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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
For the Year ending Feb. 16, 1859.
-S
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1859.
THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
For the Year ending Feb. 16, 1859.
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1859.
REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SCHOOLS.
APPROPRIATIONS for the year 1858,
$3,500 00
Balance due the Districts, Feb. 11th, 1858,
1,302 85
Amount of State School Fund received,
197 61
$5,000 46
Less unappropriated in 1858,
61
$4,999 85
Districts.
Feb. 11, '58 | Appropria-
Credit.
Paid.
Feb. 16,'59
Cr.
tions. 1858
1858
1858
Cr.
Centre South
$222,13
$580,00
$802,13
$556,45
$245,68
Phillips
92,03
256,00
348,03
226,90
121,13
Village
186,64
470,00
656,64
468,92
187,72
Ballard Vale
190,01
490,00
680,01
475,93
204,08
Scotland
41,95
230,00
271,95
140,20
131,75
Holt
131,94
225,00
356,94
244,35
112,59
Centre West
256,00
256,00
130,60
125,40
Frye
160,46
415,00
575,46
410,17
165,29
North
71,19
160,00
231,19
163,50
67,69
Abbott
103,75
190,00
293,75
272,62
21,13
Bailey
102,75
219,00
321,75
198,96
122,79
Osgood
206,00
206,00
206,00
1302,85 3697,00 4999,85
3494,60 1505,25
Whole amount due the Districts
$4999,85
Orders paid to Feb. 16, 1859, Balances due Districts Feb. 16, 1859,
3494,60
$4999,85
1505,25
4
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Feb. 11, 1858, Tax 1858 Credit '58 Paid '58
Balance Feb. 16, '59 Dr.
Cr.
Phillips
108,10 108,10
6,42
101,68
Ballard Vale
9,23
526,14 535,37
8,40
526,97
Holt
37,51
37,51
3,15
34,36
Frye
1,50
1,50
*1,50
Abbott
,36
,36
,36
Village
69,74
69,74
40,89
28,85
Centre West
25,07
25,07
25,21
,14
North
223,25 223,25 206,04
17,21
143,41
857,49 1000,90 290,11
710,93
Less
14
Due the Districts
710,79
Paid
290,11
$1000,90
Taxes Assessed
857,49
1000,90
Feb. 11, 1858, Balance 143,41
S
OVER WORK ON ROADS.
District No. 1. Nathan F. Abbott,
$3 82
3. Charles Abbott,
2 75
66
66 9. Henry J. Gray,
3 25
66
11. Samuel Frye,
5 50
66
66
14. Nathan Abbott, 2d,
6 91
66
16. Paul B. Follanshee,
2 50
17. Sylvester Lovejoy,
7 00
66
17. Jedediah Burtt,
1 00
18. Joseph Chandler,
2 80
19. William Perrin,
3 02
66 22. Jonas Stratton, shovelling snow, (1857), 2 00
25. Ballard Holt,
8,79
$49 34
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
Asa H. Brown, Collector, $263 54
Tristum B. Bailey, 118 16
$381 70
Credit.
5
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Asa H. Brown, Collector,
$52 84
Tristum B. Bailey,
5 38
$58 22
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
District No. 1. N. B. Abbott,
$20 76
3. John Chandler,
23,25
3.
Building Culvert near Doct.
Kimball's,
85 12
Jeremiah Goldsmith,
15 47
10. B. F. Wardwell,
33 20
13. Robert Winning,
26 50
16. P. B. Follansbee,
20 00
20. Aaron N. Luscomb,
11 00
66
21. William Merrill,
25 92
.6
27. O. S. Morse,
58 50
William Chickering, labor on bridge near J. Stimpson's, John B. Jenkins, plank for do. 13 02
2 74
$335 48
NEW ROADS.
B. F. Wardwell, for land and fence on Summer street,
$22 80
H. F. Pasho, Jr.,
21 37
Gamaliel Gleason,
66
6 60
Moody Russell,
5 50
Nathaniel Whittier,
37 25
James H. Cochran, 66
on Punchard Avenue, 17 82
William Sullivan, making
66
33 00
Trustees Punchard Free School, fence
66
66
62 82
Nathaniel Whittier, land, fence and costs 66 labor
9 25
Amos Abbott, land, fence and costs George N. White, labor
66
497 06
1 08
66
7.
649 35
Daniel Shannon, fence
790 74
$2154 64
1*
6
HIGHWAY TAXES WORKED AND RE-ASSESSED.
District No.
1. Nathan F. Abbott,
$34 71
66
2. Daniel P. Abbott,
57 93
66 3. John Chandler,
115 67
66
4. N. B. Abbott,
20 80
6. Samuel Abbott,
8 01
66
7. Jeremiah Goldsmith,
4 15
66
66 8. Benjamin Jenkins,
4 36
"
66
9. Henry J. Gray,
20 17
66
10. B. F. Wardwell,
50 37
66
11. Samuel Frye,
7 33
66
12. Jonathan Poor,
13 20
66
13. Robert Winning,
109 67
66
66 14. Nathan Abbott, 2d,
17 90
66
15. Henry Boynton,
16 99
66
17. Sylvester Lovejoy,
9 87
66
18. Joseph Chandler,
5 20
66
66 19. William Perrin,
25 51
66
66
20. Aaron N. Luscomb,
59 89
66
66
22. Timothy Abbott,
43 06
66
66
23. David Morgan,
73 45
66
66
24. Stephen Lovejoy,
11 87
66
66
25. Ballard Holt,
48 85
66
66
26. Jacob Chickering,
127 07
66
66
27. O. S. Morse,
52 45
66
66
28. John Hacket,
39 81
$1045 47
LIQUOR AGENCY.
A. S. Mansfield for Liquors,
$206 35
HI. W. Abbott, freight and book, 66 66 services as Agent, one year,
150 00
Geo. P. Burnham for Liquors,
1186 54
Thomas Smith for measuring Liquors,
2 00
Boston & Maine Railroad for freight,
19 12
John Harding, services as Agent, 9 months,
112 50
66
16. P. B. Follansbee,
25 93
66 21. William Merrill,
41 25
6 33
$1682 84
7
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
60
H. Clark, postage,
16 34
Moses Goodhue, damage on road,
Hiram Moulton, 66 17 00
36 72
Sands & Byers, “ 66
11 14
W. F. Draper, for printing,
104 03
H. F. Barnard, room for Town Meeting,
100 00
Nath. Wilson, tax in Lawrence,
29 57
John B. Jenkins, paid costs for road indictment,
11 65
Abbotts' Express,
25
J. K. Barker, for surveying,
50 00
Stephen H. Phillips, legal services,
3 75
E. N. Nickerson, dinners for Selectmen and Checkers,
6 63
J. F. Dodge, for lamps,
33 50
T. E. Mayberry, coal,
1 60
Henry Abbott, 2d,
5 70
Asa A. Abbott, for surveying,
1 00
Henry G. Kimball, janitor Town House,
37 00
William Chickering, fixtures 66
18 71
Guide board, 80; recording deed, 55,
1 35
B. S. White, trucking,
1 13
Asa T. Sanborn, insurance of Town House,
75 00
John B. Jenkins, wood "
4 87
Wm. Chickering, chimneys for lamps
1 62
Kerosene Oil Co. for oil
30 50
John R. Loring, for keys
66
1 00
$618 58
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
T. E. Mayberry & Co., for coal,
$2 50
John Cornell, for members of Engine Company,
216 50
Higgins and Abbott, sundries for 66
11 76
Dodge and Beard, 66
6 06
Herman Abbott, settees
66
19 12
Horace Lewis, labor on engine,
3 06
B. H. Corning,
15 90
Nathan Ellis, for painting engine house
35 50
H. W. Abbott for paper,
6 26
M. Sands, school books and paper,
6 00
Jonas Stratton, for brushes,
5 66
Herman Phelps, returning deaths,
$310 40
8
SERVICES OF OFFICERS.
James H. Merrill, School Committee,
$39 00
Henry S. Greene,
39 00
Caleb E. Fisher, 66
39 00
Henry G. Kimball, for a Commitment,
1 00
Rufus S. Morton, services at Court,
14 20
Henry Abbott, 2d, distributing envelopes,
1 50
William Chickering, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer,
100 00
John B. Jenkins, 66
66
111 75
Charles Shattuck,
120 50
Edward Taylor, Town Clerk and Treasurer,
100 00
66 for writing,
4 50
Tristum B. Bailey, for collecting taxes,
168 60
66
$739 05
9
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
PAID TO CITIES AND TOWNS. State Lunatic Hospital.
Lydia B. Frye, $239 47
North Andover.
Mrs. Wm. Kimball,
34 80
Tryphena Beverly,
7 57
Betsy Poor,
3 36
$285 20
House of Correction.
Eben. L. Hatch,
$7 42
Wm. Trulan,
25 84
$33 26
DUE FROM TOWNS.
North Andover,-Charles Goodhue and Mother,
$17 11
Lawrence,-J. K. Shattuck,
18 00
Newburyport,-Widow Joel Merrill,
52 50
Due from Essex County,-House Correction,
Wm. Nichols,
928 .
$96 89
State Paupers.
Dennis Higgins,
$3 00
Patrick Cavenough,
7 00
Family Daniel Wright,
2 45
$12 45
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Rufus S. Morton, for Commitment,
$1 00
$1 00
10
EXPENSE OF ALMSHOUSE.
R. A. Vinal & Brothers, grain,
$134 89
J. W. Carleton & Brothers, supplies,
38 95
Cummings & Robinson, flour,
131 75
Upton & King, supplies,
8 60
French, Fuller & Co., supplies,
88 74
Higgins & Abbott, supplies,
188 71
Dodge & Beard, supplies,
225 37
E. Nickerson & Co., fish,
12 50
S. G. Valpey & Co., meat,
61 70
C. S. Davis, supplies,
21 59
Charles C. Grant, services,
300 00
66 supplies,
125 00
Mary Mc Cusker, labor,
112 00
Warren E. Holt, labor,
100 00
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal,
76 48
J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,
15 21
Stephen Tracy, medical attendance,
15 00
P. M. Jefferson, soap,
39 98
Abbott & Clement, repairs,
17 50
William Barnett, repairs,
3 64
J. T. Winchester, range and cooking ware,
40 00
D. Stevens, cow and calf,
40 00
$1797, 61
RELIEF OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Benj. Cheever,
$11 00
Wm. O. Woodbridge,
10 50
Laura A. Lovejoy and family,
52 00
Henry M. Hovey,
26 00
Warren Mason,
4 00
Polly Abbott,
14 21
Mary Ann Wiley,
3 50
Surrenia Abbott,
26 00
Nathan and Dorcas Chandler,
32 25
Mrs. J. Wardwell,
23 50
Harriet Wright,
2 00
Levi Davis, burial,
6 50
Robert Tough,
2 00
Henry Jenkins,
13 75
Mrs. Trulan and family,
48 69
I. O. Holt's wife,
5 00
Amount carried forward,
280 90
11
Amount brought forward,
280 90
A. A. Marshall,
7 00
Phebe A. Johnson's family,
9 75
Rebecca Shattuck,
26 00
Wm. Marshall, coffin,
2 50
Burial child found in river,
1 00
Mary Roberts,
13 77
Burial Harrison Frye,
2 50
Mrs. A. Tuck,
19 42
$362 84
INVENTORY
OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE ALMSHOUSE, AS PER ESTIMATE OF AUDITING COMMITTEE, FEB. 14, 1859.
Mortar and Pestle, 10; 8 small bake pans, 48,
58
10 bottles and pots, 10 ; hay rope, 50,
60
3 strainers, 12; 2 L. bake pans, 50,
62
3 china dishes, 20; 2 cans, 50,
70
2 tea canisters, 25 ; tin pan, 50,
75
3 tunnels, 25; 4 bowls, 50,
75
2 spiders, 25; 2 sad irons, 50
75
2 gridles, 25; meal chest, 50,
75
2 pitchers, 25; 2 stone jugs, 50,
75
2 tin pails, 25; 7 scythe snaths, 50,
75
Frying pan, 25; tin steamer, 50,
75
2 iron bake pans, 25; 10 candle sticks, 60,
85
Oil can, 25; 3 doz. eggs, 60,
85
Rocking chair, 25 ; spoke shave, 70,
95
Looking glass, 25 ; 7 jugs, 70,
95
Foreplane, 25; 3 Chisels, 75,
1 00
Spade, 25; 2 demijons, 75,
1 00
Bread trough, 25; 2 dinner bells, 75,
1 00
3 bread pans, 30 ; 9 German spoons, 75,
1 05
Pickles, 30 ; 3 chests, 75,
1 05
14 cake tins, 30; 14 lbs. soap, 98,
1 28
Lantern, 33 ; 2 syringes, 1 00,
1 33
Mackerel, 1 00 ; 6 glass lamps, 1 50,
2 50
Vest, 1 00; long table, 1 50,
2 50
3 pair socks, 1 00 ; shovel and tongs, 1 50,
2 50
Tobacco, 1 00 ; 3 curtains, 1 50,
2 50
2 tin cream pots, 1 00; clock, 1 50,
250
Scraper, 1 00; 1} bushel barley, 1 50,
2 50
Amount carried forward,
34 06
12
Amount brought forward, 34 06
3 pick axes, 1 00 ; 4 whiffletrees, 1 50, 2 50
2 Handsaws, 1 00; 3 clothes horses, 1 75, 2 75
20 iron spoons, 1 00 ; 2 pair steelyards, 1 83,
2 83
2 wood-saws, 1 00; 32 lbs. saleratus, 1 92, 3 92
Cradle scythe, 1 00; cupboard, 200, 3 00
Beetle & wedges, 1 00 ; hammer, scraper and wrench, 2 00, 3 00
53 plates, 1 06 ; 10 meal bags, 2 00, 3 06
2 chests of drawers, 1 08; 4 shirts, 2 00, 3 08
4 yards flannel, 1 20 ; 20 yards calico, 2 00 3 20
3 20
6 rakes, 1 20 ; 20 flour barrels, 2 00, 3 20
3 25
10 lbs. coffee, 1 25; 2 bushels rye, 2 00,
3 25
4 tin pails, 1 25 ; lumber wagon, 2 00,
3 25
5 bread trays, 1 25; 8 hoes, 2 00,
3 25
8 small chairs, 1 33; peat knife, 2 00,
3 33
4 coffee pots, 1 50 ; 3 bushels onions, 2 25, 3 75
6 00
2 desks, 2 50 ; 28 chairs, 3 50,
6 00
50 lbs. salt fish, 2 50 ; 15 bushels ruta bagas, 3 75,
6 25
Bits and bitstock, 2 50; 43 yards sheeting, 3 87, 6 37
Hay cutter, 2 50; 2 ox yokes, 4 00,
6 50
Cooking stove and apparatus, 3 00 ; medicines, 4 00,
7 00
Secretary, 3 00 ; 8 yards sattinett, 4 00 ;
7 00
3 doz. knives and forks, 3 00; 1 bbl. vinegar, 4 00,
7 00
12 bushels beets, 3 00 ; 4 bushels Ind. meal, 4 00, 7 00
30 lbs. tea, 3 00 ; 5 manure forks, 4 00, 7 00
6 wash tubs, 3 00 ; 17 stone and earthen pots, 4 10,
7 10
2 bushels peas, 3 00 ; 7 bushels pop corn in ear, 4 37,
7 37
2 long chains, 3 00; 50 lbs. sugar, 4 00, 7 00
8 00
6 shovels, 3 00 ; 2 blocks and tackle, 5 00,
8 00
Wheelbarrow, 3 00 ; 10 cwt. rye and oat straw, 5 00,
8 00
Cultivator, 3 00 ; corn fodder, 5 00,
8 00
Winnowing mill, 3 00 ; lot iron, 5 00,
8 00
50 pillow cases, 3 00; 5 axes, 5 00,
8 00
6 scythes and snaths, 3 00; harrow, 5 00,
8 00
8 pitchforks, 3 20 ; drag, 5 00,
8 20
300 lbs. rice meal, 3 45 ; sled, 5 00,
8 45
Blasting tools, 5 00 ; 40 milk pans, 5 00,
10 00
23 straw beds, 11 50; vise, 5 00,
16 50
6 bbls. apples, 12 00 ; 5 pairs pantaloons, 5 00,
17 00
2} bbls. flour, 15 00; 20 pork and beef barrels, 5 00,
20 00
30 bed comforters, 15 00; 12 chairs, 6 00, 21 00
250 lbs. salt and fresh beef, 17 50 ; 10 bushels oats, 6 00, 23 50
Amount carried forward,
266 12
6 water pails, 1 20; 4 gallons preserves, 2 00,
5 augurs, 1 25 ; 4 table cloths, 2 00,
Churn, 2 50 ; 3 draft chains, 3 50,
3 iron bars, 3 00 ; horse rake, 5 00,
13
Amount brought forward,
266 12
59 sheets, 17 70; grindstone, 6 00 ; 6 cords peat, 18 00 41 70
75 lbs. butter 18 75; sleigh, 6 00; old hog, 20 00, 44 75
4 ladders, 6 00 ; 4 cords dry wood, 24 00,
30 00
2 barrels soap, 6 50 ; buggy chaise, 25 00,
31 50
4 air tight stoves, 7 25; 33 bushels rye, 33 00,
40 25
30 chairs 7 50; 6 plows, 36 00,
43 50
4 bushels beans, 8 00; 40 bush. corn. 40 00,
48 00
5 pots lard, 8 40; 4 tons run hay, 40 00,
48 40
17 bed quilts, 8 50 ; 6 tons coal, 42 00,
50 50
60 pillows, 9 00; 2 ox carts, 50 00,
59 00
30 bolsters, 9 00 ; horse wagon, 55 00,
64 00
11 tables, 9 00; ox wagon and rigging, 60 00,
69 00
30 gallons molasses, 9 00; 125 bushels potatoes, 62 50
71 50
20 bedsteads, 10 00; 18 cords dry wood, 76 00,
86 00
Lot lumber, 10 00; 30 beds, 90 00,
100 00
22 fowls, 11 00 ; 9 shotes, 90 00,
101 00
2 harnesses, 11 00; town maps, 100 00,
111 00
Horse, 100 00; 1,000 lbs. salt pork, 125 00,
225 00
12 tons English hay, 168 00; 6 cows, 180 00,
348 00
55 cords green pine wood,
192 50
Standard weights and measures,
200 00
4 oxen, 250 00; 65 cords manure, 325 00,
575 00
$2934 22
PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of town paupers, in Almshouse during the year, 33
66
weeks' board,
1269
foreign paupers entertained, 171
66
weeks' board,
49
DEATHS IN ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Levi Davis, aged 83, James Marshall, aged 62, Jonathan P. Abbott, aged 76.
REMAINING IN ALMSHOUSE.
Over 80 years of age,
Between 70 and 80 years of age,
4
60 70
4
50
60 66 "
3
66
30
40
2
66
20 66 30
1
66
1 13
7
-
Total
22
1
2
14
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT. Dr.
To Cash received on settlement, 1858,
16
66
66
66
for pigs,
119 00
66
66
66
66
pork,
73 18
66
66
vegetables,
70 98
butter and eggs,
4 96
66
peas,
26 86
66
66
66
66
hay,
32 06
66
66
66
straw,
. 27 53
66
66
66
labor,
85 87
66
milk,
25 14
66
66
66
66
"
old cultivator,
50
66
66
66
hides,
8 66
66
66
66
cows,
69 00
66
66
66
feeding cattle in pound,
5 00
66
66
66
apples,
7 75
66
66
map, 25; clay, 2 00,
2 25
66
66
66
66 meadow muck,
15 75
2 40
66
left by Jonathan P. Abbott,
1 78
66
received of Town Treasurer,
125 00
$853 58
Cr.
By Cash paid for cloth and clothing,
$61 77
66
66
fares and freight,
28 26
66
66
66
medicine,
7 95
66
66
66 labor on farm,
73 96
66
66
66
66 removing panpers,
7 70
66
flour and grain, 77 73 ; sundries, 13 82,
91 55
66
66
66 carpenter work and stock,
11 30
"
fish, 9 50; hardware, 5 91,
15 41
66
meat, 18 05; farming tools, 10 96,
29 01
66 groceries, 23 14 ; crackers, 14 87,
38 01
66
66
ice, 6 00 ; board of J. O. Curtis, 4 11,
10 11
66
66
66 shoats, 26 82; glass and putty, 3 97,
30 79
66
66
bricks and lime,
5 15
Amount carried forward,
410 97
66
66
66
oxen and calves,
143 75
66
66
66
cranberries,
5 00
66
66
" grain,
66
lodging prisoner.
1 00
66
66
66
66
66
66
15
Amount brought forward, By Cash paid for books and stationery,
410 97
66
66
66
paint and oil,
4 36
66
66
66 oxen and cow,
125 50
66
66
66 blacksmithing, 4 88; D. L. Trow, 3 93,
8 81
66
66
66 P. H. Jaquith, 4 05; C. Jameson, 18 08,
22 13
66
66
66
66 E. Sutton, 11 18; J. Wilson, 1 00, 12 18
66
66
66
J. H. Cochran, 18 14; J. H. Smith, 15 69, 33 83
146 18
66
66
Wm. Poor, 14 27; J. H. Chandler, 5 85, 20 12
66
66 Henry Burtt, 1 61; E. Hussey, 25 62,
27 23
66
66 to Balance,
65
$853 58
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Town of Andover in account with Henry W. Abbott, Town Agent.
Dr.
Cash paid Treasurer,
$76 12
66
66
99 79
103 75
101 02
$360 68
Stock delivered John Harding,
236 65
Claimed as deficiency in measure of liquors from D. H. Atwood, and shrinkage, (2 years), 29 57
$626 90
Still due from H. W. Abbott,
24 00
$650 90
Cr.
By stock, Feb. 8th, 1858,
$349 48
Cash,
on hand,
76 12
66
66
24 00
66
for liquors, bought,
130 55
66
" freight and express,
6 33
66
66
" salary, 3 months,
37 50
Profit 3 months,
26 92
66
66
66 boots and shoes,
37 40
66
66
66 S. G. Valpey, 139 33; P. King, 6 85,
4 22
$650 90
66
16
LIQUOR AGENCY (Continued).
Town of Andover in account with John Harding, Town Agent. Dr.
To Cash paid Town Treasurer, for sales 9 months, $1,317 19
" Stock on hand, Feb. 7, 1859, 257 28
$1,574 47
Cr.
By Stock received from H. W. Abbott, $236 65
Cash
of the Town for liquor bills, 1102 35
60
" freight and express, 21 12
66 66 66 9 months salary, 112 50
Profit, 9 months,
101 85
$1,574 47
The following figures, taken from the Auditors' Reports, show the result of the liquor business, from the commencement :
Paid for liquors and incidental expenses, as per Report, Feb. 20, 1856,
$1,530 21
66 19, 1857,
691 98
17, 1858,
935 14
66
17, 1859,
1682 84
$4,840 17
Received of Agent, Report, Feb. 20, 1856,
$1,014 24
Feb. 19, 1857,
994 88
Feb. 17, 1858,
1,049 69
66
Feb. 17, 1859,
1,677 87
$4,736 68
Stock on hand, Feb. 5, 1859,
257 28
$4,993 96
Deduct amount paid,
4 840 17
$153 79
Due from H. W. Abbott,
24 00
$177 79
Showing a net gain of 177 79, from May 27, 1855, to Feb. 5, 1859.
66
17
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Andover in Cash account with Edward Taylor, Treasurer.
Dr.
To Paid W. Phillips Foster, for Town House Lot,
$2,000 00
Town House Committee for the building, 66 for furniture, &c, 1,100 00
13,019 25
66
Eben. Fish, order No. 90, 1855,
2 05
State Tax, (Andover and N. Andover,)
1,933 00
County Tax,
4,365 41
Andover Bank, for money hired,
7,450 00
interest,
94 73
Sundry individuals, hired money,
1,200 00
interest,
727 97
Selectmen's orders, current expenses,
7,375 72
school, and school houses,
3,784 71
Overseers of the Poor, orders, Auditors and Selectmen,
22 00
Balance due from T. B. Bailey, collector,
2,769 97
Cash in Treasurer's hands to balance,
3880 94
$52,315 00
Cr.
By Cash on hand,
$1,830 20
Balance due from A. H. Brown, collector, 1857, 2,327 86
Received of City of Lawrence, paupers, 10 00
of North Andover, State and County Tax, 2,457 98 66 acc't for 1857 and 1858, 63 12
66 66
State Treasurer, school fund,
197 61
Andover Bank, money hired,
7,450 00
Sundry individuals,
16,350 00
Liquor Agent,
1,677 87
for rent of Town Hall,
152 00
Assessors order for taxes committed T. B. Bailey, including County tax,
19,798 36
$52,315 00
E. & O. E.
EDWARD TAYLOR, TREASURER.
Andover, Feb. 16, 1859.
2*
66
2,589 25
18
Dr. Town Treasurer in Account current with Notes Payable. Cr. 1858.
Feb. 16, To balance due, $11,350 00 To hired during the year, 16,350 00
By paid sundry persons, $1,200 00 By balance of notes out- standing, 26,500 00
$27,700 00
$27,700 00
1859.
Feb. 16, To balance outstand-
ing, $26,500 00
E. E.
EDWARD TAYLOR, TREASURER.
Andover, Feb. 16, 1859.
Whole number of orders drawn by Selectmen, 139, Number of orders drawn for Schools, 60, 3,494 60
$7,375 72
School Houses, 16, 290 11
66 by Overseers of Poor, 95, 2,589 25
$13,749 68
Tax Assessed,-Current Expenses,
$8,000 00
Schools,
3,500 00
Town House,
1,500 00
County Tax,
2,661 79
State Tax,
1,178 64
Overlay,
846 63
Highway, (re-assessed),
1,011 81
Ballard Vale District,
526 14
North District,
223 25
Phillips District,
108 10
Dog Tax,
242 00
$19,798 36
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The undersigned Trustees of the Punchard Free School, in accordance with the requirements contained in their Act of In- corporation, herewith render their Annual Account of the condi- tion of the Fund, and of the Receipts and Expenditures for the year, ending Feb. 1st, 1859.
Permanent Fund, Forty Thousand Dollars,
$40,000 00
Invested in Notes and Mortgages, 39,000 00
Cash credited to Note account,
1,000 00
40,000 00
Receipts.
Interest received since last Report,
2,106 00
Cash of Town of Andover, award for Fence,
62 82
Cash credited to Note account as above, 1,000 00
$3,168 82
· Expense Account
Balance due Andover Bank, at date of last Report,
$389 19
Paid C. H. Seymour, salary,
1,200 00
S. L. Bailey,
500 01
Treasurer,
100 00
Janitor,
50 00
Leopold Herman's account,
97 70
T. E. Mayberry & Co., for coal,
92 50
Horace Wilson, building fence, &c.,
61 55
William Barnett, stoves, labor, &c.,
35 82
Abbott & Clement, for double windows,
31 25
Isaac M. Hardy, (trees,)
26 90
Geo. F. Baker, wood,
7 06
Amount carried forward,
2,591 98
20
Amount brought forward, Paid J. F. C. Hayes, printing, 5 50 " Wm. Eaton, repairs on roof, 3 75
2,591 98
W. F. Draper, printing,
3 67
Dodge & Beard, sundries,
1 63
Patrick Brown, labor,
1 25
68 S. Fuller, for postages paid,
1 00
Nathan Ellis, glazing,
62
Cash on hand to Balance,
559 42
$3,168 82
Andover, Feb. 1, 1859.
Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL FULLER, GEORGE MOORE, J. H. MERRILL, MOSES FOSTER, JR., JACOB CHICKERING,
NATHAN FRYE,
JOSEPH SHATTUCK.
21
AVAILABLE ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Cash in hands of the Treasurer,
$3,880 94
Due from Collector, (Bailey,)
2,769 97
Newburyport, 52 50
66
H. W. Abbott,*
24 00
66 C. C. Grant,
65
for Rent of Town House, Lyceum, &c.,
75 00
Stock on hand, liquor agency,
$7,078 34
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Notes due by the Town,
$26,500 00
Due School Districts,
1,505 25
School Houses, 710 79
on account of Town House, furniture and dedication, 1,050 00
$29,766 04
Deduct available assets,
7,078 34
Balance against the Town,
$22,687 70
Balance Reported last year,
8,586 26
Increase in 1858,
$14,101 44
Valuation of real and personal estate, 1858,
$2,270,328 00
Tax, 6 96 on
1,000 00
on polls, 1 67
Highway Tax, 1 02 on
1,000 00
" on polls,
41
Population of Old Andover, (1850),
6,945
" Andover, (1855), 4,810 1 7,028
" North Andover, (1855),
2,218 }
Census of voters, (1857),
757
Area of Old Andover, (1852),
38,549 acres
Amount covered by water, (1852),
1,495 %
Occupied by highways, (1852),
975
Total length of railroads, (1852),
201 miles
of public highways, (1852),
175% "
* Feb. 21st, $21.45 paid the Treasurer by H. W. Abbott, who shows a defi- ciency in measure of liquors amounting to $2.55, making the $24.00.
257 28
66 Lawrence, 18 00
22
The undersigned have carefully examined the foregoing ac- counts, and find them correctly cast and well vouched. The attention of the town is directed to two subjects worthy of their consideration. First, the large amount of taxes remitted. Last year's Report gave this item as $235 20. This year it reaches the sum of $381 70. May not some better method be adopted for the collection of our public taxes than the one heretofore pur- sued. Second, with regard to the support of paupers, it seems necessary to say a word. It appears that the town owns 115 acres of land, in connection with their almshouse, besides wood- land in Lawrence. The expense of cultivating this large farm is considerable, because, but little is furnished by the inmates. The interest at 6 per cent on the real and personal property of the establishment added to other necessary expenses, bring the board of each pauper at $2 15 per week. We are aware that even this sum is less than some other towns in the State incur in supporting their paupers. Our town farm has been managed ex- ceedingly well for several years by the present efficient superin- tendent, but still it is a question claiming the consideration of the town, whether an economical policy may not render the sale of a portion of their real estate advisable.
GEORGE FOSTER, WILLIAM JENKINS, Auditors. GEORGE WORCESTER,
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