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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
Town of Braintree,
FROM FEB. 1, 1868, TO FEB. 1, 1869.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN. --
BOSTON :
ISAAC W. MAY, PRINTER, 39 STATE STREET.
1869.
1
AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
Town of Braintree,
FROM FEB. 1, 1868, TO FEB. 1, 1869.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON: ISAAC W. MAY, PRINTER, 39 STATE STREET, 1869.
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REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Byron Groce, teaching,
$1,099 9S
L. Ellen Groce, "
292 84
P. J. Minchin, care of rooms,
25 00
A. W. Stetson, coal,
42 50
Joseph H. Penniman, fuel,
14 60
Michael Branley, carting coal,
4 00
Joseph L. Ross, table,
7 00
W. F. Locke, carting table,
33
P. D. Holbrook & Co., brooms, .
1 00
Byron Groce, repairing clock, &c.,
2 50
L. Ellen Groce, book,
1 10
Elias Hayward, books, crayons, &c.,
3 86
$1,494 71
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
Pond District.
Elizabeth M. Thompson, teaching 30 weeks at $7 50
$225 00
66
9
8 00
72 00
Lydia A. Simonds,
66
30
66 66 6 50
195 00
66 66
9
66 7 00
63 00
Sarah L. Porter,
66
30
66
66 5 50
165 00
9
66
. 6 00
54 00
Henry W. Simonds, cash paid for wood and care of house,
32 26
R. F. Randall, 66
66
66
66
66
6
29 75
J. B. Wood, coal,
; 00
H. M. White,
.
12 65
Edward Hobart, wood,
13 00
.
.
$897 66
66
4
Iron-works District.
Laura A. Hill, teaching 32 weeks, at $8 00
$256 00
66 66 66 66
6
66
66 7 50
·
45 00
L. M. Bowditch, 5 66 66
66 8 00
40 00
Martha Wallace, 66
32
66
66 6 50
208 00
Sarah Allen, 66
38 66
6 00
228 00
William V. Wallace, care of house,
52 00
66 66 sawing wood,
2 00
A. W. Stetson, coal,
51 00
Caleb Hayden, wood,
9 00
$891 00
Union District.
Joanna W. Penniman, teaching 37 weeks at $8 00
$296 00
Avis A. Thayer,
66 37 6 64 7 00
259 00
A. W. Stetson, coal,
30 05
William F. Locke, coal, &c.,
10 30
Edward Anglin, care of house,
11 50
George W. Hill, 6 " 66
9 50
Edward Hobart, wood, .
6 50
$622 85
East District.
Victoria P. Wild, teaching 35 weeks at $8 50
$297 50
Sarah A. White, 4 66 66 66 8 00
32 00
A. W. Stetson, coal,
25 50
$355 00
Middle Street District.
Eliza J. Mansfield, teaching 29 weeks at $6 00 66 66 66 " 66 6 50
$174 00
9
58 50
B. V. Arnold, wood and coal,
19 00
$251 50
South West District.
Mary H. Marston, teaching 21 weeks at $7 00 66 66
$147 00
16 6 00
.
96 00
Melvin Thayer, wood and cleaning house,
24 35
$267 35
South East District.
Elizabeth C. Moore, teaching 25 weeks at $5 50
$137 50
66 66
9
66 7 00
.
63 00
.
.
5
Joseph Huff, wood,
13 25
Charles Pratt, wood and sawing, 66 66 care of house,
6 00
$242 75
West District.
Florence H. Cutting, teaching 24 weeks at $6 00
$144 00
Sarah L. Barnes,
3
66
66 6 00
18 00
T. E. Norton, 66
7
66 66 6 00
42 00
A. W. Stetson, coal,
8 00
George W. White, wood and cutting,
.
18 25
$230 25
South District.
Hattie B. Thompson, teaching 20 weeks at $6 00
· $120 00
Lizzie A. Bemis,
13
" 5 00
.
65 00
C. Wales,
2
66
5 00 10 00
Amasa Thayer, wood,
14 00
Daniel Friel, sawing wood,
3 75
$212 75
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1868,
$1,468 20
Thomas Penniman, Superintendent, " sundries,
23 70
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries,
197 47
H. M. White,
79 15
S. W. Hollis
70 19
Nathan Rosenfeld, dry goods,
10 55
S. W. Hollis, Treausurer of School Fund, rent
150 00
Levi W. Hobart, grain and meal,
194 05
Joseph R. Frasier, wood
64 25
J. B. Wood, wood and cutting,
12 50
Henry Mann, meat,
38 64
D. P. Hayward, three pigs, .
9 00
66 66 soap,
4 27
P. A. Wales, repairing pump,
5 00
Jonathan Thayer, sexton to Thomas White,
4 00
J. W. Pierce, coffin and robe,.
11 45
S. H. Lewis, clothing
5 00
N. W. Baker, bread,
7 12
.
300 00
.
23 00
6
Peter W. Dyer, labor, apples &c.,
8 87
Thayer & Phipps, iron work,
11 23
George H. Dyer, labor, .
2 50
Edgar G. Hayden, 66
3 50
B. F. Hayden, 66
8 60
Whittemore, Belcher & Co., grass seed,
3 50
A. B. Wales, curing hams,
2 00
Albert W. Dyer, killing hogs,
2 37
Josiah W. Thayer, shoes,
3 75
T. B. Stoddard, paint and labor, ·
4 98
Noah Torrey, medical attendance,
2 75
· N. L. White, Overseer,
6 00
N. H. Hunt, 66
8 00
D. H. Bates, 66
8 00
$2,750 56
Appraisal, Feb, 1, 1869,
$1,492 35
Cash paid Treasurer,
345 70
Cash received for B. Veazie's board,
30 00
Due from Loring Hayden,
5 60
William Reed, ·
2 00
$1,875 65
Cost of poor in Almshouse, .
$ 874 94
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Age.
Days
*Samuel Holbrook,
82
366
*Nehemiah Holbrook,
71
.
366
*William Holbrook,
75
·
101
*Isaac Wild,
52
366
*Luther Dyer,
51
366
*Mary A. Littlefield,
51
366
William H. Thayer,
68
249
William Welsh,
48
30
Katie Welsh,
15
72
William H. Welsh,
12
72
Ann M. Welsh,
S
.
72
George W. Welsh,
5
72
Mary E. Welsh,
3
72
118 Vagrants,
118
Total number of days,
2,688
Total number of weeks,
384
Cost of poor each per week,
. $2 28
*Present inmates of Almshouse.
.
·
7
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of L. T. Penniman, $226 29
66
66
William Wild, . 202 60
66
66
Jacob Veazie, .
66
C. E. Thayer, 197 90
Worcester 66 66
William Kincaide,
174 50
State Reform School, support of
Peter Nugent, 36 35
66
66
Francis Carrigan, 27 29
66
Thomas Kinney, 49 07
State Nautical School,
Thomas Kelley, .
3 00
Francis Pratt, 5 00
66
66
Eugene F. Langley, 2 63
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods to Betsey Wild,
41 68
Joseph Huff, wood
66
12 00
William Bowker, rent for Willard Wild,
30 00
S. A. Vining, wood for
15 75
Edward Hobart, wood for Mrs. Packard,
4 00
W. F. Locke, cash for
2 00
D. H. Bates,
66
.
7 50
E. W. Arnold, goods "
5 00
S. W. Hollis, 66
"
66
17 00
E. W. Arnold, 66
William Mulligan,
3 00
S. W. Hollis 66
7 00
E. W. Arnold,
Mrs. Savil,
5 00
H. M. White, 66 66 11 00
3 50
H. M. White, goods for Seth Taunt,
15 00
George W. White, wood,
4 00
Laura G. Thayer, care of Mrs. William Thayer,
69 50
John Kimball, for family of Jane K. Dyer,
51 43
P. D. Holbrook, goods for Mrs. Sprague,
59 90
Aaron Leavitt,
10 07
66 Albert Howard, 66 2 00
37 99
H. M. White,
A. J. Bates & Co., 66 Mrs. J. Smith,
3 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance to Mrs. Whicher, 48 34
H. M. White, goods for E. F. Thayer, 4 00
66 Mrs. George Thayer, 11 00
City of Boston, supplies to Thomas Jordan,
20 00
66 66
Win. Welch,
2 00
66 66 George W. Hall,
5 25
City of New Bedford, supplies to John Brennan, 13 95 A. J. Bates & Co., goods to Wm. Welch, 5 00
Town of Stoughton, supplies to family of Jacob Snow, 172 00
A. W. Stetson, coal for Mrs. Viger, 4 75
S. W. Hollis, goods to George S. Nason, 30 00
66
66
D. B. Thayer, wood, "
202 00 66 66
8
Joseph Loud & Co., coal to Mrs. Jordan, 19 50
coal to soldiers families, 4 75 ·
A. W. Stetson, coal to soldiers families,
33 75
Edward Hobart, wood
3 50
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on Seth Taunt,
3 00
W. F. Locke, ticket to State Almshouse,
80
N. L. White, Overseer,
7 00
N. H. Hunt, Overseer,
10 00
horse hire and expenses,
10 00
D. H. Bates, 66
8 50
66
Overseer,
10 00
$1,971 04
CR.
Due from town of Milton, $35 50
66 Randolph,
10 07
66
N. Bridgewater,
39 99
Quincy,
48 34
Cash received from town of Abington,
59 90
66
of N. L. White, guardian of J. Veazie, 143 95
from sale of property of Wm. Wild, 70 55
66
from sale of real estate of 165 00
573 30
Cost of Poor out of Almshouse,
$1,397 74
TOWN OFFICERS.
N. L. White, Selectman and Assessr, $ 80 00 .
N. H. Hunt,
66 66
132 00
D. H. Bates, 66 66
.
104 00
W. F. Locke,
66
50 00
Jonathan French, Treasurer,
75 00
E. W. Arnold, Town Clerk,
25 00
N. L. White, School Committee,
35 00
Alverdo Mason,
35 00
Horace Faxon, Constable,
7 50
W. V. Wallace, 66
. 2 00
Leander Gage,
14 90
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Collector,
138 75
John B. Arnold, Auditor,
15 00
Alverdo Mason,
S 00
E. I. Humphrey, 66
8 00
.
$730 15
.
9
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
G. F. Andrews, printing Town and School Reports, $ 91 00
E. W. Arnold, recording births, deaths, &c.,
39 30
C. G. Estabrook, printing, . 7 25
Joshua Binney & Co., refreshments to Firemen, 14 26
A. J. Bates & Co., " 66
10 99
T. H. Dearing, Liquor Agent,
30 00
Josiah Hollis, land for cemetery, 5 00
8 00
C. G. Anderson, covering table,
3 50
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths,
1 90
Jonathan Thayer, 66
70
P. D. Holbrook & Co., stationery,
2 03
B. F. Bennett & Co., record book for Town Clerk,
6 50
Peter A. Wales, pump at Town House,
20 00
Jonathan French, serviees as Auctioneer,
5 50
" 66 stamps,
5 10
N. L. White, decd and stamps,
3 25
66
horse hire and expenses,
12 10
N. H. Hunt,
7 05
D. H. Bates, 66
66 66
4 50
W. F. Locke,
66
5 00
Elias Hayward, books for poor children,
6 56
$ 289 49
ABATEMENT AND DISCOUNTS.
Joseph Dyer, Jr., discount on bill of 1867,
$ 704 28
66 abatement 66 66
179 10
Heirs of Ezra Penniman, abatement on tax of 1867,
57 00
Mrs. J. G. Malvena,
66
66
13 42
Robert Bestiek,
60
66
66
9 12
Heirs of William Bird,
66
66
66
·
7 60
C. N. Wallace,
66
66
66
3 04
Daniel McCurdy,
6:
66
66
3 01
Alexander Bowditch,
66
66
66
1 90
Charles W. Hobart,
2 00
Noah Torrey. discount on tax of 1868,
604 85
David P. Hayward, abatement of tax of 1868,
10 54
G. S. Penniman,
66
66
66
6 51
William F. Locke,
66
66
66
3 72
Samuel M. Hollis,
66
66
66
2 48
William F. Dyer,
66
2 4S
.
7 60
John Q. Denton,
66
·
.
66
D. J. Lantz, window shades and fixtures,
10
George H. Arnold, abatement of tax of 1868,
2 48
Aaron Holbrook,
:
66
66
1 36
Daniel Sullivan, 66
.
.
.
1 24
George W. Mansfield, “
66
66
1 24
Judah A. Loring, 66
66
66
.
1 24
$1,626 24
TOWN HALL.
P. J. Minchin, care of Hall,
$ 57 94
66 cash paid for repairs,
2 80
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, &c.,
27 02
A. W. Stetson, coal
10 00
M. Branley, carting coal,
1 00
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer,
$173 00
Due from Republican party,
18 50
66
Democratic party,
7 50
$199 00
Balance in favor of Hall,
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers,
$2,014 50
Bill due and not sent last year,
299 00
$2,313 50
Bill sent and due from State, Janurary 1, 1869,
$2,165 50
Cash returned to Treasurer,
16 50
Cash due since,
131 50
$2,313 50
DRAWBRIDGE.
Peter B. Mead, stone and labor,
$ 876 00
Joseph Ross, balance of contract,
.
.
.
Robert Gillespie, iron work,
8 36
Thayer & Phipps, iron work, .
16 02
J. C. Rhines, lumber,
16 53
J. W. Hunnewell, stone and carting,
5 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., spikes,
1 19
H. P. Tobey, spikes,
.
7 75
.
.
·
.
.
$ 98 76
.
·
$100 24
.
66
·
.
·
.
.
145 00
.
11
Judah A. Loring, lumber and labor,
7 32
N. H. Hunt, expenses, . ·
.
3 95
A. S. White & Co., brimstone, .
32
N. H. Hunt, labor, 9 1-2 days, at $2 per day, .
39 00
John Bates, labor, 7 1-2 days, at $2 per day, .
15 00
Samuel Hollis, labor, 11 days, at $2.50 per day,
27 50.
Michael Hawkes, labor, 2 1-2 days, at $1.50 per day, . ·
3 75
Andrew Ash, labor, 4 1-2 days, at $1.50 per day,
6 75
Andrew J. Eagan, labor, 5 1-2 days, at $1.50 per day,
8 25
John B. Allen, horse, cart and man, 9 1-2 days, at $3.50 per day,
33 25
Orace Allen, horse, cart and man, 5 1-2 days, at $3.50 per day,
19 25
T. D. Bagley, labor,
1 50
John B. Allen, labor, 1 day,
2 00
$1,243 69
CR.
Received of schooner Wm. B. Darling, damages,
$50 00
For old iron and lumber, 51 28
101 28
$1,142 41
REMOVING SNOW.
John B. Allen, cash paid as per bills,
$149 07
Joseph Huff,
141 58
Elisha S. Thayer,
126 60
Thomas Penniman,
75 13
W. F. Locke,
32 18
D. II. Bates,
10 50
Joseph Dyer, Jr.,
5 10
N. H. Hunt,
66
1 40
$541 56
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Joseph Huff, 36 days, $2 per day,
·
.
.
$72 00
Horse and cart 9 1-2 days,
137 25
66 Horse and plough,
·
3 13
John B. Allen, 31 days, at $2 per day, .
62 00
horse, 111 1-2 days,
167 24
·
·
.
.
·
12
John B. Allen, cart, 103 1-2 days, at 37 cts. per day,
38 30
use of plough, . .
1 00
Joseph Allen, 42 days, at $2 per day, .
S4 00
William Allen, 10 1-2 days, at $2 per day,
21 00
Elisha S. Thayer, 114 1-2 days, at $2 per day, .
229 00
horse and cart 1-2 day,
S7
66 686 lbs. hay,
7 06
George W. Thayer, 10 days,
20 00
Robert Saunders, 41 days, at $2,
82 00
42 1-2 days, at $1.75,
74 40
Alonzo Huff, 20 days, at $1.75, .
35 00
Joseph W. Huff, 15 days, at $2, 66 10 days, at $1.75,
17 50
Patrick Maguire. 51 1-2 days at $2,
103 00
Robert Dirkey, 12 3-4 days, at $1.50,
18 45
Moses Hunt, 32 1-2 days, at $1.75,
56 67
Daniel Friel, 7 days, at $1.50,
10 50
James Riley, 35 1-2 days, at $2,
71 00
William Malligan, 20 3-4 days, at $1.75, 6 21 1-2 days, at $2,
43 00
Timothy Sullivan, 5 days, at $2,
10 00
George Mansfield, 1-2 day,
75
Thomas J. Griffin, 1 day,
1 75
Charles Fisher, 9 days, at 75 cts.
6 75
Andrew J. Eagan, 40 3-4 days, at $2, . 40 6-10 days, at $1.75,
71 04
Andrew J. Eagan, Jr., 40 3-4 days, at 1.50,
61 12
Andrew Ash, 6 days, at 2.00, .
12 00
John Maloney, 3 1-4 days, at 1.75,
5 67
J. D. Cain, 18 3-4 days, at 2.00, .
37 50
Alonzo Cain, 20 1-4 days, at 2.00,
40 50
Michael Hawkes, 5 days,
9 00
David P. Hayward, horse and cart 3 1-2 days,
7 00
Caleb Hollis, horse 1 day,
1 50
Francis W. Pratt, labor,
1 00
Abijah Allen, labor,
2 50
Alpheus Hunt, labor,
5 25
Edward Hobart, horse and cart,
7 50
C. S. Hobart, man, horse and cart 17 3-4 days,
62 12
N. M. Hobart, 2 shovels,
3 00
A. J. Bates & Co., 3 shovels,
4 12
E. W. Daily, labor,
1 00
Jolın O. Foye, steel rake,
1 20
Warren Mansfield, iron work,
30 48
Thayer & Phipps,
7 SS
R. Gillespie,
66.
3 I5
Elisha Wild,
66
·
7 12
.
30 00
36 39
81 50
13
P. D. Holbrook & Co., spikes, .
70
George J. Jones, collar and harness,
4 50
Ames Plow Company, 2 picks.
4 00
Henry Gardner, lumber,
130 40
Ira Thayer, horse, .
90 00
S. W. Hollis, grain,
62 79
James S. Holbrook, hay,
10 65
John B. Arnold, hay,
3 35
Caleb S. Hollis, hay,
26 08
Anasa Thayer, gravel, .
20 40
C. S. Holbrook, 66
4 20
E. A. Richards, 66
2 10
S. S. Penniman,
66
2 16
J. M. Cutting,
SS
Bethialı Baker,
35 28
C. S. Hollis,
66
4 15
David Thayer,
90
N. A. White,
66
. 68
W. R. Penniman, 66
8 50
Betsey Littlefield, 66
4 08
John Arnold,
66
27 80
Jonathan French, 66
advertising and selling horse,
2 50
Jesse Burrell, tending draw,
59 38
B. B. French, stone and poles, .
.
.
2 25
Elisha Wild, use of wheels,
75
$2,512 65
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer (horse),
77 50
Due from Surveyors, ·
11 75
89 25
$2,423 40
SUIT OF MELVIN THAYER.
Melvin Thayer, damages,
$1,425 00
T. H. Sweetser, counsel,
.
.
150 00
N. L. White, counsel, £
15 00
Eleazer Beals, surveying and witness,
.
.
10 00
Horace Faxon, cash paid witness and service,
36 14
W. F. Locke, witness,
2 45
J. A. Arnold,
2 25
.
.
.
.
.
$1,640 84
.
100 00
14
UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due last year, .
3,285 53
Tax assessed in 1868, .
.
.
1,034 64
$4,320 17
Paid H. Abercrombie, .
3,935 53
J. Dyer, Jr., abatement and col.,
30 13
E. S. Fellows, stoves, etc.
16 20
W. F. Locke, expenses to Brighton,
5 00
Mrs. J. G. Malvena, abatement,
2 40
3,989 26
Balance due District,
$330 91
IRON-WORKS SCHOOL DISTRICT. ·
Balance due last year,
246 90
Tax assessed in 1868, ·
308 03
$554 93
Paid Abijah Allen,
$300 00
J. Dyer Jr., abatement and collection, ·
4 46
Balance due district,
$250 47
POND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due last year
67 73
Tax assessed in 1868 .
207 09
$274 82
Paid H. W. Simonds, .
185 00
H. M. White, brooms and pails,
1 47
J. Dyer Jr., abatement and collection, .
3 23
189 70
Balance due district,
$85 12
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Tax assessed in 1868,
52 44
Paid B. V. Arnold,
.
.
45 89
Balance due district
.
.
$6 55
.
$304 46
.
15
WEST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due last year,
.
Paid L. W. Collins,
.
·
00
J. Dyer Jr., abatement and collection, . .
78
·
$20 78
Balance due district,
$5 10
SOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due last year,
55 18
Paid T. White, stoves and repairs,
.
.
· 12 82
Thomas Jones, labor, &c.,
.5 73
E. A. Hale, pail and brooms,
1 43
J. Dyer Jr., abatement and collection,
85
- $20 83
Balance due district,
34 35
SOUTH-EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due district,
$3 60
RECAPITULATION.
High School, .
$1,494 71
District Schools,
.
3,971 11
Cost of Poor in Almshouse, 66 66 6 out of 66
1,397 74
Town Officers,
730 15
Miscellaneous,
289 49
Abatements and discounts,
1,626 24
Town Hall,
98 76
State Aid, .
.
2,014 50
Drawbridge, ·
1,142 41
Removing Snow, ·
541 56
Highway Surveyors, .
2,423 40 ·
Suit of Melvin Thayer,
. 1,640 84
School Districts,
· 4,570 92
.
.
.
874 94
.
25 88
16
Cash paid Treasurer and credits, .
1,346 13
Appraisal at Almshouse over last year, .
24 15
$24,187 05
Less cash and credits for Town Hall,
199 00
$23,988 05
197 orders drawn on the Treasurer, $23,988 05.
ASSESSORS ACCOUNT.
District Schools,
$4,400 00
High School, -
-
-
-
1,500 00
Poor, -
-
-
3,000 00
Highways and Bridges,
2,400 00
Interest,
2,000 00
Town Debt,
3,000 00
Town Officers, -
650 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
500 00
State Tax,
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,514 38
Overlay, -
$23,403 77
Union school district,
$1,034 64
Iron-works, 66
308 03
Pond
207 09
Middle St. 66
-
-
52 44
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
JOHN A. RICHARDSON, Collector.
To amount due on bill of 1866, 66
66 District taxes of 1866, -
13 17
Due from Collector, -
-
$849 07
NOAH TORREY, Collector.
To amount of tax bill for 1868,
23,403 77
Cash paid Treasurer, - -
-
18,894 21
66 County Treasurer, - -
1,514 38
20,408 59
Due from Collector,
-
$2,995 18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,580 00
County “
859 39
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- $S35 90
-
1
17
Union School District.
To amount of tax bill of 1868, -
-
$1,034 64
Cash paid Treasurer, - -
656 61
Due from Collector, - -
-
$378 03
Iron-works School District.
To amount of tax bill of 1868,
- 308 03
Cash paid Treasurer, - -
- 88 00
Due from Collector, - -
- $220 03
Pond School District.
To amount of tax bill of 1868,
-
-
- 207 09
Cash paid Treasurer, - -
-
-
- 125 00
Due from Collector, - -
82 09
Middle Street School District.
To amount of tax bill of 1868,
52 44
Due from Collector,
-
-
52 44
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1868, -
3,328 58
Cash borrowed of Union National Bank, Weymouth,
10,000 00
Lavinia A. Bradford, -
2,200 00
66 F. G. Crosby, - -
2,100 00
-
-
1,000 00
6.
L. Bradford Hollis, -
-
500 00.
66 Thomas Penniman, -
200 00
Received of Joseph Dyer, Jr., balance of tax of 1867,
3,146 00
District taxes 1867,
309 40
66 interest on tax of 1867,
65 18
66
Noah Torrey, on tax of 1868, 66 on District taxes, 1868, -
-
2,150 00
"
State for State aid, 66 Corporation tax,
1,080 75
66
and State aid,
112 47
66
State School Fund,
235 04
66
Almshouse,
-
-
345 70
66
D. H. Bates, guardian of B. Veazie,
-
216 50
66
-
-
30 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18,894 21
66
869 61
-
-
18
Received of N. L. White, guardian of J. Veazie,
143 95
66
from Town Hall,
173 00
66
Braintree School Fund, -
400 00
66
of Henry W. Simonds, -
32 75
Schooner Wm. B. Darling, damages,
50 00
66
for lumber and iron, - -
-
51 28
66
of Surveyors of highways, - -
77 50
-
70 55
66
from Wm. Wild's personal estate, real estate, -
165 00
Town of Abington, -
-
59 90
State Aid returned by Selectmen,
16 50
66
T. Dalton lot in cemetery,
2 00
$48,025 87
Paid on 188 orders,
$23,544 44
Weymouth National Bank, on notes,
16,000 00
F. G. Crosby, note,
1,100 00
Lavinia A. Bradford, on note,
800 00
Ann N. Thayer, on note, -
100 00
Mary H. Thayer, on note,
30 00
Interest,
-
-
1,748 27
State tax, - -
-
3,580 00
Balance in the Treasury, -
1,123 16
$48,025 87
TOWN DEBT.
Due on notes, and Interest,
$27,649 97
"
" 9 Outstanding Orders, -
443 61
66 to Union school district,
-
-
-
-
330 91
" Iron-works
250 47
" Pond .
85 12
"
" Middle Street
-
-
-
-
6 55
" West
-
-
5 10
66 " South
34 35
" South East 66
3 60
28,809 68
Balance in the Treasury,
$1,123 16
Due from J. A. Richardson, Col. of Town Tax 1866,
835 90
66
District " 13 17
" Noah Torrey,
Town, " 1868,
2,995 18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19
Due from Noah Torrey, Col. of District Tax 186S,
732 59
66
The State for State aid, for 1866, -
204 35
66
1867,
244 10
66
66
1868
2,297 00
D. H. Bates,
713 00
66
Robert Bestick,
-
-
23 71
Loring Hayden,
-
-
5 60
66
William Reed,
-
-
2 00
Surveyors of Highways,
11 75
The P. L. L.'s
42 75
66
Republican Party, -
18 50
66
Democratic Party, -
7 50
The Town of Milton,
41 15
66
35 50
66
66
Quincy,
-
-
48 34
66
" Randolph,
10 07
66
" North Bridgewater, -
39 99
- 8,739 41
Indebtedness February 1, 1869,
$20,070 27
TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST TO FEB. 1, 1869.
Sylvanus Thayer, Feb. 1, 1868,
$5,000 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Oct. 24, 1862,
500 00
Interest from Oct. 24, 1867,
9 41
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Jan. 26, 1866,
250 00
Interest from Jan. 26, 1867,
17 75
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863,
570 00
Ann N. Thayer, Oct. 1, 1855, - Interest from Oct. 1, 1868,
100 00
Edwin Howard, June 10, 1866,
300 00
Interest from June 10, 1868,
-
13 47
Lynn Institution for Savings, July 1, 1857,
2,500 00
Interest from Oct. 15, 1868,
51 33
M. C. Pratt, Dec. 1, 1857,
5,000 00
Interest, - -
50 00
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Jan. 26, 1866, Interest from January 26, 1866,
210 83
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Feb. 27, 1866, Interest from Feb. 27, 1866,
52 50
Henry A. Pierce, Jan. 22, 1866,
-
-
200 00
Interest from Jan. 22, 1860,
35
-
-
-
2 33
1,000 00
300 00
20
Henry A. Pierce, Feb. 1, 1868, -
-
100 00
Eunice French, May 14, 1867, -
300 00
-
14 99
Interest from May 14, 1868, Minott E. Hunt, Aug. 13, 1867,
450 00
Interest from Aug, 13, 1868,
14 70
William M. Sherman, Oct. 22, 1867, Interest from Oct. 22, 1868,
15 40
Asa French, Jan. 20, 1868,
1,400 00
Interest from Jan. 20, 1869,
2 57
National Bank, Weymouth, -
3,000 00
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 14, 1868, -
2,100 00
Interest from Feb. 14, 1868,
140 87
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1869,
1,000 00
Lavinia A. Bradford, April 15, 1868, Interest, -
77 58
L. Bradford Hollis, Nov. 24, 1868,
500 00
Interest from Nov. 24, 1868,
5 89
Thomas Penniman, Feb. 1, 1869,
1
200 00
$27,649 97
-
1,400 00
-
800 00
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND CORPORATION, IN ACCOUNT WITH S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
DR.
1869.
Feb. 1. Cash paid Town Treasurer-appropriation, . $400 00
Balance on hand,
123 72
$523 72
CR.
Dec. 9, 1868. By amount received from Treasurer of last year, 103 72
Feb. 1, 1869. By Cash received for two Dividends from Union National Bank, of Weymouth, 14 shares, 140 00
· Feb. 1, 1869. By Cash for two Dividends, from National Granite Bank, of Quincy, 10 shares, 100 00
Feb. 1, 1869. By Cash for two Dividends, from Eliot National Bank of Boston, 3 shares, 30 00
Feb. 1, 1869 Received from Town for rent of Almshouse & Farm, 150 00
$523 72
Balance in hands of Treasurer,
123 72
The property and assets of the Corporation, in addition to the balance in the hands of the Treasurer, consists of
The farm, now leased to the town, estimated value,
$3,000 00
Tract of salt meadow in Quincy, containing about 10 acres, valued at 750 00
Also, fourteen shares in the Union National Bank of Wey- mouth, par value, .
1,400 00 . Also, ten shares in the National Granite Bank of Quincy, par value, 1,000 00
Also, three shares in the Eliot National Bank of Boston, par value, 300 00
$6,573 72
S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
22
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the first day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear the reports of the several town officers, and act thereon.
3d. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
4th. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town- ways and bridges the ensuing year.
5th. To see if the town will restrain horses and neat cattle from running at large the ensuing year.
6th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
7th. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed expedient for the purpose of schooling, and to determine the manner in which the same (and any other money to be drawn from the State and town school funds the present year) shall be divided among the several school districts.
8th. To see if the town will abolish the present school district system.
9th. To see if the town will authorize the several school districts to choose their prudential committees, and authorize said committees to contract with their several teachers.
10th. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as the Selectmen may direct.
11th. To see if the towu will accept the revision of the Jury list as made by the Selectmen.
12th. To see if the town will discontinue the old road near the house of Amasa Thayer.
23
13th. To see if the town will adopt the provisions of the 2d section of Chap. 83 of the General Statutes, with regard to catching pickerel between the first day of December and the first day of May.
14th. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer (with the approval of the Selectmen) to borrow of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to consolidate the debt of the town.
15th. To see if the town will widen the road on the corner of Allen and Shaw Streets, opposite the house of Henry Gardner, and appropriate money for the same.
16th. To choose, and hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting, by posting true and attested copies of this warrant at the usual public places in town, seven days at least before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Braintree, this twentieth day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- nine.
N. L. WHITE, Selectmen N. H. HUNT, of
DAVID H. BATES, Braintree.
24
JURY LIST.
REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEBRUARY 20, 1869.
George W. Arnold,
Elias Hayward,
Andrew J. Bates,
Ebenezer F. Howard,
Horatio A. Berry,
Benjamin L. Morrison,
Phillips Curtis,
Elisha Morse,
John Carver,
Alverdo Mason,
John Crane,
Henry Mann,
Joseph Dyer, Jr.,
Gardner Penniman,
Lewis Dyer,
William R. Penniman,
Jacob S. Dyer,
Joseph F. Porter,
Jonathan French,
Norton Pratt,
Leander Gage,
Thomas Parker,
Adam Hobart,
Nathan Rosenfeld,
Jason G. Howard,
Perley Stedman,
Charles D. Hayden,
William M. Stevens,
Edward Hobart, 2d,
Josephus Sampson,
Levi W. Hobart,
Lewis Thayer,
G. Henry Howard,
Thomas B. Vinton,
Moses D. Holbrook,
Jonathan B. Wood,
Joel E. Holbrook,
George Wales,
David N. Hollis,
John Tower,
P. D. Holbrook,
William B. Emmerson.
1
25
The customary visit to the Almshouse was made on the first day of February, for the purpose of ap- praising the property of that institution, the amount of which is to be found in its appropriate place in the report.
The house and its surroundings presented the usual appearance of comfort, neatness and thrift. Nothing was seen of which to complain-much to commend.
The accompanying accounts, prepared by the Over- seers of the Poor, Selectmen and Treasurer, have been carefully examined ; vouchers for all orders drawn by the Selectmen, and for all moneys paid out by the Treasurer, were found to agree with the statements herewith presented.
It appears to us that the various trusts committed to those officers by the town have been discharged ably, honestly and economically.
E. WATSON ARNOLD, ) N. A. LANGLEY, Auditors. ALVERDO MASON,
26
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1868-9.
Town Clerk. E. WATSON ARNOLD.
Treasurer. JONATHAN FRENCH.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor. NAAMAN L. WHITE, NATHANIEL H. HUNT, DAVID H. BATES.
School Committee.
NAAMAN L. WHITE, ALVERDO MASON, LEWIS DYER. .
Constables.
LEANDER GAGE, ABIJAH ALLEN,
THOMAS PENNIMAN, RICHARD THAYER,
WILLIAM V. WALLACE, HORACE FAXON.
Surveyors of Highways.
ELISHA STRONG THAYER, JOHN B. ALLEN, JOSEPH HUFF.
Collector of Taxes. NOAH TORREY.
Representative to the General Court. LEVI W. HOBART.
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APPENDIX.
STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE
For the Year 1868.
FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
Whole number of Intentions of Marriages recorded,
41
66
66 " Marriages recorded, .
32
66
66 66
Births,
. 83
66
66
Deaths,
. 58
E. WATSON ARNOLD, Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN BRAINTREE, FOR THE YEAR 1868.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
24
RESIDENCE. Braintree.
BIRTH-PLACE. Scotland.
Jan. 4. John G. N. Henderson, Charlotte McAndrew,
25
66
66
25. Josephus Sampson, Ruth Ann French,
31
66
Middleboro'.
2S
66
Braintree.
28. Caleb Sumner Hollis, Hannah R. Dickerman,
46
28
66
29
66
Quincy.
Feb. 13.
George F. F. Wilde, Eugenie B. Howard,
23
Braintree.
22
Easton.
66
29. Peter Dyer, Hattie R. Gay,
22
28
DATE. NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH.PLACE.
Feb. 25. William Fred Jones,
41
Braintree.
Boston. Braintree.
66
Mary P. Allen,
21
66
66
Apr. 15. Jonathan E. Hayward, Harriet Lucy Hall,
32
Quincy.
Quincy.
26. Charles F. Lapham, Arabella F. Bradford,
19
30. George R. Smalley, Lydia Maria Gilman,
58
66
Brookfield, Vt.
43
Braintree.
Braintree.
May 7.
Herbert E. Snow, Annie E. Niles,
22
Braintree.
Braintree.
9. Frank D. Thayer,
27
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Sarah J. Brooks,
21
Maine.
10. Patrick H. Linton,
29
Mattapoisett.
Clara Amanda Worster,
19
Weymouth.
June 2. Charles A. French, Louisa R. Carver,
38
Quincy.
Quincy.
July 3.
Solon David, Hannah A. Chessman,
21
Randolph.
Randolph.
12.
O. H. Perry Niles, Fanny M. Richards,
32
Quincy.
Braintree.
Sept. 2.
E. Augustus Wilde, Susie J. Leonard,
22
66
66
Spain.
20. John Long, Mary Gott,
22
66
Ireland.
26. Charles H. Loring, Maria Jane Moriarty,
22
66
Troy, N. H.
Oct. 1.
Rufus A. Thayer, Isadora Arnold,
29
Randolph.
Braintree.
Braintree.
11. Horace A. Merrill, Inez D. Allen,
24
Tewksbury.
11. Amasa Thayer, Rebecca J. Parker,
49
66
Boston.
Nov. 18.
Douglas A. Brooks, Ann Mary Porter, Asa K. Binney, Charlotte A. Hayward,
23
Weymouth.
66
England.
26. Thomas E. Langley, Clarabelle Wales,
19
66
Weymouth.
26. William E. Leonard, Clara L. Richards,
23
Sharon.
Dec. 5. George A. Knox, Emma J. Galusha, 24
25
Weymouth.
Gardner, Me.
Litchfield, Me.
66
Caroline Hollis,
46
Mar. 29. George Henry Arnold,
33
66
21
66
23 Bridgewater.
Boston.
40
Braintree.
Braintree.
27
Braintree.
New York.
47
Braintree.
28
Braintree.
66 .
Braintree.
Randolph.
24
Cumberland, Me.
62
Braintree .. 66
29. Charles A. Bowditch, Emma F. Hunnewell,
25
22
66
Dorchester, N. B.
Braintree.
25.
Weymouth.
32
20
Braintree.
Braintree.
22
N. Bridgewater.
27
22
66
21
24
28
45
29
DATE. NAME.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
Dec. 20. William Keffeiman, Jessie Sanderson,
26 Weymouth.
Ireland.
21
Braintree.
Scotland.
24. Edgar Hayden,
19
66
Braintree.
Mary Brogan,
23
Quincy.
Quincy.
31. Orlando T. Hayden, Harriet Harrington,
18
Braintree.
Braintree.
31. William McDowell, Ann Donaldson,
25
66
Ireland.
20
66
England.
21
30
DEATHS IN BRAINTRE FOR THE YEAR 1868.
Years. Ms. Days. Disease or cause of death.
Jan. 9. Charles Coffin Jewett,
51
Apoplexy.
9. James Mills,
17
9 .9 Heart.
14. John Earnest Daland,
4
20 Whooping cough. Heart.
15. Rhoda Holbrook,
67
6
Old age.
29. Edward Foley,
14
1 Brain and Typhoid.
31. Thomas White,
82
Feb. 17. John Memphy,
36
Old age. Consumption. Stillborn.
26. - Long,
Mar. 26. Olive Wales Humphrey,
26
29. John Finnegan,
90
Apr. 5.
Warren Richards,
63
Lung. Atrophy and Debility.
15. Sylvanus Thayer, 60
4
4 Pneumonia. Pneumonia.
20. John Florence Sullivan,
4
22 Lung. Cancer. Lung.
May 3. Jane T. Long,
54
9. Chester Alden Stoddard,
5
3
4 Kidney.
19. Solon Everett David,
1
2
11 Scarlet fever.
19. Harriet F. Hunt,
20
5
6 Scrofula. Brain.
June 2. Otis Hollis,
46
5
4. Samuel Everett Veazie,
30
5. Mary Sullivan,
75
28. Susan H. Howe,
1
4
July 10. Cinderilla Thayer,
38
8
25. Mary M. Kendall,
22
30. Charles Thayer,
89
4
Aug. 6. Augustus Rennew,
1
12. Rachel Thayer French,
77
2
12 Old age.
12. Elizabeth Jane Flood,
1
2 Cholera infantum.
19. Jane Lazelle Blanchard,
82
5
10 Old age. Accident.
20. Susan Maria Foye,
28
29. Silence Hayden,
84
Heart.
Sept. 3. - French, .
Oct. 1. Elisha N. Thayer,
30
3. Alonzo A. Gilman,
48
12. Gertrude May Waymouth,
5
9
12. Charles Cushman Hollis,
12. Antoinette A. Kimball, 34
3
8 Cholera infantum. Childbirth.
24 Lung. Old_age.
16. Ruth Jane Dalton,
16
17. Thomas Smith,
57
21. Howard Willis,
73
26. Ida Francis Holbrook,
3 Accident. Consumption. Old age. Scarlet fever.
24 Consumption. Consumption. Old age. Small Pox.
Stillborn.
22 Apoplexy. Small Pox.
26. Moses Hunt,
86
31
Years. Ms. Days.
Disease or cause of death.
Oet. 27. John Burnham,
45
Pneumonia.
Nov. 7. Jacob T. White,
37
Brain. Brain.
9. John Rennie,
26
S
12. Daniel H. Niles,
55 S
5 Pneumonia. Consumption.
29. Hermantine M. Holbrook,
8
1 24 Diphtheria.
29. Sarah M. Fritts,
33
3 25 Consumption.
Dec. 1. Bertha S. Gooch,
1
9 10 Scarlatena.
9. Clara Elizabeth Holbrook,
2
25
12.
Benjamin Veazie,
69
17. Margaret Murphy,
43
18. Mary Ann Shaw, 49
19. Walter Richard Wall,
1
2
20
Scarlet Fever.
22. Margaret Alice Wall,
9
S
9
22. Charles S. Hobart,
49
28
23. Mary Bradley,
39
Heart. Diphtheria. Kidney.
30. Benj. Dennis Regan,
40
Diphtheria. Pneumonia. Typhoid. Cancer.
14. John McDermot,
21 5
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