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35. Voted that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized and empowered under the written direction of the Selectmen to borrow such sums of money as may be required for the demands upon him in anticipation of the taxes for the current year and payable therefrom.
36. Voted that the taxes of those who pay only a poll tax be payable at sight and all other taxes shall be payable on the first day of January next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after that date the Collector shall charge interest on such overdue taxes at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and collect the same
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according to law. There shall be allowed a discount on all taxes assessed of five per cent. if paid on or before November first next, if the whole tax assessed to them is paid at one time. The Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Tax Collector within three days after the first day of November, and said Collector shall pay to the Town Treasurer all the money he may have received on or before the fifth day of November, and furthermore, the Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Collector between the fifteenth and twentieth days of February next, and the Collector shall pay to the Town Treasurer all money he may have received within five days after the said twentieth day of February. And the Assessors are instructed to complete the assessment of taxes on or before July first next and issue their warrant to the Col- lector of Taxes with a list of persons assessed with their places of abode within five days after the said first day of July.
37. Chose the following officers by hand vote: Field Drivers, Joseph E. Knight, Joseph Wall and Albert A. Hildreth. Fence Viewers, Joseph E. Knight, Almon S. Vose and Clarence R. P. Decatur. Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber, Charles A. Blodgett, Horace E. Gould, John A. Healy, William W. Johnson, Michael L. McGlinchey, Charles E. Osgood, Oscar R. Spalding, Alonzo H. Sutherland, Thomas E. Symmes and Samuel L. Taylor.
38. Voted to appropriate the sum of $150 to commemorate Memorial Day.
39. Voted that the sum of $75 be appropriated for the distribution of books from the Public Library in the villages of Graniteville, Forge Village and Parkerville.
40. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to act as the agents of the town in any suit or suits that may arise during the current year.
41. Voted that the sum of $200 be appropriated for the purpose of suppressing the liquor traffic in town and that the Selectmen be authorized to employ or appoint constables or police officers to enforce the law.
42. Voted that the sum of $100 be appropriated, and that the Selectmen be authorized to offer that amount as a reward
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for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons setting forest or other fires in this town.
43. Voted that the question of altering or changing the location of the Nabnassett schoolhouse be referred to the Committee chosen under Article 27, they to report at the next Town Meeting.
44. + The votes having been counted, the following named were found and declared to be elected to the respective offices:
Selectman-Edward M. Abbot.
Assessor-Charles D. Colburn.
Overseer of the Poor-Charles L. Hildreth.
Town Treasurer-Nahum H. Wright.
Collector of Taxes-Leonard W. Wheeler.
Auditor-William R. Taylor.
Constables-Edson G. Boynton, Ernest H. Dane.
School Committee-Albert R. Choate, Henry B. Read.
Trustee of J. V. Fletcher Library-Charles O. Prescott.
Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds-Melbourne F. Hutchins.
Tree Warden-James Spinner.
License: Yes, 149; No, 184.
45. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
46. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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Special Town Meeting, May, 27, 1907.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, Mass., qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Monday, May 27, 1907, the following business was transacted :
1. Herbert E. Fletcher chosen Moderator.
2. Voted to lay Article 2 upon the table.
3. Article 3, which was in regard to building a new school- house failed to pass by reason of the fact that the required two- thirds vote was not obtained.
4. Voted to take Article 2 from the table.
. 5. Voted to accept the report of the Committee.
6. Voted that a Committee of five persons be chosen from the floor, to investigate and report to the Town before August first in regard to the location, construction and probable cost of a new schoolhouse, and that the sum of $300 be appropriated for the use of said Committee.
The following named were chosen: Frank C. Wright, Edward Fisher, Walter J. Sleeper, Herbert V. Hildreth and Samuel L. Taylor.
7. Voted to dismiss Article 4. This Article related to the acquiring a location for the new schoolhouse.
8. Voted to dismiss Article 5. This Article was in regard to borrowing money to pay for the new schoolhouse, etc.
9. Voted to dismiss Article 6. This Article was in regard to hearing the report of the Committee, and appropriating money for repair of schoolhouses.
10. Voted to dismiss Article 7. This Article was in regard to changing the location of the Nabnassett School.
11. Voted to accept and adopt the voting precinct as recommended by the Selectmen.
12. Voted to recind the action taken under Article 19 at the last Annual Town Meeting.
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13. Voted to accept and adopt the report of the Selectmen and that the sum of $500 be appropriated to be expended by the Selectmen in remedying the sanitary condition of the Town Hall, the ladies' toilet room to be placed upstairs.
14. Voted to accept the report of the Committee.
Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and behalf of the Town and in consideration of one dollar, to execute, acknowledge and deliver unto the Westford Water Company, a body corporate, a deed conveying to said company the right to erect and maintain a water tower upon, and lay pipes through that portion of the Town Farm as shown upon a plan entitled "Westford Water Company, 1907. Plan of lot for Stand-pipe 100 ft. square and 20 ft. right of way thereto on Town Farm Hill," to which reference is hereby made, together with the right to pass over and across the intervening land to gain access to Union Street, as long as said company shall use and maintain said tower for the purpose of distributing water therefrom.
15. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and behalf of the Town to enter into a contract with the Westford Water Company, a body corporate, to provide for a term of ten years for protection against fire by installing a system of hydrants in such number not exceeding forty and to be located as and where the Select- men may determine, at a price not to exceed $40 per hydrant per year, the expense thus incurred to be assessed and payable annually as one of the current expenses of the Town.
16. Voted to accept the report of the Committee. Voted to appropriate the sum of $250, and place this sum in the hands of the Selectmen to carry out the recommendations of the Com- mittee. This was in regard to the building and fire apparatus to be placed in the vicinity of Brookside.
17. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
18. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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Special Town Meeting, July 17, 1907.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, Mass., qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Wednesday evening, July 17, 1907, the following business was transacted :
1. Herbert E. Fletcher chosen Moderator.
2. Voted to accept the report of the Committee.
3. Voted unanimously that the Town build a new four- room modern schoolhouse at Westford Centre to be located upon the Foss lot, so called, situated northeasterly of the new Academy building, and that the Town borrow the sum of $15,000 to meet the indebtedness to be incurred in the erection of and securing a location for such building. This amount so borrowed to be payable in fifteen consecutive annual payments of $1,000 each, and that a Committee of three persons be chosen to serve as a Building Committee with full power to act in the premises.
Voted that the Building Committee be chosen as follows: The School Committee to choose one from among their own number, the Board of Selectmen to choose one from among their own number and the Committee chosen to investigate and report at this meeting to choose one from among their own number, the three thus chosen to constitute and be the Building Committee. The Committee chosen is as follows: Herbert V. Hildreth, Oscar R. Spalding, Henry B. Read.
4. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, empowered and directed to borrow the sum of $15,000 at a rate of interest not to exceed five per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually and to give therefor fifteen promissory notes of the Town in the principal sum of $1,000 each of which the first shall be payable one year from the date thereof, the second two years therefrom and the third three years therefrom and so on, each note to be countersigned by the Board of Selectmen.
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5. Voted to dismiss Article 5. This Article was in regard to leasing land of the B. & M. Railroad to widen the Brookside road.
6. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and behalf of the Town to enter into an agreement with Austin H. Foss of said Westford, where- by the Foss lot, so called, owned by said Foss and situated northeasterly of the new Academy lot, which has recently been surveyed by Smith & Brooks, shall be purchased by the Town at a price to be determined by three men, one to be chosen by Mr. Foss, one by said Board of Selectmen, and one by the two thus chosen, the decision of a majority of these men to be final and conclusive in all matters, including price.
Mr. Foss chose Frank C. Wright; the Board of Selectmen chose Alec Fisher; and William L. Woods was chosen by these two.
7. A note of thanks was extended to the Committee for their thorough investigation and report made at the meeting.
8. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
9. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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Special Town Meeting, January 18, 1908.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, Mass., qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, January 18, 1908, the following business was transacted :
1. Sherman H. Fletcher chosen Moderator.
2. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered to purchase and acquire, at an expense not to exceed $2,200, such length of hose, hose carriages and other apparatus to be used in connection therewith for providing protection against fire as in their judgment may seem reasonable and proper, the apparatus and equipment in each of the three villages of Westford Centre, Graniteville and Forge Village to be the same.
3. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, empowered and directed to borrow the sum of $2,200 at a rate of interest not to exceed five per cent. per annum, and to give therefor four promissory notes of the Town, each in the principal sum of $550 and payable in one, two, three and four years from the date thereof, with interest payable semi-annually, to be countersigned by the Selectmen, and the proceeds to be used in purchasing hose, hose carriages and other apparatus for providing protection against fire.
4. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
5. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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State Election, November 5, 1907.
Party Designations: R., Republican; D., Democratic; P., Prohibition; S., Socialist; S. L., Socialist Labor; A. M., Anti- Merger; I. L., Independence League; I. C., Independent Citizens ; D. C. N. P., Democratic Citizen Nom. Paper.
Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec. 1 2 3
Total
Whole number of votes cast
128 83
46
54 311
GOVERNOR.
Charles W. Bartlett of Newton (A. M.)
3
1
1
1
6
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
1
0
4
3
3
0
0
6
91
38
25
29
183
6
13
5
16 40
20
15
11
4
50
1
2
0
0
3
1
3
0
1
5
Henry M. Whitney of Brookline Blanks
0
1
0
0
1
3
4
2
3
12
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
E. Gerry Brown of Brockton (I. L.) .. John T. Cahill of Lawrence (A. M.) Eben S. Draper of Hopedale (R.) Walter J. Hoar of Worcester (S. L.) .. Robert Lawrance of Clinton (S.) .
Jonathan S. Lewis of Stoneham (P.) . . George A. Schofield of Ipswich (D.) Blanks
6
13
5
15 39
0
0
0
0 0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
2
0
4
3
3
0
0
6
21
18
11
3
53
7
9
4
7
27
4
Thomas F. Brennan of Salem (S. L.) .. John W. Brown of Worcester (S.) .... Henry S. Cowell of Ashburnham (P.) . Curtis Guild, Jr. of Boston (R.) . . Thomas L. Hisgen of West Springfield (I. L.)
Henry M. Whitney of Brookline (D.) . Henry M. Whitney of Brookline (I. C.) Henry M. Whitney of Brookline (D. C. N. P.)
90
38 23 29
180
26
SECRETARY.
Solon M. Brigham of Newton (P.) .... Odilon Z. . E. Charest of Holyoke (D.) . John Hall, Jr. of Chicopee (S.)
3
4
1
0
8
18
13
8
4
43
0
4
2
0
6
William M. Olin of Boston (R.) .
92
.39
23
29
183
Arthur E. Reimer of Boston (S. L.) ... Dennis J. Ring of Lowell (I. L.)
2
8
5
11
26
Blanks
12
15
6
10
43
TREASURER.
Albert Barnes of Fall River (S. L.) ... Edward J. Cantwell of Fall River (I. L.) Arthur B. Chapin of Holyoke (R.) William P. Connery of Lynn (A. M.) . Daniel F. Doherty of Westfield (D.) ..
0
0
1
0
1
1
7
4
8
20
92
40
23
30
185
0
0
0
0
0
21
16
11
6
54
Charles C. Hitchcock of Ware (S.) . Edward Kendall of Cambridge (P.) ...
4
3
0
0
7
Blanks
10
14
5
10
39
AUDITOR.
Joan Claudino of New Bedford (S. L.)
0
0
1
0
1
Joseph A. Conry of Boston (D.) . .
20
12
10
4
46
Thomas E. Finnerty of Clinton (I. L.)
1
8
4
7
20
George G. Hall of Boston (S.)
0
2
2
1
5
James F. Pease of Merrimac (P.)
3
4
1
0
8
Henry E. Turner of Malden (R.) Blanks
91
36
21
31
179
13
21
7
11
52
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Allen Coffin of Nantucket (P.)
3
3
2
0
8
Dana Malone of Greenfield (R.)
88
36
22
29
175
John McCarty of Abington (S.).
0
3
3
1
7
James E. McConnell of Boston (D.)
19
13
9
6
47
William N. Osgood of Lowell (I. L.) ..
4
7
4
9
24
Harvey H. Pratt of Scituate (A. M.)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gilbert G. Smith of Lawrence (S. L.) Blanks
14
21
6
9
50
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
2
0
5
27
COUNCILLOR.
Alvin L. Bennett of Westford (D.) .... 23
19
12 13 67
Seward W. Jones of Newton (R.)
91
37
30
29
187
William H. Partridge of Newton (P.) .
3
4
0
0
7
T. H. Hamblett of Westford
0
0
1
0
1
Blanks
11
23
3
12
49
SENATOR, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
William F. Curtin of Lowell (D.)
25
23
11 9
68
James Wilson Grimes of Reading (R.).
91
37
29
30
187
Blanks
12 23
6
15
56
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, ELEVENTH MIDDLESEX
DISTRICT.
James P. Dunnigan of Chelmsford (D.).
37
35
14 15 101
Edwin C. Perham of Chelmsford (R.) .
86
38
29 30 183
Blanks
5 10
3
9
27
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Francis Bigelow of Natick (R.)
89
32 26
29 176
George A. DeLord of Acton (D.)
24
12
9
6 51
Austin B. Robbins of Cambridge (P.). .
2
7
1
0 10
George W. C. Smith of Somerville (I. L.)
1
6
4
6 17
Blanks
12
26
6
13 57
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS.
James H. Christie of Newton (I. L.) ..
8
10
4
7 29
George B. Glidden of Waltham (I. L.)
5
11
2
8 26
Matthew H. Quick of Cambridge (P.) .
3
3
1
0
7
David T. Strange of Stoneham (R.) ..
78
30
22
16 146
Edward Everett Thompson of Woburn (R.) 69
23
19
22 133
Chas. A. Ward of Stoneham (P.) Blanks
1
3
1
0
5
92
86
43
55
276
28
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
John J. Higgins of Somerville (I. L. & R.)
92
46
29
31 198
John J. McClure, Jr. of Lowell (D.) .
24
14
11
7
56
Blanks
12
23
6
16
57
SHERIFF.
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge (R.) .
91
43
30
34
198
Albion A. Weeks of Cambridge (P.)
..
3
2
1
0
6
George W. Wilkins of Carlisle (D.)
24
18
10
5
57
Blanks
10
20
5
15
50
Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution author- izing the Governor with the consent of the Council to remove Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public be approved and ratified ?
Yes
53
33
20
34
140
No
19
8
4
0
31
Blanks
56
42
22
20
. 140
RETURN OF VOTES FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FOR ELEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Acton
Ayer
Carlisle
Chelms- ford
West- Littleton ford
Total
James P. Dunnigan of
Chelmsford
83
125
34
297
47
101
687
Edwin C. Perham of
Chelmsford
175
171
35
260
89
183
913
Blanks
27
41
0
26
9
27
130
Whole number of ballots 285
337
69
583
145
311 1,730
Tree Warden's Report.
The Tree Warden of Westford respectfully submits the following report:
During the past year my work has consisted of the removal of shade trees which were dying, or wherever it was considered advisable for other reasons, and the trimming of trees in various parts of the town and along the highways where the branches interfered with passing vehicles.
JAMES SPINNER,
February 14, 1908.
Tree Warden.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Westford, Mass., February 20, 1908.
As Sealer of Westford, I submit the following report for year 1907.
Number of hay scales 6
Number of platform scales 23
Number of counter scales 22
Number of spring balances 4
Total
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LIQUID MEASURES.
Number of one gallon measures 3
Number of two quart measures 3
Number of one quart measures 3
Number of one pint measures
1
Total 10
DRY MEASURES.
Number of one peck measures. 1
Total 1
ALBERT A. HILDRETH, Sealer.
Assessors' Report.
Value of buildings exclusive of land, May 1, 1907
$791,670.00
Value of land exclusive of buildings 455,670.00
Value of personal property
427,970.00
$1,675,310.00
AMOUNTS RAISED.
Repair of roads and bridges
$3,000.00
Town debts and charges
2,000.00
Public schools.
6,500.00
High school purposes
-2,200.00
Support of poor
1,500.00
Carlisle road
1,500.00
Repairing sanitary condition of town hall
150.00
Improving common
100.00
Lighting town hall
1,200.00
Graniteville school
1,700.00
$19,850.00
State Tax
2,440.00
County tax
2,152.63
State highway tax
162.20
Overlayings.
878.20
Additional tax
55.38
$25,538.41
Number of Polls
725
Houses
504
Horses
385
Cows
766
Swine
119
Neat Cattle
225
Fowls
3,985
Tax on one hundred dollars 1.50
Total valuation May 1, 1907
$1,675,310.00
Total valuation May 1, 1906
1,648,119.00
Gain
$27,191.00
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TAXES ORDERED ABATED BY THE ASSESSORS. 1906.
Belder, Michael
$2.00
Belder, John
2.00
Brown, George 2.00
Brimmar, Everett S.
2.00
Bunker, George C. 2.00
Cotter, Richard
2.00
Champaigne, Louis
2.00
Cunniff, Patrick
2.00
Donoghoa, John
2.00
Feeney, Thomas
2.00
Foley, John :
2.00
Halmquist, John
2.00
Hall, George
2.00
Johnson, Oscar
2.00
Kanlick, Watson
2.00
Kelleher, Daniel W.
2.00
Lamere, Joseph
2.00
Lampreaux, Arthur
2.00
Lord, Edward S.
2.00
Minot, William
2.00
Morton, Harry R.
2.00
McClusky, Michael
2.00
O'Brien, George
2.00
Orcutt, Frank.
2.00
Parsons, Wilbert E., Veteran
14.00
Priveth, John
2.00
Plemenos, Peter
2.00
Smith, William
2.00
Skarmes, Thomas
2.00
Schanell, Arthur
2.00
Show, William D.
2.00
Zanke, Dominick
2.00
$76.00
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TAXES ORDERED ABATED BY THE ASSESSORS. 1907.
Adams, Charles L., Veteran $ 3.75
Boynton, Arthur G.
2.41
Boynton, Edson G.
2.25
Bellen, Peter.
2.00
Burke, Daniel.
2.00
Bicknell, Willard H.
2.00
Cate, Henry
2.00
Charlton, William J.
2.00
Cummings, Alvin L.
2.00
Cahill, Michael
2.00
Daily, Maurice
1.05
Day, Quincy W.
3.00
Driscoll, Michael
2.00
Defoe, Fred.
2.00
Dougherty, James
2.00
Decatur, Joseph
2.00
Elliott, Thomas H.
4.50
Fisher, Frederick A.
3.00
Hosmer, Francis, Veteran
17.00
Hall, Joseph
2.00
Hartford, John L.
2.00
Hinckley, Sylvanus
2.00
Kileck, Walter
2.00
Lekovish, James
2.00
LaCourt, William
2.00
Mccluskey, Michael
2.00
Mills, Mrs. Hugh
15.00
Moran, Roscoe
2.00
Prackneck, John
2.00
Provost, Joseph
2.00
Peterson Bros.
6.00
Reddick, Lincoln A.
2.25
Smith, William
2.00
Amount carried forward $104 21
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Amount brought forward
$104.21
Story, Henry M.
2.00
Stowell, Mary A.
.75
Trull, Charles M. .
2.25
Taplin, C. F., Veteran
4.70
Wood, Nathaniel W.
2.00
Wayne, John
2.00
York, John
2.00
Sargent, Frederick G .- Error
24.00
$143.91
SAMUEL L. TAYLOR, J. W. FLETCHER, CHAS. D. COLBURN, Assessors of Westford.
Tax Collector's Report.
TAXES REMAINING UNCOLLECTED FEB. 20, 1908.
1906.
John H. Decatur
$18 54
Samuel Fletcher estate
55 98
W. W. Johnson
19 05
John McIntosh
15 05
Lewis P. Palmer
3 56
Wm. E. Symmes
11 66
Walter W. Wyman
8 60
John Cartwright.
6 00
$138 44
1907.
G. Adinolfi
$ 2 00
Lewis Allen
2 00
John Anderson
2 00
Frank Barretto
2 00
Thomas Bartlett
2 00
Veto Bavaro
2 00
Irvin Bennett
2 00
Charles H. Bicknell
21 80
John Boyd
3 87
William Brayley
2 00
Patrick Burns.
2 00
Robert Burns
2 00
Thomas Burgoin
2 00
Joseph Butvina
2 00
James Calahan
2 00
Amount carried forward
$ 51 67
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Amount brought forward $ 51 67
Thomas Carson
2 00
Peter Caperelli
2 00
Chamberlain & Co.
33 00
Charles Clark
2 00
Eusebe Comeau
2 00
Mr. Crish
2 00
James Daley
2 00
Nathaniel J. Decatur
4 02
C. R. P. Decatur
32 68
John H. Decatur
22 50
Wm. H. Decatur
80 69
Andrew Delico
2 00
Betola Delfavaro
2 00
Nicholas Desanter
2 00
Adelard Desaniero
2 00
Amie Dureault
3 87
John Dynoski
2 00
Hugh A. Ferguson
18 65
Harry N. Fletcher
164 22
Orlando A. Foster
15 95
Mrs. Sarah J. Foster
120 00
Sevene Fournier
2 00
Charles Gagnon
2 00
William Glady
2 00
P. Grappelli
2 00
Fred Greenwood
2 00
Owen Hale
2 00
Christian Hanson
2 00
Aagus Hayes
2 00
Everett P. Jarvis
25 85
Paul Jasmis
31 15
W. W. Johnson
29 75
Erick Johnson
2 00
Frank L. Keyes
2 75
William F. Keyes
2 00
Amount carried forward
$678 75
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Amount brought forward
$ 678 75
Watson Kaulic
2 00
Boscoe Landi 2 00
Burton M. Landers
2 00
William LaCourt
2 00
Hiram Leland .
2 75
Frank Littlefield
2 00
P. Lorentino
2 00
Malcolm Lundberg
2 00
James Lyder
2 00
Vito Marco
2 00
Archille Martin
2 00
George Martin
2 00
Joseph Marshall
63 SS
Joseph F. McCarty
2 00
Thomas McDonough
2 00
John McIntosh
34 49
K. B. McLeod
2 00
Herbert Mills
2 00
Oscar Milot
2 00
Severance Milot
2 00
Virgil C. Mitchell
37 29
Tony Molindari
2 00
Orrin H. Murray
2 00
John W. O'Brien
11 83
John O'Neil
2 00
Louis P. Palmer
147 35
Arthur B. Parrott
15 50
Wilbert E. Parsons
13 05
Mrs. Wilbert E. Parsons
34 50
Sandy Paschal
2 00
Joseph Pelkey
2 00
Thomas Rafferty
12 50
Michael F. Rafferty
2 00
John Ray
2 00
Ephraim Reed
2 00
Amount carried forward
$1,101 89
38
Amount brought forward
$1,101 89
Charles L. Adams
10 12
John Cartwright.
7 50
Chas. Wm. & Ephraim Reed
45
Clarence A. Reid
32 75
Thomas Recafito
2 00
Guiseppe Recafito
2 00
Albert Reeves
44 37
C. Rossasio
2 00
Salvatie Scarfio
2 00
Joseph H. Sears
2 00
David W. Sherman
9 13
Mrs. Charles F. Shugrue
33 37
Joseph Scarufa
2 00
Lewis Smith
2 00
Louis Spannola
2 00
Tim Sullivan
9 05
S. Sufferlo
2 00
Fred W. Swain
2 00
Mrs. Helen W. Swain
10 95
William Symmes
13 47
Joseph Trino
2 00
A. Tursnah
2 00
Peter Voyer
2 00
William E. Vickero
2 00
Dick Vanasise
2 00
Gee Valpicelli
2 00
New Valpicelli
2 00
Mrs. Sarah Whitney
43 35
Michael White
2 00
Walter W. Wyman
10 25
Isaac Wright heirs
2 25
Minot H. A. Evans
48 75
Abbie M. Evans
6 90
Anna G. Largey
75
Augustus W. Thompson
15
Amount carried forward
$1,421 45
39
Amount brought forward
$1,421 45
Francis Day
12 00
Salvation Army
75
M. M. Doyle
30
Peter Mollahan.
7 50
Fred Naylor
1 50
Thomas F. Wright.
75
Fred T. Hall
2 25
Charles E. Vinal
2 00
Edwin F. Carkin
2 00
Paid since audit
187 81
$1,638 31
MOTH ASSESSMENT.
Lewis P. Palmer $9 74
L. W. WHEELER, Collector.
Selectmen's Report.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN TREASURER.
Nahum H. Wright, salary
$ 100 00
Nahum H. Wright, extra time and expenses
133 00
$ 233 00
TOWN CLERK.
Edward Fisher, salary
$ 12 00
Recording 53 births at 50 cents each
26 50
66 24 marriages at 20 cents each 4 80
38 deaths at 20 cents each 7 60
Services at three special Town meetings
9 00
Attending Town Clerk's meeting at Ayer
3 00
Making out report 5 00
Postage, etc
1 15
Charles L. Hildreth, Clerk pro tem and Counsel 31 75
Hobbs & Warren, record books, etc
5 38
SELECTMEN.
Oscar R. Spalding, salary .
$ 5 00
Making out State Aid Book
6 00
Making out 24 State Aid returns, under Chapter 79, Revised Law. 6 00
Making out Town Report 15 00
Extra time and expenses
117 00
$ 149 00
Edward M. Abbot, salary
$ 5 00
Extra time and expenses 90 00
$ 95 00
$ 106 18
41
Wesley O. Hawkes, salary $ 5 00
Extra time and expenses 95 00
$ 100 00
AUDITOR.
W. R. Taylor $ 45 00
ASSESSORS.
Samuel L. Taylor, 42 days taking invoice and mak- ing taxes . $105 00
Charles D. Colburn, 19 days taking invoice and mak- ing taxes 47 50
J. W. Fletcher, 26 days taking invoice and making taxes 65 00
George W. Southworth, books, notices, etc 5 75
Hobbs & Warren, books 3 00
$226 25
TAX COLLECTOR.
Leonard W. Wheeler, collecting $21,217.35 at 1 per cent $212 17
S. H. Fletcher, 1,000 envelopes 21 20
Ætna Indemnity Co., bond 40 00
Hobbs & Warren Co., books
7 50
$280 87
CONSTABLE.
S. H. Balch, posting warrants $ 5 00
S. H. Balch, taking tramp to Town Farm 1 00
E. G. Boynton, posting warrants, killing dogs, and services as Constable 49 72
Ernest Dane, services 27 10
$ 82 82
42
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Quincy W. Day, 10 meetings $ 20 00
J. Herbert Fletcher, 10 20 00
J. Everett Woods, 6 12 00
Charles L. Hildreth, 5 meetings 10 00
Charles L. Hildreth, Clerk of Board
5 00
Edward Fisher, 5 meetings
10 00
Edward Fisher, Clerk of Board 5 00
John A. Healy, use of hall
3 00
$ 85 00
INSPECTOR OF MEAT.
William Green $ 94 50
Number of animals inspected, 980
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