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ANNUAL REPORT
SHOWING THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE -
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1881.
LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: HUSE, GOODWIN & CO. 1881.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1881.
Births recorded - Males, 13; females, 23. Total. 36
Births of native parentage.
22
Births of foreign parentage.
10
Births of native and foreign parentage.
Marriages recorded .
25
Marriages between natives
22
Marriages between natives and foreigners
3
Deaths recorded - Males, 26; females, 29. Total.
55
Number under 5 years of age.
11
Between 5 and 10
3
66
10
20
6
66
20 66 30.
5
66 30 66 40
3
40
50.
4
50 66 60
4
60 66 70
8
66 70 66 80
7
66
80 66 90
2
66 90 100
2
Number of dogs licensed - Males, 115; females, 5. Total,
120
Amount received for licenses. . $255 00
Amount of fees for licenses - 120 at 20 cents each. 24 00
Balance paid to County Treasurer, Dec. 3, 1880 $231 00
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
4
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1881.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in treasury, as per last annual report . $ 302 09
Cash received of State Treasurer, State Aid for 1879. 537 00
of State Treasurer, as corporation tax for 1879. . 77 69
of State Treasurer, as corporation tax for 1880. .. of State Treasurer, as National bank tax for 1880. ..
1,134 41
of State Treasurer, as relief to indigent soldiers and sailors . . 18 20
of State Treasurer, on account of State paupers.
85 71
of State Treasurer, armory rent for 1879. 75 00
of State Treasurer, income Massachusetts school fund for 1880. 193 92
of County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1880
of A. H. Sheldon, tax of 1878, in full
66
interest on same.
66 66 on account of taxes for 1879. 29 60
1,174 80
interest on same
55 44
66
66 interest on same.
of C. W. Flint, tuition of non-resident pupils 6 00
of H. S. Perham, tuition of non-resident pupils. 6 00
rent of Town Hall at Centre. 8 00
of J. P. Emerson, rent of Town Hall at Centre ... 4 50 of N. J. Duncan, rent of Town Hall at North Chelmsford . 4 00
of Dr. N. B. Edwards, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at North Chelmsford. 88 35
of D. P. Byam, on account of sale of lots in ceme- tery at South Chelmsford. 8 50
of estate of Charles Proctor, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at Centre. 7 00
of Selectmen, on account of sale of horse, cart and harness 100 00
Amount carried forward. $18,444 63
224 07
182 28
66
taxes for 1880 12,496 29 103 59
1,522 19
5
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward. $18,444 63 Cash received of Selectmen, on account of sale of old pump and trough .. 1 50 2 03
of Selectmen, on account of error in orders in 1879,
1880, 4 45
of William Manning, on account of overpayment .. . 1 00
of Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of town farm. ...
403 64
on account of redemption of Gilpatrick estate.
23 19
on account of interest and tax for 1880 on Gilpatrick estate.
14 31
hired for use of Town (as temporary loan)
3,900 00
Making a total of
$22,794 75
And is credited as follows :
By cash paid State tax for 1880 $ 1,245 00
outstanding orders, 1879, in full 359 02
on account of orders drawn present year. . 14,932 28
on account of temporary loan
3,900 00
on account of interest on same 77 56
from interest on Kimball fund to Charles Proctor, as sexton, labor on tomb .. 6 00
to J. R. Parkhurst, care of Kimball lot 4 00
Balance in treasury as found at settlement. 2,270 89
$22,794 75
Respectfully submitted by
E. H. WARREN,
Treasurer.
COLLECTOR'S REPORTS.
Collector's report for the year 1878.
Taxes on list of 1878, uncollected Feb. 28; 1880, $182 28
Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1880. 18 22
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1880. 11 38
$211 88
Cash paid Treasurer as tax.
$182 28
66 66 interest ..
29 60
$211 88
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1878.
Collector's report for the year 1879.
Taxes on list of 1879, uncollected Feb. 28, 1880, $1,283 81
Interest on same, to Feb. 28, 1880. 37 44
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1880. 28 81
$1,350 06
Cash paid Treasurer as tax. $1,174 80
66 " interest 55 44
Uncollected tax, to new account.
109 01
interest, "
10 81
$1,350 06
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1879.
Collector's report for the year 1880.
Tax list for 1880
$14,181 60
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1880
103 59
Interest accrued since on uncollected taxes. . 30 87
$14,316 06
Cash paid County Treasurer as County tax. . $ 626 93
66
6. Town Treasurer as tax. 12,496 29
66 66 " interest 103 59
Uncollected taxes, to new account .. 1,058 38
Interest accrued, to new account 30 87
$14,316 06
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1880.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB 28, 1881.
VALUATION MAY 1, 1880.
Real estate (resident) .
$1,008,360 00
66 (non- resident). 165,215 00
-
$1,173,575 00
Personal estate (resident).
$284,816 00
(non-resident) 2,925 00
287,741 00
Total valuation .
$1,461,316 00
Number of polls. 678
66 " dwellings 507
66 " horses . 390
" COWS .
805
66
" sheep.
9
66 " acres of land taxed ... 14,132
TAXES.
Rate of tax on $1,000, $8.80. Polls, $1.95 each. State tax.
$1,245 00
County tax 626 93
$1,871 93
Appropriation for public schools. $4,500 00
66
66 school-house repairs
100 00
66
66 school supplies. 100 00
66
66 school supervision 275 00
highways.
3,500 00
66
poor .
2,000 00
66
66 new town hall .
1,000 00
66 town officers and commit- tees. 600 00
Amounts carried forward.
$12,075 00 $1,871 93
8
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
Amounts brought forward ...... $12,075 00 $1,871 93 Appropriation for relief of indigent soldiers and sailors .. 500 00
66
" repairs of public buildings, 350 00
66
collection and abatement of taxes. 200 00
66
" miscellaneous expenses ...
100 00
66 reimbursing Wm. Man- ning 78 00
66
" reimbursing Wm. C. Ed- wards .. 55 00
66
" Kimball road scraper 200 00
13,558 00
Overlayings.
$15,429 93 251 67
$15,681 60
Less estimated receipts
1,500 00
Total tax committed.
$14,181 60
Tax on polls . .
$ 1,322 10
Tax on property.
12,859 50
$14,181 60
MISCELLANEOUS.
Increase of State tax over 1879. $830 00
Increase in number of polls over 1879. 74
Increase in number of polls in State over 1879, 22,542
Increase in valuation in town over 1879
$26,761 00
Increase in valuation in town over 1878
58,841 00
Increase in valuation in the State over 1879.
55,235,788 00
Highest rate of tax on $1,000 in the State (Munroe) . 33 00
4 00
CHAS. W. FLINT,
J. B. EMERSON,
A. H. SHELDON,
S. W. PARKHURST,
Lowest rate of tax on $1,000 in the State (Groton) . .
B. J. SPAULDING,
Assessors.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1881.
EXPENSES OF PREVIOUS YEARS.
1879-No. 4, Louise J. Park, 14 weeks. $98 00
4, Chas. Sweetzer, care of house 14 weeks .. : 50
2, Katie Driscoll, care of house 13 weeks. . .
5 20
5, Jas. S. Byam, care of house 11 weeks. 5 50
5, L. M. Dutton, repairs and supplies 5 52
S. S. Sleeper, labor on highway. 1 80
Geo. N. Dunn, labor on highway.
1 50
Center Dunn, labor on highway ...
1 14
Ph. Gillick, paving water-course at N. Chelmsford,
13 50
N. B. Edwards, medical attendance, Miner family, 36 00 66 66 66 Thos. Hardy, 14 00
Wm. Manning, aid rendered Allen T. Hodge .... 14 49
$200 15
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PAID FOR TEACHING.
No. 1, Susie M. Emerson, 35 weeks. $432 00
1, Lottie E. Paine, 11 weeks 77 00
1, Nellie M. Perham, 34 weeks 261 00
1, Delia F. Brigham, 24 weeks
204 00
$974 00
2, Hannah C. Hunt, 33 weeks
264 00
264 00
3, Minnie L. Allen, 33 weeks
272 00
272 00
4, Louise J. Park, 33 weeks ..
221 50
221 50
5, Jennie A. Garland, 10 weeks
60 00
60 00
6, Susie McFarlin, 33 weeks .
242 50
242 50
7, Gertrude M. Parker, 83 weeks.
43 00
7, Mrs. W. B. Spaulding, 13 weeks
78 00
121 00
8, B. F. Harmon, 34 weeks
765 00
8, S. Maria Taylor, 34 weeks
272 00
8, Louie A. Allen, 34 weeks.
272 00
8, Emma L. Burgess, 22 weeks.
176 00
8, Laura G. Hoyt, 12 weeks
84 00
1,569 00
9, Agnes Naylor, 33 weeks .
209 00
9, Carrie E. Hutchins, 33 weeks
264 00
473 00
$4,197 00
2
10
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
No. 1, Harry S. Parkhurst, 23 weeks $23 00
1, Frank A. Emerson, 12 weeks 18 00
$41 00
2, Katie Driscoll, 33 weeks 16 50
16 50
3, Chas. Park, 10 weeks.
2 50
2 50
4, Chas. Sweetzer, 14 weeks
3 75
8 75
6, R. W. Dix, 20 weeks
6 25
6, T. S. Edmands, 13 weeks
6 50
12 75
7, Fred L. Fletcher, 13 weeks
6 50
6 50
8, H. W. Flint, 34 weeks.
68 00
68 00
9, John M. Agnew, 22 weeks
11 50
9, Harry Coburn, 11 weeks.
8 25
19 75
$175 75
PAID FOR FUEL.
No. 1, I. L. Putnam, 74 feet pine wood.
$ 3 22
1, A. B. Adams, 441 feet oak wood
30 42
1, " " 66 83 feet pine wood.
3 72.
1, 4%
surveying ..
40
1, E. H. Warren, 164 feet oak wood.
11 17
1, " "
surveying ..
15
1, H. L. Perham, 594 feet prepared oak.
48 14
1, " (" kindlings. .
90
1, Charles H. C. Hall, preparing 60} feet, 5 87
1, Harry Parkhurst, kindlings.
30
1, Alvah Hodgman, kindling wood.
1 00
105 29
2, J. C. Hobbs, 8 feet pine wood .
4 00
2, E. F. Richardson, 16 feet oak wood ..
12 00
2, Thomas Shehan, preparing wood.
3 00
19 00
3, William Vose, 26 feet wood.
17 06
3, surveying.
20
3, J. Q. Battles, 4 feet prepared pine wood,
2 25
3, A. W. Battles, cutting 26 feet wood. . 4, Chas.Sweetzer, 20 ft.prepared oak wood 4, 66 4 ft. prepared pine wood, 5, Elbridge Dutton, Estate of, 16 feet prepared wood.
2 25
19 75
6, R. W. Dix, 26 feet prepared hard wood,
17 50
6, " " " 8 feet prepared oak wood.
7 50
25 00
7, B. J. Spaulding & Son, 4 ft. pine wood, 7, " " 20 ft. hard wood,
15 00
17 00
8, S. T. Wright, 54} feet pine wood ....
36 57
8, 66 513 feet oak wood .....
38 62
8, “ 114 feet mixed wood ..
6 65
8, " surveying .
70
8, H. W. Flint, preparing wood ..
13 69
96 23
9, Wm. C. Edwards, 24 feet oak wood ..
16 50
9, « 243 feet pine wood,
12 25
9, Joseph T. Winn, preparing wood .... .
6 85
35 60
$350 63
22 76
3 25
17 50
10 00
10 00
2 00
11
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
PAID FOR SCHOOL-HOUSE REPAIRS.
No. 1, F. G. Pratt, repairs. $ 0 50
1, Fiske & Spalding, kalsomine
65
1, F. A. Larcom, labor and material 1 15
1, J. P. Emerson, material . .
. 00
1, D. W. Robbins, labor and material.
2 50
$ 5 80
2, Katie Driscoll, cleaning.
2 00
2, J. C. Hobbs, labor and material.
2 60
4 60
3, D. W. Bickford & Son, labor, material,
1 78
3, J. Q. Battles, labor and material
9 69
3, David Perhanı, labor and material
99
12 46
4, Chas. Sweetzer, labor and material.
: 24
2 24
6, R. W. Dix, labor and material
3 38
9 38
7, B. S. Adams, repairing pump.
75
75
8, C. B. Coburn, box of glass
2 75
8, Geo. H. Smith, whitewashing
64
6 39
8, N. J. Duncan, labor building and fence,
3 88
8, cleaning
00
5 88
9, Julia Varin, cleaning
10 00
9, J. C. Butterfield, 28 lbs. paint for fence,
3 50
9, J. N. Perry, nails
1 20
9, Robert Fletcher, 16 posts for fence ...
2 56
9, Whitney & Tibbetts, lumber for fence,
11 89
9, J. N. Perry, repairs
3 17
9, Chelmsford Foundry Co., repairing stoves
2 50
9, John M. Agnew, repairs
50
35 32
$82 82
PAID FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Wm. P. Alcott, desk books.
13 64
66
expenses delivering supplies,
4 15
17 79
J. Merrill & Son, ink
4 80
4 80
No. 1, Boston School Supply Co.
9 35
1, S. W. Parkhurst
3 86
1, C. B. Coburn & Co., floor brushes
2 75
15 96
2, J. C. Hobbs. . .
50
2, H. B. & H. M. Bacon, 1 clock
5 50
6 00
3, D. W. Bickford & Son
1 06
3, Boston School Supply Co.
30
1 36
4,
כל
1 30
4, Chas. Sweetzer
67
1 97
6, H. B. & H. M. Bacon, 1 clock.
50
6, R. W. Dix.
1 52
7 02
Amount carried forward.
$54 90
: 00
6, S. Ohlson, labor and material.
12
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward. $54 90
No. 8, Boston School Supply Co. $10 50
8, French & Puffer. 1 50
8, B. F. Harmon, desk books. 99
8, E. Shaw & Son
3 17
20 16
9, Boston School Supply Co.
90
9, H. B. & H. M. Bacon, 2 clocks
11 00
9, John N. Perry 2 50
14 40
$89 46
PAID FOR SCHOOL SUPERVISION.
Paid Wm. P. Alcott, Superintendent. . $200 00
Sargent & Gay, High school diplomas .. 9 50
2,000 school report cards, 8 25
66 66 200 school notices. 2 25
66 500 school bill blanks .. 1 75
Charles W. Flint, horse hire to attend school committee meetings 5 00
J. L. Robinson, services as truant officer, 2 12
R. W. Dix, postage .. 85
H. S. Perham, postage, stationery, etc. .
50
$230 22
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
PAID FOR EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid City of Lowell, in aid of David Price. . $ 11 50
City of Lowell, in aid of Wm. T. Patch. 8 00
City of Lowell, in aid of Elizabeth Don- ahoe. 60 50
City of Lowell, in aid of Thomas Lawler, City of Lowell, in aid of Terence Mc- Eneaney . .
63 50
Worcester Asylum for the Chronic In- sane, in aid of Daniel Gilligan 199 29
Northampton Insane Asylum, in aid of Michael McKeon . 195 29
Danvers Insane Asylum, in aid of Laura E. Bailey .
157 64
Danvers Insane Asylum, in aid of Cathe- rine McMahon.
61 93
House of Correction, board of Michael Ward .. 22 14
City of Cambridge, in aid of Chas. R. Hazen and family .
149 30
785 59
Amount carried forward. $940 09
11 00
$154 50
13
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward . Paid Chas. W. Flint, time and expenses to Danvers Asylum. 3 40
R. S. Burnham, entertaining travelling poor .
3 50
6 90
J. N. Perry, in aid of Miner family, State pauper .
18 89
A. F. Wright, in aid of Miner family, State pauper
10 41
Geo. F. Locke, in aid Miner family, State pauper .
1 92
31 22
5 00
S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Allen T. Hodge S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of F. E. Russell, S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Darius Hall. .
10 43
89
T. M. Gerrish, in aid of A. H. Kemp ....
2 00
18 32
$996 53
PAID FOR EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid D. Perham, grain.
$207 79
F. E. Russell, painting, papering, and whitewashing
8 60
C. B. Coburn & Co., paint and oils.
7 38
Chas. Proctor, burial of Lucy Davis.
5 00
S. F. Putney, standing grass.
25 00
A. H. Sheldon, taxes
54 21
H. H. Wilder & Co., kitchen furniture ..
2 98
H. H. Wilder & Co., range and fixtures. D. Gage, ice
4 60
Boston Ice Co., ice.
12 25
E. K. Parkhurst, 14,000 lbs. coal, at $6.75,
47 25
A. H. Davis, 1 bushel onions.
1 20
J. B. Emerson, 2 swine
12 75
J. B. Emerson, ¿ bushel onions.
70
M. W. McIntire, exchange of cows
5 00
Nichols & Fletcher, cordage.
1 07
H. Hosford & Co., prints and batting
7 65
H. P. Humphrey, repairing pumps ..
3 00
Levi Howard, medical attendance
3 00
E. E. Lapham, 32 bbls. soap
10 50
Sam'l T. Spaulding, sundries
53 98
Durant & Son, shoeing horse
1 08
Geo. E. Clogston, tin-ware
2 81
C. W. Bisbee, blacksmithing
1 65
Mary E. Williams, labor
21 72
Wm. H. Clogston, labor
9 66
J. L. Loiselle, clothing .
3 62
Amount carried forward.
$551 85
$940 09
37 40
14
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward $551 85
Paid N. M. Wright & Co., shoes.
1 15
F. J. Bickford, pasturing heifer
4 00
J. W. Perham, provisions .
36 20
J. P. Emerson, 116 lbs. veal.
9 86
J. B. Emerson, lamb and sweet potatoes,
4 52
Hall & Perham, provisions.
10 56
Jewett & Swift, provisions
10
D. C. Perham, provisions
23 03
Ira Atwood, provisions
73 51
S. K. Dexter, provisions.
9 30
Frank P. Hill & Co., sleigh shoes.
1 20
F. E. Morse, slaughtering hogs
3 00
J. A. Baker, fish
10 02
Wheeler & Son, clothing.
5 00
Emma Raymond, 10 6-7 weeks' labor
21 72
Maker, Tarr & Co., clothing.
94
D. C. Perham, in exchange of cows
15 00
S. N. Wood, flour.
19 50
S. W. Parkhurst, flour
65 15
66
.6 supplies
574 76
J. A. Baker, fish
13 52
Jacob Spaulding, 2 bushels peas
2 75
H. A. Kittredge, 1 pair shoes
1 00
Benner Bros., 1 chair
75
D. Kittredge & Son, 1 pair overshoes
1 75
L. Spaulding, in exchange of cows
10 00
Dog license.
2 00
Crowell & Harrison, medicines
73
C. T. Chamberlin, coffin and robe for Lucy Davis
13 00
Mary Harrington, labor.
00
Josie A. Jones, 4 weeks' labor
6 00
Margaret O'Brien, 3 weeks' labor
6 00
Ann MeLaughlin, 42 weeks' labor
10 78
Susan Lane, 94 weeks' labor ..
21
W. H. S. Clogston, 27 days' labor
10 80
Michael McDonald, 212 days' labor
10 75
Otto Jensen, 752 days' labor
43 71
Kristen Tarp, 46 days' labor.
23 00
Daniel A. Brown, cutting 16 cords wood,
12 00
D. W. Lane, dog
5 00
S. W. Parkhurst, services as overseer ...
5 00
J. B. Emerson, services do. and expenses,
20 00
Chas. W. Flint,
18 00
A. H. Sheldon, 66 66
7 00
·
Amount carried forward.
$1,708 58
5 00
H. B. Shattuck, meat choppers.
15
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward. $1,708 58
125 00
Paid D. W. Lane, supt. to Sept. 1, 1880 ..... Sam'l T. Spaulding, supt. to April 1, '81, Carried to highway account, cutting and teaming wood
233 33
50 00
Expense at almshouse
$2,116 91
Expense outside of almshouse
996 53
$3,113 44
Less Highway board bill .
$717 00
8,000 lbs. hay furnished highway.
80 00
797 00
$2,316 44
Received and paid to Treasurer, as proceeds of town farm, $403.64.
Inmates of almshouse - males, 4; females, 3.
S. W. PARKHURST.
J. B. EMERSON. CHARLES W. FLINT.
B. J. SPALDING. A. H. SHELDON.
Overseers of the Poor.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS-
HOUSE, MARCH 1, 1881.
1 horse
$ 50 00
4 cows
144 00
1 heifer and calf
36 00
2 shoats
19 00
26 fowls.
13 00
6 tons English hay
132 00
Lot of stock hay .
12 00
Lot of bedding
8 00
1 covered wagon
40 00
1 farm wagon
30 00
1 horse cart.
25 00
1 sled .
4 00
1 pung-sleigh.
9 00
1 heavy harness
21 00
Lot lumber
11 00
25 cords wood.
90 50
Farm implements.
90 95
Provisions and supplies
268 31
Household furniture and bedding
323 88
$1,327 64
JAMES P. EMERSON, DANIEL P. BYAM, E. H. SHAW,
Committee.
16
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
HIGHWAYS.
Paid David Perham for grain ... $326 88
Carried to account of Poor, 8,000 lbs. hay. 80 00
Paid B. M. Hildreth, 8,175 lbs. hay
69 49
J. E. Conant, 6,700 lbs. hay
60 00
536 37
William Redmond, horse.
50 00
50 00
Solomon Spaulding, well stone for cen- tre of town ..
12 00
John Keats, for labor on well at centre of town. 2 63
Chelmsford Foundry Co., cover to man- hole for well at centre of town ....
1 50
16 13
William H. Brown, painting bridge rail- ing at N. Chelmsford .
20 50
20 50
Warren Chandler, labor and material. .
12 00
12 00
J. M. Butman, 2 gallons oil ..
2 50
2 50
E. F. Richardson, 500 loads of gravel. . Joseph Reed, gravel ..
17 00
42 00
John Keats, paving gutter on Central sq.
15 00
15 00
H. A. Fielding, tools
16 35
16 35
J. A. Brabrook, repairing harnesses
13 00
Harrison Hall,
1 77
14 77
N. P. Dadmun, blacksmithing
38 87
T. Durant & Son,
26 56
C. W. Bisbee, 66
33 91
L. T. Eastman,
6 20
H. W. Ward,
8 25
113 79
Charles Proctor, repairs.
21 00
66 Estate of, repairs
3 75
William P. Simonds, repairing fence.
50
John Parkhurst, material for railing.
1 50
H. H. Emerson,
12 50
B. J. Spaulding, 66 stone for wall.
66 66
5 00
Jas. H. Hazen, for labor
A. H. Sheldon, tax on teams.
2 64
18 39
Loren Loker, use of stone jigger
6 00
S. W. Parkhurst, powder and fuse.
1 70
Geo. H. Holt, labor.
15 50
23 20
Geo. N. Dunn, breaking roads. .
3 00
Centre C. Dunn,
4 12
A. M. Blaisdell, 66
66
3 90
F. J. Spaulding,
14 40
Robert Fletcher,
66
1 95
Michael Driscoll,
66
1 87
Amounts carried forward
$29 24
$949 25
J. B. Emerson, hauling hay .
3 00
S. P. Perham, bridge stone ..
1 00
20 00
39 00
15 75
29 25
25 00
17
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amounts brought forward.
$29 24
$949 25
Paid Henry B. Hunt, breaking roads.
15 00
E. E. Dutton,
66
66
6 00
F. C. Bean,
66
1 50
A. S. Reed,
66
1 42
Timothy O'Keefe,
2 55
Thomas Shehan,
66
4 40
Wm. Russell,
66
6 40
W. J. Wood,
66
2 48
Geo. P. Mansfield,
66
8 40
L. J. Mansfield,
66
9 24
Geo. B. Smith,
6 40
Edward Doherty,
66
2 75
Jas. H. Hazen,
66
18 93
J. B. Emerson,
66
10 11
F. W. Blodgett,
66
66
7 00
E. H. Shaw,
66
5 00
Wm. Keith,
2 37
Wm. P. Simonds,
66
6 43
John Charters,
66
.50
Ezra Vickery,
66
66
8 00
Alfred Truby,
66
50
Owen Fox,
53
James McGarvy,
66
66
56
Chas. Cook,
66
66
63
N. T. Nelson,
66
66
5 25
Frank Donegan,
66
2 00
Joseph P. Winn,
66
66
10 00
205 30
Highway pay-rolls, March, 1342 days.
66
66
April,
140층
66
102 00
66
66
May,
136
66
99 20
66
June,
170
66
129 24
66
July,
157号
66
.
119 01
66
66
Aug.,
1363
66
. ..
108 07
66
Sept.,
212
66
..
178 74
66
Oct.,
2093
66
. . .
121 25
66
66
Jan.,
162%
.. '
124 91
66
66
Feb.,
1801
147 72
1,544 12
Carried to account of the poor, for board 239 weeks, at $3.00. .
717 00
D. W. Lane, services as surveyor
125 00
842 00
$3,540 67
. . .
176 39
Nov.,
182
146 70
Dec.,
1527
. . .
·
66
53
Thomas Roberts,
3 38
Everett Cummings,
90 89
. .
3 00
Wm. Redmond,
12 80
J. C. Mansfield,
5 00
R. S. Burnham,
3
18
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
RECAPITULATION.
Hay and grain $ 536 37
Blacksmithing
113 79
Road material
82 00
Tax on teams .
2 64
Labor
1,625 37
Breaking roads
205 30
Board .
717 00
Supplies and sundries.
133 20
Surveyor
125 00
$3,540 67
Charged to account of the poor for cutting
and teaming wood
50 00
$3,490 67
D. W. LANE,
Highway Surveyor.
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS, MARCH 1, 1881.
4 horses
$325 00
1 cart.
35 00
1 cart.
62 50
1 cart
62 50
2 sets double harness .
100 00
1 Kimball road scraper.
200 00
1 scraper
8 00
1 scraper.
4 00
2 scoop scrapers.
8 00
3 old scrapers .
1 50
2 two-horse sleds
25 00
1 drag.
2 00
2 eveners
2 50
1 plow
10 00
4 wrenches
1 00
1 rocker
1 00
4 picks .
5 00
6 shovels.
6 00
1 iron bar
1 25
3 chains
6 50
4 blankets.
2 00
1 pair pole-straps
1 00
Horse brushes and combs
1 25
4 halters
80
1 bush hook.
1 00
1 bog hoe
1 00
$873 80
JAMES P. EMERSON, DANIEL P. BYAM, E. H. SHAW,
Committee.
19
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
FURNITURE, BLINDS, AND GRADING FOR NEW TOWN HALL.
Paid H. S. Perham, services as committee .. . $15 00
J. B. Emerson,
3 00
J. J. Hoyt, 66
. 50
19 50
C. H. MeKenney & Co., chandeliers and bracket lamps
113 87
E. H. Tarbell, fixtures for hanging chan- deliers . 6 40
Wm. Manning, expenses freight, team- ing, and materials for chandeliers and lamps 11 60
Rice & Co., 8 window screens.
11 00
Rice & Co., door numbers, tags and rings
2 23
Wm. C. Edwards, blinds and fastenings, Benner Bros., settees, 677} feet
212 10
tables and desk
30 00
66
24 chairs
30 00
66
66 matting, zinc, door pro-
tector, etc ...
H. H. Wilder, 6 fire pails
2 50
coal hod and sifter
3 75
pan .
C. B. Coburn & Co., No. 24 ostrich duster,
2 50
66 66 10-gallon swing oil-can,
2 00
66 66 floor brush
2 : 75
1 dust brush.
35
H. B. Shattuck, bolts and rivets
2 65
H. A. Fielding, scoop and rings
90
H. S. Perham, expense on vault door.
3 50
Wm. Robinson, labor and material on vault door.
15 00
Fiske & Spalding, window shades and fixtures .
5 70
34 15
H. A. Allen, desk, stools, and freight ... Wm. C. Edwards, labor and materials on fence, vault, and stage.
81 73
S. W. Parkhurst, material for fence
4 72
24 19
J. B. Emerson, labor on wall and grading, Jas. P. Emerson, hauling stone.
12 00
John Higgins, labor on wall and grading, Solomon Spaulding, posts and step
19 00
John Farwell, dressing doorstep.
3 00
George W. Streeter, grading 2 25
Jas. P. Emerson, cleaning. 6 30
990 22
66 cuspadores, hod, and dust-
291 33
29 10
7 15
$1,009 72
16 50
20
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid George H. Smith, cleaning, repairing,
and painting town hall at North Chelmsford . $78 03
Adams & Co., 3 chairs for town hall, at N. Chelmsford. 4 50
Shaw, Applin & Co., desk for town hall at N. Chelmsford . 14 00
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, chandeliers for town hall at N. Chelmsford .... 15 65 C. W. Flint, expense and labor on town hall at N. Chelmsford. 7 39
C. B. Coburn & Co., box 11x15 glass for town hall at N. Chelmsford .. 3.13
N. J. Duncan, labor and material for town hall at N. Chelmsford. 5 10
Fiske & Spalding, glass for town hall at Centre.
1 46
F. A. Larcom, labor on town hall at Centre F. G. Pratt, setting glass for town hall at Centre.
35
M. C. Pratt & Co., lumber for fence for School No. 8 .. 52 46
75
2 56
E. Shaw & Son, nails for fence for School No. 8. 2 00
J. B. Coburn, labor and teaming for fence, No. 8
5 50
N. J. Duncan, labor on fence, No. 8 .. 10 00
C. W. Flint, labor on fence, No. 8. 8 75
George H. Smith, painting fence for School No. 8. 20 00 98 71
$259 07
STATE AID.
Paid, under Chapter 301, Acts of 1879 $573 00
under Chapter 252, Acts of 1879 318 00 $891 00
REIMBURSING WM. MANNING.
Paid Wm. Manning, for money expended for support of F. E. Russell and family ..... $79 00 $79 00
REIMBURSING WM. C. EDWARDS.
Paid Wm. C. Edwards, for matching and blind-nailing floors in new town hall .... $55 00 55 00
157 80
21
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
KIMBALL ROAD SCRAPER.
Paid Kimball Bros., for Eureka Road Scraper, $200 00 $200 00
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
A. H. Sheldon, abatements on list, 1879. $46 33
A. H. Sheldon, abatements on list, 1880. 44 17 $90 50
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $182.28, tax for 1878, and $29.60 interest on same 3 18
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $1,267.07, tax for 1879, and $58.13 interest on sanie .. 18 55
A. H. Sheldon, collecting $13,123.22, tax for 1880, and $103.59 interest on same. 224 85
246 58
$337 08
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid E. H. Warren, services as treasurer. . .
$50 00
E. H. Warren, expenses as treasurer.
10 00
Extra expenses on safe, and settling Gil- patrick estate tax .
4 50
$64 50
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as town clerk, Geo. A. Parkhurst, expenses as town clerk
7 13
50 88
Chas. W. Flint, services as assessor.
75 00
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as assessor. ...
22 40
Chas. W. Flint, copying assessors' book.
16 00
J. B. Emerson, services as assessor .
81 00
J. B. Emerson, expenses as assessor
9 75
A. H. Sheldon, services as assessor.
19 50
A. H. Sheldon, expenses as assessor.
2 75
S. W. Parkhurst, services as assessor ...
50
S. W. Parkhurst, expenses as assessor
1 00
B. J. Spaulding, services as assessor. . .. .
14 50
249 40
J. B. Emerson, services as selectman. ...
81 00
J. B. Emerson, expenses as selectman. . .
15 00
Chas. W. Flint, services as selectman .. . .
73 50
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as selectman. .
12 80
A. H. Sheldon, services as selectman ....
58 50
A. H. Sheldon, expense as selectman ....
23 27
S. W. Parkhurst, services as selectman. .
24 00
S. W. Parkhurst, expenses as selectman.
5 78
B. J. Spaulding, services as selectman .. .
46 00
339 85
J. P. Emerson, services as constable.
35 70
J. A. Bartlett, services as constable
3 00
C. L. Fuller, services as constable.
13 00
Amounts carried forward. $51 70 $704 63
43 75
22
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amounts brought forward. . . .. . Paid City of Lowell, police service in aid of C. L. Fuller, constable .
16 00
67 70
J. P. Emerson, appraising and making report of property at town farm .... Daniel P. Byam, appraising property at town farm ..
4 00
2 00
E. H. Shaw, appraising property at town farm .
2 00
8 00
Ziba Gay, services as auditor.
00
E. F. Richardson, services as auditor. 3 00
2 00
8 00
$788 33
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid E. H. Warren, tax and expense on Gil- patrick estate .. $23 19
Alvin Lawrence, police badges . Osgood & Perry, insurance on new town hall
15 50
Marden & Rowell, 500 school reports ... Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, 600 copies town reports.
34 72
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, town order book 3 35
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, collectors' book.
2 75
Sargent & Gay, printing.
8 75
J. B. Emerson, invoice books, postage, etc.
6 56
J. P. Emerson, warming and lighting hall for Cavalry Co.
3 00
J. P. Emerson, warming and lighting hall for town purposes .
4 50
Dr. Levi Howard, damages on highway.
25 00
R. S. Burnham, damages on highway ...
200 00
H. S. Perham, fuel, lights, and care of hall for town purposes . 2 00
N. J. Duncan, fuel, lights, and care of hall for town purposes. 3 00
N. J. Duncan, warming and lighting hall for Cavalry, Co. F. 20 00
William Swett, labor in cemetery, N. Chelmsford . . 5 25
D. P. Byam, labor in cemetery, S. Chelms- ford
8 00
D. P. Byam, reporting six deaths 1 50
Amount carried forward. $428 07
$51 70
$704 63
J. A. Bartlett, services as auditor.
25 00
36 00
23
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward . $428 07
Paid Chas. Proctor, Estate of, reporting eight deaths 2 00
A. H. Sheldon, reporting twenty-one deaths.
5 25
A. H. Sheldon, padlock for hearse house, 50 Harrison Hall, strap for sexton's use .... 1 00 $436 82
24
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, EXPEN- DITURES, AND ESTIMATES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions, Re- ceipts and Estimates.
Expendi- tures.
Excess.
Defic' ney.
Expenses of previous years, estimates,
$ 150 00.
200 15
50 15
Publie Schools, appropriation
4,500 00.
School fund .
193 92
Dog tax .
224 07
Tuition, from non-res- ident pupils
12 00
Teaching
4,197 00
Care of houses
175 75
Sehool-house repairs, appropriation,
100 00:
82 82
1 17 18
Sehool supervision,
66
275 00.
230 22
44 78
Support of Poor,
66
2,000 00
Support of Poor, receipts .
403 64
2,316 44
87 20
Highway repairs, appropriation .
3,500 00
Highway repairs, receipts
100 00
3,490 67
109 33
Furnishing new Town hall, appro'n,
1,000 00
1,009 72
9 72
Repairs of publie buildings,
66
350 00
259 07
90 93
State aid, receipts .
537 00
573 00
36 00
Relief ind'g't soldiers and sailors, ap'n 66 " rec'pts
18 20
318 00
200 20
Wm. Manning, in aid of F. E. Rus- sell, appropriation .
78 00
Wm. Manning, in aid of F. E. Rus- sell, receipts . .
1 00
79
Kimball road seraper, appropriation,
200 00
200 00
Wm. C. Edwards, extra labor on new Town hall, appropriation .
55 00
55 00
Collection and abatement of taxes, appropriation . .
200 00
Collection and abatement of taxes, estimate. .
50 00
337 08
87 08
Town offices and eommittees, appr'n,
600 00
788 33
188 33
Miscellaneous expenses, appropria'n,
100 00
Miseellaneous expenses, receipts
234 35
436 82
102 47
Error in orders, receipts
4 45
4 45
Balanee
293 02
293 02
$15,486 63 $15,486 63
$766 77
$766 77
Appropriations
$13,558 00
Amount of orders
$15,193 61
Receipts
1,728 63
Surplus
293 02
Estimates
200 00
$15,486 63
$15,486 63
J. B. EMERSON,
A. H. SHELDON,
CHARLES W. FLINT, B. J. SPALDING,
S. W. PARKHURST, Selectmen.
Fuel
350 63
206 61
Sehool supplies,
100 00
89 46
10 54
500 00
$15,486 63 $15,193 61
$766 77
$473 75
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year end- ing Feb. 28, 1881, and find it correctly cast, the receipts and pay- ments properly entered and vouched, and the balance ($2,270.89) actually in his hands.
We have also examined the bills and receipts in the hands of the Selectmen, and find them to vouch for orders amounting to $15,- 193.61, of which $14,932.28 has been paid by the Treasurer, and $261.33 is outstanding.
We find -
Cash in the treasury
$2,270 89
Tax of 1879, uncollected.
$ 109 01
Interest due on tax of 1879
10 81
Tax of 1880, uncollected
1,058 38
Interest due on tax of 1880
30 87
1,209 07
Books, balance reported by book agent
242 52
Due from the State -
State aid to Jan. 1, 1881
567 00
State aid, to Jan. 1, 1881
127 00
State aid for January and February
98 00
State aid for January and February
32 00
Armory rent.
75 00
899 00
$4,621 48
Selectmen's orders outstanding
261 33
Kimball fund.
100 00
Interest on Kimball fund
10 48
Estimated liabilities.
150 00
Estimated abatements
125 00
646 81
Balance, assets over liabilities
$3,974 67
ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON, J. ADAMS BARTLETT, Auditing Committee.
CHELMSFORD, March 7, 1881.
4
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County. GREETING :
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth afore- said, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in elections, and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the twenty-first day of March next, being the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, to wit :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear reports of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
ART. 4. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways, and bridges.
ART. 5. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 6. To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of the demands upon him, in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing year, and payable therefrom.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intox- icating liquors for the current year.
ART. 10. At the request of D. A. Bussell and others, to see whether the town will, by its vote or otherwise, ask the legislature to ex- tend to women, who are citizens, the right to hold town offices and to vote in town affairs, on the same terms as male citizens.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to insure the new Town Hall or other public buildings, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to repair and paint the fence around the common at the centre of the town, or act in relation thereto.
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WARRANT.
ART. 13. At the request of George A. Parkhurst and others, to see if the town will vote to build a range of horse-sheds upon the town land near the new Town Hall in the centre village, and appro- priate money therefor, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 14. At the request of Dawson Pollard and others, to see if the town will vote to purchase land for the enlargement of the ceme- tery at West Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 15. At the request of George F. Dyar, to see if the town will vote to pay him the sum of Twenty-five dollars, for services rendered as Secretary of School Board, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to pay J. J. Hoyt for lamps used in Town Hall, North Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at the post-offices in the centre of the town and South Chelmsford, at the post-offices at North Chelmsford, West Chelms- ford, and at the school-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
J. B. EMERSON, CHARLES W. FLINT, ARTHUR H. SHELDON, S. W. PARKHURST, Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant by posting up true and attested copies of the same, at the places above-mentioned, more than ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
J. P. EMERSON,
Constable of Chelmsford.
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