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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29,
1868.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER, 18 EXCHANGE STREET. 1868.
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29,
1868.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER, 18 EXCHANGE STREET. 1868.
REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott : -
The Auditing Committee have attended to the duty assigned them, and respectfully present to you their sixteenth annual report of appropriations, receipts, and expenditures, with a schedule of property belonging to the town.
The total amount of bills paid during the year, is $32,710.44.
The Assessors' valuation, May 1, 1867, was as follows : - Real estate, $1,124,670.00 ; personal estate, $268,675.00 ; total, $1,393,345.00. Number of polls, 407. Total tax assessed, $19,421.40 -including State tax of $7,100.00, and County tax of $1,789.00. Rate per cent. of total tax, $13.50 on $1000.
The total amount of the town debt is as follows : -
Notes on demand, Phillips & Blaney, - $995 00
Notes on demand, N. F. Burrill, 5,000 00
Notes on demand, M. C. Pratt, - 7,000 00
Notes on demand, Elizabeth Proctor,
600 00
Notes on demand, John Proctor, 400 00
Notes on demand, John Stanley, 1,000 00
Notes on demand, Lynn Inst. for Savings, - 9,000 00
Notes on demand, Daniel Roberts, - - 1,000 00 -
Amount carried forward, . - - - $24,995 00
4
Amount brought forward, - $24,995 00
Notes on demand, P. Holden,
200 00
Notes on demand, E. Knowles,
250 00
Notes on demand, David Newhall,
500 00
Notes on demand, W. B. Chase,
900 00
Notes on demand, John Roberts, -
1000 00
Notes on demand, George W. Stone,
400 00
Notes on demand, J. P. & D. R. Palmer,
1,000 00
Notes on demand, Warren E. Small,
500 00
Notes on demand, Lynn Inst. for Savings, - 7,000 00
Notes on demand, George W. Segee,
1,000 00
Outstanding orders, - 193 19
$37,938 19
The balance of uncollected taxes is as follows : -
Joseph Stanley, 1864,
$48 87
Daniel H. Millett, 1866,
269 74
P. Holden, 1867,
3,329 75
$3,648 36
Amount due State aid, -
876 00
Total value of public property,
24,350 00
Cash in Treasury, -
1,815 00
$30,689 36
One member of our Committee not being able to assist in the preparation of this report, the undersigned have carefully ex- amined the records and accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer, and find them correct.
E. E. BOYNTON, Auditing Committee. W. D. BRACKETT, JR.
Swampscott, March, 5, 1868.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
- $2,000 00
Corporation tax,
3,228 39
$5,228 39
EXPENDITURES.
H. S. Cox, printing reports, 1866, -
$40 00
D. H. Millett, services as Auditing Committee, 1866, 10 00
N. Galeucia, services as Constable, 1866, -
4 50
W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Auditing Com- mittee, 1866, - 10 00
R. L. Gay, half ream of paper, -
2 38
D. F. Proctor, services as Constable, 1866,
2 50
W. A. Kezar, writing military and naval record, Wm. Seger, land rent,
122 50
25 00
R. L. Gay, portfolio,
2 50
W. W. Kellogg, printing tax bills,
4 50
E. E. Boynton, services as Auditing Committee, 1866,
10 00
I. Emmons, stock and labor, drains and pound, - James Wheeler, sundry services,
18 50
P. Cullen, posts and labor,
13 14
Green & Adams, police badges,
6 00
Amount carried forward,
$376 71
105 19
6
Amount brought forward, -
$376 71
P. Cullen, iron posts for railing, 19 08
O. A. Durrell, moving building, 60 00 S. H. Wardwell, services as Assessor, '65 and '67, 26 00
Snow & Chapman, labor on flag-staff, - ,
5 05
I. Emmons, labor and material (Swamp road), - 75 75
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber (Swamp road), 74 98
3 05
Benj. Potter, expenses to Rockport, &c.,
W. W. Kellogg, printing tax bills, 3 50
S. Keniston, labor on post holes, 10 50
B. M. Green, enforcing dog law,
22 00
W. D. Brackett, Jr., services Sec. Selectmen, '67, -
50 00
66 services Town Clerk, '67, 50 00
66 recording births, deaths, and marriages, '67, - 19 95
66
paid stationery and postage, - 1 49
75
Philip Short, returning deaths, -
80
James Wheeler, sundries, - 8 90
300 00
P. Holden, services as Treasurer and Collector, - 66 extra services and Justice of Peace,
50 00
B. Potter, services as Selectman,
50 00
Geo. Towns,
66
35 00
I. Emmons, 66
35 00
Geo. Towns, 66 Assessor, -
60 00
$1,339 88
TOWN HALL DEPARTMENT.
Receipts,
-
$247 13
EXPENDITURES.
B. M. Green, care Town Hall, $25 00
Thing & Rowe, wood and coal, -
19 75
McElroy & Ladd, sundries,
16 04
Stimpson & Mott, 1
13 83
Larrabee Brothers, furnace and labor,
164 90
J. H. Treadwell, labor, -
8 40
Charles Morris, setting glass, - 3 00
$250 92
66 paid express, -
Jos. S. Brown, labor on fence, 1 37
7
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, - $4,000 00
Massachusetts School Fund,
162 92
$4,162 92
EXPENDITURES.
Samuel Tufts, care of schoolhouse, - $229 75
John Drinan, charcoal, 34 10
W. F. Brown & Co., printing school reports, 1866, - 59 00
B. M. Green, labor on schoolhouse yard, -
1 50
E. J. Rogers, services as teacher,
150 00
Henrietta Woods, 66
66
325 00
M. E. Jameson,
325 00
Clara W. Woodbury,
-
182 81
F. O. Ellis,
617 54
school books, &c., 23 50
5 00
Mrs. Childs, cleaning schoolhouse, 5 60
7 35
Mrs. Small, 66 66
7 00
C. M. Clapp, services as teacher, - 300 00
Hattie Blaney, 66 325 00
284 54
I. Emmons, labor and material on schoolhouses, J. H. Treadwell, 66
80 02
Wm. Rowell, 66
66
67 13
Mrs. Barker, cleaning
66
1 50
Norton & Rowell, whitewashing
52 50
C. A. Morris, setting glass in
66
2 00
Mrs. Cronan, cleaning
1 50
Neal & Lee, material for
66
70 78
Moshenan & Walker, repairing lightning-rods on schoolhouse, - 17 00
Thing & Rowe, fuel for schoolhouse, - 231 72
John Chapman, repairs on 23 65
-
Amount carried forward,
$3,474 49
Charles E. Wright, labor,
Mrs. Galeucia, "
66 and care Beach schoolhouse, 44 00
8
Amount brought forward, - - $3,474 49
Wm. T. Pierce, sawing wood, &c., 2 75
Mary Jane Stone, services as teacher, 15 66
A. W. Bisbee, 66 66
146 67
S. C. Gilbert,
110 50
M. B. Nowell,
66
114 58
Maurice Hayes, care of Farm schoolhouse, 24 50
E. F. Givens, services as teacher, 12 50
James Bryant, care of schoolhouse, 25 00
W. H. Collins, painting
53 45
Otis Ingalls, sundries, -
3 33
P. C. Porter, services as teacher,
186 05
Briggs Delano, repairs on schoolhouse, - 15 85
Geo. Stone, setting glass
2 00
Mrs. Kimball, cleaning
1 00
Woodman & Hammett, school books, &c., -
17 75
Pierce, Brown, & Co., chairs,
3 50
D. P. Stimpson, services as School Com. two years,
50 00
Jesse Frost, repairing clock,
2 00
D. W. Fuller, services as School Committee, 1867, -
40 00
Robert Harris, teaming gravel schoolhouse yard,
8 00
Stimpson & Mott, sundries,
22 51
Bartlett Shaw, express,
21 55
John Washburn, teaming coal,
27 50
$4,381 14
STATE AID FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS.
RECEIPTS.
State aid reimbursed for year ending Dec. 31, 1866, $1,100 00
EXPENDITURES.
John Merritt,
$12 00
Mrs. A. M. Chute,
96 00
Mrs. Z. Small,
48 00
W. W. Cox,
12 00
M. Haley,
8 00
Mrs. D. Delano,
48 00
Mrs. Hattie Blaney,
48 00
Mrs. Hannah Donelly,
36 00
Mrs. M. E. Stone, -
48 00
Amount carried forward, - -
-
- $356 00
9
Amount brought forward, -
$356 00
J. W. Glass,
72 00
Mrs. A. N. Widger,
96 00
Mrs. Bridget Milan,
96 00
E. T. Heath, - -
12 00
James Umber, -
52 00
Mrs. C. H. Fairbanks,
48 00
F. C. Pierce,
12 00
H. W. Wardwell, -
32 00
B. M. Green,
12 00
T. G. Gilbert,
12 00
J. A. Millett,
12 00
E. Marsh, Jr.,
12 00
Richard Horton,
12 00
Mrs. Hannah Johnson, -
40 00
$876 00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, - $2,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Rienzi Phillips, clearing snow from highway, - $29 25
services as Surveyor, - 1,648 40
278 16
John Barry,
66
44 00
James King, 66
39 00
P. Kenney, 66
40 00
John McDonough,
77 77
Thos. McMahan,
39 00
Samuel Keniston, 66
52 00
Maurice Haley, 66
27 00
Wm. Rowell, gravel, -
59 60
John Washburn, labor, -
115 88
Eben B. Phillips, cleaning snow,
20 00
P. Cullen, labor and material, 63 39
J. M. Pratt, labor,
8 50
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber,
82 08
Robert Harris, labor, -
160 26
John Washburn, clearing snow,
15 00
Geo. Towns, 66 5 00
$2,842 29
A. C. Newhall, gravel and stone, John Shanahan, labor,
38 00
10
IMPROVEMENTS ON HUMPHREY STREET.
At King's Beach.
Robert Harris, labor and material, - - $1,638 99
Norton & Rowell, " 66
162 50
Clapp, Ballou, & Co., stone for capping,
600 00
Newhall Brothers, cement,
74 40
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber, -
128 82
P. Cullen, iron posts and labor,
160 43
I. Emmons, stock and labor,
83 33
Mrs. Henry Wardwell, land damages,
334 35
Thing & Rowe, wharfage for stone, -
17 00
$3,199 82
At Blaney's Beach.
Robert Harris, labor, - -
- $1,037 80
Clapp, Ballou, & Co., stone for capping,
131 00
Newhall Brothers, cement, -
-
24 00
John Martin, drilling holes,
10 87
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber, &c., -
20 26
I. Emmons, labor and material,
63 32
P. Cullen, iron posts and labor,
-
87 03
J. T. Hanford, land damages, -
100 00
Thing & Rowe, whfg. for stone,
4 30
D. W. Fuller, land damage, -
50 00
1,528 58
3,199 82
$4,728 40
POLICE DEPARTMENT. EXPENDITURES.
Seth Kendrick, services as police,
$3 00
Daniel Marshall,
66
15 00
George Segee,
66
18 00
B. M. Green,
66
21 00
James Wheeler,
66
22 50
$79 50
11
BOARD OF HEALTH.
EXPENDITURES.
W. B. Chase, services,
$20 00
B. M. Green, 66
-
20 00
$40 00
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, -
- - -
-
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
A. T. Newhall, -
$24 50
Mr. Williams, -
12 00
Nathaniel Galeucia, food and lodging for travellers, 8 50
$45 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation,
$100 00
Other receipts, -
74 00
$174 00
EXPENDITURES.
. Leonard Collins, labor,
$14 00
John G. Collins, 66
34 00
Potter & Hatch, stock and labor,
11 00
R. Phillips, labor, - -
-
4 00
J. Q. Hammond, labor and surveys,
15 00
Benj. Potter, drawing plans, - -
11 25
$89 25
12
TOWN LIBRARY.
Appropriation,
- -
-
$50 00
EXPENDITURES.
H. Q. Stimpson, sundries for library, $12 87
Stephen Smith & Co., table, -
15 00
Morrill's printing house, labels, 5 00
$32 87
PROCTOR'S LANDING.
Appropriation, - - - - - $300 00
EXPENDITURES.
I. Emmons, labor and material, -
- $80 90
E. B. Phillips, posts, - 30 00
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber and material, -
- 109 34
$220 24
REDINGTON STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Appropriation, - - - $800 00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph I. Blaney, for land, $60 00
Robert Harris, labor and material,
630 40
$690 40
RECAPITULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Selectmen's Department, appropriation and receipts, $5,228 39 School Department, 4,162 92
Poor Department,
66
200 00
Cemetery Department, appropriation and receipts, 174 00
Highway Department,
2,000 00
State Aid Department, receipts, - -
1,100 00
Amount carried forward,
$12,965 31
·
13
Amount brought forward,
$12,965 31
Town Hall Department, receipts, 247 13
Improvements on Humphrey street, appropriation, - 3,000 00
Improvements on Redington street, 800 00
Proctor's Landing, appropriation, - -
300 00
Town Library, 66
50 00
Interest on town debt,
2,000 00
State and County tax,
66
8,000 00
$27,262 44
EXPENDITURES.
Selectmen's Department,
-
- $1,339 88
School Department,
-
4,381 14
Town Hall Department,
250 92
Highway Department, -
2,842 29
Proctor's Landing, -
220 24
Redington Street Improvement,
690 40
Town Library, -
32 87
Cemetery Department,
89 25
Police Department,
79 50
Health Department,
40 00
State Aid Department,
876 00
King's Beach Improvement,
3,199 82
Blaney's Beach Improvement,
1,528 58
State and County tax, -
8,889 00
Interest on notes, -
- 1,976 92
$26,436 81
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and lot,
-
-
- $9,000 00
Grammar Schoolhouse and lot,
5,000 00
Beach
66
-
1,500 00
West End 66 66
4,500 00
Farm
66 66
2,000 00
Engine House,
200 00
Engine, hose carriage, &c.,
800 00
Hearse and house,
750 00
Gravel pit,
-
600 00
Cemetery and improvements, -
-
$24,350 00
-
-
-
-
-
DR. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with P. HOLDEN, Collector. CR.
1867.
To amount collected,
1
$15,599 12
To amount discounted,
446 25
To amount abated,
46 28
To amount uncollected,
3,329 75
Total,
- $19,421 40
1867. By balance committed for collection, $19,421 40
14
DR. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with D. H. MILLETT, Collector. CR.
1866.
1866.
To amount collected,
$2,000 00
To amount abated,
-
110 68
To amount uncollected, -
269 74
Total, -
-
- $2,380 42
-
-
-
By balance of taxes committed for 1866, $2,380 42 1
DR.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with D. H. MILLETT, Collector. CR.
1865. To amount collected, .
$50 28
To amount abated,
11 26
-
Total,
- $61 54
1865. By balance of taxes committed for 1865, $61 54
15
DR. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with JOSEPH STANLEY, Collector. CR.
1864.
To amount collected,
$50 77
To amount abated,
28 10
To amount uncollected,
-
4
48 87
Total, -
-
$127 74
1864. By balance of taxes committed in 1864,
- - $127 74
-
DR.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with P. HOLDEN, Treasurer.
CR.
To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1866, $2,411 82
By cash from D. H. Millett, Treasurer,
$1,969 16
To cash paid Overseers' orders, 1866, 10 00
By cash from Collector 1866,
2,000 00
To cash paid Overseers' orders, 1867,
36 50
By cash from 1865,
50 28
To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1867, 15,386 20
By cash from Warren E. Small, note,
500 00
To cash paid interest, 1867, -
1,976 92
By cash from Lynn Inst. for Sav., loan,
3,000 00
To cash paid John Stanley, note, -
500 00
By cash from 66
4,000 00
To cash paid E. Wilson, note, -
1,000 00
By cash from Geo. W. Segee, note, -
1,000 00
To cash paid Gerard Terhost, note,
1,000 00
By cash from Jas. Wheeler, cemetery,
17 00
To cash påid Lynn Central Bank, tem- porary loan,
1,500 00
By cash from Lynn Central National Bank, temporary loan,
1,500 00
To cash paid County tax,
1,789 00
By cash from Selectmen, allowance on lumber,
7 00
By cash fm. B. M. Green, rent T'n Hall,
247 13
By cash allowed on County tax, +
19 67
By cash fm. S. Treas., S. aid reimbursed,
1,100 00
By cash school fund,
162 92
By cash corporation tax,
3,228 39
By cash from B. Potter, cemetery, 74 00
By cash from Jos. Stanley, Col't'r 1864, 50 77
By cash from P. Holden, taxes, 1867,
15,599 12
Total, -
$34,525 44
Total,
$34,525 44
SWAMPSCOTT, February 29, 1868.
-
To cash paid State tax,
7,100 00
Balance in Treasury, -
1,815 00
-
-
-
P. HOLDEN, Treasurer. -
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