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Julian A. Cameron, Wesley O. Hawkes,
Herbert V. Hildreth.
The following named were chosen by hand vote:
Field Drivers.
Almon S. Vose, William R. Taylor, John A. Sullivan.
Fence Viewers.
Charles A. Blodgett, Edwin H. Gould,
Almon S. Vose.
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Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber.
Willard H. Beebe,
Alonzo H. Sutherland,
Charles T. Brooks,
Walter A. Whidden,
Oscar R. Spalding,
David Desmond,
P. Henry Harrington,
Michael L. McGlinchey,
Isaac Hall,
Joseph E. Knight,
John A. Healy,
Horace E. Gould,
William W. Johnson,
Charles A. Blodgett.
38. Voted to raise and appropriate $150 to commemorate Memorial Day.
39. Voted to raise and appropriate $100 to distribute books from the Public Library in the villages of Graniteville, Forge Village and Parkerville.
40. Voted to accept the hydrant installed at or near Orchard Street, in Forge Village.
41. Voted to reconsider the vote passed under Article 35.
Voted to amend said vote by striking out in the first para- graph the words "first day of November," and inserting in place thereof the words "the fifteenth day of October," and also by striking out the words "that date" and inserting in place thereof the words "November 1st next," so that said vote shall read as follows:
Voted that the taxes of those who pay only a poll tax be pay- able at sight and all other taxes be payable on or before the fifteenth day of October next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after November 1st next, the Collector shall charge interest on such overdue taxes at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the fifteenth day of October preceding, and collect the same according to law. All supplementary and additional taxes assessed shall bear interest thirty days from the date a bill is sent to the debtor.
The Collector is authorized to return, at the expense of the Town, a receipted tax bill when paid.
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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 January next and the Collector shall immediately pay to the Town Treasurer all the money he may have received before said audit, and the Assessors are insrtucted to complete 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.
42. The votes having been counted, the following were found and declared to be elected to their respective offices:
Town Clerk-Charles L. Hildreth.
Selectman-Frank L. Furbush.
Assessor-J. Austin Healy.
Overseer of the Poor, 3 years :- Fred. R. Blodgett.
Overseer of the Poor, 1 year to fill vacancy :- Charles L. Hildreth. Treasurer-Harwood L. Wright.
Collector of Taxes-Leonard W. Wheeler.
Auditor-Edward T. Hanley.
Constable-Stephen Gardel.
School Committee-Charles O. Prescott, T. Arthur E. Wilson. Trustee of J. V. Fletcher Library-Julian A. Cameron.
Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds-Wesley O. Hawkes. Tree Warden-Harry L. Nesmith.
License: Yes, seventy-one (71); No, one hundred forty-five (145). Blanks, eighteen (18).
43. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
44. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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Special Town Meeting, July 15, 1915.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of West- ford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Thursday, July 15, 1915, the following business was transacted :----
1st. Herbert E. Fletcher was chosen moderator, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
2nd. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen. Voted that the sum of Two Hundred Dollars be appropriated from the appropriation for Town debts and charges for providing heating apparatus for the Town Hall.
3rd. Voted that a committee of five consisting of the Board of Selectmen, Herbert V. Hildreth and Edward Fisher investi- gate the question of lighting the Town Hall with electricity and report at the next annual meeting.
4th. Voted, that the matter of establishing a Public Dump be left in the hands of the Selectmen to investigate and report at the next annual meeting.
5th. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
6th. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
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State Election, November 2, 1915
Party designations: R., Republican; D., Democratic; P. P., Progressive Party; P., Prohibition; S., Socialist; S. L., Socialist Labor; R. R. N. P., Republican Reform Nom. Paper; D. C. N. P., Democratic Citizens Nom. Paper; R. C. N. P., Republican Citizens Nom. Paper; P. P. C. N. P., Progressive Party Citizens Nom. Paper.
Whole number of votes cast
GOVERNOR.
Nelson B. Clark of Beverley (P. P.) . .
6
1
0
3 10
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield (S.) . .
3
4
8
0
15
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester (R.).
116
50
23
37
226
Peter O'Rourke of Medford (S. L.) .
0
1
0
0
1
William Shaw of Andover (P.) .
4
4
3
3
14
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg (D) Blanks.
35
56
13
24
128
3
3
2
0
8
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Edward P. Barry of Boston (D.) .
32
45
10
23 110
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton (R.) .
120
54
26
39
239
Alfred H. Evans of Hadley (P.) .
4
4
2
1
11
James Hayes of Plymouth (S. L.) .
0
2
1
0
3
Chester R. Lawrence of Boston
(P. P. C. N. P.)
3
1
0
3
7
Samuel P. Levenberg of Boston (S.) ... Blanks
3
3
7
0
13
5
10
3
1
19
Prec. 1 167
Prec. 2 119
Prec. Prec. Total 3
4 67 402
49
1
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SECRETARY.
Edwin A. Grosvenor of Amherst (D.) ... Albert P. Langtry of Springfield (R.) ...
30
46
8
20
104
124
52
28
42
246
Thomas J. Maher of Medford (S. L.) ... Marion E. Sproule of Lowell (S.)
0
5
1
0
6
3
3
7 0
13
3
5
3
0
11
William O. Wylie of Beverly (P.) Blanks.
7
8
2
22
TREASURER.
Henry L. Bowles of Springfield (D.) .
31
40
8
19
98
Charles L. Burrell of Boston (R.).
124
57
28
42
251
Charles E. Fenner of Worcester (S.) .
2
5
8
0
15
William E. Marks of Worcester (P.) . .
2
4
2
0
8
Jeremiah P. McNally of Salem (S. L.) . . Blanks
2
2
0
0
4
6
11
3
6
26
AUDITOR.
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston (R.)
122
56
26
41
245
James W. Holden of New Bedford (S.L.)
2
2
2
.0
6
Henry C. Iram of Warwick (S.).
2
5
7
0
14
Jacob C. Morse of Brookline (D.) .
29
38
8
15 90
William G. Rogers of Wilbraham (P.). Blanks.
3
7
2
1
13
9
11
4
34
10 38 240
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Henry C. Atwill of Lynn (R.).
126
51
25
1 16
Joseph Joyce Donahue of Medford (D.) . .
26
41
8
19
94
John McCarthy of Abington (S.). .
3
5
8
1
17
William Taylor of Worcester (S. L.) Blanks
0
1
1
0
2
8
13
4
8
33
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT.
Joseph H. McNally of Watertown (D.) .
33
47
20 110
Henry C. Mulligan of Natick (R.)
118
55
10 28
38
239
Blanks.
16
17
11
9
53
8
3
Frank Auchter of Boston (P.).
4
28
SENATOR, SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Frederick W. Burke of Lynn (D.) .
26
47 11
27 111
Charles A. Kimball of Littleton (R.) 131 61
29
37 258
Blanks. 10 11
9
3 33
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
ELEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Edgar H. Hall (R.)
137
69
31
43 280
Blanks.
30
50
18
24 122
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston (R) ..
120
50
28 37 235
John Lathrop Dyer of Cambridge (R. R. N. P.).
2
2
0
1 5
George A. Goodwin of Cambridge (P. P.)
6
5
0
2
13
Michael M. O'Connor of Cambridge (D.)
19
35
8
18
80
William H. Walsh of Framingham
(D. C. N. P.)
14
9
1
1 25
Blanks
6
18
12
8
44
COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
DeWitt Clinton Clapp of Cambridge
(R. C. N. P.) .
5
3 54
0
2
10
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville (R.) ...
122
28
38
242
David A. Keefe of Cambridge (P. P. D.) .
22
39
6
17 84
Blanks.
18
23
15
10
66
SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
John J. Donovan of Lowell (D.)
26
41
11
18 96
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge (R.) .
126
57
26
38
247
Blanks
15
21
12
11
59
Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution, empower- ing the general court to authorize the taking of land to relieve
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congestion of population and to provide homes for citizens be approved and ratified?
Yes.
63
62
18 35 178
No.
51
17
18 8 94
Blanks.
53
40
13
24 130
Shall the following proposed amendment to the constitution, enabling women to vote, be approved and ratified?
Article three of the articles of amendment to the constitution of the commonwealth is hereby amended by srtiking out in the first line thereof the word "male."
Yes
67
51
18
29
165
No.
77
56
23
28
184
Blanks.
23
12
8
10
53
Shall the following proposed amendment to the constitution, relative to the taxation of incomes and the granting of reasonable exemptions, be approved and ratified?
Full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the general court to impose and levy a tax on income in the manner hereinafter provided. Such tax may be at different rates upon income derived from different classes of property, but shall be levied at a uniform rate throughout the commonwealth upon incomes derived from the same class of property. The general court may tax income not derived from property at a lower rate than income derived from property, and may grant reasonable exemptions and abatements. Any class of property the income from which is taxed under the provisions of this article may be exempted from the imposition and levying of proportional and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes as at present authorized by the constitution. This article shall not be construed to limit the power of the general court to impose and levy reasonable duties and exercises.
Yes
91
63
21
39
214
No.
33
14
15
7 69
Blanks.
43
42
13
21 119
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RETURN OF VOTES CAST FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FROM ELEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.
Car- Chelms-Little-West-
Acton Ayer lisle ford ton
ford
Total
Edgar H. Hall of Acton
361 275 62 534 163 280 1675
Wm. F. Fitzgerald
2
2
Frank Sullivan.
1
1
Dennie E. Murphy
1
1
Michael J. Carey
1
1
Peter B. Murphy
1
1
Charles A. Dudley
1
1
Charles E. Wood.
1
1
John Denehy
1
1
Blanks
74 227
33 265
59 122
780
Total .
437 508
95 799 223 402 2464
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Tree Warden's Report.
The Tree Warden submits the following report:
During the past year my work has consisted of cutting brush along the road side and corners.
Having removed a great many dead trees I find there are many more that should be removed.
The new slash law should be known by everyone in regard to putting brush on the roadside, as there is a fine for so doing.
H. L. NESMITH,
Tree Warden.
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Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Westford, Mass., January 17, 1916.
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford, I submit the following report for year 1915.
Number of platform scales over 5,000 lbs. 9
Number of platform scales under 5,000 1bs. 50
Number of computing scales 4
Number of spring balances 47
All other scales 52
Total 162
Number of weights sealed 280
LIQUID AND DRY MEASURES.
Number of dry measures 4
Number of liquid measures 36
Total 40
Number of yard sticks
9
Kerosene oil pumps 8
Molasses pumps 5
Gasolene pumps 4
ALBERT A. HILDRETH,
Sealer.
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Assessors' Report for Year 1915.
Value of buildings, April 1, 1915 $ 934,872 00
Value of land, April 1, 1915 683,733 00
Value of personal estate, April 1, 1915 807,474 00
Total $2,426,079 00
AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED.
Public library $1,000 00
Public burial grounds 175 00
Roads and bridges 4,000 00
Town debts and charges 6,500 00
Support of poor . 1,400 00
High School purposes
3,100 00
Support of public schools
10,450 00
School text books and supplies
750 00
Salary of Supt. of Schools
573 75
Expenses in connection with schoolhouses 1,000 00 Destruction of moths 1,050 00
Expenses of fire department
450 00
Construction of sidewalks
300 00
Medical inspection of schools
100 00
Memorial Day:
150 00
Distribution of books from library
100 00
$31,498 75
Electric lights
3,290 00
Hydrants .
1,960 00
Notes and interest
3,450 00
County tax
2,940 17
State highway tax
413 78
State tax
5,655 00
Total
$49,207 70
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Moth tax
$440 20
Overlayings
596 80
Excise tax, Lowell & Fitchburg R. R.
252 14
Additional tax
215 75
Number Polls assessed
826
Horses
344
Cows
655
Meat Cattle
237
Sheep
10
Swine
71
Fowls
5,794
Dwelling houses
590
Acres of land
18,000
Tax on $100
$1 50
TAXES ABATED AS ORDERED BY THE ASSESSORS. 1914.
Atwood Banks. $ 2 00
Henry Bechard
2 00
Toussand Belland
2 00
Alfred Belland
2 00
Alfred Belland, Jr.
2 00
Omar Bellmore
2 00
John Bohen
2 00
Perfers Boudreau
2 00
Fred Brake
2 00
John Carpenter
2 00
John Carney
2 00
H. Carlson
2 00
Moses Desjardins
2 00
Peter Ferguson
2 00
George S. Floyd
2 00
Amount carried forward $30 00
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Amount brought forward $30 00
Michael Garrity
2 00
Burnard R. Hart
2 00
Andrew Healy
2 00
Michael Icosbockos
2 00
Eimal Johnson
2 00
James Kelley
2 00
George Kistly
2 00
Archie Larky
2 00
James Loorona
2 00
Harry Lothrup
2 00
Thomas Michell
2 00
Thomas Mogeman 2 00
Alexander Nekarnoski
2 00
James O'Neil
2 00
Burnard O'Hara
2 00
Mrs. Fletcher Peckens
24 00
Joseph Pelky
2 00
John Poznack
2 00
Archie Plante
2 00
Denis Soboris
2 00
Benjamin Smith
2 00
George Sployd
2-00
Martin Sekroge
2 00
Stanley Sullivan
2 00
Thomas Welch
2 00
E. Williams
2 00
-$104 00
Brookside Park Lots.
Fred R. Ames $ 80
William W. French 80
Merrill Daicy 80
Kate Schwartz
80
Robert J. Hook
3 68
C. M. Boutwell
48
Amount carried forward. $7 36
36
Amount brought forward
$7 36
H. E. Dexter
16
Albert Jones 80
James Graham 80
Harriet Kavanough
40
A. Sharon
40
James A. Hunnewell
32
Wallace Dole
40
John H. Roach
40
Emma E. Varnum 80
$11 84
1915.
Daniel Sullivan $2 00
Vernon Fletcher 2 00
Charles Radulski 2 00
Michael Croget
2 00
Timothy Riney
2 00
John Hutchins.
2 00
Timothy Driscoll
16 05
Albert N. Decatur
24 00
Lorenzo Sweetser
75
Daniel Beleda
2 00
Mercier Boudeau
2 00
Anthoney Pivirotto
2 00
Clarence McLenna
2 00
Peter Terno
2 00
Miss Ella Miller
7 50
Samuel R. Willis
2 00
Mrs. Henry Holt
7 50
Harry Ericson
2 00
Margaret M. Dandley
1 80
Ernest C. Emerson
22 50
Norman Philips. 75
Amount carried forward. $106 85
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Amount brought forward $106 85
D. A. Connell
3 00
Mrs. Elizabeth Hildreth
12 00
John Hutchins
3 25
Harry Blaisdell
2 00
Thomas O. Sullivan 15 00
George West
2 00
Catherine O'Connor
3 00
Allan Smith 7 50
Charlotte A. Jessop
5 63
Michael Sailor
2 00
Raymond Pickup
2 00
George Pousnoff
2 00
John Bristko
2 00
Wasil Trunko
2 00
Tony Poznack
2 00
Joseph Cote
2 00
John E. V. Mattson
2 00
Josephine Fiske
15 00
Wasil Ceresko :
2 00
John Butko
2 00
Thomas Healy
2 00
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$197 23
J. W. FLETCHER, CHARLES D. COLBURN, J. AUSTIN HEALY,
Assessors of Westford.
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Tax Collector's Report.
TAXES REMAINING UNPAID JANUARY, 1916. TAXES OF 1915.
Manfrid Abrahamson
$ 2 00
John Anderson
2 00
Anthony Anderson
2 00
Edward Anderson
2 00
Andrew Anderson
23 75
Michael Belon .
2 00
Loammi Bicknell
12. 75
Nels Blonagoen
2 00
Walter Butler
2 00
Kindle Capano
2 00
Michael Carr
8 25
Horace Caron
2 00
Joseph Coing.
2 00
Joseph Connell.
2 00
William Curren
24 50
Michael Deneshgh
2 00
Denis Deneshgh
2 00
Nathaniel Decatur
17 00
Mrs. C. R. P. Decatur
38 03
Joseph A. Desmarais.
2 00
Lanias Daseous
2 00
Matthew F. Downs.
82 87
Amount carried forward. $237 15
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Amount brought forward
$237 15
John Dolan
2 00
Ralph Esty
2 00
W. R. Farnham
19 78
Harry N. Fletcher
169 80
Victor George.
2 00
Margaret Haley
15 00
Robert Hafey
2 00
Carl Healmar
2 00
Mrs. Paul Jasmin.
21 07
Mark W. Jenkins
6 13
Frank C. Johnson
2 00
Wallace W. Johnson.
45 20
James L. Kimball .
105 00
Michael Kuncewicz
2 00
A. H. Lakin.
2 00
John Larrey .
2 00
Peter Lehough
2 00
Robert Marshall.
2 00
George J. Martin
2 00
Michael McGlinchey
39 50
William Micka.
2 00
Walter Mooney
2 00
Walter Mullen
2 00
Robert Neilson.
2 00
Joseph Orange.
2 00
Wilmont Pierson
2 00
Edmund Pendleburg
2 00
Ella J. Perkins.
7 50
Mrs. Fletcher Peckens
22 50
Arthur B. Parrott.
24 50
Thomas Rafferty
9 80
Thomas Rafferty, Jr.
2 00
John E. Rafferty
2 00
Lucretia Reed heirs
7 50
.
Amount carried forward.
$772 43
40
Amount brought forward
$772 43
Joseph Regnier
2 00
William Redell .
2 00
Joseph Rosliko
2 00
Peter Santosky
2 00
Thomas Scollen .
2 00
Daniel H. Sheahan
38 75
Rose Shugrue
63 68
John Sinclair
2 00
John Smith
2 00
Fred Smith.
2 00
John L. Smith
2 00
Elizabeth Smith
6 75
Richard Stencheon
2 00
Lawrence Strasburg
2 00
George Stringlus.
2 00
Warren P. Sweetsir
41 25
John Titus.
2 00
James Thompson
2 00
James Vallenges.
38 60
Adam Wageleyluk.
2 00
Mrs. Sarah Whitney
43 20
William Willett .
2 00
Sidney B. Wright .
56 67
Walter Wyman.
17 00
NON-RESIDENTS.
Brookside Worsted Mills Co.
$1274 25
Julia Blanchard .
5 25
Mrs. Susan A. Butterfield heirs
9 75
Margaret E. Blake.
90
M. Alice Cox, Trustee of Lawton children.
13 50
Flora I. Day .
10 50
Thos. N. Doyle
6 00
Amount carried forward.
$2,430 48
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Amount brought forward.
$2,430.48
Miner H. A. Evans
21 50
Harriet R. Evans
43 50
Abbie M. Evans.
10 50
Moise Fontaine and others
6 00
Warren A. Hanson .
14 85
Ethel C. Hinkley
43 88
Geo. C. Moore.
241 50
Geo. W. Parker
1 50
P. J. Riley heirs.
3 60
Willisted & Marinel.
9 00
Mrs. A. S. Wright devisees
6 75
Fred R. Ames
90
Mrs. C. M. Boutwell
67
Harriet Cavanagh
45
Jessie D. Crook
45
H. E. Dexter
23
Wallace Dole
45
William W. French
1 35
James Graham.
90
Walter H. Harris
Brookside Park Lots
1 35
Annie Higgins
Uncollectible
2 25
Robert J. Hook
3 60
James A. Hunnewell
45
Albert Jones
3 00
John H. Roach
45
Kate Schwartz .
1 50
Amie Sharon
67
Emma E. Varnum
1 05
Paid since audit
224 86
$ 3,077 84
LEONARD W. WHEELER, Tax Collector.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Town Treasurer.
Harwood L. Wright, salary $175 00
Town Clerk.
Edward Fisher, for 1914.
Recording 61 births at 50 cents each
$30 50
Recording 38 marriages at 20 cents each . .
7 60
Recording 47 deaths at 20 cents each
9 40
$ 47 50
Charles L. Hildreth, salary
$25 00
Recording 8 birth affidavits at 50 cents each
4 00
Making out report and postage
6 74
Making return of vote for Representative at Ayer
2 50
Supplies
1 67
$ 39 91
$ 87 41
Selectmen.
Oscar R. Spalding, salary
$ 125 00
Sherman H. Fletcher, salary 90 00
Frank L. Furbush, salary 75 00
$290 00
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Auditor.
William R. Taylor, salary for 1914 $ 35 00
Assessors.
For taking invoice and making taxes.
J. W. Fletcher, 35 days $ 87 50
Chas. D. Colburn, 55 days 137 50
J. Austin Healy, 5812 days 146 25
J. A. Healy, 14 days' use of auto at $4.00 per day 56 00
$427 25
Tax Collector.
L. W. Wheeler; collecting $36,373.00 at 1 per cent. $ 363 73
American Surety Co., bond 50 00
$ 413 73
Constables and Police.
Stephen Gardel, services as constable $ 90 85
Frank Haley, services as police 9 65
Chas. H. Pickering, services as police 2 85
A. H. Sutherland, services as police 6 35
W. G. Lee, services as police 3 30
F. L. Mahoney, services as police
3 00
S. H. Balch, services as police 3 00
John Spinner, services as police 3 70
S 122 65
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Expenses at First District Court, Ayer.
Chas. T. Brooks, services $ 2 74
Thos. F. Mullen, services 7 14
Frank Haley, services 32 98
Stephen Gardel, services 68 88
P. J. Beatty, services 2 00
Received from fines, $47.76.
$ 113 74
Registrars of Voters.
Charles L. Hildreth, clerk $ 7 00
Charles L. Hildreth, attending seven meetings 14 00
S. L. Taylor, attending five meetings 10 00
F. G. Sullivan, attending eight meetings
16 00
$ 47 00
Meat Inspector.
Emory J. Whitney $ 144 00
Town Counsel.
Edward Fisher, services $ · 86 50
Precinct Officers. Precinct One.
Walter J. Merritt, warden $ 9 00
A. H. Sutherland, inspector 2 50
William McDonald, inspector 5 00
T. A. E. Wilson, inspector, 3 years
15 00
$ 31 50
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Precinct Two.
Albert R. Wall, warden $ 3 00
Albert R. Wall, clerk 4 00
$ 7 00
Precinct Three.
Alvin S. Bennett, warden $ 3 00
John Spinner, carrying ballot box
3 00
A. H. Comey, inspector 2 50
G. L. Sanborn, inspector
2 50
$ 11 00
Precinct Four.
H. J. O'Brien, warden $ 3 00
John Edwards, clerk
4 00
J. H. O'Brien, inspector 2 50
$ 9 50
Town Common and Monument.
Ai Bicknell, care of common . $ 25 00
Timothy Sullivan, care of monument 15 00
$ 40 00
Overseers of Poor.
By orders (see Overseers' Report) $ 1,649 03
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Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Albert A. Hildreth, salary and extra time $ 88 00
Supplies 15 18
$103 18
Amount received from fees
32 58
Net cost to Town
$ 70 60
Moth Department.
The department has been in charge of Harry L. Nesmith, who has received $2.50 per day, and has been paid $1.00 per day for the use of his team and automobile. The men have been paid $2.00 per day.
The items of expense are as follows:
Harry L. Nesmith, Superintendent $ 688 61 .
Harry L. Nesmith, team 271 50
Labor 1,255 50
Chas. Bicknell, team for sprayer 98 75
Express
1 93
Gasolene
10 88
Printing 2 00
Supplies
4 55
$2,418 22
Amount received for private work $ 415 54
Amount to come from State 1,189 18
1,604 72
Net cost to Town
1 $813 50
Appropriation, $1,050.00.
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Tree Warden.
Harry L. Nesmith $ 3 00
School Committee.
By orders (see School Report)
$17,624 00
Lowell Industrial School.
Amount paid for tuitions $ 187 50
Amount due from State, $93.75.
PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.
By orders (see Commissioners' Report) $ 175 31 Appropriation, $175.00.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Frank L. Furbush, services as Chairman $ 30 00
Albert A. Hildreth, agent 28 50
O. V. Well, M. D., services . 55 50
W. H. Sherman, M. D., services 25 00
State Board of Health, supplies
2 65
International Chemical Co., supplies 7 82
C. B. Coburn, supplies 1 50
Albert Pickup, reimbursement while quarantined 33 57
J. V. Hill, reimbursement while quarantined 28 50
8 00
F. Leduc, reimbursement while quarantined I. L. Hall, reimbursement while quarantined
24 00
M. Doucatte, reimbursement while quarantined 52 50
J. Stewart, reimbursement while quarantined 16 00
$ 313 54
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J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY.
By orders (see Library Report)
$ 1,727 04 Appropriation, $1,000. Dog licenses for 1914, $364.32. Interest on Funds, $413.38.
DELIVERING LIBRARY BOOKS.
William Symmes $ 25 00
W. H. H. Burbeck 12 50
H. W. Hildreth 62 50
$ 100 00
Appropriation, $100.00.
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Carter Ink Co., supplies $ 1 25
Dumas & Co., supplies 14 95
P. B. Murphy 3 65
Courier-Citizen Co., town reports, warrants, etc.
417 88
Hobbs & Warren, book blanks
40 29
A. W. Brownell, printing for assessors
8 85
Huntley S. Turner, printing
17 50
Parkhurst Press, printing
6 05
$ 510 42
MEMORIAL DAY.
By order Veteran Association $ 150 00 Appropriation, $150.00.
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TOWN HALL.
Edwin Robey, janitor
$ 173 60
Chas. H. Pickering, janitor
34 66
Fuel . 111 78
Telephone 20 76
Westford Water Co.
32 00
Gilbert & Barker Mfg. Co., gasolene
79 96
Brownell Mason Co., repairs
169 10
Abbot Worsted Co., supplies
75
Albert A. Hildreth, labor
2 25
A. H. Sutherland, stock and labor 4 90
Oscar R. Spalding, lumber 17 21
Wright & Fletcher, supplies 40 96
H. S. Stiles, stock and labor 38 20
$ 726 13
Income from Town Hall.
Rent of building $ 139 00
Furnace for Town Hall.
Union Sheet Metal Co., furnace $ 160.00
Union Sheet Metal Co., extras 14 25
$ 174 25
Appropriation, $200.00.
INSURANCE.
Sherman H. Fletcher, Agent, Liability Insurance for Road and Moth Men 136 13
Town Hall, $2,500.00 163 80
Town Farm, $5,656.00 120 33
$ 420 26
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STATE AID.
To Soldiers and Sailors and families of same, as authorized by Chapter 79, Revised Laws, as amended by Acts of 1904, Chapter 381. -
From January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916 $ 460 00 Amount due from State, $460.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
As authorized by Chapter 79, Revised Laws, as amended by Acts of 1904, Chapter 381.
From January 1, 1915 to January 1, 1916 $ 132 00
MILITARY AID.
From January 1, 1915, to January 1, 1916 $ 216 00 Amount due from State, $108.00.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
By orders (see Report) $1,016 12
FOREST FIRES.
H. L. Nesmith, Forest Warden $ 42 75
H. L. Nesmith, cash paid men 622 41
Express and freight 97
Town of Chelmsford, labor 3 25
Town of Acton, labor 20 50
Supplies 42 41
$ 732 29
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Amount received from Boston & Maine 382 40
Town of Tyngsboro 22 10
$ 404 50
HOUSE FIRES.
Gates fire $ 15 75
Fifield Place fire 6 77
$ 22 52
HYDRANTS.
Westford Water Co.
48 hydrants, 6 months $ 960 00
2 hydrants, 5 months 33 34
50 hydrants, 6 months
1,000.00
$ 1,993 34
Appropriation, $1,960.00.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Lowell Electric Light Corp. $ 3,289 44 Appropriation, $3,290.00.
GUIDE POSTS AND GUIDE BOARDS.
Expense.
Waterman & Leavitt, auto signs $ 44 00 A. H. Sutherland, stock and labor putting up auto signs 34 85
Chas. H. Pickering, labor putting up auto signs 5 10
$ 83 95
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GENERAL EXPENSES.
A. G. Scoboria, M. D., birth returns $ 25
W. H. Sherman, M. D., birth returns 9 25
Express and freight 18 96
L. W. Wheeler, appraiser at Town Farm 2 00
J. H. Fletcher, Postmaster, postage 56 86
Chas. Shugrue, damages on highway 40 00
David L. Greig & Son, burial of Alice Jordan
10 00
Mrs. Arthur Blodgett, dinner for Town Officers 7 00
F. R. Blodgett, Appraiser at Town Farm 3 00
Chas. F. Gettemy, certification of notes
12 00
Emery Record Preserving Co.
72 00
Abbot Worsted Co., hall for election, etc.
8 00
J. E. Knight, labor
2 50
Good Roads Machine Co., road scraper
218 36
E. A. Hamlin, stock and labor 2 22
Lull & Hartford, keys
. 1 50
Peter Clements, labor
1 75
Albert Pickup, guarding wire at Brookside
1 00
G. H. McGregor, guarding wire at Brookside
1 00
Pratt & Forest Co., lumber for flag pole
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