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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
TREASURER, COLLECTOR, SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1880.
NEW BEDFORD : MERCURY PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1880.
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ERRATA.
On page 16, second line under Paid Teachers' Salaries, read New Boston for New Bedford. On title page of School Committee Report, sixth line, read 1879-80 for 1878-9.
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ANNUAL REPORTS ,
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN,
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE
TREASURER, COLLECTOR, SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1880.
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NEW BEDFORD : MERCURY PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1880.
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REPORT.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor herewith pre- sent their annual report for the consideration of the town.
EBEN AKIN, JR., TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN. DR.
He is charged with cash in the treasury, February 19, 1879, $2,133.32
Cash of S. Hutchinson, books sold, $51.11
From city of Taunton, 166.23
From town of Mattapoisett, 88.27
For fish weir license, 81.00
From city of New Bedford, · 336.70
From G. C. Matthewson, produce,
11.81
Balance due on National Bank tax,
33.75
Bisbee Brothers, license, 2.00
Sales from Poor Farm, 40.76
From Brown, Riley & Co., note, 1,980.67 Old junk sold, 3.00
Singing books sold,
28.41
From Mrs. A. P. Willcox, books sold, 102.28
State treasurer, corporation tax,
587.00
State treasurer, National Bank tax, 1,680.25 State aid, 508.00
Relief of indigent soldiers and sailors, 105.00
James A. Lewis, old hose sold, 165.29
County treasurer, dog tax, 182.42
State treasurer, school fund, 196.95
Geo. Jones, collector of taxes, 20,737.72
Temporary loans from savings bank, 2,293.70
R. E. Snow, peddler's license,
8.00 $31,523.64
CR.
By town orders paid,
$28,748,64
National bank tax paid,
1,160.27
Cash in the treasury,
1,614.73 $31,523.64
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GEO. JONES, COLLECTOR,
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN.
DR.
1879, March. Amount of uncollected
taxes, $1,174.80
August. Amount of tax bills, 23,586.67 Interest collected, 117.39 $24,878.86
CR.
Amount remitted by assessors, $228.97
Amount discount for prompt pay, 1,156.49
Amount of unpaid taxes, 1877, $10.40
1878, 63.15 1879, 670.37
743.92
Amount paid State tax, 445.00
Amount paid county tax, 1,566.76
Amount paid Eben Akin, Jr., treas., 20,737.72 $24,878.86
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1877.
John J. Allen,
$2.00
M. R. Kiff,
2.00
T. R. Seekel,
2.80
George Tilton,
2.00
William Haskins's heirs,
1.60
$10.40
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1878.
Thomas N. Allen,
$4.18
H. Caswell,
15.05
J. Carver,
2.00
B. Drew,
7.83
I. Delano,
5.48
C. Delano,
2.00
J. Gelatt,
2.00
W. A. Hammond,
2.00
M. R. Kiff,
2.43
L. Lewis,
2.00
W. W. Luscomb,
2.00
A. Norton,
2.00
H. Reed,
2.00
T. Seekel,
2.44
J. H. Sherman,
.43
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J. H. Taber,
2.00
G. Tilton,
2.00
E. T. Wilcox,
2.00
S. Wilcox,
2.00
Mrs. E. R. Delano,
.87
William Haskins's heirs,
.44
$63.15
UNPAID TAXES FOR 1879.
John H. Angel,
$1.60
Thomas N. Allen,
18.85
John J. Allen,
1.60
H. P. Bowles,
4.10
George H. Bowen,
1.60
William Barton,
1.60
Samuel Baker,
1.60
Charles F. Brant,
1.60
Peter Briggs,
1.60
Frank E. Brown,
1.60
William Braley,
1.60
Edward M. Brigham,
1.60
Harvey Caswell,
24.10
Nathaniel Clark,
1.60
D. A. Caldwell,
1.60
James Carver,
1.60
Thomas R. Delano,
16.26
Benjamin Drew,
12.00
William W. Drew,
12.60
E. R. Delano,
3.10
Irving Delano,
1.60
Charles A. Delano,
1.60
George W. Doe,
12.85
E. M. Dùnn,
1.60
John Delano,
3.10
Calvin Delano,
1.60
Joseph Millett, Jr.,
1.60
M. McLean's heirs,
22.50
George W. Miller,
1.60
Edw. H. Neil,
1.60
Israel Norris,
3.10
J. Nichols,
1.60
Allen Pease's estate,
6.00
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H. N. Pierce,
1.60
R. W. Payne,
51.85
F. Payne,
3.85
F. T. Perry,
42.85
James Paul,
1.60
F. Pease,
.75
John F. Prouty,
1.60
Enos Pope,
11.60
R. P. Reed,
7.78
Henry Reed,
1.60
Geo. M. Ring,
3.85
Wm. T. Swift,
3.10
T. R. Seekel,
2.35
C. L. Smith,
1.60
Charles Sherman,
8.35
F. Stackpole,
1.60
Aaron Savery,
1.60
P. E. Swift,
6.10
Phil. Bradford,
.75
D. H. Cornell & Co.,
15.75
E. Delano's heirs,
1.50
William Haskins's heirs,
.75
Charles Mason,
7.50
Joseph W. Pierce,
9.00
G. N. Townsend,
.23
N. West,
7.50
S. Pope,
4.50
Lucy M. Davis,
1.60
Joseph King,
9.00
Edward W. Ellis,
6.10
Thomas Evans,
1.60
William C. Farwell,
2.35
Cath. Gelatt,
21.00
James H. Gifford,
1.60
I. Gurney,
1.60
Albert Gelatt,
1.60
Walter Gammons,
12.85
W. H. Hoeg, Jr.,
1.60
L. Howard's heirs,
5.50
Charles E. Hammond,
3.60
William A. Hammond,
1.60
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F. R. F. Harrison,
1.60
S. B. Hathaway,
1.60
Wm. Hersey,
3.85
C. B. Hammond,
1.60
Seth F. Jenney,
4.60
Bartlett Jenkins,
1.60
M. R. Kiff,
2.35
Thankful Lawton,
24.00
Albert Lewis,
1.60
M. Lemos,
9.85
George T. Lloyd,
1.60
Win. Long,
1.60
M. McDermott,
1.60
Joseph W. Morse,
1.60
A. Mayo,
1.60
F. Shaw,
1.60
M. Silvia,
1.60
Charles Stevens,
1.60
Wm. Seekel,
1.60
C. H. Sullings,
1.60
S. R. Stubbs,
1.60
A. J. Shooks,
1.60
Elizabeth Stoddard,
27.00
H. Stackpole's heirs,
12.00
J. Taber's heirs,
21.00
John R. Taber,
28.50
Joseph II. Taber,
2.35
Horace Taber,
1.60
I. F. Terry,
1.60
N. D. Taber,
1.60
J. E. Thompson,
1.60
William Tilton,
1.60
J. R. Wilcox,
1.60
A. M. Wilcox,
1.60
E. T. Wilcox,
1.60
Edward West,
7.60
R. West's heirs,
18.00
R. A. West,
19.60
S. Willcox,
1.60
J. T. White,
1.60
A. Westgate, Jr.,
1.60
$670.37
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POOR DEPARTMENT, IN ALMSHOUSE.
Amount appropriated,
$2,500.00
Sales Town Farm, Exchange oxen, 20.00
Calves,
23.52
Apples,
3.30
Stoves,
7.00
Hide,
3.31
Cooper's tools,
1.00
Cabbage,
5.48
Milk,
198.79
Eggs,
7.51
Stone,
.25
Potatoes,
3.90
Old wagon,
10.00
Produce, 1878-9,
11.81
City of Taunton,
166.23
City of New Bedford,
336.70
Town of Mattapoisett,
88.27
$3,387.07
Paid
Lantern,
$1.00
Whip lashes,
1.02
Sundry dry goods,
41.49
Farming tools and repairs,
18.00
Fresh fish,
19.42
Fresh and corned beef,
26.00
Dressing and Paris green,
1.85
Sundry groceries,
20.47
Four pigs and one hog,
24.00
Antone Garcie, farm laborer,
52.50
Antone Garcie, treasurer,
26.25
Marshall C. Hamlin, keeper,
28.15
Marshall C. Hamlin, treasurer,
206.25
Leavitt & Taber, seeds,
2.32
H. F. Wild, groceries, grain, &c.,
437.51
Charles A. Johnson, stove, 2.00
Ansel D. Bowen, repairs on buildings, 24.65 Fairhaven Coal Co., coal, 71.00
T. P. W. Perkins, shoeing horse, 10.75
Ephraim Gifford, whitewashing, 6.00
Chas. A. Johnson, repairs and stoves, 57.46
George W. King, shoeing oxen, 15.85
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Charles S. Paisler, fertilizers, 12.20
S. S. Paine & Bro., lime and do., 36.80
C. A. Sisson, potatoes, 22.00
E. Anthony & Sons, Standard, 6.00
John R. Linton, wagon, 100.00
Charles F. Cushing, harness, &c., 24.75
City of New Bedford, (B. F. Taber), .50
Levi M. Snow, medicine, 3.55
Roland Smith, ironwork, 21.94
E. M. Deane, shoes, 1.50
Asa West, repairs of farm wagons, 14.15
Boots and shoes for paupers,
1.58
Sunday supplies, 2.47
Seth Alden, service of bull,
.50
James Dall, services of bull,
2.00
Seaweed, 1.50
Geo. Atwood, medical attendance,
30.50
William H. Bowen, coffin, 10.00
Butter and molasses, 3.90
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
Eldridge Bros., groceries, 3.92
Geo. Atwood, medical attendance, 33.00
Sullings, Kingman & Co., book, .25
B. G. Wilson, coffin,
23.25
Cash from farm paid treasurer,
40.76
Cash in hands of keeper, 3.45
Total almshouse and farm expenses,
$1,494.41
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Sarah Delano, blind, $58.50
Emily Jones, 14.72
Stephen N. Townsend, 4.00
William Seekel,
3.40
Daniel Littlefield,
4.00
Porterfield Hutchins,
88.59
Lunatic hospital, Taunton,
David C. Wood,
Benj. F Taber,
Angenett Peirce,
Harriet Braley,
Amos C. Hathaway.,
529.34
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Sarah A. Burgess, New Bedford, 4.40
Ernest Clifford, 26.85
Frederick Hammond, 6.50
Miria J. Jones, Chas. F. Hewlett, city of Taunton, 4.69
Mrs. James Hall,
22.53
Philip Wilcox, New Bedford,
1.00
Rebecca Wood,
105.15
Joseph Stetson,
23.55
John F. Snow, New Bedford,
33.50
Andrew Wilcox,
53.13
Albert Taber,
3.10
Annie Craig,
9.35
Mary Hammond,
9.00
Nancy Jones,
2.35
Mrs. E. West, Quincy,
104.00
Wm. Seekel, medical attendance,
6.00
Joseph Stetson and wife, medical attendance, 12.00
Chas. Sherman's family, do.,
50.00
Mrs. Hicks Parker, 10.74
Roland Smith, expenses to hospital, 8.00
Rufus A. Dunham, hack to hospital, 3.00
D. W. Deane, expenses to hospital, 3.16
Roland Fish, carting coal, .75
Amount expended for year ending Feb. 14, 1880, $1,205.30
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
Andrew Wilcox, supplies, $17.02
Porterfield Hutchins, supplies, 28.00
Sarah Delano, supplies, 19.50
Jesse Vaughn, 5.75
Sarah A. Burgess, New Bedford, supplies, 37.64
Mary Barstow, New Bedford, sup- plies, 17.67
Ellen Callahan, New Bedford, sup- plies, 9.75
Susan Cowen, New Bedford, sup- plies, 2.00
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Leonard Murry, New Bedford, sup- plies, 46.90
Abby Ross, New Bedford, supplies, 14.00 John F. Snow, New Bedford, sup-
plies, 18.50
Joseph R. Williams, New Bedford, supplies, 14.75
Elizabeth Gurney, New Bedford, supplies, 9.80
Edith Walker, New Bedford, sup- plies, 1.50
Geo. E. Reeves, Sandwich, supplies, 32.00
Ruth S. Stubbs, Sandwich, supplies, 12.00
Ernest Clifford, supplies, 13.00
Mary J. Severance, supplies, 2.85
Daniel H. Littlefield, supplies, 5.09
Maurice C. Peckham, Boston, supplies, 10.48
Amount expended in 1878 and 1879, $318.20
Amount expended out of almshouse
for present year, 1,205.30
Amount expended at almshouse and farm for present year, 1,494.41
$3,017.91 $3,387.07
Due from Middleboro, $249.11
From Mattapoisett,
120.76
From Nantucket,
38.00
From New Bedford,
146.76
From Taunton,
267.62
$822.25
Amount overdrawn, $453.09
$3,840.16
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Amount appropriated, $2,000.00
Balance from 1878 and 1879, appropriation, 46.77
$2,046.77
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VILLAGE DISTRICT. Abner Howard, Surveyor.
Amount proportioned,
$900.00
Paid Stephen N. Townsend, labor, 55.81
George F. Robinson, labor, 35.10
Benjamin F. Randall, labor, 5.85
John Akin, Jr., labor,
12.00
John S. Tinkham, labor,
61.60
S. Benjamin Rose, labor,
15.80
Clark Leavitt, rolling street,
10.00
Alfred Delano, team and labor,
1.55
David Howe, labor,
43.35
Calvin Hackett, labor,
13.20
John F. Francis, labor,
9.01
Thomas N. Morse, stone and gravel,
1.90
John C. Pease, Jr., labor,
21.08
Benjamin F. Briggs, labor,
2.25
John Howard, labor,
4.65
James F. Besse, labor,
5.25
William Rounseville, labor,
4.50
Willard R. Eldred, stone,
4.05
Seth Alden, labor and stone,
16.00
Albert J. Barney, labor,
16.50
Patrick Eagan, labor,
· 3.00
William C. Ford, labor,
15.20
Tillinghast & Terry, plank,
11.45
John W. Bradford, labor,
53.55
Nathan J. Day, labor,
2.20
Granville Taber, labor,
14.63
Barney Rall, labor,
4.20
Dexter Jenney, labor,
2.70
Alonzo Stone, labor,
7.50
Edwin Blossom, labor,
11.25
Edwin J. Howard, team and labor,
13.50
Lloyd N. P. Ellis, labor,
1.50
John P. Ellis, stone,
7.60
Martin Garrahity, labor,
4.00
Timothy Sullivan, labor,
4.00
James P. Terry, team and labor, .
7.50
Samuel A. Tinkham, labor,
24.29
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John M. Howland, stone and gravel, 40.80
Annie J. Tripp, stone, 6.83
James Dall, team and labor, 21.90
Edwin Jenney, labor, 14.18
Edwin F. Wilcox, labor, 4.50
Joseph Willett, team and labor,
19.10
Manuel Rose, team and labor,
43.70
Edward West, labor,
2.63
John Jordan, labor,
2.25
Seth R. Durfee, labor,
1.43
Charles F. Stetson, team and labor, 14.70
Roland Smith, weighing stone,
1.08
Philip C. Westgate, team and labor,
7.05
Rufus A. Dunham, stone,
.40
Andrew Fuller, labor,
1.50
Levi Haskins, labor,
3.00
Oliver H. Wilcox, team and labor,
25.95
William H. Dwelley, labor,
4.65
Edward McAbe, labor,
.53:
George A, Briggs, gravel,
3.18
Welcome J. Lawton, team and labor, 22.95
1.50
Seth S. Swift, nails,
.28
George W. King, ironwork,
6.10
Abner Howard, labor,
115.07
$892.78
NEW BOSTON DISTRICT.
Seth Delano, Surveyor. $550.00
Amount proportioned,
Paid Joseph Hammond, labor,
$16.50
John Gelatt, labor,
12.00
William A. Tripp, labor,
3.00
George F. Drew, labor,
5.85
Reuben Reed, labor,
7.35
Burgess S. Wilcox, labor,
8.85
Ansel M. Bumpus, labor,
6.00
Henry W. Hammond, labor,
19.50
Rufus B. Jenney, labor,
19.35
Sylvanus Skiff, labor,
4.50
Rodolphus West, labor,
6.45
John Alden, stone,
14
R. P. Marshall, labor, 2.85
Manuel Perry, labor,
6.00
Loring M. Austin, labor, 12.60
John F. Howard, labor,
4.50
Othnial Moulton, team and labor, 7.50
Edwin J. Howard, team and labor,
20.50
Arthur Hammond, team and labor, 12.75
Job Wilcox, team and laber, 18.00
Seth T. Delano, team and labor, 31.75
Nelson H. Stevens, team and labor,
21.00
Ansel Bumpus, team and labor, 6.00
Joseph W. Jenney, team and labor, 5.05
Joseph C. Jenney, team and labor, 21.40
Charles F. Jenney, gravel and labor, 33.10
Estate of Eben Godfrey, gravel,
13.40
Joseph B. Taber, gravel,
4.40
J. T. Gifford, stone,
10.40
Joseph Wright, stone,
6.00
Samuel S. White, stone,
16.40
Reuben Austin, stone and labor, 18.50
Chas. F. Blossom, stone and labor,
13.60
Patrick Galligan, stone and labor,
17.60
George W. King, ironwork,
10.50
Seth Delano, team and labor,
134.15
$557.30
NASKATUCKET DISTRICT. Charles F. Stetson, Surveyor.
Amount proportioned, $550.00
Paid Uriah G. Pierce, team and labor, $25.70
Jacob Crapo, team and labor, 55.46
Edwin Blossom, team and labor, 15.95
William J. Mackie, team and labor, 37.00
Andrew P. Jenney, team and labor, 19.20
Daniel W. Deane, team and labor,
9.00
George L. Hiller, team and labor,
4.80
Welcome J. Lawton, team and labor, 17.53
Seth Alden, team and labor, 8.50
Reuben Paine, team and labor,
16.38
Joseph Francis, stone, 5.95
N. F. Benson, stone, 5.25
1
15
Peter F. Brownell, stone,
3.15
Seth E. Stevens, stone, 3.20
James Pierce, stone, 1.80
George Swain, stone and labor,
37.93
Sylvanus Skiff, stone and labor,
4.40
Henry Jenney, labor,
3.00
Alvan H. Paine, labor,
2.05
Edwin Jenney, labor,
3.45
Frank P. Paine, labor,
2.05
Alonzo Stone, labor,
13.20
William V. Haney, labor, .
33.31
Orick Tilton, labor,
13.73
Willis Skiff, labor,
3.24
Andrew Tripp, labor,
5.00
Thomas Clark, labor, 4.80
John F. Howard, labor, 2.25
Charles D. Sherman, labor,
4.50
Horatio N. Wilbur, labor,
4.00
George R. Deane, gravel,
8.00
William Glascow, gravel and labor,
7.45
John Allen, stone and labor,
8.59
Joseph P. Rosa, stone,
4.00
Goram B. Howes, gravel,
4.00
John W. Bradford, team, .80
George W. King, ironwork,
2.50
Charles F. Stetson, team and labor, 157.85
$558.97
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
Seth Delano, surveyor,
$3.80
Edwin T. Howard, labor, 5.25
Charles Blossom, labor,
2.25
John Gelatt, labor,
1.35
Rufus Spooner, labor,
1.35
Reuben Reed, labor,
1.35
$15.35
Joseph Millett, surveyor,
$2.00
Charles T. Besse, labor, .75
Stephen N. Townsend, labor,
.75
Rufus Jenney, labor,
1.20
John Gifford, labor,
.75
Joseph Millett, Jr., labor,
.75
Andrew Westgate, labor,
.75
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Charles Brant, labor, .75
Charles Dennis, labor, .75
John Quirk, labor, .75
Patrick Egan, labor,
.90
Albert J. Barney, labor,
.37₺
Edgar Taber, labor,
.37₺
Repairing,
.50
E. R. Tripp, labor,
6.15
$17.50
Charles F. Stetson, surveyor, team and labor, 3.15
Amount expended by highway survey-
or's,
$2,645.05
Balance to new account,
1.72
$2,046.77
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Amount of balance February 19, 1879, $96.17
Amount of appropriation, 4,250.00
Amount of county treasurer's dog tax,
182.42
Amount of state treasurer's school fund, 196.95
Amount overdrawn, 287.76
$5,013.30
Paid Geo. H. Tripp, High school, $850.00
Clara B. Alden, New Bedford and Sconticut Neck school, 206.25
Hattie M. Howland, North school, 70.00
Sarah R. Allen, Spring street school, 12.50 Clara N. Burgess, 227.50
Lizzie F. Lawton, High school, 22.50
Gertrude S. Howland, 175.00
M. A. Fairfield, Centre street school, 182.00
Mary E. Fairchild, Centre street school, 150.00
A. F. Sears, Oxford school, 270.00
Addie L. Stevens, Naskatucket school, 120.00
Deborah P. Rand, Grammar school, 292.50
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Lottie H. Stetson, Sconticut Neck
school, 120.00
Annie J. Fairchild, High school, 320.00
Annie H. Delano, High school, 157.50
Carrie H. Howard, Spring street school, 93.75
Annett B. Stetson,
50.00
Myra A. Barney, 50 00 $3,369.50
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
Paid David A. Caldwell, High school,
$90.00
George H. Tripp, High school, 65.00
Annie H. Delano, High school,
67.50
Annie J. Fairchild, High school,
140.00
Deborah P. Rand, Grammar school, 146.25
M. A. Fairchild, Centre street school, 91.00
Ellen F. Akin, Naskatucket school, 68.75
Amanda F. Sears, Oxford school, 97.50
Clara B. Alden, school, 77.00
Carrie H. Howard, school,
15.00
Gertrude S. Howland, school, 37.50
D. H. Gammons, Priv. street school, 29.25
Mary E. Fairchild, Grammar school, 62.50
$987.25
CARE OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid James M. Allen, Jr., North school, $9.75
G. M. Ring, New Boston school, 10.38 John W. Lawton, High schoolhouse, 92.01 Herbert Burke, S. Prim. schoolhouse, 14.80 Mrs. Charles D. Sherman, Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 24.75
Chas. D. Sherman, Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 4.35
Fred. W. Akin; N. Prim. school- house, 15.15
Loring Dexter, Grammar school- house, 68.41
Amanda E. Delano, New Boston schoolhouse, 16.25
Mrs. Sylvanus E. Skiff, Naskatucket schoolhouse, 35.37
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Annie Watkins, schoolhouse, 4.56
Louise Long, schoolhouse, 10.62
James H. Taber, Oxford schoolhouse, 35.40
$341.80
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
Abby A. Sherman, schoolhouse, $8.25
Herbert Burke, schoolhouse, 7.20
Frank Blossom, schoolhouse, 8.25
Wm. H. Hoeg, schoolhouse, 35.72
C. H. Sullings, North schoolhouse, 17.00
James H. Taber, Oxford schoolhouse, 13.50 Fred. W. Akin, N. Prim. school- house, 9.75
Eddie G. Allen, schoolhouse,
1.24
John W. Lawton, High schoolhouse, 36.25
$137.16
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid.
Fairhaven Coal Company, coal, $120.16
Roland Fish, coal, 3.00
Durfee D. Akin, wood, 1.00
Henry C. Tinkham, charcoal,
25.08
Luther T. Howard, wood, 1878,
22.85
Temple S. Corson, coal, 5.50
$177.59
Amount for care of schoolhouses,
478.96
Amount for teachers' salaries for year,
3,369.50
Amount for teachers' salaries for years 1878 and 1879, 987.25
INCIDENTALS.
Amount appropriated,
$1,500.00
Fish pound licenses,
81.00
National bank tax,
1,714.00
Bisbee Brothers, license,
2.00
Old junk sold,
3.00
Singing books,
587.00
Corporation tax, State aid,
508.00
Peddler's license, R. E. Snow, 8.00
105.00
Relief, indigent soldiers and sailors,
$4,536.41
$5,013.30
28.41
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Paid
Job C. Tripp, moderator, $3.00
Walter F. Wheaton, transfer blanks, 2.25
Mercury Publishing Co., printing, 51.75
Nathan J. Day, repairs on station house, 3.87
Tillinghast & Alden, insurance, 69.60
E. Anthony & Sons, printing, 93.75
George H. Taber, moderator, 3.00
Q. F. Collins, record book,
10.00
Samuel Jenkins, death returns, 6.25
C. D. Waldron, advertising, 3.80
Assessors, census school children, 16.00
Charles A. Johnson, .90
Joshua R. Delano, 3d and 4th July, 6.00
Joshua H. Wilkie, 66
6.00
Isaac Terry, rent tramp lot, 3.06
Ansel D. Bourne, tramp house,
38.20
Edwin Dews, stationery, 1.60
B. Taber & Sons, repairs tramp house, 1.89
Phoenix Hall Association, assessor's rent, 101.00
Amos F. Pierce, care of town clock, 25.75
Jonathan T. Buttrick, .50
Taxes returned, 9.82
T. S. Corson, coal, 8.50
Geo. A. Briggs, surveys on Green st., 1.50
Roland Fish, coal for office, 6.50
Levi M. Snow, medicines for tramps, 19.04 B. Taber & Sons, bridge, 72.46
George H. Taber, expenses to Boston, 3.55 1.00
Rufus A. Dunham, carriage,
Roland Smith, services,
8.50
Alanson Borden, counsel, 2.00
George H. Taber, Obed F. Hitch
and George Jones, bank tax, 16.20
Alfred Delano, carting, 1.00
Charles A. Johnson, repairs on stove, 2.05
Asa West, guide boards, 4.04
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George W. King, repairs on pump, 2.25
George Jones, office supplies, 8.10
Obed F. Hitch, justice services, 2.75
Abram Chace, repairing bridge, 2.27
Eben Akin, Jr., recording births, . deaths and marriages, 34.25
Joshua R. Delano, care of tramps, 200.00
Alfred Nye, supplies for tramps, 9.43
R. E. Leavitt, office supplies, 4.45
Eben Akin, Jr., office supplies, 8.39
D. W. Deane, stamps, 3.00
Tax remittance, 202.58
$1,081.80
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
S. Hutchinson, stationery,
$1.53
Alfred Nye, supplies for tramps, 16.70
Fairhaven Coal Co., coal, 4.85
Charles A. Johnson, repairs on stove, .15
Isaac Terry, rent for tramp lot, 15.60
John Allen's estate, rent for pound, 4.00
E. H. Sears, wood for watch house, 1.00
E. Anthony & Sons, printing, 9.50
$53.33
$1,135.13
State aid, under chap. 301,
601.00
Military aid, under chap. 252,
70.00
$1,806.13
Amount carried to lighting streets and bridge,
9.33
Amount carried to salaries,
712.72
Amount carried to fire department,
103.82
Amount carried to school incidentals,
802.61
Amount carried to town debt,
298.66
Amount carried to school book agency,
215.94
Balance to new account,
587.20
$4,536.41
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SCHOOL BOOK AGENCY.
Sales by Mrs. A. P. Wilcox,
$102.28
Sales by S. Hutchinson,
51.11
Amount from incidentals to balance,
215.94
Paid S. Hutchinson,
$185.60
William Wall & Co.,
122.83
James M. Lawton, Jr.,
43.22
J. W. C. Gilman & Co.,
17.68
$369.33
$369.33
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
Paid
Nathan J. Day, labor on N. P. schoolhouse, $26.05
E. Anthony & Sons, printing cards, 7.50
John Hill, tuning piano, 2.00
William A. Tillinghast, settees, 9.50
E. Boden, Jr., piano covering, 4.00
Wm. S. Guild, repairs on Spring street schoolhouse, 13.90
Benj. W. Kempton, High school- house, 4.65
Tillinghast & Terry, lumber,
9.09
Tillinghast & Terry, shingles for S. P. schoolhouse, 22.77
Nathan J. Day, N. P. schoolhouse, 3.63
Albert J. Barney, repairs on Point schoolhouse, 1.00
George W. King, repairs on Spring street schoolhouse, .65
Ginn & Heath, supplies for High school, 45.00
Sylvanus E. Skiff, labor on Naska- tucket schoolhouse, 2.00
Charles A. Johnson, supplies for Grammar school, 1.36
Charles A. Johnson, supplies for Grammar school, 3.83
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Charles A. Johnson, supplies for Naskatucket school, .22
Charles A. Johnson, stove for High school, 64.51
Charles A. Johnson, supplies for Green street schoolhouse, 3.89
Charles A. Johnson, supplies for Oxford schoolhouse, 1.25
Charles A. Johnson, supplies for North schoolhouse, 4.15
Charles A. Johnson, supplies for Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 1.90
Freeman Dean, labor, schoolhouse, 14.50
Isaac Terry, labor, N. P. schoolhouse, 14.10 Eldredge Bros., supplies, schools, 1.07
Reuben C. Folger, Sconticut Neck school, 4.65
William S. Guild, High school and Green street school, 2.00
Amos F. Pierce, repairs, Centre street schoolhouse, 2.12
O. D. Case & Co., maps and globes, 60.00 Ansel D. Bourne, repairs, Oxford schoolhouse, 22.36
Ansel D. Bourne, repairs, High schoolhouse, 5.45
Stephen N. Townsend, N. P. school, .67
J. D. Vaughn, fixtures, Centre street schoolhouse, 4.50
Daniel K. Hathaway, schoolhouses,
40.76
Bartlett Jenkins, labor, Spring street schoolhouse, 6.47
Ruth C. Thompson, cyclopedia,
5.00
Alexander Tripp, painting Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 39.43
Alexander Tripp, painting Spring street schoolhouse, 94.32
Greene & Wood, lumber, Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 3.58
William H. Reed, labor, Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 3.21
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Jabez Delano, repairs, High school, 1.25
John W. Bradford, carting, 1.50
Nathan J. Day, labor, S. P. school- house, 1.00
Briggs & Lawrence, settees, 6.00
Levi M. Snow, chemicals, 3.10
B. Taber & Sons, paint for school- house, 47.49
Nathan J. Day, labor, Spring street schoolhouse, 8.70
D. K. Marvin, wash basins, .50
Matthew Merry, lumber, etc., 3.85
William M. Stetson, labor, Sconticut Neck schoolhouse, 2.50
Roland Smith, repairing furnace, High school, 1.85
S. S. Swift & Co., nails, schoolhouses, 1.18
Nathan J. Day, covering erasers, 1.50.
Ansel D. Bourne, repairing High schoolhouse, 22.23
Obed F. Hitch, supplies, school- houses,
15.22
Levi M. Snow, chemicals for High school, .35
Chas. A. Johnson, stove, Spring st., 41.28
H. F. Wild, Oxford school, 6.75
Charles H. Morton, supplies, 8.33
Abner Howard, labor, N. P. school- house, 6.51
Hervey Caswell, repairing pump, 2.95
Charles D. Waldron, printing, .70
J. G. Ellis, supplies for High and Stone schoolhouses, 1.89
Bills of 1878 and 1879 :
S. Hutchinson, covering erasers, 1.56
Amos T. Pierce, repairing school- houses, 16.12
Alfred Nye, supplies, .75
William A. Davis, labor, S. N .. schoolhouse, 1.25
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George H. Delano, labor, N. B. schoolhouse, .73
Alexander Tripp, painting, 2.53
John G. Ellis, supplies, High school, 1.16 Chas. H. Morton, school book agency, 6.96 Charles F. Blossom, labor, N. B. schoolhouse, .58
American Tack Co., nails, 5.20
J. G. Ellis, supplies, schoolhouse, 1.35
Isaac Terry, supplies, posts, 2.33
Isaac Terry, com., schoolhouses, 12.00
William S. Guild, labor, High and North schoolhouse, 6.42
$802.61
Amount from incidentals to balance, $802.61
LIGHTING STREETS.
Amount appropriated, Paid
$250.00
.George Reeves for lighting streets and bridge, $154.84
Leavitt & Taber, oil for streets, 16.76
Obed F. Hitch, supplies for streets, 6.88
$178.48
LIGHTING BRIDGE.
Paid
Davis Sherman, $18.00
George Reeves, 54.00
S. S. Swift & Co., supplies, bridge, 1.34
O. F. Hitch, supplies, bridge, 3.26
Leavitt & Taber, oil, bridge, 4.25
$80.85
178.48
$259.33
Amount to balance from incidental
account, 9.35
· $259.33
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Amount appropriated, $1,000.00
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