Town annual report of Swampscott 1869, Part 1

Author: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Publication date: 1869
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 32


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Part 1



SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


AUDITING COMMITTEE


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,


FOR


THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28,


1869.


M


BOSTON: PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER, 18 EXCHANGE STREET. 1869.


SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


AUDITING COMMITTEE


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,


FOR


THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28,


1869.


BOSTON: PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER, 18 EXCHANGE STREET. 1869.


REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.


To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott :-


The Auditing Committee have attended to their duty, and herewith present their Seventeenth Annual Report of appropria- tions, receipts and expenditures, with a Schedule of property belonging to the town.


The total amount of bills paid, during the year, is $17,337 78


The Assessors' valuation of the town, May 1, 1868, was as follows :-


Real estate, $1,141,020.00; personal estate, $347,173.00 ; total, $1,488,193.00. Number of polls, 441. Total tax assessed, $18,247.29; including State tax of $2,840.00 and County tax of $1,714.40. Rate per cent. of total tax, 11.50 on $1,000.


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


Notes on demand, Phillips & Blaney,


-


$995 00


66 66 N. F. Burrill, -


-


5,000 00


66 66 M. C. Pratt, -


-


5,000 00


66 66 Elizabeth Proctor,


-


600 00


66


66 John Proctor, -


-


400 00


66


John Stanley, - - 1,000 00


Amount carried forward, -


- - 12,995 00


4


Amount brought forward, Notes on demand, Lynn Inst. for Savings,


-


$12,995 00


16,000 00


66 Daniel Roberts,


1,000 00


66


P. Holden,


-


-


200 00


66


E. Knowles, -


-


250 00


66 66 David Newhall, -


-


-


-


900 00


66


John Roberts, -


-


1,000 00


66


George W. Stone,


400 00


66


Warren E. Small,


500 00


Outstanding orders, -


$34,565 29


The balance of uncollected taxes is as follows :-


Joseph Stanley, 1864,


-


-


- $34 87


D. H. Millett, 1866, -


187 30


P. Holden, 1867, -


-


-


-


585 97


1868, -


-


-


-


3,979 75


$4,787 89


Amount due from State aid, -


696 00


Total value of public property, -


27,900 00


Cash in Treasury, -


1,378 87


$34,762 76


We have carefully examined the accounts of the officers of the town, and find them correct.


WM. D. BRACKETT, JR.


D. H. MILLETT,


Auditing Committee.


F. O. ELLIS,


Swampscott, March 3, 1869.


-


-


-


- -


-


-


-


-


-


-


820 29


-


500 00


W. B. Chase,


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation, -


-


-


- $1,500 00


Corporation tax, -


-


- 2,513 96


George Towns, rent of engine hall, 2 00 -


$4,015 96


EXPENDITURES.


J. Frank. Farmer, printing reports, 1867, - $37 50


State Reform School, keeping P. Ryan, -


-


26 50


W. W. Kellogg, printing voting lists, -


-


8 00


J. F. Farmer, printing dog licenses and notices, -


4 00


William Seger, land rent, 25 00


W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Auditing Com., 1867,


12 50


W. W. Kellogg, printing Assessors' book and tax bills,


14 00


Dr. W. B. Chase, vaccinating children, - Waldo Thompson, professional services, 1867,


20 00


James Wheeler, distributing reports,


-


4 50


Philip Short, burying child,


-


6 00


John Smith, land damages,


20 00


W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Town Clerk, 1868, recording births, deaths and marriages, 1868, -


20 95


66


66


paid Hilton's Express, -


1 75


66


66


postage and stationery, -


1 28


John Chapman, stone posts and setting, at Town House,


24 00


-


20 00


50 00


Amount brought forward, - - - $295 98


6


Amount carried forward, -


$295 98


John W. Brooks, sundries,


-


-


16 42


F. A. Tweed, enforcing dog law,


-


-


16 00


D. P. Stimpson, services as Selectman,


-


50.00


John W. Brooks, 66


60 00


H. Q. Stimpson, 66 Sec'y to Selectmen


50 00


George Towns, 66


66


Assessor,


60 00


P. Holden,


66 Treasurer and Collector 300 00


$898 40


TOWN HOUSE DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


B. M. Green, rent of hall, -


$112 25


Baptist Society, rent of lower hall,


-


- 39 00


Grant Club,


-


18 00


$169 25


EXPENDITURES.


B. M. Green, care of Town House, -


$27 00


Stimpson & Mott, sundries, -


36 54


John Chapman, labor and materials, -


- 10 56


Thing & Rowe, coal and wood, - -


- 12 80


$86 90


66


Selectman, -


-


50 00


-


-


7


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation,


-


-


-


$4,500 00


Massachusetts School Fund, -


-


- 137 69


$4,637 69


EXPENDITURES.


George Towns, gravel and grading schoolhouse yard,


$11 00


Maurice Hayes, care of farm, schoolhouse, &c.


74 71


Rockwell & Rollins, printing school report, -


53 44


P. C. Porter, services as teacher, -


1,100 00


S. C. Gilbert, 66 66


125 00


C. M. Clapp,


66


-


150 00


M. B. Nowell,


66 66


-


-


275 00


Henrietta Woods,


66 66


-


-


162 50


E. J. Hadley,


66


66


62 50


Mary Woods, 66


66


-


72 90


Joic C. Jones,


66 66


-


-


125 00


Hattie Blaney,


-


-


337 50


Ellen Ledyard,


66


66


-


-


127 08


Hattie P. Prichard, 66


66


-


62 50


Maria G. Burgess,


66


-


175 00


Mary E. Boynton,


66


66


-


125 00


C. W. Woodbury, 66 66


-


-


175 00


C. A. Morris, setting glass,


-


-


14 25


Jesse Frost, repairing clocks,


25 25


Woodman & Hammett, school books, &c.


-


115 86


John Chapman, labor on Farm schoolhouse,


156 52


66 66 66 Grammar schoolhouse,


15 62


66 66 Beach


34 57


-


81 74


J. H. Treadwell, stove, labor and materials, Stimpson & Mott, sundries, -


70 73


Lewis Delano, labor, materials and care of school- house, -


-


153 77


Edward Kelly, work in schoolhouse yard, -


4 00


George Brien, whitewashing fence, - 11 50


-


-


-


-


-


-


8


Ashton & Weeks, varnish and labor, J. L. Ross, school furniture, Thing & Rowe, wood and coal' -


-


9 82


-


-


108 90


-


202 47


Wm. T. Pierce, splitting wood, -


3 16


Betsey Galencia, care of schoolhouse, John O. Childs, care of schoolhouse,


45 00


Wm. Rowell, labor at schoolhouse,


7 25


Wm. H. Collins, labor and materials,


36 19


James Bryant, care of schoolhouse,


25 00


Henry W. Wilson, repairing clock,


1 25


Briggs Delano, labor at schoolhouse, -


12 20


Robert Harris, gravel, teaming and labor,


48 60


Jerry Emmons, labor at grammar schoolhouse,


20 31


D. P. Stimpson, services as School Committee,


35 00


D. W. Fuller,


35 00


66 paid for sundries,


42 00


W. B. Chase, services as School Committee, 66 66 travelling expenses,


4 50


P. C. Porter, school books, &c. -


11 95


Curtis Merritt, taking school census,


-


-


1 50


$4,625 14


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Appropriation,


-


-


- $1,500 00


Dr. W. B. Chase, for stone,


-


-


-


1 60


F. O. Ellis, 66


-


-


-


16 00


Wm. Rowell,


-


- - - 47 00


$1,564 60


EXPENDITURES.


Rienzi Phillips, labor on highway, 1867, -


-


$57 77


Patrick Cullen, sharpening tools, - 41 80 -


Robert Harris, labor and material on highways, A. C. Newhall, gravel, -


52 50


Robert Harris, rebuilding bridge, -


42 25


66 building wall on Orient street,


35 00


George Towns, removing snow from highway,


4 00


$2,149 34


4


-


50 00


-


-


1,916 02


-


-


26 50


9


STATE AID FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS.


RECEIPTS.


State aid reimbursed for year ending Dec. 31, 1867, $1,006 00


EXPENDITURES.


Mrs. Harriet Blaney,


-


-


-


$48 00


Mrs. Mary E. Stone,


-


-


-


-


48 00


Jos. W. Glass,


-


-


-


72 00


Mrs. A. N. Widger,


96 00


Mrs. Bridget Milan,


96 00


C. H. Fairbanks,


-


-


48 00


Mrs. Z. Small,


-


-


-


48 00


Mrs. Deborah Delano,-


-


-


48 00


Mrs. A. M. Chute,


-


-


-


96 00


Mrs. Hannah Johnson, -


48 00


James Umber, -


-


-


-


-


48 00


$696 00


ENLARGEMENT OF GRAMMAR SCHOOLHOUSE.


Appropriation, -


- -


- $1,000 00


EXPENDITURES.


Ivory Emmons, labor and materials,


- $1,297 78


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


EXPENDITURES.


James Wheeler, services,


-


-


-


$9 50


F. A. Tweed,


services,


-


-


-


4 00


B. M. Green,


services, -


-


1 50


$15 00


-


-


-


-


-


-


10


BOARD OF HEALTH.


EXPENDITURES.


B. M. Green, services, - -


- $20 00


Thomas Hadley, services two years, - 40 00


$60 00


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


EXPENDITURES.


F. A. Tweed, care of Engine, 1867, -


- $8 00


F. A. Tweed, labor on Engine, 1868, -


-


9 00


Stimpson & Mott, sundries, -


- 5 80


$22 80


CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.


Appropriation, - -


- -


-


$100 00


Other receipts, - -


- -


57 00


$157 00


EXPENDITURES.


John G. Collins, labor, -


- $48 00 Matthew Plumstead & Son, repairing harness, - 2 75


$50 75


11


TOWN LIBRARY.


Appropriation,


$100 00


Received from Unitarian Society,


-


50 00


150 00


EXPENDITURES.


R. L. Gay, stationery, -


-


-


5 69


Curtis V. Merritt, sundries,


-


-


-


17 53


Jacob Welch & Co., lamps,


4 90


J. H. Treadwell, sundries and labor,


2 50


Curtis V. Merritt, services as Librarian,


-


50 00


Curtis V. Merritt, care of room, -


10 00


Stimpson & Mott, sundries,


-


-


$92 17


POOR DEPARTMENT.


Balance of appropriation for 1867,


$155 00 -


BALANCE OF EXPENDITURES FOR 1867.


Sundries to Mrs. L. W. Newcomb, - $12 05


Wood and coal, for Mrs. John Proctor, -


13 00


Leonard Collins, services as Overseer,


- 5 00


Allen Rowe, services as Overseer,


5 00


Thomas Stone, services as Chairman of Overseers,


10 00


Thomas Stone, to cash paid strangers, -


4 00


$49 05


Appropriation for 1868,


-


-


-


$200 00


Received of Unitarian Society, -


50 00


$250 00


EXPENDITURES.


City of Salem, sundries to Mrs. L. W. Newcomb, Thomas Stone, services as Overseer of Poor, Thomas Stone, cash paid to strangers, and other expenses, -


82 99


10 00


9 48


$102 47


-


-


I


-


-


1 55


-


-


12


RECAPITULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.


RECEIPTS.


Selectmen's Department, appropriation and receipts,


$4,015 96


School Department,


4,637 69


Poor Department,


250 00


Cemetery Department,


66


6 .


157 00


Highway Department,


66


1,564 60


State Aid Department, receipts, -


1,006 00


Town Hall Department, receipts, -


169 25


Town Library Department, appropriation and receipts,


150 00


Enlargement of Grammar School, appropriation,


1,000 00


Interest on town debt, appropriation,


-


-


2,200 00


State and County tax,


- 4,500 00


$19,650 50


EXPENDITURES.


Selectmen's Department, -


-


-


$898 40


School


-


-


4,625 14


Poor


66


-


-


-


-


102 47


Cemetery


-


50 75


Highway 66


-


-


2,149 34


State Aid


66


-


696 00


Town Hall


66


-


92 17


Enlargement of Grammar Schoolhouse,


-


1,297 78


Interest on Town debt,


2,686 63


State and County tax,


-


-


-


4,554 40


Police Department,


-


-


-


-


15 00


Health


-


-


60 00


Fire


-


1


-


22 80


-


1


-


-


86 90


Library 66


-


.


$17,337 78


13


SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.


Town House and lot,


-


-


-


$10,000 00


Grammar Schoolhouse and lot,


-


-


-


7,000 00


Beach


-


-


-


2,000 00


West End 66


66


-


-


-


4,500 00


Farm


-


2,000 00


Engine House, -


-


-


-


-


400 00


Engine, hose carriage, etc.


800 00


Hearse and house,


-


1


-


700 00


Gravel pit,


-


-


500 00


Cemetery and improvements,


-


$27,900 00


DR.


TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with JOSEPH STANLEY, Collector.


CR.


1864.


To amount of taxes collected, - $14 00 -


1864. By balance committed in 1864, -


$48 87


To amount of taxes uncollected, 1


34 87


Total, -


1


-


$48 87


$48 87


Feb. 27, 1869.


JOSEPH STANLEY, Collector.


14


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


1866.


To amount of taxes collected, -


$82 44


1866. By balance committed in 1866,


$269 74


To amount of taxes uncollected, -


187 30


Total, -


- 269 74


$269 74 D. H. MILLETT, Collector.


Feb. 27, 1869.


-


DR.


TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, in Account with P. HOLDEN, Collector.


CR.


1867.


To amount of taxes collected,


-


$2,743 78


To amount of taxes uncollected,


585 97


Total,


-


$3,329 75


$3,329 75


1868.


1868.


To amount of taxes collected,


- $13,822 54


To amount of taxes abated,


-


3 46


To amount of taxes discounted, -


441 54


To amount of taxes uncollected,


-


3,979 75


Total,


$18,247 29


$18,247 29


Feb. 27, 1869. 274378 198225-40


P. HOLDEN, Collector.


. 3979- 1656632


1867.


By balance committed in 1867,


$3,329 75


15


By taxes committed for collection 1868, -


- $18,247 29


2


DR. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT in Account with P. HOLDEN, Treasurer.


By cash in Treasury, -


$1,815 00


To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1866 and '67,


$260 99


By cash from George Towns, rent of engine hall,


2 00


To cash paid Overseer's orders, 1866 and '97,


17 05


112 25


To cash paid Selectmens' orders, 1868,


9,132 93


By cash, B. M. Green, rent of Town Hall, By cash, Unitarian Society, - -


100 00


To cash paid Overseers' orders, 1868,


132 99


By cash, State Treasurer, on account of - State aid,


1,006 00


To cash paid notes, -


4,200 00


By cash, State Treasurer, on account of Corporation tax, -


2,513 96


16


ยท Balance in Treasury, -


-


1,378 87


18 00


By cash, Grant Club, rent of hall, - By cash, State Treasurer, school fund, By cash, J. W. Brooks, on account of cemetery,


57 00


14 00


By cash, Joseph Stanley, Collector, 1864, By cash, D. H. Millett, Collector, 1866, By cash, P. Holden, Collector, 1867, -


82 44


2,743 78


By cash, P. Holden, Collector, 1868, -


13,822 54


Total, - - $22,463 66


:


-


952


1657,632


-


-


-


-


-


-


1,714 40


By cash, Baptist Society, rent of hall, -


39 00


To cash paid State tax,


2,840 00


To cash paid interest on notes, 1868,


2,686 63


To cash paid County tax,


137 69


$22,463 66 Total, -


.


CR.


1656632


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