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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN ' OF BRAINTREE,
FROM FEB. 1, 1865, TO FEB. 1, 1866.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF TOWN.
F A. HOBART. ASA FRENCH. J. R. FRAZIER, AUDITORS.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1866.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FROM FEB. 1, 1865, TO FEB. 1, 1866.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF TOWN.
F. A. HOBART, ASA FRENCH,
J. R. FRAZIER, AUDITORS.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1866.
REPORT.
ALMSHOUSE EXPENSES.
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1865,
$1,384 30
Thomas Penniman, Superintendent,
295 83
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries,
273 38
E. Watson Arnold,
211 09
Harris & Howard,
71 34
William T. Harris,
24 88
Edward C. Thayer,
91 17
Henry Mann, meat,
111 68
D. N. Hollis & Son,
40 11
Fogg & Sampson, 66
8 80
Samuel S. French,
1 72
Levi W. Hobart, meal,
173 64
George W. White, wood,
51 75
Jonathan B. Wood, grass,
24 75
George W. White,
5 50
Levi W. Hobart, COW,
58 00
D. N. Hollis & Son
50 00
N. Rosenfeld,
dry goods,
51 81
Francis Townsend,
5 80
Thomas Penniman, sundries,
49 26
Moses Tibbetts, fish,
13 06
J. French, Treasurer of School Fund, rent,
150 00
Levi W. Hobart, pig,
26 00
David H. Bates, “
16 80
N. W. Baker, bread,
10 28
Peter W. Dyer, potatoes and leather,
8 74
Thayer & Phipps, iron work,
12 80
Elisha Wild,
50
B. Haskins, potatoes,
5 60
Elijah Howard, soap,
4 00
S. H. Lewis, clothing,
14 75
Elisha Savil, making shoes,
5 00
4
Lombard & Co., grindstone,
6 00
Samuel Curtis, coffin and services for C. K. Pratt,
15 00
66 robe for W. Goodwin, 12 00
Jonathan Thayer, sexton for W. Goodwin,
3 00
Dr. Noah Torrey, medical attendance on C. K. Pratt, 90 00
Dr. F. F. Forsaith, " "
" 66
66
53 25
Dr. C. C. Tower,
66
66
66
10 00
Benjamin Ryan, care of C. K. Pratt,
104 00
Dr. Noah Torrey, medical attendance,
8 50
Dr. Amos S. White, medicine,
1 05
David H. Bates, overseer,
16 00
William F. Locke, "
10 00
Levi W. Hobart,
16 00
$3,597 14
Cr.
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1866,
$1,556 80
Cash paid Treasurer, «
for C. K. Pratt,
200 00
2,059 52
Cost of Poor in Almshouse,
$1,537 62
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
1
Age.
Days.
*Thomas White,
80
365
*Samnel Holbrook,
79
365
*Nehemiah Holbrook,
68
365
*Isaac Littlefield,
54
365
*Isaac Wild,
49
365
*Mary A. Littlefield,
48
365
*Luther Dyer,
47
365
*Benjamin Veazie,
66
122
William Goodwin-dead,
69
257
William H. Thayer,
66
234
Amanda G. Dailey,
26
350
Charles A. Dailey,
3
350
Cyrus K. Pratt-dead, Cynthia Savil,
48
117
66
95
302 72
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5
Age.
Days.
Thomas Anglim,
11
25
William H. Vinton, Jr.,
28
20
60 vagrants,
68
Total number of days, 4,193
" weeks,
599
Cost of Poor, each, per week, $2 56}
*Present inmates of Almshouse.
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Hospital, support of L. T. Penniman, $208 39
William Wild, 187 26
66 66 " Charles E. Thayer, 198 18
Worcester 66 " Mrs. Woodward, 23 07
Dr. A. W. Draper, medical attendance on Mrs. Woodward, 10 00
Jonathan Thayer, sexton for Mrs. Woodward, 6 00
Samuel Curtis, coffin 12 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to Francis Woodward, 34 03
Reform School, support of J. W. Hollis,
14 36
L. W. Hobart, cash to family of Seth Dean,
26 00
Henry Abbott, rent for family of Paul Nadel,
14 00
Iram Vinton, 166 66
66 66
66
8 00
Harris & Howard, groceries for family of Paul Nadel, 73 00
E. W. Arnold, goods to family of B. Taylor, 8 60
Ebenezer Adams, coal to " "
15 00
Town of Quincy, funeral expenses of B. Taylor,
14 00
Jonathan Thayer, sexton for 66 "
3 00
E. W. Arnold, goods to Lucinda Hunt,
45 00
N. Rosenfield, " Dorothy Packard, 66
6 59
E. W. Arnold,
2 97
W. F. Locke, cash 66
26 00
E. W. Arnold, goods to family of W. Mulligan,
12 12
W. F. Locke, wood
66
10 00
Edward Hobart, “
66
7 00
Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical attendance family of W. Mulligan, 7 40
9 17
D. H. Bates, wood
6
Samuel Curtis, coffin for child of W. Mulligan, 9 00 Leander Gage, Sexton for child of W. Mulligan, 4 00
42 00 Harris & Howard, goods to family of J. H. Thayer, 66
66 " A. E. Sprague, 65 00
66 66
" D. A. Fisher, 36 00
Town of Haverhill, support of Mrs. Warren Hayden, Laura G. Thayer, care of Wid. William Thayer,
56 00
Jarvis Fenno, house rent,
15 00
Harris & Howard, goods to family of Ceorge Thayer, N. Rosenfeld, 66
10 00
J. S. Niles, house rent
66
8 00
Dr. T. U. Dearing, med. att.
66
1 26
Dr. E. A. Allen, med. att. in small-pox case,
120. 00
Elias Hayward, medicine "
Edward C. Thayer, groceries, 50 00
8 00
City of Boston, support of William H. Vinton, Jr.,
67 14
A. W. Stetson, coal,
70 30
Dr. T. H. Dearing, med. att. on sundry persons,
31 34
J. Loud & Co., coal for Mrs. Jordan,
13 80
Town of Weymouth, support of family of Dennis McAuliffe, 37 70
H. B. Alden, Jr., house rent for Susan Tower, 18 00
N. Rosenfeld, goods to family of John Q. Ela, 5 00
Harris & Howard, goods to family of John Q. Ela, 36 00
26 01
Joseph Huff, wood 13 75
Elisha Wild, wood to Mrs. Pepper, 3 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to Elijah and Willard Wild, 10 85
Harris & Howard, goods to family of P. A. Drollett, 45 00
Rufus Woodsum, horse hire, 3 50
David H. Bates, 12 75
N. M. Hobart, removing C. K. Pratt, 12 00
S. L. Holbrook, wood to Elijah and Willard Wild, 18 00
Levi W. Hobart, horse hire, 20 00
David H. Bates, expenses, 23 56
Overscer,
21 00
William F. Locke,
. 12 00
Levi W. Hobart, 28 00
$2,090 10
Received from the town of Abington, $65 00
66 " Weymouth, 118 53
52 00
93 00
Harris & Howard, goods to family of George N. Thayer, 2 00
9 00
W. T. Harris, goods to Wilbert Robins,
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to Betsey Wild,
7
Received from the Town of Taunton,
26 00
Due
Milton, 35 56
- $245 09
Cost of Poor out of Almshouse,
$1,845 01
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
A. Mudge & Son, printing town report, $97 43
C. C. P. Moody, printing school report, 42 02
M. E. Green, printing, 10 50
5 00
T. Penniman, distributing reports, Labor,
1 50
Adam Hobart
5 00
B. Bartlett,
5 00
J. Jackson French, labor.
4 33
W. P. F. Meserve, expenses of drafting commisioners, 1864, 5 00
David H. Bates, services as Liquor Agent,
47 57
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths to Town Clerk, 2 40
Leander Gage,
1 60
Jonathan Thayer, " 66
2 10
William F. Locke, refreshments to Commissioners,
55 11
E. W. Arnold, 66 Firemen,
47 00
Eleazar Beal, surveying,
91 75
John Q. A. Field, part pay for building road,
700 00
William F. Locke, cash expenses,
28 75
David H. Bates,
29 61
C. C. P. Moody, order book,
11 50
E. W. Arnold, recording births, deaths and marriages,
28 40
William F. Locke, books,
3 00
Field, Haven & Co., paints and oil,
187 34
T. B. Stoddard, painting fence, 66 setting glass, &c.,
4 64
E. W. Arnold, postage and stamps,
4 25
Jonathan French, liquor license,
25 00
Hiram Wild, labor on new road with surveyor,
17 50
Dr. E. L. Warren, returning births,
1 25
Dr. R. M. Lee, 66 T. Penniman, labor on roads,
50
10 00
4 04
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil,
188 33
8
David H. Bates, horse hire, " stamps, L. W. Hobart, cash to sundry persons watching fires, Elias Hayward, stationery,
26 75
4 10
8 00
5 77
Asa French, services,
5 00
N. M. Hobart, drawing engine to Quincy,
3 00
L. W. Hobart, fares to State Almshouse,
1 00
$1,721 04
DISCOUNT AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Noah Torrey, discount on bill of 1865,
$557 47
Joseph Dyer, Jr., abatement on bill of 1864,
134 50
E. F. E. Thayer,
"
7 50
Cyrus Cushing,
66
2 50
E. S. Bradford,
1865,
26 90
John A. Richardson,
"
23 79
David P. Hayward,
66
14 64
Heirs of E. N. Thayer,
18 30
Mary Vinton,
13 77
R. Porter, Jr.,
12 81
Rhoda S. Hill,
8 23
Robert Robbins,
5 95
Samuel Hayden,
"
5 27
Atherton W. Thayer,
5 00
Daniel H. Niles,
4 57
Heirs of T. J. Langley,
3 66
John Slavin,
1864,
3 12
Heirs of William S. Thayer,
1865,
1 83
Henry M. Hollis,
66
1 79
W. M. Tirrell,
"
26 53
$878 13
TOWN OFFICERS.
David H. Bates, Selectman and Assessor,
$222 00
William F. Locke, " 66 .
192 00
Levi W. Hobart, "
66
190 00
Jonathan French, Treasurer and extra services,
50 00
9
Noah Torrey,
70 00
E. Watson Arnold, Town Clerk,
25 00
Asa French, School Committee,
35 00
Noah Torrey,
35 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Collector,
100 65
Joseph R. Frasier, Constable,
13 40
Leander Gage,
4 50
F. A. Hobart, Auditor,
15 50
Asa French,
5 00
$958 05
HIGH SCHOOL.
B. Porter, Jr., teaching,
$818 58
A. W. Stetson, coal,
86 25
E. W. Holmes & Co., stove and pipe,
58 67
C. C. P. Moody, printing,
16 00
Elias Hayward, stationery, &c.,
2 42
J. H. Penniman, fuel,
6 20
O. H. Venner, repairing clock,
75
P. J. Minchin, care of school room,
25 00
Michael Branley, carting coal,
3 00
$1,016 87
TOWN HALL.
P. J. Minchin, care of Town House,
· $88 92
A. W. Stetson, coal,
39 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil,
84 09
J. H. Penniman, fuel,
5 20
E. W. Holmes & Co., lamps, &c.,
8 92
$226 13
Cr.
Cash paid Treasurer,
$301 00
Due from Baker singing school,
9 00
Sons of Temperance,
22 50
Handel Pond,
5 00
- -$337 50
Balance in favor of Hall,
$111 37
2
10
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid to families of soldiers,
$5,470 35
Bill due and not sent last year,
934 00
Due from State,
$6,404 35
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
J. B. Wood, 113} days, at $2, $227 00
84} days horse and cart, at $1.50,
126 37
66 Hay,
18 75
George H. Wood, 67 days, at $1,
67 00
Jolin B. Allen, 58 days, at $2,
116 00
66 774 days horse and cart, at $1.50,
115 87
Hay and use of derrick,
10 05
Cash for sundries,
2 49
William Allen, 1} days, at $1.50,
2 25
Joseph Allen, 72 days, at $1.25,
90 00
B. C. Wales, 74 days, at $2,
148 00
652 days horse and cart, at $1.50,
98 25
Ebenezer C. Thayer, services as surveyor and labor in
1864,
15 75
Patrick Maguire, 392 days, at $2, ¥
79 50
482 days, at $1 50,
72 75
James Slyne, 32 66
48 00
Edmond Bannon, 422 66
64 12
Thomas Bannon, 32
5 25
Patrick Moils, 2 66
3 00
James Dooley, 11} 66 66
17 25
James Haney, 1
1 50
Tristram Dalton, 134 66
19 87
Michael Kehoe,
17
66
25 50
C. Cunningham, 372
66
56 25
Luke Mulligan, 343 66 66
52 00
James Clark, 1
66
66
1 50
Marcus Perkins, 1
66
66
1 50
Thomas Heustin, horse, cart and man 1 day,
3 00
George A. Chick, gravel, '
84 96
S. S. Penniman,
3 60
David N. Hollis, 66
13 50
James M. Cutting,
66
4 38
11
Gideon Thayer, gravel,
5 58
M. C. Richards,
"
8 64
Elisha Thayer, 66
2 00
John Arnold, 66
21 44
E. S. Bradford,
18 60
David Thayer,
5 40
Ira Thayer,
7 12
A. Morrison, 66
3 57
S. L. Holbrook, timber,
67 33
S. S. Penniman, scraper,
5 50
W. Mansfield, setting tires,
3 00
Thomas Jones, labor and hammer,
3 20
Ashford Baker, labor on bridge,
25 00
Albert Hobart, "
12 50
Atherton W. Thayer, hay,
19 02
Benjamin Bannon, 462 days at $1.25
58 12
John R. Arnold, 18
22 50
C. Cunningham, for boy, 19} days, at $1.
19 50
Thomas South, iron work,
8 86
J. L. Thompson, "
1 74
Oliver Hunt, 66
2 16
Thayer & Phipps, iron works,
7.10
R. Gillispie, 66 66
1 62
S. Boston Iron Co., "
3 40
Elisha Wild,
4 81
Whittemore, Belcher & Co., scythes and snaths,
5 50
Edward C. Thayer, grain,
51 38
Levi W. Hobart, 66
5 30
E. W. Arnold, hoes and nails,
2 56
Isaac Jackson, lumber,
114 27
J. C. Rhines, lumber,
25 42
Michael Branley, horse,
55 00
cart,
95 00
66
collar,
2 50
R. C. Cummings, superintendent of bridge,
75 00
1.6 labor on bridge,
3 50
H. W. Waite, grinding scythes,
75
R. Woodsum, horse hire,
1 50
$2,370 60
By cash paid Treasurer,
$42 00
Amount expended on roads,
$2,328 60
$2,370 60
66
12
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
Districts.
Bal. in Treasury Appropriation. last year.
Expended.
Balance in Treasury.
Pond,
$287 64
$746 43
$998 43
$ 35 64
Iron-works,
271 93
873 62
958 02
187 53
East,
232 92
329 45
374 47
187 90
Centre,
26 78
264 61
193 34
98 05
Middle Street,
130 41
232 18
274 50'
88 09
South,
67 39
176 01
199 00
44 40
Southwest,
96 98
199 76
288 38
8 36
Southeast,
3 90
214 73
144 12
74 51
North,
145 04
244 65
273 50
116 19
West,
19 28
197 27
154 50
62 05
$1,282 27
$3,478 71
$3,858 26
$902 72
Pond School District.
Balance due last year,
$120 70
Amount of Tax assessed in 1865,
124 42
$245 12
Paid S. S. Bradford,
$100 00
J. Dyer, Jr., collection and abatement, 2 17
$102 17
Balance due District,
$142 95
South- East School District.
Balance due last year,
$4 82
Amount of tax assessed in 1865,
113 99-
Paid J. Dyer, Jr., collection,
52
Balance due District,
$118 29
Iron-works School District.
Balance due last year, $S9 88
Amount of tax assessed in 1865,
1,781 50
$1,871 38
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$118 81
13
Paid Edward Avery, $400 00 J. Dyer, Jr., collection & abatement, 51 67
$451 67
Balance due district, $1,419 71
Union School District.
Amount of tax assessed in 1865,
$1,045 00
Paid H. Abercrombie,
800 00
Balance due district, $245 00
South School District.
Amount due last year, same this year, $8 95
REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT.
Paid H. Abercrombie, $180 00 Paid L. W. Holbrook, Jr. 10 00
Henry W. Arnold, 20 00
S. V. Holbrook, 10 00
John M. Arnold, 40 00
F. I. Humphrey, 35 00 Chas. F. Arnold, 15 00 N. F. Hunt, 45 00 G. Eugene Arnold, 20 00 N. H. Hunt, 25 00 Edward P. Allen, 20 00
Patrick B. Anglim, 15 00
Horace A. Jones, 30 00
A. G. Bowditch, £
55 00
William F. Jones, 5 00
William Bowditch, 20 00
William D. Jones, 20 00
G. A. Bowditch, 50 00
M. Kennedy, 30 00
Isaac Bass, 20 00
Lathrop C. Keith, 15 00 G. H. Lakin, 10 00
E. Watson Arnold, 50 00 Samuel V. Arnold, 40 00 Frank'In E. Arnold, 30 00 Asaph T. Arnold, 25 00 Benj. V. Arnold, 20 00 L. W. Anderson, 30 00 Hiram E. Abbott, 20 00
Pierce Long, 15 00
H. M. Merrill, 20 00 J. G. Minchin, 20 00
M. V. B. Minchin, 20 00
W. W. Mayhew, 50 00
Alva Morrison, 225 00
C. A. Bowditch, 55 00 Alva S. Morrison, 125 00 G. W. Bowditch, 40 00 R. E. Morrison, 120 00 Nelson Beals, 10 00 B. L. Morrison, 55 00
Michael Branley, 15 00
Ira P. Morrison, 15 00
Alex. T. Belcher, 15 00
Alverdo Mason, 20 00
Samuel A. Bates, 30 00
P. J. Minchin, 25 00
E. S. Bradford, 130 00
Patrick Moils, 20 00
Silas M. Jones, 30 00
14
Paid H. W. Brigham, 20 00
Paid William T. Nason, 15 00
John E. Boyle, 15 00
John E. Orcutt, 15 00
Joseph Bagley, 10 00
C. F. Penniman, 25 00
Caleb S. Benson, 20 00
M. D. Holbrook, '55 00
William H. Cobb, 40 00
J. E. Holbrook,
55 00
S. F. B. Collins, 10 00
Wm. S. Harlow, 30 00
Leroy W. Collins,
20 00
Elias Holbrook, 15 00
F. G. Crosby, John Carver,
30 00
William Hill, 20 00
Ezra T. Dyer, 10 00
J. E. Johnson, 20 00
Andrew J. Dyer, 20 00
Hosea Jackson, 20 00
Benjamin F. Dyer, 80 00
J. H. Jordan, 10 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., 30 00
John Kelley, 10 00
Adoniram J. Dyer, 20 00
Albert F. Kelley, 20 00
William F. Dyer, 40 00 John Q. Denton, 20 00
Judah A. Loring, 20 00
W. B. Denton, 20 00
Charles Loring,
5 00
Anthony Dyke,
10 00
John Murphy, 25.00
J. K. Davidson,
25 00
Geo. R. Marble,
55 00
John Daland, 20 00
C. W. Mansfield, 20 00
John B. Drew,
45 00
C.W. Mansfield 2d, 10 00 G. W. Mansfield,
30 00
J. Jarvis French, 25 00
C. T. Mansfield, 45 00
Asa French, 70 00
W. F. McConnell, 20 00 David McAuliffe, 10 00
Andrew J. Bates, 45 00
Con. Maguire, 10 00
John Bates, . 20 00
Henry Mann, 10 00
S. S. Bradford, 50 00
J. G. Norton,
20 00
Albert Bunker, 15 00
Ezra Penniman, 50 00
J. H. D. Blake, 30 00
Thomas Penniman, 35 00 G. W. Penniman, 25 00
William P. Bird,
10 00
Jeck. Penniman, 20 00
John Crane, 50 00
Charles Pratt, 10 00
Charles T. Crane, 20 00
Osborn Pratt, 15 00
G. Denton Crane, 20 00
J. R. Parrott, 10 00
Ancel O. Clark, 20 00
R. Porter, Jr., 50 00
Patrick Cronan, 10 00
J. F. Porter,
35 00
Marcus F. Cram,
10 00
Walter L. Poole, · 10 00
Lewis Dyer, 40 00
J. A. Richardson, 30 00 J. W. Richardson, 40 00
Samuel L. Dyer,
20 00
R. H. Randall, 10 00
Albert W. Dyer, 35 00
R. F. Randall, 20 00
Isaac Dyer, 25 00
Otis B. Dean,
20 00
Josephus Sampson, 60. 00 E. P. Stevens, 40 00
15 00
20 00
George Hill,
W. F. Locke, 20 00
Jacob Dexhimer, 25.00
J. Franklin Bates, 22 00
Horatio A. Berry, 35 00
Peter Dyer,
20 00
15
Paid John C. Daggett, 20 00
Jere Dennehy, 10 00
John Dimond, 20 00
William Dennett, 30 00
H. W. Simonds, 45 00
J. C. Sanborn, 20 00
L. R. Eastman, Jr., 45 00
L. D. Stone, 15 00
Samuel V. Emery, 10 00
John Tower, Jr., 45 00
Norton N. Fenno, 40 00
David B. Thayer, 20 00
Jacob L. Fogg, 45 00 Eliphaz E. Thayer, 10 00 Thomas Finnegan, 25 00 Elisha N. Thayer, 15 00 Waldo A. Fuller, 45 00 Elias M. Thayer, 20 00 John Flood, 15 00 Freem'n L. Thayer, 10 00 Horatio B. French, 10 00 Jno. Thayer, Jr., 10 00 Jonathan French, 20 00 Edward C. Thayer, 35 00 A. H. Goodnow, 15 00 Elisha Thayer, 25 00
H. H. Goodnow, 10 00
F. A. Gardner, 40 00
A. N. Penniman, 10 00 I. N. Pendergrass, 10 00 Henry A. Pierce, 45 00
Leander Gage, 30 00
Levi I. Hayden, 25 00
Daniel Potter, 40 00
Chas. Hayden, 2d, 30 00
E. M. Phipps, 30 00
Caleb Hayden, 10 00
A. W. Proctor, 25 00
William A. Hollis, 30 00
William Reed, Jr., 25 00
N. Eugene Hollis, 25 00
A. J. Rubert, 20 00
David N. Hollis, 25 00
G. B. Raymond, 15 00
Samuel W. Hollis, 20 00
N. Rosenfeld, 50 00
Caleb Hollis, 10 00
W. M. Richards, 30 00
Adam W. Hobart, 25 00 F. A. Hobart, 130 00
Josephus Shaw, 50 00
Albert Hobart, 20 00
Levi W. Hobart. 30 00
C. Scollard, 20 00
Joseph H. Hobart, 15 00
A. A. Stoddard, 55 00
John Hayward, 20 00
T. B. Stoddard, 10 00
E. P. Hayward, 15 00
Eben B. Tower, 45 00
Charles Holbrook, 30 00
Amasa S. Thayer, 40 00
Horace Faxon, 45 00
James H. Thayer, 20 00
John Finnegan, 15 00
Chas. A. French, 20 00
Albert F. Thayer, 25 00 Richmond Thayer, 20 00
John Frcel, 17 00
Joseph R. Frasier, 20 00
Henry Gardner, 20 00
Onslow M. Gore, 30 00
A. L. Tirrell, 10 00
Patrick Griffin, 15 00
Paid W. M. Stevens, 25 00
A. Southworth, 20 00 Daniel Sullivan, 20 00
W. C. Stoddard, 10 00
W. H. Hayward, 35 00
Perley Stedman,
5 00
G. D. Hayward, 40 00
Franklin Shaw, 50 00 Henry H. Shed, 15 00
Chas. Thayer, 2d, 20 00 W. Howe Thayer, 30 00 Col. S. Thayer, 100 00
J. D. Thorndike, 120 00
T. H. Dearing, 50 00
16
Paid Thomas Griffin, 25 00
Paid C. S. Thompson, 40 00
Merto Gullivan, 35 00
Thatcher White, 40 00
Chas. L. Hayden, 40 00
Freeman G. White, 20 00
Loring Hayden, 15 00 Heny A. White, 15 00
William Hayden, 10 00
E. Augustus Wild, 20 00 W. L. Wainwright, 75 00
Henry M. Hollis, 30 00
J. Webster Hollis, 40 00
George Wales, 20 00
Joseph A. Hollis, 15 00
W. H. Wales,
30 00
Caleb S. Hollis, 40 00
B. C. Wales, 25 00
Thomas Heustin, 15 00
5 00
G. Henry Howard, 50 00
Edwin Howard,
45 00
William Tyler,
10 00
.E. F. Howard,
40 00
William Townsend,10 00
D. W. Howard,
15 00
William Taylor,
10 00
J. G. Howard,
100 00
Nathaniel White, 45 00
Wm. T. Harris,
60 00
Naaman L. White, 125 00
J. E. Hayward,
25 00
W. S. Wallace. 40 00
D. P. Hayward,
50 00
James Wilson, 40 00
J. E. Holbrook,
45 00
Rufus Woodsum, 45 00
P. D. Holbrook, 20 00
Charles P. Weaver, 50 00
Henry N. Jillson,
15 00
J. H. Mitchel, 18 00
Abijah Penniman, 5 00
Amount refunded,
$8,107 00
Amount to be refunded,
$1,388 00
RECAPITULATION.
Cost of Poor in Almshouse,
$1,537 62
out of Almshouse,
1,845 01
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,721 04
Discount and Abatement on Taxes,
878 13
Town Officers,
958 05
High School,
1,016 87
Town Hall,
226 13
State Aid,
5,470 35
Highways,
2,328 60
Town,
$3,000 00
District Schools,
Fund, 300 00
3,478 71
State 66
178 71 .5
School District Taxes, 1,354 36
Reimbursed,
8,107 00
S. L. Holbrook, Amasa Thayer, 5 00
17
Cash paid Treasurer and credits,
1,127 31
Appraisal at Almshouse over last year,
172 50
$30,221 68
Less cash and credits from Town Hall,
337 50
$29,884 18
173 orders drawn on Treasurer, $29,884 18.
ASSESSORS' ACCOUNT.
For Miscellaneous expenses,
$700 00
" Schooling, (districts),
3,000 00
High School,
1,000 00.
Poor,
2,500 00
Highways and Bridges,
2,200 00
66 Town debt,
4,000 00
Interest,
2,200 00
Town Officers,
1,000 00
Refunding,
3,500 00
County tax,
1,146 70
" State tax,
8,413 00
" Overlay,
1,330 92
$30,990 62
Iron-works school district,
$1,781 50
Union
66
1,045 00
Pond
124 42
Southeast
113 99
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
NOAH TORREY, COLLECTOR.
Dr.
To amount of tax bill for 1865,
$30,990 62
Cr.
By cash credited by Town Treasurer,
$27,538 41
Due from Collector on town tax, $3,452 21
$30,990 62
3
18
Iron-works School District.
To amount of tax bill,
$1,781 50
Cr.
By cash paid Treasurer,
$1,499 89
' Due from Collector,
$281 61
Pond School District.
Dr.
To amount of tax bill,
$124 42
Cr.
By cash paid Treasurer,
$106 13
Due from Collector,
$18 29
Union School District.
Dr.
To amount of tax bill,
$1,045 00
Cr.
By cash paid Treasurer,
$877 84
Due from Collector,
$167 16
Southeast School District.
Dr
To amount of tax bill,
$113 99
By cash paid Treasurer,
$79 31
Due from Collector,
$34 68
APPRAISAL AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1866.
Horse, $150; cow, $60; sled, $10; harness, $10.50, $230 50 Fowl, $9; meadow shoes, $3; wheelbarrow, $3.50, 15 50
English hay, $100; salt hay, $38; fresh hay, $33, 171 00 Cart, $38 ; manure, $63; hay and wood wagon, $25, 126 00
Cr.
19
Express wagon, $32; currycomb and brush, $0.50, 32 50
6 hay forks, $2; 5 rakes, $0.87; 6 hoes, $2, 4 87
Tie chains, $1.25 ; 2 flails, $0.50; grindstone, $8, 9 75
Ladder, $1.25; 7 axes and post axe, $6.75 ; plow, $3.38, 11 38 7 shovels, $1.62 ; manure forks, $2.50 ; garden rake, $0.75, 4 87 3 saws, $1.67 ; whiffletree and chains, $4.50 ; lumber, $3, 9 17 4 scythes and snaths, $5.75 ; iron bar and pick, $3, 8 75
Manure rake, $0.50; draw-knife and gimlet, $0.50; chains, $9, 10 00
Stone tools, $2.42; old iron, $2; wood, $160; tub, $1, 165 42 4 pigs, $54; posts and rails, $2.25; pork, $108; ham, $46, 210 25
Potatoes, $75 ; vegetables, $14; 2 harrows, $9; jugs, $1, 99 00 Beans, $3; corn, $10; meal, $5.50; lamps, $2.50, 21 00 Sugar, $0.63 ; oil and can, $2.25 ; butter, $2.88; lard, $27, 32 76 Flour, $18; lanterns, $0.50 ; closet, $1.30; pickles, $14, 33 80 Meal chest, $1.75; cook stove, $15 ; molasses and keg, $1.25, 18 00
Coffee, $0.25 ; tea, $0.75 ; crackers, $0.50 ; provisions, $10, 11 50 Tables, $6.75 ; stoves and pipe, $12 ; 2 air-tight stoves, $5, 23 75 Towels, $3; bureau, $1.50 ; chests and trunks, $3.12, 7 62
3 pr. andirons, $1.80; coal hod and sifter, $1, 2 80
Chairs, $4; curtains, $4.50 ; 3 rocking chairs, $2.25, 10 75
1 chair, $1; 15 bedsteads, $20; 13 feather beds, $56, 77 00
14 straw beds, $7; 4 looking glasses, $1.38, 8 38
Bedspreads and comforters, $32; benches, $1.62,
33 62
Sheets and blankets, $30; 2 light-stands, $0.50,
30 50
Clock, $2.50; tea and coffee pots, $2; pails, $3,
7 50
Pitchers, $.50 ; tin pans, $4.25 ; nappies, $2; bell, $1, Cups, saucers and bowls, $3.38; castors, $0.50, 3 88
7 75
Wooden bowls and trays, $1.87; knives and forks, $3, 4 87
Pudding pans, $1.42 ; stone jars, $0.60; iron pans, $2, 4 02
Clothes lines, $1.50; tumblers, $0.50 ; plates, $3.50, 5 50
Firkins, $1; wash dishes, $0.63; wash boards, $0.33, 1 96
Wash tubs, $1.38; wringing machine, $5, 6 38
Water pails, $1.75; sieve, $1; spoons, $2, 4 75
Brass kettle, $1; clothes basket and blanket, $0.87, 1 87
7 37
4 63
Sad irons, $1.37; pork barrels, $3.50; bed pan, $2.50, Flour barrels, $7.50; cider barrel, $1; zinc, $1.25, 9 75 Meal bags, $1.75 ; chambers, 225; baskets, $0.63, Brooms, $0.50 ; soap, $0.63 ; sundries, $10; medicinc, $1, 12 13 Skewers, $4.50; corn fodder, $7.50; pop corn, $2, Lockup, handcuffs, &c., 40 00
14 00
$1,556 80
20
Surveyor's tools on hand Feb. 1, 1866. Horse cart, harness, 2 picks, 5 shovels, horse-chain, scraper, 3 bush scythes.
LIQUOR AGENT'S ACCOUNT.
To cash paid for liquors,
$190 93
By " received for liquors,
$154 32
By liquors on hand,
55 64
$209 96
Balance, Due agent for salary 39 weeks,
$19 03
$39 00
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
JONATHAN FRENCH, TREASURER.
1865.
Town, Cr.
Feb. 1. By cash on hand,
$21 45 borrowed of National Union Bank, Weymouth,
2,576 25
"
4,000 00
2,000 00
$8,597 70 Dr
Town,
Eeb. 13. Cash paid, note, John Holbrook,
$2,000 00
Union National Bank,
4,000 00
Interest,
271 57
66 on 4 orders,
944 00
school districts, 660 69
Mar. 10. 66 Committee on Settlement, 721 44
.
$8,597 70
5
21
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
NOAH TORREY, TREASURER.
1865.
March.
By cash from Committee on Settlement, $721 44 borrowed of Ann McGuire, 200 00
66 John Flood, 100 00
.
S. D. Chase,
500 00
4 Mary Ann Thayer,
100 00
Ann McGuire,
160 00
National Gran. Bank, 1,952 17
Ann McGuire, 170 00
National Gran. Bank, 1,951 17
Martha R. Coffin, 2,000 00
John Flood, 100 00
National Gran. Bank, 1,980 33
Joseph Dyer, Jr. 250 00
66 H. A. Pierce, 300 00
Soldiers Mon. Com.
1,000 00
received, Jos. Dyer, Jr., Col'tor, '64, 66 Dis. Taxes,
1,809 83
1864, 219 00
received Noah Torrey, Col'tor, '65, 27,538 41 " Dis. Taxes,
1865, 2,563 17
Overseers of Poor,
571 98
Cyrus K. Pratt, 200 00
Town Hall,
301 00
66 State, State Aid; $10,000 ded. State Tax, 8,413, 1,587 00
State School Fund, 205 16
Braintree School Fund, 300 00
State Treasury, Recruiting Deposit, 750 00
State Treasury, Corp. Tax & bal. State Aid, 1863, 1,760 50
Surveyors of Highways, 42 00
$49,333 16
Town,
Dr
To cash paid on 169 orders,
" S. V. Arnold note,
$25,461 47 200 00
66 from
22
By cash, paid on Sarah B. Allen note,
100 00
" H. N. Jillson 66
300 00
"
" A. H. Butler "
325 00
" M. V. Minchin
300 00
" John G. Minchin «
305 00
66
« Ann McGuire
200 00
66
160 00
66
"
66
170 00
Nat. Union Bank, Weymouth, note,
4,000 00
66
66 66
66
2,000 00
66
150 00
6
" National Granite Bank
2,000 00
66
" John A. Richardson
1,000 00
" 66 " S. G. Buker
200 00
66
" ¥
" John Flood
100 00
66
" Mary A. Hayden
100 00
66
John Flood
50 00
66 " National Granite Bank
66
2,000 00
66 66 " Interest,
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