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REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF OAKHAM, MASS.
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1875.
WORCESTER : PRINTED BY TYLER & SEAGRAVE, 442 MAIN STREET, Spy Job Office, opposite City Hall. 1875.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
Paid Jesse Allen for services, $13 30 66 stationery and postage, 3 39
16 69
TREASURER.
Paid L. P. Lovell for services, $10 00
stationery and postage, 2 90 1
12 90
COLLECTOR.
Paid L. P. Lovell for services, 35 00
SELECTMEN.
Paid Selectmen for services, 66 perambulating town lines, 3 50
$40 00
66 Stationery, 35
43 85
ASSESSORS.
Paid Assessors for ordinary services, $52 50
for making return to Tax Com- missioner, 10 00
Postage, Stationery and express, 3 25
- 65 75
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Overseers of Poor for support of paupers,
$1377 05
for services, 26 00
$1403 05
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid H. W. Lincoln for services, $22 75
L. P. Lovell for services, 42 00
Rev. C. D. R. Meacham for services,
38 25
-103 00
PRINTING.
Paid Tyler & Seagrave, H. H. Cook,
$39 51
3 00
- 42 51
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4
BREAKING ROADS.
Paid Horace Wilbur,
$19 90
George Allen,
7 00
Daniel W. Flint,
4 15
Henry A. Crawford,
8 50
Wm. E. Keep,
7 20
Patrick Gaffney,
14 40
Gardner M. Dean,
5 00
David H. Nye,
6 00
S. H. Bullard,
10 90
Lewis N. Haskell,
18 35
J. A. Butterfield,
9 60
George W. Stone,
6 60
John Robinson,
80
-118 40
STATE AID.
Paid Eliza Plympton,
$8 00
David Lovell, Guardian,
88 00
Daniel Town,
60 00
-156 00
REPAIRING HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES AND EX- TENDING SLUICE.
Paid C. G. Parmenter for two years,
$101 32
Wm. E. Keep,
122 24
Patrick Gaffney,
42 00
H. P. Austin,
69 00
David H. Nye,
83 00
Lewis N. Haskell,
80 50
Sumner Reed,
97 00
A. C. Bullard,
46 45
T. A. Morgan,
95 00
A. E. Burt,
79 15
S. H. Bullard,
70 10
D. M. Parker,
90 80
G. W. Stone,
49 75
H. W. Lincoln,
1 87
L. G. Holden,
21 75
D. R. Dean,
33 08
George Allen,
41 30
1124 31
SCHOOL EXPENSES.
Paid for South School,
$163 50
North School,
283 10
East School,
180 76
West School,
66 50
5
Paid for Coldbrook School, 192 37
East Centre School,
78 42
West Centre School,
86 43
Centre School, 52 68
1103 76
Repairing West Centre School House, 1 50 Repairing Coldbrook School House, 125 86
127 36
MEMORIAL BUILDING.
Paid Building Committee, $2500 00
TOWN DEBT.
Paid Soldiers' Union, $817 65
David Lovell,
273 16
Perley Ayres,
84 00
M. O. Ayres,
254 18
Interest to Charles Adams, Jr., 315 00
66 State of Massachusetts, 1,137 50
M. O. Ayres,
63 00
John Robinson,
17 50
66 L. P. Lovell,
1 05
Almira B. Clapp,
53 11
66
T. N. Fobes,
35 00
66 Adin Bullard, 31 15
- $3,082 30
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Wm. M. Thompson for ringing bell and care of hall, 36 00
James Packard, for services as Sex- ton, 2 years, 56 50
Wm. S. Crawford, for painting house and guide boards,
21 00
County Tax,
611 31
State Tax,
620 00
for apprising school houses,
15 25
School books,
93 27
Discount on taxes,
472 85
$1,926 18
SETTLEMENT WITH THE TREASURER.
LEONARD P. LOVELL, Treasurer. Dr.
To Balance in Treasury, March 1st, 1874, $840 19 Cash from State Treasurer for State paupers, 36 09
borrowed of Perley Ayres, 600 00
6
To Cash borrowed Wm. S. Spear, 500 00
66 David Lovell, 266 50
Soldiers' Union, 800 00
T. N. Fobes, 500 00
from sale of school books, 7 81
for use of hall, 4 00
Coldbrook District tax,
125 86
Cash for grass on Common, 6 75
from Corporation tax,
10 03
State aid refunded,
144 00
National Bank tax,
25 99
from Dog fund,
126 66
Mass. School fund,
240 81
Otis N. Chickering for tuition, 7 00
State tax,
620 00
County tax,
611 31
Town grant,
9,200 00
Overlayings on same,
80 11
Cash refunded by overseers of the poor, 10 00
-$14,763 11 Cr.
By paying Selectmen's orders,
$11,861 06
Balance in Treasury,
$2,902 05
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN.
John Robinson,
250 00
Charles Adams, Jr.,
2500 00
Estate of Alice Adams,
500 00
Adin Bullard,
445 00
M. O. Ayres,
650 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
17,500 00
Timothy N. Fobes,
1000 00
Perley Ayres,
516 00
Almira B. Clapp,
500 00
Wm. S. Spear,
500 00
-
$24,361 00
M. O. AYRES, MARK HASKELL, D. M. PARKER,
Selectmen of Oakham.
Report of Overseers of the Poor
OF THE TOWN OF OAKHAM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1875.
As nothing unusual has occurred during the year now clos- ing, we have to present the subject in the same manner as heretofore.
The whole number having a legal pauper settlement in the town who have had full support for the whole or part of the year has been eight. During the year two have died, leaving six who are now entitled to full support.
The whole number who have a legal pauper settlement, and have received partial support during the year, is twelve ; mak- ing the whole number who have received full and partial sup- port, twenty.
The Overseers further report that they
have received of the town, 1,366 96
Received of the Board of State Charities, 36 09
Mrs. Mary B. Conroe, for expense of sickness and burial of Sardius Varney, 45 00
from sale of clothing, 10 10
Whole amount of receipts, $1,458 15
WHICH WE ACCOUNT FOR AS FOLLOWS :
Paid Overseers for services for 1873, 25 00
Andrew Spooner for keeping three tramps, 2 25
James C. Bemis, twenty 20 00
Two Journeys to Somerville, 19 88
Wm. E. Keep, for support of S. Varney, 27 50
Support of Patrick Kenney and family, 40 13
Dr. Billings for medical attendance for Patrick Lee, 10 00 Andrew Spooner, for services in the Varney case, 10 00
H. P. Austin, burying Reed Ruggles, 2 00
M. O. Ayres, fare of S. Varney to Boston, 2 50
Andrew Spooner for burial of S. Varney, 2 00
Wm. O. Keep, for Stephen Stone, 80 00
8
Paid Mark Haskell, for R. Ruggles, 38 50
Susan M. Thresher, for Stephen Chamberlain and wife, Lucy Robinson and Lucy M. Goodale, 451 50
Maria Burbank, for Eliza Bathan, 55 00
Thomas J. Chamberlain, for Sally Foster, 63 50
Elijah S. Carter, for Alice Perkins, Lydia Chamberlain, 94 50
51 00
Susan M. Thresher, for medicine and making clothes, 7 36 Alanson Prouty, for clothing, &c. 61 23 66 Melinda Woodis, 18 42
Paid Dr. Shannon for professional service, for keeping sixty-eight tramps,
60 50
50 75
City of Springfield for Lyman P. Crawford and wife, 74 90
for Melinda Woodis, 30 00
Adeline W. Knight for Alice Perkins,
43 88
Hiram Knight for Arathusa Knight,
52 00
James Packard for funeral charges of Stephen Stone and Sophia Chamberlain, 23 80
Overseers for services for 1874, 26 00
Postage, Stationery, &c., 1 65
Mrs. Elijah S. Carter for making clothes, 2 40
Overdrawn from Treasurer,
10 00
Whole amount paid,
$1458 15
Paid previous to April 1, 1874, 662 66
since April 1, 1874, 795 49
Whole amount paid, $1458 15
There will be due for support of poor, April 1, 1875, 475 00
PAGE AUSTIN, Overseers WILLIAM S. SPEAR, of the
JOHN ROBINSON, Poor
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