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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER
For the Year Ending March 6, 1880,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Annual Town Meeting, March 29. 1880.
PLYMOUTH :
AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM JOB PRINTERS.
1880.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER
For the Year Ending March 6, 1880,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Annual Town Meeting, March 29. 1880.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM JOB PRINTERS. 1880.
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REPORT.
The following report of the receipts and expenditures of the Town is respectfully submitted :
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
DR.
To-
Cash on hand March 6, 1880 $2,124 66
Cash from H. A. Bradford, license to peddle. 6 00
Cash from J. C. Ashley, license to peddle 6 00
Cash from George B. Allen, license to peddle 6 00
Cash from W. L. Randall, license to peddle 6 00
Cash from N. N. Bradford, license to peddle
6 00
Cash from Plymouth National Bank, loans 2,000 00
Cash from H. G. Cole for lumber 31 24
Cash from State Treasurer, corporation tax. 370 11
Cash from State Treasurer, National Bank tax. 503 10
Cash from State Treasurer, State aid. 615 16
Cash from State Treasurer, indigent soldiers. 245 25
Cash from State Treasurer, State pauper 56 58
Cash from State Treasurer, school fund 220 21
Cash from County Treasurer, dog licenses 106 24
Cash from Thomas Cobb for pasture
10 00
Cash from taxes collected 4,131 27
Cash from interest on taxes 4 25
Total receipts $10,448 07
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CR.
By-
Payments for support of schools $1,206 34
Payments for repairs of bridges 141 53
Payments for repairs of highways. 1,181 17
Payments for new furniture in school-house, Dis- trict No. 2. 90 67
Payments for new road
291 87
Payments for repairs of school-house, and new fur- niture in school-house, District No. 3. 182 95
Payments for support of poor 1,641 82
Payments for State aid 464 00
Payments for miscellaneous expenses 3,517 16
Payments for repairs of school-houses 54 85
Abatement of taxes. 31 18
Cash on hand March 6, 1880. 1,644 55
$10,448 07
SCHOOLS.
DR.
Balance of 1878. $40 00
Town appropriation, 1879 1,200 00
Town proportion of school fund 220 21
Town proportion of dog license 106 24
Due from Pratt fund 100 00
$1,666 45
CR.
Payments charged to support of schools $1,206 00
Amount due not drawn 445 65
$1,651 65
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HIGHWAYS.
DR.
Balance of appropriation of 1878 $15 10
Appropriation of 1879 1,200 00
$1,215 10
Paid-
Surveyor of District No. 1 $76 57
Surveyor of District No. 2 63 17
Surveyor of District No. 3 69 37
Surveyor of District No. 4. 73 55
Surveyor of District No. 5 83 63
Surveyor of District No. 6 55 00
Surveyor of District No. 7 63.99
Surveyor of District No. 8. 64 82
Surveyor of District No. 9
17 56
Surveyor of District No. 10
212 01
Surveyor of District No. 11 109 42
Surveyor of District No. 12 58 31
Surveyor of District No. 13 87 80
Surveyor of District No. 14 71 54
Surveyor of District No. 15 74 13
$1,181 17
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BRIDGES.
DR.
Appropriation of 1879 $200 00
CR.
Paid-
For repairs of Fresh Meadow bridge $97 34
For repairs of bridges in District No. 2 12 08
For repairs of bridges in District No. 5 12 96
For repairs of bridges in District No. 13 10 00
For repairs of bridges in District No. 14
9 15
£141 53
FURNITURE
IN . SCHOOLHOUSE IN DISTRICT
NUMBER TWO.
DR.
Appropriation
$90 67
CR.
Cost of same
$90 67
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSE IN DISTRICT NUM- BER THREE. DR.
$200 00
Appropriation
CR.
Cost of furniture $90 65
Cost of repairs
92 30
$182 95
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
DR.
Balance of 1878
$10 81
Appropriation of 1879
50 00
$60 81
CR.
Paid for repairs.
.
$54 85
NEW ROAD.
DR.
Appropriation of 1878, not expended.
$200 00
Appropriation of 1879 100 00
$300 00
CR.
Paid Henry Hobill
$275 00
Paid other expenses
16 87
Lumber from the Town farm for railing, carried to
Poor account 8 13
$300 00
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· POOR:
DR.
Balance from 1878 $356 22
Appropriation of 1879 1,300 00
Received of State Treasurer for State pauper 56 58
Received of H. S. Cole for lumber 31 24
Received of T. Cobb for pasture 10 00
Received of J. Thomas for grass
1 75
Transferred from account for new roads for lumber taken for railing 8 13
$1,763 92
Provisions for the Almshouse $208 49
Medical attendance at Almshouse
69 95
Repairs of Almshouse 14.12
Labor at Almshouse
178 50
$471 00
Labor and teaming for Town farm
11 92
Support of Barton Fuller 30 00
.J. Thomas' family, provisions $63 45
J. Thomas' family, medical attendance .. 22 50
85 95
Support of Edwin F. Webster
102 00
Support of Foster Shaw 76 00
Support of Lucy Frieze
227 31
Support of Charles Lucas 7 87
Support of Ruth Dunham 61 56
E. H. Cornish, order of 1878 12 25
Support of J. P. Lucas. 45 00
6.
Support of Myron Benson's family $24 61 Support of Asa Wrightington, provisions, $14 77
Medical attendance 24 00
38 77
Support of Barney Lucas 156 00
Support of Eben Dunham 31 25
Support of G. W. Thomas 39 00
Support of Mary Wrightington
23 74
Support of Martha Bumpus
66 47
Support of Edmund Stringer
68 20
Support of B. Wrightington, provisions .. $12 34
Medical attendance 20 00
32 34
Support of Jemima Lucas
21 00
Burial of Irwin child. 8 00
$1,641 82
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Appropriation, .DR.
Peddler's licenses $30 00
Corporation tax 370 11
National Bank tax 503 10
Interest on taxes 4 25
Loans in anticipation of taxes 2,000 00
$2,907 46
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CR.
Treasurer and Collector's commission, 1878 $148 24 Treasurer and Collector's stationery, postage and printing 8 00
Thomas Cobb, returning deaths, 1878 1 50
Andrew Griffith, services and expense as Select- man, 1876 54 27
H. A. Lucas, services and expense as Selectman, 1876 25 00
E. D. Shaw, services and expense as Selectman, 1876 25 00
Peleg McFarlin, services and fees as Town Clerk, 1878 35 00
D. M. Bates, services as Constable 9 25
T. M. Southworth, services as School Committee, 1878 8 18
James A. Vaughan, services as School Committee, 1878 12 00
Gustavus Atwood, services as School Committee, 1878 4 00
S. F. McFarlin, school books furnished 16 77
J. M. Coombs, printing town reports 28 60
C. H. Paine, surveying 10 00
H. A. Lucas 2 92
For Collector's and Surveyor's book and express. . .
2 45
H. A. Lucas, assessing taxes
20 00
Fred. Cobb, assessing taxes 20 00
Fred. Cobb, horse hire 5 00
Gustavus Atwood, assessing taxes
19 00
Interest paid Plymouth National Bank for loan 27 50 . County tax 643 87
Josiah S. Atwood, returning deaths. 4 00
D. M. Bates, Herring Committee 7 00
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Andrew Griffith, writing town report. $3 50
Printing posters 3 85
H. A. Lucas, fare to Boston 3 10
A. Shurtleff 91
B. Hammond, services and expense as Committee on new road . 8 00
E. W. Shaw, returning deaths 1 50
J. B. Collingwood, expenses in the case of S. D. Haskins . 25 00
T. D. Hayden, labor 1 75
J. G. Sproat 12 00
State tax 165 00
Notes due Plymouth National Bank 2,000 00
Snow bills, District No. 1 5 50
Snow bills, District No. 2 29 70
Snow bills, District No. 3 14 60
Snow bills, District No. 4 8 85
Snow bills, District No. 5 15 72
Snow bills, District No. 6 7 05
Snow bills, District No. 7
10 30
Snow bills, District No. 8
10 11
Snow bills, District No. 9
9 00
Snow bills, District No. 10
5 17
Snow bills, District No. 11
3 00
Snow bills, District No. 12
11 45
Snow bills, District No. 13
11 75
Snow bills, District No. 14 3 19
Snow bills, District No. 15 6 60
$3,517 16
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STATE AID.
Marcia A. Manter $48 00
Daniel Dunham 72 00
Almira H. Barrows 16 00
Mary T. Dunbar
40 00
Huldah McFarlin
20 00
Nancy S. Pratt.
48 00
Caroline W. Pratt
48 00
W. W. Pearson
36 00
Benjamin F. Fuller
72 00
Abby H. Eddy. 48 00
Rebecca J. White
16 00
Total paid out during the year $464 00
Paid on accounts not settled March 10, 1879 721 16
$1,185 16
Received from State Treasurer
615 16
Still due.
$570 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Andrew J. Bumpus, tax of 1877-8 $7 75
Daniel B. Hines, tax of 1877-8 4 00
Ephraim Butler, tax of 1877
1 44
Joseph F. Cobb, tax of 1878
2 10
Benjamin D. Phinney, tax of 1878
2 00
Stillman Pratt, tax of 1878
2 00
Nathaniel Ellis, tax of 1878-9
1 45
Allen Bennett, tax of 1878
2 00
Timothy Benson, tax of 1880
4 50
George W. Thomas, tax of 1878-9 3 94
$31 18
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RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations. E.cpenses.
Surplus. Deficiencies.
Schools,
1,666 45
$1,651 65
$14 80
Repairs of highways,
1,215 10
1,181 17
33 93
Repairs of bridges,
200 00
141 53
58 47
Repairs of school-house in
District No. 2,
90 67
90 67
Repairs of school-house in
District No. 3, 200 00
182 95
17 05
Repairs of school-houses,
60 SL
54 85
5 96
New road,
300 00
300 00
Poor,
1,763 92
1,641 82
122 10
Miscellaneous,
2,907 46
3,517 16
$609 70
State aid,
164 00
Abatement of taxes,
31 18
ASSETS.
Cash in Treasury, March 6, 1879
$1,644 53
Due from State for State aid
570 00
Uncollected taxes, 1875
4 49
Uncollected taxes, 1876 7 67
Uncollected taxes, 1877
22 28
Uncollected taxes, 1878
109 28
Uncollected taxes, 1879
717 84
Lumber and wood on Town farm
20 00
$3,096 09
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LIABILITIES.
H. A. Lucas, services as Selectman, committee on repairs of school-houses and new road $55 43
Fred Cobb, services as Selectman 34 00
Fred Cobb, horse hire 1 50
Gustavus Atwood, services as Selectman
35 00
Treasurer and Collector's commission
148 50
Treasurer and Collector's postage, stationery and printing 8 00
Albert T. Shurtleff, Town Clerk
35 00
Albert T. Shurtleff, postage and express 2 50
Daniel Dunham, Constable ..
14 00
J. A. Vaughan, School Committee
26 00
N. F. Cole, School Committee 32 16
E. S. Lucas, School Committee 21 75
Mary T. Sherritt, rent of store 9 00
School Committee bills, not paid
445 65
Poor bills unsettled, estimated. 200 00
Other demands unsettled, estimated 50 00
$1,118 49
Assets above liabilities
$1,977 60
RAISED BY TAXATION.
State tax .
$165 00
County tax
643 87
Town tax
3,555 82
Whole amount raised $4,364 69
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ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
Number of polls, 258.
Poll tax, $1.65.
Tax on polls, $516.00.
Value of personal estate, $180,229.00.
Value of real estate, $345,883.00.
Total valuation, $526,112.00.
Rate of taxation per $1,000, $7.50.
Horses, 165.
Cows, 214.
Sheep, 42.
Dwelling houses, 235.
Acres taxed, 18,874.
SCHOOLS.
The appropriations for schools will be nearly expended, including one hundred dollars from the Pratt Fund.
The schools will require the same appropriation from the Town as last year.
POOR.
The cost of the poor has been one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty cents in excess of last year. This expense is due in a part to the increased cost in the case of Mrs. Frieze, and the Lucas family in Wareham. The tramps have increased from one hundred and eighty-one last year to three hundred and six the present year.
The fuel for the Almshouse has been taken from the Town Farm, which was cut last year and drawn to the house. The cost of the poor the coming year will require an increased appropriation.
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HIGHWAYS.
The expenditures by the Surveyors have been, on the whole, satisfactory. The roads will require the same appropriation as last year.
BRIDGES.
Fresh Meadow Bridge has been repaired in a thorough man- ner so that it will require little or no repairs for some years. The balance of the appropriation will be sufficient to keep the bridges in repair another year.
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
The appropriation of fifty dollars would have proved insuffi- cient, but for a balance from last year. The school-houses in Districts Nos .. 2 and 3 have been new seated with modern furniture, making them neat in appearance and comfortable for the scholars. The house in No. 3 has been repaired and put in good condition, except that it needs painting inside. The house in No. 1 needs repairing, and some better provision made for the Primary school in the dis- trict. It is thought by some that the school-houses need painting. Should the town think best to make other than ordinary repairs, they will need a special appropriation for the same. 1
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NEW ROAD.
The road widened and straightened by the Selectmen at Dunham's Hill has been built, making great improvement, and gives good satisfaction.
It will be seen by the report that the Town has not held its own, financially, the past year, so that we shall need an increased appropriation the coming year. It has been found necessary to borrow $2,000.00 in anticipation of the payment of taxes.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1880.
The following appropriations are recommended by the Selectmen :
Support of schools
$1,200 00
Poor
1,500 00
Repair of highways 1,200 00
Repair of school-houses
50 00
Miscellaneous 600 00
$4,550 00
We shall probably receive from corporation and bank tax. 870 00
Leaving a balance to be assessed upon the Town of $3,680 00
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TOWN MEETING.
Contents of warrant for Town Meeting, to be held on Mon- day, March 29th, 1880, at one o'clock, P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 4. To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways, the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
ARTICLE 6. To see what pay the Town will vote the Treas- urer and Collector, and other town officers.
ARTICLE 7. To determine when taxes shall become due.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will make the yards of field drivers Town pounds the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in anti- cipation of taxes.
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ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Herring Committee to plant herrings in Wenham Pond, and sustain them in opening the stream.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will widen the bridge over the brook between the house of Stephen Atwood and Middle- boro' line.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will provide better accom- modations for the Primary School in District No. 1.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will repair and paint any of the school-houses in town.
ARTICLE 14. To determine who shall repair the school-houses the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will hold one half of the Town meetings in King Philip's Hall.
H. A. LUCAS, Selectmen
FREDERIC COBB, of GUSTAVUS ATWOOD, ) Carver.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1879.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN CARVER IN 1879.
Jan. 5. George A. Burnham and Rachel A. Breach, both of Carver.
Feb. 15. Thomas M. Southworth and Lucy A. Tillson, both of Carver.
Feb. 25. J. Myrick Bump of Quincy and Lucinda T. Southworth of Carver.
March 9. Lyman F. Deane of Middleboro and Sarah G. Thomas of Carver.
April 13. Matthias Pratt and Phebe Maria Shurtleff, both of Carver.
May 18. Charles E. Bumpus of Carver and Abbie E. Swift of Sandwich.
Sept. 21. Ebenezer Albert Shaw of Middleboro and Betsey Savery Dunham of Carver.
Nov. 13. Cyrus B. Sellew of Andover, Me., and Emma M. Anderson of Carver.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN CARTER IN 1879.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
February
28,
Sarah P. Stone,
52
Neuralgia,
March
4,
Maria C Merritt,
41
5
Dropsy,
5,
Henry C. Murdock,
27
10
12
Consumption,
April
26,
Florence Irwin,
23
10
Heart Disease.
May
12,
Lydia Coad,
56
-
Pneumonia.
66
30,
Mary Ellis,
82
:
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Apoplexy,
June
2,
Edmund L. Sears,
70
10
13
Rash,
July
29,
William Pearson,
79
3
Old Age, Fever,
August
14,
Isabel Sherman,
39
9
Enlargement of Brain,
October
4,
Annie Deane,
54
21
Paralysis,
December 24,
Lucy Freeze,
75
:
Old Age.
26,
Mary T. Dunham, .
56
10
Consumption,
George H. and Lizzie J. Westgate. William and - Pearson. James and Nancy Ellis. Lyman F. and Sarah G. Deane. Benjamin and Mary Ellis. Asa and Deborah Barrows. Isaac and Abigail Shaw.
SUMMARY.
Whole number of births - twenty-nine : males, fifteen; females, fourteen. Whole number of deaths - fifteen.
Whole number of marriages - eight.
ALBERT T. SHURTLEFF, Town Clerk.
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28,
Infant,
1
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Daniel and Mary Churchill. Samuel and Maria Fuller. Henry C. and Martha P. Murdock. Charles F. and Emily S. Fosbery. William and Mary Irwin.
12,
Infant,
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-
-
November 21,
Matthias Ellis,
AGE.
DISEASE.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
-
14
Softening of Brain.
Micah and Mercy Sherman. Peleg and Hannah Savery. Edmund and Rebekah Sears.
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