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1869
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,
CONTAINING A
SCHEDULE OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, THE
Rrport of the Oberseers of the Poor,
THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
AND
Statistics furnished by the Town Clerk,
POR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1870.
BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, PRINTERS, 79 MILK STREET. (CORNER OF FEDERAL STREET.) 1870.
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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,
THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
AND
Statistics furnished by the Town Clerk,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1870.
BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, PRINTERS, 79 MILK STREET. (CORNER OF FEDERAL STREET.) 1870.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The undersigned, selectmen of the town of Weymouth, at the close of their official duties for the year ending in March, 1870, would respectfully submit the following Report of the receipts and expenditures of said town, and offer such explanations and suggestions as to them seem proper.
The past year has been a peculiar one in many respects. The school district system was abolished, by a vote of the town, at the last annual March meeting; the whole district property was appraised, as directed by the town, and possession thereof taken, and a tax levied upon the whole town equal to the sum-total of said appraisal, and a remittance to the individual tax-payer of each district of his individual share of the said appraised value of its property thus taken, after deducting the amount of debts of each district from the appraised value of its property. The total amount of said appraisal, and each district's part of the same, is fully set forth in the following tables.
The town, at its annual meeting in March last, chose eleven highway surveyors, and voted to raise the sum of five thousand dollars for the repair of the public roads, and at the same meeting voted to instruct the selectmen to appoint a supervisor of roads. On consideration of the whole subject, the Board appointed one of their own number to that office, and the expenditures will be found in the annexed tables.
In the opinion of the undersigned, the interests of the town would be better served by the election of five highway surveyors to act as a board, having the whole matter in their hands, with power to determine when the money shall be expended, and in what manner.
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The legislature of 1869 passed a prohibitory liquor law, and therein provided for the appointment of city and town agents to sell liquors for medicinal, chemical and mechanical purposes ; we have used our best endeavor to find a suitable person to take such agency, and have found none. The objection generally is, the stringency of the law in regard to adulterated liquors being found in the hands of the agent, and the penalties therefor. The law further provides, that in case the selectmen neglect in any one year, for three months after the first day of July, to appoint such agent, they shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the use of any person who may sue for the same ; and under this provision of the law the selectmen of Weymouth have been sued, and are called to answer to the superior court in April next. No person has applied for the agency, and we have solicited all that we deemed suitable, and were favorably located, to accept it at a salary of two hundred dollars per annum, and found no one will- ing to accept on those conditions, or name any other; and we believe we have done in the case all that men can be reasonably required to do, and ought not to be held responsible for the penalty.
Under a special Act of the legislature of 1862, the Hingham and Quincy bridges were made free, and their maintenance imposed upon the towns of Quincy, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohas- set, Scituate, South Scituate and Marshfield, and the care of them, under the supervision of the chairmen of the boards of selectmen of the towns of Quincy, Weymouth and Hingham, who have heretofore executed that trust. The towns of Cohasset, Scituate, South Scituate and Marshfield have been so dissatisfied that they refused to pay their annual assessments, and were compelled to pay, with the costs of a lawsuit, their arrearages. They have now petitioned the legislature for an alteration of the law so as to relieve them from any share in the expense of maintaining said bridges, and the matter is now in the hands of a legislative com- mittee for a hearing, and we have employed counsel in the case. The proportion of each town of the whole expense is as follows : Weymouth, twelve-fortieths ; Hingham, seven-fortieths ; Quincy, five-fortieths ; Marshfield, three-fortieths ; Cohasset, five-fortieths ; Scituate, four-fortieths ; and South Scituate, four-fortieths.
The town of Weymouth had advanced means to pay the expense
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of the bridges, so that on the first day of April last the trustees owed said town,- $578 88
Additional advance in April, 1,022 41
$1,601 29
On the payment of the delinquent towns, Weymouth
received of the Treasurer,
1,000 00
$601 29
Weymouth was assessed, March 1, 1870, . 335 61
Leaving a balance due Weymouth of .
$265 68
The Nadell property was owned by Paul Nadell, who had no legal settlement in this State. He married Eunice Cushing, whose home was in this town. This estate consists of a small cottage house and lot of land situated in the town of Marshfield. The house was built by the said Nadell, who left his family some five years ago, and has not since been heard from. The family came to the town of Weymouth for support, when, on investiga- tion, the overseers of the poor found the above-named property, encumbered by a mechanic's lien of two hundred and ninety- three dollars, which the overseers paid, and took an assignment of the same. Upon entering into possession, they bargained to sell the place to one Mr. Hatch for four hundred and twenty-five dollars, and gave said Hatch three years to pay for it from the first day of July, 1866, securing the contract to Hatch by a bond. Before last July, said Hatch had failed in complying with the condition of the bond, and in the autumn abandoned the prem- ises, and the house was without a tenant. A motion has been made to prosecute said claim in order to obtain judgment and execution on it, so that we can either obtain a clear title to the property, or receive our rights in money. We have bargained with one Mr. Stetson conditionally to sell him the place, and he has entered upon it, and paid fifty dollars in advance, and is to pay fifty more in April next; and if he, at the time of the sale of said property on execution of said lien, chooses to pay cash down, he is to pay, with what he may then have paid, four hundred and seventy-five dollars; or, if no other person will bid at said sale more than four hundred and seventy-five dollars, then said Stet-
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son agrees to pay in yearly instalments of one hundred dollars each, with interest on the whole sum unpaid at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars.
Mr. Newman, of East Weymouth, has left a demand against the town of Weymouth with Edward Avery, Esq., for damages. The cause of the claim is this : About three years ago, James Ford, then about four years old, and living in the almshouse, did, as Newman sets forth, maliciously with a stick destroy the eye of Mr. Newman's little son. The theory of the claim is, that if a father has a minor son, well known to be malicious, and that son does an injury, the father must be held to pay the damage; and Mr. Newman claims that the town holds that relation to the Ford boy, and is responsible to him for the loss of the boy's eye. Mr. Aldrich says that the Ford boy is not malicious, but on the con- trary is well disposed.
In relation to better security of the town records against loss by fire, the town, last summer, voted to refer the whole subject to the selectmen, and we have caused a fire-proof vault to be con- structed of brick in the town house, costing about six hundred dollars, exclusive of the cabinet work. The vault is six by eight feet inside, and will give full protection for all the records and books necessary to be kept in the town house for years to come.
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
There has been no State aid account settled since the account of 1863. All subsequent accounts have been looked over, objec- tions marked, and a gross sum paid on them, amounting, in the five years, to $4,932.43, less the amount charged. We have suc- ceeded in effecting a settlement for the years 1864, 1865 and 1866, by which we have allowed to us, in addition to what has already been paid, the sum of $2,605.00, (two thousand six hundred and five dollars,) and have to charge off to profit and loss $1,441.68. We think the whole account can be settled soon, if proper exer- tions are made for that purpose. The items in the tables of State aid unpaid are what will be allowed on a final settlement, as they are less, by the amount objected to, than the amount charged.
As the school districts have been abolished, we here suggest the propriety of dividing the town into wards, for convenience in
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assessing taxes, and for other purposes. If the old first and sec- ond school districts constituted ward No. 1, the third and tenth No. 2, the fourth and ninth No. 3, the fifth and sixth No. 4, and the seventh No. 5, we should have five wards, as follows :-
Ward No. 1, with
66
66 3, 4, 5, 2,
.
550 66
66
66
66
362
428 1. 66
The guide-boards for the direction of travellers are in rather a worn-out condition, and should, in our opinion, be subjected to a general and thorough repair.
NOAH VINING, ELISHA PRATT, W. W. RAYMOND, JOHN BLANCHARD, WILLIAM CUSHING, Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, March 1, 1870.
66 66
410 taxable polls. 652 66 66
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SCHEDULE
OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1870.
Balance on hand March 1, 1869,
· $6,224 31
Received of Union National Bank of Weymouth, of First National Bank of Weymouth, Cash from District No. 1,
58 96
66 66 3,
66 66
4,
29 98
60 66 «. 5,
9 35
131 35
66
10,
61 88
" 11,
11 17
Town, State and County taxes, and including the debts owed by School Districts and as- sumed by the town,
79,689 64
Non-resident Bank tax,
148 29
of James Torrey,
2,100 00
of Town of Middleborough,
32 67
East Bridgewater,
52 00
Plymouth,
49 00
Abington,
144 86
from School Fund,
408 82
for Dog licenses,
607 00
from Hingham Ins. Co., dividend,
18 70
of Treasurer of Hingham and Quincy bridges, .
1,000 00
on contract for the Nadell property,
50 00
of Harrison O. Carroll, for support of his wife in hospital, 24 50
for use of Town House,
124 50
for estate of David Tirrell,
17 00
of the State Treasurer, Corporation taxes,
2,486 33
State aid for James E. Ford,
48 00
State aid refunded for 1868,
6,900 00
18,000 00
6,000 00
7 33
7,
$124,435 64
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SCHOOLS.
The town grant for Schools, . $15,000 00
income of Alewive Fund, .
252 00
town's portion of the State School Fund, . 408 82
$15,660 82
There was expended for the High Schools and those in the several districts as follows, viz. :-
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
George W. Shaw, teacher,
$1,200 00
incidentals, .
5 75
R. A. Sloan, repairs of furniture,
1 80
Elzard Bourk,
6 00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
25 00
S. B. Terry, care of room,
25 90
$1,264 45
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
F. B. Gamwell, teacher, .
$1,200 00
C. Bowles, repairs, .
6 50
C. P. Littlefield, care of room, 1868,
20 00
Albert Tirrell, coal, .
5 25
J. P. Terry, desk standard, 1867,
75
L. Tuck, incidentals,
1 70
Rachael Rogers, rent of room, .
100 00
G. C. Torrey, care of room,
9 00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
17 00
$1,360 23
DISTRICT No. 1.
C. W. Clay, teacher,
$360 00
L. C. Pratt,
320 00
M. F. Burrell,
280 00
R. Spear, care of rooms, .
75 32
William Bicknell, fuel,
4 00
Owen Adams, 66
·
139 50
2
10
R. F. Cleverly, care of rooms, .
$3 00
E. B. Newton, “
2 50
J. Loud & Co., coal,
30 00
W. B. Lougee, incidentals and repairs,
18 00
Elisha Pratt, preparing fuel,
2 00
Wm. B. Lougee, care of room,
13 00
Elisha Pratt, wood, .
7 00
Wm. B. Lougee, labor,
8 00
$1,262 32
DISTRICT No. 2.
Eliza French, teacher,
$360 00
S. B. Terry, care of rooms,
.
34 00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
25 00
Solon Blanchard, incidentals, .
8 49
S. W. Pratt, incidental repairs,
7 42
Daniel Dyer, fuel,
7 50
William White, incidental repairs,
12 90
Everett & Gould,
5 50
Solon Blanchard, crayons,
70
$461 51
DISTRICT No. 3.
A. Augusta Raymond, teacher,
.
$320 00
N. C. M. Winship,
.
356 40
Emma J. Fay,
66
280 00
Mary E. Joy,' 66
280 00
Ellen G. Parrott,
66
320 00
Lavinia Totman,
66
.
280 00
W. W. Raymond, care of rooms,
120 00
Jotham Pratt, preparing fuel, .
58 50
Henry Loud, incidentals, .
18 32
66
66 66 1868,
15 42
G. W. Fay, incidentals, .
6 25
Bela French, wood, .
155 00
$2,209 89
DISTRICT No. 4.
H. F. Lyon, teacher,
$51 20
S. B. Porter, "
·
.
360 00
·
.
11
A. A. Smith, teacher,
.
$280 00
T. G. Norton,
264 00
George Nash, fuel, .
7 80
66 for 1868,
4 80
Francis Ambler, incidentals,
8 63
J. Loud & Co., coal,
48 98
G. W. Richards, care of rooms,
61 25
Silas Whiting, incidental repairs,
.
10 60
$1,097 26
DISTRICT No. 5.
L. M. Pratt, teacher,
$360 00
L. T. Cushing, teacher, and care of room,
288 00
L. L. Cushing, 66
320 00
J. Loud & Co., coal,
50 00
Wm. G. Nash, incidentals,
26 30
George Nash, fuel, .
15 00
Asa Pool, incidentals,
3 13
66
care of rooms, .
52 40
$1,114 83
DISTRICT No. 6.
A. L. White, teacher,
$280 00
M. W. Seymour, teacher,
360 00
Albert Tirrell, coal, .
11 50
J. Loud & Co., ". .
35 00
Charles H. Tisdale, care of rooms, &c.,
41 68
Everett & Gould, repairs,
3 00
$731 18
DISTRICT No. 7.
L. L. Whitman, teacher, .
$280 00
M. A. Merrill, 66
320 00
E. L. White, 66
320 00
Alice R. Rogers, 66
320 00
A. C. Orcutt, 66
320 00
E. J. White,
320 00
S. L. Vining, 66
351 00
E. S. Wright, kindlings,
1 50
C. W. Wright, fuel,
3 70
.
·
.
12
Albert Tirrell, coal, .
$66 50
L. Tuck, incidentals,
26 85
J. Loud & Co., coal,
240 00
Eugene Doble, care of rooms, 1868,
6 00
Calvin Packard, preparing fuel,
1 75
A. W. Stetson, coal, 1868,
16 00
C. S. Bass, care of rooms and repairs,
134 40
W. P. Marlow, incidental repairs, .
6 95
C. C. Tower, labor to sundry persons and fuel, 93 84
S. A. Rockwood, incidentals, &c., .
41 02
$2,869 51
DISTRICT No. 9.
L. C. Wood, teacher,
$178 20
M. L. Foye,
280 00
H. E. Miller, 66
320 00
A. A. Keeler,
.
320 00
Emma J. Baker, "
230 40
A. M. Adlington, teacher,
273 00
Henrietta Wood,
176 40
Alice M. Baker, 66
80 00
George Nash, fuel, .
11 40
Francis Ambler, incidentals,
13 67
J. Loud & Co., coal,
206 05
$2,089 12
DISTRICT No. 10.
Louisa M. Graves, teacher,
$105 00
Sophia W. Bowles,
360 00
M. J. Parker,
70 00
B. F. Shaw, incidentals, .
1 84
Henry Loud, 66
11 56
66 1868, .
6 85
Ezra Tirrell, fuel,
10 05
J. Loud & Co., coal,
37 50
S. W. Pratt, incidental repairs,
2 00
Dora L. Benson, teacher, .
98 00
Bicknell & White, incidental repairs,
16 37
.
$719 17
.
.
13
Expense of North High School,
$1,264 45
*
66 South
1,360 23
Total amount expended for schools,
. $15,179 47
HIGHWAYS, TOWNWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Albert Ford, District No. 1,
$601 75
Almshouse Labor, .
23 00
George Bennett, District No. 2,
369 53
Jacob French, District No. 3, .
726 62
Augustus Pratt, District No. 3, 1868,
12 25
E. A. Hunt, District No. 4,
540 65
Noah Vining, District No. 5, .
8 00
Wilson Tirrell, District No. 5,
477 60
Joseph Hawes, District No. 5, .
75 00
John Nolan,
13 50
Joseph Hawes, District No. 6, . 66 66 " 1868,
6 00
Noah Vining, District No. 7, .
7 40
Ezra Reed, District No. 7,
408 11
Noah Vining, District No. 8, .
44 50
Joseph Hawes, District No. 8, .
123 62
George W. Richards, District No. 9,
337 75
Joseph Hawes, District No. 9,
386 53
Clinton F. Pope, District No. 9, 1867,
8 43
John Griffin, District No. 9,
10 00
William Coyle, District No. 9,
18 00
J. Binney, District No. 9,
73 02
Almshouse Labor, .
19 00
Sylvanus Bates, District No. 10,
361 44
Lumber for railing, .
9 66
George N. Blanchard, District No. 11,
398 02
$5,475 16
Land Damage, Building Roads and Bridges. Paid David Lovell, for land to widen Loud's Lane, . $80 00
J. R. H. Williams, for land for new street on Mt. Pleasant, 25 00
Estate of Mary E. Burrell, for land for Hill Street, East Weymouth, . 40 00
.
415 78
14
Paid James Jones, for land corner of Commercial and Church Streets,
$75 00 James Mattherson, for land, Drury Lane (award of referees,)
100 00 James Jones, for land for new street at Neck, . 45 00 Richard Humphrey, for land for new street at Neck,
70 00
Henry Newton, for 66 66
66
180 00
Joseph Hawes, working widenings on Pleasant Street, .
1,413 85
Joseph Hawes, for building Central Street,
235 75
66 66 for building new street near Bradford, 51 25
66 for building Richmond Street, .
63 75
66 for labor on Park Avenue,
262 13
Appleton Howe for gravel for Park Avenue,
13 25
Joseph Hawes, for building new street on Mt. Pleas- ant,
344 86
Joseph Hawes, for building White's Lane,
143 23
Charles Humphrey, for widening Loud's Lane,
80 00
George Bennett, for widening corner Commercial and Church Streets,
78 33
Albert Ford, for labor on new street at Neck,
658 00
Joseph Hawes, 66 66 66
413 62
M. C. Huntress, " 66 66 66
4 38
Alden Whiting, for stone for bridge,
10 00
Wilson Tirrell, repairing bridge on Front Street,
60 61
Jacob French 66 66 over Canal, East Weymouth, .
111 88
Jacob French, repairing bridge and building drain at East Weymouth, .
174 40
George Nash, rebuilding bridge in 4th District, 59 50
A. Sherman, building drain in 9th District, 6 00
Jason Holbrook, building bridge in Union Street,
64 25
Samuel Thompson, building drain in Green Street, 53 90
D. P. Richards, for stone for bridge,
10 00
Almshouse labor,
664 50
$5,592 44
Removing Snow.
Paid Samuel Cleverly,
1st District,
$12 50
Albert Ford,
1st
66
138 38
George Bennett,
2d
66
44 64
Jacob French,
3d
66
122 98
Augustus Pratt,
3d
66 1868,
·
5 00
1
15
Paid E. A. Hunt, 4th District,
$59 25
Joseph Hawes,
6th
98 35
John Reed,
7th
3 00
Ezra Reed,
7th 66
59 75
Hiram Lovejoy,
8th
21 75
Freeman B. Vinson,
8th
20 88
Charles Orcutt,
8th
66
9 50
J. R. H. Williams,
9th
66
22 61
A. Sherman,
9th
66
10 00
Sylvanus Bates,
10th
66
63 25
George N. Blanchard, 11th
37 17
George Nash, .
·
2 50
Joseph Hardwick, for 1868, 1st District, .
6 00
$742 01
Hingham and Quincy Bridges,
$335 61
Summary of Expenses on Roads.
Paid for repairs on highways, .
$5,475 16
for land damage, new roads and improvements,
·
5,592 44
for removing snow, .
742 06
for Hingham and Quincy bridges,
335 61
Total,
$12,145 22
TOWN HOUSE.
Paid Samuel Burrell, for oil, &c.,
$44 70
J. Hallahan, labor on well,
17 00
John Blanchard, cash for labor on well, .
71 15
Francis Tirrell, care of Town House,
43 00
O. P. Shaw, for wood,
9 00
W. T. Burrell, repairs,
5 25
Jason Holbrook, labor on well,
26 25
Bowman's bill for lanterns,
24 50
J. Loud & Co., coal,
25 25
P. A. Wales, pump,
33 00
J. C. Rhines, for lumber, .
5 85
S. W. Pratt, stove-pipe, &c.,
12 33
$317 28
4 50
Elon Sherman,
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NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE IN FOURTH DISTRICT.
Paid E. G. Tirrell, for land,
$800 00
J. W. Loud, cash paid for labor, &c.,
.
5,899 33
A. Sherman, building fence,
258 45
Elias Richards, cash for pump,
38 00
J. W. Loud, cash paid for land, .
245 07
$7,240 85
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE IN FIFTH DISTRICT.
Paid C. C. Tower, for land,
$350 00
J. W. Loud, cash paid for posts and underpinning,
92 47
T. P. Hobart, carpenter, .
2,308 53
Loud & Pratt, lumber,
276 33
Jason Holbrook, labor in yard,
595 82
Elias Vining, labor and materials,
12 95
Everett & Gould, labor,
14 75
Asa Pool, labor,
21 40
Leonard Gardner, fence, .
45 25
W. G. Nash, materials for fence,
9 34
$3,726 84
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE IN SIXTH DISTRICT.
Paid W. M. Rae, for land,
$130 00
Pratt & Vining, stonework,
216 10
Josiah E. Rice, carpenter,
2,028 65
Joseph Hawes, grading lot, &c.,
216 74
Joseph Peakes, painting, .
55 61
T. O'Brien, labor in yard,
25 50
Matthew Pratt, land,
25 00
Solon W. Pratt, stoves, &c., .
40 78
$2,738 38
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REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid Noble Morse, pump, &c.,
$34 98
S. W. Pratt, repairing furnace, &c.,
128 00
Everett & Gould, labor, .
12 65
$175 63
DISTRICT No. 3.
Paid J. E. Rice, labor and materials for fence,
$333 23
Philip Sullivan, for labor on well,
58 25
N. Cobb, carting stone, &c.,
12 50
J. K. Carroll, labor on well,
49 37
Samuel French, carting stone, &c., .
18 25
Jacob French, labor, grading, &c.,
81 00
E. V. Raymond, labor on well,
40 00
Mrs. Cullen, cleaning rooms, .
3 50
Jacob French, labor on Grant Street lot,
124 75
66
Pleasant Street lot,
90 00
Burrell Bros., painting, &c.,
9 71
E. C. Raymond, labor, &c.,
5 00
John Reidy, blacksmith work,
3 88
Everett & Gould, labor, .
14 83
P. A. Wales, pump,
31 00
$875 27
DISTRICT No. 4.
Paid J. W. Loud, for repairs, .
$58 05
W. T. Burrell, painting, &c.,
3 17
A. Sherman, labor, .
2 20
S. W. Pratt, repairs, &c.,
31 23
Everett & Gould, labor, .
.
3 75
$98 40
DISTRICT No. 5.
Paid Benjamin Ells, for labor,
$49 01
W. G. Nash, materials, .
5 35
Edwin Martin, labor and materials,
25 51
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Paid W. B. Hersey, labor and materials, . $5 40
Samuel Estes, 66 30 40
J. W. Loud, for posts and underpinning,
60 45
Elias Richards, pump,
10 00
J. & W. R. Cavanagh, removing old house,
250 00
Everett & Gould, labor, .
20 75
$456 87
DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid Peter Sullivan, labor on well,
$52 50
Timothy Coffee, 66 7 60
John Dowd, 66 66
49 00
W. P. Marlow, labor and stock,
32 82
L. Tuck, 66
23 15
Abner Paine, 66
3 75
Ezra Reed, gravel, .
7 46
J. W. Loud, posts, &c.,
65 00
Everett & Gould, labor,
13 89
P. A. Wales, pumps,
62 00
$317 17
DISTRICT No. 9.
Paid J. W. Loud, cash paid, for labor and stock, $103 82
Elias Richards, 66 hardware,
6 04
W. T. Burrell, labor and stock,
42 15
S. W. Pratt, repairs, &c.,
79 93
Everett & Gould, labor, .
19 12
$251 06
DISTRICT No. 10.
Paid G. W. Fay, repairs on well,
$9 00
Ezra Tirrell, labor, .
40 51
Henry Gardner, lumber, &c., ·
88 26
J. C. Rhines,
79 27
Bicknell & White, labor and materials,
209 27
Jacob French, labor on lot,
25 00
Burrell Bros., painting,
99 73
S. Bates, labor,
10 00
Elias Richards, pump,
8 00
Everett & Gould, labor,
50 50
$619 54
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19
Haskell & Sons, bill for furniture, · . $1,219 93
Total expenses as far as paid, . . $4,013 87
TOWN OFFICERS.
Clerk.
Paid Darius Smith, services, and recording marriages, births and deaths,
$146 62
Treasurer and Collector.
Paid Elias Richards,
$400 00
Selectmen and Overseers.
Paid James Humphrey, balance due 1868,
$18 50
D. S. Murray, 66 66
13 50
T. B. Porter,
17 00
G. W. Fay,
66
13 25
Noah Vining, 66 66
31 70
$93 95
Paid Noah Vining, expenses $86; services $258.26,
$344 26
Elisha Pratt, .
158 00
W. W. Raymond,
.
.
184 00
John Blanchard,
147 00
1
William Cushing,
344 25
$1,177 51
Assessors.
Paid Noah Vining,
$196 90
Elisha Pratt, .
.
170 50
W. W. Raymond,
·
205 50
John Blanchard,
154 00
William Cushing,
188 25
$915 15
The above includes the expense of a duplicate copy of the valuation for the use of the Legislature.
Superintendent of Schools.
Paid Francis M. Dodge, .
$1,350 00
20
School Committee.
Paid G. W. Fay, services,
$54 50
Abner Holbrook, services,
57 65
John Blanchard, 66
22 50
C. C. Tower, 6
.
65 00
John W. Loud, 66
78 17
A. A. Ellsworth, 66
50 00
$327 82
Constables and Police Officers.
Paid William Stoddard, .
$41 80
George W. White, Jr., .
11 50
$53 30
Superintendent of Roads.
Paid Noah Vining,
$85 00
66 66 horse hire and use of horse, 41 00
$126 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid W. W. Raymond, for refreshments at fire of Wey- mouth Iron Company, $27 00
M. K. Pratt, for refreshments at fire of Dr. Forsaith's, 6 95 Willis & Wasster, for refreshments at fire of F. Evans and lime schooner, 12 02
19 25
Joseph Dyer, for refreshments at fire at Mrs. Reed's, J. Binney & Co., for refreshments at fire at For- saith's and Catholic Church, .
28 65
Elias Richards, collector's book,
7 50
Thos. Quinn, damage to horse at bridge, E. Weym'h,
15 00
D. Quinn, damage to carriage at bridge, E. Weym'h, Q. L. Reed, surveying roads,
2 65
James Thomas, for damage and costs in case of Thomas vs. Thayer, 9 26
P. H. Cushing, horse hire to selectmen, 8 50
John Blanchard, guide boards in 7th district, 2 80
F. Ambler, stationery to clerk, school committee, and books to children, . 34 74
.
44 50
.
.
21
Paid E. Pratt, horse hire for selectmen,
$25 25
N. Vining, assessors' books, &c.,
35 35
Samuel Curtis, returning deaths, 66 66 66 66 1868,
14 90
10 00
P. M. Cushing, police services, July 4, 1868, 3 00
N. Vining, distributing schedules,
3 00
D. T. Murray,
3 20
F. Ambler, fees and exp'n's in case of Hunt vs. French,
23 00
L. Bicknell, 66 66
66
66
16 50
Z. L. Bicknell, 66
66
66
66
15 00
James Lovell, 66 66 66
66
14 00
Prescott Lothrop, " 66
66
66
3 00
James Humphrey, "
94 00
State Nautical School, for E. Jordan and D. Sullivan,
33 14
State Reform School, for John Sullivan, .
13 57
C. G. Estabrook, printing, .
119 25
Wright & Potter,
518 20
C. S. Williams, rent and care of lock-up, . 74 50
S. W. Pratt, stove, &c., for 66
12 53
J. Loud & Co., coal, .
6 10
H. W. Blanchard, 66
66
66
75 00
William Parker, Jr., 66
66
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