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TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29,
1872.
BOSTON:
PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER,
18 EXCHANGE STREET.
1872.
TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT,
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29,
1872.
BOSTON: PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER, 18 EXCHANGE STREET, 1872.
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REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.
To the citizens of the Town of Swampscott : -
The Auditing Committee have examined the accounts of the town for the year ending Feb. 29, 1872, and respectfully pre- sent the following report :
D. H. MILLET,
Auditing W. D. BRACKETT, JR.,
Committee.
F. O. ELLIS,
The Assessors' valuation of the town May 1, 1871, was as follows : -
Real Estate,
Personal ‹‹ - - - - -
504,073 00
Total, - - - -
$2,102,873 00
Number of Polls, -
-
- -
-
- 541
State Tax, -
-
-
-
-
$3,550 00
County Tax, -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total Tax assessed, -
- $21,059 77
Rate per cent. of total tax,
-
- $9 50 on $1,000
Number of dwelling houses, -
-
-
- 365
" " horses, -
- -
-
-
- 164
-
-
-
-
$1,598,800 00
-
- -
-
1,789 00
Town Tax, - -
15,720 77
- - -
4
Number of cows, -
-
-
-
-
117
66 " sheep, -
-
-
-
-
-
20
66 " acres of land taxed,
- -
-
- 1,398
66
" dogs licensed, -
-
-
-
- 75
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
Notes on demand, Blaney & Phillips,
-
-
$1,000 00
66 Elizabeth Proctor,
-
600 00
66 66 John Proctor, -
400 00
60
66 John Stanley, -
-
-
1,000 00
66
66 Edward Knowles,
-
250 00
66 66
David Newhall, -
500 00
60
66
Thomas Stanley, -
1,000 00
66
66 Coffin & Boyce, -
-
3,000 00
66
66 Jonathan Brown, -
1,000 00
66
66
Geo. W. Stone, -
400 00
66
Warren E. Small,
-
-
500 00
66
66
Charles F. Coffin, -
-
2,000 00
66
66
Lynn Inst. for Savings, -
26,000 00
66
66 Henry Martin, Jr., -
1,000 00
66
66
Provident Inst. for Savings
4,500 00
Outstanding orders of Selectmen and Over- seers of Poor, - - -
449 43
Town Debt, - - - -
- $43,599 43
The balance of uncollected taxes is as follows : -
James A. Mott, 1870,
-
-
-
-
John Stanley, 1871, - - -
1,052 23
Amount due for State Aid, -
-
- -
660 00
Total value of public property,
-
-
-
33,200 00
Cash in Treasury, - -
-
-
2,777 39
$37,731 76
Total amount of bills paid during the year, - 27,587 50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(Boston) note on 1 year,
$42 14
-
-
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, - -
-
-
-
$2,000 00
Corporation tax,
-
-
-
-
-
2,510 99
National Bank tax, - - -
1,358 49
$5,869 48
EXPENDITURES.
J. Frank. Farmer, printing town report, 1870, $41 00
W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Auditing Com- mittee, 1870, - -
F. O. Ellis, services as Auditing Committee, 1870, - - - - -
10 00
- D. H. Millett, services as Auditing Committee, 1870, - -
-
10 00
- John W. Pitman & Son, printing posters and by-laws, - - - - - - D. H. Millett, furnishing extra copy valuation book to tax commissioners, 1870, - W. W. Kellogg, printing assessors' books, - Wm. Seger, land rent for engine house, -
5 25
12 00
12 00
25 00
D. P. Stimpson, sundries, - - - -
13 28
Amount carried forward,
$138 53
-
-
10 00
6
Amount brought forward, $138 53
J. W. Pitman & Son, printing, - 4 00 - -
E. E. Boynton, canvassing for Water Com. - 8 00
B. R. McAllister, damage to carriage through defect in highway, (absence of railing at Swamp Road) - 75 00 -
Waldo Thompson, professional services, -
20 00
66 halliards for flagstaff, -
1 00
Joseph Stanley, services as Assessor, 1871, - State Reform School, keeping Patrick Ryan, - Cutter, Tower & Co., bill files, - - -
35 00
7 43
H. Q. Stimpson, services as Sec. to Selectmen, J. P. Palmer, services as Chairman Board of Selectmen, - - - - -
100 00
John S. Higgins, services as Selectmen, D. H. Millett, 66
-
-
75 00
66 cash paid to travellers, - -
2 25
66
services as Assessor and Secre-
tary to Board of Assessors, -
75 00
John Stanley, stationery and moving safe, -
5 91
66 66 services as Treasurer and Collec-
tor - -
-
300 00
John Chapman, services as Assessor, - -
35 00
W. D. Brackett, Jr., services as Town Clerk, 66 collecting and recording,
75 00
births, deaths and mar- riages, - -
-
21 75
W. D. Brackett, Jr., cash paid for postage, express, stationery, etc., - -
3 45
James Wheeler, distributing reports, 1871, -
9 00
$1,168 32
-
2 00
100 00
75 00
7
TOWN HOUSE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Rent of Town Hall from Charles S. Lewis, - $155 20
66 66
66 66 " Unitarian Society, - 100 00
66 " Lower Hall " Baptist Mission, - 26 00
$281 20
EXPENDITURES.
Lemuel Merrill, keys for town house, -
-
- $6 00
Charles E. Kershaw, labor on safe,
-
-
1 95
Charles S. Lewis, cleaning Town House, -
-
- 19 50
Choate & Rowe, wood and coal,
-
-
34 40
John R. Russell, paint and labor,
-
-
- 45 40
D. P. Stimpson, sundries,
-
- 34 40
John Chapman, stock and labor,
-
-
- 14 62
B. F. Smith, stock and labor,
-
-
- 7 40
Charles S. Lewis, services as janitor,
-
-
- 25 00
Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co., policy on Town House,
38 50
$227 17
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, -
-
$6,000 00
Massachusetts School Fund,
-
-
-
169 04
Rent of Palmer Hall,
-
100 00
Sale of outbuilding,
10 00
$6,279 04
8
EXPENDITURES.
John Hayes, care Farm school-house from Sept. 1, 1870 to March 1, 1871, - -
- - $26 00 N. C. Newhall, repairing clocks, - -
-
2 75
J. L. Hammet, school books, - - - -
12 47
Clara W. Woodbury, services as teacher, - -
450 00
P. C. Porter,
-
-
1,129 99
P. C. Porter, books and stationery, -
40 77
E. E. Boynton, services as teacher, -
70 00
Mary E. Boynton, “
- 450 00
Marietta B. Nowell, “ 66 66
-
-
- 102 33
Ellen Ledyard,
-
-
- 450 00
Harriet Blaney, 66 66 66
94 19
Mary Seger, 66 66
18 60
Clara Colcord,
66
-
-
-
450 00
Charlotte F. Mott, 66 66 66
- - - 297 67
Sarah Palmer, 66 66 66
- 297 67
Lewis Delano, care Grammar school-house, - -
312 30
Charles Langley, whitewashing school-house fence, 6 00
H. Smith, whitening school-house at Beach, -
10 00
Delano & Smith, repairs at Farm school-house, 4 77 ·
Choate & Rowe, wood and coal, - - 281 63
James P. Williams, sawing and splitting wood, 2 50
A. L. Chesley, stock and labor, - - -
20 42
Daniel Lee, furnishing steam-heating apparatus for Grammar school-house, - - - 1,250 00 Labor and material in setting steam-heating apparatus and repairs, -
152 55 - Betsy Galencia, care Beach school-house, - -
- 50 00 Waldo Thompson, insurance on school-house, - 291 00 W. H. Collins, setting glass Grammar school-house, - 4 00
Joseph W. Ross, ink wells and covers, - 2 50
Amount carried forward,
$6,280 11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
Amount brought forward,
$6,280 11
Horace M. Norton, labor and materials in setting steam-
heating apparatus, - -
- -
255 25
D. P. Stimpson, sundries, - - - -
25 22
- 57 30 John Chapman, materials and labor, - -
B. J. Lindsey, picture cord and tassels, - - - 2 92 J. H. Hayes, care Farm school-house, - - - 29 50 James Bryant, " West End " " and sawing wood, 40 50 I. H. Andrews, labor and material, - 9 12 - -
H. Smith, sawing and splitting wood, -
- - 2 50
T. O. Philbrick, labor and material on stoves, - 29 15 John Washburn, teaming wood and coal, - 24 50 -
Patrick Cullen, labor, -
-
-
-
- 2 00
Holden & Lee, sundries, -
-
- 1 40
D. P. Stimpson, sundries, -
- - - 3 89
Ingalls & Foster, - - -
-
- 1 54
John H. Crosman, services as School Committee, 1871, 45 00 W. B. Chase, 66 66 50 00
" cash paid, - - - - 10 00 John Capen, services as School Committee, 1871, - 45 00
66 " writing school report, 1871, - - - 10 00 Shaw & Salvage, expressing, - - 24 25 - - -
Robert Harris, teaming water to school-house, -
2 50
$6,951 65
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, - - - - - - $1,500 00 Received from S. H. Wardwell for surveys, - 15 00
-
$1,515 00
-
10
·
EXPENDITURES.
Robert Harris, repairs on highways, - $2,201 75 -
building fence on Humphrey St. 3 00
66 66 repairing sea-wall on King's Beach, 174 20
T. G. Blethen, stone for King's Beach wall, - 25 27 -
S. Armstrong, labor on 60 66
-
64 75
Patrick Cullen, stock and labor, King's Beach wall, 102 50
repairing drills, etc., - -
50 72
Jos. L. Ross, 71 street signboards, -
31 95 - Lyford & Boyce, painting street signboards, - -
19 20 John Chapman, signposts, - 94 87 -
John P. Russell, painting - - 27 75
Delano & Smith, labor and material on Charles Abbott's fence, - - - -
32 71
J. Q. Hammond, plan showing streets of town, and frame for same, - -
- 22 25
J. Q. Hammond, surveying avenue to Lincoln House, 15 00
survey and plan of Humphrey St., - 20 00)
66 66 66 " " " Orient St., 20.00 Sts., - -
" other services on Humphrey and Orient - 9 00 -
Simeon Flint, drain pipe on Essex, Orient and
Humphrey Sts.,
-
- 146 61
John T. Hanford, repainting and lettering six street signs, - - -
- - 6 30
Joseph Breed, 2nd, spruce rails and posts for swamp road, - 8 48
Joseph Breed, 2nd, material for railroad bridge, - 14 83
P. Cullen, sharpening and repairing tools, - 1 86 -
$3,096 00
11
TOWN LIBRARY.
Appropriation, -
- -
- - - $200 00 Received from Librarian from use of books, -
- 217 15
$417 15
EXPENDITURES.
A. Williams & Co. for books, - -
- $267 16
J. E. Tilton & Co., - -
-
- - 29 30 W. T. Webster for magazines, etc., - - -
15 20
C. F. Bessom for printing labels -
-
-
4 00
Thomas Breare, binding books, - -
-
-
12 80
Curtis V. Merritt, services as librarian,
- - 113 00
cash paid for sundries, -
5 15
$446 61
The Librarian presents the condition of the Library, as fol- lows :-
Number of books on shelves, March 1, 1871, - 1,295
66 66 66 March 1, 1872, -
1,548
66 delivered during the year, - 4,120
added 66 66 -
- 259
66
66 lost 66 66
-
-
6
Days open for delivery, - - -
- - 49
Estimated value of books in Library, - - $1,700 00
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT.
Receipts for sale of lots,
-
- - -
- $162 00
Appropriation, -
-
- -
- - 100 00
$262 00
-
1
12
EXPENDITURES.
S. H. Barnes, repairs on harness, -
- 87 00
D. H. Millett, Superintendent of Cemetery, -
- 20 00
$114 75
STATE AID DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation,
1
-
$700 00
Rec'd from State Treasurer state aid reimbursed,- 648 00
$1,348 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Mrs. M. E. Stone,
-
-
-
$48 00 ·
A. N. Widger,
-
-
-
-
- 96 .00
66
66 B. Milan, -
-
-
-
-
- 96 00
66 Lydia Small,
48 00
66 Deborah Delano, -
48 00
66 A. M. Chute, .-
96 00
£ Hannah Johnson, -
-
-
-
48 00
J. W. Glass, -
-
-
-
-
- 72 00
C. H. Fairbanks, -
-
-
-
- 48 00
James Umber, -
-
-
-
-
- 48 00
Mrs. Harriet Blaney, -
-
-
-
12 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$660 00
- $7 75 - James Brysen, labor in cemetery, - -
13
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation, - -
- -
- - $500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital for board and clothing of Marietta C. Lewis, - -
- - - $188 97 Taunton Lunatic Hospital for board and clothing of James Bishop, - - - -
- 116 40
Thomas Stone, services as overseer, 1870, - -
15 00
66 cash paid to travellers, - - -
6 85
66 66 travelling expenses, -
- -
5 12
City of Salem, to aid furnished Mrs. L. W. New- comb, - - - 36 28 - -
Holden & Lee, sundries to Thomas Conway, - -
5 47
City of Boston, aid to Ellen Burrows, - - -
36 25
$410 34
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EXPENDITURES.
Charles West, police badges, - - - 1 $12 00 Geo. W. Harris, services as special police during muster, - - - - 22 50
- - - Benj. H. Phillips, services as special police during muster, - - - -
- 22 50
- - Thomas Stanley, services as special police during muster, - - - -
- 22 50
- - Benj. Green, services as special police during muster,- 22 50 Charles Roderick, services as special police during · muster, 2 days, - - -
- -
5 00
F. A. Tweed, services 59 nights, at $1 50, - -
88 50
24 nights, at $2 00, - -
48 00
E. G. Blaney, 60 5 days and nights during
muster, - - - -
- - - 22 50
Amount carried forward,
$266 00
14
Amount brought forward,
$266 00
E. G. Blaney, services 1 day at regatta, - 66 serving notices, dog licenses, -
- 3 00
6 00 J. E. O. Nisbett, services as constable, - 35 00
- Thomas Hadley, services as special police at muster,- James Wheeler, services as constable, delivering no- tices, warrants for town meetings, travelling fees, etc., - - -
22 50
- -
-
34 98
James Wheeler, services as constable during muster and memorial day, - - - -
- 25 50
John Stanley, services as special constable, - -
3 00
$395 98
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Hadley, cash paid on account of Board of Health, - - - - -
- - $10 00
Geo. W. Harris, services on Board of Health, - - 30 00
$40 00
ATLANTIC AVENUE.
EXPENDITURES.
County Treasurer, for constructing Atlantic Avenue, -
- - $3,693 82
- - County Treasurer, damages claimed by Dockham & Co., contractors for Atlantic Avenue, on account of delay caused in the construction of said road by an injunction of the Supreme Court, - -
- -
- 900 00
$4,593 82
15
HIGHLAND STREET.
Wm. Rowell, labor and material on Jona P. Blaney's
- - - $40 50 house, - - - -
T. O. Philbrick, labor and material, - - 16 48 -
$56 98
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
W. H. Collins, neat's foot oil, -
-
-
- $6 25
T. O. Philbrick, watering pot, -
-
-
- 1 75
J. E. O. Nisbett, care of engine, -
-
- - 25 00
$33 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation, - - - - - $50 00 EXPENDITURES.
Paid S. F. Douglass, Com. of Post 118, G. A. R. - $50 00
COLUMBIA STREET.
Mrs. Mary Wilson, award for fencing, - - - $100 00
66 interest on note given in settle- -
ment of land damages, - - 14 00 -
$114 00
16
ORIENT STREET.
Ives & Lincoln, damages awarded to Anna Lloyd
Jeffries by the decision of the Superior Court, - $575 00 C. A. Phillips, costs of court in suits of Wm. R. Blaney and Anna Lloyd Jeffries, 130 10 - - Thomas Hadley, paid O. A. Durell, for moving shed on estate of W. R. Blaney, - 18 00
- C. A. Phillips, services as counsel in suits of W. R. Blaney and Anna Lloyd Jeffries, -
170 50
$893 60
RECAPITULATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Receipts and Expenditures.
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Selectmen's Department,
-
-
-
$5,869 48
School
66
6,279 04
Highway
66
-
-
-
1,515 00
State Aid
1,348 00
Poor
66
-
-
-
500 00
Town House 66
281 20
Town Library 66
-
-
-
417 15
Cemetery
-
-
-
-
262 00
State and County tax appropriation,
5,300 00
Interest on Town debt
66
-
-
-
2,800 00
Miscellaneous
66
-
-
-
900 00
Memorial Day
-
-
-
50 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
.
-
-
$25,521 87
17
EXPENDITURES.
Selectmen's Department,
-$1,168 32
School
66
-
-
-
-
- 6,951 65
Highway
- 3,096 00
State Aid
66
-
-
-
-
- 660 00
Poor
66
-
-
-
- 410 30
Town House
66
-
-
-
- 227 17
Town Library
-
-
-
-
- 446 61
Cemetery
-
-
-
- 114 75
Board of Health
-
-
-
- 40 00
Police
-
-
-
-
-
395 98
Atlantic Avenue "
-
-
-
-
- 4,593 82
Highland Street
-
-
-
-
-
56 98
Fire
-
-
-
-
- 33 00
Memorial Day 66
-
-
-
-
-
Columbia Street 66
-
-
-
I
- 114 00
Orient Street
66
-
-
-
-
- 893 60
State Tax, -
3,550 00
County Tax, -
-
-
-
-
-
1,789 00
Interest on Town Debt,
-
-
-
-
2,996 32
$27,587 50
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and lot, -
-
-
-
$12,000 00
Grammar School-house and lot, -
-
- 8,000 00
Beach
66
- -
- 2,500 00
Amount carried forward, 3
$22,500 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
50 00
18
Amount brought forward,
$22,500 00
West End School-house and lot,
-
-
- 5,500 00
Farm
.6 66
-
-
-
2,500 00
Engine House, - -
400 00
Fire Engine, Hose Carriage, etc.,
-
-
- 800 00
Hearse and House, -
-
-
-
-
500 00
Gravel pit,
- -
-
-
-
-
700 00
New Gravel pit,
-
-
-
-
-
300 00
-
-
-
-
$33,200 00
Dr.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, in account with JAMES A. MOTT, Collector. Cr.
1870.
To amount of taxes collected - -
$1,235 54
1870. By amount committed -
-
$1,277 68
uncollected
42 14
$1,277 68
19
Dr. TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, in account with JOHN STANLEY, Collector. Cr.
1871.
1871.
By amount committed . -
$21,059 77
discounted
.
567 75
abated
a
1,016 75
uncollected - 1,052 23
$21,059 77
JOHN STANLEY, Collector.
To amount of taxes collected - $18,423 04
20
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT, in account with JOHN STANLEY, Treasurer.
1871.
DR.
To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1870 - -
$300 75
Overseers'
26 97
Selectmen's 66 1871 -
18,434 20
Overseers' 66
341 62
Note of Blaney & Phillips -
395 00
-
-
600 00
66 John Stanley -
-
300 00
66
J. P. Palmer -
-
200 00
66
66
First National Bank,
(Lynn) temporary loan - -
5,000 00
To cash paid Note of John Roberts
1,000 00
County tax -
-
-
-
1,789 00
66
State 6 - -
-
-
3,550 00
66 Interest on Notes -
-
2,996 32
E
Balance in Treasury -
- -
2,777 39
$ 37,913 25
1871. CR.
By cash from J. A. Mott, balance in Treasury - $638 60
66 " John R. Merritt, rent of Hall in
West End School-house - -
-
- 50 00
from William G. Earp, rent of Hall in West End School-house - - -
- 50 00
" from Charles S. Lewis, rent of Town Hall, 155 20
Amount carried forward,
$893 80
-
-
-
200 00
66 66 Shafner Armstrong -
-
- -
21
Amount brought forward,
$893 80
By cash from Unitarian Soc. , rent of Town Hall,
100 00
Baptist Mission, - -
26 00
66 Curtis V. Merritt on acc't Library,
217 15
D. H. Millett on acc't Cemetery lot,
162 00
John S. Higgins, sale of out- buildings, - - - -
10 00
from State Treas. State Aid, reimbursed, 648 00
" S. H. Wardwell on account survey- ing road - - - - - 15 00 -
" from J. P. Palmer, temporary loan -
200 00
66 " John Stanley, -
-
300 00
" First National Bank, (Lynn) tem- porary loan - - -
5,000 00
from Blaney & Phillips, Note on demand, 1,000 00
66 66 Henry Martin, Jr.,
1,000 00
66 " Provident Inst. for Savings, Boston, note on 1 year - - -
-
4,500 00
from County Treasurer, dog fund - -
144 20
State Treasurer, Corporation tax -
2,510 99
66 66 National Bank tax
1,358 49
Mass. School fund, 169 04
James A. Mott, Collector, 1870 -
1,235 54
John Stanley, 1871 -
18,423 04
$37,913 25
JOHN STANLEY, Treasurer.
-
66
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