Town of Tewksbury annual report 1933-1938, Part 16

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1933
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 980


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3.00


M. A. Lucia, gasoline


15.57


Austin French, gasoline


1.60


S. S. Kresge Co., supplies


.95


Surgical Dressings Inc., supplies


7.62


G. C. Prince & Son, supplies


3.47


Lowell Chapter Red Cross, supplies


1.00


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


.25


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


1.00


Samuel Brownstein, gasoline


9.86


Singer Sewing Machine Co., repairs


6.20


George Brabant, trucking


1.00


Elsie Burgess, expenses to Lowell


3.00


Dorothy Ackles, expenses to Lowell


2.00


E. G. Hinton, gasoline


2.52


Roy Curseaden, hauling wood


4.40


A. A. Smith Co., typewriter ribbons


1.50


Clark's Market, thread]


.25


$ 249.85


Unexpended


$ .15


PURCHASE OF AUTOMOBILE FOR POLICE DEPT.


Appropriation


$ 650.00


Expenditures


Pillerica Motor Sales Co., Ford sedan $ 650.00


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REPAIRS TO LEGION HALL


Appropriation .... $ 100.00


Expenditures


Wm. J. McNabb, repairing furnace $ 14.25 J. R. Smith, window shield and repairs 15.00


Middlesex Supply Co., paint, etc. 70.75 - -


$ 100.00


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Appropriation


$ 225.00


Expenditures


Leon & Hayes, supplies $ 10.90


D. C. Cameron, services


200.00 -


- -


$ 210.90


Unexpended


$ 14.10


MIDDLESEX CO. TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL LOAN


Appropriation


1,880.30 $


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, note No. 92


$


1,825.54


Interest 54.76 -


$ 1,880.30


HIGH SCHOOL SITE


Appropriation


2,550.00 $


Expenditures


Central Savings Bank, paid note No. 114


$


2,500.00


Interest


50.00


$ 2,550.00


PURCHASE OF FIRE HOSE AND EQUIPMENT


Appropriation $ 1,500.00


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Expenditures


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies $ 23.14


North Tewksbury Garage, labor and supplies .... 30.40


Gorham Fire Equipment Co., respirator 1.61


Ralph's Parts, 3-ton truck


150.00


G. R. Myers Co., spring


5.50


Wilbur K. Foss, lettering truck


3.00


Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies


24.56


A. G. Pollard Co., rubber boots 31.50


Charles J. McCarthy Co., parts for engine


4.50


J. L. Lacey, parts for truck


30.05


W. I. Bailey, pump, motor and tank


65.00


Mathias-Hart Co., parts for pump


7.05


F. Brooks Co., axles and flanges


8.00


American Fire Equipment Co., hose and equip-


ment


1,114.94


$ 1,499.25


Unexpended


$ .75


4-H CLUB


Appropriation


$ 50.00


Expenditures


Omer Blanchard, driving bus $ 11.50


Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paint, etc. 4.78


Donaldson's, paste


1.10


F. W. Woolworth Co., supplies


14.22


Harry C. Dawson, 3 tables


10.40


Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, supplies


8.00


-


$ 50.00


FOSTER SCHOOL FUND


Receipts


Central Savings Bank, interest $ 4.70


Payments


A. G. Pollard Co., Loma, bone meal, etc.


$


4.70


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MUNICIPAL INSURANCE


Appropriation


$ 1,500.00


Deposits


Merrimack River Savings Bank $ 500.00


Lowell Institution for Savings 500.00


City Institution for Savings 500.00 $ 1,500.00


W. P. A. FUND


Transferred from Surplus Overlay Act. by


vote of Town, Sept. 16, 1935 $ 2,500.00


Transferred from Unemployment Fund by vote of Town, Sept. 16, 1935 475.00


$ 2,975.00


Expenditures


G. C. Prince & Son, supplies $ 1.00


First National Stores, pails 2.25


E. G. Hinton, gas and trip to Lowell 4.50


Continental Rubber Works, pump parts


7.92


Mass. Gas & Electric Light Supply Co., sup- plies 2.89


Mathias-Hart Co., rubber boots


60.00


Donovan Motor Supply Co., leather


1.25


Arthur Tremblay, gas and supplies


107.16


Singer Sewing Machine Co., machines, parts and repairs 119.10


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


226.74


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools


74.97


No. Tewksbury Garage, labor and parts


36.27


Webster-Thomas Co., tires


124.68


Lowell Building Wrecking Co., steel


4.48


Lowell Electric Light Co., electricity


9.71


Joseph Bennett, repairing furnace


1.00


Elsie Burgess, trips to Lowell


11.69


Ralph Whitehead, services and expenses in Boston


78.00


Ralph Whitehead, license for truck 3.00


54


A. B. Moore, gasoline


.84


Miles Record, window


.50


J. J. Costello Co., climbers


41.53


Towers Motor Parts Corp., parts


7.43


Louis Marion, use of cement mixer


6.00


Olcott Motor Co., truck


352.00


Dorothy Ackles, services


46.00


Osterman Coal Co., cement


38.30


Parchert Service, tube


4.95


James Sheehan, trips for supplies


6.00


Ralph's Used Car Parts, truck


425.00


Wm. MacKay, trip to Lowell


1.00


Anthony Cidado, repairs


3.58


Wilmington Coal Co., coal


27.80


Lowell Glass Co., glass


8.50


George Brabant, use of truck


8.00


Markus Motor Service Inc., supplies and labor


16.07


Jennie Akerblad, First Aid supplies


4.93


George E. Gray, wood


8.00


Tewksbury Garage, repairs


8.95


Tewksbury Garage, storage


10.00


The Robertson Co., chairs wired


36.00


$ 1,937.99


Balance carried forward to 1936


$ 1,037.01


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


Receipts


Central Savings Bank, Wm. Prindle Fund $ 2.50


Central Savings Bank, Ebenezer Page Fund 5.00


Central Savings Bank, Samuel Jaques Fund 2.50


Central Savings Bank, Thomas Bridges


2.50


Central Savings Bank, Jeremiah Kittredge ...


2.50


Lowell Institution for Savings, Martha Shedd Fund


11.00


Lowell Institution for Savings, Peter Clark Fund 5.00


$ 31.00


Expenditures


William Pringle, care of Peter Clark lot $ 5.00


William Pringle, care of Ebenezer Page lot 5.00


William Pringle, care of Martha Shedd lot 11.00


William Pringle, care of Wm. Prindle lot .... 2.50


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Tewksbury Cemetery Corp.


Care of Samuel Jaques lot


2.50


Care of Thomas Bridges lot


2.50


Care of Jeremiah Kittredge lot


2.50


$ 31.00


SUMMARY


Highways


$ 24,299.44


Whipple Road ..


2,065.25


Chapter 90, Maintenance of Highways


5,099.32


Andover Street, Chapter 90


15,723.30


Chapman Road, Chapter 90


6,525.36


Pleasant Street, Chapter 464, Acts 1935


2,849.84


Schools


56,993.00


Vocational Schools


925.59


Public Welfare


15,446.28


State Aid


2,093.51


Old Age Assistance


2,174.96


Stationery and Printing


735.08


Salaries


2,860.00


Incidentals


799.38


Board of Health


983.47


Memorial Day


248.25


Street Lighting


5,957.93


Library


1,345.32


Town Hall


4,468.15


General


149,080.40


Moth Department


588.47


Tree Warden


1,199.67


Interest


1,710.84


Police


2,850.16


Parks and Commons


165.93


Fire Department


4,608.18


Assessors


1,893.34


Motor Excise Tax Refunds


24.86


Inspection of Meats and Animals


600.00


Collection of Taxes and Refunds


3,998.85


High School Building


83,938.75


Shawsheen School Loan


2,097.00


High School Loan


5,650.00


E. R. A. Supplies and Expenses


249.85


Purchase of Automobile for Police Dept.


650.00


Repairs to Legion Hall


100.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


210.90


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Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Loan


1,880.30


High School Site


2,550.00


Purchase of Fire Hose and Equipment 1,499.25


4-H Club


50.00


Foster School Fund


4.70


Municipal Insurance


1,500.00


W. P. A. Fund


1,937.99


Cemetery Trust Funds


31.00


Total payments


$420,683.87


Cash on hand


$ 282.58


Cash in bank, General Account


12,057.55


Cash in bank, High School Building Ac-


count P.W.A. No. 6998


8.71


$ 12,348.71


$433,032.58


Treasurer's receipts


$433,032.58


TRUST FUNDS


Condition of funds, December 31, 1935:


Foster School Fund


$ 1,036.10


Municipal Building Insurance Fund 7,959.37


William Prindle Cemetery Fund 99.91


Martha Page Cemetery Fund


382.03


Louisa Bridge Cemetery Fund


164.24


Samuel Jaque's Cemetery Fund


121.74


Jeremiah Kittredge Cemetery Fund


121.74


Peter Clark Cemetery Fund


107.68


Martha Shedd Fund


610.83


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Town Officials who were authorized to receive and expend money, for the year ending December 31, 1935, and to the best of my knowledge they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $12,348.71 in the Treasury.


ROBERT E. GAY,


Town Auditor.


Personally appeared before me on this 21st day of January, 1936, Robert E. Gay, and made oath that the foregoing statements were correct.


THOMAS F. FLYNN,


Justice of the Peace.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


Cash Balance January 1, 1935 Loans in Anticipation of Revenue


$ 75,830.17 130,000.00


Loans, High School Notes, P. W. A. No. 6998 ...


6,008.71


Temporary Loan in Anticipation of Federal Grant


20,000.00


Federal Grant


8,408.80


$240,247.68


Taxes


1931 Tax Account:


Personal and Real


$ 49.20


Excise


7.22


Interest


21.31


1932 Tax Account:


Personal and Real


474.80


Excise


51.79


Poll


18.00


Interest


143.88


Costs


16.00


1933 Tax Account:


Personal and Real


11,108.82


Excise


47.11


Poll


86.00


Interest


1,088.79


Costs


119.42


1934 Tax Account:


Personal and Real


20,594.06


Excise


510.48


Poll


372.00


Interest


801.97


Costs


24.04


1935 Tax Account:


Personal and Real


94,361.28


Excise


2,696.28


Poll


1,204.00


Interest


124.31


$133,920.76


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Tax Title Redemptions $


3,763.33


Land of Low Value


150.00


$


3,913.33


Highways


State Treasurer


$ 24,499.84


County Treasurer


5,974.95


$ 30,474.79


Schools


State Treasurer


$ 1,210.52


Household Arts Department


35.36


City of Boston


750.43


Manual Training Supplies, Fines, etc.


11.40


$ 2,007.71


Public Welfare


State Treasurer:


Old Age Assistance


$ 475.54


Temporary Aid


2,378.74


State Aid


70.00


Mother's Aid


118.55


City of Malden


43.00


City of Woburn


309.84


City of Lynn


211.98


City of Lowell


234.44


City of Waltham


505.72


Town of North Reading


94.75


Town of Wilmington


45.00


Town of Andover


229.13


Town of Chelmsford


17.50


$ 4,734.19


Town Hall


Rent of Hall $ 505.00 $ 505.00


Public Library


County Treasurer, Dog Tax Refunds $ 649.16


Abbie Blaisdell, Cards, Fines, etc. 4.50


-


$ 653.66


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Income Tax


State Treasurer


$ 9,899.51 $ 9,899.51 ..


Trust Funds


Received from William Prindle Fund $ 2.50


Received from Louisa Bridges Fund 2.50


Received from Jeremiah Kittredge Fund 2,50


Received from Samuel Jaques Fund


2.50


Received from Ebenezer Page Fund


5.00


Received from Peter Clark Fund


5.00


Received from Martha Shedd Fund


11.00


Received from Foster School Fund


4.70


$ 35.70


Police


District Court of Lowell, Fines, etc. $ 264.47 $ 264.47


Miscellaneous


Bingo Permits $ 48.00


R. W. Barron, Refund on Tax Titles


8.05


Jesse Kemp, Slaughtering Fees 116.65


Director of Standards, License Fees


33.00


Bi-Centennial Advertising


7.50


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. Rebate


3.43


H. C. Dawson, Dog Licenses


627.00


H. C. Dawson, License Fees 582.00


H. P. Hood & Sons, Milk Licenses .5.0


Bustead's Milk Co. .50


A. Osterman & Son, Pasteurization License 10.00


D. J. Cameron, Pasteurization License 10.00


A. Bernat Dairy, Pasteurization License 10.00


N. M. Anderson & Sons, Pasteurization License 10.00


N. E. Power Co., Use of Road Roller 40.00


R. W. Barron, Refund on Deeds 35.90


M. G. Rogers, Refund


4.75


R. H. Whitehead, Refund


1.00


D. J. Cameron, Fees 26.24


A. A .Pike, Use of Telephone 3.85


60


.


I. F. French, Use of Telephone 1.00


H. L. Trull, Use of Telephone


7.60


H. C. Dawson, Use of Telephone


25.00


R. E. Gay, Use of Telephone


.25


J. Touhey, Refund


3.00


State Treasurer:


Gasoline Refund


21.60


Rejinbursement Loss of Taxes


3,044.83


Refund Gasoline Excise Tax


16.56


Corporation Tax


323.16


Race Track Distribution


231.00


Veterans Exemption


3.70


Corporation Tax, Electric Light


1,119.71


$ 6,375.78


Total Money Received


$433,032.58


Credit


Highways:


Highway 81


$ 24,299.44


Chapter 90 Maintenance


5,099.32


Whipple Road, Chapter 90


2,065.25


Andover Street, Chapter 90.


15,723.30


Pleasant Street, Chapter 464


2,849.84


Chapman St. Chapter 90


6,525.36


$ 56,562.51


Schools:


Teachers


$ 21,368.21


Transportation


7,892.57


School Houses


709.56


Janitor and Fuel


6,161.16


School Books and Supplies


3,622.09


Tuition


11,959.40


School Supervision


877.56


Teachers' Retirement Board


871.00


School Miscellany


2,465.00


School Nurse


866.45


Medical Inspection


200.00


$ 56,993.00


Public Welfare


$ 12,923.79


Highway Unemployment Fund


2,542.49


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Military Aid


2,093.51


Stationery and Printing


735.08


Salaries


2,860.00


Incidentals


799.38


Board of Health


983.47


Memorial Day


248.25


Street Lighting


5,957.93


Library


1,345.32


Town Hall


4,468.15


General


149,080.40


Moth


588.47


Tree


1,199.67


Interest


1,710.84


Police


2,850.16


Parks and Commons


165.93


Assesors


1,893.34


Fire


4,608.18


High School


83,938.75


W. P. A. Account


1,937.99


E. R. A. Account


249.85


Old Age Assistance


2,174.96


Cemetery Trust Funds


31.00


Municipal Fire Insurance Fund


1,500.00


Inspection Meat and Animals


600.00


Vocational School


925.59


Shawsheen School House Loan


2,097.00


Collection of Taxes


3,998.85


Police Car Appropriation


650.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Refunds


24.86


Repairs Legion Hall


100.00


Middlesex T. B. Hospital Loan


1,880.30


High School Site


2,550.00


Purchase Fire Hose


1,499.25


Sealer of Weights and Measures


210.90


4 H Club


50.00


High School Loan


5,650.00


Foster School Fund


4.70


$420,683.87


Total Money Received


$433,034.58


Total Money Paid Out


420,683.87


General Town Account


$ 12,057.55


P. W. A. Project No. 6998, High School Fund


8.71


Cash on Hand


282.45


$ 12,348.71


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Assets


Money Due the Town, Chapter 40, Section 19 $ 3,982.13


Money Due from Other Cities and Towns 3,889.76


Outstanding Taxes, Uncollected


66,426.32


Cash on Hand


12,348.71


Federal Grant 17,789.97


$104,436.89


Liabilities


Unpaid Bills $ 2,200.00


Shawsheen School Loan, Notes Nos. 105 & 106


3,600.00


High School Loan, Notes Nos. 125-177


53,000.00


Additional High School Loan, Notes Nos. 186-191


6,000.00


Note No. 179, Due Feb. 20, 1936


10,000.00


Note No. 180, Due Feb. 20, 1936


15,000.00


Note No. 193, Due June 2, 1936


15,000.00


Note No. 194, Due Dec. 2, 1936


25,000.00


Note No. 195, Due Sept. 9, 1936


15,000.00


$144,800.00


TotalTotal Liabilities


$144,800.00


Total Assets 104,436.89


Balance Against the Town


$ 40,363.11


FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TOWN IN LAST TEN YEARS


Tax Rate


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 favor of Town Jan. 1st


1,604.76


29.40


1930 Balance in favor of 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


- 24.80


1934 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st


10,283.39


30.00


1935 Balance in favor of Town Jan. 1st


4,256.33


29,60


1936 Balance against the Town Jan. 1st


40,363.11


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Respectfully submitted,


ALICE A. PIKE,


Town Treasurer.


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


1931 Account


Outstanding January 10, 1935


$ 643.28


Taxes Collected


56.42


Interest Collected


$


21.31


Outstanding January 2, 1936


586.86


1932 Account


Outstanding January 10, 1935


$ 1,607.09


Taxes Collected


398.46


Interest Collected


159.41


Outstanding January 2, 1936


1,208.63


1933 Account


Outstanding January 19, 1935


$ 14,308.81


Abatements


15.75


Taxes Collected


10,592.75


Credited with Taxes on Tax Titles


1,437.54


Interest on Above Tax Titles


161.94


Interest Collected


1,039.35


Outstanding January 2, 1936


2,262.77


1934 Account


Outstanding January 10, 1935


$ 42,500.90


Abatements


123.03


Taxes Collected


20,869.38


Credited with Taxes on Tax Titles


3,756.65


Interest on Above Tax Titles


198.01


Interest Collected


799.6.8


Outstanding January 2, 1936


17,751.84


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1935 Account


Amount of Warrants


$139,507.80


Abatements Granted


654.83


Taxes Collected 98,337.90


Refunds to be made


45.81


Interest on Taxes


46.67


Outstanding January 2, 1936


40,560.88


The balances shown above for the years 1931 and 1932 are taxes on lands of low value which are uncollectible, also uncollectible poll and excise taxes.


Respectfully submitted,


ROBERT W. BARRON,


Collector of Taxes.


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REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT


To the members of the Board of Health:


Gentlemen:


The following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1935.


Reportable Cases


Diseases


No. Cases


No. Deaths


Chicken Pox


4


0


Diphtheria


1


0


Dog-bite


6


0


German Measles


1


0


Measles


4


0


Mumps


3


0


Pneumonia


5


1


Scarlet Fever


1


0


Septic Throat


10


0


Tuberculosis


6


0


Total


41


1


As a help to the citizens of our town I am incorporating in this report the quarantine requirements recommended by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health, which we have adopted. By keeping this report for reference the parents can more intelligently co-operate with the Health department in isolating these cases.


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QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS Recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health


CONTROL OF CONTACTS


DISEASE


MINIMUM PERIOD OF ISOLATION OF PATIENT


ADULTS


IMMUNE CHILDREN


CHILDREN NOT IMMUNE


PLACARD


Anterior Polio- myelitis


(Infan-


tile Paralysis) ....


Two weeks from onset of di- Note 1. sease, and thereafter until acute symptoms have sub- sided.


Until two weeks have elapsed from date of last posure.


Until two weeks have ex- elapsed from date of last exposure.


Yes.


Chicken Pox ...


One week from appearance No of eruption and thereafter restrictions. until all crusts have disap- peared.


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No.


Diphtheria


One week from date of onset and thereafter until 2 succes- restrictions sive negative cultures, taken save Notes 1 at least 24 hours apart, from and 2. both nose and throat, have been obtained.


If immune as shown by a Until


one week has Schick test or on the basis elapsed from date of of a previous attack of the last exposure and until disease, may return to school 2 negative nose and provided they live away from throat cultures taken home, or case is hospitalized, at an interval of not and if two consecutive nega- less than 24 hours have tive nose and throat cultures been obtained. taken at an interval of not less than 24 hours have been obtained.


Yes.


Epidemic Cereb- Two weeks from onset of di- Note 1. ro-Spinal Menin-


gitis


sease, and thereafter until all (Cerebro- acute symptoms have sub-


Spinal Fever) .... . sided.


Until ten days from date of Until ten


last exposure.


days from date of last exposure.


Yes.


. .


German Measles .. One week from appearance No of rash.


restrictions.


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No.


Measles


One week from appearance of rash.


No restrictions No restrictions.


save


non-im- (Note 3)


mune school teachers. These handled as non-imnune children.


Exclusion from school for 16 days from date of last exposure.


No.


Mumps


One week from onset of di- sease, and thereafter until all swelling of salivary glands has disappeared.


No restrictions.


No restrictions.


No.


Scarlet Fever


Uncomplicated cases 3 weeks. Complicated cases, 4 weeks.


No restrictions No restrictions if away from Unless child lives away save in certain home. (Note 3)


Yes.


occupations. (Notes 1 and 2)


from home one week and continues to live away from home, can- not re-enter school.


Smallpox


Three weeks from onset of Note 4. disease and thereafter until all crusts have disappeared and skin has healed.


Note 4.


Note 4.


Yes.


Typhoid Fever .... of clinical symptoms and save for food


thereafter until two succes- handlers. sive negative stool and urine (Note 5) cultures, secured at an in- terval of at least one week, have been obtained, provid- ed that a person who con- tinues to be a carrier may be released under supervision of and after special permission by the Board of Health.


No restrictions.


No.


Whooping Cough 3 weeks from beginning of No restrictions No restrictions. spasmodic cough.


(Note 3)


Exclusion from school two weeks from last exposure.


No.


NOTES


1. School teachers shall be subject to the same restric- tions as school children. Food handlers and others whose occupation brings them in contact with chil- dren have no restriction if they live away from home.


2. Food handlers living in a family in which a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever exists shall be subject to the same restrictions as children.


3. A child shall be considered as having had the disease if so shown by the records of the Board of Health or


by a sworn statement from the parent or guardian that the child has had the disease elsewhere.


4. Contacts shall be quarantined until three weeks have elapsed from the date of last exposure unless im- munized by a previous attack, by a recent successful vaccination, or showing the immunity reaction.


5. Food handlers living in a family in which a case of typhoid fever exists shall be excluded from their oc- cupation so long as they continue to live in the same house in which the case exists.


One week after subsidence No restrictions No restrictions.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


In submitting this, our annual report, we wish to call the atten- tion of the voters to the following facts:


The number of names on the register have been steadily increas- ing, and has reached a total of 365, in our December Federal report. This was due to the delay in transferring ERA to WPA and should not happen again at least until June 30, 1936.


There has been a great deal of sickness and our bills for hos- pitalization have been larger than usual, also our bills for out of town cases with town settlements have increased.


We have made a special effort to collect from other towns which has necessitated more office work than usual.


At the present time we have 79 persons working on WPA who should not require aid from the Town.


There are 119 cases certified by government social service as eligible for relief, leaving 40 not provided for. These are all able to work! Besides this there are those unable, from various causes to labor but who must be provided for.


Of the $5,000.00 provided by the Town as unemployment $1,275.00 was set aside as a special fund for Chapman Street. This assisted the Highway Commissioners in securing an allotment from State and County Officials, of funds under Chapter 90 which, besides using $1,275.00 of labor from Welfare rolls, allowed the Highway Depart- ment to function during the months of November and December.


The financial statement is as follows:


Expenses as per Auditor's Report $ 12,923.75


Unemployment Fund 2,542.49


Transferred :


To Chapman St. 1,275.00


To WPA 475.00


To Tax Collector 500.00


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During the year the following sums have been collected by this department:


Commonwealth


$ 2,973.33


Town of Chelmsford


17.50


Town of Andover


229.13


City of Lowell


234.44


City of Waltham


505.72


Town of Wilmington


45.00


City of Lynn


211.98


Town of North Reading


94.75


City of Woburn


.309.84


City of Malden


43.00


Refund


3.00


TOTAL


$ 4,667.69


There is due from the following sources:


Commonwealth


$ 1,816.85


City of Waltham


305.00


City of Lynn


146.35


City of Lawrence


266.05


City of Malden


650.93


Town of Dracut


254.00


Town of Wilmington


35.45


City of Lowell


415.13


TOTAL


$ 3,889.76


There is due to the following:


Town of Dracut


$ 164.88


City of Lowell


752.10


Commonwealth


619.42


There is an article in the Town Warrant to cover these sums.


Respectfully submitted,


EVERETT H. KING, Chairman, IRVING F. FRENCH, HERBERT L. TRULL,


Board of Public Welfare


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TABLE OF ESTIMATES FOR 1936


Street Lighting


$ 6,100.00


incidentals


1,000.00


Highways


12,000.00


Schools


55,800.00


Library (Dog Tax)


950.00


Police


5,000.00


Stationery and Printing


1,000.00


Board of Health


1,200.00


Salaries


3,000.00


Park Commission


300.00


Tree Warden


1,200.00


Dept. Public Welfare


17,000.00


Fire Department


4,500.00


Town Hall


4,000.00


Assessors


1,800.00


Vocational School


1,000.00


Inspection of Meats and Animals


600.00


Aid, State and Military


2,500.00


Interest on Loans


2,500.00


Collection of Taxes


4,000.00


Municipal Insurance


1,500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


225.00


Bureau of Old Age Pension


3,000.00


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPRAISERS


The Board of Appraisers submit the following report:


Moth and Tree Warden Departments


January 1, 1935


$ 1,243.60


January 1, 1936


1,143.50


1


Net Loss


$ 100.10


Highway Department


January 1, 1935


$ 8,558.50


January 1, 1936


8,046.75


Net Loss


$ 511.75


W. P. A. Property


1 Dodge truck (1930) . . $ 350.00


1 Chevrolet truck (1933)


425.00


Sewing machines


180.00


Sewing findings


50.00


Boots


80.00


Wire on hand (water holes)


48.00


2 horse scoop


8.00


Wheel barrows


20.00


Shovels


82.50


Picks, grubs, rakes, axes, misc.


67.00


$ 1,310.50


IRVING F. FRENCH,


EVERETT H. KING,


HERBERT L. TRULL,


Appraisers.


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS


To the Board of Selectmen, Town of Tewksbury:


Gentlemen: Following is my report for inspection of meats and provisions for the year of 1935 from January 1 to December 31, 1935.


Number of sides of beef inspected 1250


Number of Calves inspected 862


Number of Hogs inspected 383


Number of Sheep inspected 7


Cattle Condemned


Number of sides of beef condemned 2


Number of heads condemned.


4


Number of sets of lungs condemned 3


Number of livers condemned 4


Swine Condemned


Number of Swine condemned 1


Number of Heads condemned 5


Number of sets of lungs condemned 6


Number of livers condemned 8


Calves Condemned


Number of veals condemned 18


Number of sheep condemned. 1


Respectfully submitted,


ASAHEL H. JEWELL


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Tewksbury:


Gentlemen: Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals from January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1935.


Cows inspected 916


Ycung Cattle inspected 166


Bulls inspected


19


Sheep inspected


13


Hogs inspected


581


Goats inspected


1


Stables inspected


88


I have released for immediate slaughter 2 head of cattle.


For dairy purposes, 161 head of cattle and 24 dogs were quaran- tined for rabies and released at the end of 14 days. 1 dog head sent to Harvard University school.


I have inspected 8 barns where cattle are under State and Fed- eral supervision.


Respectfully submitted, .


ASAHEL H. JEWELL


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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


As Park Commissioners we submit the following report:


The commons have been mowed and raked during the summer. The common facing the hall has been graded and raised six inches, a cement curbing 100 feet long placed along the edge of Pleasant Street. The bandstand has been repaired and new seats installed.




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