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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR,
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE,
FOR THE
Financial Year Ending January 1, 1885,
WITH THE REPORTS OF THE
Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, and School Committee.
SCITUATE : PRESS OF THE SOUTH SHORE HERALD. 1885.
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REPORT.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Scituate respectfully submit the following report, showing the receipts and expenditures of the town from February 1, 1884, to January 1, 1885, and its financial condition at the last- named date.
During that time the Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treasurer for the purposes and to the amounts named in the following
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES.
OBJECT OF EXPENDITURES.
Expenses of 1883-84.
Expenses of 1884-85.
Total.
Removing Snow
$86 75
$86 75
Incidentals for Schools
175 75
175 75
Support of Schools
$1,370 87
3,580 29
4,951 16
Support of Poor.
300 00
2,874 38
3,174 38
Repairs of Roads and Bridges.
2,458 01
2,458 01
Repairs of Public Buildings .
151 91
151 91
Town Officers
645 03
645 03
Road Machine.
259 10
259 10
Printing and Stationery .
147 31
147 31
Abatement of Taxes ..
139 94
139 94
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves.
50 00
50 00
State Aid, Chapter 301. .
922 50
922 50
Military Aid, Chapter 252
536 82
536 82
Miscellaneous ..
50 00
1,124 14
1,174 14
Expense of Beach Litigation
1,709 28
1,709 28
Repairs on Barker Road
295 74
295 74
Expense of building E. Gram. School-House,
2,930 78
2,930 78
Police Expenses . .
144 70
144 70
Repairs of Mill-Dam at Greenbush
942 87
942 87
Completion of Mann Hill Road
18 50
18 50
Repairs of highway at No. Scituate, near Rock Raymond (so called)
150 00
150 00
Expense of repairs and rebuilding Little's Bridge .
1,014 76
1,014 76
Total amount of orders drawn.
$1,720 87 $20,538 81
$22,259 68
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180 25
180 25
Repairs on Pond Street ...
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STATEMENT OF EXPENSES
OF THE TOWN FROM FEB. 1, 1884, TO JAN. 1, 1885.
REMOVING SNOW.
Amount of orders drawn
$86 75
Alexander Anderson . $2 49 John B. Turner . . $35 95
Otis Litchfield . 5 44
Wilbur P. Brown .
50
Otis Mott 3 75
Nathaniel Wade
50
George O. Allen 5 00
John Brown
75
David S. Jenkins .
.
29 00
Turner Litchfield
.
3 37
Total expenses for the year .
. $86 75
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
The following statement is the whole expense for the year, including the winter term, which ends in February, 1885 :-
Amount of orders drawn
$3,580 29
Amount due in February, 1885 .
1,388 82
Amount of expenses for the year $4,969 11 Deduct dog-license fund of 1884, estimate, $190 00 .
Deduct school fund of 1884 184 33
374 33
Net expenses for the year . .
$4,594 78
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SALARIES OF TEACHERS PAID AND DUE.
SCHOOLS.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
PAID.
Due in February, 1885.
Amount of Each School
High School,
Lucy S. Pierce
147 00
Mabel Stevens .
126 00
127 00
400 00
Mrs. J. A. Neely
260 00
110 00
370 00
East Grammar.
S. L. Young .
130 00
55 00
185 00
West Grammar
Sarahı R. Damon
260 00
110 00
370 00
High Street
S. Alice Reed
175 00
77 00
252 00
South Main Street
Mrs. A. P. Roviere.
132 00
66 00
216 00
Willow Street
Carrie W. Litchfield
150 00
66 00
216 00
Charles Street
E. Gertrude Gardner
150 00
66 00
216 00
North Main Street .
Mary L. Clapp
150 00
66 00
216 00
Central Street
Stella B. Baker
150 00
66 0
216 00
Common Street ..
E. F. Manson .
150 00
66 00
216 00
Beach Street
A. E. Chubuck
138 00
66 00
216 00
Grove Street
Clara W. Wilder
150 00
66 00
216 00
Brook Street
Gertrude Vinal
150 00
66 00
216 00
Amounts
$3,132 18
$1,388 82
$4,521 00
FUEL AND PREPARATION.
C. L. Young
$1 75 1
Herbert Litchfield $4 00
Shadrach B. Curtis
2 00
Looroy Vinal . 28 20
C. E. Bailey
69 37
Hosea J. Stockbridge, 12 50
Abner S. Dalby
13 25
E. P. Welch & Son .
7 50
Wm. E. Hunt 4 00
H. A. Seaverns & Co. 16 01
Betsey A. Otis
22 50
E. H. Bonney
30 62
David S. Jenkins
37 50
Samuel W. Cook . 31 45
Amount
$349 15
Israel Cudworth
68 50
$684 18
$315 82
$1,000 00
Charles T. Murray -
Annie M. Edson
18 00
5 May Hammond
12 00
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MAKING FIRES AND CARE OF SCHOOL-ROOMS.
Shadrach B. Curtis . $16 96
Josiah Mann
$2 00
Hosea L. Nott 20 00
Brown & Young
2 00
Wm. L. Jackson .
2 00
James Elliott
2 00
Walter P. Tilden .
8 00
Frank Gardner
4 00
Wm. W. Jenkins
·
30 00
John Barry
2 00
Melvin Litchfield .
2 00
Walter Litchfield .
2 00
Clara W. Wilder .
·
2 00
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
FOR CLEANING SCHOOL-ROOMS.
Amount of orders drawn
$179 75
Mrs. Geo. W. Whit-
comb . $8 25
Mrs. John W. Pierce, 35 00
Satuit Library 98 00
Mrs. Martin Curran
1 50
USE OF WELLS.
Mrs. Perez L. Litch-
field $2 00
Henry C. Newcomb . 2 00 Edmund Landers . 2 00
Joseph H. Litchfield, 2 00
Mrs. Nightingale and
Mrs. Neely 2 00
Edmund Merritt
2 00
Mrs. John Maddock .
9 50
Mrs. Mary Donahue .
4 00
S. B. Curtis
50
M. E. Stewart .
1 00
Calvin Jenkins
$2 00
Charles H. Jackson
2 00
Lewis Brown .
2 00
Sumner Litchfield
2 00
Deborah N. Studley
.
2 00
Amount .
$179 75
James Lovejoy 2 00
Bennett D. Studley 2 00
Amount .
$98 96
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SUPPORT OF POOR.
Amount of orders drawn $3,184 15
Estimated due town of South Scituate
for aid to paupers . $260 00 Estimated due to C. H. Davie for medi- cal attendance to paupers to April 1,1885 . 25 00
285 00
Total expense from Feb. 1, 1884, to Jan. 1, 1885, $3,469 15
From the above should be deducted the following amounts : -
Due from the town of Medford for sup- plies for Augustus R. Curtis . $7 00
Amount due from the city of Boston for supplies to Daniel Jenkins 52 00
Amount due from the town of Cohas- set for supplies to Wm. Henry Litchfield . 75 75
Amount due from the town of Cohas- set for supplies to John F. Prentiss, 16 52
Amount received from the town of South Scituate for supplies to Henry D. Litchfield 143 50
$294 77
$3,174 38
Deduct amount estimated due Feb. 1, 1884 300 00
Total expense to the town for the year ending Jan. 1, 1885 $2,874 38
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PERSONS WHOLLY SUPPORTED AND EXPENSES OF EACH.
Helen Mann
. $146 28
Florence A. Otis
. $173 43
Lemuel Nash .
250 35
Mary Tomlinson .
179 38
Samuel Hatch 240 00
Benjamin B.Litchfield, 172 87
Amount .
$1,162 31
PERSONS PARTIALLY SUPPORTED AND EXPENSES OF EACH.
Daniel Goslin $8 00
Stephen S. Taylor and
family 346 36 Mrs. Wm. R. Damon, 205 83
R. S. H. Andrews'four
children . 210 48
Thomas F. Supple . 19 40
Thomas Webb's child, 124 00 Mrs. Daniel W. Tay-
lor 38 10
Joseph Brown, Sr. . 90 66
Louisa Smith
22 00
Hugh Ward
96 00
Edward Ward 96 00
Augustus R. Curtis . 7 00
Alonzo S. Burroughs, 31 00
Wm. H. Whipple 8 03
Daniel Jenkins · 52 00
Fred Teague .
$15 00
Katie McDonald
26 42
John F. Prentiss
16 52
Charles D. Mann and
family
118 00
Michael Powers .
·
4 79
Wm. H. Litchfield's
cash expense
·
37 00
W. Henry Litchfield, 75 75
Henry D. Litchfield, 143 50
Jas. McCarty's child,
48 00
R. S. H. Andrews .
30 00
Medical attendance to
sick paupers
150 00
Total amount .
$3,184 15
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PAYMENTS.
City of Boston $8 00
Hyland Express Co., $1 00
D. J. Bates & Co.
108 81
John S. Taylor
.
24 00
H. H. Andrews . 192 00
C. H. Northey
18 90
City of Cambridge
.
8 03
ton
15 00
Wm. P. Allen 137 43
Worcester
Chronic
State of Massachusetts, 25 25
Asylum .
179 38
C. E. Bailey .
22 52
Worcester Hospital .
173 43
Eben Bearce
19 25
Taunton Hospital 172 87
Bourn & Nickerson
.
11 36
Abel Sylvester
20 12
Harrison B. Hoyle 25 00
John Cushman
124 00
C. W. Sparrell
20 00
Warren Litchfield 215 00
L. W. Cook .
16 10
Wm. H. Sampson .
30 08
Tower Brothers
.
8 25
E. Jane Litchfield 91 00
Mrs. Wilbur P. Brown,
5 30
Edwin Bates 6 00
Chubuck & Co.
25 77
C. H. Davie 247 00
Wm. H. Litchfield
.
37 00
Mrs. John Ward 5 00
Northey & Webb
107 00
Roland Turner 10 73
H. A. Seaverns & Co., 204 25 Mrs. Mary Bowditch, 240 00
Mrs. John Deweire, 36 00
Thaddeus L. Litchfield, 37 00
Mrs. Wm. R. Damon, 72 00
Mrs. John Patterson,
48 00
Wm. J. Newcomb .
25 00
Perez Simmons
30 00
Maria S. Cudworth . 5 00
Lillias Dalby .
16 67
Amount
$3,184 15
Wm. F. Thayer . 4 14
Mrs. Mary Graham . 96 00
Town of Cohasset . 222 51
Town of Northbridge, 31 00 Mrs. Rachael Stetson, 6 00
Town of South Abing-
10
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Amount of orders drawn $2,458 01
At the annual meeting, held in March, 1884, David S. Jen- kins was chosen surveyor of highways.
The several sums have been paid to the following persons for labor and material :
PAYMENTS.
Old Colony R.R. Co. $1 87
James McDonald . . $21 75
Wm. O. Merritt, Jr. 31 51
Freeman Vinal
1 50
Seth Litchfield 62
Webster Litchfield
3 38
George O. Allen
4 25
Abner Litchfield
.
5 63
Noah Jenkins 3 00
Charles Andrews .
6 75
H. Lucius Vinal 2 25
James Tilden .
7 13
Looroy Vinal . 5 00
Josiah G. Graves .
11 25
Warren Litchfield,
10 50
Edmund Landers . 13 50
James H. Pool 16 88
Webster Hunt .
6 25
James D. Carter .
6 00
John Sullivan .
13 50
John Ward
7 50
David S. Jenkins .
1,431 96
Patrick Kane 20 37
Charles Anthony
15 00
Reuben Mann .
5 25
Theodore C. Drew 25 50
Charles W. Clapp
15 00
Charles M. Ferguson, 28 00
Samuel Vickery
3 75
Nathaniel Wade 7 00
Marcena W. Damon
8 25
Wm. E. Hunt 54 25
Jetson Wade .
11 00
Joseph H. Litchfield . 75
James Damon .
32 50
Edward Brown
14 50
Everett Torrey
32 25
Stephen Litchfield
3 75
Isaac Lambert
21 58
Peter Murphy .
5 25
John Brown 1 05
Andrew J. Waterman
2 75
Stephen Litchfield, 2d, 3 38
Dudley Cornis 16 50
John Welch
21 00
Luther Litchfield . 8 00
11
Caleb M. Jenkins $4 50
Samuel H. Turner
. $51 00
Reuben S. H. Andrews,
7 75
Milton G. Litchfield .
9 52
Frederick Cole
30 25
Melzar Vinal
11 00
Wm. O. Clapp 1 50
Alex. Anderson
4 78
James T. Dalby
1 88
John E. Murphy
1 12
J. Cummings Merritt,
7 63
Edward Murphy
90
Wm. L. Litchfield
16 50
George A. Lane
8 45
Otis Litchfield
5 14
Hosea J. Stockbridge,
6 38
Sumner Litchfield
.
21 00
E. P. Welch & Son
.
48 42
John A. Merritt
34 88
Walter Litchfield .
3 38
Martin Curran
8 25
Turner Litchfield .
·
12 12
D. Brigham Litchfield,
2 00
Andrew Bates .
17 00
Marcellus Day
51 67
James Totman
24
Robert O'Hern
1 87
Chandler Clapp
2 46
E. E. Wentworth
4 60
Samuel W. Cook .
5 50
William Jenkins .
2 25
H. A. Scaverns & Co.
9 79
J. C. & J. H. Merritt, 1 -22
George H. Whitaker, 14 45
Joseph Hobson
8 75
Otis Mott 5 50
Amount .
$2,458 01
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Amount of orders drawn . $151 93 E. P. Welch & Son . $41 63 George A. Briggs . 3 00
James H. Burrows
47 18
Henry Merritt
9 87
Wilson E. Webb .
8 75
Charles H. Mott .
2 00
Thaddeus G. Hyland,
2 50
George M. Young
2 00
H. Lucius Vinal . 18 50
Frank N. Colman
3 75
Moses B. Colman 3 75
George W. Taft
25 00
Henry L. Vinal
40 00
L. F. Bates . $2 00
Samuel Newell
7 00
Amount .
. $151 93
-- Vargus
75
12
ROAD MACHINE.
Amount of orders drawn $259 10
PAYMENTS.
Old Colony R.R. Co. freight on road machine 9 10
George W. Taft, road machine 250 00
Amount
$259 10
TOWN OFFICERS.
Amount of orders drawn $645 03
PAYMENTS.
Charles E. Bailey
Services
$71 24
Mrs. Julia E. Webb
as School
55 00
John L. Manson
Committee. 23 20
Wm. H. Litchfield .
73 00
H. H. Northey
Assessors.
32 50
Job Vinal .
30 00
Wm. H. Litchfield . Selectmen 156 00
H. H. Northey
and Overseers 46 65
Job Vinal
of the Poor. 31 00
Charles E. Bailey, services as Town Clerk
23 95
Benjamin Brown, services as Sealer of Weights and Measures 10 00
Charles T. Chubuck, services as Registrar of Voters,
10 00
Fenton W. Varney,
66 66
6 00
Frederick Cole.
66
66
6 00
Charles E. Bailey, 66
15 49
Charles E. Bailey, preparing School Report
5 00
Roland Turner, services as Town Treasurer
50 00
· Amount
$645 03
13
PRINTING, STATIONERY, AND POSTAGE.
Amount of orders drawn
$147 31
Ward & Gay . $2 50
Fred H. Miller .
$4 00
Avery & Doton 118 45
Bailey Brothers
50
Charles E. Bailey 13 93
H. A. Seaverns & Co.
3 53
C. W. Leach & Co. . 3 00
Commonwealth of Mass., 1 40
Amount
$147 31
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
POST 31, G.A.R.
Amount of orders drawn
$50 00
PAYMENT.
Francis B. Lee, Quartermaster
$50 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Amount of orders drawn $142 19
TAXES OF 1883.
Shadrach B. Curtis . $2 00
Wm. Landers . $2 00
Patrick Curran 2 00
Otis Longfellow 2 00
Michael T. Doherty 2 00
James Murphy. 2 00
John Harris 4 18
Elisha Otis . 2 00
Daniel Hill . 14 33
Charles L. Seaverns . 2 00
James L. Hill . 2 00
Peter Tromer 10 05
George H. Jenkins 2 80
Hugh Ward 2 00
14
Perez Jenkins . $ 98
Perez Pincins' heirs 84
E. C. Gardner .
7 00
William Damon
2 71
Patrick Fallon .
2 19
Charles A. Taylor 2 00
Frank Doherty 2 00
Frank N. Ulmer 2 00
Wm. P. Hawthorn
2 00
Frank H. Young
2 00
Edmond Hyland
7 46
James Litchfield
42
Ezekiel Jones
2 00
Seth Turner heirs .
84
Elmer E. Jenkins .
2 00
Henry Hodson .
2 00
TAXES OF 1884.
Mrs. Benjamin Brown, $7 65
Mrs. Nathaniel P. Jor-
Augustus Cole .
. 15 00
dan .
$2 24
Joy K. Gannett .
2 00
Mrs. Laura Clift
4 88
Alvah Littlefield 2 25
Polly Colman
7 50
Amount
$142 19
STATE AID.
CHAPTER 301.
Amount of orders drawn from Feb. 1, 1884, to Jan.
1, 1885
. $922 05
PAYMENTS.
Luke G. Fitts . . $89 50
Martha R. Pierce .
44 00
Olive Cushing .
44 00
Emily A. Merritt .
44 00
Elisha J. Brown
50 00
Mary J. Hyland 44 00
Alfred A. Seaverns . $12 00
John H. Spencer .
42 00
George W. Lee
39 50
Charles A. Taylor
·
18 00
Benjamin Brown, jr. .
50 00
Serena C. James
.
44 00
E. Sanford Litchfield, $2 00
Mrs. Billings Merritt, 4 27
John Otis
2 00
Wm. Randall .
2 60
15
Thomas Paine . $6 00
Hannah H. Andrews . 44 00
Benjamin F. Merritt . 45 50
John P. Ross 50 00
Julia A. Ross . 44 00
Thomas W. Hyland . 12 00
Charles H. Nott 44 00
Nicholas Wherity . . 16 00
Hosea D. Nott . . $44 00
Charles W. Clapp . 44 00
James P. Jordan .
15 00
Henry Brown .
' 9 00
George B. Litchfield .
28 00
Amount
$922 50
MILITARY AID.
AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF 1879, CHAPTER 252.
Amount of orders drawn $536 82
PAYMENTS.
Munroe Merritt . . $176 00
Michael P. McGill . 110 00
Charles D. Mann · 88 00
Joseph Brown
88 00
Thomas R. P. Nash . $64 84
Shadrach B. Curtis .
10 00
Amount.
$536 82
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of orders drawn
$1,174 14
PAYMENTS.
Henry Young, services as Truant-Officer 13 50
Turner Litchfield, services as Truant-Officer and
posting warrants, 1883 10 00
16
George H. Whitaker, damage by defect in high-
way $25 00
Hosea D. Nott, services as Truant-Officer, 1883 2 00
Walter Tilden, brooms, etc., for schools . 1 70
Charles H. Whiting, books for schools
14 19
A. C. Gardner, telegram (T. R. P. Nash) 1 00
George L. Newcomb, returning deaths
2 50
Charles E. Bailey, labor, etc., on school-houses
9 99
Town of Pembroke, seeding Indian Pond with ale- wives 9 50
Henry A. Davis, sealing weights and measures for town 10 75
Wm. P. Allen, books for schools 48 76
Herbert B. Merritt, removing desks and seats, Town Hall 3 75
Wilder & Co., repairs of stove, etc., West G. school . 10 25
E. C. Vinal, labor on Willow-street school-yard 1 00
C. H. Northey, brooms, etc., for schools . 80
Henry Merritt, expense to Plymouth as committee on breakwater 1 50
Henry Merritt, services as committee on Little's
Bridge . 1 00
Wm. W. Jenkins, care of Town Hall 13 08
Wilson E. Webb, cutting wood, etc., Town Hall 2 15
Charles E. Bailey, use of team
20 50
John L. Tewksbury, removing windows at Town Hall 2 50
E. C. Gardner, posting warrants and returning deaths . 10 00
Wm. L. Hammond,'labor and material, school-house lot . 2 00
Winkley, Thorp & Dresser, books for schools . 324 07
17
Wm. Ware & Co., books for schools $20 00 C. E. Bailey, repair of clocks, organs, one new
clock for schools 8 20
Wm. H. Sampson, brooms, etc., for schools 45
Roland Turner, key for safe 1 00
George S. Perry, Mitchell's maps, etc., for schools, 27 40
Henry Merritt, labor and material, moving desk, Town Hall 8 35
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, etc., for schools, 21 17
A. J. Waterman, stoves, etc., for schools 112 19
Win. H. Litchfield, time and labor on safe 5 00
Charles E. Bailey, time and expense on ballot-box, telegram, etc. 5 86
Charles E. Bailey, carting settees, etc., for schools, 70
Old Colony R.R. Co., freight on desks, etc., for schools 3 11
H. H. Northey, time and labor on safe 3 50
H. H. Northey, services on State aid . 3 25 Joseph Huse & Son, grate, etc., for school-houses, 1 19
John B. Turner, mowing bushes, Neck school-house lot 1 00
C. W. Sparrell, returning deaths . 2 50
Henry Merritt, labor and material on safe 3 00
Wm. J. Newcomb, returning deaths 7 75
H. A. Seaverns & Co., books for schools 13 30
A. C. Stockin, books for schools 216 55
George L. Damon, safe
100 00
Charles P. Seaverns, services and expenses as Con- stable . 14 78
Alfred A. Seaverns, services as Moderator, 1884 . 5 00
Mrs. Julia E. Webb, cash paid for telegrams . 50
Stillman Litchfield, labor for Fish Committee, 1883, 2 50
Patrick Cullen,
2 50
2
18
D. J. Bates, fish-net and labor as Fish Committee,
1883 $5 50
Town of Cohasset, for labor Fish Committee, 1883, 36 40
$1,174 14
Deduct amount estimated due of expenses of Fish Committee, 1884
50 00
Amount
$1,124 14
EXPENSE OF BEACH LITIGATION.
Amount of orders drawn . $1,709 28
PAYMENTS.
Harris & Tucker, cost of court expenses in Litch-
field v. Scituate and Scituate v. Welch . $437 58 Harris & Tucker, services and disbursements . 1,200 00 Edwin Young, services and expense to March 1, 1884 71 70
Amount paid .
$1,709 28
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REPAIRS ON BARKER ROAD.
Amount of orders drawn
$295 74
PAYMENTS.
Wm. O. Merritt .
$44 13
Rufus Clapp
$8 50
Wm. T. Burrows
17 25
Patrick Murphy 4 76
James Tilden
27 75
Patrick Dunn 1: 38
Leonard Raymond . 6 00
Wm. P. Allen
6 65
Peter Murphy
24 53
Wm. H. Litchfield
10 00
Thomas Wade
20 63
John Sullivan 3 51
Theodore C. Drew
2 00
Robert O'Hern
3 63
Flora Driscoll
19 01
George O. Allen
8 63
Patrick Wall .
11 25
Job Vinal .
8 00
Edward Murphy .
22 38
- John Devlin .
11 25
Amount .
. $295 74
EXPENSE OF BUILDING EAST GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSE.
Amount of orders drawn $2,930 78
PAYMENTS.
Thomas O. Cole $2,799 25
Job F. Bailey $17 25
H. T. Bailey .
25 00
E. P. Welch & Son 18 90
Bubier & Co. 20 68
Edward Murphy 2 50
C. W. Leach & Co.
1 00
A. J. Waterman
2 00
Edwin Young
34 20
James H. Burrows . 10 00
David S. Jenkins
34 50
Amount .
.
$2,930 78
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POLICE EXPENSES.
Amount of orders drawn. $144 70
PAYMENTS.
J. O. Burdett, legal services in liquor prosecutions, 30 00
John S. McAdoo, services and expenses in liquor prosecutions . 114 70
Amount
$144 70
REPAIRS AND REBUILDING LITTLE'S BRIDGE.
Amount of orders drawn
$1,014 73
PAYMENTS.
Town of Marshfield for repairs of Little's Bridge
from Feb. 1, 1879, to Feb. 1, 1884 $157 37
Town of Marshfield for repairs and rebuilding Little's Bridge, from Feb. 1, 1884, to Jan. 1, 1885 857 36
Amount
$1,014 73
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REPAIRS OF MILL-DAM AS ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Amount of orders drawn
$942 87
PAYMENTS.
John McDonald . . $70 00
Frederick Cole
$14 00
John Patterson
70 00
Isaac Lambert 30 00
Philip Gillis .
6 00
Jetson Wade . 11 00
E. P. Welch & Son . 23 16
Samuel H. Turner 16 00
James B. Totman
63 27
Leander Sherman 77 06
Melzar Vinal .
16 50
John J. Ford
25 50
David S. Jenkins
430 88
Caleb M. Jenkins
11 25
Patrick Kane
42 00
Amount
.
$942 87
Turner Litchfield
10 50
REPAIRS ON POND STREET.
Amount of orders drawn .
$180 25
PAYMENT.
David S. Jenkins .
$180 25
COMPLETION OF MANN-HILL ROAD.
Amount of orders drawn
$18 50
PAYMENTS.
David S. Jenkins
$10 00
Job Vinal
5 00
J. G. Graves
3 50
Amount
$18 50
Charles F. Clapp
25 75
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REPAIRS OF HIGHWAY AT NORTH SCITUATE, NEAR ROCK RAYMOND (so called ).
Amount of orders drawn $150 00
PAYMENT.
David S. Jenkins $150 00 .
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Amount of State tax $1,560 00
Amount of County tax 1,255 80
Total .
$2,815 80
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Total amount of interest accrued for the year . .
$3,065 67
COLLECTION OF TAXES AND DISCOUNT.
Amount of discount on taxes
$589 76
Amount of fees for collecting taxes 212 88
Amount . $802 64
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RECAPITULATION.
For removing snow . $86 75
incidentals for schools 175 75
support of schools . 4,594 78
support of poor . 2,874 38
repairs of roads and bridges
2,458 01
repairs of public buildings 151 91
town officers
645 03
road machine 259 10
printing, stationery, and postage-stamps 147 31
abatement of taxes 139 94
decoration of soldiers' graves 50 00
State aid, Chapter 301 922 50
Military aid, Chapter 252 536 82
miscellaneous
1,124 14
expense of beach litigation
1,709 28
repairs of Barker road 295 74
expense of building East Grammar School-
house 2,930 78
police expenses 144 70
repairs of mill-dam at Greenbush 942 87
repairs on Pond street
180 25
completion of Mann Hill road
18 50
repairs of highway at North Scituate, near Rock
Raymond (so called) 150 00
repairs and rebuilding Little's Bridge 1,014 76 interest 3,065 67
State tax
1,560 00
County tax .
1,255 80
State Treasurer, for money overdrawn
12 31
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For fees for collecting taxes $212 88
discount on taxes . 589 76
Amount of expenses $28,249 72
Deduct amount due from the County, 1 awarded by the County Commis- sioners for roads .
$950 00
Deduct State aid, Chapter 301 922 50
Deduct Military aid, Chapter 252 . 268 41
2,140 91
Net expense .
$26,108 81
INCOME.
Amount of tax-bills of 1884 .
$22,264 41
Amount of National Bank tax
517 38
Amount of Corporation tax
1,215 35
Rent of beaches .
4 50
Sale of two fish rights
17 25
Interest on C. M. Jenkins' debt
6 00
Sale of Harvey Jenkins' grass
11 50
Interest for money on deposit
47 47
Peddlers' licenses
16 00
Auctioneers' licenses
4 00
Amount .
$24,303 86
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
The Selectmen have examined the Town Treasurer's report of payments and receipts, and found it correct.
The following is his report : -
TOWN OF SCITUATE in account with
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
DR.
Amount of orders paid $21,335 23
Amount of interest paid 3,012 50
Cash paid State Treasurer for money overdrawn,
12 31
Cash paid State Treasurer, State tax
1,560 00
Cash paid County Treasurer, County tax . 1,255 80
Amount of fees for collecting taxes 212 88
Amount of discount on taxes 589 76
Amount of interest on money borrowed and paid,
53 17
Amount of uncollected taxes of 1884 . 4,904 49
Amount of cash in hands of Treasurer 5,191 90
Amount .
$38,128 04
CR.
By cash on hand Feb. 1, 1884 $7,537 14
received from City of Boston, aid to poor, 52 00
received for two fish rights 17 25
received from Town of Cohasset, aid to
poor 78 00
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By cash from John Webb, rent of beach $ 25
from J. W. Weatherbee, rent of beach . 1 00 from Danforth P. Sylvester, rent of beach, 50
from Benjamin Merritt, rent of beach
75
from Waldo Higginson, rent of beach 2 00
from L. W. Cook, auctioneer's license
2 00
from A. J. Waterman, auctioneer's license,
2 00
from John Cushman, H. Jenkins' grass .
11 50
from C. M. Jenkins, interest on debt 6 00
from two peddlers' licenses 16 00
from State Treasurer, corporation tax 1,215 35
from State Treasurer, bank tax 517 38
State aid, Chapter 301
1,099 00
Military aid, Chapter 252
339 87
interest for money on deposit
47 47
State Treasurer, school fund 184 33
from Town of South Scituate, aid to poor, 143 50
By taxes collected, of 1877 2 00
taxes collected, of 1878
4 00
taxes collected, of 1879
3 30
taxes collected, of 1880
4 95
taxes collected, of 1881
13 01
taxes collected, of 1882
227 50
taxes collected, of 1883 4,335 58
taxes for collection, of 1884
22,264 41
Amount $38,128 04
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
SCITUATE, January 1, 1885.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, JAN. 1, 1885.
LIABILITIES.
Due on notes etc., as follows : -
NAMES OF PAYEES.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest Paid to
Interest due to Jan. 1, 1885.
Salem Savings-Bank . .
$4,000 00
July 26, 1867,
Jan. 20, 1885,
Brewster, Cobb, & Easterbrook,
7,000 00 Nov. 8, 1883,
Nov. 8, 1884,
$40 55
Brewster, Bassett, & Co.
6,500 00 July 1, 1881,
Jan. 1, 1885,
Brewster, Bassett, & Co. .
60,000 00 July 1, 1881, Jan. 1, 1885,
Amount of principal due,
$77,500 00
Amount of interest due, $40 55
Amount of principal of notes due
$77,500 00
Amount of interest due
40 55
Amount of outstanding orders due .
1,460 34
Amount estimated due for salaries of teachers in
February, 1885
1,388 82
Amount estimated due for support of poor
285 00
Amount of liabilities .
$80,674 71
RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of Town Treasurer
$5,191 90
Uncollected taxes of 1875 to 1880 135 85
1880
60 88
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Uncollected taxes of 1881 $24 34
66 66 1882 60 40
66
1883 286 76
66 1884
4,904 49
Due from City of Boston, for aid to Daniel
Jenkins .
52 00
Due from Town of Cohasset, aid to Wm. Henry Litchfield . 75 75
Due from Town of Cohasset, aid to John F. Prentiss . .
16 52
Due from Town of Medford, aid to Augustus R. Curtis 7 00
922 50
Due from State, State aid, Chapter 301 Military aid, Chapter 252 268 41
estate of Edmund Jenkins 49 76
estate of Eveline Jenkins 129 70
estate of Harvey Jenkins 359 71
Value of security on house of C. M. Jenkins 100 00
Estimated value of road machine 225 00
Estimated value of tools 25 00
Estimated due from County dog-fund
190 00
Amount due from the County, awarded by the
County Commissioners for roads 950 00
Amount of resources .
$14,031 97
From amount of liabilities $80,674 71
Deduct resources
14,031 97
$66,642 74
Increase of debt
$1,760 65
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ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1885.
For removing snow $1,000 00
support of schools 4,500 00
incidentals for schools 150 00
support of poor
3,000 00
repairs of roads and bridges
2,200 00
town officers 650 00
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