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2 00
Mrs. Hiram Whitney, lot 100, W. D.
1 00
J. H. Whitney, lot 36, W. D.
1 00
Mrs. Wm. M. Whitney, lot 21, W. D
I 00
Mrs. Wm. M. Whitney, Fairview
1 00
Income from the C. M. Wiley fund, Fairview
6 12
L. E. Wilkins, lot 88, W. D
1 00
William Willis, lot 20, W. D
1 00
W. T. Willis, lot 19, E. D.
I 00
John Wilson, lot 146, E. D.
I 00
Mrs. Mary A. Wood, lot 53, E. D.
I 00
Myron J. Wood, lot 155, E. D.
1 00
William L. Woods, lot 148, E. D.
I 00
A. A. Wright, lot 34, W. D
I 00
F. C. Wright, lot 59, E. D.
I 00
Gilman J. Wright, lots 28 and 29, W. D.
2 00
G. P. Wright, lot 25, E. D.
00
Hammett D. Wright, V. B. Wright lot, Fairview
00
Income from V. B. Wright fund. 50
N. H. Wright, lots 46 and 47, W. D
2 00
W. M. Wright, lot 24, E. D. . I 00
W. W. Wyman, lot 376, E. D. I 00
$495 03
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EXPENSES.
Fairview :-
Paid J. H. O'Brien for 8 cords
manure
$28 00
J. H. O'Brien for teaming same. ..
8 00
B. & M. R. R. freight. IO 44
For one lawn mower
3 00
For grass seed.
I 50
For one lawn rake ..
50
For perpetual care markers
10 80
For freight on same.
I 00
For one wheelbarrow.
3 75
For postage, etc
5 05
A. P. Richardson and others for labor 224 86
$296 90
North Cemetery :- Paid Charles Farrow for laying over face wall
$89 00
Coture & Ward for 246 feet stone capping 49 20
W. W. Johnson for teaming same.
13 00
For two barrels cement.
4 00
W. H. H. Burbeck for labor.
2 50
B. F. Nutting for labor in 1898.
15 00
B. F. Nutting for labor in 1899. . .
10 00
$182 70
West Cemetery :-
Paid H. W. Tarbell for labor.
$5 25
J. T. Colburn for labor. .
7 00
W. H. H. Burbeck for labor
5 00
$17 25
Expenses
$496 85
Amount of money received.
$495 03
Unexpended balance reported 1898.
93
Credit by outstanding claim deducted in 1898.
13 00
$508 96 496 85
Amount expended
Amount unexpended
$12 II
In the hands of Commissioners (received of A. P. Richardson)
$4 62
Balance in Town Treasury
7 49
$12 II
Credit by outstanding claim 1898.
13 00
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
RECEIPTS AT TOWN FARM.
Received for Milk.
$709 77
Cranberries.
11 85
Pork .
24 74
Old Lumber
3 50
Calves.
19 75
Rent from J. Wilkinson
10 00
Vegetables
2 76
Wood
11 00
Board of T. Carney
108 00
Cows and Bull.
95 00
Keeping Prisoners
2 50
Breaking Roads.
32 40
Eggs
8 45
Hay.
198 87
Sundries
10 40
$1,248 99
PAYMENTS AT TOWN FARM.
Paid S. H. Balch salary from April 1,
1898, to January 1, 1900.
$787 50
Paid for Grain
451 60
Groceries
410 12
Labor
386 90
Cows
140 00
Meat
120 23
Fish
28 00
Coal
30 86
Pigs
6 00
Plumbing
20 03
Express and Freight
7 94
Stoves.
33 95
Dry Goods
14 09
Sundries
22 24
Medicines
6 55
Amount brought forward
$2,466 01
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Amount brought forward. $2,466 0I
Snow bills
22 50
Blacksmith
24 88
Car Fare.
7 45
Repairing harnesses
4 10
Fertilizer
16 50
Bull
18 00
Tobacco
20 75
Lowell Journal, two years
3 00
Ice.
13 47
Grass Seed.
5 00
Hardware
I 75
Pasturage.
4 00
$2,607 41
Lumber, Gregg & Son
$40 37
Freight.
5 10
Lumber, Amasa Pratt & Co ...
12 50
Hardware, C. E. Adams & Co.
10 48
Blinds, Kendall, Hadley & Co ..
15 30
Lumber
87 57
Lime,
3 80
Hose.
8 00
Paints and oils
36 39
Hardware.
13 37
Gravel roof for shed
36 78
Outside windows.
4 So
Wall paper.
7 42
Balance on plumber's contract. .
22 SI
Total payments on account of building appropriation .
$304 69
Paid for Water pipe
$95 06
Labor -.
40 00
Freight.
1 53
Plumbing
53 42
Use of sewer pump, Abbott & Co ..
5 00
Total payments on account of water supply . . . . .
$196 0I
Total payments at Farm
$3,108 II
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EXPENSE OF POOR, OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Hospital bills of Caunter, Reed, Lord, Quinn, Whitcomb, Wood- ward, Keyes and Raymond .... $1,194 67 Burial expenses of A. H. Wood- ward .. 26 50
W. H. Bennett, M. D., medi- cal aid to J. Wilkinson
family $16 50
Inmates of almshouse. . . 2 50
Mrs. Louisa Leland. ... 6 00
W. J. Sleeper, M. D., medi- cal aid to Mrs. Mary
Whitney . . 33 10
Dugdale family 54 20
Caron family . . 20 00
J. R. Draper, M. D., medi- cal aid to Wilkinson
family .
3 00
Fred Caron 16 00
F. E. Varney, M. D., medi- cal aid to Jennie Lashen 20 00
171 30
R. E. Redding, wood for Mrs. Louisa Leland . 5 00
For copies of Leland deed and di- vorce record 1 85
Medicine for Mrs. Louisa Leland. .. 2 55
Wright & Fletcher, for groceries for
Mrs. Louisa Leland. 52 00
W. W. Parker 6 00
Rose Caron . 30 00
J. D. Wilkinson 32 00
H. B. Hall, for groceries for Rose Caron 4 00
Town of Ayer, aid rendered Chas. Richards 14 00
Amount carried forward. .
$1,539 87
63
Amount brought forward $1,539 87
Town of Tyngsboro, aid rendered
D. H. Peabody . . 42 15
Town of Watertown, aid rendered Chas. Hall. 2 00
City of Chelsea, aid rendered Alfred French. 8 75
City of Lowell, aid rendered Mar- garet Casey 22 50
City of Boston, aid rendered Harriet Whipple 6 80
J. A. Healey, wood for J. Wilkinson 3 75 Mrs. Fifield, nurse for Lizzie Hough- ton. 8 00
F. W. Edwards, services in Story case. 4 00
One copy "Settlement Laws of Mas- sachusetts" 2 12
L. W. Wheeler, salary 10 00
Making out report to town. . .
5 00
Extra time and expense as Over- seer of Poor. 25 00
C. R. DeCatur, salary . 10 00
Extra time and expenses as Over- seer of Poor 8 00
A. R. Choate, salary 10 00
. Total expense of poor outside almshouse. Credit by cash received as below ...
-
$1,707 94
445 39
Net cost of aid to poor outside almshouse
$1,262 55
64
Due from State on account of Caron family . .. . . . . . $15 00 City of Lowell on account of Dugdale family . ... 42 25
Received from Thos. Quinn, on account
of Mary Qu nn ..... $169 00
City of Lowell on account of Jane Dugdale .... 52 70
State Treasurer on ac-
count of Leroy Rich-
ardson.
17 04
Jennie Lashen . Caron family . . . . . .
55 00
Town of Pepperell on ac- count of W. W. Par- ker. .. 6 00
City of Boston on account
of Lizzie Houghton. 17 65
John Green for board .... 108 00
--
$445 39
STATEMENT.
Cash received from Town Treasurer. ... $3.111 70
For building appro- priation . ... . .. sale of materials, see
3~4 96
last town report 2 00
Income of Farm ....
1,248 99
In hands of Supt. of Farm Feb. 1, 1899 158 60
$4,826 25
Expense of poor outside Almshouse. .. Total payments at Farm. 3,108 II
81,707 94
Cash in hands of Supt. of Farm Feb. I. 1900 . 10 20
Cash in hands of Supt. Feb. 1,
IS99 . . . . $ 158 60
Drawn by order of Over-
seers for Farm. 1,405 76
$4,826 25
Amount carried forward. $1.564 36
20 00
65
Amount brought forward .. $1,564 36
On account of building ap- propriation including balance from last year 304 96 Received from sale of material 2 00
Cash in hands of Supt. Feb. I,
1900 . . ..
$ 10 20
Expended on construction and water. 500 70
510 90
.
Net expense of poor at Farm Outside Almshouse.
$1,360 42 1,262 55
Net expense of poor .
$2,622 97
Cash received from Town Treasurer . ... Reimbursements in hands of Town Treas. 445 39
$3.III 70
Net draft from Treasury $2,666 31
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1900.
Age.
Caroline A. Perham
75
John P. Green.
80
Edward E. Holt.
Joseph D. Wilkinson 85
81
Thomas Carney
about 89
Margaret O'Brine about 66
Catherine O'Toole. 100
Whole number supported at Almshouse, 8.
Number of tramps lodged at Almshouse, 357.
The new ell for the Almshouse has been finished during the past year. A woodshed and an ice house have been built, mainly from lumber from the old ell. There remained from last year's appropriation $6.96. An additional appropriation of $300 was made for materials for above-mentioned work. There has been expended thereon $304.69.
We found that running water could be put in the Almshouse while this work was in progress, cheaper than later. Therefore we
$1,871 32
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have expended for this purpose $196.01. This places the buildings in good condition, save for lack of an adequate heating apparatus.
We considered it for the interest of the Town to pay the Super- intendent of the Almshouse quarterly instead of annually, as has been done. This makes an unusually large expenditure on this account for this year.
In behalf of the Town, under the authority given us by Chap. 113, Acts of 1882, we have instituted legal proceedings against Mrs. Louisa Leland, whereby the Town has received judgment for expenditures on account of Mrs. Leland to the amount of $393.68, with costs of $16.81-total, $410 49.
SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 3, 1900.
II COWS. $525 00
2 horses 150 00
I bull. 25 00
15_ tons English hay 270 00
IO tons stock hay
130 00
15 tons ensilage. 75 00
Grain in barn
47 00
I mowing machine
20 00
Wagons
185 00
Sleds
37 75
Sleighs
30 00
I hay tedder .
25 00
I two-horse dump cart
60 00
I wheel harrow.
10 00
I ensilage cutter . 8 00
I harrow, spike tooth 12 00
Hay fork and gear 30 00
6 00
3 shoats
Harnesses 75 00
75 fowls 30 00
Balance in barn and outbuildings .... 420 30
$2,171 05
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PERSONAL PROPERTY AT HOUSE.
2 bbls. flour. 9 00
200 lbs. granulated sugar 12 00
1} bbls. pork. 21 00
Vinegar, stock and barrels. 60 00
50 bushels potatoes 37 00
50 lbs. butter. 14 00
Vegetables . 4 00
Balance personal property at house .. 712 87
$869 37
$3,040 42
JOHN M. FLETCHER, J. W. FLETCHER, F. C. HILDRETH, Appraisers of property at Town Farm.
TREASURER'S REPORT
The Treasurer of Westford submits the following report:
RECEIPTS.
To cash on hand. $ 1,489 62
To cash borrowed. 20,000 00
From State corporation tax, balance of 1898. 998 49
State corporation tax, of 1899
Bank tax 2,955 05
649 51
Soldiers' families, 1898.
893 00
Indigent soldiers, 1898.
105 00
Income Massachusetts School Fund.
359 18
Armory rent.
175 00
County Treasurer, dog licenses.
289 84
Ai Bicknell, Janitor Town Hall.
III 50
Burial of indigent soldiers
35 00
Walter C. Wright, Collector of Taxes, 1894. . .
4 50
Walter C. Wright, Collector of Taxes, 1895. . .
92 46
Walter C. Wright, Collector of Taxes, 1896. .
224 74
Walter C. Wright, Collector of Taxes, 1897. ..
645 95
Walter C. Wright, Collector of Taxes, 1898. . .
1,478 14
Walter C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1894 I 48
Walter C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1895
73
Walter C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1896
35 24
Walter C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1897 39 44
Walter C. Wright, Collector, interest on tax, 1898
52 32
Arthur L. Prior, Collector of Taxes, before Nov. 1, 1899
14,976 39
Arthur L. Prior, Collector of Taxes, before Dec. 1, 1899 614 06 Arthur L. Prior, Collector of Taxes, after Dec. 1, 1899. . 1,347 02
Arthur L. Prior, Collector of Taxes, interest. . 4 06
Amount carried forward
$47,577 72
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Amount brought forward. $47,577 72
Income library funds. 76 48
Florence H. Read, school supplies sold IO 46
State, on account of Supt. of Schools. 625 00
City of Lowell, on account of paupers 52 70
City of Boston, on account of paupers 17 65
State, on account of paupers. . 92 04
Alvan Fisher, auctioneer's license. 2 00
Marry F. Nutting, license No. 302 8 00
Henry J. Healey, pool room license. 2 00
Joe Wall, auctioneer's license. 2 00
Thomas V. Quinn, board of wife.
169 00
J. H. Read, board of John Green
108 00
S. L. Taylor, wood alcohol.
I 87
Mrs. Gates Lockhart
5 38
Richard Prescott, old harnesses
6 00
Town of Leominster, refunded
35 00
Kate S. Hamlin, wood alcohol.
50
Noah Prescott, drain pipe.
2 81
Town of Pepperell, on account of paupers
6 00
Fred Smith, old iron. .
4 50
Refunded from Overseers.
6 00
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasoline barrels. .
I 90
Clerk First District Court, Ayer
55 86
N. H. Wright, gravel.
13 75
Refunded on account of board of insane
169 46
Mrs. L. L. Tappan, gift to Library 2 00
Miss Richmond, gift to Library 2 00
Mrs. T. H. Elliott, gift to Library
I 50
$49,057 58
PAYMENTS.
By cash, notes and interest. $19,178 13
State tax ... 795 00
County tax.
1,436 51
Overseers of Poor. 3,287 10
Orders for incidental expenses 12,462 60
On account of schools ...
6,712 32
On account of tuition, Academy 1,500 00
On account of Library 622 34
Cash on hand. 3,063 52
$49,057 58 NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Treasurer.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Selectmen :
According to custom at this time, and in compliance with the duties of Auditor, the undersigned, having duly presented sundry statements in relation to taxes for the year 1899, and having also made a careful examination of the accounts in all departmets of finance for the year ending February 28, 1900, would submit here- with a complete report.
TAXES.
The amount of taxes assessed on the polls and on the real and personal estate, within the Town of Westford, for the year 1899, and as presented to you July 15, was as follows :
Number of polls, 681, at $2 each
$ 1,362 00
Tax on personal property
3,430 03
Tax on real estate
16,096 63
Total
$20,888 66
Taxes added since July 15 .
53 36
Total tax levy for 1899.
$20,942 02
UNCOLLECTED TAXES.
Year.
Collector.
Amount Due and as Reported March 1, 1899.
Interest Collected since March 1, 1899.
Total.
Amount Col- lected, includ- ing Interest and Abatements, since March 1, 1899.
Amount Due March 1, 1900.
1894
Walter C. Wright
$ 8 46
$ 4 50
$ 3 96
1895
Walter C. Wright
103 84
103 84
1896
Walter C. Wright
291 33
233 86
57 47
1897
Walter C. Wright
908 41
688 01
220 40
1898
Walter C. Wright
2,870 84
1,584 55
1,286 29
Total amount of uncollected taxes, 1894-8
$1,568 12
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Auditor debits A. L. Prior with the total tax levy for 1899, which was . $20,942 02 For interest collected since January 1, 1900 (taxes of 1899) 4 06
Total
$20,946 08
And credits for amounts as follows : Actual amount collected October I . . .. . $14,976 39 Five per cent. discount allowed tax payers on taxes paid on or before October I 788 23 Actual amount collected December I .. . . 614 06 Three per cent. discount allowed tax payers on taxes paid on or before December 1 . IS 99
Amount collected between December 1, 1899, and February 16, 1900 1.347 02
Interest 4 06
Rebate of taxes and taxes ordered as
errors 35 41
17.784 16
Residue of uncollected taxes, 1899. .
$3.161 92
RECAPITULATION.
Uncollected taxes, 1894
$ 3 96
1896
57 47
1897 220 40
1898. 1,286 29
1 899 3.161 92
Total amount of uncollected taxes March 1, 1900. . $4.730 04
TOWN CLERK.
Number of dogs licensed :
142 at $2.00 each.
$284 00
9 at 5 00 each . 45 00
Total amount of license fees
$329 00
Clerk's fees, 151 at 20 cents each
30 20
Balance paid to County Treasurer and receipted for by him
$298 80
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Two hundred eighty-nine and eighty-four hundredths dollars ($289.84) of the dog license money has been refunded and passed to the library account.
SELECTMEN.
Proper vouchers were found for each and every one of the 457 drafts (orders) drawn by the Selectmen on the Town Treasurer.
Total amount of orders was fifteen thousand seven hundred forty-nine and seventy-six hundredths dollars ($15,749 76).
MASTER OF ALMSHOUSE.
Receipts from all sources for the year ending February
28, 1900, including the cash on hand March I, 1899, was. $2,815 49 Expenditures for the year ending February 28, 1900. . 2,805 29
Cash on hand March 1, 1900 $10 20
S. H. BALCH IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF WESTFORD, "NEW ANNEX" TO FARM BUILDINGS.
Additional cash received from Town Treasurer,
since February 28, 1899 $304 96
Amount cash unexpended February 1, 1899 2 00
Total $306 96
Amount expended per vouchers
306 96
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
L. W. Wheeler, Chairman.
Receipts from all sources for the year ending Feb- ruary 28, 1900. . $3,11I 70
Expenditures for the year ending February 28, 1900. . 3,III 70
TREASURER.
Receipts during the year ending February 28, 1900. . $47,567 96 Expenditures during the year ending February 28, 1900 45,994 06
Excess of receipts over expenditures
$ 1,573 90
$ 1,489 62 Balance in the treasury March 1, 1899
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Received into the treasury during the year ending Feb- ruary 28, 1900 47,567 96
Making a total of. $49,057 58 Amount paid from the treasury during the year ending February 28, 1900 45,994 06
Balance in the treasury March 1, 1900 $3,063 52
LIBRARY-NAHUM H. WRIGHT, TREASURER.
Cash balance March 1, 1899. $107 77 Receipts during the year ending February 28, 1900. . 571 82
Total:
$679 59
Payments for the year ending February 28, 1900 .. 622 34
Balance March 1, 1900.
$57 25
FINANCIAL.
The financial condition of the Town March 1, 1900, was as follows :
LIABILITIES.
State Treasurer, balance on account of new library building (original amount was $5,000) . ...
$ 3,500 00 Railroad National Bank, Lowell (balance of original note for $20,000) . 12,000 00
Five months' interest on $12,000 at3 1-4 per cent .. ..
162 50
Total
$15,662 50
ASSETS.
Due from State on account of soldiers' families $1,043 50
Due from military aid on account of indi . gent soldiers. 30 00
On account of burial of soldiers. 140 00
Amount carried forward.
$1,213 50
Amounts brought forward. $1,213 50 $15,662 50
Taxes of 1894 remaining uncollected. 3 96
Taxes of 1896 remaining uncollected. . 57 47
Taxes of 1897 remaining uncollected .
220 40
Taxes of 1898 remaining uncollected.
1,286 29
Taxes of 1899 remaining uncollected.
3,161 92
Balance of cash in the treasury
3,063 52
Balance of cash in the hands of the Master of the Almshouse . IO 20
Balance of cash-Library fund. 57 25
School money-balance unexpended . 272 17
9.346 68
Balance against the Town
$6 315 82
Deficit March 1, 1899, was $5,981.27. Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR B. PLIMPTON. Graniteville, March 1, 1900.
LIBRARY REPORT.
The Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year ending March 1, 1900 :-
The Librarian's record shows that 13,264 volumes circulated during the year, of which number 3,611 volumes went to Granite- ville and Forge Village.
On Monday, December 18, 1899, the Hon. J. Varnum Fletcher, of Belmont, Mass., passed away-within three years of reaching the venerable limit of four-score years and ten. To praise justly, and to approve wisely, is never an easy task. But the labor is always lightened when honesty and honor combine with public spirit and generosity to dedicate their service to the common weal. Our Town has been as fortunate in its sons as they have been honorable and generous to her. It is but four years since we were struggling in narrow and inadequate quar- ters. Since that short time all has been changed. Private generosity and public spirit have been the means to the greater utility and beauty of our Library Building. To the mere passer-by, who halts and admires, surely to those who know the value of its contents, it will not be hard to grant a willing approval and bestow a just praise upon those who have created and added this usefulness and beauty: J. Varnum Fletcher, donor of the building; Augustus K. Fletcher, Stephen S. Stone, with funds of $1000 each, and Charles Henry Prescott, to whom we owe the beautiful casts, and others. At a meeting of the Trustees on Tuesday, December 19th, it was moved and decided to close the Library on the following Wednesday, and that the Trustees attend the funeral service. The following resolutions were then reported and adopted :-
Whereas, the Trustees of the J. V. Fletcher Library have learned with sorrow of the death of J. Varnum Fletcher, at Belmont, Mass.,
Resolved, That in his death our Town has lost a loyal and devoted son; a man high-minded and honorable in private and
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public life. His career and activity have been an inspiration to our youth. The simple story of his own steps on the road of duty and helpfulness will make manhood nobler, raise its ambitions and dignify life and action in the State, and in the home. He left us much-the mark of beauty; he did much-the mark of character; he was much-the mark of a soul.
Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded, and that a copy of the same be sent to the bereaved family, to whom in their loss the sympathy of our community is hereby tendered.
WM. E. FROST, KATHARINE KEBLER, LOUIS H. BUCKSHORN, Secretary.
The hope that the back files of our magazines might be sup- plied, has been well responded to. Among the list of contribu- tors the two largest were Mr. Edward Craven, sending twelve bound volumes of the Century, and Mr. Augustus Bunce, twenty-four volumes of Harper's Monthly. While the gift list makes out quite a gain, it would strengthen the Library to com- plete the back files. The balance in the treasury is reserved for binding this year's magazines.
As a member of the Massachusetts Art Library Club, your library has had on exhibition photographic views of Venice, Southern Pacific R. R., the great collection of the Sella Alpine Views, Rutland R. R., Newfoundland, Sodeiholtz Prints, and Mrs. E. Abbot's views of Colorado.
Colored crayon portraits of the Secretary of the Navy, the Hon. John D. Long, and Rev. E. A. Horton have been placed, temporarily, in the Library. Their final destination is the West- ford Academy, and are the gift of Mr. Allan Cameron, Sr.
Miss Carrie E. Read, Librarian, after a service of eleven years, has handed in her resignation. It is to take effect on April Ist. The Trustees and patrons are very sorry to accept Miss Read's resignation. She has been an efficient and painstaking public servant. Your Trustees have appointed Miss Mary P.
Bunce to fill the vacancy, with the strong assurance of the best of care and work.
There are two needs to which our Library looks forward to being supplied :---
I. Re-classification. on the Dewey system, now used by almost every library, and indispensable.
2. Card Catalogue, which shall keep on easy public record the books on hand, and those purchased from time to time. This will do away with the fragmentary printed catalogue, simpler and less expensive when established.
The time for the printing of the catalogue is on hand. If the cost of this cataloguing and printing be expended for the second item, with the adoption of the Dewey system, we shall have a permanent catalogue, to which need only be added the expense of the blank cards from year to year for the new books. West- ford's generous sons and daughters, by their means and strength. began this beautiful enterprise, and it is to them and their succes- sors that the board looks for its further useful and strengthened service.
A list of gifts is appended.
We recommend that the sum of $150 be raised and appro- priated for the purchase of books and periodicals during the ensuing year.
WM. E. FROST. Chairman, KATHARINE KEBLER. LOUIS H. BUCKSHORN. Secretary.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand.
$107 77
Shoe and Leather Bank, dividends
10 00
Lowell Mfg. Co., dividends.
25 00
City Institution for Savings, dividends.
40 00
Merrimack River Savings Bank, dividends.
I 48
Appropriation
200 00
Dog licenses. .
289 84
Mrs L. L. Tappan, gift.
2 00
Miss Richmond, gift.
2 00
Mrs. T. H. Elliott, gift
I 50
$679 59
EXPENDITURES.
Willard Small, books.
$452 34
Wright & Fletcher, periodicals.
51 97
F. J. Barnard & Co., rebinding books.
81 63
D. Appleton & Co., Desmond Pub. Co., W. B. Clarke & Co., and others, subscription books
31 40
Library Art Club 5 00
$622 34
Balance
$57 25
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
Number of books purchased
343
Number of books presented.
21
Public documents received from State.
26
Public documents received from United States
56
Magazines bound.
87
Whole number added during year
535
Whole number of books in Library
10,655
Number of books lost. .
3
Number of books discarded.
30
Number of books bought to replace worn-out copies ..
2
Number of books loaned.
13.265
Number of pamphlets added.
I32
Cash on hand from last year.
Ș I 77
Fines
II 40
$13 17
Paid for supplies
9 5I
Balance
$3 65
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GIFTS IN 1899.
F. A. Fisher
Rev. Dr. Furness, Heirs of -
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Capt. Frank H. Whitcomb, Acton
Robert P. Clapp, Lexington
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William Hichborn, Charlestown -
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Mass. Volunteer Aid Association
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Luke Blanchard, W. Acton -
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M. J. Savage
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C. C. Willoughby, Cambridge
I pamphlet
Mrs. G. T. Day
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J. M. Fletcher
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S. H Fletcher, 50 Old Farmers' Almanacs.
Mrs. G. T. Day, 4 volumes Scribner's Magazine, 6 volumes St. Nicholas, unbound.
Augustus Bunce, 24 volumes Harper's Monthly, unbound. Mrs. L. L. Tappan, $2.00.
Miss Richmond, $2.00.
Mrs. T. H. Elliott, $1.50.
Charles Henry Prescott, Still River. 3 busts, I bas relief.
Magazines-Union Signal. Our Message, Elliott's Magazine, Land of Sunshine, Paradise of the Pacific.
Magazines constantly on file in Reading Room-Harper's, Century. Scribner's, Forum, North American Review. Atlantic, Bookman, Popular Science Monthly, Cosmopolitan. Review of Reviews, Littell's Living Age, McClure, St. Nicholas. Munsey, New England, Bird's Good Housekeeping, Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Weekly, Scientific American.
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LIST OF BOOKS
Added to the Library during the Financial Year 1899-1900.
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Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1804-5 672
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1899. 671
Agriculture of Massachusetts, 1898. 673
Census of Massachusetts, 1895, Vols. III and IV
677-8
Hatch Experiment Station, Report, 1897.
679
Journal of the House of Representatives, 1899
Journal of the Senate, 1899. 675
654
Massachusetts Public Documents, 1897. 12 vols. . 659-670
655-6
Public Library Commission of Massachusetts, 1899. . 658
Soldiers and Sailors of Revolutionary War. Vol. V .. 674
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