Town annual report of Swampscott 1867, Part 1

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1867
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 28


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FIFTEENTH


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


AUDITING COMMITTEE


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1867.


LYNN : H. S. COX, PRINTER, - REPORTER OFFICE, NO. 22 EXCHANGE STREET. 1867.


REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott :-


The Auditing Committee, having attended to the duties as- signed them, respectfully present their fifteenth annual report of appropriations, receipts and expenditures, together with a schedule of property belonging to the town.


The total amount of bills paid during the year is $21,319.31.


The Assessors' valuation of estate in the town, May 1st, 1866, was as follows : - Real estate, $972,120.00. Personal es- tate, 249,289.00 ; total, $1,221,409.00. Number of polls, 384. Total tax assessed, $15,247.04, including State tax of $4,260.00, and County tax of $1,490.80. Rate per cent. of total tax, $12.00 on $1000.


The total amount of the town debt is as follows, viz : -


Notes on time, M. C. Pratt, $7,000 00


Notes on demand, Lynn Institution for Savings,. 9,000 00


Notes on demand, N. F. Burrill, 5,000 00


Notes on demand, John Stanley, 2,400 00


Notes on demand, Blaney & Phillips,


995 00


Note on demand, Daniel Roberts,.


1,000 00


Note on demand, John Roberts.


1,000 00


Note on demand, E. P. Proctor, 600 00 1


Note on demand, John Proctor,


400 00


Note on demand, David Newhall,


500 00


Note on demand, Edward Knowles,. 1


250 00


Note on demand, Sally Phillips, 1


200 00


Note on demand, Philander Holden, 1


200 00


Note on demand, E. W. Wilson,


1,000 00


Note on demand, Gerard Terhorst,


1,000 00


Note on demand, G. W. Stone, 400 00


Note on demand, J. P. & D. R. Palmer,


1,000 00


Outstanding orders,


2,411 82


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$34,356 82


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The balance of uncollected taxes is as follows, viz : -


William Fuller, 1857,


$40 64


John W. Brooks, 1859-60-61,


262 30


Joseph Stanley, 1864,.


127 74


Daniel H. Millett, 1865,-


60 04


Daniel H. Millett, 1866,.


2,380 42


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$2,871 14


Amount due from State Aid,


1,490 25


Total value of the public property,


26,375 00


Cash in the treasury,.


1,969 16


$32,705 55


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Our labors in preparing this report have been greatly facil- itated by the careful manner in which the accounts and records of the Selectmen have been kept, and the good order in which the bills of the various departments have been arranged.


E. E. BOYNTON,


D. H. MILLETT, Auditing Committee. W. D. BRACKETT, JR.


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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation, $2,000 00


Corporation tax,. 3,204 37


$5,204 37


EXPENDITURES.


H. S. Cox, printing reports, 1865, $70 00


Hooker O. Twisden, money refunded for tax illegally paid,. 10 00


J. P. Healey, professional services,.


30 00


J. P. Palmer, cash paid for police badge, 2 75


J. Vincent Brown, license for town liquor agency, --


25 00


Henry A. Davis, sealing and adjusting weights and measures,- 8 00


Wm. Seger, land rent for engine house,


25 00


I. Baker & Co., flag halliards,.


1 00


George W. Harris, labor on flagstaff,


5 00


J. Q. Hammond, survey and plans on Orient street,_


25 00


John Chapman, repairing pound gate,.


2 00


John Chapman, moving R. Caswell's fence


11 57


John Chapman, moving Stanley's fence,


20 40


John Chapman, moving R. Kendrick's fence,


32 00


John Chapman, hanging blinds and building staging at Town Hall, 24 91


13 81


John Chapman, filling holes in coving of Town Hall, John Chapman, making platform for Thos. Widger's well,


9 08


Ebenezer Thorndike, moving and repairing fence,-


37 00


D. L. McCarty, harness for hearse,_


85 00


E. H. Brainard & Co., one funeral car,-


505 00


James Wheeler, distributing Town Reports,


4 00


Amount carried forward,


$946 52


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Amount brought forward,


$946 52


JaMAL.us Wheeler, distributing School Reports, 4 00


James Wheeler, return of deaths,. 2 20


James Wheeler, going to Boston for hearse, __ 3 50 W. W. Kellogg, print'g assessors' books and tax-bills 12 00 E. E. Boynton, services as Auditing Comm'e, 1865 10 00 H. S. Cox, printing voting lists, 8 00


J. H. & F. F. Farwell, printing dog notices,.


2 00


W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Audit'g Com., 1865 P. L. Cox, advertising proposals for building sea-wall J. Q. Hammond, surveys and plans of Humphrey st. Joseph Stanley, services as Assessor,.


35 00


Bartlett Shaw, expressing,


9 40


Stimpson & Mott, sundries,


21 29


George Towns, services as Assessor,


20 00


John L. Seger, stationery,-


6 00


John Washburn, hauling engine, &c., ..


4 50


W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Town Clerk,. 1


50 00


W. D. Brackett, Jr., returning births, marriages and deaths,


18 40


W. D. Brackett, Jr., paying express and stationery_ Waldo Thompson, insurance,


47 84


Waldo Thompson, professional services, 35 00


Waldo Thompson, recording deed,. 0 50


D. H. Millett, services as Treasurer and Coll'r, 1866,


300 00


D. H. Millett, services as Auditing Committee, 1865, John L. Seger, services as Secretary for Selectmen,- 50 00 S. T. Beers, services as Selectmen,. 35 00


10 00


E. G. Foster, services as Selectmen, 35 00


John P. Palmer, Chairman of Selectmen 50 00


John P. Palmer, services as School Comm'e, two yrs. 75 00


William Porter, insurance on Town House,. 46 00


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$1,906 52


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ..


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation,


3,500 00


Massachusetts School Fund, 118 65


$3,618 65


EXPENDITURES.


H. S. Cox, printing and stitching Reports,


$63 90


Amount carried forward, $63 90


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Amount brought forward, $63 90


F. O. Ellis, teacher of Grammar School, 1,000 00 C. M. Clapp, assistant teacher of Grammar School,- 266 82


Emma J. Porter, assistant teacher of Gram. School 8 77


H. Woods, teacher of West End School,_ 300 00


L. A. P. White, teacher of Intermediate School, 68 75


Hattie Blaney, teacher of Beach School, 300 00


M. L. Ober, teacher of Farm School, 34 09


M. S. Boyden, teacher of Farm School,


166 19


M. E. Ingalls, teacher of Primary School,


243 75


M. E. Jameson, teacher of Intermediate and Primary School, 156 00


Bertha Clow, assistant teacher of Grammar School,_


55 63


C. W. Woodbury, teacher of Intermediate School, __


150 00


E. J. Rogers, teacher of Farm School, 75 00


Samuel Tufts, care of Grammar school-house,


198 16


Betsey Galeucia, care of Beach school-house,


36 74


Maurice Hayes, care of Farm school-house,.


62 50


Jacob Welch, labor on stoves,.


2 00


F. O. Ellis, books and sundries, 38 90


J. H. Treadwell, repairing stoves, lamps, &c.,. 68 02 I


Thing & Rowe, fuel, 230 89


J. Bryant, care of. West End school-house, 26 50 1 1 1 1


C. A. Morris, setting glass, 27 13 1 1 T 1


19 32


J. Frost, repairing clocks,. 2 75


23 44


Briggs Delano, repairs on school-house, 12 84


J. B. Clark, services as Chairman of School Comm'e 68 10


W. T. Pierce, sawing and splitting wood,. 1 50


$3,707 69


STATE AID DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


State aid reimbursed for year ending Dec. 31, 1865, 1,100 00


EXPENDITURES. State Aid for Volunteers.


James O. Stone, -.


56 00


State Aid for Disabled Soldiers.


John Merritt,.


84 00


Amount carried forward, $140 00


Stimpson & Mott, sundries,


John Washburn, teaming coal, &c.,.


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Amount brought forward,


Mrs. A. M. Chute,.


W. W. Cox. Mrs. Mary Haley,. Mrs. Z. Small


Mrs. Deborah Delano,


Mrs. Hannah Donelly,


Mrs. H. Blaney,-


Mrs. M. E. Stone.


J. W. Glass,- Mrs. Bridget Milan,


E. T. Heath,.


James Umber,


C. H. Fairbanks,


F. O. Pierce,-


H. W. Wardwell, Thomas G. Gilbert, Benjamin M. Green,


Joseph A. Millett,


Edward Marsh, Jr.,


Richard Horton,


Appropriation,


EXPENDITURES.


W. F. Alger, shovelling snow,- Leonard Collins, shovelling snow,. Robert Harris, labor on highway,


Robert Harris, breaking out roads,


Robert Harris, labor on highway,


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RECEIPTS.


1,500 00


$1,765 25


1,528 98


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131 99


99 78


34 35


$725 60 $1,765 25


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112 00


56 00


84 00


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Improvement on Orient Street.


50 25 24 00 W. A. Phillips, land damage,- Thomas Stanley, land damage, S. Flint, cement for sea-wall,. Robt. Harris, b'lding 24 68-100 rods sea-wall, $617 00


$140 00


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.


$1,490 25


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Amount brought forward,


$725 60 $1,765 25


R. D. Caswell, land damage, 12 00


E. Thorndike, land damage,


94 20


$831 80


Improvement on Humphrey Street.


Robert Harris, building sea-wall and filling, $663 43


Robert Harris, labor on sea-wall,. 1,943 71


Richard Peach, labor on sea-wall, 201 16


P. Cullen, labor on sea-wall, 64 99


Robert Harris, derrick, 124 19


$2,997 48


$5,594 53


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


EXPENDITURES.


D. F. Proctor, services as constable,- $21 25


D. F. Proctor, services at West End school-house, __ 10 00


William Granger, services as constable, 19 00


H. Newcomb, services as constable, 20 00


$70 25


BOARD OF HEALTH.


EXPENDITURES.


J. C. Stickney, professional services, $15 00


J. P. Thomas, services, 21 50


B. M. Green, services,. 10 00


W. B. Chase, services and cash paid,


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$70 50


POOR DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation,


$200 00


EXPENDITURES.


Groceries for Mrs. James Kehoe, 17 48


Mark G. Phillips, services and cash paid,. 10 00


$27 48


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TOWN HALL DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation,


$300 00


Other receipts,


203 35


$503 00


EXPENDITURES.


Betsey Galeucia, labor in cleaning,


$1 75


J. Buffum, paint,.


87 50


Eastern Railroad, freight on blinds,


3 58


J. A. & W. Bird, paint and oil,


72 25


J. G. Peabody, labor and blinds,


243 66


John Chapman, finishing library room,-


225 00


John Chapman, finishing lower hall,


425 00


John Chapman, labor and stock,.


186 45


C. A. Morris, painting and stock,.


231 93


C. A. Morris, labor and stock,


28 87


B. M. Green, services as janitor,


32 67


B. M. Green, labor in cleaning,


2 00


W. H. Collins, paint and labor,


3 50


J. H. Treadwell, labor and stove-pipe,


24 97


Thing & Rowe, fuel,


21 50


Norton & Rowell, labor,


69 75


75 86


J. H. Treadwell, stove and pipe for library room,. Robert Harris, teaming, &c.,.


14 00


McElroy & Ladd, sundries,.


33 40


$1,783 64


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


$200 00


Other receipts,-


74 00


$274 00


EXPENDITURES.


John G. Collins, labor,.


16 00


Leonard Collins, labor,


16 00


$32 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT. EXPENDITURES.


William Granger, care of engine and house, 20 00


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RECAPITULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, - RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


Selectmen's department, appropriation and receipts $5,204 37 School department, appropriation and receipts, 3,618 65


Poor department, appropriation, 200 00


Cemetery department, appropriation and receipts, 274 00


Highway department, appropriation and receipts, _.


1,500 00


State Aid department, receipts,.


1,100 00


Town Hall department, appropriation and receipts,_


503 35


Interest on Town debt, 1,800 00


State and County tax,


8,000 00


$22,200 37


EXPENDITURES.


Selectmen's department,


$1,906 52


School department,-


3,707 69


Highway department,


1,765 25


Widening Orient street around the Point,


831 80


Widening Humphrey street at King's Beach,


2,997 48


Poor department,


27 48


Town Hall department,.


1,783 64


Fire department,


20 00


Police department,.


70 25


Cemetery department,


32 00


Health department,


70 50


State Aid department,


1,490 25


Interest on notes,


1,747 26


State and County tax,


5,750 80


$22,200 92


SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Town House and lot,


9,000 00


Grammar School-House and lot,.


5,000 00


Beach School-House and lot,.


1,500 00


West End School-House and lot,


4,500 00


Farm School-House and lot,


2,000.00


Engine House,-


200 00


Engine, hose carriage, &c.,-


800 00


Hearse and house,.


775 00


Cemetery and improvements,.


2,000 00


Gravel pit,


600 00


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DR. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with DANIEL H. MILLETT, Treasurer.


CR.


To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1865, __


$352 23


By cash in treasury,


$1,440 07


To cash paid Overseer's orders, 1865, ---


10 50


37 10


To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1866, __


12,263 56


166 25


To cash paid Overseer's orders, 1866, ---


17 48


74 00


To cash paid interest, 1866,


1,747 26


To cash paid John Stanley, notes,


450 00


1,000 00


To cash paid James A. Knowlton, notes,-


700 00


By cash from Gerard Terhost, note on demand,_


1,000 00


To cash paid State tax,.


4,260 00


By cash from State Treasurer, school fund


118 65


Balance in treasury, ---


1,969 16


By cash from State Treasurer, State aid reimbursed,


1,100 .00


By cash f'm State Treas., corporation tax


3,204 37


By cash from G. W. Stone, note on dem'd


400 00


By cash from J. P. & D. R. Palmer, ____


1,000 00


By cash from Joseph Stanley, taxes, 1864


77 51


By cash from D. H. Millett, taxes, 1865


1,162 28


By cash from D. H. Millett, taxes, 1866


12,480 76


$23,260 99


$23,260 99


DANIEL H. MILLETT, Treasurer,


SWAMPSCOTT, February 28, 1867.


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To cash paid County tax, _


1,490 80


By cash from Sam'l Keniston, rent of hall By cash from Benj. M. Green, rent of hall By cash from Jas. Wheeler, cemetery lots By cash from E. W. Wilson, note on de- mand,


DR.


TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with DANIEL H. MILLETT, Collector. CR.


1865.


To amount collected,.


$1,162 28


1865. By balance committed in 1865,. $1,297 30


To amount abated, __


74 98


To amount uncollected,


60 04


$1,297 30


1,297 30


1866.


To amount collected,. -


$12,480 76


To amount discounted,.


374 36


To amount abated,.


11 50


To amount uncollected,-


2,380 42


$15,247 04


1866. By amount committed, $15,247 04


$15,247 04


DANIEL H. MILLETT, Collector.


SWAMPSCOTT, February 28, 1867.


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TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with JOSEPH STANLEY, Collector. CR.


1864.


To amount collected,


$77 51


To amount abated,.


60 99


To amount uncollected,


127 74


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$266 24


$266 24


1864. By balance committed in 1864,. $266 24


JOSEPH STANLEY, Collector.


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