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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF AMESBURY
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1876.
HAVERHILL : C C. MORSE & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1876.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF AMESBURY,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1876.
HAVERHILL : C. C. MORSE & SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1876.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN OF AMESBURY.
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EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE AND FARM.
Paid
Stewart Noyes & Co., flour,
$70 00
E. A Childs, dry goods, 41 91
F. Emerson, hen house, 100 00
H. S. Dearborn, medical attendance,
17 25
F. E. Hodge, weather strips,
3 00
L. J. Currier, nursing,
5 00
J. I. Byam, shoes,
5 65
0 S. Bailey, freight on flour,
2 70
A. Wilde, drawing sash,
11 75
Thurston & Coleman, shingles,
31 88
Charles Wing, tin ware, &c ,
9 41
Newell Boyd, shingles, 25 00
Wm. D. Bartlett & Son, stoves and fixtures, "43 45
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Paid E M. Morse, paints and oils, 71 90
W. A. Woodman, South Hampton tax, 23 04
Dennett & Stearns, paint and brush, 2 65
Herman Livingston, clothing,
84 70
Gustavus Cammett, windows and glass, 9 66
F. W. Merrill, medicines, 5 75
J. Morrill & Son, Groceries, 162 85
Superintendent balance on salary to March 1, 1876, 387 11
$1114 66
Whole number of inmates exclusive of Superintendent's family, 22. Average number, 16.
Whole number of weeks including Superintendent's fam- ily, 960. Cost of each person per week, $1.90
The items on which the cost is reckoned arc :-
Bills paid by Selectmen's orders $727 55
by Superintendent, 993 67
Superintendent's salary, 400 00
Interest on Town Farm, 360 00
Stock and produce on hand less than last year, 351 91
$2833 13
Cr.
By labor and sales from Town Farm, . 1006 56
Balance cost of maintaining the poor, $1826 57
STOCK AND PRODUCE AT THE TOWN FARM FEBRUARY 10, 1876.
8 Cows, $360 00
6 Sheep, 50 00
2 Horses, 100 00
1 Hog, 60 00
3 Shoats,
55 00
42 Fowls,
25 00
1 Set Double Harness,
20 00
1 Single Harness,
10 00
5
1 Pung Sleigh, 10 00
1 Two-horse Sled, 15 00
1 Ox Sled, 5 00
1 Wagon, 25 00
1 Horse Cart, 30 00
1 Two-horse Wagon, 50 00
15 tons English Hay,
270 00
11 " Clover 18 00
1
" Straw, 10 00
3 M Lumber,
30 .00
77 Cords Wood,
212 00
2 bushels Corn,
2 00
27
Barley,
25 00
2 Rye Meal,
,
2 50
3
.6 Beans,
1 50
4
Peas,
1 00
Lot Grass Seed,
1 00
40 lbs. Wool,
20 00
50 " Lead Pipe,
4 00
3 bushels Ashes,
1 00
31 Flour barrels,
3 00
1 Grindstone,
5 00
1 barrel Pickles,
5 00
Lot Shingles,
2 00
3
barrel Flour,
6 75
375 bushels Potatoes,
150 00
5
Parsnips,
4 00
1
Turnips,
30
2
3 Beets,
2 50
12 barrels Soft Soap,
7 00
3-tons Coal,
27 00
40 lbs. White Lead,
4 40
5 gallons Linseed Oil,
3 50
1 bushel Salt,
75
125 lbs. Pork, 18 75
1
6
85 lbs. Shoulders,
12 00
70 " Butter, 24 50
25 " Salt Fish,
1 25
112 Soap,
6 72
barrel Crackers,
1 50
12 lbs. Tobacco,
6 00
Lot Sugar,
3 00
2 gallons Vinegar,
70
4 dozen Eggs,
1 00
Lot Lard,
3 00
2 barrels Cider,
10 00
4 Cider barrels, 4 00
$1727 62
The following bill was presented to Thomas J. Clark, ad- ministrator of the estate of Nathan W. Gordon, July 17, 1875.
AMESBURY, July 1, 1875.
Estate of Nathan W. Gordon,
To the Town of Amesbury, Dr.
1862. To board of Sarah C. Gordon, wife of Nathan W. Gordon, at the Insane Asylum for the County of Es- sex, at Ipswich, from July 23, to December 31, 1862, 23 weeks, 1 day, a $2 25 $52 07
To clothing 7 50
59 57
To board of Sarah C. Gordon, wife of Nathan W. Gordon, at the Almshouse 20 weeks, ending December 26, 1864, at $1.52 $30 40
BOARD OF SARAH C. GORDON,
29 weeks ending March 1, 1866 a 1.22 35 38
11 1-2 " " May 25, a $1,59 18 28
29 " March 1, 1867 a 1.09 31 61
7
1 year ending March 1, 1868 a 1.57
81 64
"
" 1869 a 1.22
63 44
" 1870 a 2.40
124 80
" 1871 a 1.44
74 88
" 1872 a 1.62
84 24
" 1873 a 1.50 78 00
" 1874 a 1.50
78 00
16
" 1875 a 1.47
76 44
17 1-2 weeks ending July 1, 1875 a 1.50
26 25
$862 93
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Town of Salisbury, supplies to John Jenkins $3 00
State Reform School at Westborough, board of Martin Banks (1874)
8 50
George A. Grant, meals to travellers,
10 80
D. A. Titcomb & Son, wood and coal
to Mrs. Rose Griffin
17 75
" Bridget Murray
2 30
" John Grogan ,
8 30
" Mrs. Thos. Dunn
15 80
" Thomas Burke
8 75
" Mrs. Thornton 2 00
Gideon J. Tuxbury, board of Curtin Child
48 00
· S. G. Bazin, support of Hannah Merrill 78 00
Michæl J. Connor, meals to travellers
118 20
Patrick Pendergust, coffin robe and box for John Mahoney 18 00
City of Lawrence, support of Mrs. John Laroche 4 00
Eliza M. Gibson, nursing T. Grant's family (1874) 49 00
Mary Hall 16
11 00
Mrs. John Dawson “ .. 6 00
Charles W. Emerson, expenses attending finding
the body and burial of John Mahoney 23 00
8
Bridget Murray, nursing Margaret Monahan George B. Hoyt, sexton's service burial of John Mahoney
8 00
5 00
Hardy Bros., supplies to Thomas Burke
16 75
" Matthias Noon
4 00
" John Grogan 2 00
66
" William Bradley
4 00
" Bridget Murray
1 25
" Gideon J. Tuxbury 5 64
" Margaret O'Shanghnessy 2 00
" " Mrs. Thos. Dunn 4 72
66
" Patrick Daley 4 38
Salisbury Mills boarding-house, board of Margaret Monahan and Bridget Murray 31 22
Sarah A. Bucklin, nursing T. Grant's family 41 00
City of Lynn, support of John McCabe 42 12
Town of Northbridge, support of Mrs. John LaRoche 55 61
Frank E. Little, supplies to T. Grant's family 26 00
Michæl J. Connor, taking I. B. Simmons to State Almshouse 6 50
Clearey & Berry, supplies to Philip Whaland 8 00
H. J. Cushing, med. att. on T. Grant's family 66 70
" " on Sam'l. Boothroyd's family 16 10
O. F. Seavey, med. att. on Wm. Thompson 13 75
consultation on Mrs. T. Grant's case 2 00
O. S. Baley, expenses in pauper cases 16 20 Estatè of A. W. West, supplies to Albert Lake (1873) 1 44
J. D. Pike
to Mrs. Lee 61 00
to Sam'l Boothroyd 28 00
Thos. S. McAllister, med. att. on Jacob Stone 8 00
" " " on Margaret Monahan 8 00
L. F. Currier, meals to travellers 2 00
City of Haverhill, supplies to Mrs. John Runnels (1874) 47 75
Estate of Stephen Kendrick, sexton's services 10 00
Benj. H. Battis, wood in small-pox cases in (1872) 10 00
66
9
John A. Douglass, med. att. on Thos. Burke 25 75
William Swett, supplies to Alvin Martin 30 16
" Mr. M. Currier (1874) 16 07
" Mrs. M. Currier 37 04
H. G. Leslie, med. att. on
9 00
City of Newburyport, supplies to Esther Foster 60 50
" Caroline Sargent 64. 25
" Lucy A. Smith 97 00
Funeral expenses child of Mary Foley 5 00
John H. Bancroft, board of Thomas Bancroft 42 00
E. A. Wallace, meals to travellers 16 00
Michæl J. Connor, taking Maria Lavery to State Almshouse 7 00
J. D. Pike, supplies to Philip Whaland 8 00
H. J. Cushing, med. att. on Mrs. Whaland 7 00
J. W. Briggs, supplies to Bridget Birmingham 3 00
R. H. Currier, board of Elizabeth Mann
78 00
J. H. Cleary, supplies to Philip Whaland
6 00
to John Jenkins 9 00
Frank E. Little, supplies to Philip Whaland,
11 00
John Jenkins, 3 00
Morrill Bros., supplies to Patrick Daley
10 64
" "
" Thomas Burke
70 27
" William Bradley 1 00
" Mrs. Thos. Dunn 5 12
" Patrick Condry
27 82
" Lydia Lowell
5 26
" Matthias Noon
1 65
John A. Douglass, consultation in Mrs. T. Grant's case
5 00
F. Emerson, wood to Mrs. Rose Griffin " " John Grogan
1 25
F. Emerson, wood and supplies to Mrs. Thos Dunn,
9 00
"
Bridget Murray, 2 50
William Bradley, 75
Thomas Burke, 16 87
Richard M. Curtis, 14 00
66
10 00
10
F. Emerson, wood and supplies to Patrick Daley, 69
" " Mrs. L. J. Currier, 5 00
.
C. Miles, 2 50
Lydia Lowell, 2 50
F. W. Merrill, medicines to Mrs. Thos. Dunn, 1 45
" Margaret Monahan, 2 40
" " Jacob Stone, 4 43.
E. M. Morse, supplies to Mrs. Stackpole. 10 00
G. Dennis Smith, meals to Travellers, (1874) 5 12
E. M. Morse, wood to Mrs. Patrick Lee,
2 00
Sam'l Boothroyd,
5 25
James Lawton, 5 30
Philip Whaland, 12 75
Charles W. Emerson, meals to travellers, 4 90
H. S. Dearborn, med. att. on Mrs. C. Miles, 29 00
Mrs. Alvin Martin, (1874) 19 00
Georgianna, Prescott, board of Nellie E. Pope, 12 00
J. L. Merrill, supplies to Samuel Boothroyd, 13 93
City Newburyport, supplies to various persons, (1874) 129 99
$1975 64
STATE AID.
Lavinia Sargent, $88 00
M. E. Dockum, 76 00
C. F. Poor, 48 00
R. A. Clark, 48 00
Lydia A. Lowell,
48 00
P. A. Brown,
48 00
Paul Giddings,
60 00
S. A. Dow,
96 00
S. E. D. Bartlett,
80 00
Geo. F. Bailey,
84 00
R. A. Kennett,
48 00
Wm F. Martin, 72 00
H. Tozier, 48 00
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Ann Edwards,
48 00
L. J. Gould,
48 00
James Murphy,
60 00
J. W. Sargent,
60 00
J. Oak,
3 00
J. Handley,
18 00
T. S. Bradley,
18 00
Mrs. Joseph Sargent,
28 00
John Jenkins,
96 00
Thomas Welch,
20 00
H. C. Flanders,
48 00
$1291 00
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Districts.
Surveyors.
Repairs Bridging and Railing.
Snow Paths.
No. 1
Benj. D. Kendrick,
449 90
140 97
" 1
I. D. P. Balch, (1874)
32 87
2
Levi T. Currier,
101 00
3
Enoch Morrill,
307 03
118 50
3
(1874)
8 75
" 4
Davis Mason,
198 75
34 50
" 4
David E. Currier (1874)
3 49
5
Daniel F. Morrill,
129 75
53 24
" 6
I. S. Nichols
407 80
29 03
" 6
John L, Merrill, (1874)
15 50
7
John P. Sargent,
1077 73
45 16
" 7
W. H. Blodgett, (1874)
11 25
8
F. W. P. Goodwin,
361 35
74 36
" 9
John C. Tucker,
101 00
21 00
" 10
Thomas B. Patten,
257 20
47 50
10
A. G. Crane, (1874)
37 00
9 50
" 11 Moses S. Tuxbury,
177 87
99 14
" 12 Philip J. Neal,
508 18
42 75
13 Sawyer Currier,
388 77
20 62
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Districts. Surveyors.
Repairs Bridging and Railing.
Snow Paths.
No. 13 A. A. Sargent, (1874).
23 25
" 14 Calvin Sargent,
82 60
13 43
15 Cyrus Cammett,
1108 42
94 58
" 16 J. Henry Hill,
159 90
124 40
.. .
$5854 25
$1063 79
5854 25
$6918 04
" Andrew Nichols, marking bounds River Road, 22 50
survey and plan of Whitchall road, 30 00
I. D, P. Balch assistance on survey of River and Whitehall roads, 20 00
I. D. P. Balch, setting bound stones on River and Whitehall roads, 28 00
I. D. P. Balch, expenses to Salem on River Road 3 00 T. Y. Skay, bound stones River and Whitehall roads, 54 50 O. A. Gowen, teaming bound stones on River and Whitehall roads, 9 20
E. D. Stone, horse hire, River and Whitehall roads, 14 50 County of Essex, plan of River road, 191 00 O. S. Baley, expenses on River road and Rocks Bridge, 10 05 George Sargent, building bridge, 405 00
Bryant Shays, keeping light, 1 00
Edmund Morrill, lumber for bridges, (1874) 29 33
City of Haverhill, Rocks bridge, (1874) 1317 20
Town of Salisbury, Essex Merrimack bridge, 433 10
$9486 42
On account of a violent storm of rain on the evening of the 5th of July, that washed the roads badly, carrying away or badly damaging nearly all the culverts at the west part of the town, the Selectmen were obliged to make large ex- tra appropriations to I. S. Nichols, Jolin P. Sargent, F. W. P. Goodwin, Thomas B, Patten, Philip J. Neal and Sawyer Currier, Highway Surveyors in that section,
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Under the authority of a vote of the town passed in 1873, the selectmen of that year applied to the County Commis- sioners to run out, re-locate or straighten the line of the River road. The Commissioners caused a survey and plan of that road from the Ferry to Patten's Creek to be made, and at their suggestion the Selectmen have caused stone bounds to be set at the angles, so that the line of the road may be plain to the abuttors and to all other parties inter- ested in the knowledge of it.
Notice to remove obstructions from the River road has been served upon the following abuttors :
Wm. H. Rand,
Merrimack Hat Company,
Stephen Clough,
Isaiah Page,
Charles Rowell,
Wm. E. Worthen,
Joel Davis,
John H. Goodwin,
Francis L Davis,
Mrs. Mary Bartlett,
Daniel Worthen,
William Page,
William F. M. Huntington,
Judith Colby, 7
Jacob C. Merrill,
Edwin Ramsden,
David Goodwin's heirs,
John Cahill,
Thomas Page,
Mrs. Lydia A. Nutter,
William Currier,
John Huntington,
William Gilday,
Samuel Cammett,
Moses Huntington,
David W. Goodwin,
Mrs. Edmund Whittier, or Edmund Whittier's heirs
Agreeably to a petition to the Selectmen of J. Henry Hill and nineteen others, residents and abuttors on the Whitehall road, setting forth "That the road in question from its com- mencement on Friend street to its terminal point at or near the State line, is crooked and of irregular width. That in many cases its legally established boundaries have been al- tered and encroached upon, so that it is "difficult to ascer- tain its true limits.
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They therefore respectfully request that your Board will run out the same as surveyed and laid out by the County Commissioners in 1839, and to establish the limits of said road by permanent bounds." The Selectmen caused a sur- vey and plan of the Whitehall road to be made and stone bounds to be set at the angles.
Notice to remove obstructions has been served upon the following abuttors :
Charles A. Burlingame,
Jason L Todd,
Buchanan & Burlingame,
John N. Bailey,
Richard F. Briggs,
George Ainsworth,
Judith Follansbee,
Felix D. Parry,
J. Henry Hill,
Edmund K. Dewhurst,
Isaac Barnard,
Sophronia Moody,
Charles H. Jones,
Salisbury Mills, M. D. F Steere, Agent.
At the annual town meeting March Ist, 1875, it was "Voted that the Selectmen obtain legal advice in regard to the town's liability to assist in maintaining the Essex Merrimack and Rocks Bridge and if advised that the same is illegal, and that the town cannot be compelled to contribute to the maintenance of them, that they be instructed to refuse pay- ment for said , purpose, and test the same in the Supreme Court."
In accordance with the instruction in said vote the Select- men submitted the question of the legality of the proceedings of the County Commissioners in apportioning a part of the expense of maintaining and keeping in repair the Essex Merrimack and Rocks Bridges upon the town of Amesbury, and also the Constitutionality of the statute by which said town is compelled to contribute to the expense of maintain- ing and keeping in repair said bridges to Messrs. Ives & Lincoln, and also to J W. Perry, of Salem, from whom we have received the following opinions :
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SALEM, April 16, 1875.
We have examined the question submitted to us, which we understand to be substantially this :-
Is the provision of the Statute of 1868 ch. 309, requiring the County Commissioners " to determine and fix the rela- tive proportions of expense for maintaining, keeping in re- pair, and supporting, " certain bridges specified, then to be laid out as highways, "to be borne by said County and any of the towns lying near to, or contiguous to said bridges, as in their judgment may be just and equitable, " obnoxious to any constitutional objections, so that the town of Ames- bury can now refuse to pay the proportion of the expense of maintaining and supporting either of the two bridges across the Merrimack river, according to the terms of the decree of the County Commissioners made in July 1868 ?"
Perhaps we ought to say, by way of preface that Mr. Ives of our firm was consulted by the County Commissioners in 1868, in regard to the details and form of said decree, and that, so far as matters of form are concerned, it is drawn in a form suggested by him. Without much memory on the subject, he presumes that he then advised the Com- missioners that they had the power to do what they did.
The first legislation on the subject of the Essex County bridges was the Statute of 1867, ( ch. 296 ) providing for laying out the Salem Turnpike and Chelsea Bridge as a highway. This act and the subsequent act of 1868 provided for the appointment of Special Commissioners by the Su- preme Court, to assess damages, and provide how they should be paid, and also apportion the expense of maintain- ing and supporting the new highways, not only upon Essex and Middlesex Counties, but also upon such towns and cities, . whether on the line of the way or not, as they might think just and equitable.
The corporation at once applied for the appointment of
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Commissioners and the County of Essex objected, upon grounds substantially like those suggested by you.
The case thus made was reported to the full Bench, and there argued in Nov. 1868, after the passage of the Statute of 1868. You will find it reported in the 100th volume of Massachusetts reports, page 282.
We are of the opinion that the decision fully covers the question submitted to us ; and goes even further than is necessary for the determination of this question ; and that it is there judicially determined that the proceedings of the Commissioners in regard to the Rocks Bridge, and the Essex Merrimack Bridge were authorized by the Statute, and that the Statute is constitutional.
In a subsequent case, ( Commonwealth vs. Newburyport, 103, mass. 129.) a similar question was raised under the same Statute, and decided in favor of the validity of the law, and of the proceedings of the Commissioners.
See, also, the case of Hingham and Quincy Bridge and Turnpike Co. vs. Norfolk, 6 Allen, 353.
Yours very respectfully,
Ives & Lincoln.
SALEM, May 3, 1875.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Amesbury :
Pursuant to your request I have examined the Acts of the Legislature and the proceedings of the County Commissioners of the County of Essex by which Rocks Bridge and Essex Merrimack Bridge were laid out as public highways, and a portion of the burden of keeping in repair and maintaining said bridges was imposed on the Town of Amesbury, al- though neither of them was within the limits of said town or contiguous thereto.
By an act of the Legislature of 1867, chap. 296, secs., I
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and 4, the County Commissioners were authorized to lay out said Bridges as and for highways, and upon the laying out of said bridges as highways, said County Commissioners shall determine and fix the relative proportions of expense for maintaining, keeping in repair and supporting any of said bridges, and for raising the draws in said bridges, if any, to be borne by said county and any of the cities and towns lying near to or contiguous to said bridges, or any of them, as in their judgment may be just and equita- ble, which said proportion of expense so determined upon by said County Commissioners shall become obligatory upon said County and upon said cities and towns aforesaid, to pay in the manner and at the times prescribed by said County Commissioners.
By the Act of 1868, chap. 309, the same provisions were substantially reenacted. By Act of 1869, chap. 421, it was enacted that Rocks Bridge and Essex Merrimack Bridge shall be lighted, tended, maintained, repaired and kept in repair by the several cities and towns charged with that duty by the award of the County Commissioners which purported to lay them out as public highways, and in accordance with said award, until said award shall finally be set aside or sustained.
By the award of the County Commissioners, Haverhill, West Newbury and Amesbury, are to bear the expense of Rocks Bridge in equal proportions, and the town of Ames- bury is to reimburse the town of Salisbury for one half of . the expense of maintaining so much of Essex Merrimack Bridge as lies in Salisbury.
The proceedings of the County Commissioners in laying out said bridges appear to be legal and regular. The Pro- prietors of the Haverhill Toll Bridge brought a petition against the County Commissioners to set aside the laying out of the Haverhill Bridge, (which laying out was precise- 2
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Ly the same with all the bridges) on the ground that it was irregular and illegal, but the Supreme Judicial Court held the laying out to be regular and legal.
Propr's., Haverhill Bridge vs Co. Com'rs., 103 Mass 130.
The Act of the Legislature being ,plain that the County Commissioners may assess the support of the bridges upon the towns near to or contiguous to the bridges, and not simply upon those towns within which the bridges exist, the only question which can arise is :-
Has the Legislature power to compel towns to contribute to the support of roads and bridges outside of their own imits ; that is, is the Act of the Legislature authorizing the County Commissioners to impose these burdens on towns, constitutional ?
The constitution does not name and enumerate the powers of the Legislature in regard to the construction and mainte- nance of roads and bridges. It has been the long standing custom of towns to maintain the roads and bridges within their own limits, but as roads and bridges are for the gen- eral convenience of the whole people, and as it may cost disproportionately more to maintain the roads and bridges in some towns than in others, the Legislature, for the purpose of equalizing the burdens of taxation, have in many cases assumed under Art. 4, chap. 2, Part II. of the Constitution, which provides that the Legislature shall have " full power and authority to make all manner of wholesome and reason- able laws as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth and for the government, and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same," to distribute by general or special acts the burden of maintaining and keep- ing in repair expensive roads and bridges, although such roads and bridges were wholly outside of some of the towns upon which the burden was imposed. These acts have fre- quently come before the Courts for construction and enforce- ment. For instance, the burden of supporting one of the
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long bridges leading into Boston was imposed upon several towns, as Brighton, Newton, Lexington, and the Act was early held to be valid and binding upon the several towns, although the bridge did not touch their territories.
Cambridge vs. Lexington 17 Pick. 222
Att'y. Gen. vs. Cambridge 16 Gray 247
Again the Legislature caused the Hingham and Quincy Bridges and Turnpike to be laid out as a public way, and the expense of supporting it to be apportioned among sev- eral towns and counties, although the Bridge and Turnpike were not within some of them, and the Act was held to be valid and binding.
Hingham and Quincy Bridge and Turnpike Corporation vs. County of Norfolk et al. 6 Allen 356.
Afterward, in 1870, the Legislature passed another Act in relation to the same road and bridge, releasing some of the towns from the support and imposing increased burdens upon others, and the constitutionality of this Act came distinctly before the Court, and it was determined to be constitutional, in Scituate vs. Weymouth 108, Mass. 130.
The Act under which Rocks Bridge and Essex Merrimack Bridge were laid out as public highways, came before the Court in the Salem Turnpike, and Chelsea Bridge Co. vs. Essex 100, Mass 282; the constitutionality of the Act was then fully discussed by Mr. Endicott, now a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, but the Court affirmed the constitu- tionality of the Act.
After an examination of these cases and the reasoning of the Court upon them, it would seem to be a profitless un- dertaking to question the constitutionality of the law under which the town of Amesbury is compelled to help support two bridges, which are outside of its town limits.
Yours, very truly,
J. W. PERRY.
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EXPENSE ON SEWERS AND DRAINS.
T. Dearcey and others, digging for Sewer on Main St. $33 94 Daniel Murphy and others, filling and labor 21 00
William Brown, teaming, 66 9 70
Asa W. Cowden, levelling dirt
4 50
W. B. Titcomb, building sewer
55 40
George Currier, bricks
54 38
F. P. Currier & Co., cement
27 50
H. O. Dearborn, building sewer on School and Friend Streets 488 18
Cyrus Cammett bal. on digging and filling School
and Friend Streets 56 86
$751 46
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
William L. Miller,
teaching $999 97
George A. Moore
540 00
S. J. Shackford
105 00
E. C. Shackford
90 00
Annie W. Kelley,
232 50
Sophie M. Granville
232 50
Susie W. Moulton
232 50
Carolyn O. Spofford
150 00
Emma A. Dodge
232 50
Addie E. Smith
232 50
M. Phena Eastman
61 25
Annie D. Moulton
142 50
Elizabeth R. Graves
90 00
Anna Kenniston 66
75 00
W. A. Spinney
999 97
Sarah C. Moody
280 00
Ella J. Morrison 66
180 00
Mary E. Morrill
232 50
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Sarah A. Morrill, teaching,
135 30
Alberta K. Winslow
143 00
Carrie F. Worthen
143 00
Anna M. Gunnison
143 00
Susie L. Brown
310 00
Laura A. Haynes
52 50
Willet L. Titus
655 26
Clara E. Clifford 66
232 50
Linda E. Ladd
311 25
Annie E. Edwards
232 50
Frank Wiggin 65
1000 00
Nellie F. Worthen
271 25
Mary A. Tuson ..
232 50
Nellie M. Fowler
143 00
Hattie E. Sargent
143 00
Maria G. Smiley
143 00
$9399 75
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
H. L. Kingsbury, fuel $
4 50
Nellie F. Worthen, teaching (bill of 1874)
54 00
C. C. Morse & Son, Printing school report 72 00
C. E Rowell, school incidentals (1874) Herbert F. Clifford, care of school-houses Wm. Nisbet, tinning roof of school-house
7 16
26 00
355 88
John S. Hayes, school maps and charts
71 00
J. L. Hammett, school incidentals
47 03
Merrimac Steam Job Printing Office, question slips 3 00
W G. Shattuck, desk and inks 38 10
Harry Schofield, care of school-house 7 00
J W. Sargent, stationery and books 24 27
Frank Brann, plan of school-house roof 10 00
Asa W. Cowden, care of school-houses and yard 45 75
Wm. L. Miller, books 5 00
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Frank Wiggin, care of school-houses, books, &c. 31 47
C. G. Long, care of school-houses 19 60
Hiram J. Macomber, care of school-houses 13 15.
George H. Horner, care of school-houses 17 00
Cyrus Cammett, dirt and teaming 117 55
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