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$ 25.00
Stationery
4.15
Cash Aid
550.00
Total of Old Age Assist-
ance
$
579.15
Soldier's Benefits
General Administration
$ 10.00
State Aid
10.00
Soldiers' Relief
Fuel
$ 26.50
Provisions
35.00
Cash
2,162.48 $ 2,223.98
Total of Soldiers' Relief $ 2,243.98
Schools
General .
Supt. Salary
$ 3,508.89
Truant Officers
22.00
Printing and Stationery
6.33
Telephone
92.16
Travel
17.12
Census
40.00
All Other
21.34
$ 3,707.84
Teachers' Salaries
Academy
$ 11,148.68
Elementary
28,006.74
Supervisor
1,005.35
$ 40,160.77
Text Book and Supplies
Academy Text Books $ 1,151.37
Academy Supplies 977.88
Elementary Text Books
1,123.02
Elementary Supplies
1,834.80 $ 5,087.07
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Tuition
Elementary
$ 514.82
Transportation
$ 9,624.95
Janitors' Services
$ 4.977.88
Fuel and Light
Academy Fuel
$ 951.43
Elementary Fuel
1,597.06
All Light
933.54
$
3,482.03
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Academy
Repairs
$ 461.59
Janitors' Supplies
11.86
All Other
113.00
$ 586.45
Elementary
Repairs
$ 1,729.55
Janitors' Supplies
38.30
All Other
385.35
$
2,153.20
$ 2,739.65
Furniture and Fixtures
Academy
$ 275.36
Elementary
99.70
$ 375.06
Other Expenses
Graduation Expenses
$ 109.69
Music
126.83
Health
Physician $ 300.00
Supplies
19.81
$ 319.81
Athletics and Playgrounds
268.00 $ 824.33
Total of Schools
$ 71,494.40
VOCATIONAL TUITION
City of Lowell
.......
$ 1,484.81
LIBRARY
Salaries and Wages
Librarian
$ 700.00
Assistants 205.13
Janitor
375.00
$ 1,280.13
45
Books
$ 638.16
Periodicals
136.05
Binding
166.68
Fuel
219.00
Light
31.11
Buildings
Repairs
$ 150.40
Janitor's Supplies
12.80
Water Rates
23.00
$ 186.20
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage $ 18.05
Cartage
39.50
Express
15.99
Telephone
23.16
All Other
37.46
$ 134.16
Total of Library
$ 2,791.49
WHITNEY PLAYGROUND
Wages
$ 400.95
Equipment
132.16
Supplies
12.15
All Other
12.00
$ 557.26
CARE OF COMMON
Wages
$ 103.50
Repairs
58.96
Supplies
25.87
All Other
56.70
$ 245.03
METCALF MONUMENT
Wages
$ 17.50
Supplies
10.24
All Other
10.00
$ 37.74
CEMETERIES
Labor
$ 1,185.61
Repairs and Equipment
312.67
Supplies
196.67
$ 1,694.95
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UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$ 272.84
Care of Clock
32.54
Publishing Town Reports
561.79
Liability Insurance
993.70
Whitney Shade Tree Fund
50.40
Band Concerts
400.00
Farm Bureau
11.00
-
$ 2,322.27
INTEREST
Revenue Loans
$ 1,975.84
School Loans
3,517.87 $ 5,493.71
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Revenue Loans
$132,000.00
School Loans
7,500.00
$139,500.00
BILLS OUTSTANDING DEC. 31, 1930
Public Welfare
$ 757.82
General Government
65.50
Police Department
11.30
Health Department
55.38
Highways
272.62
Care of Common
14.80
Care of Clock
4.89 -
$ 1,182.31
AGENCY
State Taxes
$ 5,559.47
County Taxes
8,986.45
Old Age Assistance
1,021.00
-
$ 15,566.92
TRUST
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $ 750.00
47
REFUNDS
1930 Excise Tax
$ 5.66
1931 Excise Tax
76.11
1931 Taxes
50.99
$ 132.76
Total Expenditures
$362,033.80
BALANCES
General Cash, Dec. 31, 1931
$ 26,950.81
Cash at Library
10.00
$ 26,960.81
$388,994.61
TOWN OF WESTFORD BALANCE SHEET, DECEMBER 31, 1931
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash on hand and in bank
$ 26,950.81
1928 Taxes
$ 11.27
Cash at Library
10.00 $ 26,960.81
1930 Taxes
.73
Accounts Receivable
1929 Excise Tax
10.23
1929 Taxes
.01
Overlay Reserve
6,597.87
1931 Taxes
10,197.29
Excise Tax Revenue
1,487.65
1931 Excise Tax
999.31
Old Age Assistance
5.00
1931 Old Age Assistance
131.00 $ 11,327.61
Departmental Accounts Receivable
2,086.84
Overlay 1931
6.36
20,000.00
Departmental
Tailings Account
73.07
Fire Department, rent
92.00
Appropriation Balance Forwarded Keyes Road Damages
50.00
Mothers' Aid Bills
735.89
2,113.34
Trust Fund Income
Overdrawn Appropriations
Whitney Playground
$ 93.07
Forest Fires
3.30
Whitney Shade Tree
214.85
*Tyngsboro Road
629.32
Metcalf Monument .. Surplus
133.70
441.62
SJ. V. Fletcher Library
216.28
10,571.69
§Cemeteries
78.95
927.85
$ 41,335.97
* To be paid by State and County.
§ To be paid by Fund Income.
$ 41,335.97
Westford Infirmary
1,285.45
Revenue Loan of 1931
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Bonded Debt
$ 84,400.00
Brookside School Bonds
$ 16,500.00
Graniteville School Bonds 23,000.00
Forge Village School Bond 22,000.00
Westford Academy Notes
22,900.00
$ 84,400.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds Cash and Securities : $ 38,520.25
Library Fund
$ 4,650.00
E. F. Fletcher Library Lecture Fund 2,000.00
Whitney Playground Fund
10,000.00
Whitney Shade Tree Fund ..
2,500.00
Metcalf Monument Fund
2,000.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
17,370.25
$ 38,520.25
Trust Funds Cash and Securities Income ... ...... $ 6,885.00
Library Funds Income
248.01
E. F. Fletcher Lecture Fund Income 517.97
Whitney Playground Fund Income 139.22
Whitney Shade Tree Fund Income 747.49
Metcalf Monument Fund Income 653.57
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Income
4,578.74
$ 6,885.00
I have examined and checked the balances of the officers entrusted with the receipt, custody, or expenditure of money and have verified the trust accounts. and the following is a reconciliation of the Bank Balance as of Dec. 31, 1931.
Balance Dec. 31, 1931, as per Bank Statement .... $ 25,434.82 8,254.88
Cash on Hand
Outstanding Checks Dec. 31, 1931 .. $ 6,738.89
Balance in treasury Dec. 31, 1931 $ 26,950.81
$ 33,689.79
HAROLD W. HILDRETH,
Town Accountant.
APPROPRIATIONS BALANCES, 1931
General Government
Voted $ 5,725.00
Total $ 5,725.00
Spent 5,389.43
Balance returned to Treasury $ 335.57
Town Hall
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,795.98
4.02
Fire Insurance
400.00
$ 68.61 trans. from Reserve
468.61
468.61
Police Dept.
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,954.91
45.09
Fire Dept.
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,968.15
31.85
Hydrants
3,360.00
3,360.00
3,360.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
125.00
122.43
2.57
Fish and Game Warden
100.00
100.00
77.50
22.50
Forest Fires
500.00
31.53 trans. from Reserve
531.53
534.83
Town Forest
200.00
200.00
129.73
70.27
Tree Warden
150.00
150.00
149.50
.50
Moth Dept.
1,800.00
1,800.00
1,798.91
1.09
Health Dept.
3,500.00
3,520.00
3,448.30
71.70
Cattle Inspector
150.00
150.00
150.00
Town Roads
16,000.00
2,000.00 trans. to Tyngsboro Road
14,000.00
13,993.33
6.67
State and County Roads
6,000.00
6,000.00
5 891.11
108.89
Concord Road
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,998.51
1.49
Carlisle Road
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,978.65
21.35
Tyngsboro Road
2,000.00 trans. from Town Roads
2,000.00
2,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
2,000.00
1,500.00 Voted in Aug.
3,500.00
3,452.28
47.72
Street Lights
9,800.00
Public Welfare
13,000.00
3,000.00 trans. from Reserv.
· 24 600.00
24,334.54
265.46
Old Age Assistance
2,400.00 Voted in Aug.
2,400.00
579.15
1,820.85
Soldiers' Benefits
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,243.98
156.02
8,600.00 Voted in Aug.
9,800.00
9,636.58
163.42
20.00 trans. from Reserve
Schools
Voted 71,500.00
Total 71,500.00 2,000.00
Spent 71,494.40 1,484.81
Balance returned to Treasury 5.60 515.19
37.48 income
2,589.59
2,805.87
Care of Common
250.00
250.00
245.03
4.97
Lighting Clock
50.00
50.00
32.54
17.46
Band Concerts
400.00
400.00
400.00
Memorial Day
300.00
300.00
272.84
27.16
Pub. Town Reports
600.00
600.00
561.79
38.21
Liability Insurance
750.00
993.70
993.70
Farm Bureau
50.00
50.00
11.00
39.00
Cemeteries
1,000.00
709.07 income
1,709.07
1,788.02
Gen'l Loans
7,500.00
7 500.00
7,500.00
Interest on Gen'l Loans
4,950.00
4,950.00
3,517.81
1,432.13
Interest on Rev. Loans
2,000.00
2,000.00
1,975.84
24.16
Outstanding Bills 12/31/30
1,219.38
1,219.38
1,182.31
37.07
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
transfers only
5,000.00
3,295.25
1,704.75
Vocational Tuition
2,000.00
Library
2,000.00
552.11
243.70 trans. from Reserve
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CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS December 31, 1931
Balance Dec. 31,
Name
Dec. 31, 1930 Receipts Payments
1931
A. J. Abbot
$200.00
$252.48
$11.48
$ 4.00
$259.96
Ephraim Abbot
100.00
152.16
6.91
2.00
157.07
J. W. P. Abbot
100.00
154.49
7.00
4.00
157.49
H. T. Adams
50.00
52.55
2.36
2.00
52.91
Dr. Ed. C. Atwood
100.00
106.26
4.82
4.00
107.08
Cyrus Babbit
50.00
75.63
2.87
3.00
75.50
Albert Bailey
50.00
69.77
3.15
2.00
70.92
Wayland Balch
100.00
102.25
4.64
2.00
104.89
Grace E. Bennett
50.00
52.73
2.36
2.00
53.09
Ai Bicknell
50.00
53.04
2.36
3.50
51.90
Arthur L. Bicknell
50.00
52.41
2.36
2.00
52.77
Mrs. A. J. Blaisdell
50.00
53.05
2.41
2.00
53.46
Samuel Blowey
50.00
51.84
2.32
2.00
52.16
Mary E. Brigham
100.00
115.36
5.22
4.00
116.58
Mary E. Brigham
100.00
124.10
5.63
4.00
125.73
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Brow
100.00
1.88
101.83
Adeline M. Buckshorn
50.00
54.29
2.46
2.00
54.75
John Burbeck
100.00
103.94
4.71
4.00
104.65
W. H. H. Burbeck
150.00
212.37
9.65
2.00
220.02
Helen M. Burland
100.00
2.25
102.25
W. Bennett
50.00
52.41
2.36
2.00
52.77
A. H. Burnham
100.00
107.22
4.86
2.00
110.08
Sally B. Burrill
100.00
207.41
9.43
2.00
214.84
Susan A. Butterfield
100.00
145.34
6.59
4.00
147.93
Buxton & Parker
50.00
61.71
2.79
2.00
62.50
Francis Caldwell
50.00
76.24
3.44
2.00
77.68
Mrs. H. Carmichael
50.00
52.97
2.39
2.00
53.36
John Carmichael
150.00
174.70
7.93
4.00
178.63
David Carmichael
100.00
145.97
6.61
4.00
148.58
John B. Carmichael
100.00
107.96
4.89
2.00
110.85
Eugene Carpenter
100.00
110.75
5.02
2.00
113.77
Mrs. Alice Carrick
50.00
62.55
2.82
2.00
63.37
Wm. R. Carver
50.00
51.84
2.32
2.00
52.16
Elisha Case
50.00
70.74
3.20
2.00
71.94
Chas. Clark Est.
100.00
108.47
4.91
2.00
111.38
Jonathan Collins
50.00
66.06
3.00
2.00
67.06
P. G. Collins
50.00
61.65
2.79
2.00
62.44
Nellie C. Comey
100.00
126.07
5.72
2.00
129.79
Frank Counter
100.00
108.44
4.91
4.00
109.35
Edward Craven
100.00
111.49
5.04
4.00
112.53
Endow- ments
Balance
53
Endow- ments
Balance
Balance Dec. 31,
Name
Dec. 31, 1930 Receipts Payments
1931
Hiram Dane
50.00
61.71
2.79
2.00
62.50
Lillian F. Cuttler
100.00
106.27
4.82
4.00
107.09
George Davis
50.00
80.47
3.62
2.00
82.12
Joshua C. Decatur
50.00
66.05
3.00
2.00
67.05
John H. Decatur
50.00
1.13
51.13
Chas. S. Dodge
100.00
164.28
7.45
4.00
167.73
Cephas Drew
50.00
72.33
3.26
2.00
73.59
George Drew
50.00
75.67
3.42
2.00
77.09
Thomas Drew
50.00
64.61
2.93
2.00
65.54
Edmund F. Dupee
50.00
74.66
3.38
2.00
76.04
Rachel Dupee
50.00
80.47
3.65
2.00
82.12
Wm. J. Dupee
50.00
74.65
3.39
2.00
76.04
Richard Dugdale
50.00
51.51
2.32
2.00
51.83
Daniel Falls
50.00
64.79
2.93
2.00
65.72
John Felch
50.00
51.38
2,32
2.00
51.70
Felch & Hinton
50.00
70.90
3.20
2.00
72.10
Alvan Fisher
150.00
192.30
8.64
10.00
190.94
Thos. Fisher
100.00
100.00
3.77
2.00
101.77
Elizabeth G. Flagg
50.00
60.27
2.72
2.00
60.99
Abijah Fletcher
50.00
67.43
3.22
2.00
68.65
Andrew Fletcher
100.00
165.16
7.49
2.00
170.65
Chas. H. Fletcher
50.00
74.42
3.21
2.00
75.63
Cyrus Fletcher
50.00
53.07
2.41
2.00
53.48
Herbert E. Fletcher
100.00
123.03
5.49
8.00
120.52
J. Herbert Fletcher
50.00
53.09
2.41
2.00
53.50
J. M. Fletcher
100.00
106.18
4.82
4.00
107.00
Hugh A. Fletcher
100.00
123.39
5.61
2.00
127.00
Joel A. Fletcher
100.00
111.82
5.07
4.00
112.89
Julia A. Fletcher
50.00
79.02
3.51
5.00
77.53
Lorenzo Fletcher
100.00
131.96
5.97
2.00
135.93
Sherman D. Fletcher
50.00
53.45
2.41
2.00
53.86
S. H. Fletcher
100.00
103.18
4.68
2.00
105.86
L. A. Folland
50.00
67.57
3.02
4.00
66.59
J. Fraser
50.00
50.17
2.28
2.00
50.48
Helen K. Frost
150.00
205.07
9.31
2.00
212.38
Frank L. Furbush
50.00
53.04
2.41
2.00
53.45
Geo. Q. Gilson
50.00
70.35
3.18
2.00
71.53
L. S. Gilson
100.00
119.81
5.43
2.00
123.24
Mrs. G. H. Gougle
50.00
51.89
2.34
2.00
52.23
Maggie Graves
50.00
51.81
2.32
2.00
52.13
Susan E. Green
100.00
137.51
6.23
4.00
139.74
John Greig
100.00
140.65
6.37
2.00
145.02
Adams Griffin
50.00
64.61
2.93
2.00
65.54
Jos. B. Griffin
100.00
156.28
7.09
4.00
159.37
Jos. W. Griffin
50.00
52.72
2.36
2,00
53.08
Timothy L. Griffin
50.00
72.97
3.29
3.50
72.76
51
Eudow- ments
Balance
Balance Dec. 31.
Name
Dec. 31, 1930 Receipts Payments
1931
Frank L. Haley
50.00
57.15
2.59
2.00
57.74
Theo. H. Hamblett
50.00
80.47
3.65
2.00
82.12
C. & C. A. Hamlin
100.00
155.47
7.05
4.00
158.52
Mrs. Sarah Harris
25.00
30.01
1.36
1.00
30.37
Geo. R. Harrison
50.00
57.53
2.59
2.00
58.12
Alfred W. Hartford
50.00
1.32
51.32
Ephraim A. Harwood
100.00
135.15
6.15
4.00
137.30
Maurice Hennessey
50.00
82.52
3.74
2.00
84.26
Caroline Hewitt
50.00
53.04
2.41
2.00
53.45
Geo. W. Heywood
50.00
57.17
2.59
2.00
57.76
Levi Heywood
50.00
61.71
2.79
2.00
62.50
Julian Hildreth
50.00
53.04
2.41
2.00
53.45
J. F. Hill
50.00
51.24
2.32
2.00
51.56
Daisy Holbrook
100.00
108.89
4.93
2.00
111.82
E. Holt
100.00
110.53
5.01
2.00
113.54
Geo. Horne
50.00
1.13
51.13
Samuel Horne
50.00
90.07
4.10
2.00
92.17
Lizzie Houghton
50.00
53.07
2.41
2.00
53.48
Louisa Hughes
50.00
52.97
2.39
2.00
53.36
Geo. W. Hunt
50.00
53.49
2.41
2.00
53.91
Samuel M. Hutchins
100.00
135.67
6.15
4.00
137.82
Albert E. Jenne
100.00
107.13
4.86
2.00
109.99
Andrew Johnson
50.00
53.04
2.41
2.00
53.41
Louisa Joint
50.00
67.57
3.06
2.00
68.63
C. G. Keyes
50.00
55.96
2.52
2.00
56.48
H. O. Keyes
100.00
134.27
6.10
2.00
138.37
A. W. Longly
100.00
107.86
4.89
4.00
108.75
Mary E. Lee
100.00
108.82
4.93
2.00
111.75
Isaiah Leighton
100.00
138.62
6.28
4.00
140.90
David Lord
50.00
51.67
2.32
2.00
51.99
Frank Lowther
50.00
57.15
2.59
2.00
57.74
Mazuzan & Whitney
200.00
327.01
14.88
4.00
337.89
Edwin D. Metcalf
50.00
87.58
3.96
2.00
89.54
George C. Moore
100.00
104.58
4.73
4.00
105.31
Mary A. Moran
50.00
54.48
2.55
2.00
54.93
Mrs. Jos. Morin
50.00
54.48
2.45
2.00
54.93
Hugh Mills
50.00
53.91
2.43
2.00
54.34
J. W. Morse
100.00
101.50
4.59
2.00
104.09
Harry Nesmith
50.00
58.81
2.65
2.00
59.46
A. Orange
50.00
51.84
2.32
2.00
52.16
John A. Osgood
50.00
70.05
3.18
2.00
71.23
John M. Osgood
95.25
117.97
5.33
4.00
119.30
James M. Parker
50.00
84.91
3.83
2.00
86.74
Nellie S. Parker
100.00
116.29
5.27
4.00
117.56
W. G. Parker
100.00
106.46
4.82
4.00
107.28
Fletcher Peckens
50.00
74.46
3.38
2.00
75.84
55
Endow- ments
Balance
Balance Dec. 31,
Name
Dec. 31, 1930 Receipts Payments
1931
Mrs. Ella Perkins
100.00
110.24
5.00
2.00
113.24
Wm. H. Petherick
50.00
51.84
2.32
2.00
52.16
Sarah Precious
50.00
64.67
2.93
2.00
65.60
A. B. Prescott & Babbitt
100.00
151.67
5.73
7.00
150.40
Francis A. Prescott
100.00
133.82
6.05
4.00
135.87
Nathan P. Prescott
50.00
81.92
3.69
2.00
83.61
C. M. Prinn
50.00
57.15
2.59
2.00
57.74
James W. Pyne
50.00
57.15
2.59
2.00
57.74
Polly Quigg
50.00
75.82
3.42
2.00
77.24
James Rapson
50.00
50.00
1.88
2.00
49.98
Abijah C. Reed
50.00
78.98
3.55
2.00
80.53
J. Henry Reed
100.00
102.25
4.64
4.00
102.89
Anna Richardson
50.00
72.97
3.29
2.00
74.26
Alma Richardson
100.00
100.30
4.55
4.00
100.85
Jos. Richardson
100.00
112.72
4.97
2.00
112.72
Olive A. Richardson
50.00
71.50
3.24
2.00
72.74
Solomon Richardson
50.00
69.71
3.15
2.00
70.86
Sarah Richardson
100.00
123.03
5.5
4.00
124.61
Sarah E. Richardson
50.00
74.46
3.31
2.00
74.46
Nancy Sargent
50.00
72.22
3.26
2.00
73.48
Martha W. Searls
50.00
68.30
3.08
9.00
62.38
C. Frederick Seifer
50.00
79.02
3.58
2.00
80.60
David L. Shattuck
50.00
52.55
2.36
2.00
52.91
Frank Shea
50.00
51.77
2.32
2.00
52.09
Gertrude Skidmore
50.00
51.84
2.32
2.00
52.16
Clara A. Smith
50.00
68.65
3.11
2.00
69.76
Levi Snow
100.00
164.88
7.55
2.00
170.43
Salmon L. Snow
100.00
167.13
7.55
2.00
172.68
John Spinner
50.00 ·
53.27
2.41
2.00
53.68
Ephraim A. Stevens
50.00
68.23
3.08
2.00
69.31
James N. Stuart
100.00
109.30
4.95
2.00
112.25
Nathaniel & Judson Sweet-
zer
100.00
103.90
4.71
4.00
104.61
Ed. & Tho. Symmes
200.00
205.61
9.34
4.00
210.95
Eli Tower
100.00
105.17
4.77
4.00
105.94
Sarah H. Trumbull
100.00
135.44
6.15
2.00
139.59
A. & N. S. Tuttle
50.00
55.08
2.50
2.00
55.58
J. A. Walken
50.00
52.41
2.36
2.00
52.77
Mrs. O. V. Wells
50.00
55.90
2.52
2.00
56.42
Mary J. Wheeler
50.00
51.56
2.32
2.00
51.88
T. J. Wheeler
100.00
102.25
4.64
2.00
104.89
William White
50.00
57.15
2.59
2.00
57.74
Hiram Whitney
100.00
140.76
6.37
4.00
143.13
Nathaniel Whitney
50.00
51.89
2.34
2.00
52.23
Clara M. Wiley
100.00
176.23
7.92
8.00
176.15
Luther E. Wilkins
75.00
*135.19
6.15
2.00
139.34
56
Endow- ments
Balance
Balance Dec. 31,
Name
Dec. 31, 1930 Receipts Payments
1931
Samuel Willis
50.00
54.92
2.44
3.50
53.86
W. L. Willis
100.00
101.88
4.61
2.00
104.49
James H. Wilson
50.00
53.75
2.41
2.00
54.16
John Wilson
50.00
75.90
3.42
3.50
75.82
Frank A. Wright
50.00
51.67
2.32
2.00
51.99
Frank C. Wright
50.00
53.49
2.41
2.00
53.90
Gilbert F. Wright
150.00
171.00
7.77
4.00
174.77
G. Porter Wright
50.00
53.56
2.41
2.00
53.97
G. T. & A. S. Wright
100.00
105.15
4.77
4.00
105.92
N. H. Wright
100.00
108.10
4.91
4.00
109.01
Sidney W. Wright
50.00
50.93
2.30
2.00
51.23
Varnum B. Wright
25.00
42.33
1.92
1.00
43.25
Walter P. Wright
100.00
100.00
Geo. Wyman
50.00
51.56
2.32
2.00
51.88
Walter W. Wyman
50.00
51.56
2.32
2.00
51.88
Hillside Cemetery
Wm. Chandler
100.00
112.69
5.11
4.00
113.80
L. C. Dyer
100.00
103.83
4.71
4.00
104.54
Chas. Fellows
100.00
100.00
Chas. Flanders
50.00
53.72
2.41
2.00
54.13
Chas. Follansbee
100.00
145.97
6.61
4.00
148.58
Edwin Gould
50.00
52.09
2.36
2.00
52.45
J. F. Marsh
50.00
60.23
2.72
2.00
60.95
Mary A. Putnam
100.00
135.77
6.15
4.00
137.92
Thos. J. Sherburn
100.00
108.99
4.93
4.00
109.92
Jacob Wendell
100.00
120.34
5.47
4.00
121.81
W. W .Woodward
100.00
123.03
5.58
4.00
124.61
Westlawn Cemetery
Roland H. Blood
50.00
51.55
2.32
2.00
51.87
Geo. & Jonathan Davis
50.00
57.15
2.45
8.00
51.60
John & J. Warren Day
100.00
109.90
4.97
4.00
110.87
Sherman D. Fletcher
50.00
54.97
2.48
2.00
55.45
Wm. H. C. Harty
200.00
210.48
9.57
2.00
218.05
Henry Herrick
100.00
149.48
6.77
4.00
152.25
Clara H. Miner
100.00
103.95
4.70
4.00
104.65
Melbourne Hutchins
100.00
129.45
5.87
4.00
131.32
Hutchins & Blood
50.00
63.58
2.88
2.00
64.46
Grace Lawrence
50.00
62.82
2.84
2.00
63.66
Frances Leighton
50.00
72.90
3.29
2.00
74.19
Silas Lawrence and Mrs. Drake
100.00
154.49
7.00
4.00
157.49
Reuben Leighton
50.00
53.65
2.41
2.00
54.06
Amos Leighton
50.00
54.48
2.45
2.00
54.93
Abram Prescott
50.00
51.57
2.32
2.00
51.89
57
Endow- ments
Balance
Balance Dec. 31,
Name
Dec. 31, 1930 Receipts Payments
Chas. H. Prescott
100.00
157.29
7.13
4.00
1931 160.42
Jos. A. Prescott
50.00
55.41
2.50
2.00
55.91
Samuel Prescott
50.00
51.11
2.32
2.00
51.43
Anan Reed
50.00
56.76
2.57
2.00
57.33
Banard, Geo. Reed and
August Farr
100.00
103.55
4.68
4.00
104.23
Sarah S. Reed
100.00
175.38
7.97
4.00
179.35
Georgianna P. Stone
100.00
117.65
5.33
4.00
118.98
Gilman Stone
50.00
53.56
2.41
2.00
53.97
Sarah E. P. Wells
100.00
146.88
6.67
4.00
149.55
M. E. Willard
100.00
126.52
5.74
4.00
128.26
Capt. Ezekiel Wright
50.00
64.32
2.90
2.00
65.22
J. E. Wright
50.00
53.07
2.41
2.00
53.48
Wright Cemetery
Mabel B. Wright
50.00
51.55
2.32
2.00
51.87
Erastus Wright
100.00
3.00
103.00
Eugene Wright
100.00
3.00
103.00
Gilman Wright
100.00
102.10
4.64
4.00
102.74
Mrs. Hammet Wright
100.00
106.18
4.82
4.00
107.00
58
OTHER TRUST FUNDS
Fund
Bal. Jan. 1,1931 Receipts Withdrawn Bal. Dec. 31, 1931
Emily Fletcher Library Lecture
$ 2,000.00
$2,408.39
$109.58
$ 2,517.97
Whitney Shade Tree Fund
500.00
1,193.20
54.29
1,247.49
2,000.00
2,000.00
85.00
85.00
2,000.00
$ 2,500.00
$ 3,247.49
Whitney Playground Fund
1,000.00
1,090.99
47.57
138.56
1,000.00
3,000.00
3,121.51
142.02
263.53
3,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
45.50
45.50
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,022.50
46.51
45.50
1,023.51
2,000.00
2,045.00
91.01
91.01
2,045.00
2,000.00
2,045.00
93.06
67.35
2,070.71
$10,000.00
$10,139.22
Metcalf Monument Fund
2,000.00
2.000.00
80.00
80.00
2,000.00
625.15
28.44
653.57
$ 2,000.00
$ 2,653.57
Library Trust Fund
1,000.00
1,000.00
45.50
1,045.50
1,000.00
1,000.00
45.50
1,045.50
1,000.00
1,029.49
46.51
37.48
1,038.52
1,000.00.
1,000.00
45.50
1,045.50
500.00
520.00
23.65
543.65
150.00
171.55
7.79
179.34
$ 4,650.00
$ 4,898.01
59
AMOUNTS RECEIVED FOR CARE OF CEMETERY LOTS
Fairview
George Sanborn
: 2.00
Homer Seavey
2.00
Mrs. L. W. Slayton
2.00
George O'Brien
2.00
Mary C. Calvert
2.00
Agusta Smith
2.00
Mrs. A. W. Carkin
2.00
Edith Brooks
2.00
Houghton Osgood
2.00
Helen C. Hildreth
2.00
W. G. Blodgett
2.00
Elmer Stiles
2.00
Dominic Zanchi
2.00
John F. Spalding
2.00
Jessie Sweatt
2.00
Benjamin Prescott
2.00
Donald McLeod
4.00
Lauanna Decatur
4.00
Peter Reid
2.00
Mrs. I. M. Streeter
2.00
Frank Hindle
2.00
John Howard
2.00
Joseph Perkins
4.00
William Counter
2.00
William Clements
2.00
Leon Pickering
2.00
Marion Saville
2.00
Aurilla Wright
2.00
Elizabeth Clements
2.00
Edward Fisher
2.00
Samuel Balch
2.00
Mrs. Ethel Shannon
4.00
Charles E. Eaton
2.00
William Carkin
2.00
Fred McCoye
2.00
Walter Longbottom
2.00
Ellen Stiles
2.00
Mrs. John Feeney, Sr.
2.00
Mrs. Fred Hildreth
4.00
Sigard Peterson
2.00
Albert D. Taylor
4.00
Mrs. Margaret Steele
2.00
Mrs. Samuel Eaton
2.00
60
Amos Polley
2.00
David Harris
2.00
William W. Wyman
2.00
Annie Hamlin
2.00
George P. Hamlin
2.00
Elliot Humiston
2.00
Theresa Lowther
2.00
John Matterson
2.00
John E. York
4.00
Mrs. Claude Day
2.00
E. B. Currier
2.00
Nettie J. Waller
2.00
Frank Healey
2.00
Mrs. Lottie White
2.00
John Martin
2.00
Susie Comey
6.00
Everett Miller
2.00
Mrs. Thomas Symmes
2.00
Mary Bunce
4.00
Elizabeth Scrutton
2.00
W. L. Woods
4.00
Mrs. Hugh Ferguson
2.00
W. R. Taylor
2.00
Mrs. Stephen Haley
2.00
John Baker
2.00
Lillian Atwood
2.00
Mrs. Florence Wright
2.00
E. Clyde Prescott
4.00
Clara Keirstead
4.00
Mrs. Sigard Petterson
2.00
Jessie Sherman
4.00
David Scott
2.00
Frank C. Drew
2.00
Elizabeth Catchpole
2.00
Daisy Hurd
2.00
George Harris
2.00
Sophia Hanson
2.00
John Edwards
2.00
James Whigham
2.00
Ida Allen
2.00
Henry O. Wood
2.00
Samuel L. Taylor
12.00
Mrs. Harry McCollster
2.00
Mrs. Lizzie McAdoo
2.00
Lester McLenna
2.00
Inez Pierce
2.00
Sarah Gardell
2.00
Mrs. Annie Draper
2.00
61
Flora Chamberlain
2.00
Mrs. J. W. Davey
2.00
H. B. Read
4.00
Robert Orr
2.00
Don Judd
2.00
Eva B. Johnson
2.00
Arthur Walker
2.00
Mrs. Fred Ripley
2.00
Edson Boynton
2.00
W. E. Whitton
2.00
Martha Dawcott
2.00
Mrs. Carl Girard
2.00
Samuel Felch
2.00
James Hartford
4.00
Chas. & Fred Blodgett
2.00
Mrs. Louis Schworer
2.00
Willis Hildreth
2.00
Charles L. Hildreth
2.00
Mrs. Clara Webb
2.00
Fred Naylor
2.00
Mrs. W. H. Benjamin
2.00
Henry Fletcher
2.00
Charles Flanagan
2.00
Alice Lambert
2.00
Elisha Hanning
2.00
Charles Bicknell
2.00
M. L. Boyden
2.00
Dexter Coggshall
2.00
Harry White
2.00
Frederick C. Griffin
2.00
Priscilla Bennett
2.00
Josephine Martin
2.00
William Mills
2.00
Alonzo Sutherland
4.00
Ernest Lehman
2.00
James Kimball
2.00
Annie Edwards
2.00
John Fisher
2.00
Arthur Beaver
2.00
Alex McDougall
6.00
Harry N. Fletcher
4.00
J. W. Fletcher
2.00
Arthur G. Hildreth
2.00
Mrs. Phonsie Isles
2.00
E. J. Hunt
4.00
Ernest Mountain
2.00
Aaron Tuttle
2.00
John Matterson
2.00
Mrs. Nora Colburn
2.00
62
Hillside
Fred Sargent
2.00
Amy Irish
4.00
Mrs. D. W. Parker
2.00
Charles Worcester
2.00
Samuel Hildreth
2.00
Emma Chandler
2.00
Mrs. R. E. Reeding
2.00
Chas. & Fred Blodgett
2.00
Westlawn
John Howard 2.00
Mrs. E. E. Rivers
2.00
Mrs. Annie Trueworthy
2.00
Mrs. Nora Colburn
2.00
Wright
Walter Wright .. 2.00
Clarence O. Perrington
2.09
63
TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
The Tree Warden submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1931:
My work has consisted of removing dead trees and trimming broken and dead limbs from them.
I would suggest the sum of $300.00 be appropriated this year to carry on the work.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY L. NESMITH, Tree Warden.
TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
Balance on hand January 1, 1931 $ 8,736.13 Total receipts to December 31, 1931 383,567.59
- $392,303.72
Balance on hand December 31, 1931 $ 26,950.81 Total payments to December 31, 1931 365,352.91
$392,303.72
Respectfully submitted
CHARLOTTE P. GREIG,
Treasurer.
64
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
As Sealer of Weights and Measures for the Town of Westford, I submit the following report for the year 1931:
Number of Platform Scales over 5000 1bs. 4
Number of Platform Scales under 5000 lbs. 46
Number of Counter Scales 27
Number of Spring Scales, 100 lbs. or over 5
Number of Spring Scales, 100 1bs. or under 25
Number of Computing Scales
12
Total 119
Number of Weights Sealed
102
Number of Liquid Measures Sealed
6
Gasoline Pumps Sealed
27
Kerosene Pumps Sealed 5
Quantity Measures on Pumps 135
169
ALBERT A. HILDRETH, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
65
ASSESSORS' REPORT
Value of Buildings April 1, 1931 $2,279,535.00
Value of Land April 1, 1931 773,125.00
Value of Personal Estate April 1, 1931 849,021.00
$3,901,681.00
Money Appropriated
Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 9, 1931 $ 171,629.70
Special Town Meeting 11,000.00
--- $ 182,629.70
State Tax $ 5,100.00
State Highway Tax
186.50
Parks and Recreation Tax
74.86
Auditing Municipal Accounts Tax
198.11
Old Age Assistance
1.021.00
$ 6,580.47
County Tax
$ 8,472.12
T. B. Tax
514.33
$ 8,986.45
Overlay
$ 508.15
-$
508.15
$
198,704.77
Total estimated receipts $ 58,382.58
58,382.58 $
Net Amount Raised on Polls and Property
$ 140,322.19
Amount Raised on Property $ 137,339.19
Amount Raised on Polls 981
1,962.00
Old Age Assistance
1,021.00
$ 140.322.19
Rate per $1,000, $35.20
Number of Polls 981
Number of Horses
148
Number of Cows 506
Number of Neat Cattle 167
Number of Sheep
18
Number of Swine
49
Number of Dwelling Houses
896
Number of Fowl
15,750
Number of Acres of Land
18 000
66
Abatement on 1930 Excise Tax
Amount of Abatement $ 35.27
Abatements of 1931
Amount of Abatements $ 254.12
The Amount of Excise Assessed $ 6,907.20
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