Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1885-1891, Part 1

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1885-1891
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 650


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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-


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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


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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


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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


20


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


22


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


23


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


1


24


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


26


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


28


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


29


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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