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1848-49-50
STATEMENT
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF
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RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, &C.
OF THE
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1848
TOWN OF WOBURN,
for the financial Dear ending feb. 26, 1848.
BOSTON :
J. HOWE, PRINTER, No. 39 MERCHANTS ROW.
1848.
Allen County Public Library
The Committee chosen by the Town, to examine the accounts of the Treasurer, and make a statement of the Receipts and Expenditures, for the past year, have attended to that duty, and ask leave to make the following Report.
RECEIPTS.
By Cash received of William Woodbury, as Treasurer for 1846,
$1,635 76
66
received of C. A. Wyman, Interest on Note,
2 12
66 " Wm. Nichols, as Collector for 1847, 11,294 50
66
66
66
" Wm. Nichols for Collecting Taxes due 1846,
70 00
66
66
" T. J. Porter, for Collecting old Taxes,
325 27
66
66
66
" District No. 5,
8 53
66
66
66
" Sumner Young, for Hay,
44 31
66
for Work done by Josephus Johnson,
8 12
66
of the State School Fund,
146 29
56
66
10 61
66
66
66 66 for Support of Paupers, . " H. B. Lewis, Rent for Caleb Rich- ardson's Land,
10 00
66
66
66
from the Sale of Old Almshouse, ... of J. Fowle, for Stone in Cemetery, .
4 00
65
" J. Watson, for Stone,
2 00
65
66
" the State, for Military Bounty, ... " William Woodbury, for use of Hay Scales, .
70 36
" Carter & Converse, for the Rent of Town House Cellar,
7 11
66
66
" T. Foster, for use of Town House,
4 40
66
66
66
Committee on Cemetery,
10 25
T. J. Porter, for use of Town House Cellar, &c.,
1 89
66
66
66
Dennis Munroe, for use of do. do.
2 00
66
Daniel P. Thompson,
14 70
66
Note of William Nichols, for Taxes, 250 00
$14,412 22
EXPENDITURES For Highways in 1846-7.
N. A. Richardson, for repairing Road in District No. 4, $ 4 00
Jonathan Locke, for breaking out " 66 6 7, 5 00
S. Richardson, Jr., for repairing a Bridge in “
3, 19 26 Daniel Chamberlain, for work on Road in 66 1, 8 68
Jason Richardson, for repairs of a Road damaged by a freshet, .
111 10
Loring Emerson, for opening Road in Dis. No. 5, in 1846, Marshall Wyman, 66 66
3 00
2 00
21 57
Andrew Blanchard, for Lumber for Bridges and Railing, Paul Hussey, for work on Road, in District No. 4, .. A. Blanchard, for Lumber for a Bridge and Railing, ..
3 50
4 52
$182 63
66
66
66
66
125 00
66
365 00
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For Highways in 1847-8.
Amount of Orders drawn in favor of Hanson B. Lewis, Highway Surveyor, in District No. 1,
230 25
Moses F. Winn, do. do., for 2, 66 173 05
Caleb Simonds, do. do., for 66 3,
50 00
Jason Richardson, do. do., for 66
" 4,
107 85
Nathan Jaquith, do. do., for 66 " 5,
78 48
Stephen Cummings, do. do., for 66 66 6,
182 68
Levi Johnson, do. do., for 66
8, 56 25
$878 56
Almshouse Bills.
Josephus Johnson, in part for his Salary as Master of the Almshouse, .
$100 00
Dr. B. Cutter, for Medicine and Attendance, 20 00
Elbridge Trull, for Tin Ware, Stove Funnel, &c., . 3 64
Dr. Zadoc Howe, for Visit to Jere. Lorivi, 4 00
N. & G. Tufts, for Grain,
31 74
Buckman & Thompson, for Goods for Almshouse, .
148 13
George W. Allen, for a Coffin for a pauper,
4 00
Josephus Johnson, in part for his Salary as Master, ...
20 00
Nichols, Winn & C., for Goods for Almshouse,
39 09
James Tweed & Co., for 1 Cow, $25; 3 Swine, $30 48, 66 66 for Meat, &c.,
61 11
James Cary's Passage to Lancaster,
5 00
Josephus Johnson, in part pay as Master,
100 00
John Fowle, 2d, 1 Sack Coat for N. Pierce, 4 00
45 00
Geo. W. Allen, for 1 Coffin for a pauper,
4 00
Daniel Richardson, for Blacksmith Work,
8 73
Cutter & Cole, for Paints and Oil,
4 74
Buckman & Thompson, for Goods for Almshouse,
148 96
Elbridge Trull, for Tin Ware, Stove Pipe, for new House, James Tweed, for 1 Cow for Poor Farm,
25 00
Wm. Woodbury, for Goods for Almshouse,
43 33
Credit on J. Tweed & Co.'s Bill, from Almshouse, . ... 44 66
$846 97
Bills for the Poor out of the Almshouse.
Luther Converse, for supporting Mrs. Abigail Parker, . $ 10 00 E. Hackett & L. Richardson, for Wood for M. L. Knight, 9 00 J. Tweed & Co., for Wood and Meat for M. L. Knight, B. Brandley, and Cash advanced for paupers, . 32 50
Robert Ames, House Rent and Wood for Sam'l Poor, . 12 93
Geo. W. Allen, for Coffin for State pauper, 4 00
Willis Buckman, for Burying State paupers, . 13 00
Amount carried forward, $81 43
55 48
Charles Wyman, for Ox for Almshouse,
15 68
$891 63
5
Amount brought forward, $81 43
Robert Ames, for Wood for D. Bailey and A. Knight, . John Tidd, for Cash paid for Wood, and Nursing paupers sick of ship fever,
10 45
John Tidd, for Cash advanced for paupers,
19 55
Randolph Wyman, for supporting Patty Wyman, 25 00
City of Boston, for support of Wm. A. Hill and Eliza Merino in the House of Correction, ...
18 87
Nathaniel Watson, for supporting Joseph Steel in do., James Tweed, for Cash advanced for Ruth Richardson, 6 00
23 92
$205 72
School Bills. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1.
Martha A. Viles, for Teaching School 3 Terms,
$ 198 00
Sarah E. Locke,
3
198 00
Jane Fessenden,
"
1 Term,
66 00
Margaret J. Fox, ¥ 66
3 Terms,
181 50
C. M. Cumston,
1 Term,
150 00
J. S. Kimball,
66
2 Terms,
287 50
Ann B. Moulton,
1} Term,
100 00
Sarah Weston,
66
66 2 Terms,
130 50
Abby Dalton,
1} Term, 88 00
$1,399 50
Remaining undrawn in the Treasury, $178 96
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Emily O. Eaton, for Teaching School 2 Terms,
95 67
Susan E. Edgell, " 2
120 00
Charles Tidd, for Boarding Teachers, and Wood, 108 07
John A. Boutelle, for Teaching School 1 Term,
75 00
$398 74
Remaining undrawn in the Treasury, $38 50
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Elizabeth R. Foster, for Teaching School, John Wheeler, "
71 50
S. K. Richardson, for Wood for School House, &c. 14 25
$166 25
Overdrawn, $1 91
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Mary A. Wood, for Teaching School in 1847, 60 00
A. L. Richardson, for Wood for School, 3 57
Mary A. Wood, " Teaching School, 66
44 00
C. R. Williams,
19 72
$127 29
Remaining undrawn in the Treasury, for 1847, $158 01
1*
8 50
City of Charlestown, balance for support of paupers, ..
12 00
80 50
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DISTRICT NO. 5.
H. E. Chase, for Teaching School, 2 Terms,
76 00
E. J. Clement,
66 1 Term,
33 00
M. E. Symmes, "
1
24 00
A. E. Tilton,
1
44 00
G. W. Colby,
1
105 00
J. Bridge, for Boarding Teachers,
24 00
M. Wyman and B. F. Thompson, for Wood,
42 01
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Remaining undrawn, in the Treasury, .. ... .
$3 99
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Lucy A. Downing, for Teaching School 2 Terms, 90 00
S. J. Thurlow,
- 1 Term, 56 00
M. A. Stephens,
part of 1 Term, 70 00
J. F. Tuxbury,
1 26 25
O. H. Parker, for Wood,
12 00
$254 25
Remaining in the Treasury.
$34 76
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Elizabeth Gowing, Teaching in 1846, and E. Johnson, for. Wood, in 1846,
45 00
Remaining undrawn,
$67 53
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Amount drawn for 1847,
2,666 45
72 59
$2,739 04
Incidental Expenses.
Nathaniel Richardson, for Damages sustained on Road, I. H. Kendall, for tolling bell at Funerals, S. Woburn, Wm. B. Harris, for Cedar Posts for Railing Roads, .... First Baptist Church, for Land taken for Town Way, Jona. Howe, for Printing School Committee's Report, Sylvanus Wood, for Land taken for Town Way, Smith, Kelly & Co., Printing Auditor's Report, 1846-7, E. H. Smith, for Stationery,
$ 500 00
2 64
24 00
175 00
14 60
100 00
19 00
22 49
37 13
2 00
50 00
38 00
3 75
13 75
Amount carried forward, $1002 36
The Universalist Society, for Land taken for Town Way, A. Gregg, for setting up and lettering Town Bounds, . Daniel P. Thompson, in part for building Road, E. C. Newcomb, for 2 months and 24 days labor for Town, H. N. Hastings, for Printing Advertisements, John Carlton, for building Wall, and making a piece of
Road,
" 1846,
$348 01
7
Amount brought forward, $1002 36
Daniel P. Thompson, balance on settlement,
60 00
Willis Buckman, for tolling bell at Funerals, 66 66 " returning Deaths for 1846-7, ... J. Tweed, for Cedar Posts, and Iron Straps for Railing, Wm. W. Murray, for laying Wall,
18 67
3 20
10 16
Cyrus Lord, 66 66 5 00
2 80
H. N. Hastings, for Printing Hand Bills, & Advertising, Franklin Smith, for repairing Hearse,
12 00
Gage & Fowle, for Cloth for Hearse, 5 23
D. F. Eager, for building Sheds at Almshouse,
172 27
66 66 Lumber for use of Town, and repairing Town Pumps, 16 13
A. Blanchard, for Lumber to Sheds,
37 16
Thomas Richardson, for Lumber to Sheds,
36 80
Josephus Johnson, for Wagon, Sleigh and Harness, .. 100 00 Wm. B. Harris, for drawing Engine to and from a fire, 2 00 Bowen Buckman, Esq., for Letter Postage, 1 52
H. N. Hastings, for Printing Tax Bills, 13 00
2 50
Town of Medford, for setting up and marking Bounds, . Cutter & Cole, for setting Glass in Town House,
7 04
T. J. Porter, for collecting Taxes for the years 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42, '43, and '45, Cash paid for Tax Bills,
32 00
Calvin Richardson, for abatement of Taxes,
1 79
Franklin Keyes, 66 66
1 38
Peter McDaniels, 66 66 66
1 65
The Town of West Cambridge, setting up Bounds, ...
3 00
James F. Baldwin, for Land taken for Town Way, 35 00
Outstanding Orders of 1846, paid, . 222 50
$1,814 30
Town Officers.
B. F. Thompson, for Services rendered in 1846-7, .... $ 55 90
John Tidd, 66 and Money advanced in do.
38 67
Cyrus Thompson, " 66 as School Com. in 1846-7, 20 00
66 66 60
39 00
J. D. Tidd,
"
66 66
66
40 00
James Tweed, 66 66 rendered, and Money ad-
vanced in 1846-7,
62 06
Cyrus Thompson, for Services as Assessor in 1847,
51 25
M. J. Persons, 66
66 66
66
66
39.37
Thomas J. Parker, for warning Town Meetings, &c.,. M. J. Persons, for Assessor in abating Taxes, Feb. 1848, Nathan Wyman, Jr., for Services as Town Clerk,
50 00
Capt. Joseph Gardner, for 66 as Auditor,
5 00
Sylvanus Wood, for
as 6
6 75
.
$463 94
.. .
66
66
... 37 50
Z. Richardson, 66
15 00
3 44
Benjamin Cutter, 66 65
2 89
6 25
8
Cemetery Bills.
G. F. Davis, for work done at Cemetery in 1845, $ 6 00
A. Thompson, for " at
9 00
Jesse Dike, " " done on Tomb at do. 5 00
D. P. Thompson, for whitewashing Fence at do. .. 40 00
Thos. Richardson, for Lime and Sand for Tomb at do. .
2 00
Charles Jones, for smith work on Tomb, 4 04
$66 04
Cash paid out on other account than Town Orders.
H. E. Chase, Interest on Town Order,
$2 30
N. A. Richardson, interest on Town Order,
5 00
John Robinson, 66 66
18 00
D. F. Eager, 66 66 "
10 00
Building Committee, " 60 5 60
D. F. Eager, .
66 66
11 67
"
66
3 25
Andover Institution for Savings, for Int. on Town Note, 120 00
John Fowle, 2d, Interest on Note, 75 00
Lowell Savings Institution, Interest on Note, 250 00
William Duren, 25 00 66
284 00
66 Marion Band, 66
81 00
County Treasurer, for County Tax, 809 57
O. C. Rodgers, for Interest on Town Order, 29 74
District No. 1, in part of District Tax for 1847, 303 00
for 1845, 5 82
« No. 3,
34 00
66 No. 4,
15.00
No. 5,
133 73
Paid D. P. Thompson's Note,
14 70
$2,248 70
Building Committee on New Almshouse.
Amount of Orders drawn in favor of said Committee, . $3,034 15 Work done by the Master of Almshouse, . 21 00
Moses F. Winn, for services as Building Committee, .. 20 00
" Cash paid Hartwell Bancroft, 1 50
Leonard Thompson, Esq., services as Building Com. .. 20 00
75
" Cash paid for Printing Adver. Stephen Nichols, Jr., for services as Building Committee, 20 00
$3,117 00
Cr. By Labor done at the Almshouse,
21 00
Amount drawn from the Treasury, 3,096 40
66
10 00
Paid Woburn M. Phalanx, for Military Bounty,
No. 2, balance of
1 12
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Recapitulation of Expenses.
For Highway's in 1846-7,
$182 63
66 " 1847-8,
878 56
Almshouse,
846 97
Poor out of Almshouse,
205 72
66 Schools,
2,739 04
Incidental Expenses,
1,814 30
Town Officers,
463 94
Cemetery Bills,
66 04
Other Accounts than Town Orders,
2,248 70
Orders drawn in favor of Building Committee on
New Almshouse,
3,096 40
Total Expenditures from the Treasury, $12,542 30
Treasurer's Account.
GARWIN R. GAGE, Treasurer, in Account with the Town of Woburn, DR.
For Cash rec'd of Wm. Woodbury, Treasurer of 1846, $1,635 76
66
66 of Calvin A. Wyman, interest on Note, 2 12
66
of Wm. Nichols, Collector for 1847, ..
11,294 50
66
of 1856, ..
70 00
66
of T. J. Porter, for old Taxes,
325 27
66
from District No. 5,
8 53
66 of Sumner Young, for Hay,
44 31
66
"
for work done by Josephus Johnson, . .
8 12
66
66
66
" for support of Paupers,
10 61
66
of H. B. Lewis, for Rent of C. Richard- son's Land, 10 00
66
from sale of Old Alms House,
125 00
66
66
of J. Fowle, for Stone in Cemetery, . .
4 00
66 of J. Watson, for Stone,
2 00
6
66
365 00
66
66
66
70 36
66
66
of State Treasurer, for Military Bounty, of W. Woodbury, for use of Hay Scales, of Carter & Converse, for use of Town House Cellar,
7 11
of T. Foster, for use of Town House, ..
4 40
66
66
of Committee on Cemetery,
10 25
66
66
66
of Thomas J. Porter, for the use of Town House Cellar, 1 89
of Dennis Munroe, for do. do. do.,
2 00
of Daniel P. Thompson,
14 70
Note of Wm. Nichols, for Taxes,
250 00
$14,412 22
12,542 30
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, . $1,869 92
66
66
from the State School Fund,
146 29
66
10
CR.
By Cash paid out on Town Orders, $10,293 60
66 other than Town Orders, 2,248 70
$12,542 30
February 26, 1848, Cash in the hands of the Treasurer, $1,869 92
The Auditors have compared the Treasurer's Accounts with his vouchers, and find them correct.
JAMES TWEED, ~ Auditors. JOHN JOHNSON, JR., S
Balance in the Treasurer's hands, $1,869 92 uncollected Taxes in hands of Collector, not assumed, 105 70
due from Dist. Nos. 2, 4, 5, for collecting Taxes, 5 32
66
the State, for State Paupers, . 50 77
William Holden, Jr., for Stone from Cemetery,
5 00
$2,036 71
Outstanding Accounts.
Due School District Nos. 1 and 3, for Taxes,
$788 43
" Apportionment of School Money. .. 479 84
" Unpresented Bills as nearly as can be ascertained, 575 00
$1,843 27
Balance in favor of the Town is
$193 44
Town Debts.
John Robinson, Town Order, dated May 22, 1843, $300 00
Interest to February 26, 1848, at 6 per cent.,. 13 70
District No. 6, Town Order, dated August 9, 1843, 495 80
Interest to Pebruary 26, 1848, at 6 per cent.,
16 12
William Duren, Note dated September 25, 1843,
500 00
Interest to February 26, 1848, at 5 per cent., 10 46
Lowell Savings Institution, Note dated Oct. 25, 1843, .
5,000 00
Interest to February 26, 1848, at 5 per cent., 84 02
John Fowle, 2d, Note dated November 7, 1843,
1,500 00
Interest to February 26, 1848, at 5 per cent.,
22 72
Andover Savings Institution, Note dated April 24, 1846, 2,000 00
Interest to February 26, 1848, at 6 per cent., . 100 66
$10,043 48
Balance in favor of the Town on the Accounts of 1847,
193 44
Actual Debt of the Town, February 26, 184%, is ... $9,850 04
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