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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts aus Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
. FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1875 :
TOGETHER WITH THE
Reports of the Auditors on Treasurer's and Collector's. Accounts for the same year;
ALSO,
The Report of the Registrar for the year 1874.
DEDHAM, MASS. :
PRINTED BY HUGH H. MCQUILLEN. 1875.
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MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY - NORWOOD 3 2405 00348 5318
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1875 :
TOGETHER WITH THE
Reports of the Auditors on Treasurer's and Collector's Accounts for the same year ;
ALSO,
The Report of the Registrar for the year 1874.
DEDHAM, MASS. : PRINTED BY HUGH H. MCQUILLEN. 1875.
NORWOOD COLLECTION 974.4 Norwood 1874
TOWN OFFICERS-1874-'75.
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Board of Health.
SAMUEL E. POND, CHAIRMAN ; WILLARD GAY. J. E. EVERETT, CLERK.
Assessors.
SAMUEL E. POND, CHAIRMAN ; TYLER THAYER,. J. E. EVERETT, CLERK.
Town Clerk.
FRANCIS TINKER.
Treasurer.
L. WALDO BIGELOW.
Collector.
CALEB ELLIS. (Appointed by Selectmen in place of GEORGE H. METCALF, who declined to serve.)
School Committee.
THERON BROWN, CHAIRMAN ; GEORGE W. GAY, SECRETARY ; SAMUEL E. POND.
Engineers of Fire Department.
TYLER THAYER, CHIEF; ISAAC ELLIS,
JOHN E. MORSE, CLERK.
Auditors.
GEORGE B. TALBOT,
TYLER THAYER. GEORGE EVERETT,
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Constables.
ALVIN ELLIS,
ALBERT E. DUPEE.
Surveyors of Highways.
W. C. FISHER, JOHN E. MORSE, SYLVESTER HAWES,
GEORGE E. METCALF, J. E. HARTSHORN, J. E. EVERETT,
GEORGE H. MORSE, ISAAC ELLIS, ALBERT DEAN.
Trustees of Public Library.
REV. GEORGE HILL, WARD L. GAY,
REV. J. P. BIXBY, FRANCIS TINKER,
REV. E. BROMLEY, HERBERT MORSE.
Fence Viewers.
SIDNEY E. MORSÈ,
JOHN NUGENT.
Field Drivers.
WILLIAM FISHER,
CHARLES HASTINGS,
HARRY J. PARKER.
Surveyors of Lumber.
E. E. SHUMWAY,
ALBERT G. WEBB,
WILLIAM S. GAY.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
GEORGE E. DRAPER, CHARLES T. WHEELOCK,
ALBERT G. WEBB.
Weighers of Hay and Coal.
GEORGE E. METCALF, F. D. DRAPER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE KINGSBURY.
LEONARD FISHER,
APPROPRIATIONS FOR YEAR 1874.
Support of Schools . $7,500 00
Repairs on Highways
3,700 00
Fire Department
1,600 00
Support of Poor
900 00
Public Library ·
556 20
Salary of Town Officers
1,400 00
Lighting Streets .
225 00
Repairs of Cemetery
150 00
Printing, Stationery, &c.
200 00
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
150 00
Incidentals .
500 00
State Tax
1,720 00
County Tax
1,563 95
Overlayings
406 56
$20,571 71
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
As required by the By-laws of the Town, the Selectmen have caused to be printed the following statements, showing in detail the expenditures of the town for the year ending January 31st, 1875, for which orders have been drawn on the Treasury; together with the Accounts of the Collector, and Treasurer, and the reports of the Auditors thereon. The Vital Statistics of the Town, for the year 1874, and also a statement of the settlement with the Town of Dedham.
SCHOOLS.
EVERETT SCHOOL.
Paid J. W. Cross, principal, for teaching, to Mar. 20, 1874, $262 50
Mary E. Sleeper, 66
151 25
Emma Wheelock, 66
to April 1st, 66
12 50
Georgie Goodale,
66
27, 30 00
Anna L. Saville, 66
Nov. 20, 66 462 50
Horace T. Atwood, 66 Jan. 1, 1875, 877 50
Sarah P. Hamilton,
66
66
390 00
S. Louise Rhoads, 66 66
66
66 450 00
Maria L. Wheelock,
66
66
66
442 50
A. Lizzie Park,
66
66
66
420 00
Carrie M. Morse,
66
66
66
66
420 00
Viola F. Littlefield,
66
66
66
66
45 00
Alvin Ellis, care furnace, fires, &c.,
39 65
R. H. Fogg, 66
40 00
Mrs. P. Leonard, cleaning school-house, &c.,
106 51
S. E. Pond, cleaning school-house, 27 44
C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
255 60
S. E. Pond, Jr., wood, 8 56
8
Paid W. W. Dexter, repairs, $88 78
Tyler Thayer, 66
112 80
W. R. Tibbits, 66
4 00
Lewis Guild & Son, furniture and "
14 00
James Engles, furnace
66
51 29
H. C. Fuller,
2 25
W. G. Shattuck, furniture and 34 22
George W. Gay,
supplies, 66
39 57
S. E. Pond,
33 57
Lee & Shepard,
66
4 00
L. W. Bigelow,
1 91
James R. Osgood,
66
8 00
Horace S. Atwood, 66
13 90
J. L. Hammett, maps, pencils, &e.
35 39
C. K. Darling, crayons,
3 00
Maynard & Noyes, ink,
1 50
John Nugent, carting sand, &c.,
7 50
Albert Worthington, repairs,
2 00
John E. Morse, express,
1 75
George Kingsbury, repairs on elocks,
8 15
James Brennan, making fires,
36 00
$4945 09
Total payments for teachers,
$3963 75
66
fuel,
264 16
66
66 supplies,
190 81
repairs,
276 77
66
66 care of house, 249 60
$4945 09
BALCH SCHOOL.
Paid Alla Thayer for teaching to March 20, 1874,
$10 50
Lucy Loring “
" June 10, 66
10 50
Angie M. Morse 66 " July 3,
270 00
Charlotte Eaton 6 " Jan. 1, 1875,
399 00
Millie J. Blaisdell
" 66
180 00
Elias Gallup, care of sehool-house,
86 28
H. E. Gallup, sawing and splitting wood,
6 00
9
Paid C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
$108 26
J. E. Hartshorn, wood,
6 00
S. E. Pond, Jr., wood,
8 00
Mrs. D. Dyer, cleaning school-house, Tyler Thayer, repairs,
21 57
W. W. Dexter, repairs,
-
14 66
H. C. Fuller, repairs,
2 57
W. W. Dexter, painting school-house,
114 00
James Engles, repairs and supplies on furnace,
22 92
W. G. Shattuck, furniture,
3 33
S. E. Pond, supplies,
3 55
John E. Morse, work on grounds,
5 60
Maynard & Noyes, ink,
1 50
J. L. Hammett, erasers,
2 79
C. K. Darling,
3 00
$1286 03
Total payments for teachers,
$870 00
66 fuel
128 26
66
66
repairs,
173 25
66
supplies,
22 24
66
66
care of house,
92 28
$1286 03
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Paid Abbie A. White for teaching,
$420 00
E. F. Talbot, rent,
100 00
C. W. Hartshorn, coal,
31 55
J. E. Hartshorn, wood,
4 20
George S. Cleveland, care of school-house,
16 50
W. G. Shattuck, furniture,
49 50
Asa Clapp, labor on school-house,
75
W. W. Dexter, repairs,
9 45
H. C. Fuller, plastering,
5 00
James Engles, Jabor and supplies,
. 1 75
Cash paid S. E. Pond,
2 55
.
$637 65
6 00
10
Total payments for teachers,
$420 00
" fuel,
35 75
66
" repairs,
62 85
"
" supplies,
2 55
66
"
" care school house,
16 50
" rent,
100 00-$637 65
RECAPITULATION.
Total payment for teachers' salaries,
$5253 75
fuel,
428 17
512 87
66
66
supplies,
215 60
66
care of sehool-houses,
358 38
C. C. Whiting for teaching musie,
123 32
Horace Bird for teaching music,
141 80
Rent,
-- $7133 89
FIRE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON ENGINE No. 1.
Paid Tyler Thayer, repairs on engine, and supplies,
$15 21
Frank E. Fales, pay of firemen, 376 00
E. B. Baker, care of engine-house, 40 50
9 00
refreshments furnished firemen,
15 00
James Boyd & Sons, hose and coupling,
401 15
Hunneman & Co., repairs,
64 35
Adin K. Fuller, eare of engine,
16 37
$937 58
AMERICA ENGINE No. 2.
Paid Winslow L. Morse, pay of men, $287 50
Sumner Bagley, care of engine-house and supplies, 21 35
6 00
John E. Morse, drawing engine to fires, supplies,
15 75
Tyler Thayer, building eupola,
93 94
Holbrook & Son, alarm bell,
214 80
Hunneman & Co., repairs on engine, *
27 62
. Total for Fire Department, $1604.54. .
$666 96
" repairs,
100 00
George E. Metealf, drawing engine to fires,
11
ROADS.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid W. C, Fisher,
$305 67
John E. Morse,
151 64
Sylvester Hawes,
200 21
George E. Metcalf,
401 25
J. E. Hartshorn,
250 00
J. E. Everett,
301 63
George H. Morse,
230 98
Isaac Ellis,
364 81
Albert L. Dean,
250 45
$2456 64
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES ON ROADS.
Paid Matthew Clay, blasting rocks on Nahatan street, $178 29
. Albert L. Dean, repairing bridge on Neponset street, 43 35
covering stones corner Centre and
Winter streets, 7 44
John E. Morse, railing bridge on Chapel street, 2 00
S. E. Pond, 30 bound stones on Sumner, Chapel, Gay, Vernon and Day streets and Railroad avenue,
10 00
S. E. Pond, fencing gravel pit,
39 63
66 “ building wall and making sidewalk on Chapel street, 24 68
66 repairing bridge on Cross street, 2 42
J. W. Roby, sharpening picks and drills, 7 21
ironing snow plow,
8 00
George H. Metcalf, labor on sidewalk on Centre, Nahatan and Cottage Sts., 148 80
repairing culverts, 38 50
J. E. Everett, removing stumps and making sidewalk on Centre street, 46 00
66
"
making sidewalk on Winter street, 23 75
66 66
lengthening culvert on Winter street, 13 00
$593 07
12
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid George H. Morse,
$3 20
George E. Metcalf,
30 00
N. A. Johnson,
24 40
W. C. Fisher,
8 50
John E. Morse,
3 60
$69 70
Total for roads and removing snow, $3119.41.
PAYMENTS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
George V. Dean.
Paid D. S. Fogg, medical attendance,
$15 50
E. Wheelock & Son, goods delivered, 166 50
C. W. Hartshorn, coal delivered,
22 25
John Nugent, wood delivered,
7 79
J. E. Hartshorn, wood delivered,
3 18
R. D. Hartshorn, house rent,
48 00
$263 22
Mrs. Lund.
Paid D. S. Fogg, medical attendance,
$15 00
D. B. Farrington, goods delivered,
3 00
N. W. Fisher, milk delivered,
7 25
H. B. Baker, flour delivered,
21 25
M. E. Webb, goods delivered,
102 25
C. W. Hartshorn, coal delivered,
20 75
John Nugent, wood delivered,
12 48 -
Richard Morse, wood delivered,
8 50
Austin Boyden, sawing and spitting wood,
2 00
Wm. Gerry, 66
3 00
E. F. Winslow, rent,
75 00
$270 48
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Joseph L. Morse.
Paid D. S. Fogg, medical attendance,
$15 00
J. P. Draper, house rent, 52 00
E. Wheelock & Son, goods delivered,
15 00
M. E. Webb, goods delivered, Horace Kingsbury, wood delivered,
10 00
6 00
$98 00
Emeline Pond.
Paid S. W. Whitney, house rent,
$72 00
Amory Fisher, coal delivered, 27 80
J. W. Wright, moving furniture, 5 00
James McLane, wood delivered,
9 55
Moses Kingsbury, sawing and splitting wood, 2 50
Emeline Pond for support of children,
82 00
$198 85
George Dunham.
Paid D. S. Fogg, medical attendance,
$22 50
Charles Hastings,
38 00
Reuben White, 66
62 00
George V. Dean,
6 00
Wm. E. Fuller, rent of house two weeks,
3 00
« cash paid for services rendered,
13 92
S. E. Pond,
13 53
$158 95
Mrs. Connelly.
Coal,
$9 50
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POOR TRAVELLERS.
Paid George E. Metcalf for meals and lodgings furnished 290 poor travellers,
$219 75
R. D. Hartshorn, 74 meals and 73 lodgings, 55 25
S. E. Pond, assistance rendered, 5 95
J. E. Everett, "
7 10
Willard Gay,
66
1 95
$290 00
Total payments for support of poor, $1289.00.
STATE AID.
Paid Julia B. Hale, for twelve months, $48 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Theron Brown, services as School Committee, to March 1, 1874, $50 00
F. O. Winslow, services as School Committee, to March 1, 1874, 50 00
George W. Gay, services as School Committee to March 1, 1874,
50 00
Tyler Thayer, services as engineer for 1873, 15 00
Isaac Ellis, 66
15 00
John E. Morse, 66
15 00
Tyler Thayer, services as Assessor, 66
24 80
Caleb Ellis, for balance, 66
25 20
George H. Morse, 66
66
14 80
S. E. Pond, 66
1874,
60 00
J. E. Everett,
40 00
Caleb Ellis, balance due for services as Collector of Taxes, 1873, 130 00
Caleb Ellis, Collector, on account, 1874, 125 00
Francis Tinker, services as Town Clerk, 1873, 75 00 66 1874, 50 00
L. W. Bigelow, services as Treasurer, 1873, 75.00
15
Paid Alvin L. Ellis, Constable, 1873, $31 50
C. B. Dexter,
12 90
George Kingsbury, sealer of weights and measures,
18 60
S. E. Pond, services as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, Board of Health, &c., to Mar. 1st, 1874, Willard Gay, Selectman, &c.,
271 90
140 00
J. E. Everett, 215 20
$1504 90
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid C. K. Darling, stationery,
$6 20
Thomas O. Metcalf, printing,
20 50
H. H. McQuillen, town meeting warrants,
7 50
order-books for Assessors,
8 50
66
town reports and warrants,
55 75
66
posters, 4th of July,
2 00
order-books,
7 00
66
receipts for teachers, 2 00
1 50
66
School reports,
28 00
Francis Tinker, stationery,
5 72
Caleb Ellis, cash paid for stationery,
2 00
Tyler Thayer, " 66
3 50
$150 17
DECORATION DAY.
Paid Edward Everett Post,
$150 00
TOWN LIBRARY.
Paid R. D. Hartshorn, fifteen months' rent,
$93 75
James Engles, stove,
46 05
F. Tinker, labor and supplies,
50 00
Estes & Lannott, books,
328 79
Getchell & Moseley, printing catalogues,
65 00
Tyler Thayer, labor and supplies,
9 25
$592 84
Assessors' notices,
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LIGHTING STREETS.
Paid E. Wheelock & Son, eare 3 street lamps, 1 year,
$37 50
Charles E. Pond, 1 66
1
12 50
W. A. Talbot, 4
50 00
D. P. Pond,
1
1
12 50
Tyler Thayer, 1
1
10 00
C. W. Gay,
1
66
66
6 00
Jarvis Gay,
1
1
66
12 50
Mrs. H. Turner,
1
1
12 50
$153 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Franeis Tinker, recording births, deaths, and marriages, $37 80 Caleb Ellis, surveying st. lines, and distributing By-laws, 9 00
Use Village Hall, three town meetings and caucus, 32 00 George Kingsbury, duplicate weights and measures, 30 85
R. D. Hartshorn, rent for selectmen's room, 37 50
John Nugent, wood 66
4 31
S. E. Pond cash paid for cleaning selectmen's room, 3 03
Tyler Thayer, repairs of cistern and well on Lovis street, 148 13 S. E. Pond, copy of valuation of 1874 for the State, 27 00 Willard Gay, postage stamps, 80
Geo. E. Metcalf, six dinners for County Commissioners, 4 50
J. W. Roby, repairing hearse 29 45
N. N. Sumner, care of cemetery,
116 00
Adams Express Co. expressage,
1 75
Chipman & Co. spring fixtures,
10 19
$492 31
SETTLEMENT WITH TOWN OF DEDHAM.
Award of Commissioners, $6521 50
Proportion of town debt, 155 92
$6365 58
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17
Paid George Marston, Leonard Huntress, and James Kimball, Commissioners, one-half expenses,
$522 50
Mrs. J. D. Howe, dinners furnished witnesses, Ezra W. Taft, half the board and hack hire for Commissioners, 34 87
George E. Metcalf, dinners for Appraisers of school property, 3 00
Tyler Thayer, Appraisers and witness expenses,
26 00
J. W. Burt,
20 00
W. W. Douglas,
20 00
Hiel W. Edmunds,
5 00
Edward Avery, lawyer's fee,
600 00
F. D. Ely, lawyer's fee, and expenses paid, 225 77
$1469 89
BILL OF TOWN OF DEDHAM.
Cash paid school teachers to April 1st, 1872, $449 25
.« for stamps for transfer of insurance policies, 2 50
engineers and firemen to May 1st, '72, 126 40
for support of paupers to Oct. 1st, '74, 891 42
66 lighting street lamps, 18 02
$1487 59
RECAPITULATION. !
Total amount expended for Schools,
$7,138.89
Fire Department,
1,604.54
Highways, =
66
66
Support of Poor,
1,289.00
State Aid,
48.00
" Town Officers, 1,504.90
66
" Advertising, and Stationery, 150.17
66
66
" Lighting Streets, 153.50
66
" Decoration Day, 150.00
66
66
.6
" Town Library,
592.84
" Miscellaneous,
492.31
Expenses incurred in settlement with Town of Dedham, 1,469.89
Bills paid by Town of Dedham, including support of Poor, to October 1st, 1874, 1.487.59
Total amount of orders drawn,
$19,196,04
66
66
3,119.41
66
66
66
66
12 75
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L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer, in account
1874. DR.
Feb. 1. To cash in the Treasury, ·
$5812 62
Mar. 4. Cash of F. Tinker, for stones taken from High st. 15 00
4 50
" 13. Cash of H. Battles of Walpole for school tuition, . ·
7 50
Apr. 13. Geo. H. Morse, auctioneer's license,
2 00
17. Jason Ellis, "
2 00
May 26. Dividend from People's Fire Insurance Co. of Worcester, for policy on Everett school-house, surrendered, 18 90
June 18. Dedham National Bank,
2000 00
30. H. Battles, for school tuition to July 4, . 6 50
July 9.
Dedham National Bank,
1500 00
Aug. 1. City of Boston for four weeks' board of William E. Rhoads,
8 00
7. Caleb Ellis, Collector, balance of taxes for 1873, 836 63
Sept. 28.
" Dedham National Bank,
1600 00
Dec. 1. Corporation tax of State Treasurer, 335 21
State Aid,
48 00
National Bank Tax of State Treasurer, .
1002 09
Received of Town of Dedham, due Nor- wood, under and by virtue of the award of the Commissioners,
6365 58
1875.
Jan. 27. To cash of State, (income of the Massachusetts School Fund) 243 02
28. County Treasurer, dog tax refunded, 202 75
Caleb Ellis, Collector, . 17,606 80
$37,617 10
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with the Town of Norwood.
1874.
CR.
Dec. 2. By cash paid Dedham National Bank,
$2000 00
16 «
· 1500 00
" 9. · ¥ 66 1600 00
Cash paid for interest during the year, ·
128 53
State tax,
1720 00
Selectmen's Orders, . 19,054 29
Assessors' Orders for Abatements, 187 62
Cash in Treasury, .
. 11,426 66
$37,617 10
L. W. BIGELOW, Treasurer.
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts: of L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer of the town of Norwood, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly vouched ; and that the fore- going is a true statement of the condition of the Treasury, the first day of February, 1875.
TYLER THAYER,
GEORGE EVERETT, 1 Auditors: GEORGE B. TALBOT,
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CALEB ELLIS, IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF NORWOOD.
1874.
DR.
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To amount of State Tax,
$1720 00
" County Tax, 1563 95
" Town Grant, 16,675 00
66 " Overlayings,
406 56
Balance uncollected taxes of 1873,
836 63
$21,202 14
1874. CR.
· By caslı paid C. C. Churchill, for County Tax, $1563 95
Abatement of taxes, 187 62
Cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer,
17,419 18
.
taxes in full of '73, 836 63
Balance of uncollected taxes,
1,194 76
$21,202 14
We certify that we have examined the accounts of Caleb Ellis, Collector, and that the above is a correct statement of taxes committed to, and of payments made by, him.
TYLER THAYER,
GEORGE B. TALBOT, Auditors. GEORGE EVERETT,
Norwood, February 5, 1875.
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GEORGE H. METCALF IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF NORWOOD.
DR.
For amount of uncollected taxes of 1872,
$163 00
« " interest collected on same, 9 24
$172 24
CR
By cash paid L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer, in 1873, $123 63 .
66
interest on same, 9 24
Amount of taxes abated, 39 37
$172 24
We certify we have examined the accounts of George H. Metcalf, Collector in 1872, and that the above is a correct statement of his account.
TYLER THAYER,
GEORGE B. TALBOT, Auditors. GEORGE EVERETT,
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS
Appointed by the Court to make a Division of the Public Property between Dedham and Norwood.
The subscribers, appointed Commissioners under the provisions of the statute above named, have attended to the duties thereby devolved upon them, and have fully heard all the evidence submitted by the parties, and have duly and deliberately considered all matters of law and fact submitted to them ; and make this as their determinaton and adjudication in the premises.
The property claimed by the town of Norwood to be "corporate property," the valuation and proportions of which the Commissioners were called upon to determine, was as follows :-
1-A tract of land called the Common.
2-A tract of land opposite Memorial Hall.
3-Certain school-houses, and land therewith, and furniture, fixtures etc., thereto belonging.
4-Certain fire engines, engine houses, and land therewith, and appurtenances thereto belonging.
5-Certain gravel pits, containing materials for road repairs.
6-The Almshouse, Farm, and property thereto belonging.
7-Memorial Hall, and the lot of land on which the same stands.
The valuation of the fire engines, houses, and apparatus thereto belonging, was agreed by the parties at sums hereinafter stated.
We find and determine that the tract of land known as the Common is not "corporate property" of the town of Dedham, and is not to be included in the valuation and proportion to be made by us in the premises.
We find and determine that the lot of land opposite Memorial Hal is not corporate property of the town of Dedham, and is not to be in- cluded in the valuation and proportion to be made by us in the premises.
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We find and determine the valuation of the school-houses, lands, and school property to be the sum of $60,670, of which $14,752 lies in and has been received by the town of Norwood, and the balance, $45,918 lies in, and has been received by, the town of Dedham.
We find and determine the valuation of the fire engines, houses, lands and property thereto belonging to be $12,536.50, of which $3,815 is and has been received by the town of Norwood, and the bal- ance, $8,721.60 is in, and has been received by, the town of Dedham.
The gravel pits are in and belong to the town of Dedham, and we determine their valuation to be $410.
The Almshouse, Farm and property thereto belonging are in and belong to the town of Dedham, and we determine the valuation there- for to be $9,500.
The building known as Memorial Hall, and erected under a vote of the town of Dedham, passed April 6, 1866, in which the objects of the structure are thus stated :
1st-"To provide a suitable place for the transaction of the publie business of the town.
2-To provide a suitable memorial of the soldiers of Dedham who died in the service of our country in the late war, or Rebellion."
The building, while it contains appropriate memorials of the pa- triotism of the sons of the entire town of Dedham in the war of the Rebellion, was mainly arranged as a town hall, with ante-rooms, offices, and other conveniences, for the transaction of municipal business. It was conceded by the town of Norwood that the patriotie and memorial element entered into the cost and design of this struefure, and that for this reason, some deduction should be made from its valuation, as indicated by its cost. Making due allowance in this respect, we deter- mine the valuation of the building to be $40,000, and of the personal property to be $910.
The lot of land upon which Memorial Hall stands we have not in- cluded in our valuation, because it was given to the town of Dedham by some of its citizens ; and as it cost the town nothing, we do not consider that it would be "just and equitable" that Norwood should receive. anything from Dedham on account of it, and because, also, we determine that the gift was a charitable one, to a charitable purpose. The hall was built by taxation, and neither of these reasons apply to that.
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Mention was made of a certain fund called the Damon donation. This is a public charity, and we have not included it in our valuation of corporate property.
The whole amount of corporate property valued by us in the case is $123,826.50. . .
The agreed valuation of the town of Dedham, for the purposes of proportion, is $5,255,673.30, and that of the town of Norwood is $1,355,397.42.
Of the whole amount of corporate property valued by us, there would thus belong to Dedham, $98,738, and to Norwood, $25,088.50.
Norwood has received, and has of this corporate property, the sum of $18,567, as per schedule (A) annexed.
Dedham has received, and has of this corporate property, the sum of $105,259.50. as per schedule (B) annexed.
The town of Norwood is therefore entitled to receive from the town of Dedham, the sum of $6521.50, which we determine and adjudge to be its "just and equitable proportion of all corporate property" owned by the town of Dedham at the time of the passage of the Act under which these proceedings are instituted. But from this sum should be deducted the sum of $155.92, being its just and equitable proportion of the public debt of the town of Dedham at the time of the passage of the act aforesaid, leaving Dedham to pay to Norwood the sum of $6,365.58.
The costs of these proceedings, being the fees and expenses of the Commissioners, amounting to $1045, are to be paid equally by the towns of Dedham and Norwood, the petitioners in the case.
GEORGE MARSTON, LEONARD HUNTRESS, Commissioners. JAMES KIMBALL,
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SCHEDULE A.
Fire property
$3,815.00
School property
. 14,752.00
$18,567.00
SCHEDULE B.
Fire property
$8,721.50
Alms House, farm, and property
·
9,300.00
Gravel pits .
410.00
School property
45,918.00
Memorial Hall
40,000.00
Personal property in hall
910.00
Total
$105,259.50
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REGISTRAR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1874. .
BIRTHS.
Feb. 17. Frederick Dunham, son of George and Harriet M.
27. Thomas Waldo Edmunds, son of George W. S. and Alice L.
Mar. 28. Roswell Warren Guy, son of Eibridge G. P. and Miriam S.
30. Alfred Draper Davis, son of James A. and Martha.
April 7. Daniel Donavan, son of Jeremiah and Margaret.
May 1. Michael Joseph Rafferty, son of John R. and Elizabeth F.
17. Edward Lane, son of Enos and Mary.
23. Charles Emil Hanson, son of Andrew E. and Elizabeth.
30. Harold Willis Gay, son of George W. and Maria L.
June 19. Joha Cocklin, son of Jeremiah and Hannah.
23. Richard Leyden, son of Martin and Bridget.
18. Walter Smith, son of Lewis E. and Clara J.
July 22.
James Collins, son of Patrick and Mary.
27. Lawrence Peter Baulduf, son of Julius and Louisa.
1.
Aug. Clifford Bartlett Sanborn, son of Marshman W.and G. Augusta.
19. Frank Fahy, son of Patrick and Bridget.
24. John O'Brian, son of Timothy and Mary.
Sept. 15. Frank William Fisher, son of Frank W. and Bridget.
22. Harry Augustus Bigelow, son of Edwin A. and Annie L.
Oct.
1. John Patrick Byer, son of Jacob and Catherine.
7. David Alfred Ellis, son of Alfred and Margaret.
12. Thomas Francis Lavine, son of Anthony and Rosanna.
Nov. 13. Stephen Joseph Curran, son of Stephen and Catherine.
17. Timothy Logan, son of Thomas and Jane.
26. Edwin Louis Belcher, son of John E. and Sarah E.
Jan. 2.
Mabel Angeline Alden, daughter of Marcus M. and Francena A. Margaret Agnes Reardon, daughter of John and Mary.
2. Della Marion Rogers, daughter of Charles H. and Mary E.
19. Gertrude Isabella Bigelow, daughter of L. W. and Catherine E.
19. Mary Elizabeth Burke, daughter of Michael and Mary.
25. Martha Dexter Dean, daughter of George V. and Mary E.
28. Roy. Frances Fairbanks, daughter of Henry S. and Mary.
April 14. Anna Horgan daughter of Jeremiah and Margaret.
17. Rosa Alice Lavine, daughter of Joseph V. and Mary J.
28. Bertha Carpenter Bixby, daughter of Joseph P. and Jennie A.
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Feb.
26. Daniel Leyden, son of Festus and Mary.
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May 12. Paulina Bastian, daughter of Christopher and Christina.
27. Abbie S. Fisher, danghter of William C. and Emily E.
31. Lillie M. Morse, daughter of Sidney E. and. Martha.
June 8. Amelia Readel, daughter of William and Margaret. 28. Josephine Kurp, daughter of Charles and Frances.
July 13. Mary Ann Casy, daughter of Patrick and Catherine.
Aug. 14. Gracie May Smith, daughter of Lewis, Jr., and Harriet F.
22. Ellen Mahoney, daughter of Patrick H. and Joanna C.
Sept. 11. Ida Frances Morse, daughter of Winslow L. and Adeline V.
26. Elvira Colburn Whitney, daughter of Constant F. and Maria J.
Oct 1. Grace Emily Cooper, daughter of Newell and Sarah L.
1. Edith Lavina Gay, daughter of Herbert E. and Lavina S.
18. Sarah Gertrude Corbett, daughter of David H. and Sarah P.
17. May R. Hartshorn, danghter of Frederick and Isabel.
21. Fuller, daughter of Alvin and Frances C.
Nov. 15. Edith A. Hutchinson, daughter of John A. and Annie A.
Dec. 12. Brooks, daughter of Charles A. and Madora.
26. Hartshorn, daughter of Charles E. and Ellen M.
MARRIAGES.
Jan. 11 .- By Rev. J. P. Bixby, Herbert A. Lewis of Dedham and Sarah W. Grover of Walpole.
May 17 .- By Rev. Theron Brown, Joseph Wiswell of Canton and Ida Richards of Sharon.
April 23 .- By Rev. J. P. Bixby, Charles Hanscomb and Nellie Norton,. both of Walpole.
May 23 .- By Rev. I. S. Hubbell of Somerville, Isiah Elliot and Annie. R. Mitchell, both of Norwood.
4 .- By Rev. George Hill, George E. Frost of Boston and Clara O. Hawes of Norwood.
Oct. 10 .- By Rev. Thomas Sumner of Newton Corner, Warren Boyden and Mary Ann Allen, of Norwood.
13 .- By Rev. W. J. Corcoran of Hyde Park, John Clarkin of Norwood and Bridget Megneh of Hyde Park.
13 .- By Rev. J. P. Bixby, Charles W. Robbins and Marianna H. Rhoads, both of Norwood.
28 .- By Rev. St. John Chambre of Franklin, Melvin I. Ellis and Emma Frances Boyden, both of Norwood.
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Nov. 15 .- By Rev. C. S. Locke of West Dedham, Hiram A. Dennison of Norwood and Carrie Smith of Boston.
24 .- By Rev. George Hill, Edgar F. Roby and Isabella L. Meek, both of Norwood.
Dec. 24 .- By Rev. Edwin Bromley, Eugene R. Carpenter and Lizzie S. Evans, both of Sharon.
31-By Rev. Edwin Bromley, Benjamin F. Osgood of Norwood and Paulina C. Haskell of Medford.
DEATHS.
Jan. 13 .- Francis A. Tisdale of Walpole ; 32 years.
March 3 .- Mrs. Emily P. Atkins ; 75 years 3 months 2 days. 25 .- Mary E. Leonard ; 2 years 8 months 10 days. 9 .- Chloe W. Adams ; 70 years 9 months 2 days.
Feb. 5 .- Susan W. Engles ; 48 years 6 months 2 days.
Jan. 15 .- Isaac Colburn; 46 years 11 months 12 days.
April 2. - Oliver Morse ; 70 years 1 month 15 days.
Mar. 13 .- Benjamin Fairbanks ; 63 years 3 months 25 days.
April 7 .- Lucy Leach ; 48 years 10 days.
21 .- Ida E. Putnam ; 26 years 9 months. 27 .- Harriet H. Blake of Norfolk; 69 years 7 months 24 days.
May 10 .- Josephine E. Dean; 29 years 4 months 18 days. 29 .- Alvin Ellis ; 18 years 5 months 1 day.
June 9 .- Lillie M. Morse ; 10 days. 14 .- Abigail Fisher; 87 years 6 months 7 days.
July 13 .- Auna F. Dupee ; 31 years.
Aug. 12 .- Christiana Readel; 48 years 3 months 5 days.
Sept. 16 .- Mary J. Callahan ; 8 months.
Oct. 7 .- Patrick Conolley ; 40 years.
13 .- Ann Nora Reardon ; 6 years 1 month. 17 .- May R. Hartshorn ; 2 hours. 21 .- Catherine E. Ellis ; 30 years 1 month.
Nov. 2 .- Harriet M. Dunham ; 27 years.
Dec. 3 .- Curtis G. Morse ; 68 years 11 months S days. 26 .- George M. Howard ; 4 months 1 day.
29 .- Moses Henry Bateman ; 2 months 6 days.
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ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1875.
For Schools, · . $7,500 00 ·
“ Repairs of Highways,
3,500 00
" Removing Snow, .
500 00
" Fire Department,
750 00
Support of Poor,
1,500 00
Public Library,
400 00
Salaries of Town Officers,
1,400 00
Care of Street Lamps, .
250 00
Care of Cemetery, . . . 100 00
" Printing, Advertising and Stationery, 200 00.
" Incidental Expenses,
500 00
$16,600 00
To the above estimates are to be added the State and County Taxes. .
Respectfully submitted.
S. E. POND,
Selectmen J. E. EVERETT, WILLARD GAY,
of Norwood.
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