Town of Tewksbury annual report 1939-1944, Part 7

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1076


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12.00


Roy Anderson, disinfectant


3.00


E. A. Wilson Co., coal


446.14


James Touhy, painting


65.00


123


33.40


The Robertson Co., chairs


300.00


S. S. Kresge Co., dish towels


3.60


First National Stores Inc., supplies


.84


George J. McCoy, repairing clock


100.00


American Fire Equipment Co., parts


1.50


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


16.99


Bartlett & Dow Co., lawn mower


9.95


T. F. Sullivan, material and labor


167.85


North Tewksbury Garage, repairing pump


7.63


Commissioner of Public Safety, inspection of


boilers


10.00


Forrest Foster, wood


6.00


Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, dishes


31.71


A. G. Pollard Co., supplies


4.37


Shattuck's Express, express


.65


The C. B. Dolge Co., disinfectant


2.69


R. Dexter Tolman, ballot box


70.00 $


3,689.08


Unexpended


$ 310.92


GENERAL


Merchant's National Bank, paid notes Nos. 213, 214, 217, 219


$ 70,000.00


Middlesex Co. Treasurer, T. B. assessment


1,199.93


Dog licenses


636.80


County tax


6,016.42


National Shawmut Bank, paid notes Nos. 218, 221, 222


52,000.00


Commonwealth of Mass., State tax


12,600.00


Auditing Municipal Accts.


802.66


State Parks and Reservations


282.39 $143.538.20


MOTH DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$ 1,000.00


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, labor


$ 876.00


Harris M. Briggs, paid for tar


1.50


Edward M. Haskell, coal


13.35


Elmer Olson, labor


16.00


124


Lowell Electric Light Corp, electricity


3.20


Frost Insecticide Co., supplies


41.95


Leonard Gath, labor


4.00


Converse Parker, labor


2.00


Converse Parker, transporting tools


4.00


Harris M. Briggs, Jr., labor


10.00


Wilbur Calkins, labor


4.00


George K. James, paid express


.50


Fitzhenry-Guptell Co., sprayer parts


1.80


Bulley's Filling Station, gasoline


3.19


Middlesex Machine Co., sprayer parts


1.85


Louis Cody, services


5.20


North Tewksbury Garage, supplies


3.05


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


2.43


Peter Gelzinias, labor


4.00


$ 998.02


Unexpended


$ 1.98


TREE WARDEN


Appropriation


... $ .. 1,200.00


Expenditures


Bulley's Filling Station, gasoline


$ 6.96


Samuel Feinstein, transporting tools


52.00


Harris M. Briggs, labor


585.60


Elmer Olson, labor


12.00


State Infirmary, treatment of Fred Record and Arthur Sparkes


3.50


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


9.20


Napoleon Boucher, filing saws


1.50


L. F. Gath, labor


1.00


H. M. Briggs, Jr., labor


119.50


Robert Briggs, labor


8.80


Converse Parker, labor


25.33


J. H. Broadbent & Son, notices


1.50


Bartlett & Dow Co., tools


32.56


E. L. Talbot, sharpening saws


2.80


Louis Brazee, labor


4.00


Wilbur Calkins, labor


10.75


Edward Cogan, use of horse


42.00


Forrest Foster, labor


40.00


-


..


125


Harold Mills, labór


196.00


Freddie's General Store, gasoline


7.43


Moses Webster, labor


21.75


Wm. H. Dewing, filing saws


2.70


George Hill, labor


5.25


The Fairgrieve Belting Co., Inc., statement.


2.05


Roland Holden, labor


4.00


Carter-Reid Co., tree paint


1.75


$ 1,199.93


Unexpended


$ .07


INTEREST


Appropriation


$ 600.00


Expenditures


Merchants National Bank, discount on notes


Nos. 219, 220 $ 117.02


National Shawmut Bank, discount on notes Nos. 221, 222, 223 and 224 105.55


Blanche B. Ames, interest on taxes refunded


18.66


$ 241.23


Unexpended


$ 358.77


POLICE


Appropriation


$ 6,000.00


By vote of Selectmen, Section 31, Chapter 44,


General Laws 137.66


$ 6,137.66


Expenditures


Cyril L. Barker, Chief $ 2,120.00


Cyril L. Barker, travel expenses


2.90


Chester E. Burgess, services


1,578.00


Graybar Electric Co. Inc., parts for radio


102.18


Auction Mart, desk 16.00


Donaldson's, supplies


1.00


Billerica Motor Sales Co., supplies, parts and


labor


52.45


126


Billerica Motor Sales Co., exchange of Ford car


263.50


Standard Oil Co., gasoline


17.78


City of Lowell, use of jail 43.25


Gorham Fire Equipment Co., supplies


3.50


Frank P. McCartin Co., parts for radio 20.65


New England Tel. & Tel.Co., telephones. 166.44


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


3.20


Ross E. Sargent, services


204.90


Lauchie McPhail, services


329.15


A. A. Smith & Co., repairs on typewriter 8.25


Daniel Sterling, services


509.10


James H. Burns, transporting prisoners


8.60


Isadore J. Trudel, transporting prisoner


2.00


Golen's Garage, labor and parts


58.48


Cities Service Oil Co., gasoline


343.44


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


9.00


George Hazel, services


88.20


Albert H. Evans, installing radio


42.20


S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., badges


10.50


Myers Auto Supply Co., supplies and labor


39.76


Commonwealth Traffic Co., painting lines


45.00


Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., cartridges. ....


7.19


Commissioner of Public Safety, license to carry arms


.45


J. H. Broadbent & Son, printing


13.50


Pioneer Gen. Electric Motor Corp., parts


21.69


Arthur Boisvert, services


2.70


Daniel Sheehan, services


2.70


$ 6,137.66


PARKS AND COMMONS


Appropriation


..


$ 400.00


Expenditures


Converse Parker, labor


$ 37.40


Wilbur Calkins, labor


10.25


Harris Briggs, Jr., labor


6.00


Corey's Steeplejacks, removing and erecting top mast on flag pole


155.00


Thomas C. McCausland, setting flag pole, etc. ....


20.00


George Mercier, labor


22.50


David Stevenson, labor


22.50


127


Joseph Maher, labor


9.00


Robert Maher, labor


4.50


Frank Borgardo, labor


9.00


Russell Lumber Co., lumber


5.25


Osterman Coal Co., cement


10.50


Joseph Bennett, labor


2.00


Louis Brazee, labor


2.00


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


10.75


Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies


1.62


Harris M. Briggs, care of common


46.73


Harris M. Briggs, care of flag


25.00


$ 400.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$ 5,000.00


By vote of Selectmen, under Section 31, Chapter


44, General Laws 241.55


$ 5,241.55


Expenditures


A. S. Haines, Chief $ 1,855.00


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones


169.06


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas


10.18


Donovan's Harness Co., materials and repairs ..


11.07


E. A. Wilson Co., oil


158.40


Lowell Iron & Steel Co., parts


39.29


Charles W. Knox & Son, renewal of accident policy


187.50


North Tewksbury Garage, labor and parts


194.00


North Tewksbury Garage, storage


91.00


Freddie's General Store, gasoline


1.45


Goodrich Silvertown Stores, tires and tubes


50.91


Scannell Boiler Works, iron


60.00


American Fire Equipment Co., equipment


502.75


Middlesex Supply Co., parts


47.11


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies


18.30


Thompson Hardware Co., supplies


14.63


Leo Bonugli, rent of fire garage


37.50


Pratt & Forrest Co., lumber


7.79


Ideal Key Shop, keys


1.25


Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies


10.48


Boston Auto Supply Co., parts


5.84


128


James D. A. McCready, lettering and striping truck


6.75


Towers Motor Parts Corp., parts


12.32


Harry Patterson, spotlight


5.00


John W. Kirwin, fire pumps


4.00


E. G. Hinton, supplies


36.56


E. G. Hinton, rent of garage


45.00


First National Stores, Inc., supplies


.89


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


125.37


Ralph's Used Auto Parts Co., spring


1.00


Town of Wilmington, rental of hydrants


120.00


Thomas F. Sullivan, labor and parts


38.25


Wilbur K. Foss, striping fire truck


1.50


Sunbury & Howland, cleaner


2.00


J. R. Rainey, kerosene


.50


Labor at Fires


George James


$ 120.90


Harry Gleason


75.25


Harry Patterson


70.50


Wm. R. Millett


70.25


Irving Bailey


33.50


Wallace Farwell


29.75


Frank Corr


30.25


John Carter


25.75


Fred Carter


20.75


Charles Bowden


57.50


Thomas Sullivan


105.00


William Shanley


76.75


Harold Mills


71.75


James Bancroft


21.25


Albert Bancroft


35.75


Anthony Cidado


73.25


Edward Hoyt


7.25


Leonard Gath


4.00


Everett Haines


114.50


Omer Blanchard


9.00


Andrew Kohanski


98.50


Walter Roberts


14.25


Kempton James


3.00


Victor Lundquist


49.50


Walter Kohanski


15.75


Howard King


18.50


Alexander Suprenant


32.25


John Smith


8.50


129


Fred King


8.50


Edgar Hinton


39.00


Wm. McNabb


2.50


Stanley Alex Jr.


1.75


Edgar Hinton Jr.


14.50


William Shanghsay


1.00


John Merrill


4.25


Patsy Dipalma


2.00


Hugh Cameron


2.25


$ 5,241.55


ASSESSORS


Appropriation


$ 2,300.00 ...


Expenditures


Buzzell King, services $ 780.50


Percy L. Haines, services


516.25


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone.


32.80


George R. Barnstead & Son, tax cards


1.00


Hobbs & Warren Inc., printing


48.71


Wilbur K. Foss, services


639.15


Wilbur K. Foss, use of auto


31.50


Robert King, transporting assessors


75.00


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


14.40


Roberta M. Foss, asst. clerk


70.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


2.50


Brooks, Jordan & Graves, subdivision plan of Ames Estate


56.00


Thomas E. Watson, redrawing plans of Oakland


15.65


Davis Printing Co., deed cards


10.75


$ 2,294.21


Unexpended


$


5.79


INSPECTION OF MEAT AND ANIMALS


Appropriation


$


600.00


Expenditures


A. H. Jewell, inspection of meat and animals $ 600.00


130


.......


and Shawsheen River Parks


COLLECTION OF TAXES


Appropriation


.. 1,200.00 $


Expenditures


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone $ 51.94


Charles O. Mackinnon, forms, stamps and labor 50.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies 8.02


Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., ribbon and ser- vicing charge 18.75


A. J. Fairgrieve, rent of P. O. box


1.80


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps and envelopes


254.34


J. H. Broadbent & Son, printing 109.00


Philip B. Carter, premium on tax collector's bond


224.00


Robinson Seal Co. Inc., forms


51.58


Mass. Bonding & Insurance Co., Premium on deputy collector's bond


10.00


H. Louis Farmer, Jr., acknowledging deeds


45.50


The Lowell Sun, advertising


141.25


Harry C. Dawson, paid for recording deeds


183.20


Harry C. Dawson, paid express


.35


G. C. Prince & Son, supplies


7.25


Mass. Tax Collectors' & Treasurers' Asso., dues for H. C. Dawson


2.00


$ 1,158.98


Unexpended


$ 41.02


DOG OFFICER ACCOUNT


Appropriation


$ 100.00


Expenditures


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone. $ 25.44


Lowell Humane Society, destroying dogs


5.00


James W. Bancroft, services


68.50


$ 98.94


Unexpended


$ 1.06


MAINTENANCE OF LEGION HALL


Appropriation


$ 125.00


131


Expenditures


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies $ 8.45


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


74.52


A. G. Pollard Co., supplies


21.00


Lincoln Stores Inc., dishes


16.53


The Moxie Co., tables


4.50


$ 125.00


TAX TITLE FORECLOSURE


Appropriation


$ 350.00


Expenditures


Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, recording deeds


$ 161.50


Land Court, Boston, advertising deeds


20.00


Alice A. Pike, looking up tax titles


5.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., notices


.58


James A. Delay, legal services


15.00


$ 202.08


Unexpended


$ 147.92


MUNICIPAL INSURANCE FUND


Appropriation


$


1,500.00


Expenditures


Mechanics Savings Bank


$ 1,500.00


BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Appropriation


...


$ 1,300.00


Expenditures


Chester Burgess, services $ 53.97


Lauchie McPhail, services


36.60


H. Louis Farmer, Jr., services


251.40


Wm. H. Bennett, services


75.25


Herbert A. Fairbrother, services


62.25


132


George J. McCoy, services


68.75


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


2.00


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


5.05


Spaulding-Moss Co., printing poll list


51.04


$ 606.31


Unexpended


$ 693.69


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Appropriation


....... ... ............ ...


$ 225.00


Expenditures


D. J. Cameron, services


$ 200.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies


5.03


$ 205.03


Unexpended ....


$ 19.97


W. P. A. FUND


Appropriation


$ 10,000.00


Expenditures


Davis & Sargent Lumber Co., lumber $ 40.21


Bulley's Filling Station, gasoline and oil


327.54


Everett H. King, Sponsor's Agent


982.17


Everett H. King, expenses to Boston


24.00


G. R. Myers Co., repairs


.75


Wilmington Coal Co., coal


345.80


William Chandler, Janitor


12.00


Fred H. Garlick, trucking


854.52


Margaret Livingston, paid for supplies


.40


John T. McCabe & Co., sharpening picks, etc.


1.40


Golen's Garage, repairs and parts


386.27


Dorothy E. Ackles, clerk


330.00


Forrest Foster, wood


6.00


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


58.16


Lowell Auto Parts, parts


3.90


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies


23.37


United States Treasurer, material and admin-


istrational expenses


1,145.81


....


133


Middlesex Supply Co., supplies


218.73


John R. Craig, trucking 60.00


Robert E. Gay, taking acknowledgments for W. P. A. workers


7.50


The Phaneuf Press, cards and guides


4.25


T. B. Perrine, supplies


4.74


Farm Service Co., arsenate of lead


283.92


Surplus Commodity District, warehouse service charge 40.00


J. L. Flemings Est., bags


35.12


Koplow Trimming Co. Inc., supplies


145.79


Bartlett & Dow Co., supplies


358.13


Osterman Coal Co., cement, lime and coal


223.50


Sears, Roebuck & Co., boat head


6.95


Towers Motor Parts Corp., parts


5.69


Mason Alexander, rings for truck


12.60


Caldwell Electric Co., repairs and parts


5.00


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., supplies 2.25


Lowell Fertilizer Co., fertilizer


70.21


New England Concrete Pipe Corp., sewer pipe ..


1,534.68


E. G. Hinton, trucking


360.50


E. G. Hinton, supplies


89.25


A. A. Smith & Co., rental of typewriter and rib- bons


10.50


Kenneth Willett, labor


7.00


John Brady, clay and brick


232.80


Wm. H. Dewing, filing saws


3.00


W. Calkins, trucking


4.00


Thomas F. Sullivan, labor


2.00


Chain-link Fence Co., parts for fence


17.41


Robinson Foundry Co., castings & catch basins


375.00


North Woburn Machine Co., welding etc.


8.64


Town Line Garage, labor and truck parts


14.35


Joseph Martos, electrical work and trucking ..


20.50


Louis M. Marion, use of cement mixer, labor and material


39.55


Freddie's General Store, gasoline and oil


13.27


Conant Machine & Steel Co., rental of loading machine


775.00


J. H. Seamans, bricks


4.50


D. M. Laffin, sharpening drills


6.40


Acme Welding Works, repairs


1.00


Charles Bowden, driving truck


28.50


James Manley, driving truck


32.00


Frank Goodwin, driving truck


22.50


George Brabant, oil and trucking


25.00


134


George Brabant, use of torches


6.00


Donohoe Tire Co., tires and tubes


29.80


North Tewksbury Garage, labor and parts


6.05


Charles Santas, cold storage service


8.40


Explosive Supply Co., dynamite caps


12.00


A. J. Fairgrieve, stamps


1.00


Coleman Bros. Corp., rental of compressor.


109.30


Henry Morgan, transporting tools


52.00


Frost Insecticide Co., creosote


14.58


Arthur Tremblay, supplies


4.94


Globe Rubber Works, Inc., suction hose


15.00


Anthony Cidado, labor


4.00


Frank D. McCartin Co., supplies


1.50


Liggett Drug Co., supplies


2.89


Harry Wright, gasoline


5.33


Edward H. Bowley, trucking


37.50


Ernest Treadwell, repairs


15.25


The Robertson Co., Inc., supplies


3.63


Daniel T. Sullivan, pipe


16.80


-


$ 10,000.00


REAL ESTATE REFUND


Harry C. Dawson, refund


$ 50.00


Walter J. McLaren, refund


1.07


William and Mary C. Sigman, refund


11.72


Demetrias C. Iphigenia, refund


29.30


Longmeadow Golf Club, refund


64.46


Blanche B. Ames, refund


248.60


$ 405.15


MOTOR EXCISE REFUND


Charles Donahue


$ 2.57


Thomas E. Watson


.94


Erlin Ramsbotham


11.20


Herbert F. Boles


.47


Grand Union Tea Co.


6.47


John G. Mclellan


6.82


John H. Nash


2.67


Sally O'Neill


3.74


Charles S. Brewer


5.99


Edward A. Keouger


45.23


John H. Kelley


4.46


Kathryn Chandler


2.16


135


Leo M. Benougli


4.49


John E. Barry


9.62


Gerald W. Gross


7.66


Alexander J. Obert


2.39


Mildred I. Ransden


2.87


Lawrence R. McGowan


3.12


Herman Bischoff


2.40


Alfonso Damore


3.86


Alice White


2.87


Nicholas T. Jordan


3.23


William J. Kelley


4.10


Lenore McNamara


3.59


Alice W. Bell


7.18


Albert L. Gillespie


4.18


John J. Graney


2.16


Alpha Norris


1.80


- - -


$ 158.24


PURCHASE OF FIRE HOSE


Appropriation ....


$ 1,000.00


Expenditures


Loella F. Dewing, advertising


$ 9.80


North Tewksbury Garage, labor and parts


14.91


American Fire Equipment Co., hose, nozzles and other equipment


889.35


John W. Kirwin, chromium plate


24.45


$ 938.53


Unexpended


$ 61.47


HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING LOAN


Appropriation .... $ 6,196.25


Expenditures


Merchants' National Bank, paid notes Nos. 137,


138, 139, 140 and 189 $ 5,000.00


Interest school loan notes 1,196.25 -


$ 6,196.25


....


.... ... .....


136


FOSTER SCHOOL FUND


Central Savings Bank, interest from Foster School Fund .... $ 12.70


Expenditures


North Wilmington Nurseries, shrubs $ 5.70


Patten & Co., loam, dressing 7.00


--


$ 12.70


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS


Receipts


City Institution for Savings, interest from


Martha Shedd Fund $ 6.00


Peter Clark Fund 5.00


Central Savings Bank, interest from


Thomas Bridge Fund


2.75


Ebenezer Page Fund


5.00


Wm. Prindle Fund


2.00


Samuel Jaques Fund


2.75


Jeremiah Kittredge Fund


2.75


$ 26.25


Expenditures


William Pringle, care of the Martha Shedd lot .... $ 6.00


William Pringle, care of the Peter Clark lot ........ 5.00


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


2.00


William Pringle, care of the Ebenezer Page lot ..


5.00


Tewksbury Cemetery Corp .:


Care of the Thomas Bridge lot.


2.75


Care of the Samuel Jaques lot


2.75


Care of the Jeremiah Kittredge lot.


2.75


$ 26.25


SUMMARY


Highways-General


$ 6,849.85


Highways-Chapter 81 15,889.00


Highway Machinery Fund 3,735.11


Highways-Chapter 90, Maintenance 6,661.25


Highways-Trull Street 500.00


137


Highways-Chapter 498, Acts 1938


1,238.16


Highways-Pleasant Street, Chapter 90


1,923.76


Highways-North Street, Chapter 90


4,304.57


Schools


58,893.60


Vocational Schools


1,000.00


Public Welfare


15,877.46


Aid to Dependent Children


4,947.10


Aid, State and Military


1,739.80


Old Age Assistance


19,246.57


Stationery and Printing


1,077.14


Salaries:


Town Auditor


683.30


Town Treasurer


1,253.84


Selectmen


800.00


Town Clerk


730.30


Tax Collector


1,500.00


School Committee


225.00


Road Commissioners


400.00


Election Officers


40.00


Incidentals


905.62


Board of Health


2,099.32


Memorial Day


341.50


Street Lighting


5,739.88


Library


1,746.83


Town Hall


3,689.08


General


143,538.20


Moth Department


998.02


Tree Warden


1,199.93


Interest


241.23


Police


6,137.66


Parks and Commons


400.00


Fire Department


5,241.55


Assessors


2,294.21


Inspection of Meat and Animals


600.00


Collection of Taxes


1,158.98


Dog Officer Account


98.94


Maintenance of Legion Hall


125.00


Tax Title Foreclosure


202.08


Municipal Insurance Fund


1,500.00


Board of Registrars


606.31


Sealer of Weights and Measures


205.03


W. P. A. Fund


10,000.00


Real Estate Refund


405.15


Motor Excise Refund


158.24


Purchase of Fire Hose


938.53


High School Building Loan


6,196.25


138


Foster School Fund


12.70


Cemetery Trust Funds


26.25


Total expenditures


$346,322.30


Cash in bank


36,577.39


$382,899.69


Treasurer's receipts


$382,899.69


TRUST FUNDS


Condition of funds, December 31, 1939:


Municipal Building Insurance Fund


$ 14,841.35


Foster School Fund 1,118.34


Jeremiah Kittredge Cemetery Fund 122.60


Samuel Jaques Cemetery Fund 122.59


William Prindle Cemetery Fund 100.69


Ebenezer Page Cemetery Fund


398.15


Louisa Bridges Cemetery Fund


169.18


Martha Shedd Cemetery Fund


644.45


Peter Clark Cemetery Fund


101.40


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, 1939, and to the best of my knowledge they are correct, with proper vouchers on file, and $36,577.39 in the Treasury.


ROBERT E. GAY,


Town Auditor.


Personally appeared before me on this 23rd Day of January, 1940, Robert E. Gay, Town Auditor, and made oath that the foregoing state- ments are correct.


THOMAS F. FLYNN,


Justice of the Peace.


139


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Middlesex, ss :


To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wednesday, February 7, 1940 at twelve o'clock noon, to act on the follow- ing articles :


ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Moderator, Town Clerk, Three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three mem- bers of the Board of Health, a Town Treasurer, an Audi- tor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden and three Constables, all to serve one year; one Highway Commis- sioner to serve three years; one member of the School Committee to serve three years, two Trustees of the Pub- lic Library to serve three years; one Park Commissioner to serve three years; one Assessor to serve three years ; one Commissioner of Trust Fund to serve three years.


The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at twelve noon and to be closed at 8 P. M.


And you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewks- bury, who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury on Wednesday, February 14, 1940, at seven-thirty o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :


ART. 2. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.


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ART. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.


ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year to aid in sup- port of the Public Library.


ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 11, Chapter 44, General Laws.


VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


ART. 6. To see what regulations the Town will make for the possession, management and sale of land sold for un- paid taxes and for the assignment of Tax Titles not in- consistent with law or with the right of redemption as provided by Sect. 52 of Chap. 60 of the General Laws as amended by Sec. 3 of Chapter 126 of the Acts of 1927, and to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the enforcement of such rules and regula- tions.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, or Sons of Veterans.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.


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ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, main- tenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936 or take any action in relation thereto.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure provided that the selectmen or whom- soever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to petition the land court for a foreclosure of tax titles held by the Town for more than two years, as provided in Section 65 of Chapter 60, and to see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate there- for.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,500.00 for the Maintenance of Chapter 90, highways: said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to establish a Road Machinery Fund for the pur- pose of purchasing, repairing, and operating road ma- chinery, or take any other action relative thereto.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Road Machinery Account, to which shall be accredited all re- ceipts received for the use of rental of road machinery, the proceeds to be appropriated as voted by the Town for road machinery purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


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ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept Myrtle Street, as laid out by the Road Commissioners, with the boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept White Street, as laid out by the Road Commissioners, with the boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Laite Road, as laid out by the Road Commissioners, with the bound- aries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept an exten- sion on Sunnyslope Avenue, as laid out by the Road Com- missioners, with the boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept an exten- sion on Highlandview Avenue, as laid out by the Road Commissioners, with the boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk.




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