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Gc 974.402 0844 1860-61 Dakham ( Mass. ) Annual report of the town officials of Oakham,
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REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1860.
1
WORCESTER: PRINTED BY CHARLES HAMILTON, PALLADIUM OFFICE.
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid Mark Haskell, for services, and for cash paid for town, 13 56
13 56
TREASURER.
Paid Edmund Dean for paying State tax and collecting School fund, 1 38
1 38
SELECTMEN.
Paid Alexander Crawford, for perambulating town line and viewing road,
2 00
Washington Stone, 2 00
= Page Austin, for viewing road, -
1 00
. for stationery, lights, &c. -
1 36
6 36
ASSESSORS.
Paid Mark Haskell, for services, 17 00
Moses O. Ayres,
17 00
Lewis N. Haskell,
13 50
for Assessing District tax in the School District,
West
1 50
Postage, Stationery, &c., 1 50
Cash paid for Legal Counsel, - .
2 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid James Kimball for services, 17 00
" Leonard P. Lovell, -
17 00
" Moses O. Ayres, -
12 00
46 00
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Edmund Dean for services,
25 00
" - Mark Haskell, 5 00
30 00
52 50
3
REPAIRING BRIDGES. Paid Calvin Stoddard, for repairing two bridges, 18 69 John W. Ayres, for plank for bridge at Coldbrook, 16 69
35 38
BREAKING ROADS.
Paid Austin Adams, Highway Surveyer, - 10 82
" George Allen,
11 94
George H. Ware,
14 70
A. C. Bullard,
4 86
Cheney R. Adams,
21 27
Henry G. Drury,
23 80
Dwight Bullard,
11 08
A. P. Hall,
6 50
William Presho,
9 00
Sumner Reed,
5 28
Horace Woodis,
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-
9 84
Samuel P. Keith,
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-
9 12
William P. Dwelly, -
-
4 30
James C. Bemis,
1
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6 66
John Dale,
14 28
PRINTING.
Paid Moses O. Ayres, for cash paid for printing School reports, 4 63
Chas. Hamilton, for printing Treasurer's Orders, - 2 25
Edward R. Fiske, for printing town reports for 1859, 3 75
10 63
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid State tax, 1859, $228 00
- ¥ County tax, 1859, - 692 45
" Overseers of the poor, for expenses of
poor farm, 1,181 81
for money borrowed and interest on the same, 515 25
Savings Bank on note, -
300 00
Interest to Savings Bank, 84 37 -
" " William S. Crawford, -
48 15
Discount on taxes,
132 20
William R. Whiting, for double water closet, - 15 00
" Lewis Dean, for damage on Sheep, - 4 00
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163 45
4
Paid Cheney Reed, for Salary as Liquor Agent, 40 00
" James Packard, for attending funerals with Hearse, from April 1, 1858, to April 1, 1859, 7 73
¥ N. P. Humphrey, for painting Hearse, " ringing bell, from
5 00
- April 1, 1858, to April 1, 1859, -
18 50
N. P. Humphrey, for bell rope, and repair- ing wheel, 3 52
Paid for abatement of taxes, to E. Dean,
13 42
" " G. L. Ripley,
1 00
"
on the estate of Abner Lin- coln, 4 65
¥ for abatement, E. Dean, by Assessors, 6 14
1 50
PAUPER EXPENSES.
Paid Daniel W. Flint, for support of Lucretia Boyd, from Oct. 1, 1858, to April 1, 1859,
75 00
" Levi P. Knight, for support of John Rob- inson and wife,
42 50
26 00
"
Horace Bellows, for support of H. French, Lyman Mullett, for support of E. Green and wife,
65 00
" Benjamin Upton, for support of Sarah Gault, from Oct. 2, 1858, to April 2, 1859,
50 00
" Avery C. Bullard, for support of Dolly Partridge, from Oct. 1, 1858, to April 1, 1859,
27 50
" Charles Hubbard, for support of L. T. Knight, - 29 00
' D. W. Snow, for support of Arathusa Knight, from April 1, 1858, to April 1, 1859,
12 50
" William E. Keep, for boarding Reed Rug- gles, from Dec. 12, 1858, to April 2, 1859,
16 00
" Mary E. Marcy, for services in Joel Green's family, 19 38
" James Packard, for funeral expenses of L. Gault, 7 50
Alonzo Lincoln, for house rent and hay for Joel Green, 7 48
$3,275 98
John Robinson 2d, for killing Dogs, -
26 71
$377 86
5
SCHOOL EXPENSES. .
Paid East Center District,
$119 90
West, "
97 03
West,
66
-
-
123 61
66 East,
62 92
South West, 66
70 28
South,
66
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83 25
North,
69 30
66
Coldbrook,
66
- 83 52
$709 81
AMOUNT DUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Due East Center District,
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- $50 13
West,
-
44 27
West,
61 00
East, 66
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-
16 25
South West, 66
- 24 83
South, 66
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-
25 68
North,
66
37 81
66
Coldbrook,
5 53
26550
The Selectmen further report that they have settled with the Treas- urer, and find his account stands as follows :
DR. To Cash in the hands of the Treasurer, March, 2, 1859,
$734 71
State tax,
228 00
" County tax,
692 45
" Town grant,
2,500 00
" Overlaying on taxes, -
3 21
" Income from poor farm,
478 97
" Liquor fund,
140 00
" From Joel Green's estate,
5 50
" Bell Rope, and use of town hall,
5 50
" of William Gault,
7 50
" Lucinda Bullard's estate,
5 00
School fund,
44 31
" Borrowed Money, -
500 00
" Wilbur Allen,
-
4 00
" Dog tax, 1
35 00
" West School District tax,
20 19
CR. By Cash paid Town Clerk, -
13 56
Treasurer, -
-
-
-
6 36
66 Assessors, -
-
- 52 50
66 School Committee,
- 46 00
66
Overseers of the Poor,
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30 00
66 Repairing Bridges,
35 38
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66
1 38
66 Selcetmen,
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.
$5,404 34
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6
CR. By Cash paid Breaking Roads, 163 45
66 Printing, 10 63
66 66 Miscellaneous, 2,064 17
66
Abatement of Taxes, -
26 71
Paid for support of Paupers previous to April 1, 1859, 377 86
Cash for support of Schools, 1
709 81
" Cash in hands of Treasurer,
654 72
Expenses of Poor Farm, -
1,211 81
$5,404 34
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
A Note of Nine Hundred Dollars to the Savings Bank, - 900 00
66 Five Hundred Dollars to the Savings Bank, on which Three Hundred Dollars was endorsed, Feb. 24, 1860,
- 200 00
66 Four Hundred Dollars to William S. Crawford, - 400 00
66 Four Hundred Dollars to William S. Crawford, - 400 00
$1,900 00
Whole amount of Receipts,
5,404 34
Whole amount of Orders drawn,
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4,749 62
Balance in Treasury, -
-
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- 654 72
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD,) WASHINGTON STONE, of PAGE AUSTIN, Oakham.
Oakham, Feb. 28, 1860.
Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Oakham, of the Expenses of the Sale of Spirituous Liquors, for the year ending Aug. 20, 1859.
DR. To Cash received of the Town, - $226 30 66 for Liquor sold, 423 41
" Amount of Liquor on hand, 81 41
$731 12
CR. By Liquor sold by the Agent to the Town,
-
58 80
" Liquor bought as per bills,
-
375 61
" Salary for one year ending July 5, 1859,
-
40 00
$474 41
Balance due the Town,
256 71
1859, Sept. 5, received cash,
100 00
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$156 71
Whole amount in Agent's hands,
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ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, ) Selectmen WASHINGTON STONE, of
PAGE AUSTIN, Oakham.
1
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Selectmen
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid for Rent of Farm, -
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- $168 00
J. Tomlinson,
225 00
Stock,
622 18
Horse, wagon, and harness, 35 00
Hay,
75 43
Swine,
61 67
Fowls,
2 50
Farming Tools,
33 78
66 Household Furniture,
36 63
66 Grain,
28 97
Store Bills,
240 94
66 Taxes on Farm,
22 27
Books and postage, 1 65 -
Blacksmith and Wheelwright, 10 21
81 08
Support of Miss French,
47 00
Paid B. Upton, board of Miss Gualt, 67
L. Mullett, board and moving E. Green and wife, 8 28
D. W. Flint, board of L. Boyd, -
6 00
" L. P. Knight, board of J. Robinson & wife, 2 00
16 95
Funeral charges of L. Boyd,
8 25
" E. Green,
8 38
Paid for Medical attendance,
C. E. Pratt and wife,
-
51 00
Z. Pratt,
13 00
E. Chamberlin,
25 85
State Paupers,
1 25
Overseers,
30 00
Due A. Lincoln, at April 1st,
168 00
J. Tomlinson, " 66
80 00
" H. Bellows,
5 00
253 00
$1,636 30
-
35 48
" C. D. Mullett's wife,
6 50
66 Extra help,
-
$1,889 03
8
CR.
Received for use of oxen and horse, 4 27
66
11 Veals,
65 78
66
2 Shotes,
13 75
66 2333 lbs. Cheese,
218 69
66
943 lbs. Pork,
71 59
Beef
17 21
66
Carrots,
6 67
66
Poultry, ox keeping, and scythe,
7 70
66
66 Rye Straw,
6 30
66
66 Socks,
5 16
of the Town of Shutesbury, on C. E. Pratt and wife,
15 00
of the Town of Shutesbury, on Z. Pratt,
13 00
" the Town of Barre, on C. D. Mullett's wife, 8 00
25 85
" " the Town of Marlboro, on E. Chamberlin, Apprisal of Property. on Farm,
717 37
Due from A. Lincoln,
35 95
" the Town of Shutesbury, -
-
20 48
66
' Barre, -
43 00
$1,295 77
$340 26
EDMUND DEAN, Overseers of MARK HASKELL, " the Poor.
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REPORT
OF
THE SELECTMEN, -
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1861.
WORCESTER: PRINTED BY CHAS. HAMILTON. PALLADIUM OFFICE.
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1
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
TOWN CLERK.
Paid Mark Haskell, for services, .
$9 81
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
Paid James Packard, for collecting Taxes for 1860, .
$5 00
James Packard, for Treasurer's Book, 3 00
$8 00
SELECTMEN.
Paid Alexander Crawford, for services, $6 50
66 Washington Stone,
3 00
Page Austin, 66
. 5 00
For stationery, postage, &c., .
1 38
.
$15 88
CONSTABLE.
Paid James Packard, for notifying Town Officers, . $2 38
John Robinson, 66 for 1859, 2 14
$4 52
ASSESSORS.
Paid Moses O. Ayres, for services, .
$36 00
66 Mark Haskell,
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·
36 00
Lewis N. Haskell, 66
· 17 50
For stationery, postage, &c., ·
2 67
James Allen, for survey, .
2 00
$94 17
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid James Kimball, for services, and books furnish- cd, for the year ending April 1, 1860, $21 50
" L. P. Lovell, for services, 27 00 .
Moses O. Ayres,
.
6 00
$54 50
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid James Allen, for services, .
$5 00
66 A. C. Bullard,
·
5 00
Austin Adams, 6
1 25
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·
$11 25
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.
4
PRINTING.
Paid for Printing Valuation of the Town, . $17 54
..
66
Blanks for Invoice, 2 00
66 300 copies Reports,
.
66
300 Handbills, (Cattle,) . 2 63
$30 17
REPAIRING BRIDGES.
Paid John Walker, Jr., for repairing bridge near H. W. Crawford's mill, $3 43
J. W. Ayres, for plank for bridge, near the Ware corner,
11 38
" D. R. Dean, for plank for the above bridge, .
4 19
BREAKING ROADS.
Paid Jasper Morse, Highway Surveyor,
$2 34
William S. Crawford, 66
4 62
" Lewis Allen,
4 08
D. W. Flint,
1 92
Horace Wilbur,
6 54
Adin Bullard,
E. P. Maynard,
$24 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid State Tax for 1860, . $190 00
County Tax for 1860,
·
.
692 46
Savings Bank, . .
300 00
Interest to the Savings Bank, .
77 87
William S. Crawford, .
48 00
66 John Robinson, 2d, 2 25
150 00
Discount on Taxes,
C Cheney Reed, for salary as Liquor Agent,
35 63
James Packard, for attending funerals, from April 1, 1859, to Feb. 26, 1861, .
23 25
Lewis Allen, for damages on Clark's Road, · 85 00
66 Charles Clark, for making Road, 60 50
A. P. Hall, for keeping six oxen isolated by the Cattle Commissioners, 265 27
For painting outside of Church, (# expenses,) 37 47
Warren Tyler, for examining a heifer supposed to have died with Pleuro-Pneumonia, 5 00
E. O. Lovell, for ringing Church bell, for the year ending April 1, 1860, 17 00
" Henry A. Crawford, for wood,
3 00
To the Merchants & Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co., for insurance on the Town Hall, 11 00
Abatement of Taxes, 13 42
Dwight Bullard, $5 from the West School Dis- triet tax, 5 00
.
.
3 66
84
John Robinson, 2d, for money.borrowed,
135 54
$19 00
8 00
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5
Paid O. Russell and P. Ayres, Building Committee, for the West School District, $10 from West School District Tax,
10 00
" E. Dean, $20,19 cts., being a tax assessed on the West School District, and committed to him for collection in 1859, and paid by him to James Packard, Treasurer of the Town of Oakham, but not collected on account of an alleged ille- gality in the same, Distribution of Dog Tax, 34 71
20 19
Samuel Crawford, from West School District, Tax,
2 50
$2,225 06
PAUPER EXPENSES.
Paid E. Dean, for expenses incurred previous to March 1, 1860, on Poor Farm,
$3 24
Thomas Whipple, for supporting Lucy T. Knight, for the year ending April 1, 1860, .
52 00
Overseers of the Poor, the balance due Alonzo Lincoln, for the rent of his Farm, Stock and Hay, for the use of the Poor, for the year end- ing April 1, 1860, 234 67
66 James Tomlinson, for services of himself and wife, at the Almshouse, for the year ending April 1, 1860,
80 00
66 Overseers of the Poor, for expenses incurred since April 1, 1860, 352 35
$722 26
SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Paid East Centre District,
$60 00
West
.
· 106 97
66 West
66
. 136 86
66 South 66
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.
66 South-West 66
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·
66
North
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.
83 46
66 Cold Brook 66
79 23
66 East
73 95
$644 67
AMOUNT DUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Due East Centre District,
. $113 70
" . West Centre
. 33 81
West
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South 66
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·
South-West 66
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.
26 55
North 66
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·
33 87
66 Cold Brook 66
6 57
East 66
21 41
$364 99
66 West School District, from their District Tax, 22 70
AT
1
·
29 06
75 14
39 99
89 09
6
The Seleetmen further report, that they have settled with the Treas- urer, and find his Accounts stand as follows :
DR.
To Cash in the hands of the Treasurer, February 28, 1860,
$654 72
" State Tax,
·
·
190 00
" County Tax, ·
.
. 692 46
" Town Grant,
2,500 00
" Overlayings on Taxes,
8 40
" Income from sale of property sold on the Poor Farm, · 440 41
" Amount received from Liquor Fund, . 135 63 ·
" Amount received from State Treasury,
. 212 22
" Money borrowed,
150 00 .
" Bill of goods sold to James Tomlinson, .
38 27
" Massachusetts School Fund, 42 64 ·
" Cash received from dog tax,
. 36 00
" West School District tax, 40 25
$5,141 00
CR.
By Cash paid Town Clerk,
$9 81
16 Treasurer, .
.
8 00
66
Constables,
Assessors,
94 17
School Committee,
54 50
66
Overseers of the Poor,
11 25
66 For printing,
Repairing bridges,
19 00
66 Breaking roads, .
24 00
66 Support of Poor, .
722 26
Miscellaneous,
. 2,190 35
66
For support of Schools,
- 644 67
46
Distribution of dog tax,
. 34 71 $3,863 29
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
A note of nine hundred dollars to the Savings Bank, on which one hundred dollars was endorsed February 23, 1861, . $800 00
Two notes of four hundred dollars each to William S. Crawford, . 800 00 $1,600 00
Whole amount of Receipts,
$5,141 00
Whole amount Orders drawn, 3,863 29
Balance in Treasury, $1,277 71
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, Selectmen
WASHINGTON STONE, of
PAGE AUSTIN. Oakham.
Oakham, Feb. 26, 1861.
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4 52
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30 17
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15 88
Seleetmen, .
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REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF OAKHAM,
OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE SALE OF
SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, FROM JULY 5, 1859, TO MAY 31, 1860.
DR.
To Cash in Agent's hands on last settlement, .- $166 71
Liquor sold,
.
201 90
Liquors on hand, . 65 17 .
$433.78
CR.
By Liquors bought, .
·
. $167 59
" Agent's salary up to May 31, 1860, ·
35 63
% " Cash, ·
100 00
.
$303 22
Balance due the Town, .
. $130 56
. ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, Selectmen WASHINGTON STONE, of Oakham. PAGE AUSTIN.
!
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1861.
RECEIVED FOR PROPERTY SOLD.
For 1 pair oxen,
$111 00
Horse, wagon and harness,
. 27 00
66 5 cows,
141 83
1 shoat,
12 00
9 hens,
3 60
, Farming tools,
33 50
: 2 pails and 1 tub,
65
" Potatoes,
14 50
Carrots,
3 62
Rye,
1 75
66
Cheese,
3 90
.
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·
.
4
Total property sold,
$353 35
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8
By cash received of the Town of Shutesbury, for the support of Zebina Pratt, $9. 75
" Cash of same for support of Charles E. Pratt, . 20 48
" Cash received of the Town of Barre for support of Charles D. Mullet and wife, ~43 00
" Cash received of the Town of Southboro', for funeral expenses of Samuel Woodbury, / 13 83
Amount received, $440 41
PAID FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1860.
To Alonze Lincoln, in part for rent of farm and stock, $10100
" James Tomlinson, in part for servicest . 38 27~
For support of Zebina Pratt, .9 75
" Balance for support of Hannah Freneh, 5 00
" James Tomlinson, for groceries furnished the Almshouse in the month of March, .
7 05%
$161 07
PAID FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1861.
For provisions, $118 46.
" Wood, 20 24-
" Burial of Samuel Woodbury, ·
13 83
" Support of Hannah Frenel, 26 00
" Support of Edmund P. Maculler and family, 5 00
" Funeral expenses of Dolly Partridge, 7 75
" Overseers for services and expenses, 11 25
And there will be due April 1, 1861 :-
To Austin Adams, for rent and labor, $186 00'
" Thomas Whipple, for support of Lucy T. Knight, ៛ 52 00
" Horace Bellows, for support of Hannah French, 26 00
. " Newell Young, for support of John Maculler and wife, 20.50
Total paid out, $487 03
Deduct for burial of Samuel Woodbury, $13 83'
Expenses for supporting the Poor for the year ending April
1,1861, ..
$473 20
For the Board of Overseers, JAMES ALLEN.
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