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400.95
$ 6,219.01
$ 13,020.14
Amount carried forward.
$ 65,037.80
31
Amount brought forward.
$ 65,037.80
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State aid
$ 168.00
Military aid
216.00
Soldiers' relief
188.00 $ 614.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
GENERAL
Superintendent
$ 1,219.92
Clerk
211.89
Truant officer
58.50
Printing and stationery
88.08
Telephone
62.72
Traveling expenses
194.30
School census
54.00
All other
65.96
1,955.37
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Academy
$ 6,280.00
Elementary
22,287.43
Supervisors
827.52
29,394.95
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Academy :
Text books $ 275.71
Supplies
172.95
Elementary :
Text books
2,061.09
Supplies
1,092.30
36,020.05
TUITION
Vocational 474.31
TRANSPORTATION
Academy and Elementary
6,033.75
JANITOR SERVICE .
Academy
$ 780.00
Elementary 2,726.90
Cleaning of all schools.
327.81 3,834.71
Amount carried forward.
$ 65,671.80
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Amount brought forward. $ 65,671.80
FUEL AND LIGHT
Academy
$
27.75
Elementary
4,767.39 4,785.14
MEDICAL INSPECTION
Salary
200.00
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Academy :
Water rates
$ 72.00
Janitor's supplies
31.15
All other
35.14
Elementary :
Water rates
225.00
Janitor's supplies
226.42
Repairs
1,643.92
Insurance
256.00
Grading at Brookside.
589.99
All other
368.03
3,447.65
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Academy
$ 28.95
Elementary
517.85
546.80
RENT
Academy 300.00
OTHER EXPENSES
Graduation
$ 48.15
Scales
120.00
Surveying
20.00
All other
57.20 $ 245.35 $ 54,830.08
J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY
SALARIES AND WAGES
Librarian
$ 624.96
-
Assistants
285.57
Janitor
343.75 $ 1,254.28
BOOKS AND PERIODICALS
Books
$ 529.15
Periodicals
...
127.82 656.97
Amount carried forward
$120,501.88
33
Amount brought forward.
$120.501.88
BINDING
Books
53.40
FUEL AND LIGHT
Fuel
$ 234.08 33.05 267.13
Light
BUILDINGS
Repairs
15.85
Furniture
2.00
Janitor's supplies
5.15
Insurance
179.40
Water rates
28.00
All other
23.00
253.70
OTHER EXPENSES
Stationery and postage.
S 18.15
Printing
27.25
Express
4.47
Telephone
21.44
Transportation of books.
125.00
All other
27.44
$ 223.75
$ 2,709.23
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Whitney playground :
Caretaker
218.00
Labor
123.13
All other
113.84 $ 454.97
Whitney Shade Tree Fund :
Labor
90.50
Memorial Day :
Expenses
295.22
Care of common
134.83
Grading of common.
2,485.49
Publishing of town reports.
589.49
The American Legion headquarters.
200.00
Metcalf monument
245.98
Town scales
422.52
Liability insurance
397.37
Farm bureau
250.00
$ 5,566.37
CEMETERIES
Labor
$ 1,388.15
Fertilizer
40.00
Equipment
S4.9S
All other
21.93
$ 1.535.06
Amount carried forward.
$130.312.54
34
Amount brought forward.
$130,312.54
INTEREST
Anticipation of taxes
$ 1,333.87
Graniteville Road
40.00
Forge Village School.
264.60
Groton Road
216.00
Fire truck
148.50
Brookside School
1,243.12
$ 3,246.09
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary loans
$70,000.00
Graniteville Road
800.00
Forge Village School.
1,000.00
Groton Road
1,000.00
Fire truck
900.00
Brookside School
1,500.00
$ 75,200.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Taxes :
State
$13,116.41
County
5,686.22
$18,802.63
Cemetery, perpetual care.
800.00
Library lecture fund.
2,000.00 $ 21,602.63
REFUNDS
State
$ 5.64
Bank
7.55 $ 13.19
FUND INCOME INVESTED
Library income
$ 190.00
Whitney Shade Tree in.
200.00
Metcalf monument income
200.00
Perpetual care income
400.00 $ 990.00
PETTY CASH
Westford Home
$ 50.00
Health department
10.00 $ 1,063.19
BALANCES
General cash, Dec. 31, 1923
$20,388.66
Cash at Westford Home.
50.00
Cash at Library
10.00
$ 20,448.66
Total
$251,873.11
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TOWN OF WESTFORD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1923
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash on hand and in bank. $20,388.66
Trust Fund Income :
Cash at Westford Home. 50.00
Whitney playground fund ... ... 58.93 Whitney shade fund ... 11.95 $ 70.88
Cash at Library ...
10.00 $20,448.66
Accounts Receivable :
Appropriation Balances forwarded to 1924 :
Taxes, 1923
3,214.00
Special Assessments : Moth, 1923 40.25
Schools :
Forge Village construction ... 231.34
Due from State :
Forge Village equipment. . .
50.89
State aid
$168.00
Brookside construction 93.60
Mothers' aid
936.81
1,104.81
Brookside equipment
164.84
Due from Other Cities :
Forge Village land ..
1,480.00
Mothers' aid .
366.56
Graniteville plans 300.00
2,320.67
Departmental :
Overlay reserve .
4,071.34
Fire dept. $138.00
Special assessment revenue
40.25
Westford Home
73.50
211.50
1,682.87
Overlay, 1923 .
732.74
Appropriations Overdrawn :
1,514.87
Roads
796.67
Surplus revenue
18,230.01
Groton Road
358.17
Brookside Road
31.00
$26,980.76
* Metcalf monument fund ...
157.98
*Cemetery perpetual fund.
251.16
1,594.98
Department accounts revenue.
.
$26,980.76
* Overdraft covered by income from funds.
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DEBT ACCOUNT
Net bonded debt. ..
.
$37,200.00
$37,200.00
Forge Village school loan.
$ 3,900.00
Groton Road loan. 3,000.00
1,800.00
Motor apparatus loan. . Brookside school loan .. 28,500.00
$37.200.00
TRUST FUND ACCOUNT
Trust fund, cash and securities ...
$32,370.25
$32,370.25
Library funds . $ 4,150.00
Whitney shade tree fund.
2,500.00
Whitney playground fund.
10,000.00
Metcalf monument fund. 2,000.00
Cemetery perpetual care fund.
11,720.25
$32,370.25
Trust fund income cash and securities.
$ 3,396.34
$ 3.396.34
Library fund income ... $ 290.59
Whitney shade tree income .. 211.90
Metcalf monument income. .. 214.94
Cemetery perpetual care income.
2,690.81
$ 3.396.34
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD W. HILDRETH, Town Accountant.
The Town Accountant will gladly explain any items that are not clear.
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
December 31, 1923.
Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1923
A. J. Abbot.
$ 200.00 $
205.20 $
8.60 $
4.00 $
209.80
Ephraim Abbot
100.00
125.48
4.30
2.00
127.78
J. W. P. Abbot
100.00
143.81
4.30
4.00
144.11
H. T. Adams
50.00
. . . .
. ..
. . .
50.00
Cyrus Babbit
50.00
70.43
2.15
2.00
70.58
Albert Bailey
50.00
63.01
2.15
2.00
63.16
Grace E. Bennet.
50.00
50.00
2.15
2.00
50.15
A. J. Blaisdell.
50.00
50.30
2.15
2.00
50.45
Mary E. Brigham
100.00
136.19
4.30
4.00
136.49
Adeline M. Buckshorn ..
50.00
51.57
2.15
2.00
51.72
Kittredge Lot
100.00
136.19
4.30
4.00
136.49
W. H. H. Burbeck.
150.00
166.60
6.45
2.00
171.05
Sally B. Burrill.
100.00
174.02
4.30
2.00
176.32
Susan A. Butterfield.
100.00
131.11
4.30
4.00
131.41
Buxton & Parker
50.00
57.93
2.15
2.00
58.08
Francis Cadwell
50.00
75.74
2.15
2.00
70.89
Mrs. Carmichael
50.00
.
.
50.00
John Carmichael
150.00
187.33
6.45
4.00
189.78
John B. Carmichael.
100.00
136.19
4.30
4.00
136.49
Alice Carrick
50.00
56.66
2.15
2.00
56.81
Elisha Case
50.00
65.55
2.15
2.00
65.70
William Chandler
100.00
106.31
4.30
4.00
106.61
Jonathan Collins
50.00
61.75
2.15
2.00
61.90
P. G. Collins
50.00
60.47
2.15
2.00
60.62
Nellie C. Comey
100.00
102.60
4.30
2.00
104.90
Edward Craven
100.00
105.69
4.30
4.00
105.99
Dr. Curtis
50.00
....
...
. . .
100.00
Hiram Dane
50.00
57.93
2.15
2.00
58.08
George Davis
50.00
74.46
2.15
2.00
74.61
George and Jonathan
Davis
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Joshua C. Decatur
50.00
61.75
2.15
2.00
61.90
Charles S. Dodge.
100.00
151.65
4.30
4.00
151.95
Cephas Drew
50.00
70.53
2.15
2.00
70.68
George Drew
50.00
70.53
2.15
2.00
70.68
Thomas Drew
50.00
60.47
2.15
2,00
60.62
Edmund L. Dupee
50.00
69.37
2.15
2.00
69.52
Rachel Dupee
50.00
74.46
2.15
2.00
74.61
William J. Dupee
50.00
69.37
2.15
2.00
69.52
Daniel Falls
50.00
74.46
2.15
2.00
74.61
Alvin Fisher
150.00
180.39
6.45
6.00
180.84
Elizabeth G. Flagg
50.00
56.66
2.15
2.00
56.81
Charles Flanders
50.00
56.66
2.15
2.00
56.81
Abijah Fletcher
50.00
69.37
2.15
2.00
69.52
. . .
. . .
50.00
Lillian Cutler
100.00
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Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
Receipts Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1923
Andrew Fletcher
$ 100.00 $
143.81
$
4.30 $
4.00 $
144.11
Charles H. Fletcher
50.00
69.37
2.15
2.00
69.52
Herbert E. Fletcher.
100.00
115.85
4.30
4.00
116.15
J. Herbert Fletcher.
50.00
. . ..
. . .
. ..
50.00
Hugh A. Fletcher
100.00
108.23
4.30
4.00
108.53
Joel A. Fletcher
100.00
103.15
4.30
4.00
103.45
Julian A. Fletcher.
50.00
73.18
2.15
2.00
73.33
Lorenzo Fletcher
100.00
117.85
4.30
2.00
120.15
Sherman D. Fletcher ....
50.00
74.46
2.15
24.40
52.11
Sherman D. Fletcher.
50.00
74.46
2.15
2.00
74.61
L. A. Folland.
50.00
63.01
2.15
2.00
63.16
Charles Follansbee
100.00
136.19
4.30
4.00
136.49
Helen K. Frost.
150.00
162.75
6.45
2.00
167.20
Frank L. Furbush
50.00
. .
. . .
. . .
100.00
George Q. Gilson.
50.00
63.53
2.15
2.00
65.68
L. S. Gilson .
100.00
103.15
4.30
4.00
103.45
Susan E. Green.
100.00
128.60
4.30
4.00
128.90
John Greig
100.00
117.85
4.30
4.00
118.15
Adams Griffin
50.00
60.47
2.15
2.00
60.62
Joseph Griffin
100.00
164.15
4.30
4.00
164.45
Joseph W. Griffin.
50.00
50.00
2.15
2.00
50.15
Timothy L. Griffin.
50.00
68.10
2.15
2.00
68.25
Frank L. Haley.
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Theodore H. Hamblett ..
50.00
74.46
2.15
2.00
74.61
C. and C. A. Hamlin.
100.00
159.07
4.30
19.00
144.37
Sarah Harris .
25.00
28.33
1.08
1.00
28.41
George R. Harrison. . .
50.00
64.29
2.15
2.00
54.44
Ephriam A. Haywood ...
100.00
126.02
4.30
4.00
126.32
M. Hennessey
50.00
78.26
2.15
2.00
78.41
Henry Herrick
100.00
143.81
4.30
4.00
144.11
Miss Herrick
50.00
50.00
George W. Heywood.
50.00
57.93
2.15
6.00
54.08
Levi Heywood
50.00
57.93
2.15
2.00
58.08
Samuel Horn
50.00
83.35
2.15
2.00
83.50
George W. Hunt ..
50.00
50.30
2.15
2,00
50.45
Melbourne Hutchins
100.00
122.93
4.30
4.00
123.23
Samuel M. Hutchins. . .
100.00
128.50
4.30
4.00
128.80
Hutchins and Blood.
50.00
60.47
2.15
2.00
60.62
Albert E. Jenne.
50.00
56.66
2.15
2.00
56.81
Andrew Johnson
50.00
50.00
Louisa Joint
50.00
63.01
2.15
2.00
63.16
C. F. Keyes
50.00
56.66
2.15
2.00
56.81
H. O. Keyes.
100.00
110.23
4.30
2.00
112.53
Grace Lawrence
50.00
64.29
2.15
7.40
59.04
A. W. Langley.
100.00
108.23
4.30
4.00
108.53
Francis Leighton.
50.00
68.10
2.15
2.00
68.25
S. Lawrence and Drake.
100.00
143.81
4.30
4.00
144.11
Isiah Leighton
100.00
131.11
4.30
4.00
131.41
Reuben Leighton
50.00
51.57
2.15
2.00
51.72
Amos Leighton
50.00
51.57
2.15
2.00
51.72
Frank Louther
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Theresa Louther
50.00
ยท
.
. ..
. . .
50.00
Edrick Nutting
50.00
56.66
2.15
2.00
56.81
J. Herbert Fletcher.
100.00
100.00
... .
. ..
..
. .
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Name
Endow- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
Receipts
Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1923
Mazuzan and Whitney ..
$200.00
$266.21
$8.60
$4.00
$270.81
Edwin D. Metcalf.
50.00
80.74
2.15
2.00
80.89
Mary A. Moran.
50.00
51.57
2.15
2.00
51.72
Joseph Morin
50.00
51.57
2.15
2.00
51.72
Hugh Mills.
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Harry Nesmith
50.00
55.39
2.15
2.00
55.54
John A. Osgood
50.00
65.29
2.15
2.00
65.44
John M. Osgood
95.25
124.67
4.10
16.50
112.27
John M. Riker
50.00
78.26
2.15
2.00
78.41
Nellie S. Parker.
100.00
102.60
4.30
2.00
104.90
W. G. Parker.
100.00
100.60
4.30
4,00
100.90
Fletcher Perkins
50.00
69.37
2.15
2.00
69.52
Sarah Precious
50.00
60.47
2.15
2.00
60.62
Prescott & Babbit .
100.00
141.27
4.30
4.00
141.57
Abiam Prescott
50.00
60.33
2.94
21.50
41.77
Charles H. Prescott.
100.00
146.46
4.30
4.00
146.61
Joseph E. Prescott ..
50.00
71.89
2.15
2.00
72.04
Francis A. Prescott.
100.00
123.18
4.30
2.00
125.48
Nathan P. Prescott ..
50.00
75.72
2.15
2.00
75.87
C. M. Prinn.
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Mary A. Putman
100.00
126.77
4.30
4.00
127.07
James W. Pyne
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Polly Quigg
50.00
70.64
2.15
2.00
70.90
Abijah C. Reed.
50.00
73.18
2.15
2.00
73.33
Anan Reed
50.00
73.18
2.15
2.00
53.73
Sarah S. Reed.
100.00
161.61
4.30
4.00
161.91
Annie Richardson
50.00
68.10
2.15
2.00
68.25
Olive A. Richardson
50.00
66.82
2.15
2.00
66.97
Samuel Richardson
50.00
66.82
2.15
2.00
66.97
Sarah Richardson
50.00
66.82
2.15
2.00
66,97
Sarah Richardson
100.00
115.85
4.30
4.00
116.15
Sarah E. Richards
50.00
78.26
2.15
2.00
78.41
Nancy Sargent
50.00
66.82
2.15
2.00
66.97
Martha W. Searles
50.00
64.69
2.15
2.00
64.84
C. Frederick Seifer.
50.00
73.18
2.15
2.00
73.33
D. L. Shattuck
50.00
... .
...
. . .
50.00
Thomas J. Sherburn
100.00
103.13
4.30
4.00
103.43
Clara A. Smith.
50.00
64.21
2.15
2.00
64.36
Levi Snow
100.00
140.73
4.30
2.00
143.03
Salmon L. Snow.
100.00
140.73
4.30
2.00
143.03
Ephriam A. Stevens
50.00
63.61
2.15
2.00
63.76
G. P. Stone
100.00
110.77
4.30
4.00
111.07
Gilman Stone
50.00
50.30
2.15
2.00
50.45
Eli Tower
100.00
. . . .
...
...
100.00
Sarah H. Trumbell.
100.00
115.31
4.30
2.00
117.61
A. and N. S. Tuttle
50.00
56.66
2.15
5.50
53.31
Mrs. O. V. Wells.
50.00
52.84
2.15
2.00
52.99
Sarah E. P. Wells
100.00
153.98
4.30
21.50
136.78
Joseph Wendal
100.00
120.94
4.30
4.00
115.74
Mary J. Wheeler.
50.00
63.01
2.15
15.00
50.16
William White
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
Hiram Whitney
100.00
133.65
4.30
4.00
133.95
Nathaniel Whitney
50.00
50.30
2.15
2.00
50.45
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Nume
Endow- ments
Balance Dec. 31, 1922
Receipts Pay- ments
Balance Dec.31,1923
Ai Bicknell
50.00
50.30
2.15 $ 2.00 $
50.45
Clara M. Wiley
100.00
164.15
4.30
4.00
164.45
Luther Wilkins
75.00
116.49
3.22
2.00
117.71
Hosley Lot
100.00
120.94
4.30
4.00
121.24
Samuel Willis
50.00
54.12
2.15
2.00
54.27
John Wilson
50.00
73.18
2.15
2.00
73.33
Oliver Woodward Lot ...
100.00
115.85
4.30
4.00
116.15
Capt. Ezekiel Wright ...
71.87
73.18
2.15
13.75
61.58
Frank C. Wright.
50.00
50.30
2.15
2.00
50.45
G. T. and A. S. Wright.
100.00
120.94
4.30
24.50
100.74
Hammett Wright.
100.00
100.00
4.30
4.00
100.90
N. H. Wright.
100.00
131.11
4.30
4.00
131.41
Porter Wright
50.00
50.30
2.15
2.00
50.45
Varnum B. Wright.
25.00
39.14
1.07
1.00
39.21
Totals
$11.670.50 $13.873.68 $470.36
$702.25 $13.641.79
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Amounts Received for Care of Cemetery Lots
FAIRVIEW
Elizabeth M. Scrutton
$ 2.00
Mrs. Samuel Blowney
2.00
George Moore.
2.00
George Sanborn
2.00
Walter Smith
2.00
Mrs. George Hartford
2.00
Miss Helen Hildreth
2.00
Samuel H. Balch.
2.00
Sherman H. Fletcher
2.00
Frank E. Miller
4.00
Mary Calvert
2.00
Alma Richardson
4.00
Mrs. George Cougle
2.00
Elliot Humingston
2.00
Homer Seavey
2.00
Carrie Reed
2.00
Nettie Waller
4.00
Mrs. John Spinner
4.00
Edward Fisher
2.00
Mrs. Samuel Blodgett.
2.00
John Harrington
2.00
Jessie Sweatt
2.00
Clara Webb
2.00
Harry O. Wood
2.00
George O'Brien
2.00
Frank Hindle
2.00
Arthur Burnham
2.00
Wesley O. Hawkes
2.00
Annie Hamlin
2.00
Martha Dourett
2.00
W. G. Blodgett.
2.00
Oliver Wood
2.00
Stephen Healy
2.00
Margaret Day
2.00
Fred McCoy
2.00
William Carver
2.00
David Sherman
2.00
Calvin Howard
2.00
Mary Girand
2.00
Fred Stiles
2.00
Emma Woodbury
2.00
Mrs. David Harris
2.00
Sigard Petterson
2.00
Arthur Hildreth
2.00
Robert Orr
. 2.00
Daisy Colburn
2.00
John Baker
2.00
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May Streeter
2.00
Mrs. James Fraser
2.00
David Scott
2.00
David Shattuck
2.00
Wayland Balch
2.00
Fred Spalding
2.00
Mrs. Sanford Keirstead
2.00 J. Willard Fletcher
6.00
Richard Dugdale
2.00
Percey Hargraier
2.00
Phonsie Isles
2.00
Sarah Gardell
2.00
Mary Bunce
4.00
George P. Hamlin
2.00
Gertrude Skidmore
2.00
William L. Woods
4.00
Mrs. Charles Harris
2.00
W. M. Wright
2.00
Ella Wing
2.00
Carrie Hewett
2.00
George Horne
2.00
Charles Howard
2.00
Issac Wheeler
2.00
Howghton Osgood
2.00
Elizaberth Abbot
5.00
Josephine Martin
2.00
Frank Healay
2.00
Joseph Perkins, Sr.
4.00
Mary Kabels
2.00
Susie Carkin
2.00
Mrs. Martin Hanson
2.00
Marion Saville
2.00
James Moss
2.00
Delia Wheeler
2.00
Arthur Burland
2.00
Mrs. Everett Miller
2.00
Mrs. Louis Schworer
2.00
John Matterson
2.00
C. A. and F. R. Blodgett.
2.00
Frank C. Drew.
2.00
Mrs. John Burbeck
2.00
Donn Judd
2.00
Frank Griffin
2.00
Ella S. Hildreth
4.00
George Harris
2.00
Lillian Atwood
4.00
William Wyman
4.00
Henry A. Fletcher
4.00
Samuel L. Taylor
6.00
Almira Johnson
. 2.00
Mrs. William Graves
2.00
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William Burnett
2.00
B. W. Decatur
2.00
Frenite Canuter
4.00
Annie Carpenter
2.00
George Whitney
2.00
James O'Brien
2.00
Alice Lambert
2.00
Estate of John M. Fletcher
6.00
Flora Chamblain
2.00
Charles Bicknell
2.00
Mrs. Fred Ripley
2.00
Eben Prescott
4.00
Effie Adams
4.00
Albert Boden
4.00
James Raprom
6.00
Joseph Richardson
2.00
Mrs. Thomas Symns
6.00
John Fisher
4.00
Elisha Hanning
2.00
Ernest Mountain
2.00
Lewis Foster
2.00
William Petherick
2.00
Margaret Wilson
2.00
Alice Pearce
2.00
E. J. Hunt
4.00
Harry S. White
2.00
Mrs. E. Heywood
2.00
Louell Blanchard
4.00
James D. Wilson
2.00
Marie Smith
2.00
C. J. Mullen
2.00
Andrew Johnson
2.00
Alec McDougall
6.00
Edwin B. Currier
2.00
George Weaver
2.00
Elizabeth Catchpole
2.00
Prissille Bennett
2.00
Walter Longbottom
2.00
Charles Brooks
2.00
James Wiggin
2.00
Almon Vose
2.00
Harvey McCollorter
2.00
Thomas Fisher
2.00
Mrs. McAdoo
2.00
Frank A. Wright.
2.00
William Butterworth
2.00
John Martin
2.00
Viola Brow
2.00
Amos Polley
2.00
Nora Colburn
2.00
James Hartford
2.00
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George Walker 2.00
Dexter Coggshall 2.00
Mrs. James Stewart. 2.00
Albert Taylor 4.00
M. J. Boychenko
2.00
HILLSIDE
Fredrick Sargent 2.00
Mrs. R. E. Reeding 2.00
Horace Gould 2.00
D. W. Parks 2.00
Perley E. Wright
2.00
WESTLAWN
Frank C. Wright 2.00
Ida Prescott 2.00
A. J. Cutter 2.00
Nora Colburn
2.00
WRIGHT
J. Everett Woods. 2.00
Alma L. Wright and Lillian Wright. 2.00
Total
$399.00
Treasurer's Report
Balance on hand January 1, 1923 $ 9,360.21
Receipts to December 31, 1923. 242,452.90
$251.813.11
Balance on hand December 31, 1923. $ 20.388.66
Total Payments to December 31, 1923 231,424.45
$251,813.11
FREDERICK H. MEYER,
Treasurer.
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Assessors' Report, January 1, 1924
Value of buildings
$1,932,085.00
Value of land.
721,095.00
Value of personal estate.
1,163,566.00
$3,816,746.00
MONEY APPROPRIATED
Highway purposes
$ 24,514.50
General government.
8,575.00
Support of poor.
10,200.00
Police department.
2,300.00
Support of schools
57,600.00
Moth department.
2,300.00
Fire department.
1,800.00
Extinguishing forest fires.
1,000.00
Bills outstanding Dec. 31, 1923.
142.72
Overdrafts 1922.
15.84
Headquarters for Westford Post 159, American Legion.
200.00
Printing and distributing Town Reports.
600.00
Regrading and care of Common
2,575.00
Hydrant service.
2,400.00
Liability insurance.
600.00
Sealer of weights and measures.
125.00
Health department.
3,000.00
Memorial day
300.00
Fish and game warden, salary and expenses
75.00
Tree Warden
300.00
Street lights
4,500.00
Public library
2,000.00
Cemeteries
900.00
Cattle inspector.
175.00
Soldier's benefits.
600.00
Demonstration work in agriculture and home economics
250.00
Reserve fund.
2,000.00
School accommodation at Graniteville for plans
300.00
Notes and interest
8,513.81
State and county tax.
16,282.63
Overlayings
1,414.74
Poll taxes.
4,620.00
$160,179.34
TOTAL INCOME
Estimated receipts
$ 33,423.47
126,755.87
Raised by taxation.
$160,179.34
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Number of polls
927
Number of houses
298
Number of cows.
592
Number of sheep
14
Number of neat cattle
159
Number of swine.
.
50
Number of dwellings
784
Number of fowl.
7,565
Number of acres of land.
18,000
ABATEMENTS GRANTED
LEVY OF 1922
Personal estate
$ 49.00
Real estate.
24.50
$ 73.50
LEVY OF 1923
Polls
$258.00
Personal estate
352.00
Real estate
48.00
$658.00
L. W. WHEELER,
J. W. FLETCHER, E. H. FLAGG,
Assessors of Westford.
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Proposed By-laws of the Town of Westford, Mass. TO BE ACTED ON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, FEB. 11, 1924.
ARTICLE I.
TOWN MEETINGS AND THE PROCEDURE THEREAT.
SECTION 1 .- The Annual Meeting for the Election of Town Officers shall be held on the second Monday in February in each year. The polls shall be open as stated in the Warrant calling said meeting. All business of the Annual Meeting, as called for in the Warrant as posted, shall be taken up and acted upon immediately following the closing of the polls.
SECTION 2 .- Notice of every Town Meeting shall be given by posting an attested copy of the Warrant at the Town Hall and each Post Office in Westford at least seven days before such meeting.
SECTION 3 .- Special Town Meetings shall be called on any day not earlier than seven-thirty o'clock P. M., except that on Saturday they may . be called not earlier than two o'clock P. M.
SECTION 4 .- At any Town Meeting held for the transaction of Town business, no person whose name is not on the list of voters shall be ad- mitted to the floor of the hall, except those who may be invited by the meeting assembled. It shall be the special duty of the police and election officers to enforce this law by use of the check list; but the same shall not apply to the State election, primaries or meetings for the election of Town officers, or to be construed to prohibit press reporters from such admission. The Moderator shall determine the bounds of the floor of the hall.
SECTION 5 .- All committees shall be appointed by the Moderator unless otherwise specially directed by the meeting, and all committees so appointed shall be directed to report within a definite time. If a committee does not report within the time stated, or at the first Town Meeting held thereafter, it shall be considered discharged. The Moderator shall not be a member of any committee appointed by him.
SECTION 6 .-- All motions shall be presented in writing, if the Moderator so requests.
ARTICLE II. DUTIES OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SECTION 1 .- There shall be a Finance Committee consisting of six voters of the Town, no one of whom shall be a Town officer or official either elected or appointed receiving a salary. The members of this committee shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, and shall serve without pay.
SECTION 2 .- The Finance Committee shall be appointed by the Moder- ator. The first committee shall be appointed as follows : Two for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. At the Annual Meeting in each year thereafter, two members of said committee to serve for the term of three years shall be appointed by the Moderator. The term of office of said members shall commence on March first of the year of their election. Said committee shall meet at the call of the Town Clerk and choose its chairman and clerk. The committee shall forthwith fill by appointment any vacancies which occur in its membership, and said appointee shall serve for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office.
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SECTION 3 .- The Finance Committee shall consider matters relating to the appropriation. the borrowing and the expenditure of money by the Town, its indebtedness, the methods of administration of its various offices and de- partments, property valuation and assessments, and other municipal affairs, and make recommendations to the Town or to any town board, officer or com- mittee. relative to such matters, also articles in Town Warrants involving the expenditure or appropriation of money, and shall approve or disapprove the same in whole or in part, and shall make report to the voters with such recommendations or suggestions as the committee shall deem advisable.
SECTION 4 .-- The Town Accountant shall immediately upon the close of the financial year compile statements in tabulated form showing the amounts appropriated and the amounts expended from each appropriation during the preceding year, and the estimates for the current year, and shall forthwith furnish a copy thereof to the Finance Committee to consider and report on proposed appropriations. The said committee shall, after due consideration, designate the amounts which in their opinion should be appropriated for the ensuing year, and shall accompany the same with such explanations and suggestions in relation thereto as they may deem desirable for the proper information of the inhabitants. The Selectmen shall print and distribute this document at or before the Annual Town Meeting, and the Town Clerk shall transmit a copy thereof, and of all Town Reports, to the Director of Accounts. The committee shall furnish to the Selectmen on or before January 25th of each year a report of the matters so considered by it with recommendations or suggestions relative thereto, and the same shall be printed in the Annual Town Report.
ARTICLE III.
DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
SECTION 1 .- The Board of Health shall annually make a report to be printed in the Annual Town Report, showing in detail the statistics of the health and sanitary condition of the Town, with recommendations for its improvement, together with a full and comprehensive statement of its work and that of its appointees, during the previous year. The Board shall make and publish such regulations as it deems necessary for public health and safety, and from time to time shall cause said rules and regulations to be printed in a form suitable for public distribution.
SECTION 2 .- They shall have charge of the appropriations for quaran- tine purposes, in addition to the regular health appropriation, and any special appropriation which may be made by the Town, which concern the health and sanitation of the Town, not specifically entrusted to any other department.
ARTICLE IV.
JUNK DEALERS AND COLLECTORS OF JUNK.
SECTION 1 .- The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale, or barter of junk, old metals, or secondhand articles; they may also license suitable persons as junk collectors, to collect by purchase, or otherwise, junk, old metals, and secondhand articles from place to place in said Town; and they may pro- vide that such collectors shall display such badges upon their persons or upon their vehicles, or upon both when engaged in collecting, transporting or dealing in junk, old mnetals, or secondhand articles, and may prescribe the design thereof. Fees for such license shall be five dollars ($5.00).
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