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ANNUAL REPORT
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OF THE
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD. 9
SHOWING THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1875,
LOWELL, MASS .: STONE, HUSE & CO., BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, No. 130 CENTRAL STREET, 1875.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1875.
Number of births-males, 30 ; females, 32, 62
Number of marriages, . 23
Number of deaths - males, 21; females, 27, 48
Number of dogs licensed-males, 146; females, 6,. 152
Amount received for licenses, $322 00
Deduct fees, 20 cts. for each license, . 30 40
Leaving balance paid into the county treasury,.
$291 60
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk:
STATEMENT FROM ASSESSORS' BOOK,
MAY 1, 1874.
Number of polls,. 697
Value of personal estate, $351,020 00
Value of real estate, 1,323,515 00
Total valuation, .
$1,674,535 00
Number of dwelling houses,
491
Number of horses,
389
Number of cows,
674
Number of sheep,
16
Number of acres of land taxed in Town,
14,782
Assessed on each poll, for State, County; and Town purposes,.
$2 00
Rate on property, for State, County, and Town purposes, . . (per $1000)
12 00
Assessed on each poll for highways, .....
50
Rate on property, for highways, (pr. $1000) State tax, ..
$2,460 00
County tax, .
1,683 38
Appropriation for schools,
5,000 00
Repairing highways, . .
2,000 00
Town charges,
12,000 00
Overlayings, .
368 18
Total tax for State, County, and Town pur-
1 00
poses, including highways, $23,511 56
.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, '75.
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 1873.
Paid A. G. McAllister, teaching High School, No. 1.
$260 00
Miss M. E. Dadmun, teaching High School No. 1. 104 00
Miss J. A. Kidder, teaching Mixed School No. 5. 117 00
A. E. Lake, teaching High School No 8. Miss J. L. Howard,
97 50
$903 50
L. Emerson, care of school-house and pre- paring wood, No. 1. 23 50
Otis Byam, care of school-house No. 5. .
6 50
N. B. Edwards, care of school-house No. 8 ..
17 00
47 00
S. O. Cummings & Co., supplies, No. 1. .
No. 3 .:
25
66 66 No. 5 ..
42
N. B. Edwards, supplies, No. 8.
2 72
No. 9.
1 60
66
No. 10
92
13 90
repairs, No. 10
1 00
66 services as committee.
100 00
E. H. Warren,
66
100 00
200 00
Knapp & Morey, print'g committee report
23 00
$1,188 40
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 1874.
Paid A. G. McAllister, High School No 1, 40 weeks .. $1,160 00
Amount carried forward.
$1,160 00
325 00
99
5
Amount brought forward. $1,160 00
Paid Miss M. E. Dadmun, High School No. 1, 40 weeks 368 00
Mrs. M. J. Cummings, Primary School No. 1, 9 weeks. 72 00
Miss Dora C. Russell, Primary School No. 1, 22 weeks .. 175 00
Miss E. L. Spalding, Mixed School No. 2, 28 weeks
215 00
Miss J. L. Wright, Mixed School No. 3, 16 weeks 128 00
Miss M. C. Hyde, Mixed School No. 3, 7 weeks .
63 00
Miss S. L. Gibbs, Mixed School No. 3, 5 weeks.
45 00
Miss E. J. Marshall, Mixed School No. 4, 28 weeks
235 00
Miss A. P. Mansfield, Mixed School No. 5, 28 weeks
228 00
Miss J. L. Kidder, Mixed School No. 5, 3 weeks
27 00
Miss Mary A. Marshall, Mixed School No. 6, 133 weeks.
114 20
Miss Clara Butterfield, Mixed School No. 6, 9 weeks
72 00
Miss S. M. Hyde, Mixed School No. 6, 5% weeks
48 60
Miss E. L. Burgess, Mixed School No. 7, 9 weeks
63 00
Miss S. M. Emerson, Mixed School No. 7, 8 weeks 64 00
Miss Clara Butterfield, Mixed School No. 7, 11 weeks.
88 00
A. E. Lake, High School No. 8, 15 weeks Miss J. L. Howard, " 66 1 66
375 00
Miss' M. A. Paul, 66 66
133
66
107 20
B. F. Harmon, 66 24 66
540 00
Miss M. A. Ames, Interm. 9 66
72 00
Miss N. A. Kimball, 66
19 66 181 00
Miss L. A. Allen, Primary
28
66
234 00
Miss E. L. Burgess,
19
66
162 00
Miss J. M. Nesmith, Mixed No. 9, 5g
66
48 60
Miss S. M. Taylor, Grammar No. 10, 28 weeks. 234 00
Miss L. A. Spalding, Primary No. 10, 28 weeks.
234 00
$5,361 10
Willard Parker, wood for school No. 1. .
7 50
Amounts carried forward
$7 50
$5,361 10
50
6
Amounts brought forward.
$7 50
$5,361 10
Paid J. A. Bartlett, wood for school No. 1. ..
71 38
. S. O. Cummings & Co., wood, school No. 1 E. H. Warren, wood for school No. 1 ... L. F. Emerson, preparing wood for school No. 1.
1 60
2 81
16 50
H. E. Putnam, wood for school No. 2 ... 1 25
38 75
I. H. Smith, wood for schools Nos. 2 & 9 66 66 preparing do. 66 66 66
6 75
D. W. Bickford, wood for school No. 3. .
31 86
Chas. Sweetser,
66
27 60
E. H. Warren, 66
66 4 ..
2 40
D. W. Bickford, 66
66 5 ..
21 50
J. A. Dix, 66
66
6. .
22 00
B. J. Spalding, 66
66
66 7. .
9 00
Samuel T. Wright, "
66
8. .
51 00
N. B. Edwards, 66
66 8. :
53 00
66 " preparing wood, "
66
10 ..
50 00
N. B. Edwards, 66
66
66 10 ..
5 00
66
" preparing wood, "
56 10 ..
8 50
L. F. Emerson, care school-house 1 .. 17 50
31 50
B. J. Spalding,
60
66
2 ..
5 50
J. L. Wright,
66
66
3. .
1 00
Geo, Hutchings,
66
B. .
6 00
F. A. Russell,
66
66
4 ..
5 50
Otis Byam,
66
66
5 ..
7 50
Harry Wright,
66
66
6. .
5 50
B. J. Spalding,
66
66
7 ..
5 00
N. B. Edwards,
66
66
8. .
57 37
I. H. Smith,
66
66
66
9 ..
5 50
N. B: Edwards,
66
10 ..
30 50
178 37
$5,984 37
Appropriation .
$5,000 00
School Fund income 257 49
5,257 49
Overdrawn
$726 88
SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Paid S. O. Cummings & Co., supplies for School No. 1,
$10 84
A. G. McAllister, do. do., 66
39 50
N. B. Edwards,
10 55
E. H. Warren,
3 00
Amount carried forward $63 89
444 90
A. I. Emerson, 66
1 ..
16 50
J. N. Perry,
wood for
66
4.
8 ..
7
Amount brought forward. $63 89
Paid N. B. Edwards, supplies for school No. 2,
55
S. O. Cummings & Co., " 66 3,
1 00
N. B. Edwards, supplies for Schools Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6,. 80
S. O. Cummings & Co., supplies for School No. . 4, 2 34
S. O. Cummings & Co., supplies for School No. 5, ..
1 00
M. A. Marshall, supplies for School No. 6,
40
B. J. Spalding, 66
"
66
7,
38
N. B. Edwards, 66
66 66 8,
34 41
I. H. Smith, 66 66 66 66
9,
2 30
N. B. Edwards, 66 66 " 10,
12 42
125 21
E. H. Warren, repairs on School-house No. 1, ..
14 88
J. C. Kittredge, do. do.,
8 50
H. B. Marshall, 66
15 92
T. Costello & Co.,
6 55
H. E. Putnam, repairs on School-house No. 2,.
2 25
N. B. Edwards, do. do.,
1 92
Eli P. Parker, repairs ou School-house No. 3,.
18 55
E. H. Warren, repairs on School-house No. 4, ..
1 00
J. A. Dix, repairs on School-house No. 6, M. A. Marshall, do. do.,.
8 28
B. J. Spalding, repairs on School-house No. 7,.
1 00
James Burns, repairs on School-house No. 8,. .
10 75
H. W. Woodward,
do. do.,
38 57
Silver & Gay, do. do.,
23 20
S. P. Sampson, do. do.,
149 80
N. B. Edwards, do. do.,
39 45
I. H. Smith, repairs on School-house No. 9,. . 4 03
N. B. Edwards, repairs on School-house No. 10,. 11 35 356 13
H. B. Marshall, on account of salary as Superintendent of Schools, . .. A. G. McAllister, books for Book Agency,
100 00
14 85
$596 19
7,
5 72
N. B. Edwards, 66 66
6
13
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid James B. Emerson, District No. 1,.
$230 10
Edwin Duren,
" 2,
.. 91 00
William J. Stevens,
66
" 3,.
165 50
E. F. Dupee,
66
66
4,. .
153 50
Sanford Hazen,
66
66
5,. ..
125 55
N. C. Bean,
66
6,. ...
106 75
John A. Dix,
186 88
Robert Fletcher,
" 8,. . . .
126 95
Samuel T. Wright,
« 9,. .
620 00
Jacob Spalding,
66
"10,.
91 00
J. C. Butterfield,
66
" 11,.
145 90 $2,043 13
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Overdrawn,
43 13
SPECIAL REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
Paid S. P. Perham,
District No. 1,. $10 00
E. F. Dupee,
4,. . 60 00
Sanford Hazen,
66
5,. . ..
6 80
S. T. Wright,
9,. . . .
48 00
· Whithead & Tallant,
9,.
14 15
Jacob Spalding,
" 10,. . . .
15 94
J. C. Butterfield,
" 11,. . 124 50
George Mills (in 1873,) 66
" 11,. . .. 1 80
$281 19
WELL AT SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 5.
Paid George O. Hutchings, digging and ston-
ing well,.
$76 29
Jonathan Larcom, platform for well,. 3 55
J. B. Emerson, grading at well, 2 00
Ziba Gay, for pump and setting,
27 12
$108 96
RECEIVING TOMB AND FENCE AT CEMETERY AT SOUTH CHELMSFORD.
Paid S. P. Sampson, building tomb,. $325 00
M. C. Warren & Co., tomb lock,. 4 50
Silver & Gay, tomb door, hinges and hanging, . .
21 27
B. O. Robbins, grading,
21 50
G. O. Hutchings, Jonathan Larcom, Fence,
202 25
$578 02
Appropriation, $800 00
Stone sold,. 10 00
810 00
Balance not expended,.
231 98
·
7,. ..
3 50
9
NEW HEARSES.
Paid Tolman, Russell & Co., for 2 hearses,. .. $1,075 00
Framingham and Lowell Railroad Co., freight on do., . . 21 60
J. B. Emerson and Chas. Proctor, expense to Worcester, sponges, whips, &c., ..
18 45 $1,115 05
Appropriation, . $1,200 00
Balance not expended, 84 95
OTHER TOWN CHARGES.
Paid State Aid, 13 months $731 00
C. F. Badger, balance for 1873 125 00
Overseers of the Poor
2,966 00
Samnel C. Hunt, balance for road seraper
40 00
J. C. Butterfield, for armory rent
40 00
Luther W. Blodgett, damages on highway G. W. and J. Whitney, "
15 00
Standard Lamp and Glass Pipe Co., lamps for town hall, North Chelmsford. ... 27 45
D. McDonald, repairs, town hall at Centre 8 59
J. C. Kittredge, cleaning well and grading at the Centre cemetery . 13 15
Jonathan Larcom, platform for well at tlie Centre cemetery 3 50
Ziba Gay, pump and setting at Centre cemetery .
27 11
Jonathan Larcom, guide-boards & railing H. A. Racicot, painting guide-boards ... . S. S. Sleeper, fencing gravel bank land . . E. P. Spalding, fencing land
6 00
5 00
Smith Adams, moving offal .
2 00
A. S. Warren, fixing hearse-house, North Chelmsford .
5 60
Stone, Huse & Co., printing in 1873 66 66 and advertising
27 50
Bacheller, Dumas & Co., Collector's book L. Lamphere, care of town hall at Centre for fuel .
7 50
C. L. Fuller, care town hall, No. Chelm'fd
3 00
E. F. Dupee, services and expenses on committee
222 00
J. R. Fletcher, services and expenses on committee
19 50
N. B. Edwards, services as committee. ..
7 00
in 1873 5 00
.
9 00
2 25
4 00
Amount carried forward: $4,345 30
2
15 00
4 15
4 00
10
Amount brought forward. $4,345 30
Paid J. B. Emerson, services of Appraisal Com., 8 00 A. G. Parkhurst, services and expenses as constable. 4 91
Chas. L. Fuller, do.
38 00
S. M. Macomber, do.
15 00
Geo. W. Whidden, do
26 25
J. B. Emerson, do.
41 90
Charles Proctor, services as sexton.
4 00
Daniel P. Byam, 66 66
1 25
Arthur H. Sheldon,
66
7 50
Dawson Pollard, 66
......
6 75
Est. of S. E. Byam,
66
3 70
J. B. Emerson, services as Assessor.
73 00
Ziba Gay, 66
36 50
66 making copy of Assessors' book
18 00
J. J. Hoyt, services as Assessor.
80 00
J. B. Emerson, services as Selectman . . ..
86 25
J. J. Hoyt,
85 00
J. B. Emerson, books, stationery, postage G. A. Parkhurst, services as Town Clerk 66 66 books, stationery, postage 8 87
61 75
E. H. Warren, services as Town Treasurer expenses לי
15 00
J. W. Perham, abatement, error in tax book, 1872. 66 69
J. A. Bartlett, do., 1873.
49 75
66 abatement for 1873 78 09
66
. " balance collect'g taxes, '73 9 39
A. Chamberlin, abatement 17 87
197 77 $5,537 74 for collecting taxes. . .
RECAPITULATION,
School Expenses for 1873.
$1,188 40
Public Schools
5,984 37
School Expenses 596 19
2,043 13
Special Repairs of Highways
281 19
Well at School-house No. 5.
108 96
Receiving Tomb and Fence at So. Chelmsford Hearses .
1,115 05
Other Town Charges
5,537 74
Whole amount of orders drawn Feb. 23, 1875
$17,433 05
Amount carried forward. $17,433 05
....
85 10
Ziba Gay, 66 66
...
6 15
60 00
Roads and Bridges.
578 02
11
Amount brought forward. : $17,433 03
Amount of orders outstanding Feb. 23, 1875,
185 83
Amount of orders paid by Treasurer Feb. 22, 1875
$17,247 22
J. B. EMERSON, Selectmen ZIBA GAY, of
J. J. HOYT, Chelmsford.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
FOR 1874;
Cash received of Treasurer,. $2,966 00
6 Proceeds of Town Farm, . . 513 22
Paid A. Street & Son, Supt., services to March 1, 1875, . .
$450 00
Hospital at Taunton, for board of Daniel Gilligan, one year, to January 1, 1875, Hospital at Northampton, for board of
200 50
C. N. Seamens, one year, to January 1, 1875,. 194 00
Hospital at Northampton, for board of M. McKeon, one year, to January 1, 1875,. .
205 75
Hospital at Worcester, for board of Mrs. S. E. Mansfield,
40 00
For aid of Rachel Marshall, at Lowell,. .
52 00
Mrs. C. F. Hayden, at Lynn, .
33 00
Richard Mealy, at Lowell,. ..
61 00
66 Entertainment of transient paupers at North Chelmsford, .
24 50
Entertainment of transient paupers at West Chelmsford,.
10 00
Funeral expenses of Margaret Jardine,. . For medical attendance on A. H. Kemp, 66 on inmates, ... .
59 83
Stock,
265 00
Groceries and provisions,
733 93
Hay and grain, .
249 37
66 Clothing, bedding, &c.,
44 25
66 Furnace, .
225 00
Labor, tools, &c.,
48 96
Lumber, posts, &c.,
56 46
66 Wheelwright and blacksmith work,.
76 05
66 Seven and one-half tons of coal,. ...
68 96
Stock and labor, painting,
72 08
Taxes on Town Farm, .
67 08
Amounts carried forward.
$3,479 22 $3,339 22
10 00
91 50
13
Amounts brought forward. $3,479 22 $3,339 22
Paid Geo. O. Byam, services and expenses as Overseer of the Poor, .. . . . J. T. Smart, services and expenses as Overseer of the Poor, .
65 00
50 00
David Whitney, services and expenses as Overseer of the Poor,
25 00
$3,479 22 $3,479 22
Amount drawn from Treasury,. . .
$2,966 00
Appraised value of personal property, 1873,. 1,562 85
$4,528 85
Appraised value of personal property, 1874,
1,861 15
Cost of support of the poor, exclusive of interest on farm, stock and tools, .
$2,667 70
Number of transient paupers assisted,
466
At an estimated cost of. $358 50 1
APPRAISAL
Of Personal Property at Town Farm, February 19, 1875.
One horse, .
$225 00
Two new milch cows, .
165 00
Three spring cows,
165 00
Two swine, .
25 00
Twenty fowls,
15 00
Hay and grain, . .
117 20
Farm implements,
387 05
Wood and lumber,
75 50
Provisions, . .
125 15
Household furniture,
561 25
$1,861 15
GEORGE O. BYAM, J. T. SMART, Overseers of the D. WHITNEY, Poor.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,
FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST 1875.
Your Treasurer charges himself with
Cash balance as per report of last annual settlement, .... $4,142 80 And with moneys received as follows :
Of State Treasurer, on account of State aid for 1873,. ... 704 00
66
66 Corporation tax for 1874,. .. 1,287 50
66
66 National Bank tax for 1874,. 2,057 91
66
66 Contagious diseases,
112 00
Income of Mass. School Fund
257 49
66
Armory rent, 90 00
County
66
66 Dog licenses, . 277 02
Lowell City Treasurer, on account of annexation of Middlesex Village, 1,500 00
J. W. Perham, Collector for 1872, balance on account of taxes, 116 23
J. A. Bartlett, Collector for 1873, balance on account of taxes, ..
2,001 81
J. A. Bartlett, Collector for 1873, interest on same, . . Adams Chamberlin, Collector for 1874, on account of taxes, .
18,094 59
Adams Chamberlin, Collector for 1874, on account of interest, . 148 36
A. G. Green and S. Hagerman, one year's interest on note, .
182 00
J. B. Emerson, on ac. of sale of wall at South Village,: Levi Lamphere, for use of Centre Town Hall,.
7 50
C. L. Fuller, for use of Town Hall at N. Chelmsford; : N. B. Edwards, for tuition of pupils from Westford,. Geo. M. Elliott, returned insurance premium,.
37 44
Dawson Pollard, sale of Cemetery Lots at West Chelmsford,.
19 50
Money hired for use of Town (as permanent loan,) . . 500 00
66 66 66 (as temporary loan,) .. 2,500 00
Total,
$34,204 23
122 58
10 00
26 00
9 50
15
And is credited by
Cash paid State tax for 1874, . $2,460 00
66 On account of Town orders, .
17,247 22
Yearly interest on Town notes, 1,161 50
Town notes (permanent loan,)
9,000 00
66 Additional interest on same, .
123 34
66 On account of temporary loan, . 2,500 00
66
As discount or interest on same, .
39 38
Balance in treasury at date,
1,672 79
Total,
$34,204 23
Respectfully submitted by
E. H. WARREN,
Treasurer.
FEBRUARY 22nd, 1875.
The undersigned have examined the above report of the Town Treasurer, and find it properly vouched, and correctly cast.
JOSEPH WARREN, Committee to
N. B. EDWARDS, settle with
J. J. HOYT,
Town Treasurer.
O
.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN,
FEBRUARY 22, 1875.
The undersigned, a Committee to settle with the Treasurer, find, from his books, that the Town is indebted, on demand notes, bearing interest at 6 per cent .. $10,450 00 -
For interest on said notes to Feb. 22, 1875. .. 361 80
They also find, from his books and reports of other town officers, that the Town owes for outstanding orders and estimated liabilities 430 00
And that there is due the Town from A. Chamberlin, Collector, for taxes, 1874
$3,732 59
interest on do. State, for State Aid
108 86
782 00
B. F. Hodges & others, note and interest
2,617 68
Book Agency, for cash and books on hand
277.00
Treasurer, 66 on hand
1,672 79
Balance, indebtedness of the Town,
2,050 88
$11,241 80 $11,211 80
There is also owing for legal services and expenses, in suit still pending, an amount not ascertained, and not estimated in this state- ment.
JOSEPH WARREN, N. B. EDWARDS, Committee. J. J. HOYT,
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