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REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN OF FAIRHAVEN,
ON THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN,
AND OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the year ending March 31st, 1861.
NEW-BEDFORD : E. ANTHONY, PRINTER, 67 UNION STREET, 1861.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN OF FAIRHAVEN,
ON THE
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN,
For the year ending March 25th, 1861.
NEW-BEDFORD : E, ANTHONY, PRINTER, 67 UNION STREET, 1861.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
THE SELECTMEN have examined the accounts of Eb- enezer Akin, Jr., Collector of Taxes, to the year 1855, and Tucker Damon, Jr., to 1861, and find them correct.
Amount of tax bills in the hands of Ebenezer Akin, Jr., at the commencement of the past year, as per Selectmen's Report, 1860, $191.49
Amount of tax bills in the hands of T. Damon, Jr., for the year 1859-60, $4,859.57
Amount of tax bills placed in the hands of T. Damon, Jr., for the year 1860-61, 28,288.45
Received from town of Acushnet, their pro-
portion of state and county tax, 1,236.78
- $34,384.80
Their accounts show as follows :
Uncollected taxes in the hands of E. Akin, Jr., to March 20th, 1861,
$191.49
Amount collected by Tucker Damon, Jr., and paid to State Treasurer,
$1,320.00
66 " County Treasurer,
5,791.60
Town Treasurer,
17,969.57
Abatement for prompt pay,
1,256.80
Taxes remitted by Assessors,
353.33
Uucollected taxes, 1855-6,
$100.88
Uncollected taxes, 1857-8,
274.63
Uncollected taxes, 1858-9, 736.19
Uncollected taxes, 1859-60, 1,424.20
Uncollected taxes, 1860-61,
5,157.60
In hands of T. Damon, Jr., $7,693.50
$34,384.80
The accounts of Tucker Damon, Jr., Treasurer of the town, have been examined, and are correct, as fol- lows, viz .:
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The town is credited with :
Balance in the treasury, March 26th, 1860,
$256.19
Dividends from bank stock, 168.00
Loans from Fairhaven bank,
5,000.00
Loans from Fairhaven Institution for Savings, 4,000.00
Loans from Merchants bank,
2,500.00
Cash of State Treasurer, school fund,
210.74
Cash of town of Nantucket,
210.37
Cash of town of Middleborough,
7.00
Cash of town of Rochester,
46.66
Cash of town of Acushnet,
49.09
Cash of city of Fall River,
206.99
Cash of Wm. A. Spooner, superintendent, labor, &c.,
85.67
Cash from dog licenses,
94.00
Cash from J. A. Hawes, " fines for keeping dogs with- out license,"
20.00
Cash for auctioneers' licenses,
4.00
Cash from Welcome J. Lawton,
16.00
Cash from George A. Briggs, surveyor and superintendent,
68.49
Cash from Allen Brownell, surveyor,
2.12
Cash from J. A. Hawes, for flagging and plank,
5.00
Cash from Enoch T. Taber, for plank,
2.00
Cash from Elbridge G. Morton,
18.58
Cash from T. Damon, Jr., collector,
17,969.57
$31,240.47
And indebted with orders drawn on the Treasurer and paid, viz. :
For highways, schools, poor, and incidental expenses, $22,021.71
For loans from Fairhaven Bank, 7,000.00
For interest on loans, 1,531.00
For discounts,
153.75
For Treasurer and Collector's salary, 500.00
34.01
$31,240.47
There remains unpaid of the expenses of the town on the 15th of March, as near as can be ascertained :
Outstanding orders for schools,
$36.03
Outstanding orders for support of the poor,
914.72
Outstanding orders for " incidental " expenses,
511.40
Interest due, 600.00
Temporary loans,
6,500.00
Cash balance in Treasurer's hands,
$8,562.15
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To pay the aforesaid :
Uncollected taxes,
$7,884.99
School books sold,
383.65
School books in the hands of the committee, 410.71
Due from F. Keith, on his note, 94.21
Due from Nantucket,
150.00
Due from Mattapoisett,
8.00
Due from Acushnet,
4.00
Francis T. Perry's note, dated Jan. 28th, 1861, at 12 mos.,
50.00
$8,985.56
TOWN DEBT.
Loan of Fairhaven Institution for Savings,
$21,000.00
Loan of individuals,
5,800.00
$26,800.00
At the annual town meeting, the Selectmen were authorized to make a settlement with the town of Acushnet, but as yet have not made a final settlement. The following property has been appraised and assigned, viz. :
To Fairhaven.
Town farm, appraised at
· $6,000.00
High school house,
3,600.00
Engine house and lot at Oxford Village,
900.00
Engine at the same,
1,200.00
Engine house and lot at Fairhaven Village,
900.00
Two engines not named, at Fairhaven Village, 400.00
One engine manned, at Fairhaven Village,
2,400.00
Town house lot,
200.00
Watch house and lot in Fairhaven Village,
750.00
Gravel lot near L. S. Akin's,
25.00
One safe in the clerk's office,
250.00
One pair of oxen,
116.00
One cow,
36.00
One cow,
34.00
Two cows,
60.00
One Cow,
26.00
Two heifers,
24.00
One bull,
28.00
One horse,
85.00
One boar,
18.00
Four swine,
68.00
One ox wagon,
56.00
One horse cart,
31.00
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One farm wagon, One covered wagon,
15.00
23.00
One open wagon,
13.00
Cultivator, harrow, &c.,
5.00
Lot Pitch-forks, muck-forks, hoes, &c.,
5.00
Lot harnesses,
16.00
Two plows,
9.00
Lot farming tools,
17.00
One grind-stone, yokes, measures and baskets,
5.00
Two tackles and one wood saw,
1.00
1572 lbs. drills at 15 cents,
23.00
One stone gear,
1.00
Lot of old wheels,
1.50
One stone drag,
2.00
Two iron kettles and iron wedges,
1.50
17 feather beds,
102.00
7 bolsters and 28 pillows,
9.00
34 sheets,
3.50
28 comforters,
34.50
50 pillow-cases,
3.00
16 bedsteads,
18.00
50 towels,
3.00
4 table-cloths,
1.00
6 tables,
6.00
36 chairs,
6.00
5 stoves,
1.50
Lot of crockery and tin ware,
15.00
Lot of jugs, lamps, &c.,
3.00
500 lbs. beef,
40.00
500 lbs. pork,
55.00
125 lbs. sugar,
11.25
7 tons hay,
98.00
15 bushels corn,
15.00
7 bushels rye,
7.00
20 bushels potatoes,
10.00
School books on hand,
335.49
15 gallons molasses,
6.90
$18,133.14
The following property is assigned to Acushnet viz .: Engine house and lot at Acushnet Village, $500.00 Engine at the same, 200.00
School house and lot in school district No. 18, 530.00
Two town pounds at Vincent & Parris',
30.00
Gravel lot at Freeman Hathaway's,
50.00
Gravel lot at Samuel E. Stacy's,
50.00
One safe,
20.00
$1,380.00
$19.513.14
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We are unable to report to you the amount due from the town of Acushnet to the town of Fairhaven as yet; it will probably be about $4,200.00.
The town has their proportional part of twenty-eight shares Fairhaven bank stock, par value, $2,800.00
Liquor agency, stock and cash on hand, 447.76
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Balance of appropriation for 1859-60, due schools,
Appropriation for 1860-1,
$3,066.99 5,500.00 147.40
Received of State Treasurer,
$8,714.39
Orders drawn for school bills due April 1st, 1860,
3,049.87
Orders drawn for High School:
C. P. Rugg,
$878.75
Phebe W. Cook,
314.50
Caroline Dexter,
168.75
Lois Dean,
119.00
For Common Schools :
No. 10.
Kate A. Jenney,
191.75
Fish, Robinson & Co., fuel,
6.50
198.25
No. 11.
George T. Russell,
166.00
Hannah K. Peirce,
108.00
274.00
L. S. Judd, fuel,
11.21
Isaiah West, fuel,
4.40
15.61
W. H. Warner, " care,"
7.00
296.61
No. 12 and 13.
H. O. Martin,
552.50
S. E. Millet,
192.50
M. A. Fairfield,
187.00
Adeline L. Grinnell,
175.00
Jane F. Grinnell,
122.50
Annie A. Grinnell,
175.00
Esther Delano,
139.05
Amanda Clark,
157.50
M. S. Eldridge,
136.00
Louisa T. Bowen,
48.00
1,885.01
1,481.00
Henry F. Grinnell, " care,"
21.49
Andrew J. Jenney,
66
46.68
Patrick Sweeney,
66
19.70
J. H. Hill,
3.60
Elnathan Eldridge,
5.60
Horace Delano,
7.20
Clara Baker,
66
1.40
R. M. Delano,
13.80
Samuel Delano,
8.40
L. S. Judd,
fuel,
53.13
Fish, Robinson & Co.,
32.11
E. Sawin,
66
13.00
A. Gilmore,
66
3.00
Isaiah West,
66
1.50
102.74
2,115.66
No. 14.
M. A. Farwell,
90.00
George M. White,
144.00
S. Crapo, fuel,
9.00
243.00
No. 15.
Sally R. Brady,
99.00
J. M. Stackpole,
126.00
225.00
F. Jenney, fuel,
4.35
W. C. Eldridge, fuel,
1.00
5.35
230.35
No. 16.
Phebe J. Leonard,
No. 19.
A. H. Snow,
218.50
E. A. Thacher,
133.00
351.50
Fish, Robinson & Co., fuel,
13.03
I. West, fuel,
36
13.39
E. S. Whiting, " care,"
6.00
H. B. Gifford,
7.00
13.00
377.89
Balance not drawn,
501.76
$8,714.39
HIGHWAYS.
Amount oppropriated for repairs,
$1,500.00
Cash from George A. Briggs,
20.89
Cash from Allen Brownell,
2.12
$1,523.01
127.87
220.00
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By order drawn in favor of NATHANIEL DELANO for payment to
Nathaniel Delano and sons,
$99.17
William Dwelley,
26.77
Alfred Delano, Jr.,
4.54
Allen Bumpus,
3.90
Ebenezer Delano,
14.82
John Wood,
4.50
Andrew Wilcox,
9.34
N. S. Higgins,
.53
Philip Nolan,
3.62
John West,
8.25
Phoenix Hall Co.,
57.67
Reuben Wing,
21.76
David C. Wood,
11.00
Seth Stevens,
2.80
Isaac Terry,
3.32
John Nolan,
.94
R. W. Dexter,
.40
Alexander Tripp,
4.67
Arthur Cox,
3.34
$281,34
Order drawn in favor of SILAS P. ALDEN, for payment to
Silas P. Alden,
$51.37
Francis Hammond,
4.00
Henry Jenney,
6.25
William Eldridge,
5.00
William Stetson,
2.50
Seth Alden,
25.38
Seth Stevens,
2.75
Jabez Howard,
12.25
Enos Pope,
13.17
Asaph Taber,
9.06
Ebenezer Alden,
23.75
Samuel White,
3.12
Isaac Terry,
.44
Elisha Hammond,
2.50
Charles Jenney,
5.25
166.79
Order drawn in favor of W. A. SPOONER, for payment to
W. A. Spooner,
$143.13
William A. Tripp,
4.37
Benjamin Wilcox,
2.50
150.00
Order drawn in favor of JONATHAN COWEN, for payment to
Jonathan Cowen,
$38.67
Job Wilcox,
13.20
Andrew Spooner,
1.12
Seth F. Jenney,
4.97
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Allen Bump,
1.00
E. Durfee,
2.00
Joseph Peirce,
6.50
Samuel Tinkham,
4.87
Seth E. Stevens,
1.37
Watson Jenney,
7.25
Jabez Jenney,
1.00
81.95
Order drawn in favor of GEORGE A. BRIGGS, for payment to
Isaac Terry,
3.92
Henry Brownell,
54.15
Hugh Nelson,
3.75
John Quirk,
5.00
Eben Delano,
1.12
Seth Alden,
5.25
John Sweeney,
4.69
J. R. Lawrence,
4.67
Jonathan Cowen,
5.50
William C. Ford,
13.13
Charles G. Snell,
14.10
John Alden,
.33
William Dwelley,
.96
Edwin Jenney,
14.69
Joseph Dwelley,
7.75
Samuel Briggs,
31.69
Ezra Crowell,
11.63
George F. Howard,
6.25
George Wilcox,
9.25
George C. Boomer,
5.31
Joseph Leavitt,
1.00
John B. Freelove,
19.37
Andrew J. Jenney, John Nolan,
5.56
S. P. Jenney,
.25
William Alden,
21.75
Thomas Butler,
2.50
Dennis Demoranville,
1.50
Reuben Wing,
2.77
Philip Nolan,
3.37
G. A. Briggs,
66.00
327.81
Order drawn in favor of BERIAH AUSTIN, for payment to
Beriah Austin,
55.04
William Anthony,
1.62
John Hathaway,
2.50
J. Jenney,
1.00
Lot Besse,
6.32
Charles Besse,
1.25
.60
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James Wixon,
2.87
Isaac Terry, 4.40
75.00
Order drawn in favor of ALLEN BROWNELL, for payment to
Allen Brownell,
40.99
Ellis Mendall,
5.00
Charles Bryant,
7.25
Isaac Hathaway,
4.12
William Peckham,
6.86
Matthew Howard,
2.75
John Gelett,
8.60
Richard West, Jr.,
3.87
T. & E. Delano,
11.75
Seth Delano,
11.12
Alonzo Stone,
2.75
William West,
1.25
Welcome Lawton,
14.00
Bartholomew Akin,
3.87
Lemuel S. Akin,
3.28
J. Jenney,
1.00
Joseph King,
3.43
Dennis Stevens,
5.00
Levi Blossom,
18.19
Joshua Snow,
2.50
Seth Stevens,
4.39
Frederick Hammond,
15.95
John Weeden,
5.00
Elisha Hammond,
5.25
Edward Baker,
3.43
Henry Weeden,
6.87
George Weeden,
1.37
Noble Gelett,
16.87
Wilbur Sturtevant,
4.12
Asaph P. Taber,
5.00
E. Durfee,
1.00
Plow,
1.50
228.33
1,311.22
Balance carried to incidental account,
211.79
$1,523.01
FARM, ALMS HOUSE, AND POOR.
Appropriation for 1860-61,
$2,500.00
Cash received from Nantucket,
$210.37
Cash received from Fall River,
206.99
Cash received from Rochester,
46.66
Cash received from Middleborough,
7.00
Cash received from Acushnet,
49.09
Cash received from William A. Spooner, by labor and team from farm, 187.63
.
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Cash received from William A. Spooner, 198.04
Cash received from Welcome J. Lawton, 16.00
Cash received from Elbridge G. Morton, 18.58
Amount overdrawn from 1855 to 1860, 6,011.57
Amount overdrawn, 1861, 201.78 6,213.35 7,153.71
$9,653.71
Orders drawn :
For support of poor in and out of alms house, for 1859-60, 680.88
For support of poor in and out of alms house,
for 1860-61, 2,074.05
2,754.93
ALMS HOUSE.
For Aaron Savory,
3.00
For Warren Delano,
4.00
For Levi Wing,
10.00
For Marshall Briggs,
7.50
For Isaac Terry,
39.98
For Jones Robinson,
35.00
For L. S. Judd,
102.63
For J. B. Bisbee,
27.55
For Lunatic Asylum,
57.15
For Acushnet,
1.50
For Seth Shaw,
5.65
For Francis Stoddard,
18.50
For Labor,
96.00
For Physcians' bills,
53.75
For W. A. Spooner,
425.00
$3,642.14
For Amount overdrawn to 1860,
6,011.57
$9,653.71
Due from F. Keith, on his note,
94.21
Due from town of Nantucket,
150.00
Due from town of Mattapoisett,
8.00
Due from town of Acushnet,
4.00
Francis T. Perry's note, at 12 months, dated Jan. 28th, 1861, 50.00
306.21
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT. .
Appropriation for 1860-61, 8,000.00
Special appropriation for Main street side-walk, 3,000.00 Cash from George A. Briggs, for extra flagging, &c., on Main street sidewalk, 47.60
-- 3,047.60
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Special appropriation for road from G. H. Taber's to near I. C. Albert's house, 100.00
Special appropriation to grade and gravel Chestnut street, 50.00
Special appropriation for sidewalk on Centre street, 40,00
Special appropriation for sidewalk on Jefferson street, 25.00
Special appropriation for Bridge street, 70.00
Special appropriation for sidewalk on Main and Centre sts., 229.00
Special appropriation for Mill Bridge, 300.00
Special appropriation for Insurance, 30.00
Special appropriation for Hook and Ladder carriage, 50.00
Special appropriation for Committee on division, 45.00
Special appropriation for drain from Main street, 25.00
Loans from Fairhaven Institution for Savings,
4,000.00
Loans from Fairhaven Bank,
5,000.00
Loans from Merchants Bank,
2,500.00
Dividends from Fairhaven Bank,
168.00
Cash for Auctioneer's licenses,
4.00
Cash from sundry persons, for old plank,
7.00
Cash from dog licenses,
94.00
Cash from John A. Hawes, fines for unlicensed dogs,
20.00
Unexpended balance from highway account,
211.79
Overlay on taxes,
698.73
Amount assessed for school books,
250.90
Balance overdrawn,
3,163.13
$28,129.15
Orders drawn :
HIGH SCHOOL.
S. H. Dudley, care,
$8.00
Frank Delano, care,
28.50
W. F. Maxfield, care,
29.12
65.62
Mary Barstow,
8.75
Margaret Shields,
10.50
S. S. Swift & Co.,
2.31
N. S. Higgins,
5.92
Joseph Cutler,
5.00
Guild & Sampson,
21.17
Purrington & Taber,
9.33
H. W. Richmond,
2.18
J. B. Bisbee,
19.48
F. M. Fuller,
.84
L. S. Judd,
.65
Harvey Wadsworth,
39.76
A. Gilmore, fuel,
4.20
Fish, Robinson & Co., fuel,
52.16
Isaiah West,
1.00
125.89
57.36
248,87
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MAIN STREET SIDEWALK.
J. Allen, Jr., & Co., flagging, 1,307.07
Seth A. Mitchell and others, curbing, 753.55
James R. Lawrence, carting flagging, 40.75
Ezra Crowell, carting flagging, 28.28
Bliss & Winslow, laying flagging,
81.10
Jonathan Cowen, paving stones,
99.70
Daniel Murphy, paving,
90.60
Fish, Robinson & Co., wharfage,
24.25
Isaac Terry,
7.54
William C. Ford,
.75
John B. Freelove,
2.62
F. M. Fuller,
.25
Samuel Briggs,
43.30
John Quirk,
30.50
James R. Lawrence,
9.70
Ebenezer Delano,
16.56
John Lawton,
16.63
John Sweeney,
14.62
John Nolan,
17.00
William Howard,
12:12
S. P. Jenney,
.25
William P. Alden,
43.30
Joseph Ellis,
3.94
Albert Sawin,
.20
Bradford Hathaway,
10.37
George A. Briggs,
97.88
327.53
2,752.83
Extra flagging,
45.57
Laying extra flagging,
3.43
Laying extra paving,
4.10
53.10
William A. Spooner, labor on highway, extra,
44.50
Henry Brownell, labor on highway, extra,
45.30
Jonathan Cowen, labor on highway,
1.65
91.45
William L. B. Gibbs, damages,
45.00
Arthur Cox, damages,
26.50
J. B. Taber, paving damages,
4.50
J. B. Taber, paving stones damages,
5.80
81.81
MAIN AND CENTRE STREET SIDEWALK.
Seth A. Mitchell, curbing,
125.57
Jonathan Cowen, paving stones,
10.53
Daniel Murphy, paving,
14.97
151.07
2,425.30
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Henry Brownell,
10.50
Samuel Briggs,
8.10
John Quirk,
7.75
John B. Freelove,
10.75
John W. Lawton,
.62
John Sweeney,
,37
Andrew J. Jenney,
3.55
John Nolan,
4.62
S. P. Jenney,
.25
William P. Alden,
5.32
Joseph Ellis,
2.00
Josiah H. Howland,
2.00
George A. Briggs,
17.00
72.83
Fairhaven Bank, damages, steps,
50.85
Sampson & Guild, labor,
12.85
Wesley Chase, labor,
7.65
T. Damon, Jr., damages,
20.00
91.35
315.25
CENTRE STREET SIDEWALK.
Henry Brownell,
4.50
Ezra Crowell,
8.12
Eben Delano,
2.00
Joseph Leavitt,
2.13
J. R. Lawrence,
2.40
J. B. Freelove,
4.50
William H. Dwelley,
4.00
George F. Howard,
1.25
George A. Briggs,
8.45
37.35
Nathaniel Delano, Jefferson street,
23.97
Nathaniel Delano, drain from Main to Cross street,
6.12
R. W. Dexter, mill bridge,
294.00
Job Wilcox, stone at Mr. Hammond's,
7.50
Warren Read,
3.00
334.59
Order drawn in favor of Jonathan Cowen, for re- pairs on road leading from G. H. Taber's to near the house of I. C. Albert, for payment to
Jonathan Cowen,
38.94
Sylvanus Skiff,
5.50
Seth F. Jenney,
1.87
Watson Jenney,
6.81
Jabez Jenney,
4.12
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Samuel Tinkham,
7.94
Job Wilcox,
20.35
William Eldridge,
3.75
Seth Stephens,
2.47
Joseph Peirce,
.62
Andrew Spooner,
1.75
William A. Spooner,
5.25
James Braley,
.63
100.00
STREET LAMPS.
F. Hammond, care,
214.25
J. H. Burgess, fluid,
135.01
J. L. Church, fluid,
37.84
F. M. Fuller, fluid,
3.67
Isaac Terry, repairs,
24.00
J. B. Bisbee, repairs,
7.50
W. C. Ford, repairs,
.42
Fish, Robinson & Co., carting,
2.50
Fish, Robinson & Co., coal,
6.83
432.02
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engine company No. 3,
262.00
Engine company No. 4,
145,00
Engine company No. 5,
36.00
Albert G. Liscomb,
2.56
J. Lewis, care of Engine 3, 1859,
15.00
B. Drew, Jr.,
1.50
C. Davenport,
2.00
Charles Crapo,
2.00
S. Swift & Co.,
5.24
Aaron Savory,
8.94
J. L. Church,
3.00
J. Lewis, locks and keys,
12.60
Nathaniel Fish,
2.46
Charles Hammond,
3.33
Allen & Bliss,
9.73
Bradford D. Hathaway,
3.00
Isaac Terry,
15.67
James F. Rogers,
7.00
Purrington & Taber,
6.24
Daniel K. Hathaway,
20.82
J. M. Thompson,
1.87
C. D. Shearman,
2.72
W. C. Ford,
6.84
John Sampson,
8.75
T. C. Allen, hose,
29.50
Raymond & Webb,
13.12
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George H. Stevens,
12.50
Fish, Robinson & Co.,
33.70
L. S. Judd,
7.13
J. B. Bisbee,
40.08
Tripp & Bourne,
1.00
F. M. Fuller,
9.97
Isaiah West,
6.80
A. Lucas & Son, well brick,
9.90
J. Lewis,
25.00
W. H. Bliss & Co., discharge pipes,
14.63
B. Taber & Son, 4.75
J. R. Lawrence, bills from 1851 to 1861, 33.98
$826.33
WATCH.
F. L. Hull,
41.00
W. H. Eliot,
50.00
John W. Lawton,
53.00
Andrew Wilcox,
42.48
Albert J. Barney,
3.00
William Mann,
3.00
SELECTMEN.
John A. Hawes,
188.00
Elbridge G. Morton,
62.00
Jonathan Cowen,
50.00
300.00
OVERSEERS OF POOR.
John A. Hawes,
37.00
Elbridge G. Morton,
21.00
Jonathan Cowen,
25.00
83.00
ASSESSORS.
John Terry,
286.00
George H. Taber,
70.00
Seth Alden,
42.00
-
398.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
I. Fairchild,
28.00
Charles Drew,
50.00
Edmund T. Allen,
55.00
-
133.00
COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.
J. C. Tripp,
2.00
Frederick Taber,
2.00
4.00
A2
.
192.48
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FIREWARDS.
Arnold G. Tripp,
6.00
William M. Irish,
6.00
W. R. Eldred,
6.00
Aaron Savory,
6.00
24.00
CONSTABLES.
Alonzo Hill,
10.50
Albert G. Liscomb,
10.75
James Stubbs,
4.00
Asa H. Pease,
2.50
27.75
T. Damon, Jr., Town Clerk and
Treasurer,
500.00
T. Damon, Jr., Register,
21.10
521.10
1,490.85
John Terry and others, committee on division,
39.25
Bristol County Insurance Company,
30.00
Charles Taber & Co., for Books and Stationery,
43.51
T. Damon, Jr., freight, expresses, &c., 7.40
R. W. Dexter, repairs on mill bridge, 2.27
E. Anthony, printing, &c.,
94.74
B. Lindsey, printing, &c.,
84.25
Aaron Savory, repairs on mill bridge,
9.63
William Henshaw, school books,
21.00
E. Sawin, rent,
40.00
Phenix Hall, 48.75
420.80
Emily Stevens and others, for gravel pits, 43.00
Tripp & Brown, for repair on mill bridge, 2.58
Eliot & Stetson, for legal advice, 25.00
J. C. Stone, for "mill pond indict- ments," 80.00 C. E. Clark, for committee on division, 14.00 George A. Briggs, for surveys, esti- mates, &c., 36.50
Albert Jenney, for surveys,
4.00
Fish, Robinson & Co., for storage engine four years, 19.00
John Terry, for copying tax-book, (Acushnet,)
9.00
Seth A. Mitchell, for flagging in 1859,
1.30
James R. Lawrence, for trucking and labor, 14.90
Ezra Crowell, for cartiug, 1.75
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Levi Blossom, for sheep killed, 3,00
John Weeden, for sheep killed, 5.00
E. Sawin, coal for clerk's office, 3.25
Boston Advertiser, for printing,
6.00
Union store, for shovel, .85
J. A. Hawes, for expense on ac. bonds, 3.75
Rodolphus Ashley, referee,
1.00
L. S. Judd, for cement,
2.00
275.88
696.68 7,000.00
Loans paid,
Fairhaven Institution for Saving, for interest,
1,181.67
Fairhaven Bank,
1.33
Emerson Briggs, for interest,
240.00
Abner Pease's estate, for interest,
108.00
1,531.00
Discounts,
153.75
1,684.75
Taxes remitted by assessors,
353.33
Abatement of taxes for prompt payment,
1,256.80
Poor account overdrawn from 1855 to 1861,
6,213.35
Overdrawn to 1860,
3,967.31
$28,129.15
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN A. HAWES, ELBRIDGE G. MORTON, Selectmen.
JONATHAN COWEN,
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing accounts, and believe them to be correct.
JOB C. TRIPP, Committee FREDERIC TABER, Son Accounts.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
For the year 1860-61.
NEW-BEDFORD : E, ANTHONY, PRINTER, 67 UNION STREET. 1861.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Gentlemen :
After the lapse of another year, it becomes the duty of your committee to submit the following report.
Though we cannot feel that all we wished to accom- plish at the commencement of the year has been suc- cessfully carried out, or all the progress made which we anticipated and hoped for, yet we are happy in the assurance that no backward step has been taken. Not least among the auspices, favorable to education in our town, are the sure indications of a growing interest among parents and citizens in the schools themselves. It is unnecessary to recapitulate to a New England community the intimate relations which exist between the family and the school; between the parent and teacher. The existence of such relations is a palpable fact, use or abuse them as you may; properly used they are a well spring of progress; neglected or abused, no amount of money or careful superintendence of committees will avail to work out the desired end. That so obvious a duty on the part of parents, as that of visiting schools and securing the punctual and reg- ular attendance of their children, should have been so long neglected, is, perhaps, more a matter of astonish- ment, than are the indications of an increased observ- ance of such duty a cause of congratulation. The school is the connecting link between generations. It
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binds us by indissoluble bonds to all futurity, nay even, to eternity itself. A dollar, judiciously expended in the cause of education, is worth more to any one of you as parent, patriot or philanthropist, than the same amount at compound interest from the creation of the world to the end of time. Now your personal atten- tion can secure the judicious expenditure of every dollar of the school appropriation. Is it asking too much of any father and mother, that they should spend one hour of the day, of one day in the week, of one week in the year in the school where their children are receiving instruction, and co-operate with teachers and your committee in securing regular and punctual at- tendance ? We have before us, recorded in the register of one of our schools, forty-six visits of persons other than members of your committee; and it is a significant fact, that in this school the average attendance during the summer, when most of those visits were made, was 93.47 per cent. of the whole number of scholars, and that through all the sickness of the winter months the average did not fall below 85.87 per cent.
As a result of increased parental interest in the schools, we begin to notice a better understanding be- tween teachers and scholars, and parents and teachers. It is not many years since, that one of the most pain- ful and arduous duties your committees had to per- form, was that of listening to complaints of parents founded upon the stories of their children, and recon- ciling differences thus arising between parent and teacher. Your committee have been almost entirely exempt from such trouble during the past year; a single exception is hardly worth recording, were it not to exemplify the force of our conclusion, for in that instance neither father or mother, in all human proba-
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bility, has seen the inside of a school room for twenty- five years.
The antagonism, which so long and so unfortunately existed between pupil and teacher, is fast melting away, thus rendering the necessary discipline of a school room of easy attainment on the part of the teacher, and not at all onerous on the part of the pupil. Rea- sonable regulations are not oppressive to willing pupils, and unreasonable exactions are odious to all reasonable instructors. In these days of normal schools and teachers' institutes, instruction has become a science. The mind is exercised and disciplined by mild but efficacious tonics, without the aid of vigorous external applications. The true meaning and intent of the word "education" is beginning to be realized. The instructor's duty is to teach the pupil how to learn, rather than what to learn; to please and edify him with what he does know, rather than torment and teaze him with what he does not know; in fine, to introduce the youthful mind to the realms of knowl- edge, and show it how to use, at will, the powers it already possesses. It is only when the mind of the pupil acts in unison with that of the instructor, that we can look for the full benefit of successful teaching. How sadly was this unison broken in the days of rulers and cow-hides !
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