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THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER.
1870-71.
ANDOVER : PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1871.
F
THE
AUDITORS' REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF ANDOVER.
1870-71.
ANDOVER : PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 1871.
REPORT.
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SELECTMEN'S ACCOUNT.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
PAID PER ORDER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE : HIGH SCHOOL.
H. B. & O. W. Chamberlain, chemicals and apparatus, $66 22
E. Francis Holt, furniture,
47 00
Gilman Brothers, chemicals,
7 11
J. L. Hammett, furniture,
2 25
American Tablet Co.,
2 00
William Barnett, repairs on stoves,
5 45
H. W. Abbott, supplies,
2 27
$132 30
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
H. P. Beard and Co., brush, 92
E. H. Barnard, painting,
17 64
H. Chapin Sawin, supplies,
10 00
John Chandler, grading,
19 00
American Tablet Co.,
2 00
George Foster, duster,
1 50
William S. Jenkins, repairs,
46 18
William Barnett, repairing stove,
3 15
Horace Wilson, repairs,
7 97
108 36
Amount carried forward,
$240 66
4
FRYE DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward,
$240 66
Jonathan Poor, repairs, $16 84
E. Francis Holt, black-boards and repairs, 24 55
William S. Jenkins, repairs, 26 00
American Tablet Co., black-boards, 34 17
J. E. Whiting, repairing clock,
1 35
E. H. Barnard, painting, 3 47
William Barnett, store grate, etc.,
3 55
Gile and Allen, mason work,
5 00
H. W. Abbott, supplies,
87
115 80
BAILEY DISTRICT.
William Hardy, repairs, 3 60
Hattie R. Abbott, cleaning,
1 50
American Tablet Co.,
1 00
6 10
HOLT DISTRICT.
American Tablet Co.,
1 00
H. S. Greene, crasers,
1 20
Henry C. Harnden, repairs,
11 25
William S. Jenkins, repairs,
3 00
16 45
SOUTH CENTRE DISTRICT.
Robert Callahan, repairs,
1 50
E. H. Barnard, painting,
219 74
Abbott and Smith, table,
3 00
Mrs. Abercrombie, cleaning,
5 24
John Chandler, grading,
8 00
Mr. Kenney, repairs on pump,
5 00
William S. Jenkins, repairs,
23 00
American Tablet Co., black-boards,
36 64
J. L. Hammett, furniture,
2 25
Gile and Allen, mason work,
19 43
Amount carried forward,
$323 80 $379 01
5
Amount brought forward, $323 80 $379 01
John R. Loring, repairs on pump, 2 00
William Barnett, repairs on stove,
10 85
Horace Wilson, repairs,
49 47
386 12
BALLARD VALE DISTRICT.
H. S. Greene, repairs and supplies,
52 20
Thomas Howell, labor and windows,
201 91
Rufus Reed, lime,
1 60
James A. Treat, paint and oil,
79 17
American Tablet Co.,
2 00
J. A. Smart (Agent), insurance,
105 00
Gile and Allen, mason work, '
5 00
Greene and Woodlin, paint and labor,
23 78
470 66
OSGOOD DISTRICT.
M. Abby Whitehouse, cleaning,
2 00
American Tablet Co.,
1 00
William Barnett, stove-pipe,
2 50
5 50
NORTH DISTRICT.
E. H. Barnard, painting,
36 25
E. Francis Holt, furniture and labor,
142 80
William S. Jenkins, repairs,
16 00
American Tablet Co.,
9 90
J. E. Whiting, clock,
4 00
208 95
PHILLIPS DISTRICT.
E. H. Barnard, painting,
88 95
Gile and Allen, mason work,
7 25
American Tablet Co.,
1 00
H. S. Greene, stove and supplies,
23 96
William F. Abbott, grading,
6 00
Horace Wilson, repairs,
12 22
139 38
Amount carried forward,
$1589 62
6
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward,
$1589 62
George Buchan, repairs on clock,
$1 00
Mrs. Abercrombie, cleaning,
7 30
William S. Jenkins, repairs,
19 00
American Tablet Co., black-boards,
11 00
J. L. Hammett, furniture,
2 25
Gile and Allen, mason work,
9 00
Thomas Clark, painting,
229 82
Horace Wilson, repairs,
19 86
H. W. Abbott, bell,
30
299 53
ABBOTT DISTRICT.
E. Francis Holt, cleaning and repairs,
5 50
American Tablet Co., 1 00
6 50
SCOTLAND DISTRICT.
American Tablet Co.,
1 00
H. S. Greene, furniture and repairs,
10 76
John B. Abbott, repairs,
2 62
William S. Jenkins, wood-box,
2 00
16 38
WEST CENTRE DISTRICT.
E. Francis Holt, shingles, paint, and labor, 176 45 Charles C. Holt, pump, 10 00
American Tablet Co., 2 00
188 45
Total Amount,
$2100 48
7
SCHOOLS.
PAID PER ORDER OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE : HIGH SCHOOL.
W. G. Goldsmith, apparatus,
$100 00
S. E. Smith, teaching,
500 00
Sarah E. Merrill, teaching,
156 25
Ezra Farnham, sawing wood,
6 48
George F. Baker, wood,
18 12
Ellis and Snow, use of piano,
35 00
John Cornell, coal,
123 50
J. L. Hammett, books,
75
W. F. Draper, books,
12 62
Thomas Smith, janitor,
50 00
H. P. Beard and Co., supplies,
2 00
$1004 72
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
H. Chapin Sawin, teaching,
666 66
H. Chapin Sawin, use of piano,
24 00
Robert Callahan, janitor,
72 00
E. T. Brown, teaching,
291 67
Rosa S. Pratt, teaching,
451 11
D. D. Smith, teaching,
334 00
John Cornell, coal,
110 75
Ezra Farnham, sawing wood,
5 94
George F. Baker, wood,
17 12
W. F. Draper, books,
15 25
H. P. Beard and Co., supplies,
1 70
Ellis and Snow, use of piano,
10 65
2000 85
FRYE DISTRICT.
Hannah B. Abbott, teaching,
223 34
A. R. Worthley, teaching,
223 33
Amount carried forward,
$446 67 $3005 57
8
Amount brought forward,
$446 67 $3005 57
Mary E. Jones, teaching,
100 00
Carrie B. Holt, teaching,
100 00
John Cornell, coal,
50 00
E. Francis Holt, wood,
37 70
E. Francis Holt, building fires,
4 25
Charles Donough, building fires,
6 00
W. F. Draper, books,
4 40
749 02
BAILEY DISTRICT.
Hattie R. Abbott, teaching,
289 98
Hattie R. Abbott, cleaning,
1 50
E. Francis Holt, supplies and wood,
26 60
W. F. Draper, books,
2 60
320 68
HOLT DISTRICT.
Louisa C. Wardwell. teaching,
306 67
George F. Holt, building fires,
7 00
George Millett, cutting wood,
1 00
George F. Mason, wood,
6 00
Henry C. Harnden, wood,
34 85
W. F. Draper, books,
1 30
356 82
SOUTH CENTRE DISTRICT.
Kate A. Findley, teaching,
350 00
Frances E. Chandler, teaching,
291 67
Fannie E. Callahan, teaching, .
50 00
Hattie P. Hervey, teaching,
50 00
Robert Callahan, janitor,
24 00
John Cornell, coal,
48 75
Ezra Farnham, sawing wood,
3 91
George F. Baker, wood,
9 43
W. F. Draper, books,
2 95
830 71
Amount carried forward
$5262 80
9
BALLARD VALE DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward,
$5262 80
H. Maria Richardson, teaching,
$360 00
Abbie A. Richardson, teaching,
245 83
Susie V. Thurston, teaching,
300 00
P. P. Pillsbury, wood,
12 25
H. S. Greene, building fires,
18 00
J. P. Bradlee, coal,
61 20
W. F. Draper, books,
6 55
1003 83
OSGOOD DISTRICT.
M. Abby Whitehouse, teaching,
350 01
M. Abby Whitehouse, janitor, 7 00
E. Francis Holt, wood and sawing,
25 25
W. F. Draper, books,
1 74
384 00
NORTH DISTRICT.
Sarah E. Holt, teaching,
150 00
Hattie P. Hervey, teaching,
83 33
E. Francis Holt, wood and sawing,
20 38
W. F. Draper, books,
40
254 11
PHILLIPS DISTRICT.
Margie B. Tenney, teaching,
291 66
Margie B. Tenney, janitor,
11 60
Mary E. Jones, teaching,
50 00
Lizzie B. Abbott, teaching,
50 00
Sylvester Abbott, wood,
36 75
John B. Abbott, wood,
5 12
W. F. Draper, books,
1 00
446 13.
Amount carried forward,
$7350 87
2
10
VILLAGE DISTRICT.
Amount brought forward,
$7350 87
Charlotte H. Abbott, teaching,
$152 78
Mary F. Merrill, teaching,
311 99
Carrie B. Holt, teaching,
56 00
Mary E. Gile, teaching,
108 33
Fanny A. Hardy, teaching,
45 00
Katie W. Cooke, teaching,
50 00
Charlotte H. Abbott, janitor,
10 00
John Cornell, coal,
39 00
George F. Baker, wood,
9 06
Hermon Phelps, wood,
2 50
Ezra Farnham, sawing wood,
8 75
John C. Morse, sawing wood,
1 20
H. P. Beard and Co., supplies,
3 05
W. F. Draper, books,
7 70
805 36
ABBOTT DISTRICT.
Agnes H. Donald, teaching,
233 33
E. Francis Holt, janitor and wood,
17 13
W. F. Draper,
30
250 76 -
SCOTLAND DISTRICT.
Mary E. Gile, teaching,
190 96
Fannie A. Hardy, teaching,
116 67
John B. Abbott, wood,
39 18
William Hackett, fires,
4 81
W. F. Draper, books,
3 03
354 65
WEST CENTRE DISTRICT.
Mary S. Cutler, teaching,
248 33
E. Francis Holt, janitor and wood,
17 15
Mary S. Cutler, books,
3.00
Hannah B. Abbott, teaching,
116 67
W. F. Draper, books,
6 30
Joseph Chandler, wood,
23 62
415 07
Total Amount,
$9176 71
11
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
George Foster, School Committee, $100 00
E. Francis Holt, School Committee, 150 00
Henry S. Greene, School Committee, 100 00
$350 00
George L. Abbott, Assessor,
424 94
John B. Abbott, Assessor,
425 00
Joseph Chandler, Assessor,
425 00
1274 94
John H. Flint, Selectman and Overseer of the poor, 125 00
Benjamin Boynton, Selectman and Over- seer of the poor, 105 00
Lewis G. Holt, Selectman and Overseer of of the poor, 105 00
335 00
E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer,
50 00
E. K. Jenkins, paying State aid,
12 00
E. K. Jenkins, collecting taxes,
332 27
394 27
Henry Dane, police service,
13 00
Joshua Chandler, police service,
5 00
George S. Cole, police service,
13 00
John Clark, police service,
18 00
William Connell, police service (2} years),
13 00
John Cornell, engineer,
10 00
Joseph W. Poor, engineer,
10 00
20 00
E. P. Higgins, weigher,
8 35
George H. Parker, weigher,
11 69
20 04
$2456 25
STATE AID.
Paid by E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer, $2296 03
62 00
12
TOWN HOUSE.
John Cornell, coal, $9 50
Moses Pond and Co., furnaces,
293 29
Thomas Smith, Janitor,
96 05
Wm. S. Jenkins and Co., labor and lumber, 92 83
H. P. Beard and Co., supplies, 20 55
H. W. Abbott, supplies, 25
B. Noyes (Agent), drain-tile, 71 71
James H. Smith, repairs, 2 10
T. E. Mayberry, draining cellar,
257 65
T. E. Mayberry, hauling sand and cement- ing cellar, 143 08
George L. Abbott, iron water-pipe, 6 07
C. Young and Emerson, cement,
161 00
A. C. Chadwick (Agent), insurance, 40 00
Joseph A. Smart (Agent), insurance,
120 00
R. M. Abbott, painting, 19 28
137 30
William Barnett, repairs,
8 00
George L. Abbott, repairs,
6 48
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$1485 14
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ANDOVER STEAMER No. 1.
Union Machine Co., machine,
3700 00
Union Machine Co., buckets, axes, etc.,
63 95
Josiah Gates and Son, hose,
1605 00
H. A. Winship, fire hats,
115 00
Eben Tyler, land,
60 00
William S. Jenkins, labor,
794 54
Committe expenses,
80 80
William Blake and Co., bell,
223 12
Amount carried forward,
$6642 41
Gile and Allen, labor,
13
Amount brought forward,
$6642 41
R. M. Abbott, painting,
127 07
John Cornell, coal,
65 40
Whitney and Tappan, lamps,
12 35
John Cornell, supplies and labor,
76 56
John Cornell, horses,
36 50
H. W. Abbott, ropes,
4 64
Henry Burtt, teams for coal,
9 50
H. P. Beard and Co., supplies,
10 84
Charles Mayer, straps and belts,
35 60
Gile and Allen, labor,
35 00
James H. Smith, labor,
8 85
E. H. Ashcroft, tongs,
6 00
Dodge, Gilbert, and Co., vise,
5 75
Boardman and Vinall, wrench,
1 55
John W. Cochrane, labor,
51 00
George H. Parker, supplies,
5 20
Mark Newman, labor,
9 63
John R. Loring, repairs,
2 25
Daniel Cummings and Co., baskets,
5 00
William Barnett, stove etc.,
68 25
J. W. Faulkner, iron work,
17 75
George H. Bean, board of E. B. Jucket,
12 00
T. E. Mayberry, hauling stone and sand,
29 00
Daniel Donovan, labor,
1 50
Timothy Howard, labor,
97 38
-
$7376 98
SHAWSHIN No. 1.
Pay of members, to May 1870,
268 29
Poll taxes, to May 1870,
64 00
Pay of members, from May 1870 to Dec. 1870, 517 50
Albert Smith, labor,
5 28
John Anderson, labor,
2 00
George A. Frye, labor,
1 33
Amount carried forward,
$858 40 $7376 98
14
Amount brought forward,
$858 40 $7376 98
Elisha Pasho, labor,
14 00
James Boyd and Son, repairing hose, 7 50
Josiah Gates and Son, repairing hose,
13 61
John Cornell, horses to draw engine,
10 00
Sarah F. Abbott, storage of engine,
4 00
William Poor, repairs on engine,
77 60
Union Machine Co., repairs on engine,
50 18
H. P. Beard and Co., supplies,
1 37
-$1036 66
WHIPPLE No. 2.
Pay of members,
43 33
Poll taxes,
12 00
John Cornell, wood,
3 25
Hugh O'Donnell, horses, to draw engine,
6 00
64 58
HOOKS AND LADDERS.
John W. Faulkner, hooks,
12 50
R. H. Bishop and Co., ladders,
45 00
Whiton Brothers and Co., ropes,
3 52
E. H. Barnard, painting ladders,
3 00
-
64 02
MISCELLANEOUS.
George H. Bean, refreshments for Tiger
Engine Co., No. 3, of Lawrence, 20 00
George H. Bean, teams for Tiger No. 3, 6 00
J. W. Wardwell, teams for Tiger No. 3, 3 00
29 00
Total Amount,
$8571 24
15
HIGHWAYS.
District.
1. John Cornell,
Expended. $220 59 125 00
Snow. $10 13
2. John L. Abbott,
8 00
John Driscoll,
8 60
3. J. J. Pearson,
158 50
23 05
4. Jasper Rea,
75 00
34 00
5. William Hackett,
52 00
36 64
6. Jaques Gowing, L. G. Holt,
1 50
32. 35
7. George F. Mason, James O. Cheever,
65 00
10 80
8. William Jenkins,
25 50
9. William H. Tucker, H. J. Gray,
84 40
10 50
10. Nathan F. Abbott, C. O. Cummings,
11 00
4 00
11. William C. Donald, C. O. Cummings,
186 17
7 27
12. David Middleton,
269 27
4 20
13 .. John Chandler, Robert Winning,
159 94
16 00
14. Benjamin Boynton,
93 32
25 32
15. Henry Boynton,
81 75
26 16
16. George A. Dane,
78 65
5 00
Asa W. Livingston,
8 75
17. William Hardy, Simeon Bardwell,
99 45
18. Aaron Maddox, Joseph Chandler,
30 15
19. Elisha Grant,
33 40
7 00
20. Warren A. Bailey,
125 00
N. Gilbert Abbott,
28 65
21. Stephen Hardy,
138 00
44 00
22.
George F. Baker,
104 74
18 95
David Jameson,
22 80
Amount carried forward,
$2518 28
$553 54
60 00
22 00
14 20
12 80
165 00
54 97
6 00
16 40
19 45
90 50
16
District.
Amount brought forward,
Expended. $2518 28 207 00
Snow. $553 54
23. Jacob Dascomb, William D. Stark,
44 20
24. Samuel H. Boutwell, John Webster,
40 00
25 25
25. Charles C. Blunt, Willard Jones,
117 10
48 37
4 00
18 40
26. T. E. Mayberry,
247 47
16 50
27. Marshall Blood,
121 30
11 00
28. William Allen,
12 00
Robert Stott,
110 95
7 50
3366 10
741 76
REMOVING SNOW FROM SIDEWALKS.
Bart. Shea,
15 00
Henry Burtt,
34 00
Thomas Smith,
12 00
61 00
PIKE STREET.
Nathan Ellis, land damage,
87 00
C. O. Cummings, labor,
430 63
J. W. Faulkner, iron work,
3 91
J. H. Cochrane, iron work,
5 03
526 57
ELM SQUARE.
T. E. Mayberry, labor,
104 51
HIGHWAYS.
J. Bradley (Agent), drain-pipes,
99 29
BRIDGES.
Frye Village. David Middleton,
363 03
W. A. Kimball, spikes, 2 25
George L. Abbott, stone and lumber, 32 04
397 32
Ballard Vale. C. O. Cummings, labor, 9 00
W. A. Kimball, spikes,
2 25
11 25
$408 57
5 00
17
LIQUOR DEPARTMENT.
J. A. Broadhead, liquors,
$3146 61
Thomas Smith, agent,
250 00
Expense of agency,
45 91
$3442 52
Amount of bills paid by the town as above, 3442 52
Unpaid bills now due, 168 21
3610 73
Received (of the agent) by the Town Treasurer,
3440 06
Liquors on hand,
195 43
Cash on hand,
59 99
3695 48
Balance in favor of the Town,
$84 75
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
John Lovejoy,
5 70
E. K. Jenkins, collector,
157 35
$163 05
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
E. K. Jenkins, collector, 157 37
Whipple File Company, 1869,
527 00
$684 37
HIGH SCHOOLHOUSE.
Theodore Voelckers, plans,
235 60
Gile and Allen, labor,
700 00
Abbott and Jenkins, contractors,
15000 00
Trustees Punchard School, land,
6000 00
Recording Deed, 1 25
$21936 85
3
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18
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Henry Dane, posting town warrants, $7 00
John Clark, posting town warrants, 4 00
George S. Cole, posting town warrants, 4 00
George S. Cole, notifying town officers, 7 00
William Marland, stamped envelopes, 17 40
Hezekiah Jones, damage on highway, District 5, 6 00
B. Noyes (Agent), drain pipe for highways, 26 82 Estate of Justin Edwards, land damage 1869, Locke St. 45 63 George S. Merrill and Co., printing, 269 75
Thomas Groom, stationery and books, 4 50
Johnathan Swift, cover for Roger's brook, 1869, 5 00
George Foster, selling land at Frye village, 7 50
M. Sands, land damage, 1867, 8 00
Horace Wilson, land damage, Locke St., 1869, 100 00
John B. Abbott, bridge plank, 113 47.
Alfred A. Abbott, counsel on Punchard School case, 500 00
W. G. Means, for counsel on Punchard School case, 6 50
Boston and Maine Railroad, freight, 55 09
George H. Parker, stationery, 3 90
Charles C. Holt, pump, 10 00
George H. Bean, dinners for Selectmen and checkers, 3 75
Joshua H. Chandler, returning deaths, 40
John H. Flint, railroad fares and stamps, 5 55
Samuel K. Johnson, express, 17 45
Michael Nolan, returning deaths, 2 50
W. F. Draper, printing, 75 86
James Cruickshanks, plan of cemetery,
30 00
E. K. Jenkins, recording births, marriages, and deaths, 46 35 B. S. White, teaming, 1 25
Robert Callahan, returning deaths,
3 70
George L. Abbott, books for assessors,
19 25
E. K. Jenkins, railroad fares and stamps, 12 56
Hermon Phelps, returning deaths, 60
E. K. Jenkins, militia returns,
3 00
Asa A. Abbott, surveying,
6 00
Fairbanks, Brown, and Co., repairing hay scales,
2 50
$1432 28
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SUMMARY OF SELECTMENS' ORDERS.
Schoolhouses,
Schools,
$2100 48 9176 71
$11277 19
State aid,
2296 03
Services of officers,
2456 25
Liquor department,
3442 52
Remittance of taxes,
163 05
Abatement of taxes,
684 37
High Schoolhouse,
21936 85
Town-house expenses,
1485 14
Miscellaneous expenses,
1432 28
Fire Department,
8571 24
Highways,
3465 39
Removing snow,
802 76
Bridges,
408 57
Pike St. and Elm Sqr. (special appro.),
631 08
47775 53 $59052 72
20
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNT.
RELIEF OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Dorcas B. Chandler,
$29 50
Mrs. T. C. Mason,
52 00
Ann E. Bean,
72 00
Mrs. Harriet B. Gile,
50 50
Aaron Shattuck,
4 05
Mrs. Delina Jones,
38 46
Mrs. Edward Mason,
55 00
Abiel Upton,
69 31
E. G. Wardwell,
2 20
Mrs. Mary F. Lovejoy,
80 00
Family of David Goodwin,
2 00
Samuel W. Abbott,
6 50
J. Millett,
4 00
Catherine Farrington,
34 00
Sewell Pearson,
29 60
Mrs. Stephen Abbott,
5 75
Anna Jones,
39 00
Mary McQuinn,
1 50
Mrs. Nelson Robbins,
20 00
Patrick Qualey,
4 50
Isaac Russell,
7 00
$606 87
PAID CITIES AND TOWNS.
North Andover, Mrs. E. Kimball,
14 37
North Reading, Isaac Russell, 1869,
26 00
North Reading, C. B. Abbott, 1869,
48 00
Amount carried forward, $88 37
21
Amount brought forward, $88 37
North Reading, C. B. Abbott, 1870, 1 45
City of Charlestown, Mrs. Georgeanna Parker, 16 00
City of Taunton, Catherine Farrington, 1869, 24 00
City of Boston, Enos Dodge,
18 00
City of Newburyport, Mrs. Mary A. Ingalls,
5 00
$152 82
LUNATIC HOSPITALS.
Worcester, Samuel Holt,
188 00
Northampton, James Duncan,
408 15
$596 15
COMMITMENTS.
John H. Flint, Mary McQuinn, to Worcester, 14 95
Benjamin Boynton, Leonard Wardwell, Almshouse, 2 00
Benjamin Boynton, Aaron Shattuck, Almshouse, 2 00
Henry Burtt, Charles Hand, Tewksbury,
2 50
S. G. Bean, Mary Henderson,
1 00
$22 45
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
John A. Findley,
8 56
Isaac Russell,
12 86
Edward Russell,
5 70
$27 12
DUE FROM CITIES AND TOWNS.
Salisbury, Mrs. Mary Webster, 9 00
Newburyport, Rebecca Merrill, 37 75
North Andover, Margaret Marron,
6 50
Haverhill, Mrs. John Pecker,
12 00
Westford, Julius C. Bostwick,
10 00
$75 25
22
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
C. O. Cummings, salary, 1869, $137 50
C. O. Cummings, salary, 1870, 550 00
John Hurley, labor, 289 00
Harriet A. Smith, labor,
36 00
Holt and Higgins, groceries,
562 38
H. P. Beard and Co., groceries,
579 42
Joel Barnes, groceries,
286 59
H. W. Abbott, groceries,
24 06
Sylvester Merrill, fish,
23 60
John Findley, fish,
99 41
John H. Flint, meat,
318 23
Valpey Brothers, meat,
251 13
H. P. Holt, meat,
186 17
George A. Abbott, bull,
35 00
Thomas Smith, repairing boots and shoes,
16 49
David Gray, repairing boots and shoes,
2 62
John Cornell, coal,
135 00
B. F. Holt, ice, 17 00
William Poor, repairing carts and waggons,
14 00
William G. Goldsmith, cow, 46 00
P. M. Jefferson, soap,
56 62
George H. Parker, medical supplies,
41 82
W. H. Kimball, 25 00
William Corse and Son, boots and shoes,
24 04
J. W. Barnard, boots and shoes,
64 05
E. H. Barnard, setting glass,
4 80
W. D. and C. G. Hussey, sawing and washing,
22 49
William Marland, box in post-office,
1 00
John W. Faulkner, blacksmithing,
78 07
James H. Smith, blacksmithing,
20 90
A. E. Vinal, corn,
90 00
W. F. Draper, school books,
4 64
J. H. Chandler, burial Isaac Stickney, 5 00
Hermon Abbott, coffin and shroud Isaac Stickney, 6 50
$4054 53
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EXTRA EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE.
John Driscoll, draining land,
$192 90
Wiggin and Conner, drain tile, 167 04
William Barnett, repairs,
38 48
Gile and Allen, mason work,
91 00
Abbott and Smith, furniture,
17 20
$506 62
SUMMARY OF OVERSEERS' ORDERS.
Expense of Almshouse,
$4054 53
Extra expense of Almshouse,
506 62
Relief out of the Almshouse,
606 87
Paid Cities and Towns,
152 82
Due from Cities and Towns,
75 25
Lunatic Hospital, Worcester,
188 00
Lunatic Hospital, Northampton,
408 15
Commitments,
22 45
House of Correction,
27 12
$6041 81
REPRESENTATIVE FUND.
In accordance with the wishes of the donor, Edward Taylor, the interest of the above has been applied to the families of Mrs. Chamberlain and Miss Caroline Flint.
JOHN H. FLINT, OVERSEERS BENJ. BOYNTON, OF
LEWIS G. HOLT, THE POOR.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
To balance from last account,
$35 42
To cash for
Oxen,
310 08
Labor,
651 41
Lodging prisoners,
7 75
Vegetables,
71 21
Services of bull,
31 00
Calves,'
51 59
Milk,
11 37
Drain tile,
7 21
Gravel,
2 50
Hides and tallow,
15 33
Pigs,
54 50
Straw,
1 00
Cider,
2 50
$1252 87
CR.
To cash paid for
Oxen,
$260 00
Cedar posts,
4 00
Cow,
65 00
Yoke and bows,
3 50
Threshing grain,
9 45
Crackers,
10 50
Railroad freight,
24 65
Labor,
346 88
Repairing wagon and harness,
40 09
Tools and hardware,
27 92
Clothing,
38 68
Potatoes and seeds,
14 57
Amount carried forward,
$845 24
25
Amount brought forward,
$845 24
To cash paid for
Vinegar and cider,
12 17
Making cider,
8. 10
Town Treasurer,
350 00
Grinding coffee and corn,
6 02
Balance due the Town,
31 34
$1252 87
C. O. CUMMINGS, SUPERINTENDENT.
ALMSHOUSE.
Whole number of Paupers in Almshouse during the year,
35
Whole number of weeks' board,
1471
Whole number of foreign paupers entertained, 233
Whole number of weeks' board,
67
Whole number of persons held in costody for trial, 28
10
REMAINING IN ALMSHOUSE.
Over eighty years old,
1
Between seventy and eighty,
4
Between sixty and seventy,
6
Between fifty and sixty,
3
Between forty and fifty,
3
Between thirty and forty,
1
Between ten and twenty,
3
Between one and ten,
4
Not over one year old,
1
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Isaac Stickney died during the year, aged ninety years. Arthur H. Russell, born June 20th, 1870.
4
Whole number of weeks' board of prisoners,
26
INVENTORY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Fifty iron bedsteads,
$150 00
Ten stoves, 178 00
Glass and crockery ware, jugs, and jars,
67 00
Chairs, benches, tables, desk, and wooden-ware,
105 00
Beds and bedding, 363.00; tin-ware, 50.00,
413 00
Table and teaspoons, knives and forks,
20 00
Glass chimneys, and table-linen,
20 00
Kettles, sadirons, clocks, and bells,
14 00
Refrigerator, lamps, and brooms,
13 00
Meat-block, meat-benches, saw, and axe,
12 00
Meat, cider, and apple barrels,
20 00
$1012 00
PROVISIONS.
Flour, 17.50; butter, 13.00 ; oil, 3.00,
33 50
Lard, 23.00 ; soap, 23.50 ; salt, 1.50,
48 00
Hams, salt pork, and salt fish,
128 50
Potatoes, 275 00; beets, 1.00; carrots, 2.00 ; . apples, 18.00, 296 00
Vinegar, 10.00 ; cider, 16.00 ; pickles, 7.00,
33 00
Squashes, 4.00 ; onions, 6.00 ; dried apples, 13.50,
23 50
Molasses, 16.00; raisins, 2.00 ; preserves, 6.50,
24 50
Coffee, 3.50 ; tea, 62.70 ; sugar, 28.25,
94 45
Crackers, cornstarch, sage, and tobacco,
11 75
Mustard, soap-powder, and saleratus,
7 85
Spices,
5 00
$706 05
CLOTHING.
Pants, shawls, dresses, boots, shoes, gloves, and leather, $65 00
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FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Two horse-wagons, harnesses, pung, sleigh, robe,
blankets, and whip, $205.00
Ox-wagon, two ox-carts, sleds, and harrows, 185 00
Hay-wagon, stone-drag, chains, yokes, wheelbarrow, and drag-spire, 100 00
Scythes, sickles, corn-cutters, and hoes, 22 00
Horse, hay, and garden rakes,
16 00
Horse, hay, and manure forks,
25 00
Horse-hoe, cultivator, mowing-machine, ploughs, and ox-scraper, 154 00
Shovels, spades, picks, axes, iron-bars, and blasting tools, 45 00
Carpenter's tools, wood-saws, beetle, wedges, and ladle, 15 00
Feed-trough, hay-cutter, measures, and feed-boxes, 9 00
Ladders, grindstone, blocks, and ropes,
30 00
Nails, spikes, old iron, bricks, and vise,
16 00
Winnowing-mill, meal-bags, and salt-sacks,
15 00
Snow-plough, grain-cradle, ox-muzzles, pig-box, and barrels, 12 00
Grain-chests, scalding-tubs, steelyards, and brushes,
30 00
Drain tile, 13 00
Baskets,
2 50
$894 50
FARM PRODUCE.
Corn, barley, rye, oats, and wheat,
110 00
Meal, fine feed, and beans,
20 00
English and meadow hay, and straw,
500 00
Manure,
315 00
$945 00
FARM STOCK.
Four oxen, six cows, and one horse,
956 00
Nine swine and eleven fowls,
150 00
$1106 00
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FUEL AND LUMBER.
Forty-four cords hard and soft pinewood,
$250 00
Dry wood, cut and split, and coal,
200 00
Bridge plank, boards, and cart-spires,
75 00
$525 00
SUMMARY.
Inventory of household furniture,
$1012 00
Provisions,
706 05
Clothing,
65 00
Farm implements,
894 50
Farm produce,
945 00
Farm stock,
1106 00
Fuel and lumber,
525 00
$5253 55
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Andover in account with E. K. Jenkins, Treasurer.
DR.
To paid County tax for 1870, $3590 60
State tax for 1870, 7125 00
Andover National Bank, money hired, 13500 00
Andover National Bank, interest on same, 155 75
Individuals, interest on Town notes,
514 77
Discount on taxes at 6 per cent, $1654 78
Discount on taxes at 4 per cent, 94 50
1749 28
Selectmens' orders, current expenses,
47775 53
Selectmens' orders, Schools,
9176 71
Selectmens' orders, Schoolhouses,
2100 48
Overseers of the poor, orders,
6041 81
Selectmen and Auditors, 32 00
To balance of taxes unpaid, (Whipple File Com-
. 1239 65
pany, $699.31), To cash on hand to balance,
3962 76
$96964 34
CR.
By balance of taxes unpaid Feb. 14th, 1870,
$2000 00
By cash on hand Feb. 14th, 1870, 6200 55
By cash from -
North Andover pauper account, 1869, 77 00
Salisbury pauper account, 1869, 2 00
Haverhill pauper account, 1870,
6 00
County Treasurer, discount on County tax,
35 90
Thomas Smith, liquor agent,
3440 06
Rent of Town House, 382 00
Amount carried forward, $12143 51
30
Amount brought forward, $12143 51
By cash from -
Rent of stores and hall at Ballardvale, 230 00
Alexander Wilson, for land, 382 86
Edward Taylor, Treasurer of Phillips Fund,
60 00
John Abbott, Treasurer of Proprietor's Fund,
9.6 00
Andover National Bank, hired,
13500 00
Individuals, hired,
3400 00
Trustees Punchard Free School Fund,
6000 00
Andover Savings Bank,
15000 00
C. O. Cummings, Supt. of the Almshouse,
350 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax,
7968 78
State Treasurer, State aid,
3594 00
State Treasurer, school fund,
339 57
County Treasurer, for dog licenses,
296 77
Hay-scale fees,
53 04
By Assessors warrant for taxes,
33549 81
$96964 34
E. K. JENKINS, TREASURER.
ANDOVER, Feb. 10, 1871,
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LIABILITIES.
Notes payable,
$34744 00
Due interest not called for,
48 00
- $34792 00
ASSETS.
Cash on hand,
$3962 76
Taxes unpaid,
1239 65
Cash in Superintendent's hands, 31 34
Due from cities and towns,
164 46
Due from Commowealth for burial of State paupers,
30 00
Due for State aid,
2501 53
7929 74
Balance against the Town,
$26862 26
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town House and fixtures, $16000 00
Land under and adjoining,
2000 00
Weights and measures,
200 00
Safe in Town House,
166 00
Hay scales,
300 00
Engine-house and land,
2000 00
Steam fire-engine and apparatus,
5564 00
Shawshin fire-engine and apparatus at Ballardvale, 1000 00 Town farm and buildings, 6200 00
Personal property, as per inventory,
5253 55
Schoolhouse property,
50076 00
Library,
250 00
฿89009 55
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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 February 1st, 1871.
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,
$173 23
Interest received since said Report, 2261 23
$2,434 46
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid :
William G. Goldsmith, Principal,
$500 00
Abby M. Bailey, Assistant,
397 57
Sara E. Merrill, Assistant,
157 00
M. Foster, Treasurer,
100 00
W. F. Draper, account,
91 45
Thomas Smith, Janitor, account,
52 90
J. A. Dawson, Diplomas,
24 00
Hermon Abbott, account,
15 30
John Cornell, coal,
11 00
John B. Abbott, wood;
9 90
M. Foster, U. S. stamps on deed,
6 00
R. M. Abbott, account,
3 50
H. P. Beard and Co., account,
2 80
John W. Howe, account,
2 04
Suffolk Fire Insurance Co.,
10 00
$1,383 46
Cash deposited in Andover National Bank to balance, 1051 00
$2,434 46
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BUILDING FUND ACCOUNT.
Amount of Fund, as per last Report, $12,242 19
Interest received since said Report, 720 00
Received of the Town of Andover for conveyance of Land, etc., 6,000 00
-$18,962 19
Of this Amount there is invested in Valid Notes eighteen thousand four hundred dollars, 18,400 00
Deposited in Andover National Bank to balance, 562 19
-$18,962 19
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES SMITH,
NATHAN FRYE,
JAMES H. MERRILL,
JOHN ABBOTT,
JAMES THOMPSON, EDWARD TAYLOR,
MOSES FOSTER,
ISAAC CARRUTH.
ANDOVER, February 1st, 1871.
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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.
GEORGE H. VALPEY, GEORGE FOSTER, AUDITORS. HENRY BOYNTON,
ANDOVER, Feb. 15, 1871.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX SS. To JOHN CLARK, 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 eleetions and town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Andover, on Monday, the Sixth day of Mareh, 1871, at Twelve o'eloek at noon, to aet on the following Artieles, namely :
Article Ist. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Artiele 2d. - To choose a Town Clerk for the year ensuing.
Artiele 3d. - To hear and aet on the Report of the Auditors.
Artiele 4th. - To choose Seleetmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, Sehool Committee, Constables, Fenee Viewers, and all other neees- sary and usual Town Officers.
Artiele 5th. --- To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the repairs of Highways the ensuing year.
Artiele 6th. - To see what methods the Town will adopt for the repairs of the Highways.
Artiele 7th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise for the main- tenanee of their Publie Sehools for the ensuing year.
Artiele 8th. - To see what method the Town will adopt to apportion the school money among the Publie Schools.
Artiele 9th. - To see what sum or sums of money the Town will raise for the repair and improvement of the School Property, and for Ineidental Expenses of the Schoolhouses.
Artiele 10th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise to defray the necessary Expenses the year ensuing.
Article 11th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise towards paying the Town Debt.
Article 12th. - To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of the Publie Taxes the ensuing year.
Artiele 13th. - To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town when necessary.
Artiele 14th. - To see what compensation the Town will pay the Firemen for their services the ensuing year.
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Article 15th. - To see if the Town will vote to furnish a suitable building for the accommodation of the Fire-engine located in Ballardvale, and belonging to this Town, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for said purpose, on petition of Isaac O. Blunt, E. M. Fessenden, and others.
Article 16th. - To take into consideration the subject of the Memorial Hall and Library, and act thereon.
Article 17th. - To take into consideration the letter of John Byers, Esq., in which he proposes to give the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for the purchase of Books as the nucleus of a Public Library, on certain conditions, and to act thereon.
Article 18th. - To see if the Town will accept and revise the List of Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 19th. - To see what action the Town will take to provide suitable Head-stones for Soldiers who lost their lives in defence of their country, and buried in this Town, not otherwise provided for.
Article 20th. - 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.
Given under our hands, at Andover, this Seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
JOHN H. FLINT, BENJ. BOYNTON, LEWIS G. HOLT,
Selectmen of Andover.
A true Copy. - Attest :
JOHN CLARK,
Constable of Andover.
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