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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
Town of Chelmsford,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1882.
LOWELL, MASS .: VOX POPULI PRESS: HUSE, GOODWIN & CO. 1882.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1882.
Births recorded - Males, 14; females, 19. Total. 33
Births of native parentage ...
17
Births of foreign parentage
13
Births of native and foreign parentage.
3
Marriages recorded ..
11
Marriages between natives
9
Marriages between natives and foreigners
1
Marriages between foreigners (Japanese)
1
Deaths recorded - Males, 17; females, 16. Total.
33
Number under 5 years of age
11
Between 5 and 10.
00 3
66 .
10 66 20
66
20 66 30
3
66 30
40
2
66
40
50
2
66
50
60
1
66
60 66 70
5
66
70 66 80
4
66 80 66 90
1
90 100
1
Number of dogs licensed-Males, 123 ; females, 5. Total, Amount received for licenses. . $271 00
128
Amount of fees for licenses - 128 at 20 cents each. 25 60
Paid to the County Treasurer, Dec. 2, 1881 $245 40
96 per cent. refunded and paid to Town Treasurer .... 235 58
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1882.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in treasury, as per last annual report ..... $ 2,270 89
Cash received of State Treasurer, State Aid for 1880 .. .. 595 50
of State Treasurer, as Corporation tax for 1881 .. 1,269 15 of State Treasurer, as National bank tax for 1881 .. 1,529 08
of State Treasurer, as relief to indigent soldiers and sailors .. 128 00
of State Treasurer, as armory rent for 1880.
75 00
of State Treasurer, as income Massachusetts school fund ..
198 41
of County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1881
of A. H. Sheldon, tax of 1879 in full.
66 66 interest on same.
10 81
66 66 on account of taxes for 1881 ..
1,037 41 50 44 10,616 01
66 66 on account of interest on same ... 85 09
528 22
of Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of town farm.
of town of Tyngsboro', for aid rendered Otis Bills and family .
56 31
of town of Billerica, for aid rendered Henry Stearns and family.
10 00
of city of Lowell, for aid rendered Katie Campbell. of Timothy Adams, on account of sale of lots in Centre Cemetery
19 50
of Dawson Pollard, on account of sale of lots at West Chelmsford . 5 00
15 00
of Daniel P. Byam, on account of sale of lots at South Chelmsford 1 50
of Albion J. Lamphere, on account of use of Town Hall at Centre. 17 00
of N. J. Duncan, on account of use Town Hall at North Chelmsford 12 00
Amount carried forward $18,874 91
109 01
66 on account of interest on same ...
235 58
on account of taxes for 1880 ..
5
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
Amount brought forward $18,874 91 Cash received of H. S. Perham, on account of tuition of non-resident pupils 5 75
of H. S. Perham, on account of sale of school furni- ture .. 2 75
of C. W. Flint, on account of non-resident pupils .. .
2 75
of D. W. Lane, on account of sale of old road scraper. 4 00
Cash hired for use of town, as temporary loan. 1,523 60
Making a total of. $20,413 76
And is credited as follows : -
By cash paid State tax for 1881 $ 1,245 00
outstanding orders, 1880, in full. 261 33
on Account of orders drawn present year. 14,559 40
J. R. Parkhurst, care of Kimball lot. 4 00
on account of temporary loan. 1,523 60
on account of interest on same 15 82
Balance in treasury as found at settlement.
2,804 61
$20,413 76
Respectfully submitted by .
E. H. WARREN,
CHELMSFORD, March 7, 1882.
Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1882.
VALUATION MAY 1, 1881.
Real estate (resident) . $1,014,140 00
(non-resident) 173,000 00
$1,187,140 00
Personal estate (resident)
$297,460 00
66 (non-resident) 2,925 00
300,385 00
Total valuation
$1,487,525 00
Number of polls. 678
" dwellings
517
66 " horses.
411
66 " COWS
870
" sheep
8
" acres of land taxed ... 14,132
TAXES.
Rate on $1,000, $7.20. Polls, $1.95 each. State tax. $1,245 00
County tax
626 93
$1,871 93
Appropriation for public schools.
$4,500 00
66
" school incidental expenses,
450 00
66
highways.
3,500 00
poor . .
2,000 00
" town officers and commit- tees
800 00
" repairs of public buildings,
200 00
66
" collection and abatement of taxes. 300 00
Amounts carried forward
$11,750 00 $1,871 93
7
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
Amounts brought forward. $11,750 00 $1,871 93
Appropriation for miscellaneous expenses. . . .
250 00
" insurance of public buildings 500 00
" horse-sheds at the centre village . 500 00
" enlargement of cemetery, at West Chelmsford ..... 200 00
66 " Geo. F. Dyar, services as sec. of school committee. .. 25 00
$13,225 00
Overlaying's
160 35
$15,257 28
Less estimated receipts
2,000 00
$13,257 28
Less appropriations from treasury
1,225 00
Total tax committed
$12,032 28
Tax on polls .
$ 1,322 10
Tax on property
10,710 18
$12,032 28
MISCELLANEOUS.
Increase in valuation over last year $26,209 00
Decrease in rate of tax on $1,000, from last year. . 60
Highest rate of tax on $1,000 in the State (Munroe)
32 00
Lowest rate of tax on $1,000 in the State (Groton).
3 00
Average rate of tax on $1,000 in the State
14 78
CHAS. W. FLINT, GEO. A. BYAM, JOHN N. PERRY, JOHN N. PARK, R. WILSON DIX,
Assessors.
$15,096 93
COLLECTOR'S REPORTS.
Collector's report for the year 1879.
Taxes on list of 1879, uncollected Feb. 28, 1881,
$109 01.
Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1881 10 81
$119 82
Cash paid Treasurer as tax.
$109 01
66
66
interest
10 81
$119 82
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1879.
Collector's report for the year 1880.
Taxes on list of 1880, uncollected Feb. 28, 1881, $1,058 38
Additional tax ..
17 60
Interest on same, to Feb. 28, 1881.
30 87
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1881.
21 65
$1,128 50
Cash paid Treasurer as tax.
$1,037 41
66 interest.
50 44
Uncollected tax, to new account.
38 57
Uncollected interest, to new account
2 08
$1,128 50
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1880.
Collector's report for the year 1881.
Tax list for 1881
$12,032 28
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1881. . 85 09
Interest accrued since on uncollected taxes .. 23 36
Additional taxes. 11 61
$12,152 34
Paid County Treasurer as County tax $ 626 93
Paid Town Treasurer as tax. 10,616 01
" interest. 85 09
Uncollected taxes, to new account
800 95
Interest accrued to new account.
23 36
$12,152 34
ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1881.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1882.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PAID FOR TEACHING.
No. 1, Mary Howard, 12 weeks. $ 84 00
1, Susie M. Emerson, 11 weeks
143 00
1, Lottie E. Paine, 11 weeks 99 00
1, Nellie M. Perham, 34 weeks
261 00
1, Patience Breck, 23 weeks.
293 04
1, Cora F. Adams, 11 weeks.
77 00
$ 957 04
2, Hannah C. Hunt, 33 weeks.
264 00
264 00
3, Alice M. Mansfield, 20 weeks.
150 00
150 00
4, Helen E. Sherman, 12 weeks.
80 00
4, Mary Howard, 73 weeks.
57 00
4, Fannie A. Preston, 9 weeks.
58 50
195 50
5, Susie B. Hunt, 20 weeks.
100 00
100 00
6, Susie S. McFarlin, 22 weeks
170 5
6, Addie F. Bennett, 11 weeks.
88 00
258 50
7, Francena L. Davis, 30 weeks.
210 00
210 00
8, B. F. Harmon, 34 weeks.
765 00
8, S. Maria Taylor, 34 weeks.
272 00
8, Louie A. Allen, 22 weeks.
176 00
8, Laura G. Hoyt, 34 weeks.
272 00
8, Laura L. Butterfield, 12 weeks
72 00
1,557 00
9, Carrie E. Hutchins, 22 weeks
176 00
9, Agnes Naylor, 33 weeks.
231 00
9, Abbie L. Wheeler, 11 weeks
88 00
495 00
$4,187 04
PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
No. 1, Harry Parkhurst, 11 weeks.
$11 00
1, Henry L. Parkhurst, 23 weeks.
29 00
$40 00
2, Kate Driscoll, 33 weeks.
16 50
16 50
Amount carried forward
$56 50
2
10
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward.
$56 50
No. 3, Ernest A. Garland, 33 weeks (bill of 1880) .
$9 00
3, Ernest A. Garland, 17 weeks.
6 00
3, Celia Battles, 10 weeks.
2 50
3, Willie L. Smith, 6 weeks
3 00
20 50
5, Thomas Hunt, 10 weeks.
2 00
2 00
6, Hattie Butters, 11 weeks.
4 00
6, T. S. Edmands, 11 weeks
5 50
9 50
7, Nellie G. Spalding. .
2 00
7, Fred. L. Fletcher, 12 weeks.
6 00
7, Annie D. Locke, 18 weeks.
00
17 00
8, Herman W. Flint, 34 weeks.
68 00
68 00
9, Harry Coburn, 11 weeks.
5 50
9, Rose Corrigan, 11 weeks.
5 50
9, Frank Culley, 11 weeks.
8 25
19 25
$192 75
PAID FOR FUEL.
No. 1, Amos B. Adams, 221 feet oak wood ... $87 62
1, W. Redmond, 7} feet pine wood.
4 26
1, Henry S. Perham, 8 feet prepared pine wood.
4 75
1, Harry Parkhurst, kindlings.
20
1, Chas. H. C. Hall, preparing wood .. ..
12 00
1, Henry S. Perham, preparing wood ....
94
109 77
2, Edward F. Richardson, 24 feet oak wood
18 00
2, C. O'Leary, 8 feet pine wood ..
5 00
2, Thomas Shehan, preparing wood.
4 00
27 00
3, William Vose, 24 feet oak wood. ..
17 45
3, B. O. Robbins, 8 feet prepared wood ... 3, J. Q. Battles, 4 feet prepared wood ...
2 25
3, Arthur Battles, preparing wood . ...
3 00
26 70
4, Chas. Sweetser, 20 ft. prepared oak wood 66 4 ft. prepared pine wood,
2 50
20 00
5, Edwin E. Dutton, 18 ft. prepared pine wood ..
11 00
11 00
6, R. W. Dix, 20 ft. prepared oak wood ..
18 75
6, " 16 ft. prepared pine wood ..
10 00
28 75
7, Frank J. Spaulding, 16 feet prepared oak wood.
10 00
7, Frank J. Spaulding, 4 feet prepared pine wood.
2 00
7, Joseph A. Locke, preparing wood. . .
1 88
13 88
8, Sam'l T. Wright, 378 ft. oak wood ....
20 81
8, 66 48 ft. pine wood , ...
24 00
1
4 00
17 50
4,
Amounts carried forward $44 81 $237 10
11
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amounts brought forward.
$44 81
$237 10
No. 8, Seth P. Sampson, 264 feet oak wood ..
20 06
8, 66 334 feet pine wood .. 16 62
8, 66 66 66 surveying .
40
8, Herman W. Flint, preparing wood ....
13 60
95 49
9, Wm. C. Edwards, 32 feet oak wood ... 9, “ 20 feet pine wood. . 9, Joseph P. Winn, preparing wood .....
4 88
36 88
$369 47
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
C. C. Torrey, Superintendent.
$150 00
Chas. W. Flint, horse hire to attend school committee meetings
2 50
Henry L. Perham, postage and stationery.
1 00
Marden & Rowell, printing cards.
3 00
$156 50
No. 1, John Boyd, repairing clock
1 00
1, H. S. Perham, cleaning.
6 87
1, A. G. Whitcomb, 10 school desks.
34 00
1, Freight
92
1, Green & Hagerman, alteration in school room
6 15
48 94
3, John Q. Battles, repairs
2 00
2 00
6, R. Wilson Dix, repairing black board,
4 75
4 75
7, Joseph A. Locke, cleaning.
2 50
2 50
8, C. W. Flint, repairs
3 00
8, Silver & Gay, repairs.
1 54
8, H. B. & H. M. Bacon
75
5 29
General supplies. . 36 Berard's Histories.
59 38
59 38
1, Chambers' Encyclopedia
12 00
1, Erasers.
5 25
1, Desk books
11 88
1, Crayons
60
1, Clock.
. 50
1, Ink .
.00
1, French & Puffer, 4 waste baskets.
2 00
34 23
2, Supplies
1 30
1 30
3,
4 45
4 45
4, Chart.
6 00
4, Supplies
1 75
4, Clock .
5 00
12 75
5, Supplies
1 10
1 10
6,
2 70
6, Chart.
6 00
6, Desk books
1 65
10 35
7, Supplies
51
51
Amount carried forward
$365 65
21 60
21 60
22 00
10 00
12
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
$365 65
No. 8, Supplies
$11 28
8, Desk books
3 28
8, E. Shaw & Son
: 56
17 12
9, Desk books.
2 77
9, J. N. Perry
10 58
13 35
$396 12
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
PAID FOR EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Worcester Asylum for the Chronic Insane, in aid of Daniel Gilligan .
$171 66
$171 66
Northampton Insane Asylum, in aid of Michael McKeon
188 33
188 33
City of Lowell, in aid of Elizabeth Donahoe,
59 50
City of Lowell, in aid of Terence McEneany,
27 00
City of Lowell, in aid of Thomas Lawler .....
22 50
109 00
City of Fitchburg, in aid of Edward Clancy ..
56 00
56 00
City of Boston, in aid of Wm. W. Clapp and family
44 25
44 25
S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Alvah Hodgman,
6 94
S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of Geo. E. Hall.
4 00
10 94
Chas. W. Flint, in aid of Otis Bills and family on account of town of Tyngsboro' . Chas. W. Flint, in aid of Catherine Griffin ...
56 31
2 50
Chas. W. Flint, time and expense to Fitchburg in Clancy case
4 00
62 81
Eliza H. Harlow, in aid of Katie Campbell. ..
32 75
32 75
E. H. Marshall, in aid of Miss Sally Russell. .
176 57
176 57
Samuel Putney, in aid of Willie McLaughlin,
34 98
34 98
Nathl. Duncan, in aid of Thomas Lawler ...
108 00
108 00
E. H. Shaw & Son, in aid of Thomas Lawler,
70
70
T. M. Gerrish, in aid of Henry Stearns, on ac- count of town of Billerica.
10 00
10 00
Wm. McClure, entertaining tramps.
8 25
8 25
$1,014 24
PAID FOR EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Sam'l T. Spaulding, salary as Superintendent,
$ 33 33
N. C. Bean, salary as Superintendent.
291 70
325 03
David Perham, grain.
234 18
N. C. Bean, hay.
8 85
243 03
S. W. Parkhurst, groceries.
104 02
D. W. Bickford & Son, groceries
380 73
Chas. H. Deming, groceries
. 40
Nichols & Fletcher, groceries.
15 25
501 40
Amount carried forward
$1,069 46
Amount brought forward.
13
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward.
$1,069 46
P. M. Jefferson, soap.
$ 6 50
6 50
J. W. Perham, provisions.
14 98
L. J. Mansfield, provisions (bill of 1880)
3 12
F. M. McGregor, provisions
116 73
F. C. Byam, provisions
3 50
Hall & Perham, provisions
21 04
A. W. Parker, provisions
21 34
Wilson & Tuck, provisions.
: 73
Jewett & Swift ..
12 12
Potatoes.
1 50
198 06
George E. Clogstone, tinware.
1 83
1 83
Sam'I T. Spaulding, sundries
4 18
Sundries.
46 93
51 11
J. A. Baker, fish
30 44
30 44
D. Swan, 1 pr. boots.
3 50
N. M. Wright, boots and shoes
3 00
6 50
David Perham, ice.
14 38
14 38
66
66 sawing pine boards.
1 76
1 76
A. W. Parker, 1 horse.
125 00
E. P. Bean, 7 swine.
30 00
F. E. Morse, 2 swine.
21 00
L. J. Mansfield, 1 cow
34 00
One pig.
8 25
218 25
Henry A. Fielding, 1 horse rake
60
66
hardware.
5 25
T. Costello & Co., hardware. G. H. Holt, repairs of pumps.
1 75
35 00
J. Q. Battles, repairs . .
2 85
Sawyer & Taylor, repairs harness.
3 15
Repairing clock.
1 25
11 75
George P. Mansfield, lumber
5 02
B. M. Hildreth, lumber.
4 80
Whitney & Tibbetts, lumber
4 28
14 10
G. B. Kimball, 2 bbls. apples.
4 00
14 20
Twenty gallons vinegar.
3 00
00
Scraps.
9 25
9 25
Bedding.
5 00
5 00
Putnam & Son, clothing.
5 50
Hocum Hosford, dry goods
2 45
B. Hodgman, 1 shade hat.
25
8 20
Sherman & Manning, furniture
9 80
Fiske & Spalding, 8 yds. holland.
1 76
11 56
F. G. Pratt, room paper.
1 80
1 80
A. H. Sheldon, taxes
36 61
36 61
Levi Howard, medical attendance.
13 00
13 00
H. A. Fielding, seeds.
1 03
1 03
Amount carried forward
$1,748 59
28 00
4 50
Four barrels apples
10 20
14
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward. $1,748 59
Benj. S. Adams, blacksmithing.
$13 90
13 90
Emily Gregg, labor.
33 00
Reuhama Cleaves, labor
11 14
John Farwell, labor
2 00
Edward Stearns, labor
11 69
Mary Thompson, labor
31 00
Kate Aspin, labor.
1 35
S. Crosby, labor.
6 00
Gilbert F. Wright, labor
5 60
F. C. Bean, labor
50 00
Plowing.
7 00
Jas. P. Emerson, mowing
6 00
F. A. Marshall, mowing.
13 00
B. M. Hildreth, chopping
5 00
Frank Morse, butchering.
5 00
197 78
John N. Park, services and expenses as over- seer
15 25
Geo. A. Byam, services and expenses as over- seer
17 63
Chas. W. Flint, services and expenses as over- seer
21 10
R. Wilson Dix, services and expenses as over- seer
3 00
John N. Perry, services and expenses as over- seer
13 45
70 43
Expenses at the Almshouse
$2,044 90
Expenses outside the Almshouse
1,014 24
$3,059 14 .
Less Highway board bill.
450 00
14,458 lbs. hay for highway
144 58 594 58
$2,464 56
Received and paid to Treasurer, as proceeds of town farm, $528.22.
Inmates of almshouse -males, 4; females, 4.
Tramps, 55.
JOHN N. PARK,
CHARLES W. FLINT, GEORGE A. BYAM, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX,
Overseers of the Poor.
15
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, MARCH 1, 1882.
1 horse.
$135 00
5 cows
220 00
2 calves
3 50
32 fowls.
19 20
8 shoats ..
96 00
5 tons English hay
100 00
2 tons stock hay
24 00
1 farm wagon.
30 00
1 one-horse cart
30 00
1 horse rake ..
28 00
1 covered wagon.
40 00
1 horse sled .
200
1 pung sleigh.
9 00
1 heavy harness
17 00
1 cart harness.
6 00
Lot lumber.
4 00
20 cords wood.
80 00
Farm implements
67 05
Provisions and supplies
187 49
Household furniture and bedding
336 65
$1,434 89
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
E. H. SHAW,
Committee.
HIGHWAYS.
Paid David Perham, for grain
$257 46
Shaw & Son, for grain .. 66
21 34
278 80
2,852 lbs. hay
25 70
N. C. Bean, 1,620 lbs. hay .
12 96
66
66 1,910
19 20
66 1,460 " 66
10 42
Sam'l Wood, 1,700 lbs. hay
20 07
88 35
J. B. Emerson, 1,045 lbs. straw
7 83
7 83
E. Shaw & Son, sundries
2 08
2 08
Rufus Hildreth, 42 lbs. drills
6 00
6 00
Nichols & Fletcher, powder fuse and feed basket.
5 80
5 80
S. W. Parkhurst, sundries.
48
3 48
Jesse L. Robinson, covering stone
50
50
Dawson Pollard, material and labor rail- ing highway.
23 39
Amounts carried forward $23 39
$392 84
16
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amounts brought forward
$ 23 39
$392 84
Paid Dawson Pollard, making and setting watering trough .
17 00
40 39
Seth P. Sampson, railing highway and bridge ..
101 56
Geo. E. Smith, painting railing and stock,.
20 06
121 62
Henry A. Fielding, shovels, picks, etc .. ..
20 00
20 00
Chas. H. Sheldon, wood-work jigger .. . .
25 00
Benj. S. Adams, iron-work jigger .
35 00
60 00
Chas. H. Sheldon, repairing carts
1 60
1 60
Harrison Hall, hand-spliced reins.
1 25
. 25
R. Wilson Dix, striking hammer and use of stone jigger.
2 10
2 10
Wallace Josselyn, painting sign boards. .
2 00
2 00
Michael McNulty, gravel.
3 00
F. P. & E. F. Parker, gravel.
4 00
E. F. Richardson, gravel.
6 25
13 25
E. H. Marshall, blacksmithing
6 25
C. W. Bisbee,
7 77
Benj. S. Adams,
54 86
Durant & Son,
9 50
78 38
Samuel Blood, breaking
roads.
3 45
George Spalding,
66
2 85
Frank J. Spalding,
66
66
1 20
Jos. P. Winn,
66
66
11 50
E. E. Dutton,
66
66
1 60
Henry P. Davis,
66
3 63
N. E. Parker,
66
75
C. T. Wright,
66
66
16 60
Warren Berry,
66
2 00
Robert Fletcher,
66
66
12
George B. Smith,
66
12 97
E. F. Richardson,
66
66
10 00
Henry Hodson,
66
66
3 00
Charles W. Flint,
66
66
10 92
F. A. Marshall,
3 00
J. B. Emerson,
66
10 35
George F. Locke,
66
66
3 75
R. Wilson Dix,
66
17 15
Shaw & Son,
66
23 57
Henry B. Hunt,
66
16 42
Geo. A. Byam,
66
12 00
Benjamin O. Robbins,
27 22
Green & Hagerman,
66
2 60
George P. Mansfield,
66
12 25
Thomas Regan,
66
1 20
William Z. Dupee,
66
66
29 05
Arthur Scoboria,
66
3 30
Amounts carried forward.
$266 45
$733 43
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17
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amounts brought forward.
$266 45
$733 43
Paid Frank Donegan, breaking roads.
2 00
James W. Martin,
1 20
William Redmond, 66
7 20
Benjamin M. Hildreth, “
66
4 00
F. B. & E. F. Parker, 66
66
1 00
John Sullivan,
66
7 50
Thomas McDonald, 66
5 00
Charles Ohlson,
66
66
3 00
Owen Lowney,
66
6 00
James McFarlin,
66
66
: 75
James Doherty,
66
66
75
A. L. Hildreth,
66
: 00
Robert Lord,
60
66
50
Michael Driscoll,
66
66
: 10
Center C. Dunn,
66
66
: 90
George Dunn,
66
66
3 45
Thomas Sheehan,
66
66
2 25
James H. Hazen,
66
34 20
Daniel A. Reardon,
66
66
2 40
J. C. Sheehan,
66
66
. .
..
. .
$371 46
Highway pay-roll, including five hun- dred and forty-one dollars and sixty-two cents ($541.62) salary of Highway Sur- veyor.
March, 237} days
$211 17
April, 169} days
150 10
May, 168 days.
145 04
June, 1722 days
160 05
July, 158} days
142 62
August, 175 days
159 57
September, 1542 days
143 17
October, 156 days.
137 75
November, 149 days
131 45
December, 1852 days.
174 64
January, 1312 days.
105 75
February, 1223.
96 60
1,757 91
J. A. Toye, labor bill of 1880.
2 85
2 85
Henry Carkin, board of highway-men 215 weeks at $3.50
76 00
76 00
Carried to account of poor, for board 150 weeks at, $3.50 ..
$2,941 65
450 00
Carried to account of poor, for 14,458 lbs. hay
144 58
594 58
$3,536 23
.
4 93
Charles Stuart,
66
. 13
A. T. Stuart,
75
Solomon Spaulding
66
5 00
3
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS, March 1, 1882.
4 horses
$300 00
2 pr. double harnesses.
100 00
1 cart
75 00
1 cart
75 00
1 cart
30 00
1 jigger.
60
1 Kimball road scraper.
190 00
1 large plow.
7 00
2 two-horse sleds.
25 00
1 scraper
8 00
1 scraper
4 00
1 scoop scraper.
3 00
5 stone hammers
5 00
3 eveners .
3 00
6 drills
4 00
13 shovels
8 50
5 picks.
6 25
Powder, fuse, and can
1 00
4 blankets
2 00
1 rocker
2 00
4 halters.
1 00
2 axes.
1 00
2 steel rakes.
1 00
4 feed buckets
1 00
1 bog hoe.
1 50
1 bush hook.
1 00
3 chains.
5 00
1 drag.
2 50
4 wrenches
. 00
Horse brushes and combs
1 25
Yoke and pole straps
1 75
$926 75
J. P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
E. H. SHAW,
Committee.
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid Henry S. Perham
$ 1 15
$ 1 15
Wm. C. Edwards, building porch and re- pairs in school-house No. 8.
54 50
N. J. Duncan, repairs.
4 00
Geo. H. Smith.
1 62
60 12
Chas. E. Parkhurst
2 00
200
Amount carried forward $63 27
19
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward.
$63 27
Paid Frederick Taylor, hardware.
$ 2 34
2 34
Dawson Pollard .. .
75
75
H. H. Wilder, repair furnace, town hall, F. C. Pratt. .
5 00
5 00
2 25
2 25
E. E. Dutton.
50
50
Chas. W. Flint, repairing safe, and setting stove in selectmens room.
3 75
3 75
N. J. Wier, stove and funnel
37 00
37 00
$114 86
FOR HORSE SHEDS, CENTRE VILLAGE.
Paid Green & Hagerman, materials and labor, $480 00 Chas. W. Flint, services as committee on horse sheds. 2 00
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as committee on horse sheds .. 2 50
E. K. Parkhurst, services as committee on horse sheds
3 00
D. C. Perham, services as committee on horse sheds.
3 00
$490 50
INSURANCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Traders & Mechanics, Germania $87 00
66 66 Phoenix. 87 00
Osgood & Perry, Springfield Fire and Marine, 90 00 $264 00
G. F. DYAR.
Paid G. F. Dyår, services as Secretary of School Committee, bill 1876. . $25 00 $25 00
ENLARGEMENT CEMETERY, WEST CHELMSFORD.
Paid Wm. Agnew, 2 acres of land. $150 00 $150 00
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, Acts of 1879. $650 00
66
66 66 252, 66
66 336 00 $986 00
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
A. H. Sheldon, abatement on list of 1879 $ 32 66
A. H. Sheldon, abatement interest 1879. 3 54
A. H. Sheldon, abatement on list of 1880. 137 33
A. H. Sheldon, abatement on list of 1881 . 46 86
A. H. Sheldon, collecting tax of 1879 1 80
A. H. Sheldon, collecting tax of 1880 18 49
A. H. Sheldon, collecting tax of 1881 192 57 $433 25
20
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid Henry S. Perham, services as com- mittee, on horse stalls. $ 1 00
Henry S. Perham, services as committee on old town hall.
5 00
$ 6 00
C. L. Fuller, services as constable, bill of 1880.
15 00
E. Swain, services assisting C. L. Fuller, 1880
8 00
23 00
C. L. Fuller, services as constable
4 00
J. A. Bartlett, services as constable .
10 50
14 50
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as town clerk, E. H. Warren, services as town treasurer, J. P. Emerson, D. P. Byam, and E. H. Shaw, services as appraisers.
60 00
60 00
8 00
8 00
Geo. A. Byam, services as selectman ....
85 50
Geo. A. Byam, expenses as selectman ...
15 00
100 50
Chas. W. Flint, services as selectman ...
42 50
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as selectman. ..
20 40
62 90
John N. Park, services as selectman .....
36 00
John N. Park, expenses as selectman ....
7 50
43 50
John N. Perry, services as selectman. . . .
28 50
John N. Perry, expenses as selectman. . .
11 25
39 75
R. Wilson Dix, services as selectman ....
52 50
53 50
Chas. W. Flint, services as assessor .....
87 00
Chas. W. Flint, expenses as assessor ...
19 60
106 60
Geo. A. Byam, services as assessor
36 00
Geo. A. Byam, expenses as assessor.
4 50
40 50
John N. Park, services as assessor
.9 75
John N. Park, expenses as assessor.
1 00
10 75
R. Wilson Dix, services as assessor
37 50
37 50
John N. Perry, services as assessor.
13 50
John N. Perry, expenses as assessor.
2 25
15 75
Stationery
1 10
1 10
Ziba Gay, services as auditor.
3 00
E. F. Richardson, services as auditor
3 00
J. A. Bartlett, services as anditor
2 00
8 00
$669 85
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Henry S. Perham, care of Town Hall, Chelms- ford Centre.
$ 5 85
Huse, Goodwin & Co., 600 copies town reports, 32 13
H. C. Church & Son, blank and invoice books and stationery ..
6 70
Amount carried forward $44 68
38 00
38 00
R. Wilson Dix, expenses as selectman ...
1 00
21
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Amount brought forward $44 68
H. C. Church & Son, 2 collector's books. . ...
4 50
Marden & Rowell, 500 copies school reports. .
33 00
Marden & Rowell, notices . ..
3 00
Sargent & Gay, paper, and printing headings. 2 25
A. H. Sheldon, labor in cemetery, N. Chelms- ford ..
6 75
A. H. Sheldon, services as supt. of burials ...
4 00
Dawson Pollard, care of cemetery and return- ing deaths.
3 75
Daniel P. Byam, care of cemetery and return- ing deaths
5 25
Timothy Adams, care of cemetery, Chelms- ford Centre.
19 87
A. J. Lamphere, care of new Town Hall.
12 43
S. W. Parkhurst, lamp chimneys for new Town Hall .
10 65
N. J. Duncan, care of Town Hall, N. Chelms- ford.
7 00
N. J. Duncan, lighting and warming hall for Cavalry Co. F.
17 50
Chas. J. Adams, board of Michael Ward at house of correction.
3 14
Melvin B. Smith, running line on poor farm wood lot.
6 00
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing ..
1 25
Costs in scire-facias, Whitney & Tibbetts against town of Chelmsford ..
15 00
Chas. Sweetser and others, damages for chop- ping and removing their wood by employès of the town.
36 00
Jas. P. Emerson, fuel and cutting.
9 00
J. J. Hoyt, use of two chandeliers in Town Hall in N. Chelmsford, from Nov. 1876 to Jan. 27,1881.
50 00
Chas. E. Parkhurst, labor and stock, repairing fence around common ..
45 75
F. G. Pratt, painting fence around common. . 50 00
Geo. A. Byam, stationery and postage ... .... 2 00 $392 77
22
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Appropria- tions, Re- ceipts.
Expendi- tures.
Excess.
Defic'ney.
Public Schools, appropriation
$ 4,500
School fund
198 41
Dog tax
235 58
Tuition from non-resi- dent pupils
6 75
Sale of School furni- ture
2 75
Teaching
4,187 04
Care of houses Fuel
369 47
194 23
School incidentals, appropriation
450
396 12
53 88
Support of Poor
2,000
2,464 56
149 47
Highway repairs, appropriation
3,500
Highway repairs, receipts
4
3,536 23
32 23
Repairs of public buildings, appro'on,
200
114 86
85 14
State aid, receipts .
595 50
650
54 50
Relief ind'g't soldiers and sailors, ap'n
128
336
208
800
669 85
130 15
Town officers and committees, appr'n, Collection and abatement of taxes, appropriation .
300
433 25
133 25
Miscellaneous expenses, appropriat'n, 66
receipts
110 50
392 77
32 27
Building horse sheds at Centre, ap'n, Insurance public buildings
500
264
236
W. Chelmsford cemetery
200
150
50
G. F. Dyar .
25
25
$15,120 52 $14,672 40
$908 37
$460 25 448 12
Balance
448 12
$15,120 52 $15,120 52
$908 37
$908 37
Appropriations
$13,225 00
Amount of orders
$14,672 40
Receipts .
1,895 52
Surplus
448 12
$15,120 52
$15,120 52
GEORGE A. BYAM, CHARLES W. FLINT, J. N. PARK, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX.
Selectmen.
66
rec'pts
250
500
490 50
9 50
Support of Poor, receipts
614 03
192 75
AUDITORS' REPORT.
We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year ending February 28, 1882, and find it correct, and that there is a balance, belonging to the town, of $2,804.61 actually in his hands.
We have also examined the vouchers in the hands of the Select- men, and find them to cover orders drawn on the Treasurer, in the same year, amounting to $14,672.40, of which those amounting to $113 are outstanding.
We report -
Cash in the treasury
$2,804 61
Tax of 1880, uncollected.
$ 38 57
Interest on tax, due.
2 08
Tax of 1881, uncollected .
800 95
Interest on tax, due
23 36
864 96
Books, reported by book agent
242 52
Due from the State -
State aid to January, 1882
639 00
State aid for January and February
109 00
Relief to January, 1882.
172 00
Relief for January and February
28 00
Armory rent :
75 00
1,023 00
$4,935 09
Selectmen's orders outstanding
$113 00
Kimball fund.
100 00
Interest on fund unexpended
12 87
Estimated liabilities.
200 00
Estimated abatements
50 00
475 87
Balance
$4,459 22
ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON, J. ADAMS BARTLETT, Auditing Committee.
CHELMSFORD, March 6, 1882.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To either of the Constables in 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 North Chelmsford, on Monday, the twentieth 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 ensu- ing year, and payable therefrom.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors for the current year.
ART. 10. At the request of Eben H. Marshall, to see if the town will vote , to reimburse him for the extra expense incurred by him in support of Sally Russell, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 11. At the request of E. H. Warren and others, to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to be expended in necessary improvements in the cemetery at the centre of the town.
ART. 12. At the request of John N. Perry and others, to see if the town will vote to discontinue all the Jolin Farrar Road, so called, west of a bound on said highway, at the east side of land of John Dunn.
25
WARRANT.
ART. 13. At the request of Henry S. Perham and others, to see if the town will vote to appropriate money, to provide for the conveyauc e of pupils to the schools, as provided by the statutes.
ART. 14. At the request of Henry S. Perham and others, to see if the town will vote to appropriate money for a memorial tablet, to be placed in the vestibule of the town hall at the centre of the town, in memory of the Chelmsford soldiers, who lost their lives in the late war, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 15. At the request of N. B. Edwards and thirty-five others, to see if the town will instruct the Selectmen, to use all proper means to enforce the laws in relation to the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors, and act in relation thereto.
ART. 16. To sce if the town will vote to accept the extension of the town- way, called Warren Avenue, situate in Chelmsford Centre, as laid out by the Selectmen, 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 doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
GEORGE A. BYAM, CHARLES W. FLINT, JOHN N. PARK, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX, 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. ADAMS BARTLETT,
Constable of Chelmsford.
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