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1854-1
Aparall Tuale
EXPENSES, &c.
OF THE
.. TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
FROM
MARCH 1, 1850, TO MARCH 1, 1851, ALSO
LIST OF TOWN AND COUNTY TAXES,
AS ASSESSED IN THE YEAR 1850,
AND THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
BOSTON: WILLIAM A. HALL, PRINTER, 22 SCHOOL STREET. 1851.
78-662 Norwell Junior High Library
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
EXPENSES AND DISBURSEMENTS
OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
For the Year ending March 1, 1851.
Almshouse Expenses, for the Year 1850-51.
Inventory of articles on hand, March 1, 1850.
3} tons hay $42.00-2 cows $45.00
$87 00
12 hens 3.00-350 lbs shotes 22.75 25 75
15 cords pine wood 41.25-12 cords hard wood 61.25. .. 102 50 310 lbs cheese 24.80-75 bush potatoes 30.00 54 80
10 lbs butter 2.00-5 bbls soap 27.00. 29 00
25 lbs candles 3.25-132 lbs tallow 11.88
15 13
650 lbs pork 58.50-90 lbs bacon 8.10. 66 60
1250 lbs beef 87.50-soap greese 12.60 100 10
45 lbs lard 4.50-3} lbs chocolate .58 5 08
3 lbs tobacco .66-5 lbs snuff .50 1 16
12 lbs tea 4.80-5 bush salt 1.75. 6 55
35 galls molasses 8.40-12 bush corn 9.60 18 00
13 bush rye 10.40-80 lbs fish 2.40 12 80
12 yds cloth .90-flour 4.67-15 lbs rice .52 6 19 - -530 66
2041 lbs beef 5§c
Elijah Cudworth's Bill.
109 70
855 lbs beef 5gc
Benj. W. Jacob's Bill.
45 95
John E. Corthell's Bill.
For beef at sundry times
34 39
Moses Whiton's Bill. -190 04
100 bush corn 68c
68 00
2 bbls flour
11 00
74 bush corn a 62c
Wyman & Cook's Bill.
45 88
124 88
Amount carried forward.
$845 58
4
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward $845 58
20 bush rye a 80c.
Albion Turner's Bill.
Nathaniel Clapp's Bill.
16 00
10 bush rye a 80c
8 00
Bela T. Jacob's Bill.
73 bush rye a 80c
5 62
29 62
Hatch & Groce's Bill.
503 lbs shotes a 6c-289 lbs a 5ąc 48 06
Wood Bills.
Elijah Cudworth, 16 ft hard 4.75. 9 50
Nathaniel Brooks, 25 ft maple. 13 75
66 32 ft oak 19 99
Turner Hatch, 12 ft maple.
7 32
Nathaniel Turner, 86} ft maple a 4.75 51 06
44 ft hemlock a 3.50 19 25
Lemuel Jacobs, 8 ft oak a 5.00 5 00
6 16 ft pine a 2.75 . 5 50
Benjamin Jacobs, 11 ft oak a 5.00.
12 ft maple.
7 38
Josiah Cushing, 32 ft hard a 3.50.
14 00
8 ft maple.
4 75
Albion Turner, 4 ft oak 2 50
82 ft pine a 2.75 28 19
Benj. R. Jacobs, 28 ft pine a 2.75 9 62
William James, 16 ft a 2.75
5 50
Thomas Clapp, 12 ft a 2.75
4 12
Samuel Foster, 16 ft
66
a 2.75
5 50
219 80
Truck wagon bought of J. S. Clapp. 36 00 Albion Turner ploughing half day, 4 oxen and man 1 50 Rachel Cushing's bill, pasturing cows 10 00 Dr. A. E. Stetson's bill for medical attendance. 23 00
Paid Asa Merritt, for conveying pauper to almshouse. 2 25
J. N. Sparrell, for coffin and shroud for P. Jenkins. 4 25
Abial Turner, for 10 bush potatoes 8 50
1850. Nash, Callender & Co.'s Bill.
Mar. 5. 1 bbl beans 7.25, 1 box chocolate, 20 lbs a 20c, 4.00-Carting 25c 11 50
15. 76 lbs butter at 18c 13.68-38 lbs tea at 40c 15.20-68 lbs tobacco at 20c 13.60-198 1bs sugar at 74 14.35, bbl 25c-1} lbs nutmegs 1.80-1 doz brooms 2.00-carting 25c ....... 61 63
23. 1 hhd molasses 125 galls at 20c 25.00,carting 25c 25 25 May 20. 89 lbs tobacco at 22c 19.58-carting 12c ..... 19 70
July 6. 46 lbs tea 40c 18.40-carting 12c ... 18 52 22. 119 lbs rice at 4c 4.76-carting 12c 4 88
-141 48
Amount carried forward. $1370 04
6 87
5
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. $1370 04
J. W. Gannett's Bill.
Mar. 1 qt molasses and 24 lbs cheese 30c, 7 lbs flour 25c 0 55 1 1b cream tartar 25c, 1 poor man's plaster 13c. ... 0 38 24 lbs cheese 22c, 1 1b tea 50 c, 2 lbs d apples 22c 0 94 1¿ lb cheese and 1 qt molasses 20c, 1 bbl flour 6.13, 6 33 7 lbs flour 25c, 23 lbs cheese and 15 oz butter 43c, 0 68 April. 2 pr shoes 1.63, 1 1b pepper 20c, 4 quires paper 80c, 2 63 12 steel pens 10c, lalb cheese and 1 qt molasses 19c, 0 29 1 ps soap 8c, 2 buckets 40c, 7 lbs flour 25c. .... 0 73 13 oz butter and 3 skeins cotton 19c, 3 qts oil 66c, 0 85 1 lb d apples and c tartar 22c, 2 lbs nails 10c. .... 0 32 ¿ 1b thread 50c, 2 lbs rice 10c, 23 lbs cheese 24c .. 0 84 1 qt molasses and 1 oz cassia 10c, 2 bars soap 30c, 0 40 1 yd denims 15c, 1 paper pins 8c, 1 do needles 6c, 0 29 May. 1 lb coffee 15c, ¿ 1b senna 16c, 1 cake soap 12c ... 0 43 7 lbs flour and 11 oz butter 39c, 2 lbs cheese 18c, 0 57 11å yds print 74c, 1 qt mol. 8c, 1 bbl flour 6.37 ... 7 19 1 bed cord 50c, 2 lbs saleratus 16c 0 66
34 lbs cheese 29c, 1 1b butter 20c 0 49
1 lb currants and 1 bunch of matches 10c. 0 10
1 paper tacks 6c, 1 plaster 13c, 7 lbs flour 25c 0 44 2 lbs raisins 28c, 1-2 lb thread 56c, § 1b butter 18c, 1 02 1 1b d apples and 1 qt mol. 18c, 1 1b c tartar 25c .. 0 43 2} 1b cheese 23c, 3 sks yarn 51c, 1 paper seeds 5c, 0 82 1 writing book 6c, 1 1b dried apples 11c. 0 17
§ lb butter and 1 qt molasses. 0 18
June. 7 lbs flour 25c, 4 lb butter 13c, 8 yds print 1.06. . 1 44 1 lb butter and 1 qt molasses 24c, 1 plaster 13c .... 0 37 1§ lb cheese and bx matches 16c, 12 lbs butter 25c, 0 41 2 lbs d apples 22c, 1 qt mol. 7c, 2 writing books 12c,0 41 2 lb raisins 28c, 7 lbs flour 25c, 2 lbs d apples 22c, 0 75 1} 1b cheese and saleratus 15c; 1} lb cheese 13c .. 0 28 ¿ lb butter and dried apples 24c, 1 lb cocoa 25c ... 0 49 1 qt mol. and 1 qt beans 13c, 4 gross matches 15c .. 0 28 July. 1 ps soap 10c, 2 lb d apples 22c, 6} lbs butter 1.02, 1 34 2 lb raisins 28c, 6 lb d apples 66c, 3 qts beans 19c, 1 13 20 sheets paper 14c, 1 1b butter, 1 1b 8 oz cheese 31c,0 45 2 lb d apples 22c, 1 1b tea 50c, 1 qt molasses 7c . . 0 79 2 pr shoes 84c, 2 lbs raisins 28c, 1 rake 28c 1 40
2 lbs dried apples 22c, 1 writing book 6c 0 28
1§ lbs butter and 1§ lbs cheese. 0 40
- 37 95
John K. Nash's Bill.
May. 2 lb saleratus 16c, 2 chambers 24c 0 40
1 bag salt 18c, 50 biscuits 25c, 8 oz pepper 8c. . . . 0 51
50 biscuits 25c, 2 chambers 24c, 8 oz pepper 8c. .. 0 57
1 48
Sartwell & Walker's Bill.
Oct. 1 tub butter, 48 lbs @ 18c 8 64
Nov. 234 lbs cheese a 7c. 16 38
25 02
Amount carried forward. $1434 49
6
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. $1434 49
Wyman & Cook's Bill. 6 50
Nov. '6 bbls coarse salt, 19 1-2 bush.
David Dow's Bill.
Oct. 1-2 chest Sous. tea, 55 lbs a 30c 16 50
George H. Torrey's Bill.
Mar. D apples and cassia 2.02, 64 yds sheeting 5.76. . . . 7 78 Raisins, saleratus and thread 73c, 2 lb raisins 24c . 0 97
May. 6 lbs dried apples 72c, 5 1-2 lbs cheese 52c 1 24
2 lbs raisins . . 0 24
Aug. 84 1-2 yds sheeting 7.19, 1-2 bush beans 96c 8 15
Sept. 24 yds calico a 8c 1.92, 24 yds calico 2.16. 4 08
5 yds calico a 10c 50c, 2 lbs raisins 28c. 0 78
Sewing cotton, needles, &c., 39c,2 1-16 lbs yarn 1.96, 2 35
Oct. 2 lbs box raisins 28c, morter 42c. 0 70
1 ps sheeting 42 yds. . 3 78 -
30 07
E. B. Gilbert's Bill.
July. 1 bbl flour 6.50, 2 lbs saleratus 16c 6 66
1 paper pins 8c, 1 bed cord 50c, 1 oz T seed 6c. . 0 64
Aug. 1 lb butter 17c, 1 qt beans 6c, 8 oz c tartar 13c. ... 0 36 ¿ lb sulphur 4c, 10 lbs nails 50c, 1 qt oil 22c. ... 0 76 2 qts Linseed oil 46c, 50 biscuits 25c, 1 bar soap 15c, 0 86 1 ball wicking 5c, 12 lbs cheese 16c ... 0 21
Sept.
1 lb butter 17c, 1 bottle c oil 12c, 50 biscuits 25c .. 0 54 1 bag flour 1.88, 1 1b c tartar 25c, 2 lb saleratus 16c, 2 29 ¿ gross matches 16c, 3 qts oil 68c, 50 biscuits 25c, 1 09 1 1b tea 50c, 2 lbs raisins 30c, 1-2 1b thread 75c .. 1 55
Oct. 2 lb cream tartar 50c, 1 pair shoes 2.50. 3 00
2 lb saleratus 16c, 1-21b cassia 18c, 1 oz g cloves 3c, 0 37
Oct. 2 quires paper 25c, 1 lb wicking 28c 0 53
10 lbs nails 50c, 12 yds cloth 58c, 1 chimney 17c. . 1 25 6 yds print 60c, 1 bx hooks & eyes 3c, 1 p needles 6c, 0 69 50 biscuits 25c, 1 paper pins 8c, 1 jacket 1.88. . 2 21
3 chimneys 50c, 1-2 1b pepper 10c, 4 1b cloves 10c, 0 70 1 bot. pain killer 50c, 1 gal oil 88c, 50 biscuits 25c, 1 63 2 1-2 lbs yarn 2.12, 7 dozen buttons 28c 2 40
Nov. 2 lb raisins 25c, matches 17c, 1 jacket 1.88. 2 30 1 pr scissors 37c, 2 yds print 13c, 50 biscuits 25c, 0 75 25 lbs raisins 1.75, 4 1b nutmegs 36c, 1 doz screws,3c, 2 14 2 lbs raisins 0 25
33 18
July.
E. B. Gilbert's Bill of Goods delivered Lois Bates. 1 qt mol. 7c, 2 lbs d apples 22c, 2} lb cheese 26c, 0 55 Beeswax and needles 6c, 1 qt molasses 6c. . . .. . . . 0 12 14 lb cheese 12c, 3 sks cotton 2c, 1 1b d apples 11c, 0 25 . 7 lbs flour 25c, 2 1b cheese 18c, 1 qt molasses 8c. . 0 51 14 lb cheese 11c, 2 1b pork 16c, 1 1b sugar 8c .... 0 35 1 qt molasses 8c, 22 lbs cheese 25c, 7 lbs flour 25c, 0 58
Aug.
Sept. 7 lbs pork 56c, 1 qt molasses 8c, 34 1b cheese 30c .. 0 94 2 1-2 lbs cheese 23c, 1 qt molasses 8c, 1 knife 15c, 0 46 3 76
Amount carried forward.
$1524 50:
1
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. $1524 50
Gilbert's Bill of Goods to L. Bates, continued.
12 lbs fish 7 c, 1 1b butter 20c, 2 yds ticking 30. ... 0 57
Oct. 2 1-2 yds print 31c, 22 lbs cheese 23c, 1 sp cotton 5c, 0 58 7 lbs flour 25 c, 1 qt molasses 8c, 1 1b rice 5c. .... 0 38
2 lbs fish 7c, 1 qt molasses 9c, 3 sks cotton 2c ..... 0 18 Nov. 2 qts molasses 17c, 2 lbs fish 7c, 1 yd linen 25c. .. 0 49 2 20
E. B. Gilbert's Bill.
Dec. 1 gall oil 88c, 2 sks cotton 8c, 1} yds cam. 31c ... 1 27 2 almanacs 10c, 1 paper pins 8c, 2 lbs saleratus 16c, 0 24 1 lb pepper 20c, 25 biscuits 13c, § 1b senna 18c. .. 0 51
1851. 11 lbs butter 1.83, 1 1b tea 46c, 1 comb 15c ... 2 44
Jan. 50 biscuits 25c, 2 1-2 yds cambric 63c. 0 88
14 yds ribbon 7c, 50 biscuits 25c, 6 lbs sugar 51c. . 0 83 6 1b raisins 42c, 2 lbs saleratus 16c, 1 1b c tartar 25c, 0 83 4 1b nutmegs 38c, 4 lb cassia 10c, bbl flour 5.50. .. 5 98 1 1-2 gall vinegar 30c, 50 biscuits 25c. 0 55
Feb. 50 biscuits 25c, 1 1b tea 46c. 2 qts oil 44c 1 15
¿ lb s. petre 3c, 5 lbs sugar 39c, 6 pens 6c. 0 48
36 biscuits 18c, 1 quire paper 20c .. 0 38
15 54
Sundry goods delivered to Mrs. Lois Bates 1 97
Josiah Litchfield's bill for 111 lbs butter 18 31
Josiah Litchfield's Account.
Mar. Account book 83c, sundries 2.00. 2 83
Paid freight 1.10, 200 lbs salt fish 5.00 6 10
50c, bunch matches 16c 0 66
April. 4 bush corn 2.56, 2 lb salts 20c 2 76
1 pair shoes 40c, freight on molasses and fish 1.55, 1 95 Horse, carting molasses 42c, wagon 25c 0 67 grain 1.20, 6 qts vinegar 30c 1 50
" and wagon to Hingham 36c 0 36
10 bush corn 6.30, 2 bush shorts 50c 6 80
N. B. Sylvester, butchering 30c, G. Robbins cart 25c.
for
0 55
Iron bar and shovel 2.12, 2 doz lamp wicks 25c. 2 37
May. Trace chains, and plough point 1.12, bbl crackers 2.87 .. 3 99
10 1-2 bush potatoes 3.47, sole leather 2.22. 5 69
H. T. Sylvester, 1 1-2 days ploughing. 3 00 R. V. C. Turner for whitewashing 7.00, vinegar 37c, 7 37 Anson Robbins for lime 60c, peck beans 50c 1 10
Horse, carting and ploughing . 2 00
June. Mrs. Damon, cutting 4 pr pants 40c, bbl flour 6,50, 6 90 8 1-2 lbs butter 1.45, horse to mill twice 48c ..... 1 93
Lobsters 25c, 24 ft boards 30c, 10 lbs butter 1.80. . 2 35
July. Freight on tobacco 40c, 200 lbs salt fish 3.00 3 40
Horse to mill four times, and ploughing 1 52
24 lbs butter 4.62, 6 qts vinegar 37c 4 99
Aug. 2 pr shoes 1.87, 14 lbs butter 2,80. 4 67
75 46
Amount carried forward
$1637 98
7
8
Almshouse Credit.
Dr. Amount brought forward. .$1637 98
Litchfield's Account, continued.
6 qts vinegar 37c, 2 balls thread 14c. 0 51
Horse to mill twice 50c, 63 lb cheese 2.57. 3 07
Horse to mill 25c, do haying 2.50, do to Harbor twice 80c 3 55
Sept.
Paid G. B. Murdock 50c, 61 1b cheese & freight 5.17, 5 67 Horse to mill twice 35c, do carting grain 2,75 .... 3 10 Horse, carting dirt and stone 50c, 10 lbs snuff 1.20, 1 70 22 1b butter 4.42, sheet lead 50c, 2 pr shoes 1.08. . 6 00 2 galls vinegar 40c, 60 ft boards 35c 0 75
Oct. 35 lb cheese 2.69, 1710 lbs straw 5.13. 7 82
20 yds cloth for pants 3.00, 1 pair pants 2.00. 5 00
Horse to mill 25c, do carting 1 1-2 days 97c 1 22
1 shawl 50c, 5 pecks grass seed 2,74 3 24
4 74
2 quin. fish 3.00, 3 bush onions 1.74
Nov. Freight on butter, cheese, tea, 1.12, 1 pr shoes 50c, 1 62 17 1-2 lbs butter 3.50, 1 1-2 bbl apples 2.62 6 12
Horse to Harbor 43c, do carting 3 days 1.80. 2 23
6 qts vinegar 30c, 25 lbs sugar 2.06, potatoes 32c. . 2 68 R.V. C. Turner, labor'1.00, 5 1-2 1b s. leather 1.37, 2 37
Dec. 1 pr shoes 1.17, wood saw 1.00, 1 doz eggs 20c. . . 2 37
24 lbs chocolate 4.00, 2 galls milk 32c. 4 32
5 brooms 1.00, 5 1b. butter 1.00, crackers 1.00 3 00
1851. Horse and wagon to Harbor 62c, horse to mill 25c, 0 87
Jan. Freight on butter 50c, 19 1b butter 3.80. 4 30 N. B. Sylvester for butchering 3.75. 3 75
Feb. A. Robbins for surveying 50c, cutting 10 dresses 2.00,2 50 Bottle cod liver oil 75c, 1-2 1b c tartar 12c. 0 87 Mrs. Damon making pants 1.00, bbl flour 5.25 6 25
E. Cushing for horse-cart 50c. 0 50
J. N. Sparrell filing saws. 1 05
Joseph Merritt 66 0 50
Joseph Merritt's bill 5 16
96 83
Josiah Litchfield, 1 year's salary .160 00
Total Dr. amount. $1894 81
Almshouse Credit.
BY STOCK AND PROVISIONS ON HIAND MARONI 1, 1851.
3 tons English hay 33.00, 1 ton fresh hay 6.00 39 00 1-2 ton straw 3.00, 23 c 6 ft pine wood 65.20, cow 15,00, 83 20 19 c hard wood 90.25, 2 shotes 24.00, 205 tallow 17.20 .. 131 45 74 lb butter 12.95, 59 1b cheese 4.72, 37 1b candles 4.44 .. 22 11 8 bush potatoes 6.80, 1 bush onions50c, 80 galls soap 16.00,23 30 60 lbs lard 6.00, 100 lbs bacon 10,00, 750 lbs pork 75,00, 91 00 1600 lbs beef 112.00, 200 1bs soap grease 12.00, 6 lbs tea 1.86 .125 86
60 lbs tobacco 18.00, 4 lbs snuff 50c, chocolate 17c. .... 18 67 Amount carried forward. -- $534 59
Almshouse Credit. 9
Cr. By Amount brought forward. $534 59
32 bush corn 22.72, 1 bush beans 2.00 24 72 20 galls molasses 5.00, 5 bush salt 2.00, 57 lbs rice 2.85, 9 85
Truck wagon 36.00, 14 hens 3.50 39 50
-- 608 77
Articles sold John E. Corthel.
May, 1850 .- 963 lbs hay 5.34, 1 calf skin 75c, cow hide 2.70 .. 8 79
Received for John Mann's labor. . 9 00
" Lucinda Leavett's board. 48 00
Articles sold from Almshouse.
132 lbs grease 8.78, 13 galls soap 2.60 11 38
13 lbs candles 1.59, 68₺ 1bs tallow 5.48 7 07
12 1b lard 1.20, 6 lbs suet 42c 1 62
4 lbs pork 40c, oil for Town Hall 1.70 2 10
294 1bs hides 11.76, 3 bush rye 40c 12 16
4 bush corn 3.20, 2} bush salt 1.01. 4 21
11 hens 3.80, lime 12c, coal 50c 4 42
Wood 14c, wagon hire 1.20. 1 34
Hay 1,000 lbs 5.50, do 533 lbs 2.66, do 533 lbs 2.66 10 82
1,222 lbs 6.71, do 800 lbs 4.40, do 1,010 1bs 4.08 15 19
66 330 1bs 1.65, 1,200 1bs 6.60 8 25
78 56
Cash for Lois Bates' Board 40 00 66 State paupers. 83 94 66 " board of Scituate paupers. 339 68
Tobacco returned to Nash, Callender & Co.
12 00
$1228 63 By board of 18 persons in the Almshouse at 71c 1 7-10m pr week, 666 18
$1894 81
Add the interest of the cost of the Almshouse establishment, and the average board of the paupers was about 88} cents per week.
Moneys Expended on Highways.
Benjamin W. Jacobs, for labor in District No. 21, 13 days at 75c 9.75, cart 1 day 25c. 10 00
Hannah Sylvester for gravel 2 50
Elijah Damon for repairs on Jacob's mill dam, 611 ft plank 8.55, 604 ft joist 9.96 18 51
Elijah Damon, buying lumber 1.00, carting do 2.00 3 00
2 lbs nails 30c, spikes 1.00, labor 3.00
4 30
66 Daniel Damon for labor 1 75
27 56
James P. Briggs, for labor in District No. 12 10 00 Josiah Cushing, cash for labor in District No. 9. 10 00
Albion Turner, for cutting plank for Union Bridge 3 00
Labor on Road near Luther Howland's.
Thomas Wright 8 days 6.00, horse, cart & boy 1 day 1.12, 7 12 Oliver Winslow, 4} days 3 37
10 49
Amount carried forward
$73 55
2
10
Miscellaneous Expenses.
By Amount brought forward $ 73 55 Amasa Palmer, 10 5-6 days 8 10
Abner Stetson 283 days 21.38, horse & plough 1 day 87c, 22 25 66 15 days, oxen and cart 16 20 Luther Howland 223 days 16.87, 7 1-2 days oxen and cart 8.10 24 97
71 52
Paul D. Briggs for gravel. 3 00
Rufus Farrow, for extra labor in District No. 2 4 82
Nathaniel Clapp, for extra labor in District No. 5. 10 00 David Torrey for gravel 3.65, Sally Brown for gravel 3.00. 6 65
Cyrus Stodard for removing 2 rocks near A. & C. Groce's 3 00
66 for splitting and drawing stone 5 00
8 00
Paul Clapp for blowing rocks in B. Turner's district 3 78
John Jones 0 27
for splitting rock by Elnathan Cushing's 5 00
9 05
Elisha Foster for gravel 3.20, Elijah Clapp for gravel 96c 4 16
Daniel Damon for extra labor. 1 00
H. & E. Otis for 1452 ft plank a $10. 14 52
$206 27
Money paid for arrears of Highway Taxes.
To Josiah Cushing for Taxes in his District. 4 70
" Rufus Farrow 66 3 63
" Cyrus Stodard, Jr. ¥ 5 62
Crows' Heads. $13 95
Josiah Litchfield for cash paid. $18 60
Expenses of the Poor out of the Almshouse.
Betsey Whitaker, for board of Ann Whitaker. 8 50
Paid Esther Wood for nursing Mrs. Tower ... 3 00
Nathaniel Clapp for wood delivered to Lois Stodard, 1 cord ma- ple 5.00, 6 ft hard and 3 ft pine 5.00, 1 cord pine 3.00. . 13 00
J. M. Wilder for supplies to Joshua Corlew . 2 00
George Lee for digging grave for Mrs. Tower. 0 75
James N. Sparrell, for coffin & shroud for Mrs. Whitaker, 4 50 66 66 " Mrs. Tower .. 4 50 66 66 66 J. Gundoway, Jr. 4 75
13 75
Benj. W. Jacobs, for 5} ft oak wood delivered to B. Barrell 3 27
J. W. Gannett & Co., for supplies to Bartlett Barrell, 7 lbs flour and 2 qts molasses 38c, 1 fish 6c .. 0 44
1 lb butter and 2} lbs cheese 40c, 10 1-2 flour & pins 40c, 0 80 2 qts molasses and # 1b tea 26c, 7 lbs flour 25c, cheese 15c, 0 66 1} 1b cheese and tobacco 19c, 2 qts molasses & # 1b tea 26c, 0 45 2 35
Amount carried forward. . $46 62
11
Miscellaneous Expenses.
By Amount brought forward $46 62 Supplies to Lucy Stewart 6 00
C. D. Bishop for attending funeral of Mrs. Tower, with hearse 2 00 C. D. Bishop for attending funeral of J. Gundoway, Jr.,
with hearse
2 00
4 00
Samuel Tolman for supplies to Mrs. Stoddard, 1-2 cord hard wood 2.50, sundries 1.00. 3 50
Loring Jacobs for services to Hingham, on account of Mrs. B. Curtis 1.50, to Hanover, on account of Mrs. R. Stoddard 75c, 2 25
E. B. Gilbert for sundries delivered to Clarissa Franks 7 92
Board of Henry Bowker's child, five weeks 10 00
Josiah Litchfield for 6 lbs pork, delived J. Gundoway, Jr 0 60
$80 89
Town Officers, 1849-50.
Caleb Stetson, School Committee. 24 50
Perez Turner 2d, “ 6 00
Lemuel C. Waterman, 6 50
Ebenezer T. Fogg, Selectman and Assessor 35 50
Samuel Tolman,
35 00
Loring Jacobs, 66
35 00
James Southworth, extra service as clerk.
10 00
Nathaniel Clapp, for warning in 21 Town officers and Town meeting
3 10
George H. Torrey, as Treasurer. 32 00
$187 60
Repairs of Almshouse.
Ebenezer T. Fogg for 100 lbs shingle nails 6 24
H. & E. Otis for 20 m shingles a 3.87 1-2 77 50
for 1021 ft No. 4 boards a 12.00. 12 25
for 68 ft 2 by 3 partition 82c, 256 ft 3 by 4 joist 2.82, 3 64
Robbins & Merritt, for laying 19 1-2 m shingle. .24 37
Labor 2.00, 76 lbs paint 7.00. 9 00
14 days labor on fence and painting 21 00
54 37
Horse, carting shingle, J. Litchfield
1 33
$155 33
Repairs of Town Hall. John P. Eells' Bill for Paint and Painting.
200 lbs pure lead a 74 15.50, 8 1-2 galls oil a 95c 8.08 .. 23 58 2 galls sp turpentine a 60c 1.20, 7 lbs Crome green 2.45, 3 65 6 lbs putty 60c, 2 galls coach varnish a 2.62 1-2, 5.25 ... 5 85
Colors for graining 1.00, drying &c., 25c. 1 25
16 days painting and varnishing 24 00
58 33
E. B. Gilbert for lamps 6 00
Gideon Ford for 4 stone posts 5 00
$69 33
12
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Taxes Abated.
Taxes for 1849-James Waterman 65c, Benjamin Jacobs 2d, 1.50, 2 15 66 George Briggs 2.15, Henry Bowker 1.50. 3 65
66 Isaac Prouty 1.50, Peter Sylvester 2.37 3 87
Seth Curtis 57c, Piam Cushing 2.73.
3 30
Leonard Clapp 2.20, Cushing O. Briggs 1.41 3 61
Eliza Stetson, Trustee, 5.70, Caleb Hersey 62c 6 32
C. O. Briggs,
4.08, Joseph T. Litchfield 72c.
4 80
Abel A. Vinal
0 50
$28 20
Town Debts and Interest paid.
Josiah M. Smith's note, and interest 429 00
Jacob Sprague's note, and interest 1068 83
David Torrey, Jr., note and interest 103 18
S. S. Savings Bank, note and interest. 103 25
Interest to Savings Bank. 95 27
$1799 53
School Books.
Cash paid
.. ..... $91 45
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Lemuel C. Waterman, Record book . 0 33
paid for procuring Registers 0 25
0 58
James Southworth, paid for printing certificates
2 50
collecting statistics and recording 37 births a 20c .. 7 40
recording 6 marriages a 10c .. 0 60
recording 12 deaths for 1850 a 5c 0 60
recording 9 deaths and collecting statistics a 15c .. 1 35
9 95
sheepskin for book covers
1 00
Nathaniel Clapp, for selling town house lot and furnishing deed, 2 50
Anson Robins, for surveying Mrs. Otis' wood lot. 2 25
measuring map, &c 0 50
2 75
J. Farmer, for printing 50 bills of $200 Reward 1 25
66
50 valuation 1 50
300 copies Report of School Com. 9 00
1500 Tax Bills 6 00
17 75
James H. Wilder for Selectmen's adv't $200 reward. 1 75
Assessor's notice of valuation of S. Scituate 4 00
Treasurer and Collector's notice 1 00
6 75
Wm. James, for letting town flats. 1 00
Cash paid for Insurance of public buildings 43 25
E. T. Fogg's expenses to Boston, procuring insurance .. 3 00
46 25
Amount carried forward $91 03
13
Miscellaneous Expenses.
By Amount brought forward $91 03 Taxes paid town of Scituate. 3 34
C. D. Bishop, for recording 16 deaths a 10c. 1 60
Postage on letters, etc., the last year . 2 15
J. J. Farrow, for assistance taking valuation 2 00
Schools. $100 12
Amount paid.
$1117 88
Discount on Taxes.
For prompt payment of Taxes.
·$125 10
County Tax.
Paid in part
$300 00
Recapitulation.
Expenses of the Poor in Almshouse. 666 18
out of the Almshouse 80 89
Money expended on highways.
206 27
paid for arrears of highway taxes.
13 95
66 for Crows' Heads
18 60
Town Officers for 1849-50
187 60
Repairs of Almshouse of Town Hall
69 33
Taxes abated 28 20
Town Debts and interest paid 1799 53
School Books
91 45
Miscellaneous Expenses . 100 12
Paid the several School Districts 1117 88
Paid towards County Tax. 300 00
Treasurer's services for 1850-51. 28 00
Discount for prompt payment of Taxes 125 10
$4988 43
Dr. The Town of South Scituate, March 1, 1851.
Balance due the several School Districts. 757 42
66 on County Tax. 306 00
Orders outstanding 159 74
$1223 16
Cr.
Cash on hand and taxes outstanding. 606 21
Due from Town of Scituate (paid). 73 95
66 State for Paupers (paid) . 83 94
764 10
Balance against the Town $459 06
Notes outstanding against the Town. S. Scituate Savings Bank notes, interest paid to March 1, 1851, 1683 00 Joseph C. Tolman's note and interest. . 265 00
Lemuel Jacobs' note and interest, estimated. 146 00
$2094 00
155 33
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List of Town and County Taxes.
The foregoing detailed report of the expenses and disbursements of the town has been prepared in compliance with a vote passed at the April meeting. If in any in instance we have failed of being as par- ticular as was desirable, our apology is, that as we were not personally connected with the transactions here reported, little, and perhaps unim- portant, deficiencies, which might be easily supplied by those con- cerned, would require of us more time to investigate thoroughly, than we have felt ourselves warranted in taking.
ALFRED LITCHFIELD, LEMUEL C. WATERMAN, of HORATIO N. GARDNER, South Scituate.
South Scitute, April, 1851.
LIST OF TOWN AND COUNTY TAXES, AS ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1850.
WEST WARD.
NAMES.
Poll Tax.
Real Tax.
Personal Tax. 1,43
School Books.
Total. $2,93
Adams, John Q
1,50
Brown, Ebenezer
1,50
1,14
2,64
Brown, Abednego W . .. 1,50
1,50
4,85
86
7,21
Bailey, David
1,50
5,04
19
6,73
Barrell, Ruth.
1,71
86
2,57
Brooks, Nathaniel
1,50
33,35
3,23
2,29
40,37
Barrel, Jane
38
86
1,24
Bowker, Horatio N.
1,50
3,61
2,06
7,17
Bowker, Joshua, Jr 1,50
48
57
2,55
Bowker, Stephen C. 1,50
1,50
6,56
86
8,92
Burrill, Isaac
1,50
6,08
19
7,77
Bowker, Dimmick.
1,50
25,75
1,46
28.71
Bates, Hannah.
1,14
1,14
Barnes, Henry
1,50
8,36
1,33
11,19
Baker, George L 1,50
3,71
1,14
51
6,86
Bowker, Perez G 1,50
3,33
1,71
5,04
Bisbee, Sally .
1,50
5,04
6,54
Clapp, Sarah
1,50
3,23
48
5,21
Cushing, Zattu
1,50
9,42
67
11,59
Clapp, Charlotte
3,14
3,99
7,13
Clapp, Lucretia
1,33
2,85
4,18
Clapp, Helen
3,99
3,99
Clapp, Julia. .
1,62
3,42
5,04
Collamore, John . . . . .
1,50
24,42
31,45
57,37
Collamore, Rachel, wid.
15,49
3,90
19,39
Bowker, Joshua
1,50
3,80
3,80
Briggs, Rachel, Widow,
1,50
Bartlett, Stepher
1,50
1,50
Breare, Robertson
1,14
1,14
Clapp, Allen
57
2,07
Burrill, Isaac, Jr
1,50
1,50
Bailey, Luther C
Selectmen
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List of Town and County Taxes.
NAMES.
Poll Tax. 1,50
Real Tax.
Personal Tax.
School Books.
Total.
Clapp, George.
1,50
Clapp, Rachel.
2,57
2,57
Curtis, Philip
1,50
1,90
3,40
Curtis, Peleg
1,50
4,75
29
6,54
Clapp, Elijah, Jr
1,50
4,00
67
6,17
Clapp, Joseph S
1,50
4,09
2,57
8,16
Curtis, Polly, widow
7,41
3,71
11,12
Clapp, James S
1,50
67
5,04
7,21
Curtis, Seth
1,50
11,31
4,37
17,18
Clapp, Joseph
1,50
7,60
19
9,29
Clapp, Nathaniel B.
1,50
5,42
6,92
Clapp, John
1,50
19,86
17,29
71
39,36
Clapp, John, Jr
1,50
5,89
1,14
8,53
Clapp, Elijah
1,50
15.30
19
16,99
Clapp, Nathaniel.
1,50
33,25
3,61
63
38,99
Clapp, Nath'l, Guardian,
1,24
57
1,81
Clapp, Stephen
1,50
1,33
2,83
Clapp, Gorham
1,50
1,50
Curtis, Henry J
1,50
5,80
3,42
10,72
Dunbar, Amos
1,50
3,90
1,62
7,02
Damon, Elijah.
1,50
12,45
2,85
16,80
Damon, Daniel
1,50
4,75
76
7,01
Damon, Nabby
2,19
2,19
Damon, Jacob
1,50
3,61
46
5,57
Damon, Henry W
1,50
4,09
5,59
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