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1861
REPORT
OF
THE SELECTMEN,
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM,
FOR THE
1
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 1861.
WORCESTER : PRINTED BY CHAS. HAMILTON, PALLADIUM OFFICE.
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, 66
·
·
3 00
66 Page Austin, 66
·
· 5 00
For stationery, postage, &c., .
1 38
.
$15 88
CONSTABLE.
Paid James Packard, for notifying Town Officers, . $2 38
66 John Robinson, 66 66 for 1859, 2 14
$4 52
ASSESSORS.
Paid Moses O. Ayres, for services,
$36 00
Mark Haskell, 66
36 00
66 Lewis N. Haskell, 66
17 50
66 For stationery, postage, &c., ·
2 67
66 James Allen, for survey, ·
2 00
$94 17
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid James Kimball, for services, and books furnish- ed, for the year ending April 1, 1860, .
$21 50
66 L. P. Lovell, for services,
.
27 00
66 Moses O. Ayres, 66 6 00
$54 50
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid James Allen, for services, .
$5 00
66 A. C. Bullard, 66
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.
.
5 00
Austin Adams,
.
.
·
1 25
$11 25
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·
·
4
PRINTING.
Paid for Printing Valuation of the Town, .
$17 54 .
2 00
66
66 300 copies Reports, 8 00
66 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
$19 00
BREAKING ROADS. -
Paid Jasper Morse, Highway Surveyor, $2 34
William S. Crawford, 66
4 62
Lewis Allen, 4 08 66
66 D. W. Flint, 66
.
1 92
60 Horace Wilbur, 66
·
6 54
66 Adin Bullard,
66
3 66
E. P. Maynard, 84
$24 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid State Tax for 1860, . $190 00
County Tax for 1860, 692 46
66 . Savings Bank, 300 00
. 66 Interest to the Savings Bank, 77 87
60 66 William S. Crawford, ·
48 00
66 John Robinson, 2d, ·
2 25
66 John Robinson, 2d, for money borrowed, .
150 00
66 Discount on Taxes, ·
135 54
66 Cheney Reed, for salary as Liquor Agent,
35 63
66 James Packard, for attending funerals, from April 1, 1859, to Feb. 26, 1861, 23 25
66 Lewis Allen, for damages on Clark's Road, ·
85 00
66 Charles Clark, for making Road, 60 50
66
A. P. Hall, for keeping six oxen isolated by the Cattle Commissioners, 265 27
66 For painting outside of Church, ({ expenses,) 37 47
66 Warren Tyler, for examining a heifer supposed to have died witli 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- trict tax, 5 00
66
Blanks for Invoice, .
5
Paid O. Russell and P. Ayres, Building Committee, for the West School District, $10 from West School District Tax,
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,
20 19
66 Distribution of Dog Tax, . 34 71
66 Samuel Crawford, from West School District, Tax,
10 00
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
66 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
66 West .6 66
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66 West 66
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South
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29 06
66 South-West
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75 14
66 North -66
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83 46
66 Cold Brook 66
79 23
66 East
66
.
$644 67
AMOUNT DUE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Due East Centre District,
. $113 70
66 West Centre
66
.
·
West
66
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.
·
39 99
66 South 66
89 09
South-West
.
..
.
66 North 66
33 87
66 Cold Brook 66
6 57
66 East
66
.
21 41
66 West School District, from their District Tax,
$364 99 22 70
.
·
26 55
.
.
.
.
73 95
33 81
106 97
136 86
2 50
$2,225 06
6
The Selectmen 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
66
Treasurer,
8 00
66
66 Constables,
.
4 52
66
66 Assessors,
94 17
66
School Committee,
54 50
66
66 Overseers of the Poor,
11 25
66
66 For printing,
·
66
Repairing bridges,
19 00
66
66 Breaking roads, .
·
24 00
66
66 Miscellaneous,
2,190 35
66
66 For support of Schools,
644 67
66
66 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 .
Whole amount of Receipts,
$5,141 00
Whole amount Orders drawn, 3,863 29
$1,600 00
Balance in Treasury, $1,277 71 ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, Selectmen of Oakham. WASHINGTON STONE, PAGE AUSTIN.
Oakham, Feb. 26, 1861.
·
15 88
66 Selectmen,
30 17
.
Support of Poor, .
722 26
.
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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
Balance due the Town,
$130 56
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, Selectmen WASHINGTON STONE, of
PAGE AUSTIN. Oakham.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1861.
RECEIVED FOR PROPERTY SOLD.
For 1 pair oxen,
66 Horse, wagon and harness,
27 00
66 5 cows,
.
.
.
141 83
66 1 shoat, .
.
·
12 00
66 9 hens, .
.
.
3 60
66 Farming tools, .
33 50
2 pails and 1 tub,
65
Potatoes,
.
3 62
66 Rye,
.
.
1 75
66 Cheese, ·
.
.
Total property sold,
$353 35
.
.
$111 00
.
.
.
·
14 50
66 Carrots,
.
3 90
$303 22
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 Alonzo Lincoln, in part for rent of farm and stock, $101 00
" James Tomlinson, in part for 'services, 38 27
For support of Zebina Pratt, 9 75
" Balance for support of Hannah French,
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 French, .
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 1
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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