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Minnie E. Rice, Inspector
James E. Attridge, Clerk
Report of the Board of Health
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The following cases were reported:
Chickenpox
1
Mumps
21
Measles
19
Dog Bite
6
Undulant Fever
2
Scarlet Fever
3
Spinal Meningitis
1
Whooping Cough
2
There were 21 Milk Licenses issued and the fees turned over to the Town Treasurer.
LAURA P. SAUNDERS,
Clerk, Board of Health.
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Veterans' Benefits
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Pepperell, Massachusetts
Dear Sirs:
The following is a report of the activities of the Veterans' Agent for the year 1949.
.
Appropriation for 1949
$3,000.00
Expended:
Cash Payments
$2,332.25
Groceries
100.00
Medical
250.50
Administration
100.00
All other
25.00
2,807.25
Balance
192.75
Received reimbursement, not available for use:
State
$1,016.12
Town of New Salem, Mass.
50.00
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT N. TURNER, JR.
Veterans' Agent.
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List of Jurors of the Town of Pepperell Pepperell, Mass., July 1, 1949
List of Jurors for the municipal year 1949 and 1950, pre- pared and posted by the Selectmen of Pepperell, in accordance with Chapter 234, Section 4 of the General Laws.
Name
Occupation
Residence
Almy, Warren O.
Salesman
Elm Street
Attridge, Arthur R.
Laborer
Mill Street
Baker, Rutherford
Machinest
Nashua Road
Blood, C. Andrew
Laborer
Chestnut Street
Bosquet, Clifford B.
Stockroom Supt.
Maple Street
Carter, Boynton
Carpenter Clerk
Townsend Street
Cotter, John L.
Real Estate
Mt. Lebanon St.
Cummings, John H.
Carpenter
Pleasant Street
Elliott, Verne E.
Carpenter
Park Street
Gaskill, Raymond P.
Machine Tender
Main Street
Gould, Clyde W.
Laborer
Groton Street
Hall, Sylvester
Machinest
Cottage Street
Harris, Edward P.
Mechanic
Hollis Street
Johnson, B. George Kelpus, Frank
Laborer
Canal Street
Knight, Donald R.
Clerk
Townsend Street
Lansil, Clyde H.
Papermaker
Pleasant Street
Lorden, Richard E.
Oil Man
Prospect Street
Melendy, Francis
Mason's Helper
Townsend Street
Milan, Arthur
Beater Engineer
Tarbell Street
Mooney, George
Manager
Mill Street
Musche, Chester G.
Bookkeeper
Townsend Street
O'Neal, Walter W.
Checker
Foster Street
. Parker, Clayton S.
Dairy Worker
Townsend Street
Pillsbury, Leo A. Rich, Carroll E.
Farmer
South Road
Riddle, Donald C.
Papermaker
Heald Street
Seubert, Arthur
Retired
Townsend Street
Singleton, William C. Starkie, Robert
Tuberman
Nashua Road
Bag Maker
Williams Street
Stratton, Albert A.
Chauffeur
Elm Street
Tredtin, Harold C.
Meter Reader
Leighton Street
Farmer
Elliott Street
Bag Maker
Cross Street
LEONARD J. DAVIS
ROBERT N. TURNER, JR. RAY M. NEWELL
Selectmen of Pepperell.
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Wilkins, Irving Winch, Robert K.
Mechanic
Main Street
Laborer
Pleasant Street
Main Street
Chase, James E.
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Report of Pepperell District Nurse
I hereby submit the report of the District Nurse Asso- ciation for the year ending December 31, 1949.
A total of 2092 home visits were made. The following health services were conducted. Maternity service-1 home delivery, 40 prenatal visits which included instruction about diet, exercise and blood pressure reading, 54 visits to new born babies.
Pre-school service. The annual diphtheria immuniza- tion clinics and pre-school summer round-up for children entering school were held. The Board of Health and Dis- trict Nurse Association cooperated in holding the Well Child Clinics every other month. All doctors were con- tacted and given an opportunity to assist at the clinics, some declined the service. Nursing Board members trans- portated the children and helped with clerical work. Miss Almeda King, State Nutritionist, attended each clinic. Her services were greatly appreciated. Appointments were made for children to attend Crippled Children clinics in Lowell and Rheumatic Fever clinics at Fitchburg.
T. B. service. Patch test was done on several patients at request of family doctor. 37 appointments were made for chest X-ray, either at Middlesex County Sanatorium or Ayer clinic. Arrangements were also made for Industrial X-rays for Bemis Bro. Bag Co. and St. Regis Paper Co.
Patients were accompanied to Lowell, Tewksbury and Groton hospitals. Conferences were held with Mr. Kirby of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Miss Joseph, Social Worker, Miss Glidden of the State Depart- ment ,Dr. Cobb and Miss White of Nashoba, and Miss Adams of Metropolitan Insurance Co. Meetings were at- tended in Worcester, Winchendon and Groton.
We were most fortunate to obtain the services of Mrs. Anna Colbert, R. N. for relief work.
Mrs. Saunders continues to take calls for me. This has proved a most satisfactory arrangement. I have had the cooperation of all Nursing Board members which has been a great asset in a busy year.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLEN E. DEE, R. N.
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Report of Playground Committee
We wish to submit our annual report for the year ending December 31, 1949.
The use of the Playground appears to be increasing each year, with High School baseball, Pepperell A. A. base- ball, basketball and tennis. It is a common sight to see many of the younger children roller skating and riding their bicycles on the macadamized court. The field is used from early spring until late in the fall.
Additional improvements this past year are as follows : The score board was moved to center field to eliminate the danger of a player colliding with it while running after a foul ball. A pole to hold the switches for the electric lights used on the field and the skating rink has been installed at no cost to the town. The road going into the field was scraped but froze before we could have it oiled. This will be oiled in the spring before the High School games start in April. The skinned part of the diamond was dug up and graded and the whole field rolled again this year.
The skating rink is especially popular when weather permits and the lights are turned on every night that we consider it safe for the youngsters to skate.
We feel that at present and with the few improve- ments mentioned above, we have the finest if not the best field in either the Wachusett League or the Middlesex County League.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER D. CROWLEY HAROLD T. LYNCH ROBERT B. PATCH
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Town Clerk's Report
In submitting to the citizens of Pepperell my report, I would ask all those interested to examine the following records carefully, and if any errors or omissions are noted that they be at once reported in writing to the Town Clerk so that the records may be perfected.
Any error in the record, other than a mistake in copy- ing a certificate or return, can be corrected only in accord- ance with a deposition, under oath, made by one who was required by law to furnish the information for the original record, or by three or more credible persons having knowl- edge of the same. (See Revised Laws. Chapter 29, Sec- tion 9 and 16.)
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1949
DATE 1948
NAME
RESIDENCE
Dec. 12 Joseph J. Bosley Beverley M. Scharch
West Groton, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
1949
Jan. 1 Robert N. Gourley Barbara J. Benson
Concord, N. H.
Jan. 17 Guy Murchie, Jr.
Pepperell, Mass.
Kate L. Rautenstrauch Pepperell, Mass.
Jan. 29 Crafton C. Fuller Lillian P. Mayou
Feb.
2 Lewis I. Smith Mary J. Bost
Feb. 12 Bernard H. Williams Rosalie A. Welch
Feb. 12 William R. Weir Barbara J. DeAngelis
Feb. 19 Paul H. Gagne Margaret J. Fraser
Feb. 24 Henry P. Powers, Jr. Irene M. Miller
Concord, N. H.
Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Fort Jay, N. Y. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Nashua, N. H. Concord, N. H. Concord, N. H. Leominster, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Fitchburg, Mass.
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Feb. 27
Freeman E. Erickson
Priscilla A. Baker
Apr.
9
Alfred Sher
Roberta Cutler
Apr. 17 Charles K. O'Malley Claire E. Allen
Apr. 20 Thomas B. McMahon Alida E. Lutz
Apr. 29 Leo W. Bayeur Emily N. H. Rondeau
Apr. 30 William J. Rule
Dolores J. O'Brien
May 11 Claude V. Bristol Dorothy F. B. Bristol
May 27 Joseph E. Comeau Teresa M. Murphy
June 4 Hubert L. Webber
Isabelle A. Hunter
June 12 Kenneth L. Peabody Yvette L. Lagasse
June 18 Joseph G. Cross Rita M. Ayotte
June 25 Russell W. Hamilton, Jr. Evelyn M. Baraby
July 1 Clifton E. Fitch, Jr. Margaret L. Rich
July 1 John P. Wade Edith L. Carnevale
July 3 John C. Michuk
Mary A. Gillogly
July 9 Dwight L. Overstreet
Julia B. Kelpus
July 10 Raymond S. Doyle Minnie A. Shea
July 16 Harold D. Bennett Thelma I. Mayou
July 23 Percy E. Cross Beulah E. W. Ayers
July 23 Robert C. Wisnosky Evelyn I. Leary
July 29 Luke E. Fortin Dorothy L. Hettler
July 30 John A. Wilcox Nellie I. P. Hills
July 30 Donald K. Grainger Agnes M. McDermott.
Aug. 7 Donald G. Treagy Helen M. Danforth
Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass.
Fitchburg, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Hollis. N. H. Hollis, N. H. Ayer. Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass.
Nashua, N. H.
Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
Manchester, N. H. Manchester, N. H. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Ayer, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Nashua, N. H. Nashua, N. H. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Tyngsboro, Mass. Littleton, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
Fitchburg, Mass.
Fitchburg, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
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Aug. 20 Albert J. Moison, Jr. Mary E. Rogers
Aug. 28 Albert R. Blood
Alice A. Woods
Sept. 7 Charles W. Spaulding Juliette A. Noury
Sept. 16 James N. Lampropulos Rachel C. Gravel
Manchester, N. H. Manchester, N. H. Nashua, N. H. Hudson, N. H. Pepperell, Mass.
Sept. 17 Arthur L. Kief Catherine E. Mahony
Pepperell, Mass.
Sept. 17 Elmer A. Shattuck Virginia H. Grider
Pepperell, Mass. Laconia, N. H.
Oct. 8 Clyde O. Parker Eileen M. D. Moore
Pepperell, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass.
Oct. 22 Robert T. Breen
Pepperell, Mass.
Nancy A. Scott
Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass.
Oct. 14 Earl L. Davis, Jr. Claire M. Lareau Oct. 29 Wilfred N. Clark Alice R. O'Hara
Milford, N. H. Lyndeboro, N. H. Lyndeboro, N. H.
Nov. 6 Roger L. Tarbell Mildred A. Kelly
Pepperell, Mass. Wilton, N. H. Nashua, N. H. Pepperell, Mass.
Nov. 24 John J. Forrest Geraldine E. Townsend
Pepperell, Mass.
Dec. 10 Maurice D. Turmel
Pearl M. Archambault
Dec. 14 Maynard S. Sargent Ida M. R. Abrams
Hudson, N. H. Pepperell, Mass. Bennington, N. H. Milford, N. H.
Dec. 31
Albert F. Powers
Rita M. Grant Ruff
Pepperell, Mass.
Taunton, Mass.
Lunenburg, Mass.
Pepperell, Mass. Pepperell, Mass. Groton, Mass.
Nov. 12 Donald P. Hudon Doris M. B. Scofield
Townsend, Mass.
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RECORDING OF BIRTHS
Births occuring late in the year are sometimes re- corded without the Christian name. In all such cases par- ents should return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as it is selected in order that it may be entered upon the town books, as an incompleteness of the records may involve much trouble in the future.
Read the Law
Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder within forty days after a birth in its house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born. General Laws, Chap- ter 46, Section 6.
Why Birth Should Be Recorded
There is hardly a relation of life - social, legal or economic - in which the evidence furnished by an accurate registration of births may not prove to be one of the greatest value, not only to the individual, but also to the public at large. It is not only an act of civilization to register birth certificates but good busi- ness, for they are frequently used in many practical ways, some of which are listed below:
(1) As evidence to prove the age and legitimacy of heirs:
(2) As proof of age to determine the validity of a contract entered into by an alleged minor;
- (3) As evidence to establish age and proof of citizenship and descent in order to vote;
(4) As evidence to establish the right of admission to the professions and to many public offices;
(5) As evidence of legal age to marry;
(6) As evidence to prove the claims of widows and orphans under the widows' and orphans' pension law;
(7) As evidence to determine the liability of parents for the debts of a minor;
(8) As evidence in the administration of estates, the settle- ment of insurance and pensions;
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(9) As evidence to prove the irresponsibility of children under legal age for crime and misdemeanor, and various other matters in the criminal code.
(10) As evidence in the enforcement of law relating to education and to child labor;
(11) As evidence to determine the relations of guardians and wards;
(12) As proof of citizenship in order to obtain a passport;
(13) As evidence in the claim for exemption from or the right to jury and military service.
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DATE 1948 Sept. 20 Oct. 6 Nov. 28 1949 Jan. 6
NAME
William Phillips Graves
Judith Dale Simpson
Craig Mitchell Lawson
Irene Louise Emerson
Daniel Ray Lorden
6 8
Rachel Geneive Gagnon
Sharon Lee Hannigan
Joanne Ruth Archambault
Dennis James Lillis
25
Joseph Michael Moore
Alan Herbert Shea
27 Feb. 2
Marie Anne Surrett
2
Donald Arthur Trotter
3
Edward Walter Grautski, Jr.
5 Robert Elden Rideout
6
Matthew Michael Brown
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23
Margaret Greta Frederick Wendy Wood
Mar. 2
3
Michael William Pillsbury Kathleen Stewart
PARENTS
William P. and Lydia Graves, Jr. Robert and Evelyn Simpson Harry and Mary Lawson
Charles and Louise Emerson Raymond and Lorraine Lorden Phillip and Natalie Gagnon David and Nellie Hannigan Frank and Mabel Archambault James and Shirley Lillis Clayton and Evelyn Moore Herbert and Francena Shea
BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1949
Russell and Anne Surrett Robert and Valda Trotter Edward and Margaret Grautski Robert and Ruth Rideout, Jr. Frederick and Anne Brown Bernard and Greta Frederick Warren and Janice Wood
Edward and Doris Pillsbury Anthony and Marie Stewart
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11 12 19
20
DATE Mar. 4
8
9
10
John David Banks
16
Robert David Milan
17
Michael Patrick Callahan
19
Rita Ann Pillsbury
Gail Elaine Patch
29 Apr. 2
David Lee Conley
Norma Leigh Wieman
William and Norma Wieman Horace and Maxine Cote
Eldon and Dorothy Barrows
25
Paul Francis Roose
29
David Richard Hatfield
May 21
24
Cassandra May Hackett James Lester Carter
Roger and Dorothy Hackett Boynton and Dorothy Carter
June 4
Michael Marr
5 Ronald James Toomey
6 Carol Jane Conant
11
Richard Lewis Haskell, Jr.
13 Paula Agnes Dow
14 Nancy Eleanor Reagan
17 Harold Leonard Coffin
Joseph Edward Cutler
PARENTS
William and Pauline Streeter Richard and Mildred Pettingell James and Phyllis Smith Harvey and Etta Banks, Jr. Thomas and Mary Milan Michael and Marjorie Callahan
William and Shelia Pillsbury Robert and Milita Patch
Thomas and Mabel Conley
4
11
Gilbert Paul Cote
17
Keith Eldon Barrows
Walter and Doris Roose
Raymond and Mabelle Hatfield
Peter and Gertrude Marr John and Mary Toomey Ralph and Glenys Conant Richard and Beverly Haskell Leonard and Florence Dow John and Eleanor Reagan Harold and Marjorie Coffin
Edward and Beverly Cutler
BIRTHS (Continued)
July 7
NAME
Constance Streeter James Richard Pettingell, Sandra Lee Smith
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DATE July 13 18
NAME .
John Joseph Adams
Nancy Jean Rice
Douglas James Waite
Thomas and Virginia Waite
Walter and Frances Poyhonen
William and Helen Fransworth
Ernest and Nina Sheldon Leland and Barbara Gray
Paul Edward Dorion
10
Gail Winona Wright
17
David Alan Glow
18
Gail Ann Dorion
Robert and Lorraine Dorion
23
David Paul Paradis
Norman and June Paradis
28
Terence Joseph Sullivan
Joseph and Polly Sullivan
Sept. 2 Virginia Gibson Tucker
2
Linda Arlene Gardner
6
Paul Leo McNiff, Jr.
9
William Arthur Greenwood
Arthur and Mary Greenwood
17 24
Mary Ann Harbin
Joan Archambault
24
Sandra Marie Gunning
Oct. 1 Michele Dorion
3 George Leland Armstrong
4 Everett Govoni
5 Thomas Joseph Malley
6
Donna Waidine Corbin
PARENTS
Edward and Mary Adams
William and Margaret Rice
26 28 29 30 31 Aug. 8
Eric Martin Poyhonen
Joseph Albert Fransworth
Paula Louise Sheldon
Kathryn Lee Gray
Edward and Rita Dorion Raymond and Gladys Wright Harold and Mary Glow
John and Helen Tucker Jeremiah and Marilyn Gardner Paul and Ruth McNiff, Sr.
James and Jeannette Harbin John and Carolyn Archambault Thomas and Hazel Gunning
Henry and Diane Dorion Edwin and Dorothy Armstrong William and Merle Govoni Richard and Rita Malley Donald and Betty Corbin
BIRTHS (Continued)
DATE
NAME
Oct.
Nancy Louise Shattuck
Susan Louise Clifford
Craig Eugene Elliott
Howard Allen Moody
Daniel Clyde Stewart
Clyde and Patricia Stewart
Richard and Annabel Lorden
William and Charlotte Starr
18
Barbara Jean Miller
18
Deborah Gail Bond
23
Rodney Ire Batchelder, Jr.
Rodney and Emma Batchelder
Dec. 2
Edward McKey Hallowell Niles Sherwood Busler John Thomas Scullane
20
8
Robert Louis Hanson, Jr.
15
Andrew Webster Phillips Colette Jean Smith
29
Janice Wood
PARENTS
Roger and Eleanor Shattuck
George and Jean Clifford Verne and Helen Elliott
Robert and Evelyn Moody
Karen Elizabeth Lorden
Frederic Converse Starr
Willard and Lottie Miller Richard and Phyllis Bond
Benjamin and Dorothy Hallowell Charles and Barbara Busler John and Marjorie Scullane Robert and Marion Hanson, Sr. Dr. Warren and Edith Phillips Charles and Alice Smith Warren and Janice Wood
BIRTHS (Continued)
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9 16
16 17 20 22 Nov. 4
3
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DATE 1943 Nov. 13 1949 Jan.
Roscoe E. Shattuck P. F. C.
Killed in Italy World War 2
Y.
M.
D.
11
Joseph A. Wiley
Coronary disease
69
1
16
11
George H. Rule
Pulmonary Edema
69
0
0
12
David K. Miller
Coronary Thrombosis
64
0
11
17
Agnes B. Kennedy
Coronary Occlusion
66
0
0
23
George A. Taylor
Arterio Sclerosis
75
0
0
28
Mary A. Barnes
Accident
84
11
19
30
Patrick F. Tierney
Tuberculor Meningitis
68
0
0
Feb.
8
Mary E. Sullivan
Natural causes
67
9
7
Mar.
1
Jane F. Butler
Natural causes
60
4
14
8
John J. Cunniff
Coronary thrombosis
59
1
3
15
Della A. Crandall
Myocarditis
74
0
0
15
Bartholomew A. Scanlon
Natural causes
58
5
6
23
Caroline R. Hammer
Coronary disease
54
12
29
Larry R. Morse
Broncho pneumonia
0
2
18
Apr.
2
Mary M. Pond
Mitral insufficiency
92
0
18
16
Robert Starkie
Broncho pneumonia
65
0
0
17
Charles M. Lawrence
Cerebral hemorrhage
89
9
4
28
Mary J. Sias
Natural causes
86
0
6
May
12
Dorothy G. Cook
Acute cardiac failure
27
0
0
29
James Gorman
Pneumonia
89
10
0
DEATHS RECORDED IN PEPPERELL, 1949
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NAME
CAUSE OF DEATH AGE
29
0 0
DATE June 2
NAME
CAUSE OF DEATH
AGE
Y.
M.
D.
Accidental strangulation
2
5
15
4
Maude W. West
Acute nephritis
76
10
3
8
Carol J. Conant
Cerebral damage
2
12
Harry N. Tolles
Carcinoma of Liver
76
4
14
30
William Seperski
Congestive heart failure
62
0
0
July
11
Cora E. B. Nutting
Cerebral hemorrhage
73
0
0
18
William E. Wright
Heart disease
61
11
3
Aug. 10
Thomas J. Drummey James A. Ewing
Cerebral hemorrhage
86
11
10
Sept. 12
Myocardial failure
73
0
0
Carcinoma of Stomach
83
9
28
Oct. 4
George P. Parker
Natural causes
76
8 21
Nov.
11
Ida B. Woodward
Arterio sclerosis
84
0
0
11
Harry F. Holt, Sr.
Diabetic Coma
70
0
0
13
Frederick A. Archambault
Coronary Thrombosis
47
8
20
13
John K: O'Neill
Arterio sclerosis
87
0
0
20
Harriet P. Dow
Heart Failure
76
0
0
26
Leo Bayeur
Glomerulonephritis
46
9
20
Dec.
2
Melinda L. Latulippe
64
0
0
14
Hale F. Jordan
66
6
8
18
Fred Tolles
75
4
1
DEATHS (Continued)
24
14
Cora M. Wilkins A. Willard Needham
Pulmonary Embolism
76
0
0
27
Patricia A. Paine
Rt. sided hemiplegia Coronary Thrombosis Myocardial failure
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Attention is particularly called to the following ex- tracts from the General Laws.
GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46
Extracts from Sections 1, 2, 3 , 4, 6 and 8
Section 1. Each city and town Clerk shall receive or obtain and record * * * facts relative to births * * * in his city or town.
Section 3. Every physician or medical officer regis- tered shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge and * * * shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or regis- trar of the town where such birth occurred a report * * * If the child is illigitimate, the name and other facts relating to the father shall not be stated except at the request in writing of both father and mother filed * * Upon pre- sentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treas- urer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty- five cents for each birth so reported. * * * A physician or any such officer violating any provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.
Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which - a child is born, having knowledge of the facts required * shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the town * *
* or of any person authorized by him. (Penalty for refusal not more than ten dollars.)
Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder within forty days after a birth in his house shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born.
Section 8. (Penalty for neglect to comply with the provisions of Section 6, not more than five dollars.)
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GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 207
Section 36. If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this Commonwealth, who return to dwell here, they shall within seven days after their return file with the clerk or registrar of town where either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts re- quired in a notice of intention of marriage.
Section 55. Whoever violates Section 36 shall forfeit ten dollars.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians, and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor with blanks for return of birth as required by law.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. CULLINAN, Town Clerk
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FINANCIAL REPORT
I have issued the following Certificates and Licenses :
10 Certificates of Registrations for the Keeping, Storage and Sale of Gasoline $22.00
2 Certificates of Registrations for the Keeping, Storage and Sale of Fuel Oil 24.00
4 Junk Dealers Licenses 40.00
1 Bowling and Pool License 35.00
1 Sunday Bowling and Pool License 15.00
3 Oleomargarine Licenses 1.50
$137.50
Dogs Licenses from March 1, to Dec. 31, 1949 $1,256.20
The sum of $1,393.70 for the amounts above has been paid by me to the Town Treasurer and the receipts received and filed.
I have paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game for Licenses issued the sum of $903.00 and have receipts for the same.
Respectfully submitted,
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JOHN F. CULLINAN,
Town Clerk.
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DOGS MUST BE LICENSED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31
Or the Owners or Keepers Thereof Are Liable to a Fine
BRIEF EXTRACTS OF THE DOG LAWS
The owner or keeper of a dog which is three months old or over shall annually, on or before March 31st, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for one year from April 1st following if the dog is kept in Bos- ton, in the office of the Police Commissioner,, or if in any other town in the office of the Clerk thereof. The owner or keeper of a licensed dog shall cause it to wear around its neck or body a collar or harness of leather or other suitable material to which shall be attached a tag upon which shall appear the license number, the name of the town and the year of issue. If any such tag is lost the owner or keeper shall forthwith secure a substitute tag from the town or city clerk. Any person may bring from another state any dog licensed under the laws thereof and keep such dog in this commonwealth not exceeding 30 days, without licensing.
A person who after April first in any year becomes the owner or keeper of a dog which is not duly licensed, and the owner or keeper of a dog when it becomes three months old after March thirty-first in any year, shall cause it to be reg- istered, numbered, described, licensed, collared or harnessed and tagged as required by section one hundred and thirty- seven. A person who after April first in any year becomes the owner or keeper of a dog which is duly licensed in the town where kept shall forthwith give notice in writing to the clerk of such town or if kept in Boston, to the Police Commissioner, that he has become such owner or keeper, and said clerk or said police commissioner, as the case may be shall change the record of such license to show the name and address of the new owner or keeper.
The fee for every license (except as otherwise provid-
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ed) shall be $2.00 for a male dog and $5.00 for a female. If a female dog has been spayed, such dog can be licensed for $2.00 providing a proper certificate from a registered veter- inarian is filed with the clerk.
Whosoever violates the provisions of the dog law shall be liable to a fine of not more than $15.00.
The Board of Health is required to furnish anti-rabic vaccine free of charge, and treatment of persons.
A dog license is valid throughout the state. In case of permanent removal to another town, the dog must be licensed within thirty days in such town.
The assessors shall annually take a list of all owners or keepers of dogs. An owner or keeper who gives false in- formation to assessors is liable to a fine of not less than $10.
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