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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT OF
Receipts and Gruenditures
OF THIE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 20, 1865.
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1865.
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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 20, 1865.
ANDOVER: PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1865.
REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SCHOOLS.
APPROPRIATION for the year 1864,
$3,980 00
Balance due the several Districts, Feb. 13th, 1864,
1,542 05
$5,522 05
1864.
1865.
DISTRICTS.
Feb. 13. Cr.
Appropria- tion.
Credit.
Paid.
, Feb. 20. Cr.
Centre South
265.05
635.00
S 900.05
$ 656.50
$ 243.55
Phillips
137.90
350.00
487.90
305.73
182.17
Village
148.61
525.00
673.61
495.70
177.91
Ballard Vale
156.21
528.00
684.21
682.30
1.91
Scotland
102.96
250.00
352.96
245.00
107.96
Holt
97.92
235.00
332.92
216.44
116.48
Centre West
117.64
265.00
382.64
262.85
119.79
Frye
155.82
424.00
579.82
425.75
154.07
North
75.90
160.00
235.90
159.74
76.16
Abbott
74.21
173.00
247.21
168.87
78.34
Bailey
103.63
225.00
328.63
239.25
89.38
Osgood
106.20
210.00
316.20
229.95
86.25
1542.05
3980.00
5522.05
4088.08
1433.97
Whole amount due the Districts,
$5,522 05
Orders paid to Feb. 20, 1865, $4,088 082
5,522 05
Balance due Districts, Feb. 20, 1865, 1,433 97
$
$
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SCHOOLHOUSES.
1864.
1865.
DISTRICTS.
February 13. Cr.
Tax.
Credit.
Paid.
Cr. February 20. Dr.
Dr.
$
$
$
$
$
$
Centre, S.
Phillips .
10.84
10.84
10.84
Village
24.67
24.67
20.00
4.67
Ballard Vale
296.46
1099.81 262.49
262.49
245.88
16.61
Holt .
2.44
2.44
2.44
Centre, W.
Frye .
2.76
2.76
2.76
North
2.17
2.17
2.17
Abbott .
Bailey .
10.11
10.11
9.41
.70
Osgood
.26
.26
.26
349.71
1362.30
1712.01
639.15
1072.86
Balance due School Districts, .
$1072.86
APPROPRIATION FOR PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
Moses Foster, jun., for Trustees,
$250 00
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Paid by Selectmen, aid to Families of Volunteers, $13,263 38
Bounty paid for Recruits, 11,429 00
George Foster, for Recruiting Expenses,*
493 82
$25,186 20
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Edward F. Porter, for liquor,
$1,891 49
Henry W. Abbott, Agent,
195 09
J. L. Partridge, taxes,
8 18
George Cogswell, U. S. Liquor License,
20 00
$2114 76
* Reimbursed by the State, $209 37.
1396.27
363.86
1032.41
Scotland . .
5
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
J. H. Flint, annual pay of members,
$238 00
John Cornell, horse hire,
2 00
John C. Morse, Janitor,
19 90
John Mayer,
3 78
Hunneman & Co.,
164 50
T. E. Mayberry & Co., wood and coal,
9 50
$437 68
SERVICES OF OFFICERS.
John E. Ingalls, police, $10 00
Robert Callahan, notifying officers and meetings, 10 70
J. W. Turner, School Committee, 36 75
A. J. Gould, School Committee,
65 50
Charles Pray, notifying meetings,
16 50
Henry S. Green, School Committee,
50 00
F. S. Wheeler, police,
4 75
Robert Callahan, police,
10 20
George F. Baker, police,
2 00
Henry Dane, police,
4 00
Francis P. Brill, police,
4 00
Edward Taylor, Treasurer,
50 00
" recording marriages, births, deaths, etc., 48 40
66 collecting taxes,
271 54
66 railroad fares,
3 00
George Foster, Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer, 225 00
Benjamin Boynton, 66 66 66
225 00
John B. Abbott, 66 66
200 00
$1237 34
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
OVERWORK.
Dis. No. 25, Willard Jones,
75
66
27, Peter Temple,
2 00
6, Horace P. Holt,
26 78
25, Charles C. Blunt,
10 00
22, George F. Baker,
6 48
66
19, Wm. Perrin,
2 25
Amount carried forward,
$48 26
6
Amount brought forward, Dis. No. 18, Joshua Phelps,
$48 26
4 96
1, S. B. Locke,
10 00
66
15, S. Gilman Bailey,
5 60
66
2, Wm. H. Rea,
5 10
2, Charles O. Cummings,
17 00
66 23, David Poland,
2 28
10, Nicholas Howe,
1 77
28, William Allen,
3 25
66
12, Isaac M. Hardy,
10 00
66
21, William Merrill,
17 44
14, E. Francis Holt,
4 52
66
24, George Boutwell,
8 00
66
27, Daniel C. Stevens,
4 50
66
26, Alfred Putnam, 10 00
$152 68
STATE REIMBURSEMENT, HIGHWAYS.
Dis. No. 22, George F. Baker,
$25 00
66
19, Alfred Hardy,
27 70
F 20, Nathan C. Abbott,
50 00
66 24, George Boutwell,
25 00
66 16, Paul B. Follansbee,
20 00
66
15, S. Gilman Bailey,
15 00
66
14, E. Francis Holt,
10 00
66
21, William Merrill,
15 00
66
18, Joshua Phelps,
9 00
4, Eaton Green,
10 00
$206 70
EXPENSES OF REMOVING SNOW.
Dist. No. 14.
Charles Shattuck,
$1 00
15. Isaac Carruth,
1 38
66
11. Elijah Hussey,
1 00
25. Willard Jones, 1 75
$5 13
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES.
$2 55
Dist. No. 2, Wm. E. Clough, 66 14, E. Francis Holt,
26 74
27, Daniel C. Stevens,
62 22
Amount carried forward, $91 51
7
Amount brought forward,
$91 51
Dis. No. 14, Charles Shattuck, 1 00
11 & 12, Isaac M. Hardy, 336 47
2, John O. Ragan,
7 43
66
28, Peter Temple, T. E. Mayberry & Co., plank, John O. Ragan, for culverts,
395 77
66
11, Charles O. Cummings, 27, T. P. Allen,
96 96
12 & 11, Moody B. Abbott,
81 56
10, Moody B. Abbott, railing,
9 00
66 11, Luke Cunningham,
16 15
66 27, Charles O. Cummings,
35 55
66
66 for highways
162 34
27, John B. Abbott, culverts,
43 93
66
21, Wm. Merrill,
16 08
66
12, Hermon Phelps, on bridge,
6 00
66 roads,
2 50
" sleepers and plank,
416 42
Benjamin Boynton, bridges, 66 6 highways,
11 50
John B. Abbott, roads,
28 26
Joseph B. Pearson, for bridges,
86 80
James H. Smith, iron for bridges,
15 67
16, Paul B. Follansbee, building road,
72 19
27, Abbott & Clement, stock and labor,
9 75
Isaac Wilson, for stone,
1 00
H. B. Abbott, for stone and dinners,
10 00
Kimball & Pillsbury, spikes,
30 75
Amos Gilchreast, moving wall,
15 37
27, Isaac M. Hardy, culvert,
15 00
Brooks & Darling, spikes,
30 00
66
26, Alfred Putnam,
26 25
$2298 53
TAXES.
HIGHWAY TAXES WORKED AND REASSESSED.
Dis. No. 22, George F. Baker, 66
$12 14
27, Daniel C. Stevens,
87 50
6, Horace P. Holt,
13 94
Amount carried forward, $113 58
66
1, S. B. Locke,
34 83
66
on bridges,
18 51
83 86
23 80
52 43
13 89
8
Amount brought forward,
$113 58
Dis. No. 25, Charles C. Blunt,
37 58
12, Isaac M. Hardy,
130 06
3, John Chandler,
120 09
14, E. Francis Holt,
36 93
9, Henry J. Gray,
47 20
11, Elijah Hussey,
9 14
7, George Mason,
35 32
66
5, John B. Abbott,
11 49
28, Caleb Abbott,
44 46
20, Nathan C. Abbott,
5 37
66
18, Joshua Phelps,
1 04
13, Aaron S. Clark,
104 34
4, Eaton Green,
6 12
15, S. Gilman Bailey,
17 68
66
23, David Poland,
165 10
10, Nicholas Howe,
42 10
19, Alfred Hardy,
1 73
21, William Merrill,
32 56
66
1, S. B. Locke,
142 58
16, Paul B. Follansbee,
32 10
66
24, George Boutwell,
7 03
66
2, James A. Roberts,
38 43
26, Alfred Putnam,
250 00
$1432 03
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Edward Taylor, 1864,
$144 98
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
Edward Taylor, 1863,
$17 52
66
1864,
358 51
$376 03
MISCELLANEOUS.
E. H. Barnard, Town House, $17 29
W. F. Draper, printing and school books, 1863, 185 94
6 6 66 1864, 196 29
Amount carried forward, $399 52
.
9
Amount brought forward,
$399 52
Samuel G. Bean, serving warrants,
10 00
Samuel G. Bean, dinners, 10 33
John Abbott, Town House, Henry A. Gould, damage,
40 00
Post-office, postage,
21 40
A. Magee & Co., Town House,
4 92
Robert Callahan, janitor,
138 00
Witnesses in Jones's case,
35 91
Alexander E. Jennings, land damages,
8 84
Bates, Goldwaith & Co., for Post-office,
90
P. M. Jefferson, damage to wagon,
4 00
Dodge & Beard, Town House,
42 60
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery and books,
13 50
North Reading, for schools,
8 50
H. A. Bodwell, for badges,
5 90
City Lawrence, taxes,
18 27
Joseph Howe, running town line,
2 50
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal, Town House,
33 00
W. L. T. Town, dinners,
16 00
David Howarth, stationery,
23 67
Wm. Barnett, Town House,
12 75
Hermon Phelps, horse-hire,
18 00
John B. Abbott, running town line,
3 00
Arthur N. Bean, for posts,
6 75
Allen W. Dodge, county commissioner,
28 85
Robert Callahan, paid for help, Town House,
24 30
David Baker, damage for wagon,
3 00
John Cornell, horse-hire,
4 75
Gleason & Morse, Town House,
3 12
Andrew Thompson, for returning ten deaths,
1 00
Robert Callahan,
sixty-two deaths,
6 20
Frank McAnally,
twenty-four deaths,
2 40
Hermon Phelps,
twenty-two
2 20
Eben P. Higgins, Town House,
10 00
Eben P. Higgins, for services,
20 00
$989 63
2
4 50
10
SUMMARY.
Schools, Schoolhouses,
$4088 08 639 15
$4,727 23
Punchard Free School,
$250 00
Military,
25,186 20
Liquor Agency
2114 76
Fire Department,
437 68
Services of Officers,
1237 34
Highways and Bridges, overwork,
152 68
State Reimbursement, Highways,
206 70
Removing Snow,
5 13
Special Appropriation, Roads and Bridges,
2,298 53
Highway Taxes worked and reassessed,
1,432 03
Abatement of Taxes,
144 98
Remittance of Taxes,
376 03
Miscellaneous,
989 63
$34,831 69
11
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
RELIEF OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Joseph V. Allen,
$20 00
Mrs. Ann E. Bean and family,
72 00
Mrs. Lucy Gray,
34 00
Mrs. Ellen Butler,
17 00
Mrs. Farrington and family,
104 00
Mrs. T. C. Mason,
37 50
Mrs. Wiley,
19 00
Thomas Robinson, medical attendance,
3 00
Clifton Barrows, 66
5 00
Tryphene Beverly,
13 50
Mrs. Dolly Burnham,
9 96
Samuel A. Goldsmith,
39 50
Mrs. Phebe A. Johnson,
39 00
Dolley Shed's child,
103 85
Serena Abbott,
26 00
John Callahan, medical attendance,
3 00
Mrs. Harriet B. Gile and family,
20 00
Miss Mary A. Goodwin,
15 00
Charles B. Abbott,
3 00
Jacob Brown's child,
26 00
John Pickergill, coffin and burial,
11 00
Thomas K. Mears, coffin and burial,
10 00
Mrs. Phebe Palmer and family,
53 35
David Goodwin, burial of child,
6 00
Mrs. James Horn,
4 00
Mrs. George Goodhue,
16 25
Mrs. Almira Jones,
5 00
Mrs. Richard Gaffany,
4 00
Miss Dorcas Chandler,
26 00
Miss Anna Jones,
39 00
John McCollough, medical attendance,
12 00
Mrs. Josiah Mason and family,
21 00
Mrs. Daniel „Mears, jr.,
7 00
Mrs. Judith Wardwell,
31 41
Daniel Hanegan,
4 00
John McNabb,
16 00
$876 32
12
PAID TO CITIES AND TOWNS.
State Lunatic Hospital, Lydia B. Frye, $174 79
Massachusetts General Hospital, Farnham Jones," 25 00
Newburyport, Ezra Merrill, 17 62
Ipswich, Jonathan Holt's family,
13 50
Amesbury, Mrs. Daniel Mears and child,
100 50
Methuen, Abraham Kimball,
51 34
$382 75
DUE FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Newburyport, Rebecca Merrill,
$35 75
North Andover, James Nichols, 11 50
35 00
Salem, Thomas C. Clement,
$82 25
COMMITMENTS.
Frank S. Wheeler,
$2 00
Samuel G. Bean,
5 50
Francis P. Brill,
3 95
S. G. Bean, commitment of James Duncan to Insane Hospital, Worcester,
14 40
$25 85
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
J. W. Leatherbee, shingles,
$79 75
Elijah Hussey, sawing lumber,
28 95
Charles C. Holt, pump, 12 00
D. L. Trow, repairs on almshouse,
2 05
J. B. Pearsons, repairs on almshouse,
47 50
Wm. Barnett, stove and repairs,
74 25
William Poor, new work,
95 27
$339 77
13
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
-
Charles O. Cummings, salary,
$300 00
Valpey and Flint, meat,
37 63
W. H. Kimball, M. D., medical attendance,
15 00
M. Nelson and Son, supplies,
645 90
Abbott and Holt, supplies,
664 51
J. H. Rea, meat,
150 12
J. H. Flint, meat,
243 16
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal,
186 00
D. Howarth, medical supplies,
20 24
B. F. Holt, ice,
13 00
J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,
63 13
Herman Abbott, coffin for Sarah Dole,
6 75
Robert Callahan, burial of Sarah Dole,
5 00
Dodge and Beard, supplies,
454 39
L. Fisher, blacksmithing,
20 42
J. H. Cochrane, blacksmithing,
6 02
James H. Smith, blacksmithing,
25 58
$2856 85
·
SUMMARY OF OVERSEERS' ORDERS.
Relief out of the Almshouse,
$876 32
Paid to Cities and Towns,
382 75
Due from Cities and Towns,
82 25
Commitments,
25 85
Incidental Expenses,
339 77
Expenses of Almshouse,
2856 85
$4563 79
14
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
To balance from last account,
$94 56
To cash for milk,
7 05
¥
66
labor,
373 85
wood,
147 12
pigs,
49 50
hay,
65 29
calves,
54 34
pork,
31 10
66
vegetables,
22 82
service of bull,
20 25
clay and gravel, .
11 70
use of trucks,
17 00
hide,
4 59
keeping horse,
2 00
"
66 barley,
95
$919 37
CR
By cash paid for fresh fish,
$38 65
grinding corn,
8 80
66
F. E. Mitchell, labor,
16 50
toll to Lawrence,
1 22
repairing harness and blocks,
5 62
grass and garden seeds,
5 75
clothing,
31 27
F. P. Brill, labor,
168 22
chair,
55
horse collar,
. 3 00
66
66
2 bbls. crackers,
9 00
Peter Townsend, labor
1 00
66
hay wagon,
26 00
66
hardware and tools,
20 38
Amount carried forward,
$335 94
17 25
peas,
15
Amount brought forward, By cash paid for drag-plank and joists,
$335 94
4 97
inmates,
2 45
Lydia A. Gilcreast, labor,
64 00
66
William H. Rea, labor,
50 00
66
E. Hussey, washing, and sawing logs,
19 18
E. Hussey, 12 ft. sawdust,
1 50
books and stationery,
3 23
alcohol,
2 00
freight on shingles,
1 93
horse and carriage hire,
1 75
Simon Jones, labor,
2 25
John Farnham, threshing,
4 00
cow,
39 00
Henry Harnden, labor,
40 00
candles,
1 40
2 00
harrow,
9 60
250 00
Balance due the Town,
84 15
$919 37
C. O. CUMMINGS, Sup't.
ALMSHOUSE.
PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of paupers in the Almshouse during the year, 27
1356
Whole number of foreign paupers entertained,
99
Whole number of weeks' board, 33
Whole number of prisoners held in custody awaiting trial, 14
Whole number of weeks' board,
5
DEATHS IN THE ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Sarah Dole, aged 88 years. Judith Wardwell, aged 84 years.
66
making cider,
Paid Town Treasurer,
Whole number of weeks' board,
16
REMAINING IN ALMSHOUSE.
Over eighty years of age,
1
Between seventy and eighty,
6
"
sixty and seventy,
2
fifty and sixty,
2
forty and fifty,
4
thirty and forty,
1
twenty and thirty,
5
ten and twenty,
3
one and ten,
1
Under one year,
26
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND WARES.
Two trundle and 2 cot bedsteads, $1 50
Twenty-one bedsteads and 19 bedcords, 6 00
Twenty-three straw and 21 feather-beds, 70 00
Thirty-six pillows, 8.00 ; 18 bolsters, 6.00, 14 00
Twenty-one quilts, 10.50; 33 comforters, 35.50, 46 00
Sixty-two sheets, 31.00 ; 34 pillow-cases, 3.40, 34 40
Magee stove, 12.00; 6 air-tight stoves, 5.00, 17 00
15 75
Two clocks, 2.50 ; 3 clotheshorses, 2.00 ; tin ware, 9.54
14 04
Tin boiler, 1.50 ; 1 britannia teapot, 1.50,
3.00
Two syringes, 2.00 ; 7 earthern pots, 1.20,
3 20
One stone jug and 6 jars, 4.50 ; beanpot, .10,
4 60
Nineteen chambers, 5.50 ; 2 sieves, .40; 1 shade, .25, Two dinner-bells, .50 ; 3 sad and one coal iron, 2.00,
2 50
One long brush, .50 ; 2 demijohns, 1.00; ice-chest, 5.00,
50
One knife and chopping-tray, .50; 1 bread-trough, 40,
90
One mortar and 1 churn, 2.50 ; 60 chairs, 15.00,
17 50
Three mop-handles, .50; writing-desk, 3.00,
3 50
Medicine-chest, 2.00 ; 8 tables, 4.00,
6 00
Twelve pails and seven tubs, 3.00; nest boxes, .50,
3 50
Meal-chest and meal, 5.00 ; book-case, 1.00,
6 00
Four firkins and four butter-tubs,
1 50
Two moulding-boards and 2 rolling-pins,
1 00
Lantern, .50 ; crockeryware, 6.60,
7 10
Four earthern dishes, .80 ; 5 glass lamps, 2.50,
3 30
One dining-set and 10 tumblers,
8 50
Eight Japan lamps, .75; 1 castor, 1.00,
1 75
Twelve teaspoons, .80 ; 2 table-spoons, .25,
1 05
Amount carried forward, $306 24
6 15
Two cylinder stoves, 15.50 ; 1 corn-popper, .25,
1
17
Amount brought forward, $306 24
Twenty-eight iron spoons, .40; 30 knives and forks, 2.00, 2 40
Five butcher-knives, 1.00 ; 2 chopping-knives, .25, 1 25
One carving-knife and fork,
75
One apple-paring machine,
75
One brass and 1 porcelain kettle,
2 00
Six bake-pans and 44 milk-pans,
10 00
One valise and one carpet-bag,
2 00
One office-chair, 2.50 ; 9 long benches, 9.00,
11 50
One covered table, 2.50 ; 1 cider-tunnel, .75,
3 25
Two pails, 1.00 ; 1 wash-dish, .30,
1 30
Two rocking-chairs, 2.00 ; 2 oil-cans, 1.00,
3 00
One nurse-lamp, .40 ; 2 kerosene lamps, .50,
90
Cook-stove, 40.00 ; window-glass, 1.00,
41 00
Five curtains, 5.00 ; 11 cup and 14 hand towels, 5.00,
10 00
Fifty-six mounted Town maps,
14 00
One hundred and seventy-two Town maps, sheets,
17 20
427 54
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Eight scythes and snaths, 8.00 ; set measures, .50,
$8 50
Two flails and 1 pr. ox-ties, 1.50 ; horse-rake, 24.00, 25 50
Four hand-rakes, 1.00; eight hay-forks, 4.00, 5 00
Hay-rope, .25; 2 sickles, 50 ; corn-cutter, .25,
1 00
Two grain-chests, 10.00 ; hay-cutter, 2.50,
12 50
Blocks and rope, 3.00; 4 ladders, 5.00,
8 00
Three ox-yokes, 10.00 ; feed-trough, 1.50,
11 50
Six shovels and spades,
4 00
Four manure-forks and 1 hook,
7 00
Three iron bars, 3.00 ; 5 draft and 5 stake-chains, 15.00,
18 00
Three whiffletrees and chains, 2.00 ; 6 hoes, 3.00,
5 00
Two grub-hoes, .50 ; 2 garden-rakes, 1.25, 1 75
Five ploughs and lot of old ploughs,
40 00
Ox-scraper, 3.00 ; cultivator, 4.00 ; 2 harrows, 15.00,
22 00
Three pickaxes and one stone-hammer,
2 00
Two peat-knives and four spread-forks,
4 00
Stone-drag and spire, 7.00 ; 1 pr. steelyards, 2.00,
9 00
Two pr. ox-muzzles, .50; 1 scald-tub, .75,
1 25
Seven baskets, 2.50 ; 1 grain-cradle, 2.50,
5 00
One deck-scraper, .25; 2 ox-carts, 40.00,
40 25
One ox-wagon, 45.00 ; 2 horse-wagons and top, 85.00,
130 00
Ox-sled, pung, and sleigh 50 00
Amount carried forward,
$411 25
3
18
Amount brought forward,
$411 25
One wagon harness, 15.00; hay wagon, 26.00, 41 00
Work harness, breastplate, and tugs, 7 00
One horse-blanket, 1.50 ; buffalo robe, 7.00, 8 50
Carpenter's tools, 5.00 ; wrench and blasting tools, 2.00, Grindstone, 8.00 ; beetle and wedges, 2.00,
10 00
Four axes, 2.00 ; 1 iron vice, 4.00 ; wheelbarrow, 4.00,
10 00
Three woodsaws, 2.25; 1 hand-rake, 1.00,
3 25
Six feed-boxes, 1.50 ; 11 meal-bags, 2.75,
4 25
Forty-nine flour-barrels, 5.00 ; winnowing mill, 2.00, Lot of shingles, 6.00 ; lot of bricks, .50 ; drain tile, 2.50, 9 00
Old iron, 2.00 ; stone-wagon, 20.00,
22 00
$540 25
PROVISIONS.
One and two-thirds bbls. flour, 20.00 ; crackers, .50,
$20 50
Forty-three lbs. butter, 21.50 ; 123 lbs. lard, 36.90, 58 40
Twenty-nine lbs. candles, 5.80 ; 3 gals. oil, 5.00, 10 80
Preserves, 1.00 ; 45 lbs. dried apples, 9.00,
10 00
Five bbls. apples, 15.00 ; 5 gals. molasses, 5.00,
20 00
Twelve lbs. tea, 12.00 ; 2 lbs. saleratus, .30,
12 30
Sixty-six lbs. coffee, 6.60 ; 7 lbs, shells, 2.10,
8 70
Eight lbs. sugar, 2.00 ; 3 bbls. cider, 15.00,
17 00
One and one-half bbls. vinegar,
10 00
Sixty-two lbs. tobacco,
46 50
lbs. snuff, 1.50 ; } bbl. pickles, 4.00,
5 50
Three and one-half bbls. pork, 150.50 ; 5 hams, 25.00,
175 50
Two bushels salt, 2.60 ; boiled cider, 3.00,
5 60
Seventy-five lbs. hard soap, 11.25 ; soft soap, 2.50,
13 75
Eight cider barrels, 6.00 ; 9 meat barrels, 4.50,
10 50
$425 05
FARM PRODUCE.
Forty bushels corn, 80.00 ; 8 bushels barley, 13.33,
$93 33
Eight bushels wheat, 20.00 ; 3} bushels rye, 6.00, 26 00
Twenty-one bushels oats, 21.00 ; 500 lbs. shorts, 14.25,
35 25
Eleven tons English hay, at 35.00,
385 00
Two and one-half tons meadow hay and corn fodder,
37 50
Seeds and seed corn, 6.00 ; manure, 200.00,
206 00
Six cart-spires, 6.00 ; 6 gate-posts, 3.00, Six cart axles,
9 00
3 00
Lumber, 20.00 ; 12 posts, 3.00,;
23 00
Amount carried forward, $818 08
7 00
7 00
19
Amount brought forward,
$818 08
Three bushels cob meal,
3 50
Two hundred and twenty-five bushels potatoes, 225 00
Six bushels beets,
4 50
Six bushels carrots, 3.50 ; 2} bushels turnips, 1.25, One bushel parsnips, .75; 11 bushels beans, 27.50, Two bushels colored beans,
4 75
28 25
3 00
$1087 08
FARM STOCK.
One horse, 150.00 ; 2 yoke oxen, 425.00,
$575 00
Five cows, 225.00 ; 1 fat cow, 70,
295 00
One bull, 25.00 ; 6 swine, 135.00,
160 00
Thirty fowls,
15 00
$1045 00
FUEL.
Twenty-one and one-half cords hard pine wood, sawed, $172 00
Twelve cords hard wood, sawed, at 10.50, 126 00
Thirteen cords dry pine at 5.00,
68 00
Four and one-half cords peat,
22 50
Eight and one-half tons coal,
140 25
$528 75
CLOTHS AND CLOTHING.
One pr. shoes, 2.00 ; 1 straw hat, .25,
$2 25
Four pr. wool socks, 2.50 ; 2 pr. cotton socks, .50, 3 00
Twelve yds calico, 3.60 ; 7 yds. cloth, 7.87,
11 47
Two skeins yarn, .50 ; batting, .35 ; yardstick, .25,
1 10
Four fans, .24; curtains, 2.50 ; 2 pr. suspenders, .50,
3 24
Four shirts, 5.00; 6 yds. calico, 2.00,
7 00
$28 06
SUMMARY.
Inventory household furniture,
$427 54
farming implements,
540 25
provisions,
425 05
farm produce,
1087 08
stock,
1045 00
fuel,
528 75
cloth and clothing,
28 06
$4081 73
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Andover in account current with Edward Taylor, Town Treasurer.
DR.
To paid County Tax,
$2,765 02
paid State Tax,
6,648 00
paid Andover Bank,
9,500 00
paid Andover Bank, interest,
293 45
paid on account of Town debt,
3,705 00
paid interest on Town debt,
2,317 30
paid U. S. revenue and P. O. stamps,
8 71
paid discount on taxes at 6 per cent, $1142 03
1,218 01
paid discount on taxes at 4 per cent, 75 98
paid Selectmen's orders, current expenses,
34,831 69
paid Selectmen's orders, schools,
4,088 08
paid Selectmen's orders, schoolhouses,
639 15
paid Overseers of the Poor, orders,
4,563 79
paid Selectmen and Auditors,
22 00
Balance of taxes unpaid,
560 42
Cash on hand to balance,
4,101 14
$75,261 76
CR.
By balance of taxes unpaid, Feb. 16, 1864, Cash on hand, Feb. 16, 1864,
$426 40
additional taxes for 1863,
21 66
Cash for rent of Town House lot, balance,
3 00
" for telegram of W. H. Wardwell's death,
1 50
for old bridge plank,
13 00
for rent of Town House,
238 00
for discount on County Tax,
34 56
from Centre District, South Parish, balance,
18 36
from Centre District, West Parish, balance,
14
from Newburyport, pauper account,
26 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,828 52
2,045 90
21
Amount brought forward, $2,828 52
By Cash from Salem, pauper account, 79 75
from Lawrence, pauper account, 2 75
from State School Fund,
217 12
from State Treasurer, recruiting expenses,
209 37
from State Treasurer, aid to soldiers' families, 1863, 10,500 00
66 from State Treasurer, corporation taxes, 6,788 57
66 from Liquor Agent,
2,219 15
from dog licenses,
23 40
from hay-scale fees,
55 79
from Superintendent of Almshouse, 250 00
from sale of Lawrence land, 1,700 00
66 hired of Andover Bank, 9,500 00
hired of individuals, 12,345 00
money found, 27 50
Assessor's warrant for tax lists, 1864, 28,514 84
E.E. $75,261 76
EDWARD TAYLOR, Treasurer.
ANDOVER, FEB. 20, 1865.
Town Treasurer in account with Notes Payable.
DR CR.
1864.
Feb. 16, To balance due this date, $39,810 00 Paid during the year, $3,705 00 " hired during the year, 12,345 00 Bal., Feb. 20, 1865, 48,450 00
$52,155 00 $52,155 00
1865.
Feb. 20. Balance of notes due by the Town, $48,450 00 B. E.
EDWARD TAYLOR, Treasurer.
ANDOVER, FEB. 20, 1865.
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LIQUOR AGENCY.
Town of Andover in account with H. W. Abbott, Town Agent.
DR.
To cash paid Town Treasurer for liquors sold, $2,185 94
stock of liquors, etc., on hand Feb. 15, 1865, 438 31
due for 17 barrels and casks sold, cash on hand, 37 37
18 25
$2,679 87
CR.
By stock of liquors on hand Feb. 13, 1864, $159 93
cash received of Town Treasurer to pay bills of liquors, 1,891 49
cash received of Town Treasurer to pay U. S. license, one year,
20 00
cash received of Town Treasurer to pay tax on 10 gallons of gin,
4 00
cash received of Town Treasurer to pay reassess- ment on license, 4 17
freight bills, etc., due,
28 50
Agent's salary, one year,
175 00
bills due E. F. Porter,
162 26
Net profit,
234 52
$2,679 87
MEMORANDUM OF ASSESSMENTS, 1864.
State tax,
$6,648 00
County tax,
2,765 02
Schools,
3,800 00
Current expenses, including overlay,
12,380 77
Highway, reassessed,
1,318 45
Additional taxes,
241 32
Ballard Vale District tax,
1,098 79
Scotland District tax,
262 49
$28,514 84
Corporation taxes received from State Treasurer,
6,788 57
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LIABILITIES AND ASSETS.
LIABILITIES.
Notes payable,
$48,450 00
Due School Districts, Schoolhouses,
1,072 86
Due Schools,
1,433 97
Due for interest not called for,
246 00
Due E. F. Porter for liquors, 162.26 ; freight, 28.50,
190 76
Due Liquor Agent, salary,
21 87
$51,415 46
ASSETS.
Cash on hand,
$560 42
Taxes unpaid,
4,101 14
Cash in Superintendent's hands,
84 15
Cash and stock in liquor agency,
475 68
Due from Newburyport, $35 75
Due from North Andover, 11 50
82 25
Due from Salem, 35 00
Due from State Soldiers' aid, viz., for 1864, 12,445 00 )
13,735 50
since Jan. 1, 1865,
1,290 50 S
19,039 14
$32,376 32
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town House and fixtures,
$15,000 00
Land under and adjoining,
2,000 00
Weights and measures,
200 00
Drum, 5.00; wash-boiler, 2.50,
7 50
$17,207 50
Iron safe in Clerk's office,
$166 002
466 00
Hay scales,
300 005
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engine-house and land,
$900 002
Engine and apparatus,
1,000 00 S
1,900 00
PAUPER DEPARTMENT.
Town farm and buildings, $5,830 00 )
Personal property, as per inventory, 4,081 73 S
9,911 73
Total,
$29,485 23
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The undersigned, Trustees of the Punchard Free School, herewith render to the Town their Annual Account of the condition of the Fund, and of the Receipts and Expenditures thereof for the year ending Feb. 1, 1865.
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,
$742 84
Interest received since said Report, 2,432 96
Cash received of T. E. Mayberry and Co., land rent, 25 00
$32,00 80
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid Wm. G. Goldsmith, Principal,
$1,000 00
Sarah S. Richardson, Assistant,
400 00
"
Mary S. Nourse, Assistant,
305 00
66 Abby S. Hervey, Assistant,
7 00
66
Abby B. Carter, Music Teacher,
37 50
66
M. Foster, jr., Treasurer,
100 00
Wm. G. Goldsmith, sundries,
56 04
C. D. Gould, diplomas,
29 25
66
T. E. Mayberry and Co., wood and coal,
170 41
66
Henry Abbott, janitor,
62 50
66
Henry Abbott, labor and sundries,
17 35
12 94
Wm. Barnet, labor, etc.,
14 88
Wm. S. Jenkins, labor and stock,
10 43
66
Dodge and Beard, sundries,
9 09
Edward Carter, tuning piano,
3 00
66
J. H. Merrill, sundries,
5 05
B. G. Morris, sundries,
5 60
Amount carried forward,
$2,246 04
D. Howarth, books and stationery,
25
Amount brought forward, Cash paid C. Meyers, sundries,
5 15
Margaret Barry, cleaning rooms, 2 50
Seth Shearman, repairing clock,
2 00
Hermon Abbott, moving piano,
2 00
John Sullivan, labor,
2 00
66 James A. Treat, sundries,
1 35
Millet's express,
1 27
66 E. P. Higgins, painting blackboards,
1 00
J. H. Cochrane, repairing pump,
50
$2,263 81
Cash deposited in Andover Bank, to balance,
936 99
$3,200 80
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. MERRILL,
BENJAMIN B. BABBITT,
CHARLES SMITH,
NATHAN FRYE,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JOHN ABBOTT,
MOSES FOSTER, JR.,
JOSEPH SHATTUCK.
ANDOVER, Feb. 1, 1865.
4
$2,246 04
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The foregoing accounts have been carefully examined by the undersigned, and found to be correctly kept and satisfactorily vouched. They therefore respectfully present their Report to the Town for its acceptance.
S. RAYMOND, H. W. ABBOT, Auditors. HENRY BOYNTON.
ANDOVER, Feb. 20, 1865.
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TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS. To Robert Callahan, 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 Andover, on Monday, the 6th day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon, to act on the following articles, namely :
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, Constables, Fence Viewers, and all other necessary and usual town officers.
5th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs of the highways the ensuing year.
6th. To see what methods the Town will adopt for the repairs of the Highways.
7th. To see if the Town will authorize the Prudential Com- mittees of the several school districts to select and contract with teachers for the several school districts.
8th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the maintenance of their public schools for the year ensuing.
9th. To see what method the Town will adopt to apportion the school money among the school districts.
10th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise to defray the necessary expenses accruing the year ensuing.
11th. To see what method the Town will adopt for the col- lection of the public Taxes the ensuing year.
12th. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town when necessary.
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13th. To determine what compensation the Town will pay to Firemen for their services the ensuing year.
14th. To see if the Town will accept and revise the list of Jurors prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
15th. To see if the Town will continue to pay State aid to the families of Volunteers, as provided for by the laws of this Commonwealth relating thereto.
16th. To see if the Town will make an appropriation in behalf of the Trustees of the Punchard Free School, to enable them to increase the salaries of their teachers, on petition of said Trustees.
17th. To see if the Town will pay a bounty of One Hundred Dollars each to certain persons who enlisted in the U. S. service as Volunteers in 1862, on petition of Charles H. Bell and others.
18th. To see if the Town will so modify the law relating to coasting, as to allow any street or streets to be used for that purpose, on petition of S. H. Taylor and others.
19th. To act on any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
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-five. .
GEORGE FOSTER, Selectmen BENJAMIN BOYNTON, of
JOHN B. ABBOTT, Andover.
A true copy .- Attest,
ROBERT CALLAHAN,
Constable of Andover.
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