Escape Repairs
Jenney Bros.
$450.00
Article 38, Painting Exterior
Fullonton and Decker
$900.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
Salaries and Wages :
Michael Foley, Chief
3,750.00
Regular and Special Officers 5,032.10
$8,782.10
Expenses :
Police Cruiser :
Gas and Oil
894.40
Repairs
142.35
Lettering
15.00
Directional signals
18.75
Tires
159.50
Battery
18.95
Insurance
13.00
$1,261.95
130
Other :
Telephone
195.11
Attending Chiefs' meetings
20.25
Radio Service
121.10
Ass'n Dues
5.00
Uniforms
296.25
Stationery and printing
104.02
Flashlights and batteries
8.07
Ammunition
28.35
Sundry Items
33.20
$811.35
Police Cruiser, Article 19
Great Road Garage .
$400.00
Traffic Zone Signs, Article 44
New England Fence Co.
87.50
State Prison
722.50
$810.00
Fire Department
Salaries and Wages:
H. S. MacGregor, Chief
150.00
Annual Salaries
790.00
Pay Rolls, fires
1,614.10
Pay Rolls, janitors
540.00
$3,094.10
Expenses :
Fuel
582.32
:
Lights
232.97
Telephone
245.39
Gas and Oil
252.41
Attending conventions & Chiefs meeting
150.00
Association Dues
13.00
Tires and tubes
360.16
Emergency road lights
74.00
Foamite
115.90
131
Towel service
14.00
Power brakes
150.00
Water
72.00
Repairs & parts for equipment
274.54
Recharges
56.48
Postage .
15.00
Radio service
14.20
Miscellaneous supplies
98.14
Sundry Items
51.74
$2,772.25
Forest Fires
Fayrolls
$987.80
Hydrant Service
Acton Water District
4,275.00
Town of Concord 230.00
$4,505.00
New Fire House
Frederick H. Gagnon, Architect
1,075.00
Jenney Bros. 50,033.00
$51,108.00
New Compressor, Center Fire House, Article 24 Louis W. Bills 1,685.00
Stanley Bros.
28.18
Garage and Auto Supply
55.60
$1,768.78
New Equipment, Article 18
New Hose 361.50
Rubber boots, coats, etc. 253.56
Batteries, etc.
38.26
Sundry Equipment
461.25
$1,114.57
132
Portable Fire Pump, Article 37
Fitzhenry-Guptill Co. 625.00
Sundry Items 53.25
$678.25
Fire Alarm System, Article 28 Louis W. Bills, extensions $2,253.70
Fire Alarm Maintenance
Payrolls 458.67
Paint and parts
156.04
$614.71
Tree Warden
Salaries and Wages :
James J. Knight, Supt. 61.25
Franklin Charter, Supt. 529.00
Payrolls
1,157.90
$1,748.15
Expenses :
Truck
370.75
Machinery Rental 80.00
Gas and Oil
38.15
Saw repairs & sharpening
55.69
Sundry Items
204.84
$749.43
Feeding Shade Trees, Article 22
Franklin Charter, Supt. 122.50
Pay rolls
130.90
Trucks
73.50
Fertilizers
170.00
$496.90
Shade Tree Replacements, Article 5 Franklin Charter, Supt.
21.25
Trucks 12.75
133
213.20
Clark's Nursery, trees
$247.20
Town Forest-Cutting Brush
Payrolls
42.60
Signs
55.00
$97.60
Moth Department
Salaries and Wages:
Franklin Charter, Supt.
478.75
Payrolls
1,002.60
$1,481.35
Expenses :
Truck
254.25
Sprayer material and repairs 876.76
Gas and Oil
60.47
Dutch Elm disease control
240.52
Sundry Items
4.00
$1,436.00
Wire Inspector
Salary :
B. D. Goss
$550.00
Expenses :
Stationery and printing
12.75
Postage and telephone
37:15
$49.90
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaries :
Charles Bartlett, sealer 56.25
A. Perry Marble, sealer
168.75
$225.00
134
Expenses : Books, seals, etc.
$8.77
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Salaries and Wages:
Dr. Orma L. Clark, Chairman
25.00
Herbert Leusher
15.00
Martin Duggan
10.00
Lillian Taylor, Town Nurse (inc. auto)
3,559.92
Hazel Vose, Town Nurse
210.00
Town Dump payroll
1,331.60
Edward J. Higgins, agent
329.50
Francis B. Whouley, for inspections,
permits and licenses
175.50
. :
Expenses :
Middlesex County Sanatorium ..
635.50
North Reading State Sanatorium
80.00
Diphtheria Clinic
295.00
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