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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
FROM FEB. 1, 1869, TO FEB. 1, 1870.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & FRYE, 3 CORNHILL. 1870.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
FROM FEB. 1, 1869, TO FEB. 1, 1870.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & FRYE, 3 CORNHILL. 1870.
REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
-+Byron Groce, teaching
$220 00
P. Woodbury, 66
890 48
L. Ellen Groce,
64 00
Mira F. Southworth, teaching
242 79
P. J. Minchin, care of rooms
25 00
J. Loud & Co., coal
44 50
Michael Branley, coal
13 99
Joseph H. Penniman, granular fuel
16 20
Charles Hopkins, chairs
8 50
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stoves, &c.
37 80
P. D. Holbrook & Co., brush, crayons, &c. .
1 70
Byron Groce, books
2 50
66 ribbon for diplomas
1 12
$1,568 58
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
Pond District.
+Lydia A. Simonds, teaching 18 weeks at $6 50 . $117 00 66 66 66 26 66 7 00. 182 00
-+ Sarah L. Porter,
4
66 66 6 00 . 24 00
66 66 66 18 66 6 50. 66 117 00 " 66 66 66 7 00 . 22 66 154 00
Anna M. Brooks, 66 66 66 8 00 . 144 00
66 66 66 18
10 11
66 66 8 50. 85 00
66 66 66 10 00. 110 00
Elizabeth M. Thompson, teaching 3 weeks at $8 00 . 24 00
Charles H. Sprague, care of house
10 00
T. F. Kelley, 66 66 25 00
IN. Gleason Torrey, 66 66 15 00
66
sawing wood, and shavings
3 75
- -
4
T. F. Kelley, shavings
$0 30
J. B. Wood, coal
25 00
J. Loud & Co., coal
52 31
A.H. M. White, coal
2 36
Ira Hunt, wood .
3 50
$1,094 22
Iron - Works District.
L. M. Bowditch, teaching 2 weeks at $7 00
$14 00
Sarah Allen,
66
3
66
66 6 00
.
66 60
66 30 66
210 00
Laura A. Hill,
24 00
M. M. Wallace,
66
1
66
66 7 00
7 00
Martha Reed, 66 37
66 10 00
·
.
370 00
Mary Scollard,
66 38
66
66 6 00
228 00
Mary A. Avery, 66
8
66 7 00 56 00
William V. Wallace, care of house
42 67
Andrew Gott 66 66
9 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal
55 00
Henry Gardner, wood
14 00
Andrew Gott, sawing wood
5 50
William V. Wallace, sawing wood
4 00
$1,057 17
Union District.
Joanna W. Penniman, teaching 4 weeks at $8 00 66 66 66
$32 00
38
8 50
323 00
-Avis A. Thayer,
35 00
66 66 66
66
38 66
66 7 50 285 00
. 112 00
Dora Puffer,
66
10
66
66 10 00
100 00
Jennie F. Hall,
66
12
66
66 10 00 120 00
William F. Locke, care of house
75 00
66
66
יו 1868.
20 82
66
wood and sawing
13 50
66
66 charcoal
11 67
66
shavings
75
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
67 50
A. W. Stetson 66
16 80
$1,213 04
5
Hattie B. Thompson, 66
14 66 8 00
7 00
18 00
66 7 00
·
66 3 66
6 8 00
----
5
South District.
Hattie B. Thompson, teaching 4 weeks at $6 00
$24 00
+ Margaret E. Bannon,
66 35 66 66 7 00
245 00
Laura A. Hill,
66
1
66 66 6 50
6 50
J. Loud & Co., coal
18 38
William F. Dyer, wood
24 75
Edward A. Hale,
2 62
Daniel Freel, sawing wood . .
9 80
Hewis C. Thayer, care of house, 1868.
5 00
Lerbert G. White, care of house
5 00
$341 05
West District.
0
T. E. Norton, teaching 4 weeks at $6 00 .
$24 00
Celia J. White, " 27
66 6 00 ·
162 00
66 66 6 66 66 7 00
4.3
32 20
Moses Hunt, care of house
13 00
66 sawing wood .
2 50
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
23 00
George W. White, wood
14 25
N. Pratt, care of house
1 00
$271 95
East District.
Victoria P. Wild, teaching 5 weeks at $8 50 66
$42 50
35 . “10 00
350 00
Albert Hobart, wood, and care of house J. F. Sheppard, coal .
31 25
22 50
A. W. Stetson, “
9 25
$455 50
South-east District.
Elizabeth C. Moore, teaching 30 weeks at $7 00 66 66 66
$210 00
11 7 50 82 50
Joseph Huff, wood ·
16 13
$308 63
.
6
South-west District.
0
Mary H. Marston, teaching 22 weeks at $7 00
$154 00
Susan E. Thayer, 203 66 4 7 00 .
144 20
Peter W. Dyer, care of house 66 wood
31 00
Melvin Thayer, 66 care of house, 1868 ·
.
6 00
$350 45
Middle-street District.
3
Eliza J. Mansfield, teaching 4 weeks at $6 50
$26 00
Elizabeth M. Thompson, 37 66 4 8 00
296 00
66 66 66 care of house
5 00
Francis H. Thayer,
66 66
8 00
B. V. Arnold, 66 coal
66
66 1868
5 50
1 50
J. F. Sheppard, coal . ·
12 00
Elisha Holbrook, wood
3 50
Simeon Thayer, sawing wood, &c. ' .
.
$359 50
APPRAISAL OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Norton Pratt, services and expenses
. $8 50
S. W. Hollis, 66
66
6 00
Wm. F. Dyer,
66 66
.
6 00
Phillips Curtis,
66 66
·
4 50
Harvey Thayer, " 66
4 00
Ancel O. Clark, “ 66 66
4 00
Joseph Huff, 66
4 00
W. V. Wallace, “
66
66
.
.
4 00
Abel Holbrook, “ 66
66
4 00
$45 00
SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Pond District. 6
F. A. Stanley, contractor, part pay
$1,000 00
M. Hooper, brick .
156 75
.
6. 66
.
.
10 00
5 25
2 00
7
7
O. C. & N. Railway, freighting brick John C. Rhines, lime
30 20
Henry Hobart, building cellar
264 73 F. & C. Wilson, underpinning
231 50
Gideon Thayer, setting underpinning +Asa French, cash paid for cement . 6: writing deed, and stamp
3 59
T.J. R. Frasier, horse-hire .
1 00
66 fare to Bridgewater .
1 20
George Mansfield, horse, cart, and self, 44 days
14 87
Adam Hobart, labor and stone
4 00
. R. Frasier, labor, 37 days at $2.50
92 50
Benj. Stevens, 66
43 2.00
9 00
Hugh Riley,
66 66 2.00
13 00
John Riley, 66
1
2 00
Wm. Patterson 34 66 2.00
; 50
-}-Marcus Perkins “ 6 60 2.00
12 00
Loring Hayden “ 1
66
2 00
Isaac Porter, land
500 00
$5,427 66
West District.
William R. Penniman, contractor
$1,475 00
F. & C. Wilson, underpinning .
79 80
/ Gideon Thayer, setting underpinning
17 25
W. O. Haskell & Son, desks and chairs
139 00
O. C. & N. Railway, freighting desks
2 95
John Carver, gravel and carting
11 44
S. W. Pratt, stoves and pipe .
39 98
W. R. Penniman, extras .
15 00
$1,780 42
South District.
William R. Penniman, contractor
$1,475 00
John Holbrook, land
125 00
F. & C. Wilson, underpinning
79 80
+Gideon Thayer, setting underpinning
21 55
W. O. Haskell & Son, desks and chairs .
139 00
O. C. & N. Railway, freighting desks
71
S. W. Pratt, stove and pipe .
39 99
$34 20
43 12
5 50
8
W. R. Penniman, building fence Joseph R. Frasier, labor . 18 50
$82 00
Benjamin Stevens, “
3 50
Hiram Belcher, labor on well .
5 00
Asa French, writing deed
3 00
Rufus Woodsum, horse-hire
2 00
6
REPAIRING SCHOOL-HOUSES.
enry Gardner, lumber
$66 24
J. C. Rhines, 66
.
.
.
.
110 02
Loud & Pratt, 66
156 63
T. B. Stoddard, painting
263 05
S. Cain, mason-work .
20 76
E. & F. King, paint and oil
259 05
A. T. Stearns, moulding for fence
8 10
-Gideon Thayer, curbstone and setting
11 75
P. D. Holbrook & Co., glass
9 29
M. E. Green, printing
4 25
Daniel H. Denton, whitewashing fence
10 00
Ralph Arnold, gravel and carting
14 33
M. C. Warren & Co., hinges
1 42
Josiah Hollis, posts
44 80
Joseph Huff, 66
18 75
66 labor
8 00
George W. White, carting seats, and repairing .
5 00
Thomas Penniman, labor .
5 00
E. A. Belcher, 1 50
-J. R. Frasier, horse-hire .
3 00
Phillips Curtis, 12 days at $2.50
30 00
66
expenses
. 50
66 66 cash paid on insurance policy
50
P. H. Cushing, horse-hire .
5 00
Thomas South, iron-work .
5 49
J. F. Bumstead & Co., 13 rolls paper and border "Asa French, letters, postage, &c.
1 69
Asa T. Pratt, labor, 32} days at $3.50
113 75
J. R. Frasier, “ 1 66 2.50
2 50
Alva Morrison, stamps, &c.
.
1 25
6
horse, cart, and man .
3 35
8 12
$1,995 05
9
Alvah Morrison use of horse
$1 00
66
66 lumber and spikes
3 10
66 stone, chips, and carting
75
66
6. mason-work and carting stone
1 60
66
labor, 2 6-10 days
7 80
Patrick Cahill, 5 at $2.00
10 00
James Toomey, labor
1 00
Luke Mulligan, 66
4 00
Moses Hunt, 66
5 20
Patrick Sullivan, 66 33 days at $2.00
7 50
II. N. Our, 66 101 4
35 01
Asa T. Pratt, hardware
4 95
66 66
lumber and carting
97
A. S. Vinton, labor
1 50
M. Griffin, 66
1 12
John Hennigan, “
2 00
$1,286 50
4
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
Samuel D. Chase, rent in West District
$25 00
Isaac Dyer, rent in Pond District
125 00
William F. Locke, pail, and repairing clock
1 15
William V. Wallace, crayons
2 52
J. L. Hammett, erasers
25
P. D. Holbrook & Co., brooms
1 00
Elias Hayward, books and crayons
16 03
+II. W. Simonds, cleaning stove-pipe
1 50
T. H. Dearing, expenses in securing teachers
3 50
$177 95
9
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1869 $1,492 35
300 00
Thomas Penniman, Superintendent 66 sundries
19 03
D. P. Hayward, pigs .
30 00
N. M. Hobart, manure
10 04
L. Morse, clothing
2
6 75
·
10
N. W. Baker, bread
6 32
Parker, Gannett, & Osgood, seed
5 31
D. P. Hayward, ploughing and soap
7 69
N. H. Hunt, ploughing
3 00
Peter W. Dyer, gravel, &c.
4 30
John Tower, grass
2 00
A. B. Wales, euring ham
1 50
L. Rich & Co., prints .
2 00
Albert W. Dyer, killing hogs
1 75
A. W. Clark, blanket
2 00
Charles Hayden, eutting wood James E. Wheeler, fish
2 75
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries
177 28
/ H. M. White,
66
109 82
S. W. Hollis, 66
9 01
Nathan Rosenfeld, dry goods
6 99
S. W. Hollis, Treasurer of Sehool-Fund, rent Levi W. Hobart, grain and meal
133 51
+Joseph R. Frasier, standing-wood
60 25
J. W. Pieree, coffin and robe
12 05
Joshua Wilkins, horse
240 00
H. H. Thayer, hay-wagon and iron-work
91 72
Henry Mann, meat
27 99
David N. Hollis, meat .
13 16
{ F. G. Crosby, wheelwright-work
3 60
Jonathan Thayer, sexton to Samuel Holbrook
6 00
Noah Torrey, medieal attendance
3 00
David H. Bates, Overseer .
15 00
N. H. Hunt, 66
8 00
Abijah Allen, 66
8 25
$2,975 67
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1870
$1,698 30
Cash paid Treasurer .
.
.
362 44
$2,060 74
Cost of poor in Almshouse
$914 93
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Age.
Days.
Samuel Holbrook
· 83
229
William Holbrook
.
76
164
·
150 00
3 25
11
*Nehemiah Holbrook
72
365
*William H. Thayer
71
.
356
*Isaac Wild
53
365
/*Luther Dyer
52
365
Mary A. Littlefield
52
365
* William H. Welch
14
48
159 vagrants .
170
Total number of days
2,427
Total number of weeks
3465
Cost of poor, cach, per week
$2 63
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of L. T. Penniman $57 00
66
66
66 William Wild 200 13
66 66 66 Jacob Vcazic .
280 18
66 66
66
C. E. Thayer . 215 43
Worcester 66 66
William Kincaidc
73 00
State of Massachusetts, support of W. II. Vinton in hospital 375 50
Mary Goodman
235 50
66 Mary F. Fanwick
14 00
State Reform-School, support of Thomas Kenney
26 00
State Nautical-School, 66 Thomas Kelley .
26 00
66 66 66 66 Francis Pratt
21 07
66
66 66
66 Engene F. Langley 6 42
Laura G. Pierce, care of Mrs. William Thayer City of Boston, supplies to George W. Hall
78 00
6 62
66 66 Mrs. Bradford Nightingale
23 25
66 66 66 Delia Hunt
21 43
City of New Bedford, supplies to Jolin Brennan .
12 95
Abba Bowman, supplies to Anna E. Bagley in 1865 George Allen, passage of Kincaide to California . P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries to Betscy Wild
3 00
75 00
Joseph Huff, wood to Betsey Wild
16 87
William Dycr, wood to Albert Howard
2 25
George W. White, wood to Seth Taunt Leroy W. Collins, ' 66 66
8 00
H. M. White, groceries " ", 66 12 00
14 00
J. W. Pierce, coffin and robe for Mrs. Whicher . Jonathan Thayer, sexton 66 66 5 00
110 97
Proctor Brotlicrs, groceries to Mrs. Crowell
* Present inmates of Almshouse.
40 33
4 00
.
.
6 66 66
6
12
J. Loud & Co., coal to Mrs. Crowell
$24 00
J. F. Sheppard,
66
22 49
A. W. Stetson 66 66 66
10 00
~ D. H. Bates, expenses to Bangor with Vinton 66 66 Worcester 66 66 New Bedford twice
3 20
4 80
William Bowker, rent for Willard Wild
30 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries to Mrs. Sprague
10 00
H. M. White, 66 Geo. Thayer . 22 00
29 25
J. Farnsworth, wood to Mrs. Savil
6 00
Leroy W. Collins, wood to Mrs. Savil
5 00
H. M. White, groceries to "
13 00
S. W. Hollis, 66 to Dorothy Packard
29 00
H. M. White, 66 to Tristram Dalton
3 00
Town of Stoughton, supplies to Jacob Snow
21 00
A. W. Stetson, coal to Newell Langley
7 90
O. C. & N. Railway, tickets to State Almshouse . William McEwan, groceries to Warren Dalton Mrs. McKennie
3 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Mrs. John Smith
8 65
66 66 Warren Dalton
2 88
66 66 66 Thomas Griffin 2 88
4 04
3 00
J. Binney, care and transportation of Welch family John B. Allen, wood to Mrs. Doona
2 00
G. A. Bowditch, meat to Thomas Griffin
2 80
D. H. Bates, expenses and horse-hire .
13 00
S. W. Hollis, supplies to Mrs. Waters
2 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on S. Taunt
2 00
Abijah Allen, expenses
1 80
D. H. Bates, Overseer
30 00
N. H. Hunt,
.
12 00
A. Allen, 66
15 00
$2,344 53
Received from town of Milton
$29 00
66 66 Abington 10 00
66 66 N. Bridgewater 2 25
" . of N. L. White, guardian of J. Veazie 220 53
19 00
Due from town of Quincy .
280 78
ost of poor out of Almshouse
$2,063 75
19 75
#
J. Loud & Co., coal to Mrs. Jordan
2 25
7 94
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to Thomas Griffin 66 66 66 Mrs. McCormick .
5 00
13
TOWN OFFICERS.
David H. Bates, Selectman and Assessor
$185 00
N. H. Hunt, 66 66
.
136 00
Abijah Allen, 66
66
145 00
N. L. White, 66 66
12 00
Jonathan French, Treasurer
100 00
Noah Torrey, Clerk .
25
E. W. Arnold, Clerk, 1868
25 00
Noah Torrey, School Committec
40 00
Alverdo Mason, 66 66
30 00
fr. H. Dearing, 66
66
36 00
N. L. White,
66
10 00
Thomas Penniman, "
10 00
W. V. Wallace 66
3 00
Alverdo Mason, Auditor
8 00
N. A. Langley, 66
10 00
$783 00
COLLECTION, ABATEMENT, AND DISCOUNT.
J. A. Richardson, collecting-bill, 1866
$158 67
abatement “ 66
.
32 92
Noalı Torrey, collecting-bill, 1868 66 " abatement "
114 68
66
66 discount 66 1869
710 32
A. W. Stetson, 66
66 66
59 40
Daniel Dennehy, “ 66 66
11 52
Jacob Dexheimer, " 66 60
·
11 52
Ebenezer Jones, " 66 66
7 00
Ileirs of C. Doane, " 66 66
5 76
" " C. S. Hobart, discount-bill, 1869
4 80
Rachel A. Faxon, 66 66
.
: 28
$1,230 61
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Isaae W. May, printing Town Report
$45 00
66
66 66 School 30 00
66 66 Certificates for Schools 8 00
.
8 00
Horace Faxon, Constable . (returned to town)
111 74
.
8
14
E. T. E. Thayer, services in Richardson case
$15 00
N. L. White, costs in Richardson case 15 00
6 65
J. R. Frasier, advertising and selling school-house Noah Torrey, recording births, deaths, &e. .
36 90
M. E. Green, printing
17 00
Eleazer Beal, surveying
5 00
D. II. Bates, cash paid for tax-books
3 00
Leander Gage, returning deaths
1 40
Jonathan Thayer, 66
60
Samuel Curtis 66
2 40
Ralph Arnold, repairing pound
1. 00
J. R. Frasier, transferring Clerk's Records .
00
Rufus Woodsum, horse-hire
75
P. D. Holbrook & Co., stationery
1 66
N. L. White, stamps and postage
20
N. H. Hunt, horse-hire and expenses .
9 60
$200 16
TOWN HALL.
P. J. Minehin, earc of hall
$137 66
washing and repairs
: 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, &c.
42 98
Henry Gardner, repairs
102 49
T. B. Stoddard, labor and glass .
14 00
J. Loud & Co., coal
23 00
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, lining stoves
22 25
H. HI. Thayer, iron-work .
2 20
$348 58
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer
$454 50
Due from Unitarians .
·
30 00
660 Good Templars-
15 00
66
66
Labor Party
2 00
66
66 Grand Army Republic
12 00
$513 50
Balance in favor of hall,
$164 92
·
15
STATE-AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers
$1478 75
Bill due from State for Jan., 1869
131 50
$1610 25
Bill sent and due from State, Jan. 1, 1870 .
1483 00
Cash returned to Treasurer
12 00
Cash paid Jan., 1870 .
119 25
.
$1614 25
CEMETERY.
Henry Gardner, lumber
$61 46
W. R. Penniman, «
19 04
66 labor
42 00
Joseph Huff
25 00
6 66 posts
8 16
Peter W. Dyer, posts
40 00
N. H. Hunt, rails
11 24
carting lumber
2 00
H. H. Thayer, iron-work .
1 25
P. D. Holbrook & Co., lead and oil
42
$210 57
REMOVING SNOW.
John B. Allen, cash paid as per bills .
$35 10
J. B. Wood,
44 37
J. S. Holbrook,
66
66
10 00
Albert Hobart, 66
31 37
E. S. Thayer,
66
66
23 65
Joseph Huff,
66
66
7 60
Andrew Gott,
1 30
.
.
$153 39
. 16
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
James S. Holbrook, labor, 144 days, at $2 . 66
$288 00
66 taking care of horses
65 00
66
66
66 hay
34 12
66
66 66 use of plough
1 00
66 66 66 pails and iron rake
1 50
66 66 66 curry-comb and brush .
1 50
66 66
oiling harness
75
66
66
66 labor at sundry times .
3 97
Jonathan B. Wood, labor, 1272 days, at $2
255 50
66
horse, 5} 66 " 1.25,
6 87
66
66 " carting stone
1 33
Albert Hobart, horse, cart, and men
19 00
J. Jackson French, labor, 18 days at $1 75 66 66 66
56 60
Charles M. Dow, 66
100 " 1.50
149 99
Benjamin F. Spear, "
1241 66
.
2
248 50
George E. Arnold,
118 " 1.75
205 50
Lewis C. Thayer,
66
50g 66 1.50 .
75 75
Marcus Perkins, 66
73 66 ." 2
15 50
John B. Allen,
19 50
William Allen,
66
53 2
66 " 1.75
3 50
Ira Hunt, 66
7
66 “ 1.75 ·
12 25
Daniel Freel, 66 173 " 1.75
30 62
Tristram Dalton, 66
15 66 4 2
30 00
Hiram Wild, 66
2 66 " 2.75
5 50
Gideon Thayer, 66
24
5 60
E. S. Thayer,
66
3
6 00
Benjamin Stevens, 66
5
10 00
W. Mulligan,
66 .
66
1 00
S. L. Holbrook, 66. 2
2 75
Adam Hobart,
1
66
2 00
C. A. Hobart, 66
13
66
2 62
John B. Allen, use of derrick
6 00
66 66 stone
4 00
Adam Hobart, stone for drain :
18 00
C. S. Hollis, horse, cart, and man
6 00
T. Penniman, " 66
18 50
Waldo French, collar and bridle
3 25
Parker, Ganuett, & Osgood, tools
2 00
66
16 50
Patrick Moils, 66
31 50
2816 3 days at 2 .
66 " 2
.
3-
17
Henry Gardner, lumber
$59 97
F. G. Crosby, cart
110 00
B. C. Wales, carting stone .
3 00
M. E. Green, printing
1 25
Ralph Lowe, harness and repairing
34 50
J. C. Rhines, lumber
88
Francis Crane, carting stone
8 40
Caleb S. Holbrook, gravel
18 72
George W. White,
5 00
Amasa Thayer,
66
17 36
Daniel Baxter,
66
5 10
+N. H. Hunt,
3 48
Daniel Penniman,
66
11 20
B. L. Morrison, 66
36 40
Caleb Stetson, 66
36 70
Adam Hobart,
5 00
C. S. Hollis,
66
96
David Thayer, 66
3 36
J. M. Cutting,
4 80
1
W. R. Penniman, 66
8 48
Abijah Penniman,
2 96
Leroy W. Collins, 66
1 00
J. F. Holbrook,
2 70
W. Mansfield, iron-work
10 75
Robert Gillespie,
5 14
Thayer & Phipps,
21 78
Elisha Wild,
9 48
Edward Hobart, hay
20 28
Elisha Morse, 66
39 22
Patrick Moils, 66
8 68
Judah A. Loring, stone-work
4 60
Moses W. Whitcomb, horse
60 00
Edward E. Shed,
58 00
Town of Braintree,
and halter
100 75
y P. D. Holbrook & Co., grain
100 56
Levi W. Hobart,
80 80
66 66 66 meal-bags
3 00
E. S. Thayer, horse, one day
1 50
Jesse Burrill, care of drawbridge
85 00
Thomas South, labor on "
3 38
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.
66
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.
.
$2,691 61
3
18
CR.
Received of S. S. French, horse $26 00
" William Dyer, 66
28 00
" J. J. French, 66
3 00
66 " Simeon White, use of horse .
4 00
66 " C. S. Holbrook, " " " 8 00 .
" G. W. White, old plank
5 00
Cart and harness, more than last year .
125 00
$199 00
$2,492 61
SCHOOL-DISTRICTS.
Union District.
Balance due last year
$330 91
Paid N. Torrey, abatement and collection .
$13 45
" H. Abercrombie, balance
317 46
$330 91
Iron-works District.
Balance due last year . Paid N. Torrey, abatement and collection $5 87
$250 47
66 Abijah Allen, balance .
244 60
$250 47
Pond ; District.
Balance due last year
$85 12
Paid N. Torrey, abatements and collection $3 72
Isaac Dyer, rent
$81 40 .
$85 12
West District.
Balance due last year
$5 10
Paid Leroy W. Collins
5 10
Middle-street District.
Balance due last year
$6 55
Paid N. Torrey, abatement and collection . .
37
Balance due district
$6.18
.
19
DISTRICT DEBTS PAID BY TOWN.
East District.
P. Curtis
$8 00
Iram Vinton
· 10 59
A. Hobart
12 02
Union District.
$30 61
Josephus Shaw
$2,000 00
Adam Hobart
2 00
$2,002 00
Pond District.
Isaac Dyer
$43 60
RECAPITULATION.
High School
$1,568 58
District Schools
5,451 51
Appraisal Committee
45 00
Pond School-house .
5,427 66
West 66
.
1,780 42
South 66
1,995 05
Repairing School-houses
1,286 50
Incidental expenses of schools
1177 95
Almshouse
914 93
Out of Almshouse
2,063 75
Town officers
783 00
Collection, abatements, &c.
1,230 61
Miscellaneous
200 16
State aid
1,478 75
Cemetery
210 57
Removing snow
3 39
Highway Surveyors
2,492 61
School-District taxes
671 97
66
debts
2,076 21
Cash paid Treasurer, and credits
1,355 72
Appraisal at Almshouse over last year
205 95
Less cash and credits from Town Hall
$31,918 87
513 50.
284 orders drawn on Treasurer, $31,405 37
$31,405 . 57
.
Town Hall
348 58
20
ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.
$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
750 00
Miscellaneous Expenses .
500 00
Widening Allen Street
400 00
Town Cemetery
400 00
State Tax
4,475 00
County Tax .
1,514 38
Overlay .
847 48
$25,186 86
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
Noah Torrey, Collector.
To amount of tax-bill for 1869
$25,186 86
Cash paid Treasurer
$20,301 42
66
6 County Treasurer
1,514 38 $21,815 80
" due from Collector
$3,371 06
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Jonathan French, Treasurer.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1869 $1,123 16
Cash borrowed of Union National Bank, Weymouth 6,500 00
66 " W. A. Richardson, Guardian
10,000 00
Received of John A. Richardson, Collector, 1866
849 07
66 66 66 66
66 interest on tax-bill of 1866 88 69
66
66 66
66 costs 15 0
66
66 66 66 cash received from State 167 36
66
Noah Torrey, Collector, 1868, balance . 2,995 18
66
66 66 66 balance District Taxes, 1868 732 59
66
66
66 66 interest on tax-bill, 1868 109 52
66
66
66
66 Collector, 1869 20,301 42
66
" N. L. White, Guardian of Jacob Veazie 220 53
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District Schools
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21
Received of Braintree School-Fund
$400 00
" State 66
240 36
" C. C. Churchill, dog-licenses
368 17
66 J. R. Frasier, old school-house, &c.
55 00
66
" School-house Com.
65 12
" State, for State Aid
2,100 00
66
" Selectmen, use of Town Hall
454 50
66
" David H. Bates
7 13
66 " Selectmen, State Aid, returned to Treasurer
12 00
66
" State, Corporation tax .
1,648 38
66
Overseers of the Poor
362 44
66
" Surveyors of Highways .
74 00
2 00
66
" Town of Abington
10 00
66
66 " Milton
29 00
66 66 66 due last year
76 62
66
66 66 " Randolph, due last year .
10 07
66
66 66 " N. Bridgewater, due last year .
39 99
66
66
66
2 25
66
Surveyors of Highways, due last year .
11 75
66
66 Selectmen, use of Town Hall, due last year
26 00
, Balance due Treasurer
$49,172 94
Paid on 284 orders
$31,405 37
66
" 9 outstanding orders
443 61
" Lavinia A. Bradford's note
600 00
66 "'F. G. Crosby's note
100 00
66 Henry A. Pierce, notes
300 00
66 State tax
4,475 00
66
Weymouth Bank
9,500 00
66 Interest
2,095 50
66 Insurance
253 46
$49,172 94
TOWN DEBT.
The Town owes notes and interest
. $33,821 83
66
66 Middle-street District .
6 18
66
66 South District . . 34 35 .
66
66
66 South-east District 3 60
66
66
66 Jonathan French, Treasurer
75 64
.
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.
.
.
$33,941 60
75 64
William Reed
6
22
Due from Noah Torrey, Collector $3,371 06
66
town of Quincy
67 34
66
for use of Town Hall
59 00
State Aid, 1866, 1867, and 1868 645 45
66 1869
1,602 25 $5,745 10
Balance
$28,196 50
TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST.
Sylvanus Thayer, Feb. 1, 1868 .
· $5,000 00
Joseph Dyer, jr., Oct. 24, 1862 .
500 00
Interest from Oct. 24, 1869
9 43
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863 Interest
9 90
Ann N. Thayer, Oct. 1, 1855
100 00
Interest from Oct. 1, 1869 .
2 33
Edwin Howard, June 10, 1866 .
300 00
Interest from June 10, 1869
11 50
Lynn Institution for Savings, July 1, 1857
2,500 00
Interest from Oct. 15, 1869
51 33
M. C. Pratt, Dec. 1, 1867 .
5,000 00
Interest from Dec. 1, 1869
58 33
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Jan. 26, 1866 Interest from Jan. 26, 1866
311 62
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Feb. 27, 1866 . Interest from Feb. 27, 1866
91 22
Eunice French, May 14, 1867 Interest from May 14, 1869
14 99
Minott E. Hunt, Aug. 13, 1867 . Interest from Aug. 13, 1869
14 70
William M. Sherman, Oct. 22, 1867 .
800 00
Interest from Oct. 22, 1869
15 40
"Asa French, Guardian, Jan. 20, 1868 Interest from Jan. 20, 1869
2 57
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 14, 1868
2,000 00
Interest from Feb. 14, 1869
134 16
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1869 Lavinia A. Bradford, April 15, 1868
800 00
Interest from April 15, 1869
44 33
L. Bradford Hollis, Nov. 24, 1868
500 00
Interest from Nov. 24, 1869
5 89
1 Thomas Penniman, Feb. 1, 1869
200 00
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.
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1,000 00
300 00
.
.
300 00
450 00
1,400 00
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1,000 00 .
570 00
2
23
W. A. Richardson, Guardian, July 2, 1869
. $10,000 00
Interest from Jan. 2, 1870 .
56 38
Joseph Dyer, jr., Jan. 26, 1866 . ·
250 00
Interest from Jan. 26, 1869
17 75
$33,821 83
BRAINTREE SCHOOL-FUND CORPORATION, IN ACCOUNT WITH S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
1869.
DR.
Aug. 27. Cash paid Henry Gardner for lumber .
$19 86
1870.
Feb. 1. Cash paid Jona. French, Town Treasurer 400 00
66 J. R. Frasier, auctioneer's commission for sale of wood . 32 81
66 Balance cash on hand . 514 55
Carried to new acct.
$967 22
1869.
CR.
Feb. 1. By balance from account of last year . 123 72
66 dividends from the Union National Bank of Wey- mouth 280 00
66
66 dividends from Quincy Stone Bank 100 00
66
66 dividends from Elliot Bank, Boston 30 00
Aug. 1. 66 cash from N. L. White, for the right of taking new stock in the Union Bank of Weymouth 18 00
66
" cash from B. F. Arnold for the right of taking stock in the Weymouth Bank 3 00
1870.
Feb. 1.
Received from Town for rent of Almshouse and farm . 150 00
66
66 for sale of wood 262 50
$967 22
The undersigned, a Committee chosen by the Town of Braintree to ap- praise the school-houses, land, apparatus, and other property belonging to the several school-districts in said town, have attended to said duty, and make the following report : -
APPRAISAL.
East School-District, house, land, and apparatus
· $1,972 00
Iron-works School-District, house, land, and apparatus 7,200 00 .
24
Middle-street School-District, house, land, and apparatus $850 00 *South-cast School-District, house, land, and apparatus 900 00
*South School-District, house, land, and apparatus South-west School-District, house, land, and apparatus
150 00
550 00
West School-District, house, land, and apparatus 350 00
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