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FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER,
FOR THE
Year Ending March 10,
1871.
PLYMOUTH: PLYMOUTH ROCK PRESS, 1871.
FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER
FOR THE
Year Ending March 10,
1871.
PLYMOUTH : PLYMOUTH ROCK PRESS. 1871.
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SELECTMENS' REPORT.
Citizens of Carrer :
The Selectmen have settled with your Treasurer and report the following as the financial condition of the Town for the year ending March 10, 1871.
DR.
To cash on hand at the commencement of the
year, $2,067 74
Received from Wm. Savery, donation for support of Schools, 100 00
William L. Randall, for license to peddle, 6 00
Hiram Tillson, for license to peddle, 6 00
William Brett, license to peddle, 6 00
Soranus Wentworth, license to peddle,
6 00
Sale of herrings, 1 65
Sale of liquor agent's fixtures,
2 50
Thomas Vaughan, for rent of Joseph Sears'
place, 8 00
Plymouth Bank Loan, 500 00
4
Received from State Treasurer, armory rent, 1869, $70 00 State Treasurer, reimbursement for State aid paid to soldiers and families, 956 00
State Treasurer, reimbursement for money paid Co. L, for May inspection, 105 00
State Treasurer, reimbursement for money paid Co. L, for duty at muster, 750 00
State Treasurer, reimbursement for money paid Co. L, for one uniform, 20 00
State Treasurer, balance of Corporation tax of 1969, 20 31
State Treasurer, Corporation tax of 1870, 427 85
State School Fund, 155 35
State Treasurer, reimbursement for State aid paid on account of 1865, 11 47
State Treasurer, Armory rent in part for 1870, 50 00
Plymouth Bank Loan, 700 00
County Treasurer, for license of dogs, 76 50
Town of Middleboro' for schools, 41 20
Plymouth Bank Loan,
200 00
Solomon F. McFarlin, rent of school
house in Dist. No. 4, 1 00
Thomas Cobb, rent of Town farm, 25 00
Collection of taxes, 6,708 15
Total receipts, $13,021 72
5
CR. SUPPORT OF POOR.
By Cash paid repairs on Henry Wrightington's house, $30 00
Isaac Shaw, support of son, 39 00
Town of Chelmsford, support of Maria Shurtleft, 70 12
Treasurer of State Reform School at.
Westboro,' for Horace Wrightington, 11 00
Lucy Ransom, for support of Sally Denham, 28 00
Matt Ellis & Co., for support of Abigail Bumpus, 76 61
Matt Ellis & Co., for support of Caroline Wrightington, 62 12
Phebe A. Shurtleff, at Warcham, for par- tial support, 39 61
Jacob P. Lucas' family, at Wareham. for partial support. 66 00
F. A. Sawyer, for doctoring Abagail Bumpus, 12 25
Town of Falmouth, for support of Maria L. Bent, 27 80
Mrs. Casey, expenses to Chelsea, 3 00
Expenses of Overseers of Poor to Fal- mouth, twice, 8 50
Expenses of Overseers of Poor to Chelms-
ford, once. 5 75
Total expense outside the Almshouse, $472 76
6
Cash paid Benjamin Ransom, supplies furnished Almshouse, $28 08
R. J Brett, supplies furnished Alms- house, 117 47
Wm. E. Hathaway, supplies furnished Almshouse, 20 48
Alvin Perkins, Yfor supplies furnished Almshouse, 81 24
Atwood & Shaw, meat furnished Alms- house, 51 22
Chandler Robbins, Jr., wood furnished Almshouse, 35 00
Jacob Holmes, wood furnished Alms-
house,
4 50
Daniel Dunham, wood furnished Alms-
house, 3 00
Winslow Pratt, wood furnished Alms- house, 2 50
Austin Ward, fish furnished Almshouse, 1 30
Eben S. Lucas, supplies furnished Alms- house, 28 50
E. Watson Shaw, digging Joseph Sears' grave, 1 50
Hezekiah Cole, milk furnished Almshouse, 75
Polly Thomas, labor at Almshouse, 34 50
Mary Faunce, labor at Almshouse, 35 67
Mrs. Lucas labor at Almshouse, 1 50
Mrs. Shurtleff, labor at Almshouse, 50
L. W. Rickard, potatoes furnished
Almshouse, 1 00
Cash paid Thomas Cobb, bread furnished Almshouse, $2 13 Johnathan B. Perkins, articles of tin- ware furnished Almshouse, 2 49
Mrs. Charles Parsons, making garments the poor, 1 50
Total expense at the Almshouse, $452 83
Total expense of the poor, $925 59
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
By Cash paid No. 1, $342 07
" 2, 186 74
" 3, 194 99
4, 401 55
5, 149 35
66
66 6, 270 03
.. .6 8,
308 25
Total expenses of schools, $1,852 98
STATE AID TO SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.
By Cash paid Daniel M. Peterson, two months at $14.00 per month, $28 00
Everett T. Manter, twelve months at $10.00, 120 00
8
Cash Paid Daniel Dunham, twelve months, at $6.00, $72 00
Wm. W. Pearson, ten months, at $3.00. 30 00
Almira II. Barrows, twelve months, at $8.00. 96 00 Mary T. Dunham, twelve months, at $8.00. 96 00
C. M. Breach, twelve months, at $8.00. 96 00
Huldah McFarlin, twelve months. $8.00, 96 00
Martha B. Phinney, two months, $8.00, 16 00
Lydia D. Sherman, twelve months, $4.00, 48 00
Caroline W. Pratt. twelve months. $4.00, 48 00
Total amount of aid paid, $746 00
1
ABATEMENT ON TAXES.
By Cash paid Andrew Barrows, tax of 1868, $2 00
Ansel Fuller, 2 00
John Fosburg, 66
2 00
Ellen B. Saunders, ..
42
J. S. Thompson,
Isaac Fuller, 1869, .6
42
Heirs of J. Morse,
68
Josiah B. Drew,
1870. 2 00
Isaac Fuller, 66
66
61
Lewis Pratt, highway deficiency, 1870, 1 9%
Matthias Pratt, " 66 66
1 21
Total abatement on taxes,
$13 23
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OTHER TOWN EXPENSES.
By Cash paid Andrew Griffith, services as Select- man, Overseer of Poor, 1869, $42 10
Alvin Perkins, services as Selectman, Overseer of Poor, 1869, 28 50
Frederic Cobb, services as Selectman, Overseer of Poor, 1869, 53 00
Benjamin Ransom, services as Constable, 1869, 6 75
Charles Bennett, services as Constable, 1869, 6 25
Thomas Cobb, Treasurer, and Collectors' commissior, 1869, 220 00
Wm. Hammond, services as Town Clerk, 1869, 26 10
John Bent, services on auditing commit-
tee, 1869, 2 00
E. W. Shaw, returning deaths, 40
Henry C. Murdock, returning deaths, 1 60
Thomas Cobb, returning deaths, 1 00
William Hammond, returning deaths,
30
Thoman Vaughan, surveying Pope's Point road, 1 25
W. W. Avery, printing Town Reports, 20 00
Andrews Bros., printing School Reports, 15 00
Tax Books, 3 00
J. E. Farwell, printing Assessors' notices, 2 00
Charles Thrasher, School Books furnished children unable to pay, 3 50
10
Cash paid Chas. Thrasher, reimbursement for ex- penses incurred as one of the School Committee, $5 00
Rich & Weston's Express, on Public Documents, 2 10
Repairs on Pope's Point Bridge, 42 69
R. J. Brett, repairs on the Green School House, per order of Committee, 1 08
Alvin Perkins, repairs on Pope's Point School House, 2 25
Thomas Vaughan, fencing stuff for the Wenham School House, 4 05
Eben S. Lucas, fencing Wenham School House, 4 12
For repairs on South Meadow School per order of Committee, 5 92
Ezra Vaughan, repairs ou Green School House, 1 10
Matt Ellis & Co., Castings and repair of Stoves for the School House per order of Committee, 90
For clearing the Roads from Snow, 67 32
Andrew Griffith, assessing Taxes, 1870, 24 00
Alvin Perkins,
66
16 00
Eben S. Lucas,
4 50
R. C. Freeman, services as School Com- mittee, 1869. 27 75
William Leach, services as School Com- mittee, 1869, 18 90
11
Cash paid Interest on money hired of Plymouth Bank, during the year, $28 22
Interest on Reuben Sherman's note, 103 75
Interest on Henry Sherman's " 5 10
For repairs of Bridge near Josiah P. Robbins', 33 70
Ellis Griffith, services on the Herring Committee, 2 00
Benjamin Harlow, work done on the Almshouse, 31 00
For materials for repairing Almshouse, 28 09
Town expenses excluding cost of Poor, $892 29
Paid Morton Howland, building the Dunham road by.contract, 385 00
Stephen Atwood, building a section of the Pope's Point road, 157 00
Jacob Atwood, building a section of the Pope's Point road, 73 00
Thompson Maxim, building a section of
the Pope's Point road, 65 00
Charles Holmes, building a section of the Pope's Point road, 55 00
George W. Atwood, building a section of Pope's Point road, 45 00
Lucius Atwood, Land Damage and Fenc- ing, 16 00
1200
42250
12
Paid George W. Atwood, fencing,
$9 00
Stephen Atwood, 66
3 50
Total expenses of building new roads, $808 50
Paid Co. L, one uniform, $20 00
Treasurer of State Industrial School for
Anna Hatch, 25 35
Co. L, May Inspection and duty,
105 00
66
Military duty at Concord, 750 00
Armory rent, 1869. 70 00
County tax,
665 81
State tax,
1,325 00
Note at Plymouth Bank,
700 00
500 00
66 66
200 00
Co. L, Armory rent in part, 1870, 50 00
Cash on hand, and to balance account, 3,571 97
$13,021 72
LIABILITIES.
The Liabilities of the Town are as follows :
Notes held against the Town, $1,410 00
Treasurer and Collector's commission of 1870, un- paid. 178 45
13
Est. Poor bills unpaid,
$125 00
Est. snow bills unpaid,
100 00
Balance of Armory rent unpaid,
20 00
School appropriation unpaid,
563 75
Due Town of Middleboro' on Pope's Point school- house, 92 02
Audited bills unpaid,
324 85
All other bills against the town, estimated,
200 00
Total liabilities,
$3,014 07
ASSETS.
Cash in the Treasury,
$3,371 97
Uncollected taxes of 1869,
43 13
1870, 999 77
Due from State for and paid to soldiers and families, 1,200 00
Due from State, balance of Armory rent,
20 00
Due from John B. Hatch, support of daughter at Industrial School, 25 35
Due from Plymouth for schools,
28 00
Due from Middleboro' for schools,
23 00
Total assets, $5,711 22
14
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1870.
For Town charges, including Poor, $2,000 00
Actually expended under appropriation, 1,817 88
Surplus, $182 12
For New Roads, $800 00
Actual cost of the same,
808 50
Deficiency, $8 50
AMOUNT RAISED BY TAXATION.
State tax,
$1,325 00
County tax,
665 81
Schools,
1,100 00
Town charges,
2,000 00
New roads,
800 00
Total. $5,890 81
. FOR HIGHWAYS.
Labor tax,
$1,300 00
RATE OF TAXATION.
Money tax,
$10 00 per $1,000 00
Poll tax, Highway tax,
2 00
2 10 per 1,000 00 78
Highway poll tax,
15
NOTES HELD AGAINST THE TOWN.
Reuben Sherman, 5 per cent. $1,325 00
Henry Sherman, 6 per cent. 85 00
$1,410 00
TOWN VALUATION EXCLUDING CORPORATE STOCK.
Real estate,
$322,660 00
Personal estate,
212,327 00
$534,987 00
Number of houses taxed,
224
Horses.
137
Cows.
221
Sheep,
166
Number of births in town during the year. 24
Number of deaths in town during the year, 30
Number of marriage certificates issued, 14
LIST OF PERSONS SUPPORTED IN THE ALMSHOUSE.
Sally Dunham, whole year; Sally Denham, to July, 15, . 1870 ; Willard Sears, whole year; Henry Dunham, whole year ; Edwin Dunham, to Sept. 1, 1870.
16
LIST OF PERSONS ASSISTED OUTSIDE THE ALMSHOUSE.
Maria Shurtleff, at Chelmsford until death, March 26, 1870; Caroline Wrightington, at home in Carver ; Abagail Bumpus, at home in Carver ; Foster Shaw, at Isaac Shaw's in Carver ; Jacob P. Lucas, at home in Warcham ; Phebe A. Shurtleff, at home in Wareham ; Maria L. Bent, at James Swift's in Fal- mouth ; Horace F. Wrightington, at State Reform School at Westboro' until his discharge, March, 1870 ; Sally Denham at Lucy Ransom's since July 15, 1870.
The annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday, the 3d day of April next, at 1 o'clock P. M.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW GRIFFITH, ALVIN PERKINS, EBEN S. LUCAS.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Carver.
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