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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT OF
Receipts and Gruenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 18, 1862.
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1862.
THE
AUDITORS' REPORT OF
Receipts and Cruenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 18, 1862.
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1862.
REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SCHOOLS.
APPROPRIATION for the year 1861,
$3,500 00
Balance due the several Districts, Feb. 14th, 1861,
1,630 78
Amount received from State School Fund,
152 00
$5,282 78
1861.
1862.
DISTRICTS.
Feb. 14. Cr.
Appropria- tion.
Credit.
Paid.
Feb. 14. Cr.
Centre South
242.60
577.00
$ 819.60
$ 601.75
$ 217.85
Phillips . .
198.30
279.00
477.30
350.60
126.70
Village
176.59
486.00
662.59
460.14
202.45
Ballard Vale
247.34
481.00
728.34
545.00
183.34
Scotland
100.27
240.00
340.27
255.43
84.84
Holt
93.16
215.00
308.16
210.00
98.16
Centre West
115.19
242.00
357.19
339.90
17.29
Frye
177.27
394.00
571.27
415.38
155.89
North
153.00
153.00
96.25
56.75
Abbot .
75.45
160.00
235.45
165.50
69.95
Bailey
110.06
225.00
335.06
230.65
104.41
Osgood
94.55
200.00
294.55
280.55
14.00
1630.78
3652.00
5282.78
3951.15
1331.63
Whole amount due the Districts,
$5,282 78
Orders paid to Feb. 14, 1862, $3,951 15 )
Balance due Districts, Feb. 14, 1862, 1,331 63 S
5,282 78
$
$
4
SCHOOL HOUSES.
1861.
1862.
DISTRICTS.
February 14. Cr.
Tax.
Credit.
Paid.
Dr.
February 14. Cr.
Centre, S.
114.08
114.08
$ 55.31
$ 58 77
Phillips
111.58
111.58
100.24
11.34
Village
18.01
281.48
299.49
263.64
35.85
Ballard Vale
388.48
388.48
386.67
1.81
Scotland . .
Holt .
13.88
13.88
13.88
Centre, W.
.14
.14
Frye
74.29
74.29
71.53
2.76
North
14.98
14.98
12.81
2.17
Abbot .
30.17
287.07
317.24
112.19
205.05
Bailey .
Osgood
64.73
64.73
58.62
6.11
.14
653.89
744.86
1398.75
1061.01
.14
337.74
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Annual pay of members,
$227 60
T. E. Mayberry & Co., drawing engine, and wood,
8 00
John C. Morse, janitor,
9 50
Abbott & Holt, oil,
8 82
Henry G. Kimball, removing snow from reservoirs,
2 00
Smith, Dove & Co., packing for engine,
56
S. G. Valpey, tallow for engine,
32
$256 80
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Paid Edward F. Porter,
$1294 88
John Harding,
150 00
transportation and express,
27 09
$1471 97
Dr.
$
$
$
5
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Silas Shed, grading road at Wood Hill,
$239 00
labor on district No. 17,
3 00
Ebenezer Jenkins, repairing bridge,
12 00
Samuel Bailey,
2 50
Simeon Hardy, removing wall,
19 20
John T. Bailey, labor on district No. 17,
2 16
John B. Jenkins, Pine Hole bridge,
labor on district No. 9,
25 98
Henry Dane, 66 No. 22,
8 71
Charles C. Blunt,
No. 25,
9 50
Milton Moore, Ballard Vale bridge,
2 00
William Hardy, railing road at Wood Hill,
80 07
James H. Cochran, iron for railing
19 44
Asa A. Abbot, posts for railing,
8 25
John Ragan, labor on Pearson street,
8 75
Tristam B. Bailey, labor on Peters' Hill,
25 00
Charles O. Cummings, labor on district No. 1,
83 30
J. Burt, 66
8 12
Herman Phelps, railing on district No. 14,
23 50
Jenkins & Thompson, repairing bridge,
11 99
Nathaniel Whittier, labor on district No. 10,
18 05
Jeremiah Goldsmith, railing road,
20 61
Simeon Bardwell, labor on district No. 17,
35 62
$686 75
OVERWORK ON ROADS.
Dist. No. 3, Moses Abbott,
$3 25
6, D. I. C. Hidden, Henry Brownell,
1 25
66
7, Jeremiah Goldsmith,
5 28
8, Adolphus F. Woodbridge,
4 74
9, John B. Jenkins,
9 00
10, Nathaniel Whittier,
7 77
12, Charles M. Abbott,
1 40
66
14, Herman Phelps,
10 00
17, John T. Bailey,
10 00
18, Joshua Phelps,
5 59
21, William Merrill
10 00
66
22, Henry Dane,
10 00
23, David Poland,
1 62
26, Willard Pike,
34 40
27, Sylvester Merrill,
4 74
$130 96
11 92
20 00
6
EXPENSES OF REMOVING SNOW.
Dist. No.
1, Moses Abbott,
$7 35
2, John Abbott, 9 88
3, Moses Abbott,
6 25
D. I. C. Hidden,
8 07
4, Stephen D. Abbott,
25 50
5, John B. Abbott,
21 06
6, Henry Brownell, T. P. Allen,
13 22
7, Jeremiah Goldsmith,
27 74
8, Adolphus F. Woodbridge,
7 37
9, John B. Jenkins,
26 31
10, Nathaniel Whittier,
8 25
George Smith
6 25
66
12, Charles M. Abbott,
10 20
11 25
"
14, Herman Phelps,
16 75
66
16, P. B. Follansbee,
2 25
16, Asa W. Livingston,
17 17
17, Joseph B. Pearson,
37 54
18, Joshua Phelps,
31 12
19, James Bailey,
17 71
20, Stephen Webster,
25 26
21, Artemas Kendall
45 47
22, Thomas Clark,
6 50
Henry Dane,
26 62
23, George Upton,
23 04
David Poland,
8 37
24, Stephen Lovejoy,
11 62
25, Charles C. Blunt,
20 62
Ballard Holt,
14 01
26, Peter French,
50
27, Sylvester Merrill,
3 50
28, Milton Moore,
17 19
James Shaw,
4 37
$576 27
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Clement, Coburn, & Co., shoes for military company, $102 50
Charles W. Freeland & Co., uniforms, 858 00
Charles Rice & Cook, military hats,
62 25
Amount carried forward, $1022 75
7 12
13, J. H. Chandler, Robert Winning,
17 69
15, P. M. Jefferson,
10 21
11, Elijah Hussey,
22 94
7
Amount brought forward, $1022 75
Marland Manufacturing Co., flannel for company, 188 92
Haughton, Sawyer, & Co., blankets, 355 50
Andover volunteer company, $17 to each, by vote of town, 1496 00
Andover volunteer company, for drill,
2169 00
J. W. Barnard, for shoes,
2 42
William Chickering, fitting up armory,
10 11
Henry G. Kimball, returning drums, uniforms, &c.,
4 00
S. G. Bean,
1 75
Andover volunteer company, fitting out recruits,
122 43
Paid by Selectmen, aid to families of volunteers, com- prising 191 individuals, 5362 92
$10,735 80
Estimated amount due from the State,
4,089 00
Leaving the expense of soldiers to the town,
$6,646 80
TAXES.
HIGHWAY TAXES WORKED AND REASSESSED.
Dist. No.
1, Moses Foster, jr.,
$123 70
2, John Abbott,
48 92
3, D. I. C. Hidden,
114 62
66
4, Stephen D. Abbott,
6 60
66
5, John B. Abbott,
11 24
6, Henry Brownell,
14 05
66
7, Jeremiah Goldsmith,
16 25
66
9, John B. Jenkins,
49 39
66
10, Nathaniel Whittier,
11
93
11, Elijah Hussey,
9 13
66
12, Charles M. Abbott,
29 12
13, Robert Winning,
73 39
66
14, Herman Phelps,
21 63
15, P. M. Jefferson,
24 59
16, Asa W. Livingston,
33 24
17, John T. Bailey,
16 88
18, Joshua Phelps,
23 66
19, James Bailey,
53 02
20, Stephen Webster,
48 81
66
21, William Merrill,
42 98
Amount carried forward,
$773 15
8
Amount brought forward, Dist. No. 22, Henry Dane,
$773 15
25 84
66
23, George Upton,
105 02
24, Edward H. Boutwell,
29 41
25, Charles C. Blunt,
27 76
26, Willard Pike,
157 81
66
27, Sylvester Merrill,
35 60
28, Milton Mooar,
26 58
$1181 17
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
Edward Taylor,
$288 81
"
tax of soldiers,
142 45
$431 26
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Edward Taylor, tax of 1860,
$29 91
66 1861,
55 44
$85 35
SERVICES OF OFFICERS.
George Mooar, School Committee,
$40 00
James Bailey, 42 00
George Foster, 57 00
Edward Taylor, collecting taxes, 193 86
" Treasurer for the year, 50 00
66 recording marriages, deaths, &c., for 1860, 41 00 5 88
4 00
Robert Callahan, police,
2 00
Walter B. Allen, 66
2 00
Henry G. Kimball, «
10 00
Asa A. Abbot, Selectman and Overseer,
150 00
William S. Jenkins,
60
167 00
Benjamin Boynton, 6 66
175 00
John T. Bailey, notifying officers,
S. G. Bean,
$939 74
.
9
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
John J. Brown, fixtures at Town House,
$11 62
Hobart Clark, postage, 10 26
Horace Bodwell, repairs on Town House,
7 00
James K. Barker, plan for road near S. Flint,
12 00
Jenkins & Thompson,
47 95
Peter French, labor at Town House,
17 60
J. L. Fairbanks, tax and valuation blank, 1 50
William Callahan, removing flag-pole, 9 61
H. G. Kimball, janitor Town House,
141 50
Herman Abbott, removing weights, &c.,
1 75
Thomas Groom & Co., collector's book,
1 00
Abbott & Holt, oil, &c., Town House,
26 43
W. F. Draper, school books and printing,
280 67
William P. Millett, express,
2 76
Barnard & Holt, painting and graining in Town House,
5 99
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal, Town House,
26 00
J. W. Daniels, (agent,) insurance on Town House,
40 00
H. R. Moreley, State map,
6 00
H. G. Kimball, County map,
2 25
Herman Abbott, mats, Town House,
57
Edward P. Abbott, returning 8 deaths,
80
Henry Abbott, 2d, 66 11
1 10
Eben P. Higgins, painting guide boards,
3 00
Dodge & Beard, oil, Town House,
8 00
Abbott's Express,
5 67
Samuel Raymond, postage,
3 89
William Barnett, repairs in Town House,
4 79
James H. Smith, repairing tools,
1 48
Robert Callahan, returning 47 deaths,
4 70
Jonas Holt, distributing envelops,
1 50
John R. Loring, repairing locks, &c., Town House,
2 00
Sands & Byers, school books and stationery,
28 03
John Cromby, returning 16 deaths,
1 60
S. G. Bean, furnishing dinners and horses,
13 00
Herman Phelps, returning 22 deaths,
2 20
Henry G. Kimball, paid repairs on furnace,
6 35
John J. Brown, Town House,
1 34
Asa A. Abbott, entering petition to County Commissioners, 3 20
$772 83
2
Nathaniel Wilson, collector of Lawrence, tax on woodland, 27 72
10
SUMMARY.
Whole amount of Selectmen's orders,
$17,268 90
Military department,
$10,735 80
Overwork on roads,
130 96
Removing snow,
576 27
Miscellaneous,
772 83
Liquor,
1,471 97
Services of officers,
939 74
Roads and bridges,
686 75
Fire department,
256 80
Highways,
1,181 17
Remittance of taxes,
431 26
Abatement of taxes,
85 35
$17,268 90
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
RELIEF OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Amanda A. Goodwin,
$10 78
Leonard W. Bean's family,
133 00
Phebe A. Johnson and family,
39 00
Serena Abbott,
26 00
Anna Jones,
21 50
Dolly Shed's child,
28 50
Osgood Woodbridge,
12 50
Peabody Gowin,
9 00
Judith Wardwell,
26 00
Dorcas P. Chandler,
26 00
Asa K. Wardwell,
32 75
Robert Fleming, coffin and burial,
9 00
Patrick McEmoe,
11 00
Alexander Messer, burial,
3 50
Lucy Gray,
8 00
Mrs. Messer's son, coffin,
5 00
Mrs. Russell's child, coffin,
3 25
Joseph Russell,
12 50
Amount carried forward,
$417 28
11
Amount brought forward,
$417 28
Betsey J. Cheever,
3 00
Mrs. Wiley,
12 38
Mrs. Mason,
6 00
Thomas C. Mason,
11 27
Polly Abbott, burial,
2 00
John Lucy,
3 00
Samuel A. Goldsmith,
6 50
Mrs. Lucy's son, coffin,
5 00
David Goodwin,
11 00
Mary J. Abbott,
5 53
Phebe Davis, burial,
3 00
Joseph V. Allen,
4 00
John Charlwood,
9 00
Eunice Goldsmith,
15 00
Catharine Hart,
3 00
James Nichols,
4 93
John Townley,
9 00
Benjamin Cameron,
4 75
Benjamin Cheever,
3 00
Mary Hutchingson,
3 00
$541 64
PAID TO CITIES AND TOWNS.
State Lunatic Hospital, Lydia B. Frye, 66 66 Peter Higgins,
$151 24
30 43
North Andover, Mrs. William Kimball,
25 30
House of Correction, Israel A. Berry,
6 57
North Reading, Charles B. Abbott,
15 02
$228 56
CHARGED OTHER TOWNS.
Newton, J. G. Hunter, $14 50
Kingston, William Perkins,
15 99
Newburyport, Rebecca Merrill,
21 50
Oxford, Isabella Grimley,
28 50
Salem, Thomas C. Clement,
10 00
$90 49
12
COMMITMENTS.
Samuel G. Bean, $15 90
ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
George Worcester, meat,
$25 96
G. H. Churchill, grain,
94 00
Herman Phelps, meat,
17 82
Augusta Townsend, labor,
92 00
J. H. Chandler, meat,
11 25
W. H. Kimball, medical attendance,
15 00
Herman Abbott, chairs,
2 00
M. Nelson & Son, supplies,
385 21
David Jameson, meat,
160 09
Abbott & Holt, supplies,
238 29
Dodge & Beard,
367 69
Stephen Tracy, medical attendance,
1 00
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal,
100 15
Brooks F. Holt, ice,
10 00
Horace A. Hobart, labor,
64 00
Benjamin Boynton, flour,
40 50
Jenkins & Thompson, sink and labor,
6 89
P. M. Jefferson, soap,
38 89
William Barnett, supplies,
10 89
James H. Smith,
50 48
Tristum B. Bailey, salary,
300 00
John J. Brown, supplies,
11 57
$2043 68
PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of paupers in the Almshouse during the year,
37
Whole number of weeks' board,
1363
1
Whole number of foreign paupers entertained,
468
Whole number of weeks' board,
133
DEATHS IN ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Isabella Grimley, aged 50 years.
James Hunter, 62 years.
13
REMAINING IN THE ALMSHOUSE.
Over eighty years of age,
Between seventy and eighty years of age,
3
sixty and seventy
5
fifty and sixty 3
forty and fifty 66
2
66 thirty and forty 66
4
ten and fifteen 66
3
one and ten
4
Whole number of paupers remaining in Almshouse, 26
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND WARES.
Seven air-tight stoves, 10.00; 7 tables, 10.75; 66 chairs, 16.50, $37 25
Magee stove, 15.00; Cook stove, 3.00 ; 2 clocks, 2.50, . 20 50
Medicine chest, 4.00 ; 2 syringes, 2.00 ; 3 oil-cans, 1.00, 7 00
Bread-trough, .75; 2 cream-pots, 1.00; chest, .50; lan- tern, .75, 3 00
Long table, 1.50 ; 2 dinner bells, 1.00 ; 7 sad-irons, 3.50, Three clothes-horses, 2.50 ; 2 umbrellas, 3.00 ; } dozen brooms, 1.12, 6 62
6 00
Thirty-seven tin pans, 7.00 ; 5 trays, 1.00 ; 2 pairs steel- yards, 1.83,
9 83
Cooking-stove and apparatus, 2.25; brush, .75; 3 mop- handles, .30,
3 30
Seven lamps, .75; 2 demijohns, .50; 3 skimmers, .75; 2 kettles, 3.00, 5 00
Writing-desk, 1.00; 2 stone jugs, .62 ; 1} doz. cups and saucers, .60, 2 22
Four pitchers, 1.00; 4 mugs, .38; 15 teaspoons, 1.75 ; 18 tumblers, 1.12,
4 25
Dishes, 1.38; 2 plated spoons, 87; knife-tray, .25; 30 bowls, 2.00, 4 30
Forty knives and forks, 3.75 ; 2 platters, 1.25 ; 5 butcher- knives, 1.25, 6 25
Four coffee-pots, 1.50 ; 2 tea-pots, 1.00; 30 iron spoons, 1.00, 3 50
Plates, 4.00 ; 6 tin ladles, 1.75; 7 wash dishes, 2.50; 3 tea-cans, .75, 9 00
One steamer, .50 ; 9 stone pots, 4.50 ; 10 earthen pots, 60, 5 60 Three quart measures, .60 ; 4 tunnels, .67, 1 27
Seven tin pails, 2.00; 7 lamps, 2.00 ; 5 bake-pans, .75 ; teapot, .50, 5 25
2
Amount carried forward,
$140 14
14
Amount brought forward, $140 14 Strainer, .40 ; tin-ware, 4.00 ; mortar, .25; 5 boxes, .30 ; firkin, .25, 5 20
Four dust-pans, .80; 2 chopping-knives, .40; 6 pails, 1.00; cradle, .50, 2 70
Thirty-four comforters, 34.00 ; 21 quilts, 10.00 ; 63 sheets, 30.00, 74 00
Forty-one pillow-cases, 2.00; 28 pillows, 4.20 ; 22 bol- sters, 6.60, 12 80
Twenty bedsteads, 6.00; 20 feather-beds 40.00; 20 straw beds, 10.00, 56 00 Ten tubs, 5.00 ; 1 doz. pails, .75; chest and meal; 2.00 ; candles, 2.92, 10 67
Four stone jars, 2.40; churn, 2.50 ; ice-chest, 5.00 ; din- ing set, 6.29, 16 19
Six table-cloths, 6.00 ; book-case, 3.00 ; 5 firkins, 1.25, 10 25
Four barrels soap, 14.00 ; bar soap, 8.00 ; valise, .50, 22 50
$350 45
FARM STOCK AND IMPLEMENTS.
Two harnesses,·30.00 : 6 shovels and spades, 3.00, $33 00 Sixteen casks, 8.00 ; 8 baskets, 4.00 ; 2 pairs ox-muzzles, .50, 12 50
Sole leather, 6.00 ; set of measures, 1.20 ; draw-shave, .50, 7 70 . Three iron bars, 3.00; 4 manure forks, 4,00; 3 wood- saws, 1.50, 8 50
Blocks and ropes, 4.00 ; scalding tub, .75; hay rope, .50, Six hay forks, 3.00 ; ox-ties, 1.00 ; swine, 40.00 ; 3 flails, 1.00, 45 00
5 25
Corn-fodder, 6.00; 16 tons hay, 280.00; 4 ladders, 6.00, 292 00 Two pairs oxen, 210.00 ; 6 cows, 150.00 ; bull, .25 ; horse, 75.00, 460 00
Thirty-four fowls, 17.00 ; 2 ox-yokes, 10.00; lot manure, 170.00, 197 00
Pine plank, 2.00 ; drag, 2.00 ; ox-sled, 25.00 ; pung, 10.00 39 00
Thirty-five bushels rye, 30.00; 4 axes, 2.00 ; 50 bushels corn, 37.00, 69 00
Ox-wagon, 40.00; ox-sled, 25.00 ; 2 carts, 45.00 110 00
Five chains, 8.00 ; ox-scraper, 1.50 ; hay-cutter, 3.50, 13 00
Sleigh, 12.00 ; wheelbarrow, 4.50 ; wagon-top, 30.00, 46 50
Two wagons, 85.00 ; stake-chains, 1.50; harrow, 5.00, 91 50
Cultivator, 3.00 ; 5 ploughs, 30.00; 4 whiffletrees, 1.50, 34 50
Two pickaxes, 12.0; 2 stone-hammers, 1.00; 2 peat- knives, 2.00, 4 20
Amount carried forward,
$1,468 65
15
Amount brought forward, $1,468 65
Two robes, 8.00 ; grain-cradle, 3.50 ; 4 rakes, .80, 12 30 Twelve meal-bags, 2.50 ; bog-hoe, .25 ; brace of bits, 3.00, 5 75 Two saws, and square, 1.75; 2 augers, .75; blasting tools, 2.00, 4 50
Winnowing-mill, 3.00; 8 scythes and snaiths, 5.00 ; wrench, 1.00, 9 00
Nine hoes; 3.60 ; lot of iron, 2.00 ; grindstone, 7.50, 13 10
Eighty flour bbls., 5.60; seeds, 2.00; beetle and wedges, 1.00, 8 60 Scraper, .50 ; 2 sickles, .25 : hammer, .60 ; iron vice, 5.00, 6 35 Lot of bricks, 5.00 ; 2 cart-spires, 1.50 ; 17 bushels wheat, 21.25, 27 75
Horse-rake, 4.00,
4 00
$1,560 00
PROVISIONS.
Three barrels of flour, 21.00 ; 1000 lbs. shorts, 10.00 ; to- bacco, 1.50, $32 50
Beans, 4.00 ; coffee, 4.00 ; sugar, 5.00 ; shells, 2.00; sale- ratus, 2.00, 13 00
Tea, 36.50 ; 100 pounds fish, 3.50 ; cranberries, 2,25; ap- ples, 2.00, 44 25
Salt beef, 24.50 ; pork, 28.00 ; vinegar, 2.00 ; molasses, 4.00, 58 50
Lard, 5.00; butter, 9.75; potatoes, 50.00; beets, 5.00; oats, 9.00, 73 75
Turnips, 17.50; 14 hams, 28.00 ; mutton, 4.80 ; pickles, 2.00, 52 00.
Barrel crackers, 3.00, 3 00
$277 00
CLOTHS AND CLOTHING.
Hats, 3.00 ; yarn, 1.00 ; socks, 4.50 ; 1 pr. pantaloons, 1.00, 9 50
Satinet, 7.50; calico, 7.94 ; crash, .50 ; handkerchiefs, 37, 16 31 Flannel, 5,00 ; threads, 4.00 ; selicia, 1.00 ; cotton cloth, .25, 10 25 Cloth for overalls, 2.00 ; suspenders, .60 ; cotton batting, 1.50, 3 10
Boots and shoes, 3.00 ; curtains, 2.75; cloth, 1.00, 6 75
$45 91
FUEL.
Thirty cords white pine wood, 90.00 ; 10 do. birch, 40.00, 130 00 Six tons coal, 36.00 ; 3 cords peat, 9.00, 45 00
$175 00
Whole amount of Inventory,
$2,408 36
16
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
To balance from last account,
$32 44
Received for pigs,
66 35
" vegetables,
[21 25
milk,
35 48
labor,
70 14
oxen,
130 00
hay and straw,
25 00
lodging prisoners,
1
. 50
calves and hides,
23 14
Balance due Superintendent,
24 53
$429 83
CR.
By cash paid for groceries,
66
crackers,
21 75
fish,
44 04
labor,
66 77
66 66 meat, 28.19 ; clothing, 23.68,
51 87
66
66
oxen, 85.00 ; shotes, 10.00,
95 00
H. Phelps, pasturing,
7 00
66
paupers, 8.60 ; E. Hussey, 17.53,
26 13
66
66
Wm. B. Lovejoy, 12.00 ; sundries, 16.00, 28 00
14 00
Cash and bills due,
14 11
$429 83
COST OF SUPPORTING PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE.
To cash paid by Overseers' orders,
$2.043 68
T. B. Bailey,
429 83
Interest upon Town Farm,
600 00
Credit by income from Town Farm,
$3,073 51
405 30
$2,668 21
66
66 books, 2.71; medicine, 4.50,
7 21
66
66
66 60 J. Tuck, whitewashing,
$53 95
66
17
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Town of Andover in account with John Harding, Town Agent.
DR.
To cash paid Treasurer, $1,631 33
" liquor and other property on hand, Feb. 6, 1862, 172 73
$1,804 06
CR.
By stock on hand, Feb. 6, 1861,
$321 49
cash of Town for liquors, 66
1,294 88
" " " transportation,
27.09
Agent's salary,
150 00
Profit,
10 60
$1,804 06
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Andover in account current with Edward Taylor, Town Treasurer.
DR.
To Paid County Tax for 1861,
$3,319 02
66 State Tax for 1861,
831 00
" sundry persons (interest on.debt),
1,461 35
66
66 sundry persons (on account of debt),
925 05
discount on taxes at 6 per cent, 706 32 )
815 51
66 66 6
4 "
109 19
Paid Selectmen's orders, current expenses,
17,268 90
66 for schools,
3,951 15
66
school-houses,
1,061 01
66 Paid Overseers of the Poor, orders,
2,919 37
66 Selectmen and Auditors,
25 00
439 89
Balance of taxes unpaid, Feb. 18, 1862,
66 Cash in Treasurer's hands, Feb. 18, 1862, to balance, 2,791 94
$35,809 14
3
18
CR.
By cash on hand, Feb. 12, 1861,
$5,83 737
balance taxes unpaid, Feb. 12, 1861,
368 66
" additional taxes (tax of 1860),
32 38
By received of Lawrence, pauper account,
2 80
Oxford,
4 00
66
66 Newburyport, 66
8 50
66
North Andover,
19 18
Newton, 66
39 50
66
Billerica,
1 50
66 Jos. W. Poor, soldiers' grant, 17.00 ; shoes, 1.25, 18 25
17 00
66
State School Fund,
152 10
County Treasurer, discount of interest,
49 78
66
Liquor Agent,
1,631 33
By received for dog licenses,
86 80
rent of Town House,
370 80
66
66 individuals, (money hired),
7,000 00
birch wood,
7 81
66
rent of house,
17 00
6€ uniforms,
10 00
cranberries, (O. Barnard),
1 50
By Assessors' warrant for taxes, 1861,
20,132 52
E. E. $35,809 14
EDWARD TAYLOR, Treasurer.
ANDOVER, Feb. 18, 1862.
Town Treasurer in account with Notes Payable.
DR.
CR.
1861.
Feb. 12, To balance of notes outstanding, $22,725 00
Paid during the year, $925 00 Balance, Feb. 18, 1862, 28,800 00
"6 hired during the year, 7,000 00
$29,725 00
$29,725 00
1862.
Feb. 18, Balance of notes due by the Town, $28,800 00 E. E.
ANDOVER, Feb. 18, 1862.
EDWARD TAYLOR, Treasurer.
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George F. Caldwell, “
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LIABILITIES AND ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Notes due,
$28,800 00
Due to School Districts,
1,331 63
Due School-houses,
337 74
Due interest not called for,
60 00
$30,529 37
ASSETS.
Cash on hand,
$2,791 94
Balance of taxes due,
439 89
Due from Newburyport,
21 50
North Andover,
10 82
Marblehead,
8 00
Oxford,
31 30
· Kingston,
15 99
Salem,
7 00
Stock on hand, Liquor Agency,
172 73
Rent of Town House,
32 00
Due from the State,
4,089 00
$7,620 17
Balance against the Town,
$22,909 20
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town House and fixtures,
$15,000 00
17,000 00
Land under and adjoining,
2,000 00 S
Weights and measures,
200 00
Town maps,
25 00
Two drums,
12 00
Wash boiler,
2 50
Map of Massachusetts,
5 00
Map of Essex County,
5 00
249 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engine-house and land,
$900 00
1900 00
Engine and apparatus,
1000 00S
Iron safe in Town Clerk's office,
166 00
PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
Farm and buildings, $7,330 00 }
9,735 36
Personal property, as per inventory,
2,405 36 S
$29,050 86
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SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
Whole amount of orders drawn for Schools, $3,951 15
66
66
66 for School-houses, 1,061 01
66 66
by Selectmen, 17,268 90
66 6
66
by Overseers of Poor, 2,919 37
$25,200 43
On military account,
10,735 80
Amount for current expenses,
$14,464 63
The foregoing accounts have been carefully examined by the undersigned, and found to be correctly kept and very satisfacto- rily vouched. They therefore respectfully present their Report to the Town for acceptance.
A. J. GOULD, JAMES BAILEY, Auditors. THOMAS SMITH,
ANDOVER, March 3, 1862.
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Punchard Free School, as required by their Act of Incorporation, herewith render their Annual Account of the condition of the Fund, and of the Re- ceipts and Expenditures for the year ending Feb. 1, 1862.
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,
$776 35
Interest received since said Report, 2,048 55
$2,824 90
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid W. G. Goldsmith, Principal, $1,000 00
Sarah S. Richardson, Assistant,
414 75
Moses Foster, jr., Treasurer, 100 00
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal, etc., 130 00
W. G. Goldsmith, for piano-forte,
200 67
Jenkins & Thompson, double-windows, etc., 110 22
72 62
R. M. Abbott, painting, etc.,
Sands & Byers, books and stationery, 63 62
Henry Abbott, 2d, Janitor, 1 year,
62 50
Henry Abbott, 2d, labor and sundries
19 39 .
C. H. Learoyd, Music Teacher,
30 00
N. E. Chamberlain & Sons, philosophical app., 53 54
William Barnet, Stoves and labor, 33 58
C. B. Holt, ornamental trees, 24 80
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E. A. Russell, lightning conductors, 15 36
Amount carried forward,
$2,331 05
22
Amount brought forward,
$2,331 05
Cash paid A. B. Abbott's tuition,
16 00
Mary S. Nourse, assistant teacher, 17 00
66 Herman Abbot, labor and sundries,
8 19
66
W. F. Draper, printing,
13 75
N. D. Gould, preparing diplomas,
16 00
Abbott & Clement, labor and stock,
9 00
P. Donovan and John Conolly, labor,
13 50
E. P. Dutton & Co., sundries,
3 13
Millett's Express, sundries,
3 06
Palmer & Batchelders, sundries,
2 63
W. F. Brown, printing,
3 80
66
Brooks & Darling, sundries,
3 05
E. S. Ritchie, philosophical apparatus,
7 00
John Waugh, repairs on roof,
9 00
66 John Conolly, 2d, getting in coal,
3 00
Bridgman & Peabody, sundries,
84
H. Abbott, 2d, Janitor, one quarter,
15 62
John J. Brown, thermometers,
1 00
$2,476 62
Cash deposited in Andover Bank, to balance,
348 28
$2,824 90
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. MERRILL, BENJAMIN BABBITT, CHARLES SMITH, MOSES FOSTER, JR., NATHAN FRYE,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JOHN ABBOT,
JOSEPH SHATTUCK.
ANDOVER, Feb. 1, 1862.
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TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX SS :- To Charles Pray, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, - Greeting ;
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Ando- ver, on Monday the third day of March next, at twelve of the clock, noon, to act on the following articles, viz .:
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
2d. To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing.
3d. To hear and act on the Report of the Auditors.
4th. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, School Committee, -one to serve three years, also i one to serve one year, - Constables, and all other usual and neces- sary Town Officers.
5th. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town, if found necessary.
6th. To see if the Town will authorize the Prudential Committees of the several School Districts to select and contract with Teachers.
7th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs of the Highways the ensuing year.
8th. To see what method the Town will adopt for the repairs of the Highways.
9th. To see if the Town will make any appropriation for the re- pairs of Sidewalks, and take such action on the subject as the Town may judge expedient.
10th. To see if the Town will continue aid to the Families of Volunteer Soldiers, as provided in Massachusetts General Laws chapter 222.
11th. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the purchase of new hose for their fire engines, on request of the Engineers.
12th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the maintenance of their Public Schools for the year ensuing.
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13th. To see what method the Town will adopt to apportion the School money among the School Districts.
14th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise to defray their other necessary expenses.
15th. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of the Public Taxes the ensuing year.
16th. To determine what compensation the Town will pay to Firemen for their services the ensuing year.
17th. To see if the Town will adopt the 2d section of the 83d chapter of the General Statues of the Commonwealth relating to catching pickerel.
18th. To see if the Town will take any action with reference to General Statutes chap. 57, sec. 152, respecting deposits in Savings Banks.
19th. To see if the Town will accept and revise a list of Jurors prepared by the Selectmen-said list having been posted up in three public places ten days before the time of said meet- ing.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Andover, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
ASA A. ABBOT, Selectmen
WM. S. JENKINS, of
BENJAMIN BOYNTON, Andover.
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