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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
For the Year ending Feb. 13, 1860.
ANDOVER : PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1860.
THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
For the Year ending Feb. 13, 1860.
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1860.
.
REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SCHOOLS.
APPROPRIATION for the year 1859,
$3,500 00
Balance due the Districts, Feb. 16th, 1859,
1,505 25
Amount of State School Fund,
197 00
Amount received from Free School Fund,
60 00
$5,262 25
Districts.
Feb. 16, '59.
Appropria- tions.
Credit.
Paid.
Feb. 14, '60.
Cr.
1859
1859
1859
Cr.
Centre South
$245,68
$575,00
$820,68
$576.52
$244,16
Phillips ·
121,13
261,00
382,13
253,98
128,15
Village
187,72
495,00
682,72
484,86
197,86
Ballard Vale
204,08
495,00
699,08
516,84
182,24
Scotland
131,75
235,00
366.75
273,37
93,38
Holt
112,59
230,00
342,59
234,17
108,42
Centre West
125,40
256,00
381,40
253,50
127,90
Frye
165,29
420,00
585,29
390,12
195,17
North .
67,69
155,00
222,69
168,50
54,19
Abbott
21,13
195,00
216,13
112,50
103,63
Bailey
122,79
229,00
351,79
231,10
120,69
Osgood
211,00
211,00
106,95
104,05
$1505,25 3757,00 5262,25 3602,41 1659,84
Whole amount due the Districts,
$5,262 25
Orders paid to Feb. 14, 1860, $3,602 41 1
Balances due Districts, Feb. 14, 1860,
1,659 84 S
5,262 25
4
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Feb. 16, 1859.
Tax, 1859.
| Credit 1859.
Paid, 1859. |Balance Feb. 14,
1859.
Dr.
Cr.
Dr.
Cr.
Phillips . . .
$101,68
$101,68
$83,60
$18,08
Ballard Vale
526,97
526,97
426,51
100,46
Holt
34,36
34,36
15,70
18,66
Frye
1,50
1,50
1,50
Abbott
.36|
$214,00
214,36
158,11
56,25
Village
28,86
28,85
28,85
Centre West
.14
.14
North . ...
17,21
17,21
2,23
14,98
$710,93
214,00
924,93
715,00
209,93
.14
.14
Due the Districts, Paid,
715,00
$924,79
Taxes assessed,
$214,00 1
$924,79
Feb. 16, 1859, balance,
710,79 S
OVERWORK ON ROADS.
Dist. No. 6, Jonas Holt,
$9 80
66
14, Nathan Abbott, 2d,
10 00
66
18, Joshua Phelps,
1 03
1, John Cornell,
7 50
21, Stephen Hardy,
6 76
24, George Boutwell,
3 81
66
28, Daniel Mears,
22 14
1, N. F. Abbott, (1858)
2 95
$63 99
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
Tristum B. Bailey, Collector,
$142 50
Dog Tax,
186 00
Edward Taylor,
227,45
·
$555 95
$710,79
209,79
$209,79
5
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Tristum B. Bailey, Collector,
60 26
Edward Taylor, 36 89
$97 15
EXPENSE OF REMOVING SNOW.
Dist. No. 6, Samuel Abbott,
$1 56
16, P. B. Follansbee,
3 00
66
13, Robert Winning, 2 25
66 22, Timothy Abbott,
2 25
66 18, Joseph Chandler,
2 75
66 15, H. Boynton, 1 82
66
5, J. Fisk Abbott,
5 88
23, D. Morgan,
2 00
66
20, A. N. Luscomb, 2 50
$24 01
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES.
N. E. Abbott, building bridge, $7 00
William S. Jenkins, labor on bridge, 27 28
122 19
D. Poland, iron work on B. Vale bridge,
2 00
J. H. Smith, iron and nails for Frye's bridge,
2 11
D. Poland, iron work for fence in B. Vale,
8 20
John B. Jenkins, work on road near J. Richardson's,
11 00
P. P. Pillsbury, railing at B. Vale,
36 66
Daniel Mears, digging post-holes,
4 50
Henry Burtt and others, side walk on Punchard Road,
43 54
A. Parker, son, and others, for stone and labor front of Town House, 255 38
Seaver Pray, repairs on railing in Abbott Village,
3 36
William Callahan, culvert front Town House,
42 75
Merrinac Iron Foundry, castings front Town House,
3 00
Nathan Abbott, railing,
2 50
Surveying private way,
1 00
Willard Pike, removing snow, and repairs, (1857-8)
8 25
$580 72
1*
John B. Jenkins, plank and timber,
6
HIGHWAY TAX WORKED AND REASSESSED.
Dist. No. 21, Stephen Hardy,
$12 73
8, Samuel Gilchrist,
8 64
23, Paul P. Pillsbury,
43 88
11, Elijah Hussey,
8 28
15, Ebenezer Lovejoy,
43 80
27, B. S. White,
48 21
6, Jonas Holt,
7 50
9, Henry J. Gray,
36 28
26, T. E. Mayberry,
182 19
66 28, Daniel Mears,
11 90
66
16, P. B. Follansbee,
57 33
25, Charles C. Blunt,
11 47
10, Moody Russell,
20 03
66
3, John Chandler,
57 79
66
1, John Cornell,
125 40
66
5, J. Fisk Abbott,
18 70
66
12, Moody B. Abbott,
19 08
66
18, Joshua Phelps,
15 29
14, Nathan Abbott, 2d,
21 40
17, S. Bardwell,
32 09
"
13, Francis Cogswell,
52 55
16
24, George Boutwell,
9 39
66
22, Timothy Abbott,
23 32
$1,045 53
LIQUOR AGENCY.
George P. Burnham,
$1,235 25
Edward F. Porter,
285 81
John Harding, agent,
187 50
Liquors, transportation,
25,84
$1,734 40
2, John Abbott,
116 72
21, A. N. Luscomb,
55 67
7, Jeremiah Goldsmith,
5 89
7
SERVICES OF OFFICERS.
Charles Pray, Constable,
$10 70
George Foster, School Committee,
45 00
J. H. Merrill,
45 00
Henry S. Green, «
45 00
H. G. Kimball, Police,
11 00
George Foster, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, 99 25
John B. Jenkins, 66
100 00
Benjamin Boynton,
66 66 113 75
Edward Taylor, Town Clerk, for returns of births, mar- riages, and deaths, 50 00
Edward Taylor, Treasurer,
50 00
Edward Taylor, Collector of Taxes,
188 78
Edward Taylor, Register of 171 dogs,
8 55
Tristum B. Bailey, balance collecting taxes,
20 81
$787 84
-
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
B. H. Corning, labor on engine,
$5 00
66 Steward,
5 75
66 66 for turpentine,
37
John Cornell, horses drawing engine,
1 00
T. E. Mayberry & Co., wood,
4 25
Farnum & Gile, mason work,
3 72
William Barnett, fluid-can,
38
Hunneman & Co., Hose and repairs.
54 35
John Cornell, annual pay of members,
277 85
I. N. Howe, six lanterns, Higgins & Abbott,
11,02
E. A. Roulstone, caps and badges,
17 70
Engine hose repairs, and carting,
9 25
John C. Morse, Steward,
21 85
Mrs. C. I. Dolloff, stove and furniture,
18 00
William Poor, repairs on engine,
11 25
$448 12
6 38
8
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
H. Clark, postage,
$11 17
Warren F. Draper, printing,
116 41
N. Wilson, tax, in Lawrence, 22 68
H. G. Kimball, Janitor, Town House,
135 60
William Barnett, fixture, “ "
30 07
T. E. Mayberry & Co., Coal, Town House,
41 00
Abbott & Clement, repairs, 66
172 68
Higgins & Abbott, oil and etc., “ 66
30 24
Hanscomb & Whitaker, damage on road,
27 00
Thomas Groom & Co., valuation books,
13 75
Mitchell's Map,
5 00
H. Abbott, furniture, Town House,
10 50
Farnum Gile & Co., work on Town House,
105 29
John B. Jenkins, wood for 66
10 87
Peter French, sawing wood,
3 69
Dodge & Beard, goods,
1 49
Henry Abbott, returning deaths and dist. envelopes,
17 02
J. R. Loring, repairing locks, etc.,
1 88
H. P. Sweetser, carpet, Post Office,
32 63
P. Tate, digging drain for Town House,
1 88
H. Phelps, returning deaths,
2 00
Moses Foster, jr., for approval of by-laws,
7 05
Cash paid for insurance,
77 50
Charles Pray, horse hire,
16 95
William S. Jenkins, viewing fence,
1 00
Sands & Byers, books and paper,
17 31
H. W. Abbott, fixtures for Town House,
90
Thomas Clark, painting and glazing, "
10 08
J. J. Brown, lamps and oil,
6 72
H. Abbott, ballot box,
33
Samuel G. Bean, dinners for checkers,
9 00
$948 72
Total,
$6,286 43
1
9 00
Abbott & Holt, goods,
9
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
PAID TO CITIES AND TOWNS. State Lunatic Hospital.
Lydia B. Frye, $151 35
House of Correction.
Israel A. Berry,
8 42
$159 77
DUE FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Lawrence, John K. Shattuck,
$2 80
Cambridge, S. L. Bumpus,
6 00
$8 80
State Paupers.
James Duncan,
$1 50
Mary Hill,
10 00
Mrs. Johnson,
9,00
Isabella McGinnis,
7 87
$28 37
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Cummings & Robinson, flour,
$30 00
R. A. Vinal & Brothers, grain,
72 80
Charles C. Grant, salary, 66 supplies,
35 00
Warren Holt, labor,
30 00
J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,
32 14
Dodge & Beard, supplies,
173 17
Stephen Tracy, medical attendance,
15 75
Higgins & Abbott, supplies,
161 47
Abbott & Clement, repairs,
4 75
Amount carried forward,
905 08
350 00
10
Amount brought forward,
$905 08
Tristum B. Bailey, superintendent,
75 00
Walter B. Allen, labor,
25 00
P. M. Jefferson, soap,
31 09
Thomas Clark, labor,
16 45
J. H. Cochrane, labor,
1 18
Mary Mc Caskin, labor,
19 00
Lucy Amnes, labor,
50 00
Augusta Townsend, labor,
13 50
Thomas C. Ames, labor,
131 25
Joshua H. Chandler, meat,
41 67
Tristum B. Bailey, waggon,
40 00
Magee & Co., stove,
22 12
Elsie Dole, coffin, 2 50; Dorcas Phelps, coffin, 2 50,
5 00
Lovell Faulkner, coffin,
4 50
G. H. Churchill, grain,
19 00
H. W. Vinal, grain,
20 90
Daniel Goodnow & Co., supplies,
83 05
John Cornell, horse,
100 00
S. G. Valpey, meat,
53 91
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal,
77 28
Hermon, Abbott,
3 14
James H. Smith,
33 88
Abbott & Holt, supplies,
5 90
Horace Conn, cow,
26 00
M. Nelson & Son, supplies,
156 64
George Worcester, meat,
5 10
Thomas Holt, boots,
3 00
$1,968 64
RELIEF OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Mrs. Wiley,
$3 50
Mrs. Sarah Smith,
2 88
Mrs. Elizabeth Leighton,
11 50
Mrs. Stephen Frye,
5 11
Mrs. Henry Mason, coffin,
5 00
Samuel G. Bean, removing paupers,
2 75
Catherine Trulan and family,
55 75
Mrs. J. Wardwell,
26 50
Nathan and Dorcas B. Chandler,
52 00
Henry Mason's child,
3 75
Mrs. William Lovejoy,
9 50
Amount carried forward,
178 24
11
$178 24
Mrs. William Lovejoy, coffin and burial, Mrs. Polly Abbott,
9 00
Laura A. Lovejoy and family,
73,00
66 66 burial expense,
9 00
Stephen Frye,
26 00
James Hovey,
20 00
W. H. Kimball, medical attendance,
6 75
Serenia Abbott,
26 00
Asa K. Wardwell,
12 32
Phebe A. Johnson and family,
39 00
Abel Abbott,
10 00
Henry M. Hovey,
13 00
Rebecca Shattuck,
26 50
Stephen Tracy, medical attendance,
9 00
$466 81
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND WARES.
Eighteen comforters, 9 00; 26 quilts, 13 00,
$22 00
Thirty chairs, 6 00; clock, 1 50,
7 50
Two dinner bells, 1 25; 2 mugs, .20,
1 45
Writing desk, 1 00; cook stove, 3 00,
4 00
Tea canister, .25; 1 doz. cups and saucers, .50,
75
Twelve dining plates, .50; 18 knives and forks, 1 25,
1 75
Five knives, 1 25; 2 pitchers, .50,
1 75
Knife tray, .25 ; 4 coffee pots, 1 50,
1 75
Two stone jugs, .62; 12 cups, .40,
1 02
Four tin ladles, .60; 4 tin wash dishes, 1 50,
2 10
Platter, .17; 2 plated spoons, .87 ; boxes, .25,
1 29
Nine German silver spoons, .75; 9 stone pots, 4 50.
5 25
Two tin cream pots, 1 00; 39 tin pans, 7 20,
8 20
Seven tin pails, 2 15; lot tin ware, .50
2 65
Two shoe brushes, .30; frying pan, .25,
55
Eighteen tin dippers, 1 00 ; skimmer, .35,
1 35
Magee stove, 20 00; 4 fluid lamps, 2 50,
22 50
Shovels and tongs, 1 50; 3 dishes, 2 00,
3 50
Demijohn, .25; 12 tumblers, .60; 12 chairs, 3 00,
3 85
Six tin lamps, .75; 15 iron spoons, .50,
1 25
Three tin pans, .75; 4 stone dishes, .80,
1 55
Eighteen bowls, 1 08; 30 plates, 1 00,
2 08
Six earthen pots, .36 ; 2 long tables, 1 50,
1 86
Amount carried forward,
99 95
Amount brought forward,
9 00
12
Amount brought forward,
$99 95
Five bread trays, 1 00; meal chest, 1 00, 2 00
Six tubs, 1 50; clothes basket, .25, 1 75
Seven air tight stoves, 10 50; cooking apparatus, 2 00,
12 50
Rocking chair, .50; 2 desks, 1 25,
1 75
Three window curtains, 1 50; 4 table cloths, 3 00,
4 50
Churn, 2 50; umbrella, 1 50; 2 sinks, 7 00,
11 00
Strainer, .25; mortar, .10 ; tunnel, . 17,
52
Cupboard, 2 00 ; tin steamer, .50,
2 50
Quart measure, .17; 12 pie plates, .75,
92
Book case, 3 00; 55 sheets, 21 20,
24 20
Forty-one pillow-cases, 2 46; 28 pillows, 4 20,
6 66
Twenty-two bolsters, 6 60 ; 18 bedsteads, 5 40,
12 00
Twenty feather beds, 40 00; 19 straw beds, 10 00,
50 00
Lantern, .75; 3 salt cellars, .25,
1 00
Medicine and chest, 4 00; 2 syringes, 1 00,
5 00
Brush, 1 00 ; 2 firkins, .50; 4 sad irons, 1 00,
2 50
Three clothes-horses, 2 50; 6 water-pails, .75,
3 25
Three cans, .90 ; 4 tables, 4 50,
5 40
Ice chest, 6 00; 3 bls. soap, 9 75; table and chest, 3 00; 2 pair steelyards, 1 83,
20 58
Three bars soap, 75; town maps, 50 00,
50 75
$318 73
Provisions.
One hundred twenty-five bus. potatoes, 62 50 ; onions, ,25, $62 75 One-half bbl. salted cucumbers, 2 00; 1 bbl. vinegar, 4 00, 6 00 Two bbls. apples, 4 00, 4 00
Forty lbs. tallow, 3 60; 4 bus. beets, 1 60, 5 20
Four hundred lbs. pork with bbls., 46 00 ; 1 bbl. beef, 16 00, 62 00
12 80
Fifty lbs. butter, 12 00; 1 bbl. crackers, 3 25,
One and one-half bbl. flour, 9 00; half bbl. rye flour, 2 00,
11 00
Six bus. beans, 12 00 ; 6 lbs. tea, 2 28,
14 28
Five lbs. tobacco, 1 00; 6 lbs. coffee, .75,
1 75
Twenty-three bus. Indian meal, 21 31; 18 bus. oats, 9 90, 31 21 Forty bus. rye, 40 00; 3 bus. pop-corn, 2 40, 42 40
Four doz. eggs, .80, 80
$269 44
Cloths and Clothing.
Eleven yds. cloth, 8 10; 12 yds. calico, 1 00 ; 2 yds. cloth, 1 00, $10 10
Two yds. flannel, .70; 6 handkerchiefs, .30, 1 00
Amount carried forward, 11 10
Fresh beef, 10 00; 20 lbs. lard, 2 80, 15 25
13
Amount brought forward, 11 10
Twelve yds. crash, 1 44; 10 yds. cambric, 2 50, 3 94
Two pr. pants, 3 50; 3 vests, 2 00; flannel shirt, .50, 6 00
Two pr. socks, .60; 1 pr. shoes, .75; batting, .25, 1 60
Three yds. cotton cloth, 25,
25
Farm Stock and Implements.
Four oxen, 250 00; 6 cows, 150 00; bull, 25 00,
$425 00
Horse, 100 00; 7 tons English hay, 126 00, 226 00
Six tons run hay, 54 00; oat straw, 5 00, 59 00
Corn fodder, 6 00; 4 blocks and tackle, 5 00, 11 00
Ox ties, 1 00; hay rope, .50; winnowing mill, 3 00, 4 50
Farmers boiler, 8 00 ; bog hoe, .25; 450 ft. plank, 6 75,
15 00
Three pick-axes, .60; 4 whiffletrees, 1 50,
2 10
Nine stake chains, 3 00; 3 iron bars, 3 00,
6 00
Five chains, 9 50 ; turf knife, 2 00,
11 50
Four manure forks, 4 00; spade, .80,
4 80
Ox scraper, 3 00; 3 shovels, 1 86,
4 86
Six ploughs, 24 00; cultivator, 3 00; 4 axes, 3 00,
30 00
Beetle and wedges, .50 ; iron vice, 5 00; old iron, 1 00,'
6 50
Three yokes, 5 00 ; blasting tools, 2 00, 7 00
4 50
Two hand-saws, 1 00; 6 pitchforks, 3 00; hay-cutter, 3 50, 7 50 Four ladders, 6 00; scalding-tub, .75, 6 75
240 00
Wheelbarrow, 4 50; 3 hoes, 1 50; 22 fowls, 8 80, 14 80
4 75
Six cider barrels, 4 50; 93 flour barrels, 7 40,
11 90
Draw-shave, .50; 4 ox-muzzles, .50,
1 00
Four baskets, 1 50; 12 meal bags, 2 50,
4 00
Twenty-one cords dry wood, 94 50; 30 cords green wood, 90 00, 184 50
Six cords peat, 18 00; 6 tons coal, 42 00,
60 00
Ox-wagon, 50 00; ox-sled, 4 50, 54 50
92 00
Buggy-chaise, 25 00; harrow, 5 00,
30 00
Two harnesses, 9 00 ; sleigh, 12 00,
21 00
Pung, 8 00; 2 ox-carts, 55 00 ; hammer, .60,
63 60
Grindstone, 8 00 ; scraper, .50,
8 50
Eight scythes and snaths, 5 00; monkey-wrench, 1 00, 6 00
Garden seeds, 3 00; stand. w'ts. and measures, 200 00,
203 00
$1,831 56
Total of personal estate,
$2,442 62
2
$22 89
Iron square, .75; 3 augers, 75; brace and bitts, 3 00,
Seven shotes, 90 00; 30 cords manure, 150 00,
One robe, 2 50; 3 wood-saws, 1 50; 3 chisels, .75,
Two horse-wagons, 90 00; drag, 2 00,
14
PAUPERS IN THE ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of paupers in the Almshouse during the year,
29
Whole number of weeks' board,
938
foreign paupers entertained, 184
weeks board, 52
DEATHS IN ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Lovell Faulkner, aged 75 years.
Dorcas Phelps,
82
Elsie Dole, 60 79 "
Sybil French,
75
REMAINING IN THE ALMSHOUSE.
Over eighty years of age,
1
Between seventy and eighty years of age,
6
sixty and seventy,
1
fifty and sixty, " 66
3
thirty and forty,
2
five and thirteen,
3
-
Whole number of paupers remaining in Almshouse, 16
15
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT.
CHARLES C. GRANT'S ACCOUNT
Dr
To cash received on settlement, Feb. 17, 1859,
$0 65
for vegetables,
8 65
" lumber wagon,
2 00
" labor,
7 50
" hay and straw,.
4 83
" apples, 4 25; grain, 2 00,
6 25
"
" milk,
3 98
" old iron,
8 06
of Town Treasurer,
35 00
Note of Jehiel Cochrane,
11 50
$88 42
-
Cr.
By cash paid for clothing,
$5 25
" sundries,
3 36
" grain,
4 33
" freight,
5 08
" medicines,
1 67
" fish,
1 51
" crackers,
3 16
" groceries,
3 53
Upton & King,
12 49
E. Hussey,
6 50
D. Jameson,
4 82
66
for labor,
19 47
" boots and shoes,
2 85
on hand to balance,
14 40
$88 42
60
16
T. B. BAILEY'S ACCOUNT. Dr.
To cash received of C. C. Grant, April 1st, 1859,
$14 40
for pork and pigs,
131 98
vegetables,
73 55
66
milk,
33 58
labor,
161 53
hay and straw,
21 96
grain,
1 50
16
66
peas,
33 75
.
.
. .
house rent,
6 00
5 50
:
66
sundries,
5 49
16
of Town Treasurer,
75.00
$602 49
Cr.
By cash paid for flour and grain,
$59 05
" groceries,
20 77
William Poor,
20 25
for seeds,
13 10
" tools and furniture,
38 21
" bedding and clothing,
32 28
" medicines,
22 07
William Barnett,
10 51
'66
for lime,
2 80
to paupers,
6 50
for vinegar,
8 99
60
" meat,
102 29
" blacksmith's bill,
1 95
" crackers, 10 25; boots and shoes, 7 50,
17 75
" labor on farm,
66 15
"
fish, 1 73; freight, 4 02,
5 75
school books,
3 22
" shotes,
34 22
" bull,
10 00
E. Hussey,
8 91
J. M. Hardy,
9 75
Robt. Bell, for cow,
22 00
66
for sleigh,
16 00
and bills to balance,
64 07
$602 49
.
66
A. McFarland,
6 00
muck,
calves and hides,
34 27
butter, 1 98,; map, 1 00,
2 98
lodging prisoners,
1 00
66
66
:.
66
17
COST OF SUPPORTING PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE,
To cash paid by Overseers' orders,
$1968 64
66
C. C. Grant,
74 02
66
T. B. Bailey,
538 42
Interest upon Town Farm,
600 00
Whole cost of supporting paupers in Almshouse,
$3181 08
Credit by income from Town Farm, 690 91
$2490 17
Whole number weeks board, 990. Cost per week,
$2 512
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Town of Andover in account with John Harding, Town Agent.
Dr
To cash paid Town Trearurer,
$1,883 30
" stock on hand, Feb. 5, 1860,
198 87
$2,082 17
Cr.
By stock on hand, Feb. 7, 1859,
$257 28
cash of Town for liquor bills,
1,521 06
freight and expenses,
25 84
" 66 Agent's salary,
187 50
balance gain for the year,
90 49
$2,082 17
2*
18
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Andover in cash account with Edward Taylor, Treasurer, 1859. Dr.
To Paid Abbott & Clement, balance for Town House, $385 00
Building Committee, balance for grading, etc.
136 91
66 66 balance for furnishing, 375 10
66 for dedication, 105 90
County tax, (Andover and N. Andover) 4,911 09
State "
1,611 00
66
66 sundry persons, dog tax of 1858,
55 00
sundry persons, interest on Town debt,
1,589 73
sundry persons, (reducing debt)
1,850 00
discount on taxes, at six per cent., 796 25 )
867 79
four “ 66
71 54
" Selectmen's orders, current expenses,
6,286 43
" Schools,
3,602 41
" Schoolhouses, 715 00
2,632 39
Selectmen and Auditors, 25 00
Feb. 14, 1860, to balance due of tax assessed 1859,* 82 14
To cash in Treasurer's hands, to balance, 6,241 30
$31,472 19
Cr.
By cash on hand, Feb. 16, 1859, $3,880 94
bal. due from T. B. Bailey, Collector, 1858, 2,769 97
66
Lawrence,
18 00
66
" W. Richardson, board bill,
35 00
Trustees of Free Schools,
60 00
' A. P. Berry, for apples,
5 25
for map of the Town, 1 26
65 of A. W. Dodge, interest dis. on Co. tax, 44 20
" B. & M. Railroad, for horse killed, 25 00
" North Andover, (State and Co. tax), 2,545 27
Amount carried forward,
$9,458 84
* Feb. 27, due $47.11.
Received of H. W. Abbott, bal. of Liquor Agency, Newburyport, pauper ac't.,
21 45
52 50
Overseers of the poor, orders,
19
Amount brought forward,
$9,458 84
By Received of Orin Barnard, cranberries,
2 00
State Treasurer, school fund,
196 77
16
66 Town Clerk, license of 171 dogs,
199 00
sundry persons, dog fines,
40 00
66
Liquor Agent,
1,883 30
66 for rent of Town House,
599 63
" · Assessors' Warrant for tax assessed in 1859,
19,092 65
E. & O. E.
$31,472 19
EDWARD TAYLOR, Treasurer. ANDOVER, Feb. 14, 1860.
Town Treasurer in Account current with Notes Payable.
Dr.
Cr.
1859.
Feb. 16, To balance due,
$26,500 00
By paid during the year,
$1,850 00
By balance of notes out- standing, 24,650 00
$26,500 00
$26,500 00
1860.
Feb. 14, To balance out-
standing, $24,650 00
E. E.
EDWARD TAYLOR, Treasurer.
ANDOVER, Feb. 14, 1860.
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Punchard Free School, in obedience 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, 1860.
The permanent Fund of Forty Thousand Dollars is invested in Valid Notes and Real Estate Securities, $40,000 00
Receipts.
Balance of cash on hand as per last Report,
$559 42
Interest received since said Report, 2,670 86
32 50
$3,262 78
Expense Account.
Cash paid W. G. Goldsmith, Principal,
$800 00
66 Sarah L. Bailey, Assistant,
355 17
H. I. Eaton,
144 83
M. Foster, Jr., Treasurer,
100 00
66
W. G. Goldsmith, ac't. for sundries,
51 56
Thos. Donnovan,
10 62
66
66
Patrick Donnovan,
10 31
66
Francis Carson,
10 62
66
S. F. Beard, ac't.,
1 29
S. Bodell, hauling gravel,
40 63
66 Amos Dane, labor,
5 80
Hovey & Co., trees and freight,
21 83
66
Abbott & Clement, labor and stock,
73 58
" Sands & Byers, books and stationery,
14 52
Amount carried forward,
$1,671 74
1
Cash received for grass sold in 1858,
Robert Fleming, labor on grounds,
30 98
21
Amount brought forward,
$1,671 74
66 Henry Abbott, 2d, janitor,
50 00
ac't. for sundries. 5 42
- Higgins & Abbott, " 66
2 48
66 Abbott's Express,
8 73
66
A. Wilbur & Co., school slates,
35 50
66
Seth Shearman, repairing clock,
2 00
66 Loring & Churchill, surveying instruments,
39 00
66
Joseph Abbott, ac't.,
4 57
66
66 T. E. Mayberry & Co., Coal,
75 90
66
H. Burton, ac't.,
70
66
Rand & Avery, printing,
6 13
66
66
J. R. French, ac't.,
3 00
66
E. S. Richie, philosophical apparatus,
150 00
1 30
66 Wm. Eaton, repairs on roof,
1 50
66
66 Wilson & Thompson, labor, etc.,
3 01
66
Joseph Richardson, loan,
7 00
1 96
Wm. Barnett, “
5 53
66 E. P. Higgins, “
4 58
$2,080 05
Cash credited to Note account as per last Report, and since invested, 1,000 00
Cash deposited in Andover Bank to balance,
182 73
$3,262 78
66 E. Taylor, expense to Boston,
J. R. Loring, ac't.,
J. H. MERRILL, GEORGE MOOAR, NATHAN FRYE, MOSES FOSTER, JR., JOHN ABBOTT, EDWARD TAYLOR, JOSEPH SHATTUCK.
22
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Notes due by the Town, Due School Districts, 66 66 Houses,
$24,650 00
1,659 84
209 79
$26,519 63
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Cash in hands of the Treasurer,
6,241 30
Balance of Taxes due from Collector,
82 14
Due from Town of Lawrence,
2 80
66 66 " Cambridge,
6 00
66 66 " Marblehead,
8 00
66 " North Andover,
8 85
Stock on hand, Liquor Agency,
198 87
Due from T. B. Bailey, Supt., cash and bills,
64 07
$6,612 03
Balance against the Town, Feb. 13, 1860,
$19,907 60
reported against the Town, Feb. 17, 1859, 66
$22,687 70
Feb. 13, 1860, 19,907 60
Decrease of Town liabilities for 1860, $2,780 10
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
$15,000 $17,000 00 Land adjoining,
Fire Department.
Engine House and land,
$900 00
-
$2100 00
Iron safe in T. Clerk's office,
166 00
Pauper Department.
Farm and Buildings, $7,557 38 ~ $10,000 00
Personal Property as per Inventory, 2,442 62
$29,266 00
Town House and fixtures,
2,000 S
Engine and apparatus, 1200 00
23
Whole number of Orders drawn by Selectmen, 173, $6,286 43 Number of Orders drawn for Schools, 61, 3,602 41
66 School Houses, .18, 715 00
66 66 66 by Overseers of Poor, 90, 2,632 39
$13,236 23
Tax Assessed, - Current expenses,
$8,000 00
Schools,
3,500 00
Town House,
1,500 00
County Tax,
2,994 52
State Tax,
982 30
Overlay,
856 30
Highway, re-assessed,
1,045 53
Abbott District,
214 00
$19,092 65
The amount of Remittance to each Collector for the following years; also the amounts due from said Collectors at the close of the yearly account.
Remittance.
Due from Collector.
Tax of 1856. Jonas Holt,
$299 32
$1,301 29
‹: " 1857. Asa H. Brown, 487 72
2,327 86
" 1858. Tristum B. Bailey, 446 66
2,769 97
( " 1859.
Edward Taylor, 227 45
82 14
The undersigned having carefully examined the foregoing accounts, and finding them correct and well vouched, present their Report to the Town for its acceptance.
WILLIAM CHICKERING, - JOHN. CORNELL, Auditors.
JAMES BAILEY,
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