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REPORT
1
OF THE
Selectmen and Treasurer
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 1, 1881.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : STEAM PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1881.
REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen and Treasurer A
OF THE
Town of Williamsburg,
FOR THE
Year Ending February 1, 1881.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : STEAM PRESS OF GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1881.
Selectmen's Report.
TREASURER'S RECEIPTS.
Remainder in Treasury, February 1st, 1880,
$652 90
Received income of Collins School Fund, 972 94 66 State 240 13
97 45
from Dog Fund,
66
Corporation Tax of State,
176 27
66 66 Bank Tax of State,
1,139 53
66 66 State for State Aid,
601 00
66
66 State for Military Aid, 135 79
54 86
66 Rent of Town Hall,
39 00
66
66 Town Plank sold,
3 02
66
Liquor Licenses,
263 25
66
Auctioneers' Licenses,
2 00
66 Rent of derrick,
1 00
66
66
Poll Taxes of 1879,
5 13
66 Taxes for current year, 11,757 27
$16,141 54
PAID.
Interest on Town Debt,
$1,430 83
Interest on Temporary Loans,
161 19
Smith Charities, on debt,
1,000 00
State Tax,
1,140 00
County Tax,
1,938 26
Tax on Collins Fund,
79 28
For Support of Schools,
3,810 54
Canton Iron Bridge Co., for bridge near Stebbins & Williams, 725 00
State Aid,
734 00
66
66 State for support of Poor,
3
OLD BILLS PAID.
E. F. Miller, for care of transient poor in 1879,
$10 00
C. H. Graves,
1878,
2 65
Thomas Nash, for keeping town team, for earth for highway, 1877,
1879,
00
E. P. Heminway, for care of town team, 1879,
75
Dr. D. W. Streeter, for services for poor, Abatement of poll taxes,
1878,
4 00
Sylvanus Hubbard, for hay,
1879,
15 13
Jerome Bartlett, for labor,
1879,
2 00
Smith Phillips, for labor on highway,
1879,
69 85
John W. Lyman, for services as Elector,
10 00
Sophia Hubbard, for earth in
1878,
3 00
D. Palmer, services for Chas. Colton and Sally Little, For recording births, marriages and deaths in 1879,
46 35
$204 73
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
James M. Foster, for care of engine,
$10 00
E. F. Miller,
5 00
J. H. Lawes, for repairs of engine,
1 42
Appropriated, $100.
WILLIAMS ROAD.
M. V. Williams, for building,
$125 00
Thomas Ryan, for land,
30 00
$155 00
Appropriated, $155.
CEMETERY FENCE.
Sesostres Warner, for repairs,
$ 6 73
William E. Thayer, for building,
37 42
$44 15
Appropriated, $50.
6 00
1879,
11 00
17 00
$16 42
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CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Paid for use of teams by the Selectmen, $6 00
William Fairfield, for repairs on Strong place, 1 15
Interest on mortgage on Strong place, 20 43
L. D. James, for nails, 3 56
L. W. Carr, for repairs on hearse, 6 00
Gazette Printing Co., for town and school reports, 39 00
for blank warrants, 1 00
Dewey Williams, for care of town hall,
13 75
For copying valuation for State, 6 00
T. M. Carter, expenses to Hatfield, 2 00
For postage, expressage, paper, etc., 8 28
Oil for town house, 92
L. Briggs & Son, abatement of tax, 52 50
Sundry abatements, 135 38
Geo. F. Smith, for services as Collector,
117 15
H. A. Bisbee, for services as Constable,
17 86
66 care of hearse, 33 25
B. M. Couch, for bridge irons, 21 79
Orrin Bisbee & Son, for bridge plank, 21 74
H. L. & G. M. Bradford, for bridge timber, 32 26
E. Handfield, for bridge bolts,
1 65
Trustees of Hayden, Gere & Co., Bridge School- house lot, 75 00
O. N. Ames, for repairs on pump at Strong House, 2 50
Wm. A. Hawkes, for numbering scholars, 5 00
66 services as School Committee, 39 00
H. C. Smith, 10 00
J. W. Hill, surveying, 2 00
One-half expense of setting line stone between Williamsburg and Hatfield, 2 50
For recording births, marriages and deaths, 44 85
T. M. Carter, for services as Clerk and Treasurer, 65 00
:6 66 Selectman, 100 00
B. W. Banks, 66 100 00 66
John O'Neil, 66
100 00
S. K. Wait, for coal and repairs on Water Works, 6 00
$1,094 12
Appropriated, $1,100.
5
REPAIRS ON HIGHWAYS.
Paid Richard Cahill,
$ 6 00
Jerome O. Hill, 37 34
Samuel A. Merritt, 80 00
John W. Belcher,
63 69
Thomas Nash, for earth,
3 00
Franklin Clapp,
35 75
Geo. F. Warner,
62 22
Frank C. Richards,
96 39
E. A. Porter, for earth and plank,
3 22
Martin G. Wells,
12 50
Thomas Culver,
12 50
C. E. Baggs,
9 50
Willis Guilford,
5 62
Isaac F. Baker,
5 15
J. B. Rogers,
44 52
Francis S. Warner,
87 63
Lewis H. Porter,
76 20
L. C. Graves,
60 58
Smith Phillips,
69 50
Robert Damon,
45 04
Chauncy French,
2 94
H. A. Bisbee and Chas. E. Tileston,
11 05
$830 34
Appropriated, $1,000.
POOR ACCOUNT.
Paid for Mrs. Nelson Wait, to Feb. 1, 1881,
$60 28
Thomas Wait, to Feb. 1, 1881, 18 57
Marcus Way, to Feb. 1, 1881,
106 87
Mrs. William Williams and child, to Jan, 1,
197 47
David Pittsinger, to Feb. 1,
43 61
Irena Meckins, to Feb. 1,
120 23
Catherine Wright, in full,
13 00
Edward Ryan and family, to Feb. 1,
51 00
James M. Nichols, to Feb. 1,
271 00
John M. French, to Feb. 1,
78 00
Walter Strong, 125 25
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Paid for Mrs. Harriet A. Guilford and family, $103 00
Mrs. Thomas Ellsworth and family, 216 00
Mrs. Mullaly and family, 144 00
John Cohen, state pauper,
93 75
Wmn. Monegan, state pauper, 4 00
Patrick Powers, deceased, April 8,
69 00
Wm. H. Bartlett, deceased, Feb. 10, 77 37
Lyman Heminway, to Oct. 1,
35 14
Mattie Warner, in full,
37 33
Mrs. Olive Jane Burnham, to Feb. 1,
18 64
Mrs. Daniel Wright, to Feb. 1,
7 75
Transient poor, 10 50
Theo. Brazell,
5 00
F. H. Abell, in full, 16 30
D. Palmer and mother, to Jan. 28, 490 50
$2,413 56
Appropriated, $1,850.
Estimated outstanding claims, $300.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. M. CARTER, Selectmen
B. W. BANKS, of
JOHN O'NEIL,
Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 1, 1881.
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Total receipts,
$16,141 54
$16,141 54
Paid Int on Town Debt, $1,430 83 int. Temporary Loans, 161 19
Smith Charities on principal, 1,000 00
State Tax, 1,140 00
County Tax, 1,938 26
Tax on Collins Fund, 79 38
Schools, 3,810 54
Canton Iron Bridge Co., 725 00 State Aid, 734 00
Fire Department, 16 42
Williams Road, 155 00
Cemetery Fence, 44 15
Old Bills, 204 73
Contingent Account, 1,094 12
Poor Account, 2,413 56
Highways, 830 34
Remainder in Treasury, 364 02
$16,141 54
ASSETS.
Remainder in Treasury, $349 02
Amount paid for State Aid, 734 00
Due for Military Aid, 99 43
Due for State Poor, 57 85
Balance, 25,659 70
$26,900 00
LIABILITIES.
To John Bertram, for note, 15,000 00 Arlington Savings Bank,10,000 00 Smith Charities, 1,900 00
$26,900 00
COLLINS SCHOOL FUND.
21 shares of First National Bank of Greenfield.
31 shares of Northampton National Bank of Northampton.
21 shares of First National Bank of Northampton,
21 shares of Hampshire County National Bank, of Northampton. 20 shares of Mechanics National Bank of Worcester.
Cash on hand, sixteen hundred sixty-five dollars, sixty-seven cts. OTHER ASSETS OF THE TOWN. 276 shares of New Haven and Northampton R. R. Stock.
Respectfully submitted, THOS. M. CARTER, Treasurer.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 1, 1881.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 1, 1881.
We, the undersigned Auditors, appointed by the town, have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, and of Thomas M. Carter, Treasurer, and find them properly kept and vouched for, and that there is a balance in his hands of $364.02. We also find cash belonging to the "Collins School Fund." $1,665,67, and Certificates of Bank and Railroad Stock, as reported in the Treasurer's Statement.
B. S. JOHNSON, ? Auditors.
G. O. WOOD, 1
LIST OF JURORS.
Wilmot L. Clark, John W. Belcher, John W. Hill, Alvah Stebbins, Serono Kingsley,
M. V. B. Williams,
Frederick W. Thayer, Lewis Guilford, Charles D. Wait, Edwin F. Miller, William W. Nash, Joseph Thompson, Chauncy W. Fay, Prescott Williams
John W. Lyman, Samuel House, Edwin C. Baggs, Henry W. Hill,
Francis E. Porter,
Benj. S. Johnson, James O'Donnell, Morris Connell, Samuel A. Clark, Jr., Michael Cooney, Richard R. Farnsworth James Lawlor, Joshua Crosby, Lorenzo Warner,
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