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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15TH. 1867.
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LAWRENCE, MASS .: AMERICAN OFFICE --- GEO. S. MERRILL & CO., PRINTERS. 1867.
THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15TH, 1867.
LAWRENCE: PRINTED BY GEO. S. MERRILL & COMPANY. No. 120 ESSEX STREET. 1867.
REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
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SCHOOLS.
1866.
1867.
Districts.
Feb'y 16. Cr.
Appropri- ation.
Credit.
Paid.
Feb. 15. Cr.
Gram. School
$587 00
$587 00
$386 06
$200 94
Centre South,
$257 59
516 00
773 59
624 03
149 56
Phillips,
139 46
332 00
471 46
365 86
105 60
Village,
229 55
501 00
730 55
596 72
133 83
Ballard Vale,
239 91
727 00
966 91
741 05
225 86
Scotland,
152 21
242 00
394 21
306 17
88 04
Holt,
113 75
250 00
363 75
275 70
88 05
Centre West,
144 51
227 00
371 51
284 35
87 16
Frye.
163 32
513 00
676 32
532 30
144 02
North,
73 46
205 00
278 46
201 00
77 46
Abbott,
72 59
224 14
296 73
221 15
75 58
Bailey,
142 38
219 00
361 38
253 38
108 00
Osgood,
84 25
274 00
358 25
264 30
93 95
$1,812 98
$4,817 14
$6,630 12
$5.052 07
$1,578 05
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SCHOOL HOUSES.
1866.
1867
Districts.
February 16. Dr. Cr.
Credit.
Paid.
Dr.
Cr.
Grammar School,
$164 51
$164 51
Centre South,
85 44
85 44
Phillips,
9 65
9 65
Village,
$4 67
$4 67
15 44
10 77
Ballard Vale,
657 24
657 24
629 74
$27 50
Scotland,
7 55
7 55
29 94
22 39
Holt,
12 79
12 79
Centre West.
49 00
49 00
43 33
5 67
Frye,
2 76
2 76
23 15
20 39
North,
2 17
2 17
6 92
4 75
Abbott,
2 43
2 43
Bailey,
70
70
2 14
1 44
Osgood,
26
26
18 60
18 34
$724 35
$724 35 1,044 08.
$352 90 $33 17
Town tax for school houses,
From State school fund, 57 71
-$257 71
SERVICES OF OFFICERS.
John O'Connell, police service,
$18 00
Horace Bodwell,
.
6 00
Amos C. Abbott, 66
13 50
G. F. Baker, 66
7 00
Henry Dane,
66
9 00
Wm. Stickney,
66
3 50
Henry A. Bean, 66
4 00
Francis Banks, 66
4 00
J. W. Dearborn, 66
15 50
G. F. Baker, for commitment,
3 00
E. K. Jenkins, 66
3 00
66 66 Treasurer,
50 00
B. B. Babbitt, School Committee,
80 00
S. H. Greene, 66
60 00
S. H. Boutwell "
65 00
Wm. S. Jenkins, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer, 275 00
J. B. Abbott, 66
66
225 00
Hermon Phelps, 66
66 250 00
E. K. Jenkins, collecting taxes, 410 56
66
66 recording births, marriages and deaths, 71 20
$1,573 26
$200 00
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LIQUOR DEPARTMENT.
E. F. Porter, for liquor, $756 36
J. I. Baker,
2,064 72
H. W. Abbott, for services,
191 67
U. S. License,
25 00
H. W. Abbott, freight on liquors,
20 75
66 66 sundries,
8 41
$3,066 91
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
For labor of Engine Company, $218 10
Remittance of taxes of Engine Company, 74 00
J. C. Morse, for services on Engine, 16 43
T. A. Holt & Co., supplies for Engine,
7 50
E. H. Barnard, 66
1 40
Paid for horses to draw
66
12 50
T. E. Mayberry, wood for Engine house,
4 25
$336 18
STATE AID.
Paid by Selectmen, $60 00
Town Treasurer,
13,168 00
$13,228 00
HIGHWAY TAXES WORKED AND REASSESSED.
District No. 1, John Cornell,
$174 09
66 2, D. P. Abbott,
42 05
66 3, John Chandler,
124 62
66 4, N. B. Abbott,
66 5, H. Jones,
12 41
66 66 6, George Worcester,
20 46
66 66 7, G. F. Mason,
12 11
66
66 8, William Jenkins,
66
66 9, Jesse Harnden, 13 32
Amount carried forward, $399 06
6
Amount brought forward,
$399 06
District No.10, H. F. Pasho,
12 96
66
" 11, Wm. C. Donald,
13 35
" 12, M. B. Abbott,
40 38
66
" 13, J. H. Chandler,
29 27
66
" 14, Charles Shattuck,
40 90
66
" 15, Isaac Carruth,
22 55
" 16, P. B. Follansbee,
35 00
66
" 17, S. Bardwell,
31 63
66
" 18, Hermon Phelps,
25 50
66
" 19, Wm. Perrin,
32 79
" 20, A. N. Luscomb,
50 00
" 21, Wm. Merrill,
19 41
" 22, Geo. F. Baker,
27 06
" 23, P. P. Pillsbury,
85 06
" 24, George Boutwell,
17 02
66
" 25, Ballard Holt,
39 11
66
" 26, T. E. Mayberry,
199 52
66
" 27, C. O. Cummings,
77 10
66
" 28, Wm. H. B. Woodlin,
27 95
$1,225 62
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
OVER-WORK.
District No. 2,
$1 53
9,
8 00
66
3,
23 14
66
6,
27 16
"6
" 28,
13 68
66
« 1,
10 00
66
" 16,
2 72
$86 23
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Ballard Vale Bridge, lumber, 66 66 labor, 137 67
$240 44
Amount carried forward, $378 11
7
Amount brought forward,
$378 11
Ballard Vale Bridge, ironwork, District No. 2,
107 03
3, (1865.)
66
5,
6 25
66
6,
7 50
66
7,
2 00
12,
9 00
13,
24 75
66
14,
19 70
16,
29 48
" 17,
105 17
"
18,
6 00
66
" 25,
7 25
66
" 26,
62 85
" 27,
5 44
66
" 28,
8 67
$791 40
REMOVING SNOW.
Henry Burtt,
$5 00
P. B. Follansbee, (1867,)
26 28
$31 28
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
E. Taylor, Collector for 1865, $20 12
E. K. Jenkins, " " 1866, 352 42
$372 54
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
E. K. Jenkins, $204 99
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Punchard School appropriation, $500 00
.
5 40
66
6 80
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
George S. Merrill, printing, $419 15
Robert Callahan, janitor at Town House, 136 00
Peter Temple, for land damages, 135 00
Horace Bodwell, repairs on Town House, 20 52
A. A. Abbott, for services in Jones' case, 1864,
183 00
T. Groom & Co., for Books, 3 50
A. Smith, work at Town House,
4 50
D. Howarth, books and stationery,
24 95
66 school books,
9 95
66 66 fixtures in Town House,
7 00
H. P. Beard & Co., supplies for Town House, 30 35
J. S. Eaton, North Reading, schooling, 14 88
S. G. Bean, dinners for Selectmen and Checkers,
5 75
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal for Town House,
35 50
Wm. S. Jenkins, wood 66 66
2 00
66 66 repairs on 66 66
11 30
H. Abbott, 66 at 66 66
1 25
C. O. Cummings, for gravel around Town House, 66
11 85
Wm. Barnett, repairs on furnace at
36 71
Abbott & Clement, for lumber for
5 85
R. Callahan, labor at 66 19 80
66
40 00
P. M. Jefferson, building wall, Dist. No. 16,
9 00
R. Callahan, notifying Town Officers,
9 00
66 returning deaths, 5 50
1 60
H. Phelps, 66
1 40
W. H. Kimball, M. D., returning births, 2 75
1 00
R. Callahan, warning meetings, 11 00
T. E. Mayberry & Co., removing safe, 3 00
H. A. Davis, sealing Weights and Measures, 8 00
S. Raymond, for box in Post Office, 1 00
Town Officers, for. R. R. fares,
19 70
Wm. S. Jenkins, for guide boards,
6 29
Town Officers, for stamps,
8 00
School Committee, for books,
9 42
W. F. Draper, for printing,
17 81
J. H. Cochran, for blacksmithing,
82
B. G. Morris, binding book,
1 75
Amount carried forward,
$1,275 75
A. C. Chadwick, insurance on
J. Walch, 66
Mrs. C. Murray, 66
9
Amount brought forward,
$1,275 85
Charles Dugan, returning deaths, 70
1 50
A. K. Russell, distributing envelopes, E. P. Higgins, services at hay-scales,
20 00
$1,298 05
SUMMARY OF SELECTMEN'S ORDERS.
Punchard School,
$500 00
State Aid,
13,228 00
Liquor Agency,
3,066 91
Fire Department,
336 18
Services of Officers,
1,573 26
Highways and Bridges-Overwork,
86 23
Removing Snow,
31 28
Special Appropriation for Roads and Bridges,
791 40
Highway Taxes Worked and Reassessed,
1,225 62
Abatement of Taxes,
204 99
Remittance of Taxes,
372 54
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,298 05
$22,714 46
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OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
RELIEF OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Ann E. Bean,
$75 00
Catherine Ferrington,
84 00
Phebe Palmer,
45 81
Phebe A. Johnson,
29 25
Serena Abbott,
24 75
Joseph V. Allen,
34 50
Anna Jones,
39 00
Mrs. Edward Mason,
68 00
Carlton Parker,
12 30
Dorcas Chandler,
26 00
Joseph Russell, Jr.,
69 71
Mary J. Abbott,
26 00
T. C. Mason,
56 00
Mary A. Goodwin,
3 00
Stephen Tracy, medical attendance on the family of David Goodwin,
11 00
Harriet B. Gile,
35 00
Elbridge G. Wardwell;
4 00
Michael McEnroe,
8 00
Walter H. Kimball, medical attendance on Hannah B. Callahan, 24 50
Margaret Larkin,
2 00
Stephen Abbott,
9 25
Mrs. George Goodhue,
3 00
Louisa Grant,
15 00
Benjamin Cammeron,
5 00
Elizabeth M. Shattuck,
1 00
$711 07
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DUE FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Lawrence, Leander F. Howard,
13 39
Haverhill, Mrs. John B. Pecker, 54 00
Methuen, Haskell Gorden, 3 00
Newburyport, Rebecca Merrill,
9 75
North Andover, James Nichols,
39 50
Lowell, Abby M. Manserge,
56 90
$176 54
COMMITMENT OF PAUPERS.
Paid William Hart,
$4 00
Henry A. Bean,
15 80
Arthur N. Bean,
6 00
Frances Banks,
11 00
$36 80
EXPENSES OF ALMS-HOUSE.
Charles O. Cummings, salary,
$375 00
Amos Buxton, labor,
34 00
Lydia A. Gilcreast, labor,
36 00
T. A. Holt & Co., supplies,
969 21
John H. Flint, meat,
464 32
H. P. Beard & Co., supplies,
758 31
George A. Nelson, supplies,
643 92
George M. Winslow & Co., coal,
120 00
John T. Shattuck, shoes,
93 11
Henry W. Abbott, supplies,
101 22
David Jameson, meat,
357 86
Milton Berry, M. D., medical attendance,
15 00
B. F. Holt, ice,
16 00
Lydia A. Reynolds, labor,
45 00
William N. Cochran, blacksmithing,
7 03
James H. Cochran blacksmithing,
65 79
. J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,'
55 56
David Howarth, medical supplies,
19 25
Herman Abbott, coffins,
29 00
Amount carried forward,
$4,205 58
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Amount brought forward,
$4,205 58
Robert Callahan, burials, Stephen Tracy, M. D., P. M. Jefferson, soap, Charles O. Cummings, in part salary 1866,
15 00
2 00
54 88
200 00
$4,477 46
EXTRA EXPENSES AT THE ALMS-HOUSE.
Walter B. Allen, whitewashing Almshouse,
$55 44
Richard M. Abbott, painting, 68 12
Herman Abbott, furniture, 16 69
David F. Gilverary & Co., bedsteads and bedding,
222 22
Bennett & Welch, drain tile,
40 70
William S. Jenkins, shingles, lumber and labor, 477 78
William Barnett, repairs,
54 10
$935 05
PAID TO CITIES AND TOWNS.
State Lunatic Hospital, Lydia A. Frye,
$56 31
Insane Asylum, Ipswich, Hannah B. Callahan, 53 03
Charlestown, Daniel Mears, 36 25
House of Correction, Julia Wiley and Ella J. Parker, 25 70 Ipswich, Frances Holt, 86 29
North Andover, Elizabeth Kimball,
25 31
$282 89
SUMMARY OF OVERSEERS' ORDERS.
Expenses of Almshouse,
$4,477 46
Extra expenses,
935 05
Relief out of the House,-
711 07
Paid to cities and towns,
282 89
Due from cities and towns, -
176 54
Commitments,
36 80
House of Correction,
25 70
$6,645 51
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT. -
DR.
To balance from last account,
$170 27
To cash for labor,
66
166 milk,
16 32
66
66 vegetables, &c.,
42 42
66 " pigs,
112 94
66 66
calves,
54 50
66 66
66 hide and tallow,
16 99
66 66
services of bull,
25 75
66 66
" clay and gravel,
14 80
66
66
lodging prisoners,
5 50
66
66
old bridge plank,
3 00
66 66
conveying pauper to Boxford,
1 50
66
66 use of trucks,
7 00
66
66
brick,
2 50
66
" premium on oxen,
10 00
66
66
66
" ploughing, 7 00
$722 55
CR.
By cash paid for lime, cement, &c., 66 66
$12 95
window glass,
1 95
66 66 potatoes,
2 50
66
66 66 garden seeds,
5 25
66 66
oats,
3 33
66
66
66 66 crackers,
11 00
66
66
66 repairing harnesses, &c.,
8 55
66
66 66 66 school books,
2 63
66
66
6
66 tools and hardware,
12 86
Amount carried forward, $61 02
232 06
· 14
Amount brought forward,
$61 02
. By cash paid for carpeting, 66 66
17 61
66
66 66 " cider and vinegar,
10 55
66 66
66 ox yoke,
2 50
66 66 66 express to Boston,
2 15
" R. R. freight,
24 00
66
66
66 " toll to Lawrence,
1 68
66
66
" grinding corn and coffee,
9 96
66
66
66
paper hangings,
6 65
66
66
66
L. A. Gilcrease, labor,
30 00
66
66 66 E. Carlton,
6 50
66
66
E. Pasho,
26 25
66
66
66 66
Wm. H. Rea, 66
18 75
66
H. C. Harnden,
12 00
66
66
postage stamps,
53
66
66
66 6.
1 pig,
8 00
66
medicine,
30
66
66
66
S. Hamilton, labor,
41 40
66
66
66
Geo. O. Burns, "
70 00
66
66
" use of plough,
3 00
66
66
66
" E. Hussey, washing, and sawing lumber,
27 51
66
66
. W. Poor, repairs,
21 65
66
66
. J. Farnham, "
4 50
66
" Pasturing,
3 00
Balance due the Town,
126 68
$722 55
C. O. CUMMINGS, SUPERINTENDENT.
ALMS - HOUSE.
Whole number of Paupers in the Alms-house during the year,
45
Whole number weeks board,
1608
foreign paupers entertained,
213
weeks board, 61
66
66 prisoners held in custody awaiting trial, 16
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weeks board of prisoners, 5
fresh fish, 70 54
66
clothing,
55 82
.
1 cow,
60 00
15
REMAINING IN ALMS-HOUSE.
Over eighty years of age, Between seventy and eighty, 5
3
sixty and seventy,
2
fifty and sixty,
4
forty and fifty, 2
thirty and forty, 1
ten and twenty, 3
66 one and ten, 4
24
DEATHS IN THE ALMS-HOUSE DURING THE YEAR.
Farnham Jones, aged 28 years.
Wm. Lovejoy, aged 59 years.
Elizabeth M. Shattuck, aged 31 years.
Phebe A. Brown, aged 18 years.
Nathaniel Woodbridge, aged 73 years.
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Thirty-four straw and twenty-nine feather beds, $100 00 Forty-six pillows, 34.50 ; 30 quilts and 40 comfort- ers, 150.00, 184 50
Seventy-five sheets and forty pillow-cases, 65 00
Magee stove, 10.00 ; six air-tight stoves, 24.00, 34 00
Two cylinder stoves,15.50 ; two clocks, 2.50, 18 00
Clothes-horses, basket and tin ware, tin boiler, tea-pot, 16 00 Twenty-one chambers, 2 syringes, shade, 9 25
Dinner bells, three sad and one coal iron, one brush,
3 00
Ice-chest, two demijohns, bread trough,
6 40
Writing desk, 8 tables, 15 pails, nest boxes,
12 00
Forty chairs, one churn, lantern, 15 00
Meal-chest and book-case, 2 00
Firkins and butter-tubs, two moulding boards, 15 00
Crockery-ware, four earthen dishes, five glass lamps, 15 00 Dining set and tumblers, 9.00 ; 8 washing tubs, 5.00, 14 00 Fifty iron bedsteads, 150.00 ; fifteen blankets, 37.50, 187 50 Six dining chairs, 13.00 ; Leather and glass, 5.00 18 00
Table and tea-spoons, knives and forks, 5 00
Two chopping knives and five butcher knives, 1 75
Amount carried forward, $721.90
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Amount brought forward, $721 90
Brass and porcelain kettles, 4 00
Sick-chair, nine long benches, covered table, 19 50
Carving knife and fork, apple-parer, oil cans, 6 00
Cook-stove, kerosene lamps, 40 50
Cider tunnel, rocking chair, nurse-lamp, 2 15
Four glass and 14 tin jars, 5.00; 3 stone jugs, 2.00, 7 00
Six bake pans, fifty milk-pans, and office chair, 16 00
Fifty-six mounted town maps, 14 00
One hundred and seventy-two unmounted, 17 20
$848 25
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Two horse wagons and one top, 175.00; drain tile, 4.50, $179 50
Ox wagon, 45.00; ox sled, pung and sleigh, 40.00, 85 00 Wagon harness, 15.00; snow-scraper, 1.50, 16 50
Ox scraper, 3.00 ; 2 harrows, 20.00; steelyards, 3.00, 26 00 Eight scythes and snaths, 8.00 ; set measures, 50c. 8 50
Horse-rake, 24.00 ; two flails, 1 pair ox ties, 1.50, 25 50
Five hand-rakes, 1.25 ; 8 hay-forks, 4.00, 5 25
Horse pitchfork, 16.00 ; 2 grain chests, 12.00 28 00
Blocks and ropes, 17.00 ; hay-cutter, 1.50, 18 50
Three ladders, 4.00 ; 3 ox yokes, 15.00 ; 6 hoes, 3.00, 22 00
Cultivator, 10.00 ; 4 manure forks, 7.00, 17 00
Feed trough, 2.50 ; 6 shovels and spades, 6.00, 8 50 Five draft and 5 stake chains, 15.00 ; 3 iron bars, 3.00, 18 00 Three whiffletrees and chains, 2.00; 10 feed boxes, 2.50, 4 50
Hay-wagon, 22.00 ; work harness, 7.00, 29 00
Two ox-carts, 40.00; 2 pairs ox muzzles, 1.00, 41 00
Stone wagon, 20.00 ; old iron, 3.00, 23 00
Five ploughs and lot dilapidated ploughs, 45 00
Stone drag and spire, 7.00; scald tub, 75c., 7 75
Grain cradle, 2.50 ; five baskets, 2.00, 4 50
Grindstone, 8.00; beetle and wedges, 2.00, 10 00
Two pickaxes and one stone hammer, 3 00
Two peat knives and four spread forks, 5 00
Two grub hoes, 50c .; three garden rakes, 2.00, 2 50
Horse blanket, 4.50 ; buffalo robe, 4.00, 8 50
Carpenter tools, 3.00; wrench and blasting tools, 10.00 13 00
.
Amount carried forward, $655 00
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Amount brought forward, $655 50
Four axes, 2.00 ; vice, 4.00 ; wheelbarrow, 4.00, 10 00
Three snow-shovels, 2.00; sewer-ladle, 2.00, 4 00
Winnowing mill, 2.00; lot of brick, 4.00, 6 00
Two sickles, 50c .; two corn-cutters, 75c.,
1 25
Five cart spires, 5.00 ; hand rake, 1.00,
6 00
Eleven meal bags, 4.00; 68 flour barrels, 11.00, 15 00
Three wood-saws, 2 25
$699 50
PROVISIONS.
Two hundred pounds butter, 80.00; 200 lbs. lard, 32.00, $112 00
Graham flour, 13.00 ; oil, 2.00 ; molasses, 2.50, 17 50
Half barrel flour, 7.50 ; crackers, 1.50, 9 00
Tea, 40.00 ; coffee, 8.00; saleratus, 90c ; 175 lbs. sugar, 26.25, 75 15
Beef, 25.00 ; 47 galls. vinegar, 15.00 ; 1-2 bbl. pick- les, 4.00, 44 00
Three bushels salt, 2.25 ; 72 lbs. hard soap, 9.36 11 61 Soft soap, 8.00 ; tobacco, 7.00 ; 10 meat barrels, 5.00, 20 00 Eight cider barrels, 8 00
$297 26
FARM PRODUCE.
Thirty bush's corn, 37.50 ; 5 bush's barley, 6.25, $43 75 Five bushels wheat, 10.00 ; 2 bushels rye, 2.50, 12 50
Six bushels oats, 4.50 ; meadow hay, 40.00, 44 50 Nine tons English hay, 252.00 ; corn fodder, 35.00, 287 00 Manure, 250.00; seeds and seed corn, 6.00; 18 hams, 49.50, 305 50
Five gate-posts, 2.50 ; six cart-axles, 5.00, 7 50
Three and 3-4 barrels pork, 122.50 ; meal, 25.50, 147 00
Two hundred bushels potatoes, 120.00 ; oat straw, 10.00, 130 00
Six bushels beets. 4.50 ; 15 bushels carrots, 7.50,' 12 00 Seventeen and 1-2 bush's beans, 35.00 ; fine feed, 4.00, 39 00 Meat block, bench and saw, 10 00
$1,038 75
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FARM STOCK.
One horse, 150.00 ; 2 yoke oxen, 475.00,
$625 00
Five milch cows, 300.00 ; 1 bull, 28.00, 328 00
138 75
Two fat cows, 120.00 ; 25 fowls,18.75, Eight swine,
135 00
FUEL AND LUMBER.
Twenty-five cords hard-pine wood, $125 00
Eighteen cords dry pine, ready for stove, 117 00
Thirteen cords oak wood, 130.00 ; peat, 3.00,
133 00
Twenty-five cords white-pine, 125.00 ; (?) 9 tons coal, 94.50, 219 50
Bridge plank, common plank and boards,
65 00
$659 50
CLOTHS AND CLOTHING.
Boots and shoes 20.00 ; socks, 2.50; 3 yards cloth, 1.00, $23 50
Twenty-five yds. calico, 5.00 ; thread and buttons, 2.00, 7 00
Curtains, 2.50; suspenders, 1.00; 2 hoods, 3.00, 6 50
Shawl, 8.00 ; table covers, 3.00 ; mittens, 20c., 11 20
Rollers, crash and towels, 15.00 ; Ready-made cloth- ing, 30.00, 45 00
$93 20
SUMMARY.
Inventory of household furniture,
" farming implements,
699 50
" provisions,
296 78
66
" stock,
1,238 75
66
" fuel and lumber,
659 50
" cloths and clothing,
93 20
$4,871 23
On visiting the Almshouse, the Auditors were much pleased to notice very decided and hitherto greatly needed improvements upon the lower floor of the house, and the introduction of iron bedsteads
$845 75
" farm produce,
1,037 75
$1,226 75
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and neat bedding in the upper stories, thus rendering the residence there of the Superintendent and his lady more pleasant, and greatly lessening their labor. The neatness and order of the premises, both in doors and out of doors, show unmistakable marks of a good housekeeper, and a competent manager outside.
We venture to suggest to the Overseers that a convenient bathing- room in the establishment would be a great improvement, and con- ducive to the health of the inmates.
LIQUOR AGENCY.
Town of Andover in account with H. W. Abbott, Town Agent.
DR.
To cash paid Town Treasurer for liquors sold, $3,298 82
" barrels and casks sold, 23 75 stock of liquors on hand, Feb. 12, 1867, 398 62
cash on hand, 46 08
$3,767 27
CR.
By stock of liquors on hand, Feb. 14, 1866, $349 54 By cash on hand, Feb. 14, 1866, 38 24
By cash rec'd of Treasurer to pay bills of liquors, 2,821 08 By cash rec'd of Treasurer to pay freight bills, 20 75 By cash rec'd of Treasurer to pay H. W. Abbott's bill, 8 41 By cash received of Treasurer to pay U. S. license, 25 00 Agent's salary from Feb. 16, 1866, to Feb. 16, 1867, 191 67
Net profit, 312 58
$3,767 27
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
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Town of Andover in Account with E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer.
DR.
To paid County tax for 1866, . $2,992 15
66
State tax for 1866,
8,550 00
66
66 Andover National Bank, hired,
10,000 00
66
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int. on same, 202 50
66
66 on account of town debt,
2,105 00
66 interest on town debt,
1,612 36
66
66 discount on taxes at 6 per ct., 1,773 42
66 66 66 4 226 72
2,000 14
66
66 Selectmen's orders, current expenses,
22,714 46
66
66
schools, 5,052 07
66 school houses,
1,044 08
66
66 Overseers of Poor, orders,
6,618 81
66 teachers Punchard School for N. Andover, 100 00
66 Selectmen and Auditors, 27 00
To balance of taxes unpaid, 329 31
To cash on hand to balance, 12,836 23
$76,184 11
CR.
By balance cash received of E. Taylor, (late Treasurer,) $7,897 12
By balance taxes received of E. Taylor, (late Treasurer,) 1865, 1,143 11
Amount carried forward,
$9,040 23
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Amount brought forward,
$9,040 23
By additional taxes received of E. Taylor, (late Treasurer) 1865,
4 80
By cash from Newburyport pauper account,
39 00
66 66 66 Salem 66
17 00
66
66 66 Haverhill 66
66
10 00
66 66 66 half fines in suit Commonwealth vs. Wm. Abbott, 2d, 12 50
66
66
66 County Treasurer, discount on tax, 33,41
66
66
66 Henry W. Abbott, liquor Agent,
3,322 57
66
66
66 rent of Town house,
381 00
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hired of Andover National Bank,
10,000 00
66
66 from N. Andover, by M. Foster, for Punchard School,
100 00
66
66
State Treasurer for School Fund,
230 85
66
66
66 State aid for 1865,
7,000 00
66
66
66
66
corporation tax for 1866,
4,744 21
66
66
66
hay scale fees,
45 83
66
66
66
Assessors' warrant for tax lists, 1866,
41,056 21
66
66
66
proprietors' and Phillips School Fund,
144 00
$76,184 11
66
66 Town maps, 2 50
E. K. JENKINS, TREASURER.
ANDOVER, Feb. 15, 1867.
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LIABILITIES.
Notes payable,
$24,900 00
Due Schools,
1,578 05
Due interest not called for,
402 00
Due School-houses,
33 17
$26,913 22
ASSETS.
Cash on hand,
$12,836 23
Taxes unpaid, 329 31
Cash in Superintendent's hands, 126 68
Cash in Liquor Agency,
444 70
Due from Cities and Towns,
176 54
Due for State aid to soldiers and fam- ilies, 1866,
12,986 00
Due State aid since Jan. 1, 1867,
182 00
Due for State aid under law of 1865,
20 00
-$27,101 46
Balance in Treasurer's hands in favor of Town, $188 24
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town House and fixtures,
$15,000 00
Land under and adjoining, 2,000 00
Weights and measures,
200 00
Safe in Town House,
166 00
Hay scales, -
300 00
Engine-house and land,
900 00
Engine and apparatus,
1,000 00
Town Farm and buildings,
5,830 00
4,871 23
Personal property, as per inventory, Library,
250 00
$30,517 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 Expendi- tures thereof for the year ending February 1, 1867.
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,
$741 94
Interest received since said Report, 2,584 48
Cash received of T. E. Mayberry & Co., for rent of land,
25 00
$3,351 42
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid W. G. Goldsmith, Principal, salary,
$1,000 00
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Sarah S. Richardson, Assistant,“
266 00
66
66 Abby S. Hervey,
273 00
66 66 Ada B. Chandler, 66 66
21 00
66 66 Moses Foster, Treasurer, 66
100 00
A. B. Carter, Music Teacher,
29 00
66
66 . Edward P. Abbot, Janitor,
25 00
66
Edward P. Abbot, sundries,
11 75
66
66 Henry Abbot,
8 45
66
66 Wm. G. Goldsmith,
50 18
66
66 Sarah S. Richardson, « 3 00
66
T. E. Mayberry & Co., coal,
157 50
66
Henry Brownell, labor and team,
25 00
66
W. F. Draper, printing,
26 25
66
Little & Brown, books,
12 00
66
66 T. O. Riley, repairs on roof,
42 62
66
66 D. Howarth, stationery,
4 92
Amount carried forward,
$2,256 53
66 Miss Wilder, 66 66
134 00
66 Henry Abbot, Janitor,
46 86
F. A. Dewson, diplomas,
20 00
24
Amount brought forward,
$2,256 53
66
J. J. Brown, sundries,
6 75
66
Wm. Barnet, 4 75
66
John Abbot,
5 00
66
Wm. S. Jenkins, labor and stock,
23 28
66
American Tablet Co., Slate Boards,
15 03
66
66
Charles Smith, expenses paid,
2 00
66 H. P. Beard & Co., sundries,
11 37
66
Margaret Berry, labor,
3 75
66
A. W. Sprague, sundries,
4 98
66
66 Hermon Abbot,
6 05
66
J. Sullivan, labor,
2 00
1 50
66
66 Edward Carter, tuning piano,
2 50
66 Charles Meyer, sundries,
1 25
$2,376 76
Cash deposited in Andover Nat'l Bank, to balance, 974 66
$3,351 42
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. MERRILL, BENJ. B. BABBITT, CHARLES SMITH,
NATHAN FRYE, MOSES FOSTER,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JOHN ABBOT,
Andover, Feb. 1, 1867.
ISAAC CARRUTH.
NOTE .- At the last Annual March Meeting, the Town of Andover appropriated five hundred dollars, and the Town of North Andover one hundred dollars, in behalf of the Teachers, and these amounts have been paid to them, in addition to the amounts above specified.
The foregoing accounts, having been carefully examined, and found to have been correctly kept and well vouched, we respectfully present our Report to the town for acceptance.
A. J. GOULD, HENRY BOYNTON, AUDITORS. JOHN H. FLINT,
66 R. M. Abbot, painting,
18 50
Geo. S. Merrill, printing,
9 50
66 E. Gerry,
1 75
66 Chas. Collins, labor,
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS. To ROBERT CALLAHAN, one of the Con- stables of the Town of Andover : GREETING. .
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in election and in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Andover, on Monday, the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock, at noon, to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2d. To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing.
Article 3d. To hear and act on the report of the Auditors.
Article 4th. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Over- seers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, School Commit- tee, Constables, Fence Viewers, and all other neces- sary and usual Town officers.
Article 5th. To hear the report of the committee upon certain claims of soldiers, and act thereon.
Article 6th. To hear a report of the Soldiers' Mon- ument Committee, and act thereon.
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Article 7th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs of highways the ensuing year.
Article 8th. To see what methods the Town will adopt for the repairs of the highways.
Article 9th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the maintenance of their public schools for the year ensuing.
Article 10th. To see if the Town will make an appropriation in behalf of the teachers of the Punch- ard Free School for the year ensuing, on petition of · said Trustees.
Article 11th. To see what method the Town will adopt to apportion the school money among the pub- lic schools.
Article 12th. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the school district property taken pos- session of by the Selectmen under the vote of the Town, passed at the Town meeting March 5th, 1866.
Article 13th. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will raise for the repair and improvement of the school property, and for the incidental expens- es of the school houses.
Article 14th. To provide for the Central Grammar School.
Article 15th. To see what sum of money the Town will raise to defray the necessary expenses accruing the year ensuing.
Article 16th. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of the public taxes the ensu- ing year.
Article 17th. 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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Article 18th. To determine what compensation the Town will pay to firemen for their services the ensu- ing year.
Article 19th. To see if the Town will accept and revise the list of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 20th. To see what action the Town will take in reference to damage done by water on land of Isaac M. Hardy.
Article 21st. To see if the Town will grant the fire companies in Ballard Vale the same compensation as voted to the Shawsheen Company.
Article 22d. To see if the Town will furnish hose for said companies.
Article 23d. To act on any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this war- rant 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-seven.
WM. S. JENKINS, 1 Selectmen' of
JOHN B. ABBOTT,
HERMAN PHELPS, Andover.
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