Town annual report of Chelmsford 1884, Part 1

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Part 1


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,


FOR THE


Financial Year, ending March 1, 1884.


LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: HUSE, GOODWIN & CO., 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1884.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,


FOR THE


Financial Year, ending March 1, 1884.


LOWELL, MASS. : VOX POPULI PRESS: HUSE, GOODWIN & CO., 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1884.


REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK


For the Year Ending Feb. 29, 1884.


Births recorded -Males, 17; Females, 17. Total


34


Births of native parentage


18


Births of foreign parentage.


10


Births of native and foreign parentage.


6


Marriages recorded .


12


Marriages between natives.


11


Marriages between natives and foreigners.


1


Deaths recorded - Males, 21; Females, 21. Total


42


Number under 5 years of age.


11


Between 5 and 10


1


10


20


2


66


30


40


1


66


50


66


3


60


70


5


66


70


80


7


66


80


90


5


66


90


100


2


Report on Dog Licenses.


MIDDLESEX SS., Dec. 3, 1883.


George A. Parkhurst, Esq., Clerk of the Town of Chelmsford, has paid into the treasury of said Middlesex County, two hundred and fifty dollars and twenty cents ($250.20) for dog licenses, for the year 1883, as per his account of 30th ult.


AMOS STONE,


County Treasurer.


Number of dogs licensed


129


Males


123


Females


6


Amount received for licenses


$276 00


Amount of fees-20 cents per license . 25 80


Paid to the County Treasurer, as per above receipt. . . .


250 20


97 per cent. refunded.


242 69


GEORGE A. PARKHURST,


Town Clerk.


20


30


3


2


40


50 60


-


.


REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER


For the Year ending Feb. 29, 1884.


Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in treasury, as found at last annual settlement. $1,876 11


Cash received of -


State Treasurer, State Aid for 1882. 560 50


State Treasurer, as Corporation tax for 1883 1,234 02


State Treasurer, as National Bank tax for 1883 1,456 81


State Treasurer, as relief to indigent soldiers and sailors, 173 50


State Treasurer, as armory rent for 1882. 75 00


State Treasurer, as income Massachusetts school fund .. 198 16


State Treasurer, on account of State ; paupers.


35 00


County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1883. .


242 69


City of Boston, for support of Willie McLaughlin .....


86 48


City of Lowell, on account of tuition of non-resident pupils


11 55


Henry M. Bosworth, on account of tuition of non-resi- dent pupils 12 25


Henry M. Bosworth, on account of fuel used for writing school 2 50


Timothy Adams, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at Centre.


31 00


N. B. Edwards, on account of sale of cemetery lots at North Chelmsford . 17 00 Daniel P. Byam, on account of sale of cemetery lots at South Chelmsford. 8 00


N. J. Duncan, on account of use of Town Hall at North Chelmsford


15 00


A. J. Lamphere, on account of use of Town Hall at Centre . .


3 00


C. W. Flint, as reimbursement for aid rendered Edward F. Carkin, in 1882. 16 86


R. Wilson Dix, as reimbursement for aid rendered Michael McNulty 3 00


Amount carried forward. $6,058 43


4


REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.


Amount brought forward. $6,058 43


Town of Billerica, on account of aid rendered family of Henry Stearns .. 41 50


H. S. Perham, on account of sale of horse. 15 00


Selectmen, on account of sale of old hearses. 30 00


R. Wilson Dix, on account of use of town team.


34 00


Overseers of Poor, on account of proceeds of town


farm. 626 61


A. H. Sheldon, tax of 1881, in full. 110 77


A. H. Sheldon, interest on same


12 83


A. H. Sheldon, on account of taxes for 1882.


389 43


A. H. Sheldon, on account of interest on same. 19 41


George F. Snow, on account of taxes for 1883 10,993 68


George F. Snow, on account of interest on same. 76 38


Hired for use of town, as temporary loan. 3,000 00


Making a total of. $21,408 04


And is credited as follows :


By cash paid -


State tax for 1883


$ 1,455 00


Outstanding orders of 1882, in full 39 83


On account of orders drawn by Selectmen, present year, 15,889 41


J. R. Parkhurst, care of Kimball lot, in Centre ceme- tery


3 00


On account of temporary loan.


3,000 00


On account of interest on same. 46 25


Balance in treasury as found on settlement.


974 55


$21,408 04


E. H. WARREN,


Treasurer.


CHELMSFORD, March 7, 1884.


REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS


For the Year Ending Feb. 29, 1884.


VALUATION, MAY 1, 1883.


Real estate (resident) .


$1,036,675 00


(non-resident) 198,920 00


$1,235,595 00


Personal estate (resident).


$324,325 00


66


(non-resident) 3,050 00


327,375 00


Total valuation


$1,562,970 00


Number of polls


643


66 horses


422


66


coWS. 817


36


66


66 acres of land taxed,


14,132


"


dwellings owned by residents. . 491


66


" dwellings owned by


non-residents . . 44


TAXES.


Rate on $1,000, $7.00. Polls, $2.00 each. State tax.


$1,455 00


County tax.


783 66


Appropriation for public schools.


school incidental ex-


penses .


550 00


school apparatus. ...


100 00


66 support of the poor ..


2,000 00


66


66 highways .


3,500 00


repairs of public build- ings 200 00


Amounts carried forward. $11,350 00


$2,238 66


$2,238 66


$5,000 00


sheep


6


REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.


Amounts brought forward $11,350 00 $2,238 66 Appropriation for indigent soldiers and sailors 200 00


66


town officers and com- mittees " collection and abate-


700 00


ment of taxes ...


400 00


" miscellaneous expen- ses


300 00


66 " improvements in cem- etery at North Chelmsford . .


300 00


66


" hearse at S. Chelms- ford 425 00


13,675 00


$15,913 66


Overlayings


34 13


$15,947 79


Less estimated receipts


3,000 00


$12,947 79


Less appropriations from treasury


725 00


· Total tax committed


$12,222 79


Tax on 641 polls


$ 1,282 00


Tax on property


10,940 79


4


$12,222 79


MISCELLANEOUS.


Average rate of tax on $1,000 in the State, $14.98.


1863.


1883.


Total valuation of the State, as assessed . .


$533,560,716 00 $1,226,111,297 00


number of Polls in the State, as assessed ....


275,758


498,828


number of Horses.


89,228


149,289


number of Cows.


158,905


169,879


number of Sheep ..


150,922


62,780


number of Dwellings. ...


183,528


291,991


CHAS. W. FLINT, GEO. A. BYAM, JOHN N. PERRY,


R. WILSON DIX,


JOHN Q. BATTLES,


Assessors.


1


COLLECTORS' REPORTS.


Collector's report for the year 1881.


1


Taxes on list of 1881, uncollected Feb. 28, 1883.


$110 77


Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1883


11 11


Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1883


1 72


$123 60


Cash paid Treasurer as tax ..


$110 77


66


" interest


12 83


$123 60


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1881.


Collector's report for the year 1882.


Taxes on list of 1882, uncollected Feb. 28, 1883.


$461 37


Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1883


13 99


Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1883.


12 55


$487 91


Cash paid Treasurer as tax.


$389 43


" interest


19 41


Uncollected tax to new account


71 94


interest to new account 7 13


$487 91


ARTHUR H. SHELDON, Collector, 1882.


8


COLLECTORS' REPORTS.


Collector's report for the year ending Feb. 29, 1884.


Tax list for 1883. $12,222 79


Additional taxes 10 00


Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1883 76 38


accrued since Oct. 1, 1883, on uncol- lected taxes 13 28


$12,322 45


Paid County Treasurer as County tax $ 783 66


Town Treasurer as tax.


10,993 68


66 66 " interest. 76 38


Uncollected taxes to new account.


45545


Interest accrued to new account.


13 28


$12,322 45


GEO. F. SNOW, Collector, 1883.


COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Arthur H. Sheldon, abatement 1881.


$ 6 21


1882


87 45


$ 93 66


66 66 66 collection 1881 and 1882,


$ 7 35


7 35


George F. Snow, collection 1883


187 20 . 187 20


66


abatement 1883


52 77


52 77


$340 98


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN


For the Year ending Feb. 29, 1884.


PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


PAID FOR TEACHING.


No. 1, Patience Breck, 35 weeks $479 00


1, Jennie L. Allen, 35 weeks


376 00


1, Nellie M. Perham, 35 weeks


280 00


$1,135 00


2, Carrie E. White, 23 weeks


184 00


2, Katie Sleeper, 12 weeks .


96 00


280 00


3, Alice M. Mansfield, 33 weeks


286 50


286 50


4, Mary E. Lovering, 10 weeks


70 00


4, Helen F. Morton, 22 weeks


154 00


224 00


5, Ira G. Metcalf, 10 weeks.


60 00


5, Grace Saunders, 10 weeks.


60 00


5, Bertha M. Leadbetter, 11 weeks


66 00


186 00


6, Susie S. McFarlin, 5} weeks


41 60


6, Annie M. Lee, 284 weeks.


230 40


272 00


7, Josie A. Parker, 31 weeks


246 00


246 00


8, Daniel Phillips, 35 weeks


787 50


8, Addie M. Taylor, 35 weeks.


280 00


8, Minnie A. Worden, 35 weeks


280 00


8, Laura G. Hoyt, 35 weeks.


280 00


1,627 50


9, Laura L. Butterfield, 35 weeks


280 00


9, Agnes Naylor, 35 weeks.


280 00


560 00


$4,817 00


PAID FOR CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.


No. 1, John H. Wilson


$13 75


1, Willie C. Ward


33 00


1, Lucy Shute. .


6 00


1, Mrs. Kelly .


3 80


1, Emma F. Adams.


2 00


$58 55


2, Eddie P. Fowle


17 50


17 50


Amount carried forward $76 05


10


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


Amount brought forward .


$76 05


No. 3, Lizzie Garland.


$ 5 25


3, E. A. Garland.


6 00


11 25


4, A. G. Green.


12 00


12 00


5, Charles H. Dutton


6 00


6 00


6, Mabel E. Brown.


8 50


6, Thomas T. French


6 00


14 50


7, Fred M. Hodson.


16 00


16 00


8, Louis M. Lanman


22 00


8, Henry T. Ripley


48 50


70 50


9, John Dunn.


25 00


25 00


$231 30


PAID FOR FUEL.


No. 1, William Redmond, 562 ft. oak wood,


$38 29


1, 14 ft. pine wood,


7 00


1, 66 surveying wood ..


35


1, C. H. C. Hall, preparing wood ..


9 60


1, James P. Emerson, Saft. pine wood ..


3 63


$ 58 87


2, Edward F. Richardson, 24 ft. oak wood


15 75


2, Edward F. Richardson, 8 ft. pine wood,


3 75


2, Thomas Sheehan, preparing wood ...


5 00


$24 50


3, John Q. Battles, 32 ft. prepared oak wood .


23 50


3, John Q. Battles, 4 ft. prepared maple wood


2 50


26 00


4, H. C. Green, 22 ft. mixed wood.


15 46


4, «‹ 66 preparing wood.


3 25


18 71


5, E. E. Dutton, 12 ft. hard wood


6 00


6 00


6, Henry Durant, 16 ft. hard wood.


12 00


6,


4 ft. pine wood.


2 25


6,


preparing wood.


3 00


6, R. W. Dix, 12 ft. prepared wood .


7 25


24 50


7, William C. Edwards, 24 ft. oak wood,


16 50


7,


8 ft. pine wood,


2 25


23 00


8, F. W. Blodgett, 106} ft. oak wood .. 8, surveying wood ....


25


8, Seth P. Sampson, 17 ft. oak wood,


12 75


8, 66 73} ft. pine wood,


36 62


8, R. Durant, preparing wood


15 98


8, L. M. Lanman, preparing wood ..


1'18


136 67


9, William C. Edwards, 56 ft. oak wood,


38 00


9, 66 4 ft. pine wood,


4 25


9, Joseph P. Winn, preparing wood ....


4 50


46 75


$365 00


7, B. Lawrence, preparing wood.


4 25


69 89


11


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.


J. H. Vincent, Superintendent.


$200 00


$200 00


Marden & Rowell, printing


1 50


Sargent & Gay, printing.


8 00


9 50


J. H. Vincent, books for poor children ..


29 00


29 00


J. H. Vincent, crayons, erasers, etc.


12. 25


12 25


J. H. Vincent, delivering supplies


4 75


4 75


No. 1, Desk supplies .


6 70


6 70


1, F. G. Pratt, repairs.


2 25


1, Horace Holt, repairs


8 25


1, J. P. Emerson, repairs


1 00


1, Kate Kelley, repairs.


70


12 20


1, S. W, Parkhurst, supplies,


15 46


15 46


2, Desk supplies.


7 64


7 64


2, Con Leary, repairs


: 00


3 00


3, Desk supplies.


3 35


3 35


3, T. M. Gerrish, supplies


70


3, S, W. Parkhurst, supplies.


75


1 45


3, N. E. Parker, repairs


2 35


3, Ellen Nickles, repairs .


4 23


3, T. B. Chapman, repairs


. 20


6 78


4, Desk supplies. .


: 10


4, S. W. Parkhurst, supplies


. 50


3 60


5, S. W. Parkhurst, supplies.


94


3 35


5, Jonathan Larcom, shingling.


25 65


25 65


6, Desk supplies.


2 95


6, J. H. Wyman, supplies


85


3 80


6, Orrin Pierce, repairs


2 50


5 50


6, J. F. Puffer & Son, furniture


18 10


18 10


7, Desk supplies. .


2 85


2 85


7, George F. Locke, repairs


00


3 00


8, Desk supplies.


15 45


8, E. Shaw, supplies


4 42


8, H. M. Bosworth, supplies


1 61


21 48


8, H. M. Bosworth, repairs


25


25


8, H. M. Bosworth, expenses meetings ·


attending


3 00


3 00


8, George H. Smith, repairs


15 00


8, George Spalding, repairs


25 70


40 70


9, Desk supplies .


12 68


12 68


9, William C. Edwards, repairs


1 55


9, Ann Farrell, repairs


3 00


9, G. F. Snow, repairs


15 99


9, J. N. Perry, repairs


25


25 79 '


$481 83


5, Desk supplies.


: 41


6, J. H. Wyman, repairs


3 00


12


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


SCHOOL APPARATUS.


No. 8, Prang Educational Co., one air pump and bell jars.


30 75


8, Daniel Phillips, six physiological charts 4 00


Hiram Houghton, one compound micro- scope 4 00


$38 75


SUPPORT OF THE POOR.


PAID FOR EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.


Worcester Lunatic Hospital, in aid of Samuel L. Blood ..


$171 21


Worcester Lunatic Hospital, in aid of Ephraim Buttrick.


21 01


$192 22


Worcester Asylum for Chronic Insane, in aid of Daniel Gilligan.


199 94


199 94


Northampton Lunatic Hospital, in aid of Michael McKeon .


177 20


177 20


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, in aid of Cathe- rine McMahon.


172 41


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, in aid of Jona- than Wright.


22 29


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, in aid of Laura E. Bailey


135 30


330 00


City of Lowell, in aid of Mrs. Damas La Duc, City of Lowell, in aid of Elizabeth Donahoe, City of Lowell, in aid of Patrick Ward. ...


16 00


124 00


City of Boston, aid of Asenath Clapp.


32 55


32 55


St. John's Hospital, in aid of Thomas Law- ler (bill 1882)


18 00


St. John's Hospital, in aid of Thomas Law- ler


105 43


123 43


115 48


115 48


118 60


118 60


20 00


20 00


R. W. Dix, in aid of Michael McNulty. ..


11 38


11 38


Dr. W. A. Hubbard, in aid of Stearns family,


41 50


41 50


Charles W. Flint, in aid of John Gaudette ..


24 75


24 75


Timothy Adams, burial Russell child


6 50


6 50


S. L. Webber, in aid of Darius Hall.


15 00


15 00


$1,542 55


Samuel Putney, in aid of Willie McLaughlin, F. E. Marshall, in aid of Mrs. Jas. McEnnis, Sarah L. Webber, in aid of Darius Hall. . . S. W. Parkhurst, in aid of George Hall ......


10 00


10 00


83 00


25 00


13


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.


Nathan C. Bean, Superintendent


$350 00


$350 00


David Perham, grain.


338 26


338 26


William Fletcher, 4,105 lbs. hay


24 73


John E. Stevens, 2,500 lbs. hay


25 00


N. C. Bean, 2005 lbs. hay


15 27


65 00


David Perham, ice.


14 82


14 82


S. W. Parkhurst, groceries.


344 92


D. W. Bickford, groceries.


74 74


419 66


F. L. Beedy, provisions.


102 84


F. G. McGregor, provisions


125 75


E Shaw & Son, provisions.


30 19


Geo. F. Foss & Co., provisions


35 30


William R. Fowle, provisions.


12 26


D. C. Perham, provisions.


18 38


H. F. Fletcher & Co., provisions


3 67


Nichols & Fletcher, provisions


1 30


C. M. Weeks, provisions


5 50


Geo. A. Coburn, provisions.


1 00


A. F. Wright, provisions.


3 50


S. W. Parkhurst, provisions


4 58


Henry Perham, provisions. .


4 20


348 57


Mrs. A. Driscoll, 6 bbls. apples


18 00


18 00


J. A. Baker, fish


25 61


Thomas Mahan, fish .


4 11


29 72


E. K. Parkhurst, 15,820 lbs. coal.


51 41


51 41


Lowell Bone Fertilizer Co., 1,207 lbs. fer- tilizer.


21 12


21 12


Sumner Crosby, labor


20 00


Francis A. Marshall, labor


19 13


Peter J. Brennan, labor


5 25


Lizzie A. Hanley, labor.


71 25


Abraham Newell, labor


25 00


Margaret Williams, labor


24 00


James King, labor


1 25


Frank A. Bean, labor


21 00


Frank St. Amore, labor


11 25


Jennie Leonard, labor


5 42


John Keats, labor


6 75


Alva Hodgman, labor


5 00


215 30


Adams & Wozencroft, blacksmithing


3 50


John Wozencroft, blacksmithing


9 50


W. H. Ward, blacksmithing.


3 15


16 15


H. A. Fielding, hardware and seeds.


7 58


7 58


Putnam & Son, clothing


2 90


L. H. Boardman, shoes.


1 60


H. Hosford & Co., dry goods


17 10


21 60


Amount carried forward


$1,917 19


14


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


Amount brought forward.


$1,917 19


J. F. Puffer & Son, furniture $14 43


Pindar & Mackie, crockery . 2 11


C. E. Stowell, champion cooker


7 00


23 54


Gilbert F. Wright, repairs 3 75


Benjamin Hildreth, repairs


7 35


Samuel Hagerman, repairs


1 62


Thomas Walkden, repairs.


1 35


George H. Holt, repairs


1 50


John Boyd, repairs


1 25


16 82


Hiscox File Co., grindstone


2 50


Geo. A. Parkhurst, dog tax.


2 00


Geo. F. Snow, taxes


39 41


Timothy Adams, coffin and services, burial of Wm. Smith 16 50


Peter J. Brennan, two cows.


55 00


F. A. Hazen, five pigs.


15 00


H. A. & S. A. Coburn, straw


5 00


Sawyer & Taylor, repairs harness, etc.


8 15


Fiske & Spalding, paints


6 06


N. C. Bean, sundries .


9 35


W. H. Packer, extracting teeth.


1 50


Singer Mfg: Co., repairing sewing machine. .


1 60


R. Parkhurst, tomato plants.


50


C. B. Coburn, Paris green.


90


Whitney & Tibbetts, shingles


3 50


E. Preston, essences.


1 73


J. W. Brooks, one coffin


4 00


J. B. Emerson, pasturing two cows.


5 60


42 89


R. Wilson Dix, services and expenses as overseer


11 00


George A. Byam, services and expenses as overseer


13 00


Charles W. Flint, services and expenses as overseer


23 00


John Q. Battles services and expenses as overseer


3 50


John N. Perry, expenses as overseer.


1 00


51 50


Expenses at the Almshouse


$2,187 35


Expenses outside Almshouse


1,542 55


$3,729 90


Less highway board bill.


486 50


Less 14,655 lbs. hay, for highway 146 55


633 05


$3,096 85


Amount carried forward.


$3,096 35


135 41


15


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


Amount brought forward.


$3,096 85


Received proceeds of -


Town farm.


626 61


State, for aid rendered State paupers.


35 00


City of Boston, aid rendered Willie


McLaughlin


86 48


Town of Billerica, for aid rendered Henry Stearns


41 50


R. Wilson Dix, for aid rendered Michael McNulty .


3 10


Reimbursement for aid rendered E. F. Car- kin, of Westford, in 1882 16 86


809 55


$2,287 30


Inmates at Almshouse -males, 2; females, 4.


R. WILSON DIX,


CHARLES W. FLINT,


GEORGE A. BYAM, JOHN N. PERRY, JOHN Q. BATTLES,


Overseers.


APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS- HOUSE, MARCH 1, 1884.


Household furniture and bedding


$355 32


Provisions and supplies


1 horse


135 00


6 cows


290 00


1 horse sled


6 00


1 farm wagon


33 00


1 market wagon


38 00


1 pung.


9 00


1 horse rake.


23 00


1 heavy harness


15 00


1 cart harness


7 00


1 cart.


28 00


19 fowls.


10 00


1 dog


5 00


5 shoates


55 00


4₺ tons English hay


90 00


2} tons stock hay


30 00


Farm implements


90 75


$1,520 80


J. P. EMERSON, E. H. SHAW,


Appraisers.


300 73


16


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


HIGHWAYS.


D. W. Bickford, grain $ 68 96


David Perham grain.


165 94


E. Shaw & Son, grain.


63 71


Loring Loker, 1,040 lbs. hay


5 20


William E. Livingston, 2,235 lbs. hay.


23 45


28 65


J. H. Hazen, 935 lbs. straw .


6 17


8 52


Estate of S. T. Wright, hay and straw


23 00


23 00


Adams & Wozencroft, blacksmithing.


38 91


John Wozencroft


30 26


Durant & Son


13 05


T. B. Chapman .


2 60


84 82


J. L. Noyes, exchange of horses.


600 00


600 00


Brabrook & Ebert, harness and repairs


25 15


H. F. Ebert, harness and repairs.


8 25


H. Hall, repairing harness.


6 25


39 65


Arthur E. Reed, repairing carts.


5 15


5 15


John S. Shedd, repairing plows, shovels.


6 37


6 37


John Farwell, repairing fence and windows,


2 50


2 50


Mellissa Taylor, board of men


67 28


Owen McGrath, board of men.


11 00


Henry McCabe, board of men.


43 50


121 78


H. B. Hunt, chestnut poles.


3 00


David Perham, chestnut plank.


34 77


66


lumber.


16 39


E. G. Parker, 1,674 feet lumber, pine.


25 11


79 91


E. E. Dutton, one guide post. ..


50


F. G. Pratt, repairing guide board


2 00


2 50


John H. Widden, drawing cinders


00


2 00


Geo. Mills, shoveling snow


60


60


E. F. Richardson, 655 loads gravel.


32 75


John Higgins, 145 loads gravel.


25


40 00


Charles Sweetser, gravel and labor


20 00


20 00


S. W. Parkhurst, sundries


9 06


9 06


H. A. Fielding, tools


8 75


8 75


John L. Marinel, labor.


5 00


Samuel Blood, labor


2 50


William McClure.


2 00


9 50


Highway pay-roll, including ninety-seven dollars and twenty-five cents paid D. W. Lane, and four hundred and fifty-eight


dollars paid Lyman S. Gale, highway sur- veyors ($555.25).


Highway pay-roll, March


134 41


April


137 46


Amounts carried forward.


$271 87 $1,391 37


66 248 lbs. straw .


2 35


298 61


sawdust and słabs.


64


17


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


Amounts brought forward.


$271 87 $1,391 37


Highway pay-roll, May


143 30


June


132 05


66


July


126 88


August


144 31


66


60


September


125 80


66


66


October


144 89


60


66


November


108 22


66


December


98 72


66


66


January


49 25


66


February


43 75


1,389 04


Carried to Account of Poor, for board, 139 weeks, at $3.50 per week.


486 50


Carried to Account of Poor, for 14,655 lbs. hay


146 55


633 05


$3,413 46


APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS, MARCH 1, 1884.


4 horses


$725 00


2 pairs double harnesses.


100 00


3 carts


170 00


6 shovels


5 00


6 picks.


50


5 horse blankets.


7 00


4 halters


6 00


Drill and hammers


15 00


Eveners and whiffletrees.


12 00


Axes and rakes


2 00


Bog hoe and rocker


: 50


Feed baskets and pails.


1 75


1 jigger.


50 00


1 Kimball road-scraper.


180 00


4 scrapers


15 00


1 plow.


7 00


2 two-horse sleds.


20 00


Yokes, straps, and reins.


7 50


Brushes, sponges, and wrenches


5 50


2 drags, 3 chains, 3 lanterns.


9 50


Iron bar and hammer


2 75


Sundries


9 50


$1,360 50


J. P. EMERSON, E. H. SHAW,


Appraisers.


1


$2,780 41


18


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.


Paid E. H. Warren, services as town treasurer, $50 00


10 00


$ 60 00


36 52


36 52


90 00


16 50


106 50


63 00


21 00


84 00


J. N. Perry, services as selectman


31 00


66 66 expenses as selectman . .


10 30


41 30


R. Wilson Dix, services as selectman ... expenses as selectman. . John Q. Battles, services as selectman .. . " expenses as selectman,


18 00


85 50


42 00


8 00


50 00


Charles W. Flint, services as assessor ..


93 00


66


expenses as assessor . .


16 00


66 making copy of valua- tion list, for use of Secretary of State, George A. Byam, services as assessor ... 66


20 00


129 00


expenses as assessor . . .


8 00


29 00


John N. Perry, services as assessor ...


expenses as assessor. . .


2 75


17 75


R. Wilson Dix, services as assessor ...


expenses as assessor. . .


5 50


28 00


John Q. Battles, services as assessor. . 66 expenses as assessor. .


1 50


7 50


E. H. Shaw, services as appraiser .. ... . James P. Emerson, services as appraiser, J. A. Bartlett, services as constable, bill 1882.


11 50


J. A. Bartlett, services as constable.


6 00


17 50


Timothy ' Adams, services as constable, bill 1882.


12 00


15 00


27 00


Timothy Adams, services as constable, Joel A. Adams, services as constable . .


6 50


6 50


3 00


3 25


6 25


5 0.0


5 00


3 00


E. F. Richardson, services as auditor


3 00


J. A. Bartlett, services as auditor


2 00


8 00


$751 32


15 00


22 50


6 00


3 00


3 00


6 00


George F. Snow, services as truant officer, J. H. Wyman, services as truant officer, J. H. Whidden, services as special police, Ziba Gay, services as auditor.


21 00


66 expenses as town treasurer, Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as town clerk, George A. Byam, services as selectman, 66 expenses as selectman, Charles W. Flint, services as selectman, 66 66 expenses as selectman,


67 50


19


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


D. W. Robbins, labor, stock, and teaming, re- pairing school-house No. 1. $176 14


Jonathan Larcom, labor and material, repair- ing school-house No. 1.


58 48


$234 62


C. B. Coburn & Co., glass.


3 45


3 45


D. W. Robbins, mason-work and stock, school-house No. 4


19 00


19 00


Patrick Doyle, repairing Town House, North Chelmsford .


9 00


9 00


N. J. Duncan, repairing Town House, North Chelmsford .


6 00


6 00


Seth P. Sampson, repairing hearse-house, North Chelmsford.


18 65


18 65


H. A. Lamphere, repairing Town Hall at the Centre. .


5 00


5 00


$295 72


STATE AID.


Paid under Chapter 301, statutes of 1879. . . $478 00


66 66 252, 66 66 66 291 00 $769 00


NORTH CHELMSFORD CEMETERY.


Arthur F. Woods, 21} days' labor


$32 25


Daniel W. Sleeper, 20 days' labor 30 00


Andrew S. Peterson, 292 days' labor 44 25


Charles H. Dutton, labor. .


5 50


Seth P. Sampson, labor, cement, and teaming, 29 88


Wm. C. Edwards, stock and labor on fence .. 50 00


Warren Chandler, 1} days, self and horses .


6 00


N. B. Edwards, cash paid and furnishings, labor, etc. 15 32


$213 20


HEARSE AT SOUTH CHELMSFORD.


Paid George L. Russell, for hearse. $400 00


Expenses . 4 25


$404 25


20


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.


Marden & Rowell, printing 500 school reports, 66 6 printing 2 00


$ 25 00


Huse, Goodwin & Co., printing 600 town reports.


35 70


1 25


Huse, Goodwin & Co., 400 license ballots .... 66 six collector's books ...


7 50


44 45


O. H. Perry & Co., insurance school-house No. 6, bill 1882


15 00


15 00


Little, Brown & Co., Massachusetts statutes and digest


27 85


27 85


Sargent & Gay, printing 125 warrants. 66 printing 730 billheads


3 00


6 75


Jonathan Larcom, extending desk


10 77


10 77


Nathaniel J. Duncan, warming and lighting hall for cavalry, from Dec. 1, 1882, to Dec. 1, 1883. .


25 00


25 00


H. A. Davis, State inspector, adjusting, seal- ing, and balancing weights and measures, Selectmen, perambulating town lines between Chelmsford, Tyngsboro', Westford, Car- lisle, and Lowell, and setting bound monu- ments


47 05


47 05


John Higgins, labor on well .


195 47


Benj. Chamberlain, labor on well


95 40


J. P. Emerson, labor on well.


6 50


R. Wilson Dix, labor on well


24 00


John Wozencroft, blacksmithing for well


8 45


John Higgins, use of horse.


22 50


David Perham, plank.


3 12


406 69


John L. LaMountain, field for cavalry drill. .


10 00


10 00


F. G. Pratt, coat-hooks and strips for select- men's room.


1 05


1 05


J. P. Emerson, use of team


5 00


5 00


N. B. Edwards, reporting 10 births


2 50


2 50


Daniel P. Byam, reporting 5 deaths .


1 25


66 labor on cemetery at South


Chelmsford .


5 00


6 25


Arthur H. Sheldon, reporting 8 deaths.


2 00


North Chelmsford .


6 00


8 00


Timothy Adams, superintending burials, bill 1882. .


15 00


Timothy Adams, superintending burials, 1883,


15 00


30 00


A. J. Lamphere, care of Town Hall, Centre,


10 12


10 12


$692 98



Atlas powder and exploders,


27 50


23 75


Geo. H. Holt, pump and labor.


9 50


9 50


3 75


27 00


4 days' work on cemetery,


21


REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.


AGGREGATE OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES.


ACCOUNTS.


Appropria- tions.


Expendi- tures.


Excess.


Defi- ciency.


Schools, appropriation .


$ 5,000 00


School fund


198 00


Dog tax .


242 69


Tuition from non-resident pupils


26 30


4,817 00


53 69


School incidentals, appropriation


550 00


481 83


68 17


School apparatus, appropriation


100 00


38 75


61 25


Support of poor, appropriation .


2,000 00


Support of poor, receipts .


809 45


3,096 75


287 30


Highway, appropriation


3,500 00


3,413 46


135 54


95 72


State aid, receipts .


560 50


478 00


82 50


Relief of indigent soldiers and sail- ors, appropriation .


200 00


Relief of indigent soldiers and sail- ors, receipts


173 50


291 00


82 50


Town officers and committees, ap- propriation . ·


700 00


751 32


51 32


Collection and abatement of taxes, appropriation


400 00


340 98


59 02


Miscellaneous expenses, appropr'n .


300 00


Miscellaneous expenses, receipts


179 00


692 98


213 98


North Chelmsford cemetery


300 00


213 20


86 80


South Chelmsford hearse .


425 00


404 25


20 75


Balance .


$15,913 44 $15,911 54


$650 22


1 90


$15,913 44 $15,913 44


$650 22


$650 22


Appropriations


$13,675 00


Amount of orders Surplus


$15,911 54


Receipts .


2,238 44


1 90


$15,913 44


$15,913 44


.


.


.


GEORGE A. BYAM, CHARLES W. FLINT, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX, JOHN Q. BATTLES,


Selectmen.


,


.


Highway, receipts


49 00


Repairs of public buildings, appr'n,


200 00


295 72


Teaching


Care of houses Fuel


231 30


365 00


$648 32


1 90


.


REPORT OF THE AUDITORS.


We have examined the account of the Treasurer for the year end- ing February 29, 1884, and find his receipts and payments properly entered and vouched, and that there is a balance of $974.55 cash 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 $15,911.54, of which $15,889.41 has been paid by the Treasurer, and $22.13 is outstanding.


We find -


Cash in the treasury


$


974 55


Tax of 1882, uncollected .


$ 71 94


Accrued interest on tax of 1882.


7 13


Tax of 1883, uncollected .


455 45


Accrued interest on tax of 1883.


13 28 547 80


Due from the State -


For State aid to January, 1884.


496 00


State aid, January and February


81 00


Relief to January, 1884.


147 50


Relief, January and February


24 00


Armory rent.


75 00


823.50


Due from City of Boston -


For aid to the poor. 26 02


Books on hand, as reported by book agent .. .


227 78


$2,599 65


Selectmen's orders, outstanding.


$ 22 13


Kimball fund.


100 00


Interest accrued on Kimball fund.


20 64


Estimated liabilities


200 00


Estimated abatements .


100 00


442 77


Balance assets over liabilities $2,156 88


ZIBA GAY, E. F. RICHARDSON, J. ADAMS BARTLETT.


Auditing Committee.


CHELMSFORD, March 7, 1884.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Chelmsford, in said County, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the Town Hall, at North Chelmsford, on Monday, the 17th day of March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :


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 required for the payments 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. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of one hundred dollars in trust from Jeremiah Clark, as trustee under the will of Amos H. Silver, the income to be expended in care of said Silver lot in North Chelmsford cemetery.


ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to accept as a gift from Mrs. T. J. Adams, and heirs of Benjamin Adams, the vacant triangular piece of land situate in North Chelmsford in front of the resi- dence of Mrs. T. J. Adams, and between the roads leading to Lowell and Chelmsford Centre. Said land to be surrounded by a suitable fence and used for a common only.


ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to pay J. R. Fletcher his bill for ser- vices and expenses as secretary of the school committee for the school year 1876-1877.


24


WARRANT.


ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to purchase a fire-proof safe for use of the town clerk.


ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate money for a book-case for use in selectmen's room at the centre of the town.


ART. 15. At the request of Ziba Gay, Geo. C. Moore, E. D. Bearse, E. H. Shaw, and others, to see if the town will appropriate money for enlarging and repairing the Town House in North Chelms- ford, or act in relation thereto.


ART. 16. At the request of E. H. Warren and others, to see if the town will appoint a committee to dispose of its right or interest in the old Town Hall at the centre of the town.


ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to accept a town-way as laid out by the selectmen, beginning at the highway near the house of John Byam, and running easterly about one hundred and ten rods to the highway which leads past the house of Solomon Parkhurst. The land for said road is given by the owners.


ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to accept a town-way as laid out by the selectmen, beginning at the highway leading from Chelms- ford Centre to Lowell, near the house occupied by John Hooper, and running easterly about thirty-five rods to the Billerica road, so called, near the house of Wm. F. Carter. Said road is graded and land given.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the Postoffices in the centre of the town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the School-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time appointed 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 sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-four.


GEO. A. BYAM, CHAS. W. FLINT, JOHN N. PERRY, R. WILSON DIX, JOHN Q. BATTLES,


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.


TIMOTHY ADAMS,


Constable of Chelmsford.





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