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1854
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REPORT OF
THE SELECTMEN OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH:
CONTAINING A SCHEDULE OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures, THE
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
ALSO, THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the Year ending March 12,
1855.
BOSTON : WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER, 4 SPRING LANE. 1855.
REPORT
OF
THE SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH:
CONTAINING A SCHEDULE OF THE
Receipts
Expenditures,
THE REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
ALSO, THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the Year ending March 12, 1855. .
BOSTON: WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER, 4 SPRING LANE. 1855 ..
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
THE Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth for the year ending March 12, 1855, submit the following Report :-
Believing that the reasons presented in their last Annual Re- port for deferring the printing of the schedule of expenses until after the March meeting, were satisfactory to the town, the same course has been pursued the present year, and for similar reasons.
The total expenditures of the town for the last year have exceeded the income from ordinary sources by a very considera- ble amount, and the deficiency has been met, in pursuance of a vote of the town, by loans obtained from the Union Bank of Weymouth and Braintree, to the amount of four thousand and five hundred dollars, payable in three and four months, at the maturity of which it is expected that it will be practicable to procure elsewhere a permanent loan of such portion of the above sum as the town shall think proper to add to the permanent debt.
Of this loan of four thousand and five hundred dollars, seven hundred and ninety-three and 85 dollars have been applied to the payment of the balance due the Union Bank on the tenth day of March, 1854; five hundred dollars, in part payment of the debt of four thousand dollars due Col. E. Humphrey at the last named date ; and six hundred and eighty-one and -96 Too dol- lars, to defray the expense of erecting galleries in the Town House. The remaining portion (excepting a balance of about
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seven hundred and seventy dollars, now in the hands of the Treasurer of the town) has been absorbed by the ordinary ex- penditures of the town.
The principal items of expenditure under the direction of the Selectmen, have been for the building of two streets laid out by the County Commissioners, to wit : the street leading from Pe- rez Loud's to Braintree, and the street leading from the end of Broad Street to High Street. Also, of two streets laid out by the Selectmen, to wit: the street leading from the house of Deacon John P. Nash to Washington Street, and the street leading from Prospect Street to Washington Street, and passing near the School-house of the Ninth District; and for the re- pairing of Washington Street and Winter Street. In addition to the sum of eight hundred and ninety dollars reported in last year's schedule, there has been expended in the completion of the street commencing near the house of Perez Loud, the sum of sixteen hundred and eighteen and -53% dollars.
The Railroad Bridge, we think, is built in a very substantial manner, so that by renewing the planks as they wear out or decay, it will afford a safe passage across the Railroad for many years, with trifling additional expense. We also believe that the road is constructed in a faithful and thorough manner, con- sidering the nature of the materials and the difficulties of the route. In pursuance of instructions from the Town to cause the street laid out by the County Commissioners at East Wey- mouth to be built, we let out at public auction, in May last, the grading and filling of the same, and advertised for proposals for the stone work of the two bridges.
The grading and filling was bid off by Cornelius Leary, at four hundred and fifteen dollars ; but after working about a week upon the job, he sold out his interest to Messrs. Spear & Sinclair, with our consent, and a new arrangement was effected, by which the latter were to receive thirteen cents per cubic yard for the filling, (measuring the fill after it was finished,) and sev- enty-five dollars for the grading, which resulted, as we antici- pated, in no perceptible loss or gain to the Town-the sum which the contractors received above the original price of letting
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being in consequence of the necessity of deeper filling than was at first agreed upon, and of extra work, not on the line of this street. The stone work was awarded to James Matthewson, at two dollars and seventy-five cents per perch, who has performed the work and received his pay. The whole cost of this road to the Town, including the railing and the wooden bridge, is one thousand and eighty and 7% dollars.
In March last, we let out at public auction the work of con- structing the new street leading from Summer Street to Wash- ington Street, in three sections of about forty rods each. The first section at the westerly end, including a bridge of split stone, three and a half feet wide, was bid off by Robert V. Barnes, at one hundred dollars ; the second by Bernard Gille- gan, at the same price, and the other by Jason Holbrook, at ninety-one dollars-the Town furnishing the gravel .. The whole has been completed and paid for, (excepting a part of the gravel,) and the whole expense, including land damage and the costs of the suits brought against the Town by Messrs. Richards and Nash amounts to the sum of eight hundred and fifty-six and 100 1 dollars.
We have expended upon the new Street near the School- house of the Ninth District one hundred and fifty and 14% dol- lars in grading, building a bridge and removing a large rock, and sixteen dollars for land and damage by change of grade.
We have also expended upon Washington Street, in com- pleting the section left unfinished from the previous year, in repairing the damage done by heavy rains, and in constructing a drain to prevent such damage hereafter, the sum of four hundred and thirty-eight dollars.
The expense of finishing Winter Street has been one hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-seven cents for labor, and seven dollars and fifty cents for land.
The expense of the Schools during the last year, it is esti- mated, will be about two hundred dollars less than the appro- priations for that object.
In accordance with the vote of the Town, we have entered complaints in all cases where violations of the laws respecting
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the sale of intoxicating liquors, gambling, or lotteries, have been brought to our notice, and there was reason to believe the evi- dence which could be procured was sufficient for conviction. Fines, amounting to sixty-six dollars, have been paid into the Treasury, and others are still due from the County.
Two agencies for the sale of spirituous liquors have been continued through the last year, under the same regulations as in the previous year.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NOAH VINING, JR., Selectmen
JAMES HUMPHREY, of
PRESCOTT LOTHROP, Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, March 12, 1855.
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SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, For the Year ending March 12, 1855.
RECEIPTS OF THE TREASURER, From March 10, 1854, to March 12, 1855.
Received Town and State Taxes, .
$15,600 97
State School Fund,
272 88
Fine from John Shea,
30 00
from A. Raymond, for support of State paupers,
101 75
for removal of A. Fife, .
5 00
66
from J. Humphrey, for Town Maps,
396 90
66 60 balance of Pool's Fine,
6 00
66 Mr. Carter, for use of Town House,
3 00
66 6 A. S. White,
20 00
66 J. N. Parker,
4 00
66
Union Bank, Weym'h and Braintree, on loan,. 4th District, for assessing Taxes,
4 00
4 00
6th 66
66
4 00
66
¥ 8th
4 50
66
9th 66 66 66
7 00
66 C. S. Clapp, for Town Hall,
20 00
N. Vining, Jr., fine of C. W. Smith,
30 00
66
Hawkers and Peddlers, for Licenses,
44 00
N. Vining, Jr., for rent of Town Hall, 108 00
66
sundry persons 66
155 00
66
for Town Maps, . from J. O. Foye, (balance,)
2 00
66
" Harmoneons, for Town Hall,
20 00
66 Hutchinsons, 66 66 Weymouth Brass Band,“
20 00
66
Town of Bridgewater,
8 00
L. Humphrey, for board of Rosamond Pratt, 77 32
American Party, for use of Town Hall, . 46 50
$21,574 52
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for rent of Town Hall,
40 75
4,500 00
5th
28 95
10 00
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SCHOOLS.
The Town grant for the support of Schools for the muni- cipal year 1854-5, was .
$4,500 00
The income of the Alewive Fund was 252 00
The town's portion of the State School Fund was
272 88
The town appropriation for the High School was . 1,000 00
$6,024 88
In pursuance of a vote of the town, that portion of the School money appropriated to the several districts was apportioned as follows :--
One-fourth part equally among the districts, and the remaining three- fourths to the several districts, according to the number of children be- tween the ages of five and fifteen years, in each district.
District No. 1 had 108 children, and its share of money was
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Totals, .
$5,024 88
The accounts of the several Districts at the close of schools for the past year, stand as follows :-
DISTRICT No. 1 .- Rev. CALVIN TERRY, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 13, 1854,
$83 35
Appropriation for 1854-5,
452 28
$535 63
Paid Miss Reeves, Teacher, .
$115 20
Margaret H. Pratt, Teacher,
· 96 00
C. Terry, for fuel,
32 55
Charles A. Reed, Teacher,
140 00 .
Margaret H. Pratt,
. 90 00
Balance due March 12. 1855,
· 61 88
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97 66
66
66
66 419 01
66 66 5
66 105 66
66
66
66
66
66
476 48
66
66 7
66 111
66
66
66
66
66 461 35
66
66
8
66
66 615 61
66
9
66
66
66
66
66 648 88
66
66
66
66
66
66 337 34
66
66
66
3 237
66
66
66 842 45
66
66
66
443 21
66
6
66 116 66 162 173 70 67
$452 28 328 27
" 10 66 1,246
66
·
$535 63
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$5,024 88
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DISTRICT NO. 2 .- QUINCY PRATT, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 13, 1854, . $262 17
Appropriation for 1854-5, . 328 27
$590 44
Paid Eliza French, Teacher, . $132 00
66 Quincy Pratt, for fuel,
27 00
65 Eliza French, Teacher,
· 128 00
66 Susan E. Copeland, Teacher, . 21 00
66 Joseph Loud & Co., fuel,
5 50
Balance due March 12, 1855,
276 94
$590 44
DISTRICT No. 3 .- CLINTON LOUD, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 13, 1854, $313 42 .
Appropriation for 1854-5,. 842 45
$1,155 87
Paid Abby L. Bates, Teacher,
$85 00
66 Ellen G. Parrott, "
85 00
" Mary Poor,
75 00
66 H. C. Peaslee, 66 10 00 .
66 Stephen French, for fuel,
61 50 .
Jotham Pratt,
13 50
,S. S. Marston, Teacher,
300 00
Mrs. S. S. Marston, “
120 00
Ellen G. Parrott, "
120 00
Balance due March 12, 1855,
285 87
$1,155 87
DISTRICT No. 4 .- ASHFORD BAKER, Prudential Committee.
Appropriation for 1854-5, $419 01
Balance due from District, March 12, 1855, 29 06
$448 07
Balance due from the District, March 13, 1854, . $30 07
Paid Lydia A. Paddock, Teacher, 126 00
" Rachel A. Faxon,
168 00
G. W. Bartlett, .
88 00
Lydia A. Paddock, . .
·
36 00
.
$448 07
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DISTRICT No. 5 .- ORAN WHITE, Prudential Committee.
Balance due, March 13, 1854, . $141 81
Appropriation for 1854-5, . ·
·
443 21
Paid Emily Torrey, Teacher, 117 00
Emily F. Richards, "
· 117 00
James L. Bates, 66
· 150 00
Emily Torrey, 66
60 00
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
141 02
$585 02
$585 02
DISTRICT No. 6 .- ABNER HOLBROOK, Prudential Committee.
Balance due, March 13, 1854, $127 91
Appropriation for 1854-5, . 476 48
$604 39
Paid Lydia C. Trufant, Teacher, $108 00
S. French, for fuel, .
. 32 75
6 Martha J. Burrell, Teacher, .
. 132 00
Isaac Trafton,
160 00 ·
Lydia C. Trufant, 66
72 00
66 Naaman Cobb, for fuel,
5 50
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
94 14
$604 39
DISTRICT No. 7 .- JOHN G. ROGERS, Prudential Committee.
Balance due, March 13, 1854, $55 77
Appropriation for 1854-5, . 461 35
$517 12
Paid J. Frances Vining, Teacher, . . $108 00
66 Elizabeth T. Torrey, 66
108 00 .
Appleton H. Fitch,
140 00
66 Malvina Blanchard, 66
62 00 ·
Ezra Reed, for fuel, .
29 61 ·
John G. Rogers, for fuel,
·
11 25
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
.
58 26
·
$517 12
DISTRICT No. 8 .- Rev. J. N. PARKER, Prudential Committee. Balance due, March 13, 1854, $9 87 .
Appropriation for 1854-5, . . 615 61
$625 48
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Paid Helen Sprague, Teacher,
$81 00
Nancy T. Shaw,
· 81 00
M. L. Derby, 66
· 90 00
66 O. Holmes, for fuel, . 7 50
66 Isaac L. Blanchard, for fuel, . 26 50
Lewis E. Noyes, Teacher,
140 00
66 Helen Sprague, 66
76 50
66 Frances Bond, 66
96 00
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
$625 48
DISTRICT No. 9 .- JOHN W. LOUD, Prudential Committee.
Appropriation for 1854-5, .
$648 88
Paid Elizabeth L. Torrey, Teacher,
Hannah Wales,
77 00
66 Mary Poor, 66
Jane M. Tirrell,
65 25
66 Mary Poor, 66
84 50
6. Elizabeth L. Torrey,
58 50
6 Jane M. Tirrell, 66
39 00
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
. 117 13
$648 88
DISTRICT No. 10 .- WILLIAM HUMPHREY, Prudential Committee.
Balance duc, March 13, 1854,
. $88 61
Appropriation for 1854-5, .
337 34
$425 95
Paid Mary R. Thomas, Teacher,
. $130 00
Lucy A. Tirrell, 66
42 00
Johnson Merrill, 66
.
148 50 .
66 William Humphrey, for fuel, .
34 38
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
· 71 07
$425 95
HIGH SCHOOL.
Balance due, March 13, 1854, . $219 24
Appropriation for 1854-5, . . 1,000 00
$1,219 24
Paid Joseph Dow, Teacher, . $163 75
Ephraim Bradford, carpenter work,
. 11 00
66 · John G. Rogers, rent of hall, &c., 45 10
. Nathaniel Shaw, carting, 3 50
.
.
. $130 50
· 77 00
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·
26 98
.
12
Paid C. C. P. Moody, printing, $21 00
Ninth School District, room rent and fuel, 92 12
" Jonathan C. Brown, Teacher, 700 00
66 66 for cash paid, 4 64
Balance due, March 12, 1855,
178 13
$1,219 24
Amount due the Districts, March 13, 1854, . $1,082 91
Amount of Appropriations for 1854-5, . 5,024 88
Amount of Appropriation for High School, 1,000 00
Balance of last year's Appropriation, 219 24 ·
- $7,327 03
Expense of District Schools the present
year,
$4,974 50
Balance due the Districts, March 12,'55, 1,133 29
$6,107 79
Expense of High School, . .
1,041 11
Balance due,
.
178 13
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$7,327 03
HIGHWAYS, TOWNWAYS AND BRIDGES.
At the last annual March Meeting the town voted to assess a tax of thirty cents on each poll, and on property in due proportion, (one-sixth part to be paid in money and five-sixths in labor,) for the repairs of high- ways, &c .; the money portion to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
The whole amount of Labor Tax was about
$2,662 50
66 66 Money Tax was 532 50
The Money Tax has been expended as follows :---
In the District under the care of M. C. Huntress, . $24 18
66
66 James Jones, 15 65
66 Jacob Pratt, 3 00 .
66
John Dizer,
21 32
-
David Pratt, Jr., . .
37 90
13
In the District under the care of George Brooks, .
$67 98
66
66
Joseph Orcutt, 30 49
66 66 66 Minot Richards, 12 26
66 6. C. S. Bass, 5 05
66
66
Joseph Curtis,
9 97
Paid J. D. Pratt, for labor on bridge, Com. Street, .
6 00
66
J. Copeland, 66 66
1 25
A. Wheelock,“ 66
66
7 00
66 Loud & Reed, for lumber for railing,
6 44
J. S. Foye, for labor on bridge and railing,
11 83
66 J. D. Pratt, 66 on North Street,
66
66 S. Humphrey, 66 6
1 06
66 Pat'k Kennedy, :6
66
11 75
66 Wm. Callahan,. " 66
66
19 00
66 David Bates, 66 66
37 00
6 Lemuel Humphrey, for labor and team,
14 50
David Holbrook, for gravel, .
5 41
J. B. Spear, for labor on Pine Street, .
29 41
David Pratt, Jr., for railing Middle Street,
8 27
J. S. Barrett, for removing stone,
10 00
C. Leary, for labor on Oak Street,
4 00
Nancy W. Thomas, for gravel,
4 04
66 J. Loud & Co., removing gravel, Com. Street,
2 00
J. Blanchard, for iron work for Essex Street, .
3 96
66 Isaac Jackson, for lumber for North Street, .
12 67
66 Josiah Torrey, for land, Cross Street,
27 00
66 Michael Croker, for removing rock, Front Street, 20 00
66 S. Newcomb, for stone for bridge, North Street, 34 80
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66 L. Humphrey, for cedar posts for Essex Street,
4 50
$510 35
Expense of Removing Snow.
Paid Martin C. Huntress, for bill of labor, .
$22 58
James Jones,
66
66
.
.
5 75
66 Jacob Pratt,
66
66
3 82
66 John Dizer,
66
3 75
66 David Pratt, Jr., 66
66
10 49
James Lovell,
15 06
E. A. Hunt,
66
66
2 66
Ebenezer Kingman,
9 50
Micah Blanchard, 66
66
.
4 46
.
66
.
.
66
.
14
Paid Minot Richards, for bill of labor,
$2 67
66 Moses Orcutt,
66
66
8 17
Joseph Orcutt, 66
66
5 80
6 David Lovell, 2d, 66
66
1 33
. 66 Samuel E. Gay, 66
66
17 70
66 Palmer E. Loud, 66
66
6 07
66 Joseph Curtis,
66
6 95
66 Christopher S. Bass, “
66
2 01
66 Perez Loud, for labor,
.
50
66 John G. Rogers, " .
33
$134 60
New Street, leading from a point on Summer Street, near the house of Dea. John P. Nash, to Washington Street.
Paid Nathaniel Richards, for land-damages and fencing, $115 00
John P. Nash, for fencing, 48 00
66 George Nash, land-damage, fencing, and costs of suit, 249 54
David Richards, " 128 67 .
Robert V. Barnes, for building Section No. 1, . 100 00
66 Josiah B. Spear, No. 3,. 91 00
66 Nathaniel Richards, for gravel, . 9 00
66 Bernard Gillegan, for building Section No. 2, . 100 00
.. George Nash, for gravel, 15 00
$856 21
New Street at East Weymouth.
Paid J. P. Monks, for timber, . $40 67
66 Weymouth Iron Co., (spikes,) . 7 40 .
66 · James Matthewson, for stone work, 300 80
66 66 66 for getting out rock, .
3 00
66 Spear & Sinclair, for filling and grading, 66 for gravel,
25 00
66 Loud & Reed, for lumber,
36 03
66 Isaac Jackson,
96 80
66 Prescott Lothrop, for labor,
30 27
66 Josiah E. Rice, for labor and stock,
4 73
66 James Lovell, for labor, .
75
66 Cyrus Raymond,
67
66 Patrick Kennedy, ‘ .
.
2 25
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510 85
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Paid F. W. Faulkner, for labor,
$2 25
66 E. P. Lothrop, ·
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.
2 87
Horace Raymond, " .
3 25
66 Alvah Raymond,
62
Stephen L. French, for carting, .
10 75
66 South Shore Railroad Co., for freight,
1 56
$1,080 52
Balance for Completion of New Street at South Weymouth, leading from the house of Perez Loud to Braintree.
Paid Samuel Penniman, for grading and filling, .
$919 37
Pratt & Vining, for stone work, 249 92
J. P. Monks, for timber, . 116 72
Loud & Reed, for lumber, 107 84
66 C. Leary, for filling at railroad, . 127 00
Moses Orcutt, for gravel, 37 50
66 D. N. Wade, for labor, . 24 22
Old Colony and South Shore Railroad Cos., for freight,
7 96
Samuel Penniman, for posts,
20 00
Weymouth Iron Co., for spikes, .
5 00
Ezra Reed, for carting, . 3 00
$1,618 53
Working of Winter Street.
Paid Bernard Gillegan, for grading, .
$155 37
Samuel T'irrell, for land, 6 00
66 heirs of Peter Whitmarsh, for land, . 1 50
$162 87
New Street leading from Washington Street to Prospect Street.
Paid George Brooks, for grading, $54 51
66
for removing rock, 61 26 .
66 66 66 for making bridge, 34 71
66 John O. Foye, for steps, . 6 00
66 Timothy Clary, for land, 5 00
66 Wm. H. Ryan, for damage by change of grade, 5 00
$166 48
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Repairs on Washington Street.
Paid Michael Croker, for completing unfinished Section, .
$41 50
66 S. Newcomb, for stone for drain,
. 183 40
66 Phillips & Wright, for labor on drain, 71 38 ·
Stephen Humphrey,
24 37
66 J. D. Pratt, . 66
66 Loud & Rhines, for lumber, .
17 51
$370 55
Repairs on Summer Street.
Paid R. V. Barnes, for labor and gravel,
$17 00
Michael Croker, for removing rocks, 30 00
Maurice Sheahan, balance due, . 49 27 .
$96 27
Repairs on Union Street.
Paid George W. Nichols, for grading, . $100 00
Widening Pine Street.
Paid B. D. Vining, for land-damage, . $20 00
66 Robert Richards, 66 15 00
$35 00
Extension of Pearl Street.
Paid George W. Huntress, for land-damage, fencing, and in- terest on award,
$72 00
Enoch Lovell, for land-damage, . 3 00 ·
$75 00
Expense of Committees, &c.
Paid Noah Vining, Jr., for service on roads, .
$49 75
J. Humphrey, for service on roads and surveying, ·
44 38
66 Prescott Lothrop, for service on roads, . 41 35
66 B. F. White, for services meeting County Commission- ers, and cash paid, 4 00
66 A. B. Wales, for services meeting County Com'sioners, 2 00
66 Lovell Bicknell, 66
66
1 00
66 Samuel French, 2d, 66
66
1 50
66 John S. Cobb, 66 6 66 2 00 ·
Edmund Thomas, 1 00 66 66
Elias Richards, for services on Committee on Cemetery, . 1 00
$147 98
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. 32 39
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Summary of Expense on Roads.
Expended of Highway Money Tax, .
$510 35
66 for removing snow,.
· 134 60
for new roads, .
. 4,092 29
for repairs on old roads, .
· 469 14
66 for services of Committees,
· 147 98
Total cash expense,
. $5,354 36
Highway Labor Tax, about
. 2,662 00
Total expense of roads,
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. $8,016 36
TOWN-HOUSE.
Expense of Erecting Galleries in Town-house.
Paid Loud & Rhines, for lumber,
$190 46
Porter & Loud, 66
· 56 55
Ashford Baker, for labor, .
.
32 00
66 South Boston Iron Company, for columns,
66 84
66 Aaron Guild, for hard pine,
8 72
"' John O. Foye, for labor, .
19 58
66 George Lovell,
21 00
S. S. Foye, 66
3 75
Stephen Cain, for plastering,
22 50
66 . Z. C. Small, for painting, . 30 00
12 60
. Stephen L. French, for carting,
7 00
66 S. W. Wright,
6 26
66 Boston Planing and Moulding Company,
46 33
66 Samuel Healey, for iron work,
7 20
66 Samuel Tirrell, for labor,
3 00
Josiah Tirrell, for horse hire,
75
Cyrus Washburn, for labor and cash paid,
. 147 42
$681 96
Incidental Expense of Town-house.
Paid Wm. G. Nash, for oil,
$102 12
66 66 for lamps, wicks, &c., ·
. 21 69
66 Thomas Nash, for wood, .
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.
6 38
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66 Watson & Bisbee, for posts and balusters,
.
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Paid Joseph Loud & Co., for coal, . $44 20
66 S. W. Pratt & Co., for lining stoves, 5 00 .
" H. H. Cloud, for stoves and pipe, 8 00 ·
J. Humphrey, for cash paid for two ladders, 3 40 ·
Samuel Tirrell, for services, 57 00
$247 79
EXPENSE OF SUIT In the Case of Inhabitants of Weymouth vs. Ford.
Paid Silas Binney, for summoning witnesses and cash paid, . $12 60
66 Thos. Nash, for making copies and attendance at Dedham,. 10 75
Oran White, for copies and attendance, .
8 28
James Humphrey, for services and cash paid,
25 38
66 Samuel Reed, witness fees,
3 60
Alvah Raymond,
4 60
Lemuel W. French,“
4 60
Lemuel Torrey,
7 50
66 James Torrey, 66 66
3 00
66 Samuel French, 2d, " 66 10 00
176 28
¥ John J. Clarke, attorney's fees, . . 325 00
66 Lemuel Humphrey, for services and cash paid, · 21 50
66 Lovell Bicknell, for time and expense,
. 11 32
6 J. M. Williams, for advice, 10 00
$639 01
EXPENSE FOR THE SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen.
Paid Noah Vining, Jr., for services and expenses, ·
. $41 38
James Humphrey, 66
66 46 58
·
66 Prescott Lothrop, 66
66 31 75 .
$119 71
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.
4 60
66 William Coolidge, “ 66
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E. Wilkinson, bill of costs,
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Assessors.
Paid James Humphrey, for services and expenses,
. $73 93
66 Samuel Reed,
· 54 88
66 Henry A. Torrey, 66
66
. 69 00
$197 81
Overseers of the Poor.
Paid Alvah Raymond, for services and expenses,
· $22 19
James Tirrell,
66
·
· 15 25
66 Samuel Curtis, 66
. 32 50
$69 94
Treasurer.
Paid Thomas Nash, for services,
· $40 00
for extra services and expenses, . 5 13 .
$45 13
Clerk.
Paid Oran White, for services, stationery, and recording Births and Deaths,
$74 76
Constables.
Paid George W. White, Jr.,
$15 00
66 Samuel Curtis,
.
. 13 10
Henry Loud,
· 7 30
$35 40
Collector.
Paid Cotton Bates, for collecting taxes, . $155 62
School Committee.
Paid Noah Vining, Jr., for services,
$39 87
John W. Loud,
·
. 52 50
James Humphrey,
· 39 75
66 J. H. Gilbert, 66
.
46 50
Benjamin F. White, 66
.
· 28 13
$206 75
Total expense of Town Officers, . $905 12
20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid William White, for printing, .
$115 62
66
Cotton Bates, for discount on taxes, " for remittances, . 174 40 .
450 16
North Parish, for wall at Burying Hill,
275 00
66 Union Bank, for interest,
191 72
66 Foster & Taylor, for liquors,
89 45
William G. Nash, selling school books,
11 79
John G. Rogers, 66
66
7 14
6 Henry Loud, 66 66
6 00
J. S. Potter, printing school reports, 42 00
H. F. Walling, for County Maps, 24 00
240 00
66 66 66 for money borrowed,
500 00
66 Cotton Bates, for remittances, per vote,
5 45
66 James L. Wilbur, distributing envelopes,
1 50
66 Jacob Tirrell, distributing documents, . 10 00
6 93
66 Dowse & Noyes, 66
4 00
66 J. B. Howe & Co., 66
10 70
66 Byram Simmons, damage to wagon, .
4 00
66 Dutton & Wentworth, Supplement to Revised Statutes,
6 50
Josiah Tirrell, for board of Assessors, Selectmen, &c.,
52 62
66 State Treasurer, for State Tax,
939 00
66 Thomas Groom & Co., Assessors' books and stationery, 11 63
George W. White, Jr., for distributing envelopes, 1 50
66 66 " for enforcing law against hawk- ers and peddlers, 5 00
" A. B. Wales, extra Treasurer's accounts, 1 00
Henry Loud, for school books furnished,
25
" Lovell Bicknell, notifying Com. and examining Treas- urer's accounts, 2 00
Alvah Raymond, selling school books, .
2 50
R. Humphrey, distributing envelopes, . ·
1 50
66
J. R. Lovell, for services in case of smallpox, . .
50
" J. Humphrey, preparing schedule, 8 00
66 J. W. Bartlett, for refreshments at fire, .
4 56
$3,206 42
66 Ebenezer Humphrey, for interest,
66 Amos Stetson, for refreshments at fire,
21
OLD BILLS NOT INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S SCHEDULE.
Paid A. Howe, for use of Old South meeting-house, .
$10 00
J. G. Rogers, selling school books,
· 3 20
" Jacob Pratt, for land-damage, Loud's Lane, 9 88 .
66 Jacob Tirrell, distributing town documents,
.
10 75
66 Calvin Terry, School Committee, .
1 58
66 Samuel B. Burrell, labor on Washington Street, . ·
7 37
Joseph Loud, for land, East and Pearl Streets, 11 75 .
J. D. Pratt, snow bill, 1 33 .
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