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1850
REPORT OF
THE SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,
COMBINING THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES ;
ALSO THE
REPORT OF THE
Overseers of the Poor, and School Committee,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 10TH,
1851.
BOSTON: WIER & WHITE'S PRESS. 1851.
THE SELECTMEN'S ANNUAL REPORT.
The Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth, for the year ending March 10th, 1851, in closing their relations, as town officers for the year last past, submit the following Report :----
Soon after entering upon our official duties the last Spring, our attention was called to the fact that quite a number of cases of small pox existed in the neighborhood of the Fourth School District, causing considerable alarm on the part of the inhabitants. By advising precautionary measures, which were generally heeded by the people, the disease soon disappeared and subsequently no case of the kind has come to our knowledge.
In expending the highway appropriations, we have generally worked where, in our judgement, the state of the roads and the the public travel most demanded, without any regard to the old highway districts; the particulars will be found under its proper head, in the schedule of the town expenses. We have perambu- lated the boundary lines between Weymouth and Hingham, Weymouth and Randolph, and Weymouth and Braintree, and made a certificate and record of the same in each case.
In regard to the demand of the town for damages paid Moses Orcutt, for injuries sustained by his son, caused by falling into a well that was being dug in the public highway, in the Autumn of 1848, near the store of Capt. James Tirrell; we have not been able to procure such evidence of the identical person or persons, who caused the well to be dug, as would justify us in commencing a suit for the recovery of the same, with the exception of Mr. Arterius Harvell, and in our opinion he ought not to pay it, as he had no interest in it, except to receive pay for the labor by him performed upon the work.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT .- SCHOOL EXPENSES.
The state of the Treasury as found upon examination is as con- tained in the following Schedules ;
The resources of the 'Treasury for the past year and the ballance on hand March 11th, 1851, - - $2,151 26 21 32
Cash received for Seaweed,
do do of the State on the account of School fund, 206 77
do do of Collector on occount of Taxes,
do do for bonded alien paupers,
71 53
do do of Braintree for do
17 20
do do
of Bridgewater for do -
22 56
do do
of N. Bridgewater do -
75 47
do® do of Boston -
do -
7 00
do do
of Orleans
do
79 10
do do for Pedlars' licenses,
55 00
do do of School Districts for assessing taxes, -
18 00
do refunded by N. Shaw, P. Committee, 5th School District,
19 93
'Total resources,
$12,459,84
DISBURSMENTS.
Paid outstanding bills that accrued prior to March 10th, 1850, -
$869 84
do the orders of the Overseers of the Poor. - -
1811 84
do for support of Schools, - 3821 26
do for labor on the highways, - - 1
- 1638 93
do for services of town officers, and other purposes 1515 31
Total disbursements,
-
- $9,657 18
SCHOOLS.
District No. 1, William Bicknell, P. Committee.
Ballance due last settlement, -
- -
$40 90
Proportion for 1850 and 1851, - - -
375 73
$416 63
Paid A. L. Pratt, teacher, -
-
-
$56 25
do M. R. Thomas, do
-
-
-
94 00
do W. Bicknell, P. C.
-
-
-
8 00
do H. Moore, do
-
-
-
114 00
do E. P. Reeves do
43 20
Ballance due, -
-
-
101 18
$416 63
9714 70
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SCHOOL EXPENSES.
District No. 2 Lemuel Humphrey, P. Committee.
Ballance due 1850, -
$44 22
Proportion for 1850-51, ..
-
279 47
Paid L. Humphrey, P. C.
- $44 22
-
-
-
105 67
do Edward Humphrey, Balance due,
93 80
$323 69
323 69
District No. 3 Levi Bates P. Committee.
Balance due 1850
359 91
Proportion for 1850-51,
-
-
595 34
Paid L. Bates P. C.
$359 91
do Wm. Seaver, Teacher,
172 00
do E. Shaw,
60 00
do E. G. Parrott,
60 00
Balance due,
303 34
$955 25 . $955 25
District No. 4. Charles E. Hunt, P. Committee.
Balance of 1850,
Proportion for 1850-51,
390 78
- $94 50
do E. French, - -
- 105 00
do Marshall, -
-
-
-
126 00
do E. Torrey, - -
- 60 00
Balance due, -
-
- 5 28
$390 78
$390 78
District No. 5. Nathanal Shaw, P. Committee.
Ballance due 1850,
- $92 59
Cash refunded by N. Shaw, it 3
19 93
being the expense for fuel, 1849, 5
- 342 53
Paid N. Shaw,
$92 59
do E. H. Richardson, Teacher,
120 00 .
do H. E. Harding,
43 75
do E. Torrey,
-
-
-
47 66
Balance due. ..
- 1 51 05
$455 05
$455 05°
District No. 6. Samuel Bates, P. Committee.
Balance due 1850,
$123 44
Proportion for 1850-51, -
390 78 -
Paid S. Bates, P. Committee, -
do Augusta M. Reed, Teacher
$123 44 42.56
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
do Eliza French, Teacher,
80 00
Paid E. White, Teacher,
-
Proportion for 1850-51, -
-
-
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SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Paid M. V. Tirrell, do E. Vining, do S. S. Marston, Balance due,
93 50
45 50
62 00
147 22
$514 22
$514 22
District No. 7. Noah Torrey, P. Committee.
Balance due 1850,
$11 39
Proportion for 1850-51,
339 63
Paid F. Vining, Teacher,
$40 00
do S. Blanchard, -
31 50
do C. Pratt, for boading teacher,
19 50
do N. Torrey, P. Committee,
11 39
do E. White teacher,
46 00
do J. Torrey, board of teacher,
30 00
do Levi Robinson, teacher,
90 00
do for board, &c.,
30 69
Balance due,
$351 02 $351 02
District No. 8. Perez Loud, P. Committee.
Balance due 1850,
$116 41
Proportion for 1850-51,
472 00
Paid P. Loud, P. C. -
$116 41
do Louise Pettee, teacher,
70 00
do E. W. Torrey,
70 00
do S. M. Torrey,
26 00
do L. E. Noyes,
114 00
do J. H. Grant.
120 00
Balance due, -
72 90
$588 41
$588 41
District No. 9. Samuel Curtis, P. Committee.
No balance of 1850,
Proportion for 1850-51,
$532 16
Paid E. L. Torrey, teacher,
$160 00
do Mr. French,
338 25
Balance due,
33 91
$532 16
$532 16
District No. 10, Marshall C. Dizer, P. Committee.
Balance due 1850, -
$28 77
Proportion for 1850-51.
240 35
Paid M. C. Dizer P. C., -
$28 77
do E. P. Reeves teacher,
108 00
117 00
do Floyd Overton, . Balance due,
15 35
$269 12 $269 12
51 94
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SCHOOL EXPENSES .- REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Amount of ballances due the Districts on the 11th of March, 1850, $817 63
Town Grant for 1850-51, 3500 00
Treasurer of Alewives fund, - 252 00
Towns' proportion of State School Fund,
- 206 77
Refunded by N. Shaw,
19 93 -
Paid for School expenses
-
-
$3821 26
Balance due the Districts, -
975 07
$4796 33 $4796 33
Amount of money apportioned in 1850, one-fourth equally among the District and three-fourths $3958 77 among the persons between 5 and 15 years of age.
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH, March 10, 1851.
The Overseers of the Poor, ask leave to Report as follows :
After receiving proposals, we contracted with Mr. Coolidge to be Master of the house for the last year. Compensation same as the year before, viz. $230- and his year will expire on the first day of April next.
The number of Paupers at the house at the commencement of the year, was 21; the whole number during the year was 40; the average, 21 2-3, and the number at the close of the year is 19.
There has been one birth in the house which is Irish and illegitimate.
There have been seven deaths viz. Ebenezer Thayer, aged 75 years, Mercy Kingman aged 85, Abigail Hunt, aged 77, Joanna Conner aged 15, Benjamin Bates aged 23, Harvy Hayden aged 45, and Edwin B. Bois aged 37 years ; the latter, was a man of color, and his lawful settlement was in the city of Boston.
Our charge to the State for support of State Paupers, one year, ending the first day of November last was $38 47 (much less than it usually is.)
We make the net expense to the town for support of the Poor in the house $1311 78, in this reckoning we allow the town $300 for the use of the Farm and the Master of the establishment his salary.
The expense of each pauper per week is $1 16 4 mills, the amount for repairs, and improvements on the premises is $218 51.
The amount of Inventory $2370 06, in this the household furniture is not included.
The net expense to the town for support of town's poor out of the house is $360 30, in addition to this there may be outstanding bills not yet settled, about $75. The charge of Overseers for their services, postage, stationary, traveling expenses, printing &c., is $58 21.
The assistance rendered individuals, whose lawful settlement is in other towns for the last year has been unusually large, the greater part thereof has been paid, the remainder, probably, soon will be.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The bills spoken of in the last year's Report for support of bonded paupers, have all been paid by the Obligers, with the exception of $8 75, and that we expect will be paid.
There are three inmates of the house which experience has taught us, cannot . be kept with convenience and safety to themselves, on the premises, without confinement, the place now occupied for that purpose, we deem unsufficient, it therefore seems necessary, that some other place be provided in order that the health of the other inmates, as well as the individuals alluded to, may be pro moted. The propriety also of warming the house with a furnace, might be a subject for consideration.
The farm is now in a tolerable good state of cultivation, capable of producing some 20 tons of hay, as well as a considerable amount of other produce. But the Overseers are inclined to believe that any considerable amount of farming, cannot be carried on with advantage to the town; as the inmates have not the ability to perform but little manual labor; it is therefore our opinion, if we dis- pense with keeping oxen; keep a good horse (which we have got) four or five cows, raise pork enough for the use of the family ; cultivate but a small part of the land, except for grass ; make no improvements but such as are actually necessary ; hire what help is needed in haying time ; and the expense to the town for support of the poor will be less. 'At the same time, we would not recommend that the farm be left to run down, and become depreciated in its value.
We have circulated printed advertisements for an Almshouse keeper for the ensuing year, and all proposals will be placed in the hands of the new Board after their election.
Respectfully submitted and signed,
ALVAH RAYMOND, JAMES TIRRELL, SAMUEL CURTIS.
Overseers of the Poor.
PAUPERS IN THE ALMS-HOUSE From March 1, 1850, to March 1, 1851.
Date.
Names of Paupers.
Age
Left or Died.
Weeks and Days,
March 1, 1850. - Jerusha White,
- 87
52 - 1
do
do
- Deborah Vining,
86
52 - 1
do
do
- Mercy Kingman,
85 - January 12, 1851, died,
- 44 - 6
do
do
- Samuel Hollis, -
79
- 52 - 1
do
do
· - Ebenezer Thayer,
75
September 28, 1850, died,
- 30 - 2
do
do
- Elisha Holbrook,
- 74
52 - 1
do
do
- James Richards, -
72
51 - 1
do
do
- Silence Nash, - - 70
52 - 1
do
do
- Betsey Overy, 68
- 52 - 1
do
do
- Hannah Stetson, - 67
52 - 1
do
do
- Samuel Badlam, -
46
- 52 - 1
do
do
- Lucindia Canterbury, 37
52 - 1
do
do
- Edmund Tirrell, - . 32
- 52 - 1
do
do
- Flavius J. Hayden, - 19
52 - 1
do
do
- Joseph H. Hunt, - :18 -
do
do
- Benjamin Bates, 3d.
- 52 - 1 23 - February 24, 1851, died,
- 51 - 1
do
do
- Abigail Hunt,
77 - January 22, 1851, died,
- 46 - 5
do
do
- Lydia Bates, - - 72 - Feb. 7, 1851, went to Boston, - 49 - 1
do
do - Mary O. Sullivan,
27 - May 25, 1850, discharged,
12 - 2
do do - Mary Sullivan, - 1 - do do do 12 - 2
June 28, 1851. - Mary O. Sullivan, - 27 - August 8, 1850, discharged,
10 - 3
do do - Mary Sullivan, - 1 - 61 -
March 1, 1851. - Thomas Pratt,
- 45 - April 19, 1850, died, -
5 -3
do 19, do - William Taft,
33 - March 25, " discharged, - 6
May 8, do .- George Williston, - - 36 - May 11, 66
do - 3
do 17, do - Joanna Conner,
15 - June 3, died,
2 - 3
July 13, do - Edwin B. Bois, .
- 39 - July 13, died,
- 1
do 21, do - Patrick Melrose, -
- 20 - do 22,
discharged, -
- 2
do 27, do - Margaret Curley,
35
30 - 5
do 30, do - William P. Sargent, - 60 - September 14, 1850., discharged,
do 30, do - Sarah Sargent, - 60 do do do
August 13, do - Barny O'Dowdy, - 21 - do 17, do 5 - 0 do 29, do - George B. Murdock, - 56 - October 4, 1850., discharged, - 5 - 2 12 - 27 - 5
October 14, do - William Robinson, - 36 -
do 19, do do
- 5
do 26, do - Mary Sullivan, - - 1} - 18 - 0
Nov. 30, 1850. - John Curley, [born, infant,] 13 - 0
Dec. 10, do - Patrick O'Neal, - 34 - December 11, 1850, left, - 2
January 22, 1851. Joseph Cook, - 72
- - 5 - 3 do 11, do - Munroe Podesto, - 36 June 3, 1851, - - 2
do do do - Angeline Podesto, 13 do do -
- - 2
- 52 - 1
do 15, do - Harvy Hayden,
do do do
- 10 - 3
6 - 4 6 - 4 do 18, do - William Curley, -
The number of Marriages solemnized in Weymouth from Jan. 1, 1850, to Jan. 1, 1851 was forty-four.
The number of Births in the Town during the same time, was one hundred seventy-seven.
The number of Deaths was ninety-three, as follows, viz :-
DATE.
NAMES.
Y RS
MO.
DYS.
January 26, 1850, -
Warren Barker White,
5
do
27,
do
.
1
11
do
28,
do
. Infant Son of Joseph Vining,
do
28,
do
- David Vining,
79
do
29, do
- Oran White,
1
February 1,
do
. Elizabeth B. Pratt,
I
6
do
8, do
· Daniel Holbrook,
54
do
8, do
-
6
do
14, do
Infant Daughter of William Bartlett,
do
18, do
Ephriam Pratt, -
85
do
25,
do -
14
do
26, do
Clara Bartlett Merritt,
6
8
March
9.
do
Samuel R. Tirrell,
26
do
12,
do
,
Infant.
do
10, do
- Horace Bicknell.
1
do
25,
do
Elizabeth Tirrell, -
80
April 1, do
. John Huntress,
41
do
10,
do
-
4
do
18, do
- Benjamin Tirrell,
90
do
19, do
-
45
do
20,
do
Grace Poole, -
64
do
23, do
-
about 2
May
2, do
-
24
do
10,
do
do
19,
do
. Abigail A. Pratt,
20
do
20,
do -
64
do
20,
do
28
do
29,
do
Thais S. Hayden,
40
June
1,
do
Polly Dyer,
74
do
3, 13,
do
· Morgiana Young,
- 22
do
14,
do
- Leonis F. Dean,
1
do
18,
do
.
Unknown.
do
22, do
· Perez Vining, -
51
do
do
-
30
do
30,
do
- Caroline Harwell,
40
July
2, do
. Edward Dyer,
6
do
3, do
Dennis Halnan,
Infant.
do
5, do - William Austin Bass,
do
8,
do -
Son of Ephriam Burbank,
Infant.
do
13, do
- Edwin Bois,
39
do
18,
do - Osborn Raymond
17
do
20,
do
- Edward M. Hastings,
24
do
24,
do
Lucretia A. Cowing,
33
do
24, do
Charles B. Thompson,
-
Bridget Connuse,
- 24
Lafayette Holmes,
Edwin M. Bates,
17
do
- Joanna Conner,
15
do
Eliza Abby Madden
1
Harvey Hayden
Child of Mr. Mercer,
do
20,
do
Polly Beals,
- James H. Holbrook, -
Henry F. Spofford,
Mary Higgins,
2
William H. Thompson,
Son of Thomas Porter,
Mary O. Flarr,
Julia Erving Pratt,
11
.. DEATHS.
DATE.
NAMES.
YRS.
MOS. DYS.
July 26, 1851. -
Ellen Francis French,
1
do
27, do - Daniel Moran,
24
do 29, do
Samuel H. Vining,
79
August 20, do
- Emily E. Dyer, -
1
do
21,
do .
Joseph W. Peaks,
6
do
22,
do
- Infant child of Wm. White,
do
25, do
- Josiah Ball,
- 26
do
39, do
· William Boynton,
49
Sept.
2,
do
1
do
8,
do
. Charles Herbert Faxon,
9
do
14,
do .
9
do
17,
do
-
Alexander Blanchard,
50
do
18,
do
-
8
do
19,
do
Elizabeth Thayer,
73
do
20,
do
- Robert Mitchell,
3
do
24,
do
. Child of Luke Mulligan,
23
do 26,
do - Mary Quillon,
1
do 26,
do
Justus Marden,
- 1
do 26,
do -
George Lovell,
17
Sept. do
28,
do -
Ebenezer Thayer,
. 74
October 6,
do
Two infant Children of Wm. H. Berry,
22
do
14,
do
Charles H. Leslee,
4
do
16, do
Lizzie Albertine Rhines,
3
do
15, do -- Lucy May Delano,
4
do
16,
do
- - Ezekiel Newton,
70
do
20,
do
- William Salisbury
. 75
do
28,
do
David Littlefield,
66 ,
do
31,
do
-
Infant child of Francis B. Bates, .
3
do
4,
do
George T. Gove,
7
do
8, do
Isaac Newton,
2 .
do
17, do -
Zachariah Kingman,
76
do
22,
do
- Ludoricus Holbrook,
45
do
27,
do
- Daniel Nolan, .
38
do
Leonard Humphrey,
27
Dec.
7,
do
Infant child of John Curtis,
34
do
12,
do
- Mary E. Blanchard,
30
do
14,
do
- Wesley Holbrook,
2
do
14,
do
- Sophia Tirrell,
do
15,
do - William A. Pool,
20
1
do
15,
do - Betsey Lewis,
82
do
15, do
- Rebecca Vinson, . 94
5
do
18, do .
Sarah Jane Shaw,
3
10
George Henry French,
27, 1850.
Thomas Makepeace,
5
do
7,
do
Lucy A. Hawes,
.-
-
Nov. 2,
do "
- James Henry Boynton,
-
-
Eliphalet White,
do
9, do
30, do
Eliza Vaughan Raymond,
Hannah Francis Cushing,
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EXPENSES OF POOR HOUSE.
EXPENSES FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE POOR IN THE ALMS HOUSE.
WILLIAM COOLIDGE, SUPERINTENDENT.
$1311 89
To Cash of the town treasurer,
66 for wood sold to sundry persons,
179 48
for work done on roads, 163 62
108 30
for pork sold to 66 66
93 18
66 for sale of oxen,
201 15
for produce &c., sold from the farm,
147 87
CONTRA.
Paid Warren Bates for standing wood, $100 00
do Jonathan French, for standing wood, 91 00
191 00
do Ancel Burrell, for meat, $79 10
do Joshua Holbrook, for swine, 54 96
do Sundry persons, for fish and meat, 51 85
$185 91
do Charles S. Hobart, for oxen. $110 00
do Joseph Tolman, for difference in horses,
95 00
205 00
Paid Warren Mansfield, for yoke, - $3 50
do Loud & Rhines, for lumber, nails &c., - 24 63
do Sargeant L. Stoddard, for paints, and labor, 15 18 -
do Richards & Douse, for paper hangings, 2 40
do Samuel Curtis, for paper, window shutters and wood, 9 25 do George F. Raymond, for ice chest, 7 00
do Joseph Loud & Co., for flour and grain, 277 74
do C. White, do do do do
- 275 92
do Andrew Rogers, for 12 mos. and 11 days labor, $146 03
do Mary O. Sullivan, for 18 weeks labor, 11 98
do Ann Porter, for 31 weeks labor, 31 00
do Michæl Mahony, for 2 1-2 months labor, 25 00
214 01
do J. Loud & Co., for coal and wood, 77 32
do J. Hobart, for wood,
9.00
86 32
do Noah Sinclair, for cow, - 23 00
do B. V. French, for fruit trees, 8 58
do for sundry articles of crockery and farming utensils, 12 94
Amount carried forward. 49 52
61 96
553 66
for "" for sundry persons, -
$220° 49
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EXPENSES OF POOR HOUSE.
Paid A. Raymond & Co., for Dry goods, and Groceries, 184 16 do Sundry persons, 61 29 66 66
do J. B. Howe, for Bread &c., -
14 60
$260 05
do E. H. Richards, for labor, -
8 00
do James Blanchard, for Blacksmith work,
36 16
do Samuel Reed, for 66
73
do Geo. Tarbell, for hay seed,
14 18
do E. C. Linten, for board of Thomas Pratt,
12 50
do 66 A. Rogers,
6 78
do Lewis Hayden, for board of Thomas Pratt, - 14 00
8 25
do for straw,
3 00
do for powder, -
3.00
do For repairs on harness,
6 00
do C. Leary, for Carting wood,
8 81
do J. Thompson, "
goods,
1 13
$15 94
do A. S. White for drugs and medicine,
9 04
do Tilly Willis for coffins and wheelwright work, 23 40
do Dr. D. L. Gibbens, for attendance at Alms House, 10 00
do For care of the sick, 3 00
do Assistance to Murdock, -
2 00
$47 44
do For traveling expenses,
2 19
do A. Chessman, for grass,
2 00
$4 19
do Master's wagon,
2 30
$2211 60
Support of the Poor out of the Alms House.
Paid Elnathan Bates, for support of his sister, $91 00
do City of Boston, for support of Priscilla Norris, 11 01
do " " Sarah Pettee, 8 51
do
66 66 Joanna Cushing, 6 51
do For support of David Binney in the House of Correction, 25 00 -
do E. G. Tirrell, for assistance to Ezra Bicknell, 51 99 -
do Gilman Thompson,
6 29
do City of New Bedford,
41 19
do " " Boston, for support of Mary Hunt, 19 50
5 00
do 66 66 for Widow Shields, 4 50
do A. Raymond & Co., for assistance to Lucy Porter, - 17 80
do Wm. Coolidge, for fuel delivered to several persons - 68 00
$356 30
The improvements on the farm are estimated at
$218 51
Support of the poor in the house, over and above the earnings, -
$1311 78
Allowing the town for the use of the farm, - $300 Average number in the house 213, during the year. Weekly expenses for each pauper, - 1 16 4 mills
do Dr. D. L. Gibbens for med. attendance to Mrs. Ephraim Pratt,
$106 60
do for apples,
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INVENTORY OF STOCK, &c.
Inventory of Stock, Wood, Hay, Provisions, g.c., on hand at the Alms House, March 1, 1851.
14 tons E. hay, $12 per ton, $168, 2 tons fresh and salt 6, $12, $180 00
4 cows $120, 1 horse $150, 2 yearlings $22, 292 00
oxen $135, 7 swine $112, 247 00
1 ox waggon with two bodies, $75 75 00
11 chains $17 50, 1 horse cart $16, horse waggon $25, , 58 50
1 horse harness with 2 collars $16, 1 draft harness $10, 26 00
1 roller $15, 2 draggs $5, 4 sythes and snaths $5, 25 00
6 forks $4, 6 rakes $1, 6 ox yokes $14, 19 00
4 manure forks $3, 1 manure patter 75 cents, . 3 75
1 garden fork $1 50, 6 hoes $150, 2 narrow hoes $1 50, . 4 50
1 iron rake 50, scraper $5, horse fetters $1, 6 50
4 ox chains $3, 2 halters $4 50, 2 blankets $1 50, 6 00
Sarsingle, card, comb and brush, 3 50
2 meal chests $6, cart saddle $4, 5 saws $4 50 14 50
posts and rails $25, 2 saw horses $1, 2 beetles $1, 27 00
6 iron wedges $2 25, 4 hand hammers $5, stone hammer $1 50, 10 75
Stone tools $16, 4 iron bars $4 50, 5 axes $4, 24 50
4 hatchets $2, 1 bush hook $3 50, post-axe $1, 6 50
Iron square 75, 4 shovels $3, hay poles $1, 4 75
Grind stone $7, 2 nail hammers $1, horse-net $1, 9 00
Tackle $5, rope $1, wheelbarrow $3, , 9 00
5 ploughs $28, ox sled $14, horse sled $3 50, 45 50
1 harrow $13, 2 bush sythes and snaths $3, 16 00
A lot of split stone.$24, wood at home $242, 266 00
39 cords on the Bates lot $112 50, hard coal $6, 118 50 Carpenters tools $3, 21 baskets $6 30, 9 30
675 lbs. clear pork $67 50, 116 lbs. ham $11 60, 79 10
S bushels parsnips $4, 90 bushels rutabaga $22 50, 26 50
30 bushels potatoes $22 50, 3 bushels onions $2 25, 2 bushels carrots $1, 25 75
1 bbl. flour $6 50, tea and crackers $2 80, 9 30
. 20 lbs. cheese $1 40, sugar $1 40, coffee $1.50, 4 30
A lot of soft soap $20, 140 lbs. lard $14, grease $4 80, 38 80
0: 20 gallons vinegar $2, 20 gal. molases -6, . t 8 00
100 lbs. salt fish $2 75, 15 bushels grain and meal $11 25, 14 00 (A lot of manure, 380 00
_ . 3 ladders $4, lot of boards $6,. 10 00
1 ox cart $40, 1 hay wagon $40 ; 80.00
Debts due from sundry persons, for produce &c. sold, 185 26
$2369 06
1
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INVENTORY OF STOCK .- STREET EXPENSES.
Inventory March 1st, 1850,
$2381 98
Interest on the premises,
300 00
Cash paid Coolidge from the Treasury,
1311 89
Inventory March 1st, 1851,
$2369 06
Charged to State,
38 49
Funeral expenses of Bois,
7 00
Board of Mary O. Sullivan, &c.,
23 03
Board of Assessors,
25 00
Improvements,
218 51
Support of the Poor,
1312 78
A $3993 87
$3993 87
EXPENDITURES ON HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Labor on Front Street.
Paid Maurice Sheehan, as per contract, $333 00
do John Reed, do do do 82 00
do Michæl Croker, do do do 44 00
459 00
On Randolph Street.
Paid Eliphalet Belcher, for labor,
$164 50
164 50
On Main Street.
Paid Stephen S. Foye, for railing 44 rods, at 1 62} per rod
$71 50
do Wm. B. Coolidge, for labor on bridge, 10 00
81 50
On Union Street.
Paid Ezra Pratt, for stone work on bridges, $18 00
723 00
For General Repairs on the Highways.
Paid Edward Blanchard, for work in the first District,
$78 50
do for gravel,
30
do Wm. Pratt, for labor, .
8 54
do Wm. Brown, do do
9 00
do A. Brown, do do
8 12
do B. F. Pierce, do do
6 25
do D. Blanchard,
2.19
do A. Ford,
2 59
do J. Shaw,:
96
118 45
16
STREET EXPENSES.
Paid Wm. Coolidge, for labor in 2d District,
$90 50
do 66
10th " 73 10
do Levi Bates, .66 " 3d
86 69
do Addison Chessman, "
4th and 9th, 174 12
do Caleb Hunt, work on bridges,
2 00
do Addison Cheesman, labor,
7 00
do Isaac Phillips, for gravel,
1 44
do Wm. Field, 66 60
3 39
do F. M. Adlington,
1 08
do Caleb Stetson,
5 54
do Warren Weston, 66
6 24
do Samuel Reed, for grates
3 48
do P. H. Cushing, " labor,
1. 50
do A. Cheesman,
1 75
$230 79
do For labor in the south Parish, Mr. Leary for carting and spreading 84 cubic yards of gravel,
14 00
Paid R. Torrey, for labor,
1 00
do M. Lyons,
2 00
do F. Marden, " 66
3 00
do J. Shaw, 66 66
5 50
do E. Pool, 66
2 00
do N. R. Torrey,
1 00
do S. Holbrook, 66
4 00
do D. W. Cushing,
4 00
do J. Hagerty,
3 50
do J. W. Thomas, for labor of sundry persons, 14 74 do E. Bates, 8 00 66
do B. A. White, 66
3 75
do M. Gillegan,
66
4.00
do W. Shaw,
66
3 00
do A. Howe,
66
4 00
do J. S. Fogg,
1 00
do J. G. Rogers,
66
4 00
do M. Vining,
66
11 00
do Ezra Reed,
30 75
do Perez Loud,
66
55 99
do Thomas Nash,
45 84
do Isaac Remich, for labor,
9 :50
do N. Vining, do do
·
10 38
do J. B. Howe, do do
.
3.50
do C. Joy, do · do
2 50
do E. Belcher, do do
15 75.
do Isaac Shaw, do - do
15 :00
do G. W. White, do do
14 00
do L. Payne,
2:00
Amount carried forward,
216 21
6
23 25
do 66 66
82 49
sundry persons,
17
STREET EXPENSES .- TOWN EXPENSES.
Amount brought forward,
$216 21
Paid R. Richards, for gravel,
. 6 30
do J. Torry, do do
7 18
do
S. Holbrook, do do
1 56
do
S. Burrell, do do
34
do
S. Pratt,
do do
57
16 95
do W. Bates, do
·do
2 75
2 75
Total expenses,
$1638 93
PAID FOR SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen.
N. Vining, Jr.,
36 00
A. N. Hunt,
29 39
E. Blanchard 2d,
34 84
$100 23
Assessors.
N. Torrey, Town and County
37 50
H. Cushing, do . do do
35 00
E. Tirrell, do · do do
29 37
N. Torrey, State valuation and census,
36 50
H. Cushing, do do do
do
19 00
E. Tirrell, do do do do
41 88
$198 25
Assistants.
Perez Loud,
3 00
L. B. Tirrell,
2 00
N. Canterberry,
1 00
$6 00
Four of the Assistants have not presented their bills.
Overseers.
Alvah Raymond,
19 35
James Tirrell,
15 75
Samuel Curtis,
14 50
$49 60
Town Clerk.
Recording &c.,
7 59
do Births, &c.,
35 40
do Deaths, &c.,
14 10
do Marriages,
4 10
Transmission of documents,
1 10
62 29
.
$416 37
18
TOWN EXPENSES.
Town . School Committee.
J. P. Terry,
$26 00
W. M. Harding,
19 50
Estate of J. Ball,
5 00
E. F. Hall,
19 05
J. mery,
22 50
J. Horton,
23 75
L. Humphrey,
15 50
131 30
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