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ANNUAL REPORTS .
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS,
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
EMBRACING THOSE OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TOWN CLERK, AUDITING COMMITTEE, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1870.
NORTHI BRIDGEWATER : GAZETTE JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1870.
4782 21 10.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS,
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
EMBRACING THOSE OF THE
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TOWN CLERK, AUDITING COMMITTEE, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SOHOOLS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1870.
NORTH BRIDGEWATER : GAZETTE JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1870.
·
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of the town of West Bridgewater submit the following report pertaining to matters in their department.
RECEIPTS.
From March 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870, the following sums of money have been paid into the town treasury, viz :
1869. May Elijah Hancock, cow, in part, $30 00
July 12 Town of Plymouth, support of A. Ash- port's wife, 18 00
Oct. Charles Atwell, plank, 1 96
" 30, Howard & Washburn's note, 1,000 00
66 66 300 00
66 5, Tax bills of 1869, 12,246 76
Nov. 2, S. L. Pratt, liquor fund, in part, 200 00
Dec. 4, Howard & Washburn, note, 1,350 00
" 7, Jacob H. Loud, state aid,
854 00
66 corporation tax,
258 12
1870. Jan. 21, Charles Howard, work at alms house, 77 46
66 29, Jacob H. Loud, school fund, 171 92
Feb. 5, Charles Howard, work at alms house, 85 00
" 26, Wm. R. Sever, tax on dogs, 140 09
" " Geo. M. Pratt, per centage on taxes, 113 30
4
1870. Feb.28, Albert Copeland, liquor fund, in part, J. C. Swan, lumber, 18 60
$100 00
" Eliza F. Copeland, tax additional, 9 58
66 " Cornelius Sullivan, 2 14
66 66 Timothy W. Fisher, 60
9 50
Balance in the treasury, March 1, 1869, 5,801 49
$22,787 92
EXPENDITURES.
Since March 1, 1869, we have given 247 town orders, of $8,271 94, on Geo. M. Pratt, the treasurer of the town, as fol- lows, viz :
For Schools, $2,823 65
Roads and Bridges,
2,312 00
State Aid, 850 00
Alms House, 837 98
Incidentals,
648 66
Poor out of Alms House,
397 09
Repairs on School Houses,
335 27
Abatements, 67 29
$8,271 94
The treasurer has paid the state tax, $2,550 00
County tax,
1,281 39
Howard & Washburn, note, 2,675 14
Azel Howard, two notes,
1,084 96
General order, 436 14
Mrs. Lydia B. Shaw, interest, 101 35
5
The treasurer has paid Mrs. Nancy J. Howard, interest, $60 00
Mrs. Betsey Edson, 18 00
Mr. Bradford Packard, 66 18 00 Mr. Charles H. Colwell, 6 00
Six per ct. dis't on taxes of 1869, 734 80 Town orders unpaid March 1, 47 43
Cash in treasury March 1,
.5,502 77
$22,787 92
SCHOOLS.
Balance in treasury, March 1, 1869,
$902 61
Appropriation for 1869,
3,000 00
Received from the state, school fund,
171 92
·
$4,074 53
Amount drawn from the treasury,
2,823 65
Balance of school money,
$1,250 88
BEAVER SCHOOL.
Order of $178 25 not drawn.
CENTRE GRAMMAR.
Paid Miss Josephine C. Austin, spring term,
$100 00
66 66 66 fall 100 00
James A. Francis,
winter " in part, 88 00
39 62
for fuel, " Incidentals,
21 39
$349 01
$17,285 15
6
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Paid Miss Sarah W. Alden, spring term,
$70 00
fall 66
75 00
66 66 66 winter 96 00
for fuel,
20 12
" Incidentals,
9 52
$270 64
COCHESETT GRAMMAR.
Paid Mr. Artemas Wiswall, spring term,
$125 00
66 66
· fall 125 00
66
winter " . in part, 100 00
Mr. Josiah G. Bassett,
62 50
for fuel,
29 12
" Incidentals,
17 95
$459 57
COCHESETT PRIMARY.
Paid Miss Irene S. Wood, spring term,
$70 00
66
66 fall 66
75 00
66
66 66 winter 66
96 00
$241 00
Fuel and Incidentals included in the Grammar.
EAST SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Cora I. Young, spring term,
$80 00
66 66 66 fall 80 00
Mr. Edward P. Warner, winter term, in part, for fuel,
68 60
17 95
" Incidentals,
5 10
$251 65
7
JERUSALEM SCHOOL.
Paid Miss F. Josephine Randall, winter term,
$96 00
Helen S. Dunbar,
spring “
80 00
66
fall 80 00
for fuel,
22 25
" Incidentals,
9 75
$288 00
NORTH SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Hattie E. Brown, winter term,
$96 00
66 " spring term,
80 00
Ella A. Elliot, fall term,
80 00
Sybil Williams, winter term,
96 00
For Fuel,
30 70
" Incidentals,
7 85
$390 55
NORTH CENTRE.
Paid Miss Mary Lincoln, spring term,
$80 00
Clara L. Gray, fall term,
80 00
Caroline Howard, winter term,
96 00
For Fuel,
39 00
" Incidentals,
4 50
$289 50
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid Miss Sybel Williams, winter term,
$96 00
66
spring term,
80 00
66
fall term,
80 00
For Fuel,
17 95
" Incidentals,
9 78
$283 73
Total,
$2,823 65
8
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Appropriation,
$2,500
District No. 1. GEO. M. PRATT, Surveyor.
Amount left over, March 1, 1869,
$84 48
Appropriated for the year ending March, 1870, 400 00
Total amount,
$484 48
Expended,
441 09
$43 39
District No. 2. JOHN EATON, Surveyor.
Amount left over,
$55 40
Appropriated,
225 00
Total amount,
$380 40
Expended,
202 00
$178 40
District No. 3. JOSEPH E. RYDER, Surveyor.
Amount left over,
$94 19
Appropriated,
350 00
Total amount,
$444 19
Expended,
336 61
$107 58
9
District No. 4. HENRY COPELAND, Surveyor.
Amount left over, Appropriated,
$23 57
210 00
Total,
$233 57
Expended,
184 72
$48 85
District No. 5. THOMAS AMES, Surveyor. Amount left over,
$40 65
Appropriated,
215 00
$255 65
Expended,
27 85
$227 80
District No. 6. CYRUS ALGER, Surveyor.
Amount left over,
$110 11
Appropriated, .
300 00
Total,
$410 11
Expended,
281 56
$128 55
, District No. 7. JOSIAH Q. HARTWELL, Surveyor.
*Amount left over,
$247 28
Appropriated,
300 00
Total,
$547 28
Expended,
477 33
$69 95
*Including $100 appropriated for a bridge in 1868, but not expended till this year. 2
10
$500 was appropriated for repairs on the Swamp Road toward Raynham. Of this amount there has been expended $360.84, leaving a balance unexpended of $139.16.
Total amount expended,
66
reserved,
$2,312 00 943 68
STATE AID.
Paid from March 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870 :
Mrs. Mary Mullens, on ac't of her husband for 13 mos., $104 00
Catherine E. Coffin, " " "
66 12 “ 96 00
Lydia B. Shaw, 66
96 00
Mr. Seneca Fulsom, " " his son
66
66 72 00
Jas. P. Gallagher,
Mrs. Salome Stetson,
her son
" 12
66 48 00
S. H. Millett, .
48 00
Lucinda S. Lothrop " "
66
48 00
Charlotte E. Hansell,
her husband «
66
66
48 00
Elizabeth J. Dunlap " " *Mary E. Howard,
66
66
4
32 00
+Mr. Edgar E. Colwell, «
self
3
66
18 00
+John Sweeney, 66
66
66
18 00
+Capt. Chas. E. Churchill, "
2
66 12 00
$850 00
Amount paid last year,
$886 00
*Recently came from Marshfield to reside in this town. +Are not now receiving State Aid.
66
66
48 00
66 96 00
Patrick Dorgan, self
66 66 00
1
11
SUPPORT OF POOR AT ALMS HOUSE.
.
Paid *Ruel W. Dunbar, smith work previous to April 1, $1,25 *Elijah Hancock, 3 mo's salary 66 62 50
balance due him on settlement to April 1, 23 96
*Geo. R. Drake, goods furnished previous to April 1, 52 02 *Daniel E. Brown, soap 66
3 90
Charles Perkins, goods furnished for house,
132 09
Charles Howard, salary eleven months, 229 16
Thomas Howard, labor nine months,
137 50
Willard Johnson, cooking stove and ware, 24 60
Ezekiel Briggs, difference in horses, 62 00
F. E. Howard, horse collar, 1 50
John L. Hayward, hay cutter,
3 00
F. E. Howard, three heifers,
90 00
Charles Macomber, damage to his garden, 4 50
+Dr. J. C. Swan, medical attendance, 30 00
$837 98
INCIDENTALS.
Paid Geo. M. Pratt, salary as treasurer and collector, $150 00
F. E. Howard treasurer of parish, use of vestry, 75 00
A. T. Jones, printing 450 copies town reports, 44 80
William Alger, land for Cohesett school lot, 44 00
*These bills were contracted by Mr. Hancock, the late warden, previous to April 1, 1869.
+An old bill of several years' standing.
12
Paid Cyrus Leonard, school books, $37 80
Nahum Leonard, Jr., services as selectman, 29 50
For two gravel screens, 12 00
" express on 1 50
Hosea Kingman, legal services,
10 00
James Alger, repairs on Cochesett school-house, (old bill), 6 16
Joseph Kingman, gravel,
3 00
Hiram Howard, gravel, 25 cents per cord,
14 75
Thomas Ames, 6 11 00 0
A. T. Jones, printing voting lists, March, 1868, 10 83
G. W. Sylvester, Easton, damage to carriage, 14 50
Austin Packard, lecture fund, 100 00
S. L. Pratt, going with hearse twenty-three times, 62 50
Charles Atwell, repairing scraper, 3 60
Charles Howard, stone for bridge,
1 50
Francis Perkins, timber for bridge,
1 00
F. E. Howard, stationery, 9 17
66 postage stamps,
4 50
express on books, 80
A. T. Jones & Co., printing assessor's notices, 75
$648 16
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid State Lunatic Asylum, Taunton, board of Hora- tio Shaw, $134 64
Mr. Timothy W. Fisher and family, supplies, 102 00
Mrs. Abigail Sneil, East Bridgewater, 82 00
13
Paid Randolph, for Francis Fadden, at State Nautical School, $26 00
Mrs. Fryes, care of Hammond child, Malden, 16 00
Howard, Clark & Co., funeral expenses of Jacob Talbot, Stoughton, 14 00
South Scituate, supplies furnished Jacob Talbot, 10 75
David Cobb, supplies furnished Mrs. Sarah A. Pike, of North Bridgewater, 8 00
State Nautical School, for Eugene A. Moore, Bridgewater, 3 70 .
$397 09
Of the above amount there is due this town :
From Malden, for support of the Hammond child, $16 00
Stoughton, for funeral expenses of Jacob Talbot, 14 00
Bridgewater, for support of Eugene A. Moore, (probably), 3 70
$33 70
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Centre Grammar, painting,
$94 25
Primary,
12 44
Cochesett, fence,
124 95
Jerusalem
3 00
North,
10 63
North Centre, fence,
65 00
South, painting,
25 00
$335 27
Town appropriated
$300 00
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
1867
*Orin T. Gray,
$2 11
Roxellana R. Howard,
7 60
Jane S. T. Howard,
8 00
1868 Thomas Conoly,
1 88
Patrick Donahue,
1 88
Azel Dinsmore,
1 88
Timothy W. Fisher,
8 37
George G. Fish,
1 88
Michael Garvey,
1 88
H. N. Howard and wife,
7 29
Simeon F. Hall,
1 88
William Hassett,
1 88
James Kane,
1 88
Charles F. Lothrop,
1 88
Benj. F. Langley,
1 88
Charles G. Moore,
1 88
Horace Y. Mitchell,
1 88
Wm. H. Perkins,
1 88
Augustus Ripley,
1 88
Salome Stetson,
86
Patrick Spellman,
1 88
Hiram Thayer,
5 56
$67 29
*Had a bill of nearly same amount against the town.
15 GUIDE BOARDS.
There are, or will be as soon as practicable, Guide Boards at or near the following named places :
Joshua T. Ryder's,
Justin W. Richards',
John Walker's, Molbry Ripley's,
Joseph Kingman's,
Lewis Ryder's,
James Alger's furnace, Joseph Alger's, Barnabas Dunbar's,
Pine Hill Cemetery,
Charles Howard, 2d's,
Stillman W. Hersey's,
West of alms house,
Dwelley Fobes',
Edmund Geary's,
Benjamin Howard's,
Pardon Copeland's,
George Wilbar's,
North Center school-house,
John B. Holmes',
Heman Copeland's, (new)
Center post-office,
Nahum Leonard's,
Thomas Mackin's.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Paid F. E. Howard, services from Nov. 1, 1868, to Nov.
1, 1869, $107 00
F. E. Howard, 256 town orders, 5 cts. each, 12 80
66 110 letters, 10 cts. each, 11 00 ·
$130 80
Cyrus Leonard, visiting schools from Nov. 1, 1868, to Nov. 1, 1869, 79 visits, 79 00
Cyrus Leonard, exchanging school books and use of team, 14 00
Cyrus Leonard, preparing school reports, 1868 & '69, 17 50 2 trips to Boston to provide for the schools, 8 60
3
16
Paid Cyrus Leonard, cash paid for freight and express from Boston, $5 44
66 blank-book, stationery and postage, 1 91
126 15
Charles Perkins, services,
10 00
cash paid for Cochesett school, 3 20
cash to F. W. Howard, for build- ing fence, 51 62
64 82
Austin Packard, going to Bridgewater, making and sending returns, 3 00
Austin Packard, recording, &c., births, marriages, and deaths, 19 60
Austin Packard, making report,
1 00
express, postage and blanks, 2 93
26 53
Eli Wheeler, services as constable 2 1-2 years,
14 00
66
cash paid, 6 50
20 50
Albert L. Alger, stone, drawing gravel, and extra work on bridge in swamp, 20 00
James Howard, services and team, 6 00
cash paid, 56
6 56
Bradford Packard, three days' time causing chil- dren to be sent to school, procuring wood, protecting school property, &c.,
6 00
Bradford Packard, cash paid, 68
6 68
17
Paid James Copeland, services and team,
$6 00
Luther Richards, gravel, 6 60
Caleb Howard, tolling bell,
6 50
Joseph Kingman, gravel,
5 50
W. J. Stanley, tolling bell,
5 00
C. H. Morrison, tolling bell,
1 50
H. H. Whitman, services,
1 00
Nathan Copeland, “
1 00
Henry W. Leach, “
1 00
Amount,
$436 14
HENRY H. WHITMAN, NATHAN COPELAND, HENRY W. LEACH,
Committee.
This report was adopted by the town, Nov. 2, 1869, and the specified sums have been paid by the general order, directly from the treasury.
AUDITORS' REPORT, No. 2.
Paid Edward S. Hersey, services as Superintendent, $32 00
66 66 66 writing school report, 6 00
66
66 charts and cards, 7 00
45 00
F. E. Howard, services from Nov. 1, 1869, to Mar. 1, 1870, 12 1-2 days, 25 00
F. E. Howard, writing 42 letters,
4 20
116 orders, 5 80
35 00
18
Paid Nahum Leonard, Jr., services previous to Nov. 1, '68, $2 50 66 66 from Nov. 1, 1868,
to Nov. 1, 1869, 27 00
Nahum Leonard, Jr., services from Nov. 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870, 2 00
31 50
Austin Packard, going to Bridgewater, making returns, &c., 2 00
Austin Packard, recording, &c., births, marriages and deaths, 17 80
Austin Packard, recording returns of county com- missioners, on petitions of Edward Tis-
· dale, and Lyman Copeland, 3 00
Austin Packard, express and postage, 28
23 08
Charles Perkins, services,
12 00
Henry H. Whitman, services, 1 00
Henry W. Leach. 66
1 00
$148 58
HENRY H. WHITMAN, Į Auditing HENRY W. LEACH, Committee.
February 26, 1870.
This report will be presented to the town March 14. $29 50 of the above sum has been paid N. Leonard, Jr., by town order No. 209, dated January 11, 1870.
19
LIQUOR FUND.
There is due the town from Albert Copeland a note of $70 00 bearing date March 1, 1870, being the balance of the Liquor Fund.
There are also at the establishment of the late agency, various casks, jugs, measures, &c., also some wine and more ale. The latter seems to have been extended, (lost its savor) to such an ex- tent, from age or some other cause, as to render it worthless for mechanical or medicinal purposes.
TOWN NOTES.
Ezra S. Copeland, note and interest to March 1,
$40 00
Mrs. Betsey Edson,.
313 50
Lydia B. Shaw, 6
315 00
Charlotte Packard, “
66
786 00
Nancy J. Howard, “
66
1,030 00
Austin Packard,
2,390 00
Charles H. Colwell,
66
102 50
Francis Dunbar,
1,210 00
Bradford Packard, 66
66
303 00
F. E. Howard, guardian, " .
80 00
*Soldiers' Monument Association, "
2,190 00
$8,760 00
*Including the amount deposited by George D. Ryder,
20 TOWN OFFICERS.
There has been paid, or is due, the following named sums to the several persons named below for services performed from March 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870 :
Austin Packard, as town clerk, $22 80
F. E. Howard, as selectman, assessor and overseer of
the poor, 121 75
N. Leonard, Jr., as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, 25 00
Charles Perkins, as selectman, assessor and overseer of. the poor, 22 00
George M. Pratt, as treasurer and collector,
150 00
Eli Wheeler, as constable, 5 00
Cyrus Leonard, as superintendent of the schools from
March 1, to Nov. 1, 1869, 54 00
Edward S. Hersey, as superintendent of the schools from
Nov. 1, 1869, to Mar. 1, 1870, 38 00
James Howard, road committee, 6 00
James Copeland, road committee,
6 00
Henry H. Whitman, auditing committee,
2 00
Henry W. Leach,
2 00
Nathan Copeland,
66
1 00
$455 55
*Elijah Hancock, warden alms house,
20 83
*Charles Howard, «
66
229 16
*Appointed by the overseers of the poor.
21 DEBT OF TOWN.
DR. Outstanding notes with interest to Mar. 1, 1870, $8,760 00 School appropriations now or soon due, about 600 00
Road due June 1, 943 68
$10,303 68
CR. Balance in treasury, on settlement Mar. 1, 1870, $5,502 77 Due state aid of 1869, 850 00
" to March 1, 1870, 144 00
P. S. Harding, note, (alms house) 700 00
. Albert Copeland, note, (liquor agency) 70 00
Elijah Hancock, balance due for cow, 15 00
Malden, cash paid for care of Hammond child,
16 00
Stoughton, cash paid for funeral expenses of Ja- cob Talbot, 14 00
Bridgewater, (probably) cash paid the Nautical School, for Eugene A. Moore, 3 07
Alms house, bills due,
10 10
Various other sources,
10 00
Charles Howard, cash on account of alms house,
62 00
$7,397 57
In estimating the debt of the town last year, the School and Road appropriations were not included, hence the difference.
Present debt of town, $2,906 11
22
We suggest the following named sums, as appropriations for the coming year :
1
Common Schools,
$3,000 00
2,000 00
Roads and Bridges, Incidentals, Poor,
1,200 00
1,200 00
Building the roads at Jerusalem and Cochesett, recently laid out by the county commissioners ; building or repairing school- houses, or appropriating money for a High School,-these mat- ters we leave without suggestion, for your serious consideration.
F. E. HOWARD,
N. LEONARD, JR.,
Selectmen of
CHARLES PERKINS,
West Bridgewater.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor present the following report in re- gard to the condition of affairs at the alms house :
Estimated value of Alms House, May 1, 1869, $5,800
" Real Estate
3,900
" Personal 66 66
1,900
Number of acres of land, 85 3-4
NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES .- Mrs. Lucy Carr, 82; Ephraim Packard, 70; Fanny Keith, 66; Otis Willis, 64 ; Es- ther S. James, 5.
Relief rendered to 29 travelers.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMS HOUSE, FEBRUARY 22, 1870.
1 Horse,
$125 00
75 Bushels Potatoes, $60 00
2 Oxen, 210 00
3 Turnips, 2 25
5 Cows,
285 00
10 Ashes, 2 00
4 Gallons Soap, 60
42 lbs. Hard Soap, 4 00
22 " Butter,
10 56
48 " Lard,
12 00
Total am't live stock, $714 00
129 " Ham, 25 80
2 1-2 Bushels Meal, 2 88
7 Tons English Hay, $196 00 5 Meadow 66 60 00
100 1bs. Fine Feed, 1 65
Carriage and Harness, 45 00
18 Bushels Corn,
22 50
9
Rye,
12 15
3
Barley,
4 50
4
40 00
1 Heifer, (blood)
3 Swine,
36 00
18 Fowls,
18 00
1 Peck Cranberries, 1 00
21 doz. Candles, 3 78
$1,180 67
24
Groceries,
$5 00
Farming Tools, · $77 75
325 1bs. Salt Pork,
71 50
Beds and Bedding, 91 00
200 “ " Beef,
33 33
Furniture, 11 18
30 cords Manure,
180 00
Stoves,
40 00
1 thousand Shingles,
3 00
Ware of various kinds,
29 82
700 feet Lumber.
14 00
Supplies,
1 75
42 Rails,
2 94
Towels,
75
18 Posts,
3 60
2 Carts,
50 00
$675 62
Pair Wheels,
30 00
Hay Rigging,
10 00
Total,
$1,856 29
Wood Cart,
10 00
Wheel-Barrow,
5 00
Last year,
$1,910 73
Drag,
5 00
POOR AT THE ALMS HOUSE.
DR.
Expenses of Poor at alms house, (see selectmens' report) $837 98
Mr. Charles Howard, the warden of the alms house, has paid from the receipts of the house, the following sums :
3 swine,
$15 00
Butchering, 3 75
Clothing and bedding,
66 55
Use of pasture,
1 50
Shoes,
15 86
" ox wagon,
75
Oil,
2 87
Smoking hams,
40
Furniture and warc,
20 11
Molasses,
30 29
Farming tools,
7 64
Sugar,
30 76
Salt,
5 39
Coffee,
6 06
Phosphate of lime,
14 91
Nails,
6 25
White-washing,
1 50
Tin-ware,
5 30
Pasturing oxen,
4 50
Crackers,
4 86
Saw bill,
9 63
Medicine,
3 19
Seed potatoes,
1 50
Tea,
6 80
Matches,
1 65
Meat,
21 73
1
25
Flour,
$55 75
Grain,
$131 65
Posts and rails,
20 50
Fish,
12 03
Tobacco and snuff,
3 55
Smith work,
22 19
Apples,
6 30
Cranberries,
2 00
$356 35
Garden and hay seeds,
12 16
Soap,
10 83
1,194 33
Repairs on carts, &c.,
19 62
Total personal property Mar. 1, 1869,
$1,910 63
Groceries not included in the above,
25 22
Labor on the farm,
6 00
$3,104 96
PÓOR AT THE ALMS HOUSE. CR.
Received of P. S. Harding, for team work,
$150 00
other sources, 66 66
87 15
For poultry,
49 57
Hay and straw,
66 59
Potatoes,
39 20
Calves,
33 06
Eggs,
8 62
Milk,
6 17
Use of cattle,
34. 00
Hams,
12 40
Pork,
34 16
Lard,
: 7 50
Cheese,
2 00
Butter,
111 22
Lumber,
28 21
1 hide,
4 13
of I. S. Wilbar, fat cow, (3-4)
45 10
Dr. J. C. Swan, for lumber,
18 60
$741 81
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Cash paid into town treasury as follows :
Elijah Hancock, cow, in part,
$30 00
1 96
Charles Atwell, plank, Charles Howard, work,
162 46
$194 42
BILLS DUE THE ALMS HOUSE.
Russell W. Morse,
$5 10
William O. Alger,
2 00
John Lynch,
1 00
Luther Blood,
2 00
Elijah Hancock,
15 00
$25 10
Cash on hand,
62 00
$1,023 33
Value of personal property March 1, 1870,
1,856 20
$2,879 62
Leaving a balance against the alms house of $225 34. Aver- age number, 5 9-13. Cost per week, .75,5. Cost per week, in- cluding interest on value of property, ($5,800) at 6 per cent., $2 09.
We have re-engaged Mr. Charles Howard as warden for an- other year at a salary of $280 00.
F. E. HOWARD,
Overseers
N. LEONARD, Jr., of the
CHARLES PERKINS, Poor.
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
The assessors of the town take the liberty to submit the fol- lowing report :
On the 1st of May, 1870, we found the total valuation of the town to be $842,537 ; of personal estate, $259,286 ; of real estate, $583,251.
No. of acres of land taxed,
1,017
Dwelling houses,
330
Horses,
233
Cows,
388
Oxen,
85
Heifers, (two years)
49
66 (one year)
49
Bulls,
7
Sheep,
8
Poll tax payers,
449
Legal voters,
363
Assessed only for a poll tax,
109
Total tax of State, County and Town,
$12,272 25
Rate per cent.,
.0135
State tax of 1869,
$2,550 00
County tax of 1869,
1,281 39
Town
8,000 00
Overlayings,
440 86
Total tax on polls of $2 00 each, 898 00
No. of persons between 5 and 15 years of age, May 1, 1869, 387
No. of male persons between 18 and 45 years of age, May 1, 1869, 200
No. of dogs reported to town clerk by assessors, 71
The assessors have sent a duplicate copy of the town valuation to the Secretary of State, for the use of the present Legislature.
F. E. HOWARD, N. LEONARD, Jr., Assessors.
CHARLES PERKINS,
March 1, 1870. .
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·
LIST OF JURORS. .
List of the names of persons selected as Jurors to be presented to the Town at the Annual Meeting, March 14th.
1858. Josiah Q. Hartwell.
1863. Friend W. Howard.
Erland Thayer.
1864. Lucius Hayward.
1866. Charles E. Churchill.
Perez P. Field. . John B. Holmes. 1870.
1869. Milo Howard. William H. Jennings. Henry S. Keith. Elisha Leonard. George M. Pratt. Molbry A. Ripley.
1867. Albert Copeland.
Albert L. Alger. Horace Bartlett.
George Hayward. James Howard.
Leavitt T. Howard.
Heman Copeland. John Copeland. Lucius Dunbar. Stillman W. Hersey.
1868. Cyrus Leonard. Abiel Washburn.
Amasa Howard. Jacob Leonard.
1869. Caleb Copeland, Jr. Simeon J. Dunbar.
Irving Packard.
F. E. HOWARD, N. LEONARD, JR. CHARLES PERKINS,
Selectmen of West Bridgewater.
West Bridgewater, March 1, 1870.
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TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .-. PLYMOUTH, SS .- To either of the Constables of the Town of West Bridgewater, county of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of West Bridgewater, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall on MONDAY, MARCH 14, at 12 1-2 o'clock P. M., then and there to vote on the following articles, viz. :
Ist. To choose a Moderator to preside in said Meeting.
2nd. To hear and act upon the report of any Officers or Commit- tees of the Town.
3rd. To act on the list of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen.
4th. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
5th. To see if the Town will raise one thousand dollars a year for five years, in addition to the five hundred dollars a year that Mr. Otis Drury has offered to give for the same term, for the purpose of establishing a High School, as set forth in his letter to the Selectmen,
6th. To see if the Town will convey its interest in the Pine Hill Cemetery to the owners of lots therein on suitable conditions, and purchase more land for the enlargement thereof.
7th. To act on the returns of the County Commissioners locating highways on the petition of Lyman Copeland and others, also on the petition of Edward Tisdale and others.
8th. To determine the manner of repairing the Highways and Bridges the ensuing year.
9th. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town the ensuing year, and determine the manner of collecting the same.
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10th. To see if the Town will choose a Superintendent of Public Schools, and decide upon the salary of the same.
11th. (By petition.) To see what action the town will take in reference to removing obstructions in the Highway leading from the residence of the late Luther Hayward to Pine Hill Cemetery.
12th. (By request.) To see if the town will appropriate a sum, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, to defray in part the ex- penses of a course of scientific lectures.
13th. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to offer a reward of a sufficient sum of money to more effectually protect their Highways, Bridges, Guide Boards, School Houses, and other property from unnecessary damage.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Post Offices in town, and at the Depot at Keith's Station in said town, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said Meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time and place of meeting.
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