Town of Westford annual report 1896-1901, Part 32

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 836


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261


John B. O'Donnell of Northampton (D.)


26


31


12


69


Wilbur M. Purrington of Williams- burg (P.) .


2


3


0


5


Moritz E. Ruther of Holyoke (S.) .....


1


0


0


1


George H. Wrenn of Springfield (D. S.) Blanks·


0)


1


0


1


Secretary.


Addison W. Barr of Worcester (D. S.). .


1


2


0


3


Alfred E. Jones of Everett (S.). . ..


1


1


2


William M. Olin of Boston (R.) ..


125


104


29


258


3


2


0


5


William H. Partridge of Newton (P.) ... Luther Stevenson of Hingham (D.) ... Blanks


20


31


12


63


27


28


18


73


·


29


16


67


20


Treasurer.


Prec. I.


Prec. 2.


Prec. 3. 30


Total.


Edward S. Bradford of Springfield (R.)


126


103


259


Joseph L. Chalifoux of Lowell (D.) ....


22


32


12


66


3


3


0


6


0


1


0


1


1


0


0


1


25


29


17


71


Auditor.


Elbridge Gerry Brown of Brockton (D.)


25


40


12


77


Frank Albin Forsstrom of Worcester (S.)


0


1


0


1


William G. Merrill of Malden (P.) .....


4


2


2


8


Henry E. Turner of Malden (R.) ......


121


99


26


246


· Frank S. Walsh of Brockton (D. S.) ... Blanks


1


2


0


3


26


24


19


69


Attorney General.


John A. Billings of Rockland (D. S.) ...


0


0


1


1


Allen Coffin of Nantucket (P.) . . . . ....


1


4


1


6


John C. Crosby of Pittsfield (D.) ......


31


25


12


68


Hosea M. Knowlton of New Bedford (R.)


121


101


28


250


Frank MacDonald of Stoneham (S.) ...


0


2


0


2


Blanks


24


36


17


77


Representative in Congress.


Charles D. Lewis of Framingham (D.) ..


31


31


15


77


Charles Q. Tirrell of Natick (R.). ...


124


99


33


256


Blanks


22


38


11


71


Councillor.


S. Herbert Howe of Marlboro (R.) .....


122


101


37


260


John J. Mahoney of Lowell (D.) .


26


32


12


70


Edwin S. Mayo of Everett (S.) ..


1


1


0


2


Blanks .


28


34


10


72


Senator.


Frank L. Blood of Groton (D.) .......


29


31


9


69


Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford (R.) ..


130


107


43


280


Blanks


18


30


7


55


..


..


.


Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford (P.) ... Fred A. Nagler of Springfield (S.) ..... Stephen O'Shaughnessy of Boston (D. S.) Blanks


21


Representative in General Court.


Prec. I. Prec. 2.


Prec. 3.


Total.


William N. Cowles of Ayer (D.) ..


32


42


13


87


Melvin W. Longley of Shirley (R.) ....


119


98


35


252


Blanks


26


28


11


65


County Commissioner.


Truman W. Hagar of Framingham (D.)


28


32


16


76


John O'Donnell of Woburn (S.) ......


2


2


0


4


Samuel O. Upham of Waltham (R.) ...


123


100


35


258


Blanks


24


34


8


66


Register of Deeds.


James Everett of Lowell (S.) .


8


13


2


23


Joseph P. Thompson of Lowell (R.) ...


133


104


36


273


Blanks


36


51


21


108


County Treasurer.


Albert M. Grant of Everett (S.) ..


6


14


2


22


Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville (R.) ...


125


101


35


261


Blanks


46


53


22


121


Return of Votes for Representative in General Court for Middlesex District, No. 23.


Acton.


Ayer. 276


Little- ton. 45


Shir- ley. 118


West- ford. 87


Total.


William N. Cowles of Ayer ..


98


624


Melvin W. Longley of Shirley Blanks


265


161


118


124


252


920


44


41


22


24


65


196


Whole number of ballots. .


407


478


185


266


404


1740


....


GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Town Clerk.


ASSESSOR'S REPORT.


Value of buildings, exclusive of land,


$619,198 00 May 1, 1900 ..


Value of land, exclusive of the buildings, May 1, 1900. .


439,671 00


Value of personal estate, May 1, 1900. .


222,808 00


$1,281,677 00


AMOUNT RAISED.


For purchase of books for library. $ 150 00


Improvement of cemeteries 250 00


Support of poor


2,000 00


Schools.


5,700 00


Repair of roads and bridges 3,300 00


Town debts and charges. 4,000 00


High school scholars.


1,500 00


Text books and supplies . 600 00


Painting Graniteville school house.


100 00


Repair of bank wall at bridge, oppo- site Marden's Mill. ... ..


200 00


Payment of note, with interest ....


1,432 00


$19,232 00


State tax. .


795 00


County tax


1,418 57


Overlayings


455 14


Additional taxes 77 70


Total tax levy, 1900


$21,978 41


Number of Polls.


703


Houses 474


Horses


427


Cows


719


Neat cattle other


than cows .


230


Sheep


53


Swine 46


Fowls


1,055


Land, acres


18,000


Tax on one hundred dollars. ..


$1 60


23


TOWN PROPERTY.


Town Hall . $13,500 00


Public Library 26,000 00


Town Farm, 7,000 00


Public Parks


1,500 00


Cemeteries 1,500 00


Centre School House.


3,500 00


Stony Brook School House


1,500 00


Forge Village School House


3,800 00


Nashoba School House.


1,500 00


Parkerville School House.


1,800 00


Minot's Corner School House


1,500 00


Nabnassett School House


1,500 00


Long-Sought-For School House.


1,600 00


Wright School House.


1,500 00


Graniteville School House


4,500 00


Fire Apparatus


350 00


Trust Funds 2,000 00


$74,550 00


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE H. HARTFORD,


SAMUEL L. TAYLOR, W. H.H. BURBECK,


Assessors of Westford.


ABATEMENT OF TAXES AS ORDERED BY THE ASSESSORS.


1896.


Brown, John .


$ 2 00


Humiston, George E.


2 00


Lee, Joseph . 2 00


$ 6 00


1897.


Ashley, Henry L.


2 00


Brown, John, 2nd.


2 00


Dion, Flavin .


2 54


Farrow, George M.


2 61


Hovanesian, Mikel


2 81


Johnson, Charles .


2 00


Humiston, George E.


2 34


Amount carried forward. $16 30


24


Amount brought forward $16 30


Lee, Joseph .


$2 00


O'Brien, John ..


2 00


Parker, Wm. W.


4 97


2 00


Raymond, John 1898. $27 27


Brewster, Thomas


2 00


Brown, John


2 00


Brown, George.


2 00


Brow, Byron .


1 01


Cutter, Samuel H


2 00


Clark, Frederick W.


2 38


Dion, Joseph


2 00


Downs, Fred


2 00


Desalvan, Richard


2 00


Dufresne, George.


2 00


Early, Wm. W ..


2 00


Farrow, George M.


2 23


Hall, Peter G


2 00


Hall, James.


2 00


Hanson, Adolph S


1 65


Hennesey, Frank.


2 00


Humiston, George E.


2 30


Hedstrom, John N. A.


2 00


Jasmine, Alex., error.


3 13


Johnson, John .


2 00


Johnson, Mandin


2 00


Kirby, Patrick . 2 00


Lamere, Andrew


2 00


Murphy, John.


2 00


Maloney, Michael


2 00


Nickles, Nathan


2 00


Parker, Wm. W


8 90


Raymond, John


2 00


Raymond, William


2 00


Sullivan, John


2 00


Smith, Wm.


2 00


Webster, Frank P


2 75


Jordan, John A 2 00


$74 35


25


1899.


Allard, Joseph.


$2 00


Brophy, Thomas 2 77


Brophy, Thomas J 2 00


Barlow, F., error. 2 00


Brisson, Anthony .


2 00


Brown, John.


2 00


Benney, James T


1 53


Blake, James.


2 00


Brisson, S. .


2 00


Columb, George


2 00


Crabb, Everett


2 00


Dearborn, Asa.


2 00


Deronia, Adalord


2 00


Dupont, Peter .


2 00


Dinsmore, John, error


2 00


Hall, James H., error.


2 00


Humiston, George E


2 00


Hedstrom, Alfred


2 00


Harrup, Thomas


2 00


Hall, Alfred J.


2 00


Hayes, Elmer J.


2 00


Howard, John


2 00


Hall, Frank P


2 31


King, Harvey .


2 00


Kelley, Oliver


2 00


Leland, Hiram


2 00


Leland, Louisa, Mrs


10 86


Logue, John.


2 00


Lecluire, August.


2 00


Laplane, Victor


2 00


McLaughlin, Arthur


2 00


Marshall, John F


2 00


Morris, Wallace. 2 31


Malone, Dennis.


2 00


McLenna, Chas. E., error


2 00


Mitchel, James.


2 00


McAuley, Edgar .


2 00


Amount carried forward


$83 78


26


Amount brought forward $83 78


McCarty, Chas. J 2 00


Northrup Adino 2 00


Odell, Richard C. 2 00


Robinson, Fred, error


2 00


Sherburn, Elmer R


2 15


Snyder, Samuel H.


2 38


Sandwee, Amido


2 00


Shea, Edward.


2 00


Stopford, Joseph


2 00


Serat, James.


2 00


Smith, Chas. A.


2 00


Underhill, Colby


2 00


Vickery, David, estate of


69


Wiggins, Fred, error.


2 23


York, Matthew


2 00


Kelly, Georgiana.


2 44


Wright, George O


2 00


38 89


117 67


1900.


Clough, Moza A .


2 00


Healy, Henry, error


2 00


Hildreth, Albert A.


16


Payne James H.


24


Reed, Willard T


40


4 80


SUMMARY.


Abatement taxes 1896.


6 00


1897.


27 27


1898


74 35


1899.


117 67


1900


4 80


230 09


TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.


LIST OF UNPAID TAXES.


1896.


Green, Harry C. .


$ 49


Herrick, Estate -of Henry


2 27


Leland, Leroy B.


2 00


Whittier, Geo. E.


97


$5 73


1897.


Blair, Geo. F.


68


Daily, Jas.


2 00


DeRoehn, Eugene


2 68


Floyd, Saml. N.


2 00


Green, Harry C.


41


Herrick, Estate of Henry


1 89


Hamlin, Edward A.


2 61


Leland, Leroy B.


2 00


O'Brien, James F.


2 00


Shaw, Francis A.


2 00


Shugrue, Chas. F.


5 13


Whittier, Geo. E.


81


$24 21


1898.


Bicknell, Chas. H.


15 58


Blair, Geo. F.


75


Barrett, J. H.


30


Carkin, Edward F.


2 00


Carr, Michael


2 30


DeRoehn, Eugene


2 00


Demaris, Geo.


3 58


Felch, Mrs. Ann


34 46


Fletcher, Estate of Samuel


179 41


Green, Harry C.


45


Herrick, Estate of Henry


2 10


Hamlin, Edward A.


3 13


Johnson, Wm. W.


24 21


Amount carried forward


$270 27


28


Amount brought forward


$270 27


Johnson, W. H.


$2 00


Leland, Hiram


2 00


Leland, Leroy B.


2 00


Moss, James L.


2 75


O'Brien, John


2 00


O'Brien, James F.


2 00


O'Dill, Wm. F.


2 45


Parkhurst, E. K.


30


Shaw, Francis A.


2 00


Sheahan, John J.


2 38


Shugrue, Chas. F.


31 48


Sheahan, Mrs. Thos.


1 20


Vickery, Estate of David


68


Wood, Albert J.


2 00


Ward, Daniel


19 86


Wright, Gilman F.


29 75


Wyman, Walter W.


2 23


$107 08


$407 29


WALTER C. WRIGHT,


Tax Collector.


UNPAID TAXES FOR YEAR 1899.


Charles L. Adams


$21 21


Howard T. Adams


8 74


Loammi C. Bicknell


13 62


Charles H. Bicknell


15 22


John H. Brown


1 54


Arthur W. Balser


3 53


James Barlow


2 77


John P. Brown


2 38


Israel Berthuine .


2 00


Joseph Berthuine


2 00


George Bodreau .


2 00


James R. Carkin


2 46


Charles W. Carkin


2 00


Mrs. Bridgett Carr


6 89


Amount carried forward


$86 36


.


.


29


Amount brought forward .


$86 36


Mrs. Walter H. Cummings


9 18


Irving T. Cummings .


2 00


Mrs. Nellie S. Carkin


1 61


Harry L. Clark


2 00


Lewis G. Clark


2 00


Frederick W. Clark


2 00


Herbert Cann


2 00


Carl Carlton


2 00


Charles A. Campbell


2 38


Otis L. Caldwell


38


Mrs. Lewis C. Dane


11 70


Alfred O. Davis


2 69


Nathaniel J. Decatur


2 77


William H. Decatur


16 00


Eugene Deroehn


2 00


Mrs. Joseph Duren Estate


6 12


Charles W. Draper


2 00


Samuel N. Eaton


2 00


Mrs. Ann Felch


55 69


Samuel Fletcher Estate


112 99


Harry N. Fletcher


2 00


Henry Herrick Estate


2 14


James Hunt .


3 68


Isaac Hillier


2 00


Jackson and Kirby


3 06


Wallace W. Johnson


29 84


William H. Johnson


2 00


Selden W. Kimball


21 74


George A. Leland


2 00


Edwin F. Lovell


2 00


Minnie R. Lovell


38


James A. Litchfield


2 38


Luther Lawton


12 71


Victor Lequerre


15


Rufus D. Lamphier


2 00


Joseph F. McCarthy


.


2 00


Amount carried forward


$329 59


30


Amount brought forward


$329 59


George E. Mountain


21 89


Ernest G. Mountain


77


Fred A. Morton .


2 00


Wilfred Morton


2 00


Warren E. Merrill


2 00


Jacob Magar


2 00


Aubrey Morton


2 00


B. F. Nutting


34 89


John O'Brien


2 00


John W. O'Brien


12 02


James F. O'Brien


2 38


Mrs. James F. O'Brien


7 27


John O'Brien, 2nd


19 83


Wilbert E. Parsons


44 84


William W. Parker


35 44


Frank D. Riney .


2 15


Joseph B. Riney .


2 15


Charles F. Shugrue


31 45


John J. & D. H. Sheahan


23 72


John J. Sheahan


2 00


Francis A. Shaw


2 00


Frederick Stirk


2 38


Heber H. Saunders


2 00


Howard W. Sweetser .


2 61


John E. Ward


11 86


Daniel Ward


19 28


John H. Whitney Estate


15 07


Charles E. Whidden


53 40


Gilman F. Wright


30 46


Walter W. Wyman


2 38


Ida M. Wyman Estate


14 92


Horace W. Wyman


2 00


Mrs. Hannah Wyeth


37 48


Charles L. West


10 04


Mrs. Clara Fillebrown


2 60


William G. Stevens


2 00


Amount carried forward


$463 28


31


NON-RESIDENTS.


Amount brought forward


$463 28


George L. Cady .


43 55


Sarah Wadsworth Estate


4 52


Mrs. Sarah Bacon


3 06


Mrs Ida M. Voter


12 24


Adams & Barron


4 21


Mrs. Thomas Sheahan


1 22


Adams & Dutton


77


John D. Cartwright


4 59


E. K. Parkhurst


31


J. Warren Gould


1 99


Willisted & Marrinell


5 21


John Ward


4 28


Marshall E. Graves


2 07


Joseph H. Bergeron


1 15


J. B. Morse


1 53


Fletcher & Woods


4 59


Reed & Jaffrey


1 84


George Hutchinson


3 21


Herman Lamphier


25 18


Thomas H. Elliott


3 82


Keyes & Cornell


2 14


George F. Blair


77


George W. Cummings


38


Edward Duren


3 83


Mrs. Mary E. Courtney


15 68


Charles Crevier


.


1 53


Harry C. Green


46


Bernard Riley


3 83


Charles F. Varnum


22 65


George A. Parker


39 24


Total


. $1,099 08


Signed.


A. L. PRIOR,


Tax Collector.


February 15, 1901.


32


UNPAID TAXES FOR YEAR 1900, UNPAID FEB. 15, 1901.


Charles L. Adams


$20 53


Henry L. Ashley


. 2 00


Victor Allarie .


2 00


Charles Amos .


2 00


Joseph Allard Estate


10 00


Emily C. Blood


13 44


George L. Bennett


2 56


Loammi C. Bicknell


14 08


Charles H. Bicknell


15 84


Alvin J. Blaisdell


63 68


John H. Brown


2 80


Arthur W. Balser


2 00


John P. Brown


2 00


William C. Burleigh


2 00


Flavier Boucher


2 00


Charles Bellow


2 00


Napolean Bean


2 24


Amos Body


2 00


George Benjamin


2 00


George H. Burnham


2 00


Joseph Berthume


2 00


John Batchelder


2 00


James R. Carkin


2 00


Charles W. Cann


3 28


Michael Carr


2 40


Mrs. Bridgett Carr


2 00


John F. Coburn


2 00


Peter Clement


Mrs. Walter H. Cummings Estate


9 60


Irving T. Cummings


2 24


John Campling


2 00


Warren Carkin


2 00


William O. Carkin


2 00


Mrs. Nellie S. Carkin


2 56


Harry L. Clark


2 00


Fred W. Clark


2 00


Carl Carlton


2 00


Amount carried forward


$216 45


.


.


7 20


33


Amount brought forward


$216 45


William T. Carr


2 24


John Charuskie


2 00


Cyrus Chase


2 00


Joseph H. Cooper


2 00


James Corner


2 00


Percy A. Chapman


2 00


Otis L. Caldwell


40


Hugh Daley


2 80


Lewis C. Dane .


15 04


Dennis Dean


2 00


C R. P. Decatur


31 92


Nathaniel J. Decatur


2 80


William H. Decatur


82 40


Timothy Driscoll


15 84


George Demarais


2 24


Moses Duggrey


2 00


Fred Defoe


2 00


John Dinsmore


2 00


Victor Dufree


2 00


Joseph Drapo


2 00


Minot H. A. Evans


53 20


Samuel N. Eaton


2 00


Charles A. Eaton


2 32


Mrs. Ann Felch


56 96


Samuel Fletcher Estate


189 36


Harry N. Fletcher


2 00


John L. Flynn


2 00


Samuel M. Floyd


2 00


Lydia Griffin Estate


28 80


Fred S. Gould .


2 00


Frank Gilmore .


2 00


George C. Gardner


2 88


Ohanian Giragos


2 00


John A. Healy, 2nd


2 00


Anthony Healy


2 00


Henry Herrick Estate


2 24


Thomas Hughes


2 00


Amount carried forward


$533 44


34


Amount brought forward


$533 44


Daniel Harrington .


2 00


Mrs. Georgianna Hannon


.


32 00


Fred Hill


2 00


William Hunt


2 00


Edward Hunt


2 32


William Howard


2 00


Emil Hanahuen


2 00


Pearl Harmon


5 60


Thomas Harrap


2 00


Jackson & Kirby


3 20


William W. Johnson


30 88


William H. Johnson


2 00


Selden W. Kimball


17 10


Hoyt S. Knights


3 60


Thomas Kent


2 00


Thomas Kiernan


2 00


David Keefe


2 00


John Kelly


2 00


William Kitchen


2 00


George A. Leland


2 16


Leroy B. Leland


2 00


Hiram Leland


4 00


Mrs. Louisa Leland


3 76


Edwin F. Lovell


2 00


Axel Lundberg


18 48


Luther Lawton


13 20


Arthur Lamphron


2 32


Joseph Lesure


2 00


Fred Lafrane


2 24


Thomas Larkin


2 00


Henry Lewis


2 00


Eugene Levine


2 00


Henry Laborgue


2 00


George F. Lamere


2 00


David Lahey


2 00


Frederick Martin, 2nd


2 16


Joseph Mccarthy


2 00


Amount carried forward


$187 02


35


Amount brought forward .


$187 02


Henry Monahan


18 00


Frank McGlinchy


2 00


Ernest G. Mountain .


80


James L. Moss


2 00


Warren E. Merrill


2 00


Arthur Mclaughlin


2 00


Timothy Mahoney


2 00


William E. McBride


2 00


Michael McGovern


2 00


James McMurray


2 00


Joseph McDonald


2 00


John Morton


2 40


Frank J. Moran


2 16


Joseph Moran


2 00


Isaac Milot


2 16


Joseph Mellett


2 00


Asdoor Mosek


2 00


B. F. Nutting


36 00


Adino Northrup


2 00


Moses G. Nichols


2 00


Marjorie Noel


2 00


Charles F. Naylor


2 00


Cornelius O'Brien


17 20


James H. O'Brien


25 84


John W. O'Brien


12 16


John O'Brien


2 00


Mrs. Honora O'Brien


60 96


Frank D. O'Brien


2 24


Mrs. James F. O'Brien


7 60


John O'Brien, 2d


24 00


John W. O'Brien, 2d


2 24


Robert O'Dell


2 00


Wilbert E. Parsons


47 79


B. F. Parrott


6 00


Edward Payerer


2 24


Joseph Payerer


2 24


Frank A. V. Phelps


12 96


Amount carried forward .


.


. $320 99


36


Amount brought forward .


$320 99


Charles D. Pace


2 00


John C. Paige


2 00


J. Henry Read .


82 80


Frank B. Riney


2 24


Joseph B. Riney


2 00


Joseph Richards


2 00


John Rivard


2 00


William Ritchey


2 00


Joseph Rosseau


2 00


Oliver Rushler


200


Jeffrey Robichard


2 00


Charles F. Shugrue


33 28


John J. and D. H. Sheahan


24 80


John J. Sheahan .


2 00


Daniel H. Sheahan


15 20


Mrs. Michael Sheron


10 00


Francis A. Shaw .


2 00


Florence Sullivan Estate


8 80


Timothy Sullivan


2 00


John Sullivan


2 00


Michael Sullivan .


2 00


Thomas O. Sullivan


39 84


Frederick Stirk


2 40


Nathaniel Sweetser Estate


12 00


Judson F. Shaw


21 52


William G. Stevens


2 16


Edward St. Peter


2 00


Charles F. Shaw .


2 00


Simon Smith


2 00


James Shea .


2 00


John Sweeney


2 00


Benjamin Tirrell .


2 00


Peter Vayo .


2 00


Charles E. Vinal .


2 48


John Wayne


26 16


John E. Ward


11 92


Daniel Ward


20 56


Amount carried forward .


$358 16


.


.


37


Amount brought forward .


$358 16


Joseph T. Whitney


2 80


Mrs. Sarah F. Whitney


35 44


Thomas Whiggam


2 00


Wiley M. Wright


2 00


Mrs. Wiley M. Wright


10 00


Gilman F. Wright


32 00


Walter W. Wyman


2 40


Mrs. Ida M. Wyman Estate


15 60


George W. Wyman


2 24


Hannah Wyeth


39 20


Charles L. West .


10 16


Fred Wiggin ·


2 24


George O. Wright


2 00


William B. Wood


2 00


1900.


Suhavich, William


2 00


Walter Wilson


2 00


James H. Wilson


2 00


Elbridge B. Ward


6 80


Mrs. Mary J. Ward


20 00


Myron D. Waller, Jr.


2 00


Frank McManiman


2 00


NON-RESIDENTS.


Mrs. Sarah Bacon


3 20


Hart & Fowler


1 92


E. S. Wolfe


96


Nathan Simonds Estate


80


Mrs. Joel Boynton


3 52


Mrs. Ida M. Voter


12 80


Adams & Barron


4 40


Mrs. Thomas Sheahan


1 28


John D. Cartwright


4 80


George H. Holt


64


Leonard J. Mansfield .


3 20


Amount carried forward


$234 40


38


Amount brought forward


$234 40


E. K. Parkhurst Estate


32


Tripena Robbins Estate


72


Benjamin O. Robbins


5 20


Willisted & Marinell


5 44


John Ward


4 48


Charles A. Vinal


16 00


Mrs. Georgianna Kelly


2 56


Thomas E. Edmunds .


60


Charles F. M. Fish


2 80


Mrs. Kendall Wright


40


Frank A. Fletcher


8 56


Fletcher & Woods


4 80


George Morse


4 56


George C. Danforth


14 40


George Proctor


64


Charles G. Wright


5 76


Reed & Jaffrey


1 92


Mrs. Charles P. Hartwell


80


George Hutchinson


3 36


Thomas H. Elliott


37 28


Cornell & Keyes


2 24


George F. Blair Estate


80


Alden Buttrick Estate


2 00


George W. Cummings


40


Edward Duren .


4 00


Mrs. Mary E. Courtney


17 60


Charles Crevier


2 80


Frank Brady


9 60


Harry C. Green


48


E. G. Russell


12 80


Bernard Riley


4 00


Charles F. Varnum


23 68


Bertram N. Hutchins


1 60


Morris Daley


14 00


Herman Lamphier


26 32


Otis L. Wright


1 20


Jeptha Cummings Estate


2 48


Amount carried forward


$246 60


.


39


Amount brought forward .


$246 60


George A. Parker


16 40


George L. Cady


56 00


A. W. Lambert


2 50


L. T. Lambert


2 00


$2,173 96


(Signed) A. L. PRIOR,


Collector of Taxes.


Town of Westford, Feb. 15, 1901.


REPORT OF TREE WARDEN.


Citizens of Westford :


As Tree Warden the past year I submit the following report. In April I went over all the roads in the western part of the Town and spiked all the trees, using fifteen hundred spikes. Found some of the trees had been spiked and the bark had nearly grown over them, and after using what spikes the Improvement Association had, and while waiting for another supply from the state, I received from the State Board of Agriculture a circular and the law on shade trees and their preservation. I found that it did not require them to be spiked during thesummer. I bolted eight trees which I found had been split by the ice and wind, using nine bolts at a cost of $2.10 ; also trimmed a large number of trees in different parts of the Town which were liable to do damage to covered carriages, and have asked the Selectmen to have the law for the preservation of shade trees printed in the Town Report for the benefit of all land owners.


W. H. H. BURBECK,


Tree Warden for 1900.


ACTS OF 1899. [Chap. 330.]


An Act to codify and amend the laws relative to the preservation of trees.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


Section 1. Every town shall at its annual meeting for the election of town officers elect a Tree Warden, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. He may appoint such number of deputy tree wardens as he deems expedient, and may at any time remove them from office. He and his deputies shall receive such compensation for their services as the town may determine, and, in default of such determination, as the Selectmen may prescribe. He shall have the care and


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control of all public shade trees in the town, except those in public parks or open places under the jurisdiction of park com- missioners, and of these also he shall take the care and control if so requested in writing by the park commissioners. He shall expend all funds appropriated for the setting out and mainte- nance of such trees. He may prescribe such regulations for the care and preservation of such trees, enforced by suitable fines and forfeitures, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, as he may deem just and expedient ; and such regulations, when approved by the Selectmen and posted in two or more public places in the town, shall have the force and effect of town by- laws. It shall be his duty to enforce all provisions of law for the preservation of such trees.


Section 2. Towns may appropriate annually a sum of money not exceeding in the aggregate fifty cents for each of its ratable polls in the preceding year, to be expended by the Tree Warden in planting shade trees in the public ways, or, if he deems it expedient, upon adjoining land, at a distance not exceed- ing twenty feet from said public ways, for the purpose of shading or ornamenting the same : provided, however, that the written consent of the owner of such land shall first be obtained. All shade trees within the limits of any public way shall be deemed public shade trees.


Section 3. Whoever, other than a Tree Warden or his deputy, desires the cutting or removal, in whole or in part, of any public shade tree, may apply to the Tree Warden, who shall give a public hearing upon the application at some suitable time and place, after duly posting notices of the hearing in two or more public places in the town, and also upon the said tree : pro- vided, however, that the Warden may, if he deems it expedient, grant permission for such cutting or removal, without calling a hearing, if the tree in question is on a public way outside of the residential part of the town, the limits of such residential part to be determined by the Selectmen. No tree within such residen- tial part shall be cut by the Tree Warden, except to trim it, or removed by him without a hearing as aforesaid ; but in all cases the decision of the Tree Warden shall be final.


Section 4. Towns may annually raise and appropriate such sum of money as they deem necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden in exterminating insect pests within


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the limits of their public ways and places, and in the removal from said public ways and places of all trees and other plants upon which such pests naturally breed : provided, however, that where an owner or lessee of real estate shail, to the satisfaction of the Tree Warden, annually exterminate all insect pests upon the trees and other plants within the limits of any public way or place abutting on said real estate, such trees and plants shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.


Section 5. Whoever affixes to any tree in a public way or place a playbill, picture, announcement, notice, advertisement or other thing, whether in writing or otherwise, or cuts, paints or marks such tree, except for the purpose of protecting it and under a written permit from the Tree Warden, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each offence.


Section 6. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces, breaks or destroys an ornamental or shade tree within the limits of any public way or place shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered by complaint, one-half to the complainant and the other half to the use of the town.


Section 7. Whoever negligently or carelessly suffers a horse or other beast driven by or for him, or a beast belonging to him and lawfully in a public way or place, to break down, in- jure or destroy a shade or ornamental tree within the limits of said public way or place, or whoever negligently or wilfully by any other means breaks down, injures or destroys any such tree, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in the foregoing sec- tion, and shall in addition be liable for all damages caused thereby.


Section 8. It shall be the duty of the Tree Warden to en- force the provisions of the preceding sections. [Approved May 4, 1899.


[Chapter 436.] An Act Relative to the Protection of Shade Trees.


Be it enacted, etc., as follows :


Section 1. Section eight of chapter fifty-four of the Public Statutes is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the fol- lowing words :- and shall forfeit not less than five nor more


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than one hundred dollars to be recovered by complaint ; one-half to the complainant and the other half to the use of the munici- pality in which such injury is done, -- so as to read as follows : - Section 8. Whoever negligently or carelessly suffers a horse or other beast driven by or for him, or a beast belonging to him and lawfully on the highway, to break down, destroy, or injure a tree, not his own, standing for use or ornament on said highway, or negligently or wilfully by any other means breaks down, destroys, or injures any such tree, shall be subject to an action for damages at the suit of the owner or tenant of the land in front of which the tree stands, and shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars to be recovered by complaint ; one half to the complainant and the other half to the use of the municipality in which such injury is done.


Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved May 27, 1899.


SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.


TOWN TREASURER.


Nahum H. Wright, salary ending March 1, 1900. $100 00


Extra time and expense on town business. 21 50


$121 50


TOWN CLERK.


Gilman J. Wright, salary. $12 00


Recording and making returns to Secretary of Commonwealth


of births, marriages and deaths for the year 1899, as follows :


58 births at 50 cents each. 29 00


20 marriages at 20 cents each .


4 00


49 deaths at 20 cents each . 9 80




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