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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
OF THE
TOWN OF HARWICH,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JAN. 14, 1868. 5. com 1867
YARMOUTH PORT : CHARLES F. SWIFT, PRINTER. 1868.
REPORT.
Expenses in Alms House.
Furniture,
$32 20
Fish, 24 55
Doctors' bills,
66 75
Butter,
91 56
Clothing, boots and shoes.
228 51
Tobacco,
34 45
Carting and labor,
24 25
Matches, nails, seeds, &c.,
9 06
Hay and straw,
62 05
Oil and candles,
10 45
Fresh and salt beef and pork, 254 45
Green and dried apples,
18 44
Flour,
193 90
Soap,
5 35
Coal,
43 42
Bread and crackers,
13 27
Vegetables,
42 86
Lard,
4 87
Rice,
7 13
Medicine,
17 70
Sugar,
56 44
Crockery,
28 73
Corn and meal,
60 61
Stove and tin ware.
32 02
Tea,
45 15
Hog of J. Baker,
10 00
Cheese,
3 86
Blacksmith's bill.
4 05
Wooden ware,
6 94
Molasses,
115 82
Wood.
165 00
Spice, salt, soda, &c .;
28 19
$1,757 14
Expenses of Poor out of Alms House.
Georgiana Cahoon.
$99 50 Dorcas Small, (to be ref'n'd) 32 62
Luther Chase,
133 69
Eunice I aine, 52 00
Nathan Phillips,
51 18
Thomas R. Eldridge, 26 00
Geo. W. Newcomb, (to be re- refunded,)
124 09
Cynthia Eldridge, 29 25
Widow Lauretta Snow,
39 65 Josiah Maker, (to be ref“n'd) 31 75
John Nickerson,
101 75
Richard B. Cahoon, 9 54
Elizabeth Ryder,
70 92
Solomon Maker, (to be ref"d)
12 15
Lemuel Phillips,
30 00
Lyman Ryder,
23 00
Elnathan Ellis,
29 57
Emanuel Spindle,
20 00
Lucy Robbins,
74 60 Heman Nickerson, 80 25
Eliza A. Snow,
45 68
Seth Wixon,
14 29
Widow John Thomas. 66 33 'Thomas Allen.
49 00
do Susan Smith,
72 Widow Horatio Jacobs.
25
do Tamsin Smith,
12 75 Charles W. Hamilton, 49 25
do Richard B. Cahoon,
32 84 Widow Olive Jeraulds,
103 50
Mrs. George Ellis, cleaning house.
10 30
Coffee.
4 81
Edwin Nickerson, 18.00
4
Luther Nickerson,
11 82
George Chase's children, 12 50
Widow Nancy Smith,
67 62
Nehemiah W. Chase's do 57 40
Esther Hopkins,
26 00 David Walker, 26 50
Jacob Nickerson,
6 20
Eldridge Wixon, Jr.,
3 00
Widow Crosby Cahoon,
25 59
Joseph M. Durfee,
4 70
Rogers Nickerson,
38 86
Azubah Niekerson,
33 52
Barzilla Nickerson,
47 00
Ziba Ellis' children,
50 00
Esther Chase,
10 00
Louisa Somers,
1 50
Simeon G. Cahoon,
128 56
Emily Nickerson,
10 00
Sophia G. Davis,
29 64
George Burkstead,
36 50
Eldridge Wixon,
13 78
Sally Baker,
8 50
Gilman Hook,
15 00
Adelia Kaley,
6 00
Adeline Hale,
54 75
Sidney Chase's children,
22 54
Widow Susie Small,
35 75
Matilda Simpson, (refunded) 8 50
Cynthia Cahoon,
27 50
Sarah Phillips,
10 00
$2,377 37
Schools.
Amount paid in 1867 :
Amount due in 1868 :
Distriet No. 1,
$357 76
District No. 1,
$311 63
do
2,
232 22
do
2,
191 42
do
3,
213 31
do
3,
143 29
do
4,
115 51
do
4,
104 72
do
5,
201 51
do
5,
148 07
do
6,
130 87
do
6,
104 72
do
7,
203 79
do
7,
204 17
do
151 37
do
8,
130 22
do
9,
164 66
do
9,
130 22
do
10,
183 08
do
10,
132 77
do
11,
206 00
do
11,
220 70
do
12,
428 29
do
12,
252 93
do
13,
304 28
do
13,
169 88
do
14,
212 17
do
14,
32 10
do
15,
159 23
clo
15,
130 22
do
16,
356 82
do
16,
263 13
do
17.
191 05
do
17,
218 71
3,811 92
Repairs on Roads and Bridges.
Henry Kelley, bill of plank and timber,
- $1,009 91
Nails,
-
-
70
Ahira Kelley's bill of plank,
29 50
Paid for working Harwich and Dennis road,
110 50
Paid Patrick Clarking, working Brewster road,
28 86
7. rods of loam, Mrs. Newcomb, in 1866,
35 27
Obed Brooks, 20 loads of sand, -
2 00
Isaiah C. Kelley, bill of Bell's Neck Bridge,
22 12
Paid for working Seminary road,
86 00
do do Erastus Chase's road, -
550 46
Oliver Kelley, labor on bridge,
-
-
3 00
Chester Snow, for drain across County road,
-
20 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,898 32
8,
-
5
Surveyors of Highways.
Paid Surveyors for 1866 :
Paid Surreyors for 1867 :
1st District,
$26 65
1st District,
$155 59
2d
do
31 67
2d
do
146 18
3d
do
20 60
3d
do
90 55
4th
do
6 95
4th do
36 53
5th
do
14 10
5th do
98 82
6th
do
4 80
6th
do
127 15
7th
do
6 80
7th do
169 73
8th
do
20 10
8th
do
196 60
9th
do
65
9th
do
45 25
10th
do
2 45
10th
do
35 45
11th
do
11 40
11th
do
141 32
12th
do
9 50
12th
do
168 45
13th
do
18 85
13th
do
115 25
14thì
do
14th
do
43 (
15th
do
10 40
15th
do
75 80
16th
do
6 00
16th
do
59 20
17th
do
17th
do
43 65
$190 92
$1,748 61
Town Officers.
Geo. N. Munsell, School Committee for 1866,
$42 17
Joseph C. Berry,
dlo do
-
22 25
Nathaniel Doane, do do
30 00
Joseph C. Berry, Selectman for 1866.
7 50
Zephaniah Nickerson, Jr. do
7 50
Danforth S. Steel, do
7 50
Danforth S. Steel, Constable for 1866,
3 00
Joshua Cahoon. , do do
: 40
Giles Hopkins, Overseeing Alms House, 1866. -
65 00
George N. Munsell, School Committee for 1867,
-
27 70
Matilda Simpson, Overseeing Alms House, in part
33 00
Isaiah Chase, Selectman, &c. 1867,
100 00
Zephaniah Nickerson. Jr., do
145 00
Danforth S. Steel. do
153 00
Danforth S. Steel, Constable, services, 1867,
-
11 00
$657 02
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Enoch E. Harding, attending 28 funerals with hearse,
$35 25
Repairs on hearse,
-
3 50
Repairs on Alms-house, -
14 72
Entertainment for Selectmen, -
17 87
E. G. Doane, advertising property, -
11 00
Stationery, expressage, &c., 1
-
-
17 77
Charles F. Swift, bill of printing,
-
-
-
63 50
Rent of Exchange Hall, for 1866, -
110 00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Thos. Ellis Dr. bill, cow,
2 00
Adjusting town lines,
1 00
Paid for pasturing cow,
4 00
Joshua Cahoon, paid 38 members Club fund, 950 00
E. G. Doane, do 45 do do 1125 00 -
James Chase, for Mrs. Handy, house rent, 25 00 -
3 00
Paid E. E. Harding, cow, -
-
-
5 40
5 per ct. allowed collectors on taxes, collected by Town Treas'r. 750 00
William H. Underwood, paid 30 members of club fund,
11 25
Remittance of Taxes, west section.
-
-
292 25
do do east do - - -
126 84
$3.640 60
Recapitulation,
Expenses of Poor in Alms Hsnse,
$1757 14
do do out of do
- 2377 37
Amount Paid for Schools. -
-
-
3811 92
Repairs on Roads and Bridges, -
-
-
1898 32
Surveyors of Highways for 1866, do do do 1867.
1748 61 -
Town Officers' Bills,
657 02
Miscellaneous Expenses, -
$16,081 90 In payment for the same the Selectmen have drawn Orders to the amount of $16,081.90.
Respectfully submitted, ZEPHANIAH NICKERSON, JR., ) Selectmen ISAIAHI CHASE. of DANFORTH S. STEEL, Harwich.
Settlement with Wm. H. Underwood, Treasurer, Dr. WM. H. UNDERWOOD, TREAS., IN ACO'T WITH
Jan. 17. 1867. To bał. dne the Town at settlement this day.
$5701 62
do C'ash rec'd from Fall River for Henry Allen, 37 75
do do do State Treas., Cor. tax 1866. 224 20 do do do E. Snow, ret'd int. on Town Bond, 2 3×
do do do Nantucket for Mrs. Simpson, 51 98
do do Isaiah Chase, on note, 1010 93 do
do F. C. Robbins, Her'g Brook, 359 00
do do do II. Port Sewing Circle note 300 00
do do
do E. G. Doane. Col. for 1866. 4113 91
do . do do J. Cahoon, do do 1832 00
do du
do Taxpayer's by Treas, for
1867, 17.416 75
-
-
-
-
190 92
-
-
-
-
-
3640 60
do L. S. Burgess, carting, 16 25
- 55 00
Calvin Doane, land damages, -
Selectmen's bill of horse-hire, . -
-
-
7
Jan. 17, 1867. To cash rec'd from State Treas., bal. State Aid,
1865,
159 92 do do do State Treas., State Aid, '66, 1800 00 do do do do do C'or. tax, 1867, 163 61 do do do F. H. Rogers, Col. for 1867, 712 00
do do do G. P. Ellis, do 1687 00
do.
$35,573 05
Jan. 15, 1868. Bal. to new ace't in hands of Treas. -$1595 24
. TOWN OF HARWICH.
CR.
By cash paid Dr. S. H. Gould, medical attendance, Mrs. Chase,
$13 00 do for 22 town bonds, and interest overdue on one, -
2,210 50 do llarwich Port Sewing Circle and interest, 53 65 do Cape Cod F. C. Savings Bank, 620 50 do Institutions for Savings Banks, 516 18
do Cape Cod Nat'l Bank, note, $1,000, int. 745.88.
1,745 88
do Ist. Nat'l Bank, Yarn'h, note, 1,500, int. 192.90, 1,692 90 do Isaiah Chase, note and interest,
1,372 86 do express on books, reports and tax books. - 8 05
do State Tax for 1867.
6,400 00
do expenses settling with State Treasurer. :
10 00 do County Tax for 1867.
787 75
do for recording births, deaths and marriages,
36
do postage and stationery, $6.50, herrings for Alms House, 3.00. 9 50
By 5 per et. deduction on $17,416 75; collected by Treasurer, 870 85 do 1-2 do for collecting the same, 87 08
do land damage on road from N. Il. to H. Port,
5 00 do Treas'r's salary, $75, 107 coupons on town's bonds, #321, 396 00 do town's orders cancel'd for '66. $421.67 : for $67, 15,425.99, 15,847 66 do cash paid State Aid orders, $1.285 ; expenses settling and entertainment, 9.00. 1,294 00
By cash in hands of Treasurer this day; -
1,595 24 -
$35,573 05
TOWN'S LIABILITIES.
·
Dne C. C. F. C. Savings Bank, - $10,000 00 -
do Institution for Savings, Barnstable, -
-
- 8,000 00
do Cape Cod National Bank, -
-
-
9,000 00
do Ist National Bank, Yarmouth,
.
300 00
do Balance working depot road, W. Harwich,
300 00
do Collectors, premium on taxes. -
650 00
do Towns bonds due in 1868 and '69. -
4,200 00
do for outstanding Town orders, -
655 91
do do rent of Exchange Hall, - -
-
-
100 00 .
do do Schools, - -
3,000 00
do do Remittances on tax bills for 1867.
300 00
do do Pauper account, abroad,
200 00
$38,205 91
1,500 00 - do llarwich Port Sewing Circle.
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TOWN'S RESOURCES.
By cash in hands of Treasurer, -
- - #1,595 24
- 620 92
By amount due on E. G Doane tax bills for 1866, do do Joshua Cahoon do do - do do G. P. Ellis, do 1867. -
444 01
4,066 84 - do do F. H. Rogers, do
do - -
2,508 69
By Herring Brook income,
359 00 .
By amount due from State Treasurer for State Aid, 1867, 1,285 00
do do do do do Corporation tax, 1867,
200 00
do
do Brewster for Solomon Maker, 1867,
10 00
do
do Provincetown, for George Newcomb, - 415 66
do
do Brewster, for paupers, 76 52
$11,582 88
Respectfully submitted,
GILSON P. ELLIS, VALENTINE DOANE, JR., S
Committee.
Harwich, JJan. 15, 1868.
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