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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.
17 -.- 7 C.1 BC
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & FRYE, 3 CORNHILL. 1870.
:
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REPORT.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
Byron Groce, teaching
$220 00
P. Woodbury,
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. .
. 70
Byron Groce, books
2 50
66
66 ribbon for diplomas ·
1 12
$1,568 58
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
Pond District.
Lydia A. Simonds, teaching 18 weeks at $6 50 . 66 66 66
$117 00
26
7 00.
182 00
Sarah L. Porter,
66
4
66 6 00. 24 00
66
66
66
18 66 66 6 50. 117 00
66
66
66
66
22
66 7 00.
154 00
Anna M. Brooks,
18
66
66
66
66
10
66
66 8 50. 85 00
66
66
66
66
11
6 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
·
25 00
N. Gleason Torrey,
66
15 00
66 66 sawing wood, and shavings
3 75
66 8 00 . 144 00
.
4
T. F. Kelley, shavings
$0 30
J. B. Wood, coal
25 00
J. Loud & Co., coal
52 31
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
6 00
18 00
Laura A. Hill,
66
3
66 8 00
24 00
M. M. Wallace,
1 66 7 00
7 00
Martha Reed, 66
37 66 66 10 00
370 00
Mary Scollard,
38 66 6 00
228 00
Mary A. Avery,
8
66 7 00 56 00
42 67
Andrew Gott 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
1
Union District.
Joanna W. Penniman, teaching 4 weeks at $8 00
$32 00
66 66 66
38 66 66 8 50 323 00
Avis A. Thayer,
66
5 66 7 00 35 00
66 66 66
38 66 7 50 285 00
Hattie B. Thompson, 66
14 66 66 8 00 112 00
Dora Puffer,
10
66
66 10 00 100 00
Jennie F. Hall,
66
12
6 10 00 120 00
William F. Locke, care of house
75 00
66
66
66 1868.
20 82
66
66 wood and sawing
13 50
66
66 charcoal
11 67
66
66 shavings
75
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
67 50
A. W. Stetson
16 80
30 66
66 7 00
210 00
William V. Wallace, care of house
·
$1,213 04
5
South District.
Hattie B. Thompson, teaching 4 weeks at $6 00
$24 00
Margaret E. Bannon, . 66 35 66 7 00
245 00
Laura A. Hill,
1
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.
T. E. Norton, teaching 4 weeks at $6 00 . $24 00
Celia J. White, 27 “ 6 00
162 00
66
Cr/co 7 00 32 20
13 00
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
$42 50
66 66 66
35 " " 10 00
350 00
Albert Hobart, wood, and care of house J. F. Sheppard, coal .
22 50
A. W. Stetson, “
9 25
$455 50
South-east District.
Elizabeth C. Moore, teaching 30 weeks at $7 00
$210 00
66 66
11
66 7 50
.
82 50
Joseph Huff, wood ·
16 13
.
$308 63
Moses Hunt, care of house .
31 25
6
South-west District.
Mary H. Marston, teaching 22 weeks at $7 00 .
$154 00
Susan E. Thayer, 20号 " " 7 00 144 20
Peter W. Dyer, care of house
10 00
wood
31 00
Melvin Thayer,
25
care of house, 1868
6 00
$350 45
Middle-street District.
Eliza J. Mansfield, teaching 4 weeks at $6 50
$26 00
Elizabeth M. Thompson, 37 66 8 00
296 00
66
care of house
5 00
Francis H. Thayer,
66
8 00
B. V. Arnold,
1868
5 50
66
coal
1 50
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
12 00
Elisha Holbrook, wood
3 50
Simeon Thayer, sawing wood, &c.
2 00
$359 50
APPRAISAL OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Norton Pratt, services and expenses
$8. 50
S. W. Hollis, 66
66
6 00
Wm. F. Dyer, 66
6 00
Phillips Curtis, " 66
4 50
Harvey Thayer, " 66 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
4 00
.
$45 00
SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Pond District.
F. A. Stanley, contractor, part pay
$4,000 00
M. Hooper, brick
156 75
·
7
O. C. & N. Railway, freighting brick
$34 20
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 .
5 50
66 66 writing deed, and stamp 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
J. R. Frasier, labor, 37 days at $2.50
92 50
Benj. Stevens, ‘ 42 66
66 2.00
9 00
Hugh Riley, 66
63 66 66 2.00
13 00
John Riley, 66 . 1 66 66
2 00
Wm. Patterson " 34 66
66 2.00
6 50
Marcus Perkins " 6
66
66 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
43 12
3 59
8
W. R. Penniman, building fenoe
$82 00
Joseph R. Frasier, labor .
18 50
Benjamin Stevens, “
3 50
Hiram Belcher, labor on well .
5 00
Asa French, writing deed
3 00
Rufus Woodsum, horse-hire
2 00
$1,995 05
REPAIRING SCHOOL-HOUSES.
enry Gardner, lumber
$66 24
J. C. Rhines,
110 02
Loud & Pratt,
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
M. C. Warren & Co., hinges
1 42
Josiah Hollis, posts
44 80
Joseph Huff,
18 75
66 labor
8 00
George W. White, carting seats, and repairing .
5 00
Thomas Penniman, labor .
5 00
E. A. Belcher, 66
1 50
J. R. Frasier, horse-hire
8 00
Phillips Curtis, 12 days at $2.50
30 00
66 66 expenses ·
1 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
3 35
Asa French, letters, postage, &c.
1 69
Asa T. Pratt, labor, 32} days at $3.50
113 75
J. R. Frasier, " 1
66 66 2.50
2 50
Alva Morrison, stamps, &c.
25
66 horse, cart, and man . .
8 12
Ralph Arnold, gravel and carting
14 33
9
Alvah Morrison use of horse
$1 00
66
66 lumber and spikes
3 10
66 stone, chips, and carting
75
66
mason-work and carting stone
1 60
66
66 labor, 2 6-10 days
7 80
Patrick Cahill,
5 at $2.00
10 00
James Toomey, labor
1 00
Luke Mulligan,
4 00
Moses Hunt, 66
5 20
Patrick Sullivan, “ 32 days at $2.00
7 50
H. N. Our,
101 "
35 01
Asa T. Pratt, hardware
4 95
lumber and carting
97
A. S. Vinton, labor
1 50
M. Griffin, 66
1 12
John Hennigan, “
2 00
$1,286 50
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 William V. Wallace, crayons
1 15
2 52
J. L. Hammett, erasers
2 25
P. D. Holbrook & Co., brooms ·
1 00
Elias Hayward, books and crayons
16 03
H. W. Simonds, cleaning stove-pipe
1 50
T. H. Dearing, expenses in securing teachers
3 50
$177 95
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1869
. $1,492 35
Thomas Penniman, Superintendent
300 00
66 sundries 19 03
D. P. Hayward, pigs . .
30 00
N. M. Hobart, manure
10 04
L. Morse, clothing
6 75
2
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, curing ham
1 50
L. Rich & Co., prints .
2 00
Albert W. Dyer, killing hogs
1 75
A. W. Clark, blanket
2 00
Charles Hayden, cutting wood
3 25
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 School-Fund, rent Levi W. Hobart, grain and meal
133 51
. Joseph R. Frasier, standing-wood
60 25
J. W. Pierce, 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, medical attendance
3 00
David H. Bates, Overseer .
15 00
N. H. Hunt,
8 00
Abijalı Allen,
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.
Days.
Samuel Holbrook
.
·
.
229
William Holbrook
.
.
76
.
.
164
.
Age. 83
150 00
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, each, per week
$2 63
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of L. T. Penniman $57 00
66
66 William Wild . 200 13
6: 66 " Jacob Veazie :
280 18
66 66 66 66 C. E. Thayer . 215 43
Worcester
66 66 William Kincaide 73 00
State of Massachusetts, support of W. H. Vinton in hospital
375 50
66 66 Mary Goodman 235 50
State Reform-School, support of Thomas Kenney
26 00
State Nautical-School,
66 Thomas Kelley .
26 00
66 66
Francis Pratt . 21 07
66 66 Eugene F. Langley 6 42
Laura G. Pierce, care of Mrs. William Thayer
78 00
City of Boston, supplies to George W. IIall
6 62
66
Mrs. Bradford Nightingale
23 25
66 66 Delia Hunt 21 43
12 95
City of New Bedford, supplies to John Brennan . Abba Bowman, supplies to Anna E. Bagley in 1865 George Allen, passage of Kincaide to California .
3 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries to Betsey Wild 40 33
Joseph Huff, wood to Betsey Wild 16 87
2 25
George W. White, wood to Setli Taunt
4 00
Leroy W. Collins, 66 8 00
HI. M. White, groceries " יי 12 00
J. W. Pierce, coffin and robe for Mrs. Whicher . ·
14 00
Jonathan Thayer, sexton 66 66 5 00 . .
Proctor Brothers, groceries to Mrs. Crowell
110 97
* Present inmates of Almshouse.
F
75 00
William Dyer, wood to Albert Howard
66 Mary F. Fanwick 66
14 00
12
J. Loud & Co., coal to Mrs. Crowell
$24 00
J. F. Sheppard,
66 66
22 49
A. W. Stetson 66
66 66
10 00
D. H. Bates, expenses to Bangor with Vinton 19 75
66
Worcester 3 20
66 New Bedford twice 4 80
William Bowker, rent for Willard Wild 30 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries to Mrs. Sprague 10 00
H. M. White, Geo. Thayer . 22 00
J. Loud & Co., coal to Mrs. Jordan
29 25
J. Farnsworth, wood to Mrs. Savil 6 00
5 00
H. M. White, groceries to "
13 00
S. W. Hollis, 66 to Dorothy Packard
29 00
H. M. White, to Tristram Dalton 3 00
21 00
A. W. Stetson, coal to Newell Langley 7 90
O. C. & N. Railway, tickets to State Almshouse 2 25 William McEwan, groceries to Warren Dalton 66 Mrs. McKennie 3 00
7 94
J. F. Sheppard, coal to Mrs. John Smith . 8 65
2 88
66
66 66 Thomas Griffin 2 88
4 04
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
Abijah Allen, expenses
1 80
D. H. Bates, Overseer
30 00
N. H. Hunt,
12 00
A. Allen,
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
Due from town of Quincy . 19 00
280 78
Cost of poor out of Almshouse
$2,063 75
y
2 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on S. Taunt
5 00
A. J. Bates & Co., groceries to Thomas Griffin 66 66 66 Mrs. McCormick .
3 00
Leroy W. Collins, wood to Mrs. Savil
Town of Stoughton, supplies to Jacob Snow
66 Warren Dalton
13
TOWN OFFICERS.
David H. Bates, Selectman and Assessor
$185 00
N. H. Hunt,
66
136 00
Abijah Allen,
66
145 00.
N. L. White, 66
66
12 00
Jonathan French, Treasurer
100 00
Noah Torrey, Clerk
25 00
E. W. Arnold, Clerk, 1868
25 00
Noah Torrey, School Committee
40 00
Alverdo Mason, " 66
30 00
T. H. Dearing, 66
66
.
36 00
N. L. White,
66
10 00
Horace Faxon, Constable
8 00
Thomas Penniman,
(returned to town)
10 00
W. V. Wallace
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
66 abatement "
. 32 92
Noah Torrey, collecting-bill, 1868
114 68
66 abatement " 111 74
66
66 discount 66 1869
710 32
A. W. Stetson, “ 66 66
59 40
Daniel Dennehy, “ 66
11 52
Jacob Dexheimer, " 66 66
11 52
Ebenezer Jones, “ 66 66
7 00
Heirs of C.Doane, "
66
5 76
66 " C. S. Hobart, discount-bill, 1869
4 80
Rachel A. Faxon, 66 66 66 2 28
$1,230 61
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Isaac W. May, printing Town Report
$45 00
66 66
School 66 30 00 .
66
66
66 Certificates for Schools 8 00
14
E. T. E. Thayer, services in Richardson case
$15 00
N. L. White, costs in Richardson case 15 00
J. R. Frasier, advertising and selling school-house Noah Torrey, recording births, deaths, &c. .
6 65
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,
60
Samuel Curtis
2 40
Ralph Arnold, repairing pound
1. 00
J. R. Frasier, transferring Clerk's Records .
1 00
Rufus Woodsum, horse-hire
75
P. D. Holbrook & Co., stationery
1 66
N. L. White, stamps and postage
20
N. II. Hunt, horse-hire and expenses .
9 60
$200 16
TOWN HALL.
P. J. Minchin, care of hall
$137 66
washing and repairs
4 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, &c.
42 98
IIenry Gardner, repairs
102 49
T. B. Stoddard, labor and glass .
14 00
J. Loud & Co., coal . C. F. & J. W. Pierce, lining stoves
22 25
II. II. Thayer, iron-work .
2 20
$348 58.
CR.
Cash paid Treasurer
$454 50
Due from Unitarians
30 00
Good Templars
15 00
יו
" . Labor Party
2 00
66
66 Grand Army Republic
12 00
$513 50
Balance in favor of hall,
$164 92
.
23 00
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
posts
8 16
Peter W. Dyer, posts
40 00
N. H. Hunt, rails 66 carting lumber ·
2 00
H. H. Thayer, iron-work .
. 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, 66
44 37
J. S. Holbrook,
10 00
Albert Hobart, 66 66
31 37
E. S. Thayer,
66
66
23 65
Joseph Huff, 66
7 60
Andrew Gott,
66
1 30
$153 39
.
11 24
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
00
66 66 66 pails and iron rake
1 50
66
66 66 curry-comb and brush .
1 50
66
66
66 oiling harness
75
66
66 66 labor at sundry times .
3 97
Jonathan B. Wood, labor, 1272 days, at $2
255 50
6 87
66
66
carting stone
1 33
19 00
31 50
J. Jackson French, labor, 18 days at $1 75 66 66 281% days at 2
56 60
Charles M. Dow, 66
100 66 " 1.50
149 99
Benjamin F. Spear, “
1244
2
248 50
George E. Arnold, 66
118 6 1.75
205 50
Lewis C. Thayer,
66
501 66 " 1.50
75 75
Marcus Perkins, 66
74 66
: 2
15 50
John B. Allen, 66
63 66 “3
19 50
William Allen, 66
53 6:
66
6 1.75
3 50
Ira Hunt,
66
7
66 1.75
12 25
Daniel Freel,
17}
" 1.75
30 62
Tristram Dalton,
66
15 66
2
30 00
Hiram Wild, 66 2
66 " 2.75
5 50
Gideon Thayer,
66
2층 66
2
5 60
E. S. Thayer,
3
66 66 2 6 00
Benjamin Stevens,
5
66
10 00
W. Mulligan, .
66
2
66
1 00
S. L. Holbrook,
2
66
2 75
Adam Hobart, 66
1
66
2 00
C. A. Hobart, 66
13
2 62
6 00
66 66 stone
4 00
Adam Hobart, stone for drain
18 00
C. S. Hollis, horse, cart, and man T. Penniman, " 66 66 66
6 00
18 50
Waldo French, collar and bridle
3 25
Parker, Gannett, & Osgood, tools
2 00
16 50
Patrick Moils,
66
2
66
John B. Allen, use of derrick
66 horse, 5} " 1.25,
Albert Hobart, horse, cart, and men
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, 66
5 00
Amasa Thayer,
66
17 36
Daniel Baxter,
66
35 10
N. H. Hunt,
3 48
Daniel Penniman,
66
11 20
B. L. Morrison,
36 40
Caleb Stetson,
66
36 70
Adam Hobart,
66
5 00
C. S. Hollis, 66
96
David Thayer,
66
3 36
J. M. Cutting,
66
4 80
W. R. Penniman,
8 48
Abijah Penniman, 66
2 96
Leroy W. Collins,
1 00
J. F. Holbrook,
66
2 70
W. Mansfield, iron-work
10 75
Robert Gillespie, 6
5 14
Thayer & Phipps, "
21 78
Elisha Wild, 66
9 48
Edward Hobart, hay
20 28
Elisha Morse,
39 22
Patrick Moils,
8 68
Judah A. Loring, stone-work
4 60
Moses W. Whitcomb, horse
60 00
Edward E. Shed,
58 00
Town of Braintree, 66 and halter
100 75
P. D. Holbrook & Co., grain
100 56
Levi W. Hobart, 66
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
.
.
.
.
$2,691 61
3
18
CR.
Received of S. S. French, horse $26 00
66 " William Dyer, 28 00
66 " J. J. French, 66
3 00
יי. " Simeon White, use of horse 4 00
" 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
$250 47
Paid N. Torrey, abatement and collection $5 87 .
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
5
$30 61
Josephus Shaw
$2,000 00
Adam Hobart .
2' 00
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 66
.
1,780 42
South 66
1,995 05
Repairing School-houses
1,286 50
Incidental expenses of schools
3177 95
Almshouse
914 93
Out of Almshouse
2,063 75
Town officers
783 00
Collection, abatements, &c.
1,230 61
Miscellaneous
200 16
Town Hall
348 58
State aid
1,478 75
Cemetery
210 57
Removing snow
153 39
Highway Surveyors
2,492 61
School-District taxes
671 97
66
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
513 50
284 orders drawn on Treasurer, $31,405 37
$31,405 57
.
Union District.
$2,002 00
Pond District.
$31,918 87
20
ASSESSOR'S ACCOUNT.
$4,400 00
District Schools
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
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 interest on tax-bill of 1866 88 69
66
66 רי
costs 15 00
66
66 cash received from State 167 36
66 Noah Torrey, Collector, 1868, balance . 2,995 18
6.
66
interest on tax-bill, 1868 109 52
66
66
66 Collector, 1869 20,301 42
66
66 N. L. White, Guardian of Jacob Veazie 220 53
66 66
66
balance District Taxes, 1868 732 59
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
66
" William Reed
2 00
66
" Town of Abington
1000
6.
66 " Milton
29 00
66 66 66 due last year
76 62
66
66
" Randolph, due last year .
10 07
66
66 66 N. Bridgewater, due last year .
39 99
66
Surveyors of Highways, due last year .
11 75
66
.“ Selectmen, use of Town Hall, due last year
26 00
Balance due Treasurer
$49,172 94
Paid on 284 orders
$31,405 37
" 9 outstanding orders
443 61
66
" 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
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
South District . 34 35
66
66 South-east District . 3 60
.
66
66
66 Jonathan French, Treasurer
75 64
$33,941 60
66
66
2 25
75 64
22
Due from Noah Torrey, Collector
. $3,371 06
66 town of Quincy
67 34
66
for use of Town Hall 59 00
66
State Aid, 1866, 1867, and 1868
645 45 +
66 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 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
300 00
Interest from Feb. 27, 1866
91 22
Eunice French, May 14, 1867
300 00
Interest from May 14, 1869
14 99
Minott E. Hunt, Aug. 13, 1867 .
450 00
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
1,000 00
Lavinia A. Bradford, April 15, 1868
800 00
Interest from April 15, 1869
44 33
I. Bradford Hollis, Nov. 24, 1868
500 .00
Interest from Nov. 24, 1869
5 89
Thomas Penniman, Feb. 1, 1869
200 00
.
570 00
51 33
1,000 00
1,400 00
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
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 dividends from the Union National Bank of Wey- mouth 280 00
66 dividends from Quincy Stone Bank 100 00
66
66 dividends from Elliot Bank, Boston 30 00
Aug. 1. " cash from N. L. White, for the right of taking new stock in the Union Bank of Weymouth 18 00
66
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
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-east School-District, house, land, and apparatus 900 00 . *South School-District, house, land, and apparatus 150 00 ·
South-west School-District, house, land, and apparatus 550 00 ·
West School-District, house, land, and apparatus 350 00
Pond School-District, house, land, and apparatus 825 00
Union School-District, house, land, and apparatus
11,338 00
$24,135 00
Respectfully submitted,
PHILLIPS CURTIS,
NORTON PRATT,
S. W. HOLLIS,
HARVEY THAYER,
W. V. WALLACE,
Committee.
JOSEPH HUFF,
W. F. DYER,
A. O. CLARK,
TO THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE.
*· Use of land given for school purposes.
BRAINTREE, May 1, 1869.
25
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
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