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REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MEDFIELD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1866.
RECEIPTS.
Rec'd Taxes in full for 1861
$4.43
1862
20.37
1863 60.19
1864 578.18
on Taxes for 1865 8,973.82
Subscriptions and tuition for Centre District 222.50
Interest on School Fund . 250.13
Provost Marshal, recruiting money refunded 300.00
Money borrowed 340.00
State School Fund . 26.82
State aid to soldiers' families 1.250.00
Overseers of the Poor
500.00
Ashes sold from Centre District
7.14
Glass broken from Centre District
1 11
H. P. Bruce, money refunded on acc't of North District 10.00
Interest on Taxes 17.95
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax
268.50
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1865
2,453.31
$15,284.45
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EXPENDITURES.
CENTRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due District, Feb. 1, 1865 . $322.30
Appropriation for School, 1865-6 470.89
Received on subscriptions and tuition
222.50
$1,015.69
TEACHING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Mary J. Hamant, for teaching $98.00
A. II. Wenzell
280.00
Ruth A. Hovey
91.00
A. A. Mason, " 91.00
J. M. Johnson, care of house 6.50
Janes & Curtis, for coal 64.90
14.03
I. Fiske, for supplies
$645.43
Balance due for Schools, Feb. 1, 1866 $370.26
EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND REPAIRS.
Paid F. E. Mason, for labor . $2.00
I. Fiske, bill
19.40
Insurance
23.50
Mary Morse, note and interest
42.40
Assessing tax . 5.00
Abatement of taxes
6.58
Balance due Town
308.61
$407.49
District Grant and Overlayings .
$458.42
Balance due District, Feb. 1, 1866 . 50.93
NORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due District, Feb. 1, 1865 $328.40
Appropriation for 1865-6 266.66
$595.06
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TEACHING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid M. E. Grant, for teaching $54.00
L. H. Perry, " " 178.00
J. A. Newell, for charcoal . 3.00
Charles Bruce, care of house 15.00
M. B. H. Bishop, for supplies 26.85
A. E. Mason, for wood . 25.50
W. H. Horton, sawing wood 6.00
Janes & Curtis, for coal 18.64
$326.99
Balance due for Schools, Feb. 1, 1866
$268.07
EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND REPAIRS.
Paid H. P. Bruce, for repairs $1.00
, stoves 36.00
M. B. H. Bishop, for repairs .
25.11
J. E. Bullard,
7.38
D. Hoisington .
4.89
$74.38
Balance due Town, Feb. 1, 1865
37.29
$111.67
Money refunded .
10.00
Balance due Town, Feb. 1, 1866
$101.67
SOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Balance due District, Feb. 1, 1865
$332.72
Appropriation for School, 1865-6 214.88
$547.60
TEACHING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid E. M. Robbins, for teaching $128.00
Anna Boyden, "
104.00
L. Adams, for wood and supplies 29.00
T. S. Clark, for supplies
4.97
$265.97
Balance due for Schools, Feb. 1, 1866
$281.63
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EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND REPAIRS.
Paid T. S. Clark, for repairs . $5.18
Balance due Town, Feb. 1, 1865 18.19
Balance due Town, Feb. 1, 1866
$23.37
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid II. P. Bruce, building bridge on North Street $55.00
Thayer & Hewins, grading Dwight's Causeway . 500.00
Selectmen, grading North Street 263.75
Orion Wight, grading Mill Street
304.63
Charles Russell, stock and labor on bridges .
19.75
G. W. Kingsbury, building culvert on Curve Street 11.02 overwork on highway 2.20
R. W. Sherman, land taken for Mill Street 60.00
Orion Wight,
15.00
$1,231.35
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Abatement for 1863 $4.00
1864 37.86
"
1865 86.27
$128.13
NOTES AND INTEREST ON NOTES .
. $3,686.94
FAMILIES OF VOLUNTEERS, AS STATE AID
$978.68
MILITARY MONEY REFUNDED.
Thomas J. Baker $18.72
J. E. Schlusemeyere 7.49
$26.21
Paid for Recruits . $1,220.00
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid II. J. Everett, Town Clerk
$32.20
B. F. Shumway, Selectman, 1864
25.00
Assessor, 1865 .
40.00
G. M. Smith, Selectman, 1864
17.00
Assessor, 1865 .
32 37
J. R. Smith, Selectman, 1864 Assessor, 1865
18.00
C. C. Sewell, School Committee
12.00
Amos Harris, "
11.00
Martin Bailey, Collector
132.58
F. E. Mason, " 63.64
George Fiske, Auditor
4.00
$399.79
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid for use of vestry .
$25.00
Gravel screen
15.75
Plow points
2.75
One rattlesnake
1.00
Plank for bridge
40.33
Freight on lumber
2.93
George Davis, for recruiting
30.75
Printing reports .
40.38
C. Hamant, expenses (Leland case)
14.50
Nonresident tax
40.41
Mary E. Mason, for damage on the highway
5.00
Perambulating Town lines
5.00
D. D. Curtis, care of town clock
25.00
F. E. Mason, overpayment on taxes
7.67
R. A. Battelle, return of deaths . 2.70
Postage and stationery . 8.92
Walpole tax, $7.52; Medway, $16.81 .
24 33
$301.42
Paid repairs on engine house $1.50
34 enginemen, poll tax . 68.00
$69.50
12.00
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PAUPER EXPENSES OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Board of J. W. Coltman
$170.43
Board and funeral expenses of IIannah Clark 111.00
Board of Rachel Clark . 52.00
Mrs. Manley 22.50
$355.93
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for Schools .
$1,238.36
Districts, for repairs .
178.44
Abatement of town taxes
128.13
State tax
3,102.00
State aid
973.68
Fire Department
69.50
Town officers
399.79
Incidental expenses
301.42
Paupers out of Almshouse
355.93
Notes and interest on notes
3,686.94
Roads and bridges
1,231.35
For recruits
1,220.00
Military money refunded
26.21
$12,911.75
Amount of Receipts
$15,284.45
Amount of Payments 12,911.75
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1866 .
$2,373.70
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Notes to Individuals
. $5,281.00
North School District, for schools .
268.07
Centre
370.26
South
",
281.63
Hamlet Wight, overwork on highway
5.03
Francis D. Hamant, ,,
2.00
Centre District, balance of tax
51.87
$6,259.86
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RESOURCES OF THE TOWN.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1866 $2,373.70
Annual Interest on School Fund 225.61
Arrearages on School Fund 72.32
Due on tax bills for 1865 . 1.320.33
State aid to families of volunteers . 973.68
From North School District 101.67
From South
23.37
$5,090.68
Liabilities exceed Resources .
$1,169.18
IIIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Hamlet Wight, commitment $151.13
., expended . 156.16
$5.03
Caleb Ellis, commitment
$141.81
expended .
136.47
$5.34
Charles Russell, commitment
$164.26
expended 162.58
$1.68
Geo. W. Kingsbury, commitment $113.13
expended 113.13
Francis D. HIamant, commitment
$83.63
", expended . 85.63
2.00
Reuben W. Sherman. (No return).
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NOTES DUE INDIVIDUALS.
Hamlet Wight
$100.00
Charles Hamant .
100.00
Isaac Fiske
103.00
William Q. Fisher
90.00
Mary Lovell
180.00
George W. Oliver
100.00
George W. Bruce
100.00
Joseph Miller
300.00
E. D. Pond
70.00
Lucinda Richards
100.00
Trustees of School Fund .
800.00
Trustees of Ministerial Fund
141.00
George II. Shumway
160.00
Mary Peters
200.00
Stephen Turner
300.00
Ashell P. Clark
400.00
Caroline B. Phillips
500.00
Mary C. Keith
500.00
George S. Mason
500.00
James Griffin
160.00
David Maney .
100.00
Willard R. Holbrook
200.00
Edmund L. Chenery
75.00
$5,281.00
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the hands of the Overseers, Feb. 1, 1865 $96.24
Rec'd for poultry and eggs
73.62
6 calves
80.62
Beef oxen
258.05
Pork
143.16
Cowhide and tallow
7.68
65 bushels oats .
48.58
90 bushels potatoes
67.02
Peppers, corn, and vinegar
2.91
Hay, for bedding
74.25
Milk
28.74
3 Cows
180.00
190 bushels cranberries
522.50
10 flour barrels
2.00
Boarding men
104.37
Lumber cut from Geo. S. Mason's lot
373.22
2 cords of wood .
11.00
Labor with team
23.37
Rec'd of H. O. Noyes, balance on account
.20
West Roxbury, for board of pauper
184.43
$2,420.31
PAYMENTS.
Paid D. Hoisington's bill, $7.63; Blacksmith's bill, $21.88 $20.51
Wm. P. Hewins, for meat, $50.15; Clothing, $14.50 . 73.65
Isaac Fiske, store bill 257.32
T. L. Barney, store bill 121.12
Beef cow, $50; pair of oxen, $220 270.00
10 lbs. tobacco, $8; 4 shoats, $28 . 36.00
Fresh fish, $4.42; Salt mackerel, $11 . 15.42
Amount carried forward
$803.02
Butter .
188.35
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Amount brought forward 1,218 lbs. shorts and fine feed 34.45
$803.02
24 bushels of corn and meal . 27.00
1,849 lbs. scraps . 58.05
Labor on the Farm
149.75
Labor loading boards
7.44
Labor in the woods
17.25
2 bushels of barley 3.50
Sundries 35.74
E. L. Ward, his services in full to April 1, 1865 295.75
", February 1, 1866 291.67
J. R. Smith, as Overseer for 1864 5.00
George Fiske, as Overseer for 1865 20.00
Geo. II. Wight, surveying Medway woodland 5.00
Town Treasurer . 500.00
$2,253.62
Balance in hands of Overseers
166.69
$2,420.31
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, FEB. 1, 1866.
Oxen. $220.00
6 cows 340.00
Saw, shave, and augur . .
1.00
Horse
20.00
Cranberry screen 1.00
Adze and iron square .50
27 fowls .
20.00
2 manure forks, 1 potatoe-
4 tons English hay 100.00
10 tons meadow hay 100.00
1 ton husks
12.00
4 stake chains . 1.00
1 ton oat straw
10.00
Draught and log chain . 2.25
90 bushels corn 100.00
18 bushels oats 12.60
6 bushels barley
6.00
3 hay-forks .
1.50
20 cords of wood .
100.00
Scythe and snath .
2.25
3 plows, 1 cultivator
15.00
1 draught harness
4.00
1 wagon harness
11.00
Ox-sled, $4; wheelbarrow,
4 measures . .62
Saw and horse 1.00
Hay-cutter and trough . 8.00
Beetle and wedges 1.00
Iron bar, .75; axes, $4.50,
5.25
Meal bags, .75 ; 4 hoes, $2, $2.75
digger . 1.75
Corn-cutter, 5 rakes 1.75
Sleigh, $6; express wagon, $30 36.00
Ox-wagon, $26 ; ox-cart,
$12 38.00
Buffalo robe 4.00
Ox-wagon wheels 2.00
Horse hay-rigging 3.00
Horse hay-rake 8.00
$2.50 . 6.50
2 ladders, $4.50; ox-yoke, $3 7.50
4 pigs 70.00
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Clothes-wringer, $16; milk can, .75 $16.75
30 milk-pans, $5; 2 wash- tubs, $1.50 6.50
Scalding-tub, .25 ; brass kettle, $5 5.25
Harrow, $4; 1} bushels cranberries, $4 . 8.00
2 bushels beans, $6; 100 bushels potatoes, $75, 81.00
250 lbs. pork, $62.50; 75
lbs. lard, $18.75 81.25
150 lbs. ham, $37.50; 400
Ibs. beef, $60 $97.50
1 keg pickles, $1; 96 lbs. butter, $48 49.00
ยง barrel flour, $5; 4 stone jars, $2 7.00
3 meat barrels 1.50
$1,630.97
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1865 . 1,943.37
Loss .
. $312.40
The income of the Farm has supported six paupers, paid all expenses of carrying it on, leaving a surplus of over three hundred dollars.
GEORGE FISKE, J. R. CUSHMAN,
Overseers
J. R. SMITH, of the Poor.
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1866.
B. F. SHUMWAY, Auditor.
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