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SWAMPSCOTT
EREPORTS
YEAR ENDING FEB. 28. 1880.
.
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1880.
LYNX : LEECH & LEWIS, Printers, Sherry's Block, Munroe Street, 1880.
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
D. HOLMAN MILLETT, EDWIN A. FARNHAM, Committee. BENJ. J. LINDSEY,
ASSESSORS' VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1879.
Real Estate .
$1,930,205.00
Personal Estate
418,904.00
Total
2,349,109.00
No. of polls
629
State tax on polls
1.00
County tax on polls
1.00
Polls tax .
2.00
State tax on property
.044 on $1,000
County tax on property
.731 60 1,000
Town tax on property
7.523 4 1,000
Total rate of taxation
8.30 ** 1,000
Total tax on polls . 1.258.00
Total tax on Personal Estate
3,477.10
Total tax on Real Estate
16,020.96
Total tax for State, County and Town purposes .
$20,756.06
Number of dwelling houses .
499
Number of acres of land .
1,453₺
Number of horses .
185
Number of cows
98
Whole number of deaths
43
Males .
21
Females
22
Whole number of marriages
25
Whole number of births
30
Males
17
Females
13
Whole number of dogs licensed Males .
96
87
Females
9
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
Rate per Cent Date. When due.
C. F. Coffin, Trustee . $11,000.00 7 Nov. 13, '74 Nov. 13, '84
Lynn Inst'n for Savings
5,000.00
7 Nov 13, '74, Nov. 13, '84
P. A. Chase
5,000.00 7 Nov. 13, '74, Nov. 13, '84
P. A Chase, Trustee .
5,000.00 7 Nov. 13, '74, Nov. 13, '84
Lynn Inst'n for Savings
4,500.00
5 May 21, '77, May 21, '82
Salem National Bank .
6,000.00
4 July 15, '79, July 15, '80
Blaney & Phillips
1,000.00 6 Dec. 2, '76, Dec. 2, '81
John N. Hooper
874.80
5 April 4, '78 On demand
John Smith
300.00
6 Aug. 1, '77, Aug. 1,'80
Elizabeth Proctor
500.00
6 July 14, '60, On demand
Edward Knowles .
250.00
6 Dec. 2, '76, Dec. 2, '81
Outstanding orders .
280.40
$39,705.20
The balance of uncollected taxes is as follows :
William Segar, 1874
$252.05
1875
645.97
Total tax uncollected
$898.02
Due from State Aid
745.50
Indigent Soldiers' Aid
196.81
Cash in Treasury
13,899.47
Value of Public Property
38,724.75
--- $53,566.53
* Debt reduced during the year, $3,000.00.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation .. $1,000.00
Receipts, pedlars' licenses 8 00
1,008.00
EXPENDITURES.
Edwin D. Smithurst, distributing reports $3.00
Leech & Lewis, printing reports . 80.00
James E. Alger, distributing reports 3.00
Waldo Thompson, professional services 1.00
F. O. Ellis, services as Auditor . 15.00
R. B. Jordan, vaccinating children 20.00
Joseph W. Glass, labor on hay scales 3.00
Jos. Stanly, Auditor's Report, case of J. P. Palmer vs. Town of Swampscott 1.80
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., repairing hay scales 89.86
J. B. & W. A. Lamper, cement and sand, hay scales . 1.95
Algernon Robinson, care of Mrs. Henry Hatch 6.00 I. K. Harris, services defining line of Redington, cor. Humphrey . 3.00
Rufus Kimball, printing tax-bills and blanks
4.25
Hastings & Sons, advertising proposals for coal . 5.25
advertising proposals for collec- tion of taxes . 5.25
Luther C. Parker, printing tax-bills
5.25
Leech & Lewis, printing blanks, 4.50
Amount carried forward, $252.11
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $252.11
John Chapman, stock and labor on hay scales 11.86
fence on Forest River Road 15.60
repairing Railroad Bridge on
Danvers Road .
63.77
repairing Bridge over sidewalk front of Amos Holt's . 12.43
Town of Marblehead, Tax on Gravel Pit .
8.66
C. C. Noyes, damage to horse and carriage . 12.00
I. H. Andrews, stock and labor on fence cor. Red- ington and Rockland Sts. 12.64
John Walsh, care of Vincent Cameron, insane person 11.00
R. B. Jordan, M. D., services for said Cameron 11.50
L. Emery Smith, hack for Cameron . 6.00
C. A. Ahearne, M. D., services for Vincent Cam- eron 13.00
Alfred Cross & Co., pants for Vincent Cameron . 1.25
Callahan Bros., clothing for Vincent Cameron 1.15
Everett Boynton, sundries . 1.05
Harvey Jewell, land damage, Sept., 1872
25.00
C. A. Morris, painting and lettering hay scales water trough 1.25
4.05
Geo. E. Conners, tax reimbursed 2.00
John Washburn, landau in procession 250th Anni- versary of Settlement of Lynn 12.00
C. E. Durgin, envelopes . .74
Leonard Blanchard, land rent for life-boat house 20.00
Arther C. Widger, recording births, marriages and deaths 25.05
D. H. Millett, services as Assessor 100.00
services as Auditor 15.00
John Chapman, repairing and setting sign post . 1.00
services as Assessor 40.00
N. M. Hawkes, legal services 50.00
George Smith, services as Assessor 30.00
Amount carried forward, $760.11
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AUDITORS' REPORT. .
Amount brought forward, $760.11 Jos. Stanley, services as superintendent of ceme-
tery 25.00
services as Chairman of Selectmen 200.00
G. H. Hobby, services as Selectman 100.00
W. A. Stubbs, services as Selectman
100.00
Roberts' Express, expressing
15.40
John H. Crossman, returning deaths
5.75
Arthur C. Widger, services as Town Clerk 75.00 sundries, postage, &c. 4.50
Dan'l P. Stimpson, collecting taxes 1879 242.20
services as Treasurer 125.00
collecting taxes 1873
20.00
professional services, postage, &c. 12.18
Hastings & Sons, advertising
3.50
J. P. Small, sundries 2.20
-- $1,690.84
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation . $6,500.00
School Fund, 1878 187,14
-$6,687.14
EXPENDITURES.
S. E. Bailey, services as teacher . $1,000.00
Miss Mary Landen, services as teacher 240.00
Mrs. Mary E. Larkin, services as teacher 450.00
Miss Abbie M. Mott, services as teacher 480.00
Miss Charlotte F. Mott, services as teacher 450.00
Miss Kate Commerford, services as teacher 465.00
Miss Sarah Palmer, services as teacher 180.00
Miss Alva Goudey, services as teacher 450.00
Amount carried forward, $3,715.00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $3,715.00
Miss Hattie J. Thing, services as teacher 450.00
Miss Margaret B. Wardwell, services as teacher 187.50
Miss Fannie L. Stanley. services as teacher 225.00
Miss Martha A. Grey, services as teacher 225.00
Miss Kitty Honors, two days' services as teacher 3 50
50.00
L. E. Pease, services as teacher of penmanship Eben S. Martin, Jr., Janitor Grammar School 300.00 sundries 1.41
James Bryant, janitor West End School 108.33
Mrs. Harriet Coan, janitor Beach School 100.00
Mrs. Bridget Casey, janitor Farm School 50.00
John P. Pierce, janitor at West End School 33.32
Mrs. S. L. Honors, services as teacher . 8.75
S. E. Bailey, use of surveying instruments . 10.00
Leech & Lewis, stationery and cards 8.00
Nichols & Hall, books and stationery
71.36
A. F. Nesbitt, services as truant officer, 1878 . 35.00
A. E. Burton & Co., feather dusters
10.91
Philip Ashton, ink
9.30
F. C. Hastings & Co., drawing books and paper 9.00
Everett Boynton, books
7.30
Miss A. M. Mott, books .
1.95
Frost & Adams, books and sundries
2 95
Coleman & Maxwell, paper
21.00
Benj. A. Martin, whitewashing at Farm School 2.00 cleaning windows in Grammar School 2.00 .
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber . 34.53
Gilbert Delano, stock and labor 31.10
Miss Sarah Palmer, drawing manual .80
O. Lappen & Co., Waste baskets 3 50
Choate & Rowe, coal 41.87
Daniel E Lombard, sawing and splitting wood 6.72
Alden Choate, coal and wood 164.54
J. L. Hammatt, sundries , 1.95
Amount carried forward,
$5,933.59
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$5,933.59
W. H. Hutchinson, hardware . 7.41
J. A. Bean, four oak chairs 4.00
John C. Haynes & Co., singing books 24.44
Boston School Supply Co., globe, erasers, etc.
18.92
T. O. Philbrick, sundries at Grammar School . 7.32
sundries at Beach School 20.05
sundries at Pine Street School 16.94
sundries at Farm School 6.40
sundries at Essex Street School 8.45
Peleg Gardner, stock and labor at Beach School 20.37
stock and labor at West End School 3.00
T. O. Philbrick, sundries at Beach School 1.53
Carter, Rice & Co., paper
4.50
A. S. Barnes & Co., chemicals 30.00
Frank O. Ellis, books 4.00
George H. Holden, wood 20.90
J. P. Small, repairing locks, etc. 5.92
Wm. A. Francis, sundries at Grammar School 5.03
Chairman School Committee, car fares for 1879 15 00
3 days' time and expenses . 8.70
school clock . 5.25
black board erasers
4 00
sundries
9 99
C. A. Morris, ¿ day's work at Beach School
1.25
repairing and slating black boards at Beach School 36.00
varnishing chairs, desks, etc., at Beach School 2.50
1 day's work at Grammar School 2.50
setting glass at Grammar School 3.25
1 day's work on seats at Gram- mar School 2.50
repairing and slating black boards
at Grammar School 24.50
Amount carried forward, 2
$6,258.21
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $6,258.21
C. A. Morris, 1 day's work on seats at Farm School 2.50
painting house, fence and blinds,
two coats, at Farm School . . 58.75
painting roof at Farm School ·
19.70
blind trimmings and repairs, set-
ting glass at Farm School . . 5.90
painting entries, two coats, at Farm School . 8.75
screws, nails and window fasten- ings at Farm School 1.50
1 day's work on windows at Pine 1
Street School 2.50
setting glass at Pine Street Scohol 2.25
repairing and slating black boards at Pine Street School 18.00
repairing leaky roof at Pine Street School 3.25
repairing and setting glass at Grammar and Pine Street Schools 3.88
1 day's work
2.50
250 sheets drawing paper at 3 cts.
1 ream drawing paper . 7.50
7.75
100 boxes school crayons
16.00
blank cards, 75 ; shelf brackets, 75 1.50
varnishing 130 desks and furni-
ture 18.80
cleaning desks and furniture 3.00
designs, &c., for drawing
7.37
S. H. Shaw, jobbing
1.75
Charles P. Curtis, services as School Committee 60.00
Frank O. Ellis, services as School Committee . 60.00
--- $6,571.36
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation . $2,500.00
Receipts street scrapings
13.50
$2,513.50
EXPENDITURES.
P. Cullen, sharpening picks and drills $24.38
labor on snow plow 6.50
Lynn Water Board, water for streets 187.87
John Chapman, stock and labor, fence on Swamp Road .
13.70
John Chapman, stock and labor, drain on Red- ington street . 1.89
Jos. S. Brown, trimming trees 6.13
T. O. Philbrick, drain pipe and lanterns 61.86
H. W. Wilson, edge stone . 5.40
P. Holden, 15 loads gravel 4.00
A T. Goodwin, 500 loads gravel
100.00
E. Longley, covering stone
3.50
Parker & Gannett, ¿ dozen spades
5.87
John E. Chase, labor on snow
2.00
Addison Stone, 2} days' work at 1.50
375
William Thurston. 24 days' work .
3.37
William Cronin, 1 days' work on snow
1.50
S. McDonough, 24 days' work .
3.37
Bryan McDermott, 1 days' work on snow
1.50
John Griffin, 32 days' work
5.62
Daniel Allen, 11 days' work with team
33.00
Thomas Murray, 4& days' work paving
9.00
Thomas Bergan, sharpening picks . 8.20
Nathaniel Galucia, 22} days' work
33.75
James Harding, 13 days' work team 39.00
George Barker, 9 days' work . 13.50
Richard H. Cobb, 33 days' work team
10.50
Amount carried forward, $589.16
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $589.16
John G. Twisden, 312 days' work team 95.25
L. W. Pickard, 9} days' work 14.25
Martin Nies, 172 days' work team
52.50
John N. Galucia, 3 days' work
4.50
Patrick Farrell, 33 days' work team 32 days' work 48.00
99.00
John Gannon, 13} days' work team
40.50
Charles Roderick, 15 days' work
22.50
M. S. Gwinn, 20} days' work team 1 day's work 1.50
61.50
Dennis Lyons, 15} days' work
23.25
William Kane, 21} days' work
33.25
Richard V. Bessom, 122 days' work
18.75
David Myers 46.87
D. W. Nesbitt, 4} days' work 6.75
James Bryson, 132 days' work team 40.50
Richard Connors, 12 days' work 18.00
John Cooney, 292 days' work 44.63
Timothy Ryan, 422 days' work
63.74
Michael Casey, 29} days' work
44.25
John McDonough, 344 days' work team
102.75
Thomas Cahill, 14 days' work
21.00
A. R. Galucia, 20} days' work 30.75
R. P. Kendrick, 14 days' work 17 days' work team 1.87
E. A. Farnham, 11 days' work team
33.00
James Weeman, 15₴ days' work team 47.25
Solomon H. Shaw, 17} days' work team 52.00
314 days' work team 93.75
Patrick Carroll, 40 days' work . 60.00
John Mahan, 464 days' work . 69.37
George Wellman, 41} days' work 62.24
Daniel Myers, 472 days' work 71.62
blasting rocks . .50
Amount carried forward, $2,080.75
51.00
J. H. Stone, 10 days' work 15.00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $2,080.75
Michael Ryan, 53} days' work . 79.87
Robert Harris, 32} days' work team 96.75
John Washburn, storing derrick 3.00
23 days' work with 2 horses
and carts (horse extra) . 17.50
333 days' work with team .
101.00
32 days' breaking roads with teams
15.25
2 days' breaking roads 8.00
Thomas Kennedy, 17} days' work
26.25
Malachi Kennedy, 222 days' work
45.00
6 buckets cement
1.20
4 days' work at 1.50
6.00
93 days' work at 1.50 . 14.62
labor and stock on drains 12.50
Bartlett Shaw, 105 days' personal services at
2.50
262.50
Bartiett Shaw, 56 days' work with team 168.00
122 days' work . 18.75
clearing snow 36.75
repairing pump drain
8.00
-$3,001.69
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$400.00
Dog tax 1879 176.46
From Curtis V. Merritt, Librarian 129.95
$706.41
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
James A. Mott, book . $1.50
Hinckley, Thorp & Dresser, stationery 5.00
J. L .. Lang, rubber stamp 2.50
John Chapman, stock and labor 80.21
Thomas B. Breare, binding books
27 25
Rogers & Newhall, binding books, &c.
22.25
J. N Allen & Berry, blanks, cards, &c. 24.50
Benj. Potter & Sons, stock and labor 17.02
Thos. P. Nichols, printing catalogues
42.00
Geo. F. King, stationery
1.60
A. Williams & Co., books .
2.55
Chas. Rowell, stock and labor
2.00
Wm. H. Collins, painting, filling, &c. 15 00
J. E. O. Nesbitt, cleaning library 2.75
Estes & Lauriat, books
207.48
Edward Crossman, assistant librarian 8.33
Curtis V. Merritt, services as librarian including assistant .210.83
Curtis V. Merritt, sundries
5.85
$678.62
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $1,500.00
286.26
Receipts
$1,786.26 -
EXPENDITURES.
Essex Co. receptacle for the insane
Board for Wm. Quiner $130.35
Clothing for Wm. Quiner 20.00
Worcester Lunatic Hospital
Board for Anna Richardt . 182.55
Board for Margaret Welch 182.50
Amount carried forward, $515.40
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $515.40
Clothing for Margaret Welch 21.22
State Hospital for Insane (Danvers)
Board for Mrs. Maria Hatch 141 86
Sundries for Mrs. Maria Hatch 1 01
Board for Mrs. Sarah P. Russell . 51.43
Sundries for Mrs. Sarah P. Russell 2.20
Asylum for the Chronic Insane. Board for James Bishop 162.86
Clothing for James Bishop 13.76
Nathaniel Seaver, aid rendered Ellen Burrows . 72.00
City of Lynn, for aid rendered Mrs. Caroline Pierce 11.75
Town of Natick, for board of Thomas Allen 57 weeks at 2.00 . 114.00
Town of Natick, groceries for Thomas Allen 6.00
E. P. Dodge, lodging tramps 4.80
Wm. Granger, services with team, case of Arthur Woodbury . 2.00
Mrs. II. P. Granger, house rent for Mrs. John C. Caswell, 7 mos. at 5.00 35.00
150.50
L. D. Pettingill, groceries for Chas. Bacon groceries for Thos. H. Durgin 16.94
Benj. J. Lindsey, clothing Arthur Ellis . 9.30
John HI. Crossman, funeral expenses of G. Far- rington
23.00
G. Il. Holden, ¿ ton coal for T. II. Durgin 3.50
¿ ton coal for J. Harding 3.25
1 ton coal for Chas. Bacon 5.25
Alden Choate, wood and coal for Mrs. B. Proctor 3.63
wood and coal for Chas. Bacon . 14.50
wood and coal for Geo. Farrington 3.00
coal for Mrs. Kate Frazier . 11.00
coal for T. H. Durgin 4.25
wood and coal for W. Wright 3.75
. Amount carried forward, $1,407.16
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $1,407.16
Choate & Rowe, coal for Mrs. Kate Frazier . . 7.00
wood and coal for Mrs. John
C. Caswell 4.50
wood and coal for J. O. Stone 7.90
R. B. Jordan, M. D., medical attendance, John Bluitts' family 3.00
medical attendance, M.
O'Connell's family 15.00
medical attendance, Flor-
ence Jones 3.00
medical attendance, Geo.
W. Farrington's family 44.00
W. B. Chase, M. D., medical attendance, John Bluitts' family 1.00
John Washburn, removing 6 persons to Tewks-
bury Almshouse 14.75
carriage work 5.00
services as Overseer 20.00
John C. Stimson, car fare, postage and station- ery 8.61
services as Overseer 37.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board E. Brim- blecomb 24.00
John A. Rogers, services as Overseer 15.00
---- $1616.92
Reimbursed by John Brimblecomb 24.00
John P. Russell 53.63
Anna Richardt 182 55
Geo. W. Farrington 8.00
Aid rendered to family in 1866 17.48
$285.66
To be reimbursed by State, (Jas. Bishop)
49.30
(Wm. Quiner) 41.51
$376.47
Actual expense of Poor Department . $1240.45
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AUDITORS' REPORT,
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
500.00
Receipts
$3.00
$503.00
EXPENDITURES.
Rodney A. Douglass, services 18 weeks as
police, at $9.00 .
$162.00
Rodney A. Douglass, serving dog warrant 15.00
D. W. Nesbitt, services 15 weeks as police officer at 6.00 90.00
services 17 weeks at $8.00 136 00
services 13 nights 11.25
services 5 nights 3.75
services as constable 1879 . 23.00
Thomas & Co., carrying prisoner to Lynn
1.00
James Wheeler, services as constable
29.00
Nathaniel Galucia, services as constable
10.00
Herbert E. Newcomb, use of team .
1.00
J. B. Hawes, use of team . 1.50
George Howe & Co., 3 police badges 3.75
John P. Lovell & Son, pistol and cartridges . 6.50
$493.75
TOWN HALL DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
Receipts
$203.50
EXPENDITURES.
Lynn Gas Co. .
$105.60
A. F Nesbitt, janitor 4.29
Amount carried forward, 3
$109.89
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$109.89
Bartlett Shaw, grading
2.00
J. E. O. Nesbitt, labor on Town Hall
8.00
John Chapman, repairs .
28.18
S. J. Pettingill, sundries
2.38
T. O. Philbrick, sundries
11.36
Alden Choate, coal
22.37
George H. Ilolden, wood .
7.50
J. P. Small, repairing locks . 2.57
William A. Francis, sundries
.91
- $195.16
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT,
Appropriation .
$300 00
Receipts, from sale of lots 175.00
$475.00
EXPENDITURES.
Woodside Nursery, trees . $13.50
Joseph Breck & Son, wheelbarrow . 4.00
S. H. Shaw, 12 days' labor with team 4.50
J. B. Hawes, 1 day's labor with team
1.50
I. O Guild, door for town tomb D. Myers, 8 days' labor on well . 14 00 8 days' labor on well . 12.00
I. H. Webster, repairs on pump .
4.00
Joseph S. Brown, 7 days' labor on well 10.50
Benjamin Potter & Sons, stock and labor 3.51
R. V. Bessom, 81 days' labor . 121.50
Michael Ryan, 13} days' labor 20.25
Daniel Myers, 62 days' labor 9.75
Martin Nies, 3 days' labor horse and cart . 4.50
R. V. Bessom, 5 days' labor, horse and cart . 7.50
$254.01
23.00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $50.00
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Ryan, cleaning around boat houses $5.00
Frank Lowell, three signs 7.50
E. F. Wiley and Frank Bartlett, labor on drain 6.00
E. F. Wiley and Frank Bartlett, sundries . . .07
7.00
S. H. Shaw, cleaning beach and burying horse . Thomas Kennedy, 1 day's labor
1.50
Malachi Connell, 1 day's labor
1.50
John Mahan, 1 day's labor
1.50
Dennis Lyons, 1 day's labor
1.50
James G. Brown, 1 day's labor
1.50
Patrick Farrell, 22 days' labor with team
7.50
Dr. W. B. Chase, chloride of lime
1.20
Charles E. Harris, services
37.00
Richard P. Horton, services 17.50
$96.27
STREET LAMP DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $100.00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph Stanley, ladder . 1.80
W. & F. H. Whittemore, oil 8.44
Edward Marsh, services lighting lamps 80.00
J. P. Small, paint, labor, &c. .49
C. A Morris, setting glass .25
T. O. Philbrick, sundries . 4.05
$95.03
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation $100.00
EXPENDITURES.
John Chapman, door and labor at engine house 3.00
D. P. Stimson, Treas., for services engine men 100.00
Ilunneman & Co., repairs on engine . 48.80
C. A. Morris. setting glass, engine house . .90
C. E. Durgin, alcohol and sweet oil 4.75
Henry Widger, services as steward
25.00
J. P. Small, paint and keys
9 75
T. O. Philbrick, stove and sundries 18.20
Wm. A. Francis, sundries
4.60
$215.00
INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
EXPENDITURES.
John Pedrick . $48.00
George W. Farrington 12.00
Edward S. Wilkins 30.00
John C. Caswell
16.00
$106.00
STATE AID.
Received from State $657.00
EXPENDITURES.
Joseph W. Glass
$72.00
William Widger . 48.00
Amount carried forward,
$120.00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$120.00
Patrick Milan .
48.00
A. M. Chute
48.00
Wm. H. Johnson
48.00
Charles H. Fairbanks
48.00
James Umber
48.00
Edward Winslow
36.00
John C. Stimpson
120.00
Horace W. Wardwell
54.00
John Merritt
36.00
Mathew B. Cochran
72.00
Gorman DeBruyn
18.00
Daniel Cleary .
12.00
Michael Haley
24.00
George W. Pierce
13.50
$745.50
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations and Receipts.
Expenditures·
Selectmen's Department .
$1,008.00
$1,690.84
School Department
6,687.14
6,571.36
Highway Department .
2,513.50
3,001.69
Library Department .
706.41
678 62
Overseers of the Poor Department .
1,786.26
1,616.92
Cemetery Department .
475 00
254.01
Town Hall Department
203.50
195.16
Police Department
503.00
493.75
Street Lamp Department
100.00
95.03
Board of Health Department
50.00
96.27
Fire Department .
100.00
215.00
Indigent Soldiers' Department
1,281.73
106.00
State Aid Department .
657.00
745.50
State Tax .
1,500.00
715.00
County Tax
2,200.00
2,335.00
Interest .
3,000.00
2,621.49
Corporation Tax
1,826.77
National Bank Tax .
1,225.61
$25,823.92
$21,431.64
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town House and Lot .
$10,000.00
Grammar School House and Lot
9,000.00
Beach School House and Lot
4,500.00
Pine Street School House and Lot
5,000.00
Essex Street School House and Lot .
2,000.00
Farm School House and Lot .
2,000.00
Engine House and Lot, Engine and Hose
1,500.00
Gravel Pits
1,000.00
Amount carried forward,
$35,000.00
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$35,000.00
Derrick .
150.00
Treasurer's Safe
50.00
Town Safe at Town Hall
250.00
Town Library
3,000.00
Hay Scales
100.00
Scales, Weights, &c.
100.00
2 Revolvers and Badges for Police
18.75
Snow Plow, $25.00; 15 Picks, $15.00 .
40.00
16 Shovels, $10.00; 3 Iron Bars, $6.00
16.00
$38,724.75
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Town of Swampscott in account with D. P. Stimpson, Collector.
Dr.
To amount taxes collected 1879 $20,187.33
amount taxes collected 1877
1,037.33
amount taxes collected 1876
121.80
amount taxes collected 1873
29.60
amount taxes abated 1879
330.22
amount taxes abated 1877
346.33
amount taxes abated 1876
124.37
amount taxes abated 1873
52.06
amount taxes discounted 1879
240.52
amount interest collected 1877
166.89
amount interest collected 1876 .
124.54
amount error in commitment 1877
17.00
$22,777.98
Cr.
By amount committed 1879
$20,758.06
balance committed 1877
1,400.66
balance committed 1876
182.81
balance committed 1873
81.66
error in commitment 1876
63.36
interest collected
291.43
$22,777.98
D. P. STIMPSON, Collector.
SWAMPSCOTT, March 1, 1880.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Town of Swampscott in account with Wm. Seger. Collector.
1879.
Dr.
To amount collected 1875
$81.00
amount collected 1874
51.15
amount uncollected 1875
645.97
amount uncollected 1874
252.05
To interest collected
2.00
-$1,032.17
1879.
Cr.
By balance committed 1875
726.97
balance committed 1874
303.20
interest collected .
2.00
-$1,032.17
WM. SEGER, Collector.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT IN ACCOUNT WITH
Dr.
To cash paid Selectmen's orders 1879 $15,480.72
Selectmen's orders 1878 95.94
State Treasurer, State tax 715.00
County Treasurer, County tax .
2,335.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, note 2,500.00
Lynn Institution for Savings, note 6,000.00
Warren E. Small Estate, note . 500.00
Interest on notes 2,621.49
Collector, land sold for taxes 9.42
*Cash in the treasury, February 29, 1880 13,899.47
$44,157.04
* We have verified the above statement by personal inquiry at the National City Bank, of Lynn, and we also hold a certificate from the Cashier that there is on deposit at this time, (March 5th), the above amount subject to the order of the Treasurer.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
:
D. P. SIMPSON, TREASURER.
Cr.
By balance cash in the treasury, March 1, 1879 $9,954.48
cash State Treasurer, balance Corporation tax 1878 211.23
State Treasurer, Corporation tax . 1,826.77
State Treasurer, National Bank tax 1,225.61
State Treasurer, Mass. School Fund 187.14
State Treasurer, Indigent Soldiers' Relief . 1,281.73
State Treasurer, State Aid
657.00
County Treasurer, dog tax
176.46
County Treasurer, interest allowed on County Tax .
14.28
Joseph Stanley, rent of Town Hall .
203.50
Cemetery lots .
175.00
J. C. Stimpson, Overseers of Poor
286.26
C. V. Merritt, Town Library
129.95
Pedlers' license
8.00
Bartlett Shaw, for street scrapings sold.
13.50
G. W. Pierce, State Aid overpaid
1.50
Salem National Bank loan
6,000.00
Police Department 3.00
Wm. Seger, taxes .
134.15
D. P. Stimpson, taxes
21,667.48
$44,157.04
D. P. STIMPSON, Treasurer.
SWAMPSCOTT, March 1, 1880.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
ELECTED. Selectmen, JOSEPH STANLEY, WHITFIELD A. STUBBS, GEORGE H. HOBBY.
Town Clerk, ARTHUR C. WIDGER.
Assessors, D. HOLMAN MILLETT, JOHN CHAPMAN, GEORGE SMITH. School Committee, FRANK O. ELLIS, Term expires 1882.
CHARLES P. CURTIS, CHARLES A. MORRIS, Term expires 1881. Term expired.
Treasurer, DANIEL P. STIMPSON.
Overseers of the Poor, JOHN C. STIMPSON, JOHN A. ROGERS, JOHN WASHBURN.
Constables, JAMES WHEELER, DAVID W. NISBETT, NATHANIEL GALUCIA. Board of Health, CHARLES E. HARRIS,
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