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Ryan, Angeline M.
Sandberg, August G.
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Annual Town Meeting, February 13, 1922
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, Mass .. qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Monday, February 13, 1922, the following business was transacted :
1. Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher was chosen Moderator and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
2. John Edwards and Joseph Wall appointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen were sworn by the Town Clerk, and received from him the official ballots, and gave their receipts therefor. Alonzo H. Sutherland and John M. Fletcher appointed Tellers by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk, and took charge of the check list and ballot box respectively.
The ballot box was opened and found to be empty; the register was placed at zero.
The polls were declared open at 8 o'clock A. M., and the voters pro- ceeded to bring in their ballots for the officers named in Article 2 of the Warrant, and the following question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages 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 T. Arthur E. Wilson, William O. McDonald, Walter A. Whidden and Frank Haley were appointed by the Moderator to assist in canvassing the ballots. They were sworn by the Town Clerk.
It was voted to close the polls at 1.10 P. M. The polls were closed at 1.10 P. M. The register stood at 768. The number of names checked upon the Ballot Clerk's list was 756.
The number of names checked on the Ballot Box list was 756.
The number of ballots cast was 756.
3. A motion to strike out Article 14 of the Finance Committee's Report was voted down 71 to 53. Voted to accept the report of the Finance Committee as printed.
4. Voted to accept the report of the Town Accountant as printed.
5. Voted to accept the verbal report of the Selectmen on guide boards.
Voted that the matter of naming streets and roads be recommitted to the Selectmen ; that a public hearing be held; and that the Committee re- port at a subsequent Town meeting.
Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as printed.
A unanimous rising vote of thanks was extended to Sherman H. Fletcher, retiring Selectman, for his long and faithful service.
6. Voted to accept the report of the Overseers of the Poor as printed.
7. Voted to accept the report of the School Committee as printed.
8. Voted to accept the report of the Trustees of the Public Library as printed.
Voted that the receipts from dog licenses be appropriated, and that an additional sum of $2,200 be appropriated for the support of the Public Library.
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9. Voted to accept the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds as printed. Voted to appropriate the sum of $450 as therein requested.
10. Voted that the compensation of the Tax Collector be one per cent. of the amount collected.
11. Voted that $16,400 be appropriated for highway purposes to be apportioned as follows: Roads, $14,000; Snow removal, $1,500; Tools, $500; Guide Boards, $400.
12. Voted that $6,500 be appropriated for General Government ex- penses to be apportioned as follows : Salaries, $3,500; Expenses, $1,000 ; Town Hall, $2,000.
13. Voted that $8,500 be appropriated for Support of Poor under the classification of Charities to be apportioned as follows : Home expense, $4,000; Outside expense, $4,500.
14. Voted that $2,300 be appropriated for the Police Department.
15. Voted that $54,870 be appropriated for support of schools to be apportioned as follows: Salaries, $28,500; Care and maintenance of buildings, $11,300; Transportation, $9,600. Text Books and supplies, $2,500 ; General Expenses, $1,900; Furniture and fixtures, $670; Tuition to other towns $200; School physician $200.
16. Voted that $2.500 be appropriated for the Moth Department.
17. Voted that $2,140 be appropriated for the Fire Department to be apportioned as follows : Expenses of the Fire Department, $1,870; New Extinguishers, $270.
18. Voted that $800 be appropriated for extinguishing forest fires.
19. Voted that $1.559.07 be appropriated to pay outstanding bills due December 31, 1921, to be apportioned as follows: General Government- Salaries, $13.00; Expenses, $18.20; Town Hall. $467.41. Protection of Persons and Property-Police Department, $33.80 ; Fire Department, $57.86; Fire House Cottage, $70.61; Moth Department, $60.00. Highways-Roads. $140.15. Schools-General Expenses, $42.57 ; Books and Supplies, $43.36 ; Care of Buildings, $410.56; Liability Insurance, $141.56. Care of Common. $54.49. Health Department, $5.50.
20. Voted that $2,734.33 be appropriated to meet the overdrafts of the various departments, to be apportioned as follows: General Fund (Soldiers' Benefits), $22.39; Fire Department, $238.79; Forest Fires. $161.47 ; Charities. $623.79; Notes and Interest. $1.50; Interest on Reve- nue Loans, $1,686.39.
21. Voted that the matter of erecting a barn at Westford Home be left in the hands of a Committee, consisting of the Overseers of the Poor and the Finance Committee, to report at a Town meeting not later than June.
22. Voted that $200 be appropriated for rent of headquarters of Westford Post 159, American Legion for the ensuing year, and the Select- men are hereby authorized to execute a lease for a period not exceeding five years for headquarters of said Post.
23. Voted that $600 be appropriated for printing and distributing the Town Reports.
24. Voted that $75 be appropriated for care of the common.
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25. Voted that $1,500 be appropriated for trimming and otherwise car- ing for shade trees damaged by the ice storm.
26. Voted that $600 be appropriated for Liability Insurance.
27. Voted that $2,000 be appropriated for improving the Groton Road only on condition that like amounts be contributed by the County and State, respectively, and to be used in conjunction therewith.
28. Voted that the sum of $3,000 be appropriated for the Board of Health, which sum is to include salary of Public Health Nurse and expenses of Health Department.
29. Voted 80 to 52 not to appropriate $350 for band concerts. It was later voted 117 to 81 to again take up this article. A motion to lay the article on the table was lost. Voted to appropriate $345 for band concerts and that no concerts be held on Sundays.
30. Voted to appropriate $300 to commemorate Memorial Day.
31. Voted that the Town appropriate a sum not exceeding $50 as com- pensation for and $25 for expenses of a Fish and Game Warden in the event one is appointed for the Town.
32. Voted to appropriate $250 and to elect a director for demonstration work in agriculture and home economics, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics, under the provisions of Sections 40-45 of Chapter 128, General Laws; it being understood that $100 of this amount shall be used to provide paid supervision of boys' and girls' club work. W. Otis Day was elected Director.
33. Voted that $2,000 be appropriated as a reserve fund as provided under Sec. 6, Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
34. Voted that $175 be appropriated to meet the expenses of cattle inspection.
35. Voted that the report of the Committee relative to school ac- commodations be accepted, and that $500 be appropriated for the use of a Committee, consisting of the School Committee and Finance Committee, in securing plans for school accommodations at Forge Village and Brookside.
36. Voted that $1,200 be appropriated for State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief.
37. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for an audit of the Town Accounts for the current year.
38. Voted that the Committee on By-Laws be continued and that they be instructed to submit the proposed By-Laws to Town Counsel for examin- ation. and report at a subsequent meeting.
39. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1922 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
40. Voted that the Collector be instructed to collect all taxes according to law and that he be authorized to return, at the expense of the Town a receipted tax bill when paid.
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41. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Division of Fisheries and Game of the Department of Conservation to stock Forge Pond with food fish.
42. Voted that the Moderator name a Committee of four to bring in a list of nominees for a Finance Committee. The Moderator named the fol- lowing as a Committee : Alfred W. Hartford, Alice M. Howard, Edward M. Abbot, and Annie E. Edwards. The Committee brought in the following list of nominees : Julian A. Cameron. Elbert H. Flagg, Herbert V. Hildreth, William R. Taylor, and George F. White. Elbert H. Flagg declined to serve. The following named were chosen by hand vote :
Finance Committee
Herbert V. Hildreth
Julian A. Cameron
William R. Taylor P. Henry Harrington
George F. White
Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber
Frank L. Furbush
David Sherman
Isaac L. Hall
Frank P. Shugrue
P. Henry Harrington
Oscar R. Spalding
J. Austin Healy
Alonzo H. Sutherland
John A. Healy
Eldon A. Turner
Frank J. Shea
Perley E. Wright
43. Voted to accept the report of the Committee on Highways as printed.
44. Voted that a Committee of seven be appointed by the Moderator to negotiate with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation or some other electric company. for a contract with the Town for electric street lighting, the committee to report at a subsequent Town meeting, and that the Com- mittee be instructed not to negotiate a contract for street lighting that does not grant house lighting service to all the abutters of land lighted by street lights. The Moderator appointed the following Committee : William R. Taylor. Edward M. Abbot, Herbert V. Hildreth, Sherman H. Fletcher, and the Board of Selectmen.
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45. Voted that if Story Street be accepted as a public street an addi- tional hydrant be established thereon.
46. Voted to dismiss the article relative to establishing a Town Forest.
47. The votes having been counted the following were found and de- clared to be elected to their respective offices :
Selectman-John B. Gray.
Assessor-J. Willard Fletcher.
Overseer of the Poor-Perley E. Wright.
Treasurer-Frederick H. Meyer.
Collector of Taxes-Leonard W. Wheeler.
Moderator-Herbert E. Fletcher.
Constable-William L. Wall.
School Committee-Frank L. Furbush and William R. Taylor.
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Trustee of the J. V. Fletcher Library-Charles O. Prescott.
Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds-David L. Greig. Tree Warden-Harry L. Nesmith.
Board of Health-Edward T. Hanley.
License-Yes, 173; No, 351; Blanks, 232.
48. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
49. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Special Town Meeting, July 7, 1922
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford qualified by law to vote in Town affairs held at the Town House, Friday, July 7, 1922, the following business was transacted. Herbert E. Fletcher, Moderator, being absent, Alfred W. Hartford was elected Moderator (pro tempore) and was sworn in by the Town Clerk.
1. Voted to accept the verbal report of the committee appointed at the last annual meeting relative to the erection of a barn at the Westford Home.
2. Voted that the Town erect a barn at the Westford Home, so called, and that the sum of three thousand dollars be appropriated from money in the Treasury to meet the expense to be incurred thereby, and that such work be carried on under the direction of the Overseers of the Poor.
3. Voted that the Town accept Story Street as laid out by the Select- men.
4. Voted that the sum of five hundred dollars be appropriated from money in the Treasury to meet the expense incurred in laying out Story Street.
5. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized, on behalf of the Town, to enter into a contract with the Abbot Worsted Company for an additional hydrant at Brookside in the vicinity of the new school house at the same rental per hydrant as is now paid to the Westford Water Company for such service.
6. Voted that the Town purchase for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars of Charles E. Edwards for the purpose of widening the Brook- side Road the land on both sides of said road as shown on a plan entitled : "Location of Cut Taken in Land of Chas. Edwards, Brookside, Mass., Walter T. Monahan, Civil Eng'r., July 1922," and that the Selectmen be authorized to lower and change the grade of said street, and that the Town appropriate from money in the Treasury the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars to meet the expense to be incurred thereby.
7. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen seize for school house pur- poses land of Abbot Worsted Company, part of the so-called Parsons property, described as follows: Beginning at stone bound on North side of Central Street at South west corner of land owned by Edward Hanley and running thence along Central Street N-79º-32' W 40 ft. to stake set in ground; Thence N-7º-35' E 237.02 ft. to stake; Thence N-78º-19' W 249.47 ft. to stone bound; Thence along the land formerly owned by
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George H. Prescott N-20°-49'-30" E 204.94 ft. to stone bound; Thence northerly by stone wall 433 ft. more or less and turning with wall S-71º-15' E 161.79 ft. and turning with wall S-17º-30'-30" W 111.1 ft. to stone bound ; Thence along the land of Adam Krasnicki S-15°15'-30" W 266-60 ft. to stone bound ; Thence S-6º-37'-30" W 209.78 ft. to stone bound ; Thence along land of Oliver Byron S-50-43'-30" W 100.13 ft to stone bound and thence along land of Ed. T. Hanley et al. S-8º-33' W 150.25 ft. to point to be- ginning, area 3.447 acres.
8. Voted unanimously that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be appropriated from the treasury to defray expenses in removing building and preparing a way on land seized of the Abbot Worsted Company under Article 7.
9. Voted that the sum of one hundred forty-five and 61/100 dollars be appropriated from money in the Treasury to meet the bills outstanding against the Fire Department on December 31, 1921.
10. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
11. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Special Town Meeting, November 17, 1922
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Friday, November 17, 1922, the following business was transacted :
Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher, Moderator, elected at the last Annual Meet- ing was sworn in by the Town Clerk.
1. Voted that the School Committee and Finance Committee act joint- ly as a Committee to investigate the requirements for additional school ac- commodations at Graniteville and report at a later Town meeting.
2. Voted to accept as read the written report of the Committees in charge of the erection of school houses at Brookside and Forge Village.
3. Voted, sixty-eight to forty, to postpone action under the article rela- tive to the erection of a school house on land to be acquired at Forge Village, until the next Annual Meeting.
4. Voted to postpone action under the article relative to borrowing one hundred and twenty thousand dollars to meet the expense to be incurred in erecting a school house in Forge Village until the next Annual Meeting.
5. Voted unanimously that the report of the Committee appointed to investigate relative to entering into a contract with the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for lighting the streets be accepted, and that the Commit- tee be authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with this Company upon such terms and conditions and for a period of time not exceeding one year and at such charge per light as the Committee may determine ; provided, however, that provision be made therein under the terms of which the Town shall have the right to make extensions, and not be required to place lights oftener than every third pole.
6. Voted that the following Committee investigate the matter of a proper memorial for the Civil, Spanish and World War Veterans and re- port at the next Annual Meeting : Bertha H. Hildreth, Edna N. Packard,
Burton D. Griffith, Frank C. Johnson, Dr. Harry R. Coburn, T. Arthur E. Wilson and John A. Healy.
7. Voted that the Town pay the Lowell Electric Light Corporation for the service rendered during the month of December, 1921.
8. Voted that the Town transfer from Westford Home appropriation nine hundred dollars to outside aid.
Voted not to transfer from Westford Home appropriation two hundred dollars towards the appropriation for erecting the Town Farm barn.
9. Voted to refer the matter of establishing a building line or other restrictions relative to the erection of buildings, to the Committee on By- Laws to report at a subsequent meeting.
10. Voted to accept the minutes of the meeting.
11. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
State Election, November 7, 1922
(Party designations : R., Republican ; D., Democratic; S., Socialist ; S. L., Socialist Labor; I., Independent ; Prob., Prohibition ; Prob. Prog., Prohibi- tion Progressive ; Prog., Progressive. )
Governor
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Prec. 4
Total
Channing H. Cox, of Boston (R) . 204
66
40
48
358
John F. Fitzgerald, of Boston (D)
29
99
19
72
219
Henry Hess, of Boston (S. L.).
0
0
1
0
1
Walter S. Hutchins, of Greenfield (S)
0
0
0
0)
John B. Lewis, of Reading (P)
1
0
1
0)
2
Blanks
8
11
2
5
26
Lieutenant Governor
John F. Doherty, of Boston (D) ...
26
94
15
58
193
Alvan T. Fuller, of Malden (R) ..
.199
65
43
51
358
Oscar Kinsalis, of Springfield (S. L.) ..
0
0
1
0
1
Thomas Nicholson, of Methuen (S)
0
1
1
1
3
Blanks
17
16
3
15
51
Secretary
Frederick W. Cook, of Somerville (R) .. 204
71
41
49
365
Albert S. Coolidge, of Pittsfield (S)
2
4
1
2
9
James Hayes, of Plymouth (S. L.).
8
1
2
0
11
Charles H. McGlue, of Lynn (D)
12
70
12
41
135
Blanks
16
30
7
33
86
Treasurer
James Jackson, of Westwood (R) ... .205
68
39
47
359
Patrick H. Loftus, of Abington (S. L.) ..
0
4
1
0
5
Dennis F. Reagan, of Brockton (S) .
1
1
1
0
3
Joseph E. Venne, of Leominister (D) .
20
65
12
42
139
Blanks
16
38
10
36
100
. .
23
Auditor
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Prec. 4
Total
John Aiken, of Everett (S. L.)
3
2
2
0
Alonzo B. Cook, of Boston (R) .
175
68
33
45
321
Alice E. Cram, of Boston (D) .
39
62
16
40
157
Edith M. Williams, of Brookline (S)
2
2
1
2
7
Blanks
23
42
11
38
114
Attorney General
Joseph Bearak, of Boston (S) .
0
2
1
1
1
Jay R. Benton, of Belmont (R) .
203
62
36
47
348
David Craig, of Milford (S. L.)
0)
6
2
1
9
John E. Swift, of Milford (D)
21
61
12
41
135
Blanks
18
45
12
35
110
Senator in Congress
Washington Cook, of Sharon (I) ..
5
1
0
0
6
William A. Gaston, of Boston (D) .. .... 42
82
21
73
218
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Nahant (R) .... 179
65
37
44
325
John A. Nicholls, of Boston (Prob. Prog. ) 12
1
0
0
13
John Weaver Sherman, of Boston (S) ..
1
1
2
0
4
William E. Weeks, of Everett (Prog.) ...
0
2
0
1
3
Blanks
3
24
3
37.
Congressman of Fifth District
Andrew E. Barrett, of Lowell (D) ..
21
71
14
38
144
John Jacob Rogers, of Lowell (R) . ..
209
86
47
71
413
Blanks
12
19
2
16
49
Councillor Sixth District
Charles S. Smith, of Lincoln (R)
.200
92
45
54
391
Blanks
42
84
18
71
215
Senator Eighth Middlesex District
Henry J. Draper, of Lowell (D).
20
73
14
42
149
Frank H. Putnam, of Lowell (R)
203
72
40
51
366
Blanks
19
31
9
32
91
Representative in General Court Eleventh Middleser County
Fred L. Snow, of Tyngsborough (R). . . . 171
111
49
56
387
Alfred W. Hartford, of Westford.
1
C
=
1
2
Blanks
70
65
14
68
217
24
County Commissioner Middlesex County
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Prec.
4
Total
Erson E. Barlow, of Lowell (R)
197
97
43
55
392
Blanks
45
79
20
70
214
Associate Commissioners Middlesex County
Sherman H. Fletcher, of Westford (R) .. 207
94
45
67
413
John M. Keyes, of Concord (R)
150
71
31
34
286
Blanks
127
187
50
149
513
District Attorney Northern District
Arthur K, Reading, of Cambridge (R) ... 146
52
34
27
259
James C. Reilly, of Lowell (D)
84
104
24
85
297
Blanks
12
20
5
13
50
Clerk of Courts Middlesex County
Ralph N. Smith, of Arlington (R) . 196
93
41
53
383
Blanks
46
83
22
72
223
Register of Deeds Middlesex Northern District
William C. Purcell, of Lowell (D)
63
118
18
84
283
Frank K. Stearns, of Lowell (R)
166
50
38
33
287
Blanks
13
8
7
8
36
County Treasurer Middlesex County
Charles E. Hatfield, of Newton (R) .. ... 203
92
40
50
385
Blanks
39
84
23
75
221
Referendum Question No. 1. Amendment to Constitution. Shall an amendment to the Constitution relative to roll-calls in the General Court on the adoption of preambles of emergency laws be approved?
Yes
124
54
15
23
220
No
26
30
13
40
109
Blanks
SS
92
35
62
277
Referendum Question No. 2. Shall a law (Chap. 368 of the Acts of 1921) which provides that any voluntary association composed of five or more members and not subject to the first eleven sections of Chap. 182 of the General Laws may sue or be sued in its common name, that in any suit against such association service may be made upon certain designated officers thereof and that the separate property of any member thereof shall be exempt from attachment or execution in any such suit, be approved?
Yes
138
47
19
17
221
No
30
39
17
47
133
Blanks
74
90
27
61
252
25
Referendum Question No. 3. Shall a law (Chap. 438 of the Acts of 1921) which provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit or display publicly in this Commonwealth any motion picture film unless such film has been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety who may subject to the appeal given by the act disapprove any film or part thereof which is obscene, indecent, immoral, inhuman, or tends to debase or corrupt morals, or incite to crime, and may subject to the approval of the Governor and Council make rules and regulations for the inforcement of the act, be approved?
Yes
77
35
16
11
139
No
115
91
33
91
330
Blanks
50
50
14
23
137
Referendum Question No. 4. Shall a law (Chap. 427 of the Acts of 1922) enacted to enforce in Massachusetts the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which provide that except as author- ized by the Act the manufacture, sale, barter, transportation, importation, exportation, delivery, furnishing, or possessing of any intoxicating liquor as defined in the Act shall be a criminal offence and be punished in the manner prescribed by the Act, be approved?
Ye
137
61
20
17
235
No
57
56
28
72
213
Blanks
48
59
15
36
158
Referendum Question No. 5. Shall a law (Chap. 459 of the Acts of 1922) which provides that a District Attorney shall be a member of the bar of the Commonwealth, be approved?
Yes
156
62
25
31
274
No
23
30
13
38
104
Blanks
63
84
25
56
228
Return of votes cast for Representative in General Court from Eleventh Middlesex District :
i
Acton
Bedford
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Littleton
Tyngsboro
Westford
Total
Fred L. Snow
of Tyngsboro (R) 517
321
111
1103
293
195
387
2927
Alfred W. Hartford (
0
0
0
0
0
2
1 2
Blanks
.163
129
26
338
50
54
217
977
Total
680
450
137
1442
343
249
606
3906
CHARLES L. HILDRETH,
Town Clerk
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Selectmen's Report
As the Town Accountant certifies as to the correctness of all bills and these accounts are given under his report, the Selectmen will not make any detailed report.
The Accountant or Selectmen will gladly furnish any information or answer any questions, in regard to the different appropriations and expenditures.
OSCAR R. SPALDING. FRANK L. FURBUSH, JOHN B. GRAY,
Selectmen.
Accountant's Report
RECEIPTS
TAXES
Current Year :
Poll
$ 4,234.00
Personal
29,940.56
Real Estate
78.520.73
$112,695.29
Previous Years :
Poll
$ 5.00
Personal
376.14
Real Estate
1,742.50
2,123.64
From State :
Corp. Tax, P. S ..
$ 444.93
Corp. Tax, Domestic.
5,833.56
Corp. Tax, Business
7,645.33
Income Tax, 1919.
18.25
Income Tax, 1920.
127.75
Income Tax, 1921.
766.50
Income Tax, 1922.
3,481.96
Income Tax, 1922, School Fund.
3,563.95
National Bank Tax
460.06
Street Railway Tax
222.06
22,564.35
Amount carried forward.
$137,383.28
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Amount brought forward.
$137,383.28
LICEN SES
Pool and Bowling
$ 80.00
Ice Cream, etc.
21.00
Peddlers
10.00
111.00
FINES
First District Court, Ayer
$ 186.74
House of Correction
100.00
286.74
GRANTS AND GIFTS .
From State :
Vocational Training
$ 70.85
Soldiers' Exemption
23.92
From County :
Dog Licenses
516.47
611.24
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Moth, 1921
$ 65.50
Moth, 1922
772.71
838.21
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Collectors, fees
116.96
Town Hall, rent
217.70
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Dept.
$ 55.00
Fire Dept.
126.50
Forestry :
Moth Reimbursement from State, 1921 30.00
Moth Reimbursement from State, 1922.
101.40
Forest Fires, railroads.
124.73
Inspection, Sealers' fees
42.62
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Use of telephone. 4.02
HIGIIWAYS
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