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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
T OWN OF R RAINTREE,
FROM FEB. 1, 1870. TO FEB. 1. 1871.
ALSO,
THE REPORT
OF THE
Board of School Committee.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
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BOSTON: PRESS OF ISAAC W. MAY, 39 STATE STREET. 1871.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
T OWN OF B RAINTREE,
FROM FEB. 1, 1870, TO FEB. 1, 1871.
ALSO,
THE REPORT
OF THE
Board of School Committee.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : PRESS OF ISAAC W. MAY, 39 STATE STREET. 1871.
REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
W. H. Knight, teaching,
$ 1100 00
Myra F. Southworth, teaching,
350 00
W. H. Knight, care of rooms,
6 37
Edward D. Holbrook, care of rooms,
13 00
N. Gleason Torrey, care of rooms, . Paul J. Minchin, care of rooms,
2 00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
66 50
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
10 25
Joseph H. Penniman, granular fuel,
6 76
John H. Bufford, diplomas,
75 00
William R. Penninian, blinds,
80 65
T. B. Stoddard, painting blinds,
23 50
Thomas Hall, chemical apparatus,
10 00
Torrey & Dyer, printing,
4 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., ink wells, erasers, duster, &c.
14 98
Anna Powers, cleaning room,
1 40
W. H. Knight, books, printing, chemicals, &c.,
30 96
F. B. Parks, stove, stove pipe, &c.,
54 39
$1,855 76
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
. Pond District.
Anna M. Brooks, teaching 20 weeks, a $10,
$ 200 00
Sarah L. Barnes, teaching 16 2-5 weeks, a $10,
164 00
Sarah L. Porter, teaching 36 weeks, a $8, .
2SS 00
S. Ella Torrey, teaching 36 2-5 weeks, a $7,
254 80
J. Loud & Co., coal,
38 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
29 10
H. M. White, coal,
1 75
Jonathan Thayer, wood and sawing,
9 00
6 00
4
L. W. Collins, wood,
8 00
T. F. Kelley, care of house,
16 00
N. G. Torrey, care of house,
12 00
T. F. Kelley, shavings,
50
$1,021 15
Iron Works District.
Martha Reed, teaching 35 2-5 weeks a $10,
$ 354 00
Mary A. Avery, teaching 16 weeks, a $S,
128 00
Mary Scollard, teaching 36 2-5 weeks, a $8,
291 20
Sarah Allen, teaching 5 weeks, a $8,
40 00
Annie L. Bumpus, teaching 9 2-5 weeks, a $8,
75 20
Katie P. Bishop, teaching 15 weeks, a $7,
105 00
David G. Miller, care of house,
36 00
B. J. Loring, care of house,
18 80
B. J. Loring, setting glass,
50
David G. Miller, sawing wood,
2 50
Joel F. Sheppard, coal, .
62 00
$1,113 20
Union District.
Jennie F. Hall, teaching 36 1-5 weeks. a $10.
$ 362 00
Joanna W. Penniman, teaching 36 1-5 weeks, a $8,
289 60
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 36 1-5 weeks, a $8,
289 60
Solon Jenkins, care of house,
28 82
W. W. Mayhew, care of house
8 00
Jennie F. Hall, care of house,
8 00
Joanna W. Penniman, care of house,
6 00
Jocl F. Sheppard, coal, .
77 50
Aaron Leavitt, sawing wood,
2 50
W. W. Mayhew, shavings, &c.,
50
$1,072 52
East District,
Victoria P. Wild, teaching 21 weeks, a $10,
$ 210 00
Sarah Alden, teaching 15 weeks, a $10,
150 00
John Billings, care of house,
10 80
Joel F. Sheppard, coal.
42 00
P. H. Billings, sawing wood,
·
2 00
$ 414 80
5
Middle Street District.
Elizabeth M. Thompson, teaching 36 weeks a $8.
$ 288 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
19 00
Francis H. Thayer, care of house,
12 00
South West District.
$ 319 00
Mary H. Marston, teaching 36 weeks, a $8,
$ 288 00
Moses D. Dyer, care of house,
.
10 0
Josiah W. Thayer, wood and sawing,
.
21 80
$ 319 80
South District.
Sarah A. Childs, teaching 11 weeks, a $8, .
$ 88 00
Mary C. Howe, teaching 16 weeks, a $7, .
112 CO
Louise Bronsdon, teaching 9 1-5 weeks, a $7,
64 40
Asa Dyer, wood
3 50
H. G. White, sawing wood,
2 00
H. G. White, care of house,
10 00
Daniel Friel, sawing wood,
2 20
$ 282 10
South East District.
Clara E. Thayer, teaching 36 weeks, a $7,
$ 252 00
Edgar W. Wild, care of house,
13 00
Robert Saunders, care of house,
5 00
Robert Saunders, sawing wood,
4 62
Joseph Huff, wood and sawing,
39 50
A. T. Wild, wood,
4 00
$ 318 12
West District.
Mary H. Marston, teaching 5 weeks a $7,
$ 35 00
Inez A. Penniman, teaching, 36 weeks a $7,
252 00
Inez a Penniman, care of house,
5 00
Moses Hunt, care of house,
15 00
Moses Hunt, sawing wood,
2 00
L. W. Collins, wood,
3 50
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
19 00
.
$ 331 50
.
.
6
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
$85 54
S. W. Pratt, stove, pipe, &c., Iron-works,
8 50
A. F. Trufant, clock, Iron-works,
.
Blake & Alden, chairs, Iron-works,
10 00
John Ratcliff, cleaning stoves, Iron-works,
2 00.
David G. Miller, cleaning stoves, Iron-works,
1 50
John Brooks, repairing clocks, Union,
5 00
Proctor Brothers, brooms and brush, Union,
1 65
Ralph Arnold, cleaning stove pipe, Union
2 00
Blake & Alden, chairs, South East,
4 50
Mrs. Savill, cleaning house, West,.
50
S. W. Pratt, labor East,
1 50
A. J. Bates & Co., brooms and pails, East,
1 78
P. D). Holbrook & Co., pails, brooms, dippers, &c., Pond, . Elias Hayward, books, crayons, &c.
65
Torrey & Dyer, printing extracts from General Statutes, .
8 00
Boston Journal, advertising,
2 00
Lincoln & Hopkinson, tin cups,
44
P. D. Holbrook & Co., pails, &c.
.
.
.
3 71
$203 77
EXPENDED ON SCHOOL-HOUSES, By order of School Committee.
J. L. Hammett, desks and seats, Iron-works,
$304 84
S. S. R. R., freighting seats, Iron-works,
14 54
S. W. Pratt, stove, pipe &c., Iron-works,
25 31
W. F. Burrill, setting glass, Irou-works,
1 00
S. W. Pratt ventilator heads &c. Iron-works, .
39 01
W. Mills, carting school furniture, Iron-works,
1 00
T. B. Stoddard, paint and labor, Pond,
5 21
John Hayward, blinds and labor, Pond,
28 00
John Hayward, labor and materials, Pond,
14 48
John Hayward, cash paid for mason work, Pond,
5 00
Adams Hobart, white washing, Pond,
1 00
S. W. Pratt, stove & pipe, East,
30 12
Samuel W. King, blackboard, West,
9 00
Samuel W. King, repairing blind and seats, West,
75
T. H. Dearing, lock, bolt, and key, West,
2 00
Asa T. Pratt, labor and materials,
29 20
T. B. Stoddard, setting glass,
6 35
$516 81
.
.
5 50
7
EXPENDED ON SCHOOL-HOUSES, by order of Building Committee.
'F. A. Stanley, balance of contract, Pond,
$7367 79
Joseph L. Ross, desks and seats, Pond,
755 25
Luther Briggs, plans, Pond, 275 00
S. D. G. Lyons, mason work, Pond
168 76
Joseph W. Ross, ink wells,
10 50
O. C. & N. Railway, freighting seats, Pond,
9 26
J. R. Frasier, labor, Pond,
40 67
T. B. Stoddard, paint and labor, Pond,
4 02
Adam Hobart, labor, Pond,
9 00
Adam W. Hobart, labor, Pond,
6 CO
Hugh Riley, labor, Pond,
4 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co. hinges and screws, Pond,
1 58
W. O. Haskell & Son, desks and seats, South,
30 00
W. K. Baker, freighting seats,
1 55
Samuel W. King, labor, South,
3 50
J. R. Frasier, horse hire and labor, South,
4 50
Peter A. Wales, pump, South,
31 00
Luther Briggs, plans, South and West, 40 00
Phillips Curtis, Services as Committee, and expenses,
27 75
$8,790 13
ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
$1,698 30
Thomas Penniman, Superintendant, 66 cash paid for sundry articles, 29 97
P. D. Holbrook & Co., groceries,
168 84
H. M. White,
92 65
Henry Mann, meat,
34 21
D. N. Hollis, ני 11 42
S. W. Hollis, Treasurer of School Fund, rent,
200 00
Levi W. Hobart, grain and meal.
170 00
Samuel Bates, grass,
65 00
J. R. Frasier, wood,
11 75
Mary Hunt,
35 00
Walter Cartwright, harness,
40 00
Jonas Farnsworth, labor,
11 85
Elisha Saville,
4 05
Joshua Wilkins, pigs,
32 00
N. Rosenfeld, dry goods,
7 06
Henry H. Thayer, iron work,
15 73
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1870,
300 00
8
Parker and Gannett, grass seed,
4 22
Moses Hunt, cutting wood,
11 25
Peter W. Dyer, mending shoes,
2 75
Albert W. Dyer, killing hogs,
2. 00
N. W. Baker, bread,
5 26
J. W. Pierce, coffin and shroud for Luther Dyer,
12 50
Jonathan Thayer, sexton,
4 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance,
7 50
N. H. Hunt, overseer,
10 00
D. H. Bates,
10 00
Abijah Allen,
5 00
$3,002. 31
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1871,
$1,750,98.
Cash paid Treasurer, . 324,45.
$2,075,43.
Cost of poor in almshouse,
$926 88
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Age.
Days.
*Nehemiah Holbrook,
75
.
365
*William H. Thayer,
73
313
*Isaac Wild, William Holbrook, (dead.)
76
·
219
*Mary A. Littlefield,
53
365
Luther Dyer, (dead.)
52
22
*William H. Welsh,
·15
167
Anna M. Welsh,
10
.
30
George W. Welsh,
7
30
Mary E. Welsh,
5
30
Sarah. A. Welsh, .
4
30
121 Vagrants,
131
Total number of Days, .
. 2, 067
Total number of weeks,
295. 2-7
Cost of poor each per week,
$3 14.
.
·
365
54
.
*Present inmates of Almshouse,
.
9
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Jacob Veazie, $ 255 48
66
66
William Wild, 195 95
66 66 Charles E. Thayer,
212 30
66 66 William Kincaide.
107 30
Worcester 66
William H. Vinton,
11 50
State Reform School,
66 Thomas Kenney, 5 21
92
State Nautical School,
66
Thomas Kelley,
12 38
City of Boston,
66
George W. Hall,
20 63
Town of Quincy, support of William Kincaide, at Hospital, expenses of arrest of W. Kincaide,
11 50
support of W. M. Tirrell, .
9 00
Mrs. Garland, .
5 25
66
66 William Harmon,
5 00
66
Lucius Thayer,
14 50
Proctor Brothers, goods for Mrs. Crowell,
172 99
Joel F. Sheppard, coal for Mrs. Crowell,
10 50
Edward Hobart, wood for Mrs. Crowell, 7 25
4 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal for T. J. Griffin,
10 41
A. J. Bates & Co. goods for 66
50 27
George A. Bowditch, meat for 66
15 28
Joel F. Sheppard, coal for family of Warren Dalton, S. W. Hollis, goods, 66 66
5 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods "
66
18 00
Leander Gage, coffin for Warren Dalton,
00
Leander Gage, sexton 66 66 6 00
78 00
I. W. Collins, wood for Mrs. Savill.
8 00
H. M. White, goods for Mrs. Savill, 15 00
39 62
Joseph Huff, wood for Betsey Wild,
12 00
S. L. Holbrook, wood for Betsey Wild,
4 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendence, Betsey Wild,
2 25
H. M. White, goods for Mrs. George Thayer,
8 00
N. Rosenfeld, goods for Mrs. George Thayer,
5 00
S. W. Hollis, goods for Dorothy Packard,
28 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance, for Dorothy Packard,
2 00
S. W. Hollis, goods for Thomas Somes,
4 00
N. H. Hunt, cash for Thomas Somes, .
1 00
Town of Stoughton, support of J. E. Snow,
59 00
William Bowker, rent for Willard Wild, 30 00
J. Loud & Co., coal for Mrs. Jordan,
11 00
66
Mary E. Nightingale,
99 00
J. H. Dearing, medical attendance T. J. Griffin,
. 2 88
Laura G. Pierce, care of Mrs. William Thayer,
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods for Betsey Wild,
10
S. W. Hollis, goods for William Mulligan, .
10 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., goods for William H. Morrow, . 3 00
A. J. Bates & Co., goods for Sarah McCormick, 5 00
W. McEwan, goods for Aaron Leavitt,
3 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal for Mrs. Smith, .
2 63
N. H. Hunt, expenses to Worcester & Bangor,
26 35
N. H. Hunt, sending pauper to Taunton,
75
D. H. Bates, horse hire and expenses,
12 50
N. H. Hunt, Overseer
28 00
D. H. Bates,
5 00
L. Gage, 66
8 00
A. Allen, 66
.
$1,706 10
Due from Town of Milton,.
$30 00
66
Gloucester,
5 00
66
Boston,
3 00
$38 00
$1,668 10
TOWN OFFICERS.
N. H. Hunt, Selectman and Assessor. -
. $200 00
D. H. Bates,
66
215 00
Leander Gage
140 00
Abijah Allen, 66 66
57 50
Jonathan French, Treasurer,
100 00
Elias Hayward, Clerk.
25 00
L. W. Allen,
25 00
Noah Torrey, 66
25 00
A. S. Morrison, 66
20 00
T. H. Dearing, 66 66
28 50
Thomas Penniman, Constable,
15 00
Horace Faxon, .
12 00
Charles H. Dow, Auditor,
10 00
John Kimball, 66
·
8 00
J. R. Frasier,
.
.
6 25
$912 25
Alverdo Mason, School Committee,
25 00
.
7 50
11
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Noah Torrey, collecting bill of 1869, .
$148 61
Noah Torrey, abatements, bill of 1869,
210 59
F. W. Holbrook, abatement of tax of 1869,
2 40
Jolin Crane, abatement of tax of 1870,
13 43
E. A Wild, abatement of tax of 1870,
17 35
Isabella Willis, abatement of tax of 1870,
16 25
Edward Potter, abatement of tax of 1870, .
12 47
J. R. Frasier, abatement of tax of 1870,
5 04
Richard H. Allen, abatement of tax of 1870,
1 79
$427 93
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Rand, Avery & Frye, printing Town Report,
$95 77
Isaac W. May, printing School Report,
40 00
M. E. Green, printing,
32 75
H. O. Hildreth, printing,
3 50
Joseph Huff, building road, .
144 00
Elias Hayward, recording birthis, deaths, &c.,
42 50
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths,
2 60
Leander Gage, returning deaths,
2 40
Jonathan Thayer, returning deaths, .
1 00
Nash & Radcilff, refreshments to firemen,
37 89
H. M. White, refreshments to firemen,
9 38
William Foley, damage to carriage,
81 50
J. A. Arnold, reward for incendiary, .
100 00
Horace Faxon, reward for incendiary,
100 00
Charles A. French, reward for incendiary, Pratt & Hasty, order book,
12 00
N. M. Hobart, labor on Allen st.,
63 25
T. D. Bagley, material and labor on buoy, .
14 37
T. D. Bagley, witness fees and expenses,
3 00
C. C. Fogg, distributing School Report,
5 00
T. Penniman, distributing Town Report,
5 00
A. B. Wales, dinners for County Commissioners, J. Cobb, services estate of William Wild, . N. H. Hunt. expenses estate of William Wild, .
5 00
3 50
Moses N. Hunt, watching fire in woods,
3 00
James Martin, watching fire in woods,
3 00
Moses Hunt, watching fire in woods, .
3 00
D. H. Bates, collector's book, stamps, &c.,
1 66
100 00
4 88
12
P. D. Holbrook & Co., stationery,
5 93
N. H. Hunt, horse hire and expenses,
7 10
N. H. Hunt, postage stamps,
50
Leander Gage, expenses to Boston,
1 00
Asa French, services before Legislative Committee, .
15 00
$949 48
TOWN HALL.
P. J. Minchin, care of hall,
$33 50
Jechonias Penniman, care of hall,
75 73
E. M. Thayer, care of hall, .
27 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, lamps, &c.,
46 49
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
22 00
Blake & Alden, settees,
7 50
Loud & Pratt, lumber,
12 59
Joseph H. Penniman, granular fuel,
3 00
T. B Stoddard, setting glass, .
1 25
A. O. Stearns, keys,
1 50
E. M. Thayer, repairing lock,
1 05
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove pipe and labor,
20 00
$391 61
Cash paid Treasurer, .
525 01
Due from Good Templars, .
7 00
Due from Labor Reform Party,
6 00
Due from Philomatheans,
3 00
$541 01
Balance in favor of hall,
$149 40
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers,
$1,443 75
Bill due from State for Jan., 1870,
119 25
$1,563 00
Bills sent aud due from State, January 1st, 1871,
$1,477 00
Cash returned to Treasurer,
2 00
Cash paid January, 1871, .
84 00
$1,563 00
.
00
Blake & Alden, chairs,
13
REMOVING SNOW.
Abijah Allen, caslı paid as per bills,
$217 53
N. H. Hunt, cash paid as per bills,
218 45
111 86
J. S. Holbrook, cash paid as per bills, . Thomas Penniman, cash paid as per bills, Leroy W. Collins, cash paid as per bills, Horace Dana, cash paid as per bills
93 48
54 38
N. M. Hobart, cash paid as per bills, .
15 75
A. T. Wild, cash paid as per bills,
11 20
Ralph Arnold, cash paid as per bills, .
14 40
I. W Holbrook, jr., cash paid as per bills, . John Carver, cash paid as per bills,
10 00
S. S. French,
5 25
S. F. B. Collins,
1 00
Asa Dyer,
2 75
Marston Cummings,
4 CO
Joseph R. Frasier,
2 25
J. A. Hollis, .
1 70
$ 793 12
HIGHWAYS.
James S. Holbrook, labor 172 1-2 days, at $2.50 per day, $ 431 25
James S. Holbrook, taking care of horses,
96 00
James S. Holbrook, hay,
56 03
James S. Holbrook, use of horse,
2 00
James S. Holbrook, posts and rails,
2 38
James S. Holbrook, expenses to Boston twice, -
1 80
James S. Holbrook, labor at sundry times,
7 50
B. F. Spear, labor 141 3-4 days, at $2 per day, .
283 50
Robert Saunders, labor 149 1-4 days, at $2 per day,
298 50
Robert Saunders, labor $8 days by boy,
74 37
George Hill, labor 131 3-4 days, at $2 per day,
263 50
George Hill, jr., labor 5 1-2 days, at $1 per day,
5 50
J. S. Hill, labor 3 days,
1 50
George E. Arnold, labor 139 3-4 days, at $1.75 per day, T. G. Farnsworth, labor 91 3-4 days, at $1.50 per day, Moses Hunt, labor 45 1-4 days, at $1.75 per day,
79 18
Willard Hunt, labor 4 days, at $2 per day,
8 00
Otis Wild, labor 4 1-2 days, at $2 per day,
9 00
James McKinney, labor 4 days, at $1.75 per day, -
7 00
-
244 54
137 62
16 22
12 90
14
John Eaton, labor 5 days, at $1 per day, . Theodore Hayden, labor 2 days at $1.75 per day, 3 50
00
Henry Gardner, labor 3 days, at $3.50 per day,
10 50
John B. Allen, labor 1 1-2 day, at $3 per day,
4 50
William Allen 1 1-2 day, at $3 per day,
4 50
Joseph Allen, labor, -
1 00
William Mulligan, labor,
1 00
Jolın J. French, labor,
4 00
Adam Hobart, labor,
1 00
S. F. Whitmarsh, labor,
2 00
H. D. Thayer, labor,
6 50
John Dorety, horse, cart and man, 3 days, at $3.50 per day, Caleb S. Hollis, horse, cart, and man, 9 days, at $3.50 per day,
31 50
T. Penniman, horse, cart and man, - 39 00
30 00
Caleb S. Hollis, use of horse,
3 00
Thayer & Phipps, iron work, Elisha Wild, iron work,
16 59
W. Mansfield, iron work, -
12 16
R. Gillespie, iron work,
5 91
S. W. Hollis, gravel, -
55 30
B. L. Morrison, gravel, Gideon Thayer, gravel,
27 60
John Arnold, gravel,
23 00
C. S. Holbrook, gravel,
19 68
G. W. White, gravel, . Jacob S. Dyer, gravel,
13 00
Daniel Baxter, gravel,
12 84
S. F. B. Collins, gravel, Austin White, gravel,
7 44
Judah A. Loring, gravel, -
7 10
E. Peterson, gravel, -
5 25
Peter W. Dyer, gravel,
3 45
N. A. White, gravel, - J. F. Holbrook, gravel, Adam Hobart, gravel,
2 24
1 60
Daniel Tenniman, gravel,
1 50
S. S. Penniman, gravel,
-
1 20
J. M. Cutting, gravel,
96
Edward Hobart, hay,
58 55
Caleb Hayden, hay,
29 85
Joshua Wilkins horse,
-
100 00
Amory Fisher, horse,
75 00
D. P. Hayward, horse,
75 00
Ralph Lowe, repairing harness,
12 25
-
16 72
11 50
3 00
-
-
-
10 50
Moses Hunt, boy and horse, 12 days, at $2.50 per day,
18 54
45 80
15
Levi W. Hobart, grain,
189 64
P. D. Holbrook & Co., grain,
13 68
Henry Gardner, lumber,
84 90
E. A. Harris, blasting rocks,
15 00
Jesse Burrill, care of drawbridge,
85 00
Thayer & Phipps, stone hammer,
3 96
Whittemore, Belcher & Co., pick,
1 75
S. F. B. Collins, posts,
9 60
J. Jackson French, rails,“
6 67
J. Breck & Son, shovels,
3 00
Proctor Brothers, pails and spikes,
2 58
C. S. Hollis, stone,
1 50
John B. Allen, use of derick,
1 50
$3,248 48
Cash paid Treasurer, .
136 50
$3,111 98
MIDDLE STREET DISTRICT.
Balance due last year,
$ 6 18
Paid Joseph A. Hollis, .
5 25
Balance due district,
93
RECAPITULATION.
High School,
$1,855 76
District Schools, .
5,192 19
Incidental expenses of schools, .
203 77
School-houses, by order of School Committee,
516 81
School-houses, by order of Building Committee,
8,790 13
Almshouse, .
936 88
Out of Almshouse,
1,668 10
Town Officers,
912 25
Collection and abatement of taxes,
427 93
Miscellaneous,
949 48
Town Hall,
391 61
State Aid,
1,443 75
Removing Snow, . ·
7
793 12
16
Highways,
3,111 98
Middle Street District,
5 25
Cash paid Treasurer, and credits,
1,039 96
Appraisal at Almshouse over last year,
52 68
$28,281 65
Less cash and credits from Town Hall,
541 01
266 orders drawn on Treasurer,.
$27,740 64 .
ASSESSORS ACCOUNT.
Schools,
$6000 00
Poor,
.
·
3000 00
Highways & Bridges,
3000 00
Interest,
2300 00
Town Debt,
3000 00
Town Officers,
800 00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
500 00
School-Houses, .
3000 00
Widening Union Street,
1000 00
Seats for Iron-works School-House,
500 00
School District Debt
5076 21
Remittance on School Houses,
19067 27
State Tax,
4475 00
County Tax,
1972 70
Overlay,
.
1672 14
$55,363 32
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
To amount of tax bill of 1870,
$55,363 32
Cash paid Treasurer,
.
$25,858 46
Cash paid County Treasurer
·
1,972 70
Remittance for School Houses,
19,067 27 $46,898 43
Cash due from Collector,
$8,464 89.
.
$27,740 64
17
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer.
Cash borrowed of Union National Bank Weymouth,
$22,100 CO
Cash borrowed of Josephus Shaw,
1,200 00
Cash borrowed of J. Dyer, Jr.
800 00
Cash borrowed of Minott E. Hunt,
300 00
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector, balance 1869,
3371 06
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector, interest on tax, 1869,
141 62
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector 1870,
25,858 46
Cash received of Quincy Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of Dorchester Insurance Co ..
2000 00
Cash received of Weymouth Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of Dedham Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of State for State Aid, .
1400 00
Cash received of State for Corporation Tax,
1507 30
Cash received for use of Town Hall,
525 01
Cash received of C. C. Churchill, dog licenses
470 71
Cash received from State School Fund.
323 91
Cash received from Overseers of the poor,
324 45
Cash received from Braintree School fund,
400 00
Cash received from Surveyors of Highways,
136 50
Cash received from O. C. & N. Railway, damage to Cemetery by fire 50 00
Cash received from Unitarians due from Town Hall, last year 30 00
Cash received from Grand Army of the Republic, due last year, 12 00
67 34
Cash received from Selectmen, State Aid returned, .
2 00
Cash received from R. H. Randall, lot in Cemetery,
2 00
Cash received for Poll tax,
2 00
Cash received for map, .
1 00
Cash received for damage to Iron-works School-House
25
$67,025 61
Balance from last year's account,
$75 64
Paid 266 orders,
27,740 64
Paid Josephus Shaw, note,
1,200 00
Paid L. A. Bradford, note,
800 00
Paid W. M. Sherman, note,
800 00
Paid Eunice French, note,
300 00
Paid Ann N. Thayer, note,
100 00
Paid Mary H. Thayer, on note,
35 00
Paid A. Morrison, note and interest, .
2,916 57
Paid State Tax,
4,475 00
Paid Interest,
2,854 42
Paid Insurance,
238 50
Paid Weymouth Bank,
21,100 00
Balance in Treasury
4,389 84
$67,025 61
Cash received from Town of Quincy, due last year,
18
TOWN DEBT.
The Town owes notes and interest,
$33,954 72
Due from Jonathan French, Treasurer, $4,389 84
Due from Noah Torrey Collector, 1870 8,464 89
Due from State, for State Aid, for 1870
1,477 00
Due from State, for State Aid, former years, 728 45
Due from Good Templars for Town Hall,
22 00
Due from Labor Reform Party, for Town Hall,
8 00
Due from Philomatheans, for Town Hall,
.3 00
Due from Town of Milton,
30 00
Due from Town of Gloucester,
5 00
Due from the City of Boston .
3 00
15,131 18
Town Debt.
.
.
$18,823 54
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST.
ylvanus Thayer, Feb. 1, 1868,
5000 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr. Oct. 24 1862 .
.
.
.
500 00
Interest .
9 43
Joseph Dyer, Jr. Jan. 26, 1866, Interest,
17 75
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Feb. 1, 1871, .
S00 00
W. A. Richardson, Guardian, July 2, 1869, Interest,
10,000 00
56 38
M. C. Pratt, Dec. 1, 1857,
5000 00
Interest,
58 33
Lynn Institution for Savings, July 1, 1857, Interest,
51 33
Asa French, Guardian Jan. 20 1868, Interest,
1,400 CO
2,000 00 F. G. Crosby, Feb. 14, 1868, Interest, 134 16
1,000 00
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Jan. 26, 1866, Interest,
403 43
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Feb. 27, 1866, Interest,
300 00
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863, Interest, .
9 90
Edwin Howard, June 10, 1866, .
300 00
Interest,
1 59
·
2,500 00
2 57
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1869,
1,000 00
118 60
545 00
250 00
19
Minott E. Hunt, Aug. 13, 1867, . Interest,
450 00
·
14 70
Minott E. Hunt, Apr. 30 1870. Interest, . L. Bradford Hollis, Nov. 24, 1868, Interest, .
3000 00
15 75
500 00
5 SJ
Thomas Penniman, Feb. 1, 1869,
200 0)
Weymouth Bank,
1.000 09
$33,954 72
AUDITOR'S APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE. Feb. 1, 1871.
1 horse, $250, 3 cows, $165; 2 harnesses, $60, $475 00
1 sled, $8; fowl, $12; wheelbarrow, $3; 23 00
Hay rope, $3; horsecart, $40 ; wood-wagon, $10, 53 00
Manure, $100; express-wagon, $25; brush, comb, &c. $1,75;
126 75
Hay forks, &c. $2,25; rakes, $2,25 ; hoes, $3; tie-chains, $1,25;
8 75
Flails, 50 cts. grindstone, $10; ladder, $1.50,
12 00
Axes & post axe, $6; plough, $3.75 ; shovels, $2.25.
12 00
Manure-forks, $3; garden rake, 60 cts. saws, $3; 6 60
Whiffletree and chains, $6; scythes and snaths, $4.75;
10 75
Iron bars and picks, $3.50; manure-rake and draw knife, $1,
4 50
Chains, $9; stone tools, $3.25 ; iron wedges, $1.50,
13 75
Scalding tub, 50 cts; wood $125; harrows, $9,
134 50
Potatoes, $20; vegatables, $3.25, hay, $298,
321 25
Hay-wagon, $105; halters and horse-blankets, $6.50, .
111. 50
Hay cutter, $5 ; pigs, $25; loek-up and hand-cuffs, $40.
70 00
Grain, $6; meal bags, $1.50; pork, $34; hams, $13.
54 50
Beans, 80 cts. lard, $3; lamps $2; jugs, $1.50,
7 30
Pop corn, $3.25, sugar, $1.40 ; oil and cans, $1.75, 6 40
13 00
Crackers 20 cts. provisions, $8; stoves and pipe, $20, .
28 20
Towels, $2.50; bureau, $2.50; chests and trunks. $5. Andirons, coal-hod and sifter, $2; chairs, $õ,
7 00
Rocking and sick chairs, $2.50 ; curtains, $3,
5 50
Bedsteads, $20 ; feather beds, $56; straw beds, $7, 83 00
Mirrors, $1; bedspreads and comforters, $40 ; benches, $1. . 42 00
Sheets and blankets, $32 ; light stands, $1 ; clock, $2, . 35 00
Tin and iron ware, $11.50; crockery, stone and glass ware, $14.25, 25 75 Bell, $1; wooden ware, $10, knives and forks, $3, 14 00
10 00
Butter, $4; flour, $6; meadow shoes, $3,
20
Clothes lines, $1; coffee, 48 cts. clothes wringer, $3,
4 48
Clothes basket and blanket, 75 cts. pork barrels, $4, 4 75
Flour-barrels, $3; zinc, $2; soap, $2, .
7 00
Closet, $2 ; molasses 75 cts. tables, $7,
9 75
Sundry small articles, .
10 00
$1,750 98
CARTS, HARNESSES, AND SURVEYOR'S TOOLS.
3 carts, $200 ; 3 harnesses, $45 ; 8 shovels, $4.50; $249 50
4 picks, $4; 1 scythe and snath, $1.50; 2 iron bars, $4, 9 50 .
1 narrow hoe, $1.50 ; stone hammer, $3.50; 3 bags, 75 cts, . 5 75 Iron rake, 50 cts. 3 halters, $1.50 ; 2 pails 50 cts. 2 50
1 00
Curry comb and brush,
$268 25
21
BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT, S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
1870. DR
Jan. 4, Cash paid H. Gardner, for lumber, $263 21
Jan. 4, Cash paid H. Thayer, for iron-work, 4 15
Jan. 4, Cash paid Thomas Penniman, for building Shed, repairing house and barn, 35 00
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