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Value of personal property, April 1, 1928. 641,969.00
Supplementary valuation December 10 to 20, 1928
1,850.00
Total valuation, April 1, 1928. $3,301,354.00
Total valuation, April 1, 1927
3,147,719.00
Gain in valuation
Poll tax, $2.00.
Tax rate for 1928, $34.00 on $1,000.00.
Tax Levy for 1928
State Tax
$ 3,910.00
State Highway Tax
717.71
Auditing Town Accounts
4,117.06
County Hospital Tax
507.17
Town Appropriations :
For Schools
1,200.00
Foster School Loan and Interest, 4th Payment
3,114.00
North School Loan, 1st Payment
3,000.00
Highways
Cinders or Gravel for Highways
2,500.00
Oil or Other Binder
2,500.00
Repairs on Andover Street
500.00
Repairs on East Street
1,424.28
Unpaid bills for 1927 (Highways)
2,556.25
Tractor and Plow Loan
2,000.00
Trucks for Highways
7,500.00
Street Lighting
1,000.00
Street Lighting Extension
1,200.00
Incidentals
750.00
Library
1,700.00
Police
750.00
Stationery and Printing
700.00
Board of Health
2,550.00
Salaries
1,237.20
County Tax
50,730.00
Vocational Schools
12,000.00
500.00
153,635.00
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Parks and Commons
300.00
Tree Warden
250.00
Dept. of Public Welfare
4,000.00
Fire Department
3,000.00
Town Hall Maintenance
3,300.00
Town Hall Loan and Interest, 9th Payment
4,380.00
Assessors
1,650.00
Inspection of Meat and Animals
750.00
Aid, State and Military
800.00
Interest on Loans
2,800.00
Collection of Taxes
2,000.00
Memorial Day
225.00
Demonstration of Agriculture
150.00
Heating Legion Hall
500.00
Cutting Brush +
1,000.00
Estate of two Wilmington Firemen
2,000.00
Deficit Revenue for 1927
7,433.47
Total Appropriations
$ 143,202.14
Overlays for 1928
1,799.80
Total Amount Raised
$ 145,001.94
Available Revenue
$ 31,219.91
Tax on 768 Polls
1,536.00
Tax on Real and Personal Property
112,246.03
$ 145,001.94
Table of Aggregates
Number of Acres of Land
12,025 42
Houses
980
Horses
142
Cows
-712
Swine
215
Neat Cattle
40
Fowls
10,305
Sheep
5
Tax Payers
Residents
788
Non-Residents
1580
Poll Tax only
242
Total
2610
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Exempted Property
First Congregational Church, Land and Buildings $ 50,500.00 First Baptist Society, Land and Buildings 11,900.00
Oblate Fathers, O. M. I., Land and Buildings 33,400.00 St. Peter and St. Paul Society, Land 250.00
South Tewksbury M. E. Mission, Land and Buildings
5,500.00
Catholic Literary Association, Land and Buildings
2,250.00
Silver Lake Evangelical Association, Land and Buildings Pine Hill Cemetery, Land
500.00
Tewksbury Cemetery Corp. Inc., Land and Buildings
11,400.00
Norwegian Home and Charitable Association, Land 100.00
Total
$ 127,900.00
State Property Exempt
State Infirmary, Buildings
$1,959,785.00
State Infirmary, Personal Property
478,263.00
Total
$2,438,048.00
Town Property Exempt
School Buildings and Land
$ 90,000.00
Personal Property, School Dept.
5,300.00
Public Library 11,000.00
Cemeteries
2,000.00
Highway Dept., Buildings and Land
2,500.00
Highway Dept., Personal Property
9,000.00
Highway Dept., Gravel Land
550.00
Public Scales
1,500.00
Sealer of Weights, Equipment
1,500.00
Public Parks
3,500.00
Fire Dept., Buildings and Land
1,200.00
Fire Dept., Personal Property
10,000.00
Town Hall, Buildings and Land
84,000.00
Town Hall, Personal Property
4,500.00
Moth Dept., Building
2,500.00
Moth Dept., Personal Property
2,000.00
Total
$ 231,050.00
Respectfully submitted,
BUZZELL KING ALBION L. FELKER JAMES W. MILLER
Assessors of Tewksbury
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12,100.00
AUDITOR'S REPORT
HIGHWAYS
Appropriation ·
$ 12,000.00
Allotment by State 5,500.00
$ 17,500.00
Expenditures Labor, teams & trucks
Edward J. Walsh, superintendent $ 1,456.10
Roland Robinson, teamster
1,119.64
James Manley, chauffeur
1,055.14
Everett Haines, chauffeur
1,034.51
Thomas Sullivan, labor
881.50
John Brown labor
$
918.50
Deward Monty, labor
871.75
Percy Haines, labor
9.00
Edward R. Poore, labor
428.25
Alton Parker, labor
497.75
Frank Goodwin, chauffeur
13.81
Daniel Sterling, chauffeur
413.82
James Bancroft, labor
43.75
George Gale, labor
20.00
Warner Bancroft, labor
13.25
Nelson Brown, labor
17.00
Edward J. Walsh, carfares & expenses in Boston 15.57
Fred Garlick, truck
1,348.75
W. H. Rice, gravel 15.75
James Chambers, gravel
120.25
Trimount Oil Co., cold patch & road oil ..
876.10
Albert C. Taylor, engineer
158.00
George E. Marshall Estate, gravel
389.75
Osterman Coal Co., coal for steam roller 56.54
Charles Hambley, engineer 8.00
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Bell-ton Block Co., sand 21.15
Warren Caldwell, gravel 2.25
Berger Mfg. Co., culvert pipe 356.43
Joseph Mullen, water for steam roller 2.00
Laura F. Duclos, gravel
136.25
Thomas Sawyer, breaking roads
30.25
Haines & Son, breaking roads
14.00
I. F. French, breaking roads
4.00
A. L. Felker, breaking roads 4.00
Thomas P. Sawyer, use of truck 940.05
$ 13,292.86
Trucks, Tractors and Snow-plows
Tewksbury Garage, gasoline, oil & repairs .. $ 684.07
tires & chains 161.75
storage of trucks & tractors 195.00
P. J. Roux, repairing tractors 13.30
Mead Morrison Mfg. Co., repairs for tractor ..
342.32
Osterman Coal Co., oil
27.84
A. B. Moore, gasoline 2.30
Post Office Garage, Chevrolet ton truck .. 937.00
repairs
20.85
J. L. Fleming, fire insurance on trucks & tractors
113.26
public liability on trucks 20.64
North Tewksbury Garage, gasoline
3.60
Acme Welding Works, repairs 2.00
Ganley's Express, cartage
.35
-$ 2,524.28
Hay and Grain
A. B. Moore, feed 471.92
Fred Scarlet, hay 312.00
- -$ 783.92
Shoeing and Repairing
P. J. Roux $ 220.73
Tools, Supplies & Other Expenses
Fred C. Church, premium on employees'
insurance
$
170.69
J. L. Fleming, insurance on tractors 23.68
Wm. I. Bailey, paid for registration of tractors 4.00
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C. B. Coburn Co., supplies 4.12
Wm. I. Bailey, use of phone
25.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone 52.20
Dana R. Perkins, plan of Bay State road 20.00
Pickups Express, cartage
.50
Amasa Pratt Co., lumber
103.16
Bartlett & Dow Co., tools & supplies
120.05
C. B. Coburn Co., creosote
7.20
Donovan Harness Co., supplies
33.05
Fairgrieve & Co., roofing paper
2.40
Larkin Chandler, shovels
8.55 -
Lowell Electric Light Corp, electricity 5.67
Courier Citizen Newspaper Co., advertising sale of horses 5.88
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., parts for grader 33.70
Dominion Signal Co., warning signal
25.65
Ganley's Express Co., cartage
.40
American Express Co., express
3.57
Middlesex Machine Co., pipe
1.25
Louis Marion, filing saws
1.10
Ervin E. Smith, level
3.00
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., supplies
5.08
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., railroad signs ..
15.00
Boston, Lowell, Manchester & Concord
Express Co., cartage 3.30
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$ 678.20
Total
$ 17,499.99
Appropriation $ 17,500.00
Expended/ 17,499.99
Unexpended $ .01
REPAIRS ON ANDOVER STREET HIGHWAYS
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Allotment by State
500.00
Allotment by County
500.00
$ 1,500.00
Expenditures
Trimount Oil Co., tarco cold patch $ 99.90
Antonio Pallotto, crushed stone 71.93
Thomas Sullivan, labor 72.00
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Edward E. Poore, labor 182.50
Daniel Sterling, chauffeur
52.00
Amasa Pratt Co., lumber 30.58
Fred Garlick, trucking 247.00
John Brown, labor
120.00
Alton N. Parker, labor
45.25
Edward J. Walsh, supt.
35.00
Roland Robinson, operator
104.00
James Manley, chauffeur
26.00
Everett Haines, chauffeur
78.00
Deward Monty, labor
24.00
James Bancroft, labor
25.50
George Gale, labor
24.00
Ernest Treadwell, labor
8.50
Thomas P. Sawyer, trucking
155.63
Mrs. Alice Gay, gravel
66.00
Warner Bancroft, labor
31.00
A. B. Moore, spikes for guard rail
1.21
-$
1,500.00
REPAIRS TO EAST STREET
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Allotment by State
500.00
Allotment by County
500.00
-$
1,500.00
Expenditures
S. L. Kinnear & Co., lumber & lag screws .... $ 2.08
Thomas Sullivan, labor
132.00
John Brown, labor
84.00
Deward Monty, labor
96.00
Edward E. Poore, labor
72.00
Thomas P. Sawyer, truck
169.38
Fred Garlick, truck
284.00
Edward Walsh, superintendent
122.50
Daniel Sterling, chauffeur
52.00
James Chambers, gravel
22.75
Everett Haines, chauffeur
67.43
Alton Parker, labor
60.00
George Gale, labor
39.25
Roland Robinson, operator
26.00
James Manley, chauffeur 67.43
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James Bancroft, labor
20.75
Wm. Livingston, labor
20.75
Nelson Brown, labor
24.00
Mrs. Alice Gay, gravel
91.25
Osterman Coal Co., cement
.93
Laura F. Duclos, gravel
37.00
Warren Bancroft, labor
8.50
1,500.00
OIL OR OTHER BINDER
Appropriation
2,500.00
Expenditures
Trimount Oil Co., road oil $ 2,242.91
Solvay Sales Corp., calcium chloride
175.68
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
80.63
-$
2,499.22
Unexpended
$
.78
CINDERS OR GRAVEL
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Expenditures
Edward J. Walsh, supt.
$ 227.50
Roland Robinson, operator
157.08
James Manley, chauffeur
202.30
Everett Haines, chauffeur
152.20
Daniel Sterling, chauffeur
212.60
John Brown, labor
60.00
Thomas Sullivan, labor
103.75
Deward Monty, labor
120.00
Edward E. Poore, labor
102.75
Alton N. Parker, labor
156.00
James Bancroft, labor
195.00
George Gale, labor
162.50
George Robinson, labor
32.50
Thomas P. Sawyer, truck
268.76
Fred Garlick, truck
220.00
Wm. Livingston, labor
8.50
Ernest Treadwell, labor
19.75
Nelson J. Brown, labor
63.50
Warner Bancroft, labor
35.25
-$
2,499.94
Unexpended $ .06
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PURCHASE OF TWO TRUCKS
Appropriation $ 2,000.00
Expenditures
Post Office Garage, 2 Chevrolet 1-ton trucks
spare tires and number plates. $ 1,962.00
P. J. Roux, labor & lettering trucks 21.52
Tewksbury Garage, mirror, windshield
wiper, etc. 16.20
-$ 1,999.72
Unexpended
.28
HIGHWAY BILLS CONTRACTED IN 1927
Appropriation $ 1,068.60
Expenditures
Edward J. Walsh, supt. $ 59.80
Roland Robinson, teamster
87.00
James Manley, teamster 84.00
Everett Haines, chauffeur
44.41
John Brown, labor
36.00
Thomas Sullivan, labor
36.00
Deward Monty, labor
36.00
Antonio Pallotto, crushed stone
73.25
P. J. Roux, shoeing & repairing
156.35
Fred Garlick, hauling crushed stone
3.75
James Chambers, gravel
15.50
C. B. Coburn Co., paint & supplies
20.50
Wilbur Foss, lettering signs
15.10
Dyar Sales Machinery Co., blade for mold-board
10.50
Meade, Morrison Mfg. Co., repairs for tractor
156.97
Conlon Bros., carting mold-board
1.00
North Tewksbury Garage, gasoline,
oil & wrenches
11.60
Tewksbury Garage, supplies & storage on tractors
160.50
Burnham & Davis Lumber Co., lumber
24.57
$
1,032.80
Unexpended
$ 35.80
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CUTTING BRUSH
$ 1,000.00
Expenditures
Harris M .. Briggs, labor $ 349.52
Harris M. Briggs, telephone calls
2.25
Nelson J. Brown, labor
324.00
George A. Gale, labor
36.00
Harris M. Briggs, Jr., labor
8.00
Thompson Hardware Co., supplies
20.85
Carl A. Peterson, labor
24.00_ *
Thomas P. Sawyer, with horses & mowing-machine
80.00
Patrick Goggin, labor
114.00
William Livingstone, labor
38.00
$
996.62
Unexpended
$
3.38
SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$ 50,730.00
Expenditures Teachers
Ethelyn Howard
$ 1,805.00
Marguerite Benson
858.00
Elizabeth Flynn
1,405.00
Ruth Piper
1,287.00
Marion Piper
1,092.50
Dorothy Dickinson
1,306.00
Sarah O'Brien
1,040.50
Margaret Flynn
1,040.50
Nettie L. Eagles
1,382.50
Elsie Hicks
817.25
Miriam Wiggin
1,100.00
Ruth Tingley
1,045.00
Eva Hersey
1,100.00
Anna Sullivan
988.00
Bernice McCann
940.50
Isabel Gregory
559.50
Mary Brackett
252.00
Christine Young
168.00
Lena Coburn
280.00
George Robeson
144.00
Beulah Paine
150.00
Appropriation
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Orpha Fox 6.00
Bertha McElroy
30.00
325.00
Hazel Young Raymond Norton
60.00
-$ 19,182.25
Fuel and Janitor
George Garland, janitor $ 1,435.00
Dawson Purdy, janitor
792.00
Irvin Bailey, janitor
690.00
Mrs. M. Anderson, janitor
440.00
Frank Whittet, janitor 378.00
Lowell Gas Light Co., gas
33.23
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity
145.30
C. B. Coburn Co., supplies
11.85
Osterman Coal Co., coal
1,426.66
George Trull, wood
108.00
State Prison, brushes
26.49
-$ 5,486.53
Transportation
James Manley, driving barge $ 1,000.00
Asahel Jewell, driving barge 1,000.00
Omer Blanchard, driving barge 480.00
Samuel Brownstein, driving barge
180.00
Wm. H. Powell, driving barge
63.00
Charles W. Knox, premium on bus insurance 65.51
J. L. Fleming, premium on insurance
for barge 38.00
Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., pupils' tickets ..
2,520.00
Cantor & Co., premium on Ford truck used for transportation 61.02
Thomas Porterfield, driving barge
30.00
Town of Billerica
Transportation of Marjorie Wescot
60.00
Gladys Ridlon
60.00
Palmer Holt
60.00
Harry Johnson
60.00
William Johnson
60.00
-$ 5,737.53
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Reimbursements for car tickets:
Osias Abrams $ 68.80
Gilbert Ackroyd 37.20
Joseph Aubut 34.60
Robert Baron
72.00
Harry Blair 68.00
Omer Blanchard 17.50
W. E. Briggs
15.20
William Bolton 17.30
Harris M. Briggs 37.20
Michael Bucuvalas
27.40
Walter Byron 72.80
Louis Chase 66.00
John E. Colby 36.80
James Clancy
31.00
Stanley Cislauyeis+ 48.00
18.10
James Crosby
36.00
Frank Cuccoli
68.80
Edwin C. Darby
36.80
Thomas W. Davies 35.40
Martin Flaherty
36.40
James C. Fletcher
33.40
Mrs. W. H. Colby
31.40
Thomas Flynn 37.00
Mrs. Chester Roper
35.20
Anthony Furtado
37.00
John Gale 73.80
Wm. Gelinas
18.30
Apostolas Geogoumetros
18.60
Antigone Gineires
17.90
Frank Guyer
35.00
Bernard Greene
35.60
Louis Haas
66.40
. Alden Haines 32.80
Hector Jackson
17.80
R. W. Johnson
18.30
Joseph Jordan
65.80
George Kaulin 69.60
Anthony G. Kelley 36.00
Mrs. Alice King 35.00
E. H. King 36.20
Sotiras Kokinacis
59.70
Frank Livingston
63.80
Louis J. Cote
25
John Katsirebas 5.40
Harold C. Livingston
15.20
M. P. Mahoney 37.00
Harry Mann 36.20
Louis Marion
34.20
Frank Marr
27.60
Mrs. Jennie McCoy
34.40
D. A. MacKillop
29.40
Lindsay Meister
71.60
Dennis O'Connell
64.80
Elmer Olson
17.90
Patrick O'Neil
129.20
Joseph Parker
70.40
Judson Parsons
17.00
George A. Peirce
74.00
Edward R. Penney
18.30
John Peterson
72.80
Leonard Pineau
17.60
Harry Ramsbotham
34.60
Zepher Sawyer
207.20
Louis E. Small
108.40
Henry Sparks
65.20
Harry Suslovitch
36.60
Mrs. Rena Trull
18.00
Jesse Trull
18.50
Jacob Wener
66.40
Mrs. Clarence Foster
2.00
Amelia Jackson
18.40
Ralph Sowitzky
30.80
Mrs. Ida J. Hedstrom
2.40
Fred W. Garland, transporting 4 children ..
72.50
$ 8,947.83
Supervision
Charles L. Randall $ 1,225.20
Books and Supplles
A. G. Pollard Co., supplies 94.58
Ervin E. Smith Co., supplies 47.02
F. W. Baldwin, supplies 1.10
Frye & Crawford Drug Co., supplies
30.56
F. J. Fleming Est., supplies 72.50
Burnham & Davis Lumber Co., lumber
8.35
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies 768.29
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G. C. Prince & Son, supplies 5.65
Pratt & Forrest Co., lumber 38.04
Oliver Ditson Co., music books 13.69
C. B. Coburn Co., supplies 6.49
Dickerman & McQuade Co., supplies
7.20
Houghton-Mifflin Co., books 31.65
Charles Scribner's Sons, books
24.84
Scott, Foresman & Co., books 41.81
Arlo Publishing Co., books 16.85
Ginn & Co., books 152.51
Edward E. Babb & Co., books
242.97
W. F. Quarrie & Co., books
51.00
Hall & McCreary Co., books 7.50
J. B. Taylor, books
18.56
Row, Peterson & Co., books
5.98
Milton Bradley Co .; books
12.53
F. M. Ambrose Co., books 70.77
American Book Co., books 40.85
Longmans, Green & Co., books 13.53
The MacMillan Co., books
41.00
G. & C. Merrimac & Co., books 16.00
Jacobus School Products Co., books 20.03
A. B. Moore, supplies
93.64
H. I. Dallman Co., supplies
8.08
Lull & Hartford Co., supplies
2.34
Balfe Service Co., binding books
32.90
The Texas Co., supplies
9.00
Adams Hardware Co., supplies 10.68
Thompson Hardware Co., floor brushes
6.00
Reformatory for Women, flags 17.90
Bon Marche Dry Goods Co., supplies 31.59
The Robertson Co., supplies 42.48
The George F. Cram Co., supplies
14.26 $ 2,170.72
School Houses
A. P. Norris, repairs & material $ 109.83
Adams & Co., curtain rollers & shades 4.25
Bertram Neild, repairing pump 7.91
M. E. Haines, making irons for door 1.25
The Robertson Co., chairs & desks
535.11
W. J. Bolton, labor & material 306.95
Bennett Bros Co., repairs to pump & parts. ...
36.99
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Boston & Maine R.R., rent of drain pipe privilege 5.00
Lowell Electric Light Corp., Westinghouse iron 3.95
W. C. Hinckley, repairs 69.78
W. A. Mack Co., repairs 49.55
John H. Siefer, two new clocks & repairs on old clocks 37.50
B. F. Crosby & Co., repairs
18.95
Pratt & Forrest Co., lumber
17.42
Winthrop S. Boutwell, labor
16.00
Craig & Mclaughlin, repairs & flue brushes .. Oscar Fellows, repairs
50.00
A. S. Briggs, repairs
85.50
Henry T. Carpenter, electric fixtures & labor 107.00
Emma E. Ayer, grading lawn
155.00
Harris M. Briggs, labor
22.75
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
.94
Massachusetts Reformatory, chairs
46.00
$
1,842.74
Tuition
Town of Billerica $ 414.00
City of Lowell
7,592.90
City of Cambridge
3.72
-$ 8,010.62
Massachusetts School Fund
Massachusetts Board of Retirement $ 693.00 .........
Miscellaneous
Zeipher Sawyer, storage town sleigh barge .. $ 24.00
George Robinson, labor
47.50
Janet DeLornie, clerical work 3.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone ...
72.36
Mrs. May Larrabee, filling educational certificates 7.00
Mt. Pleasant Spring Water Co.,
38.50
F. H. Garlick, trucking
43.75
A. F. Anderson & Sons, milk
11.96
J. L. Fleming, premium on insurance
1,025.31
C. L. Randall, district expenses 86.73
Nelson Huntley, filling in diplomas 11.00
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155.11
A. B. Moore, wire fence & staples 50.30
William I. Bailey, labor 25.50
Charles W. Dorr, programs & tickets 7.00
Aaron Osterman, water furnished West school 1926 and 1927 24.00
Lowell Courier Citizen Newspaper Co., advertising 2.00
Harry C. Dawson, traffic duty at Foster School 128.00
H. L. Trull, paid for framing certificate & postage 2.25
Francis S. Whittet, labor 3.00
Commissioner of Public Safety,
inspection of boiler 5.00
Purity Spring Water, Co., water
21.00
Balfe Service Co., printing 7.50
Tree Warden Department, pruning trees ...
16.00
Richard A. O' Connell, rent of grand piano ..
10.00
Mrs. M. L. Larrabee, paid for cleaning Foster School kitchen 3.00
A. J. Fairgrieve, premium on insurance. 29.90
Mrs. E. P. Maclaren, taking school census .. 30.00 $ 1,735.56
School Nurse
Mrs. E. P. Maclaren, services $ 1,012.50
Transporting children to clinics & for treatment 71.50
Expenses to N. E. Health Conference,
Burlington, Vt. 25.01
$ 1,109.01
:
Medical Inspection
H. M. Larrabee, school physician
$ 200.00
Total
$ 50,603.46
Appropriation
$ 50,730.00
Total Expenditures
50,603.46
Unexpended
$ 126.54
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$
1,200.00
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Expenditures
City of Lowell, tuition $ 1,047.80
Reimbursement for car tickets 102.20
Lynn Independent Industrial Shoemaking School, tuition 50.00
1,200.00
Unpaid bills:
City of Lowell, tuition $ 393.42
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation $ 4,000.00
Expenditures
Paid out for support of public welfare
cases
3,923.28
Unexpended
$ 76.72
STATE AID
Appropriation
$ 800.00
Paid out for aid
778.50
Unexpended
$ 21.50
STATIONERY AND PRINTING
Appropriation
.... 750.00
Expenditures
A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps & envelopes $ 91.12
Edith Foristall, advertising
19.60
Balfe Service Co., printing
404.50
Wm. Speke & Co., printing ballots
48.50
Mrs. Harry Dawson, advertising
44.46
G. C. Prince & Son, supplies
16.55
P. B. Murphy, dog blanks
2.50
Hobbs & Warren Co., license blanks
5.74
Sullivan Bros., check lists
46.00
$ 678.97
Unexpended
$ 71.03
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SALARIES
Appropriation $ 2,550.00
Expenditures
Dennis J. O'Connell, registrar of voters $ 12.50
Martin Flaherty, registrar of voters 67.50
Jesse French, election officer 5.00
George McCoy, election officer
22.50
Percy Haines, election officer 22.50
Arthur A. Foster, school committee
75.00
Eugene N. Patterson, town treasurer 350.00
Harry C. Dawson, town clerk 200.00
John E. Strickwald, election officer 17.50
Austin French, election officer
17.50
Robert E. Gay, town auditor
350.00
Irving F. French, selectman, B of H. &
Public Welfare 300.00
William H. Kelley, selectman, B. of H. &
Public Welfare
250.00
Joseph W. Jordan, selectman, B. of H. & Public Welfare
250.00
John T. Gale, road commissioner
100.00
Wm I. Bailey, road commissioner
100.00
A. H. Jewell, road commissioner
100.00
Herbert L. Trull, school committee
75.00
May L. Larrabee, school committee
75.00
E. H. King, board of registrars
25.00
Philip M. Battles, board of registrars 25.00
Harry C. Dawson, clerk, board of registrars
30.00
Unexpended
$ 2,470.00 1 $ 80.00
LIBRARY
$ 750.00
Dog Tax, 1927
645.71
Appropriation
$1,395.71
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Expenditures
DeWolfe & Fisk Co., books $ 750.56
Ephraim Hedstrom, asst. librarian 9.25
Alice L. King, asst. librarian 12.00
Kate Folsom, expenses to Boston 33.00
Abbie M. Blaisdell, librarian
200.00
Wesley Baron, asst. librarian 73.75
Maud B. Gray, subscriptions to magazines ...
51.75
Sullivan Bros., rules & regulations
16.50
Remington Rand Business Service, supplies ..
12.23
Blanche King, asst. librarian
88.00
Kathleen Gray, story telling
10.00
Louis Marion, boxes
7.00
Edgar Smith, transporting books
94.00
Abbie M. Blaisdell, expenses to Dracut conference
2.00
George K. James, transporting express
4.00
$1,364.04
Unexpended
$ 31.67
INCIDENTALS
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp., lighting band
stand and Christmas tree 18.42
$
Irving French, carfares to Boston 6.00
Dr. Samuel A. Dibbins, reporting births 1.00
Harry C. Dawson, recording births, deaths and marriages 90.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 254.91
Dr. James F. Gaffney, reporting births
.50
Dr. Daniel T. Buzzell, reporting births
.25
Fred C. Church Co., premium on treasurer's bond 67.50
A. J. Fairgrieve, rent of P. O. box
.70
1
Appleton Safe Deposit Vault, rent 5.00
Director of Accounts, approval of notes. 22.00
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Alleń Doane & Co., supplies for sealer of weights and measures 6.00
F. C. Church & Co., premium on sealer's equipment 29.76
Lull & Hartford, changing combination on safe 5.00
Dr. M. A. Buck, reporting births 1.25
A. J. Fairgrieve, premium on town clerk's bond 5.00
Dooley Sign Co., card sign
.50
Mrs. Albert Trull, rent of scale site
25.00
Harry P. Chadwick, refund on invalid sale of tax title land purchased 3-30-25. 72.75
Adolph A. Brand, illegal sale of taxes 124.96
Tewksbury Cemetery Corp., care of town lot and tomb 12.00
John Gale, care of soldiers' lots, 1928
25.00
Hugh Cameron, sealer of weights and measures 125.00
Middlesex No. District Registry, recording deeds
134.60
Benjamin Buck, fish and game warden
50.00
Eugene N. Patterson, carfares 8.55
Harry C. Dawson, Justice of Peace
10.00
Harry C. Dawson, destroying dogs
22.00
George H. Brown, care So Tewksbury
Cemetery
26.00
Qua, Howard & Rogers, legal services 49.85
$1,200.00
Unpaid bills: Qua, Howard & Rogers,
legal services $ 101.70
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$ 700.00
Expenditures
Dr. Edward J. O'Donoghue, laboratory work 74.00
F. & E. Bailey & Co., supplies 1 18.00
Dooley Sign Co., painting sign 9.00
Dr. H. M. Larabee, professional services. 307.00
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Mrs. Emma P. Maclaren, assisting Dr. Larrabee during scarlet fever epidemic 20.00
Dr. Alfred J. Roach, assisting Dr. Larrabee during diphtheria epidemic 30.00
J. H. Sparks, ambulance service 10.00
468.00
Unexpended $ 232.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation $ 225.00
Expenditures
Bon Marche Dry Goods Co., flags $ 10.00
Florence Crawford, violinist 5.00
Etta Thompson, soloist 5.00
Thomas H. McGowan, orator
15.00
Butterfield Printing Co., programs 7.00
Lowell Brass Band, services
125.00
Ladies' Aid Society, dinner
58.00
$ 225.00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation $ 7,500.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp. $ 7,342.93
Unexpended
$ 157.07
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$
3,300.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity
$
284.13
W. J. Robinson, labor and material.
55.95
Eugene N. Patterson, janitor 1,200.00
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Eugene N. Patterson, paid for keys.
.60
Lowell Gas Light Co., gas 23.98
A. F. French & Co., 2 rolls white paper. 27.30
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones ... 123.52
Derby Electric Motors Co., lamps
9.60
G. C. Prince & Son, supplies 6.95
Commissioner of Public Safety, inspection of boilers 10.00
Francis S. Whittet, repairs
10.00
Fred A. Dugan, sharpening lawn-mower 1.25.'
Bartlett & Dow Co., lawn-mower
15.00
F. & E. Check Writer Sales Co., check writer 85.00
Thompson Hardware Co., paint
14.29
Osterman Coal Co., coal
1,080.00
A. P. Norris, labor and material 14.89
A. B. Moore, supplies 5.15
Osterman Coal Co., cement for Legion Hall
14.15
C. B. Coburn Co., supplies
2.24
A. S. Haines, extending grating at treasurer's office 25.00
John F. Seifer, repairing clock
6.00
Bennett Bros. Co., repairing pump
3.20
Lull & Hartford Co., changing combination on safe 5.40
F. I. Carter & Sons, wood
4.50
J. M. Richards, electrical repairs
6.75
A. J. Fairgrieve, supplies 1.72
Ira S. Noyes, disinfectant
1.50
$ 3,038.07
Unexpended
$ 261.93
GENERAL
Central Savings Bank, paid notes 51, 54, 56,
57, 59, 60, 66 $ 92,000.00
National Bank tax 1923 52
County treasurer, county tax 4,117.06
County Treasurer, maintenance of tuber-
culosis patients in Middlesex County 507.17
Commonwealth of Mass., state tax
3,910.00
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Commonwealth of Mass., auditing municipal accounts 717.71
Commonwealth of Mass., repairs to state highway 1,237.20 Director of Accounts, approval of notes .. 2.00
$102,491.66
MOTH ACCOUNT
Balance Jan 1., 1928 $ 1,124.27
Expenditures
Harris M. Briggs, Jr., labor $ 494.00
Chester Sweatt, labor 64.00
Harris M. Briggs, labor
435.71
Nelson J. Brown, labor
198.00
George Gale, labor
160.00
Fairgrieve & Co., batteries
3.33
A. H. Jewell, use of horse
35.00
Harris M. Briggs, paid express & telephone calls
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