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1. Herbert E. Fletcher chosen Moderator.
2. William H. H. Burbeck and T. Arthur E. Wilson appointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk and received from him the official ballots and gave their receipt therefor. Walter J. Merritt and Frank L. Haley appointed Tellers by the Selectmen, having been sworn by the Town Clerk, took charge of the check list and ballot box respect- fully. The ballot box was opened and found to be empty; the register was placed at zero.
The polls were declared open at eight o'clock A. M., and the voters then proceeded to bring in their ballots for the officers named in Article 2, and the following question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?" Upon the order of the Moderator and Town Clerk the ballots were removed from the ballot box before the close of the polls and Joseph Wall and Walter A. Whidden were appointed by the Moderator to assist in canvassing said ballots. They were sworn by the Town Clerk.
It was voted to close the polls at 1.15 P. M.
The polls were closed at 1.15 P. M. The register stood at 304. The number of names checked upon the Ballot Clerk's list and ballot box list was: Males, 302; females, 2; total, 304.
The number of ballots cast was: Males, 302; Females, 2; total, 304.
3. Voted to lay Article 3 on the table. This Article was to see if the Town would accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909, relative to the sale of ice cream, etc., on the Lord's Day.
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4. Voted to accept the report of the Finance Committee as printed.
5. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as printed.
6. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen on guide boards as printed.
7. Voted to accept the report of the Overseers of the Poor as printed. 1
8. Voted to accept the report of the School Committee as printed.
9. Voted to accept the report of the Trustees of the Public Library and that the unexpended balances, as shown by the financial statement, together with the receipts from dog licenses be appropriated and that the sum of $800 be raised and appropriated in addition thereto.
10. Voted to accept the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds as printed and that the sum of $150 be raised and appropriated for the care of the Grounds.
11. Voted to accept the report of the Auditor as printed.
12. Voted the compensation of the Tax Collector be 1% upon the amount collected.
13. Voted to raise and appropriate $3,600 for the repair of roads and bridges.
14. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to purchase a power sprayer, and that the sum of $550 be raised and appropriated therefor.
15. Voted to raise and appropriate $6,500 for Town debts and charges.
16. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,200 for support of the Poor.
17. Voted to raise and appropriate $9,500 for support of the Public Schools.
18. Voted to raise and appropriate $2,600 for High School purposes.
19. Voted to raise and appropriate $500 for school text- books and supplies.
20. Voted to raise and appropriate $800 for the salary of the Superintendent of Schools.
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21. Voted to raise and appropriate $700 for repairs and maintenance of and miscellaneous expenses incurred in connection with the various schoolhouses.
22. Voted to raise and appropriate $800 for destroying the gypsy and brown tail moths.
23. Voted to raise and appropriate $400 to meet the expenses of the Fire Department.
24. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen and the Street Lighting Committee of the Board of Trade consisting of Julian A. Cameron. Albert R. Choate, Oscar R. Spalding, John C. Abbot and Edward T. Hanley be authorized and empowered in behalf of the Town to enter into a contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for lighting the streets in the villages of Granite- ville, Forge Village, Westford Centre and Brookside for a period not to exceed five years, the number of lights for the first and second years not to exceed eighty, and for the ensuing years, not to exceed one hundred and forty, the price per light per year, in no event to be over $23.50. This committee to have full power and authority to act in the premises relative to the location of lights and other matters to be included and specified in this contract.
The sum of $1,200 is hereby raised and appropriated to meet the expense to be incurred during the current municipal year.
25. Voted that an additional hydrant be installed at Forge Village for protection against fire and that the Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Westford Water Company therefor.
26. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate $140 for the purchase of fire extinguishers and that the Forest Fire Wardens keep a record of the names of all persons in whose possession an extinguisher has been placed outside the water district and file a copy of this record with the Fire Engineers and they shall furthermore examine and put in proper condition these extinguishers once a year, and report to the Town at the Annual Town Meeting, a list of persons with whom such extinguishers have been placed, the same to be printed in the Town Report.
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27. Voted to raise and appropriate $70 for medical inspec- tion in the Public Schools.
28. Voted that the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year beginning Feb. 1, 1911, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, such sum of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year after the date thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
29. Voted that the taxes of those who pay only a poll tax be payable at sight and all other taxes be payable on or before the first day of November 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 according to law.
The Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Tax Collector within five days after the first day of November, and said Collector shall immediately pay to the Town Treasurer all the money he may have received before said audit, and furthermore the Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Collector between the first and fifth days of February next and the Collector shall immediately pay to the Town Treasurer all money he may have received before said audit, and the Assessors are instructed to com- plete the assessment of the taxes on or before July first next, and issue their warrant to the Collector of Taxes, with a list of persons assessed with their places of abode, within five days after the first day of July.
30. The following were chosen as a Finance Committee: Julian A. Cameron, Herbert V. Hildreth, Elbert H. Flagg, George T. Day, Wesley O. Hawkes.
31. Voted to take Article 3 from the table.
Voted to accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909 entitled "An Act relative to the sale of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit on Lord's Day."
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32. The following named were chosen by hand vote: Field Drivers, John A. Healy, Albert W. Heywood, Edward A. Hamlin; Fence Viewers, Charles A. Blodgett, Edwin H. Gould, Almon S. Vose; Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber, John A. Healy, Willard H. Beebe, Horace E. Gould, Charles T. Brooks, Oscar R. Spalding, Thomas E. Symmes, Alonzo H. Sutherland, David Desmond, Michael L. McGlinchey, William W. Johnson, Charles A. Blodgett, Henry O. Keyes.
33. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150 to commemorate Memorial Day.
34. Voted that the deeds of the several parcels of land adjoining the Whitney Playground, donated to the Town by Donald M. Cameron, Oscar R. Spalding and William L. Woods, be and hereby are accepted and that a vote of thanks be extended to each of the donors in evidence of the appreciation of the Town of the generosity and public spiritedness of these men in making such gifts, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to send a copy of this vote to each.
35. Voted to raise and appropriate $75 for the purpose of distributing books from the Public Library in the villages of Graniteville, Forge Village and Parkerville.
36. 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.
37. Voted to lay Article 36 upon the table. .
38. Voted that the question of offering a reward for the arrest and conviction of any person illegally setting fires, be left with the Selectmen, with authority to act.
39. Voted to take Article 36 from the table.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to suppress the illegal sale of and traffic in intoxicating liquors in this Town and to this end they be authorized to appoint or secure the services of police officers to enforce the law, and expend such sums of money as may be necessary therefor.
40. The votes having been counted the following were founded and declared to be elected to the respective offices.
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Selectman-Oscar R. Spalding.
Assessor-J. Willard Fletcher.
Overseer of the Poor-Albert R. Choate.
Town Treasurer-Harwood L. Wright.
Collector of Taxes-Leonard W. Wheeler.
Auditor-William R. Taylor.
Constables-Edson G. Boynton, John A. Sullivan.
School Committee-John Spinner, Frederick E. Reed. Trustee J. V. Fletcher Library-Benjamin H. Bailey. Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds-George T. Day. Tree Warden-Harry L. Nesmith.
License: Yes, 113; No, 175.
41. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
42. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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State Election, November 7, 1911.
Party designations: R., Republican; D., Democratic; D. P., Democratic Progressive; P., Prohibition; S, Socialist; S. L., Socialist Labor.
Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec. Total 1 2 3 4
Whole number of votes cast
185 105 55
56 401
GOVERNOR.
James F. Carey of Haverhill (S.)
5
5
5
0 15
Eugene N. Foss of Boston (D.)
47
28
10
12 97
Eugene N. Foss of Boston (D. P.)
6
11
6
3
26
Louis A. Frothingham of Boston (R.) ..
116
52
30
37
. 235
Dennis McGoff of New Bedford (S. L.)
0
0
0
0
0
Frank N. Rand of Haverhill (P.)
0
3
1
0
4
Eugene N. Foss of Boston
6
3
1
2
12
Blanks
5
3
2
2
12
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Walter F. Hutchins of Greenfield (S.)
.5
3
6
0 14
Robert Luce of Somerville (R.)
122
36
27
29
234
William G. Merrill of Malden (P.)
5
3.
1
0
9
Patrick Mulligan of Boston (S. L.)
0
1
0
0
1
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg (D .; D. P.) Blanks
45
36
15
20
116
8
6
6
7
27
22
SECRETARY.
David Craig of Milford (S. L.) .
0
2
2
0
4
Frank J. Donahue of Boston (D .; D. P.)
35
33
12
17 97
Alfred H. Evans of Northampton (P.)
6
4
1
1
12
Rose Fenner of Worcester (S.)
5
2
2
0
9
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield (R.) Blanks
118
52
26
31 227
21
12
12
7
52
TREASURER.
Joseph M. Coldwell of Milford (S.). .
5
3
5
0 13
Jeremiah P. McNally of Salem (S. L.)
0
1
1
0
2
Charles E. Peakes of Weston (P.)
2
3
1
1
7
Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville (R.) Augustus L. Thorndike of Brewster (D .; D. P.) Blanks
37
25
11
16
89
20
12
6
6
44
AUDITOR.
Karl Lindstrand of Lynn (S. L.)
0
2
2
1 5
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown (S.)
6
2
3
0
11
William W. Nash of Westborough (P.) .
0
5
1
1
7
Charles E. Strecker of Brookline (D .; D. P.)
36
49
13
13
111
John E. White of Tisbury (R.)
122
30
27
32
211
Blanks
21
17
9
9
56
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
George W. Anderson of Boston (D .; D. P.)
37
31
17
16
101
Henry C. Hess of Boston (S. L.)
0
2
1
0
3
George E. Roewer, Jr., of Boston (S.)
5
3
2
1
11
James M. Swift of Fall River (R.) Blanks
120
53
31
33 237
23
16
4
6 49
121
61
31
33 246
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COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT.
Leander V. Colahan of Stoneham (D .; D. P.)
55
24
15
12 106
Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford (R.)
114
69
29
37
249
Blanks
16 12
11
7 46
SENATOR SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Frank P. Bennett, Jr., of Saugus (R.) . 118
48 28
29 223
Philip A. Kiely of Lynn (D.)
47 43
17
20 127
Blanks
20 14 10
7 51
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
ELEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Edward Fisher of Westford (D.)
106
56 27
32 221
Samuel L. Taylor of Westford (R.)
72
45
18
24 159
Blanks
7 4
10
0 21
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Charles J. Barton of Melrose (D.) .
43
34 18
16 111
Levi S. Gould of Melrose (R.)
121
53
27
33 234
Blanks
21
18
10
7 56
CLERK OF COURTS.
William C. Dillingham of Malden (R.) . ..
123
53
30
32 238
Thomas F. Kearns of Waltham (D .; D. P.)
38
31
14
17 100
Blanks
24
21
11
7 63
24
REGISTER OF DEEDS NORTHERN DISTRICT.
Horace S. Bacon of Lowell (R.)
108
33
28 29 198
William C. Purcell of Lowell (D .; D. P.)
64
61
20
22
167
Blanks
13
11
7
5
36
Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution, author- izing the use of voting machines at all elections be approved and ratified?
Yes
79
51
28
15 173
No
23
11
7
5 46
Blanks
83
43
20
36
182
Shall the proposed amendment to the Constitution, increasing the power of the Legislature to authorize the taking of land and property for highways or streets be approved and ratified?
Yes
79
42
23 18 126
No
24
20
8
5
57
Blanks
82
43
24
33
182
Shall an act passed by the General Court in 1911, entitled, "An act authorizing the counties of the Commonwealth to estab- lish retirement systems for their employees," be accepted?
Yes
52
45 18 15 130
No
42
12
11
7 72
Blanks
91
48
26
34
199
RETURN OF VOTES FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FROM ELEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Car-Chelms- Little-West-
Acton Ayer
ton ford Total
Edward Fisher of Westford ..
139 232
lisle ford 59 341
88 222
1,081
Samuel L. Taylor of Westford Blanks
231 196
35 356
87 159 1,064
22
27
2
54
11
20
136
Whole number of ballots
392 455
96 751 186 401 2,281
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Tree Warden's Report.
The Tree Warden submits the following report:
During the past year, my work has consisted of thinning and trimming trees along the roadside, also cutting brush on the sides of the roads.
I would recommend that some of the white oaks along the roadside be removed, and that on the wood roads, the owner should try and leave standing any nice young tree instead of tall trees with only branches on top, as this would prevent the brush from growing freely.
H. L. NESMITH,
Tree Warden.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Westford, Mass., February 20, 1912.
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford, I submit the following report for year 1911:
Number of platform scales over 5,000 lbs. 8
Number of platform scales under 5,000 lbs. 40
Number of computing scales 2
Number of spring balances 30
All other scales 37
Total 117
Number of weights sealed 140
LIQUID AND DRY MEASURES:
Number of dry measures 15
Number of liquid measures 30
Total 45
Kerosene oil measuring pumps 6
ALBERT A. HILDRETH,
Sealer.
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Assessors' Report.
Value of buildings, April 1, 1911 $ 835,585 00
Value of land, April 1, 1911 597,802 00
Value of personal estate, April 1, 1911 640,000 00
$2,073,405 00
AMOUNT RAISED.
Library
$ 800 00
Burial grounds 150 00
Roads and bridges
3,600 00
Town debts and charges 6,500 00
Support of poor.
1,200 00
Public schools
9,500 00
High school
2,600 00
Text books
500 00
Salary school superintendent
800 00
Schoolhouse repairs
700 00
Moth sprayer
550 00
Moth department
800 00
Fire department
400 00
Fire extinguishers
140 00
Medical inspector of schools
70 00
Memorial Day,
150 00
Transportation library books
75 00
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$28,535 00
State tax
3,300 00
County tax
2,106 95
Highway tax
162 50
Amount carried forward
$34,104 45
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Amount brought forward
$34,104 45
Notes and interest
5,500 00
Hydrants
1,760 00
Additional tax
1,113 42
Overlayings
318 43
Moth tax
334 86
Excise tax, Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry.
245 46
$43,376 62
Number of Polls assessed
734
Horses
351
Cows. .
687
Neat Cattle
185
Goats
18
Swine
104
Fowls
6,527
Houses
548
Acres of Land
18,000
Tax on one hundred dollars
$1 42
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TAXES ABATED AS ORDERED BY THE ASSESSORS. 1909.
Ames, Fred R. $ 78
Graham, James 79
Hook, Robert J
3 14
Jones, Albert R.
6 08
Jones, Robert
2 00
-$ 12 79
1910.
Bartlett, Thomas
$ 2 00
Besser, Michael 2 00
Burke, Daniel 2 00
Christopher, Fred
2 00
Chappell, Walter
2 00
Conley, Peter
2 00
Davis, Elmer
2 00
Davis, William
2 00
Dean, George
2 00
Duford, Fred
2 00
Eli, Camiell
2 00
Greenwood, John
2 00
Kimball, Walter P
2 00
Lampo, Arthur
2 00
Lynch, John
2 00
Murry, Thomas
2 00
Marchione, Mansenth
2 00
Monsoan, Joseph
2 00
Marcoullier, Samuel
2 00
Martin, George
2 00
McMannus, James
2 00
Mitchel, Frank
2 00
Mitchel, Alex.
2 00
Amount carried forward
$ 46 00
30
Amount brought forward
$ 46 00
Moody, Orrin P.
2 00
Olsen, Jacob
2 00
Scott, John
2 00
Schovacnic, Fred
2 00
Smith, John
2 00
Sombowiski, Peter
2 00
Vincent, Arthur
2 00
Young, Alex
2 00
Sa Brache, John B.
2 00
$ 64 00
1911.
Cummings, Waldo
$ 6 39
Bouche, Henry
2 00
Dupont, Henry
2 00
Darius, Sacharia
2 00
De Lorey, Fene
2 00
Doucett, Stewart
2 00
De Carteret, John
2 00
Ferdinand, Fred
2 00
Forgatti, Bennie
2 00
Goode, Geo. W.
5 68
Hildreth, Frank H.
2 00
McDonald, Joseph
2 00
Mincha, Sidos
2 00
Moseley, Frust
593 02
Shorey, Henry M.
2 00
Sullivan, Eugene
2 00
Sanbery, August J.
2 00
Sharon, Arthur
2 00
La Brache, John
2 00
Vrolery, Andrew
2 00
- $639 09
J. W. FLETCHER, CHAS. D. COLBURN, WM. L. WOODS, Assessors of Town of Westford.
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Tax Collector's Report.
TAXES REMAINING UNPAID MARCH 4, 1912.
1910.
N. J. Decatur
$ 18 40
Hiram Decatur
2 00
Harry N. Fletcher
94 17
W. W. Johnson
23 00
David Toussignant
2 00
Robert J. Hook
3 68
Fred R. Ames
80
Augustus W. Thompson
-
16
James Graham
80
Albert R. Jones
Brookside Park Lots
6 40
Harriet Cavanagh
Uncollectible
40
A. Sharron
40
Ethel H. Whittier
1 20
Frank A. Levey
J
40
Paid since audit
4 40
$158 21
1911.
Willis Ackerman
$ 2 00
C. H. Albright.
2 00
Andrew Anderson
17 34
Fred Baille
2 00
Amount carried forward
$ 23 34
32
Amount brought forward $ 23 34
Thomas Bartlett
2 00
Malvety Belida
2 00
Theodore Benoit
2 00
Charles H. Bicknell
29 61
Mike Belida
2 00
James Booth
2 00
Geo. Brown
2 00
Dolor Brulee
2 00
Augustus Bunce
50 63
Phil Canton
2 00
Ludger Carboneau
2 00
Henry Chamberlain
2 00
Wm. F. Cleary
2 00
William Curran
21 88
Daniel Daley
2 00
C. R. P. Decatur
37 36
Hiram Decatur
2 00
N. J. Decatur
15 84
W. H. Decatur
75 50
John Delotto
2 00
Oliver Desjardins
36 20
Gaspard Dezeil
14 20
Joseph Draskaski
2 00
W. R. Farnham
18 26
Thomas Finn
2 00
Harry N. Fletcher
165 70
O. A. Foster
18 41
Sarah J. Foster
116 44
Tony Forziati
2 00
Arila Gignac
2 00
William E. Green
31 04
Geo. W. Goode
2 00
George Guyot
2 00
Amount carried forward
$ 694 41
33
Amount brought forward $ 694 41
Patrick Habelin
2 00
Frank Hibert
2 00
Sylvanus Hinckley
43 52
John Holden
2 00
John Jean. .
2 00
Wallace W. Johnson
28 98
Joseph La Course
2 00
Abraham Langham
2 00
Luther Lawton
2 00
Luther Lawton, Jr.
2 00
Mrs. Luther Lawton
11 36
John B. La Breche
6 74
Joseph Mardust
2 00
Alec Martin
2 00
Joseph Marshall
63 50
Michael L. McGlinchey
36 79
Herbert H. Mills
2 00
Arthur Milot
2 00
Denis Milot
2 00
Harmon Nixon
2 00
John O'Brien
2 46
John W. O'Brien
10 86
A. B. Parrott
15 49
Mrs. Fletcher Peckens
21 30
John Poiston
2 00
Joseph Possier
2 00
Michael Rafferty
2 00
John Rafferty
2 00
Thomas Rafferty
7 68
Albert Reeves
56 67
Joseph Riney
2 00
Garfield Wilson
2 00
Adam Saley
2 00
Ovide Schiltz.
2 00
Amount carried forward
$1,039 30
34
Amount brought forward $1,039 30
Archie Seymour
2 00
Plenney Seymour 2 00
D. H. Sheahan
35 37
Mrs. Rose Shugrue
41 04
Fred Smith
2 00
William Smith
2 00
Basileos Socoralis
24 65
Walter Socoralis
2 00
Mike Sullivan
2 00
F. W. Swain
14 49
H. A. Sweetsir
4 97
Fletcher Symmes
8 39
Joseph Toussignant
2 00
James Vallengas
38 64
Louis Vallengas
2 00
I. S. Wanceneska
2 00
Mrs. Sarah Whitney
38 48
Frank G. Wood.
2 00
Walter W. Wyman
13 36
NON-RESIDENTS.
Reuben Butterfield, heirs
$ 8 80
Minot H. A. Evans
49 18
Fred R. Ames
71
Robert J. Hook
3 26
Brookside Worsted Mills
1,226 53
Geo. C. Moore
257 76
James McCormick
1 42
Lorenzo Sweetsir, heirs
71
A. W. Thompson
14
Albert Jones
5 68
James Graham
71
C. H. Varney
36
Amount carried forward
$2,833 95
35
Amount brought forward $2,833 95
Ralph F. Russell
4 26
John Hutchins. 3 54
J. S. Hartwell, heirs
28
Thomas H. Namack.
1 42
Mrs. Nellie O'Brien
10 25
E. P. Parsons
71
Emma E. Varnum
71
J. R. Williams and 9 others
4 97
Harriet Cavanagh
36
A. Sharon
36
Ethel H. Whittle
1 07
James J. Hunnewell
28
Kate Schwartz
71
Frank J. Leavey
36
Esther Runnels
14
Herbert A. Eaton
71
W. N. Wyman
1 42
Paid or abated since audit
20 93
$2,886 43
L. W. WHEELER,
Tax Collector. .
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Selectmen's Report.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN TREASURER.
H. L. Wright, salary $175 00
TOWN CLERK.
Edward Fisher, salary $ 25 00
Making out report, postage, etc.
5 88
Recording 72 births at 50 cents each
36 00
25 marriages at 20 cents each 5 00
55 deaths at 20 cents each 11 00
$ 82 88
SELECTMEN.
Oscar R. Spalding, salary
$175 00
Andrew Johnson, salary
90 00
Sherman H. Fletcher, salary
75 00
$340 00
AUDITOR.
W. R. Taylor, salary $ 35 00
Making returns to Bureau of Statistics 10 00
$ 45 00
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ASSESSORS.
J. W. Fletcher, 34 days taking invoice and making taxes $ 85 00
W. L. Woods, 25 days taking invoice and making taxes 62 50
Charles D. Colburn, 24 days taking invoice and making taxes 60 00
$207 50
TAX COLLECTOR.
L. W. Wheeler, collecting $30,280.41 at 1 per cent $302 80
L. W. Wheeler, sale of land for town 7 26
S. H. Fletcher, bond 40 00
$350 06
CONSTABLE AND POLICE.
E. G. Boynton, services as constable $ 81 34
J. A. Sullivan, services as constable 60 08
F. Morton, services as constable 1 40
A. A. Fillebrown, services as deputy sheriff 10 05
P. Clement, services as police 4 20
W. Gordon, services as police 26 98
J. Feeney, services as police 15 90
S. H. Balch, services as police 3 00
$202 95
EXPENSES FIRST DISTRICT COURT AT AYER.
E. G. Boynton, services. $ 7 34
J. A. Sullivan, services. 13 94
A. A. Fillebrown, services 5 05
$ 26 33
Received from fines $37 51
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TRUANT OFFICER.
F. Morton $ 5 00
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Edward Fisher, services as clerk $ 10 00
Edward Fisher, attending ten meetings 20 00
J. Everett Woods, attending twenty-four meetings, 1910 and 1911 48 00
J. H. Fletcher, attending thirteen meetings
26 00
S. H. Taylor, attending five meetings 10 00
$114 00
CATTLE INSPECTOR.
George T. Day $ 83 00 Received from State $41 50
INSPECTOR OF MEAT.
E. J. Whitney $162 25
TOWN COUNSEL.
Edward Fisher, services and expenses in various
matters $ 77 00
PRECINCT OFFICERS, BALLOT CLERKS, TELLERS, ETC.
Precinct One.
W. H. H. Burbeck, Inspector $ 2 50
Joseph Wall, Clerk 2 50
$ 5 00
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Precinct Two.
Frank Haley, Clerk, and carrying ballot box $ 11 00
A. R. Wall, Warden 3 00
W. H. Beebe, Clerk 4 00
J. Wall, Inspector 2 50
$ 20 50
Precinct Three.
C. S. Edwards, Clerk $ 4 00
C. E. Edwards, carrying ballot box 2 50
W. J. Donnelly, Inspector 2 50
A. B. Polley, Warden. 3 00
M. L. McGlinchey, Warden 3 00
$ 15 00
Precinct Four.
A. H. Comey, Inspector $ 5 00
F. E. Reed, Clerk 6 50
A. S. Bennett, Warden 3 00
$ 14 50
TOWN COMMON AND MONUMENT.
Ai Bicknell, care of common. $ 25 00
G. F. Millis, care of monument 15 00
$ 40 00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
By orders (See Overseers' Report) $1,159 22
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SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
A. A. Hildreth, salary $ 25 00
Boston Nickel Plating Co., iron and brass weights 7 35
W. & L. E. Gurley, weights, measures, etc. 105 02
$137 37
MOTHS.
H. L. Nesmith, Superintendent $ 670 38
Use of team
283 50
James O'Brien, labor 476 00
W. Greene, labor
349 00
John O'Brien, labor 325 00
J. Harrington, labor
501 00
J. Lumbert, labor
398 50
G. Gower, labor
53 00
D. J. McLeod, labor
49 00
F. Clement, labor
56 50
C. H. Bicknell, team for spraying 121 00
Oscar R. Spalding, team for spraying 5 00
H. L. Nesmith, cash paid express, car fares and gasolene 21 78
$3,309 66
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
F. H. Hill, Superintendent $790 39
F. H. Hill, telephone, stationery and postage 17 38
W. C. Wright, agent for supplies 58 35
W. C. Wright, express, teaming, postage, etc .. 26 11
W. C. Wright, making report to State Board of Education 5 00
Amount carried forward
$ 897 23
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Amount brought forward $ 897 23 Charles O. Prescott, making report to State Board of Education 7 00
A. W. Tuttle, teaming supplies and moving bookcase 15 00
S. W. Banister, taking school census. 15 00
D. E. Coggeshall, cash paid graduating exercises 25 35
Mary B. Raynes, pianist 2 50
$962 08
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN.
Dr. C. A. Blaney $ 70 00
GRADING CAMERON SCHOOL.
Abbott Worsted Co
$100 00
Appropriation, $100.00.
SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS AND ARTICLES FURNISHED.
P. H. Harrington, stock and labor $ 370 50
J. A. Healey, building cesspool, cement, labor, etc. 116 68
G. C. Prince, paper, etc. 12 00
Edwards & Monahan, repairs 2 53
J. Wall, setting glass, stock and labor 28 41
Thompson Hardware Co., rope 4 00
F. J. Parker, as per bill 1 30
Gurney Heater Mfg. Co., grate bars, etc. 9 16
W. E. Carkin, telephone and labor 7 34
Thomas H. Murphy, plumbing 14 14
Amount carried forward
$ 566 06
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Amount brought forward $566 06
Brownell-Mason Co., plumbing 642 13
Hanley & Co., lawn mower, hose, axe, etc. 33 69
H. H. Wilder & Co., plumbing 16 93
Blodgett & Co., as per bill
11 80
James Stanley, cleaning clock
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