Town of Tewksbury annual report 1926-1932, Part 37

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
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12.68


Walter W. Lavelle, repairs on boilers


8.09


Derby Electric Motors Co., lamps, etc.


8.36


Osterman Coal Co., coal


388.57


C. W. Jamison, New England map


4.90


F. W. Woolworth Co., spoons & dish towels


7.20


Middlesex Co. House of Correction, brush mat


7.82


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., supplies


28.50


Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co., dishes


106.62 $ 3,874.26


Unexpended


$ 625.74


GENERAL


Central Savings Bank, paid notes nos. 83, 85,


89, 94, 95, 96, 97


$115,000.00


Middlesex County Treasurer, county tax


5,465.36


Care of Tuberculosis patients


716.76


Commonwealth of Mass. special State tax


917.00


State tax


5,460.00


auditing municipal account


917.22


penalty for failure to make returns


3.00


hospital or home care for Civil War vet- erans


60.00


State parks & reservations


10.59


County Treasurer, dog license fees


430.80


$128,980.73


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MOTH ACCOUNT


Appropriation


$


800.00


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, Jr., labor


$ 64.00


Harris M. Briggs, labor


655.21


Benjamin Buck, labor


32.00


Bartlett & Dow Co., creosote


2.00


Daniel Sheehan, use of team


8.00


Tewksbury Garage, grease


1.00


C. B. Coburn Co., arsenate of lead


14.40


C. S. Baker, M. D., medical attention


11.00


A. B. Moore, gasoline & oil


12.20


$ 799.81


Unexpended


$ .19


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


$ 500.00


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, labor


$ 371.15


Harris M. Briggs, Jr., labor


60.00


Benjamin, Buck, labor


40.00


Harris M. Briggs, telephone


5.35


A. B. Moore, supplies


2.60


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools


20.14


Harry Gonzales, keys


.70


$ 499.94


Unexpended


$ .06


INTEREST


Appropriation


$ 3.500.00


Transferred from Vocational School by vote,


December 28, 1932


300.00


$ 3,800.00


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos. 83, 85, 88, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97


$ 3,756.02


Unexpended


$ 43.98


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POLICE


Appropriation


$ 1,800.00


Expenditures


Anthony G. Kelley, services


$ 437.50


A. H. Jewell, services


216.50


Cyril Barker, services


202.50


George E. Hamilton, services


3.20


Warner Bancroft, services


402.00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


68.99


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


3.74


City of Lowell, use of jail


7.50


Chester E. Burgess, services


105.75


George K. James, services


9.00


City of Lowell, use of ambulance


5.00


-


$ 1,461.68


Unexpended


$ 338.32


PARKS AND COMMONS


Appropriation


$ 250.00


Expenditures


Lowell Electric Light Corp., lighting band stand $ 40.77


Derby Electric Motors Co., colored bulbs 4.05


Robert W. Wolf, painting flag pole


35.00


Fred Dagau, sharpening mowers


3.75


Bartlett & Dow Co., grass seed


4.00


C. B. Coburn Co., paint


7.76


A. B. Moore, supplies


16.43


Harris M. Briggs, care of flag


25.00


Harris M. Briggs, care of Common


65.00


$ 201.76


Unexpended


$ 48.24


FIRE DEPARTMENT


$ 3,500.00


Appropriation


Expenditures


A. S. Haines, chief $ 1,237.50


North Tewksbury Garage, storage 26.65


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North Tewksbury Garage, oil, labor & parts 50.39


E. A. Wilson Co., coal 52.50


Walter E. Buckle, premium on policy covering firemen


187.50


Tewksbury Garage, use of garage and parts


3.15


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


157.60


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


56.01


Daniel E. McQuade, parts


14.31


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies


45.48


E. S. Haines, labor on truck and hose


37.00


Wm. I. Bailey, supplies


69.50


Leo Paquette, Reo truck


75.00


Lowell Iron & Steel Co., iron


11.99


Standard Oil Co., gasoline


2.98


American Fire Equipment Co., supplies and repairs 89.48


Burnham & Davis Co., lumber


26.54


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


78.05


Sears, Roebuck & Co., rubber boots


31.45


Samuel Brownstein, pail & cups


.30


Harry L. Gerstenberger, first aid supplies


2.75


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


24.49


Wilbur K. Foss, lettering truck


2.00


Town of Wilmington, rent of 3 hydrants


120.00


Lowell General Hospital, X-Ray pictures


6.00


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools


3.20


Fairview Garage, gasoline, repairs & rent


2.45


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., letter files


.50


Derby Electric Motors Co., brushes


1.80


Howard, Rogers & Sherburne, legal advice


2.00


Daniel Sterling, range oil


7.02


$ 2,425.77


LABOR AT FIRES


E. S. Haines


$ 84.53


James Bancroft


40.53


Wm. R. Millett


98.80


Wm. I. Bailey


25.26


Homer L. Darby


75.64


Andrew Kohanski


23.64


Charles Bowden


44.66


Frank Goodwin


61.66


George K. James


107.76


Clifford Edgecomb


49.40


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John Cummings


43.25


Fred Flaherty


2.25


James Flaherty


2.25


Albert Bancroft


53.76


Harold W. Mills


81.90


Ross E. Sargent


15.87


L. H. Amiot


2.88


Wallace Farwell


1.00


Daniel Sterling


36.27


Arthur Tremblay


20.85


Lyle R. Holt


55.70


Omer N. Blanchard


15.25


George Garland


55.60


James W. Roberts


21.70


Edward J. Walsh


12.63


Raymond T. McCoy


5.00


H. H. Kinney


5.00


Edward H. Smith


4.50


John Carter


13.39


Walter Pillsbury


2.50


Chester Burgess


2.89


$ 1,066.32


Total


$ 3,492.09


Unexpended


$ 7.91


PORTABLE FOREST FIRE PUMP


Appropriation


$ 750.00


Expenditures


American Fire Equipment Co., Barton Portable


Forest Fire Pump


$ 650.00


3 10-ft. lengths suction hose


45.00


3 sets 2-inch couplings


13.50


$ 708.50


Express


$ 4.26


$ 712.76


Unexpended


$ 37.24


Appropriation


:


PURCHASE OF 1 1-2 INCH FIRE HOSE $ 1,350.00


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Expenditures


American Fire Equipment Co., 3,000 feet 1 1-2-inch Goodrich Single Jacket Cotton, Rubber lined fire hose $ 1,350.00


ASSESSORS


Appropriation


$ 1,620.00


Expenditures


A. J. Fairgrieve, envelopes & stamps $ 12.98


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


45.61


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., abatement book


3.75


George A. Marshall, services


10.50


The Daval Printing Co., supplies


13.50


Buzzell King, services


537.25


Albion Felker, services


204.75


Albion Felker, use of automobile


93.00


Mark McCann, services


511.00


Mark McCann, use of automobile


3.00


Gertrude B. Sweeney, making out transfer cards


62.88


Balfe Service Co., printing


60.00


G. C. Prince & Son, office supplies


2.85


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., book


4.50


$ 1,565.57


Unexpended


$ 54.43


MOTOR EXISE TAX REFUNDS


Anstein Myhr, refund on motor excise tax $ 1.54


Roscoe H. Winters, refund on motor excise tax 6.73


Brooks Stevens, Jr., refund on motor excise tax 2.78


A. B. Moore, refund on motor excise tax


7.41


Helen L. McCoy, refund on motor excise tax


2.79


Harry L. Nash, refund on motor excise tax


4.38


James F. Lawlor, refund on motor excise tax


4.18


John T. Ryan, refund on motor excise tax


2.19


Franklin F. Spaulding, refund on motor excise tax


6.06


Earl A. Lyle, refund on motor excise tax Justin F. Fitzgerald, refund on motor excise tax Warren A. Davis, refund on motor excise tax . ....


1.90


1.65


1.29


42.90


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INSPECTION OF MEAT AND ANIMALS


Appropriation


$ 800.00


Expenditures


A. H. Jewel, inspection of barns $ 98.50


A. H. Jewel, inspection of slaughter houses 654.50


A. H. Jewel, quarantining & releasing animals 47.00


$ 800.00


COLLECTION OF TAXES AND REFUNDS


Appropriation, by vote of town $ 2,500.00


Transferred from Vocational School account,


December 28, 1932 250.00


$ 2,750.00


Expenditures


James C. Marshall, Collector, commission $ 1,642.57


James C. Marshall, envelopes 83.67


Fred C. Church, premium on collector's bond


155.00


Wm. Speke, printing excise tax bills


10.50


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies


35.85


Lowell Courier Citizen, advertising


162.50


Middlesex No. District Registry, recording col- lector's deeds 142.05


Wamesit Power Co., refund on taxes


432.40


Louis Domesick & Charles Richard, refund on property bought at tax sale 15.89


James H. Broadbent & Son, printing poll tax cards & bills 18.00


Lowell Gas Light Co., refund on taxes


44.28 $ 2,742.71


Unexpended


$ 7.29


NORTH SCHOOL LOAN PAYMENTS $ 3,135.00


Appropriation


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, interest on note no. 65 $ 135.00


paid note no. 65 3,000.00


$ 3,135.00


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FOSTER SCHOOL LOAN


Appropriation


$ 2,706.00


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos. 33,


34, 35 $ 306.00


paid note no. 33


2,400.00 $ 2,706.00


MIDDLESEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL


Appropriation


$ 2,000.00


Appropriation borrowed on notes


5,828.54


$ 7,825.54


Expenditures


Middlesex County Treasurer, town's apportion-


ment


$ 7,763.17


Unexpended


$ 62.37


FOSTER SCHOOL FUND


Central Savings Bank, interest on Fund $ 29.26


Expenditures


J. J. McManmon, bulbs, shrubs, labor & loam $


20.15


Anderson Bros., dressing


1.25


Lowell Rendering Co., fertilizer


1.86


Morse & Beals, bulbs


6.00


$ 29.26


MUNICIPAL BUILDING INSURANCE


Appropriation


$ 1,500.00


Deposits


Union Old Lowell Bank, savings dept. $ 500.00


Appleton National Bank, savings dept. 500.00


Lowell Institutions for Savings 500.00 $ 1,500.00


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CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


Receipts


Interest from the Wm Prindle Fund $ 4.00


Interest from the Martha Page Fund 12.00


Interest from the Louisa Bridge Fund 2.50


Interest from the Samuel Jaques Fund


2.50


Interest from the Jeremiah Kittredge Fund 2.50


Interest from the Peter Clark Fund


11.00


Interest from the Martha Shedd Fund


12.00


$ 46.50


Expenditures


William Pringle, care of Martha Shedd lot $ 12.00


William Pringle, care of Ebenezer Page lot 12.00


William Pringle, care of Wm. Prindle lot


4.00


William Pringle, care of Peter Clark lot


11.00


Tewksbury Cemetery Corp.,


Care of the Jeremiah Kittredge lot


2.50


Care of the Samuel Jaques lot


2.50


Care of the Thomas Bridge lot


2,50


$ 46.50


UNPAID BILLS


Appropriation


$ 1,256.74


Expenditures


City of Lowell, tuition in Day Vocational School $ 654.72


Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., pupils' tickets 20.00


A. H. Jewell, inspection of slaughter houses 41.00


C. B. Coburn Co., chemical


14.05


H. E. Fletcher, crushed stone


5.13


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone


12.50


A. S. Haines, services


45.07


Standard Oil Co., gasoline


13.60


American Fire Equipment Co., batteries


6.65


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


11.17


Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies


1.70


Frank Goodwin, labor


34.00


Harold W. Mills, labor


35.50


James Bancroft, labor


14.00


E. S. Haines, labor


3.00


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W. R. Millett, labor


47.50


Daniel Sterling, labor


18.00


Clifford Edgecomb, labor


16.00


Edward H. Smith, labor


10.00


Harry A. Treadwell, labor


8.00


Anthony Furtado, labor


5.00


W. I. Bailey, labor


15.50


Lyle R. Holt, labor


6.00


John P. Carter, labor


10.00


Homer L. Darby, labor


21.50


John Cummings, labor


35.00


Edward J. Walsh, labor


18.00


North Tewksbury Garage, gasoline & repairs


6.34


Charles Bowden, labor


22.50


Albert Bancroft, labor


22.00


Omer N. Blanchard, labor


1.50


Andrew Kohanski, labor


2.00


George K. James. labor


63.00


$ 1,239.93


Unexpended


$ 16.81


SUMMARY


Highways


$ 17,353.74


Oil or Other Binder


4,999.44


Shawsheen Street


5,244.20


Chapter 90, Maintenance of Highways


3.000.00


East Street


1,841.34


Schools


49.965.98


Vocational Schools


4,047.59


Public Welfare


9,706.02


State Aid and Military


1,052.71


Old Age Assistance


1,289.75


Stationery and Printing


673.47


Salaries


2,493.16


Incidentals


961.06


Board of Health


658.10


Memorial Day


249.25


Street Lighting


6,989.11


Library


1,134.96


Town Hall


3,874.26


General


128.980.73


Moth Account


799.81


Tree Warden


499.94


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Interest


3.756.02


Police


1,461.68


Parks and Commons


201.76


Fire Department


3,492.09


Portable Forest Fire Pump


712.76


Purchase of 1 1-2-Inch Fire Hose


1,350.00


Assessors


1,565.57


Motor Excise Tax Refunds 42.90


Inspection of Meat and Animals


800.00


Collection of Taxes and Refunds


2,742.71


North School Loan Payments


3,135.00


Foster School Loan


2,706.00


Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital 7,763.17


Foster School Fund


29.26


Municipal Building Insurance


1,500.00


Cemetery Trust Funds


46.50


Unpaid Bills


1,239.93


Total expenses


$278,359.97


Cash on hand


$ 29.65


Cash in bank subject to check


12,407.74


$ 12,437.39


$290,797.36


Treasurer's receipts


$290,797.36


TRUST FUNDS


Condition of funds, December 31, 1932:


Foster School Fund


$ 961.78


Municipal Building Insurance Fund


3,000.00


William Prindle Fund


101.81


Martha Page Fund


365.30


Louisa Bridge Fund


159.00


Samuel Jaques Fund


119.96


Jeremiah Kittredge Fund


119.96


Peter Clark Fund


108.71


Martha Shedd Fund


561.42


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I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of town officers who were authorized to receive and expend money, for the year ending December 31, 1932, and to the best of my knowledge they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $12,437.39 in the treasury.


ROBERT E. GAY,


Town Auditor.


Personally appeared before me on this twentieth day of January, 1933, Robert E. Gay, and made oath that the foregoing statements were correct.


THOMAS F. FLYNN, Justice of the Peace.


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... In Memory ...


EUGENE N. PATTERSON Died May 1, 1932


Age, 76 years, 7 months, 1 day


Served as Town Treasurer from 1913 to 1932


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TREASURER'S REPORT


Cash on hand January 1, 1932


$ 10,191.95 $ 10,191.95


Loans in anticipation of Revenue


115,000.00 115,000.00


Middlesex T. B. Hospital Loan:


Note No. 90 due March 15, 1933


2,000.00


Note No. 91 due March 15, 1934


2,000.00


Note No. 92 due March 15, 1935


1,825.54


5,825.54


Taxes


On 1928 Tax Account


$ 110.23


On 1929 Tax Account


1,146.73


On 1930 Tax Account


10,042.37


On 1931 Tax Account


15,278.79


On 1932 Tax Account


76,015.23


On 1929 Motor Excise Tax


10.96


On 1930 Motor Excise Tax


205.88


On 1931 Motor Excise Tax


1,237.15


On 1932 Motor Excise Tax


3,120.04


On 1931 Old Age Tax


153.00


On 1932 Old Age Tax


630.00


On 1929 Moth Tax


5.26


On 1930 Moth Tax


47.26


On 1931 Moth Tax


76.74


On 1928 Interest on taxes


54.34


On 1929 Interest on taxes


205.28


On 1930 Interest on taxes


897.00


On 1931 Interest on taxes


652.40


On 1932 Interest on taxes


41.00


$109,929.66


Costs and Charges


$ 29.95


James C. Marshall Redemption Sales


409.89


$ 439.84


State Treasurer Acct. Highway


2,800.00


State Treasurer Acct. Highway


1,999.80


State Treasurer Acct. Highway


2,400.00


State Treasurer Acct. Highway


700.00


State Treasurer Acct. Highway


750.00


State Treasurer Acct. Highway


3,200.00


County Treasurer Acct. Highway


700.00


County Treasurer Acct. Highway


750.00


County Treasurer Acct. Shawsheen St.


1,999.81


$ 15,299.61


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Town Hall


Rent of Hall $ 347.50 $ 347,50


Interest


Union Old Lowell National Bank, Int. on de-


posits


Public Welfare $ 108.42 $ 108.42


State Treasurer Acct. Tuition Children $ 32.55


State Treasurer Acct. Mother's Aid


886.66


State Treasurer Acct. Temporary Aid


390.75


City of Cambridge


1,478.84


$ 2,788.80


Schools


State Treasurer Acct. Tuition $ 122.40


State Treasurer Acct. High School Tuition 5,445.98


State Treasurer Acct. High School Trans. 4,116.70


State Treasurer Acct. School Supervision 498.01


State Treasurer Acct. Mass. School Fund 905.56


Lena M. Coburn, Household Arts Dept. 57.96


$ 11,146.61


Vocational School


State Treasurer Acct. Vocational School $ 2,088.98 $ 2.088.98


. Public Library


County Treasurer Dog License Refund $ 632.87


Abbie Blaisdell, Fines, etc.


6.40


$ 639.27


Income Tax


State Treasurer


$ 10,434.75 $ 10,434.75


Miscellaneous


State Treasurer Old Age Assistance Tax $ 22.00


State Treasurer Reimbursement Loss of Taxes 2,690.26


State Treasurer License Fees


11.00


State Treasurer Acct. Infirmary (Road Roller)


18.00


State Treasurer Acct. Gasoline Tax Refund 13.95


State Treasurer Abatement Old Age Tax 50.00


Anthony Anderson Pas. License 10.00


Osterman & Son Pas. License


10.00


D. J. Cameron Pas. License


10.00


H. M. Larrabee Milk Licenses


5.00


D. J. Cameron Sealer's Fees 30.65


Butler Ames Acct. (Road Roller)


30.00


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1


George R. Collins Four lots low value land 15.00


Outstanding Checks Returned to Treasury 52.65


Lowell District Women's Rep. Club (use of chairs


5.00


H. C. Dawson Dog License Fees


430.80


State Treasurer Corporation Tax


543.56


State Treasurer Corporation Tel. & Tel. Tax


231.72


State Treasurer Trust Co. Tax


.44


State Treasurer National Bank Tax


8.64


State Treasurer Street Railway Tax


53.77


State Treasurer Old Age Assistance


474.00


State Treasurer Com. State Aid & Pensions


120.00


State Treasurer Veterans' Exemption


23.99


State Treasurer Gas & Electric Light Co. Tax


1.337.85


State Treasurer National Bank 1930


6.57


State Treasurer Corporation Tax Business


21.87


State Treasurer Trust Co. Tax 1931


.70


State Treasurer R. R. Tel. & Tel. 1930


.18


State Treasurer R. R. Tel. & Tel. 1931


1.51


State Treasurer R. R. Tel. & Tel. 1932


.32


Irving F. French use of telephone


4.75


Alice A. Pike use of telephone


1.50


Robert E. Gay use of telephone


6.65


Harry C. Dawson use of telephone


3.70


Director of Standards License Fees


33.00


H. P. Hood & Sons Milk license


.50


Hillside Dairy, Milk license


.50


$ 6,280.03


Trust Funds


Received from Foster School Fund $ 29.26


Received from Wm. Pringle Fund 4.00


Received from Jeremiah Kittredge Fund 2.50


Received from Ebenezer Page Fund


12.00


Received from Samuel Jacques Fund


2.50


Received from Peter Clark Fund


11.00


Received from Martha Shedd Fund


12.00


Received from Louisa Bridges Fund


2.50


$ 75.76


Police


District Court of Lowell, fines $ 13.64


H. C. Dawson License Fees


187.00


Total Money Received


$ 200.64 $290.797.36


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Credit


Paid approved bills and charged to the following accounts:


Highways


$ 17,353.74


School Teachers


17,210.05


Schools Fuel &. Janitors


5,275.57


Schools Transportation


10,514.99


Schools Books and Supplies


1,014.04


Schools Houses


546.76


Schools Tuition


11,550.10


Schools Supervision


975.00


Schools Teachers Retirement Fund


625.00


Schools Miscellaneous


1,063.97


Schools Nurses


990.50


Schools Medical Inspection


200.00


Public Welfare


9,706.02


State Aid


1,052.71


Stationery and Printing


673.47


Salaries


2,493.16


Incidentals


961.06


Board of Health


658.10


Memorial Day


249.25


Street Lighting


6,989.11


Library


1,134.96


Town Hall


3,874.26


General


128,980.73


Moth


799.81


Tree Warden


499.94


Foster School Loan


2,706.00


Interest


3,756.02


Police


1,461.68


Parks & Commons


201.76


Fire Department


3,492.09


Assessors


1,565.57


Collection of Taxes


2,742.71


Excise Tax Refunds


42.90


Unpaid Bills


1,239.93


Cemetery Trust Funds


46.50


Vocational School


4,047.59


Inspection of meats and animals


800.00


Oil or Binder


4,999.44


Foster School Trust Fund


29.26


Chapter 90 Maintenance


3.000.00


East Street Chapter 90


1,841.34


Shawsheen Street Chapter 90


2,994.20


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Shawsheen Street Chapter 90


2,250.00


Old Age Assistance


1,289.75


Municipal Insurance Fund


1,500.00


North School Loan


3,135.00


Portable Forest Fire Pump


712.76


Middlesex County T. B. Hospital


7,763.17


Purchase of Fire Hose


1,350.00


$278,359.97


Total Expenses


$278,359.97


Total Money Received


$290,797.36


Total Money Paid Out


$278,359.97


Cash on Hand


$ 12,437.33


Assets


Outstanding Taxes Uncollected


$ 53,357.54


Cash on Hand


12,437.39


State Treasurer Acct. Vocational School Tuition


1,533.79


Bills due the Town of Tewksbury:


Boston


691.77


Lowell


676.66


Wilmington


355.01


Woburn


100.25


For Private cases


317.50


State Treasurer Acct. Teachers


3,677.50


State Treasurer Acct. Temporary care, and mothers' aid


620.00


State Treasurer Acct. Old Age Assistance ..


323.25


City of Cambridge


316.66


$ 74.407.12


Liabilities


Foster School Loan two notes $ 4,800.00


Note No. 93 Due April 1, 1933 - 15,000.00


Note No. 98 Due Dec. 27, 1933


15,000.00


Note No. 99 Due Dec. 31, 1933


15,000.00


Middlesex T. B. Hospital Loan three notes


5,825.54


$ 55,625.54


Total Assets


$ 74,407.12


Total Liabilities


55,625.54


Balance in favor of Town


$ 18,781.58


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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TOWN IN LAST TEN YEARS


Tax Rate


1923 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st $ 15,863.58


$ 28.70


1924 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


5,118.05


30.80


1925 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


19,346.46


30.00


1926 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


27,139.79


31.00


1927 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


21,390.88


29.00


1928 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


21,952.24


34.00


1929 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


21,548.92


29.20


1930 Balance in favo rof Town Jan. 1st


1,604.76


29.40


1931 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st


11,126.04


24.00


1932 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st


13,201.94


24.00


1933 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st


18,781.58


Respectfully submitted,


ALICE A. PIKE,


Town Treasurer.


56


TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


1928 Account


Outstanding January 9, 1932 $ 134.46


Abatements and corrections 3.51


Cash collected


102.90


Credited with taxes on Town Tax Titles


28.05


Interest on above Tax Titles


5.10


Interest collected


61.67


1929 Accounts Motor Vehicle Excise


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 58.03


Abatements granted


45.29


Taxes collected


12.74


Interest collected


1.71


Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Moth


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 1,974.14


Abatements granted


102.68


Cash collected


1,150.21


Credited with taxes on Town Tax Titles


291.97


Interest on above Tax Titles


19.87


Interest collected


203.57


Outstanding January 6, 1933


429.28


1930 Accounts Motor Vehicle Excise


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 460.42


Abatements granted, January 9, 1932


223.55


Cash collected


135.79


Interest collected


18.68


Outstanding January 6, 1933


101.09


Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Moth


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 14,389.90


Abatements granted


303.95


Cash collected


10,089.63


Credited with taxes on Town Tax Titles


281.77


Interest on above Tax Titles


10.79


Interest collected


946.36


Outstanding January 6, 1933


3,714.35


57


1931 Accounts Motor Vehicle Excise


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 1,941.31 .38


Abatements granted


Cash collected


1,237.15


Interest collected


78.32


Outstanding January 6, 1933


704.16


Old Age Assistance Tax


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 234.00


Refunds from State Treasurer


22.00


Cash collected


153.00


Outstanding January 6, 1933


59.00


Poll, Personal, Real Estate and Moth


Outstanding January 9, 1932


$ 29,614.33


Abatements granted


108.00


Cash collected


15,355.53


Credited with taxes on Town Tax Titles


204.96


Interest collected


574.08


Outstanding January 6, 1933


13,945.84


1932 Accounts Motor Vehicle Excise


Amount of warrants


$ 4,740.55


Abatements granted


81.68


Cash collected


3,120.24


Interest collected


9.81


Outstanding January 6, 1933


1,538.63


Old Age Assistance Tax


Amounts of warrants


$ 928.00


Refunds from State Treasurer


23.00


Cash collected


630.00


Outstanding January 6, 1933


275.00


Poll, Personal and Real Estate


Amount of warrants


$109,678.64


Abatements granted


236.13


Cash collected


76,015.23


Credited with taxes on Town Tax Titles


837.48


Interest collected


33.04


Outstanding January 6, 1933


32,589.80


Paid Treasurer, Tax redemptions


$ 409.89


Paid Treasurer, Costs and charges


29.95


Respectfully submitted, JAMES C. MARSHALL, Collector of Taxes.


58


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


The following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1932:


Diseases


No. of Cases


No. of Deaths


Scarlet Fever


6


0


Diphtheria


2


0


Measles


5


0


Mumps


2


0


Chicken Pox


1


0


Whooping Cough


5


0


Tuberculosis


3


2


Pneumonia


10


4


Dog Bites


6


0


Total


40


6


The activities of the Health Department increase each year. The regulation of the State department in reference to milk licenses for pasteurization and selling, the following up of dog bite cases, and the investigation of Tuberculosis patients in reference to settlement and contacts, increase our expenses. Each case of Tuberculosis that comes to our attention seeking care, means $900 a year from our appropriation. The law requires a local Board of Health to pay for the care of any contagious case sent to an Isolation Hospital if said patient is a resident of our Town and a dependant. Upon two occasions during the past year complaints have come to this depart- ment that dead animals were becoming a menace to health. In both instances the animals were on private property owned by the com- plainants but not their animals. The health regulations require the owner of said property to remove such a menace at their own expense. The department is responsible only when such a carcass is on a public highway. We have not asked for an appropriation to cover these possible necessities, but are hoping that the amount asked will cover our actual needs.


Respectfully submitted,


HERBERT M. LARRABEE, M. D.


59


In Memory


WILLIAM H. KELLEY


Died April 26, 1932


Age, 47 years


Served as Selectman, member of Board of Health, and Chairman of Board of Public Welfare from 1920 to 1932


60


REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


In submitting this, our annual report, we wish to express our regret for the loss of our fellow member, the late William H. Kelley, who served so long and faithfully as chairman of the Board of Public Welfare.


Owing to the continued business depression the demands on the Board have been much heavier than usual.


Number of cases on register 178


Mother Aid cases 5


One mother and five children, reimbursed by State.


One mother and four children, one-third by State, two-thirds by Town.


One mother and three children, two-thirds by Somerville, one-third by Town.


One mother and four children, reimbursed by State.


One mother and two ,children, settlement at present in doubt.


Town Settlement cases in own homes 19


Town Settlement in other cities or towns 3


Town Settlement Cases aided in State Hospitals 5


Other city and town cases aided in Tewksbury 13


Temporary Aid, State cases 8


Appropriation $ 6,000.00


Transfer from Surplus Overlaying


4,000.00


Amount paid for Aid


9,706.02


Balance 293.98


Reimbursements by Commonwealth


1,855.96


Reimbursements by cities and towns 1,478.84


Reimbursements due 2,443.73


Bureau of Old Age Assistance


Appropriation


Expenditures $ 2,000.00


1,289.75


At present seven cases on register.


Town cases, six, one-third reimbursed.


State cases, one, totally reimbursed.


In closing we wish to thank Mr. P. W. Rounsvell who generously gave the Board wood, and Mr. Harris M. Briggs who has seen to the cutting and distribution of the fuel thus given.


Respectfully submitted, EVERETT H. KING, IRVING F. FRENCH, Board of Public Welfare.




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