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REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF MEDFIELD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1867.
.
RECEIPTS.
Rec'd on taxes for 1865
$1,123 32
66 6 " 1866 4,529 00
Interest on School Fund
207 98
State School Fund
96 45
State aid to families of soldiers
900 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax
201 35
Liquor Agent 26 60
B. H. & E. R. R. Co. .
50 00
Hay sold from Cemetery 6 00
Old plank .
4 00
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1866
2,373 02
§9,517 72
EXPENDITURES. CENTRE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Due District, Feb. 1, 1866 $370 26
647 02
Appropriation, 1866-7 . .
$1,017 28
2
TEACHING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Mrs. A. A. Mason, for teaching two terms $221 00
M. R. Birge “ 66 211 00
For coal 141 25
For care of school-house 22 00
John Mason, boarding Teacher 24 00
Isaac Fiske, for supplies . 11 28
$630 53
Due for Schools, Feb 1, 1867
386 75
EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND REPAIRS.
Paid Dodge, Gilbert & Co. $15 97
L. H. Turner, for repairs . 2 75
H. Goulding 66 66 1 15
Insurance . 46 50
C. Hamant, for repairs 23 23
Isaac Fiske “
4 78
J. E. Bullard, painting school-house .
202 26
Harward Brothers, repairing clock . 1 00
Express .50, abatement of taxes $2.91
3 41
301 05
Due District, Feb. 1, 1866
50 83
Due Town, Feb. 1, 1867
$250 22
NORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Due District, Feb. 1, 1866 $268 07
Appropriation for school, 1866-7 . 377 20
$645 27
TEACHING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid M. E. Grant, for teaching $82 50
Ruth A. Hovey, for teaching 77 00
Sarah H. Wight, for teaching 80 00
C. F. Bruce, preparing wood and making fires 14 50
O. Wight, wood and cutting the same
30 00
$284 00
Due for schools, Feb. 1, 1867
361 27
EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND REPAIRS.
Paid J. E. Bullard, painting school-house $155 00
B. F. Shumway, assessing tax . 2 00
George Davis, stock and labor . 2 70
H. P. Bruce, stock and labor
2 50
Carried forward $162 20
3
Brought forward, Due town, Feb. 1, 1866
$162 20
101 67
$263 87
District tax and overlayings
211 72
$52 15
SOUTH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Due District, Feb. 1, 1866 $281 63
Appropriation for 1866-7 297 84
$579 47
TEACHING AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid L. Boyden, for teaching $128 00
S. J. Wood, for teaching 112 00
T. S. Clark, for wood 25 75
L. Adams, for supplies and making fires 5 19
$270 94
Due for schools, Feb. 1, 1867
$308 53
EXTRA EXPENDITURES AND REPAIRS.
Paid L. Adams, for repairs
$1 15
Due town, Feb. 1, 1866
23 37
Due town, Feb. 1, 1867
$24 52
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Clark & Leatherbee, for lumber for bridges $173 53
C. Russell, stock and labor on bridge 8 00
Selectmen, grading road and building culvert 47 50
grading Green Street 55 00
66
grading street and paving gutter
72 87
66 repairs on bridges . 39 00
William P. Hewins, overwork on turnpike
9 65
Hamlet Wight, overwork on road . 5 00
G. M. Smith, land taken to widen Pound Street . 60 00
66
N. Jones, 66 66 66 40 00
County Commissioners, for services on petition of Warren Chenery and others 53 65
Richard Cole, timber for bridge 13 00
Joseph Bailey, removing snow 18 00
Joel Morse 156 90
J. W. Page 66
96 34
Wm. P. Hewins 66 66
129 10
Hamlet Wight 6€ 66
133 57
$1,111 11
4
TAXES.
Paid abatement of taxes $61 42
Notes and interest on notes 1,891 53
Families of volunteers as State aid 684 00
State tax
1,980 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid H. J. Everett, Town Clerk $33 80
B. F. Shumway, Selectman, 1865 30 00
66 Assessor, 1866 34 00
Auditor, 1866 2 00
G. M. Smith, Selectman, 1865 25 00
Assessor, 1866 . 25 00
J. R. Smith, Selectman, 1865 15 00
Assessor, 1866 . 15 00
C. C. Sewell, School Committee 25 00
C. Hamant, Treasurer School Fund 5 00
$209 80
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid for use of vestry $25 00
Repairing scraper and plo.w . 4 25
F. Rhodes, recruiting, 1864 . 19 00
R. W. Sherman, stone posts and setting 13 00
G. M. Smith 66
4 50
stationery 11 75
H. Hill, setting posts .
2 25
Non-residents' highway taxes
65 63
Liquor agent license 25 00
66 to pay for liquor . 31 12
J. T. Bullard, for damages sustained on highway
10 00
J. E. Bullard, painting and setting guide-boards 7 30
J. H. Richardson, returning births 2 25
C. Hamant, returning deaths 1 00
R. A. Battelle 66 1 50
Prentiss & Deland, printing Town Reports 41 72
White & Potter, printing School Reports 32 00
Freight and carting lumber . 24 29
Isaac Fiske, for merchandise 21 15
Expense of removing State pauper to Bridgewater 7 85
Walpole tax, $5.83; Medway tax, $20.00 25 83
$376 39
5
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid enginemen, poll taxes $62 00
H. F. Bullard, labor and stock on engine house 34 93
J. E. Bullard, painting on engine house 77 00
Clark & Leatherbee, lumber for engine house 48 00
L. H. Turner, care of engine 6 53
Cushman & Baker, repairing engine buckets 1 25
$229 71
CEMETERY.
Paid C. Hamant, care of cemetery
$8 50
M. Bailey, labor in cemetery 17 00
$25 50
PAUPER EXPENSES OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid board of J. W. Coltman
$171 93
board of Rachel Clark . 26 00
Mrs. J. Manley
31 00
Mrs. E. E. Ellis
144 28
$373 21
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for schools
Districts, for repairs
464 40
Abatement of taxes .
61 42
State tax
1,980 00
State aid
684 00
Fire department
229 71
Cemetery
25 50
Town officers
209 80
Roads and bridges
1,111 11
Paupers out of the almshouse
373 21
Notes, and interest on notes
1,891 53
Incidental expenses
376 39
$8,592 54
Amount of receipts
9,517 72
66 " payments
8,592 54
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1867
$925 18
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Notes to individuals $3,631 00
North School District, for schools
361 27
Centre 66 66 386 75
308 53
South
F. D. Hamant, overwork on road
2 00
$4,689 55
$1,185 47
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RESOURCES OF THE TOWN.
Balance in treasury, Feb. 1, 1867 . $025 18
Annual interest on School Fund . 225 61
Due on tax bills, for 1865 (with interest) 239 31 66 1866 881 25
North School District, for repairs 52 15
Centre 66 250 22
South 66 66
24 52
State aid to families of volunteers 684 00
Due for plank sold .
54 85
$3,337 09
Liabilities exceed resources
1,352 46
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Hamlet Wight, commitment
$182 31
66 expended
143 03
Due
$39 28
William P. Hewins, commitment
172 88
..
66 expended .
148 07
Due
$24 81
Joel Morse, commitment
99 64
66
expended
88 59
Due
$11 05
Joseph W. Paige, commitment
176 94
expended
133 29
Due
$43 65
Richard Cole and William F. Guild. (No return.)
GEORGE FISKE, Auditor.
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1867.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
RECEIPT.
Balance in the hands of the overseers, Feb. 1, 1866 $166 69
Rec'd for poultry and eggs
90 71
Butter
236 85
5 calves
79 32
Hide and tallow
10 20
Pork
83 30
7 pigs .
43 00
Amount carried forward, $710 07
7
Amount brought forward,
$710 07
Potatoes
29 93
Grain
1 70
Vegetables 2 75
Hay, for bedding
67 53
Farrow cow
36 00
Balance in ox trade
12 00
Milk
8 79
75 bushels cranberries
265 50
Wood and lumber
372 €3
Labor .
4 00
Boarding R. R. men
7 50
of B. H. E. R. R. Co., for damage of wood-lot by fire 35 00
West Roxbury, for board of pauper 208 00
$1,761 40
PAYMENTS,
Paid D. Hoisington's bill, $4.02; blacksmith's bill, $20 .94. $24 96
Wm. P. Hewins, for meat, $43.64; coat, 5.00 48 64
Isaac Fiske, store bill . 263 46
T'. L. Barney, store bill 74 47
135 00
Fish, $4.30; scraps, $44.14 .
48 44
Shorts, $20.97; grain, $29.30
50 27
J. R. Cushman & Co., bill
16 24
Making ox wagon-body
15 46
Thrashing oats, $6; labor, $131
137 00
Paints, $3.80; sawing lumber, $475
8 55
Mowing-machine
96 05
Ox cart, $30; churn, 7.65
37 65
Horse, $195; mending shoes, $4.14 .
199 14
Sundries
35 45
E. L. Ward, in full to April 1, 1866
58 33
66 part, for the year ending April 1, 1867
212 00
George Fiske, services as overseer 20 00
Elijah Thayer 66 66
10 00
J. R. Smith 66 66 5 00
Funeral expenses of Geo. Turner and John Kittridge 30 00
$1,526 11
Balance in hands of overseers, Feb. 1, 1867, 235 29
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, FEB. 1, 1867.
Oxen .
$210 00 1 10 tons meadow hay 120 00
6 cows
360 00 Husks and stalks . 18 00
Horse . 200 00
Oat straw 10 00
Swine 48 00
90 bushels corn 112 00
22 fowls
16 00
50 bushels oats 37 50
6} tons English hay 195 00
9 bushels barley 9 00
Beef steer, $60; cow, $75
8
5 hay-forks . 2 50
Hay-cutter and trough . 8 00
3 manure-forks
2 25
18 cords wood . 90 00 Lumber 3 00
1 potato-digger, .25; 4 hoes, $2.00
2 25
40 pounds scraps . 1 00
Scythes and snaths . 2 25
1 churn, $7.50; 30 milk- pans, $5 12 50
1 draught harness
3 00
Clothes-wringer 12 00
Wagon harness
11 00
2 wash-tubs 1 50
Buffalo robe
4 00
Scalding tub, .25; can, .75 1 00
4 measures, .63; 4 meal bags, .75 . 1 3S
Saw and horse, $1.00;
beetle and wedges, $1 2 00
4 75
8 bushels turnips . 2 00
Saw, shave and augers,
1 00
110 bushels potatoes 84 00
Cranberry screen
1 00
15 bush. small potatoes, 5 00
Adze, iron square 50
Pumpkins and squashes,
1 00
Corn-cutter and 2 rakes,
1 00
Beets and carrots 50
4 stake chains . 1 00
2 kegs pickles 2 00
Draught and log chain .
2 50
250 pounds pork 50 00
Express wagon
30 00
90 pounds butter 38 00
Sleigh, $5; ox-carts, $50
55 00
500 pounds beef 60 00
Ox- wagon, $40; har- row, $3 43 00
100 pounds hams . 20 00
75 pounds lard 15 00
Ox-sled, $4; ox-wagon
3 meat barrels . 1 50
wheels, $2
6 00
4 stone jars .
2 00
Ox-yoke, $3 ; horse hay-
rake, $7 10 00
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1866. 1,630 97
Horse hay-wagon 2 00
Horse mowing. machine,
95 00
Goin $425 41
Amount of receipts
$1,761 40
Deduct cash in hands of Overseers, Feb. 1, 1866, $166 69 Estimated cost of wood and lumber sold, 175 00
Damage of wood lot by fire . 35 00
376 69
Add gain on appraisal
425 41
Income of the farm
$1,810 12
Payments
$1,220 78
E. L. Ward's salary
400 00
Overseer's services
35 00
Cost of carrying on the farm 1,655 78
Balance in favor of the farm $154 34 Whole number of paupers, 6; average number, 4 25-26; 140 meals furnished transient persons.
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1867.
GEORGE FISKE, ELIJAH THAYER, J. R. SMITH,
Overseers of the Poor.
Brass kettle 5 00
Cranberries 5 00
23 bushels beans 7 50
Iron bar, .75; axes, $4,
$2,056 38
$1,384 71
$1,655 78
Ploughs and cultivator . 12 00
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