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Appropriation
$ 600.00
Expenditures
George K. James, services
$ 7.50
Lowell Sun Co., advertising
18.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms
3.26
Bertha Benner, services
70.00
George McCoy, services
122.00
$ 200.00
88
Alice A. Pike, services
$ 200.00
William H. Bennett, services
97.00
Herbert A. Fairbrother, services
82.00 $ 599.76
Unexpended
$ .24
CLERICAL ASSISTANCE
Appropriation
$ 300.00
Expenditures
Ethel M. Phillips, services
$ 300.00
ADDITION TO SHAWSHEEN SCHOOL BUILDING
Brought Forward from 1943
$ 1,692.47
W. A. Mack Co., labor and material changing heating system at Shawsheen School ..
$ 1,692.47
MAINTENANCE OF STADIUM and ATHLETICS
Appropriation
$ 400.00
Expenditures
John G. MacLellan, range oil $ 45.12
Horace Partridge, footballs & athletic equipment
226.80
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., paint
5.92
C. H. Hobson & Son, labor and material
93.95
Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity
9.00
Lull & Hartford, keys
6.25
Lowell Glass Co., glass
9.45
$ 396.49
Unexpended
$ 3.51
TAX TITLE FORECLOSURES
Appropriation
Expenditures $ 300.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms $ 8.33
George A. Marshall, paid Registry of Deeds.
4.40
Middlesex No. District Registry of Deeds, fees for recording deeds
39.00
Middlesex No. District Land Registration Office, recording affidavits
15.75
A. J. Fairgrieve, postage on registered mail
7.80
The Lowell Sun, advertising
18.00
Alice A. Pike, acknowledging deeds
4.75 $
98.03
Unexpended
$ 201.97
89
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EXCISE REFUND
Estate of Franklin F. Spaulding, refund $ 13.26
Herman Bischoff, refund
4.24
Russell Evans, refund
2.19 $ 19.69
REAL ESTATE FUND
Luke and Annie Powers, refund $ 22.96
John R. Smith, refund
1.40 $ 24.36
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
Appropriation Expenditures
$ 375.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
$ 217.52
Unexpended
$ 157.48
MUNICIPAL INSURANCE
Appropriation
$ 1,500.00
Expenditures
Union National Bank of Lowell, 2 U.S. Savings
Bonds
1,500.00 $
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Appropriation Expenditures $ 225.00
G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., supplies $ 13.50
Robinson Seal Co., aluminum seals 2.12
Victor N. Cluff, services as Sealer
200.00 $
215.62
Unexpended
$ 9.38
SHAWSHEEN SCHOOL BUILDING LOAN
Appropriation
$ 2,045.00
Merchants National Bank of Boston, interest on loan $ 45.00
Merchants National Bank of Boston, paid note
No. 238 2,000.00 $ 2,045.00
W.P.A.
Brought Forward from 1943 $ 315.85
Expenditures
Singer Sewing Machine Co., repairing sewing
machines 64.89
Unexpended
$ 250.96
90
PURCHASE OF WAR BONDS
Appropriation
$ 15,000.00
Union National Bank of Lowell, Treasury Notes of Series B-1947
$ 15,000.00
SCHOOL LUNCHES
Appropriation from W.P.A. Account $ 1,000.00
Expenditures
The Tewksbury Co-Operative Store, groceries ...
$ 33.22
Webster Thomas Co., groceries
76.04
Mrs. Eugene Winters, services
119.20
Collector of Internal Revenue, withholding tax
.80
Mrs. Jane Wiley, services at Foster School
48.00
Mrs. Catherine Moran, services at Shawsheen School
12.00 $
289.26
Unexpended and carried forward to 1945
$ 710.74
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Receipts
Central Savings Bank, interest from
Samuel Jaques Fund
$ 3.00
Jeremiah Kittredge Fund
3.00
Louisa Bridge Fund
3.00
Ebenezer Page Fund
5.00
Wm. Pringle Fund
2.00
City Institution for Savings, interest from
Martha Shedd Fund
6.00
Peter Clark Fund
2.00 $
24.00
Expenditures
Tewksbury Cemetery Corp.,
Care of Thomas Bridge Lot
3.00
Care of Samuel Jaques Lot
3.00
Jeremiah Kittredge Lot
3.00
Leslie Collins,
Care of Martha Shedd Lot
6.00
Care of Ebenezer Page Lot
5.00
Care of Wm. Pringle Lot
2.00
Care of Peter Clark Lot
2.00 $
24.00
.
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SUMMARY
Highways-General
$ 6,807.91
Highways-Chapter 81
13,642.32
Highway Machinery Fund
3,784.47
Highways-Chapter 90, Maintenance
5,574.36
Schools
70,155.23
Vocational School
748.83
Public Welfare
6,550.16
Aid To Dependent Children
7,011.02
Old Age Assistance
30,988.30
Aid, State and Military
741.18
Salaries, Town Auditor
1,000.00
Town Treasurer
2,000.00
Town Clerk
1,000.00
Tax Collector
2,500.00
Selectmen
1,100.00
School Committee
225.00
Road Commissioners
309.60
Election Officers
192.00
Stationery and Printing
1,157.85
Incidentals
1,042.64
Board of Health
1,473.20
Memorial Day
312.50
Street Lighting
6,181.53
Library
1,977.09
Town Hall
4,216.45
General
86,885.74
Moth Department
1,054.87
Tree Warden
1,290.30
Interest
230.78
Police
12,942.72
Parks and Commons
282.91
Fire Department
10,109.54
Assessors
3,244.00
Inspection of Meat and Animals
900.00
Collection of Taxes
947.96
Maintenance of Legion Hall
125.00
Dog Officer
200.00
High School Building Loan
4,577.50
Board of Registrars
599.76
Clerical Assistance
300.00
Addition to Shawsheen School Building
1,692.47
Maintenance of Stadium and Athletics
396.49
Tax Title Foreclosures
98.03
Excise Refund
19.69
92
Real Estate Refund
24.36
Civilian Defense
217.52
Municipal Insurance
1,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
215.62
Shawsheen School Building Loan
2,045.00
W. P. A.
64.89
Purchase of War Bonds
15,000.00.
School Lunches
289.26
Cemetery Trust Funds
24.00
Total Expenditures
$315,970.05
Cash on hand $ 6.83
Cash in bank
90,993.80
91,000.63
Treasurer's receipts $406,970.68 NOTE: No expenditures have been made from the following appropriations : 4-H Club $ 50.00
New Fire Truck, brought forward from 1942
to 1943, and from 1943 to 1944 5,500.00
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
$
5,000.00
Transferred by vote of finance committee to
Board of Public Welfare $ 1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children 500.00
Police Department 500.00 $ 2,500.00
Balance reverting to Town Treasury $ 2,500.00
Investment Post War Rehabilitation Fund, U.S.
War Savings Bonds $ 15,041.28
TRUST FUNDS
Condition of Trust Funds, December 31, 1944:
Municipal Building Insurance Fund, in banks $ 19,467.89 Reg. U. S. War Savings Bonds 4,500.00 $ 23,976.89
Foster School Fund 1,177.20 107.64
Dr. George A. Peirce Fund
Jeremiah Kittredge Cemetery Fund $ 118.76
Louisa Bridges Cemetery Fund 169.58
Samuel Jaques · Cemetery Fund 118.74
William Prindle (Pringle) Cemetery Fund 101.03
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Ebenezer Page Cemetery Fund
408.58 Peter Clark Cemetery Fund 101.03
Martha Shedd Cemetery Fund
667.52
Anna Boynton Cemetery Fund (War bonds)
200.00 $ 1,885.24
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of all Town Officials who were authorized to receive and expend money, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1944, and to the best of my knowledge and belief they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $91,000.63 in the Treasury.
ROBERT E. GAY,
Town Auditor.
Personally appeared before me on this 26th day of January, 1945, Robert E. Gay, Town Auditor, and made oath that the foregoing state- ments are correct.
THOMAS P. FLYNN,
Justice of the Peace.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash Balance January 9, 1944. $ 87,561.53
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue 60,000.00
Loans in Anticipation of Highway Reimbursement 10,000.00
TAXES
Levy of 1942
Demand
$ 26.50
Interest
253.07
Poll
2.00
Real Estate
4,269.94
Levy of 1943
Demands
$ 12.60
Excise
98.65
Interest
308.51
Personal
327.60
Poll
4.00
Real Estate
11,830.42
Levy of 1944
Demands
99.40
Excise
4,085.62
Interest
36.98
Personal
64,527.12
Poll
1,794.00
Real Estate
69,843.74
$157,520.15
TAX TITLES
Redeemed
$ 1,130.43
Partial Payments
979.83
$
2,110.26
Land Owned by the Town Sold
$ 405.00
405.00
Foreclosed Tax Titles Land Low Value Sold
70.00
70.00
95
HIGHWAYS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Highway Chapter 81 Contract No. 8981 $ 7,057.34
Highway Chapter 90 Maintenance 2,000.00
Highway Snow Removal 45.25
Hire of Highway Trucks and Roller 223.88
Highway Fund Acts of 1943
7,486.19
$ 16,812.66
Middlesex County
Highway Maintenance Various Roads $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
PUBLIC WELFARE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Aid to Dependent Children $ 2,400.96
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grant .... 2,143.50
Old Age Assistance 12,564.32
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant 13,490.90
Meal Tax (Old Age Assistance)
669.55
Temporary Aid 47.00
Old Age Assistance Reimbursement Other Cities and Towns 637.97
Public Welfare Reimbursement Other Cities and Towns ..
864.57
Division of Child Guardianship Tuition
624.04
$ 33,442.81
STATE AND MILITARY AID
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
State Aid
$
150.00
War Allowances 110.00
$ 260.00
LIQUOR LICENSES
License Fees Collected by Treasurer $ 2,125.00 $ 2,125.00
96
POLICE
District Court of Lowell Pistol Permits $ .50
Chief Cyril L. Barker, Pistol Permits
12.00
$ 12.50
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Middlesex County :
Dog License Money Refunded $ 681.37
Abbie M. Blaisdell, Librarian Sale of Cards, etc. 11.00
$ 692.37
RENTAL OF TOWN PROPERTY
Karl Trott and Family
$
105.00 $
105.00
SCHOOLS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Vocational Education
$
604.00 $
604.00
TAXES (STATE)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Corporations
$ 9,516.54
Income Tax
17,358.00
Reimbursement Loss of Taxes
3,103.89
Department of Public Health
492.86
$ 30,471.29
TOWN CLERK
Alice A. Pike, Town Clerk
Dog Licenses $ 818.00
Fees, Licenses
279.16
$ 1,097.16
TOWN HALL
Rental of Town Hall
$
110.00 $
110.00
97
TRUST FUNDS (INTEREST)
Anna F. Boynton Fund
$ 2.50
Louisa Bridges Fund
3.00
Peter Clark Fund 2.00
Samuel Jacques Fund
3.00
Jeremiah Kittredge Fund
3.00
Ebenezer Page Fund
5.00
William Pringle Fund
2.00
Martha Shedd Fund
6.00
$ 26.50
MISCELLANEOUS
Advertising
$ 22.50
Licenses Class III
35.00
Licenses Slaughter House
10.00
Inspection Fees at Slaughter House
150.30
Permits :
Milk: Store Dealers, Pasteurization (1943)
14.00
Milk: Store Dealers, Pasteurization (1944)
58.50
Music Entertainment on Sabbath Day. ..... 24.50
Other Permits Miscellaneous 13.00
Sale of Copies of Map of Town
2.00
Sale of Manual Training Supplies
20.56
Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees
18.04
Sale of Junk (Police Department)
5.00
Lightning Loss Foster School
475.00
Sale of Building off Pleasant Street
105.00
Right of Way Thru Town Property (Oil)
250.00
Alice A. Pike, Treasurer Balance Transferred to Account of 1944
11.25
Refunds:
Individuals
190.07
Lowell Electric Light Corporation
11.00
Central Scientific Company
85.92
Use of Telephone
6.83
Telephone Toll Calls:
Harry C. Dawson
2.60
Irving F. French
7.20
Robert E. Gay
2.80
Bernard H. Greene
3.55
98
Alden S. Haines George A. Marshall Alice A. Pike
5.75
7.75
6.33
Total Money Received
$
1,544.45
$406,970.68
CREDIT
Addition to Shawsheen School Building $ 1,692.47
Aid Dependent Children Town Appropriation ....
4,949.60
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grants
2,013.50
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grants Adm.
47.92
Aid State and Military
741.18
Assessors
3,244.00
Board of Registrars
599.76
Collection of Taxes
947.96
Civilian Defense
217.52
Clerical Assistance
300.00
Dog Officers' Account
200.00
Fire Department
10,109.54
Foreclosure of Tax Titles
98.03
General
86,885.74
Board of Health
1,473.20
High School Building Loan
4,577.50
Highways
6,807.91
Highways Chapter 81
13,642.32
Highways Chapter 90
5,574.36
Highway Machinery Fund
3,784.47
Incidentals
1,042.64
Interest
230.78
Inspection of Meats and Animals
900.00
Library
1,977.09
Maintenance of Stadium and Athletics
396.49
Maintenance of Legion Hall
125.00
Memorial Day
312.50
Moth Department
1,054.87
Old Age Assistance Town Appropriation
18,467.69
Old Age Assistance Federal Grants
12,063.16
Old Age Assistance Federal Grants Adm.
457.45
Parks and Commons
282.91
Police Department
12,942.72
99
Purchase of War Bonds
15,000.00
Salaries
8,326.60
Shawsheen School Building Loan
2,045.00
Schools:
Books and Supplies
3,020.78
Fuel and Janitors
10,226.89
Houses
2,940.40
Medical Inspection
265.00
Miscellany
1,925.98
Nurse
1,143.75
Supervision
912.48
Teachers
40,401.45
Teachers' Retirement Fund
2,118.50
School Lunch Project
289.26
Sealer of Weights and Measures
215.62
Stationery and Printing
1,157.85
Street Lighting
6,181.53
Tax Refunds
Motor Vehicle Excise
19.69
Real Estate
24.36
Transportation
7,200.00
Town Hall
4,216.45
Tree Warden
1,290.30
Trust Funds
Cemetery
24.00
Municipal Buildings Insurance
1,500.00
Vocational School
748.83
Welfare (Public)
6,550.16
W. P. A.
64.89
Total Expenditures
$315,970.05
Total Money Received
$406,970.68
Total Money Paid Out
315,970.05 $ 91,000.63
Cash on Hand $ 6.83
Deposit in Union National Bank Lowell
90,993.80
$ 91,000.63
ASSETS
Money Due the Town:
Old Age Assistance Other Cities and Towns $ 1,763.20
Welfare Other Cities and Towns. 175.73
100
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Old Age Assistance
4,517.08
Aid Dependent Children
1,141.27
Highway Chapter 81
705.56
Town of Andover:
School Department 291.00
Outstanding Taxes
18,234.66
Balance on Hand
91,000.63
$117,829.13
LIABILITIES
High School Loan Notes Nos. 161 to 177 inc. ...... $ 17,000.00
Reimbursement Loan Note No. 253 due Feb. 7, 1945
10,000.00
Addition to Shawsheen School Building Loan
Notes Nos. 239 and 240 4,000.00
$ 31,000.00
Total Assets
$117,829.13
Total Liabilities
31,000.00
Balance in Favor of Town
$ 86,829.13
TOWN FUNDS
Post War Rehabilitation Fund, Chap. 5. Acts of 1943, Registered War Savings Bonds (2) 15,000.00
Interest received on Bonds 41.28 15,041.28
TRUST FUNDS
Municipal Building Insurance Jan. 1, 1944:
Deposited in Savings Bank $ 19,113.73
Interest Received for 1944 on deposits 288.13
Registered War Savings Bonds (4)
3,000.00
Interest Received on Bonds
75.00
Registered War Savings Bonds (2) Bought with Appropriation 1944 (not yet delivered) 1,500.00
Total Amount of Fund January 1, 1945 $ 23,976.86
Anna Boynton Fund (2 War Bonds) $ 200.00
Foster School Fund
1,177.20
Cemetery (Seven)
1,685.42
George A. Peirce 107.64
Tax Titles Held by Town
2,631.43
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN LAST TEN YEARS
Tax Rate
1936 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1 $ 40,363.11
$ 33.30
1937 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
26,172.22
33.40
1938 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
3,502.38
32.00
1939 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
5,595.52
29.30
1940 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
670.60
29.60
1941 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
2,774.55
28.20
1942 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
21,858.40
28.20
1943 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
50,423.10
28.00
1944 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
78,546.33
28.00
1945 Balance in favor of the Town Jan. 1
86,829.13
RATE PAID ON A. R. NOTES YEAR OF 1944
A. R. Notes Nos. 250, 251 and 252 borrowed at .45% discounted. Reimbursement Loan No. 253 borrowed at .50% discounted.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. MARSHALL,
Town Treasurer.
102
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPRAISERS
MOTH AND TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENTS
January 1, 1945
$ 2,209.68
January 1, 1944
1,914.25
Net Gain
$ 295.43
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
January 1, 1945
$ 12,317.75
January 1, 1944
12,295.75
Net Gain $ 22.00
IRVING F. FRENCH,
BERNARD H. GREENE,
EDWARD J. SULLIVAN,
Appraisers.
103
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
1942 Real Estate Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944.
$ 4,459.75 $ 4,459.75
Collected during 1944
$ 4,269.94
Added to Tax Titles 1944.
184.17
Abated during 1944
5.64
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$ 4,459.75 $
4,459.75 none
1942 Poll Tax Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944.
$ 2.00 $
2.00
Collected during 1944.
$
2.00 $
2.00
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
none
Interest Collected during 1944
$ 253.07 $
253.07
Costs collected during 1944.
$ 26.50 $
26.50
1943 Personal Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944
$ 338.80
338.80
Collected during 1944
$ 327.60
Abated during 1944
$
11.20
$ 338.80 $
338.80
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
none
1943 Real Estate Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944
$ 16,031.58 $ 16,031.58
Collected during 1944
$ 11,830.42
Added to Tax Titles 1944
$ 182.84
Abated during 1944
$
23.10
$ 12,036.36 $ 12,036.36
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945 $ 3,995.22
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1943 Poll Tax Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944
$ 4.00 $ 4.00
Collected during 1944
$
4.00 $
4.00
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
none
1943 Excise Tax Account
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944
$ 105.19 $
105.19
Collected during 1944
$ 98.65 $
98.65
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$
6.54
Interest collected during 1944
$
308.51 $
308.51
Costs collected during 1944
$
12.60
12.60
1944 Personal Tax Account
Warrant for Personal Tax $ 65,002.42 $ 65,002.42
Collected during 1944
$ 64,527.12
Abated during 1944
$ 20.16
$ 64,547.28 $ 64,547.28
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
455.14 $
1944 Real Estate Account
Warrants for 1944 Real Estate $ 84,608.81 $ $24.36
Refunded during 1944
$ 84,633.17 $ 84,633.17
Collected during 1944
$ 69,843.74
Added to Tax Titles 1944
$
539.56
Abated during 1944
$
558.71
$ 70,942.01 $ 70,942.01
$ 13,691.16
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
105
1944 Poll Tax Account
Warrants for Poll Taxes
$ 2,656.00 $ 2.656.00
Collected during 1944
$ 1,794.00
Abated during 1944
$ 856.00
$ 2,650.00 $
2,650.00
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$ 6.00
1944 Excise Tax Account
Warrants for Excise Taxes
$ 4,213.82
Refunded during 1944
$ 19.69
To be Refunded in 1944.
$
1.62
$
4,235.13 $
4,235.13
Collected during 1944
$
4,085.62
Abated during 1944
$
68.91
$ 4,154.53 $
4,154.53
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1945
$ 80.60
Interest collected during 1944
$ 36.98
$ 36.98
Costs collected during 1944
$ 99.40 $
99.40
Total Collected during 1944 and turned over to
Treasurer
$157,520.15
Total Collected thru Tax Title Takings during 1944
$ 906.57
Total Amount Collected during 1944
$158,426.72
Total Amount Uncollected
$ 18,234.66
Respectfully submitted
HARRY C. DAWSON
Tax Collector
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In Memoriam
BUZZELL KING Died February 24, 1944
Served as Chairman Board of Assessors 1908-1944
ASSESSOR'S REPORT
Value of Land Exclusive of Buildings Jan. 1, 1944 $ 844,503.00
Value of Buildings 2,175,440.00
Value of Personal Property
2,321,515.00
Value of Property December Assessment
1,800.00
Total Value for 1944 $5,343,258.00
Total Value for 1943.
5,405,144.00
Loss in Valuation $ 61,886.00
TAX LEVY FOR 1944
Town Appropriations
$194,007.00
Appropriation Available Funds
15,000.00
Debt and Interest Charges
6,622.50
Overlay Deficit
457.71 $216,087.21
State Tax
8,954.00
State Parks and Reservations
224.53
State Audit
758.04
9,936.57
County Tax
$ 5,727.39
Tuberculosis Hospital
1,442.78
1943 Underestimate County Tax.
289.95 $
7,460.12
Overlay Current Year $ 4,704.68
Gross Amount to be Raised
$238,188.58
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax
$ 14,873.62
Corporation Taxes
6,655.34
Reimbursement State Owned Land. 3,103.89
Gasoline Tax
7,486.19
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
3,500.00
Licenses 2,700.00
General Government
250.00
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Health & Sanitation
250.00
Aid Dependent Children
5,300.00
Old Age Assistance
13,000.00
Old Age Tax (Meals)
553.85
Schools
2,500.00
Interest on Taxes
800.00
Total Estimated Receipts $ 60,972.89
Overestimate State Parks $ 6.86
Amount from Available Funds 25,000.00
Total Available Funds $ 25,006.86
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds. $ 85,979.75
Net Amount to be Raised on Polls and Property $152,208.83
Polls
$
2,648.00
Personal Property
$ 65,002.42
Real Estate
$ 84,558.41
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $152,208.83
AUTO EXCISE LEVY
Total Valuation $127,380.00
Amount Warrants to Collector $ 4,213.82
Amount Taken Estimated Revenue $ 3,500.00
Amount Abated
68.91 $
3,568.91
Balance
$
644.91
TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
1,368
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
11,088 2/5
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
62
Cows
643
Neat Cattle
62
Swine
558
Sheep
25
Fowl
23,025
All Other
5
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EXEMPTED PROPERTY (REAL AND PERSONAL)
Religious, Charitable, etc.
$ 226,100.00
Town
416,700.00
State
4,386,580.00
Federal
102,550.00
Total Exempted Property $5,131,930.00
Respectfully submitted,
AUSTIN F. FRENCH HARRY P. NASH ETHEL M. PHILLIPS
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TEWKSBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT 1944
CYRIL L. BARKER, Chief
DANIEL D. STERLINGİ
ROSS SARGENT
LAUCHIE McPHAIL
GEORGE M. HAZEL
JOSEPH A. VIVIER
GEORGE A. GALE
JAMES MANLEY*
JEREMIAH HOULIHAN
DANIEL J. SHEEHAN
ARTHUR LaFLEUR*
C. ABBOT BATTLES WALTER LAVELL
TEWKSBURY AUXILIARY POLICE DEPARTMENT
DIVISION 1
Mark Roper (Officer in Charge)
J. Harper Gale
William Smith
John A. MacLellan
Edwin Thorensen
George J. McCoy
William Scarlett
Louis Small
DIVISION 2 Herbert L. Trull (Officer in Charge)
Harold Smith
· Wallace A. Fiske Frank Johnson
John D. Scott Stephen Scribner
DIVISION 3 Philip Battles (Officer in Charge)
Harold Carson
Robert Smith
Cornelius L. Glen
Roy H. Pennock
Walter Jop*
John A. Trull
Roy Lanner
DIVISION 4 Edwin Osterman (Officer in Charge)
Winthrop Bean
Enoch Lunn John Furtado
Uel H. Kinney
DIVISION 5 Philip W. Rounsevell (Officer in Charge)
Howard Collins
George O'Connell
Merton Curtis
Thomas D. Ray*
Clifford Greeno
Robert C. Renfrew
Hugh McPhee
George Tolstrup
NOTE -* Serving with the Armed Forces of the United States ¡Honorable Discharge from U. S. Navy
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Victor N. Cluff
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
December 31, 1944.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Tewksbury Police Department, as follows:
Drunkenness
9
Illegitimacy
1
Arrests for other departments
3
Breaking and Entering in Night Time
2
Delinquent Child
3
Trespassing
2
Operating to endanger
1
Assault and battery
1
Leaving scene of accident
1
Larceny of goods
1
Non Support
1
Absconded from M.S.I.
4
Total
29
Disposition of Cases:
Lowell District Court
Guilty
14
Held for Superior Court
3
Not Guilty
2
Released by Probation Officer
5
Committed to State Farm
1
Fined
1
For other Departments
3
Total 29
Superior Court Cambridge
Cases Pending 3
112
District Court Sessions Attended 26
Superior Court Sessions Attended 2
Civil Sessions, District Court
8
Civil Sessions, Superior Court 14
Federal Court, Boston
3
Telephone calls at the office 3731
Telephone calls received at Chief's Home 3116
Complaints received
616
Accidents investigated
28
Summons served
34
Investigations for Selective Service
2
Public Functions policed
53
Funerals policed
10
Messages delivered
84
Dogs struck by cars, reported to this office.
22
Dog bite cases
9
Sudden deaths investigated
4
Doors and windows found open
15
Snow and ice conditions on highway reported
9
Admitted to Tewksbury State Hospital
17
Lights out, poles and wires down
15
With Lowell Humane Society on Investigations
3
Missing persons reported elsewhere
9
Missing person in Tewksbury
18
Cars stolen elsewhere
42
Cars stolen in Tewksbury
3
Hearings held at office
14
Investigations for other departments
29
Investigations with agent of MSPCC
2
Registration plates checked
3
Cases transported to hospitals
17
Fires policed
28
Stolen cars recovered
9
Registration plates picked up
8
Merchandise recovered
$2,874.50
Investigations for Federal Bureau of Investigation
19
Cars transferred
62
Revolver permits issued 24
Jurors served 10
Policed buildings transported over highway
2
Cars checked during sticker drive 200
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Our automobile accident record for the year show less in number, but injuries received were more serious. One fatal accident is recorded on Brown Street. The most serious accident occurred during the fall of rain or snow and freezing, forming an ice coating on the roadway.
The smooth surface on Main Street has been discussed with the Board of Selectmen, and they in turn have taken this matter up with the Department of Public Works. Nothing can be done to the road surface during the winter months, but assurance has been received from the Department of Public Works, that this situation will receive their attention in the Spring.
Our Juvenile Delinquency situation is again well in hand, and I feel that we can keep it that way. During the year we had the mis- fortune of losing a most valuable servant in this work. The death of our school nurse, Miss Edith E. Haines is a great loss., Very few people. knew of the great work she did in connection with Juvenile problems. To me it was a pleasure to work with such a fine person.
I wish to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to the members of the Board of Selectmen, Melvin G. Rogers, members of the Finance Committee, the Inhabitants of the Town, and to the members of the Police and Auxiliary Police Department for their co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CYRIL L. BARKER,
Chief of Police.
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In Memoriam
LOUIS O. BERUBE
Born February 12, 1896
Died February 3, 1944
Highway Commissioner 1940-1944
REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Board of Selectmen,
Tewksbury, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The following is our report for the year ending December 31, 1944.
CHAPTER 81, AND GENERAL HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE.
The usual highway maintenance was carried out this year, which included the use of gravel, tar, pea stone, pea gravel and patch on our various streets and those that come under our Chapter 81 Contract.
All guard rails and wooden fences have been painted and damaged posts on Andover Street, East Street, River Road, North Street, Billerica Road and Shawsheen Street have been replaced.
In resurfacing Town Hall Afenue, Old Main Street and sections of Chandler Street, Pleasant Street, River Road, and Common Street, an application of tar and pea stone was used. We previously used this treatment on our Chapter 90 Maintenance Streets and found it very satisfactory.
Catch Basins have been installed on the following streets this year:
Street Chandler Street
Location Corner of Pine Street
Pleasant Street
East Street
Near Mr. C. Ropers' residence Northerly from Salem Junction
This year our highway employees were put on a straight salary basis, which includes stormy weather and holidays.
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