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1857
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,
THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
AND
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 8, 1858.
BOSTON: WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER, 4 SPRING LANE. 1858.
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,
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THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
AND
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 8, 1858.
BOSTON: WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER, 4 SPRING LANE. 1858.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of Weymouth, for the year ending with March 8th, 1858, submit the following Report :-
The amount of money raised, and one-fourth of which was placed at the disposal of the Selectmen, was thirty-six hundred thirty-eight dollars and fifty-three cents, for highway purposes. As much of it as in our opinion was necessary for repairs of the highways, has been expended as appears in the annexed schedule. We let at public auction in four sections the work in the widening on Middle Street, which work has been performed and paid for, as per schedule.
The surveyors of highways worked out a portion of the money appropriated, early in the spring, we think with more benefit to the roads than if it had been deferred until midsummer. In one instance a surveyor expended without direction nearly three times the amount appropriated by the town for his district, and the question arises, can a surveyor as a town officer, hire men to any extent and bind the town to pay them. If so, then the surveyors individually can cause the people to be taxed at their discretion. In the above stated case the board drew an order for as much as in their judgment ought to be allowed to that district soon after the work was done, and the balance remained unpaid until near winter, when an order was drawn for it, as the persons who per- formed the work would hold the town responsible It is certainly unjust that persons rendering valuable service to the town should go unpaid because the town officers exceed their trust.
There are probably about forty-five miles of public roads in town, on which are expended for repairs about thirty-six hundred dollars, or eighty dollars per mile, and twenty-five cents per rod.
It appears to be the opinion of some people that the Prudential School Committee have also power to bind the town to pay any
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contract they may make with teachers, even when it exceeds the amount of money appropriated for their district's use. If it be that they can so bind the town, it ought to be so understood. One Prudential Committee has, through a mistake, expended more by thirty-six dollars, than the amount appropriated, and asks to have it drawn for and deducted from the appropriation for the ensuing year. We are of opinion that it cannot properly be done without a vote of the town authorizing such act.
The Guide Boards in the town are all in proper order, as re- quired by law, with one exception, on the corner of Elm and Pleasant Streets. A board is needed there, and one is already procured and ready for painting.
In regard to encroachments on the highways, we have no knowledge that any have been made the last year. A portion of Water Street that hitherto has not been fenced, was found to be very narrow and inconvenient, and on due consideration we thought it best and cheapest to purchase a widening of the same, as it could then be done on better conditions than if deferred. We paid the owner forty dollars for the widening, and took a public dedication of the same forever for.the public use.
We have settled with the liquor agents, Mr. N. Thayer and Mr. A. S. White. Mr. Thayer was the first agent appointed, and he sold for twenty per cent. profit, which was too low to pay expenses, and there was a loss to the town of fifty-nine dollars and seven cents on the whole business. We called on Mr. Sherman and he stated that he had settled with a member of a former board. He received of the town liquor from Thayer amounting to two hundred fifty-nine dollars and eighty cents. He returned to Mr. White, stock on hand, when he gave up the agency, ninety-five dollars and sixty-one cents, and paid the treasurer on highway bill at one time seventy-five dollars and forty-nine cents, which he says was the balance due. Mr. White received of Mr. Thayer one hundred twenty-eight dollars and seven cents when he first took the agency, and paid Mr. Thayer thirty-five dollars in money ; he has now, net stock on hand, one hundred fourteen dollars and ninety cents ; net profit to the town, twenty-nine dollars and nine cents. Mr. White is now the only agent of the town under the law, and sells for thirty per cent. profit, which just about pays expenses, and the loss was owing, in Thayer's case, to the low price at which the liquor was sold, being ten per cent. less than now charged on the cost of the liquor.
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SCHEDULE
OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 8, 1858.
RECEIPTS OF THE TREASURER,
From March 9, 1857, to March 8, 1858.
Received Town, County and State taxes,
$26,894 96
State School Fund,
283 90
for use of Town Hall, 34 00
from State, to refund money paid Weymouth Band,
153 00
from Alvah Raymond, for State paupers,
57 86
from Alvah Raymond, town of Quincy, .
26 50
from Alvah Raymond, town of Middleborough,
61 44
from H. A. Torrey, town of Abington, .
4 90
from School District No. 1, for assessing taxes,
6 50
66 66
2,
66
5 00
66
66
4,
66
66
66
·
66 60
66
66
66
·
6 50
66
66
9,
66
66
66
·
9 50
66
66
10,
66
66
66
.
5 00
66
66
11, 66
66
· 4 00
$27,559 56
The Expenditures are as follows, viz. :-
SCHOOLS.
The town grant for the support of Common Schools was
· $5,500 00
The income of the Alewive Fund was . 252 00
The town's portion of the State School Fund was .
283 90
$6,035 90
The town appropriation for the High School was
1,000 00
Whole amount for Schools, .
. $7,035 90
7,
6 50
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The town voted to divide one-fourth of the Common School money equally among the districts, and the remaining three- fourths according to the number of children between the ages of five and fifteen years, in each district.
Whole amount for Schools, including the High School, when divided by the number of children between five and fifteen years of age, was, to each, . . $5 071
Dist. No. 1 had 141 children, and its share of money was $597 40
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3 244
66
66
66
66
66
. 476 60
5 66 113 66 6
6 66 107 66 6
. 486 40
66 506 00 66 7 113 60 . 66
8 66 140
66
66
594 10 66 . 9 232 66 66 66 75 66
894 30 10
382 00
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66 53
66
66
66
66
310 20
Totals, . 1,387
$6,035 90
The accounts of the Districts at the close of the schools for the past year, stand as follows, viz. :-
DISTRICT No. 1 .- CORNELIUS PRATT, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857,
. $104 07 597 40
$701 47
Paid Emily R. Bicknell, teacher, . $120 00
Cornelius Pratt, for fuel, .
· 75 87
J. Frances Vining, teacher, Nancy A. Tirrell, teacher,
144 00
67 50
J. Frances Vining, teacher,
112 50
Sarah E. Loud, teacher,
52 50
Balance due the District,
129 10
'701 47
DISTRICT No. 2 .- ELNATHAN BATES, JR., Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857,
. $309 74
Appropriation for 1857-8,
· 349 40
'$659 14
Paid Eliza French, teacher, . $154 50
C. H. Brown, teacher,
. 152 75
Elnathan Bates, Jr., for fuel,
· 36 49
Balance due the District, .
. 315 40
659 14
66
66
· 349 40
·
933 50
4 104
66
506 00
66
66
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
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DISTRICT No. 3 .- AMOS TIRRELL, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857, . $340 01
933 50
Appropriation for 1857-8, . $1,273 51
Paid Abby L. Bates, teacher, . $44 00
L. A. Richards, teacher, .
85 25
Margaret H. Vining, teacher,
74 25
Mary C. Cowing, teacher,
85 50
Amos Tirrell, for fuel,
89 13
James O. Scripture, teacher,
287 50
Susan J. F. Pratt, teacher,
126 50
Mary C. Cowing, teacher,
115 00
Amos Tirrell, making fires,
8 14
Balance due the District, .
358 24
1,273 51
DISTRICT No. 4 .- ELBRIDGE G. HUNT, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857,
. $25 05
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
. 476 60
$501 65
Paid Miss A. M. Webster, teacher,
$77 00
Elbridge G. Hunt, for fuel,
14 00
Miss L. A. Harlow, teacher,
143 40
Miss A. M. Webster, teacher,
59 95
Miss L. A. H. Butler, teacher,
79 20
Miss A. M. Webster, teacher,
72 00
Balance due the District, .
56 10
501 65
DISTRICT No. 5 .- B. F. LOCKE, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857, $129 00
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
506 00
$635 00
Paid Mary R. Parrott, teacher, . $130 00
Miss L. F. Reed, teacher, .
· 141 82
Lorin Farr, teacher, . . 14 00
Miss E. G. Parrott, teacher, 44 00
Miss M. A. Hatch, teacher,
75 63
B. F. Locke, for fuel,
44 58
Balance due the District, .
184 97
.
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DISTRICT No. 6 .- JOHN SHAW, JR., Prudential Committee. Balance due April 1, 1857, 1 23 . Appropriation for 1857-8, . . 486 40 $487 63
635 00
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Paid John Shaw, Jr., for fuel,
. $43 75
Susan M. Magoun, teacher,
. 143 00
Elizabeth White, teacher, . . 135 00 Elbridge Torrey, teacher, . . 148 50
Elizabeth White, teacher, . 17 38
$487 63
C. D. Pratt from Pratt fund, $33 27
Miss Elizabeth White from Pratt fund, 42 62
75 89
DISTRICT No. 7 .- SOLON A. VINING, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857, $50 74 .
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
.506 00
$556 74
Paid Miss H. A. Fuller, teacher,
$20 00
Miss J. Lane, teacher,
· 120 00
Ezra Reed, for fuel, .
· 25 00
Solon A. Vining, for fuel, .
6 00
Miss B. M. Holbrook, teacher, .
100 00
Henry F. Woodman, teacher,
135 00
Miss B. M. Holbrook, teacher, .
63 00
Balance due the District, .
87 74
556 74
DISTRICT No. 8 .- ERI T. JOY, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857, . $311 73
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
594 10
Paid Joseph Dyer, for fuel, $4 25
Miss M. J. Blanchard, teacher,
31 50
Susan M. Torrey, teacher,
100 00
H. A. Fuller, teacher,
0 00
H. Cloud, teacher,
110 00
L. E. Noyes, teacher,
184 00
Eri T. Joy, for fuel, .
32 80
Joseph Dyer, for fuel,
6 87
Miss L. A. Paddock, teacher,
88 00
Susan M. Torrey, teacher,
96 00
L. E. Noyes, omitted 1855,
120 00
Miss H. Sprague, omitted 1855, 54 00
Alvan Hollis, for making fires,
2 40
Balance due the District, .
16 01
.
$905 83
.
905 83
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DISTRICT No. 9 .- ROSCIUS R. WALKER, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857, $11 57 ·
Appropriation for 1857-8, . 894 30
Balance due from the District,*
· 34 63
$940 50
Paid T. C. Pratt, teacher, . . $183 32
Miss E. A. Allison, teacher,
70 00
Miss L. L. Trufant, teacher,
· 77 00
T. C. Pratt, teacher, .
183 34 .
Lydia C. Trufant, teacher,
77 00
Mary A. Rugg, teacher,
58 50
Sarah H. Rugg, teacher, .
58 50
Lydia C. Trufant, teacher,
49 50
T. C. Pratt, teacher, .
183 34
940 50
DISTRICT No. 10 .- F. B. PRATT, Prudential Committee.
Balance due April 1, 1857,
· $27 07
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
· 382 00
$409 07
Paid Miss E. G. Parrott, teacher, . $132 00
J. H. Clark, teacher,
. 142 50
Lydia A. Tirrell, teacher, .
48 00
F. B. Pratt, for fuel, .
· 29 35
Balance due the District,
57 22
409 07
DISTRICT No. 11 .- G. NELSON BLANCHARD, Prudential Committee.
Appropriation for 1857-8,
$310 20
Paid Miss C. Ford, teacher,
· $55 00
Ezra Reed, for fuel, .
5 50
G. N. Blanchard, for fuel, . 16 50
Miss S. H. Rugg, teacher,
77 00
Benjamin Wormell, teacher,
105 00
Balance due the District, .
51 20
310 20
HIGH SCHOOL.
Balance due April 1, 1857,
$75 65
Appropriation for 1857-8, .
. 1,000 00
$1,075 65
Paid William K. Fletcher, teacher,
$198 85
Francis Tirrell, care of the room,
16 50
*This amount was paid by vote of the town, March 8, 1858.
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Paid William K. Fletcher, teacher, . $238 63
William K. Fletcher, incidental expenses, . 11 25 .
William K. Fletcher, teacher, . . 218 75 Bicknell & White, removing seats, 1855, 20 65
James P. Terry, stationery, 61
William K. Fletcher, teacher, 243 75
Francis Tirrell, care of room, 30 80
Expense of coal, 36 15
Thomas Austin, painting blackboard, 1856, ·
3 00
Balance due,
56 71
- $1,075 65
Balance due Districts and High School at the close of
last year,
$1,211 86
7,035 90
· Appropriation for 1857-8, .
-$8,247 76
Expense of District Schools for the present year, $6,026 65 Balance due the Districts at the close of the schools, 1,255 98
Expense of the High School, . 1,018 94
Balance due High School, .
56 71
·
$8,358 28
Deduct amount drawn from Pratt fund by Sixth
District, . $75 89
Overdrawn by Ninth District, 34 63
110 52
- $8,247 76
HIGHWAYS, TOWNWAYS, AND BRIDGES.
At the annual meeting, held March 9, 1857, the town voted to assess a tax of thirty cents on each poll, and on property in due proportion, for the repairs of highways, &c., and that three-fourths of the same be divided among the districts ; the remaining one- fourth to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
The amount appropriated to the Districts, was . . $2,728 90 The amount to be expended under the direction of the Select- men, was · 909 63
Total amount of tax,
. $3,638 53
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The amount expended under the direction of the Selectmen has been as follows, viz. :-
In the District under the care of Edward Sinclair, . $23 17
Silvanus Bates,* . 447 73
Alvah Raymond, Jr. 31 35 J. R. H. Williams, . 34 25
William Cooledge, . 26 65
Samuel Richards, . 10 00
Joseph Orcutt,
66 68
Reuben Loud, ·
17 99
Joseph Hawes, 2 13
John Shaw, Jr.,
56 65
Ezra Pratt,
19 88
Ezra Reed, Jr.,
26 46
John S. Barrett, · 80 21
Quincy Pool, . .
9 72
Sanford Hollis, 21 73
Martin Derby,
25 10
$899 70
Expense of removing Snow.
Paid Solomon Lovell, District No. 1,
$4 00
David Lovell, 2d,
2,
·
4 80
James Humphrey, 66 3,
3 10
Edward Sinclair,
66 4,
3 65
Silvanus Bates,
66
5,
4 90
Alvah Raymond, Jr., 6
6,
35 50
J. R. H. Williams,
66
7,
20 35
William Cooledge, 66
8,
12 45
Samuel Richards,
11,
3 00
Joseph Orcutt,
66
12,
1 50
Reuben Loud, Jr.
66
13,
1 20
Joseph Hawes,
66
14,
2 67
John Shaw, Jr.,
15,
23 75
Ezra Pratt, Jr.,
66
16,
4 00
$124 87
* There was paid out of the tax and amount appropriated to this District-
To Spear & Holbrook, labor at Pound IIill, . John Tirrell, labor near his house, 40 00
. $135 00
John Shaw, Jr., labor near F. B. Bates',
157 00
David Pratt, Jr., labor near S. Emery's,
124 80
$456 80
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Expended on Middle Street, in addition to amount appropriated from Highway Money.
Paid T. C. & A. Humphrey, for gravel, . $13 46
Pratt & Vining, stone for bridge, near Thomas
Humphrey's, .
10 60
Silvanus Bates, removing rocks
near Joshua
18 82
Holbrook's,
David Pratt, building cartway at Pound Hill,
.
4 00
$46 88
Rebuilding Bridge on the new street at East Weymouth.
Paid Weymouth Iron Company for labor and stone, . $63 98 Loud & Rhines, for lumber, 25 46
A. Raymond, Jr., for labor,
· 26 00
$115 44
Building Wall at Burying Hill.
Paid estate of Lemuel Humphrey, for labor,
$7 00
Silvanus Bates, for labor, . 10 25
James Humphrey, cash paid for labor,
2 62
$19 87
For Land to widen and straighten Streets.
Paid G. W. Huntress, interest on land damage,
$1 50
Stephen Emery, land on Middle Street, 50 00
Jacob Bates, land on Middle Street, . 14 00
David Pratt, Jr., land on Middle Street, 26 00
T. C. & A. Humphrey, land on Middle Street, . 40 00
Humphrey & Washburn, land on Middle Street, 1 50
Rev. Lemuel Harlow, land on Water Street, 40 00
Richard Halnan, land on Water Street, ·
1 50
Dr. Noah Fifield, land on Summer Street,
40 00
$214 50
Damage sustained on the Highway. Paid Wm. E. Humphrey, damage on North Street, . $3 50
Summary of Expense on Roads.
Highway tax, . $3,638 53
Additional appropriations, . 182 19 .
Land to widen and straighten streets, . 214 50
Damage sustained on highway, . 3 50 .
Removing snow,
·
124 87
- - $4,163 59
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INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE TOWN-HOUSE.
Paid Joseph Loud & Co., for coal,
· $6 50
William G. Nash, oil, &c., .
Thomas Nash, wood, .
3 13
Henry Loud, lamps, oil, &c.,
12 98
J. C. Ford, drawers for safe,
4 00
Thomas Austin, setting glass,
2 12
Francis Tirrell, care of house,
16 87
.
William G. Nash, wicks, .
1 00
$70 89
EXPENSE FOR THE SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen.
Noah Vining, Jr., for services and expenses, ·
.
$58 32
James Humphrey, 66
.
·
47 35
Z. L. Bicknell, 66
66
.
.
47 00
$152 67
Assessors.
F. B. Bates, for services and expenses,
$97 50
.
E. G. Hunt,
66
6
113 48
·
Henry A. Torrey, “
66
75 63
.
$286 61
Overseers of the Poor.
Alvalı Raymond, før services and expenses,
.
$60 04
Lemuel Torrey, 66
.
15 35
.
Henry A. Torrey,
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66
.
·
15 00
$90 39
Treasurer.
Gilman Burrell, for services and expenses,
$57 00
.
Clerk.
Richard Blanchard, for services and expenses, .
$35 92
.
Constables.
George W. White, Jr., for services and expenses, $20 70
J. N. Bates,
.
29 30
$50 00
Collector.
Cotton Bates, for collecting taxes,
.
$268 95
.
24 29
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School Committee.
John W. Loud, for services,
. $57 10
Atherton N. Hunt,
.
32 00
Appleton Howe,
66
46 00
Noah Vining, Jr.,
66
·
56 05
James Humphrey,
66
15 75
J. P. Terry,
66
38 99
E. S. Potter,
66
45 75
$291 61
Total expense of town officers,
$1,233 18
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Cotton Bates remittance of James Phillips & Son's tax, . $9 24
E. S. Beals, preparing schedules, .
10 00
Martin Derby, distributing schedules,
4 00
Jacob Tirrell, 66
6 00
John Tirrell, board of assessors,
94 50
John Tirrell, board of School Committee,
3 85
A. McDonald,
2 50
T. Groom & Co., Assessors' books, .
21 50
Cotton Bates, discount on taxes,
699 87
Martin Derby, distributing Laws and Resolves,
4 00
Jacob Tirrell, 66
6 00
Pratt & Vining, posts for pound,
9 25
William White, printing Schedules, &c., .
188 66
Henry Loud, for stationery,
6 29
James Humphrey, costs and service in suit of Thos. Pray,
55 99
Weymouth Band, to be refunded by State,
153 00
Henry A. Torrey, for surveying,
2 50
Henry A. Torrey, examining Treasurer's accounts,
1 50
Albert Humphrey, 66 66
66
2 00
Silas Binney, 66
66
2 00
John G. Rogers, selling school books,
20
Henry Loud, 6 66
11 80
William G. Nash, 66 66
5 22
Amos S. White, 66 66
four years, 65 74
Amos S. White, books delivered
6 15 06
John W. Loud, printing for School Committee,
12 00
Richard Blanchard, for recording births, marriages and deatlıs,
116 35
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Edwin Pratt, distributing envelopes,
$1 50
Cotton Bates, for remittances, .
280 00
County Treasurer, County tax,
.
2,183 81
State Treasurer, State tax,
. 2,817 00
Weymouth & Brain. Bank, interest on borrowed money,
138 12
Henry A. Torrey, interest,
60 00
Ebenezer Humphrey, interest,
210 00
John A. E. Loud, expressman, 1 25
William Stoddard, distributing envelopes, 1 50
Francis Tirrell, board of School Committee, 3 50
P. Loud, on suit of J. L. Bates vs. 8th School District, 11 00
$7,235 70
OLD BILLS NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID.
Paid E. D. Raymond, for gravel in 1856, $5 00
Ludo Hawes,
1 00
Samuel Hawes, labor on highway in 1856,
4 00
G. W. Vining, removing snow,
1 25
A. S. Howe, 66 66
80
Jason Farrington, 66 66
1 60
L. S. Merritt, 66 66
6 24
Benjamin D. Vining, damage on highway,
5 10
J. B. Howe, damage on highway, . 6 00
$30 99
RECAPITULATION.
Received from all sources,
$27,559 56
Expenditures.
On account of Schools, . $7,045 59
Roads,
4,163 59
Town-House, .
70 89
Town Officers, .
· 1,233 18
Miscellaneous, .
7,235 70
Old Bills,
30 99
Town's Poor,
. 2,650 83
$22,430 77
Amount of Receipts over Expenditures, .
.
.
$5,128 79
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We find, from an examination of the Treasurer's books, that the town owed, after paying all bills on the schedule, for the year ending March 9, 1857, . $10,556 41
Amount paid this year, as per schedule, . . 22,430 77
832,987 18
From which deduct the receipts for this year,
. 27,559 56
Leaving a balance against the town of . . $5,427 62
In addition to this, there will be due for land for the widening and straightening of streets, when the walls, fences, &c., shall be removed, about . $325 00
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NOAH VINING, JR., 1 Selectmen of Weymouth.
JAMES HUMPHREY,
Z. L. BICKNELL,
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Weymouth, for the year last past, respectfully ask leave to make the following Report, the account of which includes the time from the first day of February, 1857, to the first day of February, 1858 :-
The number of paupers residing in the almshouse at the com- mencement of the year aforesaid, was twenty-eight ; whole number during the year, thirty-seven; the average was about thirty-one and three-fourths, and the number at the end of the year twenty- seven, being one less than at the beginning ; of whom twelve were minors.
The amount charged by the Overseers, for their services, postage, stationery, travelling expenses, &c., has been ninety dollars and thirty-nine cents, $90.39.
Having deemed it necessary, we have caused a new oven to be built and a boiler inserted, at a cost of $30.84.
The whole sum drawn from the treasury for the support of the poor in the house, including the salary of the superintendent, has been fifteen hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty cents ; we have allowed the town for rent of the farm, three hundred dollars, and have reduced the inventory one hundred and sixty-four dollars and three cents, making the whole cost of the poor in the house one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty- three cents.
The expense of each pauper per week has been one dollar sixty- nine cents and about four mills. There has been one death at the
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house the past year, viz : James Richards, who died December 13th, 1857, aged 78 years.
The expense for support of the poor out of the house amounts to nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars, the total for the year being two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and eighty-three cents, being twenty-three dollars and twenty-five cents less than the cost of last year, showing that the hard times complained of the past year has not affected this town so far as any increase of the expense of the poor is concerned.
Expense for support of the Poor in the Almshouse, from February 1st, 1857, to February 1st, 1858.
DR.
Inventory of February 1st, 1857, $1,757 99
Rent of Town Farm,
300 00
Orders to Mr. Litchfield,
1,600 00
- -$3,657 99
CR.
Inventory of February, 1858,
$1,593 96
Due Bill of Mr. J. Litchfield,
39 36
Building new Oven and setting Boiler, .
30 84
$1,664 16
Balance for support of poor,
1,993 83
-$3,657 99
Account of Goods, &c., bought and Bills paid, 1857-8, by the Superintendent. Paid Joseph Loud & Co., for grain, flour and coal, $428 98
Henry Loud, for goods, .
295 60
Samuel Curtis, for goods, 110 23
Martin Hall & Co., for goods,
74 83
Ballou & Hibbard, for goods, .
9 65
Reuben Lowell, for meat,
53 91
Simeon Whitman, for meat, .
45 42
Charles H. Mansfield, for fish,
7 37
Sherman & Tirrell, for goods bought at auction,
) 90
Jackman & Goodhue, for dry goods,
111 18
E. B. Dwelly, for swine,
12 00
Samuel Reed, for smith work,
11 21
Blake & Barnard, for seeds and farming tools,
20 92
John O. Foye, for pump, tools, &c.,
7 05
19
Paid Dr. N. Q. Tirrell, for medical attendance, $16 50
South Boston Iron Company, for oven doors, &c., . 3 27
B. H. Everett, for mason work, 13 30
Tilly Willis, for wheelwright work and coffin, 9 80
H. W. Sinclair, for tin ware, . 9 10
Bock Fredman, for clothing, .
20 25
Stetson & Bowditch, for brick,
9 00
Loud & Rhines, for lumber and nails,
10 95
Albert Humphrey, for leather,
17 19
L. M. Ross, for labor,
28 87
David Lovell, 2d, for ploughing,
25
William T. Burrell, for glass, paint, &c.,
2 53
Amos S. White, for medicine, 1 62
12 99
Asa B. Wales, for curing hams,
50
Josialı Litchfield, for seed potatoes,
2 50
for iron pans,
5 00
for fresh fislı,
1 98
Lovell Bicknell, for alewives,
5 00
D. Cohan, for calf and cutting wood,
4 00
D. Cohan, for labor,
19 37
Err Cushing, a gratuity,
4 00
Mary Thayer, a gratuity,
1 00
Josiah Litchfield, for fire board,
2 00
for freight upon goods,
2 00
for three barrels apples,
7 42
for one burial robe, 1 00
Mr. Simmons, for pine and hard wood, .
20 00
Lewis Beals, for pasture,
1 75
James White, for necessaries,
3 75
Lucinda Leavitt, for fifty-two weeks' labor,
52 00
Lemuel French, for use of rolling machine,
30
Solomon Lovell, for ice,
6 88
Josiah Litchfield, for sand,
50
for vest,
1 00
Superintendent, his salary one year, 200 00
Joseph B. Howe & Co., for bread, . 27 54
Noah Vining, for standing wood, . 45 50
for buffalo robe for F. J. Hayden, 3 00
Josialı Litchfield, for wearing apparel for R. Pratt,
8 50
$1,852 36
Note from Mr. Litchfield to balance, 39 36
$1,891 72
Charles Humphrey, for standing grass,
20
Josiah Litchfield, Superintendent, to the Town of Weymouth,
1858.
DR.
Feb. To orders on the Treasurer, $1,600 00
To amount received for produce, 291 72
$1,891 72
1858.
CR.
Feb. By bills of goods by him bought, . $1,652 36
By his salary,
200 00
By his note to balance,
39 36
$1,891 72
Amount received for Produce, Stock, Labor &c., by Mr. Litchfield.
Of Reuben Lowell, for calves' hides, &c.,
$41 00
James Thomas, for calves' hides, &c., .
10 00
Samuel Curtis, for produce,
41 96
Henry Loud, for green corn,
75
Elias Raymond, for hay chopper,
1 00
Alva Raymond, for hay, wagon, and produce, .
7 50
Dr. N. Q. Tirrell, for hay,
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