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ANNUAL REPORT
OF TIIE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
AND
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
ALSO
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY TOWN CLERK, AND REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER FROM FEB. 1ST, 1868, TO FEB. 1st, 1869.
ALSO, THE
Report of the School Committee for 1868 -- 9.
PLYMOUTH: PLYMOUTH ROCK STEAM PRESS. 1869.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
AND
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
ALSO
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY TOWN CLERK, AND REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER FROM FEB. 1ST, 1868, TO FEB. 1st, 1869.
ALSO, THE
Report of the School Committee for 1868 -- 9.
PLYMOUTH: PLYMOUTH ROCK STEAM PRESS. 1869.
REPORT.
COMPENSATION TO TOWN OFFICERS.
March 14th. Samuel Tolman, Jr., for 23} days' services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor from Feb. 1st, 1868, to March 13th, 1868, -
- - $35 25
March 14th. Samuel Tolman, Jr., for extra ex- penses as Overseer of the Poor, - -
- - 6 91
March 14th. Liba Litchfield, for 13 days' services as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor from Feb.1, 1868, to March 13, 1868, - - 19 50
March 24th. David B. Ford, for services as School Committee from March 4, 1867 to March 16, 1868, 22 00
Charles H. Litchfield, for serving town meeting warrants,
4 00
James Southworth, for services as School Committee preparing School reports for 1867-8, - -
15 50
Charles W. Sparrell, for warning town meetings, 8 00
E. T. Fogg, for services as town clerk, 1
-
21 95
Charles H. Litchfield, warning town meetings March, 1868, - -
4 00
Samuel Waters, for services as School Committee in full to Feb. 20, 1869, - - 24 00
James Southworth, for services as School Committee in full to March 1, 1869, 38 00
William H. Fish, for services as School Committee in full to March 1, 1869, 20 00 - - - Edward Stowell, for services as Selectman, Asses- sor, and Overseer of the Poor for the year 1868-9, 129 75
1
William B. Pratt, for like services 49 days, · 73 50 George K. Cushing, for like services 68 days, - 102 00 Edward Stowell, for extra services and travelling expenses, - 20 00 -
$554 36
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
R. V. C. Turner, for removing wall and rounding corner near Benjamin Merritt's, $8 00 R. V. C. Turner, for removing wall and rounding corner near C. A. Litchfield's, - 6 00
- Barton R. Jacobs, for 130 ft. plank on mill dam, District No. 4, -
5 20
Alfred Paine, for repairing Bridge in District; No. 6, Piam Jacobs, for building and repairing the road
3 25
from Benjamin Merritt's corner to the town house, John Gardner, for balance for building the road from near the house of Benjamin Litchfield to near the house of Elnathan Cushing, -
295 00
William B. Cushing, for care of Union Bridge for the years 1867-8-9, - - - Abner Stetson, for repairing Bridge in District No. 18,
45 72
Abner Stetson, for railing Bridge in District No. 17,
9 71
* Abner Stetson, for repairing road in District No. 16, as ordered by vote of the Town,
299 19
*Abner Stetson, for repairing Bridge near John K. Nash's,
58 42
*Pyam Jacobs, for building 2 Bridges near the house of Benjamin Merritt's, - 83 37 Abner Stetson, 3 days' services Committee on Roads and Bridges, - -
6 00
$1412 93
*Soc Report of Committee on Roads and Bridges.
582 50
10 57
5
Report of Committee on Roads and Bridges.
Paid Abner Stetson for repairs on road in District No. 16, -
$299 17
Paid Abner Stetson for repairs on the Bridge near the late residence of John K. Nash, 58 42 Paid Pyam Jacobs, for rebuilding two Bridges near Benjamin Merritt. 83 37
$440 96
SAMUEL C. CUDWORTH, 2 Committee on ABNER STETSON, .. $ Roads and Bridges.
South Scituate, Feb. 20, 1869.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
E. T. Fogg, for Stationary, Envelopes, Postage Stamps, etc., - $7 94 -
Richard Freeman, for cutting 2 cords wood, -
3 00.
Perez Simmons, for legal advice for 1866-7, -
15 00 Samuel Tolman, Jr., 1 Blank Book for Records, - 2 25
William H. Whitman, 1 journey from Plymouth to Thomas Stoddard's, -
-
2 00
Clothes Wringer for Alms House, -
7 50
Abel A. Vinal, for rent of room for Mrs. Lucy Damon and daughter, -
52 67
George F. Andrews, for printing Town Reports, 57 25
Wild, Bowler, and Co., for School Books, -
19 00 J. M. Hewes, for printing Teacher's Certificates,. 5 50 -
Billings Litchfield, for erecting Guide Posts and Boards, - 1
13 00
George F. Andrews, for printing School Reports, 26 00
Gideon Ford, for repairing Pound, - - -
2 00
Thomas R. Lawrence, for painting bier, -
1 50
6
Ansel G. Groce, opposing Road on Petition of David P. Hatch and others, - -
15 50
- George K. Cushing, for Chloride of Lime, and ex- pressing, -
1 00
Willard Torrey, for returning William Prince to Reform School, - - George H. Torrey, for opposing Road on petition of David P. Hatch and others, -
13 40
18 65
William A. Wild, for School Books, 32 51 -
Taggard & Thompson, for School Books for 1867, 80 91 Taggard & Thompson, for School Books for 1868, 51 78 C. W. Sparrell, erecting Guide Posts and Boards, 9 50
E. Worthington, bill of costs in case of Gill and others, -
14 38
Samuel Tolman, Jr., for three days' services, and expenses to Plymouth and Hanover on Hingham and Quincy Bridge case, -
14 05
J. B. Harris, for services opposing Road on petition of David P. Hatch and others, -
41 50
Seth Foster, for Pauper Register, -
-
-
6 00
Horse Blanket, - - - - -
3 37
Seth Foster, for expressing, - - -
4 35
$521 51
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL- HOUSE, DISTRICT NO. 4.
The Committee chosen in March, 1868, to contract for and superintend the building of a school-house near the house of George E. Jacobs, have attended to that duty, and respectfully submit the following report : -
The Committee purchased of the heirs of Alfred Litch-
field a lot of land containing 66 rods at $1. 00 per rod, near the house of Mrs. Charles Damon, - $66 00
7
Paid Joshua Bowker and Stephen Clapp for stone- work, grading, removing wall, &e., - 150 00 Paid I. H. Cushing for carpenter work, plastering and painting said house, including stock, 1,400 00
Paid I. H. Cushing for picket fence,
35 00
Heating apparatus,
-
- 46 89
Furniture, - -
- -
- 193 57
Plan, specifications, &c.,
-
- 10 00
Services of building Committee, -
- 33 00
$1,934 46
W. H. FISH, JAMES SOUTHWORTH, SAMUEL WATERS,
TOWN HALL ACCOUNT.
Received for use of Town Hall,
- $118 44
Paid for oil, chimneys, &c. -
-
22 15
" broom, fixtures, &c., - - -
2 63
" wood, - -
18 25
$43 03
Balance in favor of Town Hall,
-
TAXES ABATED AND GIVEN UP.
Alexander Frazier, 1866-7-8,
- $6 00
Hewit Baker, Jr., 1866-7,
4 81
David N. Groce, 1867, -
2 00
John J. Pratt, 1867, -
- -
-
2 00
Jason Prince, 1867, - -
2 00
Frank Dyar, poll tax, 1867, -
2 00
E. T. Fogg, error in tax of 1868, -
2 81
George W. Jackman, personal of 1868,
69
Reuben H. Paine, poll tax of 1867, -
- 2 00
-
-
- $75 41
- -
- -
-
- -
-
-
8
James Thompson, tax of 1866,
- 5 75
Henry Pratt, 66 ¥ 1867,
3 20
George Studley, 66 " 1866-7,
5 62
James Thompson,
" 1867-8,
-
7 62
Nap'In B. Powell, " " 1867-8,
4 00
Alfred Freeman, 66 “ 1867-8,
-
-
-
5 62
George Babb,
" 1868,
-
-
2 00
Ebenezer Brown, 66 " 1868,
5 95
Error in tax,
66
-
-
-
2 42
Lincoln Prouty,
66 66
-
-
-
-
3 75
Aaron Pratt,
66
" 1867-8, -
-
74
$70 98
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES.
Town officers,
-
-
-
-
$554 36
Roads and Bridges,
-
-
-
-
- 1,412 93
Removing snow,
-
-
-
-
1,338 93
Highway arrears, -
355 21
Gravel,
34 46
Extra labor, -
87 16
Removing obstructions, -
31 12
State aid,
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,708 13
Taxes abated and given up,
70 98
Expenses of poor at Almshouse,
1,526 29
66 " out of "
618 39
Repairs on Almshouse aud barn,
-
-
-
143 11
State tax, -
-
-
1,820 00
County tax, -
-
-
-
943 14
Total
$14,282 02
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -
-
-
-
-
1,116 30
Miscellaneous expenses, -
521 51
Amount paid for schools,
-
-
-
-
-
-
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FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE TOWN.
Dr.
Note in favor of Joseph T. Litchfield, -
$725 00
" Daniel Otis, -
- 1,000 00
66 " South Scituate Savings bank,
- 7,032 00
66 " Methodist Episcopal Church,
- 200 00
66 " Sally Wise,
-
- 625 00
66 66
" Walter Foster, executor, -
700 00
" Charles W. Sylvester, -
470 00
" Harvey T. Sylvester,
200 00
66
66 66 " Michael Ford, -
1,025 00
66
66
" Foster and Fogg, trustees, -
2,325 00
66
" Ebenezer Stetson,
200 00
" Walter Foster,
300 00
" R. V. C. Turner,
575 00
66
" Israel Nash,
3,500 00
300 00
100 00
Interest due on above notes, 49.9 33 -
Amount due almshouse keeper,
150 00
Amount due the several schools,
720, 50
Due treasurer and collector,
100 00
$20,746 83
Cr.
Cash in hands of treasurer, -
113 06
Highway arrears due the town, -
355 21
Due from the Commonwealth for state aid,
1,116 30
Due from aid to state paupers, - 81 00
Due from Pembroke for aid to Hewitt Baker, - 21 00
-
-
-
60 66 " Joseph C. Tolman,
" George Beasly,
-
- $1,250 55 Taxes outstanding, - -
2
10
Due from West Bridgewater for aid to Jacob Talbot, 10 75
" Stoughton " " " Calvin Talbot, 4 00
" North Bridgewater, for aid to Calvin Cromwell, - - 12 00
66 " E. T. Fogg, trustee, for board of Eunice Damon, 94 64
Total, - - - $3,058 51
Balance against the town, - $17,688 32:
Total,
- $20,746 83
Respectfully submitted. EDWARD STOWELL, GEORGE K. CUSHING, WILLIAM B. PRATT, Scituate.
Selectmen of South
ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
Money Tax.
* Total value of real estate, -
$557,639 00
t " " personal " - 237,775 00
Total valuation, - -
$815,414 00
Rate of taxation. $11.50 on $1,000
Tax on real estate,
$6,643 17
" personal " - -
-
2,734 70
" 445 polls at $2. 00 890 00
$10,267 87 -
State tax, -
$1,820 00
County " 943 14
Town " for support of schools,
2,050 00
" poor and inci-
dental expenses, &c.,
5,000 00
Overlayings,
454 73
$10,267 87
* Decrease in Real Estate valuation from 1867, - $193. 00.
+ Increase in Personal Estate "
$10,570.
11
Highway deficiency, $288 57 School-books, - - -
16 04 $304 61
Amount of taxes placed in the hands of
the treasurer for collection, -
$10,572 48
Highway Tax.
Amount voted to be raised by the town, - - $2,000 00
Overlayings, - 59 46
Total, - - $2,059 46
Rate of taxation $2. 10 on $1,000.
Tax on real and personal, -
-
- $1,712 36
" " 445 polls at 81 cents, -
347 10
Total,
- $2,059 46
EDWARD STOWELL, - Assessors of South Scituate.
GEORGE K. CUSHING,
WILLIAM B. PRATT,
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1868, TO MARCH 1, 1869.
Almshouse expenses.
Articles on hand at almshouse Feb. 1, 1868, - $883 52
Liba Litchfield, for supplies to almshouse, 18 42
Corn and meal, 177 bushels, 233 34
Rye meal, 4 bushels, - 9 15
Flour, 13 barrels,
194 50
Saleratus, bread-riser, and cream tartar,
14 47
Bread and crackers, - -
8 60
John R. Brewer, for cow and calf, -
100 00
J. Torrey and Co., for soav, -
-
5 13
George K. Cushing, for supplies to almshouse, 7 29
Mrs. E. A. Studley, for work at almshouse, 30 wks., 15 00
John E. Corthell, for meat,
122 65
- -
-
12
Joseph T. Hart, for 3 pigs,
18 50
Joseph Merritt, for blacksmithing, 14 05
Tobacco, $20 90, snuff, $8 00, - 28 90
Fresh and salt fish, clams, and lobsters, 19 91
Matches, lamp chimneys and wicks, brooms, clothes pins, garden seeds, crockery-ware, medicines, &c., -
21 01
Farming utensils,
1 90
Fine feed, -
21 35
Beans, $1 41, spices, $5 75, - -
7 16
Tripe, $5 22, mustard, 65 cts.,
5 87
Apples, green and dried, -
5 60
Starch, 54 cts., raisins, $4 64, -
5 18
Sugar, 543 lbs.,
88 91
75 gallons molasses, -
47 03
Cheese, $10 56, kerosene, $5 38, -
15 94
Meat, $19 99, rice, $2 28, butter, $19 40,
41 67
Tea, 56 lbs.,$64 64, coffee, $4 53,
-
69 17
Standing wood purchased from Walter Foster, .
$40 00
Oil, $7 45, salt, $3 63,
11 08
Cotton cloth, calico, and other dry goods,
-
38 18
Shoes and clothing,
14 70
Mrs. Joshua James, for one cow, - -
- 50 00
Coffin and shroud for Mary Newcomb, -
12 00
66
". Lucy Damon, -
12 00
66
" Charles Mann, -
12 00
Boots and stockings from Abel Sylvester, 8 05
Meat from John E. Corthell, 15 76
Dr. W. R. Howes, for medical attendance,
18 75
". N. P. Brownell, " .. 21 83
Salary of almshouse keeper, -
-
- 250 00
-
-
-
-
- -
,
-
-
$2,516 57
-
13
Goods purchased for the Almshouse by the Keeper.
Liquors and medicines, -
- $12 29
Fresh and salt fish, lobsters, and clams, - 26 23
Team work, $14 00, butter, $9 40, 23 40 -
Bread and crackers, $7 30, churn, $2 50, - - 9 80
Pasturing cow, $8 00, chain, 62 cts. 8 62
Shoes and dry goods, 11 65
Repairs on wagon, harness, shoes, and baskets, - 12 80
Seeds and seed potatoes, $1 15, carbolic acid, $1 00, 2 15
Killing hogs, $4 00, stove covers and grate, $2 75, 6 75
Lime and plaster, $5 28, brick, $3 25, 8 53
Salt, $2 75, making cider, $1 75, -
4 50
Tin-ware, - -
- 10 04
Filing saws, $1 00, apples, 65 cts.,
1 65
George H. Torrey, for 2 cows, - -
₹ 00
Total, -
$2,656 93
Articles on hand at Almshouse, March 1, 1869.
1 Horse, -
-
-
-
- - $125 00
2 Cows,. -
-
-
-
- 165 00
3 Shoats, - - -
- 54 00
19 Fowls, - - -
- - 19 00
Hard wood, 18 cords, - - -
100 00
Pine 8 " -
- 32 00
Trash “ 7 . =
- 12 00
English hay, 2 tons, -
- 40 00
Swale, . 12 -
- - 21 00
Fresh 1 .
9 00
Hard soap, $4 00, tallow and candles, $9 00, -
- 13 00
Molasses, 50 cts., sugar, $1 50, 2 00 -
Vinegar, 40 gallons. - -
-
- 15 00
Tea. 8 lbs. $3 10. coffee, 50 cts., -
3 60
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$140 41
14
Beans, 32 bushels, $14 00, flour, $7 00, -
21 00
Lard, 60 lbs., $14 40, grease, $1 20, - 15 60
Spices, $2 00, bread-riser and saleratus, 50 cts., 2 50
Oil, 48 cts., soft soap, 50 cts.,
98
Meal, $1 15, fine feed, $1 00, -
2 15
Corn, $2 30, tobacco, $12 00 - -
-
14 30
Pork, 450 lbs., $85 50, ham, 160 lbs., $32 00, - 117 50
Beef, 275 lbs., $38 50, eggs, 50 cts.,
39 00
Turnips, $2 00, beets, $2 00, parsnips, $2 00, 6 00
Cabbages, $1 00, matches, 35 cts, -
1 35
Potatoes, 115 bushels,
- 103 50
Apples, 5 barrels, - -
-
15 00
Butter, $2 00, salt, 25 cts., - -
-
2 25
Cash in hands of almshouse keeper,
10 92
Total,
1 - $962 65
Articles sold at Almshouse by Keeper.
Hay, $23 50, milk, $2 61, -
- $31 11
Lard, $5 32, beans, 20 cts. -
-
- 5 52
Potatoes, $46 05, cabbages, $5 15, - -
-
- 51 20
Eggs, $5 30, apples, $7 70, -
- 13 00
Calf, -
12 00 -
Chickens, $2 88, barrels, $1 25,
4 13
Letting horse, -
2 25
Meals and lodgings, -
24 87
1 calf to John E. Corthell,
13 60
1 hide $5 85, potatoes, $1 51
- 7 36
Hay,
$168 04
RECAPITULATION.
Almshouse expenses, - -
-
-
$2,656 98
- Articles sold from almshouse, - 168 04 -
on hand, March 1, 1869,- - 962 65
Board of 1321, paupers at $2.07 13, per wk., 1,526 29
$3,656 98
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-
-
-
I
3 00
-
-
-
15
Whole number of paupers supported in almshouse for the thirteen months ending March 1, 1869, 14. Admitted during the year, 1. Died during the thirteen months, 3. Whole num- ber, March 1, 1869, 11. Average number during the thirteen months, 1321. Average cost per week, $2.07,3%.
There should be a deduction made from the almshouse expenses of $50.00 for attendance on funerals, and $50,00 for the care of the town hall by the keeper, which would reduce the average cost to a fraction less than $1.94 per week.
Repairs on Almshouse and barn.
Lumber from Scituate, -
$15 76
For zinc, paint, and nails,
5 51
42 ft. pine plank,
-
- -
-
1 68
22 " " boards,
1 82
500.46 -
12 50
75 .. spruce joist, - -
1 46
¿ thousand shingles,
2 25
Hardware, - - -
4 40
Nails, and screws, - - 4
55
David W. Turner, for labor, -
-
54 13
R. V. C. Turner, for mason work,
-
-
-
13 50
Lot Soule, for one pump and setting,
1
27 50
Room paper,
1 65
$143 11
Assistance rendered out of Almshouse.
Supplies to Robert Lincoln,
- $56 83
" Thomas Stoddard, - -
-
-
- @ 00
66 " Amasa Palmer and wife,- -
-
- 104 57
" Marcia Witherell, -
- 61 25
" Hewitt Baker, -
- - 21 00
" Warren Freeman, for medicine, 1 00
-
- -
-
- -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
16
Supplies to Sarah Totman,
65 00
" John Damon and wife, - -
- 35 36
66 - " E. B. Howland and wife, - 93 05
" Richard Freeman,
-
8 00
" Charles M. Leavitt, -
25 00
" Jacob Talbot, -
-
10 75
66 " Calvin Talbot, -
4 00
" Sarah Ewell,
63.18
" Charles D. Muimn,
4 50
" James Thompson, 2 90
Charles W. Sparrell, for coffin and shroud for child of Richard Freeman, 6 00 -
James Thompson, for digging grave, 2 00
C. W. Sparrell, for coffin and robe for John Damon, 12 00
66 " Sarah Ewell, 12 00
Dr. Brownell, for medical attendance on John Damon, 7 00
66 family of C. Cromwell,
12 00
W. Freeman, 1 00
66 Howes, 66 on Amasa Palmer, 2 00
Gideon Ford, for digging grave for Sarah Ewell, 2 00
$618 39
Due from West Bridgewater for Jacob Talbot, -
$10 75
" Stoughton for Calvin Talbot, - 4 00
" Pembroke " Hewitt Baker and wife, 21 00
66 " No. Bridgewater for family of C. Cromwell, 12 00
Received from the town of Abington for supplies to family of Charles M. Leavitt, - 25 00
$72 75
$545 64
For support of poor in almshouse, -
- 1,526 29
Total for support of poor,
$2,071 93
Respectfully submitted. EDWARD STOWELL, Overseers of GEORGE K. CUSHING, the poor of South
WILLIAM B. PRATT, Scituate.
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS.
Number of District.
Removing snow.
Highway Arrears.
Gravel.
Extra labor.
Removing obstructions.
1.
$54 15
$1 22
...
$10 00
. ...
2.
112 57
29 37
. . ...
...
- ...
3.
77 04
19 70
. .. . .
2 00
.....
4.
82 14
30 41
3 60
5.
61 51
22 63
6.
125 90
9 64
2 73
10 00
....
7.
1866,
90
...
....
7.
34 10
17 08
1868, 1 98
10 00
.....
8.
60 15
12 23
...
....
.....
9.
1867, 8 59
1867, 3 75
....
.....
9.
104 29 1868, 15 97
....
3 75
....
10.
27 04
19 16
3 00
10 00
...
11.
24 05
4 52
2 94
·
....
10 00
12.
67 30
10 00
4 00
10 00
13.
36 76
8 02
4 26
.....
. .
14.
31 49
27 12
·
....
.....
15.
33 12
8 04
10 00
.....
16.
26 71
.....
....
.....
17.
70 64
78
....
....
.
...
18.
1867, 1 60
1867, 1 96
....
....
18.
53 31 1868, 11 84
1869, 1 84
....
. ....
19.
79 86
5 95
.
....
20,
40 35
13 66
3 50
10 00
11 00
21.
68 60
13 37
....
10 00
10 12
22.
56 20
27 47
. .
..
23.
11 50
36 84
....
1 41
....
24.
8 35
·
. .
.... .
.....
. ....
$1,338 93
$355 21
$34 46
$87 16
$31 12
...
....
...
.
·
....
...
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DISTRIBUTION OF STATE AID.
Henry T. Winslow $12 00
Eliza J. Bushnell
$64 00
Matilda B. Stoddard.
52 00
Elisah Coleman. 79 00
Hannah Dover
52 00
Ruth B. Foster
58 80
Diana Freeman
44 00
James L. Hunt.
12 00
George B. Hayden 58 50
Rily E. Jenkins
78 00
John Lewis .. 58 50
Jairus W Leavitt.
19 50
Charles H. Totman, Guardian 104 00
Mary Spencer
52 00
George Studley.
12 00
Edward P. Tolman.
78 00
Betsey B. Sylvester.
52 00
Warren Freeman.
8 00
Lydia Wilder
84 00
E. T. Fogg, Guardian
72 00
Joseph B. Goodrich 66 00
Total, $1,116. 30.
LIST OF JURORS FOR ACCEPTANCE OR REVISION BY THE TOWN.
William C. Litchfield.
John Clapp.
Thomas H. Gardner.
Samuel D. Stetson.
Josiah Stoddard.
Benjamin W. Jacobs.
Ira B. Sanborn.
Thomas J. Tolman.
Joshua B. Reed.
Henry A. Turner.
Phillip Foster.
Peleg Curtis.
Nathaniel B. Clapp.
Liba Litchfield.
Simeon Damon.
Joseph Merritt, 2d.
Elisah Jacobs.
Alfred B. Litchfield.
Ezekiel T. Vinal.
Benjamin T. Ellms.
John Savage.
Charles Young.
Dexter M. Willcott.
James J. Farrar. Edwin Merritt.
Coleman Ford.
Martin S. Curtis.
George H. Briggs.
Samuel Turner.
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EXPENDITURES FOR
THE SUPPORT OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOLS FROM THE APPROPRIATION OF MARCH, 1868, AND THE STATE SCHOOL FUND.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
For wood and fitting, - - - $36 87
Joseph T. Corlew, services as teacher,
-
- 280 00
$316 87
DISTRICT NO. 2.
For wood and fitting, - - -
-
$19 37
Miss Mary E. Ramsdell, services as teacher, 165 00
$184 37
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DITTRICT NO. 3.
For wood and fitting, - - - $28 12
Miss Martha A. Gilman, services as teacher,
-
165 00
$193 12
DISTRICT NO. 4.
For wood and fitting,
-
-
$21 75
Miss Emma A. Sylvester,
- 126 00
$147 75
DISTRICT NO. 5.
For wood and fitting, - - $29 50
Miss Martha W. Brooks, services as teacher,
-
154 00
$183 50
DISTRICT NO 6.
For wood and fitting, - - - $30 50
Miss F. L. Howland, services as teacher, -
- 154 00
$184 50
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DISTRICT No. 7.
For wood and fitting, - $47 95
Miss Harriet A Holbrook, services as teacher, -
- 90 00
Miss Mary P. Howland, - - -
- 75 00
Miss Anna M. Pratt, services as assistant teacher, - 50 00
$262 95
Total expenditures, -
$1,473 06
Town appropriation, -
$2,050 00
Proportion of State School fund,
131 26
For tuition of non-resident scholars, -
9 75
From Snow Bryant,
2 55
$2,193 56
Balance due the several districts,
-
-
-
- $720 50
EXPENDITURES OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL HOUSES FROM TOWN APPROPRIATION FOR CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Isaac Burrell, for ink, broom, &c., - $7 37
cleaning and repairing school-house, - 15 96
Charles H. Totman, repairing furniture and fixtures, 4 07
Snow Bryant, painting school-house,
58 84
Paint, stock, and expressing, - - -
66 13
E. and I. W. Loring, H. A. Ventilating stove, - 33 88
George A. Bates, brooms, and building fires, -
3 20
$189 45
DISTRICT NO. 2.
S. Damon, repairs on school-house and furniture, - $17 20
John Gammon, building fires, - - - 1
2 10
-
$19 30
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DISTRICT NO. 3. B. Litchfield, chain pump, and rep's on school-house, $15 47
DISTRICT NO. 4.
*A J. Litchfield, school-house lot, -
-
$66 00
Isaac H. Cushing, building school house,
-
1,400 00
fence, 35 00
Joshua Bowker and Stephen Clapp, for stone work, - 150 00
W. B. Shattuck, for furniture,
175 82
Heating apparatus, - - 46 89
Samuel Waters, for expressing specifications, &c., - 16 00
" services as building committee, &c.,
27 75
William H. Fish,
66 - 8 50
James Southworth, 66 - 8 50
Total cost of new school-house, $1,934 46
A. J. Litchfield, for cleaning house, furniture and fix-
5 44
tures,
.
$1,939 90
*See Report of building committee.
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Willard Torrey, furniture for school-house, - $1 52
Charles W. Sparrell, repairs on blackboard,
-
8 75
E. T. Fogg, repairs on school-house, - - 1 00
E. & I. W. Loring, H. A. ventilating stove and funnel, - - 47 93
$59 20
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Charles H. Litchfield, articles furnished school-house,
$1 75
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DISTRICT NO. 7.
Samuel D. Stetson, for repairs on school-house and furniture for the years 1866-7-8, $10 00
Total from contingent fund, - $2,235 07
Expenditures from town appropriation for schools from state fund, &c. - - 1,473 06
Total expenditures for schools,
$3,708 13
Balance due the several schools, $720.50.
Making total expense of schools for the year, including the cost of new school-house in Dist. No. 4, $4,428.63.
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Articles to be inserted in the town meeting warrant to be holden on Monday, April 5th., at 9 o'clock, A. M.
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To choose a Town Clerk.
3d. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the poor.
4th. To hear and act on the report of the Treasurer.
5th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on Guide boards.
6th. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the poor, and all other necessary town officers.
7th. To choose special agents to have charge of the School- houses.
8th. To see in what manner the town will repair the high- ways the ensuing year.
9th. What sum of money will the town raise for the repairs of highways, and direct when and where, and in what manner the same shall be expended ?
10th. To raise money for the support of the poor, schools, and to defray incidental expenses.
11th. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected the ensuing year.
12th. Will the town authorize the Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?
13th. Will the town accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen ?
14th. Will the town cause the report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the poor for the ensuing year to be printed ?
15th. To make allowances to town creditors.
16th. To hear and act on any committee heretofore chosen.
17th. What compensation will the town make for removing snow.
18th. To elect a Committee to settle with the Treasurer previous to the annual meeting of 1870.
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19th.
Will the town furnish a pump for the well opposite the house of Nathaniel H. Bowker?
20th.
What action will the town take on the Order of Notice from the County Commissioners relative to widening, straightening, and new locating the road from near the house of the late Nathaniel Cushing over the mountain, so-called, to the Hingham line.
EDWARD STOWELL, ~ Selectmenof South Scituate.
GEORGE K. CUSHING,
WILLIAM B. PRATT,
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EBENEZER T. FOGG, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE, MARCH 1, 1869.
Dr.
To balance due Town on last settlment $1.333 46
Taxes outstanding March 16, 1868. 1,014 54
Assessment of 1868. 10,572 48
Cash on Notes given by Treasurer. 3,625 00
sale of Fish rights 89 50
use of Town Hall 77 91
. 6 sale of School-house, District No. 4
158 05
.. sale of Grass on Town flats.
66 received of Emma Bryant for schooling. 2 55
Town of Abington for schooling. 9 75
.. Estate of Jane Barrell 53 50
Town of Pembroke for support of Hewitt Baker 26 00
.: Town of Abington for support of C. M. Leavitt 25 00
licence for sale of liquor. 50 00
66
George Beasley, liquor agent 41 40
66 Susan W. Kimball. percentage on sales of liquor. 5 54
State Aid refunded 1.050 00
Corporation Tax refunded 1,329 83
State School Fund 131 26
$19,647 67
Cr.
By Cash paid on Selectmen's orders and allowances $11,059 85
Notes and Interest 4,451 69
66 County Tax. 943 14
66 State Tax.
1,820 00
.6 Scituate Tax.
9 38
Taxes outstanding
113 06
Cash on hand 1,250 55
$19,647 67 EBENEZER T. FOGG, Treasurer.
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24 00
Pedlers' licenses. 27 90
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MARRIAGES, 1868.
Date.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
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