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1.83
Amasa Pratt Co., lumber
39.46
Drysdale School Record Service:
musical instruments
7.55
Charles W. Dorr, programs and tickets
7.50
American Book Co., books
29.05
Houghton-Mifflin Co., books
34.24
Dumas & Co., cards
4.50
Pratt & Forrest, lumber
103.33
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H. I. Dallman Co., supplies 6.75
G. C. Prince & Sons, supplies 2.70
The MacMillan Co., books 35.04
Standard Book Co. Inc., books
20.34
Iroquois Publishing Co., Inc., books
37.91
Longmans, Green & Co., books
57.71
Adams Hardware & Paint Co., supplies
19.24
May L. Larrabee, kitchen utensils
5.75
Samuel Brownstein, supplies
4.83
Arlo Publishing Co., books
2.80
A. B. Moore, supplies
13.56
-$ 1,894.40
+ Houses
Burnham & Davis Lumber Co., lumber $ 28.35
A. P. Norris, labor 239.61
Lowell Electric Light Corp., supplies
5.40
Welch Bros. Co., repairs
5.59
Favreau Bros. Inc., electric stove
10.95
Bertram Neild, repairs
91.25
Bennett Bros., labor and parts
95.67
Lowell Furnace Co., repairs
8.45
John Seifer, repairs
2.50
Derby Electric Motors Co. repairs
3.50
Walter W. Lavell, repairs
5.00
Robertson Co., chairs, desks and furnishings
466.87
C. B. Coburn Co., glass, etc.
8.53
Frank L. Kane, repairs
7.00
W. J. Bolton, painting, etc.
453.30
Herve E. Cote, supplies and repairs
13.25
C. T. Kittredge, electrical supplies
26.32
Adams & Co., supplies
66.26
Milo D. Clay, repairs
30.77
M. F. Gookin Co., supplies
1.20
Francis Whittet, repairs
2.50
W. I. Bailey, repairs
.90
Lowell Gas Light Co., stoves
49.50
Winthrop S. Boutwell, labor and material
229.40
S. R. McIntosh, material 301.75
36.27
Osterman Coal Co., cement
1.70
W. C. Hinckley, wiring Spaulding School
140.00
H. Sutherland & Son, labor and material
-$ 2,331.79
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Tuition
Town of Reading $ 39.60
380.00
City of Lowell
8,073.02
-$ 8,492.62
Massachusetts School Fund
Massachusetts Board of Retirement $ 656.00
Miscellaneous
J. L. Fleming, premiums on insurance $ 650.91
Whistle Bottling Co., water
7.00
New England Tel. & Tel Co., telephones
68.50
Brooks, Jordan & Graves, surveying and plans 49.30
Mt. Pleasant Spring Water Co., water
58.80
F. H. Garlick, trucking 27.25
C. L. Randall, district expenses, etc.
90.52
Richard A. O'Connell, tuning piano
5.00
Nelson E. Huntley, filling in diplomas 9,25
Mrs. James Lynch, rent of land for playground for school year ending June, 1927 25.00
George A. Norris, filing saws
5.70
William Penny, labor
3.00
Balfe Service Co., printing cards
7.50
H. L. Trull, stamps
3.50
A. E. Dyar, labor 33.00
Fred A. Church & Co., premium on policy
211.40
Mrs. E. P. Maclaren, taking school census
30.00
Bennett Bros. Co., labor and transportation 10.55
James Manley, labor 15.00
$ 1,311.18
School Nurse
Mrs. E. P. Maclaren, services $ 1,020.00
Mrs. E. P. Maclaren, transporting pupils to phy-
sician
35.00
-$ 1,055.00
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Town of Billerica
Medical Inspection
H. M. Larrabee, school physician $ 200.00
Total
$ 50,060.22
Appropriation
$ 50,380.00
Total Expenditures
50,060.22
$ 319.78
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Expenditures
City of Lowell, tuition $ 625.86
Mr. Cassetta, reimbursement for car tickets
12.50
-$ 638.36
Unexpended
$ 361.64
PUBLIC WELFARE
Appropriation
$ 4,000.00
Paid out for support of poor
3,913.27
Unexpended
$ 86.73
STATE AID
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Paid out for aid
$ 400.00
STATIONERY AND PRINTING $ 650.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
Edith A. Forestall, advertising $ 19.60
Wm. Speke & Co., printing
38.00
G. C. Prince & Son, supplies 16.40
Balfe Service Co., printing
43.75
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Balfe Service Co., printing town report
313.20
P. B. Murphy, dog book
2.50
Mrs. Harry C. Dawson, advertising
20.58
A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps and envelopes
47.87
Courier Citizen Newspaper Co., advertising
1.96
Dumas & Co., supplies 49.38
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
.97 $ 554.21
Unexpended
$ 95.79
SALARIES
Appropriation
$ 2,550.00
Expenditures
George McCoy, election officer $ 5.00
John E. Strickwald, election officer
5.00
Percy Haines, election officer
5.00
Austin French, election officer
5.00
John T. Gale, road commissioner for 1926-1927
200.00
Harry C. Dawson, town clerk
200.00
Eugene Patterson, town treasurer
350.00
Robert E. Gay, town auditor
350.00
Edward J. Walsh, road commissioner
21.45
Arthur Foster, school committee
75.00
Joseph W. Jordan, selectman, B. of P. W. and B. of H.
250.00
Irving F. French, selectman, B. of P. W. and B. of H. 300.00
Wm. H. Kelley, selectman, B. of P. W. and B. of H.
250.00
H. L. Trull, school committee
75.00
Mrs. May Larabee, school committee
75.00
Wm. I. Bailey, road commissioner
100.00
Harry C. Dawson, clerk, board of registrars
30.00
Philip M. Battles, registrar of voters 1927 25.00
25.00
E. H. King, board of registrars $ 2,346.45
Unexpended
$ 203.55
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INCIDENTALS
Appropriation
$ 1,200.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp., lighting band stand $ 9.00
Qua, Howard & Rogers, legal services 1926-1927
298.75
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
268.56
Irving French carfares to Boston , Fred C. Church & Co., premium on treasurer's bond
70.88
Harry C. Dawson, recording births, deaths and marriages 87.50
Appleton Safe Deposit Vaults, rent
5.00
Director of Accounts, approval of notes
14.00
Dr. T. Laurin, reporting births
.75
Dr. M. A. Buck, reporting births
1.00
Allen Doane & Co., supplies
7.50
A. J. Fairgrieve, rent of P. O. box
1.05
A. J. Fairgrieve, town clerk's bond 2.50
L. Scott Roe, school signals 24.00
.50
Mrs. Albert Trull, rent of scale site 25.00
1.50
J. L. Fleming, irons for school signs
13.18
G. Gerald Eno, repairs to cemetery gate
4.00
Hugh Cameron, sealer of weights and measures 100.00 Tewksbury Cemetery Corp., care of town lot, tomb and old cemetery 15.00
George H. Brown, care of South Cemetery
19.00
Preambulating Tewksbury and Lowell line:
Irving F. French 5.00
Wm. H. Kelley 5.00
Joseph Jordan 5.00
John Gale, care of soldiers' graves 1927
25.00
Dr. Chas. L. Sweetser, reporting births
.50
Dr. D. T. Buzzell, reporting births
.25
Benjamin Buck, services as fish and game warden
50.00
E. N. Patterson, carfares to Lowell
8.00
Harry C. Dawson, Justice of Peace
10.00
Harry C. Dawson, killing and disposing of 31 dogs
31.00
Derby Electric Motors Co., lights for community tree 26.07
$ 1,136.49
Unexpended
$ 63.51
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2.00
Dr. James F. Gaffney, reporting births
Frank Goodwin, delivering gate to So. Cemetery
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$ 1,000.00
Expenditures
F. & E. Bailey & Co., supplies $ 17.75
Hobbs & Warren, permits
6.30
Dr. H. M. Larabee, professional services
240.00
Dr. R. W. Long, vaccinations
4.00
Middlesex County, care of Pearl Pease at Rutland
525.00 -$ 793.05
Unexpended
$ 206.95
MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
$ 225.00
Expenditures
Gustawe W. Everberg, orator $ 10.00
Lowell Brass Band
125.00
Butterfield Printing Co., programs
6.50
Esther Nichols, soloist
10.00
Bon Marche Dry Goods Co. flags ,
10.00
Ladies Aid Society, dinner
63.50
-_ $ 225.00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
$
7,600.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp., street lights $ 7,356.17
Lowell Electric Light Corp., additional lights in- stalled
235.91
$ 7,592.08
Unexpended
$ 7.92
LIBRARY
Appropriation
$ 750.00
Dog Tax, 1926
630.89
-$ 1,380.89
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Expenditures
DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books $ 828.49
Kate Folsom, expenses in Boston 27.00
Alice L. King, asst. librarian
100.00
Abbie M. Blaisdell, librarian
175.00
Ephraim Hedstrom, asst. librarian
50.00
Maude B. Gray, magazine subscription
48.00
The Frontier Press, books
15.50
Edgar Smith, transporting books to outlying dis- tricts
91.00
$
1,334.99
Unexpended
$ 45.90
+
TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$ 4,000.00
Expenditures
E. N. Patterson, janitor $ 1,200.00
Fairgrieve Belting Co., belt
3.70
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity
204.66
Lowell Gas Light Co., gas
41.57
Charles Kittredge, stock and labor
10.20
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
112.37
Commissioner of Public Safety, inspection boilers
10.00
Francis S. Whittet, repairing pump, etc.
8.00
F. W. Webb Mfg. Co., offset
2.50
Ropers Garage, repairs
1.00
Osterman Coal Co., coal
1,038.50
Robinson & Foster, repairs and tags for check room
45.25
John Seifer, repairing clocks
17.50
The Sani-Cross Co., disinfectant
4.50
Austin F. Callery, repairs
12.50
A. F. French & Co., supplies
27.90
M. E. Haines, repairs
2.50
J. M. Clancy, repairs
3.40
E. V. Bates & Co., repairs
3.00
Wm. P. Kelleher, electrical work
35.83
W. J. Bolton, painting town hall
806.95
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Fred C. Church, premium on policies
107.97
W. J. Robinson, labor 3.10
Bennett Bros., repairs 15.60
A. B. Moore, supplies
3.10
Fairgrieve & Co., supplies
3.45
Walter W. Coburn, tuning and repairing piano ... Arthur P. Knapp Inc., fire-escape on Legion building 120.00
4.00
Thompson Hardware Co., supplies
20.63
Derby Electric Motors Co., supplies 2.76
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., adding machine 122.50 -$ 3,994.94
Unexpended
$ 5.06
GENERAL
Central Savings Bank:
Paid notes nos. 43, 46, 50, 52, 53, 55 $ 87,000.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Refund of corporation tax
2,794.60
State tax
5,760.00
Repairs to state highways
1,079.91
County treasurer, county tax
5,023.48
County tax for support of tuberculosis patients
in Middlesex County
409.93
$102,067.92
MOTH ACCOUNT, JAN. 1, TO NOV. 30, 1927, INCLUSIVE
Balance Jan. 1, 1927 $ 1,480.27
Expenditures
Harris M. Briggs Jr., labor $ 537.50
George Sawyer, labor
20.00
Harris M. Briggs, labor
566.19
Chester E. Sweatt, labor
377.50
Frank Goodwin, trucking
3.00
Arthur Roper, repairs and supplies
15.99
P. J. Roux repairs
3.00
Lunt, Jillson Co., pump parts
8.30
A. B. Moore, supplies
32.69
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Middlesex Machine Co., parts for sprayer
1.32
General Chemical Co., supplies
285.02
Harry Boogusch, labor
86.00
John Purdy, labor
84.00
Louis Boogusch, labor
66.50
Tewksbury Garage, gasoline
5.50
William Speke, printing
8.75
Thomas Sawyer, double team
73.12
M. E. Haines, repairs
4.00
W. B. DeWolfe, lime sulphur
7.00
D. J. Williams, use of horse
55.00
Chandler Bros., use of horse
2.50
Charles D. Williams, use of horse
5.00
Charles Katrina, use of horse
21.25
Balance Jan. 1, 1927 +
$ 1,480.27
Charged to private work
865.88
2,346.15
Total expenditures
$ 2 269.13
Unexpended
$ 77.02
MOTH ACCOUNT DEC. 1, TO DEC. 31, 1927, INCLUSIVE Expenditures
Harris M. Briggs Jr., labor $ 104.00
Chester E. Sweatt, labor
104.00
Harris M. Briggs, labor
116.50
Acme Rubber Co., hose
31.50
-$ 356.00
TREE WARDEN
.
Appropriation
$ 150.00
Expenditures
Arthur Roper, use of grinder $ 1.00
G. A. Norris, filing saws
4.20
Louis Marion, filing saws
1.00
J. J. McManmon, 5 trees
15.00
A. B. Moore, supplies
13.25
$ 2,269.13
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Osterman Coal Co., cement
9.00
William Speke, printing
5.00
Chester Sweatt, labor
40.00
Harris M. Briggs Jr., pruning trees
20.00
Harris M. Briggs, pruning trees
23.30
$ 131.75,
Unexpended
$ 18.25
INTEREST
Appropriation
$ 2,500.00
Central Savings Bank:
Interest on notes nos. 43, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55
$ 2,265.00
Unexpended
$ 235.00
POLICE
Appropriation
...
$ 1,700.00
Expenditures
City of Lowell, use of jail .$
17.75
Anthony G. Kelley, services and expenses
546.02
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
65.77
A. J. Fairgrieve, supplies
1.00
Harry C. Dawson services
308.00
A. H. Jewell, services
295.50
Warren Bancroft, services
134.00
William Speke, printing
4.35
P. J. O'Neil, services
268.00
William I. Bailey, services
14.00
R. E. Sargent, services
37.00
-$ 1,691.39
Unexpended
$ 8.61
PARKS AND COMMONS
Appropriation $ 300.00
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Expenditures
A. B. Moore, supplies $ 14.00
A. P. Norris, labor and material 154.62
P. J. Roux, repairing band stand
2.25
Thompson Hardware Co., mower
16.00
E. V. Bates, sharpening mower
2.00
Harris M. Briggs, care of common
50.00
Lowell Fertilizer Co., dressing
42.00
Edith I. Norris, repairing flag
2.00
John Gale, care of flag 1927
17.13
Unpaid bills: John Gale, care of flag
7.87
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation + $ 2,500.00
Expenditures
A. S. Haines, chief, balance due for Dec. 1926 $ 74.05
A. S. Haines, chief
1,200.00
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity
50.00
Osterman Coal Co., coal
151.50
Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies 1.00
American Fire Equipment Co., supplies
105.96
No. Tewksbury Garage, repairs and supplies
105.30
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
71.65
H. B. Treadwell, wheels for fire extinguishers
15.00
M. E. Haines, 2 windshields for fire trucks
25.00
C. B. Coburn Co., paint
29.16
A. B. Moore, supplies
15.00
Huntley's Lunch, lunches served at fires
15.95
Bennett Bros., parts for pump
2.06
Edward J. Walsh, repairing fire signal
6.25
W. I. Bailey, supplies
1.95
Carl R. Schmidt, gas
1.05
Larkin T. Chandler, tubes and gasoline
15.28
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., premiums
161.00
F. H. Garlick, trucking and fighting fires 19.00
Combination Ladder Co., overhauling pump 20.25
Wilmington Greenhouses, wreaths for Wilbur Sheldon and Russell Pratt 25.00
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., supplies 12.12
Donovan Harness & Auto Supply Co., supplies
14.60
Daniel E. McQuade, supplies
.89 -$ 2,139.02
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-- $
300.00
Labor at Fires
Arthur Tremblay
$ 36.20
F. H. Garlick
61.50
E. S. Haines
49.00
Harris M. Briggs
40.00
Chester E. Sweat
10.50
Harris M. Briggs Jr.
10.50
A. L. Felker
7.50
Edward J. Walsh
18.38
Arthur L. Marion
4.00
Wm. I. Bailey
22.00
Clifford Edgecomb
1.50
Wm. R. Millett
20.00
Lincoln Gerrish
13.32
James Bancroft
12.00
Charles E. Hazel
3.50
Jack Marsh
4.50
Edward J. O'Connell
2.00
Louis O'Connell
2.00
William O'Connell
2.00
George A. O'Connell
2.00
Arthur O'Connell
2.00
Leslie Chambers
2.50
George Gale
2.00
James W. Roberts
3.00
J. E. Chambers
1.50
Louis Marion
2.00
Roper's Garage
5.50
Harold Mills
16.50
$ 357.40
$ 2,496.42
Unexpended
$ 3.58
ASSESSORS
Appropriation
$ 1,650.00
Expenditures
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones $ 43.75
Buzzel King, services
577.50
James W. Miller, services
630.00
Albion Felker, services
91.00
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Assessors Auto Tax Service, book
5.00
The Daval Printing House, supplies 21.75
G. C. Prince & Son, supplies 3.48
Albion Felker, use of auto
90.00
A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps
2.00
Hobbs & Warren, books
7.16
Gertrude B. Sweeney, tax cards
93.92
Balfe Service Co., check list
60.00
-$ 1,625.56
Unexpended $ 24.44
TOWN HALL PAYMENTS
Appropriation
$
4,570.00
Expenditures
Central Savings Bank:
Interest on notes nos. 55, 56, 57, 58 $ 570.00
Paid note no. 55
4,000.00 -$ 4,570.00
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INSPECTION OF MEATS AND ANIMALS
Appropriation
$ 600.00
Expenditures
Hugh Cameron:
Balance due for 1926 $ 43.90
Inspection of slaughter houses
61.00
Inspection of animals
95.00
Use of auto
40.00
Releasing cattle coming into state
10.92
Thomas P. Sawyer:
Inspection of slaughter houses and expen-
ses in Boston
340.00
$
590.82
Unexpended
$ 9.18
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COLLECTION OF TAXES
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00 .....
Expenditures
James C. Marshall collector:
Commission $ 1,323.70
Recording deeds
83.70
Paid for book 1.00
Courier Citizen Newspaper Co., advertising
332.50
Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds: Recording deeds 98.80
Hobbs & Warren, blanks, etc.
14.75
Fred C. Church & Co., premium on collector's bond 96.00
Wm. Speke & Co., tax bills
26.55
A. H. Jewell, serving warrants for taxes
23.00 $ 2,000.00
Unpaid bills: James C. Marshall $ 54.14 ....
TAX TITLE ACCOUNT
James C. Marshall, collector, taxes sold to town $ 1,029.77
TRACTOR ENGINE AND SNOW-PLOW PAYMENTS
Appropriation $ 2,556.25
Expenditures
Central Savings Bank, paid note no. 42
$
2,500.00
Central Savings Bank, interest on note no. 42
56.25
-- $ 2,556.25
FOSTER SCHOOL LOAN
Appropriation $ 3,216.00
Expenditures
Central Savings Bank, interest on notes nos. 28 to 35 inclusive $ 816.00
Central Savings Bank, paid note no. 28
2,400.00
-$
3,216.00
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CUTTING BRUSH
Appropriation
$
1,000.00
Expenditures
Thompson Hardware Co., supplies $ 29.95
Patrick Goggin, labor
266.00
Harris M. Briggs, labor
240.69
Chester E. Sweat, labor
140.00
Thomas P. Sawyer, labor
14.50
Daniel Sheehan, labor
208.00
John C. Bennett, bush scythes
11.20
H. M. Briggs Jr., labor
88.00
+
$ 998.34
Unexpended
$ 1.66
DEMONSTRATION WORK IN AGRICULTURE
Appropriation .......
$ 150.00
Expenditures
Middlesex County Extension Service, county aid
to agriculture
$ 150.00
OVERLAY ACCOUNT
Edward J. Griffin, refund on 1927 real estate tax $ 5.80
Adolph Sumner, refund on 1927 taxes 145.00
John H. Mackay, refund on 1927 real estate tax. ...
8.70
159.50
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Receipts
Interest from the Martha Shedd Fund $ 6.00
Jeremiah Kittredge Fund 3.00
,, Martha Page Fund 5.00
Louisa Bridge Fund 3.00
Peter Clark Fund 4.00 .
" Samuel Jacques Fund
3.00
$ 24.00
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Expenditures
Tewksbury Cemetery Corp .:
Care of the Thomas Bridge lot 1927 3.00
" Samuel Jacques lot 1927 3.00
" Jeremiah Kittredge lot 1927 3.00
George H. Brown:
Care of the Martha Shedd lot 1927 6.00
"
Martha Page lot 1927 5.00
" Peter Clark lot 1927 4.00
-$ 24.00
EXTENSION OF STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation $ 2,000.00
Expenditures
Lowell Electric Light Corp., poles and arc circuits on Pinnacle, South, Ballard and Shawsheen Streets $ 2.000.00 ,
CHANDLER'S CORNER SIGNAL
Appropriation $ 200.00
Expenditures
Everett S. Haines, erecting signal at Chandler and Main St. $ 2.00
Edward J. Walsh, erecting signal at Chandler and Main St. 2.00
Carpenter Mfg. Co., overhead traffic signal
70.77
American Gas Accumulator Co., red reflectors and posts
100.00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
.76
Niles Machine Co., caution sign
7.00 $ 182.53
Unexpended
$ 17.47
SUMMARY
Highways
$ 17,400.00
Highways, Section 31, Chapter 44 355.68
2,500.00
Cinders
Oil and Other Binder
2,992.88
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Culvert on East St.
497.20
Road Scraper and Scarifier
996.76
Schools
50,060.22
Vocational Schools
638.36
Insane and Poor
3,913.27
State Aid
400.00
Stationery and Printing
554.21
Salaries
2,346.45
Incidentals
1,136.49
Board of Health
793.05
Memorial Day
225.00
Street Lighting
7,592.08
Library
1,334.99
Town Hall
3,994.94
General
102,067.92
Moth Account, Jan. 1 to Nov. 30 1927, inclusive
2,269.13
Moth Account, Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, inclusive
356.00
Tree Warden
131.75
Interest
2,265.00
Police
1,691.39
Parks and Commons
300.00
Fire Department
2,496.42
Assessors
1,625.56
Town Hall Payments
4,570.00
Inspection of Meats and Animals
590.82
Collection of Taxes
2,000.00
Tax Title Account
1,029.77
Tractor Engine and Snow-Plow Payments
2,556.25
Foster School Loan
3,216.00
Cutting Brush
998.34
Demonstration Work in Agriculture
150.00
Overlay Account
159.50
Cemetery Trust Funds
24.00
Extension of Street Lighting
2,000.00
Chandler's Corner Signal
182.53
Total expense
$228,411.96
Cash on hand $ 234.31
Cash in bank subject to check
5,997.70
6,232.01
$234,643.97
Treasurer's receipts
$234,643.97
Unpaid bills .$ 62.01
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TRUST FUNDS
Condition of funds, January 1, 1928;
Foster School Fund $ 1.110.41
Surplus War Bonus Fund 1,186.62
Samuel Jacques Fund 110.05
Ebenezer Page Fund 321.80
Jeremiah Kittredge Fund
110.05
Peter G. Clark
115.07
Louisa Bridge
141.50
Martha Shedd
490.88
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Town of- ficers who were authorized to receive and expend money, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1927 and to the best of my knowledge they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $6,232.01 in the treasury.
ROBERT E. GAY,
Town Auditor.
The above named Robert E. Gay appeared before me on this sev- enteenth day of January, 1928 and made oath that the foregoing statement was correct.
THOMAS F. FLYNN, Justice of the Peace.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Dr.
Cash on hand Jan. 1st, 1927 $ 9,783.17
Loans in anticipation of revenue, Central Savings
Bank, of Lowell, Mass. $ 92,000.00
$101,783.17
+ Taxes
James C. Marshall:
On 1923 Tax Account $ 23.41
On 1924 Tax Account
1,393.09
On 1925 Tax Account 9,429.55
On 1926 Tax Account
21,172.41
On 1927 Tax Account
63,987.55
Tax sales redemptions
360.73
$ 96 366.74
Schools
State Treasurer Mass. School Fund 1926 $ 709.18
U. S. Treasurer interest on Bonds 38.25
State Treasurer on Vocational School
544.49
State Treasurer acct. School Supervision
583.34
State Treasurer High School Tuition
4,127.21
State Treasurer High School Transportation
3,861.40
-$ 9,863.87
Highways
State Treasurer Div. of Highways
6,200.00
James O'Connell, for manure
6.00
Mrs. Grace Toothaker, for manure
6.00
Herman Pfeiffer, for manure
6.00
Charles Williams, for manure
10.00
Eugene N. Patterson, for manure
6.00
Fred Worcester, damage to guard rail
25.10
6,259.10
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Moth
State Treasurer, account of moth supervision $ 86.99 D. Kalem, Arsenic of Lead 3.75
George Labonte, Arsenic of Lead 1.50
Howard Foster, spraying
5.50
Mrs. Farrell, Arsenic of lead 1.50
J. E. Streckwald, Arsenic of lead 3.00
Mrs. Morgan, Arsenic of lead
.45
Daniel Mace, Arsenic of lead .60
L. E. Small, spraying 11.28
-$ 114.57
Public Library
County Treasurer Dog Tax 1926 $ 630.89
-$ 630.89
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Interest
Interest on Bank Deposits $ 139.53
139.53
Police
Lowell District Court $ 95.00
Harry C. Dawson License Fees
194.00
289.00
Board of Public Welfare
State Treasurer account of mothers' aid $ 544.49
City of Lowell account of mothers' aid 500.00
-$ 1,044.49
Assessors
For Information $ 1.00
1.00
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Town Hall
Miss J. M. Ockington $ 75.00
Ladies Aid Society
46.00
Holy Name Society
45.00
Wamesit Lodge A. F. & A. M.
90.00
M. S. I. Alumni
25.00
Winter Club
5.00
American Legion
35.00
John Cummings
10.00
Quinn and Ryan
25.00
Blanche Perron
45.00
Miss Commee
5.00
406.00
Miscellaneous
State Treasurer:
Corporation Tax Public Service $ 2,294.51
Corporation Tax Business
1,237.45
Reinbursement on State Land
2,500.43
Street Railway Tax
845.87
Veterans Exemptions
21.14
National Bank Tax
25.01
Director of Standards
20.00
Sealer's Receipts
27.53
Use of telephone:
Irving F. French
1.05
W. H. Kelley
1.75
J. K. Chandler
4.75
H. L. Trull
27.90
Buzzell King
6.80
Robert E. Gay
2.01
Harry C. Dawson
7.50
E. N. Patterson
5.75
Collected at Town Hall
2.20
Albert Katherina, Adv. Filling Station
1.96
- $ 7,033.61
Income Tax
State Treasurer :
Income Tax 1925
$ 96.00
Income Tax 1926
480.00
Income Tax 1926
240.00
Income Tax 1927
9,872.00
-$ 10,688.00
:
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Trust Fund
From
Jeremiah Kittredge Fund $ 3.00
Samuel Jacques Fund 3.00
Ebenezer Page Fund 5.00
Thomas Bridge Fund 3.00
Martha Shedd Fund
6.00
Peter Clark Fund
4.00
-$ 24.00
Total money received
$234,643.97
Credit
Paid approved bills and charged to the following accounts:
Highways
$ 17,400.00
Schools
50,060.22
Board of Public Welfare
3,913.27
State and Military Aid
400.00
Stationery and Printing
554.21
Salaries
2,346.45
Incidentals
1,136.49
Board of Health
793.05
Memorial Day
225.00
Street Lighting
7,592.08
Public Library
1,334.99
Town Hall
3,994.94
General
102,067.92
Moth 1927
2,625.13
Tree Warden
131.75
Interest
2,265.00
Police
1,691.39
Parks and Commons
300.00
Fire Department
2,496.42
Assessors
1,625.56
Town Hall Payments
4,570.00
Inspection of Meat and Animals
590.82
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Collector of Taxes
2,000.00
Vocational School
638.36
Tax Title
1,029.77
Foster School Loan
3,216.00
Purchase of Tractor and Plow
2,556.25
Road Scraper and Scarifier
996.76
Demonstration in Agriculture
150.00
Cutting Brush
998.34
Cinders
2,500.00
Oil and other Binders
2,992.88
Culvert on East Street
497.20
Assessors Overlaying
159.50
Trust Fund
24.00
Street Lighting Extensions
2,000.00
Section 31, Chapter 44
355.68
Chandler Corner Signal
182.53
Total money paid out
$228,411.96
Total money received
$234,643.97
Total money paid out
228,411.96
Cash on hand $ 6,232.01
Assets
Outstanding Taxes uncollected James C. Marshall $ 40,762.42
Cash on hand
6,232.01
Due from Div. Highways Public Works
200.00
Due on account of Public Welfare
653.33
-$ 47,847.76
Liabilities
Town Hall Loan (two notes) $ 8,000.00
Foster School Loan
16,800.00
Note due April 1st
15,000.00
Note due July 12th
15,000.00
Note due December 31st
15,000.00
$ 69,800.00
Assets
47,847.76
Balance against Town
$ 21,952.24
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Financial Condition of the Town for the past Ten Years
Tax Rate
1919 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st. $ 19,055.81
$23.00
1920 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st.
792.19
27.00
1921 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
41,357.54
35.00
1922 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
23,884.13
23.20
1923 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
15,863.58
28.70
1924 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
5,118.05
30.80
1925 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
19,346.46
30.00
1926 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
27,139.79
31.00
1927 Balance against Town Jan. 1st.
21,390.88
29.00
1928 Balance against Town Jan 1st.
21,952.24
Respectfully submitted,
EUGENE N. PATTERSON,
Town Treasurer.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT 1923 Account
Outstanding January 8, 1927 Cash collected
$ 14.97
14.97
Interest collected
4.78
1924 Account
Outstanding January 8, 1927
$ 1,416.67
Abatements
- 41.28
Cash collected
1,272.70
Interest collected
120.39
Outstanding January 7, 1928
102.69
,1925 Account
Outstanding January 8, 1927
$ 9,092.37
Abatements
31.50
Cash collected
8,596.39
Interested collected
833.16
Outstanding January 7, 1928
464.48
1926 Account
Outstanding January 8, 1927 $ 30,348.05
Abatements
...
29.45
Cash collected
20,291.03
Interest collected
881.38
Outstanding January 7, 1928
10,027.57
1927 Account
Amount of Warrants
$ 94,139.73
Abatements
50.60
Cash collected
63,921.45
Interest collected
66.11
Outstanding January 7, 1928
30,167.68
Paid Eugene N. Patterson, Treasurer
Tax Redemptions
$ 77.46
Paid Eugene N. Patterson, Treasurer
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