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ELEVENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1863.
LYNN : H. S. COX, PRINTER, - REPORTER OFFICE, NO. 22 EXCHANGE STREET. 1863.
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott :
The Auditing Committee, in discharge of their duty, have the honor to submit their eleventh annual report of the receipts and expenditures, and a schedule of the property belonging to the town.
The total amount of bills paid during the year was $20,653.43, including bills contracted by former town governments, to the amount as follows, viz. : -
Selectmen's department, $54 21
School department, 29 50
Poor department,
48 00
Total. $131 71
The Assessors' valuation of estates in the town, May 1. 1862, was as follows: - Real estate, $720,620.00 ; personal estate, $334,813.00. Number of polls, 355. Tax assessed, $6970.71 - including State tax, $2106.00 ; County tax, $1168.25.
The total amount of the town debt is as follows, viz. : -
Notes on demand, Nathaniel F. Burrill, (5 per ct.)_ $5,000 00'
Notes on demand, Elizabeth P. Proctor, 600 00
Notes on demand, John Stanley, 450 00
Notes on demand, Blaney & Phillips, 395 00
Notes on demand, John Proctor, - 400 00 1
Notes on demand, J. A. Knowlton,. 400 00
Notes on demand, P. Holden, (5 per ct.) 500 00
Notes on time, M. C. Pratt, 7,000 00
Notes on time, John I. Phillips, (52 per ct.)
400 00
Notes on time, Sally Phillips, (5₺ per ct.)-
350 00
Notes on time, John Stanley. 1,000 00
Notes on time, Lynn Savings Institution, 11,000 00
Notes on time, Daniel Roberts, Jr., 1,000 00
Bounty due City of Boston, for transfer of volunteers, 1,200 00
Outstanding orders, 815 82
Total,
$30,510 82
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The balance of taxes uncollected, in the hands of the Collectors, is as follows : -
William Fuller, 1857, $80 58
John W. Brooks, 1859-60-61, 439 52
Daniel H. Millett, 1862,
986 56
$1,506 66
Amount due from State aid, for the months of
January and February, 1862, $408 35
Amount due from March, 1862, to March, 1863, 4026 40
$4,434 75
$5,941 41
Total value of the public property of the town,
15,899 00
Cash in treasury,
715 70
$22,556 11
We find, in closing the accounts of the town for the past year, an unusual amount of indebtedness, caused by the extraordinary circumstances in which the country has been involved. The pat- riotism and loyalty of our citizens has cheerfully responded to the demands of the nation, and has thereby necessarily caused an in- crease in the debt of the town.
The war expenses for the past year have been $16,468.08. Such an amount would never have been called for under other circumstances. Of this amount, $4,026.40 will be reimbursed by the State. It will be seen, by a careful examination, that the regular expenses of the town were smaller, by some hundreds of dollars, than they have been for the past four years, and every department has been kept within the limit of its appropriation.
In conclusion, we would tender our sincere thanks to the Select- men and Treasurer for the cheerful and courteous manner in which they have responded to our calls for assistance and explanation. We also again bear testimony to the faithful and correct manner in which the accounts of the town have been kept during the past year.
SAMUEL O. INGALLS, JOSEPH BRACKETT, Auditing Committee. DANIEL P. STIMPSON,
Swampscott, March 7, 1863.
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$500 00
Received for rent of Town Hall,
95 00
Received of John L. Seger, license for dogs,
58 50
Received of Mark G. Proctor, for board of M. A. P. 16 00
$669 50
EXPENDITURES.
H. S. Cox, printing Auditing Committee's Report, 1861,.
$20 00
John L. Seger, services to Auditing Committee, 5 00
S. O. Ingalls, the same,. 5 00
Joseph Brackett, the same,
5 00
Benj. G. Ingalls, distributing reports, _.
2 50
Phillips & Gillis, professional services, Walcot case, __
16 71
Trustees State Lunatic Hospital, boarding Mrs. M. G. Proctor, 41 58
Thomas Hadley, expense of same to hospital,
8 00
J. B. Granger, land rent for pound,
10 00
Henry Kendrick, land rent for life-boat house,. R. A. Nichols, damage to carriage,.
7 00
W. W. Kellogg, printing,.
11 25
Thomas Herbert, tax-book for Assessors,
12 00
Mrs. A. B. Wheeler, boarding Mrs. C. Jones and child,
3 25
John Manning, labor,.
4 06
G. W. Phillips, labor,.
3 00
William Gurney, lodging, etc.,.
4 00
George Towns, expressage,
4 55
M. E. Porter, Janitor, Town Hall, 1 Samuel Kenninestan, the same,
12 50
Samuel Kenninestan, sawing and splitting wood,
62
P. Holden, oil, etc., for Town Hall,
14 60
Towns & Mott, oil, etc., for Town Hall,.
9 08
Thing & Rowe, fuel,
8 62
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$228 82
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$228 82
George W. Stone, glazing, 50
Waldo Thompson, professional services 3 87
Daniel H. Millett, excise stamps, -
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J. L. Seger, recording deaths and marriages,
1 75
S. O. Ingalls, returning and recording same,
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Rufus Delano, returning deaths,
2 50
John L. Seger, expressage on books, etc.,
1 25
John L. Seger, services as Town Clerk,
25 00
S. O. Ingalls, the same, 25 00
John P. Palmer, services as Chairman of Selectmen,_ 50 00
Joseph Stanley, services as Selectman, 30 00
Stephen H. Wardwell, the same,- 25 00
John L. Seger, Secretary to Selectmen, 20 00
S. O. Ingalls, the same,. 20 00
John Chapman, services as Chairman of Assessors, 50 00
Joseph Stanley, services as Assessor,. 15 00
Daniel H. Millett, services as Treasurer and Collector, 100 00
Total,
$614 74
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,.
$2,000 00
Received from State School Fund. 60 90
$2,060 90
EXPENDITURES.
F. O. Ellis, services as teacher of Grammar School,
$379 00
Charles Hall, the same, _
96 25
George B. Buffington, the same,.
175 00
Ellen F. Baker, assistant teacher of Grammar School,
200 00
Jane H. Martin, services as teacher of Intermediate School, 200 00
M. E. Ingalls, services as teacher of Primary School,_
200 00
Clara W. Woodbury, services as teacher of Beach School, 200 00
Mary L. Huggins, services as teacher of Farm School,
200 00
Simon Wilkins, care of Grammar School House,
89 50
Simon Wilkins, sawing and splitting wood,
4 00
Betsey Galeucia, care of Beach School House,
17 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,760 75
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$1,760 75
John Casey, care of Farm School House,
2 50
James Wood, the same, 14 75
Henry S. Cox, printing School Report, 1861,
29 50
Thing & Rowe, fuel,
115 65
P. Holden, sundries,.
16 69
William T. Peirce, sawing and splitting wood,
3 75
George W. Phillips, teaming wood and coal,
9 25
William B. Chase, services as Secretary of School Committee,
25 00
P. Holden, the same,
20 00
Total.
$1,997 84
WAR DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation for bounty, Sept. 1, 1862,
$10,000 00
Appropriation for bounty, Sept. 24, 1862,
10,000 00
Appropriation, special relief fund,.
200 00
Balance volunteer relief fund, 1861,
165 66
$20,365 66
EXPENDITURES.
The families of the following named persons have re- ceived aid, through the agency of the town, the past year :-
Volunteer Relief Fund. State Aid
Joseph A. Millett,
$13 25
$144 00
Edward Marsh, Jr.,
5 25
144 00
George Horton, Jr.,
13 25
136 00
Edward N. Wilkins,
6 64
48 00
William Widger,.
19 87
120 00
E. E. Boynton,
46 38
144 00
Benjamin A. Lewis,
13 25
96 00
John R. Merrett,.
13 25
120 00
William Bowman,-
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A. A. Blaney,
6 65
48 00
David C. Bunting,
13 25
60 00
Charles E. Harris,
144 00
Alphonso Nesbitt,
144 00
Addison D. Stone,
144 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,528 44
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Michael Burk,-
Michael Healey,
William D. Hammond,
Joseph A. Horton,
Thomas H. Dennis
Patrick Millan,
Zachariah Small,
Michael Fitzgerald,
Charles H. Fairbanks,
Horace W. Wardwell,
Peter A. Martin,.
William H. Clark,
G. H. A. Brown,
George W. Alley,
William F. Morgan, John B. Peirce,
Edwin A. Stimpson,
William N. Quiner,. Frederic C. Peirce,-
Rienzi Phillips,
Richard L. Rich,
Charles A. Ropes, William H. Phillips, John Ramsdell,
Richard B. Caswell, Merrett E. Porter,
Edward A. Blanchard, Leonard Blanchard, George W. Watson, Thomas Donaly,
Elbridge G. Blaney,
Caleb O. Stone, Edwin F. Wiley, John W. Brooks. Robert B. Tongue,
Frederic O. Ellis, John C. Stimpson.
John Goram,
Stephen A. Newcomb, Joseph W. Glass. Martin O'Grady,.
G. Dudley Blaney, Charles H. Smith,
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48 00
18 93
48 00
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28 44
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$4,026 40
$1,528 44
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48 00
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Amount brought forward, Amount of volunteer relief fund, 157 68
$4,026 40
Total, *$4,184 08
Bounty paid to twenty three years' volunteers, 4,000 00
Bounty paid to forty-one nine months' volunteers, 8,200 00
Paid Mrs. E. E. Boynton, from Special Relief Fund,. 64 00
Paid for transporting D. C. Bunting from Baltimore,-
15 00
Total,
$16,463 08
* Of this amount, $4,026.40 is to be reimbursed by the State.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$650 00
EXPENDITURES .*
Desire Phillips, board for. J. Fuller,
$128 04
Otis Ingalls, sundries for same, 19 41
William D. Brackett, clothing for same,
19 76
Robert E. Paine, professional services,
3 62
F. A. Tweed, repairing boots,
1 00
Thing & Rowe, furnishing fuel to sundry persons,
*50 96
City of Lynn, supplies for Lucy M. Parker, 1861, 24 50
Protective Division No. 25, of Lynn, supplies to same,
87 57
Amount paid by Overseers for 26 weeks' allowance to same,
78 00
City of Lynn, supplies to the family of Samuel Gardi- ner, 1861,
9 50
Dr. William B. Chase, medical services to Mrs. Scales, 47 50
Daniel P. Stimpson, supplies for same, 22 48
Mrs. McIntire, services to same,.
18 00
W. T. Peirce, watching with same
1 25
Betsey Galucia, watching with same,
1 00
1 I I W. Murch, ale, &c., for same,.
90
Rufus Delano, funeral expenses, 22 00 1 1 1 1 1
Charles Leavett, boarding child of C. L. Leavett, I
25 50
Mrs. Bethiah Graves, house-rent for Jane Proctor.
6 25
Mrs. Mary G. Proctor, the same,
5 10
Henry Simonds, the same,.
1 67
J. W. P. Smith, the same,.
10 00
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Amount carried forward,
$584 01
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Amount brought forward,
$584 01
Rufus Delano, funeral expenses, child of E. T. Heath, 1860, 9 00 1
P. Holden, supplies to Mrs. Witham.
*16 45
Otis Ingalls, supplies to same,.
*9 07
P. Holden, supplies to Mrs. James H. Thomas,
3 00
William Gurney, boarding and lodging wayfarers,
5 00
John Washburn, carriage hire, 5 00
Horace M. Norton, services as Overseer, 1861,
5 00
William A. Phillips, services as Chairman, 1861, 48 00
Waldo Thompson, professional services.
50
Total, $685 03
* The amount of $71.25 has been received from the town of Marblehead, but was not received in time to go into this year's report.
The amount of $29.64 to be reimbursed from the town of Marblehead.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Nathaniel Galeucia, services as steward
$10 00
Poll taxes refunded to engineers and firemen,
60 00
Total,
$70 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$50 00
Received from sale of lots,
28 00
Received from sale of hay
3 00
Total,
$81 00
EXPENDITURES.
Charles S. Patch, labor on cemetery grounds,
$40 50
Rufus Delano, labor on cemetery grounds,
2 50
Rufus Delano, expense on sale of four lots,
2 00
P. Holden, one spade,
1 00
Total,
$46 00
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IMPROVEMENT ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
EXPENDITURES.
Fernald & Welch, stoves, &c., for Grammar school- house,
$114 55
Ivory Emmons, stock and labor for fences, Farm school, 91 35
Stephen H. Wardwell, lumber and labor repairing railroad bridge,.
18 91
James S. Barker, moving J. Blaney's house and build- ing cellar,
165 00
Stephen H. Wardwell, lumber, labor, &c., same, 67 27
Total,
$457 08
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
$300 00
EXPENDITURES.
Stephen H. Wardwell, Surveyor of Highways,
$178 31
Joseph Stanley, Surveyor of Highways,-
66. 94
John P. Palmer, Surveyor of Highways,
16 11
James M. Riggs, repairing tools,_
12 94
Joseph Breed, 2d, lumber,
4 71
George W. Phillips, labor, &c.,
7 24
Charles Rowell, gravel,
2 00
Samuel Kenninestan, labor,
1 87
Total,
$290 12
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EXPENDITURES.
Nathaniel Galeucia, services as constable,
$29 50
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RECAPITULATION OF APPROPIATIONS, RECEPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Selectmen's department, appropriation and receipts, __
$669 50
School department, appropriation and receipts,. 2,060 90
War department, appropriation,
20,365 66
Poor department, appropriation,-
650 00
Fire department, appropriation,
200 00
Highway department, appropriation,.
300 00
Cemetery department, appropriation and receipts,
81 00
Miscellaneous departments, appropriation,
2,600 00
Total,
$26,927 06
EXPENDITURES.
Selectmen's department,
$614 74
School department,
1,997 84
War department,*
16,463 08
Poor department,
685 03
Fire department,_
70 00
Police department,
29 50
Highway department,
290 12
Improvements on public buildings and grounds,
457 08
Cemetery department,
46 00
Total,
$20,653 39
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and lot,
$5,500 00
Grammar School House and lot,
4,500 00
Beach School House and lot,
1,100 00
Farm School House and lot,
1,300 00
Engine House,
300 00
Atlantic Engine No. 1, Hose Carriage, etc ..
1,300 00
Life-Boat House,.
100 00
One Hearse and House, .
300 00
Cemetery and improvements,
1,500 00
Total,
$15,800 00
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with WILLIAM FULLER, Collector.
CR.
1863.
To amount collected,.
$35 56
To amount abated,
11 21
1862. By balance of taxes committed for collec- tion, 1857,
$127 35
To amount uncollected.
80 58
$127 35
$127 35
WILLIAM FULLER, Collector.
SWAMPSCOTT, FEBRUARY 28, 1863.
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DR. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with JOHN W. BROOKS, Collector. CR.
To taxes collected 1860 and 1861,
$532 93
By balance committed, 1859,
$11 50
To taxes collected by Nathaniel Galeucia, 1860,
42 75
By balance committed, 1861,-
924 28
To taxes collected by same, 1861,
101 25
To taxes uncollected,
439 52
$1,116 45
$1,116 45
SWAMPSCOTT, FEBRUARY 28, 1863.
JOHN W. BROOKS, Collector.
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By balance committed, 1860.
180 67
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with DANIEL H. MILLETT, Collector. CR.
To taxes collected,
$5,772 52
By amount committed for collection, _____ $69,70 71
To taxes abated,
211 63
To taxes uncollected,
986 56
$6,970 71
$6,970 71
SWAMPSCOTT, FEBRUARY 28, 1863.
DANIEL H. MILLETT, Collector.
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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with DANIEL H. MILLETT, Treasurer.
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To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1861, __ $1,447 72
By cash in treasury,
$53 21
To cash paid Overseer's orders, 1861,.
156 92
By cash from M. C. Pratt,
5,000 00
To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1862,.
19,332 94
By cash from John Stanley,-
1,000 00
To cash paid Overseer's orders, 1862,.
504 63
By cash from Lynn Savings Institution,.
11,000 00
To cash paid interest, -
722 41
By cash from City of Boston, -
1,200 00
To cash naid State tax,-
2,106 00
By cash from Daniel Roberts, Jr.,
1,000 00
To cash paid County tax, -
1,168 25
By cash from P. Holden,
500 00
To cash paid S. F. Douglass, allotment, -.
20 00
By cash from rent of Town House,-
95 00
To cash paid note, M. C. Pratt,.
800 00
By cash from Cemetery, for hay,.
3 00
To cash paid note, J. A. Knowlton,
400 00
By cash from Cemetery, for sale of lots, ___
28 00
To balance in treasury,
By cash on acc't of board, M. A. Proctor,
16 00
By cash from State Treasurer, State Aid reimbursed,
854 95
By cash from Massachusetts School Fund,
60 90
By cash from State Allotment,
20 00
By cash from John L. Seger, license dogs,
58 50
By cash from William Fuller, taxes, 1859,
35 56
By cash from J. W. Brooks, taxes, 1861,
532 93
By cash from Nath'l Galeucia, taxes, 1860,
42 75
By cash from Nath'l Galeucia, taxes, 1861,
101 25
By cash from Daniel H. Millett, taxes, 1862,
5,772 52
$27,374 57
$27,374 57
DANIEL H. MILLETT, Treasurer.
SWAMPSCOTT, FEBRUARY 28, 1863.
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