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ANNUAL REPORT
OF TIIE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE
own of Lalmer,
AND OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures for the Year Ending March 5, 1883.
PALMER, MASS. JOURNAL PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1883.
- ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
FOR THE
own of Lalmer,
AND OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures for the Year Ending March 5, 1883.
PALMER, MASS. JOURNAL PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1883.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. HAMPDEN, SS.
To H. A. NORTHROP, Constable of the Town of Palmer, GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the town of Palmer quali- fied to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town House in said Palmer, on Monday, the 19th day of March inst., at ten o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To determine the number of selectmen, overseers of the poor, assessors, school committee, and constables the town will elect for the ensu- ing year.
ART. 3. To act upon the reports of the school committee, selectmen and other town officers.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to determine the compensation of the collector of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To see if the town will allow a discount upon the taxes that may be assessed for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To determine the manner the town will take to collect the taxes that may be assessed for the ensuing year, and state terms and conditions of the same.
ART. 7. To elect all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and appropriate the same.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year, the same to be paid from said taxes.
ART. 10. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 11. To see if the town will continue to hire the rooms now occupied for a lock-up and tramp room.
ART. 12. To vote by ballot, which shall be, "Yes" or "No," according to provisions of chapter 54 of acts of 1881, in answer to the question, " Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in this town?"
ART. 13. To see what action the town will take in regard to choosing a board of health.
ART. 14. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the selectmen.
ART. 15. To hear reports of committees and act thereon.
ART. 16. To choose committees and give them instructions.
ART. 17. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the benefit of the Young Men's Library Association.
ART. 18. To see if the town will raise any money for the celebration of Decoration Day, or toward building a soldiers' monument, and appropriate the same.
ART. 19. To see if the town will accept of the provisions of chapter 158, acts of 1871, being entitled, An act to provide for the selection of road con- missioners.
ART. 20. To see if the town will voté to accept a town-way as laid out by the selectmen, beginning in Bondsville (in Pottersville, so called) and run- ning westerly by the house of George Brown, thence southerly across the Ware River near the junction of Ware and Swift Rivers to the county road leading from Three Rivers to Thorndike, and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to accept a town-way as laid out by the selectmen in said Pottersville, running from the house of D. P. Lamb to the old road leading from the house of Janes Fuller to Belchertown, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept a town-way as laid out by the selectmen, in Bondsville, beginning near the house owned by Mrs. Geo. Allen, and running to a new road laid out by the selectmen last year on land of Luther Collis, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 23. To see if the town will appropriate money to improve the cem- etery at Palmer Depot.
ART. 24. To see if the town will provide for the removal of snow from the sidewalks in the several villages during the winter season, and appropri- ate money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) for building concrete sidewalks along the public streets within the limits of either the Depot Village, Three Rivers, Thorn- dike or Bondsville, upon land abutting the premises of those real estate own- ers who will pay one-half the expense of the same, the sum appropriated to be divided into four (4) equal parts, to be available in the different localities mentioned, in that proportion up to July 1, 1883, in the order of application, the sums remaining, if any, after July 1, 1883, to be considered a common fund, to be used in any of the villages named, in the order of application, regardless of the proportion before observed, the selectmen to have charge of, and decide all matters pertaining to the same.
ART. 26. To see if the town will appoint a committee to gather materials for a town history, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 27. To see if the town will provide for heating the Thorndike school-house, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to build, or buy a quarantine or pest-house, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 29. To see if the town will make provision for a school-house at the wire mills, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to pay Austin Woodward, Jr., the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, in settlement for damages received on the highway, November 22, 1882.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to accept Secs. 10 and 11 of the Public Statutes, relating to shade trees.
ART. 32. To see if the town will require the school committee to appoint annually a superintendent of schools.
ART. 33. To see what action the town will take in regard to the claim of Mrs. Asenath S. Brown against the town.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer or sewers in any of the villages of the town, and to appropriate inoney for the same.
The polls will be open at ten o'clock a. m., and close at two o'clock p. m.
The names of Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Assessors, School Committee and Constables, who are voted for, must be all on one ballot; Town Clerk and Treasurer on a separate ballot. And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the different public places designated by the vote of the town, seven days, at least, before the holding of said meeting, and cause this warrant to be printed in the Palmer Journal, at least two issues before the holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this first day of March, A. D. 1883.
E. G. MURDOCK, Selectmen H. G. LOOMIS, of HENRY MCMASTER, Palmer.
H. A. NORTHROP, Constable.
A copy. Attest :
Assessors' Report.
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
For teachers, fuel, and care of school-houses. . $10,000.00
General repairs, school-houses,
.
850.00
Contingent for schools,
900.00
Alteration on depot school-house, .
400.00
Support of poor,
3,500.00
Contingencies,
2,500.00
Highways,
3,500.00
Bridges,
1,500.00
Railings,
200.00
Interest,
115.00
Library,
500.00
Soldiers' Monument,
200.00
Decoration Day.
75.00
School-house, Three Rivers,
3,500.00
School-house lot, Three Rivers,
350.00
New road and land damage,
1,200.00
State tax.
2,080.00
County tax,
1,860.16
$33,230.16
Overlay on tax, .
315.32
Non-resident bank tax, ·
672.14
Total on collector's book,
. $34,217.62
VALUATION, 1882.
Real estate,
. $1.558.235
Personal estate, .
· 811,008
Total,
. $2,369,243
Number polls,
1,373
Tax on polls,
.
$2.00
Rate,
.
per $1,000, $13.00
PALMER, June 30, 1882.
D. B. BISHOP,
JOHN CLOUGH, Assessors DAVID KNOX, of Palmer.
Treasurer's Report
Of the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending March 4, 1883.
Balance in Treasury March 4, 1882, · $4,176.65
Received of State Treasurer for Corporation tax, . ·
1,181.17
National Bank tax, 455.56
State and Military aid, 825.00
Support State paupers, 209.12
Burial 66 35.00
Transportation State paupers, 9.00
Income Mass. School fund, 259.40
County Treasurer, dog fund. 218.85
County Treasurer, lock-up fees,
56.00
George Robinson, lock-up fees,
41.00
Town Chicopee, .
142.26
Belchertown,
19.02
Brimfield,
39.54
Hardwick,
118.04
Warren,
144.36
City Fall River,
125.10
A. D. Smith, board of Mrs. Burlingame,
65.00
Circus licenses, .
23.00
Peddler's license,
11.00
Auctioneer's license.
2.00
Rent of Town Hall,
160.00
Old plank sold,
15.00
Income Thompson fund,
38.42
Income Merrick fund,
34.34
J. A. Palmer, money refunded for cost of prosecution in case of Mrs. Griffin for liquor selling, 139.96
Liquor licenses,
1,501.00
Palmer Savings Bank borrowed,
5,000.00
H. A. Northrop, tax' 1881, . 1,738.28
H. A. Northrop, tax 1882, .
30,350.00
$47,133.07
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EXPENDITURES.
Paid State tax, . . $2,080.00
Bank tax, .
632.10
County tax,
1,860.16
State Treasurer, 4 amount received for liquor
licenses,
375.25
State aid, .
·
529.66
Military aid,
342.00
Interest on notes,
115.00
Deposited in Savings Bank, Soldiers' monument fund,
200.00
Palmer Savings Bank borrowed, .
5,000.00
Interest on borrowed,
42.21
Selectmen's orders,
. 14,777.82
Selectmen's orders on account schools,
14,883.93 .
building committee, 2,899.31
School committee's orders, previous to April
3, 1882, .
416.65
$44,154.09
Total receipts, .
. 47,133.07
Total expenditures,
. 44,154.09
Balance in Treasury,
. $2,978.98
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES B. SHAW, Treasurer.
REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor present their annual report, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the financial year ending March 1, 1883. It has been our endeavor to keep within the limits of the appropriations, and to apply the money laid out to the best advantage and interest of the town.
Our highways have been improved by hardening to a considerable extent, and if the policy of continuing to do a piece of road at a time and doing it well, is continued, in a few years our roads will be much better than formerly. We have had but few slight accidents happen on our highways the past year, and those were accidents beyond the control of any town officer-such as the barking of a dog or the leav- ing a stone near the roadway for a day. We have built four new roads the past season, much below the appropriations, and think them done well; new ones are called for, as will be seen by the town warrant.
Our bridges are mostly in good condition. We have made ex- tensive repairs on the Three River's and Thorndike bridges ; the two iron ones have been overhauled and painted, and the two large ones at Three Rivers new planked, as have other small ones. We have also, with Belchertown, built a new one across the Swift River near the site of the old M. E. chapel, at a cost to both towns of $650, for which no special appropriation was made. The bridges between our town and Monson and Brimfield will have to be repaired the coming year, and in the near future a new one will have to be built at the soap-stone factory between Belchertown and Palmer.
The town, early in the season, was visited with the loathsome disease, small pox. It broke out in a boarding house of the Thorn-
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dike Company, and a large number were exposed before any one knew what it was ; but, by prompt and judicious measures, it was confined to those first exposed and their families, and did not spread to other places. We were fortunate, after much trouble, to find a vacant house suitable for the purpose, and moved those exposed to it, with the help of Mr. Wilson, agent of the Thorndike Company, who kindly sent up beds and bedding for the inmates, the town paying for moving back and forth, and for things destroyed and buried. We would recommend that the town build or buy a pest-house. The same thing is liable to occur again, and we may not be fortunate enough to find a convenient house to hire.
We are especially proud of our poor farm management. We think it is as near perfection as any one in the State, considering the value of the farm. We have had more than our usual number of inmates, and the expenses have been many hundred dollars less than two years ago. Our largest expenses are to support our insane and poor not on town farm. We have six at Northampton Hospital to support. The past year we have had three large families of mother and chil- dren to aid, besides many others, but, as with our other items, we are below our appropriations.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
E. G. MURDOCK, Selectmen and
H. G. LOOMIS, Overseers of
H. MCMASTER, Poor of Palmer.
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HIGHWAYS. Appropriation, $3,500.
Samuel Brown, District No. 1, ·
$125.00
T. Crimmings, District No. 1, . 5.00
Henry McMaster, District No. 2,
388.25
C. D. Foster, District No. 3, 282.25
291.02
C. D. Foster, breaking out roads, District No. 3,
10.00
J. S. Loomis, District No. 4,
418.00
J. S. Loomis, hardening road, District No. 4,
36.00
J. S. Loomis, filling in near railroad bridge,
16.50
J. S. Loomis, filling in on Monson side,
5.50
William Nelson, hardening road,
5.00
Charles Upham, labor,
5.37
J. R. Wellman, District No. 5, .
100.25
J. R. Wellman, hardening road, District No. 5,
227.50
M. C. Fenton, breaking out roads, 1882,
7.50
Eugene Shorely, District No. 6, .
74.25
H. C. Smith, District No. 7,
69.00
Calvin Blodgett, District No. 8,
133.00
Calvin Blodgett, breaking out, District No. 8, 1882,
18.00
James O. Hamilton, District No. 10,
158.75
James O. Hamilton, snowing bridge,
3.00
Jerry Dutton, District No. 11,
353.75
F. D. Orcutt, District No. 12,
85.75
F. G. Calkins, District No. 12,
12.30
E. M. Bartlett, District No. 13,
117.75
George A. Griffin, hardening roads, No. 4,
28.82
G. A. Hockum, hardening roads, District No. 4, .
20.00
H. C. Strong, hardening roads, District No. 4,
.
10.50
A. H. Tanner, hardening road, District No. 4,
8.00
George A. Whiting, painting danger signs, .
1.50
W. H. Hitchcock, drain pipe,
4.71
Justus Hitchcock, cutting brush,
3.00
Henry McMaster, work with scraper,
167.50
Joseph Kerigan, finishing road at Bondsville,
40.00
Edgerton & Davis, grate,
3.15
J. K. Knox. gravel,
20.00
Mrs. J. K. Ferrill, storing scraper,
3.00
H. C. Strong, work on sewer, .
5.25
O. B. Sikes, cutting brush,
2.00
John P. Barnes, covering reservoir,
8.75
$3,310.47
Due from Monson, $5.50, J. S. Loomis' bill.
James Olney, District No. 9,
35.60
C. D. Foster, hardening road, District No. 3,
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RAILINGS.
Appropriation, $200.
$18.75
Henry McMaster, putting up railing near Mrs. Burleigh's, J. M. Converse, putting up railing near Monson bridge, 20.00
John R. Wellman, putting up railing near Blanchard's, 36.25
H. C. N. Cross, putting up railing near James Fuller's, 16.50 H. C. N. Cross, putting up railing near Thorndike bridge, 2.25 Henry Canterberry, putting up railing near Bondsville, 1.75 Henry McMaster, putting up railing near Three Rivers, 16.25
$111.75
ROAD AND BRIDGES AT BONDSVILLE.
Appropriation, 1881.
Paid J. O. Stone for Canton Bridge Co., iron bridge, $1,394.00
J. O. Stone for Canton Bridge Co., canal bridge, 602.00
Boston Duck Co., for cutting bridge seats, . 16.50
$2,012.50
BRIDGES.
Appropriation, $1,500.
A. L. Haynes, plank for Three Rivers bridge, $44.68
C. A. Brown & Co., spikes for Three Rivers bridge, 11.65
Henry McMaster, labor, Three Rivers bridge, 21.86 .
C. D. Foster, plank for Three Rivers bridge,
117.68
Henry McMaster, planking Canal bridge, Thorndike,
8.25
A. L. Haynes, plank for bridges,
188.20
James S. Loomis, labor on bridge,
11.00
George White, repairing Three Rivers and Thorndike iron bridges,
141.21
Robinson & Brooks, spikes,
13.34
T. D. Potter & Co., lumber,
3.67
A. L. Haynes, plank,
26.38
Henry McMaster, repairing Belchertown and Jones' bridges, .
6.05
J. W. & J. H. Brainard, plank for Blanchard bridge, 12.00
J. R. Wellman, labor on Keith's bridge,
6.00
Palmer Mills, barrel cement,
1.80
Trudeau & Rivers, nails, .
1.88
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James O. Hamilton, repairing Whitings' bridge, .
$11.30
Whiting & King, painting bridges, 56.65
Robinson & Brooks, oil and paint, 23.02
Trudeau & Rivers, oil and paint,
1.05
L.Giffin, building Palmer's half of bridge (Swift River), 325.00
2.43
T. D. Potter & Co., work and nails on Duckville bridge,
9.46
$1,044.56
NEW ROADS. Appropriation, $1,200.
Mrs. Esther Sibley, land damage, Thorndike,
$50.00
Wm. Harvey,
66
60.00
Thomas Lynes,
40.00
A. M. Bond,
60 66
20.00
Wm. R. Harvey,
66
20.00
Henry McMaster, building road, 66
125.00
H. C. N. Cross, work on fences and railing, Thorndike, 9.00
Thomas Sullivan, land damage, Three Rivers, 37.00
Henry McMaster, building road, "
180.00
Henry McMaster, building road, Palmer,
66.00
Luther Collis, building road, Bondsville,
200.00
Mrs. Bradley Olney, balance due her husband in 1880, Duckville,
42.50
Simpson C. Heald, surveying new road, Bondsville to Three Rivers, .
33.00
$882.50
ADDITIONS TO THREE RIVERS SCHOOL HOUSE.
N. K. Rogers, materials,
$82.50
Palmer Mills, materials,
.
17.41
R. E. Knowlton, labor,
76.95
T. D. Potter & Co., lumber,
423.00
L. Giffin, labor,
2,062.00
W. N. Flynt & Co., stone,
98.50
Henry McMaster, grading,
52.50
R. E. Knowlton, building committee,
10.00
J. M. Currier, plan and specifications,
25.00
John Clough, building committee,
20.00
David Milliken, building committee,
20.00
David Milliken, money paid out,
11.45
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$2,899.31
D. F. Holden, land for school house,
$294.50
A. L. Haynes, plank for Dutton bridge,
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SMALL POX ACCOUNT, DR.
Thorndike Co., for beds and bedding destroyed or buried,
$11.00
Nathan K. Story, care of suspects and others, 72.00
H. C. Smith, provisions, horse hire and work, 74.41
Jerre Roberts, board and care of James Burpee, 63.00
Nathan K. Story, care and food,
29.24
G. A. Murdock, goods furnished,
60.36
Mrs. Moriarty, care and work,
19.00
A. M. Bond, stove, etc.,
13.25
Alfred Trumble, milk,
5.58
Peter O'Clare, moving suspects and furniture,
7.00
Beni Firkey, 66 66
5.00
Clark & Hastings, meat,
52.24
G. W. Cobb, bread and pastry, . 54.40
3.00
H. C. Smith, rent for Calkins house, and fuel,
30.00
A. Woodward, carbolic acid, 3.60
26.00
Dr. G. E. Barstow, medical attendance on P. Lugrue, .
68.00
Dr. J. K. Warren, advice and help on Board of Health,
18.00
O. P. Allen, brimstone and carbolic acid,
5.30
D. B. Bishop, money paid out, and services,
5.00
Henry McMaster, team to Holyoke,
4.00
C. Wilson, moving suspects and goods,
5.00
Dr. A. C. Downing, medical attendance on D. Stratton,
30.00
N. K. Story, going to Holyoke, . . 3.00
10.00
F. C. Hatch, fish,
3.48
E. G. Murdock, services, horse-hire and money paid out, 100.00
A. C. Downing, medical attendance on Desmond girl, 33.00
A. C. Downing,
Ramsdell, 80.00
$893.86
SMALL POX ACCOUNT, CR.
Rec'd from
City of Fall River, for support of David Stratton, $125.10 Town of Hardwick, for support of Ramsdell, 118.04
Town of Brimfield, for support of Maggie and Mary J. Long, ·
38.04
Town of Belchertown, for support Mansfield,
f James
19.02
19.02
19.02
Town of Warren, for support of Frank Cahill, Town of Warren, for support of Mary Kennedy, Town of Warren for support of Daniel Desmond and family, .
106.32
$444.56
.
John St. John, burying clothes and bedding,
C. Wilson, agent, money paid out for help. .
.
Charles Furkey, carrying suspects to Calkins house,
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Due from
Town of Randolph, for support of Michael Linch,
$19.02
Andrew Mitchell, for support, . 19.02
88.04
State of Mass., for support of Charles V. Parks, for support of Peter Beaueage, .
19.02
for support of John Moores,
19.02
for support of Patrick Falvey
19.02
for support of Mary Hayes,
19.02
for support of Nellie Sweet, 19.02
66 for support of Honora Cronan, . 19.02
H. R. Stoughton for G. A. R.,
$75.00
S. W. French, for Library,
$500.00
SUMMARY.
Support of Poor, paid out,
. $3,120.86
Bridges, paid out,
1,044.56
Highways, paid out,
3,310.47
Railings, paid out,
111.75
Iron Bridges at Bondsville (balance) paid out,
2,012.50
New roads and land damages, paid out,
882.50
Library, paid out,
500.00
G. A. R., .
75.00
Contingencies, .
2,531.82
Small pox, paid out,
893.86
$14,483.32
Appropriation, Support of Poor,
. $3,500.00
Bridges,
1,500.00
Highways, . 3,500.00
Railings,
200.00
Iron Bridge at Bondsvill,
1,996.00
New Road and Land Damages,
1,200.00
Library,
500.00
G. A. R.,
75.00
Contingencies,
2.500.00
Received from State for State paupers,
253.12
Received from Town of Brimfield,
5.50
Due from City of Worcester, Mrs. Fogarty's bill,
10.00
Received from Towns on small pox account,
444.56
Due from Towns and State on small pox account,
240.20
Appropriation,
. $15,924.38
Paid out,
. 14,483.32
Less than appropriation, .
1,441.06
$240.20
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CONTINGENCIES. Appropriation, $2,500.
J. A. Brakenridge, damage to horse and wagon, . $7.20
J. A. Palmer and McAdoe, prosecuting illegal liquor selling, . 139.96
J. A. Palmer, enforcing license law,
100.00
H. C. N. Cross, wood, town house, 8.25
H. McMaster, wood, town house,
3.25
C. B. Fisk, printing town reports,
58.00
Rockwell & Churchill, assessors' forms,
18.50
J. H. Tuthill, repairing hearse and shaft, Rufus Bacon, digging graves,
2.00
Charles Hastings, 80 stone posts for Four Corners cemetery, 40.00
W. H. Brainard, surveying roads, ·
6.00
Russell Robins, sawing wood, town house,
1.00
Robert McMaster, digging graves,
2.00
David Knox, services as Assessor,
120.00
John Clough, books and stationery,
7.09
C. B. Fisk, advertising and printing, .
27.50
G. L. Hitchcock, liquors for analyzing, 1881,
1.44
J. H. Tuthill, repairing wagon, E. H. Best,
13.00
D. B. Bishop, services as Assessor,
120.00
Russell Robins, cutting brush in cemetery,
16.75
Stephen Place, support of water tub, .
5.00
Dexter A. Fisk, repairs on fence and privy at town house, 5.85
J. A. Palmer, services, and money paid to detectives, .
180.73
F. C. Hatch, damages on highway,
5.00
C. B. Fisk, printing notices,
37.23
J. A. Palmer, blankets for lock-up,
12.00
J. K. Knox, support of water tub,
5.00
P. M. Shearer, damage to sleigh, 3.00
A. L. Haynes, opening graves, Jan. 1882, to Jan. 1883,
34.00
E. L. Greenleaf, «
4.00
T. D. Potter & Co., plank, and repairing water tub,
3.82
J. J. Moynahan, returning deaths, 12.00
Julius Alonzo, filling and grading Four Corners cemetery, 17.50
W. E. Hancock, support of water tub, 5.00
26.10
John Clough, 66 60 120.00
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Smith & Co., oil and lamps, $8.82
Palmer Savings Bank, lock-up and tramp room,
180.00
G. L. Hitchcock, liquor samples, 1882, 3.20
O. P. Allen, יי 1.91
H. G. Loomis, services as Selectman, 100.00
E. G. Murdock, 125.00
E. G. Murdock, money paid out, 18.35
H. G. Loomis, money paid out, .
15.00
H. McMaster, services as Selectman,
100.00
H. McMaster, money paid out, .
13.00
C. A. Brown, lamp and fixtures, railroad bridge, .
5.70
M. K. Warren, record book,
3.75
Henry McMaster, repairs at town house,
5.40
L. M. Squires, digging graves and returning deaths, David Knox, going with hearse, .
2.00
L. Giffin, repairs at town house,
3.42
John Clough, sealing weights and measures,
3.25
J. H. Tuthill, repainting and varnishing hearse, 17.00
C. L. Gardner, prosecuting illegal liquor sellers, 65.00
C. L. Gardner, legal services, 10.00
Joseph Baker, repairing road scraper, . 3.95
H. A. Northrop, collecting taxes for 1881, . 200.00
7.00
J. A. Palmer, lamp, and express on liquors, 3.20
James B. Shaw, recording births, marriages and deaths, 103.60
James B. Shaw, services as Treasurer, .
50.00
Paid express on school books, and laws and resolves,
5.00
$2,531.82
DEBTS OF THE TOWN.
Notes due on demand, Pamelia Rogers, . $1,300.00
Reuben Rogers, 1.000.00
Interest on above,
115.00
$2,415.00
CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN, MARCH 5, 1883.
Notes and interests, .
$2,415.00
Due H. A. Northrop, collector. 200.00
J. A. Palmer, from May 1, 1882, to May 1, 1883, 175.00
$2,790.00
226.25
H. A. Northrop, serving dog warrants, 1881 and 1882, Seth M. Smith, care and food at lock-up, .
83.85
17
DUE THE TOWN, MARCH 5, 1883.
Balance in Treasury, .
. $2,978.98
H. A. Northrop, uncollected taxes, .
1,804.23
State, for State aid,
871.66
State, on account of State paupers,
260.86
$5,915.73
Respectfully submitted,
E. G. MURDOCK, Selectmen H. G. LOOMIS, of
HENRY MOMASTER, Palmer.
The Selectmen would recommend the following appropriations :
Support of poor,
. $3,500.00
Contingencies,
2,500.00
Highways,
. 3,500.00
Bridges,
1,500.00
Railings,
200.00
Interest,
115.00
.
.
.
Report of Overseers of the Poor.
SUPPORT OF POOR ON TOWN FARM.
Appropriation, $3,500.
E. L. Greenleaf, salary,
$300.00
Wm. E. Holbrook, medical attendance, 1881-'82, 30.00
Loomis Bros., coffin, Ellen Owens and Mrs. Swimmington 20.00
J. J. Moynahan, digging graves, and coffin for Mrs Taylor Joseph McIntire, work,
17.50
E. L. Greenleaf, paid hired girl,
16.00
A. R. Owens, mowing machine,
60.00
D. N. Squiers, blacksmithing, ..
24.31
Foskit & Holbrook, meal and feed,
158.25
Loomis Bros., mattresses, .
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