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Marie Morris Billerica Lowell, Mass.
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DEATHS
Date
Name
Years
Mos. Days
JAN.
4 Paul Leslie Pierce
8
4
23
10 Maria Rose Kinney
0
0
1
15 Joseph E. Bettencourt
23
0
0
15 Sarah Eliza Peavey (Widow of George T. Peavey)
82
1
9
16 Mary Enright
60
0
0
(Widow of Michael Enright)
25 Ignasy Zinkiewicz
54
0
0
(Husband of Josephine Latersutia)
26 Stillborn
30 Sarah Ann Swanwick
76
6 23
(Widow of William Swanwick)
FEB.
2 Stillborn
3 Eugenie A. Gagnon
59
4
22
(Wife of Joseph A. Gagnon)
4 Mary Adams Hatch
87
5
0
(Widow of Edward B. Hatch)
8 Lucy A .Kimball
76
11
0
(Widow of Daniel D. Kimball)
12 Stillborn
12 Flossie Ornsbee
42
4
8
(Wife of Fred W. Ornsbee)
15 Edson William Ornsbee
21
0
0
15 Nelker E. Richardson
76
3
21
(Husband of Agnes P. MacLean)
17 Jules Roy King (Husband of Josephine Daniels)
75
0
0
20 Caroline Pelsue
83
7
21
(Widow of George W. Pelsue)
21 Roland Arthur Trott
0
0
4
4
MARCH
1 August Nelson
67
8
2
(Widower of Agnes Austin)
5 Della L. Stevens
65
2
7
(Wife of James W .Stevens)
7 Amos Cooke
65
6
0
(Husband of Ada King)
8 Joseph M. Jamroz 0
1
1
9 Stillborn
47
Date Name
Years
Mos.
Days
MARCH
13 Idella C. Robinson
(Wife of Odber E. Robinson)
14 Susan M. Lewis
83
11
22
(Wife of William A. Lewis)
71
11
12
21 Raymond Pomerlaeu
0
11
2
30 Lucy Emma Glidden (Widow of Charles J. Glidden)
74
4
17
31 Marie D. J. Houle
0
0
15
27 Edwin Henry Warren 0
0
2
APRIL
11 Alvin F. Leithead
61
7
14
(Husband of Lucie J. Page)
14 Leonard E. McMaster
9
1
13
16 Margaret Agnes Howes
66
6
10
(Wife of George M. Howes)
19 Julia Etta Robbins
64
8
9
(Wife of Charles O. Robbins)
82
2
4
24 John E. Sherlock
70
0
0
(Husband of Ellen Lamire)
30 Josephine Klatka
72
0
6
(Widow of Stanley Klatka)
82
0
0
(Widow of Ferdinand A. A. Vasselin)
MAY
5 John F. Duffy
26
0
5
5 Robert Neil Harvey
30
0
22
(Husband of Eunice Harvey)
9 Maud E. Kelley (Widow of David Kelley)
45
4
4
9 George L. Lear
0
0
18 hrs.
20 Michael Matuck
52
1
12
(Husband of Josephine Wolos)
22 Joseph Bokunas
92
10
0
(Wife's name cannot be learned)
23 James P. Robinson
42
9
3
(Husband of Ingrid I. Phil)
30 John J. Mahoney
65
0
0
(Husband of Anna Madigan)
30 Alafons Narusevicius
0
0
22
25 Jean A. Davis
6
9
0
54
10
0
17 Mary W. Allen (Widow of Courtis M. Allen)
.
23 Per A. Persson
30 Harriett Jane Vasselin
4S
Date Name
Years
Mos.
Days
JUNE
12 Alina Narusevicius
0
1
5
14 Albert Sidney Whitbeck (Husband of Anna VanOrman)
85
7
0
19 James McCartney
53
10
0
20 Thomas Archibald (Husband of Margaret T. Sands)
44
0
0
21 Rachel Marshall Robertson 71
3
4
(Wife of Richard Robertson)
23 Christian Bruin
64
0
0
28 Ruth Tisdale
0
0
14
JULY
3. Frances A. Nutter
69
10
29
(Wife of Leonard A. Nutter)
5 Bridget Sheridan Walsh
60
0
0
(Wife of John Walsh)
17 Frances L. Cole
84
8
28
22 Harriet N. Garside 26
2
4
(Wife of John R. Garside)
23 Stillborn
26 Samuel T. Farrow
60
6
23
(Husband of Lydia C. Hogle)
11 Francis Hutchinson
88
4
7
(Husband of Sarah S. Hutchinson)
11 Maynard S. Worthen
25
7
2
15 Aime Binault 85
0
0
(Husband of Elise -)
AUGUST
3 John H. Miner
5
6
0
3 Annie E. Stewart
70
4
14
(Wife of Isaac Stewart)
5 Hattie M. Walker 69
0
0
(Husband's name cannot be learned)
7 Elizabeth Scobie 61
8
7
(Wife of Joseph H. Scobie)
13 Stillborn
16 Philip Bonneau
51
7
10
(Husband of Anna Camchon)
21 Albert P. Williams 58
6
13
(Husband of Ellen Bresnan)
27 Edwidge Patenaude 55
0
0
(Wife of Alfred Patenaude)
26 Daniel Haley 15
9
0
6 Baron 0
0
8
(Wife of Richard R. Cole)
49
Date Name
Years
Mos.
Days
SEPT.
2 Alberta Marjorie DeLong
17
0
24
4 Abbott L. Emery
62
9
2
(Husband of Annie White)
7 Marie Dewire
22
0
2
S Ernest Hall (Husband of Nettie Byam)
68
1
3
10 Emma Etta Holt
73
6
23
13 Henry E. Howard (Husband of Virginia McGee)
69
11
0
23 Mary Charlotte Lapham (Widow of Nathan Lapham)
90
9
27
25 Arthur Silva
16
0
8
28 Frances E. Emslie
9
6
17
OCTOBER
3 William Grindrod
62
0
0
(Husband of Elizabeth Maguire)
3 Annie O. Cleary
65
0
0
(Wife of John Higgins)
4 Mildred H. Dearth
67
4
1
(Wife of Asa F. Dearth)
66
9
12
(Husband of Isabelle Lockhead)
7 Gloria Fontes
26
10
26
10 Flora Marjorie Vinson
6
8
1
15 Elie E. Paquette (Husband of Harriett E. Allen)
56
0
0
18 Sarah A. C. Taylor
74
10
20
(Wife of George Taylor)
70
0
0
(Husband of Mary E. Murphy)
88
10
9
(Husband of Mary Mathews)
NOV.
2 Charles John Wilsteed
75
5
7
5 Mary A. Emerson
91
10
2
(Wife of George Emerson)
19 Anna D. Fielding
64
11
16
(Wife of John C. Fielding)
23 Jeanette C. Cummings
60
8
12
(Wife of John M. Cummings)
26 Sarah Jane Smith
74
6
28
(Widow of John H. Smith)
27 James A. Tansey
34
0
0
30 Albert Elbridge Chase
88
7
21
(Widower of Mary Hoey Chase)
50
19 Thomas F. Higgins
21 Charles E. Titus
4 Frank T. Vennard
Date
DEC. Name
Years
Mos.
Days
.5 Phillipe Hayes
0
0
1
16 Linda C. Hedlund
53
0
7
(Wife of Carl A. Hedlund)
26 Josie I. (Norton) Dix
45
8
7
(Wife of Harry R. Dix)
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JURY LIST FOR THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD Revised August, 1931
Alcorn, James, Farmer, Hunt Rd., South Chelmsford. Austin, Arthur W., Carpenter, Gay St., North Chelmsford. Adams, George C., Machinist, Wightman St., North Chelmsford. Ballinger, William, Retired, Cottage Row, North Chelmsford. Bartlett, Charles E., Retired, Bartlett St., Chelmsford Centre. Buchanan, James, Laborer, Newfield St., North Chelmfsord. Butterfield, C. Frank, Retired, Middlesex St., North Chelmsford. No. 1. Brown, William, Clerk, Newfield St., North Chelmsford. Brooks, John C., Candy Maker, Evergreen St., Chelmsford Centre. Connors, John E., Furniture Maker, Dartmouth St., No. Chelmsford. Blomgren, Sigurd, Salesman, Beaulieu St., East Chelmsford. Daughraty, Charles, Box Maker, Mallock Road, East Chelmsford. Dow, John C., Machinist, Gorham St., East Chelmsford . Day, George W., Retired, Westford St. ,Chelmsford Centre. Edwards, A. Franklin, Moulder, Main St., West Chelmsford. Finnick, Charles, Farmer, Gorham St., East Chelmsford.
No. 5. Fletcher, Fred L., Farmer, Westford Rd., Chelmsford Centre. Fay, Edgar, Plumber, Cypress St., Chelmsford Centre. Flynn, Patrick J., Farmer, Westford Rd., Chelmsford Centre. Faulkner, Luther W., Retired, High St., Chelmsford Centre. Gray, Earl M., Banker, Bridge St., Chelmsford Centre.
No. 2. Gorham, Alfred E., Mechanic, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Cen. Hoelzel, Charles E., Operator, Ripley St., No. Chelmsford. Harrington, John E., Insurance, Highland Ave., No. Chelmsford. Hodge, George Y., Laborer, Wright St., North Chelmsford. Harris, E. Dyer, Veterinary, Robin Hill Rd., So. Chelmsford. Jennison, Lewis H., Salesman, Gorham St., East Chelmsford. Johnson, Wilhelm T., Tailor, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. Johnson, John G., Tailor, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. Kilburn, William J., Printer, Golden Cove Rd., Chelmsford Centre. Kiberd, James, Sr., Painter, Newfield St., North Chelmsford. Kempe, John M., Paymaster, Main St., West Chelmsford. Kennedy, Fred E., Carpenter, Bridge St., Chelmsford Centre. No. 4. Lupien, Frank J., Salesman, Westford St., Chelmsford Centre. Lamb, Harry, Contractor, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. McAdams, John A., Draftsman, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. McIntosh, George, Salesman, Subway Ave., Chelmsford Centre. McGlinchey, Peter, Stone Cutter, Main St., West Chelmsford. Meagher, John J., Supt., Gorham St., East Chelmsford. Merrill, Roy A. Manager, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. Paignon, Emile E., Grain Dealer, Proctor Rd., So. Chelmsford. Park, Albert S., Retired, Boston Rd., Chelmsford Centre. Parker, John F., Real Estate, Acton Rd., So. Chelmsford. Perham, Karl M., Farmer, Dalton Rd., Chelmsford Centre.
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Picken, William T., Printer, Middlesex St., No. Chelmsford. Parker, John G., Clerk., Golden Cove Rd., Chelmsford Centre. Perham, Walter, Manufacturer, Westford St., Chelmsford Centre. Queen, Clifford, Laborer, Newfield St., No. Chelmsford. No. 3. Quigley, William H., Engineer, Princeton St., No. Chelmsford. Reid, George S., Blacksmith, Main St., West Chelmsford. Russell, Edward, Lumberman, North Rd., Chelmsford Centre. Stearns, Edwin L., Carpenter, Stedman St., Chelmsford Centre. Shedd, Harry L., Retired, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. Sullivan, Daniel W., Farmer, Riverneck Rd., East Chelmsford. Sweetser, Hosmer W., Clerk, Chelmsford St., Chelmsford Centre. Tucke, Edward, Sr., Retired, Grosvenor St., No. Chelmsford. Trull, Elmer, Fireman, Main St., West Chelmsford. Tetly, James, Retired, Edwards Ave., No. Chelmsford. Vinal, Fred I., Carpenter, Newfield St., No. Chelmsford. Wheeler, Arthur O., Agent, Wright St., No. Chelmsford. . Wright, Warren, Farmer, Robin Hill Rd., South Chelmsford. Woodward, Clarence H., Banker, Summer St., Chelmsford Centre. Stopherd, Albert, Retired, Cottage Row, North Chelmsford.
No. 1 Drawn Sept. 15, 1931. No. 2 Drawn Sept. 15, 1931. No. 3 Drawn October 15, 1931. No. 4 Drawn November 14, 1931. No. 5 Drawn December 15, 1931. HAROLD C. PETTERSON,
Town Clerk.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK FOR 1931 (On monies handled for Town, State and County)
DOG LICENSES (December 1 to December 1)
Male Dogs
580
Female
87
Kennel Licenses
2
RECEIPTS
Certificates of Business
$ .90
Marriage Licenses
68.00
Recording Fees
111.85
Death Certificates
3.50
Birth Certificates
3.75
Check Lists
3.00
Auctioneers Licenses
10.00
Phone Calls
.50
Certificates of Registration
8.75
Garage License
1.00
Junk Dealers License
2.00
Liquor License
1.00
Dog Licenses
1,670.00
Sporting Licenses
715.25
$2,599.50
PAID OUT
Certificates of Business
$ .90
Marriage Licenses
68.00
Recording Fees
111.85
Death Certificates
3.50
Birth Certificates
3.75
Check Lists
3.00
Auctioneers Licenses
10.00
Phone Calls
.50
Certificates of Registration
8.75
Garage License
1.00
Junk Dealers License
2.00
Liquor License
1.00
Sporting Licenses
650.00
Sporting License Fees
65.25
Dog Licenses
1,536.20
Dog License Fees
133.80
$2,599.50
HAROLD C. PETTERSON, Town Clerk.
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669
Report of Town Accountant
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Town Accountant in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 624, Section 7 of the Revised Laws.
All transfers made and shown in this report were authorized by vote of the Finance Committee or by vote in Town Meeting.
RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE TAXES
CURRENT YEAR:
Poll
$ 2,000.00
Personal Estate
22,409.89
Real Estate
111,640.52
Auto Excise Tax
10 845.56
Old Age Assistance Tax
1,012.00
$147,907.97
PREVIOUS YEARS:
Poll
$ 2,128.00
Personal Estate
3,575.31
Real Estate
72,205.93
Auto Excise Tax
2,864.88
$ 80,774.12
FROM THE STATE:
Gasoline Tax $ 3,425.34
National Bank Tax 1931
15.05
Veterans' Exemption 1931
175.21
Income Tax 1931, Business
9 550.53
Income Tax, 1931
22,669.15
Income Tax 1931, Educational
9,067.50
Corporation Tax, Gas and Elec- tric Co's, 1931
521.85
Corporation Tax, Street Railway 1931
107.36'
Corporation Tax, Public Service
1931 3.10
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Corporation Tax, R.R. and T. & T., 1931 834.93
Corporation Tax, Public Service,
1930
9.85
Street Railway Tax, 1930
426.31
$ 46,806.18
Total from Taxes
$275,488.27
GRANTS AND GIFTS
FROM COUNTY:
Dog Licenses $ 1,147.62
Groton Road
2,999.66
Old Westford Road
3,000.00
Carlisle-Concord Road
999.07
$ 8,146.35
FROM STATE:
Carlisle-Concord Road $ 939.07
Old Westford Road
3,000.00
Groton Road
2,999.65
$ 6.998.72
Total from Grants and Gifts
$ 15,145.07
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines $ 394.99
$ 394.99
$ 394.99
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Plumbing Permits $ 267.50
Junk Licenses
2.00
Marriage Licenses
68.00
Auto Dealers
45.00
Sunday Licenses
92.00
Common Victuallers' Licenses
52.50
Auctioneers' Licenses
10.00
Certificates of Registration
8.75
Gasoline Licenses
3.50
Bottling License
10.00
56
.
Pedlars' Licenses
52.00
Milk Licenses
53.00
All Other Fees
236.15
$ 900.40
Total from Licenses and Permits $ 900.40
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
TOWN HALLS:
Rent from Chelmsford Centre
Town Hall ...
$
232.50
Rent from Town Hall, North
Chelmsford
152.00
$ 384.50
Total from General Government
$
384.50
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
Sealing and Testing $ 111.74
$ 111.74
FORESTRY:
Extermination of Moths $ 172.16
$ 172.16
Total from Protection of Per-
sons and Property
$
283.90
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Reimbursement for T. B. Patients ....
$
395.00
$ 395.00
Total from Health Department .. $ 395.00
HIGHWAYS
Removal of Snow
$ 37.50 Sale of Junk
3.00
All Other
9.00
$
49.50
Total from Highway Department
$
49.50
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
INFIRMARY : Sale of Produce $ 121.36
All Other
1.40
- $ 122.76
REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUTSIDE POOR:
Cities and Towns $ 798.23
State Temporary Aid
880.38
Mothers' Aid
1,019.32
$ 2,697.93
Soldiers' Benefits:
State Aid
$
252.00
$
252.00
Total from Public Welfare and
Soldiers' Benefits
$
3,072.69
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Tuition $ 2,365.98
Rent
165.00
$
2,530.98
Total from Schools
$
2,530.98
CEMETERIES
Sale of Lots and Graves
$
187.50
$ 187.50
Total from Cemeteries
$
187.50
INTEREST
On Deposits $ 304.01
On Taxes
7,286.41
On Trust Fund Perpetual Care
744.65
$
8,335.07
Total from Interest
$
8,335.07
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Anticipation of Revenue ................ $225,000.00
$225,000.00
Total from Municipal Indebted-
ness
$225,000.00
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
Chelmsford Water District:
Tax and Interest $ 67.77
North Chelmsford Fire District:
Tax and Interest 1,928.78
Cemetery Perpetual Care Donations: Gifts
1,075.00
Amos F. Adams Library Bequest
10,000.00
$ 13,071.55
Total from Agency Trust and
Investment
$ 13,071.55
REFUNDS
Public Welfare Department $ 30.20
Forest Fire Department
1.09
Fire Department
18.00
School Department
33.50
Highway Department 54.40
Checks Taken in on Sundry Persons 42.13
Public Buildings Insurance
16.38
$ 195.70
Total from Refunds
$ 195.70
Total Receipts for 1931
$545.435.12
Cash on hand January 1, 1931
14,728.50
Total Receipts for 1931 and cash on hand January 1, 1931. $560,163.62
PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
MODERATOR:
Salary $ 10.00
$ 10.00
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SELECTMEN:
Salaries
$ 750.00
$ 750.00
OTHER EXPENSES:
Stationery and Postage $ 15.13
Printing and Advertising
93.98
Telephone
133.95
All Other
4.50
$ 247.56
TOWN ACCOUNTANT:
Salary
$ 1,725.00
Stationery and Postage
19.67
Binding
6.00
Desk and Chair
45.00
$ 1,795.67
TOWN CLERK:
Salary
$
200.00
$ 200.00
OTHER EXPENSES:
Bond
$ 5.00
Stationery and Postage
10.13
Printing and Advertising
76.59
Supplies
7.71
$ 99.43
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR:
Salary
$
2,000.00
$ 2,000.00
OTHER EXPENSES:
Clerk Hire $ 98.00
Stationery and Postage
336.23
Printing and Advertising
419.21
All Other
203.30
Recording Town Titles
144.40
$ 1,201.14
BOND:
For Treasurer and Collector ...
$
535.70
$ 535.70
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ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT:
Wages
$
2 100.00
2,100.00 $
OTHER EXPENSES :
Stationery and Postage $ 10.71
Printing and Advertising
206.62
Car Fares
14.00
Supplies
5.00
All Other
102.50
$ 338.83
TOWN COUNSEL:
Salary
$
300.00
$ 300.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE:
Advertising $ 4.00
$ 4.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION:
Registrars' Salaries
$ 56.20
Election Officers
215.50
Printing and Advertising
268.35
Transportation
16.00
Rent
5.00
Fuel
2.00
$ 563.05
PUBLIC BUILDINGS (Town Halls) :
Janitors' Salaries $ 950.00
$ 950.00
FUEL, LIGHT AND WATER:
Fuel
$ 309.69
Light
412.77
Water
20.00
$ 742.46
REPAIRS:
Material and Labor ..... ............
$
420.53
ALL OTHER EXPENSE:
$ 420.53
Brooms, Wax, Floor Cleaner, Etc ...
$
67.95
$ 67.95
Total for General Government .... $ 12,326.32
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Salaries-
Chief
$ 1,750.00
Patrolmen
3,723.26
Special Police
320.25
Investigations
44.40
Constable
24.00
Transportation
8.00
Keeping Prisoners
40.25
Gas and Oil
339.28
Equipment for Men
344.06
Motorcycles
150.00
Printing, Stationery and Post-
age
87.50
Telephone
184.11
All Other
59.11
Motorcycle Repairs
103.20
Light
21.38
$ 7,198.80
Office Furniture $ 75.00
$ 75.00
Fire Alarm
$ 30.00
$ 30.00
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FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Salaries-
Engineers
$ 358.31
Fireman
2,853.50
Janitors
440.00
$ 3,651.81
ENGINEER'S EXPENSE:
Transportation ....
$ 80.40
State Association
53.00
$ 133.40
FIRES:
Labor and Expenses $ 416.04
$ 416.04
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MAINTENANCE:
Garage Rent
$ 249.99
Repairs of Apparatus
856.84
Gas and Oil
115.53
Fuel
270.00
Light
234.66
Repairs on Buildings
69.10
Stationery and Postage
4.56
Telephones and Alarm System
505.62
Apparatus
61.50
Hose
1,372.16
Equipment for Men
38.00
Water
12.00
All Other
11.07
$
3,801.03
PUMPING ENGINE:
Purchase price
$ 7,500.00
HYDRANT SERVICE:
North Chelmsford
$ 750.00
Chelmsford Centre
750.00
West Chelmsford
20.00
1,520.00 $
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES:
Wages
$ 160.00
Seals and Dies
3.14
$ 163.14
MOTH DEPARTMENT:
Supt. Salary
$ 500.00
Labor
858.50
Stationery and Postage
5.75
Insecticides
393.83
Hardware and Tools
6.75
Repairs
140.55
Gas and Oil
1.66
Advertising
6.00
$ 1,913.04
TREE WARDEN:
Labor
$ 176.53
Tools and Repairs
23.45
$ 199.98
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FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Warden
$ 60.00
Fighting Fires
422.29
Apparatus
129.94
Truck Repairs
236.06
Chemicals
28.76
All Other
26.75
$ 903.80
Total for Protection of Persons and Property .. $ 27,506.04
HEALTH AND SANITATION
SALARIES:
Board of Health
......... $ 500.00
$ 500.00
Agent
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
Meat Inspector
$ 668.75
$ 668.75
Milk Inspector
$ 350.00
$ 350.00
Animal Inspector
$ 200.00
$ 200.00
Physicians' Salaries ....
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
MAINTENANCE:
Stationery and Postage
$ 19.72
Printing and Advertising
73.50
Burying Dogs
40.50
Drugs and Medicines
33.10
Return of Births
1.75
Medical Attendance
3.00
Cutting Brush
20.00
Signs
18.25
All Other
4.75
$ 214.57
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AID:
Sundry Persons $ 491.41
$ 491.41
CARE OF WARREN AVE. DUMP:
Labor and Expense $ 99.75
$ 99.75
WESTLANDS PUBLIC DUMP:
Purchase Price $ 500.00
NORTH CHELMSFORD PUBLIC DUMP: $ 500.00
Purchase Price $ 300.00
$ 300.00
PURCHASE OF PUBLIC DUMPS:
Legal Expense
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Total for Health and Sanitation $ 3,874.48
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Supt. Salary
$
2 500.00
$ 2,500.00
HIGHWAY GENERAL:
Labor
$ 10.549.06
Teams
1,228.63
Stone, Gravel, Sand
1,380.52
Equipment and Repairs
2,538.43
Gas and Oil
581.46
Removal of Snow
2,514.37
All Other
206.75
$ 18,999.22
TRUCK MAINTENANCE:
International Truck (Town owned) $ 1,003.36
Federal Truck (Town Owned) .... 645.71
International (new truck)
446.10
$
2,095.17
ROAD BINDER:
Oil and Coal Patch $ 7,928.34
$ 7,928.34
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CUTTING BRUSH:
Labor and Tools $ 1.906.83
$
1,906.83
STREET SIGNS:
Painting and Signs
$
137.88
137.88 $
GROTON ROAD:
Labor, Binder, Stone, Gravel.
$
S,998.97
8,998.97 $
HALL ROAD, TURNPIKE ROAD AND STREETS IN WESTLANDS:
Labor, pipe
$
1,686.40
$
1,686.40
OLD WESTFORD ROAD:
-.
Labor, binder, gravel and pipe .... $
9,053.31
:
$ 9,053.31
OLD WESTFORD ROAD:
Labor, gravel, pipe
$
5,564.69
$ 5,564.69
CARLISLE CONCORD ROAD:
Labor $ 913.34
Land Damages
800.00
$
1,713.34
POSTING THROUGH WAYS:
Signs and Advertising
$
1,047.33
$
1,047.33
STREET LIGHTS:
Lighting
$ 16,117.09
$ 16,117.09
Total for Highway Department ยท$ 77,748.57
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Salaries
$
325.00
$ 325.00
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE:
Maintenance $ 41.88
$ 41.88
OUTSIDE RELIEF:
Groceries and Provisions $ 5 563.28
Coal, Wood
927.31
Rent and Board
1,686.50
Medicine and Attendance
842.75
State Institutions
373.00
Other Expense
19.49
Town Cash
588.00
$ 10,000.33
RELIEF FOR OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS:
Lowell
$ 711.56
Taunton
360.00
Westford
722.50
Concord
270.68
$ 2,064.74
State Case $ 1,321.00
1,321.00 $
MOTHERS' AID:
Town
$ 2,422.00
$
2,422.00
RELIEF BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS:
Cities
$ 155.23
Towns
166.81
322.04 $
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
Town
$ 955.50
Lowell
26.00
$ 981.50
AMBULANCE:
Service
$ 7.00
$ 7.00
INFIRMARY:
Supt. Salary $ 900.00
$ 900.00
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OTHER EXPENSES:
Other Employees
$ 32.00
Groceries and Provisions
768.46
Clothing and Dry Goods
42.71
Fuel and Light
269.87
Water
37.98
Hay and Grain
214.01
Supplies
28,50
Medicine and Medical Attendance
315.48
Telephone
40.40
Funeral Expenses
285.00
Spraying
9.00
$ 2,043.41
REPAIRS:
Buildings
$ 95.95
$ 95.95
Total for Dept. of Public Welfare
$ 20,524.85
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
State Aid $ 288.00
$ 288.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF:
Groceries
$ 279.25
Rent
75.00
Cash
72.00
$ 426.25
Total for Soldiers' Benefits
$
714.25
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATION:
Supt. Salary $ 3,800.00
Traveling Expenses
361.00
Truant Officer
21.50
Stationery, Printing and Postage
77.38
Telephone
25.60
Water Analysis
31.00
$ 4,316.48
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INSTRUCTION:
Teachers' Salaries-
High
$ 19,080.50
Elementary
44,119.98
Evening
339.00
Supervisors
2,480.00
$ 66,019.48
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:
High-Text and Reference Books $ 1,020.55
Elementary-Text Books and Ref-
erence
1,165.10
High-Supplies
821.11
Elementary-Supplies
1,484.38
Evening-Text Books
54.09
$ 4,545.23
TRAVELING EXPENSE:
Car Fares
$
20.30
NEW EQUIPMENT:
Desks and Chairs
$
1,174.92
$ 1,174.92
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE:
Janitors' Salaries-
High
$ 1,848.00
Elementary
6,648.40
Evening
63.00
$ 8,559.40
FUEL:
High
$ 1,052.85
Elementary
2,346.05
$ 3,398.90
LIGHT. WATER and POWER. $ 1,713.50
$ 1,713.50
BOILER INSURANCE:
Premium
$
307.39
$ 307.39
REPAIRS:
High
$ 1,977.72
Elementary
2,598.86
$ 4,576.58
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...
$ 20.30
JANITORS' SUPPLIES:
High
$ 85.92
Elementary
310.52
$ 396.44
AUXILIARY AGENCIES:
Transportation-
High
$ 4,500.75
Elementary
4,500.00
$
9,000.75
NURSE:
Salary
$ 1,650.00
Expense
5.00
Supplies
105.67
$ 1,760.67
Physicians' Salaries $ 600.00
$ 600.00
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL:
Tuition
$ 2,768.20
$
2,768.20
Total for Schools
$109,158.24
LIBRARIES
ADAMS LIBRARY:
Shrubs
$ 353.95
Labor on Grounds
78.75
Treasurer's Bond
2.50
Librarian
500.00
Janitor and Other Help
233.97
Repairs
269.82
Books and Periodicals
379.07
Light, Fuel and Water
377.09
Transporting Books
72.85
Binding
82.00
$ 2,350.00
ADAMS LIBRARY, Edgestones: Labor and Material $ 1,747.47
$ 1,747.47
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NORTH CHELMSFORD LIBRARY: Annual Appropriation ..... $ 1,200.00
$
1,200.00
Total for Libraries $ 5,297.47
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
PARKS:
Labor
$ 616.75
Equipment
16.26
Fertilizer
86.35
Flowers, Trees, etc ..
103.80
Care of Flags
38.40
Water
30.47
Repairs of Tools
17.50
Repairs of Flag Pole
83.55
$ 993.08
IMPROVING VARNEY PLAYGROUNDS:
Labor and Teams
$ 1,998.70
.. 5.0
$ 1,998.70
: UNCLASSIFIED:
Memorial Day-
Flowers
$ 3.00
Oration
10.00
Markers
31.50
Dinner
85.00
Music
80.00
Printing
6.75
Flags
25.00
$
241.25
MISCELLANEOUS:
Town Clock
$ 30.00
Band Concerts
400.00
Town Reports
1,250.00
Agriculture & Home Economics.
20.00
Ins. Sinking Fund Treas. Bond.
40.00
Delivery Town Reports
100.00
Harold L. Crosby Claim
154.75
South Chelmsford Flag Pole
204.00
South Chelmsford Flag
17.01
Legal Services, Tax Sale
15.00
$ 2,230.76
7.1
PUBLIC BUILDINGS INSURANCE:
Policies ........ $ 490.17
$ 490.17
UNPAID BILLS, 1930:
Board of Selectmen $ 20.20
Public Buildings 65.65
Police
139.74
Highways
121.88
Outside Poor
331.40
Election and Registration
7.50
Vocational School Tuition
1,385.77
Cemeteries
39.06
$ 2,111.20
INSURANCE SINKING FUND:
Annual Appropriation $ 1,500.00
$ 1,500.00
Check Taken in and Later Cashed .... $
5.83
$ 5.83
Total for Recreation and Unclassified
$
9,570.99
CEMETERIES
Commissioners' Salaries
$
105.00
$ 105.00
FOREFATHERS' CEMETERY :
Labor $ 504.65
Tools
22.15
Seed and Fertilizer
2.50
Transportation
1.00
Water
8.00
$ 538.30
FAIRVIEW CEMETERY :
Labor
$ 130.00
Record Book
15.00
$ 145.00
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HART POND CEMETERY:
Labor
$ 439.50
Fertilizer and Seed
6.00
Paint
50.81
Transportation
1.00
$ 497.31
PINE RIDGE CEMETERY:
Labor
$ 483.50
Seed and Fertilizer
5.50
Transportation
1.00
$ 490.00
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY :
Labor and Teaming
$ 401.00
Water
15.00
Transportation
1.00
$ 417.00
WEST CHELMSFORD CEMETERY:
Labor
$ 415.23
Tools
6.56
Water
8.00
Fertilizer and Seed
5.50
Paint and Oil
37.61
Transportation
1.00
Repairs
5.40
Lumber
17.40
$ 496.70
Total for Cemeteries $ 2,689.31 ..
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST :
Addition to East Chelmsford
School
$ 380.00
New Grade School
3,293.20
High School
715.00
Anticipation of Revenue
5,879.14
$ 10,267.34
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MATURING DEBT:
Addition. to East Chelmsford $ 2 000.00 School
Grade School
8,666.00
High School
3,250.00
$ 13,916.00
ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE:
Loans $190,000.00
$190,000.00
Total for Interest and Maturing Debt $214,183.34
AGENCY TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY:
State Tax $ 9.825.00
State Highway Tax 738.50
State Audit 2,405.41
State Tax, Old Age Assistance 2,115.00
State Tax, Parks & Reservations 147.10
$ 15,231.01
COUNTY TAX:
Tax $ 16,321.28
Tax, Tuberculosis
2,393.71
$ 18,714.99
North Chelmsford Fire District .... $ 1,968.06
Chelmsford Water District 135.65
2,103.71 $
TRUST:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Dona-
tions
$
1,075.00
Amos F. Adams Library Bequest ..
10,000.00
$ 11,075.00
INTEREST ON PERPETUAL CARE DONATIONS:
Forefathers' Cemetery $ 279.25
Pine Ridge Cemetery 25.00
Hart Pond Cemetery 83.00
Riverside Cemetery 227.00
West Chelmsford Cemetery
130.40
$
744.65
Total for Agency Trust and Investment $ 47,869.36
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REFUNDS
1930 Taxes
$ 12.85
Motor Excise Tax, 1930
169.63
Motor Excise Tax, 1931
558.19
1927 Taxes, Interest
1.00
1930 Taxes, Interest
3.00
Chelmsford Water District
5.50
$ 750.17
Total for Refunds
$ 750.17
Total Payments for 1931
$532,213.39
Cash on hand December 31, 1931
27,950.23
Grand Total
$560,163.62
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TRUST FUNDS
Bank Book Principal
Ou Hand Dec. 31, 1930
On Hand Dec. 31
Income Payments
1931
Joseph Warren-Adams Library Fund
83694
593.14
$ 1,237.78
56.29
$ $ 1,294.07
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